The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-16
ROUND The GLOBE

Easter wo0 iRsttest "a On - 4. y.
India prudSees a2.aNW ~ tons - eoal
ger auDun.
There ars IN leplsna 3.ssDOD ocrel
Of peat depos:ts
Mexices government ~ vaansiag d
have possae savings ts,nk~.
There are eOw over 400 Rovtne pfc
sure theatere 10 Great Hssxss and lro
land
Weashes eef,opss sEe sess from a.
braltar to Eaeadoo daily - wireless 70
Iegraphy.
During orc ~eek 40 sewes thxs q.
600 ChinameD eaza an thes Vigtails "a
Eongkone.
Experfmenfs made d Spain showed
snnt ~ the aid 81 ferti.tzsss DE yseId
Ct olives csR be doubbedl
Rhe government proposes - eedeenl
3 per cent obligations to the amount Of
sea. 2G5GO0 Assiag the coming 6naociai
yese.
The lates lightning conductor - q
braid % fine copper wires Il n said
% BE moee efficiesR am ths older
forms
A ne~ saslrosd At ation a Joplin. No.
Is built Of concrete that 10 mainly com
eosed OF seflse from the miBes D that
vicinity
Thp Income tas y sesied @ india q
all annual Incomes Of f33 and upward
ana thea only eHe 0aD b no comes
within its scope.
A specimsa OF eAe EneiisA SeW has
attaaned the age OF 2ss0 years. Il n
said TO be the oldest % EnGisb eneeA
with che oak second
Tae damage done % seoep peopefsv
during the secen window smashing
or mpain OF London suf1raeettes y Of
6cially estimated 81 $4,000
italian engineers plan 70 bore anotA-
er tunnel through Mont Cents. thirteen
miles hong. o. shorten the railroad into
France by ah@1N twelve miles
To keep the children OF the streets
and help them 20 grow up useful men,
bers OF society a number of Juvenile
workrooms will shortly be opened in
Vienna
Fully 1000 singing societies. with a
membership Of 100000. are expected to
take part in the "Concours Interna-
tional de Musique." to be held in Paris
this summer.
The Girl Pioneers Of America is the
name of new society that proposes
10 enlist the activity of young girls on
lines analogous to those of the boy
scout movement.
Quinine depots have been establish
ed at every postoffice in the island of
Jamaica. enabling the public to pro-
cure five grain doses for half cent
each. The inference is that malaria
is common.
The gifts to different benefactions in
the United States in amounts of 5000
or more aggregated last year $50, O0O,-
900. This total was exceeded in 1909.
when the aggregate approximated
s175,oOOOOO.
The 1000 mile survey across the
great Australian desert for the pro-
posed railway between western and
southern Australia gives hint Of the
of unexplored territory in this
island empire.
Year by year the old landmarks in
New York city go and the skyscrapers
come. One change of this kind during
Rurr's law office. which was at rs
Nassau street.
The subway habit has spread to It.
ally. Rome and Venice are both to
have these modern conveniences The
one in Rome will start from the Forum
and end at st. Paul's gate. The sub
way in Venice will connect the city
with it's seaside resort. the Lido.
The Pushkin park. the only children's
playing ground at Sebastopol, which
was opened by public subscription. has
been closed by administrative order be-
cause the children's laughter and
shouting interfere with the work of
the police officials in their chancellary,
At a wedding that took place recent
ly at Colombo. Ceylon. the bridegroom
dressed up as the bride and the latter
as the former. and the ceremony was
gone through without the two people
being identified. Their
friends are now questioning the valid
lty of such a marriage.
In writing Spanish it is dangerous to
slur over the endings of words. as the
majority do in writing English. A be-
guest of $4,000 in New York hinges
On the question whether the testator.
Spanish shipowner. meant to write
'hijo" or "hija." They are much alike.
put one means son and the other daugh-
ter
Professor W. Bateson In delivering
The Herbert Spencer lecture at Oxford
said he thought organized society was
fast nearing one of those great secu.
ar changes through which history &C.
passes. The present socia!
order was too unstable to last much
onger. and he must be callous who
greatly desired that it should
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