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Uses of Pulp.
It almost as if the oid saying, “cot¬ |
ton is king,” might be revised to apply
to woodpulp. Woodpulp has been used
as a substitute for iron, ivory and In¬
numerable kinds of animal and vege¬ I
table fibre. As a material for car- !
wheels the manufacturers have found !
it superior to any kind of metal, being
about three times as durable as steel
and much more elastic. It has been
found available as a material for pav¬
ing bricks, drain tiling and conduits
for lecetric cables. For ivory, which
Is becoming scarcer every day, cel
lulose is the best substitute that has
yet been found. When properly treat¬
ed it is practlvally proof against heat
and moisture, hence it has been found
superior to timber as a material for
telegraph poles and screws. Cannon,
too, and bicycles are made out of
woodpulp in Germany and Chicago re¬
spectively; while a Frenchman has
Succeeded in producing a thread
from the substance, which he declares
can be worked into all sorts of fabrics.
A Vienna inventor declares that his
woodpulp leather is superior to ani¬
mal leather in fineness and durability.
Among other articles made of wood
pulp are boats, canoes, cuspidors,
palls, fiower-pots, tables, chairs, bu¬
reaus, barrels, wagons, horseshoes,
and imitation porcelain ware, The
manufacture of silk irbm woodpulp is
now an important industry in England
and France.—Inventive Age.
Wild* Rush of Diamond Miners.
A wild rush of excited miners is reported at
Nullagine. Western Australia, where dia¬
monds have been discovered in large quan¬
tities, and it is feared that many will lose
their lives in the mad struggle for riches. In
this country the rush for gain Is causing
many other men to break down in health
and strength. Nervousness, sleeplessness,
loss of flesh and appetite and general debility
are the common symptoms. Hostetter’s Stom¬
ach Bitters will cure them all.
A coal mine which caught fire at Daily,
Scotland, 50 years ago, has at last gone out.
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Better Than Show.”
The <lvealth of the multi
millionsdres is not equal to
good health. Riches without
health are a curse f and yet the
rich, the middle classes and
the poor alike have, in Hood's
Sarsaparilla, a valuable as¬
sistant in getting and main¬
taining perfect health. It
never disappoints.
Scrofula-” Three years ago our son,
now eleven, had a serious case of scrofula
and’erysipelas with dreadful sores, discharg¬
ing and itching constantly. He could not
walk. Several physicians did not help for
sixteen months. Three months’ treatment
with Hood’s Sarsaparilla made him per¬ it.”
fectly well. We are glad to tell others of
Mrs. David Laird, Ottawa, Kansas.
NauseaVomiting troubled spells, dizziness
and prostration me for years.
Had neuralgia, grew weak and could not
sleep. My age was against me, but Hood’s
Sarsaparilla cured me thoroughly. My
weight increased from 125 to 143 pounds. I
am the mother of nine children. Never felt
so well and strong since I was married as I
do now.” Mrs. M. A. Waters, 1529 33d St.,
Washington, D. C.
Eczema-” We had to tie the hands of
our two year old son on account of eczema
on face and limbs. No medicine even
helped until we used Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
which soon cured.” Mrs. A. Van Wyck, 123
Montgomery Street, Paterson, N. J.
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Never Disappoint
^Hood’s Pllla cure liver ills; non-irritating and
only cathardc to take with Hood’s Sarsaparilla^
Society
Women
and, fact.nearly all <
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women who undergo
a neTvous strain, are
fully compelled to the regret¬ /
watch grow¬
ing palloT of their ss
cheeks, the coming 23r
wrinkles and thinness *
that become more u&ML
'‘distressing tvery eveTy day. Vi
woman
iknows that ill-health /i
is a fatal enemy to
beauty and that good V /
health gives to the
plainest face an en¬
during PuTe blood attractiveness. and strong ?! V:
neTves —these &Te the s\
secret of health and
beauty. Dr.Williams’ Pink
Pills for Pale People build up and purify the blooet and. *
strengthen the neTves. To the young girl they are invalu¬
able. to the mother they aTt a necessity, to the woman
approaching fifty they aTe the best remedy that science
has devised for this crisis of her life.
Mrs. Jacob Weaver, of Buahnell, Ill., is fifty-six years old. She say9 .
“I suffered for five or six years with the trouble that comes to women at
this time of life, I was much weak-ened, was unable, much of the time, to
do my own work, and suffered beyond my power to describe. I was down¬
hearted and melancholy. Nothing seemed to do me any good. Then I
made up my mind to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People.
I bought the first box in March, 1897, and was benefited from the start.
A box and a half cured me completely, and I am now rugged and strong."
— Bus/me 11 {III.) Record.
The genuine package always bears the full name
all druggists or sent postpaid on receipt of price 50*
per bo*b_ the 0t. Williams Hedging Co,'bcheneuady.N.V-
s ITUATI0NS SECURED
bv THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT
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Decatur street, Atlanta. Ga. Write at once
stating kind of employment desired.
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every corner of the globe. All our
Catalogues prove t he truth of our
assertion —toe can save you
money, no matter where you
live. Ciothing Catalogue :
Our samples Spring of doth attached
with immensevarietyof made
shows an all of which
ill to-your-measurc suits, Suitsaslow
are guaranteed and to high lit. $15. We
as $5.75 as as station.
pay expressage to your
We issuca 16 color Lithograph¬
ed book showing Carpets, Rugs,
Art Squares, Lace Curtains and
Portieres in their natural colors.
We pay freight, sew carpets free,
♦ and furnish wadded lining free.
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^ A good Solid Oak
Buffet with beveled ■ *;•
plate glass for $7.85 is
but one of thousands of
bargains contained in 'M
on r Big General Cata
logue of Furniture, Bedding, pr:
Mattings, Silverware,
Crockery, Machine, ns
Sewing Clocks, Upholstery
Goods, Baby Carriages, Pic¬
Refrigerators, Mirrors, Tin
tures,
Ware, Stoves, etc., all SI
at 40 to 60 per cent,
lower than retail stores.
'“‘Today weare saving
moneyfor pleased over 1,500,000 Why for ? All
customers. not you
catalogues are mailed free. Whicn do you
want ? Address this way,
JULIUS NINES & SON, Baltimore, Md. Dept.301
Teaching the Landsman.
Breaking the landsman in to sea
duty on a receiving ship of the navy
is not a disagreeable business on
either side. The men as a rule, are
enthusiastic about the service, and
though the old timers may guy them
a little, no hazing is permitted. The
fare they got is quite good—better, in
fact, than they can expect to get when
they are away from land. The raw re¬
cruit has to earn this food and his
$16 a month pay by cleaning the
decks, polishing the brasses and doing
other plain work about the ship, and
by practicing the infantry drill and
the setting-up drill every day. But for
the most part, >tihe period just after
enlistment is a period of idleness. The
landsman learns to sling his hammock
and is educated in the language of
the bells, the boatswain’s whistle and
the bugle; but beyond that, be is not
kept very busy. If he is an enthusi¬
ast, though, ns most raw recruits are,
he welcomes the day when he is as
signed to duty, and, slinging toi3 “dit¬
ty” bag over bis shoulder, he starts
away, with a squad of bluejackets, to
take the train for Norfolk or wherever
the point may be at which bis ship Is
waiting. There lie goes aboard, re¬
ports and is entered on the list of the
ship's crew.—New York News.
Begjinj in Various Countries.
In Loudon begging is a pastime, in
Fiji it is a necessity, in Genoa it is a
pleasure, and in Shanghai it is a crime
but in Ceylon it has achieved the most
glorious acme that the combined
forces of science and art can possibly
reach. Begging is not practiced in
Ceylon, it lias reached the great stage
of perfection. Rich and poor alike beg
with equal facility. The first thina
that the wee, bronze babies are taught
is to hold out their hands for the cop¬
pers of the kind-hearted traveler, and
even the gray-haired, yellow-gowned
priests of Buddah will appeal for a
pittance with a look of remorse that
would stagger the starved denizens ol
the Bowery. The Ceylonese will beg
for anything from a rupee to a red-hot
stove. He will leave a square meal tc
beg for an old coat, and the more one
refuses him the more; persistent be
coine bis efforts.
Nearly a quarter of all cases of In¬
sanity are hereditary.
Ho-To-Bao for Fifty Cent8#
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 60 c. 91 . All druggists.
Don’t build the ginger-bread house on the
ten-cent foundation of experience.
Commerce and Immigration.
Commercially the United States has
from earliest colonial times showed its
importance to the world, and at pres¬
ent our combined imports and exports
count up to 1800 millions a year. Out
productions have always -been sought
by other countries, and the United
States lies on a new world-highway
SEEKING THE TRUTH.
METHODS APPLIED BY A GER¬
MAN THINKER.
Maeterlinck's l'li ilosopliy—A Selection
of Aphorisms from the Symbolic
Poet's Essay Upon Wisdom anti
Destiny.
Maeterlinck, giving his attention to
didactic literature, has chosen the
method of “quickest approach” and 'we
have in it the earnest endeavor of a
thinker to discover the abode of truth.
He himself describes the hook as a
few interrupted thoughts that entwine
themselves with more or less system
around two or three subjects. He de¬
clares that there is nothing it under¬
takes to prove; that there are none
whose mission it is to convince. It is,
in short, a naive, outspoken descrip¬
tion of all that passes In his mind,
and those who do not accept his the¬
ories will still admit that this mind is
very beautiful. He says in his new
book:
We should live as though we were
always on the eve of the great revela¬
tion; and we should be ready with
welcome, with warmest, and keenest,
and fullest, most-heartfelt and inti
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mate welcome. Let us always remem¬
ber that nothing befalls us that is not
of the nature of ourselves. As we be¬
come wiser we escape some of our
instinctive destinies. Instinct and
destiny are forever conferring to¬
gether; they support one another, and
rove, hand in hand, round the man
who is not on his guard. We are told
that the famous tragedies show us
the struggle of man against fate. I
believe, on the contrary, that scarcely
a drama exists wherein fatality truly
does reign. Search as I may, I can¬
not find one which exhibits the hero in
conflict with destiny pure and simple.
For, indeed, it is never destiny that
he attacks; it is with wisdom he is
always at war. Fate exerts a more
tyrannous power, by virtue of instinct,
heredity and other laws more relent
less still, mere profound and obscure;
but even when we writhe beneath un¬
merited, crushing misfortune; even
when fortune compels us to do the
thing we should never have done, had
our hands been free; even then, when
the deed has been done, the misfor¬
tune has happened, it still rests with
ourselves to deny her the least in¬
fluence on that which shall come to
pass in our soul. Reason produces
not wisdom, which is rather a craving
of soul. It dwells up above, far high¬
er than reason; and thus is it of the
nature of* veritable wisdom to do
countless things whereof reason dis¬
approves, or shall but approve here¬
after. So was it that wisdom one day
said to reason, “It were well to love
one’s enemies and return good for
evil.” Reason, that day, tiptoe on
the loftiest peak in its kingdom, at
last was fain to agree. The vase
wherein we should tend the true wis¬
dom is love, and not reason. The in¬
ner life that is surest, most lasting,
possessed of the uttermost beauty,
must needs be the one that conscious¬
ness slowly erects in itself, with the
aid of all that is purest in the soul.
The inner life begins when the soul
becomes good, and not when the in¬
tellect ripens. The striving intellect
maj; well know happiness beyond the
reach of the satisfied body; but the
soul that grow# nobler has joys that
are often denied to the striving intel¬
lect. Physical suffering apart, not a
single sorrow exists that can touch
us except through our thoughts; and
whence do our thoughts derive the
weapons wherewith they attack or de¬
fend us? We suffer but little from
suffering itself; but from the, manner
wherein we accept it overwhelming
sorrow may spring. It is wrong to
think of destiny only in connection
with death and disaster. When shall
we cease to believe that death, and
not life, is important; that misfortune
is greater than happiness? Why,
when we try to sum up a man’s
destiny, keep our eyes fixed only on
the tears that he shed, and never on
the smiles of his joy? Where have we
learned that death fixes the value of
life, and not life that of death? For
intellect may be of the loftiest, might¬
iest and yei perhaps never draw near
unto joy; hut in the soul that is
gentle, and pure, and good, sorrow
cannot forever abide. We have only
the right to scorn a joy when such
scorn is wholly unconscious. Let us
not look to renouncement of happi¬
ness till we have sought It elsewhere
in vain. It is only one side of moral¬
ity that unhappiness throws into
light; and the man whom sorrow has
taught to be wise, is like one who has
loved and never been loved in re¬
turn. It is only the little ephemeral
pleasures that forever are smiling;
and they die away as they smile.
Those thinkers have learned to love
wisdom with a far more intimate love
whose lives have been happy, than
those whose lives have been sad.
There are some who are wholly un¬
able to support the burden of joy.
There is a courage of happiness as
well as a courage of sorrow. It may
even be true that permanent happi¬
ness calls for more strength in man
than permanent sorrow; for the heart
wherein wisdom is not delights more
in the expectation of that which it has
not yet than in the full possession of
all it has ever desired. To know what
happiness means is of far more im¬
portance to the soul of man than to
enjoy it. Blit are we not saddening
ourselves, and learning to sadden
others, if we refuse to accept all the
happiness offered to man? Thought
is a solitary, wandering, fugitive
force, which advances towards us to¬
day and, perhaps on the morrow will
vanish; whereas every deed presup¬
poses a permanent army of ideas and
desires which have, after lengthy ef¬
fort, secured foothold in reality. The
truest morality tells us to cling, above
all, to the duties that return every
day, to acts of inexhaustible brotherly
kindness. It is not by self-sacrifice
that loftiness comes to the soul, but
as the soul becomes loftier sacrifice
fades out of sight, as the flowers in
the valley disappear from the vision
of him who toils up the mountain.
Justice is the very last thing of all
wherewith the universe concerns it¬
self. It is equilibrium that absorbs its
attention, and what we term justice is
truly nothing but this equilibrium
transformed, as honey is nothing but
a transformation of the sweetness
found in the flower. There is a cer¬
tain humility that ranks with par¬
asitic virtues, such as sterile self-sacri¬
fice, arbitrary chastity, blind submis¬
sion. fanatic renouncement, penitence,
false shame and many others, which
have from time immemorial turned
aside from their course the waters of
human morality and forced them into
a- stagnant pool, around which our
memory still lingers. For our conduct
only to be honest we must have
thoughts within us ten times loftier
than our conduct. Even to keep some¬
what clear of evil bespeaks enormous
craving for ^ood. Of all the forces
in the world there is none melts so
quickly away as the thought that has
to descend Into every-day life.
WOMAN IN MAN’S POSITION
The first woman to hold the mascu¬
line position of circuit clerk of Ver¬
non county, Missouri, was recently ap¬
pointed by Governor Stephens. She is
Mrs. Glessner Moore Brady, the only
child of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Moore,
and the niece of Thomas D. McKay,
who was for severg.1 years general
passenger agent of the Burlington
road at San Francisco, and is now rep¬
resenting American railroads and
steamship lines at Yokohama, Japan.
Mrs. Brady was born in Nevada, Mo.,
about twenty-five years ago. She was
educated in the school of her native
city and at Mary institute, St. Louis.
In 1895 she married Henry C. Brady,
who was then circuit clerk of Vernon
county, and entered his office as
deputy clerk. The husband and wife
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were popular in their office, and last
summer, after Mr. Brady’s health had
failed, he was again nominated for the
position and elected. Dec. 2 he died.
The following day the local bar of
Nevada adopted resolutions urging the
appointment of Mrs. Brady to the of¬
fice just made vacant by the death of
her husband. Governor Stephens,
familiar with the facts in the case,
issued a commission to Mrs. Brady
Dec. 5, and she was sword-in by Judge
D. P. Stratton of the Vernon circuit
court as circuit clerk of Vernon
county. ’
Brought Down by Hail.
The St. Petersburg Academy of Sci¬
ence was interested recently by a note
from Prof. Karpinsky, describing some
peculiar hail which fell in Russian
Poland. The grains were pear shap¬
ed and contained black granules.
Chemical analysis showed that they
consisted of iron, nickel and cobalt,
and this satisfied Prof. Karpinsky that
they were of cosmic origin, The iron
was magnetic, The grains, probably
the debris of meteors that had been
burned in the upper air, would have
escaped detection had they not been
inclosed in the transparent hail pel¬
lets, where the contrast of color quick¬
ly called attention to them.
Heaviest Metal.
The heaviest metal i s osmium,
which has, bulk for bulk, very nearly
tv/ice the weight of lead. The speci¬
fic gravity of gold is about 19%, while
that of osmium is almost 22%. Os¬
mium is also the most infusible of
metals, remaining unaffected by a de¬
gree of heat capable of causing plati¬
num to run like water. It even re¬
sists the inconceivable temperature
the electric arc.
IS A LIBERAL
IMMENSE GIFTS OF CANADIAN
MILLIONAIRE.
W. C. McDonald Who Has Given More
Than Two Million 3 >ollars to an
Eklucatioijial Institution, About to Be
Knighted by the British Queen.
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Rumor has it that Mr. William C.
McDonald, the rilillionaire tobacco
manufacturer, of Montreal, and the
giver of Huge sums to McGill Uni¬
versity, is to be Knighted in recogni¬
tion of bis munificent contributions to
the cause of education. Mr. McDonald
Is the youngest son of the late Hon.
Donald McDonald, sometime president
of the Legislative Council of Prince
Edward Island, and grandson of Cap¬
tain John McDonald, eighth chief of
the Clan Macdonald of Glenaladale,
who founded the Sottish settlements at
Tracadie, Scotchfort, Glenfmnan and
Fort Augustus in PriDce Edward Isl¬
and, and served during the American
revolutionary war as a captain in the
Eighty-fourth, or Royal Highland,
Emigrant regiment. Mr. McDonald
was born at Glenaladale, Tracadie P.
E. I., and was educated at the Central
Academy, Charlottetown. In 1854 he
went to Montreal and became an im¬
porter and general commission mer¬
chant. Subsequently he embarked in
business as a tobacco merchant and
manufacturer, and now owns exten¬
sive works in Montreal. He is a vice-’
president of the Montreal branch of
the St. John Ambulance Association,
and honorary member of the Archi¬
tects’ Association, Quebec. Mr. Mc¬
Donald is widely known for his gifts
to McGill. These consist of $20,000 to
the Thomas Workman endowment for
mechanical engineering; the erection
of the W. C. McDonald engineering
building, valued, with its equipment,
at $350,000; the endowment of the
chair of Metrical engineering with
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the sum of $40,000; the erection and
equipment of the physics building,
valued at $300,000, and two chairs of
physics, with endowments amounting
to $90,000; the endowment of the Fac¬
ulty of Law with $150,000; a further
sum of $150,000 for the maintenace of
the engineering building; $50,000 for
the endowment of the pension fund;
the erection of a new building for the
department of chemistry, mining and
architecture, at a cost of $500,000; an
observatory site, $70,000; and other
endowments bringing his total contri¬
butions up to the magnificent amount
of $2,300,000. Mr. McDonald is unmar¬
ried.
THE BERNINI CROMWELL.
The Leisure Hour gives a picture ipf
the new-discovered bust of Cromwell
by Bernini, which has recently been
presented to the British House of
Commons by Mr. Charles Wertheimer,
who purchased it for £1,400. Crom¬
well's personal appearance, which has
hitherto been known only through the
portraits of the painters, is by this
bust set in a new light. To quote the
words of the writer, “The beautiful
bust is in remarkable contrast to the
sadness and the suggestion of coarse¬
ness .which marks most of the paint¬
ers’ portraits. The main features of
the lion face are there, but the added
look of refinement and alertness which
Bernini has seized is nothing less than
startling. Instead of the heavy eye¬
lids and the look of depression, the
eyes are large, open and inquiring,
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with a singularly modern
and humanity. The whole aspect of
the countenance is keen, bright a nd
genial.”
Steel Rails.
Steel rails now figure as the cheup
est finished product in wrought iron
or 4t eel - A e° od lesson in the finance
of modern industry is also afforded| by
them- To establish a steel rail wc{~ks
an expenditure of $3,009,000 is requi-ed 'Jut.
before a single rail can be turned
The steel is made to conform to an ac¬
curate chemical composition—the most
accurate in the ordinary range of tech¬
nical operations.
WINNER owns photograph.
One of the queerest lawsuits ever
placed on record is now being tried
in New Haven, Conn. To recover a
photograph of herself Miss Gertrude
Mills is suing her aunt for its posses¬
sion, the aunt claiming in. her turn
that it was freely given her and there¬
to 'e remains her property. To this
sfc.tement Miss Mills has another word
to say. “I want it distinctly stated
th it I never gave her this picture and
shs had no business with it. The suit
I have begun is a replevin suit and
damages are placed at $5. The pic¬
ture is worth possibly 50 cents, I
have several times asked my aunt to
give me the picture and she has as
often refused. Now I propose to see
if the law will not protect my inter¬
ests and give me this photograph.”
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Miss Mills is a bright, prepossessing
young woman of 19 or 20 years of age.
Her father, James Mills, is proprietor
of a restaurant at 112 State street and
her aunt runs a nival restaurant across
the street. This is one of the oddest
spits ever brought before a Connecti
ei t short. Both sides have hired
counsel and propose to fight the case
to the bitter end. The trial will come
up some time this week before Jus¬
tice A. C. McMathewson. Back of the
siiit is a long story of family disagree¬
ments. Several times there have been
suits for slander entered by the
parties to this case, none of which,
hits ever come to trial.
A WOMAN WILL HOLD REINS.
The many visitors to Colorado
Springs who have enjoyed the delight
fid experience of riding through the
beautiful vicinity on the top of the
coach driven and owned by Mrs. G.
P. Greenfield, will doubtless be charm¬
ed to repeat the pleasurable excite¬
ment in Paris. One of the American
attractions of the Paris exposition of
1900 will be Mrs. G. P. Greenfield’s
driving of a genuine old-fashioned
sK-in-hand stage coach about the
grounds of the exposition. Her repu¬
tation for skill as a manipulator of
the reins has brought her this con¬
tract, which will net her $5,000 for the
season’s work. It is expected that
there will be a tremendous rush to the
exposition by residents of the United
States, and particularly from the
states east of the Mississippi river.
The people of this section have read
and been told all their lives of the
thrilling adventures which fell to the
pioneers who went west in ’40s and
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covered the vast e ;e of territory
between the father of waters and the
Rockies in a six-in-hand. They have
dreamed of the experience, and have
longed to realize it, but the stage
lines of the country are becoming few,
while in other countries the thrilling
Experience of a ride behind six sturdy
Beasts of the plain is still more diffl
cult to obtain.
Not a Safe Swimming Pool.
An English officer whose ship was
stationed off the coast of Ceylon went
for a day’s shooting along the coast,
accompanied by a native attendant
well acquainted with the country. Com¬
ing to a particularly inviting river, the
officer resolved to have a bath, and'
asked the native to show him a place
where there were no alligators. The
native took him to a pool close to the
estuary. The officer thoroughly enjoy¬
ed his dip, and while drying himself
he asked his guide why there were
never any alligators in that pool. “Be¬
cause, sar,” promptly replied the Cin¬
galese, “they plenty ’fraid of shark.’*'
Splendid Piano tor the Czarina.
Czar Alexander sent to Stuttgart for
a suitable present for the empress on
the occasion of her recent birthday
,-elebration. He selected an ornate
upright piano for her boudoir, The
case is in the richest Louis XVI. style,
and the front hoard is jeweled with
brilliant gems. The black keys are
made of real ebony and the white ones
are covered with mother of pearl. Ger¬
man experts say it is the most costly
And exquisite instrument of its kind
Aver made.