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REAL ESTATE.
ar TuE EXCHANGE.

RrsINESs AT THE EACHANd1
-, wst.s. Market vas unusually sctvs 'ass ""--
.-o,srty worth thres millions having onAne
s.b,. oonu.sts auction sales TOT 'ne lss'
-. ,r.o>a,nr week and corresponding week As'
week ending Week endins cOTTssPP0,p n AK
Nov IS Noso, go ~ , %;
New York.----.---sl sss55'asooss 1883 S. 7s5
- .ror,ed sy the durns the week amounted
sS y 20 sssnst s345 $50 for the preceding wreE nc
..n. siss Al private wrre reported curing
plcn" - are-story brick buildings Nos ga and sio
- and Nos 81 % 81 Thomzsst. sold FOR VIZ ou
.,os nrownstone No Is West ffysxthst Tor $40 uoO
not f5xi26 sevenIhsve and one uI,
~ for s42 OOn The fat known the Kenmore IN est
S,sy seventh STREET Ninth avenue. for $50
E.ioy dw ling No So East seventy ninth street !or
X o,O thrresury DIV cling. No 1850 Third avenue Io
8snrOO of lots In Seventy seventh street. west
Al Ninth avenue. for s76vO0 49,. -. ,.,... m
asinSssy nvestory eneDeDthouse 2oxloo II No
COS ast nd second street 500 Itet ~ sou
ar Never At the meeene shere
a for house. 20 feet vide between rouf
s<enih Forty second streets and sevenh 10 n.
nue. $4,000 also for an Application ior
a. q 100 At ! per improved city property ana TOT
s,r,r.story house Sixteenth. seventeenth or
tignt.,utk str~.ta Futh or sixth avenues
Kan 100 Orange County and cottage WIN
R,re rooms $1,000 also house and farm
- scre. near Prfpcr:on n j. for si2 900
Mr,s b. bser have sold the thre story house orlck
No go uinrhst. 2o1t51 100 tor l. >rsus son
H. the four-toy house ownsone No %e East
efvety .nfthrl IL 6x6S11O0 dining room extension or
Jrs ~ C. Hopper private terms also the ~
Souse hrownstone $40 H. 2Oxj5x7d Tor es
&c George " Taylor for ourstory tene
6eufs donbe 55s ST West Thirty seconds ST. Zox
BOZ each, NJ s. Thompson for S2a. 600 together
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Qopartnrrsblp Notices.
Bnsiness Chances.
Dressmakins.

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feftures ano Hleetlnss.

NETWORK HISTORICAL SOClETY.-The
~ society will celebrate second snnversary as
the 2dave OF ST. Tuesday Scvem
49, 1875 at o'clock The 2rniyerssry address rh
be delivered Oy GEORGE r. ELLIS. u. D.. LII D.
President of the Massachusetts Historical society.
ANDREW WARNER Recording Secretary.
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TO-DAY MoNDAO. NOV. Is.

BN T.. H. LhutDU or 70.
T.ec1for's sale lots 25x20l0 West ll6th-st rnnni
ll7thsL 500 n Of shave plot oil lana 10 1iS-
xIOOll17O.ll on It ~ cuolasave cor OF l1tli-st
IL lois 25x 100 est ll7thst. l25 II OF sta'
~ lots 251lOO.ll each 81 West lloth-st 100 II {
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Tun OrrpAa Mu1-A sneoia

THE OTTRAqR MmL.-A special
fIom Washington, May IL, 1886,
says Senator Gearge OF Mississippi,
has been making an examination of
of the bill INTRODUCED by Senator
Hoar providing for the employment
OF the United STATES courts to serve
as outrage mills and furnish cam
paign material for the Republican
party,
If anywhere in the South three
persons will alIege that any one has
been hurt or threatened ON account
of race or color, then the United
States courts is to enter upon this
business,
MIR. George is clear from his ex-
animation OF the question that the
work thus sought TO be imposed on
the courts is not embraced in the
judicial power given ly tho Consti-
ton, especially as the proposed in.
vestigatinR is not II step toward the
punishment of a crime, bnt merely
to be followed by a report OF tho
case to Congress.
The majority of the Senate Judi
ciary Committee may report the bill
tavorably, but it is rery doubtful il
it will be pressed in theSenates and
it certainly cannot pass the House.
This and kindred bills show that
1t is impossible for the Republican
party to abandon its old basis OF
hostility to the South.
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[oRcial.]
Hancock County Quarantine.

A called meeting of the Hancock
county Board of Health was held
in the Courthouse at Bay st. Louis,
Miss, May T, 1886.
Present : A. p. Champlin, Nj. D.,
President; John Poitevent, Esq,
DIR. w. i. Spence, by proxy, and
DIR. j. A. Mead, secretary. A ma
jority of tile members appointed by
the county board OF supervisors on
June /, 1885, beng present, election
of officers was declared in order,
which resulted in the election of
DR.. A. p. Champlin, president, and
DR.. j. A. Meade, secretary. Tue
President appointed DIR. w. +.
Spence, Capt. John Poiteyeut and
ID. b. Seal, Esq, as members of the
Executive COMMITTEES, the PreSi-
dent aud Secretary being members
ex-Oticio.
On motion the action OF the
President thanking the quarantine
physician, Il. ID. Murray, Nj. D., for
his efficient services during the
quarantine season of 1885, was
endorsed.
On motion II. ID. Murray, NJ, d.,
u. S. Marine hospital service, was
elected quarantine physician for
the ensuing year.
On motion it was ordered that
quarantine shall commence May
%, 1886, and continue until October
20, 1886, and that all vessels WISH
ing to enter ports in this county
shall report to the quaFantine ply
stefan ut Ship Island from aud after
May 25, 1886.
On motion the quarantine physi.
ciau is requested TO examine, disin.
feet and hold for eight days all.
vessels from yelloW teyer aud
cholera infected ports, aud any
vessel ACTUALLY infected is to be held
for such a period as the quarantine
physician may consider necessary
for safety.
On motion the board adjourned
subject to call.
A. p. CHAMPLIS.
President Hancock Co. b. OF Ii.
Attest J. A. MEAD, secretary
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RULE OR RUIN,

Mr. Editor, | desire to poiut out
a fast increasing evil in our cOmmu-
nifty not only local but it is becom-
ing general. The COMMUNIST Or
socialistic feeling; the desire TO
pull DOWN TO a level; when ono
fails to succeed or raise themselves
up 10 the desired point, This means
to destroy not to build up, instead
of maintaining and strengthening
government, they r bent upon
its destruction.
If these men should have their
way industry aud trade would be
paralyled, honest labor would be
unrewarded, starvation would stalk
over the country. There would be
no freedom, no true liberty, for
liberty without law is licentious.
To counsel others to disregard the
law is one Of their greatest fire.
brands while in a measure they
hesitate to perform the deed they
cause the destruction to go on;
they endapger life, liberty aud
property and result in the deStrue-
ton of all. Why should such an
obnoxious plant flourish in our
midstf 1t only grows in the dark
and hidden places, and stamped on
its foliage is that destructive max
i'm "Rule or Ruin"
Good citizens pause and think
fer yourselves. Pluck this plant
out by the roots and cast it into
the filth and scum where it belongs.
Support law and Order aud at all
times remember the old rule, HDo
INTO others as you would have
men do unto you,H CITIZEN.
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Mississippi From a Northern
Standpoint.

Through the courtesy of our
accomplished Auditor, Capt. w. w.
Stone, we are permitted to make
the following EXTRACTS from IL pri-
vate letter recently received by
him from y gentleman residing in
Detroit, Nigh, who is interested II
the lumber business in Suntiower
county
at is slow work introducing
cypress lumber into the Northern
States proitably but we are gam.
ing on it all the time, and are max.
ing money OIL what we do send
North.
81 can see a decided change in
public sentiment in our section Of
the North in regard TO the treat,
ment Northern men will receive in
the South, and tho sentiment IN
favor of investing in the South is
growing rapidly.
ga number ofny personal friends
-capitaIlsts-have expressed a
desire to invest in the South when
see opportunities that can re-
commend. One of them, who man.
utactpred thirty million feet OF pine
lumber in Michigan IN 1885, wishes
to go in with me and put up u
modern saw, mill in the Delta for
manufacturing cypress lumber for
the Northern market. he would
pnt iu $4,000, but wants me to
secure lands that will cus one hun
dred million 10 two hundred mil.
lion feet or more Of lumber. | am
doubtful about being able to sc
cure IL large enough supply of cy-
press in the Delta, and tile enter
prise may have to go further South.
"Many Northern people are visit.
ing the South each year, and they
come back with different views OF
the Southern people. and Of ignor-
ant negroes voting aud governing
the South.
"During the next ten years the
South will receive y large Amount
OF Northern capital, aud it Will
advance rapidly in wealth aud gen
eral Improvement. ltis the North
eru business man going there TO
attend to his Investments, and push
his business, and the mechanics
whom Mississippi will get, mainly,
in the near future.
HThe change which has taken
place in the past two years CONCERN
ing investments in the South Is
remarkable ; and regard it 9s Ger
tain that in II few years it VIII be
just as popular to invest in the
South as 1t was unpopular IL few
years since. The change is owing
to two causes. l.. The natural
Neutrality-suspicious., timber. coal,
iron ore, climate, etc. and, 2. The
frank klndliness and admirable
department OF the Southern people"
Jackson Clarion.
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PASSENGER tariff of three cents
per mile was on last Friday APPROX
ed by the State Railroad Commits
sion Tor the following railroads /:
Illinois Central; Louisville, New
Orleans s. Texas; New Orleans q
Northeastern East Tennessee,
Virginia & Georgia; Alabama &
Great Southern Memphis "
CharlestonI Louisville y Nash
vile aud so mgeh OF the Georgia &
Pacific us is broad gauge.
An issue was issued to take
effect Juue the first, that the Yicks-
burg y Meridian and Mississippi
aud Tennessee railroads should not
charge exceeding three cents per
mile, hut said roads may charge
twenty-five cents where the dis
lance is less than eight miles,
Passengers IT allowed one hun.
dred and fifty pounds of baggage.
Where a passenger fails to pro.
cure tickets, conductors ire allow
ed to charge five cents per mile,
except from points where there are
no agents.
Representatives of all the rail
roads doing business in the State
are invited to appear before the
commission on the 18th lust, for the
purpose of arrangius.a uniform
classification of freights.
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LAND NOTICE.
LAND OFFICE 1T JACKSON, Miss, I
Anrnh 10 Issk [

LAND OFFICE 1T JACKSON, Miss,
March -, 1SS6. !
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named setter has filed notice OF his
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim aud that said proof will be
made before the Judge, OF in his absence
the Clerk Of the Circuit Court of Jackson
comfy. Miss, at Scranton, Miss, gu May
s. Is56. viz: Edward Dye, homestead No.
l0065, for the west half, northwest qT, sec
ton %, township z south range 5 west.
He names the following witnesses TO
prove his continuous residence upon aud
cultivation of said land, viz: John West
fall, jefferson Clark, John Mcfarland,
Addie Wilkinson, all Of Orange Grove
jackson county, Miss.
JAS. d. STEWART, Register.
March 70. lSS6. 3-bt
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COUNTY MASS MEETING.

A mass meeting ofthe Democracy
of Jackson county, is hereby called
to meet in Scranton at the court
house on
Monday the It'll day Of June, 1886
at II O'clock M, for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the Congress
sioual Convention, and for the
transaction of such other business
as may properly come up tor con-
s%lleration,
+. NJ. JOHNSON,
Chairman Democratic Executive Com.
April 10, 1886.
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wounded

Alex. Brown, a negro drayman,
was shot and killed 10y G. b. Routh,
in tue saloon OF the latter in Vicks-
bnrg last Saturday. Brown fired
at Ronth with n pistol before be was
shot. ROuth's weapon WAS double
barrel shot gun. The Post alludes
to the killing thusly: 'sOpen a whis-
ky den in violation of law sell a
negro drayman doublerdistilled
damnation until he is fighting
drunk; then kill him. Verdict of
the Jury tB A-A-D niger"
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The Board OF Supervisors being
still IN session as we go to press
we oaunot publish the proceedings
thereof this week. There are pres
ent Messrs. J. G. Rogers, David Me
Donald and johnson Ware. Mr.,
john Hill, president, is absent 90 .
visit to Kansas, aud Mr.. Mcdonald
was chosen president, pro tempOre,
The proceedings in full win appear
in the DEMocRAT STAR next week.
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DRINK keystone Rye Whiskey,
a pure, uuadulteratrd whiskey, free
from headaches, Only $3.50 per
gallon. Also Freeport Rye, four
years old, the best 80 whiskey in
the United States. Sold only by
Craft s. Co., 70 aud II Danphin
street, Mobile, Ala, sole agents.
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A HEAVY rain and wind storm
did most disastrous work in Mis-
souri, last Tuesday, especially in
Kansas City, where four. large
structures collapsed. Eleven chill.
dreu were taken liteless from the
debris of "A school house. Twenty
eight persous were fatally mangled,
besides a long list of missing and
wonndQd
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Local Notices 10 Gents a Line for Zach Insertion.

plentiful.
-Boycottiug is becoming fash
ionable.
Quite q number of strange
faces seen this week on our streets.
DR.. NJ. @. Vaughan of Ocean
Springs, paid III visit Wednesday.
Rev. ID. O. Ryers will preach
ut Scranton Methodist church. next
Sunday at IL a. NJ.
Capt Geo, A. r. lawrence, OF
Point Clear, Ala, spent a few days
here last week.
MIR. G. II. Wood, Of Moss Point,
is attending the Federal court at
Jackson.
MIR. +. ny Ramsay. county
assessor, is going The rounds and
is giving his attention to this sec
ton.
Rev. j. w. Tinntn will preach
at Orange Grove next Sunday at
IL O'clock nm. and at Zion s O'Clock
p. m. same day.
Judge }. w. gtarr, assignee,
sold the remainder of the stock Oi
goods OF Mr.. NJ. V. u. Carey last
Tuesday at auction.
Mrs. NJ. e. Does left Monday
for Lake Charles, Ia, to visit her
relatives She will probably be
absent several months.
Mr.. johnson Ware, member of
Board of Supervisors OF this eOun,
~ from Beat 3, paid "a visit 10
Scranton Wednesday last,
MIR. S. l.. BoycrS, of Ocean
Springs, was on Il visit to Scranton
last Saturday in the interest of the
county prohibition movement.
Pure lake lee is kept CONSTANT
~ on hand by Charles and Ed.
Hudson at the depot, Delivered
to order in any quantity desired.
Mrs. - Beck, of Pass Chris
tian, has been here several DAYS
canvassing for a new patent ladics
corset, and has obtained quite a
number OF orders from our ladies'.
The Union Sunday school of
Pascagoula is to bnve Il basket pic.
mic on the seasboIe tomorrow. The
two Sunday schools of this place
are invited to unite with them in
celebrating the OCCASION.
The fishing smack q. Wells, of
New York, Is at the marine ways
of Mr.. Geo. Frentz for repairs. She
is a large smack and has been
engaged in fishing off the coast of
OOutu <AuICAtOds
MIR. J.. II. Rolls, the IGNORED
n. G. of Scranton Lodge No. 40
/. o. o. F. attended the Grand
Lodge of the order at Port Gibson
last week, and was there elected to
the Office of Grand Herald, an hon
OF well bestowed.
The schooner Lone Star, which
was badly damaged at e not long
since, was launched from the
Blanchard ways last Friday week
ready for business. Almost her
entire bottom had been lost, but
was replaced in good order.
There will be a moonlight lawn
party in the yard of Mrs. Frederick
next Wednesday night 10Th inst,
for the benefit of the Catholic
church. Retreshments will be
served to order. Admission ten
cents at the gate.
The Sunday school picnic last
Saturday at the Gurlie place was
attendedby beautiful weather, anda
merry gronpDf children, some jolly
young beaux and bellies, and a good
dlaner. Parents Of the pleasure
ing children we're conspicuous
tetfhelr absence. aud left others to
iced their lambs; one Of the too
common mistaets Of parents,
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If you need biIl-heads, letter
beads, cards, circulars, or any
thing in the job printing hue send
vcar orders to this Office.
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DE-. Talmage wants newspaper
men prayed for. II is not the editor,
Doctor, needs the prayers, bnt the
man who takes the paper three
years and pays never a cent. II is
be. Doctor. who needs your prayers
lest bis dark, benighted soul should
plunge into the heated hence-Kos-
ciWskO Star.
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sixth congressional District.

w. P. Cassidy, Chairman, Sum
nit, Pike county.
Jesse Bird, Leaksville, Greene
county,
George BdylIs, Columbia, Marion
county.
Fred, CLARK, Natcbez, Adams
county.
v. A. Collins, Elllsville, Jones
county.
Q. R. Dale, Monticello, Lawrence
county.
j. M. Edmonson, Williamsburg,
COvingtOn county.
ii. +. Krebs, Scranton, jackson
county.
II. NJ. McGallum, Augusta, Perry
county.
t. L. McGehee, Summit, Amite
county.
G. Q. McGehee, Woodrille, viii
kinson county.
j. S. Otis, Pennington, Hancock
county.
j. o. Nixon, Pass Chritian, Har-
rison county.
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Assignce's Notice.

All pers ns kuoT ing themselves 70 bein-
debted to n. v. b. CAREY ~ a~ccoURt, note
OF otherwise, win w themselves trOu-
BILE By calling at once on c. s. Msriweth-
er, Attorney, and arranging with him fr
the settlement Of same. said ciHipss aare
been placed 10 TIE banda If ar. Mcr-
wethsf rith anihonfy 10 collect ard -
ceipt fDf samc. a. close b. naie o. - trhG
SUN as be mzy deeu adrisshia
D.. ". STARR.
A1ighss ~ v. b Carey
APul1 ia6, ~
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WOOL! WOOL! WOOL!
FOR N.ALE!

The Pascagoula House, formerly occu-
pied by w. S. Dodson. Inquire at Post
~Pascagoula, Miss.
w. S. DODSON, P. NJ.
March 3, lSS6- LIT
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MontrOsS Hotel,
BLOT, Miss.
Open Summer and Winter.

The undersigned proprietor aud mana
ger of this delightful Seaside resort, re-
specially informs the travelling public.
especially winter tourists coming South,
that lie is now prepared to offer FIRST
CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS to. those
visiting Biloxi. This Hotel is situated
directly on the beach of the Cult of
Mexico, and affords
FINE BOAT Ing, FISHING, HUNTING AID DRIVING.
The accessibility, pure air and freedom
from malaria, render Biloxi one Of the
most desirable spots on the Gulf shore.
Hotel First-class Rates Reasonable.
Applications for rooms by mail or tele-
graph will receive prompt attention.
?. j. MQNTROSS.
October 81, Issi, 35-tf
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Quarterly Meeting.

srAsnopr DrsrnIcr-sEoo4p FOUND.
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OF THE pesMET PRO-
PETTY.

The DeSmet mill property and
real estate is to be sold by Mr.. II.
q. Vaughan, receiver, according to
notice published, OH next Thursday,
May Goth. This is valuable proper.
t. aud should command Il good
price at tho terms offered. There
is prospect Of at least a reasonable
price being obtained, though full
value is not expected. The terms
of the sale will be halt cash, bal.
ance in - months with interest,
property to bear a lien tor balance
of purchase money. A good title
can, of course, now be given,
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Democratic Elk. COMMITTEES.

PregIdent HancOck co, u. OF II
]. A. MEAD, secretary
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-01-07

...llal.I. |l.|..|.
mde is located
power engine, 4. sfcM ernt, 4 waff-
lng,oeam % wkic ~ iA.aohed heavy
oa9le .'., I, and ~ drilling apparaiut
-. ~ p0'i,'9it q Z. prtt! The ry-
per enc y 'talicd the "sinkcr-bars',
about Ssteen feet in length; neni
come tn4 jar, seven feet IN length.
then tht 'auger-stem'', about thfrtS
feet lond. of three and one-quartef Inci.
cold rolI61 steel; and finally. at the end
Of thi9 is lrbIt" three feet in length.
Thus cqalpped, steam is turned on, and
the pordorous WEIGHT Of two thousand
to three thousand po,pds, alternately
raised and dropped, as in a pile-driver,
drives the BIT into the rock at the av-
erage rate Of sixty TO one hundred fcot
daily. After drilling for some time the
tools are hoisted and a fresh bit Is in
serted. Meanwhile o sand pump" or
"bailer', cylindrical tube with valves
opening inward, Is dropped down the
hole TO remove detritus or water. A
easing is fitted snugly TO the walls
OF the well to keep out the water; and
when u Is necessary 10 pump the oil,
the well is tubed. The tube Is about
two inches in diameter, around which
rubber packer is inserted Just above
the oil and gas bearing rock. This
cuts OF the escape Of the gas, forcing
IL up through the tube, and causing the
well TO flow. The bore Of the well VA
rics from eight TO six inches. aud it's
depth varies with the geological for
nation, averaging perhaps twelve hum
dred TO fifteen hundred feet, and some
.4.arl.ts.r~ C.s.F l.
The cost Of well naturally depends
upon ~ location, depth and character
- rock. The owner generally erects
the dsrick, engine and tank, at an
average e. rense Of fifteen hundred dol
lars. and then cOni~ecis with a driller
TO furnish the tools AID sink well.
This charge viii probah,y y average sixty
cents per foot. II 4 perhaps safe 10
say that wells in the ltrger fields aver
age in cost from twehfy-five Hundred
TO three Thousand dollars.
Torpedocs, which were first intro
duced about 1865, were received with
distrust. but are now in general use,
and have become necessary part Of
the equipment of a well. They ara
cylindrical tnbes, varying in size, bui
generally eight inches in length and
four in diameter, containing fluid nitro.
glycerine. These torpedoes are care
fully lowered into the wells and ex.
ploded by dropping a twenty-pound
cast-iron weight upon them from above.
The explosion skaters the walls, giving
a greater exposure Of surface to draw
oil from, thus stimulating the wells and
increasing their production. Though
this treatment hastens the exhaustion
of well 1t Is believed by many tha.
the amount Of oil obtained exceesz
what otherwise would be procured. ~
first only five or six quarts of nitfT.-
glyccrine were introduced, but now q
IS no unusual thing to employ one hur-
dred and twenty to two hundred quarts
OF glycerine, equal TO 3,2l0 TO 5,4OO
pounds of gunpowder. - George n. Gu
son, IN Harper's Magazine.