The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-29
WASHINGTON LETTER FACTS IN FEW LINES

-AS ueLlSitI q EOpuidtlOn IS greater
IN Europe than in any other continent.
The Chilean government has under
construction sixteen different railroad
lines or extensions
ChiHas ministry of the interior pro
| poses 10 lag down measures to prevent
political party associations.
AL architect OF chihuahua. Mexico.
has obtained patent on Il method for
making concrete houses i'll one piece
Tbs Suffrage has just been extended
/ in Bosnia to women who own Il certain
Smcunt of real or personal property
To encourage savings among the
! people the Spanish government has es-
tabliShed Il postal savings bank ,rder
guarantee of the state.
! Premier Luzzatti in speech al
Rome declared that Italian emigrantS
in America send annually $S5.000.O00
of their savings back to Italy.
The longest telephone span in the
world crosses Lake Wallenstadt, i'll
Switzerland, the steel towers support
ing the wire being nearly 5000 feet
apart
/ The wealthy Chinese are very fond
of mechanical instruments and may
! frequently be seen carrying two or
more watches and wearing foreign
glasses.
a campaign for better ventilation
methods in public buildings has bceG
j started by the Chicago chapter OF the
American Society of Heating and Ven
tilating Engineers.
Roller skating has become popUl.3:
in the Alpine cities OF Switzerland tx
streets being used The same is ira"
Of Mannheim, Germany. America
skates are popular.
The money required for erecting q
memorial window in Westminster ;la-
hey to John Bunyan has been contrib
uted. The amount is $1,000. and the
window is being made
Flat roads as opposed to those Of
convex section are recommended iii
the English board of trade traffic re-
port as tending 10 minimize the splash,
ing of paveinents with mud.
Germany will raise the standard of
dentistry by requiring students to have
general preparation equal TO that de
manded of prospective physician and
TO spend longer time in studg
Most of the writing in railroad offices
is done on typewriters. yet the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern roads
use up l.O00.UOO pen points i'll their Of
fees in the course of a year.
The worlds production of sugar
within the last twenty years has near
" doubled. In 1899 1T.00oG0003l
pounds were produced, while in 1909
32.0OO.O00,0G0 pounds were placed on
the market
About 100000 bonds of employees
have to be approved annually by the
government. and by the recent actio
of congress this work has been tram"
ferred to the treasury department from
the attorney generals office.
An electric elevator has been install
ed in the stairway which leads to the
cupola of St Peters cathedral in
Rome The elevator has a ciiisaci,i
for carrying ten persons. 1t bears az
appropriate Latin inscription
A new English motorcycle carries z
small roller on each side of the frame
which can be lowered to the road
when the machine is in motion to pre-
vent side slip or when it is stationary
to save the rider from dismounting.
Germany is losing ground in China
Fifteen years ago its exports to that
country exceeded those of the United
States and japan combined Today
they constitute only little over per
cent. whereas America has 8 per cent.
Japan IA and England about so
New York city had more Transports
ton facilities with its stages of seven
ty years ago than it has with all Of It's
surface, elevated and subway lines of
today The outlook is that the popu-
lation will continue to grow faster
than the means of transportation.
The kola tree is indigenous TO Libe
ria A number of the nuts are con-
tanned In a single fruit. The nut is moi
exported. Among the natives 1t is in
general use. and comparatively large
local trade is carried on In the repub-
lie, conducted chiefly by former resi-
dents of Sierra Leone.
The communal council Of Veytaux.
IN Switzerland. is considering pro-
posal for the purchase of u mountain
in the neighborhood, The mountain is
valued at $4,000 and is very steep. 1t
is proposed to build railroad like that
at Pilatus or the Rigi and then estab-
ish hotels at the top of the mountain
France is now in the midst of con
troversy as to the identity of the man
who invented machine guns. Tiae in
vention has always been attributed to
Calling and Nordenfelt, but 1t was re
Gently asserted on some authority that
the real inventor was a Japanese in
1904. who was promptly killed for
being too clever.
Engineers and scientists are making
exhaustive studies of the recent floods.
in Paris to devise system which viii