The sun., 1901-08-11
THE FLORIDA BEDBUG IN JERSEY
lie Gets In Ills Work In Great shape and
Escapes Identification.
From The Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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peculiar insect, Of "A species almos wholly
unknown to naturalsts hereahouts. except
that its home IL believed 20 he IN a tropical
cline, recently had a brief, but mono the
less noteworthy. stay at Laurel Springs, on"
NJ New Jerseys we'll known settlements
within ten miles OF Philadelphia. on the At
lantic City line OF the Reading Railroad
II came in the night, both literally and flgur-
atively speaking. and made its presence
known-not It's appearance. because II could
barely be seen by the naked eyc-by attack
ing the residents and visitors and leaving
uncomfortable and annoying flesh wounds
somewhat like unto the bites Of mosquitoes
At first It's manifestations on tho body were
regarded as something akin 20 the rash
and no particular attention was paid 10 It's
presence except by those suffering from
It's attack Finally the complaints from
those staying al the Laurel Inn became 30
general that the authorities were called in
to make an Investigations
Samuel s Cord general manager OF tho
Laurel Spring Realty Company. realizing
that drastic measures must he taken, SECURED
the services OF DR. Hurt ot the licalth Board
and of Dr Wright, physician In, Gloucester
township As most Of the complaints came
from the inn q thorough Inspection was
uere baffed in their attempt TO discover the
cause Of the complaints They found many
insects peculiar to such resorts thIoughont
the Fast, but 20 none OF them could the rom-
plants Of the residents be traced When the
search had been all hut given ny one OF the
physicians. In looking az picture in one OF
drawn, noticed n small red speck moving
rapidly across the glass with the sharp
end Of toothpick he impnled tho OBJECT, ana
after n microscopcal INSPECTION the cause 9i
nil the trouble was known to have been found
SO small was the insect and 40 Important
was the question Of getting thoroughly RID oi
II that every room Ia the house was stripped
entirely Of all It, furnishings, even to scraping
on the paper on the wall The rooms were
then made alright, and formaldehyde, IN the
form Of gas WIS forced into them throlgh
the keyholeS After this had been done the
same chemical solution. in the form Of a
liqpid, was used in washing the Nain.cotIRK
md other woodwork Of the apartments IL
IL believed that the small but pestiierous m
vader has now been conquered
When the nrst insect was discovered the
On any persons hat complained Of suffering
from It's bites. It's favorite time OF attack
seemed to pe at night, when person was
said. reseublad that resulting froma mos
quito bite. except that in every case the
insect diod soon after the attack, IN some
cases IL was found In the wound ltNtit IN
others IL WAS discovered an inch or so away
from the bite, always under the skin and
always resembling very small req spot on
the surface II never attacked the lace or
hands. but always some part OF the body pro-
tected bv the clothing - D.,
Al speculation us TO what the insect Is
and where il came from have not resulted
IN any satisfactory CONCLUSION among the
Investigators Naturalist from Philadel.
phia. particularly from the Academy OF
Natural Science, visited the place. and saw
the insect. but II is said, could give no name
10 II nor any idea - what It was tAcept thit
IL was OF tropical species. IL was hPrdly
dscernhle 10 the naked eye. but when placed
under the microscope was seen t9 nave a
crab-lkr appearance, with rows oi legs on
either side of it4 body IT. color was rrd,
resembling more minut" bl od spoeE than
apything else II could travel Ike Hight
ming as one Of tho residents described us
motions
It, Introduction into Laurel SPRING i as
mysterious ~ T. the insect UreH. some
believe it came from CUBA WIN S9mr hi'td
States army matrrlal thut wt- brought u
the place last year Others think u can"
TO tins co ountry IN tn" >hnpr OF eggs hidd'h
IN the African tbrr that was ustu III some
OF the mattresses at the Inn.