Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
FACTS IN FEW LINES

HnhiP 'hRNh toOiN lIOIu the 1Hlltu
States.
Maps and globe covers are articles
of import into this country from Edin-
burgh.
Two hundred and fifty thousand mil
lions of locusts were killed in Cyprus in
two years.
The largest Enclosure for deer Is said
to be the Royal park In Copenhagen,
1900 acres.
Australians first measured wool clip
was 10000 tons i'm 1921. This has now
risen to 100000.
Germany has colonies and posses
sions whose area is equal to nearly fl We
times her own size.
Russian authorities begin to think
there are too many students I'm the en-
pire and may take steps to reduce the
number.
Timber experts tell us that California
alone has capacity of lumber In her
standing forests of over 100000 600, 900
cubic feet.
Up to Jan. / last the Massachusetts
highway commission had improved 31G
miles OF road at a cost of more than
$4,000
Nearly 1,200 boys and girls are licens-
ed by the city council of Liverpool to
sell newspapers, matches, shoe laces,
ETC., upon the streets.
Roughly speaking, Britain produces
for export n little less than twice as
much per head of her population as the
United States, France or Germany.
Chicago has mounted policeman,
Arthur j. Stiles. who claims to have
stopped 40 runaway horses, and In
this respect he holds the national rec
ord.
Recent census statistics i'm Italy
show that the proportion of population
not able to read or write has decreased
TO 80 per cent In 1881 it was 80 per
cent.
The sugar cane was introduced into
America soon after the discovery, and
its cultivation rapidly spread over all
those parts of the new world adapted
to its growth.
Candy makers calculate that the
price Of their products should be put at
double the cost Of the material, which
will allow them n fair return for rent,
labor and interest.
According to an apparently authentic
article in a French periodical, not less
than 10000 arstocrats are at present
confined in the prisons of Europe. Rus
sia stands first, with 1900 blue blood
ed lawbreakers.
An effort Is being made to establish
in one of the Scotch universities
chair for the study of the Scotch Ian
guage and literature. The old Scottish
tongue as written by James V is al
most unintellgible to the modern
Scotchman.
The public printer of Minnesota beat
all records by issuing the laws passed
by the recent legislature within two
days after adjournment They consist
of 4S1 general laws, II special laws and
constitutional amendments. They
comprise 40 columns of type set in
nonpareil and agate. When made up"
they make 20 pages of an ordinary dali
ly newspaper.
A correspondent writing to q London
paper points out that among the heredi-
tary duties which on the death of
George " were temporarily surrender
ed to the nation, but of which the king
may resume possession If he will. is the
duty on beer. When King William "
died. these duties were revived until
the passage of the civil list act six
months later.
Ocean steamships nowadays are as
regular as railroads I'm carrying the
mails. They have their habitual rates
of speed and are expected to make the
voyage of 5000 miles over a trackless
ocean through wind and storm in the
same number of hours and minutes,
winter and summer, never slowing
down or heaving to except on the very
rarest occasions.
At meeting of the Paris Academy
of Medicine DR.. Jarre announced the
discovery of remedy for the foot and
mouth disease, which is so fatal to
sheep. He says he has successfully
used the remedy in 1,500 cases in two
years. 1t consists of a concentrated
solution Of chronic acid chemically |
pure at SO per cent; this applied as a
caustic to the sore. The cure is rapid |
and certain.
1t is expected in the near future or
anges will be grown I'm Washington as |
palatable as those of Florida. The trees |
are now bearing, but the fruit will not |
be ripe until fall. so the real flavor can
not be determined. The experiment has |
been carried on by III. j. Weber, an ex-
pert in plant breeding, who obtained |
hybrid from IL Of the hardest oranges
known In the world, and the prospects
are promising.
solid silver cross was recently re-
ceived in Montreal from Michael Cit
Col. an Indian. who had found IL while
digging I'm the Lake Lemargarningue
district. Jesuit has recognized the
cross. which has two bars, as one of
the 80 silver crosses presented to the
Huron Indians in the early part of the
sixteenth century TO bride them to
fight for France against the Iroquois
Indians, who were then friendly to
England.