Curator Doesn't Know Much About This Sundown Story But He Isn't I Taking Any Chances With One Snake 1 Is a frozen snake dangerous dans-crous Will III It be able ablo to strike after atter thawing out These are arc questions puzzling Sterling Talmage curator of the Deseret mu museum eum When a 3 thirty Inch reptile from rom Central America found coiled colled about the stalk of ofa a It bunch of ot bananas was presented to tho museum toda today b by a local produce house houge th time the snake was 3 a as stiff a as aCI a board It had frozen after b being taken ery much alive e. from the bunch of bananas When the tIme curator placed the tho reptile which was tied In Ina a a. double bowknot on the table tahle It appeared HO so stiff and Inanimate Inanimate maui maui- mate that he left the room thinking that the snake would be 8 safe fc where It la lay But he suddenly remembered that some I sc sage e hud had once discovered that a snake I never r dies until after sundown As AR this one oue was alive after the last lant sunset he reconsidered Finally he ho retraced hi his steps and put pul Mr Snake in a glass case I am not nota a bit superstitious said Mr Ir T Talmage Sc but If It by bv any chance there thero should bo be anything to to that sundown story why m my friend from Central America is Ie In a abettor abettor bettor better place In the case caRe than lying out outon outon outon on the table It will wUl take him some time timeto to thaw out but at any rate there Is no danger danKer now that the thc snake will explore the office if he should como come to life Th The curator has hats not been ablo able to Identify the specie of ot toe the new arrival at atthe atthe the museum as this can only bo ho done dono Inthe Inthe in inthe the C case of uncommon snakes by examining examining In ing the fangs mouth and throat The Jaws of the snake at the museum are closed dosed like a vice and until they can be opened It will not be known whether or not the reptile is III of the venomous va- va