Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1895 — An Unique Book. [ARTICLE]

An Unique Book.

An unique book, by an American millionaire, Is to appear shortly. Mr. Heber Bishop, who possesses incomparably the finest collection of jades in the world, recently visited Pekin, and made large additional purchases. Now he proposes to publish a volume on the subject, which will cost SIOO,OOO to bring out, the binding alone of each copy running to $l2O. The edition will be limited to one hundred copies, which will be distributed by the author to the chief governments of the world, many of the crowned heads and the principal public libraries. Then the plates will be destroyed, and the volume thus rendered one of the rarest and most valuable in existence. The jade is by far the most valued ornament of the Chinese, perfect specimens fetching enormous prices, and its delicious green and white will lend itself to exquisite illustration. Columbus, 0., is the wheelmen’s paradise. It has 121 miles of asphalt pavement, and everybody rides. He hath a poor spirit who j is not planted above petty wrongs. The devil comes to the wedding when people marry for money.