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J THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. POR'KAXD. DECE3LBER 10, 1905. 35 mum OF BEAIT T BEMABKABLE D1SG0VEBT IN MONTANA BY THEAMEilMNMUS lEV YORK, Nov. 20.-(Special cor- 11 respondrnce. of The Sunday Ore- ' gonlan.) Out of the rocks In North- i ern Montana scientists have due thp skel eton of the real King of Beasts. An ex- j. noJIIInn r ., V,. 1, itmnrlKDn Mil- film of Natural History, in New York lias Just reported the resurrection of the largest flesh-eating land animal thus far known to the world. This constitutes one of the most remarkable finds In the recent history of paleontology. The curator of the Department of Verte brate Paleontology of this museum. Pro fessor Henry F. Osbom, under whose di rection the expedition was sent out. has conferred upon this newly discovered monster the title "Tyrannosaurus Rex." Jn plain English this means the "Tyrant King Saurian.'", or the King of Tyrant Saurlans. At the present moment the remains of this denizen of the past are being shipped to New York In a number of carof;y made boxes. 8ome of the boxes weighing over two tons. When these old bones arrive, they will be examined and cleaned with as much care as If they -wore full of diamonds for to science this discov ery Is more Important than that of n great many diamonds. A large force of skilled workmen will be detailed to the Job, every bone will be placed in its prop er place, In the. skeleton, missing bones will be modeled out of plaster of Paris, nnd jn a few months the completed skele ton will be placed on exhibition in the halls of the museum, where visitors may come and see what this king of beasts a few million years ago was like. Enough parts of this animal have been found to maKe It possible to estimate quite exaAly what his size- was. From the end of his tall lo the front of his nose he probably measured about 39 feet. The distance from his skull, as normally poised, to the ground, would be about 19' feet more than three times the height of an ordinary human skeleton. A draw ing showing the comparative sites of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the human skel eton has been placed on exhibition in the museum. The difference Is shown to be about like that between an ostrich and an ordinary barnyard hen. The present restoration Is. however, entirely prelim inary. Of such Importance to science is this .discovery that it has necessitated it re classification of the carnlverous dinosaurs of the O-etaceous geological period. Tyrannosaurus now becomes the name of a new genus. There flesh-eating di nosaurs of the latter part of the Age of Reptiles now show themselves to have been far more diversified than had been supposed. The particular hobby of these creatures seems to have been to make life miserable for, all the herbivorous di nosaurs of the period. One the newly-najaed forms is tbat of 'the Dynamoaaars "Powerful Lizards." It seems that their particular prey -was the duck-billed dinosaur oe Iguanodont. The Iguanodonts were part ly protected from attack by bony platen located along the sides of the body. An other Interesting family was .the- Oml thomlmldae "Bird Mimlckerx." who were relatively small but extremely swift footed. Til '"Tyrant's Prey." But rbr real bigness and other terrify ing qualities, Mr. Tyrannosaurus un doubtedly took the prize. He was largo and strong enough to attack the great three-horned Triceratops, one of the J Most Interesting of the Dinosaur family. , a ilne skeleton of .whlcfc has recently j:becn, s-l up Jn th National Museum at l Washington. This-animal had 3- skull . which projected upward over, the neck like a fireman's helmet, and OTer each eye there, was a .massive-horn directed. forward.- third," "but much smaller'horn" being generally Just over the nose. He was about twice the sis of an elephant. , b-Ing upward of 25 feet in height. He t weighed about ten tons. And the roost, remarkable fact of all is that in t th'e -'opinion of. Profeor Oj bofn 'and 'his ' fellow scientists In the I; American Museum of Natural History, 'this same gigantic three-homed beast t'was the prey of the Tyrannosaurcs Rex. EUM OF NATimHISTOBY. BBBBBBBbMBBBBBBBBBBBB!7C J J - M BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBJBBIBBBJBIB v r .- ' . s d i i JiiiBBBPi 1 r'l l ir i"fJn BBBBBBBBBBBBBP BBKfc'iUB8lt fjffi ..BbPBmBmBmt BHlii:SP PbbbY jlHj&vHMjBKII) BlMHraBHy How scientists should be able to under- BlSlESMWSmiSMMKKBBBBlBtW stand that It was the this par- BjllfSSaK tlculor beast that would be-most satlsfy- BBBBJBBBBHPW Ing to the king of them all. Is BBBBJjBJBBWjjBHaKBH those riddles which the man in Bliile Terrible Kxperiencc of Hunter Aw' ' V !jgM 3Indc TlirilMng Journey. BBBBBHBmBBBBalBBBBBB FBBpH wAHHjw 'PABBHBBlBBBBBBr Mi IsvBlK" 1. 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We have'- had many stray bones of this. animal, but this find may lead us- to a place -where there will hi parts of this beast which we have not yet found. How He Was Fonnd. The animal to which the horn be longed was the Triceratops. The Sum mer .following the return of Professoi Hornday'from Montana, therefore. th museum dispatched, an expedition te that same section of Montana to see 1' they could find any more remains ol Triceratops. Mr. Barnum Brown, axi ex perlenced fossil hunter, was put lc charge of the party. He was rewarded with the finding of exceedingly valu able remains of the Triceratops. but h was still more rewarded by the finding of a few bones of what appeared to b an animal of an entirely different kind The Triceratops was a herblvoroui beast. But the new bones showed clearly that they had belonged to a flesh-eating dinosaur. These remains were embedded in extremely hard sandstone, and were extracted onlj with the greatest difficulty. As the ,bones of the new carnivorous beast represented different parts of his body. Professor Osborn calculated thai further excavation would reveal addi tional portions of the same skeleton. Accordingly, a new expedition was sent out last Summer under Mr. Brown, and most careful preparations were mad for further exploration. The cliff un der which the previous specimens had been found was thoroughly cleared and blasting of a most careful and delicate " character was undertaken from the top downward. As a -result of this work, additional rtmalns of the wonderful Tyrannosau rus Rex :ame to life as the Summer wore on, so that It is now announced that representative portions of the en tire body have been secured. Scientists will look forward' to a study of the character of this newly found monster with the greatest curiosity. How he lived, and what his general character istics were, will be subjects of the most minute Investigation. Doubtless paleontologists will be able to tell the world how much flesh this beast consumed In a day. what the size of his brain was. how long he lived, and at what period in the close of the great Age of Reptiles he fought his battles for existence, for Just as as tronomy, by an analysis of the solar spectrum. Is able to reason out the physical .characteristics of a distant star, so 13 paleontology able, by exam ination of stray bones, to describe the habits of animals who . lived in the Western States of North America "when the Rocky Mountains were still young- and the now bare and arid West ern plains were a land of lakes, rivers and luxuriant vegetation." These same Western regions aye be lieved by paleontologists to be still full of burled skeletons of bygone days. Many Is the hunter roaming through forests or along some uncharted chasm In the Rockies who sees curious bones projecting from stones. These may be of priceless value to science. He should leave them alone and send word lmme- 1 diately to the American Museum of Natural History In Jew York, or to one of the othor great museums of 'the country. Great may be his reward, and greater still the reward of science. Victoria (B. C) cor. 9c Press. A thrilling hunting season adventure .is reported from Albernl, where, with shoes almost dropping from his bleeding .feet, clothing that was merely a maze of rags and tatters, and the general appearance of a wikl man. Antonio Delponte. of Cum berland, succeeded in dragging himself up to a farmhouse at the head of Albernl Valley. Between wolfish .bites at food placed before him he explained tbat he had spent fivo days and nights lost in the bush Meanwhile several parties had been searching- for him. Deiponte's adventure was curious. He left Cumberland for a hunt, making for j the mountains east of Ash Lake. In the thick bush of that neighborhood he un consciously crossed the divide and wan- , dexed over to the Great Central Lake side of the'range. and there became utter ly confused by the countless small streams and dense underbrush. Day fol lowed day. and. losing all sense of lo cality or direction. Delponte. famished and frantic, pushed deeper and deeper into .the wilderness. The fortunate discovery of a few rotten potatoes in a prospector's abandoned cabin came in time to save him from sinking. Shortly aXtexwanl a grocs fell to his gun and was eaten raw. and with better strength Delponte turned south. On the evening of tho fifth day out of the distance sound of a shot came to the ears of the lost hunter, the first evidence of human habitation. It was heard in time to cause the hapless man to desist in a second swim across Stamp River, which, if continued, would have taken him again Into the wilds of the Great Central Lake or Elk River, and to almost certain death. The fact that, deceived by tho crossing nf- i-nnntilnt Deloonte traversed all 1 the unexplored country between Cumber land and Albernl in five days and nights Is a matter of marvel to b ashmen, who ran explain the possibility of such a per formance only by the strength of semi madness. Deiponte's accomplishment, however, contradicts the accepted theory as to the Inaccessibility of the Great'! Central Lake country, and prospecting In that locality promises to be considerably stimulated. Another Vancouver Island rrian to ex perience the unpleasant sensation of be ing lost In the woods Is W. Lnwder. of tne tyee smelter. He went hunting on Sunday last with a friend, striking Into the bush near Haslam Creek. The ar rangement was that the two were to mev at their starting point four hours later. Lowder did not show up. and after waiting for'hiurs a search was organized. It was late at night when-the lost man was located, exceedingly tired and hun gry, but uninjured. Ltttlo Sams for Pollcy-Holders. Puck. The tenth vice-president of a big In surance company buys 10no shares of stock at 84. If the stock goes up ten points, how much wiH'he win? If It goes down ten points, how much will you lose? John has some money and swaps it for a deferred dividend policy. How much Is John out? A man Insures his- life for J25.0CX He pays In premiums 5750 a year. Compute his policy's cash-surrender value to a syndicate of United States Senators. If the assets of the Brazen Assurance Society are JlS3.757.-US.-t3. how many hot house violets will they buy. when violets are selling at $4.79 a bunch? A New Yorker throws up a cent to see whether he'll go to Monte Carlo for the Winter or stay at home and take out a tontine policy. The policy winning, on what date does he commit suicide? Wnilam and Ebenezer put every cent they can get into life insurance. Henry puts his in a stocking in the "garret. Who .is taken to a padded cell? William and Ebenezer. or Henry? Three dlrectora -are coming back from Europe to explain things. The first returns on a five-day steamer. The sec ond, on a tramp steamer. The third man falls overboard. Which man has the most foresight? If a 20-year endowment policy costs JCOCO. what w-lll be the cost of one first class gold brick? A YEAR'S JUNGLE KILLING Nearly 25,000 Human Victims ol AVild Beasts In British India. Outing. Tear by year records are published of the destruction of human and cattle Ufa by the wild beasts and snakes of British India. Last year 24.578 human beings and 86.2S cattle were killed, and of the peo ple 21.827 deaths were attributed to snakes, whilft of the cattle 80.000 were killed by wild beasts, panthers being charged with 30.000 of this total; snakes accounted for 16.000. And this Is but a trifling percentage of the actual annual mortality, as it excludes the feudatory states, with their 700.000 square miles and 6O.0OO.CCO inhabitants, where no records are obtainable. Last year 12S5 tigers. 4370 panthers, and leopards. 2000 bears and 20S6 wolves were killed; of snakes the real scourge of In dia no record Is possible, and unfortu nately comparatively few are destroyed. The descent upon promising crops by deer and pigs and monkeys would be even more serious to India and more expensive to the natives were it not for the tiger, panther and leopard. This formidable trio of the cat family practically police agricultural India where it pushes into the jungle and make it possible for the poor native to exist through cultivation of his fields. Undoubtedly the depredations of the tiger are overestimated, because it Is so feared that wherever It prowls Invariable panic spreads widely to its discredit. Panthers are bolder In attack, more active and more generally vicious than tigers; yet they inspire nothing like such awe among the natives. Indeed, I have seen natives rally to the defense of a dog. of which leopards are particularly fond, when had the Intruder been a tiger they would have been paralyzed into in action by very fear. Professional Rivalry. First Reporter What the deuce are yo got up in a dress suit for? Second Ditto I am going to a big ban- rmt- "So? Where did you learn to wait at 1 table?" Die Lustige BIae-