The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-12
FACTS IN FEW LINES !.

Nearly 10000 tons Of rock salt are
now annually mined In Russia.
The amount Of gold produced in this
country last year was $96313,256.
It is estimated that the earthquakes
speed is from 40 to $50, feet second.
Nearly 2Oo,OOooO0 people in India
are dependent on agriculture for their
living.
For chicken stealing a man In Chi
eago was sentenced to serve i've min
utes In jail.
A Scotchman has invented a new
life saving apparatus which is capable
of throwing line half mile.
Silk and mixed cotton and silk indus
tries In France are said to employ alto
gether upward of half million work
ers.
Frank Larose Of Worcester, Mass,
says that he has a hen that lays two
eggs day, and every egg has dou-
BILE yolk.
There are two Pasteur institutes In
India. In the last year the one at
Conoor treated $40 cases, only two re-
sulting unfavorably.
Experiments are being made in the
bay Of Fundy to harness the very
high tidal movements there for the
production Of electricity.
It is universally recognized that the
United States leads the world in the
practice OF dentistry and in the perfec-
ton Of dental appliances.
An alloy Of 70 per cent Of cerium
and 30 per cent OF iren has the re-
markable property of giving of
shower OF sparks when struck by steel.
The health authorities OF Belfast,
Ireland. are trying to put stop to the
practice Of taking empty buttermilk
bottles back to the country In manure
carts.
The largest movable bridge yet built
In Asia is a double leaf roller affair,
with an opening 200 feet wide, erected
By Chicago company for a railroad
| In Burma.
Tests show that q wind movement
Of fifteen miles an hour against the
side Of building win force 1856 cubic
feet Of air through one-sixteenth
/ inch crevice in an hour.
Congress refused United States Com
missioner Of Education Browns re-
quest for 5000 to study certain
phase Of child life, but granted SIG, 600
for a scientific study Of CLAIMS.
The London Lancet admits that the
methods of control over the purity Of
milk supplies in vogue in the United
States are more progressive than any
which are adopted in England.
The French institute has divided the
Osiris prize of $4,000 between NJ.
Bleriot. the aeronaut, and Gabriel Vol
sin. the aeropiane manufacturer, FOR
their contributions to the progress of
aviation
In London as in New York more and
more families live entirely In hotels.
while many others who have homes do
not eat 10 them, but take all their
meals IN restaurants, paying for them
once month.
The women in the Russian postal
and telegraph service have been for
hidden to marry men outside their
own department. It was alleged that
they might inform their husbands of
the contents Of kilograms.
Papyrus leaves more than 3.0O0
years old have been found at Thebes,
describing runaway slaves and Offer
ing reward for their capture, and at
Pompeii ancient advertisements have
been deciphered on the walls.
Bombay has a number Of smallpox
cases In addition to the plague. PHI
grims afflicted with smallpox as well
as those who have come in contact
with them are allowed to land in that
city from the Jeddah ships and spread
themselves freely through the city,.
Among the articles found In New
York on the IL" trains In one day are:
Bathing suit, ACCORDION. drumsticks,
box of gravel, file, rosary coil Of wire,
fan. hoe. bag OF corn, derby hat, to l
say nothing, says the American. of In
Vulnerable everyday losses, such as
bags aud umbrellas.
AA01GW DE- 1<leneu6u5 tcAtGE CHIH1SE
attached to the Brooklyn postoface,
has been decorated with the double
gold stars, mark OF forty years con-
tinuous service as carrier. This is
the second time in the history OF the
country that letter carrier has served
forty years without break
Our consul general 10 France writes
Of q rubber asphalt pavement which il
being used In that country. The ma
terial lie = product resulting from the
association Of asphalt and rubber, It
IL said to be more plastic and more
adhesive than pure asphalt and to re-
sist higher temperatures.
n. v. Kearns OF ASHFORD, N. H., set
steel trap IN his chicken lot to catch
some sly animal that had been taking
the chickens. The next day the trap
was carried away mysteriousiy. A
week afterward Kearns, hearing q
commotion among his chickens. ran
out and saw large hawk soaring mp
ward with chicken in its beak and
from one Of fha hawks Eclaw wa vvaa