Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-18
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The area of the German empire is only
212,00c square miles, or scarcely four times
that of the State of Illinois. and We, on this
small space dwell over $1,000. 900 people,
which equals the prcsent populltipn OF
the United States, scattered over twelve
times that extent of territory; and Ger
many produces enough brea1>tuffs and
meats for the support of her population.
and raises sufficient quantity oi beets
from which to manufacture nearly all the
sugar and molasses consumed by her in
haD.tints; whereas the United States.
with her great variety of climate and soil,
expcnds $4,000 90 annually in tie pur<
chase of taese commodities irom tropical
countries.
The first appearance of meteoric show
second in 49,. al The Latter we have dis
Iinct ycts.lIcction. AS it took place between
iheehours Of nine and ten O'Clock p. m
fhis shows that they are not of frequent
occurrence. A period OF "a years inter
vcning.
Cupid shoots with rifle now. and not
with Il b,w and arrow. Else how is il
that he girls can hear the popping of the
question.
The jacob rs of The French revolution
originated from secret organization oi
abont i"r,y men of letters. who met To
sether principally To- discuss the political
questions which were then c,,nvulsing the
nation, in order that its members in the
National Assembly might act together
They received ia: a.,;,ch,,i IN of .Iacobins
from their meeting in the hail OF the J TO
nin tia at Paris Being determined enc
.nies at the IN ,aarcliy and ali lncracy. liz
n'mbcrs b c ,nc popular With the people
similar suciclies were formed thrpus bout
France. aud finally the rcvulilionisls all
t"nk the name oi Jacobins.
With regard to the stan In; still OF
the sun at the command OF Joshua
there are two opinions. One opinion
is that the sun did really stand still;
the motions of the whole universe O;
stars being stopped, and the whole
physical laws with which we ale ac-
qaainted being suspended. The 9TH
or opinion is, that this could not have
been without the instantaneous dcs.
truction OF the organized universe.
and the reform OF all things to chaos;
aud thai, therefore, the passage must
mean that the sun appeared u stand
still, OIL that sJmlch was accomplish :
eel by Joshua that il WA as though
tile day itself We're lrnythensi. The
orthodox clergy arc divided In opin
ion upoa II. rls subject IL abund.
antly discussed in the commentaries
10 which We would refer you.
The word Bank Is derived fro m
the Italian. 1t signifies = "bench. T"
The term as applet to commerce
originated with the Jews, or money
changers. who formerly assembled in
the market PLACES in Italian towns.
ated on benches TO transact their
trade.
Cadets arc appointed to West
Point one year in "A Vance OF their
entrances upon the discharges OF their
iuties. They are req hired, whsn ap-
pointed, To be well versed in reading.
writing aud arithmetic, and to have
Anowle ige OF English yrann ,r, des-
criptivc geography. particularly OF
)ur own country. anil tho history OF
our own country. aud the history OF
the Unitcd States They NUT, with
the consent OF their p ,r-nts or gusr-
'lians. sign articles engaging to serve
i've years unless sooner discharged
The Polyne,ian I,liads comprise
large number of chains OF mall is
lanls. Almost all OF them are OF cor.
Al form ltioi. These form itiDns are
either reefs or atolls. Tie following
are the principil claims: The Pelen
islands; the tllici and Rli)ck is
lands; the Clio tt i5lanl5; the ST.
noa. or Navigator isl ands. The Sand
wich isltn l., Il the m,,t mp)rtant
nj all the Polyncsian chain $.
Icelanl lies east III GceenlanI, near
the Attic circle. II consists III snow
covered mountains and rocky table.
ianis bcnriny active volcanoes. 1t
was discovered and settled many CEN
fuiies before the continent OF North
America.