The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-08-05

cific trade are now building at tha
Mitsubishi dockyards for the Oriental
Steamship Company. One is of 1880
tons and two of $3.50 tons each.
Opalescent glass for use in the man
ufacture Of stained glass windows IS
made in uls country in manner
which can not he duplicated and this
material is shipped all over Europe.
Prof Kirsopp Lake, of Leiden, has
undertaken the preparation of a photo.
graphic facsimile of the New fiesta
ment leaves of the CodeX Sinaitcus.
The work is being done at Oxford, by
the oxford University Press, and is
to be completed this year.
There are more than twenty vare
ties of tulips TO be found growing Wild
in the country about Florence, the
earliest of these, scarlet one with
very handsome flowers beiT 4 general
ly found among the corn; later on
there is a dainty, small, striped red
and white one, and various lovely vel.
lows, in shades varying from pale
lemon to a deep orange tint, with re-
fiex petals.-"ln Tuscan Garden
In 1905 the value of buttons manu-
featured in the United States, as given
in a special report of the Census Blu
reau, was $l0,014,S72. This was an
increase of $3,JG4 ,709, or Cos per cent
over the value of the product in 1900.
n ha al i M
tons constituted nearly one-halt (4S&)
per cent?, or $iS10.2H in value. over
two-thirds of the pearl buttons were
made from fresh water shells and the
rest from ocean shells.
Before he entered politics, boss Shep.
herd was an employing plumber IN
Washington, atterWard turning the
business over to a younger brother. He
made most of his money by taking ad.
vantage of his knowledge Of where
contemplated Improvements were TO
be carried out at the public expense.
When the new government of the Dis
trict of Columbia was created, Shep-
herd got out in disgust, buying a sill
New York Press.
Miss Mary r. Richmond general
secretary of the Society for Organized
Charity in Philadelphia, has been
elected secretary OF the Russell Sage
Foundation for the Improvement of
Social and Living Conditions. She
will write, teach and organize along
the lines of social science IN which she
has been successful in Philadelphia
during the last twenty years. She will
have charge of all the work OF the
Foundation relating to the extensions
of charity organizations.
One of the highest authorities in the
automobile trade gives 1t as his Opiu.
ion that the value of the output for
the current year will reach the stu
pendous figure Of Sl25,000,O 600. This
is the product of 1873 factories, 90 OF
which are operated on a large scale
and manufacture all but small por-
ton of the machines. The same au-
thority places the value of the plants
which turn out these machines at
$500 900 900 When II Is considered
that this business has been developed
almost entirely in eleven years the fig.
ures are astounding Bee.
Two years ago the heads of large in.
dustries in Providence, K. l., and
neighhoring towns started plan for
the elimination OF contagion from their
works by cooperating with a special
list They aimed to discover whether
any employees suffered from tuberculo.
sis. and to aid any such In getting EN-.
ployment where the chance OF check
ing the maIad.' would be greater than
in the shop or factory. Coupled with
constant watchfulness special sanitary
measures were taken to reduce the LA.
bility TO contagion Tic effect has
been to check the progress of the dis
ease In Massachusetts physicians are
now employed by the State 10 act as
factory inspectors, with power To re'r.
edy unhygienic conditions. Tuberculo,
sis IS naturally the chief concern IN
this work.
Jules Huret, In recently publish.
ed article In Figaro, continues his
criticism OF the German people be.
cause OF their lack of humor Moth.
ing, he says can better illustrate the
low level OF their sense Of humor than
the expression of Frenchman who
lived with a German family In Il town
where the largest confectionery estab.
lishment did business under the slga
Yum ReiChskanzler-th chancellor Of
the realm. Some tarts were served
which the Frenchman thought very
good and he asked his hostess where
they came from. From the Reichs
kanzler," she said What" said the
guest in mock surprise. Il never knew
that Prince Buelow could baGe 50
WELL" No one at the table smiled
Next day another Frenchman was told
by the woman that his friend was a
very childish mamie thinks that