Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-05

cipal root crop of Ireland IL they are
70 be compared with turnips by weight
or yield-last year, for example, only
about 1,542, 900 tons against 4,426OOO
tons of turnips.
The Canadian government Is Install
ing the Marconl wireless Geographic
system in the gulf of st. Lawrence,
and the steamer Tyrian has been dis
patched to establish the first station
at West Point, Anticosti.
A prayer book was recently lost by
an elegantly dressed lady I'm a Berlin
cor fectioner's and found, TO the dis
gust of the loser. The book had three
COMMUNICATIONS for prayers, one
for sweets and one for brandy.
The book abdul Hamid Intime,'
which has Just been published in Saved
ish translation. was prohibited by the
| Swedish government at the request OF
| the Turkish minister A jury of well
| known Swedish authors and Journal
lists has decided that the book is not
criminal.
There will soon be no newspapers
| left In Finland If the Russian govern
ment continues it's crusade. Two dai-
| lies. Pojalainen and Wiborgbladet,
have been suppressed, and the pub
licaton of four other papers has been
suspended for periods of from 10 days
| to four months.
In a recent lecture at Gresham col
| lege Dr. Symes Thompson in speaking
| of the effects OF climate remarked that
| il had become necessary 10 sublet Eng
| lish government work in Egypt be-
cause it was found that the natives
would only work when chastised. and
1t was rule that British officer must
not strike native.
An English organization known as
the Decimal association, with head
quarters at Botolph House. East
Cheapside, London. is promoting by
| means Of distributed literature the
adoption Of the metric as the legal sys-
TEN Of England. The matter which
they send out is interesting and may be
had for the asking.
Russian detectives have been told off
| to watch Russian students studying
in Germany for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether they have had any
thing TO do with fomenting the dis
| turbances ia Russia. German students
| I'm Berlin have been molested by the de-
tectives. who have followed them into
houses and cafes and questioned them.
Consul Mahin of Reichenberg says
that, according 10 a report from Brus-
sells, Belgian engineer by the name OF
Tobiansky has discovered method by
which smoke can be turned into light.
In operating his device the inventor
collects the smoke from any kind OF a
fire and forces it into receiver 1t is
then saturated with hydrocarburet and
brilliant light results.
The Salvation Army commander
some three years ago bought 900 acres
Of land in Colorado, to which has late
ly been added 1000 more, and the
task of colonizing great farms in the
west with the surplus poor OF the cities
is being prosecuted with great earnest
ness and with great success as well.
These farm colonies are now being
multiplied in all parts of the country.
The Paris fire department has adopt
ed automobile fire engines and hook
and ladder trucks, and they are notably
superior to the old apparatus. The en-
gines are run by storage batteries. The
electricity is used not only to propel
the engine. but to work the pumps also.
There is no delay getting up steam,
and one charge of the accumulators
will keep the pumps going five hours.
For a number Of years the largest
ships using the Suez canal have sailed
under the German flag Further. Ger
many has on the average larger ships
than England. for while the average
size of the German vessels is 4,43l reg
istered tons the average size OF British
vessels is only 4,016 tons. Twenty
years ago only 10 German vessels
passed the canal, and now the number
has reached 462.
A Paris schoolmaster has petitioned
the French chamber against kings still
being portrayed on French playing
cards. He suggests that kings should
he replaced by pictures Of Theirs, Mac
Mahon. Grevy and Carnot and queens
by equally prominent republican WON
en-. The parliamentary commission sit
ting on the petition has replied that the
change is impossible since II would
ruin quite a number of playing card
factories.
An imperial ukase DEGREES the build
ing of the Russian Northern railroad
which Is TO connect st. Petersburg
Tichwin, Tacherepovetz. valogda, Bui
Galitch and viatka- This line Is TO be
begun next year and will be built by
the government, as also a branch from
Bui. to connect at Danilow with the
Moscow Y aroslavl-A rchangel line.
part OF the latter is to be broad gauge
and bridge is to be built to cross the
: Volga at Yaroslavl.
False friends are like your shadow