The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-13
By the Man
- at the ~
Tailor Shop
The OnIooker


Honolulu friend of mine who recently from an extern
se tour of the States and Europe relates interesting experiences
met with while collecting upodata for the Prohibition
Perhaps the important of his that relative
m remarkable snake winch has, during the past month caused
such genuine CONSERVATION several of the live
the eee east notably the ExTanLs Union and the
My informant relates the great drawing the New York
enss the pnyed red ralesnake It imported from Lower
California Mexico where it well and favoraby known the
natives.
The Honolulu the ratesnake at the Bronx Zoo
there great crowd of the boys gathered reptiles
and they watched with profound absorption agreed
that he distinctly reminiscent of earlier
My friend navey told that this red RATHER is far from being
w uored snake lie declares that ne was captured three years
ago by Mexican eetotaer the outskirts of the Mexican village
OF Aqua Pura He learned respond low whistle and
readily charmed by the strains of flute His capor taught him many
unique tricks such writing the Spanish equivalent
morse in the sand with his tail My informant by the remarked
that he witnessed the performance that rare
spenceran job of it.
AS the me- this remarkable reptile had crossed
the boundary into American territory he the English word Re
morse without coaching and supplemented this with the phrase Never
Again On his San Diego his nakehp credited with
ing enphed three addrnng California towns and at last reports
from these towns the and children still hunting through
the cact groves for fitted husbands and fathers.
1t said that this reptile does his raes like the
ordinary atesnake The sound he makes according informant
who is noted for the that he possesses for kinds of
distinctly like the rattle of dice shaken box He houghtfuly
asked the this characteristic of the alec hccupo
reptliensis.
THAT really couldn't say replied curator fo this only
real red RATHER in captivity The Mexican who captured the snake said
ports had been of Those however,
would make affidavit the acta of their vzuazaton and
ports not entirely coherent"
information as soon as news
of the arrival of the red RATHER the Zoo noed about he
three letters offering complete his collection with pink elephant
a blue and sea-green dog with two tas.s
The advent of the red RATHER according my friend
overlooked by the local temperance societies. of which off
thousand blank pledges and placed them the various
Zoo
Joking apart however, appears that if another such reptile
could be Struggled into this Territory the would be
portan Smuggling should not benecear anyway for the embargo
against the snake family would surely be raised out of sympathy with
the good cause A. Gear have heard is already looking into the
matter So the sawarts of the Onion Club Also Theodore Rich
ards, Frank Cooke and Lyle DicBey.
The latter given understand is of te opinion that the
red rater education could be completed by teaching him play hide
andsee large black bottle going down into the bottle when things
dull and coming suddenly when there considerable
group Of spectators in front of the cage