Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-11-26 | Page 3 | Changing Serpents into Rods

serpents into nods tle the egyptian cobra Is not unlike its ita asiatic cousin except in the absence of 0 the curious spectacle like mark which distinguishes the latter although it la Is the most poisonous reptile known to inhabit northern africa it la Is the favorite among the snake charmers these conjurers conjure ra know how to bendet this serpent rigidly unconscious by bj pressing the nape of its neck witha with a finger this act appears to throw UK the reptile into catalepsy in which he is as I 1 stiff as an iron rod traces of something similar having been practiced in olden times may inny be found in tho the bible where aaron made a ser aut of 0 his rod or staff