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F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
Brief Telegrams
The Northwestern Life Insurance
company promises to revolutionize
the insurance world by refusing to
write any more deferred dividend poli
cies
A meeting of steamship agents was
held at Colon to consider a fatal case
4t bubonic plague recently reported
to have occurred at LaBoca near Pan
ama
Gorges Itodrigues the Paris banker
has committed suicide It is stated
that the financier lost heavily In the
recent sharp decline in rentes The
liabilities of his bank are given at
20000001
John P Wallace has been compelled
to retire from his position as chief
engineer for the Panama canal under
pressure from the president and Sec
retary Taft
Announcement is made of a gift of
100000 by the University of Chicago
toward the 1000000 endowment fund
of the American Academy of Fine
Arts in Rome
Senator Mitchell of Oregon charged
-with land frauds did not take the
stand in his own behalf and defense
did not take over an hour in present
ing its testimony
A charter was issued at Jefferson
City Mo by the secretary of state
for the Kansas City and Excelsior
Springs Railroad company The capi
tal stock is 850000
Memorial services for the late pre
mier of Greece Theodore P Delyan
nis who was assinated at Athens June
13 were held in Washington Sunday
at the Greek Church of St Sophia
Former President Alexander of the
Equitable has made restitution of 25-
05322 representing certain amounts
received by him in syndicate opera-
tions referred to in Hendricks report
A hostile demonstration took place
Saturday night at the Russian con
sulate at Genoa Italy There were
cries of Down with the czar and
windows were broken The police dis
persed the mob
The British house of commons has
authorized the raising of a loan not
exceeding 100000000 with the rev
enues of India as security for the con
struction extension and equipment of
the railways of India
The Cuban house of representatives
passed the Rice bill by a vote of 24 to
10 The passage of this bill it is ex
pected will open the Cuban market
to American rice and encourage the
culture of rice in Cuba
The Pennsylvania board of pardons
finally disposed of the case of Mrs
Kate Edwards the Berks county wom
an under sentence of death for the
murder of her husband by refusing
to grant her a commutation
President Cabrera of Guatemala out
of his personal funds has decided to
establish a practical school of sci
ences acts and agriculture under
American professors The tuition will
be given in the English language
Big Frank McCoy the famous old
time bank burglar and partner of the
Jate Jimmy Hope of Manhattan
ibank fame died at the Metropolitan
hospital on Blackwells island New
York of a complication of diseases
Under the terrible charge of having
killed and eaten many children whom
they had stolen twenty Gypsies have
been arrested neare Jaszbereny Hun
gary The leader of the band alone is
alleged to have eaten eighteen child
ren
William Harmon died in California
two years ago leaving a large estate
Only one relative is said to be living
John Beckett is his name and he
is supposed to reside somewhere in
Missouri So far he has not been
found
James S Keerl a prominent civil
-engineer of Helena Mont who was
convicted of manslaughter for killing
Tom Crystal a bartender in Helena
three years ago was sentenced to the
penitentiary for ten years by Judge
Leslie
The duchess of Norfolk gave birth
to a daughter in London This is an
interesting event in the light of the
succession to the premier dukedom of
the kingdom to which Lord Edmund
Talbot brother of the duke is still
heir presumptive
Assessment returns complete from
eighty eight counties show the total
realty and personal valuation this year
is but 6094679 less than last year
in those counties The total in the
eighty eight last year was 489013536
and this year 482918852
W W Karr the former disbursing
officer of the Smithsonian Institution
charged with the embezzlement of
46000 was arraigned in the police
court at Washington He pleaded not
guilty waived preliminary examina
tion and was released on 15000 bail
All laws of the late Nebraska legis
lature without the emergency clause
became effective July 1
Harriman of the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific railroad systems and
George S Baker have been elected to
the executixe committee of the Erie
Railroad company
Red flag ofrevolt has been hoisted
in many cities in Russia and situation
is regarded with grave concern
John F Wallace chief engineer of
the Panama canal and a member of
the commission has resigned both of
these positions to accept a 60000
office with a New York corporation
ifiSSSSESSSE
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THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA
HEW NEBRASKA LAWS
EFFECTIVE JULY 1
July 1 all the laws enacted by the
late legislature which did not carry
the emergency clause will go into
effect Among the many enacted not
heretofore In force are these
One new law protects imported
pheasants and partridges
Another prohibits changes In school
sites without previous notice
County treasurers are given more
power In the collection of personal
taxes
Automobile owners must register at
the state house and each machine
must pay an annual tax of 1
Members of the Lincoln school board
are to be elected every two years
A new law is on the books regard
ing the giving and taking of bribes
Rights-of-way are granted over
state lands to irigation ditches
The drainage ditches cannot be built
to water courses
Cigarettes cannot be made sold or
given away
Business combinations cannot be
made in restraint of trade and the
giving of rebates is made illegal This
state law is framed on the lines of
the national anti trust law
Among the other new statutes are
the following
For the election of register of deeds
on the even year every four years
For the election of county commis
sioners on the even year for terms of
four years County supervisors shall
be chosen on the even year and every
four years H R 318 is for the simi
lar election of county assessors
A bill to provide for the registra
tion of the vital statistics A state
registrar is created to be under the
jurisdiction of the State Medical
board In cities the health authorities
must report deaths and births under
takers and physicians furnishing daily
reports In the rural districts local
registrars are appointed
A bill regulating the practice of
dentistry and providing for a state ex
amining board for dentists
A bill to permit cities of the second
class and villages to own and onerate
municipal electric lighting plants
A bill extending the open season for
prairie chickens to three months and
making the open season for quail two
weeks
A bill regulating the issuing of bank
charters and providing a 25 fee there
for
A bill authorizing guaranty bonds
for saloons
Granting the State university the
right to condemn and purchase prop
erty for university purposes
A bill declaring void marriage be
tween first cousins
the wild animal bounty
law
A bill to permit counties to aid
county agricultural societies to the ex
tent of 3 cents per capita on the vot
ing population
A bill requiring railroads to furnish
one round trip of transportation with
each car of horses cattle or mixed
stock shipped and with every two cars
of hogs
A bill providing for the care and
treatment of dipsomaniacs at the in
sane hospitals of the state
To make the crime of adultery a
crime ounishable by a fine of 200
A bill fixing the minimum capital
for state hanks at 10000
A bill fixing a minimum speed for
stock trains of eighteen miles an hour
or fifteen including stops
A bill to prohibit the killing of red
grey or fox squirrels
A bill to prohibit base ball playing
horse racing or other games of public
sport on Memorial day
Making the county survevnr of
Douglas and Lancaster counties px
oflio county engineers to examine
and Inspect bridges highways and
other public improvements
To require the State Board of Equal
ization to levy a 1 mill tax annually
for the payment of a state debt
Permitting cities and villages to im
pose a poll tax of 2 or to require two
davs work upon roads within five
miles of the corporate limits
A constitutional amendment to be
submitted to a vote of the electors of
the state providing for an elective
railway commission consisting of
three members the proposition to be
submitted at the general election in
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To Protect Their Land
PLATTSMOUTH The land owners
along the Iowa side of the Missouri
river south of the Plattsmouth bridge
are planning a line of action to pre
vent further cutting away of their
lands by the current They have
under consideration the Kellner
method which consists of weaving
wings of wire and willows and ex
tending them out from the banks The
wings gather deposits from the water
and eventually become solid The pro
ject will be an expensive one
To Locate Tournament
NORFOLK The Nebraska fire
fighters are looking around for a
place to run their races in annual
tourney this year and will if the busi
ness interests of Norfolk desire it
return to this city for the third suc
cssive time A letter from W H
Miller chairman of the board of con
trol at York says that he wants to
know if Norfolk desires the tourney
The cost of the affair to the city
would be about 1200 to 15000 cash
Kearney Boy Now a Cadet
KEARNEY Arthur Barney son of
A W Barney of this city is now a
full fledged cadet at Annapolis and
upon graduating at the end of four
years will be an officer in Uncle Sams
navy His father received a telegram
from him stating that he had passed
the physical examination had been
granted ten days leave of absence and
would start for home at once The
physical examination was the last one
to be taken
J J Kriss a Union Pacific brake
man was arrested for violently push
ing a man off the train and inflicting
injuries that terminated fatally
Passing of the Cigarette
The days of the cigarette are num
bered in Nebraska After July 1 it
will be an offense to sell give away or
manufacture the coffin nails Cigar
stores and tobacco men must dispose
of their wares before the law becomes
effective and must not sell cigarette
paper The law was passed by the
last session of the legislature and may
be enforced by fine and imprisonment
It is stated that the dealers will en
close the cigarettes with a tobacco
leaf wrapper and sell the new article
in defiance of the law
OVER THE STATE
The Elks have1 organized a lodge
In North Platte
Simon P Metz a pioneer of Cass
county died last week
Scotts Bluff Is counting on having
electric light at an early day
Mr and Mrs J W Cardiff of Fair
bury last week celebrated their golden
wedding
The teachers institute of Holt
county was unusually well attended
this year
The new 22000 Young Mens Chris
tian association building of York was
dedicated clear of debt
Johnson county farmers are harvest
ing their wheat and find the crop one
of the best for a number of years
The Nebraska Banking association
will hold a meeting in Lincoln October
10 and 11 and the Lincoln bankers
are making elaborate arrangements
for the entertainment of their guests
Thieves entered the slaughter house
of H A Hansen at Elkhorn stealing
a dressed beef and the hide The sup
position is tnat it was taken to Val
ley as wagon tracks were traced to
that place
G C Topping brakeman on freight
train No 15 of the Chicago St Paul
Minneapolis Omaha road while
switching in the yards at Oakland was
thrown fro mthe car and sustained a
number of broken ribs
Among the improvements of mo
ment which McCook will see this sum
mer will be the investment of about
15000 in betterments by the Nebraska
Telephone company in the local ex
change which means a quite complete
overhauling
A man was killed near Gannett
about five miles east of North Platte
His body was badly mangled and is
unrecognizable He was probably a
tramp riding on the rods on train No
2 and fell off His head arms and legs
were cut off and his body almost en
tirely dismembered
John Foilen residing just over the
county line in Nemaha county came
to Nebraska City and filed complaint
against his two brothers Henry and
Nicholas Foilen charging them with
assaulting and beating him until he
was insensible He vfis so badly beat
en that the services of a physician
was needed
Max Ploehn charged with the mur
der of Alma Goos pleaded not guilty
before Justice M Archer at Patts
mouth He was bound over to the dis
trict court The prisoner will be ar
raigned before Judge Jessen of the
district court in a few days at which
time it is believed he will change his
plea and receie sentence
F E Lange a farmer living ten
miles north of Tekamah died from in
juries reecived in a runaway Mr
Lange was driving a team of colts
and in crossing a bridge the tugs
came unhooked letting the tongue
down throwing Mr Lange out of the
wagon and rendering him unconscious
from which he never recovered He
was 78 years old and was the oldest
settler of Burt county
The farmers in Saunders county do
not seem very anxious to donate prop
erty to the Great Northern for a sta
tion and elevator site near the Mc
Lean farm The company wanted
twenty acres of land and Mr McLean
offered to donate ten acres the farm
ers to pay for the other ten Several
meetings were held to consider the
matter and it was finally decided to
call the deal off
Deputy Labor Commissioner Bush
is holding daily sessions at Labor
Temple in Omaha to arrange for
sending harvesters to the Kansas
wheat fields In answer to his adver
tising he is getting a good many ap
plications and expects to send away
several hundred men The railroads
have granted a rate of 1 cent a mile
for men going to the harvest fields
and Mr Bush says there is a demand
which will assure all who go of get
ting work
Denver Colo dispatch Coming to
Denver with has savings 1000 By-
ron Gage of Ord Neb has been miss
ing more than a month His brother
Harry came last night and asked the
aid of the police in finding him The
brother believes that Gage was swin
dled out of his money and perhaps
murdered Gage came here to go into
business He wrote his relatives he
had met a rich mining prospector and
expected to make plenty of money
Since then nothing has been heard of
him
Now that the biennial election law
has been knocked out it means that
the terms of office of these officials
who would otherwise have held over
until next year will expire and suc
cessors must be elected In the state
One supreme court judge two regents
of state university In the county
sheriff county treasurer county clerk
county judge surveyor coroner su
perintendent of instruction The offi
ces of register of deeds county asses
sor and county commissioners go over
one year as contemplated by the law
and are not effected by this decision
Wayne the two and a half year old
son of Walter C Smith was attacked
and quite severely bitten by a strange
dog Only the timely interference of
Mrs Glenn saved the child from being
mangled in a shocking manner The
dog was shot by Marshal Ellis
The executive committee of the
Holdrege harvest jubilee and fair con
sisting of twelve of the leading busi
ness and professional men of the city
met at the City National bank to or-
ganize and make arrangements for the
second annual fall festival It was
finally decided to hold this years pub
llee September 4 to 9
WARFARE AGAINST CONSUMPTION
Why Fight It
The Charity Organization Society of
New York in a hand book on the pre
vention of tuberculosis encourages
the active campaign against this great
plague and gives a concise summary
of Why the battle should be waged
Because more people -die of con
sumption than from any other dis
ease
Each year 1095000 of the people of
the worlddie of It In -the United
States over 100000 die every year of
consumption Every day 3000 and
each minute of the day two persons
fall before this enemy How many of
your friends have died of it
Because it is a disease which
spreads from one person to another
and any one may catch it
Because it is chiefly caused by the
filthy habit of spitting
Because it is a disease which can be
stopped and need not spread
Because every one may and should
help stop it
Because already there is change for
the better The number of deaths
from consumption is growing less
Twenty years ago there were many
more deaths in proportion to the pop
ulation than now
If the tuberculosis death rate of 1S8G
had been maintained the first nine
months of 1902 four thousand more
persons in Manhattan and the Bronx
would have died of tuberculosis than
actually died in these months
Could anything be found more in
spiring more plainly indicative of the
need for extending the work against
this disease
Use of Tobacco by Minors
The use of tobacco by children its
causes and prevention is discussed
in the Medical Summary
Whilst most states have laws forbid
ding the sale of tobacco to minors it
is a notorious fact that such laws are
universally ignored The parent
teacher and physician are to blame
The parent that he does not thor
oughly train his child the teacher
that he does not better supervise the
conduct of his pupils the doctor in
that he does not warn the parent
who perhaps errs himself
School boys may be seen any day
on their way to school with books un
der their arms and a chew of tobacco
or a cigarette in their mouths Oc
casionally little girls may be observed
indulging in the seductive cigarette
on the streets What will be the in
evitable results The best that could
be hoped would be numerous tobacco
users but worse might be feared and
very much worse imagined
The evil is evident and the remedy
is provided but law is useless till en
forced on violation The dealer will
not obey it till public sentiment de
mands it the child does not choose to
submit to it the parent is negligent
the pupil is indifferent or silent and
what is left for the childs salvation
but action upon the part of the guard
ians of humanty If we act we move
thankless The parent will not appre
ciate the dealer will be made an
enemy and the children will hate us
as they become men Pastor and
priest lawyer and laymen will sneer
if we attempt to enforce the laws
Even but a few of our own body poli
tic may be depended upon to act eith
er by precept or concerted movement
Few physicians are even good enough
politicians to ask a councilman or rep
resentative to vote upon a measure
The effort against the evil is necessa
rily for the time along the lines of
individual effort To do good we
must practice act and preach If
our smoking friends will close their
eyes while puffing pipe or cigar they
will find they cannot tell when they
have fire What foolishness to
spend money and waste health to
watch smoke curl Horace Greeley de
fined a cigar as a roll of tobacco with
fire at one end and a fool at the oth
er and we think him more than
half right If the use of tobacco by
the adult be such idiocy what shall
we say of its consumption by the
minor
Skin Training
An enormous amount of time is de
voted to the training of the hand the
eye and the brain but the training of
the skin is seldom thought of Never
theless a well trained skin is more
essential to health than almost any
other kind of bodily culture The neg
lect of the skin must be regarded as
the foundation cause of a large num
ber of chronic maladies It may al
most be asserted that a man who will
keep his skin in a thoroughly healthy
condition may defy almost any known
disease The experienced horseman
knows very well the importance of at
tending to the skin of the animal un
der his care A horse which has a
hide bound skin with the hair dry and
dingy dull and lifeless in appearance
shows by this fact that his whole body
is in a state of disease
A healthy skin is warm slightly
moist smooth reddens quickly when
rubbed or exposed to the action of hot
or cold water is supple and elastic
perspires readily under exercise or the
application of heat and is free Trom
pimples eruptions and discoloratlons
To maintain this condition the skin
must be subjected to daily bathing and
grooming Horsemen rub and groom
their charges daily Wild and domes
tic animals left free in the field habit
ually groom themselves by vigorous
rubbing against trees or other objects
Hunters are familiar with this fact
and often secrete themselves near a
rubbing tree as a means of getting
an easy shot at their game Man of
all animals neglects to groom himself
and this is especially true of civilized
man for as is well known the Savage
and half civilized nations from time
immemorial have practiced rubbing
the body as a means of maintaining
health
How Habits Are Formed
The formation of a physical habit
Involves the education of a portion
of the brain and when the habit has
once been formed the act may be per
formed almost Independently of the
will or the higher brain This fact
should impress us most profoundly
with the importance of forming right
habits since it is apparent that the
getting rid of a wrong habit involves
not only the formation of a right
habit but the far more tedious and
difficult work of undoing the evil
work which has been done in the
wrong education of the brain This
same principle applies to the higher
centers which are concerned only in
mental acts as we shall see later It
is indeed a most momentous thought
that every act of our lives not only
emanates from the brain but modi
fies and changes the brain thus influ
encing our characters
What Know We
What know we of the gnawing griefs
That dim perchance our neighbors
ways
The fretting worry secret pain
That may be his from day to day
Then let no idle word of ours
Sting to his heart with sore dismay
What know we of temptations deep
That hover round him like the night
What bitter struggles may be his
What evil influences blight
Then be not hasty to condemn
If he has strayed from paths of right
We know so little of the hearts
That everwhere around us beat
So little of the inner lives
Of those whom day by day we greet
Oh it behooves us one and all
Gently to deal with those we meet
Gently to deal and gentlv to judge
With that divinest charity
That thinks no evil but would seek
The good In every soul to see
Measuring not by what it is
But by that which It strives to be
ASPARAGUS ITS PREPARATION
AND COOKING
Select fresh and tender asparagus
Those versed in its cultivation as
sert that it should be cut at least
three times a week and barely to the
ground It is is necessary to keep the
bunches for some time before cook
ing stand them tops uppermost in
water about one half inch deep in the
cellar or other cool place Clean each
stalk separately by swashing back
and forth in a pan of cold water till
perfectly free from sand then break
off all the tough portions cut in
equal lengths tie in bunches of half
a dozen or more with soft tape drop
into boiling water barely sufficient to
cover and simmer gently until per
fectly tender
If the asparagus is to be stewed
break not cut into small pieces
when it will not snap off quickly the
stalk is too tough for use
Asparagus must be taken from the
water just as soon as tender while
yet firm in appearance If boiled soft
it loses its flavor and is uninviting
It is a good1 plan when it is to be di
vided before cooking if the stalks are
not perfectly tender to boil the hard
est portions first Asparagus cooked
in bunches is well done if when held
by the thick end in a horizontal posi
tion between the fingers it only
bends lightly and does not fall heav
ily down
The time required for boiling as
paragus depends upon its freshness
and age Fresh tender asparagus
cooks in a very few minutes so quick
ly indeed that the Roman emperor
Augustus intimating that any affair
must be concluded without delay was
accustomed to say Let that be done
quicker than you can cook aspara
gus Fifteen or twenty minutes will
suffice if young and fresh if old
from thirty to fifty minutes will be re
quired
Stewed Asparagus Wash break
into pieces simmer till tender in wa
ter just Jto cover add sufficient rich
milk part cream if convenient to
make a gravy thicken slightly with
flour a teaspoonful to a pint of milk
add salt if desired boil together and
serve
Asparagus for Egg Sauce Prepare
and cook asparagus as directed above
When tender drain thoroughly and
serve on a hot dish or on slices of
nicely browned toast with an egg
sauce prepared in the following man
ner Heat a half cup of rich milk to
boiling add salt and turn into it
very slowly the well beaten yolk of
an eS stirring constantly at the
same time Let the whole just thick
en and remove from the fire at once
Asparagus With Cream Sauce
Thoroughly wash tie in small bunch
es and put into boiling water boil
till perfectly tender Drain thorough
ly untie the bunches place the stalks
all the same way upon a hot plate
with a dressing prepared as follows
Let a pint of sweet cream about six
hours old is best come to the boiling
point and stir into it salt to taste
and a level tablespoonful of flour
rubbed smooth with a little cold
cream Boil till the flour is perfectly
cooked and then pass through a fine
wire strainer
Asparagus on Toast Cook the as
paragus in bunches and when tender
drain and place on slices of nicely
browned toast moistened in the as
paragus liquor Pour over all a cream
sauce prepared as directed above
Asparagus Points Cut off enough
heads in two inch lengths to make
three pints Put into boiling water
just sufficient to cover When tender
drain off the water add a half cup of
cream and salt ii desired Serve at
once
Calumet
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Baking
Powder
The only high
grade Baking
Powder sold
at a moderate
price Com
plies with the
pure food laws
of all states
Trust Baking Potvdera
sell for 45 or 50 cents per
pound and may bo iden
tified by this exorbitant
price They arc a menace
to public health as food
prepared from them con
tains large quantities of
Eochelle salts a danger
ous cathartic drug
A Note to Novel Readers
Well worth pondering by a gener
ation of novel readers too apt to im
bibe a code of ethics from irrespon
sible purveyors of fiction are these
words in Harpers Magazine from
William Dean Howells himself the
dean of American novelists
If a novel flatters the passions and
exalts them above the principles it
is poisonous it may not kill but it
will alone exclude an entire class of
fiction of which eminent examples
will occur to all Then the whole
spawn of so called unmoral romances
which imagine a world by the penal
ties following swift or slow but in
exorably sure in the real world are
deadly poison these kill The novels
that merely tickle our prejudices and
lull our judgment or that coddle our
sensibilities or pamper our gross ap
petite for the marvelous are not so
fatal but they are innutritious and
clog the soul with unwholesome va
pors of all kinds No doubt they too
help to weaken the mental fibre and
make their readers indifferent to
plodding perseverance and plain in
dustry and to matter-of-fact poverty
and commonplace distress
Leipsic Books and Music
In the city of Leipsic the headquart
ers of the German book publishing
trade there are 2916 firms filling
orders and its book publishers ex
change has 3240 members Leipsic
has not only one of the most cele
brated universities in Germany but as
a city is renowned for its music
schools and concerts Many Ameri
cans of both sexes are now studying
at Leipsic
Proved Beyond a Doubt
Middlesex N Y July 3 Special
That Rheumatism can be cured ha3
been proved beyond a doubt by Mrs
Betsey A Clawson well known here
That Mrs Clawson had Rheumatism
and had it bad all her acquaintances
know They also know she is now
cured Dodds Kidney Pills did it
Mrs Clawson tells the story of her
cure as follows
I was an invalid for most five year3
caused by Inflammatory Rheumatism
helpless two thirds of the time The
first year I could not do as much as a
baby could do then I rallied a little
bit and then a relapse Then a year
ago the gout set in my hands and feet
I suffered untold agony and In Au
gust 1903 when my husband died I
could not ride to the grave
I only took two boxes of Dodd3
Kidney Pills and in two weeks I could
wait on myself and saw my own wood
I dug my own potatoes and gathered
my own garden last fall Dodds Kld
nely Pills cured me
Rheumatism is caused by uric acid
In the blood Dodds Kidney Pills put
the Kidneys in shape to take all the
uric acid out of the blood
The Difference
In England the youth is perhaps the
exception who is not waiting for
something to turn up in Scotland he
is the exception who is not taught
from the beginning that it is his busi
ness to turn something up The
Young Man
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Bondout Y cured my serious kidney trouble I sained
Mpounds aWrdellBuniiTlleKJ BotUestUO
His Excuse
Mr Hope Spriggins Jones says of
poetry I dont write it for a liYin
I just write it cause the rest o the
world seems to be tacklin of it an I
might as well have a whirl at it as
anybody else Atlanta Constitution
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in Morocco they are beheaded as are
the wounded foes and their heads
placed on the falls in cities as a warn
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