Show NOT A CURE FOR SNAKE BITES Expert Corrects Mistaken Impression Impres-sion as to Value of Whisky as a Remedy Its a mistake about whisky being a euro for snake bites E T Baruch an expert on snakes and snake bites says so Whisky might be all right for bad colds weak hearts and other ailments ail-ments Baruch said but Its a mis take to use it for snake bites When a person has been bitten by a poisonous j I poison-ous snake every precaution should betaken I be-taken to prevent the venom from being be-ing distributed through the body by I the blood Whisky Is a stjmulant and It Increases the circulation of tho blood and thus facilitates the distribution dis-tribution of the poison through tho body Threo things I always carry with mo when I am hunting poisonous snakesa sharppointed knife a stick of caustic and some strong cord If I am bitten on the leg I at once bind the leg with a cord above the wound and then use the sharp pohted knlfo and tho caustic This is a much safer method than drinking a quart of whisky I After two years of snake hunting in I tho west Baruch returned to Kansas City where ho formerly was employed em-ployed says tho Kansas City Times Ho lives at 501A Park avenue Baruch is killer of snakes and manufacturer man-ufacturer of snakeskin waistcoats hat bands scarfs cigar cases and pocketbooks pocket-books He deals In venom rattlesnake oil and sells mounted skeletons to museums Im away behind In filling my orders or-ders for smikeskln novelties ho said A waistcoat mudo of rattlesnake hides and ornamented with the rattles rat-tles sells for about 25 Waistcoats made from the hides of nonpoisonous snakes sell for less money It requires from ono to three weeks to tan n snako hide ptoporly I kill the snakes and manufacture all mho novelties 1 sell It Is a difficult task to mount n shako skeleton properly prop-erly A rattlesnake yields about two drops of venom It rcqulies about 200 rattlesnakes to yield an ounce of venom The rattlesnake has about onehalf ounce of oil It sells for 250 to 5 an ounce according to the quality Snakes are the most dangerous In July 1 and August when they are moon eyed In winter tlmo when snakes are hibernating they shrink from three to six Inches in length Tho hides of snakes aro tho most valuable and are tho easiest tanned when tho snakes aro killed immediately after they shod in the late summer Baruch lilts traveled with various snake shows and he Is nblo to expose ex-pose the tricks of tho snako charmers The bitliig of the snakes head act and other similar stunts of snake charmers are fakes Buruch salif All of them are accomplished by sleight of hand |