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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24
Beware of OinGERelfs for Ca'
aarrh that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mucous
surface. Such article should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is
ten fcld to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls catarah cure, naanufac-
tured by F. j. Cheney and Go, Toledo @,
contains no mercury aud is taken internally
and acts directs directly upon the blood and
mucous surface OF the system. In buying
Halls catarrh cure be sure to get the gen
uine. Il is taken internally, and made In
Toledo, Ohio, by F J. Cheney and Co.
Sold by Druggists, seventy five cents.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Call around and see our line OF
Undergraduates in town-at
Young & Edwards.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

The new Vermilion bayou packet
the Alice Leblanc, Capt George
George arrived here Friday night
and has entered upon the business
with a vim and a rush.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

W. q. Waggouer, the clever
young machinist is building a very
tasty and commodious residence
Just above town on the lots purchas.
ed Of Mrs. B. f. Lyons.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

RICE LANDS FOR RENT
Any quantity of the choicest rice
lands. with irrigating facilities, and
IN n sized tracts desired. and
under fence. Apply to J. P.
GUEYDAN Shell Beach, Vermil'
ion Parish, La,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Judge Debaillou was in town this
attending court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Phe jam of freight at the depot
here is something worth seeing.
Freight is piled up on the wharf
aud platform until there is hardly
room to move around aud the rice
crop rs just beginning to move, they
say.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24
saturday, DECEMBER "a, 1892.
Special Notice.

ApBEvILLE, La, Dec. II, 1892.
oA~oreholders of the Abbeville Building
sns san Association are hereby notified
sna Il the next regular monthly meeting
tnsW Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1888, the money
o. o. hnnd win be offered to the highest bid
DER. L.. o. BRoUssARD.
Secretary.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

wmnm Who are weak. Nervous, De-
bilitated, who in folly and ig-
oranc have trifled away
their vigor of Body, Mind and
Manhood. causing terrible
ltAlhlH drains npon the wells of life,
Headache. Backaehe, Dreadful Dreams.
Weakness of Memory, Pimpfes upon the
face. and all the effects leading to early
decay, Consumption or Insanity, send for
Book of Life, sealed free with particulars
of a home cure. No Cure No Pay. DIR
PARKER, $40 N. Cherry, Nashville, Tenn
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Read The New legal advertise
men,s In to.days paper.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

cwNr WOMEN who the Head
achs, Backaches. Neuralgias,
Scantv, Profuse and Painful
transformations, Disorders and
Disbursements of the Womb
UAUM and SEXUAL Organs, Barren
ness. Leucorrhea, etc.. should send for
Woman's Book Of Life. lsealed) with par
]ticnIars for home cure. No Cure No Pay.
Scientific Qualifications, Unlimited Expe-
riance. Careful Diagnosis and Honest Rep
RESERVATIONS are the secrets OF our success.
Address, G.. w: PAhkER, ~. ~, o4oS.
Cherry, Nashville, Tenn.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Letter from Devine crowded ont
this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Tomorrow is Christmas and we
wish all our readers may enjoy the
feast.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Fine Christmas presents u Young
i Edwards suitable for ladies and
gents.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Miss Eliza Hollingsworth OF
Bellevue. st. Landry parish, accom-
panied by her nephew F. J. Cald-
we'll, came down Thursday evening
by the train aud will pass the
Christmas holidays with her sister
Mrs. W. w. Edwarda.
The Columbia Daily Calendar
remains the only valuable daily pad
calendar. The calendar for 1892 is
of the same general design as that
of previous years, consisting Of 366
leaves, one for every day in the year
and a calendar for the entire year.
The day Of the week. of the month
and of the year are given. Leaves
are so arranged that there will be no
stub left and each one can be referred
to at any time during the year. The
pad is upon a metallic stand Of ivory
black, arranged so as to rest upon
the desk at a convenient angle. The
calendar is issued by the Pope Mig.
Co., Of Boston, New York, and
} Chicago.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

W. r. Boiling of Orange
Texas is in town this week visiting
friends here and at Perry Bridge
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Rev. Father Thebault of Point
aux Loups Springs has been ia teWn
this week visiting his friends.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

You can get a good team at Brn-
ner & Baur's Livery Stable to and
from Abbeville, for $3.50.
Remember the stand, North OF
Railroad, Rayne, Louisiana.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Ripans Tabules cure the blues.
Ripans Tabules cure hives.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Mrs. F. L. Wall has rented the
old Derouen residence corner Of
Washington and Lafayette streets
aud will open a boarding. house.
Pie building is being thoroughly
repaired and sefi.ted.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

The amount al freight being re-
ceived here is so large that there
is q great d~ificility in finding roou
10 di~schargerit, or cars to load It
into.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Cali and be convinced that we
have the. finest and cheapest assort.
ment of Christmas goods in town at
Young 81 Edwards.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Quite a little crowd were at the
depot Thursday morning to zee the
first regular train leave for Iberia.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Judge Nelson Greene, justice for
this ward left Thursday morning on
d business trip to New Orleans.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

District Court opened here on
Tuesday as per adjournment With
Judge Allen on the bench. A number
of civil cases we're being disposed Of
though we believe most of them have
been Of minor Importance.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Last Thursday the train leaving
here for new Iberia was SO long and
heavy that the engine was not
able to pull it out and after losing
quite q while in making vain at
tempts to starr, a part Of the train
was left behind.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Our neighbor Ophelias Bourque
sent out the first shipment by the
railroad. II was a large lot of rice
aud eggs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Seventeenth Judicial District Coatrt,
Parish Of VerBitaon.
No 1913.
Succession Of Jacob Gastal.
Application of Francis F. Young
to be appointed administrator OF
the succession Of Jacob Coastal.
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Tevv1n and Parish.

secretary.
Tewm and Parish.
.Jodge Debaillou was in town this
attending court.
Master Howard Labit has return
ii home for the holidays.
-eo@-
Read The New legal advertise.
men,s in to-days paper.
500
Tomorrow is Christmas and we
visb all our readers may enjoy the
feast.
Fine Christmas presents aaYoung
4 Edwards suitable for ladies and
gents.
Strange faces are seen 90 our
streets now every day and still they
come.
Feed /! Feed Feed at Bruner @
BAur's Livery Stable for Is cents at
Ragne.
Monday was @ miserable, wet
damp, rainy day; the total rainfall
being two inches.
Remember the entertainment at the
Convent Christmas eye and Chris
mas night.
Rev. Father Thebault of Point
aux Loups Springs has been ia town
this week visiting his friends.
Judge Nelson Greene, justice for
this ward left Thursday morning on
d business trip to New Orleans.
Cali and be convinced that we
have the finest aud cheapest assort.
ment of Christmas goods in town at
Young 81 Edwards.
W. r. Boiling of Orange
Texas is in town this week visiting
friends here and at Perry Bridge
Quite a little crowd were at the
depot Thursday morning to zee the
first regular train leave for Iberia.
Our neighbor Ophelias Bourque
sent ont the first shipment BY the
railroad. II was a large lot of rice
aud eggs.
When yon go TO Rayne stop al
Bruner & Baur's Livery Stable
North If Railroad. in front of David
LEWIS store and have your horses
fed for 25 cents.
The e. H. Barmore made bel
last trip here this week, coming uf
Sunday night and returning Mon
day night.
The entertainment given by tn
Ladies Aid last night was vel
attended and the audience Wer'
highly pleased.
Judge Allen wound up the bus
ness before his tribunal last Thurs
day evening and adjourned cour
until next March.
Genial, busting, Dave Newhau
ser the life insurance. man was j
town last week and did som
business in his line.
Edward Weeks q young attorne
ofNew iberia was among the nnmbe
of visitors here on the railroad e.
cursion last Thursday.
Capt George George who is we
known as the old captain OF II
BarmoFe several years ago will cor
mapd the Alice Leblanc.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Strange faces are seen 90 cur
streets now every day and still they
come.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Remember the entertainment at Che
Convent Christmas eye and Chris
mas night.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

When yon go to Rayne stop at
Bonner & Baur's Livery Stable
North If Railroad. in front Of David
LEWIS store and have your horses
fed for Is cents.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Master Howard Labit has return
ii home for the holidays.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Ripans Tabules cure collie.
Ripans Tabules cure headache.
Riuans Tabules cure bad breath.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

The e. ct. Barmore made her
last trip here this week, coming up
Sunday night and returning Mon.
day night. !.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Monday was Q miserable, wet
damp, rainy day; the total rainfall
being two inches.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

The entertainment given by the
Ladies Aid last night was well
attended and the audience were
highly pleased.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Feed Feed /! Feed ut BrnneP q
Baur's Livery Stable for Is cents a
Rayne.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Capt George George who is we'll
known as the old captain OF the
BarmoFe several years ago will com
mapd the Alice Leblanc.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Edward Weeks a young attorney
of New iberia was among the number
of visitors here on the railroad ex'
cursion last Thursday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Judge Allen wound up the bust.
ness before his tribunal last Thurs
day evening and adjourned court
until next March.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-24

Genial, bustling, Dave Newhau-
ser the life insurance. man was in
town last week and did some
business in his line.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-25

and In this receptacle, as 1t runs from the
tree, IL forms solid mass similar in ex-
ternal character to vegetable albumen,
of rusty or brownish or grsyish
red color. It is deuse aud hard, and it
may be by proper manipulation rolled
out into dat sheet so as to look like
side Of leather.
ssIn the state of recent coagulation, or
while only a few days from the tree, this
sap possesses degree OF Elasticity
which enables the natives to press 1t into
molds Of various patterns, but the greater
/ part OF the raw rubber which our fac
tories receive comes in the rude form oi
the trench or hole into which it dripped
from the trees.
! "Of course, the pure rubber is now
adulterated even In the forests themselves
by the shrewd natives and taskmasters,
who run in the sap of many other kin.
dred trees, which in themselves are OF
little or no value, but which rudely ANAL
gamate with the genuine sap.
'People often ask why it IL that the
old rubbers are never Of any use-wh1
they are not made over into new ones
into sort of rubber shoddy, perhaps.
The reason is that when rubber is once
raised to temperature of $50 degrees
Fahrenheit, and to which temperature II
goesih the process Of manufacture into
boots and shoes, change takes place in
its adhesive substance which on cooling
does not recover the primitive properties
Of caoutchouc, aud the rubber ono,
made up can never be remade success.
fully" ."-Washingto Star.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-25
The Columbia Fair.

COLUMBIA, S. C.-Thursday was the
crownng day of the State fair. There
were II, 900 visitors at the grounds, over
5000 Of whom attended the race The
general conclusion seems to be that the
fair this year has surp ,ssed all its prede.
cesso both in magnitude and in the
character o. amusement
The bull fight adver ised to take place
was stopped by the intervention Of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.
An incident not on the programme
was the elo. ement of f. X. Lorrick and
Miss B. o. Bookman, both of this city.
They have been watching for an oppor-
tunity for some time and the hustle and
confusion of the day furnished the op .
portunity for them.
The prizes for county displays were
won as follows: First, Chester; second,
Lexington; third, Fairfield.
The State ball given by South Carroll.
mas fashionable social organization, the
South Carolina Club was held at nioht
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Pure Mountain Water.

Beside dusty road that follows the
Swannanoa River in North Carolina is a
gate that opens on a path leading to a
spring that has been walled with brick
aud protected by "A canopy. Beside the
gate is marbl: slab bearing the picture
of drinking cup and the following in
script n:
Rein up, ye thirsty passerby,
AS you are now, so ouce was /;
Stop short, alisht, you're no. the first,
Who at this spring has quenched his
thirst.
Gird up your loins, drink once, drink
twic:;
Pass on and think of John S. r ce,
For thirsty man he walled this spring,
And then for heaven did plume his wing
He asks no thanks his lIfe's long span,
Proves that he loved his fellow man.
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The south's Industrial Act;v;.,,

glance at the list of new enternr;s..
organized In the South during the nss,
week, as shown by the Manufactu,.,s,
neoord In Its issue of November ia, nre.
:ents more than the usual activity both
In number and diversity. Some ~ tha
noie Important items mentioned bv the
Heo"T@ are as follows: The s. Georoe
90, OF Wcllsburg, w. Va, to monnfac'
ture paper sacks; the Van Buren, IArL \
compress q Manufacturing Co.. canitaI
STOCK $5O, OOo; the Waldron Constmct;on
81, % o. CnarlestoE, w. Va, capital stock
S4,voV,oVo; tho l.. A. Montague Co.. of
brunswick, Md, to transact a mercan,;Ia
business. capital stock $50, 900: the Res,
semer s IN. Co. Mining Co, capital stool
*oo ',ooO, to mine ores, etc. the Mile
totton Co., of Columbia, s. G.. can;tsi
STOCK $S0, ,OOo; the Franklin P,int;no 70
OF LOUISVILLE, KY, capital stock air 0oo'
~ cohduct printing works; the Fuous
naroware 20, of Baton Rouge. La can.
ital stock S25, 900; the Kentucky Mercapp.
on o,1e Co. OF Loui vile, capital stock s6O
VoV; the Washington, Cd. CI Move
ruollshlng Co, capital stock $3.50 ooo
tue nlilsboro Crexas) Oil Co ca,,;,oi
STOCK 300, 900; the Paris (Texas> Jce 10
capital stock $75, 900; the Bolivar Navi'
CATION Co., of Dallas, Texas, for channel
construction con o purposes, capital stock "a
100000; the city of Rome. Go %v;; w;,,
build $500, 900 water works nlant tba
waco CIcxas) Ice s. Refrigeratinc Co
VIII ouliI fifty ton plant; the Land
a.1he " Ice Co., of Covington, XIV. can,
ltal stock $50, 900; the Corona 1AhI
Coal Co., capital stock $50, 900: lanes
~. boyd will build a $50, 600 tobacco
,%y i%aGtory at Richmond, Va, the Gloster
lMis.) Canning s. Preserving Co.. can;.
tal stock $4,000; The Chandler. .Sbafer
TO-. OF Louisville, KY, to work onorr;es
capital stock *75, 900; the Union Exnrcs,
y transportation Co., of Covington. XIV
,aPital stock $50, 600; the Aberdssn,
NO. Can Co., to manufacture cans.
;api al stock $50, 900; the IIardeeyiIis
'r'ck Co., of Savannah, Ga, for mann,
curing, capital stock $25, 900: the
!. tc'na Development Co of Manchester
Va, capital stock 800, 900; the Holly
v machinery & Supply Co., of Alexandria
va, capital stock $125, 900; the Becker
'lachine Co., of charlottesville VI
apital stock $25, 900; the Lawton Rrick
:, nc frocess Co., of Alexandria, w
nc fowhattan Brick aud Tile Co oi
Ia IanPIon, Va, capital stock 800. OoO
ne 11ome Land Co, of Newport News
a.. capital stock 800, 900, and the u
hite Magazine Rifle Co., of Alexsn0
''a' va, capital stock 5000, 900. i
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The Only Volunteer Cavalry to Be the
Presidents Guard of Honor.

RICHMOND, VA.-Col. w. F. Wick
ham, commanding the cavalry regiment,
Virginia Volunteers, intends to take the
regiment to Washington on the occasion
of the Inauguration of President Grover
Cleveland. lie will ask the privilege of
being the special escort Of honor to the
President on that occasion. The Gov
ernor of Virginia heartily entels into the
movement and it seems very likely the
request will be gran ed, as Virginia has
the only organized regiment of cavalry
in the United States, outside the regular
army.
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a: :!s':s :'::;'' seq = :: ::
supply of the raw material. To give
you some idea of the jump. which it
made then in 1889 only 80, 600 pounds
of natural caoutchouc was imported into
the whole market 81 Great Britain; in
1s42, or about two years after, Good.
year had produced Clean, shiny black
shoe, the British market called for $780,
600 pounds, and to day the amount has
prodigiously increased over these figures
not only in Gre% Britain, but the
United States and all the rest of tho
civilized world; thtsSimmense demand
of thousands and thousands of tons an.
nnally for every market on the face of
the earth. What the whole aggregate is
| dare not say. This demand has set all
the natives OF India, Of Madagascar, of
South America, of Java aud Of Central
America and the Iudian archipelago hard
at the work of tapping the rubber forests
OF their native lands.
"No, believe ,hfve have fully
reached the maximum INIT of raw rub.
Der supply, that it wh never be any
greater and we shall be lucky if IL does
not steadily grow lessf But we have
not reached the fill Init of demand.
More boots and shoes Wlll be called for
every year, and we shaIlhaye them sent
TO Us cast thinner aud tnner until tn,
sham will declare itsel to the dulle,t
ouyer. What we will 10 then I don't
Nnow. Perhaps some Inventive genius
will find a substitute.
"a rubber clmpin ono OF the South
American or Indian distdess put me in
NINA somewhat of mspIe sugar grove
as II Is worked in Vermo or Ohio, only |
everything about the ace is wilder,
'"rKeF and rudor. The 6stiyes dig out
fude trench rhole at ho foot of the
rubber tree, which is no 4 large tree.
never much larger than en to twelve
inches IN diameter and M or sixty feet
high. They then make incision In
the trunk OF this tree, which rs just
about the same cut that 4 s<pias tree cut
ior resin down in North roliOs sxhio-
its.
"rhe caoutchouc, whed1n the tissues
OF the tree, is lluid like tt, Of the pines,
but it eoag"Iates so quiSkIy when il
drops down into the cart trench pre-
pared lor its reception lhs nothing d.
'Ape' by filtration down Il che earth,
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sINNED AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST
ofessor Smith Seriously Objects e.
This Charge at his Tr;aY "

.
CiNciNNATI, OH the Smith bero,s.,,,
trlai DR.. Thomas o. Lowe, for the nro.
ecution, argued Professor Smiths ob;oo
.ion 70 the charges He quoted the No.
.lon OF the General Assembly in Nav Last
TO the effect that minister who cbon"as ,ass
ms views after ordination should icsvo
the Church, which Christian honor 80 ro
CURED without awaiting the tedious nro.
cess of discipline. DR.. Lowe. conclpI
ing. accused Professor smith of ain
against the Holy Ghost and blasnbemu
Professor Smith protested against beine
accused of sin against the HOLY Gbast
Dr. Mckibben said he had not been. hut
PROFESSOR Smith insisted that Lowe ban
made such accusation and asked tbe
presbytery if the committee thought him
guilty OF that sin it would have boen
more manly to consider it in the charoes
Dr.. Mckibben attempted to smooth
matters ~ aud an elder demanded that
Lowe make his own explanation. Dr.
Lowe replied that DR.. McKibbcn had
made 1T for him. There was much feel
ing in the discussion. " ieei'
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-25
Chief Justice Merrimon Bur;ed

RALEIGH,N Gust before 10 O'Clock
iuesdaT morning the body of Chief Jus
uce Nlerrimon was taken from his late
nome to the Supreme Court room. The
caskSt was covered with black cloth.
beslde the hearse were eight well known
coiored men of Raleigh, the active pail
peafers. In carriage were the Justices
OF the supreme Court, Gov. Holt. Cant,
1oke, Dr. Sanderlin and Senator Ran.
som, the heads of the other States Depart.
'hcnts ana institutions, the active pail
bearers, etc. The casket was placed in
tne centre OF the court room. 1t was
completely covered with white chrysan-
thcmums in handsome designs. There
were yet more elaborate emblems at the
heaa and feet. At the head, perched on
Il pillow, was snow-white dove, with
wings outsprcad. A great number of |
persons viewed the body; these being
not only Raleigh people bnt others from
various parts of the State. After 1 O'clock
one OF the brothers and some other re-
t,tives arrived from Ashcville. The
'uneral was held at 3 o'clock from the
largest church in the city, and it was
packed with people. The honorary pail
!! pea ers were members of the bar and Of
1crrs OF the National Bank of Raleigh.
with which Mr.. Merrimon had long been
'ohnected. They were: Thomas G. Full
er, Ed. Chambers Smith, Samuel F.
Mordecai, Armistead Jones, Charles NJ.
;usoec and John Devereux. Jr, of the
talelgh bar; w. G. Upchurch Charles
l Belvln and Rufus s. Tucker, of the
'atIonal Bank of Raleigh, and joseph
!: Brown Of the Citizens National Bank
he funeral services were conducted bv
lev. j.. N. Cole, pastor of Edenton 6
trcet M. E. church, assisted by several ,
Iher pastors. The burial was in Oak
ood Cemetery. The procession was
follows: the hearse, State officers. the Q
lpreme Court; the honorary pall-bear- IL
5, the family, the general public. -
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Il Flying Serpent.

The Calcutta Indian Gentleman relates
the following most remarkable story:
A few days ago Atkama Yatzry, Ben.
galese gentleman residing on Hat seven
miles north Of Shuttezat, saw, as he
afirms, an enormous serpent floating
along In feecy white "tealrer" Of
"wind cloud" The cloud and its
scaly passenger foated directly over Mr..
Yatzry's farm aud bore of In the direo.
tion of the Great Blue Jungle and dis.
appeared from view. Over score or
men, women aud boys who wero work.
ing along the fiat ct the time CT the phs.
nomenal occurrence, attest that they
plainly saw the sane htdeous monster
In his ethereal fight. One witness de-.
scribes the serpent as being at least four
"tsongs" (200 feot) in length and as big
around as a mau's body. All witnesses
concur 10 saying that tho head aud fore.
parts Of the creature resembled an alliga.
tor more than anything else. It was
yellow and black striped, according to
all witnesses, aud kept its body in con
tiuued motion as long as it remained ID
sight. The natives are said to be much
Z excited over the matter.