Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Gimeter. Vol. 5 ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE ELECTION Of Officers For The Ensuing Year,—Appointive Position. At the territorial conclave of St. John's Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., heid last week, the following officers were elected: Gr. Master, J. C. Johnson, Wewoka; Deputy Gr. Master, A. D. Johnson, Vinita; Grand Senior Warden, W. L. Brown, Tatum; Gr. Junior Warden, Andy Rider; Gr. treasurer, S. T. Wiggins, Ardmore; Grand Secretary, W. H. Twine, Muskogee. These were selected to fill the positions of appointive officers: Grand Senior Deacon, D. Richardson; Grand Junior Deacon, L. E. Sango; Grand Steward, Wm. Vann; Grand Junior Steward, Steve Grayson; Gr. Chaplains, R. W. Washington and R. Manuel; Grand Marshall, A. E. Clark; Grand Pursuviant, M. A. Fisher; Grand Lecturer, J. T. Trimble; Grand Recorder, F. J. Gordon; Grand Special Deputy Recorders, H. H. Hardwick, S. W. Allen and T. J. Brown; Grand Tyler. J. W. James. GRAND LODGE SHOTS. The banquet given by the Masonic Lodge, was quite a brilliant affair and was well attended in spite of the excursions gotten up by the envious parties who desired to make the banquet a failure. Grand Master, J. C. Johnson, who was elected to succeed himself, is one of the most prominent Negroes of the Indian Territory, and his work for the past year was appreciated by the craft. Deputy Grand Master, A. D. Johnson, is a resident of Vinita and stands high in the estimation of all the people of his country. The interest of the Craft will be well taken care of at that point and elsewhere. Grand Senior Warden, W. L. Brown, who resides at Tatum, I. T., is a young man of great promise and will see that the enemies of Ma oary are put to flight in and around his community. Andy Rider resides at Haden, I. T., is a Cherokee citizen and is one of the most wealthy men in his community and is deadly phison to so called compact maisons. Grand Treasurer, S. T. Wig- gins, who resided at Ardmore, is a lawyer of ability and one of the best informed masons of the Inbian Territory. The Grand Secretary lives in Muskogee. The delegates to the World's Masonic Congress at St. Louis, Mo., August 9th, are: F. J. Gordon, J C. Johnson, F. W. Reed, S. T. Wiggins, and George Fitzpatrick. These will be re-enforced by the lesser lights at said Congress. There was one fellow, who belongs to the spurious Gr. Lodge at South McAlister, who tried to break in but was ingloriously left out. The next Grand Lodge convenes at Ardmore, I. T. MUSKOGEE UNION KAILWAY. Ft. Smith and Wagoner and the Kansas and Cherokee Oil Fields, via Coretta and Missouri Pacific Rv. Lv. Muskogee--- 9:30 a. m. and 8:5 p. m. Ar. Ft. Smith--- 12:55 p. m. and 11:45 p. m. Lv. Ft. Smith--- 4:00 a. m. and 8:15 p. m. Ar. Muskogee--- 7:31 a. m. and 7:35 p. m. Lv. Muskogee.. 6:25 a. m and 6:20 p. m. Ar. Wagoner.. 7:10 a. m. and 8:10 p. m. Lv. Wagoner.. 9:55 a. m. and 9-17 p. m. Lv. Muskogee.. 10:46 a. m. and 2:17 p. m. For time of trains beyond wagoner see Missouri Pacific Iron mountain time tables. A. R. Payinghaus, Traffic Eanager. Hello! Who is I hat? 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 GEORGE PLEASANT. Go to CREEK Livery Barn, Now located at new quarters No. 512 South 3rd Street. Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanders' Wholesale House. ```markdown ``` A SCURRILLIOUS EDITORIAL SHOT Fired By The Wagoner New Era A* The Muskogose Cimetor. The Wagoner New Era in a scurrilious editorial, presumably written and paid for by Attorney Jones, made a wide attempt to sling some mud and get down in the slums politically and otherwise, in its last issue touching the CIMETER's course on Jones's pet theory to wit: that Republican Mass Meeting Convention. The Era is playing "Friday" to Jones, the Robinson Crusoe. It accused us of ignorance and prejudice and all other sins known in the catalogue of crime. Of course reading between lines, it can be seen who wrote every line of the article from the beginning to the ending. Of course Jones ann his hirlings think the call is proper. When Jones fiddles, these little hirlings dance. Jones immagines he is paving his way into Congress; and the hirlings imagine that they are big lieutents of a big political boss. The hireling gets away from its base when it says that the Negroes ought to have a convention because boss Jones has called a different kind of a convention He has called a convention of Republicans and there are other Republicans beside Negroes. The Era has a right to be with the purposed call or anything else it desires; but the lies, vituperation and mud elinging of that sheet will not swerve the Cimeter one wit from its original purpose, even if the Era editor does part his name in the middle. We do not claim to be one of the chieftains and have no ambition for political office. Of course we have never run for Congress and don't care to be sacrificed; and if the hirling sheet desires its boss to run for Congress we have no objection. We simply say that the call for that convention is a mistake. That Jones when he issued the call knew that the little caucus that had been held in his office did not agree upon a Republican mass meeting; and for reasons best known to himself and henchmen, the call was issued as seen in his little hireling. The awkward hand of Dickinson, the typo, can also be seen in the editorial, he attempts to thro' a rock and hide his hand but has no better success than in hiding Number 42. (Allison's) type. Jones the editor and Jones the lawyer are a pair of twins, who while they may have concluded they are the whole show will find that the boys in the trenches of which the Cimeter is one will always do their duty regardless of the cowardly attacts of the assassin and the egotism of an ex-candidate for Congress whose wish and that of his hirelings is. that the Cimeter be relegated to the background. The Cimeter cannot be relegated by such political freebooters as compose the trio that arrogate to themselves the intelligence and ability of the B I. T. "Lay on McDuff and damned be he who first cries, Hold, enough. DR R. H. WATERFORD. Diseases for women and children successful treated. Also chronic diseases of men. Office, 101 1-2 N. Main St. Residence 813 S. Main St. A S McRea PHONE 206 ROOM 18 Sharum Building, Muskogee, Ind, Ter Dave Richardson's BARBERSHOP. OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Dave Richardson. - Pron Some Midsummer Round Trips ST. LOUIS—Very low rates all season Exemptionaly low coach excursion rates July 11, 18 and 25. COLORADO—Very low rates all summer. Through sleeper service. CHICAGO—Very low rates all summer. GRE T LAKE RESORTS—Very low rates all summer. SOUTHEASTERN RESORTS—Includ ing Atlantic Coast Points. One fare $2.00 for the round trip, on sale Wed. and Saturdays, all summer. KNOXVILLE-One fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. June 28 to August 25. WEST BADEN AND FRENCH LICK SPRINGS --One fare plus $2.00 round trip. July 25-29. LOUISVILLE--One rare plus $2.25 round trip. August 16-29. CALIFORNIA-Less than one fare for the round trip. August 15 to Sept 10. Rock Island System For full information call on your nearest ticket agent. EO. N. LEE, G. P. & T. A. Little Rock, Ark. J. S. McNALLY, D. P. A. Oklahoma City. eee Muskogee Cimeter. ‘W. BH. TWINE, Faitor. MUSKOGEE, - - IND. TER. eee NEW STATE NOTES. An old man named Bates, hailing from Missouri, was fleeced out of $66.65 by two confidence men at Mus+ kogee last week. Purcell has been designated by the department ps one of the places where the Chickasaw-Choctaw pay: ments will be made, John D. Williams, charged with the murder of Jolin Thrasher at Woolsey, has been released fium custody, At the preliminary trial ft developed that the killing was justifiable. In digging a prospect well at Spen- cer last week a four-foot vein was wtruck at a depth of nearly seven hundred feet, An oil refining company has been organized at Muskogee, the object of which is to build a plant large enough to take care of the present output of oll and to add to its capacity as the supply Increases, i Abe Chrisman died at bis home in Vinita from the effects of a gun shot wound fu the neck as a result of a row between Chrismam and, Wily Warnes. After the shooting Barnes made his escape and is still at large. An additional recruiting office was opened at Oklaioma City Monday, with Lieutenant Shoenficld in charge. Wnlistments in all branches of the urmy service will be made. The Frisco hotel at Cordell was totally destroyed by fire last week, The loss is estimated at $5,000, An election at Bokchito upon ‘the question of school tax resulted in a vote of 66 to 24 in favor of the tax. Richard Buringer, who went to Ponca City recently from Tazewell county, [linois, was ijastantly killed while working on an Arkansys river ferry. While winding up the cable the windlass slipped dron bis hands and, flying backward, broke his neck, causing instant death, Contracts have been signed for a $50,000 electric plant between the city of Wilburtoa and James Degnan. Caddo has voted to bord the town for $15,000, the money to be used to erect a public scool building, The vote was lol to 15. None but tay payers were allowed to vote, S. T. Bates is suing Pawnee county for the possession of a farm near the town of Pawnee, which he deeded fo the county several years ago on condition that the county would main- tain him for the remainder of his life. Recent oil strikes have made the land valuable, The office of Indian inspector and Indian agent in Muskogee have re ceived instruetions in regard to erazy Indians and whites in Indian Tervi- tory, and in future this class of un- fortunates will be properly eared for at the expense of the government, Judge John Foster is preparing pa- pers to file with the claims depart- ment of the United States govern: ment asking damages of several thou- sand dollars on account of the big prairie fire-of Mareh 3, which devas- tated the country between Lawotn and the mountains and caused de: struction Of Hfe and property. Bert Carpenter, a thirteenyear old boy, had his fingers cut off by a bugs BaW at Shawnee last week, GOOD WINOMILL FOR FARM. Recommended by Authorities of the University of Nebraska. The windmill represented in the ac- companying illustration is cescribed (nu bulletin No. 69, issued by the Uni versity of Nebraska, It is known av the Dutch or Holland mill. The wind- mill of this form Is used to puny water for a town herd of cows vary Ing from G0 to 100 head near Grand (sland, Neb. Mills of this style are mounted on tall slender towers or upon milk houses, sheds or barns. Vor the four fans covered with duck, are often substituted six fans of thin lumber. ‘The smallest of them are ten to twelve feet In diameter, the largest being about thirty-six feet BA OY Be” by 7 iy a Cie: A ee via a LrOA ' hz “x i | ® A y \ A Dutch Windmill. across, The canvas sails are fitted with brass eyelets and fastened on with rope. The sails are removed or furled when in disuse. Re-Seeding Sod Land. D. A. 8-1 wish to break up a five acre fleld of gravelly soil, which has grown hay for a number of years, and seed it down afresh. What would be the beat fertilizer to use? What gravelly soil is most in need of is humus, and to produce this a green crop should be grown and plowed down. As early as possible after the hay is taken off the sod should be plowed and well harrowed, It should then Be seeded with a quick growing crop, such as rape or buck- wheat. If rape is chosen, about five pounds of seed should. be applied. While the crop is growing the sod will be rotting, and by autumn the green crop should be plowed under. If a light dressing of stable manure could be plowed in along with the green crop so much the better, Next spring the field should be sown wiih barley or a light strawed variey of oats, and seeded with red clover and timothy, The grain should be sown not thicker than five pecks per acre. The grass and clover seed should be sown at the rate of about six pounds of each per acre. When the grain is harvested a fairly long stubble should be left and no stock should be al lowed to graze in the field after hay vest. Sinking a Well in Gravel. , W. T.—-1 have a well partially dug, but have reached gravel, which slides in about as fast as it can be taken out, I am down only eleven feet, and expect to have to go forty feet before getting sufficient water, When digging a well in gravel that runs the hole should be commenced much larger than the well is to be at the bottom. When a start jas been made a six or eight-sided crib should be put fn and lowered as far as pos- sible, A smaller crib should then be slid down inside of the larger one, and so on until a sufficient depth has been reached. The crib may be low- ered by weighting It and loosening aud removing the gravel from below. TO AID THE GEAMETRESS, Simple Contrivance of Much Value in Hot Weather. Why has not some one thought of this excellent {dea before? A fan at- tachment for the sewing machine that will aid the seamstress to do her work in more comfort than it is otherwise possible for her to do it, True there have been suggestions along this line, but they failed for the lack of some very necessary features which were not incorporated in them. The new fan is fitted to the top of the arm of the machine and about on =o px . we SO eee & level with the face of the operator. When the machine fs running the fan revolves with tremendous rapidity and cools the fevered brow of the seam- stress. As an assistant its value could hardly be overrated, as any one who has had a hard day’s work on a ma- chine could testify. A lever arrange- ment allows the fan to be thrown out of gear when desired, so that it does not necessarily run all the time if its services are not wantec. A commend: able feature of the attachment is that it does not impose additional work on the seamstress, and no extra energy has to be put forth to run the machine on its account. Was Caught and Released. A large “spikehorn” deer, chased by a dog, ran cown the street at Man- chester, N. H., the other day, When abreast of an apartment house the an- imal suddenly turned, bolted through a large plate glass window, ran through a suite and made its exit by a window at the rear. The deer was finally corralled in a stable, where it was induced to enter a piano box. Thus confined, the animal was transported to woods outside the city and released, Eggs Break Up Social, An egg thrower caused a little com. motion at a church social held at Lit- tle Silver, a village near Red Bank, Node Everything was going along nicely when two ancient eggs came sailing into the room. One of them hit a guest squarely in the,mouth and the other grazed the pastor's head. The social broke up in confusion and the men present burried out and hunted in vain for the egg thrower, Before Carrie. aA iH an bee g(a Nine iy An \ & aN eV) 1 ANY gyre, My "aD AR *S INR a ney The Furies were the feminine re- formers of ancient Greece. They per- sued the guilty with torches {ustead of hatchets, Yale Alumni Stick Together. The class of 1853 of Yale found that one of ite members was in a poor house aud raised e@ fund to place him in a home for aged men. . FIND @NAKES IN 6TORE. Moccasins Find Agreeable Abode in Rolle cf Wall Paper. Bee Bl en oe ee As a result of the recent Turkey creek flood, the durg store and paint and paper house owned by B. I’. Shouse at 8021-3026 Southwest boule- vard, is inhabited by snakes driven there by the water, says a Kansas City dispatch. A water moccasin, whose bite is said to he as deadly as that of a rattlesnake was found hidden in some wail paper and {it was only a chance that nobody was bitten before the snake was killed. Miss Ray Hintges, a young woman employed in the store, was working among the rolls of wall paper, when another water moccasin stuck its he~d from the paper almost in her face. She called for assistance and the snake was killed. Mr. Shouse ts overhauling his stock since that time in search of snakes. He says that the snakes entered the store when it was flooded and appeared to find an agreeable abode in the rolls of wall paper. Unique Gate. : ZZ p eae meee om 2 \ B a Se a sont, > BAN BON 1 Se Ze. ; os “ "i =e a a Same aE in Zeon _ l Veep 4 Vaal Ras Fe oe SO IEP ey zs aa Fh Se , iiss i. 2) A Kansas farmer has a gate made of rakes, hoes and other agricultural im plements, Poor Reward for Honesty. Herr Tippelt, an Austrian mining millionaire, decided that honesty is not the best policy. Recently he dis- covered that his income ‘during the last few years had exceeded the fig- ure at which he had returned it, and in a fit of remorse he sent $6,500 to the Exchequer. The result was that he received a demand for another $3,750, being interest on the arrears, and eighteen times the amount of the in- terest charged, as a penalty for not having declared his full income. Herr Tippeit appealed against the demand to the court, but the judge decided against him. The Clever Farmer. In the center of this picture stands the landlord’s house. Around It are eight pear trees. Outside these trees stand eight houses let to tenants; and © Rigg fia ? rs) ® 2 2 ¢ {4 ff a a, # tt gt ae & 2 the outermost circles of all is formed by ten apple trees. Now, the landlord wished to keep the apple trees for himself, and to glve each tenant a pear tree. A little thought enabled him to construct a hedge which successfully inclosed his own house and the apple trees, and separated the other houses so that each had a pear tree.. How did he do at? Firet American Newepaper. Mre. Clute of the Pettaping house, Eseex, Conn., has a copy of the drst newspaper printed in America, dated at Boston, April 24; 1704, | Not to satiate one’s self with food is the science of-health. Choose such food as agrees with the | stomach, taking only such quantity as it could easily digest. Never fear that your life will be shortened | by the reason of not taking much food. ‘The result depends not upon how much we cat, but how much | of it is digested and assimilated. | WHEAT FLAKE CELERY | j | will sustain life—is suited to the most delicate stomach. | oge | Palatable—Nutritious—Easy of Digestion and Ready to Eat every package. . “Z.O.Sractes | Dr Price, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extraate. | A 000k DOOK CONtMining 76 excellent receipts for using the Food mailed tree to any addrana. | Prepared by PRICE CEREAL FOOD CO., Food Mills, BATTLE CREEK, MICH., Main Offices, CHICAGO. | Plantation Chill Gure is Guaraniee KEPT THE RACES APART, Scotch and English. In the time of James It. of Scotland the relations between the Scotch and English were bad indeed. The king objected to any business dealings be- tween the Scotch and thelr southern neighbors. To his subjects he thought nothing could result therefrom but evil. To preserve them, therefore, from any approach to amity and inter- course with the bated southron, he actually decreed “outlawry” against those who should desire, even in that time of peace, to smooth down the dif- ferences which divided the two péo- pies. Against Englishmen visiting Seotland without leave the iaw was especially severe, nor was any Scots- man to be allowed to become security or guaranty for an Englishman under any circumstances whatever, unless he wished to be accused of high trea- son, Even lgeimete trade was for- bidden. No Scotsman was to supply the Englteh garrisons in Berwyck or Roxburgh with “ony victual, fewal or uther supportation” under the pain of treason, while no intermarriage was to be allowed between “the Scotiis and English, that men’s affection be na’ led away fro their air kinrtk.” Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 0z in a package. which they won't be able to sel! first, heeause Defiance contains 16 02 for the same money. Clay Models in Favor, In natural history museums clay models of animals over which the skins are stretched and made to ap. pear entirely lifelike are coming {nto use. This radical departure from tax- {dermy threatens to render that art extinct, as the carefully modeled fig- uve made by a sculptor and placed in a lifelike pose is deemed far more desirable than a mere stuffed animai ae a natural history exhibit. fieted Tasmanian |s Dead. Sir James ArndeH Youl, K. C. M. @., who has just died in England in his ninety-fourth year, was political agent for Tasmania in 1861-1868 and for seven years the honorable secre tary and treasurer to the Australian Association, which succeeded fu pre vailing on the imperial government to establish a mail service to Australia via the Red Sea. Dire Effects of Poverty. The mean longevity of tha poor in ftaly is only twenty-eight years, while that of the well-to-do classes is fifty. five years. Occasionally a man declines a nom- ination for office—if there is no chance for his election. Gentle but Great. For Inactive Liver, Biliousness and general depression of the system, | fnd Simmons’ Liver Purifier (tin boxes) acts like a charm. You are well almost before you realize you Bave been doctoring, so gentle yet effective is its action.” Felix Zeigler, Mountain View, O. T. Tin boxes only; 25c. Rall Rate Oddity. It costs nearly $2 more to go on ap excursion train from Berlin to Basle, Switserland, than from Basle to Ber Up. The difference is due to the fact that in one direction the baggage ‘s free, but not in the other; wherefore a reduction is made in the latter case ia the price of the ticket. Compas tne Locus: riague. Great success has attended the ef forte of the troops and coast guards in Egypt to combat the locust plague by destroying the young Insects with out wings. Voice from the Swamps. “Traveling through a malarial dis- trict constantly | find Cheatham’s Lax- ative Tablets invaluatle—not only on account of their superior medicinal qualities, but their convenience to carry and to take. I do uot believe any one who will use them occasion- ally will ever contract malaria and chills.” Chas. l.acond, Port Allen, La. 25¢ per box. Yieid of Wheat. Tho average yield of wheat to the acre in Wurope ts thirty-eight bushels. Much more labor and fertilizer fs given grain fields in the old countries thandn ours. Russians Are Born Linguists. The marvelous memory and apiitude for learning possessed by Russians are shown by the rapidity with which they acquire languages. It is said that a Russian will learn Chinese in six months, As for Englisb, they acquire it with ease in a few weeks. They think no more of acquiring a new lan- guage than an Englishman would of learning a recitation or a new gamé of cards. Wears Large Shoes. There is a New York barber who wears & number 12 shoe. Ile was a sergeant in the German army, noted for his stability. He has a brother In ‘the eld country whose foot is so big that no ready made shoe can be found to fit him. When he needs a new pair of shoes he buys a side of leather and sende for a shoemaker, who fashions his footgear at home. His foot is the largest In all Germany, about number 17 in size. - Nothing worries a woman so much when starting on a visit as being un- able to remember something she has torgotten. ae.cignce beoka contain everything except the one thing you want to Know. Do Your Feet Ache any Burn? Shake into your shoes. Allen's Foot Kase, a powder for the fect. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and Kunions. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25e, Sample sent FREE. Ad dress Allen S. Olinsted, LeRoy, N. Y- A Gruesome Rosary. A rosary which would be a treas ure for the Thirteen ciub has beep brought home recently by a travelei in Tibet. Ii comes from Lhasa, and i formed of 113 rings made from the skulls of 113 priests. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORTA, arafe and sure remedy for infants and children, and eee that it and eee that ft) Bears the Signature of dh, “ In Uso For Over 30 Yeare, ‘The Kind You Have Always Bought. Wanted a Change, A little boy whose mother had for tdéen him to do something that he wanted very much to do walked quiet: ly out of the room. In a few moments he returned and remarked: “I have been to ask Papa 4o marry another woman,—Woman's Home Compan jon, How’s This? We offer Ove Hundred Dollare Reward for any case of Catarri: that cannot be cured by Mail's Catarrh Cure, ¥. J. CHENEY é& CO., Toledo, 0 We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for tie wat 15 years, and velleve him perfectly on orable in aii business trensactions and fnavelally Able to carry out any obligations nade by his @rm, WaALDInG, Kixwan de MARYIN, Whiolesnie Druggisis, Tuiedo, 0 Fiat's Catarrh Cure ts taken internaliy, acting aireetty upou the blond and mucous surtncds of the system. Testimontais sent free, Price 13 cents per bottle, Sold Hy all Prag tote. OT uke Licli’s Hamiiy Pile tor constipation, Lion and Unicorn. The lion is the emblem of Eng land and the unicorn of Scotland. On the union of Scotland and Eng: land in 1608, one of the lions was re moved from the British coat of arma and the unicorn substituted. EPWORTH UNIVERSITY. Joint Property of the to Methorisn, # Intends fo bo thorough fy stholarshty and heipfn) end religions in spirit ‘Ten Head Professors, the majority of | whom have tanght tn seh universities as Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Aun Arbor Chicago, Columbia, Leland Stanford, de vote Their entire tims to. the college of bberalarts Full corns of instructors in Academy and Music, Wlocution and Art Large eampusof ffiy two acres beaut folly situated. Modern bildings. | Phys! cal Chomucal and Biological Laboratories The flest session begins Soptember i, led, Addras:, President 8. B. McSwain, Ohlahama, Okla. Capita) City Business etensro Wau onte ook Keepin 2 . Sherlkank W Gregies Sept 1 Rereane aete (or Talegrarhy Particulars —] The Oklahoma City Packing Co. Is in the market at all times for fat Well finishel hoge—bring them in now and you will inake money Correct Weights, Best Prices. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 31, 1904. THE DAISY FLY KILLER civsrazcamcine fom sre Lomé—tn dining Foon, sleeping room and 4 places where CTD coe ean ness ‘ Bes Natt yee a 5 ASM Try tiem once ani DN ati LS ae 2, Tk ns 7S. Se (OapRS ME No AS” EROS ET NEES ARLE Borne: Clean, went A cote, Win GN am eli A ge I PULSE To vik er bn Nh! Sl Px eae Sth. fe ee) S> PaeRd| witht them. itoot EON aS, 7 a OS ie Fess anes a A Trip tg Colorado, Utah or California is not complete unless it embraces the most beautiful resorts and grand: est scenery in Colorado, which are found on the Colorado’ Midland Rail way, the highest standard gauge line in the world. Exceptionally low sum mer round trip rates to Colorado in- terior state points, Utah, California and the Northwest are offered by this Mne. For information address Mr, (, M1. Speers, General Passenger Agent, Denver, Colo. oS "REPLY TO THE HUMAN HYENAS" brand who are republicans for revenue only and whose idea of promotion for the race is to deal with the opposition in a political contest. Hyena Isaac has been appointed as custodian of the character and is sponsor for Davis, Sims, and the Lincoln Club. This club is a fit child of the hyenas, and there is nothing decent about except the name. It was conceived by the lily-whiter passed the usual incubation in sin and was brought forth in iniquity. A child with all the hereditary taints that must necessarily follsw from its diseased parent's is indeed a pitable object and such is the Lincoln club. The Cayote Isaac unintentfonally make us a power as he shows to his own satisfaction that every man that Twine opposed in the spring election was defeated and those that Twine favored were elected. This would make Twine the absolute dictator etc. As a matter of fact Cayote Isaac's statements are simply lies of the most despicable kind. Twine supported the ticket, and at no time played the part that Isaac and his hide bound political bucaneers undertook on the bill in the Recorder fight. Hyena Isaac is no more nor less than the tool of the lily-white aggregation of political misfits This hyena is hungering for leadrship and when he fails miserably at one kind, he promptly goes for the other. Yes, we have always opposed the Lincoln club and its dady, the Lily-white club we have not opposed Cayote Isaac as there is nothing there to oppose; except his brilliant record as a member of the 1st Baptist church. It is reported that he broke in the church, remained there a short while and came near breaking up the church as he broke out with his hand on his hip pocket. Hyena Isaac grows pugnacious in the latter part of his tirade and says he will fight, and things of that kind. We suppose he is still depending on that hip pocket or maybe that is only another cowardly grin from the human Cayote. The Cayote says he will give us no "quarters". Poor fellow, his mind wanders, and he is dreaming of the thirty pieces of silver; we thought the denomination of each piece was a dollar, and we stand corrected. In his random the hyena jumps or the Muskogee Republican club. Poor devil, we shall leave him to the officers of the club on that score. We presume his masters of the lily-white persuasion "told him to say that." The poor hyena says we are not a leader. Certainly not, never was and never aspired as such we leave that position to be selected by the hyena crowd. The hyena tries to draw several gentlemen, whom he suggests as leeders, into his tirade; if these gentlemen have designated the Hyena as their custodian its all o. k. with the Cimeter outfit, we have no tears to seed. The egotism shown by Hyena Isaac is laughable, such as I can name leaders etc. To the Hyena outfit we say, that your assault was either com- posed by a set of intelligent liars or ignorant fools. "Lay on McDuff and damned be he who first cries, Hold, enough. FRISCO SYSTEM COMPLETELY AND COMFORTABLY SERVE WESTERN MISSOURI 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 Passenger Agent, JOPLIN, MO. NEW TRAIN SERVICE. The Frisco is now operating a through passenger train between Hope, Ark., and Sherman, Texas. via Ashdown, Hugo, Durant, Mead Junction and Denison. The west dound leaves Hope at 8:05 a. m., Ashdown at 9:29 a. m., arrives at Hngo, 1:05 p. m., connecting with limited train which reaches St. Louis at 7:20 and Kansas City at 7:10 next morning, it also connects at this point with train for Paris, Texas, The new train then leaves Hugo at 3:35 p. m., after arrival of the fast train from St. Louis, reaches Durant at 5:50 p. m. Denison at 7:00 p. m. and Sherman at 7:20 p. m. The east bound train leaves Sherman at 9:20 a. m, Denison at 9:40 a. m, Durant 10:52 a. m., arrives at Hugo 1:00 p. m., connecting with limited train for St. Louis and Kansas City and with train for Paris, Texas, leaves Hugo at 3:30 p. m., after arrival of fast train from St. Louis, arrives Ashdown 7:01 p. m., Hope at 8:25 p. m. By this service passengers living adjacent to the line of the Frisco are saved many hours time in traveling to points in all directionsr Full particulars as to rates, etc., cheerfully furnished by the nearest Frisco agent. L. W. PRICE, Div. Pass. Ag't Joplin, Mo. THE POPULAR . . . BOOT & SHOE MAKER, E. L. SAMUELS. 140 South Second Street, MORRIS' CAFE The Only First Class, Up-to-Date Cafe in the City Where People of All Nations Can be Served : : : A Splendid Billiard and Pool Hall Adjoining: The Finest in the Southwest. If You Hunger Step into the Cafe. If You Want to Spend an Hour of Pleasure the Pool Room is the Place : : : : CORNER SECOND and DENNISON STEETS R. H. MORRIS, Prop. FARM LOANS $ ^{n_{p}} $ ABSTRACTS. JAMES L. LOMBARD, CHAS. H. LOMBARD, D. G. WILSON, President. Secretary and Manager. Assistant Secretary. MIDI AND ABSTRACT COMPANY 207 North Second Street, MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. FARM LOANS ON FREEDMEN LAND. Loans made to Creek Freedmen who are farming on their al-Alottments. : John Doyle & Company : Undertakers - Embalmers AMBULANCE FURNSHED FREED PHONE NO 486 Office 221-23 Okmulgee Avenue. MUSKOGEE TITLE and TRUST COMPANY GENERAL BANKING. Abstracts of Title, Insurance, Surety Bonds, and Real Estate. FARM LOANS A SPECIALTY Can Rent Your Hoe Canadian Valley Trust company has a group who desire to rent houses, Owner five and six room houses can secure by listing their property with us. We Can Rent Your Houses. The Canadian Valley Trust company has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses, Owners of three four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. DIAN VALLEY TRUST COMP CANADIAN VALLEY TRUST COMPANY. son Mercantile Con DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, GROCERIES Indian T Muskogee. Indian Territory. Second and Broadway. can Rent Your Houses. Canadian Valley Trust company has a number of agents who desire to rent houses, Owners of three five and six room houses can secure desirable property listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT, TRUST COMPANY. HAND MADE CLOTHING, SHIRTS ALL KINDS OF HATS. A man may be as honest as the day is long and still have a bad record at night. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—JOHN F. BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. Don't embark in matrimony if you have got to travel steerage. More Flexible and Lasting. Don't shake out or blow out; by using Defiance Starch you obtain better results than possible with any other brand, and one-third more for same money. A keen critic is apt to make cutting remarks. Value of a Hearty Laugh. Health, an English publication, says: "It is good to laugh. There is probably not the remotest corner or little inlet of the minute blood vessels of the body that does not feel some wavelet from the great convulsion produced by hearty laughter shaking the central man. The blood moves more rapidly—probably its chemical, electric or vital condition is distinctly modified, it conveys a different impression to all the organs of the body as it visits them on that particular mystic journey when the man is laughing from what it does at other times. The time may come when physicians shall prescribe to a torpid patient so many peaks of laughter to be undergone at such and such a time." Sought Death but Found Life. A soldier who served under Gen. Wolfe in the campaign resulting in the fall of Quebec was dying of an abscess in one of his lungs. "Well," said he, "as I am to die, I will die in battle," and he insisted on joining the firing line. Very soon he got a bullet through the lungs. The bullet pierced the abscess at the psychological moment, and drained it. The surgeons were able easily to cure the bullet wound, and the soldier lived for many a year afterward. RACE DONE? Not a Bit of It. A man who thought his race was run made a food find that brought him back to perfect health. "One year ago I was unable to perform any labor and in fact I was told by my physicians that they could do nothing further for me. I was fast sinking away, for an attack of grip had left my stomach so weak it could not digest any food sufficient to keep me alive. "There I was just wasting away, growing thinner every day and weaker, really being snuffed out simply because I could not get any nourishment from food. "Then my sister got after me to try Grape-Nuts food which had done much good for her and she finally persuaded be and although no other food had done me the least bit of good my stomach handled the Grape-Nuts from the first and this food supplied the nourishment I had needed. In three months I was so strong I moved from Albany to San Francisco and now on my three meals of Grape-Nuts and cream every day I am strong and vigorous and do fifteen hours' work. "I believe the sickest person in the world could do as I do, eat three meals of nothing but Grape-Nuts and cream and soon be on their feet' gain in the flush of best health like me. "Not only am I in perfect physical health again but my brain is stronger and clearer than it ever was on the old diet. I hope you will write to the names I send you about Grape-Nuts for I want to see my friends well and strong. "Just think that a year ago I was dying but to-day, although I am over 55 years of age most people take me to be less than 40, and I feel just as young as I look." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Look for the little book, "The Road to Wellville." in each pkg. HORTICULTURE The mere digging of a hole for a tree is a small matter, but often the question of the hole in which the tree is to be set determines whether the tree is to be a valuable producer of fruit or not. In this work it is not safe to take the example of another man. On loamy prairie soils, where the subsoil is of such a texture that the water will readily drain away, the digging of a hole about 18 inches deep is the principal thing necessary in the correct setting of an apple tree. But most of our orchards are planted on clay soil and frequently on hillsides, where the soil is so retentive of moisture that the water does not drain off readily after a storm. In such a case, to dig a deep hole in land that has not been plowed for a great many years, if ever, is to make a puddle for the tree. If there is a gentle slope toward this hole the adjacent land will pour its water into it, and the hole will become more of a pool than anything else. A tree set in such a place simply remains from year to year without making much growth, seeming to be engaged in a great struggle with nature for existence. In a clay soil the whole land is so clayey that water does not seep through it. Some orchardists run a subsoil plow the length of the rows that are to receive the trees, so that the water will seep from the soil around the tree into the adjacent soil. We know of orchards that are set on sandy hillsides. It is evident that in such a location the preparation of the hole in which the tree is to be set is of no moment, as the subsoil is of such composition that the water cannot remain to drown out the trees. Forest Fires. Of all the foes which attack the woodlands of North America no other is so terrible as fire. Forest fires spring from many different causes, says Gifford Pinchot. They are often kindled along railroads by sparks from the locomotives. Carelessness is responsible for many fires. Settlers and farmers clearing land or burning grass and brush often allow the fire to escape into the woods. Some one may drop a half-burned match or the glowing tobacco of a pipe or cigar, or a hunter or prospector may neglect to extinguish his camp fire, or may build it where it will burrow into the thick duff far beyond his reach, to smolder for days or weeks, and perhaps to break out as a destructive fire long after he is gone. When the duff is very deep or the soil peaty a fire may burn beneath the surface of the ground for weeks or even months, sometimes showing its presence by a little smoke, sometimes without giving any sign of life. Even a heavy rain may fall to quench a fire of this kind, which often breaks out again long after it is believed to be entirely extinct. Fires which thus burn into the ground can sometimes only be checked by digging a trench through the layer of decaying wood and other vegetable matter to the mineral soil beneath. Ground fires usually burn much more slowly than surface fires, but they are exceptionally long lived and very hard to put out. It is of the first importance to attack such fires quickly before they have had time to burrow far beneath the surface of the ground. A continual weeding out should be practiced in the dairy. Successful farming is largely the keeping of weeds out of the growing crops. Successful dairying is keeping the poor cows out of the dairy herd. There are other things to be done, but this is one of the more important. Expert testimony depends upon who employs the expart. T Women who work, whether in the house, store, office or factory, very rarely have the ability to stand the strain. The case of Miss Frankie Orser, of Boston, Mass., is interesting to all women, and adds further proof that woman's great friend in need is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM! — I suffered misery for several years. My back ached and I had bearing down pains, and frequent headaches. I would often wake from a restful sleep in such pain and misery that it would be hours before I could close my eyes again. I dreaded the long nights and weary days. I could do no work. I consulted different physicians hoping to get relief, but, finding that their medicines did not cure me, I tried Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as it was highly recommended to me. I am glad that I did so, for I soon found that it was the medicine for my case. Very soon I was rid of every ache and pain and restored to perfect health. I feel splendid, have a fine appetite, and have gained in weight a lot." — MISS FRANKIE ORSER, 14 Warrenton St., Boston, Mass. Surely you cannot wish to remain weak, sick and discouraged, and exhausted with each day's work. Some derangement of the feminine organs is reponsible for this exhaustion, following any kind of work or effort. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will help you just as it has thousands of other women. The case of Mrs. Lennox, which follows, proves this. I had for years. I gratefully acknowledge its merits. Very sincerely yours, MRS. BERT E. LENNOX, 120 East 4th St., Dixon, Ill." $5000 FORFEIT if we cannot forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of above testimonials, which will prove their absolute genuineness. Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass. ```markdown ``` JUKE CIRKLES k, whether in the house. tory, very rarely have the the strain. The case of ser, of Boston, Mass., is women, and adds further great friend in need is 's Vegetable Compound. suffered misery for several years. My back ains, and frequent headaches. I would often pain and misery that it would be hours before dreaded the long nights and weary days. I different physicians hoping to get relief, but, not cure me, I tried Lydia E. Pinkham's was highly recommended to me. I am glad that was the medicine for my case. Very soon I d restored to perfect health. I feel splendid, ned in weight a lot." — Miss Frankie Orser, to remain weak, sick and discouraged, y's work. Some derangement of the ble for this exhaustion, following any alia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound thousands of other women. ox, which follows, proves this. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: — Last winter I broke down suddenly and had to seek the advice of a doctor. I felt sore all over, with a pounding in my head, and a dizziness which I had never experienced before. I had a miserable appetite, nothing tasted good, and gradually my health broke down completely. The doctor said I had female weakness, but, although I took his medicine faithfully, I found no relief. "After two months I decided to try what a change would do for me, and as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was strongly recommended to me I decided to try it. Within three days I felt better, my appetite returned, and I could sleep. In another week I was able to sit up part of the day, and in ten days more I was well. My strength had returned, I gained fourteen pounds, and felt better and stronger than knowledge its merits. Very sincerely yours, with St., Dixon, Ill." forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of will prove their absolute gentleness. Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn. Mass. NEW PENSION LAWS SENT FREE Apply to NATHAN BICKFORD, 014 F St. Washington, D. C. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 31, 1904. ITISU'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use Only. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION THE CIMETER, Published every week in the in- terest ef the Negro by the Cimeter Publishing . 0 W.H.YWINE - - - ~ Editor. R. WOOD, Ass’t Editor and Munager. J. T. TRIMBLE - - - Solicitor. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee 1.T. a8 second class mail matter. <—-einceciaeeeentsemereneseatitnpiedaioiontteniinidan SUBSCRIPTION; (In advance) One Vear.......6.ceceeeeseeee. $1.00 Bix Momths............ccceeeeee oes 60 ES Running for Congress ie no sign of greatness and even con- testing for a seat in that National bedy does not proclaim a man great. two roaet in one week ie not bad for a corpse. Isauc says we are dead and the Era says ditto, then we wonder why so much at- tention is paid to a corpse. on It’s ence to make an angel cuss when he g2¢s to the phone and it takes Aa minutes to get a fellow within five minutes’ walk. What's the use of that kind of service. It’a the hit dog that howls, hence the howling of the Jones’ combine, the Issac outfit, and the what-nots. In the meantime the * * © * Cimeter goee on in the sane old way. The Hegre assistanty of Demo- crats aad lilywhites who gave the big meeting on the hill remind us of the Cayote ‘who makes a threat with one side of its face and apologizes with the other,”’ the lilywhites in Oklahoma are catching hell and their ilk on this side of the line including their black duy es are in for the same article in big doses or small ones for the occasion, The Cimeter stands by its edi- toriais of last spring and we often wonder wy. the leader, Isaac, can remember only the Cimeter editorials, Is there something lost? Or is he too cowardly to come out in the open. The Negroes of the Territory ought to know when our leaders advise the people against the party and who thy are, and the boys in the trenches say the Cimeter, ove of their number must tell it to the people. Isaac, the lawyer, is well post- ed as to the personell of the lily- white club, evidently he has got ten more orders from his lily- white bosses and they must be carried out as their orders at the Okmulgee convention. Prof. Joan C. Leftwich, who has recently by main strength and awkwarkness broke into the Baptis: College, should move a little slowly in going into posses sion as there are some bombs laying around, also some mines that are liadle to be exploded. The Prof. and his friends can avoid a host of trouble and at the same time protect themselves BIG LINE OF SPRING MILLINARY! Shirt Waist Suits, Shirt Waists, Corsets, Hosiery, Muslin Underwear, Dry Goods, Tin Ware and Enameled Ware, Queens Ware, and Glass Ware. Turner Hardware Go. # # Carry a Full Line of # »# BEST IMPLEMENTS, WAGONS, BUGGIKFS, HARNESS, SEED anp .EVERYTHING IN HARDWARE .. . GOODS THEBEST -~ PRICES THE LOWEST Do Your Banking Business With e a The ferritorial Bank & Trust Co. Oldest and Strongest Bank in the Indian Territory. interest Paid on Deposite. Abstracts Made. \ ‘MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY F.delity Bonds Writven. from the crime of dishowesty by doing right. —_=_ Who ever heard of a brave noldier assaulting a ‘dead cock”’ or dead anything. It's only the ekulking Cayote or hyena that jattact the dead, und hence the fellows behind the four column attact, w judge from what they ‘say, must be in this class. No, we are not a leader, never laid claim to leadership, don’t want Ww be known as leader. We are one of the boys in the trench- ea; and when leadcre like Isaac et al flirt with the democrats, and and advise our people to vote for Democrats, we will tel) the peo- ple what our leaders are duing even if we risk the diepleasure of leader Ieaac »nd hie crew. | the Cimeter still lives in spite ot Isaac, the jew, Jones and Jones, the Siamese twine Jt took four columns of the Pioneer for the lawyer to vet hi: spleen. and the editorial columns of the Era to satiate the appetite of Junes and Jones et al, and yet the “‘keen blade” of the Cimeter is st.ll doing its accustomed work. “REPLY TO THE HUMAN HYENAS” I “‘When the lion hae devoured his prey and when the tiger has aso ee hie thirst in blood they sink to rest and cease to persue theie trembl'ng victimes "’ So I thought it would be with Isaac and his cohorta when they defeated the party, but not so. It seems that four of the big ny- enas, assisted by a few cayotes, gathered in the usual 1endevous and proceed to get up whut they are pleased toterm a four column of vid Twine, These human gouhls after pre- periog their feast tonk a voto as to which hyena should open the feast, and, byena Isaac was chos- en unanimously as the best fitted for the position. | Hyena Isaac then hurries to the Pionecr with the grist com- posed by the most audacious scoundrels that ever snapped their fingers at justice and went ‘unhung. The human hyenas and vultures are moving heaven, earth and hell to hide their dam- nable crime they committed the night prior to the special election for Recorder. On that night these hyenas and fae vultures led by Hyena isaac in a public meeting adyo- cated the election uf a Muoncest tc the position of City Recorder. One big burley Hyena ‘etuod pat’? and openly assaulted the Republican nominee and asked the people t> vote for the Demo- crat candidate. After the hyena had been repled to and rousted by F. W. Reee, a loyal Republi-: can, the hyena Ieaac got the flcor and we expected him to ‘‘atand pat’’ with the other trait- | ore but there was too much wolf. in his make up and ‘with a threatening grin on one side of his face and an sppoloay on the other, the cayote said, Mr, Cheer! man, I yeild to Bro, Davis, the: hyena that had oppaet the ball’’ and then Cayote Isaac subsided. Twine and his friends will al- was be an impediment in the way of such hyenes as the Teens OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE COMMERCIAL NA'TN'L BANK ; United States Depository : Z Muskogee Indian Territory. At close of business Friday, January 22, 1904. RESOURSES | LIABILITIES Loans and Discounts $410,936.13 Capital $200,000.00 Overdrafts (Cotton) 23,198.69 Surplus and Profit 16,978.26 Bonds and Premiums 106,080.49 Circulation 50,000.00 Furniture and Fixtures 5,046.26 Deposits 345,142.28 Cash and Exchange 68,125.35 Reserved for Taxes 1,266.38 $613,886.92 $613,387.92 ‘Lhe above statement is correct. D. N. FINK, Cashier. Businese intrueted to our care receive prompt attention. — 5 . OL ‘ Fa , i Zo RY THINGS a 4 ese FOR THE HOUSE ps2 ay SATISFACTION OR YOUR MONEY BACK ) } pe Ee) tom > ae fe He ef roe (tT ) I ome ienec cl oh cals y NaS Setiienina yy ean Pe RRL ' The Best People to Trade With.--Try lhem. North Main St., s Muskogee Indian Territory <o tt I ENCLAND STIRRED RUSSIANS DETAIN BRITISH MAIL STEAMERS THREE HOURS MORAN ANY CULE PRLOO IRUTUNAT YT Passage of Volunteer Fleet Through Dardanelles May Cause Internation- al Interference—Japan Sorry That Other Nations May Take a Hand LONDON: The Daily Mail's Aden correspondent says that the British steamers Woodcock and Dalmatia were held up by the Russians in the ‘Red Sea and detained for three hours. The correspondent says that the captain of the Russian volunteer flect steamer St. Petersburg has no- ified the British residents at Aden to wire the British consuls at Suez and Port Said that he would seize any British steamer bound for the Far East if the contents of tlielr packages were not clearly shown on their manifests, according to inter- national law, The Daily Mail's St. Petersburg cor- respondent says that two more steam- ers of the Russian volunteer fleet now at Odessa have received confidential orders to leave this week for the Red Sea and to seize British vessels which ere alleged to be carrying contraband of war. ADEN: The British steamer Persia was forcibly detained for an hour in the Red Sea by the Russian volunteer fleet steamer Smolensk, which trans- ferred to the Persia a portion of the Japanese mails seized on the North German Lloyd steamer Prinz Heinrich July 15. The Smolensk confiscated two bags of the Prinz Heinrich’s mai] destined for Nagasakl. TOKIO: Russia's seizure of mails in the Red Sea, its interference with vessels of Germany and England and its disposition to send embroy war- ships to the Dardanelles are deplored by Japan, as threatening to involve other nations in the war. The Japanese contend that the regu- lar mails are legally immune from confiscation. They demand that St. Petersburg restrain the Russian ships in the Red Sea and cease its attempts to force the sultan to abuse his neu- trality. The Tokio government is anxious that the world should leave Russia and Japan to settle their quar. rel unmolested. BERLIN: The newspapers strike a sharper note in discussing the seiz- ure of mails from the Prinz Heinrich and raise @ unanimous demand for a speedy apology. The Tageblatt re- fers to the trial which the Prussian authorities began on July 12 at Koen: igsberg, at the instance of the Russian government against seven social demoerats accused of smuggling an- archistic literature into Russia, and says: “It is not a bad jest of nistory that this infringement of international law should strike precisely that power which unmistakably reveals itself at Koenigsberg as to a too subsérvient tool of Russian reaction and police ar bitrariness.” LONDON: The Suez correspon- dent of the Daily Mail, under date of July 19 says: “The German steamer Sambia, it is ftated, has been seized by the Rus- wians and is expected here within a day or two.” The Constantinople correspondent of the Daily Mail in a dispatch dated July 18, says: “A Russian cruiser bas just passed through from Odessa with several BRITISH NATION AROUSED Very Bitter Feeling Against Russia on Account of Piratical Attacks LONDON: The Associated Press interviewed many prominent persons connected in close touch with the gov- ernment relative to the seizure of British vessels by steamers of the Russian volunteer fleet in the Red Sea. As a result of these inquiries there is shown to be a remarkable hostility against Russia, of the bit- terness and strength almost without precedent since the Crimean war, Even the most conservative, who have been in the service of the government for thany years and who openly de- plored the haste with which they thought Great Britain had plunged into the Transvaal war, now frankly declare for a policy of reprisal against what is regarded here as Russfa’s vio- lation of treaties and her piratical at: ‘tack on British commerce. _ The war like tone of such papers as the Times, the Standard, the Morning Post and the Daily Telegraph, which in national crisis heretofore almost in- variably have advised caution, hes had its inevitable effect. There has been stirred up a storm of indignation among all classes in the United King: dom, the strength of which the gov- ernment it42lf can scarcely gauge. These who deplore the outbreak of the war between Japan and Russia and insisted publicly and privately that Great Britain, suffering finan- clally after her South African experi ence, must not, at all costs, be drawn into the far eastern struggle, are now among thé most outspoken ch" pions of a physical force that wi: vent the repetition of the Malacco iacident in the Red sea. LARGE MELONS WANTED Aorticultural Exhibits Needed for the World's Fair GUTHRIE: C. A. McNabb, who has charge of the agriculaurtal and hor- ticultural exhibits from Oklahoma at the World’s fair, has written to the secretary of the territorial board of agriculture that he wants 100 of the best watermelons grown in Oklahoma this year. These melons should weigh from fifty to one hundred pounds each, Any melon grower who wants to send an extra large melon should prune or pinch off all of tho melons but one or two, supply plenty of water to the roots and the vine and then watch them grow. Mr. Me: Nabb also states that a car load of Oklahoma watermelons of prime qual- ity is wanted at the World's fair Okia- homa day, September 6. Any persons having melons, fruits, vegetables or other products of extra fine quality, which they desire to have exhibited at the World's fair should correspond either with Mr. McNabb, who may be reached by addressing in care of Oklahoma World's fair commission at St. Louis, or with Secretary J. B. Tho- burn of the territorial board of agri culture at Guthrie. CHARGES AGAINST BEAUCHAMP Enid Bank Fallure Causes More Trouble for Officials ENID: _ Charges against Associate Judge Beauchamp of the Fifth judicial distiret of Oklahoma have been filed with the department of the {Interior at Washington in connection with Beau- champ’s having appointed a receiver for the Citizens’ bank of this place, which failed April 20. It is alleged that the judge had a loan of about $6,000 from the bank and had no au- thority in appointing Robert Denton, who is Beauchamp’s intended son-in- law, as reciver for the same. There are said to be several charges in con- nection with the above bank which has not yet been made public. Feminine Way “Have you read that’ new novel everybody is talking about?” asked the first dear girl. “Only the last chapter,” replied dear girl the second. “I wonder how it be gins?” . ” THE WOMAN'SCORNER TOPICS PERTAINING TO BOTH KITCHEN AND BOUDOIR., Plaited Bolero an Attractive Costume ‘Fancy Blouse Waist—Belt an im- portant Accessory to the Summer Wardrobe. , Beilte and Girdies. The belt is one of the most Impor- tant accessories in the summer ward- robe. Kid reigns supreme for outdoor wear, but the deep, 1830 girdles of heavy moire antique or tri-shaded soft Louisine ribbon are the correct things for setting off the fluffy frock, with its frills and flounces. There was a time when woman thought one belt a season all that was necessary. Times have changed, and now she must have at least a dozen leather and silk belts to be at all well strapped together. The most chic kid belts are six inches in width and are finished in the back with three scallops and three flat brass buttons of not extreme size. The fastening may be a brass buckle, eight inches long, with long, sharp prongs piercing the kid. The buckle alone costs $4. The simplest white swiss or dimity gown can be made to look really hand- some with the ald of a stunning white moire girdle, especially if a half dozen Smported buttons of the kind that puts some jewels to shame are employed in its construction. Plaited Bolero. Jaunty little Jackets of all sorts are to be noted among the smartest and lat- est models, but no one of them all is moro attractive than the plaited bolero with wide sleeves of elbow length. This very excellent example is made of taffeta shy mis re ey, / Te R uy wr and trimmed with silk braid, but is adapted to all seasonablo materials, while the trimming can be varied again and again, and when like! the entire stole and collar can be of lace or applique, or various other devices can be employed for further elaborat- ing the design. The bolero consists of fronts, back and sleeves. The back is laid in a broad box plait at the centre, with out- ward turning plaits at each side and the fronts in outward turning plaits for their entire width. These plaits and the outermost ones extend over the armseye seams, so giving the broad shoulder line. The sleeves are in bell shape and box plaited, falling loosely over the full ones of the fash- fonable waist. At the neck is a collar with stole ends, which is applied over the jacket on indicated lines. The quantity ‘of material required for the medium size is 4% yards 21 inches wide, 3% yards 27 inches wide or 2% yards 44 inches wide, with 6 yards of braid to trim as illustrated. Just a Hint. A novelty veiling, which is at tractive because of the odd combina- tion, has royal blue and grass green designs on a navy blue foundation. Each figure is made up in equal parts of the two shades, the pattern being an oval. The edge is neatly finished with an inch wide hem. All sorts of fabric and silk gloves are on the market, the coolest of all being the open meshed silk. They will stand very hard wear and are of- fered in a variety of styles. For driving, meshed silk with soft leather palms are sold. These are the proper wear for golf if any gloves at all are required, Nothing much easier has yet been devised for. the draping of a girdle than the latest former on the market. This is simply a narrow blade of steel, some four inches in length. At either end are tiny teeth and slides intended to hold the sash ribbon firm: ly. It is placed in the center of the back and the girdle adjusts iteelf ip natural folds from this point. Fry Fish in Olive Oil. Any fish fried in olive of! will be feund more delicious than ff either butter or lard has been employed. However, none but the very best !m- ported ofl should be used, and it should be allowed to come to a “blue heat” before the fish fs put in, This can be tested by throwing in little pieces of bread with the crust re- moved. If they become a golden brown while one counts ten the oil is about at the right temperature, Use sufficient to float the fish, as it Is ona ot the paradoxes of the kitchen that the more grease used in frying, the less gros v will be the article fried. Fancy Blouse Waist. Waists made with faney yokes of various sorts are among the favorites of the season, and are exceedingly at tractive both in the fashionable thin silks and the many lovely mus: lins that are so well liked. This fey! hie ia Nee NS a Ae, r Hadid ‘trae one [s peculiarly charming and is made of mercerized batiste with a yoke made of bandings of the material held by faggotting, and is trimmed with Teneriffe wheels. The material being Fane the lining is omitted but when silk or wool fabrics are used the fitted foundation Is in every way to be desired. When Ifked the yoke can be of all-over material or it can be made from either lace or other or- namental banding held together by stitchings or by bandive of a contrast: ing sort. The waist consists of the fitted lin- ing, front, backs and yoke, Both the waist and sleeves are laid in fine tucks, which are stitched for a portion of their length only, and which pro- vide soft fulness below. The yoke is separate and arranged over the waist, the closing being made at the centre back. The quantity of material required for the medium size is 4% yards 21 inches wide, 3% yards 27 inches wide or 2% yards 44 Inches wide, with 15 yards of banding or 1 yard of all-over material 18 Inches wide for yoke and cuffs and % yard of silk for belt. Misses’ Blouse Waist. Young girls are always charming when wearing full waists made of soft material. This one {s pecullarly at- tractive and includes an oddly shaped yoke which {s eminently becoming and which gives the drooping shoul- der line. As shown the material is embroidered _ba- tiste, with yoke 3 and cuffs of Val- enciennes lace fin- a] Ae ished with little NY c tuches of plain § ng muslin, and is un- i! Ay lined, but there eg] are innumerable eu ie fabrics which are Mesa] equally appropri- 1) yaaa ate. Many simple t PAT silks of the season r PA ere i s i f ” ee Ve 4 aan *¢ ry are quite sumMfciently youthful and such light weight wools as chal- lie and veiling will be worn the sea- son through in additjon to the large number of cotton and linen fabrics offered. The waist consists of the fited lin- ing, front and backs with the yoke, and is closed invisibly at the back. When lined the yoke can be left free at the lower edge if preferred, but when the lining is omitted it is at- tached permanently at its lower edge on indicated lines. The sleeves are the favorite ones of the seasoo and at the waist is worn a soft crushed belt. The quantity of material required for the medium size (14 years) is 4% yards 21 inches wide, 8% yards 27 inches wide and 1% yards 44 inches wide, with % yard of allover lace and % yard of silk for belt. — = ae 5: — — = ae aS) AND A é — aN INDU STDY LZ The Price of Piety. ‘who cannot he anared will he eivar ‘John Dives, man, and have you heard what the preacher said of you, Intent, your waintly character’ to wmireh?” “Aye, that £ have,” John Dives sald, ‘but the ee no more he'll do, Vor I have bought the preacher and his ohureh!"* “John Dives, man, and have you heard how the teacher's spoken out Against the reign of money and mis- rule?" “True, true, he did,” John Diyes said yut hé's pledged no more to shout, Yor | have bought the teacher and his achool.”” “John Dives, man, and did you hear the legislators oe ‘They'd check the sleek, dishonest things ner do" “I did," said John, “and they reformed without the least Coley: For I have bought the legislature, too.” “My heart ts pure," John Diver sald, “for the Coin can do no wrong; All things are on the market for the buying, Jive the Kays to Earth and Heaven, which 1 Fe bee for a song— 1 can get the kays to Hades without trying.” —Wallace Irwin NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD. Sources. The headquarters of the American Labor Union have been removed from Butte, Mont., to Chicago. A state federation of labor was formed at Augusta, Maine, through a delegate convention last week. Fifty labor unions have been formed in Porto Rico since the island became & possession of the United States. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor will deliver the Labor day address at Utica, N. Y., this yoar. Rival unjons of window glass work- ers are expected to amalgamate at a meeting planned to be held in Cleve- Jand this month. Steel and copper die cutters met in New York, July 4, formed a union and made application for a charter to the American Federation of Labor. The supreme court of West Virginia has Isstied an injunction against the United Mine Workers of America, for- bidding them from organizing the mine workers of that state. J. KE. Bruner of Cincinnati, vice president of the International Union of Steam Engineers, has been selected 1o fill the vacancy caused by the death of President Patrick McMahon, The twenty-sixth annual convention of the New Jersey State Federation of Labor has been called to meet in the assembly chamber, in the capitol build ing at’ Trenton, Monday, Aug. 15. ‘The Unitéd Mine Workers of Ameri ca have chartered their first unton in Canada, At @ recent meeting ot the miners Jn Fernie, B, C., 214 men form: ed a union and applied for a charter. ‘The essays on “The Union Label,” for which the American Federationist ofered @ prize, are to be printed in pamphlet form and — distributed as campaign literature. The three prize evvays are printed in the current: is: sue of the Federationist Phillip) Murphy, a member of the Chicago Beef Butchers’ unton, won the world’s championship in a beef Killing and dvesging contest held at Spring fleld July 4. He Killed and dressed the animal ready for market in four minutes and sixteen seconds, Among the passengers killed on the Wabash train which was wrecked at Titehfield, Wl, July 3, was Harry M Dietrich, a& former representative of the Allied “Metal Mechanics, and Charles Ward, the first’ president of the Chicago and Blue Island street car men's union . An arrangement has been made under which such employes of the United States navy yards as can be re Hieved of work on Saturday afternoons during July, Angust and September will be given halfholidays, and those permits. The new barber law adopted by the legislature of Maryland last win- ter and which became effective July 1, is very stringent. Besides requiring that all barbers must pase an examl- nation before a state board, a number of rules must be observed, the en- forcement of which is made the duty of inspectors. Two new labor publications have made their appearance. The first is the Journal of the International Hod Carriers and Building Laborers’ Union and is published in Chicago under the direction of H. A. Stemburgh, the sec- retary, as editor. The other is the Union Herald, and is published in Washington, D, C. The Socialist labor party has placed a ticket In the fleld for the coming presidential election. Charles H. Cor- rigan, a member of the Syracuse, N. Y., Typographical union, has been named for president of the United Suites, and William W. Cox, a union coal miner at Collinsville, IU, is the vice presidential candidate. The coal operators in the Kanawha (W. Va.) coal fields have entered a combination known as the Kanawha Coal association, to fight the demands made by the United Mineworkers. Al- ready sixty-seven have signed the agreement, and about thirty others are expected to join within the next two or three days. Secretary Edward Nockels of the Chicago Federation of Labor expects to send a trainload of at least 600 and probably 700 delegates to the Victor, Col., mecting in August. He expects the country at large to double that number, and that 1,000 delegates from | union central bodies will be in the. great meeting which investigates the Colorado troubles. The Cigarmakers’ International union, which recently celebrated its fortieth anniversary, {s agitating the question of a superannuation or old age pension for its members. The union has already the most extended chain of benefits of any labor organi- zation in the country, but its leaders believe the system cannot be com- plete without the old age pension fea- ture. Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, was released from custody by Sheriff Bell of Teller county, Colorado, after fur- nishing bonds for $10,000 on the charges of murder and ineiting riot filed egainst him at Cripple Creek. Bonds were provided bya guarantee company. Moyer has been a prisoner 108 days and during the greater por- Uon of that time was confined in the bull pen at Telluride on the plea of “military necessity,” W. T. French, president of the San Francisco (Cal.) Typographical Union, has filed a suit in San Francisco re straining the Citizens’ Alliance of that ellty from putting an emblem on its prhited matter which is a facsimile of that of the printing trades union, and ix said to be an infringement on the design, and to be done for the purpose ot deceiving people into believing that the printing was done under union conditions, A temporary injunction has been granted forbidding its turther use until heard tn court. Seeretary McKee has issued the call tor the eighth annual convention of the International Union of Steam En- sineers, to meet {n Omaha Sept, 12. There, being considerable business to come “before the meeting, Secretary MeKee suggests that delegates should come prepared for at least a ten days’ stay, “Owing to the growth of the organization, new conditions surround us and new problems have to be met to be represeniee oF ‘aor owe of delegates.” The executive council of the Amerl- can Federation of Labor has issued an appeal to all international unions and central labor bodies in the country to assist financially the miners in Color- ado who are fighting to establish an eight-hour day. In the leading edi- torial in the current issue of the American Federationist, Editor Sam- | uel Gompers says that, while the Western Federation of Miners has adopted certain policies that run coun: | ter to those advocated by the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, there cannot and should not be two kinds of justice in this country. The 560 Boston journeymen pa'‘nt- ers who were on strike have gone back to work under the old agreement, the strike having been declared off. The strike lasted about five and a half weeks, about 1,600 men going out. The men go back with the full under- standing that the old working rules agreement is to be operative, this be- ing conceded by the employers. One of the most satisfactory features of the strike to the union is the fact that only twenty-two men out of a total of 2,200 deserted at any time, while the union increased its membership about 400 while the strike lasted. In a recent bulletin issued by the Department of Labor at Washington, A. Maurice Low has an interesting ar- ticle on British labor unions. Mr. Low says there are nearly 2,000,000 members of labor unions in Great Britain, and they have in their treas- uries the sum of $18,330,000. Walk- ing delegates are practically unknown in England, says the report. The gov- erning power is in the hands of an ex- ecutive committee. It is impossible for any one man to order a strike. The older unions, that have several hundred thousand dollars in their treasuries, realize the danger of put- ting too much power in the hands of their officers. The unions are becom- ing more democratic. ‘The Illinois Steel Company has post- ed notices to the effect that existing wage agreements with the tonnage men will expire Sept. 30. This is the ninety day notice required by either aide if termination of the contracts is desired. Some of the men fear the action means a reduction in wages, but the move {fs generally regarded as a measure to place the company in 4, position to ask the men to accept a reduction if the condition of the busi- ness necessitates such a request. The agreements which will terminate are individual ones, signed by the men in 1901 after the termination of the Amal- gamated strike and the giving up of the Joliet charters in that organiza- tion. Carroll D. Wright, as umpire in dis- putes) between Pennsylvania coal mine operators and coal miners, made a decision which may avert a strike of 16,000 miners in the Scranton district. The umpire’s decision was on the clause in the anthracite award reiative to the employment and pay- ment of the check weighing and check docking bosses in favor of the union miners. Three coal companies had refused to deduct the wages of these bosses from the wages of the miners unless each miner made a@ personal assignment.of the portion of his earn- ings necessary to make up the wages of the bosses. The union workers were willing to make this. assignment, but were afraid that non-union men were not, and that this division would prevent the proper collection of the wages. President Nichols thereupon, after postponing the threatened strike, eubmitted the question to Umpire Wright. Mr. Wright sustains the TICKLE GRASS SS — A field of clover, Red blooms he over— know it scent! ‘The bee, he. rover, He loves this clover, = { And is content! { dave the clover, y ith blooms all over, | As does the bee! - But I, a rover, Am far from clover, Upon the sea! Ah, bee! in clover, You're sten times over ‘Wiser than I! You sing in clover— I fret, a rover, And yearn and sigh! Oh, field of clover, With blooms all over, I swear—at sea- When I, the rover, Have been all over, T'll come to thee! Ah, fleld of clover, TM’ roll all over, Amid thy bloorn! No more a rover, MN lve in clover And sweet perfume! Somehow the news of approaching nuptials always brings a glow to the heart. Marriage, we are told, in a holy and a ticklish state of servitude, but the continued practice of mar. riage leads to the conclusion that few have compunctions against their un holiness and all decide they will stand for the tickling if they “holler their heads off,” as the uncouth slangist says, The poet insists that marriages are made in heaven, but according to an Iowa exchange, they are made in a livery rig. The editor of the Hick- ory Hollow Bee says: “George Samp- gon has been seen with a livery rig big enough for two, driving toward Scottsbluff. Another wedding looked for.” It makes one homesick to read the country papers in June. By this ve- hicle of news at this time we learn that “the excitement incidental to high school comniencement is past” and that now “the Tribune expects to see our Citizens take more interest in village improvements.” Ah, days of Cocagne! when “graduatin'” had the whole town by the ears! And that fateful night, how we settled the mo- mentous questions of the world! But come to think about it, they didn’t stay settled! In Sunday school we were tapght that it pays to get religion before the cyclone strikes. Perils le all about us, and every day's delay jeopardizes our chances for passing under the wire while St. Peter is still in the judges’ stand. Incidents iMustrating narrow escapes of men that have tar- ried by the wayside to scoff, are legion, but one of exceptional interest comes from the west where a Colo- rado editor says: “A brick fell trom a scaffol1 on the Simpson building Saturday. Col. Hank Brown was in its line of descent. The brick laaded on Col. Hank's bead and he saw the entire starry firmament in all its splendor. The brick was broken and @ severe cut on the topknot was left Hank as a souvenir.” Success and Luck. Success was an earnest boy, With dinner pail and spade; While Luck hung about the town Where bottle pool was played! Success was at work each day From daylight until dark! But Luck with one eye alert Lolled ‘round the city park! Ah, me! this was long ago; A score of years or more— Success? Oh, he's working yet! "And Luck?’ Hara luck! “ife's sore! It frequently happéns that the fel- low who took so much delight in rock- ing the boat, refuses absolutely to rock the cradle. If the czar’s troops at Port Arthur have the smallpox, why don’t they break out? Ouch! Lemme alone! O all of you that hold the gates of vision, Filing wide your doors to those without that wait, And lead them through the highways of your city, And through its temples, ere it be too late. O all of you that know love's orchard closes, Bend down the boughs for those beyond the wall; Gather for them from all your wealth of blossom, And shake the branches that the fruit may fall. O all of you made stewards of earth's treasure, Give while you may the gold that is your trust; For you shall lie at last where is no giving, With helpless hands close folded in the dust. O all of you dwelling in the house of learning, Set forth your pages that the poor may read The gathered wisdom that the years inherit, In haste before you pass beyond their need. O all of you that know the wells of gladness, And sing beside them; share, while yet you live. Your pitcher with the thirsty, ere, here-after, You hear them cry and be too poor to give. Ah! give. The road you tread has no returning. But stretches on into the endless night; Then give your life, your joy, your gold, your learning; Lift high your lamp of love and give its light. -Ethel Clifford in Blackwood's Magazine. JIM CROW--DETECTIVE BY STANLKY ED WARDS JOHNSON Copyright, 1896, by The Shortstory Pub. Co. (All rights reserved.) When my brother Randolph brought him down on the wing up in the pine woods of Maine, none of us suspected that he was destined to make us famous. He seemed then to be quite a plain, ordinary crow; but he was very young, and as he was only injured in one wing, and that but slightly, we put him in a cage and clipped his tongue, hoping we could teach him to talk. For some time he showed no signs of his peculiar genius. He soon grew fond of his fetters, and when we broke away two slats from his cage and gave him his freedom, he returned to prison after a tour around the farm, strutting up and down, and wagging his head as much as to say that he owned the place and us into the bargain. From that time he had his bill in everybody's business. He used to flutter off to the woods—for his wounded wing was never as strong as the other—with our pins and buttons, and any small metal articles we left in his way, and Randolph used to say his friends and country cousins must take him for a Klondike golddigger. But he always brought them back. The trouble was, he brought back other things, too; at first only bits of wire, scraps of tin, tacks and the like, which he would lay at our feet with a knowing cock of the head that seemed to ask protection for his hoard, but afterwards—! However, that came later. The hoard in our keeping grew and grew, and finally one morning when Jim, after an all-day trip, laid at our feet a silver thimble, our fears were confirmed. Whose it was we never could find out, and when at last we laid it away in trust with the rest of Jim's hoard, we felt like thieves ourselves. Apparently Jim rested on his laurels after that, for several weeks passed with no additions to our trust more alarming than a brass button or two, and we were beginning to breathe freely again, when one noon, after an absence of three days, Jim fluttered into the dining room, and with a triumphant caw let fall in mother's lap a small key. An important key we judged it, for it was made of brass, flat and broad, and of peculiar workmanship, as though designed to baffle thieves; and we felt sure that Jim had captured it under great difficulties, for he seemed com- pletely fagged, and slept during the whole of that day. But the next morning, after eating a heartier meal than usual, he was off again, leaving us to await developments in a shiver of apprehension. This time three days elapsed before, one evening at sunset, we saw the wanderer circling homeward, the ruddy light gleaming upon some glittering object held in his bill. Instead of bringing his prize to us directly, he perched tantalizingly in the highest bough of the fir tree in our yard, refusing to be lured down even by a tempting supper that we put out for him. When, finally darkness drove him from his height, it was a tired but triumphant bird that descended and laid in mother's hand—a ten-dollar gold piece. My brother was young enough still to believe in buried treasure. "Captain Kidd!" he cried in an awe-struck tone, examining the gold, which he expected would be a Spanish ingot. But the momentary hope of wealth died out with the discovery that the date of the coin was 1871. Whosesoever the treasure was that Jim had found, our only concern must be to return it. But how? The question grew to be one of burning and transcendent interest as the passage of a week added two more long flights to Jim's record, and first a five-dollar gold piece, then an eagle to his credit—or rather discredit. How to trace him we did not know. The shot in his wing had lamed him so that he had never been able to fly very fast, being obliged to stop every few hundred yards and rest, but he seemed gifted with the instincts of a born criminal, and when we tried to follow him he always eluded us by dint of distracting doubles, and detours, and cross-country flights. And yet to kill him, or even to condemn him to imprisonment for life, meant to cut off all clues whatever. We realized one day, to our astonishment, that in a single month that bird had earned more than the farm and all the rest of us put together, and the next week this paragraph appeared in the Dongo State News: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. A tame crow, belonging to the undersigned, has brought home $45 in Miguel "I calculate you ain't much acquainted with Jim Crow." gold during the past three weeks. The owner of the crow disclaims all responsibility for its acts, and the money will be given to the rightful owner upon proof of property and paying the expenses of this advertisement.—Willard Calkins. The paragraph was copied, several reporters interviewed us, and our pet's fame spread even to the New York papers. But the only practical result of all this free advertising seemed to be that several persons offered to buy Jim, three dime museums made tempting bids for the right to exhibit him, and one man was anxious to give a hundred dollars for the bird "with all his rights." The weeks wore on, and it was two months after Jim Crow had entered upon his professional career as a marglar, when father returned from the fields one day and found a detective in possession of the premises. What we had so often joked about had come to pass. Father was put under arrest. "It's just for form's sake," the detective explained. "I can't serve a process of law on a bird." He told us that his clients were an aged brother and sister who had lost some gold and securities, but we could get nothing more out of him except that there was no conclusive evidence that the coins hoarded by our Jim were the ones he was after. "There's more than one gold eagle of '71 in the world," said he grimly. But I knew there could be only one key in the world like Jim's key. I brought it out. The detective's hand closed over it, and I thought I detected a glint of recognition in his eye. But he thanked me coolly enough and turned to father. "We've got to track that bird," said he. "Where is he?" Since he had realized he was in the clutches of the law, father had stood around looking at us in a dazed way, but at this he chuckled. He had tried tracking Jim himself. "Stranger," he said, "if I've got to stay in jail till you've tracked that there bird, I'll stay till kingdom come. I calculate you ain't much acquainted with Jim Crow." The detective smiled. "I reckon it ain't so bad as that," he remarked. "Now. I s'pose you ain't never thought of tyin' a leetle string of red flannel onto his leg?" We had to admit we had never thought of that, and went to find our crow. He was not at home, but that evening he returned with an irregular bit of paper which proved to be a piece of a United States bond. When he set out on his mysterious quest next day, he wore a bright red anklet and was followed by some twenty trackers especially engaged for this secret service. And then ensued such a chase as an experienced crook might have led a band of thief-catchers. Had it not been for his lame wing, which obliged him to rest at intervals, and impeded the swiftness of his flight, the task would have been hopeless from the first. The detective now seemed sure of the direction of his flight, and he sent men forward to station themselves in relays all the way between there and Portland. Early the next morning Jim was on the way again, this time making no flippant detours, but skimming along in a line as straight as the proverbial crow's flight, as befitted a bird bent on serious business Throughout the morning he kept to his course, in view all the time, until just before noon he began circling over a stretch of forest about nine miles from the city, then dropped suddenly down out of sight into the dense mass of foliage. Within half an hour fifteen men might have been seen waving their hats like mad, showing hands, and, in general, behaving like the successful backers of an election; for a red-flagged crow was to be seen busily at work in the crotch of a neighboring tree. A giant of a hundred feet was that tree, and the crotch where Mr. Jim perched rose a sheer, leafless distance of thirty feet from the ground, but the detective was not country reared for nothing. Before the group had finished offering their services, he was shinning up like a monkey, and ten minutes later he was perched on the limb that forked from the crotch, and was holding out a handful of something that glinted in the sun, while Jim fluttered around cawing shrilly. It was the lost gold. When the detective touched terra firma, he had also a little package containing the missing notes. Both that and the gold had been deposited in a hollow above the crotch, the paper being protected from the damp by a piece of oilskin which had evidently been torn from some oilskin clothes. We now supposed that the search was over, and after we had congratulated ourselves all around and potted Jim, we began to get ready to go home. But not so the detective. He watched the bird, and, sure enough, after Jim had rested a few minutes on my shoulder, he was on the wing again making shoreward. The detective followed, and, curious to see what would happen next, I went along with him. This time the chase was short. A few rods from the shore Jim fluttered up to a small fisherman's cabin, where he was greeted by a young fellow who looked to me like rather a hard customer. I glanced at the detective. He was WACO Holding out a handfull of something that glinted in the sun. examining with much interest some articles of clothing which hung along the outside of the cabin near the eaves. Among them was an oilskin coat from which a piece had been torn. The officer took a hasty measurement with the piece of cloth which had been wrapped around the notes; then he walked up to Jim's friend noiselessly and touched him on the shoulder. "I arrest you in the name of the state of Maine!" said he. Since that day our tame crow has answered proudly to the name of Detective Jim. BIG TRADE WAS ALL RIGHT. ```markdown ``` But Druggist Forgot to Mention It Was in Postage Stamps. "I thought you said you had worked up a good trade here," said the man who had just bought a drug store. "So I had," replied the man who had just sold. "I put in six months working it up, and it's the best in this district." "Best in the district!" exclaimed the purchaser. "Why, a man can't make enough money here to keep his shoes shined." "Well," admitted the other slowly, "I didn't say anything about making money, you know." "But you said you had a big trade." "Yes, I said that." "Steady stream of people coming and going most of the day." "I recall saying something to that effect." "Claimed your unfailing courtesy to all comers was responsible for it." "Well, I think it was." "Then where's the trade now? I haven't sold anything but postage stamps all day." "Thats the trade I referred to," explained the former proprietor, pleasantly. "When I left this place it had the largest postage stamp trade in this section, and if you have lost it it is your own fault. By the way, I have a letter to mail myself. If you would like my trade—" He was quicker than the new proprietor, and so escaped. A Woman of Weight. The biggest woman in Belgium has just died at St. Peter's hospital, Brussels. She was 50 years of age, over eight feet in height and weighed twenty-three stones two pounds. The woman was born at Cortemarck, in Flanders, and people from all over the country were in the habit of visiting the place to see her. STRIKE RENEWED DISAGREEMENT AFTER TERMS HAD BEEN ARRANGED SITUATION WORSE THAN LAST WEEK Strike Is Now on in Earnest—Matters Not Satisfactorily Adjusted—Entire Market of United States Effected yards strike, which was renewed this morning in Chicago and all other points where the big packing companies have branches, because the strikers were dissatisfied with the manner in which the employers proposed to reinstate their former employees pending a settlement by arbitration, will continue for another day at least. A joint conference between representatives of both sides of the controversy and representatives of the allied trades in an attempt to bring about a peaceable adjustment of this second strike was unsuccessful, and the meeting was adjourned to-night at 8 o'clock with the understanding that another conference would be held tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock. At to-day's conference, which lasted five hours, a committee consisting of five representatives of the packers and five representatives of the butchers' union, was appointed to go over the whole situation, but the committee was unable to reach a working basis with which both sides would be satisfied. Whether the difficulty can be satisfactorily settled at to-morrow's meeting is problematical, as both the packers and the strikers maintain that they are living up to Wednesday's agreement for a settlement by arbitration, and that it is the other side that is responsible for the renewed hostilities. After tonight's conference a publication committee announced that the peace negotiations to-day had failed, but that there was still hope that an agreement could be reached in the near future. No written statement of what occurred in the meeting was given out, as has been customary at former conferences, and the committee declined to give any further information except that another meeting would be held to-morrow. The union men refused positively to consider that agreement valid, on the grond that it had been broken by the packers. They then retired to the office of the Federation of Labor, where an ultimatum to the packers was prepared under the direction of Michael J. Donnelly, president of the butchers' union; Thomas L. Kidd of the American Federation of Labor, and representatives of trades that will be asked to join in the general strike. Mr. Edward Morris and Associates: After careful consideration by the representatives of the teamsters and mechanical trades we have come to the conclusion that the agreement which was reached on Wednesday has been flagrantly violated by the packers to the extent of rendering it, in our opinion, null and void, hence we cannot consistently expect the butcher workmen to renew it in its present form because of such violation. "We desire to emphasize our belief in the principles of conciliation and arbitration, but provide against such violation in the future we again offer the following propositions as a solution of the present dileculty: "That all employees be hired back within ten days. Any person not re-employed at the end of that time, his or her case will be admitted to arbitration. "That all killing, cutting and casing department men be reinstated in their former positions within forty-eight hours after the resumption of work. "We regret to say that if the foregoing propositions are not acceptable to you the allied trades will cease work on Monday morning. "Trusting, however, that you will co-operate with us to bring about an amicable understanding and thus avert the possibility of widespread strike, we are respectfully yours.—George F. Golden, Chairman; Joseph W. Morton, Secretary. Committee of Allied Trades." The reply of combined packers to the ultimatum of the allied trade was addressed to Chairman Golden and Secretary Morton, and is as follows: "Gentlemen: Your communication has been received and carefully noted. We most emphatically deny that there has been any violation of the agreement on our part. Our explanation, after investigating every supposed case, should have satisfied every one present at the last two conferences that there was no deviations but what might be expected in putting to work such a large body of men at one time, and but what could have been readily adjusted had the organization desired to do so. "We regard Mr. Donnelly's action as entirely unjustified in calling the second strike on senatorial and misleading reports within an average of thirty minutes from the time the men were ordered to work, and before it was possible for any considerable number to be placed without making the slightest effort to verify such reports or to remedy such reports if they exist. "We have a definite agreement with our employees, the same having been signed by their representatives and the representatives of all the mechanical and allied trades. and we stand ready on our part to see that it is caried out." This reply was signed by representatives of Armour & Co., Swift & Co., Nelson Morris & Co., Schwarzschild & Sulzberger, National Packing company. Libby, McNeil & Libby and the Cudahy company. TOWNSITE PAYMENT FUND Indian Agent Shoenfelt Issues Instructions as to Distribution SOUTH MCALESTER: J. Blair Schoenfelt, United States Indian agent, has issued the following instructions relative to enrolling Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians for payment of the townsite fund: To be Enrolled—All Chotcaw and Chickasaw Indians whose enrollment has been approved, such payrolls to be prepared without reference to claims that may now be pending. These pay rolls will be made up from the schedule and census cards prepared by the commission to the five civilized tribes whose enrollment has been approved by the secretary of the interior. Amounts due to Indians whose names appear upon the approved schedules and who have died since September 25, 1902, who have not received their pro rata, will be paid to their legal representatives. The pay rolls will be prepared as far as practicable by family groups, the head of the family being enrolled first, followed by his wife and minor children, and other persons whose shares he is entitled to draw. Before the share of minors or deceased persons will be paid it will be necessary that the person receiving said shares, shall furnish a certified copy of letters of guardianship or administration, as the case may be. All payments will be made by checks drawn on the assistant treasurer of the United States, and payable to the order and placed directly in the hands of the persons entitled to receive them. Powers of attorney or an order given by an Indian to another person will not be recognized FOLK NOMINATED FOLK NOMINATED MISSOURI'S BOODLE FIGHTER HEADS THE STATE TICKET OPPONENT CALLS FOR UNANIMOUS VOTE The Attorney Declares His Fight Against Boodling Has Just Begun—Anti-Corruption to be the Slogan of the Campaign—Cook for Secretary JEFFERSON CITY: The Missouri democracy at their state convention nominated the following ticket: Governor, Joseph W. Folk. Lieutenant-Governor, Thomas L. Rubey. Secretary of State, Sam B. Cook. Auditor, Albert O. Allen. Treasurer, Judge James Cowgill. Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner, H. Ruben Oglesby. Presidential Eletcors, Robert H. Kern and Moses C. Wetmore. After an all night's session Joseph W. Folk, the relentless boodle prosecutor of St. Louis, was nominated for governor. The roll call had only been about half completed when his principal opponent, Harry B. Hawes, arose and moved to make the nomination unanimous, which was done, amid great enthusiasm. Mr. Hawes was appointed to escort the nominee to the platform. Mr. Folk made a brief speech, of which the following is a part: "This campaign has been waged not for a man, but for an idea. If your selection shall be ratified by the people of the state I shall do my very best to carry out the policies for which the masses of the democratic party have been contending. The exposition of corruption in Missouri has made the people realize the menace to good government, if it is tolerated, and the necessity for stamping out the influence of corruptionists from our political life. I have been fighting them with all the powers at my command and have lashed them with the whip of the law. I have no favors to ask of them and no quarter will be given. It is unrelenting warfare to the end. In their frenzied desperation they have spewed out their vomit of slander and abuse. "There are two things I am proud of, one is the aid and assistance of good citizens given me, and the other the intense hatred and malicious mouthings of corrupt enemies. "The responsibility for the existence of corruption does not rest upon either party, but the democratic organization has assumed the responsibility for stamping it out, and we want all good citizens of every political belief to aid us. The battle against boodle has only commenced in Missouri. If I am elected to a larger field of operation I shall try to make Missouri- the most unhealthy place in all the land for corrupionists to operate in. "I consecrate myself to the work you have assigned to me, and with your help and as long as God gives me life and strength to do so, I will combat things that dishonor and oppress." Joseph W. Folk was born in Brownsville, Tenn., in 1869. His father is Judge Henry B. Folk of Brownsville, and his mother is a descendant of the Estes family of Virginia. Mr. Folk practiced law in Brownsville for two years and then went to St. Louis in 1892. He became more generally known through the prominent part he took in the settlement of the great street car strike in St. Louis in 1900. As a circuit attorney of St. Louis Mr. Folk successfully prosecuted a number of bribe takers of both branches of the municipal assembly. RUSSIAN LOSS 1,000 It Cost Czar's Forces Heavy Loss to Find Strength of Japs LONDON: The Morning Post's correspondent at General Kuroki's headquarters telegraphing under date of July 17, says: "A Russian force, apparently about 20,000 strong, attacked the front, left and right of the Japanese positions on the western slope of Mo Tien pass under cover of a dense fog. The sudden onslaught drove in the Japanese outposts, but as soon as reinforcements arrived the Japanese gallantly advanced to the attack, and after severe fighting drove off the Russians and reoccupied the position. The Russians retired, their retreat being well covered. The fighting lasted until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and when I left the scene desultory firing was still proceeding." ST. PETERSBURG: The following dispute from General Kuropatkin to the emperor, dated July 17, "on our eastern front," has been given out: "After the occupation by General Kuroki's army of the passes in the Fenshul mountain chain our information concerning his forces and dispositions was in general inadequate. According to some reports his army had been reinforced and he had even extended his forces toward Salimatoza. "On July 17, in order to determine the strength of the enemy, it was decided to advance against his position in the direction of Lainshankwan. Lieutenant General Count Keller had been instructed not to start with the object of capturing the pass, but to act according to the strength of the force that he would find opposing him. "A fight ensued, in which 1,000 of our men were killed." ROGER MILLS ALL RIGHT Gcod Crops, With Increased Acreage in That County CHEYENNE: The prospects for an abundant yield of all farm products were never as bright at this season of the year as they are now. The largest rains which have fallen in the last year have descended within the last week, and a fine season is in the ground and the farmer is happy and well contented, as he contemplates the abundant harvest he is to gather this fall. Corn is well advanced, and will make an abundant yield. Cotton is in fine shape, and growing fast, and the indications are that the yield will, with continued favorable weather conditions, be large. The acreage in this, Roger Mills, county is not less than three times as much as last year, and it seems that this section is fast drifting into a cotton producing country. Maize and other varieties of feed stuff are in splendid shape, and that class of produce is assured. Most of the large herds of cattle have been driven out of the county since the heavy settlement, and Roger Mills is now strictly a farming community. The county assessors have completed the census of the county, and the returns show that the population is 15,225 people, and the larger part of the population is from the old state of Texas, and the county is fast assuming the appearance of an old settled farming community in Texas. Land is cheap, but very productive. PEABODY DENOUNCED Miner's Attack Colorado's Governor in Four Different Languages SPRING VALLEY, ILL.: Five thousand miners from Spring Valley, Lasalle, Peru, Oglesbury, Ladam, Seatonville, Marquette, Depue and Dalsell assembled in Spring Valley to take part in a demonstration denunciatory of Governor Peabody of Colorado. There were 10,000 persons present. Governor Peabody was denounced in English, French, Italian and Polish by several speakers. Resolutions were passed requesting President Roosevelt to intervene in the strike. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Mrs. H. M. Fletcher, So. 5th street is on the sick list, Mrs Mattie McGowan is on the sick list suffering from slow fever. Mrs. W. Hamble Carrington of Wagoner, spent Sunday in the city, the guest of Mrs. L. F. Fue. Miss Balzora Malvern who has been sick for several weeks is now much improved in health and will soon be perambulating among friends. Mr. W. E. DeRadcliffe, formerly of Greenville, Mississippi, who is now engaged in business in So. McAlister, was in our city this week on business. Mrs. H. N. Johnson, who has been the cities of Chicago and Milwaukee has returned to her family and friends. She reports having had a pleasant trip. Mr. and Mrs. Vol. Crisp of Boynton relatives of Miss Settie Burney were in the city last Saturday and report that crops in their locality are very good. The tent meeting near the A. M. M. church has closed so far as the church is concerned, but the evangelist are still in the city and are conducting street meetings. Rev. T. H. Tyson will hold his 3rd quarterly conference for the Wards Chapel, A. M. E. church, the first Sunday in August. The friends are invited to attend the services. Mr. J. W. Adams of Montgomery, Ala., is in our city, casting about for a place to open a drv goods store. He should be encouraged and helped in his project Mr. R. A. Givens, the popular jeweler of Pine Bluff, Ark., has moved his stock to muskogee and will do business here. He has splendid equipment and ability. Call on him. Prof. O. T Willis of Huttonville, I. T., was in the city this week purchasing goods for his business. The Prof. is a progressive business man and is post master at Huttonville. Dr. Sims lost his footing while getting in his buggy, Monday, and fell, his mouth striking the foot board and cutting a hole thru his lower lip. The accident is painful but not a serious one The K. of P. laid the corner stone for the C. M. E church last Sunday afternoon and continues to hold the reputation they have made in that line of work. The contribution amounted to $23.21. Mrs. Ed Jefferson left the city last Sunday for Hot Springs, Ark., to attend the Grand Lodge of the U. B. F., being a member of the S. M. T. of this city She has been on the sick list for the past month and it is hoped the trip to the Springs may help her into better health. The pastor and members of the A. M. E. church spent last Sabbath visiting the other churches of the city owing to the fact that they had uo place in which to hold sericves. Hereafter and until they can worship in the new church, their meetings will be held at the new Masonic Hall near W. H. Twine's law office. The Greek Real Estate Banking and Trust Co. is no longer a matter of talk but a reality. The Comet man called at and inspected their place of business and do truthfully say to the public that from appearance their place is second to none in the country. It is a REAL BANK and should have the patronage of the whole people. THAT THIEF. The residence of Mr. P. M. Ford, So. 3d street was robbed last Friday night by an unknown party who appropriated to himself $5 in cash and a gold watch. Mhe work must have been done hurriedly, for Mr. Ford reports that he had $30 in his pocket which the robber did not taks. The robber was either in a hurry or only wanted a little change and a time keeper. NEW COMPANY ORGANIZED. The Benevolent Relief Association of Muskogee, Ind. Ter., is the name of a new organization launched by our people in the city of Muskogee, with Dr. W. H. Sims, Pres.; F.J. Gordon, Vice Pres.; Jas. H. Sims, Sec'y; Geo. F. Nave, Treasurer, W. H. Twine, Atty and General Manag'r H. N. Johnson; Supt. of Agencies. This company proposes to do sick and accident insurance in the Territory and should be supported of our people. This organization is officered by some of the best business men of our city and should have the confidence of the people. When their agent calls on you take a policy in this company for they are just as competent to meet their obligations as any other of its kind. The company has been chartered and is safe. When you need Groceries and Feed Full stock of goods always on hand, and polite treatment given alike to all . . . Dave Richardson's BARBERSHOP. OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Dave Richardson. - Prom. Durfey Hardware Company Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, the Celebrated Monarch Ranges, everyone guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc. All Kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. PHONE 205 BOWSEY BLOCK III North Second Street. 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, Oklahoma City; WM. M. EGGLESTON St. Louis. Mo.; C. J. MILLER, Muskogee, I. T.; SAMUEL RAYMOND, Wynrewood, I. F. GLOYD - LUMBER - CO. Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases. 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 End St., South of the U. S. Post Office. Taking The Stump To tell about our lumber. It is put forward to win the approval of the 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 Lumberman Standing on a Tree Stump with a Saw and a Stack of Wooden Boxes.