The Caucasian., 1909-06-20
FACTS IN FEW LINES

factory.
congested cities show a decline in in
| dividual height.
A Japanese newspaper says the prev
| a1ent defect of Japan made goods /:
'1nferiority Of quality"
While in 1866 there were eishtee1
| species of humming bird in Trinidad
there are now only about five.
In the Welsh counties of Glamorga1
and Monmouth 100000 tons of Goa
are raised to the surface every year
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland
| is proposing to give up a portion of it:
public park to factory girls for th'
| purpose of playing hockey and othe
games.
The longest telegraph line in tn
world above ground and without /,
break has been completed in Australia
Its total length is something over 6,Oc'
| miles.
1t has been decided by the Chinese
board of agriculture that hereafter tht
standard measurement in China
known as the "ch'ih," or foot. shall b.
1858 inches.
Sweden has the oldest vessel in Eu
rope perhaps in the world in tn
schooner Emmanuel, built in 1749. Sht
was first d privateer and is now in tht
timber trade.
In Australia the child of poor wild
owed mother. instead of being taEeI
from her and placed in an institution
is boarded with its mother at the ey
pense of the state.
In Turkish Arabia and Mesopotamia
where no railroads and wagon road
exist, automobiles could be employed
to good advantage. The country is per
fectly level and smooth.
There are times when because of in
sufficient water power it is not possible
to supply electric light for both ths
houses and the streets in Bogota, Co
lombia, so the streets remain dark.
It is stated that the Chinese govern
ment has decided to enforce com
pulsory education in the empire in The
present year, so as to lay founda
tion for the Initiation of constitutions
government.
Eat hard food if you wish to keel
the teeth clean and preserve them" is
the advice of Dr.. George Cunningham
who has been conducting a crusade
for the preservation of the teeth ot
English children.
According to the Missionary Review
of the World. of British Indias tota
population of 232 100000, 21S,416,S2t
are illiterate There are 100000 girl
of school age. of whom only 405,00(
are under any instruction.
1t has been demonstrated by numer
Gus experiments in Europe as well as
in America that the pulp possessing
the best fiber for paper and the mos
practicable to make is that derived
from the wood of the spruce and fir.
The dolcette. which is probably one
of the newest musical instruments
placed on the market, is a harp played
on a keyboard similar to that of 4
piano. The lower half of the instru
ment somewhat resembles the piano
and the upper portion is like an Ital
ian harp.
The use of ratskins in various in
dustries has created demand in Lon
don alone to the amount of nearlg
100000 year, states a British pub
lication. They are used. among Other
things, for bookbinding. photograph
frames, purses and for the thumbs o1
ladies' gloves.
The French governments project r
pension servants of the state railways
provides for the retiring of engineer.
and fremen more than fifty years ol
age who have been twenty-five wears
in the service on half pay. ana il s..is..;.s
pensions to disabled men who have
had fifteen years of service
There are museums of SAFETY are
sanitation located in Berlin. Paris. Vi
emma, Amsterdam. Milan. Stoc..hs>f'a
Zurich, Moscow and Budapest III rl.f
Berlin museum of safety. (which tower,
$4,000 square feet of floor space. art
exhibited devices for the protection ci
the dangerous parts Of nachi:ary ts'
processes in all trades and occupation
With four military airsbip stf,:9as
already built On the western fr"n ie,'
the German war Office has decided Il
erect similar stations on It's eils:,, sla
borders. The first of the eastern -.
tions will be erected at Lyck. close {,
the Russian frontier The new aeEi.;
station will be provided with hug
shed capable of accommodating twc
airships OF the Zeppelin type.
The Imperial Russian Geographical
society of st. Petersburg has just com
pleted it's new quarters at cost OF
100000 rubles. The building is three
stories high, with beautiful frontage
The library will occupy large room
in the second story constructed entire
" of iron and in such a way that the
whole weight of the books will lie or
the exterior and interior walls instead
of the floor and vaults.
The American peanut industry is OF
considerable Importance The annua
product of the United States is about
1O0,O00,000 pounds, or one-sixth of the
.