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heard and seen all that had taken
place in his apartment at the Louis
Napoleon hotel. where he had hurried
ly taken Senator Stevens on leaving
the Langdon house.
Not only would the two senators
lose their immense profits on the Alta
coola transaction If Langdon persisted
in his opposition. but they would lose
as well the thousands of dollars spent
by their agents in purchasing options
on hundreds of acres and, where they
could not get options, the land itself.
This land would be on their hands, I'M
salable, If the base went somewhere
else Moreover, they feared that Lang
don's revolt would bring unpleasant
newspaper publicity to their opera
lions.
There's only one course TO pursue,
Stevens" snapped Peabody as they
took off their overcoats. THAT is to
be prepared as best we can for the
very worst and meet it in some way
yet to be determined. But first we
must try to figure out what Langdon
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fro BE Continued
THE SLEEP CURE

In this day of cure fads and SAM
tariums permit us to suggest one OF
natures cures-the sleep cure.
Lack Of sleep causes Ill health and
! nervousness. You cannot cheat nature
and get off scot free.
Most people are too busy to sleep
too busy making money or taking
pleasure.
The society woman rushes after en-,
tertainment when she ought to be in
bed.
The workingman or working woman
is so keen in the desire to get on that
the result is overwork and undersleep
The housewife worries over the dc
tails OF her daily task and neglects
the recuperation Of necessary sleep.
The business man takes his business
home with him, wakes up in the night
to consider his plans, and the outcome
is nervous breakdown.
Now
Sleep is the one medicine in all the
pharmacopoeia of nature for the tagged
mind and the worn body 1t is the
greatest blessing vouchsafed to tired
and weary mortals.
Shakespeare the wise knew. He
calls It natures sweet restorer." In
seven words he tells its gracious func-
tion-it "knits up the raveled sleeve Of
care"
Therefore
Take an inventory Of your habit for
an average twenty-four hours. Are
you curtailing your necessary hours Of
sleep? IL so you are burning the can
die Of life at both ends.
Change your habit.
Eight hours of sleep may be suffi-
Client for the ordinary person In
health. But II you are oyerstrained
In body or mind-"run dOwn"-go to
bed early and get up late.
Stay in bed nine or ten hours.
1t may not be easy for you to sleep
so long at the hrst. But persevere.
Rest. Rest and relax. Relax is the
word. Note how your dog will relaI
when be rests He throws himself
down In utter abandon. Body. head
and tail 20 down In a bunch.
Your nerves are taut as nddle strings.
Take OF the strain. Relax.
Supplemental to this habit OF full
hours devoted to sleep. take a brief
nap in the middle Of the day
II you cannot sleep In midday. rest
body, muscles. nerves, brain-rest and
relax IL you cannot sleep. relax and
doze An instant OF forgetfulDess will /
help you. You will wake up in a new /.
world.
Whenever from any cause you are /
TO lose your proper sleep. /
make It up. Nature viii do the rest
Sleep and knit up the raveled sleeve
Of care.
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he UdS going 10 UOjC Indiana remark
uy 5' On "'e S'''p SUI ed to Mrs. Span
gler at recep-
ton that she was 80 glad Jimmie is
going to do something for us women at
last. He says we ought to get silk gowns
ever so much cheaper next year"
Jimmie Windsor was a member Of the
house committee on ways and means
and was busily engaged in the matter
of tariff revision. When President
Anders of the Federal SILK company
heard from Senator Peabody that
Windsor favored lowering the tariff on
silk way was found to convince the
congressman that the American silk in
dustry was a weakling and many in
vestors would suffer If the foreign
goods should be admitted any cheaper
than at present.
President Anders would be willing
90 do Senator Peabody a favor some
day.
Sometimes Cora Spangler shuddered
at the thought of what would become
of her If she should make some slip,
some fatal error, and be discovered to
her friends as a betrayer Of condolences
for money. A secret agent of Stand
ard STEEL What a newspaper story
she would make-"Society Favorite a
Paid Spy" "Woman Lobbyist Flees
Capital" The sensational headlines
fitted through her mind. Then she
would grit her teeth and dig her finger
nails into her palms. She had to have
money to carry on the life she loved so
well She must continue as she had
begun. After all, she reasoned moth
ing definite could ever be proved re-
garding the past. Let the future care
for itself. She might marry again and
free herself from this mode of life,
who knows?
So reasoned Cora Spangler for the
time during the last two
years as she sat in her boudoir at her
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barriers. Stevens would futter about
and gather up the leavings.
Equally as mercenary as 1.-The boss of
the senate" he lacked Peabody's iron
nerve, determination, resourcefulness
and daring. He needed many hours
Of sleep. Peabody could work twenty
hours at a stretch. He had to have
his meals regularly or else suffer from
indigestion. Peabody sometimes did
q days work on two boiled eggs and
a cup of coffee.
The senior senator from Mississippi
had been the first to point out to Pea
body the possibilities for profit in the
gulf naval base project but the morn
fng following the conference with
Steinert when he rejoined them for
breakfast at the Louis Napoleon he
was far from comfortable He did
not mind fighting brain against brain,
even though unprlncipled methods
were resorted to, but indications were
that more violent agencies would be
called into play owing to the complica-
tons that had arisen.
Stevens ate heartily to strengthen
his courage. Steinert ate hugely to
strengthen his body. Peabody ate
scarcely anything at ALTO strengthen
his brain.
Waving away the hotel waiter who
had brought the breakfast to his
apartment, Senator Peabody outlined
the probable campaign of the day.
IF our best efforts to weaken and
scare off Langdon fail today" he said,
at will naturally develop that we must
render 1t impossible in some way for
him TO appear in the senate at all, or
we must delay his arrival until after
the report of the committee on naval
affairs has been made. In either
event he would not have another OPP
portunity to speak on that subject.
"Of course later at 1870, we will
know his plan of action. Then we can
act to the very point, but we must be
prepared for any situation that can
arise"
Cannot the president of the senate
be persuaded not to recognize Lang
don on the floor? Then we could ad-
journ and shut him off," asked Ste
vens.
No" responded Peabody; "he has
already promised Langdon to recog-
nize him, and the president of the sen.
ate cannot be persuaded to break his
word. | am painfully aware of this
fact"
But Stevens was not yet dissuaded
from the hope of defeating the junior
senator from Mississippi by wit alone
Can we not have a speaker get the
floor before Langdon and have him
talk for hours-tire out the old kicker
and await a time when he leaves the
senate chamber to eat or talk to some
visitor we could have call on him,
then shove the bill through summa
rily?" he suggested.
'I've gone over all that" answered
Peabody quickly. at would only be
the evil hour. You wouldn't
be able to move that old codger away
from the senate chamber with team
Of oxen-once he gets to his seat. His
secretary, Haines-another oversight
Of yours, Stevens'-the latter WINGED
will warn him. Langdon would
stick pins through his eyelids to keep
from falling asleep"
"Ive been thinkin'," put in Steinert
slowly. that little fine-esse like this
might keep him away: When Lang
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ranged to have "He t0ds at the insane
carriage a closed asylum"
carriage, call that night to take him
to see the president, for he was told
the president sent the carriage for him.
When he got out he was at the insane
asylum, an / can tell you he was bun
died into padded cell in jig time,
where he stayed for three days. He
thinks he's member OF congress-, |
told the two huskies that handled him
an gave 'em each twenty case note.
The doctor that signed the necessary
papers got considerable more"
Stevens gasp of amazement caused
the narrator genuine enjoyment.
81 know of a certain senator who
was drunk an laid away in a Turkish
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bath when the roll was called on GER
tain bill. He was friend of Pea
body's," laughed the lobbyist to the
Mississippian.
But in his case" said Stevens, 1--WE
must be very careful. Possibly some
Of your methods in handling the men
you go after
"Say," interposed Steinert, you
know / don't do all pursuin', all the
goin after, any more than others in
my business. Why, senator, some of
these congressman worry the life out
Of us folks that sprinkle the sugar.
They accuse us of not lettin' 'em In
On things when they haven't been fed
In some time. They come down the
trail like greyhounds coursin' a coy
Dte."
The speaker Taused and glanced
across at Peabc who. however, was
too busily engaged in writing in a
memorandum book to notice him.
"Why, Senator Stevens" went on
the lobbyist, "only To-Day a down east
member held me up to tell me that he
was strong for that proposition to
give the A. X. and L. railroad grants
of government timber land in oregon.
He says to me, he says: What n hi
do my constituents In New England
care about things way out on the Pa
cific coast? I'd give 'em Yellowstone
National park for a freight sidin' II
twas any use to 'em.' he says So
you see
II must 60" broke in Stevens, ris-
Ing and CHANGING at his watch. 1T
will soon be daylight"
"If you must have sleep, go, but you
must be here at o'clock sharp in the
said Peabody. ''Steinert
will sleep here with me. Wen all
have breakfast together here in my
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their particular interests and their as
pirations in coming to congress, which
proved of much use to him in forming
and promoting acquaintances, all for
the glory of Standard Steel.
Senator Holcomb or Missouri told
Mrs. Spangler at an afternoon tea con-
fdentially that he was going to vote
against the ship subsidy bill. Senator
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SIMPLE REMEDY FOR

La grippe coughs are danger
Gus as they frequently develop in
to pneumonia. Foley's Honey and
Tar not only stops the cough but
heals and strengthens the lungs so
that no serious results need be
feared. The genuine Foley's Hon
ey and Tar contains no harmful
drugs and it Is a yellow package.
Refuse substitutes. ]. NJ. Taylor,
Bradford, and B. W. Abbott, Fair
lee.
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riedly helped him
into his coat.
Go in a closed
carria ge," was
PeabOdy's II n a
warning. "B e
sure to tell her ia
get hold Of his
two daughters on
some preteIt al
once. She knows
them well. May
be we can inhu-
ence the old man
through his girls.
don't you see?"
And while Sen
ator Peabody and
Jake Steinert re
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roo III s and a
final consulta-
ton"
"You W on {
plan anything
really desperate,
Peabody, i'll
you? | think I'd
rather
"Nonsense, Ste
vens, of course
not. Our game
will be to try
TO weaken Lang
don, TO prove to
him In the morn
ing that he alone
will suffer. be-
cause our names
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home. She had
sp en- t part of
the day with
Carolina and
Hope Langdon
and In the even
ing had attend
ed the musicale
at their house.
But she had
been forced to
leave early ow-
ing TO a severe
headache. Now,
after an hour or
two Of rest, she
felt better and
was about to re-
tire. Suddenly
the telephone
bell rang at a
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is going to do
what it can be
that he says he
will tell us to-
morrow at 1870
If we appear. He
must have some
thing very star
thing up b / S
81 e eve if he
makes good his
assertions. l
can't see how
Nor l." frown-
ed Stevens, land
my political eye
sight Is far bet
ter than that fool
Langdon's. Un-
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90 not appear III
the land deals. The options were
signed and the deeds signed by our
agents. Don't you see? Whereas bis
daughter and son and future son-in-law
actually took land In their own
names"
How clumsy
Eyes. Such amateurism lowers the
dignity Of the United States senate"
Peabody answered dryly.
But suppose Lsngdon does not
weakenr" asked Stevens snIiously as
he picked up bis hat and coat.
Then we will go into action with
eur guns loaded was the reply.
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Peabody was in
formed of this
two hours later
by a note writ,
ten in C ip b e +.
When the vote
was called two
days later Sena-
tor Holcomb vot-
ed for the bill.
Standard S t e e !
supplies steel for
ocean liners, and
t b e ir building
must be encOur-
aged.
Mrs. Windsor,
wife of Congress
man Windsor of
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Tidge." go. -
vious discussion concerning one ]. ID
Teller, mayor of Gulf City. Senator
Stevens started on the most memorable
drive of his career on this bright win
ter morning to the house of the fasci-
mating Mrs Spangler-who for the past
week had been considering his proposal
of marriage
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WE WANT YOUR CALFsKINs

Beef Hides, Horse Hides. Sheep
Pelts, Tallow, Bones, etc, and viii
pay you outside prices therefor.
We pay spot cash; We pay the
freight; We pay full market value.
We want to arrange with some one
in every village where We have
no agent. to collect the above
named goods for US to and sell
Pages Perfected Poultry Food and
other poultry supplies. We furnish
money with which to buy and we
keep our buyers thoroughly posted
at all times as to market values.
Write for full particulars.
CARROLL :. PAGE.
HYDE Park. Vermont.
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W as In to
squeal about a
bond issue. He
had his speech
all ready to warn
the country that
he t h o u G hit a
Gro W d of the
pluto-cracy was
goin' to get the
bonds to resell
to the public at
advanced rates.
Well, sir, I ar
ranged to have a
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-03-26
CHAPTER XIII

'THE BOSS or THE SENATE GAINS A
NEw Ally
YRS. SPANGLER would have
MI BATTERED herself on guessing
correctly as 10 Senator Pea
a u boly's uneaslness bad she
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a marked resem-
blance to the
honey bird - SO
much so that he
has well won the
birds appella-
ton for himself.
Abnormally keen
at locating pos
sibilities for ex-
tracing "honey"
from the govern
mental affairs in
Washington, he
In v a ria bly, led
Peabody, repre-
senting the hunt
er with the ak,
to the repository.
He would then
rely on the Penn
sylvanian's supe-
rior force to
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We DO JOB PRINTING.
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Theater Folk Are Superstitious.

Theatrical people, says Success
Magazine, are proverbially supersti-
tious. | know Of n great actress
who never goes on the stage without
first crossing herself to insure good
luck. Some Of our greatest stars
would perhaps retire from the stage II
they should lose the horseshoe which
Is nailed to the lid on n Of their
trunks, and could not get another.
MrG. Leslie Carter always raps three
times on the wings before walking on
the stage, and she thinks this precau-
ton will Danish all evil influences.
When Mary Anderson was on the
stage she never dared to peep through
the curtain while the house was fill
ing. Many theatrical people constant
ly carry around with them for luck
1.-THE left hind foot OF a graveyard rab-
bit killed by the light of the NOON"
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NOT DRUGS
Food Did IL.

After using laxative and cathartic
medicines from childhood a case Of
chronic and apparently incurable con
%stipation yielded to the scientific food.
Grape-Nuts, in a few days.
From early childhood 1 suffered
with such terrible constipation that /
had to use l~axatives continuously 60
ing from m drug to another and suf.
fering more or less all the time.
"A prominent physician whom I con-
suited told me the muscles of the d.
gestiye organs were partially par
alyzed and could not perform their
work without help Of some kind, so I
have tried at different times about
every laxative and cathartic known.
but found no help that was at all per.
manent. / had finally become discour.
aged and had given my case up as
hopeless when l began to use the pre-
digested food, Grape-Nuts.
Although I had not expected this
1000 to help my trouble, to my great
surprise Grape-Nuts digested imme-
diatsly from the first and in a few
days l was convinced that this was
Just what my system needed.
The bowels performed their func.
tions regularly and l am now com.
pletely and permanently cured of this
awful trouble.
Truly the power Of scientific food
mnst DO unlimited" There's 4
Reason"
Read" The Road to Wellville," in pkRs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one eppesrs rom time to time. They
Inherent.
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CROWS ON GOLF LINKS.
One Fastidious Bird That Would Steal
Oniy New Balls,

INV NV 'o WYNN SkNes
Only New Balls.
The crow seem to be attracted to
golf balls In a way peculiar from the
rest OF the bird species. In parks
where the rock and the crow abound
one can notice them sitting in the
trees or hopping about the putting
green's in the distance watching the
roll OF the ball with a direct or side
long glance expressive Of the keenest
interest and curiosity, which Is soon
translated into a desire to carry II
off to the roost in the n%eighboring
wood.
The Kew gardens adjoin the Mid
Surrey course. and in the royal pre-
serve there used to be a fairly large
colony Of crows nesting among the
trees. OF this convoy there was II
particular crow who found his great
est amusement in mingling among the
golfers and in disconcerting their play
by indulging in repeated predatory
campaigns against their golf balls.
HIS policy was to hover in attend
amer on those players who used new
white balls only. Those on which the
paint had been Clipped or which had
been used in play for several rounds
by an economical player were always
rejected by this particular bird as be-
ing beneath his fastidious attention.
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Radium and Vaccine.

An Italian physician VINO exposed
fresh vaccine virus to the em~anations
of radium for varying periods and
then made use of 1t in vaccinating
children found that there was no ef-
feet on the action of the virus pro-
duced by the exposure to the rays, but
that the pustules produced by the
virus were entirely free from any sep
tic suppuration; there was no iufam-
matory area and no fever. He finds
that this is an efficient method Of
purifying vaccine virus, but on ac-
count Of the expense Of radium not
one that can be commonly followed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-13
Safe on the Railroad.

A well-known humorist entered a
railway carriage in which was one of
those ladies who travel in constant
fear of collisions. At every jolt or
sudden stop she cried out: Have we
left the rails? Is it an accident? Are
we going to be killed."
Her fellow-passenger paid no atten'
ton, but remained wrapped in silence.
Presently the lady said to him
Are you not afraid of railway acct,
dents?"
Not, l, madam" answered he, reas,
suringly. 1T has been predicted that
I shall die on the scaffold.'
She changed carriages at the next
station.
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Train Waited While Engineer Shaved

A train stopped abruptly a few miles
Bohemia, recently, and the passengers
alighted to ascertain what had hap
pened. They found the guard engaged
in shaving the engine driver, who apol.
ogized for the delay, and explained
that he was about TO propose to the
young woman in the refreshment room
at the mex station, and he had no
time to complete his toilet before
starting.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-13
Cured by cuticura in a Month.

"I am seventy-seven years old, and
some years ago l was taken with &C.
zema from head to foot. l was sick
for six months and what l suffered
tongue could not tell. l could no
sleep day or night because OF that
dreadful itching; when l did sleep it
was from sheer exhaustion. | was
one mass Of irritation; 1t was even in
my scalp. The doctors medicine
seemed to make me worse and | was
almost out Of my mind. | got a
set Of the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Resolvent. l used them peTsistently
for twenty-four hours. That night I
slept like an infant, the first solid
nights sleep ! had had for six months.
In a month l was cured. w. Harrison
Smith, Mt. Kisco, N. Y, Feb. 3, 1908"
Potter Drug 4 Chem. Corp, Sole Props. Boston
It takes the world a long time to
discover that bigness is not great
ness.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-13

fall injured my kid
neys. From that time I
was bothered with a
chronic lame back and
disordered action OF
the kidneys helped to
make life miserable
for me. A friend sug-
g e S t e d my using
Doan's Kidney Pills,
which | did, with the
most gratifying re-
suits. / made a pub
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-13

touch with their
patrons. A rail-
road. ike any
other large bust
ness, should aim
to give the peo-
pie what they
want. II the pol
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-13
Against Saioon-cashed Checks.

Amy employee Of the Missouri, Kan.
a & Texas Railway company who in
the future has his pay check cashed
in a saloon will be discharged" The
foregoing is the substance Of a gen.
eral circular issued by Superintendent
n. ]. Fnney.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-13
G
List OF Patents Issued Last Week to
MortbNu.et,r, IaXan+ore

Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson.
patent lawyers, go Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul. Mimi: G. l..
Krinke, Mazeppa, MINI, mail deliver
ing apparatus; P. o. Larson, Kellys.
N. d.. wire stretching and splicing
device; w. F. Lenhard, Darwin, Mimi,
loading device; w. D. Mason, LIE Roy,
Mimi. beet puller; N. Tschimperle,
Victoria, MINI, explosive engine; w.
H. Waid, Rice, Mimi, strainer; J.
Zelsch, st. Paul Park, Mimi. corrugat-
ed metallic culvert.
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NEngH rtU
d-~&Ilkkstsd

lie statement at the Time, recommends
ing Doan's Kidney Pills, and am glad
to confirm that statement now"
Sold by all dealers, so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Some seem to think the best evil
dence Of being the salt of the earth
is ability to make folks smart.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-13

II takes more than a mushy manner
to make n a minister Of the bread
Of life.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-13
ECZEMA COVERED HIM.

Itchino Torture Was Beyond Words
Slept Only from Sheer Exhaustion
Relieved in "a Hours and
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PUBLIC STATEMENT
sv a public offciaI-county Treasurer
of Granbury, Texas.

A. A.. Perkins, County Treasurer OF
Granbury, Hood Co., Texas, says:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-13
|CLOSER TO PATRONS
IDEA OF RAILROAD OFFICIAL IN
HIGH POSITION.
Walter l.. Ross, Who Began as Office
Boy, Gives His Views Of Policy
Which He Believes Will
Win Success.

II believe that high officials In the
railroad world should come into closer
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-13
South Dakota
General State News
in Para9raphs.
in Paragraphs.

Bert Russell, arrested at Waubay
on a charge of beating his wife, In
ficting probably fatal injuries, broke
away and cut his throat, dying In
stantly.