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CRAWLING TERROBS .
\ OF THE SWAMP
”WO'ReillyBaya Tropical In-
motsmtoBoDresded.
Weluuaadhaaealas—flemes
nan-yea and un- inns.-
names the Pain that Hatch
endanwlalln-an fleshy
I have wandered much in the wildest
part ofthe world. and always had a
Mums for reading the works of
traveler-a
Now what strikes me as the greatest
’ between my own experiences
and the narratives of others is that
one can pus over immense distances
sldthroagh the moatsavage eonnhdcs.
always tell us something
about Fa my part, I be-
lieve thatthlngl are. literal]. general-
us lionnd them. The perils from
flares beasts and aavago men. in
terrible dangers and annoy-
aneeacuehasto enter from the very
smallestaud least thought oi animals.
Insects
In our northern countries where
these many-legged posts are yearly
killcdofl by the cold or forced to dis-
appear beneath the ground or into
otherhiding places few month they
are'tad enough. as anyone can tell
whohaaexperlenwd the bloodthirsty
mosquitoes in the swamps oi New
Jersey or Staten Island; but what is it
in the tropia. where the leaves oi the
treea the decaying hunches the
water. nay oven the very dust itself
seem to swarm with living beings
Wh-ever climate is warmest and the
‘heauthaoi vegetable nature most pro
i'eanthero inaseteareauretoabound.
.anddonotalittia tospotl all enjoy—
. ment at life. Scorpion tarantula.
centipedes. ticks. 13ml. ants. mes-
quitem, birdies, hornets. and many
others. with numerous varieties of
eseh.makeaiormidahlearray.
Like thsnatkins of men the insect
tribes tsaselasseavery much
inpartieularlocalitiea aothst if you
lndinaplaeeoneot a certain kind,
sayascorpion. youcanhepretty sure
thatsttera little searching you will
dbeovw
more.
honorary one in the list mentioned
dthc myaali or my traveling com‘
paaionsin Airica and South America
lmvepersouslly endured. and perhaps
iaquhitivereaders will be pleased to
. get an account oi our experiences
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the West Indies nor inany oi the coun-
trua oi South or Central America that
I have visited. have I anwa seen
scorpion oi estaordlnary size. As a
rule they are irom one and a hall to
three inches inlength, but occasionally
you meetwith onsoiilveorslx. A menu
in the Frenchl'oreign Iagiomgave me
p large black one whichhe had brought
from the province oi Oran In Algeria.
measuring over nine inches. with an
enormous sting and claws In his col-
lection from the same place I saw many
similar to it. In South Africa their
length does not exceed six inches; but
if they lack size they make up tor it in
number, at least in some localities
If scorpions are rare in our southern
continent and the sunny West Indies,
those hairy lions of the L-ywct world.
the tnruntulns. are quite numerous
enough to make picnic pa rtles lively.
Among the many gigantic spiders which
invude one”! bedroom in tropical
Hum u..-
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TIIID IS 30 IXAllGEIIA‘I'ION.
American countries. poisonous taran-
tulus are by for the most to be drcmlcd.
They range in color from light brown
to bluish black. No tiny creeper is the
tarantula. ills eight legs will some-
times spread over a space of live inches
in diameter. ‘Over 'thc entire surface
of the body and legs he is covered with
a thick coat of hair or for lolly an
eight oi an inch in length Right on
thetop of what we will call his head is
a cluster oi six eyes all gathered to
gethar in a little hillock. On each side
of the front oi his forehead is a single
one. twice as large as the others. bright
and globular like a ruby set there Ior
ornamentation Now. while this scor-
pion cant. a single weapon in his tall
the tarantula carries two in his head,
black shining. and perforated. sons to
allow the venom to pass through into
the wound. These weapons mny aptly
becalled nippers and aroused to hold
and kill his my. They are slightly
curved. as thick as a stocking needle
and sometimes over half an inch long—
that is, in length and thickucm these
nippcrs fully equal the poison—teeth of
the adult rattlesnake. Woe to the hum—
ming birdor even lizard caught by the
hairy tarantula! A large one which I
once kept in a glass fronted cage. used
to kill and devourlinrds four inches in
length as well as all the insects i could
get for him. On one occasion. he killed
and ate a mouse that had almost at-
tained its full size lie was a danger-
ous. but verfinteresting prisoner. lint
in Ipitsofhlssiseand venom. he was
two months after, by an invading army
oi the ants
As I was once bathing In a tree.
shaded bend oi a Venesnlcau river. a
moat curious coincidence occurred
Standing to the waist in the water I
noticed two canoes coming down the
stream Shading my eyes with my hand.
I counted two men in each. While the
bandwa- thns uprsised lielt something
alight upon my wrist To my honor
it was large tarantula slinging to me
with all his great hairy legs ontsprcad
With a violent shake I dung him ofl
into the water and scampersd (or the
bank asfast as I could liehad (alien
from a great tree-trunk leaning out
overthe spotlhsd just stood in. A
piece of rotm hark had given way
with him. and both dropped at the
same tires and were now doatiugsepar.
ataly down with the cement From a
village the new had come
tosaskmal lortwo daysbeton a wo-
manhadheen bitten by a tarantula.
ud these herfrisade wished me to go
withthsm. thinking theta maawho
hunted and tearleealy caught thedeadr
lymakasoltheaoautry. would surely
hashtetosureths hitsoistarantula.
Wuhadtlme tostart oneottheir
hilowvillagel'e. pea-tug In. informed
as that the man was dead.
himself killed and partly eaten about‘
of these nests In one neat there wasa
gigantic mother with fifty-three young
ones Ilia Excellency, sir William
Robinson, evidently knew little oi his
neighbors.
The eastern part of the same island
ls mostly severed with tor-est.
Having gone thither to hunt in the
spring of IBM. I slept one night in a
native hut rested with the broad
leaves of the {an palm. Before we
turned into our hammocks. the owner
complained that the many tarantula
in the thatch were his test source
0! annoyance, and that. they frequently
dropped upon him as he lsy down to
sleep Hearing this. we naturally be-
came very uneasy and would gladly
have slept outside but for the rain.
which was falling in acoutinuous down-
pour. Taking the lamp and some long
sticks. we commenced a diligent inves-
tigation oi the whole interior, und
in n short time had killed
no less than seventeen tarnntulse
A low escaped and the thought of these
made us chary of going to sleep; so we
loft the lamp lighted and smoked end
emokcdand chatted till morning. To
wards daylight we became aware of
a rustling overhead amongst the dried
leaves of the roof. and presently on to
the table by the lamp dropped a good-
slzed tarantula. locked in a death
struggle with a four inch gecko (a lie-
ard). As the rain continued nll next
day we were oi conse confined to the
house and made a further search. but
beyond catching a sight of twoor three
hairy-legged fellows scampering away
through the loose thatch, our hunt was
quite nnsuccsuful.
Far more troublesome. and even
more dangerous than scorpions or tab
autulss, is that lively and almost in-
visible pest. the jlgger. lie is only a
small flea, but far more to be dreaded
than a thousand ordinary ones When
he makes his attack you know nothing
of it lie burrows quietly beneath the
skin. generally around the nails oi
fingers or toes. and leaves there, no—
know‘n'to you. n nest full of eggs Two
or three days niterwarda you become
troubled with on itching feeling. nnd
woe to you if you don't carefully dig
out the entire colony; for it any 01 the
eggs remain you will under from long
and painfgl ulcerations
"I wAa navsn so snwxru"
Far worse than thejiggcr, but. fortu.
natcly. not nearly so common. is the
bot-lly (Oeatrue). another native of
Tropical America This most trouble-
some fly. instead oi placing all its eggs
in one neat, distributes them, laying
one at a time on the skin at every
chosen spot. Each egg gives ont little
larva or grub. which works its way
under the skin and lives. oats. and
grows there. causing sometimes intol-
erable antler-lug ior many weeks
An acquaintance of mine at colon.
ionnd a tumor growing on hia'shin
Day by day it became worse. until at
last nnsble to walk about longer. he
took to his bed Finally heentsredthe
hospital at Panama. when after three
weeks' detention the attending physl~
clan laid open the place with the
lanoet, and removed from the swelling
ayooug betray in the form of a whitish
larva an inch long and as thick as a
man's little finger. It was six weeks
afterwards beiore he was well enough
to leave the hospital In mo Mr.
Andrew Lanny. at Port oi Spain. while
on a hunting expedition in the woods.
gotonelu historshead. nordidhe
know what it was that caused the
tumor and its accompanying pains.
until the doctor dislodged the intruder
with the tunnel- It is mentioned in
bllshed by the II. B. De-
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A leases in Poverty and lanai-y.
Little Girl-Was your folks poor
when you were a little girl? .
Grandma—We thought we were. my
dear. We were lumen and
livodlnalng cabins but ltwas large
rynd confirming: m werowarm—
«W: we t to eat and
plenty to wear. Butwe 1:” every-
thing ourselves. and made our own
cloth. Wchsd uomoneytogoto
stores, even it we had been near any;
andsoweieltverynery poor. There
were two things we were all food of.
and.oh,howwe longed torthem.aud
how we whhed we could siford them;
but we couldn't. and it made us feel
rery miserable to be so poor. Those
two things were salt mackerel and
store molasses.
Little Girl—(loot
you have to eat. thou?
' Grandma—Nothinghutbeci.mutton,
chickens. venison. quail, squirrels.
wild ducks. brook trout and such
things; and as for molasses we hadn‘t
anything but maple limp-Good News
Ian's queer nameless.
Mrs. Strongmind—All thisqu about
young women not knowing how to
cock is perfect nonsense. All the
young married women I know are bet-
ter cooks than their-mothers. or grand-
mothers, either. Take lira. Dc Style.
for instance. She has half a dozen
medals. awarded by the finest cooking
schools in the city.
Old Enchelor—l dined scvcrnl times
with Mr. De Style. and the cooking
was wretched
Mrs Strongmind—Gooducss me! You
don't expect a woman with a house
full of servants to do the cooking her-
ycli. do you'l—N. Y. Weekly.
Why. what «no
Isa Ar. 'l’eo BM.
Mrs. Slimpnrse—It‘e all nonsense to
talk about managing a husband by ai-
leut appeals to his good nature. it
can't be done. It you want anything
you've got to say so right out. You
know that horrid old summer hat I've
worn for two seasons?
Miss Makeahlit—Yes; and I suggested
that you quietly put it on and let him
see you wearing it.
Mrs. Slimpnrse-Thst's just what I
did-exactly what l did: and when I
to walk down town with him
he said: “I'm afraid all this finery will
make my old clothes look chubby.”—
Iudgc. '
lair-me Courtesy ia a Btu-tin.
"Dear me, I have rubbed some of the
color of! your picture on to my wrap!
I don't know whether to feel worse for
you or myself." said Mrs. Ilarkaway to
Smccrc. ‘
"How much did the wrap cost?"
aakcd‘ihe artist.
"A hundred and fifty dollars." said
Miss Ilarkaway.
“’I’hcn feel sorry for yourself. This
is a :75 picture." said Sincere—liar
per's Raw.
nay Never salt.
Winks-A man my be as saintly as
an old patriarch and not have an
enemy in the world. and yet one
simple. innocent. proper little act will
make him hated by millions.
Minks-0h. nonsense! Impossible!
What innocent thing could any good
man do to cause such a change in pub-
lic ion?
W Ilka—Let him design anew poet
age stamp—Lite.
Mtg lib Daughter.
Sonar—Sir, you are undoubtedly
aware of the object of visit?
I-‘ather~l believe you re to make
my daughter happy. Do you really
mean it?
Suitw—Unqmtlmhly.
Father—Well, don't marry her. then
«Judge.
hue-05am
Bytes—Chicago mounted the irre-
dom oi the city to Duke dc Vera-
gua. The resolutions were tendered
on a solid gold salvcr.
fimylca w“'ho held the waiver?
Byms- » One of the aldermen.
Smyles~~Who held the aldermauh
Truth.
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cum-a.
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whole famn‘y. No other root beer exv
mt equals WHHams' m stvength and
po'hy. One bottle of extract makes 5
gal‘cns. The grclt temperance drink,
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[WIN HOME!
2 Large Lots; Burnt! Ave.
4 Good Lois
Woodward Ave.
9 Nice Lots
Riverside Ave.
l4 Choice Lois
lLincoIn Ave.
I5 Sighlly lots
on the Blufl
overlooking the harbor.
No more available sites {or
building a pleasant home can
be offend than these lots on
the Woodward estate. Two
years ago I oilered my first
purchase of those lots “on terms
to suit the purchaser." They
are mostly paid up now, and
their warrantco deeds are noted
in The Sentinel nearly every
week—the happy owners of a
prospective home. You know
them; you can we the model
cottages already built. Why
not make a beginning now?
You can buy ilor cash. You
can umkoquurlbrly payments.
You can pay monthly—any way
or amount to suit you.
If you will only try you will
own u lot in it short time.
PRICE,
$350, $400, or.
Map with pricsscan be soon at
the real estate oilincof
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Wuumml 9n,
or on the rises ct JOHN
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The Old Well Cigar 00.. an
Washinetonatnset. of!
Wetsuit-a. Isles-pubs
are see-a. sit-tel «More and knew I
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me.w.w
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mums-em tea at ear sters We
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nominate-I Imus. Wen m
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bum-flatulence". how-
as! with swim. all! M my
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full back and
manufacturers’ price. ..
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to wit:
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trains I M.
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in you will see not on} a
But one in which the -
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L’lskiagitthfphestwfieamlewlfihoeinfielerket. ‘ I! V
EVERY PAIR WARRANTED.
Onllnndsmmiucthamboiorepnrchnsinganyothershoe, at
H. s. BROWN’S.
, Closing Out Sale
nouns Ann ems
Tristram '& Hyatt’s, ‘
In order to make room for other goods we have decided to
close out our entire stock of outside
mg Ladies’, MW and Children’s 3, W
black, navy tan and mixed goods, with cloth and velvet on
_ _ _ l sleeves. Misses’
years in plain-Jae etc and with ca .
-l tol'z yonrs in light and dark co ors.
sold and in order to do it we will sell
of A Kinds and
This season I have a superior lot of ,‘anofifor empurposee.
tar. latices Ive. sad Fnatlh It.
Sillilfllilliiliihysician 11 Wow!
mean tungsten ms ,3.
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garments of all kinds, includ-
1 Jackets in
Gannents from 12 to 18
Cfiildrcn’s garments from
very garment muetho
them at less than the
HALF PRICE.
All'ot our new and fashionable on will be included i
sale, atfjust one-half their former pricg.es n this
Tristram & Hyatt,
THE lEAIlING nnv annulment.
940.3132 Gazette Bulldlnl.
IlllMT HUME AND SAVE MllNEY!
m m:
SMIE.
Gills. “RIMES. ill! WSIKSS mun
Which. torQquit and Price, cannot bebeutinthecountry.and
purchaser’s adv
Don't go out of town until you have ooked at my stock.
SEClllD Hill] “AEGIS "0F Ill mus.
Repair work called for and delivered free of charge.
tobuyof me.
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