Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-03
'Lepedopnloios Macraiepidotus," SAID a
Scientific Correspondent.

Lepedophloios Macrolepidotus says
a reader. What am | reading about?
What does such long name designate,
or such phrase mean?
Books say that lepedos defines scaIy
appearance and phloios refers to the
tupcel or bark oil a tree or plant, ana
hence Lepidophloios, in our every day
language, or newspaper English, is the
iossiiiierous bark of q tree or shrub,
having a scaly appearance.
"A fshy story says one. No,
reader, far from it, as there is not even
a semblanCe OF deceit, or untruth, IN
the matter, but rather a complete hne
or circle OF incontrovertible proof, that
the earth and it's foundations, as
we were wont to call them, are
not merely the production OF 3
maker, but of builder; not merely 4
line upon line, and precept upon pre-
cept, but layer upon layer, work upon
work, removal after removal, deposit
after deposit, deDudation succeeding
denudation, here an erosion, there a
deposit, here building up, there a
tearing down, no destruction OF only a
transformation OF matter, or OF It's con-
ditions.
"Macrolepidotus" intensties the elias.
sification, makes the scales long, and oil
a crncOdilish appearance, and gives TO
| the fossil a specific classification.
1t will have been already understood
| that it is not the intention to here en-
| tighten the scholar, or reward the
| patience OF a scientist, but rather Ia
awaken the attention OF the plow-boy,
| or the squirrel and rabbit hCnter, to the
fact that when the one is iostled by, or the
| other stumbles over rock, on one OF
our hill sides, or its top slight exam
| ination of the obstruction may reveal a
rock, in or ont oil place, whose ieaty
| stony plates, or pages, contains some
| thing more engrosslnq than ialrly
| lined furrow, or the chirp, or jump OF
| the bunnie, squirrel, or the cotton tan.
A special attention has been directed
to the fossil here captured, in the Tact
| that a fine specimen OF 1t has lately
been taken from neighbOrlng hill iii
this county, and is now in the possession
of the writer, but was obtained by him for
! Prof Lesquerieux and is subject 10 his
| order.
Among the literary, or rather sc!en,
| titic productions OF the Professor, he
| describes specimen which is said To he
| No. III in Mr.. Greeiey's collection, Hat
tat Grape Greek, Ill. OF the specimen de.
scribed, he SAYS BolSter's intoxicating,
! living over one another like tiles, at the
| base, q little tumescent, swollen, Obtuse-
| ", bluntlv, curved on the sidcs, Leaf
| scars transveFsely, Onpaise, rh0mboIdai,
shaped like a rhOmbold or oblique an
gled parallelogram; vascular, or small
vessel, scars, three; the middle on"
somewhat lower; SCALES marked in the
middle by small round marsilIa, small
nipple.
The holsters are one and a hall cent?.
meters from side to side "a centimeter is
| about thirty-nine one-huDiredths OF an
| inch), and are little more than one
centimeter vertically, perpendicuIarIv,
| including the leaf scar; rounded in the
upper part. elongated, heightened, and
acuminate, sharpened, to the base. The
leaf scars are narrow, four mltIlmeters
vertically, eight or nine mi!lemeterS
transversely, rather oval, (egg shaped)
reamed and Acuminate, sharpened, at
the sides.
The specimen found not lar from this
city appears to have come from sand
stone strata, which is in.place not much
below the top OF our river (Cha9Iine)
hill, or probably over four iiOO) humid
red feet above our main coal seam: H
s, or the Pittsburgh, Wheeling or Pome'
roy'vein.
Who will keep his eyes open and find
the next specimen; or perhaps a greater
reward NAV await a careful examination
in the shape OF a real fish, or some
equally interesting ami instructive
remenisence OF the long gone
Any good exposure OF the sandstone
or shales, 400 to 900 feet above the river
in this county, may develop like specI-
mems. Grapes, ferns and various
woody fossils may be seen by careful
examination OF dozen more strataS IN
this geological horizon. The only reason
why so little has been found is because
so little search has been made. We
often hear the quotation, "NoSss ts
ipSum" know thyseli). Suppose We
end this article by saying, "hnow the
construction and composition OF the hills
around YOU. Use the means granted,
10 obtain the results intended.
NEvER-no never, were wooden Bro
caded Goods, in ali colors, sold at Is &c
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