Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1895 — Page 6

THE CLUB-TAILED GLYPTODON, THE STANGE ANTEDILUVIAN MONSTER OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

T. World-

Of the many extraodinary looking ikeletons of antediluvian creatures which have been discovered in recent /ears probably the most curious is that of the daedicurus, or club-tailed ' flyptodon. The glyptodon is so lamed on account of its fluted teeth. Chis monstrous animal belonged to die tertiary period and only one skeleton of it has been unearthed. The skeleton is now in the museum it La Plata, Argentine Rebublic, tear which place it was found. According to scientists the animal is akin to the modern armadillo, which is not uncommon mArgentine. The armadillo, however, is a much «mal 1-er ani ina'.- l>ei ue- iiot ovt'f tlir(>(> ieet in length, while this one measures over twelve feet. When alive the body was covered with long bristles, or rather quills, which were as thick as ale pencil! and twelve or fifteen inches long. These quills issued from holes in the hard, long

HE WILL TEMPT HELL GATE.

Direr Robert Rnssel Hat Invented a Unicycle Catamaran in Which He Will Make a Dangerous Experiment. Sew York World. Robert S. Russell, of No. 108 East Fifty-second street, will next Saturday afternoon attempt a voyage through Hell,Gate on a. unicycle tatamaran, which he has constructed it Mill Rock Cottage. Ninety-second itreet and the East River. When he Srst began work on his novel craft Mill Rock Cottage smiled. There are leveral catamarans of various deligr.s bleaching on the rock of the waters thereabouts, and Mill Rock Cottage has seen enough ambitious lavigators with patent crafts iwamped to become incredulous.

LIFE-SAVER RUSSELL’S UNICYCLE CATAMARAN. (The novel craft on which a brave man will try to navigate Hell Gate.)

A Bow-Wow Question.

Puck. “Suppose." said little Mabie the other day. “that our pug should try to follow his nose; would he rdn down his throat, or would he just turn a back somersault.” As a car-mover, GebrgeKTlSpr 4gs, * mechanic, employed on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, at Baltimore, Is a record-breaker. He recently moved up a slight incline, by his own unaided efforts, a car weighing 65,090 pounds.

scales which covered the humped i back cf the monster. In appearance it must have strongly resembled an enbrmous porcupine. The most extraodinary feat- ’ ure is the conformation of the huge I tail, which was six feet in length and , composed almost entirely of bone. ! At its extremity are a number of oval depressed disks, each one of i which formed the base of a long horn. The tail at the base was as big■ around as an ordiary beer barrel and was-encircled by six double bony rings. Hundreds of sharp quills sprang from the bony armor on the base of the tail, being even in greater proportion than upon the body. The rest of the tail was a smooth, hollow sheath of bone becoming flattened towards the extremities and terminating in the terrible horned tip.It would have made a most efficient weapon for a giant, but its offensive use to the animal is somewhat problematical. We can hardly conceive of muscles powerful

WOODLEY, PRESIDENT CLEVELAND’S HOME NEAR WASHINGTON.

But Mill Rick Cottage-is now convinced, and it will back the Russell unicycle catamaran to its last cent. The catamaran is a two'boat affair “with a bicycle frame fastened amidships. There is a wheel which acts as a propeller. It is furnished with eight zinc paddles. The boa ts are 15 feet long and 10 inches deep. They are 12 inches wide at the top. 8 inches at the bottom and are water-tight. At the stern of each is a rudder, the two working uniformly operated by the handle of the unicycle. The boat is about four feet wide in the middle. Russel has made ten miles an hour on rough water about the entrance to Hell Gate. Russel is professional diver, six feet tall, and weighs 220 pounds. He has Seven medals for bravery, and has saved thirty-eight lives.

Slimpurse—You say you are not in love with any one else, but you are in love with an ideal. Perhaps I can in time approach that ideal. Miss Beauti (regretfully) afraid not. He’s a character in the Arabian Nigh'ts. Everything he touched turned to gold. The late General A. of Philadelphia, left one oj the largest private libraries ’in that city, numbering about 15,031) volumes. General Pleasanton was widely* known as a lover of books and had j many rare editions.

enough to swing such a stupendous structure, or even to raise it off the g round, i n Jal 1 pro babli ty -1 he tai I d ragged along the ground, and if so the creature must have presented an ext raord i n ary a ppearan ce.. Auy weapon of offence beyond the p iw--erful jaws would seem to be fluousArmored as the animal was with thick, bony scales and guarded by a veritable cheval-de-frise of sharj quills it is difficult to imagine, what living thing could harm it. The anatomy and conformation of this wonderful skeleton ‘has caused much discussion among geologistand naturalists. The tail especially has bothered the wise men, who have finallymome to th c sorn ewhat doubt• ful conclusion that jt must have been a merely ornamental appendage. The resemblance of the glyptodon to the turtle, especially in its head,legs and rounded back, will be noticed, The tail, however, is all its own, and l is certainly a phenomenal member,

Razors of Ancient Days.

New York Times. If man at the very beginning was hirsute when did he afterward yearn to get rid of at least a portion of his hair? That brings us down at once to shaving. At first the hairs on the jaws and chin must have been plucked out singly. Could a process of this kind, carried out during immeasurable periods, have produced a comparatively beardless race, as are our Indians? If man shaved first with a shell or a bit of Hint, his sufferings must have been intense. Prehistoric men in Great Britain, Ireland, France and Italy used bronze razors, for we find them today. Generally these razors had a tang, with a hole in the tang, so that they could be suspended. The razors are rounded on the edge, and resemble in shape those of the Chinese.

Philadelphia Bibles.

Philadelphia Keecrd. The history of Bible publishing in America discloses the tact that Philadelphia has played a most important part in this branch of book making. The first Hebrew Bible pubthis country was printed by William Fry. of Philadelphia, in 1814. This was the second American book in Hebrew characters, the press of Harvard College having issued in 1809 an edition of the Psalms. The Sauer Bible, of which reprints are still in existence, was printed in Germantown in 1743, and the first Douay Bible reprinted in America, was published in Philadelphia in 1790. A rattlesnake bit a man in Atchison, Kan., three years ago. He had great faith in the efficacy of whisky' as an antidote (oK snakes, and took it regularly. The man his just died and it is a mooted question whether he died from the bite or the whisky. A powerful alcoholic beverage is the Japanese “saki.”lt intoxicates rapidly, and keeps a man drunklonger than any other intoxicant; while the startling variety of jirnjarps it produces often terrifies the victims into fits, they see so many strange animals.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. I t An English law makes it a crime k> crop the ears of dogs. ! Illinois has a Scandinavian popuation of ■apout l25,0l)0. All officers in the Austro-Hungar-an cavalry must hereafter learn telIgraphy. The area of land in Africa owned Great Britain is equal to 2,750,100 square miles. , A divorce cannot be procured in South Carolina. Only death causes i legal separation in that State. Last year a waiter in the Fifth A venue Hotel kept a feeord of his iips, and they amounted to $515,‘65. Plug tobacco, cut up fine, ■ is preferred for smoking by officers as well is ordinary sailors in the U. S. Navy. The electric wires of a French railroad are so arranged that they :ah be used for telegraphing or telephoning. Compressed tea, in the form of Jakes, is sold in Russia, and carried bv travelers who like to brew their 'u vorite be ver age. The ministers of Port Huron, Mich., have signed a compact to the effect that they will refuse to bury iny person on Sunday. It is feared that the members of the present Australian Legislature ire on the dizzy verge of insanity. They have voted to reduce their own salaries.

An attack of grip caused a prolonged til of sneezing to a man in a San Francisco theater. He was requested to go out, but refused. Then he was arrested, ejected and next day fined S4O. *• Crocodiles have occasionally been seen 1,000 miles from land, and it is likely that their presence in the ocean has <flven rise to some of ths sea The alligator never leaves fresh water. A fool-hardy lad in Carthage, Mo., on a very cold day, licked an iron post. An interested crowd viewed the exploit, and for fifteen minutes the boy’s tongue could not be detached Mfrn the post. tardy debtor in Camden, was called on to settle a debt. He became angry, and said: “If you get that money before I do, you let me know.” The creditor promptly attached the man’s wages, got the money before he did, and let him know, I Two humane tramps discovered a broken rail on the Fitchburg road, near Salem, Mass., and signaled an express train just in time to prevent an accident, perhaps involving great loss of life. The company munficently rewarded the tramps with, fifty cents each. ■- A new freak on the part of a trolJey car was recently developed -in North Judson, N. J. The motor case became deranged and ripped up the floor of the car, terrifying the forty passengers it contained, and breaking the leg of Miss Katie Bach, of West THobokcn. Skill in riding a bicycle young lady from a highwayman in Mentone, France. The highwayman dismounted from a wheel and demanded the lady’s valuables. As she was removing from her neck tha chain which guarded her watch, the man turned to light a cigarette. She mounted the bicycle and escaped him. Tai Yin Cheo. a student of the University of Michigan, writes to the Independent—protesting against the use of the word Chinaman, instead of Chinese. Hesa.VS: “As to the word Chinaman itself, there is nothing good or bad in it, but it somehow involves a sort of contemptuous idea, which has been felt by many of our literary men.”

Americans Should Behave.

Northwestern Christian Adoveate. If adopted American citizens claim protection abroad because they are such, they must behave themselves when abroad. Our State Department once protested to the Turk because of severe treatment of American citizens. The Turk replied that his prisoners had conspired against his rule. Fenians, dynamitards, and other Irish conspirators against English rule have claimed release on the ground that they are Americans. Such citizens should behave here also. It ought to be reason for complaint that conventions of naturalized Americans are held in the United States to plan campaigns at < lieexpense of foreign governments. What would we think of England should she permit a convention to provide for arms and men to invade us? Insurgents in this country have planned armed raids against Canada. There is some ground for the Spanish claim that it fired upon our vessel last week under the impression that it was in the service of present rebels in Cuba. We profess indisposition to interfere in the internal affairs of foreign nations, ind we are inconsistent if we aliow our citizens to interfere. A plumber in Pittsburg has contrived a plan to prevent the freezing of water pipes. The supply pipes are inclosed in larger ■ pipes, and through the latter warm water, heated by the kitchen range, is constantly flowing and returning to the boiler. Letter carriers in London sometimes become crazy, because of the vast number of streets which have the same name. There are 264 Victoria streets, 241 Cross streets, 240 Albert streets, 212 Church streets and 191 Queen streets.

Spring Cleaning

Is such a trial that men say “Let the ' house take care of Itself.” But the con-. scientious wife feels bound to risk health I snd sirffngih ln thiS'annuai struggle with dust and dirt The consequence of her feverish anxiety over extra work is depletion of the blood, the source of all Jife and strength, manifested in that weak, tired, nervous condition too prevalent at this season and very dangerous if allowed to continue. What every man and wo- , man needs in the spring is Hood’s Sarsa- I. parilia. It keeps the blood vitalized and I

Sarsaparilla Is the Only —Tfob Blood Purifier

Landlady (at the head of the table)— Will you have cream in your coffee? Crusty—l won’t if I get it out of that jug In your hand.

UNWISE POSTPONEMENT.

Neglecting a Duty Which Ought to Be Done Now. - On general principles there Is no more foolish method of taking life easy tlianby def erring anbhvious duty. Especially foolish is the person who postpones the work of cleansing his blood. There are many reasons why this work should be done in 1 the spring. This is the cleansing season, and the blood needs cleansing before alOfiings else. That tired feeling is due to a vitiated condition of the vital fluid. The pimples and other eruptions which appear are Indications that the blood has become loaded with impurities be expelled at once. In no other way can health be maintained. Now there is but one true blood purifier prominently in the publie eye to day, ah<l that is Ilood's S;irsaparilla. By taking a few bottles of this great .blood cleansing medicinethe bodily health can be built up so that when the system will be able to resist the debiliating effects of the heated season. Those who start with good health in the spring,, given them by a thorough cleansing of the blood by Hood's Sarsaparilla, will be likely to pass through the summer without serious Illness, and when the autumn comes they will find that they are supplied with strength which they had never ! known at that season before. The work of cleansing the blood in the spring is one of the most important duties of the season, because pure blood means good health, and good health is essential both to happiness and to the highest usefulness in the world. ■ Skating is not ordinarily regarded as a 1 profound pursuit, but it is very likely to tarry a man beyond his depth.

NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSION.

THURSDAY, AUG. 8, 1895. Via the I.ake Erie & Wrste n R. R. ‘ Natural (Jas Route.”On Thursday, Aug. 8, Irto, the Lake Erie & West rn R.Rrwiiknnrtlieirpopular annual ext irsion to■CieX’elaml. Gnautauqua Lake, Buffalp jjUJSiaganiialls at following veryJtasLßMfifei. Peorias7 5) Fort Wayne.s.> 00 Bloomington.... 700 Muncie.... 500 Lafayette 600 Connersville BOJ Michigan City,.. 6 00 Rushville 5 b 0 Indianapolisß 00 New Castle B 00 Vipton Bill Cambridge City.. 6 (JO Lima...?. 400 Fremont 400 Sandusky. $4 00 With corresponding reductions from intermeliate points. In addition to the aliovy, the purchaser? of these tickets will lie given privilege of special excursion side trips to Lewiston'-on-the Lake, Including a steamboat ride on Lake Ontario, lor 26 cents. To Toronto and return by lake from Lewiston $1.00; to Thousand Islands. 85HO. liikjts for the above ,» de trips can be had w ieupurchasing Niagara Falls ticket, or at any time on train. Besides the above privileges, with that of ip ndiffg Sunday at the Falis. we will furnish 111 those who desire a side trip from Brockton Junction toChatauqua Lake and return FREE OF CHARGE. t Tickets of admission to places of special interest at or near Niagara Falls, but outside the reservation, including toll over th • International Bridge to the Canadian side, elevators to the water sedge at Whirlpool Rapids on the CanI lian side, will be ottered on train at a reduction from prices ‘tharg*! after reaching the Falls. Do not miss this opportunity to spend Sunday at Niagara Falls. The excursion train Will arrive at Niagara Falls 7 a. m. Friday, AugustS 1895. and will leave the Falls returning .Sunday morning. August 11. at fl o'clock, •topping at Cleveland. Sunday afternoon, giving an opporiunity to visit the magnlflceut monument of the late Pres'dent Garfield, and many other in eresting points. Tickets will be good, however, to return on regular trains leaving the Falls Saturday, Aug 11). for those not desiring to remain over. Tit kets will also be good returning on all regn ar trains up to and including Tuesday, Aug. 1,1 1895. Secure your tickets, also chair and r'eeping car atcommodations. early. Those desiring can secure accommodations in these tars wnlle at the Falls. For further informat on call on any agent Lake Eilo & Western R. R. or addr. Hs C. F. DALY, Gen. Pass Agent, Indianapolis, Ind.

Piso’s Cure for Consumption Is an especially good medicine for Croup.—Mrs. M. it. Avent, Jonesboro, Tex., Muy 9, 1891. Some claim that the counterpart in the opposite sex of the grass widow should be designated the hay rake. Mrs. Winslow’s SOOTHING SYItUP for chlldren teething, softens the gum.reduces Inflam •nation, ullays puln. cures wind collo. 25c per bottle. ( A new broom sweeps clean; so will an old one in tile hands o( a new janitor. Only twenty-five hours Cincinnati to Jackson Ville or New Orleans via Queen 4c Crescent Route. Qui kest time, shortest line and finest service. Through Sleepers, handsome Parlor Case and Observation cars.

Pennsylvania Lines.

On Tuesday, May 7. will sell home seeker’s exitirslon tickets to points In Michigan, at one fate for the round trip. Cull on agents, No. 4H West Washington street. No. 4fl.)ackson Mace, Union Station, Indianapolis, Ind.

V—< DO YOU KNOW that the send for catalogue. j 8 Best $85.00 Wheel made I HAY & WILLITS M’F’C. CO., 70 N. Penn. St,, Indianapolis, Ind

enriched, and thns sustains the nervtt and all the bodily functions. - “I take Hdod’s Sarsaparilla ever) spring, and it is the only medicine I usi through the year. It enables me to do mj house cleaning and farm work all throng* the summer. It helped me very much fol palpitation of the heart. I think Hood's Sarsaparilla is the medicine for everyont and all who take it will never be withoul it. I have also used Hood’s Pilis an| they are the best I ever tried.” Mrs, Bl H. Andrews, South Woodstock, Conn.

The QUEEN & CRESCENT runs handsome Parlor, Case and Observation cars on the ‘ Cincinnati and Florida Limited" between Cincinnati and Chattanooga. ■ll Vanish steel | W X with covers, all Xvanized after completlonJV /In nests of ten, Bto 12 feet\ /high and 30 to 36 Inches ln\ . /diameter, at 2Sc. per gallon A: / They do not rust, shrink, leak, alvei! I taste to water, nor allow foreign sub- 1' (stances to get In. They can be put! I In garret or barn and thus are protected!! Ifrom freezing. They take no setting!! Vip, are cheaper than wood. Tank!' % substructures of all sizes made to j! ' V order. Send for price list and X X designs forsubstructure and . ornamental water supply, a I J V XAERMOTOR dflKih Did you erer stop to think how completely the Aermotot Co. made the modern windmill business? How it has mon«p« oliz.ed this entire line of manufacture because of its inventions, designs, qualities and prices, or forced other) to be literal a.d servile imitators I Witness the ste<q wheel, the back geared pumper, the high geared powei mill, the steel towers, fixed and tilting, the galvanizing of work after completion, the grinder centrifugal feed! the improved irrigating and other pumps, the all steel pole saw one of the most popular things we ever put oul ; —the steel storage and stock tanks. Everything we havg touched we have bettered and cheapened. It is the thing w« have delighted in and it has paid. We have established a scorg of branch houses, so as to have all these goods near those whe them. The Aerinotor Co. has but one more ambition. Il want* to build and fill one more new building. It has 2 acre) of land at its present location unoccupied by buildings. It ex* pects to commence in June to cover that 2 acres with a ainglg budding, 7 stories high. This will give it H more acres of fiooa space. Thon when the public demand requiies more good! than can be produced with this added space, it will refuse td extend further, or make any effort. It will have done its share to supply th «t d-mand. It will then turn away all new comers; UNTIL TH *T TIME IT FXPECTR TO CONTINUE TO BVPPLI THE WOULD WITH THE GRFATF.K PART OF ITS WIND WHEELS TOWERS, GRINDERS, FEED CUTTERS, PUMPS STEEL FR4ME BUZZ SiWS, SI'FEL BTORAGM AND STOCI tanks, bfkel substructures, etc- etc., gal. TANIZED AFTER COMPLETION. IT WILL CONTINUE TO DEAL MOST LIBERALLY WITH THE PUIfLIC. FURNISH RM PAIRS AT ▲ LOW PRICE, AND BE THE GREAT DODEB SQUARE-DEALING WIND POWER AND WATER SUPPLY HOUSE OF THE WORLD. AERPOTDR rn rme.nn 1 was afflictedwithcatarrl last autumn. During th< month of October I coul< F®3 neither taste or smell an> Fhay-fever®| could hear but little. EIySWA Cream Bahn cured it.— -■fX cus Geo. Shautz, Rahway n.j. CATARRH ELY’S CREAM BALM Opens and cleansei the Nasal Passages. Allays Pain and Inflamnmation, Heals the Sores. Protects the Mem brane from colds, Restores the Senses of Tast. aud Smell. The Balm is quickly absorbed and gives relief at once. A particle is applied in each nostril and ii agreeable. Price 50 cents at Druggists or bj -mail. : . : . : h_ ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St., New York.

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