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The Muskogee Gimeter. READ ME! To whom this may concern.--Greeting: Dear friends: This appeal comes to you unasked for by only the subscribers to it. We wish to say that we are citizens of Muskogee and the Creek nation, Knowing as we do the condition of the First Baptist church of this city, its needs, etc., and knowing that if it is allowed to stand as it is through the winter, that these good people will not only loose what they have done but will be without a place in which to worship, we have therefore joined ourselves together and ask all who will to join in protecting these walls by putting a roof on that building. We have selected the Creek Bank as the place where you can go and make your deposits in favor of this church. We can assist railroads and other enterprises, lets help the church we will thank all who will to contribute to this worthy cause. FINANCE COMMITTEE:Dr. Buttler, B. F. Brown, H. King, J. H. Davis, Lee Edwards, Robert Wordlow, A. L. Norwood, L. A. Kelly, R. H. Morris, O. L. Mitchell, D. Natt, W. H. Hardwick, Will Ragsdale, Jas. Trimble, Will Allen, E. L. Samuel, Ed Jefferson, C. J. Lowe, S. W. Isaac, P Price, C. J. Jones, Dr. Hill, Dr. Teague, Lawyers Stevens & Peters. OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS: Muskogee. - - - Ind. Ter'v. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty RENTIEVILE NEWS. Items Gleaned by Our Correspondent of This Progressive Colored Town. Rentieville, I. T., Aug. 31.—Supt. J. W. Walton of Katy R. R. has decided to make Rentieville a flag stop for the local passenger and freight trains. Mr. Wm. Rentie has just completed a splendid store house and will put in a good supply of dry goods and hardware. All eyes on Rentieville. Come and buy lots while they are chep. Mr. G. W. Coodsey has just completed a splendid dwelling house which will do honor to the town of Rentieville. Mrs. A. J. Cooper has just moved in her new building on Robinson St. Mr. J. P. Pointer has just opened up business in his new store. Prof. J. J. Hudson is doing a splendid business. Mr. G. W. Cooksey and family have moved into their new building on Main St.—W. H. D. STOLEN—Bay mules, 7 yrs old, 15 hands high, branded "H" right thigh, branded "C" on the jaw, wire cut on the left fore leg, white nose, white spot on right shoulder stolen August 24, a reward offered for their return. (Above description answers for both only one is eight years old. Sawala and Ridge Items. The post office has been moved from Sawokla to Haskell. Mr. Billy Grayson has put in a stock of groceries at Haskell. Willie B. Pyles is on the sick list this week. Miss Cora and Ed Eubanks are sick. Miss L. S. Jefferson commence school at Ash Creek this week Miss Jefierson is a good teacher. Mr. Dan Howard has a nice three building. Mr. James Corbray has just returned from St. Louis where he went to carry 250 head of 4 year old fat steers for himself and brother. Harry; and sold the same. Mr. Hackles Corbray spent a few days in St. Louis last week, and visited the fair. Mis Alma Sims will teach school at Cold Creek this session. We are glad to have with us one of Muskogee's best young ladies. Rev. J. E. Roy paid us a visit last week, while here, preached two able sermons. Mr. James Corbray and Miss Effie M. Pyles was quietly married at the home of the groom, Saturday night. Mr. Corbray is a farmer and stockman and one of the leading citizens of the Creek nation. Miss Effie is the daughter of H. F. Pyles. She was born in the state of Tennessee, taught school there 4 years. The couple has our best wishes. LODGE NOTES. (Items concerning lodges will appear regularly under this head). New Prospect Lodge No. 77, F. & A. M. is doing nicely and increasing its membership, Bro. Alex Clark is W. M. and is the right man in the right place. No suspensions, Trinity Lodge No. 14 will on its next regular meeting initiate several candidates in the mysteries of the order. Hungerford, Texas, Sept. 5, 04 Mr. W. H. Twine. Dear Sir:I have a letter from our friend Henry C. Childs, your circular was enclosed. Permit me to say that you are doing a piece of Missionary work. When you succeed you will have deserved the name of a hero. All I can say and do at present, is to send you my happiest approbation, and every effort of yours shall be awarded with the highest success, that you shall live to a realization of your fondest hopes and ambition. I admonish you and all of you, don't grow weary for I believe that you have the guidance of the great Spirit who helps us all. Permit me to say, that in adding Henry C Childs to the population in your Territory, you have one of the highest type of human being and manhood. I am yours for success, M. G. Lewis. THE MACEO HCUSE The Maceo House No. 431 N. 3rd St. This large Lodging and Rooming house has 16 large airy ooms newly furnished. No pains or cost has been spared in fitting this house in the latest style. Your comfort my first consider ation. My rates are reasonable. J. M. SMITH, Prop. SATISFACTIONGUARANTFED Dave Richardson. - Prod. Number 48. D ME! concern.--Greeting: Peal comes to you unasked for by We wish to say that we are citi- Creek nation, Knowing as we do Baptist church of this city, its that if it is allowed to stand as it is good people will not only loose will be without a place in which to be joined ourselves together and protecting these walls by putting a have selected the Creek Bank as and make your deposits in favor sist railroads and other enterpris- will thank all who will to contrib- Respectfully, R. Wood, President. Dr. R, H. Waterford, Vice Pres. H. A. Brooks, Vice President. Lewis Whipple, " " W. H. Twine. " " Dr. Buttler, B. F. Brown, H. Edwards, Robert Wordlow, A. L. R. H. Morris, O. L. Mitchell, D. Natt Ragsdale, Jas. Trimble, Will Allen FROM MISERY TO HEALTH. A Society Leader and Club Woman of Kansas City Writes to Thank Doan'’s Kidney Pilis for a Quick Cure. 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A man who can’t understand a wom- ‘an’s love of bargains will feel awfally proud when he allows a book agent to sell him one year’s subscription to a magazine, with the works of a stand- ard poet thrown in, for $4.79, marked down from $5,—Baltimore American, Gentle but Great. For Inactive Liver, Biliousness and general depression of the system, I find Simmons’ Liver Purifier (tin boxes) acts like a charm. You are well almost before you realize you have been doctoring, so gentle yet effective is its action.” Felix Zeigler, Mountain View, O. T. Tin boxes only; 25c. Ready to Take a Picture. Maggie, watching a photographer put up his tripod, observed: “I reck- on that man ts going to draw some more picters; he done got his legs up.” ° Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORTA, A pafo and eure remedy for infants and children, and «2c that it Bears tho Coff/ha Signature of LS. ted To Use For Over 30 Years, The Kim You Have Always Bought, Anti-Typhoid Inoculation, Anti-typhoid inoculation has been introduced in the German army. The troops proceeding to southwest Afri- ca have been the subjects of treat- ment. Positive, Comparative, Superlative «1 have used one of your Fish Brand 8lickers for five years and now want @ new one, also one fora friend. 1 would not be without one for twice the cost. They are just as far ahead of a common coat as a common one Is ahead of nothing.'' (NAME ON APPLICATION) Be sure you don't get one of the com. mon kind—thisis the mark of excellence, AOWER'S A. J. TOWER CO, * TOWER CANADIAN CO,, LIMITED TORONTO, CANADA Makers of Wet Weather Clothing and Hats te Rubber Stamps, cesiiscenctts GOLD, SHVER, NICKEL AND COPPER PLATING WAND & SON, OKLAHOMA CITY. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City, No. 37, 1904 BEGGS’ BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomaci: Fatal Al late cll CURES WHE Al SE FAILS on eaten eet Ps in time.” Sold by druggista, a “CONSUMPTION? & A OMEER. F the is 4) ) Sire PUCGs oN anes CEE aS RN Wes UST 1 AN FN PLS ze Nu \ WAIN i WY NC eden) ZR Wer E 4B ING) a Siw) a EH 2b Didn't Have it, Anyway. Servant (returned from an errand) —Please, ma'am I couldn’t get it. Mistress—Get what? Servant—They said they didn't keep it, ma'am. Mistress—Keep what? Servant—What you told me to fetch, ma’am, Mistress—What was that? Servant—Dunno, ma’am—I forget. —Stray Stories, Easy Mark. Cleopatra was sailing down the Nile with Antony. “Don’t call me Antony,” said the great man, as he gave her another pearl tiara. “I think,” said Egypt's red-tressed queen, “I shall call you Mark, snd,” she added sotto voice, “an easy one at that.” ‘The Natural Inference. We "eI S. Sy 4 fs An rat VAX | \\ , | ee rR BEN VP BN Wee se Wien a eas emma) Vi o/s th WA Pes , j i Oi | mL ih “Who is at the telephone?” “Your wife, sir.” “What does she want?” “The only word I can understand is ‘numskull.’” “Let. me come there. She prob- ably wants to talk with me.”—Topeka State Journal. Closed Season. Yeast—I see a dispatch from Ma: lone, N. Y., says a man has already been shot who was mistaken for a deer.” Crimsonbeak—Why, I thought the law wouldn't allow a man to shoot another man for a deer, yet? Good and Hard. Ri Rae Tek eee Ew, ) L2 iN Dr \ \ _ \ Sw Rea Pe] TG. oS : ir a Lf Dour Ne “What did papa say when = you asked him for.my hand?” “Gave me his foot."—Rochester Democrat Chronicle. Not Pressing. “Ah!” he cried, “now that we're en- gaged, let me press you to my heart in———"" “Don't lose yourself,” said the sum- mer girl, pushing him away. “This is no pressing engagement,” ‘in PT 4 i GTi f Cina i) A y» Fi ) “ oS ner p hy uy My) a - AL, F : ‘ ee a f ra re “ heed y F eget pA e ae eee) ae Se Rcodinen en é5 4 fe ‘ “ y Ras DF <a — Xo et co Ra Fo Sia as Nes VQ hy, Bs vom Iie Ne Si co fi e Py ® Fibroid Tumors Cured. (& A distressing case of Fibroid Tumor, which baffled the skill of Boston doctors. Mrs. - Hayes, of Boston, Mass, in tue following letter tells how she was cured, after everything else failed, by : ?, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, Mrs. Hayes’ First Letter Appealing to Mrs, Pinkham for Help 8 “Dear Mrs, Prexnam:—I have been under Boston doctors’ treate ment fora long time without any relief. They tell me I have a fibroid tumor. IT cannot sit down without great an and the soreness extends upmny spine. I have bearing-down pains both back and front. My ab- domen is swollen, and I have had flowing spells for three years: My ap- Petite isnot good. I cannot walk or be on my feet for any on of time. “The Sy neonus of Fibroid Tumor given in Jon little book ac- curately describe my case, so I write to you for advice.” —(Signed) Mra. EF. Baan 252 Dudley St., (Roxbury) Boston, Mass, x: Note the ‘result of Mrs. Pinkham’s advice—al- though she advised Mrs. Hayes, of Boston, to take her medicine— which she knew would help her— her letter contained a mass of additional instruc- tions as to treatment, all of which helped to bring about the happy result. i “Dean Mrs. Pivxnam:— Sometime ago I wrote to you describ. ing my symptoms and asked your advice. You De plied, and I followed all your directions carefully, and to-day I am a well woman. “The use of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound eurirely exes the tumor and strengthened my whole system. I can wal miles now. “Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is worth five dol- lars a drop. 1 advise all women who are afflicted with tumors or female trouble of any kind to.give it a faithful trial.” —(Signed) Mns, E. F, Hayes, 252 Dudley St., (Roxbury) Boston, Mass. : Mountains of gold could not purchase such testimony -or take the place of the iiealth and happiness which Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound brought to Mrs. Hayes. Such testimony should be accepted by all women as convincing evidence that Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound stands without a peer as a remedy for all the distressing ills of women; all ovarian troubles; tumors; inflammations; ulceration, falling and dis- placements of the womb; backache; irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation. Surely the volume and character of the testimonial let- ters we are daily printing in the newspapers can leave no room for doubt. Mrs, Hayes at her above address will gladly answer any letters which sick women may write for fuller information about her illness. Her gratitude to Mrs, Pinkham and Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is so penning and heartfelt that she thinks no trouble is too gveat for hor to take in return for her health and happiness. ary is it said that it is Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Come pound that is curing so many women, and no other medicine ; don’t fore get this when some druggist wants to sell you something else. $5000 s2eeazsts:sssararensi pote he ute uae newer ct Lydia E. Pinkham Madicine Go.. Tenn, Mere a D EDUCATIONAL rr ey rene ee ee re | EPWORTH UNIVERSITY, ‘Joint Property of ihe two Methodism s. Intends to be thorough in scholarship and helpful and religious in spirit. Ten Head Professors, the majority of when have taugh’ in such universities as Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Aun Arbor, Chicago, Columbia, Leland ‘Stanford, de yote their entire time to the college of hiberalarts. Full forge of instructors in Academy and Music, Blocution and Art. Large campusof fifty tivo acres beauti- fully situated, Modern pobdings. Faye cal, Chemical and Biological Laboratories. The frat remion begins Beptember 7, 186, Tess, President 8, 8. NcSwain, Oklahoma, Okle, SKKe “idl Mh r oper notin, meer rocippgr. $60 in Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Penmanehipeea if you are willing Po work to pay board. Positions s-- Write toaay tor tall paritonare, “Atacae re Pals: Taos, Me MILAM. Prest., Oklakome City, O. T. ee RH Teepe RNR DE OTs, Core sve ust THOMDSON'S Eye Water at en ere eee W.N.Ue=-Oklahoma City, No. 37, 1904 How to Boil Roasting Ears. How to Boil Roasting Ears. There is but one way to boil roasting ears. Put on a pot of boiling water and "break" it with a little soda, skim the water, and put in another vessel in order to get all the lime out of it. Add a teaspoonful of granulated sugar, several pinches of salt, and, when the water comes to a boil, put in the roasting ears, cover tightly, and boil furiously till thoroughly heated through—from fifteen to twenty minutes—and serve hot. It will be cooked in a way that one can eat three or four ears—my husband can and often does eat six ears and asks for more.—El Dorado (Kas.) Republican. Expert Opinion. "A husband and wife never really know each other," mused Uncle Jerry Peebles, "until he's seen her in curl papers and she's seen him shavin' himself at the kitchen window." Watch Children's Eyes. Children in schools should be carefully watched in order to guard against trouble with the eyes, as shortsightedness is becoming yearly a more common defect. They should not be allowed to hold the books nearer the eyes than fourteen inches, and must not stoop over their work. Old Man's Secret. Alpena, Mich., Sept. 5 (Special). Seventy-five years of age but hale and hearty is Mr. Jerome K. Fournier of this place, and to those who ask the secret of his splendid health he gives the good advice "Use Dodd's Kidney Pills." When asked for his reason for so strongly recommending the Great American Kidney Remedy, Mr. Fournier related the following experience: "I recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills because they cured me of Diabetes. I suffered with my kidneys for a long time and suffered terribly from those Urinary Troubles that are so general among aged people. "Then I started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and eight boxes of them cured my kidneys, regulated my water and made me feel like a hearty young man." Dodd's Kidney Pills make the old feel young because they make sound kidneys. Sound kidneys mean health and health is the other name for youth. Back to the Flood. "MacIntosh boasts a good deal about his family, doesn't he?" "Yes, I think he claims that the head of his family was the original MacIntosh that Noah had with him during that rainy season." Many Children Are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, cure Summer Complaint, Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At all Druggists', 250. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Condemna Linen Handkerchiefs. Prof. Calmette, of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, is making war on linen handkerchiefs, which he considers a great source of infection. He suggests the use of specially constructed wallets for Japanese paper handkerchiefs, with separate divisions for the new and used ones. The latter are to be burned. Won't Turn Loose. "I insist on saying that Hunt's Lightning Oil takes hold quicker and lets go slower of aches, pains and sore places than any liniment I ever saw. It just won't turn loose till you're well." "I never have a little ache but what I slosh it on And ere I get the bottle corked that little ache is gone." C. W. Jackson, Marble Hill, Mo. 25 and 50c per bottle. Hibernating Mosquitoes. Mosquitoes hibernate like bears during the winter. HORTICULTURE The Flat-Headed Borer. The destructive tree borer so well known to horticulturists as the Flat-headed apple tree borer and to entomologists as Chrysobothris femorata is found in all parts of the country and annually destroys vast numbers of trees. It attacks apple, pear, quince, plum, peach, cherry, ash, elm, maple, box-elder, sycamore and willow trees. The injury is done by the flat-headed borer during its grub or larval stage. The adult insect is a beetle about half an inch long, flattish-oblong in form, shiny greenish-black above and copper colored below. The female deposits her eggs in the crevices of the bark of the trunk and main branches, usually on the south or southwest side, where the effects of the sun upon the tree is greatest. In our locality the most of the eggs are probably laid during April and May. Although eggs are sometimes deposited by this insect upon healthy, FIG. 3.—Chrysobothris femorata: a, larva; b, beetle; c, head of male; d, pupa—twice natural size (original). well-established trees, it evidently prefers to select sickly or newly transplanted ones, especially those whose bark has been injured by exposure to the sun. The eggs hatch within a few days after being deposited. The young larva soon cats through the bark and proceeds to bore at some depth beneath the surface, leaving behind it a flattened channel. Sometimes a single borer will girdle a tree and cause its death. The larva reaches its full growth by the end of the summer, being then a pale-yellowish grub about half an inch long, with a broad, flat head. During the winter it remains quiescent. The next spring it bores out nearly through the bark, then moves back a little and undergoes its change into the adult beetle form the transformation being completed in about three weeks. The beetle then cuts an opening through the bark and escapes to continue the work of destruction begun by its ancestors. During the warm part of the day it may be seen flying about in the hot sunlight. There are three ways of combatting the borer: (1) by destroying the grubs while they are at work in the tree; (2) by the application of some substance that will prevent the eggs being deposited or will destroy the eggs and newly hatched larvae, and (3) by wrapping the trees with something that will prevent the females gaining access to the bark. But, by the best methods known, borers are difficult insects to combat. The larvae make their way into the wood so soon after the eggs are deposited and keep so completely out of sight as they work, that they may do much injury before their presence is suspected, and are difficult to kill when detected. It is a case where an ounce of prevention is most decidedly more effective and more economical than a pound of cure.—Arizona Station. The progressive dairyman is careful in the feeding of his cows. He knows that the ration to be an economical one must contain both carbohydrates and proteins, and that an overbalance of one will waste it in the work of digestion. LIVE STOCK The International Exposition. The International Live Stock Exposition will be held at the Union Stockyards from November 26 to December 3d. The importance of this exposition to the live stock interests of both the United States and the Dominion of Canada can hardly be overestimated. The writer has been told by Canadians that many of the stock breeders on that side of the line make more ado over this show than do the Americans themselves. This, if so, is so because the Canadians appreciate the value of education in the matters of live stock raising. They realize that the exposition is an instructor in the matter of breeding stock, as well as of feeding stock. It makes it possible for live stock raisers from all parts of the country and of the continent to meet each other and compare notes. Not only this, but it shows the live stock raised in the different sections of the country and under different modes of treatment. Next to the Canadians, the people of the Northwest show perhaps the greatest interest in this event, for they realize that live stock raising is to be the great industry of their part of the country, or, at least, a sort of cornerstone of agriculture there. The cost of attending the exposition is not great, and a week spent in attendance on the show is one of the best paying weeks that a man can record in his summary of the year's work. The pulse of the whole live stock industry is felt here, and truths are impressed on the visitor that he gets in no other way. The Feed of the Cow. There are few of our farmers that follow the practice of feeding slops to the cows, as is the case in the towns and cities where cows have little pasturage. Nevertheless many of our cows have access to weeds and other herbage that taints the milk in one way or another. Some say the flavor goes through the cow and others say that it is blown to the milk on milking. But in whatever way it comes it is found in the milk at milking time and later in the butter. The cows that have to depend on dry pastures at this time of year are the ones that are most apt to eat foul-smelling weeds. If they have fresh cornstalks or other cut feed they will not trouble the weeds. But most of our farm cows are given no attention of this kind and simply have to make their living from the pastures the best they may. Wild onions have an oil that certainly passes through the cow into the milk and the same is said to be the case with wild garlic. If this is so regarding these two weeds that cows eat, may it not be so with some of the other weeds they eat, of which we know less than of these two. The weedy taste in milk is very obnoxious to some of the consumers of milk. If the farmer has not sheep enough to keep the weeds out of the pasture it will pay to attack them with a scythe. Irish Creameries Increasing. The number of creameries in Ireland is rapidly increasing. The increase is among both the proprietary and the co-operative. Of the former there are now 300 and of the latter 200. Last year these 500 creameries received over eighty million gallons of milk and produced over fourteen thousand tons of butter. Most of this found a ready market in various parts of Great Britain. The quality of the butter from these creameries shows a tendency to improve in quality, which it must do, as it is brought into sharp competition with the butter from Denmark and from Canada, both of which makes are high in quality. These creameries make the production of Irish bacon easy, and this has a high reputation in the English market. Wiggle Stick WASH BLUE Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of any other kind of bluing. Won't Spill or Break Can't Spot Clothes DIRECTIONS FOR USE: Wiggle=Stick around in the water. At all wise Grocers. The "Ad" That Failed. "When I was running a circus," said the retired showman, "I never lost an opportunity of advertising. I always made it a point to get my name everywhere, and whenever anyone asked me for my autograph you may be sure he got it. "But once, when I went to a little town, a great string of boys and girls stood waiting for my autograph on the little cards they carried. Of course, I wrote them as fast as I could, thinking to myself, 'Jim, old boy, your name is getting to be a household word.'" "When I looked round the tent that afternoon, I thought all the school children in the town were there. That meant money, and I was feeling pretty happy till I commenced looking over the receipts; and then I found 400 of my autographs, with the words, 'Admit bearer' written above them. That is the only time in my life I did not find advertising pay."—London Answers. More Girls Than Boys. "Superfluous women" are increasing in number. The births in England and Wales last year numbered 947,919—482,191 males and 465,758 females—and the deaths 514,450—266,338 males and 248,112 females. Thus, though there were more boys than girls born, the higher mortality among men more than restored the balance, the ranks of "superfluous women" being thus strenthed by 1,793 recruits. MOVED. The Tyler Commercial College at Tyler, Texas, has moved into its new building, the largest and finest commercial college building in the South, scientifically ventilated and lighted, equipped with the most extensive and up-to-date furniture and banking fixtures. Nine hundred students this year. Thousands of successful graduates holding the best bookkeeping and shorthand positions in the larger cities. For a free catalogue of the most successful commercial, shorthand and telegraphy school in the South or West, address the Tyler Commercial College, Tyler, Texas. Not Meant to Be Humorous. A few years ago a well-known bishop married his second wife, and, returning home after his honeymoon, announced a series of sermons, the title of the series being "The Deni tent's Return." This was obviously unintentional. Voice from the Swamps. "Traveling through a malarial district constantly I find Cheatham's Laxative Tablets invaluable—not only on account of their superior medicinal qualities, but their convenience to carry and to take. I do not believe any one who will use them occasionally will ever contract malaria and chills." Chas. Lacond, Port Allen. La. 25c per box. Church Members in America. According to Dr. Walter Laidlaw, an authority, there are 30,000,000 church members in this country, of whom more than 10,000,000 are Roman Catholics. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. E. T. HEARNE, Circulator & City Ed. Mr. James Chism of So. 2nd St. is very sick. G. L, Trigg and daughter, Miss minnie, left Sunday evening for St. Louis to visit the Fair. Mrs. Young of So. 2nd St. has been sick but is now convalescent. Rev. wm. Lagrone of So. McAilster visited our sanctum and subscribed for the Cimeter. A lot 100 x 140 with a two room house on same, for $750 cash. This is a bargain. A 4 room house, and lot 100 x 140, for $1100. See or write w. H. Twine, muskogee, I. T Miss Kattie Terry from St. Joe, Mo., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Jennie Rentie, J. (Cooty) Johnson of Wewoka spent Tuesday in Muskogee. Lewis Price of Keota was in the city this week. E. E. McDaniel of So.M'Alester and other places spent a day with us this week. Hillard Taylor of Boley, I. T. passed through from Ft. Smith, Ark. enrout home. Steward S. McCuilough has accepted the position of stenography with W. H. Twine. Mrs. Chas. Ezell of Boynton is visiting her uncle J. E. Smith 18 Broadway. R. Wright and T. Vaughn visited Falequah this week. Misses Ada and Ethel Browning spent some of the week in Talecquah. J. B Aldridge of Paris Texas was in the city this week Miss Misher Branham of DalBranham of Dallas, Texas, who has been visiting the Misses Watson of Talecquah passed through here Sunday enroute home. Miss Alberta watson of Talecquah spent Sunday here. Mr. Henry Cole, wife, mother and sister-law of Ft. Smith, Ark. are in the city. Mr. A. L. Lawson of Greenville, Texas is here visiting his sister, Mrs. S. w. ward of So. 3rd St. Misses Lula, Hester and Belle Douglass will leave Saturday for Nashville, Tenn.. where they will enter Fisk University. Mr. P. J. Elliott of Muskogee and wagoner will soon open an up-to-date merchantile business in the wiley Jones' building on So. Second St His line will consist of gent's ready to wear clothing, shoes, merchant tailoring, notions and in fact a first class line of haberdashery. The following from Talequah registered at the Trigg Hotel this city, Misses Kattie, Lula and Peggie Ross. Lucinda Richardson and Charlotte Johnson. Mr C. B. Groom's family arrived from Greenville Tex. They expect to make Muskogee their home. Hon. L. T. Brown of Talequan spent Sunday is Muskogee. Miss Crystal wetson of Talequah felt Sunday for Denison. Tex. where she will attend school. Literary Programme. The following program will be rendered by the Fortnightly Culture club at the C. M. E church, Friday evening, September 16, 1904, at 8 p. m. Song—Audience. Invocation—Chaplain. Roll Call (Quotations from Longfellow) Reading from Dunbar—Prof. C. A. Biggers. Mecitation (Cabin Philosophy) Mr. E. T. Hearne. Solo—Miss Thompson. Solo—B. F. Brown, Jr. Debate Resolved that the Negroes shold support the Nat'l Liberty Party. Affirmative—W. S. Peters. Negative—Prof. H. N. Johnson. Warning Order. In the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory sitting at Muskogee, I. T., October Term 1904. Mollie McClure. Plaintiff vs. Equity Thomas McClure, Defendant 5507 The defendant. Thomas McClure is hereby warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of plaintiff, Mollie McClure. Witness the Honorable Charles W. Raymond, judge of said court, and the seal thereof, at Muskogee, Indian Territory, this the 25th day of August, 1904 P. B. Harrison, Clerk. By Chas, T. Runyan, Dep. A. McRea, Attorney for Pltf. P. R. Price, Att'y for non-resident Defendant. First Publication August 25, 1904. DR R. H. WATERFORD. Diseases fo women and children successfu treated. Also chronic diseases of men- Office, 101 1-2 N. Main St. Residence 813 S. Main St. THE POPULAR . . . BOOT & SHOE MAKER, E. L. SAMUELS. 140 South Second Street, DR. J. 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The new telephone system at South McAlester will be under ground, and will cost in the neighborhood of $50,000. Brewster Bros.' threshing engine blew up at Carnegie last Thursday, killing George Brewster and seriously injuring his brother, Bryon. A third brother was badly scalded. The Eufaula Indian high school opened on the first with a good attendance. The building had been remodeled and electric lights put in. J. W. Mansel, a farmer near Sterling, raised four watermelons on one vine, the total weight being 285 $ \frac{1}{2} $ pounds. The largest melon weighed 80 $ \frac{1}{2} $ pounds, and the smallest 60 pounds. Durant has its first water works system. The final test of the plant has been made, showing a pressure of one hundred and twenty-five feet to the square inch. The cost of the plant was $82,000. Judge Raymond, one day last week, at Muskogee, sentenced fifty-four prisoners convicted of various offenses. Nineteen of the prisoners were sent to the federal prison at Fort Leavenwort and the balance will be taken care of in the jails at Muskogee and Fort Smith. An effort is being made by his mother to have George Mattox pardoned from the penitentiary at Lansing, where he is serving a life sentence for murder. This is his second term for murder. His mother secured a pardon from President McKinley for his first offense. Recently a negro named T. W. Burton, residing at Guthrie, was arrested on a charge of assaulting J. T. Sparks, a Choctaw brakeman, with a knife, as the train was pulling into town from the west. Burton was fined $50 and costs. September 10th two prominent farmers of Comanche county, George W. Bridges and Andrew J. Bickett, will have a hearing before the probate court at Lawton upon the charge of having burned prairie illegally. The complaint was sworn to by one of their neighbors. El Reno is to have a fine park, eighty acres of which is to be a lake, the water to be pumped into it from the Canadian river. The farm of Judge Frank Gillett is to be converted into the park. --- TICKLE GRASS BY BYRON WILLIAMS A Cucumber Grew! A green cucumber grew where dews sweet nectar sent, Wherein a garden old were odors redolent! The sunlight kissed the vine, the earth its succor lent. 'Twas plucked and sold at last to Mr. Dagoman. The peddler peddled long and sold it to Jim Slack. Who peeled and ate the "pick" with divers smile and smack-- 'Twas then that pickle green began to hump its back! It gripped and bucked and growled, tried every wicked tack: Rolled over and lay down, then bunched up like a rock. 'Til Jim he plumb collapsed as limber as his sock! They called the doctor hence. He looked both wise and strong But Jim he gagged and died! His spirit joined the throng Of those long gone before who now are hale and glad— Upon his tomb we read this doleful message sad: "A green cucumber grew where dews sweet nectar lent; Jim ate it and now dwells in climes magnificent!" Joshua's Appendicitis. Joshua Fumbleberry, farmer, was born with a pain. Sometimes it was in his stomach and sometimes it was in his imagination, but it was ubiquitous. Joshua was not one that suffered in silence, but was a devout apostle of the philosophy of King Crony in a paroxysm of gout—"Nature knows best and she says, 'roar!'" "Land a-goshen, Joshua," complained his long enduring wife, "ye'll be havin' that there appendicitis in yer mind some day, and the doctor won't be able t' do a thing fur ye, cause he caln't operate on yer imagination and when ye git dead sot on it, nothin' but an operation'll ever git ye over it!" "You wimmen folks talk too much," snarled Joshua hotly, "but I s'pose ye wouldn't be happy if ye didn't jam about so much wind er missed a revolution occasionally. When I'm sick, I'm sick, ain't I? Ye doan't s'pose I'm sick cuz I enjoy it, do ye?" That was the beginning. "A man gits mighty little sympathy in this world," moaned Joshua at 10 p. m. two days later, when a sharp pain attacked him in the left side about three inches below and slightly back of his lower vest pocket. Deliberately at first, then with accelerated rapidity, the truth rushed upon him. He had appendicitis! "Go fer th' doctor, Mirandy! Go quick!" he bawled. "I've got it this time sure. Ef I should die," moaning, "afore ye git back, they're $40 hid in the granary that ye didn't know about, an,'" holding his hand clasped closely over the pain, "my will's made out and down t' Pikeville in th' office o' Squire Diggem— "But go! Go!" as Mirandy, her arms akimbo, stood immovable in an attitude of gathering defiance. "Joshua Fumbleberry, ye ain't got no more appendicitis than I hev, an' I aln't goin' t' make no dark ride, o' eight miles through mud and water to git ye a doctor when ye don't need none. I've been a good an' faithful wife ter ye and allus cared fer ye when ye wuz sick, but I'm through chasin' pill peddlers t' fix up yer imagination, so there!" "So there" was accompanied by a determined stamp of the foot and Joshua knew the ultimatum was final, but his blood and his imagination were up. Besides, didn't he have appendicitis and wasn't he at that very moment a man marked for the cold and clammy silence of the grave? "Mirandy Fumbleberry," Joshua spoke intensely, "of you don't git th doctor fer me, afore midnight I'll die—er I'll git a divorce, an', an' I don't keer which?" "Take yer choice, Joshua," retorted the wife stolidly. "Take yer choice!" "Then—I'll—go—myself fer the doctor," he sobbed, jumping from the sofa and shuffling into his overcoat. "Ef I die ye'll be satisfied, but I ain't goin' t' die without a chance ter keep ye from spendin' my money yet awhile! Oh, Lerd! Oh, Lord! gimme strength!" he beseeched as he feebly passed out into the dooryard towards the barn. An hour later Doctor Phil Graves of Pike's Corners was aroused from his 11 o'clock snooze by a loud rapping. "Come on out t' our house quick, Doc," shouted Fumbleberry through the closed door. "I'll order yer hosses hitched as I go past th' livery stable. They ain't no time t' lose!" "Whose sick." queried Doctor Graves, in the weird light at the top of the stair case—but all he heard as feet clattered down the steps was: "Out to Fumbleberry's, eight miles north!" and the rumbling of wheels as the caller hurried away in the darkness. Muttering fervent anathemas upon his ill luck, Doctor Graves shuffled out of his pajamas and prepared a hasty toilet for a cold and cheerless ride over black and soggy roads. Bespattered and benumbed, he reached the Fumbleberry home just as the kitchen clock struck the half hour after midnight. "Who's sick?" he queried, entering the house and handing his coat to Mrs. Fumbleberry. "I thought it must be you. Got some company?" "It's Joshua," lisped Mirandy, quietly! "He's goin' t' die!" "Joshua?" shouted Dr. Graves. "Joshua? Why he drove in after me!" "I know, doctor; I couldn't go," lamely. "He's got the appendicitis in his appendix and he can't live! He's in here. Come in!" Buried in a heap of feathers, quilts and family overcoats lay Joshua Fumbleberry, shaking pitifully and groaning immoderately! "Well, I'll be blamed!" gasped Doctor Graves, explosively. "Turn over here. Let me get a look at you. Any pain here?" pressing the flesh over the appendix. "No, doc, no! It's on th' tother side! Oh! Oh! Oh!" "Appendicitis don't come on the left side. Mr. Fumbleberry. Let's—" "It don't? It don't?" screamed the excited patient. "I thought it could come on both sides!" "Both sides at once, eh?" growled the physician, continuing his examination. "Mr. Fumbleberry," Doctor Graves was deliberately impressive as he held something aloft on the end of his penknife, "you've had a wood-tick on you, that's all!" A surprised groan was the only interruption and the physician continued: "Have your wife put a bandage about you to keep the blood off the linen, and then go to sleep. Good night!" "We'll, do tell, Mirandy," whimpered Joshua repentantly, "did ye ever know about that there appendix allus growin' on the right side? But yer glad ain't ye, Mirandy, thet I ain't dead—ain't ye?' "Where did ye say that there money was'hid in the granary, Joshua?' diplomatically. "I hain't had a new got'meetin' dress fer seven years," replied Mirandy meaningly. "It's in a tin box in the corn sheller, Mirandy," sighed Joshua meekly. "Git a new dress, Mirandy! Git a new dress!" And Mirandy did! 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China, as is well known, is ruled not by Chinese, but by men of Tartar descent—the Manchus—who until the seventeenth century occupied the northeastern part of the present empire. The present emperor of China belongs to a dynasty which is traceable back to 1559, when a leader of his race, Nurhachu, arose in power and gave his fellow tribesmen the name of Manchu, which means "pure." When his tribe overran its boundaries in 1644 and waged war upon the Chinese, it seized and established a throne at Pekin, but it lost nothing of its traditional reverence for the tombs and holy cities left behind.—Chicago News. After a Bargain. It was evident that she was troubled. "I think I prefer this," she said, indicating a roll of cloth on the counter. "You say it has been marked down from 12 to 10 cents a yard?" "Yes, ma'am," replied the clerk. "It's really what I want," she continued, "but this"—and she indicated another roll—"has been marked down from 12½ to 10 cents a yard, as I understand you?" 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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. We made up a good sum of money for what is called a septic tank. A better name would be typhoid breeder tank. All persons who have not given their in their property to the assessor should go to the city hall and do so at once and save cost. What has become of the city or public closets. The council should build them at once, but for God's sake leave off the W. C. T. U. labels of barrel fame. Bert Greer has found him a little council. Bert used to be a "black and Fan" later he broke out as a lily and now they say he is a cold blooded "Pop." What next. The republicans carried Vermont and the democrats, Arkansas. The Democratic candidate for Gov. of Ark. was Jeff Davis, and the hell billies turned out to a man and voted for him. They thought it was the old Jeff of ante bellum days. The campaign slogan next spring will be septic tank and the party responsible for that disease producing tank at the south end of town will catch hades. We believe the sickness now prevalent in the south especially is due to the foul disease germs from the tank. There were only two colored men in the procession of organised labor on the 5th. Evidently the Negro does not take much int rest in labor organizations or there may be some other cause. Where was the hod-carriers' union? We would like to see the city council establish public watering troughs for the farmers and citizens. Of course there will be no seperate troughs (one for white and one for black) as suggested by some damphool in the case of public closets. If this same damphoolishness was carried further there would be seperate stores for Negroes, but the merchants would not stand that; the Nero spends too much coin of the realm and hence the predjudice ends when it effects the pocket book. "What fools these poor mortals be." Attorney Carrington, the editor of the "Echo" at Wagoner, has bought a printing press and promises to make the "Echo" one of the newest papers in the Territory. Carrington is a bright young man, a good lawyer, and deserves to succeed. We wish the Echo and Carrington success. The policy of some folks seems to be "If you don't want to resort to violence, just kill them by stelth." Get them to take a drink or get poison into the system some some way just so you can get them to shuffle off the mortal coil. It may not work even then. A hint etc. It only takes one white man to run a gambling house, but if a Negro is charged with the same crime every Negro in the house or whoever went there is guilty of running the house. So say some authorities who have had considerable experience in that line (Of course hatred and prejudice at the bottom of opinion) The prohibition outfit have begun in earnest to push their claims for supremacy in the future state. They are organizing their forces for a battle royal when the time comes that we will be permitted to vote on the subject. They are making hay while the sunshines. Just what the opposition is doing cannot be learned at this time. We are glad to state that the little unpleasantness between some of the officials of the Sango Baptist College has been settled and that all can now join hands for the success of the venture. Prof. Leftwhich has a big work on his hands, but seems equal to the emergency and with the cooperation of the entire people there is no reason why he should not succeed. Last week's Vinita Republican had something like the following to-wit: "A Negro crap shooter gets arrested for gambling for a nickie and a heavy fine is given him and a jail sentence, but the man plays his high-toned games for hundreds and on account of the personnell of the crowd nothing is done nobody punished." There are places other than Vintta in the same lamentable condition and on those points the W. C. T. U. in our opinion is as silent as the grave. Ben's Quick Relief Mixture A speedy and sure cure for colic, cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, bloody flux, cholera morbus, griping in the stomach, cholera infantum and all towel complaints. ASK FOR A MEDICINE GLASS BEN ESTES, DRUGGIST - MUSKOGEE, IND TER. GROCERIES AND HIGH PATENT FLOUR. The Leading Colored Grocery Company in the City. We also buy and pay the highest prices for Country Producer. Located on West 2nd St., South of the U. S. Post Office. Muskogee. Ind. Ter'n Realty Bank & Trust Co. 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TOEXTENDSTRIKE AN EFFORT BEING MADE TO HAVE ALL UNIONS ASSIST RAILROAD EMPLOYES MAY BE CALLED Stockhandlers Start the Movement That May Spread to All Unions Affiliated With the Striking Butchers in Any Way CHICAGO: A strong effort is to be made by the leaders of the unions now at the stock yards to spread the scope of the strike so that it will include every trade which is affiliated in even a remote degree with the packing industry. The first step in this direction was taken when the stock handlers now employed at the yards voted to go on strike. There are about 1,000 of these men, and their duties are to look after and feed the cattle in the pens between the time of their arrival and the time of their killing. Their action, therefore, will make it incumbent upon the packers to provide other men to take their places. President Donnelly of the butchers' union has declared that it is probable that all of the switchmen employed on all the railroads who do switching at the yards would be called out. It is also said to be probable that the strike will be extended to other departments of the railroads. DONNELLEY HAS FAILED Head of Butchers' Strike Cannot Get the Assistance Expected CHICAGO: The efforts of President Donnelly of the butchers' union to spread the strike against the packers throughout all trades that are in any way connected with the packing house industry were only partially successful. The first step was in calling out the men employed by the independent packers and the stock handlers who were still at work for those packers against whom the original strike was made. The total number of men who quit work in response to the appeals of President Donnelly was about 3.000. It was also announced by President Donnelly that he had made arrangements for a strike of the switchmen on the railroads doing business in the stock yards, and that in a short time the packers would find it impossible to ship out their products. The switchmen, however, have refused to strike. After a long meeting, which was attended jointly by members of the switchmens' union and members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, it was decided that the members of both organizations would remain at work. The members of the switchmens' union declared themselves ready to strike, but those switchmen who are members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen declined to do so. When this was made known to the members of the switchmens' union they declared that a strike on their part would be useless unless the members of the brotherhood went out at the same time, and they rescinded their action. A telegram was sent by officials of the Chicago Federation of Labor to President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor asking him to call a meeting, to be held in Chicago, of the executive committee of their organization, for the purpose of devising means of assisting the striking butchers. A postoffice will be established at Cuthbert, Day county, with W. W. Leach as postmaster. CHOCTAWS AS LAW MAKERS. Brevity of Marriage Ceremony—No Cure no Pay for Doctors—Land. EUFAULA: Laws enacted by the Choctaw nation in 1834, have just been discovered by the Dawes commission. The laws are direct and stripped of all unnecessary verbiage, and in them collectively is a sense of equity and justice that could be profitably followed by many of the judges of today. In a word, and with an apology for the slang, the laws abound in horse sense. One of the first laws relates to the killing of witches. For witchcraft, the penalty was death, and for alleging one's self to be a witch or for saying that any other person was one was punishable by 60 lashes on the bare back. In the same year a law yas passed making verbal wills valid when witnesses were present. It was in the session of the same council that a formal marriage ceremony was adopted. This ceremony was as follows: "Do you take this woman whom you hold by the right hand to be your wife?" To the woman; "Do you take this man to be your husband?" These words, spoken by an Indian judge or preacher, followed by the words: "I pronounce you man and wife." This completed the ceremony. The man was required to answer "yes," but the law said that the woman might answer yes or be silent. Either was considered as consent. The law stipulated that no doctor could take the money or any part of the belongings of a patient he treated if the patient died. If the patient was raised up from a sick bed, then the doctor could accept what was offered him, and if nothing was offered, then he could take in goods what was his just compensation. In 1834 the Choctaw council passed an act which made a person who bark gained to sell any of the Choctaw land a traitor and punishable by death. Any white man who encouraged such action was to be deported from the nation. This law was observed by all Indian tribes, and at the great council of all the tribes here in 1895 there was incorporated in the articles of confederation a clause which made a traitor of any Indian who, in any manner, agreed to segregation of their lands. An Indian who sold or disposed of land, either to individuals or to the United States in toto should be considered a traitor and shot on conviction. This was just preceding the work of the Dawes commission. In 1834 a law was passed destroying the Indian custom of marrying their own clan. It had been the custom among the Indians for members of a clan never to marry out of that clan. The result was that there grew up in the midst of one tribe so many distinct clans as to be almost a different tribe in each clan. This law was to make the tribe more cosmopolitan within itself. It was not until 1840 that the judges of Indian courts were ordered to keep records. No trading house or store was allowed established with three miles of an Indian school, and persons who were guilty of cutting down hickory or pecan trees for the nuts were subject to a fine of $2.50 for each offense. A law compelling all white men who had been living with Choctaw women to marry them at once was passed in 1849. It was provided, however, that no white man who had a bad reputation could marry a Choctaw woman. It was in this same year that an act was passed prohibiting polygamy. To Represent Ardmore ARDMORE: Miss Floy Mullen of this place has been selected by Mayor Dick to represent Ardmore at the World's fair on Indian Territory day, October 1. Many towns will send representatives, and a large number of people will attend the celebration. INDIAN TERRITORY DAY Much Keen Interest Is Being Manifested in the Affair--- Date Fixed for October 1st ARDMORE: Keen interest is being manifested in Indian Territory day at the World's fair, October 1, and it is planned by the citizens of the territory interested in the matter to celebrate the event in such a manner that public interest will be aroused and at the same time call the attention of the outside world to the fact that Indian Territory is a country of varied resources, rich in agricultural possibilities, and offers to the homeseeker every inducement to settle in a section that bids fair to become one of the most prosperous and greatest in the union. In the story of the progress of the territory the point will not be overlooked, it is said, to impress upon persons who have little knowledge of conditions in this country that the citizenship of Indian Territory can be compared favorably with that of any state where the American flag flies; that her institutions and schools are among the best, and that the capabilities of production will rival many of the southwestern states. Leading men who are interested in the territory's display are selecitating themselves that the opportunity has arisen to demonstrate to the general public that Indian Territory, the youngest country within the boundaries of the United States, has made a better showing than any new country under the sun, and this has been done in spite of the most distressing conditions. Facts and figures will be shown on Indian Territory day to substantiate the claim that the territory has outrivaled in progress and proserity some of the older states, with an organized form of government, and where there was every opportunity for the homeseeker to prosper. For this and other reasons the rise of the territory is considered all the more remarkable. Once out of the chaos of uncertainty, Indian Territory made remarkable headway. It had been burdened for many years with conflicting laws and unsettled conditions. The Supreme Court Rules Against a Land Company GUTHRIE: The Oklahoma supreme court has affirmed the decision of the Kay county court in the case of John Myatt against the Ponca City Land company, thus virtually invalidating the land company's claims to a vast acreage of Kay county real estate, and a judgment was rendered for the plaintiff. The defendant company appealed. The action of the supreme court will probably lead to compromises in a number of other similar controversies where suits have been threatened. The Ponca City Land company claims more than 1,000,000 acres which are controverted. PRICE OF OIL REDUCED Thought to be a Move of the Standard to Weed Out Competition MUSKOGEE: The Standard Oil company has begun a war of prices to shut out the Richardson-Gay Refining company of Corsicana, Tex., which has entered the market here in competition with the Rockefellers. Before the new company entered the field the Standard was getting from 16 to 18 cents a gallon wholesale price, but it is now selling to the merchants at 12½ cents. The independent company is still in the market, but is selling without profit. Indian Territory is a part of the original Louisiana purchase, and in the treaty made with Napoleon the United States government solemly guaranteed that the new country ceded, so soon as it had the requisite number of people, should be admitted as a state or states, with equal rights and privileges with other states of the union. The treaty has never been repealed. For nearly a decade the territory has been knocking at the door of congress with a plea for self autonomy. All the important towns of the territory will be represented at the fair on October 1 by delegations which will be interested in calling the attention of the public to the fact that Indian Territory citizenship is of the highest type. Many places have selected young ladies to represent them. It will be shown that besides the material resources of the five civilized tribes and Indians there is every evidence of a white man's country; that the Indian proportion of population does not exceed 15 per cent. Of this per cent the major part of their blood is white. Out of the 400,000 inhabitants of the territory only 80,000 are of Indian blood or extraction. Some of the early pioneers of the territory will visit the fair and be present on October 1. It is unlikely that any military organization will accompany the delegations, owing to the fact that companies are maintained independently and receive no support from the federal government. However, some of the towns may subscribe toward sending one or two of the crack companies on the date mentioned. Mayor Dick of Ardmore said that Commissioner Hubbard would probably outline a program within the next few days, and until he acts nothing will be given to the public concerning it. It is also said that one of the leading railroads entering Ardmore will run a special excursion on October 1 at greatly reduced rates. OKLAHOMA IN IT Watermelons, Apples and Potatoes at the St. Louis Fair ST. LOUIS: An exposition official bulletin says: "We defy any honest competitor to show certificate of weight for a watermelon larger and heavier than this." This notice, attached to a mammoth melon in the Oklahoma exhibit at the palace of horticulture, shows a spirit of rivalry now existing among watermelon states. According to a guaranteed weighers' certificate the melon weighs 91% pounds. Another bulletin says: "In a shipment of apples just received from Oklahoma is one weighing twenty-four ounces, said to be the heaviest on exhibition. The apples are ripe and sound throughout." Potatoes, which have just arrived from Spencer, and belonging to the species "Bliss Triumph," are shown. They are fine samples, being smooth and uniform, large and very firm. There are 232 banks in the Indian Territory, 100 of which are doing business under authority from the federal government. All have been established during the last fourteen years, seventy-five during the last two years, which is five times as many as were established in all of the New England states combined, and in excess of the increase in any single state in the union. Up and down the coast from Calais to the keys, We have groped with land and log Through the easter and the fog, Felt the sting of hail or whistled for a breeze, Till we know the charted coast Like the face we love the most. With the old "blue pigeon" tracking down the seas. When the stars are in the sky we closely pass, Sailing by within a league, Barnegat and Chincoteague, But we give a wider birth to Hatteras; For she sits among the dunes Like a siren playing tunes, All too quick to change a jig to dirge or mass. When the fog is like a wall upon our lee Through a ram's horn or a gourd With the lead we lay our board. Little matter what the fog or night might be. Loafing slowly down the coast with dragging sheet. Not to vaunt in conquest, grovel in defeat. We will hazard all with any gale that blows, Slipping out of port at night When the storm flags flap with fright And the sea is gray with long wind driven rows, When the decks are running free Braver road there could not be; What if Death should bar us from its happy close? Gales will rage about us, toppling seas downpour; Hurling scud and driving sleet Shift the deck beneath our feet, Snatch the canvas from us, deafened by its roar. Blind to all but duty, we the open door. -L. Frank Tooker in the Outlook. VIRGINIA'S COMRADE- SHIP Hilliard turned courteously at Lydia Denning's summons. "Will you be so kind as to run up to Ted's den and get the book?" she asked. "Then we can settle the question." Hilliard accepted the commission, as befitted Ted's friend and a fellow who was often at the house. He went upstairs and knocked at the door of the den. Expecting no response, he immediately pushed it open. At the same moment a head with a mop of brown curls tied into a bunch at the back lifted itself from above a big book, a pair of brilliant brown eyes looked up into Hilliard's, and Virginia's face broke into a smile as he stood smiling back. "Oh, come in," she cried. "Why are you up here? Aren't you having a good time?" "A charming time," he answered without hesitation, for Virginia was the younger daughter of the house. "Why are you not downstairs? When J Brilliant brown eyes. are you going to be old enough to come to Miss Lydia's parties? "Never, I hope," declared the girlish red lips scornfully. "Do you really like them? They sound so stupid to me. Think of staying in the house to dance when you might be out coasting or skating! Now, I've been coasting—just came in. Such fun!" Hilliard sat down upon the arm of Ted's big chair. "Tell me about it," he requested. "In the first place—who took you?" Virginia closed her book and came around to drop among Ted's sofa pillows, six feet away. She wore her skating dress, yet, he saw; an ankle-length, fur bordered, gray affair, with a touch of scarlet which set off her dark young beauty effectively. "Oh, I went with our set," she explained. "It was magnificent. I shouldn't have made Kent bring me in so early if I hadn't forgotten all about Lydia's party." "But really," he insisted, "when are you 'coming out'?" "Why, that is a thing that's dependent on several others," declared the girl. "In the first place, I'm in no hurry. In the second place, Lydia's in no—" She stopped abruptly, looking up at him with a shake of the head. "I don't mean that," she added quickly. Hilliard nodded. "I understand. I was sure you must be—well, nearly 18. at least." "I am—19—at most," she admitted. "If I should put my hair up, you'd see." "And they're keeping you back on your sister's account." "That's all right," she said defiantly. "It does make a girl seem older to have a big younger sister around. And, besides, I really want to stay a girl as long as I can. I hate to put my hair up and my skirts quite down. I don't care a straw for dressing up and going to receptions and teas and parties. Lydia loves it. I love coasting and skating and riding and swimming, and all the rest of it." "So do I," he said heartily, "and it's a long while since I was 19." She looked at him critically. "Yes, I should think you must be about 35. No, you can't be, because you were at college with Ted." He laughed. "Not quite that," he said. "It won't be long before I am, though. But I should like coasting as well as ever. I wish I had been out with—your party—to-night. It's years since I've coasted." Virginia's eyes turned longingly toward the windows. "It's a heavenly night," she said. "Let's go!" She looked at him, smiling daringly. He stared at her for a minute, then he leaped to his feet with a laugh. "Come on," he cried, under his breath, "There's nothing I'd like to do better. But how shall we manage it?" "I didn't really mean it," said Virginia; "but if you do we might have just one coast, and nobody would miss you. We'll slip down the side staircase, and Lucian's bobs are where we can get them." "I'll tell you," said Hilliard rapidly, his eyes dancing. "I'll just take this book down to your sister, mix in the crowd, slip away in ten minutes, and then we'll be free—see?" This plan was carried out. The two stole silently away from the house, and in ten minutes more were at the suburban hill, where a few joyful coasters still lingered. "Can you steer?" demanded Virginia. "Unless I've grown old faster than I feel as if I had, I can—sure." He took his place, she started the bobs, and flung herself on behind them. It was a long, swift, breathless flight, and then they stood at the bottom and looked at each other, laughing. They sailed down the hill again and again, until Virginia realized the daring of this unauthorized, unchaperoned performance. Hilliard never hated to do anything in his life so much as he hated to put up those bobs and go in. He lingered in the shadow of the side entrance. He pulled off his glove and held out his hand. "It's the beat fun I've had in a dozen blue moons," he said enthusiastically. She nodded, smiling. He retained her hand for a moment, then he gently drew off the scarlet silk mitten. "I don't like to shake hands with a good comrade with gloves on," he explained. She let him have the warm firm little hand a moment—a very short one—drew it demurely away. "Good night, Mr. Hilliard," she said. "I've enjoyed it, too." "Miss Virginia," he urged, taking a step after her, "I've a favor to ask of you. Couldn't you—wouldn't your sister be willing for you to appear at her evenings now?" "This is nicer—and so is all the rest of my world. Lydia's too much indoors. I don't like to wear my best clothes, Mr. Hilliard." "Try it. It's more fun than you think. Come down next time—please, Miss Virginia. I can't grow young again and get back into your world. You could put up your hair and put on a trailing skirt and—come into my world. Miss Virginia—" "I really must go." She was on the top step, her hand on the door. But she could not escape him. He was at her side in two leaps. "I should like to be in the same world with you," he said rapidly. "Miss Virginia, come down next time—will you? It will just mean that you Tillman "Tell me, wasn't it so?" are willing to be friends—comrades—in the same world. You don't know how long I've been waiting for you to get old enough for that." She was gone before the words were fairly finished. Presently he was back in the hot rooms and the crowd, a faint flush on his smooth cheek, and a singular sparkle in his eyes. When at last Lydia entertained again, Hilliard found himself entering the crowded rooms at the Dennings' with a quicker pulse than any social affairs had ever caused him. As the evening drew to a close and no Virginia came, he blamed himself for an unwary hunter who had been following his game down the wind. "Louis," said Ted Denning's voice in his ear, just as he had made up his mind to go dejectedly home. "come up to my den for a minute, will you.—or—you run up first, and I'll be along. I've something I want to show you." Willingly enough, Hilliard escaped to seek the familiar spot. He opened the door unceremoniously; then stopped, with a rush of warm blood to his heart. With a little cry of discomfited surprise Virginia tried to pass him, but his tall, broad-shouldered figure filled the doorway, and he stood determinedly still. But was this Virginia—this lovely woman with the blushing face, the sweet, bare neck and the trailing white garments? A transformed and glorified Virginia, then! He stared at her, a joyful smile breaking over his grave face. But with her head bent down pulling a filmy scarf over her shoulders, she was imploring like a frightened child who has been caught at mischief: "Please let me go by, Mr. Hilliard. I was not going down stairs—really I was not. I just dressed up for fun—for—for Ted to see. I—it was just for fun—" "You didn't do it for me, then?" He would not stand aside an inch. He felt with a thrill that her sudden intense shyness was far more significant than her appearance down stairs would have been. The thought swept him off his feet. "I always flaked to dress up," she breathed. "It's a childish trick." "You told me you hated your best clothes." "I do!"—vehemently. "Then why did you put them on?" "I—you—Mr. Hilliard!" She raised her head and tried to meet his look with dignity, but the lashes fell before the light in his eyes. "Virginia"—he took a step forward and bent to whisper the words—"you did do it for me, only you didn't dare come down. Tell me, wasn't it so? You were willing to be comrades after all—just comrades for awhile, Virginia—till you get used to it," he added, under his breath. Ted's step was on the stairs. Hilliard turned and closed the door behind him; he set his foot against it. Virginia looked up appealingly—and found herself for one breathless moment in his arms. "Just comrades—till you get used to it, darling," he repeated softly, "and then, more—more!" "Hello, old man!" called Ted, outside. "Did you find it?" "Yes, I found it," answered his friend's voice, with a happy laugh. "Come in." Her First Railway Trip. An old lady on her first railroad trip remarked the bell cord overhead, and, turning to a boy, she pointed to the cord and said: "Sonny, what's that for?" "That, marm," he said, with a mischievous twinkle in his eye, "is to ring the bell when you want anything to eat." Shortly afterward the old lady reached her umbrella up to the cord and give it a vigorous pull. The whistle sounded, the brakes were put on, the train began to slacken its speed, windows were thrown up, questions asked and confusion reigned among the passengers. The old lady sat calmly through it all, little dreaming that she was the cause of the excitement. Presently the conductor came rushing through the train and asked. "Who pulled the bell?" "I did," replied the old lady, meekly. "Well, what do you want?" snapped the official, impatiently. "Well," said the old lady, meditatively, "you may bring me some ham sandwiches and a cup of tea, if you will." The Irishman's Answer. "The son of the Emerald isle will get in his work," declares Private John Allen, whose stock of good stories never runs low. "Patrick O'Flanagan and a good fellow named Sanders, the latter a great fighter in his day and who was at the time this story was born in the employ of Justice of the Peace Shook, before whom the two men were arraigned on a charge of breach of the peace. "O'Flanagan and Sanders had been engaged in a scrap, a set-to which was called in those days a 'fist and skull.' The evidence had been submitted and it was clear that both parties were at fault, but O'Flanagan more to blame than Sanders. The Irishman was fired a ten spot and Sanders got off with a five. O'Flanagan didn't relish this, and complained to the justice that he had shown partiality to his employe. "I would have you know, sir," srapped the justice angrily, 'that I would neither respect Neptune for his trident nor Jupiter for his thunder.' "‘An' are ye shure,' answered Pat, 'ye wouldn't git on yer knaze to Bacchus for his whisky?''"—Washington Times. Plan to Admit Chinese. A new scheme has just been devised in California for amending the Chinese exclusion act. It proposes to permit Chinese laborers to come to the country, but to forbid them going to the cities and to permit them to remain only from three to four years. WITH THE WORLD'S BEST WRITERS 18 CRIME INCREASING? Whenever a crime of unusual turpitude is committed, and particularly whenever a number of such forbidding events occur in quick succession, we hear much about the "epidemic of crime," accompanied by lugubrious comment to the effect that wickedness is increasing, that it is outrunning the growth of population, that the country is rapidly degenerating. It has become the settled conviction of minds chronically indisposed to look upon the sunny side of things that the criminal population is increasing at a more alarming rate than at any time in the country's history, yet no prof is at hand to support this pessimistic view. Penologists are awaiting trustworthy and sufficiently comprehensive statistics on this interesting subject. Samuel J. Barrows, Commissioner for the United States on the International Prison Commission, declared in a paper published in 1903 that for want of any comparative statistics in the United States it is extremely difficult to say whether criminals are increasing with reference to the population, inasmuch as so much depends upon the activity of the police. Mr. Barrows observes that as social relations multiply the standard of propriety and good conduct and of social protection is constantly raised, and when new laws are rigidly enforced "we may expect an increase for the time being in the number of offenders until society has adjusted itself to the new requirements." It may be noted that the system of news gathering has been brought to a high pitch of efficiency in our day. Every crime of importance occurring almost anywhere in the country is immediately reported. We hear very much more about crime than our forbears did. The diligence of the reporters and the news agencies creates the impression that the world is growing worse. The law-abiding millions attract little attention. Philadelphia Ledger. A CHANCE FOR PUBLICITY. If it were possible to compel the national committees to keep an accurate record of and publish a true account of their expenditures for campaign purposes a work of the utmost importance would be accomplished. England has virtually eliminated the bribery of voters in her parliamentary elections by requiring that each candidate's campaign expenses shall be recorded and made public. If the campaign fund accounts were made public, instead of being kept secret, there would be no need to "fry the fat" from corporations or men. All the money actually necessary for an honestly conducted campaign would be willingly contributed by public spirited citizens of either party. Only through publicity, full and complete, will campaign funds cease to be corruption funds.—Philadelphia Ledger. THE BEST BRAIN WINS. The Japanese are well-informed and wait steadily with wonderful self-control until their preparations for the grand attack are quite complete. It is in brain that they beat the Russians, whose soldiers die in heaps with all their old heroism, and who suffer less in morale from defeat than more mobile or better-commanded troops. They are there to die for the Czar, and they do their duty with a splendid uninchingness which rivals that of the Japanese.—London Spectator. HUMANE EDUCATION. The world is only half civilized, while the majority of people look with indifference on the overworked and overladen horses. The horse whose footsteps are beginning to totter with age, yet still dragging heavy burdens; the horse whose hopeless eyes and prominent bones tell that he is always hungry; the cat crying for food in the home where there is plenty, and turned off with a few miserable scraps that only acute hunger could force any animal to eat; the starved, deserted cat; the kitten dropped in the streets; the faithful dog deprived of liberty and miserably cared for; the butterfly struggling with the cruel pin that fastens it to the wall; the half-crushed toad by the wayside; the bird lamenting for his stolen nest; the dead bird murdered for sake of weak and vain women—all these sad sights may be seen every day. The law does not reach them, for it is only cases of extreme cruelty that can be punished, and who can begin to estimate the immense amount of suffering that constantly goes unpunished?—Our Four-footed Friends. THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER'S TEST. That the Russians have fought so well after three months of steady defeats and retrograde movements speaks highly for the character of the rank and file. Over-burdened and ill-hod as they have been, fighting far from home in tropical heat, for reasons unknown to most of them, the position of the enlisted men has been bad enough to try the Spartan three hundred. Should there now be a severe defeat, followed by a rapid retirement of the army upon Mukden or Herbin, the troops will be subjected to the severest test to which armed men can be exposed. Only an army splendidly disciplined, well commanded, devoted to its officers, and enthusiastic in its cause can come through such an experience without disastrous results. Of the Russian army of today it is only known that the men are generally devoted to their officers. It must not be forgotten, moreover, that the early disasters of 1877 in Bulgaria did not prevent the Russians from going to the very walls of Constantinople later.—New York Post. CULTIVATE A HOBBY. "Since the home woman is the in dispensable woman, it is a pity she so often allows herself to fall in her full development and reward," says an editorial in Harper's Bazar. "She is apt to be so unselfish and so conscientious that she lets the four walls of home narrow about her, and the simplest remedy is to have at least one outside interest. The woman who takes up one hobby, one charity, one line of work beyond her household cares, and follows it steadily, will find that it brings freshness and power with it. It becomes both outlook and inflow to her. And the woman with a hobby grows old so slowly that she often never grows old at all, but keeps to the last that freshness of interest which is the mark of youth." GOOD SAILORS FROM THE WEST. The recruiting service of the navy is getting plenty of desirable young men of American birth just now, especially from the west, and it is a singular fact that a western lad makes a good sailor, though he may never have seen salt water before he joined his ship or arrived at the training station. But the quality is in the blood of the race and a few generations passed on the prairies does not eliminate it.—New York Press. A Day on the Farm New York Society Frolic. A A New York society woman recently gave a clever home entertainment which she called a day on the farm. The arrangement of the room was planned to represent a farm. The floor had been carefully sanded, the carpet being removed. Elaborate furniture had been replaced by chairs of rustic build, and one corner of the room was filled by a plain wooden bench, on which shone half a dozen dazzling milk pails. Chickens and ducks of toy shop variety strutted and waddled, or rather seemed to do so, here and there over the sand. Each guest on entering received a little program decorated with water colors. The decorations were miniature scenes sketched in country places, such as a farmer at the plow, a haystack with a moon behind it, a milkmaid carrying pails. Each card gave the order of the evening, which was as follows: A Day on the Farm. 1. Driving the cows to pasture. 2. Drawing water from the well. 3. Loading the hay wagons. 4. Supper. Driving the cows to pasture proved a fascinating bit of nonsense. The The Hay cows were wee brown creatures belonging to the baby's barnyard set. Each player was given three cows to drive. The driving had to be done by sundry little taps with a stick, not by a long, steady push. The route over which they were driven was the center line of the room. If in her progress any cow fell, the driver was "discharged." The object of the sport was to see who could in the shortest time drive his cows to pasture without having any of them meet with an accident. Drawing water from the well, the second number on the program, was no less laughable and could not fail to embarrass the most self-possessed competitor. However, as all the farmers were subjected to the same labor, no one considered it wise to jeer at the efforts of a fellow laborer, as he Major W. W. Screws, the veteran newspaper man, chosen president of the National Editorial association, is editor of the Montgomery, Ala., Advertiser. Major Screws was born in Alabama sixty-five years ago and has passed all his active life within that state. He has been postmaster of Montgomery and thrice served as secretary of state. D might become even more absurd. For this feature a huge wooden tub in the center of the room, labeled in large letters, "The Well," was filled with water. Two diminutive buckets from a doll house outfit were brought out by the hostess. Each player in turn was obliged to take the buckets, fill them at the well and then run around the room holding a bucket in either hand. The farmer who spilled the least water in his progress won the point. The egg hunt followed. The eggs to be searched for were small, oval bonbons, and were hidden about the room. Some were red, some white and some blue. The red egg counted one point, the white two points and the blue three. Fifteen minutes were allowed for the search, and little baskets were presented in which to put one's spoils. At the end of the time allotted the eggs found by each searcher were counted. The counting was done not according to numbers, but according to color values. The haymaking contest was heralded by the sudden appearance on the scene of a toy hay cart rolled in by the hostess. Some soft, sweet clover Harvest. hay had been previously shaken out by the hostess in the center of the room. Each guest was given an oyster fork. A lady and a gentleman were made partners and told to load the hay on the cart. This was done by means of the oyster forks. The hostess, watch in hand, timed the contestants. This bout decided the prizes, which were charming little pins in the shape of farm implements. There were, besides, some amusing boobies, which took the form of little farmhouses of edible chocolate. Naturally, the refreshments was a farm supper, simple, well cooked and abundant. There were steaming cornmeal mush, with country cream and maple syrup, roast chicken, apple dumplings, cake and other good things. They have a story in London of an Oxford don who was induced to speak into a phonograph. Some time later the machine was set going again and he was asked to listen to his own voice. He did so and after the sound had ceased he said to the assembled company: "It is strange that this machine makes me speak in a bump-tious and affected manner." DEATH STRUGGLE ARMIES OF JAPAN AND RUSSIA ENGAGED IN THE LAST BATTLE FICHT SO FAR IN FAVOR OF RUSSIANS Most Critical Stage of the Battle Yet to Come—Loss of Men Will be Frightfully Large—The Japs Are Making a Desperat Struggle ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 1—(2 a.m.)—With the knowledge that the Russians and Japanese armies about Liao Yang are locked in a death struggle, the tension in St. Petersburg tonight is strained to the utmost. It is believed here that the right cannot stop short of the crushing defeat of one side or the other. All reports so far are favorable to the Russians, though the suspension of all news for many hours has been exceedingly trying, and has given rise to several rumors somewhat tempering the earlier enthusiasm. The highest military authorities here consider that the most critical stage of the battle has not yet been reached and they believe that the fight may continue for some time before either side acknowledges defeat. This is an important consideration by the light of which to interpret any immediate news. ST. PETERSBURG: A dispatch from Mukden, under date of August 30, says that in the stubbornly fought battle which has been in progress near Liao Yang since the morning of that day, all attempts of the Japanese to turn the Russian flank have been repulsed. It is said at Mukden that that Japanese lost more than ten guns, but details had not been received there. The latest telegrams from the front state that the Japanese have 200 guns near Liao Yang. Several telegrams from Lieutenant General Sakharoff were received during the day and forwarded to the emperor. They have not yet been published. The great battle of Liao Yang, which began early yesterday morning, raged throughout the day with increasing intensity, but up to this hour no further officials details beyond two brief telegrams given out in the afternoon have been received by the war office. A Russian correspondent of the Associated Press supplies the following, under date of August 30: "The historical moment has arrived and the battle of Liao Yang is in progress. "It was not 6 o'clock this morning when the first gun was fired, but soon afterward hundreds of cannon were thundering along our southern and eastern fronts. "The center of our position is located near the famous tower of Liao Yang, about seven miles to the southwest. The fighting there was of the most desperate character, but it is now going on nearer the flanks. "The hissing of the shells is distinctly audible, and from the city it is easy to see the shells bursting. "Heavy guns were brought into action by both sides today, and their dull roar was discernable above the sharper detonation of field and mountain guns. "The Russians are using big ordnance, which is in position in the inner ring of the Liao Yang forts. "The noisy Chinese population has suddenly become quiet. The main street of Liao Yang, always the scene of the business traffic and usually reounding with thousands of shrill voices from sunrise to sunset, is now as silent as if it were night. ENLISTS FOR A FORTUNE A Young Telegrapehr Enters the Regular Army to Secure $120,000 OKLAHOMA CITY: By the terms of a will of his late uncle, George O. Travis, an expert telegraph ocrator, and a young man of good character who had been earning $90 a month, entered the recruiting office here to enlist in the regular army. Upon entering the recruiting station his first words were: "I have to enlist to make a fortune." Rather strange words for a man going into the army as a private, but nevertheless true. A fortune of $130,000 was left to this man one month ago in Chicago, unencumbered, except for one clause, "that he shall serve at least one full term of not less than three years in the ranks of the United States army, at the expiration of which, if his discharge shall read: "Service honest and faithful; character excellent," and shall have reached the grade of a non-commissioned officer, and bring to the executors I herewith appoint a letter of commendation from the officer under whom he served, I bequeath to the said George O. Travis the sum of $130,000, knowing that after such service he will have had enough experience of the world and disciplinary training to insure the proper disposal of what it has taken me a lifetime to accumulate." This will was made by the late S. Houston, a resident of Chicago, who served during the civil war in the Fourth United States artillery and was attached to the secret service under General Baker. Unable for several reasons to continue an army career, for which he was rarely fitted, Colonel Houston, having no sons of his own, was determined that his next of kin, his nephew, should become a soldier. As this was not possible until Mr. Travis had passed the age of 21 years, his entrance into the army was delayed until now. In speaking of the matter, young Travis said: "It was not necessary for my uncle to make that clause in his will, which makes service in the United States army compulsory for me, as I have always intended to enter the army as soon as I was old enough, and I am determined to reach the top. General Chaffee, who is now at the head of the army, enlisted the same as I am doing now, and the chances were no better than now. I am coming out a colonel or a corpse." CONTESTS IN PLENTY Records in Lawton Land Office Show 33,013 Contests on Homesteads LAWTON: Major H. D. McKnight, register of the United States land office in Lawton, has given out the following statistics of that office from the opening of the Kiowa and Comanche country, August 6, 1904, to date: In the Lawton district there are 6,500 homesteads. Of this number something like 500 were located in the Wichita mountains and in the sand bottoms of Red river, and no entries have ever been made on them. To this date there have been 11,829 fillings, or nearly twice as many as there are homesteads. The number of final proofs to date is 4,364, or a little more than half the number of homesteaders. The number of applicants for final proof is 4,600. The number of contests to date is 33,013, or nearly five times as many as there were homesteads entries. To Begin Work October 15 LEXINGTON: It is learned that actual construction on the interburban railroad from Oklahoma City to Sulphur will begin about October 15. An effort is being made to induce the officials of the company to turn the line at Paul's Valley and go direct to Sulphur, leaving Wynnewood and Davis off the line. CLOSE THE ROLLS BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE DAWES COMMISSION LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR ENROLLMENT Books of Creek Division Closed September 1st--This Nation Was First to Receive Applications for Allotments and Last to Close MUSKOGEE: September 1st the Creek division of the Dawes commission closed its books, and the last opportunity any Indian of the five civilized tribes will ever have for making application to get on the rolls and take an allotment passed. The Creek land office was the first totake applications for enrollment and the last to close its books. The commission has long been trying to get them closed, but the interior department, on one pretext or another, kept them o_en. The enrollment divisions of all the other tribes have closed applications long ago. On the 25th day of last June an order was issued that on the first day of September there would be no more applications received at the Creek land office. On July 28 a list of more than 4,000 names was published by the commission representing the number of Creeks whose names appeared on old rolls, but could not be accounted for. Since that time there have been nearly 1,000 applications. Of these there will not be ten per cent who will ever be enrolled for allotment. There are in the Creek nation all together 3,779,094 acres. This was apprasied by the Dawes commission at $12,717,-141.50, or more than an average of $4.17 per acre. The appraised value represents about one-half the actual value of the land. There are now on the rolls of the Creek nation 2,905 citizens by blood and 5,473 freedmen. In addition to these there are about 2,000 applications in that number which have not been passed upon. Not more than 200 of these, it is thought, will be able to get on the rolls. The closing of the applications marks the beginning of the end of the work of the Dawes commission. All the Indians to whom land will be allotted are now either on the rolls or their applications are in and are being considered by the commission. All that is now left to be done is to allot these Indians their land and then dispose of the surplus acreage in the manner prescribed in the treaties for each nation. This work is now far under way. In the enrolling division there has been a mountain of work. Thousands upon thousands of applications have been made and rejected. People have come from every state in the union to make an effort to get on the rolls. Every applicant was given a hearing, his testimony taken, transcribed, corrected and passed upon. Many of them had no legitimate claim to land, but under the law they were entitled to a hearing. DEATH TO TYPHOID IN COPPER Government Scientist Said to Have Found a Destroyer of the Germs WASHINGTON: Those municipalities or other communities suffering from or threatened with the presence of typhoid germs in drinking water supplies should at once request the secretary of agriculture to render assistance. Dr. George T. Moore, physiologist, after an exhaustive investigation, found a remedy which destroyed the typhoid germs. It is a simple dilution of copper sulphate or of metallic copper, and has been used with marked success in several cities. FINED NATIONAL ASSOCIATION A Chicago Judge Declared 2,500 Drugs gists to be In Contempt of Court CHICAGO: Twenty-five hundred retail druggists in the United States have been declared guilty of contempt of court by Judge Dunne of the circuit court, and the National Association of Retail Druggists, of which they are members, was fined $2,000, while Thomas V. Wooten, secretary of the oragnization was fined, $500. The cases against five wholesale druggists of Chicago, also charged with contempt, were continued until the fall term of court, when it will be necessary for them to take additional proof into court to purge them of the contempt charges. The injunction under which the Druggists' association was fine was secured by Isaac Platt, a retail druggist of Chicago, in November, 1902, and restrained them from interfering in any manner with the securing of supplies by Platt, who had incurred the displeasure of the association, it was charged, because he would not join it. "Platt has been deprived of the right in this community to sell his goods," Judge Dunne said in rendering his decision. "Nothing can be more clear. It is a combination that has prevented him from securing supplies, and this court enjoined the defendants in this case from carrying out their plan to prevent Platt from obtaining goods." Platt charges that he has been blacklisted and boycotted by the association, and that, through its influence, all the wholesale houses of Chicago have refused to sell him supplies. The association made its defense upon the plea that Platt was attempting to sell the goods at wholesale, thus cutting the prices. Platt has fought the association for two years in the courts, and it was charged during the progress of the trial that the association several times asked him to give up the fight and join the alleged combination, asserting that they would then cease to molest him. TO SAVE FOREST TREES Ardmore Physician Has Found a Remedy to Kill Beetles ARDMORE: In the vicinity of Ardmore the fruit growers have been troubled to a great extent by trees dying. They attributed this to the dry weather, but upon further investigation it proved to be a small insect, about the size of the corn weevil, which bores into the bark of the trees and does its killing work between the bark and the body of the tree. These insects are so numerous that when they attack a tree it will wilt, dry up and die in a few days. Dr. C. C. McCoy, who resides here, after having lost a great number of trees, and being unable to determine the trouble or cause, began an investigation. He noticed insects at work, caught one and sent it to the state entomologist of Texas. The entomologist examined it thoroughly and wrote Dr. McCoy that it was a beetle, but there was no way, so far as he knew, to destroy the insects. Dr. McCoy then went to work to find a remedy that would destroy the beetle, without harming the tree, and, aided by his knowledge of medicine, he has discovered a remedy which will save to the fruit growers of the territory thousands of dollars each year, and he gives it to the world free. The following is his remedy: Use soft concentrated lye soap, two gallons; sal soda, half a pound; paris green, six ounces. Mix well and apply with a paint brush to the trunk and large limbs of the trees. Any other insects that are harmful to trees can be disposed of with this remedy. THE CIMETER Published every week in the interest of the Negro by the Cimeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee, I. T., as second class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION: (In advance) One Year.....$1.00 Six Months.....50 Three Months.....25 W. H. TWINE - - - Editor. R. WOOD, Ass't Editor and Manager J. T. TRIMBLE - - - Solicitor. E. T. HEARNE, Circulator & City Ed. Republican Ticket. For President, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of New York. For Vice-President, CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, of Indiana. Are you for or against prohibition, the battle is coming and we'll bet a nickle (our pile) that the Lincoln Club calls a meeting especially if there is any lubricating oil in sight. The way the Pioneer skinned the new appointed leader Davis was rich, rare and racy. Davis should get his man Friday to write another letter for the Committeeman from the 4th ward. The fellows in the trenches are keeping an eye on this class of cusses. The Negro brick layers who do not belong to the Union are busy at work all the time. Those who belong and stop in the town can get a job only semi-occasionally. Great is the Union. Nit. The swell-headed leaders of the Lincoln Club are preparing for another call which we suppose means more lubricating oil. There are only a few however who get any of the grease. Some cusses are rushing around town trying to throw "cold water" on the proposition made to finish the First Baptist church. These fellows are not worth their room in hell, and are not such persons as should be encouraged by our citizens. We don't claim membership in any church yet, there is not a church in Muskogee that we have not assisted in the way of contribution and we think the fellow who claims to be over loaded with religion (no matter where he belongs) should at least keep up with a sinner. We came from Oklahoma to the Territory with recommendation from the Judge of the Supreme court and the Governor of the Territory, and from many other officials and private citizens who are today prominent in affairs in that Territory. The ```markdown ``` Wagoner Era promises to give us hades as soon as they can hear from the Guide man to-wit: Perkins. We have waited patiently for them to hear. We are satisfied that Perkins is not taking care of other fellow's fights and the cusses must come to a show down or we shall begin operation at once, and we are loaded for bear. Play your cards brother, but we insist on the cards being played with faces up. We think we hold the "big uns" and we are holding one to catch a Jack (ass) such as the one who played the knave not long since. This is no bluff we have waited patiently for you to open up unless for you to do so at once our 16 inch gun will belch. Rumor comes to this office that Jones, the north end of the Siamese twins, has succeeded in organizing a merchantile company at Wagoner, and that by smooth manipulation the editor has $2,000 worth of stock which did not cost him a penny. And if true, this is a new way to work the dear people and these fellows who just struck ground and then start a fight on what they call old times, show by this kind of doing what kind of stuff that they are made of, and what their real intentions are; and generally this class of cusses are ready and willing and ready to accuse some one else of wrong doing. Let every one, no matter whether you are a member of the church or not, go deep down in your pocket and help out the First Baptist church. We gave to the R. R. Co., it is our duty as well as our right to help build this church. The few sore heads who parade their own ability to build some other church should not influence anyone to desist in giving to this worthy cause. It is the duty of every Negro in Muskogee to help finish the work already begun. We don't belong to any of them but we are willing to give to this as we have given to other and of course we think the other fellow who does belong tosome church can do as well. Early Tragedy. The Assyrian malden was in tears! "What is the matter?" asked her girl friend. "Herbert wrote me a seven-page love letter and threw it over the garden wall. It was written on the finest terra cotta he could find. Page number three struck father, who was asleep on a bench, and now he and Herbert are throwing my love letter back and forth with all their might, and unless a policeman comes pretty soon I don't believe I'll ever know a word of what was in it!"—Washington Star. John Shumaker, aged 79 years, of New Castle, Pa., is held to be the oldest active fireman in the United States. He has been a fireman since he was 14 years of age, and always maintained a deep interest in the business of fighting the flames. FARM :: LOANS :: ON :: FREEDMAN :: LAND Loans made to Creek Freedmen who are farming on their allotments GUARANTEE LIFE INSURANCE CO. An Old Line Company issues all forms of Limited Payments, Life and Endowment Policies. DIRECTORS:—E. J. Mints, Muskogee, I. T., Geo. D. Lennon New York; F. L. Conger, Oklahoma City; Wm. M. Eggleston, St. Louis, Mo.; C. J. Miller, Muskogee, I. T.; Samuel Raymond, Wynnewood, I. T. 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 Bonlevard. F. A. BARNETT & SONS. The Canadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. 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.