Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-01
EVENING STAR.
SATURDAY. September q. 1877
The " ss~stufto


CONCERNING THE LUCKY AnvrSruRrN
THAT GErs INSIDE rHE EAR
he hGppiest moment I'M the life OF q
M squito, who "a 50 constitutes a. 10 enjoy
al there IL 81 this heeiing extStaDce- HI WEI,
ne makes The sudden discovery. during the
silent watches. clocks and other chronome-
u IT, 81 the night that he, OF all his race. ~
ne sole occupant OF The MOS quito bar AMI
mat there h no one to divide Ms MANNED
win. Reflect, for n moment what n A. 10 he
~, re on.y nlosquito admitted 70 the bar. with
Tue privilege OF prac;icing la All the courts
SHOWN 10 mosquito ~ n prudence A mos
quito With man al TO itself, No hurrytne
- lear that some other mosquito
seeulng MS work In ahead az him. no ap-
prthension lest there shouldn't be enough IN
koaround, no boiling down OF his dinner i'm
p,t expectation of the arrival of
norue OF hungry and unemployed mosque
tots, oesrlng a red banner inscribed. Rad
o o bio . oi course no mosquito OF epicu-
resn tastes likes to he disturbed in his dainty
meal. And when a man "a e.asneratssi nv =
general and simultaneous attack ne Is Mt
70 toss ana pitch about, super aducin n
IeNei oi sne oiuon ,sWnich any mosquito with
proper knowleige OF hygiene understands
renders the blood impure and mountaineering
unnutritious N not positively hurtful There
are thousands Of mosquitoes we are conn
dent, limping about NJ this moment with
health gone and constitutions n hopeless
wreck. all on account OF ignorance or care
h essness regarding the simplest laws OF
hsr IA monarch OF all he surveys when hs
mas MS surveying instrument with him, aud
hls Iisht There Is none 10 dispute, unless We
Except the sleeping victim before him, but
Mhst u drowsy man against a healthy
Wlueawake mosquito tuteut ON businessf
no" C.oiy nee MS victim nom his posi-
ton on tie head board. select NJ A potnt ON
which TO light HIS soal il filed Nh, low and
ne gently huns that familiar tune " We viii
nee 80, IN the sweat, by and by tie whets
his bill, or draws up a new one adding AN
Item here and there. Then he daseeDls i'm
easy though eccentric circles and drops gent
" down upon the end OF the gentieman's
inn fsafrF 30.
sweep him away he only huns good natur.
edly-feeiing entirely AZ hum there-ani
gently retires for moment, seeming TO say,
Ne hurry AZ all, old fellow, take yolr own
time. ! can wait tlll the second table N Won
like He even lights on Tie fnoSouito har-
and Jeers his glunt and voracious com rades,
' WHO are s,lnEing win The desperation OF
munger 20 The outside. Don't you wish you
had him. Indicating who "hiin" means by
uroNih MS thumb over his shoulder IA Lhs
direction OF the stepDiug victim Nice fat
fellow, isn't hes aud shes All mine unfneis
Ihen they dance around and tear their hair.
anu use cU>s words. ana are mad a. "A lot OF
boys on The Out side 81 a circus when they
peer ia lhe door aud see one OF their number
VINO has eluded the guard aud eraylef
under the canvas. 80 Universal are human
instincts that those enraged nosquftoas
could Willingly see their more fortunate
comrade snnihilated ri Eht there before their
eyes. But the solitary nlosquIto looks or,
Tor that. Long practice has enabled him n
elude the most desperate blows al his life.
lie leahis on MS victim with the utmost
leisure No consumptive patient who visits
ihe atdttotT Tor the purpose ofimbibing blood
win which 10 fortify his system, ever sips
The vital nuid more delicately Than he At
lines he takes a rest, swinging I'm an impro-
Nished hammock among the threads OF ina
netting. secure in the thought that he can re-
urn 10 The feast al any time. To the victim
uat monOtonous hum in the stillnes of the
night, and the drOwsy CONSCIOUSNESS ola pre-
sistent attack from solitary mosquito.
have carried more terror TO the soul OF Rich
ard, than could the substance OF ten thou
sand mosquitoes, who dropped in on him a
business.