OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 1914
SCORPION STINGS.
They Kill Thousands of Persons
Yearly In Mexico.
QUICK WORK OF THE POISON.
The Venom of the Deadly Speoiei, Un
less Prompt Treatment Follow the
Bite, Will End the Life of the Viotim
In Twelve or Fourteen Hour.
Four thousand persona are reported
to die each year In Mexico from the
stings of scorpions. , ' . .
There are several varieties of scor
pions In Mexico, some of them exceed
ingly venomous and others little feared.
In the neighborhood of Tepic the viru
lent Centurls gracilis abounds, but It
Is little known about the more north
ern state of Sonora. It Is one of the
most venomous creatures in the world.
In the small city of Durango scor
pions are perhaps more plentiful and
more dangerous than anywhere else In
the republic. Here the climate is hu
mid and torrid-it is in the "tlerra
caliente"-and It is estimated that more
than 150,000 scorpions are killed each
year, with no appreciable effect on
their numbers.
A scorpion resembles a diminutive
lobster. Some specimens are eight
Inches long, though the average length
Is from two to four inches. The claws
closely resemble a lobster's; with them
the scorpion crushes Its prey after dis
abling it by means of a sting.
The body of a scorpion consists of
several segmented Joints, the last five
or more narrowing down to form the
tail, which curls up forward over the
body and terminates in the sting. This
businesslike appendage Is a horny,
sharp spine containing two little open
ings which connect with the venom
gland within the shell of the last seg
ment In striking the scorpion gives
the tail a rapid lashing motion forward
in advance of the body and literally
administers a hypodermic injection of
poison, or rather several injections, for
it usually stings repeatedly when it
does strike.
In color scorpions vary according to
environment. One ordinarily colorless
. or translucent will assume a brown or
blackish shade In dark surroundings.
Scorpions live in the cracks of the sun
baked clay, under stones, in the chinks
of the adobe huts and in the cracks in
the plaster of old framo houses. They
prey upon spiders and other night
marauding Insects. A spider stung by
a scorpion may be observed under
going convulsions before death Just as
animals or human beings do.
Unless Bleeping cots are well screen
ed and the supports immersed in cans
of kerosene or carbolic acid water
evaporates too rapidly the prowling
scorpion may find its way beneath the
bed covers and sting the restless child.
By nature it Is a nocturnnl pest. In
Mexico every one takes a peep in the
toe of bis shoe before dressing In the
morning to assure himself that no un
desirable citizen is hiding there.
Contrary to common belief scorpions
never commit suicide by stinging them
selves to death at leaBt not in Mexico.
In fact, they seem immune to their
own venom. Two well matched sped
mento will battle to death If confined
in a Jar, stinging each other repeuted
ly, yet the victor does not die. Ho
tears hiB antagonist into small pieces
with his claws and voruciously de
vours every trace of the vanquished
foe. And the cannibal thrives on the
diet
Some scorpion bites cause little more
than burning pnln and numbness In
the part affected for a few days. But
the more poisonous varieties cause
death, and that speedily, especially
when they sting young children or de
bilitated old people. The lower classes
of people suffer more than the well
to do because of their custom of going
about half naked most of the time.
In serlouB cases the local numbness
and pain or burning extend over the
body lu a few hours. Then follows a
feeling as of u ball in tho throat, the
victim clutchlug his throat as though
choking on a foreign body. Prompt
treatment at this stage will usually
save life.
If not treated the mouth soon begins
to froth and the eyes become reddened
and hypersensitive to light. Within an
hour or two tho breathing grows short
er and more dllilcult, tho body turns
blue, the pulse falls aud convulsions
set In. The convulsions recur fre
quently during several hours, but com
plete relaxation usually ushers in the
end.
Fortuuately unconsclousuess devel
ops early, so that the victim does not
suffer the tortures of one dying from
lockjaw. The average time required
for a scorpion sllug to cause death la
twelve or fourteen hours.
The trentnient of scorpion sting con
sists of a free incision of the part to
promote copious bleeding, then vigor
ous massage toward the bleeding cen
ter for half an hour or more. Stimu
lantsmeaning drugs and not that
pseudo stimulant, nlcohol-aro also nec
essary. In villages where physicians are
wanting me treatment Is applied by
"practicantos" Ignorant self constitut
ed healers, and many a peon carries
horrible scars from the practicante's
crude surgery. Their reckless use of
carbolic ncltft Iodine and similar poi
sons also accounts for many otherwise
avoidable fatulltics among victims of
scorpion stlngs.-New York Suu.
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Still, the Burmen Sentry W Some
what In Quandary.
The warders In Burmese Jails are
nearly always men from the Punjab
and northern India. They are large
and muscular, but the principal reason
for selecting them Is that they are not
Buddhists. The Burman Is sometimes
employed as a warder, but bis Bud
dhist education often causes his preju
lices to come in collision with bis offi
cial duties, as in the case of one
warder.
A phoongyee, or Buddhist priest in
Jail for stealing, had been placed in
solitary confinement for disobeying the
prison rules. His influence as a priest
had iersuuded a Burman warder to
procure him some betel nuts, which,
being discovered In bis possession,
caused his punishment.
The stone cell In which the priest
was confined had a plank supported at
both ends by insertion Into slots in the
walls. The plank served as a bed, and
at night the priest Jumped on it again
and again In order to force the ends
out of the shallow sockets.
The Burman sentry peeped into tho
aperture of the door and asked him lo
desist.
The convict replied thnt he was a
priest and, as such, forbidden to sleep
upon a raised bed.
By tbla time he had got the board
free and, to disarm the sentry's sus
picions, lay down upon it and feigned
sleep. The seutry returned to his post,
but a few hours later be was alarmed
to see the phoongyee walking softly
down the passage. He had used the
board as a lever to force out two of
the burs In the door an had managed
to squeeze himself through the aper
ture. The sentry, a Buddhist, was embar
rassed. To lay violent hands upon the
holy convict was out of the question:
to allow him to escape would bring
punishment upon himself. As the pas
sage doors were locked and the priest
sufo for the present, the sentry ven
tured to remonstrate with his charge
on the impropriety of his behavior.
The tramp of the relief guard was
heard outside. The sentry knelt and
implored the priest to return to his cell.
The door opened upon the tableau a
uniformed sentry in an attitude of sup
plication before a convict
The Punjnbese who formed the re
lief guard, not being Buddhists, had no
respect for phoongyees. The convict
priest was promptly bundled into a
new cell. Boston Herald.
Led Up to a Fall.
Anticlimax frequently occurs In the
literary efforts of natives in India, par
tlcularly when they have occasion to
petition Europeans for favors. Tha
following Is a fulr example:
"Will the presence, whose reputation
for Justico is known from east to west
and whose countenance spreads Joy
among his Inferiors, who are as the
sands of the seashore In number, gra
ciously deign to take but an Instant's
notice of him who has the almost de
lirious honor to name himself as one
of the most unworthy among the serv
ants of the protector of the poor, and
will the favorite sou of the Lord of the
universe magnanimously overlook the
amazing presumption in asking him for
tho payment of a bill of two annas for
hen feed?"-Ohlcago Record-Herald.
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"You couldn't lick a postage stamp,
you boob!"
Sit behind the motorman on a Broad
way car some afternoon and this Is
some of the repartee you will hear be
tween the truck driver who Insists on
sticking to the car tracks aud the mo
torman trying to keep to schedule. Of
course nothing serious happens. There
are lots of "cops" along Broadwayi
good big ones. New York Tribune.
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also nearly new first class wagon,
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FOR SALE 3 "4 Mitchell wagon,
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lighter -wagon or for cattle. Frank
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Home phone Beaver Creek 4 D 25.
FOR SALE Span of mares, 8 years
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kinds of farm work; good road
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FOR SALE A good young team,
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young saddle pony. A nice two
year old brood sow bred to barrow
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Box 66.
WANTED Sheep pasture also fresh
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Address Box 63.
FOR SALE Black Mare, coming 6
in spring, 1600 pounds, sound, true
as steel, no blemish, a beauty. $250.
Also 5 wood stancheons, used 2
. months, $1.60 each. J. H. Van
meter, phone Main 2013, city, P. O.
Rt. 6.
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Order to Show Cause why Petition
for Sale of Real Property Should
not be Granted
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for the County of Clacka-
TY1AR.
In the matter of the Guardianship
of the person and estate of George a
Thomas, an insane person.
W. W. Myers, the guardian of the
person and estate 01 ueorge o. 1 nom
as, insane Derson. having: this day
presented to this Court, and filed
herein, his petition, duly verified,
praying for an order of sale of cer
tain real property belonging to said
insane person for the causes ana rea
sons therein set forth, and it appear
inor tn the Court from the said petit
ion that it is necessary and would be
beneficial to the said insane person,
that the said real property described
in said petition or some part of it
shall be sold.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that
the next of kin of said insane person
and all persons interested in his said
estate, appear before this Court in
the court room thereof, in the county
of Clackamas, State of Oregon, on
Monday, the 16th day of March, 1914,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said
day, to show cause why an order
should not bo granted for the sale of
such estate, as prayed for inlaid pe
tition, reference to which is hereby
made for futher particulars.
AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER
ORDERED that a copy of this order
be published at least once a week for
four successive weeks in the Oregon
City Courier, a newspaper printed
and published in said County of
Clackamas, State of Oregon.
Dated February 4th, 1914.
H. S. Anderson,
Judge.
F. J .MEYER, Cashier.
Will Pay You
Dr. S.
TWILiGHT
Mrs. MacNaughton of Seattle
spent a couple of days at Totem Pole
J. M. Jack purchased two highly
bred Duroc Jersey brood sows at the
Brooks, Oregon, fine stock salt, the
19th. They are handsome specimens
of their kind, and no doubt good
buys, for the purchaser and a step
forward for the neighborhood.
George Kline has sold his farm to
a Mr. Calder from Albany who has
taken possession of the premsies.
Miss Grace Spiger of Portland and
Miss Mary Confer of Oregon City,
were guests of Miss Marie Harvey
Sunday.
Bustles and coming back into the
fashion not the wire basket, excelsior
affair, but a fluffiness effect in the
make up of the garment that pro
vides the same deformity in outward
appearance that the old American
Wire (Co. goods did so admirably,
a few short years ago. It is often a
problem with the writer what the
woman minus fashion would be like.
Provided J. Curtis Dodds' horse
Barney is forty years of age, and has
eaten $1,250 worth of feed per month
he has cost his owner six thousand
dollars.
The debating society has decided
that he is the most expensive animal
in this community.
Derogatory comments by a guest,
on the entertainment gratuitously af
forded him, is base ingratitude indi
cating poor breeding.
To better one's condition in life
should be the ambition of everyone;
Jerry Brown, the town loafer, is
looking for a job.
Tom Kelland is adding much to
the value of his place by the replac
ing of nearly a mile of rail with wo
ven wire fencing.
Mrs. Wm. McCord is nursing a
mild case of rheumatism, recently
discarded by her husband, the rheu
matism, I mean.
Registration of Land Title
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Clackamas County.
In the matter of the application of
George L. Burtt, to register the ti
tle to all of the following described
portions of the tract platted in the
public records of Clackamas county,
Oregon, as Oregon City Annex and
otherwise known and described as
"Shaw's Annex to Oregon City" to
wit: All of Block 9; all of Block 10;
all of Lots 11, 12, 18, 19 and 20 in
Block 8; all of Lots 11, 12 ,13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 in Block 11 and
all that portion of Lots 1, 2, 3, 9 and
10 in Block 8 and of Lots 1, 2 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 in Block 11 thereof,
which lies East of the West boundary
line of the George P. Newell Dona-i
tion Land Claim, all situate in Clack
amas County, in the State of Oregon.
D. A. Dinsmoor and Adda E.
Dinsmoor his wife; A. W.
Fordyce and L. Fordyce his
wife; Oregon City Real Es
tate and Trust Company, a
corporation; Franklin T.-
Griffith, individually and as
trustee, Defendants, and
All to whom it may concern:
TAKE NOTICE:
That on the. 4th day of February,
A. D., 1914, an application was filed
by said George L. Burtt in the CirJ
cuit Court of Clackamas County, Ore
gon, for initial registration of the
title of the land above described.
Now, unless you appear on or be
fore the Sixth day of March, A. D.J
1914, and show cause why such ap
plication shall not be granted, the
same will be taken as confessed and
a decree will be entered according td
the prayer of the application, and
you will be forever barred from dis
puting the same.
W. L. Mulvey,
County Clerk of Clackamas Coun
ty, Oregon and ex officio Clerk of
said Circuit Court.
Notice of Final Settlement '
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, Executor of the last Will
and Testament of Michael J. SheeJ
han, Deceased, has filed in the Coun-i
ty Court of the State of Oregon, for
the County of Clackamas, his final
account as such Executor of said last
Will and Testament, and that Mon
day, the 6th day of April, A. D.,
1914, at the hour of 10:30 o'clock A.
M. of said day, has been fixed by the
Court as the time for hearing of ob
jections to said report and the settle
ment thereof.
Dated this 27th day of February,
1914.
Thomas Mooney,
Executor of the last Will and Tes
tament of Michael J. Sheehan, De
ceased. Thos. F. Ryan,
Attorney for Executor.
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