Aurora observer., October 13, 1921, Image 2

Hair Tonic Jags
Fill This Jail
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tieth milestone, and 51 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 that
they pad the total of their generation
to 554.
“Twenty to thirty is the age of
yielding to temptation,” the report
concludes, adding: “It is there the
ounce of prevention is needed.”
France Welcomes Visiting Members o f the Legion
weapons, 74 fewer cases of larceny,
and 30 fewer cases of grand larceny
than' last year.
“ There were 58 persons sentenced
for joy-riding, a decrease of 34. There
were 49 committed for murder, a gain
of 10 oVer last year. There are four MEET AROUND ‘ROCK OF AGES’
men awaiting execution.
Pilgrims In England Honor Composer
Young Men Offenders.
at Spot That Inspired
"It
has
been
the
accepted
belief
that
Flavoring Extracts, Tonics, Perfumes,
Great Hymn.
the boy brought safely through his
Medicine .Containing Alcohol and
teens
Into
the
full
promise
and
estate
Even Wood Alcohol Used as
Burrlngton, Commbe, Somerset, Eng­
of young manhood has safely passed
Beverage.
land.—The rock visualized by Augus­
the fields in which wild oats are
tus Toplady, when he was inspired
Washington.—The use of hair tonic, grown, and is firmly embarked upon to compose the hymn, “Rock of Ages,”
flavoring extracts, perfumes, medicines the broad highway of rectitude and stands just outside this village and a
containing alcohol, and even poisonous right living.
great demonstration to perpetuate 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’s capital for intoxi­ ulation were between the ages of | storm which was sweeping over the
cation during the fiscal year ended twenty and thirty; more than one- gorge on the edge of which the rock
June 30, 1921, showed an increase of third of all, at the exact time when stands, and, while waiting for it to
The members of the American Legion on their arrival in France aboard the S. S. George Washington, were ac­
34 per cent over the previous year, ac­ life should hold for them every in­ pass over he was led to compose the
corded the greatest reception ever tendered a foreign visiting body. Naval, military and civil authorities turned
cording to the annuaT report of W. L. ducement to be loyal to the precepts hymn.
Peak, superintendent of the District of righteousness.
The great pilgrimage to the rock out to pay respects to the men who fought on the battle fields of France. The Legion is in France to dedicate a
“It has beefi so before—other reports was organized under the auspices of memorial to the American soldiers who fell on the .French battlefields. The visitors are here seen marching
jail, just made public.
Superintendent Peak described the disclose it—not the wild, carefree age the Church of England, but a Salva­ through Cherbourg.
increase as “an erratic fluctuation in of youth, but the age that leaves a tion Army band also took part. The
the process of extinction,” which local wife and child to hang their heads in 10,000 people present, some of whom
observers declared not such a bad way shame, In the squalor of privation, be­ were perched on jutting rocks on the
Lightning Flash Picks
of putting It, after all. At any rate, cause of the misdeeds of a grown side of the gorge, took part in the
there were 1,097 sentenced to jail for man.
singing of the hymn. It was also de­
Setting Hen’s Bones
“Then on to other years the arrow cided that a memorial to Toplady
drinking more than they could handle,
as compared with 841 who didn’t get points until it passes beyond the six­ should be placed on the rock.
Winchester, Ya.—A marvelous
home safely the year before.
freak of lightning was reported
by Mrs. Coleman Lyne of Jeffer­
Intoxication Increasing.
son county, West Virginia, who
“From their low point following the
declared that after lightning had
new law the figures are ascending and
other trees. These animals are all
struck a small pear tree near
Sometimes Hard to Tell Which easy
intoxication for the moment is in­
to trap, the main difficulty be­
her chicken yard she went out
creasing,” reads the superintendent’s
Are Useful and Which
ing that they frequently occur in great
to look after a hen whose eggs
report.
numbers.
were soon to hatch. She found
Are Nuisances.
Habits of Mice.
“ The beverages are new, and most
the lightning had run down the
of them are legitimate articles of com-
“House mice have a habit of follow­
fence a short distance to the
- merce, but they are being used for pur­
ing the walls of a room as they run
nest, and there was the skele­
poses never designed by the manufac­
about, and a trap placed behind a
ton of the hen in the exact posi­
nesting
place,
as
the
name
tortugas,
turer. Hair tonic, flavoring extracts, Scientific Experiments at Dry
table leg or small object where mice
tion in which she had set upon
Spanish
for
tortoise,
would
Indicate.
perfumes, medicines and the poisonous
naturally run need not be baited.
the nest.
Tortugas
Elicit
Many
Facts
The
eggs
are
laid
some
distance
How
Those
Which
Must
Be
Exter­
wood alcohol are all being consumed
House rats are sometimes wary and
The bones were as clean as
from
the
shore,
and
as
soon
as
the
minated May Be Trapped, is Told
by the old-time victims of a habit
difficult to catch in traps set in the
About Reptiles.
if they had been scraped, and
young
are
able
to
swim
they
make
in
in Bulletin of Biological Sur­
which required an act of congress to
ordinary way. A small steel trap set
the meat and feathers lay near­
a straight line for the open sea. It
in a pan of bran or oats and care­
cure.
vey— Rats and Mice Worst.
by not even scorched. None of
was at this age of the young turtles
fully covered will usually catch the
“ The increase is due to the fact that
the eggs had been cracked, but
that the experiments were conducted.
Washington.—Pràctïcally every farm shyest of rats. It is well to scatter
younger men have been able to evade
on close inspection a small hole
The scientists had with them sheets of is overrun at times by pests o f one small pieces of meat or bread over
the law and have found means of traf­
was found in the eiid of each,
colored paper, red, yellow and blue. kind or another. Farmers, therefore, the bran. Wild rats and mice may
ficking in saleable imitations of old Tropical Fauna Is Affected by Adja­
and the inside of the shell
When a sheet of red or yellow paper find it necessary to kill such pests in be trapped readily at the entrance to
beverages having an alcoholic con­
burned out as clean as a new
cent Flora— Brilllant-Hued Flamin­
was placed between the baby and his order to prevent them from injuring their burrows or in their runways,
tent nearly double that of the older
pin.
go Fades Out When Removed
view of the water he would immedi­ their property or crops. Some he de­ the traps and the manner of setting
product
From Regular Habitat.
ately turn and go in another direction. stroys by poison ; others he eliminates them being the same ass employed
“The enforcement of the law is ful­
But when the blue sheet was used, no by employing traps.
in catching house rats and mice.
ly in keeping with the public’s view­
Washington.—Representatives of the matter where placed, the infant would
“ A knowledge of the traits and Prairie dogs, ground squirrels and throws up on the surface of the
point, and the increased violations are department of marine biology in the make for it without hesitation. There
probably only an erratic fluctuation In Carnegie Institute at Washington have wasn’t any question about “blue for a habits of the animals,” says Ned Dear­ 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
the process of extinction.
.
\
been engaged for some time in re­ boy, pink for a girl.” AH experiments born in a bulletin of the bureau of
“ D e c a u s ^ i t la b o txea.rly un.lv or-gfaJ.
search work Jn the Dry Tortugas, lit­ showed that, whether or not we 4iave biological survey, “ and of proved burrows. Sometimes it is not nec­ a gopher trap well within it and covers
termined stand in the matter of frown­ tle Islands near Key West, a a d h a v e p le b e a b lu e a s a d is m a l j e o l o r , -a s f a r methods of capturing them is impor­ essary to cover the traps,- but as a the opening behind tie trap with a
ing upon certain forms of recklessness discovered many interesting fafcts con­ as the turtle Is concerned, it is the tant if . tne fa r m e r is to co m b a t them rule it is advisable to press them well piece of sod, or whatever may be at
successfully. Besides such out-and-Out into the earth and cover them lightly hand.
and defiance of law, good results |are cerning the giant sea turtles which fre­ bluebird for happiness.
pests as rats, mice and pocket with grass or leaves or whatever may
already indicated.
There were**!
quent the Atlantic coast.
“Besides the rodents, which consti­
Gets Color From Food.
fewer cases of carrying dead
One discovery Has been made by a
tute the majority of farm and garden
The tests werè made with thè’ At­ gophers, some other animals are oc­ be at hand.
“Porcupines may be caught by pests, there are certain other crea­
method which could ; be well
de­ lantic green turtle. It is also believed casionally harmless, but, having valu­
scribed as “mocking the turtle,” for that he gets the color for which he is able skins- and being classed as fur- means of an apple or carrot or a bit tures which are sometimes obnoxious;
by this method it has been pretty named from feeding on the seaweeds, bearers, are given special considera­ 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
well established that the baby sea which are more brilliant in color. Re­ tion.
$443,313,000 in Gold
“The lively demand for all kinds of trap, as Ihese animals are quite un­ localities one of the worst farm pests
turtle is guided by a sense of color search along similar lines has devel­
Brought in This Year
alone in seeking the water as soon oped the theory that the beautiful fur puts into the pockets of American wary. They may also be caught in is the crow, which is often destruc­
as it is old enough to leave the sandy scarlet flamingo gets his coloring trappers millions of dollars a year, traps set at the entrances of their tive to grian, eggs and young chick­
New York.—Gold to the value
nesting place that its parents have from cerions and the brilliantly hued which, until the harvest, has not cost dens, which are often located in cliffs. ens. Crows may be caught in steel
of $443,313,000 has been brought
chosen.
Heretofore it has been molluscs which abound along the them a single effort. Moreover, sev­ Cottontail rabbits are frequently de­ traps, carefully covered with soil and
to the United States from for­
thought that the young were guided coasts of the southern islands and eral of the furry tenants of the farmer structive to young fruit trees and gar­ baited with whatever they are de­
eign countries 1 since the begin­
by instinct, sight or even perhaps by shoals. It is strongly substantiated not only are not pests but are useful den truck. They may be caught in stroying—eggshells, for example. Such
ning of the present year, while
a sense of smell.
by the fact that the European fla­ while alive. Foxes, for example, de­ box traps baited with sweet apple, hawks and owls as are destructive
exports of the metal for the
stroy many rabbits and mice, both of carrot or pumpkin. Where rabbits are may sometimes be caught in small
mingo is almost white and that our
In Breeding Time.
same period have amounted to
own species fades rapidly when put in which, when abundant, are very de­ abundant, shelter traps are occupied jump traps. Another pest is the Eng­
but $10,720,000, according to fig­
The marine turtles, green hawks-
zoological
collections where he can structive to fruit trees and crops. by them more or less regularly dur­ lish sparrow, which destroys no small
ures made public by the federal
bill, loggerhead, and the less known
no
longer
get
these foods. In the Skunks are exceedingly beneficial, for ing the day. A dog trained to hunt amount of grain during the ripening
reserve board. Of this amount
leatherback, seek the land in their
same process, the wonderfully colored they feed almost entirely on mice, rabbits will give warning when one period.”
$325,330,000 was In foreign bul­
breeding përiod. The New
York
tropical fish lose their vividness when grasshoppers, crickets, white grubs is Inside a trap. To prevent the quar­
lion, $67,417,000 in foreign coins,
aquarium kept a platform where
and other farm pests. It is only in ry’s escape a stick with a disk at the
placed in captivity.
$25,845,000 in gold ore and base
the spécimens would spend shore
exceptional cases that either foxes or end of it may be thrust into the en­ STOLEN GEMS HURT MARKET
bullion and $24,293,000 in United
leave for a long time before they
skunks attack poultry ; it is far better trance, after which the top of the
States gold coin.
found out that they were not used. BLIND 11 YEARS, SEES AT 80 to keep poultry in suitable-inclosures trap may be opened and the. animal Pilfered Russian Diamonds Ruin the
Trade in Holland and
Importations of silver also
But when the time for the egg-laying
or to kill the individual animal which caught in the hand. The skins and
England.
showed
substantial
increase.
arrives, the great sea reptiles leave Former Kentucky Policeman Enjoyed is doing damage than to adopt a policy fleslf of trapped rabbits are superior
During the first eight months of
Ball Games While Sitting
the water, making for the uninhabited
of general persécution toward the to those of rabbits which have been
this year silver valued at $1,270,-
in Darkness.
Amsterdam, Holland.— Steadily in­
islands and coasts where they de­
tribes to which the few offenders be­ shot.
000 has arrived here from Ger­
creasing unemployment in the Dutch
long.
posit the eggs to. be incubated and
The Pocket Gopher.
many.
Maysville, Ky.—William B. Dawson,
diamond industry is causing some ap­
hatched
in the sun-kissed sands.
Excellent Mousers.
“In many of the western states the
The Dry Tortugas are a favorite eighty years old, who after eleven - “The food habits of other fur bear­ rodent most destructive and most diffi­ prehension in business circles here.
years of blindness has regained his ers are usually of less importance,
Last week the number of unemployed
cult to capture is the pocket gopher,
sight sufficiently to distinguish certain Weasels are excellent mousers ; minks
exceeded 7,900, and a considerable
objects, has gone to Cincinnati, where feed on frogs, fish, mice and other small which spends most of its life under­ increase is expected in the near future.
ground. Owing to its subterranean
he will undergo an operation which, it animals, while raccoons and opos-
Unfavorable news from the United
habits it has been found expedient to
is promised, will enable him to see 'sums eat, in addition to a wide vari­
States Is having a bad influence on
devise special kinds of gopher traps.
well.
ety of harmful small animals, many In making its burrows, the gopher the diamond market. It is hoped,, how­
ever, that abundant American crops,
Mr. Dawson retired from the Mays­ kinds of vegetable food of little or no
ville police force when he was stricken direct value to man. Muskrats and
followed as they probably will be by
after several years of service.
active general business, will lead
beavers live on wild products of
HERE’S A QUEER HYBRID more
to some revival in the demand for
During his years of darkness his marshes and woodlands, and only in
chief diversion was attending base­ rare instances are their burrows or
diamonds. The fact that guilders are
ball games. Though sitting in utter houses objectionable.
low in the Amercian market may also
darkness^ he could tell when a batter
lead to some American buying.
"In short, speaking generally, fur
Messages from England attribute the
hit the ball, in-which direction it went animals transform uncultivated | and
and whether It was a safe hit.
poor trade in diamonds in the British
useless materials into valuable peltries,
and Dutch markets to the fact that
The first indication that he would without expense or attention on our
see again came when he- learned he part. They are doing this through­
many stolen Russian stones have been
sold in various European cities. The
could distinguish light from
dark­ out the country. When the com is in
larger number of these stolen Rus­
ness. Later he was able to see the the crib, and the landscape has beetf
sian gems came by circuitous routes
windows in his room.
browned by f rosit, farm lads take down
into the hands of Dutch dealers. Vir^,
their traps with happy expectation and
tually all of them had to be regrouniw
'Stray Deer In Town Harbor.
set | out to gather unearned incre­
It is the belief among the initiate«
Seattle, Wash.—A stray deer, quit­ ments of fur.
here that the market will n o t , b «
ting his woody retreat on Mercer
“The most destructive group of pests
normal again until these stolen stones,
island in Lake Washington, here on the farm includes, thé small gnaw­
have aU been cleared off the market.!
swam almost into the heart of the ing animals known as rodents. Among
city o f Seattle recently. The crew them are house rats and mice which
of a lake steamer sighted the fugitive have been brought to this country from
Well, Now That’s Settled.
and gave chase. When the deer had the Old World, and several kinds pf
Eldorado, Kas.—The old questioij of,’
nearly reached the city dock, a lasso native rats, meadow mice, pine mice,
how many kernels of corn a rooster’
thrown from the boat caught him. white-footed mice and pocket mice.
will eat after it has not been fed 'fo*r
IJe was turned over to thé municipal Ground squirrels of several kinds are
twenty-four hours has been answered
zoo here;
found throughout the western states
to the satisfaction of residents of .the
Leon community, near here.
and In many localities are very de­
Poison, Mistaken for Wine, Kills Four. structive to forage and grain. Prairie
A general merchandise store at Leon
Chicago. — Six men working in a dogs of the plains region,' related to
offered a prize of a pair of shoes to 'the
railroad freight house discovered a ground squirrels, also destroy a great
This Is a “Rooster-Tom,” and is the person guessing the correct number.
paper carton labeled • “ Wine—34 per deal of forage in the vicinity of their property and pride of Dr. Thomas Mrs. N. S. Matthews of Leon won. Her
A group of men receiving $10 bills—one to each—aboard S. S. Italia, just cent.” It was part of a shipment of ‘towns.’ Here and there'^woodchucks, Ross of Portland, Ore., who has about guess was 238 grains. The rooster con­
before it sailed from New York. These" men are part of a large number who colchicum, a deadly poison. The men or groundlings, also relàtèd to ground forty queer hybrid fowl.
The roos­ sumed 240.
have enlisted at the Spanish consulate in New York in the foreign legion of drank three of the twelve bottles in squirrels, are destructive to field and ter-tom’s mother was a turkey and
the Spanish army for the duration of the war against the insurgents in the carton. Four of them died in garden crops. In mountainous and his father a rooster. His call starts - Gatun lake, a part of the Panama
Morocco. Among them are scores of American veterans who were out of agony, and the other two are fighting timbered regions porcupines are more like a cock’s crow and tapers off into canal system, is the largest man-made
body of fresh water in the world.' ‘
or less, destructive to- orchard and a liquid gobble-
for their lives.
work.
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34 Per Cent Increase in Arrests
at Washington Due to “ Non-
Beverages."
1,097 SENTENCED IN YEAR
Sense of Color
Guides Turtles
TOOK BLUE PAPER FOR SEA
Jobless Veterans to Fight in M orocco
r
Animal Pests
W orry Farmers
MILLIONS FROM THEIR FURS