The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-27

IT. just look at that chandelierl You
know II never. never will come off
of brass, I'd like to know where they
get in 1t. I'd just like to know And then
she takes a paper in each hand and flaps
II and makes ungraceful leaps up to
knock the impudent beasts from the cell
ing. She drives them out into the dining
room and thence out into the kitchen, and
so on into the open air. The flies scurry
and dodge and fee back on one side OF
the room while she is battling on the
other. They get their breath back and
are ready for another run, but she has no
rest. After she has wrought herself into
a gasping perspiration and shut the house
all up there are just as many flies as
before stippling the chandelier and buzz
ing: "A-a-ahi Did you ever get left?
She tries this paper that you soak In
a saucer of water and sweeten to taste.
Then saucers ornament the parlor CEN
ter table, the sewing machine ana the
shelf over the sink. Total mortality for
the week. eight flies. Pussy experiments
with the liquid, and the children dig
grave in the backyard, and Kenneth Dor
rows his papa's nightshirt for a surpllce
in which to officiate at the obsequies.
"She tries sticky fiy-paper. That catches
a great many at first. 1t is really good
sport to watch If you are fond OF tying
firecrackers to dogs and doing up the cat $
feet in papers When the lure Is hrst
spread out a fly sees its moist glitter and
SAYS to itself: 'Taffy! Me for that! l
could just live on tafry.' He alights. II
does not taste as good as 1t looks-no ma
vor to it, He thinks he might as well
60 somewhere else.
oh, stay a while says the f1y-paper.
NO. says the fly. I got date with
Teller. Let CO.
ooh, what's your hurry?' coaxes the
ay-paper.
"'Ouit your foolin',' commands the fly.
4 gotta go. Let go now! The fly is get
ting angry. but the paper reserves It's
temper.
oh, 1 wouldn't be in a rush. You got
all the time they is
"'I.eggo now! Lego o. me! Lego!
Teacher Make him let me be! and then
it begins to scream and fight. 1t Is most
entertaining to watch the tragedy II you
are of a vindictive and revengeful spirit.
The poor creature struggles and struggles,
each effort bringing nearer the moment
when It shall sink to rise no more. The
humans giggle greedily. Christians to the
lions! cried the mob in Nero's day. Files
to the sticky paper! cry the moderns.
One poor fellow near the edge, with super
muscan strength drags himself free to the
plain paper, and as he pauses for breath
ere he can plume his gummy wings for
flight, Kenneth catches him and thrusts
him back into his doom.
Mothers and fathers of America, con-
slider what must be the moral influence
of sticky fiy-paper upon your sons ana
daughters. What boots il If you teach
them the sublime truths embodied in:
"I love little Pussy, her coat is so
warm,
And If don't hurt her she'll do me no
HARM
so long as you yourselves set the example
of laughing at the miseries of helpless
creatures whose only fault is a weakness
for drowning in the cream pitcher?
But by and by the word seems to be
passed around: Beware yon glittering ex-
panse,' and then, put the f1y-paper where
you may, seldom, very seldom, hear the
sharp note of some spent buzzer in his
agony. Sticky fly-paper, too, has a way
of curling up and of Topping, sticky side
to- on things and persons, and In such
cases it is very unfunny affair. Alco-
hol will dissolve the gum if you SHOULD
happen to come down stairs in the dark
and knock off the fy-paper and step on
1t with your bare feet. 1 tried alcohol,
and it took the stuff right off. l thought
to try kerosene, but it was in the cellar.
way.
lowing to the natural diffidence of flies,
not much is known of their family ar
rangements or how long they live after
they get to be old enough 20 vote. 1t is
estimated, though, that If papa and man.
ma of the early spring could hold out to
attend family reunion of their off
spring held in the latter part of August
upwards of two millions of their own
blood and kin would come 20 the picnic
not counting maggots in arms. Forum
ately for them, papa and mamma do not
live much more than a fortnight. Even a
hy's perseverance would be unequal to
the task of keeping track of two millions
of descendants. AS Artemus Ward says,
This is mutch.'
Fortunately for us, flies do not live
much longer than a fortnight, for If they
were long-lived and preserved their fe-
cundity, man would seen be forced to
look for some place where things were
not quite so crowded and the real estate
advertising columns would be full of,
why Fight Flies? Secure a Planet of
Your Own on Easy Monthly Payments.
However, II is well to point out that
the saving clause, 1T is estimated cor
reefs the people and hate just as much
to have to say: 1 don't know to plain
question. They have learned that lit is
estimated acts on the same principle as
boys over the left and authorizes
them to tell with impunity the most jaw
dropping, eye-bulgng whoppers, causing
the public to wag heads and cluck
Thick! Look at that now! There's learn
ing for you!
"There is a good deal of the 1t is esti-
mated about the life history of the fly
for the reason that the beast is hard 90
rear. Other insects will live, move and