4 1,036 OF OHIO S BEST YOUNG FARMERS TOUR EAST ~——. . LAPIES' CONCERT OANP flhtvit One thousand and thirty-six of Ohio's best young farmers have been on a tour of the East and have been seeing: the sights of New York, Philadelphia and Washington. The tour was provided for them by the Agricultural Commission of Ohio because of their proficiency in agricultural pursuits and domestic science, which means making bread, pie and beds. When the party reached New York they were led from the railroad station to the hotel by a more than ordinary attractive group of .musicians, who compose the Ladies' Concert Band, of Rising Sun, Ohio. Along the route the girl musicinns found themselves attracting as much attention as the long line of prize winning farmers and domestic scientists strung out behind and marching to their music. Chief interest in the party centred in Arnett P. Rose, seventeen years old. who grew more corn on a single acre than any other of those who composed the party. His yield was 153 bushels and 47 pounds to spare on the same acre that won him first place in Inst year's competition with n yield of 131.7 bushels. His parents' farm is in Allen county, Ohio. Merrill May, who was second, ' 'nested 143 bushels this year from his prize winning acre. TURKS CLAIMING VICTORY OVER BRITISH NEAR BATUM Constantinople, Dec. B.—Defeat of >a British lauding force and an advance to within 12 miles of Batumi are claim ed in an official statement issued yes terday. "A British landing force, between the Tigris and Siwava, which attempt ed to take the Turkish position, was repulsed with heavy loss," the state ment asserts. '' Our troops captured a maichine gun and considerable ammuni tion. '' The Tigris river flows into the Euphrates, about 90 miles from the Persian Gulf, but Suvaya is not men tioned on the standard maps of Tur key in Asia. The British would have Bice ess to Turkey via the Persian Gulf from t'heir Indian possessions. An earlier communication says: '' We have occupied Keda, an im portant point 12 miles east of Batuan, in Transcaucasia. Bv a daring coup our troops rendered inoperable the electric works at Batiim. Three hundred Rus sians, who were sent from Bitum to retake tho bridge occupied by the Turks, were ambushed and completely destroyed.'' 887 BRITISH OFFICERS I>EAl>: 106 MET DEATH IX SEVEN DAYS London, Nov. 23. —*A list of officers' casualties for the week ended November 23 shows particularly heavy losses timoug British officers for these seven jlays. The total is 395, which com prises 106 killed, 23S wounded and 51 missing. - Added to the previous totals this la test list shows that all told up to {late Great Britain has lost in the war SS7 officers killed, 1,777 wounded, 549 missing, or a total of officers' casual ties of 3,213 men. Christmas Ship at Genoa Genoa, Italy, Dee. B.—The United States naval collier Jason arrived here yesterday from 'Marseilles to unload some of the presents this "Christmas .Ship" brought for tihe children of the warring States. Greater Than Krupp's Sixty-five thousand men are now working day and night in the big Krupp gun works in Germany, turning out guns to dcstvoy the greatest number of human Jives. Greater and better by far is the work of the thousand employes of the big Postum Cereal Pure Food Factories— Now making the sturdy wheat and barley food— Grape-Nuts For building human Strength and Energy Since the war started shipments of Grape-Nuts food to Europe have in creased bv leaps and bounds, but iu spite of the extra demand the price has not advanced. / • This famous food is concentrated, easy to digest, delicious, economical— a good food to light on in business or war! Anyone can prove by trial "There's a Reason" for GRAPE-NUTS Sold by Grocers Everywhere * SERVIANS DRIVE AUSTRIAN WINC TO KOLUBARA RIVER Paris, Dec. B.—A dispatch from Nish, Servia, to the Havas Agency re ports that the Servians, since Decem ber 3, have resumed a vigorous offen sive. The Servian troops on Friday, the dispatch says, pursued the enemy 'a right wing as far as the Kodubara river and it was there that the Austrians abandoned four Oif their batteries. London, Dec. B.—A Salonika dis patch to the "Morning Post" says: "A letter received from a member of one of the foreign KMJjro accident, lost control of the machine, were bad ly hurt when it upset. 21 Head of Cattle Killed Drumore, Dec, ,8. —Twenty-one fiue head of cattle were killed yesterday for Joseph Marks and buried in a huge trench. The mouth and hoof disease has broken out in a number of places the nast few days in the county. On the Engle farm, near Marietta, "it was discovered in some of the young cattle. Allen Brubaker, of Mount Hope, will lose 20 head. Family Down With Diphtheria Marieta, Deo. B.'—The family of Harry Aker, of (Jtrasburg township, is a'/iicted with -diphtheria, a daughter re ocvering last week and a son becoming afflicted yesterday. To add to the mis fortune, the State Live Stock Sanitary Board has found his cattle infected with aphthous fever and the premises are quarantined under doubled istress. Incendiary Fire Destroys Barn East Drumore, Dec. S.—Fire of in cendiary origin destroyed the hand some bank barn on the Ephraim Black burn property, entailing a loss of sev eral thousand dollars. Nearly all the live "stock perished in the flames, to gether with the farming implements, as help was not at hand when the flames were discovered shortly before daylight. Death Follows Premonition Allentown, Pa., Dec. B.—Telling his wife lie dreaded to go to work, as he had a premonition of trouble, David Schuler was struck an hour later by a heavy chain at the ice dam where he was employed and crushed to death. An Astronomical Theory The moon was doing its (best to flood Indianapolis' part of the earth with Hjfht. l-.iit.t-le Margaret and her mother ■were looking at the moon. "Oh, mamma, 1 ' exclaimed Margaret "look how bright the moon is! It nuist ■be nickel plated." lndianapolis News. WITHDRAW PROTECTION OF EUROPEAN STARLING Department of Agriculture Finds Im ported Bird Useful in Certain Par ticulars, but Pest to Orcfeardists and Enemy of Native Birds Washington, D. C., Dec. B.—ln its annual report for the last fiscaJ year, the Bureau of Biological Survey of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture re ports as follows on the European star ling: "Introduced into the United Stat©3 nearly 25 years ago, the European starling has gradually extended its range from New York City, and now it is found in the neighboring States of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and, Massachusetts. Dur ing its migrations in search of food it ranges much farther from the original center and occurs in considerable num bers as far south even as the District of Columbia. "The starling is markedly insec tivorous, especially in summer, and preys upon many noxious varieties. In this respect it is to be classed among our useful birds. So far as is known, it has not proved destructive to grain crops, but it is known to be very fond of small fruits, and as it associates in large flocks it is likely to become a pest to the orchardist. In addition, it prefers tree cavities, boxes, or recesses in buildings for nesting sites and thus is brought into direct competition with certain of the useful native birds, more particularly tho bluebird, purple mar tin, white-bellied swallow, house wren and flicker; "Thie bird is steadily extending its territory, and it will be wise to with draw ail protection from it, as has al ready been done in Connecticut, Now Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, including the center of its abundance, with a view of checking its increase and spread. The shipment of these birds from one State to. another has been prohibited under heavy penalty by act of Congress. Under ordinary circum stances, even after all protection is withdrawn, the bird will probably prove to be capable of taking care of itself. That ultimately it will spread over a large part of the United States is highly probable. ''ln addition to studying the star ling, the Biological Survey studied the economic status of many other birds, largely through the method of analyz ing the food in their stomachs to deter mine whether their feeding habits were helpful or destructive to agriculture. As a result of this study, 11 birds were added to the lists of bird enemies of the boll weevil, making a total of 64 thus far discovered. ''ln the matter of the alfalfa wee vil, 45 species of birds as well as frogs, toads and the salamander were found to feed upon this beetle. The most active enemies of the weevil among the birds are the Brewer blackbird, the western meadowlark, the valley quail, and the English sparrow. Of verte brate enemies other than birds, the Rocky Mountain toad renders good service in destroying breeding adult in sects in spring and larvae later in the year. "An examination of the stomachs of 600 birds seems to indicate tbst birds are of no value as enemies of the full-grown range caterpillars. Mammals, particularly the skunk, seem to be the important enemies of this pest. "In addition, the Bureau made in vestigations of the economic relation ships of the birds of Porto Rico and, in co-operation with the Smithsonian Institution, studied the birds of Pan ama. "Study was given also to methods ot attracting birds and encouraging them to build nests and live about hu man habitations. A Farmers' Bulletin telling how to build attractive bird houses and attract birds in other ways, is now in course of preparation. "The Bureau also has given much attention to a study of bird migration, and is completing a bird census. "During the year permits were is sued for importing 475,392 birds among which were 368,676 36,160 partridges and 4,148 pheasants. There was a noticeable increase in the importation of partridges, as a number of States, including lowa and Oregon, are experimenting in tho introduction of these game birds for restocking pur poses. " Injured in Wresling Match Marietta, Dec. B.—Elmer Zink, son of George Zink, while engaged yester day afternoon in a friendly bout and wrestling match with one of the men on the Druck farm, near town, was bad ly injured when he was thrown down an embankment. His right shoulder blade was broken and lie is probably in jured internally. Dr. George R. Reich is attending him. * —HALLMARK Sterling Silver Salt and Pepper Sets An original and clever idea of putting up these lit tle sets on a mahogany tray as shown in the illus tration at no more cost than a worthless case. Combinations of three and six sets. P. G. DIENER Jeweler TM 40S HALLMARK Market Street % 1,-/ For Indigestion and Biliousness those foes of comfort and well-being, there is one family remedy universally regarded as the best corrective of deranged conditions of the organs of digestion. 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The industry of growing sugar beets is interesting; the soil where the beets are grown is so greatly improved by the crop that farmers would be well repaid for planting them though there was no sale for them. It is in Prance that the industry is carried on to the best ad vantage but America is now growing immense crops. The price of beet sugar should be lower than that of cane sugar because in the former the factory and the re finery are all in one. while for making cane sugar a factory is necessary to pre pare the raw material for the refinery, where it is made marketable. So far there is no difference in the price nor in many of the labels on sacks and bar rels, so far as we know. It is not true that sugar injures teeth; an example that disproves this old charge is that the negroes of the West Indies have the fiuest teeth in the UlfrEN 45 YEARS IN JAIL J. H. Freyer Sentenced at Allentown for Wholesale Robberies Allentown, Pa., Dee. B.—Pleading guilty to thirty-five indictments, J. 11. Freyer, a car inspector on the Heading railway, 27 years old, was yesterday afternoo-n sentenced by Judge Groman "to forty-five years in the Allentown jail and to pay a fine of $!i,000. Preyer, who is said to have been born near Schwenkville, for a time lived in Allentown, and the s*?ene of his operations was in railroad stations, postoffices, barns and homes along the line of the Perkiomen railroad. All his robberies were comparatively small. He was eventually landed 'by a coterie of ofiicers from Philadelphia, wiltlh the as sistance of De'tetj'tive Ziegler, of Allen town. Judge Groman gave him three years each on seven charges and one "year each on twenty-four charges. 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It is also disproved that sugar induces gout. lii fact sugar is a nutritive and of itself most wholesome. The California Experiment Station has made some remarkable experiments and investigations in fruits and says that the food value of the fruit diet is due in a large measure to the sugars of different sorts they contain. Dried fruits like dates, raisins and figs contain greater amounts of sugar than the fresh fruit, sometimes it is over fifty per cent. Cereals and other cooked foods sweetened with these evaporated fruits arc most, wholesome. A great many statements about glucose have been foado and parents have been prohibiting their young folks indulging in confections supposed to bo made from it. The truth is that glu cose is a syrup made from corn and en tirely harmless, when well made. This is called "starch" sugar. It is not jso sweet as beet and cane sugar but it has definite food value and is per fectly healthful. Because of its cheap ! ness it enters into almost all candy making processes and it is well adapted | for this purpose. j The corn syrups cannot compare with !the real sorghum or cane syrup? but this | last is difficult to secure in cities and I does not have good keeping qualities. |in the Perkiomen Valley Preyer is I wanted 'by the United States authori ties, and .Marshal McCaffrey, who was j in court exercising the prior claim of | tille government, took the prisoner to Philadelphia on an early evening train. Old Date Inscribed on Turtle Marietta, Dec. 8. —An old turtle bearing the date 1852 inscribed on its shell was by James V. Ebaud .it Unicorn while out walking yesterday. The turtle is of good size. Where tlio turtle was found was on the farm where the uncle of the finder farmed in tho year inscribed. Apoplexy Fatal to Aged Woman Mountville, Dec. 8. —Mrs. Elizabeth Colin, 86 years old, the oldest woman in this section, died yesterday from a stroke of apoplexy. Prior to this illuess she was seldom ill. One brother, a daughter and two sisters survive. She was a lifelong member of the United Brethren church.