Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-05-26 | Page 5 | Curious Business Section

CURIOUS BUSINESS MAN WHO CAPTURES AND TRAINS SNAKES FOR exhibition he handles them fearlessly much As an ordinary man will a pet kitten unawares ogden has been entertaining a man beside whom the oriental snake pala into utter insignificance he is a mancho is right at home with snakes nd makes of theiu his toys and playfellows play fellows ho handles the most deadly snakes as the ordinary man will a pat kitten or as a child will a doll ilia name is joo arner and ho is famous as n snake trainer for the past month he is ben boarding at the ferris rooming house on twenty second street near washington in his spare during this time he haa searched through hie lilla for snakes intending to add to his already large collection some nf the distinctly deadly rattlers of utah the recent rain storms have delayed alie recovery of the snakes from their torpid alato aad benca their reappearance from their winters refuge he located scores of their hiding places and yesterday went up and secured a number of specimens he expects to leave tonight for pennsylvania where he will visit for a few days with relatives he will then return to loi angeles anere his largo collection is at present and aret ready for his seasons exhibition during the summer he exhibits his collection at the different resorts 0 the country and lectures on the habits and characteristics of the snakes As his life haa been practically spent among the reptiles mr arner knows about all there is to know about them some of hw stories would put to blush the most acute sufferer from ophidian hallucinations his body is covered with scars made by the fangs of poisonous which have struck him he claims that he has an infallible remedy for snake bite and he handles the bosit poisonous of them without any fear reclaims He claims he docs not deprive them of their fangs and says they rarely attempt to strike after being handled once but if they do a prompt application of his remedy will eliminate any danger mr arner has made noted additions to his collection since bainy in ogden moat of them being alie rattlers which he obtained in the hills yaster i y