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THOUSANDS KILLED BY SNAKES. Mortality Among Natives of India < Reaches Great Figure. Consul General James A. Smith makes the following report from Cal- . cutta: , In the 25 years from 1SST to 1911 the number of human beiugs killed by snakes in India was 543,991, or j on ovirocro nf ? 1 To annually. ae-1 cording to official reports. During , the same time snakes caused the death of IS7,436 cattle. The mor( tality among human beings is so appalling that any steps taken to decrease the figure must be welcome. In Central India the poisonous snakes usually found are comprised in four varieties, the Cobra de Capella, Russell's Viper, Karait, and the ! Small Viper. The King Cobra, a huge reptile, is probably the most formidable and aggressive snake in j the world, as it is always ready not only to attack, but to pursue. It attains over 15 feet in length, and will attack a human being unprovoked. The Karait is a dark snake, whose bite is the cause of many deaths. The Russell's Viper is an aggressive snake ' striking with lightning-like rapidity, j and its fangs are larger than those of any other Indian viper. Tbe Small ' Viper is 10 to 20 inches long and is a peppery little reptile when irritated ' throwing its body into folds and mak- ; ing a loud purring noise. The mortality ,from snake bites among the poorer inhabitants of In- , dia is due in part to their habits and mode of life. Many sleep on the ground in their houses, the walls : and flooring of which often give cover t? snakes. Persons are sometimes bitten by serpents v/hich crawl over their bodies in the dark and are peru""? i-fit-ato/i hv Rome unconscious * iiapd lliuavvu movement of the limbs during sleep. In such cases the reptile is seldom seen and there is a dreadful doubt as to whether a rat, a mongoose, or # a deadly snake has caused the wound. During the great heat of the plains in summer scanty clothing is worn and many people go barefooted, while those who do wear shoes seldom wear hose, thus leaving the ankle and instep exposed. Many fatal cases of snake bite occur among natives engaged in cutting grass when the vegetation is dense and capable of concealing even a panther. The native squats down on his heels, grasps a handful of grass and cuts it off near the roots with a curved hand scythe, and often touches and irritates hidden reptiles. The work of extracting venom from snakes for the purpose of making an antidote for the poison is being carried on at Parel Laboratory, Bombay. An interesting account of the operation recently appeared in a local paper: t "A couple of Indian assistants dragged forth a tin box, the lid was lifted up, and an angry cobra disclosed. It expanded its hood and swayed is wicked little head from side to side, hissing like a steam engine. One of the Indians with a remarka-; "" j :* ??*v-?'tt at thp I ble dexterity, se?eu i?. unuv ~ j back of the neck, at the same time placing his foot on the end of his tail to prevent the snake from coil- I ing. The cobra, being thus harmless. was carried forward, and a wine glass with a piece of American cloth . covering the top, was placed near its head close to its darting tongue and glittering eyes. At once it struck, its two sharp upper fangs pierced the cloth and the deadly poison dropped into the glass. There was perhaps half a teaspoonful iu the glass, sufncient to kill half a dozen human i beings. The cobra was then forcibly fed with an egg flip through a tube and put back in his box hissing ferociously and then was left for 10 days to meditate on the indignity he had suffered. The venom is extracted only once in 10 d.iys. "The venom is dried over lime and sent to Kasauli, where it is dissolved in a salt solution. It is then put 1 into a horse, only .a small dose being ' given at first. This is gradually increased until at the end of two years the animal can stand a dose 200 times the original one. since it acquires immunity from the poison. The substance which confers this im-| munitv is in the blood, and when the j corpuscles are separated from it the; residue is the snake-bite antidote. I "Each bite requires an antidote made from the venom of the same 6ort of snake as that which inflicted the bite. It is absolutely effective if injected in time, and several lives have been saved in Bombay by its use. At the laboratory there is now enough of the venom to supply all the demands for the antidote that India is likely to make, and it is now being sent to Germany and America, cobra venom being very useful in experiments connected with the blood. A similar venom is being made from venom of the Russell's Viper, but at present there is no antivenine made from the venom of the Karait. or from that of the Small Viper or Echis. The latter snake causes many deaths in the Bombay presidency, and experiments are now being made with a view to obtaining an antl- i dote for its bite." a A LAN1> OF SUPERSTITION. Chinese Have Many Strange Ideas Which to Them are Real. It is not always safe to kill a snake in China. It doesn't matter much .vhether the sr.ake is ci the water species or of the land variety for within the reptile's body is supposed to reside the spirit of what the yellow men worship as the Dragon King. Phis latter is believed by the average superstitious "John" to have the pow er of ruling over floods. This Drag-1 on King represents one symbol in the ritual of worship of the Chinese religion called Taoism. China practically possessed three different forms of religion until the advent of the Christian missionaries. The first of these religions was in the form of a philosophy. This still exists to some extent, and is known as Confucianism. The second form has been recognized as Budhism, which still exists throughout China as symbolized in the worship of idols. As you travel through the country, here and there you will frequently run across idols of Budha located oil the hillsides or other quiet and sequestered spots conducive to reverential reflection. Plenty of worshipers yet pay their homage to these Budhist idols, and you can see them conscien;iously observing the formal ceremonies of their worship. But this form of religion is steadily dying a natural death since the advent of Christianity The third variety of religious observance among the Celestials is that of Taoism. This was started by an old patriarch named Lao-tgu, who had surrounding him a group of "eight immortals" as his disciples. One of these latter was given the 'responsibility of representing the god of barbers. The Taoist worshipers have temples erected in each native town. In those temples are pictures portraying the horrors of the future life. When the souls of the dead are ferried across the river Styz, the artist has painted a grewsome thought. Men and women are depicted as climbing towering mountains of ice only to fall back into a gaping abyss as they nearly reach the top. As they fall their bodies are revealed as caught upon spears and tossed backward and forward by deft executioners. These grewsome pictures show how the sufferers are finally ground up between millstones. Some of them show sharp swords slashing to pieces of the bodies which have escaped the millstone process, and little dogs are pictured running after the sufferers lapping up the blood. On certain occasions after a death the family will proceed in a body to these temples and will hold a public wail. On the drum tower of the Taoist temple at Tientsin it has been common to see richly dressed native merchants kneeling to an iron pot containing incense burned in honor of his excellency the rat. Other similar disgusting procedures could be observed. It is hard to conceive that human beings can be so superstitious as to deliberately endure such empty practices of hallowed mockery. Yet this is one phase of China, the China of today. The few modernized Mongolians surely have their hands full in effectively combatting this awful element or ignorance emu U15UICU ouperst'Coa and in holding their newly organi/f d republic to the main highway of progress.?Philadelphia North American. DOGS RAX DOWN NEGROES. Arrester! on a Charge of Robbing Store in Colleton County. Columbia, Aug. 1.?J. C. Robbins' bloodhounds from the State penitentiary ran down five negroes who were being sought for breaking into and robbing the store of the Colleton Mercantile Co., at Green Pond, in Colleton county. It was estimated that the thieves carried away goods valued -* -""-/.vimntnli. cnmo nf whir-h at ap^i uAuiiuiti; v-vv, ww?.v were found at the home of each negro. Yesterday morning the penitentiary was notified of the robbery which occured Monday night, the recpiest being made that the bloodhounds be sent. Guard Robbins and his manhunters left at 11:5 o yesterday morning in an automobile driven by Ed. Hough. The car with men and dogs arrived at Green Pond yesterday afternoon at 6:20 o'clock. The bloodhounds were placed on the trail and the negroes were run to cover one after another, the fifth one being taken at 2 o'clock this morning. He was discovered hiding under a pepper bush in the garden of a neighbor. The negroes were trailed from three to five miles and were taken without resistance. finard Robbins. Mr. Houeh and the dogs reached the city hall corner at noon today. Mr. Hough said that when they left Green Pond the prisoners were incarc erated in a meat j house in charge of a magistrate wait-1 ing to be transferred to the county jail. The blushing bride has been known to develop into virago with lightning speed. DIES FROM BLOW OX HEAD. White Man of Landrum Struck \\' th Baseball Bat. Landrum. July 27.?Manning Fo-rester. a white man of this place, was hit on the head with a baseball bat early Sunday morning in a negro restaurant here, from the result of which wound he died Sunday afternoon. Coroner Turner empannelled a jury that afternoon and held an inquest. None of the eye-witnesses could. or would, tell definitely who struck the blow, so the jury bound over the following persons: Paul Mills, Will Mills, Molly Mills, Joe Jackson and Jim Nesmith, all negroes. Sheriff White took the prisoners to Spartanburg in an automobile, where they were placed an jail to await the action of the grand jury. The deceased is survived by a wife and three children. DEPRESSED SPIRITS Everyone Has it Within His Power to be Happy A celebrated French physician has said that "a man's liver is the barometer of his disposition." Every man and every woman knows that the cheerful smile is a big factor in one's success. Everyone should know that the disordered liver is cause of ninety per cent of human ills. Lazy overworked livers are the prime causes of headaches, indigestion, constipation and dozens of other ills. But the inactive liver always warns by coated tongue, sour stomach, dull eye and even laziness. Heed your warning and you insure happiness to yourself and reflect it upon your associates. Calomel used to do. Modern dav science h*s found a better way in CARS WELL'S LIVER-AID which is a pure vegetable remedy on sale under guarantee or money refund at 50 cents for large bottle. Ask at Mack's Drug Store about it., LIFE, FIRE, LIVESTOCK HEALTH and ACCIDENT INSURANCE Airent. for Suuerior Monument Co Can Save yon Money on Tombstones W. MAX WALKER EHRHARDT, S. C. WHEN \VK TAKE YOUR ORDEIl for meats or provisions you can resl assured it will be filled as faithfull} as we know how. We will send yoi the cut and quantity you direct anc send it at the time promised. We aim to make this market a perfecl one and a trial order will show how n Aorltr wa on PPOoH Delk's Market BAMBERG, S. C. A FREE Jph* Pll?& Bottle of ^X-ZE1^-F0, Free Offer to Skin Sufferers THIS is the last dav of this Free Offer. If you have held off. act now, for this announcement will never appear again in this locality. Xo matter what skin disorder you have?no matter whether it is merely a slight eruption or a stubborn case of eczema, you owe it to yourself to accept this passing opportunity. Ex-Zema?Fo is a colorless, odorless liquid. It will not stain your clothing? it's as clean to use as water. For years this famous remedy has been sold in all parts of the country. And it has always been sold with a written guarantee. Yet we seldom have a "come-back." On the contrary, we daily receive letters from sufferers who had tried everything else without avail and who have t>een cured or me worsnomis 01 eczema and other skin afflictions even more serious. That is why we dare make this otter, we know that Ex-Zema-Fo will do for you what it has done for thousands of others. Mail the coupon now ?it's your last chance. " Cut out this coupon and msll to j Norvold Chomlcsl Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. I I 1 haw never tried Ex-Zema-Fo. Please J J sup,.ly me with a 50c package Free. ' I Nam- I 1 I S City State ] m ^ Give,full address and u riic plain y)^^ mmaM For Sale By: Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Men Who Are t Weak Despondent and Discouraged ' You who are suffering from Nervous Debility, Rheumatism, Kidney, Bladder, Rectal Troubles. Constipation, Organic Weakness, Blood Poison, Piles, Etc., Consult me and I will leu lou irompuy 11 iuu taa ue Cured. 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Here's a Bambirg proof. Investigate it. Mrs. Bessie Atteberry, Railroad Ave., . Bamberg, says: "My kidneys were ' very weak and I had bad headaches. L When I got up in the morning I could scarcely do my housework. I tirea easily and had headaches and dizzy spells. Sometimes dark objects floated before my eyes. The kidney secretions were scanty in passage ana unnatural. 1 used Doan's Kidney ' Pills and they relieved me. My kid* neys give me very little trouble now.'' Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidnev Pills?the same that . Mrs. Atteberry had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. NOW HER FRIENDS HARDLY KNOW HER But This Does Not Bother Mrs. Barton, Under the Circumstances. Houston, Texas?In an interesting . letter from this city, Mrs. S. C. Burton j . writes as follows: "I think it is my duty j L . to tell you what your medicine, Cardui, t the woman's tonic, has done for me. ( I was down sick with womanly trouble, and my mother advised several different 5 treatments, but they didn't seem to do [ me any good. I lingered along for three r or four months, and for three weeks. J was in bed, so sick I couldn't bear for any one to walk across the floor. My husband advised me to try Cardui, . the woman's tonic. I have taken two bottles of Cardui, am feeling fine, gained 15 pounds and do all of my housework. Friends hardly know me, 1 am so well." If you suffer from any of the ailments SO common to women, don't allow the trouble to become chronic. Begin taking Cardui to-day. It is purely vegetable, its ingredients acting in a gentle, natural way on the weakened womanly constitu- ; tion. You run no risk in trying Cardui. j It has been helping weak women back to j health and strength for more than 50 j years. It will help you. At all dealers, j Write to: Chattanooga Meaicine Co.. ^Ladies' j Advisory Dept.. 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