Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-02-23

1AC Glld n1OllSlS1 lillCh lstlij which is of equal diameter through out, and ending abruptly. The legs are four in number, black, and all oi the same length the mouth is black, with tongue of the same hue, fiat and forked It is the one of the liz ard family that is extremely poison ous.
 It is supposed to be 3 GLOSS between rattlesnSKe and a TTzT--r; -.rrr fF0,f,F' in some respects the poison is similar to that of the Cobra.
 Some have concluded from its slug gishness that it is harmless, but this is great mistake In some cases it is not easily provoked; at other times specimens are found that are extreme ly irritable. The mouth is large and strong, and often, when enraged it will attack everything within reach.
 The natives capture it by long sapling with a moose at the end, so that 1t cannot get nearer to them than three or four feet. They are occa- sionally brought into town in this way, l lunging and splitting, to the terror the | Mexicans and Indians. Those ac- quainted with its habits state that its breath is extremely yirulent, and from | this it receives the native cognomen, EscupiOn [es-coo-pee-YAwNl, meaning in English, "the splitter" According | to the statements of credible authority science has demonstrated that the natives fear of its exhalstion is wei. founded.
 The matter came up at the late meeting of the College of Physicians at Philadelphia. Doctors Mitchell and Reichart had on hand live, vigorous specimens of the Monster Dr. Mitch ell caused one to attack the edge oi a dish and some of the saliva was caught in watch glass. This was frs; tested. The poison of venomous rep tiles IS aciduous, but strangly enough as if to have nothing in common with other reptiles, this was alkaline. A minute quantity was then injected in a live pigeon, which was dead in less than nine minutes, although this poison is very slow. Other experi
 ments were tried which demonstrated its dangerous character. According
 to these learned doctors, "Rattlesnakt
 poison is bagatelle in comparison
 The writer has received severa
 authentic testimonies regarding the
 fearful poison, and will give case 1T
 mind d:-An-ac -acQuaintance-- pros
 pecting with his partner, several year
 ago, when the latter found a Gila Mon ] l, laJ The ugly animal immediately made vicious lunge, but succeeded in intiict ing only a seemingly harmless scraf ch
 and the matter was passed as mer
 incident. But the victim's health a
 once began to fail and he soon waste'
 away until he was hardly more than
 bundle of dry bones, when death end , ed his sufferings The remaining ! partner never recovered from tn shock, and is very bitter against thos who claim that the reptile is harmless Not long since, the writer came il r possession of live Splitter" But i
 was so vicious that the association wa l unpleasant. One day a broom wa held toward it. Quick as wink tn broom was seized in its powerful jaw and held like vise The broom wa lifted, but the creature still hung O 5 with it's heavy body swinging in tn 3 air, We concluded that we hadn' 5 any further use for Helodermas, an disposed of it at once.
 On the other hand, there are thos
 who with equal assurance tell us ths
 the Gila Monster Is as harmless as 8 dog. They say that 1t has been dome'
 ticated and handled, without showin s any disposition to nght. Of course tn ! can all be true without impeaehin . the testimony of those who hay
 been poisoned, for the proof offe q ed in the latter case Is merely neg t tive. It only shows what the sauria = has not done, and cannot be taken { 1, evidence against the former ground Q, iislili ,ata- he cnnHictilo Onil