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Loup City Northwestern VOLUME XXIX._ LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 28, 1911. ~ NUMBER BRIEF m NOTES FOR THE BUSY KAN MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. R3UXD ABOUT THE WO RLE Cem- ete Rev e» of Happe*-ng» o'. a*eeteat Jneroot From AM Parti of t*e &to«a—Latent Monte and For Oigr tree Washington Etdrafn fo>r the eary depnrttne&t ar the ms Mol jeer bare te« owpiefed. ea ept far the provision •or are ship* Two first riaea tal . ■•-upa are eapected to be rero* • • • J'-enteet: loft It asked to urge laawra fc'tlaaa. eecretary of agricul ere f o:*hdr»o troffl tia rail or! IB raaedet: as adopted bj the annual eofcferea e of Kree Methodists of ioea >ad M.-aeoo'-a. it aesaioe at Ply meant, sa • • • sJomestic Esmi ligzw toes’y three year* old. [mtrl) a loreigr. rurrespctdeat tor a parking rocpaxy. *a» shot and .oetatUy silled by Dr. William H IVUr ioiloe:cg a struggle is a raraftt budding at 6431 Itamihoe atebpr b<Vagti lugtu* bad sum meaed Dr Kniher to the building os she pretense that Lit uncle tat ill. a»C the* held up the physician • • • Itxil Miller, a utter of tb» Glean CarUas .amp at artmurrt, was burned «a death a! 7 tof. Uhtc. a bite ftrtnc ■a rxntb.uan !U*bt in hi* aeroplane WftWf tu 9m lee? is the air a hen ass psauline tank exploded • • • A Se-toot plunge from au upper • acorn at it* Palmer twie at Chi a«*> l*U> a court caused the thrtaol Senih of Chart** W Ailec of Kenosha, a capita liat and possessor of a lie ».*P estate Alice la a brother of Natnaa Allcat. tadleird in New Turk lor die alleged smuggling of jewel* at® 'be United ittates Abet her the final fai: waa the revolt of accident or Wee has not been et*Ut*Pd • • • Tbemt. it* perilously on the brink of a pan . Wall (tract a as saved a ben the urp bant.ee interest* three their raorama resources to the *up pert at the market. Alans at the re pert* of approaching disjoin lion of the Tnied States S'eel corporation rwaulted in as enormous volume of wda* by 1 older* of the corporation * stork it all pans of the country and Corepa • • • TaeBry-rhrwe member* of the o*v at the steamer Joliet had narroe e* •ape* shea that vessel <u rammed *ad sunk by the tteamer Henry Phipp* •a a fog u. the St. Clair rtver • • • War ia on between settlers on Aide! era* a scar IkiaL. CaL, and etui* •arse* at a lumber companj over rights <® th<*aaands of acres at red wand timber country Settler* have been dispossessed and thetr cabin* have been burned • mm 1am* tbaa osetncrrt of nil tbe eartb And rack ta be removed from tbe bed «f tbe Panama canal *as la place September | The exeat at kid la uiebra rat dart a* August reached 1.442.4*: cabK y ards tbe best record hue a remy .-vena month la ibe bis tary of tbe cat. • • • A* tbe atae: j rmii annual tessioo af tbe supreme roaaril. Ancient Ac ir pted kconisb Kite Masons, for the Tart h sea yunediettas of tbe Catted ifatee at Samicgm. X T, Leon M Abbott of bnsua *as elected Em P'e'tlboae of Cticag:- grand minister «f stas*. la eacc.ed themselves • • • *’>'* * score of seaa ors and repre •eataE.es appointed by tbe cations.' r ursseai present. and a aide rep reseatattoa af prominent Kansans nt tending the funeral of Representative Kdttbad H Mad Hoe area held at tiodpv (‘By. Kan. AH basinets houses is tbe city sere dosed. • • • Mrs Peter rrydeadai. nbc tires nt Crysu^ Ptams. Kas. reports that afae has Bartered l,«4t doses eggs since March 1 tram tie bens Mr* PYrden *** «ps to market is • • • i •••***• r,-"-T pmnme »♦-« banal «M»ea injured nt a^e« an aigbt ieeb viaduct bam aad of the fluid into a boat by The build van destroyed • • • Mbafcm Indians of southern Caii fornle Recovered thzt bathtubs la ibeb- quartet* made excellent beds. Edward P. Hurd, vice-president ol the United Shoe Machinery company, tn an advertisement in a Beverly (Uaaa.) newspaper, practically die owns his son Malcolm and publishes to the world that the son's forth com mg marriage to a Boston clergyman’! daughter is without his approval. • • •, The bodies of six persons were dis covered in two neighboring houses in Colorado Springs. Colo. All had been murdered with an ax. The victims were slain in their own homes. Three were lound in each house. The vic tims were Mrs. Alice May Burnham and her two small children and Henry 1* Wayne, his wife and their one-year ild girl. The slaver has not been dis covered. • • • The International Harvester com pany will be allowed by the govern ment to change Its corporate form so as to comply with the Sherman ar.ti- i trust law as recently interpreted by the Supreme court of the United States. A threatened dissolution suit »s be ing delayed pending conferences uy Attorney General Wickersbam and counsel for the company on this read justment. • • • Chief of Police Charles E. Unsted, Policeman Stanley Howe. Richard Ticker. an insurance agent, and Wal lace Markward. all residents of Coates vitie. Pa., were arrested as the result Indictments returned by a grand Jury -that investigated the burning to iea-.h of Zack Walker, a negro mur derer. on August 12 • • • Upon the order of F. E. Baxter, su perintendent of banks. Chief Examine! j Charles B. Dodge, whose offices are in 'leveland. closed the Orangeville Sav ings bank at Orangeville. Ohio. • • • An appeal for Immediate contribu nons to a fund for the relief of fam tne sufferers in China was seDt bread east in New York by the Red Cross. Sir Wilfrid I-aurier, the Liberal gov ernment and reciprocity with the ! United Slates suffered a most disas- j trous defeat at the polls throughout : the Dominion of Canada. With reci procity as the paramount issue of the campaign, the voting turned a Liberal majority of 42 into a Conservative majority of more than 50 • • • It is reported on excellent author ty at New York that the matter of its solving and reorganizing the United States Steel corporation is receiving be earnest attention of the department >f justice and the legal representatives >f the so-called “trust." it is said that if the big corporation does not con -ent to dissolve voluntarily a suit will he instituted by the department of 1 Justice under the Sherman act. • • • One mat. killed and six injured is the result of the collapsing of the new |5<'.oo4 St James’ church in Wausau. Wis • • • A federal grand jury at Washington has indicted George O. Glacis of Chi cago lor false pretenses and embez zlement growing out of the employ ment of Claris to secure evidence of corruption against Senator Lortmer. • • m A serious forest Are. the third with In a month to threaten the Cleveland national forest, is burning near Idyl wild. Cal., a resort in the San Bernard ino mountains. • • • Personal Bichard Le Gallienne. the poet, of New York city, and his bride, who was lira. Hinton Perry, wife of the sculptor, are said to be happy despite the fact that Mrs. Le Gallienne was a divorcee and the poet was divorced by bis first wife. • • m Tbe will of John W Gates was filed for probate at Beaumont. Tex. A be quest of 13,000.000 to tbe Gates Old People's home at West Chicago. 111., was revoked in a rodocil. • • • Rev Thomas Ewing Sherman, son of J«n William T. Sherman, was com mitted to an asylum for the insane at San Jose. Cal. He was born in San Francisco October 12. 1856. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest In 168*. • • • Foreign Ahmed Arabl Pasha, leader of the military Insurrection in Egypt in 1882 is dead at Cairo. He was convicted at rebellion, pleading guilty, and con demned to death, but tbe sentence waa commuted by the khedive to per ■ petual exile from Egypt. He was par doned in 1*01. • • • The great steamship Olympic of the White Star line, the largest vessel ifloat, which left Southampton with a large crowd of returning American tourists, lies at the entrance to South ampton harbor, with a gaping bole in her side as the result of a collision with the British protected cruiser Hawke. Fortunately no lives were lost, and none of tbe 2.000 or more passengers and crews was even ia tured. • • • Professor Pronte. the volcanologist of Catania university (Sicily), says that tbe present eruption of Mount I Etas is five times greater thin that at 1*10 and that more lava has been , thrown out in six days than during twenty-fix days of the disturbance a Mar ago. ■ • ■ Dmitry Bogroff. the assassin of Premier Stolypln, was tried by court martial at Kiev. Russia, and sentenced j to death by hanging. He heard sen 1 fence pronounced calmly. OIL AT JECUMSEH MIXED WITH WATER, FOUND AT THIRTY-SEVEN FEET. NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE What is Going cn Here and There That is cf Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. Tecutnseh.—While engaged in drill ing through rock at the test well at the proposed site of the new well for the city water plant, the workmen struck a goad flow of oil. The mix ture of oil and water was taken from the drilled hole for some little time, but the flow of oil could not be ex hausted. Unconscious on a Bridge. Auburn,.—J. H. Pohlntan. ex-senator and representative from this county and candidate for county commission er, was found unconscious on the bridge at the foot of Cemetery hill Sunday evening. He had started from Auburn for his home near Johnson about half an hour before and it is supposed that his horse became un manageable while going down the hill. Will Celebrate at Home. Lincoln.—After his three weeks' speaking tour through Nebraska. W. J. Bryan will return to Lincoln Septem ber IS and remain here several days. The wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan takes place October 1 and this event has always been celebrated at Fairview since the Bryans made it their home. The Guns Are too Heavy. Tork.—There was a meeting among the boys of the York High school and about thirty-five left the school. The cause of the meeting was the compul sory drill. They claim the guns are too heavy for the younger boys and object to the necessary expense of procuring uniforms. The matter will be amicably adjusted soon. Wealth Will Revert to Nebraska. Lincoln.—John L. Bauman of Te cmnseh. who died in Lincoln, is said to have left an estate worth $100,000 and to have no relatives except a sis ter in Switzerland. Friends say that most of the estate will be divided among educational and charitable in stitutions Injured in Explosion. Beaver City —G. B. Jewett of this place was severely burned about the neck and face wh^p a barrel of paint exploded. Mr. Jewett was examining the paint and had a lighted match in his hand. He will recover. NEWS FROM THE STATE HOUSE The state university has received announcement of a prize to be offered college women by the Lake Mohonk peace conference. By state law. passed by the last legislature, the first Friday in Novem ber is designated as the day to teach fire prevention in the public schools. At least two republicans, once prom inent in Third district politics, will not be candidates for the place made vacant by the death of Congressman Latta. Grant C. Martin of Fremont, now attorney general, and C. C. Ran dall. formerly of Newman Grove, now state fire commissioner, have refused to make the race. The supreme court of Nebraska will be in session all this week. The Flege murder case will be argued Wednesday." William Flege of Dixon county, convicted of the murder of his sister and who is now at liberty on a $25,000 bond, has apealed for a re versal of the judgment of the lower court and jury. Secretary Royse or the Nebraska state banking board has been invited to deliver an address at the meeting of the annual association of super visors of state banks which will meet in New Orleans. November 30. The American bankers’ association will meet at the same time. Mr. Royse has accepted the invitation. He will attend the meeting of the Nebraska banking association at Omaha Mon day. W. A. Messerve of Creighton, former state senator from the Ninth district and a prominent attorney, is a candi-! date for the republican nomination for congress to 1111 the vacancy caused by Mr. Latta's death. No action has been taken by the attorney general or the state banking board to recover from the state banks that have nationalized the assessment of one per cent, which the amended guarantee law provides shall be col lected as a penalty for nationalizing and trying to escape the assessment for the guarantee fund. - Chief Game Warden Miller arrested four men at Ashland who had in their possession a freight car half filled with fish that had been seined from a pub lic lake, near that town. Two of tbe men are said to be from Iowa and two from Omaha. A seine 600 feet long was used in taking tbe fish which were mostly buffalo, carp and boll- i heads. State Superintendent Crabtree says that high schools and colleges conduct tests in such a careless way that they virtually teach students to cheat dar ing examinations. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA. Giltner has a company of boy scouts. Auburn is making preparations for a horse show. The harvest home festival at Hil dreth was a big success. The epidemic of typhoid fever at Lincoln is under control. Humboldt won the pennant in the Mink baseball league games. The strike at the Missouri Pacific shops in Palls City has been settled. Utica voted for $15,000 water bonds at a special election by a vote of 92 to 38. The Sterling Sun complains that there is need for more residences in that town. Hailstones as large as baseballs caused much damage during a recent storm at Cushing. Land Commissioner Guye says that only one-half the acreage of Nebraska is under cultivation. Mildred Kent, a 4-year-old girl, fell Into a 40-foot well at Table Rock, but was rescued unharmed. The Sutton coursing club will hold its meet October 9 to 14, and prepara-, tions are being made for a record breaker. The laying of the cornerstone of the new Christian church at Humboldt took place in the presence of a large audience. Robbers who entered Arlington post office set glycerine and attempted to light fuse, but failed. They got away with a little change. Hastings schools were awarded four firsts with cash prizes of S2l) at the state fair. The exhibit will be kept intact for the fall festival. Citizens of Thurston have filed a petition with the railway commission asking that the M. & O. be compelled to build a depot at Thurston. While essaying to do a cowboy stunt. Theodore, the twelve-year-old son of William Adams, near McCook, was fatally injured by being thrown from his pony. fancy poultry raisers of the coun ty' have made application to the State Poultry association to have the next state show, which is held in January, brought to York. The fruit growers around Nebraska City are beginning to harvest their apple crop and find help short. The crop is the largest in years and ex tremely low prices prevail. The body of John Mock, a farmer, was found in the railroad yards at "West Point. Indications are that he had sat down on a track to rest and was hit by a passing train. While driving up the main street o! Norfolk in a buggy. Ernest Fenske put a revolver to his head and pulled the trigger, blowing the top of his head off. and killing him instantly. Carl Bergstrand. on three and three quarters acres of ground a few miles north of Aurora, raised thirty-three bushels of alfalfa seed, and this will bring hint more than $110 an acre. Dr. T. Anderson of Wahoo. who ac cidentally shot himself in the foot, in flicting a wound which necessitated the amputation of the member, is pro grossing nicely at a local hospital. John Haurigan. who has raised watermelons near Fremont for the past ten years, says that this year's crop is larger than ever before. Last week he shipped his seventh carload The Anselmo Christian church which was erected several months age in record time, was dedicated Sun day, and the occasion was one ir which Anseimo citizens generally took part. An increase of over 200 in the total enrollment of the Lincoln city schools, exclusive of the high school, is indi rated by the reports of the various principals to Superintendent W. L Stephens. inc matter or an extended watet service and sewerage plant will have to come up for a vote in Tecumseh again, and it will probably be sub mitted at a special election to be held late in October. Fred Cornell of Lincoln is chess champion of Nebraska. By winning all of the three games which he played in the final series of the state chess association’s tournament. Mr. Cornell secured the title until the next tournament a year hence. Sixty letter carriers and seven auto, mobiles, loaded with other postoffice employes, met Postmaster E. R. Siier of Lincoln at the depot, when h« returned from Omaha after being made president of the national post masters’ association. A formal recep tion was held at the federal building later. . Three distinct tornadoes were seen north of Dannebrog Monday evening in the vicinity of Warsaw. W. J. Weller of Raymond was se verely bruised and his wife and son Frank were slightly cut and consider ably shaken np when an automobile in which the three were riding near Raymond turned turtle. The Lincoln Western League base ball club has been sued, .for J10.00C damages by Ralph A. Hanson, who was injured by an employe of the dut during a riot following a decision ol Umpire McKee August 12 In a gam* with Denver. David City has commenced getting subscriptions for the new |25,00C library and gymnasium building. Frank J. Smith, a farmer, was shot and mortally wounded by Charles F. Clems, a marble dealer or Franklin The shooting took place in the sleep ing apartments of Clems in his marble shop. The Woman’s Christian Temper snee Union of Comstock, sided by several citizens, has started ■»»«.*■. mas proceedings against the town board of trustees to have it annul a license recently granted for the sell ing of intoxicating ttgaors. DEATH ON GROSSING! _ THIRTEEN KILLED ON NORTH-: WESTERN AT NEENAH, WIS. OTHERS ARE FATALLY INJURED I ■ ■■ ■ - I Fast Passenger Train Strikes Hay i Rack Loaded with Young People Returning from Wedding. Neelinah. Wis. — Sixteen deaths probably will be the result of a col lision of a mile-a-minute passenger train with a hay rack loaded witn thirty-one young people at Neenan Sunday. A big billboard along the railway tracks obscured the view of the en gineer as well as the driver of the wagon. Mist and fog did the rest. Twelve persons on the hay rack were killed instantly, one has since died, and three of eight others in jured are believed to be fatally hurt. Nine of the thirty-one people aboard the wagon escaped without a scratch. Both horses were unhurL Nobody on the train suffered except from a mo mentary severe Jar. The collision occurred at 3:40 o'clock in the morning on the Chica go & Northwestern railway at tne Commercial street crossing nere. Train No. 121, northbound, whirled through the wagon load of people at a forty-five-degree angle, the highway crossing being diagonal. The victims were returning from the Peter Hansen farm, where they had gone to attend -the celebration of a wedding anniversary. All but two, men from Chicago, were residents at Menasha. Bodies, terribly cut ana muuiatea, \ covered the right-of-way as the train, nine coaches in length, was brougnt to a stop 800 feet from the scene or the wreck. Several of the bodies were so badly mutilated that Identification was possible only by fragments or clothing Six of the victims, all dead, were discovered on the engine pilot where they lay until removed by the tram crew and passengers. Two others were hurled through a flagman's shanty with such force as to over turn the little structure. One of these was Miss Finn, who was projected through one of the side walls of the house and was still alive when re moved. She died a few hours later. Another of the victims killed was thrown high over a barn fifty feet from the railway right-of-way. Damage by Earthquake. Guyaquil, Ecuador.—Four earth quakes on Sunday did serious damage at Riobamba. the capital of Chimbora zo province, which lies about eighty five miles from Guayaquil. The shocks continued throughout the day, but with diminishing intensity. At the first shock a great panic prevailed among the people. Many buildings were shaken badly and several col lapsed- The occupants of most of the houses filed to the streets, where they since have remained for their safety. Bryan Disappointed, Not Surprised Cincinnati.W'illiam J. Bryan, who arrived in this city Sunday on his way to Knoxville. "^enn., and was enter tained by a number of prominent dem ocrats at a local hotel, stated that he was sorely disappointed at the defeat of reciprocity, although he was not surprised. Report Captured Steamer. Port Said.—It is reported that the Turks have captured the Italian liner Regina Margherita at Messina. This steamer is one of the fleet of the Nav igazione Generate Italians of Genoa. Charles Gates to Wed Minneapolis.—Charles Gates, son of' John W. Gates, who died recently in Paris, and Miss Florence Hopwood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Hopwood of Minneapolis, will be mar ried Wednesday in Cniontown, Pa. Avalanche of Bricks. Louisville, Ky.—An avalanche of bricks from an upper story of a burn ing six-story building in the wholesale district crashed through three floors of an adjoining building, killng three Bremen and injuring several other men. Cases Are Docketed. Washington.—The question of whether a railroad company may make extra charge for supplying side track facilities is involved in two cases docketed in the C. S. court. A Divorce Granted. New York.—News that a decree of divorce had been granted Mrs. Well man. formerly Emma Juch, the famous prims donna, from her hus band has been received. , Election Will Be I Mega!. Mexico City.—General Bernardo Reyes is convinced that the presi dential election will be held as pro posed on October 1; that the country will not be at peace and that there fore the voting will thus be illegal and without results. Postoffice Clerk Arrested. Denver.—Charged with misappro priating funds. Joseph P. Havlick, tor fifteen years superintendent of the money order division of the Denver postofflce, was at mated. FLOODS FLOAT COFFINS FROM OLD CEMETERIES cishermen Reap Reward for Catching Boxes as They Drift Down the River. Little Rock, Ark.—The recent rise if the Arkansas river brought a new sind of drift down the stream and :he river “rats,” Instead of pulling in stray saw-logs, have been catching coffins. Reports from Conway and >ther points state that fishermen along Jte Arkansas river have caught and tied up several coffins which contain sd the bodies of persons evidently dead for some time. Robert L. Gregg of Conway first no tied a coffin floating down the river. I-i Catching Floating Coffins. It lodged on a Bandbar, but later was floated away. W. W. Matthews and James Helton were with Green at the time, but the sight was too grewsome for them and they did not make an ef fort to catch it. Word of the floating coffins was con veyed to those who have relatives buried in cemeteries along the banks of the Arkansas within the limits of Conway. Relatives visited other graveyards to find their fears realized. Rewards were offered for the recov ery of bodies. Several fishermen abandoned their usual diversion to watch for the floating coffins, but not so with the negro fishermen. COWS IN A JEWELRY STORE Break Into Shop in a Massachusetts Town and Cause Girl Clerk to Hike. Cambridge, Mass.—Miss May Rich ardson, stenographer in a jewelry store, was busily engaged in trans scribing notes when she heard a “Mo-o-o” behind her. The girl glanced up and beheld a cow in the main aisle of the store, leaning carelessly against a show case filled with diamonds, with another just ready to come into the door. Grasping her puffs in one hand and her hobble skirt in the oth er, Miss Richardson left the shop by the back door in leaps, and sprinted toward Memorial hall. The cow made her entrance to the store attracted by the damp side walks which had just been flushed. I-»-1 Cows in a Jewelry Shop. Two cows make a crowd in a jewelry Store. Two young men ejected the in traders. DOGS AID IN MAKING ARREST Animals Win Place on City Payroll by Helping Police Officers Catch a Fugutlve. Kansas City, Mo. — Queen and Mooch, two dogs made homeless when the big North Side market was built and which have since made their home at police headquarters, have be come fixtures by making an arrest. Queen and Mooch werc^ walking a beat with Patrolmen MSib and Hens ley. Patrick O’Neill, a truck gardener, got igto a fight with another man on the street and ran when- the offi cers approached. The dogs ran after O’Neill and one caught his coat tail and the other the seat of his trousers This was too much of a load for O'Neill to carry and the officers had no trouble getting him. Now the dogs have been placed regularly on the police rolls and allowance is made for their food. Bass Catches Itself. Allehtown. Pa.—While members of a dub were fishing, a 12-inch bass Jumped into the boat. It is supposed the bass broke water in play. PEI BULL SNAKES ABE GROPSAIIERS Kansas College Tells Alfalfa Growers Reptiles Will Keep Fields Free of Pests. NEED TWO TO AN ACRE Are Said to Be Affectionate Little Creatures and Far Superior to Poi son for Killing Gophers—Crawlers Declared to Be Certain Destruction. Manhattan. Kan.—If the advice of the Kansas Agricultural college is fol lowed every Kansas farmer will keep e herd of trained snakes on his farm and when Bill Jones meets HI Jenkins at the crossroads on a Sunday morn ing on the way to church they will tell of the prowess of their respective snakes and talk trade. Snakes are valuable to the farmer who raises alfalfa, and they are ad vised to breed and raise them because the snakes drive out the pocket go phers and moles, the worst foes of alfalfa. Farmers who have been ex perimenting with snakes in the alfalfa fields say that two active bull snakes will keep three acres of alfalfa clear service is worth at least $5 per snake in a saving of alfalfa The agricultural college has issued a bulletin on snakes on the farm. The bulletin advises that legislation be en acted protecting certain kinds of snakes from the ravages of the man with the club, as game birds are pro tected. Maybe a snake warden, witb oodles of deputy snake wardens, will be provided for and then there will be a lot of new jobs for the politicians The gophers and moles have done such damage in Kansas alfalfa fields Having a Snake Fight. .hat legislation has been attempted io require farmers to kill the gophers md to use poisons. But the bull snake is held to bt ar superior to poisons for killing tophers and moles. Most farmers teep dogs and cats, but the snake ex ferts assert that a herd of bull snakes .vould r.e much more valuable. The 'armer is advised to give the wrig fling protectors of alfalfa as much tare and consideration as he does the aelpful hen and the rat terrier that ieeps the rodents from undermining ihe com crib and wheat bins. Bright and early every morning ths .armer should gather bis bull snakes about him and hasten to the alfalfa held, where the gophers and the moles are wont to cavort In the dew and al falfa. “Whoop-la. There he goes! Aftei him, Jimmy Bull! Right down that bole. Bill Bull! Wriggle along there now, you old sinner! After ’em. ols snake! Sic ’em. Bull. Swaller !em whole.” These and similar cries the farmei boy would give as his trained bull snakes go wriggling through the al ftlfa and into the gophers’ holes. It ought to be lots of fun. Then the bad boys of the farms wil. sneak away on a Saturday night with dad’s favorite bull snake and they will meet under the railroad bridge and have a snake fight. Cool nights drive bull snakes intc winter quarters, where they rematD until late spring, while the gophers and moles work a much longer season To guard against this the farmer could gather his snakes every evening just as he does the cows, only place them in lined baskets and keep them be hind the kitchen stove. Sometimes the snakes might escape from the basket and decide that on the farmer’s bed was a much warmer place and they would crawl over and cuddle down on the farmer’s manly bosom. But one wouldn't mind that when he got used to it The bull snake la a light yellow spotted with brown. They often grow to be six to eight feet long and are very powerful. They are not poison eus, but in fighting they bite very hard and cause ugly wounds: Lighted Cigar 8tump Fatal. Raleigh. N. C.—Miss Maggie Suggs daughter of a prominent farmer, wa* burned to death while returning horn* in a buggy from church. It is be lieved that some one carelessly threw a lighted cigar stump Into the vehlcla just before she started for home.