The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-12-18
ALL ABOUT THE FLY
or INTEREST PARTICULARLY TO
THE BALDHEhDs.
lts intelligence Truly an Interesting
and Exasperatina study-selieVes
That Mankind Waa Created
for lts Amusement.


The common domestic ay." said a
man who Is no scholar but has man
aged 70 pick up many interesting facts.
rs altogether too common and too
domestic. She IS one Of the most I'M.
terestlug animals
You don't mean animals, a listen
er broke in, "a hy Is not an animal I"
Then she must be a vegetable or a
mineral said the FIRST speaker Call
her whichever you please, but she is
one Of The most interesting creatures
oxtant.
IAN industrious female fly lays
about 100000 eggs. There are no
indolent aes and few males The fly
does not set after laying; II she did
she would be retired from her wonted
activity during longer or shorter
periods Of incubation. Her eggs hatch
without motherly attention. and II is
seldom that one falls to hatch
The intelligence OF fles Is an inter.
estlng and exasperating study One Of
the ordinary ways OF trying to kin
flies is TO fold a newspaper in the
shape Of heavy fat pad and whack
at them with It when they are sitting
stlll
Now, the ny Is familiar with the
scientific fact that If She sits perfectly
still the descending paper VIII make
an air cushion IN front OF II that 90
times ont Of 100 viii prevent her from
being crushed The eoncussion mo.
menlarily stuns her and she falls 20
the floor apparently dead but In a
few minutes she has recovered and IS
again on the Job
That's why when you strike at n
fy hard enough 20 splatter the butter
all over the walls she is able to reap
pear so quickly on the rim OF the
sugar bowl
Whom out not f3r food bat merely
for the fun OF tantallziug you the ~
knows when she has had enough. Then
she sits down on a dark spot in the
carpet and watches you prance around
the room looking for her on the walls.
"A very good way to catch gies IS 10
distribute ny paper and platters Of
poison on the tables and window sills.
No matter how thick the flies are
where this is done. their number viii
be quickly reduced. You can easily
prove tbls BY counting the flies you
have caught It Is a great comfort,
when there a few million flies in the
air and more coming to count up your
catch and know that dozen or so viii
never pester you any more
This method OF getting aid OF flies
Is often employed In restaurants. II
was the method used In the railroad
restaurant where a passenger hur-
ried In for refreshment. glanced along
the display Of pies and said:
Give me piece Of this huekle-
berry
That aln't huekleberry. said the
waiter girl. waving her hand over the
pie; it's custard'
when we were children we were
taught 10 believe that q fiy's foot was
wonderful part OF creation-that
when II was placed fiat upon the cell
Ing the weight OF the fly pulled It
away in the center and made a tiny
vacuum and that the pressure of the
atmosphere around It. IN accordance
with law Of nature. held the fly from
falling Several human 'fles' broke
their necks trying TO do the same trick
with artificial flies feet before II was
discovered that II flies kept their feet
clean they couldn't walk on ceilings.
Flies believe that mankind was
created for their amusement and Il
has always been a question with me
which gave a fly the more solid en-.
ioyment-to buzz around your nose
and make you get up a few houri
earlier in the morning than you want
70, or TO pester you In the daytime
until you rage around the room with
paper slapper In your hand while she
watches you from behind a door
hinge