The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-13
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FROM "FoRDs" DEARBORN INDEPENDENT

still on the statute book, never hav
ing been repealed.
England proposes to establish reser
vations for the wandering gypsy
tribes of that country. 1t is estimat
ed there are more than 10000 gypsies
in England.
The graduating class of the Oak
land California, high school recently
voted q to in favor of japanese
girl honor student, as class valedic
torian.
For failure to supply hot water to
tenant, New York landlord was re
Gently sentenced by the Court Of
Special Sessions to pay $3.50 fine
and spend 80 days in the workhouse
Through the transparent ice OF
Moose Lake Monitoba, searchers
saw the frozen body of Walter Goyne
famous American dog derby racer
sitting bolt upright on sled in eight
feet of water. He was partly cover
ed by an eiderdown robe. Stretched
out in front, in perfect alignment
were the nine racing dogs he had beer
driving
When Kinnaird Castle recently
burned in Scotland, many" books ant
paintings were destroyed. The Ii
brary loss included 1887 folio and ex
tremely fine copies of the 1882 ant
1856 Shakespeare folios. Scores o.
valuable paintings and a cabinet o.
500 antique gems were destroyed. The
gems were chiefly intaglios of Baby
lonian, Acadian, Assyrian, Persian ant
Hittite origin.
The French companies, which owl
the New Hebrides, have offered the
islands to the Government of Aus
tralia for 100000 pounds sterling, &C
cording to good authority. A time
limit has been placed on the option
as private interests in the Unitet
States have been endeavOring to pun
chase the islands Unless the Frencl
Government surrenders official con
troll of the, islands it is doubtful tn
deal will go through.
The several hundred birds, attend
ing the Michigan City, Indiana, higl
school without a single exception, hav
signed pledge which taboos, unit
high school and college days a.e end
ed, all forms of masculine familiar ity
The girls are perfecting an organiza
| ton which will be permanent auxil
larry of school activities The move
ment was started by a lecturer. VIII,
plans to perfect similar organization
in all high schools in Indiana.
Bullets from high-power rifles ant
explosive mines have failed to ex
terminate the hair seal from tn,
Fraser River of British Columbia
The hair seal is the enemy of the
fishermen, because it. eats tons O.
salmon and has a voracious appetite
They frequently consume 10 large sal
mon at a meal, raiding the fisher
mems nets and eating all but the
heads. Their skins are of no value
and the department of fisheries has
granted the fishermen permission t.
use CROSSINGS in an endeavor to ex
terminate them.
The modern violin is superior t.
the ancient, according to the decision
of a critical audience of music stu
dents and musicians OF Paris. ST,
old violins and six of modern max,
were selected for the test. Among TIL,
old violins were instruments b.
Stradivarius, Guadagnini and Amati
All II were numbered and lots wer,
cast for the order in which they shoult
be played. Before an audience o
critics, in a darkened conservatory
the players performed on each violil
in succession. Like the audience, h
was in the dark and could not know
what violin he had in his hands. Eacl
member of the audience held a votin;