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The Muskogee Gimeter. TOOLS AND POLITI= CAL CUT=THROATS Davis and the Lincoln Club's Attacked Upon Men of Superior Rank—Charges the Pioneer of Being Democratic. R. A. GIVENS, WACTH-MAKER & JEWELER. Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Etc. Just opened in front of U. S. Court House, and has just receive my fall line of Jewelry which is strictly first-class and up-to-date in every respect. I carry nothing but the best goods and of the latest design. My prices are reasonable. Call and see the latest whether you want to buy or not. Vol 5 J. H. Davis, the Cent Com. 4th ward (Rep) comes out in a tirade against the Pioneer for the stand taken by that paper in writing up the recent meeting of the Lincoln club. Davis accuses that paper of being Democratic, etc. While we know Brooks can and will take care of himself in that particular, we desire to say that Brooks like curself is not a leader and holds no position in the party as leader. Davis on the contrary is some kind of a leader (chairman, etc) and yet he in a harangue to a meeting on the hill advised the people to vote for a Democrat against a Republican. This coming from a leader is certainly to be condemned as we look to them for advice and we think that was d-n poor advice to come from a leader, and of course a d-n poor leader. Paul Smith and Frank Reed are loyal republicans and have always stood by the party in storm and sunshine. Davis attacks Smith as being a Federal officer etc., it is not long since that Davis was a guard at the U. S. Jail, and until he was fired, he made no complaint but since that time he has been howiing about the Court House gang. Its another case of sour grapes. Davis of course dismissed for the good of the service we presume, as the U. S. Marshall will keep no one in service that is not O. K. in every particular. The Lincoln club of course has it in for Dr. Bennett as does its parent, the Koosevelt club, and they are too d-n cowardly to come from under cover and make an attack in the open hence they jump on Paul Smith et al. R. A. GIVENS, Dealer In Diamonds, Watch Just opened in front of U. S. Court to receive my fall line of Jewelry which is up-to-date in every respect. I can goods and of the latest design. My Call and see the latest whether you Dealer In North Second S. The colored men who attended the Lincoln club meeting, and who are not members, did so by invitation and they are among the best colored people of the town. Davis and his lily-white cohorts to the contrary notwithstanding. Brooks and the men who went to the Lincoln club are as loyal republicans as there are in the United Siates, and even if they belong to the old gang, have always been found in the firing line when the party called them. They are not engaged in bleeding candidates, who are applicants for P. O. Can the Lincoln club cusses say as much? Some members of the Lincoln club who got in without knowing why, are honest; but others are a rotton set of political cutthroats as ever went unhung; and but for the love of right the Court House gang could send some of them back from whence they came. To accuse men like the old gaard of selling out could come from no source except the scoundrels who were taking money from Estes and Bracken, promising to support each of them and then failing to show up at the time to deliver the goods. Limited space prevents us from giving the gentlemen what shall come in our next issue. But we say here and now that there is eternal warfare between the enemies of the Republican party (Court House gang if you please) and the gang of political thieves and cut-throats, black or white, even if the blacks are tools of the lily-white aggregation. "Lay on McDuff and damned be he who first cries hold enough S, WACTH-MAKER & JEWELER. In atches, Clocks, Etc, Court House, and has just re- which is strictly first-class and I carry nothing but the best. My prices are reasonable. er you want to buy or not. Muskogee, Ind. Ter. GLOYD - LUMBER - CO. WHISTLER PAINTED THE SIGN. And the Miller Was There, Though Not Visible. Gov. Murphy of New Jersey told recently at the Annapolis Naval Academy an interesting story about the painter Whistler. "While Whistler was at West Point," he said, "he turned an honest penny now and then by painting portraits, and even by painting signs. "There was one day a facetious miller, who asked the young man to make a picture of his mill that he might hang, by way of a sign over the door "Paint the mill,' said the mill, 'just as it is, and paint me at the window, looking out. But I must not be idle in the picture, and so, when anyone looks at me I must pop in my head.' "Here the miller laughed heartily. "Can you paint a picture like that?' he asked. "To be sure,' Whistler answered quietly. "And he painted the mill, leaving out the miller altogether, and then he submitted the picture for approvel. "The miller looked at it carefully, then he nodded and smiled. "This is good,' he said, 'but how about me? Where is t' miller?" "He was at the window,' Whistler answered, 'but when you looked at him he popped in his head.'" OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF COMMERCIAL United States Muskogee India At close of business Frida RESOURSES Loans and Discounts Overdrafts (Cotton) Bonds and Premiums Furniture and Fixtures Cash and Exchange $410,936.13 23,198.69 106.080.49 5,046.26 · 68,125.35 $613,886.92 The above statement is correct. Business intrusted to our car GLOYD - LU 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, BRING US Y Number 47 Certain Test. Daughter—I sometimes wonder if Jack really loves me. Brother—Well, you needn't. I've been borrowing money from him for the last nine months, and he hasn't decreased his visits. Princess Christian, Princess Charles of Denmark and the Princess of Wales could earn their living as stenographers were it necessary—but they aren't looking for a place just now. The esteemed Birmingham News recently "editorialized" on Dress as an Influence. Seems to have a very depressing influence sometimes on the head of the family. Love's Quest. When all the clamor of the world, Its noise and wild alarms, Has wrapped me pitilessly round, And in its web my heart has bound, I crave your sheltering arms! When all the brazen crash of swords The silence rends apart; When I an a steeped in toll and strife, I crave. O great love of my life, The stillness of your heart! —Charles Hanson Towne, in The Reader. Romantic Soldier's Ad. The following advertisement occupies a prominent place in the Gazette de Zurich: "An Austrian officer of the balloon section wishes to marry a lady who will have the courage to make her honeymoon voyage with him in a balloon." THE CONDITION OF THE NA'TN'L BANK Depository in Territory y, 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. e receive prompt attention. $200,000.00 16,978.26 50,000.00 345,142.28 1,266.38 Lumberman YOUR JOBS. COULDN'T LIFT TEN POUNDS. Doan's Kidney Pills Brought Strength and Health to the Sufferer, Making Him Feel Twenty-Five Years Younger. J. B. Corlon, farmer and lumberman, of Deppe, N. C., says: "I suffered for years with my back. It was so bad that I could not walk any distance nor even ride in easy J. B. Corlon, farmer and lumberman, of Deppe, N. C., says: "I suffered for years with my back. It was so bad that I could not walk any distance nor even ride in easy buggy. I do J. B. CORTON. not believe I could have raised ten pounds of weight from the ground, the pain was so severe. This was my condition when I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. They quickly relieved me and now I am never troubled as I was. My back is strong and I can walk or ride a long distance and feel just as strong as I did twenty-five years ago. I think so much of Doan's Kidney Pills that I have given a supply of the remedy to some of my neighbors and they have also found good results. If you can sift anything from this rambling note that will be of any service to you, or to any one suffering from kidney trouble, you are at liberty to do so." A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers; price, 50 cts. Novelist Fond of Green Peas. George Elliot used frequently to walk over to the farm where she purchased her vegetables and chat with the farmer's wife on gardening and buttermaking, who was somewhat surprised at the great novelist's conversation on such homely topics, and afterward remarked: "It were wonderful, just wonderful, the sight of green peas that I sent down to that gentleman and lady every week." This was the summer "Middlemarch" was written. American Snakes. There are only few varieties of venomous snakes in this country. The chief of them are the rattlesnake and the copperhead. In the South is to be found a variety of rattlesnake, the diamond-black rattlef, and a variety of copperhead that lives around ponds and rivers, called the water moccasin. Farther west, on the other side of the Mississippi river, there are several other varieties of rattlesnake. Hospitals Are Ancient. Hospitals were founded in very early times. India, Persia and Arabia had hospitals supported by their kings and rulers before the Christian era. In ancient Egypt hospitals were unknown, the sick being tended at home or in temples. Plato says that the Greek maintained shelter houses for the sick in various places, supplied with attendants. "Twicers." According to statistics which appeared recently in the British Weekly the number of "twicers," that is of persons who attend church somewhere in London twice on Sunday, is 38 percent of the whole number of worshipers. The number of worshipers in inner London is estimated at 832.051. A Comet. The following whimsical account of the nature of this splendid visitor is given in an old French military journal: "That it is a parcel of old stars who, being no longer fit for service, have been discharged on half pay and, to save expense, have agreed to mess together." Farmers Have Advantage. The Rev. J. R. Lawrence, United States government expert potato grower, North Middleboro, Mass., believes that "there is more room in the world for a farmer who can preach than there is for a minister who had to farm to get a living." SCIENCE and INVENTION Telephones in the United States. The development of the telephone is far greater than most persons imagine. There are in the United States some 9,200 systems and lines, with nearly 5,000,000 lines of single wire and about as many instruments. Of these systems nearly 5,000 are independent farmers' lines, and nearly 1,000 are rural systems. The greater systems are capitalized at rather more than $450,000,600, and five billion messages were sent over the lines during 1902. Nearly 65,000 wage-earners were employed, and 14,124 salaried officials and clerks. The cost of maintenance, etc., was just about 70 per cent of the income. Radio-Activity Not Unique. Radio-Activity Not Unique. That there is anything mysterious or revolutionary in the recent discoveries concerning radium is denied by Prof. Robert A. Millikan of the University of Chicago. "Radium is an element not greatly different from all the others," he said. "Its activity is not an isolated phenomenon. It fits into the orderly scheme of scientific knowledge and supplements established theories, but does not destroy them. The shooting off particles from radium is correlated with other phenomena of physics. It is analogous to the exploding of stellar systems, which astronomers tell us constantly is occurring. The rate of the breaking up of the atoms—one out of one hundred billion a second—is no greater relatively than that of the disintegration of stars. Calculations show that radium cannot last longer than 1,000,000 years—a brief period in geological time. In that time all the radium on the earth will have passed away. There are two theories as to the origin of radium; one that it is derived from uranium; the other, that it is built up from simpler elements. The latter is without substantiation in inorganic chemistry."—Chicago Tribune. Keep Books Clean. Who has not seen the book abuser with the dirty habit of moistening the fingers and applying them to page after page of a book to turn the leaves more easily? It is done so often that it has become a habit with some and possibly they are not aware of the act, but someone else, turning the pages afterward, is sure to find the finger marks left on the white surface. This marring of the book can be easily avoided by turning the leaves by contact of the finger with the cut edge, but lack of patience on the part of some readers causes them to apply their dampened fingers to the surface of the page instead. An inventor has just designed a neat Prevents Soiling the Pages. little thumb attachment which will make it easy to turn the pages without soiling. It consists of a spring clamp, for attachment to the thumb near the end, while from one side of the clamp projects a thin flat plate which is designed to be inserted between the leaves of the book. In the illustration this device is shown in conjunction with an index, for which it is especially adapted, enabling a bookkeeper to find in an instant any name he is looking for without subjecting the book to the same treatment as the class of persons mentioned. Charles A. Evans of Haverhill, Mass., is the designer. Two Angels. There are two angels who come to man Only once in a whole life's span Only once, yet they leave a trace That all may read on a human face. Close together this fateful pair Enter the heart, and all the air Is fledled with music and life is sweet And time seems dancing with merry feet. Be wise, try not the two to sever. For the first, once gone, is gone forever! And the second angel, without its mate, Turns to a demon of darkest hate. Which mocks and cries, "I will not go. Had you kept us both it had not been so. For happy the heart wherein we're mated But woe to the one where we're separ- ated!" Only once do they come to man; Shelter and guard them, ye who van. Never part them, they come from above. The one is Faith and the other is Love. —Mariel Montayne, in Boston Globe. In Constant Fear of Demons. The Tibetan is a martyr to folklore, conceiving, as he does, his spiritual life to be a struggle against demons, which are just as hard to conquer as the passes and deserts of his country. Roentgen Rays Show Gold. The interior of a gold-bearing rock was inspected in an Oregon town by means of the Roentgen rays, and veins of gold were as plainly visible as if they had been on the surface. Time Did Not Conquer. A married couple of Lienz, Austria, celebrated their silver wedding by filing a petition for divorce on the ground of "unconquerable mutual antipathy." Great Power in Sunshine. Scientists estimate that there is energy enough in fifty acres of sunshine to run the machinery of the world, could it be concentrated. Carrier Pigeon's Long Flight. Carrier Pigeon's Long Flight. Dispatched from Rome in a pigeon-flying competition in 1902, a carrier pigeon has just returned to its loft at Herve, in Belgium. Condemns Top Hats. The London Medical Press thus issues a call for heroes: "The top hat is ugly, unhygienic and embarrassing. Its sole claim to support is the appearance of respectability it gives. If only a few medical baronets would drive to their consultations in Panamas and cloth caps they would break the tyranny of habit over health and comeliness, and at the same time earn the undying gratitude of their humbler confreres." LEARNING THINGS We Are All in the Apprentice Class. When a simple change of diet brings back health and happiness the story is briefly told. A lady of Springfield, Ill., says: "After being afflicted for years with nervousness and heart trouble, I received a shock four years ago that left me in such a condition that my life was despaired of. I could get no relief from doctors nor from the numberless heart and nerve medicines I tried because I didn't know that the coffee was daily putting me back more than the Drs. could put me ahead. "Finally at the request of a friend I left off coffee and began the use of Postum and against my convictions I gradually improved in health until for the past 6 or 8 months I have been entirely free from nervousness and those terrible sinking, weakening spells of heart trouble. "My troubles all came from the use of coffee which I had drunk from childhood and yet they disappeared when I quit coffee and took up the use of Postum." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Many people marvel at the effects leaving off coffee and drinking Postum but there is nothing marvelous about it—only common sense. Coffee is a destroyer—Postum is a rebuilder. That's the reason. Look in each pkg. for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." Mrs. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Thompson, of Lillydale, N.Y., Grand Worthy Wise Templar, and Member of W.C.T.U., tells how she recovered by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—I am one of the many of your grateful friends who have been cured through the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and who can to-day thank you for the fine health I enjoy. When I was thirty-five years old, I suffered severe backache and frequent bearing-down pains; in fact, I had womb trouble I was very anxious to get well, and reading of the curces your Compound had made, I decided to try it. I took only six bottles, but it built me up and cured me entirely of my troubles. "My family and relatives were naturally as gratified as I was. My niece had heart trouble and nervous prostration, and was considered incurable. She took your Vegetable Compound and it cured her in a short time, and she became well and strong, and her home to her great joy and her husband's delight was blessed with a baby. I know of a number of others who have been cured of different kinds of female trouble, and am satisfied that your Compound is the best medicine for sick women." —MRS. ELIZABETH H. THOMPSON, Box 105, Lillydale, N.Y. —$5000 forfeit if original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. Beware of indolitions. This trade mark on every mattress GUARANTEED BATTERY FAST WHITE SWAN ANTI- GERM COTTON FELT MATTRESS White for Catalogue Manufactured by TOM B. BURNETT DALLAS TEXAS Tea-drinking is a constant occupation for a Tibetan. In every tent and in every house the tea-kettle is always on the fire. The laws of hospitality bind all to present tea to their guests, and every Tibetan carries with her a wooden bowl of Himalayan maple by way of a tea cup. Berlin Funeral Pile. When Frau Clara Hahn, the wife of a prominent Berlin gentleman, from whom she was separated, committed suicide, she left instructions in her will that everything she possessed should be burned on a funeral pile. The police carried out these orders to the letter, burning no fewer than eleven chests filled with dresses, some packages of linen, ten boxes containing hats, three dozen vells, and hundreds of love letters. "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you what you are," said the seer. The man told him what he ate. "You're a blanked fool." "Wonderful! Wonderful!" exclaimed the man.—Puck. A Matter of Taste. "What a homely shirt!" "Yes; my wife picked it out." "Why, man, haven't you any taste yourself?" "Not for a quarrel with my wife." A Duel That Never Came Off. Senator J. C. S. Blackburn is never at a loss for a word, and is ready to talk at a minute's notice. His friends like to joke him about his garrulity, and recently a colleague told this story at a dinner at which Senator Blackburn was to give a toast: "In his younger days my colleague, Mr. Blackburn, was very chivalrous. Asked by a friend to be a second in a duel, Mr. Blackburn readily consented. At sunrise the parties met at the appointed place. It was Mr. Blackburn's duty to say the last words about the terms of the duel. And, gentlemen," continued the speaker, "do you know that duel never took place?" a murmur of "Why not?" went around the table. "For a very simple reason," continued the speaker. "When Joc finished speaking it was too dark for a duel." Mexico's Water Power. Of the great abundance of water power with which Mexico is supplied, it is estimated that not more than 250,000 horsepower is being utilized or is in course of development at the present time. The potential horsepower has never been estimated with any degree of accuracy. Kentucky Man's Duty. Jamboree, Ky., August 29 (Special). After suffering for years with pain in the back Mr. J. M. Coleman, a well known citizen of this place, has found a complete cure in Dodd's Kidney Pills. Knowing how general this disease is all over the country, Mr. Coleman feels it is his duty to make his experience public for the benefit of other sufferers. "I want to recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills to everybody who has pain in the back," Mr. Coleman says. "I suffered for years with my back. I used Dodd's Kidney Pills and I have not felt a pain since. My little girl too complained of her back and she used about half a box of Dodd's Kidney Pills and she is sound and well." Backache is Kidney Ache. Dodd's Kidney Pills are a sure cure for all Kidney Aches, including Rheumatism. Odd Advertisement. "Wanted, a strong horse to do the work of a country minister," is an advertisement which appeared in a newspaper. FITS permanently cured. No fitter or nervousness after first day's use or Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restor- er. Send (or FREM $0.00) trial bottle and treaties. Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd., 911 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa Japan has no very rare postage stamps. The most ever paid for a specimen was $50. 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." Best Kind of Scrub Cloth. Nothing makes a better scrub cloth than old stockings or socks. When too far gone to mend cut them open, lay two seams together and run by hand or machine till you have made a square. Cut off all loose ends. They are excellent also for use with mop-handle, taking up the water thoroughly and with little exertion. Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. Bride Kept Long From Mother. When a Chinese girl marries she must wait four months before etiquette allows her to pay her first visit her mother. LIVE STOCK Housing of Sheep. Management as regards feeding and housing needs prompt and continued attention. Sheep require to be properly provided for in fall and winter months and at all times when the weather is unsuitable for them remaining in the fields. Hence the necessity of providing good places of shelter. Good, comfortable, roomy sheds or stabling must be provided. These need not be expensive, but should be neat and tidy. The place where they stand should, if possible, be somewhat elevated, and be made dry by good drainage. A commodious open yard should be attached to their houses in every case to allow exercise. Exercise as opposed to over much confinement is indispensable in the successful carrying on of the sheep industry. It is not necessary, nor is it wise, that their houses should be overwarm. Frame buildings made close so as to exclude all draughts, is about all that is necessary. Have plenty of windows for sunlight and good ventilation over head. Feeding racks are to be placed in the inside department and may be so arrangd as to suit the pen.—W. W. Cooper. Baby Beef Points. There is no making of good baby beef without good feeding from the start. The young calf starts out with the habit of putting on fat. Usually this is lost and the habit does not again return till the steer has reached maturity and stops growing in size. That is what has brought us into the habit of waiting for steers to mature before attempting to fatten them. Baby beef must be made by the process of so feeding that the animal will put on fat as it goes along and so at half the age of the ordinary steer is fit for the market. It will thus be seen that the feeding must be excellent and that no untoward accident must be allowed to come in to change the course of events. One such untoward circumstance is cold quarters in winter, with dampness and bad ventilation. No artificial heat is necessary, but the quarters in which baby beef is being grown should be sunny and well ventilated. The pure air only can supply the oxygen the animal needs in performing the functions necessary to growth. It is usual to dispose of baby beef at from 12 to 18 months of age, at which time the weights will run from 800 to 1,200 pounds. Cattle a Farm Should Carry. There is such a thing as overstocking a farm and there is such a thing as understocking it. The amount of cattle a farm should carry will depend on the amount of rough feed that can be or is produced. Enough cattle should be kept to consume all the roughage, and anything short of this is less than the farm should carry. Cattle are the means by which we take the grass, straw and cornstalks and change them into meat and milk. The number of cattle a farm should carry will depend in addition on the arrangements for taking care of them. It would hardly be wise to keep a large number of cattle if there was no provision for finishing them on grain when the proper time of doing so arrives. We believe it is true that in the main more of our farms are understocked than overstocked. The pastures are frequently overstocked and so are the great western ranges, but most of our farms could carry much more stock than they do, if proper arrangements were made. The man that follows mixed farming can grow crops and feed them on his own farm, thus sending off the farm only the things that take least of the fertility. Too little attention is paid to the matter of the quality of the dairy bull. R. M, Swann, Franklin, La. 50c per box. Oklahoma State Military A High Grade Preparatory Military School Under Government Supervision. Only military school in both Territories slow, backward students receive special study and morale; firm and wholesome combined with intellectual training; art Point, detailed by war department; modern For application blank and illustrated catalog COLONEL JAMES E. DUNN, Superintendent, Oklahoma SMOKERS LEWIS' SINGLE B 5¢ Cigar better Quality than most, supplied by their jobber or direct from Frank P. L. Oklahoma State Military Institute. 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, 2011 E. BUNN, Superintendent, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma SMOKERS FIND LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER 5¢ Cigar better Quality than most 10¢ Cigars. Supplied by their jobber as direct from Frank P. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Il. Ripans Tabules are the best dye pepsia medicine ever made. A hundred millions of them have been sold in the United States in a single year. Constitution, heartburn, sick headache, dizziness, bad breath, sore throat, and every illness arising from a disordered stomach are relieved or cured by Ripans Tabules. One will generally give relief within twenty minutes. The five-cent package is enough for ordinary occasions. All druggists sell them. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 36, 1904 FISO SURE FOR QUES. WHERE ALL ELSE FAIL. Best Court Byrush. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. If the man you are with is less than 45 years old, and you ask him for a dyspepsia tablet, he will generally take a little bottle out of his pocket and mechanically give you one.—Somep ville Journal. Capacity of Toads. The toad is exceedingly greedy. It feeds continuously throughout the night, and in twenty-four hours consumes a quantity of insect equal to about four times its stomach capacity. The "bird in the Hand." He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.—Samuel Johnson. It Will Stay There. "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 itching instantly." 50c per box. Goggles for Chickens. Among the recent inventions which poultry fanciers find interesting at the world's fair is a pair of goggles to be placed on chickens to prevent them from picking out the eyes of one another. Pugnaciously-inclined birds on a farm can do a great deal of harm to the others, and, as a protection against damage being sustained to the eyes, it is proposed to equip the members of the flock with the goggles Wood Lighter Than Cork. Only one wood is known which is lighter than cork. This is the marsh anoua of Brazil. W. UNION MADE $3 $5.00 "B shoe $3.63 four mo intend to return W.M. GRAY Brookton Loads the W. J. Douglas uses Coro his $8.50 shoes. Corona C to be the finest Patent PAPAS TARULOS 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, Eloction 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, Ohio. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE The Medical Department of Fort Worth University will begin its eleventh annual session on October 3, 1904. Oldest independent medical school in the State. A four-year graded course. Large and able faculty. Abundance of clinical material. Every facility afforded students present. Unique facilities. Unusual advantages offered to members of the graduating-class. For catalogue or information address FRANK GRAY, M. D., Dean, Room 401 Wheat Building, Fort Worth, Texas. WET WEATHER WISDOM! THE ORIGINAL 183 TOWER'S TRADE MARK FISH BRAND SLICKER BLACK OR YELLOW WILL KEEP YOU DRY NOTHING ELSE WILL TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES CATALOGUES FREE SHOWING FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND MATS. A. J. TOWER CO., BOSTON, MASS., U.B.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO., LTD., TORONTO, CANADA, DENSION JOHN W. MORRIS Washington, D.C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau. 3 yrs in civil war, 15 adjudicating claims, ally since Military Institute. in both Territories; thoroughness in everything; events receive special attention; high standard of m and wholesome discipline; character building lectual training; army officer, graduate of West or department; moderate expense, begins Sept. 7, 01 Illustrated catalogue address Interintendent, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. RS FIND GLE BINDER by than most 10¢ Cigars ct from Frank P. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. L. DOUGLAS 3.50 & $3 SHOES FOR MEN 10 AND $4.00 CUSTOM BENCH WORK IN ALL THE HIGH GRADE LEATHERS. 2.50 POLICE, THREE SOLES, $2.50 AND $2.00 WORKINGMEN'S, BEST IN THE WORLD. $2.50, $2.00 AND $1.75 BOYS, FOR DRESS AND SCHOOL WEAR. W. L. Douglas makes and sells more men's $3.50 and $3.00 shoes than any other man- ufacturer in the world. The reason they are the greatest sellers is, they are made of the best leathers, hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and have more value than any other shoes. W. L. Douglas guarantees their value by stamping his name and price on the bottom. Look for it—take no substitute. Sold by shoe dealers everywhere. Fast Color Eyelets used exclusively. "AS GOOD AS $7.00 SHOES." Heretofore I have been wearing $7.00 shoes. I purchased a pair of W. L. Douglas shoes, which I have worn every day for months. They are an satisfactory I do not want to the more expensive shoes." Y KNOWLES, Last. City Solicitor, Phila. the Men's Shoe Fashions of the World. corona Coltshin in Colt is conceded t Leather made. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. BLINDNESS AND DEAFNESS ```markdown ``` CURED AT HOME If you have weak eyes, falling sight, granulated lids, scums over the eye or sore eyes of an age with a history of poor description of your case and a trial treatment will be seat you two Governors, Chief Eye and Ear Surgeon to the Missouri State Institution for the Blind, and was also Professor of the Eye and Ear in the American Medical College. Cross eyes straightened by new painless method. Write to Dw J. HARVEY MOORE, Eye and Nas Institute, Suite 58, Odd Fellows Bldg., St. Louis. BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. WOULDN'T SPLIT A PAIR, Nev York Woman Had Presence of Mind and Generosity. Because she had not time to returs fu: a glove she had dropped, ané kn wing it would be as useless to the pe:son at whose feet it had fallen ag {ts mate would be to her, a womans tovsed the glove she held in her hand alcer the one that was lost. The inct dert happened on the stairway to aa elevated station. : The woman, richly dressed, was hurrying up the stairs, as if late fo keeping an engagement, and was put- ting on a new pair of gloves that were in keeping with the rest of her attire. One was partly on her hand when the other slipped from her grasp, struck the rail and dropped to the street. As it fell it hit the arm of a plainly dressed girl standing bclow. The woman paused for the part of a moment, looked after the falling klove and met the glinnce of the sturtled girl, Then, without stopping in her ascent, she stripped from her hand the glove which she had been putting on and tossed it after its fel- low. : Smiling at the girl, she anticipated the thanks she knew would be coming to her, and called out pleasantly: “You are welcome.” Before the gir! had recovered from her surprise the woman was out of sight, but the new pair of gloves re mained.—New York Press. Writere Who Were Pedestrians. _ aristopher No in” (Prof. John Wilson), a giant over six feet high, whose “tread seesi+d almost to shake the streets,” thought nothing of tramp- ing forty miles in eight hours, or of walking from Liverpool to Elleray, a “istance -ef -elghty miles, in a day. Wordsworth, though be could never have kept pace with Wilson's swing: ing stride, was always good for a twenty-mile stroll, aud used to boast that he had walked six times ‘round the earth: Charles Dickens was ak ways at his brighiest and happiest when he was striding gayly along country lines at a good five miles an hour. On one memoravie occasion he coverad twenty miles “fair heel and too” in a shade over four hours, and very proud he was of his deed. Prof. Favveett, blind though he was, tramped his thirty miles many a any over Cambridge roads; and in our! own day, Mr. Swinburne, Mr. Bryce and Mr. John Davidson, the poet, might well be matched against any | other three pedestrians of equal years | in England.—Westminister Gazette, A Song of Hope. Lord, every iittle sparrow finds ite crumbs to eat from Thee, And chirps its little chirp of pratee To Thee, the Giver of its days, And bids to morrow “go its ways; And so will 1. Lord, every little daisy lifts its face up to the sun, e 47g, drinke in of its warmth an@ And cevels in tts days so bright, Without the fear of coming night; And so will I. Lord, every little daisy lifte its face up to the sun, song aweet, Choosing the night to’ sing to Thee A tender, heaven-born melody Sung in darkness hopefully; And so will 1 “Bongs in the hight He giveth.” an@ Natens to hear them sung— Songs of a tender Father's love, Songs of a fairer home above, Songs whispered by that Holy Dove Who broods o'er all. perenne One Time He Had Forcactten Senator Knute Melson was telling colleagues about his experiences with &@ subcom=ittes in Alaska. They made a landing at Nome one day when the sea was so rough that the passen gers were putin a cage and swung ashore. “And that,” he concluded, “was the only lime any man ever had me in a cage.” “Not much,” bluntly interposed Senator erry of Arkansas, with whom Mr. Nelson has many @ time and oft fought over the battles of the civil war. “We had you in @ care at Vort Hudson.” And Senator Nelson had to admit it. He was taker prisonor by the Confederates there andj for a season beld in durance vile When You Want « « A SHAVE, HAIRCUT, SHAMPOON. ORSEA FOAM, EXCELSIOR TONSORIAL PARLOR + Seco: d St, Next to Creek Gro. CO Chea.. towels, sharp razors a special J. A. BANKS, Propnetor | p BIG LINE OF SPRING MILLINARY! F Shirt Waist Suite, Shirt Waists, Corsets, Hosiery, Muslin Underwear, Dry Goods, Tin Ware and Enameled Ware, Queens Ware, and Glass Ware. West Broadway, THE F A IR Muskogee e ‘ HAND MADE CLOTHING, Kirshbaum: “= ' ALL KINDS OF HATS. x ’ ° ° Gcnts’ Furnishing Goods, OF 4LL DESCRIPTIoxzsr 'S: Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases, W. E. VicCLURE, KNOX AGENCY, ENGLISH BLOCK, Muskogee, = - - - Ind. Ter’y. TWO MINDS, ONE THOUGHT. All the Circumstances Seemed te Point to a Single Conclusion. They sat together on the sofa, watching the dying embers. They had been silent for some time, He moved Uneasily. It was apparent that some thing was on his mind. He looked at her furtively, She was a beautiful ‘Girl, He determined at last to make the plunge and turned his face reso- lately toward hers. “Dear,” he said, “I am going to ask you a question that I have never asked before. I hope it will not shock you. You will notice by a glance at the clock that it ts nearly midnight. There fs nota sound in the house, and it is evident that your father and mother have both gone to bed. There is no one else to disturb us, All 1s serene. The gas overhead ts turned down to the right point, and these embers shed just the correct glow. A soft, sent+ mental feeling that I have not been able to overcome has begun to steal over me. I hope it has over you. Now, what I want to ask you is this: Con- sidering all the circumstances I have mentioned, do you think {t would be quite proper for me to kiss you?” The beautiful creature at his side inrned impulsively and laid a delicate hand on his arm. “Do you want to know what J really hink?” she said, earnestly. “Yes.” “Then, considering everything, % fon't think it would .be proper for you hot to kiss me.”—Town Topics. \ OUT IN CALIFORNIA The Triennial Conclave ot Knights Templar will be eld in the early Fall. Thousands are going. Itsa | gcod time. Thereis no doubt but that all good Amer- icans desire to see the Golden States sometime. Here | is anopportunity. Is there anything to prevent your taking advantage of the exceptionally low rates an- nounced for this occasion? I. eae Vickets on Sale Aug. 15 toSept 10 Paryielai i Rates from vour home town on request, Rock Ny GEO. H LEE, G. P. & T. A. i System ; Little Rock, Ark. | ae ee || J. S. MENALLY, D. P. A Oklahoma City. Tourist Ratus, the Frisco System will issue during the Summer months, Tourist round-trip tickets to va- rious resorts aid jocations-the Mountains, Lakes and Seashore, at greatly reduced rates, with am ple return limit. Call on nearest agent or ad- dress Passenger Traffic Dept., St. Louis, Vette yo. SYSTEM \ ete: AND COMFORTABLY | EAST, : WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY, The Direct Route to the “WORLD'S FAIR CITY” SAINT LOUIS L. W. PRICE, a WESTERN OIL, --.GAS AND... Investment Co. | OF MUSKOGEE, I. T. Pit { ORK iN Cn Issuca in shares of ft | 0 UUULUUU, . ...$25.00... Urected oy proainent bocinges ee et Peas rn The Come CPP reins stacey tetas Belfer eption on Oil Land tm the Oreck Netlog that ove be bought as cocn he the owners get title to same. Ao Guehers have been discovered neag Bioak in thie Oompeny ison the read to Porsale Bacar) eweet ot CS rn Ueasen, nee Set Yantay ah Po W. H. TWINE, Beo’y and Treas’s Wsetere Oil, Gas and Tavestssent Oc,, Muskogee. : . Ind. Ter'y. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. NEW STATE NEWS. The tax valuation of personal property for Durant is $975,425. Oklahoma has more cotton this year than it has pickers to gather the crop. The Crowder State bank, with a capital of $15,000, is a new institution at Crowder City. At a recent meeting of the city council at South McAlester twenty-five miles of new sidewalk was ordered built. A rural route will be established at Merrick, Lincoln county, October 1st. Several thousand acres have been leased for oil in the vicinity of Coyle, and a well will be put down at once. The commissioners of Comanche Samuel Coot and wife were arrested at South McAlester last week upon a charge of having robbed a hotel at Shawnee. Plans for a $12,000 school building at Caddo have been completed. Mrs. Manning, a resident of that place, has donated a site for the building. Julian Taft was arrested at Lawton last week upon the charge of attempting criminal assault upon a five-year-old child. The appraisement of lots at Hartshorne has been given out by the townsite commissioners. It is said the appraisement was much too high The attorneys of the Choctaw nation have received nine thousand deeds to be given to those in possession of their allotments. Articles of incorporation were recently granted to the Savanna-McAlester Coal company, with headquarters at Savanna, I. T. county have made application to the secretary of the interior to authorize the construction of twenty-one bridges with money derived from the sale of town lots. Farmers west of Ardmore are complaining about the cotton outlook. They say the excessive hot winds and continued drouth has greatly reduced the prospects. G. P. White, one of the striking Katy operators at South McAlester, was arrested and fined for calling a strike breaker a "scab" and using abusive language. Lightning recently destroyed the barn of J. F. Denton, in the Ponca Indian country, together with 5,000 bushels of wheat. No insurance. An effort is being made to secure the unconditional pardon of V. H. Albright, who was sent to the penitentiary two years ago for manslaughter. He lived near Guthrie. Editor Frank Prouty of the Fallis Star, has been nominated by the republicans of the sixth representative district for representative in the legislature. Circular letters are being sent out to all Oklahoma school land lessees, whose rent is due on October 1, asking them to be prompt with the payment. About one-third of the rents are due at that time. The total rentals are $400,000 annually. TWO-STORY STRUCTURE, COMFORTABLE AND NEAT. Residence of Settler in New Country That Leaves Nothing to be Desired —Plans Showing How the Two Floors Are Laid Out. The home of Mr. Ernest Sitch, White Fish Valley, thirty miles from Port Arthur on the Duluth branch of the Canadian Northern railway, is shown in the accompanying plans. Mr. Sitch has served in the capacity of land guide for three years and has helped to establish the colony. His residence is 16 by 20 feet, two stories high. It has two doors, five windows down stairs, and two upstairs. His LIVING ROOM 8 x 10 KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM 8 x 10 Ground Floor Plan. 160 acres when selected was in a wooded wilderness. The construction of Mr. Sitch's house is described as follows: The material used in the construction of the building was cut within 50 yards of where the structure stands. Everything was hewed on the ground. After the building spot had been selected the trees and shrubbery were cut down, stumps taken out and the ground leveled. A cellar 12 by 16 feet was dug. At the depth of 6 feet rock was struck and no better flooring could be had. The cellar was walled up with hewed tamarac. The cracks between the logs were filled with lime. In starting the foundation for this house large tamarac logs were flattened on two sides, and laid on cedar posts sunk into the ground. This BED ROOM 8 10 BED ROOM 8 x 10 Upper Floor Plan. constituted the foundation. All the logs that had been prepared for the house were skidded and on a designated day the neighbors came and assisted in the raising. Four expert corner men were secured and the building was put up straight and true. The walls were made 15 feet high. The sleepers and joists were made on the ground by the settlers. The rafters were made of peeled spruce, one inch boards were used for sheating, and this was covered with metal shingles. The metal shingles are used in preference to the wooden, as they prove a great protection against forest fires. The two floors are made of matched lumber. The slight cracks left between the logs were filled with cedar slivers, then with mortar. So perfectly was this work accomplished that the walls inside are almost smooth, very few depressions being discernible. The lime cost about 25. About 1,500 feet of lumber were used in the construction of the building. The chimney is made of brick. The soil which was thrown from the cellar was terraced around the house, making a gentle slope; this has been seeded down. Taking everything into consideration, this is one of the cheapest buildings to be found in the colony, the entire cost not exceeding $75 or $80. I do not think this home could be purchased from its owner for $2,000, although it was free grant land four years ago. Peach Borer. J. O. L.—A substance in the nature of a jelly has been oozing out of plum and peach trees, just below the surface of the ground. White grubs are eating into the trees. The trouble with your peach and plum trees is to be charged to the work of the peach borer. The larvae of this beetle works in the stem of the tree, just at the surface, or a little below the surface of the ground. It often burrows so thoroughly and industriously that the tree is completely girdled, which, of course, causes death. There is no satisfactory and sure preventive. Peach growers throughout the country have settled down to the conclusion that the only way to keep the trees free of these insects is to "grub" them annually. They make a business of going over the trees during the early part of June and digging out the borers with a sharp knife. It is not difficult to detect the presence of the borer. The sawdust and gum deposit is a sure sign of its work. When borers have been removed, it is a good plan to paint the wounded parts and then return the soil to the stem of the tree. Seed Mixture for Pasture. A. H. M.—What is a good mixture to sow for permanent pasture for cows and a horse? When is the best time of year to sow the seed? A mixture of grasses and clover should be sown for a permanent pasture. For a good seeding a heavy application should be given. The following application should be given. The following is a suitable seeding for one acre: Timothy, 6 lbs.; orchard grass, 4 lbs.; Kentucky or Canadian blue grass, 3 lbs.; red clover, 2 lbs.; Alsike, 2 lbs., and White Dutch clover, 1 lb. The ground should be well prepared in the fall and sown on a fine seed bed in the spring. If the land is clean of weeds the seed may be sown alone, but if not very clean a thin seeding of oats or barley should be sown as a nurse crop. This should be cut for hay when it comes into head. The field should not be pastured the first fall after seeding. Good results are often obtained by sowing the grass seeds in August or September, and the clover seeds the following spring just as the frost is going out of the ground. Finding Length of Batter Posts Trestle. In building a trestle what is the rule for finding the length of the batter posts, the batter being two to one or three to one, as the case may be? The way to arrive at the length of your batter posts is as follows: Draw two lines at right angles to each other. If the batter is one to three measure three feet on the perpendicular line and one foot on the base line; then the distance from these two points will give you the length to cut the batter posts. For instance, if your bents are eighteen feet high and you wish to have the batter posts one to three, measure out six feet on the base line and eighteen feet on the perpendicular line and the distance from these points will give the length of the batter posts. How True! "It's strange," remarked the breakfast cynic, "but the young man with the weakest lungs can often blow in the most money." Calumet Baking Powder complies with the pure food laws of all states. Food prepared with it is free from Rochelle salts. lime, alum and ammonia. Trust Baking Powders sell for 45 or 50 cents per pound and may be identified by this exhorbitant price. They are a menace to public health, as food prepared from them contains large quantities of Rochelle salts, a dangerous cathartic drug. To Exterminate Tuberculosis. Norwegian experts believe that by the establishment of sanatoriums containing each about twenty persons it will be possible to exterminate tuberculosis in time, just as leprosy, once so prevalent in their country, was practically exterminated. The Folly of Grief. It is wicked to grieve. It is a sin against the mind, a sin against the body and a sin against the minds and bodies of all with whom the mourner comes in contact. To grieve about what can not be helped is foolish, and to grieve about what can be helped means that we are indolent, too indolent to get up and stamp out the forces that make us miserable. Exchange. 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, Harwood, Tex. 25c per box. Clever Sparrows. A gentleman, who, from a casual inspection, had no other visible means of support than the bench he sat on in Franklin square, was seen feeding the sparrows the other day with little pieces of bread. The fat and greedy birds came promptly and ate voraciously while the feast lasted, and still hung around when it was over. Then the host fished in a pocket of his scant clothing and pulled out a handful of a powder composed of about equal parts of tobacco dust and bread crumbs. When he threw this down it was immediately surrounded by the winged gluttons, but they did not at once eat. They eyed the stuff with little sidewise turns of their heads, and when they saw that nothing better was forthcoming all but two flew away without as much as a peck at it. The two that remained, however, began finally to fan the powder with their wings, and in this way effected a separation of a few crumbs, which they ate. Philadelphia Record. To cure, or money refunded by your merchant, so why not try it? Price 50c. WITH THE RUSSIAN TROOPS. Goldier Writes of Amusing Adventures in Manohuria. Letters published in Russian newspapers from soldiers in Manchuria give some vivid pictures of life in the Russian ranks. A private named Verulan writes from Port Arthur: "Two Poles, Catholics from Warsaw, got white all over when the yellow-faces began to shoot. Our Jew, Yanko, told them amulets made of leather of a dead man's boot to keep off the Jap shells. Thank God, we orthodox believers are not afraid of shells. The Poles asked Yanko why he did not wear a charm himself, but he put their money in his pocket and said, 'This is charm enough for me.' There are hundreds of fellows here trying to do us soldiers, but one fellow got left badly by Yanko. Yanko had a 10-ruble note which he said the 'Makakil' (Japanese) forged; he bought it for a ruble at Harbin and kept it as a curiosity. A man tried to sell him a gold ring made of brass for a ruble and Yanko pretended not to know the difference and paid him with the Jap note, getting nine rubles change. Next day the man came back and asked for his money, but Yanko threatened to get him flogged for trying to swindle poor ignorant soldiers, and we all laughed. Afterward Yanko exchanged the gold ring with the major's cook for a bottle of vodka and treated us all, which is quite decent, considering he is a Jew." Philanthropy Is Rewarded. A stock broker who was on his way to the city observed that one of his fellow-passengers in the car was closely regarding him. After a time the man looked over and asked: "Didn't I see you in 'Frisco in 1890?' The broker wasn't in Frisco in that year, but thinking to humor the stranger, he replied in the affirmative. "Don't you remember handing a poor, shivering wretch a dollar one night outside a hotel?" "Well, I'm the chap. was hard up, out of work, and about to commit suicide. That money made a new man of me. By one lucky speculation and another I am now worth $25,000." "Ah! Glad to hear it." "And now I want you to take $5 in place of that dollar. I cannot feel easy until the debt is paid." The broker protested and objected but finally, just to humor the man, he took the $10 bill offered him and returned the $5 change. The stranger soon left the car, and everything might have ended then and there if the broker, on reaching the office, hadn't ascertained that the $10 was a counterfeit and that he was $5 out of pocket. Same idea Variously Expressed. Same Idea Variously Expressed. It is curious to trace how similar ideas have taken root in different languages and the various modes of illustrating the same thought. To take for instance, one or two familiar proverbs in our language. We say, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." The same idea is expressed by Italians when they say, "Better an egg to-day than a pullet to morrow," and the French proverb is still more significant, "One here-it-is better than two you-shall-have-its." Rrefreshments in Church. Family pews were introduced at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Some of these had a table and fireplace, also curtains and window blinds, so as to secure the utmost privacy. This led to abuses. In some of the closed pews card playing was not uncommon and the tedium of a long service was sometimes relieved by light refreshments.—The Reliquary, Uses Aniseed on Dog. It was found in London that a stolen dog which failed to identify its owner had been dosed with aniseed by the thief. Aniseed destroys the sense of smell temporarily. The dog did not recover for two or three days. Home at the World's Fair. D. C. Kolp, ex-Chief Clerk of Iowa House of Representatives, is manager Hotel Alta Vista, near Agricultural entrance and is prepared to entertain guests with rooms at $1.00 and cots 50 cents. Electric lights, toilet and bath rooms, cafe. Market street cars direct from Union Station. Highest and coolest point around St. Louis. Official map of Fair and other information sent on application. Make reservations now. Automobile Fishing Boats. Fishermen on the Lake of Neuchatel are using automobile boats. They are driven by a benzine motor and lighted by electricity. They are flat-bottomed, glide noiselessly over the water, do not frighten the fish and are a great success. Don't you know that Defiance Starch, besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in package and sells at same price as 12-ounce packages of other kinds? Seldom Take a Bath. The Merionethshire (Wales) officer of health, says the quarrymen seldom, if ever, bathe themselves all over. In fact, this was a weakness in the district, and there are thousands of grown-up people in Festiniog who had never had a proper bath in their lives. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. Chinese Words. There are words in the Chinese language which have as many as forty different meanings. Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, the Great Kidney and Liver Cure. World Famous. Write Dr. Kennedy's Sons, Rondout, E. Y., for free sample bottle. Leprosy in India. India is the great leper country of the world. Here there existed in 1802 over 250,000 cases of this frightful disease. The Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, send Homo Eye Book free. Write them about your eyes Wife Drove Pests Away. A Yorkshire man whose poor relations pestered him continually, married the worst scold in the county in order to have a guardian who would protect him from the importunate legacy hunters. The venomous and incessant vituperation of the womar had the desired effect. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Japanese Alphabet. The Japanese system of letters is called Iroha, from the names of the first three letters, "l," "ro," and "ha," on precisely the same principle as that which gives to our own system the title 'alphabet." I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—JOHN F. BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. No Meat at Breakfast. Meat is seldom seen on the breakfast table in Austria and Germany, nor is much use made of the prepared cereals, so popular in America. Wheat rolls and rye bread form the staple breakfast food. Silk From Wood Pulp. Silk is now manufactured from wood pulp, and the only difference between natural silk and the artificial silk so produced is that the latter exceeds the former in luster and takes the dye more readily, affording more permanent colors. CASTORIA For Infants and The Kind Always Bears the Signature of Chat H. For Thirty CAST THE GENTAUR COMPANY aration for As- ood and Regula- and Bowels of CHILDREN tion.Cheerful- contains neither nor Mineral. OTIC. MUEL PITCHER y for Constipa- ach, Diarrhoea ons, Feverish- OF SLEEP. nature of static ORK. his old 35 CENTS WRAPPER. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chat. H. Flitcher. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTMUR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY. NG MACHINERY: COTTON GINNING MACHINERY: If you want any, write us. We are the leaders. We make the EAGLE, SMITH, PRATT AND and prices furnished on application fresh everything needed in a modern C L GIN COMPANY, - DAL H, PRATT AND WINSHIP. Finished on application. Neded in a modern Gin Outfit. ANY, - DALLAS, TEXAS. MUNGER, EAGLE, SMITH, PRATT AND WINSHIP. CONTINENTAL GIN COMPANY, DALLAS, TEXAS. THE FINEST DAY TRAIN IN THE WORLD. Leaves St. Louis Union Station - - 11:00 A. M. Leaves World's Fair Station - - - 11:14 A. M. Arrives Chicago - - - - - - 7:00 P. M. Leaves Chicago - - - - - - 11:03 A. M. Arrives World's Fair Station - - 6:49 P. M. Arrives St. Louis Union Station - - 7:03 P. M. 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. Rentiesville is growing every day and bids fair to catch up with Grayson and others. Brook's report of the Lincoln Club banquet was rich, rare and racy. It was good reading. It is presumed that Sam Lewls will leave his "hoss pistol" at home when he attends political gatherings. Parson Tyson in his sermon at Grayson gave the gamblers and law breakers such a scoring that the city officers took a hand and cleaned out the town. It is evidence that a member of the Rousevelt club carries the constitution of the Lincoln club in his hip pocket and he forgot to bring it to the meeting. The Lincoln club in muskogee seems to be monopolizing the business of settling the Post Office controversy. If the melons hold out there will be lots of meetings. Gov. Jeff Davis' "nigger" and Dist. Attorney Kistler's "slicked-headed darkey" expressions are on a par, both gentlemen seem to have the same opinion of the Negro. So far there have been no arrests for the outrage committed at Holdenville, the scoundrels can't be found. Its a pity that such scoundrels can always hide themselves. The South seems to think it can elect a President by mobing, burning Negroes, and insulting the President of the United States. What has become of the famed chivalry of the Southern white man. Bert Greer called the railroad that runs through Wybark the African Central and says strange things happen on that R. R. Bert does not feel so warm towards his colored brother as he did when he first located here and wanted their assistance. The preacher in politics is playing a heavy (watermelon) hand. Some of these gospel sharks had promised both aspirants and when the meeting came off, they, the preachers, were conspicuous for their absence. The hellish outrage committed by those Arkansas devils ought to be avenged. The horrible manner in which a poor girl was ravished is a crime against civilization. We can't see how any Negro man could stand and see one of his women taken and outraged before his very eyes. The very worst tortures of the damned should not have prevented the escort of that poor girl from offering his life in her defense. Every Negro should stay away from the steam merry-go round and avoid trouble, they have drawn the color line to start with and that means friction. Preachers and teachers advise those under you to shun this trouble breeding amusement resort. Treat the owners as our people in the states treated the seperate street car, and the cuss who runs the business will loose many a dollar. Let every race lover be he saint or sinner contribute the greatest amount he possibly can to assist in completing the First Baptist church. It is our right as well as our duty to use all of our best best efforts to assist in this cause. We have given to the railroads, and other projects and why not now give to the most worthy of them all. We who live in Muskogee have the reputation of doing things. Now let us furnish the money to complete that church before thanksgiving day. Kistler, the deputy Dist. Att'y has a way of venting his spleen on the Negro defendants or witnesses by calling them slick-headed darkkeys this savors very much of down southernism and shows in our opinion the contempt that Dist. Attorney has for Negroes in general. We think it right and proper for the attorney to prosecute those charged with crime to the fuliest extent but every decent Negro objects the insulting slings of his nibs, Kistler. We have been in court when Super, Wilcox and Parker were prosecuting Negroes, and never have we heard them stoop to call defendats darkkeys and to prejudice the jury against them. 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CREEK GROCERY CO., DEALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY AND HIGH PATENT FLOUR. The Loading Colored Grocery Company in the City. We also buy and pay the highest prices for Country Produce. Located on West 2nd St., South of the U. S. Post Office. NEW UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS AT NORMAN. I The new Science Hall is a gray pressed brick structure, 68x125 feet, with limestone trimmings and of the Romanesque style of architecture. More particular descriptions of it will be found under the descriptions of the laboratories of chemistry, biology and geology. Formal occupation of this building will take place in September, 1904. I The Library building, which is to cost $30,000, is the gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie. It has two stories and a basement and is built of limestone and gray brick after the Doric order of architecture. The reading room and offices are on the first floor, seminary rooms on the second and for the present the women's gymnasium in the basement. The construction is well under way and the building will be ready for occupancy by the beginning of the 1904-5 school year. BOARD OF PHARMACY Chief Justice Raymond Appoints the Board and Fixes Date of Meeting MUSKOGEE: The following has been given out by Judge Raymond for publication: Old Jail to Be Burned MUSKOGEE: The old federal jail here is to be burned as soon as the prisoners are transferred to the new building. Not a splinter of the famous old landmark will be left. It is not definitely known, however, just when the transfer will take place, although it is presumed September 1st will be the date. The new prison is completed, except the inside furnishings, and a requisition for these has been approved. When these furnishings arrive all that will be necessary for the changes will be ordered from the department of justice authorizing the marshal to occupy the new institution. The old jail contains 191 prisoners. A postoffice will be established at Cuthbert, Day county, with W. W. Leach as postmaster. SUITS TO RECOVER CATTLE Litigation Growing Out of Capitol National Bank Failure GUTHRIE: Receiver Willoughby of the defunct Capitol National Bank here, has begun suits at Wewoka, against R. A. McFarland, cashier of the defunct National Bank, at Holdenville, (a sitser bank of the Capitol National), and also against Mrs. Smith, to recover the possession of 700 head of cattle, covered by an alleged mortgage of $15,000, which amount of money, according to Mr. Willoughby, was loaned on the cattle by the defunct bank at Holdenville. The results are replevin suits. Mr. Willoughby claims to have gone to Holdenville and vicinity to take possession of the cattle, but could not find them; consequently he began the suits. There is also a suit in court between the receiver of the Capitol National here and the Miners' Bank of Joplin, Mo., relative to 150 heads of steers, which the defendant has in the yards at Holdenville, but upon which Receiver Willoughby claims to have a prior claim, stating the bank had loaned money on the cattle. Capitol National conditions are no nearer solved than for the past several months and there is nothing as yet to indicate when there will be any settlement with the depositors. Two Killed by Train POTEAU: Jim Crenshaw, who has a wife living in Howe, and Florence Shennell, who has a husband living in the same place, were run over and cut to pieces by the northbound passenger train on the Kansas City Southern. The engineer stated that he saw the bulk of some object on the track, but before he could adjust his brakes the bodies were mangled. No explanation is given as to how the parties came upon the track, nor as to the length of time they had been there. Mrs. Shennell has been separated from her husband for some time. The killing occurred about 100 yards south of the station in Howe. NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS Called to Meet in El Paso, Tex., Nov. 15 to 18 CHICAGO,: The official call for the meeting of the twelfth National Irrigation Congress, to be held at El Paso, Tex., Nov. 15 to 18, has been issued by C. B. Boothe, chairman of the executive committee. An invitation to attend the congress is extended to "all who are interested in conserving the great national resources of the country extending the habitable area, increasing the products of the land, insuring greater stability of prosperous conditions, making occupations upon the land attractive, the extension of international trade and commerce and a wider knowledge of a great economic movement which has for its ultimate object the upbuilding of an empire within the borders of a great nation." The work of the congress has so greatly enlarged, through matters pertaining to irrigation, that the executive committee has decided to systemize the work--divide it into sections— "Save the Forests," "Store the Floods," "Reclaim the Deserts" and "Homes on the Land." Each section will be conducted by a chairman recognized as an eminent authority in his line. "Information will be dispensed regarding the increasing of production by irrigation in the Atlantic states, as well as in the Pacific sections; forestry problems in New England and along the Appallachian chain, as well as along the Rockies and Sinaas; engineering applied to protect from devastation by flood; drainage, climatology and rural settlement will also be discussed. May Die from Wound SOUTH McALESTER: Judge Hamilton of Indianola, who was accidentally shot by City Marshal Montgomery at Crowder City, recently, is no better, and will likely die. The bullet passed through the skull, causing a part of the brain to ooze out. He has not regained consciousness since being shot and his left side is paralyzed. JEFFRIES WON IN TWO ROUNDS The Champion Put Monroe Out in Very Short Order SAN FRANCISCO: Like the veriest amateur in the prize ring, Jack Monroe of Butte, Mont., went down and out before Champion James C. Jeffries Friday in the second round. The man from Montana made an extremely sorry showing, and the crowd in the Mechanic's pavilion roundly booted him as he protested to Referee Graney against the decision that had been given in favor of Jeffries. The two giants had not been in the ring two minutes before it was foreseen that the aspirations of Monroe would be quickly disposed of. The miner was scared and awkward and Jeffries in the first round had him twice on the canvas taking the count. Jeffries directed his bombardment against the stomach of his opponent and each shot was followed by a blow on the jaw that sent Monroe down to his knees. Jeffries went back to his corner after the opening round with a sneer and a laugh on his swarthy face, while Monroe's seconds busied themselves with smelling salts and restoratives. When the two came together for the second round the laugh on the champion's visage changed to a look of determination that boded ill for the miner. ANNUAL REPORT OF PENSIONS But Eight Per Cent Take Advantage of the Age Disability Clause WASHINGTON: The annual report of Mr. Ware, the commissioner of pensions, covering the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, has just been made public by the acting secretary of the interior. The report shows that during the year the cost of maintaining the pension system of the government has been $144,712,787. The appropriation for this purpose was $146,419,296, leaving an unexpended balance of $1,706,500. During the year 47,374 persons were added to and 47,150 dropped from the pension list. The report refers to the order issued by the commissioner March 15th, in which age is made an evidence of disability, and says that in the three and a half months of its operation only 8 per cent, or 28,806 out of the 375,000 pensioners, have asked for increase under its terms. The report says the order introduces no line of economy, as it certainly is in the line of precedent. Less than six per cent of the appropriation of $1,500,000 was used to pay claimants under the order, the balance being turned back into the treasury. Datea Set Back SOUTH McALESTER: William P. Freeman, clerk of the court of appeals, has issued the following notice to the attorneys of the territory: "The September term, 1904, of the United States court of appeals, in the Indian Territory, which meets regularly on the fourth Tuesday of September, will be adjourned until Monday, October 17, at which time the business of the regular September term, 1904, of this court will be taken up. If you have business requiring your presence at said September term you need not attend until Monday, October 17, 1904." Women Employees Strike POND CREEK: Thirteen women clerks employed by Desher Bros., general merchants, have gone on strike. The women were informed that in the evening after closing hours they would be required to remain and assist in sweeping out the store and placing things in readiness for the next day's business. Rumors of the probability of a strike reached the ears of the proprietors, and they sent out the word: "Help sweep or get your time," and a line was formed up to the cashier's desk, and each received what was due her. The Blossom. Only a little shriveled seed— It might be flower or grass or weed; Only a box of earth on the edge Of a narrow, dusty window ledge; Only a few scant summer showers; Only a few clear, shining hours— That was all. Yet God could make Out of these for a sick child's sake, A blossom-wonder as fair and sweet As ever broke at an angel's feet. Only a life of barren pain, Wet with sorrowful tears of rain; Warmed sometimes by a wandering gleam Of joy that seemed but a happy dream; A life as common and brown and bare As the box of earth in the window there. Yet it bore at last the precious bloom Of a perfect soul in a narrow room— Pure as the snowy leaves that fold Over the flower's heart of gold. BEYOND THE FOLD- ING DOORS Must a man be necessarily of French extraction because his front name happens to be Jean? And does a heartwhole woman incline more to the soulful, superficially brilliant man than to the homely featured plodder who cannot play upon romantic "moods"? The second question may slide—it hardly matters now; but I emphasize the first because, in a negative sort of way, it may indicate the most prominent drawback in Jean Lorrimer's character. If I say it now, while he is still waiting upon Fame, I cannot be accused of jealousy. How had we shared rooms for so long without coming to blows? I hardly know. Maybe I had a crude sense of humor that saved every situation. If so, it welled from the fact that Jean painted pictures loftily from dawn till dusk—and occasionally from dusk till dawn—and could only earn enough to justify his own pet paradox. Art, he said, never paid a man until after his death. I had my full revenge at the periodical moments when, after coughing and fiushing a good deal, he turned his back to the light, suddenly recollected something, and asked softly if I had that $5 note to spare again till Monday. When you see a man every day, you Mussol remember him as he is, not as he was, or might have been. But one wet, windy July evening, when Jean reached out his hand in the deepening dusk for my tobacco jar, I noticed how white and long the fingers were like bones covered with white kid. There had been a nebulous idea in my mind for days. It took shape in that moment. I knocked out my pipe and said carelessly: "Well, I'm going for my fortnight's crzone on Saturday. Just struck me. You'd better knock off and come, too." It was our first wet evening—Wednesday, I believe. In the rear portion of our double sitting room was a piano; but Jean had grown tired of playing it—possibly because there was only myself to be thrilled. We eat smoking, and between the puffs Jean talked of art, and pictured humanity without it as a race of jellyfish. A vapory dusk had just settled down, and we saw no one enter the gate. But, of a sudden, from the hall came the sound of a voice—soft, rich, clear, wonderful—above the landlady's murmur. A tap. The landlady stepped in, apologized, and stood twisting her hands mysteriously in the dusk. We stood up on a mutual impulse, Jean foremost. "Mr. Lorrimer—gentlemen—you see me so awkwardly placed. But I said I'd put it to you. I have only the spare bedroom, and the young lady must have a sitting room with a piano as well. And the town is full." She sank her voice. "Such a sweet young tbing—a singer, down for the rest of the season. I knew you wouldn't mind if I closed these folding doors and let her have the rear half." I was about to reply. There was no need. Jean Lorrimer cleared his voice and threw a new, deep ring into it. "The idea, my good madam! Certainly halve the apartment at once; we shall be only too delighted." "Miss May Ronald thanks you very much, and thinks it a wonderful kindness." excitedly whispered Mrs. Corbould, looking in again. "I mean it—I do!" came the rich, laughing voice, with just a tremor of fun and shyness. Tall, fair, and imposing? No! A little, dainty, dark, elfin creature, with big, brown dancing eyes that seemed to change their light every second. And Jean had my best gray suit; she had seen him in it—and he would have to keep it! Three of the strange, precious days had ticked out. While pretending utter indifference, we were watching each other warily—ready for a leap in the dark. If Jean went out, I followed. If Jean's headache came on, I stayed in to keep him company. Did she understand? She must be heart-whole, because no woman who had loved and lost—or loved and won, for that matter—could have such eyes and such a note in her voice! And so the dreamlike days ran on, until only three were left to us. A crisis was in the air. It was just after tea, as the blue haze came stealing down. We sat, with all the evening's possibilities before us, listening to those indefinable sounds beyond the folding doors. I thought I knew something. Jean Lorrimer meant to speak before I could. Behind the newspaper in his twitching hands he was staring at the concert bill which said that Miss May Ronald would sing "Killarney" at the Casino that evening. He meant to watch, follow her as she left the hall, sink down upon one knee—of my gray trousers—and offer her his heart in words that I could never hope to equal. He meant to scotch my presumption at a blow. We both sprang to the window curtain, struggled for the best place, and watched. Had she glanced back our way? If so, it was only as an elusive woman, conscious of her own powers, could glance. She was gone, and the dusk seemed to plunge into darkness of a sudden. Jean, stood, breathing hard. "Look here. I can't stand this! I refuse to be watched, to have my thoughts read in this way. You know my feelings—you know what has come over me. In your place I should have stood back like a man. Instead, I find my own friend working in the dark against me. Now, what is it to be, Billy? Speak!" "I can," I said. "I was just about to ask you the same question. Suppose you speak!" We stood. Hitherto it had been a sort of comedy. In that silence tragedy seemed to flit between us, and to wait here, breathing tentatively. The shadow of the woman was there already—and then Jean answered me. Perhaps in a moment's madness, perhaps half unconsciously, he picked up his hat, stumbled to the door, fumbled at the lock, sprang through. turned the key on the outer side, banged the hall door, and was gone. Gone! Minutes may have passed before I realized the meaning of the childish, grotesque impulse. I was locked in, and the key lay in Jean's pocket. It was barely half-past 9 when the hall door opened. I heard Miss Ronald rustle through. I listened. She seemed to be moving quickly. Yes; she had sung her song, and come straight home—the expression on that madman's face had frightened her. Ten minutes later, when that key turned again, and Jeen Lorrimer strode into the smoke haze, I was reading a magazine myself, and laughing as only a man laughs who sees deepest humor where other men see nothing. But the end was not yet. When I rubbed my eyes next morning Jean's bed was eloquently empty. He had gone out, I heard. At midday Jean was still out. Ah, sulky, of course! I strolled out at length, indifferent as to the remainder of his movements. As I turned down the square a telegraph messenger scurried past. But I was thinking hard of an oval face, with dancing, pansy soft brown eyes. Jean had had his chance; how to find mine—or make it! Half-past 5, when desolate, glum, I turned back for home. Even that golden, glorious afternoon had palled, and as for life ahead, without Miss May Ronald's laugh and glance— But Mrs. Corbould was hovering mysteriously in the hall. "Gone!" I rattled. It seemed that all had flown. I heard Mrs. Corbould go out. The door of her room—our own room again now—stood mournfully ajar; a cage from which our precious songster had hown. Something made me tiptoe in, to look, to realize in full. The awful, the indescribable silence of it—that tried to speak to me! Just that faint scent of violets clung there; nothing more—our dream voice was gone. The plano was mutely, appealingly open. Quite unthinkingly I ran my finger along the white keys, to hear their sound again—but how different the sound! And then I shot back from it and stood perfectly still, because of a sudden there had come a timid tapping at the folding doors from our side of them. Jean! The sly, desperate Jean! He was tapping to her. It had come to that. What next? Why, as I held my breath, drinking in the exquisite irony of it, beneath those doors the edge of something white was pushed and fluttered. A note, just visible in the dusk. Heavens, he had written! I never hesitated. Softly I closed the door, lit the gas, and, as with slow indifference, drew away his note. "Dear, dear Miss Ronald: Speak once more I must, at any cost. It spells death or life now! Tell me—tell me that you were not offended beyond hope at my bitter words last night; that you did not leave me in that way from sheer aversion! It would kill me, but I must know tonight. Dare I hope afresh? I await your dear finality on this cold side of the folding doors. Yours ever, Jean Lorrimer, artist." That was it. I do not think I paused an instant, because my glance happened to focus pen and ink on the sideboard. Revenge—revenge for all! I sat down in a corner and wrote upon the reverse side of his own notepaper; wrote in a stiff, feminine hand, and purposely misspelled his name. O, if the folding doors had crashed in at that moment! "Mr. Lorrimer: As you insist, I must answer what some women might consider a studied impertinence, coming from one who does not appear to be in a position to think of marrying. In fact, I do not think my intended husband, who will be shortly visiting Angel's Rest, would care for me to say anything more than this to a total stranger. Kindly accept a hint. Yours, May Ronald." I tapped. How his heart jumped, I knew! I pushed the reply under, and skipped back, waiting to hear a gasp or a moan. When that dead silence became attendurable I tiptoed one cook my hat from the hall peg and slipped from the house. Somehow I did not care to face Jean Lorrimer just then. Besides, with that sick longing at my own heart, I only wanted silence and solitude—some spot where I could stand and fight my own bitter battle. I had found it; a quiet little strip of beach just beyond the pier, only accessible at low tide. We had often "shadowed" Miss Ronald to the spot—but how different it looked now! I had turned to go. Should I ever forget? My heart took a convulsive bound. A figure stood there, just under the cliff; it was as if she had risen at my approach and dared not move either way. It was—it was May Ronald! She had not gone; she was here still. The next moment was a sort of whirling blank, through which came up her quivering, half defiant whisper. "Forgive me! I had to. Forgive me!" Not until afterwards did I realize that I had sprung, caught both the shrinking little hands, and held them as if I never meant to let them slip again. "It was for your sake—I would not stay there," she whispered. "And—and I could not explain. I saw what must happen—you would hate each Wesal It was May Ronald! other if I stayed longer. He frightened me; he would never leave me, he said, until I told him the name of the man I preferred to—" "Then," I said, drawing her close, "be armed with an answer—let there be some one from to-night!" No, she did not tell me then and there, but afterward I could value her the more for that. Eight o'clock was striking when, in a dream-like whirl, I hurried back into the parlor. When should I dare to tell him—what could I tell him? Eh, what did it mean? Jean not there; the tea intact, and a note lying beside my plate! Suicide? No. It said: "Dear Billy: Sorry, but I'm sick of inaction, and tire of the sameness. After all, I can't live without my work, as you must have noticed. Not to spoil the remainder of your holiday, I have borrowed $10 from your trunk, and am taking the 6:50 back to town. You don't mind? You shall have it by Monday at latest—Jean. "P. S.—Don't say now that I stood in your way with the girl. Not that I want her!" Two days later I was able to send him a two-line reply: "Glad you don't want her. I do, and have won her."—Chicago Tribune. Source of Coolness. Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania was showing a party of friends through the vaults of the Philadelphia mint. "Mercy," exclaimed a woman from Baltimore, "how chilly it is down here." "Yes, madam," replied the senator, "you are surrounded by a cool fifty millions."—New York Times. WITH THE WORLD'S BEST WRITERS EXPORTS OF MONEY BY ALIENS. An important matter in connection with the immigration question is the drain upon the monetary resources of this country caused by the presence of an immense alien population whose members have relatives or interests in the land of their birth. Consul McGinley says that the best opinion in Greece is that the 20,000 Greeks in the United States send home every year not far from $2,000,-000. Taking this as a basis for the home-sending power of the other twelve or thirteen million foreign-born residents of this country, we have an annual tribute paid by the United States to Europe on account of immigration of more than $120,000,000 a year! In ten years $1,200,000,000 in American gold lost to the country. But this average of $100 a year for every foreign-born resident as his home-sending capacity is evidently too large, though when we consider the saving capacity even on small wages (and many of them make big wages) of many classes of immigrants and the well-known custom among these—notably the Italians and to a considerable extent the Scandinavians—to send to what they still call "home" the larger share of their earnings, it is not so greatly in excess of the actual amount as would at first appear. But even halve it, calculate the average amount sent by the Greek immigrant to be twice the sum sent by the average immigrant of other nationalities, and the amount sent abroad each year is so immense that a less prosperous, a less wealthy and a less rapidly developing country would long ago have felt the drain seriously.—New York Press. FOR HAWTHORNE MEMORIAL In all probability Hawthorne was never happier than when he lived in the little red cottage at Lenox, Mass. During his residence there, amid those Berkshire Hills, he wrote the "House of Seven Gables." A movement is now on foot to erect a suitable memorial to Hawthorne on the site of this little cottage. The present year would be a most appropriate time to build such a monument, as it is just one hundred years since Hawthorne was born. Surely this centennial anniversary of his birth should not be passed by unnoticed.—From "The Haunts of Hawthorne," by James Melvin Lee, in Four-track News. DECIDE WHAT YOU WILL DO. An engineer who starts to build a bridge and then keeps finding better places to put his piers, and wondering whether he has selected the best location or not, will never get the bridge across the river, writes O. S. Marden in Success. He must decide, then go ahead and build the bridge, no matter what obstacle he may strike. So it is with the builder of character; he must decide finally what he will do, and then make for his goal, refusing to look back or be moved from his course. Tens of thousands of young people with good health, good education and good ability, are standing on the end of a bridge, at life's crossing. They hope they are on the right way, they think they are doing the right thing, and yet they do not dare to burn the bridge they have just crossed. They want a chance for retreat in case they have made a mistake. They cannot bear the thought of cutting off all possibility of turning back. They lack the power to decide conclusively what course they will take. WHAT "OLD GLORY" MEANS. "Old Glory" signifies more to an American than anything in the world. It speaks with an eloquence unsurpassed; it represents high ambitions voiced by millions of people; it fills the heart with a sense of duty, a desire to stand by the colors, and for it has been made the claim that it has been in more battles and seen more victories than any other flag in the world. No other standard is there for which so many men have fought and died, and which has never been struck in token of submission. Nothing can be more beautiful than the flash of blue and crimson and white, and, as it spreads majestically to the breeze, or ripples in the varying winds, there comes to the onlooker a sort of wireless message, bringing him closer to the wonderful something that will cling to the banner forever; a something given to it by the principles it represents; by the thought of long and weary marches; of sea fights and land fights, grim and great; of the thousands who have followed it from seeming defeat to victory, and who have gone down into the valley of death, their last cry a wild huzzah to urge their comrades onward that the "Stars and Stripes" might be planted on the highest ramparts.—Four-Track News. THE RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS. The exasperating, if legal, course of the Russians may have in the end a good effect, if it stimulates an international conference on the rights of neutrals on the ocean. At present international law is the will of the power that has the most guns at sea. It is simply a thin veneering for practical anarchy. It is binding only so far as a nation considers it expedient to observe it. If Great Britain were now to give notice that she intended to observe how far her neutral rights were respected, Russia would close up her books on international law and her admirals would acquire great caution. If the world wishes to take another step forward now is the time, with the shame and destruction of the present conflict fresh in mind, for the strengthening of the Court of Arbitration and an extension of its jurisdiction.—Boston Transcript. LEPROSY AND FISH. The recent announcement of a cure for leprosy does not appear to have created much of a stir among the medical faculty in this country. The reason is that reports of this sort are never trusted till it is proved that they are based on long, careful and authoritative experimentation, and again, there are so few cases of leprosy in this part of the world that the local population and local practice are practically unaffected by it. The item of prevention is more important, in this as in all other diseases, than is that of cure, and for some time the exemption of civilized races from this appalling curse has engaged the thought of scientists. Leprosy occurs slightly among the Norwegians, but is found chiefly among the Chinese, the Syrians and the Kanakas. The only part of the United States where it has obtained any hold is in the Gulf states, and it is easy to see that it might have been taken to them form the Antilles, where cases are occasionally found, and where a few leper colonies have been established. The indication, therefore, is that it is associated with the sea, and the English medical men who have been discussing the matter sustain the view that it is a result of eating fish.—Brooklyn Eagle. BOYS AND GIRLS Baby. Wee tow-headed baby, Like a butter ball, Half inclined to laughter, Half inclined to squall. Dimples in your elbows, Dimple in your chin; Looks like God had made you To put dimples in! Half a laugh, half crying, Don't know what to do. Gulping, sobbing, sighing, Tell you, baby: You Stick like that to mother Always when in doubt-- All the years of all your life, And you can't lose out. —Houston Post. Making a Cork Walk. Lots and lots of boys and girls have seen a match box, a horse fly, a stone fence, and even a board walk, but we are pretty sure that very few of you have ever seen a cork walk. Stink, under certain circumstances, a cork can walk, and this is the way to bring about that unusual spectacle. Get as large a cork as you can find, and stick side by side in one end a pair of flat-headed nails. Then get two forks and insert them, one in each side, near the other end of the cork, as shown in the picture. Now get a strip of wood four or five feet long and about two inches wide, and make an inclined plane of it by piling books or boxes under one end. Place the cork on this, standing it on its nail legs, with one fork hang- ```markdown ``` Cork Walking Down the Board. ing down on either side of the strip of wood. Start the fork swinging from side to side, and you will see the cork walk jerkily down the board, taking ridiculous stiff-legged little steps on its nail legs. A Bird Tragedy. "I was sitting on the back veranda, sewing, one bright morning last week," said a lady living in a second-story flat, "when something flew swiftly past me, almost within reach. Startled, I glanced up just in time to see a beautiful robin alight under the eaves of the house opposite. A long straw in his mouth showed me he was busily at work building a nest. "As I sat watching, his mate hopped in sight from under the hidden roof, and seemed most interested in the building process, to which in the mean time the builder had added bits of wool and straw. Much pleased with his progress, my little friend topped upon a branch of a maple tree close by and poured forth a short strain. "Suddenly a small boy strolled along and, espying the bird, stepped into the road and gathered a few pebbles. Advancing stealthily, he crept closer to the little songster, and in breathless anxiety I watched him fling the stone. O, happy chance! A breath of air at that moment lifted the branch, and the stone went wide of its mark. The little nest builder, startled by the missile, flew off into the distance; but, after sailing in mid-air for a moment or two, he returned and lit upon a neighboring roof. "Again the boy took aim, and again I awaited in breathless suspense; but this time the aim proved too true! There was a fluttering of little wings and all was still. "Alas! thought I, for the snug little half-built nest under the eaves which was never to be completed, and, alas! for the mother bird that would wait in vain for her mate's return." A Tripod on a Tea Table. Some time, when tea is late and the family is all about the table waiting, The Tripod Complete. you may surprise all by a very clever and at the same time simple and easy trick. Take a napkin ring and through it pass three forks with the points upward and rest their handles on the table. Spread the tops of the forks apart and inside them place a plate or any round dish which will fit within the space they afford. This will surely lock the whole thing, and a heavy dish may be placed upon the plate without fear of its being broken Feeding Captive Birds. The secret of feeding birds in captivity is to give them as great a variety of wholesome food as you can. For seed, they should have a mixture of canary, rape, flax or linseed, small groats and a little hemp and millet. In cold weather more hemp and some maw seed, and a little lettuce seed occasionally, particularly if there is any diarrhoea about. For green stuff, lettuce, watercress, groundsel, chickweed and nearly any sort of fruit, but it should not be given to them wet. Once or twice a week, for a treat, a mixture of hard-bolled eggs, chopped small, and powdered biscuit will be greatly appreciated. In feeding them don't make things too easy. Remember that birds dearly love occupation of any kind. I knew a lad once who used to chop up the watercress, "to save the poor dear things the trouble of biting it off!" But it is scarcely necessary to say that this is a great mistake. A Pin and Coin Trick. Here is a very simple little trick, which looks not at all easy and quite as if the performer must be very skillful indeed. Take a silver coin, a quarter or a half dollar, and pick it up by placing the points of two pins, How to Hold the Coins. one on either side of the coin's edge. You may hold the coin securely in this position if you press firmly with both pins. Now, blow smartly against the upper edge of the coin, and it will fly sound and around, revolving with great rapidity between the pins. ABOUT THE LAST ARMIES OF RUSSIA AND JAPAN READY FOR THE LAST FIGHT FALL OF PORT ARTHUR EXPECTED HOURLY Japanese Guns Pouring Destructive Fire Into the City—The Russian Lines Weakened—The Siege Will be the Bloodiest Since Sedan TOKIO: The final assault on Port Arthur is imminent. Hundreds of Japanese guns continue to pour a destructive fire into the city and harbor along the lines of forts and entrenchments preparatory for the infantry assault. It is evident that the Russian lines have been weakened and partly penetrated in the vicinity of Autzshan and Itzshan forts. The entire line of Russian defences immediately about the harbor are within range of the Japanese guns. A number of Russian forts and batteries continue to be vigorous. The Japanese death poll will be heavily increase before they are captured. The direction of the Japanese attack creates the impression here that the city and defences on either side of the harbor entrance will fall first. The final stand will be made at Liaotieshan. Japanese official channels of information remain closed and the navy department's announcement of the striking of a mine by the battleship Sevastopol and the firing upon the Russian forts by the cruisers Kasura are the only disclosures made for several days. It is believed here that both sides have suffered heavy losses and that the final record will make the siege the bloodiest since Sedan. The Japanese are supremely confident of the ultimate result. The leaders of the government await the outcome in calm assurance. The people are everywhere decorating the streets and houses and erecting arches and flagstaffs in preparation for a national celebration of the expected victory. FIGHT FOR SEVEN HOURS Japanese and Russians Get Busy for Awhile ST. PETERSBURG: A dispatch from Chefoo, dated August 22, says that, according to Chinese reports, the Japanese bombarded Port Arthur from 6 o'clock in the morning until 1 o'clock in the afternoon, pouring in a heavy fire, but that the Russians succeeded in silencing the Japanese batteries. The Japanese fleet was not engaged, having put further out to sea. The news that the Port Arthur squadron has again sailed out is expected at any hour, as Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky's orders are imperative to go out or destroy his ships beyond the possibility of repair before the fortress falls. LONDON: No further war news has reached London. According to the Moscow correspondent of the Morning Post Lieutenant General Stoessel concluded a telegram to an intimate friend there with the words, "Farewell forever. Port Arthur will be my tomb." ST. PETERSBURG: The news that the navy department at Washington absolutely denied that the United States warships at Shanghai had received instructions to assist in the protection of the neutrality of China or to in any way interfere with the Japanese warships, which news did not arrive until late, put something of a damper on the feeling of satisfaction with which the earlier reports had been received. A CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT A Man From Illinois to be Placed at the Head of the Sanitarium GUTHRIE: J. A. Willoughby, receiver for the defunct Capitol National bank, has stated that A. T. Clark of Belleville, Ill., will succeed George Bolend as superintendent in charge of the Oklahoma asylum for the insane at Norman on September 1. The entire plan has been made and announced with the approval of Governor Ferguson. Mr. Clark is a physician of prominence, who several years was officially connected with the Illinois asylum at Jacksonville, and he will receive at Norman the same salary as that paid to Bolend. Mr. Bolend will remain with the new management of the asylum one month to superintend the erection of a new building at Norman in which will be housed the insane of the Indian Territory, who are to be cared for under contract with Oklahoma, after the first of October. Mr. Willoughby says that at the present time the installment of Dr. Clark as superintendent will be the only change made at the asylum. Dr. Clark is to be given full charge, and further changes, if there are any, will be made at his discretion. Mr. Willoughby considers Dr. Clark thoroughly capable in every way of taking charge of the asylum. Governor Ferguson was consulted with before the appointment of Dr. Clark was decided upon by Mr. Willoughby. As receiver of the Capitol National bank, of which institution the asylum is a main asset, Mr. Willoughby felt responsible for the management and conduct of the institution, and determined to have some one in charge who is close to him in a business and social way, and one with whose business principles he was thoroughly acquainted. It is said that Governor Ferguson at first did not look with favor upon the proposed change, coming as quickly as it did after the Offhausen affair at the asylum, fearing that the change would reflect upon the administration. He yielded, however, when Willoughby explained that he desired to have as superintendent one whom he knew he could trust, and while Mr. Bolend might be all right in every respect he was not as satisfactory as one personally known to the receiver of the bank. Mr. Willoughby explained further to Governor Ferguson that any change, which might be made would be for the better interest of the institution and of the territorial patients confined there. He asked that if any complaints were made to the governor regarding the treatment of patients either in the way of food or personal comforts that these be brought at once to his notice, and if found valid a rectification would be made immediately. The Commercial Congress to Meet PORTLAND, ORE.: Thomas Richardson, chairman of the executive committee of the Trans-Mississippi commercial congress, has issued a formal call for the fifteenth session of the congress, to be held at St. Louis October 25 to 29, inclusive. The governor of each state and territory may appoint ten, and not more than sixty, delegates, the mayor of each city may appoint one delegate, and one additional delegate for each 5,000 inhabitants, but no city can have more than ten delegates. Each county may appoint one delegate through its executive officer, and every business organization may appoint one delegate and an additional delegate for every fifty members, but no organization can have more than ten delegates. Sulphur Town Lot Sale SULPHUR: A public auction sale of one hundred residence lots located in various parts of the approved townsite has been announced to be held Tuesday afternoon. August 30. WESTERN CAPITAL WESTERN CAPITAL OKLAHOMA CITY BANKER PURCHASES PHILIPPINE BONDS 3IDS ACAINST NEW YORK BANKERS M. L. Turner of Oklahoma City Bids in the New Three Million Philippine Bonds-Bidding Was Spirited-A Great Victory for the West WASHINGTON: Bids were opened Monday in the office of Colonel Edwards, chief of the bureau of insular affairs for three million dollars in temporary Philippine certificates of indebtedness. The entire lot sold to M. L. Turner of Oklahoma City at $101.410. Other bids for the entire lot were: Kountz Brothers, New York, $100,252; Fisk & Robinson, New York, $100,125; National Park bank, New York, $100,577; Guarantee Trust company, New York, $101,260; C. S. Jobes, Kansas Citp, $100,435; Fisk & Son Vermilye, New York, $101,377; Doominick & Doominick and William Solomon, New York, $101,141. The bidding was spirited, and the results are highly pleasing to the war department officials. They regard the high prices offered as indicating that the Philippines have gained a good credit in the money markets. The certificates were oversubscribed nine times. The bidding was close, the highest being less than $10,000 ahead of the nearest competitor. OKLAHOMA CITY: The news of Mr. Turner's buying the Philippine bonds was received here with much satisfaction. Not alone can Oklahoma. City feel elated, but the entire southwest will hereafter be a consideration in financial matters. Will Make a Handsome Profit WASHINGTON: Officials of the war department have been notified by the Guarantee Trust company of New York and Philippine depository in the United States that M. L. Turner, the Oklahoma City, Okla., banker, who was awarded the issue of three millions of Philippine bonds, has deposited the amount of his bid. The trust company was directed to turn the bonds over to Harvey Fiske & Sons of New York, who will transfer them to Mr. Turner. Mr. Turner had arranged for the sale of nearly the entire issue before he submitted his bid, and it is understood that he will realize a substantial profit. When here he said that while he would place a large part of the issue in New York, some of the bonds would be taken by western banks and trust companies. Closed for Twenty Years SOUTH McALESTER: After lying idle for nearly twenty years, the Savanna coal mines are to be reopened. The Savanna mines were at one time the largest in Indian Territory, being operated by the Missouri Pacific railroad, and Savanna was one of the largest and most promising towns along the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad. The daily output of coal was nearly 100 cars, and being of the same grade and quality of the McAlester coal, commanded ready sale. In 1887 an explosion occurred in the mines, in which about twenty miners were killed. The miners who escaped refused to continue work, so the mines were closed, and have never been reopened. Rear Admiral John C. Watson has been placed on the retired list of the navy, having reached the age limit of sixty-two years. CROPS AND WEATHER Report of Weather Station for Week Ending August 22 OKLAHOMA CITY: Section Director Strong has issued the following weekly bulletin of the condition of crops throughout this section: Excessive precipitation occurred over Logan and Payne counties on the 16th, 17th and 21st, and over the Creek nation on the 18th; elsewhere the precipitation was moderate to heavy; temperatures were about normal during the week. Wheat threshing was about completed with poor to fair yields; fall plowing continued in general progress with the ground placed in good condition by the recent rains. Early corn is being gathered with fair to good yields; the late corn was benefitted by the rains, is making a good growth and maturing from a fair to good crop. Cotton is generally in a good to an excellent condition, is making a good growth and fruiting well, with bolls opening and some picking being done, some damage was caused by the boll worms, sharpshooters and shedding; the crop made by the recent rains and a large yield is practically assured. Kaffir and broom corn, cane, millet and milo maize are being secured with good yields and quality reported; some cane, broom corn and millet cut were damaged by the heavy rains. Hayling progressed and is nearing completion over many localities; good yields of a good quality were reported; a good crop of alfalfa was secured in fine condition. Late potatoes are up to a good stand; sweet potatoes are giving good yields. Pasturage was improved by the rains and grass is in good condition, with stock doing well. Grapes, apples, melons and gardens are giving fair to good yields. GOES AFTER BOND COMPANY The Attorney General Has Begun an Action Against Bank Sureties GUTHRIE: The attorney general, Mr. Simon, has begun suit in the Logan county district court against the United States Fidelity and Guaranty company of Baltimore, Mc., for the recovery of $25,000, which amount of territorial deposits the company had guaranteed in the Capitol National bank, now defunct. Thus far none of the guaranty companies have paid, or shown any intention of paying the amounts guaranteed in the defunct bank. All will allow the cases to be fought out in the country, and the general supposition is that the companies have testimony that will enable them to beat the territory in the courts. In case the territory should get judgment the controversy will be in the courts ten years before a final settlement is reached. COTTON DAMAGE. Reports from the Vicinity of Ardmore Tell of Deterioration ARDMORE: The most discouraging reports are being received from the cotton sections west of here. The farmers say that the excessive hot winds and continued drouth have burned up the cotton to such an extent that some do not expect half a crop. W. A. Alcorn was in the city recently from A. D. Chase's farm, two miles west of this place. He exhibited a number of half grown cotton bolls on which the boll worms had been at work. In some of them the entire inside of the boll had been eaten out. Mr. Alcorn says his crop of cotton is already damaged one-half, and unless the worms desist he will not make a half dozen bales on his entire crop of eighty-five acres. The worms seem to work in spots, however, as some cotton fields have not suffered any damage. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Mrs. Wiley McIntosh is very sick. Mrs. Hulsey of Boynton was a pleasant caller at our office this week. Mr. W. Davis was in the city yesterday. T. A. Barnett spent Sunday in Ft. Smith, Ark. Mr. Will Gentry of So. Second street is improving. Rev. Jackson of Eufaula is in the city on business, Mrs. Jane Folsom of Checotah was in the city yesterday. J. W. Simmons of Coweta was doing Muskogee yesterday. Miss Sadie Mapp of Philadelphia, Penn., is at Maceo Hotel. Mr. Bennie Williams of Wagoner was in the city last week. J. T Trimble, Grand Lecturer of Masons will start out on his work next week look for him boys. The Fortnightly Culture Club will entertain at the Maceo Hotel Sept. 2nd. 1904. Mrs. Drake is having several rooms added to her hotel on So. 3rd St , five rooms. The Creek Grocery Co. will soon occupy its new quarters in the Estes Building. Stop at the Maceo Hotel when visiting Muskogee, rooms pleasant, cuisine excellent. Lawyer Peters was seriously and painfully injured in a runaway Wednesday evening. Mr. G. S. Cunningham left Tuesday for Boynton where he is engaged in tonsorial work. Prof. P. B. J. Hudson passed thru the city, Sunday, enroute home from the Baptist association. Mr. J. C. Johnson, Grand Master of Indian Territory and Oklahoma masons was in our city on business. There were about forty-five prisoners plead guilty and were sentenced by Judge Raymond, Wednecday. The Guarantee Gold Bond and savings Co will move to the new Estes Building on Okmulgee between Main and Katy Ave. Mr. S. A. Jefferson of Boynton was registered at the Trigg Hotel Monday Miss Maggie L. Ross of Ft. Gibson is at the Trigg Hotel. Mr. G. W. Talley of Dyersburg, Tenn., is in the city and will look over the country preparatory to locating. He is well pleased with our progressive city Your scribe spent a very pleasant day last Sunday with Mr. J. W. Mason of Stoneham. Messrs. J. W. and Geo, Mason spent a week in St, Louis enjoying the exposition. J. W. is on the sick list, but is now on a fair way to to recovery. The following will matriculate in Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mc., viz., Miss Rosa Drake and brother, Sheridan Drake; Misses Annie Drummond, Henrietta Brown and Lillian Turner, Let everybody hold themselves in readiness to hear Bishop Evans Tyree, D. D., M. D., on the night of Sept. 14th. Further notice will be given as to place &c. Rev. G. W. Hill of Waxahahie, Texas, was elected pastor of the First Baptist church. He is known as an able divine, a church builder both religiously and financially. TWO MINDS, ONE THOUGHT. Point to a Single Conclusion. They sat together on the sofa, watching the dying embers. They had been silent for some time. He moved uneasily. It was apparent that something was on his mind. He looked at herfurtively. She was a beautiful girl. He determined at last to make the plunge and turned his face resolutely toward hers. "Dear," he said, "I am going to ask you a question that I have never asked before. I hope it will not shock you. You will notice by a glance at the clock that it is nearly midnight. There is not a sound in the house, and it is evident that your father and mother have both gone to bed. There is no one else to disturb us. All is serene. The gas overhead is turned down to the right point, and these embers shed just the correct glow. A soft, sentimental feeling that I have not been able to overcome has begun to steal over me. I hope it has over you. Now, what I want to ask you is this: Considering all the circumstances I have mentioned, do you think it would be quite proper for me to kiss you?" The beautiful creature at his side turned impulsively and laid a delicate hand on his arm. "Do you want to know what I really think?" she said, earnestly. "Yes." "Then, considering everything, I don't think it would be proper for you not to kiss me."—Town Topics. CREEK LIVERY BARN, Now located at new quarters No. 512 South 3rd Street Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanders Wholesale House. MUSKOGEE UNION RAILWAY, TO AND FROM Ft. Smith and Wagoner and the Kansas and Cherokee Oil Fields, via Coretta and Missouri Pacific Ry. 9:3) a. m. and 8:05 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— For time of trains beyond Wagoner see Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain time tables A. R. PAYINGHAUS. Traffic Manager. Durfey Hardware Company Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, the Celebrated Monarch Ranges, everyone guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc. All Kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. PHONE 205 ROWSEY BLOCK III North Second Street. JOHN DOYLE COMPANY Exclusive Undertakers and Embalmers (LICENSED) Ambulance Furnished Free FARM LOANS AND ABSTRACTS JAMES L. LOMBARD. President. CHAS. H. LOMBARD. Secretary and Manager. D. G. WILSON. Assistant Secretary. MIDLAND ABSTRACT COMPANY FARM :: LOANS :: ON :: FREEDMAN :: LAND Loans made to Creek Freedmen who are farming on their allotments MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty Second and Broadway. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. MORRIS' CAFE The only first-class, up-to-date Cafe in the city Where people of all nations can be served A Splendid Billiard and Pool Hall Adjoining The finest in the southwest. If you are hungry step into the cafe; if you want to spend an hour of pleasure the pool room is the place. R. H. MORRIS, Prop. Corner 2nd and Denison Sts. 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. The Barnett Grocery Co. STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES 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. Phone No. 486 INCORPORATED Heavy Hardware, Tinware, the Celebr the guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Co III North Se DOYLE COM Undertakers and E (LICENSED) abulance Furnished LOANS AND ABSTRACTS :: D. President. CHAS. H. LOMBARD. Secretary and Manager. D. G. WILSON. Assistant Secretary. LAND ABSTRACT COMPANY N LOANS AND ABSTRACTS :: D. President. CHAS. H. LOMBARD. Secretary and Manager. D. G. WILSON. Assistant Secretary. LAND ABSTRACT COMPANY 207 N. Second Street, MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. LOANS :: ON :: FREEDMAN made to Creek Freedmen who are faf on their allotments