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sician and began his practice in a region infested with snakes. He found that the people had certain theories regarding snake bites but that they were not based on fact and that the medicines they used were of no value. He began to look about for new medicines and in studying the snakes he became interested that he dropped his medical practice and has devoted his life to this work. He has studied in Europe with Professor Cal mette of Lille, one of the pioneers in the scientific vaccination against snake bites. and has also done research work in Paris with Roux and in Berlin with Koch.
 The doctor is now about 40 years of age He Is tall. straight well built man with Brazilian features, having black hair and a mustache, and deep brown eyes. He does not like to talk about himself but is enthusiastic about his work.
 went with him over the laboratory and together we examined the snakes and witnessed some curious experiments. He gave me some most interesting informa- tion about the snakes and during the trip explained the processes by which the venom is extracted and passed through the electric furnaces before 1t is injected into the horses. He said that 1t took a long time for a horse to get enough of the venom to make it's blood fit for the antitoxic serum. A horse must be young and healthy. but even then 1t can stand but a small amount of the poison at first It gets additional doses every day or so and the doses are gradually in- creased until at the end of a year of such treatment the blood of the animal contains enough of the poison to be used to make the serum. I understand that the animals thrive upon the poison. As the injections go on they grow fat and their weight increases. but if they are stopped they at once begin to pine away and lose weight A horse which has been gradually loaded with this amount of poison has, pr. Brazil says. at the end of the year enough venom in his blood to kill 20O0 horses that have not been treated at all. A horse loaded with poison will furnish serum for a year or more and If given occasional doses of poison the immunization will last a long time.
 It is a curious thing that the poison used to produce the anttoxin works well only when 1t comes from the fam fly of snakes from which the bite has come In other words, if one has been bitten by rattlesnake. the serum used an an antidote should be made from the blood of horse inoculated with rattlesnake poison only, and If from a copperhead he should have cop perhead poison serum as an antidote. There are two great families of snakes here in Brazil which are especially troublesome. These are the Crotalus and the Bothrops. They are found in the forests the thickets and in other damp places. They are timid and fleA as soon as disturbed by a noise. but if one touches them or steps upon them they bite and inject the poison at the same time. In going through the lab oratories Dr. Vital Brasil showed mo hundreds of glass jars. each of which contained typical snake of Brazil put up in alcohol. Some of these jars were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-03
By FRANK G. CARPENTER Copyright. 1915. by Frank G. Carpenter.)
 Sac Paulo, Brazil.

|FX@TOOK 40-horse power automo- NM bile this morning and rode out over the red clay roads of Sac N l2k4SI Paulo to visit Butantan and it's f city of snakes. Yes. city of |bnakes! a live f1esh-and-blood city, whose |bnly inhabitants are venomous reptiles. Ett is a city built for the snakes, and Nor those only that have bags of deadly Opoison under their, tongues. It is a city
 burrounded by thick walls of concrete |hnd fences of iron. and about which in- |bide the walls runs a deep moat of. fresh Flowing spring water, in which the cit-
 r sens swim back and forth at their pleas |IIre. It is city of snakehouses, each made in the shape of dome. and divided Mp into rooms. It is a city where every 1bnake lives on the ground floor and |has his own door to go in. It is said |fhat every snake knows its own homo |knd will fight for his rights and to keep |]ntruders out.
 |I This snake city has it's walks of white Eboncrete and its green lawns surrounding |the dwellings. The snakes play on the |2awns and crawl through the streets. and |khey live here at their pleasure. enjoy |Ang the rays of the semi-tropical sun, fed lhnd cared for by human beings, who now |And then enter the city, their hands cov- bred with gloves and their feet clad in
 thick boots that reach to the knees. M But this city of poisonous snakes Is only |bne of the features of the great anti 0kenom, therapeutic institution of this ktate of Sac Paulo. Another is the snake |Eity. occupied by non-venomous reptiles.
 which are kept here for research and |htudy. A third is the stables filled with voung horses. whose blood has been so
 loaded with snake poison that 1t can be A 1-k Il tzl +. s~~a | ected into the veins of human being, ||who has been snake-bitten, acts as an |kntidoto which saves the life of the vic- Him. Each of these horses has its inc lection day after day, and week after |veek, until 1t is loaded with poison. Other Features are the laboratories where the |terum Is treated, and the whole makes lip an institution which has become fa- |Imous throughout the world. It has been ||n existence for a number of years. It |has a farm which covers 750 acres, and ||t has just completed new buildings and |kAeir equipment at cost of $2eo0oO. \ This institution Is sometimes called the |tnake farm of Butantan. Its right name ID 70 Institute Serum Therapico," and |1t is one of the establishments of the ktate of Sac Paulo for benefting and talk ||ng care of It's people. The institution ||nakes not only serums which. are anti |1ttes for the various kinds of snake bites |but those for diphtheria. locljaw, bubonic |blague and even of tuberculosIA It h one |tf the three great places In the. world
 vhere this work is done, another being <ftuated in Indian. and third in Japan |h fourth, devoted to the investigation of mako bite 10 connected with tho Rocke-
 eller institut4 of the United gtataa, but
 o far that has been doing eupex1meutnA
 nd research Wofk only. and it haS not
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York. However, the more uncertain il is the mere 1t fascnates the most people "The sweet face of danger" Is still at tractive to the vast majority. and we dc not anticipate anything in the nature of general desertion. As matter of fact Broadway will soon resume it's normal appearance. and the people will throng the danger sections as of old--all they want is permission.
 Heard of one man who said he was not going to live in a city of such danger. He bought a farm in New Hampshire and three days after he moved there broke his right leg hopelessly by stumbling over fallen tree. So where does safety first come in, anyway? Besides, there are lots of people who had just as soon die. any how if Broadway sank in throughout its entire white lights length.
 SUMMER IS PAST. Summer Is past my dearie, c Anc soon there will come the day, When the moons pale sheen, Like the leaves soft green,
 Will have faded and gone away. But Winter will bring it's solace,
 Ger the sweep of the silent snow, And we'll rest and dream. In the firelights gleam,
 When gone is the sunsets glow. My Summer of life is passing.
 Your Spring. dear. will soon be gone, When the ripples fair, In your soft. brown hair,
 Will be gray as a sunless dawn.
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times than at others. The snake has the poison glands as means of getting his food. He could not kill his prey without them and therefore he has to wait at least 15 days from one meal to the other. He can. If necessary, remain year with out food.
 In looking at tho snakes I was shown some of their eggs, and as we looked the doctor said that 1t was only the non- poisonous snakes that laid eggs. The poll sonous snakes breed their young inside them. saw also tho foot of a man which was sloughed off from snake bite. In this case there was not enough pol son to kill but 1t so affected the foot that 1t dropped of at the end of a week. The man brought the foot in his pocket to the hospital.
 asked the doctor how the serum was injected and he replied that 1t was put under the skin as near the bite as pos sible and as soon after the bite as pos- sible. It should be made within F hours following the bite, as there are certain snakes in Brazil whose bite kills in 2l hours or less. The serum Is furnished to the public in sealed tubes and 1t will keep as long as the tubes are unopened After that 1t must be used at once. A minimum price Is charged to those who can afford to pay, but 1t is sent free to the hospitals and to the very poor. The director often gives lectures at the in- stitution showing the people how to take care of themselves in regard to snake bites. In these talks he demonstrates the danger of going barefooted by having a man come in with a piece of rawhide wrapped around his leg and allowing a poisonous snake to bite into this. Tho man is not hurt. The doctor tells me that out in the country 75 per cent os the people go barefooted and that the s.S ~R Alx. A Al t-l-~ stepping on the snakes with their bare feet.
 Later on we went into the laboratory and l was shown the famous harmless snake. known as the mussurama. which not only does not bite man, but which lives upon and swallows up al the pol sonous snakes it can get hold of This snake the doctor took from one of tho cages in the wall of the laboratory. It was of a steel-blue color. the scales be- ing beautifully marked. It was as tall as myself. pr. Vital Brazil wound it around his arms and then handed it to me. I held the squirming snake in my hands. while 1t darted out it's tongue. in every direction. It was as cold as tce. and felt moist.
 then asked if 1t was possible to sec this snake in the act of destroying some of the terrible reptiles for which Bra gil is noted. whereupon the doctor con- sented to give me an exhibition. We carried the mussurama with us into the lecture room and laid 1t upon the large table. A few moments later an attendant brought in a jararaca. whose bite Is dead- ly poisonous to man. This was grayish snake. and only about half as large ap the steel-blue mussurama. 1t was laid down not far from the latter.
 For moment the two snakes seemed to take no notice of each other. Then
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others who need them, and they are so distributed that they may be at hand in case one Is bitten. According to the statistics up to within a few years, 240 persons annually died from the bites of two kinds of snakes in this State alone. The institution makes specially od antidotes for these snakes, and also of a special serum to be used when the kind of snake is not known.
 I was shown the institution by the director, man who has become famous for his discoveries relating to snakes and snake poisons and to the antidotes that may be used for the bite of each kind of snake. He is Dr. Vital Brazil. who has devoted his life to this work. A native Brazilian, he graduated as a phy-
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M called by the gentul reedur, on in point of hQ fact by emmy uther kind of old reedur, gen.
 Ml or otherwise, that back in 1912, the Pro gressive party under the abull leadership f one T. Roosfet patryot historien hunter, soldier.
 atesman orater, peese advocate, advocate. enny tther kind of old advocate. cut considerabu ise h the Nasionel electsion T. Roosefet who is willing To talk for his country dye for his country just Rhe needs of sed country mite demand at the time Reether of which would do him enny good-for what's lhe use?-tyey won't give it-to him-put crimp in }nny bare possibilities of willyum Howered Taft Nor re-eectsion, which, in fact at all. Enny bow as we have sed, the Progressive Party cut Ase in thatyeer and now air assured by no less bersunnage than Victor Murdock of Wichitaw Kan, hat sed Progressive Party Is going extensively into ihe ise cutting bizness in 1916 Far be it frum us
 eny in the lees the assursions of Victor Vic usual 1y knows what he Is talking about when he assurs, hnd has established such reputasion assurter That he gets away with them rite along. Vic. for nenny yeers the red hot objector in the House Pf Representatives, It was his prinsple aim in life
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,OOk U-hOrso power Aut0mO-
 bile this morning and rode out
 over the red clay roads of Sac
 Paulo to visit Butantan and it's city of snakes. Yes. a city of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-03
UP AND DOWN BROADWAY---By Allen Griffin Johnson

EW YORK, October 2.-(Spe-
 cial.)-Into an article ap-
 bearing under such a caption
 as this communication bears
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-06-10

provision Of this ordinance where he
penalty is not otherwise prescribed,
shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof.
shall be punished by a fine of not less
than $1,000 or more than 500 for
each offense which said fine shall he
enforced In the manner provided by
law M 1t is further provided that for
each day the said person, firm, cor
poration or association fails to COM
ply with the provisions Of this ordi-
anc shall constitute a separate Of
tense.
SECTION 6. All ordinances or parts
OF ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION z. This ordinance shall
be In full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval and due
publication In the manner provided bv
law.
Passed and approved this Sth day of
June. 1915.
II. c. WONES,
Chairman Board of Trustees.
ATTEST:
o. +. CROWLEY, Clerk
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-06-10

teaspoon of lemon Juice is added. the
kernels will be whittier and a delicate
flavor is added.
IL. An old fashioned remedy for
Group is lemon juice, honey and alum.
IL. We all know the value of
lemon juice and salt for removing rust
stains from white goods.
IA. After the juice is extracted the
rind dipped in salt ~cleanses brass
beautifully and conveniently.
15. 1t also removes unsightly stains
from the hands.
10. For flavoring cookery lemon
juice is unexcelled.
II. After the pulp is removed the
skins make dainty receptacles for
serving salads, ices, etc. e.,
1S. Though meat may be made ten
der by adding a teaspoon of lemon
Juice to the water in which it is boiled.
~. Slices of lemon garnish fish of
all descriptions.
~. Tea is greatly improved by the
addition of a slice of lemon, either
iced for summers use or as Russian
team on a winters day. In buying
lemons select those having a thin,
dry rind. They are cheaper and much
Julcer Than the fresh, plump ones.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-06-10
MASH BAIT THAT CATCHES FLIES
Home Made Preparation Makes a Re.
cord OF Eleven a Minute.

A bait that in twenty minutes caught
900 flies. demonstrated its superiority
owe four other kinds of bait in an ex-
pertinent conducted by the University
OF Oregon extension division for the
benefit of the many communities in
Oregon that are conducting fly fight
ing campaigns this spring. The bait
that won can be made in a few minutes
on any farm or in any household at an
expense of two to three cents. The
formula for it is as follows:
Make a bran mash mixed very wet
with waste potato water and skinned
milk. and sweetened with molasses or
brown sugar. Put in plenty of active
yeast so that the mash will ferment
furiously.
This mash put into a properly con-
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-06-10

Many Ways TO Utilize Delicious and
Necessary Fruits.

Few people realize the value of
lemons. which cannot be oyerestimat
ed. In the warm. facilitating weather
their tonic effect is excellent ard
in cases of fever, sore throat or tor
pa iiVer the medicinal qualities are
splendid. "e
l. Two or three slices OF lemon in
a cup OF hot, strong tea, will cure a
nerous headache.
q A teaspoon of lemon Juice in
d cup OF black coffee will relieve a hill
lous headache.
o. Inc juice of half a lemon In n
cup OF hot water on awakening IN The
morning Is an excellent liver correc-
i've and successful substitute for ooIo
mel and other Alternative drugs.
= "A dash OF lemon Juice in Main
water makes a cleansing tooth wash
not only removing the tartar. hr,
sweetening the breath.
.. A lotion of lemon iuica ana
water Will remove tan and whiten tbs
skin. 'he
b. Lemon juice with olive oil .
by many as far superior 10
vinegar for salad dressing.
T. Lemon juice and loaf sugar are
good for hoarseness.
.. outward application of the mica
aiiays irritation caused by insect b;,a.
=. A refreshing drink is mad, NV
a freshly beaten egg to lem-I
onsde.
H. The same mixture when frozen
makes a delicious ice.
IL. II when boiling sago or rice n
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-06-10

ments within the village shall pay
a license of $500 per quarter.
D For any person engaged in the
business OF auctioneering within said
village and following such work az
a calling within the village, $500
per quarter.
(m) Any transitory or itinerant mer-
chant or the proprietor or manager
OF any bankrupt stock who shall
open a temporary store, stall or
Dooth Tor the sale of any goods.
wares and merchandise to be sold
inside said store, stall or booth.
shall pay a license fee Of s25 90 per
day.
I'M Any person, firm, association or
corporation who shall for the pur-
pose OF distribution, sale. barter mr.
trade, or as a station or headnuar-
ters Tor the supplying OF, all goods
hereinafter enumerated, to Its or
their ~canyassers, solicitors or sales
men, or who shall for the purpose
or selling or engaging In selling
open n temporary store, stall or
booth, or who shall maintain a store
room, stall or booth, or place OF dis
tribution or sale, or who shall occu-
py Tor any of the purposes afore-
mentioned, any railway car in, upon
or along any street or streets, or at
any place within said village, for the
sale, distribution and disposal of any
fruits, either In bulk or carload lots
or machienry, implements, wagons.
Duggies, automobiles, or any other
goods, wares and merchandise. shall
pay a license fee of $500 per day.
,o) Any person engaged or engaging
III setiing or who sells by cutlery i'm
any building, room or enclosure or
III or upon or along any street ar
~streets, or peddles within said viii
iage, jewelry. silverware, glassware
crockcry ware, tinware. porcelain
ware, cutlery, shells. ~bric-a-brac
iurs, leather goods, dry goods.
oiothing, boots or shoes, notions
groceries, fruits, hardware, macbin.
cry cigars, patent medicine. meats
or any goods, wares and mercban-
use, snail pay n license fee I'm tho
sum OF $4,000 per month. unless
otherwise expressly provided herein
n no license shall be issued for
any period of time less than three
months. provided that nothing here
In sha be construed to appIv 70
drummers or commercial Travellers
who sell to retail dealers only. and
provided further that nothing here
III shaii be construed &c apply IN
engaged IN selling crons
raised, produced on their own farms
III the said crops so raised are die
tributed by the said farmer FROM
his W vehicle and Is limited 20
goods so raised by him I'm Power
county, State OF Idaho.
p) For any travelling spectacle mer-
chant, oculist or optician. not ner.
manently located within the limits
OF the Village of American Falls ana
having a temporary place OF bust
ness within the Village OF American
Falls, shall pay a license fee OF sIol
per day.
And each itinerant spectacle mer-
chant. oculist or optician s%ellins
ron pack or a 3 within the vtI- +,
lage of American Falls, shall nav
a license fee Of $1,000 per day. ,
SECTION S. Any person, firm. as-lf
citation or corporation. violating any
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-06-10

and shall expire the last day of such
month; all day licenses shall be dated
and run from seven o'clock In the
morning OF that said day until mid
night OF the same day. No annual,
quarterly. monthly or day licenses
shall be issued for any part or frac-
ton OF a year, quarter. month or day.
SECTION 4. No license granted or
issued under any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be In any manner
assignable or transferable or authorize
any person other than therein mem
toned, to do business or authorize any
other business than Ia therein mem
TONED to be done, or authorize the
transaction OF such business any other
place than specified I'm such license.
Upon making application M hereafter
provided In this ordinance, licenses
shall be granted at the following rates:
tal For any street carnival, street
fair, combination or similar combi-
nations OF small shows travelling
under one management, $4,000 per
day; providing that no license shall
be issued for less than six days.
CD For any tight rope, wire rope
performance. figures, sleight of hand
performance conducted. held. exhlb-
Tied. given or carried on In any tent
or IN the open air within said VII
iage, $1,000 for every performance.
(o) For each theatrical company CIV
ing exhibitions or performances.
which shall be held, given and ex-
hibited within any tent or IN the op-
ON air or within any building or
room within said village not regular
ly conducted and carried on as n
theatre, $500 per day for the first
a u 1880 per day for every |
aduitional day or he same stand.
providing further that any company
OF serenaders, negro MINISTRIES or
other musical. dancing or ballet per-
iormances given, held and exhibited
IN any tent Or In the open air or
WITHIN any buildings or room within
said village not regularly used and
as a theatre shall be re-
garded as a theatrical performance.
I'D For every shooting gallery S. 90
per quarter.
te) Fore every pawn broker s25. 90
per quarter.
w ro' every astrological fortune
teller. medium, %clairvoyant, palmist
or any one In any way proposing TO
reveal the past or future $1,000 per
day.
Cd For every healer or other per-
who proposes to benefit or cure
c:seaao BY whatsoever method may
be charged $500 per day. Provid-
ing this shall not apply to physicians
N surgeons legally licensed to
practice within the State OF Idaho
M Fol every exhibition OF a freak
OF nature or natural curiosity, $500
per day.
o every lung tester, litter or
other machine or instrument used
Tor the purpose OF determining ply
steal strength or skill. $40 per day.
- For every book agent or canvass
er for the sale OF books. maps and
pictures, or for tho en-
largement OF pictures or who sells
frames therefor. s2.00 per day and
no license shall be issued for a less
period than ten days.
~ Fol any person who posts. sticks,
lacks stamps or otherwises fixes
placards. sale posters. or advertise 8
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-06-10
ORDINANCE NO. CT.

AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN OR
DINANCE REPEATING ORDIN-
ANCE NO. %, PASSED AND APP
PROVED BY THE TRUSTEES OF
THE VILLAGE OF AMERICAN
FALLS, IDAHO, ON THE LIST DAY
OF JUNE, 1909"
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Chairman
and Board of Trustees of the Village
OF American Falls, Idaho:
SECTION l: That Ordinance No.
2S entitled IAN Ordinance Occupation
Tax" and approved by the board of
Trustees of the Village of American
Falls, on the LIST day of June, 1919. be,
aud the same is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: This ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from and
its passage and approval and
In the manner and form as
provided by law.
Passed and approved this Sth day Of
June. 1915.
II. C. wONES,
Chairman Board of Trustees.
o. F. CROWLEY, Clerk.