TUESDAY; JULY 14, 1931
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Remedies for Vacation Pests Are Suggested Ivy Is Most Dreaded Peril; Fear of Snakes Is Unfounded
Of all the pests and perils the vacationists has to face, and they are lamentable many, poison ivy is perhaps the most universal dreaded, as it is one of the most universally distributed. The worst of it is, that its victims don't know they have been attacked until the evil weed has begun its malign work, for as a rule poison ivy does not begin to start its itching, burning, blistering torment until four hours or more after one has had contact with it.
Poison ivy is easy to identify. It is either a vine, clinging to trees with innumerable little roots, or a low-growing shrub in the more open woods. Its leaves are compound, each consisting of three broad, pointed leaflets, very glossy-green on the upper side, usually with a few notches along the sides but sometimes smooth margined. The leaf is unmistakable, and has given birth to a sound old adage: 'Leaflets three, let it be!'
However, if by any chance one is bitten, the first thing to do is to keep the venon out of circulation as much as possible. Get a tight bandage between the bitten place and the heart, to prevent the return flow of the poisoned blood. Suck the wound; snake venom is harmless in the mouth. Don't any more than necessary, and, above all, Don't Drink Any Liquor. Alcohol, which first speeds up the circulation and then causes a general depression, is the worst thing that could be used in a case of snakebite.
Almost all snakes are harmless, and a few that are poisonous do not constitute a really serious menace. And there are now effective treatments even for rattlesnake bite.
When one contracts a case of poisoning, the best thing to do is to puncture the blisters with a needle, and then dab on a solution of some oxidizing agent.
Of all the inedible mushrooms in this country, there is only one genus that is really deadly; the others are just "tummyachers", distressful if incautiously eaten, but of little comfort to the undertaker. The deadly ones, belong to the genus Amanita, or death-cups, are easily distinguished. Alone of all our mushrooms, a death-cup is marked by a cup at the base of the stalk, and a ring around the stem up under the cap. Many other mushrooms have the ring, and a few the cup, but none except the death-cup have both.
Spiders need cause no concern. There is only one really poisonous spider in the United States, a moderate-sized, nervous creature called the Black Widow, living principally in the South. But Black Widow bites are so infrequent that they are not worth bothering about. Other spiders, no matter how formidable looking, are unable to pierce a human skin with their fangs, and may be ignored.
The best way to treat a chigger is rough. Squeeze him out with a pair of tweezers, or scrap him off with a knife. It makes little difference, even if you don't get his mouthparts loose; they'll come out presently of their own accord.
Child Prodigy Handicapped
Unless Difficult Work is Provided Student Becomes Indifferent
New York—In a report to the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, Dr. Leta S. Hollingworth, of Columbia University, showed that child prodigies find themselves handicapped in many respects. The brilliant boy or girl may become indifferent to school work and fall into habits of idleness and daydreaming as a result of the ease in which the ordinary lessons are mastered. Finding themselves uninterested in the same games as their older and larger classmates and becoming a constant target for their attacks, the "bright" ones suffer considerably.
For the gifted girl, particularly, the matter of recreation is difficult because her early maturity develops in her an interest in the rougher activities of boys which her sex inevitably prevents her from pursuing.
In the home, Dr. Hollingworth stated, the situation is sometimes very embarrassing to the parent. By the age of six or seven the child may be insisting on logical, satisfying answers to questions and where the parent is less intelligent than the child the latter is likely to run the household and thus reverse the customary social order.
Human Frailties Shown in Office of Mac Gregor
There are many situations which occur in the office of C. H. MacGregor, secretary of the Advanced Standing Committee which are on their surface more or less amusing, but most of which do not appear so to the persons touched by them.
Mr. MacGregor has often noticed that an individual has spent an hour in line at the advanced standing office only to have it discovered that his (or her, because none is exempt) instructions were to go directly downstairs to complete the registration, but that the sight of a line of fellow men proved too much and the "sheep instinct" accomplished the discomfort and chagrin of the inquirer. Then there was the young lady from the western part of Kansas who had attended no university before but who showed plainly from her conversation that she had almost entirely memorized the catalog. Her anthesis was the student who after completing two years of work at the university, came into the office to discuss a program and discovered for the first time that there
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Human frailty occasionally attempts to get hold of the school problem for it's offspring and at such times, generally before the fall session, there will be an occasional student accompanied by the cortege of parents or interested relatives who spend two or three regular portions of his time in expounding the peculiarly high standing of the person in question only to have the subsequent investigation show that a half portion would have sufficed nicely for the actual accomplishments where the previous school records are very noticeably full of discrediting signs. And often they leave feeling that the trip was worth the effort at that.
WOMAN FINDS LOST POULTRY
INSIDE 5-FOOT BLACKSNAKE
Mexico, Mo.—A "frying-size" chicken and a four-weeks old gosling were found inside a blacksnake which was killed recently by Mrs. Forrest Weaver, wife of an Audrain county farmer.
Mrs. Weaver attacked the reptile with a garden hoe when she found it disturbing her poultry flock. The snake was five feet nine inches long.
Pittsburg,-Thoae who make their own telescope and ride the stars as a hobby will meet at Pittsburg, August 8 and 9, for the first annual assembly of amateur astronomers and telescope makers.
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