The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-09
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Scotland has LAG parishes without
puupers. poor rates or public houses.
For conducting II marriage ceremony
Scottish cIergymen do not charge fees
Canada has n new steamship line
plying monthly between New Bruins
wick and Havana.
Greece has practically no coal de-
poslts. Whatever electric power 1t has
comes from waterfalls.
An aeroplanist recently fell $500 feet
in his airship with no more serious in
juries than severe bruising.
WOrkmen in a sawmill at Manei1es-
ter \. H., found horseshoe In the
center of an eighteen inch beech log.
A chimney of concrete block was ee-
Gently built in Germany without che
use of st'affolding, which eNpresents .
great economy In the e0sk
The governor of the colons % Eah@
and its dependencies is mklng steps
to have the Chilean and Peruviah) sill.
yer coin retired from eirculatioa
One of the eldest signs in gew Cork
is In the window 90 ID old @ouae DO
Moore street. b @nads. eatate 6luglH
tricks If the are DrougE@ Go ahile
they are kittens"
> For preserving Sndiee ehae o. 90 90
viewed by the coronOe's juries &ondon
officials have adopted an air 8gtte cate
net in which human temains Create
with formalin may D. Eept indefnitels
In Australia there are abora s.2Ge
900 depositors in the savings aanks.
with over f42,O00.OOO o. +hee sreda
Friendly society funds covea Owe 90,
100000 and life assurantS D. csc
E1G7 100000.
At one of the roller skating sinks eA
Dresden. in which city the spof@ has
become exceedingly popular. o sign
has been placed bearing this &Iscrip
ton: DO not put your arm around the
waist OF your skating companiOA tt
is dangerous"
Tremendous was the drain on the
horsefesh of the world caused by the
Boer war In that war England sent
339.329 horses and 100000 mules IL
South Africa. four times as many ami
mails as the Germans took to France
In August. 1870 @
Much comment was caused by the
fact that mt recent exposition in Ger
many the American agricultural ina
chimes. while holding their own other
wise, did not compare favorably with
the German machines in finish and
general appearance
The practice Of cutting the claws of
the more tenacious animals of the Lon
don geological gardens has recently
been greatly facilitated by cholorform
ing the animals Heretofore it was
doue by sheer force by Il squad of
men. the animal being first secured by
ropes
Refrigerated stateroonis are found
on three new ships engaged in the
fruit service between New Orleans and
Colon. Each room is fitted with
cooling radiator" operated in connec
ton with the refrigerating system that
has been installed for preserving fruit
in transit
1t takes more than 15.OO0.0O0 miles
of single wire for the people Of this
country TO communicates with one an
other over the telephone and telegraph,
Thirteen million miles of this wire are
used for telephOnlng. and the total
length of all the wire would circle
the earth at the equator 600 times
Miss Anne Morgan. now wants the
navy yard at Washington improved,
especially in the way OF lunch rooms.
changes having been made. under the
direction of the National civic Fedora.
ton of Women, so successfully ut other
navy yards Her plan contembIates
the erection of one story building TO
seat 900
Besides a striking Improvement In
stature and health, boys taken from
London streets for the British navy
have shown a remarkable change Ia
the shape aud expression of the face.
Dr. Robbins curiously attributes this
development to growth OF the lower
jaw. brought about by the chewing
made necessary by the salt junk"
LIE uuS q
ect under contemplation. involving the
expenditure of $5o.O00.OOO gold during
n periud of fifteen or twenty years. for
the development of HOkkaido. or Yezo
the most northern of the main group
Of Japanese islands. for the improve
ment of rivers and harbors. the build
ing of bridges. roads. etc. and for
forestry
A BerIiE museum has recently &C.
quired a very valuable manuscript
which originated In the SECOND CEN
fury B. c. 1t seems to be of the,
nature of a biographical dictionary. for
it contains Il list of the leading men
Of the time in art craftsmanship and
warfare. with much other general In
formation of a similar nature The
paper was found In the wrappings of
mummy.
A powerful new automatic gun has
been invented, the projectiles of which,
it Is said, will pierce half inch Besse
mer steel at 1.000 yards. The gun car
ries nine millimetef cartridge, TAX
ing Ave of these. which, the Inventor
says, can he fred in three seconds by
IL.