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had been found on this continent, and was
told in reply that the reports to the effect
were too unsatisfactory to be presented
as facts in science. This remark led me
on my return to examine the subject my
self, and l have since unearthed no fewer
than thirty distinct species of the horse
tribe; and it is now. think, generally ad-
mitted that America is. after all, the orig
inal home of the horse
Exposed the Cardiff Giant.
1t was Professor Marsh who exposed
the famous Cardiff giant In October,
1869. a farmer named Newell, living near
Cardiff n. Y, twelve miles south of Sy-
racuse, was digging a we'll when he un-
expectedly unearthed a stone giant ten
feet long with a body, head and limbs in
perfect proportion. IT was at once pro-
claimed as the remains of a. prehistoric
man, and numbers of scientists made pill
grimages Of examination and recorded
their belief in Its very great value as
scientific discovery. Even the State seol-
ogist of New York became greatly inter-
ested in the giant and endeavored to have
it sent to the State Museum at Albany
But it was finally placed on exhibition at
Syracuse, where 1t soon became an at
traction almost equal to a circus.
Special trains were run from the sur
rounding country to accommodate the
people who wished to see it, and its
owners are said to have refused an offer
of $500 ,000 in cash for It, although they
subsequently parted with quarter share.
So important did the relic become in the
eyes of the scientific world that Professor
Marsh visited Syracuse and made an ex-
animation of the giant. The next day he
wrote to friend:
at is of very recent origin, and a most
decided humbug."
He found that the figure had been
cut from a block of gypsum similar to
that found in many parts of New York.
and a close inspection revealed the pres
ence of human workmanship.
LAS gypsum Is soluble in about 400
parts of water he wrote, "a very short
exposure would suffice to obliterate ali
traces of tool marks and also to roughen
the surfaces"
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Hunting With Buffalo Bill.
It was this sturdy young scholar who
led the first great scientific expedition into
the Rocky Mountains In the year 1870.
Buffalo Bill, Colonel w. F. Cody, was
the guide chosen to lead the expedition
into the alkali plains, hitherto untrodden
by the feet Of white men. The Indians
menaced them constantly. burning the
dry grass around their camps and watch
ing them jealously from every hilltop.
They suffered the want of water and they
burned under the blazing western sun, but
for FIVE months they scanned the colored
cliffs and, collected hundreds of new and
wonderful fossils, the mere description
and classification Of which was almost
life's work. IA
The scientific value of this expedition
and those of many succeeding years can
not be overestimated. Professor Marsh
unearthed the remains of over one thou
sand vertebrate animals new to science,
most of which he has named and de-
scribed. Among them were the ancestral
forms of the modern horse, of the tapir
and the pig, and of the first monkeys and
bats discovered in America, showing that
this country was once the home of numer-
Gus simian tribes He also found many
rodents and small marsupials; many gil
gantic dinosaurs, terrible lizards; she
dinocerata, which were huge hoofed ami
mails as large as elephants and formidably
armed with horns; extinct sea serpents;
the enormous brontotheridae, and the
stegasaurus. The discovery of the birds
with teeth. already alluded to, and the
pterodactyis or flying dragons. the first
to be found in America, also resulted from
these explorations.
Origin of the Horse.
Perhaps the most wonderful discovery
made by Professor Marsh during these
expeditions was the series OF fossil horses.
when a student In Germany" he once
told me. 'I heard world renowned pro-
fessor of zoology gravely inform his pu-
pills that the horse was a gift from the old
world to the new and was entirely un-
known to America until introduced by
the Spaniards. After the lecture 1 asked
him whether no earlier remains of horses
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teen miles inland from the present
coast line.
Monterey County has furnished many
strange bones of past life to the prying
scientist, but nothing more curious than
this has come out Of her hills Scientists
agree that it is the most important find
Of It's kind in recent years. The James
burg region, in which these fossil remains
were discovered, contains an area about
sixty miles square which has proved ex
ceedingly rich in relics of ancient man
and other animals.
Specimens found in the Santa Lucia
Mountains, six miles south Of Salinas, re-
mains OF extinct animals and peculiar
rock formations are also very valuable,
being second only to those coming from
the Jamesbur8 country.
A noteworthy fact regarding these fos-
gils is that the petrifactions Of land ami
mails are nearly all found at a much lower
altitude than those of marine animals, the
remains Of a mastodon have come from
the Santa Lucia Mountains some 300 feet
above sea level, while a whales head fos-
sil, huge petrified oysters, fish fins. barna-
cles and other forms of sea life were
found embedded in a ridge of sandstone
at least 2500 feet above the sea and a dis
tance Of eighteen miles inland. Scientists
would, doubtless, be able to explain this
phenomenon as natural consequence of
the change Of conditions in accordance
with the transition from one geological
period to another
The whales head was found on the
Finch ranch, near Jamesburg. and not
far from Tassajara Springs. It is the
almost perfect specimen of portion Of
whales head from where It joins the YER
tebral column to about midway the length
OF the jaw, with the eye socket and part
OF the ball plainly discernible. The petri-
faction is Of the right side Of the head.
measures 30 inches in length. 1S inches
in width and u inches in thickness. and
weighs $50 pounds. It was discovered two
weeks ago by a resident of the James
burg region, John Clenford, and was so
tightly embedded in the sandstone forna-
tion of the ridge OF the mountain that its
contour was disfgured slightly In re-
moving It. Had Clenford made use Of the
proper tools with which 10 disinter the
relic IT is probable that this misfortune
might have been obviated. The pieces
broken from it have all been preserved and
can readily be fitted to their old places
The point Of the ridge from which the fos-
sil was taken is one of the highest of the
surrounding mountains. and although its
exact altitude was impossible of ascer-
tainment, 1t is thought by comparison
with surrounding points the altitude of
which is known that 1t is not less than
300 feet above the sea. Clenford, the
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finder of this valuable specimen, is a ge-
ologist by nature and spends nearly the
whole of his time poking about among
rocks and digging into the earth for Gu
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FOSSIL whales head, the remains
OF oysters and other things of the
sea have Just been unearthed in
Monterey County, at a place $500
feet above the sea level and eigh-
teen miles inland from the present
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rious specimens. OF book knowledge he
knows almost nothing, and it is certainly
pity that as he has found most of the
fossils coming from the Jamesburg coun-
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PROFESSOR WHALES HEAD CAME
TO BE ON TOP OF THE RANGE
HTHHE o o the alf" "sd r ofte University y
Of IN Ne Mountain were wf 10 \
where hey HI passed uu formation Jamsdcp period 4
If
who g OF country constant being uphaveda he wrdag edephsof y
t i'm happen
tn 81 p h one t m the =
sd am b h d here sand duntnsv osldt =
hae bones
When h u o the ocean yda and naturally tn =
50 al O. g and eff n miles iIan from the y
h Monterey yCyand bones tina houandsof =
h O 4
emoa top only m h h 10 h least hundhn in geological fact" =
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STORIES OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SCIENTIST PROF. MARSH
1 5 %
Hunting With Buffalo Bill.

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GREAT GROUND SlOr4
or
NEG ATHERlUr
AHERlCANOFA.
LENGTHIe FEET.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-10-06
Millions Given Awry.

Ills certainly gratifying to the
ubic to know OF one concern in the
Id who are not afraid to be gener>
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lk proprietors ot DR.. Kings New
MEDICAL Discovery for consumption,
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D. A. SANBURN.
White Medicine Chief.


p. KING OF CURES.
I'm not representing any company but
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nVe been humbugged in the past but all
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~ home Is at 915 South 18th street, Ia
~, WASH, where my laboratory and
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Be sure to call and see the White
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Attention, Real Estate Owners !

prv. astllie TO your property clear? Have all
sso ssjysnces been properly made, executed and
(. NJ S'ae 20! Have all encumbarance which have
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In, ~ h aoNlact OF the title to your property?
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Il ri m the abstract business in this coun-
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NEW HEADQUARTE

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Tho hand boys say: IF you come
10 dance Oct. 6. given by the
Elsn,burg band you are assured
eOurteous treatment and you
\ trip the light fantastic toe to
sweetest strains Of music you
ta heard"
An immense line Of tablets and
,lool supplies just received at
|insn's Book Store.
Is the impul-
Morsels sive excla-
nation one
,,tes after testing our delicious
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-12
PICTURE FRAMES.

one reason why you can get frames
cheaper at No. / Green Lane than at any
other place in Worcester isl have no
GENT to pay. Work called for on request
Telephone s95-5.
c. Il. BUSWELLs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
CLOSING on .MALOLOS.
Corttpued from nrst page.

tanning the volunteers in service there NO oe-
mand for muster-out will hold good until 'he
formal ratification of the Peace Treaty occuis'
and when this will he done is not known Inc
French Ambassador. who is acting LOT spun
has no information on the subject. and does not
know when the treaty will be received here
There was some discussion in official circles re-
gardine the proclamation which the Philippine
Commission may issue. This action. IL Is saiu'
IS entirely discretionary with the Commission
II may issue its proclamation after General O'ls
reaches Malolos. or it may delay IT unul the
time seems more oppOrtune. II. as is eNpecteu
in some quarters. the Fnpinos abandon Maioios
as a capital and go further north the proc'a-
nation may be withheld. The proclamation u
intended to declare the purposes Of this Govern
ment in the island Of Luzon, and 1T may seem
desirable to establish fully the authority oil the
United States over the island before any SUI"
step is taken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
DENIAL. RY CONSUL WILLIAMS.
HE NEVER MADE ANY PROMISE ABOUT
FILIPINO INDEPENDENCE.

Rochester. March 90. f. Williams uhlteu
States Consul at Manila has written 10 MS
brother l. L. Williams. of this city. concerning
statements made by Agoncillo to the effect that
Consuls Williams and Wildman had PROMISED To
Aguinaldo and his friends that the United states
would grant absolute independence to the PM
ippines as soon as the islands were taken from
snajn. Consul Williams denies this explicitly
He writes:
Il never saw Agoncillo, nor made such prom
Use to any Filipino. on the contrary "heh
Aguinaldo's leaders applied to me at Hong hohs
TO be allowed to return with me to Mania. one
Of the provisions Of the conditions under winch
agreed to give them such aid as ! was able TO-
was that they were to be subject at all times
TO the naval and military authority OF the
United States. This was agreed to before l al
lowed them TO accompany me. April 20 lS9> 10
Mrs Bay. where the fleet awaited my coming.
Admiral Dewey knows all about the conditions
which ] imposed. and complimented me on my
foresight and thOughtfulness."
This agrees with the reports sent by Consul
Williams to the State Department from time to
time and made public through press dispatches
from Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
10 CALL FOR TOLCNTEERS LIKELY.
BELIEF THAT THE PROVISIONAL ARMY A'l''o"'
rZED RY CONGRESS WILL NOT
RE NEEDED.

Washington March 29-It Is said at the war De-
partnent that the subject of mastering IN SV"
volunteers as permitted by the Army ReorgarlHa-
ton bill has not been mentioned to the PRESIDENT
either by Acting Secretary Meikiejohn or AuJu-
tant-Cieneral Corbin There is no intention u
bring forward this question at present as with the
troops already ordered to Manila. and which IL VIII
take some months to transport there. General GUS
has all the forces necessary 10 accomplish what IL
desired OF him In the Philippines
II is said that the greatest demand for the organ
ization of the * 900 volunteers comes from the men
ana the friends of men who desire places as ofn-
ceps There are already many applications on me-
and not only men who served with the state troops.
but those hoq iueve served in STAFF positions ana
have been ineatered out are anxious to enter the
service again Tho authoritative announcement mas
becn made that the President will not organize this
provisional army unless It is needed. SO far there
is no demand from General Otls for NOR, tivoPs
than are now on their way to AlanlIa M Iasl
can was for three batteries OF nght arllieTy'
These were II fUnte placed under orders Tor MA
Mia and ifc o. tlfer way to San Francisco. lhey
viii sail about April l6 ., - ,.,
he organized say that they have Information from
the Philippines which indicates that a volunteer
army cannot be enlisted for SIX months, as pro,
yidod for I'm the bill from the volunteers who VIII
be mustered out when the ratlncatlohs " .L Lilt
Peace Treaty are exchanged. 1t is asserted that
these volunteers will demand transportation nome
AZ once and that there will not be enough hegu-
ars I'm the Philippines to carry ON the war WIN tc
FiIipnos Adjutant-General Cornhn says tlat ~
formation received direct from General clls Is 10
Tho effect that the volunteer troops now in the
Philippines have demonstrated against belhg sent
home while active operations are In progress zen
oral Otis said that the volunteers had periodically
declined TO take advantage OF that privilege ana
had expressed the desire 10 continue III service as
odded that they were i'm excellent health ana
spirits and were rendering most efficient service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
BAGGAGE REGULATIONS MODIFIED.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF COLLECTOR BIDwELL
APPROVED by SECRETARY GAGE.

RECOMMENDATIONS OF COLLECTOR BIDwELL
APPROVED by SECRETARY GAGE
Washington. March 29-The recent modification
of the circular order of January b. relating to the
examination Of the baggage of passengers on In
coming steamships. was based on the following
recommendations submitted by Mr.. Bdwell, Col
lector Of Customs at the port Of New-York:
First-Upon making their declaration before the
stan officers all passengers will be requested to
furnish a list OF any articles which they may have.
sae together with the cost thereof respectively
Second-Al residents of the United States Will be
requested in addition. to furnish list of any artl-
own use and not intended for sale or for any other
ThIrdNThe usual oath will be taken. and such
declarations made the basis for the examination or
the passengers baggage by the inspector on the
Fourth--If upon examination the inspector shall
ind any duaoe arfe 2 NE lrD n M proper
place. and IT, upon tho completion or the exafnna-
Sn il ha s that h the no
ak GuaRs s SSa Vii VIII not Ssp Ss caed and
the baggage will pe passed free OF duty. Otherwise
all articles found in the baggage that may be IA
6le to duty wn no viii be submitted 10 the ex
aminer for appraisenent. who Will place yalue
upon all such articles. and thereupon the declara-
ton will be submitted to the Collectors representa-
The naval officer will deduct from the total APP
nr9semen such articles as are found to be entitled
10 exemption from duty under Paragraph 6gl. and
then estimate and assess the duty TO be collected
Fifth~The fact that dutable articles are found
in a passengers baggage which do not appear upon
the declaration will not In itself be considered sui
Client to warrant seizure. and no action In that
direction will be taken unless there shall be some
prma-facie evidence OF intent 10 ueiIduu tIe rive
nues.
These recommendations have been approved by
the Secretary OF the Treasury. and have been sent
to collectors of customs for their guidance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
UOTEWENTS or WARSHIPS.

THE RALEIGH STOPS AT HORTA-THE CHICAGO
SAILS FOR NETWORK.
Washington March 29-The Raleigh, now on the
way to New-York put In at Horta. Azores. to-day
for coal. The gunboat Bennington arrived to-uay
AZ Hong Kong. where she will go into drydock.
The naval training ship Essex, on cruise in west
Indian waters arrived yesterday at Kingston.
The Chicago which il TO be Rear-Admral Howl
sor's flagship left Hampton Roads for New-fork
this afternoon, and Admiral Howison probably Will
raise his flag her on Friday. The details OF
The cruise OF the South Atlantic squadron have
not been determined. Lieutenant Whittlesey VINO
has been on duty In the Bureau of Navigation has
been selected flag secretary for Admiral Howl
sons South Atlantic squadron. Lieutenant Whit
tlescv was the cipher expert or the Department,
and I'm the war rendered valuable service In re-
caiving and translating dispatches. He was on
duty almost constantly night and day throughout
the period Of active operations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
MEETING OF THE CABINET.
IMPORTANT TOPICS DISCUSSED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS ADVISERS
FORTHCOMING CHANGE IN CIVIL orn'
R1,tEs-pEIEGATEs TO THE CARS
,ANEt>pENCE

FORTHCOMING CHANGE IN CIVIL BEN
p,,tEs-pELEGATEs TO THE CARS
PEACE CONFERENCE.
r.,,,n,or March 20.-At the Cabinet meet
,. ,o-dov which lasted from II until O'clock
80, ,r,rortant subjects were discussed, IN
ending n number of questions which have arisen
...,.,,. a. pros,dont was in the South The adj
r,iris,ration of affairs in Cuba came up ana 1t
was practically decided to simpiliy h'a''e
consolidating some of the administrative ue
partmcnts but just what changes VIII o'
has not yet been determined.
The question OF amending the CIVIL Ser''''
ruIes and regulations in certain MINOR par
,, ,,.os under consideration, and the Presl-
don't said that he desired to dispose Of the mat
an o,rI,, day. Almost the last thing he
did before going South was to return 10 the
,r ., tho Cabinet their recommendations
90 ,ha subiect with request that they again
= ,. ,heu with a view to making any
,o,,as which might suggest themselves IN Als
ohserca To-day the President asked that thelr
conclusions bc furnished as soon as possible ana
:, e believed that It is his purpose to issue MS
order within \ few days 1t was again demon
s,rated at to-day's meeting OF the Cabinet that
while strongly uphol1ing the principles OF the
Civil Service law there IS disposition Oh tne
mart Of several members to crlticise lug present
administration.
The subject Of the appointment OF delegates 10
ronresent the United States at the forthcoming
Pence conference called by the Car or RUSSIA
WAS brought up by the President. IL Is uhuer
stood that three Ambassadors of the Ohlteu
States at European courts will be Named TO-
pethor with two or three citizens not III the
Diplomatic service. The personnel or the oeie-
CATION has not yet been definitely decided.
The new Nicaragua Canal Commission LOT
which provision was made in the last River ana
Harbor bill also was discussed. and 1t Is prop
ahIa that the members will be named soon.
Postmaster-Ceneral Smith, who mas just re-
turned from Cuba, told of his observations
there and II was on his suggestion that severai
of the Cuban administrative departments VIII De
consolidated. ,. T.,
Some attention was paid to the campaign IN
the Philippines and the Administration Is CON
fdent Of the capture Of Malolos. the lnsurgeh'
capital in a few days.
The arrival here of delegates from the CUBAN
Assembly was mentioned. and the discussion
brought out a reiteraton OF the conclusion 10
nav no attention to their demands. 1t is felt
that the delegates represent disturbing ele-
ment and that under no circumstances should
they be formally received by this Government