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The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, Indian Territory, Thursday December 15, 1904. Number 10 You Are Invited To visit our store and examine the Grandest Display of HOLIDAY -- GOODS ever opened in Muskogee. We have made every arrangement possible for the comfort of our customers. No trouble to inspect the entire line and make your selections. MAKE YOUR PURCHASES EARLY You have the advantage of a full unbroken stock and plenty of time to do your shopping. THE FAIR WANTS YOUR HOLIDAY TRADE The Fair The Fair President. H. C. BAKER, General Manager. C. W. REID, Secretary. Territorial Trust and Surety Company of Title Surety Bonds Titles Guaranteed Loans Insurance Volume You W. ROBB, President. Territorial Tr tracts of Title Farm Loans Number 10 CAPITAL $250.000 Mrs. P. Brunzel, wife of P. Brunzel, stock dealer, residence 3111 Grand avenue, Everett, Wash., says: "For fif- teen years I suffered with terrible pain in my back. I did not know what it was to enjoy a night's rest and arose in the morning feeling tired and unrefreshed. My suffering sometimes was simply indescribable. When I finished the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills I felt like a different woman. I continued until I I had taken five boxes. Doan's Kidney Pills act very effectively, very promptly, relieve the aching pains and all other annoying difficulties." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all Aruggista. Price 50 cents per box. A college education is often blamed for a man's failure in business. Mrs. Winstow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. An office boy that can't whistle and won't whistle would fill a long felt want. A GUAPANTEEED CURE FOR PILES. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure you in 6 to 14 days. 50c. Some people find it possible to make a good round sum out of a square deal. Cheatham's Laxative Tablets will cure any cold, and do it quick. They're guaranteed. Many a man is so miserly that he won't even give his wife grounds for a divorce. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Defiance Starch. It will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. Unhappy Drones. The hardest working and the poorest paid people in this world are those who have nothing to do. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Charles H. Flitcher In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Your mother-in-law once had a mother-in-law, so don't blame the old lady for trying to get even. THE PERUNA ALMANAC The leruna Lucky Day Almanac has become a fixture in over eight million homes. It can be obtained from all druggists free. Be sure to inquire early. The 1905 Almanac is already published, and the supply will soon be exhausted. Do not put it off. Get one to day. Woman's Inconsistency. Many of those women who say that beautifying is foolish are living contradictions of their own statements. Ask Your Druggist for Allen's Foot-Ease. "I tried ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE recently, and have just bought another supply. It has cured my corns, and the hot, burning and itching sensation in my feet which was almost unbearable, and I would not be without it now.—Mrs. W. J. Walker, Camden, N. J." Sold by all Druggists. 226. Diet Affects Color of Eyes. Eating fruit and vegetables, and especially apples, will make the eyes brighter. Light blue eyes will look like delft and the faded gray eyes will seem like a clean blue. Diet has a great deal to do with the color of the eyes. The Best Results in Starching can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. It's a case of underwork and overpay with most officeholders. NEITHER DIALS NOR HANDS. Novelty in the Clock Line That Has Some Advantages. The latest development in the clock line has resulted in the elimination of dials and hands. The result is a timepiece that serves admirably for certain purposes, but will hardly prove a formidable rival to the familiar clock 10 55 with its dial and hands. The special claim made for this new timepiece is that the correct time is always exposed in hours and minutes and in Arabic figures. As a novelty this dialless clock is certain to win a certain amount of favor, but there is an undeniable charm about the old-fashioned timepiece that insures its preservation as an essential adjunct of household decoration and equipment, despite innovations. Street Shaving in China. The topsy-turvy methods of China are curiously illustrated in the case of the Pekin barber, who, instead of waiting for customers, goes out to seek them. He carries his shaving apparatus and a stool with him, and, rings a bell to attract the attention of likely customers. The man who wishes to be shaved hails the barber, who places his stool on the ground for the customer's use, puts a bowl of water on the little stove he carries, and having lathered his brush sets to work. The charge is not high. For a sum equivalent to a cent he shaves the customer's head and smooths out his eyebrows. Palace of a King. The palace of Alexander the Great was an imposing structure in its time, and the wonder is that any vestige of it stands to-day. It was built in a manner much more substantial than that of to-day, though advocates of steel construction claim that the modern structure will defy time as long as any of those built by the ancients. Time alone will determine how much truth there is in this contention. On the Asiatic plain are the massive remnants of an ancient gateway fringed with weeds, and, vaguely knowing who he was, the natives tell that this is all that is left of the palace of Alexander. Cigars for Russian Soldiers. A Prussian firm has received an order from the Russian government for 4,000,000 cigars for the army in Manchuria. They are to cost $1.20 per 100. R The letters of Miss Merkley, whose picture is printed above, and Miss Claussen, prove beyond question that thousands of cases of inflammation of the ovaries and womb are annually cured by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—Gradual loss of strength and nerve force told me something was radically wrong with me. I had severe shooting pains through the pelvic organs, cramps and extreme irritation compelled me to seek medical advice. The doctor said that I had ovarian trouble and ulceration, and advised an operation. I strongly objected to this and decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I soon found that my judgment was correct, and that all the good things said about this medicine were true, and day by day I felt less pain and increased appetite. The ulceration soon healed, and the other complications disappeared and in eleven weeks I was once more strong and vigorous and perfectly well. "My heartiest thanks are sent to you for the great good you have done me."—Sincerely yours, Miss MARGARET MERKLEY, 275 Third St., Milwaukee, Wis. Miss Claussen Saved from a Surgical Operation. fruitless operations cost me. If the women who are suffering, and the doctors do not help them, will try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, they will not be disappointed with the results." — Miss Clara M. Claussen, 1307 Penn St., Kansas City, Mo. $5000 FORFEIT if we cannot forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of above testimonials, which will prove their absolute genuineness. Lydia K. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED. 27 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send FREE and postpaid a 282-page treatise on Piles, Flatula and Diseases of the Rectum; also 108-page illness, treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured by our mild method, none paid a cent till cured—we furnish their names on application. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR. 3000 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. and 1000 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo. M. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—It seems to me that all the endorsements that I have read of the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound do not express one-half of the virtue the great medicine really possesses. I know that it saved my life and I want to give the credit where it belongs. I suffered with ovarian trouble for five years, had three operations and spent hundreds of dollars on doctors and medicines but this did not cure me after all. "However, what doctors and medicines failed to do, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did. Twenty bottles restored me to perfect health and I feel sure that had I known of its value before, and let the doctors alone, I would have been spared all the pain and expense that Rubber Stamps. Notarial Seals, Checks, Stoneelia and Badges. GOLD, SILVER, NICKEL AND COPPER PLATING WAND & SON, OKLAHOMA CITY. TELEGRAPHY Shorthand and Book- keeping, taught by experts. Positions secured for graduates. 185,000 invested in building. Attend the best. DALLAS. COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, DALLAS, TEXAS. Southern Cabinet Officers Apropos of the more or less general demand that a Southern man be appointed by the president to fill one cabinet position, the record of Southern cabinet officers is recalled. Montgomery Blair, of Maryland, Edward Bates, of Missouri and James Speed, of Kentucky, were members of Lincoln's first cabinet, and Mr. Speed continued to serve in the second cabinet. In Grant's first cabinet were Cheswell, of Maryland, and Akerman, of Georgia, and in his second were Bristow, of Kentucky, Creswell, of Maryland, and for a brief period, J. W. Marshall, of Virginia' Hayes had among his advisers Carl Schurz, of Missouri, Goff, of West Virginia, and Key and Maynard of Tennessee. Garfield called Hunt, of Louisiana to the navy department and Arthur was served by him for more than a year. Harrison had the advice of Elkins, of West Virginia, and Noble, of Missouri. Gary of Maryland and Hitchcock, of Missouri, sat with McKinley, and Hitchcock is sitting with Roosevelt. —Kansas City Journal. Vital Statistics of Germany. In Germany only 413 out of 1,000 males reach the age of fifty years, while more than 500 out of 1,000 females reach that age. Reads Like a Miracle. Moravia, N. Y., Dec. 12th.—(Special)—Bordering on the miraculous is the case of Mrs. Benj. Wilson of this place. Suffering from Sugar Diabetes, she wasted away till from weighing 200 lbs. she barely tipped the scales at 130 lbs. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speaking of her cure her husband says:— "My wife suffered everything from Sugar Diabetes. She was sick four years and doctored with two doctors, but received no benefit. She had so much pain all over her that she could not rest day or night. The doctor said that she could not live. "Then an advertisement led me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills and they helped her right from the first. Five boxes of them cured her. Dodd's Kidney Pills were a God-Sent remedy to us and we recommend them to all suffering from Kidney Disease." Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney Diseases including Bright's Disease, and all kidney aches, including Rheumatism. Fascination of Bank Book. More absorbing than the most thrilling book of fiction is a bank book. Its tale is never too long, nor its pages too many, and the long row of figures so dry in other books are intensely interesting. But in order to enjoy its pages, each man must own his own bank book. FLOCKING INTO CANADA. Immigration From Dakota and Adjoining States—Major Edwards, United States Consul General at Montreal, Describes the Movement as Due to Scarcity of Land. Montreal, Nov. 15.—Major Allison Edwards, United States Consul General, who returned to-day from a visit to his home at Fargo, North Dakota, said in an interview: "The proper way to describe the manner in which the people of North Dakota are coming over into Western Canada is to say they are coming over in droves. Among the people there did not seem to be any thought of there being a boundary line at all. It is simply a question," added the major, "of there not being any more land in North Dakota and the surrounding States, and the people are flocking to Canada to get good farms. Naturally the number that will come over will increase all the time, and I may say the people you are getting are the best people in the west. They are well supplied with money and are well acquainted with the conditions under which they will have to work." The agents of the Canadian Government are prepared to give the fullest information regarding homestead and other landa. St. Augustine, Fla., Has Oldest House in America. The oldest house in America is in St. Augustine, Fla. This building, by comparison with the winter resort hotels in that town, is not a pretentious structure, but when it was built it was undoubtedly one of the principal structures of the town. It is built of coquina rock, a mixture of sand and shell, which is the same material used in the building of the Ponce de Leon hotel and the Alcazar. It is not known in what year this building was put up, but it was short- Oldest House in America. ly after the landing of the Spanish, which was on the 8th of September, 1565. The building is in a fairly good state of preservation. The interior is beautifully finished in highly polished wood. It was occupied by the Spanish officials during the time Florida was a Spanish colony, and was later the home of the attorney general during the English possession. It is not now inhabited. Cravats of Wood Pulp. A syndicate of English capitalists is engaged in an endeavor to promote a market in this country for tie silks made chiefly from wood pulp. This product is principally obtained in South America, Paraguay furnishing a large supply. The vegetable silk has its origin in trees and is readily adaptable to native looms. The woven threads are supercalendered, which process presents a silky finish resembling mercerized goods. For several years past this glossy material has been sold in piece lengths to the upholstery trade, by which it is utilized for filling purposes. The selling test of artificial silk for cravats is anxiously awaited by local manufacturers. A Thanksgiving Serenade. SAID THE CUNNING FOX TO THE HILY TURK. IF YOU WILL MARRY ME, WE'LL ALWAYS LIVE AS ONE. MY DEAR, FOR I'D EAT YOU UP, YOU SEE. Collecting Bird Statistics. The bird club at Bellows Falls, Vt., had been divided into two sides with the object before them of seeing which side should see and name the largest number of birds during the season of 1904. One side saw 89 different varieties and the other 83. Six varieties not seen by the winning side but seen by the others makes the total number of birds named by the club 95. Ignorance in Coal Region. A student of the population of the anthracite region of Pennsylvania reports that there are 630,000 people inhabiting that section, of which 430,000 are foreign born. Of this number over 50,000 cannot read or write. THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME MR and MRS. SCHWANDT Janborn, Minn. MR and MRS. JNO. Q. ATKINSON. Independence, Mo. Remarkable Cures Effected By R. ROGERS. Ask your Druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1905. FREE A Nice Pair of Scissors For Your Name and Address And 15 signatures from packages of Send us 15 signatures, cut from packages of Cheek & Neal Porto Rico Coffee and we will send you postpaid a fine pair of scissors absolutely free. We make this and other offers to get you to try our famous Cheek & Neal brand Porto Rico Coffee—the best and richest popular priced package coffee on the market—the finest coffee for the least money. Moderate in price, but excellent in quality. 65 PREMIUMS GIVEN ABSOLUTELY FREE to all users of Cheek & Neal Porto Rico Coffee—from handsome Dinner Sets to Sewing Machines. Coffee put up in sealed 1-lb. packages, air and moisture proof—like cut—sold by dealers everywhere. Buy a package to-day. CHEEK & NEAL COFFEE CO. NASHVILLE, TENN. Under date of January 10, 1897, Dr. Hartman received the following letter: "My wife has been a sufferer from a complication of diseases for the past twenty-five years. Her case has baffled the skill of some of the most noted physicians. One of her worst troubles was chronic constipation of several years' standing. She was also passing through that most critical period in the life of a woman—change of life. "In June, 1895, I wrote to you about her case. You advised a course of Peruna and Manalin, which we at once commenced, and have to say it completely cured, her. "About the same time I wrote you about my own case of catarrh, which had been of twenty-five years' standing. At times I was almost past going. I commenced to use Peruna according to your instructions and continued its use for about a year, and it has completely cured me. Your remedies do all that you claim for them, and even more."—John O. Atkinson. In a letter dated January 1, 1900, Mr. Atkinson says, after five years' experience with Peruna: "I will ever continue to speak a good word for Peruna. I am still cured of catarrh."—John O. Atkinson, Independence, Mo., Box 273. Ask your Druggist for a free FREE A Nice Pair of Scissors For Your Name and Address And 15 signatures from packages of 60 cut from Porto Rico C paid a fine pair make this and oth famous Cheek & Nea richest popular price finest coffee for the excellent in quality. 65 PREMIUM to all users of Cheek some Dinner Set sealed 1-lb. packs sold by dealers e CHEEK "Mammoth Beehive." The biggest beehive in the world is a natural one in Kentucky, known as the "Mammoth Beehive." It is in reality a huge cave, the main compartment of which is 150 feet high, the floor covering ten acres in extent. MEXICAN Mustang Liniment is a positive cure for Piles. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No 51, 1904 PISO'S CURE FOR CURAS WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION --- Mrs. Alla Schwandt, Sanborn, Minn. writes: "I have been troubled with rheumatism and catarrh for twenty-five years. Could not sleep day or night. After having used Peruna I can sleep and nothing bothers me now. If I ever am affected with any kind of sickness Peruna will be the medicine I shall use. My son was cured of catarrh of the larynx by Peruna."—Mrs. Alla Schwandt. Why Old People are Especially Liable to Systemic Catarrh. When old age comes on, catarrhal diseases comes also. Systemic catarrh is almost universal in old people. This explains why Peruna has become so indispensable to old people. Peruna is their safeguard. Peruna is the only remedy yet devised that entirely meets these cases. Nothing but an effective systemic remedy can cure them. A reward of $10,000 has been deposited in the Market Exchange Bank, Columbus, Ohio, as a guarantee that the above testimonials are genuine; that we hold in our possession authentic letters certifying to the same. During many years' advertising we have never used, in part or in whole, a single spurious testimonial. Every one of our testimonials are genuine and in the words of the one whose name is appended. and us 15 signatures, packages of Cheek & Neal coffee and we will send you post- of scissors absolutely free. We offer offers to get you to try our brand Porto Rico Coffee—the bestand package coffee on the market—the least money. Moderate in price, but IS GIVEN ABSOLUTELY FREE Neal Porto Rico Coffee—from hand- to Sewing Machines. Coffee put up in ages, air and moisture proof—like cut- everywhere. Buy a package to-day. & NEAL COFFEE CO. ASHVILLE, TENN. WANTED.—For the U. S. Army, able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer, Postoffice building, Oklahoma City, Okla., or Tulsa, Ind. Ter., Enid, Shawnee or Guthrie, Okla. Business University FINEST BUILDING. BEST EQUIPMENT. $60 Pays Total Expenses for Six Months' Courses in Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Penmanship and if you are willing to work to pay board. Positions secured. Free use of text-books. Railroad fare paid. Write today for full particulars. Address THOS. M. MILAM. Prest.. Oklahoma City, O. T. BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. --- Notice. The Twentieth Century Corresponding School of Stenography will make special gifts to all persons enrolling before the first of January, as well as to its present students of the different localities. For information of Shorthand Course, address the Instructor, C. A. Biggers, Muskogee, I. T. FRISCO SYSTEM. Holiday Rates. Dec. 24, 25, 26 and 31, 1904, Jan. 1 and 2, 1905, the Frisco System will sell round-trip tickets between all points on the Frisco System west of the Mississippi river, also to many points on other lines, at one fare plus 50 cents. Tickets sold on these dates will be good for return until January 4, 1905. For rates, etc., write nearest Frisco agent or L. W. PRICE. Division Passenger Agent, Joplin, Mo. Pay Your Reading Bill. An exchange contains the following lines, which we trust many of our readers will take seriously: Now that the cotton's all gathered And the money safe in the bank, The children all are shod again From Mame to little Hank, And popper's got his slicker And mommer's got her shawl— Come in and pay the printer, Kind subscribers, one and all. For the editor is needing The little dollar that you owe. He has given you your reading Now you give him his dough. For the paper needs a new "dress," And our wife, she needs one, too. While the pressman wants his wages, And the "devil" asks his due! HOLIDAY RATES. Dec. 20, 21, 22 and 26, 1904. The Frisco System will sell round trip tickets at one fare plus $2.00 to All Points in Many Points in lowa, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri, Mississippi, North Dakota, Alabama, Wyoming, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky. North Carolina, South Carolina. These tickets will be good for return passage 30 days from date of sale. Through sleeper Springfield, Mo., to Jacksonville, Fla., via Memphis, Birmingham and Atlanta, daily. For particulars write nearest Frisco agent, or L. W. PRICE, Div. Pass. Agent, Joplin, Mo. REFUSED TO HEAR FLYNN. Committee Will Not Listen to Suggestions Looking to Amendment of Statehood Bill. Washington, D. C., Dec. 9.—Ex- Delegate Dennis Flynn left for his home this morning after a conference with Senator Beveridge, chairman of the senate committee on territories, at which he was informed that the territorial committee would give him no hearing on the statehood bill. Mr. Flynn desired to se- ```markdown ``` cure an amendment to the bill changing the location of the capital from Guthrie, where it is to be located until 1910, so that the people of the new state might decide this question for themselves at the first general election. Christmas Excursions Christmas Excursions Cheap Trtps for Holiday Travelers to the North, East and He also desired to amend the bill so that the United States district court would sit at Oklahoma City instead of at Guthrie.—Phoenix. Dennis got to monkeying with the buzz saw, with the usual result. It was reported that he had a knife up his sleeve for Muskogee, and that meant that every loyal citizen of Muskogee was against Dennis, and of course the wires became busy between here and the national capital, and Dennis subsided. Dec. 20th, 21st, 22nd and 26th See that your ticket reads via THE ROCK ISLAND J. S McNALLY, Div Pass Agent, GEO H LEE, Gen'l Pass Agent, Oklafioma City, Okla Little Rock, Ark Do You Want a House? If so, let me build it for you on small monthly payments, low interest and easy terms. On this plan your rents pay for the place, and you are at home all the time. Come to see me. W. P. FIELDS, The Muskogee Republican Club Meets and Takes Action. URY RECEIVES INDORSEMENT. OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS: Large Crowd of Representative Republicans Participated Endorsement Was Unanimous. Shirts. Hats. Underwear. Suit Cases. At an adjourned meeting of the Muskogee Republican club last night I. N. Ury was unanimously endorsed for the office of postmaster at Muskogee, which place will become vacant this month. Muskogee. - - - Ind. Ter'v. There was a large crowd present, and it was plainly seen at the beginning that they were there for business. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. This ends a long drawn out fight. —Phoenix. Go to CREEK LIVERY BARN, GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty Second and Broadway. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. MORRIS' CAFE Now located at new quarters No. 512 South 3rd Street Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanders Wholesale House. The only first-class, up-to-date Cafe in the city Where people of all nations can be served 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. SELLCIGARS! 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, 305, CREMO, PATHFINDFRS, 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. For further information address, C. M. CORBIN, D. O., 109½ North Main, Muskogee, I. T. Or the Editor of this paper. Ben Estes' Druggist, COR. MAIN and Okmulgee W. H. TWINE, Lawyer. If you want to rent, buy or lease land, write or see H. R. Pierson, Muskogee, I. T., the business manager of the Afro-American Real Estate Co. Will practice in U. S. Courts and Daws Commission. Office on Second Street. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor, MUSKOGEE, - ~- _ IND. TER. —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—SX= After six thousand years the first henpecked husband has a champion A New York minister raises his voice in behalf of Adam. The expensiveness of social life in Washington is probably responsibl¢ for the impression that a poor man iy the cabinet is In a box. A man leaped from a four-story building in Pawtucket to escape pay- ing a poll tax of $1. His relatives will pay his undertaker’s bill. The dowager empress of China has already spent nearly $4,000,000 on her own monument—but, then, she ex pects to spend a long time under It. Gen. Andre, French minister of war, has been succeeded by a stock broker. A milliner is pressing his claims for the French naval portfolio. J. Pierpont Morgan has had his fatest photograph copyrighted to pre- vent its publication. It isn't stated that he does this from motives of mod esty. The relentless Dr, Wiley now an- nounces that pate de foie gras is made of veal. Now settle back and wait till he tells what the veal iy made of. New York has now a public bath, with accommodations for about 175 persons. The population of New York elty according to the census of 1900, was 3,437,202. A New York man writes to The Sun of that city to say that he knows “a number of Usonlans” who object to being called Americans. No doubt they are “New Yawkehs.” Music may be a cure for nervous troubles, but in the case of compusi- tions like “Hiawatha” and “Bedelia” the opinion will prevail that the reme- dy is worse than the disease. France is having the time of her fife signing arbitration treaties. She has got fourteen of them lined up; pity the next one couldn't be put into use in her own chamber of deputies The new governor general of Cana- da thinks that country will in five years have a population of 40,000,000. That would certainly be carrying the anti-race suicide theory to the ex. treme. The secret of a new and powerful explosive is lost forever because it ex ploded. Mr. Harry Mills, the inventor, happened to be near by. Man pro poses, but heaven disposes of him and his proposal, The Washington Post tells H. P. Whitney that “he could have hired ten good college professors for what he pays his new jockey.” And it would have been worth the money to see the professors ride the horses. Janauschek, greatest actress of her day, lived beyond the years of those who admired her and died poor and almost forgotten. The actor and the orator should pass with their genera tion if they would die happy. ‘Thomas Eagleton of New York has managed to accumulate debts of $119,- 000, without any assets, in spite of the fact that he can neither read nor write. There can be no doubt of the fact that financial geniuses are born and not made, A dozen generals and the students of a military college started a revolu- tion in Brazil, but a few policemen broke the heads of the revolutionists and the path to glory the leaders blazed out for the students has led them to the calaboose, ; an Scheie: MB it nlgla =i geycter rig aha fa a tgtoge Gettin’ close to Christmas, an’ you hear ‘em, every day: “How long is it away— How Jong is A away— low long is it away?” They're thinkin’ of the runnin’ of the reindeer, with the sleigh— “How long is it away Till Christmas?” Bless ‘em—liittle fellows—with the rosy cheeks of May, “How long is it away— How long is iteaway?” There ix no sweeter language that the shiny angels say: “How long is it away Til Christmas?” An’ the old folks get to thinkin’—with furrowed brows an’ gray; “How long it seems away— How long it seems away!" An’ they are as little children, as for those they love eer pray: “God keep the little fellows To thelr Christmas!” Atlanta Constitution. Gave Riders a Bath. An Incident is related of a horse, kind, intelligent and good-natured, but as full of fun as a person might be, as will be seen by the joke he played upon some boys. They were four of the lads, and one day they undertook to ride the horse bareback, all at once. Dobbin gave no warning of his inten- tions, but walked off, apparently al- most asleep, until he reached a stream of water, into which he walked and laid down, emptying all the four boys into the water, and then, turning, gal- loped home. A Twelfth Night Party Or the feast of the star, was en old- en time merry-making which is mod- ernized for twentieth century children in the book of children’s parties, The chief feature of the twelfth night revels was the choosing of the king and queen and their court by means of cards on which pictures were drawn and colored to represent the different characters. Such cards the hostess provides beforehand, and as the children arrive each girl draws one from a tray, on which are placed, face downward, cards representing the queen and her ladies, Each boy takes a card from another tray, which con- tains those for the king and his lords in waiting. In an adjoining room the hostess, to whom each child in turn is sent, dresses him in the property or bit of costume belonging to the char- acter which his card bears. It is a gay little court; king and queen with gold paper crowns, jester in parti-cil- y > Mi ab abo db ored cap and tinkling bells, the herald with trumpet, and the lords and ladies in waiting with their wands tipped each with a golden star. Fortunately their dignity is laid aside, for they will not need it in the merry game of air ball. Two bright colored paper balls are provided for this game, also two palm leaf fans tied with ribbons of the same colors. Two captains are elected, who choose sides and colors. A goal is arranged at eacl end of the room by placing two chaire or footstools a yard apart. A chair is also placed half way between the goals in the middle of the room. Each team takes possession of a goal and the ball and fan in its colors. Two players at a time contest, one from each side. Euch stands in front of his goal, fan in hand, his paper ball at fis feet. At a signal from the hostess, who acts as umpire, each child fans his ball toward the op ponent’s goal. The object is to send the ball between the legs of the chair in the center of the room and through the goal of the opposing team. The players are not allowed to touch the ball, which is moved by the breeze of the fan alone. The team that scores the most is rewarded with a bouquet of flowers, which is divided by the captain among the players. After other jolly games there is a supper, which includes individual star- shaped cakes with a ring baked in one. Poor Dragon. The dragon is a very much abused beast. In every country in the world but one he is looked upon as a fire-breath- ing monster that likes nothing better /than to eat all the people in a village, set fire to the houses and take a nap, wt * A Zr. SS Us i 7 1) gael) (3 ATE Ree Cz & S NEAT Cos, LUA AYYNATA 2 > CoE OY ops fae (pie Beene ¥ 1S a o Ss saving the tender young babies and the pretty little girls for dessert. The one country in the world where this kind of monster is given credit for his good heart is in China and that is the dragon’s home, so they ought to know something about him. One day, a mere trifle of 2,800 years ago, so the Chinese legends say, while the Emperor Fu-hsi was walking be side the river Lo, a yellow dragon rose from the water and taught him the art of writing, giving him an alphabet, so that the Chinese could record their history and make out laundry tickets, and for this the Chinese worship the dragon to this day. Even the em- peror’s throne is still called “the drag: on’s seat.” The dragon which is shown here was drawn by the Chinese artist and shows the fabled monster rising amid flames from the river Lo with “the pearl of mystic powers” be tween its claws, Of course, there never was a rea! dragon, It is only a mythical beast, the first stories of which probably arose from descriptions handed down from father to son of those ancient days when the earth was the home of the dynosaurians and other terrible creatures with no less terrible names. Concealed Sentences. Concealed in each one of these is a sentence that expresses exactly the same thing in a much better way. ‘Transpose the words so that you make a new and more simple sentence, be- ing careful to use every word that is in the original sentence: Vastly different are the ways, right and wrong, of saying things. Try, again try, if you don’t at first succeed, Cheerless over hills of gray that brief December day rose the sun. ‘Everything is worth doing well that is worth doing. Thou sluggard, go to the art; be wise and consider its ways, Fear makes all of us cowards. Hie Last Wish Gratified ‘ . “No,” said the billionaire, with deep conviction in his voice, “I would ‘consider myself {in error indeed should I die while I have even a tenth of the wealth I now possess. It is my wish to die comparatively poor.” “Oh, you dear old papa!” exclaimed his fair and only daughter, as she embraced him. “The duke proposed last night and I accepted him. Isn't that just your luck?”—Judge. “ By No Means “Five dollars,” said the medium; “thanks, Now a spirit wishes to speak to you; a female spirit; would you like it materialized?” “Er—can you tell who it is?” “Certainly! It is your mother-in- law.” “Lord, no! Here's another $5. on’t!” ‘ Home of the Silk Hat. | The number of silk hats made an-; nually in the United Kingdom is about; 12,000,000. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N: W. SAMURLy Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. How Gas Consumes Air. An ordinary gas light, sixteen can- dle power, consumes as much air in an hour as four men. Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children, Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children’s Home in New York, cure Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 tea timonials. At all Druggists, 260. Sample FREE. Address A. 8.Olmsted, LeRoy.N. ¥. A girl acknowledges her lack of beauty when she begins toshow more interest in other things than she does in herself.—Chicago News. They Should. “My honest conviction, based upon my own experience and that of my friends, is that eee Cure’ will cure a larger per cént of skin troubles, especially of an itching variety, than any other remedy. Certainly those aMicted with any form of itch should try it.” J. 0. Monroe, Atchison, Kas. 60c per box, Chinese Dress Colors. ’ Any color or harmony of colors may be used in the Chinese costume except solid yellow, That color is re- served for tha robes of royalty. White enters not at all into the Chi- nese dress, that is, in solid color, for {t is Chinese mourning. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh 1s 9 blood or coneti- Suttons! disease, and tn order to cure {t you must take {nteraal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure fs taken fn- tornally, and acts directly on the blood end mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure fs not a quack medi- GPcauceurenreen rtetonen caren 1K fe gomposed of the ‘best toalcs known, combined With the Dest blood purifiers, acting directiy on the mueous surfaces. The perféct combination of the two Ingrediente (se what produces such wonderful re- sults tn curing catarsh. | Send for testimonials, free, ¥. J, CHENRY & CO., Prope., Toledo, O Sold by Druggiste, price tc. ‘Take faite Paintly Filis 208 constipation, Salaries of Public Officials. The salary of the mayor of Boston {s $10,000, $2,000 more than is paid the governor of Massachusetts. The mayor of San Francisco receives $6,- 000, the amount paid the governor of California. i Try One Package. ‘ If “Defiance Starch” does not please you, return it to your dealer, If it tains andh wll aie sod tall faction, and will not stick to the trom, Prisoners Learn Trades. In the British military prisons che. prisoners practice rifle shooting, gym- pastics and signaling, and those who are to be discharged from the army s¢' the end of their terms learn a trade, if they have none. Difficult Road Bullding. Thirty-three tunnels were blasted with dynamite in the construction of the circum-Baikal branch of the Transsiberian railway. The entire length of the line is only 153 miles, ‘Its construction was begua im 1888. . DAIRY The Cow and the Hen. Hoard's Dairyman tells of two men who took a cow census. In Pennsylvania twenty-five farmers who were patrons of creameries averaged a net profit of $15.06 per year for each cow while twenty-five more made a profit of 65 cents per cow. In Indiana the best six out of fifty averaged $21.00 per cow per year. It is fair to assume that these best cows were worth from $45 to $60. Consequently it appears that it takes a good cow to pay an annual profit equal to one-third of her value. Wallace's Farmer has given through its columns the records of farmers' flocks of grade chickens that paid a clear profit of a dollar per hen. If put up at public sale many of these chickens would have sold from $3.00 to $6.00 per dozen. It would seem that the average hen, under average conditions, will give a profit of twice her value, where the average cow, under average conditions, will pay a profit of about one-third her value. When we consider the difference in the amount of money invested we wonder that farmers are so slow in giving the hen her due. Composition of Milk. Milk is made up of water and solids, the latter varying from eleven to sixteen per cent and averaging about thirteen per cent. The solids are again divided into fat and solids not fat. The solids not fat dissolved in water make a thin syrup or serum. Fat will not dissolve in water. In milk it is found in the form of microscopic globules, which vary in size from 1-2,000 to 1-40,000 of an inch in diameter. The globules in the milk of Jerseys and Guernseys are larger than those of Shorthorns and Holstelns. As the milking period of a cow increases they become smaller and much more numerous. If a drop of milk freshly drawn from the udder is viewed under a microscope the globules will appear evenly distributed over the field. After the milk has stood a while they will group themselves in little bunches. If they are at the right temperature to be sticky, they will run together when agitated and may become visible to the naked eye as butter granules. This is the explanation of what takes place in churning.—Denver Field and Farm. Last Milk the Best. The last milk drawn from a cow is much richer than the first. The last quart usually contains more than three times as much butter fat as the first. Dairy Notes. Milk of different temperatures should not be mixed. With cows long in milk the butter will come slow. Butter should be exposed as little as possible to the air from the time it is churned until marketed. Care should be taken never to overwork butter as the grain and texture should be preserved. The churn should never be filled more than half full, and then, if the temperature is just right, it will churn readily. A good thermometer and a knowledge of its use will generally overcome the difficulty of the butter refusing to come. When butter is worked very dry, the grains of salt leit in it are not dissolved and remain in a gritty condition. Milk should be set as soon as possible after being drawn from the cow whether shallow or deep sitting is followed. When the churning proceeds too rapidly as a result of too high temperature, only part of the fat is solidified, and the butter is soft and greasy. CAUGHT BY A CARICATURE. Tweed Arrested in Spain Through One of Nast's Caricatures. No very strenuous effort had been made to find Tweed, but it became known at last that he was somewhere in Spanish territory. As early as Sept. 30, Nast cartooned the "Boss" as a tiger, appearing from a cave marked "Spain." Now, suddenly, came another report—a cable—that one "Twid" (Tweed) had been identified and captured at Vigo, Spain, on the charge of "kidnapping two American children." This seemed a curious statement, for whatever may have been the boss' sins, he had not been given to child stealing. Then came further news, and the mystery was explained. Tweed had been identified and arrested at Vigo through the cartoon "Twee-dle-dee and Tilden-dum," drawn by Thomas Nast. The "street gamins"—to the Spanish office, who did not read English—were two children being forcibly abducted by the big man of the stripes and club. The printing on the dead wall they judged to be the story of his crime. Perhaps they could even spell out the word "reward" in an upper corner. Absurd as it all was, the identification was flawless. Tweed, on board the steamer Franklin, came back to America to die. When hos baggage was examined it was found that he had preserved every cartoon Nast had drawn of him, save the few final ones published after his escape, one of which had placed him again behind prison bars.—Pearson's. Bacon's Prophetic Words. Roger Bacon (1214-94) may have foreseen the possibility of making dynamite and other powerful explosives when he wrote the following words: "A small portion of matter, about the size of the thumb, properly disposed, will make a tremendous sound and coruscation, by which cities and armies might be destroyed." Wise is the man who is able to live on his wife's relatives. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug-gists refund the money if it falls to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. Sensible Man. There's a man in Chicago who says that what he likes best about his wife is his arms. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. Made Him Crazy. A man has recently been sent to an insane asylum at London because his mind gave way after he had tried to solve several newspaper puzzles. 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. Army Lived on Birch Trees. During the siege of Hamburg in 1814, almost every birch tree within some miles of the town was destroyed by the Boshkirs and Cossacks, who stripped them of their bark for food, and also tapped them for their sweet sap. There are but two kinds of starch. Defiance Starch, which is the best starch made and—the rest. Other starches contain chemicals, which work harm to the clothes, rot them and cause them to break. Defiance is absolute- DEFIANCE STARCH ly pure. It is guaranteed perfectly satisfactory or money back. The proof is in the doing and Defiance does. 16 ounces for 10 cents. Your grocer sells it. MANUFACTURED BY THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., OMAMA, NEB. FADELESS DYES Prospects of War. Gen. Andre, late French minister of war, told the budget committee of the chamber recently that he could not reduce the number of men called to the colors. It was pointed out that last year he was not so exacting. "Last year," replied the general, "the government was certain that France would not be engaged in war for at least eighteen months. At the present time it is impossible for me to give you the same assurance." A Three-Footed Bear. There is at least one bear in Hancock county traveling about on three feet. Two men were out hunting where there was a bear trap set ready for the animals that made camping somewhat dangerous. During the night the men were awakened by a growl and snarling that betrayed the presence of a great bear. They found a foot in the trap, a huge foot, too, and it is thought the animal to which it belonged would weigh over 500 pounds. The bear had gnawed off its foot in its desperate efforts to escape.—Lewiston Journal. His Preference. Russian—You're a yellow monkey. Jap—Well, I'd rather be a yellow monkey than a blue one! Best in Existence. "I sincerely believe, all things considered, Hunt's Lightning Oil is the most useful and valuable household remedy in existence. For Cuts, Burns, Sprains and Insect Bites it has no equal so far as my experience goes." G. E. Huntington, Eufaula, Ala. 25c and 50c bottles. Taught Carp Meaning of Words. A Spanish naturalist, Dr. Ribera, has proved that fish can hear and distinguish sounds and words. Concealing himself behind a bush he taught the carp in a pond to come to the surface for food every time he spoke a certain sentence. To other words, not associated with feeding, they paid no attention. TRADE MARK. St.Jacobs Oil by friction and penetration warms, soothes and cures the worst cases. Price 25c. and 50c. 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE MIXED FARMING WHEAT RAISING RANCHING Three great pursuits have again shown wonderful results on the Free Homestead Lands of Western Canada this year. Magnificent climate—farmers plowing in their shirt sleeves in the middle of November. "All are bound to be more than pleased with the final results of the past season's harvests."—Extract. Coal, wood, water, hay in abundance. Schools, churches, markets convenient. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Please say where you saw this advertisement. Beauty of Child's Eyes. A child's eyes! Those clear wells of undefiled thought! What on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own! In prayer, how earnest; in joy, how sparkling; in sympathy, how tender!—Norton. THE CIMETER, Pabhshed every week in tne interest of the Negro by the Cimeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Povt Office nt Muskogee, 1. T., as second class mail matter. ~~ SUBSCRIPTION: (Iu advance) One VOM oe esesssssscessesennseseesacensssens @D.00 Bix MOMs ..n.cceeccessesssesee seeeseseseescersevsee OO Three Months oleselverians on cpeeeaes WO re ee W.H.'WINE - - - = - Editor. WOOD, Ass’t Editor and Manager. J.T.TRIMBLE - - ~- Solicitor E.T. HEARNE, - - City Reporter. There are 100,000 non-citizens or state negroes in the Indian Territory. This class of people will play an im* portant part in the future of the Ter- ritory. The Prohibitionists are raising heaven and earth and h——— to capture the new state, and some say they have a show for success. V The president of the United States is desirous of seeing the Oklahoma and !ndian Territories as one state. Now that does settle the matter. Poor old Arkansas can cuss and wait or wait and cuss, it is all the same. Information wanted concerning the present whereabouts of Robert (or sob) Blankshear, by his relatives, Samuel Guinn and Lena Blankshear Guinn. Address Cimeter, Muskogee, t. F If the Republicans poss the state- hood bill now before congress (and they will), there will be a warm time down in this neck of the woods from Jan. 1, 1905, to Dee. 31, of the same year, The Muskogee Republican club rep- resen‘s the organizations of the Re- publican party in this city and v'- cinity, and the sooner the crazy mi:- fits who are parading themselves as Republicans find th’s out the better Port Arthur, up to this writing has not fallen. Those gallant de- fenders are heroes, and will go down in history as such. Our sympathy is with the Russians because ‘They were our friends when the world was our foe.” The president stands pat on the appointment of Dr, Crum as collect- or, and it is up to the senate to con- firm him. Democrats of the Tillman stripe are cussing, and hoping that tue senate will not confirm the ap- pointment, The time will come, and is now at hand, when fe‘lovs who are so anx- jous and do run b fore a notary pub- lie to make affidavits will wish they had not done so. We advised one enss to keep off, but he blindly ran into it. Miss Alice Robertson has been ap- pointed postmistress at Muskogee. This ends the fight for the postoffice, end the parties concerned must bow in submission to the power that is re- sponsible for the appointment, Miss Robertson will make ‘a good official and even if she can't vote, is a good Republican, ‘All's well that ends well.” We congratulate Miss Rob- ertson on her success. Bert Greer and Col. Douglass have a big fight on. Bert is giving Doug hades down here and Doug is raising Cain at the national capital. Each of them seem to enjoy their way of doing things, and as it hurts nobody down here, all is well. There are some fellows who are now candidates for members of the constitutional convention, and who have goten on a _ turkey gobbler strut and are swearing by the gods that they will be “it” or no one shall. We hope to see some bright, intelli- gent negro from this place a delegate in that convention. We are not and will not be a candidate. We are anx- fous to assist the deserving candidate, but under no consideration will we support a swell-headed, conceited, broken-down political hack from ————. for the place. Embryo candidates for state ofi- ces and congress are doing some splendid side-stepping at this stage of the game, and the fellows who fought the proposition of a negro be- ing on the Territory executive com- mittee will do some back-stepping and double suffling in the near fu- ture. The revenue politicians who work- ed the dear postoffice applicants to a finish are now looking around for more victims. They scent the battle afar, and are even now getting in trim to skin the (spring chickens), those who are ambitious to run for ity offices. (The poor candidate has our commiseration.) It is a shame and a disgrace that the people at Wybark do not come forward and assist the officers in bringing the lawbreakers to justice. It is a bad state of affairs when men and women will commit perjury rath- er than that a confirmed scoundrel should be punished. That commun- ity will always bear a hard name until the change from _ protecting criminals in their devilish crimes.” The colored people of Muskogee who claim that there are several fac- tions among our people and that we cannot get together for that reason are mistaken. There are no factions amons the real race men. There may be a few sap-headed office seekers who desire to have such conditions to the front. We desire to say there is no Twine faction, because we are not a candidate for anything in sight. We are with the boys in the trenches, and the position is satisfactory to us. A few damphool Cherokee Indians tried to pass a “Jim Crow” law last week in the Cherokee Nation. These poor deluded devils are trying to ape the Arkansas rebel, and doubtless were influenced to this act by some renegade white man who had _ fled from Arkansas to the Indian Terri- tory, But of course the thing would not work, a few sensible Indians in- forming the damphools that they could not set aside the United States law in their little national council, and the damphools subsided, —————— Dave Richardson's <= BARBERSHOP, OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE. GATISFAOTION QUARANTFED Dave Richardson, - Pron p BIG LINE OF FALL MILLINARY! Shirt Waist Suits, Shirt Waists, Corsets, Hosiery, Muslin{j¢ Underwear, Dry Goods, Tin Ware and Enameled Ware, Queens Ware, and Glass Ware. THE FAIR! THE FAIR! 4 GUARANTEE LIFE }’’SURANCE CO. | MUSKOGEE, INT * . TERRITORY. 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Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber doeg not piece by tne feet but oy the inchesr te a x Sy | ae ey Fs 4 oy Me og a ba ees Bee) at | oe Ae! AS % We are born; we laugh; we weep; We love; we droop; we die! Ah! wherefore do we laugh or weep? Why do we live or die? Who knws that secret deep? Alas, not I! Why doth the violet spring Unseen by human eye? Why do the radiant seasons bring Sweet the vits that quickly fly? Why do our fond hearts cling To things that die? We toll—through pain and wrong; We fight—and fly; We love; we lose; and then, ere long, Stone dead we lie, O life! is all thy song "Endure and die?" —Bryan Waller Procter. (Copyright, 1904, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) "I reckon I've cured you of your contrariness for good and all," cried Farmer Haines, swinging in at the kitchen door, standing an old shot gun behind the stove and scowling fiercely as he took his accustomed seat at table. His blazing eyes challenged those of a slender girl engaged in emptying the steaming contents of several pots into a line of waiting dishes. "Why, father, what have you done?" The girl's hand went up as if she felt a clutch at her pretty throat and her eyes flashed back a look of defiance not unmixed with fear. "If you have killed him, finish your mad work and shoot me, too!" she cried, dropping a saucepan and rushing for the door. The old man turned to stop her, but, even as his arm was raised, the door flew open and a young man, ministerially garbed and very much out of breath, nervously dabbing at his chubby face with a large silk handkerchief, entered precipitately and confronted the young woman. "Dora Haines!" he gasped, "you look all worked up. What's the matter? I thought I heard—" "Ask father—he knows," faltered Dora, breaking from the affectionate grasp of the Reverend Giles Faxon and flying down the pathway leading to the road. "What—what's happened?" asked the parson, seating himself and gaz- Tougson "If you have killed him, shoot me, too!" ing with impatient curiosity at the stalwart Haines, as he proceeded to transfer his dinner from the stove to the table. "What—what's Dora so put out about? I thought I heard—" "You heard nothing," declared the farmer, pausing to level a warning finger at the preacher, "do you understand? You heard nothing!" "But I certainly—" Haines in one stride was at the other's elbow. His great fist was within an inch of the reverend nose. "You shut up and let me talk," he hissed. "That Barker fellow has been snooping around here again contrary to my orders. He's after my Dora, and she—the ninny—loves him. Hear that? Loves him!" "But Barker's a forger—I thought he had left the country." "Will you be quiet? Dora would have run away with him if I hadn't kept my eye skinned. I warned him that the next time he came around I'd put shot into him, and I guess I've kept my word." "Oh, I trust you haven't—" "Never you mind. You've heard nothing and you want to let that stick in your memory or you may come to harm. If you have any idea of marrying my daughter, mind what I'm telling you." "Was Dora going to him when I came in?" "Go and see, for all I care—but remember—you heard no shooting." The Reverend Giles Faxon, in anything but a happy frame of mind, left the house. Several farm hands were coming in from the fields to dinner. His first impulse was to inquire of them as to Barker and the shooting, but he remembered Haines' warning and let them pass unquestioned. "Perhaps he is lying wounded down there by the creek," he thought, "perhaps—oh, God—perhaps Haines killed him—and it is all my fault. I will go and see. Dora, if she expected him, may be there before me." Less than half an hour had elapsed since Faxon, on his way afoot from his school to dine with Haines and his daughter, had heard high words from a clump of trees near the creek by the roadside—words, followed by the report of a gun. He had distinguished the voices but, being of a timid nature, had hastened his steps toward the farm house, not pausing to inquire into the cause or effect of the strange occurrence. Arriving at a little bridge that spanned the creek, Faxon, leaving the road, tremblingly plunged into the underbrush, calling: "Dora! Dora! Where are you. Dora?" There was no answer and the young clergyman floundered around for several minutes without observing any sign of a scuffle. Suddenly he heard a voice and, guided by the sound, soon came upon Dora Haines kneeling beside the prostrate form of a man. Dora appeared not to notice Faxon who, as soon as his eyes fell upon his rival's face against the girl's heart, cried out: "How can you. Dora? He is a felon Life —he who forged old man Cotton's name—the man whose arrest is worth five hundred dollars." Dora turned upon him with scorn in her beautiful eyes. "He is innocent!" she cried. Barker stirred and the farmer's daughter again gave him her attention, calling him by endearing names—names the Reverend Faxon had never before heard from her lips. A sigh escaped Dora's lover and suddenly he sat up, looking longingly into the girl's eyes and then letting his gaze wander to the surprised countenance of the parson. "Dora knows I'm innocent, he said, and then something like a smile brightened his handsome features—a smile of triumph. Faxon made a move as if to withdraw. "Not yet!" cried Barker, and there was strength in his voice. "Stay!"—and Barker's hand was raised. In it he held a shining revolver. "Dora's father told me, before this little forging incident, that she loved you, so when you stooped to forge another's name and further stooped to accuse me—old Cotton's clerk—for love of her, believing that she really loved you, I let it appear that I left the country. But I was not very far away. One night I stole to Dora's window to say good-by, and learned from her lips that her heart was mine. Her father interrupted us and, believing the lie you spread concerning me would have held me to claim the reward. Dora pleaded for my liberty and her father let me go, threatening to shoot me should I again be seen on his place. To-day I came to expose you and to take Dora away as my wife. I managed to send her a message to meet me here, but her father saw me and kept his promise A man in a suit and hat raises his fist in a gesture of defiance as he faces another man in a suit and hat, who stands with his hands on his hips. A woman in a dress stands behind them, her hands clasped in front of her. The background is a cloudy sky with a fence and trees. "Live? Yes! Live to see you well rewarded!" As for you—you will soon change you ministerial garb for a striped suit." "You can prove nothing." "That will come later; just now you have work to do—the last task you will perform as a clergyman, I think for some time—marry us!" The Reverend Giles Faxon trembled, hesitated and stuttered. Dora hid her face on her lover's shoulder. The point of Barker's pistol rose a trifle and—Faxon did his duty. "Will he live?" asked Faxon, for Dora and Barker were very silent following the strange ceremony and the clergyman feared—or did he hope?—that his victim might be passing beyond the power to accuse him to the world. "Live? Yes! Live to see you well rewarded," cried Barker, springing to his feet. "Why—why, I thought you were badly wounded," declared the Reverend Giles Faxon. "He would have been," said Dora, nestling close in her lover's arms, "had I not thought to put blank cartridges in father's gun." Alaska Gold Production The gold production of the entire Alaskan district for the present year is estimated at $26,000,000. BIRD LIGHTED STREET LAMP. Simple Solution of Incident That Puzzled Authorities. In a suburban town, where the streets are lighted by gas lamps, a curious thing happened. A gentleman noticed that for several nights the gas was not lighted in front of his house and reported the matter to the gas company. The lamp-lighter who had the street in charge was sure that he had lighted it each night. Later the gentleman noticed that the lamp was often lighted through the day and decided that some mischievous boy was responsible for it. Keeping a close watch for the offender, he was astonished to see the light flash up when not a soul was near it. He placed a ladder against the post and climbed up to investigate the matter. He found that the two chains which lurged the light on and off moved so easily that the slightest touch was sufficient to send them up or down. But they could not move of their own weight nor by the wind. Still more puzzled, the man returned to his watch at a discreet distance and was soon rewarded by seeing a wren fly to the lamp, perch itself on the ring at the end of the chain, and give it a pull which lighted the gas. He then remembered that a wren had reared a brood in the lamp that year. The Ram island ledge (Maine) lighthouse, now practically finished, will. THE LIGHTHOUSE Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse. it is claimed, be the best in the world of its class. The appropriation was $166,000. The tower is of hewn stone, and the exterior is nearly as smooth as marble. It is lined with white enamel tiling, and the interior is finished in quartered oak of the finest quality. The glass is diamond shaped. The lantern is of bronze, cost $10,000, and the salt air will have no effect upon it. The $7,000 lens for the lamp was made in Paris. The photograph shows the tower as it looked just before the staging was removed. Seven men are at work on the interior. The light will be of the third order, and will be a flash. The lighthouse is as firm as the great rock on which it stands. It will be of the greatest possible advantage to all masters of vessels entering or leaving Portland. Wood Cut During Coal Strike. The last of the wood that the city cut several years ago around Woodward pond and hauled into Keene, N. H., at the time of the coal strike, is now being burned at the fire station and at city hall. Potatoes. New York, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania lead all states in the production of potatoes. Diagram shows relative production in millions or bushels. STATEHOOD LISTED STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE OUTLINED PROGRAM MAY HAVE BILL PASSED BY CHRISTMAS Order of Business of Senate Before Holding Recess is Framed—Four Matters to be Taken Up—Statehood Is One of Them WASHINGTON: The steering committee of the senate framed the order of business for the senate until the holiday recess. Four matters will be given attention in this period. They are the Philippine bill, on which the senate agreed to vote December 16; statehood legislation, the nomination of William D. Crum to be the collector of the port of Charleston, S. C., and the question of filling vacancies on senate committees No effort was made to outline a program for the session or to prejudice action on urgent business which failed in the last session of congress or was advocated by the president in his message to congress. At informal meetings of senate leaders several of these measures have been discussed and the tacit understanding reached that some of them should be kept in the background until late in the session. Notably is this true of the proposed legislation granting the interstate commerce commission supervision over railroad rates. It is expected several appropriation bills will be sent over from the house before long as is usual in short sessions of congress, nothing of a disputed character will be allowed to stand in their way. It is believed by senate leaders that there will be no substantial opposition to the statehood bill in its present form, admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state and Arizona as one state. MURPHY WILL ASSIST Indian Territory Delegate to be Assisted by the Ex-Attorney of Greeks ARDMORE: The delegates have departed for Washington for the purpose of influencing congress to pass legislation to improve conditions in this country. It is said that former Attorney A. P. Murphy of the Creek nation, who has been elected to congress from Missouri will be petitioned by the business interests to go to Washington to assist Delegate Foley in his fight for favorable legislation. Mr. Murphy does not take his seat until March 4. By reason of his knowledge of existing circumstances he will be asked to aid the territory. As a rule the business men are satisfied with conditions in the Chickasaw nation, the lease law beng satisfactory and much progress has been made, but in some of the other nations there has been much complaint over existing affairs. EDUCATIONAL GROWTH Increase in Schools is Greater Than In GUTHRIE: The annual report, to be made by Territorial Superintendent L. W. Baxter to the next legislature, will show an interesting comparison with his report of last year to the governor as in the educational line Oklahoma has made as rapid progress, if not greater, than in financial and commercial lines. From all sources there were received for the support of the public schools in the territory, during the last fiscal year, the sum of $1,693,461.97, against $1,207,395.62 last year, an increase of $480,00. Muskogee is to get a $70,000 plung mill, which is to be moved from Little Rock Ark., and be in operation by February 1. LOCATING ALLOTMENTS Full Blood Cherokee Will be Forced to Accept VINITA: The Dawes commission is making efforts to locate prospective allotments for full blooded Cherokee Indians who are opposed to taking allotments. The Night Hawks, an organization of full bloods, are bitterly opposed to taking allotments at this time. Several field parties will be sent out in the spring. One field party is now at work in the neighborhood of Cookson, with J. K. Gibson in charge; James H. Henderson, surveyor, John Israel, interpreter; Andy Whitmore, teamster, and a cook. The party will work solely among the full-bloods, who have refused to come and select their allotments, as provided by the treaty of Aug. 7, 1902. The division will also attend to the filing of those full-bloods who are finallycially unable to come and take their pro rata share of the Cherokee landed estate. The task is a tedious one, and will require more than six months' hard work to cover the field. It is estimated that there are now nearly 1,000 Indians, mostly full-bloods who have not even manifested sufficient interest in securing allotments to go to the land office and file upon them. The locating party will hunt up such of these persons as can be found and induce them to file upon allotments. Where the commission finds that the Night Hawk has land which he has improved to any extent, which has been filed on by others, the commission will file a contest case for the Indian and will allow them to signify their choice of land not allotted, if they are so inclined, but there is going to be an allotment made for every one that can be found. ASSISTANT CASHIER GONE Madill Bank Loses One Official and Twenty-one Thousand Dollars MADILL: L. T. Smith, formerly assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Madil, left on November 22 or 23 and since that time his whereabouts are unknown. A short time ago it was discovered that there was a shortage in the bank amounting to $21,000. As soon as the shortage was discovered the officers and directors of the bank held a meeting and summoned C. B. Dorchester, cashier of the Merchants and Planters' National Bank at Sherman, and requested him to come to Madill and investigate the condition of the bank. Mr. Dorchester arrived here and immediately commenced an investigation which lasted two days, following which Mr. Dorchester give out a statement to the effect that the bank is in splendid shape and that the shortage was $21,600. He also stated that the surplus and profits which the bank has accumulated exceed the amount of the loss, and that he finds all of the bank deposits and paper in excellent shape and the bank in good condition, despite the loss mentioned; and that conditions in connection with the bank's business are first-class. Followi ng the statement A. B. Dunlap, president of the bank, issued a circular, in which he states that the bank is in fine shape, has plenty of money and desires to make more good loans. L. T. Smith, who is missing, is a single man, about 27 years old and has been with the bank four years. He was trusted by his employers implicitly. A warrant for his arrest has been issued. Accidental Killing Near Lexington LEXINGTON: Word has reached here of the accidental killing of a man by the name of John F. Mills by Barrett Haynes, a boy of fourteen years. Mill's and young Haynes were bird hunting two miles east of here, where the killing occurred. Mill's had been picking cotton for the Haynes family for a few days but his home is said to be in Texas. For a time he stopped near Moral. WHEAT CONDITION WHEAT CONDITION ONLY 82.9 AS COMPARED WITH TEN-YEAR AVERAGE ACREAGE SOWN LESS THAN FOR YEARS Agricultural Department Compiles Figures as to Wheat-A More Accurate Account Will Be Issued Later-Prices Should Go Up WASHINGTON: The crop report issued by the department of agriculture says: "Returns to the chief of the bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture indicates that the newly seeded area of winter wheat is about 31,155,000 acres, a decrease of 1.6 per cent from the area sown in the fall of 1903, as finally estimated. The condition of winter wheat on December 1 was 82.9 as compared with 86.6 in 1903; 99.7 in 1902: and a ten year average of 92.1. The acreage, as compared with last year is 98.4 per cent. The newly-seeded area of winter rye is provisionally estimated at 96.7 per cent of the area sown in the fall of 1903. The condition of winter rye on December 1 was 90.5 as compared with 92.7 on December 1, 1903; 98.1 at the corresponding date in 1902, and 96.2, the mean of the December averages of the last ten years. The percentage of acreage sown to winter rye this year as compared to that sown last year is 967, the average condition December 1, 1904, was 90.5. Corresponding averages for 1903 and 1902 were 92.7 and 98.1 respectively, and the mean of the December averages of the last ten years 96.2. The final estimates of the total acreage, production, and farm values of the principal crops for 1904 will be issued December 28, at 4 o'clock, p. m. COTTON STILL WEAK Little of the Staple Being Offered Good Demand for Spots GALVESTON, TEXAS: Liverpool was again the prevailing influence at the opening of the American cotton markets Saturday, and by being notoriously bad caused a break of 8 to 14 points at New York. The fact that short interests are pretty well satisfied in covering also operated as a weakening influence and helped put the market down, but the persistent and numerous telegrams from the interior showing a good demand for spot cotton and very little offering served to check the decline and brought about a partial recovery of prices at New Orleans and other ports wre a feature, and it is expected before January 1, the stocks at ports will be greatly reduced. The market at Liverpool was due to come in unchanged to 1 point down, but opened at a decline of 5 to 9 points and grew worse as the session grew older, closing 9 points down on all options. That kind of a market was more than the markets in America could well stand and opening figures resulted therefrom. Towards the last of the session the American markets became steady and closed at Galveston 4 points off, New Orleans 3 to 6 points off and New York 5 to 10 points off. Spot business at Liverpool was poor, prices being easier by 1 point. In America there was little doing. The demand was good, but very little offering. Markets were generally unchanged, New York 10 points off. Acquitted and Rearrested SOUTH McALESTER: Jasper Simp was acquitted in the United States court here charged with killing a man near Poteau. He is charged with killing another man, a deputy marshal, and was taken back to jail to await trial for killing Deputy Marshal Grady several years ago. SEEKS SEAT IN CONGRESS Cherokee National Council Will Ask Reprsentation for the Nation ViNITA: The Cherokee national council is considering a joint resolution asking for representation of the Cherokee nation on the floor of congress. The following is the full text of the resolution: "Whereas, the treaty of March 1, 1835, in its seventh article provides: 'The Cherokee nation, having already made great progress in civilization and deeming it important that every proper and laudable inducement should be offered to their people to improve their condition as well as to guard and secure in the most effectual manner the rights guaranteed to them in this treaty, and with a view to illustrate the liberal and enlarged policy of the government of the United States toward the Indians in their removal beyond the territorial limits of the states, it is stipulated that they shall be entitled to a delegate in the house of representatives of the United States, whenever congress shall make provision for the same.'" "And whereas, by the treaty of 1866 between the United States and the Cherokee nation, the following appearing in Sec. 31 of said treaty: 'All treaties heretofore ratified and in force, and not consistent with the provisions of this treaty, are hereby reaffirmed and declared to be in full force; and nothing herein shall be construed as acknowledgement by the United States, or a relinquishment by the Cherokee nation of any claim or demand under the guarantee of former treaties, except as herein expressly provided.'" "And whereas, By agreement, the tribal relation of the Cherokee nation will cease on the 4th day of March, 1906, and "Whereas, All the affairs of the Cherokee nation, both as to lands and moneys, are subject to and are ruled and governed by congressional enactments; and "Whereas, The interests of the Cherokee nation amount to several millions of dollars, and believing that a people with such vast interests should be personally represented before the great government of the United States in whose hands their entire interests rests; and "Whereas, We believe the government of the United States was sincere in entering into this obligation, and all of the unsettled business of the Cherokee nation will be a matter for future congressional legislation, and believing that a people so vitally interested should be heard on legislation pertaining to them: "Whereas, The Cherokee nation, by constitutional provision has me'e provisions whereby a representative of its government to represent them before congress or any of the departments thereof may be elected; therefore be it "Resolved, By the national council of the Cherokee nation, that it is the sense and desire of the Che okee people that the congress of the United States carry out the provision of the treaty herein referred to, so that the Cherokee nation be represented on the floor of the house of representatives of the United States, the same as other territories, in accordance with the meaning and intention of the treaty mentioned, and thus carry out the obligations expressed in said treaty, and have the Che okee nation represented before congress and give them an opportunity to be heard in the final settlement of their affairs, and we most earnestly petition the congress of the United States that such steps be taken to enable the seating of such a delegate that may have the proper credentials from the Cherokee nation." Criminality of Professions A French professor has been inquiring into the comparative criminality of the professions. He finds that the convictions per 100,000 of each are as follows: Lawyers, 100; artists, 33; doctors, 25; lay teachers, 19; clerical teachers, 7; Catholic clergy, 4. MARKET REPORTS COTTON Cotton COTTON Cotton GALVESTON SPOTS—Low ordinary, 4 6-16; ordinary, 5 1-16; good ordinary, 6 5-16; low middling, 7 3-16; middling, 7 11-16; good middling, 7 15-16; middling fair, 8 15-16. NEW ORLEANS SPOTS—Ordinary 5 2-16; good ordinary, 6 7-16; low middling, 7 3-16; middling, 7 10-16; good middling, 7 13-16, middling fair, 8 15-16 LIVE STOCK Chicago CATTLE—Good to prime steers 6.00 @7.25; poor to medium, 3.60@5.80; stockers and feeders, $2.20@4.10; cows, $140lb4.00; heifers, $2.00@5.00; canners, $1.35@2.40; bulls, $2.00@4.00 calves, $3.50@700; Western steers, $3.30@4.85. HOGS.—Mixed and butchers, $435@ 4.50; good to choice heavy $4.42½@ 4.55; rough heavy, $4.30@4.35; light, $425@4.40; bulk of sales, $4.40@4.47. SHEEP—Good to choice wethers, $4.50@5.25; fair to choice mixed, $3.60 @4.40; Western sheep, $350@500; native lambs, $47.5@6.60; Western lambs, $5.00@6.35 Kansas City CATTLE—Choice export and dressed beef steers, $5.00@6.50; fair to good, $3.50@5.00; Western fed steers, $3.50@5.50; stockers and feeders $2.50@4.25; Southern cows, $1.75@3.75; native cows, $1.75@3.75; native heifers, $2.50@5.00; bulls, $2.00@4.00; calves, $3.00@6.25; HOGS.—Heavy, $4.50@4.60; packers, $4.30@4.55; pigs and lights, $3.75@4.40; SHEEP—Native lambs, $4.50@6.00; native wethers, $4.00@5.00; native ewes, $4.00@4.50; Western lambs, $4.50@6.00; Western yearlings, $4.00@6.00; Western sheep, $3.75@4.75; stockers and feeders, $2.50@4.35. GRAIN MARKET Kansas City WHEAT—No. 2 hard, $1.04@1.06; No. 3 hard, $1.01@1.03; No. 2 red, $1.05@1.08; No. 3 red, $1.04. CORN—No. 2 mixed, 41c; No. 3 mixed, 40@41c; No. 2 white, 40@41c; No. 3 white, 40c. OATS—No. 2 mixed, 29½@30c; No. 3 mixed, 29c; No. 2 white, 29½@30c; No. 3 mixed, 29½@30c. Chicago WHEAT—No. 2 red, $1.14@1.15½; No. 3 red, $1.09@1.13; No. 2 hard, $1.09@1.13; No. 3 hard, $1.02@1.10. OATS—No. 2 mixed, 30c, No. 2white 31c Grain Items A Montreal firm wired: A cable from a large Australian firm advises that the crop prospects there are bad. Stocks of wheat here have decreased 75,800 bushels the past week. Corn stocks have increased 93,800 bushels. Stocks of oats have increased 9,400. Minneapolis stocks of wheat increased 160,000 bushels. During the past week stocks increased 1,174,212 bushels and now amount to 12,457,368 bushels. Fifteen thousand bushels of wheat were delivered at Kansas City on December contracts. The deliveries so far on December contracts amount to 85,000 bushels. The past week's world's shipments of wheat and flour are estimated to amount to 8,800,000 bushels. A fair decrease in the quantity on ocean passage is expected. Exports of corn from the United States the past week were 276,000 bushels; last week, 364,000 bushels; a year ago, 659,000 bushels, two years ago, 1,301,000 bushels; three years ago, 278.000. --- Report From Oberlin That Can Scarcely Be Credited CLEVELAND, OHIO: A dispatch from Oberlin, Ohio, says: The confession of President Beckwith of the wrecked Citizens' National Bank of Oberlin now in the possession of the Federal authorities, is a story so startling with relation to the monumental transactions of Mrs. Chadwick as to be almost unbelievable. The unequivocal statement is made in the confession of President Beckwith that the means by which Mrs. Chadwick secured the immense loans was by a written promise, delivered into the hands of the banker, that the Citizens' bank would be the trustee of the $5,000,000, which has just been revealed to the world, as an absolute myth. The written promise delivered by Mrs. Chadwick to Beckwith to the effect exactly that her affairs would be turned over to the Oberlin bank July 1, 1903. In consideration thereof, President Beckwith and Cashier Spear were to receive $10,000 a year each for their trouble. In addition the bank was to be given a bonus of close to $60,000 when the loans had all been paid back. The story of how Mrs. Chadwick played with the two banks' officers, after having them once in her power, as told by Beckwith, is absorbing. Mrs. Chadwick calmed their fears with the claim that she was a relative of Andrew Carnegie. The written confession of Beckwith goes into detail of the explanation made by Mrs. Chadwick, as to the manner in which the estate was then being handled. The Wade Park Bank of Cleveland was used simply as a depository for the securities, according to the tale that the Cleveland woman made the bankers believe. The estate was said by Mrs. Chadwick to be in the hands of three trustees all New York men. The name of one of them was given as William B. Baldwin. Mrs. Chadwick said she could not get hold of the money except through Baldwin, whom the banker believes to be a mythical person. Baldwin attended to all the business of handling the interest from the bonds and turned it over to Mrs. Chadwick as it became due. The bankers were told that the yearly income was $750,000. Repeated efforts were made on the part of Beckwith to get into communication with Baldwin, but they were always uncussessful. An excuse was always ready when enquiry concerning Baldwin was pressed. The Oberlin bank was to be made the trustee of the estate as soon as the contract with the alleged trustees was ended, which was said to be July 1, 1903. When the first day of July of last year came around matters were said to be in such a shape as to make it necessary for the estate to remain in the same hands for some time longer. With the end of their troubles right in sight and a golden harvest within their grasp, as the Oberlin bankers believed, they were put off to commence upon a period of tortuous anticipation which ended with the closing of the doors of the institution and the arrest of both the president and the cashier. In relation to the indorsment of the notes by Beckwith and Spear, the story from the bankers goes on to relate the notes were indorsed only as a last resort in the desperate chase for funds. He confessed that he had intended to attempt to negotiate a loan on the note, but his nerve failed him. The indorsements were put on, it was explained, to make the paper more bankable. The confession practically tells a story of how the Oberlin bank was used as a clearing house for Mrs. Chadwick's manipulations. One instance is that of the $5,000 note held by W. L. Fay and Henry Wuerst of Elyria. The note was given by Mrs. Chadwick to Fay and Wuerst with diamonds as security. They pressed for payment and finally threatened to sell the jewels. HUMOUR of the DAY Intolerable Provocation. "I admit that I hit the plaintiff," said Subbubs, "and I'd do it again if—" "Come! Come!" interrupted the magistrate, "don't talk that way." "Judge, I was down in my cellar last night, trying to coax the furnace to give out some heat. In the midst of my work the bell rang and I had to answer it. When I opened the door this man stepped in and tried to sell me a patent fire extinguisher!" He'd Seen 'Em. "What business is papa in, mama?" asked little Robbie. "Why, he's in the hardware business, my boy." "And does he sell cockroaches, mama?" "Why, Robble! What a question! Of course, he doesn't!" "Well, he's got a sign on the store window which reads: 'We sell everything to be found in the kitchen.'" Knew His Game. Tom—I saw Slickley the other day, and he was looking exceedingly prosperous. Dick—If you see him again tell him I'm out of town. Tom—What for? Dick—He once confided to me that the only time he ever pretended to be a swell dresser was when he was broke and out borrowing money.—Detroit Free Press. As It Should Be. He had just proposed, but his poverty was too much of a handicap. "A man without money," she said, "might as well walk back and sit down." "O, of course," he rejoined. "He naturally wouldn't be in a position to ride back." Real Nerve. Blinkers—Could you lend me your racing auto for the afternoon, old chap? Tooter—Why—er—yes. Blinkers—Thanks awfully. And say—er—could you lend me the price of a couple of fines or so?—Puck. Dissenting Opinion. A Nurse—Little boy, you must not do that. It is not nice to kiss little girls. Street Kid—Well, dat just shows what you know about de kissin' game. Philadelphia Telegraph. "It's terribly slow here," wrote the war correspondent to his wife; "I haven't actually seen any fighting since I left home." Bright Woman. Mr. Klose—"I'm glad to see some women have begun a crusade against the killing of birds for hat trimmings. It's certainly a cruel—" Mrs. Klose—"It is so cruel, dear, and I just hate to wear my last winter's hat because it has a bird on it. I saw a lovely hat downtown to-day for $40 that hasn't even a feather on it. Let me buy it to-morrow? Georgie Wanted More Pie. "Gran'ma," says Georgie, "you gavo me a awful little piece of pie!" "Why, Georgie!" cries the dear old lady, "I gave you an extra large piece. I remember cutting an enormous piece for you." "Gran'ma," the small boy ruminates a few minutes before speaking again. "Gran'ma, your glasses magnify a good deal, don't they?" Male Moon Gazers. Beware. "Ah!" sighed the sentimental maid, "I could sit and gaze at the moon for hours." "Would that I were the man in it," said the callow youth who was helping her to hold down the rustic seat on the lawn. "Same here," she replied, wearily. "Then you would be nearly 240,000 miles away." Philosophy. A The Rejected One—Jilted, jilted, for a bloke wiv a penny cigar. The Cynic—Wimmin, me dear Algernon, are all alike—Half Holiday. O! the Funny Man! Klumsey—It always worries me to go into a china store. I'm always afraid of breaking something. Jokeley—Me, too. I went into one the other day to buy a wedding present and broke something worth $20. Klumsey—You don't say so? What was it? Jokeley—A twenty-dollar note. - Lacked Originality. He (after the engagement)—And am I really and truly the only man you ever kissed? She—Why, of course you are, you dear old lump of stupidity. He—Why do you call me that? She—Because you are not original. At least a dozen men have asked me the very same question. Flew Astray. "Flyleigh had hard luck with his airship." "How was that?" "It flew away." "Bullt to fly, wasn't it?" "Yes, but it wasn't built to fly into the barnyard of a farmer who made him pay half the thing was worth before he'd give it up." Sizing Him Up. "Very well, you may make a suit for me," said Slopay, "but how long will it take you?" "About a week," replied the tailor. "Positively? A friend of mine who recommended me here told me you seldom delivered suits on time." "He was right. We only deliver them C. O. D." The Same Old Reason. "What was it that caused the downfall of the Trojans?" asked the man who has forgotten his classics. "It was the same old story," said the man who was reading the sporting page. "They wouldn't let the horses alone." Viking Ship 1,000 Years Old The image shows a damaged area with a large, irregularly shaped hole in the ground. The walls of the hole are broken and there are debris scattered around it. The surrounding area appears to be a rural landscape with a fence running along the edge of the field. The sky is overcast, suggesting a cloudy day. What is supposed to have been the pleasure barge of some Norwegian queen has been unearthed at Slogen, Norway. It is at least 1,000 years old and was discovered on the coast west of Christiana bay. Various circumstances point to its having been the pleasure vessel of some viking monarch's queen. These proofs are said to lie in the fact that no weapons were discovered in the burial tumulus where the ship lay. Other proofs are the fine woodwork on the rails and prow, and a loom and an elegant sledge, probably a woman's, which were also found inside the vessel. The find has attracted the attention of scientists of Europe. QUAIL SHOOTING IN SOUTH. "Bob White" Acknowledged Favorite of Southern Game Birds. Of all southern, game birds "bob white" is the acknowledged favorite, for reasons which are obvious to any sportsman of America. His followers include residents in the east, west, north and south, says Field and Stream, although in no section of the country is he more generally abundant or more widely distributed than in the latter. We know the bob white quail in the south as the "partridge." The country boy of this part of the world speaks of a "gang of partridges" and would hardly know what you meant if you referred to a covey, or bevy, of quails. With us in North Carolina the hunting season begins about Oct. 15 or Nov. 1 and usually closes March 1. During these open months our fields are occupied by a cosmopolitan concourse of hunters of all classes, conditions and colors, whose armament includes everything from the most modern breechloader to muskets identified with Gettysburg or the Wilderness. In one of my hunts I discovered doing service a musket which dated back to revolutionary days. The young hunter's great grandfather doubtless bore this piece up the rugged side of King's mountain in an earlier generation. Perhaps he did not expect it ever to be used on so small game as the little brown quail, which now interests so many persons. I had just entered a pea field with my dog, when a terrifi, roar and a cloud of black powder smoke advised me of the presence of this redoubtable piece. There emerged from the murk a long, lank youth holding on high the reeking gun. His eyes were big with excitement. "Did you get him?" I asked. "Got him as shore as gun's iron," he cried. "I seen him drap, right yander." I joined him in his search but all stances point to its having been the pleasure vessel of some viking monarch's queen. These proofs are said to lie in the fact that no weapons were discovered in the burial tumulus where the ship lay. Other proofs are that we and my two dogs could discover was a big piece of wadding. I explained to him that this was probably what he had seen "drap," and he turned away with an expression of bitter disappointment on his face. He had shot, into the brown of a rising covey and it seemed strange to him that he had not killed the whole bunch. I confess that I was beneficiary in this instance, for I followed up his scattered birds and bagged a number, much to the wonderment of my new-found friend. Didn't Have to Remove His Arms. Congressman W. H. Jackson of Maryland was arguing that the conversational delivery of speech was as effective with an intelligent audience as the declamation of a man whose brilliant periods are always accompanied by arm swinging. "You are right," said. a listener, "and your statement reminds me of a young lady who had two suitors. Both men had about the same advantages and prospects, but gossip declared that the girl would decide in favor of the man who was a lawyer, for he knew better how to present and win his case, but gossip erred; the lawyer was rejected. Later it was learned from a friend in whom the betrothed had confided the reason for her choice. 'Harry is convincing, but John is just as convincing and does not have to remove his arms every time he wants to say something.'"—Philadelphia Record. The Rooster. The rooster greets with clarion call The breaking of the day. He hails the first faint flush of dawn In his roosterial way. Fulfilling all his duty as A faithful chanticleer. With joy he notes that Night has fled And Day again is here. I do not greet with joy, myself, The rooster's clarion call, In fact, when he uplifts his voice I am not pleased at all. My slumber ceases when his notes Ring vibrant through the air. And on my couch I toss and turn, And swear, and swear, and swear! the fine woodwork on the rails and prow, and a loom and an elegant sledge, probably a woman's, which were also found inside the vessel. The find has attracted the attention of scientists of Europe. WHEN A MAN STARVES. Effect of Lack of Food Varies with the Days. For the first two days through which a strong and healthy man is doomed to exist upon nothing his sufferings are perhaps more acute than in the remaining stages; he feels an inordinate, unspeakable craving at the stomach at night and day. The mind runs upon beef, bread and other substances, but still, in a great measure, the body retains its strength. On the third and fourth days, but especially on the fourth, this incessant craving gives place to a sinking and weakness of the stomach, accompanied by nausea. On the fifth day his cheeks appear hollow and sunken, his body attenuated, his color is ashy pale and his eyes wild, glassy and cannabalistic. The sixth day brings with it increased suffering, although the pangs of hunger are lost in an over-powering languor and sickness. The head becomes dizzy, the ghosts of well-remembered dinners pass in hideous procession through the mind. The seventh day comes, bringing increasing lassiture and further prostration of strength. The mind wanders. Judge Van Wyck Tells One. Judge Augustus C. Van Wyck was arguing with sundry members of the North Carolina society against having a constitution that was too elaborate. He declared that he preferred a strong society and a weak constitution to a weak society and a strong constitution. "This reminds me," he said, "of the reply made by Rufus Choate when a friend congratulated him on having a strong constitution. 'Bless your life,' said Choate, 'I wore out my constitution twenty-five years ago, and since then I have been living on my bylaws.'" ABOUT THE LONDON "CABBY." He Works Fourteen Hours a Day and Gets About Five Shillings Pay. There are in London 2,711 cab proprietors, and of these 2,224 own fewer than five vehicles, says a writer in Outing. As you see, it is a poor man's industry. The average price for hiring a cab is 12 shillings and 3 pence a day. In addition the cabman has to pay the yard fees. He gets two horses a day and is usually fourteen hours on the box. His license costs him five shillings a year. The tax of £2 on the cab and the 15-shilling wheel duty are paid by the owner. Taking it day in and day out, the cabby makes about 5 shillings a day. In the season he may take in more money, but as the hire is raised on him it comes to the same thing. If he is not content—and there is no reason why he should be—he does not grumble unduly. Every day in London 120,000 people ride in cabs. Of course there is friction and there is a deal of noisy quarreling over fares, but so far as my experience goes the cabby is usually right in his estimate of the distances he has traveled and the money that is due him. The cab horses are a good lot. They are worked six hours a day on an average. About three years in a hansom, however, will do up the best of them. Then they diff down to the four-wheelers. Up-to-Date Costume. Mrs. Patrick Campbell, famous for her dramatic art and her pet dog Pinky Panky Poo, a Japanese spaniel of high culture, while in Washington recently went driving one day and incidentally dropped in to see a friend. The air was chilly, in fact cold, and Mrs. Campbell wore a long coat of Russian sable. Pinky or Panky or Poo was in a warm spot underneath the coat, his shaggy little head, his eyes, and white teeth peering out. "Oh, what a lovely coat that is," exclaimed Mrs. Campbell's hostess as she stroked it; "and what an odd frog you've got there at the button," as she took hold of Pinky's head. Pinky repulsed the gentle squeeze with a snap. "My heavens!" exclaimed the actress's friend. "What is that?" "Oh!" exclaimed the actress laughingly. "It's just a little Jap thats got under a Russian's hide."—New York Times. Poor Croesus. A Profitable Flower Bed. Two hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty cents' worth of violets were raised and sold by a young girl who employed her leisure time from household duties in flower growing. Her violet patch measured 20x25 feet the first season, and the violets were sold to a near-by florist at fifty cents a hundred blossoms, netting a profit of $92.50. The second season, having transplanted more violet plants in about ten feet more of ground, $129 was realized in the sales.—From How to Make Money. Local Happenings. valeccont from recent illness. Wm. Rentie, of Rentiesville, was Tere Saturday. P. B. J. Hudson, of Gatesville, was doing Muskogee this week. Mr, West, of Ennis, Tex., % in the city prospecting. Mrs. Beatrice 8. Reece has been sick with tonsilitis, but is now mucn Leiter. . H.R. Pierson, our hustling real esiate man, made a business trip to Cuthrie, O. T., this week. Miss Sadie Burney has charge of tLe Ice cream parlors in the Jones building, on South Second street. The Cimeter printed 5,000 quar- fer page circulars for Elliott Bros. grand sale that is now on. J. W. Adams made a flying trip to Kansas City Thursday on business. and returned Saturdap morning. Work has been resumed on tue First Baptist church. It is intended to continue the work to completion. Misses Alberta and Roberta Wat- son, of Talequah, were here Satur- day and Sunday Trinity Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M., will have their annual Masonic sermon preached on Dec, 25, 1904, Mr, and Mrs. Landreth, of Longs- ton, O. T., are now in Muskogee and are domiciled at Sango Baptist col- lege. Mr. Jas. MeNeese, of Dermott, Ark., has ben spending some time in Muskogee. He left for his home Monday. Prof. R. F. West, of Guthrie, O. T., arrived in our city Tuesday and ex- pects to cast his lot among us. Mr. J. H. Johnson, of St, Louis, arrived Tuesday and is prospecting here, Mr. Mat Tucker and wife arrived Monday from Oklahoma and expect to make this their home. ‘yhe National Benevolent society will give a grand entertainment at Jones’ hall on South Second street on the night of the 15th inst.. Mr. Willie Gentry, who has been sick about two years with consump- tion, died Thursday evening about 7:30 and was buried at Old Agency burial grounds Saturday evening, the 10th inst. We extend our condolence to the bereaved relatives. The editor of the Cimeter fell int his fortiethe year today, and he changed his tactics by putting on ¢ thicker pair of glasses. He certainly will see now, A fellow at the Republican clut meeting, in a big speech, said: “Mr Chairman, excuse me from digest ing.” The chairman did so, and the audience had quite a spell of laugh ter. Rey. T. H. Johnson, formerly o Florence, Ala., is in the city, and wil locate permanently in our midst. 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Ter 2 $DOD9SFOHDODIOSGHHEDHHOS OG 9GOG9SODIOODIVIOO POO IN00 90 8 OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE > - » COMMERCIAL NAT'N’'L BANK Muskogee Indian Territory. > At close of business Thursday, November 10, 1904. $ RESOURSES LIABILITIES $ Loans and Discounts $712,003.95 Capital $200,000.00 3 Overdrafts (Cotton) 25,989.61 Surplus and Profit 31,572.39 Bonds snd Premiums 206,080 49. Circulation 150,000.00 Furniture and Fixtures 7,985.11 Deposits 759,580.25 Cash and Exchange 189,093.48 $1, 141,152.64 ~ $1,141,152.64 ‘Lhe above statement is correct D. N. FINK, Cashier, Business intrueted to our care receive prompt attention. MeMOCCROMOM CM ONOMONOMOMOM CECE SNOTORON( MOROMONOROEORS LS SS RIGHT GOODS "i PLACE RIGHT PRICES «== Is the RACKET STORE in the Oklahom Building. WE CAN REN T YOUR HOUSES el 1, “ ie The Ganadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure de- sirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT ‘ Canadian Valley Trust Co. |