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CULATION Of TUB EVKNJNd LKDOER
TOR SBtTHUBEK WAS lll.WJ
rviitdiiphu. Tt4xUir. o it, tin.
A man' &( thing arm ntarett htm
Liu elotm about hit (t,
Lord Houghton.
If one cares for real fairy stories,
tho reading of tha 'story of the late
Charles IC Smith's secret art museum
will live bit of a thrill.
The slogan "Ho kept out of war"
'does not soem to bo convincing enough
to Justify the Nobel commlttco In award
Jn? tho peace prize to Mr. Wilson.
That eminent profrnoitlcator who
f. runs the guessing machine for tho
"Weather Bureau predicted "rain and
cooler" for yesterday, and his name isn't
yanco McCormlck, either.
In . terms of the weather clerk,
Frank Hitchcock says that the Hughes
prospects in tho West aro fair. The
natural Inference Is that the Wilson
prospects aro cloudy.
Alabama Democrats who are still
voting for Androw Jackson are so far
behind tho times that they cannot follow
the example of Secretary Iledflold and
try to mako us bellevo that Mr. Wilson's
Administration is responsible for elgh.
teen-cent cotton.
Another baby has been killed by an
automobile, making the nlnetyevcnth
Victim of careless driving since tho be
ginning of the year. When the teeth of
the law take hold of tho heedless drivers
qnd they aro punished as they deserve
tills sort of thing Is likely to stop.
Tho Now York World Is right In
spots. It says: "The prayer book la
something more than a religious code. To
many not of this church's communion It
Is literature of tho highest kind." A care
ful reading of tho prayer book from now
till November 7 may help tho World to
bear with fortitude what Is coming to it.
Washington reports that with the
exception of Secretary Lansing all the
members of the Cablnot are out on speech,
making tours, and as a result the bun!,
ness of the departments is seriously han
dicapped. The attitude apparently is that
the country's business may do a little
watchful waiting on its own account.
The hundred Pittsburgh women
who propose to fit themselves to preside
over homes of their own "will study nrst
atd to tho Injured, literature and gym
nastlo work," according to the press
agent of tho newly formed Josephine
Club. Somehow wo don't seem to care
much for the associated phrases "gym
nastic work" and "nrst-nld to tho in
jured." It sounds dangerous.
As a guide for the motorist who
scarcely can be mind reader enough to
discover a villago name as ho skids
through, the Brooklyn Dally Kagla has
launched a 'campaign wherein it is sug
(i nested that each small country yovrn post
m. signboard at its entrances and exits
telling Its name. This has long been the
practice on railroads, and the scheme
should have enthusiastic support from
the supervisors of outlying communities.
There is a certain resnonslvn thrill
bi the hearts of some old timers when"
they read of, Top (Jeers winning a Grand
Circuit trot with Bonnlngton at Atlanta
the other day, There are still those left
who remember him In the dayB when
Mambrlno King was all his name lm
piled, when Belle Hamlin was queen and
Maud 8. did 28 at Cleveland, and when
Budd Deble, "whoso asthmatic, name" to
gether with that of Pop Geers carried
consternation into the hearts of rivals
when they scored for the start. There
were king in thos days, and long may
the name of M fleers wave on the ban
W et. viotory.ln the sport
There weald not be so many auto
mobile thUves K there wen fewer auto,
'moblte "noes," Th polta have done
well (a arresting tan men ehar4 with
stealing aaotorears. They are expected
to arrest mere of them, put If there
we alM a rtma-u) of tfcJ men who
b? ,H.!!ta, . the riekjef leaving
"at -car la Uu,4tt wU)e making a sail
weM b teas. The same skill that re-
SKJMKea M tM Mature sf ttlu tea bub
s)ght p ss vsr the aaat4 through
w mobm property W fMapoeed of.
IWW1H Vy esons4me
WbvrL and to a
ea HlMfcmUnii rajMHM m be
to sm Mt where imrialnn can
lUfUr ret.
BtBBBsaasBqaBBBtaaat'
Te ixiolio wotiM be iwtouMM,
says the former war4ra af gfatg Mag, if
tt knew stow many woman writ tiPwitOr
Waite jmfrsaJm devotion to Ik fetf-
up ojeam immim uter
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KVSiKINa. LEDOM-PHIIilDBTiPHlJt. WEDffSgbAY, OOTOWSBr 18 fa
Iom when told that many hodre of
wetl-tev-Ao nmm and women are eonrtrmea
drug a44kts. The weakness that makes
women write to Doctor Walte makes
them take drugs. It Is Juit the kind of
WMkneee that should be telentlesaly ex
posed, as to Its nature and extent. The
hidden evil Is always the more danger
ous. Tho fU, though ugly and on the
face of them merely ronaatlonal, give
Impetus to such movements as In this
city resulted In the demand for an ade
quate anti-narcotic law. i
HUGHES BEAT V1LS0N TO IT
Trn. WILSON devoutly and sincerely
'"L believes that the government of men
like quay, Penroso and McNIchol is in
visible government So does Mr. Hughes.
Bo does Colonel Itoosevelt. And so does
Ellhu Hoot, who agreed with the reform
crs of 1905 that the Philadelphia machlno
was ''a corrupt combination masquerad
ing as Itepubllcans." Mr. Hughes and
the former President and the former Sec
retary of State also believe that basely
Invlslbto Is the government of men like
Taggart of Indiana, Murphy of New
Tork, Sullivan of Illinois nnd "Jim" Smith
of New Jersey, in whoso company Mr.
Wilson first saw tho dawn of a new
America gleam In the eastern sky.
But partisan politics osldo for a mo
ment, Mr. Hughes and Mr, Wilson aro
both eminent Americans. We can be
proud of them abroad of their high mo
tives, of their scholarship, of their pufS
lives. They answer tho challenge of Vis
count Bryce, that we do not choose flrst
class men for our Presidents. It was a
good thing for the President to warn the
Pennsylvania Democrats against invlslblo
government He has admitted that there
are Democratic leaders who are not dis
interested, adding that they do not con
trol his party. He believes, as Bryan has
been saying for twenty years, that tho
host of eminent Industrial, commercial
and administrative leaders in tho Repub
lican party, against whom the Democrats
cannot muster a corporal's guard of tho
same callbor, Is controlled and guided
by nameless and greedy gamblers In bil
lions. Could ho not have exempted Mr,
Hughes from this category, which Mr,
Wilson himself say-B Ik not loyal to any
party, but dosplcably unprincipled and
bipartisan? There Is ono thing that tho
national leaders in both parties must
agree on the ousting of machine loaders
in tho local politics of cities and States.
Is this not such a great sometimes such
a supremo issue that upon It the clean
handed candidates for tho presidency
could shake hands?
But Mr. Wilson will not call for a truce'
In the fold against tho wolf. Ho chooses
to class tho foe of the gamblers with tho
gamblers, the foe of tho bosses with tho
bosses, the flrst and most consistent of
the progressives with the last and most
decadent of the progressives. Men of all
parties will ngrco that Mr. Hughes had
good permanent reason, apart from this
campaign, to be stirred to wrathful pro
test. Ho replica to Shadow Lawn from
Omaha:
I came Into public life, long before
this Administration van thought of, as
the opponent of Invisible government.
The fact that I was an opponent of In
visible government as my title to
public confidence, and It was because I
was nn opponent of Invisible govern
ment that, not according to my liking
Indeed, against my desire I was nomi
nated for the presidency of the United
fitates. I know that we are In constant
danger of subversion of the principles
'of government.
What is tho Idca7 That Mr. Hughes
will sign on unfair and corrupt tariff
bill 7 There aro men In the Democratic
and Republican parties who want such a
bill. There aro men masquerading bb
Democrats who want such a bill. Grover
Cleveland denounced four such men In
his Senate as traitors to their party.
Does any one who appreciates the busi
ness acumen of Hughes In tho insurance
Investigation think politicians can "put
over" such a bill? Does any one who ap
preciates tho courage of Hughes in at
tacking the wage increase law think he
could be scared Into assenting to a cor
ruptly bipartisan tariff bill?
WILSON DID NOT DO THIS
THE cost of living has gone up forty
five per cent in England since the
war began, and the dealers In food prod
ucts have not Wilson to thank for their
prosperity.
RIGHT PLACE FOR THE DANK
THE Federal Farm Loan Jloard, which
heard arguments In Harrlsburg, yes
terday for the selection of this city as
the talte for one of (he twelye Federal
Lane? Banks, is expected to decide In our
favor.
The law provides that the country
shall be divided Into twelve districts, ap
portioned with due regard to the needs
of the farmers living In them. There is
to be a central bank In each district,
with as many branches as may bo re
quired to accommodate the business to
be done. The purpose of the law is to
foster the development of the (and. No
one famUlar with agricultural Pennsyl
vania can doubf that this State needs
capital to make its land more productive.
The State Is already engaged In the work
of road building to make It easier to get
the crops to market, There are tens of
thousand of farmers, however, who oan
Mot make their lwl as, produetlve as it
should be Without additional capital, if
the farm loan plan is to secure the
groat good for the greatest number,
the banks must bo located where the
mooey at tltelr oooiawod can bo Invested
to th greatest poastbls advantage. Mr.
Morris, wfco presided In Harrjsburg, is
asaato. of ajaahk. aad ho oan bo trustod
to um his post Judgment, it Is ooun.
4oUy egpoetod that It will load kiat to
IMP) U tat ivJhMoee With Ua iHttasOTlil
to trtueo tftspi pkaM oa f too haoko
W IBBUSBSg,
Tom Daly's Column
BALLADB OF UMICBS A3V.D
OROVCttKa
For all Ufe'i (lit, tav the optlmlit,
For all the trouble and all the iare.
For evert ailment that may cxUt
A cheerful tmlla It a (onto rore.
Hut mhen of trouble tee pet a thare
That't much, ice fancy, letond our due,
To iate our fccUngt and cUar the air .
A grouchy grumble it helpful, too.
This tricked tcorld, taw the moralltt,
Would be to healthy and 'tweet and fair
Were smile the fathlon, and we'd intltt
A cheerful tmlle It a tonlo rare.
Hut since the Devil hlmtelf may wear
The merry vltaac, and all Ml crctc,
I'crhapt at mark of the rude hut
square, '
A grouchy grumble It helpful, too.
An antioer toft, tayt tlto theorltt,
Turnt wrath away; and for1 ttrength to
bear
The menaced weight of the lifted fltt
A cheerful tmlte It a tonlo rare.
Hut when belligerent eyebattt glare,
And threatening glancct pierce you
through,
What bletted comfort it it to ttoearl
A grouchy grumble it helpful, too. t
ENVOY
Ahl well for the good folk who declare
A cheerful tmlle It a tonlo rare;
And yet for tlnncrt like mo and you
A grouchy grumble it helpful, too.
SOME ONE writes In to nsk "How
many hips are there In 'Hip-Hip
Hooray'7" The point sought to be made,
of course, Is that tho N. Y. Hippodrome
Is nothing but contlpedal that Is to say,
a thousand-legger. Well, we never
thought of that, but wo took, away the
Impression last night that we had never
seen so many girls as lovely nnd ns
modest on nny stage before The show
Is nlncty-nlno per cent puro and Mr. Nat
Wills could bring It up to par, if he
would.
Sir The Spanish professor In the column
for the' 16th Instant had 'nothing on a Teu
tonic Magistrate of this city, whose term
recently expired. Ills favorite salutation
was: "D'd you ever was arrested baforo?"
BON MUTT.
WANTED
At once a Drat claaa arrond-hand raka bakar.
Good waiti to rlaht party. Applr to
SCHULTZ UAKINO CO.,
4-dtf GOT Walnut Btroit.
Ad In l'ottatown papar.
This here, now, baker business Is get
tln' complicated. Pretty soon them fullers
would bo havln' ranks like a soldiers'
army and keep their missus slain' up
nights sowln' stripes on their under
shirts. C. C. s.
Bachelor Bereavements
Sweet Anne contented to be mine.
Indeed had tet the date.
Announced the day to all our friendt
When I would anlmafe.
Today I roam the lonely ttreett
A tadder man, but, wite;
The blow wat hard, but harder still
To find that analyze.
HOMO.
once wat Addlc't Archie
Hut the wat ttout and ttarchy
And" trod upon my tender, trutting toet,
So now Vm very wrothy
At her too fat and haughty,
And alwayt deftly dovge tho adlpbte.
AUCH1E.
THUS DOES Everybody's "Under the
Spreading ChestnJt Treo" remove the
original sunlight from Ben. Taylor's good
story:
A Hibernian had wandered Into a talking
machine establishment.
"I want to hear some o thlm sweet songs
by the groat Irish tenor, Jawn McCor
mlck." When he had listened with great satis
faction to "Mother Machree." "I Hear You
Calling Me," and some others, he said:
"And now leave me hear some songs by
this other Irishman I've heard tell of AI
Al what'B his name, now? Oh, yes; Al
McQIuck I"
ITS a shame to be so late with this,
but our correspondent was dilatory. E.
It doclares, under oath, that when the
convention of the A. A. C. of W, was In
this town in June, Chllds's restaurant,at
Fifteenth and Chestnut streets, flashed
these two signs In juxtaposition:
Stewed Prunes.
Welcome!
THE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE In o. o.d.
p. asks again:
How can the ate ot an ear be determined?
So wo put it up to tho Missus, and she
said:
"The only BUre way Is to examine the
hen's teeth."
Sir Have you ever met Mr. Fountain,
of Central Branch Y, M. C. A.? He has
charge of hot-water, flltered-water and cold
water supply in that institution.
JACK COOMBE.
Coming Fashions
BY BEQUEST"
Or Jamaa T. Crottar, In Wllrnlnrton Journal.
To ba In faahlon varr aaon
Thera'a many who btllava
It will b nait to Natura aura,
Juat Ilka our Mothar.ICva'a.
tlrtumaktri all will hava a raat
From making fanoy auavai,
The only draaa In faahlon will ba
Aprona of lis laavaa.
It aeama that faahlon will ba hera.
Tin way thlnii look luat now;
8hort dreaata and bara nacka at top
Ara all tha so aomahoir,
So far I hava not aaan tha platea
Kor stntlamen (o waar;
rernapa It will ba a daar akin,
Or alaa ona Iron) a baar.
Mayor 3 Y V, will ordar thla.
To man wlilla on tha alraat.
( thay ahould aaa a lady friend,
And faar that ona to maal,
No matter what tha lady thnutbfN
St how aha aaowid aurtnrlaa. ,
i urdar from tho Mayor would mean
Ha aura lo cloaa your cyaa.
Now faahlon li a curloua thins.
Mo matter what la aaldi
If dithpana took I ha nlaca of hats
You'd aaa them on their head,
Tbere'a pot a. thins that woman feara;
Unleaa It la a mouaet
When mil to natura faahlon cornea
You'll find me In tha houae,
Sir If he has as much trouble with
flguroi as I do, 1 can well undarstand why
at least ona accountant should bear the
name Charles L. Peevish, out (145 San
oin street way, B. 1C IL
WHATBVEU you may think of the
grade of diplomacy we ore exporting from
Washington, you can have only pra.lso
for the fellow who spoke first and last In
this dialogue overheard In the IMIevue
gtraii'ord last Tuesday ftlxht:
"Who'a the freak next to that homely
one In brown?"
"Why, that's my wife; but who Is the
dome In brown?"
That's mievs JIVB 'slTftOP.
I noticed In, tho Quia eoauaan toe otbor
day says Joe:
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Better Treatment Asked for the Firemen Pndraic Colum Denies
the Charge; of Roger Casement's Sister Nuisance
of tho Overhead Wires j .
Thlt Department t ret to all readcrM who
icfth fo cruras their opinion on utjffcfs of
turrrnl interest It is an open forum nnd tht
r.vtnino Ltdair aumta vu rtiponuibilltv for
n xnewM or m correiponaeni iiterw nuii
oi si aura ou
tinned by th name and addrea of fhe
guarantee of good faith,
writer, not necetaarUu for publication, tut a a
FAIR PLAY FOP- FIREMEN
To the Kdltor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The olllclal representatives of the
Philadelphia Fire Department will doubt
less take appropriate action regarding tho
death ot Fireman Frederick "Killed In
action somewhere In Philadelphia." I
would like, however, to direct tho attention
of the public to a few facts In which It
should Interest Itself, and, more especially,
the sense of justice nnd fair play which
should anlmnle the hearts and minds of
our City Fathers.
Tho same alarm which cAlled Frederick
to a violent and horrible death was beard
In every flrehnuse In Philadelphia, and
several hundred men leaped to Instant
duty prepared to risk the same fate that
befell their comrade. These men give
twenty-ono out of every twenty-four, and
If necessary the entire twenty-four hours
of the day, to tho service 'of the commu
nity. They have had no Increase of pay or
shortening of hours since 1902, because
they nro prohibited, nt least morally, from
using tho same methods for enforcement of
their demands as are used by their brethren
In other but less hazardous occupations.
1 hope the City Fathers will favorably
consider the requests of these guardians of
our safety, and while they cannot remove
entirely the dangers which beset the fire
man's occupation, yet they can help In
making their Uvea a little bit happier and
more abundant, and Increase their opportu
nities for the enjoyment of home and family.
Let every City Father apply the principle
of the golden rule to the fireman's demands,
and I am sure these demands will bo
granted. OMVER McKNIdHT,
Philadelphia, October 17.
PUT WIRES UNDERGROUND
To the Kdltor of the Hvenlng Ledger:
Sir While wa are getting tha Philadel
phia Itapld .Transit on the run In connec
tion with certain particulars of Importance,
we might as well compel the company to
place Its wires under the surface. As those
wires are now, they swing like countless
loaded guns pointing directly at tens ot
thousands of us every day In the year,
forming an Intensely real and livo menace
to human life which surely ought not to
be tolerated In any modern municipality,
The people of Philadelphia have far more
than enough ot constitutional right and
power to bring about such a change, pro
viding they would but act In unison and
with determination. Uecause loaded guns
only seldom go off aco'dentally Is no rea
son why we ahould allow their muzzles to
ba deliberately pointed and kept pointed
In our direction. We are able and fully
entitled to work our own will In all mat
ters pertaining to our best Interests, so let
us slnuily force this local traction corpora
tion ot ours to do exactly what we want
It to do, Publlo utilities are virtually and
fundamentally publlo properties In the truest
and strongest senae Imaginable. ,
CHAIILES C, IUIODES, JR.
Philadelphia, October 12,
PADRAIC COLUM EXPLAINS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Blr I learn from a reference In a litter
that has appeared In the New York Sun
that Blr Roger Casement's sister. Mrs.
Agnes Newman, had a letter published In
your paper In which my name was men
tioned. Doubtless the tenor Of the letter
was similar to that which, was published
in the Sun I ahould be obliged, there-,
fore. If you would give publicity to the'
attached communication, whrch la a copy
of the letter I am sending tha Sun
PADKAIU COLUM.
New York, October It
Following Is Mr, Colum's letter:
My attention has been drawn to a letter
that appeared in the Sun of Sunday last
from Blr Roger Casement's slater, Mrs.'
Agnes Newman, In wbteto I am aeeusid pf
"literary ptraey." I have been singled out
for thla accusation bsoause of my associa
tion with a volume, "Poems of the' Irish
Revolutionary Hnvthorkood," In which, two
and subsequently three of Ulr Roger Case
nvenfs poems appeared,
Mrs. Newman's aeowsation is wholly un
warranted I did not Initiate, the publica
tion ot this book. Its vubllcatlon had bean
decided upon befero I was consulted. I
was asked to advise aiH Has soleotfcrn of
lioasAS In a mansrtot HaaeVed to ma a
to writ an Introduction' that would Ua a
vital ' presentation of Faaralc Pearae,
TjlBhjM Macriajtb. Jossj Plonkatt sjd
to ao iM os J ww sjaw n sjajp ine same
Ma saen of aaeai mamm me."
mine. The poems were not copyrighted In
America. All any publisher had to do was
to take them, out of a file ot the Irish Re
view Fortunately, the publishers, who were
Interested In the book, Messrs Small, May
nard, of Doston, wanted to bring the poems
out In a creditable form and to act fairly
and sympathetically toward the repre
sentatives of the poets. They proposed to
pay on the book the UBual royalty on a
olumo ot verse. This royalty was to be
divided among the representatives of the
poets.
At the time the arrangement was made,
and In June, when the book was published.
Sir Roger Casement was still living and
Mrs. Newman, therefore, was not his repre
sentative. Moreover, only two of Sir Roger
Casement's poems were Included, while In
tho case of each of 'the others six or eight
poems were given. Since August, Mrs. New
man has been her brother's representative,
and the publishers of "Poems of the Irish
Revolutionary Brotherhood" are amending
their arrangement with that fact In view.
I know that It Is because of the very
grievous strain that Mrs. Newman has
been underhat she finds It possible to mis
understand the transaction. I have abso
lutely no financial Interest In the fialeV of
"Poems of the Irish Revolutionary Brother
hood." nnd I never had any. The royalties,
as they fall due, will be paid to the repre
sentatives of the poets, ot whom Mrs. New
man Is one. My Interest In the sales of the
volume Is In the great fact that it helps
to a proper appreciation of the men whose
names all Irish nationalists cherish and be
cause It brings a lust remuneration to their
Representatives.
WHAT HUGHESWOULD DO
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger.
Sir In your note to Mr Fagley's letter
you say Hughes has answered the ques
tions put to him. I have, never seen one
answered. Can you refer me specifically
to an answer he has made?
A READER.
Philadelphia, October 17.
tile has not made a speech for the last
month without answering one or more of
them. In Louisville lajt Thursday he told
what he would have done In tha Lusltanla
case. Editor of the Evening Ledoeh.
WHAT IS MAN?
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger
Sir What Is man? Is he a being of the
high order he Is accredited with, or Is ha
simply a higher order of tha brute creation,
his superior faculties giving him power to
commit greater earnest
These thoughts were suggested to my
mind by reading of the revolting act re
cently of a fiend or brute Jn the form and
disguise ot a man at Coatesvllle, Pa. While,
unfortunately, the newspapers are not often
called upon to chronicle such dastardly
crimes, they are by no means of rare oc
currence and put the most brutish acts of
the brute creation far In the shade.
Of course we take refuge In tha thought
that such men are degenerates and not
worthy the name of men- Rut how about
men of Intelligence and Ingenuity who urtde
themselves Jn their ability and skill to
manufacture munitions and Implements ot
war. build dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts
and other engines of destruction to
be used In the slaughtering ot their fellow
men In the name of War? War, in which
the husbands and fathers are killed In bat
tie and their homes Invaded, their children
ruthlessly slain, their wives and daughters
outraged and murdered In tha most fiendish
manner), the most depraved and most In,
human mind can conceive! No matter of
how noble a character man may ba other
wise, ao long aa he Is Instrumental In
bringing about such results It Is hard to
believe that be Is a being of that exalted
state, created In the Image of his Maker
he is reputed to be If he la, then Indeed
great muat have been hie fall! W, II. a
AUentown, Pa, October 14.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
If Henry Ford had not contributed so
much toward the pence Junket, It Is barely
possible that he might have donated a check
to the Democratic campaign fund. Bir
mingham Age-Herald.
Vice President Marshall oices the hope
that Mr. Hughes will advise the adminis
tration what to do with reference to the
renewal ot submarine,, warfare within sight
of American' coasts. No need of any one
advising Mr. Wilson, for he will, as here
tofore, do nothing, except possibly find a
new way of doing It. Omaha Bee.
Mr. Hughes's Louisville statement of how
he would have prevented tho sinking of the
Lusltanln amounts to this, that the strong
est military power the world has ever
known, a power that did not hesitate to
march Its armies through Belgium at the
high price of making Britain the deadliest
of Its enemies In a world war that this
power, so determined and so ruthless In
attaining Its ends, would have been afraid
of Charles Evans Hughes Springfield Re
publican. But If this (the submarine raid) Is not to
be an Isolated venture rind the underwater
boats are to be permanently stationed off
Amerlcaz. ports In a persistent campaign
of destroying enemy and neutral enscla. wo
may be sure lhat loss ot life will inevitably
result, and that American public sentiment
will b Inflamed to such an extent by the
blockading of American ports that a new
and grave peril to the peaceable relations
now existing between Germany and the
United States will arise. New Orleans
States.
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"You See, It's this way," saysHlnde Sam,
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fists." New Tork Sun.
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leans States.
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