The Caucasian., 1912-03-28
ROUND the GLOBE

Eight million sterling is given away
| In charity every year in London
Three million pairs of rubber shoes
are sent out of this country annually.
| The mineral production of the Unit
| ed States is valued ut about $1,000
100000
| Russia has an army of 100000 men
In time of peace and 100000 in time
| of war.
Electric lights are to be installed in
one of the oldest and most famous
Hindu temples in India
| The British exchequer between April
/ and Dec. 81 last received f1s.1S1.000
| In estate or death duties.
| The Los Angeles (Cal., Y. Nj. c. A.
has expended over s450,000 on its new
i athletic field and grounds.
| The Salvation Army recently stated
that its property holdings in the Unit
ed States exceed $5.O00.O00 in value.
Herr Oftdahl of Christiania has
plates iInpenetrably hard. yet normally
i elastic.
A machine to hold drill by which
it may be sharpened by hand ON an or
| dinary milestone has been invented in
England.
| The population of Switzerland. ac-
cording to the census of 1910. just pub
hshed, is 3,753,293. gain of 43T, $50
in ten years.
| The tools and apparatus used on the
| Panama canal may be turned over to
| the reclamation service when the ca
nal is finished.
| Since elephants have grown scarce
In Africa attention has been turned to
the immense amount of ivory to be
found In the frozen north.
Photogra phicalIy to measure and re
l cord the vibrations of medicine or
building is the purpose of a simple ap,
paratus invented In England
Irish exports last year exceeded Irish
imports for the first time on record.
The amount of money ON deposit in the
joint stock banks was the highest ever
recorded
A tif of wood cut from the apple
tree In Sir Isaac Newton's garden
which gave the world the theory of
gravitation has been presented to the
British Royal Astronomical society.
The recent discovery of some glass
mirrors dating from the second or third
century in u cemetery in Austria has
upset the theory that the ancients had
to depend upon polished metal to see
themselves
Two British officers have set out
with an escort to locate the great fails
OF the Brahmaputra. which are tradi
donally reputed to be among the most
notable in the world. but which have
| thus far defed discovery.
One Of the English railways has pro
vfded an alienation of the discomforts
of travel which does not seem to have
occurred to the companies in this coun
TRY. 1t provides a box of toys with
which child may amuse itself during
the journey
A project is on foot for lighting Co
/ PNhhuEGn W mCdus vi SuUfbutluC
cable connecting the great hydraulic
plant at Trollhatten. Norway An un
dersea electric line is somewhat of a
| novelty. and the results will be watch
ed with interest.
| Worthy of the name are the travel
Ing libraries of the American Seamen's
Friend Society of New York Last
year this organization placed forty five
selected volumes on each of 228 yes
sells. some of which were departing for,
the other side of the world.
| Among the curiosities of the United
States patent office Is an invention by
q six year-old boy. This is toy with
sliding disks capable of making de
iightful noise-to six-year- -old-and
its inventor is said to be the youngest
person in the world to whom patent
has ever been issued.
During the year 1911 forty warships
we're launched in the British navy.
These include eight super Dread
noughts carrying 1876 inch guns. two
protected cruisers. two unarmored
cruisers, twenty three torpedo boat de.
stroyers and five submarines These
ships aggregated 221.o00 tons and will
cost when completed over $sG.o00.00O