The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-26
ROUND THE Globe

deposits.
Over 100000 square miles are en-
braced by the British empire.
Ireland's population in 1917 was 25S
to the square mile Now it is only
144
Russia supplies Great Britain with
the greater proportion OF her poultry
and eggs.
Shipping casualties OF ell nationali-
ties last year totaled 1903 vessels, with
. tonnage of 114,231.
The total length of the biggest gun
In the world is forty-nins feet two
end nineteenth inches
A bequest Of 100000 rubles has
been made by 4 wealthy st. Peters
burg widow for the benefit OF bank
rupts.
Japan's newest battleship also has
become the speediest by tho instslls-
ton Of American turbine engines and
pfopellers.
Roughened plates. which may be a.
tached to a shoe, have been invented
to keep a name foot from clipping as
he climbs q ladder.
Switzerland now receives more tour
lists from the United States than from
any other nation. except ito next door
neighbor. Germany.
A Siberian chemist has invented On
apparatus for the preservation Of hail
stones so that they may be examined
mlcrosopically at leisure.
The population of Russia on Jan. \.
1910. was 16O.748. 400. an increase in
about thirteen years of 33.19o,O00. and
this "in spite Of var. cholera and fam
| inc"
Following the example recently set
by France. Portugal and all the Por
tuguese colonies have adopted stand
ard time. the change taking effect on
! Jan l.
The worlds heaviest bridge Is noU
under construction at He'll Gate. New
York. 1t will have an arch 5000 feet
long, and it will rise 300 feet above
the water.
Irish exports lest year exceeded irish
imports for the first time on record
The amount Of money on deposit in
the joint stock banks IVES the highest
ever recorded.
The nearly 1900 entries at the re-
cent London kird show comprised rep
resentatives of every known British
species and include rare hybrid. a
green finch chaffinch.
The ancient gold mines of Golconda.
Haidarabad. India, have been reopened
by the Britieh government. and ore in
paying quantities Is being taken even
from the abandoned refuse.
| The wages earned last year by Span
| ish settlers In South America amount
ed to 100000 pesetas, or about $25.-
100000, according to a statement by
the Chilean consul In London.
According to the last census. the pop
ulation of South Africa is 1898. 499, an
increase Of s11.474 since 1904. Euro
peans numbered 1.27SO25 compared
with 1.116.S0e at the former census.
To give the 10000 horsepower of the
Lusitania's engines Glasgow engi-
neer finds that, working In eight hour
shifts, 100000 men would be needed
or more than there are in Scotland.
The American Association For the
Conservation of Vision IS starting a
widespread campaign of public educa-
ton to call the attention of people to
the care and preservation of their eye
sight.
Slams exports Of ivory last year
amounted to 4,301 pounds. 1t was all
obtained from domestic elephants that
had died natural deaths. as the wild
animal is not hunted in Siam for its
ivory. .-- .--
star so bright that 1t could be
seen in the daytime helped the revolu-
ton In China. The supersthious peo-
pie believed that the star was an augu'
Py that the gods favored a change OF
dynasty.
| Oscar Millender. Q blacksmith, who
is believed to have been the original
Joe Gargery In "Great Expectations -
is dead at the age Of seventy-two. Dick
ems spent many aours with him at his
FORGE near Gadshill.
Investigation Of the children in the
town of Kotzling. Bavaria, showed that
of those who eat hard bread the per,
centage with bad teeth was SO: of
those who eat both hard end soft
bread. 81; of those eating only soft
bread, 10.5.
H Globe square. two blocks in Dey
street. New York. adjoining the new
building of the Globe newspaper. takes
its place with Herald square and Times
square in the big city's official nomen
clature by grace of the aldermen and
Mayor Gaynor.
A farmer in Oxfordshire. England. dis
covered in field at West6eld what is
declared to be fine specimen of pre-
historic ring coinage. The coin. which
resembles a curled caterpillar, has a
solid gold matrix. with regular traverse
belts Of silver alloy. It's total weight