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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28

For mild, easy action OF the
bowels, single dose of Doan's Reg
ulets is enough. Treatment cures
habitual constipation. rs cents a
box. Ask your druggist for them.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28

You can avoid pneumonia and 9TH
er serious results from a cold by Ia
king Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops
the cough, heals the lungs and ex-
pels the cold from the system. Re
fuse any but the genuine in the yell
low package. sturm & Wilson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28
HOW 10 Arnlh nnne1icltis,

Most victims OF appedlcitis are
those who are habltually congtipated.
Foley's orino Laxative cures chronic
constipation by stimulating the liver
and bowels. Foley's orino Laxative
does not nauseate or grippe and is
mild and pleasant to take. Refuse
substitutes. sturm & Wilson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28
REVIVAL SERVICES ARE
BEING HELD AT ASH CHAPEL

Epangellstic services are being con-
Quoted II Ash chapel by the Rev. 81
=. AIetheny with success Meetings
are held at 7:se O'Clock every nighs
except Saturday. An are invited q
attend tie services,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28

Trial catarrh treatments are being
mailed out free, on request by DR..
shoop. Racine. Wis. These tests are
proving to the people-without a
penny's cost-the great value Of this
scientific prescription known to drug
gists every where as DR.. Shops Ca
tarrh Remedy. Sod by all dea.era
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28
This Is worth RememberIng

Whenever you have cough or
cold, Just remember that Foley's
Honey and Tar viii cure It. Do not
risk your health by taking any but
the genuine. It Is in q yellow pack
age. sturm & Wilson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28
MINISTER DYING

LA PAS, Bolivar. Jan. 2S.-The
condition of William P. sorsby. the
American minister. who is suffering
from paralysis. is dangerous. Several
physicians are in constant attendance.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
Meet me at the Roller Rink.

OR. Thomas Eclectric oil is the
best remedy for that often fatal dis
ease-croup. Has been used with
success in our family for eight
years. Mrs. L. Whiteacre. Buffalo,
N 7.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28

Heavy, impure blood makes a
muddy, pimply complexion, head
aches, nausea, indigestion. Thin
blood makes you weak. pale, sickly.
Burdock Blood Bitters makes the
blood rich, red, pure-restores per-
feet health.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28
,,BALIIMORE&0m
RAILROAD.

J.
Schedule effective Nov. IL, 1907.
CLARISSBURG, w. VA.
Daily. Daily except Sunday.
Sunday only.
MAIN LINE, IEASTBOUND.
Cumberland, Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York, depart
"3:52 am, $3.50 pm, 1885 pm.
[. Arrive t12:b3 am, 9:b5 am, s6s0S
pm.
MAIN LINE, WESTBOUND.
Parkersburg, Cincinnati, louisville
and. st. Louis, depart s12:53 am,
1885 am, sos pm. Arrive 1859
am, s5:40 pm, 9:35 pm.
Parkersburg Accom-, z depart s7:2s
am. 1900 pm Arrive 1880 am.
w. VA. g PITTS, NORTHBOuND.
.connellsville and Pittsburg, depart,
x6:1b am. Arrive x11:O5 nm,
Fairmont and Morgantown, depart,
X6:l5 am, 1855 am
w. VA. & PITTS, SOUTHBOuND.
Weston, depart, xG:00 am. $1,000 am,
xl1:SO am, x4;16 pm. Arrive xS:55
am, zs:40 am, x2:15 pm, 5000 pm,
x7:05 pm.
Ptekens, depart x6:OB am, x4:15 nm.
Arrive xS:55 am, x7;05 pm.
Richwood and intermediate points, de-
part &6:OO am, x11:3O am. Arrive
xS:15 am. x7:0s pm.
Webster Springs, depart x11:S0 am.
Arrive x2:15 pm.
WEST VA. SHORT LINE.
New Martinsville and Wheeling Ac-
com, depart $500 am, x2.45 pm.
Arrive kills. am. xs:3o pm.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28
C. L. HICKMAN
Architect and Builder

Plans, specifications and contracts
drawn for all kinds OF buildings and
improvements. VIII contract for
completion of any or all kinds of
buildings in any part of the country.
Forty Years Experience.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28
REMEMBER

When you buy from us you get /
ticket for every twenty-five cent
purchase. Ech ticket entities you
to a vote in the Piano Contest for
your favorite order. club or school.
We sell everything in the gas and
plumbing line.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28
Strength

Heart strength. or HeaTt Weakness. mean Nerr,
tnyely, not one weak heart IN 0 HUNDRED 4. a n
sell, actually diseased i Is almost aiWnYl 4
hidden tiny little nerye that really e al a. fsr
simply needs, and mrst have, moro power. NOR
Niab1itys more controlling, more Koyeruing
strength. without that the Heart musf eonttnus
y Al. And ne st1maeh and Gdneya nlSo haya
these same controlling nerves
LIS Clearly explains why. a. Q uedicina M
5hoop,s Restorative has IN the past done 10 nluch
ter weak and ailing Hearts. DR.. 6hoop Arst souFff
lng heart oistFesA. Dr.. shoop's Rastorat4Ye-thia
popular rescfipticn--4s alone directed 70 theDs
Eeak and wasting nerve centerI. Il 6uildgi
y you would have strong Hearta. ItTonr al
Restton, strengthen these nerves : rs-osta 6liah
them a neaded With
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28

Dewltt's carbollzed witch Hazel
salve Is especially recommended for
piles. Sold by ali druggists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28
SWEET MELODY FLOUR

sand and Lime. Southern Pine
Lumber Co.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28

Empire Building Directory
Alszanaer = Alexander.
suite szs, Fourth foor
Or. Q. 7. Arnets,
Room s52. sixth aoor
D. D. Britt.
Civil Engineer.
Room s2a. Third floor
clarlsSurs Fusl c. c., 6.
Cook Coal & Coke Co.
Room 42s, Fourth hoor-
clarksburg Telegram Co.
Printers and Publishers,
First door, Main street
Empire Sign Co,
S. /. Buffers and F.. r. johnson,
ofics entrance basement.
Fairmont Coal CO..
Firth moor
Fox & Fox.
Window Glass. as
Room 424. Fourth hoor.
-
Gleawood Addition.
Real Estate,
Room sls, Third noor
Greenlawn Cemetery,
Room sls, Third floor
Or. w. Castor,
Physician,
Room $50. Sixth door.
Dr. R. A. Haynes DR.. Il. r. Sloan
Physicians.
Rooms 21o-211. Second floor
Or. .. A. hin Dr.. 8. N. Mason
Eooms 2o1-202, Second floor
Hoimboe & Lafferty,
Architects,
Rooms 1924. Seventh floor
DR.. w. Il. Holden.
Room 2O5. Second nOsr
DR.. T. M. Hood,
Room s1s, Third nos
Hope Natur / Gas Co.,
Rooms 1873, Seventh fioor
The Lynch-Elliott Real Estate Co.
Real Estate, Coal. Oil and Gas,
Rood Sls. Third moor
Metropolitan Lie Insurance Co..
Suite as. m ' Third floor
Marietta Lumber Company.
Room eos. Second door
National Cash Register Co..
Mezzaninit Floor.
Men & tsollm,
Room 2O7. Second door
o'Gara Coal Mining Co..
Room 4:s, Fourth door
S. Newms
Ladies Tailor,
Rooms 541-2, Fifth floor.
VIM. H. Polling,
Lawyer,
Room 427 Fourth Zoo
Pittsburg & Fsirmont Fuel Co.
Fifth hooi
Pxrdee-curtin Lumber Co..
Rooms 1856, Seventh floor
Richards Construction Co.,
Contractors,
looms 645-645 1855, Sixth door
DR.. B. F. shuttlevo:th. Jr..
Rooms s1a-sis. Third moo
Short Lin, ooal Co..
Room 42s. Fourth nooi
sperry & sperry,
Attorneys-at-Law.
Rooms 903-20s 4s-204. Second floor
Star Rig Reel & Supply Co.,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-28
EUREKA pLu,IBrNa co..

A 5. Gould. Owner.
Home phone % Ben phone CIV
The evening world., 1908-02-20
HANGIn ,I,ASf, F
IN FACTORY CELLAR
Wife Out of Work, Himself
Consumptive, FuldbanSky
Was Desperate.

With his young wife, whom he mar
ried eighteen months ago, out of work,
James Fuldbansky des SPARED of his
ability to provide for the future on g.
a week and Killed himself. His body
was found hanging from steam pip'
in the cellar OF the clothing factory at
Nos II and ~ Walker street to-day
Fuldbansky was twenty-five years
cd a thin. pale little man, with tAe
germs of consumption in mis- lungs. lie
was employed as sewing machine op-
orator on shirts and overalls by Lew $
De Whisky. who has a shop on the lift
floor OF the Walker street building. Hi
wife worked in the same shop until a
week ago, when she was discharged be
cause of falling off in orders.
The combined wages Of fu!dbansky
and his wife enabled them TO live IN
comparative comfort at No. 40 Cherry
street They We're in the position Of
thousands OF young east side couples
who are compelled to work side by side
in sweatshops. in order that both may
exist. OF course. race suicide is ram
pant in such surroundings
His poor physical condition reduced
earning power and he
was confronted with the prospect OF
The evening world., 1908-02-20
MAIDS WARNING SAVES
FAMILY OF ARCHITECT,
New Home of William Sanger at
Hastings Destroyed by
Fire.

The fortunate awakening of a maid
early to-day saved the family of Will
liam Sanger, an architect, from death
in u fire which destroyed his residence
at Hastings the Hudson.
Those IN the house beside the maid
were Mr. and Mrs. Sanger, their two
small children and a. visitor who was
spending the night there.
The lire started. it is believed. from
eli overheated furnace and by the time
uhe maid awOke nearly the entire lower
portb of the house was aDlaze. The
occupants of The house rushed into the
street VI thout waiting 10 dress after
being aroused
Because OF the heavy coating of ice
whicA covered the streets. il was fully
half hour before the ire department
was able TO turn hose the flames,
ana Dy tnat time II was too late to
save any Of the contents OF the resi-
dence.
The Sanger house was only com
pletcd nve weeks ago and was one of
the prettiest IN Hastings occupying 4
cUmmdndinG J. SIT on on the top OF
Locust Hill. The loss Is estimated al
SlJ ll0
The evening world., 1908-02-20
WROTE
Of LOVE To MANY
WEALTHY GIRLS
Man, Now in Bellevue, Arrest
ed, 1t Is Said, on Complaint
of Vanderbilt and Whitney.

The psychopathlc ward OF Bellevue
| seldom holds a person of such divers
delusions as Joseph julius Labadie, th'
carpenter. who says he is Christian
Scientist. and certainly has imagination
enough TO make good one.
In addition to expressing a desire tc
marry Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, he
wrote her just before her marriage. re
preaching her for preferring Count
Szechenyi. a foreigner.
He told Dr Gregory at the hospita
that Fashionable women greatly an
noyed him with their attentions al
Newport last summer. and that the
plans for tunnelling the Hudson River
now being used are his, which he
showed to the late President Cassatt.
Of the Pennsylvania.
In letter to President Roosevelt
Lahadie claimed the President had
stolen mis- plans for building the Pan
an. Canal. He also wrote to Miss
Helen Gould expressing his love for
her, and in a seventy-two page letter
to Miss Dorothy Whitney figured up
luAt the interest On lllOUtS lie !ldu III
vested amounted to $3.50 a week, said
he was Christian Scientist and urged
her to join his church.
He wrote 10 Miss Marjorie Gould re
mindinS her OF the time he had news
stand in Newport, and said that once
when she and her father were passing
Mr.. Gould remarked that he hored
she would marry a man like him. He
asked her to count him sultor. and
allow him to visit her home.
Cornelius Vanderbilt and Harry Payne
Whitney. it Is said, were responsible for
Labadies arrest and commitment to
Bellevue. Among others he admits hay
ing written or attempted TO annoy are
Misses Ruth Twombly Janet Fish, Jean
Reid, Emily Sloane. Frances Fell, Mary
Astor Paul. Margaret Drexel. Mildred
Sherman, Madeline Burden and Mar
garet Shonts.
The names he got out of lists IN the
newspapers. and he would also write
letters of coincidence TO those having
bereavements In the family. A card
found in his pocket was from Mrs. II
NICK. Twombly. reading: Accept our
sincere thanks for your kind sym
pathy." II was posted about the time
the Twomblys lost their son in 1906. IN
dicating that he had written them let
ter " sympathy.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
CREDITORS HAVE
! PLAN TO GET PAY
ON THOMAS DEBTS
Committees Report to Be Sub
\ mitted to Banks He Owes
s., 100000.
/ HE MAY NOT APPROVE.
Bankruptcy Proceedings Like
ly observation-disclosures Him
l.k, $4,000 a Year.
HE MAY NOT APPROVE.

when the creditors Of E. r. Thomas,
fopreseuting some twenty-five or thirty
banks. to whom he owes s, 10000, meet
to-morrow the final report adopted by
che sub committee will be read. Just
whether Thomas is willing to accept
THE proposition handed out to him by
the men to whom he is indebted is a
question. Some of the creditors believe
that $1,000, or $1,000 year. at the
most is sufficient for man TO live on
IN New York. but Thomas, who has
been scattering his income of slSO.OOO
in good living. cant see how he can
get along with less than $4,000
He also Is compelled TO pay his
brother in the West $1,000, and his in
surance calls for 5000. This will leave
slO0, 900 a Near for his creditors.
II Thomas does not consent TO the
arrangement made by his creditors he
can shake his head. Then the credi
tors can go into the courts and have
him declared a bankrupt. Should this
be done he would have TO let a Fed
eral judge decide just how much is
necessary for him to buy three meals
Gay, kx5cp u Iool ONcE dLiN
provide clothing.
The chief recommendations made by
the sub-cotnmittee of creditors are:
Fdrst-That, Thornas's control of the
Western Ice Company be transferred TO
q committee W creditors. with power to
sell the property If desired.
Second-Thst Thomas's control of tho
Provident Life Assurance Association
the stock of which is pledged, be trans
ferred to creditors with power to sell
OIL transfer control.
Third-That Thomas contribute $780,
900 as an initial payment to his cred
itors. This s2OOotU was recently given
to him by his mother and sister.
Fourth-That Thomas transfer the
$4,000 income he derives from his
fathers estate In trust to his creditors
subject to fixed changes OF $4,000.
Thomas has asked sA.0o0 for the ex-
penses Of his racing establishment in
New Jersey. The committee of credi-
tors doesn't think this stable an abso-
Lutte necessity. and demands that he
turn over tho stable. which includes
several stake horses and some selling
p!aters, to the creditors.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
PRISONER WITH
A LONG RECORD
MUTE IN HIS CELL
Police Say He Is Responsible
for Six Deaths in
the West.

lieut. Detectives Kear Riley and
Schoenich made an arrest on the
Bowery to-day of man inspector Nc.
Cafferty SAYS is one Of the most notori-
GUS safe-howers in the country. He is
wanted in several cities for dynamiting
safes in post-ofiices. and In Kansas City
for a robbery. followed by fire in which
six women and children lost their lives.
Tho prisoner has not uttered a word
since his arrest. but by consulting the
RoEues' Gallery albums ne was identi-
fed as John Hobbs. alias Joseph Shelly.
The police say he is desperate cracks
man and eunman. They were surprised
when they searched him to find that he
was rnarmed
Hobbs was picked UP on a Broadway
car two wears ago by former Detective
Sergeant Tom Butler Butler arraigned
him before a Magistrate but the Mag
istrate refused to hold him until his
record could he investigated. Two days
later n circular was received at Police
Headquarters from Kansas City. Mo,
bearing his phoc ograph and describing
a safe-blowing In that city which had
resulted in the loss of six lives
safe was dynamited in store be-
meath the living apartments OF two fam
lilies. Fires followed the dynamiting
and the shattered building burned like
kindling no one In the structure being
saved
Inspector MoCafferty said that In ad-
ditnon to that case Hobbs was wanted
for blowing the safes In three post
Office sub-stations in Boston and for
a similar crime in Mills Creek. near
Harrisburg Pa
Though the prisoner is only thirty
years old he has an appalling record 81
crime, the police say. and has also
served term of Ave years in Massa-
chusettS.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
AT 1850 each
Value 1880

Value 49, so
Styles in the new gored flare tunic effect and full
plated Coors pearl gray, champagne, navy blue
and brown also black and white, over self colored
silk Innings. Waist bands % to 81 in; lengths
36 to 43 in.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
AT $500 and $500 each

Former prices $500 to $500
Alterations executed promptly
The evening world., 1908-02-20

For to-morroW's selling we
offer l25 Women's tallor-made
suits-the remainder of our
entire stock-at less than half
prices. This sale is an absolute
clearance of suits in materials
and styles suitable for wear
now and early Spring,
The evening world., 1908-02-20
Women S
T Tailor-Made
Suits---
Less Than
Half Prices

The suits are all recent productions of
very prominent tailors and are suitable for
wear well into the Spring. The fabrics
are the most fashionable broadcloths, chevl-
OTIS and imported sutings. The styles cover
a wide range in design, trimming, length of
coat and cut of skirt, and include suits in
tended for business wear, travelling or
cail,no
The evening world., 1908-02-20
INSTAlMENT LAW VICTIM,
Immigration Official Arrested foI
$50 Yet Owed on Jewelry,

Arratgned in the Centre Street Police
Court uN-day. DR.. William O. wetmore.
an immigration inspector on Ellis ISL
and. vowed that never again would he
buy jewelry on the instalment plan.
He was arrested last night at the
Barge Once on a warrant issued by
Justice of the Peace Nash. of Buffalo.
charging second degree larceny. Ed
ward n. Thompson. of Buffalo. fs the
complainant. Dr.. wetmore said he had
bought so4o worth OF jewelry from
Thompson. and had paid ALL but $50.
The evening world., 1908-02-20

Some foods have the same
effect on the bowels as Cascarets.
But one must select the foods and that's difficult
is easier to take Cascarets.
Here is way to keep cheerful:
Live outdoors and plenty Eat food
fruit many green vegetables.
Here is the other way:
Take Cascaret when you need it. That will supply in
gentle and natural way laxative bowels.
Nobody questions
reading
by sunlight
compelled choose a way.
And that way Cascarets.
The OF oil and of pills and
What they did art6caly, done gently.
The a
your pocket feelings
fairly started.
tablets druggists
In bulk Be genuine CCC price
Is 50 eents IS and
Ter Cents per Box. go
The Washington times., 1908-07-14
CONFESSES KILLING
NUMBERING BAND
Famous Bender Family Of Three
Wiped Out-Women Slew
Seven Persons.

CHICAGO, July H-George Evans
Downer. of Downer's Grove. now on
his deathbed, has confessed that he
took part in running down and killing
the notorious Bender family thirty
years ago Old man Bender and his
wife Kate and their son John were
killed in a running ight. Five men
took part IN the pursuit, and one OF
these was killed and one wounded. The
Benders, in a wagon, were making for
Indian Territory.
I'VE Were everything them rapidly.
said Downer. when a shot from the
wagon killed one Of our party \ mo
moment later the old man. who was
firing from the back OF the wagon,
pitched out on the prairie, dead. Then
John jumped and ran, but was shot
within a hundred feet
she pulled up and sprang out and cut
one Of the horses loose and mounted u
and whipped away When Overtaken
she seized 4 revolver from tie belt OF
one OF her captors and wounded him
She was instantly shot down.
Before dying she confessed 10 seven
murders. The bodies were found in
the cellar and yard Of the Bender cab
in They were DR. William H York
G.. w .ancher and daugh Le-. Benja-
min NJ Brown. John Greary. ". f
McCrOtty. and H +. Mckenzie
The Washington times., 1908-07-14
YOUNG OLD FARMER
SEEKS YOUNG WIFE
He's Seventy-two and Hale and
Hearty, and He Doesn't Smoke
Egyptian Cigarettes.

ST SAUL, Mimi. July 4-Wiliiam
CleVSOger, seventy-two years old. is in
St paul looking for young wife. She
must be buXom and pleasant. not
''pcrniclzity" about tobacco, and willing
industriOusly to follow the job OF keep
ing him from becoming lonely.
Il am not seventy-two years old"
says Clevenger, but seventy-two years
young Some Of the boys laugh at me
for trying to get married again, but
In, serious.
why shouldn't I get married2 7 don't
feel seVenty-tWO. Ny habits are better
than those of a lot OF these young
bucks 1 don't drink. I don't swear.
reasonably good sort Of life.
4 do chew little tobacco. but I
don't smoke Egyptian cigarettes. and
that ought 10 compensate for almost
anything.
"A man isn't necessarily a dead one
because he is seventy-twO. I'm liable
to live a good deal longer IMAM some
OF these young fellows. It's good
deal more a matter Of how you feel
than how much white is in your hair.
Besides, women, IL they had good
sense, would marry older men. 4 man
of my age knows women a little, and
good deal more And, besides, an
old man is conservative He dOesI't
butt into matrimony unless ne IS ready
to make good.
IF some OF these young fry felt the
I same the divorce griSt would be lighter
My wife died a year ago. I have
been terribly lonely. That's the only
place where age shows. I want &c
( marry again, and / am looking for q
good. honest. sensible wife
CIevenger Is farmer living neoI
Staples. MINI. and has conslderab {
wealth
The Washington times., 1908-07-14
EDDY APPOINTMENT
APPROVED BY BOARD
New Executive Officer of Railway
Commission Begins Work
Tomorrow.

The appointment of II. c. Eddy.
superintendent OF the electrical depart
ment OF the District government, as
secretary and executive officer OF the
new District Railway Commission. has
been approved by the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission. and tomorrow Morn
ing Mr. Eddy VIII take up his new work
The salary Of the executive officer
has been placed at $500. Mr.. Eddy has
been an electrical engineer FOR sixteen
years AMI has spent ten years in the
construction and operation Of electric
railroads His experience, therefore.
has given him an excellent training for
the position 10 which he has been
elected
The commission holds but two meet
iugs before The fan. tomorrow and Fri
day. At those meetings Mr.. Eddy VIII
20 over the proposed work which has
been outlined, and 4 thorough under
standing will be reached between the
commission and its executive officer.
The Washington times., 1908-07-14
WOMAN KILLS SNAKE
WITH TRUSTY BROOM
PLAYS Tennis All Around Yard
With Reptile Which Stole
Chickens.

darcy Pa, July H-Armed only
with n broom which she held IN her
hand when the reptile threw itself INTO
a coil in front OF her in her back
yard Mrs William Buchanan, OF
Twelfth and Chestnut streets, the VIE
of William Buchanan, the president Oh
tbe Darby Fire Company herolcaHy
gave battle TO a five-foot chicken snake
and killed II.
Mrs. buchanan was sweeping her YARD
when the snake crawled from the
Grass Dlot almost under her ieeI-
THINKING, ut first that it was a section
of the garden hose which in some
,naccountable manner had rolled IN
front Of her, she kicked it out OF her
way and next second was astonished
10 see the supposed piece Of hose throw
itself into a coil, wave its head men
acingIv 10 and fro and hiss at her.
Mrs. Buckman raised her broom and
as the snake struck she hit IL with her
weapon. knocking it a foot backward.
Then before 1t could strike again, the
woman went at it WITH her broom ana
for hv. minutes knocked il around the
yard like a tennis ball Several neigh
bors came TO her aid. but she kept the
broom
a-chance to aid her until the snake
craNled through a hole in the fence,
VIXEN she killed it. 80
Bv actual measurement the reptile
was FIVE feet two inches and a half III
length and at its thickest part was
eight and a quarter inches IN clrcum-
ference For the past two mOnIhs
hundreds of young chickens have been
rnysteriousIy disappearing from the
ncichborhood and il is supposed thai
the killing of the snake will clear VI
the mystery