The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-25

There are good many things in
this world to poster people, especially
those who are at work and attending
to their own business. but perhaps
these pests are for some purpose even
though 1t is hard for us to see It.
Flies are said to be valuable as scav-
>engers, and perhaps they are, but so
many of them seem to take up the
business of scavenging ones nose or
bald head, and inspecting food, that
one sometimes is inclined to wish that
these particular scavengers would give
up their job in this world and seek
another sphere of action. Mosquitoes
are said to be great absorbers of ma
larial poisons, but the trouble is that
they seem anxious to unload on peo-
pie in exchange for blood, which is by
no means profitable to a man unless
he be doctor, and the doctors form
such small ratio that they cannot
justify the presence of these malaria
distributors. Fleas seem adjusted to
dogs and cats. and nobody would par
ticularly object If they would attend
strictly to their own business, but
when they begin to measure the dis
lance from ones shoulders to the ank-
lie, punctuating along the way, they
cease to be entertaining in a pleasant
way. It would not be so bad If the
frogs would furnish hind limbs for
those who love them, and be quiet
while doing the furnishing, but their
concerts at eventide and far into the
night grow annoying as is the average
girl practicing the scales on tin-pan
sounding piano. 2e
The chief trouble, however, is that
there are human counterparts of these
pests, who improve in their Fostering
In ratio to intelligent ability to do SO,
and rather than have these, flies mos
quitoes, and frogs would be most well
come. -
The human fly is always buzzing
around hunting something impure,
while at the same time he or she Is
everlastingly dropping into the vessels
of other peoples business and spoil
ing the sweets of life. These are ever
on the hunt for social carrion and love
to feed upon the body of scandal, all
the time gossiping and enlarging on
any facts which they may come across.
These are the pests of the social world
of whom st. Paul said: "These are
busybodies, meddling in other mems
matters"
The human mosquito Is a miserable
fraud, for he comes singing a measure
ly song of friendliness that he may
draw blood by touching you for a loan,
for profit in trade, or in some other
way, that he may get his living out
of the toll Of other people. He fills
up on blood and then proceeds to get
religious and give of his millions be-
gotten by theft, to Christian education
and general culture of the masses,
who are able to pay for, even If he
had not given dollar, while the child
rem of the poor must scuffle around
and get an education at the expense
of the state and then be content to
be "hewers of wood and drawers of
water" for these mosquito hords of
i'll gotten wealth. pampered and fed
upon the usufruct of honest but unre-
munerative toll.
The busy fly of gossip is nuisance,
as it buzzes around at all gatherings,
seeking some tale to repeat, some ru-
NOR to enlarge, and above all some
scandal to roll as sweet morsel un-
der the tongue. Who can tell the in
jury done by such a human pest, sep
arating friends, breaking up the peace
of families and disturbing social condi-
tions to no profit either to itself or 20
the world at large.
The human frog. What a pest!
Cracking down about the pond of dis
content, discounting everything from
the primary school to the national gov
eminent.
The. world is growing worse, and
all things need regulating on a new
plan, while everybody is going to the
bad place, but the frog, who proposes
to jump out some way before the
bottom of the pond drops out, and to
sit in safety to mournfully proclaim
the awful doom of all who were not
in harmony with his croaking meas
ures. 1t is said that the hind legs
of bull frog are good to eat, but this
frog is not good at either end, and
is not as valuable as the toad which
catches slugs and insects hurtful to
plant life.
If all of these flies could be caught
IN one plate of molasses, all these
mosquitoes be screened out and all
of the frogs would jump into a swift
rushing ocean yet unseen, how much
richer and more pleasant would life
be to the folks who are busy attend
ing to their own business, and aiding
in sunshining this poor old toiling,
sorrowing and worrying world.
If any man has any business in the
world it will take all of his time to
attend to it properly, so that he will
have no time to be prying into and
meddling with the business of his fell
low man.
Then officials would be better,
preachers would do more good, and
homes would be happier, while in the
peacefulness of life the better elements
of human nature would grow to
charming bloom and gracious fruitage.
Many life has been Swallowed by
some gossip unfounded on reality, been
made sour by some hypocritical old
mosquito, or discouraged by the dis
NAL cracking of some croaker in hui
man shape. when with these out the
Nfo would have heen nure nleaSant