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PREHISTORIC AMERICANS.
FIVE DAKOTA FOSSILS AT THE NAT
URAL HISTORY MUSEUM.

Thfs Three-toed Hhinocero. Trod the West
Befere the Rocky Mountain. Were born
Skull or n BABY TItsnotberipm which
May he Hair n Million Years Old.
There is q three-toed rhinoceros. some hun.
dreds OF thousands years old. maybe. In the
American Museum Of Natural History. He Is
remarkably we'll preserved. considering hls
age. and Is also interesting from the fact that.
as the paleontologists read his history. no 10
the only one OF his herd who escaped mutila-
ton By the crocodilcs and alliRators Of his
time. whom he was deposited. after death. In
a lake which existed In South Dakota near
what 10 now the Pine Ridge Indian reservs-
ton. This three-toed rhinoceros Is also known
by the pretty name OF Aceratherium tridacty-
lum. and his homo for. say. half a million
yenrs has been In q bed OF stone 800 feet thick.
The museum. two years ago. founded a de-
partms nt OF mammalian paleontology and each
summer an expedition sets forth to dig among
the prehistoric rocks Of the far West. and
bring back its fossil treasures. which are freed
from their incrusting rock by skilled workmcn
In the museum. and mounted to show what
kline OF strange beasts few. crept. swan. and
walked about this continent so many years
ago that the experts refuse to make even q
guess on the subject.
The museum is working to secure fossil,
specimens which shall trace the evolution OF
animal life from the time when q great lake
stretched from Canada to the Gulf Of Mexico
whore mountains now are. showing. for In.
stance. the changes In the horse from the time
when he was no bigger than q fox and boasted
Of Eve toes. up to date. The collectors are
usually delighted whom they find enough ofa
skeleton from which to construct . whole. So
there was special Joy when the expedition Lass
.summer auarried out Of that South Dakota
ca1on a block containing an almost perfect
skeleton-n crocodile or flood had torn away
only o part OF one foreleR OF a rhinoceros whe
lived In the miocene period.
He died rather long ago to make possible
any very exact report OF the circumstance
concerning his burial. but 1t 10 guessed that
he died on the bank Of O lively stream. that his
body was at once overtaken By q freshet and
washed down to the lake. whore the c%ontinu-
ing freshet buried him In sand which is now
solid rock. and his esteemed remains were
thereafter never disturbed until the young
men from the museum auarried him out.
He is-that Is. his skeleton. is-eight feet
long and four feet high, and In structure he
closely resembles the living rhinoceros Of
Sumatra. Prof Il. /. Osborn. curator OF the
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To Reclaim tho MoJaye Desert,
Prom "A. San Fraaei.co OhtoaIel.

<'o" =" w o"'o"Nse
BAN BEhNARpINo. May 8-Durlng tho past
few weeks there has been formulated O plan TO
irrigate the largest tract Of land In one body
to be found In Southern California. This will
be accomplished By dsmming the Mojavs
River at Victor. reating an artificial lake nine
miles long. three miles Wide. and 1s0 feet In
depth. water sufficient to irrigate 100000
acres OF desert land. The Victor Reservoir
Company has been quietly at work for some
weeks securing options on land and water
rightA Some wealthy Eastern men have taken
stock In the company. and It IL announced
that contracts may DO entered into at once for
water rights.
The water will be diverted upon Government
land now nnoceupisd and subject to settle
the entire cost. Of construction viii DO less
than a million dollars. and the promoters Of
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BROKE UP A SITTING HEN.
A Bucolic Myth Dissipated In o Connecticut
Thuuder Storm.

MANSFIELD. May 20.-It Is o bucollc adags OF
immemorial antiquity In the Land OF Steady
Habits that nothing on earth can " break up .
setting hen" ordinarily resolute. except DEATH
but the hoary maxim has Just been SUCCESS
fully impugned In this hill-upholstered town
In fact oontroverted and rebutted. A thun.
derbolt did the butting and rebutting. and II
WAS one OF the long. dizzy. kinky. twisted.
weirdly colored bolts that have been OK.
tremely fashionable In Connecticut for the
past three years.
The term to brosk up q sitting hen Is under.
stood In the Nutmeg State to mean; to Inns
poverish her animal economy OF the dozced.
hereditary. instructive predetermination In.
heront in overyhen ITO set" and the light.
ping did Just that for the Mansfield hon. The
men has no further desire 70 SIT or set, ,,L,v
sd ~ r., ssy%oSr SunR R.sat, owns "na y ths fhs en II:
, wsddlinss and Srp wsb SRI w ahSnt has hn na s.p we S IFS.
The thanderbolt dida's exactly hit the hea.
iosdsd Win thu tw sSas or or shi %t' t 10 VIZ:
age, to be aiming at-lbut 1t mashed her entire
der her. nciuding one dozen Cochin. nina eggs
G GYs Int IN 3meiet that vas tb Ii.e n n
Theu 1t carried the comnosition to a distant
part Of the henhouse and hing t. ur on q
ti'htt WI III pHllIlk. ~ ~ -.
cooking process that tho hen had her fGeI
blistered.. WAS touched, W nit IN 2 psiniut
way, and inoculatei with u rr"Gnant lesson on
tho futillty and peril OF trying to 30 any more
sitting In Connecticut until . change OF hght-
ming Is orderod for mi territory. -
There was quite u lot o., fowls, In eymou
Dunham's henhou~e on the light OF the nhe-
nomenon. and though the sitting hon unqpes.
t%ionally caught III" gist OF the thunderbolt
!airly, AMI sqnar"ly oTycrtncless in gn ~ ! az
iy two dozen he's md the family rooster on
their, perch on the centre, role o. me cote
aud pioUghed a rhInnel In the ground. fling
ing showers Of mad against the walls OF the
hennery. Mr.. luuham's henilnuse is not
many eet distnrt rom his dwrllin.. but the
freak bolt did no damage to his other property,
The fact Il. he Is really glad no" that the
bolt came. for he had tried every reasonable
method in vain n i~ncgl,Hte the lesson that
tn. lightning nstiiled into the old hen 80
thoroughly Ia aunut an eighth Of a second.
Moreover. the electrical shot not only broke Up
the sitting hen. hut exploded the old buoolio
myth, to the effect that lightning won't toucA
feathers or anything that wears them
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PARIS. April 3o.-Pario has such an air OF
gay prosperity that It IL long before American
residents become aware OF such ugly Things
40 hospitals. NY own experience was thrust
upon me. An .iil.speiled little note stnslling
Ysintiy medical. gave jeformstien hat an un.
lucky young person. known and befriended
by my family. was down with the black meas
les. She had been removed. BY public au.
thority. from her mansard to the sheds ot
Aubsrvllllers devoted 70 contagious diseases
was innocent enough to make my way to
the Central Bureau of Hospital Admissions.
opposite the Hotel de Vile. though long be-
fore this I had become acquainted with the
drag Of French bureaucracy. I threaded my
way through this may and lazy paradise OF
municipal clsrks to tho Department OF Infor-
nation and Requests. A benevolent young
fellow. loungine ovsr his cigarette. turned the
tables on me with q round OF examination: q,
What Is your name? Your nationality.
calling. age. length Of residence In Paris :
What is your relation to the sick person :
How did you become aware OF her illness
What do you know about the sick person !
What 10 her age. nationality. calling. and
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nervousness. OF forty, ailing men or women.
gaysty ofthe Three Mnsketeers" or Twenty
Thousand. Leagues Under the Sea" has only
been able to keep half thrust back throughout
the day. Next morning some neighbor will
complain that So-and-so was crying in the
night. The doctor fixes IN n harmless opiate
well. no it goes Even with lentiis cooked IN
butter and with full ratlons OF red wine. the
hospital Ia not O home. STERLING HELLO.
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who is able is REQUIRED to nay some sixty
n%othing. This system prevents the hospital
taking on q poor-house. ali. and. imagine.
would. serve to keep attendants civil 20 all.
should any spur be needed. ConvAlescents,
also. are often allowed to stay on free until
they are quite cured. In return for work which
they may DO. -.
run itself. so great Is the liberty enjoyed In Il,
th., minute Bookkeeping OF the French still
fnda scope for itself In u thousand ways, from
numbering baby linen to organizing lunch
and dinner menus.
Sick peopieAte submitted to different diets.
according to the prescriptions OF physioians.
Those who receive solid food are also served
rations according to three grades For exam
pie. those who are In the first degree Of appe-
lite would have Tor lunch soup and roast
"a G. tie . eco dees S,s1 he sSsSS.l.s sa q roast ossi
meat at lunch would be double. with pots;
toes added. while at dinner o cooked
salad would be given with the Ash. In the
third degree the lunch would comprise hearty
beef in oil and lentils cooked in hutter.
and dinner would, bring roast meat. with
potatoes cooked In butter. As for wine. every
one taking solid food has from half a litre to a
litre q II each and every day. A litre is severn
Twice 4 year the city OF Paris buys nearly
2.OQO.0OO lltres Of various kinds OF wines for
its HOSPITALS and refugees. Expert tasters are
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posts The msssiss shee. Ths Invalid. was a:
go esl. y S.ik Sntsids . little. and could
eitsss,ssssss III slt s.i tsrc &. ss "a sI sssi. Their. v.r. .
isw stray 1~oafsrs. osmins de Parts. and
81 ss.s sl:s. q s.In.. s ds' g. G Is' 6 RS,s fs.
WheL the Infected young lady made her APP
pearance on the other side Of the moat they
8 mock sersnsde In q high fslsetto voice, But
thsy we're Rood-natured. aud had evidently
fore When the invalid eomplained loudly
lthe was ffty feet awayl that she had been
Obliged to divide her delicaciea with the other
back to her It WAS all rieht-she shouid be
glad to share with those worse on than shel
whether to admire. or not. so much liberty.
equality. and fraternity.
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bureau. II was here / first made acquaintance
with z. spirit which seems the unigue posses:
sion OF certain Paris hospitals. a FOREIGNER. OF
strenK Impression was Of a spirit Of practical
AZ The Door I mad known my GRAND. which
was To deliver q basket OF dsltcacies, leave
aoHs money. and, II possible. to see the 10;
had no permit. The custodian. without ceas-
Ing to smoke his cigarette, enveloped himself
inRhisl.r long linen dqster; and started on WITH the
logns water. He only barred the wine, saying
that the bead physirisn was altogether OPP
posad to It's usA. Then he Instructed me to
make . dstour outside the grounds. which
would bring me on top Of the Notifications on.
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charged with deciding on tho specimens sub
mitted. and export handlers are engaged In
blending them. A recent blend was made Of
the. city eleven cents the litre. This wine.
which is ralatable. is furnished to each hos
The lie OF a patient at the Tenon is all
mapped out for him.
The cleaning up Of the wards begins at 8
o'clock A.. NJ. From 8 to 10 the doctors 20
their rounds. At 10 o'clock lunch is brought
in. After this each sick person who is able
rest. The library appears to be we'll stocked
with the novels Of Alexandra Dumas, Eugene
Sue. and Jules Verne. At 4 O'Clock. In the
again, free until the curiew. which Is at s
o'clock. Then It Is that the longest hours
begin. for In this land the summer twilight
fingers on as late as half-past 8 O'Clock at
night. As the shadows lsngthen In the long
room. worse than silent with the suppressed
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easy Joy. In spS, ihers.iis "a. smssina isck q
Unfortunately. hewsycf. thu question; mss
Who claim that ths syepsssf pbysicisns !nsyef
ia sstlsSts thar y tecs Old women;
and ftesther. brsinsa, snd" That The lact Of 4
fiss Of q ihospitG All this means .ip.t sene
tsrs Of Charity. which began IN the line Of
At.the last elections q strong agitation, indie
Il Rfs va. so 81 ssa|'tif sSs H' ts @na I.t Il met g th Ssh hos;
atmosphere. Ronssty. and devotednsss.
III.
The Hospital Tenor is so named In memory
iernef. lemon. who. 10 the last eentGry. before
ehsnse in the. hospitals Of his time Hospi-
s sfivsfiii..n,ifons.a id th nssr ss. E Ss %sa'a suited 3 p'fG % IT,
S SsSs h II .;rG %ss: united. more humane. and
In ,Tenon's ,timo. 10 some OF the Paris hos
pitfalls. four, five. apd oven six siok persons
were sometimes put In ono large bed. Fever
ssmsfi. pcx essss 81 it SfS0 pasl sS%e an q al sfe sRo resi
thirty years ago, the celebrated surgeon NSla.
ISni II u.s. l ,ssGTsn' Ct d 1t! mS SoSns a Gfssfpies
who washed their hands too scrupulously, At
the present DAY these prtnciplsh are SO thor
death from either .pueEperal OF the old hospftai
foyer IN the hospitals OF Paris.
In the Hospital lemon there are nearly q
meant ,tIhst NO one Is refused because Of pow.
erty. While being tended the circumstances
Of each patient are looked VI. and each one
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district. like all other suburbs. 10 we'll lighted
and served with water; that tho apartment
houses Of which, 1t Is composed are well con:
pnrks, squares. and breathing places.
The Hospital lemon faces such q breathing
place. q marrow wooded park in the centre Of
Japon and the other the Rue dc Chine. Here
sprawl In the shade innumerable babiSs.
breast who cry to get down IN the dirt. babies
at the dirt who cry to get back to tho breast
The boy. children. as soon ~ they can walk.
Paris worklngman-and the little girls COM
monty. wenr dresses Of, the same coarse blue
In this park. One girl. WIN. be tending the
combined babies OF half o dozen households
while their mRmmaB arc OF work another will
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the cars for Saint Denis. where the Rrimy little
district Of Auborvllliers lies between the
empty tombs Of certain Kings Of. France and
the Paris Notifications, 1t Is o black district.
street car jinRles. on. It is q district Of work
ingmen who are half tou9hs. toughs who are
hall w%orkinemen OF ioatinE boys and s~lsttern
whore are factories belching the oily smoke Of
soft coal, everywhere the monotonous grimy-
age Of the trees powdered by the smut. Beyond
the Notifications is the Plain OF Saint Denis-
You cross this park OF poverty. and zee.
spreading along the black line Of the CelntuIe
Belt Railway. the fiat wooden sheds Of the Au-
bervilliers Hospital Their great and only ad-
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PARIS HOSPITALS.
wshsk TEE SICK ARE oAnBD ron M
THE oIY FRENCH CAPITAL

osaeiai nureasersey apd Rea Tape, asd IA.
A.siys,e rr.eas.i seo,siism-Th. Hesps-
ssi Ts.s. with II. Thousand Free neas-
AA-irasls System OF Disteties, with Pies-
~ or eood wine Tor Cosvsiesespts.
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length Of residence In Parish Have you your
self made your declaration d'etranger at the
Prefecture?
These questions having been answered. I
was told q report would be sent me containing
full details. The fact that l knew the details
already did not weigh with the department
Obviously I could get no permission until the
case had been duly brooded over. AZ . fact.
I did receive. some twelve days later. an elab-
orately 6lled.up blank. This was only three
days before the invalid was received back into
tho bosom Of her hotel meuble.
Meanwhile I cut the knot Of the difficulty BY
doing what I should have done before. I took
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do q trade in cakes and fruit or flowers. to be
bought and taken to hospital patients by
visitors. And. as they have taken the park to
them selves. for family use. so they seem to
look upon the hospital behind It as nothing
Theoretically red tane still rules the CEN
tral bureau. and at the Charlie and some
poor are still in the position OF sick poor In all
lands. petitioners. helpless. anxious. and pos.
sibly despised.. But. as q matter Of fact. at
least at the Tenor. admission even for. o
trining illness lie almost as free as air. The
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to the City Council; It was signed By Henri
Place. printer. Social Revolutionist candidate.
npproved BIZ the Revolutioniet Committee OF
the Twentieth district"
ELicross: During three years has the situation Of
the country and Of Paris grown bettert
Evidently not.
Wretchednsss is always IS great. lack OF york
WEIGHS as heavily on the working classes: wages have
fallen; and bankruptcy presses yet more closely On
small businesses. ruined by the competition Of tho
RrAnmo OF 1920:
RevistOn Of the Constitution. Suppression OF tho
Senate aud tho Presidency Of the Republic, Amnesty
for, all victims Of Political and Social fnjustice. and the
Defence OF the People against those WIN exploit them.
X you honor me with your vote. J. engage:
Never 10 intrigue for tho ONCE or Deputy during my
term OF orioe: never to vote for a Candidate to The
senate; to demand with energy the Municipal RiRhts
forsfen wotkinRnen IN Paris, tho suppression OF the
our own Quarter .
. Lot US hush our vain clamors. go
The more than ~paternal rule Of the already
Socialist municipality has seen to II that the
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OF the large hospitals. that in which ] have
II lies In the district OF Pare-Lachaise. al Me-
nilpontant The nsighborhood fairly teems
with . respectable. though advanced Socialist,
population OF workinRmen. On the walls Oh
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vantage is seclusion. They nrey situated In a
lonely field. bounded on one side By, the cut
OF the Celnture and ON the other hy the Jesse
and rnmparts OF the Notifications. More
than Nll they are secluded By thoir sinister rep
utntion; for even small nox cases are sent to
Au6eREilliere The cheap picnics otthe Plain q
away: and only a solitary little shanty-like
cafe and garden at the entrance. for the accom-
the most ,unwary phiianthropist could hardly
take any harm out here. The only entrance 70
building. with tbs ofices; back Of these. each
In its TURF, are small wooden buildings for the
measles. the scarlet fever, and small-pox: 1t
would not be hard to PASS from one to another
without knowing what you are about.
AT Aubervilliers there was none Of the req
tape which gives It's character to the central
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nature. with all his works. then We may fairly
presume that q race which has risen from the
rude condition Of the prehistoric nges to its
present height. may. under favorable condi.
tions. 90 far higher
Nothing seems to initiate against this idea,
except the theory that man has always
existed. and that In the order Of nature.
when II certain elevation in mans condition is
reached. everything is thrown into chaos.
man and his works included. leaving only a
few individual specimens. and it may be very
poor oLes. as the seeds OF a new epoch, or as
we may say o! a new world,
We know nothing 10 the system OF things.
why a CONFUSION OF Nature might not utterly
swallow all the evidences OF existing ~civlllza-
tion. leaving only a fow savages on the noun
tain peaks. and that then tens OF thousands Of
centuries might elapse before the earth re-
assumed conditions equal to the present
Seneca says: Wisdom allows nothing to
BIO good which will not be so forever: no man
to be happy. but he that needs no other hap
piness than that which is within himself"
4enophon' In speaking OF the administra-
tion OF justice In Egypt remarks: THAT tho
Judges might not be imposed upon. SO as TO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-08
THE STATE SILVER LEAGUE.
Annual Convention Now Being Held
in Denver.

Denver, Dec. 7.-Delegates to the Col
orado State Silver League from every
county in the state, met in annual con-
vention here this morning The prin-
cipal business was to nominate dele
gates to the National Bi-metallic Con-
vention to be held in Washington on
the 18th inst. The convention will
probably take action regarding the
Salida convention, and Governor
Waite's determination to call an extra
session of the legislature
Smelter men throughout the state
are complaining that the supply of
silver has gradually decreased since
closing the mines in June, to such an
extent that unless there is a rise in the
price Of lead and silver soon which
will permit resumption of the low
grade mines, there will be a famine in
the ore market, which will compel most
of them to close down.
The convention adopted an address
urging that silver be remonetized in
order to relieve business distress. and
also a resolution declaring that the
United States should have a financial
policy of it's own, independent of mon
archial powers. and that gold, silver
and paper be recognized as a money
basis. The executive committee and
delegates to the Washington conyen.
ton were chosen.
Adjourned sine die
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THEY Arb STILL
HARPING ON HAWAII.
Congress Will Probably Soon Be
Called Upon.
THAT SPECIAL MESSAGE.
1t Has Already Been Prepared by
President Cleveland.
Ii is Snid the Queen Declines to Re-
turn 20 Eer Throne Unless She is
backed by Either the Provisional
or the United States Government
The Wilson Bill.

Washington, Dec. Prominent men,
bers of the House committee on for
eign affairs evidently expect Congress
to be called upon soon to decide the
Hawaiian question. Chairman Nc
Creary yesterday had an extended in
terview with the president, and it is
supposed matters relating to Hawaii
We're under discussion.
McCreary would say nothing about
the conference. but from suggestions
he made, it is evident that he expected
Congress would deal with the matter.
A member of the committee said the
president would not think of using
force while Congress was in session.
There had been a theory advanced
that fter hearing again from Min
lister lis, and learning positively
the The O cen can not be restored, ex-
&c by tn use of United States
II ops, the president will present to
G 'ngress the case of the queen as a
", onged monarch, whose government
was overthrown by this government,
and asseTs it is now the duty of the
United States to restore the former
condition, even by using force. This
is the idea advanced by the friends of
the administration.
There will be a great opposition in the
House committee on foreign affairs to
the resolution of Hit, of Illinois, on
the ground it would not be right in view
of the further promised communication
from the executive on the subject for
the House to give expression to the
sentiments contained in the Hit reso-
luton.
Hit will make every effort to secure
a favorable report from the committee
of his resolution, but it will take at
least three Democratic votes to bring
about such a result, it is doubtful if
he will be successful