The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-11-26

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DNIHI eEo1 oa4IfoEk- YQk9d
Translates fro1iafhe Germansof Leenhard.
GLYPToDoN. liiiesa0
Remains of this gigantic animal,
which is related to the, 1negathe9um,
have been found an BuehO5 Agresa It
has a2Haai 2fHeacaivaedf aadf is fiahse ii reference to
its forked teeth. p FAB. AL. prfolR92ability, y rfolR92ab
the very remarkable coats-of-mail
which has hitherto Been ascribed to
the megathespisFn belong belong to te he.g the .glyp-
todoR:I aL'A dR.k- EEAA8AS
RHINoEFRos9a1IO
The dragon-skuIl SUSPENDED by a
chain in, the Council House at Klager-
efuss befoAgDD)a nhhoee1pa;s it is
ina good state of preservation, only
the teeth are wanting. Where and
when the same wasfiseoYeRea is not
known, but many,creunastances point
to any EARL time. So an excavation on o
the he zolIfeId, not far nom the1city Of
the present day, still bears the, name 4asqme
" Dragons gpaEe;R and the mason
wh6, shtss The year asOawfought out
standing image representing the
staying Of rthe, dragon, used the same "a
skull for this purposes as is clearly ap-
Darent.
gi;osa5feeer sai &
h,n sAA:Ey DINoTHENTM.
-ySRemains of this colossal creature,
which Mere first brought to- light in
the mnscfessa strataat Worms, have
also been discovered inRussia, and,
besides other plaoesyin BaEknoB La
growfe, in Podolia, and likewise. here
in kind of sand2SLAmost1 1seventy
years ago, Pallas fecog gnEed some mo-
lar teeth of the same animal occur
ring in the Ura1, yet referred them to
.~sr5r sEpla GIRAFFE. "a. ,,,.s -
A wenI preserved jaw-bone, strik-
ingly distinct from those of the living
species now inhabiting Africa, was
found in the year 1S42, in the vicinity
of Issoudun, in the Indre Department
of France, also, with fragments Of va
rious utensils, in the earth of well,
63 feet below the surfrce of the
ground. Several years before, as
Asiatic papers report, vertabre be-
longing to the neck, were discovered
in the Siwalk hills, which doubtless
belonged to. the
OK AND GOAT.
.>N&af. IGTahamstown, i'll the alluvial
soil formed from the river Maddef,
which flows. INTO the Gariep, skulls
and bones of oxen have been discov-
ered.. In the direction of the curVa-
ture, and including the breadth of the
f fOesAsad Essel bone tbeg measure Il feet q
inches.
At oMalbatg,r in . the yPgyx de Dome
Department of France, in an alluvion
Containing ppllmqliieezstqgnReq, tthhse the remains
of fossil goat have been brought to
light 2 TAis-saIatimsaly It was. almost az full
grown. With these remains occur
also those of the mammoth, rhinoce-
ros, deer, &c. I How 90 = - a y
INFUsoRIA.
Through, Ehrenburg's unwearied
zeal in the studies Of Nature, by his
microscopic researches, continued
With It e fare e pafieR6g and psfsevefence,
as well as by the efforts of profound
faif f.ssaraee SCI ching, feaaned men, belonging
to Berlin, our knowledge of infusoria
those Creatures Tofs the smallest imag-
Unable Sizes. which, on one hand, as il
were, terminate the series of animal
ICcreatures, and which, in no unsubstan.
tial manner, are connected with the
history of this earth's geological form,
ations, has been more and more ex.
tended. An ancient and mysterious
race, even world world / Raass 4 been Ibeh Iannieeked
and resaaledsa which, through thou,
sands Of 9ls1 Is led q from 20 the
human mind, and now unfo1ds to th<
FsapsaiR ,4ssIsFQ9lfaiff III q: tuF8e1J I81 1apd
peculiarities. g
yaSorsaeeaquR animalcule pos
sessing locomotion in very high de
as9; @seidI ! ! fla fig and Jelly k1fnas ! o
animalcule, whose fossil rem ain
greatly interest us, amust avail asgcrea
lures very aomplicated ihterna
structure, to which is granted life O.
astonishing length: :, They aeannot bt
regarded as merely animated matter
without regular structure, as animatee
feggsgrefeFreA to remote antiquity, al
formerly regarded and DECLARED tt
be, but, pnmembered footless ami
mails, Yet, for the 4 most 4 st. part, of variei
form, 1sSroundish-shspedA il
he mai jorityl5f cases, one Gao distin
eaish III them d head, trnnk and tail
sIInatesd (o sztarnal limbs properl,
sdG ed llsess ~ 1tts0sia At leas
/ nad 81 mesC pessess Hsapentiy
fsatastiie formed appeadages 10th,
! body for thegpnrpese of, seizing ant
hold St; for ft si linbing or creep
{: Ing. ;;htfleL hoolzse horns, tendriis 5o
proboseis-shaped abeaallzsp anasstoimnoses
&c. Some. 6iSs,t ssa rsa iplpearf ii naked
pther s,lH3llf .}ssR i listing partly
Il oft-hide 'shelIs. PARTLY of asilieion
fearth3 ofcoats-of4m having Vii 9 multi
lf5r farrioSus itS forms. Now SVs5I NAV see ON