The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
FACTS IN TL..V LINES

The purulat;o:i al Russia, is ncreas-
Ing ri the r.';a 81 2.:.HI $40 per annu,p.
lii the las, h&;t century Japan has
quakes
Although the world consumes Il mil
lion tons OF sugar Il month. the produc-
ton is more than sufficient
In Egypt as Well rs in southern Eu-
rope the olive crop is II failure Asia
Minor had about half Il crop
Owing to the scarcity of whales the
whaling industry is dying out. Only
$50 are now caught each year
Recent excavations in Mexico have
brought to light the remains Of Il man
who it is stated. must have been if
teen feet tall
The Bulgarian sobranje has voted to
tax bachelors over thirty years of age
s. yearly. The proceeds will be devot-
ed to education.
The Church of England bishopric of
Mackenzie river. in British North
America. is five times as large as the
United Kingdom.
There are only two automobiles in
the Turkish city of Saloniki. and the
use Of motor car outside the city linn
its is impracticable
Accordions. rattles. tin whistles and
bugles were recently used as weapons
| of obstruction in the Austrian parlia-
ment. The debate was postponed.
There is only one day in the year on
which the inhabitants of Monte Carlo
are allowed to gamble at the casino
tables. That day is the. Prince Of Mo
naco's birthday.
Mongolia. with an area Of 1867 .?53
square miles. has Il population of only
2,5SO.OOO, whereas Manchuria. with
only 1863, 700 square miles, has pop
ulation of S.50O.OOO.
Rioting has been common in the
neighborhood of the Chinese city OF
Annoy. following the refusal Of natives
to obey an order prohibiting the plant
ing of opium poppies.
The Spanish cabinet has accepted
the British bid of $4O.OOO,O0O for the
construction of the new Spanish squad
ron. subject to some notifications OF
plans on the part of Spain.
| A single dealer in Madrid sells an
nually 10000 larks, finches and other
| small birds for food. and the total
number thus consumed is estimated al
a million in that city alone.
l Tn M Of kho
revolution there were only twenty-One
cities of over 100000 inhabitants. Now
there are 1GO such. and fifty-five OF
them have over 10000 Inhabitants.
In Europe u first class peanut oil Is
the most highly esteemed Of vegetable
oils, after olive Oil. 1t is also used in
the manufacture of butter substitutes
The low grade oils are used for soap.
One Of the functions of the Salvation
Army in India is to teach natives te
use improved hand looms. paying them
wages at once. They are soon able
to earn up to 50 a month, big sum II
India.
NJ. Paul Wolfskel, professor Of math
ematics at Darmstadt. has instituted
a prize of $4,000 as an inducelnent t.
reiliscover the famous theorem of Far
mat, which has been lost for over two
centuries.
American Minister Rockhill, at Pc
kin. probably will be special am
bassador Of this country at the funera
on May / of the late emperor of China
whose body is now In temporary
resting place.
The Vienna College of Physicians
will celebrate the centenary Of thu
death Of Auenbrugger. the inventor q
percussion. on May IS. A marble me
mortal tablet will be placed on thu
house in which he died.
| Amputating a horses leg at the fet
lock joint, Professor Udriski Of thu
veterinary school at Bucharest has re
placed the lost portion with leathe
artificial leg that enables the ANNA
to walk about and take exercise.
The geological survey has formal,
denied the statement going the rounds
that its experts had decided that one
| IOuTJn OF .AIiSktt was COOl DCAA- ~
latest official estimate is that there ar
about A,OOO square miles Of coal area
in that country.
John Burns. president Of the loca
governing board Of London. has al
ready granted funds up to $S,7S2,OO
and loaned $5OOOO.OOO at low rate o
interest for use in starting publi
works on 1900 improvement scheme
in order to give employment to the I'm
employed.
Last year 1864 women registered il
Boston to vote for school committee
Twenty nine years ago. when the priv
ilege of voting at these elections wa
first granted to women, only 800 reg
istered, and for the following min
wears the average was only littl
over 1000.
The government of Mexico has vote'
an appropriation of $4,000 for mon
ument to a humble hero-Jesus Gar
cia a locomotive engineer. Garcia