The Caucasian., 1910-10-20

TIMELY BREVITIES

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/ Pennsylvania's new pure food law
forbids the use of twenty-three speci-
fed adulterants for preservatives.
The danger of fire is eliminated
when an oil tempering bath is heated
by electricity instead of coal or gas.
Japanese ships sailing to American
ports carry no Chinese cargo. though
a few Chinese passengers are among
their patrons.
Mexico's cotton yield for the current
season is estimated at 100000 bales
compared with 125,000 bales in 1909
and 10000 bales In 1908
In the last seventeen years 22,S40
lives have been lost in the coal mines
of the United States, about one-half
of them in the last six years.
1t is believed that much of the un-
cultivated land In Mexico will in the
near future be planted with pecan
trees, which flourish amazingly in that
country.
| Upon tracts of timber and coal lands
In Lee, Scott and Wise counties, Va,
there are, according to recent count,
100000 trees having diameter of two
feet or more
The rice production of Japan ex-
ceeds in quantity 260,000,000 bushels
q year, tea yearly 100000 pounds q
year and silk more than 25,000,00o
pounds year.
Australians are chilling rather than
l Eos co TINT
on the long voyage over to Britain it
may have chance to ripen, the only
way your English beefeater likes his
meat.
TO overcome the tendency of plants
to grow in the direction of sunlight
Philadelphia college uses slowly re-
volving table that exposes all sides of
the plants, which it holds equally to-
ward the sun.
An action to recover two cents
wages was heard in Shoreditch coun-
ty court. London. The girl wage
Garner won. and defendants had to
pay the costs of the penny action,
which were S1.50.
Fish is gaining in popularity in Eng
land because of its comparative mex
pensiveness and of the greater variety
now obtainable owing to the extension
Of fishing grounds and the improved
transit and storage conditions
/ England and America are now con-
nected by about twenty cables. and
the Commercial Cable company an
nounces it's intention of laying down
one more between Valentia. County
Kerry. and Canso. Nova Scotia.
i A Scotch mariner claims to have in
vented an automatic steering device.
operated by electricity from a compass.
to hold vessel in a determined course,
but permitting the helm to be moved
in the ordinary way when necessary.
Merry go-rounds do not interest the
Chinese Some years ago circus
brought one to Shanghai. but it had
to be disposed of at forced sale. and.
though there are many circuses in
the country. none takes along mer-
ry-go.round
/ The value of butter imported yearly
into the United Kingdom exceeds that
Of every other article of food except
wheat and sugar The home predue-
tion Of butter does not exceed $4,000
tons, while the fmportations average
over 211.000 tons a year.
/ The dredger Leviathan. at work in
| the Mersey. is said to be the largest
construction of the kind in the world.
1t has an over al length of 4ST feet,
beam of 60 and a depth of 80 feet
inches, with capacity TO carry the
enormous load of 10000 tons of sand.
A map thirty-tive feet across and
/ forty five feet high. showing on q scale
of eight miles to the inch the North
American continent from the Canadian
border to Panama. has been prepared
for the use Of the Missouri Pacffic's
directors. 1t is said to be the biggest
map ever made.
Scientists Of Europe have lately been
conducting experiments in the art of
breathing and, as a rule. have diseov-
cred that by abnormal control of the
breathing powers. the breath being
held for an unusually long time. per
son may ascend into the astral realm"
and commune with things higher up.
The Isle of Wight County Press has
/ published a list of residents of the
/ island who have lived In six reigns.
The list includes three centenarians,
six persons more than ninety-five
i years old, six ninety-four years old.
five ninety-three years old. thirteen
aged ninety-two. twelve aged ninety
one and five aged ninety.
One of the most exquisitely finished
discoveries IN Egypt is a case of neat
" fitting alabaster embalming instru-
ments. taken from a tomb 5000 years
old. One of them is an instrument
used for opening the mouth after
death, it being supposed that If the
mouth were not opened the poor de-
parted would be unable to eat in the
next world.
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