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A^4. A^4. A^4. A^4. A^4. A^A. 4. ^T <y fr ^ "y "^" "y "y "^7 T^T T^ t f f ^'^* y*^ I z J THE X Constructed of I-bea put in hot. The geai V railway_bridge. In tl ..... . Z FIVE V ? Stronger, more durab > The wheels of st< T riveted into the tires, i T i* T T ?* * , X Lasts a Life Time i ? t i See the 1 | ^ I I Telephone Ni Y r Wonders of the Insect World. The caterpillar of the monarch butterfly?hanging head downward? is ready for the metamorphosis. It hatches from a minute egg in late summer and has grown for two i weeks. It stopped eating and wan-j dered restlessly about, and has now i chosen a secure spot on which it has spun a small, thick carpet of silk, j It walked over this until the hind feet, with their many minute hooks were entangled in the silk; then, letting go its hold with the other pair of feet, it hung head downward, motionless. The skin now loosens, and after twenty-four hours, splits over the head. At this stage the caterpillar becomes very active; by muscular contraction it works the skin off upward into a small, shriveled mass; then, during the few seconds longer that it still remains attached to the skin, it reaches out its slender end (which also is supplied with hooks) and, with great effort and force, pushes it up into the silk carpet. The whole process has taken but three or four minutes by the watch. The creature now rests. Slowly the \ shape changes, the segments above contracting, the form rounding out? and behold an emerald-green chrysalis studded with golden spots! In this form the insect is wholly immov- j able?although wonderful changes! are taking place within, absorption of structures useful to the caterpillar and perfecting of others necessary for the new life of the butter-. fly. In two weeks the pattern of the butterfly's brown and orange wings, begins to show through; finally the chrysalis skin, in its turn, splits over the head, and the butterfly crawls1 out. Such is one of the simplest and best known stories of insect metamorphosis. When you get temporarily weary of studying human beings go to the insects. They will entertain you and give you a lot to think about. They' will make you laugh, for they are great mimics and performers. They 1 will make you vonder, for they have strangely wise ways which, if not! the result of reasoning, prove that j Providence looks out for them more j carefully than for us, giving them j the results of intelligent thought j without the trouble of thinking. However, if that be so, they are' the losers and not we, for it is a de-! light to run the machinery of the intellect. We have the pleasure of, learning for ourselves that the sides of a hexagon form chords equal to the radius of a circumscribed circle,: MODERN WAGON ms. channels and angles * parts and wheels are b tie DAVENPORT you ha THOUSAND P tie and of lighter draft th sel, wilh strong, round sp do away with the resettin NO BREAK-E Oil Without Removing V r\ i i rmkinrvnT 1 UAVEJNrUKl I t p i. r r amber 49 but the bee is born with that knowl- j edge, and proceeds to make her hex-! agonal cells on a scheme of inter- j secting circles by instinct, thus miss-j ing the joy of seeing calculations j come out correct. Nowadays it is possible to take! along your camera and bring back, j with its aid, most interesting photo-1 graphs of personages and scenes in! the world of the insects. Of ^ourse, you must have the right kind of camera and know how to use it. Miss I Mary Cythia Dickerson has some pho- { tographs of this kind in the journal of the American Natural History Mu-1 seum, which suggested this writing.! It is a funny sight to see a meadow j grasshopper, perched on a grass pole j and performing on his banjo in the, attitude of a long-limbed fiddler of i the old days, flinging out high-keyed 1 strains to set the dancers in motion i on the board floor of an antique New j England tavern. The grasshopper fiddler is more tireless than his human prototype, or imitator. As Miss Dickerson says, he is a true "instrumentalist." He seems to enjoy his own music. If you could only interpret the expression of his face you would perhaps find that he is grinning with delight j over his own skill and the effects he produces upon his listeners. It may be all imagination, but any-j how it is pleasing to suppose that in- j sects that produce music have an es-: thetic appreciation of it. When the; bullfrogs set up their thundering' chorus in a swamp, what do they do it for? Do you not suppose that they enjoy it? But a bullfrog is not an insect. Well, then, a katydid, is and j the katydids can make a concert ca- j pable of driving the sense of loneli ness from a country road at night. ! Cicadas with their snare drums' maKe a drowsy summer aiiernuuii! languorously enjoyable, and may! soothe you into a delicious half-! slumber as you lie stretched at length under an apple tree. They are notj doing it for you, however. They are| probably unaware of your existence,! and care nothing about you. Theyj are playing for their mates. It is an unwarranted assumption 011 our part that the joys of society and of domesticity are confined to the human" plane of existence. The insect world is full of musicians, and therefore of lovers of music. The: "cricket on the hearth" is a welcome music-maker, even for haughty man. < He has got himself into more than one proud literature. I have not; heard him for years, but I carry his | memory with me. 4^4 Ai A, Al >,^4 A^A A^A J ^|r Vjfyy <l^<r % Construe Fifty years a ^ Bridges were bui and maple. Now and use the str I f good steel, and b Labi heaviest lifetime : ^THE DAVENPOB 1 BEARING , solidly riveted together raced and trussed like ive a wagon of OUND CAPAC an any other wagon of ei okes, forged solidly into g of tires, loose spokes, ai OWNS /heel No Repair 1 ROLLER BEAR ank It is a good thing for us occasionally to get ourselves, with the aid of observation and imagination, into another world than ours, though covered by the same sky and based upon the same earth?a world whose inhabitants are not framed on our plan, though made of similar chemical elements, and capable of their 1 - TXT~ + I uwii yecuua.1 enju v mcuuo. >? c uuua too continuously, perhaps, of the superiority of the backboned creatures. The insects have no backbones. But they have heads and limbs, and sometimes they give indications of having affections and passions. They are as musical as birds, even if their music is usually less agreeable to our ears. I see no reason why a cicada's song would not sound well in heaven, or why the flash of a butterfly's wing would not appear beautiful there. Notwithstanding the bad habits of the fly we should miss the insects if they were taken away from the earth. \ Did you ever think of the significance of their numbers? Science knows of about 512,500 species of animal life on this globe, and of these 400,000 are insects! Our well-beloved mammal group includes only 4,500 species. Numerically the insects own the earth! I do not see why an album of insect photographs, like those made by j Miss Dickerson, should not be as attractive as some of the other pho-! 4 ? ? ? ^ 1 - i U n 4- n TC .. n ?-.*% n f lUgrayii fcUUUllls uwi uiau; amaiuuio are fond of filling. Pictures of butterflies, beetles, caterpillars, leaf insects, stick-insects, and other imitative forms and of the wonderful metamorphoses that insects undergo, would furnish amusement and instruction, and the making of them would provide a new occupation for amateur photographers.?Garret P. j Serviss. j1 New Quarters and Halves Not Rare. Washington, Jan. 26.?Reports have reached the" treasury department from numerous sources that the newly designed quarters and half dollars coined in 1916 have been sold; CIL Cb Cill 114 ill V j pciovao x ^oum. i ing that the new coins are rare. To; correct any impression that the coins are rare, officials today authorized; the statement that 2,330,000 halves and 62,000 quarters of the new design were struck off in 1916. A Meteorological Motto. The Lord sends the sunshine and the rain, but the farmer must do his own plowing.?Christian Herald. ted Alike ?? go, Wagons and SwG| It of oak, hickory r we know better, ongest shapes of uild them for the service. ^ROLLER If STEE WAGON S i. wunjarge iriveis i^m the modern steel <ri ity b [jual capacity. the hubs and hot y* id cracked felloes |j?| Bills to Pay Gear ING before pui Ban A^A a4A A^A A Ty T^T yl] UNTIL Fl i r- r?H/, UM UJIHU c I Farm Ra I PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LAROBSTOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Store. AUGUSTA, GA. WHAT IS LAX-FOS is an improved Cascare (a tonic-laxative) pieasant to take In LAX-^OS the Cascara is improved fcy the adaition of certain harmless chemicals which increase the efficiency of the Cascara, making it better than ordinary Cascara. 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In addition to showing you about all the varieties of vegetables, farm grass, clover and flower seeds, this catalog tells how you can get free five splendid varieties of easily grown, yet '/ beautiful flowers, with which to beautify your home surroundings. Good seeds of almost every kind are scarce this season, and you can't afford to take chances in your seed supply. Hastings' Seeds are dependable seeds, the kind you can always { depend on having "good luck" with. You are going to garden or farm this spring. Why not insure success so far as possible by starting with the right seed? Don't take chances that you do not have to. Write today for Hastings' 1917 Catalog. It's free and will both interest and help you to succeed in 1917. ?H. G. HASTINGS CO* Seedsmen, Atlanta, Ga.?Advt. j A Nicest line of correspondence cards and envelopes ever shown in Bamberg, at Herald Book Store.