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Show Gila Monsicr a T'c r r o r A It h. in U rnilleicukia are connld-eri-'l diitmernim from a Kilinous innilp-ilnt. they are lii-omilllrant when conii nr. d with the ilremb d glln n.oii'ler of tbn nmly d ri of the aolllhwt-stein l'lille.l Sllltea. Prof. Wl'lliim Weihirliee. who hna been studying II. ere id nert creiituiea. has miide a number of very iiftcreHttug and ImpnrMnt illnrnvei lea ns lo llielr n:itute uml general hahlu. This llrnnl-slinpril anlmnl when full grown men. "lire al.mit eighteen Inehes In lingth nnd In girth about the kIzo of nn ordinary boy'a arm. Its lull r.imiMiKea one third of the length of iih body ami II skin la of a pii-iulnr nottirn and tnotli-y In color, col-or, glvliir a reildlah ellnw mid brown effect. Ha legs are pliteed on Its body nlnillnr In chnructi-r lo lliime uf a Heard, He-ard, but it linn none of the rnpldliy In movements of that animal. It seeks Iho holiest phires In the desert and delights In beat ranging about 1:1 degrees. de-grees. According to Prof. Welberbee se'enee does not know of single antidote In the poison emitted lioin this anlmnl and It wits In hope of discovering dis-covering aueh that he made a ncent sojourn In the desert of Arlions and California. The rapid Increase of aet-tiers aet-tiers In this section of the country, owing lo the recent strides made by the reclamation projects, has made it necessary for the authorities to look to their safety from the dreaded animal. ani-mal. Since the depart n ro' pf tho Indians front this part ,,ry ltl.0 monsters have k v, )n ,.)ri;j numbers, as toe Mi,,,, k,1 tli n) oft formerly In Int. Thp lluit'lpls. a tribe f M. lrln ,lmnH me .aid to have a nir.e !V f,,r ,hl, , ,,, of the glla niont fr, but ihi4 however Is kipt secret b.Mi, trilie ,! ,,! indiieeniellts so fir .,,, hal without results la ,rjill)( () even the sinnlli -t fnrtlon of ilil et"d antidote. 'I'k in i ,,f Ico himself even ,, ,.,,,, ,,,,, tn (ins and tried lo secure it,,- M.cri-I. 1'nllko most pol'-oniof anlnuiN, wblr.i aro generally ol u ar'd cntupnsiMon, Ibla exception l llk-,11,,,. untnj,.' In nth aiHin folb- the bite of the an Imnl. Ptirlng the luofnnir's e.eiimeii, Menlcm amidint u enui-ht by tho thumb by ow of the iimmnla anil the result was In died wnbin iwenly minutes, after lint falling Imo n stupor. stu-por. Another e n noteil (f a half Mexican nil I who hail liei n bitten. Hhe at first was telted sm, pnr,ilysls. A little later alu crli-tj that her heat' waa splitting Grailtmliy the pain, however. It'll h't siul a few minutes before expiring the hipcd Into unconsciousness. un-consciousness. During thi.se developments develop-ments she lived thmit two hours and s half after belni bitten. Next summer sum-mer Prof. W'ctlirnVe Intends going among thn H tin llpla and trying to secure, se-cure, by fnlr or snfslr means, the secret se-cret of this trllsi as regards the antidote. |