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Show A LAND WITHOUT ANIMALS. MrunEtn " Jl'" Ar rorclMjr Strnrti Willi Thin Ijtck. Japan Ib n land svlthout the donicn- t tic unlimiK It Is thlH lack sshlch Hti Ikes tho stranger so forcibly in look- j Ing uj,ion Japanese lundnapes. There i ni-o no eons tho Jnpaneno neither j drink milk nor eat meat. There nro but fess horses, nnd these nre import- I eil unduly for the use of the foreigners. foreign-ers. The fruit cqr In tho city streets iio pulled and pushed by coolies, and the pleasiue carriages aro diassn by men. There nre but fesv dogs, und . thewj are uellher liked for ssatchdogs, I U'iwIk of burden nor In hunting, except by foreigners. 1 here are no sheep In Japan, nnd svonl Is not used in clothing, silk and cotton being the staples. Thcro aro no pigs I ork Is mi unkuoss u article ot diet, and lard is not uwd In cooking. Thcro nro i no goat or inulea or tfonkcjs. Wild nulmnls theioare, however, ami, In particular, par-ticular, bears of enormous aire. Ono of these, seen stuffed In a niiucum, is desci lbcil na "big as an ox." Ileslde an-other an-other stulTcd miiseuui bfnr Is prc-nerscd prc-nerscd in nlcohoi tho mangled body of a child tho lcar had eaten Just before Indng killed. War, of course, Is ncqunlntiiig the Jnpnnese sslth the use of nnlinufs. Tho army ban ens airy horses and others I j diag tho field guns. Theempiess, nlso. In obs'lo is linltntlon of Kuropenn royalties, roy-alties, Is nu c.crt horscssomnn, and saddle horses two kept for her use. NEW STATE SEALS. .SVjromiUK nil Utuh lUvn Iterentlj- llil Theirs Slailo. The states of Wyoming nnd Utah Imvo recently luul tluJf bciiIs made, and nro nosv nlllxlng them to nil public documents emanating from the goscrn-or goscrn-or or secretary of slate, toys lhu Washington Wash-ington Nntloual Tribune. That of Wyoming Wy-oming represent!! n jiedcstal hhowlng on the front nn eaglo resting Ujn n shield. Hpon the shield nre engrased ii star, and the ilguro "14," being the number of Wjoinlng In the order of ad-mission ad-mission to statehood. Ktaudliig upon Hie pedestal is thu drajied figure of n woman modeled nflcr the statue of '11m Victory" nt Use Lousie, from sshoxcsuUtM hang the links of n broken eluilu. In the light hand she holds n slalT, from sshlch floats n miuncr hear lug tho ssords "Hqiinl lllghls" This suggCHts tho political poidllon of a uoiimii In this Mate. On either side of the pedestal, standing at its base, are figures typifying the llso stock and mining Industries of Wyoming, lle-hlud lle-hlud the pedestal, nnd In the buck-ground, buck-ground, ai e tsso pillars, ench nupK.il Ing n lighted Inmp, signifying the light ot knossledge. Around the pillais sup porting Ihcxc lamps nre scrolls hearing hear-ing the ssoids "Use Stock," "tiliiln," "Mines" nnd "Oil." At the bnx- of tin-pedestal tin-pedestal In front arc UicflgiircH"tRC9," "1890," the foimcr slgulf.s Ing Hie or gauizatlou of the territory of Wjommg ami tho latter the date of 11b admission to statehood. Tho seal of the state of Ptnh Issscll composed. An eagle holds In ltsclnssc sl nrrosss nnd n Norman shield. Thl Uilcld bears a hlsc on n jiedcstnl, about shlcli the liees nre humming Tin word "Industry" Is emblaroncd Bel tho top of tho Khleld and the figures "IRI7" aie shossn nt the lmser point Itehlnd tho shield nreriissted ts tings of thu 1'nit.cd States. Around the out rr idgo of the shield nre the words: "The Client Seal of tbo State of I'tnh, IMIO'I v- . t |