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The Widows Section.

where is the widows section?" ask
ed q visitor to the government printing
office the other day. He was providing
around on al upper floor where hun
dreds Of women are employed in the
task of folding papers and documents.
Il want to see the Widows the
stranger added facetiously.
well, you can look at me-, =" replied
the. woman addressed. I'm a widow. -
The widows section" in the big
printing house is so called from the ex-
elusive employment Of soldiers widows
on q certain class of work that can be
easily performed by women who are for
the most part past the prime of life.
There is q single section. comprising
something like 100 Of these heneficiaries.
They are piece workers and are paid only
for what they do, just rs are othe,
piece workers. The only favor shown
them As the permission Of the govern
ment to q . living where their hus'
bands lost their lives-in the service o.
the government. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
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NEED or AN ENGAGED GIRLS CLUB.


Dihcuities Of Lovemaking In the Parlos
Of . Boarding House.
IF you want to start q real fetching
philanthropy" remarked the retired
bachelor maid, lust please found .
club for engaged girls that live in board
ing houses. The object Of course would
be to provide some private. perfectly
nice retreat, where said engaged girls
could entertain their sweethearta
You've no idea Of the need Of such .
place. As things are now, nearly every
bespoke bachelor maid in New York
city is obliged to receive the dearest fell
low in the world in a boarding house
parlor, unless Of course she is flatting
it. in which case the presence Of the
three or four other bachelor maids who
are fiatting 1t with her is anything but
pleasant.
Take my own case. At the time ]
decided to renounoe the pomps aud vani-
ties of the girl bachelor world | was llv.
ing in Il boarding house. | leave yGu tC
imagine the trials and tribulatioEs ti,.s;
Harry and ! underwent during the psri
cd Of our engagement. We had abso.
lutely no place in which t o spend oui
precious evenings together except TIC
public parlor, where we were liable &c
interruption at any moment"
by Jove, / can't stand this!' cried
Harry one evening after a tortured half
hour of %decorously sitting on opposite
sides Of the room and conversing about
Shakespeare and the musical glasses
This is worse than hades. I'll hire q
hall if there's no other way
1--WE finally settled it by going way
up town each evening to some friends
Of my mothers, who kindly lent their
drawing room for the purpose of or
lovemaking. twas very announcement,
however. Otherwise, though, all cur
conrting would have had to be done aft.
or marriage. There are more cases like
ours in New York city than you might
suspect. It's drcadfully hard Oh sweet.
hearts. Yes, if some public spirited in
dividual wants to immortalize himself
in the name Of matrinony, let him O,
her found Tho Engaged Girls club,
TO whose honse ell the betrothed young
people that live in boarding houses may
resort. Depend upon it, it's a charity
that would take. Thousands of .ufferi..u
boarding house couples all over the city
would rise up and call any such philan.
thropist most blessed indeed. New
York Sun.
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Notice of Mortgage Sale.

Default existing in a mortgage made and exc
cuted by Arthur H.. Gould and Rena E.. Gould,
husband and wife, of King county, Washington,
mortgagors, said mortgage being dated February
-, 1893, and executed March :, 1893, to North
western Loan and Banking Co., of Madison, S.
D., mortgage, on the northeast quarter of sec
ton thirty 800, township one hundred and eight
llos) north of range ~tifty-two (52) west of the 9Th
Principal Meridian, i'm Lake county, $. d., given
to secure the payment of II certain note for Si'. 10,
dated February Is, 1885, with interest at IL per
cent per annum, said mortgage having been filed
for record i'm the Office of the tegister Of deeds in
and for Lake county, y ID, on the LIST day of
April, 1893, at II O'Clock u m, and recorded in
book IL OF mortgages, on page l62, there being
now due on said mortgage the sum of S3i.tS,
principal and interest, besides an %attorne.. fee of
$50 specified In said mortgage, and no proceed
ings at law or otherwise having been taken for
the collection of said note: therefore, the sheriff
of Lake>county will sell the said real estate at the
front door of the court house, in the city of Mad
ison, in said Lake county, South Dakota, onthe
18th day of April, 1895, ut : O'Clock p. m, to the
highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said debt and
attorney fee and cost of sale.
Dated at Madison. :. d.. March l, 1885.
NORTHWESTERN LOAN 4 BANKING CO.,
Mortgage.
J. II. WILLIAMSON.
Attorney for Mortgage.
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. p.,ent omce Now up 10 p.,e.

For the first time in 10 years the
United States patent Office finds itself.
this week, up to date with its work.
This means that in all OF its 33 exam
lining divisions the work is in such .
condition that Q new application filed
today will be acted upon its merits
within 80 days, and an amendment filed
today will receive attention within two
weeks. One year and a half ago the more
important and busiest branches Of the
Office were more than ten months be-
hind hand. One year ago % divisions
were more than q month in arrears, IL
were more than two months and seven
more than three months behind hand.
The Office force has not been increased,
o has the number of applicants fallen
of. The new applications average be-
tween 700 and 500 a week, and the
number of amendments about |. Co.,
Washington Star.
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CRAMER l. HOLMAN,
Attorneys for MOrtgagee
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Mortgage Sale.

Whereas, Default has been made in the pay
ment OF the money secured by a mortgage dated
the first day of October, A. ID. 1872, executed by
John Zentner and Minnie Zentner, his wife,, of
the county of Lake, and state of South Dakota,
to the American Mortgage Company of Yankton,
South Dakota, and which mortgage was recorded
in the office of the register of deeds of the county
of Lake, state of South Dakota, in book ii of
mortgages, on page ,569, on the 18th day of De
cember, 1872, ut $3.50 u. m: and, whereas, ITO ac-
tion or proceedings at law or otherwise have been
instituted to recover the debt secured by said
mortgage or any part thereof: and, whereas, it
martgapors, the parties Of the irst part in said
mortgage, should fail to pay the said promissofy
note secured by said mortgage, OF any part there
pay all taxes and assessments upon said preIni-
ses, described in said mortgage, before the same
became delinquent, then the said note and all
sums of money secured by said mortgage should
at once become due and payable without notice:
and, whereas, default has been made in the pay
ment of the second installment of the money So
cured by said mortgage; and, whereas, the whole
amount of principal and interest has become due
by reason of such default; and, whereas, the
amount claimed to he due upon said mortgage. at
the date of this notice, is the sum of seventy six
dollars and ~fifty-six cents lS16.56), towit: S72i 70
of principal, and 81 ~ of interest. Now, there
fore, notice is hereby given that by virtue of the
power of sale contained in said mortgage, and
duly recorded rs aforesaid, and in pursuance of
the statutes in such case made and provided, the
said mortgage will be foreclosed by u sale of the
mortgaged premises therein described, at public
auction at the front door of the court house in
the city of Madison and county of Lake and state
of South Dakota, on the 9Th day of April, 1895,
at ten O'Clock in the forenoon of that day. The
said mortgaged premises are situated in the
county of Lake, in the state of South Dakota, and
are described as follows, towit: The southwest
quarter (swA) Of section eighteen 49, in town
ship one hundred and five (l05) north, Of range
fifty four GA west.
Dated at Yankton, south Dakota, this 18th day
of March, A ID. 1895.
AMERICAN MORTGAGE COMPANY,
Mortgage.
CRAMER j. HOLMAN,
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Default having been made In the payment Of the
sum nine hundred and forty-nine and s. 100 dollars,
t$sa9.5Ol which 10 claimed TO be due a. The date OF
ed and delivered by 4. c. Decor and WIN. Il,
Smythe to Herman n. Luce bearing date the 5th
day of October 1891: and, with q power Of sale
therein contained, duly recorded in THE Onice Of
the register of deeds, In and for the county Of
Lake and state of South Dakota, on the 30th day
of October 1891, at ~ o'clock m, in book 0 Of
amount of principal and interest in said mortgage
has become due and payable. And, whereas, the
mortgagors have not paid the taxes on the mort
premises insured for the benefit of said Luce the
mortgage as stipulated for In said mortgage.
And whereas, IL is stipulated In said mortgage
that In case of default in the payment of the prin-
cipal or interest of said mortgage, or In case of a
default Of any of the stipalations therein contain
ed. 1t shall be lawful for the said Luce or the
sheriff Of Lake county, South Dakota to cell said
premises at public auction in the manner provid-
ed by law. And whereas no action or proceeding
having been instituted, ut law or otherwise, to re-
cover the debt secured by said mortgage or anypart
thereof: Now, therefore, notice Is hereby given,
that by virtue of the power of sale contained in
said mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided, the said mortgage will
In and conveyed by said mortgage, viz: The
equal undivided one-half "a of lot number three
81 in block number nineteen (f9I in the original
South Dakota as the same lie laid and plated and
recorded in the original recorded plat of said city
with the he~reditanents and appuitenance-
which sale will be made by the sheriff OF said
Lake county, ut the front door OF the court
house, in the city Of Madison In said county aud
state on the 18th day OF April, 1875, at one
O'Clock p. m. Of that day, at public auction, to
the highest bicder Tor cash, to pay said debt and
interest, and ten dollars, attorneys fees, as
stipulated In an by saic> mortgage in case of fore
cl, sure, and the disbursements allowed by law
subject to redemption nj any time within one
year IT., IN the day Of sale, As provided nv law.
Dated at Madison, 3. D.. February 2eth, A. ID.
1895.
herman n. LUCE,
- Mortgaqee.
d. ID. HOLDRlDGE 4 SON,
ATTORNEYS for Mort gage
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TOO LATE.

Joy stood upon my threshold mild and fair,
With lilies In her hair.
I babe her enter as she turned to 90.
And she said mo"
Fortune once halted at my ruined porch
And Lit IL with her torch.
I asked her fondly, Have you come to stayf"
The answered May"
fame, ROBBED in spotless white. before me came
| longed her kiss to claim.
J told her how her presence l revered.
She disappeared!
Love came at last. How pure, how sweet
With roses at her feet.
I begged her all her bounty to bestow.
she answered No"
Since then JOY, fortune, love and fame
Have come my soul to claim.
] see them smiling everywhere,
But do not care. 3D..
Francis Saltus' Dreams After Sun SET"
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Office of Commissioner of School and Public
Lands. = Notice Is hereby given, that on the 18th
day of March, 1895, all the unsold and Unbiased
school lands i'm the county of Lake will be offered
for lease to the highest bidder, at public auction,
at the front door of the court house, in said
county. Said leasing will be held between the
the hours of ten o'clock u. M. and five o'clock p
M, of each day, until all the tracts of school
lands have been offered for lease.
Pierre, South Dakota, January j, 1893.
THOS. II. RUTH,
COMMISSIONS of School and Public Lands.
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It Was Either Marry or Work.

"Mr, Ha.Hup must have used n great
deal Of ftatt' ry 10 win the llcirrss."
"No. He Simply roid her the truth '"
'Indced>'
yves. He said liz couldn't 1--we with.
out her New York irys;
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JUST FROM GEORGIA.

THE OLD MAN AT CONFERENCE sfENr.
Hitch up the ox-team. j Johnny and drive
'em to the gate;
For me an yer mothers goin' to see
Moll graduate;
An Jenny's a-bakin' biscuits, and
Sally's a slicin' ham;
An I'm jest so proud of Molly that /
don't know where ami
Yer mother raised the chickens that
bought her books; am sweet
To me was the daily labor in the sum-
mer's burning heat,
When / thought of her bright ewes
beamin' an said to myself; "I'll
State there amt no girl in the country
so Stten to graduated
So plowed in the summers sunshine,
an worked in the winters cold;
An I've bought her the finest dresses
that ever the store-man sold;
An I'll see her there with her bright
sweet syos, like stars in the twi-
light late;
An maybe the'll be some tears in mine
when see her graduate
1 never was much on larnin'-for my
means was mighty small;
But reckon when Molly comes back
home she'll know enough for us
all;
An thar amt girl in Georgy, though
you hunt for 'em soon and late,
That'll look as sweet as Molly when
she comes TO graduate
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con-
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AND OTHER SEASHORE RESORTS.

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ing fitting termination to a weeks
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this vicinity, showing time of trains
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ands who have read or heard of the
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MIR. Fortunehunter Ito wealthy but
sensible old maid who has rejected
him)-But don't you miss O husband
very much, Miss Elderlyp
Miss Elderly-No, don't miss hus-
band very much ] have trained my
dog to growl every time I feed him,
aud have bought tailor's dummy
that I can scold WHEN feei nke *. :ssy
parrot can swear, andA have monkey
that chews tobacco. No, I don't nice
him very much.-Texas Siftiuon
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GsmSgshssaW Commentary o. lie sibIs.


containing the 1ext according TO the
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Mary" said Farmer Flint at the
breakfast table as he asked for second
cup of coffee, 1--WE made a discovery"
well Cyrus, you're about the last
one that I'd expect of such q thing, but
what is it Pr
81 have found out that the heavy end
of match is its light end" responded
Cyrus with grin that would adorn a
skull.
Mary looked Disguised, but with an
air of triumph quickly retorted, "Ive
got discovery too, Cyrus. 1t was
made by DR.. R. v. Pierce, and is called
n Golden Medical Discovery Itdrives
away blotches and pimples, purifies the
blood, tones up the system and makes
one feel brand-new. Why it cured
Cousin Ben who had Consumption and
was almost reduced to a skeleton.
Before his wife began to use il
she was a pale siclSly thing, but look
Mt her ; she's rosy-cheeked and healthy.
and weighs los pounds. That, Cyrus is
discovery that's worth mentioning. -