Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-21
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The largest landed estate in the world
Is that of the Car Nicholas ofRussia-
100 100000 acres.
A connoisSeur in cats. living in West
field, Mass. has twenty three Eats in
his house. One he values at $1,000.
BY the last census of India the total
population of the country is 2S1 .22223, 49,,
or about one-sixth of the worlds popu-
lation
The most rapid growth in the exports
Of Japan is in floor mattings, which
now go TO the United States and Eu
rope in lots Of 100000 bales az 4 time.
Bank note paper is made of the best
quality OF linen rags, the linen being
purchased in bolts and cut up by ma
chinery for the purpose of making pulp.
The apple crop of the year is esti-
mated 1T sc, 256,0O0 barrels. The lead
ing apple States are Ohio. New York
Pennsylvania, Missouri, Illinois and
Michigan.
The recent art exhibition at Venice
has been a great success and the city
has been crowded with visitors. the no.
tells full and the shops doing thriving
business
The birmingham. England. magiS--
trateS have declared If heavy fines Will
do it they are determined 70 PUT down
swearing and foul language in the pub
lie streets.
Bert Goodwin. of Carthage. Ne, shot
a white hedgehog. which is quite curl
Osity. The fur of this animal covers
the quilts. while Oh the dark species
the quilts are the longer.
The bicycliSts of Kansas City have or
ganized themselves into society to
overthrow the tyranny of the watering
cart man and urge the general improve
ment of the city'> streets.
In an old rats nest found in the
chimney of IN old house at Ligonier,
Pa. recently, We're some papers bear
ing date 40 n Mexican dollar of 1174,
and Mexican quarter of 1772.
The Camden, Me-, cucum rer mag
mates report that this; years shipments
amounted TO 400 barrels. or more than
400 more than Last year. 1t takes $500
Of these cucumbers to fill barrel
valuable article Of export from Cey-
Ion is sharks fins. which are esteemed
as delicacy by the Chinese and some
other Oriental nations. The expectation
amounted last year to 2J,319 rupees.
The assessed valuation of property in
the State of California is 81, 1872, I12. 674
This is considerable more than $500 for
every man, woman and child in the
State, or over $4,000 for every family.
The potato crop Of the United States
this year is 3D.. 100000 bushels. or
about 1OO,OOO,OOO bushels more than
the crop of 1894. The onion harvest also
is the largest ever known in this cOun-
try.
While out hunting for partridge, and.
of course, with both barrels loaded
with bird shot, an Ellsworth, Me-. hunt
er stumbled upon three deer He didn't
swear, he says; he laid right down and
bawled."
Two bucks shot dead at one stand
Win WV SINUS llOll a w luCupSltT WuS
James Craney's accomplishment in
hunting trip near Abbeyville. Ga.
few days ago. The distance was about
100 yards.
Victoria. in Australia. is following in
F'alstaff's footsteps. 1t has 1,174.OOO in
habitants. Last year they spent $1S,-
645,OOO for drink. about $50 for each
adult male, and only one half as much
for breadstuffs.
calculation recently made gives the
number of Americans in England more
or less resident in London. at 10000:
twice as many as there are Frenchmen.
four times rs many as there are Ital-
tanS, and so on.
An eminent German pencii-maker
now dead, has over his grave a gigan-
tic stone representation OF half n lead
pencil as tombstone 1t is of red sand
stone, with a core OF graphite eight
inches in diameter.
Names NO Mans Land is situated
In the town of Parkhurst. n strip of
desert where not even Il bug can thrive.
Nobody claims it. nobody wants it. and
it is the only place in the State that
tramps steer clear Of
In London every public building from
the Queens palace down is supplied
with n fire annihilatOr Some of the
large ones will produce 1900 gallons
of carbOnic gas and steam in the space
of four or five minutes.
In building Gardiner, Me-, wharf
a silver coin was eXcavated which the
coin collectors declare TO be over 200
years old. In spite of it's extreme age.
the piece of money was so bright that
every figure on it was easily discern
iblc.
Near Milford. the other day. a sur
veyor found a prehistoric cemetery Of
great extent containing thousands Of
graves. Some of the graves were OPEN
ed, and in them were found pipes, CT
pher Ordinates, beads, pearls and other
trinkets.
The building which Verdi is erecting