The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-12-10

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soil which sxhibi, most striking char.
a~ctsristies, although FIR exceeded by
Niagara 10 the volume Of wass dis
charged. In the Yosemite Valley
there are several falls, one of uhich
has . total dsIAb, made BY three
lesps, d s.sS4 feet. The Bridal
Vail fall, 10 the sanss remarkable
valley. has . depth Of e4o feet, and
the Royal Arch fail, 1900 feet. lie
sides the Y o-Semite Valley, aiiord'
the finest scenery ofa varied char.
acter, IN q region Of limited extent,
known to man. Its only accessible
at the lower end BY two trails that
abruptly descend 1000 feet. The
walls for six miles are nearly verti-
col, and In some places srs : mile IN
height, and are composed VI pure
white granite. Ths Valley is only
q mile and . hall wids at the broad
vt part, and IN most places 10 lees
than . half mils. This sdds to the
~apparsas height Of the psrpendic-
siAr waas on either side.
The New York Croten Aqucduct,
tho largest aud inest work Of the
kind ID the world. Its length 10
over forty miles, and it cost twelve
and u half million dollars. In it's
course Il passes over a bridge 1890
feet long and IA feet high, which
Is splendid triumph Of architccta-
III skin.
The Mammoth Cave Of Kentucky
the largest and most interesting
cave ia the world, wherein one may
make q voyage on a subtsrranean
lake and catch ash without eyes.
The Philadelphia City Park, the
most extensive public garden under
the control Of municipal govern
ment in the world. Ii area COM
prisss twsnty-nin hundred acres.
Tho largest river in the world Is
the Misissippi, four Thousand one
hundred miles long, irrigating a
valley Of the richest fertility, whose
extent u fosr hundred thousand
square miles.
The Pacific Railroad, over three
thousand miles In length, an span
ming = whole continent, from ocean
TO ocean.
The Iron Mountain Of Missouri,
which i regarded the greatest mass
Of solid IRON IN the world. 1t IL
three hundred and 6hy feet high
. I'd two miles In circuit.
ChicAeo. Tho leading grain port
Of the worid,asd % lar - We know
the most rapidly developed city in
wealth and population the world
hes knona. In 1881 there we're
twelve families ssttlop on it, ste.
IN 1870 the censns returns showed
= population Of 4,470. In 1890,
l10,773, and in 1867. the number
Of inhabitants exceeded 100000. t,
Besides these "wonders," there
are cther interesting features which !
- cited, we're We disposed 70
compare our nstioaal resources With !
these of otAsr countries; sasA, for |
instaaca, are ~ appsrsatly exhaust
less deposits Of gold and silver in |, |,
Ard tie Rocky Mountain !
Territory ; ofanthracita and bitun- \
mons eosi, especially The farmer, IN
Psrnsylvsaia, q ooopsr IN he Lake
Supsroe region, and Of petroleum
\ many lalsa n 10 Union.
Whsa 80 calmly reascts upon
~ raSe hlDtefy Of or nation. and
,ostsmplafssfhe woadsrful psogrss
made within ! ~ brisf ysars. his