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|??E HATTLK8NAKJB I \ p. in tiiwu villa Nvwu) ? when they waM to know trV* ,4M* 1,1 itM ,aou^1 ? <wy ft ?1|f 1,1 u retfctawuike'n I it?.k>n? and i'owmU tft* t*ji? ?' J( j, f,M iniiuK' that tilings arc Krt#UK?-?l 11,1,1 >i,U 1,0 J,(>t 1,av*' l/ii, tin' make'* mOUtb; as it I* very Fj, li.alll"1 ' I" <?ff Jfct 41 safe Ert ami OOUUt thO rattles. I, ,, [Ik- |iu|Mllur belief t ha t the snake ||s ma- r.iilli' tacit year <t? Its string, Ef,?mr*e {!??' number of rattles would rvou h>- par?> just a# pink and rod \gm in a hi ithday |i k h very pretty littlb fable .mil it Eotf inc aw.v harm to believe it, but I (tytfrrtmr snakes lu captivity it I tjetiui conclusively proven dial It Eh * mist ikf. Tho truth of the hu I,? In when a rattlesnake pulls off |(li(l -kin and gets info a brand now new rat Uo ??r segment is thrown |jint *? *ome tailors used to give |fxtr? ]>atr of trouser* with a suit as Ln,l ?f ai? advertisement. EflfortimatiOy for the age-old myth, fctfthy sidi i<e may indulge in a new ?d every mouth during its sea so n of billy, which In the Ityrtlieru states if last from early in May until frost, I tj in warmer latitude# much kmger. fin that length of time it would have Lp|o 0j>port unity of e-hangdng its p|f fove or six times, and there Lid be five or six more rattles, while L snake itself would be only one Lr older. So it hardly safe to de L on the number of rattles, to tell L long It has been since that partleu I snake was a baby ; but, then, the, brlil would not t>e >much worse off, J i itx're are many things of greater j ^parlance than the age of a rattle- | *kc. ? . 4 ? Any farmer or mountain guide Will II. you that ratlesnakes are blind dur g the month of August, and eonse leotly air more , dangerous at that] bo, as they cannot see and win blind:) strike in the direction of any sound, 'a mater <>f fact, while this I* partly tie. th^y are no more subject to blind s' in August than any other summer Willi. ?iv WUHtofW b ??*"? ? i ,rvstal Htkr Hwt ?wotoct8 ? TUl. Irritation is the result ? s(rfti>nluK ?t the ?plate as .t to ? . i -ft In the rapidly f"'"' now one. ?when a snake is about to cUnnge K K shiwsJsi*. ,rtsoH a'n lu; ill life. sunt refuses to eat, and l?,s off soninvlirn' Where it. thin is ? wjl| J14 , di Curbed, ft ml l?Ul< nt . for i m tun* to brin- the new ? >; i ,,.hU let tm rglc condition may |, f(1,' i ? \ i ? i ; i i (lays ami then the ftUn K ,i,, eyes clear* up ami the snake. K rusphiL' the nose against wome ?lti:h .,?.!? ?. manages to loosen the Kin annual llie lips, ami .it finally gets ? lu?d five of the old Skin. Which Kris back, inside-out. 'like U glove that K?1khv? ?tripled off from the wrist, Kkvc" ?hiee that fateful day 111 The Krili'ii when the serpent heard the sen net. dooming it henceforth to pro-# mm'.by crawling, snakes have lived Eighty rloM- t<? the grxAiud, and the En, from Indng dragged over Stones E l ail sorts of rough, sharp-edged ob Kfadomcfclu for its share of abfOoiWlp Kid tears. And, besides, its body be K.m.-s infested with flnute parasites But it scrapes up as It goes. So when K,. skin iM'gins to show signs of wear, Killi tii'm places here and there thftt Item to need darning, nature comcv* to Kf rescue with a fresh new skin. I A l.m-li pile is a favorite plaee for ?"?in io < han^e clothes, as the <?ld skin Kitcli?-* <11 the sticks and gives the ?Ttnituri' i purchase as.lt struggles out, fttwl tint i? the reason that the cast Iff skin- arc often seen hanging on m> bin-:,, i i k . ? clothing, Kpread out to PT I Wh?Mt rattlesnake gets excited It bakes it- tail just as m>me excitable |eoiiU> >iui k?* their fists, and when the liil U agitated the ruttles clash against Itch other and give out a sinister zl fc knj? or buzzing sound, but It eould Itrdly U- cabled a rattle. I The ratth- itself is made T?l? o? a pries of horny tings loosely connected, WaA at the end of the string Is aft un ?6T^k>pe<i segment called a buton. The llrh-pit.-h.-i singing sound made by uniqur caudal appendage when vll fWly shaken Is one -that whtft once peanl U n??Vcr forgotten by man or ifctst. The writer once saw an ainus Pft incident that Illustrates the Inborn pT insj>iro<i by the <<ound. While at P mountain cabin some one had <fP' ture<l quit#- a sizeable rattler, end to sure that it could do no dam ** Placed It in a slatted box 'and sus *aded the box from the limb of a? treo in the yard. As It happened, 1 I>eljfMx?r fn>m some n*axby core, <hirk one evening, rode In on a ?a* to make a visit. It wa? too dark br tbf? riftor to the clangtag box, ia fasfikii^' under the tree bis hat ?"**<1 acaiimt it and Instantly the *UW ,?lt its thrift warning. Kv* the mule had beard it before fcd know tt>p xanmof it carried, a* be sbont ten feet to ooa aide, Unawiilng liU rldor. ?i,d. with ? ort. beat it down tin- trail for home. Th<> rldor lilt tin- ground rollliiK ind did not stop rolling until ho had p>lh>d Into \\'l?Ht hr cons uint'il u safety zone. It Is gom-rally believed tlutt rattler* not give uu t tli?> wurntyg unhv?s at tacked, or uiiieMM they think they are in liniitetllule danger of being at(a?kr?l, for If they did not think they li.id a I ready Urn dlsoov *'? ?'tl there would he tio iKMise in advertising their \>hcna bouts hi the hinuh. thus inviting >ure destruction. 'Most snakes have very lK?or hearing. hut their delleatc sense of fooling Is inarvolovisi v develop si and lln\y fan detect any tt|>proaehliig object M?y the vibration of the ground, no luatter how light the ftMitfall uiay bo. The fangs of a rattlesnake are long ami ?Uarps with an Inward curve. lUiey arc loosely attached to t ho .upper jaw by l ii; in ?-n t ? that all<?w them to fold back against the iv?of o t the uiouth when not In use: otherwise the crea tine vtould uwer be able to swallow 1U prey as It dors. When the Jaws ojrmi the fungs fasten on the victim, their root* press o? the sue holding the i>oiiH>u, wud a cert a hi (|uantlty is squeezed out and runs (frown a groove iu the fungs into the w^und. It lias long' l>een believed that if the fangs of a i?oisonous snake were removed tlte reptile .would be rendered permanently harmless ? but such, it seems, is not the ease,- as the fai^gs captive ?nakes have been drown and lu the course of two or three weeks another perfectly good pair had taken their place. The young of the rattlesnake leave the egg while Ln the body of the mother and make their appearance in the world perfectly developed aud fully equipped with tiny fangs, poison sacs, and all. Next to the length In Inches of a mule's head as measured from ^e tween the ears, tx? the end of the up* per lip, the actual lougth of a snake is about the hardest thing in the world to guess*. ' ' ' ' : . The age-old fear tlmt most people have of snakes somehow srt?ems to rang nify tholr size, and a small sfanke winding through the grass to the aver age observer looks many times longer than it really is. Even those <accusom ed to snske* will itfftntlly niake wild guesses as to their length; and many a "five foot snake" will shrink to a measly two when live taped Lnc Is ap plied. The length of the average snake Is an much exaggerated ag '.ls the size of the "fish that got away." Very little Is known of the life his tory of the rattlesnake, as their habits are such as to discourage any very intimate -Study of (heir personal traits as seen in the. privacy of the home cir cle. and most that Iras been learned ha* been in ii casual post-mortem way. One thing that is known, however, is that when real cold weather comes, and it may he several weeks after the first front, the rattlers become very sociable and collect in the dens mnong the rocks and pass the winter lovingly wrapped around each other for the small amount of warmth" they manage to ?absorb. With the i?asslng of the pop ular antidote for snake bite, since the country Jias gone dry. It will now prob ably 1mi definitely setMed^whethcr, al cohol did *jr <1 1<1 fif>t 5Jiive the lives of all tl?6 people bitten. Ilut the absence of the antidote will cause mniry a summer visitor and many a mountain climber to l>e more ca re fill where they step from this time on. When to Water Potted Plants Mlany potted plants will not stand an excessive amount of moisture ; in fact the majority of them win not. Most j>eoplo in their enthusiasm to give the potted pi rent* -the very best atten tion |>ossihlc insist i on watering them every day. and this nimns that they are not going to# last lonR. Itecauae, Just like folks, they can l>e drowned. Especially will 1?eg(vnias and the more Slowly growing plants not stand large quantities of water. The thing to do Is to .water -the plants once or twice a week and give them a. thorough soak ing and then let them alone until. tl\e soil becomes thoroughly dried.' I>on't be afraid that because the top surafce of the froil is dry it is 'dry all the way down through the pot, because this isn't the case. Too much water will cause the leaves to gradually die and drop off, and of course this means a dead plant. ? The Progressive Farmer. Never Mind the Details As the powerful motor oar dashed along the I-Vench country road In ? smother of dust and fumes, the owner leande toward the tfiatiffieur and yelled out : "Just running into Paris, sir!" roar ed back the man at the wheel. The owner ctt tho ' car shook his head irrltaWy. ~ ~ "Oh, don't bother about litle details." he shrieked bacV "I mean what cotm 'Mrs. vuinuip Clark was a school mis tress before her marriage to the Mis souri statesman. At the conehision of every marriage in Holland the bride and bridegroom are presented Bibles at the expense of tke State. . O tvyT' MANY Ml'MCN AHK MISSlNt.* Many Farm Animals (ivue From filWIlvillf Hs.nlni, N'U?e huiulnsl and thirl v ,s|\ MUm.ii rl ?lltd k i n) Hi U \ iiiiiIi' hm> fr?un dm farms of tireenvlU' ?s>unty j 0?U v.,ii\ there lfttt fwrm trac-l lyr-x ?< ? ?\\ in uv, . to figure* 1 |)y H, A. Chapman. conuty demonstration agent, ?aiul it 1 icing i tiinattnl ih. ii racli Irartti (opiates mule*. This u iu?>i*e Hutu twice the number j of tractors in us*\ last ye?r. Mr, Chap- 1 man believes, although Clio oxact uuw< '?W! of figure.* are not ohttiinaltlo. (Xfr. Oltapuiau Thursday morning completed a surve,V of the eouoty show ing U?v DutMwr tractors ami the make?* of cacfo lu use. The Interna* Honal Harvester ami Fordsou ?( rotors are in t?he lead, having alKuit sixty ami forty, respee tlvely, while the re nal imler .arc divided t>etwecn the ^lart Prtrr, Ole t me, Moliuc, Avery and Wa terloo lioy. Without escoptiion tdie fanners <*f eouuity aro pleaded with tihe tractora, Mr. Ohapman states I. There Is sea rce ly a section of' the county in whleh inhere are not a number of the machin es In use and many of them 1m ve beeii giving excellent sevlce both night and day. Every tnaetor lilas released from three to six men for other duties, white the Aame (amount of work has bo?ti a<*conkp)ished. The number of mules has been reduced conalderabiyand con sequently less corn and forage will be needed to maintain the live stock. Mr. Chapman thinks ttiai the trac tor has come to stay mid that next yrfei'r an even* greater number will be hi .use, When the tea<tor was flrKt in-} troduced in this ^county it wtis thought It would not prove a success because Of Me .hilly country and the rotting condition of the fields. This theory lias been exploded, howevr, by the ex TW^tentfW^Of ~thwr^ frtraorirHtmul y us ing tractors. ! > While no figures arc at. hand, Mr. Chapmaui believes that Oreenvllle wiii bold ltd own wltfb any county In the state tn the number of tractors In use. He ?also tltii.uk s It (possible tliat no other county in the south has a great er number of the labor savers. ? 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