The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-16

day. Naturally, the snakes all struck at
my hands just as l was grabbing them
to put them into my bag, and my hands
were a sight. Why, they were all scar
red up.
Nearly all the snakes that bit me struck
with both teeth, so that l had to take my
knife and make a cut between the two
tiny holes to rub the golandrina juice into.
But with all that l never had the least
trouble. The wounds healed up just like
ordinary scratches and that is all there
was to it, At the end of a week my
hands were as well as ever.
Il came near being bit for sure once
while l was out catching about thirty
miles from Phoenix, Ariz., and all because
| didn't have any golandrina with me.
The herb saved me in the end, though.
1T was early one morning. 1 found a
fine RATHER summing himself upon a rock.
He didn't seem very lively, and | stopped
to pick him up. But he was watching
me. and before | knew il his fangs were
into the end of my first finger
IAN at once l realized that l had no
golandrina, and thought of the next best
thing. As quick as a flash | cut a big
cash in the end of my finger and began TO
suck it. At the same time | took big
drink of brandy and called TO my assist
ant. He tied string tightly around the
base of my finger and then went out to
drina.
But the fang must have struck an ar
terry, for my finger began to swell and
so did my hand just back of the string. 1
knew then that the matter was serious.
Then my assistant came back and said
he couldn't find any golandrina. 1t was
not the right locality for it.
Il tied the string back around my wrist.
But that didn't do any good, for the swell
ing kept right on, and in an hour or so
my hand was twice its natural size.
90 We must get TO Phoenix, Jack! l said,
and he hitched up like lightning, and We
started off as fast as the horses would go.
1--WE made Phoenix in about five hours,
and my hand was as big as ham, and
the swelling went clear back to the ell
bow. l really thought l was a goner.
1--WE drove straight TO the Office OF n
doctor who always kept the stuff on hand,
and it didn't take him a second to know
what to do.
He gave me piece of golandrina to
chew, and then damned lot of the juice
right into the wound on the end of my
finger. The swelling stopped right there,
and inside of half an hour began to go
down. Before 1t was time to go to bed
my hand had gone back to Its natural
size and didn't hurt a bit The next
morning it was as well as ever, and l
started back to finish catching rattlers.
Everybody who lives in snake coun-
try ought to keep a supply of golandrina
always on hand. 1t is a kind of milk
weed, with pink flowers If you can get
1t fresh. just squeeze some of the juice
into the wound. But If you have 10 keep
the herb dry, chew a piece of il to a pulp
and put that on 1t will cure every time.
/ will stake my life on It, for l have seen
It used any number of times and never
knew il to fail
Some people say golandrina Is what the
Moqui Indians use after a snake dance.
Maybe it is, but l am not sure, because
the Moquis won't tell anybody. But ! do
know that il Is the only plant growing
around their villages that will cure snake
bite, and l am pretty sure it is what they
use