Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1898 — Figures and Facts. [ARTICLE]

Figures and Facts.

Mrs. Baldwin (reading)—An eminent scientist says that the common housefly can make 600 strokes with its wings in a second. Mr. Baldwin—Well, perhaps it can; but the pesky thing never does it when it has a chance to loaf around a man’s bald spot and tickle him.