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SUBSCRIPTION FlllCEi l.SO PEIl VEAU IX ADVANCE
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S THOUGHT FOR TODAY
He who can be forced to act l
against his will docs not know J
how to die. Seneca. I
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Hughes is in the lead at Chicago.
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The more weddings, the more new
homes.
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June weddings are becoming quite
numerous.
Go it while you're young, for when
you get old you'll have to stop.
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Sugar is still soaring in price. You
only get eleven pounds for a dollar
now.
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If it's a town of less than 2,LG0,
she's a hired girl. In a bigger ;ovn
she's a maid.
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"Wantcd A statesman," says Dr.
Abbott in the Outlook. The favorite
can't see why.
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Mr. Bryan will assist in reporting
the St. Louis convention for the Kan
sas City Star.
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Flag day, Wednesday, June li,
i-hould be another great patriotic day
for Plattsmouth.
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The only things cheap in the eating
line are vegetables, and they are not
so awful cheap.
Since Carranza has become so
iluent, maybe he can tell what has
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ecomc of Villa.
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If a presidential nominee's health
is good the vice presidency may be
an appropriate place for a favorite
son.
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If Roosevelt fails to get the nomi
nation at Chicago there will be plenty
of "iour grapes" around the Star
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office in Kanc-as City.
Justice Hughes is a wise old guy.
He wants the nomination at Chicago,
but the- people won't know it until
after he is nominated.
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Whcn a man scratches his back in
the .winter he says it is buckwheat
cakes. In the summer he lays it to
strawberries. Usually it is neither.
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There are men who lie like Ananias
to escape S4 of taxes and at the same
time bet S40 on a bobtail flush and
lose it without batting an eyelash.
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Whether to make a cake by a
recipe or pattern is a question that
puzzled a Plattsmouth bride just
starting on the duties of housekeep
ing. "The dance," says Hilly San-Jay,
"is nothing but a hugging match set
to music." If that is the case, Platts
mouth has her share of hugging
matches.
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When the wool from the shearing
recently of single sheep brings $0.50,
it certainly pays to raise sheep. That
is what one yielded its owner down
in Nodaway county, Missouri, re
cently.
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But may it not bo observed that thi
theory of the optomist who bases U'v
belief that the world is growing bet
tor on the increasing tendency to t:a;
"liml," instead of "leg" is "without a
leg to stand on"?
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! College girls quizzed jAout the
Qualifications they desire in a hu
band unanimously declare that they
i required in their' life partners ability
fto d3nce, though nor." are wanted
who are addicted to "skates,"
DEMOCRATIC TRANQUILITY
It is only for those born to that
practice r.nd educated in its intri
cacies to speak with knowledge of
American politics, great or small, so
many a citizen is only privileged to
judge political situations by the out
ward manifestations thereof, just as
he might criticise the general effect
of a drama without the slightest wis
dom as to the detailed work of the
actors presenting that drama..
For that reason the approach of
the republican national convention is
looked upon by many as the prelimi
nary to a sort of circus or pageant
or masque, with the players thereof
speaking the lines set down for them,
and no more. Experience four years
ago has taught the laity to believe
this the x-ase, and the elephant will
have to live that reputation down.
Into this carefully rehearsed en
tertainment has been injected a sort
of free lance performer with a vari
ous array of features that would be
a Welcome adjunct to the Ak-Sar-Een
initiation show any time.
Gus Renze invented the knife
throwing stunt a dozen years ago,
and now this same "act" has actually
become a part and parcel of the G.
O. P. presidential melee.
Thousands of people are flocking
to Giicago to witness, if possible, the
kaleidoscopic changes and multifari
ous events to be staged there by the
republican party. If this show is not
produced according to expectations,
thee thousands will be grievously
disappointed after" their lengthy jour
revs to the footstool of all righteous
ness.
In comparison with this spectacular
event at Chicago, the democratic con
vention, at St. Louis fader, into noth
ingness as an attraction.
For at St. Louis, at a time in the
woild's history when the interior of
a boiler shop is as quiet as a mauso
leum three years ago, the democrats
of the United States are preparing
most tranquilly for an exceedingly
tranquil convention with their great
leader of those troublesome times the
only name upon any tongue.
President Wilson is tranquil, de
mocracy is tranquil, and so tle con
vention will be.
People reailze this. They realize
that the desperate thrashing about of
the G. O. P. in search of a man to
combat the personality and record cf
Wcodrow Wilson is rapidly assuming
the caliber of a great theatrical spec
tacle, and not much more.
With dignity and with sense of
having in the past four years honor
ably performed tho duties to which
they were sworn, the democrats are
awaiting their day at St. Louis.
In the meantime their opponents,
with scores of bands, ballyho artists,
knife throwers and other society spe
cialties, are preparing their scenery.
Peace, preparedness, and above all
a confident tranquility, are the most
prized characteristics of the demo
cratic party today, which is consider
able contrast alongside the fireworks
threatening at Chicago.
The big show is nearly ready. Step
lively, ladies and gentlemen but
watch your step! World-Herald.
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A special train will leave Lincoln
next Sunday fillet! with boomers for
Governor Moreheal for vice presi
dent and the regular delegates from
Nebraska.
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Calm yourselves, ladies. It is true
that Princess Jolanda, who is to
marry the Prince: of Wales, is only
15. Hut she won't have much of the
housework to do.
Edison, having announced that peo
ple sleep too much, now says we
ought to cat less. Yet the nations
now devoting themselves to wakeful
ness and abstinence are not happy.
If the republicans had the unit rule
the Chicago convention would not be
half so interesting.
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Perhaps the idea that two can live
as cneapiy as one originated in tne
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mind of a young fellow who boarded
with his father-in-law.
General Harg's report resembles
the annual statement of the secretary
of a small town Commercial club-prepared
to prove that he is earning his
salary.
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We are reminded of what the gov
ernor of North Carolina said to the
governor of South Carolina when we
think of the elections in Nebraska
it's a good while between (drinks)
elections.
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Louis W. 1 1 ill, son of the great rail
way king who died recently, is said
to be very sensitive about discussing
his personal appearance. If he is, we
hope he won't see this: lie wears
whiskers that are as insanitary look
ing as if he were an eminent surgeon.
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The Toledo Blade ' springs the old
line, true as it doubtless is, that there
$10,000 men. Certainly there is, and
there alway will be as long as it
remains with the employer to put one
price on the job and another on the
man.
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That flag stands for honor, not for
advantage. That flag stands for tne
rights of mankind, no matter whre
they be, no matter what their antc-
edents, no matter what the race in
volved; it stands for the absolute
right to political libeity and free self-
government, and wherever it stands
for the contrary' American traditions
:iave begun to be forgotten. Wcod
row Wilson.
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CHARACTERISTIC OF THEM
Three or four democratic newspa
pers in Nebraska have announced
that they will r.ot support the entire
democratic ticket. A couple of the:;c
newspapers love to publish fiery edi
torials for the purpose of seeing them
quoted in republican organs. But if
the republican organs arc laying the
Pattering unction to their souls that
because some democratic newspapers
refuse to support the entire ticket
the whole ticket is doomed to defeat,
they would do well to reconsider. In
dependence is a characteristic of
democratic newspapers. A man may
be a democrat and very independent.
But if he edits a republican news
paper he must swallow any old ticket
offered or be forever cast into outer
darkness. Any old time you see a
republican editor manifesting inde
pendence of the party leaders, just
set it down in ycur little .old note
book that there in one republican who
may be expected over in the demo
cratic ranks 'ere long. Whenever you
see a democratic editor bolting any
part of his ticket ycu can wager your
ultimate simolcon that he has really
made up his mind that the candidates
bolted are not worthy. Once in a long
while you'll lose-, for democrats are
only human, after all, and now and
then a democratic editor gets peeved
because he lost a postoffice or didn't
get the nomination he sought. Once
in a long while you will find a demo
cratic editor who thinks he is mani
festing superior virtue when he poses
as too good to support some nominee
hoping all the time to get his
diatribes printed in the opposition
press. When all other attempts at
securing publicity fail; when the edi
tor's real ability cannot command
attention .from his brethren of the
press, he can always bank on the
notoriety that comes . from being
quoted in the opposition organs with
approving comrtunt. There arc one
or two such democratic editors ih
Nebraska. But a spirit of independ
ence permeating it is satisfying to
the soul to know that whatever their
reason, there is the democratic edi
torial fraternity that cannot be found
in the press of any other political
party. The York Democrat is rather
independent itself. It hasn't bolted
any of thej democratic ticket so far,
but there's no tiling what may hap
pen7 It all depends .upon the candi
dates themselves. York Democrat.
FAVOR LOWER POSTAGE RATES
One-cent letter postage is attract-
jir.g the attention of congress, fifty
j b5ils cay jne for the inauguration of
a rate Qn local delivcry letters
having been introduced. Many news-
papers throughout the country are
warmly advocating the lower rate,
and the inauguration of a so-called
"zone" system for the transportation
of periodical literature of all kinds.
At the present time the great bulk
of mail being carried distances under
second class rates is furnished by the
magazine publishers of the large
eastern cities. Tiainload after train
lead of magazines are sent out to all
parts of the country at a cost of 1
cent a pound, although it has been
estimated by postal experts that it
costs over 8 cents a" pound to deliver
such literature. This, it is claimed,
is manifestly unfair to the publish
ers of newspapers in local territories,
who are required to pay the same
rate for transportation cf their prod
ucts. It is proposed, and will become
pait of the readjustment of postage
rates when such are made, that a
zone system bo established so that a
certain rate shall be charged for all
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fifty miles, another for fifty to 100
miles, .another for 150 to 300 miles,
and so on up to a haul which would
extend across the continent. In this
way the publishers of big magazines
would be required to pay the govern
ment what it actually costs to trans
port their product. Under the pres
ent rate the United States mails
transport such magazines as Leslie's
an average of 1,000 miles at the same
rate they would charge for news
papers for the average houl of fifty
miles. This means a large subsidy
for Leslie's Weekly. Some of the
other magazines, having a much
larger circulation, benefit to a much
greater degree. When it is consid
ered that Leslie's Weekly gets over
c 1,200 per page pr single issue for
its advertising space, and that a half
or more of the periodical is taken up
with advertising, it hardly seems fair
to users of letter postage and to
newspaper publishers that they .should
pay the government a profit of 100
per cent' when none of it is used to
defray general expenses of the de
partment, but goes instead to take
care of the deficit created by the lo?s
incurred in distributing these maga
zines at 1 cent a pound, a rate which
is almost a franking privilege. News
papers, which should properly repre
sent the territory in which they are
published, and carry the advertise
ments of the nationally advertised
products in their territories, arc sel
dom considered nowadays in the dis
tribution of big advertising appro
priations. The money goes rather to
huge magazine corporations which
are growing fabulously rich, and
which pay only a fraction of the cost
to the government for the service
fu rnished them. The reason one large
magazine business' is paying profits
may be noted in the three trade pub
lications controlled by it. The actual
value of these publications is about
$200,000, yet, owing to advantages
given by the second class rate and
the resultant increase in their adver
tising, they were recently sold for
$1,500,000. It is declared that upon
its latter valuation they paid a stock
dividend of 50 per cent. When it is
realized that the publishers of news
papers in the smaller towns and cities
scarcely more than break even and
make a living from their publications,
is it not fair that the government
should collect from these huge cor
porations the cost of services en
tailed? This remarkable condition of
affairs hai been revealed by investi
gations which have been made by the
National One-Cent Postage associa
tion, with headquarters at Cleveland,
Ohio. This association is seeking to
secure a 1-cent letter rate and a re
adjustment of charges made ' on the
carrying of second class mail which
is very largely furnished by the big
magazine publishers. It is pointed
out that if a zone system were to
.applied the rate on letter postage
could be lowered, the advertising
placed in the local newspapers, where
it belongs, and the big magazines re
quired to share some of their fancy
profits with the government, which is
1 now carrying: their product at a loss
estimated at over $75,000,000 per
year en periodical mail, which is eff-
j set by a profit of more than that
! amount from letter mail.
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Are you going to St. Louis next
week?
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Local candidates are beginning to
move around.
Carranza's bluff didn't scare any
body in the least.
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Too much gossiping is not healthy
for any community.
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The word of Funston and Scott
goes against all Mexicans.
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Swat the fly. He is beginning to
show up quite numerously in spots.
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Have you heard any of the new
sport suits made of bed ticking?
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The moose may show its teeth in
the Chicago convention, but it won't
bite anybody.
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Preparedness should not be in poli
tics and politics should not be in
preparedness.
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The nomination of ex-Senator Bur-
kett for vice president at Chicago
looks very bright.
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It is understood that national con
vention keynote speeches are so called
because they aren't.
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June weddings are blooming right j
alcng in this neighborhood. Don't
seem to be any let up on connubial j
bliss.
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The suggestion that the women j
voters will be swayed by their like
cr dislike of whiskers comes from the
enemy.
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Some girls, can squeeze their way
through a crowded street and emerge
without looking mussed. How they
do it is a secret.
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A soldier hv the trenches"' is said
to have written a grand opera. One
never knows what the by-products of
war are going to be.
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The seizure of 2,b'03 parcels of rub-
bcr in the transatlantic mails merely
goes to show "how clastic the modern
laws of war have become.
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The way crude oil is continuing to
go up likewise suggests further study
as to the ways and means of getting
more mileage out of a gallon of gas.
:o:
One thousand bird - of - paradise
feathers be destroyed by the gov
ernment! Just think, girls, of the
bargain sales that are going to waste!
:o:
It wilj be a difficult task to con
vince the average citizen that a
young man who marries two widows
of uncertain age in rapid succession
should be classed as a molly-coddle.
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For purely reading purposes before
the convention, the dark horse is al
ways the most popular candidate with
the public, because he needs less
currying than those of the lighter
shades.
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The British naval officers say the
Germans used no new tricks in the
North sea fight. We don't recall any,
either, unless, of course, you count
the sinking of some fourteen British
war vessels which had never been
sunk before.
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The popular prediction on the out-
come of the Chicago convention is
about as follows: It looks as though
Hughes or Roosevelt might be nomi-
nated, unless some other candidate
reecives a majority of the votes in
the convention. .
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capitalists who say it is useless io
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puy ,uyu waSt-s t,.jr
oniy dc wasteu are not as numerous
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as they used to be. Still, a five-mil-
lien-dollar increase in the bank de
posits of Ford workers, a gain of
eighteen millions dollars in the value
of homes they are paying for and a
twelvc-million-dollal- increase in ' the
life insurance they carry are potent
arguments with those to whom money J
talks.
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iii use for over SO years, has bornothe slnatari) of
and has been mado under his pcr
r 7-j-rf- sonal supervision since its Infancy.
!ilZ4cu26; Allow no one to deceive you la this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-ood " are but
Experiments tliat trifle with, and endanger the hccltli ol
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment-
What is CASTOR! A
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It L pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Xarcotio
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Vrorn:.5
r.nd allays Teverishness. For more than thirty years it
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, "Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Childrcu's Panaceai The 3Iother's Friend.
EQUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
tBears the
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THE CENTAUN COM PANY, NEW YORK CITV.
COMPARE THE RECORDS.
Vermont republicans in convention
assembled writhed in anguish over
the "weak, vacillating, incompetent
democratic party."
The "weak, vacillating, incompet
ent democratic party" is the party
that enacted the greatest banking and
currency law the country ever had
after the republican party had failed
at the job; the party that reformed
the tariff after the republican party
had muddled the work; that created
a trade commission after the repub
hcan party shirked its duty; that has
doubled the size of the United States
I army and made provision for general
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I military training; mat nas iraiiieu
the greatest navy bill in the history
of the country; that is preparing to
take the tariff completely out of
partisan politics and to rehabilitate
the merchant marine; that has kept
the Unicd states out of war and
maintained the honor of the nation
by the processes of peace.
The "weak, vacillating, incompet
ent democratic party'' has done more
for the country in three years than
the republican party did in sixteen
years of continuous power. It is a
record for which the republican party
has no parallel since the civil war.
New York World.
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Love your enemies. Your wife will
attend to hers.
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The man with the straw hat and
linen suit has had but little use for
them this season.
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"The Efficient Gossip" is to be the
title of a book now on the press. We
predict great success for the book,
for it is badly needed. There is a
great deal of ragged, shoddy gossip
put out every day, due mostly to
carelessness and lack of preparation,
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From present indications Vice
President Marshall will be renomi
nated at St, Louis next week and
should. In renominating President
Wilson it becomes the duty of the
convention to also renominate Tom
Marshall, one of the truest democrats
that ever breathed the breath of life.
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Rather cool again Tuesday night.
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Farmers are praying for warmer
weather. i
Some boys seem to enjoy being
mean.
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Incidentally, who commissioned that
man Hitchcock to make presidents?
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"Auto spooning" is a game that
two can play with perfect success
anddelight.
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The peace between Italy" and Ger
many is a peace that passethall
understanding.
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It is usually the bold and reckless
swimmer who is drowned in the sea
of matrimony.
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There is something pathetic in the
idea of a prison baseball team knock
ing a home run.
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A quick way to start a riot in Lon
don is to stand on some busy corner
and shout for peace.
:o:
A substitute for meat has been in
vented by foreign chemists. Imita
tion hash is irext in order.
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What most girls like about a love
letter is the fact that they can keep
reading th,em over and over.
s :o:
Sons of self-made men frequently
give evidence that their fathers were
satisfied with the first attempt.
:o:
English sparrows should soon be
exterminated, now that it has been
discovered that they are good to eat.
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Kansas has issued its annual call
for 45,000 volunteers for the wheat
fields, when the harvest begins on
June 20.-
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This is the only time in the year
when you can tell this year's straw
hats from those of last year. This
year's are white.
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Life doesn't seem worth while to
the old fraternity man when he see?
one of his old "barb" enemies
amounting to something.
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