The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-07-30
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


Twenty-Five high school principals in
Kansas are women. They are said to DO
their work 50 well that no one has ever
suggested putting men in their places.
There is never part of the year
when Pixies Peak is entirely without
snow. In the hottest July and August
weather snow is to be found even at a
considerable distance from the top of
the mountain.
twenty-five men interested in the
navigation of the air, have formed the
Aero Club of California at Los Anse'
les. The purpose of the club is to OBJ
tain suitable grounds for experimental
accents and maintain repair and CON
struction shops
\ residence Of Mt least five years is
required to qualify an alien for natur-
alization. No matter how long man
may have been in the United States,
two years must elapsc between the date
of his declaration of intention and his
Rdmittance to full citizenship.
To meet the deficit in the budget the
French Minister of Finance suggests
the doubling of the licensing fees of
vendors Of absinthc This taxing Of
the green peril" viii, il is thought, be
popular; the minister anticipates that II
will bring him in $2,Oo0,ooo.
Adeline Gonee is n Danish girl, who
made her debut as n dancer at Copen-
hagen when she was II years of age
She then went to Berlin 10 dance at
the Grand Opera House, and after
ward to Munich She is considered TO
be one of the most graceful and accom-
plished dancers in the world.
In the manufacture of alcohol from
peat, a Danish company, with one eA-
detrimental plant In Denmark and one
in France, has found the cost to be
about Onefourth Of that made from po-
tatoes. In the process Of manufacture,
the celluloSe or fiber of the peat Is con
verted by sulphuric acid into a soluble
carbohydrate and thi- Is fermented by
special yeast
In 1907 phladclphias export and
import trade Increase So, 100000 In
value over the figures for the previous
year. The total value Of the city eX-
ternal trade for that year was over
Sl5O,OO0.0OO. These figures account in
part for the opening of the new steam
ship service between Genoa, Italy and
the City of Rrotbcrly Love. The ltal-
ians want some Of the business.
lndla's government has recently au-
thorized the employment Of women
telegraph operators. The candidates
must be between Is and 80 years or
age. and they must be unmarried or
widows They must undergo a training
81 twelve months In the telegraph train
ng classes. during which time they VIII
receive 5000 month, the same allow
ance that is drawn by male learners.
In connection with the death OF
Grover Cleveland, IL Is interesting to
aote that only twice before in the his
tory Of the nation has the United
States been without n living ex-Prcsi-
lcnt. George Washington died in 1890
when John Adams, the second PreSi-
lcnt, was In Office. Andrew Johnson,
At the time the only surviving eX-Chiei
Executive. passed away in 1916, two
years before General Grant retired to
private life.
The DutCh government has granted Il
concession to the Amsterdam and North
Holland Electric Tramway Company To
build and operate an electric railway
system in Holland. The route viii be
nearly fifty kiloms. running from Am
sterdam north through Xaaudam to
Kromcminic. from Xaandyk 10 Wyk-
aan-Icc, and WOrmorycer TO Purmor-
end. The Holland Development Com
pany Of Amsterdam will build the en-
tire system.
The Arabian Nights" is an extensive
collection of tales forming part OF the
Arabic literature, and the exact title
IF which Is "The Book of the Thousand
and one Nights" They were first made
known to Europe by Antoine Galland,
between 1904 and III. He was "A
French Oricntalist. who succeeded.
after much effort, in obtaining manu-
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