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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1903)
TIIE ITXTJSTRATED REE. 15 EcptadbeTZI,13(SL Ancestors Lived in Sea (Continued from Page Three.) t distinct thread, a determined direction, which gave them all bo me thing in common. Australia was the land of the link-forms, the forms which linked great groups to each other. In common practice we distinguish be tween five chief classes of the vertebrates the fish, the amphibia (frogs, salamander and others), the reptiles (Usards and others), the birds and the mammals. If Darwin's teaching is correct, we must assume that all stand In a certain evolu tionary relationship to each other and present more or less distinctly connecting links. The fish must be descended from very low animals, which are not even vertebrates, and in fact we know a fairly Rood evolutionary form, the so-called lancet fish or amphiozus. It lives at pres ent near many coasts and also near the Australian strands as a specific, almost distinct, species, known as epigonlchthys. As we approach the top the fish must how, according to Darwin, evolution to ward the amphibians, the amphibians to ward the reptiles and the reptiles (here the ancestral tree split Itself, so It is be lieved) on the one side toward the birds, on the other toward the mammals. Without doubt that famous lizard Ilatteria, which belongs absolutely and en tirely to Australian domain. Is the. nearest of all living animals to the link between tlie amphibian and the reptile. The link between the reptile and the mammal is represented, with at least par tial distinctness, by the duck-bill, which also belongs exclusively to Australia and Its Islands. And Australia, almost alone of all lands, again gives up the next evolu tionary group leading within the mammal family from the duck-bill to the higher mammals hoofed animals, carnlvora, mon keys and others. The evolution from the reptile to the bird Is not so simple that is, not for Australia. The wingless rooa and kiwi ostriches there certainly are remarkable and even very ancient forms of birds. But they are not genuine primeval birds, leading back di rectly to the lixards. We know how such a genuine llsard-blrd should appear from the German Jurassic formations. We have two Imprints of the so-called Archaeop teryx. and that Is unquestionably an animal exactly between Heard and bird an animal, to be sure, that does not exist now, but disappeared from the world in that form probably millions of years ago. It was a pet thought of old Darwin that In some until then unvlsited part of Aus traliathere were and are enough of them something- like the Archaeopteiyx might be found alive some day. When the traveler Haas found mysterious animal tracks In the snows of the Alps of New Zealand, Darwin adjuied him to discover if a ver itable lizard-bird did not dwell there. Hut nothing was seen of such a creature, and probably the tracks were those of a mam mal which, to be sure, has not been caught or described yet. Now there would remain the last great evolutionary turning point between fish and amphibian, and lo! we find it In Aus tralia. And in this missing link we find the ancestor of man that lived and still lives in the sea. It is the Hcard-fish. Ceratodus, whose discovery has been described In a previous articlo of this series. It was Richard Semon, one of Haeckel's pupils, who won the proof that Ceratodus really Is the missing link between the rep tile and the water-dwelling fish. He found Its eggs after indescribable hard ships In the Australian bush. He studied the life history of Ceratodus from those eggs to maturity. And he found that In their embryonic stage, and In the succeed ing stages of development, they are not like fish, but like amphibians, going through stages similar to the tadpole stages. So we must see In the licard-nsh Cera todus. that dwells in the water, one of our very own ancestors, and an ancestor, too who has bequeathed to us mi Invaluable ln-herltance-that of the lung. For Cerato dus. or one of his type, was the first water dwelling thing to begin breathing in a way other than through external gills Ceratodus has both lungs and gills, and as a lung-breather of the sea he is a most Important forefather of the human race. WIUIELM BOELBCH. Babies of the Zoo (Continued From Page Five.) door of the cage, and sometimes we entice her into an adjoining cage and then shut the door on her. Of course she raises a rough house when she realises what has happened. You would wonder that any cage rould hold her. For months after ward It is dangerous to go near her. "But ordinarily a lioness Is not fierce when she has cubs. She will allow you to go tnto the cage and play with them as moch as you hke, while Bhe watches them proudly rrom a little distance, and seems qjlte pleased because you are Interested In them. "Take care, however, that you don't acci dentally hurt one of the little beasts and make It yelp, if you do, the mother Is up h arras in a moment to see what Is the matter. There's only one thing to do then. Throw the cub to her at once. She will stop and examine it, and If yon find she to till cross, you tars plenty of time to es cape. Very likely, seeing that nothing Is wrong, she will spank the cub with her paw to teach it not to whine needlessly, and will then let you go on playing with It. "It's curious how animal mothers differ from women," the keeper said, reflectively. "If you hurt a woman's child, she im mediately starts to abuse or attack you. leaving the kid to howl. If you hurt a lioness' cub, her first thought is to look after the cub. Revenge comes second with her, and so the offender has a chance to escape." Carpenter's Letter (Continued on rage Fifteen.) populated country than that to Chrlstlanla. As one goes south the farms are larger, the farm houses are of frame and there are big barns and outbuildings. The country looks very - much like the good farming regions of the United States. The houses are on the farms and not in villages, as In other parts of Europe. There are many cattle and dairy establishments which mnke the butter for export. I am told that the people ship their butter abroad and use oleomargarine themselves. This Is so in Denmark and In other butter making countries. I am surprised st the small extent of farm land In Sweden in comparison with the number of farms. There are alto gether 338,000 agricultural holdings, and of these fully one-fourth are under five acres, and 200.000 range from five to fifty acres In size. Of the whole area of Sweden less than nine acres In every hundred are cul tivated and less than 4 per cent Is good pasture land. The land laws are such that a farm Is divided among the children upon the death of the owner, thus causing numerous small holdings. Of late years there has been some attempt at consolida tion, and one now finds some large farms In parts of the country. As far as I can see the soil Is rich. It Is black and It raises big crops of clover and oats. Wheat, rye and potatoes are grown. There is plenty of hay, but there Is so murh rain that the hay Is often put up on racks to dry and then stored away In barns. Every haycock has a stick in it to give it air, and in some places the hay Is dried on wire fences like clothes on a line. Everything looks thrifty. There are many red wooden houses with white shut ters and trimmings, and along the railroad are fences of rocks, boards or rails. I took a run over to Gothenberg last week. It Is Sweden's chief seaport, having ships from all parts of Europe and the United States. It Is also the terminus of the Gotha canal, which goes right through Sweden, crossing Lritk.es Wennern and Wet tern, the two largest lakes in the country. Gothenberg has almost 160,000 inhabitants, and It grows like one of our big towns of the west. It Is a manufacturing center, making iron, steel and machinery, as well as sugar and beer. It has cotton factories, and also shipbuilding works. It has many fine stores, and in them much American goods. The town is perhaps the most en terprising In Sweden, and In many respects It surpasses Stockholm. On this trip across Sweden I visited the Gotha canal, stopping at Trollhattan, where the wonderful falls are, and exam ining the locks by which the ships are raised and lowered to and from lAke Wennern. The canal has been cut about the falls, being blasted out of the rocks, making a trough Just wide enough for a steamer or barge to pass through. There are six locks, one succeeding the other. The most of them are worked by hand and they are babies compared with the great locks of our Sault Ste. Marie canal. Never theless, many vessels pass through them. It is estimated that they raise 7,000 boats every season carrying lumber, wood, pile, iron and other heavy merchandise from Gothenberg to Stockholm and from western Sweden out to the sea. ( It was at this point that I vlnlted the falls of Trollhattan, considered by many the finest In Europe. They are far superior YOU ARE TOO Tlllli! Call at the Sherman A alcConDrll Drag re Ouuae, or write to U. V. Jonee Co.. Klralra, S Y ' for a conTtncim uul pachaae Dr. Whitney r.enre and rieah Builder, akaolulely Free. It cult oj Bottling it may im-an at urn to you or youra. f ?'r'1e tnm ihrir ,ood ull mount fu,.UI,?e;" " -tivUi proptrUea whit Na. vouia bo delighted to take un inure fleah and have a ell rounded, attractive Inure, but thry do not now that It ia poeaible to do aa. 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