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THE HERALD 00 .f i.r s(ouar 4 iL r r:,t in,er IS PUBLISHED - -- nU e - -4 f on abo e . EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, - r At Newberry, S. C. - elumn 15 c.s BY THOS. F. GRENEKER, ' titor and Proprietor. . - - (pcargcts wi t a dv - . - . - .- . - - -- -"- - - --- - - -- - -- - - -- - ers, with Cli ra d ed u t i n argoe a te s. Terna se.o er .anin,.. Mt &* Invariably in Advace. A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Tiscellany, News, Agricaltare, Markets -The paper is sto ed at the expiration 0 - -o--f- - - - - - - - _ time r ad. - yf-sub WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1880. No. 4. TERMS CASHT.. The , mar du,: -ration of sub t , e:ription. .*"'" Dry'3g ,ie;. 3U&IEl! BU5IEi!! The s6,er:he- having bought the stock of the firm of J. T ,vlor & Co., will continue Se conduct the business in all oF its various branches of WHEELWRIGHT WORK, BLACKSMITHING, PAINTING AND TRIMMING, All of which will be done in first class:zrvle. I have a choice and well sceted stock of seasoned material and will build Double and Single Seat Buggies for sale and to order, of any style or pat tern, promptly, and guarantee stisfuetion, as I will employ none but the best and most carefal workmen; and spare no pains to make my work first class. OLD CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES reno vated and made to look equal to new. REPAIRING done in the best manner and with disp?.teh. HORSESHOEING and PLANTATION WORK promptly done. All of the above will be executed AT LOVEST6SH PR/CES. A liberal patronage respectfully solicited. J. TAYLOR, Shop Opposite Jail, NEWBERRY, S. C. TERMS CAgH. Oct. 8, 41-6m. .lIiscelaneoUs. BURIL CAEN. Bt 1. CHAPMAN N & O Respectfully announce that they have on hand the isrgest and best v.r:ety o BU RIAL CASES ever brought td New berry, consisting of Fisk's Metalic Cases, bEmbalming Cases, Rosewoodi Cases. Together with SCOFFINS of their own' Make, Which are the best and cheapest in the place. Havying a FINE hEARSE they are pre pared to furnisi Funerals in town or coun try in the most approved manner. Particuar attention giveu to the walling up of' graves when desired. Give us a call and ask ouir prices. R. C. CHAPMAN & SON. May 7, i879. 19-i. 6' The Best Agricultural Journal Published in the South." THE SOUTHERN MW1 MTZLT A LABGE QUABTO of 82 pages, handsomely print. ed, filled'with choice read ngof interest to the far mer, with an illustrated fashion department fothe ladies. $2 a year, 1i a % year. Sample copvl15 cents. Addres- J. H. ESTILL 8 Whitaker street, Savanna,( ant py of "2he Savanuwzh WeeI4y Newos," a mamn. mot 8.page newospaper, or of the "Daily Mornig Newos," the edigayofthe Southeast, sent on reciDt of -cnt sapAddress as above. Ev-erybody is deUighted with the tasteful andi beitutiful selection m:gde by Mrs. La mar, who has NEvER FAILED to please her customers. New Fall circular just issued. Send i for it. Address MRS. ELLEN LAMAR, 877 BroadIy, \ ew Yorh. 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W, u P0Ctl No. 4 Mollohon Row, NEWBERRY, S. C. Oct. 1, 1I-1V. 0, B, B Ti & ,, MACHINE SHOP -AND GRIST MILLS. The undersigned have associated together for the purpose of conducling a MlACHINE SHOP and GRIST MILL. and will give par tieultr attention to Rpairing Engines and Boilers, mnd persons having work of this kind to do a il tind it to their advantage to patronize i. SATISFACTION UARANTEED. We are al:o Agents for GES, TllRESllERS,&. DUR GRIST MILLS Ate runing daivy, turning out the best f Meal, and M eetS e'n rely on bemng uplied at al timtes and AT? THE LOW ET RAfES. B3LACKiSMIT il WORK. Mr. J AS. R(LLISO.N, the well known Blcksmith, is with1 us and is assisted by a first-class Hlorse-Shoer. WHIEELWR~IGHIT WORK. Mr. TIIU-. CrIAPM AN, late of Jalapa, is n hand to do work ini his line. 0. B. IsUTLFr. R. IT. ANDEIGSON. Nov. 5, 45-sm. TFH1 ZLTON PEET1 OLEGB. .Ar Wf r imzron fa ,~ CA1cuseA Era 3n nsernch it ? servicg '.'prn - twi.h to ect fr heiragte:u,s * - m ble r 4at .omhigt . y:eticajl i at s slr a S :"zz st 5cr- Jorim: are nade stl .er ?1O j~i pAfP.rove ti pu .-e. .T: e,'W 'cd e 2. t nFi.ca d Nc;:e c/a.e rn .vr uar PXCa.. Fwrs, azo nr me C ogue Sen e ? San ~ IsapretBLo Usa adIs the only purely VEG ETABLE remedy known to sci ence, that 'has made radical and PERANENT CURES of SYPHILIs and SCRoFU-LA in all their stages. It thoroughly removes mercury from the system; it relieves the agonies of mercurial riematis,and speedily cures all skin dis IFor sale by Dr. S. F. FANT. Also. Mi-;;h's Worm' Oil. Apr. 16, 16-1y. OUR MONTHLY. ON'E DOLLAR A YEAR. O a MONTH;r is a magazine devoted to gen eral and religious reading. Its contains 24 doulec column pates, and every endeavor will be mde to make it worth the money. Evr'. chuaritabvr inclined person should sub scribe for it, as the~entire sub.-cription is devoted to the support of the orphans in thue TUI1oNWELL OurIiIANAGE of Cinton. S. C.. by whom all the work upon it is done. It is careful! a ed danid is worth the price asked lor it. Wil .act the frier.ds of the Urptaiage get up a list of subscribers for us and so ena:e dewerving boys to assist i supporting theeves. All subscriptions should be sent at once to the editor and publishe. Ot. 2:. 42-tf. Clinton. S. C. A a W' E Ei i your own town, atnd no a eat ital risked. Youu (can elve the A lt.ines trial withnout expense'. TMIIhe. best opportunity ever offered ,o hose willing' to work. Ytou shouldl try onhig else until voc see for yourselt what \ou canU do at the buine~ss we offer. No roou to explain here. 'tui can devote all yotr timhe Or only your spare timHe to the busiess, andi make great pay tor every hour that you work. W omenf make as much as men. Senud Cor spec~i private tertms and partculars,~ wich we mtail free. $5 Outtit ree. l)'t complain ot bard times while vu have such a etamnCe. Address HI. HAL LETT & 10.. P'ortland, Maine. 23-1y Books and Stationery IAT TIIE LijiALD S1ORE. %W E "Ira. r oo) - 1l1 lr: Sweetheart, Good-bye ! Our varied day Is closing into twilight gray. Aud up from the chill, bleak waste of sea The north-wind rises mournfully; A solemr prescience, strungely drear Doth haunt the shuddering twilight air; It fills the earth, it chills the sky, Sweetheart, good-bye. Sweetheart. good-bye! Oar joys are past And night with silence comes at last; All things must end, yen, even love, Nor know we if reborn above, yhe heart-blooms of our earthly prime Shall flower beyond these bounds of time. Ah ! death alone is sure! we cry, Sweetheart, good-bye! Sweetheart, good-bye! Through mist and tears Pass the pale phantoms of our years, Once bright with spring, or snbtly strong When summer's noontide thrilled with song; Now wan, wild-eyed, forlornly bowed, Each rayless as an autumn cloud Fading on dull November's sky, Sweetheart, good-bye! Sweetheart, good-bye ! The vapors rolled Athwart yon distant, darkening world, Are types of what our world doth know Of tenderest loves of long ago; And thus, when all is done and said, Onr lifo lived out, our passion dead, What can their wavering record be But tinted mists of memxory ? Oh! elasp and kiss me ere we die, Sweetheart, good-bye! gittie~ 4srg. SUSIE'S GIFT. The days were growir dark for George Graham. 1is studi ous habits had resulted in an af. fction oft e eyes that threatened to ("row Serious. This was his last term at school and if he passed his examination ereditably, he was to have a place in Solomou Grant's store, with.l wages that would not only take care of himself, but greatly help his mother. His mother was a widow, and eorge's love for her was a sort of >assion of devotion. He was very fond of Susie Hale, but Susie was only a nice girl to im-a dear sweet, good girl, such s any fellow would like; but his rother was the lady to whom was :ue his love, his care, his utter most duty. The plans he made in life were all for his mother's sake. What if this gr-owing dizziness about himn was to increase until all was dark? What if he must be no help to his mother, but only a bur den on her forever. 11is scholarship had been so fine that his tutor hesitaited to reprove his nlow continual failures; und Georg"e said nothing o,f the in ceasing .dar-kness ar-ound h it> his mother for~ -he felt that it would break her heart, nothing to~ tacher er schxoolmnates, for it seem bed to himi that his grief w ould be~ no(thjing~ to them. But onie after no.en the crisis came. Noon who was~ pre'tsent that da-not even the smialiest clhild --will ever forget the look of wild despair that swept over' George Grah am's face, or- the gesture- ofI helpless anguish withi which he stetched out his hands, as if to seek among them all some friend, as he cried "'God help me, I have been going blind, and now I eainnot see one tiure i my book!" There was a silence after this, thrugh which came no sound but the audible beating, of George Graam's tortured, despairmng heat. Th 'en the master sent away the other-s, for school hours were nea ly over, anid tried his best to comn fot his str-icken pupil. T b words of the teacher enter ed his ears, but they (lid not reach his heart or kindle his hope. As su as iie could he went way. Hie did no g sragh hofe. tiow could be face his mother and tell her what he must tell her now ? He sat downi on a bank a little removed from the road side, a bank which overhung a switIt, deep vet narrow stream. An awful temptation camne over him. To. be sure to die would be to leave his mother to fight her bat te of life alone ; but also it would .-liev her fmom the heavy burden he must needs bo to her ni i: lived. The river rushing lown thei below invited him with its mu mur. Ho bent forward over th stream. Then he drew back, for longing came over him to go homn first and see his mother just one more. "See her! What ^m I talkin about? Do I not know I sha never see her again." And a girl's voice, soft and ter der, an unexpected voice, auswere him "Yes, you will see her agair Surely you will see her again !" The boy turned his face toward the sound. "How did you come here, Susi Hale ?" he asked. "Don't be angry, George," th gentle voice entreated. "I waitei for you. I could not go homp til I had told you how sorry I wa: and tried to corfort you. Yo must take heart and try to b cured. I have known people wh could not see at all, to be helped and why not you ? At least yol must try." An evil mood was upon Georg Graham, and he answered, harsh ly "Where is the money to com from, if you please ? It has bee1 all mother could do just to live and she has struggled on in th expectation of my being able sooi to help her. She h s no mone fr experiments. There is nothin for it but for me to rest a dea weight upon her hands, or-die. "You believe in God, Georg Graham, and you will not defy him If he means you to bear this yo will bear it like a man, and no try to get rid of the burden. Jus now, it seems to me, you ought t go home. . Would you like you mother to hear this from some on, else?" He rose slowly. "Ylou are right,'" he said, "an you .are a good girl. Good bye Susie." She did not try to go with himr she foliowed him only with he eyes. HIis mother met him at th< gae. When she took his hands in her the poor fellow felt that she knev all. She wvas very quiet and sel controlled. '-Your tutor has been here," shi said, "and he has told me. M darling, why have you sat in the darkness, and shut your mothie out froma any share in your trou blec?" "Oh,I couldn't tell you, mother, he0 soJbed. "'I Cou l,in't. I thoughi it would break your heart." Mean whilec, Susie Hale had goni home full of anl absorb'ing pups Somehow mouney' must an shold be raised( to try what skllful oca list could do for Geor~ (Graam. Susie was the or'phan niece She kn?ew thiats lhe had a mou' est little for'tunie of her own, bu it was all in her uncle's hand: ad withiout his consent she coulI not dispose evenm of hei' slender it come. But would he not be persuade to let her have enough of her ow money to accomplish her desire ? She asked him, using her utmos ~ower of persuasion to touch hi heart. but lie refused with pei emptory decision. Susie had in the world on treasure, a diamond ring, whic had been her mother's with stone white and clear as a dev drop. This must, she knew, be wort hunmd reds. It was her own. She had meant to keep it all he life for' her mo)ther's sake, biu surely this great. need of Georu Graham's justitied her in partini with it,. She had one friend in whioe good faith arnd judicious manag~ ment she felt implicit confidec ani to him she sent her mtother' ring, with the request that I would sell it as speedily and on a good termtis as possible, and rem her the price of it in bank note and keel) for. her thle secret tb; Bhn h-d disposed of it. I It was a Week alfter Ueorge Gra ham had giv en up hope, when a e most u1nexpecied hope came to - hirn. A neighbor, going by from the e post office, handed in at the door a a letter addressed to him. Mrs. e Graham opened it. e "George," she cried, after a mo ment, in an eager, trembling voice, "here are one hundred dollars, and li this is the letter that comes with them 'This money is from a true l friend of George Graham',, and is to be applied to taking him to an . oculist, in the hope that his sight may be restored. The giver with s holds his name, both because he de sires no thanks, and because he e wishes to make the return of the money impossible.' "It is from Heaven itself." the I mother cried. "Geoi ge, I feel in my .1 soul that you are to be cured." The next day a mother and her blind son sought rooms at a quiet e little house in the city, and the day after that they were among the earliest patients of Doctor An u nesly. The first examination of e George's eyes was unpromising enough, and the docter wanted to see him daily. e There were weary days and 1 weeks that followed, and it was curious that the mother was al ways hopeful, and tne son always a despairing. At last it almost irritated him to hear her speak of hope to him, and one day he turned on her with the first burst of passionate impatience she had ever experi enced from him. . "Mother," be said, "for the love t of Heaven do not talk to me as if it tI was a sure thing that I am going to see again. I want to think it r doubtful, almost impossible. If 3 you should make me expect a sure cure, and then it shouldn't come, don't you see t hat I should go mad ? I I think I should dash my bead ,against the wall. I can only live by expecting nothing." . After that the mother held her r peace, but whenever she wvent out of that darkened-room those who e saw her marveled at the light of joy in her eyes. s At last the time came ; the band age was removed, there was just f one wild cry "Mother, I see you !" and then SGeorge lay at the doctor's feet, swooning in his great joy. It was weeks yet before he went home again, but the good news preceded him. The mother wrote to Solomon " Grant, who had agreed still to tkeep the place open while await ingr the result of the exper'iment. e Soloinon read the letter ini full 1 HIe little knew how his niuece a loniged to s natch the paper fronm e his hand and rend i tfor h,erself nor did be hxed the tears ta f sw am ini he'. darvk eyes. tears o such deep. uinsJiish joy as or.ly a . loving' womani know;s. t Another letter came afterwards , to tell when the widow anid herL I son were to return. - t was Susie who walked over early in the afternoon, carrying d with her a basket of dainties for n the travelers' supper. Susie's black eves danced, and ther heart sang within her as she s set the table in the little parlor I and lighted a fire in the kitchen stove, ready to make a fresh cup e of tea whenever the widow and hher son should arrive. a And at. last the travelers came, sas at lats. every thing does come, if we waa long enough for it. h They had expected to find an empty house ; they found instead warmth. and brightness, and~ good rcheer, anid Susie IIale. IIHad George Graham grown -e througjhbis trial inito a me.n's per eeptin of a girl's charms, orha his eyes been holden before, that he should not see? Ionly know that that night, for the first time in his life, it ~dawned upon him that another ewoman might some day dispute with his mother the empir.e of his heart. s,But it was not until five years tafterwards. when Mr. Grant had takirn him int,o partnership, anid 3Ir. (=r:.i? s r,iee~ Ssic.. had be-1 e<.me( is wife. that GU rge Ga ham ever 'uessed from V hose tender hands ha;d come the gift by means of which he had been restored to hope and happiness. 11ielt ntaus. T.tXA'IONi:.ST:ATE AND COUa TY FOR ISSO. The Supply Act as passed by the General Assembly and ap prvced by the Governor, is pub lished to-day. It is printed from a copy which has been carefully compared with the Act in the office of the Secretary of State, and we believe it to be strictly accurate. As telegraphed to The News and Courier on Monday, there were some errors in corn pleting the Act for ratification. The effect of these is to make the State tax 4- mills inst.od of 4 mills, to leave Marion without any special county tax, and to give the Charleston militia $3,000 for the current fissal year. The Act is a law as it stafds, and State and County officers are governed by its provisions as they are. It is annoying, of course, that the peo ple in general should be called on to pay a higher State tax than was necessary. but the additional amount is only w25.000, wi:ich will lie over to the credit of the succeeding year. The appropria tion for the Charleston militia is exceedingly welcome. It is amaz ing that the Charleston delegation in the House should have opposed the making of the appropriation, but we presa:um that they will not regret that the Senate amendment has become a law without their consent. Marion will not, we hope, be seriously inconvenienced by the omission of the provision for a special tax for that county. The general State tax is 41 mills, with 2 milis additional for the Public Schools, and an or dinary 3 mill tax for County pur poses. Last year the general State tax was only 2j mills, but provision was not then mnade for the paymer't of the full interest on the whonle public debt. It is expected that each mill of tax will produce $100,000 of revenue, and the general tax wvill give, there fore, $475,000. Of this amount 32-i372 are appropriated to the payment of the interest for 1880 on the Consolidati-n debt, and 34,000 for the payment of the in terest on the Defleiency bonds o the State. South Carolina, tread ingr bravely the paths of publie honor and private credit. g.ives her creditors 8358,000, and applies 117,000 to her own neds. This is not all. Out of the 8174,000 col leted in previous years and in the State Treasury, the su m of $144 375 is app1roprnitd to coUilete the payment of the interest for 1879 on the Con,soiidation deob!. South Carolina wiii *Apay in in terest to her creditors next year ice h tundreCd and thur t|wsand dol lars. Besides the outlay for in. terest, there is a tax of 2 mills, yilding $200,000, and the poll tax yielding $100.000, which are ap plied exclusively to the support of the public schools. The public reditors an thbe publi. seb-ools in 1880 will reoeive the equivalent of the proceeds of a tax of 8 mills, or 8800000. For efery other State expense a tax of 1 mill, with the phosphate royi.lty, will sufice. No other State in the Union can make a beLtter~ showing?, thani this. And Sout b CL'ro:: na is a'solid!y" Decm oeratic. Such facts and figures goQ a long way to explain, and justify, "irregularities" in elections. The largeness of the tax in some of the Counties will naturally ex ite remark, ou tside of the State. These special taxen, ovr n abo;-e the ordinary 3 mill County tax, are to provide fo'r the indebt ediess contracted before the Demn Orats obtainied control, which in debtedness has been ascertaiined byv local commiissioners, a.nd is in process of adjustment. The pe0 pe are replacing what their for mer rulers stole! There is no special change in the manner of collecting the taxes. The taxes are payable, as before,I in tW weqnml instalments. The iirst in s talm ent. is pvai._l from May 1 to June 1. 1SS0, and the secn)ili instalnent is payable from Septem ber 15 to October 31. 1880. The whole tax can be paid n. hen the second instalment is payable. but they w ho take advantage of tins indulgebnce are required to pay a penalty of ive per cent. on the amount of the first instalment. Taxes remaining unpaid on No vember 20, with a penalty of 15 per cent., will be treated as delin quent and collected by distraint in the case of personal property, and by sale, in February, 1881, in the case of real property. All State taxes are payable ilawful money exclusively ; but County taxes may- be paid in juror and witness certiicates. Prevision is made this year for a more definite taxa tion of phosphate lands. When the land is mined the net proceeds shall be taxed, and the net pro ceeds shall be ascertained by de ducting from the cash market value of the material mined and removed one-half of the cost of production. It is interesting to compare the taxation this year with the taxa tion in previous years. For a series of years the State tax, in cluding the S:hool tax, was as follows: 1870-71. ... 9 1874-75... .10 1871-72.... 7 1875-76... 11 1872-73.... 12 1877-78. .. .7 1873-74.... 11 1878-79. . ..41 1879-S0 ... 6; This shows a handsome reduc tion during the three years of Democratic rule, for it must be remembered that the State now pays as she goes, and is not piling up a bonded debt or an unfunded debt to be provided for hereafter. Taking the assessed value of the taxable property in each year to be 8135.000,000, for purposes of comparison, the amount of taxa ton in the years named was as follows: .870-71............ $1,215,000 1871-72............... 945,000 1872-73................ 1 620,000 1873-74............. .. 1,485,000 1874-75............... 1,395,000 1875-76..... .........1,485,000 Total..............$8,145,000 The average State taxation 'luring these last six years of Rad ical r-ule was 8$1,375,500 a year. For the current year, includingz the half million dollars for interest and 8200,000 (outside of the poill tax) for~ the public schools, the amount taken from the pockets of the people will not exceed 8675,000, 2 direct .savig, in~ one year, of seven~ undred thousanfd dollars ! T his is what the pecople gan withr peace, security and prom!: titud* in the discharg.e of pu.b!!e nbig:ios, by D)emnecrat ie sol idi. ' ini So ut h Caro lnThe recordi is b2fore the e<>uI]ntry and upon it Sr'::n3 Caro lia s.ands !-ee o: ouir A R3TrlS . E'S D NERl. The MIonthy Heal Prepared for the Interett ing Repiles at the New lora: Aqzaritun. -A ..e,w York paper says: os onous snakes very seldom take fod in captivity. . O1 some spe ies, no specimen has ever been found that would do so. As a rule, they obstinately starve them selves ; sometimes living for ninel or even twelve months without eatingr, growing gradually weak er, day by day, until they finally die. The rattlesnake is not that sort of a snake. Hie is practical, ready in adapting himself to cir umstances, and if he is hungry, is so hceanse nioth,ing digestile is at hlandI to be killed and swal low ed. Mr. B;ergh obje~cts to snakes be ing fed withe living animals. S wvhen the ratt ilesnaks' monthItly meal ti me comnes he is never an inlvited guest. An hour was chosen waen*r. thtere wereC no str'angers mo the aqIuariumI and the dinner was .'ervedA. A large, fat rat was put in the eage of a rattlesn;ake about three feet long. The rat mnanifested a cheerful induifference to th it utionJ, that was nto doubt based onl the happy delusion that its com pan ion was simpjly a harmnless big wormt. It trotted unconearnedly over the outlying sections of th e siake, peered down amuong the coils for something to eat, and t.r.d with innocent surprise and euriositv at the upraised loudly ratt!:.l! t:il. I! nonchalance ac tua iY seemued to astonish the snake, and caused him to hesitate thout opening ho6tilities a-ainst .uh a cool customer. That sit. nation waS maintained for. five minutes. All that time the rat iesnake's warning notes were. ,c.unding and it lay coiled with its neck curved ready to strike, and ts eyes fairiy blazing with rna. ignant ferocity. At last it struck t the rat--and mised,. The rat eem2ed to think nothin more of the occurreucethan that.the worm wanted to change its position and was somwbat in a hurry about it, There was no apparent alarm, but lnly an access of curiosity in the rnind of the frisky rodent about he quivering, whizzing tail, to aisty concerning which he walk leliberately up to it and smelled it. As he did so the snake struck ag:iin. and that time caught his nitim's left hind leg. A horrible thing the rattlesnake was in that moment of pouncing upon his vie tim. The flat, broad head was opened into an enormous mouth: in the widely distended jaws the large hooked. venomous fangs were erected; the eyes glowed with ury. Quicker than sight could toilow the motion, the deadly blow was inflicted. One instant the snake was motionless, the next its rangs were fastened in the leg of the st.ruggling, squeaking, and now thoroughly alarmed rat, and ' he next it bad returned to its for rmer attitude, still threatening but simply following with watchful :yos the movements of its victim, witho:it essaving any further at sack. The frightened rat lost in statly the use "f the leg that had een struck. On its other three isprag ibout as if in wild e;ror, then urarged itself around be eage more and more slowly; t le h it erasrled among the hes o the snake and there expir. di. Ti rteen minutes elapsed nu the time it was bitten unil t was dead. Almost imrmediately the snake 'roceedled to the swallowing pro, ess There was no preparatory noistening, coiling upon ana press ng of t he body-. The snake sim ly seized the rat's head in his nouth, and commneri opera ~ions. His ujper jaw is bu'ilt in a o( sections, right and left, and ae co'n move them separately, >aekward or forward. Hooking hie teeth of one section into the at's hide. he would slide the >tber section forward a little and :ake a fresh hold with his teeth. rhen~ the first that made fast hsould let gO, come to the front, tnd rig a new p)urchase. In that ~var,. by alternate advances of the -ight and left ser-tions 01 his up er* jaw he slowly pushed his dinm ~er down. Bit it took him twen v minutes to do it. Several other rats were fed to bhe rattlesn~akes with little varia nlon of incider,t, except that their ndividual characteristics were va -iously display'ed. None was as inconscious o1 danger and im muetly sociable aIs t be first, and tone was as plucky as the seventh, which upon receiving the fatal ite, sprang at the snake to make ight. The poison was too active n the courageous little fellow's reins, however. Even as he reacheri the reptile's neck his imbs stiffened, his jaws became et, and he roiled over on his back weakly kicking and gasping for somne minutes, and then died. The juickest deathi was that of the )urthL rat, whbich was bitten in the acad. feii immediately, and was ~ecmingly dead in less than a mir ate. Dr. Durner. who knows al most as mueb about snakes as if bad made themo, exp~Lins that as oen as a rattlesnlake has eateni in ivity of it.S poison increases, quick y cauingfl tibe interval between the ut and iLa f2aa re.sat, upon small .nimais at least, to Ujecomie very huort indeed. But i: fed too oftenl bec rt)tle's venom loses in activi v, so that sometimes several jites are insuficeient to 1Riii. Thermnometers are about the on. ty things that st ad the heat, and they get their backs up,