The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-25

SAllcd horse meat is being replaced
In Sweden ny American saIlrd beef.
American "wild west" moving pic
tur" scenes are most popular in Scot
land
In Porto Rico the number of cigars
manufactured last year was about
@7G.(mOiEW.
Nearby II per cent of the land of
This country Is CIHSScd rs "unAppr"
priated and umr"srrvrd."
Japan seems determined to build
bridge a"r"sS tn" strait Of Shimon"s"-
Iii, at Il cost Of $1,Inu,0m.
At most railway stations in Italy IT
is possible to buy English biscuits and
usually also English preserves.
The "Xp"rtHti"m of belgian breeding
horses t. this country is increasing de
spite the vogue of the moturrAr
TWrnty.tlIrr" playing card factories
in Germany turned out nearly 1000
OnO packs Of playing cards last year.
China'S new cotton mill is the only
one in the country. 1t was built by
the JAPANESE The machinery is op-
Grated 10y electricity.
turdwood made from SaWtluSt and
Shavings is the idea of n planning mill
man Tn" material IS compressed Wy
steel pIumgrrS into dies.
TrctutaiSm in Denmark is becoming
so general that within the next fly"
years il Is believed the sale Of intuX-
irntn~ drinks will be prohibited.
The life Of Cuba is largely sustain
ed by raiSins, its ppopl" consuming tn"
fruit more generally than any other
of the Spanish American colonies.
BY the use of aluminium iIr connec,
ton with steel German naval officers
have perfected an armor that Is equal
ly effective but much lighter than all
steel Arm0r
Gasoline may he supplantcd by krr-
osene as 1t source of power for auto
mobiles by the invention of a compact
device for producing gas directly from
the cheaper fuel
The French lighthouse authorities
propose during the present year to
make. experimental trials of HertZian
on the channel coast.
A lone herd Of white cattle in the
old forest park of Codzow castle. ut
Hamilton. Ianarkshirc. survives the
numerous herds of the species which
once existed in Scotland.
1t is odd says the New York Post,
that the makers of bonds should CON
tinue to specify them as gold bonds
that is. payable in gold. as if that
gave them a kind Of superiority.
Investigations on the children in the
town of Kotzling. in Bavaria, showed
that Of those who eat hard bread the
percentage with bad teeth was 60: Of
those who eat both hard and soft bread
50 and of those eating only soft bread
1913.
New Zealand Is being greatly i'm
proved by tree planting IN Il large
scale. and this will in time be a source
Of large revenue to the state. 1t is
carried on mainly by prison labor and
who are given employment at planting
trees.
Beet cultivation has been raised from
a production of 1000 tons in 1885 TO
more than JOOOU tons in 1910. There
is so much beet sugar territory in this
country that if only one acre in fifty
were planted with bectS one" every
four years the entire United States de
mand for sugar could he supplied.
J. Z. Morgan has presented to the
Mount Vernon Ladies' association of
Washington George Washington's UNI
brella. Lewis L. Bell of New York
gave to the association a pair of brass
fire dogs. presented to General Wash
ington by General Lafayette, with a
piece of Mrs. WashingtOns wedding
gown.
In one year 526 men were killed by
accidents of employment in Allegheny
county. Pa. alUne-195 steel workers.
1875 railroaders, II miners and 13j mis-
cellaneous workers. OF these nearly
half We're American born. 20 per cent
were workmen of skill and training
and 80 per cent were under forty years
of age
The Institute of Plumbers at re-
cent meeting at HudderSfeld. England
discussed the question of bringing an
action for libel against an author who
alleged in recent volume that plumb
ing is the worst trade from a moral
point of view and that he would |
sooner have burglar in his house |
than plumber
An official of big corporation who |
was threatened with writer's cramp |
from signing his name a few thousand |
times day has invented device |
which enables him to sign his name to |
eighteen checks or documents at once. |
The device consists of an arrangement |
of eighteen fountain pers connected |
with the pen in the hand of the writer. |
Ellison n. Cooper of Philadelphia is
said to be quite contented with life |
now that he can take all of his bath at |
once He has received a new bathtub, |