Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20
The ..Ros.- Mnsnnito Story.

The average Jersey mosquito is ack0V- ledged by all with whom he has come .n contact tO be an exceedingly blood hlrsty wretch; but uf all the stories re- ated concerning hls vicious ways, in alI l probability none can equal the tale told l by Captain J. W. Anderson, of the But- bark Euaanuel SwedynbOrg. The l Sv deubUIg arrived at thIs port on last 1drurday from Spain, with a cargo ot Iron. She Was lylug in the Iver uuul yesterday afternoon, when she was dIcked at Willow street wharf. Here I-
 .as that a Record man found the amI- able skipper m hIs cosy cabin, UusI.y
 nEaged in applying pOultIces Co bis
 ace, arms, hands, neck and ankles, m ,rier to alay the pain and take down rhe swelling caused by the bites of tar pestIfer0us insects. When questioned the Captain said. Ut was about three o'clock in the afternoon, when fifteen m les off Cape May, that we saw towards the north a great cloud of insects bear lns directly down on Us. Three minutes ttter We sighted the moving mass uuT ship was encircled by hordes of mos qItoes. They must have been wearIed
 y their long flight from land, for they immediately took up positions on the Ieck, on the sails and among the rig gIng. At this juncture We picked up a pilot, whom We eagerly besOught Co eX- plain where the visitors came from, but ls was too dumbfounded to make any reply. After they began their feast on the exposed parts of us helpless souls t was terrible. Some Of the men cried out m agony at the way they were bitten Go where they would 1t was all the sama Down in the cabin many fled for Iehef hut it was of no avail, fer 1t seemed as though there were as many below decks as there were above. l noticed all that attacked me were thin and meau-lo0k- ing Some had bills half an Iuch n length, which they inserted m ones face and arms with marked viciousness. lt took but a second for two of them tO eat enough tO fatten them beyond all bellef. It took all our time to kill the critters as they alighted on us. At the end of the first half hour they began piercing cur clothes When I found that the devIish fellows were crawling up my legs, I hastily went to the cabin and put on pair of big boots and climbed into heavy winter Overcoat. When ] sal lied out on the deck again 1 thought J
  toes. Not SO, however. They managed to bother me almost es much as before. By this time many of the crew bad swathed their faces and necks wi;h shirts leaving only space enough tO see l was driven almost desperate, and climbed up to the maintOp. thirkiug to escape the ferocious animals. You may know how glad ] was when l found that har. bod A Faw Ha mate called to me to know how It was up there. l told him to come mp and tg bring as many of the men alOft as could be spared. This he did and, ther- we staid all night. When supper time came our Chinese cook went below and filed a basket of cold victuals, which We hoisted up to our perches in the slrouds. The men took hOur-turns in gong down on deck an managing the vessel We slept aloft. as We feared Co venture on the deck. About o'clock a stuff breeze sprung up, and the mosquitoes began leaving us. Many of them stald CD the boat, however. until we reached De-a- ware. At the Breakvater l attempted to send a dispatch to the cousiguees ID Philadelphia, but my hands were bi'iel so badly that l vas unable to wrlte' aAH had to get the telegraph operator GO pen the message. l hope We VIII never oe to endure such tOrments -7 We were subjected to during the tme We were on deck. My only fear was that the mosquitoes might tackle me pIg-Iron aboard and brIng ne out 71olt with the consignees. LuckLy ! SeS spared this afflicti0n. "- Phllaieiphls Record
 
 Advices from Chile state that 7e7era- skirmishes have occurred between .-, Chilians and Peruvians, in all Of "Al-l the former were victorious except ID .-' instance, where 75 ChilIans we're al tackled by 2000 Peruvians, and reiusl1s