Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-09-20
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

lean coal.
1t has been computed that there arc
100000 railway locomotives in the
world at the present time.
More than 100O0O,00O Chinese, it is
said, are engaged, either directly or in
directly, In the tea industry.
1t Is not an uncommon sight to see n
Chinese soldier with u fan and an UNI
brella strapped across his back.
Endless leather belts, acting as NOV
ing staircases, convey the patrons of
| the large Partisan stores from one floor
to another.
A New York druggist said recently
that according to his experience men
use hair dyes to much greater extent
than women.
A native priest says of the Chinese
articles of religion: "The men believe
them. The women don't. There Is no
religion in China"
In the past year. according to author
! ity, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Prince
! ton, Pennsylvania and Cornell universe
ties expended $3O4. 243 on athletics.
A Cleveland Judge has decided that
"any woman is justified in scolding
her husband if he comes home drunk
and i'll treats her and the children"
The Chinese are inferior to Euro
peans in physical strength, but show a
marvellous amount Of endurance. They
will work 10 hours day without com
planning.
Frulterers have reaped a rich harvest
from travellers for Europe this year
The basket of fruit has almost com
pletely usurped the place Of the box
OF flowers as a farewell gift
There Is a well authenticated report
in the newspapers that the leading
merchants of Athens are urging the
Grecian government to impose heavy
duties upon Turkish products entering
Grecian ports
There are 1913 distinct species of roses
in existence. horticultural exhibition
with sample Of every one Of these
queens OF the floral domain in its
midst Of grandeur has not thus far en-
tranced the world.
4 good giraffe skin is worth from
so to $50 in South Africa today and
much more in Europe On a hunt
ing trip 10 or Il years ago it was
common matter for one hunter to kill
40 or 30 giraffes in one day.
Free lectures given under the aus
pieces Of the New York city depart
ment Of education show an increase in
attendance of 1868 during the last
winter and spring as compared with
the same period Of year before.
The famous bronze statue which has
stood since 1856 on the scene of the
Haymarket riots in Chicago has been
removed to Union park. The merchants
in the vicinity Of Haymarket square
complained that the statue interfered
with business.
Physicians in the state prison at CO.
lumbus, o.. have just taken a fifth
finger from the hand of VIII Byers.
a convict. Byers is serving a term for
robbing the mails and found that his
extra finger intcrfered with his work
in the glove shop of the prison.
There is an elm tree in front of
shop at Spencer, Mass. About ten
feet from the ground is bush loaded
with ripe currants. How it came there
is mystery. The bush is growing out
from the side of the elm tree and must
have started from a seed brought there
by a sparrow.
1t Is the law in Maine that the boun-
ty for bears shall be paid when the ami
mails nose is shown In New Hamp-
shire the ears must be exhibited. Some
enterprising sportsmen living near the
borders of the two states get double
bounty by collecting on the noses in
one state and on the ears in another.
The people Of the southern Appala-
chan mountains number about 1000
600, their descent being from the
Scotch-Irish. French Huguenots, Eng
lish and German. They have been in
these mountains since long before the
Revolution. They love their homes
and mingle but little with the outside
world.
City authorities OF st. Petersburg
have resolved TO raise a loan of Sill
$4,000 for the purpose of rebuilding,
repairing and improving the buildings,
streets. bridges, quays and pavements
of the city 10y the year 1903, when the
two hundredth anniversary Of the
founding of St Petersburg will be cele-
brated.
The time has passed when any old
clothes that traveller might possess
were accounted good enough for an
ocean voyage. Indeed, the dressing Of
passengers on some ocean liners has
recently become so elaborate that per-
sons looking for ease and informally
are alarmed at the rapidity with which
the former ideas on the subject are
changing.
Electricity has many advantages, but
If the theory advanced In n Bombay
journal be correct then we shall not be
! In such vast hurry as we have been
to light and travel and cook and wash
| by electricity. The installation Of cleo
trio light in certain places in India has
been noticeably succeeded by an in
crease i'm the number Of thunderstorms.
What is more, they have been more