The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-30
timely BRE:vITIES

The sterilization Of water by ultra
violet rays has now entered upon an
Industrial stage.
Last year there were 5,206 trials ny
court martial in the army as against
$3.50 the previous year.
The largest stalactite cave in Europe
recently was discovered in the Darh-
stein mountains of upper Austria.
Surety bonds cannot be procured in
Ecuador, there being no company in
that country doing that class of bust
ness.
The lord mayor of London said re.
Gently that in his opinion the old Eng
lish system of apprenticeship should
be revived.
Experiments with thousan ds of sub
jects have shown that the average man
attains his maximum strength in bis
thirty-irst year.
The vibration OF a steel disk 10000
times or more a second produces the
sound in new electrical horn for au
tomobtles or motorboats.
Scotland exported 1881 Cydesdale
horses in 1910. This is said to be
record never before reached by any
breed of British live stock.
Expansion due to the heat Of the
sun gives the top of the Eiffel tower
daily motion of from one to seven
inches. varying with the Seasons.
Numerous garage fires have shown
that automobile tires. after they have
been hardened by contact with mud
and water. practically are 6reproof.
There are large guano deposits on
some islands between China and the
Philippines. but apparently nothing
can be done to make them profitable.
Czerny, the great German cancer ex-
pert. says skin cancer has diminished
80 per cent at least in the last fifty
years He thinks soap did the blessed
business.
1t is regarded as a sign of the steady
disappearance of the sailing craft that
British owners of such ships are en-
deavorfng. to sell them whenever an
opportunity presents itself
Paraguay has no use for automobiles.
There are hardly any roads. Travel
ing in the country is attempted only
on horseback. and the city streets are
paved in the toughest way
The international exposition which
will be opened at Turin on April 20
will, 1t Is claimed. show that Italy has
progressed more rapidly than any 9th
err European mutton in the last fifty
years.
An American consul, Julian Fl. Ar
mold. Travelled several months In west
ern China last year He stopped at
eighty native inns, and never did he
experience the least ineivility or I'M.
friendly treatment,
UnwiIlingness of American manufac-
turers to deal with Russia on the cred
1t system adopted years ago by Ger
mans and French is proving a handi-
cap, since cash transactions are con-
trary to the general Russian custom.
Production of gold in the United
States in 1910 fell below that of the
record output in 1900 The decrease
was. due to reduced production in
Alaska, Colorado and South Dakota.
In other states the output showed an
increase.
In Hawaiis territorial life of ten
years her bank deposits have grown
from $4,G00.000 to over 13,00O.000. aud
savings have risen from SS04.000 to
S4.290000. The Chinese have the lar
gest per capita average savings bank
accounts. S32sS3.
The French press is perturbed over
, the statement that there are twice as
many pictures by Rembrandt in the
United States as there are in Holland
and more than there are In Austria.
Belgium. Denmark. Italy. Roumania.
Spain and Switzerland put together
A letter by Benjamin Franklin TO a
medical friend. with the sardonic
taunt. "LIalf the lives you save are not
worth saving. as being useless aud al
most the other half ought. not to be
saved. as being misehievous. was
sold at auction In London recently for
E32 los
Owners and agents of sixteen down.
town Chicago office buildings have
been compelled by the building depart
ment to stretch wire screening over
the rotundas at the second or third
floors to prevent persons on the main
floor being injured by others jumping
or falling from upper floors of the
structures.
Herr Harry Plate of Hanover has
been made a lifelong member of the
prussian upper chamber by special ia
vor of the kaiser Plate Is a master
plumber The honor bestowed on him
has never before been awarded to an
ordinary artisan. 1t is additionally
given to noblemen as a reward for emf
nent service TO the state. Herr Plate
Is labor leader. but an antiSocialist.
Mrs. Caroline A. White of Upper
Norwood England. who has just pass
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