The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-03-21

however, the coloradilla has no hop
ping ability, but he sticks firmly TO the
flesh wherever he chooses 10 locate.
As he cannot readily be seen with the
naked eye il is impossible TO remove
him by any ordinary means, and ones.
only relief is to battle in alcohol. So
numerous are these feas and so annoy
ing their bite that an alcohol bath is
necessary every night before retiring
To neglect this duty is TO spend hours
Of sleeplessness.
Another insect far more yenomous
in its effect, and pronounced by the
miners who go into the interior as their
greatest enemy. is small creature
that gets into the flesh of the feet, usu.
ally about the nail. This insect bur.
rows beneath the skin and lays an egg
that soon matches. causing itching,
swelling and intense pain. The little
sac in which the egg is laid swells rap.
idly, and the severe pain thus caused
nece ssitates immediate removal OF this
foreign substance. II frequently hap
pens that blood poisoning sets in, and
toe or foot has to be amputated TO
save life.
The Americans who are quick witted
enough take their cue from the ma
tives and remove the little insect in
| truder as soon as the itching is felt.
! If allowed TO remain until the swelling
! begins the operation of removing is a
! painful one. And again, certain skill
is necessary in order not to draw the
1 blood, and this may be acquired by
observation Of the blacks, who have re-
duced TO a scientific basis the process
of cutting out this little insect.
Indeed, the only protection against
these insects and another quite SINH
! lar that bores beneath the skin is to
learn the art of removing them. For
no buckskin leggings or stiff walking
boots are stout or close enough TO
hinder these intru6srs from finding
their way TO the human flesh, and ones
only comfort lies in doing "as the
Romans do" IL is a common sight to
see native suddenly sit upon the
ground and begin operating upon his
toes. He makes few missions in the
skin, asd is on his way again, thinking
no more Of his skillful surgical opera
| tion than he would of-of shifting the
position of n flea.
Another source of common annoy
ance, in the way OF insect life, in that
land OF manana, is the sand fly. This
miSnte being is omnipresent, and he
makes himself known'by bite that is
far worse than that of the ordinary
mosquito Another dissimilarity from
the later is that the sand fly gives no
announcing hum or singing as he ap.
proaches, but, like many another OF
the poisonous creatures of Panama, is
right there "for business" before one
has achance for protectian against his
sting. In many eases he poisons the
skin so badly that swelling and great
pain are the result. and the only rem,
edy is diluted ammonia or some other
solution used TO extract poison from
the bites Of venomous insects and rep
tiles.
These are but few Of the torment
ing creatures of that sunny cline.
Their number is legion, for the trees
along the river banks are hung with
poisonous snakes which are dreaded
more by the natives than are any other
living things, and there is hardly a
stone but underneath shelters some
venomous creature that has fond
ness for the human flesh.