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these wingless insects build in. many
those in the accompanying picture.
These are sometimes erected six or
eight inches above the surface Of the
I 1ound, and they are built Of soft pei
Id OF clay brought up frunr below and
pressed firmly into place. just why
the insect resorts to this peculiar
architecture is still a mystery of sci
ence. Either from these chimneys or
from the fiat surface on the ground
the cicadas wifi all be ready, shortly
to emerge and take their first peep at
the sunlit scenes from which they hid
themselves back in 1894 or-if of the
southern brood-in 1898.
The exact date of emergence from
the ground will be later In the north
than in the south. In high cold e
1t will appear later than In warm
regions of less elevation. But over
the great bulk Of the territory in
volved the date Of emergence will be
during the last week In May, although
In some parts of the far south they
will appear perhaps a week earlier.
If you wish to behold one of the
most remarkable phenomena of nature
visit some orchard or wooded area
where the northern cicadas were plen-
tiful in 1894, or where the southern
brood was abundant In 1898. Here
just at sunset during each evening Of
the week indicated institute a close
watch over a patch Of open soil.
Just after sunset you will see n
of the brown wingless insects emerge
from their holes with a rush and
scramble for the nearest tree, bush,
weed, pole, stump OF fence. II you
have selected a particularly favored
locality the ground at your feet will
be literally alive with and hidden by
the running insects. By nine o'clock
the bulk of the army will have come
out of the ground, each fastening him
self to some selected object, prefer
ably a leaf or twig. Then within
about an hour after settling. each Uill
be seer by you lantern light neatly
to split his parchment-like shell down
the back from collar to w~aistband.
Watch closely and you will behold,
emerging from the slit Of each shell.
what appears at first to be q creamy
white worm with pink eye and heavy
black brows.
Like the moonfower petals bursting
upon the lattice, they will shoot out
until the tree covered by the myriad
insects will appear to be In bloom.
IN the moonlight such 9 tree looks
for all the world al though 1t were full
Of beautiful white blossoms In various
stages OF Transformation" Is tho way
the phenomenon was once described
by Prof. G. v. Riley, late chief en-
tomologist Of the government.
Rise early next morning and you
will find the trees filled with tho
empty shells and nearby you win .
the fully developed cicadas. now
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sight, except 70 30 20 the kitchen for
something to eat for her. That very
day Bella got the doctor TO order ale
for Aunt Selma Ooh. yes; the doctor
could come In; Dial said 1T al all u
coming In, and nothing going out")
and she had three pints Of Bass, and
learned to eat anchovies and cayiare
-all In one day!
Bella's conduct to Jim was disgrace
full. She snubbed him, ignored him,
tramped on him, and Jim was growing
positively flabby. He spent most OF
his time writing letters to the board
of health and playing solitaire. He
was a pathetic figure.
Well, we went to bed fairly early.
Bella had massaged Aunt Selina's face
and rubbed in cold cream. Anne and
Dallas had compromised on which
window should be open in their bed.
room, and the men had matched to
see who should look at the furnace.
did not expect to sleep. but the cold
night air had done it's work, and /
was asleep almost Immediately.
Some time during the early part Of
the night / wakened, and, after turn
ing and twisting uneasily. l realized
that / was cold. The couch in Bella's
dressing room was comfortable
enough, but narrow and low. / re-
member distinctly Chat was what was
SO m~addening: Everybody thought 1
dreamed It'll remember getting an
e~iderdown comfort that was folded at
my feet. and pulling 1t up around me-.
In the luxury of its warmth ! snug
gled down and went to sleep almost
instantly. 1t seemed to m l had slept
for hours, but 1t was probably an hour
or less, when something reused me
The room vas perfectly dark. and
there was not a sound save the faint
ticking of the clock, but l was wide
awake.
And then came the incident that in
its CHASTITY, horrible absurdity made
the, res of the people shout with
laughter the next day. It was not
funny then. For suddenly the elder
down comfort began to slip. l heard
no footstep, not the slightest sound
approaching me, but the comfort
moved; from my chin, inch by inch. 1t
slipped to my shoulders; awfully, in
-evitably, hair-raisingly 1t moved. l
could feel my blood gather around my
heart, leaving me cold and nerveless.
AS 1t passed my hands l gave an in
voluntary clutch for it, to feel it slip
away from my fingers. Then the full
horror of the situation took hold of
me; as the comfort slid past my feet
/ sat up and screamed at the top of
my voice.
OF course, people came running IN
in all sorts of things. / was still sit
ting up, declaring l had Eel a ghost
and hat the house was haunted. Dali
las was struggling for the second arm
hole of his dressing gown, and Bella
had already turned on the lights. They
said I had had a nightmare, and not to
sleep on my back. and perhaps / was
taking grippe.
And tust then we heard Jimmy run
down the stairs, and fall over some
thing, almost breaking his wrist. 1t
was the eiderdown comfort. halfway
up the studio staircase!
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Not a Sinaer.

Not a Singer.
Johnny" the teacher said, here Is
book. Newsstand up straight and
sing ike little man
The soF.e Wal Nearer. MY God
No sooner had the school commenced
to sing than a little girl waved her
hand frantically. Stopping the sing
ing, the teacher inquired the cause.
Please. teacher, / think Johnny
will get nearer If he whistles"
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Copyright 1903. by ~ IN Co.
sYNonsl4

%1EH@&4EX|%%
James Wilson or Jl1aanm he is called
by his friends. Jimmy WRN rotund and
looked shorter than He xe<11y was. His
ambition in life was TO be <e1<en seriously,
but people steadily refus}d 20 do SO. his
art is considered q ,1huxs \ except to
eryone expected a fr6lics3s Mtmmy marries
Bella Knowles: they hx&&1okether q year
and are divorced. TmIny's friends ar
Of his divorce. The party is in full swing
when Jimmy receives q telegram from his
Aunt Selma. who will arrive in four hours
tell her Of his divorce. Jimmy takes Kit
into his confidence. he tries to devise
some way SO that his int will not learn
that he has no longer q wife. He sug-
night. be Mrs. Wilson pro tenn. Aunt Sc
lima arrives and the deception works out
as planned. Jim's Jap servant Is taken
the house and asks Kit who is being ta-
ken away in the ambulance2 Bella insists
It is Jim. Kit tells her Jim IS well and IS
porch and discovers q mar lacking a
card on the door. He demands an ex-
PLANTATION. The man points to the placard
and Harrison sees the word smallpox.
cannot leave the house until the quaran-
tine is lifted. The guests suddenly real
lie their predicament; h women shed
The all important question arises as to
who is to prepare the meals and perform
the other household duties. HARRISON nm
ally solves the matter. After the lifting
Of the quarantine several letters are found
IN the mail box undelivered. one Is adj
dressed to Henry Llewellyn. Iquioue.
Chile. which was written by HARRISON.
He describes minutely OF their incarcera-
ton. also OF his i~nfatuation for Mrs. VIII
son. Aunt Selma II taken i'll with la
grippe. Betty acts as nurse. HARRISON
finds Kit sulking on the roof. She tells
him that Jim has been treating her out
rageously. HARRISON fully believing that
she is Mrs. Wilson,. tells her that she
doesn't mean the things she is saying
about her husband. Kit starts down.
stairs. when suddenly she Is grasped In
the ARM Of 9 man who kisses her sew
eral times. She believes that HARRISON
did it and is humiliated. Aunt Selma tells
Jimmy hat her cameo breastpin and
She accuses Betty OF the theft. The fol-
lowing morning Jimmy was in a rage.
The papers printed q story about the In,
generation Of the party. and that one Of
the guests had attempted to escape by
mea OF laying q board across the roof
to the adjoining house. but was frus-
trated by a detective who fred a revolver
at him.
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~tervals, these two exact broods have
not appeared together in America
since 1890. nor will they again visit
us at the same time until the year
2132.
The periodical cicada-found only
in America-lives to be older than n
other insect known to science. The
two broods which are to appear this
year have respective spans Of life
which a dog and cat could with but
difficulty attain.
Why the northern species lives un-
foreground for exactly seventeen years,
while the southerners maintain their
subterranean existence for just thir-
teen Sd more o less In
either case-is one Of the riddles of
science, but is supposed to be due to
differences in climate-to the same
phenomena which cause higher spe-
cies to mature earlier in the south
than in the north.
The eggs which bore the countless
billions Of the two broods to appear
this spring were laid In the summers
of 1894 and 1898, respectively. A few
weeks later the baby cicadas-about
the size of minute ants-escaped from
their shells, fell lightly to the ground
and quickly burrowed out OF sight,
each forming for himself a little sub
terranean chamber or cell adjoining
the sappy root of the family tree, In
whose twigs the productive eggs
been deposited for ~nourishment- In
this underground cell, at first h size
of a small grain or bird shot, but
gradually growing with its occupant.
each cicada has remained within W.
feet of the surface through winter n
summer buried from sunlight and air.
1T has lived thus in solitary connne-
ment for thirteen or seventeen years,
as the case might be, knowing only Its
moist earthen chamber, separated
from its brothers and sisters, rarely
changing its position, save ~ some
accident to the nourishing rootlet has
caused it to burrow further. In search
of another.
In this sepulchral darkness and soii-
tude each of these little grubs Is
awaiting natures signal for 4 to
emerge from the ground. grow wings
and enjoy only q few weeks Of the SO
ciety Of its fellows. the warmth and
brightness OF the sun. Today mes
billions Of waiting cicadas are within
about a half inch Of the soil surface
of the twenty-one states indicated.
Each is now OF the color q 2 81
the brown locust shells which n
past years you have seen adherins 20
trees.
Just before coming 70 the surface
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A Vague Impression.

A Vague Impression.
what is your idea of the character
Of LADY MAsSsth?"
Really" replied Mrs. Cumrox.
ssthere Is 80 much gossip about people
connected with the stage that ~
scarcely knows what ITO believe.
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cordwood and logs. The most impor-
tant tree Is the white spruce, but
white birch. poplar and aspen are also
abundant.
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A Delicate Compliment

A Delicate Compliment.
my new gown received a very sim
cere compliment the other day."
"As to how?"
"The proprietor of a restaurant I
went into asked me to sit near the
window. Said 1t would lend tone to
his place"
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Baf WI might 6os nds IL III
board Is still lying where A fe1l.
Tnefe was aaa Instantaneous rush
for the window. and q seconds pause.
Then Jimmy's voice. ~incredulous.
awed:
"well. I'll be-blessed! There's the
board!"
l stayed in my room all that day
My head really ached and then, too, I
did not care to meet Mr.. HARRISON. It
would have to come; l realized that
a meeting was inevitable, but | want
ed time to think how / would meet
him. It would be impossible to gcut
him, without rousing the curiosity Of
the others to fever pitch; and 1T was
equally impossible to ignore the dis
graceful episode on the stairs. AS 1t
happened, however, / need nok have
worried. l went down to dinner, lam
guidly, when every one was seated.
and found Max at my right, ard Mr..
HARRISON moved over beside Bella.
Every one was talking at once, for
Flanagan, ambling around the table
as airily as he walked his beat, had
presented Bella with her bracelet on
q salad plate, garnished with ramaine.
He had found it in the furnace room.
he said, where she must have dropped
II. And he looked at me stealthily, to
approve his mendacity!
Every one was famished, and as
they ate they discussed the board In
the area-way, and pretended to deride
1t as a clever bit of press woFk. to re-
vive a dying sensation. No one was
deceived: Anne's pearls AMI the at
tempt at escape. coming jYst after,
pointed only to n thing. II looked
around the table. dazed. F2annigan,
almost the only unknown squantity.
might have tried to escape fhe night
before, but he would not lave been
In dress clothes. Besides& he must
be eliminated as far as &he pearls
ere concerned, having lfen locked
In the furnace room the might they
were stolen. There was nj one among
the girls to suspect. The@Mercer girls
had stunning pearls. and{ could secure
all they wanted legitilnately; and
Bella disliked them. oh, there was no
question about It ! decided: Dallas
and Anne had taken q volt to their
bosom-or Is It q vip1r?-and the
HARRISON man was the creature. Al
though ! must say that looking over
the table, at Jimmy's biAadth and not
worry fmnoufnv uoranunlffv Mt MaX,a
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Taking a Chance.

Taking a Chance.
Employer-So, then, Miss Willing.
you're leaving us for good?
Miss Willing-No, sir! For better
or for worse!
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HE most widespread "a.
Gust invasion that this
country has experienced
IN seventeen years is due
this spring.
The bug prophets Of the
United States bureau Of
entomology have lust
framed a forecast that
viii indicate to citizens.
far and wide. the coun.
ties In which the IN.
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ties In which the In
yaders will appear.
Prophecy, we are told, is not vet an
exact science. but the process Of nra.
dieting this insect invasion is an ex.
ception to the rule.
I.never religiously believed that It
could be done until / beheld for nv
self in the spring of 1902. -Four full
years in advance of that date the on
cial prophets had given me a man of
the predicted theater of war. / filed
it away, and when the scheduled week
rolled around l visited a spot marked
as within the prognosticated field Of
battle. Here | saw the enemy ad-
vance and viewed the succeeding
tumult. 1t was q sight for sore eyes. a
spectacle to be remembered through
out a lifetime.
But the high doings OF 1902 were as
nothing compared with those which
Mother Nature will pull Of this spring
in $50 counties of twenty-one Amer
lean states. For the first time since
1894 two of the major broods" of
periodical ~'locusts" will simultaneous
ly appear.
It will be the last time within u
natural lives that such an onslaught
win be witnessed, nor will our chill
dren's children see the like, for,
strangely enough, two of these major
broods' will not again appear at the
same time until a century and a half
shall have passed.
The two armies are of distinct races.
the n peculiar to the north and the
other to the south. The southerners
have been i~ntrenched under ground
for precisely thirteen years and the
northern warriors have been similarly
hiding beneath their cooler soil for
exactly seventeen twelve months.
Those which now are to appear in the
south last saw the scenes of their
birth in the year of the Spanish war
1S9S-while those that are to invade
the north have not gazed upon their
native heath since 1894. In these
years countless millions OF the re-
spective races went into hiding be-
meath the soil and since that time not
an individual among them has chosen
to lift his eyes above ground.
The two broods will overlap in In
diana, while the whole of New Jersey
and the District of Columbia are
marked for invasion by the northern
ers. The latter constitute one of the
best recorded az the 17-year broods-
or which has been regularly reported
81 Connecticut every seventeen years
81 l9e 1924, and at equal intervals in
Jersey since ITS. And the south
is compose one OF the two largest
ar broods known to entomols Sts.
though others have app d.
The Harrison times., 1911-12-09
No Reason for Doubt.
A Statement Of Facts Backed by Strong
Guarantee.

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you can obtain ReXall Remedies in
this community only at our store
the Rexall Store, Coffman & Kirby.
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Christ's Own.

Because of the close and vital rela'
tion OF missions and our own pei soma
responsibility in the conquest of tn e
world for Christ"-the following line 5
appeal 70 me which | send broadcas
with hope that deeper sense of re-
sponsibility may come to every one
who reads.
What If your own were starving,
Painting with famine pain,
And you should know where golden
grow
Rich fruits and ripened grain;
Would You hear their wall as a thrice
told tale
And turn to your feast again?
What if your own were thirsting,
And never a drop woul Id gain,
And you could tell where sparkling
well
Poured fourth melodious rain
Would you turn aside while they gasp
ed and died.
And leave them to their pain?
What if your own were prsoned,
Far in hostile land,
And the only key to set them free
Was held at your command;
Would you breathe free air while they
stiled there,
And wait and fold your hands,
They are Christs own,
They are your own,
Soon will their hope be flown;
Rescue them ere they are gone!
j, b. c,
Dec. 9th, 1911,
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Saved His Wiie's Life

"My wife would have been in her
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Muscadine, Ala, if it had not been
for DR.. Kings New Discovery, She
was down ia her bed, not able to get
up without help. She had severe
bronchial trouble and a dreadful
cough. got her bottle Of Dr.
Kings New Discovery. She was
down in her bed, not able to get out
without help She had severe bron-
chial trouble aud dreadful cough,
] got her bottle of DR.. Kings new
Discovery, aud she soon began to
ruend, and was well in short time" "
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Helpful Hints on Hair Health.
Scalp and Hair Troubles Generally Caused
by Careessness

Dandrutf is contagious disease
caused by microbe, which also pro.
duces badness, Never use comb OF
brush belonging to some one else, nc
matter how cleauly the owner may be-
these articles may be infected with
microbes, which will infect your
scalp, 1t is far easier to catch hair
microbes than to get rid of them, and
single stroke of an infected comb or
brush may well lead to badness
Never try on anybody ese's hat,
Many hat.band Is resting place for
microbes.
If you happen to be troubled with
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or badness, we have remedy which
we believe will completely relieve
these troubles. We are so sure of this
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cry particular, Two sizes, SOC and
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Big Damage Suit Against N. & N. A.

Attorneys Hamlin & Seawell have
instituted suit against the Missouri
& North Arkansas Railroad COM
pany in favor Of Martin McCurdy OF
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, who has
relatives in this city
McCurdy seeks to recover $25, 900
damages against the company for
alleged personal injuries received by
him April 4, 1911, near Eureka
Springs, Arkansas.
At that time McCurdy was road
master for the company, He claims
that a northbound passenger train,
upon which he was riding, left the
porter and brakeman at Alpena, Ar
kansas, q station on the road, and
that the conductor, unable to per-
form all the duties, requested Me-
Curdy to assist in the work, He
did SO and, while removing markers
from the rear end as the train was
backing into the Eureka Springs sta
tion, the train was suddenly and
violently jerked with such force that
ne was thrown against the platform,
sustaining four broken ribs and a
blow on the head, causing concus-
sion of the brain, He also alleges
that particles Of the broken ribs
pierced his right lung, causing an
a5scess to form and likely to pro-
ducc tuberculosis, BY reason Of his
injuries he says he was confined to
his home for three months and is
now a physical wreck.
The suit will be tried at Clinton,
Van Buren, county, Arkansas, next
March, -SpringfeH Leader
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Nature Tells You
As Many a Harrison Reader Knows Too
We'll,
Dec. 9th, 1911

wen,
When the kidaeys are sick,
Nature tells you all about It..
The urine is natures index,
Iufrequent or too frequent passage
Any urinary trouble tells OF kidney
ills,
Doan's Kidney Pills are for kidney
Ills.
People IN this vicinity testify,
Mrs, S, Fleming, 52l south a ST.,
Rogers, Ark, says: ~ have not had
any trouble from my kidneys since !
took Doan's Kidney Pills three years
ago. AT that time | had severe at
tack of kidney and bladder trouble
and suffered intensely from a lame
and aching back / was also subject
to dizzy spells and other symptoms OF
kidney complaint, used three boxes
Of Doan's Kidney Pills and they re-
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take pleasure in recommending this
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in return for the benefit | received
For sale by all dealers, Price Soc
Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name Doan's-and
take 40 other.
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"Best on Earth

This Is the verdict Of X, j, Howell,
Tracy, O who bought Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound for his wife,
"Hcr case was the worst | have ever
seen, and looked like sure case OF
consumption. Her lungs were sore
aud she coughed almost ineessantly
and her voice was hoarse aud weak.
Foleys Honey aud Tar Compound
brought her relief at once aud less
than three bottles effected a complete
cure Sold by Colllnan n Kirby,