The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-28
TIMELY bREvITIES

sured.
Saturday half holiday is recognizeS
in sixteen states of this country and
two cities.
Canada has a million and a half
acres more wheat planted this year
than ever before.
1t costs less to send a dozen pairs of
shoes from this country to Acapulco
by mail than by freight.
Ten ships, each century or more
old, are still in active service in the
Danish merchant marine.
The great majority of immigrant ar
rivals at the present time are coming
from Austria. Russia and Italy.
The Italian vessels used in the Turk
ish navy are supplied with English
guns, no guns being manufactured in
Italy.
Within fifteen years, according to
Gordian of Hamburg, the worlds crop
of raw cocoa beans has increased from
$4,000 to 205,OO0 tons.
At the close of the last fiscal year
the life saving establishments Of the
United States embraced 2S1 stations,
nearly all Of which are on the Atlantic
coast
The German South African diamonds
are as rule not large, but they pos
sess a wonderful luster, oftentimes
glistening like dewdrops when found
in the sand.
In Nova Scotia coal refuse, which 1t
would not pay to ship, is converted into
electric power at the mines and thus
distributed to nearby cities and towns
to do its work.
Fifteen American consulates In
France report $133,0O0,0O0 worth of
shipments to the United States in
1909 against sol, 100000 worth in 1908.
Paris leads with $66,O00,000.
Despite the great demand for it at
home, the United States annually ex-
ports more than 100000 gallons of
turpentine-more than all the rest of
the world combined produces.
The United States and Mexico, tax
ing the airship peril by the forelock,
are negotiating a treaty, as we are
told, to prevent areoplanists doing
smuggling business along the border.
In the colder parts of Japan but one
crop of rice is harvested in the year. |
but in the south. where the climate is |
much milder and irrigation convenient. |
two crops are usually grown each year
The fisheries of Lower California, Il |
distance of 1900 miles, exclusive of |
the pearl and shark fisheries, are con, |
trolled by one company, which holds
the concession from the Mexican gov
eminent
As only 266 pounds of opium were
imported into Newchwang in 1909,
Vice Consul c. l.. L. Williams says it
proves that the Chinese government
has taken effective steps to stop the
use of this drug.
A Baltimore dog wears diamond
collar worth about $4,000, The collar
was made especially for the dog by
a prominent jeweler, to the order of
the dogs owner There are 100 dia-
monds in the collar. varying in weight
from one-sixth to one carat.
The Seventh regiment armory in
New York city has a drill space of
200 by 800 feet The armory occupies
the block bounded by Fourth and Lex
ington avenues. Sixty-sixth and Sixty
seventh streets. In the basement there
Is rifle range 100 yards in length
Dogs as life savers and as aids to the
police are such a success in France
that the ministry of war purposes to
Use these intelligent animals to help
he soldiers on sentry duty at the great
powder magazines. There have been
many attacks made on the sentries at
light by unknown miscreants.
Australians have discovered a fertile
erritory in the northern part of the
heretofore considered
barren desert, but proved to be suit
lble for settlement and capable Of
n large population. This
erritory / twice the size Of France
md more tLln four times the size of
treat Britain.
The first mill in Siam was built by
american engineers in 1858, and since
hat period the rice industry has grad
tally increased until at present 1t sup
,orts forty-seven rice mills. which. be-
ides milling rice for local consumption
furnished milled rice for export to an
mount which has averaged about
100000 tons yearly for the last FIVE
ears.
The popular agitation in India over
he partition of the province of Bengal
GEMS to be subsiding. Some of the
alive papers which violently opposed
he scheme are now admitting that it
as proved beneficial, while ex-Judge
aroda Mitter of the Calcutta high
Ourt, an active NATIONALIST politician.
as declared that there is no harm
j 1t.
Robert e Pluribus Unum Smith is
n old pensioner in Australia In his
pplication he added the words, "other-
Use known as Rowdy Bob" IN spite
this uncomplimentary second title a