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FL1*. fi n i) wmmmrnm i MOST MYSTERIOUS INSECT KNOWN TO SCIENTISTS WILL I N VADE LARGE PART OF THE UNITED STATES. (Prepared by the U. S. department' of Agriculture.) HE most interesting insect la the world, the periodical cicacja, is going to be seen, perhaps in very large numbers, during the coming spring and early summer over large regions of the United States where this brood has not appeared before for -17 years, and over other regions where another ^fjrood appeared 13 years ago. This Is the insect ^Jtommonly referred to as the "17-year locust," a fijbame that is incorrect In at least two particulars. j|tt is not a locust at all, that name being properly |L§pplied only to members of the grasshopper family, Ipjmd while it has a 17-year period, it also has a 13- y Jpear period. It has been so long miscalled by the '^jiame of ipcust, however, that there Is no hdpe of divesting it of that Incorrect appellation, and in |he regions where there is the longer period of , 5 frecurrence it will continue to be known as the "17- ;i%ear locust," and in the areas of the shorter recur- ^ fence period as the "13-jear locust." The sclen- *•'• fifically accepted name of periodical cicada, therefore, is the only one that exactljrflts. . The statement that this is the most Interesting • Insect in the world will hardly be questioned anywhere, and it is the most interesting because it is the most anomalous, or possibly, because it has Oflways appeared to be so mysterious. The fact {hat it appears in countless numbers one year, then |s not seen again for half the average lifetime of ^ Auman beings and then suddenly appears again in Jfountless numbers, has kept the popular mind mystified and has woven many superstitions about the "tipicada. When it is known that the insects spend iflhe 13 or 17 years in slow development beneath the ground and emerge at almost exactly the same «pot where they entered the ground 13 or 17 years , |>efore--then the mystery disappears, but the interest, if anything, is intensified. One of the queerest things in nature is that in spite of such extremely slow growth in their subterranean habitat, •ill the miliums of individuals attain maturity and burst from the ground at almost the same moment. - Every "locust year" is, In some sort, a year of fear and dread,. It appears to have been so with the savages and has remained eo with their civilized successors, notwithstanding the fact that the cicada - has been under investigation for well over 200 years, and the appearance of the swarms are foretold by entomologists as accurately as eclipses of moon are foretold by as- / tronomers. People have fancied that they could detect in the cry of th* ' cicada a resemblance to the name of the monarch* .Pharaoh, that persecute^; the Israelites, and that oo> cult belief or fear adde{ to the somewhat doloroui sound has served to makf^. TRANSFORMATION OF PERIODICAL CICADA NUMBERS INDICATE 5TAOES OF DEVELOPMENT When the "17-Year-Locusts" Corrte. AN IOWA FAMKR ISN'T SOFT MONEY •* * ' ' Champion Faro Dealer and Pal Just Walk Into Visitor's s Trap. Chicago.--A few days ago Frederick Kua bade adieu to the cows and chickens on his farm at Sioux City, tucked his wallet in his Test pocket and journeyed to Chicago to see tho sights. A stranger of magnetic mien met him at the Hotel La Salle, led him aside and whispered: • • -Want to make $8,0001* "Sure," said Farmer Kwim. "Listen, I'm George Billings, the world's greatest faro dealer. I deal at J) KEEP THEIR MONEY AT HOME JNany People In England Evidently Will Not Entrust Saving* to the Care of Banka. f ; A vast amount of money still lies tfntnveatlil in the country, declares the London Ifeatl. In a Yorkshire village there b|% fisherman who is known to have five thousand dollars In notes In his thirty-dollar-a-year cottage. He wears clothes which cost abont ten dollars before the war, and owns a fishing boat worth one thousand or fifteen hundred dollars. In the same village a short time ago a fisherman bought his cottage, and when the owner called for a deposit he counted out fifteen hundred dollars in gold, the full purchase price. In a neighboring town there is at least one fisherman who has five thousand dollars or more in notes in his little house, but he cannot be induced to Invest any of it When he has been urged to do so he has said that he "preferred to have it near him as it is safer I" A woman In a Yorkshire country tovMs one morning walked Into a lawyer's office and produced a handbag containing two thousand half-sovereigns which she had collected in thirty years. After asking advice on investing the money she stated that at night she took the handbag up to her bedroom. When she traveled she took the handbag with her, aud on one occasion left it on the rack in the train. She remembered her treasure before she left the station and recovered it. LAND VALUE FRED I /• * > ' J Depend# Altogether on PWVQf Giving Wealth. OCCURRENCE OF THE PERIODICAL CICADA IN 1919 LARGE DOTS- REPRESENT DENSE AND SMALL DOTS SCATTERINO COLONIES OP THE 1 r-YEAR PEST. CROSSES RCPRESajt^ COLONIES OF THE 1 y YEAR CICADA. * •he cry of the cicada generalfy an unwelcome one. Very long ago some superstition attached to the dark bars of the filmy wings. These bars are always In the shape of the letter W, but few people " remember that through a period of 13 or 17 years, sind gyeat significance is attached to it at each recurrence. Some prophet has arisen always to announce that the W on the locust's wings means •Var." Since this outbreak will come just at the conclusion of the greatest war, ami when even the Imagination of the rural prophet could hardly conjure up the likelihood of another one, some new explanation will apparently have to be found this time. But no doubt the cicada will, as usual, be greeted as a harbinger of disaster, and, as usual, there will be reports of deaths caused %y stings of the cicada, a belief that has persisted in spite of positive proof that the cicada has no sting, that •only by the extremest accident could it inflict a wound either with bill or ovipositor, and that it could not, in any case, inject a poison. Injury Is Usually Overestimated. Upon every appearance of large broods ot the cicada, fear is aroused that trees will be destroyed, particularly young trees of the fruiting and ornamental species. There would seem to be some ground for such a fear. The number of the insects Is 30 tremendous that one can hardly understand how they can deposit their eggs in the young and tender branches of the trees without killing them. Yet the fact remains that there have been outbreaks of cicadas in some sections of the United States in most of the years since this country was discovered and that no very grave damage ever yet has been done. Very young fruit trees sometimes are killed or seriously injured, but little or no permanent injury is done to forest trees or mature trees of any kind and measures of protection can employed that will save the young and tender stock from serious Injury. Inasmuch as the coming 1919 brood of locusts - may be one of the largest.on record. It is partlcu-_ lurly Important to allay excessive fear of destruction to timber as well as to have people on guard, so that the few preventive measures possible may be applied. The belief that the 1919 brood will be exceptionally large is based on the fact that the 17-year brood coming out this year is brood 10, perhaps the largest of the 17-year broods, and that brood 18 of the 13-year family comes out at the same time. The year 1868 was the greatest locust « year in history. In that year brood 19, the largest of the 13-year broods, appeared In conjunction with brood 10,* the two combining to made an unprecedented infestation. Thecolncidence of the largest 1 7 - y e a r b r o o d with a smaller 13- year brood this y e a r w i l l n o t bring about cori» dltions approaching those of 1868. The U n i t e # States depart- . ment of agriculture has long kept close check on all. of the broods of both families and la able to say with almost com* p 1 e t e, unfailing accuracy Just when and over what territory any brood will appear. vear are brood ** -Want to Make *5,0007* • millionaire club here. But they've cheated me out of a $12,000 commission, and I want revenge. All I want you to do Is to buy $1,000 worth of chips and I'll throw the game to you." "Where do we go from here)" asked Mr. Kunz. "Meet us in Lincoln park tomorrow at the soo. We'll explain the details." They met--Mr. Kunz, Billings, and his partner, whom he introduced as Everett Mollne. They had laid the proposition before Kunz and he had his hand on the wallet, when there suddenly appeared four detectives from Cfilef Mooney's office, who placed Billings and Mollne under arrest as confidence men. , Farmer Kuns had tipped off til* police. »' The two broods due this .. -- -- which belongs to the 17-year family, and brood 1% which belongs to the 13-year family. Brood 10 has the widest distribution of any htood. Beginning at the eastern extremity of Xong Island, It sweeps west and south to the Mississippi river at Cairo, 111., and extends as far north as central Wisconsin and as far south as middle Georgia, with some Isolated colonies a-s far northeast as upper Vermont, and one as far west as the boundary line between Iowa and Nebraska. The whole or portions of 20 states are included within this range. There are three regions bt greater occurrence, one covering New Jersey,- Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania; another covering all of Indiana, the greater part of Ohio and southern Michigan, and a third covering western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and northern Georgia. Brood 18, the 13-year brood that comes but this year. Is comparatively a small brood and is made Hp of scattered colonies rather than of the dense and compact swarms that mark the larger broods. Five states are affected by It--Alabama, Georgia,' North Carolina, South Carolina,*and Tennesseebat it touches only limited areas of these states. Cicadas Will Appear in May. ^batitude does not appear to materially affect the time of emergence from the ground, the cicada In the lake states coming out within a week or two o< the same time as in the Gulf and South Atlantic states. ' This data ranges from the last week In May to the first In June, and the shrieking host* may be looked for throughout the whole territory indicated at about that time. Late In May or early In June the under sides of leaves on practically all trees In dense brood areas will be studded with the cast skins and every wooded place will be resounding with the shrill drums. A month later the desposition of eggs jln tranches will have become general. The year 1919 is likely to be one of the worst "locust years" on record; But entomologists of the United States department of agriculture see nothing alarming In the prospect. The periodical cicada, the real name of the Insect commonly called "locust," will appear this year in the following states: Alabama, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee. Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The Injury done by the periodical cicada consists almost wholly In chiseling grooves in the branches of trees for depositing eggs. This Injury always appears to be greater than it actually is. Popular alarm is usually out of proportion to general damage. Young fruit trees are sometimes killed by the cicada. The precautionary measures are: Defer putting out young fruit trees till next year; postpone budding operations; do no pruning this winter or spring. When the Insects begin coming out, hand pick them from young fruit trees or spray them with pyrethrum powder, kerosene emulsions or a solution of carbolic acid or acetic acid. Later, when the insects are ready to begin laying, spray young fruit trees with whitewash. FRECKLES New Is tk That ts G«* Rwl »f TWm Ugly Syato Tfeera'a no longer tho sllirtitMt need of feeling' uhamed of your frrcklcs, •> Othlne--double strength--U (nannteed to mm tbeae homely •pots. Simply get an ounce of Othlne--doable strength--from your dniutit, and apply a little of It night and morning and you should noon see that eren the worst freckles hare begun to disappear, while the lighter one* hare vanished entirely. It Is seldom that more than one ounce la needed to completely clear the akin aad gala • beautiful clear complexion. Be sure to aak for the doubt* strength Othlne, as thin la sold under guarantee of money back If It fall) to remoT« freckle*.--Adv. Conservation. Jimmy la a small ten-yeaimM and very unpopular with the family just now. He reckons time from a bagful of Ill-gotten marbles, and has reduced the use of soap and water to a fine point. The other morning he was, as usual, late at breakfast. Finally his father mounted the steps a few at a time only to come on Jimmy In the bathroom door looking complacently into his mother's hand mirror. "What are you doing with that mirror?" his father asked, brusquely. "Trying to see what part of my face to wash," he answered promptly.--Indianapolis NewB. $1,000 AS CONSCIENCE BALM Defrauded Man Fifty Years Aqd and New Makes Restitution to Daughters. Bloomington, 111.--An unusual case of conscience rasping developed when Mrs. Idary Kable of Virden and her two sisters, Mrs. H. B. Henkel and Mrs. G. A. Hulett, both of Sangamon county, were given $1,000 by an old man who claimed to have defrauded their father, Peter Freeman, a half cectury ago. In 1809 Freeman owned a flock of sheep which were disease stricken. The hired man, William Dohrf, said if the sheep were sent to Missouri they might be cured. Freeman sold the flofk to Dohrf for $1,000, the money to be paid if the sheep survived. Dohrf saved a few, chipped them to Montana, and they became the nucleus of a fortune. * He Is now rated as a millionaire and decided to hunt up the relatives of Freeman and pay them the muaey he agreed to pay SO years ago. gence, and the work should be very early In the morning or late In the evening when the Insects are somewhat torpid and sluggish. Insectlc!des Are Effective. The destruction of the cicada may be accom* pllsheil with insecticides if applied at the moment of emergence from the ground or shortly after It has shed its pupal skin and i« still soft and comparatively helpless. This kind of work can be made very successful In small areas, but could not be applied on a large scale. Best results are obtained with pyrethrum powder, kerosene emulsions, a 2 per cent solution of carbolic acid, or a 15 per cent solution of acetic acid, sprayed directly on the insects. Not much success has been attained with washes or other applications to prevent ovlposltion. Ill-smelling substances appear not to repel the cicada. There are some Indications that the Insect dislikes to sit on a white surface, and therefore whitewash is believed to possess some efficacy as a preventive of oviposition, though the cicada will oviposit on whitewashed trees If no more A spray of bordeaux GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER Has been used for all ailments that are caused by a disordered stomach and Inactive liver, such as sick headache, constipation, sour stomach, nervous indigestion, fermentation of food, palpitation of the heart caused by gases in the stomach. August Flower Is a gentle laxative, regulates digestion both In stomach and Intestines, cleans and sweetens the stomach and alimentary canal, stimulates the liver to secrete the bile and impurities from the blood. Sold in all civilized countries. Give it a trial.--Adv. ^ World League of Worn--. « The group of 100 French girts sen? over recently to American colleges for their education, and the deputations of representative French and English women who are bringing messages of gratitude and Inspiration for us, are only a few Indications of the growing feeling of oneness among the women of the world. That to Why tm PerWi Aerea We* *rn Canada, With Adjacent Mar*, fg Iceta, Are le Attractive to •etttara. -.'J Throughout every portion oi th# Western Empire lands that are capable of producing are in great demamL We find that in the States of proved agricultural wealth, land prices have increased within the past three or four years to a degree that ten years ago would not have been thought to be possible. Land that sought buyer* at $100 an acre five years ago la changing hands at $200 an acre. Th# secret of this does not lie altogether In the higher prices of farm product^ for the expense of production has Increased proportionately. The better methods of farming have had a good deal to do with it, and the ' cowledga that demands for farm products will be sufficiently great for a good many years to come to insure a continuation of the high prices that prevail at prfesent Then, again. Improved chinery, the tractor and otter of economic power will tend to 1< the cost. Governing land values, too, are dl- Senates, soil, moisture, settlement, rail* roads, markets. Without markets, no matter how much the other ^actors eat* ter Into it, the land la merely M ' speculative value. It is not more than a third of a | century since ninety per cent of | the land In Western Canada, now oe» j cup led and tilled, and producing enough in one year to give a proLt | of from twenty-five to thirty dollara 1 per acre, was unoccupied or used as | grazing land, and worth very little. These lands today are valuable, and are being sought by settlers who realize their present and future value. There is no portion of the world that la attracting the same attention. The soil may have improved In the past centuries with the fertilizing given it by nature; the climate has not changed, and the moisture may te considered the same. These are three of the essentials of good land. What they Jacked a third of a century ago was markets--a fourth essential. These they have now. Thus provided, it is not to be wondered at that these millions of acres with their great wealth, which have so long been awaiting the awakening touch of mankind, are now to be found adding to the available wealth of the world. With the advent of railroads, throwing their great trunks of steel across the continent and over the surface of these boundless plains, spreading out their tentacles to remoter parts, the world at large has begun to realize that here was a couhtry possessing all the natural advantages claimed by older communities; that land here just as good or better, acre for acre, as their own mnM he had for almost tho h skin jr. With the realization of the foregoing facts came the people, who found that a railway had preceded them and markets already existed tor anything that they might care to raise. These markets have greatly expanded and, are capable of still greater expansion, and assure to the agriculturist the prevailing prices of the world. An assured market means added value to every acre of land in Western Canada, and the near future will see lands that are now selling at exceptionally low prices begin fco increase In value. Just as they have in Eastern Canada and the United States --Advertisement. •4. 'A '<•:••' f% J 1 £•&.;- j v.ii mP is • , .v • vr^ffiK #1' < '*£• < : ,W- .7 *7- hi pleasing place can be found. ^Fear aroused*"by\he~ presence ot this InseOTIff-^ mixture is also believed to have sosie value as a preventive. Certain precautionary methods, however, are of more Importance than the curative ones. In all regions where there Is to be an appearance of the cicada, all pruning operations should be neglected, during the preceding winter and spring in order to offer a larger twig growth and thus to distribute the damage over a greater surface. The planting of young orchards should be deferred until the danger is past, and the same advice applies to budding operations in the spring prior to the cicada's appearance. great numbers is out of proportion to the real damage likely to be done. People in Infested sections should not become unduly alarmed, but Should apply such methods of control as are possible. In youug orchards and nurseries, the safest method is the hand collection of the insects at the time of emergence or as soon afterward as possible. Every cicada tries to climb some plant or tree immediately after coming out of the ground, and great numbers of them can be shaken off and collected in bags or umbrellas. This practice may be continued for an Indefinite time after emer- • \ . * Farming for Boys Some time ago the government of western Australia initiated a scheme for placing boys on farms wlth-'n the state, in order that they might have the most practical kind of training in the years before they are ready to take up land for themselves. The farmers showed coi slderable eagerness In securing thf services of the boys, and last year the government applications for 000, of which ^ -.vr~V< number only 830 could be supplied. The government keeps in close touch with all boys sent, and receives piles of letters showing that both they and the farmers are pleased with the scheme. The colonial secretary, the Hon. H. F. ColebStch, recently remarked: "Some parents may think their boys too clever or too well educated for farm work. This is a mistake. There are many boys too dull or too ignorant to make a success of farming--none too bright or tco well educated." J Had Lived Out of the World. John Harris, aged seventy-five years, has retired recently as keeper of Winter Island lighthouse after r service of 47 years, says a Salem (Mass.) dispatch. Harris had never seen a moving picture show, ridden In an automobile, seen a city electrically lighted after dark or eaten In a night restaurant. His duties at the lighthouse made it necessary for him to be there at night, and during the 47 years he was never outs' de the beacon after dark. Baby's Hand Bitten Off • By Pet Hog ot Family ;; Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. W. Brldgeman of Asheville, N. Cm was attacked by a pet hog and had one hand chewed off and the other badly mangled before help could arrive on the scene. The child and pet hog, which had the run of the house and yard, were left In the kitchen by Mrs. Brldgeman while she was in the yard. The mother heard the child suddenly begin to scream, and rushing back to the kitchen, found the baby gone. Following the cries of the little one she found it in the yard, where the hog had dragged it, and when die arrived the baby was being violently shaken by the hog. Judge Prescribe* Curst Detroit, Mich.--Frank Hayes, altejted confidence man, leaning against a lumppost told officers he was too tired to "move on." Justice Heston prescribed 60 days' rest in/the workbona* Some Thi Kansas City, Mo.--Some thief 1 Broke lock off barn door of Baltimore ft Ohio Coal company harnessed team and drove load of coal away. Then ro> turned horses and wagon. During the entire: 4T years he was> never absent from his post except during five days, and on these days he was always back In the lighthouse before sunset Now he is on the pension roll and has moved with Mrs. Harris into Salem. They are going to spend the remainder of their days getting acquainted with the modern world. Alloy steel castings for dies are be ing used by drop forging manufac tnrera. Soldier Victimised Too-Trusting Wlfeu , Kockford, 111.--By promising to elope with Mrs. Nicholas Gruenwald of Rockford, IlL, a Camp Grant soldier secured the key to her home, stole her husband's entire savings, $24)0Qk from a trunk, then disappeared. Gruenwald forgave his wife. •Ml Judge Agreed With Hen Boston.--Richard D. Wallace ed to tattoo pictures on his wife's body. She objected to being decorated. Judge Chase said «i* wa# cifltt and gave her a dlvorc* "Cold Id the Head** |g an aeute attack of Nasal Catarrh. PWaons who are subject to frequent "colaa In the head" will find that the uae of HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE will build up the System, cleanse the Blood and render them less liable to colds. Repeated attacks of Acuta Catarrh may l«a.d to Chronic Cfttarrh. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE Is t*k- •a Internally and acts through tha Blood OB the Mucous Surface* of tn6 8yst®ni« All PruKKlsts 75c Testimonials free. ilOO.OO for any case of^ catarrh that HaLL'H CATARRH MKDICINB will net CU^ J. Cheney * Co.. Toledo Ohio. Not So Bad, at That. Somebody lias called attention to the fact that a recent advertisement listed domino sugar under the heading of "meat specials." Well, wbass wrong about that? Isn't sugar the next thing to sweetmeats? Very well, MCI pass to the next ' Muddy Day. "Henrietta" exclaimed Mr. Meekten. all of a sudden, "I'm going to put my foot down--" "I was Just going to speak of that,- s h e i n t e r r u p t e d . "You a r e g o i n g t o ; put both feet down--on that mat ou t the front step and wipe them carefully ; the next time yon come ilnto tfcfea house." SAGE TEA DARKENS HAIR TO ANY SHADE Important to Mother* Examine carefully every bottle 9t CASTORLA, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that It Bears the 8lgnature of In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Commuter's Hope. •Til be heartily glad when they get the airship perfected so that it can take a share in general passenger traffic," remarked Mr. Crosslots. "It will save time." "I don't mind the time. But I don't believe they will ever perfect an airship that will require a passenger to hang onto a strap Instead of providing him with a seat," When a married man has no mind of his own his wife is apt to give him a piece of her*. Lots of men know ho*" to^ cure hams, but are unable to pro-cure them. m Dent stay Gray! Here's an 01* time (tecipe that Anybody am Apply. * " . The use of Sage and Sulphur fnrf* storing faded, gray hair to Its natural color dates back to grandmother's time. She used It to keep her hair beautifully dark, glossy and attractive. Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked appearance, this simple mixture was applied with wonderful effect. But brewing at home is mussy and out-of-date. Nowadays, by asking at any drug store for a bottle of "Wyeth'a \V-,M Sage and Sulphur Compound." yon •• m will get this famous old preparation. v Improved by the addition of other in- ||g| gredlents, which can be depended up- * ^ « on to restore natural color and beauty ^ to the hair. f yf! A well-known downtown druggist < , g says it darkens the hair so naturmttyjp and evenly that nobodr can tell It been applied. You simply di sponge or soft brush this through your hi strand at a time. gray hair disappears, other application or beautifully dark and -- It's an easy matter --with thes exception IT'S NOT YOUR HEART; f IT'S YOUR ajoritv of the ills Kople today can be hiey trouble. son*. A eople today fa no respecter rf perafflicting traced back to the The kidneys are the most important organs of the body. They are the filter? re of your blood. If the poisons which are swept irom the tissues by the blood are not eliminated through the ' kidneys, disease oi one form or another will claim you as a victim. Kidney disease is usually indicated by weariness, sleeplessness, nervousness, despondency, backache, stamsch trouble. pain in loins and lower abdomen, gall atones, j:ravel, rheumatism, sciatica and lumbago. All these derangements are aatnce'a W. N. U., CHICA ktdaem, relieves strays the gems which Go to your druggist toA box of GOLD 1UDAL Capsules. In twentjHbar should feel health ana via After you feel continue to take one or each day, so as to keep the condition and ward off the other attacks. Ask for the original impacted OCUJi MEDAL brand. Three atae* funded U they d» net help