The Ocala banner., 1922-09-08

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ed house in shesham Place and will
renpy the residence in the Princes
Gale, donated to the American COY.
eminent by J. P Morgan.
twenty-five percent of the coal
'niNes. employing Sd percent Of the
workers on full time, can produce al!
the coal We can use in the United
states according to the commissioner
Of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Wall paper was not used in the
United States until after 1925 and
afa vas ordered specially from
Europe l. was not carried in stock
until l745 but by 1850 it had come
in'o general use.
While other cities are putting on
ani.rat drives. New Orleans is rails
ias $4,000 10 be used in externinat-
ag The Argentine ant which is the
seatest pest in that section Of the
country
orphan cats, dogs and horses. and
those deserted because OF old age.
VIII live in peace and plenty on a
loO-acre national farm for homeless
and aged animals that is to be es.
tablished near Washington. according
TO the Humane Education Association.
Spurious gems are being fabricated
IN England TO such an extent that the
position of many genuine diamond
mines and miners has become a prob
lem Various stones have been treat.
et 10 produce sufficient brilliancy to
be passed OF as diamonds.
When lightning struck the city hall
clock in Philadelphia recently two
employees divided the time into shifts
AMI started turning the clock by hand.
/ The hour hands weigh IT'S pounds and
the minute hands 225 pounds. The
clock has four faces
The cost OF warming the famous
200, established by the kaiser in Ber-
in. is too expensive and unless pri.
Ta,e funds are forthcoming it will
close oa October I. This zoo IS re-
gardei as the best in the world. Ii
once contained 1850 species of ami.
mails.
California officers killed an auto
mobile driver recently by firing at the
tires of his machine because they
thought he was fugitive from JUS
Sice. The tourist thought the officers
were holl-up men on lonely road
aai as d result did nos sop at The
command 10 halt.
One Of the most famous trees in
the United States, Richard Oak, near
Rising Sun, Maryland, recently had q
tablet placed upon it giving the part
it has played in American history. 1t
is estimated that the tree is 500 years
old. 1t is 20 feet high and spreads its
\ branches over a circle los feet in
diameter
The use of electricity is increasing
everywhere, according to the United
States Geological Survey report FOR
May Forty-two and eight-tenths per-
cent of all power generated was by
water as compared with 35.2 percent
in January, 1922 The consump lion
increase for the month was 21 per-
Gene.
The southern pine forests since 1900
have supplied more than SO per cent
OF the soft wood used in America, also
nearly all the turpentine and rosin.
Only one-fifth of the original yellow
1
is begun at once on the proper scale
the South can supply America for all
time.
The Reformed Jewish Church has
made a ruling allowing women to be-
come rabbis. Orthodox Jews have not
made this ruling and in congregations
OF Russian and Austrian lineage, wo-
men are not allowed during worship
to occupy the same seats with the
men or listen to the same service ex-
cept through screens
The sculptured head OF the Egyptian
king, Amenemmes Ill, who lived about
5000 B. c.. was sold at Sotheby's in
London. for not less than 10000
pounds. The sculptor fs unknown
but the work is beautiful. little bust
barely more than SIX inches, carved
out OF one OF the hardest OF stones,