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opportune moment pinned the viper to
the floor, where 1t writhed, Kissed and
sought to strike its captor. Snyder dis
pensed with the use OF the guuny sack
that was pressed into service In the
primeval Brazilian forest and Selling the
STAKE at the neck directly behind the
point of the sticks prongs, he conveyed
his wrlthing captive from the cage TO
the accompaniment OF a din OF ratties
from the viper's new-founo friends.
Arriving In the reptile-house. the snake
wns transferred from the Flselike grasp
OF Snyder to that OF Dittmsrs. This In
itself was periious undertaking. Great
care had to be taken that the snake was
held 10 such a way that IL would not give
up It's precious venom until the receptacle
into which II was to be strained had been
prepared. Sliding his hand along the
Shiny four feet OF snake, Dittmars hnaily
secured strasgle hold on the snake,
directly behi.d It's head. thin gauze
had been stretched across tbe neck Of a
retort aud this Snyder took charge Of
When all was III readiness Diftmars gave
the word and Snyder slowly advanced the
retort towards the head OF the snake.
AS be did so Dittmars slightly released
the pressure on the snakes body, or neck.
and at once. the squirmng reptile was
ready to give battle to the Imaginary
enemy that approached 1t. Its beadiike
eyes flashed fire and Its fangs shot out
with lightning rapidity. At last IL could
give battle and this II intended 10 do With
all the fury OF It's ferocious nature. The
glass came nearer and es Its fangs came
in contact With the soft gsuEe the snake
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Tie >uakp thus captured was a lance
mead viper. the most deadly OF all ser,
penis This snake Is known bS many
local anmeS Fer-de-laEce 1 - called
in the I>laud of L-nce. hnt The natives
of Brazil know it a~ the k1rukukn and
II, lanrehead it is known TO Europeans
Medical mru refer 10 the iancehead ~ III"
tachcSiS. as this is the Latin Name "f thu
reptile.
That sceGe I'm the ipecar forest on the
AmaZou's bank the first In which
ia ranCehead wu< tn play stellar ru's
Taken or boa the steamship Alias -
snake was consigned To the per>uusl care
" the captain In small wooden: i'ax
IL was conveyed to New York. rema ming
Ia the captains cabin throughout the
voyage until IL wss transferred 10 the
Bronx f'ars Zoo. md then released In the
Fattiers cage Ia the reptile house. where
IL Is daily viewed 10y thousands of Wis
itors. The capture OF the lHacehead was
not for the purpose OF sugmcntinS the
reptile collection OF the Bronx Zoo IL
had been brought there for the purpose
of yielding up It's venom TO the cause of
medical science. DR.. f. w Runyon,
chemist OF New York, bore the expense
Of tia sussss capture and transporta-
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was a marked similarity in their design
In the drst race the Denfender won
by s minutes and 10 seconds In the
second race the yalkyrie fouled the De
fender as they made the start. the latter
losing her starboard topmast stays, bus
the race was sailed. the vRikyrie win
ming by AZ seconds though she was ar
forwards disqualified. The third race
was n fasco. for the Valkyrie merely
crossed the line and then turned back.
leaving the Defender to sail the course
alone.
Then followed long and bitter cores,
pondence in which Lord Dunrayen com
planned of everything under the sun OF
the excursion beats interfering with bis
boat, and finally charging that the De-
fender had been falsely hallasted. The
latter charge was taken up officially by
the New York Yacht Club, and there
was session OF inquiry al which Lord
Dunraven was present
No foundation for the charge could BE-
found, but Dunraven, when he returned
to England, continued to voice biz
charges, and his name was stricken from
the New York Club roster, thus ending
the most unpleasant chapter In the HIS
tory OF the cup.
This unpleasantness led 70 the VITA
drawal OF a challenge issued by Eoe
Victoria Yacht Club. with the sloop D&
tnnt Shore.
Sir Thomas In the Game.
Incidents often lead up TO great events.
for at the annual dinner OF the Royal
Ulster Yacht Club, in 1907, the Marquis
OF Dufferin. in response TO q toast, do
ciared that since Englishmen and Scotch
men had been trying to get the Ameri-
cas- Cup and had failed, It was time foe
the Irishmen 10 make an effort. The
hint was taken by Sir Thomas Upton,
aud 1t Is apparent that not only II the
Irishman trying, but that he win con-
tinue to try until he not only has a four
leafed Shamrock, but n whole field OF
them or else gets the coveted trophy.
The story of the defeat OF the three
Shamrocks is almost too recent to repeat.
Briefly. Shamrock and H. were de-
feated by the Columbia and Shamrock
III. by the Reliance.
Whether sir Thomas will he more sue
ccssfuI this time remains 10 he seen but,
whatever the result Americans will be
satisfied. for they will feel that contest
ing with a real sportsman Is Il real pleas
ure, win or lose
It must be noted, however. that Sir
Thomas has obtained from the New York
Yacht Club one concession. and TINT is
permission to tow his challenger across
the ocean instead of sailing her over.
or course, she Will be fitted with small
epars and sails
In moderate md heavy weather the
challenger will take care of herself, but
In Gains aud with light. adverse winds
Sir Thomas big steam yacht Erin which
will accompany her will take her Ia
tow.
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turned to American waters and, after
extensive alterations, was sent with q
picked crew to English waters, where
she again met the Cambria. In fine
race the American schooner eyened
scores with her rival Mr.. Ashbury was Il
racing man through and through, and
when his vessel was ready to sail to the
States he made a, side match with Mr..
james Gordon Bennett to race across the
ocean with the schooner Dauntless. This
race the Cambria won and she passed by
Sandy Hook regarded as a sure winner
of the coveted trophy.
Defeat of Cambria
On August 8, 1870, the Cambria started
with a feet of % American yachts, In
Guiding the America, which had been
fitted up for the occasion by the Govern
ment. The British yacht finished tenth,
even the America beating her, finishing
fourth.
Still Mr.. Ashbury was not satisfied. lie
felt that English yacht designers were
superior 10 the Yankees and Immediately
gave orders for u yacht to be especially
built. The Liv0nia was the result.
There was more Wrangliug over the de-
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pleteIy depleted, yet he realized that age
had TO some extent impaired its strength
and he set about to give to the medical
world that which Or Herring had done 50
years, ago Raymond L. Dittmars. cura-
tor OF the reptile house In the Bronx
Zoo. was commissioned TO invade the
Iuuglps Of Brazil aud bring TO New York
th,. snake whose capture hiss Just been
described When ii became known that
the deadly viper was in the Bronx Zoo,
and that II WAS 10 he MIXED OF its
venom both Professor RunyoB and Mr..
u:ttnars were Overw heltned with requests
from medical men OF botn schools Of
medicine to witness the haza rdous opera
ton AHopaths met with curt refusals.
Hapeoparhs were politely told that a
crowd would seriously interfere with the
work, SO the audience that assembled In
the curator's opera ting room in the park
was confined to two OF the most emf
aeat homeopsths OF New York and Phiia-
tielphis; those who took part In the opera
ton. several newspaper men and one
newspaper photographer. who took the
pictures that illustrate this article Mr.
Dfttmars chose his chief lieutenant
for this most delicate and hazardous op-
GRAFTON Charles 5. Snyder. head keeper
of the zoo reptile house No two men
In the world were better qualified for the
lob than Ofttmars and Snyder Both are
absolutely Without fear Of serpents and
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lion, intending TO add its serum to the
small store then In stock which homeo-
lath> thrnu-hnut the world had for many
wears pres ciheI iu their treatment of
number at uprN, H. diseases. Ai"paths
are prone to laugh To Sidic'Iir the curative
qualities of viper s.t'rum. hat that Is
question for the ujedi,US; let them fight
u'l lhrj' own battles. lt may I've said in
',.,NS:ng. however, that the homeopathic
haV" bees rising this serum ia the treat
niec' of epilepsy and other nervous dis
eases. Including violent Insanity as we'll
aS pareSiS, for yearly eighty years. Just
f''s r>core years ago DIR. Constantine Her
ring. an eminent aiieuist. who had been
sent TO Brazil hr the German government.
aimed tn ha re discovered curative quail
ties In this yiper's venom aud from one
serpent alone obtained the serum which
has been used by homeopathists ever
since. To give some Idea OF the remark
able strength Of the serum = solution OF
serum and sugar OF milk to the proper
tion of one-triliiouth part serum 10 that
prescribed by physicians.
The solution made 10y DR. Herring found
its way Into the homeopathic laborator-
les of the world aud Professor Runyon
found that while bis stock was not COM
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TIE AZzzoz2caE Czp
the property of any individual.

ZIG PiSPNtL y VI any tIdlNi
This deciding OF the cup, at the time.
was Of little Significance, as 1t was not
for a moment thought that the trophy
would lead up to such a lengthy series.
but 1t has proven that 1t was n most wise
step for the development Of that most
beautiful and grandest product Of man
the racing yacht
The various foreign yacht clubs were
notified Of the putting mp OF the Ameri-
ca 8 Cup as an international trophy, but
IT was taken. In that year Hon. James
Ashhury. Of the Huym Yacht Squadron,
notified the New York Yacht Club of his
intention to sail a match with his
schooner Cambria. This yacht had been
built to take part in English regattas,
and she was so successful that her owner
was convinced that he had u craft that
could beat anything that carried canvas.
This idea was partly gained by reason
Of not only defeating everything In her
own waters, but the Cambria had signal
~ defeated the American schooner Sap
pho, which had been sent abroad to be
sold and which had been put In a race
against her.
Mr. AShhury, however, saw bit TO ignore
the terms Of the deed of gift of the cup
and sought to make terms of his own.
This led up to Il correspondence which
lasted two years before eliminating In
both sides agreeing on the subject.
In the mcantim" the Sapphu had re
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sions of the craft should be given, that
sloops should be between IS and 90 feet
on the water line and schooners so and
10 feet on the water line, also that
all challengers should proceed under sail
on their own bottoms to port of contest.
The latter was to preclude the possibility
OF vessel being brought over In sections
and set up here.
Sir Richards Courtesy.
In 1885 Sir Richard Sutton. of the
Royal Yacht Squadron. entered the Gen
esta. a cutter that promised well until
she met the defender Puritan, In the
first race the Puritan fouled the Genesta,
which entitled her to a sail over, but
Sir Richard declined to accept the ad-
vantage, declaring that he wanted q race
race, on September II, the Puritan de-
feated her rival by 10 minutes and 10
seconds, and In the second, two days
later, by l minute and 8s seconds.
Sir Richard endeavored to have another
series with the Puritan, but her owner
refused so the Britisher had to content
himself with winning the Cape May,
Brenton Reef, Bennett and Douglas Cups.
In the following year, 1885, came Lieut..
William Hem, with his steel cutter. Ga
Iatea. the frst metal challenger, but she
was an easy victim to the Mayfower.
which, on September 0. won by IL min
utes and 2 seconds, and two days later
won by % minutes and seconds.
The British yachtsmen by this time
were thoroughly aroused, and In 1887 the
Scotch got into the game with the steel
cutter Thistle representing the Royal
Clyde Yacht Club, owned by Vice Com
modore James Bell. To meet the chal-
lenger the first steel defender-the Volun-
teer-was built, and she proved her merit
by winning the first race on September
q by 10 minutes and 23& seconds and
the second race. three days later, by II
minutes and 49A seconds.
Lord Dunraven's Effort.
When the bonnie Scotchman sailed for
home there interviewed six years OF bck-
ering by cable and mall with Lord Dun
raven. who, like James Ashbury, sought
to set aside all conditions In his own
way. He first challenged with a 7O-footer
but there was a disagreement and the
little yacht did not come over In 1893
however, be agreed to the terms and
challenged with Valkyrie H., keel cutter
So feet water-lne measurement.
-Four craft were built here for the de-
Tense, but the Vigilant, of Tobin bronze
and steel, was selected. She did her
duty by winning the first race by
minutes md 4S seconds, the second by
10 minutes and 35 seconds aud the third
by 40 seconds.
Lord Dunraven was not satisfied. so he
challenged again. and in 1895 he sent
over Valkyrie H. to meet the Defender.
which had been built especially for her.
The Defender was the first out and out
keel boat defender ana when the two
yachts were in drydock together there
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71s ..'-... ,.-. ,">n"s t~ tai IN
kha Iury a serpent struggled to free
V~ itself from the forkrd stick that
ptulrrd its head down "a the soft e;rth
In y Brazilian forest. near the month of
the Amazon River. sCantily clad IA
tive Nh iperac picker, WAS holding the
Sttrk with both hands. while another
nativr. quite as scHntiiy dressed rs the
dgSt, stood near the head OF the serpent
with an open gunny sack Ia his hands.
gutently watching the furious reptile he
fore him. AT given signal the negro
slowly worked the bag beneath the snake
uutil lis body was safely within the folds
of the sack 10 that point where the
forkru sIIrk pinned IL Ia earth. 4 sharp
Jerk of The stick left the snake free. but
before IL rhuld leap forward the native
with Iexterous move slipped the bag
over tile serpeut,s head When the knot
MAS tied aud the bag dropped TO the
ground Ih,. natives gave sigh Of relief.
for II was Il hazardous undertaking they
ha,l iust accomplished. task In which
Que faS- move might have resulted iu
sure aaa su-Iteu death Tor one or both OF
thrm.
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ZE-0e o/EszaHE n1IH nzhzuH - E1anan -
ClzaZIan6eLor7 zheEEzzzzHZ z1uG

~ HE Americas Cup, aptly termed the
n Blue Ribbon Of the Sea, " has proven
~ yerItab!c wlIl-o'the- wisp for yachts
men on the other side OF the Pond. " No
less than 10 craft representing English,
Scotch. Irish aud Canadian yacht clubs,
have made unsuccessful efforts to capture
It, but there seems 10 be a determination
on the part Of Sir Thomas Upton to stay
ia the game Indefinitely.
Already this Irish yachtsman has sent
&hree craft, each bearing the name Of
Shamrock, TO endcuyor to wrest the
coveted trophy from US, and having
failed, be Is now building d fourth sham
rock to DO what the other three could not.
There Is no trophy IN the world OF
sport on which there has beeG expended
80 much money for its deferse or capture,
Around It has been thrown Il sort Of
halo, but II Is commonplace sort Of
mug" and not particularly handsome.
IL Is not what II In, but what 1t repre-
sents that makes 1t so worthy a prize.
Although often called tho Queens
Cup" and The One Hundred Guinea
Cup" the cup retains the name Of the
famous schooner that won It on August
n, 1861, defeating the dover OF the
British Yacht Squadron.
The America was not built especially
for this race. as many think. but was
built merely 10 encourage international
yacht racing, and to represent this coun-
try at the British World Fair at the
dime. Built on lines OF Il New York pilot
boat, she was sent to England to attain
In sport the same position the Yankee
clipper had attained In commerce. She
was the hrst yacht to cross the Atlantic.
and she was given n cordial reception.
In an impromptu brush she defeated the
crack British cutter Laverock, and the
Oxford eagle., 1908-03-26
Mt. ZION Notes.

Quarterly conference convened
here Saturday with Rev. J. Y.
Cunningham, the presiding elder
in the chair.
We were delighted to have Rev
II. S. Spragins, of oxford, with
US Saturday.
Rev. J. NJ Wyatt, of Oxford.
preached an excellent sermon
here Sunday.
Our pastor, Rev. A. 4. Martin.
was taken sick Saturday and was
unable to be with us Sunday.
much to our regret. We trust
he will very soon be well.
Mr.. 5. W. Smith and daughter
OF Gomez, were among the visit
ors here Saturday.
Miss Jennie Woodward is visit
ing the family of Mr.. C. V. Prater
Mrs. Lon Rushing, Of Bay
Springs, is visiting relatives here
Mr.. Clyde Prater left Tuesday
/ for New Mexico for his health.
We were made very happy Sat-
lurday by the presence Of our
mutual friends Mesdames Gala
way and Logan, of Oxford.
AUGUSTA.
Oxford eagle., 1908-03-26
Circuit Court.

Citcuit Court adjo irned SatIr-
day after two busy weeks, and
the following cases have been dis
posed of since our last report:
George Gean, tresnnss, fined
sion and cost and 80 days in Jail.
20 days held up.
Siias Harris and sam HEX
man. selling disease! meat for
human food. mol pressed rs to
Hickman. Harris nncd 500 and
costs and 30 days in jl'l.
Wise McMiiiea, retailing, not
guilty.
Writ Adams, ravenu" agent, vs.
Braml,tt q sons. judymen; for
plaintiff for 81, so. 20 days given
to file bill o. exc options.
\. ]. Conner IS. .. III. and
Kate y. Gray, defenla1ts, ct al,
appeal, Judgment against PLAIN
tiff for costs.
THE GRAND J-8Y REPORT.
To the Hon N a 3; .lr-. Judge:
We. your Grand Jdry for the
March term. 1913. b. : leave to
report that We have becn in ses-
sion II days. W. have examined
- witnesses and have returned
- true bills.
We have examined The county
jail and in1 it clean and we'll kept
and the prisoners properly cared
for.
We have examined the county
poor house and md it poorly KEPT
1t is unclean aud in bad sanitary
condition. We have heard many
complaints As to the treatmen
Of the inmates and the fare gives
them. Negroes and whites arC
confined in the same room. W,
suggest thai the Board OF Super.
visors give this matter immediat,
attention.
So far as we have been able L
find, the books of the county Of.
ficers are properly and correctly
kept.
| We return herewith a list o
/ witnesses who have been sum
moned 10 appear before US, bu
have failed to do SO. We sugges
that they be attached and com
PEELED to appear before the mex
Gtand jury.
Having completed our labor.
We ask to be discharged. af,e
extending our thanks to the cour
and officers for their courtesies.
j. ). FUR, Foreman.
Oxford eagle., 1908-03-26
ronc= apPenings.
- By kuSia Rose.

Iae week Of me spring wealth
er which We were all eni5yir,a
has ended by heavy rain. and #
now looks Ike We are eoinr 10
have some more fall weather.
ir. J. W. Slate made a busi-
trip To oxford last Thursday.
Mr. c. 3. White, and vile and
daughter are spending few days
with relatives North OF Tyro.
Mr.. 5. ". Smith and daughter
attended the quarterly conference
at Mt Zion Saturday and SUNDAY
Mr.. Lawrence Young and wife
Of College Hill spent Sunday with
with the family of Mr.. T. p.
Gamble.
Miss Lottie Gamble entertained
several days last week some of
her South Oxford friends.
The dance given Friday night
by. Mr.. John Slate was quite a
sue eSs.
Miss Irene Gamble is now at
home after spending the winter
at States teaching.
Mr.. John Lacey made a flying
trip to Memphis last week.
Oxford eagle., 1908-03-26
Tnivers.tX Notes.

- "AA ttt - uiftH 4sFtlUEAFF.
Messrs. Spencer. Ligon, Brat
ton, johnson. Grlggs. Baskin.
Gdnn, LauderIale and Lindsey
nave returned after spending d
few days at home.
Messrs. Roach and Bates were
visitors on the campus last week.
MIR. Hutton, new student. mas
entered the University.
The Delta Psi boys had the fol
lowing visitors last week: Mes
sers. Thomas Denny and Lewis
starr, OF New York. Judge G.. 4.
Lyell, 81 Jackson, ". NJ. White.
Of NcCom5 Ciiy, K. II. Powell.
%. Canton, Hugh Barr A,i.!er. u
iiazFlhlrst ana \. II. STEPHENS.
of SJG-ner.
The sophmore reception Friday
nigh, was much enjoyed
MeSsrs. McCrackea, Robinson.
Taylor. Payne, Lauderlale AMI
Farley, AL DoSJto County boys
have the mumPs.
&e7srs. Buckley and Fair are
On tae sick list.
Prof. Saunders was On the
campus Sunday.
Oxford eagle., 1908-03-26
Cnlrtsrlv Msctinr.

On last Saturday it was my
happy privilege To drive out to
Mt. Zion and attend the quarter
ly conference.
A. | drove along past running
brook and budding forest occa-
son ally catching a note from
some warbling bird. a swee;
peaceful sensation came into my
soul and a. this grand panorama
kept repeating itself | exclaimed
To- my heart. 1t is so sweet t.
get close t. nature and To God.
In a little while ! realized that
was walking once again down the
aisle Of the dearest little church
IN ali tae world 10 me. The sFo,
where loved ones ard friends
often met and mingled tears OF
both joy and sorrow. The place
where all hearts We're bound in
christian love, each "'preferrirg
the other in honor" aud where
We always found the Lord.
Can | ever forget sweet Zion:
No never,
For her my tears shall fall. For
her my prayers ascend.
To her I'll 90 where fierce
winds blow.
And give to her ny all. Of
times in my musings. this little
conplet comes 10 ne
''Benind we've left the little church
W here of We knelf in prayer,
But thanks - Jesus Wr. viii
Never leave the God Who met u
there"
Rev. J. L. Cunningham, the
presiding elder, VS. present aai
preached 4 splendid sermon To an
appr"ciative audience.
Reys. SpraEias. OF Oxt1ri and
Martin, Il Atbeyille, were also
present.
several stewards from the dif-
ferent churches We're present.
however, those VIII attend these
meetings regular could but note
the absence of Mrs. Ferrel. OF
Andersgn's Chapel. one OF the
most faithful members of the con
ference. Her sweet face Is al
ways beneliction.
The most notable parsonage
present was li.-le 90 Lake Ra.s-
land. intan, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
sam Raelani, aged six months
and tip the scales ut y pounds.
lie can also entertain a Methodist
as well as any youth his
age in The land. He enjoys the
honor Of being a namesake Of cur
much loved and respected Bro.
Lake. OF Oxford. As I looked
into his intelligent baby face /
could but breath prayer that he
would live and bless tae world as
Bro. Lake has done.
After a sumptIous dinner, the
business session OF the quarterly
meeting convened. Reports
along all lines were good. We
predict very successful year for
the Abceyilie charge under the
leadership Of Bro. Martin and his
faithful corps of stewards.
May God bless and crown their
very effort for the church with
not only financially. but
spiritually, for after all, what doth
t profit ii the church neglectS the
'alvation OF souls?
Brown EYES. /