August 3o, 1900.
rKE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
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CHINA'S WAR SPIBIT.
WHY THE MC3S CROWN EMPIRE IS
STIRRING FOR ACTION.
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1 1 UNA ! a clas
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out cf account )
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rJetion the nta- i
vrona rLI- I
lions have In-j
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pr-at r-tllioa
cf tL pur ly
r :z, rU-i..-i.i rUHZ.ul !a full for"
i t'r jr. tnr. TV tt th 'a;in-
T w!.i-lj we sally cnlhd !y '
i:r.r! aid.
nr--- ..-rRj and rvlitical r-
rtj5Z4?sa t f -1 - t - arra"l t;jr!iajr". !
Tr : : --r.nl r"rt&t i wsk. and '
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Tf-- I-ttetr-lvr for re-
"' iE4-tt all '9& ft evil. Al- i
t otjjh . f- tj i?njrjl r1mj, Chi- ;
i - U tmllr rr-l-! in It. 11 afTalrtt by !
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Af' r ;-.i;'!!r li'luriSST gTl-
z "f'A tbp populace
t :.r-l yrt irr'it!bie
1 -! r i'". t. M ore
ipfal
f the 41-
TV"!. r r tL rr- Et rnov-
rect !rilst. that "hic ! making
hr la-t tt&J r::t tb "-rr.a
r.r.t rf f-ifN-tcTJT e-:'!,.-r Asiatic or
i.:r j-ts, it is certain ihat th jop3
sv f--r f lii-ra t.-:s at least
rtV.ti2. flvsr tl.e swiy f Issuances
! ?i ire r. t pn r-?y m-. There
re vast ii:n-i in t'Lii-a where it
1 n'.j t!. j-!-i;tl-n jtHp ltMlf
:p' t 'iac ff a jur !y Tir strata
sr.i tttt rr ts.i- I'--,r?'"t n-t r,r.ly th
rsf-"f.sjt 'r!r, i-.t v .st ..-, in rth
r rr! rrt- a j t --' ;rr.s. th trcs-s-kt.
Tl.at fi-t t.jt th-r ! an
!r-T;.-i.J at t rW a "f iaa a l J.as lw-fn
f"r f-t.f r;r j.- srj.ii ;a tirse f rueral
t;;-it a.
:t 2.-n itK,-if -tL.-r la
i-r.D'l frj o-r m a
TTr-at'f ft'.' Tf i' ?!
,-l;rsl att'l ej.
'' E-rt its vTrs
lst rati- - al rtr.rr;!-? of China
was as-s!st t! Tartars, who came
down frxto the u rth nad crt t conquer-
1 ar--I oTt-ms the country. thn were
!rtt'-:i fr'--j -r f.,.rr.xl lack
' T' - ih'i U..rJ r. Kvt-3tuIij the-y
r-v,..rJ Chia, ar.d s'rtct that time
the- ljna:r and otul'tiiiZ tnaence
Lae tn Max.i- Lf. :r t'r!n fwa
th p.r.t cf v ;t of tW tixe Lii.-d
It '.'4',.5 atrat.;e- that if la an
1. 1 !tHo.4tiua like Chli there should
t't r .VsrTi-rarT. ar.d la the Mant-
.
Le r'.verr.tr.ent tuay
f.-.tlffl
"T t.-e
--s t f t! c-nerat!on.
7"h ryrt, r-onrtl.-r ar; 1 th rrT&Ity
I te son fr-rij -s:J t'- n.r t:ntil at
t!i prir.t v.tuv the ot.l whlrh d-mi-i.'Jt-
! I r ar ? tL? vl-et etamti.
c is r-trii r." fur fhacge. Is the
l-t e!ir.-r;t cf ("Lira d'-termSned to
r:-ake th r tar?;"-. ;.,! irh-u the charge
-'X.- Will tl-p.t !fj-c-nt fc--t the uxpei
h&rAy It Uiiy t that China La fut
the Iit C jrr Le-a !2jply brtuxUns
"r tL- s-rils ftLb Lavt rented upm
r r th-alt n her. t--t the e-rent of the
Lst trw h-U h ,r ttuit the powers
if IaruX' hate ciiJerratei the
trerrh of th? tati nal movement
acsoc- th CLtt Th- war with Ja
pan ni'i';i:Wt:l!y pr'tsed the eye of
the th.nkh-:? !a la Chia as tiothirc
ihvrt of war and a defeat would have
tlr.t2. There- w-r two J artie at the
f'.-s f the tmr, cre for and one
rtlr.t lahir.f with Japrn. The
throve Tt'y entered liito the war.
v..t with L'
L&V.t z ifffet aiid was
-'L.;lI-d to Lw that humiliation la
put-lie. wht-reaa the eon-rvatle Chi-
i e lexrift w a n.t fa faror of the
- ;
hr the
ra'tr frr arro the Yeliw tea-
Then
tin? !'rrj:!jt fsruitiew the empire
b.gxu to sc tlc. t'hlna was cot ready
f--r war w h- u ll a it-, tot res-lv in
st.?h:i.'-it a. ! ready la military
l-rt paratk. !.t whett the war -zided
th retire satiert wa filled with a ;
C;Ltlg sir.L The p-fe whkh the !
rulers crotlaf-d with Japan was more 1
cssjpalr tfcaa th war itself, and ua-
der rta foncji cf government tin-
Jot;hted!y tljere wvuid have l-n an i
armed rewrr. ion. cvrrthrowiiig ih
!.yns.aty mx.d at the same titae recorer- i
lag from Ji;cu sht had ie-u taken
Iron -Chisa ty forr- of arm. After j
the rk3 vf valua! le territory to
Japaa as tle result of the war there '
f uSostd tl ceiva of dociala to Iiu- ' "tnx the roEEtcsxitE!-
'. to Ecdaiid ikd ta Germany, ail us, but to conquer us will be a hard
tit which the xervsiive element op- job, I assure you. It Is like eating a
pod. real Chinese meal. A courageous Eng-
Th enT?ehmr? 1 y the foreign- ' lt5imn or American may tackle it,
rrs sirre tie irrt:ptk3 Ly Japan Into j ct 1 doubt that he will digest it."
th afTa's cf the ,13 kingdom may Th f that China has rested so
seem trivial. tst talta la rocJcsctka 1 imS under the evils of the time wlth
with th evects of the pan Zi years otIt protest 1 not a guarantee for
the wie has of Ch!aa must U? con- ! r- The people are slow by nature
Ttnced that th work ca-unct go on i nJ aer?e to strife. From the Chi
ts och l:-r without not only deftroy- ; poiut of view domination of the
lag th laterriry of China. !$t the Asiatic foreigner has lasted 00 years
fctraure of her civilization, It Is for I Vj Ioc- Tte irruption of the Euro
hr cirHlraticn that China will fight if ! ra foreigners began half a century
she t ghts at alh Material wlth Is ! ?o. Possibly John Chinaman thinks
trader the ha of the rt!:gkii teach- ! that now r never Is the time to call
tig of ChJsa. For this mtoa ail the ! George Ij. Kilmer.
rrvtr-iKe cf greatne through tle ;
adpkj3 ef fnsrriga ways do rot ; Qtte Fraak Abestt It.
Pal to tie C?.!t.e. The!r cry t an! He I have come to ask for your
has bees f'-T geseratkri. ""We wih to hand.
hf let alar' Aai tsde? all the con- I teasing Which hand? ' ' ' '
t2ts vl Cllaa ty ouuiit ttc: its the ! HeThe one with the most diamonds.
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CMnese haTe always held their own.
When the Tartar hordes swept down
from the north, tbej destroyed noth
tnr In China except what they cut
down with a sword and wiped out with
a torch. They did not Impose Tartar
civilization upon the Chinese, and when
the filial conquest of China was made
the conquerors adopted the civiliza
tion f the Chinese rather than force
their own upon them. It Is thla same
conservatism that causes the Chinese
in all parts of the world to live In colo
nies by themselves with their own
forms of government, subject of course
to the general laws of the country in
dt foreijm civilization, and they do
cot want foreign civilization imposed
Knon China. Recently a Chinaman In
lxndon. stating the case of his people
against Europeans, said:
rM.. -., n.SyvK.ri.M TK. onm. vifh
rv f!ifiM. upon th main prioripl of which
i .. . ;.. Mi ft . - ft. Ml
wpt their doctrine we
'' all Buffrr fttrnil punihrnnt. Th-r frighten
cwtr irrn and the more vrakmindnl of our
'.ir and create all kinds of dissensions
fansilira mad i!Siridul. Ko wonder that
w sTi ik tolerate thetn.
If we w.eted your railway, and machines, we
r uld, of c"jr. Iajt them. Bnt we do not. We
(or them. W. ha lrnd to d
- - . - I . - i - M . A.
without tirem. Yet roti Mr you will foroe ui to
l r tkn viutW r will AT M. T that iiilttf
i t. imttiwux n wf
J i w5 of the fact that we are not aoldiera.
a fM4 10 bw-use we
fca tcom riUitM. War U barbariirn. The
,ffr H taring arrid at our present Xage
f Hnhtati'Mi la that we hare increased and
wilUpH4 fcyo4 rtety ther rare oo the face of
tfc W.th-Ja u,ff ort.litr. which
iwtai t be Tery ahockiruc to you, although we
C1iitee rae is itx-rearing at a (Ttrater rate
tfcaa my other rple in the world,
We cui4 if we chow? overwhelm the rest of
rrariuad. That we do not do to is die to the per-t-ti"n
ct our rfrUstatioo. our philoaophy and our
iters U. e nuniber VA.VXi.OOO human heings,
td whe iuld withstand us if we rhose to assert
fur ptrr1 r yen think we are unconscious of
itf Cm the contrary, w understand it only too
1L Let the white races of the earth appreciate
,;t they are its masters.
ten? naiv oero raitra lunruiui inTaainua
f ChiSta. But what has happened t Have invad
er ''flEinated the CTiinea? No. The conquered
, fcate absorbed their eonqaernrs. AH hare become
tl.tae. The very Jewa ho have come among us
ate n absorted by eur rsce', a thjng- which has
; ater Happened elsewhere.
Let me repeat that all the forces which divide
I rr-a in the west hare practically no existence in
i O.irta. Politics, religion, private ambitions, the
' ise-etdy 'M etpansion. land hunjrer, gohl hnn-frt-
U tiwse tae no existence in China. You
think that trtw-ause the Chinaman Is inert, care
In. ad s-mple he is a child. There never was a
frratrr n-:iake.
He has If-araed the secret cf briny hsppy. His
h! is la- id. and nothing troubles hiia so long
a hi RceTice is clear. There you have our
character is a sentence. Let us alone, and we will
let you alone.
U Htmir Cham? Is still more em
phatic and peaks for the highest
mlrds In China. He declared in a re
cent Interview, printed In the New
I York Journal, that foreign missionaries
i ask the Chinese people every day of
i their lives to refrain from obeying the
; laws cf China. As to the charge that
the Chinese play false in politics, the
viceroy says it is only what other na
tions do constantly. Besides, It Is done
under duress for self preservation. "One
preat nation after another comes along;
, with a knife at our throats and wants
' to rob us. As long as we feel the point
i of the steel we say, of courfe, what
5 you want us to say, but when the
; danger is over we forget all about the
j incident."
, No nation, he says, respects the con-
trans made at the point of the sword
aftT becoming strong enough to fight
the foe. Only the envy, rivalry and
; hatred of European powers save Chi-
i ha.
Li Hung Chang has faith in his own
people. Looking forward to a clash
with the European nations, he says:
"You criticise our sullen attitude. Do
; you expect us to make love to you be-
cause you robbed us? Ah, we know
your programme well enough. The
; north for Russia, a good part of south
' and central China for England, the
i rest for France' and Germany so
it has been planned. We are to
retain nothing. Everything for the
i foreigner, nothing for the Chi
f new. But one cannot do away with
fjO.003,000 people by sleight of hand.
; It may not be Tery difficult to defeat
r i?:Mj
t i l t I ( II ssvi arw l I
JSJfeet of Keur oi Wounds.-
The fear of poison in a lacerated
wound under certain circumstances is
in itself quite sufficient to give a
wounded man tetanus, or : lockjaw,
than which no more horrible complica
tion exists. Thus for a long time it
was thought that the natives , of the
Solomon and other neighboring is
lands lately added to the empire used
poisoned arrows and many white men
shot by them died in tetanic convul
sions, including one very horrible case
of a commander in the navy who had
made a special study of tetanus. ,
At length the French governor of
New Caledonia, noticing that the symp
toms exhibited were not consistent
with the use of any known poison, ap
pointed a medical commission to In
quire Into the affair, when it was dis
covered that the arrows of the natives
were not poison d at all, although con
structed in such a way that a small
piece of the bone point almost always
remained in the wound. The irritation
produced by this prevented the wound
from healing quickly, and the mental
disturbance produced by fear and per
haps change of climate did the rest.
It was discovered at the same time
that the natives of other Islands who
firmly bf-Jieved in the poison theory
seldom suffered much inconvenience
from the arrow wounds, because they
believed that the spells given them by
their own sorcerers prevented the poi
son from taking effect. Pall Mall Gazette.
Irascible Von Bnlow.
During Hans von Bulow's leader
ship of the orchestra at Hanover a
tenor of fame was engaged to play a
star role in "Lohengrin," according to
Das Neurt Blatt, and while the singer
was rehearsing his part Bulow was
forced to go over the same bars a num
ber of times without the new actor
beginning to sing. Tired of his wasted
efforts, the leader stopped the orchestra
and angrily turned to the singer.
"I know that a tenor is proverbially
stupid," he said, "but you seem to
make an extensive use of this unwrit
ten law."
At another time, while one of his
grand intermezzos was being played
with great feeling by his musicians, a
peculiar noise, hardly perceptible by
untrained ears, annoyed the leader for
some little time. At first he thought
It resembled the flutter of wings, but
soon he discovered an elegant lady
fanning herself in one of the boxes
close by. Bulow kept on with his ges
tures, filing his eyes on the offender
in a manner which meant reproof. The
lady, not heeding this, was suddenly
surprised by the leader dropping his
stick and turning toward her.
"Madam!" he cried, 1f fan you must,
please at least keep time with your in
fernal nuisance."
Too Muck For tle Tlerer.
A keeper at the Philadelphia zoo told
the following interesting story of an
encounter he once had with a tiger in
India:
"With several companions I was on
my way to visit some native friends
In a neighboring village, and as the
Jungle paths were the shortest route
we made the trip in chairs slung on
carriers' shoulders. I was about half
asleep from the swinging motion when
I wa3 pitched out by the native drop
ping the poles and scampering off.
That's how I met my tiger. With a
bound he was on me and had taken a
mouthful of my coat, intending, no
doubt, to carry me into the dense un
dergrowth. "Fortunately for me I had a big bot
tle of ammonia In my coat pocket, car
ried It for snake bites, you know, and
when the brute took the mouthful he
broke the bottle. The whiff he got
made his whiskers curl, and one was
enough, ne rolled over a couple of
times, gasping and waving his paws,
and then made off as quickly as he
appeared. Hurt? No, only a few
bruises from the fall, but the close
shave took my nerves for some
months."
Cycling- In Kormandr.
The roads In Normandy are splendid
for cycling, the only disadvantage be
ing that the straightness of many main
routes hides the beauty of the country,
for which reason it is often a good
plan, when time is not an object, to
pick out the byways on the map. This
Is the easier because not only are the
byways excellently kept, but the name
of a French village is plainly written
up, and one does not have ridiculous
difficulty, as sometimes in England, in
finding out where one is. Signposts
and milestones are abundant, and the
decimal system renders them perfectly
simple and exact. "Highways and
Byways In Normandy," by Dearmer.
Asa Impromptu nintr.
A marriage ceremony was performed
In Toronto recently, with a substitute
for the ring which, though odd and
amusing, was appropriate for the oc
casion. The couple went over from
the American side of the St. Lawrence
river, but forgot to take a ring. As
there was no ring to be had in the
house the resourceful clergyman sent
for his wife's sewing scissors and, with
the finger clasp, completed the cere
mony. Drinks anil Thirst.
It is a mistake to suppose that cold
drinks are necessary to relievo thirst.
Very cold drinks, as a rule, increase the
! feverish condition of the mouth and
stomach and so create thirst. Experi
ence shows it to be a fact that hot
drinks relieve thirst and "cool off the
body when It Is In an abnormally heated
condition better than Ice cold drinks."
Saturday, Sunday and Monday are
the favorite days in the week for mar
riageSunday in rural districts and
Saturday In towns. Sunday weddings
seem to be generally less numerous
than they were, while the number
which take place on Saturday are
greatly on the Increase.
Bis Life For sv Hand.
In a little town or village In Glouces
tershire there is a church which
contains the mortal remains of one of
the old Crusaders. ' In moldering ef
figy he Is depicted on the . tomb, while
by his side in cold eloquence Is Imaged
the form of his wife. It will be noticed
by even the casual observer that the
female image is bereft of one of the
hands, and the story runs that the
Crusader, 1 while fighting in the east,
was made a prisoner of war and
brought before Saladin, who, before
executing judgment upon him, asked
him if there was any reason why. he
should not be put to death. To this
the knight replied that he was but
young, and would leave a newly wedded
wife, who would bitterly mourn his
loss. -
"The love of woman Is as a fleeting
breath," retorted the sultan. . "Your
wife will forget that you have ever
lived; she will love again and marry
another." To this the sad knight
could only reply that on , her fidelity
he could rest his soul. "Well, then,"
replied Saladin, VI will promise on my
oath as a soldier that if this man's
wife will cut off one of her hands and
send it to me I will set him free to
go to her." By tefiious and slow jour
neyings the message came, and she, in
all piteousnet-s for him who was her
lover and her lord, caused her hand to
be cut off and sent It to the sultan,
who kept his word and set the Cru
sader free. Notes and Queries,
A Wonderfsl Bird.
One day a wonderful bird tapped at
the window of Mrs. Nansen's wife of
the famous arctic explorer home at
Christiania. Instantly the window
was opened and In another moment
she covered the little messenger with
kisses and caresses.
The carrier pigeon had been away
from the cottage 30 long months, but it
had not forgotten the way home. It
brought a note from Nansen, stating
that all was going well with him and
his expedition in the polar region.
Nansen had fastened a message to
the bird and turned it loose.
The frail courier darted out Into the
blizzardy air. It flew like an arrow
over a thousand miles of frozen waste,
and then sped forward over another
thousand miles of ocean and plains
and forests, and one morning entered
the window of the waiting mistress
and delivered the message which she
had been awaiting so anxiously.
We boast of human pluck, sagacity
and endurance, but this loving little
carrier pigeon, in its homeward flight,
after an absence of 30 months, accom
plished a feat so wonderful that we
can only ; give ourselves up to the
amazement and admiration which must
overwhelm every one" when the mar
velous story Is told. Atlanta Constitu
tion.
l"i.2"-
Brushing; a Derby Havt."
Some men will buy two or three
black derby hats a reason, and these
will always look rusty and. old. Other
men will buy not more than one a
year, and that will never lose Its deep
and brilliant gloss. A
"I'll tell you why It is, said one of
the best dressers In town the other
day. "It Is because one man brushes
his hat with a stiff bristled whisk, and
the other rubs his softly with a piece
of woolen cloth. The felt of a hat Is
such a delicate stuff that a stiff whisk
applied to it has pretty much the effect
that a currycomb or a rake would have
on a suit of clothes. It wears the nap
off, exposing the bare gray foundation
in short order.
"A piece of woolen cloth, rubbed
over a hat with a circular motion that
conforms to the grain, doesn't rub off
the nap at all, but keeps It lustrous
and firm and of good color. I buy one
$2.50 hat a year' and rub It each
morning with a bit of flannel. I guar
antee that it outlasts three $5 hats that
are raked and scraped with whisks ev
ery day." Philadelphia Record.
An Extraordinary Island.
In the bay of Plenty, New Zealand,
Is one of the most extraordinary Is
lands in the world. It Is called White
island and consists mainly of sulphur
mixed with gypstim and a few other
minerals. Over the Island, which Is
about three miles In circumference and
which rises between 800 and 900 feet
above the sea,- floats continually an
immense cloud of vapor attaining an
elevation of 10,000 feet. In the center
is a boiling lake of acid charged water
covering 50 acres and surrounded with
blowholes from which steam and sul
phurous fumes are emitted with great
force and noise. With care a boat can
be navigated on the lake. The sulphur
from White Island Is very pure, but
little effort has yet been made to pro
cure it systematically.
Pnt tp the Price.
Senator Frye of Maine was once of
fered $400 to write an article for a
leading magazine,, but refused, saying
the figure was not large enough.
"How much would you , require?"
asked the editor.
"Twenty thousand dollars," answer
ed the senator, which, of course, put
an end to the negotiations.
"And, do you know," said Mr. Frye
to a friend afterward, "I couldn't have
written the article anyhow."
Learning;.
Wear your learning like a watch, In
a private pocket, and do not pull It out
and display It merely to show that you
have one. If you are asked what
o'clock it is, tell it, but do not pro
claim it hourly, or unasked, like" the
watchman.
The nails of two fingers never grow
with the same degree of rapidity. The
nail of the middle finger grows with
the greatest rapidity and that of the
thumb the leash
Nothing makes the earth so spacious
as to have friends at a distance. " They
mark the latitudes and longitudes.
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Bryan picture will be
sent as premiums for a
club of 13 campaign sub
scriptions at 15c each - 1.95
No. 17. Fr a club of six campaign
subscriptions at 15 cents each we offer as
a premium Rand McNally fc Cos latest
atlas, with maps of China, Chinese Em
pire, Dutch East' Indies, Indo China,
Hawaii, Korea, Malaysia, Oceanica,
Siam, the Philippines Islands, and a map
or ine woria. 11 is a vaiuaoie premium ;
and will be found useful for reference
during the pending and coming troubles j
in the Orient. I
No. 18. For a club of 15 campaign
subscriptions at lo cents each we offer as
a premium a copy of "Political United
States," containing the party platforms
of all the parties who have run presiden
tial candidates since the adoption of the
Constitution, the Declaration of Inde
pendence, the Magna Charta, Mechklen
burg declaration, the Constitution, and
much other matter of particular interest
during the present campaign. 100 pa
ges, 12x15 inches, cloth bound, illustrat
ed, you cannot afford to be without it.
We believe that we have placed
these elegant premiums within the
reach of everyone. There will be
much of interest during the com
ing campaign. No one will regret
the payment of so small a sum as
15 cents for the Independent from
now until November 6. It will
HUMPHREY BROS. HARDWARE CO;
Wilson-Moline Buggies for Sale -
Have just received another car load of Wilson-Moline rubber and steel tira ;
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est on the market, 5 rubber tire phaetons, 3 rubber tire road wagons, 2 rubber tire,
buggies.i and ?4' ; we have some bargains in second hand; 3 extension top cut under
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contain avast amount of informa
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Premium No. 20
For a club of three campaign sub
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mounted of the size-shown in the cut
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that can be obtained the kind that
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nish them with pictures of Mr. Bryan
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son as shown in the cut. Why not help
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Freedom Songs By E.W.Crane.
A book composed of words and music
that is up to date in every respect. En
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of the fusion forces in Nebraska.
Price per single copy 25c, $1.75 per doz
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Neb. -
Book will be ready for sale August 15,
1900. .
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