Show ROuT ABOUT RATTLESNAKES Bite of the I 1 Deadly and Chicago News A A recent edition or of the Daily Newl News contained a an article telling ot of a a con between certain professors ot of the Smithsonian institution IS as to th the effect on human beings ut the the ve venom of the sakes snakes of of AIe Two ot of the these 1 professors hold tat that t there e eis is no authentic Instance on record In Inthe inthe the United States of at the deth death ot of a gown grown pers person from snake bite Concu Conchi sivo sive data on the mooted subject Is not notto notto to be had This artcle article wi will deal only with the several varieties of te the crt crota bus lus more more familiarly known a as the rat rat Although te the yellow or tm tim her ber and mountain variety Is the largest larget i it is not so 80 dangerous as the other to two The acton action of is its venom does not show the ame degree or of acute Intensity Tile The varIety Is more numerous In the ly fly timbered regIon or of the o east te t and 10 te the Alleghany Blue Ridge idge and Smoky mountains The variety found in the west and particularly r on the plains Is smaller of a dingy color and more specifically known as the ad and Is cx e dangerous I haVe hae had con considerable considerable experience with tie the snake and know personally ot of several deats deaths from Is Its bie bite AU All 0 oC these persons were under 18 years of age and In each case the bet best known and most approved rem edles were promptly and Intelligently a applied Young persons being heed less are more lable liable to be bitten t their eld elders rs I was credibly informed ta of one case ot of a robust nan who wa was bitten by a maSsau ga but recovered after a pero period of great pl physical anguish by incipient nt madness the he I distressing symptoms being recurrent though happily In a modified form The black diamond or water rattle rattlesnake ratte snake is also dangerous I It is natural I ly sh shy is not numerous and is natura found only along the water coUrs courses s of the states The part of the bo body bitten and the condi condition Hon of the peron person at te the Unie of being bitten have have an important bearing on en the out outcome om of snake bie bite Should the fangs pierce a vein or artery and the person erson be be overheated wit with the coursing swiftly from the case ls grave and the best treat tet ment promptly applied is likely to be or of orno no animals In good condition either wild or domestic seldom sue suc succumb cumb to snake bie bite They recover r in ina ina a few days ay doctoring themselves by methods prompted bY by Instinct Dogs hores horses and cattle are frequently bitten Cats and mules are never neer bitten The habis habits of cat cats their acute senses alert watchfulness and rapid ity of movement in moments nf l stand them 11 in good sted Stead Their ts is done don at night while snakes are daylight prowlers Mules ules are Instinctively on guard buard against snakes and have the faculty or of the presence or of a snake in time to avoid contact Hogs are arc the natural enemies of snakes and unless from bitten being on the tonge tongue fanged suffer They no il ill poUnce effects upon snakes at sIght with ith great fury tearing thorn them to pieces and devouring them Rattlesnakes exhale a peculiar odor and their venom appears to attain its Is greatest virulence in the the mont month of Aug No mater matter how ofen often or under what a person may hear the warning rattle awas sounded except during the tho shedding hedding period this start sound gh gives s a momentary Ing In shock of dread The rapidity of the vibratory acton action of the rattlers when being sounded Is remarkable and the act of striking out with wih te the fangs Is done quIckly the Otherwise move ment month of these snakes are aro sluggish I hesitate to advise the two pro fessor lessors to seek to demonstrate their theory by a personal experiment wIth the It would be tata tanta tantamount mount the grim to reaper a an Invitation for a cn call from |