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or nocturnal animal, getting It's sleep in the
day time and going forth in the twilight to
search for food 1t has short and strong
legs. broad feet, provided with claws with
which 1t can quickly burrow its way into
the ground. As its name implies. it feeds
ers has a long. slender tongue. covered with
sticky substance, doubtless to aid in
catching ants. 1t has no teeth. 1t Is a
very strong animal for its size, and when
attacked rolls itself In a ball. its erect
spines making II hard to take hold Of. or
burrows into the ground. Its flesh Is quite
fat. and Is regarded as a great delicacy by
the blacks. The natives hunt II sometimes
with the aid Of tanned dingoes. One Of its
most remarkable peculiarities Is that 1t.
young. Its eggs are smaller than those of
a hen. and when hatched the ant eater
nurses its young with milk (as does the
duck bib, like other animals, while laying
eggs like reptiles and birds. Another ant
eater. to be found only in southern and
western Australia. is about the size of q
gray squirrel, distinguished by its large
number of teeth. fifty-two or fifty-four, and
its unusual appearance 1t lies on the
ground. especially where 1t is sandy. 1t Is
across its back.
A curious creature Is 'he tarsipes rostra-
tus Of western Australia. 1t Is about the
size of a mouse and looks like one; mas a
long tail. which 1t uses in climbing the trees
and brushes wherein II lives. Its most not
which 1t draws from the blossoms by
means Of its long slender tongue.
The Australian koala, or so-cailed bear
Is an odd animal to be known Ivy the name
bears at other lands md Is not really
member Of the bear family. 1t - about
two feet in length and is a most innocent
creature. sleeping during the lay and COM
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ing phalanger, or flying opossum which Is
provided with membranes along its TANKS
extending along both fore and mind legs.
nearly to the toes. With these spread to
the breeze the animal can leap a great dis
lance from the top most branches of tall
trees. 1t does not exactly fly, but the men,
branes act as parachute There are sew
eral species of these curious animals in
Australia and Guinea, where they are some
times called flying squirrels, though being
marsnpials they have really no relation to
the squirrel.
The thylacine known as wolf, tiger and
hyena, used to belong to the mainland of
Australia, but is now entirely confined to
the adjoining island Of Tasmania. 1t is an
animal about as large a pointer, and
looks something like a monerel dog. This
Is the largest carnivorous marsupial row in
existence 1t has nearly been exterminated
or Its having such a taste for sheep. A
smaller animal of the predaceous kind COM
mon to both Australia and Tasmania is the
dasyure. or native cat. which sleeps during
the day in hollow trees and holes among
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Bfggest Diamond in the World.


Our Jagersfontein correspondent writes:
You may have noticed by cable that the
largest diamond ever seen has been found
here. 1 am sending by this post perfect
plaster of Paris model of the diamond, which
was found on the 3Oth Of June in the New
Jagersfontein company's mines. It Is the
most perfect large stone ever seen. Its
weight Is 81 carats, It's color IS blue-white
and almost perfect. 1t has one black spot
In 1t. which, however, the owner stated to
me will cut out. Its value. Of course, can
not now be stated but think II 80 OD were
onered Tor 1t now, or even double that
amount. 1t would not be accepted; some
even declare that it will be worth half a
million. 1t was found by Kaffir who was
working in the mine shortly after blasting
The Kafhr. in this case, was talking to his
overseer when he saw something shine, and
gone away. when he picked up The immense
diamond and put 1t in his pocket After
ward in the compound, he handed It over to
the manager, for which he has been given
ESQ. a horse saddle and bride, and has gone
home in no doubt perfect happiness. An ex-
traordinary circums stance Is that one GEN.
tleman OF some gentlemen-I 1on't know
which-were under contract to buy all
stones, good bad or Indifferent, ut 50 much
per carat. This contract terminated on the
Goth Of June, and this stone was almost, IL
not quite, the last stone found on that day
The model shows that the stone Is in the
form OF a stopping cone fattened on two
sides. and standing on an oval base so flush
as almost to appear to have been cut Its
height Is about three inches and Its width
about two. The diamond itself. which has
been named the "JaGsrsfontsin Excelsior"
u In London.
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He Hit the Mark.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Armed with big Roman candle and .
bigger jag a good-natured downtowner wan
dered into a south 9Th street saloon the
other night. After ordering refreshments
for the crowd. he began boasting OF his
skill a marksman. Some OF his asser-
tons provoked smiles Of Incredibly which
riled the downtowner. bronze figure that
ornamented the mirror behind the bar at
tracted his attention. and he offered TO bet
that he could hit IL three times out OF nve
attempts. There were more smiles OF In.
creiulity, and before the bartender had
time 10 interfere the fuse OF the Roman
candle had been touched TO the cigar lighter
and the sharpshooter was aiming at the
bronze figure Balls OF multi-coio red IRE
were seen flying in every direction. and the
saloon was promptly vacated by all except
the shooter and the employees. who Were
kept busy extinguishing the flames among
the curtains and netting that covered al
the fixtures. Something like $50 worth OF
property was destroyed but the man WIN
the jag marched proudly down the street
with the shell of his firework, chucklins 20
himself as he repeated: Il hit the hgure
ANYHOW
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THE DOCTORS DIAGNOSIS.
II WINS Very Lucky for the Patien,
That He Had been Called Ia

II Wns Very Lucky for the Patient
That He Had been Called In.
From the Yankee BLADE.
Young Doctor to Patient-''I,et me look
at your tongue. HIM: troubled with dys-
pep"
Patient-''Not a bit I can eat sole leath-
err"
HIN: wakefulness at night7"
Patient-''Sleep like a top"
Young Doctor-"Let me see your tongue.
II I'm: dizziness and pains in"
Patient-"No."
Young Doctor-"Let me feel your pulse
HIM; easily tired. with an indisposition 70
mental exertion OF any"
Patient-''No."
Young Doctor-"Let me see your tongue.
HIN; headache and stiffness OF the"
t-"Haven.t had headache In
HIN: you are using too much tobacco"
Patient-"Never touch II in any shape"
Young Doctor-"Let me see your pulse
confined TO your desk. You need fresh air
and"
Patient-"Tm a letter carrier"
Young Doctcr-"Let me feel your tongue
that is, / should say. your pulse HIN:
have a tired feeling come over"
Young Doctor-"Let me see your-never
mind. your tongue. Feverish at times. with
desire for water?
Patient-"No. beer"
Young Doctor-"Do you drink beer7"
Patient-"Oh. yes"
Young Doctor-''To excess?"
Patient-"No."
Young Doctor-"Ten me how many
glasses a day..
Patient-"Sometimes more ana some
times fewer"
Young Doctor-'I thought so. We MEM
bers of the medical profession are seldom
deceived in our diagnosis OF a case"
Paflent-fAm L
Young Doctor-"No immediate danger;
but it's lucky you called me inr'
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dred OF your hitting him. / don't say the
knife would come In any better, unless you
got out of bed and tackled him. In a hand
TO hand struggle the man with a knife has
hundred advantages. The other man. sup
posing you are armed with a gun. aims to
wrest II away. He may be stronger. II u
Is fired you may get the bullet He NAV
seize IL so that the hammer can't be raised.
Victory will be with the stronger man.
With a kniSr Il is different: you have a grip
on the handle. II he seizes the blade he
suffers for IL. II he seizee your wrist he r.
more apt TO get cut than you"
the knife?"
Yes. II one must go armed. I carry q
knife because j am a lightweight and am
troubled with asthma I'd stand no show
against tough. II weighed l45 pounds
and was In good health ia take my chances
without a weapon. MY experience f. that a
man who minds his business need have no
trouble. and that the chap with q pop In his
pocket Is. generally speaking. a duffer
Throw II outdoors. my boy. and take q new
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When asleep the platypus rolls itself in q
ball. 1t Is very wary and ttmid creature,
rarely coming from Its burrow IN the day
time. This strange animal Is known to
biologists as the ornithnohynchus paradox
US. 1t Is found only in Australia and Tas-
mania In the Australian colonies II IL
called water mole. The first descriptions
Of this peculiar animal were disbeiieved,
and even when a stuffed specimen was
taken to England II was thought to have
been manufactured. The platypus IL some
times called mullingong.
The spiny ant eater, or porcupine ant
eater as 1t is frequently called, resembles
the porcupine in size and appearance has
similar quilts and Is able to roll itself in a
ball. Like the duck bill. 1t Is q crepuscular
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world are indigenous to Australia and Tas-
mania These are the duck billed pIatypus
and the spiny ant eater. The platypus has
norny jaws: closely resembling TIE bill of
2 duck. II Is usually from 20 10 % inches in
length. including the tail: has a broad fat
body covered with close brown haIr and
emali brown eyes 1t has no teeth, strictly
speaking. but their purpose is served by
oorny protruberances two On each SIDE of
the Jaw. In its cheeks IT has pouches used
As receptacles for food Its legs are short
with web toes on the forefeet and claws on
the hind ones AS Is Indicated oy its web
teet the platypus Is an aquatic animal
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change in her condition.
"The doctor said: what has caused this changer
my reply was: 'Lactated food
"He remarked: 1t is evidently the right food,
although he had at times recommended another,
not being familiar with this one. As you see her
in the picture. attribute her healthy appearance
to the use OF lactaied food"
Mothers who have used lactated food agree thu,
It best supplies the materials for eabys rapid
growth and development
Lactated food is prepared with a regard for
purity. cleanness and freedom from possibility Of
contagon that merits all the praise that has been
90 lavishly bestowed upon it BY physicians and
grateful mothers.
The nutritious parts Of barley, wheat and oats
are so prepared as to be easily assmated 20 these
are added sugar OF milk and the salts, which are
the basis Of mothers milk. These constituents are
thoroughly cooked at high steam heat and make a
predigested. pslstable, nutritious food. perfecs
substitute for mothers milk. at for meeting ever,
demand OF the rapidly growing child
Laciaied food has tded thousands OF babies this
summer through the sickIy hot DAYS. IL should be
in the hands of every parent. As one of the great
est specialists children's diseases has well SAID:
at Is worse than thoughuess for mothers who
think and read to neglect lactsted food. when 90
many mothers eagerly tell OF their own accord
how it has saved their babies lives ana made them
strong, healthy. plump and full Of life"
Lactated food can be had Of any druggist mn
always pure, sleeps perfectly and Is no, anec,e<
by age or temperature
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Ufees IN a day; where the trees are gener-
Ally evergreen. many OF them having no
leaves, where some trees rise 200 feet with
no branches for half that height. where are
20 be found black swans and white eagles.
Such Is Australia But more remarkable
than any Of these features of the country
pre- Its animals. There are no epeS, ba-
hcons or monkeys. no rumirant cud-
chewing animals. and 10 beasts Of prey.
ouch as the live tiger, leopard. etc. Two
Shtrds OF the mammals Of Australia are
oarsupials, SO called from their having q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-26
MANY ODD ANIMALS.
A Land Filled With Creatures Of
Strange Form.
BEASTS THAT ROAM AT NIGHT.
Marsupials and Other Inhabitants
of Australian Forests.
THE GIGANTIC KANGAROOS.

IMAGINE AN IS
land approaching in
size the continent of
Europe, where there
Is only one river nav
igabls for any con-
siderable distance.
where the streams
dry up at one season
of the year and at
another rise to the
height Of so feet
above their banks;
where the tempera-
ture sometimes falls
as much as 40 de-
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=
the statue Of Victory
into the admin!stra-
ton building Of the
worlds fair today to
see the director gen.
eral. This building
contains tine offices Of
the men who are man.
aging the great show.
1t is covered by a
great gold dome and
a mortgage. The
dome is very big and
costly. The mortgage.
hxy uphinh vv,nan
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while the mother hops away In a zigzag
direction. doubtless to draw the attention
Of the pursuers from her Offspring The
large Kangaroo bears a young one no big
ger than the finger Of human baby. about
an inch long. The mother puts This feeble
thing In the pouch in her abdomen, where
y stays and Is sustained by the parent
AFTER passing certain stage of develop
ment the young ones make excursions from
tne pouch, which continues TO enlarge with
the gowth Of the infant. As IL grows lar
ger the young one remains out longer, un-
Itself. The kangaroo and potoroos or kan
earoo rat, have largely Increased in re-
Sent years. and like the rabbits have be-
come pest. destroying the pastures and
vegetation. In Queensland the government
pays premium for each animal of these
species that Is killed. Two of the most re-
0a<kable creatures to be found in the
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A Magazine Rife.

From the Buffalo Courier.
Mrs. ACCOMPLISHMENTS kind of a thing
is a magazine rife, anyway, Ebenezer? Did
you ever see one?'
Mr.. Meadowlot-"No; but it's some new
tangled contraption for them editors to
shoot poets with, / suppose"
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Durng the day IL sleeps in burrows dug
"a the river banks and shores OF the lakes
tnese ourrows are usually provided with
TWO openings, one just above the level
oI the water, concealed by The grass end
1eaves. the other below the surface Of the
s~ater. "A passage runs obliquely upward
~ ths pank. occasionally as much as fifty
1Set Il length At its end IS L cavity, the
noor Of which is covered with leaves and
oried grass. and here this extraordinary
nimal. cross between bird and a beast.
md dresses its hair very much ike a bird.
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PRIZE MONEY OWING.
100000 Still in Uncle Sans Hands
Awaiting Sailors Claims.
CAPTURING BLOCKADE RUNNERS
How Admiral Jouett Took a Prize
by Strategy.
B o q N T Y O L A I NJ s

HREE HUNDRED
thousand dollars In
undistributed prize
money still remains
In the treasury,
awaiting claims by
sailors to whom 1t be-
longs. Uncle Sam
merely holds this sum
as the left over bal
ance of a trust fund.
Unhappily. those to
whom 1t Is owing
are mostly dead and
will never ask for
their shares. Their
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Pro and Con.

From the indianapolis Journal.
Hungry Higgins-''These here gravel
roads is mighty tough on shoes.
Weary Watkins-'-Tf ats so: but where
there is good roads the people has money.
and where people has money they amt -
many dogs"
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ing forth at night to climb the trees snd
eat the leaves. 1t is also a marsupisl Cur
rying its young IN a pouch until they de-
velop enough to be TRANSPORTED On the
ba * of the mother. One Of the most COM
mon animals Of Australia is the DhalanSer
which is sometimes called Opossum, though
quite different from the opossum Of Amer
lea Like the American ooo.,sum the pha-
LANCER lives in trees. Hunting these ami
fur is now exported in large quantities.
Nearly allied to the phalanger Is the fly
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Great Rock Kangaroo

Aorse. but generally becomes tired. es-
pecially the "old man. kangaroo, as the
older males are called. II brought to bay
ne will back UP against tree and fight the
dogs. IL dog comes within reach Of his
paws he will seize him with his arms and
rip him open with the claws of his hind
3eet. while supporting himself on his tail.
sometimes they take refuge In a pool Of
water, when IL a dog comes near them
they will grasp it and hold 1t under the
water until drowned.
In a sitting position some of the older
kangaroos are often six or seven feet in
height and some have been shot measuring
rs much as eight feet
When a female kangaroo with a good
sized young one in it's pouch is attacked IL
Will throw the young one out so as TO es-
cape easier. The young lies quite still
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FINANCESOF THE FAIR
Director General Davis on the Re-
oeipts and the Outlook.
IT WILL PAY ITS DEBTS
The Danger Of Fire and the E|ec-
trio Wild Wires
CONCESSIONS PAY EXPENSES.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
CHICAGO, August q, 1888.
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mas Tic lay Hclpcu SHlCdSO.
"Yes," replied Mr.. Davis. 1T has prac-
tically saved the Chicago banks. There has
been less trouble here than at any other
point in the country. and the Chicago banks
have plenty Of money. The merchants are
doing a big business and some of the lar
ger firms are having more custom than they
can attend to. 1 don't think the hotels are
making much, as yet. and there Is by no
means the extOrtion practiced that has been
charged. The proba bility is that September
and october will see bigger crowds than
ever, and the richer people will probably
come at that time. Now many of them are
at the sea shore, and We could see the fail
ing off of this class as soon as the hot
weather began. 1t Is this class that pat
money which comes into us largely through
the concessions"
The COncesslOns Pay the Expenses.
docs the fair management make much
from the concessions?" asked.
Yes" replied General Davis, "our re-
ceipts from the concessions we have granted
to the different shows in the Midway Plais-
ance and to others doing business I'm the
grounds now more than pay the running
expenses of the fair. We get q percen tage
a percentage Of the receipts from nearly
everything sold. These percentages range
all the way from 20 per cent to 20 per cent
and every girl who chews gum in the
grounds gives 10 per cent of ,he amount
she pays for the gum to the worlds fair
In other words the Tutti Fruit Chewing
Gum Company pays us 70 per cent of Its
receipts OF the shows In the Midway I
think the Cairo street pays best. though Ne
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II the Fair RUildInps,
How Hard Times Have Affected the
Fair.

Has tire panic hurt the FAIR asked.
YES" replied Gen. Davis, ut has re-
duced our attendance at least 5000 a day
and our receipts proportionally far more
The rich men Of the country are not COM
ing to the fair. Capitalists, bankers, mer-
chants and the men who usually spend a
great deal of money at such places IS this
are staying at home to watch their bust
ness. The financial condition is such that
they are afraid to go away.
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The Money I'm the Treasury.

When a prize has been sold the marshal
Of the court turns the proceeds into the
Treasury at Washington. At the same time
the commander Of every ship which is ad-
Judged to be entitled to a share furnishes to
the Navy Department list Of the officers
and crew on board of his craft at the time
of the capture. The Secretary Of the NAVY
hands a list over to the fourth auditor OF
the Treasury. II one-half Of the amount in
volved Is to go to the navy pension fund It
is transferred to that account. The other
half is distributed by the fourth auditor
among the officers and men named on the
list. There is a saying in the British navy
that prize money is poured down a ladder.
What drops through belongs to the officers
and what sticks on the rounds goes to the
sailors. There ia some truth in the remark
The commander Of a fleet or squadron
gets one-half Of everything taken by the
vessels under his control. He shares in all
captures whether he is present at the time
that they are made or not. because they
are presumed to be due to his oversight
The division commander. II there is one,
receives one-fftieth Of whatever is captured
by the ships Of his division. The feet cap
tain. who acts as a sort Of chief Of staff to
the fleet commander. Is entitled to one-hun-
dredth part. The captain Of a ship. II under
the command Of a nag offlcer. has q right
t. ons-tenth Of the sum awarded 70 his
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-27

ers on the financial policy of our gov
eminent.
Both parties in the past have nc
kno %leeed and condemned the crime
OF the ages, and both parties have
promised in their platforms, through
the press and by their candidates and
orators, to restore the peoples money;
but very recently they seem to have
discovered Il lion in the way and We
are now told by the elect few that it
must not be done. Did these self
constituted high priests of public op-
lnlon lie then or are they lying now?
The people will answer by and by.
INDEPENDENT.
Tuscarora, July Goth, 1893.
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Why Judas Hanged Himself.

"Children," said the good Sunday
school teacher, "let me tell you a
story"
"Nhen Judas, who had betrayed
our Savior, saw that he was con-
dsmned, he returned To the chief
priests and elders and brought TO
them the thirty pieces of silver for
which he betrayed Jesus. Judas
demonstrated with the priests, tut
they said, What is that to US? See
thou to that And Judas cast down
the piecee of silver In the temple and
departed, and went and hanged him
self.
"Now children, do you know why
Judas returned TO plead with the
chief priests and elders?"
Various replies were offered, but
still the teacher waited.
At length bright little fellow
who had heard his father discuss the
silver question at homo, spoke up.
II know" he chirped, "it was
because silver had been demone-
tized." --Coin.