The Caucasian., 1913-11-27
ROUND THE WORLD
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Fsansae City mercfanaa soee e1DO0O
| o scar 90 shoplifterH
seversl Europeac insurance coHD
panies will cake sisks 90 standing elm
Der.
Che capiaas snsesteG in aoeec IN
Switzerland 10 about $160, ,00,AsSs and
10 10 steadily increasing
Two million trees Wili De planted on
tae national soresss in Utah. Nevada
| and southern Idaho during l914
| In Russia only eleven in zen thoe-
| sand people are mad. In England the
| rate is thirty two in cen thousand
Boston will hereafter saation Q na
tron ane policeman in every public
dance hall 20 insure good behavior by
dancers.
The largest steel &ngos ewes case vas
| recently produced in England. 1t
weighed $50 tons, was 2311a feet long
| and so inches wide.
The earth and rock taken olH of the
| Panama canal would fill tunnel four
teen feet in diameter bored through
Tue edTtu dt Tue euudIOi.
New England eyeglasses are so form
ed that when not in use and folded
| they resemble locket and may be
| worn on a chain for an ornament.
| A Belgian firm has adopted the ex-
| pedient Of storing its valuable draw
| ings and other papers in terra Gotta
pipes for preservation against fire,
The total money loss caused by the
Ohio valley floods last March was
$163, 100000. according to an estimate
by the United States weather bureau.
Oils distilled from the needles of
spruce and fig trees are being used to
scent petroleum floor oils, which are
sometimes Objectionable on account of
| their odor
Although there are nearly 100000
| sheep IN the United States they rep
reseAt less than per cent Of the total
number of domestic animals on the
countrys farms.
| Advancing prices OF horses and
mules from the United States has led
| Guadeloupe to purchase many animals
| from South America The South Amer
lean mules are smaller.
| Twenty-nine million dollars is soon
| to be spent on public works in Moroc-
| CO. Of this $1O,OOO.OOO will be for port
works at Casablanca and $500,OOO for
prisons and courts of justice
| In every 1000 marriages solemnized
1 1%os- ,fryn a 20
/ tween first cousins. Among the no.
| bility therate is much higher, amount
| ing to forty-flve in thousand.
| In most parts of China wood is very
scarce and costly. Most of the trees
/ were cut down long ago, and every
year dry leaves and grass are raked
| and gathered with the utmost care.
/ The white marble of which the great
/ 100000 Lincoln Memorial temple is
! to be built on the banks of the Poto-
mac in Washington is to come from
the Sopris national forest, Colorado.
Business in the vicinity of Shanghai,
| China, was almost entirely suspended
from November. 1911, to the end OF
| February, 1912, because of the revolu-
ton. Business is now normal again.
Three states have been added during
| the year to the number of states now
| using either the indeterminate SEN
tence, probation or parole systems.
These are Maine, Nevada and Oregon.
Students from India studying in this
country have organized a Hindustan
Association Of the United States of
America, to furnish information about
| educational facilities at American uni
versities and colleges to other young
men in India.
The Denver Council OF Jewish Wo-
men has now organized a consumptive
relief society. This society has built
a sanitarium, costing $1O7 600, which
accommodates 40 patients. Race or
religion has nothing to do with their ad-
mission, and no payment is required.
| Many American articles are at dis
advantage in Holland because they
are not imported directly They enter
England free of duty, but the repack-
ing, additional transportation and i'm
L pOIk NuuCy OA SulCltuS A4Oiohu hOdAiy
double the price asked for them in
England.
A record session Of chess was held
recently in a game between Frank j.
Marshall, the American champion, and
O. Duras, the Bohemian champion.
Marshall won after a ten hours con-
test, in which the loser took forty
eight minutes for the consideration of
one move.
The tunnel between England and
France would cost $80,O00,OOO. It
would be thirty miles long, twenty
four of these under water, most of the
distance 100 feet below the level OF
the channel Each Of the two tubes
would be eighteen feet in diameter and
thirty-six feet apart, measured center
to center
Ffremen in Amsterdam have little
idle time. Many of them are skilled
workmen Every station has its own
| workshop, where all repairs are made