The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-07-15

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iieofKla has probably ihs smallest
fefulanhUfn population n Hhf Hfate,
only lntei oni N i.blg.fslu lslal she
probably has alay The largest PEI eent
native " hrr gwn oil oeef | llElo#u
ll,acd M The directory canvas Tho
population " New Haven. tonn. il
something over ii,O0n Tpt's nuw NJ.
reriory gives that cliy 4 population II
something over 1900. ~ y. Hsrad
From 1870 ~ lsa0 The Increase In
hoflcs In Virginia was % per cent IN
mnlcs, ~ rof cent oxen. 10 per cent
cows ~ per cent cattle. ~ per cent
sheep, " per cent swine. u Ilrf cent
ln'llhn corn, W pcr cent. and popula-
tion, ~ per cont. = Chicago Tribune,
The largest body u fresll water on
the globe " Lake Superior 100 miles
long. lG0 miles Wide 10 IL greatest
breadth, and having an area u $1,000
square mile. H. mean depth l. said ~
he 100, and ~ greatest depth abont 200
faihomt IL surface Is about $50 feet
above the level of the soa = Chieago
journal.
IL New York Journal devoted 10 thu
Ice interests estimates that COG. 900 men
are employed In that business In the
United States during the season; that
500 900 are expended In year. and
that si0.0O0,OOO are invested In that
business. The loo storage capacity of
tho States Is placed by the same author
ity at $4,000, 1000 tons. : Chicago Tbses.
| The greatest rim by the steamship
Alaska in her quickest trip was 1914
miles In ~ hours. This Is not equal TO
what WIS accomplished before 1850. tho
clippcr-shlp James Baines having made
420 miles In "a hours. The Flying
Cloud, Mr.. l.loyds most celebrated
ship, once made 7i knots, or i33 miles.
In ~ hours and 25 minutes. IN Y.
Herald.
Emigration 10 Liberia every year
under the auspices Of the American
Colonization So-iety has teen uninier.
ruptcd for tho past sixty-one years.
, The number colonizcd since tho late
civil war is 3,577, aud the total from
the beginning Is l5.575. exclusive d
! 5.722 recapiurcd Africans whom th'
, society enabled tho Government Of thu
|. United States to settle In Liberia. MAJ
. ing grand total Of 1887 persons I,
!. whom the society has given homes i
Africa
A The biggest trees In the world ar
h the mammoth trees OF California. On
h Of grove In Tulare County. according
I 10 measurement made by members q
4 the State Geological Survey, wa
' shown 10 bc 276 feet high. 1906 feet i
circumference At the base. and 70 fcs
nj n point ~ feet above the ground
!, Some Of the trees are $40 fegt high an
\ ~ feet In diameter. Some Of the largc'
!. trees that have been feIled indicate q
i, age Of from 1000 10 1850 years. --Chie'
:. 90 journal.
nj The Dominion Cattle Company |
:. Canada has now invested nearly e700
\. 900 In lands aud cattle In the pan-hal
N dle Of Texas. Their laisst psrchazs NJ
~ the Wolf Creek cattle ranch Of 1870
ne cattle and 400 horses and mules. wi
Vi oil tho personal property belonging
o. tho ranch. for the sum Of $4,000
ID This property ndjoins the Word ranc
ly containing il,500 cattle just prcviou
Ia ly purchased BY the Dominion Compsn
- In. .,uttlu.< IN. fvy..4 r.tetaa sxkt.