Scientific American Volume 88 Number 10 (March 1903) . r, for some dogswhich had been bitten by a Cobra and treated withthe leaf of this plant, died apparently quicker than ifthe remedy had not been given them. It is said thathuman beings become cold as marble under the influ-ence of the venom, whereas dogs are thrown into ahigh fever. The probabilities are that this -plant ismerely a powerful stimulant, and as such simply les-sens,, rather than counteracts, the effect of the Cobra is said to be proof against its own poison,but a non-poisonous snake quickly succumbs to itsbite. , Th
Scientific American Volume 88 Number 10 (March 1903) . r, for some dogswhich had been bitten by a Cobra and treated withthe leaf of this plant, died apparently quicker than ifthe remedy had not been given them. It is said thathuman beings become cold as marble under the influ-ence of the venom, whereas dogs are thrown into ahigh fever. The probabilities are that this -plant ismerely a powerful stimulant, and as such simply les-sens,, rather than counteracts, the effect of the Cobra is said to be proof against its own poison,but a non-poisonous snake quickly succumbs to itsbite. , The venom is harmless if taken internally,the same being true of rattlesnake venom. Nor is itfatal when brought in contact with a mucous surface,such as the interior of the stomach or the eye. Thecolor of the Cobra di Capello, which usually is fromthree to four feet long, varies greatly. In semespecies the body is brownish-olive, and the spectaclesare white, edged with black. Another, also brownish-olive, is covered with irregular cross-bands of Prospects of Niagara Power on the Canadian Sideof the Falls. BY ORRIN E. DUNLAP. Prospects are exceedingly good that a large amountof electrical power will be available on the Canadianside at Niagara within a few years. Already twocompanies are at work there erecting plants for thedevelopment of not less than 100,000 horse power each,and now a third company has secured a new company is known as the Toronto NiagaraPower Company, and the Ontario government liasgranted it a franchise to develop 125,000 horse method of development will be identical with thatof the Canadian Niagara Power Company. It willconstruct a large wheel-pit and a long tunnel, theportal of which will be close to the edge or behind thesheet of water of the Horseshoe Pall. Inasmuch as the wheel-pit of the Toronto NiagaraPower Company will be further upstream than theworks of the Canadian Niagara Power Company, thetunnel will be longer by a
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