Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-13
AT THE MARSHALL FIELD Mt SECM IN CITY OF
 CHICAGO.
Relics of UnkonWn Age Ne" Fea- lures of tie Natural History
 Collection.


 seum of Natural History, which show the advance m tn art of the scien- fife exhibitor. Few realize the pains taking laborious work required to gather the exhibits in the first place; and only the favored can see behind the closed doors that guard important treasures of the scientific world from the eyes of the public-Guard them until they are ready for mounting in special cases.
 Among new features soon to be shown are the results of several of the museums expeditions for the gathering of fossils the last two sum- mers. These eXpedit ons were fortu- nate in obtaining rare specimens, and the product of their work is mounted and almost ready for exhibition. The search of 1904 was conducted in Eastern Montana, while that of tn S year was among the Bad Lands Of South Dakota.
 The party consisted of J. B. Abbott and E. $. Riggs of the museum, and Y. H. Barnett, student from Cor nell university. Their base of opera tions was at Rapid City, and the search extended eastward for seven ty miles.
 The expedition of 1904 brought back one of the rarest specimens of fossils i'll eXistence-tne skull of a 1llcetatops, or great horned lizard It was found 110 miles from the near est railroad and near Powderville. Mont. The skull measures four fee ill height snd six and q half feet n length. The horns are two and a half t ct high. The original creatur, =vonl1 haVe measured about twenty five feet long and ten feet high and was four-legeed It was land ani aal and a vegetarian Parts of tho fSel"ton Were also found in fairl rood condition.
 The spec men is supposed by Doc or O. c. Harrington. curator of th department of geology, to be aboH ,.oon,o0G years old, and is one of the largest known. It will be placed o,
 xhibition soon. Two other skull were found during the summer. bu not of so large a size
 A fossil of a species of land tor oise, which measured 30 by 24 inche was also uncovered in Montana. Thi 'ortoise must have had head si, inches long and it's shell was check ed off in a peculiar manner.
 The general results of the work Of the 1905 expedition were twenty-five :kulls and several skeletons of fossi mammals which can be mounted. One slab of stone, four feet wide an,! twelve feet long contains tn :te, skeletons of small kind of wate:
 Ni' A0 oNaii oi dH elOtieflum, an tnimal resembling the modern pis. was found, which measured thirty inches in length and had big teeth.
 The family to wh oh this specimen belonged is now extinct. The most peculiar portion of the skull is two long bony processes extending out O. either side of the head. "The only use for these processes that I can see,' said Mir. Abbott, "was for pro- ect .on." The skull is probably 2.00o 900 years old.'
 The general type of animals found n the Bad Lands show relation to th. no1crn species of rhinoceros, horse tapir, camel, dog and cat.
 Fossil ancestors of the camel sivn evidence that the original animal was bout the size of a small deer and had that an malls slender limbs. T'..7 ancestors of the horse hal only t,,ree oes to a foot and were as large as sheep. The ancient rhi7oceros wae 2roely land animal minus horns.
 Many of these fossil remains were sound in clay deposits although some If the very best specimens were un covered in huge ledges of sandstone !
 Among those found in the san one were remains of skulls of wha4 s called the saber-tooth tiger, al 'inal about as large as the African hetah with long legs and slender sody. This animal was a fiesh-eater if savage variety
 'The public hos no idea" said Nr 1 hott, "cf the difficult es under whic', "e have to work to get these speci 'ens For instance, while in the Bal nnds. we found skull imbedded in
 mass of stone which was at least vile from any passable road, where
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