The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-03-18
FACTS AND FIGURES.

ENGLAND raises ninety-five per cent. of
the meat she eats.
MADAME VANYAs, an old huckster
woman in Paris, is worth 100000.
THE butler of the Princess Metternich
gets about the same salary as President
Grant.
THE Memorial Methodist church at
Washington cost S250,000, and will seat
1000 people.
THIRTY-oNE million acres of land in
the Kingdom of Great Britain are unculti-
vated.
Snow fell in Montreal, Canada, in the
month of February to the unusual depth
of seventy-three inches. The total fall for
the winter was 139 inches.
feet. A square with sides of 20S feet and
IS. inches will contain an acre.
DR. HAYES the Arctic explorer, says
the biggest iceberg he ever saw was three
miles in circumference and over ZOO feet
thick.
THE society for the protection of desti-
tute Roman Catholic children, in New
York, received and cared for 1904 little
ones in 1868.
THE volunteers in Great Britain number
10000 men, and the Government con-
tributes 81, 900, 900 toward the general ex-
penses.
FROM 1853 to 1868 there were 4SS3
American vessels wrecked. Loss $685.
702, ,S76-an average per day of one and
half vessels and $4,000.
OLD Faneuil Hall, Boston, was first
built and presented to the town by Peter
Faneuil in 1-i2 1t was destroyed by ire
in 1861, and rebuilt in 1868. 1t was en-
lsrged to its present size in 1905.
IT is stated that several boxes of guineas,
of the coinage of George the Third, have
been recovered from the wreck of the
British frigate Hussar, sunk with a large
amount of treasure in the East river, in
| 1884.
LONDON has thirteen Mary Ann streets,
forty-seven James, thirty-seven Edward,
forty six Charles, twenty four Frederick,
thirty six Henry, eighty-seven John, fifty
eight Elizabeth, thirteen Jane, four Emma
and seven Emily streets. There are fifty
two New streets.
BEFORE Nj. Haussmanu undertook to inn
prove Paris, the annual civic expenditures
did not exceed $4,000 francs His estimates
for this year amount to 124, 100000 francs,
while the debt has gradually swellcd from
/ lO,UUO I'D 1,USO,UUU,UUU lIduCo, luc yearly
interest on which is 62. 100000 francs.
THE 10000 citizens of Rome can at
tend 3S5 churches, all of which contain
numerous chapels, with alters, at which
masses are constantly being celebrated. In
deed it is estimated that 5000 masses are
said daily in Rome. On Sunday more are
sung than on week days, that being the
only distinction.
A FARMER in Griswold, Conn, has pub.
lished an account of turkeys raised and
sold, with expenses and profits, from June,
1868, to January, 1869, as follows: Credit
-9S turkeys killed, 1 ,426 lbs, at 81 cents
per h., $3S5.02; 3 turkeys not Killed, esti-
mated at 80; total $39402. Debtor-11O
bush corn at $3.50, $165; cost of butcher
ing, fetc., $40; total, $175. Net profit
$4,000.
The burial of the young Crown
Prince Of Belgium gave rise to a very
painful scene, in which "poor Carlotta
was the principal actress. The death OF
her little nephew had been carefully con-
cealed from her but she heard accident
ally Of 1t at the very moment when the
funeral ceremonies were about to com
mence in the royal chapel She immedi
ately insisted emphatically on being ad
mitted to the chapel, in order, as she said
to put letter to her husband, Macmillan
in the coffin, and when her request wa:
not complied with, and she was told thai
she could not 60 into the chapel, she few
into violent passion, and her cries were
heard throughout the palace. A great
many Of the mourners believed that these
manifestations Of grief proceeded from the
poor, bereaved Queen of Belgium, but
that brave-hearted lady did all she could
to soothe her furious sister-in-law at tho
moment when her only son was buried,