The Panola weekly star., 1882-12-23
fMfs ass rIatnss.

Ths ssfHsslan VI the n elsIes n
Nassafhaae u i si.ils. ps1,a7s. F#iH
u %. s.ngl, 1at 0n the talmslIgn N Issfs
the setuai afpiFai nov invested IN
4mabefn sotiuu mills Is placed n slv.s !
Ht.g1. giving smplefnians 70 1000
hands
II Il estimated thai The annual iron i
production NJ tho wufid II IH.iHf.6iv
pna and N this tlfeat HrltsIh, Tho 4
lihited States. termany and Ffanes
uuifibute a per cant the first two
sla per cent
=.fhs work u draining HussIsa
marshes, actively carried on for sassrHl
years paaI. has resulted In reciaiulnR
more than i,7nn.D1n acres. II whinh
$40. 900 ARE crown lands. The canHls
which have been built b. drain this great
domain are likewise adapted for iloat.
ing lumber from ihe forests which they
penetrate, to market Fl
II ls estimated that from lb0,000 70
500, 000 tons " charcoal are annually
made In thc United States. No batter
way 20 got through forests II was this
which, morc than anything else, de-
prived ireland u hers Few countries
are now more barren OF timber, az
though tradition AYERS that squirrel
sould once travel from tree 10 tree from
Antrim TO Kerry.
The mines In the Wood River and
Saw Tooth districts Of Idaho will. Il Ii
estimated, Yield s3,O0O.000 In bullion
during the present year. which is doubla
the Yield Of tho Territory Of Idaho three
yenrs ago, when these districts were
unknown. New discoveries Of value
arc constantly being made IN these dis.
lrcts. The amount Of capital invested
In tho Wood River district alone this
year will be over $1,000, 900.
Tho first snow storms for the past
fourteen years, sufficient to whiten tho
ground. have bcen as follows; 1869. DO.
lober ~; 1870. October 81; 1871. No
yember II; 1879. November 70; 1873,
November ~, 1874, November 20i 1879.
November 1; 1876, October l5i 1871,
November 20; 1873, December .; 1879.
November 2. 1890 November IL: 1891,
November 10; 1892. November IN
q. Hcagnae.
What IL known as the Royal Linn
tied Express train on tho Pennsylvanin
Railroad. as II Is made up daily, repre-
sents over Si20, 900 in cost Of rolling
stock. The engine Is put down at sl2,-
900; the baggage car at el. 200; smoking
car, 5000; dining.room car. sl2,O0Oi
! Gve Pullman ears. $4,000 each. Crdl-
, nary express trains are rated Mt ss3, bOO,
, ns. engine and tender. $40. 800; baggage
, car, q 200; postal car, -, 900; smoking
/. car. $4,000; two ordinary passengel
ears, $4,000 each. and three palace
! cars, $4,000 each.
Some interesting statlstics Of th'
: public observatorles of the world hhv'
lust been published. Their number ]
lis; 81 being In Europe. 2 In Asia, u
!, africa. "a in America and ; In Ocesnia
! OF the European ohservntorlcs Pr!'ssil
, has 20, Russia 10, England u. Italy =
: Austria 3, France 9. Switzerland 4, am
o Sweden 3. Spain. Portugal. Hollan'
. and Norway each possess 2, while thcr
. Is only one In Greece, Belgium an
. Denmark. Tho most ancient obscrvs
= = tory In Europe and In the world Z th!
4 Of Lesden. having boon founded
4 1892, then comes Copenhagen. foundc
70 In 1857; Paris, In 1867. and Greenwich
ia In 1873. The Moscow observatory
10 the oldest In Russia. dating from i7N
~ Prussia. now the richest country In u
- world In astronomical obscrvatorie
~ had none before 1905.