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NEWS OF THE WEEK III i Condensed I'nnn for Our Iliisy Renders. HAPPENINnn OF TWO CONTINKNTS A Ultimo of tho Lets Important but Not Lais Interesting Evonti ' of the Pait Weak. Spain mill llolgluin Imvo arranged nn mhltrntlnn treaty. Tim Odd Follow sovereign grand In Igo will moot nt 'l'uroiito iinxt year. Tho government li nt 11 1 paying 11 vn pensions on account o( tbo Revolution ary war. Hockoyu salmon urn plentiful In thu VMr river, It. 0., hut thero In no tnnrkut tor thiiiii. A Hanta Fu train was derailed near Nun ton, Kansas. Knvurnl irnonn worn injured, oiki o( whom will ill". Milliliter Trtknlilrn, now nt Washing Ion, will bnsoiit to Ht. Potutsburg, ami Huron Katioko will probably succeed Mm In this country. A litmUliilii on Mount Hun Pnolliin, Welly, burled a town nt tint ((Kit of tlm -.mountain. Tint Inhabitant had Im-cii warned nuil most ol thi'in escaped. A paymaster's trnln on thu Reading road collided with n milk ttuln near Hurrishurg, I'D' Pay chocks amount ing to ovur $60,000 wore scattered In uvory ill root Ion. A dynamite hum!) exploded In n Now York tenement iiliook up tlm wholn imlghborhoMl. That nolxMly wan sorl on iily Injured appears remarkable. Tlm work waa tlmt of tlm Italian "Mack llaiul." Tlm president of Venotuula has nutihhl a French diplomat. Two men wtim killed mid -13 Injured In tint Nevada railroad wreck. Advocates of a republic for Norway tun again coming to thu front. Morn oarthquakn shocks nru bulng fnlt In Italy, l'aulc reigns anions tlm villagers. The Imnk of Nurdstrnnd, Minn., a private institution, haa closed Ita doors, it la capltallted nt $10,000. Vandal visited tlm two Catholic cemeteries at Ksomiaha, Mich., and do tnolUhrd tlm uroonca on over "00 rnonti incuts. President of Hull, of thu Groat Northern, in an address to farmuri of Kfliithcrn Minnesota, condemned iegu latlon of railroad rtttiv. Praticn.Ocrmmau negotiations rul ntivu to Morocco havu latin resumed nod It l IhiII(1 a dullulto arranga incut li Hearing completion. Tlm Oild Follows' sovereign grand lodge la considering tho erection of a (1,000,000 sanitarium for roiisumptlvu members nt I.as Vegas, Now Mux loo. Itelieln In (iurman South Allien mir prlced u fliinvoy, practically minlhllat M It ifoort of (ionium tiiMips, cap. tured thousand of mtllu, IS wagons, many r I Ilea and n quantity of ainmu nitlon. Germany haa allocked thu outbreak of cholera. Now York primary elections nru to liu tlm scono of a warm content. A man In n dressmakers' convention nt Chicago caused u panic until ho was tcctod. Ohio Democrat any thu tariff la not to ho tlm uhluf Issue ol thu campaign In that itntu, H'hllu nil point Imvo not been rot tied, p ncu between Norway and Swed en la assured. Anthracite coal oporntora will resist tho demands of tlm minora nnd nnothor ureut atrlu la looked (or In tho near future, Slxiy of tho moat olalmratuly equip ped l'ullinnn cara over uaod went of tho Missouri rivor havu bocn put on tbo Union I'noltlu from Omaha to California nnd rortlnud. President Paul Morton, of thu Kqult ublti I.lfo, IniH discovered where nearly n million dollars of thu policy holdora1 money hna gono to pay bad debts. JIo -will auu to recover. Tho Japanese pence commission hna Htartod for Japan with thu treaty. Aeronaut lloachoy has sailed hla air jiblp from thu Lowls nnd Clark oxim)bI tlon grounds to thu Vunuouvur bar racka. On tho return trip ho waa tin ublu to reach tho atartliiK point on no count of ndvurHu wluda, und n lack of KiihoIIiiu for hla oiikIiiu. Wit to haa orrlvcd In Kuropo, Kooauvult will visit Nuw Orloaua In October. Anthracite minors aro preparing to inaku nuw ilumands on operators. I'liynkians attending llaron Komuru Imvo decided that ho lias a mild form of typhoid fuvur. Flro nt Nomo, SoptomlMir 13, dc Btroyod 00 bulldlnKS nnd causod a inou vtnry loua of $200,000. Prosldout Itoosovolt hna yloldod tn tho czar thu honor of Issuing thu call (or a second poaco conference Norway nnd flwodon Imvo agreed to elgn nn arbitration compact ami tho do tnlls of separation will bo loft to a com-inlttoo, LOOKING TO JAPAN. China Profora to Soak KnowloiJo From Hor Neighbor. Nuw York, Httpt. II). What effect tlm war In tho Fnr Kant will Imvo on tlm propaganda of tho Christian relig ion In Japan wan tho subject of n lec ture at tlm Weal llriincli Young Mon'a Clirlntlan Asaoclntlou by J)r. Ibukn, iirraldeut of an Institution of learning in Toklo, nnd himself a Christian. That tlm recent outbreak In Toklo ami tlm attack upon thu churches wan thu result of merely n local feeling and did not represent any widespread antl foreign feeling In thu empire, was thu assertion of thu lecturer. "When thu war with Itunala first began, I and my fellow Christians In Japan were iiucasj for fear that tho struggle should result In a lasting ani mosity toward tho Christian religion In thu empire. At first tho cry was raised that 11 was n struggle of Iluddhism ver sus Christianity, and tho Kuaslnna did many things to foster this sentiment, but It was not long until this Illusion wan dispelled nnd thu people were brought to sou that religion and re ligious beliefs had no part In thu war. "Already China has become nrousod to tlm fact that she has much to learn, and shu Is seeking this" knowledge from Japan rather than from Kuropcau countries. Hundreds of thu young men of Japan nru taking positions nn In structoia in tho Chin see Institutions of learning, and hundreds of thu young men of China aro coming to thu col leges of Japan for Instruction. It Is vitally necessary thai tho young men should I m taught tlm truths of tho Christian religion If It la to bo spread In China." RCVISE LAND LAWS. Ono Great Measure Rooiavelt Will Hocommond In Meiiap;o. Washington, Kept. 111. I'rcsldent Itootuvolt, In hla forthcoming messagu to congress, will urgo tho remodeling of tho public laud laws, and among other things will apcclllcally recom mend tho repeal of tlm tllnlwr and atono act, thu law which haa been ro sioiialhlo for more fraud and which haa caused thu government greater actual loss of money ihati any other public land statute. Tho president will basu Ills recommendation uikhi the report of tlm Public Ijinds commission, consist lug of Commissioner Itlchards, of thu general land ollico, F. II. Newell, head of thu Iteclamatlon service, and Clifford I'lncbot, chief forester. Thin commission submitted to con gress at Its Inst session a second report on Ita Investigation, mid, among other things, said: "Instances of tho Injudicial operation of thu timber mid stone act may bu cit ed, but when It la considered from the point of view of tho general Interest ol thu public, It In-comes obvious that this law should Imj regaled." Hlnru the foregoing rejiort was pub lished, tho commission haa submitted to tho public printer a great npiKndix, containing data and facta upon which its conclusions went based. Tills a pundls has not yet been made public. SCAHED UY THE TARTARS. Russian Troops at Daku Refuse, to Leave Uarracka. Hnku, Hept. 10 Tho altuntlon through the Caucasus continues to grow worsu mid wors nnd thunuthoritlos nru unable to do anything towards check ing thu Tartnrs, who continue to ravage thu countryside, murdering nil who op jvooe them and ravishing and torturing all females without regard to station. Tho troops mo so badly scared by thu rioters that they refuse to leave their headquarters mid content themselves with llrlng n few shots nt long range nt small loil lea of armed Tartars, who oc casionally approach thu barracks. During tlm past 24 hours nrmed IkxIIos of Tartnrs have nttacked mid burned thu remaining oil towers in thu district and at thu present time not ono of them remains standing. No ono can estimntu thu loss, which will run Into thu millions. A conserv ative estimate of tho killed during tho oast week by Tartars la 6,000, Includ ing many women nnd children. Few New Cases. New Orleans, Hept. 10. Tho com paratively fow en bos reported today ndded additional encouragement to thosu In charge of thu fuvur campaign. Among tho new cases Is Dr. C. M. 8lianly, of llaratarla, thu physician who Is In charge of thu district of Upper llaratarla, In Jefferson parish. Ho reported tho existence of tho fever in that territory nod was placed In charge by thu Statu Hoard of Health, lie moved to that territory from North Dakota n few yeara ago, nnd owns a small plantation there, Embezzlenient In Japan. Toklo, Kept. 11), Tho Information haa been mndo public that threo naval paymasters havo embezzled $105,000 of government funds. Tho announce ment has been calmly received by tho public, but tho knowledge that tho commission of tho crime extended over n period of threo years without disovury may, It Ih said, arouse a fooling of dis trust nnd uneasiness toward tbo naval administration, and furnish a weapon to tho parties opposing thu government. Old Ship May Turn Turtle. Uoaton, Sopt. 10. Tho Herald to morrow will euy: Tho ancient frlgnto Constitution, familiarly known us tho "First ship of tho Amorlcan navy," which has for years boon ono of tho moat valued possessions of tho Charles ton navy yard, la In danger of "turning turtle," nnd it Is learned that tho good ship cannot last tunny years In ita pres ent stato, ONLY FOUR REMAIN Many Cliaiujos To He Made In President's Cabinet. SPECULATION ON NEW MEMBERS Roosevelt Will Consider Man's Ability Before He Considers Hie Pisco ofRosldenco. Washington, Hept. It). It la proba ble that only four members of thu pres ent cabinet will remain to tho end of President Koosovult'n term: Klllni Hoot, secretary of statu; William II. Tnft, secretary of war O.IJ. Cortolyou, k turns tor general, nnd O. J. Itonn parte, secretary of thu navy. Conaldurabhi uncertainty surrounds thu future of thu other five members of tlm cabinet, or rather, four mem burs, for It In known that Secretary Hlmw will resign next February. . Home speculation Is Indulged In as to whether or not tho president, In re forming his cabinet, will havu n regard for geographical lines, or will pick tho men best silted for tho places, regard less of where they comn from. In tho present cabinet Nuw York nnd Iown have two members, nnd Ohio, Mnssa chusotts, Maryland, Missouri nnd Cali fornia one each. Thu South la not rep resented, but nil otvcr sections nru. Nuw York will continue to havo at least two members (Boot nnd Cortel you); Iown will lose one In Shaw mil nnothor if Wilson resigns, but Ohio nnd Maryland will retain their repre sentation. If Hitchcock retires, some Western man la almost certain to suc ceed him, hut it would Iki utterly Im tKMtslblo to pick tho man. And so it goes. Tho probabilities ne thai thu new cabinet will Imj composed of men from nil parts of tho country, hut Pros ldout Itoosuvelt will consider n man's ability before ho considers his place of residence. JURNINQ THE FORTS. Incendlarlaa Make Repeated Effort to Dottroy New York Defenses. Now York, Sept. 10. Four mysteri ous Urea in three of thu four forta pro tecting Nuw York harlior within thu last two months havo caused the mili tary authorities of thu department of tlm Hast much concern. Two of the fires havo lccn at ort Hamilton, one on tho night of July 17 nnd thu other Inst Friday night. On thu night in July of thu lire nt Fort llmullton there waa a disastrous lire at Fort Wndsworth. Thu latest flro was nt Fort Blocuni, on tho David island, in the Sound, Sunday night. In each case there have been suspi cious circumstances concerning tho or igin of tho fires. Magazines, barracks, hospitals, forage nnd oven big si ego guns havu lxon destroyed and damaged In these tires, nnd despite thu most thorough investigation nothing is known definitely as to how tho flres started. NEEDS MANY MOTOR CARS. Union Pacific Must Build 300, and Will Enlarge Shops. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 10. Tho Union Pacillc needs 00 gasoline motor cam of thu typo just finished, according to the statement of . It. .Me Keen, superin tendent of tho motive power nnd ma chinery. At tbo rate of 50 n year, he says, thu road cannot Imj supplied with (be cara as rapidly as it will requiro them. Tho present facilities for making them aru being tested to tho limit, but they nru far from adequate. Additions to the shops nru to bo built nt once, at a cost of $700,000, which will increase the facilities, lloprcscntativcnot other roads and of suburban lines who havo sought to place orders for cara with the Union Paoltlo havo been told they can not bo supplied. Can't Grow Cotton In Weit Africa. Washington, Sept. 10. Thu depart ment of Commerce nnd La I hi r has. Just published a report stating that the re sult of thu attempt to grow cotton In West Africa has been discouraging, owing to tho nbseuco of transportation facilities. Thu Cotton association tried American seeds, but tho planta tion did not prove to bo a success, Under tho most favorable conditions, Sierra Leone could produce 1-10,000 hales, but for tho next ten yeara not moro than 0,000 bales a year may be expected. Scandal nt Bremerton. Washington, Sept. 10. Tho Navy department has received a report on thu investigation mado nt tho Puget Sound navy yard into charges against Master Shipwright Uoorgo W. 1. Tra hoy, alleged to havo sold his inllueuco In getting appointments for workmen in that yard. It la not known what tho roport contains, but it .is bollovod nothing startling will bo brought to Haiti, nothing to form tho basis of a groat sensation. New Mexico Irrigation Project. Washington, Sept. 10. Tho secro tnry of tho Interior haa ordered tho withdrawal from entry of 300,000 ncres of laud In tho Iloswull, N. M., land district, on account of the Carlsbad ir rigation project. NEW HAGUE CONFERENCE. Peace In Orient Cloara Way and Call Will Be Issued Soon. Washington, Sept. 18, President Itoosovolt ban decided to shortly issue n call for thu pence conference nt Tho Hnguu. This Information Is from a high source, Tho tlmo of tho meeting has not been determinnJ, hut it will bo decided before tbo president returns to Wnshlngton. His great victory In bringing about pence between Itussla and Japan haa encouraged bis belief that n great step forward can now bo adopted In promoting international peace. Several months ago ho had tho mat tor under consideration nnd received satisfactory assurances from all Euro pean nations except Itussla. Tho czar informed him that, while ho favored another peace conference, ho could not see hla way clear to aiding such a movement until war between Japan and Itussla had lccn brought to a conclu sion. It in understood that tho United States and thu leading European powers hnvo practically atrreed upon n provi sion which stipulates that war shall not bo waged except for vital reasons and only after exhaustive efforts havo been made to adjust the differences. Other subjects that will reccivo con sideration nro tho firing of explosives from balloons; bettor protection for tho Itod Cross; floating mines; ownership of interned ships. HIGHEST ON COAST. Mt. Whitney, of California, Accorded Hcnor by the Government. San Francisco, Sept. 18. A report fraught with deep Interest to tho people of the Pacific coast his just been for warded to Washington by Professor Alexander McAdlo, who Is at tho head of thu Weather Hureau service In this section of tho country. Tho report states that, according to measurements made during tho summer of this year, Mount Whitney, situated in California, is the highoet peak In tho United States. It reaches 14,602 feet nlwvo the level of the sea. Mount Kninlor, situated in Washington, rnnks second, its height being 14,304 feet. The figures for Mount Shasta aro not definitely fixed, but aro known to bo between 14,200 and 14,380. This report will settle tho question which haa occupied thu attention of scientists on tho Pacific coast for sever al years. Professor McAdlo states that his figures may bo considered as final, for thu variation will not exceed more than n few feet In either case. Mount Rainier was measured in Ju ly, and at that tlmo the announcement waa made that it overtopped Whitney. Calculations havo shown this to hnve been Incorrect. Tho figures for Italnier wcro found to correspond closely to those obtained by Professor Kdgar Mc Clure, tho well known scientist, who lost Ida lifo on thu great peak after he had completed ills measurements. PLENTY OF WORK AHEAD. Navy Department Will Not Discrimi nate Against Puget Sound. Washington, Sept. 18. Through his secretary, Senator Piles today made in quiry at tbo Navy department regard ing the roport that thu forco of employ es nt tho Puget sound navy yard was to iki maioriaur reuuecu on account oi me lack of work. Ho finds, on the contra ry, that nbundanco of repair work has )een set aside for thu Puget sound yard, which will give employment to all tho men now on tho rolls. Somosay $112, 000 will bo expended in repairing the transport Zaflro, necessary repairs will be made to tho cruiser Chicago, tho revene cutter Perry will go out of com mission at Urcmorton for extensive re pairs to bo paid for by tho Treasury de partment, nnd aa soon as some vessel is found to relieve tho battleship Oregon in Asiatic waters, that vessel will como to Hretnorton for a completo overhaul ing. The Navy department assures Mr. Piles that there is no intention of dis criminating against tho Puget sound yard. ' Two Road on North Bank. Portland, Sept. 18. President How ard KUlot, of tho Northern Pacific, through A. I). Charlton, assistant gen eral passenger agent of tho company, has announced to tho peop'o of Port land and of tho Pacific Northwest that the Portland t: Seattle Hallway com pany, already engaged In constructing n railroad down tlto north bank of thu Columbia river, Is owned Jointly by tho Great Northern nnd Northern Pacific companies, and that tra ill c of both roads will bo moved to Portland from Kcnnowick ovor tho new trackage Norway Moblllzo Her Army. Paris, Sept. 18. Despite tho contra dictory statements made on thu sub ject, information reaching tho highest authorities shows that tho mobilization of Norway's forces is now going on. Tho French government has mado con ciliatory representations nt Stockholm with view to averting a rupturo. Olllclal sentiment here tends toward an arrangement whereby Norwaj would bo permitted to continue some of hor froutior fortifications. Iowa Losing Population. Dea Moines, la., Bepi. 18. Accord ing to preliminary figures of Iowa's stato census tho stato had a total popu lation January 1, 1005, of 2,201,372, a loss of 30,481 elnco tbo census of 1000, when tho Btato was nccrodlted with a population of 2,231,853, Practically all of tho larger cities nnd counties showod gains, Tho loss was nlruost entirely iu tho rural soctlona, "Soyr, try this," said tho lunchor, ottering his cigar en no to his friend across tho table. "You are a Judge of good tobacco, I know, and I think you'll llko It" llio man took ono of tho slim, dark brown rolls of leaf, pinched it daintily, sniffed at tho end, clipped It carefully and lit it Ills friend watched him with an anxious expression. "Well " bo said. Tho tobacco export slowly expelled a ring of stnoko and frowned. "It Isn't tills Porto Itlco tobacco," be said, "It has a certain twang about It that reminds me of It. but tbo rank flavor Un't there." "They suit my tnste," said tho first man. "I stumbled on to the jo In rath er an odd manner. It wasn't an nt tractlvo box and tho cigar Isn't an attrnctlvo cigar, is tt'r" "Not ospoclally nt tho flrat glnnco." "Woll, I tried ono and I went Into a trance. I seemed to sco waving palms and natives of aomo sort crowned with Japnneie publications aro full of American articles on all kinds of sub jects. Them Is no mos trust iu Australln. Thero mutton sometimes sells for ns little as 2 ccnU a Kund. Hnll tirouirht un from a depth of 820 feet In ono of tho Belgian coal mines 1 said to havo grown weeds unknown to botanists. Last year the English Mblo Society had the Illblo translated Into twolve moro languages, making the total num ber of language in which It may now bo road 800. A vast bed of coal, containing fuel enough to supply all tho navle of tho Pacific, has been discovered at Haron KotT Hay, at tho extreme north end of Kamchatka. Ileccnt discoveries seem to show that each of tho larger planet I accom panied by band of satellites relatively smaller than the minor planet, ns the primaries are smaller than tho sun. A gold modal, a plpo and Ave pounds of tobacco constituted the Kalscr'a gift to Franz Grunwald, an Invctcrato smoker, who celebrated hla 104th birthday at Dure. Prussia, recently. Italian physicians declare that the "American bar" established In their cltlca in recent years, nro responsible, with their lcod drinks, for tho Increas ed number of cases of serious apop lexy In warm woathor. Virgil in his day spoko of tho "war ing wood" of Italy. To-day denuded hillsides aro tho rule, nnd tbo stren uous efforts of tho "Pro Montlbus et Silvia" societies havo not jot aucceed- ed In arousing the government to no tion In tho mattor of roafrorosUng. Documents havo been discovered tn Venice which aro said to Idontlfy Othello, of Sbakespoaro'a tragedy, with n certain Nicholas Qucrlnl, sou of Francesco, while Desdemona was tho dnughtor of Polma Querlnl. Doth be longed to noble Venetian families and they woro related. Up to 1840 thero were no Iron bridges In tho United State except suspension bridges, In which Iron links wero used In the cables and suspenders, tho floor system being of wood. Tho flrst bridge In Amorlca consisting of Iron throughout was built In 1S40 by Karl Trumbull over tho Urlo canal at Frankfort, N. Y. Tho omnlbu companies of London aro contemplating tho issue of an order prohibiting tholr drivers from conversing with passengers. Tho Uvenlnir Standard remarks: "Tbo chief sufferers will bo tho visitors from Amorlca or the rural districts. To them tho 'bus driver 1 luvaluablo as a guldo to tho lions." Whonover tho temperaturo roaches n certain point in aw-iizerianu mo schools aro dismissed. This is on tho theory that niter n coruin negreo or sufforlng has boon reached by both trwichors and mmlls. tbo ono cannot Impart nor tho othor absorb Instruc tion that would uo or any vnluo, and so tbo tlmo spent lu attomptlug It Is wasted. A natlont observer on ono of tho main roads nonr London counted tho vehicles passing to nnd from tho metropolis between 0 o'clock In tho morning and 0 nt night. Tho results woro! ltlcveles. 4.877: motor cars. B57: eloctrlc streot cars, 407; horso vohlcles, uu; total, o,tou. According to tneso figures tho horso is rapidly being out numbered. SEA ELEPHANT A MONSTER. Killed by Whaler. Off tho Coast of the Falkland Islands. A now nnd interesting attraction at tho Uorlln zoological gardcu la a mounted specimen of a monster soa elophant It can claim tho distinction of being tho largest sea elephant tlmt has ovor boon killed. It was found somo eighteen months ago by whalors off tho coast of tho Falkland Islands. They promptly surroundod tho mon itor and subsequently slaughtered It --ii-w h- - --w --- brilliant tropic (lowers nnd I smolled oleanders and orange blossoms." "Thoy'ro certainly fragrant They're not mado of Manila leaf though. Thero' too much bouijuot for that" "I'll put you next, If you like. I don't think you can got them at any old tobacco store. How docs It strlko you, anyway?" "It doesn't look llko a Sumatra wrapper. In fact, I feel sure It isn't Indian tobacco. "Somehow," resumed tho connois seur, dreamily, "I seem ns I amoko Uils to sco a squaro red barn with patent medicine advertisements paint ed on It and natives In patched bluo denim overalls whittling nnd expecto rating in its shade. I seem to detect a pcrfumo as from n burning weed pile, on which somebody had thought lesly thrown n rubber boot, I fancy "Waller," called tho flrst man, "bring two good clear Havana. You'ro a better Judgo than I thought you wero. Thcy'ro sawed-off Connecticut atoglcs." Chicago Dally Xewa. no easy task and tho hldo with tho raw skeleton waa purchased nt n high prlco by J. F. O. Umlnuff. Bomo Idea of tho alio of tho mon ster may bo gauged from tho fact that from tho tip of ita tall to tho Up of ita tusk it has a total measurement of nearly 21 feet. Such an animal when nllvo would weigh 10,000 pound or nearly four nnd a half tons. Tho circumference of tho body nt Ita wldwt part I some 18 feet The skull nlono measure 2 feet 8 Inches long and 1 foot 3 inches high. Tbo sea elephant, or seal elephant; la In many way an Interesting crea ture. Bo far as elxc goc ho can giro point to tho walrus, but ho Is certain ly not so ferocious-looking. Except for tho curious nose, whenco hla Greek name, ho 1 Just a big black soal, fair ly agile in the sea and clumsy ashore, llko all his kind. He is nbont tho bulk of n hippopotamus, nlthough moro hlrsuto and with n less cxtenslvo open ing of tho Jaws. Ho hold nmong seal tho unique position of being common to both hemispheres, although from the nrdor with which ho has been bunted very few specimens now exist north of tho equntor. Jut now, however, the sea elephant is enjoying a respite nnd Is consequent ly Increasing In number rapidly, par ticularly In tho southern sea. Uo forms practically the only population of many an othcrwiao lonely aeries of barren rock In tho Antarctic ocean, ni food consist chiefly if not entirely of cuttlefish. Formerly tho nntmal waa hunted by whalers upon all tho Island of tho Antarctic ocean, notably ICerguelen'a Land nnd the South Shetland, whero they abounded In Immense herds. Tho crwitures were slaughtered for their bide nnd blubber. The tusks of tho malo reach a length of four to flvo Inches, their external part bolng smooth nnd conical whlfa tho part embedded in tho flesh is fur rowed and slightly curved. Tho tusks of tho male aro solid at tho lowor end only a alight cavity appears while in tho femalo they nro shorter, nnd, moreover, almost hollow up to tho point Sailors and seal huntora nro fond of using these hollow teeth of tho females for plpo bowl, quills from tho wings of pelicans supplying sultablo stem for the pipes. How Men Stnoko Cigar. "My observation of smokers," says a cigar dealer, "leads mo to believe that a man' character can bo read pretty accurately by tho way he handles his cigar. "Tako tho man who grips tho butt fait between his teeth and Just lets her burn any old way. I havo always found him to bo aggressive, bound to got what ho wants, and do what ho pleases, regardless of tho rights of othor. "Ilia opposite Is tho fellow who smokes slowly and deliberately, turn ing tho cigar around and watching tho smoke curl upward. He's n good fel low, I always thluk, oasy golug, ami truo as steel. "Tho woak, characterless man puffs away carelessly and Intermittently, whllo tho nervous man handles his ci gar clumsily, as If ho didn't know Just what to do with it Tho vain, boast ful man tips his cigar to the sky, whllo tho lovel-headed smoker keeps It hori zontal nnd puffs awny regularly, Tho man who chews his butt nnd twists it from corner to corner of his mouth is geuornlly of a tenacious disposition, but high strung. 'Tho best follow of all, from a so cial point, Is tho mau who can't kcen hi cigar alight You'll always find him a Jolly companion with n fund of good stories. Match? Yes, sir. Hera you are." Now York Sun. Planter Hotter fur tho 1'urpoio. Customer Got those "Plllnian's ropular Pollots" in yet? Rural Drug Clerk Yes; Just coma this morning. Customer Good. I'vo been asking for thorn for a week back. Rural Drug Clerk Goshl I didn't s'poso they woro good fur that Phllj adelphla Press. Tho poorer a new country I, the greater tho Inducement offered o loj cata la It