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DIP ODCUS:. GREATEST OF ALL EARTHLY CREATURES

structed that they can be assembled
and bolted together so as to form what
appears to be a continuous stone slab,
with the skeleton hewn out In bold re-
lief. The sections are framed of kiln
seventy feet in length The animal
flourished some eight million years ago
during the Jurassic period and age OF
reptiles. This huge lizard-like creature
roamed around the marshes and lived
in the inland seas and lakes which,
dried spruce logs. screwed together,
painted With three coats of asphaltum.
to prevent the dampness from swelling
or varying tho plaster. Three-quatrer
channel irons are used to form the rests
or beds on which tho bones are fasten-
ed. Tho wood frames and iron pro-
iections are. covered with galvanized
iron-wire mesh and then again With
iburlap dipped In liquid plaster, On this
foundation tho plaster matrix Was run
to the edge OF tho bones, After the
matriN became hard, 1T was Clipped
Switha stonecptters chisel, so that the
fossil seems 10 have been sculptured
out of the solid rock. Tho mounting
OF the great skeleton, was very skill
fully accomplished hy MI Otto Falken-
bach, assisted by Mr. Charles Falken-
bach, OF the paleratoloslc8t depart-
ment,
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scum. !. 10
Diplodocus was giant; reptile and
one Of the largest animals that ever
trod the earth, ranging from sixty to
during the Reptilian Era, covered Wyo-
ming and various parts of the Rocky
Mountain region, Diplodocus was tall,
exceeding In height the largest, ee-
plant, with long. slender limbs. ten feet
or more in length. and for Its huge
bulk was considered to have been re-
agile. The animal was prln,.
cipaly aquatic, though frequenting
the land at tines. Tho head was as
small being hut two feet
long, in proportion to the huge body
the estimated weight of which was
about twenty-five tons The short,
rakerlilSe teeth around the front
OF the mouth were useless for cutting
or grinding, and were adaptcd only for
pulling up and tearing off the soft sue
culent water plants and vegetation of
the lake bottom on whichgit fed. a
realistic view of both the small head
and rake teeth are shown In the nhoto
here Reproduced from complete skull,
tho American Museum.
piplodocus is credited with having
the longest and largest neck known 10
any animal, living or extinct The
long, flexible, taperlng neck of tho
present specimen Is fiftsen feet IN
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will write later, when / visit their
college at Assiout. about three hundred
miles farther zip the Nile valley. and
tho other Is the government, directed
by the British. who are collecting the
taxes and administering all matters
of Importance in Egypt to-day. In
addition TO these there are about one
thousand schools supported by the
Copts, who, by the way. are the most
Intelligent of the native population.
Egypt was very illiterate when the
British took hold of the administration,
and even now not more than six or
seven per cent. of the natives can read
and write. The desire for learning is
increasing, however, and the system
of common schools which has been in
augurated is being rapidly developed.
There are now over ten thousand
schools in the country. with something
like twenty thousand teachers and
perhaps a. quarter of a. million pupils.
There are n number of private schools,
several normal schools and also
schools devoted to special training. In
the last few years system of tech
meal education has been inaugurated.
and the government now has model
workshops at Roulac and Assiout. 1t
has school of agriculture here at
Cairo. school of engineering and
schools OF law and medicine.
An important movement has been the
introduction of modern studies into
the village schools belonging to the
Mohammedans. These We're formerly.
and are to some extent now, under
the university of El-Azhar. They We're
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furriturr, such ~ we have at home.
There was not chair nor table in
the halls: there were no maps nor dia7
grams. and no scientific Instruments,
There were no libraries visible. and
the books used were mostly pamphlets.
There is no charge for tuition, and
the poor and the rich areAon much the
same level. Many of the undergrad
yates are partially supported by the
university, and 1t is no disgrace to he
without money. Some of the students
and professors live In thei university.
They sleep in the school rooms. where
they study or teach. lying down upon
the mats and. covering themselves with
their blankets They eat there, and
there are peddlers who bring in food
and sell 1t to them. Their diet is
plain, bowl of bean soup and a cake
of pounded grain. together with lit
tie garlic or dates. forming the most
common meal. Such food costs but
little, but to those who are unable to
buy the university gives food, 900
loaves of bread being supplied without
charge to needy students every day..
AS I passed through the halls I saw
ONE of the boys mending their
clothes, and others spreading their
wash out in the sun to dry. They did
not seem ashamed of their poverty and
I saw much to admire.
The professors serve for nothing
and support themselves by teaching
in private houses or By reading the
prayer at the mosques 1t is consid-
cred a great honor TO be professor
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8 Walter Beasley, writing In the scien-
tific American. says:
a splendid siNty-foot specimen
of the great American dinosaur,
diplodocus, is to have the place Of
honor in tile new Senckenberg Natural
History Museum, at Frankfort-on-the-
Main, Germany. For this valuable
fossil prize the municipality of Frank
fort is indebted to the generosity Of
Morris X. Jesup, ESQ. OF New York,
president of the American Museum of
Kaison. who dug out, the greater part
Schlff. Esq, Mr. Schiff, as a native OF
Frankfort. was requested TO secure: II
possible an interesting exhibit from
this country. to enrich the new Frank
fort institution. Mr.. Jesup heard ot
this appeal and had prepared and
mounted at his own expense a diplo-
sdocus skeleton from the museums coll
lection, The dedication ceremony will
take place before q distinguished
gathering of scientists and educators.
INCLUDING the German Emperor and
Empress. 1t Is probable that Director
Herman G, Bumpus will make the Off
3rlal presentation of the dIplodocns ON
behalf of Mr.. Jesup.
The skeleton was obtained from the
famous Bone Cabin Quarry. located
near the Medicine Bow River, In south
central NYyorllr g, O.. q was 8une a he'd IN
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here. and the most learned men of the
Mohammedan world are glad to lee
ture in the El-Azhar vi UT reward.
In fact the only man About the insti-
tuition who receives a salary Is the
president who has 10000 piasters a
Year. This seems much until one
Knows that the plaster is oniy five
cents, and that 1t takes ttis many of
them to make $500.
1 asked as to the government of the
university. and was told ii had n Drin-
cipal and under professors. All stu
dents are under the direct control of
the university, and IL they misbehave
outside its walls the police hand them
over to the collegiate authorities for
punishment The students are exempt
from military service, and 1t is said
that many enter the institution for
that reason alone. There seem TO be
no limitations as to age nor as to the
time one may spend at the college.
saw boys Between six and eight
studying the Koran in one corner of
the building, and gray-bearded men
sitting around professor in another.
The most of the scholars, however, are
from sixteen to twenty two. or of
about the same ago as our college
students at home.
This university has but little to do
with tho great movement of modern
education which is now going on in
Egypt. 1t is rather religious than
educational. and the live, active edu-
cational forces outside 1T are two. One
OF these Is tho United Presbyterian
church and it's mission school, of which
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worse thin bloody nose or nlack
eye. TIL great f-nanceers come ont
lookin' as though they were comm
firm any kind Nv a merrymakin'.
ut must be great fun to be d.
rector Nv wan iv thin railroads. IN
directors gather firm far an near, full
Nv good spirits afther TIL run UP firm
Newport. hope we can hurry
through says wan great financeer. i
5oughtn't to be here at all but tn last
wurruds ~ me dying father was to
cop all TIL directors fees cud get
near. Pah was a director In nine hun
dhred comp'nles an he got so expert
he cud spear fee without losin' his
.sthride. But 1 oughtn't to be here.
I've got an engagement to be chased
be a polisman at three, he. says. i
don't care how long We stay. says
Clarence steenevant, another director.
II told tn boys only yesterday that !
enjoyed these here meetin's iv til
BOARD iv tn Arizony Centhral more.
thin anything that happens says he.
This isn't TIL Arizony Centhral'
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dred could correctly give three-fourths

dred could correctly give three-fourths
OF 1T.
When 1t is remembered that the
Koran contains one hundred and four
teen divisions and in the ncighborhood
OF eighty thousand words, 1t will DO
seen what this means. / venture that
there are not four thousand children In
the United States who can reel oil
the New Testament without looking a.
the book. and that with our vast popu-
lation we have not nifty thousand boys
who can recitc even one book of our
Bible from memory and not mispro-
nounce a word.
The MohammeGans revere their Bible
auto as much as we do ours. While
It liz being read they will not allow
II TO lie upon the floor, and no one
may read or touch 1t without first
washing himself. 1t Is written In
Arabic and it's style IL considered a
model. They believe that It vas re-
vealcd by God to Mohammed, and That
IL Is eternal IT was not written at
the irst but was entirely committed
TO memory. and II is in that way that
Il is still taught 10 a large extent.
understand that the present khedive
can recite the most of IT. During my
interview with his father. Tewhk
Pasla. he told me that lie could begin
at the back and by memory alone re-
cite the Koran clear to the beginning.
The better classes of Mohnmmedans
have beautiful copies of this BOOK.
They have some bound in gold with the
texts illuminated. and the university
here las collection OF fine editions
which lis looked upon as one of It's
greatest treasures.
Nine Thousand bald Heads.
Th,s famous Mohammedan university
ia situated IN the heart OF business
cairo. When ] rode TO II to-day on
my donkey / passed through a mile or
so of covered bazaars. thronged with
turbaned men and yelled women ano
walled with shops In which long
gowned Egyptians were selling goods
and plying their trades. The univer-
sity is known as the Mosque OF Eli
Azhar. which is one OF the Oldest
mosques of Cairo. 1t covers several
acres and the streets about 1T are
! largely taken up with industries con-
uected with the university.
One of the bazaars Is devoted to book
selling and bookbinding and another
TO head addressing. Every Mohammedan
has his head shaved several times
week and in this college there are
Q. 900 bald headed students. The scholar
who would appear here with our or
binary college football cut would not
be admitted The students wear tur-
hans OF white. black or green. and
there Is not hair under them except
on the top of the crown, where little
huff NAV be left that the owner may
be the more easily pulled into heaven.
| NV way led through the street of
the BARRIERS. There We're number OF
them working on the heads of the stu
dents. The BARRIERS made them kneei
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Copyright, 1907, by FL. III. Mcclure q
well, SIR said Mr.. Dooley, I'm
glad to see that our great thrans-
portation problems are bein settlcd
In TIL right way
''How's that?" asked Mr.. Hennessy.
..with a whack in tn eye said
Mr.. Dooley. TITS TIL on'y way to
solve amy problem that can't be solved
out iv little arithmetic book. It's
tn Archey Road way an I'm proud to
think It's got as far,as Wall Sthreet."
"Ye know TIL Illinye CENTRAL?
why do ask? " coorse ye know
1t. TITS wan ~ TIL institutions iv our
fair city. 1t has a rockin' chair on
our front stoop. It's thracks are our
lawn. Whin an American city Is
blessed be Hiven with site along
side Nv the shinin' ocean. tn sparklin'
lake or TIL purlin' river. it shows Its
Rratlchood to Hiven be sivin the
site to a glue facthry, a lumber yard
or a railroad. TIL arly pioneers come
here an hooked tn city away firm thS
Indyans. Thin they whit down to
TIL lake front an looked 1t over, an.
says they: This here beautiful view
Is too good FIR TIL likes iv us. We
must give 1t to some railroad that Is
worthy iv it. Well ask tn Illnye
CENTRAL to take It. AS FIR: US, we'll
dump barrow " ashes into this
swamp an make home Err ourselves,
can tn lllinye Centhral has been
there to this day. It's TIL great In
stitution. / feel a kind ~ reverence
fr 1T, I've voted FIR 1t ivry time !
wint 10th polls to cast me lmpeeryal
suffrage away firm me. It's been
mayor Nv this city more thin wanst,
govnor ~ tn state, majority Nv tn
ligislachure. TIL states attorney an
i always tn coroner, It's set on tn
4 bench. It's edited newspapers. In
tn rural communities, as Hogan calls
thim it's held ivry ofiico firm post
masther to town marshal. Judge
how man stands BIO What railroad
thracks are nearest to him l live in
lowly style between TIL Alton an I'll
Belt Line I'm hetther off thin TIL
sonfochnit neighbors iv TIL G., r. & O.,
although TIL people near TIL Pan
handle look down on ME. hut tf
Rothschild was to come in here some
night an take an overdose Nv kimmel
an 60 to sleep beside tn stove TIL
next day wud find mo In a palashal
club on Michigan ANnoo, dhrinkin' me
schooner Nv sherry wine an being SO
intimate with TIL Illinye CENTRAL
right ~ way that if8Iiwint to ssleeps In
me chair I'd have me toes cut off,
TIA thu grand, Yinirable instltation,
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down TO be shaved. and 1 saw one or
two lying with their heads in the laps
of the men who were shaving them.
The BARRIERS used no paper, wiping the
shavings on the faces of their victims
instead. 1T the end they gave the
head, face and ears a good washing.
AS approached the entrance of the
university saw many young. long
gowned, turbaned men, with their
books under their arms, standing about
and some carrying manuscripts In and
out Each student has his shoes in
his hand when he enters the gates. and
j Was made to put a pair of slippers
over my boots before went in. The
slippers were OF yellow ssheepskin and
a turbaned servant tied them on with
red strings.
NIohninmcdnn Students mt Work.
Entering tho gate came into great
acknowledged court. upon which the
study halls OF this university face. The
court was surrounded by arcades and
In the immense rooms beyond were
thousands upon thousands of students.
They sat in groups on the floor, lis
tening 10 the professors, who were
lecturing on various subjects, swaying
back and forth as they sang out their
words OF wisdom q
Some of the groups We're studying
aloud. and altogether the confusion
was as great as that at the Tower of
Babel. when the tongues of the build
ers were changed. There Were at least
5000 men. all talking at once, and
some. II seemed to me. We're shouting
at the tops of their voices. / had many
unfriendly looks as l made my way
/ through the mass. and narrowly es-
capped being mohbed when j took snap
shots OF the professors and students
at work under the bright sun. which
beat down upon hhe court. The In
mates of this school are among the
most fanatical of the Mohammedans.
and have since learned that the Chris
tian who moves among them is in
danger Of personal violence.
spent some time in this university,
going from hall to hall and making
notes. In one section 1 found class
OF blind boys who were learning the
more fanatical than any of the others
In another place saw forty Persians
listening to a professor. They We're
sitting on the ground, and the pro-
fessor himself sat flat on the floor
with his bare feet doubled up under
him. could see his yellow toes stick
Ing out of his black gown. He was
llecturing on theology, and the stu
dents were attentive.
Another class near by was taking
down the notes Of his lecture Each
had sheet of tin. which looked as
though 1t might have been cut from an
oil can, and he wrote upon this In ink
with a reed style. Tho letters We're in
Arabic, and /. could not tell what they
meant.
looked about me In vain for school
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MIR DOOIFY. on THE CONDUCT. OF A RAILROAD

We have not. Allin favor. will say,
Ave. Conthry minded will say nawth-
in. TIL ayes have 1T. TIL sic'rity
Will pass tn fresh air fund an Well
all go over TO tn Dutchman's an get
a drink says he.
at this minyit a tall imposing
looking man arose. .Misther Chair
man. says he srh inthrests Nv thu
people are very dear to me- says he.
I will not submit to havin' thmi throd
lindherfoot,' he says. i wish to offer &
resolution he says. Whereas he
says. have lost me job. and Whereas
I want 1t back. and Whereas 1t don't
look as il i was goin' to get 1t back;
Therefore be 1T resolved that tn
country is going to TIL divvle,' he
says. Ye'er a liar says tn Chair
man. III lay ye'er motion on tn
table, says he. Il move,' says TIL
director. to lay tn chairman undher
TIL table, says he. Do ] have a sec
ond to tn motlon?' says tn chairman.
II don't need n second says TIL d.
rector I'll put TIL motion mesilf,'
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1t hides TIL water we've got to drink
fr'm us before we dhrink it; it enables
tn, people IL Hyde Park to lay in their
winters supply iv soft coal be carry
in it home ivry summers night In
their eyes; It divides our beautitui
park into two parts an spreads a
pleasing shade Nv smoke an steam
over TIL heads " tn throngs iv light
hearted an careless people that ire
quent that great popular playground.
Our little childher go down to tn lake
to lave their tired limbs an lave thin
on TIL Illinye CENTRAL thracks. 9e'll
place me be laughin'. Thank ye
kindly.
"Well. sir j had an idea that this
vin'rabie institution must be con-
throlled be kind ~ men different
firm TIL likes Nv we an me. I've had
me dhreams w power. often, on a
hot afthernoon. whin there was nav
thin better TO do, I've been prisidint
Nv TIL United States, GEAR Nv Rooshya
or even pope iv Rome, But I nivcr
thought " Smesilf runnin' TIL Illinye
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says another sage fin-nanceer.
Il don't care says Clarence.
It's some CENTRAL. I'm goin.
to so out there, wan Nv these
days says he. Y wudden't chance
it, says Percy Lumley "A frind 'ix
mine has Just come back an he says
he suffered Incredible privatlons in a
hotel in Saint I.ooey. They We're days
an days without absinthe. Til meet
In will come to ordher says the chair
man Little vans, tn main finger who
owns this here impeeryal railroad Will
not be able to come to tn ,neetin' as
he has matthers Nv more Importance
thin this here perkwather kline. Gin
tlemen, l hope We realize that tn IN
thrests ~ millyons iy people dipinds
on ye'er action to-day Now what Will
Yer action be? Letme see. I thought
1 put it In me change pocket. On,
here 1t is. No, this is a good thing
at TIL races. All, I've found 1t. Til
main squeeze has kindly jotted down
on a corner Nv newspaper what We
will do Have ye heerd TIL question?
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Central railroad. n1Ver looked so
high. I figured thin mighty men.
with their vast brains chuggin' away
in heads about as big as tn Aujitoroom
Hotel settin' in some vast stone builds
in in New York an governin' tn
empire that stretches firm Chicago
to Kankykee an New Orleens. I
didn't hwy thin. ] thought 1t must
make their heads ache. An was
wrong, Hinnissy. I'm always wrong
whin figure anybody as much
greater thin mesil1. An I'm nearly
always wrong whin don't figure him
as little greater. To tell ye TIL
thruth / was cut out Err railroad
director If I cud get out Nv range
Nv Father Kelly's teachin's, I'd make
a fine high f1-nanceer. have tn
punch, or used to have 1t. Divvle thu
headache comes out Nv wan " their
directors meetin's. There amt n head
ache in bar'l ~ thin. If ya saw
wan iv thin meetln's adjournin' afther
.discussn' TIL problems that means
life an death to US, ye'd see nawthin.
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he says. an he busted him wan. Ihln,
bein' over fifty, he followed tn punch
I'm be fallin' on his prosthrate roe.
Accounts differ. Hinnissy, Nv what hap-
pened afther that. Some say that tn
frlnd Nv tn people took tn gr-reat
5magnate be tn hair iv his head an
dragged him around tn room. otners
an shook him while thu magnate thried
to use an iron ink-well In tn debate:
Anyhow, an iniyable time was had.
HTh grave an riv'rend boord danced
around tn two capitalists. Give " to
him, Stuyve! says one Nv thin. 'Th'
boot, TIL boot, Jimmy" Tin to wan
on stuyve!' If he'd liver got that hay
maker acrost 'twud have been all
over.
"Wen. sir. I'm glad to know about
thin that they're just like Ourselves.
Il thought Nv thin settlin' our affairs
be deep thought or In some akelly I'M
canny way. But instead Nv that. they're
ltght-hearted an joyous in their
methods. They pass tn lie an TIL
divident at TIL same time. They slam
each other around tn room, bite. gougo
an pull hair Just TIL same as we do.
TIL Only fault have to find with thin
is that they do it badly. Be all ac-3
counts it was a poor fight. Nayther
Nv thin had a mark whin he come OUT
III tell We it don't tend to impress us
Investors with tn safety iv our In
thrests to know that they're In TIL
hands iv a couple Nv old gintlemenS
that make passes at each other like
near.sighted professor thryin' to-
catch a butther-fly In a net. It's a
tur-rble thing Err me to think that
this here gr-rent institution is run he
man that We can SEQ almost amy
day sprintin' around long table while
another old gintleman thrles to put In
Knockout blow o.. his shoulder
blades. see be the pa-aper Harri-
mans very sore about tn way TIL rail-
road pisidint conducted himself. Win
he got news iy tn fight, he wired.
Where was Seer uppercut?' an he's
thinkin' iv putin a new man In
ischarge. HOS wired Jeftreys, II he
gets him there'll he no talk ~ tn
control " th'5road passin'. Yell read
| in th' pa-apers; An attempt Was
made to wrest tn conthrol Nv tn
fIllnye CENTRAL firm tn present dom-'5
| lnent inthreasts yesterdah. hut N
tailed In tn first round be a right
to TIN pint " TIL Jaw. Director
sharkey fought samely, but he was
Eoutclassed.n
IAN, how did II come QUIZ asked Mr.
Hennessy. 6,,
| Dooley.
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pIe. Progress, and Promotion.


From the Boston Transcript.
Neither the sociologist nor the poll.
ticlan will dismiss as unworthy of
earnest thought and subtle speculation
the announcement that Secretary Cor.
telyou snatches hasty luncheon of
pie and halrand.half at restaurant
across the street from the Treasury
building. In the most plastic period OF
character formation he attended the
Massachusetts Normal School at West
field. and applied himself diligently to
books that must have reminded him
that the pie eaters of New England
wrought nightly in the field AMI fol.
lowed the strenuous life. He cannot
have failed to be impressed with the
factes that a regiment of Marblehead.
ers covered the retreat from Long Is.
land and led the crossing of the Della
ware. In Marblehead they are said to
eat clam pie for breakfast Washing.
ton knew that he was about when he
put regiment of pie eaters in the van
of his alvance and in the rear guard
in a retreat. Pie, progress and pro-
promotion all begin with P.