The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-06
ROUND THE WORLD

The birth rate in Italy is 31.52 per
1000 inhab itants
Italy raises one-sixth of the entire
European corn crop.
More than 10000 pupils in the rural
schools of Missouri are studying agri-
Couture
St Louis has nineteen citizens whose
properties are assessed at more than
100000 each.
Formosa has thirty-two modern sug-
ar factories One of the companies
has capital OF s12.ooo,00o.
A suffrage poll of 1900 women in
New York showed 571 in favor. G51
against and IT'S Indifferent
Frances importations of woods from
her African equatorial possessions in
clude 1900 tons of mahogany annually.
Pittsburgh has pending building prof.
ects calling for expenditures aggregat-
ing 1923 $50. 5OO-mostly new skyscrap-
ers.
Paper from which gas nantes can
be made. instead Of using the more ex-
pensive fabrics has been invented by
an Italian scientist
Melborn Hosp of Kansas City. Kan,
three years old. plays the piano by
ear. rendering difficult pieces quite &C.
curately after once heaning them.
A new fire station just erected at
Pretoria at cost Of S120.0O0 is one Of
the most completely equipped build
ipgs OF it's kind in South Africa
The Chinese government has en-
gagged a French expert to establish a
military aviation school. with twelve
aeroplanes OF three different types
The German government has ordered
the construction of plant which will
use government coal and be capable of
producing 100000 gallons Of benzoi,
the new fuel annually.
A new English life buoy carries two
incandesGent lamps on each side, sup
piled with current by a storage bat
terry which is switched or. auton1atical-
ly as the buoy is lifted from rack.
/ Owing to abnormal conditions pre-
vailing in the rice market in Japan.
the poorer people are looking to other
foodstuffs for their main diet. Man
churian millet is rapidly growing in
favor
| Nearly 100000 is invested in Nor
way in the whaling industry During
the past few years whaling companies
have paid huge dividends, in some
cases 100, $50 and even 200 per cent
per annum. ).
It is said that the English papers
have published schedules which show
that. while foodstuffs have risen from
20 to 80 per cent in fifteen years. lux
uries Of the common sort have decreas-
ed in price.
Parents who keep their children at
home to help in the homework and
with the family washing have been
warned by the Milwaukee authorities
that these will not be considered valid
excuses for keeping children out Of
school.
While sponge fishing in the Ameri-
cas- Is rather a modern industry. 1t
produces more than two-thirds Of the
worlds supply in weight The fish.
cries of the Mediterranean now pro-
duce about one-half Of the worlds sup
ply In value.
Gas rates have been reduced by the
English town of Workington tpopula-
ton. 100000 from SO cents to AZ cents
per thousand cubic meters and for gas
engines from 45 to 42h cents. From
profits $4,000 has been transferred for
relief Of taxes.
} Port Arthur. at the head of Lake
Superior. is about to build the greatest
freight carrier on the great lakes. with
a grain capacity Of 100000 bushels
The boat will be 625 feet long. and she
will operate between Port Arthur and
CollingWood. Ont.
The pearl fisheries of Ceylon are To-
Gated in the gulf Of Mannar. near the
extreme northwest corner Of the is.
land and the banks most famous in
times past lie close to the shore near
a place called Marichchukkaddi Since
1907 the banks have not been produc-
tive
The Germans have no use for stale
or frozen fishes. They secure their fish
fresh daily. not only from ocean and
rivers. but from many thousands Of
artificial fish ponds. OF these ponds
247 new ones were constructed last
year by the Bavarian Society of Fish
cries.
A plan to protect a country against
hostile airships is given by the London
Illustrated News Aerial mine bal
looms are held captive by cables high
in the air. ready to be exploded by
men in charge Of their carriages when
ever an enemy's dirigible comes near
them.
The new French law making the
soldiers service three instead Of two
years is expected to become effective
Oct next. and 1t will increase the
French army by 10000 on peace
footing. It will necessftate the equip
ment Of many more men and will re-
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