Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. A DEERE POINTER We handle a full line of John Deere Plows, Harrows, Discs, Corn and Cotton Planters, and Cultivators that can not be excelled in We also have a full line of the famous John Deere Buggies and harness in all styles Come and look over our goods and see for yourself Tney live here and will treat you right. Yard located west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. Vol 6. The above statement is correct Great Advance Sale of Spring Goods! Everybody is invited to attend the Great Advance Sale of Spring Goods, commencing saturday, March 4th at 8 p. m. and lasting ten days. All of the latest styles and most beautiful patterns in Dress Goods, Silk Shirt Waist Suits, Walking Skirts, and Shirt Waists will be found marked at remarkably low prices. The most beautiful shapes and patterns in Millinery are also going at Advance Sale Prices. Everybody go and get your money's worth. Muskogee, I. T., Thursday, Mar. 2, 1905. Don't forget the date and place, Saturday, March 4th, at 8 a. m. at J. W. ADAMS, 22 W. Okmulgee Ave We Print News. "ON THE WING" An Account of the Trip of Our Chief And His Party Enroute to Washington, D. C. The "Cimeter Special" reached St. Louis on March 1st at 8 a. m. and all the gang were right side up with care. Att'y C. G. Lowe left on the early train for Cincinnati and will join the outfit at that burg. A stop was mad at Rogers, Ark., where most of the boys took supper in the hell-hole denominated Ark. Prof. J. P. Davidson and W. H. Twine, the manager of the "Gang" are controlling the outfit to a nicety. G. L. Trigg. the hotel man is doing business for Greater Muskogee on the train. Judge A. McRea is as affible and as usual and takes things by storm with his big beaver and other requisites. The trip from Muskogee to St. Louis was made without anything of special interest, except the "crackers" of Arkansas were very much surprised and chagrined to see a special car of "Colored men" passed through their state on a car not known as "Jim Crow." Our boys are in splendid shape and are proud of the fact that they are from the "Beautiful Indian Territory." All the people lift their hats to the gentlemen from the West. W. A. Rentie and G. K. Davidson, the bankers are in great glee over the trip and feel that Greater Muskogee and the Cimeter outfit are "IT." At St. Louis the "Cimeter Gang" met the prominent colored men of the city who were enroute to Washington, among them J. Milton Turner, marshal of the day in so far as our people are concerned. The outfit at this stage of the game are in eigh spirits and are feeling that they did a patriotic duty in going to the inauguration of the greatest of American citizens to the Greatest Position of Earth, the Presidency of the Greatest Government in the World. The excursionist are all well at this point except brother Ike Evans from Ft. Smith, Ark., who was indisposed at the start. Rev. Sango from Muskogee, W. E. Joshingburger and Ike Evans of Ft. Smith, Ark., are members of the Cimeter Gang, also the indefatigable E. E. McDaniel, the R. R. contractor and one of the Greatest Negroes in No.21. the B. I. T., who hails from S. McAlester but is cosmopolitan and can be found any and everywhere there is railroad building; Mr. McDaniel is one of the brightest Negroes and one of the most able in the Indian Territory, and it is such as lie who are making a commendable record for the race in our bright and growing territory. H. R. Pierson. the genial manager of the Afro-American Investment Company is delighted with the trip and is doing business for his company L. T. Brown, Henry Pack and Bud Lowey are doing good work for their town and the B. I. T. Geo. P. Davidson and pater, J. P. Davidson are fit representatives of the Creek citizens as is also W. A. Rentie, cashier of the Creek Citizens' Bank. Steve Grayson is whooping up Okmulgee as the coming town of the territory. Jesse Dale, C. H. Hailstock, Wiley Jones, G. L. Trigg and J. T. Trimble and the balance of the gang who think Muskogee the greatest town on earth are singing the praises of the spot that God loves and whom man has designated as Grand Magnificent Greater Muskogee. In spite of the d—n knockers and their dupes the Cimeter gang will be in Washington on March 4th, weather and accidents permitting to witness the inauguration of the Greatest man who ever was elected to the Presidency of the Greatest country on Earth. Hon. A. S. MaRea is doing the honors for the boys in St. Louis and is doing herculean work for our city (the greatest on earth) and the B. I. T. Thh Muskogee Cimeter Gang have taken a drink of good cold artesian water for everyone of their friends. Th whether is splendid, and the service on our splendid Pulmae sleeper is first class in every particular. Our envoy extraordinary met us at Fayetteville, Ark., and the boys took supper in the private dining hall of Rodgers, Ark.—Reporter. More Anon. A TELEGRAM. Washington, D. C., March 3rd. W. L. Johnson, Muskogee, I: T. All safe and Cimeter is "IT," Start home Sunday. W. H. TWINE, 1612 Tenth St. Apples for Export The question of what is the best package and method of packing for exporting apples is one often brought up for discussion, says William A. Taylor. So large a proportion of the apple exports from the east to the Rocky Mountains is now handled in barrels that the trade, both at home and abroad, is accustomed to that package, and appears exceedingly loath to change. Experimental investigation of the matter by the Department of Agriculture, by a series of experimental shipments to the principal European markets, has shown little advantage for either thus far where ordinary "No. 1" fruit of uniform quality was packed without tiering in both styles of package. It appears more than probable that for many years to come the barrel, on account of its relatively lower cost, ease of packing and its ability to endure rough handling in transit, will continue the standard export package for ordinary grades of fruit. It may possibly give way to the box in certain markets for high grade or tender varieties, carefully sized and picked and forwarded in solid carloads, under special provision, to reduce the injury caused by rough handling to a minimum. Third—More careful handling in taking on and discharging cargo. While there has been marked improvement in this respect, there is still need for improvement. The only present remedy appears to be the watchfulness and efficiency of the forwarding agent at the point of export and of the receiver at the foreign port. This is especially important with fruit in boxes. Fourth—Improvement of steamship service through better ventilation of holds and increase of refrigerated space available for fruits. This is especially important for early fall and late spring shipments, when the carrying quality of fruit is lower than during the main shipping season. No refrigerated space is available to French ports, and fruits and imports to France through other countries are subject to a surtax of 10 per cent in addition to the regular duty. Fifth—The exportation of fruit of higher average quality as regards freedom from blemishes due to insects and fungi. While in years of scarcity in foreign countries, fruit of low grade may possibly net the shipper enough to pay him for his trouble, every package of such fruit sent abroad lowers the reputation of the American pack and affords leverage for those elements in foreign countries which desire, for various reasons, to exclude American fruits from their markets. The shipment of fresh fruit infested with San Jose scale from any American port to any foreign country prohibiting entry of such fruit is a direct blow at the welfare of our fruit industry, and if persisted in is certain to result in harm to the industry as a whole. In view of the growing importance of this matter, the practicability of providing for some form of inspection of fruits intended for export, appears worthy of serious consideration by American fruit growers and shippers. One of the most important things brought out by scientific investigation is the truth that all things vary according to conditions. An agricultural process that is proper in one part of the country is worthless in another. Fixed rules of procedure are limited in the range of country to which they apply. Great principles are great principles always. The details of farm operations vary, but the general principles apply everywhere. Real scientific knowledge acquired in one section is good in another section of country. Rockefeller's Wealth A Wall street banker, who is said to be the head of one of the largest financial institutions of New York, is credited with the statement that the fortune of John D. Rockefeller will, in a few years, amount to $1,000,000,000. There are many estimates current of Mr. Rockefeller's wealth, estimates ranging all the way from $400,000,000 up to several times that amount, but the Wall street authority adds that all estimates of the Rockefeller fortune have been too low. Years ago Mr. Gladstone was one of the guests at a dinner in England where the oldest member of the Vanderblit family was also present. Somebody whispered to the English premier that the rich American had one hundred million dollars, and Mr. Gladstone commented, after looking curiously at Mr. Vanderbilt: "Then I should say that he constitutes a peril to the American republic." "How's Your Cough?" "If you are still coughing your life away, we desire to tell you once more—lest you forget—that Simmons' Cough Syrup will cure you, and do it quickly. It gives you rest, peace and sleep." The world generally gives its admiration, not to the man who does what nobody else ever attempts to do, but to the man who does best what multitudes do well.—Lord Macaulay. "Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy saved my Life! I had dyspepsia and kidney disease." Ex Senator Albert Merritt, Perk Place, N. Y. 81 a bottle. We wish we could work all day as fast as we can dress in a cold room in the morning. Talking machines—Victor and Edison are the best; cash or payments, $1 weekly. Write to-day JENKINS' MUSIC CO., KANSAS CITY, MO. 30,000 records in stock, Mention this paper. There is a general impression that a certain young and pretty Atchison girl is using something yellow on her hair. 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. The decline of literature indicates the decline of the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.—Goethe. 98cts., 16x20 Bust Crayon 98cts. Send your photo and 98cts. and we will make a 16x20 Bust Crayon Southwestern Artists' Association, Dallas, Texas. Aation's literature is always the biography of its humanity.—Robert Lord Lytton. Billion Dollar Grass. When the John A. Salzer Seed Co., of La Crosse, Wis., introduced this remarkable grass three years ago, little did they dream it would be the most talked of grass in America, the biggest, quick, hay producer on earth, but this has come to pass. BILLION $ GRASS Agricultural Editors wrote about it, Agr. College Professors lectured about it, Agr. Institute Orators talked about it, while in the farm home by the quiet fireside, in the corner grocery, in the village post-office, at the creamery, at the depot, in fact wherever farmers gathered, Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass, that marvelous grass, good for 5 to 14 tons hay per acre and lots of pasture besides, is always a theme worthy of the farmer's voice. Then comes Bromus Inermis, than which there is no better grass or better permanent hay producer on earth. Grows wherever soil is found. Then the farmer talks about Salzer's Teosinte, which produces 100 stocks from one kernel of seed, 11 ft. high, in 100 days, rich in nutrition and greedily eaten by cattle, hogs, etc., and is good for 80 tons of green food per acre. Victoria Rape, the luxuriant food for hogs and sheep, which can be grown at 25c a ton, and Speltz at 20c a bu., both great food for sheep, hogs and cattle, also come in for their share in the discussion. JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS and this notice to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., for their big catalog and many farm seed samples. [W. N. U.] bers increase with health or decrease with illness or malnutrition. The best tonic for increasing the red blood corpuscles and building up healthy tissue is no doubt Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. This medicine has been on the market for over a third of a century and numbers its cures by the thousand. W. L. DOUGLAS UNION $3.50 & $3.00 SHOES FOR MEN. MADE. W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the greatest sellers in the world because of their excellent style, easy fitting and superior wearing qualities. They are just as good as those that cost from $5.00 to $7.00. The only difference is the price, Douglas shoes are $3.50 shoes better wear longer, and are of greater value than any other $3.50 shoes on the market to-day. W. L. Douglas guarantees their value by stamping his name and price on the bottom of each shoe. Look for it. Take no substitute. W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are sold through a his own retail stores in the principal cities, and by shoe dealers everywhere. No matter where you live, W. L. Douglas shoes are within your reach. BETTER THAN OTHER MAKES AT ANY PRICE. "For the last three years I have worn W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoe and four $1.00 only as good, but better than any shoe that I ever wear of any kind." Chas. L. Farrell, Ast. Cusher The Capital National Bank, Indianapolis, his, dad. Boys wear W. L. Douglas $2.50 and $2.00 shoes because they fit better, hold their shape, and wear longer than other makes. W.L.DOUGLAS $4.00 SHOES CANNOT BE EQUALLED AT ANY PRICE. W. L. Douglas uses Corona Colkatin in his $3.50 shoes. Corona Colt is considered to be the finest patent leather produced. FAST COLOR EYELETS WILL NOT WEAR BRASSY W. L. Douglas has the largest shoe mall order business in the world. No trouble to get a fly by mail. 25c, extra prepays delivery. If you desire further information, write for Illustrated Catalogue of Spring Styles. W. L.DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS THOMAS A. EDISON, the inventor, in mapping out the problems of the future, gives first place to the necessity of fighting the bacteria which give us our diseases. Next to the actual bacteria of disease, the mosquitos and flies are the most dangerous enemies of man. The mosquito with its bite injects into our veins malaria, yellow fever, and other fatal troubles. The fly, with spongy feet, collects the invisible germs of diseases, spreads them over our food and poisons us with typhoid, cholera and other plagues of the human race. GOOD RED BLOOD OUR AMMUNITION. The blood which flows through our veins and arteries should contain healthy red blood corpuscles which are capable of warding off the attack of the disease germs if they get into the system. Dr. Pierce, the eminent physician of Buffalo, N. Y., says, "if each person will consider his system as an army of men which he controls as a general, and will see to its proper provisioning and that it has plenty of ammunition in the shape of good red blood, he will be able to overcome the enemy in the shape of the germs of disease." Every healthy person has five million red blood cells or corpuscles to every square millimeter of blood. The number of red blood corpuscles in the average human being is so great that it is almost incomprehensible. However, their num- W. L. DOUGLAS UNION MADE. $3.50 & $3.00 SH W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the great world because of their excellent style, care, color wearing qualities. They are just as cheap from $3.00 to $7.00. The only difference W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes cost more than shoes better in bargain, and share of other $3.50 shoes on the market to-day. Witness their value by stamping his name bottom of each shoe. Look for it. Take one Douglas $3.50 shoes are sold through his office the principal cities, and by shoe dealers everywhere where you live. W. L. Douglas shoes are: BETTER THAN OTHER MAKES AT "For the last three years I have worn W. L. Douglas shoes only as good, I have not worn any shoe I never wore. Chas. L. Farrall, Asst. Cashier The Capital National Bank. Boys wear W. L. Douglas $2.50 and $2.00 shoes better, hold their shape, and wear longer." W. L. DOUGLAS $4.00 SHOES CANNOT BE EQUAL W. L. Douglas uses Corona Coltskin in his shoes. Colt is considered to be the finest patent leather. FAST COLOR EYELETS WILL NOT W. L. Douglas has the largest shoe mall order. No trouble to get a fit by mail. 25c, extra prepays further information, write for Illustrated Catalog. W. L. DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MA Every woman who marries faces the question of the kind of a house she will make, and decides it. Much valuable information free about band instruments; write for the new catalogue to-day. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. Literature is the fruit of thinking souls.—Carlyle. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE #2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 331 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. About every pretension there is an air of avoiding to pretend. DON'T FORGET A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. About a big display of temper there always is a flavor of being ill-used. "Do You Itch" "The cup of human misery is never quite full until some form of itching skin disease is added. Then it overflows. Hunt's Cure is a specific for any itching trouble ever known. One application relieves. One box is guaranteed to cure any one case." The popular notion of an easy job is doing just as you feel like. All Up-to-Date Housekeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it is better, and 4 oz. more of it for same money. --- A tonic made up largely of alcohol will shrink the corpuscles of the blood and make them weaker for resistance. A cod liver oil makes the stomach groan because it is irritating. What is needed is an alternative extract made of roots and herbs, without the use of alcohol, that will assist the stomach in assimilating or taking up from the food such elements as are required for the blood, also an alternative that will assist the activity of the liver and cause it to throw off the poisons in the blood. When we have accomplished this we have put the system in a fortified condition so strong that it can repel the germs of disease which we find everywhere—in the street-cars, the shops, the factories, the bedrooms, wherever many people congregate, or where sunlight and good air does not penetrate. Accept no substitute for "Golden Medical Discovery." There is nothing "just as good" for diseases of the stomach, blood and lungs. DR. R. V. PIERCE. Buffalo. N. Y.: Dear Sir—Your "Golden Medical Discovery" is a sick man's friend. For the past seven years my health gradually failed. I lost my appetite, became nervous and debilitated, very despondent and unable to sleep. No medicine helped me until I tried Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It put new life into my veins and increased vitality until I could once more enjoy life and attend to my business. Eight bottles affected a complete cure and gladly do I recommend it. The bible of the body is the name given to Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, of which over two million copies have been sold. Send 21 cents in one-cent stamps, for this 1000-page book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for the cloth-bound. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. W. L. Douglas makes and sells more Men $3.50 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world. $10,000 - NEWORD to any one who can disprove this statement. LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5 CIGAR You Pay 100. for Cigars Not so Good. F.P. LEWIS Peoria, Ill. GOOD SEEDS CHEAP BEST Ever Grown. None better and none so low in price, 1c per pkt. and up, postpaid. Finest illustrated catalogue ever printed sent FREE. Engrav- ings of every variety. A great lot of extra pkgs, of seeds, new sorts, presented free with every order. Some sorts onions only 500 per lb. Other seed equally low. 40 years a seed grower and dealer and all customers satisfied. No old seed. Send yours and neighbor's names for big illustrated free catalogue. R. N. SHUMWAY, Rockford, Ills. W. N. U.—Oklahoma City—No. 9, 1905 BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. Help for Women Passing Through Change of Life Providence has allotted us each at least seventy years in which to fulfill our mission in life, and it is generally our own fault if we die prematurely. Mrs.MaryKoehne Nervous exhaustion invites disease. This statement is the positive truth. When everything becomes a burden and you cannot walk a few blocks without excessive fatigue, and you break out into perspiration easily, and your face flushes, and you grow excited and shaky at the least provocation, and you cannot bear to be crossed in anything, you are in danger; your nerves have given out; you need building up at once! To build up woman's nervous system and during the period of change of life we know of no better medicine than Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Here is an illustration. Mrs. Mary L. Koehne, 371 Garfield Avenue, Chicago, Ill., writes: "I have used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for years in my family and it never disappoints; so when I felt that I was nearing the change of life I commenced treatment with it. I took in all about six bottles and it did me a great deal of good. It stopped my dizzy spells, pains in my back and the headaches with which I had suffered for months before taking the Compound. I feel that if it had not been for this great medicine for women that I should not have been alive to-day. It is splendid for women, old or young, and will surely cure all female disorders." Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., invites all sick and ailing women to write her for advice. Her great experience is at their service, free of cost. WHY GET SOAKED WHEN 143 TOWER'S TRADE MARK FISH BRAND OILED CLOTHING BLACK OR YELLOW WILL KEEP YOU DRY IN THE HARDEST STORM? ON SALE EVERYWHERE. LOOK FOR ABOVE TRADE MARK, DEWARE OF LIMITATIONS. CATALOGUES FREE SHOWING FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND HATS. A. J. TOWER CO., BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO., LTD., TORONTO, CANADA. GIESECKE'S KEY BRAND SHOES TRADE MARK ST LOUIS ALL WAYS BEST Did you ever try them? If not, do so at once, and be convinced. If your dealer does not keep them, write us. GIESECKE D'Ornech Hays Shoe Co. - St. Louis. GREGORY Havo satisfied when others have failed. GREGORY'S SEED CATALOGUE FOR 1905. SEEDS Catalogue free J. J. H. Gregory & So Marblehead, Mass. MAN IN THE FUTURE MAN IN THE FUTURE SCIENCE TO WORK WONDERS FOR HIS BENEFIT. His Days in the Land to Be Extended in Many Ways-Defective Vision and Stomach Troubles Alike to Be Done Away With. Recent discoveries in the world of science and inventions indicate great changes in the future of mankind and its surroundings. The length of the day is to be greatly increased, according to Prof. Darwin, son of the great naturalist and president of the British association. In course of time the present day will be prolonged to fifty-five days. It has been discovered that the days are gradually lengthening at relative rates which are calculable, though the absolute rates in time are unknown. The month will probably be long as thirty-seven present days. With the lengthening of the days there is to be a prolongation of the length of man's life. It has been shown that the proper application of acetic acid will considerably prolong life, and according to one authority, this can also be accomplished by drinking sour milk. It appears that sour milk contains a friendly bacillus, which, when introduced into the main intestine, benefits health. There is said to be no doubt that the stature of man is increasing and it is possible that the future race may be giants. At that future day artificial diamonds and rubies will be common. The diamond, which is made of pure carbon, is the cheapest substance in the world. And when the electric furnace is developed it is expected that diamonds and rubies will no longer be precious stones. There will be no fogs in those days, for they will be cleared away by electrifying the atmosphere on a large scale. An important experiment in this line was made at Liverpool. The air around University college was electrified by means of a Wimshurst machine. The result was that in a dense fog a space of from fifty to sixty yards' radius was kept clear. The discoverer of this use for electricity hopes to be able to provide a sufficient number of stations on each side of a $ ^{a} $ river so that the positive current from the other side of the river will form a collision which will clear the fog away. The future man will have no need of glasses to help his vision. Eye massage, which is gentle and gradual and causes no pain, will cure any defect of vision. The stomach and intestines will also be unnecessary, and it has been suggested that these organs will be removed by a surgical operation. Their place will be taken by a tube, into which prepared food will be dropped. Tabloids of prepared, compressed and digested food will be used, and there will be no need to waste the amount of time necessary to obtain food nowadays. There will be no need for watches, for there will be a clock at every street corner, illuminated at night. The city of Berlin has this system of timepieces in use already, and there are 300 clocks scattered about the city. For Preservation of Game. For Preservation of Game. Twenty years ago Theodore Roosevelt founded the Boone and Crockett club, its purpose being to secure the proper protection and preservation of the big game of the country. The organization is still leading a vigorous existence. Just now it is leading in the movement for legislation for the preservation of the forests, the setting aside of refuges where the game shall be free to breed without molestation, and the establishment of public parks. The Boone and Crockett club has sent to every member of Congress a handsome publication, "American Game in Its Haunts," containing an article by President Roosevelt, which it is hoped will prove an incentive to adopt the pending bills. THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME MR and MRS. SCHWANDT. Sanborn, Minn. MR and MRS. JNO. O. ATKINSON. Independence, Mo. Remarkable Cures Effected FOR FARM OR FIRESIDE Shoes which meet every demand made upon them for wear and style last longer and look better. "ALWAYS JUST CORRECT" CLOVER BRAND SHOES JUST THE KIND YOU WANT Your dealer will see that you are supplied with these shoes if you insist. Every dealer ought to give you the best. See that you get these. For business or dress ask for "SIR KNIGHT" Wertheimer-Swarts Shoe Co. LARGEST FINE SHOE EXCLUSIVISTS ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. LEARN THE MILLINERY TRADE and earn from $10 to $50 a week at your own home while learning for full particulars write at once to NATIONAL MILLINERY SCHOOL, 172 Washington Street, Dept. I, Chicago. PATENTS that PROTECT 72-p. Book Mailed Free R. S. & A. B. LACEY, Patent Att's, Washington, D. C. W. N. U.—Oklahoma City—No. 9, 1905 TWENTY BUSHELS OF WHEAT TO THE ACRE 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Is the record on the Free Homestead Lands of Western Canada for 1904. The 150,000 farmers from the United States, who during the past seven years have gone to Canada participate in this prosperity. The United States will soon become an importer of wheat. Get a free homestead or purchase a farm in Western Canada, and become one of those who will help produce it. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Please say where you saw this advertisement. 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 write 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."—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 272. 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. When old age comes, catarrhal dis eases come also. Systemic catarrh is almost universal in old people. Address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, who will be pleased to give you the benefit of his medical advice gratis. THE @IMETER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. W. H. TWINE . . . Editor. R. WOOD, . . . Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE . . Gen'l Solicitor E. T. HEARNE . . . City Reporter For Delegate to the Constitutional Convention: A. G. W. SANGO of Muskogee. We are authorized to announce W. M. Everts as a candidate for Mayor subject to the action of the Republican party. The Cimeter stands pat on being against immorality, vice, licentiousness. and it does not matter who the persons are or the position they may occupy. Our friend the Searchlight forgets that a safety valve should never be over loaded, for if it is, something may happen. It would be well is our worthy contemporary would let the pot alone while the cooks are away. Old Affidavit Taylor is still cussing the Cimeter and making dire promise for our hurried departure from the journalistic arena but we are still doing business at the old stand and if Hayman (Old Affidavit Taylor) has finished the gallows we are willing that he be hanged on the same. The fellows that want Judge Raymond removed are the worst element of democrats (The better element are honest enough to be fair) and lilywhite republicans who hate Judge Raymond because he like our President Roosevelt believes in giving every man "a square deal." The committee appointed by Mr. Fuller, the inspector, from the department of Justice was composed of democrats and lily white republicans. The colored members of the bar were not considered. It was the social bar association and not the Muskogee bar who were considered by Mr. Fuller. Davis, the Lincoln club dictator in a speech recently at a pow wow said all the old leaders are traitors and will sell out. This was a broad statement and in defense of the old gang, we ask, who he referred to as some of them referred to * * * are still alive, and then we wonder if Davis had sold out when he advised the Negro to vote against Ross Shackleford, the regular Republican nominee for Recorder. Davis did this in a public meeting on the hill, and we wonder if the Negroes who were present have forgotten the advice given by this new leader who poses as a paragon of hon Hell is full of his class of misfits The representative of the Attorney General joined in with the democrats ( it may have been unintentionally) in drawing the color line. There are ten members of the bar (colorəd men) who were denied permission of being present when the fellows who filed charges against Judge Raymond were attempting to prove their rharges. The excuse for denying us admission was that we were not members of the (social) bar association, an organization that no Negro can join. These democrats are smooth ducks, and they fooled the Ass't Attorney general or else he willingly joined them in their color line prejudice. Hon. J. C. Johnson, a prominent colored lawyer and a member of the Wewoka bar was present with the other lawers of that place and took part in the proceedings that endorsed Judge Raymond. At Muskogee the Arkansas product of bourbonism and democracy (the Ft. Smith brand) was in the ascendancy when the bar met and they hid behind the social bar to prevent a Negro from being present. There were some fellows in the deal who are not from Ark. but are under that influence which means the same thing to us as a race. Every Negro will remember the action of the race haters and when the time comes as it surely will, there will be a settlement. FRISCO SYSTEM COMPLETELY AND COMFORTABLY SERVE WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the "WORLD'S FAIR CITY" SAINT LOUIS For detailed information, call on nearest representative FRISCO SYSTEM, or address L. W. PRICE, Division Passenger Agent. JOPLIN, MO. R. A. GIVENS WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER II / LEIN Diamonds, Watch We carry a fine line of jewel class and up-to-date in ever ing but the Best goods and o prices are reasonable. Call er you want to buy or not. North Second St, KIRSH Hand Made Cloth All Kinds of Hats GENTS FURNIS OF ALL DESCRI Shirts, Hats, Under W. E. Mc Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee GLOYD LUMBE Beds, Watches, Clocks by a fine line of jewelery which is strung up-to-date in every respect. I can the Best goods and of the latest design reasonable. Call and see the latest want to buy or not. Second St, -- Musk R S H B A Made Clothes, Shirt Kinds of Hats TS FURNISHING GOOD ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Hats, Underwear, Suits E. McCLU cy, English Block. ee LOYD LUMBER COMP Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Etc. We carry a fine line of jewelery which is strictly firstclass 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 wheth- er you want to buy or not. North Second St. Muskogee, I. T. Hand Made Clothes, Shirts and All Kinds of Hats GLOYD LUMBER COMPANY. TAKING THE STUMP. To tell about our lumber. It is put forward to win the approval of the lumber users of this section and when its good points are appreciated it will certainly do so. We see no satisfaction or profit in handling low grade stock. Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber does not piece by the foot but by the inches. SELL Add a few boxes of c ELL CIGAR add a few boxes of cigars to your sta increase your sales. We cau furnish rers, Henry George, Little Tom, Add a few boxes of cigars to your stand or store and Increase your sales. We cau furnish you Owls, Capdurers, Henry George, Little Tom, Agent, 305, Cremo, Pathfinders, and several other popular brands by the single box and sell them to you at wholesale prices. It is not much to invest, and they are sure to sell. Come and have a falk with us. BEN ESTES, Druggist Corner Main & Okmulgee Streets. We have the Best Equipped Negro Printing Office in the Entire Indian Territory .We Have 3 Professional Men. WE BROUGHT JOB PRINTING HERE ```markdown ``` es, Clocks, Etc ery which is strictly first- y respect. I carry noth- the latest design. My and see the latest wheth- - Muskogee, I. T. BAUM mes, Shirts and FASHING GOODS OPTIONS. wear, Suit Cases CLURE, I. T. R COMPANY. A Lumberman Standing on a Log CIGARS. gars to your stand or store an We cau furnish you Owls, Cap Little Tom, Agent, 305, Cr LOCAL & PERSONAL. NOTICE. $5.50 in cash will be given to any person securing ten names from any location for enrollment in the 20th Century Correspondence School of Stenography. This offers is good until April 1st. For further particulars address C. A. Biggers, box 121, Muskogec. I. T. WANTED—Two or three tracts of good land for northern farmers at once. 80 acres to 240 acres each. Let me hear from you. H. P. SHOWALTER, Rooms 304 and 305, Iowa Building. 211 South Second street, Muskogee, Miss Bradley, one of the teachers of the Dunbar school, who has been on the sick list, is at her post again. Lawyers Lilly and Patterson were plesant callers to are office this week. We are glad to announce that ere this time next week the colored Drug Store will have opened its door to the public for business. In advance we wish them success. J. W. Sippes, not only deals in groceries, but can fill your order for the very best grade of coal, he keep on hand a good supply. Give him your order and get good treatment and low prices. Mrs. Johnson wife of Prof. Johnson, principal of Dunbar school, arrived Sunday f om Ft. Smith, where she had been visiting her mother. GRAND PRIZE SUBSCRIPTION AND ADVERTISEMENT CONTEST. A House and Lot Will Be Given to The Winner. For the purpose of increasing our subscription and advertising business, the Cimeter has concluded to offer a house and lot, free from all incum-Muskogee, I. T., to the person who shall receive the largest number of votes in the contest. The understandbrances, and located in the city of ing is that for every five cents paid in cash at the Cimeter office, for either subscription or advertising purposes, the person paying said five cents shall have the privilege of casting one vote for any candidate he or she may prefer. It is therefore possible for any person paying to us at the Cimeter office one dollar for a year's subscription or for an advertisement, to cast twenty votes for any of the candidates. No employe or member of the Cimeter force shall be eligible to enter the contest. The contest begins with this issue of the Cimeter and will terminate at 6 o'clock p. m., July 1, 1905. Rules. The house and lot located in the city of Muskogee will be given absolutely free, with guaranty title, on July 4, 1905, to the candidate, lady or gentleman, who shall secure the greatest number of votes from advertisers and subscribers to the Muskogee Weekly Cimeter. On vote for each five cents paid on subscription, or two votes for each five cents paid for advertisement to the Cimeter. You can vote for any person whether the name appears in the contest list or not. Cash payments for subscriptions or advertisements must accompany the votes. No employee of the Cimeter can enter the contest. No votes shall be received after the hour of closing this contest, on July 1, 1905, at 6 o'clock, p. m. Address mail to Editor Cimeter Contest, Box G, Muskogee, I. T. Cut out this coupon and enclose it with the amount of money you wish to pay on subscription or for advertisement, and either send by mail, or bring in person to the Cimeter office, I. T. Cimeter Subscription Coupon. Find enclosed $..... and cents, which you will please credit to the subscription or advertisement of (Address) M..... (State or Terr.) ..... and place.....votes to the following named candidate in the Cimeter House and Lot Contest: Note. Compute one vote for five cents in case of subscription and two votes for five cents in case of advertisement. Read our advertisements and patronize those who advertise with us. They deserve your trade and will sell you the best of goods. The great fires at New Orleans, La., and Hot Springs, Ark., last week, in which many lives and millions of dollars in property were lost, came at a time when both cities were looking forward to brilliant and successful seasons of festivities. Hot Springs, Arkansas, that resort so popular on account of the medicinal properties of the water from its hot springs, because of a severe winter had just begun to receive her annual number of visitors and was looking forward to a good season but the misfortune of the late falls heavily upon her citizens, and will further shorten the already short season. New Orleans was preparing for the Mardi Gras celebration which lasts two weeks in March and brings visitors to that city from all over the country, she too has suffered. Both of the above named cities are thrifty southern cities and thouth the misfortune was great yet Pheonix like they will rise from the askes more beautiful than before. OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE SATISFACTIONGUARANTEE Dave Richardson. Prior PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Diseases of Women and Men successfully Treated. Chronic Disease of Men a Specialty. 201-2 OKMULGEE AVENUE. WARE COMPANY, ORATED. ware, Tinware, and Celebrated one Guaranteed, Builders' , Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. LOCK. 111 N. SECOND ST LOANS. GENT ON THEIR ALLOTMENTS by Payments. Agent, Real Life Insurance Company. RD, Manager, Second St : Muskogee, I. T. STRIKE! TEN DAYS BIRING MEN AND WOMEN AT WINE DS COMPANY. It miss this rare opportunity to PROCERIES at rediculously low Gorria Street The Canadian Valley Trust Company DURFEY HARDWARE DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY, INCORPORATED. Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, Monarc Ranges. Evera one Guar- Tools, etc. All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerator PHONE 205. ROWSEY BLOCK. FARM LOANS LOANS MADE TO FREEDMEN ON T Long Time. Easy Payn JAMES L. LOMBARD, Financial Agent, Union Central Life Ins ADDRESS: CHAS. H. LOMBARD, Manag- No. 207 N. Second St : A BIG STR FOR THE NEXT TEN D IN FAVOR OF THE LABORING MEN ARNW BROS DRY GOODS CO This sale is now on. Don't miss this get DRY GOODS and GROCERIES prices. 223 Emporia Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Celebrated Monarc Ranges. Evera one Guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc. All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. PHONE 205. ROWSEY BLOCK. 111 N. SECOND ST FARM LOANS. LOANS MADE TO FREEDMEN ON THEIR ALLOTMENTS Long Time. Easy Payments. JAMES L. LOMBARD, Financial Agent, Union Central Life Insurance Company. ADDRESS: CHAS. H. LOMBARD, Manager, No. 207 N. Second St : Muskogee, I. T. A BIGSTRIKE! FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN FAVOR OF THE LABORING MEN AND WOMEN AT This sale is now on. Don't miss this rare opportunity to get DRY GOODS and GROCERIES at rediculously low prices. 223 Emporia Street. Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. MUSKOGEE TITLE & GENERAL BANK ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY Farm Loans a Sp Second and Broadway. TITLE & TRUST CO. PEAL BANKING JEICE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTAT ans a Specialty MUSKOGEE, IND. TE MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty Second and Broadway. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. STUDY LAW AT HOME Prepare for success at the bar, in business or public life, by mail, in the ORIGINAL SCHOOL, Founded in 1800. Successful graduates everywhere. Approved by bachardy. Regular College Law Course and Business Law Course. Liberal Terms. Special Offer Now. Catalogue Fax. Sprague Correspondence School of Law. 722 Main Ride, Mishawaka, Indiana 46750. VICTORIA HOTEL When at Claremore stop at the Victoria Hotel, Modern, Upto-date, Elegant Rooms, Table Unsurpassed. MQS. IDELLA ROBINSON, PROP. Claremore, I. T. WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES Dr. R. H. Watrford. A. S. McREA LAWYER. 201-2 OKMULGEE AVENUE. We Print News. COULDN'T LIFT TEN POUNDS. Doan's Kidney Pills Brought Strength and Health to the Sufferer, Making Him Feel Twenty-five Years Younger. J. B. Corton, farmer and lumber- man, of Deppe, N. C., says: "I suffered for years with my back. It was so bad that I could not walk any distance nor even ride in easy buggy. I do not believe I could have raised ten pounds of J. B. CORTON weight from the ground, the pain was so severe. This was my condition when I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. They quickly relieved me and now I am never troubled as I was. My back is strong and I can walk or ride a long distance and feel just as strong as I did twenty-five years ago. I think so much of Doan's Kidney Pills that I have given a supply of the remedy to some of my neighbors and they have also found good results. If you can sift anything from this rambling note that will be of any service to you, or to anyone suffering from kidney trouble, you are at liberty to do so." A TRIAL FREE—Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents. Many a man with an iron will finds it crumpled against a woman's granite "won't." mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children, teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, curbs wind colic. 25c bottle You have no doubt remarked that when you make a fool of yourself a big crowd is watching. 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. The first robin will arrive foolishly early, but he would have to wear furs and gum boots to get here ahead of the first spring bonnet. CUTICURA GROWS HAIR. Scalp Cleared of Dandruff and Hair Restored by One Box of Cuticura and One Cake of Cuticura Soap. A. W. Taft of Independence, Va., writing under date of Sept. 15, 1904, says: "I have had falling hair and dandruff for twelve years and could get nothing to help me. Finally I bought one box of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap, and they cleared my scalp of the dandruff and stopped the hair falling. Now my hair is growing as well as ever. I am highly pleased with Cuticura Soap as a toilet soap. (Signed) A. W. Taft, Independence, Va." We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each of us is to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered it.—Huxley. Some men wake up and find themselves famous, but the majority oversleep. Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. IND. TER NEW STATE NEWS The socialists of Oklahoma City have placed a full city ticket in the field. A farmer named Hofstetter was held up by a highwayman and robbed of $90 near Mustang last week. Two hundred dollars worth of clothing stolen from South McAlester was recovered at Wilburton. The thieves escaped. The first collegiate debate between the Indianola and Hargrave colleges was held at Ardmore last Thursday night. Muskogee has 1,179 white children and 506 negro children in its public schools, according to a recent report. Fred Bradt of Cleo was shot in the back and seriously wounded by a revolver in the hands of an unknown person while driving out in the country with two young women last week. Roy Green, Sam Biggs and J. W. Maddox of Alva are charged with having shipped a car load of broom cern that did not belong to them. They were arrested, and their bonds fixed at $1,000 each. The comptroller of the currency has issued certificates authorizing the First National bank of Porter to begin business, with $25,000 capital. The citizens of Davis, in a mass meeting, extended an invitation to President Roosevelt to visit that place on his way south. Many rough riders living in Oklahoma and Indian Territory will attend the reunion to be held at San Antonio, Texas, March 30 and 31. Charles Cook, charged with stealing $200 worth of clothing from the Swreshy Tailoring company, escaped from the jail at Oklahoma City by cutting a hole in the roof. Ben Robelier of Piedmont, charged with selling stale eggs to merchants at Britton, was given a preliminary hearing and bound over in the sum of $500, to await the action of the grand jury. The hardware and implement house of Bonebrake-Hightower company at Altus was entered by burgfars last week and a number of revolvers were stolen. While it is not known who committed the burglary, it is believed the work was done by boys. W. T. Smith, a farmer living near Shawnee, claims that he has discovered oil on his farm. In deepening an old well Mr. Smith noticed a heavy scum on top of the water, which, it is claimed, proved to be a fine quality of oil. The commissioners of Comanche county have consolidated the townships of Rock Creek and Hulen. The new township is known as Hulen. All offices were declared vacant, and the commissioners named a new set of officials. Work has been resumed on the Standard Oil pipe line between Tulsa and Bartlesville. It will be extended into the Cleveland oil fields from Tulsa. At first it was thought the fight against the Standard would interfere with the work in this section, but it is said the line will be completed. --- CAT TAKES RAT'S HOME, Devours Natural Enemies and Occupies Their Domicile. A brood of rats made their home last summer beneath an ash house in the rear of one of the houses in the old Dorchester district. Near by, beneath the piazza of another house, a homeless cat reared a quartet of kittens. The people in the neighborhood fed the cat and her furry little ones, but they declined all advances and remained wild as young lynxes. The old cat speedily taught her family to become expert rat catchers. One of the kittens paid especial attention to the ash house near at hand, in the flooring of which the rats had gnawed large holes and were living happily. One by one that kitten depleted the family of rodents until they had become entirely wiped out. Then the juvenile cat enlarged the passage they had made beneath the ash house until it was ample to accommodate her own proportions. She gathered together the nests they had used until she had a large and comfortable bed, and all through the present winter she has made her home in this place, appropriating the larder of the rats to her own uses. She is as wild as ever and those visiting the ash house rarely see more than the tip of her nose or an eye as she occasionally comes to the mouth of the great rat hole.—Boston Globe. Lighted Witches to Jail. There is in the possession of Walter L. Harris of Salem a unique lamp, shaped like a bowl and with a curving handle. This is said to have been used during the olden times, the days of the witchcraft delusion, to light into jail some of the witches. It is of iron and must have been filled with oil with a wick floating on the surface. One gazes on this black lamp and wishes it could tell its story of the past. Salem has many spots which are pointed out to strangers in connection with the witchcraft delusion. There is the supposed witch house, where it is said that preliminary examinations took place. Then, in the courthouse, are shown the pins which, according to allegations, were stuck into victims. The old jail, now reconstructed, is the home of Hon. Abner C. Goodale. Class Holds Many Reunions. Few high school classes can boast of having reunions for twelve successive years after graduation, but that is the record of the class of 1893 of Rockland, Me., high school. Its latest reunion was held Jan. 14 at the home of two classmates in Lynn, and ten members of the class were present. ```markdown ``` Whether it was the spirit of loyalty or the desire for novelty which caused a resident of Washington boulevard, not far from Homan, or thereabouts, to build a small barn, or outhouse, for the storing of coal, after the model of the old Fort Dearborn is not plain, but nevertheless the queer structure stands on the back of the let, weather-stained and beaten, a bit of old Chicago in the new.—Chicago Record-Herald. Edison on Capital Punishment Thomas A. Edison was recently asked if he had invented the apparatus used for the electrocution of murderers in New York and Ohio. "I did not," he said, "and I am sorry that electricity has been put to such a use. Of course, that is the most painless method of putting one to death. There is a sensation of a moment only—as quick as the bat of an eye. But in that second there is pain indescribable. The flash comes and the shock; it is ten times more excruciating than the feeling that results from one's placing his hands on live coals. It is a burning, devilish, harrowing feeling. Imagine the quick thrusting of 10,000 hot needle points into the body at one time and you may have a faint idea of the shock when the current is turned on." Mr. Edison is opposed to capital punishment, holding thatm urderers should be locked up and put to work for life. Indeed, he thinks this would be greater punishment than killing them. An Atchison woman whipped her son so severely that the neighbors interfered. She explained that he had broken cut glass and dishes all his life, and she had not whipped him, but upon returning from the barn he fell and broke an egg, and her patience could endure no more. When a woman does appreciate her good luck in drawing a treasure and compliments her husband, the only effect is to arouse his suspicion. Q knows how important it is to use a good starch. Defiance Starch is the best starch made. It doesn't stick to the iron. It gives a beautiful soft glossy stiffness to the clothes. It will not blister or crack the goods. It sells for less. goes farther, does more. Ask the lady who irons. Defiance Starch at all grocers. 16 oz. for 10 cents. The DEFIANCE STARCH CO. OMAHA NEB. 10,000 Plants for 16c. More gardens and farms are planted to Salzer's Seeds than any other nursery on this. We own over 5,000 acres for the production of our warranted seeds. In order to induce you to try them, we make you the following unproceded offer: For 10 Cents Postpaid 1000 Early, Medium and Late Cabbages, 2000 Wheat, Rye, 2000 Blanching Celery, 2000 Rich Nutty Lettuce, 1000 Splendid Onions, 1000 Rare Luscious Radishes, 1000 Gloriously Brilliant Flowers. About seven thousand contain sufficient seed to grow 10,000 plants, furnishing bushels of brilliant flowers and lots and lots of choice vegetables, together with our great catalog, telling all about Flowers, Roses, small Fruits, etc., all for 16c in stamps and this notice. Big 140 page catalog alone, 4c. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. W.N.U. La Croese, Wis. paris or other severe treatment. Send for this book, and if directly interested, mention character of the affliction and special literature bearing on the subject will be sent with the book. THE L. C. MOLAIN CRTHOPEDIC SANITARIUM, 3104 PINE STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. AGRICULTURE The Corn Crop. I never realized the importance on the corn crop to the United States till I started to study up the statistics of corn growing. I was under the impression that it was grown on but a limited area and that there were many states in which corn was not grown at all except a little sweet corn for the family. My surprise was great to find that corn is grown in every state in the Union. There are over five million farms in the United States, and corn is grown on 85 per cent of them. That leaves only 15 per cent of the farms without corn, and many of those are fruit farms, chicken farms, stock farms and ranches. I think a crop that is so extensively grown is well worthy all the attention that is given it by the agricultural colleges and farmers' institutes. I used to wonder why at the farmers' institutes the speakers did not pay more attention to the growing of other crops, such as beans, turnips, carrots, green peas and the like. I asked a professor why they did not have more variety in their programs, and he replied that the first work of the stations was to teach the farmers how to grow corn, potatoes and the few leading crops which are of so much importance. I realize the truth of that now. Especially so when I consider further that the five great states in this little western country produce half of the corn grown in the United States. If any people ever studied corn we should study it, and I propose to do my share. After all, I begin to see that we can get rich selling corn and still keep up the fertility of our farms, if we go at the matter right. The starch in the kernel of the corn is only the carbon caught by the leaves from the air. We are thus selling only air so far as the starchy matter is concerned, and that is a large part of the whole crop, for it also comprises most of the fiber in the stalk. It may be difficult to keep up the fertility of our land in raising wheat, but not in raising corn, and if we don't learn how to both raise corn and improve our land it seems to me we are stupid. I am more of an enthusiast in corn growing than ever, but I realize that we have got to cut loose from some of the out-of-date methods we have been following. Here is for more study on the problem of corn raising. Horace Freeman, McLean County, Illinois. High Priced Corn. After an exhibit of corn at the Iowa Agricultural College, the premium ears were put up at auction. The ear of corn that won first prize sold for $11; 100 ears that won a $2,000 premium sold for an aggregate of $102. One breeder that had forty ears of corn on exhibition bid them back at $35; another man paid $13 for ten ears, while another ten ears sold for $12. One collection of twenty ears brought $24. The third best single ear was sold, to the man that exhibited it, for $2.50. The grain will be used for seed purposes. Sawdust in Manure. Will sawdust injure manure? I am spreading it on alfalfa three years old. —W. H. Carter, Josephine Co., Ore. No. The amount of manure, however, should be greater than that of sawdust. Since it is slow to decay, it affords, after discharging its absorbed fertility, an excellent mulch for deep rooted grass crops. Much in experience goes to show that excessive quantities applied, especially to clay soils, will produce an undesirable acidity. FreeBook A Crazy Expression In a contest over the will of the late J. Alexander Yoell, a shrewd but excitable business man of San Jose, Cal., one of the facts cited as proof of his unsoundness of mind was that, in a dispute with Bob Fitzsimmons at a hotel over the use of a bathtub, when the pugilist said to him: "If you were not so small I would break every bone in your body," he replied: "Try it: you will get the worst of it." An interesting cave has just been discovered on the allotment of Nancy Fatubby, a fullblood Choctaw, living near Antlers. It is about four miles southwest of Davis on what is known as Wild Horse creek. Those who have visited this cave claim that it seems to widen out into large underground river which flows rapidly. They say it can be traversed 300 yards without difficulty, but from there on for a quarter of a mile it is a difficult task. Notches are cut in the wall, and Indians living in the vicinity claim that the cave was once inhabited by robbers. The Smallest Dictionary The University of California has received what it thinks is the smallest dictionary in the world. The book is a French-English dictionary, one and one-eighth inches long by three-fourth of an inch wide. It was printed first in large type and then reduced to its present size by photographic methods. Each page contains about 110 words, the book containing 630 pages. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 188. LUCAS COUNTY. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. W. GERSON, NOTARY PUBLIC. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O Sold by all Drugs Take Heir's Family Plus for constipation. No Doctor Bills Swedish doctors never send bills to their patients. Each patient pays what he deems just or is able to give. The rich pay the physician liberally, whether they have need of his services or not, if he has been only retained by them. The poor, if they possibly can, pay him a small sum, and the very poor pay him nothing. Yet he attends the poor as faithfully as he does the rich. USE THE FAMOUS USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Every woman, as she cooks three meals a day, and washes dishes afterward, decides that the next time she marries it will be to a traveling man, one who is not home more than once a week to cook for. From a Merchant. "I have sold three bottles of Hunt's Lightning Oil to Frank Swartz of Gallup, N. M. They think it is the only medicine for all purposes." C. P. Fisher, Plymouth, O. T. The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.—Blair. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—Wm. O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1500. The noblest mind the best contentment has.—Spencer. Why It Is the Best is because made by an entirely different process. Defiance Starch is unlike any other, better and one-third more for 10 cents. 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of KIDS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed - Aix, Sornea + Rochelle Salts - Anise Seed + Poppermint - Dicarbonate Seltas + Virgin Seed - Clarified Sugar Wintergreen Flavor Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Charles H. Flitcher NEW YORK. A Monthly old: 35 Doses - 35 Clinics EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Charles H. Flitcher. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. Conviction Follows Trial Conviction Follows Trial When buying loose coffee or anything your grocer happens to have in his bin, how do you know what you are getting? Some queer stories about coffee that is sold in bulk, could be told, if the people who handle it (grocers), cared to speak out. Could any amount of mere talk have persuaded millions of housekeepers to use Lion Coffee, the leader of all package co of a century, if they had not found it sup Purity, Strength, Flavor the leader of all package coffees for over a quarter of a century, if they had not found it superior to all other brands in Purity, Strength, Flavor and Uniformity? This popular success of LION COFFEE can be due only to inherent merit. There is no stronger proof of merit than continued and increasing popularity. If the verdict of MILLIONS OF HOUSEKEEPERS does not convince you of the merits of LION COFFEE, it costs you but a trifle to buy a package. It is the easiest way to convince yourself, and to make you a PERMANENT PURCHASER. LION COFFEE is sold only in 1 lb. sealed packages, and reaches you as pure and clean as when it left our factory. SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Chio. $20 to $40 Highest grade Estey, Mason & Hamlin, Story & Clark, Klimball, Chicago Cottage, slightly used, guaranteed like new; special descriptions and prices for the asking. Write to-day. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. When writing mention this paper. On Deformitie will be sent free postpaid upon hand somely illustrated throughout an On Deformities and Paralysis will be sent free postpaid upon request. This book is of a hundred pages, handsomely illustrated throughout and tells of an experience of over thirty years in the treatment of Crooked Feet, Spinal Deformities, Infantile Paralysis, Hip Disease, Deformed Limbs and Joints, Etc. It tells of the only thoroughly equipped Sanitarium in this country devoted exclusively to the treatment of these conditions and how they may be cured without surgical operations, plastered mention of the effect of the affected and special literature bearing on the ge coffees for over a quarter it superior to all other brands in favor and Uniformity? LION LION FANCY DURABLE COFFEE WOOLSON SPICE CO. LTD. WANTED.—For the U. S. Army, able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 85, 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. ities and Paralysis upon request. This book is of a hundred pages. Oklahoma City, No. 9. Atlanta Constitution sits on Mr. Washington, But here's the editorial from the Atla ta Constitution, under the heading "Property as the Negro's Cureall." It remains to be seen if Dr. Washington has struck a blow at the Southern Negroes' commercial chances. "For some time (no one knew it) it has seemed to us that Booker Washington unduly magnifies and accentuates the importance of material successs and thrift as the solution of what the Negro regards as his race problem. It is probably true that the Negro, being so rudimental in his mental and moral make-up is essentially a creature of the objective and can only be strongly appealed to by such an object lesson, but the prosperity that usually results from hard work intelligently prosecuted economy, selfdenial and other thrifty virtues, denial and the other thrifty virtues, can never prove the open sesame to forbidden things in race relationships, and the president of Tuskegee, by scarcely covert inference, is always appealing to this false hope dormant in the breast of his race. If this is denied, it cannot be denied that the whole tendency of his oft-iterated counsel is to make the Negro a very modern maerialists, with what that morally implies.—Broadax. GRAND PRIZE SUBSCRIPTION AND ADVERTISEMENT CONTEST. A House and Lot Will Be Given to The Winner. For the purpose of increasing our subscription and advertising business, the Cimeter has concluded to offer a house and lot, free from all incumbrances, and located in the city of Muskogee, I. T., to the person who shall receive the largest number of votes in the contest. The understanding is that for every five cents paid in cash at the Cimeter office, for either subscription or advertising purposes, the person paying said five cents shall have the privilege of casting one vote for any candidate he or she may prefer. It is therefore possible for any person paying to us at the Cimeter office one dollar for a year's subscription or for an advertisement, to cast twenty votes for any of the candidates. No employee or member of the Cimeter force shall be eligible to enter the contest. The contest begins with this issue of the Cimeter and will terminate at 6 o'clock p. m., July 1, 1905. Rules. The house and lot located in the city of Muskogee will be given absolutely free, with guaranty title, on July 4, 1905, to the candidate, lady or gentleman, who shall secure the greatest number of votes from advertisers and subscribers to the Muskogee Weekly Cimeter. On vote for each five cents paid on subscription, or two votes for each five cents paid for advertisement to the Cimeter. You can vote for any person whether the name appears in the contest list or not. Cash payments for subscriptions or advertisements must accompany the votes. No employe of the Cimeter can enter the contest. No votes shall be received after the hour of closing this contest, on July 1, 1905, at 6 o'clock, p. m. Address man to Editor Cimeter Contest, Box G, Muskogee, I. T. Cut out this coupon and enclose it with the amount of money you wish to pay on subscription or for advertisement, and either send by mail, or bring in person to the Cimeter office, L. T. Cimeter Subscription Coupon. Find enclosed $..... and cents, which you will please credit to the subscription or advertisement of (Address) M..... (City or town)..... (State or Terr.)..... and* place.....votes to the following named candidate in the Cimeter House and Lot Contest: * Note. Compute one vote for five cents in case of subscription and two votes for five cents in case of advertisement. E. C. WASHINGTON The Merchant Tailor. CLEANING AND PRESSING ON SHORT NOTICE. SATISFACTORY WORK GUARANTEED. LADIES APPRECIATED Rooms 12-14, JOYES BUILDING, 8. 2nd St. Beebe Chapel, C. M. E. Church, Preaching every Sunday, 11 a. m. and 7:3 op. m. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. League—Literary department, every Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Spiritual department every Sunday, 3:00 p. m. Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Class meeting, every Sunday, 4:00 p. m. You are invited. REV. W. F. SIMONS, Pastor. J. B. BODDIE, Secretary. L. F. FUE, Treasurer. Personal instructions given at your home, in stenography, typewriting, arithmetic and penmanship. Persons prepared for civil service positions. None too young none too old to learn. WM. L. JOHNSON, 211 S. Second St. TERRITORIAL TRUST & SURETY CO. Abstracts of Title, Title Guaranteed, Surety Bonds Written : : : : : : : PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION Ceremonies. WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 4TH, 1905. In above occasion the M. K. & T. will sell to Washington, D. C. for one first-class fare as February 28th to March 2nd, inclusive of 8th. W. H. HOLMES, A. MARDI GRAS e M. K. & T. will sell round t. C. for one first-class fare plus $2. March 2nd, inclusive 1905. Fir W. H. HOLMES, Agent. For the above occasion the M. K. & T. will sell round trip trip tickets to Washington, D. C. for one first-class fare plus $2.00 Selling dates February 28th to March 2nd, inclusive 1905. Final limit March 8th. W. H. HOLMES, Agent. MARDI GRAS NEW ORLEANS, LA-, MARCH 2ND, to 7TH, 1905. CALIFORN AND THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST. Very Low Rates in Effect on Daily, March 1st to May 15 es From Which To Make Your Choice. F request. H. LEE, G. P. A., Little Rock, Ark. McNALLY, Division Passenger Agent, Okl CAN The Canadian Valley Company R. & T. will sell round trip tickets the first class fare plus $2.00 for the February 28th to March 6th inclusive. W. H. HOLMES, Agent. TORNIA D THE PACIFIC COAST. Rates in Effect March 1st to May 15th To Make Your Choice. Full Info Little Rock, Ark. Passenger Agent, Oklahoma C The Canadian Valley Trust Company For the occasion the M. K. & T. will sell round trip tickets to New Orleans, La. at rate of one first class fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Dates of sale February 28th to March 6th inclusive 1905. Final limit March 11. W. H. HOLMES, Agent. CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST. Roek Very Low Rates in Effect Island System Daily, March 1st to May 15th Many Routes From Which To Make Your Choice. F ull Information on request. GEO. H. LEE, G. P. A., Little Rock, Ark. J. S. McNALLY, Division Passenger Agent, Oklahoma City. Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. Smith-Torrans Co. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE