The Caucasian., 1913-05-08
ROUND THE WORLD

| There are 71,714 cIubwomen in ILL.,
| nois.
ireland's population remained almoct
stationary in 1912.
Cleveland Public library patrons an-
| nually wear out 10000 volumes.
The Chinese republic is renewing eff
forts to stamp out poppy culture.
Brooklyn school children of tenement
| districts are being taught sanitation.
Washington clergymen declare Gre
| nation is growing in popularity in that
| city.
The most profitable use of California
grown olives is in picking the ripe
| fruit
Rome's palace of justice, planned to
cost $1,5OO.OOO. has already absorbed
$20.OOO,OOO d
st. Louis street cars in 1912 killed
| forty-one persons. There We're fifty
six killings in 1911.
Jury in Milwaukee has decided that
dog is within its rights in biting any
person attacking it.
A new town in the state of Washing
ton has been named Woodrow in hon.
or of President Wilson.
An Ohio manufacturing plant con-
verts the waste steam from its drop
f0rges into electrical power.
Surveys and Investigations were car
ried on in thirty five states last year
by the United States geological sur
vey.
Colorado expects 100000 population
within five years, and Denver is work
ing for 100000 population within five
| years.
From spruce wood pulp French in.
ventor has made a fabric resembling
cotton and equally capable of bleach
ing and dyeing.
Washington's city directory, by Gu
rious blunder. lists both w. Fl. Taft
and Woodrow Wilson as president of
the United States.
A modern town is gradually growing
up at Ell Obeid. the capital and admin
illustrative center of Kordofan province.
In the Egyptian Sudan.
The Danish merchant marine at
tanned record both in number and
tonnage in 1907 and has been steadily
decreasing since that time.
An American oil company has built
q pipe line from Yafa to Jerusalem.
making the holy city the chief dis
ri hut Sr hpt
Modern machinery is now extracting
millions in gold from creek bottoms
long abandoned as profitless. This is
especially the case in certain parts OF
Idaho.
Pernambuco, Brazil, with populas
ton Of 25O,O0O. has many barber shops.
but only two are equipped with re-
volving and reclining chairs of the
American type. VI
Despite the precautions which are
taken to prevent theft. it is said that
gold to the value of $5,OOO,O0O is an
nually stolen from the mines on the
Rand. South Africa
Present day attempts of several ma
lions to perfect automobile artillery
have brought out the fact that a self
moving gun carriage was invented by
Frenchman in 1869.
Lead earrings. to be worn with neg
ligee attire. have been invented by
Philadelphia woman for. drawing the
lobes of the ears into more perfect
shape by their weight
In Boston a humane society gets rid
Of superf1uous animals by fnclosing
them in cages in which death dealing
electric shocks are administered auto
matically by closing the doors
The trade figures Of the calendar
year 1912 issued by the bureau OF
customs show an increase in the to-
tai trade of the Philippines over the
calendar year 1911 of 1882. .5O4.
The ''school republic" or school
city" has been introduced into the
Alaskan native schools by order of the
United States commissioner Of educa-
ton for the purpose Of preparing the
natives for citizenship
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 45.73 in 1905.
With 2.4OO active employees who
have been in service forty years or
longer and with 1,572 men who served
forty years or more and are now re-
ceiving pensions. the Pennsylvania
railroad has a payroll which is prob
ably unique.
Chemotherapy Is the name given a
new medical science which aims to
prevent recurrent diseases by using
coal tar products that combine a maxi
mum of destructive power over inter
nal parasites with a minimum of poi
sonous action on the tissues.
Berrow's Worcester England, Jour-
nal. which says it is the oldest news
paper in the country, is now publish
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