The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-28

ton, "Ias the applicant ever suffered
from any fatal disease?"
With the cutting of the cue many Of
the young men in Annoy. China, have
adopted western ways. and they now
use shaving soap and razors
How many people are there in the
United States over a hundred years
old? The census makes the number
1000, of whom $500 are women
The clerical STATS of many of the big
insurance companies have of late years
been considerably reduced by the en-
ployment of mechanical caIculators.
BY an order of Secretary Nagel. Of
the department of commerce and labor
assignment Of salaries of employees to
loan companies is prohibited.
There is movement on foot TO wild
en- and keep open the channels of the
rivers in Bengal to promote the cheap
er transport and delivery of merchan-
disc.
To save the loss of box lumber be-
cause of knot holes man in Califor-
mia has invented a machine to saw the
holes out to uniform size and cut
plugs to be fitted into the holes.
The percentage of women breadwin-
ners in this country has increased Al,
while the percentage of men has in
creased only Is. Pennsylvania leads
with higher percentage of 4.5 of
women.
The king of Portugal left much val
Lisbon. The minister of public works
appraises the value of such articles
found in the vaults of the palace at
S7,500.O00
At cost of 81 500, 900 there has been
built at Calcutta an elevated water
tank which is the largest of its kind
in the world. IT covers an area of two
and one third acres and holds 100000
gallons of water.
Australia has cows enough to give
each man, woman and child in the
island continent three apiece, while the
Argentine can do even better. There
are five cattle to each inhabitant in the
big South American republic
Like almost every other great cathe-
dral In the world. the Cathedral of ST
John the Divine In New York is not
to be finished according to the plans
of its original architect. The roman.
esque fashion in church building is
waning; the Gothic is reasserting It.
self.
Some months ago school of thirty
seven whales was stranded on the
coast of Tasmania. A company was
organized to take advantage of this ac-
cident, but in the meantime most Of
the oil escaped. The promoters, how.
ever, secured $4,000 worth of amber
girls.
Nearly 100000 was accumulated
last year at the New York custom |
house in fines, penalties. offers in com
collected on passengers baggage were
a little less than the above amount. |
No previous year shows record APP
these figures.
Englishmen are supposed to be the
most horsy people in the world, but |
they are far behind many other coun-
tries In regard to the number of horses
per head of population. In this re-
spect Australia leads the British EN-
pire, there being forty five horses to ev-
cry hundred people.
Mulutudes in Japan live upon d diet
of rice and fish, TO vary this bill Of
fare a whale diet Is becoming very
popular. Hundreds of tons of whaie
meat are sold In the japanese markets
today. The flesh Is said to be very
course, tasting something like venison.
but with flavor all its own
Cotton seed, once nuisance. value
less and despised. carried away from
mills, dumped into streams or burned
to get 1t out of the way. Is now scru.
pulously cared for and sold every
where to hundreds of eager cotton oil
mills and IS there turned into products
valued at S1O0,O00.000 annually.
Recently the sweet toned bell east by
Paul Revere. the famous old patriot.
IA 1916. which has long hung In the
over of the First Methodist church of
Lynn, Mass. was cracked while being
'ung. 1t is now silent aud may per-
laps be recast. For niIiety-tive, years It
las rung for church services and cele-
1rations
TraelSless trains are being expert
nented with In Yorkshire. England. 1t
$ anticipated that the low capital ex-
,enditure. which Is 20 per cent less
han that Of a tramway system. will
snable many districts not served az !
PRESENT to obtain an efficient service |
or passenger and freight traffic at d
Moderate cost. j
A lively flash of lightning caused no
little excitement and trouble the other
lay to the Inhabitants Of the cnlcium
district, Australia II struck fence
lear Walla WalIa station and travelled
long the wires for four miles, fllsifx
be wires and throwing off sparks.
khont Atty fires we're started, but were
promptly extinguished