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The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, Indian Territory, Thursday November 24, 1904. THE GREAT EMORY MILL REMNANT SALE EMORY'S MILL REMNANT & MANUFACTURER'S SALE EMORY'S SALE DELIVERY COPYRIGHTED 1902, BY W. T. EMORY. The Only Original Mill End Sale. Direct From Factory to Consumer. The Prices Made are Absolutely Mill Cost. This Sale opens NOVEMBER 29,1904,at THE FAIR Look for the green tickets and green flags See the big green circular at your door. EMORY is the Only Original and Held at THE FAIR Don't take anybody's word for this Sale, come see for yourself. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION -- OF ———- 6 A«& Pe GUARANTEE GOLD BOND LOAN & SAVINGS CO Drafts to All Parts of the World Also Ban Money Orders ‘ MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. AT THS CLOSE OF BUSINESS THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 1904. RESOURCES. | ———_LTABILITIES. Loans and Discounts..........$3,062 80) Capital paid in $5,000 00 Overtdratte..........0c..c.002,, BOL 12 | Net Surplus vgn sie Ve Bonds Premiums & Stocks.. 1,992 50 | Deposits Subject to Check 872 07 Furmure and Fixtures...... . 1,130 00| Time Deposits 4,000 00 Cash and Sight Exchange.... 1,166 97 | . Kealkstate veces ee 8150 00 | ‘ | ileal ti $11,723.39 | $11,723 30 1, Win. H. Sima, Secretary and Manager of the Guarantee Gold Bond Loan | and Savings Company, up-n 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 Subseribed and sworn to before me this tne 8rd day of Nov., 1004. LENNA LANNIGAN, Notary Public: Spott Cash Store BIG LINE OF FALL MILLiINARY! Shirt Waist Suits, Shirt Waists, Corsets, Hosiery, Muslin Underwear, Dry Goods, Tin Ware and Mnameied Ware, Queens Ware, and Glass Ware. THE FAIR! THE FAIR! cee M GUARANTEE LIFE 5’ SURANCE CO. MUSKOGEE, IN".: | TERRITORY. Capital Stock $200,600 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 Ray- mond, Wynnewood, I. 'T. SMITH=-TORRANS CO. j aX rn ot sa( Sea ete a CS (3 (el _F” EVERY THIRG RR Oe Wee FOR THE HOUSE ss 2)\ gee e - 7 eeu - - cae. SATISFACTION OR YOUR MONEY BACK ro ik fr _ = Ni cad Wie atm lipo es Wes ee North Main St. : : : Muskogee, |. T WE CAN f RENT YOUR HOUSES i I ee ee ae ie ee ie a ace : { a 43. / a ’ The Canadian Valley Trust | . : Company Has a number of appli ants who desire to rent houses, Owners of three, four, ; five ant six room honses ean secure de- § sirable tenants by sting their property { with us, . REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. | Ne PRORORONOROROROROROROHORORORORORORONOEO ACA R SEV ROK DS ; ¢ in & 0) HE WORLD’S FAIR : ¢ : a i . ee ET RENAN : a : You are going, of course, and it is natural that you q a want to go as reasonably as possible. This will in- ‘ terest you: On z ; Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursday ° : in other words, every day in the week except Friday : : and Saturday, until the close ofthe Fair, The : : : ’ . a : will run Extremely Low Rate : oe F ?COACH EXCURSION ; a = : 3 * B : TO ST. LOUIS : +; AT LESS THAN ONE FARE for th ROUND TRIP. ' ; at 05 per cent reduction, to be exact, Return limit ; > seven days from date of sale. Ask your nearest tick- 5 et agent regard'ng rates, and tel! him about the ad- 5 ; vantages of the Rock Island Route to the Fair, 5 B GEO. HH LEE, G. PL & TA. J. S. MeNALLY, Ds PL AL 8g , Little Rock, Ark. . Oklahoma City 5 Rat her ea uacte se he te Sl ve eh OMEN Dag t ce Ma ane tes iba OR | | FRISCO SYSTEM | CHICAGO ©& EASTERN ILLINOIS R.R. ; e ° | Double Daily Trins BETWEEN ° ° | $t. 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. HITCHCOCK FAVORS SALE. To Recommend Indian Land Legisla- tion in Report, ENCOURAGE SETTLERS. Secretary of Interior Proposes Laws Allowing Indians of Five Tribes to Sell Allotments to Home- steaders, . Washington, Nov. 19.—In his forthcoming report Secretary Hitch- cock will recommend that legisla- tion be enacted authorizing sale of lands held by Indian allottees of the five civilized tribes. Under existing laws only the Creek Indians are al- lowed to sell their lands immediate- ly upon securing patents. In the other tribes such sales are postponed for five years. The secretary will recommend that these laws be changed so as to per- mit sales by all the five tribes ‘‘to be made only to actual settlers who o8obenbenememenemeresteseset should be required to occupy and im- prove the lands for five years before receiving deeds conveying full title to them.’ The secretary will express the opinion that under the proposed arrangement the Indians will receive larger sums for their land and also that they will be greatly benefited by having actual settlers in close proximity to the residue of their land. “Stich legislation he says, ‘will tend to prevent the accumulation of large tracts of land for speculative purposes only and will permit the pur- chase of the lands by persons desir- ous of making there homes for them- selves upon the Indian lands.” The secretary is confident that hts plan will result in the rapid increase of desirable population in Indian Ter- ritory and will greatly relieve the present situation, which he says, en- ables the speculator to crowd out the homeseeker, leaves the Indian a help- less victim to the cupidity of the un- scrupulous and seriously embrasses development. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. IND. TER NEW STATE NEWS The grand jury for the federal court at South McAlester has returned six indictments for murder. The Commercial National bank of Muskogee is the only government depository in Indian Territory. The Teachers' association of the Creek nation will meet at Okmulgee on Thursday, November 24, and the meeting is expected to have a full attendance. Shipments of coal from McAlester, Lehigh and Coalgate are now running about 200 cars a day. Formerly the average was about half that amount. The four-year-old son of Philip Roe of Pond Creek was burned to death while playing with matches and attemtping to light a bonfire. Captain Peter Maytubby, residing near Tishomingo, has begun to bore for gas and oil on his allotment, near Maytubba Springs. The city council of Hartshorne has granted a franchise to the Indian Territory Traction company to build its line through the business portion of the town. The line will be completed and ready for business by January 1st. Reputy Sheriff Sigman of Comanche county has returned from Whitesboro, Texas, with Lester McCall, wanted in that place upon the charge of bigamy. All the vacant lots at Madill have been sold. The lots found ready sale at prices above the appraised value. The highest price paid for residence lots in the Chickasaw nation was at this sale, when three small lots sold for $602. All persons under sentence to the penitentiary from Indian Territory will, hereafter, according to instructions from the attorney general, be sent to Atlanta, Ga., instead of to Leavenworth, Kas. J. Hsunp Williams of Kingston has been appointed mining trustee for the Chickasaw nation, to succeed Charles Carter, whose term has expired. The duty of the trustee is to look after the royalties on coal and minerals, and see that the nation gets its just dues. John Meisberger, the thirteen-year-old boy who was caught robbing postoffice boxes at Oklahoma City, has been sent to the reform school at Washington. The lad had been in jail many times for petty thefts, but when he infringed on the United States he was promptly taken in for good. Wapanucka has organized its first school this year, and there are now 230 pupils enrolled. The outlook is very encouraging, and arrangements are being made for voting bonds the proceeds of which are to be used for the erection of a school building. At Oklahoma City last week Dan Patch lowered the world's pacing record on a half mile track to 2:03 flat. The previous record was 2:03 $ \frac{1}{4} $ held by himself. About two weeks ago he lowered his own record and the world's record on a mile track from 1:56 $ \frac{1}{4} $ to 1:56. Had it not been for a soft place on the Oklahoma City track, which caused the speed wonder to break, he would have made the double lap in nearly the two minute mark. --- the top bore out $ \frac{1}{2} $ - inch off holes. Mount the wheel, and oil the bearings, when, if the shaft is true, it will run easily and smoothly. In the end of the box bore a hole with its center $ 2 \frac{3}{4} $ inches from the lower edge, and $ 2 \frac{1}{2} $ inches from each side. The diameter of this hole should be such as just to permit the jet to be hammered in. The stream of water will thus hit the upper quarter of the lowest cup, when directly beneath the shaft, and the center of the cup next following. As the jet is apt not to be absolutely true, slight adjustment can be made by turning it upon its long axis. Screw the box to a stout plank, having a 3-inch hole directly under the center of the wheel. The board should be long enough to reach the length of the sink and be attached to the woodwork at each end. This is simple and firm. The joint can be made watertight by a washer of thin sheet rubber. If the wheel is used to drive a dynamo, both may be attached to the same base-board. The spray guard is separate for convenience in casting the Babbitt boxes and subsequently for oiling. It is constructed of zinc, 6 inches high, and long and wide enough to slip snugly into the lower section for about 1 inch. Four screws will keep it in place. The machine is now complete. H.F. Swartz, in Scientific American Supplement. Paint for a Shingle Roof. J. W. D.—I wish to paint a shingle roof which is seventeen years old, and would like to know what paint to use. The old roof referred to would take twice as much paint as a new roof. Oxide of iron and paint oil make a very good paint for a roof. In the experience of the writer in painting roofs, the shingles should be painted before being laid. This can be easily done by dipping the small end of the shingle in a tub of paint and running the shingle through rubber rollers the same as a clothes wringer; a small brush can be placed so as to paint the edges of the shingles also. The shingles require to be dipped only about two inches in the paint and the rollers will distribute the paint over the rest of the surface. Roofs covered with shingles painted as described are at present nearly as good new, after being on twelve years. Ox Eve Daisy. G. F.—Please let me know the best way to work land to get rid of ox-eye daisies. The white flowered or true Ox-Eye Daisy is a perennial plant which roots close to the surface and can easily be destroyed in land which is regularly worked by simply plowing down or by keeping land under a short rotation of crops. The seeds, however, are produced in enormous numbers, and it is not easy to clean land with a single treatment. The best agricultural method I know of is to seed down heavily with timothy and clover. These fodder plants are in their best condition for cutting for hay in both crops just at the time the Ox-Eye Daisies are in blossom. Although not a good addition to the hay such plants as grow up the first year are of small size and when the land is plowed down are destroyed. Blunder of the New Porter. Hotel guest—This is queer tasting mineral water. Where did you get it? New porter—Found it hanging there on the wall. Guest—You idiot! That isn't mineral water; it's fire extinguisher!—Detroit Free Press. HUMOUR of the DAY A Serious Matter. The Major—Those no-account corner loafers robbed Jim Smithers of $14 yesterday. The Judge—Well, that's no great matter. The Major—But they also took a jug of whisky away from him, judge. The Judge—They did? B'gad, suh, it's time to call a halt to these outrages!—Pittsburg Post. A Great Pleasure. MILTON AND HENRY "What'd you get for your birthday?" "Ma let me go to de dentist an' see him pull me brudder's tooth out!" Sure to Be Well Treated. "Goodart has opened a restaurant down the street. Let's go for lunch." "Nonsense! That man hasn't the slightest idea of how to run a restaurant." "I know. He'll be sure to give you more than your money's worth."—Philadelphia Press. Process Reversed. "You regard campaign calculation as a distinct branch of mathematics." as a distinct branch of mathematics." "Yes," answered the erudite personage. "The method differs from all others. You start with the answer and then work backward and evolve a problem to demonstrate it." SQUARET'S THINK OF IT Stock Broker—"Yes, I want a book keeper, but see here—do you bet on the races?" Applicant—"Why—er—yes, sometimes, sir." Stock Broker—"Sorry, but you won't do. We don't want gamblers working for us." Maude—Don't you know that cigarettes are a slow poison? Ferdy—Well, do you suppose I want to die in a hurry? SEA PIGEONS IN MILLIONS. Birds Shut Out Light of Sun on Pacific Coast. Traveling in immense hordes which resemble huge black clouds sweeping over the water, millions of sea pigeons came in from the sea last week, close in the wake of mammoth schools of sardines, which they were intently pursuing. Flying three or four deep and a score or more abreast, millions upon millions of the small birds were seen floating over Baker's Bay and the lower Columbia, forming a solid but ever changing mass, almost impenetrable to the human gaze. The speed at which they flew was largely a matter of conjecture, but probably was not less than fifty miles an hour. One flock of pigeons was more than two hours passing over the bar. Thousands of the birds became entangled in the mesh of the fish trap leads at high tide, and the weight of their bodies is a serious menace to the gearing. At sea the pigeons can generally be found where the sardines exist, but they come to the river every summer. Their usual custom is to follow schools of whale, which also feed upon the sardines. Waiting till the sardines are surrounded and the whales are about to rush upon their victims, the pigeons slip in and gorge themselves upon the fish.—Ilwaco Journal. Ancient Tinder Boxes. Tinder boxes now have no practical use, and, indeed, a statistician recently declared that matches will soon be a thing of the past. This is an electric age, just in its infancy, and the future is big with promise. Tinder boxes were used two or three hundred years ago, and much ingenuity and taste were displayed in their making. Even the wood was elaborately carved by some of the most skilled artisans, and the one here shown, which is a fair specimen of that peri- is now in a celebrated collection in England. A Soap Tree. An excellent soap, possessing no alkaline properties, is extracted in Algeria from the fruit of a tree known to botanists as Sapindus utilis. The fruit is about the size of a horse-chestnut, and the saponaceous substance is cheaply extracted with the aid of water or alcohol. This natural soap tree grows also in India, China, and Japan. Millionaire's Humble Beginning. A New Bedford man has an old pay roll of the Fairhaven Branch Railroad company which carries the name of Henry H. Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate, who worked as baggage master in June, 1861, for twenty-one days, and received $24.23 therefor, an average of about $1.16 per day. Inventor of Barbed Wire. Henry Fuchs, who died recently at San Francisco, was the inventor of barbed wire. It is said that he made a fortune from his invention, but lost it all in Alaska when he went in search of gold. Bee Works in Darkness. A bee that works only at night is found in the jungles of India. It is an unusually large insect, the combs being often six feet long, four feet wide, and from four inches to six inches thick. Great Inducements at Brin's Specialty Store We are over stocked in Ladies, Misses and Children Jackets and Skirts that we will offer greater bargains than any house in Muskogee. Don't fail to see our Ladies' Long Jackets with belt in the back just received at $7.50 they will cost you double elsewhere. Our Ladies SKIRTS at $1.50, $2.00 are the talk of the town, see us for than line of goods Before you buy. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR NEXT WEEK'S SPECIALS, WE WILL MAKE IT INTERESTING Published every week in the interest of the Negro by the Cimeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee, I. T., as second class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION: (In advance) One Year ..... $1.00 Six Months ..... 50 Three Months ..... 25 W. H. TWINE - - - - Editor. WOOD, Ace't Editor and Manager. J. T. TRIMBLE - - - Solicitor E. T. HEARNE, - - - City Reporter. The red cross on your paper means your time is up and that the paper will be stopped unless you pay up promptly. Read our advertisements and patronize those who carry an adv. with us. They deserve your trade and will give value received for your money. If you get a copy of this paper and are not a subscriber it means that you are invited to send in your subscription. Do so at once. When they downed Tyson they defeated the purest man in the connection and time will show that a great mistake has been done. Next week we will try to give a little unwritten history of what happened after conference adjourned and how some of the brethren allowed their sacred robes to trail in the mud, mud, mud. Bert Greer on the Hamilton Bill reminds us of the hard shell Baptist preacher who sticks to that old trite saying, "You can and you can't, You will and you won't, You will be damned if you do and damned if you don't." The rank and file would like to see the Republican club meeting on some night other than Saturday night, but if it must come on that night let it come and it will be "Lay on McDuff and damned be he who first cries Hold Enough." The Booker Washington Republican club is a new organization in the northeast part of the fourth ward and is strictly a ward club and any one living in the ward can join. They do not assume to be the whole thing and are not in opposition to the organization or party machinery. Great Induc If you wish the better class of our people to come and locate with us we must get rid of the tough element of our race. They are a nuisance to good government and are only fit to fill the jail and penitentiary and the sooner they get there the better it is for us all. No good citizen will hide the wrong doer or commit perjury in order to protect the scoundrels from the pen. The Lincoln club had another meeting as we predicted and they are "up in the air" in so far as endorsing a candidate is concerned. Evidently there was no lubricating oil in sight and the fifteen members present orated until they were tired, cussed out the Republican party until they were satisfied, pitched a few chuncks at the Cimeter and then subsided. The poor cusses are hunting a soft place to fall. There are some good hotels in Oklahoma City also rooming houses and some of our fellows can testify to the splendid manner in which travelers are entertained. In fact there are so many pleasures and so many attractions at some of these places that the wearers of the cloth are sometimes beguilded and forget that the pleasures of the world are not for them( but after all any of us are liable to fall from grace when Eve the mother of all evil beguiles us.) E. E. Sims, president of Lincoln club has been heard from through Thursday mornings issue of the daily Phoenix. Sims warns his men against boodlers and their rascality, and says that the club is not for sale and that it will take action at the proper time. That of course, is right, and most assuredly the club will endorse some one who is competent, if they have to take another shot. But this is one thing the president omitted to say and that is the b——seems to be in the majority, or hopelessly in the minority. It was 33 to 8, that voted before to endose Estes. Mr. President, will you be kind enough to tell who are the boodlers, of the two, the 33 or the 8 members.—Ploneer. Good shot old man, we are waiting to hear the answer. Some of the teachers are cussing the Cimeter about the position taken by this paper on the schools. Some of them want to know if we are after them. In reply we say only after the bad. There are some of them in our opinion all O. K., and others not. Those who made the uncomplimentary remarks about us in a public place should be careful as we are posting up and people in glass houses are liable to get their windows broken. We are against immoral persons having positions in the school and we don't care a tinkers d—— who they are, where they come from or under whose protecting wing they are sailing. The day of retribution is near and those who have invited an open charge will get it. We have given thos who have insisted that those things existed a chance to say so but since they are unwilling or are too cowardly to make good, we say that we have some facts that will be given the public and later on will turn on the electric light. We do not wish to harm a single deserving person and do not believe in stabing one in the back. No pure person will receive injury at our hands and no immoral debaunched degraded creature shall escape. The A. M. E. conference for the Indian Territory has made its appointments and Rev. Tyson is not a P. E. anymore. Rev. Tyson had the manhood and courage to refuse the appointment given by the good Bishop and returned the appointmet on the spot. Tyson's enemies reported in great glee that they had downed the giant at last. There is one thing that can be said of Tyson and that is that he is a clean man. There has never been a breath of suspicion against his character as a man and as a Christian gentleman. We are sorry we cannot say the same for those who schemed and planned for his defeat. Some of them are as rotten to the core from a moral standpoint and as dangerous to the good morals of the community as hell to a magazine of powder. The good Bishop has been mislead and has honestly done the community an injustice and a good man wrong. soth 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. OFFICIAL GUIDE TELLS YOU ALL Money refunded if not as represented. Order It Today Prospectus mailed 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 20 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 10 to every one interested in Indian Territory. Order today or you may be too late. Sent post paid $1. U. B. and Canada; foreign countries $1.50. COMMONWEALTH PUB. CO. Oklahoma City. Be sure to mention this paper. MUSKOGEE UNION RAILWAY, TO AND FROM Ft. Smith and Wagoner and the Kansas and Cherokee Oil Fields, via Corneta and Missouri Pacific Rv. Lv. Muskogee— 9:30 a. m. and 8:05 p. m. Ar. Ft. Smith— 12:55 p. m. and 11:45 p. m. Lv. Ft. Smith— 4:00 a. m. and 8:15 p. m. Ar. Muskogee— 7:81 a. m. and 7:85 p. m. Lv. Muskogee— 6:25 a. m. and 6:20 p. m. Ar. Wagoner— 7:10 a. m. and 8:10 p. m. Lv. Wagoner— 9:58 a. m. and 9:17 p. m. Lv. Muskogee— 10:40 a. m. and 9:17 p. m. For time of trains beyond Wagoner see Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain time tables. A. R. PAYINGHAUS. Traffic Manager. THE RIGHT GOODS RIGHT RIGHT PRICES PLACE Is the RACKET STORE in the Oklahoma Building. Gas Rogers Killed Cal Williams Sometimes Last Night. WAS LANDED IN JAIL TODAY. A Danken Row Brings on a Shot Gun Affair and a Negro was Killed Preliminary Wednesday. Sometime last night Cal Williams was killed at Wybark by George Rogers, alias George Pettle. Rogers was arrested this morning by Bass Reeves and is now in jail here. There is little known about the affair but it is understood at the marshal's office that the killing was the wind up of a drunken row. Both the parties are negroes. Rogers will be given a preliminary Wednesday and in the meantime the officers are trying to gather some evidence in the case.—Times. We regret very much the condition of affairs at Wybark. The lawless element of our people seem to have frightened those who believe in obeying the law and are ruining the entire community. It is a known fact that whisky peddlers and other lawbreakers have made that place their headquarters for months past and it is a common thing to hear of shooting scrapes in that locality. The time has come to call a halt and the law-abiding citizens must take different steps in the future from what they have in the past. It is their right and their duty to inform the officials of the hiding places of the outlaws and to furnish the testimony that will convict them when once they are in the clutches of the law. Good people will not locate in a community where human life is cheap and property can not be protected. It is the duty of every race loving negro to assist in breaking up the outlaws in every community. We cannot invite emigration to a locality where it is well known that murders and thefts and other crimes are committed with impunity. There are some as good people at Wybark as reside in any community and we call on those people to come forward and protect the good name of your community and that of the race. It must be done at all hazards. THE RIGHT RIGHT amoeg ers. To Agents. Le you, keep awake, pu ter with your friends. Let them know that we have lands for 100- SOUTHERN POLITICIANS. Must Let Booker Washington Eat White House Steak or Quit Business. From the New York World, (Dem.) Many and various were the influences that contributed to the unprecedented personal victory gained by Mr. Roosevelt. But none of the minor influences helped him more than did the abuse which the Southern politicians and newspapers heaped upon him for entertaining Booker T. Washington at the White House. The American people will never accept the dictum that a Negro scholar is the inferior of a white ignoramus, that a Negro gentleman is inferior of a white blackguard, that a man's title to consideration rests on the color of his skin and not on his character and his achievements. The World hopes that this little lesson has finally been thoroughly learned. FRIED SYSTEM COMPLETELY AND COMFORTABLY SERVE WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the "WORLD'S FAIR CITY" SAINT LOUIS For detailed information, call on nearest representative FRIESCO SYSTEM, or address L. W. PRICE, Division Passenger Agent, JOPLIN, PAO. T GOODS RIGHT T PRICES PLACE Joumen FARM LOANS Loans Made to Freedmen on their Allotments, Long Time. Easy Payments : : : : : JAMES L. LOMEARD, FINANCIAL AGENT, The Union Central Life Insurance Company. Address: Chas. H. Lombard, Manager, No. 207 N. Second St, Muskogee, L. T. MONEY TO LOAN ON FREEDMENLAND E L L C I G A R S add a few boxes of cigars to your stand or store and in increase your sales, we can furnish you OWLS, CAPADURS, HENRY GEORGE, LITTLE TOM, AGENT, 20 REMO, PATHFINDERS, and several other popular stands by the single box and sell them to you at wholesale prices. It is not much to invest, and they are sure to sell home and have a talk with us, n Estes' Druggist, COR. M. and Okmu SELL CIGARS! Add a few boxes of cigars to your stand or store and increase your sales, we can furnish you OWLS, CAPADURERS, HENRY GEORGE, LITTLE TOM, AGENT, 205, CREMO, PATHFINDERS, and several other popular brands by the single box and sell them to you at wholesale prices. It is not much to invest, and they are sure to sell. Come and have a talk with us, Ben Estes' Druggist, COR. MAIN and Okmulgee MORRIS' CAFE The only first-class, up-to-date Cafe in the city Where people of all nations can be served The finest in the southwest. If you are hungry step into the cafe; if you want to spend an hour of pleasure the pool room is the place. H. MORRIS, Prop. Corner 2nd and Denise We have anything you desire in the Grocery Line at prices that defy competition. Give us a trial and you will repeat. Located on South 5th St., near the South Side Boulevard. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty Second and Broadway. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. CLARK'S CORRESPONDENCE COURSE OF... Short Hand. Pitman System taught in sixty lessons by word and sentence method. Night School in BOOK-KEEPING, SHORTHAND, ENGLISH and SCIENTIFIC COURSE for Youth and Men.. Reasonable terms furnished on application. 12 years experiene teaching. PROF. HERBERT A. CLARK TERRITORIAL TRUST & SURETY COMPANY NEED NOT BE CREEKS. Before Qualifying Can be Guardian of Minors. THE ARKANSAS LAW. Judge Raymond Makes a Ruling Which Will Help Out Somewhat in the Indian Territory Situation. Muskegee, I. T., Nov. 19.—Judge Raymund, of the United States court for the western district, has decided that the act of the last congress restoring the probate laws of Arkansas adopted for the Indian Territory in 1890 repeals the provision of the Creek agreement, that none but Creek citizens can act as guardians of the property of Creek minors, and makes it possible for any who can qualify to the satisfaction of the court to become guardians. The judge has instructed R. P. Harrison, clerk of the court, hereafter to file petitions of those seeking guardianships regardless of the question whether or not they are Greeks. This is a sweeping decision and affects at least half of the lands in the Cerek nation. Fully one-half of this amount is owned by minors and is subject to the control of the courts through guardianships. The decision of this court is considered one of the most important in recent years because it will make it safe to regularly appointed guardians, and lease the land of Indian minors from will tend to bring settlers into the nation. The Creek agreement of 1902, which has governed the courts in appointing guardians from that time to the present says: "Allotments for any minor may be selected by his father, mother or guardian in the order named, and shall not be sold during his minority. All guardians or curators appointed for minors shall be citizens." The act of last April, according to the decision of Judge Raymond, places guardianship matters under the act of May 2, 1890, and thus sets aside the Creek agreement. The former probate law will now be the guide of the courts in the Creek nation in guardianship matters. The courts will appoint any competent person guardian who may be designated by the parents or other authoritized persons. The guardian must be over 21 years of age and able to give bond equal to double the value of the estate in his hands, or if the land, double the amount which the land will bring in rentals. These bonds must be approved by the judge, and no one will LOCK BOX G. be given an opportunity to speculate at the expense of his wards or to defraud them. As in the past, the judge will require a strict accounting from the guardian at regular intervals, and if he fails to give this he will be put in jail for contempt. If he wastes the property of the minor, his bondsmen will be held for the amount, as is the law in the states. When the Creeks instituted the clause in the agreement providing that none but a Creek Indian could act as guardian for a Creek child, they enacted a law which has caused much loss in property and money to minor children. In most cases it has been impossible to find citizens who could give the necessary bond, and as a result fully two-thirds of the lands of minors has been handled either by parents who were incompetent, or were allowed to go unmanaged. This state of affairs has resulted in much confusion and farmers have almost stopped leasing the land of Indian minors, knowing that in many cases the person acting for the ward has no authority to make a lease contract. Judge Raymond formerly held that the parent of a Creek Indian child is not the legal guardian of his child's property unless duly appointed and qualified by the court, and that decision was affirmed by the court of appeals. Parents in many cases, however, have disregarded this ce- TERRITORIAL TRUST & SURETY ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLES GUARANTEED SURETY BONDS WRITTEN Muskogee, In cision, and have leased the lands of their minor children with the belief that the right to be the natural guardian of their children carries with it interest without consulting the court. Several such leases have been taken into court. This has made farmers afraid to lease the lands of minors. As a result many fine farms are lying idle and bringing no revenue to the owners. Under the treaty a white man who married an Indian woman could not look after the property interests of his children, no matter how competent he might be. The mother could not assume the guardianship, because the act debarred a married woman from such duties. Thus the parent were compelled to see the affairs of their children managed by outsiders. The ruling of Judge Raymond will remedy this condition and make it possible for the intermarried citizen to become the guardian if otherwise qualified. When it was found impossible under the treaty to find a qualified citizen to act as guardian, the porperty of the children was often left in the hands of parents who had no idea of the value of money or land, and who wasted it with an abandon which was disastrous to the interests of the minors. This condition will no longer be permitted in the Creek nation, and every minor will have a competent guardian who will be held to a strict accounting for the property in his hands. & SURETY COMPANY dian Territory MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. ```markdown ``` A colored boy or girl who can handle a typewriter and write shorthand. Inquire at W. H. Twine's law office. A good chance for a deserving young man or woman. All who are interested in learning shorthand should address Box 860 Muskogee, I. T., for circulars concerning the stenographic work of the Twentieth Century corresponding school of stenography. DR R. H. WATERFORD. Diseases to women and successfully treated. Also chronic diseases of men 201-2 East Okmulgee avenue. First door south of Fire Department. South Second Street. Dave Richardson. BARBERSHOP. OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE. SATISFACTION GUARANTED Dave Richardson. - Prom A. C. Crockett :: Lunch & Oyster Parlor : This is the place where all elite go while visiting on the North Side. We keep everything in season. Don't forget the number : : : 544 ALTIMONT ST Everybody re er, so this is the your add. "N 'WHACK8' And What They Mean. When Old Mother Nature gives you a "whack" remember "there's a reason," so try and say "thank you," then set about finding what you have done to demand the rebuke, and try and get back into line, for that's the happy place after all. Curious how many highly organized people fail to appreciate and heed the first little, gentle "whacks" of the good old Dame, but go right along with the habit whatever it may be, that causes her disapproval. Whiskey, Tobacco, Coffee, Tea or other unnatural treatment of the body, until serious illness sets in or some chronic disease. Some people seem to get on very well with those things for a while, and Mother Nature apparently cares but little what they do. Perhaps she has no particular plans for them and thinks it little use to waste time in their training. There are people, however, who seem to be selected by Nature to "do things." The old Mother expects them to carry out some department of her great work. A portion of these selected ones oft and again seek to stimulate and then deaden the tool (the body) by some one or more of the drugs—Whiskey, Tobacco, Coffee, Tea, Morphine, etc. You know all of these throw down the same class of alkaloids in Chemical analysis. They stimulate and then depress. They take from man or woman the power to do his or her best work. After these people have drugged for a time, they get a hint, or mild "whack" to remind them that they have work to do, a mission to perform, and should be about the business, but are loafing along the wayside and become unfitted for the fame and fortune that waits for them if they but stick to the course and keep the body clear of obstructions so it can carry out the behests of the mind. Sickness is a call to "come up higher." These hints come in various forms. It may be stomach trouble or bowels, heart, eyes, kidneys or general nervous prostration. You may depend upon it when a "whack" comes it's a warning to quit some abuse and do the right and fair thing with the body. Perhaps it is coffee drinking that offends. That is one of the greatest causes of human disorder among Americans. Now, then, if Mother Nature is gentle with you and only gives light, little "whacks" at first to attract attention, don't abuse her consideration, or she will soon hit you harder, sure. And you may be sure she will hit you very, very hard if you insist on following the way you have been going. It seems hard work to give up a habit, and we try all sorts of plans to charge our ill feelings to some other cause than the real one. Coffee drinkers when ill will attribute the trouble to bad food, malaria, overwork and what not, but they keep on being sick and gradually getting worse until they are finally forced to quit entirely, even the "only one cup a day." Then they begin to get better, and unless they have gone long enough to set up some fixed organic disease, they generally get entirely well. It is easy to quit coffee at once and for all, by having well made Postum, with its rich, deep seal brown color which comes to the beautiful golden brown when good cream is added, and the crisp snap of good, mild Java is there if the Postum has been boiled long enough to ring it out. It pays to be well and happy for good old Mother Nature then sends us her blessings of many and various kirds and helps us to gain fame and fortune. Strip off the handicaps, leave out the deadening habits, heed Mother Nature's hints, quit being a loser and become a winner. She will help you sure if you cut out the things that keep you back. "There's a reason" and a profound one. Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." Real religion never has to advertise for a chance to do good. Write MURINE EYE REMEDY Co., Chicago. If your eyes are sore or inflamed, and get oculit's advice and free sample MURINE. It curses all eye-fills. Who are a little wise the best fools be.—John Donne. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, curses wind colic. So a bottle Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.—Jonathan Swift. Lest you forget, again we say, Cheatham's Laxative Tablets are guaranteed to cure colds. It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.—Richard Bentley. What a girl loves about a foot ball game is that, not knowing anything about it, she can pretend to enjoy it wildly. It's Strenuous. There is no true superiority except that created by true merit. The reason Hunt's Lightning Oil outclasses all other liniments—it has the merit—it does something. See what it will do for cuts, burns, bruises, sprains, sore and stiff muscles and joints. Your surprise will only be exceeded by your gratification. The average girl would rather have her feet frozen off than wear comfortable woolen stockings. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. It is very easy to get mad with somebody doing what it would be very unreasonable for anybody to get mad over if you did it. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Charles H. Hutchin. Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. A dashing young soldier named Itsky By a Japanese bullet was hitsky; He said: "I'll not fight I don't think it's right, And instead I will git up and gitsky." —New Orlenas Times-Democrat. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restor. Send for FIRES $9.00 detail bottle and treatie. Dr. K. H. KLINE, Ltd., S.I. Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Rectify evil whilst small, and check wrongs lest they grow and overwhelm thee.—Confucius. Thirty-five per cent of those employed in the textile industry in the state of Alabama are reported to be under the age of sixteen years. "Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, 29 pounds." S. Wardell, Burnsville, N. J. Bottles & Co. Dentist (who has pulled the wrong tooth)—I see how I made the mistake. I counted the molars from the back instead of the front. You seem not to have cut your wisdom tooth yet, young man. Groaning Patient—That's evident from the choice I made of a dentist. —Chicago Tribune. When Your Grocer Says he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only better than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to the package and sells for same money as 12 oz. brands. A bulletin issued by the department of labor at Washington says there are nearly 2,000,000 members of labor unions in Great Britain. Their yearly income is nearly $10,000,000, and they have in their treasuries the large sum of $18,330,000. --- THE CI.EROKEE COUNCIL Body Now in Session at Tahlequah, the Old Capital The Cherokee national council convened for business in the old capitol building at Tahlequah, Monday, November 10th. The council is composed of eighteen senators—two for each district—and forty councilmen, chosen according to population, of the nine districts which compose the Cherokee nation. While the jurisdic- J. tion of the present council is comparatively limited, there are some very important matters for consideration which affects the future of the Cherokee people. The council will be in session five weeks, and maybe longer, according to necessity. The present council is mostly of what is known as progressive men, and a good deal is expected of it. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.— Francis Bacon. A HOME FOR AGED TEACHERS Senator Proctor Offers $20,000 for the Establishment of Such an Institution Senator Redfield Proctor has announced that he will give $10,000 and the house in Rutland, Vermont, in which he was born, valued at $10,000, for the establishment of a home for indigent and worthy public school teachers who have passed the age of usefulness. It is probable that this sum will be combined with a fund of $30,000 left by Lucy Ruggles of Bennington, in the care of Charles H. Darling, assistant secretary of the navy, for the same purpose, and that an additional amount will be appropriated by the state. Brother Dickey says: "Dar's sich a thing ez havin' too much heaven in dis worl,' so that w'en we strikes de real article we'll feel lake tellin' de angels, 'Go long, chillun, we been dar befo'!"—Atlanta Constitution. "Mamma," queried the small son of a labor agitator, "is it the thunder that strikes, or the lightning?" "The lightning, dear,' was the reply. "Oh," exclaimed the small philosopher, "then I suppose the thunder doesn't belong to the union?' Bill Collector—The boss wants to know when you're going to settle this account." Mr. Slingun de Munnaway—Please tell your boss his curiosity in that direction is no greater than mine. Kindly refrain from slamming the door as you go out. It jars on my nerves." You do not sweeten your mouth by saying honey. You do not grow virtuous by talking of virtue.—Ivan Panin. THE PILLS THAT CURE RHEUMATISM Mrs. Henry Story, of No. 532 Muskingdum Ave., Zanesville, Ohio,sayst "My husband suffered from rheumatism so that he could hardly stand. His back hurt and he had such pain in his left arm that he could not rest night or day. The doctor did him no good and it was not until he tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills that he was helped. Six boxes cured him completely and he has not had an ache or a pain since. We think the pills are the best medicine in the world." Dr.Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People cure rheumatism because they make new blood. It would be folly not to try a remedy with such a convincing record of cures. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. M. M. A book containing 24 of the most perfect and fascinating pictures of the Female Form ever shown in one publication. (Worth $1.00 and you will say so when you receive it.) Size of book $62 inches all full page pictures. In order to introduct this book quickly we are offering the first edition at 25c each prepaid to your address. (Send stamps.) Write to-day, giving name and address plainly. Address, THE WHITE CITY ART COMPANY. 338 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill. "Dad," said little Reginald, "what is a bucket shop?" "A bucket shop, my son," said the father, feelingly, "a bucket shop is a modern cooperage establishment to which a man takes a barrel and brings back the bunghole."—Ex- To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. It is stated that a college for old men is to be started in Tennessee, with the avowed purpose of settling the question whether, if old people are in their second childhood they shouldn't go to school. No one under sixty years of age can enter the new institution. CAMPFIRE TALES: --- Euried To-day. When the soft green buds are bursting out, And up on the south wind comes a shout Of village boys and girls at play In the mild spring evening gray. Taken away, Sturdy of heart and stout of limb, From eyes that drew half their light from him. And put low, low beneath the clay, In his spring—on this spring day. Passes away, All the pride of boy-life begun, All the hope of life yet to run; Who dares to question when one saith "Nay." Murmur not—only pray. Enters to-day Another body in churchyard sod, Another soul on the life in God. His Christ was buried—and lives alway; Trust Him, and go your way. Separated Forty Years. At a meeting in Boston of the three Vermont companies of Berdan's sharp-shooters two veterans shook hands who had not seen each other for forty years. They are George W. Dimond of Hill, N. H., and David M. Bullock of Readsboro, Vt. On Dec. 31, 1861, Mr. Dimond, who was then a resident of Grafton, Vt., and Mr. Bullock, who lived in Readsboro, were mustered in at Brattleboro. For three years they fought for the union. For a long time they were tentmates and at their recent meeting they exchanged reminiscences of the old days. Mr. Dimond was taken prisoner at Gettysburg and was for three months a prisoner at Belle Isle. "I would not have missed this visit to Boston for anything," said Mr. Dimond. "I expected to meet several of my old comrades, but to meet my old bunkie and tentmate, Dave Bullock, was the most agreeable surprise of my later years." It was at Petersburg in 1865 that Mr. Dimond last saw Mr. Bullock, just before the breaking up, the beginning of the end of the war, as it were. Mr. Dimond had some interesting experiences as a member of Berdan's sharpshooters during his three years' service. When the regiment went out the first quarters were at Falmouth, Va. and Berdan's sharpshooters, who were in advance of the troops, were the first Yankees that many of the southerners saw. For several months, practically all summer, Berdan's men went up and down the Rappahannock river, chasing Gen. Jackson. While engaged in this work they saw their first real engagements. The first time the men were under fire was while supporting an Indiana battery engaged in an artillery duel with a confederate battery across the river. Pieces of railroad iron a foot long came from the Southerners' guns and at first they went high over the heads of the men. Then they began to come down lower until finally they clipped men here and there and disabled five of the Northern guns. Battery B, Fourth U. S. artillery, came up and a captain sighted the first gun fired and put the brass piece of the Southerners out of commission. Several of Mr. Dimond's comrades were killed in this engagement. It was from the Minnesota "Injuns," as they were called, that he and his comrades learned some tricks in getting under cover in the tall grass when out sharpshooting. The Minnesota men never would get behind a tree when there was any grass or grain growing. It was at Gettysburg that Mr. Dimond was captured. His regiment had gone into the woods to hold back a charge. For three-quarters of an hour they kept back the Southerners, but a lieutenant and twelve men of Berdan's regiment were captured, among them Mr. Dimond. He had some tough experiences in captivity. For three months he was imprisoned, and with two of his comrades they shared a half blanket. At night they took turns in sleeping in the middle, the choicest place. When they went to Annapolis the citizens said they were the worst-looking prisoners ever brought there. When they reached that city all Mr. Dimond had was a pair of ragged-edged pants worn off from the knees, and an army blouse with the sleeves worn to tatters. On the way to Belle Isle he got for ten days' rations three pints of flour and three portions of beef. The flour had to be mixed with the water and drank as a paste, for there was no chance to bake anything that resembled bread. He managed to swap a pen which a Confederate thought was gold for three biscuits, which he divided with a comrade. For three months afterward he suffered the pangs of hunger continually.—Boston Globe. Badge of Lone Star State. The department of Texas has adopted one of the most unique designs for a department badge, and it will make its first appearance at the national encampment in this city. It is made of German silver and represents the head of a Texas steer pendent by two eight-link chains from a pin bar bearing the letters "G. A. R." Hanging between the chains is "the lone star," the points of the star being occupied by the letters forming the name of the G.A.R. NEW S.A. state. For several years the department has carried at the head of the line whenever parading a pair of "long horns" as emblematic of the state, and the new badge carries out the same idea. Bronze Star Badge. It may be interesting to note that the Grand Army is indebted to John A. Logan ("Black Jack," as he was lovingly called by the men who served under him) for two things inseparably connected with the order. He gave it its hallowed Memorial day, that day sacred to tender memories, fragrant flowers and the renewing of "Old Glory" above the graves of countless thousands of brave men who sleep their dreamless sleep on hundreds of well-fought battlefields. or amid the peacefulness of quiet cemeteries throughout this broad land. He gave it also the "bronze star" for a badge, for it was during his administration as commander-in-chief that it was adopted. It is a badge which costs but little in money, but which a million of dollars cannot buy the right to wear, the badge which 20,000 men will wear through Boston's streets on Tuesday, the badge that nearly one million of comrades have worn in the past, but the badge that scarcely 100 veterans will be living to wear thirty years hence. First Flag Raised. At Catamount Hill, in the town of Calrain, Franklin county, Mass., there stands a marble slab, marking the spot where a log schoolhouse stood in 1812, which bears this inscription: "The first United States Flag over a Public School was floated in May, 1812, from a log School house, which stood on this spot. The flag was made by Mrs. Rhoda Shippee." RURAL DELIVERY NOTES Growth of the System and Something of Its Workings The postmaster general recently said: "Few people know how great a success the rural free delivery is. We have now more than 23,000 rural routes, giving a daily capacity to 2,300,000 families, reaching about one-seventh of our entire population." The service is not self-supporting, and the postal authorities do not expect it ever to become so, but the increased amount of business throughout the country more than makes up any deficit. In districts where the system has been introduced the postal receipts are increasing at the rate of about ten per cent per annum. By order of the postoffice department each rural mail carrier must keep an account of the condition of the roads over which he travels, and send in his report an accurate account of impassable places and how much attention the patrons along the route give to keeping the roads in a passable condition. There are now more than 200,000 miles or road used by the rural delivery of mails. This popular scheme of the government has been in vogue about nine years, and is destined certainly soon to prevail in every township throughout the whole country. A Menagerie of His Own Two lionesses, two monkeys, two ostriches and a zebra, which were presented by King Menelik of Abyssinia to the president of the United States have arrived here on the Atlantic transport line steamship Minneapolis from London. One lioness died on the voyage. Good News for All. Bradford, Tenn., Nov. 21.—(Special.)—Scientific research shows Kidney Trouble to be the father of so many diseases that news of a discovery of a sure cure for it cannot fail to be welcomed all over the country. And according to Mr. J. A. Davis of this place just such a cure is found in Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr. Davis spys: "Dodd's Kidney Pills are all that is claimed for them. They have done me more good than anything I have ever taken. I had Kidney Trouble very bad, and after taking a few boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills I am completely cured. I cannot praise them too much." Kidney Complaint develops into Bright's Disease, Dropsy, Diabetes, Rheumatism, and other painful and fatal diseases. The safeguard is to cure your kidneys with Dodd's Kidney Pills when they show the first symptom of disease. The cussed thing about the seasons is that there is too much ventilation in winter when you don't want it, and not enough in summer, when you do. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The trouble with some people is that they allow themselves to be discouraged by criticism, and the difficulty with others is that they do not.—Exchange. Save Your Lungs. Don't neglect that cough. One pair of lungs is all you'll ever have—treat them well. Simmons' Cough Syrup will soothe and strengthen them, stop the cough and give you a chance to sleep in peace. Our real measures of ability and willingness is in our doing the little that we can do, and not the great deal that we would like to do.—Trumbull. ALUMET BAKING POWDER NOT MADE BY THE TRUST CALUMET is the only HIGH GRADE POWDER offered to the consumer at a Moderate Price It should not be confused with the cheap, low grade powders on the one hand, nor the high priced trust powders on the other. "An eminent physician," remarked the Ohio man, "says that it is positively injurious to drink water while eating." "Well, sah," replied Colonel Smily of Kentucky, "I don't see, sah why it should not be as injurious, then, sah, as at any other time, sah."—Chicago News. This Is No Jcke. Hunt's Cure has saved more people from the "Old Scratch" than any other known agent, simply because it makes scratching entirely unnecessary. One application relieves any form of itching skin disease that ever afflicted mankind. One box guaranteed to cure any one case. Seventy-five school children in southern New Jersey receive daily wages from the glass blowers' union. They are docked if they miss a day at school. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¾-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Long Flight of Birds In one unbroken nocturnal flight the European bird known as the northern bluethroat has been proved to travel from Central Africa to the German ocean, a distance of 1,690 miles, making the journey in nine hours. "I told papa your poems were the children of your brain." What did he say?" "Said they were bad enough to be put in the reform school." Exchange.