Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1882 — Arctic Mosquitoes. [ARTICLE]

Arctic Mosquitoes.

The one bitter drop in our cup of joy was the monstrous but inseparable curse of Arctic summer mosquito. He abounded,flourished, surpassed himself, out-mosquitoed himself on the Kuloi river. We were at his mercy; our veils, gauntlets, handkerchiefs, flapper, all were vanity and vexation. To kill was wanton, for to destroy sufficient was impossible. We had foreseen all this, and had even thought of taking, among other things, a woodpecker from Gome with us to protect our faces while we slept; but one woodpecker would have been a solemn mockery ; we 'should have wanted a fresh woodpecker every five minutes. I suppose these were the historical flies sent to punish the disobedient, obstinate Egyptians.; tihry " i — u —order, and after three grievous plagues—the corruption the multitude of frogs anc£ me Bwarffis jof Kce—had Entirely f#ile4 r'i I*|| * 1 -1 We are quitoes ; we watch them traverse our yeils like slides-in a.magic lantern. There if the yellow stijjjbd mosquito, with a triple fang to his proboscis; there is the brown humpbacked or camel mosquito,: withj.legs of gossaimer, who appears to our vindictive eves, to be from two to three inched in length ; finally, there is the scorpion mosquito, very searching and business-like. We dislike him greatly, for h| wastes no time. We -know that ittrihß? is a hsJS>w delusion, and armor-plaJfcp gauhtletaare alone of svaii. yy Sometimes 'Smosquito corned and kills himself by squeezing between our finger and thumb, sometimes by flying against my flapper. T£ere are moments, but so rare and delicious that I almost tremble to describe thiftn, when we find a mosquito who has anchored himself by the proboscis in our gloves—and we watch the expression of baffled hatred in his countenance with which he watches the approach of the avenging finger. Oh the peaceful, blissful enjoyment of that moment! Sometimes we watch him in his hujrried efforts to pierce the glove—he knows that time is. all- he needs—standing upon his with his ffiinl-Ufgß flourishing in’fhe air while he bore* 'away diligentlp-through the thick loathe.!- ip iis-'.wicked thirst for blood. in < our treaty" we insnare a jtodS(fujfou#nd get up and trample on his head;** W» -ask ouWelved'i*; hours past endurance why the law 8¥ fixture should and of crea rtion, become pre’ypL.mvage creatWe£hUye fonKdJS grave, if iira£B»,r^|*lfiti o n ; take a rotffqmfsbi him, and, wijrtswbielp’ of a btmmfgPglass, offer ;,hjp to the Mid£lgfit Sun.— the ffirrfrVi’iijrf,i 5 r Tlie Opini°n^TlO t fi'yMcißn. of Yellow TteCk Sbi" SMsapanlln, having ’carefully nuajyzed its ifigreSteats, enthusiastio over this great health - no other rertedy so yet so effective.. No other possible combingflbjf’bf drugs will more rapidly assist nature in hastening tbe, ottjeof general ill-healthi In oiwonic diseases' of the ltmgs, Kver ah* Judneys- »na nervous r system4t.is especially beneficial. its couspd-, ..sflion I was especially ety and! Jumper combined j®tbtnq|iMßapa*ifla and Yellow Dock. Iron beneficial, hut in connection witli"tuck valuable vegetable toriiae /ts effects writ at. ail times have ’promote health a*^L. strength.” ’ to get it for yon. ? . a s . y ./ • -M's ■ ■f to an’jeffipiaj return which was Vmßdshed last week*. 4,044 persons of Gre?t i3j|tam 'TftifTlarge number •does not^include death from shipwreck.. sCbepa; x#re ,3,274 males and 774ropnafos, awi *1,019 of She were thftdre*.under 12; 471 were.*»qici(te<' 423 bat^gadcideyy.^^ ■i Thb |ifi*mer is ha. v who giveiNiimself' :;to fijis -tfbric body and sool. 1 I . Mfc WfetL cS>ns, of Eipley, Ohio, wrtjesf* Saypheeii tiding Dr. Ctoyaatt’s Ysflow Dock afcdßaraap4rill*for WWkidiievS * I fnppdwit varff effective. J)te*sed .me was lemtfC iakdnjjilt thecMMMHM. craving fofits :tinrtbel Mae, nor was tasra -any reaction &nd -cqHsqtMtnino renews**? my complaint! 4 wrongly ' ’* aud r,^“*