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


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Two hundred trillion cubic feet of
water fall on the surface Of the United
States every year.
The city of Munich has given the
Austrian Alpine club fine building In
which to house its Alpine museum.
The port of Rosario, Argentina, has
a grain elevator capable of loading
1000 tons an hour. Its cost was ST.
100000.
What the automobile is to the Unit
ed States the motorboat is to Canada,
especially along the st. Lawrence and
In British Columbia.
The residue rejected by Greeks who
smelted lead where 1t was mined as
far back as 500 B. G. Is being worked
over today by modern methods.
The pineapple is proving the most
important and valuable of all the
fruits in Formosa. A single firm had
an output Of $4,000 tons last year.
Natural gas from certain wells in
Kansas is found to contain 2 per cent
of helium, and scientific experts are
working on the problem of extracting it.
About 100000 automobiles are now
in use in the United States, of which
10000 are electric. About $4,000 of the
total number are owned In New York
state.
Up to few months ago the guayule
plant in Mexico was considered worth
less. Then the plant was discovered to
contain rubber, and now It's market
price is 500 ton.
Exports Of manufactures from New
York city are increasing rapidly, and
at the present rate the total exports
Of this year will not be less than $780,,
100000 In value.
immigration records show that out
of the thousands of arrivals in the
port Of New York less than four per-
sons out of each hundred go south of
Mason and Dixon's line.
A government fuel testing plant has
been established in Canada with the
idea Of developing. the use of peat as
this material in Canada.
A six volume edition of Moliere's
plays has been sold in Paris for IT,,
500 francs, or $500. The book con-
tains thirty-three original Illustrations
by Moreau lie Jeune and is dated 1773
According to the census of 1905, the
population of the five principal cities
in Saxony was as follows: Dresden,
$4,000; Leipzig, 03,627; Chemnitz,
IA, 927; Plauen. 1O5,3S1; Zwickau, g.,
502.
The policy of the Uruguayan gov
eminent is to send young men to Eu-
rope to be trained for electrical engi-
neering, who on returning to that
country are placed in government po-
sitions.
Owing to the new law dealing with
the publication of books in Korea and
which will shortly come into operation
it is believed that nearly half the
books now in the bookstores will be
confiscated.
1t has been suggested that one of the
most desirable forms of 'skywear" for
use in flying would be life saving
skirt made Of strong umbrella silk,
tcut very voluminous. SO that when
filed with wind 1t takes the form Of a
parachute"
| A full blooded American timber wolf
guards the home of Chaplin Marcus at
MontcIair, n. j. The wolf was sent
from Maine when a puppy and has de-
veloped all the traits of watchdog.
| The animal is as affeetionate toward
the family as dog.
Among the latest activities of awak-
ening China is to be service of mo-
| torcars across the Gold desert to re-
| place the tea caravans of old. The
service will cross the desert between
| Urga and Kalgan, which will shortly
be connected with Pekin by rail.
The Belgian postal authorities in or
der to tighten the work of postoffiee
employees propose that correspondents
shall i'm the future use red envelopes
for all letters to Brussels. yellow for
all letters to country stations and
green for letters to foreign countries.
The sandwich had its one hundred
and fiftieth birthday this year. 1t is
100 years since the first earl of Sand
witch, who was an inveterate card
player, had bis servant bring him a
slice OF meat between two pieces of
bread so that he might continue to
play while he ate.
A woman entered drug store at
Cleveland. o.. and handed the clerk a
prescription which had been made out
for her in 1866. The prescription was
made out to the concern which had
occupied the store at that time. The
druggist filed the prescription, which
was older than himself.
Belgium has heretofore been cIassed
as low priced country, and the low
cost of living attracted there a large
class Of foreigners who lived almost
luxuriantiy on moderate incomes
which In other lands would barely
have covered absolute necessities.
Now, however, prices and wages are
rising.