The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20

TIMELY BREvITlES
China exports 81, 100000 fans a yo;eR.

EngIand's shipping industry, accord
On to repuft, is steadily improving.
tomatoes packeA in peat and saw
aust go from Toronto to Londo1 a
&ood order.
Sailors fcturning from Gear g'ape
Corn report having seen aNoating O.
land sever0 miles square.
Portugal Gas colonies in DC Ncst
hdes. Asia an0 africa with o total
stipulation of m,Re than 9,OOO.OOO.
Last years olive crop in Spain was
so abnormally large that the trees wtaEa
debilitated, the consequence 0eing O
very poor crop this year.
The Flint NlichJ school board Aas
secured ninety-nine year lease Of Il
site for new school building at the
rate of one clo,er blossom year.
Already more than 1000 elementary
schools have been opened in Siam, the
country enjoying an educational boom
because of the interest of the king
The army is experimenting with n
new shell designed to pierce a vessel
or Building and then scatter scores of
bullets carried behind its solid steel
head
There has been Il marked decrease in
Canada's merchant marine during the
last thirty five years lii 1874 the tou-
mage was 1,15S,S63; in 1909 it was
1853.
Certain we'll known American prod
It's, like carriers and hooks and eyes,
nave become household articles in
France, largely because of persistent
and systematic advertising.
More than one European state in
modern times has tried repubIioaniSm
for awhile. Spain. for instance. de
clarcd itself republic in 1873 ard
Greece in 1890 but in each case The
experiment lasted only few months.
Professional chauffeurs of New York
who fail to qualify under the CaIiau
law have tried to retain their jobs by
means Of trick. BY paying Il dollar
ortwo to an owner and securing what
they call part ownership in car they
continue "driying'' for a living.
The Diamond shoals. off Cape Hat
teras. the graveyard of the Atlantic.
trio devices. The diaphragms of two
large megaphones are to be vibrated
by electricity. producing a volume of
sound which can be heard for miles.
Next to Italy, Japan is the most
heavily taxed of nations. The Japa-
nese is taxed to the extent of 1 yen 20
sen upon every 10 yen of his income, a
exceeded only by Italy,
which taxes l yen % sen upon every
10 yen of the income of its subjects.
Michael Bari, the public executioner
at Budapest. has addressed q protest
to the Hungarian parliament against
the exaggerated humane tendencies of
the day, which result in his being un-
year. He demands either a regular
salary or that there shall be fewer re
prieves
The army of Portugal, which con-
sists of about $4,000 men of the first
line troops and $4,000 reserves. is re-
cruited by conscription. but exemption
can always be purchased. Conscripts
join at the age Of twenty, and the du-
ration of service is three years in the
ranks, five in the reserve and seven in
the second reserve.
Moscow owes $4S,3O5, $40, but $43,-
1T3,413 of the borrowed money has
been put into productive municipal
Last year Moscow's mu-
licipal street railways collected fares
lggregating $3,613,993. Last year
municipal abattoir. did to
leath 230,S63 cattle and 127, 124 calves,
sheep. hogs and goats.
Bathurst island has just been ex-
llored by British government expe-
lition. 1t is situated some fifty miles |
rom Port Darwin, northern Austria
ia, and has an area of 1856 square
niles. 1t is uninhabited, but it is well |
with fresh running streams
md has fertile soil capable of grow
ng rice, rubber, cattle and tobacco.
Early settlers in South Australia were
old by the blacks that up country"
here was cave full of gold, but they
lid not attach much credence to the
eport. A half caste has just arrived
n Adelaide with the news that some
90 miles north of Fowler's bay he
anne upon a series of caves, one of |
which had pendants Of gold like
lunches of grapes"
There are seven London companies
gas, and the charges vary
rom 40 cents a thousand cubic feet to
8 cents, the Illuminating candle power
eing from 14.S600 to 16.9200. There
5 discount allowed by most of the
ompanies from 21a to per cent to
arge consumers, 10 to 20 per cent for
over and 10 to % per cent for gas
ngines.
Charitable associations in Frankfort,
iermany, operate lodging houses, res
lurants, eating rooms, canteens, etc.
or the benefit Of the poor. They are
onducted on strictly business methods.
meat, vegetables-is pro-
fded for a fraction more than 8 cents