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Show By the Aid of Birds I This Snnkc-IIunlins: Priest Hopes to Exterminate the 'I Poisonous Reptiles of the Southwest. I To eimiintei Pt Putrid, nnel ilo feir hl e-uiiti ns eltil tho trailltloniil Irish nalnt Is the life orK of 1'iitheT lVelro Hnelrl-Ktie Hnelrl-Ktie To ko ccn further, nml not only to rM tho Puuthuial of Hb post of riittlosnnktie but to eltrey the Inse'ct lift? on tho ailil laiiels. Is the hope of Pnthcr Hoeltl-ue Hoeltl-ue riftv jenrs no he nine to Atlzona niiil bcRim his Inliorsi for Ihe church through New Mexico, Ailzoniiiml Mux-Ico Mux-Ico A slioit time Inter he bioiiRlil West hi sister mill liiother nml eatnhllsheel them een a sntnll Itut prolltable much In the upper nlloy of tho Vaqul liver Ilo tiltiixeir n Btntteineel ut elm) inns nml his elutlen fieeiientl culled him to thn l'upblo In the Ynqul alloy, thus glvlns hint the otportunlt of sumetlnieH nieei-Ing nieei-Ing his ielitles One ila u mi'ssaeo euiiie telllnu hlin or the elenth of his luother nnel plslcr The hitler Intel Bono to a spring for it huekel of water, nml ns hhe stoopoil a warning rMtli'r umler her hnnel preeoeleel the eeiieuuoun stioke ns the fanes fnsleneil in her eheek 8ho tore the leptlle loose nnel, hurryliiK to the house fell fnlnt Her brother eauio home to llnel her eljlne; ami, Kolng to tho spring kllleel tho etiomoui snake The follow Iiik J5 nt the sprlns he loo, was bitten b a tattler, eloubtleew tho mite of the one ho luiil kllleel rather lloelrlRiiei: burleel the boillea slele by shle, aiul for neaYly twenty ents icmalneel lu the solltuelo of tho monaster). Ten e.ir asto he kuo up the prleBt hooel, fallliiK health foreliif; him to a llfe'ln the open air Most of the time he haB elcoteel to a selentlllc and iternlstent BtaiiRhter of snakes, ami the walls of IiIh country home arc e-oeeteel throughout with Bklnn nml rattles No, It In not a feeling of revengo thnt urRea mo on ni) war on the ret tiles ' sa)H rather Hoilrlguez, 'hut 1 must In come manner tmproee my time out of iloors, nml I Know of no better way than to kill snnkeB Then, too. It la not an unprofltnblp bunlness, anil from my BnnkeskliiB nml oil I am enabled each )enr to gUe quite a nuB um to tho ehuich ' rather Pedro has killed nearly ISM rattlesnakeu during the pant ten )enrs, with a alue of 3 each on tnnned skins anil half bh much more for the nil, which the Mcxlrann litem an Infalllbto cuio for rheumatism. In nil that tlmo the venernblo hunter hOB nceer felt the fangH of tho rntller, nearly all of hla vlctttna bclnir aecureel l hla tamed nnd tralnerl "road-run- SSJ lulls those reuinrka'ili blrdn ot the) H elese-rt nbctll wlitth an much Is said ulne H mi little la known '1 ho road runner,"' H or chniinrrul bird, is the hereditary en- H em) of the inttlei ami his most danger- H ous foe, ami It In b) Ihe use of theao 'H blrdn tint Tnther Pedro hopes to forco H the inttlera to extinction '1 Never before has the long legged H rnnd runner the llghllng coi k of tho H desert " been elomestlcated although 1 Arlroun nnel New Mexie-o Inns make It H n i rime lo kill him H 1'iithtr Pedro however, hai su ceedeel H In brlniilng tho bird to Its hlrheat point H of usefulness nnd with n flock of over M n score, he hoa neliieve'd wonderful iuc- eess H The birds hunt lu p'llis and It la thus H tint the) lint vest then master's strango H erop, one pair BOinetlmei bringing In j hnlf n dozen snakes In n days tlme M They get llielr lew aril In thi anako meat H ami thllve upon It H All thiougli notthern Mexico and tho 1 Territories Put hoi Pedro has hunted H with his birds, nnd It la In the hope of H neetirlng tho general tnmlng nnd uso H ot the elmpnrrnl birds that he hopes to H rlel the Southwest ot snakes, tarantulas, H scot plons and ecntlpeeies M As far hack as go the traditions ot tho Indiana the ehaparral bird has been M looked upon ns a benefaetur of mankind. H while putugiaplu hive been found H which Indicate that In prehistoric times. H he wns a fnmlllar object many rudo H pletuien carved In stone showing tha H long-legged birds In the act of devouring H sn ikes H The name "toad runner" the blnl H eurned by his hihlt of frequenting tlio H rooelw eys, peihnrs to better discern In H the dust the trails or his reptilian vie- H llins and his pmpcmdt) for remarkable H speed He Is Indeed posiessetl ot abll- H ity to keep pare with a horse for a short H instance He Is poorly equlppeel wltlt H wings In fnct, the short nippers which H tnke their plnce. nro only valuable In H aceeleratlng running tiowers H Plilnsmen wlio have Been the bird at H work tell remarknhlti stories ot his H fighting qualifications and his immunl" H t) from tiolsn When ttie marveloua H qulrkness or the bird does not save hlin H from the llghtnlng-stioko of tho rattler, H he resorts to n remedy which ho gathers H from the stem or tho smaller cactus. Ho fH caieful, though. Is the assault of tho H blrel that rarely does the snake escapo H oi Injuie his assailant Coming upon H a victim, the birds attack from opposite H sides and sn ileree Is the nsstult that It H Is usually but a matter of a few mo- H meats until one ot the lilnln has hit H beak around the neck or tho snake anel M the rest Is easy, the heael nt the Bnako H being quickly ciushed to a pulp, by rap- H Id luminei Ing from the birds At timet H nn especially ulert snake Is found, and H then the plan ot attack Is changed. On H opiosltn slds nnd running rapidly, tho H birds circle their victim until he Is vvor- H rleil Into n frenzy of rgc Then an op- H portunity offers nnd llko a Hash tho H birds nre on htm H |