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ML XL, NO. 38. VUCK VIII, NO. 3J. U'TRKTIKIN« HATES 1.00] 1.50 ..•t LUL-S-- 4.50! 13.14 oo i.w 4.00 8.00" 12.00! 30 .00 lS.OOl 18.(ltli 50 lO.wi iW.OOl HO C*1! Mi 0 fnrtbrflrsiaudfl 111 pt-rhti nhsngneiit 1 tiH«rtio* »AI TIME TABLE. ihi«n. & ». A Ml. I*. Hull \*»v. linlMl •'AST. KILLJF iuilv except Sunday i -Daily ex Sunday.. uotVo wits*. 1 ai!Y 3.25 a in 4MU h:50 a in !.nty except Sunday., I -Daily ex Sunday— WlkMl'T HHANCB. I IK—DAILY «*x Sunday. 1)14— it'ium a 10'1.) A 111 11 1 a Ui 11: 'IK a ui IM 1 ni 'U: ISAM. I.ons TIMK TUTF.K AT RKYII.I.O ITAK. tio\r.U K A n ,, .. VIOL A A' ED. *uii Knday •'11 UO!X« *MT. 4 SI #. M. i y Tkttr»t»v and Sal.... |J 11CAL DIRECTORY. MATE ORRIRHR* uit -FE LI IR U F. U Aiken*. JI.'*ige, BEL i i i i i -J. O. Andrew*. Judge, Cue uit 'king*. CIRCUIT Richard LLA*E, udge, lint [CIRCUIT—A. W. Campbell, .U'VJGE, ioen 1'irfuit Howard G. Fulier,JUD«E JOHN V\*. N«WJU3,ITUUJE ih 'ireuit City. Circuit--Cbaa. id. •lillion. wood, M.Tbotnaa,JT'LFRE, I iHnioner of Immigratiou—F. frty, Aber»i«en. lUaoubard. h'xauuiajr—T. E .•11. 1 nary Surgson—D. ie)L K. Collins, J. H'C«. KD I VT IIINI lsBionprn --II. •11, Chairmai: .loliu II A 1). TIBSUP, Watertown iobinson, W'utei town. KUM, KAP'D TEI eta'J.: P. (»KKICIAI.S. States District Judge -A. J. Ed 11,Mitchell. 1 M.'UeK District Attorney Win. STATE LK»fPT.ATURE. tITV OFriCCBI. SI CHAPTER III. iSA.S8AlKU EXTRAOIUiINaRY, "Bon- i/c, Muusf Xich»!,t: kuh yau dot"1 At break ol' «Iay uli (iiH.vrt on liis U J. V State A O Iii:igsr ud,Pierre '. L. ('. Taylor, Pierre. ». irer--W. F. Smith, Pierre. I: eutuf Public Instruction 'mkhau Pierre. Viperintendent EF Public II«- Young, Pierie, ami ». Yankton. (.!Trel—JfclebertUollard. Scot- LIFI -TIER I' SCHOOL AND Public ». H.Parker, Brooking* stTRKMK GOl KX. udize SUPREME .. First I)tftri«T PIERRE I'IT-IRIT'T £.. U. KUI.HUI. (LAM I,HTnet—3. E. Benneit, Cfsik. :ujirt?QIO Court Ivan W. GOOD M't forth journey 111 ilic jolting little i*art, Mel]«ite, Pierio. drawn liv a small black ox Fiet )ier,SHi.tH Clara. 1 pj(MljlU}?'Kait The ILL man, with a view TO doing MAWSE NIT'iinlas honor, W:IS attired in HID that wont a Sunday HEAL —a blue Lroadcioth coat itli bras.S button*, and a black sitin vest, once the property of 'OL. of NANKFH'II pantaloons, and a white hat. atiff and tall, discarded by the colonel. He sat upon A plank acrosn thu front of tlw cart, with his feet dandinp outside. The plank was cushioned by a blanket in •which waa folded HI^ every day «uit of horuewpun. A box that held a contribu tion to Nicholas"larder, from MIS* Elvira, was KBFELV bestowed in one corner, at the •bottom LLW cart, WHERE A wallet con taimi is refreshment lay'beside I). DIN^Y umbrella, the cliemhe i posses sion of tweisiv yeans. I„it« in the afternoon, lie crune to an E.\]ian-E of JATI' barren vast, solemn, EUUIBR*1, in ever)' direction, itheiuv* of the SO- KING-.SU 11 shining faintly athwart tin multitudinous, tall dark trees, whose BOUGHS, SWAYING in the up per air,miuutinued a ron:iiiuoussusturus .tliat ctnphafcized th*'Rili nce. Hinisdfaud 'hia were 'the only .LIVING cjeatures VIS i ible in this .solitude, save an occasional bird that darted above hia head,as if in R.ianle to EFTCAPU to a A.ore genial wood and JLD (»i'.B»:rt, to keep himself in heart, HE^AN to SIN^ bis hymns. Lifting up his voice, he made the eoiitade ^EAOUND to A weird strain, in havitony with t.L E eigli /S of the pines: Oh, ttviu' humliie. huml l«, L.TRABLE. Oh, U« ii» htuiibio, de bell dcue toll! RVE feyor (ieneral--B. H.Sullivan, Huron. 1 Stites Sen atom—1(». C', Moody, t'f and 1L K. Petti«rew,of Sioy« re»entativ«»8 iu Congrena--O. S. Slf I. of Canton, aud J- A. Piciiler, ot llkton. Oh, llWn' huraWe, huuihl«, hurabl*. Ob. liviti' hum Me. yo* time gwiui oimftl TLU' tiun vas down, and THE uj'jub tiot Y#t ITKEN. when he caiuo out on THT other aide of the barren, where he ceased his BINDING. IXJIN^ now near his jotrruey S end for al*he f.X)T of the slope was the LAR^-E red P.ITE that gave entrance to Sun rise plantation. Old Ciill**rt dismounted, with «ome JHWIMATIC grunts, to oj en this gate. A wliipj»«oru ill was calling in the grove through wliich he liad to drive TTT the bouse and is he cliniix-FL back upon the ,CATC, A TSCREJJ"H owi uttered its UTK.anny crv. •'Drat dsi crittur:"' the old negre mut tered, in fear and anger, as he atooped with haste to pufll IFF his loft shoe. "Hit & «ich a B. UI^, Huron. States* Marshal- -F-^RUS 3 I" liad yo' utor 3lst Diatrict—J. S. Piactor, lilljaok. freaeuiatives: A. L. P&tridge, Mil Ink. W. D. Lawrence,, Troy. COI'.MTV ortict.H*. ^taUsioaers—1st Hist,John Marten*. S.M Dist., .lolm H«lman. 31 Dist., Win. Jennings, Chtu. liter—John l)uiglfts«. lister »t I 'EPITNC. W Martens. |utv and I'rolmte Jud^e—Thos. Bouck. furer- S. t'arlev. riff—H. .1. Benedict. ••K 01 Court —J. L. Lockhart •T Sduxils—O, W L'revejr. trict Attorney—J. II. Owes. uner—Dr. O. K. Daniel*. •:»ty burreyor—W. S. Crowl. I"r Heury S. Volkmar. RK—I. W. Bell. piBurer—AUG. Mittelstaedt •EG«or~James Herrv. Iv Justice—S. M. Pasru. }r Attorney—J. W. Bell. lernien-,|st Ward Kaerclier, Rirli JRD Mortell. Ward—W Saunders, loses Haird. 3d Ward—C A Krlandaoii, W Flielen. ly Maratial, Street Inspector and Fire Warden—J KSiuimona. Jhceniau—Cffarles Sutcliffe. BOABD OP BDUCATIOS W Bell, S F! Jones, Kastmau, sradlord, Irving Bath, O UT Antelmar. Mrlea lloehmutli. «I«U ^R hear a screeclt owl but de do sav, ef you put OFF yo' left shoe, put OFF do bs.il luck. Lawd, sen' no b»d LUCK ain' «WAN fall ter Maws« Nick, 'lo»g O' dat 'stifbance what dat Jesse Furni val named ter me. Lemtne gitouten dishv?r grove qsiick ez ole Brandy kin tote «ne. But old Gilbert had to endure the sere nade of the screech owl yet some minutes longer, beforo he came to the second GATE in front of the house of hewed logs, which wit neither a cramped nor acom jSortJeos dwelling, though it moved the «com of the old ne^ro freeh from the teniptuouhly as 1 «I)1(]mv f1'5' A Toclferous while dimly t^omnnssioner, Building as a'n dentfy kept his perch on the cart, shouting lustilv, "Hello!" "Hello, yourself!" answered a voica tinpugh the dusk. "Dat's him, bless Glory!" the old man chuckled, as ho clambered down from the cart, the same voice WAS heard silencing the dogs. Nicholas was standing on the piazza outlined in the uncertain arrow light of the new risen moon a goodly young fel low tall broad shouldered and straight his great brown his SMITHEtv, Att^rnny and CuuasellnratLaw oprtcMMin all rourta OontcstM hclero 0.B- Land a spc'jdJ: y eyes, his curling dark hair, bis straight nose and rounded cheeks, his broad forehead, and mouth and chin with the silky, red brown 1-eard of early manhsed, old he shouted, with I U i A N K S I I A Y A Y RA Beeuliful War/Time Sfoiy n fibrh^of' "T^ur QaKi* "tattfle y°ann^ [Cop' iubte-l. AJ1 Rights Reserved. Publfadvl l.y special Aiiuiujoaoit with the Beilord Cotuiwnv. New Yurk-1 Why, where in thunder did you come from?" cried Nicholas. "Anything the matter at home 5*" "No, Mawse Nick, doan easy. De you be un- is all peart. Hit's jes' me, come fur Change."' "Aha! come a -courtill'!" Nicholas i returned with a laugh. Can't fool me you're gotten up to kill." Now, MAW ho Nick! Pokin' fun at dis ole nigger 1 1 conic N-pupposo to see you. 'Pears lak hit's so lonesome t#r tie Hill, douten you en' Miside-virey, she F^IIIT YOU a box O' gKdies. I'll jes' step back en' fetch em outen de cyart.'' But Nicholas forbade. "Ilcre, Virgil, go bring in those tilings," he commanded a negro boy who was hanging alx ut the piazza. "Hungry and tired, I reckon you are, old in an?" "No, Maw.se Nick, I ain' SO hongrv but ridin' is pow'ful stilTf nin". en' ef you PLEASE, sub, I'll jes' drap down here on de stops. Hit's a mons'tous good sight jes' ter Souk at ye, Ma« W Nick." "Well, I'm not sure but the sentiment is reciprocated in my own personality," NICHOLAS responded sonorously. "Wha'dat, Mawse Nicholas'' "What I mear. to say," replied Nicho las, with iue gravity, "is,that the \isual 1 |orception of your material essence a wuk 1 ens a sensation Thorno's father, a pair Han'tcher! You gwau brek dem ribs, en' den what? Dishyer rutuberilla is I older den you is. MAWSE Nick." lie cx plained with pride, as he spread it open to satisfy himself that it was unbroken, "Hit was vo' gran'paw gin' him ter me, I en' Fso toted hit over you many "A do i time, when you Gil bert knew by heart. "IIow d'ye, Mawse Nicholas! huh you do'" A chuckle of ex uberant delight, as he stumbled up the steps OI SAWU blocks. TEE Mise Flora sense she come homeouten S-^hool. DE w-a-y the can clatter de pi anner. tebbe alio! En' she's ez pr/jtty ez pink." "Red head and freckled fact said Nicholas. "Now, Mawse Nick! You ter be jokin' dat way, whan you know MISS Flora is got hair lak de inside O' achuicapirt burr, en' HER face is lilies en' ROW'S en her eyes de is stars." "Go on, pacta nasciturV Nicholas cried gavl.v. "Tell you what's a fv', Maw NO Nick, youorter be settin' up tec Miss Flora yat now." "Hum!" said Nicholas. "How many times a week do you think I could ride back and forth, these thirty miles, for her sweet saker" Old Gilbert rubb«Lhiaforehead in deep thought before he said: "You uiought —straighten hie wid mawster. eu' git ter be at home." "No, I'll be hanged! Here was I sent, and here I mean to stay until I'm invited liome again!" Nicholas declared, almost with fierceness. "But you see, Mawae Nick," old Gilbert remonstrated, "folks ain blin, EN dem what looks at Miss Flora onct is mighty •randeurof Tliorne Hill. "Sich a plaoe apt ter look agin TOR Mawtw Nick!" he ejaculated con- gemmeu buzzui roun her sane, TZ a FUR mawse mv preach none but niggers en' de oheraeer lie could wuz a baby. We doau I see no eicli ev'ry day," he declared, shut ting the uinhrcl'la with a snap, and turn i ing to caution Virgil alxiut the box. "Missy charged 111c to tell you dere is I a sugar heart in dat same box she sout 1 vou, Mawse Nick, det SHE kissed it when i SHE wropped hit up." "Dear little sister!'' NK-holas sighed, half to himself. "JIow I wish DIE were I nearer my own age." I "Jre's Miss Flora, you knowsaid 'Ciilbert, insinuatingly. "She's R*-van on 19. Glorv! MAVVST Nick, you jes Trter i Here's a lot of young Juny bug after a tig bush. how dat low white trash Marcus White tried ter stob you. I 'lowed hit wuz all a lie. Marcus White is kin ter de Furnivals, en' what is do ter mix 'long O' you? But I was dat oneasv in MV min', cotn® dark, I went up ter do gret house." "And told my father?" interrupted Nicholas, angrily, starting up. "No. Maw»e Nick, I ain't lot on ter no bodv I jes'come now tor see fur myse'f, dat- you is safe en' soon'." Nicholas was much moved he turned away.and walked UP and down the piazza several times. When AT last he sat dowij, "Gilbert,' he said, with an effort to epea£' 4k mi). lightlv, "yoft have the J( a GCR.tlV man." "I'm bleedged ter ye, Mawse Nick said the old man, getting on bis feet IO bow his acknowledgments. "Yo" gran' paw en' you paw wuz gemir.on. en' 1'-*' B'longed to 'em bof. I ain' »u\ 1 ated mvse'f W id po' white trasli. Nicholas Hoked at him with AN "d smile, saying slowly, "I've turivd over a new leaf. I'm not going to HE a BAD Loy any more. You can carry that NEW* home, if yon like." "Bless Gawd!" ejaculated old Giltart, "That affair between 1110 and Marcu.-T White happened some time ago it's ail over now, and my father need knoso nothing abrnt it." "The I/or'-a-mighty. Mawse NI-I.' I (it, WUI! de troof, den? Way off HEN-- en' ter tek keer on you?" "Oh. I was well attended to," Nicholas replied evasively. "I'm going to lead a steady life in future so this affair may as well be forgotten." "I)e Lawd Le praised! Not but what I Isnowed you wuz jes' a-foolin' wid you chances ter have young folkses fun, Mawse Nick." But old Gilbert had not Keen three days at Sunrise plantation lief ore he learned that it was Nicholas' invariable habit to ride away as soon as he had eaten his o'clock supper, And old a sto' in the cardiac region that completely eliminates any inclination to despondency," "Mawse Nicholas." sakl old Gilliert, in 1 solemn admiration, "you orter go 1 de kentry talkin'politics, you ort! You'd I git 'lecled ter somethin'. she' ez shootin', Hut mill1 now. Mawse Nick," he sudden ly interrupted himself, starting up, "dat boy orter be might y kerful how he han'lcs dem tings, he mout bus' de otfom outen I dat I'OX what Missle-vircy put DE G*dic.Y I in. En' dere's my rumbevilla*" BE EV claimed, excitedly, as Virgil staggered through the gate. *'Min' how you tote dat rumbcrilla, you phuitation NIGGER! and it UA« always late before he returned. "Dat boy do too much prowlin' by night," the old man grumbled. "Mawse Nick orter IK home fly in'roun'Miss Flora. en'me orter Le home mindin' my own consarns. But I so skeered de hoy is mixed in wid a bad crowd I'm 'blecged ter stay ontel I kin tek my observations." en" a meetm' house, en'ahan'ful I little onpainted dvvellin's,sich ez mought suit de Furnivals. I go t»'r git Maw.v Nick giinnie me a pass ter Eden. 'Peai lak I mought be OATEN terbac.ker, en' I brung fo' bits wid me in case need." Old Gilliert drew from his {XK.-KOT a long black plug of tobacco, which he looked at affectionately. "Hit's wutli alio' TWO bits," In? said, and sighed but dis nigger is a ehu'eh member in full staudiii', en' I ain' gwan tell no LL% lessen siitan git me." He laid aside the harness he WAS patch ing, .and went out into the grove, where, I after assuring hmiself that there was no one TO se« him, he shut his eyes, whirled around ami throw the tobacco as far AS SEND it. "Now," he said, I'm plum out, I kin ax fur pass ter go TER Eden. Hit's MY botinden duly ter look alter dat IXIV." The pass was readily granted, and while yet tho sun was high in theskv old Gilbert set forth, attired in his hoj He gloi with the shadow of the cherished UM brella over liim. I "Hit's two hours be sun, Mawse Nick," L«E said cheerily, as he passed the piazza, i "en I kin come home by de light O' de moon. I'se treed too uianv 'possums ter be skeered O' de woods by moonlight." NICHOLAS laughed to himself with the II'ispokcn thought, "I verily NDIEVE all tho old chap wanted was A chance to hoist that umbrella." It was two miles to Eden, arid old Gilbert,as LIE trudged along, had no more idea than A child how he should proceS! in order to learn the secret of his young master's nightly rides, but with a firm be- I lief in the righteousness of his under taking, he ed for the guidance of AJ special providence. 1 "Mayl*» I ain'gwan fin'out notbin1, but I gwan to do my bes',"he said TO himstdf. "Sperreted young gem mens lak mv Mawse Nick is sartin sho' ter readily found the DEEPEST worn. "BETTER name bit I-NUIICY lu rry. Nuver WED sicli a many t'hai Ti get talked about,en' I mought hear some thing. En' I mought git sight o' dat black hawse O' his'n." one store where the scant retail trade of the place was transacted and entered with hia pass ir 1 his hand. The storekeeper, a tall, lank, sallow, stoop shouldered man with long hair and a heavy !eard of dingy hue, leaned over the counter, and eying old Gilt ert'8 brass buttons with a smile, remarked 1 "You must ov come from the mee tropolis?" "I'se FUM Tallahassee, suh," said Gil- I*?rt, dofllng his hat. "Col. Thome's man illx»rt, come over ter de Sunrise plantation en* here's my pass, sub." 1 "Anything you'll have?"said the store keeper, glancing at the paper and baud I ing it back. "Two bits wutli of terliacker, ef YOU please, sub," old Gilbert made answer, leathern producing an ancient leathern pur JUNV OUKU.M-1 "Yo'town's a-growin', sub?" be said, Did father send you down hereto MV father send you down hereto gratiatingly. me?" cousin Flora to Nicholas "Slowiy, slowly," was the e BI rrv trees in all my time. En' de IU good tei eat, mithcr. ET' hit U/. Talia- hassee now, many's de kitch N !,•••• 1 mought git inv ited." IK-wandered 011 aimlessly to tlie end of the straggling street, whore a house, guiltless of paint, like all the others, loomed up tlio dusk, isolated, upon the edge of an old Held, A prey to homesickness—a suffering! UNKNOWN'HI his ex|ierii-nce huherio —old i Gilbert sat him down 011 the stump of a I nobit oak tliut had been felled io make room for the overrated China true. 1 Wish I wuz back ter Thorno Hill,"he i fiighed. "Xich a supper ez 1 could eat! i WLIA* straitb you W biung dis po' ole ni 'count nigger ter 'SJ»oviunce, Mawse NICFE!' I RWAI) tell you '!out dis when you eA' i Miss Flora gits mamed," But the clatter OF a horse's hoofs pres I ently credited a diversion in his thoughts I and made him forget the ]angs of hunger. It was Nicholas, who rode up to the i gate in front of the lone house, dismount 1 ed and hitched his horse. (Continued next week.' New subscriber? to the Hkhai.d Advanck can secure the PREVIOUS nuni-: i bers to the commencement of IKIS ito/1?..' lVee UPON reijuest. Bank i k MILBANK, )NH JRT !1|# N]^,.S, in order to "takehisobservations," under'the above tale since 1M*1 I )INI Gilbert liad to contrive a plan. IN mldition of doing a geuerul Banking business, WE "I dunno whey Mawse Nick kin be curities paying the mortgagee from fo S per EENT. J.*R Hnntun, no charge lor 001 gwine SO stiddv,"he argued, "bedouten i let-ting and remitting interest,or looking alter the loan during its life. hit's dat placo de calls Eden, what has Out of hundreds ot thousands of DOLLARS loaned by us, 110 investor HAS ever ioat tried dese some vcars ter Ih a town. Jes' one dollar of principal or interest. We sell exchange on all eastern citiea and on every f9rei£r» roMuHy world. W. }•', RI'ST, Mimager. answer. I "W.I1 liave!iruilruaJU tl»?moon about "No, Mawse Nick. I gwan to tell the year 1900. de bottom fac'. Jes' yestiddy down by This joke was beyond old Gilbert's DE berrv patch me 'IF dat Jesse Furni val comprehension but the little crowd loaf swapped some words on' he let me know ING around set up a perfunctory shout, bow you had some 'sturbance down here ter Eden, en' for the storekeeper was the local wit. The talk that followed had no bearing whatever upon the affairs of Nicholas Thome, and Gilbert went out and sat on tho steps a little disheartened. He had a n i e a e v e y o n e w o u e a k i n of las young master, but Thorne LLIU was smaller than old Gilbert dreamed, and even this insignificant world of Fklen turned upon a pivot of its own. As the dusk deepened, and lights Ijegan to 6how in the windows of tl»E scattering houses, Gilbert rose and strayed along the lonely and deserted street for night came early to these primitive folk, who WERE now at their evening meal. "Call dishyer Eden?" he muttered, in quantity and quality. ORDERS Consolidated April II. ivi, Pity taxes tor non-resident propertv owners. Ceiled nt reason able rates, and remit pror^ftHs Bam? fTiiy. L)o the largest Fire Insurance business of any agency in E.istern Dakota. Miihank insituxtttd in Giant County, in the famous Whetntone Valley, the garden spot of ad the Dakotus, and bordering on lhe Sisseton Indian Reservation, which will he opened TO setileuieiil in ne spring of 1MW). Milbank will be THE out fitting point for settiets taking iioines on its lertile afres. W i e o i n i n o s a e o o a n s w i i e a e i a y e n a n e i n v a u e South Dakota ha# entered the L'nion w i Prohibition in her Constitution, and this will attract the very best class of immigration lrom the prairies. We HAVE for sale SOME of IHE finest hinds in e State AT prices that will affof :1k" purchaser A HANDSOME advance vviUun a short time We refer, without permipi«ioii,to Bank of New York. N. F'». A, New \ork, Hecurity Bank, 1 inneapolis, Miiju. ('01 lespoadonco Solicited. Patent and Straight Flour AND BRAN AND SHORTS A wuvs 01. Hand. Big Stone City Milling Co., Big Stone Cily, THE MILBANK JliWELRY STORK ts, i W k K. B. WOODWARI), I'roprietor, iSucoessor to L. W COD. 1 •WATCH EEPAIEIHOr NEW COAL FIRM Having purchased the coal interest of lr J. A Kickert we come b»fore the public soliciting* share of your patronage. We carry the best quality of coal in the market, and all grades ut reasonable prices. We guarantee iu TAKEN THE Ian. 'I IK'\ IT I\v O K V I O N S LEE LING IL.^LXJLNR23JFTY, I A N K S. D. •FI refill THE BEAT place in the cily for nent AND ijuick WORK \Va«hiii!.R DONE f»r puriien ir. neighbor ing towns. Express will be paid ONE wav where the lull amounts to $l..'Oor over. LKK LING, l*rop. oiMilbank SOUTH DAKOTA. Easlern I) ?i i HL:I ISI^ED 1S7H, and OPERATING loan money on FARM bo t.U/» East to her fertile SARGENT & DIGGS. Dak. AT OFFICE STREETS FITCH & HILTS PROPRIETORS. OR