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.Connt Won Mol,ke .ttr;brtes b;s

Count Won Moltke attributes his
attainment of old age to Goods mercy
and moderation in all things" He
specially advises that no one shall
ever spend whole day indoors, not
even if the day be rainy.
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MY FRIEND.

ten in the prison dead-honse at Camp
Chase, by Col. w. S. H. A fellow-priso-
ner was engaged to beautiful young
lady she proved faithless, and her letter
came breaking the troth. Soon after he
died, and this was Col. HIS reply
Your letter came, but came too late,
For Heaven had claimed its own;
All! sudden change, from prison bars
Unto the Great White Throne!
And yet think he would have stayed
For one more day of pain,
Could he have read those tardy words
Which you have sent in vain.
Why did you wait, fair lady,
Through so many weary hourf
Had you other lovers with you
In that silken, dainty bower7
Did others bow before your charms,
And Irvine bright garlands theres
And yet ween in all that thsong
His spirit had no peer.
l wish that you were by me now,
AS draw the sheet aside,
To see how pure the look he wore
Awhile before he died.
Yet the sorrow that You gave him
Still had left its weary trace,
And meek and sanity sadness
Tu,o11, ,,ro,, Ii, NJ, ia foca
"Her love-" he said, "could change for me
The winters cold to spring"
All, trust of thoNghtIess maiden's love
Thou art bitter thing!
For when these valleys fair, in May,
Once more with bloom shall wave,
The northern violets shall blow
Above his humble grave.
Your dole of scanty words had been
But one more pang to bear;
Though, to the last, he kissed with love
This tress of your soft hair.
I did not put it where he said,
For, when the angels come,
/ would not have them find the sign
| OF falschood in the tomb.
Pve read the letter. aud I know
The wiles that you have wrought
To win that noble heart of his,
And gained it-fcarful thought
What lavish wealth men sometimes Civ,
For trife light and small
What manly forms are often held
In Folly's tlimsy thrall!
You shall not pity him, for now
He's past your hope and fear;
Although wish that you could stand
With me beside his bier.
Still, l forgive you; Heaven knows
For mercy you'll have need,
Since God his awful judgment sends
On each unworthy deed.
Tonight the cold winds whistle by
| AS my vigils keep
Within the prison deep house where
Few mourners come to weep.
A rude plank coffin holds him now,
Yet death givesssalways grace,
Aud | would rather see him thus
Than clasped in your embrace.
Tonight your rooms are very gay,
Perhaps with wit, wine and song;
And you are smiling, just as if
You never did wrong.
Your hand so fair that none would thinl
1t penned these words of pain;
Your skin so white-1 wish your soul
Were half SO free Of stain.
I'd rather be this dear, dear friend,
Than you i'll all your glee;
Por you are held in grievous bonds,
While he's forever free.
Whom serve we in this life, we serve
! In that which is to come;
He chose his way, you your's;-let God
Pronounce the fitting doom.
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The whisky market is unsteady
when it takes a drop Picayune
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Bauer & We'll For
Cheap Goods.

cn. sgesT z. %. 9s mo. ses.
WHEREAS MRS. SALLIE WAT
w kins has made application to this
Court to be appointed Administrative Of
the Succession of Charles R. Watkins,
deceased-Notice is hereby given to all
whom it doth OF may cencern, to show
cause, within ten Q0) days from the date
hereof, why the same should not be
granted.
BY order of the Court.
Clerks office, Alexandria, La, this 22d
day Of December, 1890.
z. l.. RANSDELL,
Deputy Clerk.
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OUR AGENTS (:

Buy your Boots, Shoes and Hats
from Bauer & We'll.
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Or. N. r. FISHER,
QU..Y|Y'YlIID
. il N TT S r
Office and Dental PtUlors IN Osborn
Hotel, Second Floor,
ALEXANDRIA.

a
T HAVE RECENTLY FITTED UP IN
l. the best manner two dental parIDrs.
one of which is for the use of white and
the other for colored citizens. In select
ing my furniture and fixtures l have
tried to purchase the best. and am pre-
pared to do all kind of dental work
promptly, in the highest professional
manner, and at reasonable rates. I am
prepared, with the use of gas, to extract
teeth without pain. My gas apparatus IS
the best manufactured, the same as that
used by the lurgest dental establishments
in the Union. DO not think of going to
New Orleans or elsewhere to have dental
work done, when yuu can receive as
good service at home. l am fully pre-
pared to do Crown and Bridge work
This is a method by which teeth may be
saved after the crowns are too far decay
ed to fill. Persons living in the country
will please notify me before coming to
have work done, so arrangements can be
made to attend to them upon arrival
~ Office hours from a. IN. to p. Ill.
The patronage of the public is respect
fully solicited.
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Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

Name of Corporation--The Hot
Springs improvement Company.
Principal place of business-Hot
Springs, s. D.
Notice is hereby given. that at a
meeting of the directors, held on the
3lst day of March. A. ID. 1880, an as
sessment Of ten per cent. per share was
levied upon the capital stock Of the
corporation, payable Immediately to
the secretary Of said company, John NJ.
Henton. at his Office in Hot Springs,
s. ID. Any.stock upon which this as
scssment shah remain unpaid on: the
3Oth day of April, A. d. 1890, win be
delinquent and advertised for sale at
public auction, and unless payment IS
made before, will be sold on the 18th
day Of May, A. D. 1880, to pay delin-
quent assessment, together with costs
OF advertising and expense Of sale.
JoHN N. HENroN,
Secretary Of the Hot Springs Improvement Co
Ohlce at Hot Springs, y d.
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LIABILITIES.

Amount of losses yet unpaid. S143,5OO o.
by the company. ny................... ~ $4,000 0
Whole amount Of reinsurance reserve, S,ai3,Gi5 -
Amount of all other existing claims. 10000 Ou
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dudley Dots

A Mr.. Ellis, from Crawford, Ncb.,
is erecting three new buildings.
j. I. Brown is erecting building
that will lie occupied by q stock Of gen.
eral merchandise.
The railroad station has been moved
from Marietta to Dudley, and now con
signments of freight are received at
tins place. We also have telegraph
station.
Phillips & snively have taken posses
sion of their new so feet store building.
They are building an addition at the
side for farm implement house.
Lumber for the printing Office is OH
the ground. The press and material
have been here for several DAYS. A
MIR. Davis, of Harrison, NcI., will
have management.
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News from Republican Flat.

News from Republican Flat.
To the STAR:
Mr.. Louis Green is building new
house on his ranch.
Every one is plowing or getting
ready to. in few days. Sowing small
grain and making gardens is the order
Of the day.
Carl Boswofth has returned from
Iowa. where he has. been spending the
winter. He brings his brother and
family with him.
There was small fire on Sand Creek
last Sunday which destroyed Mr.. l.. C..
Browns stable. No other damage as
we know of, was done.
The lyceum will meet once a month
this summer, SO that the organization
will be kept up for next winter. The
question for next meeting is, Resolved
that woman has done more toward civ
ilizn2 the world than has man."
Uncle Joe seems to take exception
to the name of mugwump. Now I
think that the mugwump is like the
mule without pride of ancestry or hope
Of posterity and a hybred as we'll.
For me the republican party (Which
has always been a party of reform when
reform is necded)is good enough; but
the man on the fence who does not know
which side to get off on is an object of
pity.
This fiat is still ahead. This time ii
is freak of nature. Mr.. John Alkire
is the lucky possessor. It's calf with
two heads, 1t has or had a double back.
bone winch continued to the end of its
tail making double tail, but in the
matter of legs it could boast of no more
than four. MIR. Alkire has refused an
offer Of S25 for the hide. He will have
it stuffed and mounted in few days
Inv,
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The Black Hills Presl,ytcry.

Through Rev. s. Andrews we gather
the following concerning the meeting
of the Black Hills Prcsbytcry that con-
vcned at Sturgis on Tuesday, April 1,
1880. The session was opened with a
sermon by Rev. H. p. Wilbur which
opened the discussion upon the
question of the revision of the confess
sion of faith.
Rev. w. H. Jennings of Lucernc was
elected Moderator and Rev. S. Andrews
of this city clerk.
After a thorough discussion of the
overture received from the general as
sembly, the preslytery decided by vote
of eight to one in favor of revision Of
the confession of faith.
The preshytcry loses three of its
members, Rev. Abel Armstrong of Hill
City. who returns to Canada: Rev. w.
"A. Echols, of Sturgis, who accepts a
call to Southwestern Ohio; and Rev.
Andrew Roland, of Viewland, who re-
turns to the east. Several new minis
tiers and students of seminaries in the
east are expected in the Hills tins sum-
mer.
Four new churches were enrolled.
One each at Nashville and Alzada. Mon
tana, and one at Newcastle, Wyo., and
one at Burton. S. ID. These make elev.
EN-. churches belonging to the Black
Hills presbytery. The total amount
raised by the presbytery for all pur.
poses during the year just closed was
S4,S74.5O as against S2,4OS last year
Among the new churches to be built is
one at this city to cost $4,000, mention
of which has been previously made In
this paper. The next general assembly
meGfs at Saratoga. New York on MAY
18th and Rcvs. Wilbu. and McClain
were appointed commissioners to that
body from this presbytery.
After hearing reports from all churcl
es represented and transacting regular
routine business the presbytery ad
journed.
Tho ladies of the presbytcry held :
; meeting at which reports were read
The financial exhibit of the results o
the ladies work is as follows: The la
dies Of the Rapid City Church have
raised over $4OO during the year. TIL,
working Band $40 The ladies' of Ho
j. Springs S120; and those of Whitewoo
$lOO.
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ANNUAL Statement
For the year ending December 81. A. D. 1859, Of
the condition and affairs Of the
TRAVELLERS INSURANCE CO..

InVvclEnS tWOUnAUOe OU.,
Of Hartford, Conn. organized under tho laws Of
the State Of Connecticut, made to the Auditor Of
tho state Of South Dakota, In pursuance Ut the
laws Of said state.
Preeldent..James G. Battereon.
vics President -Gustavus F. Davis.
Secretary-Rodnev Dennis.
Principal Onice-Ilartf0ri, Conn. -. !;
1st Judicial Circuit-Edwin II. White, Yankton,
I'd Cd Judicial judi Circuit Thomas Thorson. Canton,
Sd Judicial Circuit-Chas. W. Goodman, Water
9TH judicial Circuit-Elijah 3. Carpenter, Alex
Sch Judicial Circuit-Chas A. Fisher, Aberdeen,
: 9Th judicial circuit-wm. II. Kelsey, E. Pierre,
sth judicial Circuit -Malvin II. Green, buffalo
Gap Custer Co.
Organized or Incorporatcd-June 18th, 1869.
Commenced Business-.April list, 1864.
CAPITAL.
Amount of Capital Stock actually paid ~, ~.
IN cash. .5ouV,VV w
PROPERTY OR ASSETS OF THE COMPANY.
The value of its real estate is sl,C65s7a 90
The cash ON hand in its office ie...... 1910 ",
The cash ON deposit in tank is....... s3O1+O U3
Loans ON bonds and mortgages, being
the first lien On real estate worth
double tn. amount of the sum
loaned thereon. ............... 3,3a4,S2l 6S
Stocks and bonds owned by the COM
patly, carried ont at market value 4, ,lO9,ON 30
Stocks held as collateral security for
loans. carried out at market 'alue, 6a8, 40 90
Unpaid and deferred life premiums. 2s9,6i9 IS
All other sums due the company, in
terest accrued but not yet duc..... 6S.3i0 W
rc,,, ass.ts ei1-Sas a.9 ~,
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SUMMONS.

SUMMONS.
STATE OF SourH DAKOTA, L..
Seventh Judicial Circuit, 50
In the Circuit Court In and for Fall River county
Iorell c. Taylor,
John Raynsrd.
The State Of South Dakota eends greeting:
TO John Raynard, the ab0ve-naned defendent:
You are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the complaint Of the above.named plaintiff,
. copy of which IL herewith served upon y0u, and
to serve copy of your answer upon the euhscyib-
at his office in the town Of Buffalo Gap, Custer
County, south Dakota, within thirty days After
tho service of this summons on you, exclusive OF
the day of such service, and II y0u fail to answer
the complaint within that time. the plaintlm will
take Judgment against you for the sunl OF One
Hundred and Ninety Dollars and twenty cenfs,
S10OW, with interest thereon from January
1et, 1880, at IL per cent per snnum, besides costa
of this action.
Dated :: Buffalo Gap. Custer County, South
Dakota, this llth day of February. 1870:
WILLlAM u. FRYE,
Plalnti6 3 Attorney.
To the above-named defendant:
You are hereby notified that the summons and
the complaint IN this aCsa1n WAS nled IN the
Clerks Olce of said court q Hot Springs ln said
county, ON the 17th day .of. February, 1880. and
thst said summone 10 served on you BY the publ:
cation thereof. in pu!susdce Of an order of said
First publication March l4th. 1890. l5S
4
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STATE OF SOUTH. DAKOTA. j
Office of Commissioner of
School and Public Lands.

PIERRE, FEB. -, 1890.
April, 1890, all tie School Lands ii Fail River
county will he leased at public auction to the
highest. bidder, at the front door of the Court
Quoted by the County Superintendent Of GShoois.
said leasing will be held between the hours Of 10
Sclock s ,, M and scnck F. m each day tl all
Each bidder whose bid is accepted, must al once
deposit the amount Of his bid with the County
Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor. II the
lease is not approved by tue Governor, the money
will he returned. The following is the list c1
school lands in Fall River county TO he offered.
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
AuD,ron's sOrr1cE-INsunANcE DEPARTMENT..
ILL. c. Taylor, Auditor of the State of South
Dakota, do hereby certify that the above is true
copy of the original statement now on file in this
Office.
In witness whereof, have hercunto get my
hand and affixed the seal of this Office ut Pierre
this twenty sixth day Of March, 1890.
r., &, 1'.ytor Auditor
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-11
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMIN


STATE or seugI p2A.KorA, So
In the County Court, in and for Fail River coun-
In the matter Of the estate of JOHN wEl1s, de-
ceased.
The State of South Dakota sends greeting to ali
of the heirs at law and next OF kin Of John
Wells, deceased, and to all to whom these pres
cnts may come:
You and each of you are hereby notified that
Plunna Wells has filed in this court her petition
asking TINT letters of administration of the estate
of John Wells, Issue to her, and you are further
notified that BY On order of this court said petit
tion has been set for hearing at the April term
A. d. $780, of this court, to be held at the Office Of
the County Judge in the @ town Of Hot Springs, u
ut the hour of o'clock p. M.
Now therefore, yoM are hereby required to be
and appear personally before this court at said
time and PLACE. t9 shSW esuse you hsys any why
Dated at Hot Springs, South Dakota, this 26tt
day Of March, AL 1880 By the Court
w. II. WOOD,
County Judge.
W. i. JUDKINs,
Clerk of County Court.
47-3 By John NJ. Henton, Deputy.
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HOT SPRINGS SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY. APRIL ii, 1890.
ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the year ending December 81, A. u. 1859. Of
the condition and aiiaife Of the
Alliance Halt Association.


Alliance Halt Association,
% Moth and ss,sdp, sss p.tS % % sass (, s
Auditor Of the stats Of south Dakota, in pursu-
ance Of the laws Of said state.
President t-Alonxo Wardsll.
Vice President-D. g. Dodds.
Secretary-S. ID. Cooley.
PrinsiIs ot,esm1ason ss.dls County Z; p.,,n
Commenced Business-ssth day Of April, 1887.
PROPERTY OR ASSETS OF THE COMPANY.
The cash in hsnth Of agents and In course
o,sa OF FnIn;tnrs fTansmssson sv 4; s II
supplies I,o;.; Ia 10 m. 80
All other suns % due the company, unpaid =. ~
notes ............ .oe,s4o "
Total Assets =. ........... s5o.osS ~
LIABILITIES.
Amount of money borrowed and remain - :.
Anont aas aoPsii II al other existing claims: g g
Total Liabilities. ....... :. 81, ,sss .es
INCOME DURING THE YEAR 1889.
Cash on hand January I, 1889. ............$ q g
Whole amount of cash premiums reed 6o,s5l 90
Whole amount Of cHeh premiums re-
-. Of South Dakota: $40 Is ,,o :.
Whole amount Of interest money re-
ceiyed on loans in the State OF South
ali other sources. 1884 90
Total Income ). ........... ss7, ,4s7 40
EXPENSES DURING THE YEAR 1889.
Whole amount of losses paid during the =. :, ~,
year inss s ,,;,,, -, .. n Sso''o oo
the state Of South Dakota Ssa, ,i:s 81
year 1889. . t..' $3.50 50
year 1850. ' @ ........... 49, 1851 a
Territory of Dakota md the Auditor
of the State of South Dakota during
bas the yesr ns n, sr 81 o 'l
Ger GERS and agents during the year 1870, 5000 0O
during the sear 1853. ............. la,ss9 0s
Total Expenditures. ..... ss7, SIS "a
Gross amount of risks taken ..
Gross amount Of risks taken
in the state of South Oak.
during the year 1889. -. Z, 0.OOs 80 -,
Whole amount Of risks outstanding.... Mona
Whole amount oslssses JsS instrred. during
.,elaimsd d and % not s Yet due @ 1858 q
1s;,Sy the year ,ssa nslading in; sa those ,,e
state of South Dakota. .............. A,13S q
Number of Agents in state of $. Oak. lS7
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
CoUNTY or BEADIE. ss
Alonzo Wardall. President, and S. D. Cooley
Secretary of the Alliance Hail Association lnsnr
ance Company of North Dakota and South Dako
ta heing dulyssworn depose and say that the fore
going is full true and correct statement of the
| affairs of said company, and they are the above
described officers of said insurance Company.
| ALONzO WARDALI., President.
l s. ID. COoLEY, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Goth da,
| tiof January, 1880. EUGENE s. KANE,
| Notary Public.
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THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Office of State Au,litor-Departiuent of Insurance.
coxrASY's CEnr.rrcArp OF AUTHORITY.
wEEnEAs, The Alliance Hail Association, q
kota Territory, has filed in this office . sworn
statement exliibiting it's condition and business
BILE to the requirements Of the laws of this state
regulating the business of Insurance: and
Whereas, The said Company has filed in this
tiiicate of organization, in compliance with the
requirements of the insurance laws aforesaid;
State Of South Dakota, pursuant to the provis-
ions osaid laws, do hereby certify that the above
named Company is fully empowered through it's
business of Hail Insurance in this state, accord
ing to the laws thereof, until the 31st day OF Do
ceynber, a. ID. 1S.M
In Testimony Whereof, haye he.eunto set my
hand and seal at Pierre, this s2ndday of March,
A. d. 1870. L. C. TAYLOR,
Auditor.
[sEALl BY L. P. CHAPMAN, Deputy.
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otalliabi!ities. 81, ,115 .
I.,o,,,. ,,,,,,~,, NH, ,r.p 1890

INCOME DCKlNG TIE YEAE 1908.
Whole amt cf cash premiums reed. Ss 4s6, ,5s6 20
Whole amount of cash premiums
received ON policies written In the
state of South Dakota. 80 ,0M !h
Whole amount of interest money reed 55s,.s2 6S
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-01-16
About Men.
A mans smile is either his conviction

A mans smile is either his conviction
or acquittal.
A man who attempts to fatter YOU
takes you for fool.
Man, like the fire, is apt to torment
woman by going out at night.
If you want to fiatter a man talk to
him about his great reserve force.
A good many men are unable to
prove that the world owes them a liv-
ing.
No boy believes that the oil that
Gained the troubled waters was castor
oil.
Somehow we never like a man whose
ambition is satisfied with the fact that
he writes a good hand
You can't depend upon a man. The
best of them will chew plug tobacco
when they get away from home.
A lucky man; man who marries a
widow whose first husband was mean
to her.
Even though a man does not deserve
assistance, he feels the need of it lust
the same.
The poorer a man is the more apt he
is to refuse the pennies you give him
in change.
There is always something for a man
to do; when everything else fails he can
worry.
1t is the man who orders a room on
the top floor who takes up the most
room in writing his name on the hotel
register.
Some men enjoy the habit so much
that they would pick their teeth care
fully if they had nothing but soup for
dinner Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-01-16
DOWN ON THE BABOON.
It Has Become Sadly Demoralized with
the Advance of Civilization.

The baboon, writes the Graaff- -Reinet
AdUertiSer. south African paper,
seems to be changing climatic condi-
tions. In former years he was vege-
tartan, his worst oirense being stealing
mealies in the gardens when he got the
chance. Now he has taken to other
ways of getting a livelihood. Some
say he has joined the carnivora. Any
way it is certain that he makes it a
food business to get hold of lambs, tear
them open. and drink their mothers
milk in their stomachs. Said a farmer
the other day to a brother farmer:
Have you lots of honey on your
farm?"
No: the baboons rob all the nests"
How do they do it? The bees
would sting them to death?"
The answer was that probably the
balloons did the work in the night,
when the bees were drowsy, sleepy. and
dull. Anyway he believed the balloons
got of with the sWag of honey when-
ever they could get at nest.
Then Peter Booysen of Moontontein
has his story to tell of the new devel-
opment of the baboon: 1t attacks the
wild aloe, pulls it down, and tears out
the pith for food. Mr.. Booysen. ST.,
does not object to this, as he would be
glad if all the wild aloes on his farm
were cleared out by any means whatso-
ever. The special wish of father and
son is that balloons would take some
food-proyiding operations which would
get rid of the prckly pear. But as
the substance of the leaf and of the
trunk of the prickly pear is nothing but
water the wish is not likely to be graf
flied. Anyway the poisoning clubs
have classed the baboon with the wild
carnivora, and the rifle and arsenic are
now busy destroying them.
Farmers give interesting instances of
the difficulty of poisoning the baboon,
the fellow being about as slick as
human being. One farmer believes
the fellow tastes the poison as prepared
and disguised for him, and if he finds
it is not a good thing for the stomach
spits it out That farmer, however.
has succeeded in giving the arsenic
such palatable surroundings that the
sArewdness of the baboon is not proof
agains, the pala;able temptation, and
he dies.