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mi POWDER Absolutely Pur*. 4 cream of tartar hiking powder. Highest ot a|| leavening strength ”—U. 8. Govern men •apart, lag. IT, i«0». Rom Bakina Powdxb Co., K* Wall Street, New To*. Bargain Store. The Cheapest place in the city for Lamps. Glassware. ♦NOTIONS^ Paints. Wall Paper. Etc. I am exclusive agent for KURIKO, ajpeerless blood purifier, and OLE-OID, an excellent liniment. CHRISTIAN HANSON. (Successor to O. Carlson.) STOP AT THE NEW JORDAN HOUSE! W. F. JORDAN, Prop. new brick hotel is the Largest, most comfortable and best arranged house in the city. Every thing is strictly first-class. Large, pleasant rooms, elegant furniture, and the best service. CALL AND SEE ADAMANT WALL PLASTER TOUMANS BROS. & HODGINB’ LUMBER OFFIOE. WILL L. RULE. Agent. THE CHICAGO North-Western RAILWAY. TUB DIRECT THROUGH LINE TO CHICAGO AID ALL OTHER FOOTS tST’tB 0O operated u to meet the re tirement* of throagh and local travel, providing faat throagh trains with close connections for fit. Paul, Minneapolis, Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Omaba, Den ver, San Francisco, Oregon, 4ND ALL POINTS IN Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, British Columbia. EVPfclace Sleeping and Dining Can are ran on all through train*. Colonial Sleeping Cara on ovarian rain* to Cali- , fcrrnla and Oregon. Free Chair Cara oa the Denver Limited. For tine of train*. « ticket*, and all information, anplj to Bta lion Agent* of the Chicago A Northwest ern J Railway, or the General Agent at Chicago. W. A* THRALL, - Ota, Paaa. At, W. H. HEW MAH, - TMrd Vioe-Frea. J.K.WHIZMAI. - - - Oaaaral Man W* *‘ • -w**> . .• x-» f >' v —THE— —AT— Veto These Three. There we three subjects oflegis lation on which the majority in con gress should promptly insist that no action whatever l*» taken at this session. These are the tariff, the coinage and pensions. All three were considered exhaustively less than a year ago. On all three such action was had as congress believed the people would approve. It would be ridiculous policy to re open any one of them before laws recently enacted have had time to become fairly operative. All Democratic journals, and a few Republican papers, headed by the Chicago Tribune, clamor for the repeal or essential modification of the McKinley bill. It is a thing not to be thought of. It is not business. Aside from the moral effect of reversing party policy within a few months, the practical effectof a rejieal of new dnties to take effect immediately, would be ter ribly disastrous. Commerce and in dustry in all its forms have adjust ed themselves to the scale of high er prices which the new duties im pose. Immense stocks of raw ma terials and finished goods have been purchased at those prices; or at least at prices much above those which would prevail if these dut ies were repealed. To catch deal ers thus provided with high-priced materials, just after compelling them to invest, would be not only an outrage, but it would precipi tate a time of distress and wide spread business ruin. It is not the importer who would suffer. The importer, as a rule, is a mere broker or business agent He buys on orders from his customers. Those orders have been sent in, and goods purchased at higher prices are already in the hands of merchants and The folly of the McKinley bill wottsd fe as nothing compared with the {in iquity of another change of duties, involving the sale of all these new ly accumulated stocks at less than cost Changes in the direction of tariff reduction must be made now only in the shape of gradual de creases of duty, or repealing acts made to take effect not earlier than a twelvemonth from their passage. Equally evident is it that no new coinage act should have serious consideration. Congress has ap proved a measure providing for silver certificates in large quantities. It has not been in effect six months yet Nobody knows just what the effect of it will be, but it deserves at least a fair trial Thu present tightness of the money market, which is seized upon by the free coinage men to help their measure, is connected but remotely with the volume of currency; we doubt in deed, if there is any relation what ever between them. It would not be amiss to so amend the silver act as to restrict purchases to bullion which is the product of our own mines, and thus give silver a chance to rise without an influx of metal from abroad. Beyond that, noth ing should be done at this session to change our coinage system. As imperative ib it that, we should take no further step in pen sion legislation. The last congress passed an act which satisfies jus tice and goes to the limit of liber ality. Under it, no veteran of the war need depend upon public char ity. All are provided tor. We do not know yet whatdemands this will make upon the treasury. At pres ent our pension expenditures can not fall below $130,000,000 to $140,000,000 annually, and are pretty sure to rise above that figure. It was the common understanding that the passage of the dependent pension act should be the end of legislation, at least for the present The country has approved of that decision. Yet new schemes for pensioning are coming to the front and there will be no end to them as long as there is a chance of suc cess. Whatever the country may see fit to do in the future, it ought to do nothing until the results of the dependent bill are fully meas ured. What congress refuses to do at this session may be more im portant than what it doej On these-three classes of questions it will be well to preserve a masterly inactivity.—SlPaul Pioneer Press. “ Hew te Cere Ml Shi* diteaaea.” Ointment.” No In. r * < » a,r *?‘ Carer, tetter, ecaema, '. lcß ' JH eruption# on tba faca, hand*, a ore, Ac. leaving the akin cltar, white and healthy. .ta greet healing and curative power* are poe sesMd by no other remedy. Am your draggiat. for twarn*’* Ointment. ‘ ' School Land*. The question of South Dakota’s indemnity lauds is attracting at tention. The decision of Commis sioner Groff, of the general land office, to the effect that the state cannot select lands outside of the laud districts in winch school lands were entered by settlers pre vious to survey, in lieu of such settled lands, if not overruled by the secretary of the interior, will result in the loss of 40,000 acres of school lands to the state. Hon. O. H. Parker, commissisner of school lands for South Dakota, has taken great pains to select what are known as indemnity lands, and has located thirty sections, equal to about 20,000 acres, all east of the Missouri river. There yet re mains some 30,000 acres to select, 10,000 acres of which will be se cured in the Black Hills country. The lands chosen are especially adapted to agriculture and were not decided upon until personally visited and examined by Mr. Park er. They are mostly in McPher son, Hyde, Campbell, Walworth, Hughes, Hurd, Brule and Buffalo counties. No lands in the Water town, Yankton or Mitchell land districts can be had, but there is plenty of vacant land in the other districts. Fortunately there is a clause in the enabling act, under which South Dakota became a state, which provides that “indemnity lauds may be taken wherever pub lic lands in the state can be found, without reference to districts.” In selecting the lands mentioned Mr. Parker followed the instructions of a joint resolution passed by the legislature last winter. It is very probable that when the attention of the secretary, to whom an ap peal from Mr. Groffs decision will at once be taken, is called to this clause he will reverse the commis sioner’s decision and permit the lands chosen by Mr. Parker to go to record as indemnity lands. From Aurora, C. Q. Page moved to Aurora last Friday. The public school now baa an at tendance of 76. A jolly load of boys and girls were sleigh riding last Friday even ing. Miss Holen Roe taught school in the upper room Friday afternoon. A fine stock of toys and giftgoods may be seen at the drugstore. Holi days are coming. Little Callie Russell was bitten by a dog Tuesday morning. It is hoped that no serious results will follow. The do tr is not considered dangerous any more. He ia dead. Mr. Scofield, a brotbor-in-Jaw of J. A. Kelsey’s, has recently moved to this place from Gettysburg, 8. D., and is living in the rooms over Mr. Kelsey’s store. A man from the country came to town last Saturday with a load of household goods expecting to move into a house he supposed he had rented, but finding the house occu pied by another tenant, he returned home with his goods. There was not a vacant bouse in town. The Benefit recital given by Miss Helen Roe, of Brookings, last Satur day evening at the Methodist church was a success in every way. An ap preciative audience was held for an hour with unabated interest. Miss Roe’s recitations are so selected as to give to the program a pleasing variety, and her artistic rendition of the van ous styles proves her proficiency in the art of dramatic recitation. We predict for heg a hearty welcome wherever she goes before the public. Rip. ▲ Safe Investment I® one which is guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results, or in case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertised druggist a bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when used for any affection of throat, lungs or rhost, such as consumption, inflammation of lungs, bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough, croup, eto., etc. It is pleasant and agreea ble to taste, perfectly safe, and can always be Upended upon. Trial bottles free at J. T. Tidbail’s drug •tore. 1 ' LATEST MARKET REPORTS. St. Paul Dale* Slssk lards. Hogs—Light, fS.nogH.a6; mixed. SAI6»A6Bt heavy. fAMSASO; bulk. fS.eWMtt' stock pigs, fg.tnQS. A (JAtue— Good to eboics fat uativ* steers, |AT6®H36; good cows. fl.gjffSjß: common cows. 75 bulis.fl.ai Jfl.Ah milch cows, fIf.OO4f3S.UU; cal vos, fA«Uj3.SJ; aloeksra, fl.QUjkJBh feeders, t1.8fJ3.7J; butcher steers, fAKgIOU. Sheep—Good to choice native muttons, fATJ J4-3A good to choice lambs, fASfJfi.BO; feeders, fAST*A9U: mixed. fA6JJ4.Uk stock ewes and common, f3.OOJ'J.7A Chicago Live ritoeh. Cattle—Prime export steer*. f4.4Qj6.90. others, f3.764»4Jtt; good to Choice, f4.6dji.80- Hogs - Hough and common, fa.4odJ.oo. heavy packers, fA7OA3.SU; light, f3.4UgA6U light prime butoher weights. f8.70A8.7A pigs, $3.60 a* 75. Sheep-Pair to good native*, fi. prim* native wether*, fl.sft&YOU; prime weet erus, $4.36184. TV* lauib* and mixed 4i-'&4>4 75; prime lame, f4.3iJU.7a. Keases City Live Stuck. Oettle-Steers, fMMRTOt oows. 81-76 BAOA stoekers and feeders, S3.iJUg3.lO. Hogs.—Balk. f3.3Jga.55; oil grades. $2 tCJ 3.0 k Sheep—Markets steady and unchanged. Minneapolis Grain. Wheat- No. 1 bard. Dec-om,'«er. efas on track, 87c; No. 1 northern, December, Wfyr. January, 85Mo; May, »i>fo; on #u:k. tfil'gMko; No. 3 northern. December. 77ei Jaa.wy. 78c; on track. 7AJS7BC. Chicago Grata. No. 9 Wheat-May, 8»Ho. No. 3 Corn- January, 63c: May, 641f0. No. 8 Oats—January, 4344 c; May, 4«V4<\ Duluth Grata. Wheat -The market waa very dull, but somewhat firmer. Closing prioee were aa fol lows December,!*;; May, Mttio; No. 1 hard, wfcfcr No. 1 northern, «c; No. t northern. Ho, Beoalp fa ***•* * •« PUtRRE, a. 14., wc. o.—The two boards canvassed the state election re turns Thursday. The reenlts on gover nor were an follows: Mellette, Rep., 84,000; Loncks, Ind., 24,581, and Taylor, Detn., 18,484. This gives Mellette a plurality of 0,808. The vote on capital atands: Pierre 42,848, Huron 84,274, making Pierre’s majority 7,624. The total vote on capital is some 1.500 lew than that cast for governor. The plu ralities of other candidate* on the Re publican ticket are something larger than that received by Mellette. Official Wiecoasia Vole. Madison, Wis., Dec. s.— The follow ing are the official pluralities of candi dates on the Democratic state ticket: Peck, 28,818; Jones, 84,987; Cunning ham, 85,494; Ha&uer, 85,410; O’Connor, 85,427; Wells, 82,001; Thompson, 88.- 488; Root, 32.299. -E PETER M. OIEN,: MERCHANT TAILOR. - - . - -- - -" UP STAIRS IN THE ALLISON BUILDI _4 Good Stock of Piece Goods. Fine Line of Sea able Goods. WE GUARANTEE FIRST-CLASS WORK Af REASONABLE PRICES- Brookings, - - - -Jj GRAND PREMIUM OFFER! A. SETT OP THE WORKS OF ClffiM a ... s———— u . 1 CIIABLE* DICKKXS. Dit-fcns’ work* premium to oar *ul*ecril*ers is handsomely printed from *f& The twelve volnmes contain the following world-famous woike, Imbed onm/Jete uncftat'Qrd. ami ahtokultiv ututitt'idgtU • DAVID COPPERFIELD, BAMABY RUDOE AH##*" MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, —•L? o'!wist ANDOW* 1 ® NICHOLAS NICKELBY, R TWISI ABU DOMBEY AND SON, * J£ T «?nfctIRIOSITV *J?J BLEAK HOUSE, ' T THE UNCOM WERCI»IJ«‘ V LITTLE DORRIT, A TALE OP TWO OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, TIMES AND THE PICKWICK PAPERS, EDWIN DROOD. f(IW V* wiU.ont qnMtinn Ute mo«t tammui MW'* H“‘-•’JjJJS'! quarter of a eentnry they Wv* been celebrated in every nook world. Yet there »ro thousands of homea in America not vet snpp tr**®' the usual high cost of tbs Ixxiks preventing people in moderate I'lf' 1 his luxury. But now, owing to tin, two of modern imppoed p machinery, the exitvQtt-lr low price of white |>A|>er, and th* tf reit *. t ,( l)irk»“* *2 • .'T lc ’ T? h» offer to our subscriber* and r«i*lv‘4 * mpjiM price Which *ll can afford to pay. Every bourn iu the laud may «*»* ** '«f thu great author** works. <+ , fH THE BROOKINGS COUNTY SENTTN AND THIS GOMPLETEJBET OF WOBKB EOBOa here* of Thai,, u., Halou, Mont, £T rnusion to obtnia (k„ of their rmerruim tana have inude * j dians give 1,5(0 for ThS r<l third of the reeervtS 8 H that the ceded portion^!? t w Jfitwefn'st’ *5 ffiilwpTrUnd^ ente from any pointto^l SoupTyngj Through SleepwT Mtii| -AWUonT, mußuouiu l> j EORIA, C£!>.*■ RAPIDS AND StOUX (£9 CHICAGO AND C&DAfIS Vie tbs nuawasttSti^gll THE SHORT UN Bffl Tlm» Qroas lowaiumagSM Aw Hallway and Hotel Bata h* V H ;? ph . Inform^.3 Geo’l Ticket and P*weiWiS , l r ° fl CHEAP HONffi .-? a ® road fn North«MM w^cSSa wnere drought and crop fallumtawS rhousanda of choice acres of jwdiH Excursion rates glvea. tJtS nation aa to prioes of land sod (Mmsl jt this Kail way aro heated hr engine and the Main Line DayVmwfl *r« Hgbt«<l wit h the Electric LSal Maps, Time TabkuLThrouithkiud r , 'rmatlon furnished on sraketelS: pmof the Dotted _ ••TPor annomnoemgntg of BzaakaH o®" matters of interest, stoMM the local columns of tlui paper Q» *j IVM, J. LMAMBMA 41848 MROk MM.