The Caucasian., 1911-06-04
TIMELY BREvIT!ES

toes. ,, offers
rho Australian government Vn san
large prizes for the best postage
designs. .uorted
I,nanese army officer has lnVen'e~
",nrnroof knapsack that is MADE o.
horsehair. s s+otes
expor,ed 1O4. .8S3.s3S pounds Oh pan"
ing paper last year. ,,
Moxtco, Venezuela and Guateln"~
ore the only countries wheFe Hull.
enjoy the privilege of perpetual ''''
right. s-.,o,.
Artificial lace is a French deVe'op.
,,o,t nf collulose and Is said to wear
hetter and to have other ao'an'"e
over real lace.
The ink in a fountain pen wiz nos
erv On rapidIy when the pen Is luIe
the holes in the cap be pingseu -
keen out the air.
The rocket type of life saving apPa-
ratus has saved the lives OF more .u""
BiBD SDlU"Ibthtu bS'N
ish coasts since 1870.
Potash may be derived from o'SdlaN
sources, as from wood ashes anu sea
weed. The giant seaweeds OF the C"i'-
fornta coast contain potash salts
Tho term "Eurasian' has been oH1-
cioIIv discarded by the government Vi
Indto which mas decided to ADOPT
"Anglo. indian III the coming census.
Nickel mining is active in New Gaze
donia. European firms are investing
largely in il and other mining Some
fair gold discoveries have been mace
recently.
Tests in Dublin have shown that the
wind will carry disease bacteria 2oo
feet and as nigh as sixty feet INTO tue
sir even when there is a heavy rain
fall.
Louisville, KY. has a new grand
hotel. and it has been named after tbe
nationally famous and admired editor
of the Courier J ournaI, Henry Waiter
son.
On an average there are nearly ten
thousand people more than sixty 6Ve
years old dying in New York ever year,
This is the highest proportion of old
folk ever recorded by any city In the
world
The Saxon state railways reward
workmen who have been in their serv-
ice twenty i've years and more with
smaIl sums of money. and at the same
time distinguish them with marks OF
honor
There are twenty eight cocoa and
which eight do an almost worldwide
business. Dutch commerce with the
Dutch East indies greatly favors these
industries.
A new liquetied gas invented in Ger
many and sold to consumers in steel
drums ts nonpoisonous. gives an IN.
tensely white light in mantei burners.
and is said to be thrice as powerful as
the ordinary city gas when used in
engines.
in Hungary a Junior Woman Suf-
frage league has been formed with a
membership of $50 young men ana
women between the ages of sixteen
and twenty.four. These young people
are TO act as ushers at the meetings
of the older suffragettes.
Cantilever bridge construction makes
possible some astonishing things. For
example. the new railroad bridge
across the Pend d'Oreille river, near
Metaiine. Wash. was built out from
one side OF the stream until the END OF
the span reached the pier on The other
side. a distance of $50 feet.
Five tunnels now pierce the Aims
The boring OF the Loetschberg tunnel
which negau III 1907. was finished \
few weeks ago. but the tunnel will moi
be ready for railway traffic until 1919
1t is about nine miles long-thp third
longest sunnei IN Europe-ano is
really a supplement- TO the SimpIon
tunnel
Gold--the sovereign and half sover.
eign lis now being largely used in In.
Ola instead OF silver. Traders. instead
OF going about with bags of runees
have taken to carrying gold In their
pockets. Last year $4,000, 900 In gold
was imported inro India. comnared
with $35.OOoOO0 In 1908 and $4,000
600 In 1909.
1t is estimated that the failnra of
his golden voice caused Enrico ,,arpso
loss OF fully $4,000 He misses
nine and one half weeks of the Mot.
ropoI1tan Opera company, besides o
road tour OF two weeks. he vii, NO,
attempt to sing again until Noyemhor
ana meanwhile will enjoy himself in
Florence. painting doing some nlas,ar
work and relaxing generally.
YankeI Heller. now fifty-threa vo.rs
old. who was one of the first mon n
Ne" York TO buy CASTOR clothinq ,nd
has accumulated S250.oOO in tbirry 49,
years. has sailed for his native towr
ID Russia. which be left when no rvas
elRhteen years old and will marrv ~
woman whom be loved as a rtr, IrhaS
nave corresponded ever since Hon.,
Salled Tor America to seek his fortune