The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-08
THAT IRREPREssIBLE FLY.

From the NJ Y. Tribune.
1t has attained the dignity of public nui-
sance. 1t worries us at every street corner.
ALI the ragged urchins in the city are whist
ling singing, and shouting ''Shoo, Fly" Its
awful caricature stares us in the face every
where like nightmare in the daytime In
card size it is vended at every picture
stand; in life size it is posted on every
available advertising space; and, like other
sensations of the day, it won't stay in its
own sphere, which in all conscience is
extensive enough. 1t hasn't any conscience,
and ruthlessly invades all parts of the social
fabric. 1t has entered the furnishing stores,
and furnishes its detestable name to all man
ner of goods. We have the ''Shoo fly
hat" the 'Shoo fly cravat, the ''Shoo fly
Shirt" the ''Shoo fly boots, blacking, cuffs,
collars, sleeve-buttons, suspenders, and what
next the Lord only knows. We venture
humbly to suspect, however, that the next
adaptation will be as Sunday School song,
psalm tune, or church voluntary, with bril-
liant variations by the organist on the 0o1
humona stop. And why not, when distin-
guished divine quotes it from the pulpit
1t is worse than the smallpox and bad as the
cholera, and catches more readily than either
1t is the fraud" of the period, and q satire
upon itself. ''Shoo, fly, don't bodder me-"
Exactly so; why doesn't it ''shoo, and stop
bothering us? But with malice prepense and
aforethought, this awful ''fy" only buzzes the
louder, and the more we hear ''don't bodder
me" the more does it bother u.s.
How long is this thing to last ? Will any
body be kind enough to indict Bryant for
arson, or wont Barnard issue an injunction
| against this fraudulent ''fy?" If not,
will Mayor Hall be kind enough to Issue a
proclamation and let all policemen inconti-
nently nab and lock up any one who shall
hereafter say, sing, shout, or in any audible
manner utter ''shoo fly, and let all ''shoo-
fly goods be confscated in the shops they
infect. Then perchance will this irrepressi-
BILE insect stop bothering us.
THE MISSING GROWN JEWELS ARE IN
MEXICO.
From the N. Y. Sun.
report comes to us from Mexico that will
be interesting to several titled personages in
Europe. 1t is stated on good authority that
the crown jewels of Spain, which have been
missing for some time, are in pawn at the
national Monte dc Pi6dGd in the city of
Mexico.
These precious articles are not to be seen
by ordinary visitors to that establishment;
but the story is that they were shown to Mr..
Seward and one or two members of his
| party. They include the Jewels that were
pawned by Isabella-not the Isabella of
the period, but the other-to fit out Colum.
bus on his voyage to discover America. A
portion, if not all the Jewels that have been
added to the Spanish crown since that time
are with them, and the entire lot has been
pledged as collateral as q loan to somebody.
The amount of the loan and the name of the
party who negotiated it are not given, but
could probably be ascertained by application
to the proper authorities at the Mexican
capital.
At first glance it would seem improbable
that these Jewels should be pledged il
Mexico but q little reflection will show tina
they would more likely be in Mexico thar
anywhere else. 1t would be impossible, TO-
diplomatic reasons, to pawn them at any ma
tional mont de piete in Europe, and there il
probably no private establishment on tha
side of the water that could or would LEM
money upon them. We have no nationa
pawnbroker in the United States, and there i
no private Simpson or Jacobs among us VIII
! | commands sufficient capital to handle bau
= bles so costly. But Mexico is remote; it ha
; no diplomatic relations with Spain, France
2 or Austria; doesn't care a rush about Europe
! ! or the opinions of any of its soyereigns; an
l has national three-ball shop of unlimite
. capital Possibly this discovery may lead t
. reclamations and threats from Prim an
. Serrano, but they will have little effect upo
the mind of Benito Juarez and his country
men.