| com-1 sandstone SPOTTED HODAC, Bovine Splrltualis). I If you desire the complete history of this 1 denizen of the pine forest of North- Photographed from life by T. A. Taylor. eru Wisconsin, call on T v v (. \ Centralia Lumber Cos. CENTRALIA, WISCONSIN, LUMBER, LATH,' SHINGLES, 11||f $ DOORS, WINDOWS, LIME jT and building paper. _ „ . r ______ each estimate. THL HISTORY 01- THE AMERICAN SPOTTED HODAG.—The origin of this wonderful animal is mostly n rapped up in mvstorv. The best informed scientists have traced it back to the Reptilian age. This would p.aee it among the oldest known living species. It is easy to trace the effect of the Manmalian age and the succeeding age of man on the form and character of this animal. It has lost nearly all the distinguishing Ratines of the reptile. Its sea, y. flexible tail with a sharp, hooked point, the row of spikes on its back,and B ?t°:V rooke | l i * s *, arc , th ? P nnol P ;1 l reptilian parts remaining. But it is, no doubt, at present classed with the Mammals In the best and most learned authorities on the subject. Its bodv and horns resemble moM closeq ihose of the ox m form, but its horns are much sharper and stronger than those ot the ox and are articulated when they leave the head, and can, at the will of the animal be pointed in anv direction and thus form a most dangerous weapon offensive or defensive. So large indeed that statistics ! place j