The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-02
ROUND THE GLOBE

The name Montenegro means biacE
Mountain.
Constantinople has up to date depart
ment stores.
Grape growing in the United States
Ia on the increase.
Doctors are aiding the anti-noise cru.
SADIE in Baltimore.
There is little or no begging in north
srn Italy, yet it IL very preyalen In
Naples.
4 Partisan chemist has invented dyes
said to make dresses change color
hourly.
Z Barely ne-ssvsnth Of the population
Of the British empire is composed OF
white men.
German manufacturers have COM
bined to avoid the manufacture Of
freak shoes.
p ssvsnty-eight per cent OF the popula-
ton Of England AMI Wales IL to be
found living in towns.
Photogra pliers in Lyons. France. now
take instantaneous pictures In colors by
the use Of hashlisht powders.
The German government 10 granting
special freight rates on foodstuns to al
lsviate, the present high prices.
The Triple alliance" IL the name
given to the understanding between
Germany, Austria and Italy, adopted
In 1888.
The territory OF Papua Is a depend
sncy OF Australia. Papua contains
some Of the few blank spaces still left
upon the map.
The report OF the census bureau
shows that there are In the United
States no less than 13,S45.545 persons
Of foreign birth.
Great Britain carries on more trade
with Germany than with any other
country. France and the United States
are her next best customers.
An ice breaking stea mer built in Swe-
den for the Russian government has
successfully cut its way through Ice
fields thirty feet thick with only half
it, normal power.
The fishing industry Il in It's infancy
In Chill. being carried on principally
by groups Of two or three men who
flsh from small boats and sell the catch
at absurdly high prices.
The president Of the Bank Of Italy
estimates that some 10000 foreigners
visit Italy annually. The average 30
jougs Of each - soo0t thirty days aud
10 SOY sxpeAAlearS Dsax1y "a
lfeHnaus are uA11EallJ Givs~ -
graphic represents tons AID D0vealy-
hence the motion picture theater occu.
pies an important and serious part in
public entertainments In aome districts.
Boys just out Of school are trained
by the London county council to be-
come chefs and walters. Not long ago
q luncheon to 1Oc visitors was both
cooked and served by the boys who
are being 30 trained.
The Dixie club Of the University Of
Wisconsin. which n composed Of stu
dents whose homes are below the once
famous Mason and Dixon's ltue. has
decided to admit women students who
are eligible for meno -
Germany. accordln16 religious
statistics Of the empltsg6as an increas-
ing. number Of persons without any re-
ligious profession. At least they are
90, registered. The number has grown
from II. 900 in 1907 to nearly 100000.
Nearly one-ninth Of the population
Of tho United States consists Of ne
groes, OF whom there are 10000 900.
OF this number 6.749.oe0 make their
homes In the southern states, and 80
per cent Of Thorn i've In the country
districts % 10 the smal1 towns.
instruction in elementary mining is
recommended by the British board of
education for schools IN mining dis
tFicts. II H. suggested tnat such In
structi0n can Be NEST effectively given
not In separate and detached lessons,
but In connection with tho regular
school subjects.
Hudson Maxim claims that a forty
foot wooden motorboat armed with a
single three inch gun would today be
able to attack ana destroy the Monitor.
That shows the great advance In the
construction Of guns and marine en-
sines since the Monitor was built. a
half century ago.
Buying and selling pictures when
conducted by experts frequently Yields
large profits. In case recently heard
at the London law courts II was stated
that Sir George Donaldson bought a
ssascaps by Turner for $4,000 and sold
Il for f15, 900 ana q landscape by Van
0oyen for 600. which hs sold for
5000.
The total number Of working women
In Japan IL $4,000. OF these $4,000
are engaged In factories, for over 90
per cent OF the labor employed In Japa-
ness factories ~ female. The profess
sional and business women are the re-
naming 10000 In the former class
there are 5000 teachers and 10000
nurses.
Sir Aston Webb, the architect in
charge Of the reconstruction work soon
b begin. ct Buckingham palace 10 re-
sponsibls for the architectural sur.
rouu6inRn for thu Victoria neucrial