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THE POPE'S GIFT.
Fished from the Bottom of the
I Potomac After Forty Years.
One of the Oldest an d Dwpmt Mysterl
of Wuhlngtun City at r&st Cleared
tip - A Valuable Discovery
Made by a IMver.
Chief araoug the curiosities recovered
from the Washington ehannel in a pe
culiar slab or stone, whiih, if some of
the old residents who have lieen con
sulted on the subject are not b:lly mis
taken, is a find of real viiltte and in
terest in connection with t lie early his
tory of the city, says the V'ahiugtoa
Post
It was several daya ti(ro that the find
occurred. Diver Harry Edward was
lown on his third trip in Die morning,
ind was guiding the nozzle of the large
auction hose that is used in tearing up
the soft bottom to give the workmen
access to the foundation of the piers.
Near the southwest corner of the abut
ment on the district side he encountered
the corner of a piece of large dressed
-tone, which he at first thought was a
piece of the masonry of the pier whicb.
tiad become detached and fallen out.
As the dredging gradually brought
the whole of the rock to view he
jasily saw that the material was
aot such as plebeian bridges art
nade of. It was a sharply cut
nd beautifully polished piece of
variegated marble, striated in veins of
aink and white, which,' seen through
the green scintillating light of the
water, took on iridescent tints as fresh
is if just turned out from the
iculptor's hand. It was not a large
block, more like a slab about six inches
thick and perhaps one and one-half by
hree feet in surface dimensions, llut
t was in the way of the engineering
work, and therefore, whatever it was,
t had to get out of the way, and, stoop
ing down, aided by the buoyancy of the
water, Edwards turned the stone over,
ind as he did so noticed a half-effaced
nscription on one side. Feeling that
perhaps there might be Homethiug V
iho curious find, he signaled the bucket
ind, as his time below was nearly up,
iscended with the marble anil had it
andecT on the barge, instead of being
thrown on the common scrap pile with
he rest of the refuse.
The matter was investigated and the
facts brought, to light, make it nlirol.
jertain that one of the oldest and ilecp-
;st mysteries of "Washington 's been
it last cleared up.
The story is one not Vj ry widely
trnnwm. anil it niav be bri
this: During the first '-rieiU'S of work j
i of work
unon the Washington molnument there
were contributed from nil v,onrUra of
the irlobe memorial Ktnties to bo Ilila.'Uiil
on the inner wall of the shaft The
jrowned heads of nearly every land
were proud to contribute toward Amer
ica's memorial to tin; greatest hero of
modern times, unit tablets of granite
and mat-ble a-ipro-in.'iU'l.v i n.v.-ribed
were received by the monument
society, ami placed, pending their
insertion, in a long wooden
storehousi or lapiilariimi near the
foot of the shaft. Among oth
ers that were received in tho winter of
1853 was a block of beautifully striated
marble from the pope of Rome, with
the simple inscriritinn: "Rome to Amer
ica," meaning by that not the religious
but the political Jio'.vcr j-opre:-:e'n :.ed by
Rome." lint il ens m the days of the
jJd know-h)t:iii.g.). tin- "American
party," whose m'-'-mi-.'nitc yx- il (Hd not
stop f or hue tt!stir.-:iut .t dciiuiuon,
ind, thinking that s.,iey .-av.- in the gift
an insidious invasion .? ).a:;:ey into the
land of the free uvii! Mw heme of the
brave, there were o.-riltioiits grumblings
jf wrath on the reis-olion of the ;.;ift by
the authorities at, V'ahington. llut,
though the cloud lo.tvi-r.-il. i- did not
burst.
The hard winter ' I"-" ay:-e-l and it
Was late in the spring ' -' '! v. ii. ri the
work on the momim- ! ps hht more
begun. Tho morniie.; of .Mi.r.li.'j of
that year the city wis ,-le " ri;ie, to
earn that the- nigla iw-t'tMT unknown
band of vigilantes lia't le.
-tone shed at the foot of 1 '
ind that the pope's gift
-,ure was missing, (li.l u
-ome of it u-i eoe .!- ye,1 .
ilways a waicliin-.tti itai
rround annifio li..- i.- '.-ie:.
aim was u "m v. :it:.i
Marauding mr h:wl !.
well, and th- -.,. '-nd 1 '
while the vvi.r-ir.iia; -vac
lis box by - r.-;.' 1. -' "'
utsideof tint -V.01 : aim
jreventing ldui fri.- ' i-
flimpse of ti e'; ii: y nh-
'n the morn!;;" . " - he-.i
;he stone w:. ' . 011, ''hir
was known, an. up - ;: -f
ill that was eve, '-U.A, .-.
l.-r.t in I 1 the
e ::i .nei.ieat
i 1 Ue ,trae
lint il:iu I)'"-
'l-.i
iiuie
ii'ns
1 the
vitli
t the
t-
ohns
.lined.
en ).
in: I-'- -oneil in
: tho
iui- W'S. tbll3
e:i -rci-Itig a
Hi.ct -e. ! iiim.
-is t'O-'ii and
I w ii i.i that
'.'.v.- ago
strunite i;i:.
Dr. Moss i '.hi
aonof lb7.-"i ..t.)
lls of t he .s. ;
-.remocold 11101' l
t . I r.-
y i d; .i-i tr exn-Hli-
:rr,t!IV Ut.'llT tilings,
-i-e i-iTi - ts of the ex
e c ni-i:ler. tl.ey bu-ned.
w.;.- riiiii to U
n. .'I'l 'he il eti.r says
si .;:' ly -''-ct .erased
ing ;il .i ' at'c-le. lie
-JhiiT, "h:: i 'li i '' could
The temperat.il
degrees belmv
chat he was corf
when, upon i.-'ik:
discovered that tu
lo to keep -.va:-m.
It v. :is si- .-old that
the flame crl'l ii
ow of the caii.'i . .
,te way down, i , v
jandle ' standing.
3nongh4, however,
holes in the thin
the result bei.i-r :
cylinder of rviiit--if
yellow fl.i-.-u- I
ind sendifit "i.t n.
a to the darl.;ie.
it --It .! f 'he- tal
el! .. -i- t .r.:.:it to eat
s t:. --it .'Uelcton
! her v- iu-1 heat
I.i yi' .--ridd-kl.npcd
tv-fti-it . f the tiUlow,
Uuiis-'i'.'' -Incv-like
il., :i t-i-wv.t-ngoe
m:-f oil IK' inside
..! n i-i light
Llojuor Lleenses In Metleo,
In the City of Meiico the Income Iron the
taxation of liquors and- the license" on
i-airtor.s is very large indeed. ' Every
liquor and pulque shop pays a monthly
license. In aduiiion to the license fees on
-saloons, an octroi, or entry tax, ia collected
on ali pulque corning within the city limits,
yorthe fiscal year jut ended thi gala tax
aniountoil to the sum of .'-'al.WiO. or more
,Vi' r-.V-iZ-rr;.'
... .
;r c'rlocit in ttjeMtrnoo-i,ioi n-fi)OBaiUieti
a dkswv. .
RANCH NATIONALITIES.
Untchmen In the West Who nave Become
Thor-ou'-.lily Americanised
In "The Wilderness Hunter" Theo
dore Roosevelt says that as a rule no
hndv d nlnvs much curiosity about
other people's auteocdents in the far
west; but on one occasion 111 r. Koose
velt returned to his ranch and found a
strange hunter staying there, and
asked his foreman who was this new- i
comer, who evidently appreciated good
things and seemed inclined to make a
permanent stay, according to the cus
tom of the country.
My foreman, who had a large way of
looking at questions of foreign eth
nology and geography, responded with
indifference:
"Oh, he's a kind of a Dutchman; but
he hates the other Dutch mortal. lie's
from an island Germany took from
France in the last war,"
This seemed puzzling; but it turned
out that the "island" in question was
Alsace.
Native Americans predominate
among the dwellers on the borders of
the wilderness, and in the wild coun
try over which the great herds of the
cattlemen roam; and they take, the
lead in every way. ' The sons of the
Germans, Irish and other European
newcomers are usually quick to claim
to be "straight L'nitcd States," and to
disavow all kinship with the fellow
countrymen of their fathers.
Once, while with a hunter bearing a
German name, we came by chance on
a German hunting-party, from one of
the eastern cities. One of them re
marked to my companion that he must
.be part German himself, to which he
cheerfiilly answered:
"Well, my father was a Dutchman,
but my mother was a white woman!
I'm pretty white myself," whereat the
Germans glowered at him gloomily.
COTTON AND T03ACCO.
Old-Time Prices of These Coqiroodlttes In
the Sooth.
"We have before us," says, the Rich
mond Journal of Commerce, "sales of
two bales of cottou and twq hogsheads
of tobacco sold at -Norfolk, 1 Va., June
9, 1831. by James Gordon., -a life-time
commission merchant of thai city. The
weights of the bales of cotton were 312
and 330 pounds. Price, 0) cents net
sales, S61.ii4. Weight of the two hogs
heads of tobacco, 1,375 and 1,478
pounds. Price, ?2.50 and S3.5 per 100
pounds. IS'et sales of boh, )fi8.35.
The accompanying letter says: .'I fear
you will be disappointed in the sales of
the tobacco. I confess it seems tq me
a low price, but I assure y oil. nothing
y stated sasjNslUsr can be done hew.?-- t "
j "We are not posted as to how long
i after this leaf tobacco was sold that
J Norfolk continued a tobacco market.
"Wonder if a treaty was ever entered
into between Norfolk and Richmond,
that the one should sell cotton and the
other tobacco without business compe
tition. If we so conclude the treaty
was like that of William Penn and
the Indians, unwritten for it has been
faithfully kept to the present day.
"The tobacco farmer of the hour
mav rrlean n ra" o consolation as ho
contemplates the price of tobacco in
1831 and compares it with its value in
1893, and consoles himself with the
knowledge that our fathers received
less than present prices."
The Mentsehlkoffs.
The last representative of the famous
Russian family of Mentschikoff died a
short time ago in liaden ltaden. The
founder of the family was Prince Alex
ander Danilovitch .Mentschikoff, who
Was the son of a stableman and the ap
prentice to a baker. The boy attracted
the attention of Gen. Lefort, who in
troduced him to l'eter the Great.
Owing to ' his extraordinary clever
ness he obtained great influence over
the czar and soon advanced to the
highest place in the empire. In time
he became the most important and the
most feared man in Russia. In 1727,
however, he fell suddenly into dis
favor and was banished to Siberia, his
immense fortune being confiscated by
the crown. lie became insane there
from brooding over his fall and losses,
and died in 1730. flis son was restored
to favor, however, and the family
quickly regained its prominence. The
fortune of the last Mentschikoff, run
ning into the millions, will go to a dis
tant relative, Prince Sagarin.
he Vi'on llor Point,
nearly half a century ago a maiden
lady residing in Roxlmrough purchased
an ax from George Davis, a hardware
dealer in Mannyunk. The ax was in
constant service, and by its many trips
to the grindstone was worn down until
the steel blade was no longer of use.
Recently the old lady carried the pole
or head of the ax to Manayunk to have '
a new blade inserted. Meeting a friend,
he advised her to go to Davis' store,
now kept by two sons of the former
proprietor, and get a new one in ex
change, as the old one was warranted
to last a life time. The two Davis
brothers protested against exchanging,
while the lady vehemently urged her
rights. A large crowd soon congre
gated, everyone siding with the woman.
She finally triumphed, and walked out
of the store with a brand new article,
waving it over her head as an emblem
of her victory over the firm.
Early Prejudice Against Women Doctors.
Medicine as a profession for women
is less than fifty years old. Dr. Mary
Zakrzewska, of lioston, has recently
published an interesting account of
the struggles of the pioneers in this
particular field. Harriet Hunt and
Elizabeth Illackwell were stirred by
the idea that an important work might
be done by well-instructed medical
women. The materialization of this
view resulted in complete social ostra
cism, impossible to be endured by any
but the strongest and most courageous
women. No woman doctor ever earned
a living before 1,!0. No respectable
family in any commonly respectable
neighboorhood would let rooms to a
woman physician. Even when friends
gave hersheltera business card or sign
was not allowed. The lack of prac-
th-al training was really the stum-
J .ho ,.t .11 .1.1.
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DINED WELL WITHOUT COST.
The Trick ty Which Moneyless Scamp
Ew;ml!cd a WaeliinKton Restaurateur.
An unprincipled scamp recently
played
a game upon a Washington
restaurateur that for originality and
effectiveness has -.ot been matched in
any of ve ume-honored stories of
Beau Hickman or any other "eaters
of dinners, you foot the bills." He was
a well-dressed, gentlemanly-appearing
person any other would not have
secured much attention in the cafe
which he worked and he ordered a
dinner that proclaimed hiinan epicure,
if a scoundrel. He commenced, says
the Post, by tipping the waiter lib
erally, which alone would proclaim
him one accustomed to secure the best
of attention; and as for wines, he
would have none but the best vkitages,
which he picked with the taste of a
connoisseur. The dinner was prepared
to the king's taste and appeared to
please him until the last course. At
that.point he uttered an exclamation
of horror, and beckoned frantically to
the waiter. That functionary not be
ing sufficient to vent his wrath upon,
he summoned the head waiter, and
eventually the proprietor. Then he
pointed out the cause of trouble a
dead fly in the dessert. Words could
not express his well-feigned disgust,
or the regret of the proprietor at this
unfortunate occurrence. The cook was
called up and "roasted" more effect
ually than he ever did his meats, and
tlte restaurateur offered every amend in
his power, llut the guest professed to
be almost overcome with nausea, and
could not eat any more he had proba
bly had all he wanted. Of course the
proprietor could not think of charging
for such on unfortunate meal, and
was only too thankful that the matter
should escape the attention of the
other guests. But when the disgusted
guest had gone a bystander, who had
watched the occurrence, remarked to
the proprietor: "Why, didn't you see
him put that fly in the dessert?" And
tho subsequent conversation was unfit
for publication.
POWERFUL WAVES.
The Effect of a Gale Over the Great Salt
Lake.
A correspondent of the Youth's Com
panion recently witnessed a most con
vincing proof of the weight of salt
laden waters of the Great Salt lake.
A strong gale of wind was blowing
over the lake and driving its surface
into low, white-capped ridges, while
along the shore the foam lay like flat
banks ot new-fallen snow. If it had
passed across a lake of fresh water of
equal extent that wind would unques
tionably have produced such an agita
tion of its surface that navigation in
small boats would have been diflicult
if not highly perilous.
But the waters of the Great Salt
lake, although driven into ridges as
just remarked, showed a curious re
sistance to the wind and the waves,
rising to only a slight elevation, moved
along with an appearance of lethargy
that the eye couldjiot but notice
Yet there was an immense momen-'-"1
stored vm in those low, heavy.
slow-moving waves. Venturing Into
the water at a point where the depth
did not exceed four feet the observer
found that it was impossible to stand
against them. Their sheer weight
swept him resistlessly along.
The curious buoyance of the water,
containing twenty-two per cent, of
salt in solution, increased the helpless
ness of the bather. He was not sub
merged, as sometimes occurs in the
Atlantic breakers, but was lifted and
carried like a cork.
It would probably have been impos
sible to dive through an oncoming
wave after the manner practiced by
oatners along the Atlantic coast. In
the Great Salt lake people are not
drowned through sinking, but stran
gled while still afloat. The bitter
water may enter the air passages with
fatal effect, but the body continues to
float until it reaches the shore or is
picked up.
fVitXIGAN HANDICRAFT.
Wonderful Skill In Fashlonlus; Gems Into
Carious 8hapes. ,
It is recorded of the Mexican lapidary
to whom was intrusted the fashioning
of the exquisite wedding-gift ol Cortex
to his wife in 152!) that lie was a work
man "unusually gifted with a delicate
sure touch, wonderful skill and unpar
alleled ingenuity."
The first of the five famous emeralds
forming the ring was in the form of a
rose; the second, that of a horn; the
third was like unto a fish with eyes of
gold; the fourth was like a little bell,
with a fine pea:l for the tongue. On
the rim of this tiny bell was inscribed,
in Latin: "Messed is he who created
thee." The fifth emerald, the one of
greatest value, was fashioned like a lit
tle, cup, with a foot of gold, and four
delicate gold chains were attached to
a large pearl as a button. The edge
of this cup was of gold, on which wa
engraved, in Latin: "Intematos rnu
lierum non surrexit major" Among
those born of woman none greater has
arisen.
It is recorded that for just one of
these precious gems the almost fabu
lous sum of forty thousand ducat was
oifered, and declined by Cortet.
The sole relic (that can be identified)
now in existence of the incredible
wealth of ancient Mexico is a gold gob
let with the sides rudely repousse,
with the representation of a human
head, upon one side in full face, on the
other in profile, and on the third the
back. This wonderful piece of ancient
handicraft seems to be of pure gold.
It was brought from Mexico and pur
chased at Cadiz by Edward Earl, of Ox
ford.
It is stated that it was once the prop
erty of .Montezuma.
This goblet stands four mud a half
Inches in height; its diameter of lip
measures three and a quarter inches.
Its weight U said to be little over live
.... jo .c.ci, is in j.au lo fix up
your watch or clock. He keeps a full
I stock of everything pertaining
to bis
business.
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THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
nr An
Situated Manx Miles Distant
from Honolulu.
The group lies in a chain distant
from Oahn seven hundred to twelve
hundred miles, west bv northwest.
There are several records of Its 'discov
ery. Ocean island was quite well
known as early as 1830. in mat year
the English vessel Glcdstuncs was
wrecked on its shores lu 1870 the
United States cruiser Saginaw was
lost in these waters. She hud gone
down there to dredge a channel and
provide a station for old side-wheelers
then setting out as 1'acitic man liners.
The only losses of life were from
small bouts. One boat, seut up this
way for assistance, was lost just off
Kauai. llut one of the crew was
saved. He brought the news to Hono
lulu. In a few hours Capt. King, now
minister of interior, was off aboard a
schooner carrying a relief expedition.
Next day. at the request of the Ameri
can minister, an island steamer was
Bent after the schooner. Long was
master of the steamer, and Capt. Rice,
now of the tug Klou, was mate. They
beat Capt. King only twenty hours to
Ocean island. The Americans were
gone. They had been picked up by a
sailing vessel. An Inquiry that stirred
naval cicles followed the loss of the
Saginaw, and Honolulu was made the
port of call for the Pacific mail. Of
the three side-wheel liners, one was
burned at sea, one at Hong Kong, and
the third lost off Panama.
Years ago two whalers went ashore
in one night on Pearl and Hermes
reef. The vessels were lost entirely
and several men drowned. In 1885,
the English craft Dunnater Castle,
coal laden from Newcastle, was
wrecked on an Ocean island reef. A
small boat sent for help found its way
here. The Waialeale, Hale, master,
was dispatched to' the rescue and
brought all hands to Honolulu. Tho
crew of tho Saginaw first found water
on Ocean island.
At one time the carrying of guano
and phosphates to the United States
from the mjdway group promised to
become a great business. The discov
ery of phosphates in Florida and other
states along the Atlantic coast had a
depressing effect on the fertilizer traf
fic in the United States.
NEWoPMrVK VvmIFS.
Ada "Are you going to sue him for
breach of promise?" Elsie "No; my
lawyer says-I haven't any case. You
see, Dick always signed his letters
'Without recourse.' "Life.
Fioo "Goodman is dead. He has
led a most beautiful and a correct life.
Everybody praises him." Fogg "But,
confound him! he trumped my ace
once when we were playing partners
at whist." Boston Transcript.
"I thought yon said you were going
to bring a friend home to dinner with
you," said Mrs. Chugwater. "He
couldn't come, Samantha," replied Mr.
Chugwater, ns he sat down with great
satisfaction to the first good dinner he
had had chance to attack for a long
time. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Miss Midoi.kaisi.k "Your new rec
tor is lovely." Miss Alice "Oh, yes
but he's very bad form, though." Miss
Middleaislc -'Why do you say thnt?
I think his manners are perfect." Mi is
Alice "Well, anyhow, he will talk
nothing but shop whenever he calls."
Brooklyn Life.
AN IRISH "LOT'S WIFE."
She Was a Wicked Creature and Now
Wears a Cinque t-'ONtume.
A curious legend is attached to a
strange monument which stands in a
solitary spot near Hantry, Ireland. It
is a natural rock standing upward of
six feet in height, and containing five
basin-like holiows on its surface. In
each basin is a long, oval stone.
It is said that "once upon a time" a
woman lived in that neighborhood
who was in the habit of robbing the '
farmers throughout the district. In
the dead of night she used to enter
their barns, milk their cows and trans
fer from each dairy as much butter as
she could carry. j
The good Saint Frachna, consciousof
her depredations, resolved to punish
the woman. 1e mounted his horse
and pursued her as she was leaving
one of tin; farms. Overtaking the cul
prit he changed iier into stone, anil she
s'.'inns ti: re t.'i thh flay, a nii-i.iinient
of rlffhd'i'u.s retril.iitii.ii. 'i 'e.one
basins are those in which she was
carrying the milk, and tho pieces of
rock in each are said to be the butter
she had stolen. The tree Im'.siiIc the
rock grew out of the spansel with
which she was accustomed to tie the
cows' legs before milking them. This
curious legend is known and believed
by all the peasants in the district.
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Why a
IMPATIEfVT PANTHER.
Banter's Opportunity laded fee
Xootnl;ioua Failure.
Hunters who go forth to shoot pan
thers have generally a story of triumph,
or at least of a worthy and thrilliag es
cape, to relate. But tbe author of
"Thirty Years of Shikar" describes the
only chance he ever had of making an
appearance as a slayer of the large
feline creatures as resulting in a crush
ing failure. He gives the story aa fol
lows: A panther was marked down iomns
in a small thicket, and I went forth to
do for it When 1 reached the ground
the panther was still thera, and a keen
eyed native pointed it out to me.
"Hithcrward was Its head," said this
man, "thitherward its tail. Doesnt
the sahib see it? There! there!" and
he pointed to a spot about three yards
off.
But I did not see that panther either
its head, or its tail, or anything that
was its; I saw only a mass of light and
shade under a dense overgrowh of
greenery, dead leaves and grass that
were yellowish where the pencils of
light h,roke in upon the gloom; and
otherwise mysterious shadow that ttold
nothing to my unaccustomed aye.
All that I looked upon in that green
wood tangle was equally panther; I
could pick out no particular patch as
being any more pantherish than the
rest; of head or tail I made' but' noth
ing where all was equally one' tr the
other, and still that native of keenest
rision besought me to see that pan
ther's head and tail and right forefoot,
and many other details of its anatomy.
Then there came a roar out of the
thicket, and a rush which was like the
volcanic upheaval of the ground at my
feet, and, as it seemed, several tons of
that upheaved matter hit me In the
chest and other parts, and I was cata
pvil tirl ,nn tx tar Woswl i.jf nay back a
yard or two from where Lhad stood.
That upheaval was the Anther. The
brute hadn't had the patience to wait
until I saw him, or the modesty to take
himself off peaceably in some other di
rection; he had resented my staring
his way, even though I saw him not,
and so had emerged out of his lair like
an animal rocket, and knocked me
down in his flight
As he failed to claw me, I came off
scatheless; but not so my attendant,
who foolishly embraced the panther in
vie w to arresting his flight; he got him
self badly mauled, and did not come a
whole man out of the hospital for some
weeks. That was my disastrous com
mencement with panthers.
POISONING IN INDIA.
A Popular Method of Dlsposlnc f Ob
noxious Persona.
Although the English government
keeps strict surveillance over Its sub
jects in India, it docs not seem able to
stop the wholesale poisonings going on
among the natives there every year,
says the Pittsburgh DiBpatch- It
seems innate in the native Hindu to
poison if he desires to get rid of some
one who Is In his way. The poison,
which the natives use produce about
the same symptoms as the poison of a
snake. The victim dies suddenly and
is cremated within an hour or two
after death, so there is no opportunity
of investigating the cause. The
poisoner, to further deceive, usually
makes a cut in the leg or arm with a
knife, such as the fangs of the snake
would make, so that it is difficult to
distinguish a victim of the snake from
the victim of the poisoner. There are
thousands of deaths put on the gov
ernment registers every year that are
attributed to the bites of snakes. I'll
venture to say tiiat but a small per
centage of these are from that cause.
In traveling through India it is rarely
that a snake will attack you, for aa
soon as it hears anyone approaching it
usually glides away. Europeans are
seldom bitten, on account of the boots
and leggings they wear, but the na
tives, who go barefooted, occasionally
step upon a reptile which strikes them
and death results In a few hours. The
English government offers sixpence a
head for every poisonous snake killed
India. I know of some places where
natives went into the business of
breeding cobras for the purpose of get
ting this bounty and made a good busi
ness out of it. In Lower Bengal,
where snakes are held to be sacred,
you find them in profusion, for It Is
considered sacrilege to kill them. I
remember a house in which I resided
in that district in which it was usual
to kill one or two cobras a day. Snakes
hal got between the walls of sun
dried brick, and once in awhile would
steal out o' a hole like a rat.
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