Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-23
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Nearly all the royal personages of
Europe are cousins
Ii is estimated that 100000 people in
London live by crime
London requires 100000 cows to sup
ply IL with dairy produce.
In Poland it is a penal eoffense to
speak Polish in any public resort
International money order business
is now transacted with forty-two coun-
tries
A certain sect in Russia considers
hair sinful and badness a sign OF
sanctity.
Over 1000 sheep were brought re.
Gently from Montana to Lansing.
Mich. to be fed there on sugar beet
refuse.
There are only four states in the
country which have more than mil
lion voters each-New York. Pennsyl-
vania. Ohio and Illinois.
A German proverb says that every
great war leaves country three ar
mies--one Of invaders. one of mourn.
ers. one of idle persons ready TO com
NIT crime.
Hereafter no physician who is IN
able to speak the English language
will he given certificate allowing h IN
to practice his profession i'm the Ha.
waiian territory.
The woman's building nj the Charles
ton exposition is a beautiful colonial
mansion built geo years ago and sur
rounded by gardens filed with old
fashioned flowers
by order Of the ear the sum Of 10
francs has been given 10 each of the
tiremen of Reims who mounted guard
before the Hotel dc Vile during the
visit of the Russian sovereigus.
When the French budget of war is
discussed. NJ. Gentil will ask for the
vote of credit Of 100000 francs 10
establish and maintain the wearing Of
chamois leather gloves by mounted
troops.
The carriage IN which President Nc
kinley rode when he was in CHICAGO
attending the peace jubilee celebration
in 1888 and which played conSpicu.
GUS part in the Mckinley memorial
services has been destroyed by fire.
In the thirty odd thousand dead let
tiers Forwarded To Washington from
New York were 2h,000 arguments e.
voters sent out by the campaign man
ayers OF the late election. but improp
erly addressed or sent TO men who had
died
Antwerp will hold geogra9 hical
expos, on this year to celebrate tha
twenty-hfth anniversary OF the { und
Ing Of the Eelgian Royal Geographical
societT There win lie exhibits HAS
tratn2 the science Of geography from
its beginning.
The Ioadon Gazette announces that
the pTinclpaiity of Wales will be repre-.
senttd Ia tie arms of the Prince Of
Wales. This change is i'm response TO
the welsh request that the principality
figure IN the royal standard or in the
arms { the heir apparent
The valuable collection Of portraits
OF the Lee taI!ly. including the p r.
traits OF the Washington. Gusts and
Lee families. has been lent TO Wash
inpton and Lee university by General
G W Custis Lee and they will be
hung in the university art gallery.
The Nero Worlds Fair company.
originated in Alabama for the purpose
of giving some great exposition. is now
on the lookout for a city that wants
the fair The president, H. y. New.
some. is pastor OF the African Metho-
dist Episcopal church M Opelika. Ala.
The smallest exhibit AZ the Buffalo
exposition WAS the liz wasp from cali.
fornia II can l'e seen only with the
microscope The insect is an imnor
tant aid in producing the fruit. and the
United States government spent SIG.
coo in establishing II in the Pacific liz
region
y rro"oscd STRIFE for the right t.
keep dos is TO be considered mt the
newt meeting Of the Northumberland
tEnAmndi Miners association At soy
cral colI.ories the county workmen are
being forced by the owners 10 10 away
with their Il gs or themselves remove
from the col.Pry
According To q decree of the Prus.
sian minister of education. lust pub-
iishcd children IN Germany will have
be- most careful in addressing le,ters
to the kaiser in the future Any re-
quests for stamps. dolls and similar ar.
ticles are To be severely punished by
the school authorities
OF II toyal number OF 10000 dwelling
houses in the boroughs OF Manhattan
and the Bronx. New York. only l5.000
are occupied by single family each
The total population OF the two hor
Oughs last June was 2050.0OO. and the
tenement population at the same time
was more than l.5J0.000
For the first time in the history of
naval construction IN Italy an entire
utllt Of machinery for warship has
teen constructed of material pr ,duced
ind manufactured exclusively in that
rountry The new engines OF 1IOo0
horsepower for the Turkish battleship
Messudieh are entirely Italian i'm ma.
terial and workmanship.