The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15
FACTS AID FIGUnES

VICToRIAs book is said 10 have nettcd
her 81, 800, al of which she gave away.
PHoToGRAPH fans are among the latest
Partisan novelties introduced in New
York.
THE London benevolent societies epend
two million pounds year on the city
poor.
| A NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK has been cs-
tablished at Albany, II. Y, with Erastus
Corning for President.
ELEVEN graveyards can be seen from
the top of the old chapel at Wesleyan
University, Middletown.
PORTLAND, Oregon, on the parallel Of
Montreal and Quebec, was eating its own
potatoes the first week in June.
SUGAR is largely manufactured from
pumpkins in Hungary, by the same pro-
cess as the extraction Of sugir from beets.
In May, the people of New York spent
1922 600 in going to theatres. Sol 900 in
riding on street cars, and $4,000 ia rid
ing in Omnibuses.
Vilkes' Spirit Of tie Ttnass opines that
the Allen McCoole prize tight, near st.
Louis, was probably tie last Of any i'm
p0rtance il this country.
A BABY eight weeks old arrived in ST..
Joseph, No, the other day, from San
Francisco, and is now announced as the
most youthful continent-crosser OF the
period.
BEEcHER breaches with vase Of choice
flowers on each end of the stand, and 10
supply these, winter and summer, IL takes
$500 yearly, which he thinks is a good IN
vestment
AT recent examination of couscfipts
at Hildesheim, Hanover. il was fouDi that
a young tailor had his heart. not on lss
left but on his right side. The discovery
created great sensation.
A RUSSIAN paper says that the con-
sumption of alcoholic drinks in the en-
pire has increased since 1868, by 10l per
cent. The number of persons who died
from drunkenness in Russia. last year, was
274S.
Captain VIM. B. Eaton, OF Chelsea,
Mass, was bitten by sDid r 2 few DAYS
ago. and the poison spread through his
system so rapidly tha, when medical a;d
was called it was too late 10 save him. He
died in great agony.
A LEAvENwoRTH editor IS in quest Of
| special attractions for his paper. He says
What we want for this column is per.
sonalities. as mean as possible Expenses
of libel suits to be defrayed By the writer
-Iuneral expenses Dy Us.
ONE of the most powerful labor 0rgsHi-
cations in this country has been formed
by the jOurneymen shoemakers nf Mas
sachusetts, under the title Of the Knigits
of ST. Crispin. The guild now comprises
about $4,000 members, 10000 Of whom
are employed in the boot aud shoe pro-
ducing towns of the By State.
A CO OPERATIVE Store was opened in
| Il
ago, and has been extraordinarily sue
cessful. The sales in twelve-m0nth
amounted to upwards OF S6i000O the
whole original capital being only
$4,000 and the profits have amounted TO
over $31,00
AN ancient piece of pottery was cent
ly found at Auburn, n. Y, Of the kind
used by the Alleghans, or Mexican IN
dians, aud confirms the theory that they
were driven out OF the Northeast by the
Iroquois. a rude arch and Goals were
found under the pottery, which is sup
posed to be about 4j0 years OH.
DOUGLAS TRACY, Of Griswold, Conn,
60 years old, is the champion sheep
shearer;of London County. At one time he
sheared sixty-thrce sheep in sixteen hours,
and at another twenty-three sheep in five
hours, and caught the animals himself, the
latter averaging four and half pounds of
wool each Recently he sheared q sheep
in ten minutes.
AT a recent sale Of rare coins in New
York, United States silver dollar of
1894, one of the best in existence, sold
for $l45; Martha Washington half-dime,
1892. for $24; aud a copper three cent
piece, the size of the old cent, coined in
1868, with the head of liberty surrounded
by thirteen stars. for S1S.
A CLERGYMAN was one day much an
noyed by those who dropped in after the
service had commenced, invariably closing
the door after them. He bore the vexs-
ton with Joblike patience, but at length,
being fairly exhausted from beat, be vOcif-
Grated to al offender: Friend, do for
goodness sake, let the door be open. | be-
lieveir L were preaching in q bottle, you
would put the cork In. J."
A CURIOUS experiment was performed
in France, recently, 10 ascertain whether
fish could live in great depths of water.
The fish were placed In vessels of water
made to sustain 400 atmOsphereS, under
which they lived and preserved their
beslth. 1t is therefore, concluded that
fishes may penetrate To very great depths
in the ocean with impunity, as pressure
of 400 atmospheres corresponds 10 depth
OF 13 600 feet, or about two miles and q
half.
A LARGE room has been discovered at
Herculaneum which must have served FOR
| a kitchen In it was a wooden clothes
press entirely cnrbonized also II vases a
candelabrum, and a lamp, all in bronze,
several vessels in glass and terra Gotta a
small marble statue of a fawn, and two
| broken tables, one In marble and the other
| in slate. These excavations are carried on
by means of the grant of $4,000 by King
Victor Emanuel, made for that object
In Victoria, rabbits are q great nuisance.
A letter from u farmer Of COlac was read
in the Legislative Assembly of that colony,
stating that between April, 1868, and the
close of the year, he had 100 men en-
ployed in extirpatiDg them, and they
killed 000, 600, at an expense 10 the en-
ployer OF $4,000. This year he has SIXTY
men engaged in the same work. IL IS
thought likely that the imp0ssibility of
extirpating the pests on large runs viii
hasten the division of the land into small
farms.
AN experiment has recently been made
in Munich to ascertain if a wheel OF a rail
way car rolls regularly without sliding,
so that by recording the number of re-
volutions and knowing the diameter, the
exact distsnce accomplished can be ac-
curately measured Although the ex'
pertinent was tried on short distance,
vet the difference between the measure.
| ment by mathematical instruments ana
that obtained by recording the revolutions
of the wheel was found TO be no more