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The zuni Game Of the Kicked Stick.

All Is now ready; each rider has his
favorite side, an old priest rides in ad-
vance and sprinkles sacred meal over the
course, the starters kick the sticks, and
the widest excitement prevails. As
each racer left his home he put into his
mouth two she'll beads-the one he drops
as a sacrifice as he starts, the other when
he has covered about one-half the course.
The stick is tossed rather than kicked,
and a good racer will toss it from eighty
to one hundred feet Over the heads OF
the runners it goes and falls beyond the
first man. He simply points to where it
lights, and runs on. The next man tries
to kick it, but should he fail to get
under it he goes on and the next man
takes it. The race is not to the swift
alone, although this has much to do with
it. The stick can in no case be touched
with anything but the foot, and should
it fall into a cactus bush, prairie.dog
hole, or an arroyo, much valuable time is
lost in getting it out. Not infrequcntly
it happens that one side will be several
miles in advance of the other when the
stick falls into some unnoticed hole. The
wild and frenzied yelling which takes
place as those who were behind come ur
and pass can only be imagined and not
described. So skill in tossing it plays a
prominent part On, on they 90 to the
southern hills, east to Ta-ai-yal-lo-ne,
north to the mesas, follow these west for
miles, ther to the southern hills, and
back again to the starting point. The
distance traversed is nearly twenty-five
miles and they pass over it in about two
hours. Racing is INDUCED in by the ex-
cited horsemen as they approach the
goal, and it is not unusual to see pony
drop over dead from exhaustion as they
near the village.-P3pular Science Month.
In.
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ton of the Amazon, beyond which the
ways open to traffic are few, consisting
of mule paths almost impossible during
the rainy season. The early Spaniards
built extensive roads through the
plateau, and it is said that the "Royal
Highway" traversed the country from
north to south Along the coast there
are also good roads, but across the
mountains there are few passages.
Several routes are used from the coast to
navigation upon the Amazon, as previous
ly mentioned, via the Maranon, Chacha-
poyas and Huanuco, besides which there
are no doubt others to reach the Purus
and the Benz.
To overcome the difficulties of trans
portation and to give market for the
extensive mineral products, railways
have been extensively built and pro-
iected. The first efforts were toward
the coast, and resulted in the construc-
ton OF the Mollendo and Arequipa and
the Callao and the Oroya railways; but
recently others have been projected not
only to the Pacific, but also to the east
ward to reach the Pachitea, the Ucayali
and the Purus.-New York Maa and
ErDress.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-22
South and West.

AsBURY GREEN, colorei. sentenced to
twenty-one years in the penitentiary for a
felonious assault upon Mrs Howard Tolson
was taken from Jail at Centerville, Md,
and hanged to tree. The mob was COM
posed Of farmers.
RICARDO TRUMBULL. a member of the
Chilian Congress and partisan of the insur-
gent party, was arrested at San Francisco,
Cal, by the United States Marshal for vio-
lating the, neutrality laws in connection
with the shipment of arms and munitions Of
war, on the schooner Robert and Minnie
and on the steamer Itata. His bail was fixed
at SIS. O0O and he was released, with John
d. and Adolph Spreckels as suretieS
BY boiler explosion in a savmill at Will
sons Station, Nd, three men and boy
were killed and two others were seriously
hurt.
THE Indians in the Okanogen country.
Washington, are in a state OF CONSERVATION
owing to the prevalence of "la grippe" One
hundred or more have died. They are NOV
ing rapidly to Idaho and other parts.
THE Halls aud the Steeles two well known
families OF Hager, W. Va, engaged in a
fight. Tie two families have long kept upa
feud. Samuel and Hiram Steele were slain.
and Lon Hall and Lewis Hall desperately
nOuuugAs
OR. WILSON, cx-Mayor Of Great Bend.
Kan. has absconde1. He is a defautsr to
the extent OF $40, ,0p9
THE Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
summarily discharged all union switchmen,
100 in number, for insubordination. The
ether employees support the company.
THE Rev. Thomas F. Gaylor Chancellor
Of the University Of the South, at Sewanee
Tenn. has been elected Bishop Of Georgia
by the Diocesan Convention OF the Protest
ant Episcopal Church
TIE Kentucky State Democratic Conven-
tion at Louisville nominated ex-Congress-
man John Young Brown, Of Henderson, for
Governor and W. c. Afford, Of Lexington,
for rLieutenant-Goyernor.
GEORGE E. GERowE. Superintendent Of
the Indian Agency at st. Stevenson, North
Dakota, has been arrested on charge OF
misapDrooriating Government funds.
Garowe is an ex-Methodst minister. and for
merly lived at Sydney Centre, n. Y.
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Artificial Gems.

Attempts have been made, not with
out success, to form minerals. Artificial
ultramarine has long been an article of
commerce. The formation of the dia-
mond is said TO have been actually ef-
fected, but in the opinion Of the inventor
the process is so difficult and so danger
Gus, that the diamond.miner and the dia-
ond-merchant need not feel uneasy.
The ruby and the sapphire have lately
been reproduced in Paris, and, curiously
enough, the coloring matter in both is
found to be due to one and the same
metal chromium-in different states of
combination. Red and blue stones, or
an intermediate violet form which might
be likened to the rare and beautiful
oriental amethyst, have been obtained in
one and the same operation, from the
same lot of material. The jewels thus
produced have so far all been small large
enough to form the pivots of superior
watch works, but not large enough to
rank as rare and costly ornamental OBJ
jects. The Forum
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THE HERALD JOB OFFICE
GOLDEN BUBBLES.

Desire not ihou too greatly, for, like fire
Destroying whatit enfo.ds. so is desire.
Success--that was his thought, his hope, his
air,.
Afeld or housed, noon, midnight, dusk or
dawn.
That dazzling image his heart dwelt upon.
For if he slept, Imagination's flame
Burnt like a steady torch, lighting the same
Determined path-wbici way his soul had
gone;
And if he walked, the dream, still unwith
drawn,
Remained, unchanged, his conscious force to
claim.
st last twas his An airy figure brought,
Light-balanced on soft finger-tips, a sphere
OF fne-wrought god. But his trained hands
forgot
Their skill for one brief instant, in the fear
To lose the gift. Too eagerly they caught
This glittering ball, which crumbled into
naught.
"4%
So strength may win what it may fail to
keep,
This worlds gifts vary only in degree.
They are but air sphered in the thinnest
gold
The bubbles must be jostled tenderly.
Robert Burns Wilson, in Harpe''s.
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THE NATIONAL GAME.

CLEVELAND neels pitchers
RADBoURN, they say. IS worth so, ,0O).
PITCHER EHRET is Louisyille's mainstay.
TIE American Association is prospering.
PITCHER HUTCHINSON is still ChicayoS
mainstay.
NIKE LEHANE has been elected Captain Of
the Columbus team.
PITCHER BRAHAM. Of Troy, \. Y, is said
to be ambidextrous.
PHENOMENAL SMITH has been releass1to
Kansas City by Pitts burg.
ARTHUR WHITNEY is playing a great
game for the Cincinnati Reds.
THERE are nearly two dozen varieties Of
gloves and mits for ball players.
GAEFYEY has made a big sensation in tbs
Western League by his fine umpirlng.
THE Rochester Club has signed Pitcher
Lev Shreye, formerly OF indianapolis
MIKE SLArrERY has not 50 far given sat
isfaction to the Cincinnati League Club.
QUITE number Of valuable Western As
ISOLATION players are afflicted with grippe.
KANSAS CITY has larger proportion Of
lady enthusiasts than any other Western
city.
THERE hasn't been hitch or jar Of any
kind in the Association since the break
away.
THE New York club has finally made up
its mind TO retain BasSett as substitute IN
fielder.
WHEN Kelly is on the bench George An.
drews is captain Of the Cincinnati Associa-
alton club.
JOHN CLARKsoN, Of the Boston League
team comDlains of q weak arm aud cOnse-
quently loss Of speed.
McALEER. Davis and Mexican, Of Cleve-
land, are certain to beat fly ball home from
the outdeld All are speedy men.
The New York team is well equipped with
substitutes for any position. In that respect
it is better off than any League team.
THERE does not appear to be any doubt
that the national game has tumbled heal
over heels back to its old-time popularity.
COMIsKEY. Of st, Louis, says Hoy is the best
man to lead off he ever hal. He stands at
third and Hoy follows his instructions 10 the
letter, never hitting until he gets the tip.
RUsIE. Of the New York League, Is a
wonder. Players in public all say 50. He is
ready for work at all times and would VIII
lingly, if allowed TO do 50, pitch In every
game.
LDNEII anu lOul Odils Nhp Dtpyniy "a
terry. first exchanged signs in 1883, when they
played together in the Willimantic team.
DAILY was Lovett's first catcher at the begin
ming of his professional career.
WHEN Glasscock, of the New Yorks, drove
a line ball over second base in the fourth in.
ming of recent game in Pittsburg. Bier
bauer put up his right hand. stopped the
splrere. and IL rolled down his arm and
dropped into his left hand.
INthe National League there have been five
"whitewashes.7 The clubs to receive them
were: Boston, one; Philadelphia, two; Chi
cago, one; aud Pittsburg, one The New
Yorks applied the brush twice and Boston,
Chicago and Cincinnati one each.
RUsIE's strike out record at the end OF the
season will be large if he keeps up his present
gait. In one Philadelphia game he disposed
Of eleven men-the best record Of the season
and be also struck out the same number IN
one of the Boston games two days after. 80
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NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.


New Yo2S has 25, OO) Poles.
GEORGIA has 50. .OO0 Alliance men.
UNDERGROUND railroads increase.
CALIFORNIA has 9j5j giant trees left.
THE Bank Of France holds $500, 100000.
CHICAGO has started mining exchange.
COOPERATIVE colonies increased In tho
West.
CHILEAN troops have violated Argentine
territory.
Or the 1900 policemen in Chicago, 1859 are
Irishmen.
SECRET societies exercise complete terror
Ism in Valparaiso, Chill
NEW JEasET is now declared 10 be free
from pleuro-pneumonia.
Ak unknown American has sent the Pops
5000 to help repair the Vatican.
THERE were seventeen deaths from hydro
phobia in Massachusetts, last year.
CyE japanese cadet is in the graduating
class OF the Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Az English syndicate has secured options
ON more than 100 California orange groves.
THE deaths Of pensioners reported 70 the
Pension Bureau aggregate about oyOO an
nually.
TUr Russian Government is expslliny all
the Hebrews from its territory beyond ths
Caspian.
TIE Government is planning to establish
n plant in Central Pennsylvania for the
manufacture OF gun cotton.
A DESTRUCTIVE drought prevails in the
South Side counties OF Virginia. Prayers
for rain are offered in the churches.
The census in France shows an increase in
population OF l0S00) yearly, as compared
With an increase o. 4S5, 600 yearly IN Germ
any.
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Washin gton.

PENSION COMMISSIONER RAUM estimates
that the expenditures for pensions during
the present fiscal year will be SIG, 900, 900 or
So, 75q, 600 less than the amount appropriated
for soldiers pensions.
THE Chief of the Bureau of Statistics re-
ports that the total values Of the exports OF
domestic breadstuffs from the United States
during the month of April, 1891, were sl2,'
373, ,s27; April, 1890, SIS, 5iS9l2.
The State Department received notice that
the Italian Government has selected CeSare
Poma. now Consul at Boston, Mass, to act
"a Consul at New Orleans in place Of Consul
Corte. recalled to Rome by his Government.
TIE total value Of the exports of domestic
mineral oils from the United States during
the month of April, 1891, was Ss,SOS, 259;
1880, S3,Il6,2o3.
COMMANDER EVANS Lieutenant-Comman-
der Couden and Lieutenant Meigs have been
designated as a board to conduct the tests OF
the guns of the dynamite cruiser Vesuyius IN
Chesapeake Bay.
TIE report of the statistician OF the De-
partment Of Agriculture shows an increase
since April of last year OF more than lOOper
cent. in the price OF corn and oats, thirty
per cent. aud more in wheat in primitive
ulalhtlc l-tNO Pc N~t'Ns III O-A~@c, %
choice beeves and thirty-iour per cent. for
Texans, and advanced values Of all cereals
and meats.
The United States ship Mohican has been
ordered to relieve the Ranger, which is now
on the Mexican coast making a survey.
SECRETARY FOSTER has directed the Col
lector of Customs at New York TO refuse
entry of goo Is in the nams OF the custom
house brokers or others who are merely con-
signees. unless they disclose upon ths entry
the name OF the ultimate consiguee or pur-
chaser.
JUSTICE BREWER, OF the United States
Supreme Court, granted the application OF
counsel for James T. Boyd, who was elected
Governor Of Nebraska. for writ Of error 70
the Supreme Court to test the questions in
,olved in the decision Of the majority OF ths
Suprems Court Of Nebraska, who decided
that he was not an American citizen, and
therefore not eligible 70 tho Office OF Gov
ernor Of Nebraska.
PENSION COMMISSIONER RAUM's son,
Green B. Raun, Jr.. resigned his position
as Assistant Chief Clerk Of the Pension
Bureau, under charges OF irregularities.
THE Washington Erening Critic has
ceased publication and has been placed IN
hands Of a receiver.
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Feathers Make the Bird.

The biggest of all really powerful fly
ing bird', are, believe, the wandering
albatross and the South American condor
for the roc ! reject outright as worthy
only of the most restricted, Arabian and
nocturnal ornithology, says writer.
Seen on the wing, or even with the wings
expanded merely, both these great exist
ing birds have a most majestic and colos-
sal appearance.
But feathers in such cases are very de.
ceptive; they make fine birds out Of very
small bodies. For example, the we'll
known English swift, which looks so i'm
posing in flight as it passes overhead with
pinions poised, is hardly as big when
plucked as a mans top thumb-joint, and
weighs only half an ounce. So, too, the
albatross, though its expanse of wing is
said to exceed that of any other known
bird, amounting sometimes to nearly ten
feet from tip to tip, does not average in
weight more than fifteen pounds, which
is just exactly the pouterer's statement
for my last family Christmas turkey.
As for the condor, while be spans from
wing to wing some eight feet, his length
from beak to tail is only three and half,
and 1 doubt if he would pluck into any
thing corresponding to his magnificent
outer show-though l am bound to adj
NIT that l have never personally tried
the unpleasant experimentation York
journal.
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The Pretty "Pennyweighter. "

Perhaps the cleverest OF all shoplifters'
tricks is the "pennyweighter" game. It
is known but to few and practiscd By u
still smaller number, for it is a difficult
one. 1t has been most successfully
worked by a pretty little blonde with a
baby face, blue eyes, curly hair and tho
general appearance of a bewitching SOU
brette. Her professional name is 'Lit-
tie scotty." She came to grief in Bos-
ton and was given three years. Her
mode of working is to go to jewelry
store and ask to be shown loose diamonds
on a tray. She pretends to be very
shortsightcd, and bends over aud very
close to the tray, examining the dia-
monds through an eye glass. She ex-
poses her left hand so as not to be sus-
pected, and a. propitious moment drops
a once carat diamond into the tray, aud
with her tongue, on the point of which
she has pulvcrized alum, she licks up
two.carat diamond. She cannot find
tho exact counterpart of the one she
wants to match (Which she has not with
herr, and goes into another store, where
she exchanges her two-carat diamond in
n similar manner for a three carat, and
so on ad inhnitum. When she wa,
caught she had started with one-carat
diamond and had reached six and half
carats, making three or four hundred
dollars in few hours.-NeD YorA
Har1A
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Aoe at Which Royal Folk Marry,

Iuoy Hooper gives some interesting
information regarding early marriages
among the crowned heads. Queen Vic
tor,a wAs married when she was not quite
twentv.one, and the Prince OF Wales
eeooused the charming Princess Alcxau-
dria before he was twcnty-one. The
Emperor of Austria took to wife the
radiant Elizabeth of Bavaria when he was
not vet twenty.four. The present Gar
of Russia was treDty-one when he gave
his hand to Dagmar of Denmark, who
WINS two years his junior. King Hum
bert of Italy was twenty-four at the time
Of his marriage to the fair Marguerite of
Savoy, then a girl of seventeen. The
present King and Queen OF the Belgians
were the one eighteen and the latter
seventeen at the time Of their wedding.
And the late King OF Spain, Alphonso
XII. was very little older when he
formed bis brief bright union with his
charming cousin Mercedes. He was only
t.yentv.two when he married his second
wife, the present queen regent. And it
was ot the same age that the present
Emperor of Germany was united to
Aucusta Victoria of ofschleswig- Holstein-
Aurustenbury. The unfortunate Prince
RudoIph of Austria was twenty-three at
the date OF his iIl-started union to the
Princess stephanie Of Belgium Chicago
Post.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

The Crawford County Grand Jury, Mead
vile. Penn, found threa true bills for EN-
bezzlement against ex-State Senator George
B. Deamater and his sons, ex-State Senator
George W. Delamater, Thomas A., and Vic
tor VI. Delamater.
EX-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND addressed the
Cleveland Democracy at Buffalo, n. Y. al
the opening Of its new club house.
THE Presbytery of New York decided that
Professor Briggs should be tried for he-esy.
LEVY BROTHERS & Co, one of the largest
wholesale clothing manufacturers in New
York City were closed up by the Sheriff.
Their liabilities are 1900, 000, and the assets
nominal. The senior member of the firm
went crazy over the catastrophe.
SPINAL meningitis continues to reap a
harvest in McKeesport, Penn, among the
children. Within the period of two days not
less than six deaths occurred from this cause.
More than one hundred children and young
people have died from this disease alone in
McKeesport within the past few weeks.
AN order was issued from tao headquar-
terS OF the National Guard With 1rawing the
last OF the troops from thu Pennsylvania
coke region. Sheriff Mccormick informed
Governor Pattison Of his ability to preserve
the peace.
THE Senate OF Connecticut, on motion Of
Senator Clevelan1, adjourned until June -.
The lato Senator Hearsts horses were
sold at SheepSiead Bay On. " race track;
Tournament fetched $3.50 Canvass $2l,-
jOO total for twenty-sx ael1 Sl2$0)0.
AMER BEN ALI, knownas "Frenchy No.
l." the alleged American imitator of "Jack
the Ripper, has been held by the Coroner's
jury in New York City FOR the murder Of
Carrie Brown, or ''Old Shakespeare.
THE fifth Brooklyn Handicap, worth So
000 was run at the Brooklyn On. " Jockey
Club track and was won by d. 7. Pull
siter's Tenny ridden by Pike Barnes, with
Prince Royal second. and Tea Tray third.
Seventeen other horses ran. Time 2:l0.
THREE Polish miners were crushed to
death by the fall of the roof at the Gaylord
mine OF the Kingston Coal Company, Ply
mouth, Penn.
PosTHUMoUs investigations show that the
late Medal w. Stone. President Of the
American Docks and Trust Company New
York City, was defaulter in a heavy
amount.
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Hard to Tell Human Blood.

Before the Academy of Sciences the
other evening at the Art Institute Pro-
fessor Lester Curtis read Gn interesting
paper on "The Appearance OF Human
Blood Under Microscope" The intent
of Professor Curtis's article was 70 dis
prove certain expert testimony in refer
ence to blood stains in criminal cases.
The blood of dogs, monkeys and guinea
pigs, he argued, presented the same
general aspect under the microscope as
the fluid freshly taken from human
veins. Chicago Tribune.
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S1re,tamdna1t GERALD
ADVERTISING RATES.
The Europeans took refuge on the hulks
anchored in the river

The Europeans took refuge on the hulks
anchored in the river.
A MAcHIHIsT named Franz Meyer. living
In Hanover. Germany, beheaded his wife
with hatchet while she was cooking sup
per, and then committed suicide by hanging
himself to the kitchen door frame.
SERIOUS auti-Semitic trouble has again
broken out in Corfu. Two Hebrews vera
killed and a number were injured. Troops
again dispersed the rioters and surrounded
the Hebrew quarters British and French
gunboats have been ordered to the scene.
DURING a fierce storm which swept over
the town Of Massowah, Egypt, a building
used as barracks and containing a number
of Italian soldiers suddenly collapsed killing
six of the men outright and seriously injuring
ten others.
RECENTLY, while riding in company with
a few officers near the city Of Jacmel, tresi-
dent Hippolite, Of Hayti, was fired upon by
four men hidden un1er bridge over which
he was passing. Two of his companions
were killed, AMI in the excitement which Ioi-
lowed the assasSins escaped.
The Anglo-Americdn Of the City Of Mexi-
co. published rumors OF the sinking OF ths
Itata by the United States cruiser Charles
ton. but gave neither time nor place. The
authorities there said they had no informa-
ton whatever concerning the matter.
AT Ironsides, Canada, the house Of F.
Hudson was destroyed by fire. James Hud-
son. aged twenty-five, and daughter, aged
six were burned TO death.
CHINA has determined TO send an exhibit
20 the Worlds Fair.
PREMIER DI RUDINI told the Italian Cham
Der OF Deputies that European sympathy
was with Italy in the New Orleans affair.
The Czareyitch of Russia is more serious
" wounded in japan than is admitted by
the authorities. The assailant Of the Care
witch Is nihilist who escaped from Sagha-
lien, and who succeeded in entering the
japanese police service.
The Portuguese Cabinet has resigned on
account of the financial troubles.
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Foreign.

MME. BLAvATsKY, the noted co-founder
Of the Theosophical Society, diei IN London,
England, recently. aged sixty. Her body
was cremated at Woking.
Ar Hardebeck, Germany, the wife OF a
blacksmith named Homfeld, while possessed
with religious mania, dressed her two chill
dren in white held them over vessel and
cut their throats, letting the blood fall into
the receptacle.
THE House Of Commons expelled Captain
verney, who was recently convicted OF inn
morality.
A GILLIAN man-of-war, defeated by an
Insurgeit cruiser. went into Callao for re-
pairs. The Peruvian authorities refused 20
allow her TO make the repairs and mt out
again.
AN anti-European rict has taken place at
Woo Hoo, China. The natives attacked and
burned the Catholic mission ant q number
of dwelling houses belonging to Europeans.