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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30
GREATEST KNOWN
FLYING CREATURE


Washington. Nov. 2s.-The scientists
OF the Smithsonian Institution have
mace an interesting study OF what is
believed to have been the largest fly
ing creature that ever flourished on this
planet-the "Pterodactyl Ornithostro-
MAJ an enormous flying lizard whose
wings had a spread of twenty feet from
tip to tip and whose habitat, ages
upon ages ago. embraced the shores
of the great inland sea that then ex-
tended from the Gulf of Mexico up
through the Mississippi valley to the
plains of Kansas.
Prof. F. A. Lucas of the United
States National Museum describes this
remarkable creature in a paper includ-
ed in the latest report of the Smith
sonian Institution, which is issued this
month for general free distribution
through congressman. Incidentally he
compares the Pterodactyl with the fly
Ing power of our better-known modern
birds, and Mr.. S. p. Langley, secre-
tary of the institution, compares 1t
with the novel flying machine by means
of which he has been able to prove
mans ability to construct a mechanism
that will carry about the same weight
as the Pterodactyl for a flight of three
quarters of a mile.
The Pterodactyl, as the remains
which Prof. Lucas has examined prove,
depended almost altogether on his
wings; his legs were so small that they
could hardly have been of any service
except in spreading the wing MEM
branes. These wings, as has been
shown by the impression left by them
in the fine-grained photographic stone
of the period in which the owner lived,
flew, and had his being. were not
feathered like the wings of a bird but
were great stretches of membrane
something like the wings of bat. The
body, being that of a lizard, was with
out hair or feathers, and possibly was
covered with small scales. The bones,
again, were proportionately smaller
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30

No one animal, Prof. Lucas tells us
has ever combined all the best feat
ures of weight, power, and wing area
needed to make perfect flying mech
anism. Those with the greatest ex-
panse Of wing, for example, are by no
means the heaviest and strongest. The
most powerful birds are not those that
can fly longest. Those which are able
to fly the longest distances, such, for
example, as the frigate bird, have little
carrying capacity and comparatively
little muscular power. ma king their
long flights quite as much by skill In
sailing as by the strength of their wing
muscles. The bird of prey, on the 9TH
er hand, although 1t can carry fish
or other quarry of nearly its own
number of pounds and ounces, works
hard to do 1t, as you may see by wa tch-
ing the la bored strokes Of it's pinions as
IL climbs upwards. The buzzard is like
a racing yacht with small hull and
great spread of canvas; the humu1ing
bird, on the other hand, is a torpedo
boat mainly engine.
Among modern flying animals that
suggest comparison with the PterOdac-
tyl the largest are the alba tross, with
wings 10 feet and more in stretch, the
condor, with a stretch of wing Of about
10 feet, and the turkey buEzard, whose
wings extend about feet. The wings
of the condor and buzzard. however,
are not so narrow in proportion to their
length and are used in soaring. The
Pterodactyl like the modern albatross,
which takes a longer sustained flight
than any other bird now in existence,
probably never went high in the air,
but the position in which its bones
nave been shown indicate that 1t went
far out to sea in search of such I'M
lucky fishes as might be swimming
within half a dozen feet of the sur
face. And the albatross is credited
with a greater stretch of wing than
any other creature now living The
same claim, based upon a statement
that 1t sometimes attains a spread Of
10 feet, has been made for the condor
but this statement. Prof. Lucas points
out, has never been satsfac torily prov
en- by actual measurement. The trum-
peter swan comes nearest the Ptero-
dactyl in weight, attaining some %
pounds, which 1t carries, however. not
by sailing near the surface like the
Pterodactyl or the albatross but by
strenuous exertion of it's powerful
muscles.
The largest modern flying proposition
IS the one made to order by Mr.. Lang
ley hlmself-the so-caled aerodrome,
Contineud on Page Eight.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30


into the Tall Game on account of their
Money. In the States the general Run
of People worship the Almighty Dollar,
but in England they hate the Sight of
it.
In spite of the Fact that they were
sinfully Rich they succeeded in Elbow
ing their way into several Dinners at
which it was necessary to put Ice in
the Claret in order to keep it at the
Temperature of the Room. The Finan-
cier, in his First Part Clothes with an
IceCream Weskit, was Picture that
no Artist could paint. His Hair would
not stay combed and he hardly ever
knew what to do with his Hands.
Laura and the Girls could forget
that they had ever seen the Missouri
river but not so with old Ready Money.
Right at the Table, sitting opposite the
Earl of Hammersmith or the Marquis
of Stoke-on-T Trent, while Laura and
the Girls would be talking about their
Country Place and trying to smother
the American Accent, the Lobsterine
would come in and tell about some
thing that happened to him once when
he was blowing Corn. Then Laura,
and the Girls would want to duck
right under the Table and die of Nor
tification then and there.
The only Reason they put up with
him was that he seemed to be useful
when it came to signing Checks.
In England they met a great many
Nice People. The Financier knew that
they were Nice because they wore
Dark Clothes and seldom Smiled
Then the two shapely Daughters
went and married a couple of shelf
worn Titles.
The Financier had the Novel Ex-
perience of putting up for Brace Of
Sons-in-Law who would not speak to
him when any one was around. Which
served him right, for he had no Bush
ness to be in Trade. 1t was very care
less of him not to have inherited his
Stuff.
Still, it was a great Satisfaction to
him to be Blood Relative of two
Howling Swells who had Pedigrees
reaching back almost as far as their
Debts.
Very often he would take them into
Back Room and turn them around
and look them over and recognize the
cold, undeniable Fact that they were
cheap at any Price.
MORAL: Bunker Hill has been
Avenged, over and over.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30

smelling of Gasoline. in addition to
which they lacked Repose. If they had
stopped to cultivate Repose. most of
them would have landed in the Villa
set aside for Paupers.
When Laura and the Girls first ad-
vocated pulling up Stakes and doing a
tall Hike to the East. the Producer
emitted Roar that would have fright
ened any one except Laura and the
Girls. They closed in on him from
three Directions and beat down his
Defense. When they got through with
the living Meal Ticket he was as peek
as an English Servant and ready to
take orders from any one.
So the Caravansary moved away to-
ward the Rising Sun. At Wilkesbarre.
Pennsylvania, the Heavens opened and
a Great Light struck down upon them,
Transforming all except the one who
happened to carry the Letter of Credit.
Laura and the Girls suddenly forgot
that there was any Land west of
Pittsburg and they dropped their BIS
and got the Kangaroo Walk and began
to order their Food in Foreign Ian
guages. After that all that Father had
to do was follow along and look Pleas
ant and dig every few Minutes.
The Outfit stopped at the Waldorf
three days so as to obtain Residence
and after that they Registered as be-
ing from New York. Then they threw
Papa on Boat and took him to the
Other Side, the Place where Americans
are so Popular, if you don't care what
you say. By paying off the Mortgage
they obtained a Suite at Hotel pat
ronized by the Nobility and Gentry and
supported by People from Iowa. After
which they began to present Letters
of Introduction and try to butt in. Lau-
ra and the Girls felt that if only they
could eat Meal once or twice in the
gloomy Presence of those who had
Handles to their Names, they would
be ready to fall back and die Happy.
They had some Trouble about getting
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30

hundreds of big black ants. He has
been near deaths door with the fevers
of the tropics and tropical swamps
FL. has been robbed and deserted by
his guides and left alone to starve in
wsll nigh impenetrable Andean noun
tain forests. He has had to eight muir
derous guides for bis very life. RE has
lei Colombian troops in victorious bat
tic. He has been prisoner Of = ar of
the rebels. And when last heard from
in July of this year he was in hiding
in a small and obscure mountain viii
lage some twenty miles from Bogota.
lie was waiting patiently-and, in the
meantime, hunting orchids-for an OPP
portunity to escape to the coast. 400
miles away, with hundreds OF
rare plants that he has been guarding
with his life. and that he will not en-
trust 10 the guides who have shipped
for him numerous crates OF other val
liable specimens Of the cattleya mem
deili on RATS on the Magdalena river
for the Wilson con 7oryatories IN Phil
adelphla.
Pressed Into the Colombian Army.
Darrault is in hiding, for be hesl-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30
FOUR YEARS A PRISONER
IN ORCHID LAND
Asa Result of His Quest for the Rare Plants George Bar.
rauIt Has Two Armies Watching for Him,
Copyright, 1902 by Guy T. Viskniski.

When Sanders, the famous orchid
collector of London, was leaving Phil
adelphia the other day, he said to a
friend
Il came over here expressly to see
What l have always heard was the
nnest private orchid collection in
america. In the week that I have
oeen here / have seen not only the
inest collection OF its kind in the
world, but have heard a wonderful
story as we'll"
The hero of the story that Mrs.
George 3. Wilson, the owner If the
$1,000 orchids, told Sanders, is
Ffenchnan, small of stature and light
OF weight. His name Is Barrault-
George Barrault. and for four years
row he has been daring death I'm all
efls OF form IN his fervor TO secure
.''e South American orchids FOR his
nnloyer.
h.s eager quest for q wonderful
white orchid described 90 him BY
Colombian indian guide. be has iall-
IN over the edge ~ d pre- 'rice 20 o
.,ri % depth. lie has been a. acked.
'i hifhted, and an but eaten up ~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30

and lighter than a birds, the strength
OF the framework being obtained by
bracing the shoulder blades against
the back bone. so that the thirty-pound
body Of the Pterodactyl was literally
slung on pivot between its two far
reaching pinions.
This lightness as compared with size
must have given its appearance, seen at
distance, much OF the cheerful gaiety
OF the ordinary summer butterfly. This
brother to dragons" was no butterfly,
however, on close acquaintance. It's face
was its main feature, for it's head chiefly
a dagger-like beak about four feet
long, was so disproportionately large
that the body was only just big enough
to balance ii. This formidable beak
was probably covered with thin hard
skin like the epidermis of a crocodile
superstition based on the fact that
none OF the lizard family, to which the
great flying fisherman so evidently be-
longed, shows any evidence of the hor-
NY, bird-like bill that might otherwise
have been expected. In the lower part
of this beak Is the suggestion of for
mer pouch like that in which the cor
nlorant carries fish.
Like other animals with long mar
row wings" sayssProf. Lucas, 'Orni-
thostroma' doubtless sailed somewhat
after the. manner of the albatross. This
Is inferred not only from the size and
shape of the wing. but from the COM
paratively small size of the breast bone,
to which were attached the. muscles
used in flight. Birds which fly by
strokes of their pinions have the breast
bone deeply keeled to furnish room
for the attachment Of the wing mus
cles, and the size OF this keel is in d.
rect relation to the rapidity of the
wing strokes, reaching its maximum in
the humming birds in which the
wings are vibrated so rapidly as to be
invisible. Birds which sail have the
breast muscles much reduced, and the
extreme of reduction is found in the
frigate bird, which, with a spread of
wing six feet four inches, has a muse
ular area of only $50 square inches"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30
MODERN FABLES.
BY GEORGE AIDE.
The Modern Fable of the Effort to Convert the Work
Horse Into High-Stepper.
Copyright 1902 by Howe Russell
Copyright, 1902. by Robert Howard Russell
BY GEORGE AIDE.

once there was a plain. unvarnished
yank who made his Pile in a Scrub
Town situated midway between the
oats Belt and the Tall Timber. He was
q large and sandy Mortal with a steel
trap jaw and a cold glittering Eye
He made his first Stack a Dollar at a
Time on straight Deals, but after
awhile he learned a few Things. He
organized Stock Companies and then
crawled out after hooking up with the
Velvet. Every one called him Mister
and treated him with Politeness, but,
Just the same, when he walked into an
Office Building they all wondered what
he had come after and there was more
or less locking of Safes. 1t is only
fair to remark, on the Side, that he
wouldn't take anything which was Sc
curely spiked down and the Grand
Jury never bothered him, because he
worked under a Contract.
The Financier was the high Center
Pole of Bank and a Department Store
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30
Experiment

that men and animals can absorb and
vegetables and grains. So it still furth-
er requires the intelligence and skill OF
man to cook and prepare the veget a bles
and cereals to make them diges tible
and fit.
The greater the In preparation and
intelligence andthe laws efe Of a disess
skill displayed tion of food are
followed the more
perfect the result. We have the true
scientific facts for the basis and the
practical every day results with feeding
millions of people for our proof and the
statement stands on the solid rock Of
fact-ONE POUND OF RAPE-NUTS
WILL SUPPLY MORE NOURISH-
MENT THAT THE SYSTEM WILL
ABSORB than 10 pounds Of meat
wheat, oats or bread.
We are at home every day, come and
see us. II you are Scientist (?) from
Maine bring your wallet
The London 1.-The basis of no.
Lancet, one of menciature OF this
the greatest aration Is evil
medical author n nsaaas an American
tiles In the Grape Nuts is de-
world has to rived solely from
say: naratnrv me ne ,cas.
undoubtedly converts the food constit-
uents into a much more digestble con-
dition than In the raw cereal This
Is evident from the remarkable SOLUBLE
ity Of the preparation, no less than one
half Of 1t being soluble in cold water.
The soluble portion contains chiefly
dextrin and no starch. In appearance
'Grape-Nuts' resemble fried bread
crumbs. The grains are brown and
crisp, with pleasant taste not unlike
slightly burnt malt. According to our
analysis the following is the COM posi-
ton Of Grape Nuts: moisture. 6.02 per
cent; mineral matter, 2.01 per cent:
fat, l.60 per cent. proteids, 15.OO per
cent; soluble carbohydrates, etc. 40 40
per cent; and unaitered Carbohydrates
Qnsoluble). 25.97 per cent The feat
ures worthy OF note In this analysis are
the excellent proportion Of proteld. min
eral matters and soluble carbohyd rates
per cent. The mineral ma1ter was rich
in phosphoric acid. Grape Nuts Is de-
scribed as brain and nerve food.
whatever that may mean. Our ana lysls
az any rate shows that IL Is sautri-
tive Of a high order, since II contains
the constituents OF com piefa food IA
very satisfactory and rich Da-opor-
ton ana IN an easily assusllable state
Postum Cereal Co., LID
Aattie Greek, afEeh
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30

Dream, and the Girls had attended a
Boarding School at which nearly every
one knew some one who was Promi-
nent Socially. They had done a lot of
Hard Work at the Piano and taken
side-hold on the French Language and
1t seemed to them that they were
wasting their Time in lettering on the
Outskirts of Civilization when they
might be up at Headquarters cutting
more or less of Cash. All the Young
Men in this Reub Town wore Derbies
with their Evening Clothes and came
TO Dances with their White Gloves
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30

How much food absorb. rake up,
III 49, make use of, that's
Ndiue VIII INC the question. Sup
system pose you feed
man 10 pounds Of
sugar (Which Is nearly all pure nour-
ishment)s Would his system absorb 10
pounds? He would probably be made
sick and really lose weight and strength
But suppose you prepared the sugar so
he could quickly digest and assimilate
1t and absorb into his system the nour-
fishing properties of 1t, is 1t not clear
that " pound OF such food would fur
nish him more nourishment THAT HIS
SYSTEM WOULD ABSORB than the
10 pounds, or even SO pounds Of raw
sugar?
That is exactly the case with Grape
Nuts. The elements Of wheat and bar
ley are scientifically treated in exactly
the way the human body treats them
to accomplish the first act of digestion,
that is the change of starch into Grape
Sugar.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30
Post says that
one pound of
Grape-N uts

or bread. He has a reason for the
statement. The white -four makers is
sued millions of circulars denouncing
him for the statement.
Post further says the excessive use of
white bread causes disease of the bow
els, frequently ending in peritonitis
and appendicitis.
Close under the shell of the wheat lie
the phesphates. potash and other ele-
ments absolutely demanded by the body
for it's proper feeding, particularly for
the nerve centers and the brain. Also
close under the shell lie the elements of
the diastase' required by the body to
change the starchy part of the wheat
into Grape Sugar during the process of
digestion.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30
We will place
$4,000 in any
designated banl

less cost Of experiment, TO he paid TO
them for their trouble and work II they
prove our claim untrue. II they fail.
the amount TO be paid US for our time
and labor Of demonstration.
Common earth and air contain the
raw elements necessary for mans food,
but even II a scientific state official
should tell you that. would you therefore
eat 10 pounds " earth and expect Ia
extract it's nOurishment2 IT requires
the curious and wonderful manipulation
OF the laws u the vegetable Kingdom
20 select and combine and prepare these
food elements of the soil IN such a was
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30

But the white en tpe e Lney u@ The
flour miller white flour of the
fhrous o,,f present day is al
these important posed Of starch,
elements and the elements
that win help d.
gest that starch are left out; therefore
when much starch, even in the shape
of white bread. If put into the stomach
1t passes into the intestinal tract where
instead of being digested 1t ferments
and causes trouble.
twas toremedy was invented, for
this trouble that same methods that
Grape-Nuts Nature uses to d.
gest the starch are
used in the manufacture of Grape-Nuts,
so that the famous food goes into the
body in the form of Grape Sugar--that
is, the starch has been changed and
the first act of digestion has taken
place.
The result is that the human body Is
furnished with valuable food elements
in the most perfect form.
Now comes aIongto question Posts
81 rT. cl m regarding
the liaine Ex- the value OF one
pertinent Station pound OF Grape
Nuts. They learn
edly discuss the subject and produce
statement showing more calOries Of
food value IN ten pounds Of bread than
IN one pound Of Grape-Nuts
That IL not the question al isuue Like
many other pseudo-scienfiic dabsters
they befuddle themselves and become
lost an the maze u Hciantiac EFFORT
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30

furnishes more nour
ishment that the
system will absorb
than ten pounds of
meat, wheat, oats
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30
The makers of
white flour sac.
rifice the most
valuable part
of the wheat

unless he Is furnished with the food
elements required by nature TO sustain
life, and some of the most powerful are
entirely absent in white bread. Every
element in the wheat and barley is kept
in Grape-Nuts. and man or animal can
live indefinitely on that perfect food.
We have records of several thousand
cases where people have been unable to
maintain health, weight and strength
on meat. wheat, oats or bread and have
been able to increase weight, vitality
and strength on the little portions OF
Grape-Nuts taken as a portion OF each
meal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30

against 100000 to
be deposited by the
Maine Experiment
Scientists ~ and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30

in order to keep
the -four white. A
man fed on white
bread alone will
gradually become a
shattered, nervous
wreck and die. He
can't nnsaihIv live
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-24
THEY BOUGHT THE BEAR.
Boone's Mighty Hunters Captured
Their Trophy With $25.

Special to Times Repub1can.
Boone, Nov. 24.-It now develops that
the bear captured alive by Conductor
w. F. Conner, Red" Cunningham, and
ICY" Johnson while on a recent hunt
ing trip near Aitkin, Mimi, was none
other than tame bear for which the
gentlemen paid $25 to Mr.. Butler
butcher of Aitkin, MINI. The gentle
men, on their return from Minnesota
told how they captured the animal
alive and without the use of firearms
just before they We're leaving their
hunting ground. The story got out
thru an Iowa man who is now resi-
dent of Aitkin and who saw the bear
story" in the T.-R. This gentleman
states that the bear in question was
caught when four months old, and was
sold by Mr.. Butler to the Boone gen.
tlemen when it was eleven months old.
The gentlemen referred to happened to
be at Mr.. Buffers butcher shop at the
time he was Grating the animal for
shipment and he stated that he had
sold it to gentlemen from Boone for
s25. The bear has been quite a curl
osity as it has been on exhibition in
this city for the past week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-24

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Nov. 24.-The game between
the Grinnell high school and the East
Des Moines high school football teams
resulted in a victory for Grinnell, the
score being 16 to IL. Both teams played
a good game, but Grinnell proved too
much for the East Des Moines boys, al
tho as to weight the two teams were
pretty evenly matched. Grinnell started
the game withs a determination to win
ii let what would come or go, but Des
Moines thought they would have COM
plete walk-over on account of the West
Des Moines game. Des Moines East
high beat West high by about 80 to O.,
while Grinnell only tied with West high,
and this gave East high great conf
dence. A large crowd of rooters went
I'D to cheer for Grinnell there being
something over 200 Grinnellites present
at the game which kept the spirits of
the boys up to a high pitch. Trainer
HulsiZer questioned Grinnell's right to
Hulsiaer said on the bills posted: "This
game will decide the championship for
this year and last year, too" Evidently
Trainser Hulsizer questioned Grinnells
right to the championship last year.
Had he not been pretty sure that East
high would win this game he would not
have put this on the bills Last year
both Grinnell and East high had excel
lent teams and 1t rested between them
who would have the championship, but