The Caucasian., 1913-12-14
THE WORLD

aewark Colds the high Gscoro 90 =
vorces In New Jersey.
Japan employs man1 womee - q
newspapers in that country.
Russian women are numerous omonD
the women students a earis.
scutari, in AibaniAs ss to have D eco
bank with . capital Of $1.ooo.ooo.
Che educational buildings % Che Onae
Cd States are valued at S2c5, 100000
Argentine has established 40 expect
/ meue statioo loe the eultivatioO q SeA
@ Do 6gure1 chat EnglishmeD cay
go6 eaddies $4,000. 600 Q geas eos ebeir
oerviceA
every Gap u sAs seas tAese aes eat
en- tD NeO Sort eits S49. .I65 ousheis os
potatoes
The aomes II eAis county eequlPs
aboub S239, $50 900 sertb % sureituss
each yean
eIttsburghs insane asyluo diserss
inmates by 1s~ing eictnrO sshibtsioOs
- intss.- vac.
The wages - - sAauffesfs ~ enc
United States totaS 0aore VhaD those -
schoolteachers.
A new metal sencepose spreaos - .
enters the ground and effectualN a.
chors itself firmly In the ground.
New Zealand exported ovee 281,-
500. 600 pounds Of frozen mutton. lamb
and beef in the year ended June 80.
Captain Mills OF the steamship PIN
| adelphia has made 157 ocean voyages
and travelled 1000. COO miles since 1871
Combs to be sewed to women's hats
to keep them in place without the use
OF pins have been patented In England.
As q result Of dispute at meeting
In connection with the election cam
/ paign in Italy two women fought 4
duel.
The candy bill Of the American girl
is $4,000, 900. $1O,OO0,OOO more than
the cost Of the nation's paint and var
nish
/ England's minister to France receives
the highest salary of her foreign repre-
sentatives The ambassador % the
United States Is next.
/ war in the Balkans closed the Darda-
0elles. which stopped the export OF
Russian wheat. injurins Naples maca
$oni trade.
The richest and probably the largest
Aron ore mine in the world, which is in
Lapland. is being equipped with cleo
trical machinery.
The Yorkshire (Englan6 village OF
Kettlewell. which was only recently
furnished with electric light, il YET
without telephones.
| Railroad embankments in China are
protected from foods by planting them
with peculiar native grass with tena
cious roots to resist erosion.
| A motor driven plow Of English in
| yention automatically guides itself oyel
field after it has plowed the first fur
row under the direction Of = human
mind
/ One Of the principal byproducts o.
the national forests Of japan is fur
nished by mushrooms, which have
yielded In one year 4 revenue Of 81.
100000
A French bicycle rider is the inventor
Of a man power street sweeper. con
sisttng Of tricycle. with revolving
brush mounted between the rea
wheels.
japan has erected monument owe
the grave Of the scientist who nearl!
two centuries ago introduced the swee
potato into the empire Tor general cul
ovation.
Throuehout the world ooe-fourth o
IN children die before six years Of Az
: one-half before they are sixteen an
only one person In each 100 lives to tn
age of sixty-0ve.
Mining In the United States Il . q
gantic industry. second only to agr1
culture. employing directly more tina
100000 men and having yearly out
put of $4,000. .O0O.o 600.
In Ceylon experiments have show
that 1t is more economical to dry te
leaves by electricity than by the oi
method, and extensive plants hav
been erected for that purpose.
Violet light is being used In Franc
for testing precious gems. especial
rubies. as by its use the more yalu'
BILE Burmese stones can be distinguish
ed from the Siamese ones of les
worth.
A new picture molding Is stampe
from sheet metal and is intended to
nailed to a wall before the plaster
= applied. the latter helping to suppo
heavy weights which may be hun
upon II
Il The annual death rate per LOGO
the canal zone. including both er
ployees and civil population. for :
\ cent month was 1896. The total Z
4 1907 was 3L67. In the preceding yea
1905, Il was ~ high as 1882
Travellers may now go from Tok!
to Picking in eighty-five hours. Tn
Il Afs~tr HkS