Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-05-14

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not turn up in three months she means to
marry again
| "A man in Paris lately paid 5000 francs
for little looking glass the size of mans
hand, because the frame was carved in the
18th century.
In the Hotel DIES Invalidcs at Paris are
still to be found $40 soldiers of the first
Napoleon, among them one who lost both
legs more than seventy-five years ago.
According to Paris evening paper,
the crown of thorns, a nail, and piece of
the true cross, have recently been on ex-
hibition at the Church of Notre Dame.
Recent letters from Southern Africa
report the discovery of two very large and
rich gold regions. Specimens of the pure
metal and of the ore have been carried To
England.
The Japanese Ambassadors at Paris has
informed the French Government that i'm
all probability the five ports of Japan will
be open to the commerce of all nations
ere long. 0E
| England is selling off her old naval
vessels for just what they will bring, and
the prices paid show that they are esti-
mated by the public only as fircwood and
old metal
The Emperor of Russia has pet dog
more favored than the Empress The dog
follows his master into the Imperial Coun-
Gil Chamber, which is strictly forbidden to
the Empress
The daughter of an English toll gate
keeper has got herself into trouble for
dead-heading" her lover through the
gate. An exchange says she never
tolled her love-"
Napoleon has made the proprietor of
Paris printing establishment an officer
Of the Legion of Honor because he intro
duced the cooperative principle in his
establishment.
The Pope tainted recently. and was
for some hours thought to be dying. He
is said to be very much struck with the
Roman provcrb mo Pope reigns longer
than twenty-five years"
"A veteran of Trafalgar, James Dick
son, is still living at Granton, Canada, i'm
his one hundred and second year. He
does his own work, chops his wood and
cultiyates garden, and says he is as
lively as a cricket"
An English gentleman recently re-
fused TO deliver a letter to one of his ser
want girls, because it was directed to her
as Miss" Soand-So. He thought il was
not proper that servant girl should have
Miss prctixcd to her name. rltt
Extensive preparations are being
made at Hamilton, Canada, for the celcbra-
ton of the anniversary of the Queens
birthday, May "a. Among other sports
the Hamilton Driving Park has issued
a programme for several exciting races.
"A galvanizer of brass and copper re-
Gently, in Hamilton, c. W., seriously in
jurcd himself by drinking the " galvanic
wash" He had carried in his pocket two
bottles, one containing whisky, the other
nitric acid and quicksilver, and mistook
the bottle (i.t9~ * ''it4.
Last year reward of about one dollar
a hundred pounds was offered in France
for the carcasscs of June bugs, which have
multiplied greatly and have become very
destructive. Over 100000 pounds were
delivered to the authorities.
Still another work on Julius Cesar
has been published this one i'm England.
and by the Rev. Scott Lurtees The main
point of interest seems to be the effort to
prove that Julius did not cross the chan
mel, but sailed from iceland and landed at
Norfolk.
"A French historian prosecuting his
labOrs among all classes, called upon a
very aged peasant and inquired if he no
ticed any great changes since the Revolu-
ton. "No," was the reply, "only in my
youth we had no umbrellas, and now
everybody has one"
Housekeeping has been introduced as
a regular branch of instruction i'm German
schools Young ladies are required to
write essays upon the probable prices of
feed, the weight of fat or lean fowls, the
method of fattcning beeves, and in general
upon whatever pertains to the economy
of the culinary art.
I'm Dorset, England, an old pump on
the street was taken in hand for repairs,
having had no handle for couple of
months; and on setting to work, the work
men found twenty-seven letters inside
where the intelligent neighbOrs had de-
posted them under the impression that it
was a lctterbox. III
Seven thousand seven hundred and
eighty-two policemen are employed i'm
London to protect property extending over
seven hundred square miles, and embrac-
ing population of 3,410,654, being, with
deductions from the force from sickness
and special service one man to 20 acres
fand to 600 citizens, whereas i'm the city, the
proportion is onc-man to 2-1O acres, and
1874 persons
japanese Scissors are in the shape of
our sugar tongs-of steel-and sever arti-
cles freely as the blades approximate by
pressure. Their looking glasses are highly
FURNISHED steel They use a very elastic
transparent silk paper i'm window frames
instead of glass, and more firm, Opaque
substance OF the same, stretched on frames,
as partitions inside their dwellings
Queen Victoria is said to be very regu-
lar in attendance on Divine service, and
notices the absence of any of her servants.
On one occasion, ut Balmoral, last season,
she asked one of her attendants on Mon
day morning, why were you not at the
kirk yesterday" He answered, please
your Majesty, the morning was wet"
"Oh, fie," said the Queen, "who could
have expected Il Scotchman to plead that
excuse. 1t was nottoo wet for me-"
"A singular accident occurred at Beth,
in Ayrshire, England. A boy about twelve
years of age, son of Mr.. John Blackwood,
went to feed some pigeons at the back of
his fathers house For this purpose he
mounted barrel, and proceeded to raise
himself up TO the pigeon cote by means of
a rope, when suddenly the barrel rolled
over, and the poor lad was caught by the
neck in the rope, and strangled TO death.
The London Spectator says that Sir
Robert Napier, in his Abyssinian expedi-
ton, compelled "a lofty African desert to
yield water by an American device not
twelvemonth old A half dozen
mules" it says, are drawn up, loaded
with thin steel tubes Tap, tap, tap, goes
a hammer, rugged up in five minutes, and
in ten the curse of Africa has been con;
quered, as if new Moses had smitten the
rock, and pure water for an army is spout
ing among the stones"