The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-22
LAST CHANCE To EXPEL
THE CINEX LECTULARIU s
Price of Rubber May be Increased by
the Only sure Defense Against the
Dark Brown Peril

The cimex lectularius not only arrives
there just The same. but stops there.
Tho he wears no stays. he Is a slayer
from StayviIle. and as the immutable
ne has the Sphinx and the pyramids
tied TO the post Il Is harder 10 Dust
him than 10 get the British out of
Egypt and tho he i az shy as a 40
year old maiden he IS tame enough 10
eat out of your hand. and your foot,
too If you keep it still long enough
only the putorius feotidus or pack
ing house investigation can excel him
in obnoxity of odor. and persuadins
him to leave is like trying 10 keep the
young men away from a pretty girl
whose father owns bulldog. The
only sure way 10 kill him is TO mash
him, and that IS salubrious only 10
person with a bad cold. He makes
light OF the cOrrectiyeS that are ayaila-
BILE against other pests. Insect powder
he makes into pie crust, and uses
roach bait TO butter his biscuit. Quick
silver makes him free lunch. with
corrosive sublimate he cleans his
teeth. he washes his face with gaSO-
line and rubs phosphorus on his snoot
so he may the better see his way
around under the bed clothes a friend
trying 10 suppress the cimeX with gas
oline says he has put 80 much Of that
volatile fluid on his bed that every
time he goes to sleep he dreams that
he has bought an automobile yet
when he awakes. behold a bedbug sit
teth on each of his ten toes and eyeth
him with calm contentment. meanwhile
picking his teeth with a hair plucked
from his whiskers.
The latest remedy is vulcanized rub
Der. the only thing. 50 it is said. the
lectularius Will not assimilate. affiliate
and chum with. He regards il with
the aversion possessed by the devil
for holy water. one little scrap of
vulcanized rubber under each corner
of your couch and the festive bug
seeks other fields and pastures new.
One friend of ours. from whose I'M
calmly form the ruthless cimeX pulled
the cover every night, tried the rubber
remedy a year ago, and behold these
dozen moons he has slept the sleep of
the just with gold filings in his teeth
and a balance in the bank. Some of our
friends who own autos have sought 10
prevent us from giving the boon Of
this remedy TO suffering humanity, lest
it should raise the price Of tires, but
we are philanthropist. so we are; and
besides we have no automobile. So
here you are. \ patch of EuicaniZed
rubber under each foot Of your bed. If
you can't obtain it any other way. cut
it out of your enemy's auto tire while
he is looking the other way.
The cimeX is an outlaw, and pOssi-
bly, an migrate. but he has his virtues.
He loves his home and his hOmefolks.
No matter how far fallen man may
be. the cimex will not shun his society.
Like the dog he knows his friend
foOtstep, and longs to hear it. \
friend of ours who abideth alone in
the upper story of one of our citys
apartment houses. says that whenever
he is out late, diligently sorting the
spots in poker deck. he never goes
home without finding a cimeN or two
on their way down stairs to look for
him. SO touched is he with this proof
of their attachment that 50 far he has
not helped to boost the rubber trust