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Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05
CHAPTER I.
PRACTICAL POLITICS.


 That bids him fout the law he makes; That bids him make the law he douts.
 -kipisng. TN buoyant spirit the Hon. Charles
 Norton rode up the brtdle path
 leading through the Langdon plan A tation to the old antebellum home stead which, on a shaded knoll. oyer- looked the winding waters of the Pearl river No finer prospect was to be had in all Mississippi than greeted the eye from the wide southwest porch. where oil warm evenings the Langdons and their frequent guests gathered to dine or to watch the golden splendor of the dying sun.
 The Langdon family had long been a power in the south Its sons fought under Andrew Jackson at New Or leans, under Zachary Taylor in the war with Mexico. and in the civil war men of that name left their blood OH the fields of Antietan. Shiloh. the Wilderness and Gettysburg But this family of fighting men. bf unselfish patriots. had also marked influence in the ways of peace. as real patriots should Generations of Langdons had taken deepest pride in developing the hundreds of acres of cotton land. whose thousands of four foot rows planted each April spread open the vHvery lined bolls in JGly and August, and the rIpeHed cotton 1aer, pure white beneath The sun. gave from distance the picture of an expanse of arfxeH snow
 The Hon Charles Norton had reason tor feeling weli pieaged with the world Ds he fastened Ais bay Virginia hunter so 8 eens ea4Ans pnSE and ssruSie up the stsrsss ef the EaADs i9a. shieh was 6 Vt-araegesl Ais survivor ef ths -eid s1sh.~ tte scE1l ' giided romance azs2 of gripping tragedy Now h shAa seeana rear ef Als Erst ieEza 1s con- EreNkman asal q pgousisiHg member ef ihe yoancsr se. Of southern lawxers. Ae had suSt taken aeEiFe Tsars 5p as-
Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05

..No. no. Mir. Langdon--I should say senator now. suppose. l was merely telling Randolph bow some legislators conduct themselves"
 The senator elect paused momentari- iy. gazing at the congressman. who. dark visa red. tall. black haircd. broad shouldered and athletic. WAS sisibly uneasy al having his conversation with Randolph overheard by the ia thcr
 No doubt 1t won't be ali plain sail. ing in Washington fer an old fash toned man like me but believe in the American people and the men they send to congress" slowly spoke the planter There's Senator Stevens, for instance He has always stood for the rights of the people. I've read all his speeches. Just why be brought about my election it Is hard 10 tell fer I've been planter all my life except when I fought under Beauregari feel that he did It cut of friendship and l simply cant say hew much l appre ciste the honor am indebted to you. too. congressman"
 Tactfuily iisela inning any credit for his work. eniv Nartenss congressional training in repression enabled him to refrain from smiling al l.angdenss Tn. necenee. his belief in Stevens sinceri. ty and his wonder over his election. Stevens. the keen. cold and resource fuf, who forced his oificeholders to yield him parts of their government salaries, Stevens. who marketed to railway companies his influence with the department of justice; Stevens, who was q Republican in the commit tee room in Washington and Demo crat on the platform in Mississippi, Stevens. who had consummated the deal with Martin Sanders. boss of sev- en counties, to elect Langdon because of the planters trustfulness and sim piiciry of character, which should make him easy to influence and to handle in the all important matter of the gulf naval base project!
 The entry of Carolina Langdon and her younger sister. Hope Georgia. gave Norton a welcome opportunity to shift the trend of conversation.
 You ladies will have a gay time in Washington" he began. after directing a particularly enthusiastic greeting to Carolina. You will be in great de mand at all the big affairs, and don't think you will ever want to come back to cid Mississippi, forty miles from Il railroad with few chances to wear your New York gowns
 Carolina spoke quickly. her face flushing at the thonght of the new vista of life now opening. "Yes, l have always lonaed to be part of The
Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05

Here is q story of an epoch making battle of right against prong, of honesty against cor Fuption, of simplicity and sin eerity against deceit, bribery and intrigue. His fhe story of today tn this country. IL vitaHy con- eerns every man, woman and ehild in the United Sfofes, so fur- IS its nfIuence.
 The warfare IS now going on- he ~or fare O honest men against sorrupf political machines.
 The story tells the inside" of he political nsaneuvers in Wash ngfon and of fhe workings of bosses fhere and elsewhere = hon aey y shape men andwomenfo fheir bads. hon fheir cunning infrigues Erfend info fhe very social iUe V the nations capital Ton will lind inspiration in fhe career of he honest old southern pianfer Iecfed 10 fhe United States sen fe and the young newspaper re- lorfer vho becomes his private ecrefory and political pilot
 our heort viH beat in sympathy lifh the lore of the secrefary and te senofor,s youngest daughter.
 You viH read of the lobbyists nd find that nof all of fhens are
 len. You wiH see how ovdrfce rzses q d0ugafer 10 conspire goinsthsr Jafker. You H'iI hsar be Eote of q gripping national
 assta y sss 4sss rs50rtls of Peabody,
 ooss cf fhs ssenas BEf
 ruse for ta2gsser as Eyaif will
 ef oe 'a-sssl isesSsHs n thss frssly
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Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05

si'n not a bit like not seen real life
 Rope Georgia-' yet
 "Carolina. you must not think me only your little sister. now 1 have seen life. Haven't spent week in Jaekson?"
 That's enough proof You know all about life, Fm sure. Miss Hope Georgia" smilingly remarked Norton
 Later. rising to join Planter Langdon on the veranda. where he had gone to smoke. the congressman gazed intent ly at Carolina. You will probably forget your old friends when you en- ter the dizzy social race in Washing ton"
 ''No. Charlie. I couldn't forget you any how You will be there too. shall depend on you n great deal to take me about. unless you are too busy making speeches and fighting your opponents"
 Again 1t was Nortons turn to be hwardly amused at the political ig- Sorance of the Langdon family. Epeeches7 The first term congressman doesn't make speeches in Washingtoa because no one cares what be thinks except the lobbyists. whose buainess 1t is to provide new members with . complete ct of thoughts. Neither does he have opponents--he is not consid- cred important enough by the veterans te be opposed
Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05

findoutify have kid- ney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send your address to
Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05

Binghamton. N. Y, The regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles are sold by all druggists Don't make any mistake but remember the name, Swamp Root,
 Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad- dress, Binghamtou. N. Y., on every bottle.
Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05

real life Of this world be life af constant action meeting new peo pie. everyday
 and pro minent people. Balls. re
 captions, tea <. theaier. parties
 afternoon drives. plenty yZof money and pl e nty Of gayety=are' what I want. I'm not q bit like Hope G GO ' 1 llo thinks these ideas are extray yagant because she has not seen real life
Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05
Do You Get Up
 With a Lame Back7

Almost everyone knows of Dr. kismer's Swamp-Root. the great kidney. liver and
Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05

piled Norton, N l1o exercised consiliz erahle influence over the dth through a long Il acquaintanceship C and by frequent. ly ta k in g=him into his conf dence. but this country can take pretty good care of itself.In con gress we repre- sentatives put the job of saving it over on the sen ate. and the sen ate hands back the job to us. So what's every
Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05
FOR SALE

The two story ten room residence in romfres now used Telephone ofscc, Apply te Tn. Soathern New England Telephone CcmrAus Putnam. Conn lsu
Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05

HUH 1HtOftt> &sofsVfts -rA- Sa senior senator from the state. James Stevens. who had not hesitaed to flSt- ter Norton and use him as cats paw. This use the Hon. Charles Norton propositions Not every first term congressman can hope for intimacy with senator Norton believed that his work for Langdon would win him the family's gratitude and thus further his ambition to marry Carolina. the ty made her the recipient of many at tentions.
 A complacent gieam shone in Nor tons eyes as they swept over the fer tile acres of the plantation. He thought of the material interest he might one day have in them If his suit for the hand of Carolina progressed fa- voraby. Suddenly his reverIe was in- terrupted by the voice of young Ran dolph Langdon. a spirited lad in his early twenties, who had just been made plantation manager by his father.
 Well, how is the honorable todayT' sai1 Randolph. approaching from the doorway T didn't think a congress- mag could be spared from Washing tcn but rarely. especially when the pa pers say the country needs such lot of saving"
 ''0h. this saving your country talk goes all right in the story books re
Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05

bladder remedy, Dc cause of its remark able health restoring properties. Swamp Root fuliiils almost every wish in over coming rheumatism. pain in the back kid neys. liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It
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Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05

hold water and scalding pain in passing it. or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled tc yo often through the day, and to get up many times during the night.
 Swamp-Root is not recommended for everything but if you have kidney, liver or bladder trouble, it will be found just the remedy you need. It has been thor oughiy tested in private practice. and has proved so successful that a special ar fangement has been made by which all readers of this paper. who have not al- ready tried 1t, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail. also . book telling more about Swamp Root, and how to
Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05
Commonwealth Hotel
 Opp. State Heuse. Boston

Offers rooms with hot and cold W0sss for si.o0 per dsy and up; rooms wiee private bath for q 50 per day and up1 suites Of two rooms and bath for vS.ee per day snd up. Weekly rates on rooms with hot and cold water and clover baths, a. % to ept0; rooms witb private baths, to.00 to e12.OO; suites cf tue ! ,oms and bath CA co to e22.0o.
 Absolutely tisepvoof. Stone eoeSe, nothing wood but the doors. Equtppeo with its own 6snttsyy vscum CjeaniDo Plant. Long Distsncs yeiepDone h Every Room. Strictly . TeKYeraneo Hotel.
 STORER F. CRAFTS. Maaaess.
 Send for Booklet.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11
VALUE ON,

Well painted is value added whotf!.
er the house be built for one thousand
dollars II ten thousand. Well painted
means higher selling value. and high
er occupying value - for there's an
additional pleasure in living in the
lhouse that is we'll dressed.
National Lead Company assist in
making the right use Of the right
paint by sending free upon request to
all who ask for it, their "Houseown-
ers' Painting Outfit No. 49," This
outfit includes a book of color schemes
for either exterior or interior paint
ing, a book of specifications and an
instrument for detecting ad~ulteration
in paint materials. Address National
Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Build.
ing, New York City, and the outfit
will be promptly sent to you.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11
Care in Preparing Food.

In recent years scientists have
proved that the value of food is meas
ured largely by its purity; the re-
suit Is the most stringent pure food
laws that have ever been known.
One food that has stood out promi.
Iently as a perfectly clean and pure
food and which was as pure before
the enactment of these laws as it
could possibly be is Quaker Scotch
Oats: conceded by the experts to be
the ideal food for making strength of
muscle and brain. The best and cheap.
est OF all foods. The Quaker Oats Com
parry is the only manufacturer of oat.
meal that has satisfactorily solved the
problem of removing the husks and
black specks which are so annoying
when other brands are eaten.
For hot climates Quaker Scotch Oats
is packed IN Theoretically sealed tins,
keeps fresh and sweet anywhere.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11
NEW WORK FOR MEN
Taxi Governess and Doorman'
Nurse Appear in Gotham.
They Keep Watch Over the Children
Who Dwell in Big Hotels and
Apartment Houses, and Earn
Considerable Money.

New YOrk.-Here are the nsWes'
| seryitors up to date-the taXi-gCver
nes and the doorman.nurse!
1t isn't a joke. either. Or course
these new-fangled children's attend
ants don't wear indicators that ruI
| up a bill while you wait. but they &c
look out for the youngsters whose for
tune it is to dwell in the big hotels
and apartment houses uptown.
In these fastidious days the taxi
starter and the dOOrman are features
in front of every wellregulated hote
and apartment that wants to be strict
ly to the manner born. Now, they
aren't opening cab doors all the time
and the parents who dwell upstairs
know that. And the youngsters mus
play. But the great caraVansarles
have no Fairgrounds for thy children
Perforce they must 60 to the street.
That's where the taxi-starter anC
the dOOrman comes in. It's their jot
to see that the kiddies come to nc
harm. OF course, many Of them have
their S%overnesses or their nurses, but
others have not. Consequently, the
outside force of the house is pressed
into service. They are asked to watch
the children even to amuse them.
Some of the taxicab starters and
doormen have stated hours for each
child or group of children. They will
begin Immediately after breakfast
with two or three, and join in theil
little games and romping until the
youngsters tire and turn their atten
ton to something else. Then the men
call up another mother and take her
children for an hour. At some Of the
apartment houses uptown, where
there are taXicab stands or doormen
the men are busy almost continuously
until the children 90 to bed.
They have to keep an eye on the
door, but that doesn't prevent them
from running up and down the side
walk, playing tag and ball, or indulg.
ing in any of the other children's
pastimes. Incidentally they make a
neat little sum in tips every week
from the doting parents.
At n big apartment hotel on up.
per Broadway the taxicab starter and
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11
DANGER NOT CLOSE AT HAND
Men VIII Run Things a Few Years
Yet Is the Prophecy Of the OBJ
servant Drummer.

4 group of men were discussing the
possibilities and dangers Of woman
suffrage. All but one expressed the
fear that the movement was gaining
such momentum that in a COlnpara-
lively short time this fair land would
be Transformed and man no longer
would be master. The exception, a
commercial traveller, with years OF
experience in studying human nature.
.scoffed at their alarm.
"DOn't worry he said. "Well be
safe for a good many years yet. In all
my trips about the country | find that
tWO-thirGs OF the women travellers.
even those who are sclf-reliant enough
TO gallivant about alone, cant go 20
bed even in a sleeping car without
first looking under the berth to SEQ
if there is a man there. So long as
that primitive feminine instinct sur
wives institutions are SAFE
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11
And All with COMPANY There,

Now, children" said the mother
as a whole roomful of company had
come. in, suppose you off and play
by yourselves"
All right. mother" replied Edith
Can we go up and play Hamlet and
IOphelia?"
Certainly smiled the mother
while her guests looked on at the
|tableau.
"Goodt!!" replied Edith; then, turn
ing to her sister, she said: Nov
Maude, you run up to mammals room
and get all her false hair that you can
tind.'-Judge.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11

taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what it would do,
and | I'm restored to my natural
health."-Mrs. ETA DONOVAN, Box
299, Willimantic, Conn.
The success of Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inlam.
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, If.
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, hatulency, indi-
g~estion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial.
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands Of Others, and why should it
not cure your
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11


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Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11
Pests Worried by Pests.

Since the Dutch philosopher Leu.
wenhoek discovered that the pupa of
the flea was sometimes preyed on by
the larvae Of a mite, it has been we'll
known that various small insects have
their external parasites. And a re-
cent communication to the Complies
Rendus of the Biological society of
Paris by NJ. Bruyant, shows that many
mosquitoes carry about mites in the
larval stage. These described belong
to four different genera. They prob
ably feed on the integumentary
structures of the mosquitoes.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11
EnouQh Till Eternity,

The biggest marble quarry in opera
ton in the world lies almost within
a stones throw of the heart of West
Rutland, Vt. Around it's mouth is a
stock of 10000 pieces of finished mar
bic. There is a great gap in the hill.
side. The marble crops out as bare
of soil or vegetation as a billiard ball.
You can walk over that hill and never
step on anything but marble. and aft
er two score years OF blasting and
drilling they don't know how deep the
deposit lies. 1t seems there's enough
marble in that one hill for an eternity.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11
When the Umbrella Took Fire,

Thomas Simpson, the Detroit MALE.
able iron man, is a grave and dignified
person, but once he made a joke.
He "a sitting with a party of
friends, n of whom was smoking an
enormous cigar. The friend had diff.
fculty in keeping the cigar going, and
by his repeated lightings had frazzled
the end OF it until it was about twice
its original size. But he kept bravely
at it.
Suddenly Simpson began to laugh.
What are you laughing at, TONI
asked another member of the party.
Il was wondering what Jim would
do when that umbrella he is smoking
begins to blaze,' he said.-Saturday
Evening Post.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11

Rough on Rats, unbeatable exterminator
Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, Csc.
Rough on Bedbugs, Powder or iQ'd, 25c.
Rough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid. Is.
Roughon Reaches, Pow'd, 15c. ,LiQ'd. Csc.
Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, 25c.
Rough on Shelters, agreeable to use, Csc.
&. s. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, N. ].
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11

HE complete success Of the new
fuel while on the 2G50-milc public
test and the advantages gained
through its use were we'll described
in the following dispatch which the
correspondent of the New York Sun
sent to his paper at the conclusion of
the tour:
"A feature Of the tour which was
watched with special interest was
that the White Steamer used kero-
sene, or coal OIL as fuel instead Of
gasoline. The new fuel worked
splendidly throughout the 2650mile
Journey, and all claims made in its
behalf were fully proven. First of
all, as regards cheapness. the White
driver secured kerosene all along the
route from 6 cent to 10 cents cheap
err per gallon than was paid for gaso-
line. Secondly, the new fuel was
handled without any precautions, and
it was not unusual to see kerosene
'NlHS totit ~ iito tiit itti tdf!h WINE
the crew of the car and an interested
crowd stood by with lighted cigars
and cigarettes. At the finish of the
tour, the White was the only car per-
mitted by the authorities to enter
Convention Hall, where the technical
examination took place, without
l..:- - rJ Amt r, -,
new fuel proved to be absolutely
without smoke or smell. Fourthly.
kerosene could be purchased at what
ever part Of the route was most on
yenient, and not once during the trip
through the ten States Of the Middle
West was there found a grocery store
where kerosene was not readily and
cheaply Obtainable. Finally, the
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11
Makes Mother Live in Back Ward

~' et'V I'll BACK Tara.
Kansas City, Mo.-To justify him.
self for banishing his ~S6-year-old moth.
er from his home to an clubhouse in his
back yard NJ. ~Schreechield, manager
OF the electric light plant of Lees
Summit, Mo-, quotes the scriptura]
text: Therefore shall a man leave
his father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife" Upon com.
plant of persons in Lees Summit that
the elder Mrs. S~chreechfield was neg.
lected. Edgar Warden of the Humane
society OF st. Louis went to Lees
Summit and after he had seen Mrs
S~chreechield in the clubhouse he said
to her son:
I wouldn't treat a dog of mine that
way"
I'VE had to put her out Of the
house, said her son. "She is 80 old
that she can't take care of herself and
her presence in the house was unbear
able. My wife couldn't live in the
same house with her, and besides nv
wife is not strong herself and will
not wait on her."
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11
One of the "Nurses" and His Charge.

doorman look after no less than Is
children every day in this nner
The little ones whose families are
spending the summer in town have
regular hours when they can romp in
front of the hotel with their biz
nurses" The parents have implicit
confidence in their guardians, and
leave the little fellows to be amused
for two or three hours at a time.
Sometimes as many as eight or ten
will be playing in front Of the hotel
at once under the watchful eyes of
the doorman and taxicab starter, Two
OF the kiddies may have their dogs,
others will be playing tag or marbles,
while the little girls are skipping rope
or playing with their dollies.
For the children of the rich who
have to spend their summer, or even
part OF 1t, in the city, the taxicab
starters and doormen arc a boon,
Their parents like it, for they have a
real nurse on the cooperative plan.
And the hotels can't complain, be-.
cause 1t means satisfied patrons at a
season when patrons are hard to get.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-11

The most interesting announce
ment even made in connection with
the automobile industry was I'M
dOubtedly that made a month or two
ago to the effect that the new models
of the White Steam Cars could be run
on kerosene. or coal oil, instead Of
gasoline. Everyone at Once recog-
niZed that the use of the new fuel
would add materially to the advan-
tages which the White already pos
SeSSed oyer other types of cars.
There were some people, however,
who were scepticnl as to whether or
not the new fuel could be used with
complete success. and, therefore, the
makers Of the White Car, the White
Company, of Cleveland. Ohio, deter
mined to make 4 public demonstra~
ton Of the new fuel in the 1909 Gid
den Tour.
From the standpoint of the public,
no test more satisfactory could have
been selected. FIRST OF all, the dis.
lance covered on the Glidden Tour,
from Detroit TO Denver and thence to
Kansas City, was $3.50 miles. This
was certainly more than sufficient to
bring out any weaknesses, if such had
existed. Still nor important was
the fact that the car was at all times
while on the road under the supervi-
sion of observers. named by those
who entered other contesting cars.
Therefore, it would have been impos-
sible for the driver Of the White to
have ven frightened a bolt without
the fact being noted and a penalty in
t1icted. At night the cars we're
guarded by Pinkerton detectives and
could not be approached by any one.