Show SOMETHING ABOUT FURS One of the things tha ladies s delight in when the w weather grows cool is a a set of costly furs And Ruas Russian lJ furs have had the call of late There i is a most extensive fur trade carried on between n ii Iu sia siaa a Hl the United States but but the business is nearly all done through German and English houses es The sales and purchases arc are accordingly credited to Germany German and England This is on the I lias lias- word of if Consul General Snodgrass been going on for OO YC years rs t London is the largest and most important distributing distributing dis- dis point of th the world for furs Following London lI in importance is Leipsig a great market European and aud American and Asiatic furs Then comes where annually thousands of buy buyers rs and sellers from froni Europe and the United States are in attendance There are a great many other points rioted noted for the fu fur trade extending all allover allover i over ocr Asia Most lost of oi the furs pr produced in Russia are arc ie the tho ermine the sable abl flue fhe sea otter the otter 4 th tho beaver mink minli musquash h muskrat squirrel fox skunk woodchuck marmot we weasel el badger glutton minever rabbit aud and hare The most costly of all furs is ermine and though 1 1 11 generally O worn it is is regarded as the the royal fur If lf is found foun only in the north of oi Russia and ScanS Scandinavia Scandinavia Scan- Scan S the finest quality coming from froni and B ra Siberia The ermine pure white n in those regions in III the winter and this se seems ms to tobe be bu a H pro pro isio 11 of nature because se if i it retained its summer color the thc fact would r render it t an au easy prey to its enemies In tl the e winter vinter the tip of its tail al aJ alone ne me i remains ins black I The trapping of ermine i is on on-in on in the win- win I p Jn l some somo loc localities t they e are arc e shot sho Wt with 1 a arrow irrow ow in ip n i Td to prevent tl the th possibility of damaging th the beautiful b and costly and costly coat The skins rarely Jy meas- meas lire oyer over i i. f foot foote ot ill in length and are re disposed of by f t in hI lots of fort fortyl as timbers S. S Ef Ermine n ne and pd d sable sa lc are tre re popular t ii in Paris r is and a 9 of late V years ears have been pUl purchasing chasing ermine s bl is still p popular Oil p l r l The Russian sable derived from the the marten S while Hot so valuable as the ermine is costly enough to t prevent it fr from m becoming common some skins S k being valued as high as o ich ch Th They y range in S size from fifteen tu twenty inches long and five to to ei ht inches ii il in breadth The finest sable is found 1 I h h r tl in the river dis- dis the e next best Lena 5 S The Ka sable more brown in color tin thin oth others is r regarded g r l d highly by br the Russians 1 Ii U is estimated th that ft t sables arc are caught annually annual- annual 5 ly Jy in Russia the thc skins being disposed of mostly in 1 I market where they are distributed for forin sale ial in Europe and the United States 1 S 1 p l Mink fur is is often sold to the uninitiated for pure pur t s sable ble Sable is imitated by exporters in the sale salo of ot bd b hare rabbit muskrat and marmot skins The rhe SC sea otter iu fut fur is highly prized in Rus Russia ia itS It Itis S 5 is used s d in the manufacture of caps for me men l and women and for trimmings coat collars and the 5 S 'S likes like The sea otter i is caught in large quantities in S. S and find in Canada More fore than thirty million squirrel skins find th their If way from Russia to the fur markets of the world annu annually Uv S S S l In Iii point of commercial value th h fox i is only sur- sur passed b Iy the sable the finest eing cing brought from s Labrador Labra The silver lox fox is in universal demand V who ho ho can afford to buy it One state ment we can cali well believe which is that the skunk fur lir is popular for ou out door cloo we wear we TL TIL fur of the white arctic hare is often a disposed of as genuine S. S 1 x and aUd only an U expert can ean detect the difference S. S The Ille is 15 an immense one and auci as i the set set- increase in the world furs grow higher a and aid d S higher lusher |