The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 11, 1920, Image 7
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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.
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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. ? Tlie ,
Greenville Tledmtitit,
? . 1 ~ I
On Friday I*ike City was grea tly
saddened when the body of Paul ITIU
was brought home from Germany,
wlie.iv he luid been stationed with the
army of occupation and where he died
of pneumonia in March. He "was 2t
v<sirs of apt*' ?iud was the ?*dn of Mi's,
lien Kirby. 1 ,
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