Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Gimeter Vol 5. ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE STILL LIVES. Word's Masonic Congress at St. Louis Settles Dispute of Territory Jurisdiction. Cimeter Special In company with Grand Maeter J. C. Johnson, W. H. Twine Jr., and others, we left Muskogee on the World's Fair Special, Monday morning, for St. Louis. Arriving here at 6 p. m. we began to look up the Indian Territory contingent. we found Masons from over the World here in attendance to the Masonic Congress. The war of Jurisdiction in the B. I. T. took up more time of the Congress than any other single subject. Every man was hard at work from the day of arrival until the close of congress; Frank Reed worked in his peculiar way, Past Gr. Masters Fitzpatrick and Bell were untiring in their efforts, Past G. S. wiggins and G. M. Johnson were always hot on the trail of the enemy, McBeth had been in camp some days and was not idle, and the old man was there also. The result is: That St. John's Grand Lodge of which J.C. Johnson is G. M., still lives and will continue to exist. The resolutions and recommendations will be printed in our next issue. Our boy conducted themselves as on the representatives of the B.I. T. can, and have won the confidence and esteem of all whom they came in contact. Tomorrow will be spent seeing Asia and down on the pike and elsewhere, afterwhich the "old guard" will turn their faces west ward and "Home, Sweet Home." Wiley Jones, the muskogee finaecier staid with the gang from start to finish, as also were Morris Stephens, Buster Hawkins and others from the B. I. T.-Ed. STRONG MAN NEEDED. In looking thru the city and summing up the push and thrift of our people from a business and racial view point, the Comet man is caused to wonder why that beautiful structure started by the First Baptist people is not finished. We have reached this conclusion, viz: that no people or organization can go forward to success without a leader. There must be one man in the lead. When Moses went to the Lord complaining that the task was too great for him the Lord helped him by planning the appointment of leaders over thousands, hundreds, fifties and so forth, but Moses was leader of them ALL. So in this case strong leadership seems to be the greatest need. The man needed is one who the people and has the interest Muskogee, Indian Territory, Thursday, August 11, 1904. of the church at heart. One who choose to sit on the "Rule or Ruia" corner, one who is not so much of a fire eating Baptist that he can not carry anybody save the members enrolled; in fact, a man who can draw on the whole town is the man needed to complete that church. Let the church seek the man, or he who seeks the church is seeking for self benefit and will never do much for its good. The man who puts in a bid for the privilege of serving in God's house is one who will turn it into the service of satan. Turn the bidders aside and appoint the leaders to seek the man needed for the place and when he is found let the church call him, and the people's call will be God's call. The church needs a pastor and manager more than it does a preacher. From a dogmatic standpoint the Comet man lives on the opposite side of the fence but he cares not for that. He is interested in the progress of the race regardless to their different relious views. How about the re-election of Rev. J. M Dade to this pastorate? He knows the people and he is known in the business world and can be trusted. We shall keep our ears opened to hear what the spirits say.—Comet. --- The Dreamer's Dream. With many a furrowed trace of life's wind-fretted deep. Here lies a common face—an aged man asleep. Just off the dusty way whereon the sun-glare breaks. Amid the drowse of day, a casual nap he takes. Only a poor old man; yet whence, through all disguise Of years of toll and tan, steal over his closed eyes These gleams, soft as a kiss, which to the face impart A beauty and a bliss—the youhtime of the heart? By magic race and blest the scars have been annealed; The waves are all at rest; an inner peace revealed, That lends each furrowed trace of life's wind-fretted deep A tender, childlike grace—on this old man asleep. Life's Little Inconsistencies. "Yes," said the fashionable doctor, as he wrote out a prescription, "you have told me your symptoms and I see you are troubled with acute nervousness." "O!" wailed the fair patient, "every little noise makes me jump, every time a door creaks I start like a person in danger. By the way, Dr. Hicharge, I'm going to take my motor ear out for a spin; I always run the machine myslf, you know. If you jump in I'll leave you right at your door." Still explaining the sad condition of her nerves she drove the auto down the avenue at a rattling clip. In and out of the tangle of vehicles the jolting juggernaut flew at twenty miles an hour. The nervous wreck put on brakes and glanced casually at the mounted police who were galloping far behind. The pale-faced physician gasped. "Here's your house," said his patient sweetly. "I hope your prescription will calm my poor, weak nerves." New York Sun. VOTES THANKS TO THE POPE. Western Negro Press Associa-Elects Officers at Guthrie. Guthrie. O. T., Aug. 4.—The Western Negro Press Association, comprising about fifteen states, concluding its day's session here this evening with the election of Nick Chiles, of Topeka, Kas., president for another term, and W. H. Duncan, of Colorado Springs, secretary. Resolutions returning thanks to his holiness, Pope Pius X., for his expressions of sympathy in response to the leader sent by the Press Association in 1903, were passed, In closing, the resolution states that since the Catholic church has taken such a bold and helpful stand against the outrages perpetrated against our race, we respectfully request protestants bodies of this country to take similar action." A copy of the resolutions is to be forwarded to the pope, and another to cardinal Gibbons, at Baltimore. Emphatic endorsement is also made of President Roosevelt, Booker T. Washington and joint statehood for Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. Chessie McIntosh, superintendent of schools for the Creek Nation, informed a reporter recently, that the work of establishing neighborhood schools and appointing teachers therefore, was progressive as well as could be expected. "The Creek Nation will be entitled to and will have 45 additional schools this year, owing to the fact that the appropriation made by congress for school purposes will be available," said Mr. McIntosh, "and of this number thirty will be for white children and fifteen for the colored." "How many of these schools have so far been located?" was asked, to which the superintendent replied: "Nineteen of these for the whites have been located and seven or eight of those for the colored. It is necessary that the schools be established where they will do the most good to the greatest number, and consequently we cannot rush the work. In regard to the teachers, the most of them have been appointed for the schools already located." It is reported that the work will be completed in about two weeks. THE MACEO HOUSE The Maceo House No. 431 N. 3rd St. This large Lodging and Rooming house has 16 large airy ooms newly furnished. No pains or cost has been spared in fitting this house in the latest style. Your comfort my first consider ation. My rates are reasonable. J. M. SMITH. Prop. Jave Richardson BARBERSHOP. OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE. SATISFACTION GUARANTED Dave Richardson. - Prop. Number 44 Some Midsummer Round Trips ST. LOUIS—Very low rates all season Excptionaly low coach excursion rates July 11, 18 and 25. COLORADO—Very low rates all summer. Through sleeper service. CHICAGO—Very low rates all summer. GREAT LAKE RESORTS—Very low rates all summer. SOUTHEASTERN RESORTS—Including Atlantic Coast Points. One fare $2.00 fo the round trip, on sale Wed. and Saturdays, all summer. KNOXVILLE-One fare plus $2.00 fo 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. E.O. H. LEE, G. P. & T. A. Little Rock, Ark. J. S. McNALLY, D. P. A Oklahoma City. MUSKOGEE UNION KAILWAY. To and from Ft. Smith and Wagoner and the Kansas and Chorokee Oil Fields, via Coretta and Missouri Pacific Ry. 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 3:15 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 Fisher & White, DENTAL PARLORS Rooms 5-7-9, Carolina Building. CORNER THIRD AND OKMULGEE. We use the best material and do high grade work at prices within reach of all special prices on gold crowns and bridge work Have your theeh saved before its too late Twenty of the fifty letter-carriers of Memphis, Tenn. are colored, and twelve of the 16 substitutes belongs to our race. The civil service law is strictly enforced thhre, and "intellectuality" is the test for appointment. THE ODD CORNER The Masquerade. Masked dancers in the dance of life. We move sedately . . . wearily together. Afraid to show a sign of inward strife. We hold our souls in tether. We dance with proud and smiling lips. With frank appealing eyes, with shy hands clinging. We sing, and few will question if there slips A sob into our singing. Each has a certain step to learn. Our prisoned feet move steadily in set paces. And to and fro we pass, since life is stern. Patiently, with masked faces. Yet some there are who will not dance. They sit apart most sorrowful and splenid. But all the rest trip on as in a trance. Until the Dance is ended. Malay Superstitions. You can scarcely ever get your money from a Malay on Friday, because they believe that if they pay their creditors on a Friday they will be overtaken by penury. Malays never shave or cut their nails on Saturday or Tuesday, because these are unlucky days, and if they do part with their hair or nails on these days they believe that they will be always in trouble or will die quickly. The Malay never sleeps in the afternoon, for such an action shortens life! When a rat bites a Malay's clothes it signifies ill luck, and usually the rat-bitten clothes are given away to the poor. Liquid Molecules. Take a thin glass flask partially filled with a liquid, such as water, spirits of wine, etc., and focus the rays from an arc lamp at a short distance above the surface of the liquid. After gentle heating a large number of small spherical bodies are seen floating about in the space above the liquid. Mr. Hovenden, the scientist, claims that these small spherical bodies are molecules of the liquid. Albinos. The human species offers frequent examples of individuals attacked by albinism. It is found oftenest among men of the black race. White albinos have skin of a peculiar paleness, blonde hair, white or colorless beard, pink iris and red pupils. The negro albino has skin of variable aspect; in some cases it is white as milk, in other it is like wax, or rather resembles the hue of a corpse. Why the Hair Turns White. This is the explanation of the hair turning white: The all-devouring cells known as phagocytes are the cause of the mischief. These cells, which frequently have ameba-like processes, are developed in the central or modullary part of the hair, whence they make their way into the outer or cortical layer, where they absorb and thus destroy the pigment granules. Valued Relic of Washington. S. H. Powell of Fulton, Mo., is the owner of a diminutive gold coin which was presented to his grandfather, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, by George Washington, while the latter, with his army, was making his celebrated crossing of the Delaware river at Trenton, N. J., in the early morning of Dec. 26, 1776. The coin was milled by Spain in 1720. Production of Icebergs. Icebergs are the product of the Greenland glaciers and are formed by the thousand in the far northern flords. As the glaciers sweep into the sea they "calve" or throw off mighty blocks, and these are what we know as icebergs. Queer Business Lucrative. A New York woman known as "Old Sal" has saved about $5,000 in the strange business of matching buttons. Shopping in Manila. A traveler in the Philippines writes: "There is no place where shopping is easier than in Manila, for it is almost absolutely impossible to buy anything you require. You can, nevertheless, purchase, if you are so inclined, everything you do not want—and soiled at that—at four times or so its normal value." STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ss. LUCAS COUNTY. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of E. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State foresaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A.D. 1886. SEAL NOTARY PUBLIC. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and inousc surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by all Drugs FIL. & CO., Toledo, O. Take Halloween FAIL for constition. Care of the Hair. It is now generally agreed that many of the shampoos in use are injurious to the hair. The best treatment is frequent brushing and absolute cleanliness. Wash the hair in a lather of Ivory Soap suds and rinse thoroughly. Let the last water be cool as it closes the pores of the skin and prevents colds. ELEANOR R. PARKER Truly a Friend in Great Need. The traveler's tree of Madagascar resembles a huge fan with an unwieldy handle. In the dry season the traveler or domiciled native has but to pierce one of these trees just at the point where the fanlike crest has its beginning and out will flow coplously pure, fresh water. Many Good—One Best. "So many Oils and Liniments are advertised it is hard to decide which to buy. I tried a number before using Hunt's Lightning Oil. After using it once, however, I realized I had found the best there was, and it was useless to look further. If it fails its 'all off.' No other liniment will hit the spot if Hunt's Lightning Oil fails." C. G. Young. Keep Up Ancient Custom. A curious old custom is said to be still kept up at the picturesque Wensleydale village of Bainbridge. Eng., where every winter's night at nine o'clock a large horn is blown on the village green to aid any wayfarer who might chance to be lost on the surrounding fells to find his way to the village. Odors Travel Far. "The odor of the balsam-yielding humeriades," says a traveler, "has been perceived at a distance of three miles from the shores of South America. A species of tetracera sends its perfume as far from the island of Cuba. And the aroma of the spice island is wafted out to sea." Memorial Day. The regulations of the United States army require that on Memorial day the flag shall be kept at half mast between sunrise and midday only. Where flags are not under the control of the army it is the custom to half mast the flag on that day from sunrise to sunset. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. No Wrinkles in the Photos. A German photographer, Kunwald, when taking a picture of a lady of doubtful age places sheets of celluloid between the negative and the printing paper, thus producing a very softening effect which hides the discrepancies of age. Mystery of the Rain Tree. The mystery of the rain tree of the Canaries is a cloud that hovers about it constantly; this is condensed to water, which saturates the leaves and, falling from them in constant drops, keeps the cisterns which are in excavation beneath them always full of water. WHOA Mrs. Hughson, of Chicago, whose letter follows, is another woman in high position who owes her health to the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:—I suffered for several years with general weakness and bearing-down pains, caused by womb trouble. My appetite was fitful, and I would lie awake for hours, and could not sleep, until I seemed more weary in the morning than when I retired. After reading one of your advertisements I decided to try the merits of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I am so glad I did. No one can describe the good it did me. I took three bottles faithfully, and besides building up my general health, it drove all disease and poison out of my body, and made me feel as spry and active as a young girl. Mrs. Pinkham's medicines are certainly all they are claimed to be." —Mrs. M. E. HUGHSON, 347 East Ohio St., Chicago, Ill. The first indication of such trouble should be the signal for quick action. Don't let the condition become chronic through neglect or a mistaken idea that you can overcome it by exercise or leaving it alone. More than a million women have regained health by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If the slightest trouble appears which you do not understand write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., for her advice, and a few timely words from her will show you the right thing to do. This advice costs you nothing, but it may mean life or happiness or both. gyo a Mrs. Lelah Stowell, 177 Wellington "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—You are indeed a godsend to women, and if they all knew what you could do for them, there would be no need of their dragging out miserable lives in agony. "I suffered for years with bearing-down pains, womb trouble, nervousness, and excruciating headache, but a few bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound can always be relied upon to restore health to women who thus suffer. It is a sovereign cure for the worst forms of female complaints,—that bearing-down feeling, weak back, falling and displacement of the womb, inflammation of the ovaries, and all troubles of the uterus or womb. It dissolves and expels tumors from the uterus in the early stage of development, and checks any tendency to cancerous humors. It subdues excitability, nervous prostration, and tones up the entire female system. Its record of cures is the greatest in the world, and should be relied upon with confidence. $5000 FORFEIT if we cannot forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of above testimonials, which will prove their absolute genuineness. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Oklahoma State Military Institute. A High Grade Preparatory Military School Under Government Supervision. Only military school in both Territories; thoroughness in everything; slow, backward students receive special attention; high standard of study and morals; firm and wholesome discipline; character building combined with intellectual training; army officer; graduate of West Point, detailed by war department; moderate expense; begins Sept. 7, '04 For application blank and illustrated catalogue address COLONEL JAMES E. DUNN, Superintendent, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED. 27 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send FREE and postpaid a 232-page treatise on Piles. Fistula and Diseases of the Sectum; also 108-page treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured by our mild method, none paid a cent till cured—we furnish their names on application. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR, 3865 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. and 1030 Oak St. Kansas City, Mo. AN OLD MAN'S TRIBUTE. An Ohio Fruit Raiser, 78 Years Old, Cured of a Terrible Case After Ten Years of Suffering. Sidney Justus, fruit dealer of Mentor, Ohio, writes: "I was cured by Doan's Kidney Pills of a severe case of kidney trouble, of eight or ten years' standing. I suffered the most severe backache and T. other pains in the region of the kidneys. These were especially severe when stooping to lift anything and often I could hardly straighten my back. The aching was bad in the day time, but just as bad at night, and I was always lame in the morning. I was bothered with rheumatic pains and dropsical swelling of the feet. The urinary passages were painful and the secretions were discolored and so free that often I had to rise at night. I felt tired all day. Half a box served to relieve me, and three boxes effected a permanent cure." A TRIAL FREE—Address Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price 50c. "Jobbery" in British Army. According to a British officer the Boer war "was productive of more jobs than any of Marlborough's campaigns." Another British soldier is quoted as saying: "If you want to get on in the service leave your regiment first; then get your aunt to call on Lady --- and give her a thumping subscription for one of her charities, and the thing is done." They Always Make Friends. "Since using one box of Cheatham's laxative Tablets we have been friends. They cured me promptly and thoroughly of a bad case of chills. Any one needing a remedy for malarial troubles will certainly find them satisfactory. "They are also convenient to carry and pleasant to take." John Everhardt. Italy and Cork. Formerly Italy was a large producer of cork, but a great part of the splendid cork oak forests has already been destroyed. In some provinces—as, for instance, in Calabria—the trees have been felled and used for charcoal making; in other provinces they have been cut down on account of their high potash contents. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. The Oklahoma City Packing Co. Is in the market at all times for fat well finished hogs—bring them in now and you will make money. Correct Weights, Best Prices. THE DAISY FLY KILLER destroys all the files and affords comfort to every some—in dining-room, sleeping-room and places where flies are troublesome. Clean, neat and will not soil or injure anything. Try them once and you will never be without them. Must keep by dealers, not prepaid for 20c. HAMOLD SONERS, 349 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Wiggle Stick Wiggle-Stick LAUNDRY BLUE Won't spill, break, freeze nor spot clothes. Costs 10c. and equals 20c. worth of any other bluing FISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION BOYS AND GIRLS End of the Week. It happens every Saturday, when all the chores is done. An' the day is restin' some'eres, an' the stars is havin' fun A-twinklin' an' a-dancin' in the clear and distant sky To the music of the sleigh bells as they go a-jinglin' by— We have tended to our labors; all the week we've done our best. An' we feel that we're entitled to a night of honest rest; An' maw has washed the dishes, an' the hired man's fed the stock— But the week's work ain't quite finished until gran'paw winds the clock. There's no one else da'st touch it, 'cause it takes a master hand. An' you very likely break it if you didn't understand. An' when the weights go risht' with a whirring an' a whizz. I allus hope that I'll grow up as smart as graan' paw is. An' then the house gits quiet, 'cause the folks all go to bed. An' there ain't no noise except the branches scrapin' overhead. We've finished up another week, an' Tim has learned the lock That shuts it out an' starts us fresh when gran'paw winds the clock. —Washington Star. Cdd Way to Lift a Glass. You can surprise people very much by laying your hand, with apparent carelessness, on a tumbler or wine glass nearly full of water and then lifting the glass, water and all, by raising your hand, with the fingers outstretched in order to prove that you do not take hold of the glass in any way. Probably there will be some people whom you will not surprise. These will say, "Oh, that's easy," try to do the trick themselves—and fail. The secret of success is this: Though your fingers are straight when you lift the glass, they must be bent downward sharply when you place your palm upon it. You must press your hand down rather firmly in order to make an air-tight joint between it and the rim of the glass, which should be wet to make the joint tighter. Now suddenly straighten your fingers and lift your hand. This motion of the fingers causes the flesh of the palm to move in such a way as to cause a partial vacuum, a suction which you can feel distinctly. The space between the water and your hand is made a little larger, and therefore the air in that space is rarefied or made thinner and exerts less pressure. Therefore, the greater air pressure outside, acting on the bottom and sides of the glass, forces it upward against your hand strongly enough to lift both glass and water when you raise your hand. This trick requires some practice before it can be done with certainty and had better not be attempted with a very thin or valuable glass or in a place where spilled water will do harm. Above all, do not use a very thin Y Lifting a Glass of Water. glass, for even if it does not drop you may break it by mere pressure and cut your hand. Besides, thin glasses are very apt to have little nicks in the edge which will both cut you and spoil the trick by letting in air. The glass must be a small one, as it has to be well covered by the palm of your hand. An egg cup or a wine glass with a stem is best. If you use a tumbler—which, being small in diameter, will probably be not very tall—you will have to hold it in the other hand or set it on an inverted tumbler or a block of wood in order to get room to bend your fingers down properly. The trick seems especially difficult because the hand is flat and the glass nearly full of water, but these are the very things that make it possible. You cannot lift the glass with your fingers bent—unless, of course, you actually take hold of it—as it is the straightening of the fingers that causes the suction. You cannot lift an empty glass unless it is a very small one. The longer the space under your hand is, the greater change in the air pressure you can make by the motion of your fingers. A Hen With a Collar. One of our readers who lives in the city received a fluffy little yellow chick for an Easter present. He kept O Esther and Her Collar. it about the house for some time, and it grew so fast that one could almost see it get larger. At last it quite lost all its daintiness and became a scrawny, coarse-voiced, stubby-feathered nuisance, but its little owner thought as much of it as ever. It was too big to have about the house and was finally sent to the country and its owner did not see it for a year. Months later the little fellow visited his grandparents at their country place and found Esther, his pet, grown to a full-fledged hen. Strange to say, while she evidently remembered him, she was shy for some time, and it was several days before the two were on their former friendly terms. Now came a complication. As it was garden time and fresh, tender, green things were springing up on every side, the chickens were all shut up in a great wire chicken yard. Roy did not care to go there every time he wanted to see Esther, and it would never do to give her liberty, for she would be sure to destroy a lot of garden things. Roy's grandfather solved the problem. He took an old umbrella rib, bent it till it formed a circle, lashed the ends firmly together, and covered the hoop so formed with some strong muslin. In the center of this a hole was cut just large enough to go over Esther's head. When Esther's head was popped through this hole she was a very much surprised and indignant hen, and she made an awful fuss about it. Still, she had to submit, for she could not get out of her strange collar, so after a time she became resigned to it. It kept Esther from going about picking the gardens, and she would not scratch because she could not see what she was scratching, and so her liberty did no harm. Has Lincoln's Old Wagon. Abraham Lincoln's old wagon is in the possession of a citizen of Lawton, Okla. A UNITED STATES SENATOR Used Pe-ru-na For Dyspepsia With Great Benefit. [Stamp] EX-U. S. Senator M. C. Butler from South Carolina, was Senator from that state for two terms. In a recent letter from Washington, D. C., he says: "I can recommend Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. I have been using your medicine for a short period and I feel very much relieved. It is indeed a wonderful medicine besides a good tonic."—M. C. Butler. Peruna is not simply a remedy for dyspepsia. Peruna is a catarrh remedy. Peruna cures dyspepsia because it is generally dependent upon catarrh of the stomach. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. EDUCATIONAL EPWORTH UNIVERSITY. Joint Property of the two Methodisms. Intends to be thorough in scholarship and helpful and religious in spirit. Ten Head Professors, the majority of whom have taught in such universities as Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Columbia, Leland Stanford, devote their entire time to the college of liberal arts. Full corps of instructors in Academy and Music, Elocution and Art. Large campus of fifty-two acres beautifully situated. Modern buildings. Physical, Chemical and Biological Laboratories. The first session begins September 7, 1904. Address. President R. B. McSwain, Oklahoma, Okla. Briar University FINEST BUILDING. BEST EQUIPMENT. $60 Pays Total Expenses for Six Months' Course in Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Penmanship and if you are willing to work to pay board. Positions secured. Free use of text-books. Railroad fare paid. Write today for full particulars. Address Capital City Courses Bookkeeping Shorthand Typewriting Penmanship Telegraphy Business College Muthira, Ohio Fall Term Begins Sept. 5, 1904. Write For Particulars. OUT IN CALIFORNIA The Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar will be held in the early Fall. Thousands are going. Its a good time. There is no doubt but that all good Americans desire to see the Golden States sometime. Here is an opportunity. Is there anythfg to prevent your taking advantage of the exceptionally low rates announced for this occasion? Tickets on Sale Aug. 15 to Sept 10 Rates from your home town on request. A letter written by Iwajiro-Uyeno, an officer on the Japanese cruiser Tokiwa, is published in the Tokio newspapers. He was one of the "seventy-seven dashing party" that sunk the stone laden ships in the Port Arthur harbor entrance. He writes before going on the adventure: "Fortunately I was selected as one of the party ordered to undertake a certain desperate work and have to leave this ship this evening and embark on a steamer. I have, therefore, little hope of returning alive; indeed, I ought not to expect it, for it is just the occasion when I should offer up my life for the sake of the emperor. This is an honor which I hardly deserve. As I will go on duty with this resolution I am prepared to die at my post. So be prepared to hear the worst any time about me from my friend Muratake. My life is not mine, for it has been offered to the emperor, and now to be distinguished with the honor of being picked for this special work, this is indeed a glory to me, as it will also serve as an occasion of increasing the honor of the family. You must not be grieved, therefore, even when the report of my death reaches you; rather you ought to celebrate the event for the sake of your country." The Best Advertising Medium through which you can reach the colored people is "THE CIMETER." 1. Rock Island System FAD FOR BARVAS POTTERY. Oddly Constructed Utensils That Are in Current Demand. In the Island of Lewis, so well known to all readers of William Black's romance, is the little village of Barvas, where two old women carry on a rude pottery, for many years unknown to any but their neighbors. These, the only potters in the Scottish Highlands, have made their coarse ware for village use and must have been poorly paid, since the people are badly off, and for many a year now the crockery made in factories has been procurable even in the Isle of Lewis. But a sportsman staying in the neighborhood saw and fancied the pottery and its makers and spread its fame abroad and now the old women can scarcely supply it fast enough. Formerly only craggans, a rude sort of bowl to hold fish oil or milk, was made, but now to please tourists and visitors strange and uncouth tea services are turned out. The cups are not warranted to stand straight or the saucers to maintain their equilibrium, the teapot bulges and the sugar bowl looks tipsy, but they are queer, they are of Barvas, and so precious, the best of all they keep the old women in comfort. These dishes are made from a local clay of a smooth yellow. After being kneaded it is shaped by hand, scraped with a knife and dried for days in the sun, then fried among peats.—Springfield Republican. PROUD TO YIELD UP LIFE. Japanese Officer Welcomed Death for His Emperor. GEO. M .LEE, G. P. & T. A. Little Rock, Ark. J. S. McNALLY, D. P. A Oklahoma City. THE POPULAR . . . BOOT & SHOE MAKER, E. L. SAMUELS. 140 South Second Street. When You Want A SHAVE. HAIRCUT. SHAMPOON. OR SEA FOAM, EXCELSIGR TONSORIAL PARLOR Second St., Next to Creek Gro. Co Clean towels, sharp razors a specialty. J. A. BANKS, Proprietor A S McRea PHONE 396 ROOM 11 harum Building. Muskogee, Ind, Ter Lucky Stones. There is an old proverb which states that "he who possesses a turquoise will never lack a friend." Certainly from time immemorial the turquoise has never ceased to be regarded as a lucky stone. Amulets are much in favor at the present moment, and the wearers of them are by no means only of the feminine community. They are worn in all manner of quaint designs. Each precious stone is supposed to contain some property peculiar to itself. It seems hardly credible that people of common sense should believe in such things, but true it is that amulets are at present much in vogue, and, apart from their superstitions, they are one of the daintest presents imaginable. The emerald is credited with a host of god influences, the crysolite is a cure for insomnia. But the luckiest amulet of all is that containing a turquoise, whether by reason of its "true blue" color or not it is hard to say. Met Her Match. Waggs-I had the laugh on my wife yesterday. Boggs-How did it happen? Waggs-We were out driving, and she discovered an echo that beat her out of the last word. The Reading (Mass.) man whose buildings have been struck by lightning for the sixth time should dig under his premises and see if he does not strike an iron mine. Bringing Guatemala ants into the country to eat up the boll weevil is a form of contract labor immigration which should be encouraged. A Baltimore woman advertised for a husband then killed herself. Some men's luck never leaves them. The Sandwich islander's alphabet has only twelve letters. Some men stop drinking for the pleasure of beginning once more. GIVE US YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. MUSKOGEE TITLE and TRUST COMPANY GENERAL BANKING. 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 wi'h us. DIAN VALLEY TRUST COMPANY John Doyle Company EXCLUSIVE Cert takers = Embalmer (LICENSED) EMBULANCE FURNSHED FREE NO 486 Office 221-23 0kmulgee Ave. M LOANS AND ABSTRACT LOMBARD, CHAS. H. LOMBARD, D. G. V. Secretary and Manager. Assistant S INDI AND ABSTRACT COMPANY Fourth Second Street, MUSKOGEE, IND. M LOANS ON FREEDMEN LAND Is made to Creek Freedmen who are farming on the settments. ORRIS' CAFE Only First Class, Up-to-Date Cafe in the People of All Nations Can be Served Indid Billiard and Pool Hall Adjoined The Finest in the Southwest. You Hunger Step into the Cafe. If You Send an Hour of Pleasure the Pool Room is : : : : : ER SECOND and DENNISON ST R. H. MORRIS, Prop. BARNETT GROC COMPANY. CNADIAN VALLEY TRUST COMPANY. : John Doyle Company : EXCLUSIVE Undertakers-Embalmers (LICENSED) AMBULANCE FURNSHED FREE PHONE NO 486 Office 221-23 Okmulgee Avenue. FARM LOANS $ ^{^m 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. MORRIS' CAFE The Only First Class, Up-to-Date Case 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. THE BARNETT GROCERY THE BARNETT GROCERY Dealers in Staple and Fancy Groceries. Give Anything You Desire in the Grocery that Defy Competition. Give Us a Trial a Repeat. Located on South 5th St. N Side Boulevard. F. A. BARNETT & N'S QUICK PEI We Have Anything You Desire in the Grocery Line at Prices that Defy Competition. Give Us a Trial and You Will Repeat. Located on South 5th St. Near the South Side Boulevard. F. A. BARNETT & SONS. ASK A Speedy and Sure Cure for Colic, Cholera, FOR A Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Bloody Flux. Cholera Morbus, Gripping in the Stomach, Cholera. Infantum and all Bowel Complaints. Manufactured for Sale only by GLASS Second and Broadway. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT. Muskogee Cimeter. MUSKOGEE, . . IND. TER. NEW STATE NEWS Roff is now in the midst of a big revival. Rev. Crouch of Bristol, Tenn., is conducting the services. Prague has this season shipped about fifteen car loads of potatoes, bringing into the section nearly $5,000. The farmers' institute meeting announced for Chandler August 9th and 10th has been indefinitely postponed on account of the busy season. The rains of last week have greatly benefited the cotton crop in both territories. At some points the crop would have been a failure but for the showers. Pryor Creek has raised a $25,00 bonus for the Oklahoma & Cherokee Central railroad. The Western Negro Press association met in Guthrie. The membership comprises all negro newspaer men west of the Mississippi. The Oklahoma millers met at El Reno last week. The question of better seed wheat was discussed. Dr. J. C. Bushyhead has been appointed a pension examining surgeon at Claremore. The postoffice at Boyer, Pottawatomie county, has been discontinued. Mail has been ordered sent to Wanette. Muskogee streets are to be paved with brick. A Guthrie contractor has the work. Max Mullins of Lexington, who killed a negro on the streets of that town last week, has been acquitted by the coroner's jury returning a verdict of justifiable homicide. The retail butchers and grocers of Anadarko have perfected an organization. The gypsum plaster manufacturing plant near Watonga has been sold to an Oklahoma City firm for $48,000. The franchise of the Southwestern base ball league has been transferred from Shawnee to El Reno. Enid announces that there will be no gambling on the streets during the street fair at that place. Old soldiers' day at Prague, which has been advertised to be on the 26th of August, has been changed to the 23rd on account of the governor being present on that day. Muskogee is to have an artificial gas plant. A local company is to install a $60,000 plant. Work on Anadarko's $36,000 water works plant has begun and the construction will be pushed rapidly. The contract calls for completion within three months. The Lion Store at Oklahoma City offers $15 in cash for the best six ears of corn raised by any farmer in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Also a cash prize of $5 for the best half dozen ears of corn raised by any farmer in Oklahoma, Logan, Pottawattomie, Cleveland, Canastan and Lincoln counties, in Oklahoma. A prize of $3 for the second best, and one of $2 for the third best. Corn must be delivered at the Lion Store in Oklahoma City free. --- ROSE HAS MANY COLORS. Peculiar Flower the Production of Eastern Gardeners. The Chinese, Japanese and Siamese are peculiarly skillful at botanical feats. One of their wonderful achievements is known as the "changeable rose." The bloom is white in the shade and red in the sunlight. After night or in a dark room this curiosity of the rose family is a pure waxy-white blossom. When transferred to the open air the transformation immediately steps in, the time of the entire change of the flower from white to red depending on the degree of sunlight and warmth. First the petals take on a kind of washed or faded blue color, and rapidly change to a faint blush of pink. The pink gradually deepens in hue until you find that your lily-white rose of an hour before is as red as the reddest peony that ever bloomed. Still More Evidence. Bay City, Ill., August 8 (Special). Mr. K. F. Henley of this city adds his evidence to that published almost daily that a sure cure for Rheumatism is now before the American people and that that cure is Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr. Henley had Acute Rheumatism. He has used Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says of the result: "After suffering for sixteen years with Rheumatism and using numerous medicines for Rheumatism and more medicines prescribed by doctors, I at last tried Dodd's Kidney Pills with the result that I got more bentfit from them than all the others put together. "Dodd's Kidney Pills were the only thing to give me relief, and I recommend them to all suffering from Acute Rheumatism." Rheumatism is caused by Uric Acid in the blood. Healthy kidneys take all the Uric Acid out of the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy kidneys. Difference in Bacilli. In consequence of the discovery by Prof. Schroen that the bacillus of consumption is not the same as that of tuberculosis, it is held in German medical circles that the present treatment of consumption will be radically changed. More Flexible and Lasting Won'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. Harsh Bankruptcy Laws. A merchant in Russia can be declared bankrupt if his liabilities exceed $1,000 and he has not the ready cash to meet them. He can be arrested, and his detention depends on the will of his creditors. A Trip to Colorado, Utah or California is not complete unless it embraces the most beautiful resorts and grandest scenery in Colorado, which are found on the Colorado Midland Railway, the highest standard gauge line in the world. Exceptionally low summer round trip rates to Colorado interior state points, Utah, California and the Northwest are offered by this line. For information address Mr. C. H. Speers, General Passenger Agent, Denver, Colo. Inhabitants of Claro. The inhabitants of Claro, a Swiss village, met in general assembly and passed a resolution informing the ecclesiastical authorities that they (the villagers) would become free-thinkers unless the village cure, who was unpopular, should be removed. $36.00 per M. Lewis' "Single Binder," straight 5c cigar, costs more than other brands, but this price gives the dealer a fair profit—and the smoker a better cigar. Lewis' Factory Peoria, Ill. Midget Japanese Soldiers. The average Japanese soldier is not more than 5 feet 4 inches high SCIENCE and INVENTION Paint and Cleaning Machine. Out in the country, where the smoke and dust from factories and paved streets is unknown, it is comparatively easy to keep a house looking bright and clean on the outside, even when it has been standing several years. But in the city, where all is dust and smoke, a newly erected stone building or a freshly painted frame structure soon shows the effects of the dirt-laden atmosphere. A Canadian inventor has just designed an apparatus intended for use on frame structures, where the paint has become dingy and in case the owner does not feel that he can stand A Combines the Soap and Water. the cost of fresh painting. This machine, which is here illustrated, has a water reservoir, an air compressor and a soap-containing chamber, together with lines of hose and scrubbing brushes. The idea is to mix the soap and water while under pressure and before it is discharged into the bristles that it shall be of the proper consistency to scrub the painted surface to which it is applied. This treatment would seem to necessitate first-class waterproof paint, though perhaps even poor paint would stand against a weak mixture and light scrubbing with the brush. In the ease of stone work the laborer need have no scruples about exerting his strength, as it is impossible to injure the hard face. There is obviously no necessity for transporting a bucket of cleansing liquid around on ladders, and scaffolding, as heretofore, the cleaning fluid being pumped directly into the brush where it is to be applied. The pressure is easily controlled by means of the valves ir. the handle of the brush, as is also the proportion of soap and water. The inventor is Emile Wegland dit Labonte of Montreal, Quebec. New Polar Current Theory. The latest word in meteorology is brought from the international meteorological committee, which will render it necessary, it is said, to abandon once for all the theory hitherto adopted of a vertical circulation of the atmosphere between the tropics and the poles. Dr. H. H. Hildebrasson, who makes a report, expressed the hope that the terms "polar" and "equatorial" currents, which have hitherto caused so much confusion in dynomical meteorology, will disappear completely from meteorological science. He shows that in all parts of the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere an upper current from west to east prevails in all months of the year, while in the tropical zone the currents at all heights are almost without exception from east to west New Variable Stars. During an examination of photographic plates taken by M. Blojko at the Moscow university, M. Ceraski detected three new variable stars. The first, Cassiopelae, varies from the ninth to the eleventh magnitude; the second, Lyrae, varies from the tenth to the twelfth; and the third, Lacertae, varies from the ninth to the tenth, and probably is of short period. with Grape-Nuts then or any other time for this food always stays down and my stomach digests it perfectly; I soon got strong and well again and bless that old lady every time I see her. "Once an invalid of 98 pounds I now weigh 125 pounds and feel strong and well and it is due entirely and only to having found the proper food in Grape-Nuts." Name given my Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Get the little book, "The Road to Wellville" in each pkg. pretty soon the lady called to see her 'patient' as she called me and asked if I had tried her advice. "Glad you did child, do you feel some better? "No,' I said, 'I do not know as I do, the only difference I can see is I have no sour stomach and come to think of it I haven't spit up your four teaspoons of Grape-Nuts yet." "Nor did I ever have any trouble lady to try Grape-Nuts and cream leaving off all fatty food. I had no confidence that Grape-Nuts would do all she said for me as I had tried so many things without any help. But it was so simple I thought I would give it a trial she insisted so. "Well I ate some for breakfast and It is an ever new and interesting story to hear how one can be entirely made over by change of food. "For two years I was troubled with what my physician said was the old fashioned dyspepsia. "There was nothing I could eat but 20 or 30 minutes later I would be spitting my food up in quantities until I would be very faint and weak. This went out from day to day until I was terrificly wasted away and without any prospect of being able to But Still in the Fashion. OLD FASHIONED. Some never have been obliged to accomplish a definite amount of work each day. If you are forced into a narrow path you are likely to accomplish more definite results than you are if you stroll on the boulevard. A manager of a jobbing house says he can do four times the work now than when he commenced dictating. 'This is due to practice and to limitations in time. He has improved involuntarily because his work forced him ahead.—Earl M. Pratt. All Men Can Not Follow Same Methods in Their Labor. We are not all built alike: what is one man's pleasure is another man's pain. It is impossible for a one-horse power engine to do the work of a tenhorse power engine. I have a cousin who says his best work is done when he has to do a day's work in a couple of hours. I think my best work is done when I have a month in which to do a couple VARIOUS WAYS OF WORKING. R. M. Swann, Franklin, Ia. touching instantly: "In my family medicine chest no remedy is permitted to remain unless it proves beyond doubt the best to be obtained for its particular purpose. For treating all manner of skin troubles, such as Eczema, Tetter, Ringworm, etc. Hunt's Cure has held its place for many years. I have failed to find a surer remedy. It cures robbing incubation." It Will Stay There. Shake into your shoes. Allen's Foot-Base, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Swollen, Hot. Sweating Feet. Corns and Bunions. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREK. Address Allen S. Olmsted, N. Y. Electricity for Vegetables. Dr. Solim Lem Strom, a German scientist, says that by means of electricity it is possible to force fruit and vegetables to twice their ordinary NO PIANOS GIVEN AWAY No pianos, music boxes or other cheap, useless prizes offered to create a sale for It is Nature's food for man and sold on its merits. Any one who has paid any attention to the study of health knows very well that good, pure, nourishing food has a value and that the eating for any length of time of the rubbish offered as food by claptrap advertising is certain sickness and probably early death to the children. Dr. Price's Food is Dr. Price, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracts. Prepared by PRICE CEREAL FOOD CO., Food Mills, BATTLE CREEK, MICH., Main Offices, CHICAGO. To cure, or money refunded by your merchant, so why not try it? Price 50c. Law Against Football. On the statute book of Scotland is still an act passed in 1424, ordering that "na man play at futeball," because it is "esteemed to be unprofitable sport for the common gude of the realme and defence thereof." There is also a statute against alien immigration, passed in 1426, and authorizing "all his majesty's good subjects" to "take, apprehend, imprison and execute to death the said Egyptians (Gypsies), either men or women." Department of Agriculture. While it is universally admitted that the administration of the Department of Agriculture is probably the most effective in the world, it is interesting to note that this service costs the nation far less than that of other countries. A German paper states that Russia expends annually for this purpose as much as the United States and France, Austria and Hungary about $8,500,000 each, while America spends but $6,000,000. Loses Reason, but Not Wealth. Some years ago a very wealthy man in England got it into his head that he had lost all his money. To pacify him his sons told him that they had saved the remnants of the estate and were able to offer him employment as a clerk. At $7.50 a week he worked as happy as a prince for the last twenty years of his life. When he died his estate amounted to nearly $15,000,000. Why Sand Sometimes Sings. Singing sands are composed of well-rounded and polished grains of fairly uniform size, quite free from dust and small particles. They "sing" when struck or subjected to friction. Their sounds are varied, according to the nature of the friction and the quantity of sand. A tingling sensation is often felt by those who walk over them. Doctor's Graded Fees. Discussion by London newspapers of doctors' fees has brought to light some curious information. "I know a man," one doctor is quoted as saying, "who has a guinea practice in Harley street, a 5-shilling practice in Kensington and a sixpenny practice in Seven Dials." Clever French Rogues. Among the French coins which are no longer current are, as is well known, those of a less value than 5 francs, struck prior to 1852, and nearly everybody has had a difficulty in making them circulate. But now their progress has been made comparatively easy and that by a very simple means. The head of Napoleon III was uncrowned and that rendered them easy to be distinguished. Some ingenious individuals have undertaken the coronation ceremony by means of an engraving tool, and unless great attention is paid it is very difficult to tell them from the others Engineering Triumph. The Oroyo railroad, which now runs from Callao to the gold fields of Cerro de Pasco, is considered one of the wonders in the Peruvian world. Commencing in Callao, it ascends the narrow valley of the Rimac, rising nearly 5,000 feet in the first fifty-six miles. Thence, it goes through the intricate gorges of the Sierras till it tunnels the Andes at an altitude of 15,645 feet, the highest point in the world where a piston rod is moved by steam. This elevation is reached in seventy-eight miles. Sun Fires Window Blinds. The window blinds in four shops in an Edinburgh street were set on fire recently by the sun's rays. The fire brigade had to be summoned. Prizes for All Kinds of Cats. Prizes were offered at an English cat show for the happiest cat, the best performing cat, and the funniest cat. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind collo. 20c a bottle. It Would Be More Correct. Why does the dentist always call his torture chamber a "dental parlor," and never a "drawing room?" Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds. N. W. SAMUEL, Occan Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. Wire to Nigeria. Old Calabar, the headquarters of the Southern Nigeria government, has just been connected by telegraph with England. Insist on Getting It Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock on hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. Purloins Original National Air. Somebody has stolen from the Royal library of Belgium the original manuscript of the "Brabanconne," the national air of Belgium, which was composed in 1830 by Jeneval and Van Campenbout. This Will Interest Mothers. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the bowels and destroy Worms. Sold by all Druggists. 25c. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. No Newspapers in Morocco. Morocco is the most important state that is absolutely without a newspaper. Those Who Have Tried It will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. 900 DROPS A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PATCHER Pumpkin Seed Aix Seine Ranunculus Amine Seed Poppermine Dicarbromide Salts Warty Seed Capsicum Sugar Mintyrom Placer A perfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and Loss of SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Cha H. Flitchur. NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 Doses - 35 CENTS EXACT COPY OF WRAPER. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Cha H. Flitchur. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. Cannot Fly Backwards. It is a curious fact in natural his story that no bird can fly backward. Afflicted with Thompson's Eye Water W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 33. 1904. THE CIMETER, Published every week in the interest of the Negro by the Cimeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee I.T. as second class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION; (In advance) One Year..... $1.00 Six Months.....50 Three Months.....25 W. H. TWINE - - - Editor. R. WOOD, Ass't Editor and Manager. J. T. TRIMBLE - - - Solicitor. F QUALLS, Manager, Printing Dept Republican Ticket. For President, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of New York. For Vice-President, CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, of Indiana. And now the Sante Fe is coming into Great Muskogee, All railroads lead to the metropolis. The street car company is getting busy and in a short time there will be something doing in that line. The editor is in St. Louis this week attending the Masonic congress and hence the editorial column may not be as full as usual. The contract for that $40,000 opera house has been let, this is in keeping with the town. We are not growing but have a healthy growth. Roosevelt will carry New York and McGuire will win in Oklahoma, and the new state of Oklahoma will enter the union under a Republican administration. The preacher who gives more time to politics than religion is a d—n poor preacher and the flock will soon be hunting another shepard. History repeats itself even in Muskogee. There are some good men who belong to the Lincoln clb (Ivory Blacks) and who do not know the real cause for the organization of this political orphan, and there are a few, not many, good men who belong to the Lilywhite club, and who are not lilywhites. These good men will soon see the cloven foot of the devil in each club and will hunt other pastures in which to graze. Taxes are high enough without making-an increase for mudworks, that we can have without expenditure of another $100,000. We think that those who use water should pay for it, and those who don't should not; and the way to have these conditions prevail is to sell to private persons and save the $250 per day expense. The Lincoln club held a meeting Friday night, so reported in the Pheonix, and took in mem- bers: also resolved that they withdraw from the Muskogee club. We presume the masters of the Lily white club made this order. We are waiting to see the day when the Ivory-blacks can visit the Lily-whites and make some speeches same as the filies do in theirs. Negroes who make an effort to get away from the race by bleaching the skin and straightening the hair may be classed as one story Negroes and each time they are set down on by the white man they correspond very nicely to the epithet "Go way nigger your hair don't shine you may be my color but you are not my kind.—Appreciator. We have a few of that kind of animals here, and to be truthful they are not worth three whoops in hell and give it themselves. --- The merchants of our town are entitled to the trade of our citizens, they help pay the taxes that support our public institutions. The traveling faker, and agents for outside firms should receive no patronage from the citizens. The L. B. Price Merchantile Co. have agents in this town who take out hundreds of dollars, possibly, each month. This is an injury to the town and is not treating our business meu right. Goods can be bought from our merchants just as reasonable and they are entitled to our trade THE VARDAMAN MATTER Will the Democrats try to make an issue of the post office department's refusal to give Gov. Vardaman's name to one of the 4th class post office of Mississippi? Some persons in that state asked Postmaster General Payne to call a new post office of that class Vardaman, and he refused. The report that he refused, when it first came out, aroused some excitement in Mississippi. It is said that the governor was very angry about the slight, or what he calls slight. This is a matter, however, which is entirely in the hands of the post office department, and the state authorities can do nothing about it. If the Democrats make an issue of the question the Republicans will be pleased. There was no good reason why the United States government should do anything to honor Vardaman. On the other hand, there are very good reasons why the government should refrain from doing anything of the kind. Vardaman has been one of the most blatant of the enemies of the national administration. He is a negro hater, who goes a little farther in his crusade even than Tillman. He would deprive the blacks cut of his state of any sort of education except of the most rudimentary order. Ignoring the fact that there are a good many negroes in the United States who stands head and shoulders above himself intellectually. Vardaman declares the negro belongs to a race which education harms instead of helps. Manifestly, a man like Vardaman does not deserve any honor Hello! Well What Is It? If you have you will do well to see JAMES WALTEKS, and consult him on price and quality before going elsewhere : : : : TERMS REASONABLE. - WORK GUARANTEED. Jas. Walters, 811 Market St. Spot Cash Store. 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. West Broadway Muskogee THE FAIR. Do Your Banking Business With The Territorial Bank & Trust Co. Oldest and Strongest Bank in the Indian Territory. interest Paid on Deposits. Abstracts Made. Fidelity Bonds Written. MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY at the hand of the national government or from any other quarter The people of Mississippi threw discredit on themselves by preferring him to several worthy Democrats who were mentioned in connection with the governorship. It is said to be intention of Vardaman's friends to start a new crusade against President Roosevelt on account of this post office matter. The President and the Republican party hope that these persons will do this. By exciting the enemity of men of the Vardaman stripe, the administration furnishes a new reason why it will receive the plaudits of he American people. If the Democrats want to make a new negro or Vardaman issue, the Republicans will very cheerfully accommo late them. The Republicans can sweep the country without Vardaman's aid, but his pernicious activity will and a few hundrds or thousands to the Roosevelt majority on November 8. Globe Democrat The lightning bug is a brilliant, But he hasn't any mind, He meanders through the darkness With his headlight on behind, Likewise the foolish merchant, Whome no one can advise. He declarer there's nothin' doin' When asked to advertise.—Ex. What Is It? YOU A Rn to Build? JAMES WALTEKS, and consult ing elsewhere : : : : WORK GUARANTEED. 811 Market St. Sh Store. RING MILLINARY! Waists, Corsets, Hosiery, Goods, Tin Ware and Ware, and Glass Ware. HE FAIR. Business With Bank & Trust Co. Bank in the Indian Territory. SKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY AT THE CONDITION OF THE NA'TN'L BANK Is Depository. Indian Territory. Saturday, January 22, 1904. LIABILITIES Capital $200,000.00 Surplus and Profit 16,978.26 Circulation 50,000.00 Deposits 345,142.28 Reserved for Taxes 1,266.38 $613,387.92 D. N. FINK, Cashier. care receive prompt attention. HAND MADE CLOTHING, SHIRTS ALL KINDS OF HATS. ORDERED TO QUIT TEAMSTERS WILL NOT DELIVER ICE TO BUTCHERS PICKETS' APPOINTED TO WATCH BOYCOTT Little Change in the Situation at Chicago-About Fifty Per Cent of the Regular Work Being Done-Packers Are Hiring New Men CHICAGO: The threatened spread of the stock yards strike to outside industries came Wednesday when an order was issued by the teamsters' union forbidding drivers of ice wagons to make any deliveries to retail butchers who, since the packing house teamsters went on strike have been hauling meat from the yards in their own wagons. As the refrigerators in most markets do not hold enough ice to last longer than forty-eight hours, the order to cut off the supply of ice, if it can be enforced, means that persons in Chicago will be compelled to forego fresh meat. Officers of the teamster's union have appointed pickets to watch retail markets all over Chicago, with instructions to see that the boycott is carried out. Outside of the decision of the striking unions to extend the strike to the ice men there was little change from yesterday in the situation at the stock yards. With their new employees and those who have deserted the unions, the packers managed to dispose of fully 50 per cent as much work as is carried on under normal conditions. Fewer than 300 new employees arrived at the various plants within the last day or two, this being the smallest number of strike breakers received during any day since the employers decided to bring outsiders to Chicago to break the strike. The packers declared that the reason for the small addition to their forces was that they are about through hiring workmen and were now choosing only skilled men. ARE NOT SUBSTITUTES Conductors Will Handle No More Freight in Strikers' Place DENISON, TEX.: The conductors of both the north and south divisions of the M., K. & T. railroad and the members of the brotherhood of railway trainmen have informed the deputy president of the Order of Railway Telegraphers that they will not handle any more freight in the place of the striking operators who had acted as agents for the railroad company. Superintendent R. J. Sullivan of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas has made the following statement: "We now have about twenty-seven operators at work on the Dallas and Fort Worth division. They are all old men. We have plenty of new men to supply vacancies of strikers, but do not need them. All agents on the Dallas and Fort Worth, Henrietta, Bonham, Denton and Cleburn divisions have been checked out or are being so. This affects about seventy stations and 210 men. As they are checked out new men are checked in. All of these are loyal employees." R. L. Glover, deputy president of the O. R. T., denies the statement of Superintendent Sullivan, and says that there is practically no change in the situation. Oklahoma City Races OKLAHOMA CITY: Mr. Eugene Barnes, secretary of the Oklahoma City Fair and Racing association, has received all the entries for the meet to be held the weex beginning August 15. Horses are arriving for the meet, which promises to be one of the most successful ever held in Oklahoma. BENEFITS FROM ENLISTMENT A Young Man Writes of Advantages to be Derived OKLAHOMA CITY: A letter has recently been received from John H. Churchill at the recruiting office situated in Oklahoma City, which shows the great benefits to be derived by a young man of ordinary circumstances who enlists in the army. It is as follows: 'Lieut. F. R. Kenney, recruiting officer, Oklahoma City. We wish to thank you, my friends and myself, who are at present serving in the 23rd infantry for enlisting us as we have been able to see the world or at least a great portion of it in the last six months at Uncle Sam's expense, and up to date our trip has been a great benefit; as, since February 1st, we have seen the western part of our country, the Sandwich islands, stopping one week at Honolulu, visiting there the famous 'Round Head crater, and going into the interior on a four days' furlough, where our uniforms of soldiers procured us the most courteous treatment from the natives, particularly the native girls, and the fruits and produce were lavished upon us. We all hated to leave Honolulu, but the rest of our trip has been the same everywhere, and we were received with open arms. We enjoyed probably most of all our sojourn of ten days in Japan, going from thence to the city of Manila, where we are now quartered. We expect to leave here December of this year for the United States via the Mediterranean sea and the Suez canal, stopping at Malta, Gibraltar and other points of great interest, thus completing in less than a year the entire circle of the globe. We will probably be mustered out in New York city, from where we will receive for every mile to our home four cents, and in addition we will have a big balance coming from the paymaster, as Uncle Sam pays all the bills of this trip." LACK OF INTEREST Oklahoma People Are Showing No Enthusiasm in Exhibits GUTHRIE: A letter received from Superintendent C. A. McNabb of the Oklahoma World's fair exhibits in agriculture and horticulture, by Mr. Thoburn, secretary of the territorial board of agriculture, severely arraigns the apathy and lack of interest manifested by the people of Oklahoma. Mr. McNabb says that he has written personal letters to a number of Oklahoma farmers who are known to have extra fine early corn and solicited samples for exhibition, but up to date he has not received a single specimen. His desire to have green corn on exhibition at this time is because he wants to show the state of early maturity to the corn-growers of Iowa, Illinois and other northern corn-growing states, where the crop is much less advanced. He very aptly remarks that he "cannot wait till shocking time" if he is to make the most of the opportunity. The chance to compare the earliness of the Oklahoma corn as compared with the corn of other states is one that may not occur again in many years, and commercial clubs, real estate men and public spirited people generally should see to it that Mr. McNabb is promptly supplied with the best and most matured specimens of corn stalks in full ear that can be found. Mr. McNabb also wants perfect specimens of apples, peaches, pears, grapes, melons, tomatoes, potatoes and other fruits and vegetables. Oklahoma will not have another opportunity to advertise her advantages as cheaply and effectually as the one which is now presented-at least not for a long term of years. Governor Ferguson has affirmed the report that Oklahoma City has been selected for the next annual encampment of the Oklahoma National guard, beginning October 6th. CONFLICTING BOTH PACKERS AND BUTCHERS CLAIM THE ADVANTAGE AS YET NEITHER SIDE IS BENEFITTED Chicago Stock Yards Are Filled With Stock—Buyers Are Not Bidding Several Cars of Hogs and Sheep Reshipped CHICAGO: The meat packers, whose union employees are on strike, claim to be in a better position than at any time since the struggle began. When asked for the packers' side of the situation Arthur Moeker, general manager for Armour & Co., said: "The strike may be said to be near an end. At the rate we are securing new employees it will be only a matter of a short time until everything will be in normal condition with us once more. When the butcher workmen repudiated their agreement and renewed the strike, after signing an agreement to submit all differences to arbitration, we made a special effort to win the fight, and we have been a great deal more successful in our efforts than the most sanguine of the employers had hoped for. The old employees' places have been filled so promptly that very few of the men who went on strike will ever be able to get back their old places, and those who do will come back as individuals." This statement was made by Mr. Meeker after the packers had brought in during one day, according to their own estimates, 1.300 new men, and another official of Armour & Co. had said that the packing firms were doing nearly 80 per cent of their usual business. Police reports of the number of new employees arriving at the yards bore out in a large measure the packers' statements. Despite these declarations of the packers' representatives, the pens at the stock yards are filled with cattle and hogs that buyers make no bid for in the market. According to commission men and officials of the Union Stock Yards and Transit company, out of the live stock received in one day, more than 19,000 sheep and 10,000 hogs were rechipped, and unsold stock is rapidly accumulating in the pens. Twelve thousand hogs remained unsold one day, and the prospect of large receipts is causing the handlers of live stock to fear a shrinkage of their facilities. According to commission men, there are thousands of holdovers in all departments of the yards, and the cattle in the pens will not all be out of the way for several days. In the face of all this, shippers are constantly forwarding stock to Chicago, and indications are that there will be a decided slump in the prices of live stock. The Situation at Kansas City KANSAS CITY: Many packing house strikers have applied for their old positions, and a large number of them have been re-employed. The packers appear to be daily growing stronger. The managers of the Armour and Fowler plants say that they have about the same number of men at work as when the strike was declared. Police Sergeant Wesley Reynolds, who was shot by Norman A. Rupe, a night watchman at Swift's plant, is dead. The police have not been able to find any evidence which would contradict Rupe's story that the shooting was accidental. Rupe is confined in the Wyandotte county, Kansas, jail. RUN ON A BANK Frightened Depositors Withdraw Their Deposits From Chicago Bank CHICAGO: The strike in the packing houses had a counter attraction in the excitement attending a run on the Drovers' Trust and Savings bank, which is in the stock yards. The rush of the depositors to the bank started because of an unfounded rumor that one of the packers' representatives had withdrawn his money from the institution, and reports that the bank was used by the packing companies as an adjunct in paying employees who have taken the places of strikers. Hundreds of depositors stood in line to withdraw their small deposits. When closing time came a thousand persons were waiting for their money. The bank determined to meet the emergency, called in extra tellers and the place was kept open until every depositor who presented himself had been satisfied. The paying windows were closed after 8 o'clock. Nearly two hours before that time the last man in line had been paid his deposit in full. It is estimated that more than 3,000 depositors called and withdrew their deposits. When the run was at its height the bank withdrew $100,000 of its deposits with the Commercial National bank and a like amount from the First National bank in order to prevent any possibility of the bank's being unable to meet its obligations promptly. "We have plenty of money to meet any kind of a run," said Vice President William A. Tilden after the bank han been closed for the night. Will Attempt to Make Peace CHICAGO: Rumors of another peace conference between the packers and the strikers were occasioned by the appearance at the live stock exchange of John Boardman and M. E. Milner, president and secretary of the Montana Roundup association, an organization of drovers which sends nearly 250,000 head of cattle to the yards each year. The Montana men represent several million dollars, and announced that they were in Chicago to investigate the causes and conditions surrounding the strike. "This strike works great hardship among the Montana herdsmen," said Mr. Milner, "and we are anxious that it should be settled. We are ready to ship thousands of cattle which are held back by the lack of demand and the depressed market." Although stock yards officers and packers' representatives deny the report of a peace movement, it is said that the Montana men will try to arrange a conference. TUSKAHOMA PARTY WINS Governor Green McCurtain Elected by Large Majority ATOKA: The national election in the Choctaw nation for governor, senator, representative and all other district and county officers was a decided victory for the Tuskahoma party. Green McCurtain headed the ticket for chief and was elected by big majorities in most of the districts. Atoka county went 176 majority for McCurtain, and the ticket, with one precinct, which is a McCurtain stronghold, to hear from. Toboxy county gave McCurtain 150 majority. Kiamitia gave him 50, Red River, 99, and Blue 23 majority. The Tuskahoma ticket, with Dune Hodges as an exception, was elected by about two to one. Atoka was full of Indians election day, but was quiet and orderly This is the last election for chief in the Choctaw nation, and a great deal of interest was manifested in the election. In his report to the school land leasing board Secretary Wenner shows receipts for July at $4,298; expenditures, $2,141; turned into territorial treasury, $2,500; transfer fees, $93; timber waste claims, $110. Ghe MAN FROM ALASKA By LOULS WESLYN JONES Copyright, 1998, by The Bhortstory Pub, Co, (AM rlghta reserved.) leaned against the short counter it the front part of his little restauran and allowed his tearful gaze to wan der out into the street over the boiled crabs, juicy beefsteak and wine bot les which adorned his show window One thing was certain, he thought te bimself—that, if he weuld continue as proprietor of the “Louis d'Or Frenel Eating House,” assuredly something must be done immediately toward im proving business, But what could he do without capital with which to bach his operations? Mechanically — he opened the cash drawer and peepee in, What he saw couldn't have of fered much encouragement, for he closed it’ quickly, and, with a deey sigh, once more gazed out Into the street. After all, he thonghi, what was the use of longer continuing the everlasting struggle for success! Here he was, with the same little res faurant, in the same little side street offering to the public the same excel lent cooking as when he first startec in business fifteen years before-—and yet how different was everything now! Many other restaurants had sprung up in the neighborhood, and alas! there wasn't enough trade to g¢ round, “Sapristi! San Francisco is filled with cating houses,” groaned the little Frenchman, “and so many poor, cheat affairs, too! My old customers have deserted me. What care Americans for good cooking? The American at mosphere affects even my own coun irymen, who also pass me by. Bah! they think me old-fashioned; they be lieve me not fin de siecle. Had I but a thousand dollars what couldn't 1 do‘ 1 would make the “Louis d'Or” so at tractive that none could resist it But alas! Ive nothing--nothing. Un less trade improves | must surely close up in another week. 1 fear that | must ask Pierre and Jean to wait a few more days for their wages poor, honest fellows, they are the only ones that have stuck by me.” And mine host had hard work to keep back those glistening, rebellions tears. dust then a cab was driven up vlongside the curbstone directly in front of the restaurant. Surely it won't stop here,” thought Francois. ‘. But it did stop there; and a big giant of a fellow clambered ont of it with a great) deal of unnecessary noise, and, handing the driver a five: dollar gold piece, dismissed him and his vehicle, Then the big man, who was dressed in a rough but well-fit ting suit of brown Scoteh cloth, open- ed the door of the “Louis d'Or” and stepped inside. He drew a large gold watch from his poeket and noted the time as he inquired inva stentorian volee that admirably suited the rest of his general make-up, “Five o'cloek am | too early for dinner a da carte?” Francois answered no—that, ab though Monsieur was the first guest of the evening, his dinner should cer. taluly not be delayed, nor in any way inferior, on Mhat account, “Good!” shouted the big man, seat- ing himself at the large table in the middle of the room, “If you're ready, why then, by George! | am, too, Bring on your menu.” e Pierre at once appeared with the bill of fare, Faithful Pierre! —he was the only waiter left now. But then, as Francois had argued, such a modest little restaurant with such a very slender patronage didn’t: re quire more than one waiter, ‘1 The big stranger's large blue eyes swept the cardboard at a glance. Then he stroked his luxurious brown cooking and honest wines, and not for a Jot of devilish clap-trap rubbish!” Francois’s face showed uncertainty. Was this big chap drunk, or fooling, or really sincere? The guest seemed to read his host's thoughts, for he added immeniately: “Oh, | mean just what I say! I'm not one of your confounded joshers, and I'm not under the influence, either. To tell the plain anvarnished truth, [ve had nothin, to eat and nothing to drink for twenty-six hours. On, I've been preparing for this feast, 1 can tell you!” Francois's face showed worriment. Could the bt, chap pay for bis dinner? Had he any money, that he had starved so long? Again were his thoughts apparently read by the first guest of the evening, who went on to say: “Don't you be afraid for an in- stant that I'm unable to settle my bill. Why, dang it all, man! I'll not only pay, but I'll pig better than you were ever paid in your life before!” And he whacked a bulging leathern wallet down on the table with such force that the watersbottle was almost up- set. “And now, waiter,” he continued, “bring on the soup.” “What kind of soup, sir?” asked the interested Plerre. “All kinds,” replied the big man. “Very well, sir;” and Pierre went about his duty with a puzzled expres- sion on his brow, while Monsier Fran- cois pinched his leg under the coun- ter to make sure of his wakefulness. While Pierre was gone, the strang- er improved the time by carefully studying the bill of fare, and marking with a blue pencil the dishes that especially appealed to him. When the waiter returned he brought with him an immense tray containing six dishes of soup of various kinds, which he proceeded to arrange in a semi-cirele on the table before the big man. “Ah!” exclaimed the latter gentle man, “this is what I call bully!” -And he sampled each soup in turn, begin- ning at the right-hand side and tak- ing them in rotation. “Now, when they are ready, bring on the fish.” “What kind of fish, sir?” “AN kinds.” Pierre's eyes sought his master’s, but he could gain no additional in- \ il Fee ee! f , Ma zit b eS “ta a2 oe = _—Ba a | < > gt AR coments § Gor” teligence from the stupid look on Francois’s countenance, “Very well, sir,” mechanically said Pierre, and started off. “And the wine, too,” called the guest. “What kind, sir?” Pierre stopped to inquire from the doorway. “All kinds,” was the hearty reply; and Pierre disappeared with a rever- ential bow. & The stout gentleman appeared to be delighted with the soups, and was not at all backward in expressing his satisfaction, “This consomme is grand!" he de- clared, nodding approvingly at Fran- cois, “and so are these other three, but when it comes to downright epi- curean excellence, I'm thinking, by George! that it’s # stand-off between the tomato-bisque and the mock-tur- ee And he fell to with renewed vigor, and did Justice to each one of the six. Then Pierre reappeared with his im- -mense tray, loaded down with boiled salmon, fried flounder, broiled boned smel{s and other palate ticklers from the sea, which soon were being de- voured by the hungry guest with many manifestations of pleasure. “Don't forget the wines,” he man- aged to say between mouthfuls, as the waiter vanished with the empty soup dishes. The wines were soon at hand—pint bottles of fine old claret, Burgundy and Riesling, and the big man fin- ished them all, together with most of. the fish, while Francois and Pierre looked on with growing interest and wonder. “And now,” cried the banqueter, with undaunted enthusiasm, “let's have everything that I've marked with the blue pencil,” and he tossed the cardboard to the waiter. “And, by the way, have you any extra dry champagne? Well, bring me a half- dozen bottles—the finest you have.” There's no use going further into details regarding that dinner. Let it be sufficient to say that no one hu- man being, before or since, ever con- sumed a greater amount of food and drink at one sitting than did that lone guest at the “Louis d'Or.” To remark that Francois and Pierre were amazed is to say too little—they were ap- palled, paralyqzed, for in all their ex- perience they had seen nothing like it. Francois made up his mind that. at all events, the big chap must and should be humored; Pierre couldn't ven make up his mind—it was be- yond him. While the stranger was finishing his dessert, a few old customers dropped into the restaurant for their usual evening meal, and the waiter was compelled to divide his attention and services between them and the stout gentleman. When the newcomers ob- served the numerous empty dishes and wine bottles on the table in front of the lone banquetar, they all stopped to gaze in astonishment at such an tnusual spectacle. Oblivious of all the excitement he was causing, that gentleman finished his black coffee and cognac with a flourish, and then. rising noisily to his feet, announced in a loud voice that he was through. “All except,” he added with empha- sis, “the toast. My friends, pardon me for interrupting you at the very beginning of your dinner, but I have three bottles of champagne left—the best, by the way, that ever warmed the heart—and | want you all to join me in drinking—the toast.” The newcomers all signified their willingness to partake of the wine at the expense of the liberal gentleman, and Pierre was ordered to fill all glasses, “Yours, also mine host,” called out the banqueter, with a low bow to Francois. “And yours, too, waiter.” And so both proprietor and servant joined the party with well-filled bump- ers, in spite of Francois's protest that it was a very unusual proceeding. “By George!” suddenly shouted the stout man, “I nearly forgot the cook. Oh, say, let's have the cook by all means.” And the wondering Jean was brought forth into the world from the mysteries of his kitchen amid general applause, and was given a large gob- let of sparkling champagne. “And now, my friends,” continued the big man, his good-natured face all aglow, “allow me to explain the origin of the toast which we are about to drink, Just a year ago this month a poor. proud devil. who had falled in till you are dying of that terrible sick- nesa, starvation, and then see how it affects you-—no two men alike, [ swear. Well, gentlemen, this unhappy chap went from restaurant to restaur- ant in a dazed sort of way, trying to get ten cents’ worth of oysters with salt and pepper, and lemon on ‘em, but in every place he was laughed at, and sneered at, and was turned away. until he happened into a tiny French cook-shop in a little side street, where they served him the few oysters as if he were buying a dozen—with salt. and pepper and lemon, too, by George! And in one of those oyster shells that starving man found a large pearl. He didn’t realize what it was at first, and when a jeweler in Mont- gomery street eave him three hun dred dollars for it, the shock nearly killed him. The foPlorn stranger's good luck dated from his visit to that little French eating-house. He met an a Weal mee = CZ ei ES =) mm a Le Hi Iq "al We “This is what | call bully!" old acquaintance that very night, who was bound for the Alaska gold fields, and the two of them made the trip together—and struck it rich! 1 was that starving man, gentlemen, and this was the restaurant where I got my oysters. And, gentlemen, since | arrived in San Francisco twenty-six hours ago, I've touched neither food nor drink, in order that | might ban- quet here this evening in a manner befitting the occasion. And | might add that even ordinarily I have the appetite of an ox. I’ve just finished the grandest feast ever set before man, gentlemen, and I've made out my own Dill, which amounts to exact- ly two thousand and sixty dollars, with a hundred dollars each to waiter and cook as tips—and there's the cash!” With this the big man laid a great roll of crisp bank bills on the table. “Don’t interrupt,” he cried, as Fran- cois tried hard to speak. “Every dol- lar of it is due you, And now, gentle- men, up with your glasses!” Every glass was held high. “Here’s to the ‘Louis d'Or, and its proprietor!” roared the big fellow. “May their success increase with each new day.” And every glass was drained, “Ah, there’s my cab now!” the ban- queter exclaimed, and before any one could colléct his scattered wits, the man from Alaska was out of the door, which, however, was opened imme- diately while the big, brown head was thrust inside. “Oh, I say, gentlemen,” called out the departing guest, “there are some of my cards,” and he tossed a bunch of business pasteboards into the room. “I’m to be married at the Oc- cidental Hotel next Wednesday morn- ing, and | want all of you to come. If you don't,” and he winked threaten- ingly at Francois, “why, damn it all, I'll come back and eat you out of house and home!” Universal love is a glove without fingers, which fits all hands alike, and none closely; but true affection is like a glove with fingers, which fits one hand only, and sits close to that one.-—Richter, LABOR AND INDUSTRY WILSON Don't Borrow Trouble. Don't borrow trouble; it comes of itself. Or if it does not, all the better for you. The care of to-morrow let's lay on the shelf. For Worry's an ugly and petulant shrew. Don't borrow trouble; the debt must be paid. And, oh, but the payment is heartache and wreck. After all, when the cards have been shuffled and played. Four aces, you'll find, were allowed to your deck. Don't borrow trouble; the care of to-day is easy to meet and easy to rout; It's only the trouble from over the way That leaves us the victims of terror and doubt. It's as easy to say "To-morrow 'twill shine." As to moaningly mutter, "I'm sure it will rain." It's as easy to smile as to weep and re- pine. And the former, you'll find, is an infinite gain. Don't borrow trouble. We worry and fret. Then find in the end that we've worried for naught. We build mighty hills in our pathway to set. Then find the obstruction was child of our thought. You'll find on reflection that half of your care Is a son of to-morrow that merely has starved. The load of to-day is sufficient to bear; So don't borrow trouble—the debt must be paid. —Sunset Magazine. NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD. Items of Interest Gathered from Many Sources. President Samuel Gompers of the A. F. of L. will be Labor day orator in Utica, N. Y., this year. James Gillen of Lowell has been elected vice president of the Amalgamated leather workers' union. The bricklayers have one of the strongest and wealthiest unions in the country, numbering 85,000, with 621 locals. Glass bottle blowers' convention at Buffalo last week appointed a scale committee to arrange a new agreement with the bosses. Shoe workers in Mexico work from $11\frac{1}{2}$ to 12 hours a day, receiving from 15 cents to $1 a Cay. American money. They are not organized, but will be in the near future. The supreme court of West Virginia has issued an injunction against the United mine workers of America, forbidding them from organizing the mine workers of that state. W. B. Wilson, national secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers, is to be proposed for the democratic nomination for Congress in the 15th Penn district. Wilson resides at Blossburg. George H. Gosline of Worcester is the general secretary of the new national union of die makers, formed at New York July 4, and which has applied to the A. F. of L. for an international charter. Chicago will have no Labor day parade this year. The central body decided to hold a picnic instead. Last year 62,000 paraded, forming the largest procession of organized workers in the world's history. The University of Wisconsin has established an innovation for the summer months. The students will be given a series of lectures on trade unionism, the union label, the open shop, the boycott, and kindred topics. Six hundred and fifty-six Boston employers, representing forty-eight different industries and having on their pay roll thousands of employees, have perfected an organization for "self protection" in connection with organized labor. Thomas Duffy of East Liverpool, O., was re-elected president of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters at the Trenton convention. Duffy is the youngest national president of a labor union in the world. He is 26 years old. --- ```markdown ``` The Journeyman Tailors' National union was formed at a convention held in Philadelphia in August, 1883. Previous to that time several attempts were made to unite the separate local unions of tailors throughout the country, but without success. The two factions of window glass workers which have been holding sessions in Cleveland formally agreed upon amalgamation and met as one body. The new organization will be known as the Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America. The appointment is announced of J. C. Skemp of San Francisco, third vice president of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America, as secretary-treasurer of that organization. This appointment is to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of Michael P. Carrick, and has been indorsed by the executive board of the national body. A strike of 30,000 textile workers has begun. By a total vote of 1,510 to 396 the mill workers' unions of Fall River voted to walk out in protest against a $12\frac{1}{2}$ per cent reduction in wages. A meeting of the executive committee of the United Textile Workers of America was held, at which it was voted to sanction whatever action might be taken by the unions. P. T. Barry of Boston was re-elected international president of the theatrical stage employees' alliance. The convention, which was held at Milwaukee, decided that in any fights against theatrical managers every effort would be made not to involve men from the traveling companies. The convention gave Springfield the jurisdiction over Westfield, although Holyoke is nearer. The Pennsylvania railroad has under consideration a plan by which thousands of its employees may become proprietors of small farms. The scheme contemplates the parceling out of desirable land belonging to the railroad comypany along the various lines of tracks and permitting the free use of the land. In France, where 15,000 railroad employees have such farms, the plan has worked successfully. Five thousand miners from Spring Valley, LaSalle, Peru, Oglesby, Ladd, Seatonville, Marquette, Depue, and Dalzell assembled in Spring Valley, Ill., July 18, and took part in a demonstration denunciatory of Gov. Peabody of Colorado. There were 10,000 persons present. Gov. Peabody was denounced in English, French, Italian, Lithuanian and Polish by the several speakers. Resolutions were passed requesting President Roosevelt to interfere in the Colorado miners' strike. One permanent result of the strike conditions in the building trades at Detroit will be the number of new firms that have started into existence. These new master plumbers, painters and sheet metal workers and unionists, who have had enterprise to start in and capture some of the work that was "going begging," during the strike. The venture proved so profitable that they continued their own shops after the strike was ended, hiring union men at union wages, and competing with their former employers. Owing to lack of demand all coal mines in the Eighth Ohio district, largely owned by Cleveland operators, have been put upon half time. The district covers the southeastern portion of the state and is the most productive of the Ohio fields. Eight thousand men are affected by the curtailment of operations. The action of the operators is the result of an almost unprecedented stagnation in the business. Shutdowns are not confined to this district alone, but are ex- tending to other districts of the state. The closing of many factories is the cause said to be responsible for this condition. Four thousand New York union carpenters who have been locked out by the Building Trades Employers' association have decided to remain idle indefinitely, pending a hard and fast interpretation of the general arbitration agreement under which they recently labored, with especial reference to that part binding the employers to use only union men. The lockout was precipitated by the alleged employment of nonunion men by one contractor. One union agitator declares that the struggle will completely check building operations unless the contractors come to terms. "Comparing the production of cigars for eleven months ended May 31, 1904, with the corresponding period of 1903, it appears that we have reached high water mark during the last cycle of business revival," says the Cigarmakers' Journal. "All indications point to a fair trade during the summer and fall. The production was as follows: For eleven months ended May 31, 1903, taxes were paid for 6.181,862,070. For eleven months ended May 31, 1904, taxes were paid for 6.115,495,340, showing a decrease of 66,366,730 cigars. At the same ratio the fiscal year will show a decrease of over 70,000,000 cigars in comparison with the former year." According to statements made by labor leaders the American Federation of Labor is behind the strike of the bricklayers at the arsenal, at Washington, and is determined to make a test case on the issue of nonunion men being employed by the government. Work on the war college buildings, for which the government appropriated $700,000, is tied up on account of the strike. For the first time in its history the union has decided to come out flat-footed on the point that wherever the government employs a nonunion workman the men holding union badges will throw down their tools at once. At the War department it was said that the government would not recede from the position it has taken. "Sympathetic strikes should never be sanctioned or countenanced by this organization," said President D. J. Keefe of the International longshoremen, marine and transport workers' association, in his address to the 13th annual convention at Milwaukee last week. "Where the case is worthy we may give moral support, but our honor and integrity as an organization is bound up in our contracts and agreements and our very manhood is at stake. To violate these agreements and contracts by a sympathetic strike would be suicide and dishonor. Public sentiment says that arbitration is the most equitable medium for the solution of differences between industrial forces. It is a common and dangerous error of a portion of the public and some of our members to believe that we must have a law to govern all our relations with our fellow men." The biennial convention of the international piano and organ workers' union is over. Many important changes in the financial system and arrangements of the union were made to improve and protect the manifold benefits it pays its members, sick, strike, out-of-work, "victimization" and death benefits being included in its system. The convention refused to change its laws so as to admit women members for less fees than men. The convention adopted the suggestion that the international establish a factory, and ordered the question submitted to a referendum vote of the entire membership for final decision. It was decided to assess every member 15 cents a year for the special purpose of advertising and advancing the union's label. Charles J. Morgan of Boston was re-elected third vice president. P. J. Wilmot of Cambridge was elected seventh vice president. Frank H. Murray of Boston, who was A. F. of L. delegate last year, was elected an alternate for this year. HORTICULTURE Grass in the Apple Orchard. Grass in the orchard has been the theme talked on by many a speaker at farmers' institutes. There have been a few men that have said it was a good thing, but more that have pronounced it to be one of the greatest enemies of apple growing. Grass in the orchard is a sentimental idea, far removed from that of practical use. It is very pretty to talk of lying under the apple trees looking up into the blossom-laden branches. Whenever the artist draws a picture of an orchard, be it full of blossoms or of bright red apples, the ground under it is covered with a rich carpet of grass, on which the ripe fruit may fall when it is ready for the hand of the gatherer. The city man that buys a farm in the country with an orchard on it, takes not kindly to the idea of plowing up the sod of his orchard. He would far rather keep it cut short by the use of the lawn mower, that it might be a play ground for his children. Well, wherever a man can afford to put sentiment at the front the sod in the orchard is all right. The man that wants a summer home where the red apple falls onto a green carpet of verdure can perhaps afford to put up with a less crop of apples and probably he gets his money out of it. But the farmer that has to make money out of his orchard has a different proposition. He has to set sentiment aside. The poetry of life would cost him too dearly if made the basis of his orcharding. He must put in the cultivator and the harrow and prevent the ground from bearing anything else than apples, provided the orchard be not on a hillside that would wash in rainy weather if left bare of grass. He cannot afford to have the roots of the grass using up the plant food that should be given to the roots of the apple trees. He cannot afford to have the moisture that falls from the clouds arrested by the grass roots before it gets deeper down to the roots of the apple trees. This loss of moisture is a very serious affair in times of drouth when the amount of water falling would be hardly sufficient for the trees themselves. There is no question that on level land the soil of the apple orchard should be cultivated so thoroughly that no weeds will grow unless it be late in the season, and then they should be turned under by the cultivator in the spring. Tub Grown Lemon Trees. The growing of lemon trees in tubs is becoming something of a fad in some of our northern localities. Doubtless a good many of our readers have tried at various times to grow lemons and have succeeded in getting good-sized trees, which, however, never bore anything of value. The trouble was that the tree had not been grafted. The lemon tree that is to bear good fruit must be grafted from a tree that is bearing good fruit, and in most cases the tree from which to do the grafting is not at hand. Probably if anyone wants to raise lemons in tubs, the best way is to secure a tree from a reputable nursery that handles such trees and that has guaranteed that the tree has been grafted from some good variety. It is reported that in some parts of the north people that have these trees in tubs get from them a great many lemons yearly, the quality of the lemons being better than of those imported. At any rate the lemon tree is an interesting object. Grown in a tub it may be kept out of doors in summer and in the house in the winter. The lemon was unknown to the Greeks and Romans and is supposed to be a rather modern fruit. It was introduced into Spain by the Arabs in the fourteenth century and in the very end of that century lemons found their way to England, having been grown in the Azore islands OPERATORS QUIT KATY TELEGRAPHERS STRIKE FOR INCREASED WAGES FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN GO OUT Lines in Oklahoma, Indian Territory and North Texas are Included Will Interfere With Train Service for Some Days ST. LOUIS: In response to a strike order issued by the chief of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, with headquarters here, 450 telegraphers employed by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway system stopped work Monday. The strike affects the main line and branches. The action of the men is the result of demands that were made several months ago, and which have been the cause of frequent conferences between the officials of the road and the telegraphers' union. The men asked for an increase in wages and certain other concessions. The matter was first in the hands of a special committee of telegraphers, representing the union, then it was referred to the president of the telegraphers' organization and last March the men took a vote upon the question of a strike. A. A. Allen, general manager of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas company, has given out the following statement in reference to the strike: "Altogether the strike involves 450 of our operators, but it will not tie up the system. We will continue to run trains, although perhaps the regular schedules will not be maintained in the immediate future." In Indian Territory and Oklahoma operators were called upon and ordered to check themselves out. At Muskogee, Durant, Atoka and Denison nonunion men were waiting to take the places of the men who gave up their positions. Other operators are being hurried to the points made vacant. Trains are running, but very slowly, and until orders can be sent over the wires they will have to use old meeting points, which will cause more or less delay all along the line. At Dallas the men all quit on being called out, and telegraph business all along the Katy is much congested. For a time it was impossible to get any messages through, and even yet there is no certainty about delivering them. New Breed of Cattle WOODWARD: Uncle Charley Goodnight is building a monument to his memory more lasting than the pyramids. He is succeeding in part in developing a new breed in crossing common Texas cows with buffalo, the newcomers being called Catalo. Of this breed Mr. Goodnight says: "Besides their great weight and the extra quality of meat, they are, first, most probably immune from disease; second, they never eat loco; third, they never lie with their backs down hill, which causes so much loss in weak cattle; fourth, they do not go into bog holes; fifth, they have the greatest lungs of any animals on earth, and, sixth, they put on more flesh for what they eat than any other animals." During August the visitors to the World's fair. St. Louis, can stop at the great Hotel Napoleon Bonaparte for $1 per day. Hotel accommodates 1,600 guests, is electric lighted and strictly first class in every respect. Located only two blocks north of main entrance World's Fair. Take Wabash shuttle trains or through Olive cars from Union Station. Hotel Napoleon Bopaparte St. Louis. JUDGE PARKER RESIGN3 Democratic Candidate for President Ceases to be Chief Justice ALBANY, N. Y.: Alton Parker ceased to be chief justice of the court of appeals of New York by handing in his resignation after a two-minute session of court, in which he and five associate judges disposed of sixty-six cases remaining on the calendar. Without any intimation of his purpose he came to Albany, took part with five other judges in clearing up all but three of the cases which had been argued before the court and then sent a messenger to file his formal resignation in the office of the secretary of state as the constitution and the law require. Judge Parker spent the remainder of the afternoon in conversation with his former colleagues in the court. He refused to make any statement or comment in connection with his resignation beyond saying: "It speaks for itself." His fellow judges were not so reticent, and each one had something to say, testifying to the esteem in which they held him as a jurist and a man. Judge Celera Martin, whose service is soon to expire by reason of age, voiced the sentiments of all the court when he said: "We all regret very sincerely that the necessity has arisen to separate the members of the court. Judge Parker takes with him from the court the good will of every member of it, and the profoundest respect and regret. I could say nothing bad if I tried, except that he is a democrat. If he were a good republican, I tell you he would be an ideal fellow." This resignation makes Mr. Parker a free man, so far as public office-holding is concerned—the first time in nearly thirty years. MARRIES AN INDIAN GIRL Hero of the South African War Weds at Muskogee Lieutenant Richard Neale, Jr., of the British army was married at Muskogee a few days ago to an Indian girl of Canadian district, in the Cherokee nation. He came all the way from South Africa to claim the sweetheart of his boyhood days. About the time the war broke out in South Africa Neale shipped from New Orleans and was soon at the front. He immediately enlisted as a British trooper. He was in many battles and has many scars. Neale was wounded at Bloemfountain, and there, by an act of bravery, won the Victorian cross, which he wears. His captain fell, badly wounded. The young trooper reached the side of the fallen officer, pulled him on his horse and carried him off the field. The next day the commanding officer called for the trooper who had performed this act of bravery. A comrade of Neale told him that it was the "Cherokee Kid," that being the name he was known by in his troop. For his bravery Neale was promoted to a lieutenancy. Mr. and Mrs. Neale left after their marriage for England. After a short visit there they will go to Johannesburg, where Lieutenant Neale is stationed. Two unknown men, by force, took a locomotive belonging to the Missouri Pacific Railway company away from the hostler in the yards at Wagoner. After running it some distance out of town they jumped off, letting the engine go. The agent at Correta, being informed that it was coming, turned the switch, allowing it to go on a siding, where it ran into a string of box cars, and was stopped. What the object was in taking the engine no one is able to tell. Ada business men and about one hundred farmers met last week for the purpose of talking good roads leading into the city. OKLAHOMA DAY PROCLAMATION. Governor T. B. Ferguson has issued the following proclamation regarding Oklahoma day at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition: form a part. Last in organization but not least in importance, Oklahoma stands among the commonwealths carved out of the Louisiana purchase "Never in the history of any nation was a body of land acquired by conquest, purchase or otherwise, which has been of more importance and richer in results to civilization than that great western empire stretching from the 'Father of Waters' to the Pacific, known only remotely at one time as the Louisiana country. "Once the world's highest civilization centered between the rugged cliffs and around the pyramids that rear their grim heads above the valley of the Nile, but the 'course of empire' has moved westward, and to-day the highest civilization that the world has ever known is represented in the scenes of stupendous activity now witnessed in the great Mississippi valley. "The United States, although not the cradle of civilization, is representative of the 'survival of the fittest,' the best thought, the best energies, the highest ideals, the accumulative genius of the centuries, and the Mississippi valley represents the greatest possibilities of the United States. "Only a little more than one hundred years ago the country between the great river and the ocean, called Louisiana, was untraversed by the footprints of civilization and practically unknown. Now that same country is the center of attraction for the world. Upon the very soil reclaimed from barbarism by the heroism of Lewis and Clark and that sturdy host of pioneers that followed them, the greatest world's event in the history of nations is now transpiring. The progress of the ages is manifested in the World's fair at St. Louis. "The civilization which has survived the wreck of time throughout the world is now on exhibition within the borders of what was once only vaguely known as Louisiana, the old and the new placed side by side, the elics of the ancient glory of the Nile with the modern wonders and greatness of the Mississippi. "The indiivdual states of the purchase are exerting themselves in every conceivable way to snow the wonderful resources and possibilities of that historic domain of which they DOUBLE STATEHOOD CAMPAIGN The Two-State Element Plan a Large Meeting at Ardmore ARDMORE: The double statehood element will inaugurate their campaign on the 13th of August in this city. Judge R. H. West of Ardmore, who is at the head of the movement in the Chickasaw nation, says that many prominent speakers of the territory have been invited to participate in the meeting, which was in reality the beginning of the fight for double statehood. It is also given out that prominent congressmen will be invited to hear the addresses by the double statehood speakers and also for the purpose of ascertaining the sentiment of the people in this direction. Ten Years for Sol Temple ST. JOSEPH, M.: Sol Temple, the Oklahoma outlaw, who shot and almost murdered Police Sergeant William Gibson last May, was given a sentence of ten years in prison for the crime. He is yet to be tried for assault with intent to kill Patrolman James Crable at the time of Temple's capture. He will also be tried for horse stealing. Temple sat in court heavily manacled, with his wife and two small children at his side. form a part. Last in organization, but not least in importance, Oklahoma stands among the commonwealths carved out of the Louisiana purchase. Her rapid development has been unequalled in the history of state building. Those who have been heretofore unacquainted with her magnificence, but have witnessed the exhibition of her resources and wonderful development at the World's fair, have marveled at her greatness. "Oklahoma has secured September 6th, 1904, as a day to be set apart by the World's fair management especially for her benefit. Therefore, by the authority invested in me as governor, I respectfully request that all the people of the territory join with the Oklahoma commission in an effort on that occasion to place the grandeur of our beloved commonwealth before the world in a manner that will be a credit to our citizens. "Many years ago while Lewis and Clark were pushing their way across the continent from the banks of the great river to the slope where 'rolis the Oregon,' congress was dreaming of a plan to found an empire beyond the Mississippi where the Indians could establish themselves free from the white man's intrusion and build a state in which they could in their own way, unrestrained and unmolested, solve by degrees the problems of citizenship and government, the land thus set apart to be known as the Indian Territory. To this new empire the Indians were transferred by the government. Thither, without waiting the formality of an invitation, the white man transferred himself, anxious to assist the Indian in solving the problem of government and citizenship in the Trans-Mississippi Indian empire. After the varied experiences of many years it seems that the problem has been solved. The indications are that in the not distant future the Indian Territory, with its great resources and wonderful possibilities, will be joined with Oklahoma in a state which in richness of soil, diversity and wealth of resources, will be second to no other state in the Mississippi valley. "Therefore, I most cordially invite and earnestly request that the people of the Indian Territory join with the citizens of Oklahoma in celebrating Oklahoma day." STOCK GROWERS ADJOURN Thres Days' Conference at Denver Brought to a Close DENVER, COL.: The western stockgrowers who have been conferring here for three days with the special land commission appointed by President Roosevelt finally adjourned without taking any action with reference to the strike at the packing centers. A resolution was adopted, with practical unanimity, urging upon congress the "necessity of the transfer at the earliest possible date of the management of the forest reserves to the department of agriculture, where not only the forests, but all the interests involved may be properly studied and protected." Durant as an Oat Market DURANT: This town has proven to be quite an oat market this year. Already there have been something over 150,000 bushels marketed here this season, which has netted the farmers about $47,000. The corn crop, which is the greatest in the history of the Choctaw nation, will soon begin to appear on the market. The cotton crop, immense all over the nation, is in fine shape, and has been bothered but little by the posts. The little two year old child of Mr. Green Sherman died last Saturday and was burried Sunday. Rev. R, Curry of Sherman, Texas, spent a few days in our city this week He left Wednesday for South McAlister. Prof, Inman E. Page, President of the Langston university lectured at the opera house Monday evening, Aug. 1st to a small audience. Mr. Johnson, an old gentleman who lives near the Old Creek Livery Barn, is quite ill and desires to have his friends come around to see him. Rev. Seth Neal of Guthrie, O. T., was on the streets recently. The Rev. is Grand Mentor of the Knights of Tabor and is on his Grand round for the year. Miss Minnie Keller who has been visiting friends in Kansas for the past three months has returned to home and friends. She reports having enjoyed a pleasant trip. Prof. J. E. Johnson of Tallehassee mission is frequently seen on our streets The Prof, is very busy making ready for the opening of his school in good shape when the time comes. The Comet man left the city Sunday night bound for Ardmore where he will atterd the Grand Lodge of G. U O. of O.F. hence the Comet is left to the care of Miss C. W. Toombs his daughter. Mr. Walter Young has bought out the ice cream parlor formerly run by Mr. James Sturgeon who will now go into another line of business. Mr. Young is a polite young man and solicit your patronage. Mrs. H. M. Fletcher, who expected to visit her home and who was reported as having gone to Arkansas and Louisiana, is still in the city owing to the unforeseen causes which arose just as she was ready to take her departure. The 3rd Quarterly conference of the A.M.E. church was not in every way a success. The attendance was not good and the assessment fell all of fifty per cent behind. Rev, Tyson, P. E., preached at 11 a.m. and at 8 p.m. Mr T. A. Barnett, So. 5th St., has bought the grocery business formerly run by Mr. Faint, added more room to the building and is now doing a nice business. He promises to keep a full stock of roceries on hand for the accommodation of the public, Call on him and give a lift. The Honorables Geo. Fitzpatrick and S. T. Wiggins passed through Muskogee, Saturday, enroute to St. Louis, and were joined by L. A. Bell, W. H. Twine, Frank Reed, L. F. Fue and J. C. Johnson. They go to attend the World's Congress of Masons, which meet there this week. 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, DR R. H. WATERFORD. Diseases fo women and children successfu treated. Also chronic diseases of men. Office, 101 1-2 N. Main St. Residence 813 S. Main St. Go to CREEK Livery Barn, Now located at new quarters No. 512 South 3rd Street. Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanders' Wholesale House. TAKE YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS TO Ben Estes' Drug Store and get exactly what the Doctor Ordered. Corner of Main Street and Okmulgee Ave. Set It Quick, Right and Cheap. We never substitute. HEADQUARTERS FOR PURE Drugs and Medicines. Ben Estes, - Prop. 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 Durfey Hadware 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. GUARANTEE LIFE INSURANCE CO. MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. Capital Stock $200,000 An Old Line Company issues all forms of Limited Payments, Life and Endowment Policies. DIRECTORS:—E. J. MINTS, Muskogee, I. T.; GEO. D. LENNON New York; F. L. CONGER, Oklahoma City; WM. M. EGGLESTON St. Louis. Mo.; C. J. MILLER, Muskogee, I. T.; SAMUEL RAYMOND, Wynrewood, I. F. GLOYD - LUMBER - CO. 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 Snd 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, III North Second Street. INSURANCE CO. IN TERRITORY. $200,000 forms of Limited Payments, ment Policies. Muskogee, I. T.; GEO. D. LENNON Oklahoma City; WM. M. EGGLESTON Muskogee, I. T.; SAMUEL RAY- MBER - CO. A Lumberman Standing on a Log HAND MADE CLOTHING, SHIRTS