Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-16
All Sorts.

as this year.
GARIBALD1 is so i'll that he cannot
write or feed himself.
A PITTSBURGH rat lined his nest with
sixty-seven dollars in cash.
THE lew directory of New York city
contains 109,7S names, being an in
crease of 6,757 over last year.
If one wishes to grow feshy, pint
of milk taken before retiring at night
will soon cover the scrawniest bones.
A BROOKLYN girl has just rejected a
stitor because his arm wasn't long
enough to go round her.
A ROPE 1000 fathoms long, recently
made at Shadwell, England, is be-
lieved to be the longest rope in the
world.
A YANKEE wanted the Bridge of Signs
pointed out to him, and then offered to
bet America had several bridges twice
the size.
The faculty of Yale College an
nounces that hereafter no musical in
struments will be allowed in the college
buildings.
Two young millionaires have recently
come to an unhappy end in New York,
which goes to show the danger of being
millionaire.
Ex-senator Ross is about to leave
the Kansas Spirit newspaper. Mr.
Ross has been diversifying b career OF
late by type-sticking and other varieties
of toll.
HE Cremation Society of Zurich,
which numbers 600 members, has met
with such support that it intends offer
ing prize for the best method of Gre
nation.
THE Jews in Palestine are in need
of immediate relief, The famine hav
ing reduced them to absolute depend
ence upon outside aid for the means oil
existence.
The farmers of the United States an.
nually expend S20,000,000 in reapine
and moving machines. The annual
production is now estimated at about
125, 900 machines.
JOSH CLARK, a veteran engineer Oh
the Buffalo division of the Erie railroad
last week ran his engine 1,755 miles
putting in sixteen and half days time
in a single week, and drew therefor SGT
pay. This is said to be the biggest en-
cheering feat on the Erie record.
The Emperor of China has ordered
collection to be made of Chimes,
poetry from the earliest times down
ward. This collection will be published
in 200 volumes. 1t is also stated tina
the Emperor has in his possession
library humble ing over 10000 vol
umes.
In the Bernese Jura the manufacture
of watches is continually increasing
Twelve thousand three hundred pei
sons find employment through this in
dustry. The yearly production
1920, 900 watches, of the value of 2O.2
francs, representing about 10000, 90
francs.
| THE Admirahy Journal is authorit
for the statement that a radical reforI
is about to be introduced into tn
British navy. The ponderous iron clads
constructed at immense cost, are re
garded as useless in comparison wit
the Yankee monitor, and the latter is t
have trial.
THREE Presbyterian bodies, tn
United Presbyterian Assembly, tn
General Synod of the Reformed Pres
byterians, and the Synod of J.eforme
Presbyterians, have recently declares
that members of their respectiv
churches must not become Patrons O
HIsbandry, this action arising frcr
their hostility to all secret societies.
AMONG the choicest ingredients o
melodrama is gambling scene i
which human life is the stake. Sue
an incident actually occurred thre
months ago in Algeria. A French sol
der, being incensed against one of hi
officers, played at cards for his Captain
life, and, having lost, took gun, stol
to the cafe where the officer was, an
fred, but as another officer, just enter
ing, struck up the weapon as it wen
off, the intended victim escaped. TIL
soldier was shot.
"WHILE in Jerusalem, writes lad
traveller, "we paid our respects to tn
Princess de la Tour d'Auvergne, VIII
resides there, and who has purchase
the Mount of olives for the Catholic
for 500, 900, ceding it to the Frenc
Government. For seven centuries
was lost to the Catholics, ever since tn
Crusaders were driven out of Jerusa
lem. She is now erecting convent O
the vevy spot where Christ prayed. TIL
prayer is inscribed in thirty-two lar
guages around the inclosure of th
courtyard