Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-19

The FLY.-The fly season is nearly
over. Cool breezes aud cooler showers
tend to drive the "musca domestica"
from the restaurants and kitchens. Yet
the vitality of fly is wonderful. Ben
jamin franklin says that if you put .
fly in bottle of wine, cork him up and
keep him for hundred years. and then
open the bottle he will come out insen-
sibly drunk; but that, put in the sun, he
will revive and make n direct line for
your ear. We have not yet tried this
experiment. but know that Franklin
must be right. The fly is the most faith
full of all creatures. Dogs desert their
masters and horses try to run away, but
the fly always returns to us. Leaving
your nostrils or the left corner of your
eye, fly will appear to forget your ex-
istence; but bis fidelity is greatly abused.
He will soar around the room, buzz on
the window pane. fight with his rivals
and coquet with his female acquaint-
ances; but when you expect it least the
| same fly will suddenly return to the
same spot. This is especially the case
in the early morning, when you wish to
sleep. Then is the favorite time OF the
| fly to show his agility and to compel the
slumberer to rival the quickness of his
movements. Hyenas and tigers can be
tanned. parrots can be educated to watch
over infants-dnd cats to suckle mice; but
the fly is faithful to the instincts of his
| race ~--She of the best of the dramatists
Of Queen Elizabeth's era, wishing to
give an idea of a perfectly wild nature,
could only say that it was as "untamable
as flies" What could be more EXPRESS
i've? Educated fees are common, but
an educated fly is an unknown creature.
They do not need education, for they
know too much already. They have
eyes and intellect enough to make try
sting place OF the point OF your nose,
bridal chamber Of your ear and a battle
ground OF your whole head. Flies are
particularly fond .of heads which
are hairless, but We have yet
to learn Of q ald.headed man who
did not regard fly with rage.
There arc many kinds Of flies the green
fly. the blue-tsiled fly. the gilded fy, the
butterfly, the dragon fly, the swamp fly,
the horse fly and the Spanish fly; but
the worst Of all the flies ia the common
fly. That 10 the fly which is the pest of
sll nations. We may say OF it as Hamlet
said Of death: "Ay, madam, it is com.
mon, and with the same deep regret.
This was the kind of fly which Uncle
Toby caught and put out Of the window.
saying, go. poor creature; there 10
room enough in the world for both you
and me-" But Uncle Toby was wrong.
There is not any room in the world for a
fly and man at once. The philanthropy
OF Sterne 10 VIGOROUSLY false and senti-
mental. and this was one OF the lines
which on his deathbed he would have
wished to blot. The Romans expressed
the miseries Of fly time In the words
"tewps,- f,.'t"
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ssrpsiss says: Accounts from Carson,
Reno, winnemuccs, Elko and other
towns prove that the mind DESTROYING
habit of op ium smoking, introduced by
the Chinese, has become wonderfully
popular throughout Nevada. Over the
portal of every den where this horrible
dissipation is INDUCED in there should
oe inscribed: He who enters here must
leave all hope behind. In Phoebe are
to be found several addicted to this de.
grading Woe, rs deadly in its influence
Is arsenic eating and as hard to stop
when the habit is fully formed
soME OF the boys around town having
heard Of the Carson barbecue, concluded
to have little one Of their own last
Sunday. It was an impromptu affair.
stove in front Of Main street saloon
was brought into requisition, and a iuicy
roast of beef procured and set to cook
But alas for the fallacy OF human hopes.
while they were inside getting a little
Dutch courage in the shape Of LIQUID re.
RESENTMENT, some one stole the roast. and
thus was practically illustrated that old
proverb about those who make feasts and
those who eat them.
SINGULAR PHENOMENON. day or 40
ago, singular-looking bird few down
from no one knows where, and lit in
front of Sam Sings store in Chinatown
II was about as large as a sea.guIl, had
brown plumage. hook bill, web-feet, etc.
and was evidently long ways from
home. What wind blew il to this "des.
ert land enchanted !" ia a mystery. II
seemed completely bevildered and was
an easy capture for the Celestials. who
have probably ere this sampled it and
pronounced it belly good. u
Anew days ago Winnemucca paper,
commenting upon the fact that the mum.
Der of school children in AHumboldt
county was 424, 2l2 being boys and 2l2
girls, said that that proved the climate is
not adapted to Mormonism. Now We
have stand.of for that down here. In
panacs, which may be considered A
Mormon town. there are 1928 school
Oh,ldra~.