The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-04
TIMELY BREVlTIES

Last year there were 5,2O6 trials by
court martial In the army as against
$3.50 TIE previous year.
The largest stalactite cave In Europe
recently was discovered in the Dach.
stein mountains of upper Austria.
Surety bonds cannot be procured In
Ecuador. there being no company In
that country doing that class Of bust
hess.
The lord mayor of London said re-
Gently that In his opinion the old Eng
fish system Of apprenticeship should
be revived.
Experiments with thousands Of sub
jects have shown that the average man
attains his maxlmunsstrength in his
thirty-tirst year,
The vibration CT a steel disk $4,000
times or more a second produces the
sound in new electrical horn for au-
tomoblles or motorhoats.
Scotland exported 1854 Cydcsdalc
horses in 1910. This Is said to be a
record never before reached by any
breed Of British live stock.
Expansion due to the heat Of the
sun gives the top Of the EiIel tower
a 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 freproof.
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
30 per cent at least in the last fifty
years. He thinks soap did the blessed
business.
II is regarded rs a sign of the steady
disappearance Of the sailing craft that
British owners of such ships are en-
deavoring 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 90
will, it Is claimed, show that Italy has
progressed more rapidly than any 9th
er European nation in the last fifty
years.
An American consul, Julian II. Ar
mold, travelled several months in west
ern China last year He stopped at
eighty native inns, and never did he
experience the least incivility or I'M
friandly treatment.
Unwillingness Of American manufac-
turers to deal with Russia on the cred
it system adopted years ago by Ger
mans and French is proving 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 1909. The decrease
was due to reduced production in
Alaska. Colorado and South Dakota.
In other states the output showed an
increase.
In IIawaii's territorial life of ten
years her bank deposits have grown
from 100000 to over S13,0000o0, and
savings have risen from $S04oo0 to
The Chinese have the lar.
Scst per capita average savings bank
accounts, S32S.s3
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 n
medical friend, with the sardonic
taunt, ".41lf the lives you save arc not
worth saving, as being useless. and al.
most the other half ought not to be
saved, as being miscellaneous" was
sold ut auction in London recently for
f32 los.
Owners and agents Of sixteen down
town Chicago Office buildings have
been compelled by the building depart
nent to stretch wire screening over
he rotundas ut the second or third
loors to prevent persons on the main
loor being injured by others jumping
'r falling from upper floors OF the
Herr Harry Plate of Hanover has
been made lifelong member Of the
RUSSIAN upper chamber by special ia
ror OF the kaiser Plate Is a master
humber. The honor bestowed on him
las never before been awarded to an
ordinary artisan. 1t is additionally |
.iven to noblemen as a reward for emf
tent service to the state. Herr Plate |
J labor leader, but an anti-Socialist
Mrs. Caroline A. White of Upper |
Norwood. England, who has just pass. |
d the one hundredth anniversary of |
er birthday, has been for eighty |
ears Of her life an industrious literary |
yorker. For sixteen years she edited
woman's journal. Early In her ca
Ger she obtained introductions to Tom
Iood and Douglas Jcrrold and after
ward never lacked employment for
Ter pen.
King Manuel will make Richmond.
,Dblnnd his now homa Tia hos t,i,on