The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-21
TIMELY BREvITIES

territory.
Australians still lead the world as
| tea drinkers.
Ginseng sells at Annoy, China, for
$1.G5 pound in gold, retail.
Germany possesses 5000 judges as
against about 200 in England.
In many police courts in southern
Nigeria the fines are paid in gin.
Two hundred penny -in-the-slot ma
chimes which supply newspapers are
now installed in Berlin.
Not far from Warsaw, in Poland, d
garden city is being planned on the
lines of the English models.
During the first six months Of the
present year there have been 650,690
deaths in India from plague
The work of changing and enlarging
the Suez canal has been in progress
almost constantly since its opening in
1869.
There are thirty-five senators and
forty representatives in congress who
are sixty or more, and they seem to be
in their prime.
Women are not admitted to the two
imperial universities of Japan. Quite
recently, however, private university
for women was established at Tokyo.
Camphor production in Florida is
practical and can be made profitable
Successful experiments by the United
States department of agriculture war
rant this conclusion.
A Swiss matchmaker has succeeded
in making watch less than an eighth
of an inch thick, yet it is so good a
timekeeper that it varies less than
five seconds in twenty four hours
Shetland ponies are brought almost
daily from the Shetland islands to Abb
erdeen, where they are rested for a
few days before being transported to
Glasgow or elsewhere by rail in trucks.
All German soldiers must learn to
swim. Some of them are so expert
that with their clothing on their heads
and carrying guns and ammunition
they can swim rivers several hundred
yards in width.
In fighting the plague in India whole
infected villages are sometimes burned.
In the towns evacuation of dwellings
and their disinfection by sunlight and
air, plus disinfectants, are practically
all that can be done
Reforms in Egypt and the Levant
have improved the public administra-
ton, developed national resources and
uplifted the people. exciting private
enterprise. stimulating local energy
and advancing morality.
Letter boxes with electric bells are
being erected in Paris in consequence
Of the thefts of letters. which have
been of frequent occurrence. When |
the flap which covers the slit in the
box is moved the bell rings.
The electric lighting of Fuchau.
China, was begun amid much opposi- |
ion. Now the Yamen and chief streets |
II the city boast of electric lighting, |
with prospect of extension in the |
streets and private residences.
The present German house key
weighs on an average about one
eighth of pound. and it has been
estimated that as result 1886 tons of
ron are carried in pockets and hand
'ags by the people of Germany
The body of guide who lost his life
n the Alps twenty-five years ago has
,een found in the ice in a state of per-
NJ Of .,<t |
nen who have persisted have been re-
oVered after long lapse of years.
Milliners in Fifth avenue and Thirty
ourth street, New York. have hit upon
new plan for increasing their trade.
hey are employing women who are
ccQstomed to meet many society wo-
zen to wear different hats every day. Il
In the Philippines the disadvantages 4
an education which merely fits the H
Eudent to become clerk appeared to
ave been promptly realized. and what
re known as trade schools have been
which are training equally !
9th hand and mind
The German firm of Krupp recently
ompleted the construction of nine ar !
llery batteries, aggregating ninety
lpid discharge heavy cannon. and also
5000 of the latest approved rifles for
olivia. Altogether fifteen German of
GERS have left for service in the b.
Wan army.
During excavations near Liege, Bel
UNI, recently Roman villa was I'M
lrthed in the basement of which was
und quantity of coal in large L
eces. This leads to the belief that 10
e coal deposits of Belgium were ex- C
oited as far back as the beginning o
the Christian era h
The Hairdressers' Weekly Journal d
lis US that a new kind of artificial
lir is on its way to us from Ger T
any. 1t is made of fine silk and is :
t to be distinguished from the real :,
ticle. 1t can be dyed to any exact :,
ade desired. and it will keep it's curl u
tier than any other kind. u
70 make way for a modern com G.
srcial structure the ancient building l7s
1ich housed the first United States liC
mt, in North street, philadelphia. is In,