The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-12-17
I $50.
Her Insomnia

(Scene-The dining Seem q . house
IN 4 Chicago suburb. q o:1o . n =
neat bat very slssping.loontng matd =
arranging the table for hrea1fast II.
and Mr.. HaSberson. also vssy sleepy
looking, enter from IL AaML Mr.
Harberson sinks into IL nearest
chair. leans hack and cloees her syss.
Her husband yavns a. sDsns II
morning paper.
Mrs. HaSbsrson tdrovsaly. ~ some
one II heard ~descending - stAirs)-
Here she coDes. Dow... Ten may serve
the breakfast. May.
"a plump. middleassl woman ap
peas1.l
Haybersoa uroaicallyl-0ood-morn
ing. Coasia Harriet hope you slspt
we'll?
Mr.. Harbsrson tsympatAetieaEly)-
Poor Cousin Harriet! II afraid your
nrst night With u wasn't very rest
fuL
Cousin Harriet with n cir OF rec
isnation. - they take their places q
the tablsD-No. my dear. IL want
Tar from H. But o victim IL insomnia
dos not expect restful nigAts.
Harberson tsuppressing . yawn)-
Nothing like being used - II! But last
night
Cousin Harriet (imprseoavely)-Yes.
Il has bes1 years and years since !
really lad . n1ght's sleep. never
close my syes till one or two o'clock
and often not till dawn!
Mrs. Harberson-Well. it's q perfect
shame! Tonight you must try
Cousin HArriet-Oh.s NY dear. I've
ried everythins-just everything! But
nothing does any good! Somebody
once told me to imagine that I nav .
flock Of sheep jumping oves . gate
and TO count them - they jumped:
but every once In . while my eyse
would 60 shut. lust for n instant:
then I'd forget how many ! had count
er and I'd have to begin al over again.
I've tried saying the multiplication
table. too. but l nsver b surs how
many nine times ssvsa are unless I
stop to think. ard. g eouSDe. you
can't 60 to sleep whsa yoas ass think-
ing. And I've tried ho& baths and
sleeping without . pillow and opening
the window and . lunch before rstir.
ing and
Harberson-What did you eat?
Cousin Harriet fhslptns herself to
another roll)-Oh. everything! But Il
didn't do . bit of good One night
last week | ate . pieces q hickory-nut
cake and some lobster salad that I
found In the icebox and I never closed
my eyes the whole night Iong.
Mrs. H~arberson-It might have been
. little better II I had PIT you In the
back room Our spare reem 10 %
close to the street
Cousin Harriet-Yes. whsa do hap
pen to drop on. the very slightest
Noise wakens me-. always sleep With
one eye and both carr opsa- It's .
wonder how ! manage to sxist With
the small amount q slssD I 81!
Mrs.. HaSberson (wAo has beea max
ms = constant effort 70 ksep her heavy
eyelids from c3oeing)-Yes. one aoss
feel % wretehel sitter losing evsa one
nights sleep! Now. III morning I
can hardly hold up my bad.
Cousin Harriet (look1ng kssaly q
Mrs. HarbsrDoa)-Doat tell M yos
are beginning 70 b troubled with In
somnia? (Turnins 70 Harbsrsoa.) And
Clarence. too! I declare you both look
~ though you hadn't slept . wink. j.
Mrs. Harbersoa-Oh. NO. indeed!
Both Clarence and I usually sleep very
well. But last night
Cousin Harriet (mournfully)-You
poor child! It viii grow on you. That
was the way ! began: Just n occasion,
u bad night. And people hrs % IN
sympathetic about insomnia!
Observation-Disclosures. Cousin Har
riet! We haven't got insomnia! II VA
the are engines.
Cousin Harriet (pussled)-Ths Ars
enginesf
Mrs. Harbsrsoo-Of ourss no onl
could expect TO sleep last NIGHT
Cousin Harriet (blanklyl-I DOM
see Why.
Harberson cleaning forward and
looking. all 1T once. very Vide awaksl
Do you to Say. Coustn Harriet
that you didn't know IL house and
barn across tAs wAy burned % ~
ground last night?
Mrs. HaTbefsoo-AnA that tne strest
Va full Of 6rs sngfnss Al yelpinl
dogs and shouting psople fsom Il
o'clock TIL dawnr
Cousin Harr1st-You aoat reall,
mean (0sttins up and eoang 70 u
window Impossible! (Looks ont, q
psars slightly coafused. but rscovse,
asrsef.) Well. we'll! ! suppose mus
have dozen . little toward moeningl
standard Oh Capital.
Earnings a. the Standard on Cou
pany are understood to b q Z rat
between 1000. 900 and 1sS.ooo.ooo