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and just take what first presents itself. In one
of the deer ranges two Western donkeys
"burros.' Ordinary, sleepy looking little
beasts, few persons give them second glance,
but they are most Interestingly marked
The lighter coored one especially shows a dis
tinct long, olack stripe over his shoulder, and
all four legs have encircling bands of black
hair. Domesticated for many years. these
hardy little "burros'' have become doci1e and
perfectly adapted for beasts of burden, but
through all the generations these reminders of
their wild striped zebralike ancestors persist
although perfectly useless now. The stripes of
wild zebras of great value in Stimulating
the long shadows of the grass in which they lie
at rest their enemies thus having little chance
Of spying them out.
A little distance further come to the carl
bou. II is probable that the reptilian ancestors
of higher animals and birds had five toes on
each foot but donkey has only and the
caribou two. How this came about is easy to
see. Lay hand, palm downward, fiat on
some surface. This is the position in which ami
mails walked about in the mud ages ago, but as
they became used to going on harder ground
and acquired more speed they gradually took to
walking and running more and more on the toes.
Raise the hand slowly, and the thumb will be
the first to swing clear. This shows how certain
animals got into the habit of using only four
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pushing along the ground. An anaconda snake
Will serve as the last link in the chain. Down
near the caudal end of the huge reptile, just
where the body begins to narrow into the tail
two hooks. or claws. visible. projecting clear
beyond the scales. These are the last external
evidences of legs in snakes, and are supported
by two three small bones remnants of the
large ancestral leg bones Rattlers and most
other snakes have lost all trace even of these
If this complete disappearance of limbs is won
derful is the reverse not equally so? Now
that we are learning to see the meaning in COM
mon things, what is more marvellous than the
changing of tadpole into frog? Amphibians
of course, trace their origin back to fish, but /
am sure that few of have thought of the
humble polliwog kind of living type of
we think of it, that in single life before our
eyes the history of the whole race is thus
duplicated from an aquatic form breathing
through gills and swimming with fins to a
terrestrial. lung breathing. four legged animal
Not only this, but when tadpoIe is half de-
veloped it has four legs and long filmed TAIL
thus giving to the saiamanders credit for the
part their ancestors played in the frogs line
of descent.
We have all read the story of the mythical
Cyclops. monster with single eye In the
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Photographs by the author.

originally from a single ancestor. Let US see
what evidences we find of this Here is
typical lzard-a long legged one, which can run
like streak of light on his twenty tOes-and in
another cage is a sluggish rattlesnake, colled
motionless, or perhaps creeping slowly on its
belly along the ground. OF course. the thou
sands and thousands of intermediate forms or
links are lost forever to us. will at best yield
a few fossil bones to reward scientific research
but we can see before US how the magic changes
took place Two or three other animals among
the cages of reptiles will serve as examples OF
steps in the evolution of the lizardIike forms TO
limbless snakes. The misnamed creature, Congo
snake. which is really anphibian, and not a
reptile, but will serve purpose is a long
bodied aquatic animal. eellike in general shape
and, at first glance. appears TO be without feet
A closer inspection show four tiny legs, two
placed near each end They small that
it is quite impossible that they assist in
IocomotiOn, the minute toes. three each foot
not possessing power enough to move one
twentieth of the weight of their owner. 1t is
absurd to see them reach forward alternately
when the animal squirms toward the surface of
the water, if they were doing the best they
could to help. 1t reminds one of the nonstrosi-
ties of comic paper artist. A curious lizard,
known cycodes. is terrestrial, and has such
weak limbs that its progress is at best
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toes. the fifth becoming useless and growing
smaller in size while the others grew larger and
stronger. Next the second and fifth fingers will
be raised from the support and this is the pres
ent condition of caribou-two large, useful
toes and two others dangling little higher on
the leg, useful only when the animal is walking
in soft snow, when all four toes spread out, Civ
ing broad support, snowshoe like
Now, if raise the hand still higher the tip
of the middle finger alone will be touching, and
this is the way ho1"es and donkeys walk at the
present day, on the TIP of one toe, while two
others are represented by small bones beneath
the skin. That is the theory of the evolutionary
differentiation of the pentedactypes-or, as
may say it, how donkey came to walk one
toe-and think will agree that it is as good
interesting, and the next time see the feet OF
a tapir we will have lust what we want for ne
will show four tees on his front feet and
three on his hind feet. If his family keep on run
ming fast and standing high enough they bid
fair to be one-toed. like horses, some day. for
one toe is ALREADY larger than the others
These facts seem insignificant when we come
to consider some of the more far reaching re-
suits of evolution. Among the reptiles we find
IL our theories are true all must have come
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days one of the eggs will be just what We want
Let us recall the general appearance of a shark
"a long, tapering body. ending in extended.
upward slanting tail: the cruel mouth is not IN
front, but beneath the head. well back, and
there are five gill Sits openings through
which the water passes out from the mouth.
aerating the blood as it goes Now carefully
crack the ducks egg on one side and remove
enough of the shell that the Httle embryo
with its tiny. pusatng heart. is visible and
miracle of miracles-we have found a nest. not
of ducks. but of little sharks There is the long
body. the ventral mouth. the pointed tail ana
five almost perfect gill arches. II we care to
compare it more carefully would find thaf
the very arrangement Cf the blood vessels Is not
birdlike. but similar TO that in sharks and other
fishes.
Leaving the little embryo and looking at hVins
adult BIRDS we find that wonders continue 10
multiply. The five giIls which we saw all DIS
appear or change their shape and function In
most ingenious ways. more complex than we can
follow in detail for not going to do any
difficult scientific work In sharks and all hisher
animals the very first pair of gill arches become
the upper and lower jaws. In birds part OF one
arch goes to form the little bone which Supports
the tongue, while good portion OF the ear
formed another. So. when We see the opsN-
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life secrets OF the animal and interest in
stantly increases. The most common creatures
hold attention, and we realize as never
before that hitherto having eyes we saw not
Geological Park must hold in mind few
axioms of evolution Fishlike forms were the
ancestors of all higher animals Many millions
Of years ago certain of these fnny creatures
became amphibiOus crawled out on land, and
gradually changed to more salamandrine or
froglike forms Some of these in the course of
out to form the various classes of reptiles.
Come reptan form in turn gave rise to two
hgher warm blooded, but very different classes
of animals. One of those includes all the
cree lures covered with hair and the other those
which clothed in feathers. This is the
whole thing in a nutshell but we must re-
member that these few words which read
sin Ply represent years and years of patient
study and research of many students. When
we have found some of the delights of even a
peep into this wonderful world let us give a
thought of gratitude to DarWin-the man whose
mird first it all clearly and whose cour-
age enabled him defend his ideas against
tremendous opposition.
We will eschew the scientific method of
working from the lower forms to the higher
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HOW EVOLUTION WORKS.
PRACTICAL. STUDY OF 1T MAY BE MADE
AT BRONX BIOLOGICAL PARK.
By C. william Beebe, Curator of Orntthoi-
ory New York Geological Society.

1t is remarkable, when we consider the count
less facts with which popular nature BOOKS
abound that so seldom is the public allowed a
peep at the theories and results to which these
facts point. Taking the fundamental theory OF
evolution as a pertinent example, there seems
to be unwritten law that the unscientihc
shall be treated and deluged with all the sup
porting facts, but to the great truths, simple
and wonderful though they are, which connect
and explain all these everyday sights, those are
for the inner circle of favored ones, who. as many
people wrongly imagine, must needs have mas
tered dictionaries of technicalites.
Probably not person in thousand who
visits the New York Geological Park, any
good collection of animals, realizes how many
vestiges Of ancient pedigree the inmates carry
about them In plain sight. When we do recog-
nize these telltale characters of form color
as such we have penetrated into the personal
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-20
Hunting the wild Boar.

In Germany the boar hunt occurs an
nually. Trained hounds are held in
leash until the lair Of the boars is sniff
ed. and then they are let go. Off rush
the bristling beasts. They run fast,
and the faster they skip along the wild
er and ''madder" they get. Sometimes
they are shot, but the correct style of
killing is to use long spear or a short
swordlike knife. The hunter spies his
boarship speeding along in an almost
straight line, blinded with rage and
ferocity. Bending over sideways to the
earth, the sportsman thrusts his spear
dull end downward in the soil and the
sharp point slanting upward and turn
ed directly to the boar's path. Straight
on the wild hog rushes. and with all
the impetus of his long fight he plunges
upon the spear point and there. impaled,
dies bloody death.
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.1ch pienv or .Eich Dyn..

''Ich dien," the motto which belongs
to the Prince of Wales. is usually
translated 81 serve" and tradition has
it that it was taken by the Black
Prince from the royal helmet of the
blind king of Bohemia, who was killed
on the field of Crecy. 1t is a notable
fact. however. that the late DR.. Will
liam lime, professor of English litera-
ture at Heidelberg, rejected this the.
ory. He held that the motto was of
Welsh origin and took it's rise at the
time when Edward l. presented his
newborn eldest son to the Welsh chief
tains at Carnarban castle as their fu-
ture sovereign. He held the child up
in his arms and exclaimed in Welsh,
"Eich dyn," meaning this is your
man." The explanation is accepted by
many antiquarans.
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Sunday In the olden Time

The mother in her best black gown
and with her foot stove, il the wealth
er was cold; the father, freshly shaved,
in his high black stock and equally un-
comfortable tall black hat, and such, of
the sisters as We're at home filled the
two broad seats of our wagon, with
perhaps one of us youngsters wedged
in, though we preferred to walk In
good weather. Then the vehicle moved
out Of the front gate and Joined the
procession of carriages going in the
same direction, impelled by the same
pious duty. With the foot stove or
without it Went luncheons for the noon
day hour, for the religious exercises
We're an all day affair, with forenoon
and afternoon services, and the Bible
class and Sunday school in the interval
which the minister took for rest be-
tween his sermons. 1t was not sup
posed that his hearers needed rest.
There were sheds for the vehicles, and
the man who was kind to his beasts
usually put into his wagon with the
family sandwiches small bag of grain
for his team. The services began at
half past 10 and were over at half past
3 unless the afternoon sermon was
lengthy" as it was very apt to be-
!. Il. Trowbridge in Atlantic.
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su.pending Judemcnt

A keen critic once said to young wo-
man about to begin the study of paint
ing: when you look at a picture, do
not say at first, even to yourself, L like
it. or L don't like it. Try to see what
there is in it.
The advice was sound, and it need
not be stretched thin to cover much
larger region of life than that which
belongs to art. The quick, instructive
like or dislike which many woman
conceives in the first hour of her ac-
quaintance with person may be well
founded or it may be i'll founded. If it
justifies itself, she remembers it and
prides herself on her knowledge Of hu.
man nature; if it proves false, she for.
gets all about it and in a year would
deny that she had ever disliked the
person, or at best she would defend he1
mistake by quoting, "'Tis safest
to begin with little aversion"
In point of fact, the power of sus
pending judgment on book, picture
man, woman or plan is the mark of q
well trained mind. The judgments
worth anything are based on something
stronger than "a woman's reason =
think him so because think him so."-
Youths Companion.
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Pecan Hunt. In Kentucky.

In the Kentucky bottom lands along
the lower Ohio and its tributaries the
apple orchards and sugar bush" are
things of tradition. says the lndianap-
oils News Their places have Geen tax
en- by the pecan. which yields much
greater revenue. The pecan orchard is
usually distributed throughout one Of
those immense cornfelds of several
hundred acres that formed the ante
bellum plantations. Here they are en-
riched by constant cultivation as well
as by the fertilizer from the overflow
of, the Ohio that occurs always once
and frequently oftener season. The
pecan season opens special festivities
Society in the neighboring towns and
cities takes it up most enthusiastically
with pecan tours" picnics, dinners-in
truth, all varieties Of fetes that such in
genuity can originate The right to
gather the nuts is purchased and pro-
fessional climber hired A woods din
ner is the most pleasing feature Of the
occasion bacon, chicken, broiled on a
spit before fragrant fire; Irish pota-
toes and the real, old fashioned red
sweets, onions baked in a crater of hot
Goals, kimmel rye bread, roasted cheese,
gingerbread and crabapple cider from
the farmhouse.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-20
Three Curious Words.

Filibuster, freebooter and buccaneer
are words curiously interrelated. The
French and the English sea adventur-
ers once made common cause against
Spanish settlements in the new world,
and all three of these words came in
time to describe the rude sea soldiers
who despoiled the Spanish main and
the towns upon the coasts of the Span
ish possessions. Filibuster is said to
be the result of an attempt to make a
French word of freebooter, and the
English borrowed it back from the
French because it sounded less frankly
brutal than the English word.
Buccaneer was originally French in
form, and it meant at first one who
hunted the boucan or wild cattle and
hogs Of the West Indies; then one who
made jerked meat Of their flesh. and
finally, because this meat was used to
provision the ships of the sea rovers, a
flibuster or freebooter.
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Lincoln snw n Way.

A young sergeant distinguished him
self by his gallantry at Donelson and
was recommended for promotion. He
was summoned to appear before mil
itary board at Washington and closely
questioned by West Point graduates.
None of his answers was satisfactory.
When the report reached President Lin
coin, he fidgeted for moment, laid the
paper on his desk, then, taking one
gaunt knee in his hands, said: 81 don't
know what to do with this case. Here's
a young fellow who knows nothing of
the science of losing battles. He doesn't
even know the technical name of the
fortification on which he ran up the
stars and stripes in the face Of the en-
emy." He thought moment, then in
dorsed the report:
Give this man captains certificate.
A. LINCOLN.
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The Character scared Him.

David Garrick had brother in the
country who was an idolatrous admir-
er of his genius. a rich neighbor, a
grocer. being about to visit London,
this brother insisted on his taking a
letter of introduction to the actor. Not
being able to make up his mind to visit
the great man the first day, the grocer
went to the play in the evening and
saw Garrick in "Abel Drugger." On
his return to the country the brother
eagerly inquired respecting the visit
he had been so anxious to bring about.
why, Mr.. Garrick," said the good
man, Il am sorry to hurt your feelings,
but there's your letter. did not
choose to deliver it. l happened to see
him when he did not know me, and
saw that he was such dirty, low
lived fellow that | did not like to have
anything to do with him."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-20
INTELLECT and Hair.

"From the color of mans hair may
be learned Il good deal in regard to his
intellectual ability" says a professor of
the University Of Lille who has for
some months been closely studying the
subject. Schoolboys with chestnut hair,
he maintains, are likely to be more clev-
er than any other and will generally be
found at the head of the class, and in
like manner girls with fair hair are
likely to be far more studious and
bright than girls with dark hair. In
mathematics and recitation these boys
and girls, he claims, specially excel. On
the other hand. he says that boys and
girls with brown hair are most likely to
attain distinction through their indi-
viduality and style and that those with
red OF auburn hair do not often exec.
in any respect.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-20
CATHOLICS PLAN
new BUILDING
New Brick Parochial Resi-.
dence Soon to be Built.
Four Thousand Dollar Residence Will
be Added to Already Valuable
Chnrch Property.

The congregation of st. Rose of Lima
church is to take active part in the
building boom promised Denison this
year. Arrangements have already
been made for the opening of the Par.
ochial school in September. Five ex.
cellent teachers, Sisters of the Domin-
ican order from ST. Catharine's, Ken
lucky, will conduct the school.
In order to accommodate the teachers
the present Parochial residence will
be allotted to their use, and in May
will be commenced handsome $4,000.
brick structure, for the new Parochial
residence Rev. Father M. j. Farrelly
informs us that arrangements have
gone so far that the new building is
assured The congregation is practi-
cally out of dest and in excellent shape
for this new undertaking. This will
make another handsome Improvement
to Denison this summer.
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Will Have Your Classes

charged. Any subscriber to the Deni-
son exchange can talk with any other
subscriber without charge no matter
where the other subscriber lives. That
is subscriber living in Washington
township can talk with anyone in Den
ison or with any subscriber living in
Milford township for instance, if a
Denison subscriber wishes to talk with
person using the Vail, Charter Oak,
Schleswig or other exchange he must
pay the toll charged between the two
towns. 1t is therefore to the advantage
of all to belong to the largest exchange
and the one that covers the widest field.
The telephone is one of the convent
ences OF modern civilization that is as
yet not fully developed in this part of
Iowa. In but few years farmer
will no more think of doing without a
telephone than he would withouta a we'll
or other water supply. There will be
phones in every house and we are in
hopes that the various lines will be
so combined that without additional
cost we may be able to talk to any per-
son in the county. The new telephone
is bound to be great boon to Denison
and its business men as we'll as to the
farmers. We congratulate the public
l)irited men who have had the conf
dence in Denison to take hold of the
venture and we hope it may prove pro-
6table to them as we'll as beneficial to
the community. Mr.. j. F. Glenn who
has been selected as manager .of the
company, has already made himself
conversant with every feature of the
business His business abilities are
we'll known and we predict that the
company will be highly satisfied with
his conduct of affairs.
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Great Dog. Great Chicken.

Talking of dogs" said the colonel.
"a friend of mine has a Gordon setter.
She's the most sympathetic dog ever
heard of. She has the maternal in
stinct so strong that she has brought
up litter not her own"
I've known of such cases. said a
hearer.
There was hen had a chicken. The
hen died, and the chicken was in sore
distress. This dog took pity on it and
brought up the chicken"
Yes" said another listener, that's
curious. but it is not uncommon
And now," continued the colonel
solemnly, that chicken barks.''
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A Little Uncomfortable.

A story which will SO straight to the
hearts of shooting men is told of a cler-
ical gentleman who was invited to join
shooting party. In the course of the
day the host felt himself prodded in the
back and, turning around, found the
amiable cleric poking at him with the
muzzle of his gun, and his look of in
terrogation was met with the remark,
Can you tell me how to let down these
beastly things?" alluding to the ham,
mers of the gun, which was at full cock
and loaded.-London Sts ndard
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weepinr Trees.

In the forests of Oregon, Washing
ton, Montana and British Columbia
there is species Of tree that has a
continuous and copious dripping of
pure, clear water from the ends of its
leaves and branches. This extraordi-
nary sight may be witnessed at all sea-
sons when the leaves are on and seems
equally plentiful on clear, bright days
as on damp, cloudy nights. The tree is
a species of fir, and the weeping phe-
nomenon is attributed to a remarkable
power of condensation peculiar to the
leaves and bark Of this species Of ever
green.
In the island of Ferro there are many
species of weeping trees" but in this
latter case the tears appear to be-
most abundant when the relative hu.
midity is near the dew point.
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The carnation /. an old Flower.

The Carnatton Is an Old Flower.
Pliny refers to the carnation as hav-
ing been used in the days Of Augustus
Caesar to give spicy flavor to wine.
While greatly loved and admired by
the ancients, its Improvement was not
much advanced until it found home
in England. The date of this event is
not quite clear, but is believed to be
about the year 1900. Chaucer wrote of
its cultivation in 1886, from which date
it has been considered a florists flower.
1t was first called carnation by Henry
Lyte in 1873 and designated as pink
in 1000. Edmund Spenser called it
coronation" which found little favor.
Shakespeare in "a Winters Tale,' act
T. says, "The fairest flowers O the sea-
son are our carnations" He also al
ludes to it in .sHenry ""