Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-12
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

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1t is recorded that as many as 10,
arctic blue throated robins have beef
killed in one day ON Helgoland.
To prevent the eyes from waterin,
while cutting onions, hold knitting o
darning needle between the front teeth
More than fve-sixths of the convict
in the penitentiaries Of Pennsylvani,
have never been apprenticed to an,
trade or occupation.
The difference Of farthing a pount
in the total trade turnover of sugar il
the United Kingdom for year means
no less than Sl5, 100000
The region about the Dead sea is ON,
of the hottest places on the globe, ant
the sea is said TO lose million tons o.
water day by evaporation.
The devilfish is so powerful that there
are instances Of small vessels being car
ried to sea by them when the creatures
were caught in the anchor chains.
Farmer Deckner of Conway, Mo. ha.
a walnut tree on his farm which hC
himself planted about 80 years age
which is over five feet in circumference.
The largest sized bug in the world il
found in Venezuela. 1t is called the ele.
plant beetle, and mature specimen is
credited with being about half a pound
in weight.
Another instance of the practical ap.
plication of the cycle to the needs Of or.
binary life comes from France, where a
fire cycle engine has entered the realms
of actually.
The fishermen on the Solway declare
that sea gulls destroy a large number of
young salmon and that they have seen
mature salmon attacked in shallow
water by gulls.
Two finny monsters remarkable for
their strength are the torpedoes, which
have enough electricity in them to kill
man, and dogfsh, whose teeth are so
strong that they can bite off steel hook.
The giant cuttlefsh is a native of the
coast of Newfoundland and the north
Pacific waters, and they are able by
their immense strength to seize a fish
ing boat and drag it to the bottom of
the sea.
A New York man who went to sleep
on the floor of his own store was reused
by the police and arrested, and, failing
in any other device. preferred charge
of getting drunk and sleeping it off in
his store.
The average depth of the sea, in
yards, is as follows: Pacific, A, 252; At
lantic, 4,026; Indian, 8, 658; Antarctic,
3, 200: Arctic, 1890; Mediterranean,
LAG; Irish, $40; English channel,
10; Adriatic, As; Baltic, 43.
A serpent in confinement has been
known to refuse all food for period Of
81 months. A viper will live 10 months
without food and bear months,
while even horse will live % days
without solid food, merely drinking
water.
Every scion of reigning house, from
the very moment of setting foot on
French soil, is Swallowed by a perfect
who exercise a surveillance that only
ceases with the departure of the illus
trious guest.
The sultan of Marocco seems to be
quite family man, Notwithstanding
one sided reports which have been cir
culated respecting him, for a London
firm has made for him, and forwarded
to his royal palace, four double and one
single baby carriages.
Some fish are possessed Of great
strength. The goosefish is an odd deni-
zen Of the water. 1t has q mouth we'll
armed with teeth, which opens nearly
the length of its body. This is about
feet long. When it lays eggs, the num-
Der is between 40, 900 and so, 900.
1t will surprise most people to know
that there is an English law to punish
servants who invite their friends into
their masters houses. 1t seems the in
truders can be charged with being "sus-
pected persons" and the servant who
admits them with aiding and abetting
them.
Japan is land without the domestic
animals. 1t il this lack which strikes
the stranger so forcibly in looking upon
japanese landscapes. There are no cows
the Japanese neither drink milk nor
eat meat There are but few horses, and
these are imported mainly for the use
of foreigners
An Indian official report states that
in the year 1895 1888 persons lost their
lives through tigers, panthers. bears,
elephants and other wild beasts; 81, 53S
died from serpent bites, three-fourths
of which were caused by cobras. Quite
81, 900 domestic animals were killed by
tigers, panthers and serpents.
In South Kensington museum may be
seen the famous carpet from the mosque
of Ardebia. The price being more than
the authorities of the museum were in
position to give for it, several gentle
men supplemented the sum which the
museum was prepared to pay, and the
finest specimen of its kind in Europe
has thus been acquired for the nation.
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