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CARDS-PROFESSIONAL, Eta.
GEO. F. WEBB,
Attorney at Law,
Offlotla th Butle Balldlac, Usartji
iaiM Coiaty, Mia. U--M
D. C BR AM LETT,
lite:; nl il tar,
WOODVILLB, MIML
Will practio la all th Ooart at
Amite and adjoining countlsa, tad la Uu
fciprtm Court at J ackaoa. 1-L
theo. Mcknight,
Attorney at Law,
SUMMIT, KISS.
Will praotlc la all th Oonrta l
fii and adjoining count let, and li
th Suprem ud F.deral Court l
Iiokioa.
J. R. GALTNEY,
Attorney at Law,
LIBERTY, UIBS.
All builne confided to kU ra will
NmIt prompt nttobtioa.
E. H. RATCLIFF,
Attorney at Law,
0LOSTEB, was.
Will araatk In all th 0n f
It and djol....ig cUBtlea4 la Usf
sprsas Court a Jscisoa.
R n. Ratc-lipp, vy. n. yiLKii9o,
Glosler, Miss. Oloiter, Mini.
Attorneysat-Law
' LIBERTY. MISS.
WIU practice la all the courts o( Amlu
M4 adjotnlngr countii and in th 8a.
pfmt Conrt at Jackson.
WILL A. PARSONS,
Attorneyat'Law,
LOSTER, i : t i MISSISSIPPI.
Will practice la tho court of Adiitl
d adjoining eountlos, in loth criminal
Ud civil caaoi. and in tbo 8 u pre ml
Court
Office in the rear of Ratclifrdrugtora.
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And Livery Stable
LIBERTY, MISS.
Th undersigned bogs to announce
"t she is bow prepared to xecelte
arders and entertain the travclins
public. Faro the best the market a.'.
Ms. She 1 s'iso prepared to moot th
nts of thr, publiu in tho way of feed
stabllnif and grooming stock which
y be entrusted to her caro. Chains.
Ussonablo. Give tea a trial.
HRS. V. . WEBB.
THIS PAPER IS ON Flkfi
IN CHICAGO
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By G-jurks
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It happened in the palmy clays of the
bushrangers, when I went "up coun
try" in Australia to try sheep hording
for a change. The station to which I
waa attached had eiht herders out,
anu aner a couple ot weeks spent
the riuth. My hut was erected on t1
unnKs or a creek 20 miles frc
henjlillinWr iinil lpn hill., f rm n
other herder, and I had no dog to ns-
eisi nie. jiy uury was 10 guard n nerd
of l.too sheep as they fed on the plains
by day, nnd round them up near th hut
nt nitfht and turn out every hmirortwo
to sec that they were all right. The
solitary life, poor fare nnd hard work
were kid enough, but added to this was
the peril from the bushrangers. It had
come to be n custom thnt a bushrang
er should take what mutton lie wanted
without interference, nnd in return be
should not meddle with the herders. It
was also tacitly understood that thr;
herders should give the police no In
formation. There were herders on our
station who had given shelter to "!i!g
Oeorge," "Ulack Bill" mil the "Ited
Knight," and our orders from head
quarters were to niahe friends with
them end give the police no informa
tion. This was in one sense a selfish
policy, and was greatly complained of
by travelers, farmers and those whose
duty it was tu hunt down the outlaws,
but If it had not been practiced nn cheep
station could have put out herders.
They would have been killed and the
flocks scattered. I was warned that I
should probably receive a visit fivmi
"Uig George" w ithin a week, nnd 1 was
both curious nnd apprehensive. Xmv
nnd then his gang refused to take n
herder "on trust" nnd drove him nway,
or they played some rough game on him
to test his loyalty.
Just nt daylight on the fifth day of
my herding, us 1 was making my coffee
on a fire outside, n rider wearing the
uniform of n policeman came galloping
up and asked me if anyone had passed.
I replied in the negative, nnd he ex
plained that oil the night previous n
force of 21) ofiicers had surrounded a
camp of five bushrangers nt a spot
nlwut ten miles away, and iiad killed
four of them. The fifth had dashed
through their lines on horseback nnd
had come In my direction. The man
questioned me very sharply, and though
I answered truthfully he was not satis
fied, lie said it was my duty to stand
by the police, and that if it could be
ascertained that I gave aid or comfort
to the bushrangers I should be brought
to grief, lie continued to speak angri
ly nnd doubt my word, nnd I finally
lost my temper and gave him back ns
good as he sent. lie thereupon an
nounced that I was under arrest and
undertook to slip the irons on my
wrists. In the fight which ensued he
got the worst of it, and finally rode
away swearing vengeance. Half r.n
hour later a man in rough clothes rode
up nnd asked for a cup of co.Tee, nnd
ufter a bit I recognized him ns the
policeman. It was "Ilig Oeorge" him
self and that was the way he took to
test me. In the light he had given me
: bloody nose nnd I had given him n
black eye, but he bnre me no ill-will,
nnd I w'ns rather proud of having been
too much for him in a rough-and-tumble.
He was In a good-natured mood
and inclined to be talkative, and in
going away lie assured me that I
should eonie lo no harm as long ns I
stood neutml between the outlaws nnrl
fhe police. This band of five men had
their headquarters In the neighborhood
for three months, and I got to know
every man bv sight. They took n sheep
from my flock whenever they desired,
and sometimes cooked a meal nt my
fire, nnd in return they often left me
tea. coffee and canned provisions the
spoil of some teamster's hauling. After
awhile three of the gang were killed
while attacking a farmhouse 20 miles
away, two others were captured in
camp after being wounded, and one
ikt v;t n,r.tp" nroused me from
sleep to say thnt he was the last of the
band and had n bullet in nis biiuu.in.
nnd wanted my assistance.
To the west of my hut was a deep
ravine which I had explored to find n
Ktfe retreat in case I was ever run oil
by the natives. 1 descended into it
in company with the outlaw, fixed up
a shelter nnd made a bit of fire for him,
and then attended to his wound nnd
cooked him some food. He was in low
rpirits. All his men were dead or cap
tured, he had no horse, and he was in
no condition to travel and take care of
himself. There was a reward of
$2 COO on his head, but had it been ten
times as great I should have had no
thought of betraying liim. For three
days and three nights the outlaw was
my guest, and no one came near to dis
turb us. Sleep and rest were getting
him in shape to travel when, on the
afternoon of the fourth day, a body of
police arrived. They knew the man
vra wounded nnd on foot, and were
beating up the country for him. I was
questioned and threatened, but posi
tively denied nil knowledge, nnd had
"Big George" remained in his hiding
plMe he would have escaped. Finding
the police at hand, nnd probably be
lieving he had been tracked to the
ipot, he made off down the ravine to
escepe across the creek. Unfortunately
for him he was seen as h skulked
(long, and the alarm was raised and he
B. Ltv!?.
was pursued. lie led them a chase of
three miles, and wounded two men
when he was finally brought to bay,
but they laid hands on him and be
was sent down to the coast and eou
victed ami hung. He told me on the
night before the attack that he had
about $7,000 hidden away, nnd he in
tended to get it nud try to get out of
the country. The police made every
effort to get possession of this money,
but he died defying them. Fifteen years
later it was found by the wife of a
squatter in a hollow tree, and as it was
all in gold none of it had suffered from
exposure to the weather. The police
insisted that I had given the outlaw
aid, and they made me considerable
trouble over the affair.
This was of benefit to me In the end.
however. About the time I got back
to my flock, "lilack l'ill" nnd his gang
of seven men came into the neighbor
hood. All were escaped convicts, and
all men of the most desperate sort.
They came riding up to the hut soon
tftcr sunrise one morning and ordered
me to kill a sheep and prepnre break
fast. I was dressing the sheep,
w ith one of the men acting as sentinel
nnd the rest lying around and smoking
their pines. "Black Hill" said to
me:
"You have nothing to fear from us,
young man. You are the herder who
took care of 'l!ig Lleorge, and it was
not your fault that he was captured.
I'lay us ns fair us you did him, und
there will be no trouble between us."
I'.ach and every man had a good
word for me, but I was glad enough
when the gang departed. They were
continually cursing and quarreling,
ami the deeds they boasted of kept me
in a flutter of fear. Two days later
one of the men left me tobacco, bacon
and coffee as he rode past my hut, nnd
every day or two 1 caught sight of
some of them. Their headquarters were
in the hills, only nbout a mile away
und on two or three occasions, lute lit
night, I heard them singing and
shouting. In the ten weeks they were
in the neighborhood they robbed a
score of travelers on the road, held up
farm houses, nnd defeated the police
in two battles, nnd not one of them
was even wounded. Three different
times the ofiicers came to me for in
formation, being sure that I must know
something of the, gang. On the last
occasion, about four o'clock one nfter
noon, they provoked me to angry re
torts, and as they were an independent
nnd arbitrary force In those times,
dealing out law to suit themselves, they
threw a rope over my neck nnd pulled
ine up to a limb to teach me a lesson
in humility. When they rode away
they left me half dead and fierce for re.
venge, nnd from that hour all the
money in Australia could not have
tempted me to betray a bushranger.
Unknown to nny of us, an outlaw had
been concealed in the ravine during
1 he "performance," and when the police
disappeared he came out and had a
few kind words to say nnd assisted me
to round up my scattered Hock. Next
dav "Iilacl; Hill" appeared in person
and handed me a handsome gold watch
nnd M in gold. To have refused his
gifts would have been to insult him.
The money I retained and made use of,
but a year later I restored the watch
to a lawyer from whom it had been
taken. The end of the gang came about
through its betrayal by one of its
members. He led the police Into camp
at midnight, and the sounds of the bat
tle which followed awoke me from
sleep. Threepolicemen were killed
und two wounded, and two bush
iangers were killed and all the rest
captured and duly executed.
Tho "Red Knight" was the cavalier
of all bushrangers. His name was
George MeKniglit, and he was the son
of an Knglish gentleman and a gentle
man himself. He had been transported
for embezzlement and assault, but after
serving for three years had escaped
and taken to the bush. He bad with
him at that time five men, none of
whom were of the ruffianly type,
though full of courage and ready to
take desperate chances. The locality
hail been clear of outlaws for weeks
when this gang arrived, and they not
only made headquarters in the ravine
spoken of, but hud been there two da ys
before I got on to the fact, line morn
ing the neigh of a horse and the sight
ol smoke aroused my suspicions, but
I made no investigation. At about
noonday the "Red Knight came walk
inrr no to me ns I sat in the shade of a
tree. He was a dapper little fellow.
dressed in clothes which might almost
be called fashionable, and on his curly
head was a j aunty hat with a drooping
red plume. He had a frank, open face,
n merrv blue eye, and was ine insi, man
vou would have suspected of beiog a
robber and worse.
"Well, old man, what' the price of
wool to-day?" he laugblngly queried,
ns he came up and offered me a cigar
and sat down beside me.
"";th that we began a conversation
which lasted for an hout. He did not
ask for information concerning the
police, knowing that I was bound to
one side ns much ns the other. We
talked of the other bands and the fate
which had overtaken them of a score
other things, nnd I prepared a noon
day meal and be shared It with me.
After that was finished he looked at
then said:
I am sure I can trust you. To-night
I shall bring you the plunder I bare
been saving for months, and yon will
bury it in your hut. If I call for it you
will give it up; if 1 am killed or cap
tured it will be vours."
I made a igorou protes. feeling
that I would be pSviug "aid and as
sistance," but in the end agreed to do
as he wished. That night he brought
me gold and notes to the amount of
4,000 and I dug a hole in the center
of the earthen floor and carefully coh
ered in the treasure. From the ravine
the band made forays in every direc
tion, sometimes striking a point 100
miles away and being absent for
three or four day. After awhile the
police set a trap for them and two were
killed. Later on third receied a
bullet in the head while making a raid
on the highway, and after that
the hunt becam so hot that the rest of
the band were somewhat intimidated.
On two occasions I was visited by the
police as they were out In pursuit, and
on both of those occasions the out
law were "at home" and a wink from
me would have resulted In their cap
ture. The end came one night when
they stopped a stage coach. It was
full of police, with others on horse
back behind, and the "Red Knight"
had scarcely cried halt when a volley
wiped the gang off the face of the
earth. He had never called, for his
money, and it was mine. Perhaps the
honest way was to turn it over to the
government, but I did not do It. I
timply used it to buy sheep nnd set
up a station of my own, and I can't
say that my conscience has ever
pricked me enough to keep me awake
o' nights.
.COLONEL WITHDRAWS.
He Declines to Smirch His Rep
utation by Running in 1
a Campaign. f
When Col. Hen field went over to
stump Taylor county in his own behalf
as candidate for the state senate he
had reimou to believe that the majority
of the cletors would be with him. lie
was therefore considerably surprised
when hid first und second meetings
were almost dead failures in point of
numbers und enthusiasm, lie begun
looking around for the cause, and,
meeting an old acquaintance, he began:
"See here, Jim, what's the mutter
with the boys? I was widely adver
tised to speak, but they didn't rally.
Have I said or done anything to get
them down on meV"
"Wall, I- hear some little tulk," cau
tiously replied Jim.
"And what do they talk about what
are they saying?"
"I don t wuut to hurt yer feclin s,
colonel, but they say you don't puy yer
debts."
"Oh, they do? Well, that's pretty
near 'straight. I never could see w here
anybody made any money puy ing debs.
What else?"
"They 3ny ye git drunk purty often."
"Got onto that,' have they? 1 know
I don't average over three times u
week, but If they call that often I'm
not going to eplit hairs. Go on, Jim." -
"We've heard that yoil hcv changed
yer polities und rclignn three times in
live years."
"And that new has got down Into
Taylor county, has it? Well, Jim, I've
been trying three or four kinds of re
ligion, nnd have finally found the best
rnd boiled myself to it. Snme with
politic. I wanted the best brand go
ing, and I kept changing 'till I got it.
The boys shouldn't lay that up agin
me. Anything else?"
"Yer wife hud to git a divorce."
"Yes goon."
"Ye let Maj. Clymcr hosswhip ye on
the publio srtreet."
"1 didn't let him, but he did it, just
the same, is that ull, Jim?"
"Wasn't you in jail once In Illinoy?"
"I might have been, but it's mean to
call it up now. Got through with the
list?"
"One thing more, colonel. Wasn't you
a lawyer In Kansas, and didn't they
throw you over the bar fur cheatio' yer
clients?"
"Jim Hobson!" said the colonel, ns he
drew himself tip ns still ns n crowbar,
"answer me one question: Do the peo
ple of Taylor county want to be repre
sented in the legislature by an angel or
a human being?"
"By a human bein', 1 guess," replied
Jim.
"Then I cancel my dates throw up
the snonire retire from the campaign
for I'm an angel nnd don't propose to
am rch mv reputation by having any
more to do with such a crowd of bigots
and fanatics:
The RUIna of the Water,
"The water is rising fast," said the
woman; "it is rising steadily." She
was looking out of the window, against
which the rain was beating, and spoke
w ith the calmness of despair.
. "How much longer do you think we
have?" asked the man. Iler was the
stronger character, evidently. In face
and costume he seemed unfitted for th
fray, whose very Imminence seemed to
excite her, though she knew in vain;
he leaned on the stronger nnttire. So
again he asked: "How much longer
do von think we have?"
'Terhaps ten minutes, perhaps fif
teen." she said, with a sigh. Even the
strongest character may feel terror nt
the approach of danger; to feel it is no
disgrace.
"You thinkflfteenminutes?"cricd the
man, in the tone of on reprieved on f he
very scaffold. -1 ,
"Yes," she answered, simply.
"Well, then," he cried, "you get tie
something to eat; while I change my
clothes; and after I've had a bite I'll
pump that cellar dry or bust!" X. Y.
Bun.
THREE DAILY MEALS.
H rs. Hirer Prearrlbra Food. That Art
Eair Ul(nt.
l"he average persou may take for
breakfast a sub-ucid fruit, such as raw,
baked, steamed or stewed apple, a ripe
peach, a bunch of grapes or a very
soft pear," writes Mrs. B. T. Rorer, on
"What Indigestion Really lleaiis," in
the Ladies' Home Journul. This may
be followed by a bowl of well-cooked
cereal with a little milk, a slice of
w hole wheat bread, and, if be has been
accustomed to it, a eup of clear cof
fee, one-half heated milk. So other
food is aetuully uecessary in fact, one
might be better off with even a lighter
meal. The heavy breakfast, quickly
and carelessly eaten by the average
family, brings about such disease as
come to the over-eatem rheumatism,
gout, uric acid conditions and Bright'
disease.
"The noonday meal should be light,
tin less two hours' rest can be taken.
It may consist of a cream soup, two or
three slices of whole wheat bread and
butter, any little light minced meat,
nnd again fruit. This meal may be
closed with a rice pudding, a cup cus
tard or some simple djssert made
principally from eggs and milk, rice
und milk, or whipped cream. The
tiight meul, after the day' work is
over, should for its first course have
a perfectly clear soup, either pluin
consomme or a bouillon made entirely
from vegetable matter, or a clear, light
tomato soup; the idea is to warm and
stimulate the stomach without giving
liourishment. Follow thi with a red
meat, either beef or mutton, broiled,
roasted or boiled; one sturchy veg
etable, as rice, macaroni, potato, or in
the winter, boiled chestnuts; one green
vegetable, as carefully cooked cabbago,
cauliflower, spinach, asparagus, green
peas or beans, stewed cucumbers or
fqunsh, according to the season of the
SERVING A SALADE FORANGE.
Just tho Thingr for aa Up-to-D tte Lunoheoa or a Somewhat Elab
orate Child's Party,
For a lunrheon, or for a child's party, orange basket! are exceedingly pretty And
decorative. They can lie served on "cake plates" with a small doily underneath.
To make an orange basket, select an orange with exceedingly tough skin. Scoop
out tho inside, after cutting the skin low in basket shape, with a strip across th
top for a handle, l'lace them in s shallow pan with enough cold water to cover.
This will keep them from drying out until you want to use them.
From the jaiee of the inside make an orange jelly by adding sugar, gelatine snd
a few drops of coloring substance. Tour into the orange baskets, and just before th
jelly "sets" add a few candied cherries. Heap whipped cream on top.
Or the baskets cmi he filled with sulade d'orunge.
This ia niuda by slicing the pulp of the orange with candied cherries, bananas
and powdered cocoanut. Fill the baskets with the mixture and eat with ice cream
forks.
year; then a light dinner salad com
posed of either celery, lettuce, cress,
endive or chicory, or even shredded
raw cabbage dressed with a little oil
npd a Tew drops of lemon juice, with a
bit of cheese and a bread stick, or a
wafer or a piece of brow bread, fol
lowed by some very light dessert sim
ilar to those mentioned for the noon
day meal."
. AN ECONOMICAL VEST.
How to Make a Lovelr "Front" to
Wear Over Old Waists.
Plain prosaic crinoline is the founda
tion for many a handsome vest. The
crinoline holds the vest in shape and
allows the lighter materials to be
draped over it.
Over a pointed piece of crinoline
gather a strip of white silk embroidery
r. c-v-r.
VEST FOR OLD WAISTS.
o that the cjnbroidcpy lies on each
side of the front seam of the waist.
Tack the embroidery securely and un
der the edge set a plaiting of chiffon.
White and pink make a very pretty
vest.
For the neck take a band of black
velvet and use u bow of the same ma
terial for the belt.
be Told the Trnth.
' She She said she conldn't sing the
other night because she had a frog in
her throat.
Ho Weil, 1 heard her sing 6ne even
ing and it sounded then us if she had
one in her throat, all right. jYonkers
elatenman.
Ban I Msk aa ArtUitc Article !
Persoaal lil.r.air.t.
The sketch suggests a jeweled belt
made in the form of Ivy leaves. Excel
lent colors In which to reproduce thi
belt would be rich green satin of th
best quality, with jeweling of emerald
and outliuings of gold cord. The leave
should be finally mounted upon a nar
row band of black satin or velvet. Alter
native colorings would be light steel
moire velour leave, with silver thread
and crystal gems upon black rclvtt.
Or, again, pale leaf-green satiu upon a
turquoise-blue velvet band; the trim
mings to consist of seed pearls, tur
quoises, and silver thread. The whole
depth of the belt should be no more
than one and three-quarter inches, w Ith
a centerpiece of two and a half inches
deep; the aize ot each Individual leaf
JEWELED BELT.
should be about one and three-quarter
inches deep and one nnd one-quarter
inches wide, not including the amuil
piece of stalk of gold thread.
The first thing to do in making the
b;lt is to cut out the required number o!
leaves in rough tailor's linen, then paint
one aid of each leaf over with strong,
clear gum, which will stiffen the linen
and prevent it fraying untidily at the
edges. When the gum has quite dried
gum the other side also; and while it I
still wet press each leaf down upon the
wrong side of the piece of satin bought
to cover the leaves. As the linen and
satin dry together cut out the satin to
the shape of the leuf, which should
present a very neat appearance If too
much gum bus not been used, and if the
satin is cut out with a sharp pair of
scissors.
Kucb leaf being thus covered with
satin, the needle-worker would proceed
to the decoration. A rather thick gold
cord, perhaps three times the thickness
of No. H sewing cotton, is required to
outline the shape of the leaf, and this
bound over and over to secure it to the
leaf by means of stitches of silk; this
silk may either be gold-colored to
match the cord or emerald green to
match the gems. The gems selected
must not be too large or clumsy, for the
larger these mock stones are the less
effective are they.
Having studded the emeralds round
the edge nnd down the center vein of
the leaf, nothing more will be required
to finish it beyond a veiningof gold bul
lion, which, as most fancy workers
know, is sewn down in pieces threaded
upon silk.
When the due number of leaves have
been made to fit the waist of the person
intending to wear the belt, they should
be attached to the velvet band by menns
of long stitches concealed under the
veining und jeweling; at the center of
the back two leaves are placed oint to
point to allow ot them upiearing In
front, ns the sketch illustrates. Phila
delphia Record.
Peaont Molasses Caadp.
Dace in a good-sized kettle one quart
of good molasses, one cup of sugar and
one-fourth of cup of butter, according
to a writer in What to hat. Boil rap
idly, stirring constantly until it snaps
sharply in lee water, then add a level
teaspoon of buking soda, and stir
moment. Have ready one quart of
shelled peanuts, i. e., have them shelled,
skinned and broken apart into halves.
Add them to the candy, and stir rapidly
and just enough to mix well, and pour
nt once into flat, square, greased pans
When partly cold mark into blocks ai.d
cut through. If wrapped neatly in
waxed paper and kept in a dry place,
this will keep nicely for weeks.
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Lrt Their llassrs KrraKla -!
ttklle Urmaadlna Ulza Reatal.
A newcomer who has beta lock
lug for a home nest large t u. '
to accommodate out-of-tjwn fur
citure remarked recently: "What's
the matter with rents in this
towu, anyway? I ee thousands
of rials aud office tenantless, but a
tiost cf them are beyond uiy means.
I'm curious to kuow why the lundlords
don't come down a peg or two and give
a poor fellow a rhar.cj to locate within
reasonable reach ot Ins Business.
And so ure others. A friend of
u:k;e up in Harlem is one of three oe-
tr.paats of a fiat house built for ten.
The seven apart menu have teen cmpiy
a year, but the agent refuses to lower
the rent when any one of the three
threatens to change bis address, nor
will he scale down the monthly figure
in order to fill the vacant and profitless
rooms. And this isn't a solitary case of
this sort, by any means. Another real
estate agent has been holding a row of
fine flats for nearly three years becnuse
nobody feels like squandering $1,000 on
any one of them. If he had knocked off
$11 0 he would have rented every on
of them. Just why the metropolitan
landlord prefers loss to gain is one of
the secrets of the real estate business
that outsiders ran only juggle with
mentally.
' Another peculiar feature of the busi
ness is the way in which the tenants
who can put up a good bluff manage to
enjoy nil the comforts of an up-to-date
home without Having scarcely any-
j thing for the privilege. 1 know one man
here who doesn't pay over $200 a year
I fr. n flnf IT,, ont liphmri In his
rent, and then he jollied the jnuitor,
who did the collecting. The janitor, in
turn, smoothed down the landlord, nnd,
as a result, the tenant got in deeper
and deeper. Xow he pays a month's
rent once in awhile, and puts up such a
bold front that he gets a receipt on hi
promises. In the same house la an
other tenant who pays $f5 a month;
but he shut up his opart mcnts for twe
months every summer and goes sea
ward. He flatly refuse to pay rent
w hile doing the grand, and the Inndlord
hasn't as yet done a thing to him. Still
another highflyer 'puts up $73 n month
for the jHek of the premises. He's In
nbout four months now, but, ns yet,
care hasn't carved nny wrinkles on his
broad brow. All of which leads to the
conclusion that rents are high In order
to cover losses of the sort cited. X. Y.
for. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
MOST CURIOUS OF ORGANS. '
Pertect In Toae, tint No Ordinary Ma.
Irian Can Vse It.
An organ which the leading organist
of -New York could not play is now be
ing used by professors of Cornell col
lege. This orgun is not, as might be
supposed, out of tune. It is betuuseit
s iu perfect tune that it diffcra ao rad
ically from an ordinary orgau. The
ordinary orpin, such ns is used iu
hurchis und drawing-rooms, is not In
tunc, even after the maker has just de
clared it to be In perfect order.
The Cornell organ was Invented by
Von IJrlmhoitz, and it contains a pure
ly mathematical scale. It is made for
the composition of chords such as are
not to be obtained on an ordinary in
strument, and is used to study the vi
bration of notes, and of what tones an
organ note is made. Every tone in
musio is to be found on this organ.
For instance, w hut arc known as sharp
and flat.! on a piano are not really
shurps and flats. C sharp nnd 1) Cut
are struck on the same black key, but,
strictly speaking, that black key is
neither; it is n note or tone situated
midway bttween C sharp nnd D flat.
If both of the latter were on the pinr.o,
however, the difference between them
so slight that If would confuse the
)lav? r. So a compromise is made, and
the tv.o are blended, or, rather, the tone
midway between them is used.
Hut in Cornell the organ contains
keys for every note in the scale, no mat
ter how fine the grndution. t ith it stu
dents can see just how a note on the
orgnn is built up. Certain notes on the
orirnrt are made up of certain other
notes. On t lie ordinary piano you womd
not be able to Illustrate what these
notes are. You would need the true
sharps nnd fintsinordertocomposethe
notes. The overtones on the domestic
instrument would be different. The
pure fifth, which can here be accurate
ly denoted, is very much curtailed on
the piano. Csed In connection with
this organ ore a complete set ot resona
tors, or tuning forks. In order to find
out how many resonations arc con
tained in a given tone It is only neces
sary to strike thnt note. Those forks
which pesound In sympathy with it are
sure to be Included in the mnkc-upof
the note. The silent ones arc not In
cluded in ft. Chicngo Inter Ocean.
Carlp II.IIefH About the Ureal Lakes.
All thnt region to the north of the
lakes and immediately skirting them
from Quebec to Lake Nipigcu, aud
arotind to and beyond old Fort William.
was the exploring ground of the
French. It was their new country the
place where they were to found n
nighty empire, their "Nova Franeia,"
or New France. The French explorers
and the French priests believed, and
their belief was strengthened and sup
ported by the tnles of the Indians, that
awry beyond the Kitiehi Gummi, or
Big lake our present Superior there
was a vast salt sea. It is hardly pos
sible in these days to understand how
little they knew of that region. They
talked about n northwest passage to
Cathay; ni-.d they not only talked about
It, but they w rote learned and laborious
treatises, and spoiled many valuable
reams of paper, and made very many
nmuidng volumes. In their efforls to
prove that just beyond the head of
Lake Superior there was a great nnd
short rivpT, whose mighty course led tn
a mighty sea. which wat certnin.'y not
moj? thaa 1,300 mil-; from Japan!
W. S. Fanvood, in St. Nicholas.