The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-16
RESTORING SCIENCE.
Some Day 1t Will Re Missed by
False Tooth.

False Tooth.
Certain emine Mt paieontoioSl"tS re-
Gently have restored several OK the
wild beasts that roamed the primitive
morasses OF central Oregon o,ooo'Goo
years ago. Judging By their Names
these authentic moEslrosiueS were
somewhat fiercer than the wild AMI
mails we have known in this prosalc
age. They must have looked like :.
jungle cartoon.
Think of a deer with some OF thH
characteristics of the cutlery-crestea
pig that made Arkansas infamous! He
could run like a daddyionglegs ana
bite like the dickens. The comic
scientists reduced this animal to a
condition of unGuestioning subJection
by naming him Hypertragulus, other
wise he might have gnawed a hoie
in the museum and let the useful
Trioeratops (restored) escape.
For the HypertraguluS was part rat
in addition to his other eccentrcltles.
He could gnaw into a corncrlb anu
squeak when ne bit a nail. He could
grunt if he wanted TO, This animal
was reconstructed from a fossil tooth
and fragment of dorsal fin. Win
two whole tibia to work upon he could
easily have exhibited many OF the traits
of the little brown hen and the fret
ful siX-cylindered Gasolenopus. HIS
flesh was esteemed delicacy, but the
animal was restored TOO late to AFFECT
the present scarcity OF venlson.
= The Triceratops was three-horneu'
paddle-tailed hippopotamrs. he was
one-third hippo and twothirds tat'
closely related TO the beaver and the
| bumblebee. This animal, if domes-
ticated, could have been protitably EN-
ployed in the construction OF public
swimnin holes; 9but his tail might
have proved valueless as municipal
butter paddle, as it was thirty 1ee} III
| 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 persisted in the glacial catacylsm
also restored. Careless boys some
times staked the pet Triceratops on
the banks of the swimmin' hole and
left him there over night without pro-
| lection, where he fell an easy prey
to the prowling Tyrannosaurus rex.
Here is food for thought.
Mesohippus acutidens is the name
given to the comic-section little animal
that was an ancestor OF our domestic
horse. He was burdened with three
toes on each foot, besides being mans
best friend; and then there was the
name. He resembled a fox with
horses faults, and would shy at sight
of Gasolenopus. This playful beast
became extinct. through legislative
lobbying of the horse-shoers' ul.ion,
the members of which objected to
mailing twelve shoes on one blame
little centipede Still the Mesohippus
acutidens might have been useful
carriage animal but for its dlSconcert'
ing trick of burrowing like fox.
It is said that the advanced paleon
tologist can reconstruct an extinct AMI
NAL from a single fossil fragment
4 Custom-made clothing sometlmesCls
constructed after careless glance a
a thumb print; but. one of these days
some scientist will accidentally gel
hold of a fossil false tooth that does
not conform in anatomical rules, ant
the result will be a Mess-o' -hlppus
tvrannosaurus- hypermego-therium, ex
hibiting some plainly noticeable traits
Of the sea urchin.-Chicago News.