The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-03-06


southern Europe last week.
In the southern part OF Texas corn
Is up. and in Florida it Is a foot high,
and the people are eating young cab
bages and green peas.
O'Kelley. the last of the Fenian
prisoners, has been discharged from
prison in Great Britain, on condition
OF quitting the country.
Mummy cloth is so named from its
crape-like texture resembling the
cotton cloths in which ancient E2yp-
tian mummies are found.
There is one church In Leadville.
and 1t looks so much like saloon
that several people have inadver.
tently strolled into 1t Of Sunday.
The United States uses 100000
bushels OF grain every year for dis
tilling purposes. Great Britain uses
1000, 900 bushels in the same way.
A San Francisco newspaper, re-
lating a mining accident, says: "One
man and twelve Chinese killed." As
Chinaman would say. "It's all
samee!"
According to our exchanges, soc;-
ETY. in Michigan ought to be consid-
erably improved this winter, there
has been such an Internal lot Of
skunks killed.
The Moffet register having in
creased the revenue OF Virginia over
twenty five per cent. the State re-
fuses to abolish 1t. They only seek
to perfect the register.
The manufacturing property OF the
Atlantic Delaine Company, Of Provi-
dence, r. l., was sold at auction last
Thursday for 100000. The property
cost over 100000.
The bonnets OF this spring are
larger than thosc CT the passing sea-
son; the brims flare, but, there are nc
face trimmings. the hair being dress.
ed full to supply the deficiency.
Senator-elect Jonas, OF Louisiana
/ is a Hebrew and is the third OF thai
race to sit in the Senate. The otheI
two were Judah p. Benjamin o.
Louisiana, and David l.. Yulee, oi
Florida.
A Galesburg, Illinois. woman lived
with her husband eighteen years, anC
now asks for a divorce because al
the clothes he ever bought her con
sisted in entirely of a bunch Of hair
pins and a toothbrush.
Good food. properly cooked. gives
us good blood, sound bones, health,
brains, strong nerves and firm flesh
, to say nothing Of good tempers ans
kind hearts. These are surely wortl
a little trouble to secure.
! From latest reports received at tn,
Agricultural Bureau. at Washington
: it is esteemed that this years whea
yield 10 the United States amounts I,
, 4OO, ,OO0. 900 bushels; corn, 1900. .OO0, ,OO
bushels; cotton, 100000 bales.
! Southern California increases year
ly in its production Of semi-tropica
} fruits. Oranges are so plenty tha
. there are fears the market will be
come overstocked.. Walnut and al
i mond trees are grown successfully.
Sick headache can generally b
relieved by soaking the feet in veI.
warm water, In which a spoonful O
powdered mustard has been stirred
Soak as long as possible. or till tn
water gets cool; it draws the bloc
from the head.
There are now six female lawyer
. In the United States. and all ar
having a fair practice. They ar
Mrs. Lockwood. OF Washington; Mrs
Bradwell, of Chicago: Miss Phoeb
Cozzens, OF st. Louis: Mrs. Foster, G
Iowa; Mrs. Goodell, OF Wisconsin. an
Mrs. Foltz, OF San Francisco.
Ralph Disraeli, brother OF Lor
y Beaconsfield, is an old man, living
q obscurity. He strolls about oil
i gardens with a book In his hand. II
goes into ne society, and is neve
among the list of guests at Beacor
fields house. He has small publ
: Office, but will give no informatio
about himself or his marriage.
= 1t Is reported that a young man
u Ohio was so bashful that he ran ava
o from the church where he was to |
!, married, but in the evening hunte
II up his girl and was tied. We migl
: believe the story il it came from an
d other State than Ohio; but a mode
l. man in Ohio is q little too great
It stretch for the Imagination.
" All United States Senators al
y chosen for six years in such Wa
u chat one third of the whole body go,
: utevery two years, but two Senate
from amy State never go out at Il
:. same time. In this State, Senat,
:. McDonald's term extends from Mar,
4tb, 1875. to March Sd, 1881, and Sci
y ator Voorhees, term March 4th, 1S7
. to March Sd. 1885.
N There Is scarcely an ache to whis
Il l. n, l,.n.