The Ocala banner., 1922-06-23


The Rockefeller Institute is studv-
ine the causes Of yellow fever in Mex
ieo and special commission has been
appointed 20 gather data on the work
done BY other medical societies and
institutes al work in the fever dis
tricts
Ninety per cent of 753 farmers. who
replied 70 a QUESTIONABLE in the east
ern states. consider time saved 10 he
the greatest advantage received from
the use Of motor trucks. Nearly one
fourth 81 these farmers are now sell.
ing az better markets than before they
had motor trucks.
OF the 22.o00 criminals examined bv
the superintendent Of New York
states reformafories. only four were
college graduates. Seven per cent in
eroup Of l.ooo prisoners mad high
school education. % per cent had
hnlshed grammar school. and 50 per
cent had attended only primary grades
Reports from Geneva state that az
men and one woman were killed dur
ing the winter sports season. This
does not include 25 persons. the mem
ners Of Hungarian wedding party.
Who were killed trying TO cross the
River Tisza when the ice gave way
drowning all.
A new marvel has been added 70
London life in the form Of collection
Of electric display advertising that has
been erected on buildings fronting
Piecadilly Circus in the heart OF the
theater district The display makes
the New Yorker think OF Times Square
20 years ago bat II is a novelty TO the
Englishmen.
Premier Lloyd George during his
last visit to Criccieth. Wales, gave a
tea party 10 10 ancients who were his
fathers pupils at Troedyrallt school
more than 60 years ago The senior
"old boy" was 81 years old and still
works as a carpenter Another guest.
now blind. used to carry love mes
sages between the premiers father
and mother.
An unhrOken flint arrowhead was
found imbedded three-quarters of an
inch in the dorsal vertebra of an In
dian skeleton found near Dublin,
Ohio. recently. This is proof that IN
dian arrows were fatal and caused
more than flesh wounds Another ex-
ample found in this region showed
that an arrowhead had penetrated
an Indians brain one-half inch.
II
\ Pistol Inn. of Chicago, formerly the
widest dance hail and saloon in TIE
Middle West. was closed by Judge
lands year ago and is now known
as the Union League Club, a boys
club composed of street gamins CT Il
different nationalities. Shakespearean
plays are put on by the new drama
league connected with the club. with
all the parts taken by boys
Il A new aerial mail service has been
established between London and Co
penhagen, making it possible for mail
posted in London in the evening to
be delivered in Copenhagen on the
afternoon of the following day. The
line is operated by Danish company,
whose service also connects Copen-
hagen with Amsterdam and Rotter-
dam.
Lignum-vitae is the hardest wood
known. II is the only wood that can
be used for the bearings at the stern
end of the propeller shafts of steam
ers and nearly every large steamship
is dependent upon block of lignum-
vitae for smooth-running screw. The
fibers of this wood weave back and
forth. crossing and recrossing each
other in a manner that resembles the
weave of an automobile tire.
School children at a little village
near Bucharest made up a purse to
laid the children of families made
destitute through the destruction of
the Knickerbocker Theater in Wash
ington, D. c. The children believed
the disaster was one affecting the en-
tire American people and as Rumanian
children have received aid from Amer
lea they chose this method of showing
their appreciation.