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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18
FLIES AND THEIR WAYS.
Pests which Annoy Housewives
Found I'm Greatest Numbers IN
the vicinity Of Stables.

"House flies" said DIR. L. o. Howard.
the famous entomologist OF the agri-
cultural department, scome mostly
from the stables and the dirt left in
the streets by horses. IT we could DO
away with horses we would not have so
many flies. A single stable in which
a horse is kept will fill an extended
neighborhood with flies. People living
in agricultural communities will PROB
ably never get rid of the pest, but In
cities, with better modes of disposing
of garbage and with the lessening OF
the number of horses in stables conse-
quent upon the increased use of cleo
trio street railways, bicycles and horse
less carriages, the time may come when
window screens may be discarded"
SHOW fast do flies multiply"
"An ordinary house fly will lay 100
eggs during it's existence, and 80 per
cent. of them will be Matched out. Dur
ing the ordinary summer IL or ID gen.
erations of flies will be produced, SO
you can make the calculation yourself
Every female fly is the progenitor of
millions of flies during a single sum-
mer.
There are four or five kinds of house
flies. The most common known to en-
tomologists is the 'musca domestica,' .
medium-sized grayish fly with its
mouth spread out for sucking up liquid
substances. 1t cannot bite. There is
another called the 'stomoxys calcitrans,
which resembles it closely, but differs
in having an important appendage that
is built to pierce the skin. 1t is second
in abundance. Both of these flies are
chiefly bred in manure. In our expert
ence and those of other entomologists
it has been discovered that they will
seldom lay their eggs in anything else. .
''There are several other kinds of
flies, but these two are the most COM
mon, and to them we owe the nuisance
that housewives suffer. The eggs are
Matched into larvae within "a hours
after they are laid. They remain in
and in the pupal state similar time.
The average life of a fly is from ten to
fourteen days."
docs the fly serve any useful pur-
pose?"
''NQt so far as we have ever discov-
ered," said DIR. Howard, land it does a
great deal more injury than people
commonly suppose. We are accustomed
to think of flies simply as a nuisance,
but they are undoubtedly the carriers
of contagion, as was abundantly proved
during the war of the rebellion and
also in the camps of our army last
summer. 1t is the judgment of the
highest authorities that a considerable
part of the typhoid fever was due to the
flies in the camps. Chicago Daily Rec
ord.
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per and finally inclosed with half-inch
pine siding. The siding boards show
four-fifths of their width to the wealth
er. The porch is constructed of clean
pine, with ceiling of narrow yellow pine
and turned six-inch columns. The roofs
are of 1s-inch shingles laid AZ inches to
the weather on fencing sheathing. The
ridges are saddled with pine boards.
Secret cutters of tin are laid in the pro-
lection of the roof cornice around the
right wing, and three-inch conductors
lead all roof water to the ground.
The porch floor is of ~ by 4-inch
clear t. & G. pine; inside floors of by
6-inch t. & g. pine, ali thoroughly
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nailed to each bearing. The outside
floors are laid in paint. All door jambs
are rabbeted plank, with 3-inch grounds
and 5Hs reeded casing, with foot and
head blocks. Panels are formed un.
der the windows in each story of the
house, and the base in all parts matches
the casing. The closets are shelved and
hooked in the usual manner. The doors
are seasoned pine, paneled and nodded,
the outside doors being Ia inches thick,
and the inside doors 1ss inches thick.
The front door is heavily nodded and
has heavy butts, lock with night latch
and bolts. All others doors have suit
able butts and mortise locks; sash fas.
Jennings to all windows.
All outside work usually painted has
two coats best paint; inside filled and
hard oiled on first floor and painted on
second floor. The house is heated by
furnace and has been erected for So, 900.
E. A. PAYNE.
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fram the outside by the side porch. A
wAl-ftted china-closet is placed in one
corner of the dining-room. The pan
try is we'll fitted with all the modern
conveniences. The passage from the
kitchen to the dining-room is through
the pantry, thus forming trap against
the passage of kitchen odors into the
dining-room. A bathroom is located on
the first floor where shown and is &C
cessible from the front hall or from
the kitchen. A cellar is placed under
the entire house, reached from the in
side from the bathroom or from the
outside at rear of the kitchen. A fur
mace is located in the cellar under the
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18
Furnishes Valuable SCOT.

The flame of acetylene gas has been
found to furnish a SCOT which is es-
pecially valuable in the color industry.
When such gas is burned with a smok-
ing flame the result is the production of
three or four times as great a quantity
Of SCOT as is the case with mineral oils.
Moreover, it is very light in weight
and exhibits an absolutely black color
without q tinge of brown and has none
OF the tarry admixtures or other sub
stances that Enthusiastically appear
an lampblack. The substance is like
wise noted for being very bulky and is
found to be admirably adapted for In
dia ink and the colors of fine inks for
such photographic work as requires q
positive black. 1t is now being manu-
featured in France by patented proc
ess, almost absolute purity OF color and
texture being obtained at a compare
lively small cost.
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sitting-room, and the hot air piped to
all the rooms on both floors. This
house is not Thrown together" as is
so often the case with houses of this
class, but is well and carefully planned
and built.
The construction is shown in the fol-
lowing abstract of the specifications:
Dimensions, 1914 by As feet. not in
Guiding the projection of the front
porch. Height of ceilings: Cellar, z
feet; first story, feet; second story,
Sha feet. The cellar is excayated to a
depth of four feet and the loose earth
used to grade around the house at COM
pletion, leaving two feet of the founda-
ton exposed to view on the outside.
The foundation is of good rubble stone
or brick, laid in good mortar Is inches
thick to top of ground. from which it
is laid of brick IL inches thick to top,
neatly pointed where exposed to view.
The chimneys are of hard brick and
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18
THE CHINESE EAR-CLEANER.
He Is One of the Strange Profession
ais to Be Met with In
Manila Streets.

In this city of strange and unusual
sights there is probably nothing that
appears so strange at first sight to the
American as the Chinese ear cleaner
pursuing his calling on the street cor
ners. The Chinaman so engaged is pro
vided with stool and small bamboo
case, in which are inclosed his instru-
mentS.
The Filipino is just as sure of having
his ears cleaned on Sunday as an Amer
lean is of having a shave, and in the
bye streets and alleyways they line
up for all the world like a barber shop
on Sunday morning, the only difference
being the Chinaman can't say "next!" :.
First of all the Chino takes razor
which looks more like propeller blade
than anything else, and, wiping the vic
TINS face with wet rag, proceeds to
mop the dirt therefrom. While watch
ing this part of the proceedings I was
surprised at the fexibility of the native
nose as demonstrated by the skillful
fingers of the operator. To windward,
to leeward, on its stern, beam and bow
the natives nose is rapidly twisted to
avoid the aforesaid razor. Having re-
moved the real estate from the natives
face, the Chinaman turns to the more
difficult task of ear cleaning. The
smallest spot of dirt and the tiniest
feshworm is removed before the OPP
grafton is complete, and from the
heavenly expression" one would imag-
the that the operation was anything but
Dleasant.-Manila Freedom.
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wonder. Of the corn..alk.

Six different commodities are now be-
ing manufactured from cornstalks-
namely, cellulose, worth $500 a ton,
used by the government as an auto
matte hole-stopper for battle ships; ex-
cellent cardboard, a fine grade of pa
per, an unequaled foundation for dy-
perior glue. The value of the cellulose
lining for warships is well known. When
a leak develops, the cellulose swells in
such a manner as to automatically close
it. With Is tons of stalks, worth $50,
one ton of such cellulose is made, for
which, as already stated, the govern
ment is now paying at the rate of $500
q ton.
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ART IN ARCHITECTURE.
DESIGNED AND WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR TINS PAPER.

mortar, laid with close joints and thim-
bies where required.
The interior side walls and ceilings
of the two stories are hard finished on
two coats of best brown mortar and sea-
soEed iath. The frame is of sound TIM
bers, properly cut, raised and secured.
Studding, joists and rafters are placed
16 inches from centers. The joists are
well bridged. All windows have seven
eighth-inch stiles and timber stills of
clear pine. The sashes are 1Hs inches
thick, glazed as indicated on the plans
and hung to balance weights with cord.
The outside of the upright frame is
first sheathed over with shiplap sheath
ing, next covered with rosin-sized pa.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18
A sure Coffee Test.

There is no drink more delicious than
q cupful of coffee when the beverage is
made from the best seed. To test coffee
put spoonful gently on the top of a
glass of water. If the coffee is pure it
will not sink for some minutes, and
will scarcely color the water; but if
chicory is mixed with it it will sink to
the bottom Immediately. rapidly alb
sorbing the water and also giving it a
dark reddish tinge.
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Youthful Leader. of Filipino..


From the American point of view
the insurgent leaders over in the Phil
ippines are all a pack of boys" said
Louis Rodriques, the Filipino, now re-
siding in New Orleans, who has applied
for the position of stenographer on
Gen. Otis staff. ut may surprise you
to know that their average age is be-
tween Is and IS. / know nearly all of
them personally, and many of them are
the sons of our old friends and neigh
oors, so l am not at all likely to be
mistaken. There is hardly native of
ficer in Aguinaldo's whole command
who has reached 30, and few who are
over 25. 1 know positively that some
If the colonies and minor officers are
boys between Is and 16. 1t should be
borne in mind, however. that young
people mature much more rapidly in
that tropical climate than they do in
this country. There, Is is regarded as
IN age of discretion and responsibility,
and not few marry even younger. Sc
we're, long-continued exertion is impos-
sible in the latitude of Manila, and a
man of 35 ought to be provided against
future want. To that end he has to be-
gin early. Aguinaldo chose boys for his
offcers because he was shrewd enough
to appreciate the military value of the
enthusiasm of youth. IN. o. Times,
Democrat.
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THIS is a very desirable cottage of
nine rooms, with necessary halls
and closets, and needs but little expla-
nation. 1t is well suited to therequire-
ments of small family. The con-
venience of the interior is revealed by
a cursory study of the plans. The prin-
cipal architectural feature of the hall,
whichis of goodly size, is an ornamental
staircase of neat design, open to the
first landing. The parlor on the right
Is quite large for a dwelling Of this
class, and is connected with the hall and
dining-room by wide sliding doors. Thus
these rooms may be thrown together
for entertainment. The sitting-room
may be entered from the front hall, or
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18

old blue linen which is very decorative,
and, being smooth, it is easily worked.
If the door curtain is to be used as a
screen, select linen of the desired
width and make it little, narrower
than the opening in the door. String
the top upon a rod and run rod
through the foot of the curtain to keep
it in place. It is, of course, easily
brushed aside. Thread your needle
with coarse embroidery cotton and
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18
ALuncheon Deltcacx.

Beat for half an hour the yolks of
eight eggs; add to them one-quarter of
a grated nutmeg, eight tablespoonfuls
of wine, a pinch of powdered CHINA
mon, six tablespoonful of syrup, made
by boiling one cupful of sugar and half
a cupful of water until thick, and six
tablespoonfuls of chicken stock. Put
all these ingredients in porcelain
lined saucepan, cook for half an hour,
or until quite thick, stirring frequent
lv. Serve cold.
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look something like this. 1t should be
a third wider than the door.
Plain brown muslin makes a very
artistic door hanging. Sew band of
figured creton at the top and bottom,
and if you desire to use the doorway
frequently you can drape back one of
the curtains with cord. These are ex-
tremely simple curtain designs and can
be carried out for less than one dollar
each
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18
SUMMER DOOR HANG1NGS
Three Charming Designs That Can1Bs
Carried Out for Less Than
One Dollar Each.

This is the season when doors are
taken off and stored in the attic. A free
draught of air is what is desired
throughout the house. Artistic door
hangings can be made of inexpensive
materials. There comes this year an
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18
How to Press Flower..

Place them before they have time to
wither between sheets of writing paper.
Spread the flowers out in as natural a
way as possible, with neither leaves nor
petals crumpled. Lay ON the top OF
them several sheets of drying paper.
then more flowers, putting q stout
board over all and heavy weights. The
paper must be changed several timea
each day.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18
Ble.chtn~ Negro.

Electricity in the hands of Vienna
doctor has turned the Ethiop white.
The negro went to the hospital from an
Austrian Jail and was treated with cleo
tricity for four months. AT the end Of
that time he was cured, and also COM
pletely bleached.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18
Health-Giving bacteria.

DIR. II. S. Gabbett comes to the de.
Tense of germs, which are not all
microbes of disease and death, but for
the most part indispensable to life and
health. A soil sterilized to bacteria
would be sterile in every other sense
Nineteenth Century.
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work circles and crescents upon the
linen, letting one cross over the other.
Embroider one in red, white and blue
if you desire national curtain, and fill
them in with small designs to suit your
fancy.
A denim curtain can be worked in
scroll design with four-leaf clovers.
The curtain when stretched out will
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18

over 81 900 vessels, of which about 5000
are steamers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-17
GORHAM.

Rev. Il. p. Woodward, pastor of the
Second Advent church, Portland, occu-
pied the pulpit ut the School street Me-
thodist church, Sunday morning, the
regular pastor Rev. Cashmere supplying
at the Methodist church, Westbrook.
Mr.. Roscoe q. Harding, who has been
confined to the house will illness for sew
eral months is very much improved.
Col. ii. X. Millett is at Lewiston for
a few days on business.
The school In the Deering district at
South Gorham has been closed on ae-
count of sickness and the teacher, Miss
Lelya A Boothby, has rescued her studies
at the Normal school
Dirigo lodge, No. 81, knights of Pythi.
as, will install their newly elected OFF,
GERS next Thursday evening. Gardiner NJ
Parker will he the installing officer.
The High school closed Friday for a
two weeks vacation.
Mrs Edward Harding has returned
from a visit with friends in Boston.
Mrs NJ. b. Clarke and daughter, Pc
troulia, have returned from Massachu-
sets, where they have been visiting
friends
At the annual meeting OF the Cumber-
land County Pomona Grange, held Jan.
nary 18th, with westbrook Grange at
Duck Pond, the following officers were
elected;
Masters. +. Sweetser, New Gloucester.
Overseer-Geo. IL Hin, Windham.
Lecturer-Willis l. Bickford, Gorham.
Steward-Willis ii. Rolfe, Raymo
Assistant Stcward-D. ii. Woodbury.
Duck Pond.
Chaplin-J. S. Rsston, North Var.
mouth.
Treasurer-W. 5. Allen, Gray.
Secrctary-Geo. W. Hatch, Interyale.
q. keeper-C. NJ. Elliott, West Gray.
Ceres-Sis:er u. c. Barker, Naples.
Pomona-Sister Augustus Jones, Deer.
ing
Flora-Sister r. NJ. Dyer, Sebago.
Lady Assistant Steward-Sister Lizzie
McConkey, Gray
Tho next meeting will be held with
Gray Grange, February IS, 1898.
Mrs. Rose b. Graham of Cumberland
Mills, is the guest of Mrs. II. r Millett
....Dr. Clinton Stacy died at his home on
Main street, Sunday evening after an Ill
ness of three weeks, of pneumonia DR..
Stacy settled in Gorham about yeaI
and half ago, purchasing the practics
and residence of DIR. O'Neil W. Straw,
now of Portland. DIR. Stacy had large
practice and many friends mourn his
loss. The deceased leaves widow, the
daughter of Rev. Mr.. King of Mon
mouth, and father and mother, upon
whom the loss comes doubly hard us theii
other son recently died from the effects
of disease contracted in the late war al
Santiago. The funeral will take place
Tuesday morning at the late residence
and the remains will be taken to Kezar
Falls for burial.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-17
Notice of FOreIOsurec.

whereas. Susie J. Dickie of Lowell; Mass,
by her deed Gated the first day OF April. A. d.,
1898, and recorded In Cumberland Registry OF
Deeds, Book 592 Page $3.50, conveyed to me, the
undersigned, in Mortgage a certain piece OF real
estate situated in Standish in the County OF
Cumberland and bounded as follows, VIZ
Commencing at the Westerly corner OF john
Deeormier's land on the southerly side. line OF
the town way, which SAID town way leads from
the Sebago road so caited) by the house OF T..
Il. Parker TO Sebsgo Lake; thence southwest
ery on line of sale town way five rods; thence
Southeasterly TO Francis A Littleheld's LAND +;
thence Northeasterly on line of said Littleneld 5
land three rods. more or less, to the Northeast
erly eofner thereof; thence Southeasterly on
line of said Lkteheld's to land OF the Portland
s. Ogdensburg X. X. Co; thence Northeasterly
on said eompanys land two rods more or less.
TO land OF said Jonn Decormier; thence North
easterlyion line of said Deeormier's land to the
point begun at the same decided TO the late
Alpheus Davis by Ebeneker Moulton May 18th.
A. D., 1879. recorded in Cumberland Comfy
Registry Of Deeds, Book 456. Page 400 and the
conditions of said Mortgage having been
broken, 1, the undersigned. by reason thereon,
claim foreclosure.
JOHN II. RICH.
Dated Sebago Lake, Me-. Jan. End, 1898
jan3dIaw3wTu
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-17
THE SECOND ARTILLERY HEARD
FROM.

The boys Of Battery K, Second Artil-
lery. VINO so long made their home In our
midst, at Fort preble. have recently been
heard from. They are now encamped al
most under the very shadow of MORO
Castle In Havana and are faring pretty
we'll save from the sand flies which at
times make IL uncomfortable for them.
MoToRMAN BoYNToN'S,ACC IDENT
Motorman Theodore Boynton of the y.
& G. &c. railway had u narrow escape
from serious injury by an electric shock
Saturday noon. The car had reached the
corner of Broadway and Cottage street In
Knightville, when MIR. Boynton got on
top of the car to clean the ice from the
trolley. 1t was raining hard at the time
and ice had formed on top Of the car
making it very precarious footing. He
slipped and fell on top the car striking
the trolley pole in his descent and sus.
tained a severe shock He fell all the way
20 tho ground but sustained no bodily In
jury.
PLEASANTDALE.
Miss Helen Morrison of Kim street has
been suffering from an absoess on one OF
her eyes.
MIR. and Mrs. Geo II. Watson and
family have taken possession of their new
home just completed on Chestnut strest.
Mrs. H. Eugene Hutchinson of Chapel
street is reported to be seriously ILL.,
Mrs. John Hughes OF Chapel street Is
suffering from spinal trouble.
MIR. John G. Wilson of Palmer street.
employed as fireman on the Boston q
Maine railroad, when making the trip
from Boston Saturday the hanging spring
of the on CINE burst striking MIR. Wilson
In the leg below the knee. making bad
bruise which will probably contlne him
to the house for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Staples aud Miss
Maud Coolbroth of Lincoln street, Port
land, passed Sunday as guest of MIR. and
Mrs. J. A. Coolbroth, corner of Kelsey
and Summer streets.
Lieut.. Jones conducted the services at
Elm street church. Sunday evening.
Master Harold Coolbroth Is still quite
i'll at the home of his parents, MIR. and
Mrs. J. A. Coolbroth
Master Geo. Mills, Jr., who Is stopping
in Portland, attending school, passed
Sunday at the home Of his parents on
Chapel street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-17

perfect safety. But little disturbances II
they were needed would show the burg
lar at his work Loss Of appetite pre-
cedes loss Of flesh. Then comes weak
ness followed by the more disturbing
symptoms of lingering cough, sore
throat, bronchitis and bleeding at the
lungs. When any or all these symptoms
appear, begin the use of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, the best Of
all medicines. II is non-alcoholic. It
helps the stomach and separates the good
parts of the food from the bad. II sup
plies thin, impoverished, rundown blood
with the needed rich red corpuscles. 1t
makes solid fiesh-the sort that strong
people have. II you value your health,
don't allow the dealer to sell you some
thing else. Insist upon having DIR.
Pierces Golden Medical Discovery.
II must say DIR. Picrce's Golden Medical Dis
covery is the most wonderful medicine I ever
used :" writes Geo, 5. Henderson, Esq. Of Den
my right car, and my blood was badly out Of
order I tried local doctors but with no good
results Finally wrote YOU the particulars in
my case and you advised your Golden Medical
Discovery which began to take. From the
first bottle began 10 feel better and when had
taken eight bottles the sore was healed up"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure consti.
patton and biliousness. They never grippe.