Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-11

pup to walk on his front feet tho 70
: IS SO, but If you are satisfied to bav
have him walk only on his hind fe,
, the fee is only "a. Before he wer
into the dog school business Profezso
wood used to be a lion tanner wit
Barnuw's circus, and before that h
used to do a parachute leap from
hot air balloon.
But in the collection Of querr or
cupations these will take a back sea
when o. W. Mason comes in with hi,
Mr.. Mason lives in Boston and make,
has living by catching snakes. No
the harmless little garden snakes. but
the venomous rattlers and copperheads
the kind that always 20 loaded with
poison. The poison is what he is af
ter. After extracting and boiling II
he sells 1t TO college professors who
arc experimenting with that kind Of
stuff. The bodies are also. bottled mn
and labeled, These 20 over the same
road for the edification Of the stu.
dents. Snake oil is another source Of
revenue for Mr.. Mason. This goes
mostly In toilet preparations. such as
face creams for Identifying the com.
plexiou. Bull snakes are the kind he
catches for that purpose. A nice. heal.
thy bull snake. caught around the fan
Of The year. will yield a dollars worth
Of oil, but If they are not fat enough
when he catches them Mr.. Mason Fat.
tens them up before killing.
" Even Mr.. Mason 3 occupation pales
however, in the light Of that in which
Metzner Of San Antonio. Texas. is en-.
gagcd lie Is employed A. snake
dentist by a firm which sells snakes
to tho many 20 called snake charmcrp.
Motzner's occupation Is removing the
deadly fangs from various kinds Of
80 that the snake eharmers
'an charm them without running any
-isk. He does his work with an ordiu.
iry pair Of scissors and holds the snake
IN his bare haBi while he cuts out ta
.angs. lie has been bitten, 10 be sure.
'ut whom ono OF the patients catch
i'm mapping be does not go for that
snake bite curc-whialry. TtI
= not euro Tor snake bites nt all
.ut merely serves TO keep up tho
trcngth Of the bitten ono until tho
ight rcmody can be- applied. Me,z.
cr'a cure n cnrbolic acid. When he
cts a bite which is not very often.
q cuts tho wouni wido open ami ap.
lies thc acid rather freely.
Speaking Of snakes reminds mo OF
mother queer way Of earning a liv.
~, and coming 20 think Of b We win
ave 90 give tho prize banner 20 Carl
ccrs, who runs big greenhouse In
angor, Mo. Nothing queer about
inning greenhouse, hnt there is
,out Mr. Beers little slice limo oeew Z
liiou. iie uises worms. common, or.
nary angle worms, and sells them 20
hermen, ile gets ~ cents FOR ton
irms. OF fi a hundred, and does "a
.siness Of about $500 a year some
his worms are more than eight inch Z
long and as big around as your larg.
! finger. but these come from some :
ecInl stock Imported from Belgium,
iere they raise the biggest earth
rms iH tho world Dil you know ,
lt earth worms hayosthreo distinct &
.ys of Increasing the familyl They
yo, for "a fact and II you don q want
take my word iust look q mp your. Z
r Fir ihe female lays eggs by The
lus1ri. aul niue humlI. auI uincty. y
.e out uf every thuusaHl eggs hatch. q
ier tte egg ayIus season is over y
. fem1ie ruis uut li,tIe pink suiuas.
these grow iufo worms and drop y
, then when the WORMS get to be- u
p three years Ola tbey break m two 4
A.. each part makes a new worm. As =
aid before, 70 certainly is surprising n
pc queer occupations SOME people
into" ~