The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-30
FACTS IN FEW LINES

highest virtue.
Last year 1880 families migrated
from Russia to Siberia.
The estimated war strength of the
Spanish army is 100000
France sends great quantities Of
cheap jewelry all over the world.
Salt, petroleum, matches and playing
cards are state monopolies in Greece.
Both the French and Italian govern
ments maintain national pawnshops.
At the close of the war with Japan
the Chinese navy practically disap-
peared.
A wealthy Copenhagen woman for
a small premium issues insurance that
pays old maids an annuity.
Roller skating has become a fash
ionable pastime in China. rink has
been opened in Shanghai and is well
patronized.
Filipino prisoners in Bilibib, both
men and women. are now allowed a
certain number of cigarettes a day at
government expense.
Have the French birth rates taken
turn upward at last2 For the first
time for very many years the last sta
tistics show a considerable increase.
Europe has 10000 newspapers, of
which Germany possesses the largest
number. England, however, has the
greatest number of daily newspapers.
Epidemic cerebro spinal meningitis
used to be rare In France, occurring
chiefly In military centers. Now doc
tor is likely to meet with it in general
practice.
Though Finland has been regarded
up to the present as being extremely
poor In iron ores, recent research has
proved the existence of ore fields in
south Finland.
Coal has been found in nearly every
island of the Philippine archipelago,
but only 4.545 tons were produced last
year. In many places 1t is associated
with petroleum
Clara Beard OF Henniker. N. H. has
a four legged hen that crows and
cackles. The hen has two sets of
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In the Journal of the African Society
the opinion is expressed by Mr.. Selous
that, contrary to the general belief, gi
.raffes and elephants are in no danger
of being exterminated In Africa.
Edgar Farnham of Windsor. Conn,
planted some tobacco seeds that had
lain in jar hidden from view for
forty-five years. and the seeds have
now developed into healthy plants.
Freight rates are a little higher in
Brazil than they are in the United
States. A man who ships potatoes
from San paolo to Rio. u haul of 300
miles, must pay $l.32 bag freightage.
The worlds record fight of kite is
23,111 feet above sen level. The kite
started from mountain top where the
temperature was 20 degrees above zero
and at It's highest point reached "a de-
grees below zero
China is likely to guard with the
greatest strictness the secrets of its
navy, soon to be reorganized. Admiral
Sab advocates that the punishment for
divulging naval secrets, which is ban.
ishment, be changed to decaptation.
For the instruction of tourists about
to visit Egypt. Persia and India a
museum is to be established In Paris
In which specimens of the counterfeit
works of art SO largely sold to rich
travellers i'm those countries are to be
exhibited.
Three hundred dollars was recently
paid In Colombia for single plant of
rare variety of orchid. The natives
In order to expedite the collection of
these orchids fell the trees on which
they grow and then strip them of these
floral parasites.
Grating alfalfa roots on roots of the
strawberry vine Is the method by
which an Oregon rancher claims to
have produced three crops of berries
In q season. The long alfalfa roots
reach the moisture in the soil even in
the driest summer.
The first grain elevator in Russian
Asia will soon be built at Tchala-
binsk, on the Siberian railway. with
capacity of $4,000 cars of grain per
annum Gears averaging from twelve
to fifteen tons EACH. Tchalabtnsk is
near the border between European and
Asiatic Russia.
The kitchens of some Of New York's
big hotels are very busy places. In
one of the larger hotels 10 cooks are
employed. and they prepare every day
100 ducklings. 200 chickens. 300
squads and COO Holsters. On different
days about 500 varieties of cold dishes
are served from the cold buffet.
Miniature watches are all the rage
In France. Some women carry at
least two of them A fashionable dam
sci in Paris recently simultaneously
carried a watch suspended from her
belt, smaller one on her purse, a
still smaller one on the third finger of
her gloved hand and one as the head
of hutpin,
Preparations are being made at Har-
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