The Caucasian., 1912-04-04
ROUND the GLOBE

fifteen years
Great Britain has seven and three
quarter millions of dwelling houses.
The colors in the new Chinese Gag
are red, yellow. white, black and blue.
In one night recently l.7S3 homeless
persons were picked up by the police
of London
Nearly sixteen and a half million
| tons was the worlds production Of
! sugar for 1911.
On an ostrich farm each bird has an
| individual valuation based mainly On
| the quality of feathers yielded.
Among the employees Of the govern
ment printing Office at Washington are
250 persons over sixty y-fge years of
| age. -. --.
LIQUID air loaded in thick phosphor
bronze cartridges. is being successfully
used for blasting in some English coal
| mines,
1t requires five big volumes to ac-
| commcdate a new condensed diction-
arg for the blind printed ut Vienna
| from raised type.
Berlin is now within twenty-one
hours of London by the new schedule
Of the Great Eastern railway, by way
of the Hook of Holland.
The performance at the Court thea
| ter of a drama based on Ruddha'S life
and teaching was Il recent novelty OF
the London theatrical season,
The total strength of the British
army on Oct. /. 1911. was T17,326 men.
including the regular and special re-
serves and the territorial force.
Desertions in the United States army
in 1911 amounted to only 2.S8 per cent,
| a lower rate than in any other year
for ninety years. except in 1893
Members of the staff of the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History have
4 sailed for Japan to hunt the gray Cali
fornia whale. a specimen of which is
needed for the collection.
The new Elbe tunnel. which connects
Hamburg with Steinwarender. situated
on an island in the river. is 140 feei
in length. occupied four years in con
! struction and cost f525,0G0
The battleship Espana. the first shiI
of Spain's new navy. has been launch
/ ed at Ferroi with elaborate ceremonies
in which the king and queen took part
Spain is making new start on the ses
with moderate and modest program.
According to figures gather ed by the
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citation. only sixty-four lives were los!
last year in celebrating the Fourth. In
1908, the year in which agitation for a
! safe and sane celebration began, there
were S72 deaths.
Berlin almost stands still The in
crease since 1905 is only IL per CEN
or from 100000 to 2.064,000 inhabit
ants Besides the capital, six cities
have more than 100000 people Ham
burg, 100000: Munich, $4,000; Leip
zig, 5s5.ooo: Dresden, 546,0 600. Cologne
Sd, 600, and Breslau, $4,000.
All persons on reaching the age oi
sixty-five earning less than 1854 yeal
will participate in the old age pensions
established in France. According te
estimates prepared by the government
Ithese pensions will entail an expendi
lture of $24 900. 600 in 1912. S25,5O0, ,e0f
in 1913 and s26.000,0o0 in 1914.
Elliot Conroy. an usher in an Indian
apoIis theater. refused reward o.
1890 offered him by a woman for re
turning to her a valuable ring which
T.. n
lsaid his mother had taught him tha
though it paid to be honest he mus
Inever accept pay for being honest.
Texas raises more turkeys than an
other state. perhaps because turkey
require plenty Of room for range. ant
! | Texas surely can give them that Lit
tie Rhode Island, however, is said t
produce the largest number of big tul
. keys. some of tliem weighing fort
pounds and worth 40 cents for ever
, pound.
The picture of President Taft ha
been removed from the reception room
! | of the. .Ciudaa Juarez custom house, il
which he and President Diaz of Mex
leo met two years ago. The pietur
was removed by an order of Presiden
Madaro. forbidding the exhibition 0
pictures of any living persons in fed
eral buildings.
There are 1876 smoke consumin
furnaces in London Fiftyfour diffel
ent types Of apparatus are used in th
metropolis. all Of whicE are effectiv
smoke consumers Up to the date G
Issuing the report frou which thes
: figures come 612 eonvietiaas for snaok
7 nuisances hid been oi.t;liIitsd before til
magistrates
!, Forty young Chinese women ar
, qualifying for The medical professio
In American universities through th
influence of DR.. Yamei Kin. the frs
!, woman doctor in China Dr kin. a
tue head of the Hospital For Wome
in Tientsia. has also for the last te
years been training Chinese women fq
. the nursing profession
! In Italy a means has been discovel
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