The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-07
ApoUr rl1Es AVID rHIrcs.

ABoUT rLuEs AND THINGS.
The wicked mosquito h having hi.
day OF exploitation Just nov. He 1,
objurgated and mathematical. smoked
ami deodorised, starved. imprisoned and
smashed. and In various and divers 9TH
er ways h made to undsrstand that ht
is persona non grata with the human
family generally. An aliwise Creator
made many things that were not onl,
good. for which humanity 10 thankful
but for some purpose Of His own He
created things. or allowed them to ger
inmate. that man has not vet discovered
any good in.
We don't remember whether Adam
ana Eve were troubled with mosquitoes
or not. wher they were clothed In
nothing but innocence and primevai
purity they would be easy marks for
any mosquito who could appreciate a
good thing and IL any of the pernicious
pests Inhabited Eden they kept our first
parents busy switching them on. Pos
sibiy that kaused Eve to be such an
easy mark for the willy old serpent. He
night have promised to teach her now
to avoid them.
whether the insects we're in Eden we
are not saying, but there II no doubt
that they put In an appearance soon
after. When the human family began
to multiply On the face of the earth
thsy began to be wicked. and then
mosquitoes came to annoy and punish
them. and Il. sy are still at IT. II they
sometimes rake mistakes ana pou1ce
on newspaper men and other good peo-
DIE II II not to be wondered at. The
average buxzer is rot overburdsn ID
with sense and 10 as likely to attack
saint as sinner. That 10 one OF the
penalties Of humanity.
But It was not mosquitoes that we set
out to discuss, for the doctors and sci
eritists have taken them In hand and
are doing their best to put them out OF
business. 1t Is the comm,l housefiy,
musca domestica. that we want TO say
a few phrases about. and he IL worse
than the other fellow In some ways,
Mosquitoes are bad, but they have their
limits and limitations. They can't stand
extreme cold ana a frost sends them
into retirement There are large por-
tions Of the globe where they are not
known, and even In their native re-
gions. In temperate climates, at least,
Winter puts them to sleep.
Not so with flies. They are UNIVERSAL.
continual and altogether deviiish. No
climate is too hot for them. and no re-
gion too cold to furnish an abiding
place. When man reaches the North
Pole we are persuaded that the first
thing to light on him will be fly.
While 1t is true that in our climate
most of them go to bed or somewhere
else in very cold weather, they are
merely resting and will come to the
front again the first warm day.
We believe 1t was Mark Twain who
wrote an article to prove that an ant
is the biggest fool of any living crea-
ture, but we disagree with him. An
ant has some sense but a fly was born
an idiot and 1t grows on him. He takes
q delight in going where he has no
business and nothing can teach him
better. mosquito gets on you for the
purpose of getting a full meal, but the
fiy does 1t from pure cussedness, Knock
one of you and after few gyrations
he comes back and settles In the same
place. Then he trots around. or stops
and rubs his paws together to show
that he has no malice. The only way
to teach him anything is by smashing
him and you must do good job or he'll
come back. He has no disposition to
sit still and think about things. but
must be continually trotting about ones
bare flesh for no other reason than that
he can do 1t. The Indianapolis Star
says OF him:
Dcvout persons AFFECT to believe that
every living creature was made TOT
some good purpose, but no one OF them
argument to sustain this theory. II
the fiy was created for a beneficent pur-
pose no one has yet discovered what
II is. 1t has been suggested, II Is true,
that its mission Is to discipline man,
but in these enlightened and DARING
days man refuses to submit TO discip-
line when there Is any way. of prevent
reason for being. then the chances are
in favor OF his going out of business
now that special attention is directed
to him.
Just so. II there Is any good use
for them we've forgotten IL. We are
told by some of their apologists that
they are faithful scayengers. but what
is the good of their scavagery IL they
take up Nth and disease In one place
and deposit 1t in another? He picks
up the disease germs from the sick per-
son and plants them on the we'll one.
He gathers microbes from the fiithy
he bo and spreads them on my lady's
cheek. A Boston scientist says they
convey at least half dozen diseases,
ana we don't doubt it, for it would
be just like them. Not content with
destroying the patience and temper of
good people they also carry disease and
pestilence with them. They are a bad
lot, and IL some one will tell us of any
real good they do we shall feel obliged.
A GOOD PROPOSITION.
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