Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-29
TIE COLONEL ANO THE SNAKE.

 Shocking Outcome Of Che rrofessar's Ez- pertinent In Natural History
 4 well-lSnowR professor of natural history and an amateur taSil1rmist, re. siding in a northern suburb of CH1aTo, was in the city to look Q. some S1r.h American snakes procured for hiu by a local dealer in forciTn animals. The reptiles, says the Iiaes-lieralu, were all that the professor desired The purchase was made. the snakes were chloroformed and the professor placed them in blue cloth bag he had CaT- ried with him for the purpose. Ele.hgu went to the northwestern depot, took seat in tho srnoE-r placed tho bag be- side him on the seat and proceeded to enjoy Q cigar and the afternoon paper.
 On the same train . QulrtcttC Of Cli.-- go business men usu2lly nee. for q quiet rubber on their way Co lhcir sub urban homes. They happened to have their seats on tho other s or lLccis.c from thc professor. On shc opposite side facing the professor. one of the players called the colonel had l4i1 scat. The colonel is known for his weakness for Kentucky juice and carried AL5 ue- nal allowance on this occasion, The play started and so did the train. All of sudden, as the colonel arranged his cards, he happened to look ever to the professors seati he was observed to start, and was evidently disturbed about something. This wac rcpo2god several times during the journey, and the colonel was playing ia bad l-c-. and had to stand the joking of his tcl- low players
 Three of the players he'd now reached their stations and said Good-5y to tho colonel, who had Etslc further ,o travel Suddenly a Pccgll-r hi-a wac heard. The professor scavtcG up, looked at his bag for q second end then with Practiccd hand ca2ght the head oi Q snake pro.ruling rom bag,
 The colonel had been ca interested witnc5s of thc incident, and feeling of relief seemed to pass over his face. Turning to the professor he aoid: so it is real live snakes. Good God, l thought surely l had thomi why in thunder do you carry such bccstly yer min oropnd with you?7 Tho professor explained the reason and that probably one of the snakcs had not been suI- ciently chloroforncd.
 The colonel has had to stand D rood deal of joking since then aut has been inviting his friends to his fayoritc dis pensary,
 Trout Canght When It Is Too Dark to
 See.
 Ip the clear streams of western New York dncluding the celebrated Spring creek of Calcdonial in which ] have hshed for several years it is th7 custom to do a great deal of nisht-,ehinC in July and August as at that season tho large fish seem to be moving and fccd- ing only at night, writeg an angler iu Forest and Stream Many alglcrs there do not start for tho stroam tiN after dark during the hot weather and though smaller trout will rise a. dark as before, the largest ones arc almost invariably taken much later partic- plarly on warm nights
 Of course the leaders and flies used at night are much larger than those Nbtil lh -tlG tle4 k4-A4Ai tsiiNA tl 4N'.A AaaaN not necessary. Jt is the custom let the fly sink, and bit of worm on tho fly is a great help, though, of course, one does not dwell on tbat feature when telling about his catch tho next day. The flies used are the red and brown haczles, grizzly king whito miller, etc
 have taken many trout when it was DO dark l could not sec tho lY on the surface of the water for that matter One pool in particular ! remember that was entirely surrounded and ovcrhung with large forest trees and at ten o'clock at night was as dark as any place I ever snw, yet I have taken trout there often at that hour during August.