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By COLUMBUS JOURNAL Ce.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
House-Cleaning Pays.
Among the curious records of old
colonial days in an inventory of the
goods of a certain Dutch burgher of
New Amsterdam, who included among
Ida household possessions 13 scrubbing-brushes,
31 ruuLing-brushes,
"seven other brushes," and 24 pounds
of Spanisn soap. The picture present
ed to the imagination by such a for
midable array of implements may be
Supplemented by another, drawn a
eentury later, evidently by a not
wholly unprejudiced eye-witness of.
trhat he describes. "The husband
cone, the ceremony begins walls are
stripped of their furniture, paintings,
prints, looking-glasses, lie in huddled
heaps about floors; curtains are torn
from testers beds crammed into win
dows; chairs and tables, bedsteads and
cradles, crowd the yard; and the gar
den fence bends beneath the weight of
carpets, blankets, cloth cloaks, old
coats, under petticoats and ragged
breeches. This ceremony complete and
the house thoroughly renovated, the
next operation is to smear the walls
and ceilings with brushes dropped in
to a solution of lime called whitewash,
to pour buckets of water over the
floor, and scratch all the partitions
and wainscots with hard brushes
charged with soft soap or stone-cutter's
sand." Small wonder that the
goodman prudently retires! Ladies
looking forward to such a strenuous
day are hardly in the frame of mind
for light and easy conversation. But
wonder of these wonderful days!
there is now a queer machine that rat
tles ana throbs in the street while its
long pipes, climbing into upper win
dows of a building, proclaim the pass
ing of the old-fashioned house-clean-inng.
The vacuum-cleaners, joining
the long procession of labor-savers
sewing machines, cooking and dish
washing machines, mangles, carpet
sweepers, bread-mixers and countless
others are banishing one more drud
gery. Certainly woman's work is
constantly growing physically easier.
Whether the more exacting demands
of an age which changes its fashions
every few months and its fads every
few hours counterbalance its advant
ages may be an open quesaon. But
one thing is certain the woman wise
enough and resolute enough to
choose the best has in these days a
freedom from drudgery and a conse
quent opportunity never dreamed oi
by her sister of a hundred, or even
0, years ago.
, Lesson from Franklin.
I It is well, therefore, to use the force
Of Franklin's knowledge, and hi;
teaching, and his example to empha
size the wisdom of our great midult
classes in combining their savings foi
(the sake of mutual profit resulting
from large industrial enterprises, car
iried on with their aggregated capital
'It requires a good deal of confidence
tin the credulity of the public, say;
Cent per Cent, to argue, in the face o:
such facts as follow, that industria
jcorporations cannot possibly ?san
more than five per cent, for the whole
feistory of commercial development ir
sAmerica, from Franklin's time to out
own, testifies to the contrary. Take
ithe great railroads, for illustration, th?
(most profitable of all industrials, and
trace their invested millions to theii
source, back through the insurance
companies and banks to the millions
of small depositors, and you will see
.that in reality the people's savings
are the capital that is running the
roads, albeit the people do not receive
the large earnings because their mon
ey Is not Invested directly in the roads.
This magazine will have accom
plished a notable work If it can disa
buse the minds of the small Investors
-whom interested parties have persuad
ed that stock in all sound and success
ful companies is never offered for sale
to them. That is not true. The most
commonplace things of life, sugar,
pickles, thread, hooks and eyes, peas,
pencils, chocolate, rubber shoes, coal
and a hundred and one other items,
are yielding great wealth in the ag
gregate and providing Incomes for
hundreds of thousands of sharehold
ers for the most part people of moder
ate means who have been provident
.enough to save their small earnings
land Invest them In the shares of the
industrial enterprises whose business
it is to manufacture these things. The
Wesson is so plain that "me who runs
xoay read." Cultivate the Franklin
like simplicity of lite, and save part ot
every dollar you earn for Investment
in shares of the safe and profitable in
dustrial enterprises which are at once
the support and development of our
country's tremendous resources.
At the dobe of & tariff speech which
more or less scintilated with witty,
quips at the expense of New York city
Mr. Boutell fired this parting and de
molishing shot: "There is an old Ital
ian adage which says, 'See Naples and
die!' We in this country, adapting
that adage to its modern surroundings,
say. 'See New York and live live it
down.'"
A recent report has it that the Pres
byterians have about decided to cut
hell out of their creed. Now watch
the rush to become Presbyterians.
A new compound noun has been
added to the vernacular. It is "lady
wear" and it was born in the sweat
shop where shirtwaists, women's
skirts, coats and other feminine habil
iments are made by the hundred thou-
ids. Before "electrocute" "lady-
slaks into the insignificance of
street slang, bat it will stick, as it
condenses a half dozen words into one.
v When things begin to "get on the
(serves" there is wisdom in following
the old-time advice, "Be quiet sad go
IN PRISON AT
THREE MEN
HURLBERT, MITCHELL AND HARLE
UNDER SENTENCE FOR COLD
BLOODED MURDERS.
WERE GANG OF LIFE
Killing of Their Victims a Part of the Scheme
by Which They Had Made Large Sums
Had Another Victim Marked
for Death.
Chihuahua, Mexico. Through a skein
of plot and counter plot, that, if
evolved by a writer of fiction, would
have been considered extravagant, the
story runs of the crime of the three
men, Hurlbert, Mitchell and Harle,
now under sentence of death here.
' The crime for which these three
men are to die is murder, an Incident
of their series of carefully planned life
insurance swindles.
The particular company victimized
is one of the greatest in the world, and
only carelessness on the part of the
plotters, resulting from over-confidence,
saved it from a heavy loss.
Practically in its entirety the affair
Is as follows:
Commenced in 1902.
It was in the spring of 1902 that a
life insurance company was called
upon to pay two death claims in Chi
huahua, the first on the life of Harry
M Mitchell for $15,000 under a policy
assigned to his sister, Helen Richard
son, and the second on the life of
James Devers for $10,000 under a pol
icy of which one Willis Meredith was
the beneficiary. Mitchell had died
on February 11 of that year, and
Devers on March 23, and the agent in
both cases had been C. T. Richardson,
who had formerly been in the employ
of the company at Chihuahua, but was
now living in Dallas, Tex.
Now, life insurance agents in Chi
huahua, Mexico, even those who sub
sequently move to a town like Dallas,
do not, as a rule, support private
teams, nor drive out in style with
negro coachman and a footman or two.
All these things were included in
Richardson's establishment in Dallas,
to the great amazement of a repre
sentative of the life insurance com
pany, who went down from the El
I. Paso office, where the check for the
Devers policy had been forwarded, to
look into the matter. These things
were reported to the home office, and
under the direction of Second Vice
President Kingsley, Harry H. Bottome,
a lawyer of New York, and a detective,
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who may remain nameless, got busy
on the case.
It was discovered that Devers had
been in Chihuahua a few weeks before
his death, and that nothingwas known
about him except that he was a hard
drinker and of a type of social out
cast common enough in that territory.
This strengthened a theory that the
very possession of a $10,000 policy by
such a man required some further
explanation, let alone possible suspi
cious circumstances attending his
death. So the investigators turned to
the payment of the Devers policy at
the El Paso office, after the company
had unsuccessfully tried to have the
check sent from New York intercepted
in transit.
First Evidence Secured.
It appeared that the check had been
forwarded from the El Paso office to
the Fort Worth office at the request of
Meredith, and when it came back after
collection through a Fort Worth bank
it bore Meredith's indorsement for de
posit. Inquiry at the b&ak in ques
tion developed that soon after the
claim had been filed on Devers' death
Meredith had called at the bank in
company with. Richardson, and had
obtained there a loan of $8,000 upon
Richardson's assurance that the com
pany had admitted the claim under J
the policy and was about to pay the
money. This loan was paid in part in
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ardson, that forms the first link in the
chain of evidence that was to connect
him with the crime.
So the search led back to Chihuahua,
and when more light was sought on
the manner of the deaths of Harry
Mitchell and Devers it was found that
in the first case death had occurred
in the house in which Richardson and
his wife lived and within half an hour
after Mitchell had talked with a-
friend In the street, apparently in
perfect health. This was hardly con
sistent with the theory of spinal men
ingitis advanced by Dr. Harle, the
physician signing the death certificate,
who happened to be also the physician
who had examined each applicant for
insurance upon his admission to the
company. In the case of Devers it
appeared that death was due to dysen
tery, as might easily have occurred
with a man of Devers' dissolute man
ner of living. Of Richardson nothing
could be learned, except that he had
appeared in Chihuahua in the sum
mer of 1901, with his wife, Helen
Richardson, as an American looking
for business opportunities in Mexico,
and had secured an appointment as
agent for the life insurance company
in the territory.
Gray's Entry Into the Game.
It was at this stage of the case that
there came to Dallas, where the Rich -ardsons
were living in style, a pre
possessing citizen named W. J. Gray,
a dealer in lumber lands, who opened
an office of some size and took a house
in the best part of the town. The
Rlchardsons happened to be in Hot
Springs, Ark., at the time, and so
Gray, the lumberman, who wasn't in
any hurry .to get his Dallas affairs mov
ing anyway, took a trip over to the
Arkansas resort and registered at the
same hotel with the former life in
surance agent, his wife and child.
The two got acquainted and became
famous friends. Then one day Rich-
ardson proposed that he should insure
Gray's life. Gray demurred, but he
recalled that his wife had a brother
who was ill with consumption, dia
betes, and several other troubles, and
it occurred to him that if there were
any way in which a policy might be
issued on the life of this unfortunate
brother-in-law as security for some
money he (Gray) nad advanced, he
might contemplate with more equa
nimity his relative's approaching end.
Richardson thought he could fix it,
and the brother-in-law was sent for
from St. Louis.
Now, the convenient orother-in-law
was about as much a relative cf Gray's
as Gray was himself a lumber mer
chant, but he was indeed suffering from
consumption and diabetes and was so
ill when Richardson wrote his $50,000
policy that he had, to be propped up
in bed in order to sign it. Richardson
announced that he had bribed a couple
of doctors to sign the physical exam
ination papers, and the sick brother-in-law
was shipped back to St Louis,
whence he went out to Arizona a year
later to die.
Dallas Hade Headquarters.
Greatly did Gray admire the skilled
manipulation of the brother-in-law
case by his friend Richardson. So
hen the latter suggested that there
was plenty of easy money to be made
by similar undertakings down In the
border country where people are not
watched too carefully. Gray fell Is
with the game at once, and the two
went back to Dallas, where Gray's
lumber office became shortly their
headquarters. Gray used to hear from
Richardson how it wasn't really neces
sary to bribe a doctor in an insurance
case, but simply to take a dummy be
fore the medical man to pass the
physical examination, and Richardson
had just the dummy that filled the
bill, a young fellow named Mason,
once a miner in Chihuahua.
So the months went on, and it was
in October of 1902. The Gray-Richardson-Mason
combination was now in
good running order, and it was
planned that they should go to El
Paso, where Mason would take out
$100,000 insurance in the name of
Marshall D. Sanguinetto, an individ
ual whom Richardson said 'he knew to
be dying of consumption in Mexico.
They were to make Gray the benefi
ciary of the policy, wait until Sanguin
etto died, and then collect the $100,
000. But a hitch arose. Richardson
remembered one day that nis friend
Sanguinetto, was a young man of
middle age, whereas Mason was but a
youngster of 23. Why not, then, have
Gray take out the policy as Sauguin-
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and then collect in the usual way?
Gray Harked for Murder.
Gray was not overanxious to make
his death a possible source of profit to
Ri. harden and Mason, but he con
sent: to be Sanguinetto for the pur
poses' the policy, and to own Mason
as David Sanguinetto, his son and
heir. After various introductions the
policy was made out and the deal
closed apparently. What introduced
a new element into it that Rich
ardson and his friend Mason had not
counted on was the fact that Harry
Bottome and a couple of detectives
had been keeping in nightly touch
with Gray and incidentally had been
doing a little work on the side, listen
ing to conversations between Rich
ardson and Mason when Gray wasn't
around. It was in one of these con
versations that Richardson gleefully
remarked that Gray had been the eas
iest thing imaginable in the Sanguin
etto case, and added:
"We won't do a thing to him when
we get him over the border."
Bottome and his men decided that
matters had gone far enough. They
laid their information before the dis
trict attorney of El Paso county, and
warrants were issued for all three, in
cluding Gray, for it was inexpedient
just then to have an exposure of the
part which the lumberman-detective
had played in the case. Gray, however,
was soon released, and the next step
was a charge filed in the City of Chi
huahua accusing Richardson and Ma
son of the murders of Mitchell and
Devers. In the preliminary hearing
Dr. Harle was called as a witness, and
testified that Mitchell did die of strych
nine poisoning instead of spinal men
ingitis, but that Richardson had told
him that the case was one of sui
cide, and wanted to have things hushed
up. Devers, Harle still declared; died
of dysentery. Harle said that he had
been called in to attend him by a half
brother of Devers, William Meredith.
Harle was not cross-examined, and he
left the stand thinking he had "got
away with the goods."
Confession from Harle.
At this point Bottome from El Paso
telegraphed Harle that he was com
ing to Chihuahua and wanted to see
him. Harle thereupon started for El
Paso, and Bottome, when he was well
on his way to the Mexican town, got
a wire on his train that he would
pass the train on which Harle was
traveling in mid-route. Bottome left
his train at a convenient station and
FANCY!
Harry Lost many pigeons lately, BUI?
William Aye, that I have. I'mthinking of crossing them wiv parrots
so they can ask their wsy home.
boarded the other. Then, as he M
not know Harle, he seat a sorter
through the car with a Westers Uskm
telegraph envelope addressed to the
doctor, d Harle tumbled into the
trap. Bottome and a detective led
Harle into the smoking compartment
and started a quizz of the "third de
gree" order that wound up that night
with a 50-page confession implicating
Harle in the death of Devers, and
telling enough of the circumstances of
Harry Mitchell's death to indicate
how his "suicide" had been arranged.
Harle said that Devers had been
brought from Chihuahua from El Paso
by Richardson in December of 1901,
and that Richardson had said that he
had explained to Devers that Devers
was to be used in swindling one Wil
lis Meredith out of a lot of money.
For this purpose Devers was to pose
as" the half-brother of Meredith, and
also to take out a life insurance pol
icy in his half-brother's favor. But
Devers never signed any papers in this
connection; that was all arranged be
tween Harle and Richardson, so that
when Willis Meredith, who turned out
to be Mason, arrived on the night of
Harry Mitchell's funeral with a wom
an who posed as bis wife, it was neces-
sary only that the final preparation
should be made to put Devers out of
the way before collecting botn of the
policies. These were easily arranged.
The bogus Meredith and Devers went
to live together. On February 23
Harle was called to see Devers, who
appeared to be suffering from acute dys
entery. Harle gave him some medi
cine to ease bis pain, but shortly after
he died.
In his confession Harle said he knew
Devers was being poisoned, and sup
posed that bichloride of mercury was
given him in whisky. Harle tilled out
a fake burial certificate and the
other papers necessary to collect on
the policy, after which Richardson,
and Mason, who had now become Wil
liam Mitchell, took it to the Ei Paso
agency and eventually raised the $8,
000, of which we have heard, at the
bank at Fort Worth. Harle, of course,
was immediately arrested, and event
ually came to trial with the other men.
Hurlbert's Criminal Record.
But in the meantime photographs of
the trio had been distributed through
the usual police channels throughout
the country, and when they reached
Rochester, N. Y., the photograph of
Richardson was recognized as that of
Lester E. Hurlbert, a lawyer, who had
jumped that city in May, 1901, after
the exposure of an extensive divorce
mill which he had operated in the
cities of Rochester and Buffalo. Wil
liam Mitchell, or Willis Meredith, or
Mason, as he was variously known,
turned out to be the brother of Harry
Mitchell, who was killed in Chihua
hua in order that the gang might col
lect on his $15,000 policy. Mrs. Rich
ardson was identified as the wife of
Hurlbert, and investigation in Roches
ter developed the fact that she was
the sister of the Mitchell boys. Wil
liam Mitchell's trail, indeed, was fol
lowed even to Hot Springs, Ark.,
where the "wealthy lumberman" Gray
had his brother-in-law insured, for
"Mason" was the engaging young
man who had himself examined by
the Hot Springs doctor as John J.
Evans.
The trial of the three men had been
reported in part in the papers through
out the country, and it served only to
develop the facts in the remarkable
case which have been very simply nar
rated above. The verdict ct guilty
quickly followed the presentation of
the facts to the jury, and it remained
at length necessary only for the exe
cutioners to carry out the sentence
of the court
THE blAtttf OF
NERVY ETHEL
Monday My, but Fa lucky! Got
another job to-day. And I think I'll
like it better than the one I had last
week. It's is a doctor's office, sad
looks to me like a snap. When I was
out walking yesterday afternoon I
met Mame Curtis and told her that
I had given up my position is the
millinery establishment, that I didn't
like the work. The fellow that was
with her said his doctor wanted ca
young lady to look after the office and
that I might try for the position. I
told him I had another place in mind,
but I would go around and inquire.
I wasn't going to let Mame Curtis
think I was dead anxious. I hustled
down there this morning and waited
three-quarters of an hour before "his
nibs" showed up. I had been study
ing up a string of gaff as to my being
just the right sort, but he never gave
me a chance to say my little spiel,
but told me to take off my hat and
get busy. He didn't say it just that
way, but that's what be meant It
was all so sudden that I didn't even
ask him what my salary would be,
but meekly obeyed and asked him
what to do. He seems to be awfully
absent-minded and didn't know how
to tell me to go at things so I just
started in on my own hook. Every
thing was in such a mess that I rolled
up 'my sleeves and worked like a
Turk. I'm too done up to-night to
tell about my new job.
Tuesday I've got a rise! The old
codger came to this morning and told
me that he would give me four dol
lars a week. That isn't half bad.
Maybe I can cop out enough of this
week's wages to get a new hat. My
fur-trimmed turban is certainly called
in. I feel like I ought to be wear
ing a bunch of holly instead of spring
violets. The old man certainly treats
me out of sight. There's no ringing
in or ringing out business here. I
stayed ten minutes over my time
this noon and he didn't know the dif
ference. I don't have to come down
to the office until 8:30, and leave at
S, so the hours are a cinch. I have
Jots of spare time and can read or em.
broider when there's nothing else to
do. I'm reading a dandy novel now
and I could have choked one patient
Who came in this morning. She had
a little girl with her and the doctor
made me amuse the kid while he
treated the mother. I was just in the
most exciting part of the story and
I could have seen them both in thd
bottom of the lake.
I met that old Miss Lewis In the
restaurant to-day and I cut her dead.
I wonder If her getting rid of me has
helped her any with Clark? I'd like
to see him again. Not that I care
about it. but I'd just like to make
her jealous.
Wednesday Gee, but I got called
down to-day! The old duffer just
wiped up the earth .with me. He told
me that I had been loafing instead of
washing up his instruments; that he
hadn't had a real clean thing to use
since I came. He surely did throw
It into me. And here I've been think
ing he was such a meek, mild old
fogy! I was so surprised that I
couldn't think of a word to say and
stood there and took it all like a
goose. Since then I've thought of a
dozen sarcastic remarks that I might
(have made and yet been respectful. I
won't stand for too much, though, and
if he gets on his high horse again
111 quit. I scoured his old instru
ments of torture to-day till they just
.reeked with carbolic acid and other
taasty-smelling stuff. I did want to
finish my story to-day, but I couldn't,
find time. ;
Thursday Talk about your luck!'
"Who should I meet on State street to
day but Mr. Clark! I had just come,
from lunch and was looking in the;
jWindow at the new hats when some-'
body touched me on the shoulder.;
When I turned around I nearly faint
ed I was so glad to see him, and I
!stuttered and sputtered like an idiot.
-He acted awfully nice and we walked
.up and down the street, and then he
came back to the office with me. Hq
gave me his card and asked me if he
might call next Sunday. I told him
I had a date with Walter Harris in
ithe afternoon and he could come in
the evening. You bet I won't ask
rWalter to stay to supper this week.
His name is Charlie Charlie Clark.
That sounds pretty nice to me. I've
.simply got to have my hat before
;Sunday. We might go out walking
'and I want to look as well as the next
.one. Ob, won't Mame Curtis be wild
.when she knows I've got a new fel
low! But I'm not going to introduce
him to her in a hurry. She's so
jstingy with her beaux. The old man
(was in a good humor again to-day and
was very agreeable. We had an emer
gency case and he let me help him.
He said I showed a great deal of
nerve. I've heard I had that before,
but I don't believe he meant it in
the way Miss Lewis did. Wouldn't
I like to sail past her next Sunday
when I'm with Mr. Clark! I know
she'd turn green with envy.
Saturday Fired again! And t
don't know now how it all came about,
except that I'm looking for another
Job. The old man got on his ear
again this morning because I broke
one of his glass graduates and he de
clared I had bent and nicked a few
of his most valuable instruments, so
he told me to skidoo.
What I feel worst about is that he
didn't give me notice in time to go
out and buy my bat and I'm sorry
not to have it for to-morrow. But if
I don't hurry up with a job I'll not
have one at all. I hope luck will be
with me next week, as It has been
the last two. Just now, though, I'm
thinking more of to-morrow night and
Charlie Clark's visit than I am of jobs
or spring clothes. Chicago Chronicle.
"Third Incomprehensible."
Robert Barrett Browning, painter
and son of the famous father of the
same name, has been chosen president
9f the Browning settlement In Lon
don. When he was born Lord Gran
ville Is credited with having re
marked: "A third incomprehensible
has come Into the world!"
Experiments with a "tele-phonographic
typewriter" are being made.
It is hoped that this instrument will
make it possible to cause a spoken
message to record itself in typewrit-,
lag st the other end of the line. .
KIINEY TROUBLES
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TIC BEST ADVKE IS FREE
Of all the disemses known, with which
the female organism is afflicted, kidney
flhramt is the most fatal, and statistics
show that this disease is on the increa
Unless early and correct treatment is
Spplied the 'patient seldom survives
when once the disease is fastened upon
her. We believe Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is the most effi
cient treatment for chronic kidney
troubles of women, and is the only med
icine especially prepared for this
purpose.
When a woman is troubled with pain
or weight in loins, backache, frequent,
painful or scalding urination, swelling?
of limbs or feet, swelling under the
eyes, an uneasy, tired feeling in taa
region of the 'kidneys or notices a
sediment in the urine, she shomUl
lose no time in commencing treatment,
with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, as it may be the means of
saving her life.
For proof, read what Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs.
Sawyer.
" I cannot express the terrible suffering I
had to endure. A derangement of the femato
organs developed nervous prostration and a
serious kidney trouble. The doctor attended
me for a year, but I kept getting worse, until
I was unable to do anything; and I made up
my mind I could not five. I finally decided
to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound as" a last resort, and I am to-day a well
woman. I cannot praise it too highly, and I
tell every suffering woman about my case."
Mrs. Emma Sawyer, Conyers, Ga.
Mrs. Pinkham gives free advice to
women ; address in confidence, Lynn,
Mass.
STRAY STATISTICS.
The sverage amount of sickness Is
human life is ten days per annum.
Only one couplo in over 11.000 live
to celebrate their diamond wedding.
British South Africa has a popula
tion of 1,133,756 white people and 2,
308,355 negroes.
Whils Europe has 107 people to the
square mile, Asia has but 58, Africa 11,
and Australasia one and one-half.
During the lifetime of a healthy hea
she will lay from 300 to 500 eggs. Her
best laying capacity is durng her sec
ond year.
In France, out of every 1,000 Inhab
itants 123 are morn than 60 years old,
as against 73 in England and 79 In
Germany.
It Is stated that there are about
225.000 miles of caole in all at the bot
tom of the sea. Each mile costs about
11.000 to lay.
Reversing It.
The meek and lowly tramp mean
dered up to the old farm gate and
asked for a raw turnip with which to
appease his hunger.
But the horny-nanded sen of toU
was onto his job. and all the hobo'
got was a turndown. Chicago Daily
News.
A Catch.
"How did you and your wife first
meet?"
"We didn't meet," replied the meek
little man; "She overtook me."
Judge.
All in the Reach.
The way to reach, or to attain to
anything, is to bend oneself toward it
with all one's might; and we approxi
mate it just in proportion to the in
tensity and the persistence of our ef
fort to attain It Success Magazine.
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