The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-02
APPALLING TO A STRANGER,
Peculiar Horrors OF The.bue-tAat-eets.0H
tho y0ur.Neck.

DALLAS. Texas. July 2s.-The tarantula. the
centipede. and the scorpion have too long d.
vided honors 81 being tho represen tattve Texas
insects. 1t is high time that the claim OF thA4
truly interesting creature tho bug-that-ksts.
on-the- back of-your-nock was acknowledged,
man might como to Texas and live for years
without seeing tarantu las. centipedes. or sooE.
pions, but he couldn't possibly remain In DAl.
las four and twenty hours without becoming
intimately acquainted with the-bus-that-sets.
on the back Of your neck. EntomologistS
have slighted this nsect. and so his scientific
name Is matter OF con mcclure but his popu.
lar title. as given above. fits him TO T. and 70
far moro satisfactory to the layman than any
Latin appelatlon could possibly be.
Like the mosquito. the sandbagger, and the
highwayman. the. bug that ge To- Oh the back
of-your neck uses tho inky pail Of night to
cover his wickedness. In the daytime he
secretes himself in dark cracks and corners.
from which he can unobserved. leer out ~
his passing humin victims and take mental
notes OF their necks and collars. Tho low
turn.down collar. which Is almost universally
worn In this hot country. ID great favorite
with Observation-Disclosures on the back. oi-you4
meet sino%gn ns h
ers skill IN neck Guns have no terrors for this
aggressyH; lea aa when no mShpS baSiPess
i lhers is one thing more than another thas
fills the spirit OF the-bug. that gets ON the.
back of-your-neck with unholy 10Y 1t is to sud.
denly swo y down upon " nervous granger
out some mild 10 !Htng man who mas come to
Texas with MS mind fnll Of exaggerated sto-
unt tho victim has finished his supper and
has -stle himself IN nm armchair n 'ront o.
Wien H. sfr rt thoughts are far away a
HIS peaceln! nome and his eye are blind to AZ
iS n,
hustles through the n ght air IKE bolt from
ara,anut. Straight TO the mark he whizzes and
ne on sns q s
veal yertsbra: The mans thoughts Jump
Jars his whole, system an npsets his chair.
sni with yell Ike he snrek o' los, sou! ~
! r,cklo,s con . ton has no ,para'l.l on earth.
Asmar pot''Tm , ne you'd have WS9 ,IS
insrSasin:; %,,Mi,y ,ani dsslsraiIop 10 oIsy.
mnIly 4 The back Of his noes. hpt his sssaiI-
n.1 rs he for has soe has do Sa
sliie lilo collar ou1 OF reach; Just as
he man is aHo1, to so''aH.S Through tsI;
aud h"peless, IDIOT = Ltg Iexan calmly taxes
tod OF him deity turns him upside down.
neck out and wing res orcd the uunerved
victim 10 tho PERPENDICULAR. remarks
cuns h y% f snrs sotSsr
Gr"i,u.|!y i begins 10 dawn npon tho man
GU OF himself, aud he stammers soma inco-
herent explanations and rstires to b. 10 room to
6leen tn, sleep OF utter eAhaus don. or perhaps
To visited by a nightmar. in which tho back
Of his neck llays ,hs s q role.
There Is u new 9 ecies Of the bug I hat gets.
on the-ba 1 -oi- your-nock Tor every munIh In
thu year. Sometines he vii! appo,r AZ n small
green insect W III h oks whore hs ought to
haY, feet; again he take tue form Of a big
black 'etle-.lise 2 Juno buE--ara with n most
no orouS DO m :" and stl AGAIN hs is like
unto "a humhle bee with leathern wings, q
horny mead. nn the spe II Of Mimic bullet
liut he isat his best wnen he cGrrrs his blister
ing apparatus with him, II ID the most perieot
thing OF it- kind IN existence. Its owner esn
unlmher 1t and raise a lister tho instant that
he niights, and by tho time his victim has got
h,i n.nd 70 the place tn, the bug Is attending
are rnnlwl mud last Two .r three dai g. and q
man Is ONT ~ the swi y who Is not nursing one
or Two when 't,ry 40 in ,eason. The season Il
lust hHSlnrlng, AN. 1t VIII la ahout month.
Take MN tor a. in All thr-hug.t that get 81 on
tho ba' .-of. your neck - u wonderful fell ow
alh lie Saopl,I have n piaco on the Texas coal
ol asms, Ito can giNo = no tpraptuls o.pttpsds
and scorpion hisyy odds and 4sS them sss'