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Kill the Early Flies and See That the Breeding
Spots of Mosquitoes Are Filled Up.
By Canon P. “Mu ‘
The Lot two weeks of lay always
int-huh .1 number of cold days. it is
[he smson of the ”ice saints," and
about all that meteorology can tell us
about it LS that it results from atmos-
'pher1‘c “adjustments mlde necessary
by the sun‘s rising higher above the
equator and lengthening of the days.
The passage of the “ice status" is not-
able as marking the advent of true
Summer-like conditions in the soil, the
air and the waters. But it has it spe-
(ial significance in finallv optning the
door to the entry of lllt insect hostS.'=
'l‘lieit advance guards have been ga-
thering for some woeks, and now,
signalled by the warm breath of latter
May, they come in 111 fast growing-
crowds.
Among their leaders
two which ought to he ‘selet-ttd‘
for instant destruction, and sub-
jcctcd f‘o' merciless warfare~house~
flies and mosquitoes.
one of these pests now is worth, as a
preventive measure, the killing of ten,
‘ or perhaps :1 hundred, a nrontlr later.
The first fly that “sings 011 the panc'
is blowing a trumpet that will Sutu-
mon millions in the near future, while
the clarion of the mosquito is filling
the swamps witlt gathering multi—
tudes which after a brief period of in
there
tenslve training will tcrrrlxc the
neighborhood.
Not a day should be lost in destroy»
in: every collection of stagnant water
111 the vicinity of inhabited
Open drains, gutters. rain
cesspools, cisterns. ponds: all of thest
are breeding places of mosquitoes.
Where the. water
removed pour kerosene on it. Tire liv-
ing boats composed of mosquito eggs
cannot survive under 1 flint of oil.
.Mere comfort should be a sufficient
I incentite for everybody to join in war
against mosquitoes, but the knowl-
edge that a very coirittton species, an-
opheles, wltich loves house‘s and hu-
man blood is the carrier of the germ
of malaria, while another species,
sleuomin, transmits yellow fever,
makes it a ptiblic dirty to exterminate
them. And they can he extol-initiated
-——tltat fact has been provcu over and‘
over again.
The New
group‘s mosquitoes
pal classes, although at least
species are known. Those
'ar'e: l«--Swump aittl woods lllO'rmlll
tone: _' ~Sttll'til‘1l’tli1 mosquitoes; 3
Domestic or ruiti-llat'rel mosquitoes
They are all cit-'tuics of mankind and
front the human \it-wpoint rel-resent
only the spirit of evil. Those that do
not spread disease cause suffering and
31100101100. .tud it cannot he said for
York Health llt‘plll'llllt‘lll
into three princi-
forty
t‘lansvs
them. as it may he said for flies in;
some 0:13ch that they havc at least try
7 little value :l.~ scavengers. 7
“'ater' is ncct‘wat‘y to them for”
breeding. and it must he standinu
water. Some potions think thatl
mosquitoes bictd in. an ass but the
fact is that they only hide iii cittSS
during the llt‘:llt tl hours 01' the titty.
WHY SHIPPERS SHOULD
HASTEN UNLOADING OF
ALL FREIGHT TRAINS
oi
By the fact that the railroads hate
front time to time been forced to in-
crease dcmurranc rates in order to.
force shippers to hasten the loading
and unloading it has been made 1111'
parent that .1 lot of the cars have
been tied tip for shortage purposes and
by delays which could be meteorite
while the country in general and the
railroads in particular have been sut-
ferinlz from :1 lack of just such lOllll‘}
stock. l
lint such dcnturtage increase has
not. served to solve. the who‘u: prob»
Rem. it has not relieved the situation;
to the extent that the roads have all;
the cars that they want even with UK“
_ many new ones which are constantly,
_ being added to their equipment. and
,',,n0w witlt this country face to face
7 , with the necessity of releasing every;
can 4...... . ‘1
that which is now
, use.
bit of railroad equipment that is avail-
able for the purpose of aiding Russia
and. France in developing their -rail-
mad systems that the war maybe. car-
-_ sited on more successfully, it is oblig.
ed to prevent all lost motion. Much of
the new equipment whilh tlttt malls
of this country have ordered and are
anticipating will have to be diverted
to these allies, and this menus that
greater efficiency must develop from
possessed and in
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mama COUGHB AND (101-95 3
-lEcdnnnan1%s ‘
Alterative
m -= .t. Luann-n
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a"),
The killing. of'
houses. '
barrels,
cannot be entirely”
~ Beritatcltxtge. 18 years oltl, of 218 Hill
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THE FLY FROM AN ENLARGED M ODEL
EUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
and the damper the gt'aSs the better a maiden llll‘unl, llut strangely
they like it, l‘:X(‘t‘$Sl\P sprinkling of cnottizlt the mosquito is not primarily
lawns, especially if the grass is long. it can flourish
l'attii's’ l:t(t<t1111|tlt‘>. both by offering
them agreeable haunts. and where
by producing iittlv shad»
and muddy spots in
which tit-y tun breed.
it) tli-* :tllillol'itt that l
have minted, "a teat'tlp of water stand»
111:: 9521 days only breed more than 2th
mosquitoes, and a httclrctful may breed
tcnough to inl'cst a community." Wet ,
mud is coittl breeding ground for some
species. '
.il blood sucker.
7pc“ on a \‘t‘gt'lal'lall din-t,
probably nenr‘
llut one taste is ctrottgh,‘
right away:
less il"lllt)ll§ lith'
blood
"ttt‘;»qtiittt
hollows t\.i,-t.
ed watt-r pools is suited
Accordion
grown pcopl- to learn to eat olives.
titre of the most astonishing facts
about tiiosquitocs is their uiiittersai‘
distribution all over the earth
are fottnd inside the Arctic circle, and
The first plittsc of the mosquito cat‘-
ily 1et oguirahlc to per sons not ento-
,nrolgists is the \\1igglc1-,"an atrobtit
10 little beast, of repulsive form and
limit :11'.ttic,e which progresses throuuh
the water of .t cistern or rain barrel
by a series of astonishing jerks and
‘sotnci‘saults, vety amusing to watch.
This tlItPi a \1 11110 turn~r into n ].illDtl'
a kind of bag-like affair with a wrlu-
,t',ling tail. more repulsive than before.
and out of the ‘ptip.r" at last cmcigt s
the winged insect, climbing out of its
,bladder boot. and tiring flight with a
shrill whoop, its keen lance ready for
can never have:
the art:
is certain that they
had an opportunity to learn
without
thusinsm, anti per cent title.
:1 wk wurdness.
tc Health imiirtrtiuent ,spdclalh' worth
renteuriterlnftt "Don‘t waste time swat-
ting mosquitoes; ircvcnt, their" breed-
ing." in other words, no where they
ytill.
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THE MOSQUITO, FROM A MODEL ALSO IN THE MUSEUM OF NAT-
URAL HISTORY
i As :1 result of this situation it is not at ciiue \\1llllll"lttl‘tl, and her parents
lllipt‘Obttltlc that tit0se who have been are Mr. and Mrs \‘l. F. liernatchnge.
given tht task of handling the railroad Rite sail tlotl i‘ltuisdtty they Started
problems during tltc v at will find it front Wallinzford for New \orkio Vis-
ntcvis$dlv to reduce the unloading it relatiVets who are ill, and she ac-
timc limit is to :34 hours. Such a compunicd ”‘9’“-
course will cause sortie inconvenience M Milford. 5““ said. “or parents
for evt-rytnc to do his part and under told her to take a -trolley cur for
3”“, circumstances ”,9”. should 1),, dc- Strati'ord where she was to remain
[prmmpd effort to see that such corr- with an uncle until they called for
tribution is mode. it is a patriotic lter. She ‘aid 6h“ ”‘de the trolley
service to which every one should lend car, and then started on (“07‘ getting
his rurncst cooperation. to the home of the Tompkins about
,2:30 111 the uornlng. it was the first
lighted house she had seen since leav-
int: Milford.
Mr and Mrs. Tompkins took 'tlte
.‘lll‘l into their home and cared for
.Her Parents Tell chief Matter That her until morning when they notified
ELINOR ASTOUNDS
DEVON FOLKS WITH
HER sronv, UNTiL-7
She's a Rival of Doc. Cook Chief Matter of the Milford Police de-
MILPORD, June ‘ ~Elinor Bernat— partmcut. lie. made an investigation
Chase. at 218 Hill avenue, Wallingi anti found that part of the story was
ford, is only 13 3-93”; old, but she has true. that -slte lives at Hill avenue.
3" imagination llllll l‘ll'alS “DOC. 600k Wallingford, and he got llllO CODI'
and the lamented But-on Munchausen. municalion with the parents. There
accordinz to her papa and mama. Eli- ”l“ similarity of ”10 stories ended
nor tvakened .‘Jr. and 311‘s. S, R. Tomp- and. if the parents can be believed,
kins of Woodland drive. Devon, at Elinor is some romancer.
73:30 o'clock this morning, and asked Left At New Haven
for shelter, , According to their story she stormed
f‘onsiderabie Yarn tan automobile passing through Wall-
She poured out to their Syn1palhgtic inzford Thursday afternon and asked
cars a story that pqllallrpd’ if not stir- for a ride. She was accommodated
MESH}, p; dramatic intensity, those as for as ”New Haven, and was left.
supreme thrillers of “The Perils of there by ”‘9 motorists, who were “Ct
Pauline." "The Horror": of Hermione" going any further. I
and “Is Any Damsel Safe“ variety. From that point until her appear-
Fttll investigations however, devel- ance at the Tompkins home (it?
ops a material difference between the movements of the girl is shrouded in
story of the girl and the story told by my §tery, and no knowledge of Wh'3’l'e
her parents. she spent the intervening time can
IN THE AMERICAN MUS-|
\‘erv
and count—
the}
he,
does not h.1vc to learn to like blood;
lis' boys learn to like tobacco, or some:
They i
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There is one hit of advice given by, ‘
live and finish them before they come,
“hp-w \till the and. perhaps finish,
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government, could you";
\d .
V Have you bought your
Liberty Bond 1 " .‘
per trimmings
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wi‘fi‘lut: 1 itandhtluv‘i‘” 1 1.
regular price $299.,00
1 Bullet. without mitt-or back, $291 00.
a
01 ms and boilers.
Cookers,
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Cabinet Ranges,
Summer Hosiery
Women’ 3 Phoenix Silk
Hose in stylish shoe
shades, dark tan, mauve,
champagne, silver gray,
black and white. _
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Special at: 80 cts .
Men’s two-toned N ov-
elty Hose. ‘ Black with
brown. purple red. green
and white. A two-toned
weave usually means (iti—
weavc usually means .
durability.
Special at 65 cts
Children's Socks, a.
large assortment, Mir-ep-
tionally good values at
25 ct»
mwcr “all t'igllti”)
won her you or 111». J ’
,linve, linen encountered on the lllma 3 r001n- Regular price $483. 00,
lava _\iountai1ts at a height of 13.0005
feet. th when met in places where til
Queen Anne Set of solid mahogany, nrtisti- llld
graceful proportions, buffet sixty i111 hcs and dining
m... m... to 1.1mm sucking with on table fifty- four inches. Regular- price $385.,00
.ttuetritruéttrttttm .
Mission Set of Fumed Oak, the. pieces exceeding-
l 1y, well made and substantial.
”Set of American Walnutdiuilct witltniirror back, A
t A t.
Square top Ranges, .
Main floor.
CDIlJlleddlil
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to ' 'Uuuvt ’
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and dignified design with
Regular price $110. 50,
It is
sale Pm?“ $3981“) Regular price $210.00,
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Regular $41 t .,00
rze
sale price $322.00
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Regular $11 1.50,
sale price $92 00
1 price $327. 90, ‘3‘“- 3)..“ it,
lillI'
now $248.00 “f
trow $242.00
Fourth flooxv ‘2‘
‘Jacoliean Oak,
1 'American Walnut,
.. Fine Mahogany,
W, , ' V —"I
Gas Ranges -
a»
5...»: film high grade “Vulcan” ranges, carried exclusivclv bv the Read House,
arc in all stvles front three burner cookers to the large I abinet ranges with Olcl atcd
t" . 77
. from $18.00 up
$26.50 up
$41.00 up
Connections tirade free until J tilt first.
.. ‘t‘wiwtrtvw . v V‘W‘l‘fi ~
f
‘I ‘J “ Basement.
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Saints, Satin and Straw
Cluttbiriations, fancy braids
and novelty hats, many of.
them good for dress hats all
the year round, were former-
ly up to $716.50,
$8.00
to close 'out.
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Solid Black Walnut Set, with finely figured bur!
, walnut pautls, artistic tut 11mg
, cliptic top, chairs with high backs and leather seatsl‘l
‘._ ,EF; Hepplewhite Set of finely marked mahogany. The
pieces of this set are exceedingly graceful and it is a‘
really fine reproduction of this period.
“Monti SpecialSets W ;. > t.
Clearance of Hats
Two prices
Turbatts,
Sports Hats.
these: some very desirable
styles for tailored and motor
we or, were formerly up to.
$16.00, . ‘1‘ . Z...
Your choice.
f 3. also”! t
o a i erty n
pie to be devomd $01)“!J
establishment of libcr'tvz
and detnocracv 1n the
(lid “tilltl. 10 be}
used in freeing the 0p-/
pressed
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This Week a Clearance of Dining Room Sets
Charles II Set of ebonizcd wood decorated in key
and floral designs tit antique violz‘. This set; has cop-
Tlre chairs have high backs and
the seats am of handsome antique damask.
especially designed for a refined and dignified dining
Colonial Set of Golden Oak. A 1 my lrandsomfi
scroll pilasters and feet}!
sale price $90 00 i
Set in Charles II. pattern, Jacobean Oak, with
twisted posts and moulded edges on table and cabine.
sale price $165. 00
china cabinet with
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1 now $355 0Q
Regulait
35* t 73.1; now $270. 00:
0200.00 "7" $172.00
$239.00 $205.01)
$246.00 $207.00 ,
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Plant Boxes .
for Porches 0r Windowd
in.
it
Wood painted greenfT
30 inches, 60 cls. i
36 inches, 80 (45. '-
42 inches, .5... $1.00
-18 inches, ""33 $1.25
Practical sizes,
wood and metal.
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Included with l
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Whoa-S- -—«-——... . --
$4th)' .
Second floor. ' ,
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THE DREAD OF THE DRAFT.
makings of a soldier.
will be surprised to see how calm]
'tev take this overshadowing pas
bility.
things is worse than the reality The
incidentally. hcr whereabouts De- be obtained.
tween Thursday afternoon lust and
yesterday morning have not yet been Elinor back to Wallingford.
accounted for. . _ 3
The girl gave her name as ElinOr:
Advertise in The Sentinel.
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3 of enthusiasm.
atmosphere of soldier camps has al-
Chlef Matter arranged for sending ways been a cheerful one.
The people who will suffer will be
those who are left at home. Those
who so. will be cheered by music, by
the sptrltflpf the army, the contagion
There will be warm
A case of suicide or a man who jolly spirit. in which the boys of to-
feared being drafted was reported the day start for college.
other day but such instances will be} fearful and introspective age we haveluonfi 383m“ labor unions under the
infinitesimal in number. The inn offlost this careless audacity.
roundings Many an obscure youth
who never before could get recogni~
comradeship and hearty friendships],
in army life. The boys will look for-
Now that the registration of inert ward not without; anticipation to see- tion will now find himself :uddenly work on their DI‘OdUClS were dismissed)
liable to military service has taken ing strange lands and foreign cities elevated on a pedestal of local fame. by the cobrtm,
place. every man can begin to hell and alien peoples.
whether he has within himself the. choose to travel in that way, but many ness. and all who return safety, as
Some men who men who never expected to go abroad the vast majority will are sure to he"
never saw themselves in that light will Welcome this chance to see the stronger men tor the experience.
They would not It will develop initiative and manli
world.
In ancient times the young HIEHIPRWATE thvtDUALs
started 03 for the wars in the samoJ CANNOT ENJOIN LABOR UNIONS
In [his mare \VASHINGTON. JUIK‘ l1.——llljul'iC
we atelShertnun anti Trust law, the Supreme
upset it We can’t avoid risks and if Court. decided today in dismissing pro-
our loved ones must take them. But. ceedlngs against. New York carpenter-3'
all reports from Europe urethat thc'unions, can be secured only by the
men port. for the battlefield with no;governmeut and not by private per-
show of feeling and in' good spiritS,‘.sons. Justices Kenna. Vandervnntes
and our boys will 0 the same. land Brandeis dissented.
The drafted men will be the heroes; Injunction proceedings brought by
of their home towns and camp sur-t‘bpcn shop" woodwork titan'n‘actturers
a
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to 'restrain New York carpenters
unions and others front refusing to
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cause they are women, when the all-
mcnts may he the results of disorder.
ed kidneys. Mrs. Mary V. Bunker.
Mllton-on-tlte-Hudson, N. Y., writes:
“I am now on my second bottle ol.’
Foley Kidney Pills. They seem to be
just what I needed." Try theme-Adv.
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