The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-02-29
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Death :,y ueyrntIpn % ~:r"i, ,yu< I
legal form y: i,uDts@nent in rnia".
Crime II sr,t;aa,i shows Il dactta~'
of over per "ent for the Ir>I yea:
During 1911 3057G ties II I.e.
land eul.cratpd as compared WITH B.
457 in 1910
In recent years the sea has given
Great Britain back more land than it
has eaten away.
In spite Of its many tunnels and
bridges New York still finds use for
more than 100 ferryboats
About 100 women were fned in one
day at Zurich for violating law regu-
latng the length Of hatpinS.
Aerial propeiers. driven by gasoline
engines. are being tried in France rs
means of propulsion for canG!boa,s
All of Berin's sewage is pumped out
OF the city to disposal farms. which
have Il total area of about 10000 acres
A twelve months supply If Tickets
for the London county council tram
way cars abs0r'S about 200 tons i
wood pulp
Southern California has Il Japanese
population of more than 2o,WM. ANA
Los Angeles is to have japanese
vice consulate.
i bottle set adrift from a yacht OF
Long Island Aug "a. 1909, was picked
Ill. on the coast of Wales at Tcwyn
MerionethShire.
The use OF animal fats and oils in the
manufacture of margarine has given
way in Europe largely to cocOauut oil
in consequence of public taste favoring
the latter.
Complaint is made in British suffra-
g1st circles that not one of the seven.
teen formal ceremonies or functions at
the Delhi durbar was devoted to wom-
ems interests.
The Yale scientific expedition into the
interior of Peru has returned In the
midst of boundless wilderness they
identified the remains of public baths,
temple and royal palace.
A case involving the ownership OF q
golf ball driven from the links into
private property adjoining came up in
court in England recently, but was
dismissed without decision.
South African gold mining companies
paid out fS.O5S,319 in dividends last
year and diamond mines f2.753l4f
The Transvaal gold mines have now
distributed ES5,213,559 in dividends
Only one person is needed to operate
new range finder for military pur-
| poses in which two telescopes are
mounted at the ends of common tube.
their eye pieces being close together
Cinematograph films are made of two
substances-one has celluloid as Its
base, the. other composition E-csp:s7r~
as acetate of eeIlulose. The latter is
becoming more popular. as it is less in
dammable.
| When the Panama canal Is opened
steamers proceeding from Europe to
| San Francisco will no longer go via
Cape Horn, route of 1862 sea miles.
but will save $500 sea miles via the
canal route.
According to the United States GEN.
sus returns. there are 1917 medical jour
nails printed in this country. with
total circulation of 931,5S4 for each IS
sue-and only about 170,s00 physicians
to read them
According TO a census bureau in.
uuiry there are more than AS,H)D
deaths annually in the United States
from violence. not counting suicides
This is nearly 1000 week or more
than 100 day
The British life saving service since
it's institution in 1924 has saved "o.0Sf
lives During l91f iifeboats were
launched on As occasions to aid veg
sells in distress. and the directors vet II
rewards for rescring Gs7 persons
The wholesale removal OF cues 10
China has resulted in great 6;'lnf = I
for foreign style hats and caps II q:
reported that the factories; in Osaka.
japan, are working ut great tresil Fe
SO as to supply or6ers for snF!i iia'ta
gear from China.
A sensation has been caused in sasis-
land by the exhibition Of moving ils.t
ture films showing the disrou:FPsy ~
his royal highness the eaekwar OF ia.
roda to King George and Queen Mtff
when they were crowned emperor iind
empress of India at Delhi
Of the nearly 100000 women opera
tives in textile industries in England
about one-third are employed IL the
Lancashire and Cheshire cotton mills
Girl operatives may earn from ~ to =
shillings a week. a relatively hisii
, wage rate for women in British indus
tries
, There is movement on foot In Mo
! bile to do honor to the memory 81
General John r Morgan. Un!tet
States senator from Alabama. by nam
ing new park there after the SEM
:, tor and. eventually. By erecting /
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