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TPICERATOPS PQOSUS

might be properly placed in position. This
is the first time that a triceratOps has
been mounted with the original bones. The
skeleton just restored was collected by the
late j. b. Hatcher, formerly of the museum
staff, about fifteen years ago.
Mr.. Hatcher at that time was collecting
fossils in the northeast corner of Converse
county, Wyoming. designated by biologists
as the Laramie division of the cretaceous
age. The collector noticed a petrifed hip
bone sticking up out of the sandstone, and
upon making an excavation in the rock
within the vicinity he unearthed nearly all
the bones Of one skeleton. Subsequent tX-
cavations in the vicinity of this find has
resulted in the discovery of the petrtied
animals. From the finding of so many
skeletons in the one locality 1t is be-
heved that a whole drove Of dinosaurs
was eXterminated at one time.
The skeleton which IS now on exhibition
a the museum IS about twenty feet long
and nearly nine feet high. The tail alone
IS about eight feet in length. The immense
head of the triceratOps IS most grotesquely
shaped. 1t is six feet long and about four
feet in width across the widest part a
huge beak, similar 70 a parrots, forms the
front of the face, and just above the beak,
on a line with the nose. short horn pro-
trudeS. Two more horns, each about five
feet long, with a spread of about five feet
between the tips, surmount the head. The
three horns on the head of this particular
dinosaur give it its name, triceratops. One
of the most peculiar characteristics of the
triceratops is the immense frill of bone that
curves upward like the skirt of ballet
dancer and forms the posterior portion of
the skull
The body of the dinosaur IS bulky, and
when he stood on all tours there was only a
short distance between the hind and the
fore sets of feet. The limbs of the speci-
men, which are decidedly bowed, are much
larger than those of a large elephant and
it is estimated that when alive the horned
dinosaur weighed between eight and ten
tons The skeleton alone weighs more than
two tons.
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An interesting and wonderful animal was
this giant, triple-horned reptile of bygone
ages. The name dinosaur is from the
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punishment for 1t, and 1t seems to be en-
couraged rather than discouraged.
About four years ago the Thieves Mar
ket'' was destroyed by fire one night, prob
ably previously arranged by the ''mer-
chants" The present vice president of the
republic. Ramon Corral, who was then gov
ernor of the federal district, was present,
and, coatless and hatless, he worked like
Trojan helping to save the pershable junk
from the flames. With deep and genuine
sympathy he bewailed the losses of the
poor merchants" and started a subscrip-
ton for their aid. The newspapers were
filed with stories of the treasures lost in
the fire. and the merchants did thriving
business a result of the advertising-for
they were all doing business as If nothing
had happened within two days from the
fret
The Thieves Market is the most con-
spicuous institution of it's kind In Mexico,
but there are eighty-odd pawnshops scat
tered over this city, which merely min
1ature thieves markets. and individual
thieves vend their stolen wares openly upon
the busiest thoroughfares of the city unmo-
Tested
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Special Correspondence OF The star.

Special Correspondence or The star.
CITY OF MEXICO, June 2, 1905.
Dating back TO the days of Montezuma,
when dishonest servants sat under fig
tree in the center of its present site and
sold their ill-gotten wares, the Thieves
Market" has been the favorte haunt in the
City of Mexico for knowing tourists and
resident Americans who have a taste for
antiques and things typically Mexican.
1t Is situated opposite the national palace,
on its south side, and occupies nearly an
entire city block. II is nothing more nor
less than licensed, recognized fence" for
stolen goods. patronized by the best peo-
PIE OF Mexico and the most orthodox church
members of the great republic to the north,
as well as more IibeTal-minded people.
When a man or woman travels two or
three thousand miles TO buy piece of an
Gent bric-a-brac 1t adds romance TO its
story 90 say that it was stolen from a
church or monastery or the house of one
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~ TRANCE as the terrible dragons that
people the nightly dreams of the
- mince-piesurfeited small boy, and
49, erotesque as the horribly fantastic
creatures that constitute the Illusions
OF the unfortunate who has looked too long
and often upon the wine when it was red,
was tie gigantic horned dinosaur whose
skeleton has just been mounted In the
southeast court Of the National Museum.
Ages and ages ag0-ten million years ago,
mammoth horned dinOsaur. triceratOps,
prosus, existed and roamed about at will
through the swamps and on the hillsides
OF what Is now the state OF Wyoming.
Then be WIS the king of all animals; but
now he Is no more. In fact, according 10
those scientific men who deal with things
away back In the dim and obscure past and
who reckon time in ages and not in years,
the dluOsauT ceased to exist some time dur
ing the Crctaceous aEe-at least nine mil
lion years age, and maybe more. Not even
the oldest inEabitant' of Wyoming can
species In the flesh, although there may be
some who might recognize in the extinct
triCeT3tOIs a strong resemblance to the
weirdly bizarre creatures conjured up by
their over-stImulated imaginations.
Pity 1t is that this gigantic reptile did not
live 10 this day. What chance there
would have been for some modern Don
QuiXOte TO distinguish himself! What a
mark the huge animal would have made
for the unerring aim of eminent huntsmen-
statesmen. But now there are only wolves
and bears and things to hunt in North
America, and no mammoth, grotesque and
aweSOme creatures, such as inhabited the
swamps and forests of Wyoming in the
cretaceous age, are to be found on the con-
tinent
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The horned dinosaur IS quite distinct OF
its type. So far scientific investigation and
research have found for him no ancestor
and no descendants. He lived the king
Of animals during the Cretaceous age, and
passed away utterly, was completely eXter-
minated. leaving no evidence of his exist
ence save the few bones which were pre-
served through the ages in the deposits of
sandstone, which at one time presumably
formed the bed of lakes or a great sea.
The causes of the disappearance of such
a wonderful animal remain matter Of
speculation and conjecture. Prof. Cope has
expressed the opinion that the extinction OF
the horned dinosaurs was due to the de-
struction of their eggs by small gnawing
and Sharp-toothed mammals about the size
of mice, which appeared in considerable
age. Material changes in the nature or dis
tribution of the plants upon which the
triceratops depended for food might prob
ably have resulted in their starvation. and
caused the disappearance of the remark
able species.
Whatever the causes, 1t is definitely set
tied that the race is extinct and no such
animal as the terrible lizard is now
known upon the face of the earth, and crea-
lures closely resembling 1t can only be seen
in dreams or in fantastic imaginings. The
small horned toad of Texas perhaps bears
closer resemblance to the triceratops than
any other animal but even in this instance
there is but slight similarity as to general
appearance, while there Is the greatest dis
parity in size.
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found they were thought to be the remains
of an extinct species of bison, but the sub
sequent finding Of other bones of the ami
NAL convinced the scientific men that the
skeleton was that of dinosaur or huge
lizard. Bones of the reptile have been
found in Colorado and Montana in ad-
dition to the discoveries in Wyoming; but
only in North America did the species
exist.
According to Mr.. Gilmore of the museum,
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has been scientifically settled The con-
struction of the pelvis. the single occipital
condile, the thick pads of cartilage be-
tween the joints and other anatomical fea-
lures all indicate to the scientists beyond
question that the dinosaur is reptile.
The first of the horned dinosaurs was
found in 1872 by Prof Cope, and later
cowboy in Wyoming found fossil bones of
the strange animal and sent them In to the
museum here. When the first bones were
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Greek meaning terrible lizard" Imagine
in this day lizard of the size and form Of
the extinct trceratops. Evidently the pre-
historic ages were the days of big things.
The popular conception of reptile IS a
ter dog, or a sand lizard, and the person
who does not possess special knowledge
would not be likely to class the huge, four
footed dinosaur in the category of reptiles
That the triceratops is a reptile, however,
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MEXICO'S THIEVES MARKET
Recognized Mart for the Sale and Purchase of Stolen
Treasures Found There by tn. Tourist

of the former viceroys of Spain And If
an American resides in Mexico for two or
three years, however strict may have been
his Ideas when he came here, he readily
accepts things as they are without
thought comment.
Tradition has 1t that a servant of one of
the princes of MonteZumas empire eloped
with some of his masters costly bric-a-
brac. Another servant from the same
household was sent out TO capture the thief
and the goods. The second servant over
took the first where he was resting under
a great fg-tree beside the causeway near
Montezuma S gardens. killed him, planted
him under the fig-tree and took possession
of the spoils. Then, instead of returning
them TO his master, he sat down under the
tree and sold them to passers-by. Tradi-
lions are usually shy on sequels, and this
one fails to say what became of the seller.
1t may have been taken for granted that
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any one would know that such thrifty in
dividual must have developed into a rich
merchant-and probably he did. From that
time the fig-tree became the market place
for goods whose ownership could not be
traced very far back. When the Spaniards
rebuilt the city they cut the tree down,
for they were opposed to trees on principle,
but the place continued to be a clearing
house for servants-it is needless TO say
dishonest servants for all servants in Mex
leo, l am told, are, and always have been,
thieves. Some are luckier than others
about being caught or suspected. but they
all regard their masters movable property
as merely loaned to the masters for tenn
porary use.
Gradually the market came to be recog-
nized as a regular institution and took the
Spanish name ''Volador," the Flyer (pos-
sibly referring to the wings taken by the
articles on sale), by which name 1t is
still known. Thieves Market was the
appropriate name given by Americans when
they first began coming to Mexico.
visitor TO the place, without previous
information, would take it for junk
depot. The square which it occupies is di-
vided by a cruciform walk subdivided by
narrower lanes. These walks are lined
with booths of the merchants" rudely
canvas or any other material that does not
require acquisition by purchase. Some
have their wares spread out on the ground.
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tile It is believed, took place in a different
manner from that in which the rhinOceres
young develop. The young triCeratops, it is
thought. must have been Matched from a
tough-skinned egg from two to FIVE feet in
length, laid in sand. The young tricera ops
evidently We're clean. shiny and bright
colored animals, from three TO five feet in
length and a foot or two in height when
first Matched. II must have been wonder
full sight could human eyes have heheld
herd of young triceratoIs sporting about in
their pOuderous way on some grassy slope
or by lake or stream.
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The restoration of the triceratops skeleton
has just been completed by Mr.. c. w. Gill
more, preparation of the museum, assisted
by Mr.. Norman Boss, and under the direc-
ton of DIR. George 2, Merrill of the mu-
scum. The task has been a difficult and
tedious one, consuming several months
time and requiring most careful study and
attention in order that the fossil bones
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1t IS believed that the triceratops had
peaceable rather than a ferocious DISPOSE
ton, a conclusion arrived at by careful
study of the skull of the huge creature and
of other parts of its anatomy The vora-
cious cape of the crocodile and the vicious
leer of the Mississippi snapper are absent
in the skull Of the triceratops, and com
b!ned with the suggestion of enormous
strength in the skull there is an expression
of quiet repose. The great horns of the
wonderfully mailed and protected reptile
presumably were used for defense.
However, the teeth of the animal show 1t
to have been herbivorous and not carniv-
orous, and since the triceratops was of
such great bulk, its movements We're prob
ably slow and sluggish. This would indi-
cate that the giant lizard was not con-
structed for waging fierce and unprovoked
brain of the triceratops was very small
proportionately, it being about the size of
q mans fist.
Considerable significance IS attached to
the well-founded belief that the horned d.
nosaurs We're great egg-laying reptiles. In
this the triceratopS was vastly different
from such an animal as the rhinoceros, a
typical mammal, to which the horned dino
saur bears a vague resemblance, due solely
to the fact that the rhinoceros is also a
plant eater, heavy, quadrupedal and horned.
The development of the young of the rep
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the triceratops lived during the cretaceous
age, and it was the largest representative
of animal life in existence at that time in
tops was undoubtedly a strict vegetarian
as is indicated by his teeth. It could not
eat grass, owing to the beak7like mouth,
but 1t probably fed on nutritious plants and
shrubbery that grew in the cretacean
marshes and forests. The climate of the
locality then was very mild. as is testified
to by the accompanying fossil plants found
in the sandstone deposits. Presumably the
reptile was of a dark. dirty color like the
elephant or the rhinoceros. and his thick,
tough hide was covered with hard spires or
dermal ossifications
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An interesting and wonderful animal wa
this giant, triple-horned reptile of bygon,
ages. The name dinosaur is from tn,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-06
The Time is Coming.

When the Green Bay & Western
railroad company will sell One Way
ColoniSt tickets to a lot of places ia
the west, some of which are Port
land, Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver,
Spokane, Los Angeles, San Francisco
and others. at very low rates. Fol
example will sell to Portland for
S3c.48, to Seattle for $3O.4S to Los
Angeles for S40.38 ETC., from Grand
Rapids. We have the short line you
know, to all of these points, and our
time cannot be beaten. Leaving here
at 1922 a. m. we get You in to st
Paul at 4:45 p. m., which is in time to
catch fast trains out of there the
same night. The dates are from
Sept. Is to Oct, 3l-daily. Call me
up phone 1874 or 1863, OF call at the
office; or will call on you. Valuable
information from actual experience
cheerfully given. Ii you expect to GO,
let's have talk about it any way,
A. D. Hill, local agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-06
Grand Rapids. Markets.
SEPTEMBER %. 1908


The following are the market prices
OF produce in the city of Grand Rap
ids corrected on the day of publication:
New Potatoes 25c to 28c.
Rye-58c to 64c.
OatS-26c.
Hay-marsh, $500; timothy, $3.50
Eggs-16c
Butter-14c to 18c
Beans-S1.25 to $3.50.
PeaS-75c.
Beef-lfve, DC to &c., dressed, &c to
4}c per 10.
P0rk-live, &c, dressed &c to sic
Veai-live, &c to 4}c dressed &c.
Chicken--live, &c; dressed, 1Oc.
Turkey-live, 13c; dressed 15c to 16c
FlOur-bbl., $50 to $50
Feed-ton, 1880.
NiddlinRs-t0n, $3.50
Bran-ton, $3.50
Bolted Corn Meal bl., $3.50.
Corn, shelled, per ton s23.3O
Lald-10c to 12c.
Ham-whole, l4c to tic
Mess Pork-bbl. $3.50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-06

Mr.. Welk purchased another horse
for the fall work.
A jolly good crowd from Rudolph
attended our ball.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Roidt are the
happy parents of pair of baby girls.
A large crowd went to the dance at
junction City from here. Monday
night.
Miss Phyllis Gebert left for her
school beyond Auburndaie, Sunday
evening.
Miss Mary Malick left Sunday after
noon for Green Bay 10 clerk in one of
the large department stores.
Miss Phyllis Gebert visited at her
home here Sunday, She returned
from Grand Rapids Saturday.
Miss Margaret Prausa returned to
Stevens Point, Sunday afternoon, to
resume her duties in Buck & Barrow's
ulliilucly SUOTc.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Haasl and son.
Edward. visited relatives in Milladore
last week and also took in the ball
given by the w. G. B. G. u.
Miss Lillian Empey, who attends
the Stevens Point Normal, spent a
couple of days with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Al. Empey, at their home
ia Milladore.
A pleasant time was given to num-
Der OF friends who called on Minnie
GuStafSon last Saturday evening.
Minnie is home from the training
school at Grand Rapids.
John Kocian returned from st. JOS
eph'S hospital, at MarShfield. last
Tuesday, where he has been very i'll
with typhoid fever for the past five
weeks. We are ali glad to see John
out again.
.Adolph Mancl's son had narrow
escape from being kicked to death by
two horses, Tuesday morning. In
some unknown manner he was mixed
up with the horses legs, but was re-
lieved in time.
Our school has been arranged to
contain three departments Every
seat has been moved to suit conditions
and presents an improved appearance.
The primary department is located in
}. G. Pavlik's building. Miss w
Allen has been engaged to teach the
same.
The Misses Florence Moody and
Pearl Andrews, of Stevens Point,
spent couple of days with Miss Mar
garet PrauSa and other friends in
Milladore. The young ladies came
up to attend the w. G.. B. G. U. dance
given Friday evening. We kind of
think the girls came up to take short
course in farming, but nevertheless
they enjoyed themselves very much.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-06
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
Variety Of Matters Is Discussed
and Ordinances Passed.

The city fathers met in the forum
on the west side in regular session
Tuesday and besides allowing several
bills, passed several ordinances of
interest which will prove of great
benefit to the city. One in particular,
which will be strictly enforced, and
with safety to the young people of
Grand Rapids, is an ordinance for
bidding anyone under twenty-one
years OF age from carrying loaded
gun in the city of Grand Rapids.
A petition signed by a number ct
citizens of the west side asked that
the council COMPEL the Chicago,
Milwaukee s. st Paul railway COM
pany to put in a cross walk on the
south side of Grand avenue and across
their tracks. The company claim
that if they are compelled to do this,
they will have to move their cinder
dump that is now located in the
street, and as matter OF convenience
to themselves, will have to move their
water tank, all OF which would cost
them in the neighbOrhod of $500.
Several members of the council
thought that the move was asking
the company to do too much without
having a chance to demonstrate, 50
the matter was left till the next
regular meeting, the council members,
meanwhile, to look over the place
where the walk is to be put in, and
the question is to be settled next
month.
A curious petition was brought be-
fore the council, that of remon-
STRANGE against putting in a sidewalk
for free delivery. OF course ther ar e
cases where property owners are not
Just prepared to lay out much ex-
pense money on short notice for side
walks. But the rules of the post
office department do not call for a
twelve foot cement sidewalk or any,
thing of the sort, merely asking for
any walk that can be used by the
mail carrier in making his rounds.
There is no question that sidewalk
increases the value of property, and
when only such sidewalk as the De-
partment requires is asked, there is
not a property holder in Grand
Rapids who cannot afford such a walk.
We did not think there was person
in the city who wished to keep the
city back to such an extent that they
would petition against sidewalk for
free delivery.
On Mayor Nash's suggestion, an
ordinance was passed making it I'M
lawful for boys to carry a loaded gun
within the limits of the city of Grand
Rapids, providing the boy was under
the age OF of twenty-one years. Girls
may be allowed this privilege, but
not the male SEX This is wise mea-
sure, since it will have great tend
ency to take out of the hands of those
who do not know how to handle them.
the instruments that have inflicted SO
many wounds aud have caused so
many deaths in the country.
The members of the band asked for
an appropriation of $3.50 for their use,
and the right to hold their band
practice in the west side city hall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-06
It was referred to the finance COM

1t was referred to the finance COM
mittee.
Among the other things brought
before the council was the resignation
of Alderman Slattery of the first
ward. He gave as his reason as for
rendering it, that he was about to
move to Rhinelander and start in
business at that place. His resigna-
tiOn was accepted and after the
council had expressed it's regret at
having Aid. Slattery leave, they
proceeded to elect another to fill the
vacancy, and f. c. Ketchum was
chosen for the place.
In the list of bills were some curious
ones. One was for ice for the sewer
crew, for drinking water. The water
in the city mains was not cool enough
for these toilers, so some ice was
ordered for them, Another bill was
for killing three dogs and buryiIg
them, Still another was for seven
hours work on street crossing, So.
The city attorney, j. A. Gaynor,
upon his own suggestion. was in
structed to draw up an ordinance
against leaving horse united along
any of the streets of the city, and
especially along those at each end of
the bridge. A roadway was accepted
from J. j. Canning and his neighbor
between their homes, providing they
would get it into good state of
repair and give the city deed to the
land upon which it must lay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-06
The Christian Church.

G. w. Dean the new minister fer
the Christian church people who hold
services in the G. A. r. hall each
Lords day, will arrive for preaching
October Is. There will be no preach
ing October 8. but regular weekly
communion services at 1l:0c a. M.
Bible school 9:45 a. m.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-06
Sweeney Farm For Sale.

The Joseph Sweeney farm consisting
of 81 acres and buildings thereon
with IS acres under the pillow. This
place is only about two miles from
the city and is bargain for somebody,
For terms and particulars inquire of
A. L. Fontaine. Il.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-06

Coal and wood for sale at E. c.
Ketchums call and get price tt