The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-07-19

the monstrous creature that once
roamod the face OF the earth and was
monarch OF all that II surveyed
This monster Of the semitropicai
Jungle of Montana ages ago probably
weighed 10 tons and reached a height OF
% foet IN his stockings and had a brain
not larger than a mans clenched fist.
a brain that was altogether lacking In
the convolutions which characterized
his rivals. the mammals. and that
could have endowed him with just
about enough intelligence to look for
food when he was hungry, a condition
which was probably chronic with him.
as he. unlike most OF HIS relatives, in
dulged IN an exclusive meat diet
The head Of this tyrant lizard is still
in the workshop Of the museum.
where. under the skillful manipula-
tions Of Adam Herman. Il Is slowly as
sumine the shape and features which
made lt so formidable some three or
four million years ago. Already tho
teeth. gathered from the banks OF
Hell creek. with scarcely a scratch 10
mar their polished surfaces, conical
in shape. armed with saw-toothed
edges. and curved backwards like
these of the killer whale, have been
set in their matrices. where they pro-
frnde more than five inches above the
huge jawbones. which when placed to-
gether form a cavity almost large
enough TO hold the body Of a human
being When the entire skull and
neck are finished they will be attach
cd to the massive trunk that now
awaits them In Dinorsaur Hall As
the heieht Of the latter, from floor 10
ceiling. is restricted, however the ty-
rannorsaurus viii be compelled 10
greet his New York admirers In
somewhat crouching posture. waving
some six or seven feet OF his normal
altitude out of Difference 20 the mod
ern limitations in which he finds him
self
The tyrant lizard had two huge con-
temporaries upon whom II undoubt'
edlv preyed-the trlceratops. three
horned creature. and the iguanodont.
Remains Of both these animals we're
found with the bones Of the ~
rannosaurus. and II is natural TO
imagine that a deadly encounter
of the giants marked their end.
II the museum IS a skull OF the
triceratops that suggests a doughty
antagonist. This skull measures sew
ON feet IN length. and IS armed With
bony plates, forming a sort o run
above the eyes and over the neck, re-
sambling a hroman's helmet from
which project three sharp horns. The
animal was four-footed and 20 feet In
length. according 10 a specimen shown
I'm the National Museum at Washing
ton. the largest creature living. next
10 the tyrant lizard. in those last days
of the rephlian era.
The iguanodont. who was IN shape
something Ike the tyrant lizard. in
size ranging from a man 20 a large
camel. and who had a ducks bill for
a mouth. with which he grubbed along
the muddy river banks in search OF
food As the iguanodont was without
armor and without canine teeth, speed.
for which his two long legs were well
adapted. must have been his one
means Of escape from the furious on
set OF the tyrant
Although the western part Of this
continent appears 70 have been their
Headquarters. the dinosaurs were not
confined 10 North America. Traces OF
them have been found In all OF the
great land divisions Of both henri
spheres. and even IN far-ofi New Zeal
and. But Of the tyrannosauruA the
greatest fesh-eating animals. the only
known specimen is the one discov-
cred in Montana by Prof Henry F.
Osborn. and now mounted and placed
on exhibition for the first time in the
Natural History Museum.