Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. GRAND JURY ENDORSES RAYMOND Quiet Scene of Dignity but Intense Interest in Court Room ---A Shot at Accusers of the Court. Volume 6. GRAND JURY ENDORSES Quiet Scene of tense Interest ---A Shot at of the From the Muskogee Time: This afternoon at 2:30 the grand jury made its final report and was dismissed. The total number of indictments returned was 127. The jury offered the following resolution to the court and its reading was followed by a few remarks from the Judge of especial interest at this time. Resolution By Grand Jury. Inasmuch as we believe that the hour is especially at hand in this, the formative period of our territory, when every man in favor of law and order should openly express himself and pledge his support to those who are endeavoring to maintain the right, Be it Resolved; That we, as grand jurors, express our appreciation of all assistance given us in our efforts just finished to ascertain and indict those guilty of offenses, and especially do we express our appreciation of the charge given at the outset of or labors by his Honor, Judge W. C. Raymond. It was a ringing challenge to those who prefer outlawry to good citizenship, evil to good, debauchery to temperance; and be it further Resolved; That we, as residents of the Western District of the Indian Territory, pledge him our hearty support in his maintenance of a clean, orderly and honest court where the cause of every litigant may have a fair and impartial hearing; to protect life, liberty and property; to give justice regardless of the attacks of those who hope to profit by a reign of lawlessness and corruption. We commend him for his fearless stand in the past in spite of those who have conspired in the interest of law breakers, and those whose sympathies and personal interests are opposed to the public good. We commend him for his untiring efforts to dispose of the great volume of legal business in his jurisdiction, and assure him of the support of public sentiment in his continued efforts to maintain the good name of this district as the home of those who love the law, honesty, sobriety, and an incorrupt, fearless court. Raymond's Response. Gentlemen, let me say to you, that from the bottom of my heart I thank you for this expression of your confidence. Most of you are personally strangers to me, and for that reason Muskogee, Indian Territory, Thursday, January 19, I prize the expressions contained in the resolutions very highly indeed. You come from all parts of the Western district; you represent all parties; you are familiar with the conditions in this district, no doubt, at the time I began and the conditions to-day. A man's friends may flatter him, but strangers should not be so accused. Gentlemen, for three years and a half in this district, I have tried with my whole might to do my whole duty, without any fear of anybody, without any favors to anybody, I have endeavored to give a square deal to every man, whether he is white or black or an Indian. Gentlemen, the record of the Attorney General this year will show to the country that last year I disposed of more cases in this district than any other judge in the whole United States. That does not come from me; it comes from the Attorney General of the United States. I believe that I have made no decision not founded upon good law. I have tried to ask myself, "What is the law?" and not what the street desired, nor what the gallery would approve. No rule has been made has not been made to help the transaction of public business. I do not need any public office. I have been in a fair way successful before. I see by the morning paper that charges have been made against me, but those charges are made by men of no character, or men who are sore over some political grievance. Envy has always been the price paid for success, and it always will be, and this is no exception to the rule. I informed you when you were empaneled as a grand jury that you could not stand up against crime and tahe criminal in this country and not be abused, and I reiterate just what I said at that time, but, frankly, gentlemen, I would rather have your endorsement thus presented, coming from the best citizens of the Indian Territory, without regard to party or religion, than to have the endorsement of all the criminals and law breakers in this country and in Europe. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your splendid endorsement. 1905. MINUTES Of the Business Mens' League of Muskogee, I. T., Jan. 17, 1905. The Business Mens' League met by call of the President. The prominent colored leaders from all parts of the Western district of the Indian Territory were present. The House was called to order by Pres. A. G. W. Sango. The Chair announced the house ready for such business as may lawfully and constitutionally come before the Club, at which time Mr. McRea presented the following resolution: "Commendatory of Judge C. W. Raymond, Judge of the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory. The following resolution was passed by the Business Men's League, of Muskogee, a colored organization and is self explanatory. The resolution says: "Whereas, Purported charges malignant and defamatory in their inception, is alleged to have been preferred against the Hon. Chas. W. Raymond, Judge of the United States Court for the Western district of the Indian Territory before the Department of Justice, and, "Whereas, said charges are calculated, if allowed to go by unchallenged, to bring disgrace upon the fair name of the Western district; the peaceable law abiding citizens and more especially upon the efforts and energies of this honored citizen and the highest exponent in the enforcement of the law, therefore, be it "Resolved; That we, the members of the Business Mens' League on behalf of 2,500 Afro-American citizens, express our appreciation of the manly and courageous stand the Hon. Chas, W. Raymond, Judge of the U. S. Court has taken in seeing that the laws of the United States are enforced without fear or reward or the hope of reward; that through his untiring efforts, life, liberty and property are secure; the outlaw can no longer make the Western District his rendezvous. His motto is: "Honesty of right and a square deal to every man.' Be it further "Resolved; That we stamp our disapproval of the unmanly and cowardly attack made upon him and his official career and pledge him our hearty support in his maintenance of an honest, clean and orderly court where the cause of every citizen, be he white, black or red, will be dealt with impartially in spite of those whose one ambition is to dictate and dominate and whose personal interests are opposed to law and good government. Motion was made by H. R. Pierson that the resolution be adopted as read. This motion was seconded by Mr. Twine and Mr. Price and was adopted unanimously. Motion by H. R. Pierson that a copy of these resolutions be sent to Judge C. W. Raymond and the Department of Justice. Mr. P. R. Price seconded the motion and it was unanimously carried. Motion was made by Mr. Louis Number 15. Sango of Taft, I. T., to adjourn which motion was seconded by Mr. L. A. Bell of Wagoner, I. T. The same was unanimously carried. Clocks and watches were intended to measure correctly the flight of time and the value of a clock or watch depends upon how it keeps time. A watch that keeps time, no matter how cheap is more valuable than one of gold that does not keep time. A clock that does not keep time is nothing more than junk. No where in the world does time play so important a part in the every day life of a people as in the United States. People live, work, eat, sleep, play and fight, in short everything in this fast improving country is done with a consideration as to the flight of time. And how are we as a people to keep abreast of the times if we do not keep our watches and our clocks running, and watch carefully the flight of time. For, as we all know, Time is the great maker and unmaker of nations, the changer of maps and the one thing that will solve all things. Keep your watches and clocks running, keep the right time. 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, Office, No 1, English Block. 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. T. H. Tyson, Real Estate. Town lots and farms for sale in and around the town of Grayson; large and small farms for lease for long or short terms. For anything in this line call or write T. H. TYSON, Grayson, alias Wildcat. VIGTORIA HOTEL Near Radian Wells, it is the only first-class place for colored people in the city. CLAREMORE, IND. TER. IDELLA ROBINSON, Prop SCHEBERL THE TAILOR First door south of Fire Department, South Second Street. Muskogee, I. T., Jan. 16, 1905. Geo. F. Nave, Treasurer Benevolent Relief Association. Dear Sir: I thank you most kindly for the prompt payment of my benefit, which was paid me upon my application. W. M. COLE. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 10c package colors silk, wool and cotton equally well and is guaranteed to give perfect results. Ask dealer or we will send post paid at 10c a package. Write for free booklet - How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors. MONROE DRUG CO., University, Alameda. ALL CROPS GOOD IN WESTERN CANADA. Owing to the great amount of interest that is being taken in Western Canada, it is well to be informed of some of the facts that are bringing about the great emigration from portions of the United States. The Canadian government has authorized agents at different points, and the facts related in the following may be corroborated on application. At the same time they will be able to quote you rates, and give you certificates entitling you to low rates on the different lines of railway. The following letter copied from the North Bend (Neb.) Eagle is an unsolicited testimonial, and the experience of Mr. Auten is that of hundreds of other Americans who have made Canada their home during the past seven or eight years: "I presume some may be interested to know how we have progressed this year in the Canadian Northwest. We have no complaint to offer. We have had a good year, crops were good and we have had a delightful season. I threshed from my place 8,650 bushels of grain. My oats made 65 bushels per acre and weighed 421/2 pounds per bushel. My wheat made 311/2 bushels per acre and is No. 1 quality. My barley made about 30 bushels of good quality. My crop is a fair average of the crops in the Edmonton district. "All crops were good here this season. Potatoes the finest I ever saw, and all vegetables adapted to the climate. We have had a very fine fall, but no exception to the rule, as the fall season is, I think, the most pleasant of the year. We have had no snow yet (Nov. 9), and have been plowing and working the land preparing for an early seeding next spring. Last night the mercury dropped lower than any previous night this fall, and this morning there is a crust of frost on the fields sufficient to prevent field work. No doubt many would imagine that Alberta had put on her winter overcoat before this and that the people were wrapped in furs, but it is only a question of time when this country will not be looked upon as an iceberg, but a country fit for the best of mankind to live in. "We are now assured of a transcontinental railway, which is to be built to the Pacific during the next five years. The Canadian Northern road is graded to within seventy-five miles of Edmonton. It comes from Winnipeg, and will reach us next summer, so with one railroad already at hand, the second to reach us in less than a year, and the third to penetrate our city and open up this country to the west across the Rockies to the coast within five years, we surely have reason to believe that the country is progressing. "Very respectfully. L. J. AUTEN." Among the many improvements promised for Tulsa in the near future is the erection of a $50.000 opera house. Self-made opportunities are a great help to the man who would break into the self-made class. 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. A man with all kinds of money usually acquires a wife who develops a mania for breaking up his collection. Dutch in South Africa The Dutch language does not seem now at a very high premium in the opinion of the heads of families in South Africa. A petition was recently presented to the board of management of the Kimberley high schools in favor of the teaching of Dutch to the pupils attending these schools. In order to ascertain the views of those most concerned the board sent out a circular to 444 parents, requesting those who were desirous of Dutch being taught during school hours as part of the ordinary curriculum to write to the board, stating their wish. Only twenty, however, were anxious that Dutch should be so treated, and these twenty parents represented only thirty-six children out of a total of 775 attending the high schools. A Tarpon Tows a Hogshead Times and places there are where the tarpon have been so numerous and so free in their antics as to be a pest to the small fishermen, who in a certain bay once harpooned a lordly fish, lashed him to a keg and pointed him to the open sea. Drawing the floating barrel he went spiashing terror to his kindred—an aquatic scarecrow. And as the militant hogshead, ferried by a leaping twelve-stone fish, went marching down the bay, all tarpon, great and small, took warning that they must keep their performances within the bounds of decency. Country Life in America. The cause of the dejection of a man disappointed in love, like ancient Gaul, may be divided into three parts first, unrequited affection; second, punctured conceit; third, punctured conceit. Does that woman live who can drive a lazy horse without slapping it with the lines about every ten feet? DISFIGURING ULCER People Looked at Her in Amazement —Pronounced Incurable—Face Now Clear as Ever—Thanks God for Cuticura. Mrs. P. Hackett, of 400 Van Buren St., Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I wish to give thanks for the marvelous cure of my mother by Cuticura. She had a severe ulcer, which physicians had pronounced incurable. It was a terrible disfigurement, and people would stand in amazement and look after her. After there was no hope from doctors she began using Cuticura Soap. Ointment, and Pills, and now, thank God, she is completely cured, and her face is as smooth and clear as ever." An enraged man tears his hair; an enraged woman tears her husband's hair. A Heavyweight Girl The heaviest girl in the world is Meda Milmoite, of Kentucky, fifteen years old, and weighing 270 pounds. She has gained eighty-four pounds in the last three years. She is exceedingly active physically and mentally as bright as any girl of her age. Her father and mother are of normal weight, and her sister and brother of less than ordinary size. 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. The writer of Proverbs said that there were four things too wonderful for him. If the list were brought up to date the doings of the modern divorce court would make the fifth wonderful thing. 900 DROPS FASTURIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS. 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Walls, Superintendent of Streets of Lebanon, Ky., says: "My nightly rest was broken, owing to irregularities of the kidneys. I suffered intensely from severe pains in the small of my back and through the kidneys and was annoyed by painful passages of abnormal secretions. Doctors failed to relieve me. I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills and I experienced quick and lasting relief. Doan's Kidney Pills will prove a blessing to all sufferers from kidney disorders who will give them a fair trial." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. proprietors. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. The Mikado's Bill of Fare The Japanese emperor's yearly expense of living is limited. For this purpose he draws $3,000,000 from the national treasury. His personal wealth is not to be spent on his own living, so that $3,000,000 is really his salary as manager of the country. He is required to pay out of it some thousand employees. He is perfectly satisfied, for breakfast, with a bowl of bean soup and a few other dishes. But his dinner usually appears in splendid style, in some twenty courses, although he always denounces it as a useless extravagance. When any official feast is held—the cherry blossom viewing party at the Kloshikawa botanical garden, or the chrysanthemum party at the Akasaka palace, for instance—he will not spare any expense in preparing an elegant European banquet. The empress is the manager on such an occasion. She is a noted economist. She always gives a hint to her court ladies and the wives of the ministers how to arrange their dresses and how to save expense. Firmness is often only the determination to remain in error. A little helpfulness may cover a lot of heresy. A woman is not only a good deal better than her neighbor, but she always knows it. MIGHT HAVE SAVED IT A Lot of Trouble from Too Much Starchy Food. A little boy of eight years whose parents did not feed him on the right kind of food, was always nervous and suffered from a weak condition of the stomach and bowels. Finally he was taken down with appendicitis and after the operation the doctor, knowing that his intestinal digestion was very weak, put him on Grape-Nuts twice a day. He rapidly recovered and about two months thereafter, his Father states, "He has grown to be strong, muscular, and sleeps soundly, weighs 62 pounds, and his whole system is in a fine condition of health." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. It is plain that if he had been put on Grape-Nuts at an earlier period in his life, and kept from the use of foods that he could not digest, he never would have had appendicitis. That disease is caused by undigested food decaying in the stomach and bowels, causing irritation and making for the growth of all kinds of microbes, setting up a discased condition which is the active cause of appendicitis, and this is more marked with people who do not properly digest white bread. Grape-Nuts is made of the selected parts of wheat and barley and by the peculiar processes of the cooking at the factory, all of the starch is turned into sugar ready for immediate digestion and the more perfect nourishment of all parts of the body, particularly the brain and nerve centers. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," found in each pkg. NO, HE WASN'T BUNCOED. But Oregonian's First Experience With Cabbies Scared Him. "As it was my first visit in New York, and as no first visit there is complete without some pea-and-shell experience. I was prepared to have something happen during my stay," said a local web-footer, lately returned from a trip east. "But I hadn't expected to be buncoed before I'd got away from the depot. "I carried a suit case which had cost me a week's salary, to say nothing of the tooth brush and pajamas I hoped to use during my stay at the Waldorf Astoria. I hadn't taken more than two sniffs of the genuine New York air before a chap dressed like a hack driver ran up to me with, 'Have a cab, sir?' "I thought I would better have one to keep from getting lost in the great city, and so handed him the suit case. You can guess my feelings when I saw that chap take it and run like the devil. "He was a real sprinter, and I realized that I could not hope to overtake him. I could only stand and stare after him as his figure rapidly diminished with the perspective of distance. "Well, I'll be hornswoggled!" said I. At that moment one of his confederates, also dressed like a hackman, approached and tried to reassure me by saying that the fellow hadn't stolen my 'grip'; that he had only hurried off to get his place in the line of hacks. I noticed that the line was about a quarter of a mile long." "Did you get your suit case?" "Just wait. I suppose they saw I was not the man to be trifled with, or else there was nothing in the case that they really wanted. At any rate, after I had resolutely waited for some time, my man drove up. It may have been fool-hardy, but I committed myself to his care, and was safely driven to my hotel."—Oregonian. What's the Use? We stew and fret and toil and sweat And try to win a name, We strive for years with many tears To win a little fame, And by and by we up and die And all is just the same— So what's the use? We all grow old in search of gold And slave our lives away, We sell our souls for greenback rolls And barter love for pay, And by and by we up and die And then we turn to clay— So what's the use? For love we cry, for love we sigh, To love we fondly cling, For eyes that shine we peak and pine And wince at Cupid's sting, And by and by we up and die And everything takes wing— So what's the use? We join the race for social place And hope at last to shine And spend our cash to cut a dash And when we get in line, Why, by and by we up and die, We're planted 'neath the vine— So what's the use? Just do your best and leave the rest To fate or what you will. So play your parts and break your hearts And drink of life your fill. For by and by you'll up and die, And all your hopes be nil— So what's the use? In Choate. When Ambassador Choate was leader of the New York bar many a fledging lawyer had a fling at him. There was scarcely an attorney who was not afraid of him in open court, but elsewhere an occasional display of courage and impudence would be made. One day in the Lawyers' club a budding pundit, now a highly successful practitioner, observing Mr. Choato at a neighboring table, asked in a voice meant for others to hear: "Ah, counselor, why was your uncheon so rudimentary?" "Perhaps you can explain," said the egal light, dryly. "Because it's in Choate," was the reply. "Your play upon my name," returned Choate, drawing out the words with teen emphasis, "painfully exposes the profoundness of your ignorance. The uncheon, sir may be in Choate, but your right to address me is IN-ko-ate." There was a general laugh as the offender departed with a bad case of try grins. Never Loses Its Strength BAKING POWDER ALUMEN BAKING POWDER NOT MADE BY THE BAKERY Calumet Baking Powder Is Most Healthful, Wholesome and Economical An English snake charmer named Leyton was performing at a village called Vaelklinger, in Rhenish Prussia, in a menagerie with a boa constrictor, which she permitted to coil round her neck. Her courage met with thunders of applause from the spectators, who little dreamed that by their signs of approval they had sealed the poor charmer's death warrant. Such, however, proved to be the case, for, apparently infuriated at their demonstration, the reptile tightened its coils and amid the shrieks of the public strangled the woman on the platform before anything could be done to assist her. The snake was immediately killed. — New York Herald. It is claimed that milk can now be put into tabloid form, and that several quarts can be carried around in the pockets. Wouldn't it be nice for mammas to be able to slip a tablet in the baby's mouth in a public place instead of being compelled to go to the trouble of hugging it to her bosom and covering its face with her kerchief?— Judge. You can tell you are in for a dangerous sickness as soon as you begin to suffer from headache, constipation, billiousness, etc., unless you quickly take Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. This most successful cure for all disorders of your digestive organs, never fails to give relief from all the irritant poisons, kept in by clogged bowels, liver and kidneys. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. The only place in the world where violin making may be said to constitute the staple industry is Markneurchen, in Saxony, with its numerous surrounding villages. There are altogether about 15,000 people in this district engaged exclusively in the manufacture of violins. The inhabitants, from the small boy and girl to the wrinkled, grayheaded veteran and the aged grandmother, are employed throughout the year in making some part or other of this instrument. Proof of Her Meanness Beth: "Why did you girls haze Blythe so unmercifully down at Sandswamp-by-the-sea this summer?" Ruth: "Because she's the meanest, most deceitful fraud that ever breathed." Beth: "Surely there's some mistake. I've always found her the soul of of honor." Ruth: "Then you don't know her. She's just as sneaky and horried and self-seeking as they make them." Beth: "But what was it she did?" Ruth: "Why, with her deceitful promise she had us all at her beck and call for nearly two weeks. She deliberately suppressed the truth, just to get all she could out of us. Her false pretenses made us her slaves, and there wasn't anything we wouldn't do for her if she wanted us to. We hung around her, and flattered her, and bowed to her, and, couldn't make enough of her, all on account of her maijicious misrepresentations, and all of the time she was laughing in her sleeve at us, the mean nasty, selfish, hateful wretch!" Beth: "But what was it she promised that excited you so?" Ruth: "Why, she told us that a man she knew was coming down to stay a month, and she promised she would introduce all of us." Beth: "Well, didn't he come? or didn't she introduce you? Or what was there dishonorable about it?" Ruth: "Oh, yes, the miserable apology for a man came all right, and she introduced us." Beth: "What was the matter, then?" Ruth: "He was that armless brother of hers!" CAUSE AND CURE OF RHEUMATISM. Shown by numerous cures made by Dodd's Kidney Pills. They cure the Kidneys and the Rheumatism cures itself—Remarkable case of Maggie E. Deckert. Eagle River, Wis., Jan. 16.—(Special)—That rheumatism is caused by disordered kidneys is proved by the cures Dodd's Kidney Pills are making in every state in the Union. They cure the Kidneys and the Rheumatism cures itself. A cure that has caused deep interest in this neighborhood is that of Maggie E. Deckert. In speaking of it she says: "I had kidney trouble and rheumatism and was so lame I could not walk. I could not sleep for I ached all over. I was in a terrible state and firmly believe that if I had not used Dodd's Kidney Pills I would be dead. I took nine boxes of them and they have done me more good than all the other medicines I ever took. Now my aches are all gone, I can eat and sleep and I am feeling good. I want all the world to know that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me." Princes Who Paint Prince Eugen of Sweden, youngest of King Oscar's four sons, is regarded as one of the most accomplished landscape painters on the continent. He spends most of the time in his handsome Paris studio. At the last salon he exhibited three pictures under an assumed name. The artistic world acknowledged their merit, so now, having won praise for his work, and not because of his royal birth, he no longer conceals his identity. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drugists round the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. Sweet Consolation It happened at one of the banquets to the members of the International Press congress. Commissioner De Olivarez of Argentina was ruefully regarding a beaver hat that had been crushed out of all resemblance to a hat. "Some one sat on it," he explained to his sympathizers. "Cheer up," said Sir Hugh Gilzean-Read, the Scotch editor. "Suppose you had had it on at the time!" Deeds are but deeds made captive. Always the Same Fatal Applause Now Its the Tabloid Baby Coming Events. Where Violins Are Made Published every week in the interest of the Negro by the Climacter Publishing Co. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee, I. T., as second class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION: (In advance) One Year.....$1.00 Six Months.....50 Three Months.....25 W. H. TWINE - - - Editor R. WOOD, Ass't Editor and Manager J. T. TRIMBLE - - - Solicitor E. T. HEARNE, - - City Reporter For Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, A. G. W. Sango. Douglas' explosion is liable to be a boonerang, but then Doug was always "An Amusin' Cuss." The resolution passed by the Federal grand jury shows what the decent people of the Western District think of Judge Raymond. Atty. Isaac, the erstwhile manipulator of the Lincoln club has gone where the woodbine twineth and the whangdodle mourneth not and is glad. Prof. Willis, postmaster of Tallahassee, was in the city Tuesday and informed the Cimeter that a townsite would be laid out there in the near future. Watch the negro in the Creek nation. He is forging forward. Sore head Rep. and rapid Democrats compose the crowd that filed charges against Judge Raymond. It seems to us that to be opposed and abused by that kind of an aggregation is a compliment to a man's honesty and integrity. Judge Raymond is to the negroes in the Indian Territory what Theodore Rosevelt is to the negroes of the United States, "He does not believe in shutting the door of hope against a man on account of his color." Old Affidavit Taylor, the Texas politician, has joined the Lincoln club, the tools of the lily whites, and yet this cuss claims to have been fighting that gang of political cutthroats when in Texas. Politics indeed makes strange bed fellows. There will be a skating carnival on the brimstone lake before another lily white can be elected to an office as such. There must be harmony but it wont come by giving up all to those devils and their dupes. D—n a lily white. The Lincoln Club Meets. On Friday night the (in) famous Lincoln Club had a meeting for the election of officers. By actual count there were 9 negroes and 4 white men present, the latter were members of the lily white gang. After the meeting had been called on by Mr. Bradley, R. T. Thompson delivered a harangue and said the club was growing weaker but wiser. The chair then ruled Thompson out of order and Marks of the lily white aggregation harangued, then came Willie Sims and ex-postmaster Estes and harangued; then Taylor the new cuss from Texas harangued the crowd. At this point Bradley announced that there were three original organizers of the club; one was dead and one had left rapidly for parts unknown and he alone was left as one of the founders of this great organization. He then declared the meeting adjourned and the 4 white men and their nine black --- dupes stole silently away after agreeing that the blacks might meet next time on the hunting grounds of the lily whites when the lilies were not in charge themselves. Notice. The Weekly Kansas City Star and the Cimeter both one year for $1. This is a combination that can't be beaten. The Star is the best paper in the West and the Cimeter the best in the Indian Territory. This offer holds good to March 31, 1905. Hon. S. T. Wiggins of Ardmore is in Washington looking after the interest of the Negro in the B. I. T., and in doing so is keeping a close watch on that part of the Hamilton bill that effects us. We should have sent Wiggins instead of Jones, as he is there and Jones is not and in our opinion never intended to go. Jones made a great grand stand play and subsided. Only One Case of Lot Jumping. Boynton:—There has been only one case of lot jumping here. C. K. Marks of Muskogee, it is alleged, jumped a lot and destroyed improvements made by Mrs. J. J. Gifford. J. P. Finley gave the lot to Mrs. Gifford because she was the first white woman to settle in Boynton. She says she will spend $10,000 to hold it. A warrant for the arrest of Marks has been sworn out.—Ex. Wonder if the Colonel is in his right mind. Surely much learning has made him mad. We understand he is still at large. THE KEY. Some months ago Mr. Monta Christo, Vanity, C. Bashful Douglas exclaimed editorially: ONE, TWO. THREE At the time the meaning was not clearly understood. Subsequent events, however, furnished the key. It read as follows: One—Douglas preemptorily fired from the Indian agency. Two—A. P. Murphy reelected to congress. Three—J. George Wright re-appointed as Indian inspector. Although the big FOUR has not been written it will be soon. It reads as follows: J. Blair Shoenfelt attempted to carry too big a load—the doughty Colonel was too heavy—Shoenfelt has resigned by request. Then comes the last act in the drama. The curtain was rung up Sunday morning. It should be labeled FIVE, and being interpreted, reads as follows: Raymond stands pat on his record and is exonerated. Douglas, disconsolate, forlorn and alone, awakens from his dream, and, peering into mirror, observes a shriveled pigmy, heavy ladened with a mass of ego that weighs a ton. His stature looks a cubit below the meanest man. He totters down the hill toward the cemetery called oblivion; he enters in; the gate is closed; the drama ends. Let us hope even against hope, that in the shadows of that awful night—in the solitude of solitudes—the pigmy may measure well his height, and depth, and breadth and be resigned to occupy the station where mediocrity belongs.—Times. Durfey Hardware Company Heavy Hardware, Tinware, the Celebrated Stone guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc., Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Cools. GIVENS WATCHES & JEWELERS Dealer In Bands, Watches, Clocks, and in front of U. S. Court House, and his tall line of Jewelry which is strictly first in every respect. I carry nothing but one of the latest design. My prices are reasonable the latest whether you want to buy at St. Muskogee. LL CIGARS Buy boxes of cigars to your stand or store. For sales, we can furnish you OWLS, CA, HENRY GEORGE, LITTLE TOM, AGG, PATHFINDFRS, and several others. For the single box and sell them to you at a price not much to invest, and they are sure to have a talk with us. ESTES' Druggist, C. GOD ROADS CONVENTION Muskogee, I. T., January 26-27, 1919. Organized by the M. K. & T. making various stops, enlighten and instruct those interested in the way of the Good Roads movement. At points where short talks, lectures and practical demonstrations Advocates will be made. Something of the utmost importance to farmers, cities in general. An urgent invitation is extorted. Good Roads conventions. Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, the Celebrated Monarch Ranges, everyone guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc. All Kinds Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. PHONE205 ROWSEY BLOCK Ill North Second Street Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Etc. Just opened in front of U. S. Court House, and has just receive my fall line of Jewelry which is strictly first-class and up-to-date in every respect. I carry nothing but the best goods and of the latest design. My prices are reasonable. Call and see the latest whether you want to buy or not. SELL CIGARS! Add a few boxes of cigars to your stand or store and increase your sales, we can furnish you OWLS, CAPADURERS, HENRY GEORGE, LITTLE TOM, AGENT, 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. Ben Estes' Druggist, COR. MAIN and Okmulgee GOOD ROADS CONVENTION Muskogee, I. T., January 26-27, 1905. A GOOD ROADS COLLEGE ON WHEELS is being operated by the M. K. & T. making various stops, the objects of which is to enlighten and instruct those interested in the desirability and feasibility of the Good Roads movement. At points where stops are to be made, short talks, lectures and practical demonstrations by eminent Good Roads Advocates will be made. This is something of the utmost importance to farmers, business men and communities in general. An urgent invitation is extended to all to attend these Good Roads conventions. Good Roads Mean Increased Business. One Fare Plus 25¢ for the round Trip via M. K. & T. Ry. from stations within 50 miles Ask "KATY'S AGENT," EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE ```markdown ``` North Second St. WATCH-MAKER JEWELER. , Clocks, Etc. house, and has just restrictly first-class and nothing but the best prices are reasonable. ant to buy or not. Muskogee. Ind. Ter. IARS! and or store and in- OWLS, CAPADUR- TOM, AGENT, 305, several other popular men to you at wholesale they are sure to sell. rist, COR. MAIN and Okmulgee INVENTION 26-27, 1905. ON WHEELS various stops, the objects of interested in the desirability At points where stops are demonstrations by emni- e to farmers, business men ation is extended to all to used Business. AGENT," INCORPORATED fa a ™ Pr gf Bi G CLOSIN UJ ‘ b Na \B INU = ‘The Living Present is the The Living Presentis the Golden Opportunity. Golden Opportunity Be on hand when all Be on hand when this Sale Begins. this Sale Begins aN res e ° Begining TUESDAY, Jan. 17 including SATURDAY, 28 ars DETERMINED 10 CLOSE OUT everything in winter weig! t+; they must go. We are putting a price on them that will W interest those who do not anticipate buying. This will be a sale where, in many instances, fifty cents will go as far as a dol- lar earlier in the season, Hach and every department will participate in this great money saving event. You will find every ncok an4 eorner filled with Grand Values—little lots not big enough to be reeagnized in the newspapers, but nevertheless worth com- tne fOr, pes Many Matchless Values Will Go Out The First Day--Be On Hand. SEY aCe SS vee eee cna a caabeene cameras Sena stat AOR CT SE CT The Sale begins Tuesday Morning, January 17th. Be on hand, Many lines will be entirely Remember, closed out before the sale is over, so we insist on your coming early, COUPONS will be given durin this sale, which enables you to vote in the Big Piano Contest. One vote with each 25c purchase, Ask for them. ONE ; SPOT PRICE 5 CASH e e e e Illinois Building, MUSKOGEE. West Okmulgee Ave. asaeaeaas ST 56 inch wool serge $1.35 quality | spadlolss.s.sswrpee deuce) O00! 5Oin. wool serge, $1,00 quality | specitl.....eeeeeee sere 83e) 48 in Fancy Worsted $1.25 quality, special..-.+++++- - O4e ! 45 in. Granite $1.00 {quality, special ..-.- +++ sree ee B8C 52 in, Seoteh Tweed, $1.00 qual- ity, sp cial...... 1 ++ sy: 800 52in, Storm Serge, $100 quality. special ...-.++.++- .80e 46 in, Fey Tweeds and Chevoits, $1.00 quality special..---. 592 38 in. Fey Mouair Cheviots, 65c. quality, special....+. +--+ o5le 36 in Fey- Mixtures, 50e quality «.+++. sees +++ 326 36 in. Cheviots, 40c quality, special...seeeeeeeeeree eee 29¢ 36 iu. Fancy Mixed Suiting. 25 quality, special....--- 21c 36 in. Fancy Mobair, 50c quality special....-+---+++ 4le 38 in. Faney Granite, 50c¢ quality special.....--.++- -41e Big line Waist Patterns in 3 1-2 dy length, These were sold for $2.75, $3.50 and $4.50, very hannsome Patterns. Choice per patterns... seers ee eee ee $1.95 Ladies’ Neckwear and Irredescent Collars All go in this Big Reduction sale. $18.50 Blk Jet Robes.... $11.50 $30.00 Blk Jet Robe ...-. $21.00 $32.50 Cream Jet Robe . $22.5€ A Big Cut In Hand Bags. ALL LADIES’ BELTS AT ONE-HALF PRICE Half Price on Ladies, and Misses’ Tailored Suits They must go. We woul rather have 50c on the dolle than keep them. They won’t las long. You willregret it if you are late. Many of this season 8} best values in the lot. Hvery| suit new and np to date, Nothing reserved All go in this sacri-| fice sale at HALF PRICE. BIG REDUCTION. in Ladies? Misses and Childrens. wraps. If yon size is here you will buy if you look. Everything: in ths department MARKED DOWN. Ladies’ Skirts All our $1.90 Skirts, as long as they ‘lust.............-60¢) All out $1 50 skirts, as long as they last......-...ee 266 180 Ail our $2.00 skirts, as long as they Jast...........-..81,25 All our $2.50 skirts, as long | as they last.............$1.69 All our $3.50 skits, cs long | as they last.........-..-$2.45 Staples | All our 4c prints es long as | they last per yard......2 1-2¢ | 10 yards to 4 customer. All our 5e Prints, oest brands only at per yard............4¢ 3000 yds Dress Cinghams | (spring style) 10¢ sellers at [Vd veceeecvesseneee vee eee GG, | All 8 1:8¢ outings at yd......6¢ | All 10 and 12 1-2c¢ outings at | J cevvrevereeeveangrenes «500 All 10¢ Flannelettes at.....-.7¢ lan 25c Flannelettes at yd. .15c 2500 yds Staple check Ging- ham atper yd..........2 1-2c Facinators Shawls and Squares All 25¢ Wazinators will go for 19% All 35¢ Facinators you can buy At.csccrcceeccecveseres OS All 40c Facinators take them Abs cchp rise ane sen ths kkaelels All 50c Facinators will be } yours for... ss eee e seen es BQ || All $1.50 Kismet Squares will i go at. .... aia ve vince eas ON All $2.00 Kismet Squares OW AAIG Ab. keiecccveve ce dukO All 2,50 Kismit Squares marked down to..........1.89 All $4.00 Ice Wool Shawls’ don’t miss these..........2.05 All $3.00 Ice Wool Shawls, just think of it, now......1.0 All $2.59 ice Wool shawls, in ONE MGIB ORES 6 os cnseeenc.. 8.00 Everything in init goods ava sacrifice. You can’t afford te not take some of these Bargains with you. Hosiery Ladies wool and fleeced lined | Hosiery ata Big Reduction, \Chilcren’s Heavy Ribbed | Hose our 10c ‘seller, per J PObr.. cece eevee ees oe ne vo Children’s . Darby Kibbed | Hose, our 15¢ sellers, per {SE DRIBIS si eieuiatiey ce eeer ale Ladies’ Misses and Children’s | Underwear Ladies Pants and Vests, 25¢ BOlleTS Ate. s sy cee ee eee 6100 Ladies 26c¢ and 35c Union suits Bes rie cueekrs eur teo ec Aee Ladies 50¢ Pants and Vests, this sale... ....sescees 000980 ‘Ladies 75c Pants and Vests | wool and cotton goes for. .59c |Ladies 1.00 Pants and Vests | wool and cotton goes for. .79¢ \Ladies $1.50 wool Pants and | NOMS tresses te diok te 40 'eeh 2ORL Blankets land Comforts We will not pack these away they must go out of the House. Of course to move them we’ve got to make the price do it, THAT’S JUST WHAT WE ARE GOING 'l0 DO TOO. 1.50 Comforts Silkoline coy- AE PSs coach sd eocovin es ne oe hide '1,00 Gray Blankets at ......75¢ 2.00 11-4 Gray Blanket at ..1.35 3.50 10-4 fine wool Blanket PAE veer ere reeeeee seen es 2.60 4.46 10-4 all woul Blanket i aus byes aa ead ber GeO 4.40 44-4 eM woot Blanket | Kinoas oonhen tases OIRO 5.00 0) 4 ai) wool Plaid Blank- Tisnceeves sees ee perce oie, |6.00 11-4 all wool Blankets | ONE: AO ie awen Mehta ene eee: |6.50 10-4 all wool8 full Jacket design at.......ssereeees 4,50 10.00 10-4 fine wool fancy HOKOGE Bbsca i cvaveecrtias stiee 12.50 11-4 in pinks, light blue California wool Blankets at 8.40 15.00 10-4 fine wool Blankets Bbc ceils A yee dee etenda ec hOIeD |Heavy 12-4 grey Blankets, | cheap at 3,00 at..........1,90 Heavy 10-4 Blankets, 2.00 | value at....s..eeecee eee 1,20 2.25 Faney 11.4 Blanket.... 1.85 Baby Blankets ‘|and Robes | 2.50 grade Baby Blankets at 1.80 |4,00 grade California wool | Baby Blanket at........ 3.00 ,|5.00 grade Lambs wool Baby | Blanket at...3.++++.+5+> 895 )| 3.50 grade Lambs wool Baby RODS Bb one's airs otk weiner BiBD: 4.50 grade Lambs wool Baby Robes at .......sscceee 875 y | 1.50 grade Lounging Robe at 1.20 . |4.50 grade Lounging Robe at3,15 °| Ladies’ Shoes >| Lakies Dongola Celf and Kid “| shues, in all toes, Patent and Kid tips, our Regular 1.50 sellers at... -- see eee 1.15 0| Ladies felt shoes, all styles, c| 1.50 sellers at........-. 1,15 PROVES GREAT POWER When Regular Medical Treatment Failed, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Cured Her Rheumatism. Hundreds of people afflicted with rheumatism have spent years under the care of excellent physicians in vain. Then they have settled down to the conviction that it is fastened on them for life. Mrs. Dinsmore was not willing to join the ranks of the hopeless merely because her doctor did not know how to help her. Here is her story: "Four years ago I suffered greatly with rheumatism in my hands and knees. After I had been sitting a while my limbs seemed so heavy I could hardly walk on the first attempt. So long as I kept moving I was all right, but just as soon as I stopped, something seemed to settle in my knees and make them ache. My hands were so bad I couldn't touch the palms of them on a flat surface; they were swollen and pained so." "Did you call in a physician?" "I doctored steadily for over a year; then one doctor said: 'You have taken medicine strong enough to kill almost anything.' Still, it did not kill me nor the rheumatism." "How, then, did you get rid of it?" "At different times I had read in various publications about Dr. Williams' wonderful Pink Pills for Pale People, and I finally decided to try them. I took them steadily for four months in accordance with the directions. By that time I was completely cured." "Have you been free from it ever since?" "Since then I have had but one slight return of my trouble, and a box or two of the same pills made me all right again." Mrs. F. A. Dinsmore lives in hearty enjoyment of her recovered health at Woburn, Mass., entirely freed from the grave anxieties that rheumatism always brings. When it appears in but a single joint it shows that the blood is in a faulty state in the whole body. It may at any moment break out elsewhere, and one of the dangers is that it may break out in the heart and then the result must be fatal. The only security is to keep the blood all the time in a perfectly sound condition. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills make healthy blood. All other relief is superficial. This is thorough. These pills are sold by all druggists. "I want," said the recently married man in the novelty store, "a lady's belt." "Yes, sir," sailed the poul'e shop empress. "What size?" A blush mantled the customer's brow, and he swallowed twice in rapid succession; then he said. "I don't exactly know. Let me have a yardstick please." And as he placed it along the inside of his arm, from shoulder to wrist, the shop empress remarked beneath her breath to her chum, "He ain't the fool he looks, is he, Jenny?" Insist on Getting It Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. It isn't what a man's got in the bank, but what he has got in his head that makes him a great merchant. Fighting Crickets Among the curiosities of Canton are shops where crickets are raised for fighting, as the Filipinos' fighting cocks. The Chinese gamble on the results and a good fighting cricket is sometimes sold for $100. MEXICAN Mustang Liniment cures Sprains and Strains. PATENTS that PROTECT 72-p. Book Mailed Free R. S. & A. B. LACEY, Patent Attys, Washington, D. S. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER NEW STATE NEWS The supreme court of Oklahoma has adjourned until February 11th. A $30,000 public school building has just been completed at Bartlesville. Lawton has on opportunity to grant a franchise for an electric light system. The Congregational church at Sulphur is preparing to build a parsonage. Vinita says her population will be increased to more than 6,000 this year. The proposed government reservoir in western Beaver county is attracting settlers. The police of Shawnee recently raided an opium den and arrested the persons oeprating it. Miss Roberts has entered upon her duties as head of the postoffice at Muskogee. Three inches of snow at Vinita is a new record—that amount fell the first of last week. J. C. Fisher has sold his interest in the Farmers' and Merchants' bank at Okeene to local capitalists. The January term of the federal court at Muskogee has nearly five hundred criminal cases to dispose of. Ten car loads of fine walnut lumber were shipped from the Seminole nation last week, destined for Germany. The city council of Nowata is preparing to pass an ordinance requiring all property owners to put down brick sidewalks. At a recent meeting of the city council of Anadarko twenty-four bids for lighting the city with electricity were rejected. A spark from a Frisco engine in Custer county last week burned twelve tons of hay and charred the prairie for miles. The best well in the Cleveland field was shot last week. It is on the Lowry farm, and is reported a two-hundred-barrel spouter. The recruiting station at Oklahoma City enlisted one hundred men in eleven days—the record since the station was established. The ninth annual session of the central Oklahoma physicians was held in Enid last week. More than one hundred medics were in attendance. Tulsa has an organization known as the Manufacturers' association whose business it is to locate manufactories in that place, and they are hard after them. H. E. Buckles of Oklahoma City, while in a state of delirium, escaped from the room wherein he was confined and wandered away. When found he was dead. Buckles had been ill for some time. Oklahoma City has been designated as the headquarters for the Rock Island immigration department of the southwest, and A. B. Farnsworth of Chicago has been appointed agent in charge. --- GIESECKE'S KEY BRAND SHOES TRADE MARK ST. LOUIS ALL WAYS BEST Did you ever stop to think that your feet are inside of shoes from twelve to fifteen hours every day? Are you interested in footwear which is right? We have been making shoes more than a life time, millions of people wear them and testify to their merits. Ask your dealer for them; if you want to shoe your feet with shoes that are certain to give comfort and ease, good looks and good wear, buy GIESECKE KEY BRAND SHOES They are just as good as those which cost a great deal more. If your dealer does not keep them, write us. GIESECKE J. Orench Hays Shoe Co. St. Louis, U.S.A. W. N. U.-Oklahoma City-No. 3, 1905 When writing advertisers, Kindly mention this paper. PENSION JOHN W. MORRIS, Washington, D.C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau. 3 yrs in civil war, 15 adjudicating claims, atty since On a Plain Subject in Plain Language. The coming winter will cause at least one-half of the women to have catarrh, colds, coughs, pneumonia or consumption. Thousands of women will lose their lives and tens of thousands will acquire some chronic ailment from which they will never recover. Unless you take the necessary precautions,the chances are that you (who KEEP PERUNA IN THE HOUSE. read this) will be one of the unfortunate ones. Little or no risk need be run if Peruna is kept in the house and at the first appearance of any symptom of catarrh taken as directed on the bottle. Peruna is a safeguard, a preventative, a specific, a cure for all cases of catarrh, acute and chronic, coughs, colds, consumption, etc. For free medical advice, address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. A COLD ON THE LUNGS THREATENS TO BECOME SERIOUS. Pe-ru-na Brings Speedy Relief. Mrs. H. E. Adams, Ex-President Palmetto Club, of New Orleans, La., writes from 110 Garfield Court, South Bend, Ind., as follows: "I am pleased to endorse Peruna, as I took it about a year ago and it soon brought me relief from a cold on my lungs which threatened to be serious. "The lungs were sore and inflamed, I coughed a couple of hours every night, and I felt that something must be done before my lungs became affected. "Peruna was suggested by some of my friends who had used it, and acting upon their advice I tried it and found that it was able to bring about a speedy cure. You have my highest endorsement and thanks for the good it did me." Sounding the Praises of Peruna. Mrs. Frances Wilson, 32 Nelson St., Clinton, Mass., writes: "Had you seen me at the time of my illness and now, you would not wonder that I take delight in sounding the praises of Peruna. "My ailment was a severe cold which attacked the bronchial tubes and lungs. "I followed your special directions and after using six bottles of Peruna, I was on my feet again. I think Peruna a wonderful medicine." Proposed Names for States A writer who has been digging into the forgotten records of a century and a quarter brings up the fact that in 1784 a committee, was appointed to suggest names for the new territories in the west. Here are some of the fanciful names that were put under consideration: Sylvania, Michigan, Chersonesus, Assenisipia, Metropamia, Polypotamia and Pelopelisipia. A GREAT INSTITUTION. It is unusual that a single institution in a city of 8,000 people will overshadow in importance every other interest, but such is the case with the American School of Osteopathy, and A. T. Still Infirmary at Kirksville, Mo. A stranger in Kirksville is immediately impressed with the idea that the town is sustained by this institution, in fact. Kirksville has been made what it is to-day by Dr. Still and his famous School and Infirmary. It is the largest patronized unendowed institution of its kind in the United States. Dr. Still's school enrolls over 700 students yearly and each student is required to attend four terms of five months each before completing the course of study. The e are over 2,000 graduates and they are practicing in every state and territory of the Union. About two-thirds of the states have passed special laws legalizing the science. This school teaches every branch taught in medical colleges except "drugs" and osteopathy is substituted for that. So thorough is the teaching in anatomy that over one hundred human bodies are dissected yearly by the students. - At the Infirmary, patients from every part of the country and with almost every form of disease are constantly under treatment. For the past fifteen years almost every train coming to Kirksville has brought some new sufferer hoping to find relief by the science of Osteopathy. By the thousands who have left the institution benefited by the treatment, the science has been heralded to the world as a safe and rational method of cure. Several years ago a free clinic was established in connection with the practice department of the school and this is still in operation. Hundreds of the worthy poor, who are unable to pay for treatment, are treated every afternoon by the senior students free of charge. He Speaks 400 Languages Alfredo Trombetti of Bologna enjoys an international reputation as the world's greatest linguist. He speaks 400 different languages and dialects, and is still adding to his knowledge of strange tongues. Ever since he was fourteen years of age he has been mastering the various languages of the world, and he intends shortly to come to America to complete his knowledge of the dialects of the Indians of the Rockies. The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture gives to Salzer's Oats its heartiest endorsement. Salzer's New National Oats yielded in 1904 from 150 to 300 bu. per acre in 30 different States, and you, Mr. Farmer, can beat this in 1905, if you will. Speltz or Emmer, above illustrated, gives 80 bushels grain and four tons hay besides per acre. It's wonderful. Salzer's seeds are pedigree seeds, bred up through careful selection to big yields. Per Acre. Salzer's Beardless Barley yielded 121 bu. Salzer's Home Builder Corn... 300 bu. Speltz and Macaroni Wheat... 80 bu. Salzer's Victoria Rape... 60,000 lbs. Salzer's Teosinte Fodder... 160,000 lbs. Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass... 50,000 lbs. Salzer's Pedigree Potatoes... 1,000 bu. Now such yields pay and you can have them. Mr. Farmer, in 1905. BEND 10C IN STAMPS and this notice to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crossse, Wis., and you will get their big catalog and lots of farm seed samples free. [W. N. U.] The Most Costly Gem The largest diamond in the world is not of the crystalline sort used as a gem. If it were its value would be fabulous, for it is seventeen times larger than the famous Victoria diamond, the largest of modern finds, which was sold for $1,500,000. Its value depends upon the use to which it can be put when broken up, for it is of the amorphous kind, known technically as carbon. Why It Is the Best in because made by an entirely different process. Defiance Starch is unlike any other, better and one-third more for 10 cents. There are nine reasons why a more man cannot understand a woman. The first is that she is a woman—the other eight are exactly the same. Content never bridged a stream or tunneled a mountain. They cure a cold no matter how old, do Cheatham's Laxative Tablets. Love measures life by its chances to give itself away. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 250 a bottle. Liberty is opportunity for all who realize the best. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMUEL Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. The girl who is good, stupid, ugly and penniless possesses the four cardinal points of real misery. All Up-to-Date Housekeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it is better, and 4 oz. more of it for same money. The old woman who lived in a shoe is probably the only one on record never complained of its being too large. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure you in 6 to 14 days. 50c. An artist's wife always admires her husband's work most when he is drawing a check for her. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after being to the office of Dr. Lane's Great Nerve Restor er. Send for FRES $2.00 Crial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 31 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Maidenhood and widowhood are two hoods that are ever set for the inveiglement of men. It Will Pay You. To cure those sore and distressed lungs and stop that tiresome cough by using Simmon's Cough Syrup. It acts at once. One dose begins the restoration—a few more completes the cure. Try it. Even when a woman has clocks in her stockings she can generally manage to miss a train. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonial sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Some people would have faith even in a matrimonial agency run by an old maid. If you cannot procure Sandholm's Eczema Lotion and Dandruff Cure from your druggist or barber, write Sandholm Drug Co., 27 Manhattan Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa, they will send it express prepaid. It cures when all doctors' internal medicines, greasy salves and ointments fail. Free booklet for the asking. Describe your disease and special directions will be furnished. Eczema, Himples, Acne, Old sores, Ring Worm, Blood Poison, Black Heads, Insect Bites, Dandruff, Scalp Trouble, Falling Hair, Nervous Trouble. It never fails. Lotion, $1; Soap, 25c. Women Immortalized China has a national biography devoted entirely to women. It contains more than 24,000 names. Deflance Starch should be in every household, none so good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. A married man never realizes the responsibility he has on his hands until he has to walk the floor at night with a crying baby. Cures Itch. "It affords me genuine pleasure to say Hunt's Cure excels any remedy I ever saw for itch. I was badly afflicted with this most annoying trouble and tried many remedies without success. Finally my attention was called to Hunt's Cure. One application gave me relief and less than one box completely cured me." H. Lange, Lampassas. Tex. You can buy a lot of home happiness with a mighty small salary, but fashionable happiness always costs just a little more than you're making. --- Miss Rose Peterson. Secretary Miss Rose Peterson, Secretary Parkdale Tennis Club, Chicago, from experience advises all young girls who have pains and sickness peculiar to their sex, to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. How many beautiful young girls develop into worn, listless and hopeless women, simply because sufficient attention has not been paid to their physical development. No woman is exempt from physical weakness and periodic pain, and young girls just budding into womanhood should be carefully guided physically as well as morally. If you know of any young lady who is sick, and needs motherly advice, ask her to write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., who will give her advice free, from a source of knowledge which is unequalled in the country. Do not hesitate about stating details which one may not like to talk about, and which are essential for a full understanding of the case. Miss Hannah E. Mershon, Collingswood, N. J., says: "I tried a bottle of your Vegetable Compound and began to feel better right away. I continued its use, and am now well and strong, and menstruate regularly. I cannot say enough for what your medicine did for me." "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—I feel it is my duty to write and tell you of the benefit I have derived from your advice and the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The pains in my back and womb have all left me, and my menstrual trouble is corrected. I am very thankful for the good advice you gave me, and I shall recommend your medicine to all who suffer from female weakness." — Miss FANNIE KUMPE, 1922 Chester St., Little Reck, Ark. (Dec. 16, 1900.) Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will cure any woman in the land who suffers from womb troubles, inflammation of the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous excitability, nervous prostration, and all forms of woman's special ills. $5000 FORFEIT if we cannot forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of above testimonials, which will prove their absolute genuineness. Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass. Many who formerly smoked 10% Cigars now smoke LEWIS'SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5¢ CIGAR Dealers supplied by their jobber or direct from Frank P. Lewis' Factory. Peoria, Ill po tin m "DEAR write and tell you of the ben- the use of Lydia E. Pinkham in my back and womb have corrected. I am very thank- shall recommend your medicia — MISS FANNIE KUMPE, 1922 C Lydia E. Pinkham's woman in the land who s- tion of the ovaries, kidney prostration, and all forms $5000 FORFEIT if we cannot above testimonials, which Many who formerly LEWIS'S STRAIGH Dealers supplied by their jobber PISO'S CURE FOR GROWS WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Gough Syrup, Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION "I thought I would write and tell you that, by following your kind advice, I feel like a new person. I was always thin and delicate, and so weak that I could hardly do anything. Menstruation was irregular. How Mrs. Pinkham Helped Fannie Kumpe. MRS. PINKHAM:—I feel it is my duty to effect I have derived from your advice and ham's Vegetable Compound. The pains shall left me, and my menstrual trouble is ful for the good advice you gave me, and I me to all who suffer from female weakness." chester St., Little Reck, Ark. (Dec. 16, 1900.) Vegetable Compound will cure any affers from womb troubles, inflamma- troubles, nervous excitability, nervous of woman's special ills. forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of will prove their absolute genuineness. Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass. smoked 10¢ Cigars now smoke. NGLE BINDER T 5¢ CIGAR direct from Frank P. Lewis' Factory. Peoria, Ill. W. N. U.-Oklahoma City--No. 3, 1905 BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. WE ARE DETERMINED TO CLOSE OUT everything in winter weights; they must go. We are putting a price on them that will interest those who do not anticipate buying. This will be a sale where, in many instances, fifty cents will go as far as a dollar earlier in the season. Each and every department will participate in this great money saving event. You will find every nook and corner filled with Grand Values—little lots not big enough to be recognized in the newspapers, but nevertheless worth com- for. Many Matchless Values Will Go Out The First Day--Be On Hand. ONE PRICE Graham, Sykes & Company SPOT CASH Illinois Building; MUSKOGEE. West Okmulgee Ave. The Living Present is the Golden Opportunity. Be on hand when this Sale Begins. Begining TUE WE ARE DETERMINED TO C interest those who do not lar earlier in the season, nook and corner filled with Grand g for. Many M Our 2.00 sellers at ..... 1.50 All our 2.00 Ladies Shoes these are sold usually for 2,50, all toes, all heels, both light and heavy soles, will go in this sale at ..... 1.73 Our Regular 2.50 Ladies Shoes, military and opera heels, light and heavy soles at ..... 1.98 Our 3.50 Ladies Shoes, pat and plain kid, Bluchers and straight fronts, all heels and toes. These are perfect fiters at..... 2.83 Our 4.00 line, pat. kid shoes for dress. Extra snappy styles, in this sale at..... 3.15 Our 4.50 line, none better at 5.00. Your choice at..... 3.95 Men's Shoes Hanan's 6.00 and 6.50 pat Vici shoes including Bluchers This sale..... 4.98 Hanan's Plain Kid and Calf shoes, light and heavy soles, our 5.00 sellers at..... 4.23 Walk-Over Shoes, Pat Kid and Colt new styles, our 4.00 sellers at..... 3.60 Walk-Over Shoes, Vici Kid, Box Calf, light and heavy soles our 3.50 line at.....3.15 Remember. ONE PRICE Graha Illinois Buildi Local Happenings. Louis Price returned from Fort Smith Monday. Others from the same point will be expected here soon. Dr. Guess of Clarksville, was in the city Monday. Sidney Bozeman of Chase was in the city Monday. Prof. T. A. Garcia of Elliott, I. T., is on a visit to his family. C. G. Lowe was out of the city Tuesday. Messrs. Ed and Manuel Robbins of Taft, were transacting business in this city Monday. CLOSING-OUT FALL and WINTER GOODS Men's 2.50 shoes in this sale at ..... 2.23 Men's 2.00 shoes go at ..... 1.65 Men's 1.50 shoes, your choice at ..... 1.25 Men's and Boys' Boots Boys Kip boots, sizes 13 to 2, worth $1.50 at.....1.05 Boys Kip boots, sizes 3 to 5 worth 1.75 at.....1.20 Men's Kip boots, 200 sellers at.....1.50 Men's 300 Calf boots, this sale at.....2.25 Men's 350 Calf boots, cut to 2.75 Men's 5,00 shop made boots, will go at.....3.90 Men's 6.00 hand made boots, you can buy them at.....4.65 Neligee Shirts 25c sellers at.....15c Men's 50c Negligee shirts at 33c Men's 1.00 Negligee shirts at 69c Men's 1.50 Neglegee shirts at1.35 Men's 2.00 Negligee shirts at 1.80 Wool Overshirts "Down they go." They were already marked cheap. But the knife got in among them as here is the results. Any of our regular 1.50 to 1.75 wool overshirts, you can have at.....1.20 The Sale begins Tuesday Morning ed out before the sale is over, so w te in the Big Piano Contest. One m, Sykes ing; MUSKO Mr. W. Allen has returned from a visit to Nashville, Tenn. He reports a pleasant trip. Mr. Hughes, formerly of Ladonia, Tex., has been joined by his family and is now domiciled on So. 2nd. St. After several weeks sojourn in Hot Springs, Mrs. T. J. Elliott returned Monday much benefited in health. Mr. P. A. MaGloraie is now opening a dry goods store on North Fifth street. Mr. MaGloraie comes highly recommended and deserves the support of all race loving negroes. A grand musical concert will be given at Wiley Jones' hall on South 2nd street Friday night, Jan'y. 20th, 1904. Mrs. P. R. Price is in charge Any of our Regular 2.00 to 2.25 wool shirts are going for.....1 65 All our 2.50 to '2.75 wool shirts are marked down to 1.98 Our 3.00 and 3.50 overshirts will be sold at.....2.15 Men's and Boy's Sweaters Men's 50c cotton sweaters 37c Men's 1.25 wool sweaters 93c Boys' 50c cotton sweater 33c Men's 1.75 wool sweaters 1.25 Men' 2.50 Fancy wool sweat- ers 1.65 MEN'S AND BOYS' UNDERWEAR We are going to make prices that will move every garment in this department. If you do not come at the beginning of this sale you will miss them. 50c fleeced underwear 35c 25c fleeced underwear 40c fleeced underwear 25c 75c light weight wool under 1.00 fleeced and wool underwear 1.50 fleeced and wool underwear 2.50 silk and wool underwear at Men's Heavy bleached Can- ing, January 17th. Be on ha ve insist on your coming early. O vote with each 25c purchase, A s & Comp iEE. West O All lovers of good music and singing should be there as Mrs. Price is a musician of the first class. The Afro-American Investment & Realty Co. have opened an eighty acre addition to Taft. Lots can be had on easy payments. Now is the time to buy. Get in on the ground floor. Address AFRO-AM. INV. & REALTY CO., Box G., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. Touissant, the infant son of Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Lacy, died Saturday eve., Jan. 14th, and was buried Sunday at 3 p. m., from the home on Indianapolis street, between 7th and 8th. Interment in Harding Memorial cemetery. Undertaker Love had charge of the funeral arrangements. Rev. --- SALE The Living Present is the Golden Opportunity Be on hand when this Sale Begins SATURDAY, 28 tting a price on them that will enty cents will go as far as a dol- ing event. You will find every s, but nevertheless worth com- ton flannel drawers, elastic seam 42 MEN'S HATS AND CAPS All 50c caps, the good warm kind at 25c All 25c caps, you can have for 13c All 3,00 men's hats, nobby styles for 2.25 All 2.50 men's hats, correct shapes 1.75 All 2,00 men's hats, sacrifice price 1.39 All 1,50 men's hats anybody can buy one 1.05 All 1,00 men's hats were extra values, now 69c YOUTHS', BOY'S AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING Clothing at clean up prices, you can afford to buy your next winter clothing for your boys at prices we will make in this sale These suits are going to be sold If you do not take advantage of these bargains "some one will as every looker will be a buyer. OVERALLS AND JUMPERS Men's overalls worth 1.25 take them at 85c Men's overalls worth 1.00 will go at 75c JUMPERS AT SAME PRICES and, Many lines will be entirely COUPONS will be given durin sk for them. any SPOT CASH kmulgee Ave. Hill, Pastor of the First Baptist church, officiated. The following families arrived Sunday night from Nacagdoches Co., Texas: A. B. Curl, wife and 8 children. B. M. Curl, wife and 7 children. Geo. Curl, wife and 6 children. Gus Rivers, wife and 8 children. Ben Taylor, wife and 5 children. They will settle near Taft and will engage in farming They were prosperous farmers in Texas and are able to paddle their own canoes. We welcome them to the Creek Nation and bid them partake of the opportunities that can not be found in the states. They brought their household goods, livestock, etc.