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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16

James Toy has purchased the De
Sly property in Pine River
Warren Woodlands sister, Mrs
Gated by Mrs. Hattie Corbin.
M. f. quarterly meeting at River
dale. Sunday evening. Presiding Ell
der, Rev. Louis DeLamarter In charge
Quarterly conference at Mrs. j. Hill
dreth's morning
The following is list Of the Ep
worth League officers for the ensuinl
year Pres Newell Baldwin, LIST
Vice Pres, Jessie Markham; md. Vic,
Pres Mabel Hildreth Bird. Vice Pres
Adde Bayley; 18th. Vice Pres, Nam;
Winters; Sec'y., Mrs. Chas. Elliott
Treas. Mrs. Will Davis.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
ASHLEY.

We are TO have a cht csc factory next
season, sure.
Mrs. G. W. Coon has returned from
visit Ia Port Huron
Men are expected any day cow to
commence work at the brick yards.
Lorenzo and Alonzo Skutt, with
their families, are visiting in Midland
county.
Rev. j. w. Hayward is keeping
house alone while his wife is visiting
at LibSOn.
Evangelist Erskine and his singer,
Mr.. Thorpe, have gone TO Ovid for a
two weeks meeting after which they
will go 10 ST. Johns.
{ a. Pratt has bought the stock OF
hardware and furniture Of NJ. J. Tiff
fany. Mr. Tiffany will continue the
undertaking business and also do a
banking business.
NJ. j. Duryee. former pastor ia the
Conk regational church here. has been
shaking hands with friends here. Mr..
Duryee gave a temperance lecture
here few nights ago TO a full house.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
DIST. NO. 2, NORTH SHADE

ROlhn McGreagor returned last
Thursday from his work on the lakes
John McGreagor and littlegrandSon
Alton, are spending few days with
friends 10 Detroit.
Born, 60 Mr.. aud Mrs. Lloyd Mont
gomery, Saturday, January 3, a seven
and one-half pound boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Lester and little
son spent Sunday with her parentS,
Mr. and Mrs. Is. A. Coryclle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin ShOupe re-
turned last Friday after spending the
holidays with friends in Kent. Ohio.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
NEWARK.

Jno. Skunk is on the sick list
John Beck, his son, Eli, ana family,
are visiting in Ohio.
Peter Litiwiller and wife spent sun
day i'm Clinton county.
Sam Eicher has moved onto his farm.
three miles north OF PerrintOn.
Waiter Walker has moved onto his
farm east OF the Davis school house.
Cate Downs is home from the north,
where he has been working i'm the
woods lie says the snow is too deep
for him.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
SOUTH EAST CRYSTAL

: eighing is good and everyone is
improving it.
Rev. Fedford'S family are quaran-
tined on account Of scarlet fever
The f. b. church is without a pas
tor, Rev. simmons time having ex-
pred
The friends and neighbors of Mrs.
Louis Allen contemplate a surprise
on her next Thursday evening.
Mrs. Louis Allen and her mother,
Mrs. Davidson, came home Saturday
from Maple Rapids, where they have
been visiting relatives and old friends
since New Years.
Isaac George and his, partner have
put saving machine run by gaso-
line engine into his woods. He pur-
chased one OF the Langdon eighties
and is cutting off the timber for wood.
Miss Churchill, daughter OF Rev.
Churchill, of Cedar Springs, formerly
pastor in the S. f. T. b. church, will
give an elocuticnary entertainment
in the church next Tuesday evening.
The Crystal Congregational Aid So
ciety held its meeting last week with
Mrs. Howes over i'm Gratiot and al
though it was stormy, bad day, four
sleiehloads from Crystal besides a
goodly number OF neighbors were pres
ent and all voted splendid time and
greatly enjoyed the fine dinner which
Mrs Howe prepared for them.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
DIST. NO. q, EMERSON.

c. j. Shepherd has sold his team of
young horses.
Clayton SOule made a business trip
TO Alma Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson have moved
their goods TO 81 Louis. where they
expect TO live.
c. j. Shepard has sold his new farm
to his brother.in-law, Jake Peters. of
New Haven
The young peoples Sunday school
class gave a necktie social at The home
Of Mr. and Mrs. Sie:ka last Thursday
evening for the benefit ~ the church
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
BEEBt
Mrs, Eichorn is some better.

Mrs, EichOrn is some better.
Frank Wiles returned TO Ohio last
week.
Mrs Lilly SanderSon is able to be
out again.
Andrew SchutheiSs was in Merrill
on business last Thursday
Rev Colegroye exchanged pulpitS
with Rev. d. A. Root, Of Crystal, last
Sunday.
Mr. IIuiIord returned from Ohio last
week where he had been spending the
holidays.
John Coffin and family, Of Mt. Pleas
ant, were IN attendance at the funeral
OF his mother last Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Ransom Allen, Of It'll
AGA, and Ransom Fraker and family,
~ St Louis were in attendance at
the funeral OF Mrs. Coffin Sunday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
Tried To Conceal IL.

It's the old story OF murder will out"
only in this case there's no crime. A
woman feels all run down, has backache
or dyspepsia and thinks it's nothing and
tries 10 hide until she finally breaks
down. Don't deceive yourself. Take
Electric Buffers at once. It has repu
tation for curing stomach. liver and
kidney troubles and will revivify your
whole system. The worst form Of those
maladies will quickly yield to the cura.
tive power of Electric Bitters. Only
50s, and guaranteed by Sbarrar q Null
holland. druggists.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
Unconscious From Group.

During a sudden and terrible attack of
Group our little girl was unconscious
from strangulation, SAYS A. l.. Spafford
postmaster Chester. Mich, and dose
of One Minute Cough Cure was adj
ministered and repeated often. 1t re.
duced the swelling and inflammation,
cut the mucous and shortly the child
was resting easy and speedily recovered
1t cures coughs, colds, lagrippe, and all
throat and lung troubles One Minute
Cough Cure fingers in the throat and
chest and enables the lungs TO contribute
pure, health. giving oxygen TO the blood.
Bivins d Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
ITHACA.

Ernest Hart. of st. Johns, returned
home saturday from few days visit
to Jas. Cox and family, OF Newark
Mrs. f. Il. Berry, OF Vt. Pleasant,
returned home Thursday after short
visit to frier6S in Washington town
ship
Mrs. + H. Horr, aud daughter, Miss
Marjorie. spent Saturday in North
Star, the guest OF II L. Wood and
family
Mrs. Sarah Stoddard and daughter,
Of Langport, left Saturday FOR Linden
TO visit the formers mother Mrs,
Chase
j W Broadwell, Of Elwell, who has
been working for the Havana Cigar
Co. the past seven weeks. went home
saturday
Mrs. Guy Richards returned b her
home in YpSilanti, Friday, after few
weeks visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas Rogers.
Mrs VIM. Cowdry, Of Clarence, re-
turned home Saturday after spending
three weeks with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs, Blackman.
Mrs. w. Pickard Of Mt. Pleasant
returned home Saturday after spend
ing a week with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. c. y. Walker.
Oscar Moon and son. uf Washing
lon, spent Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. Harriet Moon, at the home OF
Mrs. / j. Coleman
Mrs Libby Kagy. Of Thin, Ohio,
left Monday for home after spending
three month with her sister, Mrs.
ChaS Woods. of Newark.
Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Wells returned
home Thursday, from three weeks
trip 20 Adrain, Lansing Ludington,
Milwaukee and other points.
Miss Erma Joheen, OF Laingsburg,
returned home saturday after a short
Visit 20 MIS-. Geo. Davis and other rel
atiyes In Ithaca and Emerson
Mr.. and Mrs D. G. Rowland, of
Newark went to Branch, Mason
county, Monday to pay a two or three
weeks visit to their daughter,
Achsah.
Miss Fannie Nunsnn 81 No,vorl,r
returned To her work In Lansing,
Monday, after spending her mld-win-
ter vacation with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. L. X Muuson
Mrs. L. n Bennett and two chill.
dren, Don and Nozzle, left Saturday
FOR their home in Traverse City after
spending the holidays with her sister,
Mrs. j. B Crawford.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
N. E. NORTH STAR.

Fred StrouSe was in Alma last week.
Mrs. Orlo Simmons is on the sick
list.
Bert Spear is recovering from the
grip.
Miss Inez Mckay, OF Ithaca, spent
Saturday with her grandmother, Mrs.
Lydia WEIGH.
Miss Bessie Willet is very sick at
the home OF her grandmother, Mrs. b.
Carter, OF Ithaca.
A large number from here attended
the speech at the grange hall at the
Center last week, Wednesday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
N. WHEELER.

DR.. Emery and wife, Of Wheeler,
were I'm town Sunday.
G. A. Sibley and Nj. Root are speed
ing oyer the snow with new cutters.
Mrs. w. III. Root and two children
visited her brother, Rev. G.. w. Slbley,
OF Wheeler, Wednesday.
The Free Methodist held their an
nual quarterly meeting Saturday and
Sunday at the Center Line church.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall
Catarrh cure.
r. }. Cheney & CO., Prop, Toledo o.
We the undersigned have known r j
Cheney for the last 10 years and believe him
perfectly honorable IN all businc IS transactions
aud financially able to carry outany obligations
made by their firm.
WEST a TRUAx. wholesale Druggists, Toledo o
WALDINC. KINEAE MARvIN, Wholesale Drug
gists Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces oil
AL the system. Price. Is C. per bottle. Sold by
all druggists. Testimonials free
Halls Family pills are the best.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
NORTH STAR.

Allie Clark went TO EdgewOod Mon
day, on business.
Ed Millspaugh. Of Ithaca, was In
town over Sunday.
Ben Burton and daughter went tC
Battle Creek TO visit relatives.
Mr.. Hatten's father and mother re
turned home Tuesday morning
Oliver Kleckner and little daughter
of Shepherd, spent Sunday with hi:
parents.
Mrs. Street went to Ithaca, Satur
day, TO visit her daughter, MIS-. vii
ShrOdes.
Mrs. Dillon and Mrs 4. d. Clark
went TO Ithaca, Tuesday, to attend
the w. {. T. L.
Mr.. and Mrs. IIatten and Mr. Hat
tens father and mother visited friends
i'm A INA last week.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16

The crowned heads OF every nation,
The rich men, poor men and misers
All join In paying tribute 70
DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
II. Williams, San Antonio. Tex, writes
Little Early Riser Pills are the best l
ever used in my family. l unhesitat-
ingly recommend them 10 everybody.
They cure constipation, billiousness,
sick headache, torpid liver, jaundice,
malaria and all other liver troubles.
Bivins & Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
Marriage Licenses

Herbert Bowls, p, st. Louis
Edith Fuller, p, same.
Lester Grubaugh, 2l, Washington
Eva Hause, 81, North Star.
Dewey MuScOtt, -, Emerson
Flora Chisholm, Is, Lafayette.
Clark Ostrander, p, Wheeler
Matte Mcpherson, II, Lafayette.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
N. E. LAFAYETTE.

Mr.. Buchanan is better at this writ
ing.
j. l.. Benjami lost horse last sat
urday.
Protracted meeting at the L. b.
church.
John Coleman was in Midland county
last week
Mrs. Smith visited at A. Glinkey S
last week.
Chas. Myers sold one of his horses to
Ferd YOury.
Bert and Fred Smith visited their
brother OF ShiawaSsee county Satur-
day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16

1T was almost a miracle Burdock
Blood Bitters cured me OF a terrible
breaking out all over the body. | am
very grateful" Miss Julia Fllbridge,
West Cornwell, Conn.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16

Don / let the little ones suffer from
eczema, or other tOrturng skin dis
eases No need for it, Doan'S ONT
ment cures. Can I harm the most
delicate skin. At any drug store, 80
/ cents
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
!. OSS Of Flesh
When YOU can't eat break

When you can't eat break
ast, take SCOTS Emulsion.
Aen you can't eat bread
1 butter, take SCOTS
aulsiOn. When you have
en living on a milk diet and
ant something a little more
l3urishing, take SCOTS
Emulsion.
To get fat you must eat
fat. SCOTS Emulsion is a
great fattener, a great
strength giver.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all BODY
tissues, not only fat. SCOTS
Emulsion increases them all,
bone, flesh, blood and
nerve.
For invaIids, for con.
valescents, for consumptives,
for weak children, for all
who need flesh, SCOTS
Emulsion is a rich and com.
Portable food, and a natural
tonic.
SCOTS Emulsion for bone,
flesh, blood and nerve.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
ALMA BUSINESS DIRECTORY
PROFESS ION AL.

~. ONCE, Opera House Block. Once hours 10
o $3.50 and tos p. m. Diseases Of the eye and ear
specially.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
DIR. FENNER'S
KIDNEY and
baCkaChe
pi All diseases aS,Ss Of KSi Ts.Sy OHM
Also rheumatism, Back
ache, HeartDisease Gravel ,
Dropsy, Female Troubles. w

Don't become discouraged. There is a
cure for you. II necessary write DIR. Fenner.
lie has spent "a lie time curing just such
cases as yours. All consultations Free.
Eight months In bed. heavy backache,
pain and soreness across kidneys, also rheu-
matism. Other remedies failed. DIR. Fem
ner's Kidney and Backache Cure cured me
completely. II. WATERS, Hamlet, n. Y"
Druggists. SOC. si. Ask for Cook Book-Free.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16

F.SUYDAM. NJ. D., Physician and Surgeon
j. once opposite Church block.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
SOCIETIES 8.

~ b. CHURCH. Morning services 1890.
u. sunday School 1880 Evening services
80 A. 8 BOWMAN. Pastor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Morning service
i 1890: sunday school 1900. Evening service
80 o. M REV. W. X. SPENCER, Pastor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16

A LIMA CAMP sl42. Nj. w A.-Meet inK X. OF
- p ball every alternate Tuesday night
/. ). FINK. V. e..
W 4. Davies. Clerk
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16

pATHBONE SISTERS, ROYAL Temple No
IL Is, meets every alternate Wednesday
night in X. OF =. Hail
HENRIETTA MILLER, VI + c.
MINNIE SMITH NJ. OF G.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16

EIRST CHURCH of CHRIST, SCIENTIST
II SERVICES 1900 a. m in the reading room
building on state ST.
Reading room will be open on Wednesday and
Saturday from 300 TO 400 p. III. All are well
come.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-05-07
A CITY OF EXTREMES.
In Butte, MiIlionairea Rub Elbow
with Ragged aud Dirty Hobon.

In Butte, MiIlionairea Rub EIbowa
with Ragged and Dirty Hoboa.
Surely no city ever knew such ex-
tremeH, such contrasts of life, as Butte.
Here are mIlllonalres democratIcally
rubbing elb1ws with out.at-heels hobos;
for here opportunity, a gambling chance
for wealth, has attracted both success
aud failure. Here are college gradu.
ates, foreign noblemen, Cinnamon, Ital.
lans. Welshmen, and q dozen other ma
tionalltles. with miserable remnant
of the aboriginal Indians, all gathering
and fraternlzlng In this little Isolated
city. The chief OF police has q check.
list Of six hundred ex-convlcts who are
residents OF the city; but that fact
alone Is highly misleading. II does JUS
tice to the active better element, for
here are no fewer than twenty-elght
church orgaRglzatlons, with numerous
fine church edhlces, the services well
supported, and well attended. Here are
crowding saloons, II is true, but here
are also some Of the best equipped Of
schools, housed In unusually fine
buildings, really notable library, a
college Of mines set on the bleakest Of
bleak hills without an inch Of lawn or
a tree anywhere near 1t.
You will hear Of the activities Of the
WOman's Club and the doings OF the
TheOsophlcal Society, and there are So
cIal gatherings which differ not at all
In the proprietles or In resplendence
from those Of the favored East. On the
other hand, you will hear, In the same
breath, related with no more surprise,
as though 1t were the most common
place Of Incidents, such story as this,
some Of the details of which came un.
der my personal observation: Two
prominent young society men having
differed over baseball game, one chal-
lenged the other to personal combat.
They drove out to a roadhouse, chose
seconds, stripped to the waist in the
presence Of considerable company,
among which was the father Of one Of
the young men, and fought out their
differences with bare fists. Nothing
ever seems unexpected In Butte; what
ever happens Is so much added to the
public entertalnmene-Century.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-05-07
A MIRACULOUS EscAPE.
Three Bla 0riEniies Frightened on
by a Trivial Thlnn.

Three Bla 0rlEElies Frightened on
By Trivial Thing.
A writer IN Outing says that the
grzAly bear, like other terocious aud
resourceful beasts, has It's superstl'
tlous side, which lnclmes him at times
to eowardlee. aud Il was an accidental
play upon this weakness which enabled
hunter. James II. Holmes. OF pasa.
dena, Cal, TO live to tell the following
story.
In August, 1900, MFR. Holmes was
chatting with guide up among the
Coast Range Mountains, In San Joaquin
Valley, California, As they talked they
heard cracking OF twlgs behind them.
Il believe It's deer" said Mr.. Holmes,
"No," said the guide: but he changed
his mind a moment later. when the
cracking became louder.
They're deer sure, Look outr said
Holmes, softly,
Both men were then on their feet
waiting, Mr.. Holmes had rifle In
his hands, and he and the guide stood
watching the thleket above them,
whence the cracking sound came. As
they looked, the gray nose OF grizzly
was protruded through the foliage,
and the men stepped backward, Mr.,
Holmes Is crack shot, but he had
never had experience with grlzxlles,
However. the nose OF the bear made a
fine mark, and he raised his ride to
blaze away, lie was nearly twenty
yards from the bear. Just as he was
about to tire there was more cracking
of brush, and two other and larger
grizzlies thrust their heads through
the thicket toward the men. The guido
turned pale.
Don't shoot" he called.
Mr.. Holmes lowered his rife.
run for the hill Run for your life"
yelled the guide
Mr., Holmes did not catch the lnstruc.
tlons 10 20 for the hill. but he ran,
Near the crest OF the hill was a clump
Of trees. aud he made for them. hop
Ing to find shelter or hiding place.
The bears, with frlghtful bellowings,
went bounding over stones and chap
arral after him.
The old male grizzly was nearest.
Just rs Mr., Holmes felt the hot breath
OF this beast. he resolved TO do some.
thing desperate He wheeled round
quickly. made last effort to get his
gun into position, and fired. Then he
was knocked down.
The bear buried his teeth in Mr..
Holmes right leg Just below the hip,
tearing open the fesh. The pain was
well.nlgh killing. The female then
came up and made vicious snap at
his ribs, but succeeded only In driving
her teeth through pasteboard match.
box, which ignlted the matches. She
gave an angry roar, shook her head
and snapped at his face, and he gave
his head a feeble jerk. II was just In
time. lie heard the teeth snap In his
face with sound like the closing Of Il
steel trap, Then he swo0ned. When
he recovered consciousness and. rising,
| 'NN"AHS'NANN Ah0 ShueAtVh' uS saw NHV
larger bears, with the cub at their
heels, disappearing In the brush. Peep.
Ing over the brow OF the hill, he per-
ceIved the guide, who rushed toward
him, saying:
THANK God, sir, you're alive! It's
the narrowest squeeze ever saw;
there was one chance In million for
you to escape alive from three grlz.
zlles. The box OF burning matches
scared them of"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-05-07
Her Own idea.

"Your daughter, said Mrs. oldtas-
tie after teine conducted throrgh the
newly finished win & of the magnificent
palace occupied by the BullinVtons,
"has such a splendid vocabulary"
"Do you think sO?" her hostess re-
piled, "Josiah wanted to get her one
of them escritoires, but | made mp my
mind right at the start that = vo,stu-
larry would lock better in room far
Ms he like hers is even il it didn' cost
quite as mu,h,,"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-05-07
Fun Between Foes.

After General Ben Viljoen had cap.
tured the forts at Helvetia and the Al
gun Lady Roberts, his greatest exploit
In the Anglo-Boer war, he had q little
fun with General Smith -Dorrlen,
which he describes In his recent vol.
ume of "Reminiscences"
II have been obliged to expel Lady
Roberts from Helvetia," he wrote to
the British commander, "this lady be.
ing an undesirable lnhabitant Of the
place. l am glad to inform you that
she seems quite at home in her new
surroundings, and pleased with the
change of company"
General Smith-Dorrien replied In the
same spirit and promptly:
"As the lady you refer to is not ac-
customed to sleeping in the open air,
[ would recommend you to try flannel
next to the skin"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-05-07
me Rarred Road.

"There is only one road TO success Ia
life." said the man who had made bis
lucky and retired.
"And how shall know the road?''
inquired the budding young man.
swell" replied the man with the
lucky, "you go right along thia path
OF adversely until you reach the first
turn to the right"
"Yes, yes.
"And you'll find road barred of
with gate and sign that says, no
Tresspassing.' Well, that's it,"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-05-07
A MINISTER'S SNAKE STORY.
Few Laymen Could Produce a Bette
Article in That Line.

Few Laymen Could Produce a Better
Article in That Line.
DR.. Watkins, the veteran missionary,
who has just returned from a four
months evangelical trip through the
outlying States. tells a strange story
of q wonderful snake which he killed
in an old, abandoned shaft of mine
down in the State of Guerrero:
my attention was attracted one
day" says Mr. Watkins. "by the hor.
rfied cries of an Indian miner who
came running toward me. his face
ghs silly with fright and the perspira.
tion dripping like raindrOps from his
Lrow. The man rushed up and cast
himself at my feet. where he lay
trembling and gasp.ng. AS soon as he
was able to get his breath he told me
that he had been seized by horrible
monster which had suddenly sprung
upon him from one Of the hidden re-
cesses of the mine, and that he had
narl Dwly escaped being drawn down
in its embrace.
"My curiosity was aroused and pro
ceeded to the mouth of the shaft with
the man as soon as could induce him
to return. We looked down. but In the
dense obscurity could see nothing
Drawing my revolver, made the man
go down into the shaft a way. assur-
ing him that no harm would befall
him, as l would follow close with my
cooked revolver ready for use.
1.-THE miner did as commanded and
had gone down for a number Of feet.
when suddenly from the dense black
ness | saw huge and indiscribabIy
hideous head with wide open mouth
shoot up. The jaws Of the creature
were wide open, showing It's sharp
fanged teeth, Its mouth looking large
enough easily to take man down
at one gulp.
"The miner screamed with terror
and feared he would lose his hold
and fall, but he clung desperately to
the ladder while | thrust the barrel
of the revolver full into the creatures 3
mouth and fired. With tremendous
hiss 1t dropped its head. and then we
saw 1t was huge serpent, like unto
nothing had ever heard OF before.
"As its struggling body came into
my view fired again. and the snake,
slipping from the ledge on which II
had stretched itself. fell with a
squashy thud to the bottom of the
shaft, where we could hear It thrash.
ing about in struggles which momen.
tarily grew weaker and finally ceased
altogether. Then we went below
fastened a rope about the body of the
reptile. and hoisted 1t to the surface.
"There was then unfOlded before our
eyes the most hideous creature man
could ever dream of. Its head was
like the huge stone head of frightful
ly carved Chinese dragon. Its body
about the middle was as large as O
mans thigh and its length was Sc
great that | dare not say how many
feet 1t measured. very much regret.
ted being unable to preserve the skin
and bring 1t back for the study OF
scientists, but was compelled to leave
it behind. Mexican Herald.