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Show SNAKE IN PIANO. Reptile Five Feet Long Ensconces Itself It-self Inside a Music Box. A musical snake ensconced itself on the inside of an old-fashioned square piano in the house of Miss Mollie Carr, near Charleston, Ind., and did not make its presence known there until several days ago, when it was charmed from its hiding place by a melodious strain drawn from the instrument in-strument by Mr. Lyon Morrison of In- dianapolis, who was visiting his daughter, who is spending the summer sum-mer with Miss Carr. Mr. Morrison ran his fingers over the keys, and, drifting into, a soft melody, did not look up for a moment. When he did he saw the head of a huge black snake swinging to and fro before him like the pendulum of a . clock. The snake was charmed and made no effort to avoid his glance. When ha ceased to play it gradually coiled itself it-self back into its old abode. The lid was removed and the reptile killed. It measured nearly five feet, ftf W |