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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-01-06

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solid sleep for years and felt
tired IN the. mornings as u J
had done q hard days work.
Itried observation-disclosures until
/ was disguised and doctors
medicines without la sting
benefit. I had Cafarrh and
Throat trouble and my
Heart. Liver and Kidneys
were all more or less out Of
tune. When ] would lie
down to sleep my nerves
were all on the 90 with such
an uneasy feeling. When |
first saw the big Bodi- Tone
advertisement | thought X
was simply another patent
w,nm<1f~4sa0 hrrk thm IA rrTm UVaE
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-01-06

may possess to get others here to try It, GAL e
sure shot. n +. Zoe.
FR1EDENs. PENNA--Bodi- Tone has done much tor
me. was iust all out and not able to walk
more than mile before was SO weah and oqt q
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-01-06

II
feef. wnnt to say that Bodi-
Tone hayentirely cured me
Ii beats the world. This
was three months ago. and |
have had no sign of trouble
since. ! feel fine. and can
work as we'll as I could years
ago. I can challenge any
man of my age to walk Z
match with me. for my limbs
and feet are now in hne
shape. / have told all of my
friends and neighbors about
the remarkable cure Bodi-
Tone made for me. and in
so short a time. Twill do all
can to help those who are
afflicted as / was. and will
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21

she has had lords and ladies' OF her
string in London, having, in short,
scored distinct social successes.
On the other hand, it is said that her
name has not been mentioned in a
singl" London newspaper. that she is
not recognized by amy of the elite in
the British capital and that if she
had any entrance into buckingham
palace it w:!S n hnck stair entrance.
The gossip is that she is the friend
of n IHrenchWOIlan who talks that
language with Princess Mary and acts
as French secretary to the queen INC
that through this friendship she has
gained the car of royalty, Much space
has been devntcd to the case in the
New York newspapers, and the cables
have Slng With the tale.
For years Miss GrigSby has been I'M
mercifully Snubbed in both New York
and London, despite the fact that she
is beautiful. accomplished and rich.
Now. if these reports are to be cred
iteG. She has reached the social heights
at :, bound. to the unspeakable disgust
Of the would be climbers who have
been ut such pains to cut her in the
mast.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21

very er1oenI that souIeDouy nus ueeu
here" Then he had a sudden shock.
"Wha did you do with that packet Of
papers l gave you last Monday and
told you to put in the safe"
II did just what you told me to-put
it in the cash box and put the key Of
the cash box on your desk. Didn't
you get tt?"
Blount felt in his pockets and found
the key.
"Get the packet and bring it to me-"
he directed, giving the stenographer
the key to the inner compartment Of
the safe.
1t was not more than a minute later.
While he was attempting to bring or
der out of the confusion on his desk,
that a sudden prompting led him to
go quickly to the door Of the outer
Office. Swapping it open with a jerk,
he caught the clerk in the act of un-
tying the string which bound the thick
packet Of papers together.
What are you doing? Why don't
you bring it to me?" he called angrily.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21
Oysters as Rat Traps,

Catching Its with oyster shells Is
the unique. method employed by some
p%earlers round about Broome, Western
Australia They leave a large oyster
on the floor of the cabin at night. It
opens for o breath of fresh air. and
the smell Of fresh meat attracts the
rats. When the rodent thinks hen
try a little supper. the oyster sudden
" decides that he doesn't like fresh
air. Next morning the shell is pried
open and the dead rat thrown over
board
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21

May l know the circumstances?'
she asked after q moments considera-
ton.
Eyes. There has been fraudulent
registration in a number Of the state
legislative districts, and I have Sc
cured positive evidence Of it"
ION which side?' she asked point
eddy.
ION both sides, l I'M sorry to say"
he returned gravely.
"Whom does it implicated"
THAT is further than my Informal
ton goes" he admitted. II know only
the fact of the false registration. But
with a fully equipped political ma
chine on the ground the inference is
pretty plain. isn't it,"
II suppose So" she admitted. Yet
you say the frauds are on both sides"
THAT doesn't make any difference"
he declared. 1T is a fight for men
and not for parties. So far as l can
see, the machine picks its men quite
irrespective Of party. There is al
ready reason to believe that some of
the candidates who have the most to
say now about the free ballot and
will of the people are themselves the
sworn henchmen of the machine.
ready when the time shall come to
tote yea or nay, as my father shall di-
rect"
II can't believe it." she protested,
with generous warmth-''of your IA
Their, l mean. I I'M sure he has never
authorized anything so despicable."
Blount shrugged. Shall l publish
this evidence that has come into my
| it?"
1t was the first time she had ever
| failed him. "Give me a little time,'
| she pleaded. '"Tomorrow-come to see
me tomorrow. It's a dreadful thing
for you to have to do. Evan-the most
dreadful thing that could be imagined
p
But here young Gordon, to whom the
next dance had been promised, came
to claim her. and Blount's hard won
interview was at an end.
When he left the Gordon house,
which was rather far out in the south
eastern suburb, he meant to go direct
to the hotel and to bed. He had been
losing much sleep in the strenuous &C.
tivities of the campaign, and it was
beginning to tell upon him. AS the
trolley car was passing the Temple
court building he saw a dim light
Illuminating his upper floor office win.
dows.
With all his suspicious %rearoused, he
dropped from the car and took the al
night elevator to his office floor.
The sleepy elevator man let him out
in the upper corridor, and almost i'm
mediately the car sank away out OF
sight.
Before Blount had taken two steps
toward his office door there came the
dull crash of a muffled explosion. and
two or three Of the glass doors in the
suit were shattered.
Blount quickened his pace to a run
let himself silently with his latchkey
through the door Of his private room
flung open his desk and CROPPED in ar
inner drawer for the revolver which
was part of it's furnishings.
With the weapon in his hand, hi
passed on through the swinging dool
into Collins room. There was al
acrid odor Of high explosives in the
air, and when he hurried through tt
the room beyond the fumes were
Sitting.
His first act was to press the electric
hutton (which turned ON tho LIGHTS
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21
IS SHE CLOSE TO ROYALTY

Stories From London That Emile
Grissby Is a Chum of Princess Mary.
The latest social sensation stirring
New York and London has a touch Of
mystery. 1t concerns Miss Emile
Grigsby. who was the protege Of the
late Charles 7. Yerkes, and to whom
that gentleman Of transportation tubes
and high finance left 81 .Oo0,O0O and a
beautiful mansion in Park avenue,
New York.
The stories have it that Miss Grigs-
by now frequents buckingham palace,
that she is a chum Of Princess Mary
and Il friend of Queen Mary, that she
had a box at the coronation n that
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21
PROLOGUE.

This story of a young mans
honest attempt to "break" the
boss" and the power of the
machine" is an Accordingly in
innate portrayal of the working
of the wheels within wheels" in
a desperate political struggle of
today. The senator, strongly in
trenched behind his party ma
chine" presents an almost in
vulnerable front, and the con-
Tict between father and son as
this young Lawyer, single hand
ed, fights for what he honestly
believes to be the truth and
right holds one with q renen-
dous sympathetic interest.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21

A MAN WAS CROUCH poA.
ING IN FRONT OF On the blazing
THE WRECKED up Of the lights
CASH boA. the man sprang
to his feet and dashed'out past Blount,
swapping the light switch, to leave the
rooms in total darkness, as he passed.
With a savage exclamation directed
at his W lack of presence of mind,
Blount turned to follow. fell over a
chair, picked himself up and, cropping
for the latch on Collins door, let him.
self out into the corridor.
There were no signs Of the escaping
safe blower, and Blount ran hastily to
the elevator and rang the bell until
the sleepy operator set the machinery
in motion and lifted himself to the
floor of happenings. Here the incident
came to an abrupt end. The elevator
man had heard no one descending the
stairs which circled down the elevator
well from floor to floor to the street
level.
Blount went back t his Office, turn
ed in a police alarm and waited until
an ohce came from headquarters.
Leaving the man in charge Of the
wrecked workroom, he went to report
the safe blowing in person to the cap
tain on duty at police headquarters,
after which he carried out his original
intention Of going to the hotel and to
bed.
But for a long time after the post
midnight quiet had settled down upon
the hostelry he lay wide awake. wres-
Ting with this newest problem which
had risen up to confront him, for now
there was no longer any doubt in his
mind that the long arm Of the ma
chine was reaching out for him per-
sonally and that sooner or later 1t
must come to a life and death grapple.
lTo BE coNrrsuEp.l
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21
CHAPTER XIV.
THE ~DYNAMITER.

RT was about the time that Evan
H. Blount was finishing his fourth
u M week of the campaign of educa-
ton that the senator's wife be-
gan to detect signs Of country weari-
ness in the eyes Of Miss Patricia An
ners. During the last week or two
some impulse which she did not take
the trouble to analyze seemed to be
drawing the girl toward the city. The
roads around Wartrace were just as
good as ever, and the free pleasures
of motoring in a country where speed
restrictions We're conspicuous by their
absence were just as keen. But nov
Patricia confessed freely to a longing
for the sight Of city streets.
''Only you mustn't consider us or
me so much as you do, Mrs. Blount,"
she protested. II have a dreadful sus-
picion that we have already interfered
%shamefully with your autumn plans.
You are merely too kind and hospita-
ble to admit it."
"You have interfered with nothing"
was the ready assurance. mo induce
ment that was ever devised would
take the senator away from his WI
state during a political campaign, and
your coming has been a blessing. But
for the good excuse to bring your ia
Their out here to the fossil beds we
should have been mewed up in the In
ter-Mountain hotel from the firing of
the opening gun to the day after cleo
ton. But that is neither here nor
there. You are tired Of the country.
Shall 1 telephone the senator that we
are going in this afternoon to stay
awhile?"
IT shall be delighted" said Patricia,
and the eyes which were so apt to
tell tales confirmed it. Then she add
ed, "Now that father has his box of
books from the university library he
will never miss U.S."
On their first day in the capital
Evan was away, but he returned the
following morning, and Mrs. Blount
captured him for a theater box party.
1t proved to be a rather more for
midable affair than Evan had antici-
pated. There was a sufficient num-
Der Of guests to fill two Of the open
dress circle boxes. Gantry was of the
number, and SO were the Weatherfords
father, mother. daughters and son.
Blount had been counting upon a
measurably undisturbed evening with
Patricia, but fate or a designing host
ess interviewed. and he found himself
cornered between Mrs. Weatherford
and her younger daughter. with the
square shouldered reform candidate
for governor Strengthening the bar
rier which separated him from Pa
tricia.
Blount had met Gordon socially a
number Of times, and in the intervals
allowed him by Mrs. Weatherford he
was silently studying the face of the
big man, who, If the gods should so
direct, might be the leader and chief
political figure in the state for the sue
ceeding two years.
It was a good face and, in Blount's
estimate, an exceedingly strong lie.
Almost unconsciously he fell to con-
trasting it with that of Reynolds, the
candidate for whom the corporation
interests were working.
Though Blount himself was on the
corporation side, he could not help adj
uniting that the comparison was not
favorable to Reynolds. He said to
himself that Reynolds face wa the
face OF a timeserver.
Weighing the two men one against
the other-Reynolds was sitting In an
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21

Seen for quite a
distance and are arranged so that they
a be removed without injury to the
standard in case it should be desired
to change the name. The lamp is said
to be so arranged that it cannot well
be disturbed by mischief makers, but
can be removed for cleaning or repair.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21

TIL e workroom
beyond Collins
Office W q s a
wreck. D e s k s
were b k e n
open. the safe
door had been
blown from its
hinges, and a
m a Il with an
electric pocket
lamp in his hand
was c%rouching in
fro t of the
wrecked a S b
box.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21
eitina of Ones Nose.

We once knew a farmer to refuse to
sell corn to his neighbor for % cents
at the crib and hauled several loads
of it to town and got only q cents,
and we know several alleged business
men who let their supply houses send
out advertising matter for them and
do not carry ads. in their local news
paper.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21
A SIGN WHICH OUR
TOWN COULD INITIATE.
Names Of Denver's Streets Can Be
Seen by Day or Night.

The old wooden street signs nailed
to telephone and telegraph poles r.
rapidly being discarded for combine
ton iron poles and signs and for orna-
mental bronze signs in Denver.
Some of the signs are in the form
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21

Torturing eczema spread its burning
area every day. Doan's Ointment quick
ly stops its spreading, instantly relieves
the itching, cures it permanently. At
any drug store.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21
DONE ouarrel.

Quarreling will spoil a good appetite
quicker than anything else In the
worid.-Atchison Globe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21

Well married. a man In winged; I'll
mated. he To- Observation-Disclosures
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21

of long
boxes. lighted in
side by means Of
eight candle pow
err incandeScen
lamps. The light
is reflected to the
signs from the in
terror. the letters
being on a back
ground of mica.
The Illuminated
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-21

There is nothing a buffer wants less
than a chance to show You.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
ANTITRUST SUITS PLANNED
Department of Justice Investigating
Lumber Barons' Doinus.

washington, Feb. 15.-With intent
to file some sort of an anti trust suit
against the lumber interests the de-
partment of justice has been at work
nearly a year investigating the COM
plants of discrimination, blacklisting,
price raising and combinations to APP
portion territory Many hundreds of
such complaints have been received
from small lumber dealers, independ-
ent mills and individual consumers in
all sections of the country and the
antitrust agents have given detailed
investigation to many of them.
1t seems to be the plan of the de-
partment to devote its attention first
to one of the SO called divisions" of
the interest and what may be an anti
trust suit against one of these is now
being perfected. 1t is likely that
when the investigation in this one
particular case is complete, however,
no suit will be filed Immediately.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
WOULD EXTEND RECIPROCITY
Tenor Of Speeches at Pan-American
Conference.

Washington, Feb. 15.-Reciprocity
with Canada, reciprocity with all
countries of North and South Amer
lea, reciprocity, in fact, with all ma
tions, was advocated by both Presi-
dent Taft and Champ Clark in stirring
addresses at the opening session OF
the Pan-American coference.
Speeches favoring a closer CONNER
cial union of North and South Amer.
lea, with frequent reference to the
future influence of the Panama canal
were made by Secretary of State
Knox, James A. Farrell, president OF
the United States Steel corporation |;
Senor Calvo, the Costa Rican minister
to the United States; Senor Calderon,
the Bolivian minister to the United
States, and Senor Casasus, formerly
the Mexican ambassador to this coun.
try. Nearly six hundred delegates
and almost the entire diplomatic corps
were present
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
UNTIL BIG FINE IS PAID
Greene and Gaynor May Have to Re
main in Prison.

Washington, Feb. 15.--Greene and
Gaynor, the contractors who were con-
victed of completely in the river and
harbor frauds at Savannah, which sent
Captain Carter of the army to prison,
probably will be compelled to remain
in prison for debt after the expiration
of their criminal terms, notwithstand-
ing the efforts of Colonel j. Hamilton
Lewis of Chicago, who is here as coun-
sci. In addition to their penitentiary
sentence a fine of $593,000 was i'm.
posed upon them and this fine they are
seeking to swear off on the ground OF
poverty.
Colonel Lewis had an interview with
the attorney general, but was not en-
couraged to hope for any leniency.
The department of justice believes
there is :. fund of $650,000 awaiting
Gaynor and Greene on their release.
The attorney general hopes that by
requiring the contractors to remain in
prison he will force them to disclose
the hiding place of the money and pay
their fines.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
ASSERTS CLERKS
ARE ARE 0ovE||vv0||KED 0vERW9RKED
Senator La Toilette Talks Of
Postal Conditions.

Washington, Feb. 15-In order to
get the report from the department.
before the postofIice appropriation bill
comes up in the senate, Senator La
Toilette eliminated one paragraph from
his resolution calling for specific in.
formation relative to the railway mail
service. This paragraph was the one
asking for the record of unworked mail
pouches carried by stations on certain
routes during January, 1911. The Wis.
consin senator eliminated it because
1t would give the department officials
an excuse for delaying the report in
response tb the resolution and he is
determined that the senate shall know
something of what he considers the
decentralization of the postal service
before 1t passes the appropriation
measure.
Senator La Toilette is prepared to
make vigorous fight against what he
terms the outrageous policy of the
department in dealing with the railway
mail clerks.
"The clerks are being overworked
until they cannot render efficient serv
ice and until they are being forced to
resign" said Senator La Toilette. "Ip
numerous instances where clerks have
been killed or disqualified for service
through accidents their places have
not been filled, but their work has
been added to the burdens of the Other
clerks. All this in the name of econo
my, but it is not kind of economy
that appeals to the public Efficiency
of service should be the first consid
Grafton in the postoftice department
of all others"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
| BITTER ATTACK
ON RECIPROCITY
Dalzell Of Pennsylvania
Opposes Agreement.
ARRAIGNS NEWSPAPERS

Declares Greed for Free Print Paper
Is Behind "This Free Trade Propo.
sition"-Says Bill is UncaIIed for
by Majority of the People of the
United States.
Washington, Feb. 15.-When the
house met consideration of the Cana
dian reciprocity agreement was re-
sumed. Representative Underwood Of
Alabama began debate in favor of the
measure. The reciprocity bill, Mr..
Underwood declared, was made neces-
sary by the failure of the maximum
and minimum provisions of the Payne
Aldrich law. These provisions. he
claimed, were wrong in principle.
They made the minimum rate the gen.
eral rate and provided for an in
creased rate as retaliation for high
rates against this country. The prin-
ciple thus established was one of coer-
cion and not calculated to bring about
good feeling.
Mr.. Underwood contended that In
an ideal bill the maximum should be
the general rates. That the president
could grant substantial concessions to
those countries willing to do the same
toward this country.
Representative Dalzell followed Mr..
Underwood with the principal speech
in opposition. He began by assailing
the newspapers of the country and de-
nouncing the reciprocity agreement.
Mr. Dalzell complained bitterly of the
haste with which the bill had been
rushed through the committee on
ways and means and brought before
the house.
Calls IT Newspaper Bill.
This is a newspaper bill," he de-
clared. Newspaper greed for free
print paper is behind this free trade
proposition. Opposition to the meas
ure has been minimized and a false
sentiment created in favor of it by
the newspaper interests. This bill is
uncaiied for by the majority OF our
people 1t is unrepublican and incon-
sistent with the policy of protection" !"
Mr. Dalzell was Interrupted by ap-
plause from the Democratic side.
1T is an abandonment" he resumed,
"of the doctrine of protection and an
espousal of free trade. 1t is class leg
islation of the most obnoxious charac.
ter-it strikes at the American
farmer"
Mr.. Underwood, in his speech, had
said he did not believe the reciprocity
act would reduce the price of farm
products. Ii would demonstrate. he
declared, that protection SO far as the
farmer is concerned, was humbug.
The American farmer is too independ-
ent in his field, Mr.. Underwood said,
to need a protective tariff.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
st. Paul Calesman Killed.

Stewart, Mimi, Feb 15.-Frank f.
Hall, a travelling man employed by
Griggs G. Co. of St. Paul, was killed
near Stewart by st. Paul passenger
train. He arrived at the train as II
was about to pull out and after the
vestibule had been closed Probably
thinking that the conductor would see
him and open the door he got on the
steps and held to the hand rail. His
body was found later, with the skull
crushed, and it was evident that he
had been iolted from the train.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
HIcCOUGHS CAUSE OF DEATH
Physicians Could Give No Relief to
Aged Victim.

Honesdale, Pa, Feb. 15.-Henry
Murrman died here of exhaustion
caused by uncomfortable hiccoughing
He was seventy years of age. Little
attention was paid to the hiccoughing
when ii started aud only ordinary
household remedies were given. A
physician was called, but he could not
stop the hiccoughing. Mr.. Murrman
grew weaker steadily A second ply.
sician was called in Heroic remedies
Were applied, still without result
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15
HAMMOND MAY GET HONOR
President May Send Him to Corona
tion of King George.

Washington, Feb. 15.--A report that
President Taft has selected John Hays
Hammond to be special representative
of the United States at the coronation
of King George of England was neither
affirmed nor denied at the White
House.
Secretary Norton said he had
''heard of no appointment but de.
clined to answer direct question.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-02-15

States is held responsible for this
alienation of public domain and Mr..
Smith says the laws that represent
that policy are still largely in force.
BY holding timber land for specula.
tive purposes the lumbermen are re-
tarding development, which is what
they charge against the conservation
policy.
The commissioner reserves for later
report the subject of combinations in
the manufacture or sale of lumber (as
distinguished from ownership of stand.
ing timbcr).