Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1915 — Page 3

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PREHISTORIC MONSTERS.

Latest Theories About Appearance of Strange Creature's That Once Inhabited Earth. The exact appearance of the prehistoric monsters which once lived on earth is not easy to determine. Scientists have been working for years at the task of reconstructing these mighty animals from the bones discovered in many parts of the world, but each decade sees new ideas brought forward, so that the reconstructions have to be altered according to the latest light shed upon the form of these ancient creatures by the most recent discoveries. Probably the earliest of all the extinct monsters to become known “to modern man was the mammoth. It-is to be compared to the elephant only because of its tusks and its enormous size, but in many other respects it differs so greatly as to be unique. At first the mammoth’s bones were not recognized as belonging to an aniTbal, but were supposed to be the remains of some primeval giants, the Gogs and Magogs of primitive human thought. Fortunately some of the bodies of the mammoth have been found frozen solid in Siberia, so that the task of reconstruction was made easy. The bones were still covered by the flesh, and that, in turn, by the hide—a thick brownishred hair required to endure the cold of the ice age. Prof. Abel maintains that the reconstruction of mammoths in many instances are all wrong, and gives a drawing of what lhe holds was the real appearance of this huge creature, with the enormous hump over the shoulders and the very strangelooking head. The monster sloths of the prehistoric age have not been easy to reconstruct, yet fairly good representa-; tions of these enormous creatures are to be seen in some museums. There were the megatherium and mylodon robustum, so gigantic that when you look at the skeletons alone, with the enormous ribs «as now put together, you seem to be looking up a hill. But other huge animals resembled the modern anteater, at least in the shape of the skull. And then, too, there were the great armadillos, such as glyptodom elavipes, protected-, by heavy armor, and the enormous doedicurus clavicaudatus, with its tail protected by bony tubes and rings, with the ebony club on the end that might easily kill any animal With a single blow. This last sometimes had a body 12 feet in length and a tail extending as far behind it. ’ ' If mylodon robustum was as tall .as a nelephant z he was still much smaller than diplodocus caregei, called diplodocus because of the “dou-ble-beam” bones on the under part of the tail. Some of these monsters were 80 feet long and could raise their heads 35 feet above the ground. They had no armor like the smaller armadillo family, but that mighty tail must have been an awful weapon of offense and defense. The greatest of this family was the atlantosaurus, that grew 7 to a length of 120 feet, making him the largest animal ever known on earth. But their brains were very small, and they soon had to give way to changed environment and cleverer beasts of prey. Prehistoric’ earth was not at peace, for it had its beasts of prey of all kinds, large and small. There was

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Jthe terrible saber-toothed tiger, larger than any one now known, whose mighty jaws and teeth have been recovered from the early strata of the earth, and the cave bear, larger than our largest bears.'There, too, -was the smijodon of the pampas of the Argentine, more powerful than any of our modern panthers or cou- ' gars. , Then there was the woolly iffiinoeeros of Europe, with two horns and a woolly coat' to protect it against the cold. He was one of the mighty beasts of European forests. Air that has been found are the bones of. a young specimen, but these are convincing in their might. r The animal out of which the line of horses came is known as hyracotherium. It was about the size of a fox terrier. The fore and hind limbs were four and three toed respectively, with sometimes a fifth toe on the’ fore leg, in the eohippus, set down direct ancestor of our horses. As the teeth became harder these animals became more a'nd more like horses on a very small scale. Gradually they grew a little larger from feeding upon harder food, and became as large as fqxes. There were still the same number of toes, butthe animals were rising more on their toes, to obtain greater speed, the second toe growing larger, the others smaller.

This was all in the very ancient Eocene period. With the opening of the next age the teeth are found much stronger. They had larger heads and were taller. Their, feet were more compact, and they had but three toes on each foot. tn the Miocene period the horses had grown still taller, now being about the size of Shetland ponies. The extra toes still persisted, but were quite off the ground, and especially in North America considerable progress had been made. In the Pliocene period, and the Pleistocene still further progress in the horse is to be noted, in the elongation of the nose, the loss of the toes, and the length of the limbs, until Anally the modern horse was evolved.—New York American.

A New Game Bird.

The from Montana was eating lobster Newburg the other night in a Broadway restaurant. “Lobsters are common enough to you people here on the seacoast,” he remarked to a New Yorker, “but when one gets well inland the fresh water lobster becomes a bit more of a novelty. Not that we don’t get plenty of lobsters in Montana, but, naturally, there they’re not as numerous as down here, and they are regarded as more of a luxury, .“This fact was brought to my attention one night recently in a hotel in Butte. I got in on a rather late train and went into a restaurant about 9 o’clock in the evening for dinner. T happened to feel like eating a grouse or a duck or something of that sort. I glanced at the menu and failed to see any birds. “Haven’t you got any grouse or other game?” I asked the waiter. “ ‘We ain't got any grouse,’ was the reply. ‘The only game we have is lobster.’ ’’—New Tork Times.

A Scar on Every Face.

An uncanny, pernicious pest called the “date boil’’ scars the face of every human bora., in. Bagdad. Children invariably have this dreadfu* sore on their faces. Throughout the middle east this mysterious scourge is known by various names—“Buton d’Alep,” Nile sore,” “Delhi button,” etc. J Its cause and its cure are unknown. First a faint red spot appears, growing larger and running a course often 18 months long. White men from foreign lands have lived years in Arabia, only to have this boil appear upon their return to civilization, where its presence is embarrassing and hard tb explain. Maybe it was “date boils” that Job had'! Once a British consul at Aleppo lost almost his whole nose from one ,of these boils. Nearly every Bagdad native you meet has this “date mark” on his face.—National Geographic Magazine.

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DEMOCRATIC NEWS LETTER.

B yLew Ellingham.] • - Indianapolis, Feb, s.—Some of the best lawyers of the state have been delving deep into the laws of the state and nation, to say- nothing of our constitution and the many court constructions on the same, and have reached the conclusion that a new registration law can be enacted w’hich will not require the country districts to register for every election. These same lawyers, former judges of the highest courts of the stale and others who are givingserious thought and consideration of the law and the constitution, now believe that such a law can be so written that it will comply with the constitution. A bill has been drawn for introduction in the house, and in accordance with some of the known provisions of the bill it is proposed that in cities having a population of not over fifteen thousand, that one registration shall be a permanent registration unless the voter moves from the precinct, and in that event such voter shall be privileged to make affidavit before the county auditor or clerk of the circuit court, stating the facts and giving his present voting precinct. The registration board is given authority to change the registration

books and make them comply with the affidavits filed with them. Thepresent registration laws are not to be changed in townships having cities with a population over fifteen thousand. Should such a. law be constitutional, every voter in the state, especially those in the country districts, will breathe a sigh of relief. In the average country county there is no need of registering, because every person who has anything to do with politics, knows every voter by name and family history. In these counties it is a waste of time, money and energy. During the first few days of the session Representative-Feick introduced a bill repealing the registration law, land it has been looked upon with so much favor that it was allowed to reach third reading without being attacked. It is now proposed to substitute the bill mentioned in this lettter for the one calling for repeal, and should it go through the grill of the legislature and then withstand the constitutional experts, it will solve the registration problem for all time to come. It will also be the best piece of legislation enacted by the present general assembly.

Miss Adelaide S. Baylor after an absence of ten days is again at her desk in the department of public instruction, which is presided over by the Hon. Charles A. Greathouse, the pride of Posey county and the state of Indiana as well. Miss Baylor spent this absence in the northern part of Michigan where she joined some of the country’s best educators in institute work in that peninsular country. It will doubtless be a surprise to those interested in educational work in this part of Uncle Sam’s domain to know that so*me of the best schools, finest school buildings, greatest teachers as well as experts in the trades, are interesting features of the educational departments in that far northern portion of the United States of America. The rich minerals in that sectiqn mean easy money for school purposes, and the fact that the people there should be s'o interested in educational progress was one 'of the delights encountered by one of Indiana’s charming and best known womati educators. For eight days Miss Baylor lectured in eight of the principal cities there and I need not add that today Indiana and Indiana’s great achievements in education, are better known to the world than they were before.

Mayor Bosse, the head, shoulders and front of the city administration, the business interests and politics of Evansville, was a visitor in the Capitol a few days ago. Mayor Bosse is one good that is always doing things for the good of his country, and especially for the good of the people of his home city. While here he took up with the powers that be among the law makers for a slight Change in one of the laws of the state. Under the law now, , a property owner who takes the ten years’ plan for the payment of any street or sidewalk improvement, and then before the expiration of the ten years decides that he will pay the debt and dahcel the obligation against his property, is compelled to pay the interest for the ten years’ period. Mayor Bosse wants the unearned interest deducted, and as usual the mayor is right. Representative Deck of Morgan county, is one of the forty odd farmer, members of the present general assembly. This is the second term served in the house, his modesty has gft'en way, and he is one of the active spirits of the house and is always found advocating and voting for the best legislation that is presented to that body. His record is the record of a real legislator.

Senator Van Auken from the dis-

trict of Dekalb and Steuben, is fast becoming one of the shining lights of the upper body of the general assembly. He fathered the anti-lobby bill in the senate and takes a lively interest in all the activities oLthat body. He has a bill, for the tjon of several of the state departments and is always looking for an opportunity to better the public service and at the-same time save the people's money. ■The senate has now had their round with the anti-lobbv bill, and all they did was to extend its operations to the editor. An amendment was agreed to which closely follows the federal statutes which prohibits the publication of an editorial—paid editorial if you know what that means—whch tends to influence pending legislation. Any editor that hapens to be dealing in paid editorials will have to register, pin on his badge, and state by affidavit or otherwise the source of his editorial employment. As no democratic editor ever rattled such xdirty dollars, this amendment will not disturb him. If there is any old skinflint engaged in the journalistic profession who would sell his soul, the -world will be glad to know him. The publicity is welcomed by every honest and self respecting editor in the state.

The JITNEY INVASION.

New Method of Transportation Literally a “Prairie Fire.” Had one been asked a month ago if he thought it possible for the motor car to supplant the street car as the popular vehicle of urban trans portation, one -would have answered no, promptly and emphatically. And only a little less promptly and emphatically would one have expressed the opinion that the motor car was incapable of ever becoming a serious competitor of the trolley in this field of transportation. Even now one may believe that the trolley has natural advantages to safeguard it against competition, but if he has been a diligent reader of the newpapers he must feel the folly of being dogmatic. For there has been printed much within that time to question whether the monopoly of the trolley is so secure as he had imagined. First it was a cry from (Houston, reverberating through the press, that the street car company of that city had been losing money because of the competition of jitneys. That was followed shortly by a dispatch from Ft. Worth telling that more than a 100 jitneys have been licensed in that city. Next was an item from San Francisco telling that there are 1,000 jitneys in use there; and on tqp of all this comes a dispatch from Seattle reciting that a proposal to have the municipality buy the street railway system of that city has been put in abeyance because of the multiplication and popularity of the jitneys.

Certainly one has occasion to revise one’s judgment if one’s judgment has been that these cries of distress coming from the street car men were intended merely to win the sympathy and indulgence of teh public. Of course, it •has not yet been proved that the motor car is capable of supplanting the trolley, except, perhaps, in some exceptional cases. If they are being put into competition with a rapidity which testifies to the confidence of those who are doing it, nevertheless it is to be remembered they have as yet been subjected to no test that justifies this confidence. It is one-thing for an individual with a 7-passenger car to turn to the business of carrying passengers. He may do so profitably as long as the car lasts. But it is quite another thing to earn as much above wages and operating expenses in that way that when the car refuses, to serve longer there will be a surplus of profits sufficient to buy its successoi And this field into which the motor cars have rushed with such boldness is so hedged about by peculiar conditions that it may well support a few, but impose loss on all the moment it is invaded by any considerable number. The secret of the trolley’s success is in its ability to carry large numbers. That elefnent the motor car lacks. Its carrying capacity is so limited that there must needs be many of them if the public is to be served in the way it has become accustomed to be served. Of course, one cannot forget that the stage coach owners must have argued in such confident way when they beheld the first locomotive. and assuredly the passenger traffic managers looked with some such Contempt on the competition of tfife interurban lines. But the stage .coach Js a curiosity found only in museums, and there are numerous reEports of traffic managers which indict the interurban by way of apologizing for diminished revenues.Galveston News.

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.M K < H M - D Wist ft ’ IWJRI UH 1 Iff rrrh titEKV 'f it ■- > r• w ? ~. - I-*> & WsSB- ■ ■ JfeL f Patrick Henry a Tavern Keeper Patrick Henry, whom Thomas Jefferson said “gave the impulse to the American revolution,” assisted his father-in-law, John Shelton, in a tavern at Hanover, Va. This tavern, like others of colonial times, sold, light wines and manufactured'malt liquors for its own trade. During the three years (1 760-1763) spent in the tavern, the young Henry learned much from the patriots assembled there to discuss the tyranny of the mother country. X A few years later the spirit of liberty kindled in that old Virginia tavern burst forth in Patrick Henry’s fiery speech which inflamed the country. Patrick Henry was a patriot but not a prohibitionist. An inventory of his estate shows that he manufactured liquors on two of his Virginia plantations. ‘ Indiana Brewers Association

WHAT IS GOING ABROAD.

Many Automobiles, Engines and Horses in the List. : 7 Manifests of 12 leading steamships leaving this port, released at the custom house, show that American manufacturers of automobiles and motor trucks are now delivering large quantities of cars to allies. Counting autos, traction engines, horses and metal working machinery, these ships carried cargoes valued at $1,589,545. Aboard the Guatemala for Havre were 211 motor trucks for the French army, worth $352,631, and 44 metal working machines valued at $33,558. The Floride on her last outward trip to Havre manifested 50 automobiles,’ worth $111,731, while the steamer Dallington for the same port had aboard 91 automobiles, valued at $267,200. Ships bound for England carried the following supplies for the British war office: Idaho, 5 traction engines, worth $21,790, and 61 lathes, valued at $23,517; Minnewaska, 259 automobiles, valued at $106,114, 53 traction engines, worth $12,511, and 279 metal working machines, valued at $35,980; Baltic, 74 automobiles, valued at $92,564, and 12 metal working machines manifested at $8,394, and steamer St. Louis, 2 cars, valued at $478. Other vessels carrying autos and metal working machines were the Exeter City and Canning. The manifests also show shipments of horses from this port for the French, British and Italian armies. The steamship Dorchra took 217 horses for St. Nazaire, while the Manchester Corporation took to England 1,281 horses worth $384,300. The Evelyn had a consignment of 336 horses for the artillery division of the Italian army. The prices of the animals ranged rfom $250 te S3OO apiece.—New York Times.

Seventy-seven Years Old.

George W. Clough, Prentiss, Miss., who had suffered greatly with kidney trouble, writes: “Foley Kidney Pills are the only remedy that ever did me any good at all.’’ Just think of the relief and comfort that means to him. Foley Kidney Pills are recommended for sleep disturbing bladder troubles, pain in sides or back, rheumatism, and "kidney and bladder ailments.—-A. F. LONG.

JOINT PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will sell at public auction at McCoysburg, commencing at 10 a. m., on Monday, February 15, 1915. 17 Head of Horses ami Mules— Consisting of 1 gray mare 8 yrs old, wt 1700; 1 gray horse 3 yrs old, wt Ji i 1500; 1 black horse 3 wt 1500; 1 roan horse 8 yrsrold, wt 1150; 1 gray horse 8 yrs old, yt

1350; 1 team black mules coming. 3 yrs old, wt 2200, broke double; 1 bay horse 6 yrs old, wt 1350; 1 mare 9 yrs old, wt 1450; 1 mare 11 yrs old, wt 1200; 1 mare 5 yrs old, wt 950; 1 team 4 yrs old, wt 2800; 1 mare 10 yrs old, in foal, wt 1350; 1 gray colt 3 yrs old, wt 1100; 1 baycolt 2 yrs old, wt 800; 1 aged horse,, wt 1000. 8 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 1 red cow 3 yrs old, fresh in April; 1 spring calf; 1 2-year-old Shorthorn, bull. 1 Poland China Brood Sow, to farrow in April. Farm Implement#, Etc. — Consisting of 1 John Deere riding cultivator; 1 Dutch Uncle riding cultivator; 1 sulky breaking plow, 16-lnch; 1 Champion binder, 6-ft cut; 1 Ditto com shelter; 1 single buggy; 1 set of chain work harness, new; 1 set single harness; 1 large iron kettle and numerous other articles. Terms— lo months credit will be given on sums over $lO with the usual conditions. 6 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. W. R. WILLETS, GEO. PARKER. John G. Culp, auctioneer; C. G. Spitler, clerk. Hot 1 unb h by McCoysburg Ladies' Aid. BIG PUBLIC SALE. As I expect to retire and move to Rensselaer, I will sell at public auction at my Iroquois Farm, 4 miles north and % mile east of Rensselaer, commencing at 10 a. m., on Wednesday, February 17, 1915. A Head <»f Horses -Consisting of 1 sorrel gelding 6 yrs old, wt 1 870, a good one; 1 bay mare, aged, but raised a colts this season, wt 1260; 1 dark gray filly coining 3 yrs old, wt 1370;’ 1 light gray filly conking 3 yrs old, wt 1300; 1 bay filly coming ;; yrs old, wt 1235; I bay gelding J coming 3 yrs old, wt 1300; 1 9-months-old horse colt. These 'horses are all good ones. Also 1 3-year-old dapple gray stallion. Sire Gabon;

dam, Bauly, 7-8 Percheron mare; this colt will be a money-maker for you. Has sired some good colts. Will give you two payments on him on sale terms, his wt is 1750 lbs. ,« Head of Cattle- — -Consisting of 1 red Shorthorn cow 7 yrs old, a good milch cow, fresh in .May; 1 half Guernsey and Jersey 6 yrs old, and splendid milch cow, fresh in May; 1 pure bred Jersey 3 yrs old, giving good flow of milk, fresh in June;- ! half Jersey 3 yrs old, a good milch cow, fresh in June; 1 4-year-old cow, ‘half Jersey and 'Holstein, calf by side, a good milker. Implements, Wagons, Etc.—Consisting of 1 Hardsell clover huller, self feed and blower, in fair condition ; 1 wide tire wagon, triple box; 1 low-down farm truck; .1 buggy; 1 Janesville cultivator; 2 16-in. walking plows; 1 14-in. sod plow; 1 1horse weeder; 1 Champion hay rake; 1 Excelsior alfalfa drill, will also drill timothy, clover' or millet seed, a good machine; 1 endgate seeder: 1 2-section wood frame harrow; 1 3section steel harrow; 1 new double wagon box; 1 Grain King scoop board; 1 feed grinder; 1 stump puller; 2 sets- good heavy farm harness; 400 bushels of old corn, mostly white, a good chance to get some good seed corn front this; 3 or 4 tons of alfalfa hay in barn, and numerous other articles. Terms— l 2 months credit will be given on Sums over $lO with the usual conditions. 6 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. ; CHARLES PULLINS. W. A. McCurtain, auctioneer. C. ,G. Spitler, clerk. Frank McCinhis will serve lundh.