The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-06-17
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IN isai ibi.lsLNp Ions n eual
were nluol IN England
tapc ColtmY esppHed hsl genf
a22,h0i 90 wafih " diamonds
Il d estimated llhi there arr a,mu
parsons NJ ihla umnify tnfaRnd VI mnat
ng Illicit whisky fof O,WOUl1 other. ~
ilfink
This country annually espofii about
eitU,0un,0lu worth NJ pork. sum
gfcuiof than that received fH all other
animal esInrl.
Tho Galveston Ners gives estimates
N acraagc from iliiy.FN railwa, sta
tons. showing ah acreage this year n
entlnn. Hl3, va, corn, ibp,si2 llicfrnsa
over 1881 cotton, 2a,l5ll corn, ", 0,bsn
The museular substance Of tho
body, occupying about iwo.ifihs The On.
tire weight Is composed VI carbon, nv.
drngcn. oxygen Nitrogen, In distinction
10 the fats which contain only carbon.
hydfogcn and oxygen.
One cubic foot II pure water. at G2
degrees Y weighs G2,051 pounds; NJ
2ly degrees r., only 80, $40 pounds, Al
cylindrical foot Of water at o. degrees
!. weighs is,g73 pounds One ton N
water is $500 cubic feet.
The year l776 saw 20 public libra.
ries in this country. In 1873 there were
S.Gs2 public libraries The books IN tho
~ libraries numbered i5.63a. In tho
1862 libraries, II, ,27G, 06l with 1880.
600 pamphlets,
II II estimated on good premises
that the naval store crop of this country
along the Brinswich s. Albany (Ga J
Railroad will this wear exceed that of
last by about 100000 barrels of rosin
and 2oO, 600 casks OF spirits turpcntinc.
In the United States ls7, $50 mon are
employed In mining coal, while tho
total amount Of invested capital IN min
ing is $3.50, ,602. 373, The total output
OF coal last year exceeded that Of The
previous year by moro than i0,00o,0o0
tons.
The desert land tortoise Of Califor-
MIA and Arizona carries on each side u
membrane containing about quart Of
clear water. The water Is probably
derived from tho secrctions Of tho Giant
barrel cactus on which the tortoise
feeds.
-Moultlng usually takes place IN
fowls through the months Of October.
November and December, according to
the age Of the bird. February. March
and April chicks obtain their adult
plnnage IN October and November.
They drop few chicken feathers, but
do not moult outright, until the follow.
ing August old birds moult later and
later each year. according TO their are.
AT one month old the OK has n full
complement Of incisofs, with thrco tenn.
porary molars in each jaw. Az two
years old the fourth, fifth and sixth per
manent molars are present, and the tive
central incisors are changed. At two
years and half old the first and secont
molars ARE east, and the lateral ccntra
incisors arc permanent At three year.
and three months all the temporar,
teeth are shed and have been replaced
by permanent ones.
"A German journal refers 10 dis
covery made BY NJ. Gros, of Paris
which tends 10 throw some light on tn
complaints which were made) but no
seriously inquired inio) during th'
Franco.terman war, as TO the use o
poisoned bullets by The eombatants ol
both sides. M. Gros explains that th
construction Of the modern brccch
loading arms causes the bullet 10 conve,
with Il portion Of the hydrocyanI
acid which the explosion Of the powdc
has caused 10 be accumulated In III
barrel Eycn II poisoning TO a morta
extent does not take place. II Is re
marked that the healing Of wounds
materially retarded BY this circum
stance.