Show Senator se Kearns Goes After an Irish Elk Head r One of of the th purposes pur ses of Senator Kearns trip tip tr abroad at this time has been ben given out but u He is going going tb Ireland for the purpose of securing by discos disco discovery ery er or purchase p a specimen sp of ot the Irish elk head bead hea Wen When it Is stated that the elk has ha been extinct In Ireland for more than 6 o years the difficulty of Senator Kearns Ke quest may be under understood stood stool From time to 10 time perfectly pre served sered heads and antlers antes that once on adorned the bodies 0 magnificent animal are aie dug out of the Irish peat bogs bog They are most highly esteemed by the gentry of that tat country and of England and ad they bring immense imm prices Som Some of them have sold for as much as os and they th y are scarce carce ven Yen at that figure The Irish elk according to those versed in natural history had ld the grandest spread of f antlers that t ever everan everan everan an animal wore It was wa thing for them to measure fourteen feet from tip tp to tip The antlers are a a I combination of elk and moose horns hors being broader bro der than the American elk antler and narrower than those these of ot the th moose Senator Senator Kearns is very very aux anxious anxIous ious bus to have one of ot O tile the tle heads heas to hang hangin hangIn in the grea front hall han of his hiS Brigham street palace It I is t said ald by those who are acquaint acquainted t ted ed w wih with ith his ls desire that tha he will stop at atno atno no reasonable rea pains or expense in or order order order der to satisfy his nis ambition in this re respect respect respect If I an Irish elk head h adis is 1 for sale bale saleIt it will wi be secured by the senator and ond if perseverance in digging through peat peat will wIl bring about the re result resul suit sult sul the head will wi be uncovered in that way I |