The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23

me head. however. WIN remain With its
ito" always follows SLOWS and and this may easily Hy' Tass
| followed by application Of pair Of pincers is
the only way in which the head can be moved
are few things more painful than this buried
tick = head. IL when tho insect is first diacov;
risk viii be be ayoidcI Il comes away head and
all and dies instantly. >lany people do not
carry, bottles OF turpentino about with them.
! men and fifty miles from the nearest drug
sore he t. apt 20 have trouble.
great many OF them. Tho chicken raising in
BY the acas. They attack always the fowls
head where they collect n numbers ana 9 'S
viii eat Their way through the tissues down to
fowl dies. chicken tearing through the Yards
| with wings outspread squawking distress
fully aud finally falling in a NJ and dying. is
SSommop enough sight and # means a. ; always n
mainly is common here. and the further South
the traveller goes the more common he will ind
think that there is nothing else In tho world
NO mountai9s; rivers, plains. air. sky or sea
in Mexican home he viii notice that each OF
| the four posts Of his bed stands in an earthen-
ware bowl foot in diameter, and that this
shape that flea cannot well climb up its out
side. II one OF his host sons is steering with
|
! from the bed Then he viii make two quick
theD in Mexico
bed In this way. and the traveller will learn In
0sy ID o% the Scorpion
are Southwestern insects of such riruence
that they have been written Of In books and
here however. that they have, much worse rep
utations than they deserve, II is true that a
disturbed or attacked by him. but il will not 40
out Of it's way to iniiiet injury. nor is the bite
person bitten by a tarantula. II sound in wind
and limb. with no especial heart trouble, VIII
ss TG hs bite Of the not maS
usually applied to snake bites. Hartshorn IS
p potash 'H + anothSr Plenty Si whisisy
good 3 6" tbous The S7oGSses
Scorpions are plentiful in pa ,stumps, old
Sometimes they hang head downward from the
ceiling at night and dron on the SLEEPER l IheS
make unncasant bedteliows iao2r,te paS &c
corn while it is still attached to the stalk. They
curl in the toll Of 7huck and wait for SOM ,T.,
corn Tor the winter store strikes an ear Of this
kind he is ,stung on the end OF his thumb jMst
Southwest the corn is 80 infested by these lire
tailed devils "a the MeItcnns call them, that
the field laborcrs wear heavy buckskin gloves
when at work getting the corn into tho granary.
The nose gnat makes its appearance In
August II is seen first hanging over bodies Of
stnguaut water late in the afternoon. but 1t
soon becomes discursivs and goes everywhere.
1t is one OF the most bothcrsome insects known
to the chronological 1t is OF the length OF the
ordinary gnat. but has a simmer body and
simmer WING ItS.sms aioSsths;r dainS't sp
color, Appearing usually between Aug S,u .
and 10 in this region, i grows IN mum
Then the swarms become thinner and in
three days disappear utterly not TO come
again until the following sumner: IL noSs aG :,
often bite the hands though its poison 10 viru-
lent, 1t makes for the nostrils OF man o.
least goes up as far as 1t can, lays its eggs ana
dies. The eggs produce heavy mucous dis
charges with some irritation, but no other ev
effects The man who has been bitten by a
nose gnat looks as if ne had had cold some
times cattle go insane from the nites ot tn III,
Wien r "s from the gnats Visit stops gen
ThSS II most expensive insect with which the
Rio Cirande country is acquainted Is the screw
, nv This is large fly. three times the size 81
the ordinary househy i has nstroa 1i,n We'll
in he Sunlight much like chanseable slk, and
it's lat body is of deep brilliant green IT, II:
sity to its eggs. Meat reserved for family con on
Ing nclosed in heavy gauze. or else shut up i
l an icehox. The screw fly will not attempt e
d fhaTs is s bfesk II in the kin The
trifng wound sufllces for its purpose In tn.
spring By % Sr
! lis skin broken in any way. it is certain to b'
blown, as the result Of the a screw sn Ssl
| on the third day Unless the animal Is cauEh
and treated. death is certain to result 70
from one to six trailers Theit business is I
, follow the trail OF any animal when mas seq
arated from the herd ana Keep on ~ t1aSk a1
S been infected by the fly. As animals hay
their moods as wei as ,b sHm@ @ompS GlhG
e for no no apparent cause, it will be see
the the sr" ,Eners xii EGPt aS Sa'I
r" ran are heavy. This ly Kills more ca',l
o The losses from the fly have been heavier slne
y the introduction OF the wire fence. because IN
G IS pamother Kind Of screw H. fortunately nc
:. 80 common as it's green bodied cousin. nu
iranticalIy industrions This ny Is q, smh 3,de
men is blue 1t will blow anything that has
y suspicion OF damnness about it-lloh ncsi
). often often visits damp towels. soiled clothing in
laundry basket, dish rags. sheets e hui hung n on
+. takes so many and such desperate chances
!, rustng it's young Is the explanation oil its CON
paTFRRt ere is y here called by the people tn
g gall iy. which has an apparent hatred oi trea
A. it fssc ssa E
n il makes its deposit on leat and then oni| N
4 leaf dies Sometimes it visits me t1Ih h an an
IS OF this insect have been deposited there is
O. swelling which gradually assumes the shqT
T. of tumor on the human body. From I'll
c tumor sickness extends into the tree rec, ~ e
r appearance OF the tumor on the trunk ls
y statement to other flies that tho wood 81 a
L. tree Is good for eggs and in a little whiIe
n dozen tumOrs will bulge from the bark. IN
/. tree hen no matter what its size and health m
10 MAJESTY, is doomed. These tumors made !
:" the gall flies grow from year to year unit
l. finally they attain enormous size, Pfo!eG st,
l. and measuring yard in length. On Mart
street in this city, in front OF the old hom
"a stead OF Aleck Sweet. the humorist. was "a 70
= OF mulberry trees, planted before me irI OF q
is Alamo They are all dead now. KILLED by Il
it gall fly. and in going through their ,Sickne,
N they displayed every symptom which mari
ri the human body similarly afflicted.
t. Living entirely in trees ana ieedlng up,
0t their bark is a gray. wingless insect nall :
IN inch long and quarter Of All inch tall. whit
III residents name the turtlebarE. though
IN back is not shaped like a turtles. 1t has e
Is actly the conformation Of the roof OF Il neg
~ cabin, its back running up IRON the caves tr
it sharp ridge. In form It is repronnrtion
es miniature Of the Confederate ram MerrlmI
III It's fur is fine and soft and IL precisely the col
! Of, This insect is at all active