The Caucasian., 1911-06-08
TIMELY BREvITIES

Earliest vioIins were produced il
1860.
Hawaii is the pineapple farm of the
world.
Yachts were first constructed in
England in 1904.
Voting by ballot was introduced in
st. Louis in 1912.
Last year 1,31O,411 barrels of her,
ring were caught in Norwegian wa.
ters.
The presidents mail amounts to
about 1000 letters a day and 1900
newspapers and books.
This year marks the six hundreth
anniversary of the invention of spec
tacles.
A new motor horn changes its tone
at the will Of the chauffeur by slight
ly changing the position of the bulb.
The London Mendicity society pos
sesses nearly 10000 begging letters, of
which 81 per cent are absolutely un-
deserving.
According to the census returns,
just published, the population of Paris
is now 2,S46,9S6, an increase of I24,-
255 since 1906.
A fruit picking machine which will
slide fruit down a twenty-five foot
chute into baskets without bruising
is New Workers. invention.
An English cruiser which had been
in the water for seven years was re-
Gently relieved of forty tons of bar
nacles, mussels and vegetable growth.
Maria Krisscff of Wilma, Russia, is
petitioning for a divorce because her
husband shot off her high heels as she
was walking in their garden one morn
ing.
Cinematograph films which were TAX
en- during the recent champagne riots
in France enabled the police to identify
and arrest many of those who took
part.
Having seating capacity for 10000
spectators and standing room for an
other 10000. the stadium at the Turin
exhibition is the largest of its kind in
the world.
New Workers should fee! wealthier
this year than last, for their real es-
tate is worth $S97, ,04S, ,693 more than
it was then, according to the asses
sors' figures.
An Italian. Giuseppe Bartoli. after
labor of five years, has succeeded in
making clock wholly of glass, and it
IS said to be wonderful piece of
technical work.
The house in which Thomas Carlyle
was born at Eeclefechan has been sold
to the London syndicate which pos
sesses Carlyle's house at Chelsea and
will be furnished to represent the
house as it was in Carlyle's boyhood
Prior to the discovery of petroleum
in Pennsylvania the oil shale Of New
Brunswick. known as albertite. was
largely shipped to the United States.
where 1t was used in the production
of illuminating gas.
The total output of asbestos in this
country in 1910 was 3.619 tons. valued
at $68,357, an increase in production of
20 per cent over that of 1909. Georgia
and Vermont are the chief asbestos
producers in this country.
Inhabitants of the little town of
Feodorina, in Russia. have built a
schoolhouse from the proceeds Of a
tax of a penny per glass
Of vodka consumed which they i'm
posed on themselves for a whole year.
Owing to the growing demand in
England for soft cheeses. a Yorkshire
agricultural college has issued leaflets
o encourage farmers to make cheeses
II the types of Camembert, Brie. Pont
'Eveque and Gervais as made in
France.
A French portable theater includes
modern tent. with knockdown stage,
scenery, dressing rooms, chairs and an
electric plant. Apparatus and per-
ormers are hauled from town to town
n twenty one special cars drawn by
light traction engines.
Having been IN vogue for centuries,
he custom Of ringing two bells, one to
the rich and the other the
,oor to vestry meetings, has now been
at Northleach, Glouces-
ershire. on the ground that it is out of
.eeping with modern feeling.
At a recent sale in New York city
{ the library Of the late Miles Nj.
)'Brien, banker and president Of the
oard Of education. complete set Of
he signatures of the presidents of the
United States from George Washing
on to William Ell Taft was sold for
1OO
Over the fountain Augusta Victoria /
t Hamburg is to be built a pavilion
fter the style of a Roman temple.
his has been designed by the German
mperor, who has also composed the
ollowing inscription for the fountain:
Nymph. dispense the healing waters
D the sick: may God restore them,
ured and rejoicing, to their families.
In quarter of a century the num-
er of members enrolled in the ma
lonal college fraternities has risen |