Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-02

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+ To- -. N,al- s:E.i - i.-.v:'iS occurred a.
j MsLar.">hHuF. j i.ailvr gardener ~
7 ~o!ii II !. gal .,n y. this place was bit
tn OF one Il his fingers. Tho mnn
1 VIVA gr; at lStatuce oi miuG Chopped Il
the u!,!tn Iag@r with his gardening
/ knife. Bat il was too late; the poison
lla,; a!rcaGy PASSED up the hand beyond
/ he place Of umpu'atIon, and the poor
! II alice died t.cm the n cts If the bite
\ party OF friends were enc evening
sitting ul = whist table, s'me plaslng,
Others watching the game. One OF the
players E4ppeLed 10 look down on tn"
s1onnd, alId was hUrIiiied b. discover
Il = "A cobra cole rpun.! oUo of his legs.
What Was t. be dole? TO move WIS
certain death, ana all that the man thus
STRANGELY shacNlrd couli do Was 20 sit
ueff,ctiY st!l! ana call the attention Of
us friends TO his dangerous predlcA-
aeut. For any Of the rest f the atrts
! To have immediately attacked the snakt
would prnnIbly have been fatal to their
| friend. By what may he almost called
in.plratj Il one OF tho non-playe rs quiet
ly left the room u Il ordered in a basin
of milk, which was gently put down OIL
tna glouud not far trCm the stake. In
II few mlEutet, or perhaps only secoG"s,
which must have, however, appeared
an hour nj least TO the uHhappy cap
ave. the cobra uUcU,led himself and
went cil to tue Ink. and when once
we'll aSay from their companion legs,
was, Of COURSE, very soon killed.
1t may be objected that snake
would Lot venture III among number
| of people III tue way above desc"bed.
How, then, would the Oh jectors account
for the dagger run by lady whom l
could name, one evening in u drawing
room full OF people? This lady was
r, aching out her arm to draw char
toward her, with the intention Of Hit-
ing down on it. WHEN snake was
observed on the back thereof. How
did the snake get there! Ii - very
difficult to tell where Ii snake will not
be found bat still more SO to a-certaiu
how and when it reached the place OF
discovery.
Snakes are said t. rnn away from
men, and If the soft football OF the ma
tive does MT always Scare them, the
hrily tread Of the booted European II
SUPPOSED invariably to no TOO much
70: Iii. ir nerves, aud this doubtless Is 40
as rule. But We know that there IL no
ruIu withuut all exception, ana SNAKES
are very exceptiona; animals.
was walking one evening with Il
freed near Pan Pr, at the ioottf the
Meats Tongue Hill. on the other side
of Is Jmuay barbor. My friend had n
rot han
.Iveu at times To seelug them WHEEL
they did not XIst. As We we're waiSlO4
aloug the cuuutry road. m companion.
WHO had no walking suck or othtl
weapon With him, suddenly llmped
back with hasty,-
" Here's Is snak,
" Nonsense" sald /; lyon are always
seeing Snakes.
la another nom ert q cobra with his
hood expanded. put his head over tie
! side of tue road, preparatory apparent
| iy to crossing it. On seeing us, how
ever, he secuted deslrUus 10 sbuu near
er IA q lai ntanc-, aud glided back iutO
! the gutter. | luckily had suck, to
which "spectacies soon succumbed.
| He was the largest cobra / had even
killed.
! once, when out shooting across the
ibur, stepped over IL live snake. ]
/ had put up and missed u sn'pe, and
/ had marked him down IN some long
! grass not far off from where l was staud
! ing. l WAS walking back with my ey. .
| fixed on the place where had seen the
bird settle, to have another shot ut him.
Something ON the ground caught the
corner of my eye as was thus engaged
and iuslinctively made long step
I over the Obj -ct, and then turned and
looked down to see what 1t WAS. 1t
was snake, which l thought ut the
moment Was dea i. from his hot moving.
! 70 make q ute sure, | touched hun
with The muZZe of my gun, when he
gave a oonvulslve start aud dlssppeares
81 rapidly into the grass which boz
dered the path on which he had been
lying, that though | instantly raist d
ara tired my gan, | merely knocked off
tue end Of his tail so low down as not
to psrslyze him. 1, however, caught
sight Of him again some yards off. and
had the satisfaction OF bloAing off his
head with my second barrel. Ga drag
ging the snake out into the open air,
the natives with me declared tie was u
most deadly reptile. and | have seen
since his counterfeit il DIR. Fayrer'e
Thanat ophidia.'
An Old friend Of mine came &C oss
whip snake III his house when he hsC
nothing in his hand @herewith to XIII
it. H. did hot Wish to let the piece OF
mischItf escape, 80, seeing 10 Other
way of securing 1t, he jumped upon and
luckily crushed il. Tu,s Was u methoU
of kIlltng snakes which | would not
commend.
| have killed snakes in many ways,
and Lave no hesitation III recUnment-
ing horse whip rs the best weapon fui
their DIES ruciIou i'll house, or any
where where u gun canuot with saiet,
! be- used; the siigh test stroke If u whip
! breaks IL snakes back and you cover
los ger hue 4 ground with an elastic
whip than with ~ stick, aud are therr.
fore less likely to miss your blow. L.
the open field or the Jungle, | mus,
coHfrs- that my favori,e "eap N for the
coup d. grace is u gun loaded with small
Shot.
Mr.. Gilbert Cove was often in the
h, bit If taking out The II poison fangs
snd Keeping The replies in his house
A fresh arrival from England was once
sta, ing with Mr.. C,wn-, and was diA
agreeahly surprised t" ii ID large rock
snake in Iii. clothes basket. Hs was
assured, bewever, that the unwelcome
Intruder Was perfectly harmless b.,
Dature, and Was moreover quite tanned
and domes'icatei. 81 far So good; bu,
on coming down to breakfast with HE
host, the new arrival was disguised to
SEE dCz. ~ tanned cobras gamboling
about the room. Mr.. Civic assured
hi- guest that the tcobrss hat all had
their venomo1s fangsextrscted. and wtr
qII'e Iunocuons. Thls WAS all very
we'll, but Mr.. C,wie himself was astus-
ished When u thirteenth cobra, not DO
longing to the establishment, and c N.
stquently still dangerous, crept into
the room, probably attracted by his
fellows, and joired in their games. The
| Il th;a .rk~