The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-05
FACTS AND FIGURES.

| iege nf Boston was opened in 1918, ans
since then has graduated Il women.
| y CAsHMERE shawl, which incessautl,
occNpied 800 weaycrs for three years, ha.
been sent by the Maharajsh of Cash
mere to Queen Victoria.
THE total number of fires in Philade!
phia in 1869 was 632. Total loss, S5i067,
125; insurance, 81 l72. .304 clear less, oyel
insurance, Ss94,821.
IT is said that 50 was the amount in
volved in a case which occupied the SUI
preme Court at Exeter, n. H, day anC
half recently, and cost the parties to i
$500.
| a CINCINNATI druggist declares that
there are no less than Thousand arseni,
eaters in that city AMI immediate vicinity
mostly young women, who take the drua
for the ompleXion
THE catalogue OF the "Philadelphis
School of Design for women" shows tha
y young women enjoyed its advantage.
from January, 1869, to February, 1870
and there are 81 women attending there
as students at this time
TIE New York Herald is claimed to bs
worth $3,c00,o00, the Tribune $3.50 900
the Times $1,000,000, the Journal of Com
merce $S00O00, the Erening Post 100000
the Sun s6O0,000. the World $4OQ,0O ant
the Eoening Express $500, 900.
THE pocr old blini king of Hanover
lives just outside of Vienna. in ouier
mansion. and may nrr End then he seer
| cropping bis way in the streets of Vienna's
aristOcratic quarter, leaning on an attend
ants arm and followed by a shabby an6
dreary-looking suite.
AN Obelisk stands in Johnson square
Savannah, dedicated, though without any
explanatory inscription, to General Greene
Lafayette, many years ago, laid the corner
stone of it. An effort is now making tC
add to it bronze medallion of Greene
with a suitable inscription.
SIRIUS was described as fiery red s.al
by the ancients; some years ago it was q
pure white, while ii is now becoming of
called a red star by the ancients; it was af
terward described as yellow star, and i
now blush Many other instances O
change of color have been detected.
THE rise of sap in trees and plants ha
been explained on the principle of capil
lary attraction, but NJ Becquerel consider
that electricity is an acting cause. A ca
pillary tube that will not allow water t.
pass through it, does so at once on beinl
electrified, and ne considers that electro
capillarity is the efficient cause of sal
travelling in vegetable life.
AT recent dinner party, given by
young gentleman at Delmonico's in New
York, rose was placed by the plate c
each guest, and on touching small sprin
underneath, made 10 represent thOrr
the top of the rose flew back, disclosing
very elaborate bill of fare, printed in gil
letters on white satin ribbon.
WILLIAM b. AsroR is declared by thos
who ought to know to represent $50, 900
eco; A T. Stewart. &40,000.GC0; Co
nelius Vanderbilt, s3J,O00,000 Dani'
Drew, $6,0U0000 George Law, $4,000
GEO; August Belmont, &5,O00O00; San
uel n. Pike, $7,000,000; James Fisk, Jr
$6,0000U0 James Lennox, $5,000,0Ot
VIM. Nj. Tweed, S5,0O0,OG0, and two {
three hundred others, whose fortunes al
variously estimated at from two TO NV
millions.
TRINITY CHURCH, in Newark, n. j
was built in 1143 During the Revolt
tionarv war hundreds OF soldiers wol
SHIPPED in it, holding q musket in one han
and a prayer book in the other; an
Washington, Robert Morris, Robert Ii,
ingst0n, General Lord Sterling, C0lont
Schuyler, and other illustrious men, pal
took OF the holy sacrament, and many {
the sick and wounded soldiers of the Rev
olutionary struggle were nursed and re
ceived medical attention in the vererabl
church.
4 YOUNG lady clerk employed in th
Treasury Department at Washington wa
| frightened nearly out OF her wits the othe
day while at work, by finding a nous
Snuglv enscOnced in her chignOn.
must have gone to roost there the nigh
before, and had kept quiet, through frigf
or some other cause; but when it did bt
gin to kick, the numerous companions
the female clerk were made aware of th
fact by her screams. The addenda to tt
young lady's caput was instantly r
moved, and the mouse scampered ava,
DURING service at St Pauls Episcop'
Church, at Pittsburgh, on a recent SUI
day, the walls began to crack, aud o
looking in the direction from whic
the noise proceeded, the congregation sa
daylight streaming through large opeI
ing between the wall and the roof, and
crack extending down the wall sever
feet. The rector succeeded in aliayin
the excitement, after which he quictl
but hurriedly dismissed the congregation
having them pass through the vestry
rear of the building Everybody W;
frightened and nobody was hurt.
TIE shipwrecks of 1869, according
the books of the French Lloyds, involve
the total loss of 2,6l2 vessels, of whiC
2,453 were sailing vessels and 159 steam
ers. In the above figures are included Ii
sailing vessels and s steamers nev'
heard from. The nationalities ofthe shiI
wrecked vessels were as follows: Englsl
1,112; French, 210; German, POI mite
States, 1879 Norwegian, 105; Dutch, 10l
Italian, 90; Swedish, 81; Danish, Il
Spanish, 36; Russian, 30; Austrian, p
Greek, IS; Portuguese, II minor nation
90; unknown, PA.
THE present consumption of wood
the United States is enormous. One hui
dred and fifty Thousand acres of the be
timber is cut every year TO supply the d
mand for railway slcepers alone. FL
railroad buildings, repairs and cars, I'll
annual expenditure in wood is S3S 50t
600. In n single year the locomotives
; the United States consume S5O,Oo0,0'
worth of wood There are in the who
country more than 100000 artisans
wood; and if the value of their labor
, 81, coo year each, the wood industry
the country represents an amount OF nea
ly $500,000, 600 per annum.