Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-07-27

'A4l 30 WANTED a pail VI NlAiG SSDAS'' 80
1t STAN SntiIe-house but not specimen
y edith \ he purchased anywhere. Too
til who Sssz< ous never import them" came
ears. SnIv from numerous dealers. So
rry ham 6 BIOLOGICAL Park began to despair
ley. gfB curing the creatures,
Ns Obhiobhagus cIabS, as the reptile
en- hv 4ssI njcaIlv called, holds undlsputed
Iuis ID cssS among the beasts of the jungle.
# fin M the exception of the mongoos,
olIon, LITTLE animal which delights in
,oIn+. #ssl.b thc deadly snakes, the wild beasts
Con,a II terror from the king cobra, as it
l* through swamp and thicket IN
NksRSs. k9s of other snakes, for it lncllnes
Ssss d cannibalism Most snakes, no
Hss BN sAss how vcnomOus, are shy, but this
lie reptile which calmly kills and
g$ Id dreaded cobra -de-capello, is very
ko& ssive
HAS after long waiting for the king
he Zoo received tidings that three
s2 hens were in New York. Two of
se.| are now in the reptile-house, and
Incidents of their installation will
long in the memories of those
s. have charge Of that building.
Is hin SNYDER. the head keeper of the
gss.E department. | started for the deal
ssEM re- establishment to bag the reptiles and
- 10 them to the park-they were too
sfEndabIe to be trusted to any express
I on8panv Ii one of them should break
. ~ 6ok in transit, dire things might hap
MINI take the cobras from their crate.
NJ them in sacks, md finally in a tee-
" b. bag especially constructed for the
A. bose. we brought a simple apparatus
GT1 y "snakc-sticll," without which the
~ ding of poisonous snakes is more
.Gy than juggling with nitroglycerine.
w T. make a snake stick is easy. Take
Aou pole a long narrow strip of cha
"p'uTensN and two staples; fasten the chamois
, MarxNp tightly to the end of the pole by
an n8 of the staples on one side, where it
las, nAS through staple but partially driv-
Is az en nto the pole
Ito lie he operator holds the pole in one
anne - and the end of The chamois strip
81 be other. When he starts to capture
secur bake he lets out the channels strip
, egHMA it forms a loop at the end of the
CastdpQR This loop is slipped over the
a vi es head and pulled tight.
Par AesidcS the snake-sticl the big tele-
pom seabe bag and two gunny-sacks, we car
tance Eak4 two walls of antltoXic serum and
tellanA npdcrmlc syringe, both OF which
o-daI Mld be needed in case the kingly fangs
v tW, slQllld strike any of us.
$ Jay 'he dealer we were met by his
tb sNK h. who looked worried. I'm afraid
man see wont he able to get the snakes to-
lew naN he SAID. They have been pretty
NNFt lately, but last night there was
E0lble. Somehow the cobras managed
BET out of their cage What's more,
rs kss pie of big pythons got out, too"
My TREND, said one of us, the en-
d al SaHm OF an animal man is not to be
wing Encd by such incidents. Here is
)his 8ttcn order for the snakes Please
most Afd me the key of the snake-room."
has What?' cried the clerk YOU'RE 60
has s8 INTO the room with those demons?'
ing wo OF those snakes belong to us"
. epIled, and we won't go back with
! ~ them"
a MI right all right Here's the key"
" $pondcd the clerk. Il guess I'll send
@ the ambulance while you're on the
p8mc upstairs"
With these sarcastic remarks in our
we started for the snake-room.
20 OF the dealers men accompanied us
the door, One of them turned the
- IN the lock and departed. The other
alne INTO the room. taking his post by
door, Ill order that escape might be
sy.
l he room was about twenty feet long
III htteen VIDE. A number of large,
SS-tronted snake-boxeS lay here and
ere but except a couple of boas piled
petty III the corner of one of the boxes
snakes were visible This was per
Nng enough; and the fact that the
3o pythonS, each about fifteen feet long
re somewhere at liberty was especial
dlScomposng, for pythons are enthu-
>uc III biting and we'll fitted for it with
AA#th about half an inch long.
carried the snake-stick. Snyder had
ened the big telescope-bag and spread
gunny-SackS upon the floor He had
Eked OF blanket in one hand, and
FRIED a heavy Stat in the other In a
pment we saw python coiled in a
Fner' seemingly sleepy and harmless
Look QUIT! shouted Snyder, and his
armng came Just in time. A pale green
ay had quickly risen from behind one
the boxes and stood gracefully in
pose OF the cobra. With its hood
read widely, its mouth partially open.
Its little yellow eyes sparkling wick
~, the reptile looked majestic
h1ng-cobra's mighty good name for
y, my snaky friend y muttered Snyder
he glared at the reptile
hen, true to its hostile reputation,
snake rose higher, with the whiStling
peculiar to the Elapide, and started
g'ide from behind the box. The situa-
'as almost too interesting.
had swung around at Snyder's warn
and faced the snake, which had risen
my left At the same time made
uy the snake-noose, hx before it