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Show The Bottle Mystery Solved. For somo time past Prof, .T. II. Kirk-ham Kirk-ham has been after bottles of all shapes and sizes, olTcrlug big rewards for "llasks" delivered at kls residence. Ills actions have made many of our citizens suspicious and some actually believed that Joe had gone Into the "Moonshlu-leg" "Moonshlu-leg" business. Tho facts are that he has been engaged In tilling the bottles with liquid mill his experimcntt have cauBcd considerable comment. The Bureau of Information U about to appoint ap-point an investigating committee to go ami invade his home, aud expose, thu whole ullatr. Tuesday Mr. Kirkham camo to this office and requested the editor to accompany accom-pany him to his home. On our arrival wo found the bottles, but to our surprise sur-prise they were nil strung along a neat wooden frame. Another surprise was that tho contents of the bottles was only water pure water. He picked up two wooden hammers and from his actions wn decided that he would soou reduce them to atoms, but to our astonishment he began playing some choice inuslcial selections that nru still ringing In our ears. Agisted on the piano by his sister, MIssEstcllu Ivlrkhum, he gave ye editor u concert not soou to be forgotten. Twnety-ulue llasks strung on a frumo and tuned to the piano with water, constitutes con-stitutes the now Instrument and It Is certainly a piece cf Ingenious workmanship. workman-ship. Mr. Klrkhan has spent considerable consider-able time Mid study lu perfecting this musical Instrument aud when the public Is given au opportunity of listening to tho harmonies produced by those "mysterious "mys-terious battles," they will agree with us that It Iscertaluly a wonderful musical invention, |
