The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-21
aAEE USE or SNAKES
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TILES A. AID lM MEDICINE.
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We remtz 70 feFocfty ~ TIE great
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Which i1 larger than tire nanta ard
generally cutie a. ready 10 interfere
Eifh sry living creature that comaa
within fts ken Il has been knonn
70 chase a us1 q tDFEehark. and -
fast czn i travel that f ss sasd nc1s
b1t sglftfsots1 snimzi has any
chance 81 eseare The poiscn d bosa
taess Snakes s. 50 powerful ttzf. IS
aone ore oHee STATED ii "a exanAHz-
flon farsr oa reptile. eTe1 : seseat-
f. nht1 bitten ~ either q these
feFociCas creatures. ceases 10 be inter
ested IS The matter after the epsce II
q few ninafea" Among the Ausfrz-
lian cobras. the pifvipefs of America.
and tie great West African yiperz.
there are certain Frecies that prefer
The offensive 70 the defensive mefhod
and in most cases # is the aggressive
varieties that carry the most poiECn-
ogs fangs.
: gnakebaiting is ar amusement that
few persons would eare % indulge 81.
bet II appears that thls hazardous
{ occupation is an actual business r.
4 certain parts d Australia The pois5a
is said - BE- Invaluable IS fhe pferarz.
i ton of parfic8iar medicines. ard ls
+ aiso mitch sought after b. scientists
and exDerimenters. Ita value s. such.
\ indeed. that the snake poison col
leeted b. the NATIVES 0f New South
Wales has been sold for a. much
ae soYereiga 70 twenty-five shiliinea
grain. which works cut At the anzz
ing figure Of $4,000 Der pound troy
Tho b8islness of Euake-cstchlng Il
naturally exceedingly daueerous. hai
ECEo of The Australian snake huntera
arc 30 ezpert that they can take ibelS
quarry Fifh no other weap0n bsf their
hands. While ore attracts the ~
tiles attention another ereeps up BE-
hind and gFasps fhe snake BY ice
neck. and 30 holds It until Il can B.
transferred 70 q Gags Of bag. Thf
reptiles are then taken 10 their perma
neBt cages. where they are Il inter
walls "baiteds with a specially prs
pared instrument. upon whose eag
Is rubber band encircIinz a SINAI
sheet Of glass. The snake blles
through the rubber aud deposits ii
venom On tho glass. whlch Is thes
scraped into phial and The content
sealed down The snake. once cap
tared without injury, Is a coussan
source of revenue AZ the poison ll
quickly secreted alYesh, ready for til
next batting Thus, 81 last IL
snake. whose reputation has hiiherti
been Faalfly earned ID its capacity n
destroying life, may now BE- esid 70 b
q important agent IA its urcserga
tioA.