The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-12-02
RESTORING SCIENCE.
Sone Day II Will Be MIsIed by q
False Tooth.

Certain eminent psychologists re-
Gently have restored" several OF the
wild beasts that roamed the primitive
morasses Of central Oregon 100000
years ago. Judging by their names
these authentic monstrosities were
somewhat fiercer than the wild ami
mails we have known In this prosaic
age. They must have looked like q
jungle cartoon.
Think of a deer with some of the
characteristics of the cutlery-crested
pig that made Arkansas Infamous! He
could run like daddylOnglegs and
bite like the dickens. The comic
scientists reduced this animal to a
condition of unquestioning subsection
by naming him Hypertragulus, other
wise he might have gnawed a hole
In the museum and let the useful
Triceratops (restored) escape.
For the Hypertragulus was part rat
in addition to his other eccentricities.
He could gnaw into corncrib and
squeak when he bit nail. He could
grunt if he wanted to. This animal
was reconstructed from fossil tooth
and fragment of dorsal fin. With
| two whole tibia to work upon he could
easily have exhibited many of the traits
| of the little brown hen and the fret
| full six-cylindered Gasolenopus. His
flesh was esteemed delicacy, but the
animal was restored too late to affect
the present scarcity of venison.
The Triceratops was three-horned
paddle-tailed hippopotamus. He was
one-third hippo and twothirds tail
closely related to the beaver and the
bumblebee This animal, If domes-
ticated, could have been profitably EN-
ployed in the construction Of public
swimmin' holes; but his tail might
have proved valueless as a municipal
butter paddle, as it was thirty feet in
length. 1t would have taken all the
butter to grease the paddle.
The Triceratops became extinct
through the ravages Of the tyran'
nosaurus Rex, or giant lizard IRE
tored), a great, carnivorous reptile
that perished in the glacial catacylsn
|-also restored. Careless boys some
times staked the pet Triceratops OF
the banks Of the swimmin' hole ant
left him there over night without pro
lection, where he fell an easy pre-!
to the prowling Tyrannosaurus rex.
Here is food for thought.
Mesohippus acutidens is the name
given to the oomic-section little anima
that was an ancestor of our domestic
horse. He was burdened with three
toes on each foot, besides being man.
best friend; and then there was thu
name. He resembled fox with
horses faults, and would shy at sigh
of a Gasolenopus. This playful beas
became extinct through legislativ,
lobbying of the horse-shoers' union
the members of which objected t.
mailing twelve shoes on one blam
little centipede. Still the Mesohippu
acutidens might have been a usefu
carriage animal but for its disconcert
ing trick of burrowing like a fox.
It is said that the advanced paleor
tologist can reconstruct an extinct an
NAL from a single fossil fragment
Custom-made clothing sometimes !
constructed after a careless glance q
thumb print; but, one of these day
some scientist will accidentally ge
hold of fossil false tooth that doe
not conform in anatomical rules, an
the result will be a Mess-o'- -hippus
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, e,
hibiting some plainly noticeable trait
of the sea urchin.-Chicago News.