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Show sxakk sroiim llalllo tilth a Moin.-i Uoptlle In a Lady's stomach. An exchange says that on 1'ebruary Gib Ihe tcaktkeoper at the xooKglcal gardens at Clncluratl put a mouse Into a young rattlesnako'a cage to aervo as a meal for the reptile. The mouse dodged the snake's cflurt to bite, and bit the anako'a neck and body. The tight went on desperately for an hour, the mouse being too quick for the snake, which finally gave up from exhaustion and mouse bites. The tneuse was left In the cages all night, and next morning the keeper found II had blltm tho rattler's head entirely oiraiu apparently cc;wd Injury Itieir. lliougrichagrluvd at Ihe lots ot the suaba he rtcvgulsad tint bravery ol tho inousu by settliiii It at HLcrty,. This story Ian ver 1 rutty one from the standpoint of a lymnathlzrr with Ilia STiikeilil) V Intended Tlulltu, and lias au air or prubsUllty with It. Tli. latter Is not always tue case, however, when ttio nulled n( MinkM Is being o.iuililereU. it Is Ircqueull; regarded as a fltd fat the frtu liidulifeuut ot hypoibollam, as In tho IiuUuch ot it remilerit ot one of tho vustern counties ol Utah visiting Ibu lioudou zoological gardens a few months ago. He came up to where a coiiqany ot tourists were admiring a inumiincniil boa constrictor, con-strictor, about twenty-flve feet long, whleh had recrutly been kdded to the collection. Alter gating ut the huge r tile for a few moinsula he exclaimed, ex-claimed, In a touu ol disgust, "Why, that's no curiosity, Tim iieople III 1'rovo Valley kill buidreda of them every year,'' When subsequently subsequent-ly remonstrated with by a frlitlid, he cxpialued Ilut be thought tho reptile was u latllesuaee. In the oiaia ol exaggerations der.oml-naied der.oml-naied "yarns," the reader will to strongly Inclined to place the following, follow-ing, which cumca Irom South Mul-vine, Mul-vine, New Jersey, uoderdato.of Feb etti! ' "Mils rtschel M. Moore,riO years olj atiJ wHghimt impound'. Is at last relieved re-lieved ol a suaku which sueawalloned twcltejears ago and whclihas aluco lived and grown larger In lirr alomaeli des lt every eltort to kill It or git J, It out. Theioctot MIxsMvoro havings suakeln tier stomach has ben known by her Irk rids for years. In the summer sum-mer of tbSO she attended n gaidau party mar C'edarvllle, where she then routed. Thu palty wa glvoii ou a larui, and In tbu spirit of tun alio drank out of a buiket which was usol to hoist water tut of tho well. Hnu felt suuielhlug slitplug down her throat at the tliuv, but forgot Ibu occurrence occur-rence until 11 yuar after, wnun shu and her Irlends iiotlud her ravuuout sp elite. Hba always loll hungry n d ale nearly enough for iwo pcrtoui. Hhu soon frit the uiovluif of some creature within lit r. and the occurrence et her drinking out of the bucket at the will was remembered, rtiyidclaus wrre consulted and they decided that Miss Moore's lody was thu dwelling place of a snahr. Ihey trio 1 by van us million to hill tbu re; lib-, but without suct'tss. Ab ihu continued tu enjoy noo 1 health and for weeka at a time was not bothered by the creature It waadecideJ best lo permit per-mit nature to tike Its course In hois thesusko would tome out of Its own accord. Viars patted on, but the anake continued 10 nuke ItinUoiie In the j Cling woman, Once when the nt honey It crawled Into her mouth mid part way out between her lips. Its oody was not more tliau aquarter of an Inch Ihlik; there were no eyes, and the tteneral color was green. Her mother graspej the hideout reptile uud attempted at-tempted lo pull It out altogether, but the slimy body sllpfed through her hands and down the girl's throat, at though It had Leu 11 gnu.oj. Miss Mcoru frequently nio honey after that In hopes of tho make again making Its appearance, but It Dover came up further than tier mouth, A year ago while in bed she was uwakenml in her sleep by something crawling over her lireait. tihe screamed and the snake quickly drew Itself back In her mouth nud down her throat. Lite Saturday night thu was seized With a chunking teosatlon, which continued torludlcally during thu night, nd early Huudoy morning the suaku crawled out of her mouth teveral Inches. With great presence of mini she closed her teeth on Ihe body of thu repuMve creature and ran to lir,motbcr, wnu succeeded In en tirely relieving Iter daughter of the unwelcome tin int. Die niluku was rllteen Inches long, nud died a few minutes alter being In the air. Miss Moore Inlntel teveral times on Huu. day, and during the night became violently III. Her ttomaoh refuses to hold food except In liquid form since the snake came our, and t-lia Is growing grow-ing weaker, so that It stems she may dlens thu result of getting rid of the hideous reptile, which has made her Interim! anatomy Its home for to many i ears. |
