The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-08
ROUND the GLOBE:

Nearly all the fruit shops IN %e'7
Zealand are kept by Chinese.
AS a fund FOR foni repait H"s las
Japanese cabinet put ASIDE tht s1hn %
SS5OOO.OOO.
The sloping banSS OF che FanaVha
canal will be sown III strong grass ID
order 70 prevent slides.
Bequests FOR religious, educational
and charitable purposes ." LngIan"
during 1917 exceeded S20,'DONO".
The supply Of tobacco in Havana Is
not large. and prices now 1ange from
10 10 80 per cent higtss than tor chs
same grades last yeae
The attention Of American fishing
interests has been called 70 the extern
sive Chilean fisheries, WHICH ate Frac-
tically untouched AZ present.
Production Of gold IN tie United
States in 1900 was valued az $SS,isO.-
700. and In 1910 " vva@ valued AZ 500
1924; l9lt was practically sGe satne
as 1910.
There are 10 she United States SO
GO grocers, or one foe ego people or
fifty-two families OF five, and the HIm-
Der Is increasing mucA Pastss than sHe
population.
George times. etc famous landscape
artist, lived az Mon,cla.e. =. J., an"
eD effort - now icing made there 20
preserve the studio he us"S as ge'-
rnanane memorial 60 niM
More than a,0O0 Dew settlers tD the
Philippine Islands during the fiscal
year 1911 Is the figure given DO the an
nual report Of the insular collector .:
customs, Colonel II. u. MCCOY.
Both Nanseo and Sordenskj0lI aFe
! said % be specially interested IN
! Swiss expedition TO Greenland WHICH
~ to start ehis yeas Gndes the lie idst-
chip OF Dr CuerSaiD Of Zu'ich,
An ipmate 20 the Erainsset ENG
tand, workhouse hanget himself tie
cause, Ror the tirss time IL years. hs
lad lot been invited 20 sits che Christ
| mas plum pudding at che institution.
A suit growing out cf a fire set 10 I
! patch OF heather anI Involving clam
! ages fixesl by Que Judge at . shillings
has been fought through 81: courts ii
! England. finally reacGiU4 Che Gou'G of
appeal.
! American st0es sceGs 60 Sse ssEs Go?-
! ular In southern Feance. Shows sin
| dow displays in the stores are full o:
| French made shoes bearing such labels
as american share" AG,1 ".AmericaO
! style" 20 attract buyers.
Oyster beds Oh the Esseg COssG. Sing
land. the home Ct the Colchester oyS-
ter, have been invaded ~ american
slipper limpets," which a'e said 20
have, reached the east cCas0 OBJ che
| hull OF an Americas ship.
Madrid has recently established Il
large electrical station which dCaws its
power from Il waterfall I25 Gniles dis
tant The Spanish capital Is able to
supply current az cheapef saaR eraN
any other EuropeaD center.
Squirrels around che arsenal building
IN Central park. New York, have be-
come so tame that whenever window
is opened enough to permit Gheir entry
they invade the Office Of Commissioners
Stover, as well as others Ia ,hG pars
department.
ProfessoP s. J. F1clmes c0 tie Uri-
versity cp Wisconsin, discusses TIE
troublesome question OF the lnselli-
gence Of animals. with a leaning Co.
ward the animals. he finds 4 Inen-
! =. Sa% &C., h.l l.
lusks aud crustaceanS.
Thousands OF acres OF peanuts were
planted in Mississippi hast year for the
markets. something never attempted
before except on a Very small scale.
In the boil Weevil area. where dliVersi-
cation was tried. peanuts wete 40 some
sections the principal crop.
The old Western Union building in
New York city is to be torn down and
q new twenty-siX story building erect
ed on its site. The present structure
was built in 1872 and has long been
as out of date as the telegraph poles
which used to stand in front Of il.
Engineers are now surveying for %
great irrigation tunnel through the
Koolau mountains in Hawaii. yhe
Honolulu Bulletin says they are work
ing for L. L. McCandless. who has still
another tunnel enterprise, plans for
which are being made by engineers.
4 rose called the Helen Taft. after
the daughter of the president. has ap-
peared in many florists shops through
out New York. This rose is OF deli
/ cate pink in the center, which grad
ually is changed into still lighter
shades until the outermost petals are
almost white. ;.
The results Of the recent census of
June 10. 1911. have just been made
public by the census office in Rome
At that date the population Of Italy
was 34.6S6,653. Of whom S14.752 were
absent from their habtual places of
abode and temporarily residing in 9th
er communes in the kingdom.
Herr Won Jagow, the police president
of Berlin. has issued All ordinance reg
ulating the colors of mOtorcars. Those