davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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who looks at the skeleton of TyrannOsau-
rus Rex. the last and most terrible of the
dinosaurs. in the American Museum.
He could have bitten a tiger in two
with a snap of his awful jaws.
His terrible head rises nineteen feet
above the foor Upon his back and part
way down his tail we're leather plates sim
liar to those Of the alligator, but many
times thicker Against this armor the most
powerful rife carried by modern man
would have been useless. The monster
was. in fact, living armored tank. The
only chance of injuring him would have
been to shoot him in one OF his small eyes,
and this would have been almost hopeless.
1t would, in fact, have required artillery
to attack this monster. and, needless to
say, primitive man possessed no such
weapon. Prehistoric man would have been
utterly helpless before the monster.
Careful calculations have shown that
this flesh-eating dinosaur possessed at
least 10000 times the biting power of the
average man. The mans biting power Is
equivalent to ten pounds and that of
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Tyrannosaurus would therefore be 100000
pounds.
Tyrannosaurus became extinct after four
million years of dominance three million
years ago, and before any real human be-
ings existed. AS it was, primitive men had
plenty of savage animals to contend with,
but knew enough to stick to the tree-top
life until they were strong enough in num-
bers to venture into the protection OF
caves 1t is also certain that the far-of
ancestor OF man, which existed in the time
Of Rex, was some small placental mammal
of an insect-eating type. which also kept
close to the tall timber TO escape provid-
ing dinners for dinosaurs. The function
of this ancestor was to evolve masticating
teeth for his descendant, man. rather than
biting, swapping and crushing teeth. As
bitter, man has all he can do to chew
tough steak. assisted by q sharp knife.
Dr. Barnum Brown. associate curator OF
extinct reptiles at the American Museum,
is the man who gathered in the perfect
skeletons Of Rex. He has modified his
views considerably concerning the moD-
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~HE New York American Museum of
Natural History has recently ac-
l quired and put on exhibition the
most powerful 1esh-eating monster that
ever rlived-Tyrannosaurus Rex, of Mon
tana.
The exhibition of TyTannosaurus raises
more acutely than ever the puzzling ques-
come extinct?
II was long ago argued that the rising
tribes of man-like creatures and other
mammals put an end TO these overgrown
terrors, but this has been shown to be
dntenable, for Tyrannosaurus had $50
times the biting power of the largest man.
eating tiger, and no warm-blooded animal
would have had chance against the great
armored dinosaurs. Those man-like crea-
lures which may have existed then were
small and unarmed. and were obliged to
keep to the treetops for safety.
Then again it was asserted with more
apparent reason that the great carnivorous
dinosaurs became extinct because there
we're not enough animals to nourish them
there was a prehistoric meat shortage.
in fact. But recent research has disposed
of this argument, for it has been shown
that there was an abundance of small
herbivorous dinosaurs and, in the latest
period. of mammals to satisfy the exacting
appetite of Tyrannosaurus.
These facts and certain new discoveries
have now forced scientists to the concIu-
sion that only deadly germs carried by in
sects could have put an end to the mon
strous race that once threatened the ex-
istence of all higher animal life on our
earth. The insects conveyed the germs to
the dinosaurs as the mosquito carries
malaria germs and the tsetse fly sleeping
sickness.
These deadly germs were really the
means of saving the world.
Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, in his Age
Of Mammals" has thus stated the problem
Of the disappearance of the great dino
saurs:
'At that time (the upper cretaceous
period) in the Rocky Mountain region
land animals only were known Chief
among the herbivorous forms we're the
giant Trachodons, or duck-bill dinosaurs:
the great paired-horn dinosaur Triceratops,
and the armored anklyosaurs. All were
subject to attack by Rex These reptiles
we're the climax OF specialization and
grandeur; they moved amid a stately fora
Iof palms and sequoias, interspersed with
panama and fg trees, and a very rich
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row, bifd-like construction of the pelvis
and compact rib-basket.
"The massive proportions of the great
hind limbs bend forward at the knee, as
IN birds, instead of outward, as in croco-
diles and lizards. The skeleton is forty
seven feet long from tip to tip and eigh-
teen and one-half feet high from top Of
skull to ground. The knee joint is six
feet above ground. The skull is over four
feet three inches long, three feet four
inches deep, and two feet nine inches wide
''The bones, fossilized. weighed two tons,
after six men had spent two years in chip
ping them out of solid red sandstone. A
block of sandstone alone containing the
pelvis weighs 4,l50 pounds. The stride Of
Rex in walking was seven feet, in rapid
motion twelve feet. In mounting, besides
steel rods for support, clamps of fiat steel
were used to line the bones and hold the
vertebrae together. There were twelve
teeth in the maxillary series and certainly
one or two in the premaxillary, conical in
shape, ovate in cross section. The teeth
were from three to six inches long and an
inch wide.
Dawn glows along the shore of a lagoon
near the sea three million years ago in
Montana. The landscape is in low relief;
sycamores and ginkgo trees mingle with
figs, palms and bananas There are few
twittering birds in the tree tops and no
herds of grazing animals to greet the early
sun. huge herbivorous dinosaur. Ira
chodon, coming on shore for some favorite
food, has been seized and partly devoured
by a gigantic Rex Another giant Rex ap-
proaches and interrupts the feast. The
stopping animal hesitates, partly rises and
prepares to spring on its opponent. With
colossal bodies poised on massive hind
legs, steadied by long tails, ponderous
heads armed with sharp, dagger-like teeth
three to six inches long, front limbs
smaller but set for a powerful clutch, they
are the very embodiment of dynamic ami
NAL force. Rex was the largest flesh-eater
on land of all ages"
1t is strange to think of this supremely
terrible creature withering away under the
bite Of a tiny insect pest. His mighty
limbs tremble and refuse to move, his,
frame says down, his eye grows dull and
his jaws fail to snap on their prey. The
last descendant of the most terrible race
the earth ever knew sinks to a miserable
death.
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called the guinea worm. Its larvae exist
in water. where they are absorbed by the
aquatic creature called the cyclops.
Natives drinking the water become af-
fected In India the natives, carrying
water-skins on their back, present fine op-
portunities for the parasite to get lodg-
ment under the skin of their backs. Sci
ence offers us the only hope Of victory
over these and other devastating para
sites"
DR.. Edmund Heller in a recent address
before the New York Academy of Sciences,
told how vast herds of mammals have been
exterminated by African parasites, and
suggested that herein might be found the
cause of so much extinction of past animal
life In other ages OF the world.
Positive evidence that parasitic bacteria
caused the extinction Of some prehistoric
animal races has been discovered In
microscopic examination of fossil mammal
bones found in Pennsylvania. The para
sites we're found fOssilized along with the
skeletons
DR.. Hervey w. Sinner of the MassaChu-
sets Institute Of Technology, in his new
work on The Study OF Fossile." thus out
lines this new theory of the destruction Of
prehistoric monsters:
1T has been suggested that corollary
cause in the extinction Of the horse In
Pleistocene times in North America may
have been some epidemic disease, or dis
eases, carried by some fly, tick or other
paraste-bearing insect; the multiplication
and spread of such insects increased by
the spread OF moist climate. During the
Middle PleistOcene times North America
was covered with herds of mastOdOns,
many varieties of elephants, large llamas,
camels and enormous numbers of horses.
OF horses there we're at least ten species.
Prog g-horned antelopes, white-tailed deer,
peccaries, giant sloths and glyptodons
we're also abundant. Preying upon these
were the sabre-tOoth tigers as well as large
lion-like cats and giant dogs. All per-
ished."
A personal interest in the disappearance
of these monsters will be felt by every one
Copyright. 1918. by Star Company.
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stsr. since he first got merely parts of skel-
etons- Defining his new conception of
Rex. he said:
''ryrannosaurus is gigantic reptile dis
tinctly related to lizards. crocodiles and
birds. Its hind legs are formed like those
Of birds and the bones are pneumatic Chol
lov). II was . powerful creature. doubt
less svift Of movement when speed was
demanded. It was capable of destroying
any contemporary Creatures king of the
period and the monarch of its race The
rear view of the skeleton shows the mar
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-26
Rao Ball Party.

All young people thirteen years old
and over are invited to the rag ball
party to be held at the Presbyterian
chapel this evening. Each girl Is ex-
pected to bring a rag ball with her
name in the center. These will be
auctioned off during the evening. An
experienced fortune-teller has offered
her services for the evening, and a
program of unusual stunts has been
arranged. :
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will last until 1915 a. m. All who can
should attend this last service Of the
year. y
On Sunday. January 5th, Rev. l.. NJ.
Stalberg of Flasher will preach at the
Fk,,jl Baptist church morning; and
evening. IT,.
On January IL Rev. C.. w. Finwall
will again preach, and on January 10
the new pastor, Rev. William Laugh
lin of Clotham Can, is expected to
preach. .. .. I'D. .sS .s,.+.&s
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FIRST i NOTES OF
FlR.STBAPTIST
Interesting Sermon Series Under
~ Way-Doings of Auxil-
49, iaries-New Years. W. p

The church services last Sunday
were well attended. The Christmas
festival on Christmas eve was great.
" enjoyed by a capacity audience.
The progrem was unusually we'll rem
dered, the decorations most pleasing
and Santa; appeared in a brand new
costume and delighted everybody.
!. Next Sunday Rev. G. Nv! Finwall
will deliver his second sermon on
Church Service Attendance"
The sermon last Sunday morning
on Some Reasons for Church service
SAtendance..' was we'll received by a
good audience. The subject for next
Sunday morning promises to be still
more interesting: "Some Reasons for
NOT Attending Church Services" =.
Everybody who is not regular at
tendant upon other local church serv-
ices should try this. ,,.. 10
Tho Sunday school with classes for
all from four to- foar scare is in
charge rof H. F. OHare, from IL to l
o'clock. ,,.,r,, r. g. ,za,;;J ,,>>r-~y
Last Sunday afternoon the junior
E.sY. r.. IT,, elected the following Of
ficerss: William Newcomb, president:
Dorothy Vetter, vice-president: Esth'
err, Jacobson. secretary ana Hubert
OHare, treasurer. ...y..~.-..
Miss Carrie Hangar will be II,
charge Of the ~, the Juniors at $3.50
O'Clock next Sunday. ~,
AT ,7,:3Q, o'clock gext Sunday even
ing SRey. Mr.. Finwall will interest
his audience with a brief sermon on
dent" "A song service will precede
the sermon.
:. Next Tuesday evening, New Years
eve.members Of the church and Con.
gregation expect to- spend the last
Six hours Of the year in q series OF
social. business and devotional serv::
ices. Some viii attend the first and
second service while others will only
be able to attend the middle service
but quite number are planning to at
tend all three services. The. church
building will be open at 6 o'clock. and
a social hour, will be spent In an IN
formal way, between six and seven
o'clock. At, seven O'Clock sharp the
Women's Mission. circle will serve a
lunch, At $50 O'Clock the church and
congregation will hold its annual
meeting This will be followed by q
devotional watch night service, which
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-26
:. - 80 =
School EnroIlme Mt.

Supt ). NJ. Martin showed total
enrolment, for that day Of 1921, with
l06 absent. The viii school had 1888
enrolled and 80 absent; the William
Moore school. 298 and 80, respective
": the Wachter school, 120 and y
respectively; the high school grades.
"A and 4, and the high school 1876
and 10.
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w. n. C.. MEETING.

The Women's Relief Corps will meet
at the knights of Pythias hall at 2:3O
Friday afternoon. The annual cleo
ton Of officers will be held, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Cordner, the president, urg-
es that all members attend. ~
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brand new baby boy who recently ar
rived at the hospital here; Frank
Brooks of Wilton, Miss Dorothy Toste-'
witch Of Max, Theidire Hogue of Bis
marck, John @. WEIGH Of eMnoken
and Mrs. w. H. Robinson and baby
boy of Bismarck. :, .ess, i
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-26
CAROLERS EARN
GOOD SUM WITH :
YJJLETIDE SONGS
Christmas Cheer Bound for Dry
~ States Seized.

@e Bismarck thoroughly enjoyed the re-
turn Of the christmas carols Tuesday
evening when 40 members Of the Com
munity Choral club. divided into two
groups under the leadership Of Miss;
Bergliot Caspary and G. N. Livdahl,
sang ut the principal hotels and other
business places which were open. at
the hospitals, nurses homes, apart
ment houses and ut various points In
the residence district.
Billiard games stopped in down town
pool halls. and everyone stood uncOv-,
cred while the carolers sang the an,
a:ient hymns of Christmastidc. Many
IN the residence district were (lisap-
pointed by the singers inability to
reach every section Of the city. Had
there been more groups larger terri
tory could have been covered. and no
home would have been neglected. AS
II, was only small portion Of the resi-
dence section could be visited. :
Th group headed hN' G. NJ Livdahl
collected $50 Al, and Miss fCaspary's
singers ,$31.17. a total Of $6f8S. which
today was turned over to Ensign. J.
C.HABell II the Salynti 1n ar9iy for the
relief. of NBisnlarck' lS6Or. So popular
did this innovation prove Christmas
eve that it is probable the carolers will
sing aga in on the night Of New Years
day. - i'd.
The Wachter Transfer Go. and
George Robideau furnished the large
Wagons in which the singers were driv-
Ell about the city Tuesday evening.
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Modern Woodmen.

The Modern Woodmen Of America
will meet at knights of Pythias hall
Friday evening at O'Clock, for the
election Of officers. and other import
ant business. Woodmen are request
ed to bring their wives. Refreshments
will be served. ~ ...a N (,
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Hama for Christmas,

Home for Christmas
Among the Bismarck hospital pa
tients who were able to return to their
homes for Christmas were Mrs. A. 5.
Thompson of Van Hook, who had
been suffering from influenza, and
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r. .s:>,2a. sA-.as1aaA ~ a-:.,acl2 I,
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Home From Hospital.

Miss Julia Weber, who had been a
patient at St. Alexius hospital for
Ell days. suffering from q moderate
attack! Of influenza, was sufficiently
improved to return home Christmas
day. -
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$50 $3.50 at 3l,/.oU
$500 to &0/ "a
$49.5O at VLfeOO
$3.50 to-. 90 In
$3.50 at VOAeOO
u PLUSH COATS 90
49, s5s't e 1T $3.50.
$as s 90 TO to 81 :$24.5
$52.50 to Gao IN
$500 at pOOeOO
$780, 1905 10 at $3.50
CLOTH COATS
s1s $500 90 at $lZ.5O
$50 ssS'd TO at $3.50
ISL s5 90 % at $24.50
: $SS s7s't 70 It $3.50
: 80? 5000 ,.,tt$49.5O
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CITY NEWS
Re.Enters hospitaj.

.. DR., G. A. Matthews of Napoleon is
again patient at the Bismarck hos
pital.
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BASKETS

-. q, Fancy Japanese Baskets,
high class durable bronze
bamboo baskets "a. 't":1 -
Bamboo trays. ~ !! {:
. ;Fernery Baskets
,. Handled Flower Baskets,
work baskets, sweet grass
baskets, Indian baskets,
prices from .eA .,,,a.,.,,,
b. Csc to $5.25
~" at: n PRICE, +surn !,
FANCY CHINA
Genuine Haviland Dinner
sets in plain white and fam
cy decorated patterns.
Coin gold band china din
ner sets
Plain white and fancy
decorated china dinner
sets
All fancy China and glass
wear at, 33 1-3 discount.
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Colds Cause Grip and influenza.
I LAXATIVE RROMO Q11lN1NE Tab
lets remove the cause. There is only
one "'Bromo QUINN" E. w. GROVES
signature on the box. SOC.
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COMFY SLIPPERS

COMFY SLlPPE.KlS
For. women and children;
we have some in plain COL
lors and some withSfancy
trimmings Of ribbons and
furs. Colors, red, gray,
wine, Oxford, Orchid, Blue
Wisteria and pink, $3.50.
value '.s; =. =. I -. 2..'. >%3f.I
.. 81 70 $l.8;|i|;,3
%'' Ladies' kid boudoir Slip
pers, in blue, pink and
S S:iSe; * & ...:.$1..67
WOOL HOSE
Ladies', Misses and Chill
dren's = at 20 PER CENT
Child's Leggins
Chil%s Logging pants in
gray, white and red
Nc
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Fancy decorated china
cake plates, berry sets, cups
and sau!ceers, jugs j and ID
ecS,; - SO. = - ,'V>,fs1.s, =" II 4
All Of which we. are Of
fering at extremely low
prices. &f} u DHQtA 3I1Slt2Al
ooa lgA1Q we've haf v.imsr
I IS KNITnGOODSt bs
Women's sweaters!t in
rose, lavender, white, green,
reds and grays, also, a large
selection of color combina-
tions 81 .''- ~ IA @7'"i
$.88 to $13.88
Children's sweaters from
$3.50 to Sab
KNIT caps from
Sic to $1.24
Child's knit sets of pants,
coats and caps in bright at
tractive colors, 49,
%.13 UP
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Franklin Roberts Home.

Franklin, W. Roberts Of the pro.
vost marshall's office, U. 8. naval
station, at Great Lakes, is home, hav-
ing been called by the serious illness
of his mother. Warder, the other son,
,aso in the navy, was at sea on the
batleship Massachusetts, but will be
home within few days.
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SPORTS

after round he came from his corner
got within striking distance Of Sullivan
an then went down before John l.. could
hit him soidly Under the rules every
knockdown constituted a round. lmne-
diately after each feigned Touchdown
<i!ran would go to his corner and rest
for 50 seconds as the rules provided.
Then he would repeat the performances
in the next round,
Along about the seventy-first round
Nilrains condition. due to the beating
which sullivan had given him and made
worse by the fearful heat, became pitiful.
Even the 'stalling had not helped him
much. vt the end of the seventy-fifth
round Kilrain, almost a the pofnt OF
exhaustion. had to be carried to his cor
per and supported in his chair and tbs
end was in sight.
With the gang of the gong for the
seventy-sixth round sullivan came from
his corner and toed scratch" but the
hackers of Kirain took a final look at
their man and tossed in the sponge,
1t was the token of &ilrain's defeat
and John LIS victory in the last bare
knucllle championship fight in the United
States.
And when all is said and done. that
triumph over Kilrain stands out as per-
haps the greatest in the entire career OF
the great champion.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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Lieut.. Bicard of France
Tells What Women Can Do
to Aid in Winning War
CONTINUED from Page SIX

have given their fathers to their coun-
try. We will need these boys and girls
some day. God grant that your Won
en- may not be called away from the
home sphere
'what do you think of Russia?' was
my next query.
"Oh." Lieutenant Blizzard answered,
sthe best we can say about Russia
could hardly be worse. Don't let that
situation discourage us. Let it inspire
us to fight all the harder. There is no
other way to win this war but to fight
it, The harder we fight the shorter II
will be-. The question is not how long
is the war going to last but are the
men, women and children doing all We
should do to bring victorious peace as
quickly as possible?' 1t is up to every
citizen, old and young, to think victory.
speak victory, work for victory, and
pray for victory. That is the kind Of
optimism which will win this war"
1.-The cause of this horrible war"
the lieutenant, dates back
to German ambition during Bis
marcks days. l remember when
my father, who fought in the war of
1870. took me on his knees and said,
Little boy, you will have to be a SOL
der because your father has been
beaten We men and women of this
generation, in all of the allied coun-
tries we want to take our boys on our
knees one day when the time comes
we want to tell them, You. little boy,
you will not have to go to war. You
win be able to work in peace because
your father-your mother-won!
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Alabama Wagon Miners
Win Out in Fight to
Secure Increased Prices

Washington, March 7.-tSpeciaL) THE
fuel administration tomorrow will issue
an order adding to the retail cost OF coal
produced by wagon miners of Alabama
the cost of haulage from the mines to
the railroads
The addition would be round num-
bers IS cents per ton. This amount, 1t is
claimed. will make it possible for wagon
miners in Alabama to continue business,
They produce about $500 tons per day. The
action of the board will have the sup
port Of the Alabama Coal Operators as
ISOLATION, which previously, on account
of ear shortage, withheld its support.
Credit for the victory will go to W. w.
shortridge. w. c. Rust and Frank
Marquis wagon miners Of Alabama, who
arc at present in Washington. and Rep
resentatives BanlSheac and Oliver, who
sponsored the fight of the Operators
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DOLLY DALRYMPLE
CONTINUED from Page siz)

faithfully keeps it for year. But by
the end of that time, through the exer-
else Of these characteristics and talents
which had previously advanced him and
through the lack of these same qualities
in the other man, there was second
shift in their relative positions. Tne
moral is that special aptitude will al
ways express itself under any condl-
lions.
Sort of a doctrine of predestination"
as applied to our temporal affairs Ell?
That we all have our different bents and
the only way we can achieve success is
by following these hents and trusting to
them, as witness that the man on the
desert island who usurped authority was
not born executive, his talent lay N
different direction.
In other words. it is silly to lay things
on destiny; it is idle to sdestep or ran
away from anything. for the thing you
flee from will be the very first thing to
greet you on the ground floor. In fact,
you have about as much chance as Lit
tie Daffydowndilly in Hawthorne's ia
Bile had of escaping "Old Schoolma ster