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Show TEA Fur Bearing Animals Whose Pelts Are Sought for the Adornment of Women The rr 7 'f t - - j , 'A'r Europe ar.d uorihoni Asia m,J putts f Ic laud ami Spitsbergen. It t (instructs Its burrows In groups of twenty or thirty, oxcnnatlm: them in tl.o hummer niunths. Tin Atiu.-ric.ivK is variable In color and mat king. n :tu' btlrg pale yollmv, others a (! r imu ami still otlurs Mack. The Introduction of seal in the throughout tho country has n Milted in a decree of ncquaintam 1 do, Schillings Best, Tha best mu thorn cCtB best you can j j you can do, Schilling's Best. Year gnm.tr j if yoSY UW rn'H. ) I j i Lazy Germ an Invited Guest who announced not The he had discovered tha long since that germ which produce-- , the (ILeus-- oi laziness may tint haw been wholly in error. Rut doubtless the symptom often come first, and the microbes aftr a by invitation. erward TEA millions We export millions of wheat and pork, and take in exchange a few Fairs play a most Important part lu the wardrobe of the well dressed woman of their natural beauty and their potency In enhancing femi nine charms alike endearing them to womankind. Furthermore they serve as a medium for unlimited cxpendl ture of money unaccompanied by the cargoes of losers? to-da- y, slightest approach to ostentation. A woman may wear furs worth thousands of dollars and give no undue Indication of the costliness of her attire, and at the same time she may rejoice In the knowledge that unless she has deliberately made an unsuitable selection she has added the finishing touch to her costume with her ccat, scarf, toque or muff of beautiful fur. Furs are becoming to every woman and the range from the white of fox and ermine to the deep, rich brown of sable and seal and the lighter hue of squirrel and the glossy black of lynx and Persian lamb gives every wearer an opportunity to secure that fur which will best harmonize with her coloring and particular style. While furs are a general possession of American women, the kind and quality being regulated by the length of the wearers purse strings, little Is known of the habits or the ways or the native habitation of the fur bearFew wearers bother ing animals. their heads to trace the steps by which the marten and the mink, the ermine, chinchilla, fox and others of the fur bearing animals are lured from their lairs in America, Europe and Asia to pay tribute to human needs and the demands of civilization. The use of the pelts of animals as covering for the human body Is not one of the developments traceable to civilization, for the aborigine knew of and highly valued the warmth giving properties of the skins of their associate dwellers in forest primeval. The processes that develop all the possibilities of beauty and softness of the pelts, not to mention the manipulations of the dyer, were unknown, however, to the earlier wearers of furs and the exquisite collections that fascinate the eye and tempt the purse in the furtell the story riers windows of of the progress that has been made in the fur industry with the advance of fur-bearin- four-foote- g d to-da- y civilization. Now for a brief reference to the little animals which figure most conspicuously in the fur industry, taking the sable as the leader of the group. A representative of the weasel family, the sable, wdiose skin commands the highest market price, is found in Asiatic Russia and the fur is in greatest perfection during the coldest month of the year. A really perfect sable is a rare find and an exceedingly high price is asked for such when It is found. An ordinary skin is estimated to be worth from $25 to $100, while $500 is the value that has been set upon one of the finest skins. In order to obtain these much prized skins the sable hunters are forced to undergo terrible privations and many lose their lives in the snow covered wastes in which the sable loves to roam. The home of the sable or marten covers a most extensive territory, in- cluding Kamschatka as well as Asi on Arc wo tea. Natures Electric Lights. Not only is the sun like a great arc light, but all the stars In the sky are pat ures electric light, Illuminating Immeasurable space. SEA OTTER.. In a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S 'fjt t If- 'S - T -- -- w. . FOOT-EAS- E. powder. 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The length of the head and and Siberia, and at present Germany bedy is about a foot and a half and is actively interested in the business the tall Is very full and bushy. The of preparing squirrel fur for the marhome of the pine marten Is under- ket. ground or among rocks, though by The fur of the sea otter, of which preference It seeks the hollow' of a certain islets and reefs in Alaska tree, frequently dispossessing a squir- form the hunting ground, is prime at rel from its burrow by driving off or two years of age, although the animal devouring the rightful occupant. The is not full grown until its fourth or fur of the American sable is gray fifth year. The mother otter sleeps spotted with black, and, while it Is in the water on her back with her highly valued, it is much less costly young clasped between her forepaws. than the rich fur of the Russian sable. Fiequent attempts have been made The fur of the Arctic fox is worn ex- by the natives of the islands where tensively in winter, particularly by the otter abounds to cultivate the anithe debutante and the schoolgirl. mal, but it manifests intense shyness This is one of the most beautiful and and aversion to man. at the same time the smallest of the Among the black furs the skin of foxes, the pelt being silky and a blu- the lynx is highly prized for its glossy ish or brownish gray in summer and texture. The lynx of Asia Minor has The tail is many jet black spots on the breast, pure white in winter. full and and the fur cov- and on the thighs the fur grows in bushy very of the animal extends even to tufts that suggest rosettes. ering The the soles of the feet. The Arctic fox northern lynx of the old world and is found in Labrador and Newfound- the varieties that have been discovered land and throughout the Arctic re- in North America should bo ranged gions of North America and also in under one species, as after an examiship with this fur giver on the part of nation by experts of the skins of each many people. Then, too, the fur is ex- no difference can be detected. ceptionally well known, for in days In the category of the fur bearing gene by it wras Fashions special animals are some not mentioned nor favorite, and though its prestige has but those portrayed here, pictured of late been somew hat dimmed it has ones from the represent by no means been relegated to the which American principal maids matrons and background and its cost has been in- derive the most decorative accescreased 30 to 50 per cent during the sories of their attire for winter. past few years. Formerly the seal wras to be found as far southward Colds Caught Indoors. along the Pacific coast as California, but now' is concentrated in the vicinOne of the best ways of acquiring ity of Alaska. The fur of the seal Is a cough, remarked the doctor, is to nearly black in tone, varying to gray wear a heavy vrap around your throat. upon the shoulders and reddish brown Enveloped in the folds of a thick silk below. The female is lighter in color handkerchief or a fur collar your neck than the male and the young of both becomes very hot while you are out In sexes are a glossy black. the open air and the skin will actually Squirrel fur is used extensively for become wet with perspiration. Then sets, toques, linings and trimmings, you go Into a room the temperature of the gray and white striped variety which is many degrees colder than is known as lock squirrel being utilized the skin of your heated neck and this for lining purposes. The bluish gray cold afr striking your skin results in skin is the most valuable and the ycur getting a cold indoors. The English and Irish old .woman lives in a garret on tta, and dies in a garret on tea ; and how did she get to be old? On tea. China's Walled Cities. The walled cities of China are well named, for tho majority are surrounded by walls 30 to 40 feet In height, and from 16 to 30 feet in is surbreadth. Tho City of Ilsian-fu rounded by a wall 16 miles In TEA Our Our Our Our Tour BtiUllioge dealing dealing dealing dealing groomt a challenge a challenge a challenge a challenge rturui your money If ymt don't UV fiwL Limit to Happiness. A little girl 9 years old, having attended a soiree, being asked by her mother on returning how she enjoyed I am full of herself, answered: hap I be couldnt any happier unpiness. less I could grow'. TEA Tea intelligence what do ; you think that is? Writ for our Knowlodgo Company, Son Frencitco Book, A Schilling ft Rivers of the World. 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