Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-16
USEFUL CRAWLERS.
MEDICINES WHICH ARE MANUFkc.
TURED FROM VARIOUS BUGS.

!he List Includes CociSroaches. Spider,
Snakes and Bees-Ail Said,to be Efficc-
cious and Possess Many Virucs-IIomeo-
paths Favor the Use of Res,lcs
Many people will be surprised t.
learn that a use has been found fc.
our friend the cockroach. For wears
he has been branded as pest, ard we
have doscd him with bora&. plaster of
paris and insect powder. Now the ta-
bles are turned and the irsa physics
US. American doctors say tAaL incture
of cockroaca K coed for asthma, and
the preparation has been Hed lately in
England. Anyone Wishing TO try the
remedy can make ii oy soaking four
large cccllro2ches il an ounce Of spirit
OF wine for few days. Twenty drops
Of this LIQUID en- lump Of sugar ought
to charm aW2y the worst attack. Of
course. patients might oAjeet 10 the
word occkrcGch, but the Latin name,
Llatta Orientailia, is sufficient TO allay
the fears OF ire most particular. Cock
roach ten IS 2 taVorito domestic medi
cine With the working classes in Rus
sia. lf cockro2ches will cure us, there
is no reason why spiders should not he
tried also AS a matte. Of Fact, they
have been used by the hCDloeorGthz fer
yeefe. solomon told Us sc cou.d find
spiders even ii kings raisoes, I. aow-
LOOKING ,iuctlaes and sugar-ps..e Jar
autula rllaie5 is a title that should DC
worth fol tuna if we'll advertised, and
tinotUge prerared from the mygale
tAe Glea bird-eatirg spider of Mexico
ought certainly to possess equal viz
t.es. Our choice, however, is not con-
lred to giant spiders.
The garden spider, with the god or
silver body, so common in the sum
mer, VIII yield a useful preparation
if NC may trust to the homoeopa
the paaI macope,a. A few Of these
inaocts rubbed down in mortar with
4 little pirit, VIII make a moth
er t.ncture from which countless
dilptions can be prepaled If this will
not suffice. the black curacao spider,
from Wsst Indian orange groves. or
the gray spider OF Kentucky, may be
used, according to taste The homoeo-
paths are fond of beetles, and they
tieat 'aGyairds in the S. me way as
spiders Trey also get an essence from
the Colorado beetle-the insect which
ruined the potato crops a few years
back. Ii is one thing to rob the bees
wholesale ard secure their wax and
honey, but II is rather hard lines on
roor apis melli6ca, TO turn her into
medicine as vel But she has to go in
with the rest, and yield her life in the
cause o. sci ice. OF CO rse, anyone
who has fell 2 rae's stins Knows what
q powerful drls its poison mCst be.
It's AGtaer dangerous work robbing q
hive of lees OF their stings and poison.
The h1ethOd recommended in bCoks is
simple, bus exciting. The Lees are to
ge c3uEh n bottle as they leave their
home ID the morning. They are Jhen
3eaf,yod Of their poison bass and
sNaEs y mcans of scissors, and the
te{eled f0r@ons are soaked IN spirit
70 nj tinctare.
he&lGGs insects, other queer things
are used IN medicine at the present
lime. 10 give only two examples, rem
edie3 are prepared from the s,arfish
and the craylsh. Snake venom-no-
tably that ot The cobra, the rattlesnake
and the adder-is sometimes used.
Nowadays a great many drugs of ami
NAL origin are being eXperimented
with, and some people prophe5y that
they will eventually oust all the rest.