The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-18
FACTS IN FEW LINES
Ceylon has 1863 black lead mines.

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In the temperate zone.
In Switzerland tax is levied on for
eigners living in the country,
The Chinese pupil reciting his lesson
turns his back to the teacher.
Twice as many widows as widowers
died in New York state in 1909,a)
Holland has few dependent paupers.
Work is provided for all who apply for
relief
AS many q 36S new rocks and
shoals dangerous to navigation were
discovered last year.
Weather forecasts by wireless teie-
graph are furnished vessels in the At
lantic by the British bureau.
OF the public lands still owned by
the federal government it is estimated
that 100000 acres are underlaid mktI
coal.
The spring the location of which de-
termined the site on which the city of
Rome was founded recently was re
discovered.
The known petroleum areas of the
United States include $3.50 square
miles ard the natural gas areas 10000
square miles.
A AIilanese engineer has just com
pleted a hydroplane which, it is said.
will skim the water at the rate of 125
miles an hour.
The italian government has refused
to pension the surviving soldiers who
fought under Garibaldi, 10000 of
whom still survive.
The prince regent of China wants a
government newspaper to find out the
opinion of the public on the policy Of
the government from time to time"
Four of the recruits who entered the
Russian army last year were more
than six feet and five inches tall, and
| about 1000 were more than six feet
and an inch.
Traffic between the eastern and west.
ern coasts of the United States by
way of isthmus railways and steam
ship lines amounted to $40000,000 in
value in 1908. a marked increase over
any earlier year.
What is thought to be the largest
chestnut tree in Connecticut is on the
farm of Cyrus Coe of Middlefield. The
tree is thirty-one feet in circumfer-
ence, the height being unknown. The
tree has been a landmark in that
town for several generations.
A novelty in church hymnals is re-
| ported from Chicago. An enterprising
advertising concern has started sup
| plying poor churches with hymn books
free of charge, the company getting its
return from many pages of advertise
ments sprinkled through the books.
No matter how greatly other ex-
penses may. have changed in Japan,
the allowance for the imperial house
hold remains, as it has been for years.
100000 yen ($1,500,000), a modest
amount compared with the imperial
or royal allowances of other countries.
Henry Savage Lander, the famous
explorer, has arrived in London after
completing q thorough investigation of
the work being done in the Panama
| canal zone. He Is enthusiastic in
praise of the engineers in charge of
| operations there and says that they
| have few equals in ability and energy
I'm order to ascertain whether post
| cards were being read by the postofffce
officials girl in Wolgast. Prussia
sent one to a friend. saying that Count
| Zeppelin would arrive on certain
/ day on his airship at Wolgast. On
| that day 800 persons arrived at VOL
| CAST from the surrounding districts t.
witness the fight,
1t is said that only one statue ha,
| ever been erected to q woman in Mex
co, that in honor of Josefa Ortiz de
| Dominguez. at whose house in Qnere.
| taro the patriots often met century
| ago to plan means of throwing off the
/ yoke of Spain. The statue stands Il
| the City of Mexico and faces the hand
soonest of the government buildings.
| Canadian opinion as to the wisdom
| Of cooperating with the mother 'fur-
try in the maintenance of the .fl.tish
| feet is not unanimous. The 0!poS.t icu
| is voiced mainly by the French press
| of Quebec and Manitoba. which was
| conspicuous in opposing the cGnt!ibu
ton of Canadian contingent to the
British army in South Africa Daring
the Boer war.
At meeting of the Academy Of Sci
i ences in Paris it was established re-
Gently that ultra violet rays passel
through milk will completely sterilize
the liquid and effectually rid it Of al
microbes. The fluid is sterilized with
out heating or the use of chemical.
and, what is most important of all
without the loss of any essential char
acteF of the milk.
In the City of Mexico today one Of
the trying questions before the public
is that of the scarcity, quality an6
dearness of milk and its sanitary con
dition as we'll as the methods of it!
production and sale. Interior cities
are sometimes somewhat better off
but only in the smaller towns, villages
and ranches or haciendas is the mill
supply actually adequate