The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-29

Other gathered little lunches OF dry
cactus with spiRes as sharp as neeu4
and almost as hard, which he drop0e-'
clos. 10 ga. reptile. The road rune
was a, busy ~ the devil in a gal ,-
wind. an IA "a few minutes lac had pi'
q regular little corral OF cactus spl-..
all around the rattlesnal0c- Then
pair # tscIu began TO tant@lize
snake. and 10y diving at him they 7
voly,d him into striking nj tn IA.
with result, disastrous TO himself. Tor
every ilr., h. launched out he lt int
the c,.ats- and rot stuck full OF splns.-
I'll, more he got hurt the mafl
h grew. aud II wasn't many minuJ
beFur, hc was lashing about furiou-'
and tan ding himself up with the CO.
tus. Tie road runners hoppcd aDC-
in s--..t .rlcc. few at the snake a.
made things hum generally, and occ"
.iopall- .1a II them would poke sorl
NOR. saetus i2to the reptiles Way
atIt. dis calculations. When the r-'
ricsnul.e had just about got cray a.
wa, l.lc,s Of his guard the roa
runner dow up, lowered over him :.
dartcd da..n II him whenever they %.
a good chance to hit him.
Their sharp bills did great eZecu-
ton. and II wasn't long before they Isa
the raltlesnalle Laid out as cold as
wedge. They are great generals, thea-
road runners. and they always get
away with the rattlesnalle. That
why nobody ever shoots Il road runner
in Cali .srIli,l.
..Somc OF the lizards are funny lit1
chaps. AMI when you get used to tho
and furret their rcptiliaR appearaE
they are pretty good company. IL
little fellows about as long as yo..
finger can -c tanned easily. and there
no end of fln in watching their ante
The greascrs declare that these liza
are venomouS, but that isn't true. l..
a grcascr tell You il, and everythin
that crawl~ il poisonous. II you cc-
once get yaur hands upon "a lizard witt
out fright rninr him he instantly make
friends with YOU.
The way 10 work il is 10 move you~
hand slowly toward the little auiIar-
when he Is lying motiOnless, and touC
him as lightly a. q breath with the L
Of your finger. Nine times out Of e.
he viii rot be there long enough Z
YOU 10 know tilat you have touched
him. H. Is a. quick ~ a fash OF liga--
and yoa can't see him go-yOu only
know that he j. gone. But one time h.
VIII let You touch him, ii You are gentle
enough. aud then YOU lightly rub h.3
back and he begins 10 wrigglc his tai
IN delight
After that hc i, your friend, and
will take flies from the end oi rG1lr
finger, run around over your clothi--
and Cxpl1rc your pockets, and wheu
you eat hc VIII climb upon vour leg
cock his Ettle head on one side. a--r
watch You with friendly intyrost-
There j. a little lizard no bigger arouna
than q lead pencil. with a long; slim
tail a. hlu, as cobalt and smooth &c
enamel lou cant ta-ac la.a I.r,
easily. and if you try u catch HIN the
blu. tail breaks OF lis. glass, ;1l ~
mains in Your hand.
There are other creatures not pnita
so 'clubable' A. lizards aud road run
ncrs. lut interesting ia other ways.
Take the scorpion, for example. He
a bad fellow. and hc has = mean trick
OF hiding in your boots and stingin-
you when You put them on But YOU
can have fun with him after % fashion.
II y1u want To bring ont the best qual-
itic- or the scorpion build a little corral
Of dry leaves or paper around him and
set FIRE To it at all points. Make IA,
cirrl 70 aout a foot ia Gi1ract,r so that
the liaIncs VIII not tsuoh your prisoner.
when H. sees the ring of fire the
scorpion wIil try 10 escape, first at one
point and then at another, hut the
flames viii drive him back every time.
and when lac realizes that hc l. COM
plctely .Grroundcd he will retreat t.
the center of the ring and deliberately
commit suicide 10y curling his tail over
and singing himself in the back. SO
You see that nature sanctions >uicide
under some circumstance iu -Ditc o..
what the preachers s.y about r. T.
scorpion teaches lesson that Iu-s
had better remember IL he ever fines
himself in the center OF a gang of
Apaches. San Francisco Examiner.