THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , DECEMBER 10 , 1898. 9
THE PASSING Of GEN'RAL JACKSON.
By HAYDEN CARRUTH ,
( Copyright , 16SS. by Hnydcn Carruth. ) j
Wo were plowing along through the muddy
water of the river at thn rale of speed usual
to a Btorn-wheel steamboat when they came
and oat down close to me so close that It
wag Impossible- not to hear their conversa
tion. Indeed , they must have known that
they were overheard , as the deck was
brightly Illuminated by the full moon lookIng -
Ing down over the flat-topped bluffs.
"I s'poso things are logging 'long Just
'bout the same 'round I'oplar Mound , hey ? "
Bald the younger of the two.
"Just 'bout. Not much change. Sarah
Ann Smcad married Ike I'atchlcy's son last
spring. "
"How Is the old man ? "
" .Old I'atchley ? Chipper. ( Jive the bride
a calf. Huther more than Sarah Anu ex
pected , I reckon. She's just about been
counting on that old rattle-trap buggy of
hls'n , I think. Well , the calf up V got a j
piece of punkln stuck In It's throat a week i
ngo , and laid down and Just died , so eho
might better a-got the buggy , If 0110 hind
Avhccl Is bigger 'n the other. The old man
la just the samo. Houn' to stand In with | ,
' i
everybody. Golug to do the right thing If
It kills him. Dunne If he kept a fighting
cock when you llvod there or not , but he baa
late years. That there rooster has been his
only relaxation , as you may say. The affec
tion betwixt the old man and that blame' ,
old , long-legged red game cock was touching
to eee. They , was like brothers , BO every
body Bald , For years them two wan't
Bca'cely separated , 'ccpt nlghU. and I reckon
If the old man could o-kcpt on a roost that
he'd a flow up ev'ry evening alongside o'
Qen'ral Jackson. That was the name o' the
critter Oen'ral Jackaon. He Just had the
longest legs , and the rcachencst nc k. Clean
cut as the act of spades and a temper llko
a buzzsaw. And spurs well , ho Just walked
wide-legged and revolved one spur round
the other spur. The old man 'soclated with
the rooster so much that he come to walk
just like him. Some folks thought they got
so towards the last that they kind o' re
r sembled each other In their faces , and I
reckon , on the whole , that the Geu'ral did
favor the old gent some. You didn't BOC It
In the features eo. much , but their expres
sions was'slmliar.
"Well , you know how It was with the old
man boun' to do the right thing and bo up
on BOcTty doings. He heard one day that
the new minister was coming , an' he just
says 'to his wife that they'd have him to
their bouso to dinner the first Sunday. Hta
Ideo was to eat ahead of old Johnson's folks.
They'd got ahead on the school teacher and
the congressman of the deestrlck when ho
was plumping ID , and old Patchlcy was
bound they shouldn't rope In the preacher ,
too. Bo when the elder hopped off the stage
Patchloy made an opp'lntmcnt with him for
dinner , come the ! very next Sunday.
"Saturday morning the old man shouldered
his gun and went out after game for next
day's dinner. Well , he didn't have no luck
come back without a thing. Como back
late , tired out ) ; plum beat. Hadn't seen n
coon nor a possum , nor even a woodchuck ,
nor a pa'trldge , nor nothing. Hadn't seen
a track ot one , nor a hide nor hair nor a
feather , nor heard one holler , nor heard no
echo of ono hollering 'way off somewherca.
Ho sot his gun down with n heavy heart
when he got home. Dut he wa'n'o the man
to throw up his hands not much. No , sir !
Ho traveled right down to old Doosnlko'a
market and struck the old man for a roast
on credlu you know old I'atchley never was
very forehanded. But old Uoosnlko shook
MB . .head.Tjhg old ' mqtx offered , to tak , ? a
'chunkot ; atonli' or'a boiling piece , or a slice
ot ham , and finally ho got down to liver , but
Doosulke wouldn't hear of It said the old
man owed too much already. Bud Patchley
didn't give up couldn't , with that minister
just hanging over his head. Ho wont 'round
and tackled all his neighbors for a hunk of
fresh meat , or a chicken , or something. But
h owed 'cm all , and ho didn't get a thing-
nothing but cold shoulder. Then ho went
homo and sot down on th ? end ot the leach
and bust Into tears. His wlfo come out with
the lantern. 'Marlar , ' says he , 'tho wuss
has come to the wust. Them tears which
bus wet up the ground all 'round hero arc
the fust I have shed for forty years mebby
more. CJlmuie the ax and that lantern
don't stand thcro llko a graven statute ! '
Then he took 'em and walked away toward
the hen house , where Gen'ral Jackson was
a-roostlng all alone In state , he being the
only fowl the old man had over took the
trouble'to keep.
"When ha como back to the house ho wai
moro calm. "The deed la done , ' says he
'I would It had been that doggoned preach
er'a neck Instead. ' Ho was BO worked u ]
that he kind of talked poetry. 'How eli
was he , Joata ? ' askg his wife , beginning ti
V roll up her sleeves. 'He was 9 , ' answer
the old man , 'and never was licked in. i
fair flght. ' "I think I'd better put htm 01
tonight , ' says the old lady ; 'that then
preacher's Jaws don't look to mo overlj
pow'ful. '
"By and by tfh come back In where tb <
old man was , looking sort of bowlldcrei
like. 'Wot Is It ? ' asks he. "Hie J'lnts.
aye aho , 'I reckoned to make a pot plo o
him , but them J'lnts are like trunk hinges.
'Ho was never licked In a fair flght for nlni
years , ' sayg the old man , sort of half ti
hlsself. 'Cook him whole , llko a. turkey
Blurted , ' lie goes on. 'Ho can lay on 111
back , with hla legs up though ho neve
done U afore , ' and the old gent groaned
'Yes , I might do that , ' says the old lady
'only trouble Is them legs won't bond. ' B ;
und by the old man looks Into the kltchei
nnd EC S the Gcn'ral's legs sticking up ou
of a pot llko young trees Just set out. '
thought you wagolng to bake him
Marlar ? ' eys the old man. 'So I am , ' on
ewers the ; 'but I'm a-going to bllo bin
thrc or four hour * fust. You go on t
bod. '
"When the old man got up In the morn
Ing he found hlo wife still In the kltchei
feeding the flre > , the Gen'ral's legs etlcklni
out a crack aboro the oven door. 'I brollei
him u encll after b'UInK him , ' says she. '
reckon he's beginning < o get tender In spots ,
Whra It waa tlmo < o go to church the ol
lady went , but old Patchier stayed at horn
to mind the flro. U w xs a sad hour for th
old gent , setting there In the ehaddor o
them legs. But ho chirped up when hi
wife got back , and when the minister coin
he .was us chipper as ever. 'Welcome t
our humble roof , elder , ' says he. 'You ar
Just In time. Mrs. Patchley Is even noi
bringing In the dinner. Be seated , elder
and the old man showed the preacher t
fcU place with great flourish and sot dow
blsself at the head ot the table. Then h
turns a little and calls out In a sort c
molting voice : 'Marlar , dear , fetch In th
pullet ! ' And she como In with the Qen'rn
on a platter , hla legs a-wavlng and his spur
a-rcttllog together llko a man playing th
bones.
"Tho old lady put down the Gen'ral an
then sat down herself , and when his leg
became still the minister asked a blesstni
The old man pretended not to notice thr
the preacher's vMce trembled , and bega
talking with his regular flourish. 'We hopi
tlder , that yer fond of poultry meat , ' saj
he. 'Y-a-e-s , ' answered the minister , kin
doubtful like. 'Mrs. Patchley and me si
treat itoro by It , ' goes on the old gen
running his thumb along the edge of U
batcher knife. 'Brother Patchley , may
nsk the- breed ot the pullet ? ' lays tt
preacher. 'She wai a Mayflower , ' says tt
old man , reaching up and taking holt of
ipur at he begun to saw. 'I reckoned si
might a-becn a Leghorn , ' says the preacher ,
'Ha , ha , ha , ' says the old man ; 'good joke.
U la the way my wlfo has of cooking chicken
with their IJmbs on 'em. "Chicken alay
Mrs. Patchley" our friends call It , ' and all
the time he was grinding away at the leg
with one hand llko a man turning a corn
shelter , and sawing with the other. 'She
was well developed for a a pullet , ' says
the preacher. 'Yes , It'a the breed , ' says the
old gent. 'They are tall and rangcy , but
fine eating , remarkably fine eating , ' and he
waa now standing up and grinding and sawIng -
Ing and pulling and yanking llko a man
rastllng with a tame bear. 'Juicy and fine
eating , but a difficult breed to ralso on ac
count of their tenderness. This hero ono
was a reg'lar fambly pet had a name
Motile , ' and the old man put his knee agin
the table and give a yank like a wild boss.
The J'lnt busted , and the Gen'ral slipped
and flopped a summers&t like a bullfrog
and gaffed the preacher In the neck with
the other spur. H was too much for the
old man and ho fogot hlsself. 'Hurray , ' ho
yelled. 'Fust blood for the Gen'ral ! He's
dead and hain't only one log , but ho knows
his business yctl Nine years old , and
GAL 2 PASSING OP zlo
never was licked In a fair flghtl Five to ono
on Gen'ral Jackson agin the preacher ! ' ant ]
he begun to dance 'round the table and
shout for somebody to take the other cni !
of the bet. But the preacher didn't cotton
I
to It a bit , and ho got right up and wlpe < ]
off his neck with his handkerchief , and says
ho : 'You low wretch , I want no more o
your hoepcrtalltyt' and ho took his hat am
walked out , leaving the old man ripping
round llko a Injun , offering odds on the
Gen'ral. But after a spell 'he ' got calmer
and then ho laid the whole trouble to the
old lady , saying aho hadn't cooked the
Gen'ral right. "
KH.VTUCKY DHLMS'S
Derailed the German linron Who
Jilted Her Year * AKO.
This is a story of an international mar
riage that didn't take place , relates the
New York Press. It failed twice , the first
tlmo for reasons ot th man in the affair ,
or his family , nnd the second tlmo for rea
sons of revenge on the part of the once
young woman , now three times married. It
I Is safe to say that the German baron will
not dally long again with a Blue Grass
belle.
! It was half a century ago that Miss
' Marie Goodloo , ono ot the most beautiful
girls In that state world-famous for three
'beautiful products girls , horses and whisky
went abroad and formed the acquaintance
of Daron von Nordo of Berlin , nephew of
the late Prince Bismarck. They became en
gaged , and everything seemed to bo going
smoothly , when the parents of the young
man announced that It could not bo and the
affair was broken off.
Mlsa Goodloo recovered , and in tlmo be
came successively Mrs. Shreeve , Mrs. Ran
som and Mrs. Cuthbert Dullltt. The first
two husbands died and divorce separated
her from the last one.
Perhaps the old flame lingered In the
heart of the baron , and it certainly burned
with a vengeance la the heart of the lady.
Last summer they met In Chicago , and
again lie asked her to bo his. The long-
awaited hour had come. At last the proud
Kentucklan had a chance to show the baron
what sort of woman the Blue Grass country
produces.
She told the baron that she would con
sider the matter , and give him an answer
in person at her home on November 1. He
came In advance of the date and found
Louisville society wldo open. She gave a
reception In his honor at Fountain Ferry
Park , and for two weeks showed him every
attention.
On the first of this month ho knelt with
becoming baronial grace at the feet of the
beauty and offered to share his castle on
the Rhine with her.
With an arlse-slr-knlght air she bade Mm
regain his feet , and when he was sufficiently
braced she remarked that she preferred a
cabin in Kentucky to a castle in Germany.
The baron quit America and Mrs. Bullltt
gave out the story. Thus was she avenged.
FIUENUS WITH MANKIND.
Anlmali In the YelloTmtone Park
Now Have No Fenr.
The slaughter of birds has almost en
tirely removed one of the delightful accom
paniments ot life In the rural east the
music of the feathered songsters , says the
Troy ( N. Y. ) Times. Apropos of this It mny
bo aald that one ot the most pleasant tea-
, tures of the drive through the Yellowstone
* i National park la the apparent intimacy be
tween man and the animal and bird life In
the park. Thanks to the wise and strlngenl
regulations no shooting Is allowed within
Its boundaries.
"Tho result , " says an English tourist , "It
positively charming. Hundreds ot little
chipmunks , with their gaudy striped backs
scampered impudently about or peered al
the passing coach from the roadside. Ths
f squirrel did sot bolt for the nearest tree
but nodded a welcome. All blrS ilfe treated
us likewise. Even the lordly eAgle hoveroO
near , and the wild turkey stalked uncon
cernedly through the rank grass. Wo wen
3 fortunate enough to aeo a fine upcclmen o :
r the wolf tribe. He stood , a beautiful creat
ure , and watched us out of sight , showing
only curiosity , not fear. Another tlmo w <
perceived a doe and fawn grazing by th <
road. Not until we were within a few feel
did they seek the shelter of the woods , ye
not to fly. They simply moved aside. Hen
at least mankind was regarded as a friend-
one who could be trusted. The only anlma
who ran away waa a brown bear. He turnec
tall at the sight of a coaching party , yet I
was quite a common thing for bears to ap'
- j preach close to the hotels at evening to feec
i' ' on the refuse thrown out. It was an after
S dinner relaxation for the guests to watcl
1 them feeding. They munched and dlsputec
I the choicest morsels , for the most part In
. ' different to the company. Only when wi
J became Inquisitive and approached too nea
B did they retire ; and these animals wcr
u perfectly free and unfettered in thel
( movements. It may read like a fairly tale
a but It is solid fact. "
oo New Market for Labor.
o POUTLAND. Ore. , Dec. ID. The Orcgo
v nlan today prints -the following : Within tb
, coming two months at least 2,500 laborer
' will bo employed In building the Snake rive
0 wlley line of the Oregon Hallway & Navlga
a tlon company. As many of these men a
o can possibly be obtained In Portland or th
if northwest will bt put on the work ; th
e remainder will need to be brought from th
j cast. The surplus labor of the oorthwee
available for railroad building is not larg <
* prolwbly less than half as much as Is r
0 quired for this ono enterprise , so it will b
necessary to bring a great many men troi
d the cast.
i -
, ' John Smith In n Freniy.
* : ST. PAUL. Dec. 15 , A Vargt , N. D. , sp
1 clal to the Dispatch says : John Smith , tblr
D cook on the Northern Pacific aoaat train , ra
P. amuck before Fargo was reached today , as
s faulting Conductor MacLennon and terrorlz
j Ins waiters und passengers. Smith barrl
, . caded himself In ths diner , where , arme
" with a long knife , he defied arrest. Offlcei
l | met the train here , and after an hour's dela
19 Smith was finally overpowered.
ie Overcome evil with good. Overcome you
la coughs and colds with Ooi Minute Coug
Cure. H U so good children cry for it. 1
3 cures croup , brccchltla , pneumonia , grlpp
ie and all throat KUI ! lunr diseases.
BATTLE 2,000,000 , , YEARS AGO
'itanio ' Death Struggle of Two Ancient
Residents of the West.
IG BONES FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS
MnrrclotiM Story Itevrnlril by FrnR-
mcntN of it MlKhtr Illnoiinur
Ttnft I'p from ( lip I'lnlnn
of Wyntnlnfr.
Evidences of a mighty battle which took
lace 2,000,000 years ago have just been
ccclved at the American Museum of Natural
Ilstory in New York. It was fought be.
ween two of the biggest animals that over
Ivocl , one a herbivorous dinosaur ( terrible
Izard ) , about ninety feet long and tall
nough to wade across the Hudson river at
Grant's tomb without wetting his head , and
he other a flesh-eating dinosaur , probably
wcnty-tlve or thirty feet long and weighing
hlrty or forty tons.
The details of this battle arc as clearly
EVIDENCES of A i
UTTLl FOUGHT .2.004000
A60 BiTWEEM TWO DINOSAURS
OHi , 50 F T iOHOTHE OTH&fl 30 fliT LONG.
known as If It had happened yesterday , and
the body of the monstrous victim lies out
stretched In Central Park. For Dr. Wort-
man' , who has charge of the museum's field
work in paleontology has read the story
ot the flght in the skeleton which he un
earthed and brought to New York , a part
of a shipment of two whole carloads of huge
bones.
The flght took place In what Is now th i
state of Wyoming , which wns then the shore .
of a great Inland sea which extended In a.
northerly and southerly direction through
the center of the United States. Here'among
the tropical grass and palms these hug
and terrible animals lived and waded , and !
here those that ate flesh preyed upon those
that fed on vegetation , just as the lesser |
animals do today. When the huge dinosaur , i
the skeleton of which Dr. Wortman has
found , was killed , it sank down in the Eoft
ooze and there , as the sea receded , It slowly
petrified and lay for 2,000,000 years. And
there It was unearthed and photographed.
Along its enormous tall bones Dr. Wortman
has found deep ridges showing where Its
enemy's claws struck down and stripped off
the flesh , and eome of the lower vertebrae
are entirely broken off , giving some Idea of
the awful violence ot the attack.
Crept Up from Behind.
The flesh-eating dinosaur , which was
something the shape of an enormous kan
garoo , must have crept up from behind and
taken its prey by surprise , as a tiger falls
on an ox , and by the fierceness of the on
slaught overcame an animal twice its size.
Inasmuch ns there la no evidence of the
bones having attempted to mend themselves ,
the attack must have caused the death of
the herbivorous animal.
The dinosaur , brontosaur , morosaur ,
dlplodocus and others of the same order
lived and dominated the earth during what
are known as the Jurassic and the late i
Trlasslc ages. Some of them were only as '
largo as our common rabbit ; others reached
the great length of seventy , eighty nnd
ninety feet. Occasional fragmentary skelc-
tons have been found In Europe , AsK ,
Africa and even Australia , but the greatest
number and the most perfect remains have
been found In the Americas. The bad lands
of the west are found In places literally to
bo underlaid with the bones of dinosaurs.
They are of such curious shape and odd
formation that geologists are enabled by
means of them to draw no uncertain picture
of the conditions which existed on eartli
during these early ages. From the leeth
they are enabled to say just what kind of
food the animal liver on ; from the shape of
the feet they can state the kind of ground he
trod upon , from another fossil they are en
abled to state that the animals had car.nl-
ballslo traits. That Is , a carnivorous species
j
clues for research and ) enabled geologists
to proceed moro certainly In quest of the
reptile bones which haditeen discovered ,
nan t.uuilH the jtlottom of n Sen ,
"Meantime it 'was found by this same
process of generalizing evidence that North
America once was dtvld.l by a sea which
reached from the Gulf of Mexico to the
Arctic ocean. Its eastern shore lay along
the line whcro the Missouri river Is now.
Its western t'horo was as far west as Utah.
It was salt and had tides and current the
same as the Atlantic ocean. In later ages
the gradual elevation ot the land caused
the close of the northern and southern out
lets ot this sea , changing it Into a lake ,
In which the water gradually got fresh , and
causing changes In the anlmaf forms on Its
banks. During Mloceno time ? the lake
reached from the Dakotas to lower Texas.
Its eastern shore extended through South
Dakota , Nebraska , Kansas , Oklahoma and
Texas , where the shore line made a great loop
just north of the Hlo Grande and reached
back north again through Now Mexico , Colorado
rado , Wyoming and South Dakota. Chey
enne , Chadron , Sidney , Oberlln , Kearney ,
Wichita and other western cities ore now
situated on land which once was under
water. The White and Platte , the North
Platte , the Arkansas , the Canadian nnd
other less significant rivers now flow over
the raised bed of this old-tlmo sea. In later
ages it dried up on the south and part ot Its
northern edge overflowed , getting finally
into North Dakota and taking In more of
Wyoming. Later still it dried up entirely
and the ground became elevated far above
what It was. Hut while It lasted It
dominated the character of animal life In its
"There wore numbers of species of these
animals , " continued Dr. Wortman. "Somo
of them wore herbivorous and manifestly
they fed on the vegetable growths ot the
seaside ; others were carnivorous and with
out doubt preyed on the herbivorous va
riety. Yet the vegetable feeders were
vastly greater in size than their blood
thirsty relatives. I will mention only n
few species , for , after all , It IB the animal
as a class that Is of popular Interest. The
biontosauius ( we have ono on exhibition
hero In the museum ) waa sixty-two feet
long. Its tall nlano was twenty-six feet
long , Its thigh bono five feet ten Inches
long. This thigh bone , by the way , alone
weighs CIO pounds. The animal when allvo
is estimated to have weighed at least fifty
tons ; that Is , over 100,000 pounds. Proba
bly It was a stupid , clow-moving animal.
PELVIS BONE. CO TtD WITH PUA&TE.R PARI6
killed and ate a herbivorous species. The
work of finding , identifying , transporting ,
mounting and studying these great bones Is
highly Interesting. Special niches will have
t'j be made In the American museum to re
ceive the mounted skeletons. The complete
skeleton of the new dinosaur will weigh
probably 20,000 pounds. Compare such u
monster with the skeleton of a mastodon ,
which will weigh probably 2,000 pounds , and
the mention of great steel girders to bold It
In position will not seem superfluous.
Flmt Thought to lie UlrtU.
"Somo yean ago , " said Dr. Wortraan ,
"there used to be discovered in Connecticut
and In other New England states curious
marks In the rocks which were salt ! to have
been mtde by the feet of fossil birds. These
footprint * were very large and it followed
that If they wcro made by a bird It must
hhva been gigantic. Uy a little stretching
ot the process whereby on anatomist takes
a single bono and builds up a skeleton from
It , some ecleutlsts attempted from these
footprints to suggest the whole external ap-
pcaranca ot the 'bird' that made them. Per
haps the process did no harm In the long
run , for It stimulated research for this mon
ster bird. This was about 1835i For years
the belief gained advocates. In 1S47 a few
bones were found near upper Mllford , Pa. ,
which proved the pre-cxlstenco of Borne
very large animal. Later a great upper
jaw with teeth evidently from this same
animal waa found in Prince Edward Island ,
Canada. In Pennsylvania , Now Jersey ,
Mexico nnd in other places skeletons or
parts of skeletons were found and finally
by the old process of putting twos and twos
together it came to be recognized that atone
ono tlmo there must have lived a great
reptlle-llko creature which walked the earth ,
lived ami died nnd gave up Its bones for
the enlightenment of posterity. The bird-
tracks mentioned above had now been dis
cussed for halt a century , till one day when
the feet ot the great reptile wcro pieced out
it was suddenly found that they would fit
the 'bird tracks' exactly. The connection
destroyed an old theory , but It paid for this
| with new Inferences. It strengthened the
vicinity. It was quite tropical and during
loner Miocene times Its banks , fostered
many animals which now live around the
equator , such as llamas , monkeys , tapirs ,
the rhinoceros , large peccaries and rodents.
At another period Its banks harbored the
short-limbed rhinoceros , primitive masto
dons , three-toed horses , small camels ,
wolves and saber-toothed tigers. Its
aquatic animals were numerous , for its
beaches wcro shallow a long way out.
Some Ilnirc Hunci ,
"In the mass of fossils obtained from its
ahorea were found the bones of many species
of dinosaurs , the animal whose blrd-llke
footprints had been attracting attention In
the cast for half a century. Not only were
tnesa skeletons found , but they were found
In puch abundance and variety that many
Interesting facts < oufd be conjectured con
'
cerning their appearance nnd habits. Among
others , Prof. O. C , Marsh of Yale collegi-
has done much In restoring the external
form of these animals. From a set of bones
somenhat Incomplete Prof , Marsh made a
'restoration' of a complete skeleton , and a
fierce looking animal ttas. . I am speaking
now of the largest species. Hut formidable
as It was I am afraid Prof. Marsh did not go
far enough. A skeleton which no dug up
during iho last summer was actually much
longer than Marsh's computation. Instead
of seventy feet , as was supposed , I find the
animal really reached a length of probably
ninety feet. Quite a monster ! Well , look
at the pelvis over there by the window. That
U not much more than half of It , yet It is
larger than four flour barrels. Here Is the
femur , or thigh bone , broken Into three
sections. See if you can lift one ot them ?
llctter still , I will have the whole bone put
together and you can get some Idea ot Its
size. "
Ho called to his assistants and they , with
sorno straining , placed the three sections of
the femur together , standing the bono on
end. It was as thick as the smokestack ot
a locomotive , quite as black and about six
feet high. The great knob on the end of
the bono where it fitted into the rocket ot
the pelvis looked like the polished none !
post of a great Iron balustrade.
Its small brain and nlender spinal cord
would seem to Indicate this , as Prof.
Marsh has pointed out. Probably also it
was without offensive or defensive weapons.
According to its skeleton It was a great
lozenge-shaped anln.al , as far as its actual
body went , with a long snake-like head
o"d tnll very much alike , as far as their
diminishing shape was concerned. Wo
know It waa a semi-aquatic animal from
the cartllagenous Indications of the ankle
joints. An animal with such soft pads In
its lower legs would need some sustaining
power llko water to hold up the tons of
weight In its body. Probably it stood for
some tlmo ou land < * ach day , but It must
have the water to retire to when neces
sary , otherwise the soft pad-like structures
of Its legs must soon have become ossified
Into very hard bone.
"Besides this big reptile there arc raanj
varieties , nincng which I may mention th <
dryosaurus , which was ten or twelve fce (
long ; the loasaurus , which was eight 01
ten feet long ; the camptosaurus , thirty fee
long ; the torosaurus , which was about tbi
same length , but which nas further illstln
gulshed by a ekull measuring five fee
across ; the trlceratops , which was twenty
five feet long and ten feet high , had scale :
over Its body , and great horns , both on U :
nose nnd on Its forehead a kind of aggra
vatcd rhinoceros , If wo may BO call a rep
tile ; the etegasaurus , which was probabl ;
twenty feet long and had great , flat , horny
sail-like projections along Us back , accord
Ing to the description of Marsh. "
"Tho supposed new species of dlnosauru
which I was fortunate cnouch to uncorc
was entombed In rocks of the Hail I/amis ot
Wjomlng. It Is of the carnivorous variety ,
of the very species maybe which Inflicted
the wound In the tall of the herbivorous
dinosaur ot which I have spoken to you ,
He wns built like a kangaroo. That Is , he
had short forelegs , but enormous hind legs
and tall , He used his tall to Bit upon quite
as much ns n kangaroo. Hut ho was thirty
feet long and much moro formidable In pro
I portion. His jaws were powerful and his
great pointed teeth were fully six Inchrft
\ long nnd had scrated edges. Ho had claws ,
i too , great powerful talons , like those of tut
hawk or the eagle. A true monster. It evei-
thcro waa one , and quite nblo to Inflict the
great gashes which I found In the back
and tall of the other fossil. "
How IlotipN Arc rrodorveil.
Concerning the manner In which these
great foasll bones are found , dug , trans
ported and mounted , Dr. Wortman tntd : "Of
course , wo have some Intimate knowledge
ot the presence of fossils In n lommunlly
bcfoio wr > start. When wo rw 4J the precUv
spot Indicated by our Information wo delve
nto the rock where the fossil Is not exposed
by carefully chipping away the exterior
until wo come upon the fossil Itself. The
rock In which the dinosaurs are embedded la
found cracked hi every direction , and we
liavo great trotlblo In keeping the pieces In
tact. After cutting all around each section
of the fossil , If It Is a large one , or around
tlio whole fossil It It Is a small one , wo en
case It in plaster of parls , which liolds It
together cnrouto to tha laboratory. When
wo gel It there wo go carefully to work
Chipping away the plaster1 nnd gradually ox-
pnMnc the petltiled bcnes , These arn oftru
cracked o tn every roncolvnblo direction
that the illusions of a mosaic nro ns notli-
Ing In comparison. U U what might be
called n cubic morale , the crack * running
through nnd through the block ns well AY
over tup surface , hetirg tt IB often necessary
to itnturatc the fossil with como mlheslvn
substance , as It is gradually expoatd , to
prevent the small pieces falling out nnd
getting lost. Of course , oa bone after bono
la built up , It Is easy for the trained
anatomist to fit them to their places tn the
completed skeleton , for the anatomical plan
of the fossil animal wns quite In accord
ance with the plan of the modern nnlmal.
How deep did 1 find these bonea ? Well , I
nm often naked that question. I found
these dinosaurs about two miles deep. Hut ,
luckily for me , the processes of nature In
the Und Uinds kept the rocky tomb ot the
animals within rench. That Ls , the strata
of the Jurassic nge ordinarily U about two
miles below ths present surface of the earth ,
whcro the- deposition processes for the lust
2,000,000 years have been regular. Hut the
conditions surrounding the region of the
Dad Lands tire such that the strata In
which the fossil lay were gradually pushed
up and up In the process of mountain-mak
ing. Then as erosion took place the strata
lylug ubove wcro worn nway , leaving these
fossils at the surface. In short , nature did
our digging for us. "
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