The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
FACTS IN FEW LINES

ties i'll New York city.
The annual mineral yield of the Brit
ish empire exceeds SI.o0o,No,Ho m
value.
There are said to hc in Shanghai
more insurance companies than in
London.
\ horse always rises from a lying
position on to its forrlcgs first and Il
COW on 10 its hind legs.
1t is likely hat the height of the
new buildings IN MrsSina will b. linn
tied to about thirty-thr"e feet
There are al present in India I'll
medical missionaries, of whom III are
men. and 1876 missionary nurses.
AS Il health restorative French
medical expert recommends ten or
fifteen day diet of fruit alone twice a
year.
In Tokyo a person may ride in an
automobile. with chauffeur and porter.
eleven hours for ST.. half day for
$3.50 or one hour for Sl.'o.
American gramophonc companies in
China have had to replace the black
trumpet with trumpets made of bright
colors to attract the Celestial eye.
A government! prosp"ctor VIII" was
searching for coal in the south of In
dia discovered valuable deposit of
tantaIite. the first found in that coun-
try.
No longer is the Bank of England
the greatest institution Of its kind. In
volume of business transacted at least
It is surpassed 10y the National City
Bank of New York.
There is II growing desire on the
part of the young of both sexes i'll
China to choose their own mates. ia
theirs and mothers are therefore called
upon by the Chinese to uphold the
old rules.
BY cabinet ordinance recently Is
sued in Tokyo the somewhat Onerous
restrictions on the use of western ink
in Japanese official documents has
been removed after the long period Of
thirty two years.
The Chinese are showing unusual
zeal in acquiring Il working knOwl-
edge Of English. which is gradually
becoming the international language
of commerce in the empire, and es-
pecially in the coast towns.
In the telephone hunt for fishing In
Norway microphone in water tight
steel box Is lowered into the sea and
transmits to the telephone receiver in
the boat Il whistling sound if herring
are about and 4 kind Of grunting ii
cod are near.
The town of Webster has more dogs
in proportion to the population than
any other town in Maine. There are
between LOO and 100 inhabitants.
and 40 licensed dogs 1, Is recorded.
There are also dogs on which no tax
has been paid.
Jose Gaudaloupe Aleitd Of Jalostit-
Ian. state Of Jalisco. Mexico. is said to
be the Oldest man i'm the world. The
record of his birth as contained in the
archives Of the parish church shows
that ne was born in 1919. which makes
him $50 years old. He is in good
physical condition.
1t is reported that immigration from
China proper into Manchuria is taking
place in considerable numbers, that
| the Immigrants are Industrious, that
| they are better agriculturists than the
Japanese and are willing to work for
| smaller wages The Germans in Kwang-
| tung are very active in commercial
pursuits.
A woman who resides at Old Or
chard, Me-. went to Haverhill. Mass,
last fall. taking her cat with her. After
being there awhile she found that the
cat was missing. The same woman
returned home some time ago and
found that pussy was at home too.
The cat had Travelled nearly 100 miles
unchaperoned.
an important article Of commerce, has
disappeared before the advance Of CIV
| ilizatiOn. The beaver can apparently
only be saved from a similar fate by
extraordinary measures Of protection;
SO, too the fur seal Of the islands and
waters of the Pacific. Sea otter and
silver fox have been rare for many
/ years.
Deposits Of pitchblende have been
discovered in the old Cornish tin
mines, while a new and quicker way
has been found to extract radium from
the pitchblende. The yield of radium
from POO tons of pitchblende is only a
grain or so. If the pulverized ore can
be made available by science in cur
ing disease the saving will be enor
nous.
Nine Bouriant. the widow of an
Psychologist offered to the museum at
Brussels two scarabs with inscription,
which the lady claimed related to a
voyage on the coast of Africa referred
to by Herodotus. The curator pur-
chased the scarabs for $1,000, but
found them to be forgeries. NJ. Ca
part, the curator. sued the widow for
the return of the purchase price, and
the courts have decided in his favor.
Sunday funerals in Chicago have