The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-05-05
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correspondent ~ The iifuukIyn
fN ~ Iagls ssyf ihsfe afe iH.OVl..
go N splfllualista IN The United siaiss.
New Oflrana y na generally fe-
CARRIED ~ u very healthy rlif. bnt fr.
cent recuf'ls shnw the low Heath rata
among tho white residents ~ twenty -one
IN 900
II Is estimated that Flmida'a rlesr
product This year viii ~ about doubls
that n 1881 IN that year, tl.sjp.si5
cigars wer' manufactured, upon which
laS WIS paid n s26i .i6D25.
Mr T.. T. lleauchamp. unhed state.
Consul At ~ Gale, switzerland. raised
~, 100 ffnnc. for the bencit VI the ad.
fercrs from tho Ohio River Hood. which
he forwarded 10 the New York Herald
In the United State. last year there
WE'RE published .. va backs, ~ which
767 were fiction. Jg6 theological and re-
llgious, 2fS were juvenile. and 27D were
on law. The lrwost number. "a. wers
on mental and moral philosophy.
The Cable Construction and Main
tcuance Company earned almost half q
million clear last year, out Of which div
l,lends werc paid nj the rate of twenty
per cent, aud over $500, 900 carried
over. The laying of submarine cables
evidently Is not an Improbable hush
hess
Investigation shows that In Utah
the Mormon Church has about 10000
members; In the Western States and
Territories about 10000. and In tho
Sandwich Islands about 1000. II has
about ninety churches In Great Britain,
and the denomination Il one N tho
largest In the southern part of Wales.
Probably tho largest mass Of rock
that hns ever been transported. not cx-
ceptlng even Me blocks III the E9yptian
Pyramids. WIS that from which was
cut the pedestal of the statue II Peter
the Great, In 81, Petersburg. II was
block of granite weighing 100000
pounds. or about 1000 tons. and was
found isolated IN marshy ground, about
four miles from the Neva. It's shape
was that u an irregular prism. about
twcniy-fonr feet high, foriy-scven feet
long, and thirty feet broad IN its largest
dimensions.
Heretofore Nevada has furnished
most Of the beef consumed In California,
but II II said fliat Texas Is making .
strong bid for II, now that railroad COM
mnnicatim has been csigisshed there
with. Recently acc-scil of stockmen.
at which npwa-, u 1900. .0o0 in cat
tle were s'r.ascnted, was held Al fort
Va, the object bcing 10 devise ,pc.us
- control the California cattle sr-sI
California can no L.s~s.sv y becou1-
w iibyvaInable for other purposes than
~ Chicago Times.
Some ono In France has made nm
estimate Of the average cost Of living
among the working classes IN that co'in-
try, and he finds That the expenditures
Of Is families, fairly representative of
different orders II lnboring people. va
rIed from era 10 e60O per annum.
lease accommodation. as rule,
claimed 10 per cent. Of the total expendi-
turc, clothing 10 per crnt.. and food 81
per cent, eight per cent. being reserved
for miscellaneous purposes. In the
matter VI food he found that the highest
expenditure registered was ~ per crni..
and this item of expenditure was Tins
distributed: 81 per cent. for bread. n
per cent for meat, 10 per cent for milk.
~ per cent for groceries and 10 per
cent for miscellaneous ailments. Tho
1(rafest expenditure upon bread In sny
'fhiyidusl case was ~ per cent.