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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-06-10
SATURDAY. JUNE 10, is0s.


Who ever knew Of the Tenth ward
to default in giving large Democratic
maiorities before last Saturday. No
matter what kind Of tickets were put
sup to be voted for, that ward always
did her whole duty In rolling up tre.
mendously large maiorities. The
ticket nominated was not the
cause OF the falling off, as the ticket
was as good as the average Democrat
10 ticket for many years past. and the
sentiment OF full vote and vote the
whole Democratic ticket under ordi-
mary circumstances would have pre-
walled this year, had there not been
some other deep underlying cause.
What was that cause2 We cannot
tell positively but we can surmise.
The Tenth ward is settled by class OF
hardworking. industrious working
men employed In the large manufac.
turing establishments OF our city.
The only reason why they have ever
been Democrats is because they belong
10 q nationality and faith that trend
In the direction Of the Democratic
party. Outside OF this thsy would b.
like the majority OF other working
smen. strong advocates of the Ameri
can Protective policy as plainly sci
forth In the principles OF the Republi
can party.
Is It drawing the Imagination toe
strong 10 say that these hard working
Democrats OF the Tenth ward are be
ginning to think seriously over thi.
question: They cannot help but &c,
that times are not SO good as the,
were before the advent of the Demo
cratic administration. They cauno
help but see that the great mills ii
which they IRE employed are moving
very cautiously and that in one de
partment or another, perhaps in all
work is stacking up.
They cannot help but know that tn
constant laying off OF hands and per
haps taking them on again at shor
intervals does not mean the goo
times they have been accustomed &c
They cannot help but know that tn
crashing Of moneyed Institutions al
over the country and the closing o
numerous large manufactures, do nc
portend prosperous times. What
happening in other parts of the couI
try lie liable to happen in Wllmingto
nj any time.
Fortunately we have not yet suffere
seriously, owing to circumstance
which favor our city more than SON
other cities OF the Union, but when
general slump In business comes WI
Mington cannot expect to escape. IL
very fact that the shipbuilders OF o,
city are in correspondence with FL
glish steel plate makers in regard
getting cheaper plates,is notice serve
shat ships must be built cheaper her
and to accomplish this labor will
the first to suffer. Democratic worl
tngmen cannot help but see all thi
and who can wonder that their o.
thusiasm for DemocI acy should b.
some chilled under the circumstance
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IT has been announced that general
shut down of all the piate-glass fac
tbries Of the country will take place
before the end OF the present month.
made necessary not only by the dull.
ness Of the trade, but also because the
faotories have no more storage room,
khey being SO overstoeked. OF course
uhder the circumstances, the only
sensible thing for them to do Is tc
shut down until trade gets better and
the demand warrants renewed pro.
duction.
II the government would pursue tht
same course in regard to silver dollar
production, 1t would be better for the
government. There are now In tn,
vaults OF the government Treasury
about $500, 600. 900 Of silver, that is Of
silver dollars as now valued, whiel
cannot be put into circulation and ye
the government continues to purchase
a300, 900 ounces OF silver monthly
merely to pile it away in the Treasury
Taults.
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M. +. payls. Joweler. sEapd St.
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and will coil itself up and glare destruction at
It's enemies as fercely as a cobra. but never
theless 1t Is entirely harmless. 1t has habit
head ssd WYNN tho carly aaf DaecR
tiers gave 1t the namo OF "blauser," Its color
Is OF braSsy yellow; spotted with . triple
and prominent. Its head In rePose Is not much
distends to twice Its II sual length and the sum-
eating and the best known OF the snake fnmi-
lies. namely the Grotaildd. or reptiles with
poisonous. movable fangs: or this family
four hundred miles Of this city. Tho first, the
famous copperhead fTriponocephaus contor-
h; DERIVES Et Its name from its copper brown IN
sides than on the top. and when the sunlight
sslants across It the skin has a peculiar resem.
banse to hIrnshed SDpper the 5ack
lustration. The head is invariably OF .
brighter hue than the upper part OF the body;
TIRES feet long. Its robust bedyis covered
with oblong. carinate scales. Its mouth, by
which 1t can very readily be distinguished. 10
very large, with long yellowish-white fangs m
Ths eSpEsrhead isa Vicious reptile and If IL
Instance 10 recorded where a horse. struck By
one ~ these reptiles. died In. o few hours
Among the various names By which It Is POP dS
Aa rea viper" S and seRsahfks.d" " m otions
are sluGgish. When approached It assumes z
siPes raising IL hsif s1a
PASTURES ana low meadow Srounds, feeding on
field mice frogs. and small, disabled birdI
mt h 81
also OF the rattlesnaks. all seem to depend
mainly upon being Infused In large quantities
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dark brown. obseurely banded with q still
notified with, brown spots. It varies In length
The water snake is often found In fields.
upon frogs and fishes: One Of them was once
EE1 s a asaa IT.. post @
failed to show whether he had died Of indiges-
tion or from natural causes Among tho stoIie1
proved. there is one which, AYERS that It hangs
over bushes along the banks Of stream. waits
for defsnceiess fish 70 swim along, and then
jumps or falls into the water and seizes Its
p.XSs was SAID at the water snake is harml loss.
Still. II he 10 provoked. or II a farmers boy
9hhSoses to use him az Whit ne W bIte Sss
and as he has no venom, the bite Is not quito
a. . dangerous as q Pin scratch th 10, 80 4. ,ho .r
to Jor striped snake 1rOp idonotlts t1nidL This
II the most common snake 10 the yiciin,ity 81
readily than an experienced MOSQUITO. 1t 10
Of robust clumsy make. and is comparatively
sluggish IN all It's moyensnts; II feeds on
70 water srssdiiy 10 pursuit q rs prey and
snakes avsrsge about three feet In length, al:
sy fS eesa
appears an olive green, Three green yell
body one On tie esntre u the Back and one on
When irritAtsd and without the means Of es-
saSS amer as TO give he body peculiarly
sSushsned Under sSss s[eSm
wound. II seems to be on terms Of great
are siisa s oaad toscsSos. il the '' writer.
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this power is confined exclusively tn birds.
and the phenomenon which has been wit.
messed on such occasions may readily be
solved by tho terror occasioned by the snakes
appearance.
In the early part Of this century DR.. Mitchell,
DeKay. tho naturalist, q long. black snake,
which he called ScoliDphis atdnticus. aud
serpent. Mr.. DeKay. after q careful examine
ton. found that the reptile was Q common
the species Scoiiophis atdnticus does not APP
pear In the systems.
The pilot blacksnake fColuber Alleghaniensis)
character Of its scales and in the swiftness Of
its motion. The ordinary blacksnake has
smooth scales. but the scales Of tho pilot
blacks snake are earinated. or rtdRed- On ac-
count Of its prodigious velocity this amin al Is
often called the racer. Its habits are the Same
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OF fluid. Nothing 10 more efrectual than draw
Ing the blood. usuelly by cuppine the wound,
Sucking the wound H. comm only uf1cient II
or even warm water are good, Arsenic. when
properly administered, mar also be used With
In the nsSs mex aka haTs peen recorded
Two draohms OF Fovlers solution with ten
drops OF laudnnum and half an ounce OF lime
Juice, In peppermint, to be taken every hnlf
hour" From slx to eight Of those doses were
found to be sufficient
The copperhead. is q more common snake
in Duchess and Columbia counties. II FREE
quonts rocky places and seldom leaves its
haunts except when IL crawls into open places
to dry itAelf In the sunlight
The rattiesnake (Crotdius dnrissusJ belongs
to a genus that 70 peculiar to America. On no
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biggest Of these is tho Cot,tber coupnt, black
Georgia from 10 to II feet long.
OF the genus Tropidonotms We have four
species In this State. Tho animals OF this
genus possess the power OF elevating their
nbs and thus fiattenlng, their body. This on
aRles them to swim well. and hence they are
likewise in frequency. comes the water snake
(7ropidonohts sipedonl. This snake has been
poisonoub has been said to be a ferocious az:
gressive hunter Of men. and has been malgned
Il IL tia. atSo S It Rss sslisn TEMPER TS
ferocious aspect and q painful Latin
name. the water snake is ono Of the
1t Is often called the water addsr-another
unjust reproach. This animal Is extremely ro-
0us. q oGay ana whea II the water is NsrS
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tween the eve and the nostril OF which we
have but two specimens.
Beginning with the first family. we may cay
that the most common OF all the snakes in this
country is the blacksnake fCotubr Constrictorl
The color Of this snake lie uniform shining.
blush black above and slate oolorsd or blush
white on the belly. Its young are spotted and
specified. with black and white above. but the
skin soon turns into q uniform black. The
head 10 rather smaller than the body which
begins to taper at the vent The ohm and
throat are invariably white. The body Is COW
ries In length from three to six feet.
The blacksnake y bold, active. npd un.
case by colling itself around the trunk In a
spiral manner In search OF eggs and young
qualities it viii when attacked make consider
able resistance. and oftentimes 1t will pursue
an enemy who retreats before It II feeds on
has been ascribed the m srvellous power OF fas-
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DIR SNAKY NEIGHBORS.
rurRE ARE FIFTEEN KINDS, BUT ONLY
THO Ire DANGEROUS

,r,,t OF Them Are Creatures OF Beautiful
Co,ors, and Practically All Arc Very Shy
Louiy tho Copperhead and R.ttier Are
Po,,onous-Sonae Traits and Appe. RANGES.
There Is much misunderstanding in the
natter Of snakes. Beyond doubt II the evil one
had entered Eden in the guise OF kangaroo.
the majority Of snakes to-day would be looked
npon as beautiful. graceful. and the most inno-
amt Of natures creatures. But unfortunate
IL there is that misunderstanding.
Whom man and snake meet suddenly each
Incomes alarmed. Now. ninety.nine times
m hundred. the snake has far moro cause for
alarm than the man. II tho man RECEIVERS his
srssence OF mind quickly enough, he kills the
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State. but to the south 1t may be found as far

as Louisiana.
also as the chicken snake" the thunder
and lightning snake the house snake" the
"checkered adder" the sand king" and the
.'sachem snake" is very innocent snake to
have so many appellations, Its most common
and cellars where milk Is Kept. which It Is said
to seek with avidity. 1t Is one OF tho most
beautiful snakes that exist In this country. Its
lnrly oyate. chestnut -colored spots, bordered
with black. and numbering from thirty to nifty.
spots alternating with those above. On the
summit Of the head is often seen reddish
tse oshor and ON the oeepn srss
reddish spot, light In the centre. and bordered
with black The colors OF the milk snake are
most instantly after death. The large. deep
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as those Of the blacksnake with the exception
that 1t prefers elevated rocky situations.
The chain snake iC0iuber gshlaH Is to be
woods Of ' Long n fslsnd and IN e the Gatsks
This animal derives its name from the series
Of narrow yellow bands which run at regular
abdominal plates In such q way as to give :
resemblance to chain. There arc between
about an inch apart all the way to the tail
Their bright yellow color stands out boldly
against black background. This snake 70
body is extremely slender. It 10 noted for the
celebrity Of its movements from which It has
smaller reptiles. and whom caught and held In
the hand 1t Is perfectly harmless The chain
snake Is not found to tho north OF east Of this
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would become alarmed. and would coil him.
self into what the man would afterward call q
threatening attitude" Then the man would
gather his senses-at least he would think he
was doing so-and would hurl big stone at
the snake. Snake dies. man departs. and
everybody is happy. -t.
Tho object OF this story is to tell something
about the snakes in the vicinity Of this city.
II you make circle from New York city with
q radius Of fifty miles you will circumscribe
tho haunts OF fifteen species Of snakes. OF
these fifteen species. thirteen arc as danger
Gus and as fierce and as harmful as a well-fed
Maltese cat. The other two-the only poison
Gus species-are the well-known rattlesnake
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looked upon as belonging to a distinct species.
The specimen figured in the .accompanyin ing
by a Long Island sportsman who observed it
swimming across Oyster Bay. 1t is reddish
brown In color with q lighter colored dorsal
from II to Is inches.
or the genus Leptophis remarkable for their
extreme activity. we have only one species in
this neighborhood-the ribbon snake lLepto-
phis sa,ritd) This animal Is from one to two
feet long; Of q chocolate. brown color. with
and can easily be tanned or trained It moves
about with incredible swiftness. The first au-
thentio account Of this snake is given by Lin
nBus, who calls It sa,ritd. This name indi-
Gates it's resemblance to striped lizard, for.
as the observer views it. gliding rapidly among
lizard or serpent. 1t climbs trees with great
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facility; and feeds on frogs. toads. and tho

facility, and feeds on frogs. toads. and tho
larger insects.
Two genera. Of each Of which ono species
has been found In this neighborhood. differ
as Is known. any special characterstics. OF
the genus Cdiamarta We have the rod snake
fCdtnmdrid amRnaL very beautiful little
length. Its upper surface Is reddish brown
and the lower bright red. 1t leads quiet sort
only when disturbed by its sole enemy. man.
Its teeth are very minute. and II q dentist de-
sired to remove them the snake would not
The genus Heirodon is represented by the
well-knoWn hog-nossd snake fHeterodon pidfv-
from ono and a half to two feet. 10 Known aiao
by the names deaf adder, spreading ad-
Vepomous aspsct T. mas
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and eopperhead. whose motto has always
been. is. and forever will be: III you let me
alone I'll let you alone"
1fyou 60 out to hold communion with ma
lures visible FORMS" to study and to admire
these crawling animals. you will be charmed
with their marvellous grace delighted with
their brilliant and variegated hues. and filled
with admiration for these. tina lowliest and
most despised OF natures creatures. IT, how
ever. you 20 out to strengthen your former
opinion OF their viciousness and treachery.
tread on rattler. and he will oblige you.
Snakes OF those fifteen varieties are to be
found in the fields and meadows and swamps OF
Now Jersey. along the Palisades In the woods
on both shores of the Hudson. and behind the
mountains that mark the beginning OF the
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found In tho immediate vicinity Of this city. It
Is much N ore numerous in the marshes near
relentless en- my Of tho striped snake. Many
stories are told by credible witnesses OF the
furious comhats between these two. which end
The grass snake varies in length from one to
two feet Tho body 10 extremely slender.
covered with smooth. rhomboidal scales. In
color It 10 grass green on its back. and white.
y dsrf Xn q pen n he
In alcohol It's color changes from a brilliant
green to dull blue Tho grass snake feeds
In its motions.
The six snakes described above belong to
species Of this genus in the United States. but
icy have never been found In this State. The
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BLAcKsNAKE (Coluber Consirictorl.

snake-a simple matter. II the snake is for
tunate enough to recover his senses first he
eraws of as fast as he can.
Take the green snake. for instance-could a
moro beautiful animal DO imaeined2 Colored
from head to tail with one Of the most beauti-
full hues OF tho rainbow. he lies in the grass.
bssking in the sunshine which kindly sets his
trembling scales asparkling. II an innocent
child were to ind him and pick him up he
would coil himself in baby's pocket and quietly
fall asleep. II the child should desire to tie
him into knot he would gracefully resign
himself to be tied into knot
Surprising grown man who had read lots
OF big books found that snake. His first move
ment would be to Jump backward and prepare
himself for the snakes attack. The snake
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chestnut blotches suddenly become grayIsh.
light pink color which fills the spaces betweep
tho chestnut spots passes into pearl gray With
small. irregular dark spots 6rGeanIhs out IN
being betwsen two and three feet,
One OF tho prettiest little snakes found In
this neigh boorbood 10 the ring snake tColubr
pmnctatIsI. This animal rarely exceeds 9ight;,
cen inches in length. and with the exception Of
q somewhat dlsaa reeabls. odor which IT spits
1t Is inoffensive and harmless. y hides
under rocks, and stones, and often 10
caysd trees IN the early days Of this
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catskill range. As this 10 not intended to be a
scientific article it Ia needless to 20 into any
details OF families and species further than the
following; or the order Ophidia. or serpents.
OF which about $50 species have been found
IN the world; two families. seven genera. and
fifteen species exist in the vicinity OF New
York. The two families arc Co,uberidG. or
serpents without venomous fangs or anal ap-
pendiess. OF which We have seven genera, and
crotahdo. or serponts with poisonous. nova
Die iangs In the upper jaw. with no other teeth
In the upper Jaw, and with n Fit or fossa be-
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but their number is rapidly decreasing, as
they are eaten BY hawks. owls. hogs. and In
some instances By ducks and turkeys,
or tho yellow-belied snake f1ropidonohis
leberisJ very little fs rknown. They have been
found. from two to three feet long. In moist
about their habits. Their upper surface 10
olive brown, and the belly. as their name indi-
Gates Is yellow.
The small brown snake T,'op idonotns Dekavij,
Is also quite a stranger In the books Of the
psychologists. 1t was formerly considered to
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venom forcibly into the wound. An instance
Ia recorded where II very largo rattlesnake con-
fined in n wire cage struck violently against
the wire whom irritated and elected the venom
to a distance OF three feet.
Rnttlesnakes abound in Clinton. Essex.
and Warren counties along tho shores OF Lake
George and Lake Champlain. They are also
counties. and a few still linger in the swamps
Of Suffolk county. To convey an idea Of the
number OF these snakes that existed forty
years ago. 1t is only necessary to give this ex-
tract from the Hdrren County Clarion, pub.
lished at the time:
Two men in three days killed 1.1o4 rattle
snakes on the east side Of the Tongue Noun
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white collar which runs around the neck, mar
gined with black. On its lower surface this
snake Is usually Of q deep reddish orange.
though sometimes, this color seems to fade
dark color above with the lighter color be-
meath. tho colors unite in such q way as to
leave a series Of dark. triangular marks along
the flank. giving It o serrated appearance.
Those serratures ara continued to tho tip Of
the tail. but become ehaeed toward the head.
OF the State.
The grass snake tColuber perndlis) is beau
tiful and innocent. Although 1t may be
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down an old hut often found many OF these
snakes under the bark covering. They feed
face OF the ring snake 10 a blush brown, APP
preaching to black. The head Is Of O lustrous
black. Across the oeoiput Il has q yellowish
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Tie S.i 2ro. n the sessPorScod y New Yore
they retire sSSp hs 81 81 and
timer Of retreat and reAppearance vary very
much with the nature Of the season. There
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Tam O'Shanter have at various times beheld.
rhom hoidal scales which are distinctly car
mated above. but loss so on the sides.
The head is large and triangular, and
markedly nattened above. Between tho
eye and tho nostrils there is deep
pit. The number OF rattles varies from flve to
declared that lie once saw a snake with TWEEN.
ty-one rattles The rattle. as 1t is called is