The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-04-28
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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! A rock can fly sixty miles an hour,
4 hawk $50 miles.
The annual wheat crop of Great
, Britain amounts to about 40000O,000
bushels
About 5000 trademarks are regis
cred during the course of the year at
he patent office
The G25 registered trade unions of
Great Britain have a total member
ship of 1,973,56O
The member of horses in the United
States January /, 1900, was nearly
fourteen million.
The great majority of immigrant ar
. rivals at the present time are coming
from Austria. Russia and Italy.
The Carnegie Steel Company pays
about one-seventh of the entire taxes
collected by the city of Youngstown,
ohio
The average weight of a man feet
5 inches in height at the age of -
70 40 years is 147 pounds. The femi-
| nine average is five pounds less.
The total amount of money in the
United States treasury to the credit
Of the patent Office at the end of the
fiscal year 1905 was $500 ,725.S9,
OF 1900, 100000 letters written in
year by the world at large, 5000.
100000 are in English. l,20000o,OO0
In German and only 1,00C,0 600 in
French.
A conductor on the Great Western
railroad of England recently retired
after fifty years Of service. and it is
estimated that during that time he
travelled $4,000 miles
The women of Nebraska are rejoic-
Ing over the court decision OF tho
State Supreme Court which gives
women who vote al school elections
the right TO vote on the question OF
school district bonds.
Miss Sally James Furnham has just
completed the bronze frieze for the
decoration Of the board room in The
international bureau Of American re
publics in Washington. The frie2e Is
divided into four panels, depicting
events in the history Of the republics.
To man the entire American fleet in
time Of war would require $500 otii-
GERS and 72,2Sl men; and in time of
peace, 3,052 officers and G0,S02 men.
according to Capt. ~ r. Usher, asss.
ant to the bureau Of navigation.
These figures do not include officers
and men al shore stations
In certain parts If Asia and E,proDe
thn cuetou NJ sol,inq nawlorn hobies
Is still practiced, The method varies
with the differing nationalilieS OF the
peoples employing ii. Tie ArmenIanS
OF Russia cover the entire SKIN oil the
lnianl with very Tine salt. rms Is Ie't
On the body Tor tire" hours or MORE
when IT Is washed OF with warm wa
ter.
The income of &S7, 900 which, &C.
,ording to a recently issued treasury
account. the Prince of Wales drew last
year from the duchy OF Cornwall,
shows "A notable increase in the value
Of the estate since 1884, when il
mounted steadily throughout Queen
Nictoria's reign until in the year be
fore his succession King Edward drew
$4,000 from this source. The in,
crease Of 100000 in the last ten years
Is probably due to the falling in Ct
leases ON the London portion Of the
estate, which includes the greater part
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The drysaltcr that mysterious
great fire dealer in sailed or dry
meats. pickles, sauces, etc, but he no
longer drysalts, but sells instead drugs,
dyestufIs, colors and chemicals, and
even buttons. His changed business is
due to the fact that the grocer" and
the Italian warehouse man have
captured his original trade, although
they have mercifully left him the
name There are many other bust
nesses that are equally puz2ling. Prob
ably most OF us know what a cord,
wairer is. but what is an upholder
and what does he uphold? One re.
members the imposing "Soclete Anon.
vine DIES Ramoneours de Paris" which
so impressed and mystiflcd the inhab.
itants of Glare market until they saw
the familiar brushes and sticks which
rroc1ain tho chimney ewcen.e huei