Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-16
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
A GOOD fellow may make very bad states
man.

SNAP SHUTS IN StASUN.
GOOD fellow may make very bad states
| man.
| FLIEs-summer time flies. What are they
here for where do they come from, where do
they go? Philosophers have moralized over
them. poets have sung of them, baldheaded
| folk have sworn at them-all a waste of words
! poesy and profanity, for they are ever with u.s.
| They must have been created for purpose Of
! course, but so far as research goes in the fly
line just what that purpose is no one can posi-
| lively define. They are a numerous nuisance
| How they do make life lively even for la zy
people, too! Every summer brings them upon
| the scene of action, recruited and refreshed
| after the winter vacation. And they are every
where. Into the cream Jug the soup tureen,
| the coffee the butter, the gravy they
drop unexpectedly. Traps will not catch
| them, snares will not decimate them
perceptibiy. and SO we suffer and swear-not all
| of us. of course, but goodly portion. Great
| natural historians say the fly is more OF an i'm
beetle than the pug dog. They can't be trained
like the lively flea, but they get there lust the
same. A fly trained to good behavior would in
deed be curiosity But the housefy, the
horsefy the blue-bottle fly and all their numer-
Gus progeny will keep on tormenIIng US to the
end of our days. So let us make the best of it.
When the fly lights on your ear gently brush it
off. If it sits on your nose blow it away II it
perches on the bare spots above your brow
shake it off. If it gets through the curtains or
the netting around your couch don't go after it
with your pillow. Be cool in pursuit. Neither
strategy nor violence will win In the battle with
the flies. They come, they see, they conquer.
And bye and bye they give you a rest you
know. A kind Providence has tempered fly
time to :he barred head seemingly. and when
the snow flies the flies don't The first fly. too
is the harbinger of spring-the forerunner of
flowers and bursting buds, green grass and
sweeter butter. The last fy-wel, you'll never
live to see it, that's all.
WHO loud and shrill the whistle toots
As through the town the engine scoots?
The Engineer.
who takes delight to down the brakes,
And tired traveller rudely shakes?
The Engineer.
Who boasts of records by the mile,
Nor slows up for a woman's smile?
The Engineer.
Who faces Death on rail and wave,
And offers life for life to save?
The Engineer.
DON'T run through life so fast that you gasp
for breath. Speed only hastens the coming of
the las. gasp.
WYoMINe's first Legislature assemblies next
month. Then she will pay the penalty of State
hood.
A TREE can branch out in every direction
and prosper, but the average business man
can't
SOME of the snags in the rivers mouth are
gum trees. and have to be pulled out.
Soon fires bright will leap in CRATES,
Soon streams will be 1ce-bound;
Soon the small boy will put on skates.
And ten to one be drowned.
LAUGHTER is ticklish business of course,
but it is contagious. We laugh at good
laugher as well as clever joke.
REV. J. F. CORE swells the Independent
chorus immensely.
WHO wouldn't be
millionaire,
With wealth untold,
With goods tenfold,
With ships on sea;
Without a care
Except for goldf
wouldn't be
millionaire.
With piles of gold,
With wealth tenfold;
For misery
Is everywhere
And Love is sold
PIrTsBURG must be prosperous All the
common drunks caught in the police net the
other night had lots of money. Strange how
wealth drags some people into the gutter, isn't
it?
DYNAMITE can blow up saloons, but it won't
stop drunkenness. Lawlessness will not stop
law-breaking. The sooner Iowa fanatics realize
this fact the better.
HAS the antitrust bill been pigeon-holed2 1t
was passed by Congress, but the trusts are null
tiplying right along.
FRENCH armor platers are looking for a site |
In America. These are the sightseers Pittsburg
should welcome. If we had a corps of hustlers |
on the lookout for this class more smokestacks
would point heavenward here.
Now safes can be opened without stealing
the combination, using jimmy and drill. or
wasting powder. If the genius of wicked men
was diverted into useful channels wonders |
would accumulate faster.
THE earth is gay and you are sad
Why sorrow when the world is glad?
Sunshine should dry your tears.
Seek not for trouble anywhere,
Nor Danish Joy to borrow Care
And griefbestrew the years.
Drink of the cup which Pleasure presses,
Live to love what Nature blesses;
Laughter always woe suppresses,
Hope will drown your fears.
UNEASY lies the head that heads ticket
THE hay palace attraction at an Illinois fair |
is filed with hayseeds daily. A coal palace at |
Pittsburg would please minors as well as |
adults.
THE tariff bill is in force, but the free trade |
editors don't seem to think SO.
ANYTHING for sensation. The wife of |
Jack McAulitfe dies suddenly. Jack has bad |
record Police arrest him on suspicion. He is |
called murderer New York space writer's |
and sensationalists see a chance to make stir.
Big ''write up" Papers sell like hot cakes.
Autopsy. Verdict of doctors, death from nat |
ural causes. Sensation spoiled. A bad man |
made worse. This is pernicious activity.