The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-10

into a tumbler half full of water, and drink
II as soon as You can after icing bitten.
Then drink pint OF whisky. After that
You must wait fifteen or twenty minutes,
and If You feel no signs of insbriation re-
peat the dose; but the moment you feel the
effects OF the whisky, drink no more, but
you may take another dose of the ammoni-
ated liquid.
''Some people when bitten by a snake
keep pouring down whisky until they are
thoroughly drunk, but in such cases the
remedy is worse than the disease. Those
VINO know me say that | am pOison-pr0of,
but that is not true, while at the same time
a snake bite that would kill some men
would injure me very little. Harmless
snakes are all gourmands and want to be
swallowing all the time"
'Do you believe that snakes can fascinate
or charm other animalsN asked the re-
porter.
THAT is an error" was the reply. ''No
serpent has that faculty. Every animal
has its own instructive way of taking its
prey-by stealth, agility, brute force or
strength. My experience during the last
forty years confirms my BELIEF l have
often heard birds making great noise
in a swamp, and used to say: There's a
snake charming a bird l would 20 down
there to see what was going on, and sure
enough there would be black snake going
along slowly from one branch OF a tree to
another There would be a cztbird or some
other kind of q bird flying around the
snake greatly excited, while the snake
moved along slowly toward nest to rob
it of its young.
"The maternal instinct of the mother
bird makes her forget the danger in great
measure. So she flies around and over the
snake and fiutters along just ahead OF him,
trying TO lead him in an opposite direction,
but all to no purpose and as he comes near
the nest she becomes more desperate.
'She pecks at his eyes, beats him with
her wings, and like flash he grabs her,
for he would as soon have her as the young,
because she Is larger mouthful, if not 50
delicious.
''She was not spellbound; she had all the
use Of her muscles and could leave him at
her will.
cat the Sacramento state fair, some
twenty odd years ago, l was bitten by
RATHER in the bowels, and he left MS faugs
behind. l performed in tie tent until 9
o'clock at night. In closing up l felt
around my person and pulled all of the
snakes out Of my bosom as | thought, but |
overlooked one. went around the town
to see the sights, playing a game or two,
and started for my hotel
1T was called the Orc then, but the name
is changed now. Then l threw myself
across the bed, aud the first thing | knew
| was bitten. l was smothering him. |
grabbed him by the head througa my shirt,
aud gave him twist. Hence | broke his
fangs. held him up to the moonlight, and
found him to be a favorite of mine.
Il had no remedies with me, and the
drug stores were shut up that hour At last
found doctor named Logan, who gave
me bottle of whisky and twenty-five
drops of ammonia, and was soon all right,
but the fangs re NAMED in me. l began to
grow SICK a. last, and the wound had to be
opened afresn aud the fangs extracted. Il
was three months after l was bitten that
the network Of fat that covers the bowels
began to infame, and it came near killing
me.
Il have not said anything about tar
antulas, scorpions and centipedes, but thev
are ali in my line. have been stung by all
of them, ana use the same remedy"