Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-09-10
'IIHOH0US PESTS.
- c-cTS AND REPTILES INFEST The
LONE STAR STATE.
,es -aniiy Killed by a Centipede tn It
aCoffee Fortnight Between a
-13nake and a Rattler..-Red Ants,
re., Worms, and Horned Frogs,


lsrake and a Rattler..-Red Ants,
se.. Worms, and Horned Frogs.
cent a humber Of years; in Texas.
l nile hrr" learned much Of inter
ID r-s.Irl 10 the poisonous reptiles
a a-.ciS Of that state said On old
l:ln 10 Il New York Sun reporter
days ago
.t criltipcd,..' continued he.
i common 10 that state, is GER
tLr most dangerous insect to be
IN any country While other OH
bio insects Of il class are off
ding 10 their own affairs it is
.a@ around your house trying to
I lolt are just aS liable to find it
oar hrd Oh retiring as anywhere
Il ~ a small brown insect from
lnd half to three inches long
-rui!"~ what is called in this
tholt-anl legged worm. 1t is
4 with about twenty legs on
l'd", every on" Of which is sur
ad viii u poisonous fluid. 1t is
h#t II VIII crawl All over a human
.,ud crawl off without doing any
moi Disturbed, but the instant
-" lcIst agitation of the sur
fte VIII Euly is feet in the flesh
u..I, I,i,lth N i'll ac thc result But there
tnN i man living that could lie still
:a.t lni thi- vcnomous insect explore
altiony The sting of tho cent?
very deadly. The instant the
lH. nt HE f""t enter the body the
-t klIlcd clear to the bone and
l.u- perfectly black The poison con
fte e,H i the c"uliledc'S body can be
"d - tn" human system in other
Ih1n through the insects feet
"I" Two huHlcr~ were crossing the
..n- RIVER hu1tGin when their atten-
va attracted ~ he wailng Of
ti} Ihol followed TN. sound and
~sr. !t cam" upon :; little cmigrant'S
ne only living creature to be
was an infant scarcely two
old. lying about on the
d We're til" i,ither.NIno her. AMI
t,.r children all dead. The hunters
}.u,.d around for the cause of death.
'tH ue evidence of violence could be
ud Presently they looked into tho
'aasn pot and found the remains of Il
r.R Ncde. The insect had crawlcd
.N.u M. coffee pot during the ni.-ht
srl hdd been boiled with the coffee
n,> morning Happily this insect is
-, M scarce in Texas. and il IS only
81 .1r, intervals that any one is Stnng
oau q them
NaJ ~" good fortune once to sec
l,,,t u
F...nr and IN Immense blackSnakc.
'4tJ"r j. Il perfectly harmless rep
|l. ~ rr1ard~ the human race. but he
...u- lu hty, declared war on all his
...-.r- He mlt, in Il large portion of
'"c trying 10 Kill all the other
r' ..~. winch may Justly he regarded
.ruH'udaltia virtue. The black
s'..,. "a deadly Zoe. and game and
~H.u~ IL IT,, RATHER is. the latter
.N.-I. Wlnt dI. business with him If
-a Hclp it, With several others
W- rIJ Iluui,l- al,r day whcn ! ran
N..9 - h5@ RATHER out in u little clear
Tie WAS already colrd ready tt
ru ami ~Wayiu. his head To and II,
a, ..u nR emitted that di>cordHnt hiss
.I.o.-l lt tha; VAS The object of III:
"... md puiylly brought my Gun
.... r.~utou to ~honl its head off. 'l
I. ujf'uiuu WAS suddenly attractrt
'y ?, l"u&. black object. gliding from
=. ise~h an he opposite side Of tn
U.aE ping. | Instantly took in the >i1
- t Aud stopped TO sec he iun In
snake -lil"d around the ra'tlcl
...l ill., a i safe distance. While tn
Nt,".Wa~ >irudinG his strength strlh
thp empty mir. They kept thi
fUttor almost half an hour. when PEI
,.Hva the ,attlcr WAS growing weal
n Iuo olNyr.~nAkr saw il. toe. and heGa
-rfduaiiy ro draw III hc line of his ci1
81, around the RATHER. Fainter an
-ttsiI,r Crew the strokes of the latte
VjrU- quick aS 4 flash of iightnln:
tar Nach~uake daftcl upon lis cncm,
va.hu- ~ LONG ~iunouS body aronn
..aE the head. Then the struggle h
-r#f tt ca"ur>t. and over and over the
..lI,G lpuu lhr ground the rattle
uly trying To- Get into a position
sir Lo III, antagonist. 1t WIS only
question Of j little While when the co
''~t WIS over. amt the RATHER lay I'M
and almost litcly>> in the coils Of Il
~ ~uahc. For some time the hia'
snake held the RATHER /" make sure
t.- work. and ,h,n III in- i, a partil
>gu.,.,. uurollcd it~rlt and graceful
GI3od .tlo The bushes
Nearly >,lA body has heard Of
tEEa1'ula.. II ia Very unoh1rusivt