The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-06
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links Of many OF the London c,NtS.
Every year shows 4 1arse increase o..
the catch % ~hitetisA III thp Er-cS
lakes.
or the 100000 scres % forests ~
the Philippines 100000 as~ sE-
touched.
Every year IN Hungary tMtrsc,slOsis
causes 10000 deaths, OF one,.cseu'h -:
eli deaths.
An alloy which sesists the atsiop %
sulphuric acid has been discovered by
q Pittsburgh chemist.
Holland produces about l43ss)nNO
pounds of butter and 11'stHHsMO
pounds OF cheese a year.
Up to June 50. 1911. x325.SsO, BOB
was spent on the Improvement of riv
ers and harbors in tn. United States.
Germany mas female population OF
82,OO,O00. and recent statistics show
that 100000 are easninx aheis Nving
outside the home
a Minneapolis manufacturer recent
~ forbade the wearing of high heels
On their shoes by she young ~onen in
his establishment
Barber shops are being opened IA
the FAR east. and the Chinese are
learning to appreciate the Delights Of
American hair clippers.
Plans are we'll under cav tor the
erection nS an Evangelical Lutheran
university AZ st. Louis. to cost 81 .OOa-
,000 It will be opened by 1917.
- A crab labeled for Identification ana
set loose on the east coast Of England
travelled ninety-eight miles to the
place where it was Originally caught.
Italy has passed regulations COM
Polling cheesemakers to stamp the
word "margarlnato" on alf cheeses
which are adulterated with margarine.
During the last three years there
have been more than q thousand cases
of yellow fever at GGayaquil. Ecuador,
place long known as the "pesthole
Of the Pacific"
A map of che world on the scale OF
sixteen miles to the inch is being pre-
pared by cooperation % the, important
governments. The map Is to be pub
iished in sheets.
The census taken in Leeds, England,
last year proved disappointment. as
the increase in the population in the
past ten years was but 10000. the totas
population being 445,56S.
1t usually costs 6 to II ceuts to see
one of the kaiser's palaces. but after
that khere is no begging for fees. and
his hired men are efficient and cour-
teous in showing folks about.
The details of the census taken on
March 5. 1911, are now available for
Paris and the Seine departments. The
figures show that Paris has SO639
houses. 1.123,634 families and total
population OF 2,SSS,110. -
Very few houses in the French West
Indies possess kerosene lamps. candles
being commonly used for household il
Illuminating. The import duty makes it
impossible for the people. who are poor.
to use either kerosene or gasoline.
A new expedition has been planned
in London to explore the interior of
Dutch New Guinea to obtain complete
information regarding the new pygmy
tribe discovered by the recent expedi-
ton under Captain q. g. Rawiing.
New naval regulations In England
require officers to wear epaulets and
medals on all ceremonial occasions.
The change is attributed to the durbar.
at which the relatively greater magnif-
cence of the army officers was noted
by the king.
A gay old deceiver named James.
aged ninety-three, whom the Judge of
the Old Bailey London) described as
an ''infa nous scoundrel.' was SEN
fenced to a years imprisonment for
defrauding widow whom he bad
promised to marry.
A quack brought into court in St
Louis the other day explained that in
Michigan he had been a doctor. real
doctor. One night he rode twenty
miles in blizzard and received doz-
en- eggs as fee. This. he said. cured
him of being a doctor.
Two eggs of the great aux were sold
recently In London. one at 100 guineas.
as against an auction price of 100 gum
cas- some years ago. and the other for
40 guineas There are now in exist
ence eighty skins and seventy-three
eggs of this extinct sea bird
The announcement that Karachi. the
capital Of Scinde. British India. is
about to double it's wharf accommoda-
tons calls attention to the fact that
this city has become the chief wheat
port of the British empire. Last year
it exported more than 100000 tons of
wheat
A traveller writing from Japan to the
Christian Register says that after an
absence of three years he saw two no
ticeable changes-t the growing use of
European costumes by men and the in,
number of liquor establish
ments. Japan. he says. is reaping the
gains and paying the penalties of prog
resS.
Forty young Chinese women are