The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-06-28

successfully III AIS " administering
large doses of olive oil. In chronic
cases sixty erammes of oil day were
given with excellent results.
Teachers in Baden and other parts
of Germany a hundred years ago were
so poorly paid that they used to 90
about singing in front of the houses in
the evening 10 earn few extra PEN
MES.
The sultan of Turkey nearly always
dimes alone. Tables, plates, knives
and forks are eschewed. He uses only
: spoon and his fingers, thus fishing
out the food from little saucepans
placed on the floor.
The Hebrews had no coins of their
own until the days of the Maccabees,
who issued shekels and half shekels.
with the inscriptions, Jerusalem the
Holy, Simon, Prince of Israel" These
bear no images.
A dainty feast was spread not long
ago by a tribe of Sitha Indians to en-
terrain some visitors from other tribes.
The rare dish of the feast consisted of
last seasons wild strawberries pre-
served in seal oil.
In 1910 Great Britain had f35, 000,-
900 of paper money, in 1899 f39, 000,-
900; at the former date France had
G9,O00,O 900, at the latter f115. 900, 900;
Austria lad go, 900, 900 and fl23, OOO,-
900 respectively.
The bee is an artistic upholsterer.
1t lines lis nest with the leaves of flow
ers, always choosing such as have
bright cOlOsS. They are invariably
cut in circles so exact that no compass
would make them more true.
The total coinage, gold and silver
of the reign of Henry Ill was t3.S9S;
the total coinage of the reign of Eicto-
ria up TO 1892 was f544, 100, 900, of
which 1912, 800, 000 were of gold and
f231, 500, O00 of silver.
Toronto unions demand of alder
manic candidates that they shall vote
for the adjustment of the property
qualification for aldermen: union
wages on city work and the abolish
ment of the contract system on city
work.
A Massachusetts thief has been sys-
dramatically stealing canary birds. The
theory is that he carries ladder,
opens second-stOry windows, rs thcas
are usually left unfastenc@, quietly
unhooks the cage and carries off the
songster. The police have not yet APP
pretended him.
Large breeds of poultry do not pay
so well as the average or smaller sizes.
They eat twice rs much and their eggs
are larger, but an ego is an egg and
big eggs sell for 10 more than those of
average size. A moderate-sized breed
IS the best investment for mans
money II he is raising poultry for
profit.
At the close of the year 1892 there
were in Switzerland $50 electric lights
run by waterfall power SO plants for
electrical transmission of power, 121
accumulation or storage batteries and
l,O56 other dynamos and electro-mo-
tors. The number of incandescent
lamps run by water power was 115,-
926, and of arc lamps GIG.
1t is generally supposed that the
Brooklyn bridge has the lonoes single
span Q,595 feed in the world, but
tAASlt 81 y oCN Vi Ill IlltCu lOH0cI, Two III
the bridge in the Firth of Forth are
each LOO in length, and that over the
OXus has Il span of 1904 feet. The
proposed Hoboken bridge will have .
single span of 1850 feet.
The rate of mortality of London is
shown by recent report to have
steadily decreased with the introduce
ton and perfection of adequate means
of disposing of the sewage of the city.
At the end of the eighteenth century
the annual average mortality was esti-
mated at 50 per 1000, and in 1892 it
had dropped to 1871 per 200.
In Italy the scarcity of silver coins
IS so great that church collections con-
sist almost exclusively of l. o. Us,
which each contributor redeems with
note when his total liza bilities amount
TO 10 francs. The people of Italy are
evidently no better off than their rul-
ers, who have just tioated a loan
through the assistance of Germany.
In the process of extracting gold
from its ores molten lead is used in
stead of mercury. The lead is melted
on shallow hearth and the powdered
ore Is fed in at one end and carried
forward as a film over the surface of
the lead by means of an agitator NOV
ing over it. 1t is thus brought 10 the
other end, where 1t escapes through
hopper. In order to prevent oxidation
of the lead, the chamber is kept filled
with carbonic oxide from a gas pro-
Queer.
Richard Joy, who died MAY IS, 1742,
at the age of 67 aud is buried in the
st. Peters churchyard, Isle of Thanet.
Kent, England, was known through
out Europe as the "kentish Hercules"
or the Second Samson" When bat
youth of II years he was invited to
London by the King to give an exhibit
ton in remarkable feats of strength.
Among the feats of his more mature
years was that of breaking. with his
hands and feet. a rope with tensile
strength of $500 weight and the lift
ing OF ?, 200 pounds.
Mrs. De Style-It's a pity YOU could
not have heard that sermon today. Mr..
De Style-After paying for your sun
day wardrobe | haven't money enough
left to buy myself a decent thing to
wear. Mrs. De Style-That's just it,
and that sermon would have made YOU
blush for very shame. 1t was on tbs
-Idolatrous worship of fine clothes."-
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