The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-25
ROUND The GLOBE

world last year totaled $725,0O0, 900.
Switzerland is to put the ban on all
artificial wines and elders beginning
next year.
There is an electric light for every
inhabitant Of the Manhattan section Of
New York city.
Postcards, chiefly illustrated ones. to
the number of 1O9.50O,O0O were sent
through the Swiss postoffices last year.
London suffers an average loss of SO
per cent Of bright sunshine through
the presence Of smoke.
The newest two American battleships
will he the first in the world to group
three fourteen-inch guns in single tur-
rets.
In the seventeen provinces Of Siam
there are 1GG,293 monks and nuns CON
nected with the temples of the native
religion.
The annual production of glass eyes
in the town of Lauscha. twenty-five
miles from COburg. Is estimated at 49,
900. having value of $1,000 to $19,-
600.
There are fifteen manufacturers Of
hairpins listed in the London directory,
but in almost every case the actual
factory is located at or near Birming
ham.
Comprising the northern army and
the southern army England's forces in
India are divided into two sections
The headquarters Of the former are at
Rawal Pindi. of the latter at Poona.
The decadence of the Welsh language
is evidenced by the statement that
about So per cent of the people OF
| Wales know some English, while oar
ly 80 per cent speak no OTTER language.
White rum, tafia, a cheap produc,, is
| drunk by the poorer classes IN Haiti
Consul John B. Terres of Port au
Prince stating that a higher quality
of rum sells ut four times the price
and is used by the public in general.
1t is announced from China that ali
government officials must henceforth
| be addressed as Mr." and that al
| titles such as "excellency" will be dis
| carded. Whether the new rule will
apply to army and navy officers is moi
| stated.
Cardinal Farley has received from
the 962 priests of his diocese a gold
medal FIVE Inches in diameter and 4
quarter of an inch thick. This is the
official historic emblem commemorate
ing his recent elevation to the cardi
| nalate
| On Jan. l, 1912, the new Geographic
money order service between SwitZer
land and the United States ana Can
ada went into effect. making it pos
sible to transmit sums of money not
exceeding $500 by cable between these
countries
| Tiger hunting by the Ussuri Cos
sacks was very successful last winter
| fifteen tigers being killed and twelve
caught alive, ten of which were sent
to Hamburg for sale Small parties
hunting tigers for sport also met with
much success.
The Yale club in New York city pro
poses to sell its present home in West
Forty-fourth street and move east
along the same street to the corner OF
| Vanderbilt avenue, where II will put
| up a twenty story building TO cost
about million dollars This will he
the largest club building in the city
| Macready, the famous actor. left q
| full private journal hitherto but slight
| ly drawn upon His heirs have finally
| come to the. conclusion that the entire
| journal may now be published with
out hurting anybody's feelings. 1t viii
contain an endless amount of gossip
| and anecdotes of early Victorian times
After having been buried for seven
| years in the desert, the body OF Ger.
man trooper named Rogge has been
| found by flying patrol in shifting
sand dune near Kolmanskop. German
Southwest Africa. The unfortunate
| trooper had been sent to convey The
mails from Luderitzbueht to some re.
| mote inland stations He never ar
rived
/ a mass IDeetlHS WIS HGiu III new
| York city recently to urge the passing
Of an ordinance requiring the placing
on tenement houses, saloons. theaters
and hotels of plate bearing the name
and address of the owner The object
of this little tin plate" is to make the
owner of building take a healthy in
terest in the property" especially if il
is being used for socially objectionable
purposes.
The present dalai la1na of Tibet is
thirty-seven years old and is learned
In Sanskrit. Tibetan and Pail He is
said to be very deveut in the exercise
of his priestly functions Rising be
tween 3 and 4 a. M he devotes the
major portion of bis time to his pray
ers. On an average he sleeps FIVE
hours out of the twenty four. He is
said to be passionateiy fond of AMI
mails, particularly OF dogs
Arrangements are proceeding rapid
ly for the removal Of the winter capital
of India from Calcutta TO Delhi. the
announcement of which was the most
striking event of the late durhar IT