Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-18
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.


ed from the Irish seamrOg, or trefoil.
The Tyrol has 1.279 taverns with 49,
900 beds. The number Of tourists last
year was 821, $50, who spent 10, 1850. 900
forms.
A German statistician makes the as
sertion that there are in Bulgaria 3. 1873
centenarians, or one to every / 900 in
habitants.
Russia already ranks sixth among the
wine producing countries Of the world
and will probably soon surpass Germany
in this respect.
Teapots were the invention of either
the Indians or the Chinese and are Of
uncertain antiquity. They came to Eu-
rope with tea in 1910.
Rembrandt was the head Of the Dutch
school. Some critics assert that his
mastery of colors and coloring surpasses
that of any other artist.
OF the saline contents Of the sea the
most abundant principle is common salt,
which constitutes nearly two thirds of
the whole saline matter.
The most noted monk was st. Ber-
nard, the preacher of the second crusade
and the founder of All order which en-
dures to the present day.
The first of German authors was
Goethe. Both AS poet and as philos-
opher he stood head and shoulders above
all rivals in German literature.
1t is not generally known that rats
cannot resist sunhower seeds. A trap
baited with these seeds is the most eff
fective method of catching them.
/ The chief murderer was Tamerlane.
1t is estimated that from 5000, 900 to
10000, 900 of the human race were
butchered in his wars of conquest.
A lot of land OH Cornhill, in London,
with front of "a feet, facing the Bank
of England, was sold recently AT price
equivalent to $l2, 900, 900 an acre.
Sixty per cent Of the buckwheat fields
were III New York and Pennsy lvania
when the last federal census was taken,
and they continue to hold the lead.
The United States spends ESQ, 900 a
year on its weather bureau; Great Brit
ain pays $4,000; France, el4,O00;
Russia, gl3, 900; Germany, Ell, 400.
In England the ivy is considered an
emblem of fidelity. In all parts of Great
Britain the ivy grows with luxuriance
unknown i'll most other quarters Of the
globe.
J Farmers who spray their cows nearly
/ every day with kerosene emulsion find
! it pays in the added thrift of the ami
nal and in their quietness while being
MIXED.
Jerusalem is now competing with
Spain, Mexico and California for the
orange trade of the world The fruit is
grown in the district between Jerusalem
and Yafa.
In Chicago juvenile offenders not
guilty of crime sufficient to send them
to reformatory are put in the Waits
mission instead of being confined with
hardened criminals.
1t was not until the reign of Charles
l that glass came into general use for
the windows of private houses. Before
that period horn, bladder or oiled paper
was used for that purpose.
Movable stairs are vast improve
ed. These stairs" work on the princi-
pie of an endless chain and revolve on
circular drums ut either end.
The secret marks on Bank Of England
notes. by which forgeries are SO rapidly
detected, are constantly being changed.
The microscope will reveal many such
peculiarities TO an observant eye.
Window boxes must have plenty of
water. This is weak point with q good
many window gardeners, especially after
the roots have filled up the soil with
their white fibers craving moisture.
1t is "a custom of the Royal academy
for every artist, upon his election to
full membership, to present picture
painted by himself to the academy in
acknowledgment of the honor paid him.
A daguerreotype portrait of the first
gorilla ever brought alive to Europe,
taken in 1866. while the animal was
with Wombwell's circus, has been pre-
sented to the London Geological society.
The estate of vaturino, the old his
torical residence Of Mazeppa. the het-
man Of the Ukraine Cossacks in the gov
eminent Of Kiev. once famous for its
beauty and splendor, has now fallen into
ruin and decay.
The banting system Of feeding in or
der to be lean Is living chiefly on ami
NAL food, abstaining from all saccharine
and fatty matter, avoiding stimulants
and in liquids of all kinds only barely
satisfying the requirements Of nature.
The patronage Of the Bank of Eng
land belongs entirely to the directors, a
clerk being appointed by each director
in rotation until the vacancies are filled,
with the exception Of one clerkship in
every seven, which is given to son of
one of the clerks of the establishment
who has discharged his duties to the
satisfaction of the directors.
A good many burglars or family"
men carry on the trade OF costermonger
in London during the summer season,
or they are artisans, carpenters or
plumbers, trades which give them an
excuse for lettering and often easy ac-
cess to house interiors. Their active
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