Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1890-09-27
MOSQUITOES pos'r slrs.
mag s.ss sIat sAsa sltA wAsls II. Of ra.A
hBd Sack.

and Sack.
Mosquitoes do not bite. They havs
been naligned long enough. They ID
not bite, for they have nothing 10 bite
with. There IL NO use specializing
about the matter. and saying what they
you'd do II they had teeth; such . view
IL very nncharitabls and not worthy
our better civilization. They do not
bite and that is enough. And. aliso.
they do not sting. That 10 another
popular error They do not sting. for
they have nothing 70 sting with. The
business end Of a mosquito Is as harm
less and us round as q grain Of wheat
But they do make = hole In the skin.
That cannot DO denied. They them
selves have never yet denied IL And
they do not make IL with any one In.
strument either They use seven
tools. and uss them ali q, oncs. They
alight on the plsce that looks faIrest
70 them from q distance, and walk
around for time. 10 500 which spo.
has the least limestone HndsrpInning
10 drill through, aud there they 90 70
work Tbs chisels Issd ara not more
than the sixteenth Of An inch la length;
but that 10 long enough. as thousands
ofexcellent men and women can testliy.
Tho sharpess ehisel makes the nrst
opening. although all nre put
70 work at about the same time. and
all are driven with the same horse
power II seems TO DO sort OF free.
for-ali race between them. With no
body barred; but rs soon as the first
one gets through all the rest slide In
TO that hole. the same az II IL were
their own, and all 60 10 work widen
Ing the aperture and inviting tao ilow
OF blood. The curious thing about II
is--and there are sofew curious things
in connection with mosquito well
that we ought not 10 miss any-that
these seven slender round points are
not hollow They are solid and ar
range themselves In q ring. inclosing
q circle. up through which they draw
the blood. II needs very little draw
Ing" however. for the How would force
1t right up 70 the mosquitoes cspacious
nav. without putting him 10 the
trouble OF swallowing, II he was lazy
enough 10 let It But he Is not lazy.
No one has ever accused him of that.
And, besides, he often has business on
hand, and must get through and mike
connection with some other dreamer,
marked for life earlier in the evening.
1t Is o scientific fact that there Is no
pain attendant on tho drawing Of the
blood. As soon az the drills get well
down through the skin. and the work
Of slowing away the blood commences,
you suffer nothing. 1t is all fancy,
and should be chased from the brain
as one OF the vagaries Of dog daya
just possess your soul In patience and
let him get his pipe lipe In active
operation, and you are all right
Let IL console the young woman on
whose fair anatomy white wells the
size OF fsh scale have been raised up
every night this season, that there are
in tho world 1870 different kinds OF
mosquitoes. and we hero Ia Chicago
only have one.
One thing more, and then we will
leave the mosquito II he will leave us.
II Ii the female alone who troubles us.
The male never thirsts for gore. and
be never under any circumstances
does anything for the support Of the
family. Chicago Herald