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that of the utilization of novitiate assistance. 

 The employment of . advanced iiniversity 

 students to assist the full-fledged investi- 

 gator in the prosecution of his own researches 

 at a compensation suiEcient to cover the stu- 

 dent's expenses, is particularly satisfactory. 

 It yields richly in two directions: it increases 

 by as many fold as there are assistants, al- 

 most, the productive capacity of the profes- 

 sional, while at the same time it ought to be, 

 and I believe is, a benefit to the students 

 hardly to be secured in any other way. No 

 help is so pleasant to give or so effectual, 

 other things equal, as mutual help; and I 

 know few relationships anywhere in labor that 

 comes nearer realizing the ideal of reciprocal 

 service than this one. 



The proposed enlargement of the station's 

 scope being of the future rather than of the 

 past, can hardly claim a place in this report. 

 I merely call attention of the members of the 

 association to the fact that the purposes for 

 which the organization was formed, as indi- 

 cated in its articles of incorporation, antici- 

 pate this or any other expansions that the 

 management may at any time deem wise to 

 undertake. 



ton will be placed in the Wyoming State Uni- 

 versity, which has the greatest collection of 

 fossils in the world. — New York Sun. 



NEWSPAPER SCIENCE 



FINDS A LIZARD 314 PEET LONG. 



■Wyoming University Expedition Unearths 



tlie "World's Biggest Fossil. 



Baggs, Wyo., July 24. — The most important 

 discovery ever made in the great fossil beds 

 of Wyoming is the skeleton of an animal of 

 the lizard type, just found, which shows a 

 length of 314 feet. 



It is by far the largest prehistoric animal 

 yet discovered. The skeleton, which was 

 found' by an expedition from the Wyoming 

 State University, is in a perfect state of pres- 

 ervation, every bone seeming to have been in 

 place when petrification set in. 



The skeleton is in the side of a hill of shale 

 and has not been torn entirely from the stone 

 in which it is imbedded, but the whole length 

 can be seen. 



One vertebra, which has been removed, 

 weighed more than 1,000 pounds. The skele- 



PLEASE NAME THIS EREAK. 



Skeleton Resembling Both Horse and Snake 

 Puzzles Naturalists. 



Special to the New York Times. 



Seneca Falls, N. Y., July 26. — A skeleton 

 to which local naturalists are unable to attach 

 a name was discovered to-night in an excava- 

 tion here. The frame is five feet long from 

 nose to tail, with two legs fifteen inches long. 

 The head is identical with that of a horse, 

 with deeply sunken eyesockets and massive 

 jaws. On each side of the upper and lower 

 jaws sharp tusks protrude, with a row of fine 

 teeth between. The neck is short, and of 

 graceful curve. 



The spine is similar to a snake's, except 

 that it is lined with thirteen ribs on each 

 side and has a ten-inch tail joined directly on 

 the spine. No socket for wings is apparent. 

 The legs have a hip, knee, and ankle joint, 

 and the extremely long toes are said to indi- 

 cate web feet. 



The ground where the object was found has 

 never before been disturbed to the knowledge 

 of local historians. — New York Times. 



TOMATO ON A DAHLIA BUSH. 



Owner Offers $25 for an Explanation of 

 This Preak of Nature. 



Special to The New York Times. 

 Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 16. — William 

 Wilson, a farmer of Pleas antville, has a freak 

 product in a tomato growing on a dahlia bush. 

 The tomato weighs about a pound, and is re- 

 moved from the nearest tomato vine by at 

 ^ least 150 feet. 



Wilson offers $25 to any one who can 

 explain the freak of nature. — New York 

 Times. 



Dr. Hill is often called the " American 

 Archimides," so profound is his knowledge of 

 mathematical astronomy. His researches in 

 connection with the lunar theory secured him 

 some years ago the gold medal of the Eoyal 



