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OSLERISM A MISTAKE.
Records Put q Mans Best Producing Age
Ut 80. Rather Thar 40.

IL appears that 10 baokseat men at 10
would simply rob the world Of most Of
its masterpieces. the creation Of which
depends on the intellect. An interesting
article In the CSntUry gives the average
age at which the best work in various lines
ms been produced.
According 10 the writer OF the article
the records give an aver age age OF 50 for
the performance OF the maBterwork, For
workers the average age 10 n and for think
ers 81. Chemists and physicists average
the Youngest. reaching their highest ehi-
cheney at II, which may account for the
theories Of DR.. 0eler,
Dramatists and playwrghts, poets and
inventors follow at a; novelists give In
average OF 40; explorers and warriors. ~:
musical composers and actors. "; artists
and divines occupy the position of equiibri-
rum at 81, ~essayists and reformers stand
at 81; physicians and surgeons line up with
the statesmen at 50; philosophers give
an average OF 81; astronomers end mathe-
maticians, gtirsts and humorists SO; his
torians 81, naturalists and jurists So.
As may he noted says the writer. @there
is a Encouragement OF the order at this
time, but the thinkers, as before, and as
would naturally be expected. attain their
full maturity at a later period than the
workers. The corollary is evident. Pro-
vided health and optimism remain the
man OF 80 can command success as readily
a. the msn Of So
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found a comfortable corner near the wheel
house and had a fairly pleasant evening
watching the lights on the Jersey coast.
"Jorkins stood the rolling and pitching
like a man and his presence helped me fight
of a tendency TO view the sea at closer
quarters. We turned in early and each OF
us smoked a cigar in our stateroOm in dis
obedience OF reg~ulations-that is, | smoked
his as we'll as mine, for he was OF the weed.
THE next morning we awoke as the
ship was Of Cape Charles. The sea was
as calm as the proverbial millpond. Nat
urally | was hungry, ~rsvenously hungry.
SO was Jorkins.
THE dining saloon was 10 be open at 7
O'Clock, and long before that hour JOrkins
and | were waiting outside the door, We
we're the first 10 get TO the table, Right
there was where | got even-re ally and
truly with the company.
George said ] 10 the negro waiter.
this seat next to mine Is now occupied by
my friend and partner, Mr.. Jorkins. He's
hungry and so am |. Bring us both the
whole bill OF fare
'To his everlasting credit George never
cracked a smile.
S'The sea makes gemmen powerful
hungry he said as he made for the kitchen,
well, he brought two breakfasts and
I-or Iatner Jorkins and late them. Yes,
sir, we licked the platter clean, as they say.
As | started to 20 | handed George his
customary tribute. he hesitated.
But your friend, sah,' he said. He
done forget a pore niger SO doubled
the tribute.
"Jorkins and | arrived safely at our
destination, ! for one feeling that the trip
was well worth while
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Vail Apologize, a freshman at Dartmouth
College, The boys built the house a little
more than two years ago, but it is only
lately that they have converted it into a
sleeping place.
AT first their intention wal simply 10 build
a crows nest where they could seclude
themselves on rainy afternoons and days
when il was too hot for active exercise.
The crows nest did not prove to be large
enough, 30 the boys added a large platform
which forms what they call their piazza.
This piazza Is roOmy enough for an ordinary
sized dining room table and comfortably
accommodates six or eight diners.
After Lees and Apologize had the house
completed their parents took an interest
in il. They recognized that il would be a
fine place 10 sit in the warm weather. Mrs.
Lees suggested that a stairway be added
TO enable the older folk TO climb to the
tree top, 1t took the boys three months to
build it.
II was last summer that Lees and Apple-
gate decided that they would like TO see
how it would feel TO sleep out in the p
They covered the top OF the house with
panes Of glass and this gave them all the
light, day or night, they needed. The trial
worked 80 well that they declared that
thereafter they woul6, while the weather
was warm, sleep in the tree.
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ELECTRIC
The Arc LigEt a Good Imitation sun hep'
on the Move.

The new system Of plant culture 'D"'.
has been introduced by D. ". ThV''. az
electrical engineer, undertakes to supply
all the necessities Of the living plant
From a single gas engine, connected WIN
an electrical apparatus, it is possible '' %"
tain artificial light, carbonic ar' ~
heat and energizing current.
In these experiments, says TIC "C."
To-day, il has been found TO be 4 very w.
portant one to have the %,iactrlc a'' 'e,
~tinlously op the move. This Is "l''.E
by afixing Tire lamp TO a small m''"' WIN"
runs I'D and down the house on Ia..
A moments thought will show tho ,
pos Of this deyice. Owing to the aii" ,to
movements Of the sun the ray l'.'' IN,
sol lr orb are never stationary Tor 81 7'@
minute on any part Of vegetation
Another special feature Is the
a waite screen 80 that the cler' .f
passing through this medium are I.".'u.
most Of their heat. Very much ne '.r
process goes on in the case OF The ar5
our world. The rays Of light AZ they '''(Yi
us have been toned down from W.'..
their heroeness because they have 49,,
through that which is practically % -
screen, composed Of countless nv'i'l' , NJ,
moisture particles which 60 to m'"' "
our atmosphere %
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the downfolds Of these has been found
TO exist a wonderful layer Of entombed
dinosaurs Of enormous size.
The country for many miles around was
in remote times the bel Of a great lake or
inland sea, and the bodies Of these aquatic
trachodons when they died became i'm
bedded in the mire Of the lake and sea bot
toms. When in the course Of ages the
water disappeared and the mud hardened
into rock their skeletons were preserved
in a petnfed state.
In this primeval sea and around its shores
lived during the ~cretaceous age numerous
hordes Of the great soaly coated trachodons,
who walked erect on their massive hind
limbs and waded about in the swamps
and marshes searching for food. Along
with the trachodons there lived at the
same time two fierce types Of c%arnivorous
dinosaurs, namely, the tyra~nnosaurus,
and the three horned monster the tri-
cerstops. These were the deadly enemies
Of the t~rachodons and constantly attacked
and preyed upon them.
The remains Of the dinosaurs OF herb
ivorous types are more frequently found
than those Of the flesh eating dinosaurs,
and their skeletons are likewise preserved
more complete, all the parts being usually
united together, Remains Of large car
nivorous dinosaurs are never found in
tact, but scattered.
Mining . big dinoSaur's remains with
out damaging the brittle bones 10 a slow
and delicate operation requiring special
care and skill. The ~unoovering Of the
~tnohodon's skeleton was successfully ac-
oomplished by Mr.. Brown and one assis-
tant after some three weeks Of patient work,
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including blasting, digging and tunnelling
in the sides Of the olin.
To insure safety during shipment and
TO aid in the setting Of the much fractured
bones they were handled after the fashion
OF a SURG con 3 treatment Of n broken leg.
The bones were treated with shellao and
encased in layers Of plaster and strength
ened by strips Of wood tightly bound around
with wet raWhide. The various sections
OF the beast were then boxed up and carried
by wagon to the railroad. The trip one
way took fourteen days and was as long
and dreary a bit Of hauling as one would
want to undertake.
When the trachodon was received at the
laboratory Of the museum there was an
other task requiring patience, time and
skill. The massive and fragile bones had
10 be cleaned and adjusted, steel frame
work had TO be prepared TO support the skele-
ton, and the final mounting Of the gigantic
reptiles skeleton in q lifelike attitude re-
auired anatomical study as well as me-
chanical construction. Chief Preparation
Adam Herman and his assistant, Charles
Lang, worked under Prof. 0sborn's dtrec-
ton, while Otto and Charles F~alkenbAck
made the delicate casts showing the fruit,
foliage, 6c., used on the base, and modelled
in the few missing parts.
As will be seen, the trachodon was shaped
somewhat like the kangaroo, with short
fore legs, long hind limbs and an extremely
long tail. The fore legs we're about one
sixth the size Of the hind mes. II is thought
from the size and shape Of the foot bones
that the front legs could not have borne
much weight and were probably used only
in supporting the front part OF the body
when the animal was feeding and in aiding
it TO recover an upright position, There
are four toes on the front foot. and the
hind legs have three developed toes ending
In broad boots.
One OF the principal features in the make
up Of this monster vegetarian was the long
tail. This was adapted to propel the crea-
lures body at a rapid rate In water and
likewise served to balance It when assum-
ing an upright position on land. The
traohodons are thought TO have been rapid
and expert swimmers. Having no armor
or means Of defence, their tails afforded
them a means Of escape from the attacks Of
the land dinosaurs by swiftly propelling
them into the water far out Of the reach Of
their enemies.
In fact on the left hind foot OF this skeleton
there are three sharp gashes, which are the
marks Of the teeth Of some hungry flesh
eater.
The disappearance from the face OF the
earth OF the trachodons and the oontempo-
rary carnivorous dinosaurs about the end
Of the cretaceous age was almost stimuli
taneous the world over. Psychologists.
notably Prof. Osborn, have several en-
plantations to present in regard to this,
one being that the beasts were unable TO
cope with changed geological conditions
which cut on their food supply,
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the finding Of the big trachodon. II
escaped the keen, trained eyes Of the pro-
fessional fossil hunters sent out yearly by
various colleges and scientific institutions
and was discovered by two cowboys riding
along the Bad Lands Of Montana,
One of these noticed a protruding. wealth
cred bone coming out Of the side Of a cliff
and held il to be a buffalo bone, while the
other took the view that it was probably
a fragment Of a worthless fossil animal.
In order to prove his theory he dismounted
and proceeded to kick on the tops Of precious
ribs exposed above ground. These being
brittle Immediately fell in broken pieces,
thus oonclusively proving to the dissenting
cowboy that they we're FOSSIL and not the
bones Of a modern buffalo.
Soon afterward another ranchman, a bit
more wise, heard Of the find. realized the
possible value OF the buried bones, having
been around the camps Of the fossil eX-
p%lorers, and traded a six shooter with the
first cowboy discoverer for his interest in
the bone claim. The new owner sold his
right for a small sum TO Barnum Brown.
one OF the field explorers Of the Museum Of
Natural History's archaeological DEPART
ment, who uncovered the petrihed remains
Of one Of the most complete fossil specimens
Of modern times.
The quarry in which the skeleton had
been buried some three millions Of years
is situated 100 miles northwest Of Miles
City, on Crooked Creek, central Montana,
perhaps the most inaccessible spot In
America.
Here, by geological upliits in the dis
tant past, the earth has been thrown into
a series Of great rock waves or folds, In
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RED CEDAR HARD TO FIND.
wherefore the Industry Of BulldinE Racing
Shells IL Affected. q

In the business Of making racing shells
for oarsmen the material most used Is
red cedar, AZ which the skin Of the shell
is made. In the course Of a year many
boats have to be built, especially as more
and more colleges as well as boat clubs
need these craft.
A college will get new set Of boats each
year, very likely. At least the big uni
versiues do. The clubs are apt TO be con-
tent with a boat for several seasons.
IL pretty hard TO attempt to figure
what is the outlay each year for racing
boats, but it must be bigh. Cornell, CO.
hmbia, Georgetown, the Naval Academy.
Syracuse, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Har-
ward, Yale, Princeton, New York University,
California, Stanford and Washington all
maintain rowing crews. An eight cared
shell costs $500, -four cared shells about
half that, The boa: clubs are numerous,
almost numberless.
But the matter Of making shell boats
has come to be more and more dinicult
each year and the prices are likely 10 ad-
vance unless some one turns upa big growth
Of good cedar for the use Of the builders.
Two Of the biggest men In the business at
present, John Hoyle ana Al Ward, have
been having q lot Of trouble q late 10 get
cedar Of the proper sort.
They say Il can hardly be got at any
price. They find, with other builders,
that the tropical cedar il too soft. u Is
likely to splinter Of and to crack.
Ward imports his cedar from Mexico in
the log and has Il cut here In the city, Hoyle
getB his in this country, but both men COM
plain that they cannot very well get the
sort Of wood they want.
There is a report that there is a quantity
Of excellent cedar in Cuba, and with the
growth OF the colonies along the line Of
the railway there is a chance that this will
he worked. As some parts OF Cuba are
right sort will be imported from Cuba
eventually.
The lack OF good wood has been the cause
| Of many experiments In boat building for
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which roamed western America in primeyal
times. One specimen is shown in a rearing
attitude, which was probably a customary
pose Of the trachodon in life, while the
other alongslds is feeding.
An idea Of the size and appearance OF
the ~trachodon may be had from the ac-
companyiDg picture. iD which a group Of
school children are seen looking the big
fellow over. In mounting the other speci-
men Prof. Osborn has departed from the
usual methods and has supplied a view Of a
dinosaur at1dinner as il might have been
seen some millions Of years ago.
This is the fnt timo that such a thing
has been done, The trachodon Is shown
feeding on various tropical fruits and
plants. Casts have been made Of various
specimens Of fossil figs, leaves, rushes, &C,
found near the remains Of tho trachodon,
and these have been scattered about the
mounted specimen, thus giving an ac-
curate picture Of the creature in tho act
Of feeding.
The queer shaped monster was nearly
thirty feet long, The trachodon which is
shown standing overs up kangaroo
fashion some say enteen feet in the air,
the two short fore limbs, only a few feet in
length, dangling in marked contrast to
the long and powerful hind limbs.
This mighty reptile was one Of the ancient
inhabitants Of Montana and flourished
some three or more millions Of years ago,
during the upper cretaceous period, near
the close Of the age Of reptiles. One Of
the remarkable features Of the beast was
that in his large head, nearly four feet long
by two feet wide. there we're some 1900
teeth. the greatest number possessed by
any animal in the world.
This dental battery was used in nibbling
fruits and tearing up and munching various
water plants and other soft substances
which grew on the lake and river bottoms,
Is the dinosaur was entirely herbivorous
The simple teeth we're closely packed to-
gether, we're rodlike and single rooted, and
were arranged like a mosaic pavement.
The enamel was only on one side, on the
inside inthe lower jaw and the outside in the
upper jaw,
As the teeth we're worn away another row
appeared on the cutting surface and took
their place. One Of the accompanying
photographs shows the two lower jaws
having LOCO Of these teeth. Each jaw has
from forty five to sixty vertical and from
ten to fourteen horizontal rows Of teeth.
The mouth, which ~broadened out in the
Ghape Of q ducklike blu, was covered with
q horny sheath like that Of birds or turtles.
A realistic glimpse Of the life appearance
Of these animals Is shown in the Reproduced
pointing by Charles R, knight.
There is a little story connected with
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TRAVELLING WITH JORKINS.
How One Man ThOusht lie Got Even Win
tne steamship Company.

This getting a chance roommate on a
steamship Is something ! don't fancy, =
said the man who travels considerably
ANY way you look at it II isn't pleasant,
The quarters are Joc restricted for two
total strangers.
Il was going South a few weeks ago and
made the first neg Of my trip ON n Of the
coast liners. was well hee,ed then and
| decided to take a whole room, Of course,
II cost me just double, and as the price Of
the ticket Included meals ! was paying for
twice the amount Of food needed.
well, sir, | made up my mind 10 get the
worth Of my money. So took along my
partner Mr.. Jorkins. If you know your
Dickens you know that Jorkins wasn't a
very substantial person. I'd have taken
Sairy Camps friend, Mrs, Harris, but con-
s~iderations Of propriety restrained me.
$50 Jorkins and | started out, smiled
10 myself when Jorkins passed the purser
unnoticed. The steward who showed Us
to our room thought | was alone, though
tho extra suit case which 1 made Jorkins
take along made him Staggoc undor the
burden,
'iorElns,' said I, when we .wego alone,
we're going 10 have a mighty pleasant
trip and first on I'm going ~ buy you q
drink
so we sought the bar on the hurricane
deCk the ship was then under way-7and
I ordered two cocktails. The bartender,
fortunately, was a philosopher he was
there TO sell drinks, not argue 50 he said
not a word but mixed them.
Il drank mine, and then rs Jorkins didn't
want his ! disposed Of the second one.
Maybe ithurt h eilusion a bit. but lcouldnt
let good liquor 60 to waste.
IT was fairly dirty weather outside the
Hook, 80 | didn't press the question when
Jorkins said he didn't care Tor dinner.
didn't myself, much, but ! made a show Of
eating snmeihtnG.' -.
Then | rejoinod Jorkins on deck. We
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the college crews. When aluminium came
first into popular use the builders made
experiments with it. They found. soon.
however, that il would not do.
The boats are built chiefly in the winter
time. and John Hoyle, who was trying to
make a boat up in Ithaca, discovered that
the differing temperatures on various days
threw the boat out Of true. Even after
Il was built il was found that II was hardly
the same on two days and the boat never
a a success,
The paper shells never we're a true sue
cess either. They did not stand great
strains as they might and we're even more
fragile than the cedar boats.
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Illinois Farmers Handcar.

Nation correspondence NiirdukCc Sentinel.
Six miles Of railroad track between Shum-
way and %Eningham, abandoned eight months
ago by the Wabash railroad because the BUSH
ness did not Justify heavy expenses Of main
tenance, has been put in a novel business by
the farmers alongside,
Some Of the mechanically inclined CON
structed a sort OF gondola handcar with q
long pole rs propeller. Twenty can ride the
craft A. one time. II has been dubbed the
daylight limited. and on market days
Of the fa[mers' railroad,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-19
SLEEP IN A CITY TREE.
F1atbush BOY Makes His summer Home
In . Big Walnut.

Sleeping outdoors in a rudely constructed
house erected among the branches Of a
high walnut tree in the heart OF Flatbush
q young Polytechnic Institute student has
adopted a novel method Of getting nea
to nature The tree sleeper will com
mence this way Of sleeping just as soon as
the weather begins TO show signs OF sum-
mer. Last year he tried this method
OF outdoor life, starting in the early spring
and continuing until the first real snowfall
Of the season.
The tree house. as the people in the
neighborhood call it, is located On the lawn
surrounding the home Of Mrs. W. T. Lees,
who lives at 1904 Flstbush avenue. near
Avenue !, Flatbush. W, Thompson Lees
Ia the tree dweller,
A wooden stairway winds around the
trees trunk leading to the single chamber
above. allowing an easy ascent 10 he made.
The entire structure Ia made OF wood and
was designed by young Lees and his chum,
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FIRST AID TO FARMERS.
How Uncle Sam Picks Them Out Of the
slough OF DespOnd.

A farmer in Ohio wrote TO the Depart
ment Of Agriculture that he had struggled
for twenty years on an eighty acre farm
heavily m~ortgaged but had been unable
TO reduce his debt or rise above a poverty
that made the bringing up Of his family
o humiliation.
He asked II there was any hope for him
upon the farm or IL he might as we'll give
up the fight. The Department requested
that he make a detailed report Of his farm
and it's soils and upon this II based a plan
Of farming which he was recommended
TO follow 10 the letter. According to a
writer in THE World To-day. there was a profit
the first year Of 1000, and the Department
believes that ultimately the despised eighty
acres can be made to yield 5000 a year.
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fWO YRACHODONS IN TOWN
MONTANA CITIZENS or THREE
MILLION YEARS AGO.

one shown a. Dinner 81 the Museum Of
Natural IllstOTy-Thsy We're Aquatic
Reptiles and Though some 80 Feet
Long We're the Frey Of Other Dinosaurs,
Prof. Henry +. Osborn. curator q vor-
tSbrate ~paleontology at tho American
Museum Of Natural History. has just put
on exhibition in tho new dinosaur hall two
specimens Of the trachodon or duck bill
dinosaur, a gigantic h%erbivorous creature
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-06-12
DIR. Snider Chosen.


The trustees Of the South Caro-
lima university Tuesday named DR..
Henry N. Snyder of Wofford col
lege for president of the university.
The election was unsought by DR..
Snyder and it is not known whether
or not he will accept. A telegram
to the State from Spartanburg is to
the effect that the people Of that
city decline to give up DR.. Snyder.
The president-elect has wired the
trustees that he cannot accept un-
til he has laid the whole matter be-
fore his board of trustees Saturday.
This is not the first time that the
South Carolina university has gone
to Wofford college for a president.
DR.. Snyder is an able man and
should he accept would do a great
work at the university.
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THE TIMES AND DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, JUNE IL. 1908.

the duty of assisting, in every way
possible, the election of Demo-
cratic Congress. We wish the ac-
tive cooperation Of evey voter in
the United States who believes, with
US, that the election Of Democrat
ic Congress would greatly benefit
the country. We must rely upon
the people to sustain our work by
giving information as to local con-
ditions, and suggestions for our
guidance.
Each individual can at least aid us
by making a contribution. Will he
not do so and interest others in help,
ing us, too?
We wish our campaign hand book
distributed as generally as possible,
and we will furnish copy, as soor
as published, to every one who con
tributes to our committee.
Send remittances to me at Wash
ington, D. G..
James T. Lloyd,
Chairman,