The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-22
TIMELY BREv|T|ES

Nearly twice as many women as
men are engaged In the industries of
Japan.
In the United Kingdom there were
last year, according to official returns.
1928 Mormons.
It is estimated that there are 1900
Protestant and 1,4OO Roman Catholic
missionaries in China.
Within the last four years the num-
Der of horses In Wisconsin has In
creased by 73,O69 head.
Norway sells matches and paper to
the United Kingdom, the East Indies.
the United Kingdom and Germany.
An instrument for measuring the
nocturnal terrestrial radiation of heat
has been invented by a Danish scien-
fist.
A pistol so small that it may be held
In the mouth and discharged with the
teeth has been invented by Berlin
artist
The spread Of the destructive cotton
boil weevn is attributed by some to
the destruction of birds which for
merly held the insects in check.
| The largest bed of salt in the world
Is said to have been discovered at
Fort McMurray. Manitoba. 1t is 200
feet deep and aextends for 300 miles.
Belfast, Ireland, has the largest ma
sonry drydock in the world. and 1t
was recently opened to admit as its
| first charge the White Star steamship
Olympic.
Recent experiments in France indi-
cate that mushroom poisoning can be
cured by a serum prepared in a SIM
liar manner to diphtheria or rabies
| antitoxin.
-Four man eating lions were recently
captured at Gwalior. In India, by means
Of fly papers. which, getting on to the
faces of the animals, made them an
easy prey.
1t has been established by statistics
compiled at the slaughter houses that
the Parisians really have a diminish
ing taste for beef and an increasing
appetite for horsefesh.
Just q few thousand less than 20
100000 Holsters were caught in Maine
waters last year. 100000 more than
the previous year and nearly twice as
many as FIVE years ago. .".
There has recently sprung up sud
den demand for glass beads. They
are used for identifying costumes for
women, for interior house decorating
and variety of other purposes.
DR.. Arrehenius, a Swedish scientist.
has made calculation showing that
at the rate Of diminution of carbonic
acid in the atmosphere we can't last
beyond 10000 years on this old earth
OF ours.
"Force the children to take back
seats at the moving picture show" is
the advice of an English authority,
who says that no child should be al
lowed to sit nearer than thirty feet
from the curtain.
"The attempt to commit suicide is
not a punishable offense under the
German criminal code. But, of
course" says a London exchange, "if
you succeed you must be prepared to
take the consequences"
By the will of French lady who
died recently farm was left to the
town on condition her family vault
was kept In repair, while the rest of
her estate was to be divided among
those attending her funeral.
The manufacture Of paper boxes Is
widely distributed throughout Eng
land. The boxes are made In all the
large towns and give employment, 1t
is estimated, to more than 22,000 per-
sons, of whom 1900 are women.
A Russian army surgeon has invent
ed process for preserving fresh meats
which consists Of dipping carcasses in
solution of acetic acid, then In a SO
luton of common salt in glycerin, the
two forming thin. elastic, dry crust
A searchlight that can be carried
and operated by motors from a balloo
attached to a warship has been pat
ented by a German for use in night
battles, so that the Warship carrying 1t
will not itself be target for an en-
emy's guns.
That rare event, ruby wedding.
was celebrated in Balfour village.
Shapansey. Orkney islands. recently
by Mr.. and Mrs. John Orever. They
were married In 1341. and their re-
spectiYe ages are ninety-one and nine
ty-four years.
Sweden. according to a Paris news
paper, supplied half the pulp paper of
last years production. and In seventy
years, we are told. Swedish forests
will have disappeared. During the last
election France required 845,535 kilo-
grams Of paper for bills alone.
English and French gardeners are
always in the market for live toads,
and not unfrequently as much as S25
per hundred is paid for this insect de-
stroyer. 1t is estimated that every
time boy kills toad he is destroy
ing 500 worth Of stock on a farm.
The usual hours Of work in Japan
are twelve a day. Males over four
teen get from 16 to Is cents q day
and under fourteen from 6 to 10 cents