The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-04
ROUND THE GLOBE

Baltimore anti noise crusaders want
factory whistles silenced
In Tibet the work of carpenters and
masons is done by women.
Atlanta is to have a large interde-
nominational rescue mission.
An electrically driven machine to
split kindling wood is a novelty.
Roast muskrat Is being served as an
epicurean delicacy in New York hotels.
In good year France pays taxes on
more than thousand million gallons
of wine.
Platinum for wedding rings is the
latest Partisan fad. Platinum is cost
lier than gold.
Professor Hueppe Of Berlin says
Americans are coming to be a nation
Oh dope tends.
Statisticans say 100000 worth Of
golf balls are knocked about on Ameri-
can links annually.
Hospital nurses in Flatbush, n T.,
have been forbidden to amuse them
selves with ragtime music
Philadelphia reports that the diph-
iberia death rate Of 1912 was 24 per
cent lower than that of 1911.
The pulp mills of Sweden require
72,SO0 tons of sulphur annually. Prac-
dcally all of it comes from Sicily.
St Agnes lighthouse in England has
been closed and the light extinguished
after 23O years Of continuous service.
During the last few years the price
States of America has risen by 36 per
cent
st. Louis is being urged to adopt the
plan of assessing benefited localities
for the purchase and maintenance Of
parks.
Denmark has dropped its plan to en-
large the harbor Of st. Thomas in the
West Indies, owing to lack of f9anciai
support
The most complete reference collec
ton of drugs In the United States has
been installed in the National museum
In Washington.
In 1900 81 per cent of the popula
ton Of Washington was colored, while
two years ago this percentage had been
reduced to 2S.5.
Hunters killed 2.65O deer In the Adj
rondacks last season. according to sta
tistics collected by the New York state
conservation committee
Belgium has capital punishment
law for murder and sentences prison
ers under it, but never can find any
one to act as hangman.
OF the 100000 inhabitants of Lon
don, more than 100000 have to live
on less than Sc week for each family.
while more than 100000 are in chronic
poverty.
One of the unique sights of the
streets of Port Elizabeth. In South AZ
RIGA, is drayloads of ostrich feathers on
Saturdays when the weekly steamers
leave for Europe.
A German vacuum ice machine of
convenient size for household use does
away with the need of using dangerous
acids and can be operated by one hand
or a small electric motor.
The use of wood block paving in Paris
Is steadily extending until now most
Of the leading avenues and public
places on both sides of the Seine are
paved with that material
A Delaware builder of high speed
boats is mounting the rudders just
forward of amidships to avoid inter
ference with the propelIers and to
keep the craft from skidding on turns
With good reason is Guatemala
known as 1.-The land Of the six cent dol
lar" Its currency has steadily shrunk
In value until now the Guatemalan
dollar is worth about cents in gold.
OF the million dollars spent by the
city of Stockholm, Sweden. for its
school system last year 81. 800 was for
domestic science, $3.50 for school
lunches. S5.4G0 for school physicians
and 5000 for the dental clinic
The French government is encourag-
ing experiments with Il new device to
protect against hail, essentially a very
large lightning rod Of pure copper.
which is claimed to affect atmospheric
electricity so that hnIDstones cannot
form.
The territory of Hawaii has now ac
Quired for $4,000 the 3ST acre Paiolo
water rights On Palolo hill big res
ervoir, probably the highest in the re
g1on, will be built shortly and TIN.
work Of connecting the new supply
with the city mains is to be rushed TO
an early completion.
The Germans are doing excellent |
work with cement. converting it into |
forms of every possible description and |
limitations of many classes |
Of stones and tiles The confidence of |
German builders In cement for all pur
poses seems to be boundless. and they |
are willing to erect lighter structures |
than architects In the United States
When completed. the Laufenburg
plant will be the largest hydro-electric
power station In Switzerland 1t is |
being built at Laufenburg. on the
Rhine. where that river forms the |