New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-04
THE POISONOUS LIZARDS OF ARIZONA.

From rhe Los Angeles Tribune.
lis he poisonoa'l' said Young man behI l,d the
now paper stand NJ the Nadea. Well, should Say
he ws. It snr his breath thonfh a man y ;Iom
wrjns." sad a listener. It's breath i what MIS-
people. ! heard woman say that d single blast "a
n, breath wa spro death
g." That may be- said another. but saw a man
DE from thu bite Of and that Is the secret OF H.
I'd rather have a RATHER bte me any Ia{;
where was 1t ?" qucied a startled lHtchci.
over in Arizona was the rply. \ friend Of
mine had in box Just outside OF sn,vt ,h "IS
me day A chan came along who was So drunk lHat hs
was ready to mp the earth lie w.' aii7lH "'
nothing. and when he saw tho boN and va" s.E1'
and bcfo, they could prevent him he had ripped oli
tie slate and made grab at II. Ihe ,mls uNi,oa
arnnnd and bit him on the finger ana % MAKE,
i"ng tory short. / him die in the middle OF The
S"g y .,j,,rct Of all this conversation pale
yellow and black blunt headed lzoid' about i"'t ~
length that rested upon pea OF str Mon. ,ri ~
H,I"n, The onlv POISONOUS lizard In the world ana
vs. ugiy ana di-agiecablc looking creature a. one
'"' The head wac Tg and blunt. the eyes black and
bcad Ike, the tail hall the lentu Oh 1g CHASED in
innly coated annor marked cuuousy VII" 9'"'"
aud black ,..t., aud slow Of move
mont in mi, respect being entirely dINccn, I"n w
tr.br IN general. IN IL own country 9' 1'i i
shows more activity, especially III me ", ~, a. ,.
thr hnbli, Of younS alligator more tah a ;., ,,
GlN"' Inc n that il supposed TO lark IN IT. Dit'
And DerhaI> no animal has gwen HSo I" y" ''
weird and wholly imaginary N'o' .,,,u,-a that
TIc natives and some ignorant Nh't" SuPP,,o t',l
f. h IT, j. nolsonous Others thilk tual I, HIr
nnc t.ulch the body Is bad Sign. INC @ ,Na; CON
g,nly a lizard and the only one known ""l , ,",,
,nitn1 other animals by IL Dte-a dIsCoNr'I Itj
iouV' ,',, hy some unurallstS who were tITNc!i"E
WTMS,,I ti'n r0intrv The story was not ~ hrot 10
u.,,cI Inn several were sent East, where te P''
ms nror.rtleS were demonstrated. \ n','.
~ me smithsonian was bitten. the poison 'u'ns
~ nucklv that he had barely TIM" 40 'Il ~ Il ~.
~, III animals soon died after heinz Bitten ana "dA
shawn that human beings. unarF tri'd'n '"'"'''
MIGHT r,.ilv die from tn effects I'll the D'te s,,
Tho u,i.on Of the hclWlcrma has D'cH 'tt'1"I.1
i,,irft ~, Nrs.rs Mitchell and Rcl'hert the cN,
The ppi,on /. entirely different from ti i VI i..
Thr latter destroys lie by p3rllNHlhE thc rPSl''UiS
centre while the poison of tn hcodrrtd al oh'c
.ttnrl, and affects the heart. parayzing ~ ,.,
Among thc Iu nrcSiiur experiments thit OF iiy''ti-
the poison simultaneously has been tfiei lhoH Mo
mo- local effect the heart being ~ once aI't'I SiuNB
contracting. the spinal cord hhaiy Deco"''"S par"
ly2cd ,,., , ,,, victim or his
general health would have much TO 90 WIN tlc iiV'-
tion ~ his death II man was III poor '3nuInHTn
and RIM down he would possibly die, WHO HVaIlIS
man would not be seriously troubled
specimens sent 10 Europe We're eNperinlelt9o upon
by Sir John Lubbock. 4 frog bitten by the lizard
died I'm a few second, la cOnVu>ionN. \ guinea pig
bitten In the hind beg passed away III trce mlnte'
and other animal, died equally a, quch creating ID
the minds If the observer ceCli'd respect II uIe
t.ntl 81 tbe specimen AT the Nadclu HOu," are cN-
uincd thcv VIII be found To have curious h~'irr~.
snd a further and closer look into the month of the
munster will show al the base az the grooves small
dcut. from which the posoncu, saliva hoNs. The
Iol.cr,ua /. III interesting creature, audawhlc NOT
Iva. sure death II Is we'll - keep il nj distance.
and handle !; with the care and respect due it, IN
sav0ry reputation
\ new empl6yc has left the employ Of largo and