Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-10
FACTS IN FEW LINES

RACED and boulevard constructed al
cost of $10,000.000.
In England builders strike more Of
ten than any other workmen. Next
come Golfers and then cotton and wool
spinners.
During the first half OF this year POI
textile mills were built. of which 143
were cotton, 80 knit goods and % mis-
cellaneous.
Exports OF horses and mules In Mis-
souri, last year brought return Of So
O00, 900, and great deal Of the money
came from foreign countries.
The st. Louis Globe-Democrat sug-
gests that the worlds fair there in
1903 can make a hit by giving a prac-
teal illustration of the best systems OF
public bathing facilities.
The Dominion government lobster
hatchery at Caribou, N. s., this season
has put out 100000,000 Holsters along
the coast of Nova Scotia, New Bruins
wick and Prince Edward Island.
Experts have come to the conclu-
sion that what kills so many trees In
London is not the SCOT flakes or the
want of air or the drought, but the
sewer gas, which attacks the roots, so
that the tree soon withers and dies.
The terms "dowager" and "chaperon"
seem likely in the near future to fall
into desuetude Nowadays women not
only refuse TO grow old, but they dis
Al I'll. ciar Of IN
too mature acquaintance with Ammo
Domini
There Is standard joke about
thieves carrying off redhot stoves, but
this Is equaled by the recent theft OF
two modern six inch Spanish guns at
Santiago, Cuba. They were carried
into a forest and broken up. but the
thieves were captured and are now In
Jail.
Parts OF Australia are becoming live
" rivals TO Canada and the United
States In the European apple trade.
Tasmania especially has been found a
first class apple raising country. There
are 1913 acres In apple orchards there,
and the product in 1899 was 363,015
bushels.
After thorough study OF the drink
question in Russia Stanislas Prosper,
n st. Petersburg editor. has published
n book I'm which he seeks TO prove that
the government monopoly and the clos
ing of saloons on Sunday have led to
a great dlminution OF the evil of in
temperance.
In Illinois the foreign white persons
and the native white persons OF for
eign parentage represent a little over
one-half the entire population. 40 per
cent In Idaho. Is TO 20 per cent I'm Della
ware and the District Of Columbia.
over per cent In Florida and less
than per cent in Georgia.
Singapore Cinnamon are indignant
with the English on account of the
Duke of York's visit Some officials
thought fit to decorate the hats OF the
'jinrklsha men with gold buttons, the
Chinese mark of mandarin rank, and
the Chinese In the colony refuse to ac-
cept apologies for the insult.
Subscriptions are dlscouraginglys slow
to the proposed memorial to Sir Ar
thur Sullivan In London. Hardly any
thing has been contributed In this
country, and personal friends of the
late composer will probably supple
ment the money on hand sufficiently
for the erection of a statue on the
Thames embankment.
During the recent Ashanti cam
paign the megaphone was tried by the
British officers for giving orders. since
the columns traverslng through the AZ
rican bush were so long that IL was
impossible TO convey orders In the
usual way. The experiment was un-
successful, however. because the thick
jungle and the winding paths prevent
ed the sound from travelling.
Though II does not cause so much
excitement In the world. the apple
crop of the United States exceeds In
value even It's wheat crop. Last year,
for instance, the apple crop was 215,-
100000 barrels, or 53S.O00,000 bushels.
At base of So per barrel, which is
considered conservative estimate, the
crop netted $430O00,000, or nearly
$107000,000 more than the value Of
the wheat.
The trees now growing on the farm
(near Franklin, N. H. where Daniel
Webster was born are to be cut up into
friction matches, a manufacturing COM
pany having paid $500 for the stand
ing timber upon it. The Legislature Of
New Hampshire refused at Its late ses-
sion TO pay $4,000 for the entire farm,
though many patriotic citizens of the
state petitioned to have II preserved as
perpetual memorial Of New Hamp-
shire's greatest son.
About twenty-five years ago govern
ment engineers decided to pave Penn
sylvanla avenue In Washington with
asphalt That was the beginning OF
the general use OF the scientific mys-
terry of street pavements, Today over
pa 100000 square feet OF street pave
ments In the United States and Canada
are covered with asphalt. This asphalt
paving would make a boulevard twen-
ty-six feet wide, over 1,750 miles long
and would reach from New York to
New Orleans and then have several
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