The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-18

say: What doth II profit a man II he gain the
whole world and lose his own soul, NM h,,r your c
smart. Pay more heed To the talk OF the priests
than you do, And less to men OF the world"
That all right, NAM Inn banded back
al her" We won't quarrel; never lear as 10
that.
some few nights a%f,erward, when there was
Company al the home Of the Moriari,ys and Old
lin Was away making preparations Tor a proper
celebraion Of the coming ST. paticks Day,
Mary Ellen simperingly remarked,
Nam says you've fixed up that SNAKE story
snakes because they never were snakes IN Ire
land TO Danish. Is that so%'
For sure, Mary Ellen" Tim replied.
Won't you tell us what the professor told your
DO nov. Tim, aviek. Sure, nov, do Ike 10
know things as well as the men"
Now you know what they say happened TO
two women In olden times, through curiosity.
Devil tempted Eve 10 eat the forbidden fruit, ana
the world was thereby doomed. Lots wife was
turned into a pillar Of salt because She was so
fresh as turn TO look back when Solom was bum
ing" said Tim.
well, | don't care, poutcd Mary Ellen, siu,per
inely Il think you're real mean You ought
10 let US know"
Tim was JUS, as anxious To- tell il all as Mary
Ellen and the other auditors were 10 W. told. lie
wished only, however, ihHt they BE- keyed, up
10 the proper tension ppOp'" In their circle When
things are fired at them, pay little heed, even
forgetting what Is being talked about, let alone
the details. Tim wanted everybody ON ten'er'
hooks.
III you must really b. told, that is you wont
rest easy until you are told 4 was up 10 Columbia
College, Mary Ellen, ,ha, wen, 10 learn, about
the snakes and ST Patrick" young Tim began,
ITS a fine place they have up there \othing
half so grand anywhere else on earth | believe
Looks as il they had money To burn
What about the snakes Put IN MARY fllen :
beau, Who though. very sweet ON q sample "i
iIlsh woman wont stand Tor the ms" style o'
VIII you rest a while, sir Tin persisted u
wont ltVp tDln,rs nlsgt oven bV Won They
had rnnrhle floors, as ciane md brighter IVAN
mans kitchen noors, WIN young 1.l"eS siitlnG
or iyinS down on ON, slnokin' Nlgarr''rs
Could any OF ye NUung gentlemen tell me
Wher' the professor 81 geology IL 10 b" iound'
! TO see Lam, said
60 around this corridor NJ g" hnl me onioe
out oil right
! az !nSt as the young fellow san Inn went
on. And what do yon think They sent a
servant man along wa "" 10 Introduce me 10
Vie ~prof'.SGT 81 %TeoloEy,
Noh, rlts, cred cut Mary Ellen's beau Ser,
want man to introduce You 70 tn" PROFESSOR Of
WEI. GO ahead via your story
say nliSther, 20 tined to rush things, and
mi, ,.S} w IN be 1TIn'H rou d,m eTlI2,hsI IL lMdg1s
on hrr OF 'purse Mary fiirh : brnu r..
Well, I was int n. ONO, . one ct ne pro.
irSsors 81 geology, Arthnt iiallork, mat ! was
ushered SAID I'm "A iie looking Young
man OF 81 or 80; IN shirt sleeves, working at his
besN, he was, ! Se4 rtnl'sSoa' ! r%i% N2mli
:, you, ana hope you wont h. thinkin iidlcu-
snakes should not live in Ireland
me All tie climatic situations ana grol1rlrai
data, SO i"r as ! am aver n'@r IN" g'H"ine OF
himself will be surprised Al the success Of their
Propagation .
But YOU know they ae no snakes there
tells the nroieSsor ou,n. ~,
they were no snakes IN Ireland h'rauSe 50 Patrick
baniShed them out, the professor replies. There
ought 10 be snakes there, though, for as SAID
the surroundings are favorable You know
smokes, II has been found, do live wherever man
can live. But they are parts II our country wh"rr
u snake shows itself only to be ann,hlatcd. iIogs
and q snake together But its the snake that
always suffers In Ireland they raise a gre0,
many cattle, and why not hogs They'd wipe
out al the snakes that came along
They do raise hogs plenty q en-, more than
three million a year ! tells the professor. 'Don't
you remember stones told of he plg that IL sid
10 pay the poor mans rent Don't you remPm
brt the picture papers prntln' his photu raph,
and this iutroduction. The man that's to pay
the rent" And So that's the fellow thsts r.
sponSlhle for driving ont tn. snakes that the
good people having been putting On ~. Patrick
all the ages Wonderful
I'D hate t. be understood es saying rs much
as that Prof llallock went on to Explain I
never made Il special study of the subject and
therefore could not be expected " give a salts.
factory oplnitn Intact, know OF no ptoieSsl mai
man who has ever made 4 study ui the subject
| do not know why. There are other cause
that would Interfere pethGps 10 prevent snakes
living IN a place, bat hoga are the only On" mat
occurs 10 me lust now
.Nre any q Yer felIer professors apt Ia have
any different minds q H." subject Than your
own. aHod The professor.
- THINK not he replied. ltsa simple mat
ter, and Yer" can I've no i've OPINIONS Trouble
T. there has been no special study 81 the sub
i@ct at al interesting. though No. ! don I
know Why 1t has. not been studied
thanked iIut Hnilock Tor ms iniotmatIon
and down To- tie Nuseum VI Natural HIST ~
bet t"s myself ! npnt 10 se u" ltuitSnuTo i
Geology, sad I" Ne man IN mil rnn, g"id ana
red brad on guard IN the ~cVrrrlnr lisa long
way yolllI have 10 60 t. zee hun, 81 he makes
reply HES in bermuda There are others
here, the woods are fun q en-, ~ I've sure, | says,
kind q smart Tx"
Who d. You, want the man al m gold lace
and marn11 aXed me
That you have not the Professor in Geology,
could you not name over some NJ the Others
ThatH Do where's the Professor IN Fntomo,
,is pnids II; there tourd n middle aged mani