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The Muskogee Cimeter. BRINS' SPECIALTY STORE The Only Exclusive Ready to Wear Store in Muskogee We make a specialty of Ladies, Misses and Children's ready to wear garments, quality the best, prices the lowest. See us when you need anything in our line Volume 6. 20th CENTURY BATH COMPANY School of MANUAL THERAPUTICS. Is in advance of and far more sweeping than schools of Osteopathy, including in its course of study Osteo-Manipulations 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. For further information address, C. M. CORBIN, D. O., 109½ North Main, Muskogee, I. T. Or the Editor of this paper. Peace at Holdenville. J. M. Neal is proprietor of the Negro hotel and C. D. Davis is proprietor of the Negro restaurant at Holdenville. Our represetative called upon them, between trains, the other day, and he learned from them that they are doing an excellent business and they assured us that whatever had been the bad feeling from the white people to the Negroes, that conditions now are favorable, and Negroes can buy, or rent property wherever they find places that suit them, and they are able to pay for it. The court house gang of which the Democratic Negroes and their cohorts have so much to say, are responsible for the condition that now prevails in Holdenville. For by the strict enforcement of the law, they have shown the lawless element and Negro haters that this government has not made a mistake in designating them as the preservers of the peace and guarantee of safety to all citizens, regardless of race, color or previous condition, etc. The fellows in Muskogee and elsewhere in the Indian Territory who are kicking about mixed schools should call a halt, and if they will only stop those white men, some of them high class, from running around after negro women they will me meet in a question that is up before the people. There is no danger of mixed schools, but there is a great danger of amalgamation, and even right here SPECIAL ADVERTISING EDITION---SECTION ONE in Muskogee when Negro women can be found slipping to offices of white men for immoral purposes. Unfortunately for all, some of these women are married women while others are single, but it makes no difference in so far as the principle is concerned. It is degrading and debasing to both races, and the very white cusses that will dodge around with these debased Negro wemen are the worst to raise hell about mixed schools. He is afraid his sins will find him out. That at certain hours to a white man's office. Upon close investigation it was found that she went there for immoral purposes. Now, this same cuss would raise hell if he should be compelled to sit at a table with a decent, respectable, intelligent negro man, and yet he can consert with the most debased, degraded and polluted reptiles of the race. We hope that the law passed by the Creek Council giving all children M. T. PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT. PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT. retribution will overtake him and in the latter years of life he might drink from the same cup and suffer the same humiliation that he is now forcing upon some hard working negro man. A few days ago it was reported to this office that a certain negro woman had been continually making visits INS' SPECI SPECIALTY at certain hours to a white man's office. Upon close investigation it was found that she went there for immoral purposes. Now, this same cuss would raise hell if he should be compelled to sit at a table with a decent, respectable, intelligent negro man, and yet he can consert with the most debased, degraded and polluted reptiles of the race. We hope that the law passed by the Creek Council giving all children of 7 Creek parents that are born up to 1906 the right to file will be approved by our good president. It means that the little ones who are not responsible for their coming to this troublesome world, and who are by rights heirs to this rich country shall share in the allotment of the lands of the nation. This means the freed- ALTY STO Number man children as well as the full blood Indian citizenship in the Creek Nation. Mr. Harry W. Bracken announces as a candidate for position as post master of Muskogee. Mr. Bracken is a republican, and a bright young man. He is able and competent, and has many friends in our party who idolize him and who still use all honorable means to accomplish what he most desires. The endorsement of the republicans of the city and vicinity. Up to this time as chief cook and bottle washer of the Cimeter, we have not and are not committed to any one touching the position of postmaster and in answer to the many questions as to who are you for, and who are you supporting? We say let this be an answer for all: BY THE ETERNAL we are with our friends all the time, and this is no exception to the rule. Mrs. Marietta Sango, wife of A. G. W. Sango departed this life Thursday, November 3. The remains were accompanied by sorrowing relatives to her former home, Lawrence, Kansas, and there consigned to their last resting place. The Cimeter extends its ceddolence to the bereaved husbaad and relatives. The officers of the Creek Reality Bank and Trust Company gave a smoker to a number of their friends as an appreciation of the success of the Republican party in its sweeping victory over democracy and the assured continuance of prosperity under that magnanimos leader and purveyor of justices, Theodore Roosevelt. After the smoker an organization of colored business men of Muskogee was effected particulars of which will appear in next week's issue of the Cimeter. At 310 So.Seconp St., Mrs. L C. Clark carries a line of millinery and notions. ready made aprons, trimmed hats, etc, Old has made over. Mr. A. C. Curry of Reform, Ala., is in the city on business and as agent for Cimeter at his home in Alabama. He expects several families to return with him from Alabama. BOYS AND GIRLS King of the World. In the acorn is wrapped the forest. In the little brook, the sea; The twig that will sway with the sparrow to-day The power that will never fail us Is the soul of simple truth; The oak that defies the stormiest skies Was upright in its youth. The beauty no time can destroy In the pure young heart is furled; And a worthy boy, a tender boy, A faithful boy is king of the world. The cub of the royal lion Is regal in his play; The eaglet's pride is as fiery-eyed As the old bird's, bald and grey. The nerve that heroes employ In the child's young arm is furled; And a gallant boy, a truthful boy, A brave, pure boy is king of the world —London Answers. A Pumpkin Fountain. The pumpkin season is here, and all the country boys and some of the girls are making jack o' lanterns and those terrible pumpkin-stalk whistles that make $ \varepsilon $ noise like the "honk" of an automobile horn, only worse. Here is another way of extracting amusement out of a pumpkin vine, but without scaring people or setting their nerves on edge: Having procured a big round pumpkin or squash, cut it in two horizontally, a little above the middle, and scoop out the pulp and seeds. In this way you make a large bowl out of the lower part of the pumpkin and a large saucer out of the upper part. The "eye" of the pumpkin, that is, the depression opposite the stalk, is in the center of the bottom of the bowl. At this point bore a hole and fit to it one of the hollow leaf stalks which you must insert from above, small end first, and pull through, until the joint is tight. Now put your pumpkin bowl in the fork of a tree six or eight feet from the ground, and fasten it securely. Slip the large end of another leaf stalk over the small end of the stalk you have attached to the bowl, the large end of a third stalk over the small end of the second, and so on until you have made a tube long enough to reach the ground and run A The Pumpkin Fountain. over the ground some distance like a growing pumpkin vine. You may make most of the tube out of the main stalk of the pumpkin vine instead of leaf stalks, and by using a number of vines you can make the tube as long as you please. The end of the tube should be a leaf stalk. Turn this upward and fit it to a hole in the top of the pumpkin. the "saucer." Fasten the tube to the ground with pegs, cover it with earth or leaves if you want to make the thing look more mysterious, fill the pumpkin bowl with water and summon your friends to see the pumpkin fountain play. The jet will not rise as high as the level of the water in the bowl because of the friction of the long tube and of the air, but it will rise a good deal more than half as high and fall back in drops into the saucer, making a very pretty little fountain. The tip of the tube should rise an inch or two above the saucer, and if the bore of the tip is not very fine it should be plugged with a bit of cork, wood or pumpkin in which a small hole has been bored. A fine jet is prettier than a large one, and it does not need so much water. Pindertoy. Scissors and a pin only needed. This Fancy Dancer, if cut out and fastened together with a pin, will make a very attractive toy. If you push the pin firmly into the cork or the end of a stick, and paste the pieces on an old visiting card before the pieces are cut out, this Pindertoy will last longer. Take Care. Take Care is a game played by any number of persons in several ways. In one of the most common, flour is packed tightly into a bowl, which is then turned over and removed, leaving the flour in a mound. On top of this is placed a small coin. The players in turn then remove each a part of the flour with a knife, and whoever lets the coin fall must pick it from the flour with his teeth. Sometimes each one says "take care" as he cuts off his portion of the flour, and the game thus receives its name. There are many substitutes for the flour and coin. One of the best is a cardhouse of two cards on a pile made of the rest of the pack loosely thrown together. Each player removes one card, and he who allows the cardhouse to fall must pay a forfeit. The game may be played out of doors with a little flag stuck in a pail of sand, from which each player removes a little on the end of a stick. Toboggan Travels Fast. There is a spot in the Swiss Alps where a sled or a toboggan runs a mile in seventy seconds. The winter sportsmen of Europe take great pleasure in the Cresta run, as it is called, at St. Moritz. The toboggan season there begins about the middle of November and the slide is made smooth and safe by a committee appointed for that purpose. The Swiss tobogans are raised on runners shod with iron or steel. The rider lies flat upon the toboggan, head first, both hands grasping the framework at the sides, steering with both feet, just as boys do on sleds in this country. Iron spikes are fastened to the toes of the boots, and by trailing one foot or the other along the ground the big sled is guided. CAMPFIRE TALES: Not for the cries of "Hurrah" from the rough-spoken crowd This time, her last night That cheered for another last night, and to-morrow will turn With cheers for some new hero fearless With cheers for some new hero, fearless and strutting and proud—Such glory I spurn. Not for the praise of the gray-bearded sages who prate Of yesterday's doctrine as foolish or vile or worn-out, Who to-morrow will grimly declare today's creed out of date— Their plaudits I flout. But for their sweet approval who, lovely and gentle and fair, May some day sing unto their sons of my glory I strive; How How long, O ye heroes, if they ceased to would ye dare? Whose names were these heroes? Thirteen-Year-Old Soldier. "I was mustered into the service at camp Chase, Lowell, on Sept. 3, 1861," says storekeeper Edwin F. Cushing at the navy yard, a resident of Somerville, "and, I was born at Dover, N. H., on May 29, 1848, my age at the time of muster was 13 years 3 months and 5 days. My final discharge was given me at Gallops island in Boston harbor, on August 26, 1865, thus making the official duration of my connection with the regiment just one week less than four years. "Of course," says Mr. Cushing, "there were a great many more boys in the army. But the larger part of these under-age youngsters got in during the last two years of the war, and as I began with carrying a musket and kept right on in that sort of duty during the major part of the time I was in the army, the claim has been made in my behalf that I am the youngest soldier, with four years of active service to my credit, who enlisted from Massachusetts. "Whether or not that is so, and the record may be duplicated several times in this as in other states, I am satisfied," said Mr. Cushing, "tnat I became a soldier full early enough, and but for some 'hardening' I had just received on a New Hampshire farm, my experience in performing the duties of a full-fledged enlisted man might have been much more difficult than it proved to be. Then again, my regiment, the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts, did not see much real work in the field for nearly two years and the life in garrisoning forts and in policing New Orleans gave me a chance to grow to the full measure of a soldier's duty, so that when we reached Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley, we were all a toughened lot of union defenders. "The 'Twentysixth,'" said Mr. Cushing was one of the Butler regiments that went to Ship island with Gen. Butler in November, 1861, our commander being Col. E. F. Jones, who led the 'old Sixth' through Baltimore, and Col. Jones is now one of the youngest men in the regimental association, of which body I am the secretary. The regiment was encamped at Ship island until April, 1862, our brigade commander being Gen. J. W. Phelps of Vermont, who was recalled by President Lincoln for issuing those famous emancipation proclamations, Gen. Phelps being the first of the union commanders to attempt the freedom of the slave in general orders." Civil War Losses. O. W. Norton, in a letter to the Chicago Post, says: Many of your readers are interested in the war between Russia and Japan, and following the accounts of the battles are appalled by the great losses reported in each of the armies. These losses seem enormous, and the impression is general that the world has not seen before such desperate fighting. Comparatively few of your readers are old enough to remember the fighting in our own civil war, and fewer still have made any study of the statistic of our own losses in battle. Modern weapons, especially the small arms with their small bullets, are much more merciful than those used in our great war, when the bullets were one inch long and fifty-three one-hundredths inches in diameter, causing fearful wounds. The papers report that a very large proportion of the men wounded on both sides in the present war have already recovered and returned to the ranks. The newspaper accounts of the great slaughter in these battles are usually exaggerated and the figures greatly reduced by the official reports. Perhaps your readers would be interested in some statistics of the civil war, comparing them with reports of battles in the East. The following figures are taken from a book compiled by William F. Fox, entitled "Regimental Losses in the Civil War." This book is accepted as authoritative, and by far the most reliable publication in the statistics presented. The figures are not estimated losses, nor taken from the accounts of special correspondents in the field. They are compiled from the muster rolls and official reports on file in the War Department. The following table gives the percentage of loss in several regiments in one battle to the number of men engaged in that battle, ranging from 60 per cent to 82 per cent of the men who entered any one battle. In the table from which I copy these figures there are a large number of other regiments in which the losses exceeded half the number engaged, but this list is long enough to show what stuff our American soldiers were made of. The list includes killed, wounded and missing. A small portion of those reported missing were taken prisoners, but the greater part were reported missing in battles where no prisoners were taken, and were so reported because at the time the report was made it was not known absolutely whether they were dead or severely wounded and left on the field. Regiment and battle—loss. One Hundred and Firty-first Penn- sylvania—Gettysburg 75.7 One Hundred and First New York— Manassas 73.8 Twenty-fifth Massachusetts — Cold Harbor 70.0 Thirty-sixth Wisconsin — Bethesda Church 69.8 Twentieth Massachusetts—Fredericks- burg 68.4 Eighth Vermont—Cedar Creek 67.9 Eighty-first Pennsylvania — Fredericks- burg 67.4 Twelfth Massachusetts—Antietam 67.0 First Maine H. A.—Petersburg 66.5 Ninth Louisiana (colored)—Milliken's Bend 64.0 One Hundred and Eleventh New York—Gettysburg 63.8 Twenty-fourth Michigan—Gettysburg 63.7 Fifth New Hampshire—Fredericks- burg 63.6 Ninth Illinois—Shiloh 63.3 Ninth New York—Antietam 63.0 Fifteenth New Jersey—Spotsylvania 62.9 Eighty-second New York—Gettysburg 62.9 Fifteenth Massachusetts—Gettysburg 61.9 Sixty-ninth New Antietam 61.9 Fifty-first Illinois—Chickamauga 61.2 Nineteenth Indiana—Manassas 61.2 One Hundred and Twenty-first New York—Salem Church 60.9 Fifth New York—Manassas 60.6 Ninety-third New York—Wilderness 60.6 Deaths of Confederate Officers. Much has been said in the European press of the death of Lieut. Gen. Count Keller, of the Russian army, who was killed in a recent battle with the Japanese in Manchuria. Gen. Keller was the first officer of high rank killed on either side, with the exception of the Russian Admiral Makharoff, who was blown up in a warship at Port Arthur. It may be out of place to mention that in the civil war in this country the Confederates had killed in battle no less than fifty-two general officers, of whom one was a general of the highest rank and commander-in-chief, Albert Sydney Johnston, who fell at Shiloh, and three lieutenant generals, Leonidas Polk, Stonewall Jackson and A. P. Hill. There were eight major generals and forty brigadier generals. The Confederates fought great odds, and it was necessary for officers of the highest rank to expose themselves. They went with their men into every danger, and this was the reason why so many were killed in battle, while few escaped being wounded—New Orleans Picayune. | ALL AT FAIR AND HONEST J. W. ADAMS Mice. 22 West Okmulgee Avenue, Dry Goods, Millinery, Boots. (ESTES BUILDING NEAR KATY TRACK.) Shoes, Hats, Caps and Gents’ _MUSKOGEE INDIAN TER. Furnishings : e.8 8 THE CIMETER, Vublehed every week in the interest of the Negro by the Cimeter Publishing Co. Entere:) at thy bo-t Office at Maskogee, 1. T., as second class mail matter. ~~ SUBSCRIPTION: (in advance) LE i sec nds betsy setsiecbdevcotontias BECO, Six MONGhB ccs sccccssscecee tumsecsneesssssnceesss OO Three MOnths..........ccscseecsnnseecsee secseeene RD a — —eySS W.H.VWINE’ - + - + Editor, WOOD, Ass’t Editor and Manager. J.T.TRIMBLE - - ~~ Solicitor, The fight for post mas‘e: grows hotter and hotter, So far we know of but three applicants. We mean by that that two two have placed their announcements in this paper, and at this stage of the game an- nouncements are $10 per. We say to the balance of the unfortunates who desire to enter into the arena thag#hey may slaughter or be slaught- ered to come jumping at once to our sanctum and we will relieve you of $10 and give you the necessary announcements that the dear people may be aware of your wants and help you. . The report made by the trustees of the A. M. E. church just before the pastor left for conference was gob- bied and twisted in such a way and manner that even the most astute tumbler would fail to understand just what was meant. In some instances the items stated were repeated but in such a way that to the uninitiated it would not be noticed. Nothing was said about what was done with the windows that cost $300 that were in the old church. (They were given away.) Nothing was said about the stone foundation, abou the ceiling that cost in the neighborhool of $100 that was given away and numerous other articles that could have been used in the new building. We are still of the opinion that a cor- rect statement should be made to the public. We have no ax to grind in this matter. We are not a member of the church and are not trying to break in for selfish motives, but at the same time we believe that since we fellows are compelled to contrib- ute to the support and the building of these places of woyhip that the fellows who handle the money should at lease be half way honest. The pastor who goes to conference and gives himself credit for building a chureh hag really done nothing. The chureh they sold for $7,500 was easily worth $10,000. The church that they have built is not worth the half. Hence, even a fool can see that there has been a leakage somewhere and that somebody has made a great thing out of the sale. Somebody has succeeded in advertising themselves by having their names printed on the coner stone, and without paying a sent for the advertisement. The place of worship that Has been provid- ed so far as the workmenship is con- cerned is no doubt well done, but we think that $7,500 even after a more commodious church, should have seated the same with proper seats and placed a nice organ for the use of the churca. Of cuurse, they have none of this and as we stated before there is something rotten i, Den- mark, and it is up to the church and the fellows who have handled the money .o show that we are wrong. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. . GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and iREAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty Second and Broadway. : : : MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. F Do Your Banking Business With The Territorial Bank & Trust Co. Oldest and Strongest Bank in the Indian Tewitory, Interest Paid on Deposits. Abstracts Made. 3 \a USKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY, Fidelity Bonds Writtun. _. We advise all of our readers to trade with the people that advertise in this journal. They are deserving merchants, and they will sell you goods cheaper than you can get them elsewhere and at the same time give you first class articles. The fellow who will not advertise shows that he is not in favor of helping ‘oce enter- prises, and if he is a culered man shows that he is not a race man. There are some merchants who refuse to advertise in a colored newspaper. You should shun these cusses as the devil shuns hoiy water. They are grafters and when you spend your money with them you are fighting yourself, fighting your race and as- sisting your enemies. Every adver- tiser in this paper is worthy of your trade and it is our earnest desire that all of our readers will take heed of this warning and steer clear of the fellow who refuses to advertise no matter what his color may be, and no | matter how much of a race man he may pretend to be, because the cuss ig. not a race man, and if it was not for our religious inclinations te wonte| say that he is a————, not a lover of | the truth, | EPL LD SE PEE E EEE SEE EES EE EPEET TEES CETTE SOOO OOS :_ FARM _ LOANS AND ABSTRACTS :: ————————————————— ne oe, aera SE, MIDLAND ABSTRACT COMPANY 207 N, Second Street, MUSKOGEE, IND, TER. FARM :: LOANS :: ON : FREEDMAN : LAND Loans made to Creek Freedmen who are farming on their allotments OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE CONTITION OF THE COMMERCIAL NA'TN’L BANK United States Depository Muskogee Indian Territory. At close of business Friday, January 22, 1904. RESOURSES | LIABILITIES Loans and Discounts $410,936.13. Capital $200,000.00 Overdrafts (Cotton) 23,198.69 Surplus and Profit 16,978.26 Bonds and Premiums 106.080.49 Circulation 50,000.00 Furniture and Fixtures 5,046.26 Deposits 345,142.28 Cash and Exchange 68,125.35 Reserved for Taxes 1,266.38 $613,886.92 $6133,387.92 ‘the above statement is corrept. D. N. FINK, Cashier. f Business intrueted to our care receive prompt attention, : ( om oo ee Oe Oe ee Oe ee eee ewes , Our schools in Muskogee, our color- ed schools, are over crowded. We need more teachers and better teach- ers, We need a school in the south part of the town and need it badly. If the school board will look just a little after the interest of the colored children of the town they will estab- lish a school in the south part of town and give them some additional teach- ers in the big building; and right here it might not be out of place to say that a number of reports have come to this office that some of our teach- ers are not keeping up to that high, standard of purity and morality that persons who are in charge of our youth should be, If this is true it is a grevious fault and one that should be and must be corrected, The col- umns of this paper are open to any and all who desire to make known to the public any facts touching the mor. al condition of any of our public ser- vants. In cases of this kind we have no pets and the electric light will be turned on each individual no matter who they are, no matter what in- fluenc they may have. MORRIS’ CAFE The only first-class, up-to-date Cafe in the city Where people of ail nations can be served A’ Splendid Billiard and Pool Hall Adjoining The finest in the southwest. If you are hungry , step into the cafe; if you want \oapens an hour of pleasure the pool room is the place. R. H. MORRIS, Prop. Corner 2nd and Denison Sts, Linen table damask regular 75c values at per yard.... Blankets, Comfort, Facinators, Shawls, Hoods, Caps, Dress Goods, Shirt waist and Handkerchiefs : : We advise all of our readers to trade with the people that advertise in this journal. They are deserving merchants, and they will sell you goods cheaper than you can get them elsewhere and at the same time give you first class articles. The fellow who will not advertise shows that he is not in favor of helping race enterprises, and if he is a colored man shows that he is not a race man. There are some merchants who refuse to advertise in a colored newspaper. You should shun these cusses as the devil shuns holy water. They are grafters and when you spend your money with them you are fighting yourself, fighting your race and assisting your enemies. Every advertiser in this paper is worthy of your trade and it is our earnest desire that all of our readers will take heed of this warning and steer clear of the fellow who refuses to advertise no matter what his color may be, and no matter how much of a race man he may pretend to be, because the cuss is not a race man, and if it was not for our religious inclinations we would say that he is a——, not a lover of the truth. When You Want A SHAVE. HAIRCUT. SHAMPOON. OR SEA FOAM. EXCELSIOR TONSORIAL PARLOR S.Second St., Next to Creek Gro. Co Clean towels, sharp razors a specialty J. A. BANKS, Proprietor Dave Richardson's BARBERSHOP. SATISFACTION QUARANTENE Dave Richardson. Prov ARE YOU READY ARE YOU READY To stand the chilling winds or oughly equip yourself is The Fair Our stock this season is la- ever. We are showing in every c In selecting your LADIES and SEPERATE SKIRTS w to this department in our store materials, Tourist Coat Styles, Medium Light Coat Suits, The ses and Children's Cloaks and W qualities. stand the chilling winds of winter? The place to roughly equip yourself is The Fair Store Our stock this season is larger and more complete We are showing in every department extensive lin In selecting your LADIES' TAILOR MADE-S SEPERATE SKIRTS we invite your special att is department in our store. Tailored Suits of th trials, Tourist Coat Styles, Strap Back, Loose B um Light Coat Suits, The Latest Creation--Ladies and Children's Cloaks and Wraps in numberless sty ties. To stand the chilling winds of winter? The place to 'thoroughly equip yourself is The Fair Store. The Fair Store. Our stock this season is larger and more complete than ever. We are showing in every department extensive lines. In selecting your LADIES' TAILOR MADE SUITS and SEPERATE SKIRTS we invite your special attention to this department in our store. Tailored Suits of the Best materials, Tourist Coat Styles, Strap Back, Loose Fitting, Medium Light Coat Suits, The Latest Creation--Ladies, Misses and Children's Cloaks and Wraps in numberless styles and qualities. Oue Price the Lowest is our motto and is applied to ever Remember you can get the Newes AT PRICES THAT The Fa THE BIG DEPART IT IS TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE motto and is applied to every article in our mammoth number you can get the Newest and Best of us AT PRICES THAT ARE RDASONABLE The Fair Store THE BIG DEPARTMENT HOUSE. IS TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL PROFIT TO MAKE YOUR PURCHASES HERE. is our motto and is applied to every article in our mammoth store. Remember you can get the Newest and Best of us AT PRICES THAT ARE RDASONABLE. The Fair Store THE BIG DEPARTMENT HOUSE. IT IS TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL PROFIT TO MAKE YOUR PURCHASES HERE. 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. GFORGE PLEASANT, LOST, STRAYD OR STOLEN. One dark bay mule, 17 hands high and about ten years old, no brands, collar mark on each shoulder with lump on jaw bone. ill pay $25 reward for the mule A. J. ADKERSON, Checotah OFFICIAL GUIDE TELLS YOU ALL Money refunded if not as represented. Order It Today Prospectus mutil-ed free. AT LAST You Can Buy Indian Territory Lands But There is only one reliable and approved guide on Indian Territory, and that is J. B. Dunn's Indian Territory. It is just out. Contains 250 pages, has many fine half tones, large maps of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Only work ever published on Indian Territory without a line of advertising in it. Every good citizen needs it. It is worth many $ to every one interested in Indian Territory. Order today or you may be too late. Sent post paid $1. U. S. and Canada; foreign countries $1.60. COMMONWEALTH PUB. CO. Oklahoma City. Be sure to mention this paper. THE POPULAR . . . BOOT & SHOE MAKER, E. L. SAMUELS. our mammoth store. f us 2.5o all wool over only ..... NTEE GOLD BOND LOAN AND SAV crafts to All Parts of the World Also Bank Money Orde GUARANTEE GOLD BOND LOAN AND SAVINGS CO Drafts to All Parts of the World Also Bank Money Orders MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS THURSDAY, NOV. 3, 1904. ESOURCES. scounts. $3,962 80 ..... 321 12 iums & Stocks. -1,992 50 LIABILITY Capital paid in..... Net Surplus Deposits Subject to Ch I, Wm. H. Sims, Secretary and Manager of the Guarantee Gold Bond Loan and Savings Company, upon oath certify that the above statement is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. WM. H. SIMS, Sec. and Man'r Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 3rd day of Nov., 1904. LENNA LANNIGAN. Notary Public SMITH-TORRANS CO. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE 1 Big rack of 35 to 50c suspen ders, choice..... 25c Shoes, Sox, Ladies and Children Hose, Hats and Umbrellas, Complete line of Glass, China, Tin and Enameled Ware : : : STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND LOAN AND SAVINGS CO World Also Bank Money Orders §11,723 39 ae Local Happenings. rare Tal oe eee oa, fae ae ee gs SEN eee RE aay, Jacob Robin Roberson of Jefferson, ‘Texas, is in the city. Mr. Lukie of Gatesville was here ‘Puesday. K. N. Shannen of Checotah was hove Monday on business, Patronage our advertisers and you wil get goods as represented. Rey, Buchanan, of Mississippi: is Pp ospecting in Muskogee and vicinity. Waich for Graiam-Sikes & Co’s. Lalf page advertisement in next is- sue of the Cimeter. Prof. Hubbard A. Clark, son of the well known educator of St. Louis, Mo,, is on a visit here. Dr. Guess of Clarkevi'le and Law- yer Carrington of Wagoner, were shaking hands with frienGs ere Mon- day. Mr. Peter Hudley and fourteen ethers left Monday night for Chetopa, Kansas, to cast votes for Roosevelt ond a continued full dinner pail. Mr. Wm. Rentie of Rentiesville, was here rtnsacting real es- tate business Tuesday and left the where-with for a yeas subscription to the Cimeter. My, Rentie is also our agent at Rentiesville. Rey, P. H. Tyson, P. E., left Mon- Gay morning for Okmulgee from which point he will bo to Chickasha to attend the Annual conference of the A. M. E. church. Rishop BE. Cottrell of Mississippi preached here Monday night and will nitend the Annual Conference of the Cc, M. E, chureh at Wagoner this week, Mr. Walker, the only colored baker of Muskogee left on the Katy Flyer for a visit go the Fair and a short Visit to his parents who reside in Chicago, I. Keep your eye on South Secona ytrect, for ere long ground will be broken for several Negro Brick b ings that will be occupied wholly by negroes in different line of mercantile pursuits, Rt. Rev. Bishop Tyree of Nashville, ‘Tenn., Bishop of the Tenth Episcopal District comprising Okiahoma, Indian ‘Territory and Texas, preached at the A. M, E. church to a large and appre- clitive audience, ‘The Planters Implement Co., is one of the best places in the city to pur- chase impliments of any kind. They have the famous John Deere plow that all good farmers use, and the best buggies and wagons in the South- west. Give them a trial. They can be found on Wall street, West of the Bradley Bank, Chas. S. ®tewart of newspaper fame, lectured to an overflowing house at the First Baptist church Monday night. Mr, Stewart is the only colored member of the Associa- an able mar and an honor to the ne- gro face. The latch string always hangs on the outside for Stewart in Muskogee. The Afio-American Real Estate and Investment Co., buys and sells veal estate. Faim and city property bought and so.d. H. R. Pierson, Bus- iness Manager, No. 211 South Secona street, Muskogee, Rev. G. G. Gratton preached his farewell sermon Sunday night, Nov. 6. That is uis last sermon before the convening of the Annual confeience which convenes at Wagoner this week at which time ministers will be as- signed new charges. The Cimeter commends Rey. Gratton on the work he has accomplished here, and hopes ‘that the conterence may see fit to re- ‘urn Lim to his presemt charge. The Jones Cafe is sweil. They all | say so. Their chef is a master of hig art and the service is up to now. In | connection their rooms are neat and clean, ‘Terms reasonable. _ Now that the Amevican people by their ballot have avowed that Roose. veltism and Prosperity shall continue -and that the stability of our business | interests shall not be antaganized by the Democratic legisiation, money ‘that has been held pending election results will be seeking investment. | There is no better place for such in- vestments than the C:eek Nation in i@ Indian Territory. A Crippler Complaint. A policeman by the name of Couch, of the Muskogee, I. T., police force believes it is a grand thing to arrest a cripple colored man for a boot black box in order to hold up hts part on the police foree, he stands in need of un- thankfw credit. The policeman that made the arrest is a democrat of Tex- as and it stands needful for every col- ored man in Muskogee to deem him as a bad mark. He is not of the best quality and if Muskogee gets many more such policemen as Couch, the colored people will have a poor foot- hold in the city of Muskogee. He made the arrest after the box had been moved, which shows he was not in favor of honest people but it is hoped the money wrongfully taken will be of great benefit to the poor mute man that docs not regard a cripple. JAMES WILLIAM WILLS. MUSKOGEE UNION RAILWAY, TO AND FROM Ft. Smith and) Wagoner and the Kan- eas and Cherokee Oil Fields, via Coret- ta and Missouri Pacific Ry. Ly. Muskogee— 9:39 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. my and 3:15 p,m, Ar, Muskogee— . 7:81 a. m, and 7:35 p. m, Ly, Muskogee-— 6:25 a, m, and 6:20 p. wm Ar, Wagoner— 7:10 a. m. and 8:10 p. m, | Ly. Wagoner— 9:65 a. m. and 9:17 p.m. Ly. Muskogoee— 10:46 a. m, and 2:17 p. m. For time of trains beyond Wagoner see Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain time tables A. R. Payincnavs. Trafic Manager. Call on Elliott Bros,, when you want anything in the Dry Goods line, they will treat you fair. re dies HAND MADE CLOTHES Kirshbaum: «. 2: a ALL KINDS OF HATS —~ — mee oe — Gents’ Furnishing Goods, OF ALI DESCRIPTIOmws: Shirts. Hats. Underwear, Suit Cases, W.E. McCLURE, KNGX AGENCY, ENGLISH BLOCK Muskogee. = - = «= Ind. Ter’v. R. A. GIVENS “a giatie® ‘KR: ° @ JEWELER. | Dealer In . Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Etc. Just opened in front of U. S. Court House, and has just re- cvive my fall line of Jewelry which is strictly first-class and up-to-date in every respect. I carry nothing but the best woods and of the latest design. My prices are reasonable. Cail and see the latest whether you want to buy or not. North Second S. : - Muskogee, Ind. Ter. Spott Cash Store | BIG LINE OF FALL MILLINARY! Shirt Waist Suits, Shirt Waists, Corsets, Hosiery, Muslin Underwear, Dry Goods, Tin Ware and Ienameied Ware, Queens Ware, and Glass Ware. THE FAIR! THE FAIR! * ae ete amiga el) ra ay a FRISCO SYSTEM CHICAGO © EASTERN ILLINOIS R. R. e e i Double Daily Trains BETWEEN e e St.Louis & Chicago | MORNING AND EVENING From LaSalle Station, Chicago, 9:50 a. m.—9:10 p. m. From Uuion Sta., St. Lonis, 9:30 a, m.—9:46 p. m’ (Merchants Bridge) Morning or evening connection at both termini with lines diverging Equipment entirely new and modern throughout, A Double Track Railway. Equipped wit. practical and approved safety appliances. ; Substantially constructed. WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES Pee TTe The Ganadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses, Owners of three, forr, © five and six room houses can secure de- sirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. ccc . Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor, MUSKOGEE, - - IND. TER. NEWS OF THE NEW STATE Up to last week the Hollis gin has turned out 1,700 bales this season. It is rumored that the Santa Fe 1s to erect roundhouse and shops at Shawnee to cost $200,000. Oklahoma has paid Kansas for the keeping of convicts since October 7th, 1896 to the present time $226,788.73 The sale 6f vacant lots in Ravia 1s set for November 15th. The Creek council has appropriated 376,000 for the schools of the nation The applicaton for establishment of the American National Bank at Ponca City with a capital stock of $50,000 has been approved by the com ptroller of the currency, Will Harper, aged twenty-three, of Tecumseh, while attempting to beard @ moving train was thrown under the wheels and one of his legs was cut oft. A cotton compress company in Oklahoma City has contracted to fur Bish $60,000 worth of cotton to a firm of Japanese for 1nmediate shipment: to Nagasaki. The eighth annual session of the Oklahoma conference of the United Brethren in Christ convened in Ok: lahoma City last week. Bishop G. M. Matthews of Chicago presided. J. R. Owens, living east of Purecril last week accidentally shot himself. He may recover. Judge Gill of the northern district of Indian Territory has filed his opin- jon in the tribal tax matter He agrees with the opinion of Judge Townsend of the South McAlester district, and says the courts may ro- strain the secretary of the interior when he is not acting within the bounds of the law. Oklahoma, says the Headrick Her- ald, wears more belts than an Art ona cowboy. She is in the wheat belt, tae corn belt, the cotton belt, the broom corn belt, the alfalfa belt, the fruit belt, the cattle beit, the oil belt and the gas belt. She raises more cane than Hades and more suckers than Illinois. The anti-horse thief association for Indian ‘Territory has just closed its aynual meeting in Checotah, The most important action wag the with- drawal of the Indian Territory divis- jon from the jurisdiction of Okla homa and the establishment of a separate division, This was bitterly fought by the Oklahoma division. THE RURAL ROUTES ACCORDING TO POPULATION OKLAHOMA IS IN THE LEAD HAS HALF AS MANY AS STATE OF TEXAS There Are Four Hundred Routes in Operation, and More Applications on File—The Country Roads Are Prov- ina to be Hindrances ing to be Hindrances GUTHRIE: Oklahoma, according to population, has a larger proportion of rural mail delivery routes in oper- ation than any western state, The state of Texas, with its millions of population, has about 800 routes; Ne- braska, Kansas and Iowa have in the neighborhood of 1,000 each, and Mis- souri has about 800 in operation. In this territory there are 400 routes in operation, and by January 1, 35,00 fam- flies will be served by rural routes in Oklahoma, This means that 160,000 persons will receive their mails daily, i. being delivered by rural carriers em- ployed by the government for that purpose, Over $300,000 is disbursed annually to rural carriers in this ter- ritory, and to this is another of the benefits derived from the rural deliy- ery system. Four rural agents have been detailed to Oklahoma. The work is nearly up to date, and applications for new routes are being investigated within sixty days after their acceptance in Washington. One of the hindrances to the extension of the service in this territory is the condition of the coun- try route. The farmers fail to real- ize how necessary it is to have the highways passable every month in the year, but, although this condition pre- vents the extension of the service, the department hears less objections from Oklahoma than other western states, because Oklahoma applicants for car- rier offer to make the trips daily, even when the roads are not in the best condition. RAILROAD MAN KILLED Two Officials of Rock Island Meet Death on Motor Car CHICKASHA: As a result of a hor- rible accident which occurred about two miles west of here one the Man- gum line of the Rock Island, George A. Richards and J. F. Johnson are dead. The former was division engi- neer and the latter roadmaster. Re+ liable information concerning the af- fair is lacking. The two men left Anadarko on a gasoline motor car, the most probable theory being that they were run down by the local freight train. Another theory is that the mo- tor car had already been wrecked and the men killed or disabled before the freight train struck them, The re- mains, which were terribly mangled, were picked up by the loca! and brought to this city. Mr. Richards came here about four months ago from Trenton, Mo. His remains will be taken to Milwaukee, Mr. Johnson has been roadmaster here for five years. Both men were mar- ried. Burn Railroad Bridae LAWTON: For the second time in three months, a railroad bridge near Manitou, over a tributary of Dead Man's Creek, has been burned, and there no longer remains any doubt that both fires were incendiary. The Frisco Railway company has refused to give the town of Manitou a sta- tion, and it is thought the burning of the bridge is the work of incensed citizens. The rival town of Sibony, two and one-half miles away, is be- ing backed by the railway townsite company, and the war between the two little towns has been waged bit- terly. “CRAZY SNAKE” SUBMITS Leader of Snake Indians Appears for First Time Before Commission | MUSKOGEE: Chito Harjo, “Crazy Snake,” the fullblood leader of the Snake Indians who refused to take an allotment from the government, and pdrsuaded a large number af thi¥ tribe to follow his example, was in Okmulgee all last week attending the meetings of the Creek council and taking notes on the proceedings. <A force of employees of the Dawes com- mission who are taking testimony in allotment cases succeeded, through Alex Posey in getting “Crazy Snake” before them. He took the oath ad- ministered by the commissioner to [ wiinesses, and told what he knew beset several cases. This is the first time the Dawes commission has ever | succeeded in persuading the indomit- able full blood leader to appear be fore it. | “Crazy Snake” says that he has | been grossly misrepresented and mis- judged by the white people. He de ‘lares that when he was opposing the allotment system he was fighting for a principle which, in his opinion, involved the very life and happiness of his people. He opposed the allot- mngt system because it meant the death knell of his people as an inde- iaont nation, and also’ the destruc- tion of the institutions and govern- ‘ment his people hold so sacred. “I | never encouraged violence among my followers,” he said, through an inter- preter, “but always showed the folly of such a course. Any demonstration of violence against the government that oceurred was without my = ap- nroval.” “Crazy Snake,” although he is a fullblood and cannot speak or under- stand English, keeps well informed ‘upon the events of the day, and es- pecially the Russo-Japanese war. He -sympathizes with the Japs and refers to the Russians as the white people, and claims that the Japanese are but descendants of Creek Indians, “I ‘hope the little Japs will whip the white-faced Russians,” he said, “and they will do it, too.” The Snake leader is a handsome fellow and a natural born leader. He possesses more than usual intelll- genee and has none of the traits of a savage. He is very gentlemanty and considerate in all his dealings with others. DAN PATCH COMING Will Go Three Fast Miles to Lower His Own Record. OKLAHOMA CITY: Dan Patch the fastest harness horse in the world, will be here the 17th and will make an effort to lower his own record on a half mile track. The horse has fully recovered from his sickness and his owner, Mr. Savage, is cer- tain—weather and track favorable— that Dan can fower his record. He will be paced by two thoroughbred runners hitched to speed carts. Three fast miles are to be made. Appraigemnt Evidence Taken. SOUTH McALESTER: J. George Wright, United States Indian inspee- tor, has completed his investigation of the appraisement of improved prop- erty at Hartshorne. Twelve principal property holders gave evidence, a stenographie report of which was made, Without exception they de- clared that the appraisement was ex- tremely high. The townsite commis- sion was represented at the hearing by Commissioner Smiser, and the nation’s attorney, Mr, Wright, sent a transcript of the evidence to Secretary Hitch- cock with recommendations, but he re- fused to give any intimation as to the nature of the suggestions, aera \ Electric Light Franchise Granted _ COALGATE: The city council has granted a twenty-year franchise to the Coalgate company of this city to con- struct and operate an electric light system. The company is to com- mence work in sixty days. ' ) ) There ts no Rochelle Salte, Alum, Limeor Ammonia in food madewith 7 a Baking “NOT IN THE BAKING POWDER TRUSTS it makes pure food. Comferting Assurance. When George Ill. was crowned king of England the ceremonies were mar- red by certain blunders for which Lord Effingham, earl marshal, was re sponsible. Lord Effingham saw fit afterward to apologize to the king. “There will be no such blunders at the next coronation, your majesty,” said he, King George had a suffi- ciently strong sense of humor to iaugh, Buy Dancing Privileges. - A custom that bas existed for some centuries is still maintained in certain towns on the lower Rhine. Early in the year—on auction day—the town erler or clerk calls all the young peo- ple together and, having chosen at- tradetive maidens, sells to the highest bidder the privilege of dancing with them, and them only, during the en- tire year. The fees go into the public poor box, Kitten Nursed by a Pigeon. In a cottage near the village of Newcastleton, Roxburghshire, a pigeon has evinced great friendliness for a kitten. With the consent of the old cet the bird has been sitting on the kitt@& and helping to lock af- ter it and play with it. The three constitute an incongruous but happy family. Best In the World Cream, Ark., Nov. 7.—(Special.)— After eighteen months’ suffering from Epilepsy, Backache and Kidney Com- plaint, Mr. W. H. Smith of this place is a well man again and those who have watched his return to health unhesitatingly give all the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pills. In an interview regarding his cure, Mr. Smith says: “I had been low for eighteen months with my back and kidneys and also Epilepsy. I had taken everything I knew of, and nothing seemed to do me any good till a friend of mine got me to send for Dodd's Kidney Pills, I find that they are the greatest med- icine in the world, for now I am able to work and am in fact as stout and strong as before I took sick.” Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kid- neys. Cured Kidneys cleanse the blood of all impurities. Pure blood means good health. Destroys Sixty Cows. In a dairy, near San Francisco, an overloaded hayloft collapsed upon six- ty cows that were in a burn beneath, and either crushed or smothered to death all of them. Blanke Coffee Wins Everything. St. Louis, Nov. 8.—World’s Fair gives C. F. Blanke Tea & Coffee Co. highest award, grand prize and gold medal, on coffee, also five additional highest awards on Grant Cabin Tea, Quaker Ceylon Tea, China Tea, Shid- zuokaken Japan and Formosan Teas, making greatest number grand prizes ever awarded one firm. Artificial Indigo Hurts Trade. Qwing to use of artificial indigo manufactured in Germany the produc: tion of natural indigo has greatly di- minished in East India, The latter country last year exported only 65,006 hundredweight of this article, against 170,000 hundredweight in 1897. help Must Be Scarce in Georgia. A round dozen or more Georgia poets have turned their harps to the gong of prosperity, and no wonder; 60 many of them have obtained em ployment picking cotton at 75 cents the hundred!l-wAtlianta Conatitution e Color more goods brighter and taster colors than any other dye. One 10c package colors silk, woo! and cotton equally well and is quaranteed to give pertect result Hak dealer or wowill send pust paidat 10c a package, Write for free bookiet--How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors, NUN MUM DRUG CO., Untonviiie, Micsowed 3 Was Pre ve Ee “4 a ee i a i Niet ieee een pee aaecs, a 2 my of Tas ; wee fe tar eee a fo iN" a eG S| a Oe Oe ty BEE SEP ETERS et te © pe Pe WS eB es a tae yar REA Aer Si OR ORDA SCN YBN Paar arama te To cure. ar m=" “stundead by your merchant so why == * it? Price 50c. QUICK RESULTS, W. J. Hill, of Con @ cord, N. C., Justice of — ! _ i Sip ire 1) oe a ee ee ee i Sa “Doan’s Kidney i} ry A By | Pills proved a D Py ivery efficient & 4 Vie remedy in my A case. I used DAW) | them for disor- | Led dered kidneys _{ i ma and backache, CMe fine irom which I REMMEESEEE SS. 7 ch94 nad experienced ne asa" great deal of PACER at rouble and pain. The kid- ney secretions were very irregular, dark colored and full of sediment. The pills cleared it all up and I have mot had an ache in my back since taking the last dose. My health gen- erally is improved a great deal.” FOSTER-MILBURN CO., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers, price 60 cents per box. Better Stili; Don’t Worry. It won't do to stand on a street car track while you are worrying for fear a shooting star will hit you. ‘There 1s more Catarrh in this section of the conntry {ham sli other diseases put togettier, and unit the Ina few years wea supposed to be fucurabie, Fors erent Many yeare doctors pronounced {1 # local disease and prescrived local remedies, and by constantly falling cure with local treatmant, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional die. gare and therefore requires constitutional treatinent. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J Cheney & Co., Toledo, Obio, is tho only constitutional cure on the market. ‘It is taken iniernally In doses from 19 arope oa teaspoonful. It acte directly on the biood and mucous surfaces of the system. ‘They offer one bundred dollars for any cee it fails to cure. Send for eiroulers and testimonials. Address; F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohta, Bold by Druggiste, ihc Take Hall's Family Piile for constipation. Municipal Music Hall. Among the various “public utilities” owned by Yarmouth, England, is a music hall, out of which the munici- pality made nearly $4,000 last year. A NOTRE DAME LADY. I will send free, with full instructions, some of this simple preparation for the eure of Leucorrhea, Ulceration, Displace- ments, Falling of the Womb, Scanty or Painful Periods, Tumors or Growtiis, Hot Flashes, Desire to Cry, Creeping Peeling over the Spine, Pain in the Back, and al Female Troupies, to all sending address. To mothers of suffering daughters, | wiil explain a Successful Home Treatment. * If you desire to continue, it will only cost ‘about 12 cents a week to guarantee 2 cure. ‘Tell other sufferers of it, that is all Lusk Fe above interests you, for proof address irs. M. Summers, Box 13, Notre Dame, Ind. Successful Tiger Hunt. A tiger hunt in the central provinces of India resulted in the deaths of 1yy tigers and 190 men last year. A Grateful Customer. “TI suffered for four years with ecze ma on the ends of eight of my fingers. Had it so long my fingers drew up and could do nothing at ell at times, and I tried almost everything that I ever heard of. including several largely ad- vertised ointments, spending many dollars for them. Never a thing did it eny good at all. At last I saw in home paper Hunt's Cure was being adver- tised and tried only a part of one box, which cost me only 50 cents, and it cured them. Now I can wash or do anything which before I could not without my fingers bleeding, burning and paining me very much. If this ever comes back I surely will know just what to get. I wish every friend and stranger that had anything of the Kind could have seen my fingers be- fore I used this and see them now. It is the best Ointment on earth. That 60 cent box wes werth a hundred dol- lars to me. You deserve all thanks that can be given you for that wonder- ful salve, Hunt's Cure.” Mrs. J. 1. Blalock, Miles, Tex., July 2, '04. To A. B. Richards Med. Co., Sherman, Tex. Exempt From Army Service. Officials and merchants do not serve ‘n the army of Japan. Some people know tco much to be liéve afiything. Write MURINE RYE REMEDY Co., Chicago, {¢ Zour eee are sore or inflamed, and get ocultit'e advice and free sample MURINE. It cures all eye-tiie, Just the same, we enjoy” the praise of people we despise. Mire, Winslow's Soothing Syrap. Tor children taething, softens the giirts, reduces ta Qammaiion, allays pain, cures Wiad colic. ' 25ca bottis, Intuition often enables a woman to reach a wrong concitsion quickly. I do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—Joan I. Boren, ‘rivity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900, The best some men c?n do is to place themselves on self-made pedes- tals. If you don't get the bigeest and best it’s your own fault. Defiance Starch ia for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in qual- ity or quantity. When love sets the task the labor er never thinks of demanding shorter hours. Catarrh of the Bladder and Kidney Trouble abeolutely cured by Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. World famous for over 30 years. @1 8 bottle, A girl never looks older than she is, except when she has her hair done up in papers, . Don't Forget A little cough may not wear off, but if neglected, result in that king of ter rors, consumption. You cannot afford to take chances, especially when a quick and sure remedy like Simmons Cough Syrup is obtainable. It stops the cough right where it's at, and starts you up from there. One great drawback to the popu- larity of the inevitable is its refusal 'to make concessions. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every boitie of CASTORTA, a safe and eure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears tho In Uso For Over 3O Years, The }\.02 You Have Always Bought, The egotist is apt to develop a bad case of insomnia from lying awake for the purpose of thinking about himself. FITS perranertzcur. aster neues 85. 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Ok'a. The bg eta Department of the reed Central Ratlroad Company have recently issut a publication known as Circular No. 12, in which is deseribed the hest territory in this country for the growing of early strawberries and early vegetables, Every denier in such products should address a postal card to the undersigned a. Pubuaue, howe, requesting @ copy of J. F. MERRY, Asst. Gen'l Pass'r Agent Notarial Seale, Rubber Stamps Checks, Stencils *and Badges. GOLD, SWLVER, NICKEL AND COPPER PLATING WAND & SON, OKLAHOMA CITY. PWwOoOPRT NIV RCITY 4 I “Ate EPWORTH UNIVERSITY Joint property of the two Methodieme, In. tends to be thorough in scholarship end helpful tnd religious in spirit. Ten head profesors, the majority of whom have taught in such oniversi- ties ae Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Aun ARbor, Chicago, Colambos, Leiand Stanford, devote their time to the college of Mberal arte. Full corps of instructors in Academy and Music, Flotation and Art,” Large campur of forty-two acres beautifully uitnated. Modern buildings. Pbysical, Chemical and Biologion! Laboratories, ‘The first session begins September 7, 1904, Address, President R. B. McSwain, Oklahoma, Okla. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 46, 1904 A. S. MCREA, Lawyer, 201-2 Okmulgee Avenue. DR. J. BOSTON HILL Treats All Diseases. Calls Answered PromptlA : : : : : ; : : PHONE 594. 201-2 OKMULGEE AVENUE. Bradley Realty BANK & Trust Co. CAPITAL $260,000 CAPITAL $260,000 The largest land owners in the Creek Nation. See us for city and farm property. J. W. SIPPES DEALER IN Groceries, Flour, and Meats. Phone 70, Muskogee. GRAIN AND FEED. Best treatment to all. CREEK CITIZEN'S Realty Bank & Trust Co. MUSKOGEE: I. T. Money loaned on Real Estate, Chattel and personal security : : : : : : Real Estate Bought and Sold. Deposits Received. Your Business Solicited. A,G. W. SANGO, President. W. A. RENTIE, Cashier. ROBERT A. FINCH Fresh and Salt Meats, LARD, BALONA and FRESH SAUSAGE. Telephone 575, 223 N. 2nd St., Muskogee., I. T. ROBBINS & COMPANY, DEALERS IN Eine Groceries, Teas, Coffees, Cigars, Tobacco, Butter Eggs and Country Produce : : : : : PHONE 554, 322 N. Second St., FREE DELIVERY, DURFEY HARDWARE CO. Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, the Celebrated Monarch Ranges, everyone guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc. All Kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. PHONE 205 BOWSEY BLOCK III North Second Street. GUARANTEE LIFE INSURANCE CO. MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. Capital Stock $200,000 An Old Line Company issues all forms of Limited Payments, Life and Endowment Policies. DIRECTORS:—E. J. Mints, Muskogee, I. T., Geo. D. Lennon New York; F. L. Conger, Oklahoma City; Wm. M. Eggleston, St. Louis, Mo.; C. J. Miller, Muskogee, I. T.; Samuel Raymond, Wynnewood, I. T. --- Clothiers and Haberdashers s O I I i WHO ARE YOUR HABERDASHERS? If we are not it is because you have not inspected our line. From whom do you buy your SHOES? If you do not buy them from us it is because you do not know that we carry the best line of Men Women and Children's Shoes in Muskogee. Quality in our shoes counts over all. Where do yeu get your clothing? If you have not bought our brand of "Good and Reliable" then you are loostng money by waiting or buying elsewhere. Remember that quality and style are in evidence in our Clothing, shoes, and in every art of haberdashery. See us for Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Suit Cases, Valices, Umbrellas, and OVERCOATS Especialey. We have just received a large shipment in late patterns and new weaves. Come and see them. We are the Leading Haberdahers Prices more reasonable. Quality not equaled. High Grade Goods at low prices is our motto. Come today. JONES' BLOCK, SOUTH SECOND ST.. Elliott Bros. JONES' BLOCK, SOUTH SECOND ST., Elliott Bros. Huber Hardware COMPANY Hardware, Buggies, Wagon and Harness, Paints and Oils THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN MUSKOGEE. --- TURNER HARDWARE COMPANY. Now is the ttme to buy stoves. We keep everything for the farmer. We have also a complete line of FURNITURE, CARPETS, WALL PAPER, ART GOODS, Etc, Ben's Quick Relief Mixture A speedy and sure cure for colic, cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, bloody flux, cholera morbus, griping in the stomach, cholera infantum and all towel complaints. ASK FOR A MEDICINE GLASS Ben - Estes' - Drug - Store. “a SS grr b alten N hog oh 4 oa) i \ |] ee EDN, is ‘ * ick Ex ta ae 4 Y, M4 e f fi 4 LA } Lf \ fs ay eae aN ee pe aR cae ey, << Ie. —=— I Mrs. Mary E. Meserve, of Salisbury, Mass., was cured of Anamia, a disease in which there is an actual deficiency of the blood, by the use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People She says: ‘The first symptom was an unusual paleness, Later the blood seemed to have all left my body. Lhad shortness of breath and fluttering of the heart; was de. pressed, morose and peevish. I suf. fered for Awe yee Physicians did me little good but I am new a well woman because I took twelve boxes of Dr, Williams’ Pink Pills.” These pills really make new |@ blood and have cured obstinate cases of rheumatism, scrofula and erysipelas. They are es- pecially useful to growing girls. Sold by all Druggists Preaching Tub. A Chinese carpenter at Rangoon, who had been employed to construct @ pulpit for a new Anglican church, sent in the bill for tlie work in the following form: “To one preaching tub, 60 rupees.” 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 fron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—-while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in %-pound pack- ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem- ieals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 1202. package it is because he has @ stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Detiance. Tie knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let- ters and figures “16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron Sticking. Deflance never sticks. Wear Fewer Corsets. ‘Vienna is experiencing a slump in corsets. The chamber of commerce attributes the great decrease in their manufacture during the year to the publication of a ‘medical opinion con- demning tight lacing, and also to the extension of the “reform-kleid,” or ra- tional dress, All corset factories have reduced the number of their employes and some have closed altogether, To Tell Murder from Suicide. Dr. Waldo, city of London coroner, said in a lecture recently that a wea- pon in the hand of a man who had been murdered is always tighuly grasped, so that the fingers sometimes have. to be severed before it can be released. In the case of suicide there is no grasp at all. LEpPUyY Jay Jo saSvyord souno “21 88 so}1d sUIMe Ye Silas PUB osB -yoed Ul BeOUNO gT dn pnd _s} ‘eyo AUT 0} Joj1adns Ajaynjoaqe Sujaq sepiseq YouUys COUBYed 3¥4} AoUy NOA 2,U0q Cheese Mites Are Jumpers. A eheese mite a quarter of an inch long can jump out of a vessel six fnches dep. To equal this feat a man fwould have to jump out of @ well 14s feet deep. WITH THE WORLD'S ~ BEST WRITERS} The Paris correspondent of the Lon- don Times calls attention to a remark- able consequence of the war in the far East. The horrors and sufferings attendant on that war have struck the imagination of the French, and a ened the growing unpopularity of War in soclety of all grades, which is al- ready matter of serious concern to the military chiefs. The people abhor the {dea of being dragged into a cam- paign—a feeling which, if it contin- ues, will affect all the politics of the wor}, France, in fact, will cease to be the state suspected by statesmen of an intention to disturb order. Many circumstances, says the London Spectator, tend to confirm this judg- ment, but we have still to discover whether the change is permanent or is only a passing mood. It is a little dificult to believe that the vivid his- tory of France has ended; but it is certain that the great and growing Socialist party cares little about the fleet, and wishes to convert the army into a purely defensive force, organ- ized on the Swiss plan. Only, will not the rise of a great leader, the ap- pearance of some object of ambition, or the reception of some insult re- move all that appreciation of peace? CHRISTIANITY AND CASTE IN INDIA, Although a professed follower of Christ, Swami Dharmanonda, accord- ing to the London Spectator, blames the Christian misssionaries in India for addressing themselves so largely to the lowest castes. The terms in which he speaks of the butelors, sweepers, Chamars and the like who are embracing Christianity are char- acteristic of the attitude of the high- born Hindu. ‘The intellectual Indian can admire everything in Christ except his asso- ciation with publicans and sinners. The gospel has many charms for him, but they are sadly impaired by the fact that the common people hear it gladly. The feeling is not merely one of disapproval. it frequently rises to bitter resentment, as in the case of an Indian acouaintance of mine who could never speak on the subject of native Christians without anger. His mild face would fire and his deferen- tial voice deepen with indignation as he sald: “I hate them! I hate them!” This, too, from one who was a dili- gent student of the New Testament, particularly of the fourth gospel, and who avowed belief in the divinity of Jesus. RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, During the last decade 72,622 per- sons were killed in railroad accidents, Fach year the commission's comment 1s something like the one in the re- port for 1903: “The most prominent fact in this year’s record of train ac- cidents is the appalling loss of life and train property in collisions.” When a collision takes place—and there have been some shocking slaughters recently—the cars appear to bo crushed into kindling wood be- tween the powerful engine and the heavy Pullman cars in the rear of the train. This fact seems to suggest a remedy: why not make the passenger cars of the United States a little stronger? The railroads of the Ualted States kill several hundred passengers every yoar outright, not to speak of the several thousand employes who ere sacrificed; and, as a matter of economy, it appears that it would pay to make the passenger cars stout and sirouk.—Vhiladelphia Ledger, | RECORD OF A GORY DECADE. The decade just closing must be written in history as one of the blood fest epochs of the world. In 1894 oc curred the Chino-Japanese war. ‘hen came our war with Spain, which was Immediately followed by England's war against the boers, and now Japan and Russia are fighting for the mas- tery of oriental Asia, Besides theso great struggles there were others of lesser size and note. Italy, Germany, France, England and Portugal have fought the native tribes of Africa. In- terior Asia has been the theater of much desperate fighting. The Dutch have had an. insurrection to contend with in the Hast Indies. Hayti, Central America and the northern nations of South America have had rebellions too numerous to mention, while we have been busily engaged in suppress- ing uprisings in the Filippines.— Kansas City Journal. HEALTH AT HOME. There ‘are several reasons why in- valids improve at a “health resort.’ 1¢ homes were more comfortable and less hurly-burly they might prove quite as effective as the resort. Rest, baths and water are the three watchwords of “health — resorts.’ There can-be no rest where there is fretting and rushing. Turn fretting and rushing out of the homes. Few people drink enough of water: In the first place, it must bo taken slowly, but liberally all through the day, It must be cool, but not too cold.: Men, women and children would be hap pier and healthier it they rested more. bathed oftener and drank moré water.—Philadelphia Inquirer. TO BE TREATED AS CRIMINALS Instances are commdn of the devel opment of a criminal instinct in a par ticular direction and there are noto rious cases in which the craving for crime has manifested itself at a very early age. The criminal appears s0 sane in every other direction that in- senity can not serve him for defense before a jury, yet he may be irrespon- sible in this one direction as any n- mate of an asylum. Often, however, the prompting to crime is hidden away deeply and mysteriously, and the nor- mal condition of the mind in reference to everything else being so apparent there is nothing to be done but apply the usual penalt‘es of the law.—Baiti more Herald. HIGH THINKING AND OLD AGE That mental power helps to keey the body strong and to preserve it from decay cannot be doubted. The longest-lived men and women have been, as a rule, those who have at: tained great mental! and moral devel opment. They have lived on a higher plane than gapepen, in a serene up per region, abov® the jar, tumult and fret thet weaken’ most lives. It was at the age of seventy-five that the Count de Tressan recomposed his old chivalric romances and wrote a his tory of the progress of the human mind. Herbert Spencer, one of the deepest thinkers and hardest workers of his day, has just passed away at the age of eighty-three. The intellect of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who reached fourscore on Dec. 22, 1903, shows no signs of abating vigor. His publishers have recently announced a new work.—-William Matthews in Sat- urday Evening Post. Our only victory over temptations is through persisting courage and an indomitable cheerfuluess.—Frederick W. Faber. Lice ae ts ao v7 a ( yi, V\\\7 B Mrs. Fairbanks tells how ne: & glect of warning symptoms will soon prostrate a woman. She thinks woman’s safeguard is Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. “Dear Mrs. Pinnnau: —Ignorance and neglect are the cause of untold female suffering, not only with the laws of health but with the chance of a cure. I did not heed the warnings of headaches, organic pains, and oS weariness, until I was well nigh pros- trated. I knew] had to do something. Happily I did the right thing. I tools Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound faithfully, according to directions, and was rewarded in a fow weeks to find that my aches and pains disappeared, and I again felt the glow of health through my body. Sinco I have been weil I have been more care- ful, I have also advised a number of my sick friends to take Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound, and they have never hed reason to be sorry. Yours very truly, Mrs. May Farrsayxs, 216 South 7th St., Minneapolis, Minn.” (Mrs. Fair- banks is one of the most successful and highest salaried travelling saleswomen in the West.) — g5000 forfelt if original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guides thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass, Hed Learned Something. An officer in the British army laughed at a timid woman because she was alarmed at the noise of a cannon when a salut was fired, He ubsequently married that timid woman, and six months afterwards he took off his shoes in the hall when he came in late at night. ~Dealers say that as soon as a cus- tomer tries Defiance Starch it is im- possible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or, boiled. Morning Glory Megaptones. ‘ The day of tho brass megaphone Is over. The latest thing in a megaphone mouthpiece is one built like a big morning glory and colored according: ly, red, white or blue. They are very showy and cealers expect a big sale for them. Many an author's heaviest literary work consists of an effort to sell what he has written. >t enie ACTEWIS de wwe Gi) SINGLE SY BINDER STRAGHT EHSCIGAB You Pay 10, for Cigars Not sc Good, o>) Bir. Pp: LEWIS Peoriay Ti! WinUg-onlaheme City—No, 46, 1904 BEGGS’ CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. PARRA ORS Weed ened OTT Maen COUNCIL CLOSES CREEK LAWMAKERS ADJOURN, AFTER THREE WEEKS' SESSION ANTIPATHY EXISTS IN THE NATION Racial Feeling Manifested Itself in Many Ways—Creeks Hold That Negroes Should Have No Part in Deliberations OKMULGEE: The Creek council, which has been in session for the past three weeks, has closed. Much important legislation was passed during the closing hours. One of the most remarkable features of this council has been the antipathy which has developed on the part of the full-blood Creeks toward the freedmen (negroes) who are members of the council. This racial feeling has manifested itself in n.any ways, and is the first time it has ever appeared in the council. When those negroes who were formerly slaves of the Creeks, came back to the Creek nation after the civil war they were granted equal rights by the government, and thus obtained communal rights with the Creeks. They have been accepted without a murmur in the legislative halls of the Creeks until this session of the council. The negroes have been given their land, and the restrictions removed from it by the department. The Indians have been unable to secure the removal of their disability. They claim, too, that the negroes have received all that is their share and should no longer have a voice in making laws for the Creek nation, of which they are no longer a part. This raaee feeling has cropped out a number of times this fall during the sessions of the council. The council has appropriated $76,000 for the maintenance of the schools of the Creek nation. There are nine boarding schools and about twenty-five day schools. In addition to these there are forty schools established by the government this year, which may be attended by both Indians and whites. This appropriation exhausts every dollar of the Creek national school fund. It will be used one year. After that time the Creeks will be without money for their schools, unless it can be raised from some other source. It is expected the government will take the matter in hand and provide schools, although this is purely problematical, as the last government appropriation is but for one year. OKLAHOMA NOT REPRESENTED In Government's Cotton Ginning Report, Just Issues GUTHRIE: Although the report of the government has been issued, showing the amount of cotton ginned in the various cotton growing states of the south, yet no mention is made therein of the cotton in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. These territories are eliminated entirely. This is evidently not the fault of the government, but rather should be blamed to those persons who were named to collect cotton statistics for the government. There are supposed to be agents at work in all districts, and if they do not report, of course the government has no way of including the territories in this report. The cotton ginned in the territories would show up favorably with several of the states, and would show more than a number of the oldest cottongrowing states, and the territories should have this additional showing to their credit. This work should be placed in the hands of men who will attend to it. LOOKS BAD FOR BINGHAM Some Crooked Work Being Practiced —Dawes Commission Employees in It TISHOMINGO: Some sensational testimony was given in the hearing of G. W. Bingham, the Tishomingo attorney, who was summoned before the Dawes commission here to show cause why he should not be disbarred from practicing before the commission. The hearing was conducted before Tams Bixby, chairman, and G. D. Rogers, chief counsel. Final decision was deferred until the other members of the commission can be consulted. Two clerks have already been discharged, F. C. White and W. McDavitt, as a result of an investigation from Washington. Evidence was introduced at the hearing to show that Bingham had offered bribes to the janitor to get possession of records and had advanced his clients ahead of those of other lawyers in their turns of filing at the land office, contrary to the rules of the commission. Mr. Rogers introduced testimony given by Bingham at a previous hearing, which was in substance: "Last Saturday night I saw Turner near the hotel. I told him I did not have all the records necessary for my work. I told him I would give him $100 for the use of those rolls Saturday night and over Sunday. About that time a third party came up and that stopped the conversation. I made the offer for the purpose of finding out who was getting information that I could not get and how they were going about it." J. W. Morris, a Tishomingo attorney, testified that Bingham told him that he (Bingham) could get information by paying for it "I heard him say," continued the witness, "that he could shove people ahead of their regular number by paying for it." S. W. Burton, mailing clerk in the land office and a close friend of Bingham, stated that one night he went to the attorney's house and saw a book in his room which looked identically like one of the roll books of the land office, and that a stenographer was taking data from it. Turner saw this through an open window. In rebuttal Bingham attempted to show that it was the common practice at the land office to advance people out of their turn where they were represented by favored attorneys. Walter Worden testified that numbers were taken out of the office of E. C. White and placed upon the spindle in the filing division before they should be reached. Fred T. Marr, chief clerk at the land office, was placed on the stand by Bingham's attorney in an attempt to prove that at least ten persons had the combination to the valut where the records were kept, some of whom were not at the time employes of the commission. Mr. Marr explained that some ex-employes, who previously had a right to access to the vault, still retained the combination, but that it was not given to anyone who had no business with it. Mr. Bingham's attorney attempted to prove that Mr. Marr had assisted Bingham in opening the safe one evening Marr said that he did not remember such an occurrence. In an attempt to prove thatp lats of the allotted and unallotted lands were given out from the land office contrary to the rules of the commission John McClure, of Chickasha, was placed upon the stand and swore that he bought such a plat from a land man by the name of Chapman, who declared that he could get them when ever he wanted them. McClure testified that he acted as a go-between for another man, who wanted to see if the plats could be bought and that he paid Chapman $7.50 for it. The testimony introduced by Bingham to prove corruptions in the land office, although sensational, was not definite, and involves no persons in particular except those who are not now connected with the office Cotton. GALVESTON SPOTS. Ordinary ..... 7½% Middling..... 9½% Good Ordinary 8½% Good Middling.. 10 Low Middling 9½% Middling fair... 10½ NEW ORLEANS SPOTS. Ordinary ..... 7½% Middling..... 9½% Good Ordinary 8½% Good Middling 10 Low Middling. 9½% Middling fair... 10½ Grain. KANSAS CITY. WHEAT. No. 2 red..... $ 1 08 $ 1 10 No. 2 hard..... 1 05 1 07 CORN. No. 2 mixed..... 48 48½ No. 2 white..... 48½ — OATS. No. 2..... 29½ 29⅓ CHICAGO. WHEAT. No. 2 red ..... 1 15 1 16 No. 3 red ..... 1 12 1 16 No. 2 hard ..... 1 12 1 15 CORN. No. 2 ..... 54½ 54¾ No. 2 white ..... 54½ 54¾ No. 2 yellow ..... 58½ 56¾ OATS. No. 2 ..... 29 29½ No. 2 white ..... 81½ 82 Live Stock KANSAS CITY. CATTLE. Steers—best..... $ 5 —@ $ 6 25 " —fair to good..... 3 75@ 5 — Western fed steers..... 3 50@ 5 25 Stockers and feeders..... 2 25@ 4 — Southern steers..... 2 10@ 3 75 Western cows..... 1 50@ 3 50 Native cows..... 1 50@ 3 25 Native heifers..... 2 50@ 4 75 Bulls..... 1 75@ 3 25 Calves..... 2 25@ 5 50 HOGS. Heavy..... $ 5 —@ $ 5 17 Packers..... 4 65@ 5 05 Pigs and lights..... 4 30@ 4 90 SHEEP. Native lambs..... $ 4 25@ $ 5 00 Native sheep..... 3 50@ 4 — Native ewes..... 8 50@ 4 — CHICAGO. CATTLE. Beeves..... $ 6 —@ $ 7 — Cows and heifers..... 1 40@ 5 — Stockers and feeders..... 2 —@ 4 15 Texans..... 3 25@ 5 — Westerns..... 2 90@ 5 40 HOGS. Mixed and butchers..... $ 4 90@ $ 5 20 Good to choice heavy..... 4 70@ 4 90 Rough heavy..... 4 50@ 4 80 Light..... 4 85@ 5 15 Bulk of sales..... 4 90@ 5 10 SHEEP. Sheep..... $ 4 25@ $ 4 75 Lambs..... 4 —@ 5 — Cotton Statement NEW ORLEANS: Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton, made up from special cable and telegraphic advices, compares figures of this week with last week, last year and the year before. It shows an increase for the week just closed of 228,697, against an increase of 259,380 last year, and an increase of 109,425 year before last. The total visible is 3,155,837, against 2,927,-140 last week, 2,604,122 last year and 2,809,661 year before last. Of this the total of American cotton is 2,663,837, against 2,436,140 last week, 2,112,122 last year and 2,357,661 year before last and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 492,000, against 491,-000 last week, 492,000 last year and 452,000 year before last. The total world's visible supply of cotton as above shows an increase compared with last week of 628,697, an increase compared with last year of 551,715, and an increase compared with the year before last of 346,176. Of the world's visible supply of cotton as above there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and continental Europe 1,569,000, against 1,347,000 last year and 1,313,000 year before last; in Egypt 120,000, against 107,000 last year and 112,000 year before last; in India, 177,000, against 150,000 last year and 158,000 year before last, and in the United States 1,290,000, against 1,000,-000 last year and 1,227,000 year before last. ```markdown ``` FARMERS ORGANIZATION Comanche County Tillers Endeavor to Promote Their Interests LAWTON: A movement, headed by Thomas H. Greene, known as "Farmer Green," who resides thirteen miles southeast of the city, the purpose of which is to benefit the farmers by controlling the price of products and defeating combinations alleged to exist among men of the county. Mr. Greene has a petition setting forth the objects of the association, which is to be called the Farmers' Protective association, and already has a large number of signers It is the purpose of the organizers to extend the organization throughout the new counties, thus forming a strong combine of farmers in the southwest country. Petitions similar to the one which follows are being circulated among all the farmers of the county this week and Farmer Greene is making speaking dates at a good many of the school houses. The articles of agreement follows: "We, the undersigned, hereby agree to associate ourselves together in a body, to be known as the Farmers Protective association of Comanche county, Oklahoma, and pledge our support to said association for the purposes, to-wit: "To secure the best prices possible for farm products; secure help sufficient to harvest the crop; to find the best markets for farm products and advertise the same; to encourage the holding of farm products for better prices and for better markets; to protect scale weights, to insure accuracy; to encourage the building of elevators and gins by farmers, to be operated on the mutual plan, saving the excessive charges and shrinkage, which the farmers now contend; to induce independent buyers to locate here to buy our products, thereby defeating the combinations which now exist among the buyers of the county. "We further agree that a committee of three shall be appointed to prepare by-laws and rules governing this association in all details, and that one member of this association shall be designated as manager, with full power and instructions to protect the interests of every member of this association. "No person shall be eligible to membership unless he be a bona fide farmer of Comanche county." NOT AGAINST TRUST LAWS State of Texas Lost its Suit Against Katy Railway AUSTIN, TEX.: The state of Texas lost its suit against the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway company and American Express company for heavy penalties for alleged violation of the anti-trust law, under a decision rendered by Judge Brooks in the district court. Judge Brooks held that the act of the American Express company in entering into an exclusive contract with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad company to operate over its lines of railway for a term of years was not in violation of the anti-trust law. The state took an appeal. There are forty similar cases pending in the district court here against Texas railroads and the express companies operating in this state and much hinges upon the decision of the lower court. Light Company Sues Wagoner WAGONER: A suit has been filed by the Wagoner Light and Power company, through its attorneys, Maxey & Hunt, against the city of Wagoner to recover $2,612.12 on city script. This suit is the result of the council voting against a proposition introduced some time ago to set aside a special levy of $2½ mills to pay for lighting the city. The proposition as offered by the Wagoner Light and Power company was that a reduction would be made from $8.50 per month for each light to $8.00, provided the city would levy the above mentioned $2½ mills creating a special fund to pay for street lights. SPECIAL ADVERTISING EDITION---SECTION TWO. ne 6. Muskogee, Indian Territory TTERSON MERCHANTILE Muskogee Ci Muskogee, Indian Territory, Thursday November 10, 1904. gee Cimeter. Thursday November 10, 1904. Number 5. The Muskogee Cimeter. TERRITORIAL TRUST AND SURETY CO. We have recently added PARTMENT to our business We have recently added a FIRE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT to our business under the efficient management of MR. P. M. FORD. General Merchandise. Complete abstracts of titles to all the Creek Nation Surety Bonds written Territorial Trust and Surety Company. THE CITY NAT THE CITY NATIONAL BANK Begining Thursday, Nov.10 and continuing thru Sat., Nov.26, we will reduce Goods to unheard of Prices. WATCH THIS PAPER NEXT WEEK FOR PRICE LIST. W. H. Woodward AND COMPANY. Corner 2nd and Broadway, Muskogee, Indian Territory. THERE IS ONLY ONE ROAD For you to travel this fall, The Road to true economy, It leads direct to GRAHAM, SYKES & COMPANY. In every department our supremacy was never more forcefully demonstarated than this fall. Spreading before foreyou one of the Largest and Best assorted stocks of DRY GOODS, BOYS' CLOTHING, LADIES' READY to WEAR, MEN'S FURNISINGS and SHOES ever offered to the trading people of Muskogee and surrounding country. And buying in such tremendous quantities as to permit us to under-sell in every instance. Everything that can be classified within our sphere of action is on sale and at a price that meet with the public's heartiest approval. Everything new and of the best quality- No cheap, shoddy Goods to offer. The big store never sells shody Goods, If you ever have the slightest fault to find with anything you have purchase from us simply return it in good shape. Satisfaction is always promptly assured when you buy at GRAHAM. SYKES & COMPANY'S STORE. Graham, Sykes & Co., BOYS' CLOTHING No matter what your wants in Boys' clothing we can please you, the following prices will prevail. Choice of any of our 1.50 to 1.75 suits.....$1 35 Choice of any of our 2.00 to 2.55 suits.....1,80 Choice of any of our 2.35 to 2,50 suits.....2.15 Choice of any of our 3.00 to 3.75 suits.....2.90 Choice of any of our 4.00 to 4,50 suits.....3.90 Choice of any of our 4.75 to 5.00 suits.....4.40 Choice of any of our 6.50 to 7.00 suits.....9.45 ONE PRICE, SPOT CASH. A Rejoinder to Charges Made Against the Negro. By M. G. Lewis. To the Muskogee Cimeter: I notice in most every daily or weekly paper something is said or quoted about the Negro, which is not gratifying to those of us who understand the significance of assertions. We can perform no duty more useful to our race and humanity, or more agreeable to our own feelings than that of making reparation for the unjustice done. In making these statements in justice to my race I purpose to do full and sequal justice to those who think the Negro is a livery of servitude. The Negro haters who are advocating a separate partition and separate—and heaven for the Negro trying to keep him out of all positions of honor and trust wanting to thrust him in all places of degradation are not the sentiment of our civilazation and Christian societies. Permit me to acknowledge that other races feel themselves superior to the African race and maintain an unfavorable opinion of that race because they are kept in survivile labor and the abject condition in which they see them from their childhood has a natural tendency to create in them an idea of superiority and induces many to look upon them as an ignorant and contemptible race of freedom, peace and prosperity. for CHILDREN'S SHOES Absolutely solid leather the kind that give satisfaction.— Sizes: 5 to 8 solid leather shoes .50 8 1-2 to 11 " " " .75 11 1 2 to 2 " " " 1.00 Men's, Ladies and Misses Shoes in all widths leathers and pricesf If you do not visit our Shoe department you will do yourself an injustice. aham, Sy people. people. Those who dislike the Negro should have a reasonable dislike and their dislike should be removed by reason. It is the duty of the Negro to express an opinion to the daily charges yelling about Negro problem and that "one drop of Negro Blood could change an angel" whether the Negro is human or devil if he has the qualities which is the proper object of hatred and contempt in almost every particular sort of wickedness he has had rivals. Unfortunately for those of the Negro race who are cursed with being closely identified with that race who are now yelling negro problem but blessed to the memory and intelligence of the Negro, he was not the first to yell race question or separate partition. Have we not reason to make compliment with respect to the daily changes made by Negro haters? Why citizenship inspires me to teach my race honesty and economy and to place them upon safe and sound basis to stimulate them to proper incentives to higher and noble efforts. I hope to give a more extended account of the charges made and are being made to keep the Negro in an abject condition. This I hope to do before my life work shall end. To bring the matter to a short issue, can they say before God that the --- Ladies Ready to Wear. Each season the demand for ready made garments becomes greater. Our ladies Suit and Skirt department offers some Extra inducements to CONSERVATIVE Buyers. Ladies' well tailored skirts in this fall styles... $1.00 to $20.00 Ladies New up-to-date Suits all weaves and styles, 7.50 to 40.00 These garments are extra values. You must see them to appreciate the values. Negro should not be treated with fairness and justice under the constitutional laws of this great nation? I answer first it would be better that our laws remained unwritten, that they were altogether unwritten for a few and not for the American Negro. Wisdom, virtue, mercy and generosity of public spirit, and love of our country, these are necessary to the real glory of a nation. There are a great many loyal, patriotic citizens who are anxious, ready and willing to sacrifice themselves on the altar for the good of the Republican party of their country, and themselves, and be appointed postmaster for great Muskogee. Up-to-date their are several candidates. All of them good men and good republicans, we presume that there are more who will announce themselves within the next few days, and we earnestly hope that these questions can be settled without any bitterness or acrimony among the rank and file. Up-to-date there has been considerable tinkering over this place. The Lincoln club has issued a call, and last but not by --- ILLINOIS B'L'D'G 207-209 Okmulgee Avenue. any means least, the great club which represents the citizens in this section has issued a call for all the members of that club, as that we believe will say who shall not. That is if they do not split into warring factions, and pass into the hands of republicanism. If they take that unwise step then in oor opinion, none of the clubs can claim the honor for having the appointment made. The matter will have to go to washington as though there were no citizens down here, and then our good president will do what he thinks best for the good to all concerned, and all of us will be satisfied. Fisher & White DENTAL PARLORS OCRNER THIRD AND OKMULGEE We use the best material and do highest grade work at prices within reach of all special prices on gold crowns and bridge work Have your teeth saved before its too late r ee —_ ; - Pr 7 : - = 7 a Vf — J l f “a f | le LGEOXR Bra! a ‘The Ula River. When night drops down over field and town, At the end of the weary day, 1 sit and dream of a rippling stream— Ah, many a mile away. I sit’ and dream of a rippling stream, Of the ebb and the quiet flow; Of the reeds in ranks by the wave-wash- ed banks And lilies that bud and blow. From her mud-built nest in a cranny pressed The swallow swoops to the tide; A swerve—a dari—and with joyous heart She shakes the spray from her side. The A sun shines through the needled pines, And lo! on the watery floor, . A path of red for @ fairy's tread Lies stretched to the farther shore. ‘The swimmers cry as they climb on high ‘To the rock of the silver sands, ‘TM, one by one, in the setting sun, They polse with their outstretched ands, They poise—they leap from the rocky ateep Where the evening air blows cool, And the bodies flash ay the brown arms splash In the depths of the qutet rool. Though. now, mayhap, in the river's ap There grow but the waving reeds, And the water's flow through the hills, I know, Is jost in the tangled weeds; Yet, when night drops down over field and town, At the end of the weary day, 1 dream and dream of ths rippling atream— Ah, years upon years away. ~Horatio Winslow, in Leslie's Weekly. NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD. Sources. =» Labor unions of Kansas City are again discussing plans for a labor temple. The Journeymen Tailors’ union of America, will nold a convention in Bloomington, Ill., the first Monday in February, 1905. The next convention of the Briek- layers and Stone Masons’ Interna- tional union will mect in San Fran- cisco Jan. 8, 1905. The third annual convention of the International Hod Carriers and Buiid- ing Laborers’ Union of America will meet in Minneapolis, beginning Jan. 1, 1905, Phillp Weinseimer, former presi- dent of the New York Building Trades Alliance, was found guilty on the charge of extorting $2,700 from George J. Essig for calling off a strike. The International Bricklayers’ union, through a referendum vote, de- cided not to aMliate with the Struc- tural Building Trades Alliance. Of nearly 13,000 votes cast hardly 4,000 were in favor of the proposition. The new mill being installed tn Youngstown, Ohio, by the Republic Tron and Steel Company, will be equipped to roll rails as well as sheets and tin bars. This is the first de- parture of that concern to make rails. It 1s announced that the immense The Texas State Federation of La- bor has resolved to co-operate with the Farmers’ Union and other organt- zations favorable to the majority or all of the demands of labor in order “to advance the interests of those who toil for thelr daily bread.” plant of the Acme Harvester com- pany at South Bartonville, Ill., will resume immediately, giving employ- ment to 900 men, The plant has been practically closed for a year, owing to financial difficulties. The tonnage scale in the merchant will of the Ilnois Steel company at Joliet expired Oct. 21 and a scale re- ducing wages 10 to 15 per cent was | put into effect. The men accepted the reduction, though there is bitter feel- ing, some of the men charging an ef- fort for political effect. Girl cutters are now employed at the factory of the Millet-Woodbury Shoe Company, Beverly, Mavs. The firm is teaching them to cut shoes with the hope of breaking the strike @eclared by the Knights of Labor at the shop. Girl cutters are employed te a number of places in the Weat. Dee eS et re ae OP eee ete ee | pulsory arbitration for disputes be- tween the building trades unions and contractors. A board to consist of an equal number of contractors and unfon agents is proposed. The idea has not been ratified by the unions, but has been submitted to the con- tractors. The Alliance does not rep- resent all the building trades. The proposed arbitration board would be | organized on lines similar to that of the Associated Teaming Interests. Ainong the propositions sent to a vote of the members of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Inter- national Union is one to change the location of the parent body from New York to some other city. Among the candidates for the place are Chicago and Cleveland, but New York wants to retain the headquarters. The headquarters of the Interna- tional union, which have been located in the De Soto block in Indianapolis since 1894, will be moved to the New- ton Claypool building, corner Pennsy!- vania and Ohio streets, opposite the new federal building, to-morrow, where a suite of eleven rooms has been secured on the sixth floor. The arbitration board of the execu- tive council of the Hod Carriers and Building Laborers’ union of Chicago has succeeded in reducing the hours of labor from ten to eight a day since its formation, and in securing an in- crease in wages from $1.50 for ten hours to $2.70 for eight hours. The increase affected a thousand hod car- riers and building laborers. The Amalgamatet! Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers has adopted a novel method to regain some of the nonunion steel plants in Pittsburg by declaring them to be “open shops” and permitting men to work there if they wish and still be recognized as union men. The move is expected to result in a great ad- vantage to the steel workers’ union. The United States Steel Corpora- tion has declared that $1,000,000 will be spent, if necessary, to beat the Amalgamated Association in its bat- tle against the Carnegie Steel Com- pany at Youngstown, O., and Girard, O. The victory of the company in this fight would mean the annihila- tion of the great Amalgamated Asso- ciation of iron and steel workers of America, The Department of Health of New York {is preparing to make a more rigid inspection of food products sold in the city. Two extra chemists have been added to investigate the extent of adulteration, and the department this year will spend more money along this linc than heretofore. The new chemists are now engaged in ex- amining syrups for adulterations or deleterious combinations, James G. Woodward, who was elect- ed mayor of Atlanta, Ga., on Oct. 5, is a member of Typographical Union No. 48 of that city, and is one of the union's trustees, Mr. Woodward has been a member of Typographical Union for thirty-five years. He has always taken an active interest in the affairs of organized labor and is proud to be known as a mayor who will carry a union card in his pocket. The strike of the sheet metal workers in Philadelphia and other pities was settled through an agree- ment with the employers by which strikes and lockouts are forever barred, The men have obtained an merease from 37% to 40 cents an hour in Wages and a guarantee that only inion men shall be employed, while he employers haye gained the ad- vantage of immunity from all labor roubles in the future, Recently published census figures out of three of these child workers is a girl. There are said to be 1,750,178 children regularly employed, an in. crease of 531g per cent in ten years. Alabama has the highest percentage of child labor, finding work for 27.2 per cent of her children, while Massa: chusetts has the lowest, having only 0.5 per cent of her juvenile popula tion at work. Steps are being taken to establish at Denver, Colo., a home for aged and indigent carpenters. A commit: tee was appointed at the recent con- vention of the Brotherhood of Car. penters and Joiners to investigate the proposition and make a report there: on. The carpenters generally are said to be favorable to the proposi- tion. Leaders of the movement point out the snecess which has attended the institution of the printers’ home at Colorado Springs and the good work they say it has accomplished. The Cigar-Makers’ Journal says: “The membership of the International Union is greater now than it has ever been before, having reached about 42,000 regular 30-cent contributing members. This argues well for the future Aud is a sure indication that we are on a solia foundation and that nothing can destroy us except our own folly. No power from without can accomplish our defeat or disrupt the International Union. The best way to convert the nonunionist to our way of thinking and making him a member is by the use of argument and facts. Violence and abuse make enemies and drive the nonunionist f.rther away from us. There is a difference between the willful scab and the ordinary nonunionist. The first is viciously mean and should be treated accordingly, while the latter is, in most cases, such owing to en- vironments. He should be shown the error of his ways and urged by kind- ly argument to become one of us, It is the duty of the International Union to lift up the whole craft, and all members should apply themselves to this task in a rational and business- like way.” One of the week spots in the American labor movement is the lack of preparation in times of peace for war; the smail war chest in the shape of a permanent reserve fund, says the Cigarmakers’ Journal. What am- munition and provisions are to a reg- ular army a strong reserve fund is to a trade union; ample to support mem- bers on strike for an indefinite time. The weapon of the Employers’ Asso- ciation is the lockout, the attempt to starve the employes into submission by a long struggle, with the ultimate aim to crush the organization, and re- duce wages to a mere point of exist- ence. A general at the head of an army, ignoring the commissary de- partment in providing ample provi- sions in times of peace, {8 incompe- tent and should be relegated to the rear. The London Board of Trade, through its Bureau of Labor, has just issued its eleventh annual report showing changes in the rates o: wages and hours of labor throughou‘ the United Kingdom in 1903 and the first six months of 1904. The report shows a net decrease in wages. Coal | mining, Iron and steel working, en- vineering, shipbuilding and glass” manufacturing are the trades most \ffected by the fall in wages. The ‘eport shows that about 897,000 work eople had their wages changed dur- ng 1908. Of these 21,000 obtained nereases amounting to about £1,500 $7,280) a week, while 875,000 were re- juced in amount about £39,000 ($189 - 194) a week. Changes affecting 78 er cent of the total number of work APRS te as an ae ON. |, A new oil engine is the recent and fruitful development of the internal combustion motor and its adaptation to the use of crude oils or oils of a Specific gravity that precludes their use in motors of the ordinary type. Like all engines suitable for crude oil the latest innovation has provision for the injection of water into the cyl- inder before compression. This has the effect of allowing a much higher compression without preignition than is ordinarily possible, and it has other important effects. The builders say that the water vapor prevents the de- composition of the petroleum to an extent, enabling the engine to run long periods with crude oils without leaving an excess of deposit on the vaporizer's walls. It is not easy to understand why water should prevent decomposition of the petroleum. Tne engine works on the four stroke cycle and uses the heavy black petroleum cils and the semi-refined or inter- mediates, as well as the ordinary re- fined lamp oil. There is a cylinder fourteen inches in diameter, giving forty-seven brake horse power with horse power with crude oils. On the suction stroke of the piston air is drawn into the cylinder through the main air valve, and ofl is pumped through the ofl sprayer into the va- Porizer, which receives a further sup- ply of air through a shifting valve. At the same time water is pumped through the water sprayer and enters the vaporizer. This charge is then compressed, and, as the crank of the engine passes the inner dead center, is ignited by the hot igniting tube, giving the working stroke. The ex- haust valve then opens to allow the burnt charge to escape, completing the cycle of operations. The ignitions are continuous on all loads, and tue ignition tube is therefore retained ct the required temperature without the aid of a lamp except when starting the engine. The speed of the machine is governed by varying the amount cf water and oil injected, so that on heavy loads full charges of oil and water are delivered, while on light loads small charges are given. Automatic Railway Signal. Misreading of signals and failure to wecute them are the most potent causes of accidents on railways and it has been the work of many in- ventors to lessen these dangers by introducing automatic signals, which shall relieve the human mind of the responsibility as far as possible. Thus the block systems now show signals which are supposed to prevent the train next following from running into the one which has set: the sig- nal. But these signals depend on the ALT | eaa= a eel ee Pe —\a5 Fe ee Stops Engine Without Aid, vigilance and action of the engineer, and so it may be wise to go 4 step further and make the block system not only set a signal against a train following on the same track, but also operate a mechanism to bring the sec- ond train to a standstill should the signal be unheeded. How this may be done is shown in tho illustration, There is a lever depending from the engine on the small forward truck, with a cord con- necting with the throttle and also with the bell and whistle. Beside the track is a long, light rail, which is elevated or depressed after the man- ner of the signal arms. A reverse lever is provided for use when the en- gine is backing and, seemingly, there in little chance now for a train tp run Yast the block set against it. ‘The inventor of this system ig Oxr C. Wishor of Delphos. Jowa, > Call of the City. Faint and far, like a thing of dreams. With palace and mart and spire. With the tread of a million hurrying feet. With hope and regret and desire The city lies and it calls with a voice That touches men's souls with fire. The fields stretch far to the rim of the day. Fan meadow and fen and fall— But ever and ever the wind fares forth With its burden, the city's call. The maid who dreams by the side of the brook For she catches the throng's acclaim In the voice of the brook and the whispering breeze They bring her the message of fame. The youth with his hand on the stubborn plow, As furrow on furrow he turns, Bares his head to the tempter breeze And a wondrous fire there burns In the depths of his steadfast, grave young eyes As he stands there strong and tall— For over the hush of the fallow field Comes stealing the city's call. The student bending to parchment and page. While the midnight oil burns low, Delves on and on, for the way is long That the searcher for truth must go— But a glow o'erspreads his strange, wan face. As he lets the last page fall. For into the quiet, shadowed room Comes creeping the city's call. Faint and far, like a thing of dreams, With palace and mart and spire, With the tread of a million hurrying feet. With hope and regret and desire— The city lies and it calls with a voice That touches men's souls with fire. —Boston Transcript. NOT HIS SWEETHEART A handsome, shabbily dressed young man was strolling along the Yarmouth quay, when he was attracted by a window out of which a girl was leaning, her soft hazel eyes fixed on the opposite doorway. Here a red-faced woman with a broom was barring the door against a huge sailor who was carrying on a conversation with some one within. "Then what am I to do? The ship's ready to sail," called the big man wildly, "and here you are a-sulkin'. I'll have the police on ye." The young girl in the window smiled at this, and meeting the eyes of the young man he smiled, too. Then a thought seemed to strike him—"I'd like a job," he said to the big sailor. "I'm a lands- JUST OUT WOLLE AND MAGAZINE Zangwu His gaze was riveted on an advertisement. man, but you'll find me willing." "Humph!" looking the stranger over. "Well, it's an eight weeks' trip." "I don't care if it's for eight years. There's nothing to stop me here." "Come on, then," cried the delight- ed fisherman. 'But stop. Who's goin' to take your pay card? What's your name, my lad?" "John Smith," was the answer, and his hesitation escaped the skipper. "Well, Smith, for fear of accidents, some one had better take your money. Who'll ye leave it with?" The young man again looked up at the window at the sweet, pure face above him. The gaze of the rough sea giant followed his glance. "Oh, I see!" he exclaimed; "you're going to ask it, miss. Well, you know where to go. Old Tom Price is the owner, an' the name of the vessel the Saucy Lass. Come on, Smith, no more hankyin'; your sweetheart 'ull take your money," and he seized the newly shipped by the arm. At the word "sweetheart" the cheeks of the girl at the window grew as the geranium at her elbow. In a startled manner she leaned over the sill. "No, no," she cried in confusion, "I do not know the gentleman. I—I—" But already Smith, with the hand of the skipper on his arm, had been hurried out of earshot, and before she could reach the door the two had vanished down the road. Eight weeks later the young man, bronzed and hearty, stood on the Yarmouth quay. His rig had given place to a decent suit of clothes, and he seemed pondering which way to go. At last he wandered on to the seashore. Deep in thought, he strolled by the edge of the white crested breakers till he came to the Danes. Finding a spot where pale blue violets lay among the sea grass, he flung himself down and pulled out an envelope. It contained a postoffice order wrapped in a piece of note paper, and on this was written "Katherine Perry." The amount was the sum due on his pay card. He had been to the house, but found her gone. Yet there was his money left by her in this form. He lay in the sun and tried to solve this mystery, but no solution came, and with the murmur of the sea in his ears he romantically kissed the order. Then he rose and walked back. On his homeward way he stopped to buy a morning paper. They were but just in, and the shopman was sorting them. Suddenly he caught his breath. His gaze was riveted on an advertisement that read thus: "George Neal is earnestly requested to communicate with Messrs. Furness and Wrapp, solicitors, Lincoln Inn Fields, when he will hear of something to his advantage. Any one knowing of the whereabouts of the said George Neal and communicating the same to the above firm will be suitably rewarded." By noon that day John Smith had shaken the dust of Yarmouth from his feet and was on his way to London. Arrived there, he hailed a cab and was driven at once to the solicitors' office. As he burst into the office a carefully dressed old gentleman stepped forward to greet him. This he did by almost shaking his arm off. "Why, my dear George, how glad I am to see you!" he cried. "We have been advertising for you all over the country. How is it you haven't seen our advertisement before," "I have been at sea—in a fishing smack," replied the visitor. "Sea!—fishing smack!" gasped the lawyer. "You, George?" In a few words the young man told his story. The old solicitor listened with much interest; then his face grew grave. "So you have not heard the news, my boy?" he said. "What news, sir?" "Your uncle is dead." "Dead," he repeated, "and we parted in anger because I refused to follow the profession he had chosen for me." "Exactly, and as soon as you left I was called upon to make a new will. At first, my dear boy, he wavered between leaving his money to a home for cats and the founding of a colony for reformed pickpockets. But these mad projects soon evaporated, and with one condition he made his property over to you." With a curious expression of face the young man looked up. "And that condition?" he said. "Excuse me a minute," said Mr. Fur ness, as he looked at his watch: "I expected a lady here presently; let us step into my private room." The lawyer led the way and in the privacy of the apartment they both sat down again. "And that condition?" said George Neal, firmly. "Now, my dear boy," said the lawyer, "don't fire up. You have had your way; let the dead man have his. You would not let him choose you your profession, but he would find you something, so he found you a wife." "In some little miserable seaport on the east coast your uncle had what nearly every successful man has nowadays—a poor relation. It came to his knowledge that this poor relation had died and left a daughter. This was THE FEDERAL MUSEUM OF ART "Miss Kate Perry," he said. quite enough for your uncle, and he made it a requisite condition that you marry her. "The lady's name is—" "Stop!" With his face expressing all the bitterness he felt the young man rose. "Before you continue," said Mr. Furness, hurriedly, "allow me to say a word. I have confidence in you as a gentleman, George, but I put you on your guard. The lady is here." There was a knock and the door was gently opened. The clerk came first, then the lawyer, with old-fashioned courtesy, hastened forward to intercept the visitor. He took her hand and led her over the threshold. "Miss Kate Perry," he said; "and this, my dear young lady, is George Neal." All the blood that was in Neal's body rushed to his face. He stood, grasping at the back of his chair, unable to utter a word. Then the little hand that the lawyer held started trembling so violently that it attracted Mr. Furness' attention, and he hastily led her to a chair. Next he slyly examined the pair of them. "It is possible," he said, "that my introduction comes a trifle late. Am I wrong in this surmise." "I—I" stammered Kate. 'Mr. Smith," then she stopped, blushing deeply. "Smith?" said the lawyer, mystified. "Smith? It is a well-known name, but I cannot say that up to the present I have heard it in connection with this case." At last George Neal's tongue was untied, and he hastened to the rescue. "I have met this young lady before," he said, "under very singular circumstances; we now meet under circumstances stranger still. An explanation is due her, and, if you will give me a little time to explain—" "Certainly, certainly," said Mr. Furness, rubbing his hands. "Take all the time you require. I am quite content to let Cupid take my place as mediator," and, with a beaming face, he bowed himself out. If the old lawyer's clerk had any desire to look into that room after his master had left it he was disappointed. Mr. Furness' eyes never left him for a moment. When it seemed to the despairing clerk that the best part of the day had gone, Mr. Furness went back to his strangely met visitors. His eyes fell first on the drooping figure of Kate. "May I hope," he said gently, "that the explanation has not been a tiresome one?" "No," said George, with a glowing face; "to me it hasn't. Now, old friend, listen to me. I have offered my dear Kate the property without incumbrance. But she has refused to accept it on any such terms. What are we to do?" "My advice," said the old lawyer, "is to go into partnership. And if the wishes of a dry old bit of legal parchment, who had a love dream once, can follow you far, they will repeat good luck and much happiness." WOMEN IN THE TROPICS. Took Advantage of Vacation Time to Go Botanizing in Jamaica. Miss Winifred J. Robinson of Vassar college and Miss Mary M. Brackett, secretary of the Wadleigh High school, spent their vacation in Jamaica this summer, and were the pioneers of their sex in the field of botanical research in the tropics. They were accompanied by Miss Brackett's mother, Mrs. L. C. Brackett. Last week they returned laden with botanical spoils. Jamaica is the favorite home of the ferns. Miss Robinson went in search of material for a study of the life history of the filmy fern, by far the daintiest of its race. Miss Brackett went in quest of material for study of the embryology of the mistletoe and found the island rich in specimens. Those familiar only with the mistletoe that is mingled with the Christmas greenery will be surprised to learn that Miss Brackett secured at least twelve varieties of the plant in the vicinity of Cinchona, where a laboratory for the study of tropical vegetation was established on the island last year by the New York Botanical garden. Miss Robinson and Miss Brackett are the first women who have availed themselves of the opportunities offered by the laboratory. A cottage, with grounds enclosed and a small hothouse, was assigned to their use and saved them the inconvenience of camp life, and they made Cinchona the base of operations during their six weeks' sojourn on the island. In their invasion of the wilds they reached an altitude of 6,000 feet above sea level, in localities totally unknown to tourists and but little known to explorers and scientists. Assisted by a guide, ponies and two native boys, whose chief duty was to clear the way of the densest of undergrowth, they explored John Crow peak and Monkey Hill pretty thoroughly. Miss Robinson secured a large collection of herbarium specimens and living plants which are expected to reveal many new species. They were collected for Vassar college. Miss Brackett was equally successful in securing material for her investigation into the early life of the mistletoe.—New York Sun. Dinner-Table Train. Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. have built a small train, specially for a millionaire, to take round decanters and cigars after dinner. The little engine, over which two dolls in blue overalls preside, is constructed of silver-plated copper in miniature reproduction of a Great Western locomotive. The tender is stacked with coals from the millionaire's own coal mine. When the millionaire touches a button the train starts. It runs quite slowly round the track, and when the guest picks up a decanter the current is broken, and the train stops till he replaces it. The total length of the train, which is driven by electricity, is over five feet, and the track is constructed for a twenty-foot table.—London Tit-Bits. Builds Turbine Yacht. Sir George Newnes, member of parliament, is having built for him at Newcastle-on-Tyne a 1,300-ton yacht of the turbine type.