14 The Excellent Grocery and Meat Market Special Sale, Beginning To-day, of Choice Dressed § TURKEYS, CHICKENS, DUCKS These fowls are fully up to our standard for excellence and our stock ■ will enable you to make good selections and to escape high market prices. I The Excellent Grocery and Meat Market | H. J. Bracony, Owner, 1001 N. Sixth Street j MARKED DECREASE IN CIP3Y MOTHS DURING PAST YEAR Report of Government Entomologist Shows Progress of Campaign Against Insects Attacking Animals and Crops As Well As the Health of Man Washington, D. C., Dec. 19.—The control of such dangerous insects as the gipsy moth, cotton-boll weevil, alfalfa weevil, green bug and potato tuber moth, has kept the office of the United States Department of Agriculture's entomologist busy during the past year, according to the new annual report. Be sides directing its attention to combat ing insects, that attack crops, the oflice has been a tive in attempting to eradi cate insects that affect the health of man and animals, such as malaria-bear ing mosquitoes, the spotted-fever tick, and the typhoid ftv. Special attention has been given to iusects injuring for ests and those affecting stored products such as grain, flour, prepared cereals, meat and cheese. Work in bee culture has also progressed satisfactorily. The gipsy moth campaign, waged also against its cousin the brown-tail moth 'has been very encouraging, there being a marked decrease this year in the numbers of both these pests. Para sites and beetles that attack these dan gerous insects have been introduced and have been largely instrumental in bring ing about good results. Colored fosters were prepared bv the office illustrating the gipsy moth and its natural enemies and these were posted in all postoffices and town offices in the infected districts and copies were sent to granges and public libraries. The campaign has also been waged by mail and Bov Scouts who have distributed cards bearing the same illustrations. A combination spray, composed of lime-sulphur, arsenate of lead, and nico tine, has been used successfully during the year 'by many orchard growers, to control insects and fungous diseases. Other poisons to control or. hard insects ■have been developed and are now being tested. Arsenical sprays are beiug made more practicable for use in com bating cranberry pests in New Jersey. Effective spraying has also been done in the pecan orchards of the South, in terested growers aiding the department in the work. liemedies are ulso being recommended and developed for pests that endanger apple, peach and pear or chards. The boll weevil did about $30.0-00,- 000 worth of damage to the cotton crop in 1913, as estimated in the new re port of the entomologist. Nearly 18,- 000 square miles of new territory be came infested during the year. Every effort is being made to control these depredations, particularly by the use of powdered orthoarsenate of lead, and hand picking of cotton squares and bolls. Arsenate of lead was tried with varying results and the question of its success under practical plantation con ditions to-day remains undecided. Violets growing around a cotton field seem to give another cotton pest, the red spider, an opportunity to work, and the department recommends the destruc tion of this harmless-appearing flower to control the spider. Other measures suggested as a result of investigations in South < arollna arc the destruction of winter food plants and pokeweed around fields, the plowing of wide dust barriers around isolated infested places and spraying with potassium sulp'hid. Investigations of "'buffalo gnats" and their possible relation to pellagra have continued anil it now seems unlike ly that they have any relation to tfhat dangerous disease. It seems more prob able that the typhoid fly ('commonly spoken of as the "house fly") does more to'transmit this infection along with the other numerous diseases laid at its door. The typhoid fly itself is given his share of attention and means of control Iby treating manure, where the fly breeds, are being developed. It seems that the fly can be almost completely controlled in the manure and t'he value of the fertilizer remain unchanged, if applications of commercial 'borax are made at the rate of .62 pound to 10 ■cubic feet (8 bushels) of manure. Investigations have 'been carried on to discover remedies for insects which damage such forest products as tele graph jkjlcs, railroad ties and tool handles. Users of these products are now putting the results of the office's investigations to practical tests. With hardwood products liaible to attack bv the so-called powderpost beetles it has been found that kerosene and linseed oil are effective repellents against these insects. A rather general utilization of t'hese oils by manufacturers has follow ed this discovery. FATALLY HURT BY EXPLOSION Johnstown, Dec. 19.—Antonio Gol lia is dying at the Memorial hospital from injuries received when he caused an explosion of 25 pounds of powder at his home. The house, whieh was oc upied by six allien families, is a com plete wreck. (irfllia was smoking a cigarette while llllinig a small powder can from a larg er one. His wife called to him to be careful, and as he took the cigarette out of his mouth to reply, a sipark fell in the powder. Some of the occupants of the house received minor injuries, and the shock aroused tllie neighborhood for iniany blocks. SCHOOLS LIKE DENMARK'S FDR THE UNITED STATES Believed That the Danish Folk High Schools for "Grownups" Can Be Successfully Transplanted to the United States Washington, D. C., Dec. 19.—That the Danish Folk High schools for "grownups," which have made pos sible the recent wonderful development in rural Denmark, can be successfully transplanted in modified form to tho United States, is the conclusion reached by H. W. Foght of the United States Bureau ot Education in a bulletin just issued. Mr. Foght has studied both the Danish schools and American rural conditions at first hand, and he be lieves that what the Folk High schools have done for 'rural civilization in Denmark they tfan do for the United States. The place to introduce the new type of school is the region known as the South Atlantic Highland, according to Mr. Foght, embracing all of West Vir ginia. 12 counties in western Virginia; 23 in western North Carolina, and 4 in western South Carolina; 25 in north ern Georgia; 17 in northeastern Ala bama; 45 in eastern Tennessee, and 36 in eastern Kentucky. It is not that those sections are necessarily behind other parts of the country in education, though much illiteracy prevails, hut that the peculiar local conditions de mand some institution like the Danish sehools. There are already a few Folk High schools in the United States, established by Danish immigrants. While grave difficulties have been experienced bv those schools, Mr. Foght is of the opin ion that thew are due to certain special causes that could easily be overccnio in a real attempt to adapt the Folk High school to American life in the mountains. "The Folk High school spirit has emancipated the agricultural popula tion of Denmark," declares Mr. Foght. j ''lt has at least made country people the peers of their city brethren. Thev| have become leaders in affairs, in pro-; duet ion, in distribution, in politics chiefly because they have learned to I think for themselves and to act iude-! pendently of the industrial classes. » | In the I nited States there is great danger of going to the extreme in the! immediately practical and technical.! The work of special schools is in dan ger of focusing too much on making two blades of grass grow where one grew before, on teaching girls to cook an I keep house according to sanitarv regulations and the like. 1 liese things are all necessary and must be taught in the schools, but they ! are utterly insufficient to make us a! really great agricultural nation. It I was not the local agricultural schools and household economics schools that primarily made Denmark a great scion tifle agricultural nation, but the' Folk High schools. \V e need such schools in the I nited State*; schools that would teach a greater love for the soil; that would help Us to measure the good in life by spiritual standards and not bv man-made rules; schools that would help us to rise above the limitations ot locality and State, and teach an un derstanding of the National and even universal in the United States." j HONORS AT ACADEMY Names of Students With High Standing Are Announced Honors for the third month at the : Harrisburg Academy have been an nounced as follows: tirst honors in the upper school, Wil- J Ham Abbot, Burgess Broadhurst, Car ! roll (P. Craig Russell A. Hoke, Thomas U llargest, James Mersoreau, Hubert Seitz, Mercer B. Tale, .1,-.. William v Smiley, Henry Olmsted, William R. Me- Caleb, George I'. S. Jeffers. Second honors in the upper school, i J- rancis Amibler, Charles Dunkle Wil !i am J ' FisllPr > Gantcliffe Jav, Herbert! Kauffman, William Kimer,' W-rence ! Rebuck, John S. Senseman, Milton I w[°» Se \.T-n^ ols °, n Walter! White, William Bennethum, tieorge Bai ley, Onofre Castells. Joseph Duron, Henry Ferber, Ross Jennings, Donald Oo nsi age r. John Koss, Joseph Htrouse Robert Stewart, Arthur Snyder, Donald' « eiland. First honors in the lower school, Gei ger Omwake, Ira Homberger, John JM. J. Raunick, Jr., John (!. Uheinoehl, John J. Moffitt, Jr., Ross Olanccy, Philip Brown, Thomas R. Wickersham, Henrv Bent, Henry K. Hamilton, Frank Neu mann. Second honors in the lower school Cameron Cox, William O. Hickok, Rich ard Johnston, Lloyd Disbrow, George Reilv, Hamilton Schwarz, James Bow-j man, John Maguire. A bold onset is half fche battle. Garibaldi. Take Care of Your Eyes and They'll Take Care of You For advice, oonnult HARRJSBURO STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 19, 1914. NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD VICTORY FOR MIDDLETOWN Wins From York Academy in Opening Basketball Gamo—S.rubs V.'in ; The Middletown High school opened | its season last evening at Middletown with the York Academy five, winning j after a liotly-contested gamo by the score of 22 to l(i. Beard and Myers I played especially brilliant games for Middletown and Loupes another I star. For York, Mundorf, Lutz and j Davis i.layed best. The lineup: Middletown. York. j Beard K Mun.lorf ! Dupes 1" .... Flinc.hibaugh ! Myers (' Lutz 1 Suavely (j Davis | Bra net G Sechrit-t Field goals, Beard. 3; Dupes, 2; My ers, 2; Mundorf, Klinch'baugh, Lutz. Foul goals, Heard, 8 of IS; Davis, 9 of 11; Lutz, 1 of 4. Substitutions, Hupp for Suavely. Referee, Buumlbaeli. Scorer, Ruby. Timer, Engle. Periods, 20 minutes each. Between halves the Middletown High scrubs defeated Elizaibetihtown tby a s'ore of 23 to 21 Phillips played Slid dletown's best game, with Beck and Bowman doing good work. For Eliza hethtown, Engle and Ream played best. The lineup: Bowman P Engle Bowman F Ream Beck C B. Groff Kui p G Plummer Albright (5 E: llroff Field goals, I'hiK'.s, 5; Beck, 3; Bowman, 2; Engle, 6; Ream. Foul goals, Engle, 7; Philips, 2; Bowman. Referee, linumbaeh. Scorer, Ruby. Timer, Engle. Periods, 20 minutes each. TECH'S EARLY TEAD WINS Four Points at the Close of First Half Brings a Victory—Scrubs Win From St. Andrew's A lead of four points held by the Tech live over Lebanon High in a basketball game on the Tech gymnasium last evening at the close of the first half enabled the locals to take i'he game by the score of 35 to 31 as t'he teams battled on even terms in the closing halt. Oder, Melville and Scheffer play ed well. The lineup: Feeli. Lebanon oder F. . . . Behnev, Cant. Harris F Light Emanuel 3 won from tho St. Andrew's five bv the store of 24 t,. 12. Steward, Gregory and Miller did good work for Tech, while Evans and Sourtiier played beet for St. Andrews. The lineup: Tech Scruibs. St. Andrew's. Steward, Capt F Kvana Killinger p Weidenmever Gregory c Sourbier J°® e G Da vies Ullle r (i • E. M. Sourbier _ Substitutions, Tech, Brits >h for \ otfe, Little frr-.Brit#ph. Field goals, 6tewarower in the Federal circuit, and his son, Ralph Ward, to this eity early iu the weok is said to have been for the purpose of looking into the Tri-State proposition. George M. Graham, president of the Tri-State League, Thursuay night said that lie had not heard anything of the reported movement. At tiie meeting of the League at New York last month all the clubs' owners were anxious to start again next year. "At that time 1 know that none of them had any thought of the Federal League and sinco then no word or even intimation has been made tjjiat the league with draw from organized baseball." HOW THE BOWLERS STAND Elks' League W. L. Pet Waps 14 4 .777 Braves 11 7 .611 Athletics 9 « .200 Artisans 10 8 .556 Feds 4 14 .222 Little Peps 3 12 .200 P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. League W. 1.. Pet Bisons 13 8 .619 Braves 12 9 .3 71 Federals 12 9 .is 71 Senators 12 9 ..">7l Giants 11 10 .523 Eagles 9 12 .*4 28 Athletics § 13 .3SO Ca3ino League W. L. Pet Alphas 20 10 .666 Monarchs 18 12 .630 Orpheums . 15 15 .500 Senators 14 16 .4 66 Nationals 13 17 .4 33 Colonials 10 20 .3 33 Holtzman League . W. If. Pet Federals 19 11 .633 Nationals 16 14 .533 Americans .. . 15 15 .500 Internationals 13 14 .483 Tri-Staters 13 17 .433 Centrals ~ 11 16 .407 Athletics Top Braves In the'P. 1!. K. Y. 11. O. A. League match last evening the Athletics won from the Braves by 65 pins. Mathias had high scores. The score: BRAVES Gough .... 189 190 146 525 Miller .... 139 146 142 — 397 Mikle 128 146 154 428 Bowers ... '137 190 152 479 Smith 147 170 .202 519 Totals .. 740 812 796 —2348 ATHLETICS Mumma ... 140 137 155 432 Richmond . 129 159 145 433 Greene .... 177 146 201 — 524 Felker .... 130 139 179 — 448 Mathias ... 172 169 208— 549 Totals .. 748 750 S88 —2386 Feds Fall Before Athletics The Athletics won easily from the Feds in the Elks' Bowling League last evening by 249 puis. Fliekinger and fitigeltnnn' divided match honors. The score: ATHLETICS Lewis .... 152 136 156 444 Fliekinger . 118 121 202 441 Jones 147 149 105— 401 Dare 168 177 132 477 (,'. Wc ; ber . . 137 IS2 157 476 Totals .. 722 765 752—2239 FEDS Stigelman . 34 4 168 157 469 Kirk 121 106 139 366 Hide will .. . 104 95 101— 300 Corcoran .. 150 159 143 452 Sigler 99 161 143 403 Totals .. 618 6f 9 683 —1990 Puderbattgh New Dickinson Leader Carlisle, l'u., Dec. 19.—Tackle Frank Puderbaugh, of the Dickinson College football team, has been elected as Dick inson's gridiron leader for 1915 by the men who had won their D.s. Puder 'baoigh comes from Eldorado, Pa., is a member of the .junior class of Dickinson, and lias been tai ,'kle on the varsity elev en with a good record for three years. The winners of the Dickinson letter Ds are: Hornberger, Wilson, McWlhinney, Puder'baugii, DaKon. Simmons, Myers, 'Hertzler, Shelley. Johnson, Heck, Kin ley, Taylor and Palm. HARDER SHOP DASEBALL Before Dode Paskert assured his loy alty to the Phillies, Clark Griffith ot the 'Senators prepared to make a 'bid for the outfielder rather than see the star lost to the major leagues. Eddie Foster and Alva Williams of the Washington team are playing in dependent'bail in' California. In a letter to a friend Foster declares he is hitting a>bovc .500. His league plays two games a week. It is planned to make tlh-e Central League an eight club proposition next season by adding Voungstown, Ohio; Wheeling, W. Va., and Erie, Pa. In case six clu'bs ouly start one of Canton, Akron or Toledo, Ohio, will replace Springfield, Ohio. In any event the league will be reorganize.! for a period of five years, according to President Louis Heil'bronner. The Federal League will have nothing on the Pacific eoarft next year for range of territory. Salt Lake City is to re place Sacramento. Comiskey's appointment of Rowland to succeed Jimmy Callahan has caused a lot of good natured speculation. A fan remarked yesterday: "Now, isn t that, just like the old Roman t He always was a bear for $25,000 players and $5,000 managers." Tom McCarthy, the well-known scout of the Boston Braves, having helped to 'build up a world's champion team for George Stallings, will now see what !he can do for the other team of that city. •loe Lannin has succeeded in securing the services of this sleut'h for the Red Sox. Major league managers will carry their policy of economy even to the training camps and back again. With few exceptions the crc/ of rookies will bo most moderate, as compared to other seasons. Already many managers have set about paring down the surplus: Roger Bresnahan has asked for waivers on no less than eighteen. The exhibi tion schedules of the northern trips are being arrauged with the view of saving as much transportation and traveling expenses as possible. YANKEE DEAL HANGS FIRE Col. Ruppert Demands Five New Play ers and Manager '••French hick, ind., Dec. 19.-*—'The 1915 schedule meeting of the American and National Leagues opened here yes terday. No developments were an nounced in the negotiations for the sale of the New York American League club to Colonel Jacob Ruppert, Jr., and Cap tain T. L. 'Huston. Ban Johnson, Barney Droyfiiss and John Heydler t»,jent the greater part of the'day considering the schedules, and last night refused to discuss the meet ing. Mr. Johnson, however, volunteer ed the information tha/t negotiations for tthe sale of the New Yorks would be resumed to-day. Colonel Ruppert and Captain Huston conferred frequently. Colonel Ruppert, when asked if he had come to any con clusion regarding the purchase of the New Yorks said: "I shall not start with a tail-end team ana try to ma Re a pennant winner out of it.' 1 have made tip my mind what to do if it is agreed to give mo live new players and a manager. As to the Federal League proposition, I am not considering it at all. If I go into baseball it will be with the i'ankees." Colonel Ruppert said negotiations for the sale of the club might not be con cluded until December 23. McCarthy Now a Scout (Boston, Dec. 19. —Tom l,\lcC'arthy, oif this city, will act as scout for the Bos ton American League clmb next season, it was announced yesterday. VWeCarthy was made a free agent by the local National team, for which 'he performed similar duty latrt season. It was also announced that Patsy Donovan would continue to scout for the Red Sox as in past years. Three Hard Words There are three s:hort and simple words, tiie hardest to pronounce in any language (and I suspect they were no easier before the couifuaion of tongues) 'but which no man or nation that can not uttor ran claim to have arrived at manhood. These words are, "1 -vas wrong.''—Lowell. t \ Fine Xmas CANDIES in Christmas Boxes and Baskets and up Golden Seal Drug Store, 11S. Market Square. Wj.;.' ■ I ■■ ■ ■WWWWWMM ■■■£ CHICHESTER S PILLS THE DIAMOND BHAND. A rii- tiIWA '* B « d ud n'«t*iik\V/ boiec, wUh Blu« KlblM.W Trj \W a 7M41 u Bm4. 3« rest. Always ReltabCf SOUIYDSUGfiISTSOEtyiHIEJtI YORK AT ARMORY TO NIGHT Gallney Certain to Be In the Harris burg Line-Up—Taggart to Officiate This evening at the armory, Harris burg will clash with the York basket •"ball team, in the third of a scries of j six games. Harriirtwrg having won t-lio 1 first game 011 its own floor by a wore, of 44 to 33, in an extra five minutes [ of play, while York won the second Igiame on its floor, score 24 to 18. Gaff ney is certain to play in this evening's! game, while Taggart will referee. This shomlil prove a very fast game,! witih little wrangling over rules, inas much as they n.re the rules that Yorkj has been playing under this season, and i Referee Taggart is a member of the rules committee. The Harrisrtmrg line up is considered the strongest ever presented. This will be another one of those games where the nuanaigiement I will not charge extra for dancing with Loeser's orchestra. Line-up: Harrisburg' „ , a, y* Gaffnoy; Sefholtz F Krout „ F Bumbuch Bredbenner ... ..C Hnddow K. Waya G Attic ks ®«™ es G. Bovles ShettM -..0. -Sourbeer INDEPENDENTS TO PLAY Wilkes-Barre Attraction in Chestnut Street Auditorium Witkes-Ba.rre will be the attraction in the Chestnut street auditorium this evening. It is the second homo game of the Harrisburg Independents. On the Wilkes-Barre team are sev eral players who have been given try-1 outs by the Kastern League teams, j Jenkins and Nolan have each been i given try-outs and made good show ings in their games. The remaining! members of the team are well known throughout the coal regions and will ! give the local five one of their hardest j battles ot the season. National rules! will be used in this game. "Ike" McCord, captain of the Inde pendents, has had the team working hard this week in preparation for this game. Ford and MeConncll have shown up especially well ail.l McCord V j ability to cage fouls has yrowit better Iwh night. The short dance between j i halves of the game will be held this l evening. REX HEACH TO SPEED Mile-a-Minute Boat Har, Been Ordered for Him I Rex Beach is the latest convert to i I the high speed motoiboat. 'ile ha* or dered a one-step hydroplane which l to be built this winter by