Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1882 — A SAD FACT. [ARTICLE]

A SAD FACT.

There is no cure for consumption, and yet consumption of the lungs, liver,or kidneys may be checked and the decay arrested by using Dr. Guysott*.Yellopr Dock and Sarsaparilla. I strengthens every organ of life and re restores all lost or impaired organic, functions to their normal condition. bottle will convince yo u o) its great merit. A breakfast such'as had never before'heen served up in Berlin was last week set before Dr. Hermes, the di rector of the Aquarium, his famih and some invited friends— scramble* snr.ke eggs, a few days before an In dian python, lately received at the institution, had laid fifty-five eggs From thirty of these the Dr. Hermehad the singular dish prepared in tb< presence of his guests. They wen broken up into a fryi' g pan containing the requisitetmodicum of melt* butter. The eggs have no yelk but are filled with agrayish-white liquid the shells are neither hard nor brittle as in birds’ eggs, and, after being emptied of their contents, resembled pieces of leather. The taste of the savory plate was likened to that of mashed potatoes mixed with rice. All the guests but one partook heartily. An apparatus has recently been put up at the Aquariijun for the artificial hatching of these e?ge, and we soon hear of native Berlin boa-copstrlctora. I|M m 2* m - m Mr. Clemens Knowlton, of Fal mouth, Kv., writes: “I was quite an invalid, afflicted with a complication of diseases that showed a tendency to weaken and exhaust my brain and nervous system. I found myself quickly cured by using a bottle of Dr. Gfuysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. It has given perfect tone and real strength to every part of my body, and my blood is free from all impurity.” ■ ♦ Newburg N. Y. June 10.— The question raised as to whether there are hoop snakes in this section of the country caD be answered in the affirmative. Some years ago a young lady living on her father’s farm at Shawngunk Ulster County, twelve miles back of this city, was chased down a lane by one, and when she swerved to one side it swiftly by One was seen on Sunday last. It measured about three feet in length, and was killed on the farm of William Startup, the north plank road, near Middletown, this county. This snake has a hard, fine-pointed hornlike substance at the end of its tail, with which it strikes. Some people are of the opinion that the tail of tnis particular species of snake are poisonous, while others believe the perfectly tfarmlesss. They form themselves in the shape of a hoop, and speed over the ground at a lively rate; but it is only necessary to Ijitep one side to avoid them, it apparently being impossible for them to alter their course when rolling. No one in this section has ever been known to have received dangerous injuries from this kind of a snake.