Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-15
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

The more free II Is from impurities.
The present crop of peanuts, while
not of excellent quality, Is abnormally |
large
The leasing OF water flowed lands
for oyster beds in Rhode Island yields
500, 1000 annually.
Engineers estimate that 10000 horse
power can be developed along the Chi
cago sanitary channel.
The colony of New South Wales,
Australia, expects to have 10000 tons
Of wheat for export this season.
An important element Of the voting
| population Of the cosmopolitan city OF
Buffalo Is composed of the Polish vot-
| ers.
Switzerland has three institutions
for the cure Of drunkards which record
permanent cures in one-half the cases
treated.
The North Carolina penitentiary was
self supporting last year and returned
to the state $4,000 borrowed during
the year.
Exclusive of private charities, Eng
land spends something like f1S,000000
a year In providing for the necessities
of the poor.
In the number of locomotives the
United States comes first with total
of 36. 746. Great Britain comes next
with 1902.
In the last IL years the number of
physicians in Germany increased SO
per cent, while the population increas-
ed only ii per cent.
The new twin screw steamer Rhine
of the Bremen New York line has room
for 40 first class, $50 second class and
1900 steerage passengers.
The army death rate is lower In
Great Britain than in any other coun-
try. In France it is nearly six times
as high as in this country.
Americans prefer electricity for run
ming automobiles, the French petro-
leum and the Russians wood alcohol,
costing in that country cents a gal
lon.
Greece has followed Italy's example
in forblddlng the expectation Of an
tiquities. Notice has been served on
foreign governments and learned So
ceties.
The total number of paid employees
of the New York state government Is
9321, of whom fully 5000 are direct
ly connected with Albany departments,
and a majority of these reside in AL
bany.
Indiana has % counties In these
are LOG townships. OF this number
46 were named after Jackson, 46 after
Washington and 20 after Harrison and
Jefferson. Wayne and Clay each were
honored - times.
? The American Political league a new
, organization. is to have a national con
vention in Boston on July 4. 1t will he
the only convention Boston will have
and the only one that the American 20
litical league will hold.
In 1898 the venerable Massachusetts
town of Salem voted against the grant
ing Of liquor licenses within its bound
aries. In the election of December
1899, it voted the other way-2,957 fol-
, license and $500 against.
A great decrease in the use of the
horse may be expected in the near fu
hre. Experiments In England have
proved that heavy freight wagon traffic
can be handled by motor power at one
seventh the cost of horsepower.
The total number of paid employees
of the municipal departments in New
York city is $4,000 and the department
of street cleaning, which has $500
employs twice as many as the depart
ment Of public charities. which has
1000
Asbestus six feet in length has beer
found on the Orange river banks. II
is coarser than the Canadian product
but Is more valuable on account Of Its
length. The Griqualand West Copper
company and the Cape Asbestus com
pany are mining the fiber at profit.
"IIighland' seems to be n popular
name for a railway station among the
mountains of Africa. There is n High
land station in Natal. There is anoth
er one of the same name in Kaffirland
on the line between Port Elizabeth and
Grahamstown, beyond Alicedale juno
ton.
The Indians of South America use q
curious poison which is called ezcal
A grain OF ii has the effect Of starting
an irresistible desire for eXertion. The
victim begins walking briskly round
and round i'm small circles till he drops
dead in his tracks. There is no pain
but much excitement.
Foreign residents in China are accus
toned to seeing their half dozen coolie:
taking "A meal together sitting around
a bucket of rice and from four to siN
: small savory dishes Of fish, pork, cab
. bage or onions. They fill their bowls
: from the bucket and help themselve.
to the various relishes with their chop
sticks.
4, The stand Of colors won by Colone
: Ephraim H. Ellsworths United States
!, Zouave cadets i'm competition i'm Chi
:, cago in 1859 and the next year on al
extensive tour in the United States
: and Canada has been ntrusted by tn,
surviving members Of the company {,
y tho Chica0 on Historical sociptV for nor