The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-26
TIMELY BREv|T|ES

| The annual cost to Spain of it's po-
| lice system is nearly $1,60O,O00.
Many American farmers are settling
in Mexico, their numbers fast increas-
| ing.
Liverpool collects a thousand tons of
refuse day. Nearly all of it is put
| to some use.
Great Britain imported in the last
| five years wheat and wheat flour worth
| 81, 079, 739,955.
| The consumption of beer in Germany,
according to official statistics, is rapid
| ly decreasing
In Sweden the testimony of a child
under sixteen years of age will not be
accepted in court.
| The loss to railways in France from
the recent strike amounted to $675,400
to the roads and 81 100000 to the state.
Not since 1910 has there been such
disastrous failure in the European
wine production as that of the past
year.
Now that Monaco has got its pariia-
ment there are only two countries in
the world without one-China and Mo-
rocco.
| The heaviest rainfall ever recorded
occurred on the isthmus Of Panama,
| where 1886 inches Of water fell in
| twenty-four hours.
Bamboo poles are cheap in Japan
only 80 cents for 100 twelvefoot poles.
At that rate every boy in Japan should
be able to go fishing and own his own
pole.
The Bolivian chinchilla is larger and
more valuable than the Chilean vari-
ETY.. 1t is easily crossed with the bis
cacha, but the fur is then of much less
value.
Trinity church corporation, in New
York, is said to be the richest church
corporation in the world 1t owns ten
churches and nine schools and has as
sets of S15,000.0o0.
The estimated consumption of wheat
in this country for the year is about
six bushels per capita At the present
rate of increase it will be seven bush.
els about the year 1910.
A New York policeman picked up a
five dollar bill at Forty-second street
and Sixth avenue, New York, the other
day, and before the day was over if
teen persons had claimed it.
Graphite mining has been carried on
in Bavs ria for centuries, and the meth
DDS today are as primitive as they
were 200 or 300 years ago. Improve
ments are about to be introduced
There is being discussed in Russian
government circles proposition for
complete representation of Russian
railways In American In order to at.
tract passengers via the transsiberian
route.
An annuity of $1,000 year is to be
settled by the Wright brothers, avia-
tors, upon the widow and children of
Ralph tombstone, the aviator who was
killed while flying for the Wrights at
Denver
Time was when Rio Grande do Sui,
in Brazil, sent 10000 dry hides in one
last year these exports had dwindled
to 100, whereas 164,824 dry hides were
sent to Europe.
An unexpected result Of the Portu-
gllese revolution was the indisposition
of the animals at the Lisbon geological
gardens.: They all became i'll, having
been so alarmed by the bombardment
that they refused to eat and drink.
Introduction of the Gregorian cal
endar into Russia is sought by infu-
entail Germans, who point out that the
uses Of the Julian calender by Russia
greatly affects business transactions |
and often leads to disastrous misun-
derstandings
According to the Novoe Vremya the |
Tolstoy family refused the request Of |
three famous Russian scientists for |
permission to examine and weigh the /
brain of Tolstoy because such pro-
ceeding would be entirely against his |
expressed views.
Americans are now manufacturing |
between 600 and 800 monographs a
month In Japan The manufacturing /
plant is located near Yokohama, and |
the company has capital of $125,000 /
OF this 80 per cent is owned by Ameri-
cans. The balance is owned by Jap
anese
The Swiss federal council intends to
invite all nations to conference at
Berne TO revise the calender It is the 1
Idea 20 adopt an arrangement by which
every year will be divided into exactly
fifty-two weeks, or 1854 days. Natu
rally there must be intercalary days.
New Years day will probably be some
such extra day.
The Very Rev. j. Armitage Robin
sin, D. D., dean of Westminster abbey,
has been translated to the deanery of
Wells. a less responsible position. DR.
Robinson attracted attention to him |
self short time ago by refusing to
allow the body of George Meredith to
be laid to rest In Westminster abbey f
He is known as a Greek scholar and
has written books on theological sub
jects.
Close to Olga bay. not far from Via
diVostok, a large settlement has been