The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-09
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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Five tons Of human hair are annually
imported by London merchants.
Sewing Oh buttons is not wifely
duty i'll Japan. There are no buttons
Electric engines will haul the ships
through the Panama canal when the
big ditch is completed
The hull Of cotton is used In China
for fertilizing purposes, farmers pay
ing about 81 a ton for it.
There is revival In Cuba of the eff
fort to encourage by government sub
Eidy the immigration of farmers.
There are three times as many Bud
dhists, Brahmans, Mohammedans and
pagans in the world as there are Chris.
tians.
Italy levies a graduated income tax
as well as a direct tax on land and
houses. Smaller incomes are exempt
from taxation.
The lighthouse of Helgoland has q
light of 100000 candlepower. At
Nuremberg lamp ten times as power
full has been made.
Of the Ss,OO0.OOO population of the
United States, one-third, speaking in
round numbers, are found in the thir-
teen original states
Cutting off the pigtail and a radical
change in costumes are strongly urged
to the present Chinese regent by his
brother. Prince Tsai Tao.
The permanent international peace
bureau at recent session in Brussels
took action in favor of the establish
ment of all international relief fund.
A Hungarian book binder named
Hirsch recently hanged himself at
Budapest because, as he explained in
letter. he could not remember his
favorite tune.
Santo Domingo, according to an Eng
lish mineralogist who explored it. is q
geological curiosity shop, containing
scattered samples of nearly every
well known mineral.
The Institute of Marine Engineers in
London recently discussed the subject,
and e. A. Mayor of Glasgow said that
the prospect for electric propulsion for
ships is very hopeful.
China buys in San Francisco $780,
GOO of seaweed year The claim for
seaweed is that when it is used in up
holstering furniture it is kept free of
moths and other insects.
AS rival of the United States In
supplying the world with grain Argen
tina has to overcome several Impress
i've obstacles. Among them are drought.
locusts. revolutions, labor troubles, ex-
cessive rains and frosts.
A famous wistaria In japan is that
to be found at Kashukabe, northeast
Of Tokyo. The vine is 500 years old
and grows over trellises covering a
space of 1000 feet. Its pendent clus
ters are more than fifty inches long.
The study of foreign languages is
making rapid progress in German
schools. Most of the teachers are ma
tive born French and English. This
work is a powerful factor in Germa-
ny's progress as a power in interna-
tional commerce.
70 allow moving pictures to be seen
without darkenfng the room in which
they are shown French inventor
frames the screen with dark curtains.
hung short distance in front of it, to
cut off all light except that from the
projecting machine.
The bcggars and street singers of |
Marseiles. France, met and formed an |
organization for the protection of their |
and to resist the encroach- !
ment of pretenders constitution |
was drawn up, bylaws made and lin |
ltation set upon membership.
The Brazilian curers of meat claim |
that Spanish salt is best for making |
jerked beef, and they complain of the
high import duty on salt The native
salt producers assert that Brazilian
salt is quite as good as the imported.
The present imports of salt amount to
nearly 100000 a year.
The Paris Eclair announces that an
absolutely stable smokeless powder
las been discovered and is now at the
service of the French army and navy.
Chemical agents. heat. excessive cold,
light and Herzian waves
lave no effect upon this powder, which
an only be fred by special detona-
or.
It is unlawful in Canada for
alesman or agent ~ allow secret COM
MISSIONS. rebates considerations of
ny kind for the purpose of influencing
r effecting sales of merchandise I'M
er penalty. upon conviction. of two
ears Imprisonment or the imposi-
ion Of fine not to exceed $500 or
9th
Old tin cans which find their way to
be domestic rubbish heap have been
lrned to good account by the Liver
col corporation. Last year from this
ource the health committee realized
800 In future the revenue is likely
} be Increased. because the authori-
est are engaged In putting down a
ev plant.
About seventy years ago Benjamin
therton of Houlton, Me. received an
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