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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14

Gaset risber iaber eine meiolutiou.
bird wslee s. g. @anbiuer aIs
|elert brsrNeueintbeilanss : gomites
-sRtaafI.h werben iou, cline idurfe De-
bette itatt. S@lieBli9 murbe elm be-
ernge1enbes Subititut, bab elm Ssau=
FER eomite ernannt ruerben fol-, pe(=
ass benz Senat 9eri9t barber ,u err
'ffatten babe, Oh unb mel9e anseiteute
.osS Senats unn0tbis ieien, NIT 81
% Stimmen ansenomm,n. en-
Der Sreitassfisunsim Sauie Ioten lid
Grlesuor 19iase unb gomite: geridte
einanber ab. Das @omite fur 8a6f=
anseleSenbeiten beridtete bic gia be-
tTefts zines au9emeinen Wablaeieses
.ogne gmpfebluns an bass aus ,urif.
rpurben eiusebra@t, Iuelde
Ser19arfiitSen Der fir Bferbe6iebitahl
fton beitegenben geIese be,meden.
Ste Siguns bes Senats In Gam.
1fes Vorntttas mar ni9t Don lanaer
9shiier. Webrere Bills uurben Elm.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14
Sternfbnuppem.

Sin Oi9ter" MID bic 9elbentbaten
Der Srau Station bramatiliren. go
cine Sbee! Oas Yablifum bat bod
ni9ts uerbroden!
Saulbsit sebt iebr lansiam, fsin
@unber. baB iie meiit BON Der Orr
multi einsebolt pirb.
mau fast, es fei" Bier tein gerlab
auf bic Sabresseiten? . bod! Sm=
mer, uenn's Sribiabr balS fommen
iou, fdnst Der @inter an!
Sn Suutinston, 8a. bat biee taot=
perpaltuus cine Eelepbonleituns an=
selest, beren 8enisuns Ser 8irsers
i9aft toltenfret CUR 8erfisuns ftebt.
Bon ben '9intermd(blern in 8irsinia
fam man@e @robftabt etpass lernen.
2aut grfenntniB, asines SEEM Ser
lep'er &idters betrast Der Wertb bes
Qebens zines &in6eS einer' Dollar
Oabei fdGt ginent unrpiQfirli9 ein,
bab fur bas &ennpferb n6ambursA
$50, 600 be3ablt wurben.
X
Nh
Gin M(bermart elmer Stabt I'm We=
'ften lit i'm S@laf ie@Sebu Meilen &c:
manbert. gr trdumte uermutbli@, es
.iet Ste 3eit Dor elmer @abl. Inn bteIt
3eit liest's ia alien 9olitifern tn Der
.@fiebern, bab ite nlaufen" woueu.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14
Ser &6mee.


GS peben bic flberuen Woden
Serab in wirbelnbem Gang.
Wtir i6miideub bic latternheu 2oden
0tit weiBem. ;ierli6en Srans.
unb iiber bic Grbe lie breiteu
Gin pranseub, sldnsenbes Sleio,
Sas mabnt al oas Gommen unb Sheiben
Der fii6tis i6winbenben Seit.
Can't fallen bic slisernbeu Sliitben
SeS S6uee's auf Strau1 unb auf Saum,
1lnb oh al Gem waltet Elm Srieoen,
SiiB wie beler9enber Sraum.
So6-9lei6 wie s~errinnt unb persebet
SeS SSinters eiliser Slid,
90 i6winbet aud l6nel unb perwebet,
Gas trerlos tris ride Slid.
Drum tran ui6t benz Sddelu oeS @liides,
Us I6piaoet ibnel pie Der S6nee;
@ebor6eub Der 0fabt oeS @el6ides,
Gnti6webt'S III blGuli6er Dob.
God wenn i'm %liBponniseu eense,
Die 9iebe i6mei6eluo Dir la6t,
Damn bri6 nIr bic bliibenoen Sranse,
Sier enoet bes gSinters Mta6t.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14

iatSotu utu blv, ~ uG-l
nidat INNER cass perfebst, maue.
,uErssn.
Sas Preisa ampf gerbo., ioatee "a
Sanlten elmer Sorerei spii6en benz
~ebampion" Series uno, Mrs. Nas
tion, obne Sanbl@ube, fsx,einen Sag
%anfseboben rerben.
y
Ni9t meaiser alS 1900 Yerlanen
iinb Bel beras@ eordnseg mdbrenb, bes
8esrabnifeS Der &0nisin @iaoria
perlebt wcTSen., go pals, bic alfri9s
tig trauernl
Nun stsbt's aud. eiaea. S9uablder,
Sruit. 9as lift, iibrissns gang in Der
Orbnun9; baB aud ale M8@8h9er
BON einaw Sruit hsrse{teut. mer6en,
Sa ia bad uon Gpbi&i 3 Waea uertrlts
itet it,.
~
ocs. .gauls ,gaStraft 1T wieaep
u~oltanbiS' berseiaat morhsn. Sras=
benz Ut er nidt las tanbs. gnslanbs
9altpnS NIT anbasea Quaan ansaissen.
Ginen @lasselnit rpia man in ct.
eexis fur, bic, seplants @eltassItet=
flung BON 1903 erridtan. @sna es
Gsiril@unssn basiu siebt, iollssn fd
pie unternebauer bod Lieber erf nit
Hrau Eatioas IT,, 9eSAinbuna ieben.
i X
Wenn Der Srablias femaat, folien
bic Sruppsn. bers nesbinbetsn Wa9te
@bina, ~uerlaiien,. Sins Der iebt popu=
lariten Sieber IN gbina lautet: Sic
BET Srablins, comm bod balbl4
sOaB' Der aIar6inss iebr uerbieaits
uoqei@ enerak@ ouueraeur pon Cuba,
Der 9olontdr @eneral 8oob, uelder
uOr bret Sabsen nod meiter ni9ts pie
WilitdrarSt uit 9auptmannrans rpar,
gum @enera4 u~nlerer 9inien : Mrmee
ernannt marbe, lit etmas, mas i9rper=
lidl ie in elmer europdii9en Mrmee
porsetoralnea lit, in &uBlanb aus=
senommen, no Der 9sibfuti9er ses
Egsaren unb bic erite faiierlt9e 6e=
balnrne Sbriitenrans baben, unb banu
pieasidt in Der Sirfei, no Der Gull
tan etnrnal einen gornetbldier, neil
ibm Der &apellmeiiter Oonisetti als
talentuolen Mulifanten unb brauen
Weni9en Elm lobenbes 3eusniB aus
fteQte, fnaI unb faa gum Maior err
nannte.
x
Oie gubaner baben I'm, Wiebergs=
fattuns Der s abnentdmpfe nadseiu9t
Sin6 ofenbar nod gar ni9t amerifaz
niiirt, bic suten 9eut9en, fonit bitten
fe es uns ldnsit absesudt, ruie man
iolde @erbote urnsebt, unb baB.. bas
8erbot erit re9t bas Sntereiie fur herr
artise S@auiteIunsen erb0bt.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14


len ; cine brittle mel9e pas crrDsessu
Der Saii6uns i'm britfen 9rabe BETS
nirt, bas BARN beitebt, Siesel Wit=
g~ltebsyurten ober anbere 4bseiaeu
einerr neutrality-suspicious., Grabe un4
ion, II. +. no., nadSuma6en, gu an
BERN. II. brsl. Oie Citrate FIR rleber=
tretuns bes @eieses ioll Bis gu finf
SaAre l3u6tbaus betrasen. sSSR Iau=
ie luurbe Samitas cine Bill einse=
|reidt, wel9e S9aHuns zines Staats=
Grsiebunssratbs poriiebt, Der bonn
@ouuernsur ernannt ruerben lou; fer=
aer cine, Bin, nsl9e beltimmt, saB
hin Stndfins OUT ParQle e%ntlafeu
Euerben tunn, mean er ni@t minbefens
Rbie 9aafte ieiner Strafssit abseiefeu
lbat. Sod ioIen ielbft ,au 2ebensseit
Ierurtbeilte auf Parole Isntlaf1en ruer~
ben taaneu. Oies @eIes lit elm 8er=
Eiud, bic @ebriter gospssr gu besnaz
btsea. Senat unb 5aus pertasten
lid Samitas ruesen I2iaeoln's Sc
burtsias bis Wittmoa aNa9mitta8 3
1lbs.
Die 9elnsmt9atfa Set fanatii@eu
Trau Station in .Ranlas baben ber
8rabibitious= II. Eemperensffase pie=
Der einmal gu elmer SasesotbnuHss=
|Steluns uerbolfsn,, unS ba in Rem
|gort sleidseitis per, &awpf sesen bas
Don SammaHp sgeidhste eafter i'm
|@anse lift, 70 bemaAtist itd bas ee=
lansweilte ameritqniide. @oltssemdtb
Der @elesenbsit Anbr ma@t NIT .9iIfe
non. berufenen unb, unberufenen
Wenidbeitsrsttern In Sostalreform.
Oas auftretsn Der Srau Station lit
elm perbienfli6es @ert. Mon bari
es nur nidt pom Stanbpunft Der az
ten @eiber. in unterr0fen unb Sofen
beurtbeileH, bic pom slei9em seiitise1
&aliber Die, bic Srau. fid in bpfteri=
iden 2oGpreiiunsen tbres &reunuses
er9eben, au9 atdt Der 1tumpffinniseu
9eiesseoer pom. &anlas, bic nit
S9afssebulh cine Strafprebist pom
ibr .biane6men- Som ausemeinen
Stanopuntt Der, 0ffentli9en Morot
aber. 1T bas @erf rber fanatiiden gi=
ferinAanerfenneuswertb, benn es leutt
bic aufmerflamfeit auf bic abiurbe
Staauus, in, msI6er iid Der Staat
F&eafas in Der Nrobibitionsfrase be-
fiRbet. Oie J@.aatsuerfaiiuus ertldrt
bsu 9erfauf Don. seitisen @etrdnfeu
ffilir abiolut auseieslid unb uerbietet
ibn, bic @ertreter Der Staatsautoritdt
aber erfenRen. bic llnm0slidfeit Der
Dur9fabrunss bes Serbotes on unb
i6lieben. Smilden bieiem unb Dem
Ourite, berr @sp0lteruns elm fantes
gompromib,, inter wel@em iie &C.
swuH8en iinb, ben 2iquoruerfauf 80
seitatter, asn ni9t gu bulben fe bur9
ibren Glib. aaf bic Serfahuns uer=
fiatet finb.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14

: Nadt elmer rOmii9eu Sepei@e mdre
bic 8saleihuns unleres apoitolii@en
tOelssaten Msisr. Sebaitiano Wartis
.,elIi nit benz @arbtnalpurpur nunmebr
beldloifeae Tbatia9e, unb aus @aib<
wirb b~eitdtisenb mitsetbeilt, baB
.bss bobe 9err ii6 bereits CUR abreife
.raite. Oas goniiitortunt, auf mel.
9sm hiele grnennuns erfolsen iou.
'wirh i'm Wdrs itattfinben. OaB
Wfsr. Martineui unter BEN Auser=
.mdbtten iet, bot Ser suuerldiIise
rSmilte Correspondent Der &olniI9eu
8oltsssituns bereits Witte Sanuar
leinem 8latte beri6tet unb binsugefist
SaB er bic 0a@ri@t fur uabri@einli@
balte, ba Wisr, Wartineui periona
sratiiiua I'M, @atitan lit, beinabe
pier Sabre ais apoitolii9er Oelesat
in Waibinston sebient bat, unb feline
grbebuns ips beilise goIesium sts
benz cine Genustbuuns fur ben Orben
Der gopuentualen Nusuitiner ietn
rpirbe, Sie i9on LANCE einen @arbi=
nallis, Fir zines ibrer Witslieber be-
anipgpden. go beutet MaeS barauf
FIN. baB Der &abeliunse biesmal
wjatli@ etmas lduten seb6rt bat.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-22
SECRETARY GAGE EXPLAINS
DUTIES ON RUSSIAN SUGAR

suiar officers in Russia. this department
has arrived at ih. conclusion THAT Rus
sia Indirectly pays or b-srows = bounty
ON the export of sugars. within the
meaning OF s.ction . Of the net Of July
~. 1897, and consequently thar II wns
my duty under the Law 10 proclaim the
net amount of such is1unti"s for nss.-~s-
m-nts Of additional duties. which was
done by departments circular No. Ia. 0f
February II. 1901.
''it ~ To L. regretted that the itus'
sian minister OF iinanc- should have
considered this action Ia the ilsh' II IA
discrimination on our part against Illus
sian commerce. n- stated In our rcC-hi
daily press, ani have withdrawn from
our import. into liussin III. privileges
Of the conventional tnriff of TINT coun-
try tn which the United States IL -nti-
tied under the most favored nation
clause In our tr-niy Of commerce and
navigation with Russia Of isst..
''Th- allegation Of discrimination mp
pears to L. unfouni-i In Vi-w Of III.
fact that sugars coming from other
bounty i,nylns countries. such as
frunc,.. Germany. E-lEiuin, I'll. Meth
crinnd-, etc. nr- subjected to addition
nj duties under said section .. nnd that
unless the above stated conclusion OF
the department in reversed by -oinp's
tent tribunal. the exemption 81 Russian
sugars from additional duty would
rightly L. regarded ns u Discrimination
against them aud In favor Of Russia.
1T IN hoped That upon u proper pre-
s.niniion of the matter To the RussiHn
government by our Department OF
State. the reported or,icr of the Russian
minister OF finance viii bc revoked"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-22
SENATE SENDS ARAPAHOE
BILL TO THE SUPREME COURT

by taking from the Legislature the
right To- govern Denver and other cities
OF the first and second class, creating
fourth or municipal department OF gov
crnmcnt.
The Rush hill amends eleven ar'i-
clcs," he said. III you can pass That
Rush I'LL. amending ns II does eleven
articles OF the constitution, YOU can
tack ON every other amendment pro-
posed In this body. II you can lump to-
gcthcr this school clause and this con
solIdation clause. you eau get all your
amendments. the cIght.hour law, the
Taylor I'M. the Parks blil and NIL the
rest of them. In one omnibus bill and
pass them all at once. The section on
schools should he nmcndniory to article
nine. The part relating to cities OF the
first and second class is amcndatory to
article thirteen. and the remainder Is
gcrmanc to no article In the constitu-
ton"
He attacked the bill on the subjcc;
OF taxes. saying there was no provision
FOR the assessment Of taxes and no
guarantee that the property OF the new
city and county OF Denver would be
taxed at all.
Senator Rush objected to this. and
read sections covering the point.
Senator Whitford replied by saying
he had looked In vain to find what
powers were conferred on the city OF
Denver. Either there were none or
else they We're all-absorbing. He then
read the section relating to n new char
ter. which he said was dangerous ard
alarming. comforting illimiiablc power
upon the charter convention. with i'm
munity from the executive. judicial
and legislative authorities Of the state.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-22

Washington. Feb: l9.-in speakin.
to-day Of his r-c-n, order imiosin. u
couniervaiiins duty on iiussinn sugars,
Secretary Gage said:
1T ID not u question OF what the
manufacturers desire. or think ought TO
b@. II is not "a question OF what the
sugar rciin-rs or our beet raisrfs de-
sire. or think ought To b.. II In u au-ss
tion purely Of law md fact. The scss-
rcinry Of the treasury II sworn to en-
force the law. not To make laws The
late decision ns To the liability of itus-
sian sugar To pay n counicrvnillns duty
IL hasri ON the departments nppF-iich-
sion of the law and of III. facts. The
board Of general appraisers nv u body
constituted by Congress especially Ia
hear nni ju,iicinily dcicrtnin. disputed
questions Of law nnd OF fnct CROWN.
out Of the administration of customs
laws. Our own citizens TAX. their
grievances there nni III. Importers OF
Russian sugar may take their .ricv-
nnccs ticr-. The way ls oi~n for the
prompt hearing and determination OF
their grievance ns soon NJ they appear.
II made. II lies with them io consent
by silence. or tn seek n judicial review
through III. avenue that our laws pro-
vide
The secretary Inns received n number
Of inquiries In regard To his recent ne
ton. and to-day he sent answers sub
stnntiniiy ms follows:
II have to inform you That after care.
fni consideration Of the effects of the
Russian law and regulations upon the
price Of that commodity for home con.
sumption and the price for expectation.
ns cxcmpiifci In reports from our con-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-22
MRS. NATION Is NOW
LODGED In JAIL

Iopcka. Kan. Feb. 10.-Mrs. Carrie
Nation is now in the county Jail as
result of her trial on peace warrant
before Judge Hazcn to-day. The war
rant was sworn to by the Mocser Cold
Storage Company. whose plant Mrs.
Nation entered yesterday morning.
Mrs. Nation acted as her own attor-
ney in the trial. Judge HaZen placed
her under $1,000 bond to keep the peace
and ordered her to appear before him
at the next term of court. Mrs. Nation
refused to give the bond and said she
would go to Jail. She is now detained
in the hospital rooms of the county jail
where she will probably remain for
some time.
Mrs. nation sat behind her attorney
and spent most of her time writing up
on a small tablet. The argument was
commenced by the defense and Attor-
ney Dumcnil cited many authorities. In
speaking of the first case rs Il parallel
to Mrs. Nations smashing he said: 1T
is found in the Bible in the temple. We
find by Matthew that Christ entered
the temple and abolished that nuis-
ance."
Mrs. Nation became restless rs the
trial progressed and paid but little at
tcntion to the lawyers, but walked
about the court room whispering with
the spectators and the members OF the
Home Defenders.
me court took n recess of ten min
utes and when the argument was re-
sumed Mrs. Nation walked about the
court room. and. detecting the fumes
of tobacco, said: Somebody is smok
ing here. Better stop 1t for it smells
bad
Judge McCabe, when the argument
was closed. said:
1.-THE question is new and important
and entities 1t to Il thorough consider
alton. l shall take such time rs seems
necessary to me, as we have no decis-
ion of our own supreme court. The
court will announce n decision Thurs
day morning at 8 o'clock"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03
SNAKE SIN ELLERS.
\ SINGLE SERPENT PERCEPTIBLE
HUNDRED YARDS OFF.

The Scent Is a. InfaIIible ms That OF
the Best Hunting Dogs Nose for
Game-snake Feet an old Time
Fact-Where the GLASS or joint
Snake Really Begins.
OF all the human race, possibly the
black moiety keeps the liveliest enmity
against the serpent. a darby instructive
" hates a snake-stin he will not kill
one unprovoked, IL there is a handy way
of getting round it. The ploughmen who
break up old grasslands in the Middle
South have superstition that 1t is bad
luck, the worst in the world, to kill the
first snake you plow out, though it is
excellent good luck to fing him alive into
the fire so as to make him show his feet.
Negroes believe firmly that all snakes
have feet. How come else dee runs so
fas?" they ask: zoe snek, he des' so
sateful, he tromp so fas' you CANT see
he foots-he feared eff he show UNI, white
folks gwine ketch i'm, an set him dom
som'p'n slider takin' he pledjur-time
crawlin' though de grass"
The plough turns out many snakes. Old
grassland is broken in winter or the ear
Lest spring, while still the reptiles hiber-
nate in deserted mole-runs. The more
venomous among them, as RATHER, cotton
mouths, and puff-adders, also the water
snakes, sometimes choose instead caves
and crannies in sunny waite. side bluffs,
where they can crawl out upon dry
lodges and sun themselves alive, as soon
as st. Patrck's Day is over. There they
lie motionless for hours, not even blink
ing at the sun, though 1t may shine full
in their beady eyes Now and then a SER
pent waves himself ia .ntly from head to
tail or licks out a feeble tongue if a
CROW caws too loudly overhead. 1t is
curious fact that even knot of summing
snakes will not make itself so perceptlble
to negTos nose, as a single serpent
harboring in the furrow. 1t is not every
negro who can smell a snake a hundred
yards off. The power indeed var es great
ly. Where it exists it is as infaliible as
the best hunting dogs nose for game.
Another odd thing is that the snake
smelers are, to a man, much more afraid
of snakes and all their works, than any
of their compeers.
Harking back to the matter of snake
feet, 1t is just possible the darkybelief
is a traditional survival of old time fact.
All snakes have rudimentary vestiges of
feet, and in one species a least the YES
tiges are so pronounced they show as
spurs all along the sides. Snake-structure
is enormously curious. The vertebrate
range in number from three hundred to
thirty, but are invariable in each species.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03

pursued he casts off other joints until
only his head and perhaps a foot of his
body remain The remnant is stout and
thick. It has need TO be. since into it are
crowded a full set Of snake-v ta.s.
Once safe away the snake lies quiet
bit in the sunshine. Then if there Is
no further alarm, he crawls back seeking
the fragments of himself. He seems TO
follow his own trail, no matter how de-
yous, and as soon as he comes to
cast off joint, backs himself against ii,
and re-attaches it. This keeps up I'M
til he is made whole. Evidently the re-
is an exhausting process, as
after 1t, the reptile will lie perfectly stin
for hours, unless roughly disturbed.
In all natures mechanism are few things
more deft or better contrived than the
provision for casting off these joints and
picking them up again. The FIRST of them,
the tail tip, is. of course the smallest.
Al the break, the end of it fits accurately
within a projecting ring-scale. There
are further three small holes in the face
OF 1t to receive three small gristly pro-
jections from the other process. Every
Joint is the same. But at breaking apart
they do not bleed. Indeed there IS no
evidence of any sort of circulation. Yet
circulation there must be, else the detach-
able joints could not be nourished. There
are from four to seven joints in the back
of the snake. varying less according to
size than to habitat. Sometimes the
Joint snake reaches a length of six feet.
but commonly he is less than three.
Martha NJ. Williams.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03
Origin of the Toast.
George B. Mallon. in Ainglee,s

George B. Mallon, in Ainslee's.
'If the celebrated Beauty Of Bath in
the days of Charles II, who was the or
iginal toast had been identified by the
Taller, when it traced the derivation of
this word, which two centuries ago was
a pleasant and entirely unnecessary ex-
cuse for much drinking, one important
phase Of the social season in New York
might be dedicated to her. The distin-
guished editors of the Taller were some
what lacking in news sense, according to
modern standards. They didn't search the
musty inn records of Bath for the lady's
name, and probably secondary meaning of
the word toast has ever since been ac-
cepted as adequate A celebrated beauty
was discovered in the Cross Bath by some
of her admirers, one of whom took a
glass of the water in which she stood and
drank her health. Another gallant, we'll
fuddled with wine offered to jump in and
swore that although he liked not the
liquor, he would have the toast. this be-
ing an allusion 10 the usage of the time
of drinking with toast at the bottom
of the glass. This whim.' says the Tat
Ter, naively, gave foundation to the pres
ent honor which is done to the lady we
mention in OUT liquors who has ever
since been called a toast"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03

ling, the snake gives himself a
sort of cork-screw motion, circling the
young trunk completely perhaps twice
in passing up three times his own length.
Notwithstanding, snake can go
straight up a smooth surface. Further
he can crawl lying fiat against the I'M
der side Of an almost horizontal bough.
He can also come down the tree head
foremost, as easily as he went up it, But
if 1t pleases him, he will drop lightly
from high upper Dough, and land on
the ground apparently unconscious of the
fall
A knot of water snakes swimming and
playing in a clean limestone creek is a
liberal education In gracious curves and
gllnting colors. Especially water mecca
sins They have copper-bronze coats, with
fine diamond-grained scales, and taper
eXquisitely towards both oXtremities.
They are accounted poison snakes, but
their shape makes against 1t. Almost all
Venomous snakes are disproportionately
short and thick. The puff adder gets his
name from his peculiar habit of initiating
himself when angry. He is an impudent
fellow, with a rusty black coat, pugna-
cous, especially in early spring. If YOU
trespass upon his beat he will dart at
you, swelling vislbly kissing aloud and
daiting out his wicked-looki ing forked
tongue. But he is for all that an arrant
coward, as clustering braggarts are apt
to be. If you run he will chase you, but
II you stand your ground, or make a mo-
ton to strike him, he shrinks one half
and scuttles off to the thickest cover.
Still he is not so queer as the glass
snake or ioint-snake, of whom the book
men are still incredulous. He exists for
oil that, not too plentifully to be sure.
but in reasonable numbers all along the
historic parallel, Sc degrees 90 minutes
That is to say from the Carolina seaboard
TO the western edge Of Arkans, and
Missouri. II he extends further west the
fact has not been reported. He is brown
a sort Of earth brown, with a deeper
blacldsh-brown stripe down the middle
of his back. His coat is net scaly. In
stead It Is CLASSY He has a per-
fecuy fiat triangular head, and runs with
incredible sWiftness. II Is almost id e
10 think Of catching II m in mi summer
or autumn. The best time TO observe
his peculiar ways T. early spring. lust as
the pillow turns him out into raw March
world
A first he looks ana acts like any tor
pid serpent. by and by when the -un has
a little onlivoned him tile him with
Hight blows from keen switch and
watch what happens. a. the Grst le starts
q bit. che second makes bin aqu.rm. the
third sen him Hhiylurg thr0Ir out his
length. Than bee begins Go think tbrre
must bo s0methiuR doing Tho mot ming
a 40 cast on % Joint or fo ~ hlmaeiG.
ana seutne away 90 bert Doc can. n