New-York tribune., 1867-08-30

phrase "put ea in bis ear" is derived from custom Of
ancestors, when they desired tO give snGng hint
20 troublesome visitor. The expression Is what Mrs
harrington would call .parcgoricaL"
To the astonishmeut and disgust Of many thy house
keepers, and TO the great inconvenience Of sprc bach.
lest 2, e cfy Beas have apIcapcd c s a Ssa
feas never before. Yesterday mOrniIg lit
which time his hands are supposed 10 have Travelled co
miles. succeeded in killing IS OF the vexatous creatures
neighbor, banker, reported having counted IA. bus
being large and awkward man, bad failed 10 biig any
OF his tOrnentOrs TO justice. Twelve were cOuAtcd
Eigth-St, 10 on UniOnsquare, ana about Two dozen IN
different mansions ON Fifhaye, between tfteenth and
Twentythifdsts Some OF the persons visited by these
pests having had no previous acquaintance with either
the peT iTriaps, or his Ongtongued cousin thepter
peetrdps and having neglected 10 study entomology
strangers, and, until enlightened by veteran naturalist
supposed them to be batIachans Of dminuiye klad.
Within tho past 36 hours many houses I'm the upper part
Of the city have been invaded by regiments, bngdes
whole armies Of feas. Reports come IN from Thirty
square, Fortythrdt and elsewhere, to the effect that
wardrObes, clohespresses beds carpets and erainsare
Infested with the vermn. More than iastidOus lady
has detected the presence Of OathsOme insect on her
dress where until two days ago. flea had meyer dared 10
with perseverance and determination quite touching
"''' TIFAs IN JERSEY CITY AND BROOKLYN
Whether the eas from whatever point they come have
held meetings. ana aseed to niho sni'aeO,S m @ iis -,
say but IL certain that their unwecOme visits have
respectable portions Of NewYor In Jersey city they
are very numerous and very troublesome and in Brook
vn and WHansnlrgh almost as bad The cause ASS gned
for their appearance in Jersey CITY s that they come
from the DIRT which is extensively used there in filing
in sunken lots and that tho rain has driven them into the
comfortable dwellings Of men for shelter
FLEAs AND EPiDEMICs.
Whether are destined TO have an epidemic 70 be
known hereafter as the PuO ScCuTge,r question
which should be discussed without delay by scientific
societies Another subject for consideration is the fact
that the appearance OF neas, lice aud other In
great masses frequently been followed by the appear
"D'0 - now TO DRIVE THr FLEAs AWAY.
Tn view OF the impending danger with which we ere
ease to which we yet sangers-t is well TO devise
ways and means whereby the pcIl may DO ayerted The
cause OF the disease which killed Lucius Cornelius Sya,
the Roman quaestOr leader OF battaOns, and dictator,
and which has carried of millions unknown to fame, was
Flcas. The oldashioned way OF annihiiatng them W
compression between the two thumb nails IS a very
tedious ana requires much skill and much practice
Beside one pair OF thumbs viii do but ltie execution
and while the exccutoner putting an end to the exist
enee 9f veteran nTe' ms po't art otbe@ 40
in thousands An old lady, who has had soIne
the only way TO rid the house Of the yermn is to sauTats
everything IN IL with spirits or tupentne and set fe 20
Ii. This method Is Objectionable chiefly on account ot
the expense Ihe ahGlehts according 10 Afstone usca
decoction OF weed, probably the English heawort
tgT0 DiScos,ual but it does not grow in this country
II bebOOyes scientific To put their heads together
aud from the multiplicity Of drug, and chemicals whose
rriGlator by the aud OF which, and without giving un.
necessary pain to the eas the public may he relieved OF
every individual flea beyond tine least possible hope OF
redintegratlon.
The troublesome little animal which is likely TO make
our lives very uncomfortable this Summer has been fro
Gueny apostrophiz.d 10y poets, class Of people who
seem ready TO apOstrophize anything somebody says
that beauty Is but aptitude Of parts harmonious This
places the flea among the class Of objects which make up
what devOtecs OF art call the beautiful Tor his parts
are surely well adapted 10 the for which they were
designed and arranged with marvellous ingenuity. No
wonder them that poets have written about hun Burns
saw h once ladys bonnet IN church. and forthwith
burst into song. The wei known lines
'O o wsd that Heaven tie nfie gle us
To see ourc as ithers see Us
'Iwsd ir"m many an error uee u.s.
were suggested by thought which very natural
Becthooyen wrote song about the King who had
monstr0us flea This flea the king dressed in gorgeous
robes, mighted him and sent hun forth to annoy the
victims revenged themselves upon all the other heas
The OF their revenge is given in these touching
@.we suick 'em ard We snap EN-,
which was the primitive way OF killing feas, very similar
to that in vogue among the monkeys at Barnums.
Flcas naturally Intelligent They have been trained
70 perform upon the stage, and have been highly
pmented by crowned heads which had suffered none OF
their prosecutions. once upon time troop or neas
were exhibited Berlin before the King and Queen The
Professor" was suddenly seen to exhibit signs Of great
CONSERVATION. "Nhat Is the matter Herr ProfessorF
inquired His Majesty seeing that the performance had
come 10 stand still sire, perceive that one OF my
very best performers the Great Napoleon mas got Iooso
ard disappeared" let search be made at once for the
Great Napoleon" replied the King, goodhumoredV.
Ladies' and gentlemen let the Herr Professor have Your
best helm I'm recapurng the Great Napoleon In what drec-
ton Herr Professor do you imagine the
gone r. " II may venture, sire, to reply Iahkly re-
turned that persOnage suspect the Great Napoleon 10
have secreted himself about the person OF Her serene rene
Hichness, the Princess p" The "Hlghness' thus
named, feeling anything but serene AZ me thought Oh
aford quarters such intruder made nasty re-
treat 10 r own apartments whence after brief retire
nent with her eaner1Se, she smngy ret9rhtd 10 tne
royal prpsepce bringing some Object held deicatey be-
tween her thumb and finger, which she cautiously made
over In tbe Professor Aidsl Sire" exclaimed the
latter after moments glance at what he thought was
Ina discovered treasure This is rid ged and not NO
great Napoleon" And the exhibition was thus pTouShs
10 an iguOniiniOus conclusion.
But the task civzng the savage Is nothing IN com
parison to that which awaits tAe teatamer mn t.S
coming man appears II bclO0ves us rs good cnZens 10
sacrifice the goner feelings OF nature aud. acting of
the general good rather than for the Improvement OF
single race make by snack and suick upon our IN
vader that our days Of comfort may not be shorened
and our nights rendered seepess by his innocent though
annoying prosecutions.