Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-07
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

The farms In the neghborhood OF
Pretoria have been proved rich In coal,
copper. gold and diamonds.
In 1900 only per cent of the people
of the United States lived In cities.
Today 80 per cent live in cities.
The Argentine Republic has offered
large tract of fertile land to Japan if it
will send her 10000 immigrants.
During the last 100 years the hours
Of labor in England have been reduced
from 10 to 10 and in many cases TO s.
Launceston. in Tasmania. has its
electric lighting system derived from a
river that forms one of the city bound
aries
The United States has growing
trade with Denmark. Imports from
the United States TO that country have
trebied since 1896
Within the past century the popula-
ton of the world has doubled. The
population of the United States has
been multiplied by II.
4 hundred years ago the largest for
tune in the United States was $780,
600 Now there are several fortunes of
more than S200,0OO.0OO.
A hundred years ago one-sixth Of
the people of the United States were
slaves. Today there is not. slave
ON the American continent
When the great camera pictured
1000 men AT work at Chicago in the
Swift packing house. 20 pounds Of
powder were used in the 6ashlight.
Much Indignation is expressed in
Munich papers because the state did
not interfere with the sale to a lumber
man Of the largest linden trees in Ba-
tayia.
a Swedish turnip weighing 90
pounds and yellow weighing %
pounds. both grown by a Forfarshire
farmer, have been on exhibition in
Dundee.
There are now SO cities in Germany
with over 100000 inhabitants each.
Five Mannheim, Essen, Posen, Kiel
and Kassel- have been added to the
list since 1898.
Nettie Rosel Of New York, a girl Of
Is years. who was cured Of paralysis
by electricity two months ago. has
grown four inches since that time. Her
lower limbs had been paralyzed for
eight years.
In 1900 a man could travel only by
coach or on horseback. Today there
are more than 100000 miles of railroad
track i'm the United States alone. being
more than six times the mileage of
any other country.
In Germany when the vote of the
jury stands six against six the prison
er is acquitted, "A vote of seven against
FIVE leaves the decision To the court,
and on a vote of eight against four the
prisoner is convicted.
The deepening OF the st. Lawrence
canal system has had other results
than to allow the passage of ocean GO
ing freightage. Following in the wake
Of the vessels sea behring's have made
their appearance in Lake Ontario.
Glasgow is the second city now in
the United Kingdom. In the matter of
city municipal government it is in the
lead. 1t is expected that the census of
1901 will show Greater Glasgow
with n population above a million.
North Carolina in colonial days was
called the "Old North Colony" and the
name, with state instead of colony, has
been retained to the present time. Ii
has also been called "Turpentine
State from the importance Of this ar
ticle in the list of its exports.
There is much talk about the chival-
ry of the knights Of old and all that
sort OF thing. but i'm many instances
these men in armor were in some re-
spects as bad as the Chinese Boxers.
They often took a voluntary oath never
to spare the life of an enemy.
An odd ceremony took place in
France not long ago in the baptism of
two new bells for the Church of Preig-
nae in the department Of the Gironde.
Two pretty children. Miles Mirveille
de Girodor and Odette de Braquillange,
were godmothcrs TO the bells and were
dressed respectively in pale blue and
pale pink.
The number of marine disasters dur
Ing the year is smaller probably than
ever before. An official of the New
York Maritime Exchange thinks this
Is due TO the fact that sailing vessels
are disappearing, steam craft being
better able 10 take care of themselves
when In peril.
Steps have been taken by the Greek
government with view TO the period
ical meeting of an international archie
illogical congress in Athens. The con-
gress. ii is suggested, should at first as
semble every other year and later on
annually. 1t is hoped that all the for
eign governments will lend their CO.
operation to the project
The recent census taken throughout
Switzerland has shown a remarkable
Increase In the number of inhabitants.
Perhaps the most extraordinary growth
IS in the canton OF Zurich. whose popu-
lation i'm 1883 numbered 337 1873, but
now il is 42S.030, an increase of 90.Si1
Inhabitants i'm - years. This Is con-
sidered worlds record. Geneva has
increased by 21.412 persons during the
same period.