The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-08-05
SOUTHERN GIEANIvGs

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Administration u Improvements hss d6uhlad
W. sifstt Eaaas, snd has nav over twelss
huhdfed hands and aafls WORKING In The
streets ani suffers, ssslust an svsfass force
fof'neflf u seven hundred. The sanitary
Assoelsilen u we'll supplied WITH nshes. .
which u u n'lns llbefsiiy tof sanllay puf
poses, ils chief aim Il IA Keep the CUTTERS
clesn BY aushes, u see iha, sIl the vaults
and yards afe IN perteel order, and 10 pro.
vide an sbundsn' wstef supply fof the city.
Two big flushing pumps with q cspselly sf
sls million gallons each are fofclar water
through the Eaiiefs n every street running
toward the river. Finding recently that
small portion of the city was not benefited
by thl. flushing pfoee., the association
spent N,bD 70 erect pump there 30 that
this section could also be thoroughly cleaned.
The three draining canals Of tho city we're
cleaned carly In tho spring. dccpenca. and
lined with wood at the Joint expense Of the
CITY aud Sanitary Association. aud are now
ln good order. This cleaning hnd not been
done hitherto for eight or ten years. A
special and thorough inspection has been
made Of all closets, stables, and yards, and
those needing cleaning have been put In or.
der. In cases where yards were low. mud.
dy, or dirty. the association has contributed
di'infeclants. sand, aud whatever else was
needed. Recognizing the deficient water
supply Of New Orleans, tho Legislature at
lts late session passed an act requiring every
house TO be supplied with water At rate OF
Two hundred gallons 10 each InhabItant.
This law Is being strictly enforced.
Recent Investigations have shown that
the crocodile Is TO be found In the less fro Z.
quented parts Of Florida, where II has long
been confoundcd with the alligator, and q
single specimen Is now among the collection
OF reptiles at the Smithsonian Institution.
The great point OF difference between croco-
dilcs and allgators Is that the former live in
saltwater bayous or creeks near the sea,
while the latter are TO be found only In the
fresh.water streams. The crocodile, cay.
man, gayia, and alligator are all types OF one
group, the CrocodIlIa. Ia these reptiles the
heart resembles that OF birds more than that
Of any cold-booded animals. Tho ventrIcle
Is completely divided by scptnm into two
chambers; the venous and arterlal blood
Join outside the heart, and the brain is bird
like. The muzzle OF tho alligator Is In a
straight line, but that OF the crocodile IL
much narrower behIud the nostrils. There
are also other anatomical differences. Tho
crocodile Is known among the Indians as the
''long- g-nosed alligator" The Florida croco
die Is the crocodIlus acutus Of Cuvier, and
Is entirely identical with tho Jamaica
species, but entirely different from the cay :
man Of Guiana, South America. One OF the
most interesting charaoterIsticcs Of the
American crocodile II the care that II takes
Of Its offspring. During the breeding sea.
son especially the reptiles utter loud cries
or shricks that have been compared TO the
yelpIng Of hounds or puppies.
A North Carolina paper says: "Witf
the present year Is inaugurated new ers
In the South, II we are 10 Judge by the mag
nitude Of the new manufacturing enter.
prises that aro springing up all over the
land. Old mills have been revived and hun
dreds Of new ones arc already built or arc
In the course Of building. During th'
month Of June twenty-five carloads oI
machinery were shipped from Boston !,
points In the South, over the Richmond
Dsnville Railroad, distributed n follows
Fourteen carloads for Pelxer, s. c.; 81,
for Concord, N. c.; ono for Hickory. N.
c., and one for Clifton, 8. O. This 10 Oh,
shipment Of machinery for one month
alone, and though Il may be considered I
pretty fair showing II is nothing at all com
pared 10 what Il 10 come. The Boston ma.
chine shops have notified the Southern
transportation lines that they are now work
Ing To all orders for three hundred car.
loads Of machinery. all Of which is 10 b
delivered At tho mills In the South by earl,
fall. In bringing the mills TO the cotton The
South has at last struck the key note "a
prosperity"
The Austin (rexas) Triumph says
that 1850 packages Of fruit and vegetables
have been shipped from there this season.
Almost all kinds Of fruit. both Wild and cul.
tlvated, have been shipped with consIdera-
BILE profit ave can average these PACKAGE
q, at least u per package, for strawberries
sold at the first Of the season for 81 per case
aud early peaches prought $3.50 per box,
aud good peaches are SIN bringing 81 pei
box. Beside strawberries and peaches,
which we call staple crops, We have shipped
plums, pears. apples. blzckberries, rasp'
berries. whor,lcberries. peas, potatoes, rhu
barb, encumbers and tomaioes."
A Richmond editor thinks there
never was more favorable year than THU
for holding . State Fair by the virginII
Agricultural Society. With nns crops o.
grain, fruit. and vegetables. the farmers vii
have lots Of money, and everybody win b
In good spirits.
Within the neighborhood Of Talbott's
Station, Jefferson County, Tenn, over Eve
hundred sheep have been killed and - greaI
number crippled By dogs Ia the Iasttwelv'
months.
Over eight hundred worthless dog
have been killed IN Atlantis, Ga, thus fal
during the present season.
Miss For, who sues Mr.. Low, Of New
Orleans, for breaking hla promise 10 marrJ
her, places the damage At 81.
A man out In Georgia who has beer
making experiments on ws,ermeIons hs
discovered that per cent Of the matter Il
them Il sacchsrine, andthzt an acre Of good
land will produce u. 900 pounds Of water
melons, which VIII yield 2lis pounds o
sugar. worth, say, s3ii.so.
The school fund Of Texas Is 800. 900
The Cranberry orc vein, near Chatta
nocxa, now beinx opened, promises 10 be tn
most remarkable Ia the eouatry. A thick.
ness Of sevenly feet has already been found
and Il IL thought u Will reach 10 feet. Tk
company operating Il has spent u ,opo. 90
on railroad and land investment, aud pro
pose 10 mine one thousand tons per day.
Henderson, KY, has twenty-five 10
bseeo slemmerie., two tobacco mapufae
tories, one handle and spots factory. ~
lsrxs saw.nIIIs, three dourihx.mIlls. fou
dI.llllsFie.. one lee nssuiaeiofy. .ous wssIeu
mill, snd many miner factories.