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told wealth would he have walked into
that sombre, silent forest one-half mile
alone-no, not even so rods
Jean also was as scared as the doc
tor. Like many Of the half-breed guides
who lead sportsmen into this wilder
ness, he believed most wild animals to
be endowed with human cunning and
devilish malice as we'll; that they might
initiate human actions, and certainly
could hear and understand human con-
verse. He was positive bears could
walk upright for miles and panthers
cross lakes on logs, using sticks for
paddles. He was certain that this wild
man who had followed them was
combination of man and beast, huge.
hairy ape maybe, or mixture of bear,
panther, and man. Moreover, he be-
lieved in ghosts.
The piratical paddle handle found by
Martin, the moose skull perched on
the ledge, the night cries of looms on
the lakes or wildcats in swamps, were
all evidence of ghost existence and
meant for death warnings, and when
he heard them, he invariably crossed
himself.
Under other circumstances this su-
perstition would have been ludicrous,
even to the doctor; now it added to the
mystery.
Even Martin and Levi, both old ex-
perienced woodsmen, caught little of
this uncanDy, eerie contagion, and
when supper was over, pipes lit, and
there was nothing to do but converse
in low tones and listen to the night
sounds. their rugged common sense
grew little shaky. 1t became more so
when the moon rose,>filling the forest
with rofts of spectral light and throw
| ing ghastly shadows over the lake
| shore.
You might as well turn in" said
Levi, when the hour had grown late
men Jean'll take turns keepin' the fire
| goin'." and this taeit admission of the
need of watching was not reassuring to
| the doctor at least. But Martin had
grown sleepy in spite Of the mystery
surrounding them and led the way
| into the tent.
1t might have been midnight ol
later-neither Martin nor the doctor
thought of time that night-when they
were awakened by Levi, who. without
a word, beckoned them to arise. Ther
silently, wrapped in blankets. they fol
lowed him to the shore.
The moon was high overhead. tn,
lake a sheet Of FURNISHED silver, tn,
dark wilderness silent as tomb, ant
as the little group looked up towart
the head OF the laSe. there, close t.
shore and slowly moving toward them
was dark object.
Between them and this object grey
the bed of reeds. and as It advanced
J almost at snail's pace, It enlarged int
the head and shoulders Of man, ap
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And as once before, when the even
ing's smoke and chat ended, the camp
are low, and Martin had stretched
himself on the bough bed beside the
doctor, his thoughts Travelled to Green
vale, and he wondered how Angie
looked and what she would say, and
how she would treat him if he were to
go back there again.
/ Beyond that lurked a little sense of
guilt at the thought of all the years
that had fed since he parted from her
In such a tender fashion, and how
heartless it was, after all! Then he
wondered why she had never married
She was a comely girl, and once he
thought her more than that-yes, even
the sweetest and most beautiful maid
In Greenyale.
) Why was it some other village swain
had not caught her fancy, after his de-
sertion?
He knew she was an orphan, whose
mother had died when she was quite
young, and worse than that, her father
had disappeared, no one knew why,
nor whittier, and that Angie had been
left without an heritage, to be brought
up by Aunt Comfort. 1t was a peculiar
case; and now, as it all came back to
aim, and how, in her sweet girlish
way, she had laid her heart at his
ieet, so to speak, it seemed to him that
one SO fond. and so wholly dependent,
was the last whom a manly young fell
low should turn from and desert.
It was the bud of a boyish love
bursting into flower again, for before
Martin fell asleep he had firmly re-
solved he would visit Greenvale at an
early date and see how Angie would
receive him.
But the next morning all these sweet
impulses received Quietus, for while
Levi and Jean were getting breakfast,
Martin and the doSor took their rods
and started for the stream close by;
halfway there Martin halted suddenly,
looking down.
And well he might, for at his feet
and freshly made in the hard, damp
sand, were those same claw-print
tracks he had twice found on the
Moosehorn. 100 miles away!
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MAIDS AND WIDOWS.

~ you love winSome maid.
Love her, WOO her, truly:
never be at all dismayed,
Never be unruly;
Fetch and carry at her will.
Climb each heaven-kissing hill
treasure ev'ry look and thrill,
DO not haste unduly.
Draw your courage from her eyes.
Limpid pools that tighten
with the glory of the skies;
Darkle, sparkle, brighten;
Self-effacement Is the best.
BE on hand at her behest,
10 away and let her rest,
Lot no mood you frighten.
She is worth the wooing long,
she Is worth hearts aching;
she Is worth all speech and song,
worth all fear and quaking;
Bless the white soul part of her!
Bless the joy and smart of her!
Bless the joyous heart OF her!
May 1t ne'er know breaking!
Then IL she doth love you not
Cupid's not imbued her
with such love as you have got
Grow not vexed nor ruder
Inan you have been. Let her know
That through seasons ebb and flow,
Years that come and years that go.
You'll be glad you wooed her.
With a widow things are not
Like that. Be not haunted
With vain fears, nor cold nor hot
Worried yet nor daunted;
You are 'it;" she'll do the rest;
Let no doubts assail your breast;
You are helpless-do your best
Just be there when wanted.
j. N. Lewis. In Houston Post.
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COKE FROM INFERIOR COAL
Important Discovery Which May Open.
a. New Field of Industry in
Many Sections.

Carbene is the name of a substance
claimed to be discovered, the presence
Oh winch In coal renders the latter good
coklng coal, and which, it is Thought
may open up a new field in the manuIac-
ture OF high class coke from poor Goals.
Starting from. the observation that a
good coking coal will not make good coke
when suddenly heated in small quantity,
and inferring that something must have
been present which was driven away by
the sudden heating, the discoverer looked
for the something in the tar produced.
and ultimately found that it was not
destroyed by being driven OF, but re-
mained In the tars. After investigating.
he succeeded In isolating the new sub
stance in a state of purity. 1t looks ex~
actly Like bituminous carbon; it is black.
solid, friable, shows a tendency to crys-
tallize. With bromine. Tuning nitric
acid, concentrated sufphuric acid, and
similar reagents, It acts energetically.
forming series of curious additions
properties Of which the nitration pro-
duets seem worthy of particular atten-
tfon. When grain or so of carbene Is
heated in a test tube the whole interior
VI ShO SADC CCNOntCo 1lhCu Win q tCna~
cious, hard, bright black varnish; and
in the retort It is the vanishing that
does the work Of sticking the particles
of coal together, always little in ad-
vance Of the travel of the higher tenn
peratures, which effect the actual distil-
lation- That this explanation is correct
is shown by experiment, for p>or coal.
with the addition of two per cent car
bene, makes splendid coke even in thu
erucibie.
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CHAPTER VII.
GHOST Or MILD MANI

Martin looked long at those gro
teSQue footprints in SpeechleSs Won
der. For two weeks he had watched
for them in old log roads, along the
banks of streams, in the muddy spots
Of carries, and upon. the sandy shores
Of lakes, in vain. He had found all
other kinds of tracks in plenty, hoof
prints of moose, deer, and caribou,
the oval ones of bear, and the rounder
but sharper clawed tracks of lynx and
wildcat-but none like these. And
uow, on a bright moonlight night, the
nondescript creature had walked up
b within two rods of where he lay
sleeping!
The effect on Dr. Sol was almost
ludicrous. He gazed at them, grew
pale, and with We've got to get out
OF here. and quick. too," started for
the tent
Here he comes; run, doctor, run,
shouted Martin. his sense OF humor
rising above his establishment, as he
followed the doctor, who had covered
the distance with leaps. Then each,
grasping a rifle. and followed by the
guides, returned to those tracks And
now for the first time, so plainly out
lined were they in the deep sand, II
was possible to better guess what man
ner OF creature made them.
'sIt's gigantic ape" asserted Mar.
tin, bending over them; but Levi
kneeling, shook his head.
'.ft's some one wearin moccasin:
with claws on 'em l kin see whal
the seam comes" he said.
It was not reassuring. and both Mar
ein and the doctor glanced furtivel.
into the forest near at hand, and thel
up to the grayeIled point where tn
niream enterod Then following Lev
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How a stara.h Feea..

The mouth Of the starfish is the
round hole on the under side, where
the grooves of the arms meet. The
stomach. closely connected with the
mouth. is thin sac folded and packed
away in the center Of the disk and the
bases Of the arms. The starfish feeds
on various shell animals. II the vic
tim is small. like snail. it is taken
into the stomach. If It Is large. Ike
an oyster, the stomach Is pushed out
and around II. Digestive fluids ara
poured over 1t, and the portions III
eested are taken into the starflsh -
From Nature and Science" IN St
Nicholas
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wooden cornice, and fireplace with
colonial mantel. The pantry is fitted up
with cupboards and dresser complete.
The kitchen and its dependencies are
fitted with all best modern conveniences.
The second floor contains large open
hall, three large bedrooms. provided with
large. well-fitted closets and den. The
cellar, cemented, contains a laundry and
fuelrooms.
GEORGE A. w. sKINTl
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Front balcony, 8x8 feet.
Front end, 4x8 feet.
Side hanlcOny Sy1Q feet

1t Is designed In unique style. The
underpinning is built Of req brick, while
the superstructure is covered on the ex-
terror with matched sheathing, and then
with white pine boards. which are in the
form of clapboards. The whole of the
house is painted white and the blinds
bottled green. The roof is covered with
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Ball-Bearine Rifie Barrels.

BY substituting lines Of small ball
bearings for the ordinary groovines oe
rifle barrels. an Englishman claims 70
increase by 20 percent. the average yelo-
city. penetration and range Of the pro-.
jectile.
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coting and a wooden eornice The par
lor has two bay windows with a paneled
seat, and an open fireplace built with red
brick facings and hearth, and manteI
of colonial style. The dining-room and
library are treated in an attractive man
ner and have two bay windows, one at
each end of the room, with panel seat,
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Whv French Prunes Glisten.

French prune growers impart to their
fruit glistening appearance BY the use
Of light coating Of diluted elycerins.
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Chamber, 9x6x12 feet.
Den, 6xS feet.
The size of veran6as, etc., is as>fol-
lows:
Front veran6a, SxS feet.
Side balcony, Sx19 feet.
Porch, 4xS feet
Pantry, AXIS feet.
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shingles and is finished naturally. The
plan is so arranged that all the rooms are
we'll lighted and ventilated.
The interior throughout is trimmed
with white pine and treated with white
enamel. The hall, which is a central
one, contains an ornamental staircase
with newell posts and balusters finished
with white enamel and rail of mahog-
any. The walls have a paneled wains-
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The Hermit
\ A Story Of the Wilderness II
By CHARLES CLARK MUNN .
Author Of Pocket Island /" Uncle Terry"
ard " Rockhaven."
CHAPTER VI.-CoNrrNUED.

Copyright, 1908, by Lee and shepard }
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Burglar Proof DiebOld Safe
i'm its Vault

The Merchants Bank, of this
city, is the oldest banking insti
tuition in the county, and all along
through the history of the years
since Milbank was plated it's
business has grown and increased
with the growth of the city, the
safety and protection of it's de.
positors having the first consid-
GRAFTON at all times. The Mer-
chants has always been quick to
secure the latest and most ap-
proved safeguards for the pro
lection of the funds of it's depos-
itors, and it's latest provision in
this regard has been the install
ing of the very latest improved
time safe, which is guaranteed
to be absolutely burglar proof.
The safe is manufactured by the
Diebold Safe & Lock Co., and is
made of the finest quality of
steel, weighing 5000 lbs, the
time lock being entirely within
the safe and no com bination or
connection Of the lock being on
the outward side of the safe.
Within this safe another complete
safe is enclosed with a duplicate
of the steel walls of the outer
safe. The safe locks aud unlocks
by a time mechanism, and the
fitting of the doors is so complete
that a screw pressure is neces-
sary to get them closed, and a
sheet OF paper would prevent
them from locking, so closely
adjusted are they. The safe is
certainly the finest piece of
mechanism in this line we have
ever seen aud it would certainly
seem as if it was indeed burglar
proof.
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The young ladies at Water
town gave q leap year ball to
usher in the new year and en-.
gagged Miller's orchestra, of this
place to furnish the music. The
chairman of the committee on
music writes us as follows in
regard to the affair and the
appreciation of the dancers with
the music furnished:
FridaXAnight, January 1st, in
Goss' Opera House, was given the
much talked of, and long looked for
on the part of the boys), Leap Year
party, by the ladies of Watertown,
and it was indeed most brilliant
affair, and for this suspicious occa-
sion, the orchestra, under the able
direction of Mr.. w. C. Miller, of
Milbank, furnished the music, and l
voice the sentiments of the WatertOwn
people when say, Milbank has just
cause to be proud of this organization.
We have danced to music furnished
by orchestras from Minneapolis,
Sioux Falls and Mankato, and can
assure you that none has ever given
better satisfaction and pleasure than
your orchestra. Especially is the
pleasure ours for their cordial re-
sponse to encores; and those being so
many and 80 frequent, no doubt your
musicians thought us selfieh. but we
did not mean to convey this idea, but
rather in the voice of the small boy,
lone cannot get enough of q good
thing" and l sincerely trust that
now welcome has been bestowed
upon this orchestra, that we may
have the opportunity of having them
again with US, in the near future.
ROSE E. SANDTORD.
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Nilee...COOk0

Cards were received the first
of the week announcing the
marriage of Marvin G.. Niles and
Bessie T. Cooke on Thursday,
December 81, 1908, at Mazamanie,
Wis. Both contracting parties
have lived in Milbank since child
hood, the groom now being in
the photograph business and the
bride for some years was q
teacher in the city schools, though
she had recently been teaching
at Harvey, N. D. They have !
large circle of friends, who unite
in wishing them every happiness
in their welded life. They will
be at home to friends after
January 18th.
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Stockholders Meeting

The annual meeting of the stock
holders and directors of the Ranous
Mining Co: will be held at the Office
of said company in the Bouck Block
in the city Of Milbank, South Dakota,
on the 18th day of January, 1904, q
two O'Clock p. m. of that day, for
the election of officers, and the trans.
action of such other business o.
may properly come before said meet.
ing. Dated January !, 1904.
s THOS. L. BQuOK. Pres.
w. B. SAUNDERS, Secy. S
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Cigar Factory

MessrS. A. +. LindQuist and
N. F. Nleson have made arrange.
ments for the es Establishment of
a cigar mandatory in Milbank.
Mr.. Nelson went down to the
cities the first of the week and
made purchase of supplies and
the firm has already engaged
an experienced cigar maker, in
the person of Fred Meyers, who
comes from Redfield, to have
charge of the work. The man
ayers of this new enterprise are
two OF our successful business
men, who believe that the cigar
industry can be made to paw in
Milbank, and it is the intention
to employ a number of hands if
they can secure sale for their
goods. They purpose creating
a demand for their cigars by
manufacturing only the best.
They believe that there is enough
of the cheaper qualities of cigars
on the market and do not desire
to enter into competition on this
line. Their workmen will be
members Of the ci9armakers
union and they have made pur-
chase OF tho very best quality of
Sumatra tobacco, and will turn
out nothing but first class goods.
Their cigars will be sold on their
merits, but local pride should
stim ulate the sale Of these Mil.
bank goods among the smokers
OF our own city, particularly
when the quality Of the goods
ARE guaranteed.
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HOME HAPPENINGS.

f. B. Roberts went to Mime
apolis Tuesday night.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. j. Burgan next Tuesday.
t E. H. Johnson closed up his
business and left for Iowa last
week.
Ray Wood returned from
Grand Forks, n. D., the first of
the week.
Miss Anna J. Templeton left
last week to attend the normal
school at Madison.
Miss Marie Kempner from
Appleton, was visiting with the
Malsed family during the week.
Mrs. w. j. Ferguson returned
last Saturday from an extended
visit to friends in Minneapolis.
Chas. Rebsch arrived Sunday
morning from Holmes, N. d., for
visit with his cousin, Rev. r.
Strut.
Chas. Dehlendorf left Monday
for an extended visit with his
sister, Mrs. Fischer, in James
town, N. D.
The Misses Jennie and Mary
Smull entertained a number of
their school friends at a party
Wednesday.
Mrs. H. G.. c.. Rose returned
from Minneapolis Monday, where
she had been spending several
days with a niece.
Mrs. G. Puder and Miss Kate
6chnacke of Big Stone we're Mil
bank visitors Tuesday, guests of
Mrs. B. F. Vosberg.
Dan Lizer, an Illinois farmer,
arrived the first of the week and
has settled upon the Bradley
farm south of town.
Mrs. A. D. Eddy, of Wabasha,
MINI, and daughter Hazel, have
been visiting the family of M. l..
Ecker during the week.
DR.. Geo. A. Kohler, the eye,
ear, nose and throat specialist,
will be at DR.. Kriesel's office on
Wednesday, January Goth.
Bruce Middlebrook enter
tained a number of his young
friends and schoolmates eat a
party Wednesday evening.
r. w. Helms writes to have his
paper sent to Tehuantepec, Gaia
ca, Mexico, stating that they
were to sail from Mobile the first
of the year.
w. G. Miller and wife went to
Madison, Wis, Wednesday where
they will visit for a week or two
with Mrs. Miller's sister, Mrs.
Edward Backus.
At special session of the
Masonic chapter :. last evening
the Royal Arch degrees were
conferred upon trio of candi-
dates from SissetOn.
Messrs G.. W. Mosher, w. J.
Towles and A. B. Carlberg were
Sisseton merchants who were
visiting Milbank Monday while
on their way to the cities.
The quarterly conference of
the Evangelical church will be
held at Twin Brooks next Satur-
day at 2 p. m. The Rev. W.
Suckow, of Aberdeen, presiding.
With the first Of the year the
merchants inaugurated the early
closing hour, the stores closing
up at 6 o'clock. The general
delivery in the post office now
closes at z o'clock and the out
going mails at Z.
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Library Report

The report of the librarian of the
free library and reading room for the
month of December, 1903.
Average number of books taken
daily II; average number of books
returned daily Ii: number OF books
in circulation 142; number OF adults
who have taken books 129; number OF
boys who have taken books l35; num-
Der OF girls who have taken. books
2O3; number of adults in to read 40:
number of boys in to read 1872; num-
ber OF girls in to read So; number of
visitors 70; average daily attend ance
December 1903, 81; average daily At
tendance December 1902, 20; average
daily attendance December 1901, 10;
books donated l.
MINNIE SHANNON. Librarian.
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Advertised letter.

Letters remaining uncalled for n
Milbank postofice, Jan. 6, 1904.
Beardsley, NJ N. Moore, Patrick J.
johnson, james PomeIoy David
Lundn, L. g. Prince. =. n.
Tuchechereo, Bslscr
In calling for any of the above
please say advertised" and give
date of advertisement. If not called
fer in fifteen days will be sent 70
the dead letter Office.
w. w. DOWN.E. p. NJ.
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For Over Slxey Wears.

MRS. WINSLOW's SOOTHING
SYRUP has been used for chill
dren teething. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allaya
all pain, cures wind collie, and il
the best remedy for Diarrhoe@
Twenty-Five cents q bottle.
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Stockholm Mutual Fire Insur.
ancc Association

The annual meeting of the
Stockholm Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Association was held at
Strandburg January 4, 1904.
The following directors were
elected for three years: John
Erickson, of Vernon and G. S.
Amsden, of Madison. The board
OF directors now being: John
Hedman, 0. B. Fornell, Joseph
Hedman, John Erickson and G.
S. Amsden.
The board organized by the
election Of the following officers:
John Hedman, president; G.. S.
Amsden, secretary;O. B. Fornell,
treasurer, and the bonds of the
secretary and treasurer were
fixed at $4,000 each for the en-
suing year.
The Stockholm Mutual has
been doing business for the past
eleven years and every loss has
been adjusted satisfactorily and
paid promptly, and we think no
insurance organization in the
state has been run in NOR con-
servative manner and at a less
cost to its patrons.
The follwing is from the an.
nual statement of secretary, G. S.
Amsden and shows that the ac-
tual cost of insurance for the
year per $1,000 of risk was $1.21:
Total number of new policies, 1905. 81
Total number added to old policies
Total number of policies in force 2A9
Total amount of risks ,,.. & 3l2.47
Total amount of risks added 1903 42.O1K
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand Jan. l, 1903 s24 m
Cash collected in 1903 .....,.... go 63
Amount unpaid premiums ......... 1854 s.
Total. 249O 50
DISBURSEMENTS
Paid ont on Losses I61 IA
Expehees. books, stationery and postage 81 75
Unearned premiums returned 81
Dmcers ana solicitors. Observation-Disclosures. 1873 ~
Unpaid premiums. ................ 1854 g
Cash balance. ...........-.......... 1887 s.
Aotoi.... S4W 0S
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FTNAkEN Upon or about Dec mber "a 1903
l. two spring heifers; color brown Owner
is requested to prove property, pay charges and
TAKE same away GUsTAvE LTEBE.
Section Q, Melrose township, miles northwest
of Miibank,
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It you have an ache or pair
osteopathy will relieve it. All
work guaranteed.
J. W. PAY, Osteopath.


All persons are hereby warned not
to haul rubbish Of any kind onto the
premises known - Merrit's lat ad-
dition to Milbank, now owned by
L. II. Bentley. Parties will be prose.
cuted who dump rubbish ON said
premises.
L. II. BENTLEY.
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TIM f TABLE.

TNOR SALE-A Sioux City mounted auger for
II well boring. Machneis in good shape and
will be sold cheap. Enquire of
EDWARD SrEiRING,
Aloee, s. d.
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WANTED-Fai Faithful person to travel for
w well established house in a few counties,
calling on retail merchants and agents. Local
territory. Salary $40 per week with expenses
additional, all payable in each each week.
Money for expenses advanced. Position
permanent. Business successful and rushi ing.
Standard House, $50 Dearborn ST. Chicago.