The Caucasian., 1913-10-26
THE WORLD

cleaner than those Of this country.
More than 800 Cleveland stores now
take precautions which almost totally
! exclude flies.
According to German railway re-
ceipts. II business reaction has set in in
! that country.
An English insurance company issues
policy covering damage done by mill
| tant suffragettes.
| The Swiss government has prohibit
sd the importation Of bulls. cows ANA
| heifers for slaughter.
A new type of vacuum bottle is so
constructed that it can be taken en-
tirely apart for cleaning.
Compulsory insurance against sick
ness. accidents. disablement and old
age has been introduced in Roumania.
1t is said that 100000 broom han
dies are used annually in the United
States. more than one for each man
owoman and child.
horse meat were imported last year by
Swedes from Russia and the United
States.
In Holland many milkmen deliver
their wares in bottles wrapped in red
paper. the keeping quality of the fluid
being greatly increased thereby.
A new bayonet lies along the barrel
of rifle normally. but is thrown into
position for service by pressing a but
ton on the stock of the weapon
The board of health of Canadian
! town visited the slaughter houses the
| other day and straiGhtway announced
/ that they would become vegetarianS.
A convict who escaped from Jail at
Lydenburg. South Africa. was captur-
ed on a farm. where he was masGuer-
aiding as a policeman in search Of him
self.
| Inventors in France are said to be
j at work on an apparatus that will en-
! able man to fly without the aid of
/ a motor He will use only his arms as
| wings
! During the recent salmon run in
! British Columbian waters salmon We're
sold at retail in Vancouver shops for
Is cents apiece. the fish averaging five
pounds dressed
/ American music is popular in Rou-
baix. northern France. where the win
dows in several stores handling sheet
music are devoted to the display of
popular dances.
| The lands burned over during the
terrible fires in the Idaho national for
ests in 1910 are now largely covered
with thick growth Of young tree
seedlings by natural reseeding.
! East Africa has come forward with
new wood suitable for lead pencils at
time when the supply of American
cedar. so largely employed for that
purpose. is approaching exhaustion.
! The British board Of trade has given
| its approval to new single davit.
which launches boat from a vessel
with sling and releases it automat-
ically as soon as it touches the water.
Quatorziennes. or fourteeners. are
| members of an aristocratic Partisan
club formed for the purpose of accept
| ing on the instant dinner invitations
where the guests would otherwise num-
Der thirteen.
Uncle Sans forest rangers require
! that permanent camp sites within the
| forests shall be kept in sanitary cOndi-
| ton The ubiquitous tin can must be
buried and waste paper burned when
camp is left.
| A Japanese company has planted
| 200.O0000O pearl oysters in bay in
! that country and believes it will har
| vest millions of pearls through re-
| ing the moilusks.
| Silk fabric. heavily impregnated with
mineral salts. mainly lead and tin. is
being manufactured in France for use
| in making N-ray proof gloves and
| garments for physicians. The fabric
is about 6S per cent mineral salts.
Pupils in German school were re
! Gently tested as to their reading Of
newspapers In the highest elementary
class of forty-four twenty-five read
newspaper every day, fifteen at least
| once week and four less frequently.
recently enacted Swedish law.
| which becomes effective Jan. l. 1914
| prohibits the importation of foreign
| goods bearing a label which gives
] them the appearance of having been
produced or manufactured in Sweden.
Philadelphia has woman chief mar
| ket clerk who passed the civil service
examinations with a higher average
than all men competitors Her salary
| is $1,000 year. and her duties will in
| clude the study Of markets in other
| cities.
New words in the English language
are increasing. say authorities. at the
rate Of 5000 year Many prominent
men are credited with adding to the
number. but it is said that Sir Ernest
Shackleton. the polar explorer. leads
all others in enlarging the vocabulary.
There are now about forty psyche
! logical clinics" in the United States.
according to DR.. j. f. Wallin of the