The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-10

Forty bushels OF wheat to the acre
Is about the average OF the present
splendid crop in Georgia. s
II is said that Mississippi farmers
are thinking of going into the, corn
and cattle trade and leaving cotton
alone. ------
On the 1st Of July. 1878, there was
$25G. 100000 cash fn the treasury
now there Is s35S.Oeo.OoO. Rssump-
lie an accomplished fact.
Less wheat, but three times the
area OF corn, and twice OF oats. has
been planted and sown In Colorado
this year. compared with last.
Egyptian wheat is attracting at
tention in California. for the climate
is particularly favorable to It's
growth. II yields enormously.
Jarolimek maintains that steel can
be hardened no only by immersion
In boiling water. but even in boiling
oil. melting lead and melting zinc.
Senator Gordon, Of Georgia, Is en-
closing his 10000 acre sheep ranch,
In that State, with a stone wall.
Seven miles OF the wuh have been
completed. cn
The immigration statistics as
Castle Garden show 652e5 immf-
grants landed during the first six
months OF 1879. an increase Of 1886
over the same period In 1873.
In Cincinnati the police have been
ordered TO stop the shooting OF
pistols and fire-crackers on the
streets. When Americans become
truly civilized this will be dose In ali
cities. rs
Witty sayings are as easily lost a.
the pearls slipping or q broken
string; but q word OF kindness Is
seldom spoken In vain. II is seed
which. even when dropped by
chance. springs up as fower.
The cotton crop is to be per cent.
larger this year than last according
TO estimate. The average yearly In
crease for the past nine years has
been 100000 bales. Total bales fox
this year are estimated at $500
The great magnate Of South Wales
is Sir Watkin William Wynn, who
owns $4,000 acres in the principally.
He Is member OF Parliament for
Denbighshire. as was his father from
the age OF "a 10 his death, at an ad-
vanced age. .1ss1
The Emperor of China IL = the
shortest Monarch In the world
and the Emperor Of Geruauy
the tallest, though even hs
can boast Of seventy-iwoi f0ohes.
while his nephey. Prince. Adalbert.
stands six feet and six inches In his
stockings. a .ss4s - = seszo
James G. Flood draws ss2,So0 non
the National Treasury four times a
year. that sum being the quarterly
interest on s5,0oo,o00 invested In 5
per cents. 1t is said, moreover, that
he recently has put another $5,o00,-
600 In four per cents.
The apportionment under the next
census on hasis OF 800 members or
congress and population Of 10000
900, will give the north 23 members
and the south 81. The sectional
question and the "solidity" question
will soon cease from troubling. aar
The way TO wealth is as plain az
the way to market. 1t depends
chiefly on two words, industry and
frugality; that Is. waste neither time
nor money. but make the best use az
both. Without industry and frugal
ty nothing will do well, and with
them, everything.
James Marrabee, of Stark, n. n q
veteEan woodsman OF Sc years old
has furnished spars and inasts for
500 vessels; he has not been III for
lfty years, and can still remain ND
day and night for two days al time
while engaged in his his work Ia the
forest.
A newspaper OF January 8, Is2I.
mentions an extraordinary perfor-
nance by the postmaster OF Lels-
more. Ireland, then in his ninety-
seventh year. He Travelled for q
wager from that town to Fermoy, In
Dungaryen oyster-tub, drawn by a
pig, badger, two cats. q goose and
a hedgehog, with a large, red night
cap on his head, pig drivers whip
In one OF his hands. and In the other
q common cows horn, which be blew
to encourage his team and give
notice OF his new mode OF posting.
An important decision has been
rendered by the Postofiice Depart
ment which causes large decrease
in the postal revenue. 1t Is that
underan old law very large amount
OF mail matter heretofore considered
of first class will In the future be re-
garded as third -elass matter. This
ruling will especially benefit the
banking and insurance institutions.
as it will permit that class Of blanks
which contain little or no writing to
pass at cheap rates. 1t Is estimated