Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-05-30
rHe MEXICAN WASP.
A Cheerful Insect nullt Especially 20 Cure
Chronic ftheuniatlara.

A Cheerful insect nullt Especially 80 Cure
Chronic itheuniatisn.
II read the other day an account OF
French physician who has discov-
cred that he can cure rheumatism BY
the stings OF bees" said a New York
railroad man recently returned from a
trip TO Mexico to reporter. The
doctor says he has met with great sue
cess In treating the obstinate disease
with bees. the only difficulty with the
treatment being that he has TO use
such large number OF bees before ho
can introduce sufficient counter-irrita-
tation. or whatever IL may be, 10 the
afflicted spot want 90 give the
French doctor pointer that will lot
him out OF that trouble ut once II he
will follow IT, IIo don't want 20 fool
with the ordinary, everyday sort OF
bee any longer. All he has TO do Is to
get an invoice OF cheerful wasp that
makes Mexico its home and hunting
ground, and no won't need more than
one OF .hem TO knock out the worst
case OF rheumatism any man ever
struggled with, II there is really any
virtue in the boosting treatment
"Thc Mexican wasp Is built entirely
for business. lie Is over two inches
long when he is Of ago, and Is about
the color Of II bay horse. His plungor
is full inch long and Is as fine rs a
spiders web. Unlike the stingor OF
the common bee, the stingcr OF the
Mexican wasp is non-forieitable. He
doesn't give IL up after making one
plunge, but has II always In readiness
for an all days job II necessary. The
mission Of the Mexican wasp seems 10
be merely to hunt up people and run
that stingor OF his into them. The
natives say he will go ten miles out OF
his way to get a whack at Il person.
The natives soon to get fat on snake
bites, centipede bites and scorpion
stings. but II they discover one OF
these wasps In the neighborhood they
hunt for cover without delay.
IL had the pleasure OF personal con-
tact with n Mexican wasp one day. IL
sampled me on the check. Ihave boen
actively in the passenger business for
many years but that wasp ioyed my
cheek. The stinger went clear through
it and about quarter OF an inch into
the side OF my tongue. Instantly that
whole side OF my head and face felt
like foot asleep. didn't know what
hit me. The cheerful numbness lasted
for n minute, and then turned ms cold
as an ic'cle. ! thought | was dying.
pinched my face, but there was no
feeling in IT, bit my tongue and it
didn't hurt. There was some feeling
minute later, though, for such a
pang as no mortal man ever felt, un-
less he was hit by one OF these base
burning insects, shot TO the top OF my
head and then back again. Then II
grabbed me in the throat. tackled the
roof OF my mouth, and dallied with my
palate. II you can imagine how II
would feel 10 have wires drawn into
the most sensitive parts OF your person.
and then have the wires heated to a
white heat and left there To simmer,
you can have some idea how felt A
native told me, then, what allied me.
would willingly have lain down and
died, and felt sorry when they told me
that the Mexican wasp was so cruel that
IL never killed persons with its sting,
but just dipped them and let them en-
JOY the aftermath. That most ngoniz-
ing pain remained with me two hours,
which Is the regulation time for II 70
torture its recipients. When it passed
away my checks and tongue were as
sore as two stone bruises, and re-
mained so for two days. But, strange
to say, they didn't swell.
Let that French doctor get a few
OF these Mexican wasps. and II there
is any good in the bee-sting cure for
rheumatism he will have every one oi
his patients out OF bed before he has
used up one wasp."-N. Y. Sun.