Elephants’ Teeth,' 1
The elephant has uo cutting teeth,
like most animals, but only a series of
molars. These molars or grinders as
they wear away gradually move for
ward in the jaw, and the remnant of
the tooth, when the surface is com
pletely destroyed, is cast out in front.
The same molar can thus be replaced
as many as eight times. The tusks,
which are only enormously elongated
teeth, can be renewed ouly once. This
wearing process aud the ejectiou of the
stump of the tooth go on very slowly
during the life of the elephant. Only
one or two teeth at a time are in use
or in view in each jaw. There are al
ways other teeth waiting to pass for
ward and begin tbeir work, although
there is a limit to this succession, for.
when the last has come Into use and
been worn down, the elephant can uo
longer chew his food and must die of
starvation, if he has not already suc
cumbed to old age.
The Poet's Banknotes.
In “The Tragedy of Isabella II.” it is
said that the unfortunate Spanish
queen, blessed with generous impulses,
was exceedingly charitable. Unfortu
nately she had no notion of the value
of money and would want to give away
sums out of all proportion to the oc
casion. Once the queen had command
ed a large grant in aid to a man of let- ■
ters. and the steward, in order to give 1
her a Just idea of its magnitude, decid- ]
«d to present the donation in the form
of many banknotes of small value— j
enough of them to paper the walls of j
the boudoir. Isabella was startled—she |
would never have believed, she said,
that there were so many banknotes in
the world. “But no matter,” she con
cluded “Since banknotes are so easy •
to get, it is quite proper to send the
poor poet plenty of them.”
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