The Panola weekly star., 1882-07-08
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1fa,ANG W. dem hai afowH ifum
silmnNn IN 1878 ~ heafly fiu.Uu,f
Wu IN lssi
iie All " iron imelllns waa khown
N fnrland dufng the itHmau poou
pHilau aud steel wnfhlng wHs WHrilced
there leiurc The Norman conquest
iha imesl afra N Victoria The
most suulhefn euony n Australia. Cun
ialns fi.Hp Hmifo niles ui ioresl "a
which li,hOn Il almesl wholly " The
eucalyptus tree
Somebody hAs taken the irunhle Ia
figure ont The fact that Uile million kerns
cls n Indian curn will measure tive "
W fpuneun bushels, according 10 The
'lsc ~ The kcinel
IN The census wear 1870 The w los
mills In the unl'cl States cmrlp . |
iGi.2ll rcrsonsl capital employed.
aihs, 7in.0ini wages paid, siI, 2li,Wnt
maierihl used. slG3,0is, g2s value ui
products. s2GG, 7ps, isl Nfcago Jour
nal
The ddfciia df Nspoii !. authority
for the statement that the number Ul
deaths from dclrium tramcns aud
chfonlc alcoholism nrci In Italy, l,61
per thousand in Englnnd, A0ii Nor.
way 2aG Scotland, 2,Bai belgium and
Switzerland. each, asB, Sweden. $40,
aud New York, l2.0s
The vaults In tho Chicago sub
treasury arc loaded down with such m
accumulation of hepreclous metals that
Il Is feared the walls win settle. The
bullion vault now contains l2A tons ol
silver and two tons Of gold, valued nj
-. 800, 900. In addition 10 the more
valuable but lishier paper. = Chicago
Tribune.
Five firms are engaged In Pitts
burgh. Pa, In the sand and cobblc.slont
business. with an hvested capital %
over sl0A,000, employing upwards o.
one hundred men. From the beds %
the rivers between 100000 and 10000
! bushels Of sand AMI gravel are yearly
taken. Cohhlc-stones nre secured nbuu
, scvepiy-iiye miles up the Alleghcn.
: River
In 1891 there were li3 silk .wcayin
establishments, having 1883 looms j
operation, in France. and IN Switzci
. land in 1880 there were cighty.siN = ]
manufacturers, having 1850 power
. looms. aud 25,000 hand.looms Th
I Swiss figures for 1872 wcrei Manufacl
4 urcrs, 40; powcr.looms, l,l50; hant
Q looms. 800. The ribbon productio
!, in Baslc in 1872 was estimated At 57
y 600, 900 francs, In 1876 at $4,000, 90
Q francs. In 1873 at 80. 1000, 600 francs, an
9 In 1880 at 33. 100000 francs
. "A ship ought to make round ui
II between San Francisco and Li,crpo
7. annually. A good many do H. Son
" have quite margin TO spare. The
a. Is necessarily some detention at Live
= pool. This varies from two 10 =
ID weeks, sometimes longer. Last We
sr the ST. Stephen arrived at San Francis
q In April In n round trip Of 26i dayr, !
II cludIng detention Of thirty-four da
y y, nj Liverpool. Some Of the vessels sc
10 or at the beginning OF the curre
u y. cereal year are now arriving back.
he Mississippi has something over 81
~ y. 100000 acres Of lapi--much Of the
~ the richest known 10 man. Less th
2. 5000. 900 acres are cultivated. This
,is however, an increase Of several HI
be dred thousand acres over the numt
"a 70 in 1870, and nearly equal 10 that unt
ID cultivation In 1860. There arc NJ
ng 5000 farms. as compared with 65.t
ia H' ten years ago. and $4,000 twenty yc
ad ago. Tho number Of acres compri'
g. M in the plantations IL nearly three tin
a., that actually farmed-i. o.. there
W. 1900. 900 owned. and but 5,O00.l
sn sn, cultivated. Chicago Times.