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tieth milestone, and 31 men, within the limits of old age, were received. There were 500 of the total under twenty, misguided, Ignorant, reckless, and their crimes were nearly always more seri ous than those of men between forty and fifty, in this latter group are found the habitual drunkards, so tlmt »---- ----------------------- —----- they pud the total of their generation to 554. 34 Per Cent Increase in Arrests weuiatna, 74 fewer ease« of larceny, "Twenty to thirty 1s the age of and 30 fewer coxes of grand larceny yielding to temptation," the report at Washington Due to “Non than lu»t year. concludes, adding: "It is tiwre the "There were M persons sentenced ounce of prevention is needed." Beverages.” for Joy-riding, a decrease of 34. There were 4b committed for murder, a gain of 10 oW-r luxt year. There are four MEET AROUND ‘ROCK OF AGES’ I men awaiting execution. Pilgrim« In England Honor Composer Young Men Offenders. St Spot That Inspired "It has been the accepted belief that Flavoring Extract«, Tonica, P«rfum««, Groat Hymn. the boy brought safely through ids Madlcln* Containing Alcohol and teens into the full promise and estate Even Wood Alcohol U««d a* Burrlngton, Commbe, Somerset, Eng of young manhood has safely passed land.—The rock visualised by Augus Bavarag«. the fields In which wild oats are tus Toplady, when he was inspired Washington.—The use ot hair tonic, grown, und Is firmly embarked upon to compose the hymn, "Boek of Ages," flavoring extract«, perfumes, medicines I the broad highway of rectitude and stands Just outside tills village and a containing alcohol, ami even poisonous I right living. great demonstration to ¡»erpetunte his "Because the courts took such a de- memory was held there on the August wood alcohol, for beverage purposes, had a good deal to do with the fact the view Is undoubtedly well founded. bank holiday. Toplady is said to have that the number of Jail sentences dealt And yet 1,334 of this year's Jail pop taken refuge on the rock from a severe out at the nation'« capital for Intoxl* ulation were between the ages of storm which was sweeping over the cation during the flscul year ended twenty and thirty; more than one- gorge on the edge of which the rock June 30 1Û21, showed nn increase of third of all, at the exact time when stands, ami, while wafting for it to 31 per cent over the previous year. ac life should hold for them every in puss over he was led to compose the cording to the annual report of W. I* ducement to be loyul to the precepts I hymn. The great pilgrimage to the rock l'eal», superintendent of the Dixtrlct of righteousness. "it ims been so before—other reimrts was organised under the auspices of Juli, Ju»t made public. Superintendent Peak described the disclose It—not the wild, carefree age the Church of England, but a Salva increase us "an erruflc fluctuation In of youth, but tiie age that leaves a tion Army bund also took part. The the proceaa of extinction," which local wife and child to hang their heads in 10,(MW people present, some of whom observers declared not such a bad way shame, in the squalor of privation, lie- were perched on Jutting rocks on the of putting It, after ail. At ahy rate, cause of the misdeeds of a grown side of the gorge, took part In the singing of the hymn. It was also de there were 1,007 sentenced to Jail for man. “Then on to other years the arrow cided that a memorial to Toplady drinking more than they could handle, ns compared with Ml who didn’t get points until it passes beyond the slx- should be placed on the rock. home safely the year before. Intoxication Increasing. "From their low point following the new law tiie figures are ascending and intoxication for tiie moment Is in creasing," reads tiie superintendent's report. "The beverages nre new, and most of them nre legitimate articles of com merce, but they are being used for pur poses never designed by tiie manufac turer. Hair tonic, flavoring extracts, Scientific Experiments at Dry nesting place, as the name tortugas, Spanish for tortoise, would Indicate. perfumes, medicines and tiie poisonous Tiie eggs are laid some distance Tortugas Elicit Many Facts wood alcohol uro all being consumed from the shore, nnd ns soon as the by the old-time Victims of a habit About Reptiles. young are able to swim they make In which required an act of congress to a straight line for the open sea. It cure. was at this age of the young turtles “The increase is due to the fact that that the experiments were conducted. younger men have l»een aide to evade Tiie scientists had with them sheets of tiie law und have found means of truf- colored paper, red, yellow and blue. ticking In saleable Imitations of old Tropical Fauna 1« Affected by AdJa- When a sheet of red or yellow paper beverages having nn ulcohollc con cent Flora—Brilliant-Hued Flamin was place«! between the baby and his tent nearly double that of the older go Fade« Out When Removed view of the water he would immedi product. From Regular Habitat. ately turn nnd go In another direction. '•The enforcement of the law Is ful But when the blue sheet w-as used, no ly In keeping with the public's view Washington.—Representatives of the mntter where place«!, the infant would point. mid the increased violations are department of marine biology In the make for It without hesitation. There probably only un erratic fluctuation In Carnegie Institute nt Washington have wasn't any question about “blue for a the process of extinction. been engaged for some time In re boy, pink for a girl." All experiments “Because It Is so nearly universal, search work In the Dry Tortuga«, lit showed that, whether or not we hnve termined stnnd In tiie matter of frown tle Islands near Key West, and have picked blue as a dismal color, as far ing upon certain forms of recklessness discovered many Interesting facts con ns the turtle is concerned, It is the mid deflmice of law, good results nre cerning the giant sea turtles which fre bluebird for happiness. already Indicated. There were 57 quent the Atlantic coast. Gets Color From Food. fewer caws of carrying deadly One discovery has been made by a The tests were made with the At method which could be well de lantic green turtle. It Is also believed scribed as “mocking the turtle," for tt<nt he gets the color for which he Is by this method It has been pretty- named from feeding on the seaweeds, well established that the baby sea which are more briUiant In color. lie- $443.313,000 in Gold turtle is guided by a sense of color along slmllnr lines has devel Brought in This Year i alone in seeking the water as soon search oped the theory that the beautiful as It is old enough to leave the sandy scarlet flamingo gets his coloring New York.—Cold to the value nesting place tlmt its parents have from cerions and the brilliantly hued of 9443,818,000 has been brought ' chosen. Heretofore it has been mollusc?« which abound along the to the United States from for thought that the young were guided coasts of the southern Islands and eign countries since the begin i by instinct, sight or even ¡>erhups by shoals. It Is strongly substantiated ning of tiie present year, while by the fact that the European fla a sense of smell. exports of the metal for the mingo is almost white and that our In Breeding Time. same period have amounted to own species fades rapidly when put in The marine turtles, green hawks- but >10,720,000. according to fig zoological collections where he can ures made public by the federal blll, loggerhead, and the less known no longer get these foods. In the reserve board. Of thin amount leatherback, seek the land in their same process, the wonderfully colored $3“5.33<I.IMIO wns In foreign bul breeding period. The New York tropical fish lose their vividness when lion, 907,417,000 in foreign coins, aquarium kept a platform where placed in captivity. 925,845.000 In gold ore und base the specimens would spend shore bullion and 924,203,000 In United leave for n long time before they States gold coin. found out that they were not used. BLIND 11 YEARS, SEES AT EO Importations of sliver also But when the time for the egg-laying showed substantial increase. arrives, the great sen reptiles leave Former Kentucky Policeman Enjoyed Ball Games While Sitting During the first eight months of the water, making for the uninhabited In Darkness. this year silver valued at 91.270,- Islands nnd coasts where they de 000 hus arrived here from Ger posit the eggs to be incubated nnd Maysville, Ky.—William B. Dawson, many. hatched in the sun kissed sands. The Dry Tortugns are a favorite eighty years old, who after eleven years of blindness has regained his sight sufficiently to distinguish certain objects, has gone to Cincinnati, where he will undergo an oj>erntion which. It Is promised, will enable him to see well. Mr. Dawson retire«! from the Mays ville police force when he was stricken after several years of service. During his years of darkness his chief diversion was attending base ball games. Though sitting in utter darkness, he could tell when a batter hit the ball, In which direction it went and whether it was a safe hit. The first Indication that he would see again came when he learned he could distinguish light from dark ness. Later he wits able to se«j the windows In his room. Hair Tonic Jags Fill This Jail France Welcomes Visiting Members of the Legion 1,097 SENTENCED IN TEAR Sense of Color Guides Turtles TOOK BLUE PAPER FOR SEA Jobless Veterans to Fight in Morocco Stray Deer In Town Harbor. Seattle, Wash.—A stray deer, quit ting his woody retreat on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, here swam almost Into the heart of th«' city of Seattle recently. The crew of a lake steamer sighted the fugitive nnd gave chase. When the deer had nearly reached the city dock, a lasso thrown from the boat caught him. He was turned over to the municipal zoo here. A group of men receiving $10 bills—one to each—aboard S. S. Italia, Just before it sailed from New York. These men are part of n large number who hnve enlisted nt the Spanish consulnte In New York In the foreign legion of the Spanish army for the duration of the war ngalnst the Insurgents In Morocco. Among them nre scores of American veterans who were out of work. Polson, Mistaken for Wine, Kills Four. Chicago. — Six men working in a railroad freight house discovered a paper carton lahele«! "Wine—3-1 per cent." It was part of a shipment of colchlcum, a deadly poison. The men drank three of the twelve bottles in the carton. Four of them die«! In ngony, and the other two are fighting for their lives. The members of the American Legion on their arrival in France aboard the S. 8. George Washington, were ac cord«! the greatest reception ever tendered a foreign visiting body. Naval, military and civil authorities turned out to pay respect« to the men who fought on tiie battle fields of France. The Legion is in France to dedicate a memorial to the American soldiers who fell on the French battlefields. The visitors are here seen marching through Cherbourg. Animal Pests Worry Farmers Sometimes Hard to Tell Which Are Useful and Which Are Nuisances. MILLIONS FROM THEIR FURS How Those Which Must Be Exter- minated May Be Trapped, Is Told In Bulletin of Biological Sur vey—Rats and Mice Worst. T Lightning Flash Picks Setting Hen’s Bones Winchester, Va.—A marvelous freak of lightning was reported by Mrs. Coleman Lyne of Jeffer son county, West Virginia, who - ----------- «----------------------------------- declared that after lightning had other trees. These animals are all struck a small pear tree near easy to* trap, the main difficulty be her chicken yard she went out ing that they frequently occur In great to look after a hen whose eggs numbers. were soon to hatch. She found Habits of Mice. the lightning had run down the “House mice have a habit of follow fence a short distance to the ing the walls of a room as they run nest, and there was the skele about, and a trap placed behind a ton of the hen In the exact posi table leg or small object where mice tion in which she had set upon naturally run need not be baite«! the nest. House rats are sometimes wary and The bones were as clean as difficult to catch In traps set in the if they had been scrape«!, and ordinary way. A small steel trap set the meat and feathers lay near In a pan of bran or .oats and care by not even acorche«! None of fully covered will usually catch the the eggs had been cracked, but shyest of rats. It is well to scatter on close inspection a small hole small pieces of meat or bread over was found in the end of each, the bran. Wild rats and mice may and the inside of the shell be trapped readily at the entrance to burned out as clean as a new their burrows or in their runways, pin. the traps and the manner of setting them being the same as employed in catching house rats and mice. Prairie dogs, ground squirrels and throws up on the surface of the woodchucks are usually caught in ground the dirt it excavates. The steel traps set at the entrance to their trapper, opening a fresh mound, sets burrows. Sometimes it is not nec a gopher trap well within it and covers essary to cover the traps, but as a the opening behind the trap with a rule It is advisable to press them well piece of sod, or whatever may be at Into the earth and cover them lightly hand. with grass or leaves or whatever may “Besides the rodents, which consti be at hand. tute the majority of farm and garden “Porcupines may be caught by pests, there are certain other crea means of an apple or carrot or a bit tures which are sometimes obnoxious; of green corn placed in a crevice be among these are stray cats, which too hind a No. 2 or No. 3 uncovered steel often destroy useful birds. In many trap, as these animals are quite un localities one of the worst farm pests wary. They may also be caught In Is the crow, which is often destruc traps set at the entrances of their tive to grian, eggs and young chick dens, which are often located in cliffs. ens. Crows may be caught in steel Cottontail rabbits are frequently de traps, carefully covered with soil and structive to young fruit trees and gar baited with whatever they are de den truck. They may be caught in stroying—eggshells, for example. Such box traps baited with sweet apple, hawks and owls as are destructive carrot or pumpkin. Where rabbits are may sometimes be caught in small abundant, shelter traps are occupied Jump traps. Another pest Is the Eng by them more or less regularly dur lish sparrow, which destroys no small ing the day. A dog trained to hunt amount of grain during the ripening rabbits will give warning when one period." is Inside a trap. To prevent the quar ry’s escape a stick with a disk at the end of it may be thrust into the en STOLEN GEMS HURT MARKET trance, after which the top of the trap may be opened and the animal Pilfered Russian Diamonds Ruin th« Trade in Holland and caught in the hand. The skins and England. flesh of trapped rabbits are superior to those of rabbits which have been Amsterdam, Holland.—Steadily In shot. creasing unemployment in the Dutch The Pocket Gopher. diamond industry is causing some ap “In many of the western states the prehension in business circles here. rodent most destructive and most diffi Last week the number of unemployed cult to capture is the pocket gopher, exceeded 7,900, and a considerable which spends most of its life under Increase is expected in the near future. ground. Owing to Its subterranean Unfavorable news from the United habits it has been found expedient to States is having a bad influence on devise special kinds of gopher traps. the diamond market It Is hoped, how In making its burrows, the gopher ever, that abundant American crops, followed as they probably will be by more active general business, will lead HERE’S A QUEER HYBRID to some revival In the demand for diamonds. The fact that guilders are low in the Amerclan market may also lead to some American buying. Messages from England attribute the poor trade in diamonds In the British and Dutch markets to the fact that many stolen Russian stones have been sold In various European cities. The larger number of these stolen Rus sian gems came by circuitous routes into the hands of Dutch dealers. Vir tually all of them had to be regroand. It is the belief among the initiated here that the market will not be normal again until these stolen stones have all been cleared off the market. Washington.—Practically every farm is overrun at times by pest« of one kind or another. Farmers, therefore, find it necessary to kill such pests in order to prevent them from injuring their property or crops. Some he de stroys by poison; others he eliminates by employing traps. "A knowledge of the traits and habits of the animals," says Ned Dear born in a bulletin of the burrau of biological survey, “and of proved methods of capturing them is impor tant if the farmer is to combat them suc«?essfully. Besides such out-and-out pests as rats, mice and p«x?ket gophers, some other animals are oc- casionally harmless, but, having valu able skins and being classed as fur bearers, are given special considera tion. "The lively demand for all kinds of fur puts into the pockets of Ameritran trappers millions of dollars a year, which, until the harvest, has not cost them a single effort. Moreover, sev eral of the furry tenants of the farmer not only are not pests but are useful while alive. Foxes, for example, de stroy many rabbits and mice, both of which, when abundant, are very de structive to fruit trees and crops. Skhnks are exceedingly beneficial, for they feed almost entirely on mice, grasshoppers, crickets, white grubs and other farm pests. It is only in exceptional cases that either foxes or skunks attack poultry; it is far better to keep poultry in suitable inclosures or to kill the individual animal which Is doing damage than to adopt a policy of general jiersecutlon toward the tribes to which the few offenders be long. Excellent Mousers. "The food habits of other fur bear ers are usually of less Importance. Weasels are excellent mousers; minks feed on frogs, fish, mice and other small animals, while raccoons and opos sums eat, in addition to a wide vari ety of harmful small animals, many kinds of vegetable food of little or no direct value to man. Muskrats and beavers live on wild products of marshes and woodlands, and only In rare Instances are their burrows or houses objectionable. “In short, speaking generally, fur animals transform uncultivated and ' useless materials Into valuable peltries, I without expense or attention on our part. Tney nre doing this through out the country. When the coni Is In the crib, and the landscape has been browntxl by frost, farm lads takedown their trails with happy expectation and set out to gather unearned incre ments of fur. "The most destructive group of pests on the farm includes the small gnaw- I Ing animals known ns rodents. Among them nre house rnts nnd mice which have been brought to this country from the Old World, anil several kinds of native rnts, meadow mice, pine mice, white-footed mice and pocket mice. Ground squirrels of several kinds nre found throughout the western states and In many localities are very de structive to forage nnd grain. Prairie dogs of the plnins region, relnted to This Is a "Rooster-Tom," and Is the ground squirrels, also destroy n great deal of forage in the vicinity of their property nnd pride of Dr. Thomas •towns.' Here nnii there woodchucks, Ross of Portland, Ore., who has about The roos or groundlings, also relnted to ground forty queer hybriil fowl. squirrels, are destructive to field and ter-tom’s mother was a turkey and garden crop«. In mountainous and hl« father a rooster. His call starts timbered regions porcupines are more like a cock’s crow and tapers off Into or les« destructive to orchard and a liquid gobble. Well, Now That'« Settled. Eldorado, Kas.—The old question of how many kernels of com a rooster will eat after it has not been fed for twenty-four hours has been answered to the satisfaction of residents of the Leon community, near here. A general merchandise store at Leon offered a prize of a pair of shoes to the person guessing the correct number. Mrs. N. S. Matthews of Leon won. Her guess was 238 grains. The rooster con- sumed 240. Gatun lake, a part of the Panama canal system. Is the largest man-made body of fresh water in the world.
