The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-04-08
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


siOnS Will De ABOUT Soo,OoO,ooO.
About 100000 worth of quinine is
annually the world over.
The largest pontoon bridge in the
world connects Calcutta with Howrah.
The blackenlng of incandescent
amps is due to the vaporizing of the
carbon.
1t is likely that the height of the new
buildings in Messina will be limited to
about thirty-three feet.
In New Zealand property left by a
husband to his wife or by n wife to
her husband is exempt from death
duty.
If the demands Of the Women's So
,ial and Political Union of England are
conceded. about million and n half
women will have the vote.
The Viennese eSsayst, DR.. Stephanie
Weiss Elder. writes: women are more
axacting than men in SO far as they
demand good husbands, who are much
.arer than good wives sought by men,
There are ten women among the
fifty commissioners that the Govern
ment of Mexico has sent out for the
purpose of studying the best methods
IF education in the different countries
Warwickshire, this year. For more than
100 years the practice has been relig-
.ously observed. Documents exist to
prove the origin Of the custom on
Shrove Tuesday in the year ROO
London Standard
Business is picking up some since the
blizzard. \ jack rabbit ran through
own the other day, fishing is getting
good again and there is some talk Of
A street car line being established here.
--Tonkawa (Okla.) News.
The petroleum production of the
United States in 1908 has been esti-
mated at between lI5,OOo,00O and 1SO,
100000 barrels, an increase of 3 to
: per cent, as compared with rile pro-
auction OF 1G6,000OG0 barrels in 1907.
Last year the export of electrical in
struments and heavy machinery
amounted to $12Gl373O. as compared
With $17,4Go,715 the previous year, or
4 net falling off of $4,S47,O4J. This
IS loss of over % per cent in the one
year.
Prof. Trevor Kincaid Of the depart
ment Of zoology, University of Wash
lngton, will leave Seattle for Simfer-
: ri WIN hf. Wi
icrtake, for the United States Bureau
Of Entomology, the collection and ship
mcnt of parasites of the Gypsy moth.
Three fine lions, shot 10y Capt Gcof-
/ lrey Buxton in East Africa, have just
| been placed in the Castle Museum. All
d. three beasts were shot within fifteen
minutes, and when Mrs. Buxton arrived
at the spot twenty minutes after her
/ husbands setting out she found him re-
/ -arding the three bodies. London
Daily Mail.
King Gustav and the royal family OF
Sweden were among those attending n
lecture recently given by Dir. Sven
Iledin on his recent travels in Central
Asia. The Walburg medal of the Geo
graphical Society was conferred ON Or.
IIedin and the society has raised n
fund of over $500, to be known by the
explorers name which will be devoted
to geographical research,
Canada has Il DR.. Wiley-the Domiu-
ion analysist-who has been testing
. of ,.iJ 10 Va
port is calculated to raise something
If Il stir among drinkers of So-callcd
apple juice OF siXty-two samples cx-
lmincd the chemist finds that many
contain saIicyltc acid. others are col
orel with aniline dyes and contain chic
rides and suIphates while some are not
cider at all. although sold under that
lamc.
Concrete lamp posts are being expert
mented with in the District of tolam-
bia. Several OF these have been erect.
Cd in Massachusetts avenue and OBJ
sprvations will be made To determine
The permauency, efficiency and lasting
qualities Of this type. The posts are
modelled IN the shape of a Grecian col
lmn with n scroll and other ornamental.
ton at the top. They support each q
round globe OF frosted glass. in whicl
there is a large incandescent electric
light.
The committee OF 100 who had II
charge the celebration of Lincoln Day
in Chicago finds itself In the lucl,,
position Of having about $4,000 of it!
funds left over. Various plans for usin.
the money have been suggested. The de
sire Of a majority OF the members o
On its lands 10 found Il permanent me
mortal for Lincoln. Some are dcsir
ous that the fund be set aside and it
interest used annually for n Lincoln
charity or the promotion Of other me
MORALS.
Thomas \ barrett of Pine street ha
4 curiosity in the form of an oyster
shell which grew inside the neck of
broken bottle, the latter REMAINING
around the center of the shell, whicl
accommodated itself to the musua
shape, while the ends continued (
grow, fan shaped. He came upon
about six inches under the surface O
HE sand while claiming, the oyste
being alive at the time. The thin sid
, of the shell has since been broken OF