The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-10-14

| tension the preacher being engaged ina
calling sinners to the mourning bench
| when the yellow jackets began To dart
put from their nests and sting saints and
sinners alike. In Il few minutes there
seemed TO be thousands of the spiteful
insects flying about the church and dart
ing their stngs into the brethren and
sisters. The preacher was one of the
first To be stung, and the pain put "A
stop to his eXhortations. The women
screamed when struck by the yellow
Jackets, and many Of the men said
things that had no churchly sound. Aft
er standing for the singing few min
uteS, the congregation got into a panic
ana boitcd from the church, leaving the
sacred edlliCc in possession Of the yell
low Jackets Five hundred men, women
ana ~ children put lotions on "stnug' spots
William Jack Of Terry, s. D.. is the
owner of a cigar which in its way is
something of a curiosity. On September
10 OF last year he smoked the cigar.
smoking it So closely that he was unable
to Mold 1t longer without burning his fin
gers. y glance showed him that the
ashes were still on the cigar, none Of the
ash having been dislodged, and in this
condition he laid it on a shelf. Today
the cigar is in exactly the same condi
ton, and no amount of handling has di
Vorced the ashes from the stub. To ali
intents and purposes the stub and ashes
have become petrified.
The largest grapevine in the world is
40 years old. 1t was planted by Fran
ciscan friars near San Gabriel. Cal The
stalk is ~ feet in diameter. feet high
and the branches and foliage cover 5000
square feet. Its average crop of grapes
is two and one-half tons yearly.
An unusual tragedy occurred at Chilli
wack, Il. C., in which James Il. Hoeken,
aged -, lost his life HOsken, in company
with Charles Carter a we'll known farm
err, was driving hogs to market along a
public highway when the animals be
came uncomfortable. One of them at
tackled him and kosken lost his footing.
Other animals Immediately jumped on
hlm and gored him with their tuSkS.
Carter ran for help and three men armed
with clubs finally drove or the blood
thirsty hogs. HOsken died from the
shock and loss of blood. He was son
of Church Of England clergyman at
Mansfield. Eng, and had been in this
country but short time.
The chance discovery of n secret draw
or in an old writing desk which has been
IN the family of Charles Beckel of Beth
lehem. Pa, for generations "a a treas
ured heirloom, revealed that the drawer
contained an interesting and valuable
collection of historical letters and dOcu-
ments. The papers, a score or more, are
war department letters, letters Of Gen.
Anthony Wayne and others. and procla-
nations that date back to the Reyolu
tonary war and early days of the fed
eral government. Prof Allison of the
historical department Of Carnegie insti-
tute states that taken together the let
tors from a valuable source of iirst-hand
information Of an important period in
the nations history.
During a storm in rrcdyrirl,. Mich.
lightning played peculiar freak at the
residence OF &. Herbert Kreh. 4 bolt
struck the lightning rod and ran down
the rod at the side of the house until it
struck nail in the metal band 10y which
the rod was fastened 10 the wall. The
bolt drove the nail through the brick wall
and across a bedroom into the opposite
wall, where il was imhedded in II lath
beneath the plaster. Where the nail was
driven into the house hole about an
inch III diameter was cut in the brick
walt Nobody was in the room at the
time. but Mr.. kreh, who was in the
yard, was stunned by the shock.
\ sturgeon, I feet long and weighing
800 pounds. was caught in a seine in the
Columbia. five miles above kennewick
Wash. recently by Fred Jergenseu and
a party of fishermen. The big fish is the
largest ever caught in this vicinity. Ii
gave the men hard tusse. The stur-
geOn was sold ON the streets, netting the
fishermen about so. In the seine were
four other strugeouS. siNty-tuur salmon
and a large number of black bass and
carp, The catch was estimated by the
fishermen to weight 1000 pounds, Fish
ing is becoming Il very profitable side in
dustrY with many of the small fruit
farmers along ;he Columbia. The river
abounds i'll black bass and other small
varieties of fish, but as the law prohibits
SEEMING for these they are thrown back.
The best fishing for sturgeon does not
come until the middle of next month. At
this time the steel head salmon will be
running
Economy is dangerous thing in a big
institution like the government of the
United States, and the secretary of the
treasury has found il out When Mr..
McNcagh instituted his wave of reform
it was found that the man who winds
the treasury clocks was "A superhuous EN-
ploye. lie was discharged and the dlyi-
sion chiefs and wutchmen were expected
to wind their own clocks. There are GOO
clerks in the treasury now and 600 times
more lHut TINS the lllut tlbthN IA Aht
doors differ. and the clerks have found
the slow clocks to get to work by and
the fast ones to leave by. The clock
winder will get back on the payroll.
After finding an exceptionally rich
gold quartz lead on the Peel river, Al
Ecrta, il worried Mr.. Waugh TO know
what to do with il. To mill il would
require expensive machinery, and to add
90 his difficulties transportation 20oO odd
miles to the north of that city is not all
that it might Ice. However, assays
showed the quartz to be exceptionally
rich so Mr.. Waugh determined to make
the attempt of taking in a stamp mill
to work his nifty claims, each of which
covers htty-twn acres. lie is now en-
route to the far north with his mill.
which viii handle fourteen tons Of rock
a day From Edmonton the machinery
was taken by wagon to AthuhaSca land
and freightcd down the AthabaSca river.
through the ninety miles Of rapids TO
Fort Murray Across Lake AthahaSca
the plant will be carried by one of the
Hudson Bay compauy's steamers 20 the
Slave river. Down this river for a few
miles the journey will he made by raft,
until Il portage of eight miles is reached.
where the machinery viii have to be
packed. More RATS. more rivers and
more portageS make up the balance of
the journey.
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