Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-10-15
ALI Sorts.


BA1TMoRE boasts of 1000 oyster
boats.
NoAH's ark was SAT English feet long,
81 broad, and 81 high.
ABOUT three thousand different Ian
guages are spoken on the globe.
PRESIDENT IMAGINATION, like President
Grant, refuses to make speeches.
REASONABLY good race-horse drivers
are paid $500 a month. Let us turn
horse drivers.
OF the eight pounds of meat and
drink that the average man consumes
daily, at least five pounds are given out
through the skin.
THE manufacture of the S1-ton gun
at the Royal Gun Factories in the
Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, Eng, is slow
ly progressing. 1t excites great in
terest.
The cotton crop of this year is esti-
mated at A, 40, 1888 bales. This is larger
than any crop since 1861, with the
single exception of the crop OF 1870,
which reached a, 347, 0O6 bales.
In the twenty five years-1849-73-
there were 262, 563 new houses built in
London, and 6,57S new streets and II
squares were formed. The length of
these new streets and squares exceeded
1, 159 miles.
In Texas justice is sometimes almost
&C oh A
Blythe committed murder on June Is,
was arrested June IS; indicted June "a;
found guilty, June 80; sentenced July
4 hanged, August Z.
UNITED STATES TREASURER SPINNER
lately received letter from Bristol,
VT, inclosing a certificate of deposit
for S., 900 willed by FL. f. Day, de-
ceased, TO the United States, to assist
in liquidating the national debt.
THE last fraud in the way of adulter-
alton is the putting of salt into ale in
order to create thirst for some. A fine
of 932 As. was recently imposed upon a
beer-seller in London for putting $50
grains of salt in every gallon of beer.
THE following are the number of let
tiers in the alphabet of different nations
English, % French, %; italian, 20 /;
Spanish, 81 German, 26 {; Slavonic, 40 ;
Russian, Sc F.; Latin, % Greek, "a ; He
brew, %; Arabic, %; Persian, 81 ;
Turkish, %; Sanskrit, A; Chinese
radical characters, 214.
THE present crown of Great Britain
was constructed in 1888 with Jewels
taken from old crowns and others fur
nished by command of the Queen. 1t
contains four large pear-shaped pearls,
273 small pearls, LAT table diamonds,
1878 rose diamonds, 1868 brilliant dia-
monds, 5 rubies, IL emeralds and IL
sapphires.
SILKwoRMs' eggs are now sent from
Japan to Italy and France by the way
of the United States, on the Pacific
railroad. Japan exports over four mil
lion dollars worth annually. Hitherto
they have been shipped by the Red Sea
route, but that has been abandoned on
account of the heat of the climate and
the time required in transportation.
THnMBLEs are made from coin silver,
hence the business is much affected by
financial variations. The dollars are
melted, rolled into the required thick
ness, and cut into circular pieces OF the
required size. The disks are then
nodded around a bar, and the sides are
welded. The polishing, decorating, and
intentions are done upon lathe.
SOME of our cotemporaries have been
misled into saying, since the death of
Gen. Foster, that Gen. Doubleday is
the only survivor of Fort Sumter. The
truth is there are four officers left of that
famous command. They are: Maj
Gen. j. G. Davis; Maj. Gen. S. w.
Crawford, Maj. Gen. Doubleday, and
Gen. Seymour. There were originally
ten officers in the work, six of whom are
dead
ACCORDING to the Mohammedans,
Abraham began ear-piercing. In one
of Sarah's jealous fits respecting Hagar,
she declared she would not rest until
she had dipped her hands in Hagar's
blood. In order to quiet Sarah, and
enable her to redeem her promise with
out further upsetting her household,
Abraham pierced Hagar's ears, and
drew rings through them. From that
time earrings became the fashion.