Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Volume 6. At Rentiville Address Delivered by President N. A. Robinson. Ladies and Gentlemen of Rentieville:— It affords me no little degree of pleasure to stand before you for the purpose of making this, my first annual address. Twelve months ago this beautiful site was nothing more than a common grove, today it is a well organized town. The townsite has been surveyed by the U. S. surveyor, and a blue print plat prepared, and the same is on record with other towns. Ladies and gentlemen, we are now experimenting; it has been the custom of the Negro race to follow the foot prints of other races, but the time has come for the Negro to lay the foundation and grapple with great concerns like other people. We can now boast of several towns in Indian Territory whose foundations were laid by our people, namely: Grayson, Boley, Clearview and Rentieville. And others are enroute. Let us take courage and go forward. The scheme of the organization of the town of Rentieville was concieved by your humble servant on or about the ffrst of Oct., 1903. I held a conference with I. J. Foster, W. D. Robinson, and Wm. Rentie; all of whom concured with me The result was a call to meet at the new Paridise Baptist church on the 20th day of October, 1903. During the meeting a resolution was adopted which carried with it the organization of a towsite company. Your humble servant was elected president; Rev. David-Green, vice president; Wm. Rentie, secretary; W. D. Robinson, treasurer. THE WORK. We then began to cast about for a suitable place. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rentie kindly consented to set apart twenty acres of land for the beginning of a town, and Mrs. Phoebe McIntosh twenty making a total of forty acres. We honor them for the noble spirit manifested in making it possible for a town to be put in operation at this place. From time to time the company met to devise plans to promote the interests of the town. As the Muskogee, Indian Territory, Thursday October 6, 1904. work progressed the company was confronted with may obstructions. THE RESTRICTION, At the time of the new organization, the restriction was yet on the Freedmen's land. The enemies of the new movement took advantage of the opportunity, and did everything possible to impede the progress os the work. However, the few and faithful stood firm. The removal of restriction off the Freedmen's land by the Congress of the U. S. brought great relief to the company and friends of the enterprise. In spite of the opposition the work of building up the town has continued. MERCHANTILE DEFARTMENT. After several confecences with Prof. J. J. Hudson (then) of Ccecotat, he finally consented to open business at this place. This was done about the first of February, 1904. We now have five business houses in the town, all of whom are doing a splendid business. Messrs. Wm. Rentie, J. J. Hudson, F. P. Pointer, G. W. Cooksey, and N. T. Williams are all carrying a splendid supply of goods. I would advise that you give them a fair and unpartial trial before purchasing elsewhere. POST OFFICE AND RAILWAY. The post office in Rentieville is a blessing to the town and community. Postmaster J. J. Hudson is the right place. We are very grateful to Supt. J. W. walton for making Rentiville a flag stop. We now have the accommodation of passenger trains Nos. 1 and 2, and local freight trains Nos. 541 and 542 each day. As we assemble in this splendid hall, it reminds us that education and high civilization is the watch word at Renfieville. Our school is in splendid condition, with an enrollment of 81, and yet they are coming. A nine months school is a fine opportunity for our boys and girls. Prof. C. R. Ross is a model teacher. The church is seeking to play its part as a religious organization, our aim is to do the bidding of the Master. Good water is a blessing to any town or comunity. Rentieville has that advantage. A good well of water can be obtained in most any part of the (Continued on page 12.) FARM :: LOANS :: ON :: FREEDMAN :: LAND Loans made to Creek Freedmen who are farming on their allotments Do Your Banking Business With The Territorial Bank & Trust Co. Oldest and Strongest Bank in the Indian Territory. Interest Paid on Deposits. Abstracts Made. Fidelity Bonds Written. MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. MORRIS' CAFE 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. Phcne 436, Office 223 Okmulgee Avenue. GLOYD - LUMBER - CO. TAKING THE STUMP To tell about our lumber. It is put forward to win the approval of the lumber users of this section and when its good points are appreciated it will certainly do so. We see no satisfaction or profit in handling low grade stock. Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber does not piece by the foot but by the inchesr Number 1. AND ABSTRACTS :: BARD, Manager. D. G. WILSON, Assistant Secretary. ACT COMPANY KOGEE, IND. TER. FREEDMAN :: LAND admen who are farming lotments Business With Bank & Trust Co. in the Indian Territory. KOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. ' CAFE -date Cafe in the city ations can be served Pool Hall Adjoining st. If you are hungry want to spend an hour is the place. Corner 2nd and Denison Sts. LEY & CO READING densed Embalmers. 23 Okmulgee Avenue. MBER - CO. Lumberjack HAND MADE CLOTHES SHIRTS ALL KINDS OF HATS PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 10c package colors silk, wool and cotton equally well and is guaranteed to give perfect results. Ask dealer or we will send post paid at 10c a package. Write for free booklet—How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors. MONROE DRUG CO., Untownville, Missouri LIVE STOCK Why Stock Need Fresh Air. Formerly all classes of cattle were considered upon the same general plan as to stabling and care, but to-day the experienced feeder of beef cattle secures best results when animals are allowed to seek shelter at will, to choose between outdoor and indoor conditions, as the system may dictate, said H. M. Culbertson, in an address to Wisconsin farmers. Opposite methods are found advisable with dairy herds, for the cows quite closely confined, well protected from cold and storms, yield most returns for food consumed. This, however, brings to our attention the possibilities of disease, unless these animal quarters are well supplied with pure air and a system of ventilation. We are told that all the activities of the body are dependent upon the circulation of blood, because it carries to every extreme and minute part the required elements, in solution, to build and replace worn parts, as nature suggests, at the same time flushing the system and carrying away worn and exhausted tissues and compounds poisonous to the body if permitted to remain. Returning to the heart, the blood is forced to the lungs, where about eighteen times each minute a supply of fresh air finds its way down the very small air tubes leading to the air cells, whose walls are composed of extremely delicate tissue or membrane, which is crossed and recrossed by countless numbers of tiny blood passages from which this waste product from the body, called carbonic acid, in quantities one hundred times as great as pure air contains, finds its way from the blood to these air cells. At the same time the oxygen of pure air passes into the blood, and a very important transfer takes place. In about two minutes every portion of the blood is returned to again unload more refuse matter and be replenished with the oxygen of pure air, the wonderful invigorator of the system. It is said that in an animal of 1,009 pounds live weight, about three pints of blood passes with every heart beat and there are about fifty beats per minute. This means that great quantities of blood are being exposed in the lungs for purification, and that the activities within the animal, the digestion and assimilation of new foods, the growth in the young animal, the building of the meaty tissues in the feeder, the replacing of worn material in the laboring animal and production of healthy milk in the milk cow, all depend upon the circulation of the blood. If animals are not constantly replenished with pure air and are forced to breathe over and over again these impurities, poisonous if taken back into the system, nature cannot do its work, complications arise and disease is likely to result sooner or later. Action That Stays. Action in the gait of a horse is to a large extent inbred. A good many horsemen succeed in educating horses to step correctly, but this education does not stick with a good many horses. Some horsemen shoe their horses heavily in front to get them to pick their knees up, but this does not become a fixed habit, and the horse soon falls back into the old ways when he gets used to the heavy shoes. Some try speeding the horse over soft ground, and to some extent this improves his gait, if it is continued long enough to develop the muscles concerned in that action, but if the speeding is discontinued for a long time the action disappears. Another way to induce an artificial action is to lay down poles for the horse to step over, but this, too, produces but a temporary improvement. Only by selecting and breeding can the action of the horse be permanently improved. Until recently it was almost universally believed that petroleum was, like coal, derived from fossil vegetation or possibly from animals or fishes of some long past age. Now it is asserted by many scientific men that it may not be of any organic origin, but may be due to subterranean chemical action. Valuable Artificial Fall. The Swiss engineers have worked out plans for tapping the Lake of Sils in the Engadine and letting the water drop down the mountain side, thus creating a fall that would yield 50,000 horse power. During the tourist season the lake would resume its normal appearance, owing to the necessity of storing the water. There Is None. "There may be a better remedy for cuts, burns, sprains, etc., than Hunt's Lightning Oil, but if so I have failed to find it. Used as directed it is certainly very fine for catarrh also." R. V. MORRIS, Scottsville, Ark. Almanac Is Suppressed. Because it contained an article on the Darwinian theory of evolution, a Russian archbishop has suppressed the Georgian almanac. THE UNITED STATES WILL SOON KNOCK AT THE DOORS OF CANADA FOR WHEAT. A Crop of 60,000,000 Bushels of Wheat Will Be the Record of 1904. The results of the threshing in Western Canada are not yet completed, but from information at hand, it is safe to say that the average per acre will be reasonably high, and a fair estimate will place the total yield of wheat at 60,000,000 bushels. At present prices this will add to the wealth of the farmers nearly $60,000,000. Then think of the immense yield of oats and barley, and the large herds of cattle, for all of which good prices will be paid. The following official telegram was sent by Honorable Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, to Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner for Canada: "Am now able to state definitely that under conditions of unusual difficulty in Northwest a fair average crop of wheat of good quality has been reaped and is now secure from substantial damage. The reports of injury by frost and rust were grossly exaggerated. The wheat of Manitoba and Northwest Territories will aggregate from fifty-five to sixty million bushels. The quality is good and the price is ranging around one dollar per bushel." Frank H. Spearman, in the Saturday Evening Post, says: "When our first transcontinental railroad was built, learned men attempted by isotherman demonstration to prove that wheat could not profitably be grown north of where the line was projected; but the real granary of the world lies up to 300 miles north of the Canadian Pacific railroad, and the day is not definitely distant when the United States will knock at the doors of Canada for its bread. Railroad men see such a day; it may be hoped that statesmen also will see it, and arrange their reciprocities while they may do so gracefully. Americans already have swarmed into that far country and to a degree have taken the American wheat field with them. Despite the fact that for years a little Dakota station on the St. Paul road—Eureka—held the distinction of being the largest primary grain market in the world, the Dakotas and Minnesota will one day yield their palm to Saskatchewan." WANTED.—For the U. S. Army, able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 51; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer, Postoffice building, Oklahoma City, Okla., or Tulsa, Ind. Ter., Enid, Shawnee or Guthrie, Okla. W. L. Douglas makes and sells more men's $3.50 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world. The reason W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the greatest sellers in the world is because of their excellent style, easy fitting and superior wearing qualities. If I could show you the difference between the shoes made in my factory and the shoes made in the world underline why W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes cost more to make, why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe on the market to-day, and why the sales for the year ending July 1, 1943, were NORTH-SOUTH-EAST-WEST YOU WILL FIND TOWER'S FISH BRAND WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING EVERYWHERE. The best materials, skilled workmen and sixy-seven years experience have made TOWER'S Slickers, Costs and Hats famous the world over. They are made in block or yellow for all kinds of wet work, and every garment bearing the SIGN OF THE FISH is guaranteed to give sat isfaction. All reliable dealers sell them. A.J. TOWER CO.BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A. TOWER CARADIAN CO., Limited, TORONTO, CAN. MEXICAN Mustang Liniment cures Sprains and Strains. Virtues of the Amethyst. The amyethyst, in days of chivalry, was believed to have great power for good in battles. The wearer was rendered brave, far-seeing and honorable. The amethyst was also said to destroy the craving for liquor, which was as prevalent in those days as it is in this The Passenger Department of the Illinois Central Railroad Company have recently issued a publication known as Circular No.12, in which is described the for the growing of early strawberries and early vegetables. Every dealer in such products should address a postal card to the undersigned at Dubuque, Iowa, requesting a copy of "Circular No. 12." WESTERN CANADA'S Magnificent Crops for 1904. JEQ ACRE IN FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Western Canada's Wheat Crop this Year Will be 60,- 000,000 Bushels, and Wheat at Present Is Worth $1,000 a Bushel. 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Western Canada's Wheat Crop this Year Will be 60,- 000,000 Bushels, and Wheat at Pres- ent is Worth $1.00 a Bushel. The Oat and Barley Crop Will Also Yield Abundantly. Splendid prices for all kinds of grain, cattle and other farm produce for the growing of which the climate is unsurpassed. About 150,000 Americans have settled in Western Canada during the past three years. Thousands of free homesteads of 160 acres each still available in the best agricultural districts. It has been said that the United States will be forced to import wheat within a very few years. Secure a farm in Canada and become one of those who will produce it. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent - J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo W UNIQUE MAD W. L. $3.59 In the great case you will be THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOE MAKER 25 CTS. PISO SECURE FOR CURS WHERE ALL USE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Testes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggist. CONSUMPTION EPWORTH UNIVERSITY. Joint Property of the two Methodism s. Intends to be thorough in scholarship and helpful and religious in spirit. Ten Head Professors, the majority of whom have taught in such universities as Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Columbia, Leland Stanford, devote their entire time to the college of liberal arts. Full corps of instructors in Academy and Music, Elocution and Art. Large campus of fifty-two acres beautifully situated. Modern buildings. Physical, Chemical and Biological Laboratories. The first session begins September 7, 1904. Address. President R. B. McSwain, Oklahoma, Okla. HEISTER LADIES' TAILORING COLLEGE Girls and women taught Dressmaking and Ladies' Tailoring. Can make your own gowns or if you sew for others, can make $2.00 where you now make $1.00. Diplomas Granted to Graduates. Graduates assisted to best paying positions. No classes formed, pupils enter any time. Personal instructions. Write for terms at once. Keister Ladies' tailoring College, 1832 W. Main St., Oklahoma City, Okla. When writing advertisers, Kindly mention this paper. Every housewife gloats over finely starched linen and white goods. Conceit is justifiable after using Defiance Starch. It gives a stiff, glossy white-ness to the clothes and does not rot them. It is absolutely pure. It is the most economical because it goes farthest, does more and costs less than others. To be had of all grocers at 16 oz. for 10c. THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., OMAHA, NEB. $6,263,040.00. W. L. Douglas guarantees their value by stamping his name and price on the bottom. Look for it—take no substitute. Sold by shoe dealers everywhere. Fast Color Eyellets used Exclusively. Superior in Fit, Comfort and Wear. "I have worn W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes for the last twelve years with absolute satisfaction. I find them superior in fit, comfort and wear to others costing from $5.00 to $7.00." B. S. McOUE, Dept. Coll., U.S. Int. Revenue, Richmond, Va. W. L. Douglas uses Corona Coltkin in his $3.50 shoes. Corona Colt is conceded to be the finest Patent Leather made. SEND FOR CATALOGUE GIVING FULL INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO ORDER BY MAIL. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City, No 42, 1904 BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. WHAT ROME THINKS THE POPE'S PHYSICIAN ENDORSES AN AMERICAN REMEDY. Dr. Lapponl Uses Dr. Williams' Pink Pills In His Practice Because Results Meet His Expectations. Dr. Lapponi, the famous physician to the Vatican, whose name has recently come so greatly to the front on account of his unremitting attention to His Holiness, the late Pope Leo XIII., and the high esteem and confidence with which he is regarded by the present Pope, His Holiness, Piux X., is a man of commanding genius. He is more than a mere man of science; he is a man of original and independent mind. Untrammeled by the "etiquette" of the medical profession, and having used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People in his practice with good results, he freely avows the facts and endorses the value of this remedy with an authority which no one will venture to question. Dr. Lapponi's Letter. "I certify that I have used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in four cases of the simple anemia of development. After a few weeks of treatment, the result came fully up to my expectations. For that reason I shall not fail in the future to extend the use of this laudable preparation not only in the treatment of other forms of the category of anemia or chlorosis, but also in cases of neurasthenia and the like." (Signed) The "simple anemia of development" referred to by Dr. Lapponi is, of course, that tired, languid condition of young girls, whose development to womanhood is tardy and whose health at that period is so often imperiled. His opinion of the value of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People at that time is of the highest scientific authority and it confirms the many published cases in which anemia and other diseases of the blood, as well as nervous diseases, such as nervous prostration, neuralgia, St. Vitus' dance, paralysis and locomotor ataxia have been cured by these pills. They are commended to the public for their efficiency in making new blood and strengthening weak nerves. After such an endorsement they will be accepted by the medical and scientific world at their full value. Independence is Expensive. The people of Jersey, Channel islands, refused to carry out the provisions of the new British militia law, so the British government withdrew the regiment always hitherto stationed on the island. The islanders are out at least $350,000 a year thereby, and are inclined to regret their independent attitude. IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE. Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars Paid for a Fancy Lot of Tobacco. The biggest purchase of high grade tobacco ever made in the West by a cigar manufacturer was made last Wednesday by Frank P. Lewis, Peoria Ill., for his celebrated Single Binder cigar. A written guarantee was given that the entire amount was to be fancy selected tobacco. This, no doubt, makes the Lewis factory the largest holder in the United States of tobacco of so high a grading.—Herald-Transcript, Dec. 21, 1903. The Irish Philosopher. An Irish philosopher says that only two men were created free and equal—and one of them was a woman. FITS permanently cured. No fit or nervureus after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorers. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treaties. Dr. H. K. HILLAN, Ltd., 913 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa English Paupers. The annual report on pauperism in southwest England shows that out of every 1,000 persons in the district thirty-three are acknowledged public paupers. THE ODD CORNER --- Her Father's Daughter. That men should deem me fair; At least, that they should tell me so And ask me for my heart— But oh, I wish that I could tell The false and true apart! They flock around me at a ball And beg me for a dance; The sentimental kind they try To kill me with a glance. And some of them write verses. And they rave about my eyes— Oh, isn't there a touchstone That to lovers' words applies? There's one of them who tears his hair And threatens suicide. And then another one who swears He'll make me be his bride. He'll come some night when I'm asleep And bear me far away— bear me far away How I wish that you would tell me What a malden ought to say! And then there's one who never comes; He leaves me quite alone. The William Wallace Whitelock in New York Times Scared Dog's Long Run. We all have seen the sizzling flight of the canine that is urged to record-breaking efforts by the bounding tin can tied to his tail and the encouraging shouts of boyish tormentors. Few there are who have seen or known the finish of these cross-country dashes. Here, however, is the authenticated account of a run of 385 miles made by a North Dakota pointer. It appears to make a record. The dog had been shipped from enville, Minn., by L. D. Barnard to H. F. Larson in Enderlin, N. D., for the purpose of being trained to hunt prairie chickens. The first time Larson took it out a big four-horse mowing machine happened along. That started the pup. With a prolonged howl it stretched itself flat upon the landscape and lo out for the place of its birth. Six days later it trotted weakly into its former master's home in Renville, wagged its tail feebly and went to sleep. It was footsore and evidently had made the entire journey of 335 miles by road. The Antiquity of Chairs. Chairs were in use in Egypt so long ago as 3399 B. C. The Chinese employed them from about 1300 B. C. In India they were used, and are mentioned as dating from 1100 B. C. House chairs, with backs, were in use in India A. D. 300. They are known to have been employed in Rome so early as A. D. 70, being mentioned by Pliny at that date. Chairs with foot rests were used in Rome A. D. 150. Fine View From High Peak. From Mt. Genevieve, a peak in Gilpin County, Colorado, a person can see into four states and one territory. On a clear day the observer can discern the Uintah Mountains of eastern Utah, the Medicine Bow range of Wyoming, the tips of the Rockies in New Mexico and the principal peaks of Colorado. The plains, stretching to the east, are plainly visible clear into Nebraska. Dogs Became Intoxicated. A beer wagon collided with an ice cream stand at Providence, R. I., and the stock of cream was precipitated into the street. A leaky beer barrel turned the mass into a sort of frozen pudding, which was partaken of by several dogs. Two of the more voracious of the animals became badly intoxicated and wandered aimlessly about in a most amusing manner for a long time. New England Industey. An interesting instance of persistent industry is offered by the case of J. P. Keyes of Poland, Mass., who two weeks ago missed his Saturday trip with butter to Conway village for the first time in twenty-six years. Mr. Keyes is about 70 years old, and although his home is reached by hilly roads that are badly drifted in winter, he has always managed to get through. New Use for Automobiles. The Ceylon government is seriously considering the proposition of substituting on all fit roads light automobiles for the old stage coaches which still exist on important routes for mail and passenger traffic. The required speed is -thirty miles an hour, and each vehicle must carry six passengers, 300 pounds of letters and 26 pounds of baggage. Deer Just Looked Around. A deer entered the garden of Chas. Morgage of Goffstown, N. H., and wandered around quite a while, not offering to eat anything. At last it squeezed out between the barbed wires of the fence on one side of the railroad, passed across and through the other barbed wire fence without injuring itself in the least. Coin of George III. A. O. Peabody of Wilton, N. H., picked up a coin a few days since. On one side are the letters "Deorgius III Dei Gratia." In the center was a cut of a king. On the other side were the letters MBFET H-REX FDBETLDSRIATE, coat of arms with crown upon name. The date on the piece was 1797. Broke Into Swarm of Bees. Bees swarmed through a hole which Ernest Mills made in the wall of the town lockup at Martinsburg, Va., and stung him until he shouted for help. The bees have a nest between the plaster and clapboarding. Mills admits he was trying to escape, but he says he will sue the town for damages. Colt Has Woolly Coat. Marshall Phillips of Willisboro, Vt., has a curiosity in the shape of a colt six months old, which in every way resembles the mother, except that instead of being covered with hair it is covered with wool. With the long legs of a colt and the wool of a sheep it presents a novel appearance. Traffic on New York Railroads. During the last year the New York street railroads and elevated took in a billion 5-cent fares. This is the first time that the billion mark has been reached, and means the payment of $50,000,000 by the people of New York for the services rendered by the local transportation companies. Unfortunate Maine Lover. A Rockland, Me., young man and his best girl are on the "outs" just now. She has auburn hair of the most pronounced type. He had proposed to take her out driving. She met him at the door when he drove up, and he exclaimed: "Hello! Ready?" Now they don't speak. Hen Changes Her Color. Albert Clark of Tilton, N. H., has a brown leghorn hen that a year ago last fall, when she shed her feathers, the new ones came out part brown and part white. Last fall, when she shed her feathers, she was clear white and this fall she sports brown again. Old Documents Unearthed. While cleaning up the attic at the Beverly (Mass.) almshouse the other day a considerable collection of old documents was unearthed. In the lot was a full set of town reports since the year 1865 and a commitment order issued in 1813. Found Cent of 1786. Stephen Haines of North Saco, Me., found a cent in the ground a few days ago of the date of 1786. The first United States mint was established that year and these coins are very rare. ALL BROKEN DOWN. No Sleep—No Appetite—Just a Continual Backache. Joseph McCauley, of 144 Sholto St. Chicago, Sachem of Tecumseh Lodge, says: "Two years ago my health was completely broken down. My back ached and was so lame that at times I was hardly able to dress myself. I lost my appetite and was unable to sleep. There seemed to be no relief until I took Doan's Kidney Pills, but four boxes of this remedy ef- ached and was so lame that at times I was hardly able to dress myself. I lost my appetite and was unable to sleep. There seemed to be no relief until I took Doan's Kidney Pills, but four boxes of this remedy effected a complete and permanent cure. If suffering humanity knew the value of Doan's Kidney Pills they would use nothing else, as it is the only positive cure I know." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 pents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Character. The habit of industry can be acquired as easily as the habit of idleness. But it is always the man or boy of character who intrenches himself with good habits, and it is always the moral weakling, the characterless person, who becomes the slave of evil habits. Accomplishments are either helps or hindrances to genuine success. High qualities of character alone can make them worth while, mighty, and enduring. Check on Fast Autos. The correspondent of a London paper makes the amiable suggestion to lay down about half a cartload of gravel across the road so as to make a slight bank. The horse traffic would not perceive it, and it would not hurt motorists conforming to regulation speed; but the "scorcher" going faster would break his car's springs and considerably disturb the occupants of his car. Her Good Advice. "I am often asked by friends what to do for skin troubles such as Eczema, Ringworm and similar afflictions. I always recommend Hunt's cure. I consider it the surest remedy for itching troubles of any character there is made." 50c per box. One of Life's Tragedies. When a bachelor sees a widow he shakes his head knowingly. When a widow sees a bachelor she shakes her head knowingly. Watching them is a splinster, who also shakes her head knowingly. True Friendship. The good friend is the friend that knows, not thinks, or fancies, or imagines, or hopes, but knows that he can tell us what he thinks and how he feels with perfect freedom and abandon. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. Canals in United States. The number of canals in operation in the United States exceeds twenty thousand, and their combined length is not less than fifty thousand miles. Steal Burglar Policy. Some burglars not only stole the silver plate from a house in the suburbs of London, but carried off the owner's burglar insurance policy. Otherwise, the "Big Head." The first time a man is nominated for a back township office he thinks it is up to him to save the country from ruin. up great towns and cities, we must handle money. AT RENTIEVILLE, (Continued from page one. OUR PRESENT NEED. We are greatly in need of a grits mill, such an enterprise would be of much value to the town and community as well as a profitable one to the promoter. town. We are having a well dug for the public. The well project may work a hardship on a few of us, for the present; however, when completed it is an enterprise of which we will be proud. Mrr Clark, the noted well digger, is a hustler; he is a credid to the race in his line of work. I would advise that he take with him from time to time a few of our young men, and learn them the trade of well digging. Let me ask that every friend of the town and especially those who are interested to donate liberally to assist us in praying for that splendid enterprise. A blacksnith shop is very much needed. We must have a shop. An undertaker is also needed; a lumber yard must be looked after. Steps should be taken whereby a lumber yard may be obtained. THE PRESENT OUTLOOK The future is bright, let us close up and press forward. with the foundation work well laid there is nothing to dread. As soon as the farmers can complete their harvest work the building process will be pushed with more rapidity. I am impressed with an idea that a new addition will soon be necessary. Let the business men press forward, and make things look spicy about them. Attraction adds much to the business world. The Lord Jesus Christ said, "make to yourselves mammons of this life." Hon. W. H. Twine has been both a legal adviser and a friend in the movement. I would advise that his service be cotinued, I recommend that the company keep in touch with moneyed men so that in case assistance is needed to advanced the interest of the town, it may be obtained. We, as a race, should cultivate a friendly relation toward other people. Notwithstanding the fact that this town was, and is, organized for our own people, let treat all who may chance to visit and patronize our town with the highest respect. Remember that God made of one blood all nations of men. Let every member of the race get some money, If we are to succeed in building And now inclusion allow me to entreat you not to forget your duty and relation to God. Attend church and Sunday school. Remember that men like Booker T. Washington, Bishop Turner, and Fred Douglass were brought up through that channel. And if I am not permitted to meet you again in another annual meeting may we meet in the great city above where our ideas will be brighter and our knowledge broader and we shall set in the sunlight of God forever. RLD'S FAIR and it is natural that you as possible. This will in. ys, Wednesdays, Thursd ay in the week except Friday ose of the Fair, The : : : island tem TO THE WO You are going, of course, want to go as reasonably terest you: On Sundays, Mondays, Tuesda in other words, every day and Saturday, until the ch Rock Sys TO THE WORLD'S FAIR You are going, of course, and it is natural that you want to go as reasonably as possible. This will interest you: On Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursd ay in other words, every day in the week except Friday and Saturday, until the close of the Fair, The : : : Rock Island System will run Extremely Low Rate COACH - E EXCURSIONS LOUIS ARE for the ROUND TRIP. to be exact. Return limit sale. Ask your nearest tick- and tell him about the ad- d Route to the Fair. J. S. McNALLY, D. P. A. TO ST. LOUIS AT LESS THAN ONE FARE for at 95 per cent reduction, to be ex- seven days from date of sale. Ask et agent regarding rates, and tell vantages of the Rock Island Route GEO. H .LEE, G. P. & T. A. J. S. Little Rock, Ark. AT LESS THAN ONE FARE for the ROUND TRIP. at 95 per cent reduction, to be exact. Return limit seven days from date of sale. Ask your nearest ticket agent regarding rates, and tell him about the advantages of the Rock Island Route to the Fair. FRIENESHIP. Money loaned on Real Estate, Chattel and personal security : ; : : : : SMITH-TORRANS CO. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE Bedroom Spot Cash Store. BIG LINE OF SPRING MILLINARY! Shirt Waist Suits, Shirt Waists, Corsets, Hosiery, Muslin Underwear, Dry Goods, Tin Ware and Enameled Ware, Queens Ware, and Glass Ware. A speedy and sure cure for colic, cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, bloody flu, cholera morbus, griping in the stomach, cholera infantum and all bowel complaints. ASK FOR A MEDICINE GLASS Ben - Estes' - Drug - Store. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. NEW STATE NEWS A wealthy New Yorker has his dog kennels at Ponca City. The keeper is paid $1,500 a year. Oklahoma City will vote this fall on a $375,000 water works and sewer bond proposition. The new building of the Central normal school was dedicated at Edmond last week. A roller skating rink has been opened at Shawnee. The Hon. Albert Renn'e of Pauls Valley has been appointed as assistant United States attorney for the southern district, with headquarters at Pauls Valley. Cleveland is fast becoming a great oil field. During the past week three new wells were reported. There is also a good flow of gas from all the wells, one putting forth 2,000,000 cubic feet per day. The Chandler cotton mill steamed up last week to try its machinery and to run out what seed there was on hand, some of which was green and likely to heat and spoil. Altus boasts that she led New York city itself in the price of cotton a week ago. Between 500 and 600 bales have been gluned at this Greer county town since the season opened. Nearly all the railroad bridges across the Canadian river in Indian Territory were either washed away entirely or were damaged so they were not considered safe. Railroad traffic from Texas to the north was abandoned for two days. W. A. Swaeker, an aged farmer living near Red Rock, is reported to have been choked to death by a cracker. He was driving home from town, where he had purchased some crackers. He opened the crack and began to eat one, a portion of which lodged in his windpipe, and he died in less than two minutes. During the quarter ending September 30 the territorial secretary's office received in fees for filing various articles $2,029.50, and for licenses $672.50. Deducting the quarterly allowance for the secretary, cork hire, etc., it leaves a balance of $1,952 to the treasury. The Pottawatomie county grand jury, which has been in session about half of the last four weeks, has thus far returned more than 200 indictments, most of them against Shawnee people for minor offenses, including many violators of the gaming and liquor laws. A party from the Creek enrolling department of the Dawes commission is in Okmu'gee, to remain two weeks, to secure additional evidence relative to a number of applications for enrolling on the Creek list. Captain Thomas Q. Donaldson, United States army inspector, makes a most flattering report of the Oklahoma signal corps. He speaks of the work of the corps in the most complimentary terms. C. W. Rambo, territorial treasurer of Oklahoma, has issued his monthly report, which shows that the territory has on deposit to its credit $557, 441.90. The amount received from all sources during the last month was $57,328.85. This is a considerable increase over the report of last month. --- BOYS AND GIRLS Remorse. I killed a robin. The little thing. With scarlet breast on a glossy wing. That comes in the apple tree to sing. I flung a stone as he twittered there; I only meant to give him a scare. But off it went—and hit him square. A little flutter—a little cry— Then on the ground I saw him lie; I didn't think he was going to die. But as I watched him I soon could see he never would sing for you or me Any more in the apple tree. Never more in the sunshine light, Never more in the sunshine bright, Trilling his song in gay delight. And I'm thinking every summer day, How never, never can I repay The little life that I took away. -Sidney Dayre in Youth's Companion. Cigar Box for a Boat. A practical vessel, capable of forging through the water a distance of five or six yards after each winding, can be made of a cigar box, the rib of an old umbrella, a rubber band, a candle and a little cord. After these articles have been used in the construction of the boat itself, many additions, such as deck-houses and donkey engines, can be affixed by a lad who is handy with his penknife. The first thing to be done is to secure a good, strong cigar box and to rip away its lid. Cut two pieces of pasteboard, each the width of the box by one-third of its length, and tack these across the front and back of the opening. This makes a fore and after deck. With a hatchet chop from an umbrella rib two masts a foot long, A ship sinking in the water. A wooden plank is falling over the ship. Cigar Box Boat. pushing one through the fore and one through the after deck, and pounding both firmly into the bottom of the cigar box. Take what remains of the umbrella rib, say three inches; lay half of it along the middle of the fore deck, allowing the other half to project; secure it to the pasteboard with sealing wax, and the bowsprit is in position. Now the cigar box commences to resemble a ship, and it is time to begin the propeller. For this purpose cut from the cover two strips of wood an inch broad and tack these to the sides of the box just at the bottom, so that five inches stick out at each side of the back of the box. The position of the strips to the box is the position of shafts to a wagon, except that they are behind instead of in front. They must be tacked very strongly. When this is done run a stout rubber band from the end of one shaft to the end of the other. Cut out of what is left of the cigar box top a paddle four inches long and an inch and a half wide, and the motive power of the boat is ready. You have only to push the paddle between the sides of the rubber band, midway between the shafts, and turn it round from left to right until the rubber is twisted tight. When you let go of the paddle it will turn rapidly until the elastic is untwisted, and if the boat is in the water the turning will send it ahead. The stronger this apparatus and the tighter the rubber is twisted the farther the boat will go. What remains to be done is only to make the box water-tight and to increase its likeness to a ship. The first task can be accomplished by calking the cracks inside the box and the holes made by the masts with putty or gum. If neither is handy, light a candle and let the tallow drip into the proper places. Run a string from the mainmast to the foremast, and from the foremast to the bow-sprit for rigging, and glue a tiny flag to the top of each. Cut portholes along the side of the boat, or paint them there with ink. A spool can be made to look like a donkey engine, a tiny box will serve as a cabin, and the vessel is ready. Fun Fishing for Apples. A great many places about the country have no water where fish may be The Apple Fishhook. found, and boys and girls living near them have little or no opportunity to fish. Those very places, though are apt to have apple orchards, and fishing for apples may furnish a new amusement. Beginning in August, there are generally a lot of poor apples fallen from the trees, which lie about on the ground underneath them. They are known as "windfalls." Gather a lot of them and put them on the ground inside a barrel hoop. Now, for a hook get a stick about six inches long as shown in the picture. Point it at one end and make the other not over half an inch round. Push a good hard apple on this round part and fasten a cord to the part of the stick sticking through it. Any long stick will do for a fishing pole, but the cord must not be shorter than four feet. Those who want to fish may gather around the apple pile and with pole and hook properly prepared should begin together. To catch an apple the pointed stick must be poised above it and then dropped suddenly. If the aim is true the apple will stick upon the point and may be drawn from the pile. There should be no interference with each other unless the last apple is being fished for. But at no time when fishing must the bait or hook be touched. A large stone placed in the pile A boy and a girl fishing. Catching an Apple Fish. will spoil more than one point, and the time taken in sharpening it will be lost to that fisherman. Pickup for Waitress. An honest Rockland (Me.) waitress received a reward of $50 for returning the rings which an actress had carelessly left on a wash stand. Calumet Baking Powder A wonderful powder of rare morl and unrivaled strength. Selects Wife's Tolleta. It is a common thing in Paris for a man to accompany his wife to the dressmaker's. The young wife who has known no gayer attire than the coming-out gown of the jesire fille needs careful advice as to her toilets, and her husband, if he be a certain type of man of the world, knows how to give it. London's "Little Italy." Reporting upon the "Little Italy" of one of London's most crowded districts, the health officer of the district says that the Italians are "generally superior" to the English persons who are their neighbors. They also take more care of their children, among whom the death rate is low, and they are sober. Bee a Night Worker. A bee that works only at night is found in the jungles of India. It is an unusually large insect, the combs being often six feet long, four feet wide and from four to six inches thick. Wealth of the Rothschilds. Meyer Anselm Rothschild, founder of the great house of that name, died in 1812. To-day the thirty millions of Rothschilds are worth more than $600,000,000. Cure to Stay Cured. Wapello, Iowa, Oct. 10 (Special)—One of the most remarkable cures ever recorded in Louisa County is that of Mrs. Minnie Hart of this place. Mrs. Hart was in bed for eight months and when she was able to sit up she was all drawn up on one side and could not walk across the room. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speaking of her cure Mrs. Hart says: "Yes, Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me after I was in bed for eight months and I know the cure was complete for that was three years ago and I have not been down since. In four weeks from the time I started taking them I was able to make my garden. Nobody can know how thankful I am to be cured or how much I feel I owe to Dodd's Kidney Pills." This case again points out how much the general health depends on the Kidneys. Cure the Kidneys with Dodd's Kidney Pills and nine-tenths of the suffering the human family is heir to, will disappear. Matches that are made in heaven have nothing to do with the misfit alliances between poverty-stricken foreigners and silly American heiresses.—Chicago News. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¾-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed To cure, or money refunded by your merchant, so why not try it? Price 50c. Take Census With Beads. The recent census of the natives in the Transvaal was taken with beads. Each headman was furnished with a number of beads of different colors, and twine on which to string them. A big black bead represented an adult married native, a big yellow bead a grown single man, a big blue bead a married woman, and a white bead a single woman over fifteen years old. A small yellow bead stood for a boy and a small white bead for a girl. Brahmin's Proverbs Popular. The old English proverb writers used Pilpay's proverbs very largely—in fact, if it was not for the old Brahmin there would be many fewer English proverbs than there are. The proverbs have been translated into every European language and into many Asiatic tongues—Persian, Malay, Mongolian, Afghan; they are the proverbs of the world. A Record in Trees. The largest tree in the world is to be seen at Mascall, near the foot of Mount Etna, and is called "The Chestnut Tree of a Hundred Horses." Its name rose from the report that Queen Jane of Aragon, with her principal nobility, took refuge from a violent storm under its branches. The trunk is 204 feet in circumference. Japanose Never Conquered. Speaking of the Japanese, Voltaire said it was the only nation that had never been conquered. In the thirteenth century the Japs repulsed 107,000 Mongolians in a naval warfare. They fought with success in Korea and China, and Dr. Bertillon says that they are invincible on account of their all-powerful Jiu-Jutsu. Difference in Farming Methods. The average gross returns per acre from cultivated land in this country is only $10.50 per acre, and from land devoted to the growing of cereals but $8.02 per acre. In Great Britain the intensive system of farming has brought the average gross returns up to within the neighborhood of $30 per acre. No, Cordelia a reporter isn't necessarily a man who originates reports. A GREAT INSTITUTION. It is unusual that a single institution in a city of 8,000 people will overshadow in importance every other interest, but such is the case with the American School of Osteopathy, and A. T. Still Infirmary at Kirksville, Mo. A stranger in Kirksville is immediately impressed with the idea that the town is sustained by this institution, in fact, Kirksville has been made what it is to-day by Dr. Still and his famous School and Infirmary. It is the largest patronized unendowed institution of its kind in the United States. Dr. Still's school enrolls over 700 students yearly and each student is required to attend four terms of five months each before completing the course of study. There are over 2,000 graduates and they are practicing in every state and territory of the Union. About two-thirds of the states have passed special laws legalizing the science. This school teaches every branch taught in medical colleges except "drugs" and osteopathy is substituted for that. So thorough is the teaching in anatomy that over one hundred human bodies are dissected yearly by the students. - At the Infirmary, patients from every part of the country and with almost every form of disease are constantly under treatment. For the past fifteen years almost every train coming to Kirksville has brought some new sufferer hoping to find relief by the science of Osteopathy. By the thousands who have left the institution benefited by the treatment, the science has been heralded to the world as a safe and rational method of cure. Several years ago a free clinic was established in connection with the practice department of the school and this is still in operation. Hundreds of the worthy poor, who are unable to pay for treatment, are treated every afternoon by the senior students free of charge. Lucky men always say it is due to pluck. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. Little men in big places are a public nuisance. "Dyspepsia Tormented Me for Years, Dj David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy cured me." Mrs. C. S. Dougherty, Millville, N. J. Used over 30 years. $1.00 A bird in the bush beats two in the hand—for singing. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago. Mrs. Thos. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. The Almighty puts long tails on horses and men cuts them off. Murino Eye Remedy cures sore eyes, makes weak eyes strong. All druggists, 50c. Fits of abstraction are of frequent occurrence among pickpockets. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 20c a bottle. Children who say smart things soon grow up and are lost in the shuffle. Read and Ponder. You aren't really living if you aren't learning a little something every day and taking time to think.—Chicago Record-Herald. Another Combination. "Few medicines combine effectiveness, economy and convenience as does Cheatham's Laxative Tablets. They are the best remedy for malarial and bilious troubles I ever used." S. E. WOOTEN, Pickwick, Miss. 25c per box. Mistakes of Dress Reformers. In dress reform, as in other reforms, the mistake is to attempt to substitute something not so handsome and less expensive. When Your Grocer Says he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only better than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to the package and sells for same money as 12 oz. brands. Study Prospective Bridegroom. A would-be bridegroom in Kamchatka has to serve some time in a menial position in his prospective father-in-law's household in order that the bride's family may have an opportunity of observing whether his habits and temperament are worthy of her. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Charles H. Plutchik. Bears the Signature of Char. H. Mitchew. In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Use for Waste Sugar Cane. It is suggested that the waste sugar cane in Hawaii—more than 2,000,000 tons a year—which is now consumed as fuel, could be more profitably used for the manufacture of paper. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, LUCAS COUNTY. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County, and State of California, and that Delaware, by the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, NOTARY PUBLIC. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. 3. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O Sold by all drugs Take half a Family Pack for constipation. Mosquitoes in London. Apparently mosquitoes have come to London to stay, and they seem to be making their way into the country places. on Chill Coney refunded by your Mr. A. Mrs. Anderson, a prominent society woman of Jacksonville, Fla., daughter of Recorder of Deeds, West, who witnessed her signature to the following letter, praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. 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No other medicine for women in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles. Refuse to buy any substitute. $5000 FORFEIT if we cannot forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of above testimonials, which will prove their absolute genuineness. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. When writing advertisers, Kindly mention this paper. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City, No 42, 1904 "I to w from pou trou with an o cond heada ne THE CIMETER, Published every week in the interest of the Negro by the Oimeter Publishing Oo. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee, I. T., as socond class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION: (In advance) Ome Veer .e.scccernesssisssssnsernsseesaseneonns @1,00 BAX MONEHE.........cercscesssssesee sesssersserseessseeene OO Three MOMths........ccccssoseeesssssessses ssssessee MS See W.H.1'WINE - - - - Editor, R. WOOD, Ass’t Editor and Manager J.T.TRIMBLE - .-- - Solicitor. Republican Ticket. For President, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of New York. For Vice-President, CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, of Indiana. The colored echool will open Monday we presume in the new school building, All parents who do not live too far will evidently try to get their children in, The big battle is on between the Japs and Russians. This will be the telling battle of the war, and the indications are that the Russians will be victorious. There is a move on foot to pave Second street from Okmul- gee avenue to Elgin avenue. When this is done Second street w.ll be one of the best business streets in the city. Our city schools have been de- layed in opening on aecount of not having the buildings finished and connections with the sewer- age, This will postibly be done in the near future and school will open within the next two weeks It is believed that this winter the laws of Oklahoma will be ex- tended over the Indian Territory by an amendment to the Hamil- ton statehood bill. If that is ‘done there are some lively times just ahead for the politicians of both parties of both territories. The prohibitionists are making # close organization for the con- trol of this territory. They have enlisted all of the ministers in thetr behalf, and are reaching out after the common herd. There will be a battle royal when the time comes for the voter to des cide whether or not the country shall be wet or dry, There will be a meeting of the entire Territorial Republican Press Association at Guthrie, O. T,,on Monday, Nov. 21, 1904. All Republican editors are ex- pected and invited to be present. Col, Clarence B. Douglass, the president, has extended an invie tation to all Republican editors to be there, _ The payment of the loyal Creak claim has been transfered from Muskogee to Okmulgee. This will be a great help to the merchants in that locality, and we presume that is the reason the change was made, and now other towns ure howling that they may have a chace to fleece the dear people who receive mon- ey from the government. | Holdenville seems to be ina condition that brings bad luck. Sometime ago some cusses down there blew up a hotel with dyna: mite that was to be used for the accomodation of colored people, and now it comes that several of Holdenville’s prominent citizens are indicted for looting a bank, and one of them is under $50,000 bond. Itis roported that the school board will sell the old Dunbar building and lot. Why this is done is a mystery to us. We-re- member not long ago that the attorney forthe board stated that the Dunbar building!:would be used for the colored youth. Re- momber that the colored children lost one whole year in school in order that this old shack might be built, and now the school board comes alung and says we will take this. Instead ~{ moving the building in tho third ward and civing those little childron down .here a chance tc go to school they simply knock out the chance. Now we woncer if this aor-partisan school board considers that they are treating usri, it. If they do, then we think they have a very poor con- cepuion of what is just and right. | The A.M. E. church is about completed, and it seems that there is as usual to cuurch build- ing in Muskogee, something rot- ten in Denmard. We are inform- ed there are no windows, that they have been paid for, but for some reason have failed wo ap- pear, It seems te be not only the custom, but to be the rule that almost every cnurch that hasa few thousand dollars at their command when they ‘start to build run in the hole, even though the calculations have been made prior to commences ment that sufficient funds are on hand to do the work. Just who is responsibls in this instance at this time we are not prepared to say, but latter on will say to the best of our ability, Our city council has decreed that there shall be no more shacks built within the fire lim- its, and the city recorder shall issue no more writs for the build- ing of shacks. And, yet, im- mediately after that decree one of the city dads proceeded to build a shack, got arrested by the city marshall, and fined by the city mayor, refused to pay the fine, refused to appeal, and yet is not in jail, Now why is this difierence made between a common old cuss who gets drunk, which is a violation of the law, anda city councilman who vio- lates the law? We think that all law breakers should be treated in the same way, be they rich or poor, high or low, and it is a bad precedent to establish that one man can be convicted of acrime and not be put in jatl when he refuses to pay a fine and refuses to make bond or appeal and then anotyer man who does the same thing is thrown in. ‘‘Oh, consis- tency thou art a jewel.” There are several superstitious people about this town, both colored and white. They be- lieve in spooks and burried treas- ures. There is one man—he is a white man—who has spent a hun- dred dollars recently buying dip needles and other instruments that are said to locate buried treasures, and there are a great many colored meh—old men— who are fools enough to hite at ihis same bate, and it seems to us since a couple of them have got in jail for being such dam fools that the others would quit or at least take warning from what has happened to others of their ilk, The fortune tellers who are following shows and pay- menis get in their work on this class ot ignorant people, rob them, and cause them to get into sstious trouble by following their advice. e e Fisher & White _ DENTAL PARLORS Rooms 5-7-9, Carolina Building. 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BANKS, Proprietor MUSKOGEE UNION RAILWAY, TO AND FROM Ft, Smith and Wagoner and the Kan- eas and Ohevokee Oil Fields, via Ooret ta and Missouri Pacifico Ry. Ly. Muskogee— 9:80 a. m. and 8:05 p. m. Ar. Ft. Smith— 12:55 p. m. and 11:45 p.m. Ly. Ft. Smith— 4:00 a. m. and 8:15 p.m. Ar. Muskogee— e 7:81 a, m. and 7:85 p.m, Lv, Muskogee— 6:25 a. m. and 6:20 p, m Ar. Wagoner— 7:10 a. m. and 8:10 p. m, Ly. Wagoner— 9:55 a. m. and 9:17 p. m. Lv. Muskogee— 10:46 a. m. and 2:17 p. m. For time of trains hoyond Wagonep eee Missouri Paciilo Iron Mountain time tables, A. R. Payinanavs, Tratio Managen Ba lien aaa TEM . . coymucaay ano couronmam EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS, TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the “WORLD'S FAIR CITY’? SAINT LOUIS sates toate ss8 L. W. PRICE, Me ee tia: Dave Richardson's <= BARBERSHOP, OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE. SATISFACTION GUABANTFED Dave Richardson, - Prop, WORLD'S MARKET Cotton. GALVESTON SPOTS. Ordinary ..... 7½ Middling ..... 9¾ Good Ordinary 8½ Good Middling ..... 10 Low Middling 9½ Middling fair ..... 11½ NEW ORLEANS SPOTS. Ordinary ..... 7½ Middling ..... 10 Good Ordinary 8½ Good Middling ..... 10¼ Low Middling 9½ Middling fair ..... 10¼ Grain. KANSAS CITY. WHEAT. No. 2 red ... $ 1 09 $ 1 11 No. 2 hard ... 1 05 1 09 CORN. No. 2 mixed ... 48 — No. 2 white ... 48½ 49½ OATS. No. 2 ... 50½ 31 CHICAGO. WHEAT. No. 2 red ... — 1 17 No. 3 red ... 1 10 1 15 No. 2 hard ... 1 18 1 15 CORN. No. 2 ... 53⅔ 54 No. 2 white ... 53⅔ 54 No. 2 yellow ... — — OATS. No. 2 ... 30⅔ 31 No. 2 white ... 30⅔ 33⅔ Live Stock KANSAS CITY. CATTLE. Steers—best ... $ 5 —@ $ 6 — “ —fair to good ... 2 75@ 5 — Western fed steers ... 2 75@ 5 50 Stockers and feeders ... 3 25@ 4 — Southern steers ... 2 40@ 3 50 Western cows ... 1 50@ 2 75 Native cows ... 1 50@ 3 75 Native heifers ... 2 50@ 4 50 Bulls ... 1 75@ 3 25 Calves ... 2 50@ 3 50 HOGS. Heavy ... $ 5 85@ $ 6 15 Packers ... 5 —@ 5 95 Pigs and lights ... 5 70@ 6 15 SHEEP. Native lambs ... $ 4 00@ $ 5 90 Native sheep ... 8 50@ 4 85 Native ewes ... 8 —@ 3 80 CHICAGO. CATTLE. Beeves ... $ 3 75@ $ 6 00 Cows and heifers ... 1 50@ 5 — Stockers and feeders ... 2 30@ 4 15 Texans ... 3 —@ 5 50 Westerns ... 3 —@ 4 75 HOGS. Mixed and butchers ... $ 5 00@ $ 6 15 Good to choice heavy ... 5 90@ 6 10 Rough heavy ... 5 50@ 5 80 Light ... 5 70@ 6 05 Bulk of sales ... 5 80@ 5 05 SHEEP. Sheep ... $ 3 75@ $ 4 50 Lambs ... 4 —@ 5 40 MUSKOGEE COUNCILMAN HELD A City Father Violates Ordinance of City Fire Limits MUSKOGEE: S. A. Lanning, a councilman of the city of Muskogee, is under guard of a special policeman, who follows him wherever he goes, because the former refused to pay a fine of $25 for attempting to build a wooden shack without a permit from the city recorder, and has failed to give bond pending an appeal, which he will take to the United States court. Mr. Lanning is supposed to be in jail, but on account of the dignity that attaches to him as one of the city fathers he is allowed to run at large with an officer at his heels. The council of which Lanning was a member at the time advised the city recorder to issue no more permits to persons wishing to build small wooden buildings in the business district. Mr. Lanning opposed the action, and after depositing $2 with the city recorder for a permit which was refused him, he proceeded to put up one of the buildings which had fallen under the ban. The councilman claims that a city under the laws governing Indian Territory has no right to prohibit the erection of wooden buildings under ten feet high and he will test the matter in the higher courts. Horses may become extinct, but the donkey will remain with us until society has ceased to exist. HENRY C. DAYNE HENRY C. PAYNE IS DEAD WASHINGTON: Henry C. Payne, postmaster general of the United States, a member of the national republican committee, a stalwart of his party, with whose history, both in his home state and nationally, he had been identified for many years, died in his apartments at the Arlington hotel, aged sixty years. Death was caused by disease of the mitral valve and dilation of the heart. Mr. Payne had been in poor health for at least two years but his last illness covered only seven days, an attack of heart trouble last week precipitating the end at a time when, after a rest, he seemed to have recovered in small measure his vitality, impaired by years of arduous labor. Death came after nearly six hours of unconsciousness. The last official caller to inquire as to Mr. Payne's condition was President Roosevelt, and he had been gone only about ten minutes when the stricken member of his cabinet expired. As Mr. Roosevelt was leaving he spoke feelingly of Mr. Payne to the newspaper men gathered in front of the hotel as "the sweetest, most loveable and most trustful man I ever knew." The body was taken to Milwaukee, Wis., where burial will be made. HENRY C. PAYNE THE MEN ARE SAFE Those Reported as Thought to Have Drowned. Escaped LEXINGTON: The five men who went down with the bridge over the Canadian river between this city and Purcell, and who were thought to have been drowned, have been heard from at Purcell. None of the men were injured, although all had a miraculous escape from death. The men were upon the bridge when the structure gave way. It was caught in the swift current and carried a considerable distance, but by the heroic efforts of the men who thought they were facing almost certain death, the structure was steered in such manner that it lodged against the stock yards fences south of Purcell. It was almost ten o'clock at night when the bridge went out, and the men were several hours in making their way back to Purcell after landing. The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.—Leigh Hunt. Delegation to be Sent to Washington to Oppose Stewart's Plan ARDMORE: Many prominent lease holders of the Chickasaw nation have begun to perfect an organization for the purpose of sending a strong delegation to Washington on the assembling of congress to wage a fight against the adoption of the plans recently proposed by Senator Stewart, chairman of the committee on Indians affairs, to abrogate all agricultural lease contracts in this country. Under the treaties now in operation valid leases can be made for a period of five years. Extensive holdings have interested, indirectly, every financial institution in the country, and to a more or less extent almost every mercantle firm. Nothing for years has so greatly disturbed the people as a recent statement of Senator Stewart that he will recommend the abrogation all the leases and prohibit new ones from being made. The senator's plan is to have the land pass into the hands of the actual settler by allowing him to purchase after the plan of the national homestead law, making payments in small sums, and requiring a residence on the land of five years, before a patent shall be issued. It is said this proposed plan would be a hard J. blow to the business interests of this country. Fifteen hundred or more patents to Indian allotments are now awaiting the signatures of the governors of the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations. Soon after the patents are issued the Indian will be allowed to sell a portion of his lands. Councilman Violated Ordinance MUSKOGEE: A. Lanning, a member of the city council, was arrested for the violation of a city ordinance which he had helped to pass. Some time ago Lanning applied to the city recorder for a building permit to construct some small wooden "shacks" within the fire limit, and was refused on the ground that it would be in violation of certain ordinances. Lanning proceeded with the erection of the buildings without the permit. The matter was brought to the attention of the council and the mayor ardered Lanning's arrest. The order was carried out, and Lanning has announced his determination to fight the case. ```markdown ``` APPROPRIATION WITHHELD School Question Must be Settled. Else- fore any More Money is Released WASHINGTON: The Indian office here is as yet without advices in reference to the alleged conflict between the Indians and the negroes in the territorial schools established by the federal government. The report which gained currency that friction between the races existed is declared by the officials to be erroneous. As a matter of fact, say these officials, the Creek and Cherokees have a separate schools for both Indian and blacks, and have maintained a separation of the races in their schools since the territory was founded. The Choctaws and the Chickasaws, on the other hand, have negro schools and have never permitted the negroes to attend the schools devoted to the education of their youth. The trouble in the present case seems to be directed chiefly against the white pupils who have heretofore attended these schools without objection, but who are now looked upon with distrust by the red men, for the reasons which are purely local. Congress at the last session passed a law appropriating $100,000 for the establishment of schools in the territory, which were to be supplemental to the schools already maintained and in operation by and under the direction of the territorial office: s. This law read as follows: "For the maintenance, strengthening and enlarging of the tribal schools of the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole nations, and making provision for the attendance of children of non-citizens therein, and the establishment of new schools under the control of the tribal school boards and the department of the interior the sum of $100,000 is placed in the hands of the secretary of the interior to be disbursed by him under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe." The idea now seems to have entered the heads of the leaders of the Indian tribes that, if whites, i.e. non-residents, are permitted to attend these schools, established and maintained by the federal government, this will be an opening wedge to the federal government ultimately assuming control and direction of all these schools, thereby taking their management away from the territorial officers. It is this view which it is said alarms them. They are jealous of the power exercised by them over their schools, and do not want to part with it. The controversy has had the effect however, of suspending work upon all the schools now under construction, and nothing will be done further in the direction of establishing new schools until the matter has been settled to the satisfaction of the superintendent of the territorial schools and the officers of the interior department having this matter in charge. It may be stated incidentally that the department here has neither the desire nor the intention of maintaining mixed schools, if it is contrary to the wishes of the Indians, and that the wishes of the Indians will be fully respected by putting up if necessary, separate schools for the negro youth of the territory. First Oil Well at Lenapah, I. T. LENAPAH: The Lenapah Gas, Oil and Mining company has brought in oiler No. 1, on the C. M. Woodward land west of town. Forty feet of oil sand was found at 550 feet, and it is exceptionally rich. While the oil could be easily pumped, yet the company will have the well shot that it may prove a gusher. This well opens up a new and hitherto unproved field. Feminine Solace. Sorrow finds a fertile field in femininity. Strange, too, are the remedies sought. Many women, overtaken by calamity and grief, find a deep solace in having their photographs taken. THE IDEAL EYEGLASS By W. PETT RIDGE The new customer was so very dark of complexion that his shining silk hat seemed drab by comparison. He gleamed across the counter at Mr. Hibbert in the manner of a dentist's showcase. "You want a fresh rim fixed," said Mr. Hibbert. "Not one of our make, is it?" He took a large book from the desk near, and as the customer brought some letters from his inside breast pocket in order to write the information, he took from him an envelope bearing a foreign stamp: : Prince Colonna, : : 151 Torrington Sq., : London, Eng., W. C. : It appeared that the customer had intended to give another address, for he exhibited signs of fury at Mr. Hibbert's action, snatched the envelope back, and, giving a fierce tap to his silk hat, strode out of the shop into Great Portland street. Mr. Hibbert called out that the eyeglass would be ready on the following Friday, and the customer retorted with a foreign ejaculation which sounded like the language of a bull. It is with some young men a pose to declare themselves adamant so far as the other sex is concerned. Of these was Mr. Hibbert, and when the optician's closed that evening he went straight to evening classes at the Polytechnic in Regent street, and, the two hours of work over, walked by the most direct route home, looking at no one on the way to his rooms in Mornington crescent. There the Misses Cann respected him because of his attitude of courteous reserve, and a lady boarder, who was a shorthand writer down west, and had the third floor back, secretly worshipped him because he never chaffed her. The admirable Mr. Hibbert and the shorthand girl met at the door of the house in Mornington crescent, and the shorthand girl thought with something of regret that either of the two male boarders would have engaged her in sprightly conversation. "Still busy?" she remarked, pleas- Ward Secretly worshiped him. antly. "Are you never going to stop learning?" "The more one studies," said the optician's assistant solemnly, "the more one finds out how little one knows." "I should have thought," went on the shorthand girl, "that there were other ways a young gentleman could spend his evenings now the summer is coming on. Do you," she coughed slightly, "do you never take anybody out for a walk?" "Why should I?" "Well, lots of young gentlemen do. And if you don't care for walking, there's a Wood Green train that takes you goodness knows how far for three-pence." "While there are so many masterpieces of English literature to read, said young Hibbert, "it seems a waste of time to go riding on a train all alone." "You needn't go all alone," said the shorthand girl. "Don't see any great catch in taking anybody with me." "Indeed!" said the young woman. She gave a short, sharp laugh. "Don't let me keep you from your masterpieces," she said caustically. "I won't," replied Mr. Hibbert. "Good-night." The uncommon eyeglass was late in being returned from the workshop because the man who had been entrusted with it had suddenly disappeared, eloping with a widow and uve children. The eyeglass was at this workman's lodgings in Marylebone, and the lad sent for it failing to return to the shop in Great Portland street, search for him was made, and he was found stalking a piano organ all over Paddington and demanding of the Italian lady in charge (old enough to be his aunt and sufficiently plain of feature to frighten birds), her hand in marriage. Thus it was that Friday had come ere the eyeglass was ready, and Mr. Hibbert, waiting on myoptic customers and testing their powers of reading at sight, looked nervously at the swing doors each time they opened, fearful that the colored gentleman might arrive in a furious temper. But the strange customer did not call, and the eyeglass with its black rim, rescued from the possession of the amative messenger, was placed in the glass-covered counter ready for the call of its owner. A week went by, and still this gentleman did not appear. Mr. Hibbert, noting the fact, determined one evening to take it round to the address in Torrington square on his way home. In going across Gower street he met one of the firm's customers, a middle-aged gentleman who had achieved something like notoriety by wearing an eyeglass and a silk hat with a flat brim. Mr. Hibbert recognized the air of distinction that the customer gained from the monocle, and, without thinking, took the glass from his waistcoat pocket and fixed it, with aid from a shop window, in his right eye. It fitted so well that he was wearing it when he turned into the square. It was still in his eye when he knocked at the door. "Prince Colonna?" "Gone," said the servant, "thanks be!" "Do you happen to know," asked Mr. Hibbert, looking at her with admiration, "his present address." "No," said the girl sharply. "Nor want!" She was a round-faced girl, with small eyes; not prepossessing, but young Mr. Hibbert, as he looked at her through the eyeglass, thought she was the personification of angelic beauty. "Any more information?" "Yes," gasped Mr. Hibbert; "I want to ask—to ask if your heart is free? "Not half so free as your manners," replied the servant. "Let go my hand this minute. I should look pretty if any of the others saw me." "You would look pretty," he declared fervently, "under any circumstances. I never saw anyone so beautiful." "I don't care for vulgar chaff, thank you." "But really—you don't understand me." He spoke with great earnestness. "I wish I knew your Christian name." "If you must know," said the girl, looking apprehensively over her shoulder at the staircase, "it's Dorothy. But they call me Sarah 'ere." "You must and shall be mine," he cried rapturously. "Life is but an empty thing without you. When, where, how can I see you again?" "Next Sunday's my day out. "Till then, fairest and sweetest of your sex, till then—" "Oh, you must be off, really," interrupted the girl. "There's somebody coming down from the drawing room. You're as bad as the Indian gentleman you was asking for, he was always proposing to every—Good night, sir!" She closed the door hurriedly, and he found himself out on the whitened steps dazed with the concentrated excitement of the last few minutes. It was growing dusk, and as he went along Cardington street, he kept his eyes on the ground, trying to realize that for the first time in his life, he, Charles W. Hibbert, was in love. The amazing good luck that had en- COUPON FA AVENUE "I want to be quite straightforward with you." abled him to meet this adorable creature made him sure that he was the most fortunate man in the world. "That you, Mr. Hibbert?" asked the elder Miss Cann from the first landing. "Yes," he replied in a new voice. "And, Oh, Miss Cann, I am so happy. This is the first day of my life. Hitherto I have merely existed; to-day I begin to live." "Fancy that!" said the elder Miss Cann. "He's had a glass, I expect, she whispered to her sister. "Not being used to it, it's taken effect." "Miss Cann!" cried young Hibbert up the stairs ecstatically, "let me tell you all about it. My heart is so full of delight—" "Stay where you are, sir," counselled the elder Miss Cann in a motherly way. "I'll come down and I'll open a small soda. That'll do you more good than anything." The younger Miss Cann (who would be the last person in the world to tell an untruth, or even to exaggerate) has assured all of her lady friends, in the strictest confidence, that when half an hour later she went down stairs for a reel of thread she found the poor gentleman on one knee, begging her sister to fly with him to some distant island, and talking, generally, "like a book!" The younger Miss Cann, with great presence of mind, lighted the gas and asked the infatuated Mr. Hibbert what was the matter with his eye? Whereupon the youth went to the mirror bordered with green tissue paper to investigate, and took out the eyeglass. Then he glanced at the two middle aged ladies, laughed in a nervous way, said "Good night!" and, going out into the hall, took his candlestick and went upstairs. He was quiet and reserved of manner at the morning meal, but then he was usually quiet and reserved; he evidently remembered the incident of the previous evening, for he avoided meeting the eye of the elder Miss Cann, and dared to speak only to her sister at the other end, and to the shorthand girl opposite. "Are you always going to wear one now, Mr. Hibert?" asked the younger Miss Cann. "Let me fill up your cup again. I always think it is the making of a gentleman." "Wear what?" he inquired. "Why, surely you remember that you were wearing an eyeglass when you came home yesterday evening." "Wonder where I put it?" said Mr Hibbert, puzzled. He felt in his waistcoat pocket without success. "Where did you place it last?" "I suppose I must have left it upon the dressing table. Excuse me, will you, while I run up and see? It belongs to one of our customers." The ladies glanced at each other when the young man had left the room, but they spoke no word until he returned. "Yes," sighed Mr. Hibbert, answering the inquiry desolately. "I've got it!" "Let Miss Mansell see you with it on. She can decide whether it really suits you or not. It's all a matter of taste, of course, but I think—" "Do you mind," said Mr. Hibbert excitedly to the shorthand girl as she looked across to judge the effect, "do you mind if I walk down with you this morning? "I was going to tran," she said, "but—" "Do me the favor," he begged. She consented, but made a provision that he should wear the eyeglass (which she thought admirably suited to him) and that, wearing it, he should see her to the door of her office. "I want to be quite straightforward with you," he said, looking into her eyes as they went south. "You are the dearest and sweetest girl that ever was since the world began." She shook her head doubtfully, but refrained from speaking a word of interruption. The two almost danced to the terminus of the tram lines, and quiet, dismal folk hastening to work turned to look at them with curiosity and envy. Mr. Hibbert saw her to the door of her office, and, despite the fact that her colleagues were looking through the wire blind, claimed, in broad day, the right of an engaged man, and kissed her lips. The shorthand girl went inside, a proud and happy girl. "Hi!" cried Mr. Hibert, starting suddenly to run along the pavement at a rate that frightened the passers by. "Stop him! I want him!" "Which one?" demanded some loafer, excited into a desire for labor by Mr. Hibbert's energy. "The white man or the—" A constable infected by the stir, joined in the running, and the colored gentleman, looking over his shoulder and recognizing that he was being pursued, took to his heels. They caught him just by Peter Robinson's, and held him, despite his struggles, until Mr. Hibbert arrived, panting. "Has he got anything of yours?" asked the constable. "No," replied Mr. Hibbert, breathlessly, "I—I've got something of his." "Well, but," urged the constable, "you can't give him in charge for that." The crowd indorsed this legal view of the situation. "Here's your eyeglass, sir," said Mr. Hibbert. "One and six to pay." The colored gentleman found himself released, and, turning to the crowd, expressed a heated opinion of them and their country. Then, declaring that the eyeglass had made for him nothing but trouble, he took it and threw it down violently on the curb. The glass smashed into small pieces. Nothing to add, except that Mr. and Mrs. Hibbert are quite happy at Highgate, and when (as is the case in every household) there comes domestic jars, Mr. Hibbert remembers how she last appeared to him through the magic eyeglass, and whatever the subject of dispute may be, promptly admits that the fault is his.—The King. When a man boasts that he has never made a fool of himself just pray for him; he couldn't. The job was taken out of his hands when "he war bo'n dat way."—Kate Thyson Marr. THB BALLAD OF THE SAUCY KITTY - ee wy - is ° e te . : ) w ‘ St rer —_ ce ne eo ee eas Se | ns Ia a : Once I was shipped as engineer upon the Saucy Kitty, As good a tug as ever swam to seaward from the city. ‘We pounded down the Hook one day, an oily swell a-rolling— One of those heavy, soggy days, with all the bell buoys tolling, “There's weather in the south,” says I. “You bet,” says Bill Maguire, “And if we get a sailing ship, we'll make her pay our hire.” ‘We squttered down the sliding seas, and spluttered in the trough, Until the Jersey shore abeam lay 15 sea miles off. And there we hailed a Spanish brig with spars os tall as thunder, And she was freighted to the decks and rolling gunwales under, “Now, bully boys,” says Bill Maguire ;“‘the weather's coming quick, And if we take that brig we'll have a job to make us sick.” We rounded to beneath her stern and, “lier!” rays Cap Maguire, “D'ye want a tow? You'll need it soon. Speak quick, for I'm a flyer!” The Spanish captain stroked his beard and looked while we stood ready. “How much,” says he. ‘Two hundred straight,” says Bill, “and rising steady.” “Senor, you jest!” the captain said. Bill threw his wheel hard down. “Three hundred dollars now," says he “and more before you drown.” “No, no!” the Spanish captain cried. But Bill Maguire thundered, “Look south! For every minute new, I'll charge anosher hundred!” ‘The captain looked and leaped astern. “I'll pay you for your towing!” But Cap Maguire twirled his wheel and said: “SUll more you're owing Vil charge you seven hundred now to pay me for my waiting; You haven't got a minute left, for here the squall comes skating!” “Done!” cried the Spaniard, black with rage, both his dark eyes a-kindle “I only hope you tow one-half as well as you can swindle!” We'd barely got the vessel fast and swung her to the hawser Before the weather hit us straight and how the squall did yaw herf We headed in the smother blind. We'd scarce come out a-drippin Before again we'd bury deep in green that came a-ripping! Maguire signaled for full speed; then down the tube he hollers: “Now, if you bust that hawser we lose seven hundred dollars!" We rolled to right, we rolled to left, each roi looked like our last, But in the reeling pilot house Maguire held her fast. We couldn't see the brig astern. The air was thick as night, And only the tense hawser told that we still had her tight, We rolled to right, we rolled to left; we drowned from bow to stern, ‘With heart in mouth I braced myself and watched my engines turn; And each time the propeller raced, I thought: “This is her last!” But every time Maguire turned and held her to the blast. Now, if you've seen that Jersey shore hit by a gale from seaward, You'll need no sworn certificate to tell you death's to leeward. So when Magutre down the tube sald: “Jim, she's losing steady!” I saw that devil of a bench as if we'd struck alrendy. T saw its wicked, tawny glint, where, deep in tons of water, It waited for the crested sea to bring us to the slaughter. “We can't hold on,” my helper said (his breath came in short catches) “If we don’t cast that Spaniard off, we'll go ashore as matches.” “My engines can't do any more,” I yelled up to Maguire, “And we are taking seas aboard that sure will drown our fire! No man will blame you if you cast a ship off in this weather!" “We'll hold the brig,’ Maguire said, “or go ashore together!” We rolled to starboard and to port, we rolled from left to right Once as we wallowed, from my post the beach was plain in sight. We came so close that I could see the white foam on the strand As every grayback rolled ashore and pounded on the land. Then Maguire down the tube: ‘You're holding to her fine! ~ Now keep your engines steady, man, and don't you bust that line!’ “She's almost in the breakers," said my helper. “Now we're done! ‘When will that madman at the wheel cast off hiw line and run®*. + But Bill's voice down the tube again sang cheerily, “You bet! If we can keep her as she is, we'll hold that Spaniard yet!" Ridge-after ridge of crested sea tried to twist us around And roll us as a foundered wreck toward the Jersey ground. Stroke after stroke the black squall beat to turn her nose and twist Us headlong in the trough where we would vanish like a mist. Turn after turn my engines made! I nursed them all I knew; Straight with her nose to open sea Maguire held her true. He held her true for seven hours, all of a steady squall, And we were just outside the line of breakers—that was all, ‘When the black storm flapped at last and left us where we shook, ‘To flounder on the tossing sea and crawl inside the Hook. No word came from the rolling brig, until we reached smvoth water And took our hawser and steamed ‘round to lie beneath her quarter, ‘The Spanish captain then leaned down, bearded and tall and grave: - “Senor, the tugboat captain, your pardon I must crave. A thief of the sea I thought you when this little trip began, But I stand in port on my rescucd ship to say that you are a man!" —Boston Herald. taal a Te oe BehVE ; CZEZ " Fashion Always Supreme. The excavations which Dr. Evans has been making in Crete reveal that the woman of fashion in 1600 B. C. fa- ‘vored the hour-glass waist and figure, and probably the Grecian figure was regarded as @ barbarism. Barbarie figures, however sensible, can never hope to compete with those of fash- Jon's dictates, CREEKS FAVOR SCHOOLS Annual Report Shows They Have 3.062 Puplle En: ollea MUSKOGEE: The annual report of Cheesle McIntosh, superintendent of the Creek schools, which has becn submitted to the Creek council, now in sesison at Okmulgee, shows that 3,063 pupils are enrolled. Of this number 1,411 or nearly one-hat are negroes, There is no race problem, however, in the Creek nation, so far as the schools are concerned, for the negroes are educated in separate buildings from the Indians. The large negro population of the that this is a larger enrollment than last year, and perhaps the largest in the history of the schools of the Creek nation. The Creek people, un- like the Chickasaws, look upon the Appropriation by congress of $100,000 to provide for the attendance of white or non-citizen children in tho Indian day schools with favor. The largen cgro population of the Creek nation is further illu trated by the fact that there are forty-nine neighborhood or day schoo's and twenty-three, or nearly one-ia'f of the number, are for negroes. The report shows that there are also seven boarding school:, with a tot?! enrolilmént of 874; two orphan Schools, one for Indians and ore fot negroes, with 121 pupi!s, and a bigh school at Eufaula with an attendance of ninety-eight. MORE ‘TROUBLE FOR WHITE Dawes Commision Clerk Now Has Ancther Charge Aaainst Him Oe ee Oe Tee ee eee MUSKOGEE: The Dawes commis- sion has not yet received oftictal in- formation from Washington of the report thitt J. Kugar White, a clerk at the Tishomingo land office, has been recommended for dismissal as a re- sult of Inspector Conser’s recent in- vestigation. Reliable information has been given out that a session of the Dawes commisison will be called in the near future, at which time White's dismissal may be recommended to the department. White was suspenied several weeks ago, pending the investigation, and the absence of Commissioner Breckenridgs alone stood in the way of final action in the matter being taken by the commission. The charges against White, which led to the investigation by the inspector, were that he accepted money to help certain attorneys push the business of their clients in the land office. White was arrested in Muskogee a few nights ago by Katy o‘ficers whie he was carrying away a valise said not tob e ths own from the Katy hotel and was brought Into police court under a charge of disturbing the peace. He gave $2,000 bond and his case was continued. * Repairing Flood Damage MUSKOGEE: ‘The M., K. & T. Railway company has put a large force of men at work repairing the flood damage done on its main line track through Indian Territory by the overflow if the Canadian river, Over two miles of track were washed out, and the Canadian railroad bridge is a foot out of line. It will be impos- sible for trains to cross the river on the main line for several days, Mean- while Katy trains make a detour from South McAlester to Fort Smit}, and back to Muskogee over the Midland Valley, It requires twelve hours to South McAlester to Fort Sm'th and to Muskogee, which Is a two-hour run when the main line {s open. Santa Fe Trains Via Shawnee OER AW NEUES. AN Through trains for the south aud west on the Santa Fe are being sent vid the Lastern Oklahoma Ine through Shawnee, This arrangement will continue for sixty Gays until al) flood damage is re- paired and a new schedu'e has been announced Twenty-four — traius daily to and trom Kansas City are how passing here, RULING FAVORS DELAWARES Cherokees Must Prove Right to Land Claimed as Delaware Surplus MUSKOGEE; The secretary of the jirtcrior has promulgated a ruling, dated Otcober 4, 1904, which will help the Delaware Indians gain und{sput- ed possesicon of thelr surplus lands und sell thém before the time Itmit for disposing of them expires. The ruling fhakes it necessary for any Cherokée who has made application for land claimed by Delawares as a part of their surplus holdings to fila a contest before the Dawes commis« Sion and prove his rights to the ground before he may gain posses- sion. The new ruling provides that these cases shall be made special, which insures a speedy hearing be- tore the commission. The Delaware Tias possession until the Cherckee can prove his right to the land, iv he has such right, and if ho has not the Delaware will be given an oppor- tunity to sell his surplus lands within sas pert sixty days the time yet re- maining fer that purpose, All sur- plus lands cued improvements of the Delawares not sold within that time SHI rever! to the government and be- come part of the public domain, hence it can be seen that a speedy settle- | ment of all contests affecting the right to this land is of greatest {m- portance to the Delawares. There are about 30,000 acres of sur- | plus lands owned by Delaware allot- tees. Most of this ground is in the heart of the ofl country. On April 21, 1994, a clause of the Indian approporiation bill was passed giving the Delaware Inaans a right to sell their surplus lands for a period of six months after the date of filing for their allotments. Immedi- ately afterward the Dawes commis- sion sent out notices to the Delawares to appear at the land office within ninety days and select thelr allot- ments uncer penalty of having their selections made for them if they did not appear in that time. In response to the notices most of fe Belawa'e; did appear and selec'- ed their aloiments and the = six montis’ time for seliing their surplus fands datei from the time they filed for allotments. COAL LAND BIDS REJECTED Congress May Increase Area and In- terest Big Companies WASHINGTON: Commissioner Jones has received the report of the Choctaw and Chickasha coal commis- sion and approved their recommen ta- tion rejecting all bids submitted by the various individvals and elrpor- etions for the purchase of the sev- enty-tour trac‘s of coal land included in the South MeAlester coal district. Comm'sisoner Jones agrees wth the commission that all bids submitted are far below the actual value of the property, and in no cass is it as much as one-third the appraised minimum vaiue, . In his letter Of transmittal, Com- mizsioner Jones takes occasion to suggest to the secretary the necessity ol eaking congre s to modifv the law governirg the sale of these lands, The provent law limits *the amount of land that can be purchased by any Tadividual or corporation to 960 acres, This prevents the large coal com- panies irom obtaining holdings in this district, tor there would be no provit in Operating such areas. Com- missioner JGnes suggests to the sec- re‘ary Taat ne have congress remove the; limitations so as to induce the large coal compan'es throughout the country to bid on theze lands. There ig little doubt but that Secretary Hitchcock will approve the recom- mendations of the commisisoner and that all of these lands will be read- vertised. Grass widows are just In their hey- day in the vegetarian season. They look good enough to eat. - Local Happenings, E. T. HEARNE, CITY EDITOR. J. D. Whaley of St. Louis, Mo. is in the city. C. W. Comagor of K. C., Kan., is here on a visit. Louis Price of Brokoshe was in the city Monday. P. B. Hayes of Gatesville was in the city Saturday. Miss Ladonia Jones of Centralia, Mo., is in the city. Mr. J. Philips of Clarksville, was in the city Tuesday. T. Edwards of Little Rock has become a Muskogeeite. E. E. McDaniel of So. McAlester passed through this week. A. J. Mason of Porter was doing business in Maskogee, Tuesday. Dr. Barnett departed last week for St Louis, Mo., for an indefinite stay. Austin J. Mason of Porters was transacting business here last week. Murphy of Beardon, was in the city on business several days last week. London Knight, Jack Knight and Noah Alberta registered at the Drake Hotel Samuel Hays of Houston, Tex , is visiting relatives in the vicinity of Gatesville. Win. Rentie and N. S. Thompson were doing our city on business on the 5th inst. The Pike in Muskogee is the superior in every respect to the Pike in St. St. Louis. E. L. Samuels returned Sunday from a week's visit to the World's Fair in St, Louis. H. R. Pierson has made his return from Oklahoma and will engage in real estate business. Mrs. L. E, Dickinson of wagoner has returned to this city to live and resume her work dressmaking. Miss Lula Hawkins of Denison, Texas, is in the city and expects to engage in the millinary business. Mrs. E. C, Childs left Sunday morning on the World's Fair special for St. Louis to visit the Fair, Dr. Waterford is now located in his new quarters in Estes building on Okmulgee Ave., near Katy tracks. P. F. Cotton returned to Pine Bluff, Ark., to wind up some business preparatory to returning to the B. I, T. to make his home. Mr. Fitus Alexander of St. Louis, Mo., brother of Lieut. Alexander of the regular army, is in the city. H. C. Childs of Ridge Ind. Ty. is in the city on business. He is one of the most popular farmers in the west. Durfey Hardware Company Mr. A. Kelly of Grayson, the largest colored town in the I. T., is in the city on business before the Indian Agent. Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, the Celebrated Monarch Ranges, everyone guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc. All Kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. PHONE 205 ROWSEY BLOCK III North Second Street Atty C.J. Lcwe returned Sunday from St. Louis accompanied by his nephew, Mr. Jas. Cross of Huntsville, Ala. Ben's Quick Relief Mixture Why wear hand me down clothes when you can get them them just as cheap made to order by Mike Jefferson, So. 2nd St. A speedy and sure cure for colic, cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, bloody flu, cholera morbus, griping in the stomach, cholera infantum and all towel complainta ASK FOR A MEDICINE GLASS Ben - Estes' - Drug - Store. Mr. Thompson and wife have opened up a lunch and confectionary at the Burnside place on So. Second St. They serve chili etc. W. A. Allen and Burkeau will leave soon for St. Louis and Nashville where, they will visit the fair and look up childhood scenes. Rev. Sanders of Centralia, I. T., passed through the city, Wednesday, enroute to Talequah on citizenship business. STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES We have anything you desire in the Grocery Line at prices that defy competition. Give us a trial and you will repeat. Located on South 5th St., near the South Side Boulevard. F. A. BARNETT & SONS. The Street Commission should be called to look at South 2nd St. and see if he can improve conditions so that two wagons could pass down that thoroughfare. There will be a grand concert by the young ladies and gentlemen of muskogee for the benefit of the First Baptist church. Place and date will be announced later. An Old Line Company issues all forms of Limited Payments, Life and Endowment Policies. Prof. T. J. Clangman and H. C. Curry of Newport, Ark, were in the city last week and purchased ten lots in Muskogee, and after winding up affair will make Muskogee their future home. 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. Elliott Bros. is the firm name which can be found in the Jones' Block on South Second St, They will carry up-to-date clothing, Gent's Furnishings, Notions, etc. Call and examine their stock before purchasing. WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES The Canadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. Hello! Who is That? Say. did you know that Gen. Pleasant kept a first-class place on the east side of Second street Everything good to eat, cigars of the best brand, fancy candiee ice cream, flour, sugar, coffes and country vegetables. GEORGE PLEASANT. 20th CENTURY BATH COMPANY School of Is in advance of and far more sweeping than schools of Osteopathy, including in its course of study OsteoManipulations coupled with Dr. Corbin's famous Turko-Russian bath, the use of which is thoroughly and practically taught. All instructions given in operating room on patients suffering from some of the many chronic diseases. Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases, W. E. McCLURE, KNOX AGENCY, ENGLISH BLOCK. For further information address, C. M. CORBIN, D. O., 109½ North Main, Muskogee, I. T. Or the Editor of this paper. Muskogee, - - - Ind. Ter'y.