Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-27
NOTES AND COM MENTS

NOW, Can any UOuy SucsS HON Oiu
Ella is?
1t is said that the largest diamond
in the world was found short time
ago in the mines OF Bahia de Per-
nagus, Brazil The gem is reported
to weigh 3. 100 carats, which is >, 1919
carats heavier than the largest exist
ing diamond.
THE Duke of Orleans, head OF The
Royalist party in France and claim
ant to the throne, has come 10 the
sensible conclusion that, even if a
monarchy is desirable for himself
and family, he cannot down the
French Republic. He will quit sub
Sliding Royalist newspapers and
give Up the Offices OF the Royalist
committee in Paris.
ACCORDING to one of the addresses
before the Greenacre conference, in
session in Maine. the central portion
of the United States is destined to
contain half it's population, and this
population is to amount to IO0. 600, :
600 people, all under one government.
The interesting question OF whether
government over 700, 900 900 will be
more than ten times as bad one
over 20, 600, 900 is left unanswered.
ACCORDING to the elaborate report
Just issued by the Labor Department
of the English Government there
has been notable rise in the rate of
wages during the past year, the
average increase for the entire labor
ing population being a little over a
dollar u head per annum. This in
crease is all the more remarkable
from the fact that the returns in
question show an equally notable de-
cline in the number of hours of labor.
EX-CONsUL General New reiterates
the statement that there is no estate
of any description amounting to as
much as 1000, 600 in England,
either in the Bank of England or in
the court of chancery, in which Am
erican heirs are interested. The
same statement has been made by
indubitable authority hundred
times But whenever q smart law
yer gets out of another job or wishes
to take trip to England at some
body else's expense the deathless
fake" of vast English estate wait
ing for number of guileless Ameri-
cans to come over and get it is re-
vived.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale suggests
that the United States shall renew
its proposition, made to Spain in
1923. to lend her Government large
sum of money on condition that she
shall allow this Government to or
ganize Cuba, on u self-governing
basis. with it's autonomy guarar teed
Jointly by Spain and the United
States. He thinks that it would be
Just as we'll to allow the islAnd to re-
main nominally 1.-THE brightest jewel
in the crown of Spain" so long as IL
was actually independent, and fer
all practical purposes on the same
footing as one of the territories of
the American Union
One of the most interesting of the
men made rich recently by the Grip
pie Creek mines is w. S. Stratton,
who owns the independence mine
outright aud has an interest in other
mining properties. He is carpenter,
and three years ago he walked from
Colorado Springs to the new camp,
distance of thirty miles, in order to
save the fare, which amounted to
-. Success has not spoiled him,
although he now has an income of
81, 200, 900 year. He is a modest,
small-sized man, with iron-gray hair
and mustache, dressed in a plain
business suit, and wholly inconspicu-
Gus.
No fewer than sixty-six persons in
Great Britain are shown by the in
come tax reports just published in
London to enjoy annual incomes of
over $500, 600. There are nearly two
thousand more whose incomes range
all the way from that figure down to
T00, 600 year, while those possess
ing from S2o, 900 to 500, 900 year
exceed three thousand in number.
Some five thousand people are taxed
on $40, 600 to $l5, 900 per annum, and
nearly fifteen thousand citizens
make return of incomes ranging from
S., 600 to $4,000 When it is borne
in mind that the tendency to rate
ones income for revenue purposes at
the lowest possible figure is almost
universal, and that even the most
upright and patriotic OF citizens
think it fair game to do" the tax
collector. it must be admitted that
the showing of the report is eminent
ly satisfactory to Great Britain.
THE aggregate number of employees
Of all the roads in the United States
is as large as the standing army of
Germany. This means that the 1880
railroads in this country employ 90O,-
600 persons, and that one person in
every ninety of our population de-
ponds for livelihood upon a rail-
road. From the general railroad
statistics for last year, it will be
learned that our /, $3.50 railroads car
sied about 600. 100000 passengers,
uh;oh ,,,oonc thot avar,v