Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1894 — Wisdom Tooth of a Mammoth. [ARTICLE]

Wisdom Tooth of a Mammoth.

A fossil 1 curiosity ih the shape of a mammoth*# tooth was found a few days ago in Wdst Meattle by Joseph 8. iUonards. The tcxjth waa round at the foot of the bluff, npt far from tho beach, and wipi covered with, clay at the time, indicating|that.it had been unearthed by ttye breaking uwWof the hill. Tho crown of tfyS uAithL which was of an oval Hhaph, rttoaKrtrpil iachos in its largest • rtlnnMtoiV > laches In its smallest diameter, aud 18 inches in cirtho tooth wps, 4, inches In length, the anterior plights inches,,the largest olrcutnlorence ifi HjoKpa, gad tho weight B POUndT Tt'jS SSpUed to be the lower'back tbdfflv ftdni'the leftside of tho myr. Thd'Vltlg'pii' bavo turned to chalcedony, add” extend entirely through tho tooth/while the material between has the appearance of iron.— Seattle Post-lntelllgoneer. Thk heavier a man’s hesd becomes tho more it swims.r-Gelveston News.