The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-13
round THE WORLD

| hence DE ponce oluC2lS.
Over $500 accidental deaths occu
| every year in New York
There are 327.34S Indians scattere,
| throughout the United States
Within the last ten years gold ha
been mined in every Chilean province
There are said to be $4,000 mental de
York
Of the entire population of Norway
! 42.1 per cent are depositors in saving:
| banks.
From Liverpool American apples arr
| re-eXported sometimes to distant Souti
| Africa.
There have only been six editors OF
the Edinburgh Review during the III
years of its existence.
The cleansing Of the bottom Of an
ocean going vessel is now accomplished
by machine without leaving the wa
ter
Scotch paper mills use almost three
times as much esparto grass from
Spain and Africa, as rags and wood
pulp combined
In the height of the Mississippi river
floods last year the flow was 2.3OO.O0j
cubic feet second, or twelve times
the amount Of water that passes over
Niagara falls
Sir Edmund Antrobus is selling his
Wiltshire property. which includes the
famous druidic remains of Stoneheuge
He has made the sale conditional on
stonehenge being preserved for the
nation
Oporto is the only city in Portugal
that can boast Of having a feminine
health inspector. a woman having just
been appointed by the government to
a subiuspectorship in the department
Of public health
The birthplace Of Stephen Foster.
composer of "Suwanee River" "My
Old kentucky Home and "Old Black
joe" has been bought by the allied
board Of trade of Pittsburgh and pre-
sented to the city.
Panama is more healthful than ever.
The last report by Colonel Gorgas
shows that the average death rate
among employees for 1912 was only
ia per thousand as against 1912 in
1911 and Alb in 1905.
From 500 to 600 applications for pat
ents relating to sewing machines are
filed in the United States patent office
each year Most Of these deal with
improvements on existing machines.
chiefly those of the speciSl type
Not to be outdone by the new coins
of the United States. the Bulgarian
government has commissioned an Aus
TRAN factory to coin variety of
pieces. 20. 10 and 5 stotinks. One
hundred stotinks equal 1913 cents.
For use in night battles German
naval officer has patented searchlight
that can be carried and operated by
motors from balloon attached to a
warship so that the vessel carrying 1t
will not itself be target for an Ell.
emy's guns
In England the weight of personal
baggage allowed free to railway pas
senger is $50 pounds. but those who
take tickets from inland points in con-
nection with steamship tickets are al
lowed 24O pounds. first class. and 12O
pounds second class
Early American silver brings prices
which compete with those given for
ssold rrootoro Cxuootvnoo< t>ov mazda
by Edward Winslow In Boston in 17O2.
long the pride Of an English collector.
has just found its way back to Amer
lea at cost Of $4,000 to Its new
owner.
The solidified petroleum which ship
owners propose using as substitute
for coal on steamships Is said to give
two and half times as much heat as
the same weight of coal 1t is burned
like any solid fuel. Is dustless, leaves
no ash, and in squared blocks it packs
very closely.
American paper money is so superior
to that of most other countries that
Germany. Greece and Brazil are re-
ported to have lately considered or re-
solved upon the adoption Of our meth
DDS in producing such money. China.
under the new regime. Is actually hav'
ing its notes printed in this country.
Japan. which for centuries has con-
trolled the camphor supply Of tle
world. may find successful rival IN
this country II the claims Of New York
and Boston capitalists prove true.
They have announced the success of
a large experimental camphor grove In
Florida. which has been carefully
watched for several years.
To light and heat the surface Of the
civilized globe O,OOO.OOO.OO0 cubic
feet Of gas were made last year In
the manufacture Of this huge output
some 100000 tons Of coal were used.
which produced. besides the gas, go.
10000 tons Of gas coke. about I. 5000
tons of tar and the equivalent Of $50.
600 tons of sulphide Of ammonia.
Upon completing their Oxford course
and returning to their own countries
q majority Of Rhodes scholars take up