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New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
Snakes Grow New Fangs

IT is not generally known that when the fangs Of
a poisonous snake are removed new fangs grow
quickly in their place At the back Of each fang
(serpents have two special teeth, or fangs) are
smaller ones VARYING IN size, but all growing
steadily and awaiting their turn 70 take the place
Of the previous one. Every SIX or eight weeks a
fullgrown fang IS shed, but not until the one n-ne-
diately behind II IS connected with the poison
gland and ready Tor work does the old one drop out.
Occasionally this fang viii be found left sticking in
some unfortunate animal which has been bitten In
the case OF fangs being pulled out the poison sack
remains, and tiny scratch from the poisoned Jaw
teeth OF the serpent would endanger the life Of
man.
This same snake-charner told me that after
extracting the fangs of a snake he always put a
piece of loosely cloth IN front OF it in order
to make II cleanse its jaw teeth from the poison by
striking through and through the texture. Great
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

the idea has doubtless arisen from .act tha
when they are attacked or rlClrs--l "a anvra-
they erect their quills. and with q s--c- ow gIve,
sidewIse drive their quills mo me e-- Tbev
QllllS 90 nOr WO-S out DC- II and --- ANIMAL
nave been found n either q starring 1l-iOn O
starved 70 death, from the tact rha- -= --:s Of
pOrCupine have 50 penetrated rheI- --hs an
thrOats that II has been impossible t1- en- 70 e
or drink
Another fallacy is that prairie dogs. rz--esuaEs,
and blIrrOwIng owls al i've n -he same burrov-
together. This IS absurd, because n --e -sc plao
the snakes would quickly put Al end - e ursir.
dog, and the prairie dog II Is turn wo.1 quickly
put end 20 the owls. To save The ----6le an
labor Of making burrow for itself -Ie --rrovjr1
owl will often take refuge N any bu--0w aich ha
been abandoned. and i nav Be THAI the fact q
having been found n the bu-r0w Of g-a.-ie DC.
gave rise 70 this idea
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

ewes 70 keep track Of them all and even then he
would be unable to use the magnetic power in the
eve often spoken Of. This is one Of the greatest
fallacies which ever existed It IS the brain and
nothing practically TO do with the eye. although
that might express courage, determination, and
patience Watch any wild-anirnal performance and
You Will notice that many OF the best tricks
are done by the animals when the trainer is not
looking at them.
- u ina any ilidL II99 1il9 me e'eIE I1IiI
of his eyes being turned away. 1t IS because the
animal is treacherous, and knows by instinct that
ANYTHING with its back turned toward it Is more
defenseless Else why is it that all animals spring
from the rear Of their prey, All the felines jump
for the throat; but they invariably jump when the
victim has its back toward them.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

IN spite Of the progress Of knowl-
edge, old-fashioned illusions
- about wild animals still hold
their own. To begin with, the belief
that the human eve can control a
wild creature is held by many people
and intelligent people. too-not-
withstanding the many proofs in
evidence against It at the present
time. How many men have proved
that they have been able to con-
troll a wild beast by simply looking
at It. 1t may possibly seem so to a
casual observer; but take the case
Of a famous lion trainer, who at
one time went into the arena with
twenty-seven lions at a time, the
largest number in the world ever
grouped together.
With these twenty-seven animals
all around him, moving in different
directions and ne himself turning
from side TO side 10 direct them, it
will readily be seen that he would
want more than a dozen pairs of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30

acquired the most fabulous value as soon as
the gossips spoke of it as likely place in
which pirate would hide his ill-gotten gains,
and the news that a stock company had
Of actually digging for treasure in that local
ity had famed the excitement into blaze.
Under such circumstances, it is not to be won
dered at that Bob's friends were literally
speechless with astonishment because of his
announcement, and so was able to continue
his story without interruption.
"You know that Spanish sailor who came
here two weeks ago pretty near dead, when
father let him stay in the old house, and
mother sent him things to eat? Well, this
morning the doctor said he wouldn't ever get
up again; so when carried him his dinner,
and told him that old black Sue was to come
over to take care of him, he said he had a
secret that he didn't want should die with
him, and he was going to tell me because it
was my father and mother that had been so
good to him Then he took this out from
his shirt, and told me it would show just
where to get an awful lot Of money. An old
sailor gave it to him away off in some other
country, and he'd been doing his best for three
and had been very sick twice, and as soon
as he did get near to where he could go to
work, he became i'll again. He made me prom
ise not to tell anybody but the fellows I'd
take with me to get the money, because he
said he'd been chased for most a year BY a
Spaniard who knew about his having these
directions"
"Open it! open it! Let's see what's in
side,' cried Percy, in tone OF great inter
est.
And Dud nearly stood on his head in his
attempts to make an examination of the out
side Of the package.
With trembling hands, Bob began to remove
the covering of dressed sharkskin, of which
there appeared to be a large quantity. Fold
after fold was undone, until a small piece of
what looked to be parchment, stained and
yellowed by time, was exposed to view
Bob's voice was as unsteady as his hands
when he read, after considerable difficulty
the following words:
Go to the bay or inlet that makes in from
the north side of Egg Key, Sarasota Bay. At
sunrise the extreme end of the shadow of a
large palm a quarter of mile south from the
head Of the inlet will tell where you are to dig
for what must be read together, for one ex-
plains the other. Then the treasure will be
yours.
When Bob ceased reading, the three boys
stared at each other silently for fully two,
minutes, and then Percy said: t,
''What does it mean by digging for what
must be read together?' That doesn't sound
as if we'd find any gold"
s"There must be gold or the sailor wouldn't
have worked so hard TO get here. We shall
know what it means after we've dug at the
place. and when we come home with our boat
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30

loaded with treasure, / reckon some of Ne
boys will open their eyes. But don't lets
talk about anything except how we'll get
there"
let us go on cruise. It's about turtling time
and they'll think we're after lad,' said
Percy. "Then, if we have to come home fol
anything, we can bring few with US, and
put 'em in this crawl Nobody will mis-
trust what we're after if we fix it in that
way"
There was, indeed, nothing to prevent the
boys from starting in search of the supposed
treasure, in case they could gain the consent
Of their parents, for they jointly owned q
never been any objection made to their taking
cruises that were prolonged for weeks.
A trip to Sarasota Bay was by. no means
dangerous one, although considerable time
might be required if the wind was not favor
able, 1t would only be necessary to run down
Hillsborough into Tampa Bay, and from
there, inside the keys, to Sarasota. They had
made the trip many times with the sponge fish
ers, and were confident they could pilot the
Jaquita without difficulty.
''Who knows how to find Egg KeyY Bob
asked, with a troubled look, when they had
Just begun to lay their plans
Tonic can tell us, and I'll ask him to-
night, replied, Percy, referring to an old
turtle SaT usher: who was ever ready to aid the
N w 'iiu OuV ~ VIC Can make Lne
trip. Let's run home now, and come back
as soon as we know whether we can CO."
The idea was good one, and after the
precious document had been carefully replaced
in its sharksin envelope, and buried in the
sand, the three separated.
Half an hour later they were at Moody,s
crawl again, all looking so particularly bappy
that it was superauous for either of them to OK.
plain that the necessary permission had been
granted. Neither was so fortunate as to he
the son of a rich father and, since it was DOS
sible for them to earn at least fair wages at
turtle catching, their parents were quite will.
ing to have them begin work ON their own
account.
The Jaquita's mooring- place was near the
turtle pen, and on board of her they perfect.
ed their plan, which it would be necessary
to carry out with due regard to economy. for
the united wealth Of all three would not have
suffced to purchase such luxuries as more ia.
vored boys have come to regard as necessities.
Two army muskets rudely fashioned over
into fowling-pieces, hooks, lines, fishspears.
shovels,- axes, a hatchet, a few pots and pans,
and limited supply Of provisions were ali
that was absolutely needed, and there was no
reason why the important cruise should not
be begun on the following morning.
Dudley Pratt agreed to have the equipment
on board that same evening. Percy prom
ised to learn from Antonio the location Of Egg
Key, while Bob was to pay a last visit TO the
sick sailor. in order to get from him such
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30

Eeg4gSHI Spanish felucca, or it would be more
correct to say that she had been;
but after the boys purchased her
from old Antonio for thirty dollars and the
first dozen turtles they caught, her rig had
been slightly altered. She was about forty
feet in length, with curved bow, falling in
board. The hull was painted black, with
narrow white streak along the wales, SO rude
ly defined as to show unmistakably that her
owners were unsklful ship painters.
In this hull, the deck of which had been
sunk within few inches of the water-lne,
was small, low cabin, sufficiently large to
afford sleeping accommodation for six, and
ties as the three boys might capture on any
one trip.
The Jaquta had short stump of mast,
raking forward, with stout, ropes for hosting
was bent. The jib, which was cut on the same
pattern as that which might be termed the
mainsail, was hoisted from the head of the
awkward looking mast to the very peak of
the bowsprit, and however clumsy the craft
appeared, there was no one who could deny
that she was the fastest boat ever seen on
Hillsberough Bay.
That the treasure-seekers slept very little
on the night before the eventful voyage be:
gan may be inferrd from the fact that an
hour previous to the appointed time they were
ON board the Jaqnita, and when the sun first
peeped above the horizon the old craft was
breastins the long, heavy swell Of Tampa
Bay.
Each of the crew had performed the task
which had been allotted to him. Dudley had
brought on board such of their belongings as
were not already there; Percy had secured
from Antonio crude home made chart of the
keys in Sarasota Bay, with Egg Key marked
in bold relief and he was probably the only
person in Tampa who could have given the
information for the island jim question had not
been known BY that .appelation for many
years.
. When first asked the old turtlecatcber had
declared that there was no key Of that name
in the vicinity; but after much cudreing of
his memory, he recalled the fact that. when
he was very young, one of the coral islands
OF the sarasota group was sometimes spolxen
of as Egg Key, because it arose rrom the wa
Continued on FoIIaSvinS p.--
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30

Hx1&IM Florida, called a very hot day when
sssaW Percy Morris and Dudley Pratt, two
boys about sixteen years old, were
walking slowly down the shady side of the,
street toward the white, glistening beach of
the bay, as Bob Pearson, particular friend
OF 6ssn;sn the same e. age, hailed them;
:. DesPite the intense heat, Bob was running
at fuil speed, and waving so energetically in
the ar singular looking package that Dud-
ley, who was not a remarkably brave boy.
grew quite frightened, fearing lest young Pear
son Iax nad suddenly taken leave of his senses.
patiently. as he tried IN vain to see what Bob
was shaking at them vigorously. "Wby don't
you tell US what has come over you?"
Come down to Moody's turtle crawl. I've
got tne biggest thing you ever heard about"
And Bob started off at brisk walk. looking
wonderfully important, and apparently pay
ing no heed as to whether his friends fol-
lowed him or not. Indeed, there was very
ar n5te reason IN to I fancy that they should not go
mystery about him that they would have been
ready to travel very much further than to
the deserted turtle crawl, which had the ap-
pearance OF % chicken pen that had been half
abandoned by its owner, and was favorite
rendezvous of these three boys when anv grave
consultation was to be held.
When they arrived at this unfreouented
spot, Bob began to unfold his wonderful news
by asking, as he held the thin, fat package
out toward Percy:
''What do you suppose that is?Y
1T looks like a piece of sharkskin," was
the matter-of-fact reply.
That Is what the outside is; but what is
in it tells where pirate buried his gold
and all that we have got to do is to dig
it out"
There was no doubt but that Bobs words
caused quite as profound an impression as
he had expected. For as many years as the
boys could remember they had heard the peo-
pie in the village speculate as to where sew
eral Of the notorious freebooters had buried
their wealth, for it seemed to be the settled
treasure had been concealed in the vicinity,
and never removed. ~
During the past year the "fever," as some
called it,. had broken out anew, and the fish
ermen, the spongers,. the turtle-catchers and
vous excitement regarding >the supposed
whereabouts of enormous amounts OF gold and
precious stones. Worthless land suddenly
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30

hints or suggestions as he might be disposed
to give.
Then, for the second time that afternoon,
the party separated, to meet again an hour
before sunrise on the following morning
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30
BY JAMES OTIS
Copyright by James Elverson.
CHAPTER 1,
A STARTLING COMMUNICATION.

TY1I, you fellowsi Come here-quiclxl'
It'll 1t was at the close of what every
one in the little town of Tampa;
lSx{&IM Florida, called very hot day when
sas&W Percy Morris and Dudley Pratt, two
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30
CHAPTER II.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

AitAA AHHAooHn-S Ems.
)HE Jaquita, which was the undis-
puted property of Bob. Percy and
Dudley, was what is known as a
Spanish felucca, or it would be more
correct to say that she had been;
hut after fba bouo nurnhaeed her.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30

Continued ON FoIIasvIa~ p---
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-07
THE THORNTON NEWS
Commercial Club There is Active
Miss Clara Muir WEEDS.

Special to Times Republican.
thornton, April AT the homo Of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Muir was celebrat-
ed the wedding of their daughter
Cara, to Mr.. j. d. Jacoby, Of Fremont,
M1eh., OH last Wednesday, Rev. +. C.
Farr officiating. About dozen friends
were present. Mr.. and Mrs ,Jacobv
departed yesterday for their new home
where the former owns a fruit farm.
MISS Clark, of Chicago. is the new
trimmer in Miss Harrington's milli-
ner store for the season.
Inc Commercial Club held a bust
ness meeting last night The report
OF the secretary on the lecture course
proceeds. showed 1910 paid for the five
numbers to the Chicago Lyceum BIZ
reau and all other expenses paid and
about $50 left in the treasury. The
course was well patronized. A com
mlttee was appointed to begin the ar
engagements for a grand Fourth of July
celebration this year, and also a COM
mittee reported fifteen and one-half
acres of land leased from Soren Peter
son, just east of the corporations for
a race track. A stock company will at
once be organized and grading will
commence at once on the track. 1t is
also expected that good baseball
park will be laid out in connection
with the race grounds
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-07
Representative of the High
School There Took Prize in
Oratorical Contest
SOUTHERN DISTRICT is FIRST
State DecIamatory Contest at Grundy
Center Attended by Large Audience,
Opera House Being Packed = John
Knox, Mamie Chapman and Hazel
Linebsrger Winners.

Grundy Center, April John Knox,
of Guthrie Center; Mamie Chapman, of
Hamburg, ana Hazel Linebarger, of
Garden Grove, took the first honors in
the annual contest of the Iowa Declam-
atory Association here last evening.
The opera house was crowded, several
hundred people from outside towns be-
ing added to the large local audience.
The first and second places were
awarded as follows:
Oratorical Class--John Knox, of
Guthrie Center; second, Wilson Corn
wall, of Spencer.
Dramatc-Mamie Chapman of Ham
burg: second, Joe Fee, of Centerville.
Humorous-,Hazel Linebarger, of
Garden Grove; second, Victor Button,
of Sheldon.
The three winners of first places are
from the southern district. I. S. Ris-
ser, principal of the Guthrie Center
high school, had the honor Of training
two of the winners, Mr.. Knox and Miss
Chapman. One of Mr.. Risser's pupils
also won the first place last year.
The judges were Superintendent
Blacknar,. of Iowa Falls; j. c. Saun-
ders, of West Union, and M. j. Tobin,
of Vinton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-07
AUBURN BUSINESS CHANGES.
State Bank There Sold to F. S. Need
ham, of Lake View.

Special to Times Republican.
Auburn, April 7-There have been
quite number of important changes
in business circles here, The bank
known as the State Bank, with p. r.
Mosely, cashier, who has been at the
head of the bank since 1886, was sold
to f. IS. Needham, of Lake View.
Another surprise was in store for
those outside. to follow, which was
soon made known, that the Farmers
and Merchants Bank here had pur-
chased of Mr.. Needham, the old State
Bank. 1t is claimed by the stock
holders of the State Bank that but
one dividend, of per cent, has been
paid them since it's organization, three
years ago. There was not enough bus
mess here for two banks and the con-
solidation will be a saving of expense
to the stockholders.
Those holding shares in the State
Bank will have the same transferred to
the Farmers and Merchants bank,
under which name the banking bust
ness will be conducted while the State
Bank will be a thing of the past, but
the business of the consolidation will
be conducted in the building previous
ly occupied by the State Bank
Mr.. Mosely has not yet decided what
he will do.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-07
johnson County Auditor sus-
pected Agent of the Amer
lean Book Company
REPLEvlN SUIT HAS BEGUN
County Official Asked to See the Orig
inaI and Selling 1t Hurried to a
Lawyers Office - Book Company
Brings Suit to Secure Possession =
Other News.
ecial to Times-RepublIcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City. April As the result OF
the letting of the contract for the sup
ply of the school books ITO the county
for the next five year period the AM
erican Book Trust has locked horns
with the county officials, a writ OF
replevin has been issued by the book
trusts officials against Auditor Bar
schnagel, who is alleged to have taken
a contract from representative of the
publishing company; charges of graft
are being freely uttered. and the ut
most confusion of conflicting state
ments have been made.
The board of education spent fif-
teen hours in celebrating over the
adoption of the new books, and when
they had completed their work, 1T was
announced that the contracts for the
supply of>readers and arithmetics had
been taken from the American Book
Company, who had held it for ten
wears, and given to CHM e. Company.
The vote for the change was to 3.
sentative of the American Book Com
pany appeared in the auditors office
with the contract, signed by Superin-
tendent Langenburg, purporting to
state that the Harper readers had been
adopted on the supplementary list, &C
cording to the decision of the board on
the preceding night Auditor Bar
schnagel signed the contract for the
county, believing it to be as represent
ed Upon the examination of the du-
plicate left with him, it is alleged that
he discovered the contract read to the
effect that the Harper Readers had
been adopted by the board for exclu-
sive use in the county schools" in
stead of being supplementary to the
Jones readers.
He Immediately left the office. and
found the representative Of the Amer
lean Book Company and asked to see
the original contract Obtaining pos
session of it, he refused to give it up,
and ran to the office of his attorneys,
Baldwin, & Fairchild. The American
Book Company, acting thru their at
torneys, Wade, butcher & Davis, is
sued a writ of replevin against Bar
schnagel, seeking to recover the con-
tract and declaring that the county
auditor had COMMITTED larceny from
the person" in obtaining it.
Barschnagel claims that he was do
ing what he believed was his duty in
the matter in protecting the interests
of the county. Thru his attorneys he
put up an indemnity bond of 5000, and
the matter will rest there until the
May term of court, when it will come
up before Judge Byington for adjust
ment. Meanwhile the sentiment of the
city and county is with Auditor Bar
schnagel, who is believed to have done
all he could for the county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-07
IS SCrofu|0uS LurnpS
Inherited Disease Eyes Affected Weak, Could
Hardly Walk Life Of Suffering.
Still Another Great Cure by Hoods SarsapaTlIa

The following letter is from Mr.. Geo.
A. Zirkle, School Teacher in Mt. Horeb,
Tenn, wellknown all through that
county, where he was born and has
always lived.
Mt. Horeb, Tenn, Jan. 10, 1906.
&C. l. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
81 have suffered all my life, until
lately, from inherited scrofula. When
mere babe / had scrofulous sore
back OF my ear. At 81 | had IL scrof-
ulous Jumps on my neck. At 81 the dis
ease assumed new and tantalizing
form. My eyes were affected so that
l could not read after sunset, and when
l closed them it was difficult to reopen
them. There was always intolerable
itching all over my body. Then a
tumor on my neck changed to the front
of my neck, suppurated and was fol-
lowed by others, until six had formed
and broken. became so weak could
scarcely walk, and could hardly attend
to my teaching. All the medicine |
tried failed to help until began the
use of Hoods Sarsaparilla. In less
than three months the sores healed, a
troublesome catarrhal faint disappeared
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-07
MISS SNYDER SECRETARY.
GrinneI Woman Accepts Position
With National Y. w. C. A.

With National Y. w. C. A.
Special to mes-Republican
Grinnell, April miss Blanche Sni-
der has accepted a position as educa-
tional secretary of the Y. w. C. A. with
headquarters in New York, to begir
work after the close of the present
school year. Miss Snider has been es-
pecially successful as a teacher in tn,
high school and will be greatly miss
ed here. The position to which she
has been elected will give her large
opportunities and her success in the
new work will be confidently expected
by all who know her
Mrs. III. w. Spaulding spent yester-
day in Des Moines
Misses Macy Alvord, Viets and Mrs
IT, L. Vets gave a reception at the
Macy home this afternoon in honor OF
Mrs. Ruth Hunter Holyoke
Work on the new college chapel has
been resumed and will be pushed 10
completion
The first annual contest for the III.
w. Spauldlng prize will be held We'd
nesday evening at the Colonial. No adj
mission will be charged. The speakers
IN the contest are VIM. Cochran. w. w.
futile. n. H. Wheaton, A. B. De Ham
X. 81. Garner r. NJ. Coy, j. e. Nyhan
ana II. X. Quarton. The prizes are $50.
$50 and $40,