The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-02
FACTS IN FEW LINES

OF Siberia.
Bathing in the snow is common
| custom in Russia
The coal outru: of Japan is increas-
| ing at Il marvellous rate.
TranSvaai god averages half an
ounce to the ton Of quartz.
! An attempt to regulate the height OF
| the electric Sky signs" of New York
| has fAled
Tile inhabitants OF the Marquesas is
| lands are among the most expert tat
| tooerS on earth.
| \ Connecticut paper mill has sue
ceeded in making :; tough paper with
fine grain from Texas sugar cane.
| 1t has been decided that each unit of
the Italian rational forces shall adopt
Il boy orphaned by the great earth
quake rs a ''child Of the regiment"
The number of telephones in the
| whole world is estimated at $500 900.
| of which 7.0OOOOO are said to be in use
in America and 2.OOOOOO in Europe
Until very recently rubbers as arti
cles of footwear were unknown in
Mexico. because the prices asked were
so high that few people cared to buy
them.
Orders have hecn given for the es-
adjustment at Annoy China. of Il
branch of the American marine hos
pital. Surgeon \. u. Foster will be
in charge.
One aspect Of the increasing wanton
destruction Of forests in Canada is
that it diminisheS the profits from the
pelts OF fur bearing animals whose
home is in these forests.
The total amount of capital invested
in buildings at Messina is calculated
at about $1G.0000OO. at Reggie at $40
| 100000. and the greatest portion of
this capital is irrevocably lost.
An entirely new design in the con
recently brought out. the novel fea-
ture of which is the entire absence, so
far as he eye is concerned. of all
wires.
tory, among other distinctions. says
the Boston Transcript. as the only
president whose name the American
people never learned to pronounce.
o, as in rose is proper.
The population of the state of Vera
Cruz may be approximately put down
at 100000 Every settlement. vii
lage. town and city is provided with
private and public educational institu-
tons for the elementary education Of
the people.
\ live terrier was rescued from the
ruins OF Il private house at Messina
after having been buried FOR nearly
ehree weeks. The animals only food
had been Il package % wax candles
and the contents % few broken bot
ties of wine
India has enacted law for the pro-
lection Of wild animals and birds.
The local government is empowered
to declare a close time during which
it yin Be tnlewSut to capture. kill ~
to deal in a0y specified Aind of game
Six cotton shirts, worth about g
cents each. were recently shipped FROM
Paris 60 Cincinnati g. be launderel by
q 6eso Cincinnati firm. TlD object f.
to compare the ~ork done in this
country. with that done in Paris. The
duty on the shirts was 20 peg cent 81
the value.
The owners " grain Godowns and
warehouses in Cascutts are compelled
By municipal Regulation In Calcutta 60
pave with concrete o. peeSene the IN
gress of eats. WhtcA. 10 - believed
will aid materially In ete e1termina-
tioD % these oetivo disteibutees Of the
plague germ.
An English Gsites says chat. al
though turbine and suction gas eye
TENS hase aoe seacAe0 perfection.
British engineerv are seriously expect
menting with electric propulsi0-the
installation Of powerful generators
which will furnish che requisite vota-
tory action to the screws.
The fiftieth anniversary OF the Ia
nous hymn. There's Home For Lit
tie Children was celebrated recently
at Newport Isle Of Wight. when the
author. Mr.. Albert Midlane. who is
eightyfour, was invited to the public
square. Two thousand Sunday school
children Of all denominations sang
the hymn.
The causes of decay in building
stone are various and depend ON the
physical structure of the stone, it's
composition and the nature of the sur
rounding atmosphere. The most de-
structive agent to which the stone is
exposed is rain or moist atmosphere
and also, in minor degree. wind.
frost and smoke
Since the hours between 8 D. III. and
a. m. are not busy ones for the
French telegraphic lines, the French
postoffce department has inaugurated
the telegraphic letter. Any one who
misses the mail for provincial town
| may have the letter telegraphed at
the rate of % cents for hundred