The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-18


tho formations OF any OF the twelve gcologi-
cal ages. The specimens are oftenest
| found in mountain canons. broken places in
the earth and about volcanoes.
| Right here In this cabinet OF the Cnmhrian
age begins the forward march in the evolu-
tion OF man. through mollusks OF all degrees
and finally through the mammals OF the
tertiary and quaternary ages. After the
| Cambrian age came the Ordovician. The
trilobites became more numerous and In
creased in varieties and the crinoids begin to
show forth.
Then the oyster made his bow to the vet
erans OF the earth and took up his abode.
The fourth division OF time in geology was
the Silurian age. and ut this time the appear
ances Of new forms OF life were marvelously
frequent. The nautilus is in evidence In
numerous fossils. Great quantities and
varieties OF coral are seen. Still all the life
on earth was confined TO invertebrate ant
mails and there were no signs OF yertebrates.
The stnr fish came In the Devoninn age. A
score OF varieties OF these fish in fossils were
| found at the falls of the Ohio near Louis
Vile
Tho perminn. trlassic and jurnssc ages arc
classed together and called the "reptilian
ages In the latter part of the permian age
the reptiles began to come. From small ami
mails they grew into huge awed beasts. Some
walked on their hind feet and after awhile
developed wings. The ichthyoslurus. n huge
creature OF the sea, is found impressed on
FOSSILS There were in those days hundreds
varieties of the nautilus, while to-day there
are but few. The fish mostly had cartilagin-
Gus skeletons, like the shark of to-day.
Vertebrate animals began to put IN their ap-
pearance, and In the cretaccous, the tenth
age, then the first bird scared into the air. II
the theory Of paleontooRists ia sound. Tho
bird was only further development OF the
reptile with wings. It had u caudal append
tpptl
One animal OF the tonth ago was The iguan-
adon.
A femur bone OF one of these animals is In
the possession OF Professor Ward. The bone
IL four and one-half feet long. which would
make the height of the animal about twelve
feet. The tertiary and quaternary ages were
the ages OF mammals. Some OF them grew
larger than the elephant and some were of
prodigious bulk us well us ,height. The
things OF the waters were huge beyond COM
parison with any living creatures of our own
age. The common, ordinary cows of which
skulls and horns have been found in the
strata of the quatcrnary age would put TO
shame the prize 30O0-pound bulls of the stock
exhibit.
Some OF the jaws OF the mammals are four
feet long with the teeth several inches wide.
The eggs OF animals akin to our ostrich are
about four feet in circumference.
The models OF these prehistoric animals
probably attract more attention than any
other exhibit in the Anthropological Build
ing. The largest Of these models is that of
the great Siberian mammoth which stands
near the center Of the south gallery. The
restoration was made by the celebrated Ger
man preparation, Herr i. Martin. The
measurements were taken from the largest
bones OF tho mammoth contained In the
Royal museum of Stuttgart, while the char
acter OF the outer covering is copied from
portions of skin, covered with hair, taken
from m moth hot In
glacier ice near the mouth OF the River Lena,
In Siberia, and is now preserved in the I'M
perial museum of st. Petersburg. The speci-
men stands sixteen feet high and twenty-five
feet long from its tail to the forward curve
OF the trunk. The tusks are nearly six feet
long and curved. A huge skeleton Of u
plcsiosaurus, n marine reptile OF the jurassic
time, stands with n coterie Of other models
The original specimen was found In 1S4S In
the Lias, near Whitby, England. II meas
ures over twenty-five feet and would be a
hideous compliment to any nightmare.
A restored east In plaster of the huge dino
saurian reptile, the hadrosaurus foulkii,
from the upper cretaceans of New Jersey.
stands near the huge mammoth. A testudo
OF wonderful proportions, and an immense
ungulates or hoofcd animal, called the dino
saurus, which, in the tertiary day, were nu-
merous in Wyoming.
In the inclosure of the Ward exhibit are
the skeleton and several legs of various speci-
mems OF moa, gigantic, wingless bird, found
in recent deposits in New Zealand. The moas
were but lately exterminated. Complete
skeletons, with portions of the skin and
feathers still adhering, have been found.
A glyptodon relic Of the latter part OF the
certiary age was found near Montevideo.
cast OF this animal is contained in the Ward
exhibit. II was huge armadillo, but with
out the bands or joints present in modern
species. by means of which they can roll
themselves into ball There are nearly
score or more OF these peculiar animals, all
OF which have no counterparts in modern
life.