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The Panola weekly star., 1882-01-21
WIT AND WISDOM.

1t " easier 10 run in debt than TO
crawl out again. IPhitehalkI kIimos.
Why don't some gentleman arise
and suggest that poker room Is an
ante confederation State.
When a shoemaker takes up his awl
fora job Of work, he must push the thing
through. IN. q. Picdyane.
If, "a nnturalists say. all animals
have n language Of their own, the Ian
guage used by cattle Is low. -SomerriRe
JOurRdi.
When bank teller Is leader Of n
quiro his paper ought 10 be good, as
well rs his notes.--M T. Commercial
Advertiser.
"A man with small salary and largo
family says II pride goes before fall,
he would like 10 SEQ Pride start on
little ahead Of the price OF coal and pro.
visions. Boston Commercial advertiser.
"A young man who went West some
years ago, IL now an undertaken In u
populous Western city. He II under.
taking $40 week living ON n 81
week salary. Narration Independent.
In mercantile houses Il Is always
deemed best TO be cautions In crossing
the "ts" and dotting the "rs," but In
broken banks the defauting cashiers $
chief thought lsto cross the ''c's."--7he
Score.
Probably the finest exhibition Of
human courage that Is ever witnessed
can be- seen By interviewing the passcn.
gers Of n Western railroad train half an
hour after the robbers are gone.--Dur.
hHgi0H Hdwkeyc.
Darwin says man sang before he
talked. OF course. they were forced 10
invent language, then. They had 10
express the disgust which singers al
ways entertain for each others vocal
efforts. .-Bosion Posi-.
In a recent suit before Justice In
this city lady reluctantly testified that
she thought that another Newark lady
might be- n good enough neighbor II
she lived In locality where tho houses
were twenty-five miles apart and was
so crippled that she couldn't como over
to gossip or borrow.-Negark Gall
is this Corner Lot9 No, II isa
Towel. II has Been serving nm Ap.
premiership In Printing Office for the
Past four Years. Tho horses arc
Dragging Il away. A man viii Take
an Ak aud Break the Towel into Pieces
and Boil Il for Soap Grease. Then he
will boil the Towel for Tripc. n you
Find Piece Of Tripe with a Monogram
In one Corner you may Know ifs the
Towel.-Daircr Tribune Primer.
The Panola weekly star., 1882-01-21

fhamamcot n 'r.uttftJtf
lf lfW'HMlW N8uWNv
fhH hm ia Hm ihIf umnlr Iuf
mf iho pHt Ymf aggregated siHpn.
mH
ttm 10 1hwtrmuit. ruHtyt
Wn.i dlud1aiurol tlIf telf wv hbr
rais " aNlnf
ltHea.lmtitdtlalai ai Wu mp wuHh
N iuaHD1 silnJa VIII h Hh ni Unr
ham y a. duflnEtiia yrhrtud.hg fnhp
!, 1881
The telegraph WA nnt othlliipd IN
New iWk ndy iuuf yunr $3.50 AZ the
present ilum ihu Woslnrn inipH urrf.
nies 0bu,0u mllet " wlfr Nv tho lIuliad
siHrs.
Me- Murray. n The llullnnd (vt)
telegraph ulllcn nj one sitting " four.
loun md q hall hours, took from tho
Wires the entire message NJ President
Arthur, over sisicoh lloumnd words,
Coffee culture bids fair Ia hecomo
one " The ealing industries of Liberia.
The soil aud climate urc emincntly well
adapted 10 ", and Thousands uf trees
nre being planted, while q ready market
is found Tor all the crop,
Investigation shows that the mum.
bcr oi accidents In English coal mines
" no greater than twenty years ago. nj.
though the number ol workmen has
been doubled In the time. Better NJ.
pliancc aud greater care make the rra.
son,
Smith Wright Of Wllslon, VI, nm.
nunlly lalicns 5000 Ito 1900 turkeys, o.
900 to 5000 geese aud 1000 TO $500
ducks lie cultiynies farm Of 800
acres, and manages dairy Of forty COWS.
One lot Of his poultry last year brought
him SlG,SO0.
The silk trade Of Lyons. France, now
occupies some 100000 looms, Of which
10000 are within the city. Including
th0so who work In the silk-worm ostab.
lishmcntg there are 100000 persons en-
ployed in the Lyons silk trade. In 1887
there were but $4,000 and $4,000 looms.
Great Britain employs in under
ground occupations no fewer than 31S,-
l5l persons, and tho length of the gal
lcries where the mining Is carried ON Is
found to be 5S,7il miles. The greatest
depth Of the coal mines Is $500 feet be-
low the level Of the sea.
One san Francisco firm shipped tho
past year I,2i0,000 pounds Of green
fruit and paid in railroad charges on II
sllS,000' being at the rate Of two and
thrce-quarter cents pound, or sj5 n
ton. or $3.50 carload. The bulk OF
the shipments has been by fast trains, at
the rate Of sl,075 per carload. and Il /,
estimated that the total amount paid in
freight charges is 100000.
The Panola weekly star., 1882-01-21

A colored man living on wilkins
street and working on new building
ON Hastings street fell from scailold a
day or two ago and broke his leg.
While waiting for conveyance 10 take
him home Il was thought best 10 send
somebody ahead to notify his wife, and
tho keeper of corner-grocery was nc.
cordingly selected TO proceed 90 the
house and let her down easy. lie found
her nj the wnsh-tnb. and after the usual
salute he started on with:
Madam, | have a painful duty 10
perform"
"shool you doan' say sor' she re-
piled. Ms she prepared TO give n rinsesl
shirt the grapevine.
"Yes. madam. I am sent here 10 In.
form You that your husband"
Am he on anoddcr bustF' shc asked,
"Worse than that.n
"Got inter jailY"
"Worse than that"
"shoo' Has de ole man tumbled Into
do ribbcr1''
"No. ma'am. but he has tumblcd from
scaifold and-and-"
IAN broke bis neckr'
"So-only his leg. Yes, madam. he
has broken his leg. and the men ara
bringing him home on door,
Am dat sllf Why, when you hrsi
begun talkin' 'spccted We was Rwint
10 be turned out on de street on account
Of De rentl Broke his leg. chr WeIl,
tell 'sm 10 tote him right long In an
be kesrful das nnilin draps out of nj.
p0etsls. Sol bul goa might hes sold
me all dat ober do gate. instead q
comm IN hcah an skeerin' my hear
ersr up TO my chlnr'-n<frvif Pre-
The Panola weekly star., 1882-01-21

II will be seen that the work Of railway en-.
tension has been carried on IN forty two States
aud Territories, the only State In which no
new track is reported laid being Connecticut
and Delaware, and the only Territories thu.
distinguished being Idaho, indian Territory
and Utah, although Il Is probable that few
miles were laid IN the latter The remote pos
session Of Alaska, Of course, does not come lnto
this category. Texas leads the country IN 70
spect Of railway building, having added last
year, BY our table, All miles, which final re-.
turns will probably Increase 10 go or more.
Colorado appears 10 come next, with about 80
miles, of which no less than SO are officially
reported 10 us as laid by that cnterprislng
nsFrow-eaugs nilsay company, the Denver x
Rio Grande. This company built during tho
year no less than ten different lines OF por-
lions Of lines. Iowa cnmcs NEXT, with nearly
600 miles. and Dakota and Ohio also shaw
thus far between 900 and 80 miles Indiana,
Illinois, New hexico aud Nes York appear 10
have added between go and 400 miles
Tho narrow gauge makes 20 insignificant
showing IN the list u railway mileage oon.
stFucted IN issi. OF the a5s 81 crrnt lines
thus far reported 10 he built during the year,
not less than foFty-three, or over II per cent.
were Of thrce-fcct gauge; and of The $40
miles Of new track which We already rrfor,
i.ipo miles, or about II per cent, we're Of That
gauge.
The Panola weekly star., 1882-01-21

aallaf and waa luH alrii n lhHy Rim,
Nhon ho stopped
nWhti b. Hlamtr' ha sald. alowty
II yuu wu mY sige. III give yua
lfmnHihr guu'd fememllff llat lhefr,
faH NJ nnlf q halyf'
aud he sai down ngaln ~ The d0of.
stop and beghn 70 pore 0eer The Old
spelling Imk
the " The Young girls IN The uppef
class, named fl0rnco West, carne 90
and siBud htslde him.
"f1u ought ~ la ashamed ~ yrur.
selves, hoys,o she sald. aYm don't
know what hard lime he's had 10 got
along lies been bound oui fof hvo
years past, and haa never had \ ehanco
10 60 tu school Hut he's working hard
nav Ia make ~ fuf lnst Time. and va
ought 70 hclp him instead " laughing
vi him ~
Jack looked w gratefully. and hls
face WIS covered with bushes. lie al.
most Thought IN angel had come down
10 help him.
Just then The masters bell rang. and
they all went In. That day Jack stood
nj the head of hls little class. In two
weeks he led the class ahuye.
At the end Of the year. the friends II
the scholars had gathered al the exhibit
lion In the schooLhouse. The teacher
rose. Every sound was hushcd.
Il have something remarkable to tell
YOU" he said Last autumn. q young
man of twcnty-one entered the lowest
class In my school. lie has earned his
food and lodging by ohoppng wood aud
otherwise aiding u kind woman Of tho
village who desired 10 help him. All
his spare time has been spent In his
studies. lie hns made up all the studies
Of the lower classes. and am happy 10
say he has the highest rank In .he school.
You may take the seat In front, Lewis.
Had II not been for this. tho first place
would have hcen held by Miss Florence
West, who will please take the other
vacant chair"
What was jacks surprise as he walked
up the aisle TO hear the audience favor
Ing him with hearty applause.
But for NIL the honor, ho had only
been through the district school. Now
he had all summer 10 make some money
TO carry him through the next year at
the high school.
Years passed on. Let me picture o
scene "out West"
"Good-mornlng. Mr.. Lewis" said q
poor, shiitless-looking man, walking
into the Office Of the Hon. John Lewis,
and standing before him. "Do you re-
member meP'
"No, SIR"
mo; ! didn't suppose you would.
My namo is Nod Barnes. I was bound
out with you to Farmer Harris when we
were boys. But you've got on In tn,
world. and ] haven't. l don't know
how II Is. but some folks seem 10 hav,
good luck. and others has poor luck
You always had good luck and 90
ahead. ] thought p'raps you'd find M
a job, just for the sake Of old times"
"Yes, indeed" said Jack; for II wa
he grown up 10 middle life, after goin,
through college and building up fin
law business. "lf you'll 90 up to m
house, Florence, my wife. will III yo
out In some decent clothes, and then I
see what | can dofor YOU"
These were the men who. tweni
years before. had been In that littl
attic-room, the one snoring In bed. M
the other thumbing his old spellin,
book. That was where the good luc
and the poorluck began. - YoutHs Con
pdni0u.
The Panola weekly star., 1882-01-21
British Railroad fInancIcrins.


British railroad ilnanciering under dif
fcrent names includes about the SAINT
methods and the same classes Of securities
rs In the United States. A corporatior
proposing 70 build a new line must first
advertise in several prominent newspa-
pers, telling with much detail whore 4 Il
intended the road shall bo run. The act
Of Parliament for charter, as we would
call II, secured. the land must be paid
for, any dispute With land owner be-
Ing, II necessary. referred 10 the regular
courts. In practice. however. an appeal
is rarely made, and the companies pre-
fer nm cxorbitant payment 10 tho delay
and cost OF litigation; and 10 generally Il
this fact recognized that new railroad
Is favored by English land owners
scarcely more for tho conveniences that
II confcrs than for the undue land costs
II must pay. Aswith rs, railroad secur-
tiles are divided into three classes. (l)
ordinary shares corresponding 10 our
"common railroad stocks; (2) pref.
crential" shares like our preferred
stocks or income bonds. paying fixed
rate Of interest II the company earns IL;
and 90 debcnturc shares which carry
with them right Of foreclosure In case Of
default of Interest, and are a. . rule,
almost exactly equivalent 10 the first
mortgage bonds Of nm American rail.
road. The maximum rate Of interest ON
British preferential shares seems TO be
SIX per cent, and tho average rate on
the debenture shares Is about four and
one-half per cent Just now, In this
period of low interest rates, per-
fectly safe dcbcnturc stock irredeem.
able sells In the London market NJ
about 100. Tho largest dividend paid
by any British railroad last year was
ten and one-half per cent. returned by
the Maryport q Carlisle line opcrated
by the Great Western Company. Il Il
n small road only forty-onc miles long
and with capital Of about -. so. .001
Of the great English lines the most
prosperous Is the Northeastern. which
last year paid eight and . quarter per
cent ON almost ei00. .000. 900 Of ordinary
stock. which now sells In the market
at about sl72 for eauh share of 600.
Like the United States, Great Britain Il
now passing through an era Of railroad
consolidation. SIX corporations Tho
London q Northwestern. the Great
Western. the Great Northern. tho Mid
land. the Northeastern and the Cal
cdonIan control ALREADY 6.s39 miles of
single and double track and d. 90, ,0oo.-
900 Of invested capital Il may b
roughly stated that half of the whole
rnilroad system Of Great Britain 4 undse
their management One Of them alone
Tho London . Northwestern Com
pany-contruls an invested capital q
s500. 900. 900. and each II them has ab-
sorbed twenty or thirty suboFdIna,e
lines. great and small. 50 far = cen
be judged. however. this sWifs and wtde
consolation d neither alarming nor ,lis-
tasteful TO the Briish pnbI|c. he
newspapers speak rafher approvlngly q
II on the plea Of impfUved 1orvioe. on6
no cry Of MONOPOLY kas - fal1od
--Lonsios Cbr. N Il ~.
The Panola weekly star., 1882-01-21
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

GUIrEAu's counsel, on the l4th, asked
u the prisoner would be allowed 10 speak In
his own defense. Judge Cox replied; 81
should be 10th Ia q capital case to deny any
man the proper opportunity to be heard,
even II he Is represented by counsel; but In
this case II Il safe 70 assume that the prIs.
oner will abuse the privilege, as he has done
all through the trial. and that what he
would say would be highly improper TO 20
before the jury. shall, therefore, deny
him the privilege. As said yesterday.
however, II bis counsel desire 10 read from
his manuscrip, anything which they deem
proper 10 lay before the jury, they
can do so." Gulteau protested. He
said that he appeared m bis own
counsel, and claimed the right Of an
American citizen 10 be heard In his own de.
Tense. Judge Cox made no reply, but sim
ply nodded 10 Reed to begin his argument.
Reed then arose to address the jury. argu.
ing q, some length TO demonstrate the In
sanity Of tho prisoner. at does not require
an expert 10 pronouncs him insane. You
have seen him day after day shuflng In be-
fore you. You have seen that strange. un-
natural look Of his eyes, sndii requires the
opinion Of no expert 10 convince you that
thi. Il not the appearance Of q sane man."
In conclusion. Mr.. Reed said, "The con-
viciion Of this man to the gallows and ere.
eu,ion would be an infamy beyond descrip-
tiou, an indelible stain upon American
Iuri.prudencc and American iuries."
Az undated and unsigned letter. post
marked Cincinnati, was received by farm.
er At Lynn, Randolph County. Ind. In
which two smallpox scales were enclosed.
The letter resdi 81 have sent you the
smallpox: 20 home and die" The letter
was immediately burned, the only elew 10
the perpetrators being thus destroyed, but
the best detective. 10 the countrr are 10 be
set 10 work on the ease.
THOMAS WEIGH. an old man. startled
the congregation Of a Catholic church In
Ottawa. Ont, By dI.char<inx spisiol placed
AGAINST his temple. A stampede followed.
when physIeisns arrived the man was dead.
Turxx boys were killed In Brooklyn,
n. r.. hy the fall Of IN old building In
which they were PLAYING.
The death Il announced Of Caroline
Richinzs bernard. prominent IN English
opers some years ago.
n. o. ConxIcK. Of Mssonville. Iowa,
while under the Inaaenee Of lIqusr. cut his
v,fs'. throat. entirely ssvsfinx The wind.
- A. 4.
The Panola weekly star., 1882-01-21

nm bftft0 NtpIfR deD nm
Ut mn
arWIlsn slr0t Ha tshf fif,
WOE HHHlH IIFH fNH HiHH
a nHfi. ffiah fIiiIHf.
Ani ihe hin.aH0f N mon
tfurb H.lia aH1 fflsfsni haias tuws
N HllHil Wflpiaul HHWH
flurff n hfnri tIiiHHU
W rI0HiH lifiifHri tiNu
VIA inb fhi mlon mtanI6mm
AHi siep FfinH mHtH1 ha,
AUi frHn VII aiii0lf ifuni uulih1no
hHnii ani milait
Amui biz Hrirr uhlfe fufrbnai
ihN fmh lwsi Munf 4 aui mhti,
Alwva il0 arilniuf ~ h.a rgea.
lhai miNiil frmmfnd iha void
4 saund N iailar wohplns
tHniH ur Nv hl uulrl nnf,
We piuaaH int instant hHWilna
iiia hingli bead 10 hi'af
Amrtg tho Ffssa and daisies
sni wwithei ilinr lun,
Anl nDnf her lnv bowl ~ deli
llruhon upoh Stone
llcr phechs wer rrd with crying,
Aud her hun Dyes dull and dim,
Anl shu tlfnrd her pretty, wnolln ince,
All i'arainncd, NJ 10 hin,
scnro ala years oli, nnd sulbIra
W mitnri Az drrnri
"Why what's the mntiaf. psyf'
He said, Tome, tell me, doar."
"lts fathers bnwl fvo broken;
Twas fur his dlnnnr kept
tuuk u snfo, hut coming back
II tfull "-lg tln she wopt,
" hut ynu can mcnd II, can't your
Cried The drnphlrlng child
WIN sudden hope, ~ down un her,
Like some Mud gnd, he smiled.
"nuni cry, poor iitlo PosyI
onnnul make u whole,
Iut ran rive You HlNpenCn
To buy another bowl
Iic sought In vain for silver
In purse and pockets, ton,
Aud fuimd hut golden guinrns
He pondcrcd what 20 do.
"This timn tomorrow. posy,"
lie SAID, "nHnn como here,
Ana VIII bring your siNpcncc.
pmmiHcl Never foarl"
Away went Joan rrIolcinp--
A rescued child was she.
Aud home went good Sir William;
And 10 him presently
A footmnn brings y letter.
And low hrfnrr hun bends,
"Will not sir william come aud dlro
Tomorrow with his fricndsY'
The letter rcnd "And we've secured
The man among all mon
The Panola weekly star., 1882-01-21

kit iliefpssl, ~, alea hsa dilatlas en-.
stNlfslaf ~ Ish wlibla Fsash.
fAAHk IAflgA. n NapuIesa, o., 4
WHlissh eiHpIsfst, wts fHn dswa ~ : gtfa
fHAl#s n fnleaa, ~, sHd lhasaally hlllsd.
~ espfrsH an Ihe Ifudaun ilIssf Hall.
way neAfIAs New fsn tiay had 10 stop ~
~ hefehd sputteh fayfII faf fepalfs
A Taffyfash spreiai reminded euggs Il ne
fa'e " iwfnif.hye miles an hour ani afusk
The feAf palnes ~, ialewiId. IN whleh wefs
twelve passengers, The emelne ran under
The Platform md laio The eaf, diving II IN.
70 The Empire With terrible fofee. The sleyes
and lamps IN the pafIof esfs vefe upset and
limited The woodwork and upholstery. pm.
stnHefa Iaminei bptNeen Tho Aeata and slde.
o. llie car were held whlIt names snveIopcd
them. Nine u The twelve passengers IN the
ldlewild were killed and one sustained M.
luflss preeiudinE hope Of recovery. The
oar burned until The last vesiige Of wood
was destroyed, PoIIee Commissioner
Nichols, u New York, was lifted out II HE
7. ""'''" "t'' IVY hoa" VI mhuilee :
,,a'ansn' hna badly bruised. Edward
kcarney was thrown violently against The
side Of The car and injured by The concus.
sion and broken glass. Assemblymcn
snceby' hobb, Chapin, Of bfookltnj Com.
'",'''onor a'0'' ulrich, and spinney and Lyman.
correspondents, wcre incloscd In . portion
OF the roof which fell down, oncased as
na,. 80 . Wy wsro ", uraggcu through a
ho",'' 'v w. ~ ,no s,ue " 'ne ear, some o' 'ne
byu,.aa s.e" n.y., ~, WY ~ vauy pu,"so anu
N ,ho de.d a.oass.,aa,' s', os",,". v,ss',s. ss
Wagner ana n T. pswson Saw vo,s, wr
a,,I w.. ri ,.,'a,,' ~" ,v'N' 80 ~,
I VIZ A,sry,s =, p.,aaa,"a ,,,,.
rosis,iog ,rre,, wa, lm.d hv p,,,aan.,'
Turner. who w,s o,l,,od ~ ara ,hraa re-.
two ~ which ,ooL a,,aa, a,.,a,s aV ,., saoI' -
uouor AMI a,,.sI.d ,ha a. ,.,,a - "
fort
Tu,n,vr. .p.n,n.n, wu,,., ~.
""' """ "",,'a ""''
~ r..as. $500 :" ~, .V', ~, 10 s''Va.'
las, son,on,i,or ma ava.,,os =, p,,,,'' @ ~
Canada M ,hs s.ma ,s. m. ',a'' haas ,''.
no,r,v so,o.od ,ra,, ,,s - ,~n ~
FlIrId,e sea,e. snl MANIA. c..,ss 49,, 80
hanged at wentworth. N. O. fortbe mnr.
der OF Nash Carter. All colcrcd.
JouN UAMFR. Bucvrus. q and Mito
Ricy Waterloo iowa were tillod yhI,o
coupling ears. Tho mappled remains ~
Sol. Davis, OF Ca,lettsburg. XIV. were found
on the track. where he had fallen aslcen.
+. FRANK. n German farmer wos
crushod 10 doa,h undor a load =, ,r,oa u.s. :,
East Saginaw. Mich. lila w,ron was m
sol.
MRs. NIsNIss died In n dentists chair
at Grass Valley. cal whpo rndor ,ha ,n.
flucneo n, ch,oro,orm Eyory,h,nv wss dan.
,o ro.nscI,,,o her IN, ,,,,han, a,.u as Tas
The Panola weekly star., 1882-01-21
TWO BOYS.

Goat, cat; cat, cat; cat, cat"
These words were uttered by n yoic,
In tiny. unfinished room IN the pitch
Of tho roof. A small piece Of iallow
candle spluitcrcd and flnrcd on the win.
dow-sill, throwing strange shadows into
the dim corners aud among the rafters
overhead. A young man In rough
clothes was In the room leaning over q
book held close 10 the candle. lie wa,
spelling out the words slowly and pain.
fully, over and over. "C-a-t, cat; cat,
cat; bat, bat.n
At last he heard tho clock down stairs
give long w-h-i.r-r-r.r, and then begin
10 strike. lie looked up and counted
twelve. Then he closed the book, blew
out the candle. hastily threw Off his
clothes, and was soon sound asleep be-
side his companion. Ned. who had been
already three hours In bed.
The sun had not yet risen when he
awoke. In moment he was up. and
dressed, and studying away again.
Hat, hat; hat, hat; and so on through
all the ats. Then he began again.
Be You up, boysP" cried rough
voice down stairs. "Come. hurry np
and git 10 work"
Ned rolled slowly over In bed, and
stretched his arms. and yawned.
"Oh. what nj fool you be. Jack Lewis"
he drawled out In sleepy tone. Don't
you git enough work without stickin'
over them bsoksYi
III don't care.n answered Jack. "rm
bound TO get an education. I've never
had chance yet, since I've bean bound
out, but I'll be my own master In year
now. and the schoolmaster he's put an
idea or two into my head"
well. you're fool. that's ALL" said
Ned.
A year had passed by. II was the
first day of school. and tho children
were nockiug toward the little black
school-house. The teacher. who was
seated on high platform behind desk.
wiped his glasses, raped on the desk.
and called the school 20 order.
He arranged ths clnsses-tirst the
scholars In advanced arithmetic and 90
ography and history; then. class In
docimals and grammar; and so on till he
came 10 the last,
IAN those who have never studied
fractions. or grammar. or geography.
will rise. . he said.
Five or six little girls. with long hair
and short dresses. and two small boys In
short pants. stood up. And one other
stood up. too. lie was ak feet tall. and
was clumsy aud poorly dressed. Il was
Jack.
The teacher looked down at him and
repeated what he had said.
'You misunderstood me-" he added.
"No. SIR" said Jack. firmly. "I be.
long 10 This cla.s.n
Several of the children giggled. One
The Panola weekly star., 1882-01-21

willis q MA rpsua1ly. = - ~
roy tN. r: =, -,
falling eeven(y m ~ ~
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The Panola weekly star., 1882-01-21
Railroad Building In 1881.

Tho Raandy Age Of a recent date gives ths
following statistics Of railway construction
du.lrrr Ia