Telegram-herald., 1890-07-08

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he Is great climber. aaa aas Al Ia
sasl@SAs appetite Tor o1r@A 1ne
L1s@do s-l2rk. 80 builds het nsss In t1s
o1nenes q szgs5r1sa aeas TIE xronn4s
rp1s her greatest eaeny na ne bali
snake.
one day, a. oar fsf1 niae-foSt ball-
snake s@s c44ghs climbing tns tfe-1ls
81 an ed. abandoned log cabin, bound
o3 foraEiag expedition after some
s~alioss that had bGils their nests
under the caves Of shs cabin He AS
killed oy soldier.
The buil-saake grows 70 great length.
and - besatafuLIy marked with black.
blue AID steel-gsay spots he Is per
fectly harmless. without poison - any
kind, and Is always the deadly enemy
q tie dreaded rattlesnaze- For this
reason farmers and ranchaen living IN
the North viii never allow ooll-sn&ke
- be killed II they can preyentit
What the bull-snake Is % the Scrth
the king-saake is 70 the South. The
latter Is iadssd beautiful reptile. tie
IS marked with = succession Of rings Of
lovely rainbow colors. has length sell
dom nnore than three feet. and Is quite
harmless lie never bites human be-
ing. and is In truth the worst and most
deadly enemy the rattIesnako has On
the continent
There seems 10 be eternal enmity be-
tween the king and the rattlesnake.
and notwithstanding the poison glands
OF the latter. in a contest the former is
always victorious
For this reason soldiers and scouting
parties camping out in Texas will never
Kill a king-snake. he keeps the deadly
reptile away from the camp.
The power OF the rattlesnake lies in
the poison he carries The king
snakes only weapon of ofense or de-
fense IS his wonderful constructing
qualities, or, 20 N AXE IL palmer, his ter
rible power OF squeezing. IL he once
attacks any thing, he wraps himself
instantaneously around the object and
proceeds 10 squeeze unrelentingly,
never letting go until one or the other
gives out
The way he attacks his common en-
emy is as follows:
When a rattlesnake sees king-snalxe
he quickly throws himself into a coil
and prepares for war. He knows there
Is no getting out Of fight should q
kinySnake once see him. The latter
begins circling around the rattlesnake,
going faster and faster. Until he looks
like a bright crimson streak In b circle
on the ground.
The rattlesnako tries 10 follow these
rapid motions as best he can, but some-
how seems TO get dazed or dizzy. When
his head Is twisted so far around that
he can not recover quickly. like flash
the king-snake darts In upon him,
seizes the rattler back of the neck, out
OF reach of his fengs, and wraps his
coils like lightning around his victim.
Tighter and tighter grow the bands,
until IL ends in the life being fairly
crushed out Of the rattlesnake.
| was walking over the prairie q few
days ago, and found a rattlesnake and
king-snake who bad been in fierce COM
bat The end, however. had about
come, for the former was as dead as
stone, and the latter had not sufficient
life left in him to unloosen his coils
after vanquishing his adversary.
The rattlesnake was nearly twice Is
large as his small but powerful enemy.
picked them up as found them, and
have the pair preserved in alcohol
Lieutenant J. NJ. T. Partello, in Golden
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