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The Muskogee Gimeter. Vol 5. COLORED CITIZENS RESOLUTE Meet And Denounce The Assault of One of Their Own Race Upon a White Woman. And Plepge Their Best Efforts to Assist in Bringing the Brute Speedy Justice. Last Tuesday morning the colored people of Wagoner met at the law office of Hamble Carrington, Main street to discuss the heineous crime perpetrated the day before upon a white woman by a member of their own race in the vicinity of Wagoner. D. G. Mitchell was elected as chairman and Hamble Carrington as secretary, and introduced the following resolution which were unanimously adopted: Whereas, It has been recently reported that a very heineous crime has been committed in the neighborhood of our beloved city, Wagoner, by some member of our race on an individual of the other race, the white race, be it- Resolved, That we, as the good colored citizens of Wagoner and its vicinity, denounce the perpetration of such crimes, by whomsoever committed, and place on record as ready and willing at this time or any other time hereafter to assist the authorities in capturing the perpetrator of this reported crime or any other crime that might be committee to disturb the peace and quietude of our country. Be it further Resolved, That the good colored citizens of this vicinity form a posse from among themselves, and offer their services to the U. S. Marshal and the authorities to help run down the scoundrel the reported perpetrator of the heinous crime, and see that he be properly lodge in prison, and receives the punishment he deserves, and as the law directs. And be it further Resolved, That we, as the good colored citizens of this beloved country of ours, wished t. be placed on record as denouncing mob law, believing that the law is adequate for the punishment of all crimes and that the majesty of the law should be upheld at any cost. Hamble Carrington was the spokesman of the meeting which he addressed in an earnest sensible manner. He said that the colored people of Wagoner stood for the punishment of crime and that the race had nothing to do with it. They believed in good morals and denounced violations of law no difference who the perpetrator might be or whether he was black or white. They did not uphold crime of any kind or character committed by members of their own roce and it was their duty in the present instance to assist in every possible way to aprehend the criminal and see to it that he receives swift punishment for his crime. It was evident the audience approved what he said and volunteers to assist in the search were called for quite a number responded and left for the neighborhood where the guilty wretch was supposed to be hiding. Our colored citizens did too proper thing in thus publicly placing themselves on record and it will, we believe, have a good moral effect.—Wagoner Record. A NEGRO BISHOP ELECTED Scott Will Be Sent Among The Race in Africa. Los Angeles, Cal., May it is unofficially stated today that the ballot taken by the Methodist General Conference Saturday for the missionary bishops, the result of which will be announced officially Monday morning, has resulted in the election of Dr. I. B, Scott of Louisiana (colored) as missionary bishop to Africa, and Dr. W. F. Oldham and Dr. K. E. Robinson as additional bishops in Southern Asia, Dr. Scott's election occasioned some surprise, as it was thought that Dr. Camdhor of Liberia would be the successful candidate. Nearly all the bishops filled pulpits either at the morning or evening services in this city and nearby towns. While Monday, Ma 30, is the day set for the final adjournment of the conference, it is believed that practically all the important business will have been completed before the end of the present week. Two subjects will doubtless cause a spirited debate during the next few days namely, the amusement que tion and the relations of capital and labor. The latter was made the subject of a special report from the jupiciary committee last week, in which vigorous denunciation was made of the "greed of corporations and their indifference to the welfare of their employees." It was sought to have the conference pass the resolutions reported by the judiciarytcommittee as the expression of the body, but strong opposition developed, when it was made the special order for Tuesday morning.—Fraternal Union. DIDN'T GO IN PRINT SHOP. Some time ago a Negro compositor from Alabama secured a place in the government printing office, and recently was assigned to work in an "alley" in which a number of white men are employed. Some of these men, particularly John W. Martin. of North Carolina, objected to the presence of the Negro. Mr. Martin, seeing that there were number of v.cant frames, asked that he be transferred to another "alley." After waiting a few days Martin saw that the foreman, D. J. Roberts of Kansas had no disposition to g ant his request. He told the foreman that the situation was distasteful to him by reason of the presence of the Negro. This failed to make any impression, whereupon Martin took his g.ievance to Q. J. Ricketts, chief of the entire printing department. Unsuccessful again, he applied for relief to R. S. McNeil, secretary of the North Carolina Repub- (Continued on page twelve.) Durfey Hardware Company Durfey Hardware Company Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, Buggies, Wagons, Implements, Builders' Tools, etc. All Kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing. PHONE 203 ROWSEY BLOCK III North Second Street. GUARANTEE LIFE ISUNRANCE CO. MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. Capital Stock $200,000 An Old Line Company issues all forms of Limited Payments, Life and Endowment Policies. DIRECTORS:—E.J. MINTS, Muskogee, I. T.; GEO. D. LENNON New York; F. L. CONGER, Oklahona City; WM. M. EGGLESTO St. Louis. Mo.; C. J. MILLER, Muskogee, I. T.; SAMUEL RAYMOND, Wynrewood, I. T. The Elite We will clean and repair clothes in first-class style of place of business located at OFFCEITE R. EVAN'S LIVERY STABLE We will clean and repair or Dye and ashes in first-class style on short not ree of business located at R. EVAN'S STABLE 209 EAST E We will clean and repair or Dye and fix your clothes in first-class style on short notice. Our place of business located at J. E. Roy, Manager and Proprietor 1 North Main St., Muskogee Indian Territory The Best People to Trade With.--Try Them. If You Want to Know What the Negroes in the Ternory are Doing Read THE CIMETER. e, Buggies, Wagons, Im- s of Tin Work and Plumb North Second Street UNRANCE CO, TERRITORY. 200,000 s of Limited Payments, Policies. I. T.; GEO. D. LENNON a City; WM. M. EGGLESTO ogee, I. T.; SAMUEL RAY- DYING, CLEANING REPAIRING. Dye and fix your short notice. Our EAST BROADWAY MONEY BACK Number 34 Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Edited. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. TERRITORIAL NOTES. Clinton is about one of the first towns to advertise a Fourth of July celebration. The Guthrie police "got busy" one night last week and arrested ten negro women street walkers. The Rock Island and Katy roads cannot agree on a site for a union depot at South McAlester, and as a result each road will build one of its own. In the United States court at South McAlester last week Albert Scott, charged with murder, was given a life sentence. The C. C. Pottenger Wholesale Drug company of Shawnee has gone into the hands of a receiver. C. Porter Johnson of Oklahoma City delivered the address at the graduating exercises at Wentworth Military academy at Lexington, Mo., last week. From the fourteenth of April to the sixteenth of May forty-five rural routes were established in Oklahoma, F. M. Darst, formerly a reporter on the Atlanta Constitution, attempted suicide at Oklahoma City last week by cutting his throat from ear to ear. He has been for some time addicted to the morphine habit. Charles Hunt of Edmend has been appointed a railway mail clerk on the Frisco, between Oklahoma City and Monett. The county commissioners of Oklahoma county will be asked to order an election for the purpose of voting upon a $125,000 bond issue to erect a county high school. Thomas Campbell, an Oklahoma City special police officer, was bound over the grand jury in the sum of $500 for shooting a negro whom he found stealing coal. The shot struck the negro in the leg, but was not serious. A meeting, looking towards the merging of the bar associations of the two territories, has been called to meet at Oklahoma City June 4. The call is signed by the presidents of both organizations. Frank Swacoski, living five miles northeast of Mustang, Okla., has put in a private irrigating plant, costing in the neighborhood of $2,000. With it he hopes to be able to irrigate his farm of 160 acres, as well as furnish water for his house, barn and feed ens. Hobart's school board has selected Prof. Clyde Slone of Cairo, Ill., as superintendent of the schools of that town. There were twenty-eight applicants for the position. The Scottish Rite, Masons of South McAlester have let a contract for enlarging their temple. According to the plans the building will be doubled in size. William Hill, aged 70, and Iona Huber, aged 14, both of Medicine Lodge, were married at Wichita, Kas., last week. The bride's parents accompanied the pair to witness the marriage. Hill, it is said, prior to the wedding, deeded his big farm and gave $1,800 to his intended bride. Jim Wallace has been committed to jail at Ardmore, without bail, on the charge of having killed his wife near Wiley May 19th. HORTICULTURE When to Stop Cultivation. Cultivation of the orchard should generally be stopped by the end of July. This is especially the case with old orchards that are being cultivated for the first time. In the case of an orchard that has been cultivated right along there can be little or no harm in cultivating at any time of year. It will then stop growing in mid-summer and will spend the rest of its time and energy in hardening up its wood. But the orchard that has not been much cultivated or even that has not been cultivated in the spring of this year will be injured by giving it extra attention of this kind in the late summer and fall. If, however, the trees are carrying a heavy crop of fruit, cultivation may be continued later than if the trees are bare or have little fruit on them. The extra amount of plant food set loose will then go into the fruit that is being produced and the late development of buds and of wood will not occur. In fact, in dry climates and dry seasons the late cultivation may prevent the fruit-laden trees from becoming weakened from lack of moisture. Then as there is a great deal of loss of moisture from the uncultivated ground and the fruit on the trees is requiring a great deal for its development, there is sometimes injury to the tree from the supply of moisture being lessened or cut off. Tobacco for Wooly Aphls. Tobacco dust can be obtained from the great tobacco manufacturing establishments for about one cent per pound if purchased in large quantities. Some of our best investigators of insect troubles of the orchard say that this dust is a destroyer of wooly aphis and can be used to advantage around every fruit tree that is or has been affected. The usual mode of application is to dig away the soil from around the tree to a distance of two feet each way and to a depth of say four inches. About five pounds of the tobacco dust is spread over this place and the dirt put back. This is to prevent the dust being blown away by the winds or washed away by the rains. The rain that falls will carry the nicotine from the tobacco to all parts of the roots of the tree affected by the aphis and they will be killed. It will also prevent the coming of other broods of the aphis. The tobacco is worth for fertilizer all it costs, and its insecticidal value is an absolute gain. The work of application may therefore be set down as the only cost of the protection it affords. The New Strawberry Bed. The new strawberry bed can be so managed that it will require the least care and will produce the largest possible amount of fruit. We think it a great mistake to allow the vines to occupy most of the ground as they are allowed to do in too many gardens. We have seen such a bed on the second season become a solid mass, with the result that the berries are small and hard to pick. The next year every inch of space is covered with plants and generally no fruit to speak of is secured. If the hedge-row system is followed the results will be better and the bed may be kept for several years without being renewed. That method is to allow the plants to grow say six inches apart and the rest of the ground is kept clean of both plants and weeds. The roots of the plants have an abundance of feeding ground and gather large quantities of plant food for the making of the crop of berries. The row of strawberries will not then be generally more than one foot across, and the rows should be at least three feet apart measuring from center to cen- Must Look fter Prevention as Well as Cure of Disease Not only the engineers, but also the doctors, will have much work to do in connection with the construction of the Panama canal. The health conditions in the vicinity are very bad; it would be difficult to find worse. The Chagres fever, which is peculiar to this region—being named, indeed, after the river of that name—prevails constantly, and is a very serious menace to the lives of men from the north. I am confident that it can be stamped out, but this will be a difficult task, well worthy of the efforts of the best medical ability in this country. The climate itself is not unfavorable to health. The danger lies in the swamps on the coast and in the absolute lack of sanitation in the towns. The swamps will have to be drained and a civilized sanitary system put into operation. This work must be under the direction of a medical man of firmness, sound ideas and strong executive ability. Though the manual labor on the canal will be done by acclimated natives, a large number of men from the United States will be employed as superintendents for other work requiring skill and education. Many young American civil and mechanical engineers are looking to Panama for opportunities, and there will be places for a considerable proportion of those who want them. The lives of these men are too valuable to be sacrificed to unhealthful conditions that can be remedied. Some of the first and most important undertakings in the canal country must be prosecuted by physicians.—Success. On the Domestic Diamond "It's a lucky thing for me I ain't in the box," said the great base ball twirler, as he paraded up and down the bed room floor with his tooth-cutting son and heir. "Why?" asked his wife, sleepily. "Because," he answered, "I don't seem to have any control of the bawl." —Chicago Daily News. Few men can tell how much of life they regard as having been the most useful. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Defiance Starch. it will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. Old bachelors in India are indeed fortunate. Widows there are not permitted to marry again. Deflance Starch should be in every household, none so good besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. Yucatan is very prosperous. The official proclamation of the fact that the cessation of war against the Maya Indians will be made soon. Their pacification is now an accomplished fact. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, C. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. There are but few varieties of cabbage, yet there are innumerable brands of cigars. When you visit relations be generous and don't insist upon their returning the visit. When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.—Plato. Castellani, the bacteriologist, has discovered the bacillus of dysentery, says a dispatch from Colombo, Ceylon. He is now conducting the final experiments and will shortly read a paper on the discovery before a medical association. A commissaire du parlement A prominent club woman, Mrs. Danforth, of St. Joseph, Mich., tells how she was cured of falling of the womb and its accompanying pains and misery by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—Life looks dark indeed when a woman feels that her strength is fading away and she has no hopes of ever being restored. Such was my feeling a few months ago when I was advised that my poor health was caused by prolapsus or falling of the womb. The words sounded like a knell to me, I felt that my sun had set; but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound came to me as an elixir of life; it restored the lost forces and built me up until my good health returned to me. For four months I took the medicine daily, and each dose added health and strength. I am so thankful for the help I obtained through its use."—MRS. FLORECE DANFORTH, 1007 Miles Ave., St. Joseph, Mich.—$5000 forfelt if original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. "FREE MEDICAL ADVICE TO WOMEN." Women would save time and much sickness if they would write to Mrs. Pinkham for advice as soon as any distressing symptoms appear. It is free, and has put thousands of women on the right road to recovery. Ask Your Doctor If he knows of any better laxative and stomach remedy than Dr.Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin T If he is not prescribing it in his practice, he knows what it is, and if he is honest, he will satisfy you and us with his reply to your question. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is not sold in bulk, but all druggists sell it in 50c and $1.00 bottles and refund your money if you receive no benefit. Fair, isn't it? L. E. Cover, M. D., Savannah, Teun., writes under date of Aug. 1, 1800: "I have used Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in both my own family and in my practice, and unhesitatingly state that I have got better results from it than any other form of pepsin I have used. I consider it a most excellent preparation." Dr. T. Jones, of Osgood, Mo., writes under date of Oct. 28, 1899: "I have used Syrup Pepsin for some time and find it gives most excellent results and it is one of the greatest selling preparations I have ever carried in stock. I do not hesitate to recommend it. Many who formerly smoked 10? Cigars now smoke LEWIS'SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5* CIGAR Your jobber or direct from Factory, Foerre, Ill And Captain Howell Was to Do the Drinking for the Company "Every man to his job" was the motto of Captain Evan P. Howell of Atlanta, Ga., when he was editor of the Constitution," said a Washington newspaper writer, who did his early work on that journal. "I will never forget the calldown the captain gave me one day when I had shown up considerably the worse for a three days' Indian fighting expedition. He called me into his den and read the riot act to me in this way: "Been on another bat, eh? Now, boy, I just want to say to you that this joint is run on systematic principles. There is a job for every man, and every man must stick to his job. Bill Hemphill does the praying, Henry Grady the scheming and, by gad, sir, I do the drinking for the whole outfit. I am not ready to turn this job over to you or any other member of the force. If you can't leg it around town here and write your stuff with out drinking then you had best throw up your job before requested to do so.' "I didn't give the captain another opportunity to jump all over me again, but I let him go ahead and fill his own job."—Washington Times. Beware the Traveling Doctor. St. John, Kansas, May 30.—A very peculiar case is that of the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McBride of this place, as reported by Dr. Jesse L. Limes, the attending physician. "The little boy had a severe case of malignant scarletina which left him semi-paralyzed in the right leg and right arm. He also lost the hearing in the right ear. "I treated him and he gained slowly and had begun to try to use his limbs some when a traveling doctor came along and persuaded the child's parents that he could cure their boy in a short time. They used his medicines, but the boy grew worse and began having spells very like epilepsy. "Mr. McBride came to me again and I proposed giving him a course of Dodd's Kidney Pills, which was commenced at once. The improvement was instant and in a week's time the epileptic seizures ceased altogether." Suggestion as to Army Love Affairs The love affairs of army officers should be referred to the board of strategy, which has nothing else to attend to.—Birmingham Age-Herald. At a public sale in London the other day an antique snuff box sold for $5.250. This is running the original MSS. of great authors long dead a close heat.—Atlanta Constitution. Where Others Failed. "Each spring for five or six years I broke out with a kind of Eczema, which nothing seemed to relieve permanently. Finally I tried a box of Hunt's Cure, which promptly cured me. Two years have passed by, but the trouble has not returned." Mrs. Kate Howard, The boarder who passes the plate in church gets the cold potato when he passes his plate at the dining table. All Up to Date Housekeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it is better, and 4 oz. more of it for same money. Always Ready. Cheatham's Laxative Tablets cured me of third day chills and rid my system of malarial poison. They do what you say they will. I now carry a package in my vest pocket. They are always ready. L. M. Duncan, Pleasant Hill, La. 25c per box. After toiling ten years at the wash tub to support a worthless husband an Ohio woman sued a railroad company because it let one of its trains run over him.—Chicago News. Curious Ornament to Be Set Up at Newport Residence. A curio importer in Broadway has received from Hainan, China, a strange symbol to be set up on the gatepost of a fashionable Newport residence. "I think," said he, "this is the first thing of its kind introduced into the United States. The people I'm getting it for visited China last year and ordered it from the province where these things are commonly used to drive away spirits. "The symbol consists of the bones of a Python molurus. In Hainan, its jungle home, it grows to between twenty and thirty feet long, has fearful teeth in its upper jawbones, and a double series of shields on the lower surface of the tail. This particular beast was killed by the villagers on account of its wicked appetite. It has a genealogy that beats that of almost any famous family in New York. Its father and mother held a cave-home for years. The old man-pythan used to suffocate harmless Chinamen by enveloping them in his coils, selzing them by the head, and gradually drawing them down into his interior. The pythoness-mother made away with the julcy sheep of the neighborhood. Underneath the bones will be a plate with the quotation from Bacon, 'Sailh the Pythonissa to Saul, To-morrow thou and thy sons shall be with me.'"—New York Times. Wise Japs. The Jap soldier no longer relies on his fantastic appearance to frighten enemies. Jefferson's Andirons. Mrs. George Horn, residing at 41 Vienna street, Newark, N. Y., has in her possession a set of antique andirons formerly owned by Thomas Jefferson. They were purchased at a sale of a tenant, who lived at Monticello. Thomas Hilts, of Bridgewater, Va., came into possession of them at that time (1826) and they remained in his family until purchased by the present owner last July. The outfit consists of two brass andirons and a brass topfender, and all are in a splendid state of preservation. Sabot. ...boden shoes like this are worn by peasants in Germany, and many are made in Chicago for export. A man fell head downward twenty-five feet at Augusta, Me., and struck fairly in the middle of a spring seat on a jigger. He bounced off like a rubber ball and landed on his feet in the street. His neck was a little stiff the next day, but he was otherwise uninjured. When the back aches and you are always tired out, depressed and nervous — when sleep is disturbed by pain and by urinary ills, it's time to act. The kidneys are sick. Doan's Kidney Pills When the back aches and you are always tired out, depressed and nervous — when sleep is disturbed by pain and by urinary ills, it's time to act. The kidneys are sick. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys quickly and permanently. Here's proof. Mrs. W. S. Marshall, R. F. D. No. 1, Dawson, Ga., says: "My husband's back and hips were so stiff and sore that he could not get up from a chair without help. I got him a box of Doan's Kidney Pills. He felt relief in three days. One box cured him." A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Mr. Marshall will be mailed on application to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all dealers; price 50 cents per box. Life consists of moulting our illusions. We form creeds to-day only to throw them away to-morrow. The eagle mouls a feather because he is growing a better one. Drinking in Berlin and Paris The population of Berlin verges on 2,000,000; that of Paris is about 2,750,000. Native Frenchmen drink very little wine. One small glass of claret suffices for a meal. Native Germans will hover over a stein of beer a whole evening, whereas an Englishman or American will guzzle twenty steins. Paris' transient population is enormous, and they think it a duty to drink wine when in the City of Light. Upper class Germans in Berlin drink enormous quantities of Rhine wines and but little beer. Bismarck drank porter and champagne mixed. Visitors in Berlin think they must drink beer, but not like the natives. Under the caption, "The Union Pacific Railroad and Louisiana Territory," the new World's Fair folder issued by the advertising department of the Union Pacific, which has attracted such general attention, recites these interesting facts: "While the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad, its trials and triumphs, are a part of the history of the United States, the important part played by this railroad in the development of the Louisiana Purchase can hardly be estimated. In the building up of this vast domain it has been one of the chief factors. One hundred years ago the population of the region was estimated at 20,000. Up to the inception of the Union Pacific (in 1860) it had increased to 3,233,529. In 1900 it numbered over 13,000,000 of inhabitants. In this wonderful growth, with its stupendous increase in all the many-sided phases of commercial, material and intellectual prosperity, the Union Pacific—as a glance at the map will show—has had a conspicuous share. It has opened vast regions of fertile country to settlers, and brought great areas of an unknown and unproductive wilderness into close communion with metropolitan centers and markets. Thriving cities, towns and hamlets, through its efforts, have sprung up in every direction. It may be of interest to know that the total number of manufacturing plants, and the value of their outputs, combined with that of the national products as reported in the census of 1900, give an aggregate production for the Louisiana region of $3,500,000,000 annually, or 223 times the original purchase price. The same census reports (1900) also show the total population to be 13,343,255, of which 8,303,096 inhabitants are living in the states and territories reached by the Union Pacific. On the 1900 census figures, it is estimated that the true wealth of the Louisiana purchase can be stated at about $13,051,868,359, of which $9,360,621,387 is represented in the states reached by this great railroad." 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The resolution adopted by the colored citizens of Wagoner show where our people stand as good citizens. The colored citizens of Wagoner cover themselves with glory and have made the right record for the race. Prof Johnson at Tallahassee, Mose Johnson and others object to having threats made as to the annihilation of the residents in that locality and were prepared to be at the annihilation (Good) The rot from the Wagoner Sayings will bluff no one. The Negroes are for law and order, they did right to disarm the cowardly hounds who were making threats against all Negroes for the crime of one. Barking dogs seldom bite, but we say to the Sayings man that the men who protected their firesides did right and will do it again, and if our friend doubts it, go out with the next gang and see. A man who will commit the crime of rape, no matter what his color is, and ought to suffer the most severe penalty known to the law. No mob has the right to punish the criminal. Our courts are sufficiently able to administer the law and no man, white, black or red has the right to take upon himself the authority to say who is guilty and prescribe the manner of punishment Down with mob law. HOW THEY SPEND IT. A Freedman living near Boynton sold his land the other day and came to town and entered a drug store and called for a cigar. The clerk handed him a Henry George, which he refused saying he wanted a tea center. The clerk pulled the wrapper off a bunch of three for five and handed them out. The Negro picked up a cigar and threw down a dollar, saying that he did not want any change as a silver dollar was the smallest piece of money he would carry.—Boynton News. If the above is true it shows alf the d-n phools are not dead yet but that one will be as dead as Hector when he gets rid of his money which will be in six months at the present rate of expenditures. HE WOULDN'T MIX. A Negro who persisted in occupying a seat with a white man in a coach on the north bound Katy train yesterday, got smashed in the mouth by the white man and is minus a few teeth and some hide. Officer Joe Depew, who was present, made a quick assessment of $10 each for the episode and the parties continued their journey, but not in the same seat. 'S'matter with a separate coach law?- Democrat. It was an even scrap and honors were about even from what we can learn. The colored man was Rev. Walker, and everybody knows Walker will defend himself. There was hide and teeth lost by both combatants. They say the preacher fought like hades. Seperate coach don't go here, yet, brother, if you need one we advise you to migrate to the twin hell, Arkansas or Texas. OUR BELIEF. We believe in obeying the law, respecting the rights of others, using our best efforts to capture criminals by assisting the officers of the law, opposing mobs and all classes of men, white, black or red, who commit the crime of rape; and in protecting our homes at any and all hazards. We believe that a mob is no better than any other set of outlaws and that they should be treated as such. We believe that our Maker intended such and if we believed the opposite we would hurl the thing called life back to the giver as a thankiess The most cowardly deed a man can do is, the failnre to protect his home, (wife and children) and the most patriotic act that can be performed is to lay down his life if need be in protection of the loved ones who make home all that heaven is. N. E. Durant reports that the U. S. Commissioner at Wagoner turned over the colored man who was suspected of the crime of rapo to the city authorities after he had satisfied himself that he was the wrong man. That was a strange procedure and we are surprised at the act. Turner Hardware Co. BEST IMPLEMENTS, WAGONS, BUGGIES, HARNESS, SEED AND EVERYTHING N HARDWARE . S THE BEST -- PRICES THE LOWEST AND SEE MUSKOGEE, I. T. HAND MADE CLOTHING. SHIRTS. ALL KINDS. OF HATS. Furnishing ALL DESCRIPTION Hats, Underwear, Suit E. McCLU KNOX AGENCY. ENGLISH BLOCK. ee. - - - In hing Goods, SCRIPTIONS: wear, Suit Cases. CLURE, GLISH BLOCK. - - Ind. Ter'v. Gents' Furnishing Goods, OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS: Shirts, Hats. Underwear, Suit Cases. W. E. McCLURE, KNOX AGENCY. ENGLISH BLOCK. Muskogee. Ind. Ter'v. Do Your Banking Business With Territorial Bank & Tr and Strongest Bank in the Indian T on Deposits. e. Written. } MUSKOGEE, INDIAN son Mercantile Com nk & Trust Co. The Territorial Bank & Trust Co. Oldest and Strongest Bank in the Indian Territory. interest Paid on Deposits. Abstracts Made. Fidelity Bonds Written. MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY Patterson Mercantile Company. Indian T I C I A L STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF Muskogee. Indian Territory. The above statement is correct. D. N. FINK, Cashier. Business intrusted to our care receive prompt attention. DRY GOODS. CLOTHING. BOOTS. SHOES. GROCERIE Additional Editorial Soper's "little red school house," and Col. Douglas' invitation to the niggers of the territory to join in the councils of the Republican party, are suspicious co-incidences. Maybe the doughty enloneles have motives other than education of poor, ignorant democrats, in advocating the "little red school house on the hill" proposition, and inviting the niggers to help out the Republican party with their advice and vote.—Henryetta Sentinel (Reproduced in the Muskogee Democrat.) The above is the sentiment of the two Democratic newspapers touching our people. Now, how can a Negro support a party those cusses represent. The peace and harmony between the Negro and the white man of this country should not be destroyed but should remain sacred; and every effort should be made by the peace loving, self respecting Negro to throw the mantle of charity around the blating fool, who has more cheek than brain. The spirit of discrimination should not exists in Charleston and all concerned should work together with equal patronage and should the spirit of discrimination evince itself let it come by the whites, as a surprise to the Negro.—Charleston Messenger. All of the aboye is true but the Negro has been surprised so often by his white neighbor in that particular, until he is not surprised at anything that may happen so far as discriminations are concerned, however, we agree that the Negro should not take the initiative in discriminating. Appreciator. THAT RACE WAR. The reports of the correspondents for the metropolitan dailies concerning the colored people between the rivers was chiefly lies. The people over there simply organized to prevent the hoodlums from Wagoner and vicinity from insulting and driving their families from home. Because one Negro had committed a crime or had been charged with the commission of crime, was no cause for a lawless crowd of white men to threaten the lives of every Negro between the rivers for the perpetrator of the outrage to be caught and punished, and had the mob remained at home and the officers of the law given an opportunity they would have captured the man. One man was captured and taken to Wagoner and after the injured woman had stated he was not the man, still some of the cowardly hell-hounds who composed the mob wanted to lynch the man because he was black. But the brave and manly stand of the Negroes at Wagoner and the fair-minded white people prevented the outrage. There is no danger of trouble between the races or a race war between the rivers, but if that cowardly mob had proceeded to carry out their threats touching the innopeople who knew nothing of the crime or criminal there would have been liquid hell between rivers. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Many strangers in town these days and apparently mean business. H. B. Tyler was a pleasant visitor at our office. Call again Bro. Tyler, the latch string is on the outside. The people who advertise in the Cimeter want your trade this is why they advertise in your paper. When you want anything in their line, say you saw their 'ad' in the Cimeter. Beneficial rains, fine growing crops, good health, and general satisfaction, and praise to Him who doeth all things well, are the cheerful sayings of the farmer when he comes to town. Mr. George Guess of Paris, Texas, is visiting in the metropolis. Mr. Guess has been engaged in the cotton business for years, and is one of the most prominent race men in Texas. J. E. Wiley, attorney-at law, of Dallas, Texas, is in the city prospecting. Mr. Wiley is at the head of the biggest cotton mill in the South, located at Dallas. This enterprise promises employment for a large number of colored boys and girls. Mr. Wiley is solving the race problem in the right way. The Annual sermon of the U. B. F's. and S. M. T's. was preached at the Second Baptist church Sunday last, by Rev. Haywood. He in a logical way explained the good of the Order, the attendance was good, deportment excellent, collection $18.40. This Order bids fair to be a power for good in this city. World's Fair Rate May 21st, St. Louis and return only $8.90 via Frisco. PROTECT YOURSELVES. Intending visitors to World's Fair can assure themselves satisfactory rooming accommodations through the Merchant's Service Company at a nominal expense. For particulars, apply to nearest Frisco System Agent. Judging from complaints of a few of our white friends regarding the selection of our new church sites, they want us to get into a stench hole like the new location for the public school. Spot Cash Store. Shirt Waist Suits, Shirt Waists, Corsets, Hosiery, Muslin Underwear, Dry Goods, Tin Ware and Enameled Ware, Queens Ware, and Glass Ware. THE FAIR! THE FAIR! GloydLumberCo. Gloyd Lumber Company, North Main St. Muskogse, I. T. Who Goes There? St. Louis may be included in return trip at small additional expense. CREEK GROCERY CO., DEALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY AND HIGH PATENT FLOUR. The Leading Colored Grocery Company in the City. We also buy and pay the highest prices for Country Produce. Located on West 2nd St., South of the U. S. Post Office. Taking The Stump To tell about our lumber. It is put forward to win the approval ofthe lumber users of this section and when its good points are appreciated it will certainly do so. We see no satisfaction or profit in handling low grade stock. Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber by the foot but pieces by the inches, A man standing on a tree stump, holding a large log, with a stack of logs in front of him. AGRICULTURE Previous to five years ago most of the attempts to grow alfalfa in Illinois and neighboring states had resulted in failures, but since that time there have been many successes, and these successes have led many farmers to embark quite heavily in the growing of alfalfa. To a large extent perhaps the successful growing of this depends on the proper inoculation of the soil with the bacteria that makes the nodule in which is gathered the nitrogen from the air to be changed into a form that can later be used by the rootlets of the plants for food. The sending out by the Illinois experiment station of large quantities of inoculated soil has been a step in advance and has commenced the inoculation of the soil in many widely separated sections. In the meantime the apparent fact that the bacteria that works on sweet clover is the same that works on alfalfa is another sign pointing to the successful growing of alfalfa in states where it has been little grown in the past. There are many sections of Illinois and Michigan where the writer has seen sweet clover growing in abundance, and it is very likely that alfalfa on such lands will prove successful. Perhaps one reason why alfalfa has not in the past done well on such lands is that the bacteria on the sweet clover did not come into contact with the roots of the alfalfa. Sweet clover does not in the main grow in cultivated fields, but by the hard roadside. In fact it is averse to cultivation. We would suggest to our readers that those living in a region where sweet clover grows thickly by the roadside should sow some alfalfa in a cultivated field and carry some soil from the roadside where the sweet clover grows for inoculation, and at the same time plant a patch of alfalfa in a place distant from the places where the sweet clover and other alfalfa are growing, but on the same kind of soil. This latter will be a check plot by which the success of the other treatment can be judged. A few cases of this kind will prove of little value, but there should be several hundreds of farmers that are in a position to make this experiment this spring. The results may be far reaching, for if a way is found to grow alfalfa successfully in the counties where it is not now grown it will add immensely to the profits of the farms in such localities. Green Manuring Crops. There are many soils that are not benefited by green manuring crops. Such soils are those already rich in nitrogen and in humus. An investigation by the University of Illinois has shown that on many of the soils in Illinois an addition of humus and of nitrogen would be a positive detriment. This leads to the remark that we must have a reason for every farm operation. The green manure crop is needed on the soil that is deficient in humus and nitrogen, but is labor lost on many other soils. It is obvious that we cannot lay down rules that can be followed blindly on all farms. The green manuring crop is valuable where, it is needed, but worthless or worse, where it is not needed. The intelligence of every farmer must determine the necessity for each operation on the farm. Many failures with incubators are due entirely to ignorance in those trying to run them. In this, as in everything else, a person must learn how. In getting wheat or other small grain seed from neighbors there is always the danger of bringing in trouble some weed seeds. Nobody ever criticises the punctuation in a love letter. Haley's No. 3 Chill Tonic is guaranteed by every dealer. Sold everywhere. One of the worst features about my good looks is my countenance. When You Buy Starch buy Defiance and get the best, 16 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED, 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We need FREE and postpaid a 200 page treatment on Piles, Flatula and Diseases of the Rectum; also 100 page illus. treatise on diseases of Women. Of the thousands cared by our mild method, none paid a cent till cared—we furnish their names on application. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR, 1030 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo. A woman's smile catches men as molasses catches flies. NOW DON'T FORGET Don't forget when you order starch to get the best. Get DEFIANCE. No more "yellow" looking clothes, no more cracking or breaking. It doesn't stick to the iron. It gives satisfaction or you get your money back. The cost is 10 cents for 16 ounces of the best starch made. Of other starches you get but 12 ounces. Now don't forget. It's at your grocers. MANUFACTURED BY THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., OMAHA, NEB. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children toothing, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. The advanced woman spends much thought and discourse on how to manage a husband. The average woman thinks only of how to manage.—New York Telegraph. OVERHEARD ON THE PIKE. Mr. Easy—"Why should people visiting The Exposition at night, use more Allen's Foot-Ease than in daytime?" Miss Foote-"Because under the brilliant illumination of the grounds, every foot becomes an acre" Mr. Easy-"Fair, Only fair! Pray, conduct me to the nearest drug store and I promise never to accept a substitute for you or for Allen's Foote-Ease." The superior board of health's reports there is one new case of yellow fever on the isthmus of Tehhuantepec. Vera Cruz reports no new cases. Another One. T. W. Alexander, Brasken, Mo., says: "I had a chance to purchase and use one bottle Hunt's Lightning Oll. I think it the best illiment I ever saw." Mr. Alexander speaketh wisely and truly. Tom (at the lunch counter)—Pretty tough doughnuts, these. Dick—One good thing about them, though. Tom—And what's that, for heaven's sake? Dick—The hole—that part you don't have to chew, you know.—Boston Transcript. The Best Results in Starching can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. The man out of work looks upon matrimony as a pretty steady job. Melancholy We may talk sentiment as much a Melancholy Begins with the Stomach We may talk sentiment as much as we like, but the stomach is the chief seat of happiness in this world. Above all we should know what foods to eat so as to get the most enjoyment from them and, consequently, the best digestion possible. DR. PRICE'S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY FOOD possesses properties which are especially suited for persons who suffer from impaired digestive organs where the system is lacking in muscular, nerve and brain force—food that can be eaten the year round, meeting the system's needs in sickness and in health. SCIENCE and INVENTION To obviate this difficulty many a hostess provides both in sufficient quantity to meet the wants of her guests, necessitating the use of two pots and two stands. Why not dispense with this trouble and utilize the combination tea and coffee pot which has recently been designed by a Pennsylvania inventor? As the illustration shows, it is capable of pouring a cup of either beverage on a moment's notice, and that, too, without burning the hand by contact with either spout handle. As will be seen, the two spouts, which also serve as handles for the pot, are surrounded by coils of wire, which prevent the hand from grasping the heated metal when reversing the pot to pour a cup of drink from the spout that has previously been used as the handle. The pot is divided through the center by a partition which reaches from top to bottom, and when it is not desired to utilize it for brewing two beverages at the same time one side can be filled with hot water, for the double purpose of maintaining the warmth of the coffee or tea and for use in weakening the beverage should it prove too strong. Harry W. Gander of Rudy, Pa., is the inventor. A Collapsible Stretcher. It has been said that Japan went to war with China simply to secure the discipline and training necessary for the impending conflict with Russia, which is but another example of a nation profiting by the motto, though admittedly peculiar in the manner in which it was carried out. But nations are not alone in heeding this admonition. The inventor has taken it upon himself at all times to strive for the improvement and advancement of all that goes to make war terrible, from the ship-burning mirror of Archimedes to the rapid-fire gun of the modern inventor. But if war has been made more horrible, the hospital equipment has in a measure kept pace with it from the humane point of view, until the sick or wounded men can now be properly cared for until claimed by the grim reaper or restored to health, with the chances more in favor of the latter outcome than they were even a few years ago. In the matter of stretchers for carrying the wounded from the field of battle the hospital corps may be interested in the idea of a Swiss inventor. It consists principally of a set of lazytongs, with a canvas cloth extending from head to foot when the stretcher is extended. The handles by which the carrier is lifted are attached to the lower section of the folding frame, serving to fold the stretcher when they are turned down against the legs and to extend it when in position to carry a wounded soldier off the field. A Bee's Eye. Did you ever look at a bee's eye through a very strong magnifying glass? It is made up of lots of little eyes, massed together. And yet the eye as a whole is so small that it seems incredible that it has these thousands of little parts, each one complete in itself! This sort of eye is very useful, for as the little eyes face in every direction the bee can see above and below and behind as well as in front and sideways, as people do. Diplomatic Courtier—Duke Albrecht hats put his two uncles to the rack. Jester—Ah, another case of strained relations.—Princeton Tiger. Haley's No. 3 Chill Tonic cures Chills and Malaria. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold by all dealers. Remodeled Joke Howell—Do you think it pays to put much money into clothes? Powell—Not if you have a wife to go through them.—Town Topics. Wiggle-Stick LAUNDRY BLUE Won't spill, break, freeze nor spot clothes. Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of any other bluing. If your grocer does not keep it send 10c for sample to The Laundry Blue Co., 14 Michigan Street, Chicago. One of the grim horrors of war is poor food. Wonder will the landlady and the cook declare an armistice? Inalist on Getting Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money! Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. Repentance is often only the humiliation of being found out. Again the age of progress. Curtainectures will hereafter possibly be illustrated. The Cure that Cures, Haley's No. 3 Chill Tonic. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold everywhere. I read once, and it pained me, of a wife who shied a stove lid at her husband to remind him forcibly that the id was off. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. It is not always the most luscious fruits that hang on the top boughs. Those that fall at one's feet may be equally refreshing.—Kat Thyson Marr. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children and see that it Martin T. Burke of La Crosse, Wis., for many years a well known business man of that city, and by marriage a cousin of General Grant, is the only survivor of the few men who were associated in the famous old leather store in Galena. 400 STUDENTS in five months is the record of the Tyler College, Tyler, Texas. The excellent work and thorough courses of bookkeeping and shorthand of this institution will soon place it at the head of American Business Colleges. Its graduates are being placed almost daily in the best positions of the country. Their employment department is an excellent feature. Through it positions are filled without charge to the business man or the student. Youthful Progress After a boy passes the castor oil and ground itch period he tips his hat at the girls and washes his neck regularly.—Dothan Siftings. Ask Your Dealer For Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. Eccentric Kitty—Oh, aunties, I am so happy! Horace says there's nobody in all the world like me. Aunt Jane—Nonsense! You're not so eccentric as all that—although there's no denying you are a bit odd. -Boston Transcript. Ex Senator M. C. Butler. Ex-Senator M. C. Butler. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. COTTON GINNING If you want any, We are the leader MUNGER, EAGLE, SMITH Catalogue and prices furnish We furnish everything needed CONTINENTAL GIN COMPANY Lincoln Paints ABSOLUTELY PURE Wherrett's CHIGGER Cure For CHIGGER, SPIDER, MOSQUITO and other INSECT BITES. PIMPLES, RASH, PRICKLY HEAT, POISON IVY, ECZEMA and all ERUPTIVE SKIN DISEASES yield quickly to its soothing influence. At Druggists. Price 25 cents. The O. E. Wherrett Co., Atchison, Kans. Tyler College The largest Commercial and Short-hand School in the South or West. 758 Students. Write for Free Catalogue. NEW PENSION LAWS SENT FREE Apply to NATHAN BICKFORD, 914 F St. Washington. D. C. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water THE CURE FOR Sore Eyes At The Age Of 20 Years By Dr. Thompson Use Only By Dr. Thompson Catarrh of the Stomach is Generally Called Dyspepsia—Something to Produce Artificial Digestion is Generally Taken. Hence, Pepsin, Pancreatin and a Host of Other Digestive Remedies Has Been Invented. These Remedies Do Not Reach the Seat of the Difficulty, Which is Really Catarrh. EX. U. S. Senator M. C. Butler from South Carolina, was Senator from that State for two terms. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., from Washington, D. C., says: "I can recommend Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. I have been using your medicine for a short period and I feel very much relieved. It is indeed a wonderful medicine besides a good tonic."—M. C. Butler. The only rational way to cure dyspepsia is to remove the catarrh. Peruna cures catarrh. Peruna does not produce artificial digestion. It cures catarrh and leaves the stomach to perform digestion in a natural way. This is vastly better and safer than resorting to artificial methods or narcotics. Peruna has cured more cases of dyspepsia than all other remedies combined, simply because it cures catarrh wherever located. If catarrh is located in the head, Peruna cures it. If catarrh has fastened itself in the throat or bronchial tubes, Peruna cures it. When catarrh becomes settled in the stomach, Peruna cures it, as well in this location as in any other. Peruna is not simply a remedy for dyspepsia. Peruna is a catarrh remedy. Peruna cures dyspepsia because it is generally dependent upon catarrh. ING MACHINERY. y, write us. ers. We make the H, PRATT AND WINSHIP. ished on application. eded in a modern Gin Outfit. NY, - DALLAS, TEXAS. THE ONLY PAINTS made solely for this Western climate. They stand it—like the smile that won't come off—they stay, and beautify your home while they protect it from the weather. Write us for name of nearest agent, and get a special color design without cost. LINGOLN PAINT & COLOR CO. Lincoln, Nebr. 50,000 AMERICANS WERE WELCOMED TO 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Western Canada DURING LAST YEAR. They are settled and settling on the Grain and Grazing Lands, and are prosperous and satisfied. Sir Wilifred Laurier recently said: "A new star has risen on the horizon, and it is toward it that every immigrant who leaves the land of his ancestors to come and seek a home for himself now turns his gaze"—Canada. There is Room for Millions. FREE Homesteads given away. Schools, Churches, Railways, Markets, Climate everything to be desired. For a descriptive Atlas and other information, apply to Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or authorized Canadian Government Agent- I. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 23, 1904. BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURBS catarrh of the stomach. DON'T GO IN PRINT SHOP. [Continuod from First page] Ican State executive committee. Mr. McNeil interviewed Mr. Ricketts and was informed that President Roosevelt had given instructions that Negroes should in no case be discriminated against on account of color, and that Mr. Martin would have to work right where he was. When Martin returned to the side of the Negro, the foreman came within hearing of the men and remarked that the Negro was as good as any of them, and if any of them, and if anybody did not like the position he could leave. There was, said the foreman, a supply of resignation blanks always on hand in his desk. The Negroes of the department are immensely pleased over the outcome of the affair.—Colo. Statesmen. Land! Land! Land! BARGAINS: Lot 100 x 140 in the resident district, $500.00. A lot 50 x 140, near oil well $400.00. A fractional lot for $250.00. A house and lot for $560.00, —Call or write W. H. Twine. Notice to Home Seekers...If you want to buy a deeded farm in the Creek Nation, now is the time to buy before the prices go skyward. I can sell you a farm at a reasonable price. For further information see or write Citizens who desire to sell their land or borrow money at a low rate of interest on ten years', time to improve your land. See Twine. To the New Comer. If you want to buy a farm at a reasonable price, See Twine. FREE TRIP TO THE WORLD'S FAIP. Do you want to go to the World's Fair! If so, here is a chance: The gentleman agent or other male person sending in the greatest number of subscribers, the winner must send in at least fifty subscribers, by the 1st day of July, 1904, we will present him a round trip ticket from his home, if he lives on a R. R. to St. Louis, otherwise from the nearest R. R. station. The same proposition is extended to the ladies. The subscriptions must be for one year. Anyone eligible to get in the game if you reside in the Indian Territory. The same proposition to residents of the States, but the winner must send in at least 100 subscribers. Dave Richardson's BARBERSHOP. OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE. 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E. Murdock, Prop. Frisco System Rates Second Class Colonist and Intermediates. Also one way second Class Colonist to all points in the Northwest. Dates of Sale March 1 to April 30, and Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. H. E. HARKRIDER, Ag't. Hellol Who is That? Say. did you know that Gen. Pleasant kept a first-class place on the east side of Second street? Everything good to eat, cigars of the best brand. fancy candies, ice cream, flour, sugar, coffee and country vegetables. He sells cheap, give him a call. GFORGE PLEASANT, Proprietor. FRISCO SYSTEM COMPLETELY AND COMPORTABLY SERVE WESTERN MIDSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the "WORLD'S FAIR CITY" SAINT LOUIS For detailed information, call on nearest representative FRISCO SYSTEM, or address L. W. PRICE, Division Furniture Agent, JOPLIN, MO. PRESCRIPTIONS TO- Ben Estes' Drug Store and get exactly what the Doctor Ordered. Corner of Main Street and Okmulgee Ave. Get it Quick, Right and Cheap. We never substitute. HEADQUARTERS FOR PURSE Drugs and Medicines. Ben Estes, - Prop Central M ALWAYS SUPPLIE : : : OF A Fresh Fish and Free delivery to any PETERMAN & Medicines. es, - Prop WM. RA World's Fair St. Louis and re via Frisco. Central Meat Market WAYS SUPPLIED WITH FRESH OF ALL KINDS: Fresh Fish and All Kinds of Gam e delivery to any and all parts of t TERMAN & REEVES, Prop Central Meat Market ALWAYS SUPPLIED WITH FRESH MEATS : : : OF ALL KINDS : : : Fresh Fish and All Kinds of Game. Free delivery to any and all parts of the city. PETERMAN & REEVES, Proprietors. E. L. SAMUELS, The Popular Book Repairing Neatly Done. Keeps Constantly on Hand a Full L Popular Boot & Shoe-ing Neatly Done. All Work Guantly on Hand a Full Line of Second Hand S The Popular Boot & Shoe-Maker. Repairing Neatly Done. All Work Guaranteed Keeps Constantly on Hand a Full Line of Second Hand Shoes, All Kind. 140 So. 2nd. St., Muskogee, I. T. : John Dyole & Company : EXCLUSIVE Undertakers - Embalmers (LICENSED) AMBULANCE FURNISHED FREE. PHO NE NO 486 Office 221-223 (Inlage Avenue. Gents' Furnishing Goods, Livery Barn, Corner Fourth Street and Elgin Ave., for the finest turnouts in the city. Any kind, any shape, any time. WM. RAGSDLE & CO World's Fair Rate May 21st, St. Louis and return only $8.90 via Frisco. Great Market WITH FRESH MEATS ALL KINDS : : : All Kinds of Game. and all parts of the city. REEVES, Proprietors. & Shoe-Maker. All Work Guaranteed of Second Hand Shoes, All Kind.