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manner of their poison infliction, but know that a red ridge, burning much as does the 

 excoriation of the common nettle, is the result. The pain is less than that from the 

 others, but the incident fever and distress of the head is greater than that of the 

 scorpion, though less than that of Mygale. 



Much has been written of the " dance of the tarantula," and wonderful are the 

 tales the traveler may hear down there. In the Haiti case (bamboo cutting], already 

 spoken of, I undoubtedly felt the symptoms that give rise to these stories. For per- 

 haps a half hour, about four htuirs after the bite, I was afflicted with an utterly irre- 

 sistible twitching of the muscles of the legs and arms, and the spasmodic action of 

 the fingers, eyelids, lips, and tongue were most distressing. Only the utmost exer- 

 tion of my self-control kept me from making more of an exhibition of myself than I 

 did. As it was, my negro guide and carriers stood sympathetically around and com- 

 pared notes in their French-patois jargon as to the probable hour of my demise. 

 My entire recovery and subsequent apparent fearlessness regarding all poisonous 

 things greatly increased their opinion of the Vaudoux powers with which they bad 

 already invested me. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



GRAIN INSECTS IN MILLS. 



An article on the destruction of grain insects in mills, published in 

 the American Miller for October 1, 1894, strikes us as so thoroughly 

 practical that it is well worth republishing nearly in full. The article 

 is by Mr, R. E. Hutton, who is evidently a man of wide experience. 

 After reciting the trouble experienced in his mill from the presence of 

 grain insects, Mr. Hutton says: 



This was about the predicament in our mill, and we began to arrange a siege. 

 The accompanying sketch shows a pair of small, round reels to tail over into a pair 



nina TO PULL OUT 



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FiQ. 27.— Machine for destruction of insects In mills (from American Miller). 



of smooth rolls about the size of feeder rolls. These are to be placed over flour 

 chests of various sizes and the bug family are gently scalped into said rollers and 

 their backs cracked, when they are rolled into a box on the floor. 



This plan was submitted to a firm of manufacturers of mill machin- 

 ery, and with the substitution of a small tank for the rollers was 

 adopted and put in operation. 



Mr. Hutton continues: 



The bisulphide is by no means to be abolished but continued with determination, 

 and very soon the pest is under control. One or two annual extensive applications 

 will be sufficient. Remove the elevator doors and take out the chop or stock from 



