The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-03-10
No. Is.
Ek1ls and RenssleS

had painful experience Of the awful effects OF
snakes poison. | had resolved dose of
ths cobra poison into my svstem-luckilv a
minute dose. or [ shouldn't have survived
L. Ihe accident happened In very curious
way. | was poisoned by the snake. but not
ni1ten by HIM l got the poison second hand
AnSioas to witness the effects Of the poison
ol tue cobra upon rat. took up couple in
bag, alive, 10 certain cobra took one
out OF the bag and put him into the cage with
the snake The cobra was coied up among
tue stones IN the center Of the cage, appa-
Fenly asleep. When he beard the noiss of
the rat falling Into the cage. he just looked
up and put out his tongue, kissing at the
same ;me The rat got in a corner and be.
gan Washing himself. keeping one eve on the
snake. whose appearance he evidently did not
halt like Presently the rat ran across the
snakes body, and in an instant the latter as
sumed his fighting attitude.
As the rat passed the snake, he made
dart but. missing his aim. hit his nose pretty
hard blow against tho side of the cage This
accident seemed to anger h;m for he spread
oat ms crest and waved it to and fro in the
beautiful manner peculiar 10 his kind. The
! T1t became alarmde. and ran near him again
Again cobra made dart and bit him, but
DID not think. inject any poison into lin,
Tie rat beng 50 very active; al least no symp-
toms of poisoning were shown The bite,
nevertheless. aroused the ire OF the rat, for he
gathered himself for a spring, aud measuring
Eis distance. spralg right on to the neck Of
the cobra. who WAS waving about in front of
him This Plucky rat, determined t. die
hafi, gave the cobra two OF three severe bites
III i1e neck the snake keeping his body erect
all The time, and endeasafine to turn his
head round 50 to bite the rat, who was
eHnSin5 on Ike the old man in Sinbad the
Ss't3r Soon. however, cobra changed his
tac 4cs. Tired, possibly. with sustaining the
weight OF the rat, he lowered his head and
the rat, finding himself again on terra frna,
utel to run away; not So. for the snake. col
iecIn5 all his force, brought down his erect
cd poison fangs, making has head tell by its
weiGiit IN giving yigor to the blow, right on
10 The body OF the rat. This poor beast now
seemed to know that the ighi was over. and
that he was conquered He retired to a cor
ner ot the cage, and began painting violently,
eudeayoring, at the same time. TO steady his
ialln5 strength with his feet His eyes were
"ltely dIlated aud his mouth open, as If
gaspIng for breath. The cobra stood erect
over hlm Missing aud putting out his tongue,
as II conscious Of victory. Ia about three
minutes the rat fell quietly on his side aud
expired. The cobra then moved of and took
no further notice of his defunct enemy
hooked ou; OF the cage for rae to examine
No external wound could see anywhere, so
took out my knife and began taking the
sh4n OF the rat. | soon discovered two very
minute punctufes. Ike small needle holes. in
The side OF the rat. where the fangs Of the
snake had entered The parts between the
sk!1 and the flesh, aad the flesh itself, ap-
peased though affected with modification.
even though the wound had not been ia in
i'eted above a quarter Of an hour, If SO
much
Anxious 70 see e the skin itself was affect
ell | scraped away the part on it with nv
finger nail. Finding nothing but the pune
taIes, threw the rat away and put the knife
and skin ~ my pocket. and started to 90
away. | had not walked hundred yards
before, all q a sudden, ! felt just as if some
body had come behind me and struck me a
severe blow on the head and neck, and at the
same time | experienced most acute pain
aud sense Of oppression at the chest, as
though hot iron had been run in and a hun
dreI weight put on the top of it. knew in
staa,ly, from what / had read, that was
poisoned: / sald as much to my friend, n most
intelligent gentleman, who happened to be
with me, and told if | fell, to give me brandy
ami eJsa de l1ce. which words he kept repeat-
ing in case he might forget them Atthe
same time cnlo'ned him TO keep me going,
al rot, on any account, to allow me to lie
down. I then forgot everything for several
minutes, and nv friend tells me- | rolled
al 4: rs II very faint and weak He also in
f9rnas nsc tina: the first thing I did was 70
ttii against him, asking Il | looked seedy.-
lio most wisely ans Wered, NO; you look
very well. don't thiak lie thought so. for
his OWN face vas as white as a ghost; recol-
lee This much lie tells lne my face was OF
q gre=nish yellow color. After walking or
rather staggering along for some minutes
era IQally recovered M senses and stcered
i1- lie nearest chemist shop. Rushing in,
asking for eat ds Iuce. OF course he had
none ba. ny eye caught tie words spirit
aAsnon co." or hartshorn. on a bottle
reached It down myself, aud pouring large
quantity into 2 tumbler with little water.
Do.h OF which articles | found on soda.
wafer stand ia tie shop, drank it of, though
i burnt my mouth and lips very much In
stantly feit relief from the pain a. the chest
and head. The chemist stood ayhast. and on
my telling him wha, was the matter. recon-
mended warm bath If | had then fol
i3Ead his advice these words would never
have been placed On record. After second
draught Of the harts horn bottle, proceeded
On my way, feelicg gery stupid and con-
fused.
On arriving al my friand's residence close
by, he kindly procured bottle Of brandy,
oi which I drank four large wine glasses. one
after the other bat did not feel the least tipsy
after the operation. Feeling nearly wei,
started on gny way home. and then, for ihe
irs. time. / preceived most acute pain un-
Ter the nail of my left thumb; this pain also
-aa up the arm. / set to work to suck t-s
soand, and then found how the poisoning got
nto the system. About zn hour before | ex-
.mined the dead rat had been cleaning the
lail with a PenEnifs. aad had slightly separ-
81 the nail from the skin beneath. ii this
crapin. tue ras's SKIN to r-esds the wound.
low Tir4.lsni. therefes. must the poison Of
he eobr. beT TsadF r had been circulated