Show of the knabe readers of newspapers must havo noticed that during tho last civo years tho breed of newspaper snakes has greatly deteriorated in intelligence and general accomplishments time was when georgia and alabama snakes wriggled along on tho tipa of their tails and picked cotton buds when thoy entered houses in the and drained babies milk bottles when they grew to enormous lengths and performed under proper training many acts of domestic service all this is changed now abo reptilian kingdom has experienced a setback in its progressive march toward intellectuality a consequence newspaper writers have been obliged to fall back upon euch commonplace animals as the cat and dog omaha world gierald |