Show nak 1 in hegt n the theory that snakes do not leave their winter quarter quarters until pring spring has been disproved in washington this morning an engineer crawled under the big brick building now being con for the census bureau and hearing a hissing sound d which he thought was as caused by escaping steam held his hi lantern well in front of him and saw a large water moccasin th thi snake was wa ery err much excited and darted his tongue at the engineer who beat a retreat the en gincer nad som some difficulty in persuading his fellow I 1 j workmen that he wai was sober and a d the th 15 foreman went ment under the building t to investigate he ile came out quickly with the information that there were hun bun deeds of snakes there none of the gang cared to make lurther further examina I 1 tion and the snakes were not dis it Is sip supposed posed that the snakes came from the old tiber creek ewer sewer which la Is near the census bulling and I 1 that they were warmed into make wakeful ful I 1 ancza by the steam u apes paced aced tada the new structure new lock ork sua sun |