The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-12-24
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
N@~NOoNNO
Austria's state railways in 19'

S-o,OCO,OOU year
British Honduras is short of labor
! for its increasing fruit growing and Is
trying to get coolies from India
! Central Park in New York city is
assessed at the valuation OF S215.OO0.-
/ coo, not for the purpose of taxation,
! but so as to show the amount of real
taxes.
/ There is an agreement among the
keepers of first-class restaurants in
New York city that the business would
not pay, on the scale now followed, If
1 1t were not for the sale Of alcoholic
beverages
! st. Louis and other Western cities
expect to be able soon To feast on Mex
lean oranges every year from the mid
/ die of October on, these oranges being
ripe month or SO earlier than the
I California fruit,
| Palestine's ancient wells, famous in
/ history for centuries. are giving way
To pumping by modern engines and out
( fits, particularly for watering gardens
and orchards. There is a large de-
mand for and import of pumps
The new docks at Rio de Janciro.
Brazil, are to be further enlarged ut
cost of G5,OO0,00O milrcis ($19.5OO.-
o00), in addition TO the extensive dock
work now going on. The docks are
owned by the Brazilian Federal gov
eminent
Chinese are discarding the old oiled
paper umbrellas, in use for centuries,
in favor of the kind OF umbrellas used
in Europe and America. Germany and
Japan are fighting for the trade Last
year China imported l,lO2,333 umbrel-
las and the year before 1,3SO,111.
Introduction of motor boats into the
fishing industry Is held to be RESPONSE
BILE for the steady increase in that in
dustry in Norway. These boats make
1t possible for the fishermen to make
Il much larger catch and also furnish
better protection in rough weather and
are safer than the old boats driven by
sails.
Women employed rs ordinary day ia
borers in the construction of buildings,
mixing the mortar, sitting sand and
carrying bricks and for unloading coal,
are the unusual conditions described
as existing in Prague ana elsewhere in
Bohemia The women are paid from
30 to 40 cents day. The working day
for these women is from 6 a. N. to 6
7. m. with an hour for dinner.
Here is a possible explanation of the
strong prediction J. pierpont Morgan
has for cigars. According TO the Unit
ed States Tobacco Journal, the Chester
School, Of Waterbury, which the tinan'
cier once attended, has sued a man in
/ Hamden, Conn. for a years board and
| tuition for his son. The defendant
makes the answer for his refusal to
pay that the school officials and teach
ers used tobacco in the presence Of the
pupils, thereby encouraging them to
contract the habit.
Charles Francis Barker, of Boston,
has held the title of American cham
pion at checkers for about thirty
years, and has lust shown that his
grip on 1t is firm by defeating Joseph
Drouillard, of Kansas City, in a match
of fifty games. Barker won ten games
in the match. while Drouillard cap
tured only two, the remaining games
In Il
cost Drouilard and his friends $1,000
10 test Bankers mcttle. The match
was played in Kansas City
After the performance of the "GoCt-
/ terdacmmcrung' in Paris recently, ac.
cording to Figaro. complaint was en-
tered by Wagner enthusiasts because
( the opera had not been performed in
its entirety. The directors. MasSager
| and BrousSau, made reply in IN open
/ letter TO the effect that to render the
complete work several times in one
week would ovcrtaX the performers
/ and "inasmuch as we give four hours
! and twenty minutes of music, we
! should not be blamed for emitting
parts which could be rendered in sew
enteen minutes
An English inventor has devised n
process by which it is possible TO puri
! fy rock salt direct, and on n basis
which Is not commercially prohibitive,
declares Popular Mechanics. Hitherto,
! In preparing white table salt from rock
| Il has been necessary to depend upon
the evaporation of brine. The new
process consists OF melting the rock
salt and then driving compressed air
| through the molten mass. Impurities
are separated and deposited, and the
salt is left white and pure. The puri-
! fled salt is found to be exceptionally
| fine, and, being anrydrous, does not
cake after the fashion Of brine salt
On the lIcdiaH railway in Arabia
! there is TO be operated Il carriage fitted
up as mosque, where pilgrims will
! be able to perform their devotions dur
| ing the journey 10 the sacred cities
/ Externally the praying carriage is only
/ distinguishable from the other car
riages by a minaret six feet high. The
! interior is luxurously fitted. The floor
/ IS covered with the richest Of Persian
carpets, while around the sides are
/ verses from the Koran appropriate to
! the pilgrimage and in letters of gold
4 chart indicates the direction of Nee.