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

Of the S25 gondolas in Venice ESQ be-
long to private parties.
The British patent Office business
showed a decrease during the last
year.
Among the products of this years
cod fishing in Norway are 47,O00 bar
rels of cod liver oil.
Refrigerated beef grown and killed
in Argentina will probably soon be
shipped to New York.
Coal mines of the United States
gave employment to 690,433 men last
year, nearly 10000 more than the year
before.
Recent excavations in the Forum
disclosed marks on buildings which
warrant the belief that the ancient
Romans used elevators in their homes.
Platinum. used extensively in cleo.
trical work. is mined only in Califor-
mia and oregon in this country, the
former supplying S5 per cent of the
American product.
In one Of the capitals of Europe
there has been put up big and costly
hotel, and the manager has chosen for
it's Geographic address the expressive
word LUXURY"
Professor Thomas Jameson of Aber-
deem is making himself very annoying
to orthodox science by insisting that
plants take their nitrogen from leaves
and not from roots.
Whether there is some occult reason
for it or not is uncertain, but it is
fact that nearly all the clocks in the
hotels of New York city are persist
emily kept little fast.
Glass water pipes covered with as
phalt have been in use for long time
in some parts of Germany with sue
cess. They give thorough protection
against the entrance of gases and
acids.
Among a number Of swordhsh re-
ceived at Portland, Me-, was a baby
swordtish weighing twenty-seveD
pounds. The little fish was fully de-
veloped and had a smooth slender
sword.
The government of Brazil has deter
mined todevelop iron smelling and the
iron and steel industry generally and
thus make use of the vast deposits of
iron ore which exist In several por-
lions of the country.
Farms are now to be found In many
states which have been Systematically
cleared of cattle tuberculosis by per
sistent testing and retesting, accom-
panied by thorough isolation, removal
or destruction of reacting animals.
A commission has been appointed by
the Argentine government for study.
ing the construction Of a port at the
popular seaside resort of Quequen.
which is situated on the Atlantic coast
about eighty miles south of Mar del
Plata.
According to the latest census, Sa-
moa has population of $4,000. entirely
Greek in language, religion and ma
tionality The capital of the island is
Vathy, with population of $4,000
The principal towns are CarIovassi.
Tigani and Chora.
In New York city alone there are
more than 100000 Jews. making the
metropolis of America the greatest
Jewish center in the world. The prop
erty holdings of the Jews in New
York exceed $900,000000 In the single
item of real estate
A fishing school for boys has been
established by the Dutch government
to provide captains and mates for the
fishing feet. Wages of $40 month
are paid. Forty hours class work.
fourteen hours of which are practical.
are required per week.
The old Monteith house at Mc1n-
does Falls. Vt, is the only brick house
in that section of the state. and every
part of it was made or fashioned by
hand on the ground. even the nails be-
ing hand wrought and the brick mold
ed from a nearby clay bank.
Superstition has yet great deal to
do with the actions of Pennsylvania.
as evidenced IN the fact. reported by
Deputy Recorder -Snodglass of Dauphin
county. that marriage license applica-
tons are not sought from him more
than six times year on Fridays.
Italy levies graduated income tax
as well as direct tax on land and
houses. Small incomes are exempt
from taxation. The minister Of finance
estimates that the income tax for this
year will amount to about $49600.OOO,
while the land tax will bring in $780,
100000.
The Iowa agricultural experiment
station has found out that on railroads
running east and west it is necessary
to plant different kind of grass on
the north side of entertainments from
the south side because of the different
amount of sunlight that each side re-
ceives.
At the Rockefeller institute Flexner
and Carrel proved that visible death
is not true somatic death. They grew
into live animals organs and tissues of
animals that had been in cold storage
for month. In some cases certain
functions seem to continue in the grave
until every part of the man is dead.
The two waterside stations of the