The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-23
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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More than 100000 pounds of CO.
Goa leaves are annually harvested in
South America.
The main factor in Argentina's prog
ress during recent years has been its
constant railroad extension.
It is said that the New York Jewish
community is now the largest in his
tory or tradition 1t represents 10 per
cent of the entire Jewish population Of
the world.
Turkish cigarette manufacturers
want Kentucky to grow Turkish to-
bacco. imports of which have grown
from $4,000 to 100000 in only
twelve years.
The kaiser's epigram that the G0,o0O,-
900 Germans possess 100000 opin-
ions is so good that Frederick the
Great might have said it after con-
versing with Voltaire.
The last available statistics show
that in one year in Germany the sum
of about $3O,OOOO0O was paid to inva-
lid workmen to the number Of $1,000
in the form Of old age pensions.
In Tokyo there is an Industrial school
for young women with more than a
thousand students learning embroid
cry, sewing and the making of silk
flowers and other articles for export.
David Lambuth in the Review of
Reviews states that "China's fatal
weakness has been her lack of self
consciousness. This is to be cured by
a common education by postal service.
telegraph and railroads"
According to a report issued by the
Russian statistical department, War
saw, with 100000 Jewish residents, is
the largest Jewish center in Russia
and in Europe. The number of Jews
in Russia is estimated at 100000.
A letter posted in Boston and prop
erly addressed to Greenland, N. H,
was a month in reaching it's destina
ton. The letter had been sent to the
island Of Greenland and was returned
marked, Unknown In Greenland"
King Edward has appointed the
Earl of Granard a knight of the Order
of st. Patrick in place of the Earl Of
HoWth, deceased The Earl of Ora
nard was married to Miss Beatrice
Mills Of New York in January of this
year.
Mexico has now in operation me-
tallic cartridge factory with a daily
capacity of 10000 cartridges. The fac
tory: which was constructed on the
hist0sic plains of the Molina del Rey,
contains machinery of the best model
in the world.
The biggest load Of potatoes ever
hauled in the state of Maine is said to
have been hauled by Herbert Mudgett.
The load contained 265 bushels and
pecks. It weighed fifty-ive pounds
less than eight tons, and Mr.. Mudgett
received $3.50 for it.
The Chilean government is giving
educational matters greater attention
than ever before, and there are indica-
tons that American educational meth
DDS are more and more appreciated
from the number Of American teach
ers employed in the higher schools of
the country.
A man has been sentenced in
Prague, Bohemia. to six months i'm
prisonment for Harvesting his wife
and dog to his vegetable cart. The
woman pleaded that she herself had
suggested it, as she liked the work.
but this did not alter the decision of
the magistrate.
The Cremation Society Of England
reports the number Of cremations in
Great Britain during 1908 aggregated
795 and exceeded the record Of any
previous year. Within the last ten
years the annual number of crema-
'tions in England has considerably
more than doubled
Francisco de la Barra, who succeeds
Senior Enrique Creel as ambassador
from Mexico, is the youngest member
of his rank in the diplomatic corps,
being only forty-six years of age
Count Bernstorff. the new German
ambassador. is a year cider, while all
the others have passed the half CEN
fury mark.
1t has been recently discovered in
Mexico that the candelilla plant.
which grows freely throughout large
portion Of the country, contains wax
of an excellent quality and of suffi-
Gent proportion to make it extremely
valuable. 1t can be bIeaehed perfectly
white, and burning it gives off an
agreeable odor
In lower Egypt rain formerly fell
very seldom. During the French oc-
cupation, about 1889, it did not rain
for sixteen months. but since Moham-
med Ali and Ibrahim Pasha completed
their vast plantation-the former
alone planted more than 100000
olive, fir, cotton, acacia, plane trees,
etc.-there now falls a good deal of
rain.
Essence Of tea is the new product
claimed by an Edinburgh firm. Its
preparation is the result of twenty
years of research, as the fixing Of the
volatile constituents that give tea it's