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Kanqa!oos.

The kangaroo plague has always been
q great nuisance TO the Australian
sauatters, for on an average these AM
mails consume as much grass as sheep.
1t is stated that on a sheep run of Co.
600 to so, 900 acres 10000 kangaroos
were killed annually for six consecutive
wears, and yet their numbers remained
very formidable in the locality. In the
colony of South Australia hundreds OF
thousands Of kangaroos are slaughtered
annually for their skins and the bonus
offered by the authorities.
The number of these marsupials in
New South Wales in 1889 was estima-
ted to be over 4, ZOO, 900, and yet about
500, 600 kangaroos and $50, 900 walla-
bies we're destroyed i'll the colony in
that year. A bonus of sixteen cents
for each kangaroo killed is offered in
Australia hence the colonists are grad
ually exterminating these native ami
mails. Over half million skins are
annually shipped to England and
large number to North America, to be
converted into leather.
The macropid@ include several kinds
of kangaroos and wallabies. The pro-
gress of settlement in Australia has
driven these animals from the more
densely populated parts of the Austria
lian continent, but in the country and
unsettled districts they are still numer-
ous enough to cause very considerable
damage to the natural grasses. So serl-
GUS has been the injury thus wrought
that the colonial governments and run
holders pay a small sum per head Tor
the destruction of the kangaroos. -
Hardwicke's Science Gossip.
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Whenever Professor Putnam's associates
get hold Of an aboriginal person they meas
ure him. A series Of results obtained by
measuring skulls and skeletons have been
collated and placed on charts. Fifty thou
sand school children have been examined
and described. Seventy-fye men worked
two years measuring nearly twenty thousand
Indians. They thus found one use to which
an Indian could be put
In the archaeological division. to which
reference has been made. are arranged geo.
graphically the shell heaps, ancient villages,
mounds earthworks and pueblos, making
very picturesque sight. In the great earth
works OF Ohio there are combined squares,
octagons and circles, which are shown by
maps. The great mound at CahOkia, ILL.,. is
nearly 100 feet high. and the Serpent mound,
Of Ohio. is 400 feet long. These, as well as
Fort Ancient. the largest ancient fortifcation
in the country, and the Turner and Hopeweu
groups are represented pictorially. One sub
division Of the section contains such special
exhibits as stone implements pottery, orna-
ments and pipes.
Every material exemplifymg primitive
modes Of life. customs and arts Of the native
peoples Of the world is in the chronological
section, and ii illustrates the peculiarities OF
the different races As a contrast TO the wild
Indians in their primitive state the United
States Government makes a special exhibit
ofits Indian school system.
The tribes of Indians have prepared col
lections OF articles relating TO themselves
which are entered for competition. These
are not exclusively Of an chronological char
acter. but will deal with their modes OF life,
thought and industry.
In the department Of natural history New
York State again takes the lead The Wards
Natural Science Museum. Of Rochester, has
an exhibit which Professor Putnam says Is
perfect. 1t shows every form Of animal life
''from spOnges 10 man." Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Colorado send the birds and NAM
mails found in those States.
In the line OF documentary exhibits are
found charts and maps Of the world anterior
10 the voyage of Columbus and at different
periods since. There are physical anthropo-
logical statistics and criminal statistics. All
the books in the library after the Fair will go
to the Memorial Museum Of Science OF Chi
cagO.
A creditable reproduction ofFort Dearborn
is shown. This. as almost every one knows,
was the nucleus around which the city OF
Chicago was built Somewhat in the same
style OF architecture is an old log cabin OF
the country type Of hundred years ago.
containing some forefathers In fac-simile
dressed in the costume OF the colonial period.
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South and West.

THE steamer Haytien Republic was seized
for opium smuggling at Seattle, Washington.
THE Worlds Fair Executive Committee Of
Awards decided to maintain the present sys-
TEN OF awards the Montana silver statue
was unveiled.
THE double turreted coast defence vessel
Monterey returned TO San Francisco, Cal,
from a two days trial at sea with success
fairly and fully won at every point. Her
boilers stood the severe strain Of four hours
run under forced draught.
A CYCLONE struck Rosedale, Miss, COM
pletely demoralizing the town. Five people
were reported killed.
FIRE destroyed the Wesleyan Female Col
lege. MurfreesbOro. y. c.. but ali the students
escaped, with the loss Of their effects.
ARGUmEYr began in the Federal Court in
Chicago on the proceedings by the Govern
ment to close the gates Of the Worlds Fair on
Sunday.
TIE Old Kentucky Home at the Chicago
Fair Grounds was dedicated. 1t is the Blue
Grass State Building and one Of the most at
tractive in the grounds. Miss Enid Yandels
statue Of Daniel Boone was unveiled.
AT the Sisseton Agency, South Dakota,
Miss Cynthia Rockwell, an Illinois teacher
pt Goodwill Mission, has married Richard
King, an Indian, studying for the Presoy-
terian ministry.
The Plankinton Bank in Milwaukee.
Wis. closed its doors. The bank had loaned
$1,000 to +. A. Lappen 4 Co. and the
Lappen Furniture Company, and this was
,he principal cause Of its suspension.
The Victoria Cordage Company, Clncin-
natl. Ohio. members Of the Cordage Trust,
has assigned. Assets, $500, 900; liabilities,
100000.
ToRyADoEs did great damage TO property
IN Mississippi. Tennessee, Arkansas and Ken
lucky. At Rosedale, Miss, W. l.. Bawdre
and wife were killed.
Iowa Prohibitlonists nominated full State
ticket.
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LIckina Stamps is Injurious.

The London Lancet calls attention
again to the fact that stamps and enve-
lopes are often to be blamed Tor
numerous petty illnesses, which are
certainly worth the small ounce OF pre-
vention needed. "rhe connection,
says the Lancet, "between habit oil
licking the gummed surface and an r.
ritated tongue is not entirely imagin-
ary. The mere contact of the mucous
membrane with an adhesive substance,
if often repeated, must encourage abra-
sion of the former. Another element
of danger exists in the well-known I'M
purity of Office gum. 1t is usually as
easy as it is advisable to avoid licking
stamps, and it is never safe to apply
them to a wound"
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Foreign.

WILLIAM WALTER PHELPs made his official
arewell as American Minister TO Germany; +;
Mr.. Runyon was received at the Foreign
0ffice.
IsrNGLAss won the English Derbyi Raw
.nsbury second, Raeburn third.
SIR CHARLES RUSSELL closed bis argument
n behalf OF the British side OF the case be-
bre the Bering Sea arbitrators at Paris and
vas followed by Sir Richard Webster.
In the British House Of Commons the Gov
.rnment accepted an amendment 10 the
Home Rule bill, excepting forts, navy yards,
stc.. in ireland from the Irish Governments
control.
WILLIAM TOWNSEND, who threatened 70
AXE Mr.. Gladstone's life. has b5on adiudged
insane and committed to a British asylum.
REPORTS from Manipur, India, say that all
The rivers in the country have oyernowed
their banks, have swept away the bridges and
lre submerging villages and fields. Dozens
l dead bodies are floating down stream in
Every river. At one point In small stream
,wenty bodies were recovered IN three days
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In the still life department are also re-
mains OF all sorts OF Indians, Canadian ana
United States. There are the State collec-
tlons of Ohio. Missouri, Colorado and Utah'
the results OF the Hemenway Southwest ex-
pedition. Mexico and the South American
republics sent singular sculptures ana
strange tablets OF hieroglyphics. Inc eA-
ploratiops OF Professor Putnams ENJOYS In
Ecuador. Chile. Peru and Bolivia gave Valu-
able results. showing the arts and customs OF
ancient people. Similar collections come
from British Guiana, Paraguay, Brazn ana
the Argentine Republic.
There are special exhibits Of folk lore ana
the games and religions Of all countries. In
the latter Is the collection of idols OF william
] Cunning. which contains four hundred
rare specimens. From the Gab0on River
comes Po-Po. the "Goddess Of Maidenhood,
and Ina. the "God of Deliyerance, supposed
10 be three thousand years old. lpa was
found by Livingstone. Alaskan Indians OF
the Thlinkeet tribe have queer gods ana
fetiohes. From British Columbia are shown
good spirits and hob-goblins and from
Dakota the medicine bag OF the Sioux, whlch
no Indian will consent to part with. Mexico
Is represented in the Cunning collection by
n number OF little gods, among them Centotl,
the "Great Producer, and No-tan, the 'God
of Culture. From Th6bes is a sacred iackal.
Man lived in the glacial period, as the col
lections show. There are relics OF that
chilly time as we'll as specimens from the
she'll heaps of Maine and Florida.
The Peruvian finds include the best assort-
ment Of mummies ever unearthed on this
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feet on the border Of the lagoon and extend
ing 100 feet back The State has erected q
council house Of bark 80 feet by 80 such as
were used for political caucuses by the
Iroquois when the whites arrived upon the
scene to take charge. In this structure the
Iroquois will carry on their strange and i'm
prcssive ceremonies. beating the tOmtom and
jumping about in their untamed way, free Of
all charge 10 the spectator.
In bark house 10 feet by 10 live a group
OF New York Oneidas who have been sub
jected to an expensive process Of being
tanned. There are round bark houses 16 feet
in diameter inhabited by MOhawks, Onon-
dagas, Cayugas and Tuscaroras who are all
OF the IroquOis race. On the border OF the
lagoon is a hunters lodge and on its bank all
sorts OF canoes and big war canoe. The
exhibit altogether is most picturesque and
reflects great credit upon the Empire State.
Camped near them are "a group Of live
Chippewas and Sioux owned by the State Of
MnDes Ota and loaned for the Fair. A lot Of
Navajos have been sent on by Colorado and
they are living in their native way British
Guiana sent lot OF Arrawaks and the Do
minion OF Canada was good enough to spare
a quantity OF their aborigines. There are
Flatheads. Blackfeet. Pend d'Oreilles. Nez
Perces and Kootenais. One OF the features
Of the redskin display is the Columbian In
dian Band Of sixty pieces.
Engineer Robert f. Peary. OF the United
States Navy. has a collection Of Esqumau
things that illustrate life in the Arctic re-
gions. During his sojourn in the Whale
Sound region OF North Greenland. although
he failed at reaching high latitude, he was
able 10 get together skin tents. kayaks or
canoes. and the weapons OF the "Arctic high
landers. as the most Northern tribe Of peo-
pie in the world are called. An imitation
snow house has been prepared and an ice
berg not made ont Of very cooling sub
stance The chase OF the white bear is shown
andthe method by whichthe Esquimau catches
the warus and sits on the ice and harpoOns
the seal Trophies of the chase in the way
OF narwhal teeth and reindeer skins are on
view which are particularly interesting just
now because OF the fever for northern adyen-
ture which prevails at present. A family OF
Fsduimaux is bOrro-7ed every day from the
colony on view in another part OF the park,
and they sit and 90 through the indignity Of
being looked at for nothing in order to sup
ply dramatis persona to this ingeniously con-
trived scenery.
To those who think that dead Indian is a
much more artistic product OF civilization
than tame one there will be plenty OF salts
faction in this department. The Anthropo-
logical Building, the last of all the fair struc-
lures that II was decided TO build. is AIS feet
long and 285 feet wide, with gallery forty
eight feet wide on every side. OF this space
much is given up TO "reminiscences Of Indian
tribes that can never be revived, but the ex-
hibit naturally takes in the whole world.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-09
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
During May Net Decrease of $780,
425.99 is Reported.

The public debt statement just issued from
Washington, shows that there was net de-
crease OF s7Ss, 425. 80 during the month OF
May OF this s657, 1850 was in the amount
OF the bonded Indebtedness Of the Govern
ment. and &s2. $50 40 was in the increase OF
the cash in the Treasury.
The interest bearing debt increased SSO0'o,
debt on which interest has ceased since ma
turity decreased s37. .4so, and the debt bear
inc no interest $Sl9,695.50. The aggregate
interest and non-interest bearing debt May
81 was 1851. $50, ,ss5.6s: on April 80 1t was
$685.. .i07, ,764.13.
The certificates and Treasury notes, onset
bv an equal amount OF cash In Treasury out
standing at the end Of the month, was $685.
raj OF. an increase Of 81, ,3s5,s ,s03.
The total cash In the Treasury was sIoi,
122. es4. the gold reserve ss5.0ts, $40, and the
net cash balance s26. .5l6.514.S0.
In the month there was decrease OF 90.
7s4. 749. 80 in gold coin and bars, the total at
the close being sl96, ,51S, ,6o9.76. OF silver
there was an increase Of IS, us, ,374H or the
surplus there was In National bank deposi-
tories Gil $40 1s23g, against sl1 27o, ,696.6s at
the ead Of the previous month,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-09
Washington.

ARGUMENTS were finished in the Briggs
heresy trial before the Presbyterian General
Assembly. and it was decided to take a vote
Immediately.
The appeal OF the prosecution from the
verdict OF the New York Presbytery acquf-
ting Doctor Briggs OF the charges OF heresy
was sustained by the Presbyterian General
Assembly at Washington, the vote being as
follows Number OF votes cast, 492 10 sus-
tain the appeal 29s 10 sustain In part, Ui
total TO sustain. 375 not to sustain. III.
THE State Department has received official
notification from Hawaii Of the appointment
L. H. Thurston as Minister to the United
States, in place Of DR.. Mott Smith.
BECAUSE Of the foul condition Of the vesu-
yius, the Navy Department abandoned the
Intention OF sending her round from New
York TO the mouth OF st. Lawrence TO convey
me carayels. and sent her to the Portsmouth
Navy Yard TO be docked.
A STATEMENT prepared by Comptroller
Eckels shows that from January up TO May
81. twenty National banks, with capital OF
E6. $50, 900, failed, as against seven National
banks, with capital Of 800, for the
corresponding period of 1892.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

PURCELL THOMAS, aeronaut. while making
nm umbrella descent from the top OF th3
parade house. at Buffalo. ". Y, lost control
OF the parachute and was precipitated upon
the ground below, distance OF fifty feet.
His skull was fractured and he died with In
an hour. Thomas's wife and four children
witnessed the fatal leap
RHODE ISLANDS Legislature met at New
port. but the Democrats having unseated
Republican member OF the house the RepuO-
Lcan Senate refused 10 join in grand com
mittee. There was no election Of State off,
GERS. Governor Brown threatened TO pro-
rogue the Legislature and continue in office.
Mrs. MARIE NEyrSs-BLArSE. the divorced
wife Of James G. Blaine. was married 10 DR..
William Tillinghast Bull by the Rev. DR..
Roderick Terry, at New York City.
CARRIE YoGT, fourteen years old. COM
mitted suicide by jumping into the Passaio
River, in Newark. n. J. She had been an
noying neighbor by having goods sent TO
her TO be paid for on delivery When she
was discovered she was afraid to face what
she considered the disgrace and killed her
self.
FALL RIVER, Mass. was thrown into state
OF intense excitement, due to the discovery OF
an atrocious murder. rivalling in many re-
victim was Miss Bertha Manchester aged
twenty-five years. She was left alone on tho
farm by her father and brother who went 10
town. When they returned they found the
girl lying dead on the kitchen floor.
The annual police parade in New York
City, in which twenty-five hundred men
marched, was reviewed by Princess Eulalia
and city officials. The Infanta then visited
Normal College, where exercises were held
In her honor.
AT Newport, the Republican Senate Of
Rhode Island refused 10 meet in Grand Com
mittee with the Democratic House.
MAYOR GILRoY informed Commander
Dickins that New York City could not ofiici-
ally receive the Duke de Yeragua again. II
was intimated that the reason was that the
Duke did not acknowledge the courtesies ex.
tended on his first visit.
The Rhode Island Senate voted 10 adjourn
10 January next, refusing 10 meet with the
House in Grand Committee.
The annual examination At the United
States Military Academy, West Point, n. Y,
began.
The Cornell Iron Works in New York City
wers destroyed by fire. The loss IS about
half million.
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ODD Facts About Beasts and birds.

PERHAPS no birds spend more O.
their lives on the wing than parrots
and pigeons. the latter being among
the most graceful and rapid of the in
bobitants of the air. In New Zealand
species Of parrot is found that, find
inc its food entirely upon the ground
has lost the power of fight. 1t differs
from the rest Of the family only IN
this particular, and in being almost
voiceless.
Among recent breeds Of pigeons Is
the parlor tumbler, which has not only
lost the power of fight, but has very
r.early lost that of walking as well. Its
queer motions when it attempts to
walk have given it its name, the tum-
bier.
Gas thick as the hair on n dogs
back expresses nothing in Mexico Tor
the Mexican dog is utterly devoid OF
hair on it's beck or anywhere else. The
hot climate having rendered 1t super
Auous Mother Nature kindly divested
him of it. Nor does "the little busy
bee improve each shining hour IN that
country. On the contrary, 1t soon
learns that. as there is no winter there
there is no necessity for laying IN
store of honey, and degenerates into a
thoroughbred loafer
Gas big as whale" might be rather
small. as there is species OF the ceta-
ccan genus hardly three feet long
Gas cunning as fox" would have
sounded idiotic to the discoyerers oi
Kamchatka. They found foxes IN
large numbers, but so stupid, because
they had never before seen an enemy
that they could be killed with clubs.
The ''birds of feather that clock
together" do not belong to the pen
guin family, as they are entirely deSti-
tute of feathers, having for covering
kind of stiff down. Another pen
guin popularity is that it swims not on
but under water, never keeping more
than it's head out, and, when fishing,
coming to the surface at such brief
and rare intervals that an ordinary OBJ
server would almost certainly mistake
it for a fish.
Ducks swim the world over, but
~ygeese do not. In South America a do
mestic species is found that cannot ex-
Gel an ordinary hen in aquatic accom-
plishments. 1t has lived so long IN a
country where water is only found in
wells that it has lost its aquatic tastes
and abilities entirely.
Gas awkward as a crab does not
apply on some of the South Sea Isl
ands, for crab is found there that
not only runs as fast rs an average
man. but climbs trees with the ease OF
schoolboy. London Sports Afeld.
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English Canals.

There are SO many Manageable canals
in England, that you could voyage
from this Regents Canal end to Liver
pool by barge. So completely was
this country covered by these artificial
waterways during the canal fever, that
there was said to be in 1886, includ-
ing manageable rivers, no place south of
Durham that was over fifteen miles
from water travelling. Railways, of
course, soon rushed past the slow
moving canals in public favor; but
there are still more than $500 miles OF
canals open in the United Kingdom,
while 100 miles have been turned into
railways.
The longest canal tunnel is on the
Thames and Severn, and is called the
Sapperton Tunnel It's length is
3SOS yards. No horses tug the boats
through, but men--like birds for once
rest on wings; that is projecting
bits of wood, and '1eg" the barges
along, or push them with poles. The
Lappel Tunnel on the Birmingham
Canal, is almost as long, extending for
3795 yards, and it has also the reputa-
tioR of being the narrowest-only
seven feet nine inches in width. The
Ellsworth, on the Grand Junction, is
3O56 yards long, and here steam tugs
are used to haul the barges through.
-Cassell's Magazine.
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There are 10000 square feet devoted TO
hygiene. sanitation and charities and correc-
tion. There are many small collections OF
an archaeological nature and Of ancient art
from AssyriG. Egypt and Rome-The Greek
Government loaned valuable exhibits OF this
character and some OF great interest were
found in the Chicago Art Museum. There
are French relics and a complete Spanish col
lection taken from the Madrid Exposition. as
well as groups OF objects from the museums
of Vienna and Berlin and from the Russian
exhibition.
Asia. Africa and New South Wales have
their contributions, and the Pacific and
Queen Charlotte Islands all have their story
to tell of the happy days before man beganto
swear allegiance 10 a janitor and live in a
fiat. There is a complete model Of the vii
Iage OF Skidegat. in British Columbia, show
ing the houses totem poles and inhabitants.
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continent. The peculiar methods of burial
are shown. In some Of the graves were found
work baskets. beads, flags and, most import
ant of all. bags Of peanuts, showing what the
Peruvians did with people addicted to the
peanut habit.
From Guatemala are life size models OF
natives in correct costume with original or
naments and trinkets.
The anthropological laboratories show an
immense quantity Of instruments and appa-
ratus. This end Of the department is sub
divided into anthropology, neurology and
psychology. Anthropologlcal tests will be
applied to the visitors on the payment Of a
small fee. They will be measured, weighed
and all the statistics obtainable about them
selves noted on card. They will also. IL
they are women. be able 10 see wherein they
differ from the shape Of the Venus de Milo
and remedy the defects.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

SENATOR srANFoRD's income is s4OO per
hour.
TIE Inianta Eulalia has eleven Christian
names.
GuSmAKER KRUPPs annual income is si,-
900 600.
IT is said that the readings given by the
late James f. Murdock, the actor and slo-
cutionist. in aid OF the Sanitary Commission
during the Civil War, produced sz5O,OOO for
that organization.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-09

Professor T. W. Putnam, Of Harvard Uni
versity, has charge Of the ethnOlogical ex-
hibit. II takes in ethnolOgy. archaeology
and anthropOlogy. history and natural his
tory. This. says the New York Herald. is a
very wide field, but the different branches are
well represented and the department must be
a continual source of delight to students Of
primeval man and the untamed barbarian.
In a plot OF land one thousand feet long
and from one hundred feet TO two hundred
feet wide Professor Putnam has pitched his
camp. II adjoins the lake front and looks
upon the lagoon in which floats the New
Bedford whaling ship. Tho quaint convent
Of La Rabida, modelled after the original in
Palos, Spain in which Columbus rested his
weary feet and soul before and after coming