The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-10-03
SNAKES.


Many Erroneous Ideas Entertained Con-
corning Them-The Poisonous and Dan
Gerous comparatively re" in Number
an" variety
More than once, In the history OF
wars, two valiant armies haze marched
torefher. looked each other in the f,rn
ond thon ran, ,r.o,, ooo, soorod ant of
~
IU' " i'' ~ ''' ino'' ''-hU VI 'il' oOHcl'
In the Mstory o. men and snakes the
same thing has frequently happened.
The man runs in one direction and the
snake in the other and If is hard to foil
which is the more frightened.
We mr.. aut 10 Io5Iz mon snakes 90
+erribIe mon tt,rs bnt fbc,- sno,,,' IN IooT-
unon mon and boys ~ n.,,,II,- torr;bIn
and fhn most nofSonn,s .r,nr},f viii ry.
If if las - fair chance and ouI,- GaLfs
WHOM II fp1s itsaIf narn,roJ
There are many. ,vronr IDEAS a,,tor-
famed aboI,t tInso cIidin2 rcmf;Ios and
II roa,, not In on,iss tn sfiil, . iii, IN
conn Of tbaen falls. notion. ond -d+ ont
what trnth is in tLon, Tha nanor,I
idaa seems 70 he tbal oil snakes aro how.
ridIv uolv and deadly nofsonors Irnn-
sfar. i-n-c,I,. Iant ON do.t,o,.i,,. tho
race Of man and armed Win . f0r.ad
sfing which fbny constantIv thrust ON
from fhnlr dreadful laws in search ii
victims
me foct Of the matter i that n,orv
enokoe ,ra yary bondsonn Ioino, Lrii
liant IN color and orarnfuI in form,
while thnir Anvibla T}idinr motion j.
nnrbans tbn ms ATTRACTIVE Of al move
monts in the animal kinrdon, A. for
fine forl,ed stinp if is oTI,- tho tona,,n
OF fine sernent. AMI is as soft and hahn
less in It's touch as a piece of velvet
The noisonous ORGANS are \ nair Of
= teeth m. fanps Often sbarnar thon
lie These are either hollow or
have y sort of canal down tho
The noison is q IioI,id Which
lies IN = Gland at the base Of tbe fang
Tho moment tine tooth anta,, tho Aoeh 81
n victim certain muscles nrnss on tho
rland tba no.son ie forced ont orJ
rms down the hollow of the tooth and
into III, wound.
As for the forl,od tono,a which
nIavs in and ont with encb ,o,,idi+,, Il
seems to no the fnaIing oro,ap az fho
sarnont If is nsed ~ We nso o,,r
fin N md ont NOR ahorf tbinor,
that can he told Inv the owes
The nraot noio%itv of epoI,o, o,.o nc
harmless &c q noi,sn In all Nortb
Amnrico thara ,rn onlv tbroe or fn~r
noisonons kinds of sns ns 1'bo-o oro
tbn rartlnsnal,n tbo morcosin and Tho
conner. god which IRE yar,, donororo,,,
a
Southern S,,tos called tbo LorIo,,,,i,,
which * onIv sliohfIv noisonons All
thosn snaI-ns ovTG,t %bn LorIo',,,;, ari
mo,.I,nd NV a dno, ,,it -, oanL sido -
tbn Leod hntweon iha nT-o md tho no.,
tri Wbat The nj * for no nna i-na,,,,
hut if ony If nv roodars ,naot.. s,oI,''
with these bnjcs in the Sides Of tie hnad
he had batta,, have hnsino.s in tho otl,o,.
direction if he does NOT want IN rnt
into 4ronbIa 0O
Most nj onr common enol,os ora os
harmless as doves me bIack tbo
1yhin .nd tho Mill, sroI.o ~ n,o+1I,
and ,,artor gnoI-n Tho bor no,'ad s,,oi,o
and fLn bir and NOW Tine Snolo o.
New Jersey WITH many other common
snecies NAV he handled DC safoIy %
ono wcnId TandIo Hoyib1o s+ri,, Is ~
dia rnbhor Thrra is M raos lp ,vbv
mar. how or rirI should show tbn so,,e
senseIess fear Of snakes as is shown how p''' hV
MONKEYS these animals as is woil
known are draoIfIlIv afroid of anoi,aa
and can not he made ro come naar r', nyon
a dead one but viii stand off Of safa
distance cbaftering and avinr IN VIII; Ill
fright if the sIirhtsst mof;ons iS soan
The human race is ike the monllev
race in this Tbev seem horn with y
natural dread of snakes "''1 :"
The rottJesnske is horn with small
knob or button at the end Of, Of tho tn;i
After that. every time tbn snake ebods
it, cLin nc mia y 100, ro+t $50 20
added. Rut this NAV bannor tLroo or
four times a YEAR and if is not nnssibJa