Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-03
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

airy regiment Is 20 oHiccrs, oOI men
and 792 horses, 90 of which are officers
chargers.
Observation-Disclosures is the
latest acquisition to the German Ian
guage 1t is the name applied to an an
tiseptic lately discovered.
In the Dominion Of Canada there are
about 10000 militia. The permanent
military forces consist Of about 1000
artillery. infantry and cavalry.
The bulk Of the Russian cavalry is
composed of dragons, who are trained
to fight on foot as well as in the saddle
and are drilled to attack in mass.
A North sea cod fisher carries set of
lines 1900 fathoms in length, and hav-
ing the amazing number of A, $50 hooks,
every one of which must be baited.
The counties which it is customary to
consider the "west Of England" are
Hampshire, Wiltshire Dorsetshire, Som
erset, Gloucester, Devonshire and Corn
wall
The largest telegraph Office in the
world is at the general postoffice, st.
Martin 's-le- Grand, London. There are
over 3, 900 operators, l. 900 Of whom afe
women.
Henry l, surnamed the Learned, was
the monarch who introduced the custom
of delivering speeches from the throne,
which has been transmitted down to
the present day.
1t is estimated that one twelfth of
the population of England suffer from
govt A Berlin physician, DR.. Fehlaner,
says that this malady is often due to
the excessive use Of meat.
Englishwomen are considered to pos
sess more beauty than French, but with
the latter an exquisite taste i'll all that
concerns the toilet more than places
them Oh footing with English bellies.
Sir John Sinclair lately attempted to
naturalize Surrey nightingales at John
o. Greats. Young were produced, but
as soon as they could fly away they
went with the oldsters, southwark, it is
believed.
For seven years the ST. Lawrence riv-
er gradually decreases in depth, then
for seven years it gradually increases
in depth, the difference III level being
about five feet Why it does so no one
has yet discovered.
The lord chancellor's seat is called
the "woolsack, and the judges like
wise sit upon woolsacks covered with
cloth, i'll allusion, it is supposed, to
wool having been i'll ancient days the
staple commodity Of England
There are some 60, 900 costermongers
who carry Oh business in the streets OF
London Their capital is supposed to be
$3.50, 600, while they are said TO do a
trade during the year of so, 200, 900.
The profits Of this turnover are about
$5,000,0 900.
A good ant destroyer is made up Of a
half pound of -four Of sulphur and
four ounces of potash, which are heated
in an earthen vessel until they are dis
solved. After thoroughly mixing and
cooling beat to powder. Infuse this in
water and apply the liquid to the infest-
ed places.
Tower of London. and not in the queen g
dressing room. 1t is never brought out
excepting on grand state occasions, but
whenever ceremony, such as a draw
ing room or levee. takes place the queen
wears circlet Of diamonds in the form
of a crown OH her head.
The distinction among animals Of re-
curing least sleep belongs to the ele-
plant. In spite of its capacity for hard
work the elephant seldom, if ever, sleeps
more than four, or occasionally five,
hours. For two hours before midnight
and again for two hours after ] O'Clock
these misborn mountains sleep.
Among eccentricities of gambling was
"a cruel custom of the highlands, hard
ly yet extinct" when John Fraser wrote,
in 1850. The clansmen did not play for
money-probably because they had none
to stake--but for the pleasure of ad-
ministering six strokes with "single
soled shoe" upon the palm of the van
quished.
Hendon, north of London, has tav-
ern in a churchyard, with tombstones
all around it, which has been kept there
for many hundred years and is the only
licensed house in such a place. The
original building was burned down zoe
years ago, the present house having
been built soon after the restoration OF
Charles H.
A trip between London and Paris has
been made in hours 32 minutes. From
London to Dover (7S.34 miles) took
hour 30 minutes the passage of the
channel (25 miles, took hour / 8 min
utes, and the run from Calais to Paris
(1S51a miles) was made in hours "a
minutes, an average of 56. 5 miles, ex-
Guiding stops.
One Of the most ancient landmarks OF
England is FarDham castle, the home OF
the bishop of Winchester. 1t first be-
came fortress in the troublesome times
Of Henry de Blois, who was brother to
King Stephen, and bishop oi Winches-
ter. 1t was taken in 1916 by l., ,is the
Dauphin, but recaptured and restored to
the see in 1918
At night the woods of Madagascar are
vocal with the wailing cries of lemurs,
which sound like the lamentations OF
human beings in distress. These crea-
lures have heads more foxlike than
monkeylike with sharp muzzles and