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married man will return to his home
a number of tires during the eight

married nan will return to his home
a number of tires during the eight
months.
lin the case of a single nan or
woman continued the Inspector,
1.-THE law requires that the person
fling on land, must make the land
tlelr home. AS in the case of a
married man, the Ian permits the
single persons to leave the land to
make a living, but they must get
employment IN the Immediate vicin-
ity of the entry-if possible, in the
county, and positively not without
the state in which the land lies.
They must spend their Sundays on
the land and their vacation, and as
often as possible sleep and prepare
meals on the tract. This in sub
stance is the requirement of the
law
"How has this been Observed in
the Pierre district?N
My assignment to that locality
ought to be all answer.
The inspector added that it was
proposed from now on to compel
strict observance of the law. He
says there is quite an influx of land
seekers to Pierre, some of them
probably bonatide settlers and some
Of them, possibly, intending to COM
ply with the law as it has been en-
planned to them by the enterprising
land agents.
Many of the land seekers are from
the eastern part of South Dakota.
\ few are from Illinois, Nebraska
and Iowa.
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smoot inyestigation

The Smoot investigation has
aroused some Of the foreign countries
where plural marriages are thought
to be the proper thing. The repre-
sentatives of some of these countries
claim they are astounded at the de-
velopments Of the investigation and
hat instead Of sending missionaries
across the water TO enlighten the
people there was plenty Of work in
this country for the missionaries to
do.
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
FRIDAY. MARCH 25. 1904.

Are the Russians just getting into
the war situation? 1t seems so from
the dispatches of Saturday. Tie
successes of that country have been
few so far, but 1T is reported that
the Russians have captured 1900
Japanese soldiers at Yalu, and from
this it is gathered that Russia is 60
ing to de business on the ground
floor.
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A Use For Mncaroni.

A servant girl was once given some
macaroni by her mistress to prepare
:or the table. Noticing the girls sur.
prise, the lady asked:
"Didn't you cook macaroni at your
last placer
"Cook it? We used them things Ia
hight the gas withr'
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THE MILWAUKEE, EXTENSIONS
indications That a Great Work Viii
be Commenced by the Com
pany at Once.

Sioux City Journal: There are in
dications that the Chicago, Mllwau-
kee & st. Paul railway company is
making preparations to build some
much needed connections and extern.
Sions Of its system in South Dakota
this year. This work was decided
upon two years ago and then was
postponed for a year. Last spring
another postponment took place.
Now it is said that a large part of
the work mapped out two years ago
will be done this year.
The original plan was to extend
the Yankton, Scotland, Armour line
to a connection with Orient, Faux
ton, Eureka line to Orient and to ex-
tend the Platte and Woensocket lines
to Chamberlain for the most import
ant projected extension of ALA line
to the Black Hills.
The survey for this Black Hills
line was completed tour years ago
and only a sudden change in the
plans OF the company stopped the be-
ginning of construction work. Sioux
City live stock interests, manufact-
urers and jobbers often have ex-
pressed the opinion thai this extern
sion would do Sioux City more good
than any line Of road which could be
built out Of or into Sioux City. 1t
would make Sioux City the principal
market point for the Black Hills and
the White river cattle country.
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A Recipe From the Forest,

When the oak leaf is the size of a
squirrels foot take a stick like a crows
bill and make holes as big as a coon's
ear and as wide apart as fox tracks;
then plant your corn hat it may ripen
before the chestnut splits and the wood
chuck begins his winters sleep.-Er-
nest Thompson Seton in Century.
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Now is the time to take a spring
tonic to purify the blood, cleanse
the liver and kidneys of all impuri-
ties. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea will do the business. IS cents.
Tea or tablets. Scallin Eros.
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a spring tonic that braces body
and brain, cleanses, purities and
strengthens the entire system. Hoi-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea keeps
you we'll all summer. IS cents, tea
or tablet FORM Scallin Bros.
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$1,000
A Similarity.

TT was one of the most pathetic
plays l ever saw" said young Mrs. Tor
kins.
81 don't see why you go to the mat
nee if it makes you cry"
"Just because l feel bad is no sigr
I haven't had a good time. Charley
dear. You know how much you enjoy
going to the races and coming back
with the blues."-Washington Star.
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j. G. Wakley, Milwaukee My
wife vas sick many years. Nothing
done her any good till sue used Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea. Now
she is strong and we'll. 81 cents"
Scallin Bros.
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Spavin-I say, Withers, that horse I
bought of you is actually no good.
Withers-You wouldn't speak in that
way about the horse il you wanted to
cell him.-Boston Transcript.
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An Exception,

Kwoter-1t is always true that IL
you want a thing well done you must
do it yourself.
Knox-How about an operation upon
yourself for appendicitis
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TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertising rates given on application, and vii
- found reasonably low.
Business Cards, not exceeding SIX lines, S6.W
ef year. Each additional line, $l.00.
BuMness Locals, Five cents per line.
Legal Advertisements at statute Rates.
Cards of Thanks, Ten Cents per line.
Marriage and Death Notices published free OF
nsaxRe. Obituaries, Resolutions of Respect and
wedding presents, Five Cents perline.
We club with all the leading publications in the
oQntry, at the lowest club prices.
Il subscribers wishing their address changed
hOuld give their former as we'll as their new
address.
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Preserving Cork Trees,

So much cork is now used In the
manufacture Of linoleum and in ship.
building that the protection Of cork
trees has become a matter Of prime
Importance. Italy Is taking steps to
this end in Sicily and Sardinia, where
there are large cork forests, those Of
Calabria having been nearly destroyed
In the making Of charcoal. 1t is said
that Spain is showing a like interest
In protecting these trees. as the manu-,
facture of corks Is a large industry
there. Only a few years ago the ex-
portation Of wine bottle corks from
that country amounted to about 5000.
900 annually.
Luxembourg Treasures
1t is understood that the number
Of French historical treasures in the
Luxembourg is to be increased by q set
OF six Louis XVI. chairs which are said
to have been made for Marie Antoi-
nette. They are upholstered with Gobe-
I'm tapestry and recently brought $780,
600 at an auction Ia London
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That SETTLE. II.

Inat Setties IL.
Flora-He told me her life's history.
Dora-There isn't a word of truth in
(
Flora--How do you know?
Dora-Because she told 1t to him her
Delf.-Yonkers Herald.
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pared 81 your mind. don bsliisye
yos would know him, thong d,
s.Oh! III would know George any-
where!" she exclaimed. .3s :55.5
~ don't know about that. Folks
change. He isn't q: boy any more, but
a great big man, big as5I am, with q
great, rough beard, rough as mine.",'
"Is he?" H. -: Z H.
20 yes! George is big; not like the
little chap that used to climb the tall
oak tree back of tho house ana swing
on the top limb and yell like an IN
dian."
''Why, did George tell you that?" she
asked, with a surprised smile lighting
up her gentle face.
Without answering directly, the CAL
ifornian went on: "You remember how
he rode the gray colt, Caleb, without
bride or saddle, and how you all
thought he would be killed; and how
Caleb ran into the woods across the
creek and tried to scrape him off
against the crooked old Eastwood tree
where the big hornets nest was. And
you remember how the hornets stung
the colt and sent him flying out into
the pasture with George on his back;
and how George came out of it all
with only a deep cash on his fore
head, just below the hair; and how
you worried lest the scar would spoil
your boys beauty, and Odd mother
Blinkerhoff said, Never mind-things
always happen for the best, and you'll
thank the gray colt some day."
'Why, you talk just like you knew
all about our old place!"
''Oh, well, I've traveled-ran away
myself, and am going home to mother
now. Maybe when you see George
that scar will help you to recognize
him." He paused and looked at her
so strangely that her eyes opened wide
with surprise. Then, taking off his
hat and lifting his hand, 1.-The scar was
up here, somewhere"
"George!"
The old lady was in his arms. The
deep ''poke'' bonnet fell to the floor.
The snow-white hair rested upon his
BOSOM. Few people in the car that day
had eyes clear enough to watch the
wonderful transformation on his face
as he stood there giving expression to
his feelings in medley of sobs and
laughter. But suddenly he seemed pos
sessed by new idea, for whirling
around, he yelled:
where's that confounded conduct
orr"
my dear friend,' said the white
haired president, as he gave the ex-
cited Californian his hand, t'let the
conductor go. would not mar a mo-
ment so blessed as this with one
thought of him. Moreover, I happen
to be in position to settle that little
account for you.'
II guess that's So" the big fellow
answered with a smile.
The train started, and mother and
son began joyfully uniting the broken
threads of memory where they had
parted 20 years before. National Mag
azine.
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A COUNTRY SONG.

While the willow spreads her honey,
Come away!
Birds are singing. banks are sunny:
Come away!
Leave the city's toll and thunder
For the bright, enhancing wonder
OF the May, May, May.
In green fields are young lambs bleating
Grove and coppice laugh their greeting,
Every steep an orchard seems,
Made for beauty, love and dreams:
Come away!
I'm the flush Of summer weather
Come away!
Youth and gladness yours together
For day.
Seek the meadows, azure-tented,
Dusky, coaxing, myriad-scented
With the hay, hay, hay.
Down the windows tumbled mazes
Crickets chirp the sun-gods praises;
There the flrefly's restless spark
Bra1ds it's pattern on the dark:
Come away!
When the hoar-frosts Grip and whiten.
Come away!
Then the skies and forests brighten:
Come away!
Winds are whistling, nuts are falling.
Loud at dawn the marsh hawk calling,
And the jay, jay, jay.
Autumn, wreathed with leaf and berry,
Treads a measure wild and merry;
Court her blessings ere they fly:
Storms will rout you by and by
Come away!
Dora Read Goodale, In Youths Com
DaniOn.
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Costly PrivileUe.

In certain cities of high civilization
one has to pay for the privilege of be-
ing run over, instead OF recovering
damages for injuries so received. So
the administration of what is called
justice in India may prove rather ex-
acting to the criminal.
Several natives were arrested there,
not long ago, on suspicion of having
committed crime. They were i'm
prisoned; but before they came to trial
the real culprit confessed his guilt.
The story was told to Sir Montagu
Gerard, who asked:
'Well, have the poor fellows been
released?"
NO." said the native officer who
brought the news, certainly not, I'M
til they have paid up"
paid up? For what?'
"Oh, present must be provided for
the court for the trouble of arresting
them" YOUTHS Companion.
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Inherited.

"J1m," an old colored retainer, had
never been on speaking terms with
truth. One day his mistress lost her
temper, and rated him soundly. "Jim,"
she said, "you have been on this place
since before can remember, and ever
since I can remember you've been the
most unmitigated liar I have ever
known. To my own knowledge, you've
been promising these 40 years past
that you'd learn to tell the truth, but
you never learn. Now, l want to
know, once for all, will or will you
not, in one single instance, tell me tho
TRUTH" "'Deed, Miss Lizzie" Jim an
,swered, his head hung in shame, I'm
try; but you mus member was bon
in dis family, and 'spect Use 'herited
some of de family traits. ''-Argonaut,
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SUSPENDERS AND SUSPENSE
What Uncle Sam Needs the Former
For as Stated by a Hating
Speaker.

"A certain congressman from mountain
district, says the New York Sun, is trou-
bled with a weak, squeaky little voice,
which sometimes fails in the midst of
what might otherwise be an eloquent per-
Grafton.
Recently in addressing the house on
matter connected with tariff, he ex-
claimed:
''Why, tariffs are like pair of suspen-
ders, sometimes tight and sometimes loose;
but Uncle Sam needs them just the same,
to keep up his"
Here the congressman's voice struck .
high treble note, fared and stopped.
The house held it's breath while he
cleared his throat. The suspense, which
seemed to last for fully a minute, was
more painful to the auditors than to the
orator, for everyone was wondering
whether he would say trousers or
""pants," and some were even hoping that
he might say 'pantaloons." Even 7'over-
alls' would be better than pants" for
pants" is most supplementary.
But all fears were without foundation.
He cleared his throat with the greatest
care, and in a death-like stiffness resumed
his Grafton where he had dropped it: TO
keep up his running expenses"
The words which followed were lost
forever in gale of laughter.
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Diagnosis and Treatment.

The late Judge Dykman once had
before him respectable-looking man
who was charged with the theft Of
jewelry. The man pleaded guilty, but
it was urged that there were extenuat-
ing circumstances. The defense intro
duced a medical expert who swore
that the prisoner suffered from KEEP
tomania.
whats that?" asked the Judge.
seriously.
"1t's-a-er-disease, your honor"
what kind of disease?'
"Well-it's a-mental disease, that
causes the subject to appropriate prop
erty not his own"
makes him steal?"
eyes, your honor; that is generally
the case"
II know the disease" said his honor,
II know the disease, and I am here to
cure t."-Philadelphia Ledger.
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A BACK LICK
Settled the Case with Her.

Many great discoveries have been
made by accident and things better than
gold mines have been found in this way,
for example when even the accidental
discovery that coffee is the real cause Of
ones sickness proves of most tremen-
dous value because it locates the cause
and the person has then chance to get
we'll.
For over rs years." says a Missouri
woman, II suffered untold agonies inmy
stomach and even the best physicians
disagreed as to the cause without giving
me any permanent help, different ones
saying it was gastritis, Indigestion, neu-
ralgia, etc, SO I. dragged along from
year to year, always half. sick, until
finally gave up all hopes Of ever being
well again.
when taking dinner with friend
one day she said she had a new drink
which turned out to be Postum and I
liked it: SO well ! told her I thought I
would stop coffee for awhile and use it,
which did.
$50 for three months we had Postum
in place Of coffee without ever having
one of my old spells but was always
healthy and vigorous instead.
Husband kept saying he was con-
WINGED it was coffee that caused those
spells, but even then I wouldn't believe
It until one day. We got out of Postum
and as we lived two miles from town
l thought to use the coffee we had in the
house. =
"The result Of q weeks use of coffee
again was that had another terrible
spell Of agony and distress proving that
It was the coffee and nothing else. That
settled It and said good bye to Gomez
forever and since then Postum alone has
been our hot mealtime drink. 49, za Z
my friends all say am looking
worlds better and my complexion is
much improved. ALL the other members /
of our family have been benefited, too.
by Postum in place Of the old drink, cof-
fee" Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tie Creek. Mich. e II, .. Il Il
X. Ten days. ttrials of Postum in place Of
coffee Or tea fssthe wise thing for every
coffee drfnker. Suck trial tells the ex-
act truth often where conee i not sus-
pected. ~ IS. 80 tn sszss
Look N each pkg. for the famous lit /
tie book. The Road to Wellyille. = 3 !.
: T.
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Lacking Civic Pride.

Il understand" said the first Chica-
go man, that one of our naval officers
discovered new island in the Pacific
and annexed it in the name of Uncle
Sam"
EYES," said the other, "and the off,
Ger, by the way, is a native Of Chica-
co.
what? Fine citizen, he is! Why
didn't he annex it to Chicago?"-
adelphia Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-22
Managing a Prima Donna.

Friend-What's worrying you?
Manager prima donna of my
company refuses to sing oftener than
twice week. I am making only hun
dreds where I ought to make thou
sands.
Friend-Huh! I'd settle that. If
were you I'd marry her.
Same Friend "a year later)-My
gracious! You look seedy. What's
happened?
Manager-I married her, and now
she won't sing at all.-N. Y. Weekly
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Worth Considering.

Il don't see," SAID the thoughtful
theorist, "how people ever managed to
die before all these new modern dis
eases were discovered Perhaps it was
a wise dispensation of Providence that
there should be so much violence and
fighting in the early days. Chicago
Post,
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Loves Labor Lost

F. Anxious Mamma-Clara, dear, what
did Mr.. Coldcash say last night when
he was trying to button your glove in
the hall?
Clara-Oh, he merely said that any
man who made gloves that were SO
>hard to button as mine ought to quit
the business.
Anxious Mamma-Well, dear, take
my advice and don't waste any more
time in that direction.-C Cincinnati En-
uuirer
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Her Point of View.

He-Miss Longleigh's dresses always
look so neat; don't you think so?
= She-Yes; for one who has so little
to dress IN.
He-Why, I thought she was quite
wealthy?
She-so she is-but she's 50 awfully
thin.-Cincinnati Enquirer. =.
A Rash Husband. - i.
Eleanor-In war, Cossacks ride right
over. everything and everybody.
. Edgar-H'm! Eleanor, you're a kind
Of a Cossack.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune. IT,. -, liz ri -. &. 7 -,
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Good Reason for 1t,

Father-What are you crying about,
Bobby? ..; -.
Bobby (between sobs)--1 don't want
to go to school to-day. > {r.
why not?" >:<>,.
isis Tilted the teacher last aisat" ~ =
Puck, = ~
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Poor Pa.

Eddie-Aren't you sorry that you are
an only child?
Freddie-Oh, no; don't mind it, but
it's tough on pa.
Eddie-How so?
Freddie Well, you see, I'm getting
too big for him to have to take me to
the circus, and there aren't any young
er kids in the family for him to fall
back on.-BrOoklyn Life.
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Figuring the Chances.

Figuring the Chances.
Charley, dear" said young Mrs. Tor
k{ns, II have made an investment"
"Have you?"
Yes. think it is very good one, too,
I've bought ticket for piano that is
going to be raff1ed off,
How many chances are there?'
A thousand. That's what decided me.
When there are SO many chances as that,
one ought to stand real good show,
oughtn't one, Charley, dear?"- Wash
ington Star.
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He Made q Sale.

:"l-er--wisn 10 look at some-er-
false hair" said the embarrassed.
young lady, r.. Efs&,. y y sy..2. t4xs > .
Every well, MISS rejoined the diplo-
matte salesman. What shade does
your friend wish ?"-C Chicago Daily
News. II ~ = 49,. 4. .@LL. ~
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Mr.. Broke-My intentions are good
Mrs. Broke-But the grocer and
butcher won't credit them.-Chicago
Journal.
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Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch st., Phila., Pa.
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"Gran'ma!''
What is it, Dicky?"
Il wisht there wuz somebody roun'
here big 'nough t. wash your face as
hard as you wash mine. '-Detroit Free
Press.
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Why is it that we never find bank
cashier embezzling and going to Jail who
has not always been model young man?
Chicago Journal.
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Browns AdVantaee.

Greene-How Brown suffers! An aw.
full affection, isn't it?
Gray-Oh, don't know. He can mo-
nopolize the conversation without having
to say a great deal.-Boston Transcript.
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"A lazy man." said Uncle Eben, els
li'ble to git mo- overheated dodgin' work
dan he would be if he went ahead an
tended to business "-Washington Star.
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Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
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1gnoble Man Again.

1gnoble Man Again.
well, what il, the sense of the meet
ing?" asked the large lady who was pre-
siding over the gathering of women, as
she looked out over the sea of upturned
faces.
1T amt got any," yelled red-nosed
man who had pushed his head in while
the gentle door-tender was turning to
make q motion.-Chicago Record Her.
aid.