Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
FACTS IN FEW LINES

4 Nv department. OF uSnefleS Is intro
ducing In Nova Scotia waters the rain.
bow trout from British Columbia.
Arrests for drunkenness In 100 cities
OF the United States are said to aggre-
gate $4,000 during the last fiscal year.
Vine culture and the production 81
wines has in recent years become an
Important industry in the republic of
Chile.
Later census returns from remote
districts viii Increase the population OF
the Dominion of Canada to about
100000.
throughout Africa the cows horn is
favorite instrument, being used I'm
connection with others on all festival
occasions.
Cockfighting is no longer a legalized
form of sport in Manila. the civil an.
thorities having issued an order pro.
hibiting it,
Manila is becoming popular OBJ
Jectiye point for tourists from Austra
Tia, distinction which it could not
gain under Spanish rule.
The city of Spokane. Wash. has Maid
III recent years thousands of dollars for
damage suits resulting in injuries re-
ceiyed on defective sidewalks.
Russia's Asiatic possessions are three
times as large as the British, but have
only 2o,000,000 people as compared
with 29I,OOO,0O0 under British rule.
Mortality among the colored people
OF Baltimore during 1900 was three
times greater than among the whites |
tuberculosis caused one-tenth of the
deaths.
1t has been found that acetylene
gives mt least four times the amount
OF lampback that oil gas does. is free
from tar compounds and is well adapt
ed for printing.
In ten Irish counties there are adj.
yertiscd 667 900 acres of shootings ana
the rental asked is f7.SS5. or triAe
over "a pence per acre. In most cases
too, there are mansions attached.
New Guinea is just now suffering
from a visitation Of whooping cough
This Is the first time that the malady
has occurred there. and as usual in
such cases it is spreading like wildfre.
Strong lights. with basins of petro-
leum below them. are now used In
France to destroy night flying insects
that injure vineyards. AS many rs
i,S6S insects have been caught i'm n
basin in one night.
Most people think that France is the
sloyemaking country par excellence.
Germany, however. has the largest
number of concerns engaged in the
making of leather gloves Of any coun.
ny in Europe, the number being over
100.
German physicians are applying a
lew remedy, lecithine. to the cure Of
diseases which require treatment of
he nerves and nutrition. Lecithine
nd its compounds are said to have a
endency to increase weight and
rowth.
With 1927 1872 inhabitants San Fran
isco has 2l,324 telephones. In other
words, she has telephone for every
q inhabitants. Boston comes next
he has 100000 inhabitants and %. 1874
telephones. or a telephone for every "a
In Germany there are 100000 plants
Dr. the production of acetylene gas, and
lirty-two cities light their streets with
lis gas. The production of calcium
nrbide Is growing continually. the
mount manufactured last year being -
1000 metric tons.
Columbia. 5. c., has been following
he example of several California cities
Y sprinkling certain of its streets with
l. 1t has been found by actual prac-
&c that 1t costs about $50 per block
I'd that IL not only settles the dust.
1t makes a better road.
Between 10000 and $4,000 women
ISIS annually through the prisons of
ngland and Wales Taking the figures
I last year, Ii appears that ~ per
mt had been previously convicted. AZ
II cent FIVE times and more and Is
+ cent. about 1000 women, twenty -
mes or more.
Owing to the depredations of the ma
re sportsmen the hare bids fair to be. A
me extinct in France. The passen.
7 boats from Folkestone take over -
lily supplies to Boulogne to make
o. the shortage Of native animals. \
is Is the first season that hares have y
en- imported from England.
Is curious to note that sixteen our
the twenty-one English coronations
It occurred between William Rufus N
d Elizabeth, both inclusive, were
ii on Sunday. For each of the ex.
)tions there was a special reason.
ter the days Of Elizabeth not a sin
coronation took place on Sunday. r
II 21.329,Sl9 males Of voting age In
United States 2.326295 are litter
. In other words. one possible voter
of nine Is unable to read or write
to write If able to read. Nearly -
'-half of all the illiterates In the
ntry are negroes, and about As per
t of all negroes of voting age are -
crate. .
yer 5000 women are employed in q
various government offices I'm
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