Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-21
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Electric railways are rapidly dis
placing the old fashioned diligences in
Switzerland.
One of the fire department horses in
Baltimore is extremely fond of linn
burger cheese and eats il with evident
relish.
Successful efforts have recently been
made In Westphalia To induce the coun-
try people TO retain their national cos
tunes.
Recent analysis has shown the wa
ter of spring on Ripon race course,
England, to be strongly impregnated
with EPSON salts.
One hundred and fifty landladies
have been summoned at Vienna for
taking in boarders without the permits
sion of the police.
A Japanese larch twenty four inches
high, 100 years old, was sold in Lon
don recently at the rate of shilling
for each year-about $40.
A white badger, which is almost as
great rarity as white blackbird,
was killed recently by the Axe Vale
(England) badger hounds.
Connecticut pays a bounty of 81
for each fox killed within its borders.
Last year the payments on this ac-
count amounted to $l.2I2.
The total number OF farms In Ala
bama is given ut 223,220. of which
120.137 are operated by white farmers
and 94,0S3 by colored farmers.
Sweden's last census records the low
est death rate yet attained by a civ
iliZed nation. During the last ten
years ii only averaged lG.49 per 1000.
According to Or. Flugge. air will 20
through the wallis of closed room at
a rate depending on difference of TEN
pcrature between the inside and the
outside.
Nelson's walking cane. which was
picked up OH tine deck of the Victory
after he was shot at Trafalgar. is now
i'm the possession of resident Of New.
port. Mont.
The Russian government has ap-
pointed commission to investigate
agricultural methods and the condition
of the peasantry in Russia. with a
view of improving both.
Searchers have found hoard OF So.
500 i'm tie dwelling of n supposed pau
per who has died at pontesbury.
shropshire. England. -Four hundred
dollars was discovered IN an Old glove.
The marvellous Improvement of
Egyptian Industries during recent
years and the country's present well
governed condition have made the
place splendid market for American
trade.
A coalhcld on the Black sea. 40
miles from Constantinople. is being
worked vigorously. but the poor quail
lty OF the coal mined will prevent its
coming into competition with the
American article.
1t has been discovered that cereals
may be expanded by dry heat in n
moist atmosphere to three times their
natural size. This makes them very
palatable their flavor Icing varied by
the degree OF heat used
Naples Wis raised i'm twenty years
from the position of one of the worlds
unhealthiest cities 10 one of the health
lest. the government having under
taken and encouraged great move
ments in sanitary reform.
In Texas and Louisiana there are
now more than 100 canals and pump
| iug stations. each capable of flooding
! 1000 acres of rice. These are owned
by irrigation companies. which supply
! the water rs needed TO the rice farm
| ars
Professor Wright, chief editor Of the
| great English Dialect Dictionary. pub
! lished at oxford now says that he
expects 10 complete his work by the
end Of 1905 The work began in 1895.
and two parts Il year have been pub
/ llshed.
The terminal wedge of VesuviuS has
fallen nearly fifteen meters on the side
f Pompeii and visitors are now led
up on the side Of Mount Somma. which
is not thou Int to be dangerous. 1t is
going to be inspected. however. to
make sure.
"A genius has undertaken to prove
that bicycle riding is hurtful To the
health of n community for the reason
that the bicycle tires have increased
the price OF rubber and fewer people
wear overshoes in damp weather in
consequence.
Cocoanut trees grow in large planta-
tons close TO the shore all over the
Philippine Islands. Within the last
twelve years the trade has increased
tremendously. The product Is period.
ically affected by heavy typhoons but
requires only II few years to pick up
again
A Journal In Nladivostok states that
the Russianizing OF the Chinese has
already begun. The Chinese dealers
and merchants in Port Arthur and 9th.
er towns make II great point of adding
to their family names Russian end
ing. besides aping the Russian dress
and manners.
Complaint is made in Paris that