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of the latter is obtained from the rib
measurements, which show that it's
vertical diameter was at least twelve
feet. 1t was big enough to contain two
men, one standing on the others
shoulder. with arms extended
This new specimen surpasses in
Importance and interest the first big
Dinosaur found by Professor Marsh,
in 1870, in the same state. Since then
the principal fossil area of our con-
tinent has been located in the great
Rocky Mountain basin. Systematic
search by many scientific institutions
has brought to view numbers of
strange monsters new to science and
to the eye of man. The American
Museum has for several years past
had a staff of trained investigators in
the field hunting for specimens. An
other notable recent find was that of
the little three-toed horse, the ances-
tor of the modern animal The mighty
Brontosaurus, however, eclipses all
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JACK RABBITS IN NEBRASKA,
They Have Become IntoIerable
Nuisance-Destroy Crops

They Have Become an IntoIerable
Nuisance-Destroy Crops.
Experts connected with the entomo-
logical department of the Nebraska
university are giving much thought to
the discovery OF means of eXterminat-
ing the jack rabbit. which has become
an intolerabie nuisance. He is an in
teresting specimen of the useless
among animals, and can be explained
only on the ground advanced by the
German father in reply to the in
quiry of his son as to what the kan
CARGO was good for: We'll, my boy,
the Australians must have something
to laugh at"
Nebraska has two varieties, the black
tail and the silver tail, but while dis
tinct varieties there is no appreciate
difference in their size, habits or food
preferences. The females of the spe-
cies are surprisingly prolific.
Nature doubtless has some use for
jack rabbits, but did not want too
many of them. So their natural enemy
was provided in the coyote. who kept
them within bounds. But the coyote is
a disagreeable neighbor and the Ne
braska authorities offered a bounty for
coyote scalps which resulted in their
practical determination.
This was the jack rabbits opportun-
fty, says the Now York Times. He
put his house in order and proceeded
to devote his best energies to the rails
ing of children, in which he has been
remarkably successful. But the Ne
braska farmers are not much better
satisfied with them than with the coy
otes.
They argue that while farming may
be healthful and agreeable occupa-
ton, it is not wholly satisfactory from
the economic point of view if the farm
er's principal business in life is to raise
food for the jack rabbits. who appro-
pirate it without compensation. The
result of his dissatisfaction will I'M
doubtedly be that the jack rabbit will
sooner or later be decimated and, per-
hapS, eXterminated
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A skeleton of the Brontosaurus, the
largest animal that ever lived, has
been obtained by the American Mu
scum of Natural History of New York.
The skeleton is ages old, 100000
years, according to some biologists,
for the Brontosaurus lived in the Gre
taceus period, when reptiles ruled the
earth, long before man and mammals
made their appearance or the earth as
stunned it's present external form.
The Brontosaurus was gigantic
lizard seventy feet long. His name is
formed from two Greek words mean
ing thunder lizard" This name has
been given because some scientists be-
aieve that the animal made a noise like
thunder when he walked-not an IN
reasonable supposition.
1t is gratifying to know that the
Brontosaurus is an American. He and
his friends lived in and about a great
tropical lake where Wyoming and ad-
jacent states now are. Thus the Am
erican reputation for big things goes
on growing.
Extraordinary interest is attached to
this find from the fact that it is the
largest and most nearly complete
skeleton so far found Of this creature.
Heretofore only fragmentary parts
have been brought to light. There
fore it is considered one of the most
valuable ntributions to the knowl-
edge of the primeval world that is in
existence.
The following are the actual
measurements of this monster. which
have been worked out by the discov-
erers from the size and length of the
bones. In life the animal stood twenty
feet high, which is twice the height of
,an elephant; the length of his body
was seventy feet. and he weighed
thirty tons. The ribs are six feet long
and one-half foot wide, and when he
rose on his hind legs he was up in the
air distance equal to the fourth story
of the average big apartment house.
The immense hip bones of the Bronto-
saurus reaches nearly up to the neck
of a man. while his footprints would
have covered a yard square.
One of the pulling features to sci
,entists about the animal is his extra
ordinarily small head, containing lat
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forth the skeleton from its rocky
tomb.
The great lake basin slowly filled up
with sediment, but remained lake SO
long that the deposits formed in it
during the Eocene period reached a
vertical thickness of more than mile.
At present the basin, changed to
rock, is six to eight thousand feet
above ocean level.
The brontosauruS was a slowly NOV
ing reptile, as is indicated by the very
small head and brain, and was wholly
without armor, having no offensive
weapons of any kind. His legs were
eight to ten feet in length and were
strong and massive. He had long
and powerful tail, and while he was
an aquatic monster, it is certain that
on land at times he assumed an erect
position. The physical conditions
were about the same as exist today in
tropical America. A moist and warm
climate was the kind that suited the
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intending purchasers will be carefully
looked into by the mana cement APP
plicants for admission as exhibits into
the Temple of Beauty will have to
come up to high standard, which
will be fixed by the most competent
judges of beautiful women in the
French capital. The beauty shows and
"megatherium congress of female
loneliness" which used to be so porSI-
lar in the Bowery dime museums, will
be only as pale and twinkling stars
compared with this great French
scheme. when it once gets in working
condition. 1t will be truly cosmo-
politan institution. no applicant being
barred on account of race, color or
previous condition of servitudc New
York Press.
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The war cloud which now hovers
over the two South American republics
Chile and Argentina, has arisen out of
the dispute over the boundary line be-
tween these countries, shown on the
accompanying map, in the range of
mountains running north and south.
Should war eventuate the two repub-
lies will find themselves very evenly
matched. Neither has the advantage
of the other in the matter of coast ex
posure and coast defense. Argentina,
of course, is much larger country in
area and has a population approx
mately of 1900, 600, while Chile has a
population of about 5000 900. The area
of Chile is go 29 square miles, while
that of Argentina, including it's terri
tories, is 1,113,s49 square miles. The
army Of Argentina on a peace footing,
numbers 81 SIS officers and men; that
of Chile 1880 officers and men. The
Argentine navy consists of four coast
defense armor-clads, five arm ored cruis-
ers. three second-class cruisers of high
speed and seven smaller cruisers of
modern construction, together with
four destroyers and twenty-five tor
pedo boats. The Chilean feet consists
or five armor-cladS, two second-claSs
and two third-class cruisers, eleven
gun vessels and gunboats, four destroy
ers of new make and thirty knot speed,
and nineteen torpedo boats. OF the two
navies by far the best boat is the
cruiser OHiggins, built at Eiswick for
Chile in 1896 and a fine vessel in all
respects. She has displacement of
$500 tons and carries four eight-inch
guns. With these forces, based on
peace, the two republics have good nu-
clei for development of powerful ar
mics and navies in case of war
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-01-23
ambulance In Lamp Post.

An ambulance in a lamp post is the
latest street novelty which has been
introduced in Paris. They call it over
there a ''frst-aid lighthouse" 1t con-
sists of an ornamental bronze pillar,
about fifteen feet high. with a round.
overhanging top resembling the Ian
tern of a lighthouse. in which are
clock and place for transparent pic
torial advertisements, revolved by
clockwork and lighted from within by
gas. In the base of the pillar is a let
ter box, and in the shaft is folding
stretcher with printed directions for
affording first aid to the injured. In
case of a street accident, says the New
York Press, the ST her can be i'm
mediately obtained by breaking a
small glass window just above the let
ter box, taking out key which hangs
there and unlocking the receptacle.
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sists of a daily massage lasting for
thirty minutes and consisting OF
thorough kneading of the little. fell
lows muscles, the child being stripped
and laid upon blanket during the OPP
Grafton. Cold baths and as few clothes
as possible are part of the treatment,
but the massage is tee fundamental
principle The child's condition is
proof positive of the systems merit.
Though only a year old he is phe-
nomenally strong and his muscular
development is unusual. Similar re-
suits are reported wherever massage
upon the growing little human mas
been tried. The chief glory OF the
system is that it develops no one part
nor portion of the body, but contrib
utes to the excellence of all. Not any
one set of muscles, but the general
health is benefited thereby. The theory
is that no child so messaged Will ever
become bald or lose a tooth.-NeW
York Evening Sun.
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Army Telegraph Operators.

In the British army the telegraph OPP
orators belong to the engineers, who
for the purposes of administration and
promotion form a single corps, consist
ing of forty companies, three troops
and a large establishment of officers
not attached to any companies, but en-
ployed in experimenting works and
buildings and in other professional and
scientific duties. The three engineer
troops are the field equipment troop,
the telegraph troop and the pontoon
troop. A telegraph troop consists Of
six officers, 245 non-commissioned OIL
GERS and men. with "a carriages, 40 rid
ing ana ia Qraughl horses. Twelve of
the wagons are fitted as wire wagons,
and carry &c y three miles of insulated
wire, etc. Four wagons ere fitted as
offices with recording instruments. The
troop is so arranged that il can be
broken into three sections, each COM
plete in itself. A certain proportion of
the men are trained to act as signalers
and all the material for visual signal
ing is carried with the troop. This
material contests OF flags for use by
day. rockets and iime-li ghts for flash
signals by night, etc. The pay of a
private in the engineers is Is 1ad per
day; of a corporal. IS Cd; of a sergeant.
IS Sd; of a lieutenant, los 10d; of a
captain, It's 7d.-Montreal Herald and
Star
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The Introducing Habit.

1t is extremely difficult for d good
natured man to escape promiscuous
introducpions. He might not hesitate
to offend the introducer. but certainly
could not do so before that unfortunate
gentlCman's friends. out of regard for
them. Capsic enters a public resort
alone, and would Ike to remain alone.
but Trapslc, a distant acquaintance.
indeed, standing with three friends.
calls out to Capsic, How do. Cap?
Come here: l want to introduce you to
some friends OF mine" Could Capsic
turn tail and fee? While resenting
Trapsics familiarity. he feels that the
gentlemaniike thing to do is to meet
the strangers. Cap, shake hands with
my friend Shay. my friend Squay. and
my friend shay That is now the
usual and approval formula. All good
fellows. right down to the ground, but
Trapsic is presuminS. Why should he
not first have excused himself to his
friends and gone quietly to Capsic to
learn. sub rosa. if the latter cared at
that time to make the acq caintance of
Shay. Squay and Skay? Never. Trap
sic is possessed of an insane desire to
introduce folk, and nothing short of
kick in the neck or a poke in the solar
plexus will restore him to sanity
New York Press.
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Sharks Are ALWAYS Cowards.

Although sharks are esteemed the
greatest terrors of the ocean they are
in reality the greatest towards of
the finny tribe. The fiercest shark will
get out of the way of swimmer if
the latter ssts up a noisy s2lashing. A
shark fears anything that sp!ashes in
the water. Among the South Sea Is
lands the natives never go bathing
alone. but always in parties of half
dozen or so in order that they may
make a great hubbub in the water and
thus brighten away the sharks. Once
in while a too venturesome swim
mer among these natives foolishly de-
tacheS himself from his party and for
gets to keep up his splashing. Then
there is a swish, the man-eater comes
up from undev him like a flash and
he is gone.
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to do so in a few days. This offer
was satisfactory and was accepted, as
the man was known as good \
few days later, while walking up town
for the purpose, he met one of them
and handed him the money, passing on
and meeting the other a few blocks
away. He informed this one that he
had just paid the other, and the gam
bier left in search Of his associate to
obtain his division of the money,
which he happened to be badly in
need of just at the moment. Finding
his associate, he was astonished by a
stout denial on the mans part that
there had been a settlement Doubt
ing his associates statement. the
gambler proceeded to do" him be-
fore he would do himself He pro-
cured a bottle of whisky tiuctu, ed
with Knockout drops. and induced
his acquaintance to ACCOMPANY him 10
rs room in a well known sporting
hotel on the plea of licensing q
proposition with him. As soon rs the
drugged whisky had done its work
he searched his inse9siD companion
and found the sum paid him serreted
in an inside vest pocket. The gam
bier then hid the money undar the car
pet. seated himself in a chair near by,
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s.., .Clustersd@-eboute1t the early life Of
President Mckinley are the Tecollec-
lions of the hard and at times trying
fife Of his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam McKinleN.S r.s who were coined in
marriage in the city of New Lisbon
<now Lisbon). Columbia county Ohio.
President McKinley's mother was
Nancy Allison before her marriage to
William Mckinley, Sr. Her father was
a Woodworking farmer of good repu-
tation, who moved to Center township,
Columbiana county, from Greene coun-
sty. Pennsylvania. Mr.. McKinley's
father and mother were schoolmates
under the tutorship of David McKin-
ley, the grandfather of the president
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method of procuring oxygen has
been patented in Great Britain by M
G. F. Jaubert of Paris. A substance
is prepared by mixing chloride of lime
with sodium dioXide or other alkaline
peroxide Compressed pellets, which
can be used for obtaining supply of
oxygen in the same way that calcium
carbine is used for making acetylene
namely, by immersion in water
are prepared in the following manner
Two hundred kilogrammes Of chloride
OF lime. which titrates 35.5 per cent
of active chlorine. well dried
Gfor example, by standing over
concentrated sulphuric acid} is
mixed with seventy-eight kilo-
grammes of sodium dioxfde in pow
der, and the yellowish white powder
thus obtained is made into cakes by
strong pressure. The compressed ma
terill thus obtained is. ii is stated. as
hard and shiny as crockery, and when
placed in water decomposes with
regularity. oxygen gas being evolved.
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Colossus in Sculpture.

The modelling and carving of an i'm
mense frieze on the Stanford Univer
sity memorial arch, in California
marks the completion of a colossal
undertaking il sculpture. The arct
il over 100 feet high and is built o
San Jose limestone; running arounc
it at height of eighty feet is til,
frieze, illustrating American civiliza.
ton. The total length of the frieze or
the four sides of the structure is %:
feet; its height is twelve feet. It con
tains $50 heroic figures in high relief
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David McKinleys school was conduct
ed in Lisbon, whittier Allison McKin-
ley's maternal grandfather had moved
with his family. Immediately after
their marriage William Mckinley. ST.,
and his bride moved to the old stone
house shown in the accompanying il
Illustration.
Great deposits of kidney ore were
found along the middle fork of Little
Beaver Creek, which runs through
Lisbon, and the entire length of Co
lumbiana county into the Ohio river.
Here was a great chance. so McKin-
ley's father thought, to start pro-
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ftable. iron furnace for the converting
OF the iron kidney ore into pig iron,
to be sold in those days at high prices
to the iron manufacturers. who at that
time were importing large quantities
from Europe.
The marriage of Nancy Allison and
William Mckinley took place in the
house where Gen. Vallandingham af-
terward resided, on the main street in
Lisbon, where the Rev. A. G. Richard
son then lived. The home to which
President -McKinley's father took his
bride is now a Landmark in south
eastern Ohio, but then it was a COM
paratively new house, having been
erected about the year 1900 by an east
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THE GAMBLERS'S REVENGE.

He Gets More Than Even with n Dis
honest Fellow sport
The sporting men are whispering a
story of tragic interest which occurred
recently Ito use the eXpression) lin
their midst says the New York Trib-
une. Two associates engaged man
at cards and won some $1,000 from
him. He would not pay, but promised
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NIaSaare for Infnnfs

The new theory for massage-as an
aid to development rather than res
toration of damaged beauty-is gaining
converts everywhere. 1t is now some
time since a well-known physician be-
gan experimenting with massage upon
his Infant son. The treatment con
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brontosaurus. 1t appears that he fire.
quently took to the land in search OF
food, but water life afforded this
comparatively helpless creature the
greatest protection from TIE othe,
large f1esh-eating animals who LIVED
on land at the same time
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and began reading the. daily paper.
When the victim recovered an dis
covered his loss he promptly charged
the other with the robbery, admitting
the payment to account for his having
the money. Thereupon tie other drew
revolver and compelled his associate
TO lead the way down stairs to the
barroom, where there was the usual
number of sports gathered at the
counter. In a few. not very choice,
but very forcible words he denounced
the offender to La acluaintances, and
then ordered him away, vowing that
If he found him in the city after
twenty-four hours he would shoot
him down like a cur. AS he had a rec
ord for keeping his word, the OF q. de-
cided not to test him, and lef' the
city for parts unknown, and his sraro
Of the money has been or will be paii
out by the possessor for the support
of the antiQuated and unfortunate OF
their number
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ern man who made an unsuccessful at
tempt to smelt iron from the ore Back
of the house, and between it and the
long. low hills runs the middle fork
Of the Beaver river, and alongside the
river are the remains of the old sandy
and beaver canal. 1t was believed by
the Inhabitants of that place that the
canal was going to revolutionize the
trade of the country, which was then
considered on the border Of the civili-
Zation of the east. But the canal.
owing to the soil, would rot hold wa
ter, and after the bottom of the
first boat was dragged out in a trip
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If a great many of our so-calleU
demons in human form got throe
square meals a day there would be
room to spare in our prisons.
Every act has cause and is \
cause.
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FUTURE OF MOROCCO.
Robbery and Piliage Common-Country
in Decaying Condition.

in Decaying Condition.
1t is impossible to write on the sub
ject of Morocco without some mention
OF its future. There is no need to en-
ter into specUlation-and it is all spec
ulation-as to what that future may be
1t need only be pointed out that. in
the interests of all the powers of Eu-
rope, 1t is necessary to maintain the
status quo.
The internal condition of the coun-
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Yachtman Bars Early Life.

Captain Charles Barr. the yac.ts-
man, began life as a grocer's clerk, but
he soon discovered that navigation was
his calling and began to study to fit
himself for a seamans life
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PREHISTORIC MONSTER !
THAT WAS AMERICAN

ns
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sive layers of sediment thoroughly
protected the monster for these mil
lions of years, until erosion and the
pick of the scientist have brought
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-21
DEATH OF OF MR.. sAYRE.
he Had Been Lifelong Citizen O
This County.

The funeral of Mr. Milton Hargrove
Sayre. who died early Wednesday morn
ing, will take place at 4:30 o'clock this
afternoon from the Episcopal Church OF
the Holy Comforter, and Rev. Stewart
Mcqueen will oficiate.
Mr. Sayre died at the residence OF his
brother, Mr.. A. s. Sayre, 36 Amanda
Street after an illness of several weeks
He was born in Montgomery January 2
1872, and had resided all of his life in
this County. In April, 1861, he and his
brothers enlisted in the 3rd Alabama Reg
iment, commanded by Colonel Tennent
Lomax, and went to Pensacola, Fla. He
served in the Army of Northern Virginia
and surrendered with General Lee at APP
pomattox. doing a soldiers full duty In
making the record of his regiment
After the war Mr. Sayre became freight
agent for the Mobile and Montgomery
division of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad in which capacity he served sew
eral years. Subsequently he became a
successful planter in this County. He
was unmarried
Two brothers and a sister survive Mr.
Sayre. They are Messrs A. s. SSayre and
W. d. Sayre and Mrs. Edward Ran
dolph.
The pallbearers who will serve at the
funeral today are w r Robertson. Hen
ry Long. William Kn"I. -. =. R''''- T'.1
Hall, DR.. Showers. Halls Taylor and Cap
tain George Clisby.