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Show THE FATAL FANGS; A HOilATCtL . The Sun received last night thUaJnful tale of the true caune of the Jamexess of ' . prima donna: "She is a native of Salt Lake City, and last year spent her summer vacation with a party of frlsnds on an overland trip horseback "from that city down throug--the Rockv mountains by trail Into Ne Mexico. While passing through the Mora valley, the party met one evening Jim Hi yes who Is a nephew of the- famous Wild B1H," a well-known scout, contemporaneous contem-poraneous with 'Buffalo BUI' in his palmy days. Hayes was so charmed by the remarkable re-markable ease with which Miss ' handled her horse that he presented her with two rattlesnake skins as a souvenir of the meeting. "On returning to this city. Miss had the skms made into garters of the circular kind. But a fatal mistake was msde In not removing the fangs from the hoad of one of the snakes. This snake, or rather gnrter. Miss were on her right limb last Tuesdav, on her way to rehearsal. In getting off a Broadway car. she fell to the ground. This caused a tremendous shock, but above It all the , prima felt a sharp pain Ilka that of a needle, enter her body below the knee. Investigation showed a tmy drop of blood cc-tlng from the injured spot". Her experience exper-ience In the West revealed the truth- to her Immediately and, unclasping the offending of-fending hoso supporter, she found In the head of the viper the fatal fangs. "Fortunately, however, ahe wae accompanied accom-panied by ' . the basso profundo of the company, who has spont some time . In Florida on his houeeboat. and who la one of the few men that the Bamlnole Indians In-dians have aJ1owedto see their sacred corn dance. From his familiarity with these aborigines, ho became acquainted with their method of treating a snake bite. He was carrying with him at the ' time a ronton of the snakeroot which those Indians use to cure this poison. Coolly and calmly he applied this eoot according to the method of the In'Sns. That the result has been beneflciai id has saved her life la demonstrated bv rtie fact that this beautiful woman 4s now able to attend rehearsals of the companv. with the assistance, of a 1 rane."-New Tork Sun. - - ' iH .MM, S |