Show A FELINE SNAKE KILLER an alabama cat that waa on Kep rattlesnakes may charm birds rabbits and dogs bat they cant charm cata the speaker was george Ste arnesa farmer from walker county telling snake stories while waiting for a train at the depot to prove his asser eions stearnes raes related the following Tn aident 11 l 1 he owns a large black cat says aha st louis globe democrat which kills every snake and lizard it can fencl the other day he the cat creeping through the grass toward some kind of prey and watched it A few feet away he discovered a largo rattlesnake coiled ready to and its beadlike bead like eyes fix edon those of the cat the head of the snake was making the peculiar swaying motion which is a part of the charar that brings birds and rabbits willing victims to the mouth of the hideous reptiles stearnes says he saw at glance the snake was trying to charm the cat and as be was not much attached to the feline he stood still to await results with its body close to the ground and its tail swaying back and forth the cat continued to creep slowly forward its eyes were fi sedon those of the snake as though the swo were testing their powers of me ism slowly and cautiously the cat crept closer and closer to the coiled reptile and really seemed tor aghilo that it had fallen a victim to tho charming powers of the rattler when within four feet of the snake it stopped in position lorap pring andi remained motionless for an instant the snake seemed i surprised and i changed its position slightly this the opportunity the cat was waiting for buick as lightning tbt feline leaped and caught the snake by the neck wath teeth and claws an dafter rolling ove ri and the ground for two minutes 1 the snake was alie cat long after the snake ceased to giove piove and then as it walked away would occasionally leej apa aStas cl daar lo 10 jya Jy 4 t 32 1 |