The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-12

irritating insect life on the Panhan-
die you are fortunate again, as there
arc exceedingly few species Tho
Panhandle In general, is land
blessed In this regard, as with only
one poisonous snake and 50 very
few poisonous insects lives of the.
Panhandle people are free from the
curses which afrlict various other
portions OF Texas and the world in
general.
And ! wish TO particularly call
your attention to the fact that the
North Panhandle is free from the
deadly copperhead snake, with which
your neighborsin other portions OF
Texas are so seriously afflicted, The
copperhead is more dangerous than
the rattler, in that It is a quiet, sly
reptile OF brown color not quick
ly seen, and giving no warning as
does the RATHER the 'noblest OF the
poisonous snake family"
Reyerting to his pets in the wagon,
Ralston handled fondly a big gila
monster, which he had given a bath
only a few minutes before, and which
glistened pink and shiny black,
This species OF reptile is Of the
lizard family" said Ralston of his
gila monster, and is the only known
poisonous species Of lizard. Other
T.. rds will bite, will chew on you
IN good fashion II in close place,
and will cause a painful wound, but
no one OF them is poisonous except
the gila monster
This animal, as is the case with
all other reptiles, poisonous and
non-poisonous, appreciates being fon'
died and petted by man,
This lizard has two names, that
OF ella monster, and ne derives this
name from his native land, the
sandy shores OF the ella river In
Arizona, and the name OF beaded liz
ard because he looks like mat Of
Indian bead work, and this Is where
the western Indian got his tip on
creating the beautiful bead work fol
which they are famous This is the
only poisonous lizard in the world
and is also the most poisonous
reptile found in the world. His bite
is usually fatal in three hours, anc
few cases are CT red.
ut is a remarkably fine lookini
creature and is really pretty as fa'
as color is concerned. He is notified
in pink and jet black all over the
body; is yer ythick, heavy bull
lizard and very strong, But to lool
at the head It Is very repulsiv,
sight, as they nave regular bull
dog head, and are very vicious
creature in t4eir wild state.
Now SO many wonder how al
these different reptiles feed, Thi
one feeds on eggs entirely. And agaii
you say where does he find food
He gets turtle and bird eggs tina
inhabit the same section of the coun
try as himself No other lizard &
poisonous, as this is the only poison
Gus lizard in the world out of tn
many different ones found
The snakes native of the Unite,
States, belong to two families; on,
Is the constructor, and the other th
virus. The constructor includes al
OF the non-poisnous snakes, whicl
are harmless, and the virus include
all OF the poisonous ones, which ar
dangerous.
The virus or poisonous famil,
can all be distinguished by thei
heads, as all of them have large hear
shaped heads, with small necks, an
the head extends out over their nee
on both sides. 1t matters not abou
their color or size. Remember /
the head is as described, he Is o
the poisonous species, while If he /
Of the constructor family the hea
will be straight with the neck. S
by looking at the head OF any snake
you can always tell Just whether h
is poisonous or not,
You will find that all Of the non
poisonous snakes have a straight
head. That is their neck is as wild
as the head, and in any case wher
you see a snake of this kind, If II
a native Of America, It is not poif