The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-20
ROUND the WORLD

The production Of copper has trebed
in the last twenty years.
The cost Of living has gone up 80 per
cent in Russia during the last ten years
Los Angeles women have started a
club to attract new settlers to the city.
Buffalo plans the erection of statues
of Grover Cleveland and Willard Fill
more.
The New York Housewives league is
demanding greater cleanliness in gro
Gerry stores.
New York found vice agents wearing
religious attire to trap immigrants and
ignorant girls.
It is stated that 1000 tons of apri-
cots are used in South Africa jam
making annually.
Spokane's dog pound gives away
dogs every Wednesday to persons pay
ing city license fees.
Cleveand's new Salvation Army
home for girls is to be governed by
board of representative citizens
| The Russian government has sent a
commission to the United States to
study refrigeration for food products
Battleships of the United States navy
| will be equipped to assist city fire de
partments in lighting fires near water
fronts
The value of the ammonia obtained
from the sIudge virtually covers the
entire cost of the disposal of London
sewage.
| Automobile crematories to follow an
army in battle to dispose of the dead
are suggested by a German military
| surgeon.
DR.. 81. S. Tanner. noted faster. has
celebrated in Los Angeles his eighty
fourth birthday. He says be will mar
ry at 100 and live to be 100
| The Greater Honolulu chamber of
| commerce is being formed to merge
| the several trade and commercial bod
les in the capital of Hawaii
Frozen beef and mutton from South
| America sells in France at prices aver
aging 20 per cent less than is paid for
| meat that has not been frozen.
A new rubber tree has been identified
in Mexico from which a high class rub
Der can be obtained 1t thrives best in
sandy or stony soils among rocks.
Light is admitted to lensless cam
era invented in Germany that seems to
have many practical uses through slots
either vertical or horizontal as desired
By removing strip of bark from
around an orange tree a Florida man
made it produce more and larger fruit.
but at the expense OF the trees iongev
ity.
James T. Hunt. business manager of
the Bowery mission. New York city
reports that majority of $4,000 down
and-outers in that section are native
born.
London's night schools. most OF
which are carried on by the municipal |
ity. are losing pupils because of the
counter attractions of the moving pic
ture theaters.
A substantial prize has been Won by |
Belgian Inventor in Italy for All arti- |
fetal leather made OF cotton, which is |
said to be as durable aud elastic DIS the |
genuine article |
Strange uses are being found for |
some Of the cues lately cut off in vast |
numbers by the Chinese A British |
WOODEN manufactures recently received |
an offer of five tons of such hair fol |
weaving into WOODEN fabrics
Life saving has been adopted as part |
of the regular course III swimming at |
Columbia university. Hereafter Il stu
dent will have to show proficiency In |
saving persons from drowning as well
as in swimming to get d degree
Experiments have been made with
dynamite on India tea farms While
1t was shown that exploding cartridges
in the ground help the.growth of tie
plants. the cost. as compared with
cheap coolie labor. was prohibitiye
Keep Off the Grass" signs will be
robbed Of their terror for children Ii
the Bronx, New York city. if move
ment now under way is successful
More room for healthful exercise. with
all the elements OF danger removed. Is
the aim Of the settlement workers
Moving 10000 pounds of machinery
from one section of the Everett high
school building ia Boston, down
four step stairway and into the new
annex WAS the task accomplished re
Gently by the boys of that school, stu
dents In the technical science depart
Inent.
Gustave E1ffel the French engineer
who built the famous tower in Paris
bearing his name. has been honored
by. the Smithsonian institution, whose
regents have voted him Langley |
medal "for his researches relating to
the resistance of thSpair In connectlor
with aviation"
Edward r. Terry Is all erecting con-
tractor who has put his Sign manual
III hundred cities and rivers Of the,
country. He recently put 10000 tons ,
# steel into the Manhattan bridge .
md 100000 tons into the Grand Cen
raj railroad station In New York city ,
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