The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-09
FACTS IN FEW LINES

The first stone OF st. petersburg
was laid in 1903.
-Tientsin has medical college for
women, the only one in China.
Germany produces 100000 bottles
of champagne a year. She imports
| 100000 from France.
The density of population in Guate
mala is greater than it is in Louisiana.
1t now has nearly 100000 inhab-
itants.
/ When completed the new White
Star liners will be the largest vessels
afoat, being 800 feet long over all by
90 feet beam. a.
Women, OF British birth residing in
this country have recently organized
soeietys.to be known as the Daugh,
tiers of the Empire
Mix costs al least 10 cents quart
in Mexico and butter so cents pound
The demand for poultry is always
greater than the supply.
The first electric smelling plant in
the world in which pig iron will be
produced on a commercial scale Is
about to be installed in Norway.
One of New York city's old churches.
built 119 years ago and known as "the
Rock of Methodism,"~i now Eaude~
vile theater. 1t is at 6 Forsyth street.
Very thin cuttings of manganese
steel are not lifted by strong magnet,
but if these cuttings are hammered
into very thin foil the magnet will lift
them.
Professor Herkomer maintains that
the leading trait among modern paint
ers is no longer love of their art. but
pride at the price paid for their pic.
lures.
In Egypt the telephone operators are
all men. and they are required to be
expert linguists, speaking English.
French. Italian. modern Greek and
Arabic
If the number of people daily enter
ing London were to be dispatched
from any given station by rail 1877
trains, each conveying 600 persons.
would be required.
Because of the scarcity of wood in
Manitoba the. farmers are welcoming
the invention of a Winnipeg man who
manufactures fenceposts of stamped
iron with concrete filling.
The dirt in American grain shipped
abroad seldom amounts to more than
per cent. In grain from Caucasian
districts the foreign substances often
amount to 10 or II per cent.
The Oberammergaus Passion plays
will be given next year from May II
to Sept. 20, and the .burgomaster has
issued a notice reminding the men that
they must now let their hair grow
long.
Baccarat is now prohibited in Rus
STA, even in private houses. by
ukase of the cZar.- For first offense
the punishment will be a heavy fine.
ment.
More than 1000, 600 fruit trees will
be planted In the Yakima, valley, In
central Washington, west of Spokane,
this fall and next spring. according to
estimates made by expert horticul-
turists
In the new prison that is being built
in Buenos Aires each cell will be well
ventilated and lighted by electricity
and will contain a bed. table, chair.
two wooden shelves and wash basin
of white porcelain.
All notes or legal papers executed in
Mexico, must bear revenue stamps. and
all papers executed In the United
States or other countries must bear
these stamps before legal action can be
commenced in Mexico.
An autodray, the first in Santos. Rra-
I'll. has recently been put into service
The experiment is very doubtful
one, as the streets of Santos are quite
rough and narrow One automobile.
only is in use In the city.
The government of Greece is CEN
tered in one ehamber-the .bule-which
consists of 235 paid members, who are
elected by adult manhood suffrage for
four. years. These members must be
at least thirty years of age.
Arson is the safest crime in New
! York city, according to the records.
for only six persons out of each 100
accused are found guilty. Homicide
comes next. with only seven eonvie-
tons out of 100 accusations.
The Paris Gaulois in a, recent num-
Der described a new monthly period,
ical whieh,,is edited by a girl of four
teen. The contributors. are. without
exception little girls who not alone
write the articles. but draw the pic
lures with which they are illustrated.
Major General Greedy in his Hand
book of Alaska considers that by the
end of this century the populations of
Alaska will be as great as that of Nor
way C2.000o0O. = The conditions are
similar. only the natural advantages
of Alaska exceed those of Norway and
the climate of the southern half of
Alaska is better.
It is now declared that the Aleutian
islands. which stretch In long chain
out from the Alaskan coast. are adj
niirably adapted for. grazing purposes.