The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-09
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is being built in RcIgian territory in
Africn.
The United States and Australia con
sumo nearly all the sulphur produced
ny Japan
Copenhagen will be electrically light
cd from TrollhHttan. Norway, by n ca
sblc passing under the sea.
Austria-IIungnry has tie least telc.
phone service in proportion to popuIa
ton Of any European country.
Shanghai's wall is being demolished,
and it is proposed to construct Il boule
ward and tramway on the site,
The Isle of Man has 5O.5 . inhabit-
ants. During the last ten years the
population has declined by over 1000
Belgium is the most dcnseiy popuat
ed nation in tho world. vita an aver
age of G3G inhabitants to the square
mile,
Wireless tclcgraphs for fisheries are
planned in Sweden so that the fisher
men may telegraph the amount of the
catch.
For each person in the United States
dozen paper napkins and third of n
pound of tea are imported from Japan
every year.
The aurora boreaIis has been photo
graphcd successfully in Norway by n
German scientist, his pictures enabling
him to measure its extent.
For rapid mancuvering in narrow
| channels Il new English tugboat has
the keel cut away forward and the
twin propcllers we'll spread.
In the United States it is said that
there are water powers available rep
resenting S7.000,O0O horsepower. of
which only One-SiXth Is developed,
A third labor exchange has been
opened in Tokyo. and efforts have been
made by the government 10 have other
Japanese cities follow the example.
Venice Is to be connected with the
land Of Lido by n subway under tho
lagoons The island is much frcquontcd
in summer and Is about two miles off.
Italy purposes to establish life insur
ance as Il state monopoly. Life insur
| anCe companies are to be allowed to
continue operations for ten years under
certain conditions.
It is planned to make Pittsburgh
smokeless by using electrical power
developed from the nearby rivers aud
streams. Over 100000 horsepower can
be obtained this way.
4 clinical thermometer swallowed by
a patient in a Mississippi hospital
without injury to patient or thermom-
eter registered 10t degrees
The amount of meat consumed in
| London in 1911 showed an increase of
only 10000 tons in four years. Eighty
per cent of the beef and mutton was
| imported from South America.
Following the Italian invasion of
| Tripoli. it Is announced that the Arabic
language is to be taught in the tech
| nical schools of Genoa, Leghoru, M
pies. Palermo and Caltanissetta.
Because frosts do the most damage
when the air is CAIN a Paris scientist
has advanced the theory that orchards
| and vineyards can be protected by
electric fans to keep the atmosphere
| moving
Britain is TO send a special commit
tee of town planning experts to exam
inc the grounds and submit plans for
| the new city to be constructed at Delhi
| The area appropriated for this purpose
is 125 square miles.
A blackish incrustation, In some
places four inches thick, on the under
side of the cornice Of st. Paufs cathe
! dral, due to the action of sulphuric
acid upon the stone, testifies to the eff
fects of the smoke evil in London.
Pulp remaining after the sugar has
been extracted from beets in beet sug
ar factories has usually been thrown
away as worthless, but now it Is used
for feeding cows The assertion II
| made that it is a good milk producer
Manufacturing in China has only In
few instances reached the factory
stage. In the case of cutlery, for eS
ample, the manufacturers are the
many blacksmiths in the towns and
villages of the interior, who use ola
scrap iron and horseshoes for making
knives, etc.
The clubwomen of San Francisco
have succeeded in getting police
court in which women Offenders only
will be tried II is planned to have
woman balif in attendance and to
protect the women prisoners and wit
nesses as far as possible from the
crowds that usually throng police
courts. 49,. ...
The citizens of Montevideo. Uruguay.
lay claim to the strongest searchlight
in the world. The light has recently
been placed on the roof of high bank
building in one of the city's squares,
The candle power is 90.o0o,oo0. and the
light can be seen for eleven miles. II
Eliminates every portion of the city.
1t is said.
The worlds largest book Is being
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