The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
CONVERSATIONS.

IN tle RUSSIAN army the death rate
each year Is almost equaled by the num-
Der of desertonS
Plans are being made for the cleo
IRRIGATION of the more important state
railways of Sweden.
A barber in the BRONX who mills
from Italy has Il sign painted on his win
COW "Barbitonsorial Parlor."
The Smclter production of lead in the
| ultcd States in 1905 was Hos. % tons
of ZOO pounds against 442OlJ tons IN
1907 and 4lS,G99 tons in 1906.
One popularity of mclancholia,' said
the specialist lis that the victim of it
actually enjoys the dependency ana
often doesn't want to be cured
-Germany, Austria and hungary
have established museums in CONSTANT
noplc for the display of samples of varl-
uuS manufactures that interest the
Turks.
Polar exploration was a passion with
Lieut.. ShaCklctun from early youth His
first expedition was made under the com
mand of Capt Scott, TO whom he offered
himself.
After having been in use since 1850
the Testament used ut the Essex scs-
slonS court at chelmsford, England, has
now been replaced by a new one, the
gift of Il. North Buxton.
Even the honeymoon in the air is not
new idea. NJ. Flammarion, the distin-
guished French astronomer ana aero
naut, took his bride for n honeymoon
trip in balloon on August %, 1874.
The bottle that keeps its contents
hot or cold for hours was no catchpenuy
invention. The glass vacuum jacket was
first devised by Lord Dewar in 1895 for
his experiments in liqufying air and gas
The photographers unions Of Europe
In loo.
country for some time, studying the con
dtionS of the trade here. with "A view of
arranging working agreement so that
mutual aid might be rendered i'll case
of trouble.
The BROOKLYN Standard Union says
that those people from the rural regions
who jecr at Mauhattan's horse cars may
take note that the Baltimore city cuun-
ell is preparing TO pave street with
cUhblcstoneS.'
beacon Stilman has just celebrated
his furticth year of service on the New
York Sun staff, but still sits up with the
youngest cub after the paper has gone
to press and talks about the wonderful
days of old.
-Philadelpha's department of health
has organized m alliance for the care
of babies Voluntary service will bc
rendered by $50 physicians and cooper
ative committees have been organized
in every ward
A substitute for gutta percha, obon-
tie, cclluloid amber and other inSulatnrs.
has been invented 10y DR.. Bakcland,
president of the American Elcctro-thcm-
zeal society, from whom it takes the
name "hakcltc.'
The penalty for descrtion from tie
navy is trial by cOurt-martial, ana in ease
of conviction sentence for a term Of
from SIX months TO three years, Eonrr-
ally. and dishonorablc discharge at tn,
expiration Of sentence.
"A manufacturing house makes light,
strong paper garments for hospital use
buttons and cloth edges. There are
paper bottles. Paper horscshoes more
durable and lighter than steel, stuck on
with cement not nailed.
Through installing another com
pound for boraX, while working at his
trade rs jeweer, David lMmOn of
Denver has suddenly found himself in
possession of the much sought-after
method of hardening copper.
"A Swedish geoIogist has explained
20 his government the reason for his pre-
diction that all the worlds supply of
iron will be exhausted in fifty years.
Little more than onc.tenth of the depos-
its. he says, are in the United States.
That pear tree with which Count
Xcppeln's airship lately came into col
lislOn has been sold to an ebOnist at
Stuttgart. This artists proposes 10 worl,
the tree up and sell the articles as SOU
venirs of the event in the form Of backs
for books, pin trays and rulers.
The director Of the Bank of England
has salary of only $4,000 Il year. OF
the 1900 employees, about 100 are women
The first cashier gets nearly twice as
m "a an Cot al
roll amounts to over $1,000,OOO.
Wood mines are found in upper Ton.
quin, China. The wood was originally n
pine forest which the earth swallowed in
some cntnClysm. Some of the trees are a
yard IN diameter. They lie in "A slantug
direction and in sandy soils, which cover
them ut depth Of about eight yards.
The value of the total output of min.
erals in Alaska since 1850. when mining
first began. is given at .SliS,HoOoO. of
which gold composed S1i2, 900 900: con
per, Si,loO,ooo; silver, Sl,JOo.OpO: the
balance representing the value of the
marble, gypsum. tin and coal prodrctS
In the Island of Sayaii, in the Sa.
moan group, during an August night in
the year 1905, there arose from the midst
of a peaceful cocoa plantation volcano
that in the -four years of its Stlll cease,
less activity had sent forth more molten
there is any record.
Tho largest electrically controlled
switch tower in the world has just been
put into service at Providence. r. L.
ON the New York. New Haven x Hart.
ford railroad. The tower il equipped
with n switch levers, providing Dot
combinations.
The governor of the Central prison
IN Madrid was dcpuscd some time ago
for his excessive lenicncy. lie allowed
the prisoners To have almost ANYTHING
they wanted including a weekly news
paper written and printed 10y them
selves. one of them sold liquors.
Tho independent metal polishers' locaI
Of New York has voted by a large ma.
iority to affiliate with the international
| The brass workers unions Of New York
city, Jersey City, pittshurg, Hartford
and Chicago, which were previously IN,
dependent, have already obtained char
tiers.
In British Columbia platinum i.
found IN many of the alluyiaf gold work
ings whore it can be saved as by
| product. The saving of il in a small
way is however, attended with 50 muci
/ trouble that il Isas been practically neg
| lected and no appreciate productiot
made recently.
| The first successful towing of capa
| boats by automobile WITS ACCOMPLISHED OF
| sunday on Tie Lchiah canal Owing /,
! the liability Of the towiine 10 snap il
an effort "a start George r. plummer. .
| Camden automobile expert, equipped
seveu-tun motor truck of I5.horse powa
with spiral springs. Six barges wit
500 tons Of cargo We're taken from 81
lcntOwn TO Bethlehem in an hour
/ The common notion that tent !
| Spet!aly uSgienic Is in..nrrapt 4 ta,t