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MOST MYSTERIOUS INSECT KNO’WN TO SCIENTISTS WILL INVADE LARGE PART OF THE UNITED STATES.

Wlw-a In doohr. sw.: the holsherOra. They haven’t a friend In the ennerega-

Hoar the pence-lr/ein; «(gh when he thinks -if the otd n day*.

npon the reimiu of the peace ference haags the fate of many a toar by sU gardetL

fine of the I have in applying for a yob la that he la a d,charged aoldler.

General Strike appear* to be In tuand of the labor Atoatton In many rtties and cocartTie*.

As fruit price* decline one hears again faint aturmara erf erttlrfam agaioo the Ben Dart* apple.

Tailor* annmmre that lorid colon ell] prerail la men’s clothing this aon-

Anti-America r; propaganda In Mex- . . having ceased we ahonld oappms anti Mexican propaganda here When a machine gets In a rat It

a«aally tarns orer. When a Ban grta

Hi a rut he aaoally ataya there.

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very coming spring and early mer over Urge regions of the United States where this bcnoA hat not appeared before for er other regVms where another brood appeared 13 yenri ago. Thla la the Insect commonly referred to aa the "'17-year loenrt.' » two pnrtlcatar*It Is not a temst at afl. that name being properly applied only to member* of the gr-wifcopper family, and while it haa a 17-year period, it aUo ha* a 13year period. It ha* been no long miscalled by the name of locsst. bower er. that there la no hope of divesting It of that Inrr.rrecr appelUdon. and !n the regions where there U the longer period of It win continue to be known as the "17yenr loruat." and la the arena of the shorter recurtbe "13-year lorost." The scientflcai.y accepted name of periodical cicada, there»re. la the only one that egnctly fit*. The statement that this la the most intcr-rtlag Insect In the world will hardly be questioned anywhere. end it Is the most interesting beemtwe It U aslbly, because It has always appeared to be so mysterious. The fact that it appears in coontle** numbers one year, them Is not seen aga n for half the average lifetime of human bring* and then suddenly appear* again in countless number*, has kept the popmar mind mystified xnd ha* woven many superstitions about the cicada. When It Is known that Uje Insect* spend the 13 or 17 yean in slow development beneath the at almost exactly the same •pot shere they entered the ground X.I or 17 year* before—then the mystery di•appear*, but the interest. if anything, is intensified. One of the queerest thing* In nature is that in spite of such extremely slow growth in their subterranean habitat, ad the millions of Individual* attain maturity and burst from the gronnd nt

Every "locust year" la. In some sort, a year of fear and dread. It appear* to have been so with the savage* and ha* remained no with their civilized *ucruaaor*. notwithstanding the fact that the cicada baa been under investigation foe well over 200 years, and the appearance of the swa-m* are foretold by entr-m.<logUta as accurately a* eclipnes of moon are foretold by astronomer*. People hrve fancied that they could delect In the cry of the cicada a r-cwmbUb-e to the name of the monarch. Pharaoh that persecuted the Israelite*, and that «ccnlt belief or fear added to the

Hr ns applied to the : ridling I* another the vmr. .tan Indian.

Btlli it hardly seem* fair to deport the alien# and permit other ener who hue ctnzenshtp papers to

z '^ tvTT ^ Of m KtiXOLCCJOA. n .*■* lACOf ter; tme&c: docl and sma oor. scattboho axoNe or tk ir tea* rcr. aa&e, *uvjom r olomt; or TMf ■j rcAkacAaA-e"- •

iae cry m tm- cicada generally an unwelcome one. Ten long ago *..»-■ supersttrion attached to the dark bar* <rf the m.^y wing*. TTw-w- bar* are alway* IS It- '!.a[»- of the letter U. hut few people that throogh a period of IS or 17 year*.

tachcd to tt at each ha* arisen always to

e that the W on the lomat’# winga ttran* •War.” Klnce this oetlirvak *11! mme just at me c.mrtasl.ir. of the grcaiest m»". and when even the

t»«gi&***«•> of the rural prophet cocid hardly coo

i iure <sp the likelihood of mother one. M*n» aew

-euraa. a vhcaat M garden will . „m apparently have to be found this

*«v« ju,, Btil no doubt the - leads will, as ua-jat. be

[r-ieteQ a* a harbinger of disaster, and. a* usual, here win be ri-poru of death* caused t y slings of the ri-ada. a belief that has persisted !n Spite of positive proof that the cicada baa bo sting, that wily by Tlf extrexueat a'etdent could it lafii'.t a round either with MU or ovipositor, and that It

toold not. In any case. Inject a polww,. In Joey Is Usually Owrcrt-rratad.

Ilpoc every appearance of large krond* of the cicada, fear Is arooord that trees will he destroyed, psruculsrly young tows of tie* fritting and orna Eoertal eperte*. Tliere would aretn to be aome (Trowed for aoch a fear The number -rf the maeeta t» w> tremewdoii. That one ran hardly un-l-r-

Pnod prices may be three timer than ten year* ago. but who u start ten year* ag> and go thr

fri the fact n r* of cicada* it > UWM* of tfae

■ithoat killing ere have been i of the Called

17-year with as this yesr will unt bring about . dlUou* approorti log those of 1988. The Chlted States meat of agriculture ba* loot impt clooe check oa all of the broods of both families and is able to say with almost com plete. unfailing accuracy Jo« when and over what urrttocy any brood will

The two brood. d»e data year are brood 10. whtcb beiobga Cr the 17-yoar famUy. and brood 18. which brioD^a t- the !3-y**f family. Br.»d lo ha* the widest dhrtrthiitioa of any brood. Hegtnaing at the eastera extremity of I>fQg Island. It swee-m a^t and aornth to the MMvbulppl river at Cairo, 111- and extend* a* far mirth s« central Wle-uoaAo and a* far aoutl: a* middle Georgia, with *o«ae Isolated .-olooles as far n-wtl east s* upper VetmooL and one a* far west a* the boundary Bee between Iowa and Nebraska The whole or portions of 20 stale* are Included within this range There aw- three regions of greater oedurrmee, one covering New JerseyMaryland and eastern pMOsylvanta; aoothar covering all of Indiana, tbs greater port of Ohio and southern Michigan, and a third covering wot era North Carolina • astern Temwasee. and northern Georgia. Brood 18. the Uyear brood that comes out tUc year. i» comparamrty a small brood and 1* made up of acattered cnioaies ralher tbaa of the dens* and rampart warms that mark the larger brood*. Five elate* are aff'-rted by U—Alabama. Georgia. North Carolina. Ifeath Carolina, and Te hut It touches oaly Hi r in May. Latitude docs not sopear to materially affect the time of emergence fr <n> the gruoad. the ricads in the lake urates mmiag sat art'hi a a week or tww erf Hie same time a* la (he Gulf and Houtb Atlantic «st«*. This data ranges Crum the last week in May to the finst la June, aad the shrieking boat* may be looked fur thiongbosH the whole territory tewiicate-l a; absat that «»-. I-ote in May or early la June the uader S*d*» of lewteo on pmc U sily all trees la -Vnae brand areas will be studded with the cast skin* nod

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The year mo l« likely to be one of l worst "locust years" or. record. But eatoot the I'nlted Stttes depart is n agrlruliure *ee uolbing alarming In the prow pert. TV* periodical cicada, the real name of the , Insect commonly ratled will a I hi* year In the f. 4 lowing ■tates: Alahnma. Dtatri-t of Columbia. Delaware. Georgia. ‘ IUlnoi>. Indiana. 1-esa. Kentucky. Maryland ^ Massacbuarits. M!<-hIgan. New Jersey. New ; Tork. North ■ «rolina. Ohio. I'eunsylvania. | fiouth Carolina. Tenneaaee. Vertn-nt. Vlr- j gtata. West Virginia, and Wlacoaaln. The injury d *jv by the peri-Kll--.. cicada coMdrt* almost wholly In cblariU-g groove* i la the l-rsiwhe* of trees for depositing egg* I TbW injury always appears to be greater ■ than It actually U. Popular alarm la uooally I out of proportion to general daihagr Young fruit trees are sometime* killed by the cicada. The iverauUouary meaaureF are: liefer putilng out young fruit trews OH next year; p-xtpone budding operation*; do ; ao pruning ihia winter t* spring. When the invert* begin rvjmtng out. band pick them from young fruit trees or spray them with pyrrtbrum powder, kero*** «a.Jl*ioas or a solution of carbolic arid t acrtlc add. Later, when the Insect* are ready to b> gja Uying. spray young fruit tree* with i whitewash.

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Practical Djar of OSTRICH FEATHKB

We Solidt Your F« Wants in all its Brandm DYEING CLEANING avd CURLING [ 164-156 N. Thirt««tk 1 PHILADELPHIA

gtor*. Slid the work skomld be very early In the neirning or late In the i-veillug when the loswet* are ancoew hst torpid and aUgglati. I»tcctic.dc* Arm Effective The i!c*!n»ctfcoo of the rtesda mty bo aemm. piished wiib Inaertlcidat. if applied at IV mom- nr ■ two. e from the grout.. or ahurtly after ft I it# pupa! skin and 1* aOD soft and ramSdtratrveiy bripleae This kind of work aa be ,».a. wry swreauful la small areas, but «aul«! mol to applied on a large scale. Bear r-vs»U om «h--alned wllh pvrethnam powder, ketwne emni•tons, a 2 per cent aotaiton of rartoftr and. or a ti per cent o-Hutimi of o-rthr arid, -prayed -lirotv ly ms the inserts. Not mt-ris suceea# ba» l«-ea attained with washe# »r olher appilrnUooa to prevent ortpost-

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What an Owner Cannot do

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You can ea«g a leopsr*# but you cannot ch*n*» Uh ■doIa or hi* point of rUnr. But what an Owner CAN DO U tn Miact, is tb* ftnt pbc*. a Contractor who hM “ •■tAbtkhkd repuUtion for faUgrity, ffSdeocy and reaedta. Edward B. Arnett

Bell TUephoai CoOMrttooi bea isle erry. h. j.

WILLIAM A. HAAPEAT

III Week Promptly Attontfad Tm W worn Jsency A room* •at lot# City, tt 4.