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Tobacco as Snake Poison

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 2, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 22.

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Tobacco as Snake Poison.

A new method has come into use in India in order to get the perfect skin of the cobra. The snake-catcher gets the cobra alive, forces its mouth open, and introduces a small pinch of snuff. The effect is remarkable. Death of the snake is almost instantaneous and the skin is undamaged. It is a demonstration of the terrible activity of the poison of tobacco. It is strong enough to instantly poison a snake. The cobra can stand its own poison, but not the poison of the weed.