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Toe: the world produces; and is sold only in lead pa ckets. - Slack, M fixed and Green. pan tea. drinkers try “Salads” Green firm mi_____ .l PYTHON AND ITS PREY FAVORITE TRICK OF THE SNAKE TO LURE GOATS. Swift Work of the Reptile and Conduct After the Death of Its Victim. "Only tWenty miles distant from the Liberian capital, I found myself about as remote from civilization as one could well desire,” said Secre- tary Ellis, of the United States legation at Monrovia, Liberia, in telling of a hunting trip up the Montserrat river with several native guides and hunters. “It was dark- est Africa, without a. doubt, With nothing but jungle on every 'hand, with native villages scattered at wide intervals throughout the forest. About noon on the third day out my attention was attracted by what I at first supposed was an animal of some kind, possibly an eland, eating the leaves of a. tall bush growing by the side of a. larger tree, about 200 feet distant. I could see the upper branches and leaves of the bush shaking and could also hear the noise of something agitating them, the animal, whatever it was, keep- ing up a most persistent rattling and racket by ‘shaking the topmost branches, limbs and foliage of the shrub. ! “I stopped, cocked my Winchester and was preparing to await deâ€" ,velopments when my native hunter "tapped me on the shoulder and diâ€" rected me to look upward into the limbs of the big ‘greasyâ€"peach' tree instead of at the bush. As I did so I behold a sight that almost took my breath. There, on a large limb that grew outward almost at right angles to the main trunk, lay a huge python, fiche largest snake I ever laid my eyes upon. IIe lay coiled lazily around the limb, with his tail hangâ€" ing down and touching the bush beâ€" low. With his tail he was vigorous- ly stirring and lashing the shrub in imitation of the noise and» movement of some ruminant eating there. A GOAT IN THE TOILS. , “We were then on the outskirt of a native village. The python had evidently failed to notice our apâ€" proach, and, following my hunter’s advice and examplo, I stepped be- hind a convenient tree to await doâ€" velopments. While watching the repâ€" tile my native hunter told me this was a favorite trick of the python to lure goats, antelopes and other small animals within his reach, and thatif we waited it would not be long, perhaps, before some inquisiâ€" tive goat of a herd belonging to the lively (:01th begins to bolt the There are very few cleans- ing operations in which Sunlighl Soap cannot be used to advantâ€" ag . it makes the home bright and clean. 13 GAREFEEL, BGhSl‘AilT SWOENTBATEQE‘! On Your Work With the ' ‘Gllllflliillll COUGSB lifltllfle {011886 ‘ “’lll eventually INIRRAEE YOUR INCOME " and SATISFY YOLR AMBITION. ' Write for Free Booklet. Agents Wanted , -0anadlan Correspondence GoIllegel, llllitef, ‘- TORONTO, our. " smarter than a Witch doctor even, and that knowing from experience that goats are sometimes in charge of shepherds and being frequently robbed of their prey by pilfering leopards and other carnivores, the python, after killing the animal, makes a. habit of going on a tour of reconnaissance through the forest to ascertain whether or not there are any men or leopards about beâ€" fore swallowing its prey, a process that occupies considerable time. Un- like the fourâ€"legged beasts of prey, the python cannot drag its victim off to its lair to be eaten in peace and at leisure, but must devour it on the spot, and, according to my hunter, it takes this precaution in order to avoid being killed by men or mauled, scratched, bitten, played with, and often slain outright by leopards. He stated that if a loop- ard or man appeared on the scene while thus out skirmishing the py- thon would either leave its prey or hide about in the bushes until its enemies left the scene before making a meal of what it had killed. In this case it appears not to have noticed us. This was a new and exâ€" traordinary story, which I had never heard before, and, for aught I know, it may be true. “The African python is the largest member of the snake kind. I met natives who said they had seen and killed pythons thirty and thirtyâ€"one feet in length, but never saw any that long myself. The python in question measured about seventeen feet in length. I considered it a very largo reptile.” THE .VV‘AY OF IT. The lilac blows and gleams and glows along the garden fence; the bulldog scoots and blithely toots with rapture that’s intense. The grass is green where bluebirds preen and robin redbreasts hop; the base- ball flies along the skies, the circus is on top. The lively mothdevours the cloth and circles round the lamp, and terrapin sets all agrin the feat- ures of the tramp. The quinine pill doth gayly fill the farmer to the brim; amid the gush the whitewash brush begins to skip and skim. The pasâ€" Villagers. and grazing some distance ,ture with his dam; the oyster skates '50 our “$th WOUId come Within Sight and abdicates in favor of the clanr.' and investigate the noise. “Well, it was not long before a young female goat came in view, and, hearing the noise, pricked up its cars and for some few minutes trotted rapidly about the bush. eyeâ€" uing it from all sides, as though tryâ€" ing hard to catch a glimpse of what evidently it -n1istook for another goat. Each time it drew a little nearer, until finally it made. bold to proceed directly up to the bush and ,under the python, which was onhthe fore the customer, consumed, the then he called again: goat like a flash, seizing it by neck and wrapping its mighty coils about the peer creature's body, crushing it out straight, flat lifeless in the space of a few sec- l ,ance I ever witnessed in my life. :Loo'king at the python a moment heâ€" V‘fore I would never have suspected it sat baCk~ of being endowed. with such activity, but when finally it went into action it did so with a lightning-like ra- pidity that was awe inspiring. ! “llut the performance was not yet over. My African hunter begged me ,to remain silent and not to be im- patient, saying that something more lwas to follow. This I was quite {willing'to do. Sure enough, in the next few minutes the serpent re- leased its folds from about the life- ;less corpse of the goat and crawled With LOVGP'S Dry soap. 3 POWder- off through the bushes. We followed It will remove the grease with ' the greatest ease. it as best we could through dense verdure. It remained absent nearly thirty minutes, making a wide circuit of detour before re- turning to the goat. and commenced process. head to fact swallowing ture my hunter sent a bullet through time the monster’s head, putting an end to its further depredations. CAUTION OF THE BIG SNAKE. “I had read enough to know some- thing of the habits of pythons, but failed to understand why it did not begin swallowing the goat at once instead. of spending a‘ hall hour crawling aimlessly about through the jungle, and so I asked my hunter 301' “explanation. -Ho replied that Pu python was “heap smart ;" and another bottle of wine!" onus, It was the quickest perform_ seedy one called the waiter to fetch When it came you forget that.” back it licked the animal over from from?" _ the Tommy â€" “Oh, he ain't no good at At, this junc- excuses. Mother finds him out every And so we gayly skip and trip and somersalt all day, and put to rout all care and shout, “Hip, hip! I-Ioo- ray, hooray!” - -â€"__â€".â€" AND THE “iAITER FETCHE'D. The seedy diner was enjoying him- self vastly. "Waiter," he called, "fetch a nice piece of boiled turbot." 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