Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-08

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1ss-snns de IL isrILizt 1HGia from slll4ke
me. la-getF .-aH ihaz q ne cobra.
which i sa-ls-pt AZ domestic 1ihii-is-
T Ti11i t.ls relElif Was uU luuE ago e.
terminated f-DM ali grlnaIllss1 Ice -
ias. saw 4 E-rues a. tns l4hr-nEsbt.
4 numerical x .l.za1ta. j. tsE.tng A. LIT
Hac1 thas 4 II wnFstailslssL ily Elafy 2.
int natives IVrE Eo-s.Hy IL ia isl'sz.s
Hill znH mLsa fazhDnlIbse A-urspza-n
nua-sls-r 0s bombay q silu~s HING l1ll-s &C
az uluslrzs instrument rzlrn.g 1l-las 70
bring 1 rntErz. Uu1 a. suEDe hair ~ t--t-
r3cs fas uut1st vena-IsII8I - toa 1uuzsL
fos EuEIlah caution TIE natives are
int l.ilies sufferers from ti1is 3la T.
@e-y les A4ugl lsilILrl live Dsel tIrasE.,
for 1bey aD nat walk Ga aA-t iDgiss1,
grass through which tnrF Ua4lE We
t. ler4 assF fuR- az fEt WHITES q
gl-oHllnsla-F have tsgeu Bl-Eszu t,g Irsss-
ttI4p1s sgllee. il iulil sIuea IN alr-z-
iuE q lit gtz--sEi t.lslsl.1-g 1u4 aBs u
these Eras u4ils1l tzrl.aE 1E vessel zE
ttla baT 81. L=lsA- Hle us she dead F
izrG-sa4z ~ wafer =aaEsa. lad Bsa
E-ZEsa ag Eua Ehf .sut8rsgzl..e ra.E-u
handled ID EsanDlE knowing GAzs i
was vEuDIuaas AaG tae E14gas ear
ssfs.lz.sl .,aEsSlgaH segss= 114Ft uo-ll4 azw
be $gg eaaeas .ras3es 1E +s.e
Martinique a1G zbt aslE barring A--ls
" - l.gtzza szsas.a r~gair- d morally
from -1-F5srlsue psUlE -.r-- seaz az
Ill1.a, Eas elgA q Es4sse island b. y oTer-
ral Wzta tae fer ls laase- Il asrra,y
aggressive gll,sr, wlls4 las lAe
peculiarly Of giving s---z to s4zfg l.i-
lie snakes * oure.
African explorers tgve 1ass-s tr,.,a 1lss
VITA Snakes, gaf tatsy award EaF EmEr=
Ct danger no. 70 them. n9- u tie
Allsls or isaFarlss, bss, 10 lht 5e-re wl43
b-Ll.- Daring PrLE b-zslr4as > RS
gstt y94rnay 70 Lake &gas.z Ira u
H4s followers pe~e tgr-saa b. gue u
these garage crvat sres. ana 4 was
alganst miracle i1&; essss gE ta-
Eo-ualn3 Elaa sarr#Faa the tngatses 10
hls shoulders aa5 r.gs. The naE adder.
- appzEe sluggish creature, ~
saE15ltug 81 Ass build. ta9sa OBJ sH .ts
gorgeous cosgrs, the aarr.8te black ard
clumsy e9sioa tzaltheed rsoa.a-las u our
Southern swa-zps. has pleasant trick
q gzrylug itself I'D tile l-4se. and mos.
and IL striking back ard ai any per-
E0a who hapfsas 10 come near it, The
naia bele, FRS, cousin 81 the indIaa
cobra bit nore aggressive and .grits-
bic, aud TIE manila which rams down
IL victims, are the principal remain
Ing poisonous serpeats Of Africa
There are grses black and aasre-cnl.
vred zZzEln tlss, the last mentioned b.
iag often crested. The u4a-4bzs some
Times reach length u Twelve faat.
and are known 10 haye chased a horza-
Eaa for niles. Their bite j. almost
pertain death.
4 survey a. the serpeutiae kingdom
establishes the fat thai the most
poisonous snakes are afraid q human
bsiugs The chief exception are the
Daia hage and the great uphiopaagas
elaPs. Or haHtadryad, u Barrnaa. This
creature. which rivals the maruba In
length. has aa expanding head Ike the
cobra and aail hn!e bat differs from
both in some anatomical particulars
and also IN the fart that il is cag-
uihal. living principally On other
snakes. One q them chased Barnau
10 the woods q few years ago. The
man ram. and thought 70 escape by
swimming across q narrow stream. 10
his horror, on reaching the farther
bank he found that the snake haa
crossed ahead Of him. In his DESPAIR
be tore % his tlIrban and threw Il II
the reptile. The latter was obliEiuz
enough % 60 for the the white rag
and waste his venom upon IL. the man
meanwhile making his escape.
The manbas are principally found
IN Natal. though they exist to souecx.
tent AZ FAR north al zanzibar. aud may
even have spread as far as the desert.
We have found no mention OF their
presence in Egypt or in the Sinaf,ic
Peninsula. There is nothing IN their
habits. however. which would exclude
them from the northern tropics and
sub-trOpics, for they flourish under
similar climatic influences south Of the
line. We notice that an item Il on ia
travels to the effect that the "serpeut..
which killed % many Of the Isrzsalites
during their exodus from Egypt were
guinea worms. scientifically known ~
the aracunculus. These fearful crca.
lures bury themselves Ia human flesh.
sores which often prove IA
tai. We doubt, however. whether they
can be made to fulfil the demands OF
Tie Scripture narrative. We read IN
Numbers, xxi, that athe Lord sent
fiery scrpents among the people aud
much people Of Israel died.