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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
TITLE TO THE AUDUBON PASSED.

The Royal Realty Company took title Saturday
to the Audubon apartment house. at the northeast
corner Of Broadway and Thirty-ninth-st. SOLD 10
., nv Parish Fisher Mooney & Co.. on a four
months contract on September 1s last The seller
was the Brewer estate. 49,, .,. a., 4,
TIE fact that the company has taken title Is IN
teresttng in view of reports that this oeal wouIu
not be consummated. and also as showing thar
IN the present the usual contract OF thlIty
davs' time for searching is not attractive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
LONDON. CONN. DEC.

Is Isos-sealed proposals IN trtplcats VII be re
Constructing Quarternlaktcr. New Lon
don Conn until m Jary 10 lso4 Tor eonstSuct!4n
10 reject any all proposals part thereof lnfor
nation furnished on application. Envelopes containing
PROPOSALS should Proposals for Coal Shed az
Tort Terry. n. Y" addressed 20 CONSTRUCTING
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
Railroads.
PENNSYLVANIA
q

R1NNO AF6NIH
q RAILRoAD.
STATIONS foot OF VEST TwENrY-THrRD STREET
AND DEssRossEs AND CoRTIANDr STREETS.
a The leaving time from Desbrosses and Cortland.
streets = nve minutes later than given below for
noted.
80 A N. FAST MAIL-Paror. Sleeping and Dining
eos ESF cs StG Indianapolis and Louisville
oi aOt!ns and Observation Cars CINCINNATI Indanap
1e:.5 4. y. Pf 1sSs Yff 11M1rED-Pulman
meS Cars For s9sHs and oeSsTsS0a GGnPs
Nv ss s eScA ASR s s @T fasa
4sS NJ caeado n nAahz aSI Pullman Sleeping.
s6 mPSlns and Observation cars For Chicago. Toledo
0.5S P ST Lou LUIS E ExpREss-Eor Piss.0ur.. Gin
For eiary W. ~ LSgisvie s. Louis Dining Car
wsrEN sfS2ffaGss visy Gs dSs For
TSS PA accIfFSsy Ex PRES car p,.ourr To-
S cSanss fo4 v a1csDs
sFS S n AND 4nd
e-S5 p. N, PITTsBURG spEc1AL-Dany FOR Pitts
WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH.
% .,G 1910 Dsseross e, and Gostiands Street,.
Streets co. 81 sSis3sialii m aas ' ali
coH5aads ssEes S So & nisSa
sonal @ted no e 81 and 6S Sns 2 esr ns
AS. .i55 Desbrossss and CortiandI Streets SIS.
SOUTHERN RAILwAY.-Express i25s. as. 40 ,. m,
a--I0 night daily Southern's Palm Limited IL 10
ATLANTIC COAST LINsE.--Exprsss eng a. m and e
p m daily New York and Florida Special" 21o
as@s DAILY Fisi;a I r.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILwAY.-Eor Msmphi,
CHESAPEAKE &' Ohio Il p R Al eafE m week.
FOR OLD PofNT GosiFpRr and NoRro1K-75s . m
ATLANTIC CITY.-s.5s a M and 25s p m wsek-d.y.
Sundays SUNDAY 75S Through yesd6usd Trains. Bnnst
or smoking Car Paror Cars. Dining Car and Standard
A0 3 BEANCH ASBURY PARK Qnterlaken sundayp.
ocean Grove and Point Pleasant from Vest Twenty
and 1910 night weekdays. Sundays f2,I0 e.25 a. m
800 80 - 40 Fs9Ia 21SOrossss and G9EaSd5 Streets.
FOR PHILADELPHIA.
COS p. '755 S25 s55. 's25 (9.55 Louis Limited
1Ol0 uesorosses and Cortandt Streets 1920. 'l0 %
PenEna Limited .1955 116o '12 So lbs. 10
Sny5 $50 ass Ss So s2s q $ Tor Nor,h
davs sS5 .155 SIS s5 e a nsh st. Louis Iniis
955 ('1025 Penna Limited 40 IS a M .1255, S.
aah s' Sny sfass isa f9s s Mo fda NoT
Pht1adelpAia only p. m. 121o night
Ticket Offices Nos 4s1 1854 lib and PSI Broadway $50
Fifth Aveaus below sd ST.; PES Fifth Avenue corner
18th ST.; Astor House. and stations named above;
Transfer Company will call for and check baggage
- hotels and residences throush to estimation
Service
W. W. ATTERRURY. J. WOOD
General Manager Passr Traffic Manages
GEO. W. BOYD,
General Passenger Agent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
THE BRONX BUILDING PLANS.

Clay-ave. west side. N4 feet north OF one-hun-
dred-and- sixty -ninth-st.. three two story frame
dwelling houses, 1e.Sx45 c. H and e: A Thornton
owners: w A Dickerson, architect; s'ao . .
Northumberland third-st. north size. - Ieet
of Vaientipe.ave. rear one ana hai! S sory
frame stable I5x16: Mary Hofrstadt. owner; chris
z Lohse. architect; $50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18

- Abner C. Thomas Surrogate Of the County Of New
notice hereby given TO all persons having claims
Hail late OF the County OF New York.
TO with vouchers : a.
subscriber at bis place OF uansacting business wit
at the Baldwin & Blackmar, No. 81
Street IN the Borough Of Manhattan City OF York.
on or before the 26th day OF March next
Dated New York. the 2lst day Of September. 1908.
JOHN GLEDHILL Executor.
BALDWIN & BIACKMAF. Attorneys for Executor 81
Nassau Street, Manhattan Borough New City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18

II Office War Dept Washington. Jan. IA. 1904 Sealed
,-onnsals in duplicate Will be received here until M
res s. furnishing 300 MS steel wire OF square
wrapping L. S reserves right 10
reject any proposals. Information be had upon
application BriG. Gen. WILLIAM CRoZlER. Chief OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
KENNEDY, JoHN.-IN PURSUANCE OF

Il -,
an % Hon Frank T. Fitzgerald. Surrogate
OF the County OF New York notice is hereby given
persons having claims against John Kennedy late of
county Of York deceased present the same.
Vouchers thereof subscriber place ans-
a the Office Of Geo II. Boynton.
Nassau Street Borough Of Manhattan. New City.
on or before the list day of March next
Dated, New York. the 10th day Of August, 1903.
CATHERINE KENNEDY. Administrative
GEO NJ BOYNTON. Attorney for Administrative I32
Nassau Street Borough Manhattan. New York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
To IMPROVE BRONX PLOT.

r,,rara Brothers have sold for Bernard ]. Cullen
q Mot bOxl00x irregular. at the southeast corner
Of tTwo-hundredth-st. and Briggs-ave The buyer
Will improve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18

Ahner C Thomas. a Surrogate OF the county OF
claims against Franz Remmertz. late OF tho County
OF deceased. present the with Yuuch-
subscriber. his place OF
business the Office OF his attorney. Ashbe Pl,eh
No. 81 Nassau-st the Borough OF Manhattan.
City OF New-YoEk. or 1afors the nrst april
Dated, New-York. the 10th day Of September 1904
CHARLES WALTER Executor.
ASHBEL p. FITCH. Attorney for Executor az Nassau
Borough Of Manhattan. New-York City
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
N PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF HON.

Abner c. Thomas. Surrogate OF the County of
York. notice .s hereby given TO all having
claims Della a. Blanchard. late County
Of New York deceased. the vouch-
thereof 20 subscribers their transactn
business at the Office OF Edward T. hcLaughu. No. ~
Nall Street IN the city CT New YORK before the
2Sth day Of March next.
Dated few 21st day OF September. 1908
CHARLES d. INGERSOLI. GEORGE HOLMES.
ExeCutors-
No 40 Wall Street. New York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
CHARPILLOZ. MARIANNE ADELINE-

A 44-AINI-AAN-NL1
~ In pursuance Of an order Hon. Abl.r c. Thomas.
Surrogate County New York. notice is hereby
all having claims against Marianne AIDE
linz CharpiIoz, OF the city OF Be-ne Republic OF
Svitzarland deceased the with vouchers
thereof to subscribers at their place OF transactng
business the Office OF Lord Day & Lord. No. 40 Wall
Street in the Borough Manhattan City OF York
on or before the day Of July. 1904. Dated New
Work the 2sth December. 1908 Nathds Charpil-
loz Jacob Bertschmann Administrators, Lord. Day q
Lord Attorneys Administrators, 40 Wall Street, Boro
Of Manhattan, City OF New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18

The approximate amount charge to satisfy
which above described property is 70 be SOLO D Is
thereon from the 10th day OF De
cember 1903. with costs and allowances am9unnns
Sb the EXPENSES OF the approximate amount
~ the taxes other liens which VIII pe a.
Iavved of the purchase money. or
na6 by the referee S311 se1Oo with interest 10 Dc
added. . - ,o.. son,
~" " EOILaND n A2cIIrsSs Ref0ee<
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
Shrrogat&s' Notices.

DIMON, JACOB SIN PURSUANCE OF AN
order OF Hon Abner c. Thomas. a Surrogate OF the
notice IS hereby 70 all persons
having claims against Jacob Dmon late OF the County
OF sojournng at Much Badham, England,
present the with vouchers thereof to
his place OF ansactDg business at the
Offices OF Wilder Anderson No. 40 Cedar Street IN the
borough Manhattan City OF New York. before the
day OF July next.
Dated New York. the 9th day OF December. 1908.
CHARLES J.. DIMON Executor.
WILDER & ANDERSON. Attorneys for Executor. IS
Cedar Street New York City
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
Change of Name.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
Consolidated Drug Company OF New York; domes-
Borough OF Manhattan. City. County and State OF New
York will apply the Supreme Court Of the State OF
York Special Term. Part thereof. be held
the Court House. the County OF New York. tho
first day OF March 1904 O'Clock forenoon
or as thereafter counsel can be heard for
authorizing said corporation to change its
name 10 The Creonol Chemical Company
Dated. New York City. January 10Th. 1904.
THE CONSOLIDATED DRUG COMPANY OF NEW
YORK by VICTOR NJ kAGAN. President
CHARLES W. COLEMAN Attorney for Company,
Is William Street. New York City
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
School agencies.


A TTENTION is CALLED To THE AD-
vERTISENENT IN THE CITY RECORD OF Janu-
10 20. 1901 OF the confirmation the OF
Assessors and entering the Collec
% Assessments and Arrears OF for LOCAL
IMPROVENTS IN the BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN:
18TH STREET-PAVING. from Amsterdam Avenus
o MOrninsside Avenue
City OF New York. January Is. 1904 II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18

proposals suitably endorsed envelope for Groups
Y and G Plumbing Repairs at Manhattan State Hos
rtsI Central Islip \. y, be sent by mail or de-
iivered IN person 20 o'clock p NJ on Mednesoay
OF 1904, the State Commission
an Inacv at The CAPITOL Albany. N Y. when the bids
will he onened ana publicly. Drawings and specihca-
ons may be consulted and blank forms OF proposal OBJ
tsined al In. cice F. Wheeler, Purchasing Stew
srS 3r9 Broadway New York City. By application
20 G I. Helms. State Architect. In the Capitol at Al
banv X Y Contracts be awarded 20 the lowest
sonstle and reliable the bids exceed the
funds available therefor. in which case the
right to reject all BIDS is reserved.
Dated Albany December %. 1903
T e MGARR secy State Com n Lunacy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18

N6A ~ "a = = y"
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL n. n.
Liberty Street and south Ferry. (rtns frou south
Ferry Ave minutes earlier than shown bsow.)
EASTON. BETHLEHEM, ALLENTOWN AND NACCR
CHUNK-z4eo C.i5 Easton onlyl. s.Io A. n. LID
4.4o. 800 t545 Easton only) p NJ sundayA sAH
Wi kEsB AKBE AND sGRANToNzs4oos $40 A. N.
LAkEwooD. LAKEHuRSr, TOMS RIVER AND
wood ana Lakehurst oulyh 41o, a5.oo p N (Sos p "
SatlIrdays1 Sundays. $40 A NJ.
ATLANTIC CIrY-.s4o A. NJ 1870 p N
LONG BRANCH AsBURY PARK, OCEAN GROVE
POINT PLEASANT AND sEASHORE POINTS
g40O $50. 11.S0 A NJ. H %, &45. $50 630 1850
P. NJ Sundays. except Ocean Grove 600 A. NJ. 400
PHfIADEIPHIA-CRE rERMINAI,, .4.s.
sisS. fsS5. fsOs. 400 800 fsSO f7so. s. 50.
5000 .l145 A, M. 'IOo t's.4o 800. 100 TAD
READING HaRRTsBURG, PoTTsyILLE AND WILL
n Hssdias ShIy 81 -llsloSe li NJ
| EFrom Liberty Street only: .paiiy tDaily. except
| Tamaqua xSatJudays. aExcept Saturdays
Liberty St Ferry. South Ferry. House.
1877 434 1900 1854 Broadway Isl 9Th % Union
Square West 15S East 125th St. 2I3 West 125th St PAS
ST. B'kyn; 800 B way. ulsourg. n. Y. Transfer Co.
/ calls FOR and checks baggage TO destination; -
! W. c.. BESLER, 9. NJ BURT.
/ Vice Pres and Gen. Mgr. Gen. Pass'r Agt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
cFATFD BIDs WILL BE RECEIVED BY

~ the Commissioner OF Water Supply Gas and Eso.
t-sc,ty al the Department Of Water supply Gas and
iecricify Room 1885 1874 Park Row Borough OF
Manhattan. The City OF New YORK until O'CLOCK = NJ
UT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY q, 1904.
Roroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx
no. i. FOR FrRNIsEING DELIVERING -- mp D
STORING EIGHTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HINDHED
GROSS Tons C224o POUNDS TO TOM EGG SIZE
SVTSTTF. ASH ANTHRACITE COAL
no . FOR FURNISHING AND DELIEEfINo
5FAD-LINED IRON PIPE. UNIONS AND El.boWs.
LINZ Borough of Richmond
FOR FURNISHING. DELIVERING AND STORING
RVS FT-NrRFD GROSS TONS C. 24o POUNDS TO A
tosS1 OF NO. PEA SIZE WHITE ASH ANTHRACITE
COAL. -,-oo--
JOHN 7. OAKLEY. Commissioners.
ra...s 1904
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
Proposals.


PROPOSALS FOR STEEL PRoJECTILEs
,or cannon.-orduanee Office. War Department,
,.s,nrtor Jan 10 1904. Sealed proposals. duplicate
vii be received hers until p m Feb. TO- 1904 for FUR
shell isO9 ID. 6-irch a p capped she; ass 6s-lb
sineh A p capped shot, $50 l0slb. 6inch A p capped
shot All DO in accordance with Ord Dept de-
Ss but alternate bids VIII bs received proeo-
s on designs OF bidder especially those having IN
an increase IN shell CAPACITY without Decreasing ballistc
Bids viii be neceived for all
spg u. right TO reject all proposals
~ osrts thereof Infora be had upon application
= Br.r Gen. WILLIAM CRoZIER, Chief OF Ord
cEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY
- the President OF the Borough OF Manhattan q. the
city Hall, Room No l6 until IL a. NJ.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 90, 1904
Use OF THE VARIOUS PgBI1c BUILDINGS. COURTS:
fyTC TIE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, WITH
Two THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED (2.to0 GROSS
Tons O. 24o POUNDS TO a TOM BEST WHITE ASH
ANTHRACITE COAL
For nm particulars see CITY RECORD.
JOHN F. AHEARN. Borough President
The City OF New York. January IA. 1904
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18

MARLBOROUGH HOUSE
VI ATLANTIC CITY, N J.
JOSIAH WHITE SONS PROPS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
HOTEL RUDOLF.

ATLANTIC CITY, y J.
Open all American European Room.
with hot and cold water baths location
direct on Ocean Front and Promenade New York rep
No. Park Place -
@. Il. MYERS Propr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18

~ the President Of the Borough OF Manhattan at tho
Cry Ea!l Room No. &c, until II o'clock A NJ
TUESDAY, JANUARY &c. 1904.
NO l. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR AND
MATERIAL REQUIRED FOR BUILDING SEWER IN
fIDRIDGE STREET, BETWEEN HOUSTON AND
ETANTON STREETS. - .r.,-, ..--,
NO 2 FOR FURNISHING ALI. TIE LAB0R AND
MATERIAL, REQUIRED FOR REPAIRS TO SEWER IN
fFNox AVENUE. WEST SIDE, BETWEEN ONE HUN
DRIED AND FORTY-SEcOND AND ONE HUNDRED
AND F0RTY-FIFTH STREETS.
~ full particulars CITY RECORD.
JOHN F AHEARN. Borough President
r,he CITY Of New York. January IA 1901
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
HOTEL TRAYrORE.
HOTEL STRAND.

Centrally located tho Beach front Atlantic City
~ J, FtFeproof. sea water baths Every comfort ami
convenience for winter and spring guests Pure water
from cur own srteslap we'll Long distance
In all rooms Auto trairs. Booking repre-
tentative. Mr. J. l. Trenchard. al Park Place daily
from 10 20 3.
FAIPRAIRN a urIr11AMs
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-29

have been found time md time again. with hide. hair.
flesh and bones preserved in the frozen soil of Siberia.
The huge body of one discovered three years ago IS
now set up at the Academy of Sciences at ST. Peters
burg. and although the creature has been frozen for
many thousands of years II Is as perfect a specimen
as any animal that has recently died. and been skill
fully mounted by expert taXidcrmiStS. can possibly
be. The cndleSs winter OF Northern Siberia has faith
fully preserved in the sand and clay in which he was
cntombed every smallest part of the great beast intact
not only the bones. but the flesh that covered them:
not only the thick hide. but the long. coarse hair
which clothed II. and the partly digcSted food. together
with the great stomach that contained it. Even
such dclcat, organs as the mammoth'S ewes have been
marvclouSlv protected from decay by the never
ending rIgprS Of a Siberian climate.
Strange To say. we have even sketches of living
mammothS made by "our artists on the spot or at
least by contemporary man before the present Speci-
men At ST. Petersburg went into cold storage for our
special benefit. C~avc-dwellcrS in Southern Europe.
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prehistoric land-Seers. have
scratched IT engraved with rude
flint instruments on stone. ivory
or the horns Of reindeer sketchy
outlines of mammothS. one of
which, messed upon a fragment
of a tusk of the huge beast
itself. is so well done as to
awaken question with regard To
the authenticity of the relic on
the part Of those who do not
know its history.
North America. as far south
as Philadelphia, once swarmed
with mammothS. The big wooIly
beasts went in droves like the
bison. their SUCCESSORS. when
there We're no stOck-raiSers to
corral. no pot-hunterS with re-
peating rifles to slaughter. nor
enterpriSIng Showmcn to capture
them for exhibition. 1t is posi-
bic, indeed quite probable. that
at least two species Of elephants.
the mammoth and the Column
bian elephants. as well as three
species Of the maStodon. were
seen and hunted by primeval
man in America. Though We
possess no such tangible evi-
dence of the fact as that afforded
by bits of bone decorated with
sketches of the beast. We have in
default Of this the folklore of
the Red-man. who remembers
them as a race. calls their re-
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mains those of Fathers of Oxen. says that they lived
in ancient times. and that the great spirit killed
them all lest they should increase and multiply and
become so powerful as to destroy every other living
creature reason for ending the existence of a race
which, if applied to our own, would, | fear, appear
more conclusive than when employed to explain the
destruction of any other upon the face Of the earth.
Another argument for believing that the mammoth
and man lived together in North America is the evi-
dence of the comparatively fresh specimens of the
animals that have been discovered. IL is not to lie
expected, in our comparatively warm climate. that
we can find an ancient American elephant in as per
feet a state of preservation as that at St. Petersburg.
but we have the testimony of DR.. Benjamin Smith
Barton. the American naturalist. that in 1907 tine
Indians found FIVE CarCaSseS of immense beasts with
very long noses over their mouths.
Directly under some mastodon bones discovered in
1887 in a small swamp exposed in extending a street
in Attica. Wyoming County, New-York. was a bed of
charcoal. Even the brown wool of the mastodon has
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shedderS: they keep it up until they have had six
sets. That tooth | gave YOU was from 4 Young tusker
about eighteen wears old.
Whoever has looked inside of an elephants mouth
has seen a strange sight. Elephants, YOU know.
haven't got any front teeth; they never eat flesh or
any food that needs tearing apart. Eight teeth are all
they have. or leastwiSe all YOU can see in their jaws
two above and two below on each side. big. yellow
grinders as wide as a mans hand and maybe a foot
long. They do say that elephants have rightly
got more. but that IN tame elephants the teeth grow
together.
Over them hay or fodder is stuffed by the queereSt.
ugiest tongue in the whole animal kingdom. a tongue
that is literally hung at both ends. having no power
to move except in the middle. where it shifts back
and for ard, bending up against the roof ri the big
mouth like a great. big. w%rinkling. pink eel or snake.
There's nothing stranger than the working of an
elephants tongue unless it's his breathing apparatus
when he's asleep. Them baby teeth. like the one
you've got, are picked up among the fodder by
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A STRANGE object now lies
~ on my desk before me. y
person unacquainted with

person unacquainted with
its nature might take it for a
large stone worn partially
smooth and rounded by the
action of water. 1t is i'll fact 4
tooth, the milk tooth of an clc-
phant. given to me by u friend.
an elephant trainer.
YES" said my friend the
trainer in reply to a question.
elephants have milk teeth.
same as folks do, only they have
several sets of them. The very
first pre-molars, as you scientific
people call them. or grinders. are
used by baby elephants when
they are three months old. and
are shed when they are two
years old. At least. that was
the case with the baby elephant
America, born in Philadelphia
in March. 1850.
Then. after this comes a
second set and 4 third. These
wear out and are shed by the
ninth year. Indian elephants
have three sets Of milk teeth.
| don't know So much about
the African breed.
And. what's more. baby clc-
ph4ntS have milk tuskS aS well
as milk teeth. America shed
his when ne was nearly two
years old. Elephants are great
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-29

circus men once in awhile. I've had
one h"llercd out. and keep matches in it.
But elephants don't have the trouble
with all their teeth that We sometimes have
with a single one. They never want any
dentists. Such a thing as an elephant hay
ing the toothachc or a dccaycd grinder is
never known
Elephants teeth are remarkable in an
other way. for 4 palcontologiSt las only to
SEE one, even if it Is one that belonged to
some species of the animal that has been
extinct for thousands of years. and he can.
in most instances, reconstruct the form
and describe the habits and the home of
the pachydcrm L. which it belonged. If. on
the contrary. the tooth Of a ~Carnivorc is
shown to him he can conclude at once thai it
belonged To- a ilcSh-catIng animal but
whether it came from a jaw of a leopard.
a puma. a jaguar or 4 chcetah he would find
it impossible to decide, nor could he easily
distinguish the tooth If a dog from that Of
a wolf or a jaCkal. or III some cases that Of
Il dingo or Il fox.
Last year. for instance. a giant tooth
weighing no less than nine pounds and three
ounces, having the length Of one foot and
a circumference of twcntv-Six inches. was
found three miles south Of a lake. near
Amboy. Lee County. ninety-fvc miles west
of Chicago.
The formation of this great molar. charac-
teriStically different from the teeth of
existing elephants. shows that it once had
its place in the jaw of an adult specimen Of
the native American mammoth. Knowing
this, it is not a difficult task to picture the
big beast as he appeared in life. MammothS
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been turned up IN an CISter-I ountN swamp
But perhaps the best evidence, to anyone
skilled in collecting the remain of extinct
animals. Of the recent disappearance Of the
maStodon from the face OF the earth is the
comparatively slight depth beneath it that
his bones are almost always found.
We must look To- Alaska. however. as the
old world does to Siberia. for perfect and
complete specimens OF the mammoth pre-
served entire by unending frost. The re-
mains of one were recently discovered on
the Yukon River with masses of fat so fresh
as To serve the natives to grease their boats
with. Us lately as last March We had word
from Seattle. Washington. of the discovery
of the complete form of a maStOdon at
Hillside. on Quart Greek. Alaska. 1t was
embedded thirty-cight feet in the earth, and
the aid of 4 steam thawing plant was found
necessary in uncarthing the immense animal
The hair and hide of the beast We're in 4
state of perfect preservation. although the
flesh was somewhat dccumposed and the
great ttiSkS. which remained fastened to the
skull. were in a good condition
In view of this and Of somewhat similar
finds made lately it becomes possible to
hope that one or two. perhaps more, mounted
specimens of prehistoric American elephants
as perfect rs that of the Siberian mammoth
may one day adorn our National Museum
or some Of our State collections.
The fact is perhaps worth mentioning
here that although the word IS universally
employed To- emphasize the excessive bigness
OF an object of any kind. the beast HIM
self was by no means the gigantic creature
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