The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-09
NATURAL FRUIT FLENoRS.

49, Economy in their use
Rose etez Flavor as delioately
and deliciously as the fresh fruit.
aware that there is produced an insect in
the depths OF the swampy forest jungles
| whose loathsomeness has no parallel.
The name of mosquito worm" given 1t
by the natives, is by no means correct, as
our researches proved, but inasmuch as it
may be familiar to some readers under this
| title, for the present it may be as well to
adhere TO it, regardless of its incorrectness
While engaged in the survey for the
Nicaragua canal in 1894 it was wildly
brought to my knowledge, first of all by
cautions of the men, and latter on by an
! appreciated intimacy. One la first made
| aware Of its presence by local itching sem
| satlon, which, on examination OF the spot.
| is not unlike cat boil in is inception, but
differs IN the aspect that there is no con-
| slant painfulness attending it, but a
spasmodic itching, accompanied by a prick
ing sensation, as II a large needle were
| thrust in you. These symptoms occur at
intervals OF about hours and are sufficiently
acute to awaken one from the soundest
slumber, but fortunately lasting not more
than fifteen minutes, when you are again
| left undisturbed.
Probably the best means of describing it
will be by giving my personal experience
Being the first of the party inflicted, and
for the first few days not really knowing
what it was, regardless of the cautions l
had received. l took little or no notice of it,
| believing 1t 20 be some new kind of boil
which hitherto had not come within my
knowledge, but as the days passed on and
the symptoms became more aggravated /
was forced to consult our cook an admixt-
| ure of Spaniard and Indian, who, outside
OF his official capacity, was looked up to by
the men as a snake doctor and curer Of all
| ills.
The fastidious creature, as l afterward
| found Is its won't, had wisely chosen a
fieshy portion Of the body for its existence
Ny quondam doctor, after examining its
locality. and having been informed by me
since first l experienced it, assured me that
! it would not only be useless but dangerous,
to then attempt to evict it, as such trial
| could only end In crushing it in the flesh
which would Immediately result in blood
! poisoning. He further prescribed that it
| be allowed to remain as it was until IL
matured, which would take place in about
nine days more Having put myself in his
hands, and approaching my own ignorance
| of the matter was forced to succumb to
this treatment, and the tortures l
suffered cannot be adequately described,
for apart from the intervals
of intense pain, the loathsome feel
| ing was far more UNDESIRABLE. At length
the long hoped for day arrived, and with it
the preparation for removal. The rising
had By this time assumed no mean proper
tions. 1t stood out from the flesh like an
immense boil, red in the center and sur
rounded by hard, white disk A sharp
| knife in lieu of lancet having been pro-
| cured, two incisioEs, at right angles TO each
| other, directly across the boil, and but
deep enough to penetrate through the skin,
| were made, and on this was placed a
4 Yo1ltioa Of IL,
alcohol, which, after being allowed to re-
main for an hour or two, produced
| soporific effect on the worm. BY
| dint then of careful pressure on all sides,
| gradually through the oriice protruded a
rigid anvil-like tail, the middle portion of
the body following slowly. and the whole
| appearing Immediately after. On slip of
paper was then laid the fortnightlY occu-
pant of living flesh. A worm, IA inches
| long, the thickness of an ordinary pencil
| and taperng toward each end; around the
| head, cincture Of barbed bristles, one
sixteenth Of an inch long, were visible, and
| a sharp, black, needle like point, of an
| equal length with the bristes.
Our curiosity was excited as to how such
| an animal could have entered the body, and
| for many weeks our efforts to discover its
| source met with disappointment. It was
| evident, however, that the larva must have
been deposited by some insect, and in
| ing the stings Of the many and various rep
| tiles which infest it, to watch and ascertain
| correctly the true parent was by no means
! an easy matter. Ultimately large fly. the
| Spanish name Of which l now forget, was
| selected and its movements carefully OBJ
served. Shortly folio wing, one of the ma
| tives having been stung by this fly, the
locality was noted and developments pa
| tiently awaited.
It took but three days for the symptoms
| to declare the fact that our Apr ehensions
were correct, and, as in my case, the same
painful irritabilisy was experienced To
make assurance double sure, by brides and
extravaganza promises the sufferer was in
duced to permit of It's remaining in his
| flesh after it had attained the appearance
| at which we had found it would be safe to
| extract it.. Four days beyond this time
had hardly passed when the itching became
| more intense and slight aperture made
itself apparent in the center of the rising,
| through which slowly crawled backward a
large fly. the counterpart of the one we
| had chosen as its progenitor.
| Several more were experienced after this
| but were not permitted to remain after the
irritation first commenced for, contrary to
| the belief of our doctor, the cook we found
/ that the same means employed for relief at
| a late date was equally applicable as soon as
| the worm was Matched.
The intervals of pain mentioned are pro
| duced at the periods of the worms feeding
| The barbed hairs, which lie fat, are raised
only when burrowing its way In or in the
event of its being disturbed, to prevent ex-
| traction.
| Fortunately the hole-its recent abode
| quickly heals over and nothing remains to
mark its existence but slight scar.
| This, with many other little grievances.
| help to make the engineers life in the
swampy soitudes OF Central America al
most unbearable, but none for creeping
sensations with it compares, although many
| are far more dangerous
| -----
Mrs LEASE, the Kansas prohibition and ALI.
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