Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-23
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
The Stuart kings were all Freemason,

An average of / 900 pigs are eaten in
London daily.
There are more than $500 blind per-
sons in London.
Belfast is the great tea drinking city
Of the United Kingdom.
France contains ,027, 900 foreigners,
q decrease of "a, 900 in five years.
The piano manufactures of Germany
turn out over 1900 pianos week.
A good railway engine will travel
1000, 900 miles before it wears out.
Roughly speaking. there are in South
Africa 100, 600 Europeans and 3, 900, 900
colored people.
In the United Kingdom 6S7 900 per-
sons are engaged in coal mining and
l6, 900 in iron mining.
The yearly importation of pearls to
London reaches 80, 600, 600 Most of
them come from Bombay.
A man can hire horse in Japan,
keep two servants and live on the fat
of the land for about $50 a month.
Missouri ranks first among the states
In the production of poultry and second
only to Ohio in the extent of its egg
product.
Every ton of Atlantic water when
evaporated yields 81 pounds of salt Pa.
cific water, 10 pounds; Dead sea water.
1877 pounds.
The British isles comprise no fewe,
tha, iS1anI. nj Il
without counting mere jutting rocks or
isolated pinnacles,
Penn Yam. n. Y, was settled by
Pennsylvanians and Yankees, and its
name is a com animation of the names of
those two classes of settlers.
1t is estimated that the milk from
5000, 900 COWS is annually consumed IN
the United States. an average Of 251S
gallons per year TO each person.
Every religion indigenous to India,
including the Hindu, Mussulman, Bud
dhist, Jain and Sikh, absolutely forbids
the use of Intoxicating liquors
On every shilling turned out the
British mint makes profit of nearly 8
pence. On every ton of penny pieces
taken out from the mint there is
profit of e3S2
The Armenians claim direct descent
from Noah, as he settled in their coun-
try after the food. Their country has
been conquered successfully by AZ diff
ferent nations.
General Booth thinks Lots wife must
have had some Scottish blood in her
veins, judging from her reluctance to
pack up and leave her native city with
out thinking over the matter
If the entire population of the world
is considered to be / 400, 900, 900, the
brains of this number of human beings
would weigh 1929, 7l2 tons, or as much
as SO ironclads of the ordinary size.
An Italia. peddler from whom New
York policeman demanded license
showed confidently "a certificate of dis
charge from Sing Sing prison, which
he said he bought, believing it was a
license.
Southern California has 5000, 900
orange trees, 100000 apricot trees,
1000, 900 peach trees. 1850, 900 prune
trees, 1900 lemon trees and TAO, 900
olive trees, most of them not yet at the
bearing age.
Cats can smell even during sleep
When piece of meat is placed imme-
diately in front of sleeping cats nose
the nostrils begin to work us the scent
is received, and an instant later the cat
will wake up
The BARRIERS of Nordhausen, Saxony,
are compelled by law to cleanse and
disinfect their brushes, combs and ra-
zors Immediately after use and before
they are applied to the hair or beard of
another customer.
There are $50 authorized guides in
the Alps; l04 of them have taken a reg
ular course of instruction in their pro-
fession and have received diplomas; 30
of them are between 60 and 10 years Of
age, and 9 are over 10.
Stockport, England boasts the larg-
est Sunday school in the world. The
total number of scholars at present on
the books is no fewer than 1884, while
there are 23S male and 1876 female
teachers-a grand army of over 5000.
There are more breweries in Califor
MIA than there are in Illinois, more
distilleries in Massachusetts than there
are in Kentucky, and more cigarettes
manufactured in New York state than
in all the other states of the country
combined.
In the long arctic nights there is
constant difficulty in keeping awake. |
Greedy had to make very strict rules to |
keep his men awake during the long |
arctic night. Beds were not allowed 10 |
be made, and the men were compelled |
to get up and move about.
A gentleman travelling in Persia says
he has been in town where the bells
ring for prayer five times day. and
business men rush out of their offices to
the churches, leaving their places Of
business alone and unlocked. and no.
body ever has a thing stolen.
Coal miners as a class are not very
susceptible to consumption, their trou-