Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 6. PRESIDENT INAUGURATED. Negroes in Line--Sailors Soldiers, and Civil Leaders--Territory Boys Were "In It." Promptly on March 4th at the hour set, 10 o'clock a. m., the President was escorted from the White House to the Capitol. More tan a million people had come from various parts of this great republic to see the man, Teeodore Roosevelt, and to see him inaugurated as President of the United States, the greatest government on earth. From White Hous to Capital he was escorted by clattering cavalry under the canopy of a golden sunshine. There was present at the inauguration the representatives of foreign governments in their glittering uniforms. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in their somber black gowns, the members of the cabinet, the members of the Senate, the members of the House of Representatives and a million of loyal citizens of this great Republic. After the oath of office had been taken and the inaugural address delivered, the President proceeded from the Capital to President's stand at the White House where he reviewed the parade, this stand was upon the same spot where President Jonhson. Generals Grant, and Sherman reviewed the armies in 1865. There were more than 40,000 men in the military and civic parade. One thing possibly gave us more pleasure than any thing else was that the black batallions of the Republic were well representnd in the parade. Our sailors and our soldiers and our leaders in civil life were well represented. Hon. Judson Lyons with Milton J. Turner of St. Louis. Mo. and Louis T. Brown of Talequah. I. T., and others on his staff made quite a creditable appearance in the parade, when the heroes of the 9th Calvary marched down Pennsylvania avenue they looked like bronzed statutes and were cheered to the echo at every point. When they passed the President's stand and saluted the chief, he arose waved his hand and said "Those boys were with me at Santiago." The expression recalled to our mind how bravely our boys had fought for the old flag, by the Muskogee, I. T., Thursday, Mar. 9, 1905. side of the man who rules the nation, at El Caney, San Juan Hill and Santiago. They have made a record for the race that will last as long as this Great Government lasts and here we must not forget our boys in the navy, we talked with some of them and were informed that there is not a battleship afloat that does not carry at least thirty of the black patriots of the COPYRIGHT BY COLLIERS WEEKLY. CKLY. COPYRIGHT BY COLLIERS WEEKLY. PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT. [FROM JOHN S. SARGENT'S PORTRAIT.] INAUGURATION ECHOS. Judge A. S. McRea made quite a hit in Washington as did the brilliant Attorney C. J. Lowe. The New York delegation had a little Negro boy as "mascot" and the little fellow marched in the parade like a veteran and was cheered by the gathered thousands. In the matter of hotel accomo ```markdown ``` Republic and in all of our naval victories our boys are there playing their part doing their duty honestly and well. It was the greatest inauguration of the greatest president of the greatest country on earth and many citizens from the greatest city in the (future) greatest state in the Union, to-wit: Great Muskogee was there and of course in the parade.—Reporter. ```markdown ``` dations Muskogee has Washington beaten a country block (we mean our folks.) Chicago is the Greatest city in America (leaving out Muskogee) and our short stop there makes us want to go again. Our bankers, Rentie and Davis made a good impression whorever they went. It was a business trip as well as a pleasure trip with them. No.22. Pierson and Trimble were at all times booming Great Muskogee as was Jones and Trigg. The Talequah contingent Messrs Brown, Pack, Lowery and Hailstock sang the praises of the Cherokee capital and the splensprings in that burg. Rev. L. W. Sango and Jesse Dale, Esq. told of the great agricultural advantages &c of the Creek nation while Steve Grayson told of the virtues of the Creek capital, Okmulgee. Mr. Ike Rodgers tried to hold up for Ft. Smith in particular and Arkansas in general and was ably assisted by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Joshenberger. The Indian Territory boys are the only ones who went to Washington in their own special car (we mean our folks anywhere in the Union) While in Chicago, the Cimeter club was entertained by Mr. Price, the genial manager of the Stephens & Price Cafe at 2832 State street, Price is one of the boys. Mr. Wm. Swiggs of the U. S. Steamship Lanaster stationed at League Island navy yard, is one of the many black heroes it the service of Uncle Sam and is a credit to the race. Pelham's Theater is the finest in Chicago for our folks and that means the finest in the Union and in fact it is equal to any of those conducted by other people and superior to many. At Chicago our company met Mr. C. S. Byron of the Byron Troubadours, this company is at the head of the class and of course furnisges a high class of music and their audiences are composed of the best people. The company is a credit to the race. They are having phenominal success. The Cimeter club left Chicago. Ill., at 10:37 a. m., Wednesday on a special club car for St. Louis. At this time the boys are in glad spirits and enjoying the trip splendidly. Fitzpatrick, the learned attorney from South McAlester, is an applicant for Minister to Liberia, we hope he will get the place. He deserves it for his work. (continued on page 12) Where Four Nations Meet Four countries—Bavaria, Austria, Wurtemberg and Switzerland—border on the Lake of Constance. Passengers on the boats have heretofore had much trouble in finding out what stamps to use on their letters. It has now been decided that letters mailed on the boats may bear the stamps of any one of the four countries named, as well as German imperial stamps. If marriage is a failure it must be a case of heart failure. Valuable By-Product Forty million dollars is added yearly to the wealth of our cotton industry by one item alone—the saving of the cake from which the cottonseed oil is pressed. This cake makes excellent food for cattle, and is one of the best available fertilizers on account of its nitrogen. The Desire for Alcohol Is General Dr. William Henry, an English physician, states as a result of experiments that in all forms on animal life, insects included, exists the taste for alcohol. He says that fishes are the only "real teetotalers" in creation. Humor in an Epitaph In the old churchyard at Kilkeel, Ireland, is a tombstone with the following inscription: "Here lie the remains of Thomas Nicholas, who died in Philadelphia March, 1753. Had he lived he would have been buried here." THE TRICKS. Coffee Plays on Some. It hardly pays to laugh before you are certain of facts, for it is sometimes humiliating to think of afterwards. "When I was a young girl I was a lover of coffee but was sick so much the doctor told me to quit and I did but after my marriage my husband begged me to drink it again as he did not think it was the coffee caused the troubles. "So I commenced it again and continued about 6 months until my stomach commenced acting bad and choking as if I had swallowed something the size of an egg. One doctor said it was neuralgia and indigestion. "One day I took a drive with my husband three miles in the country and I drank a cup of coffee for dinner. I thought sure I would die before I got back to town to a doctor. I was drawn double in the buggy and when my husband hitched the horse to get me out into the doctor's office, misery came up in my throat and seemed to shut my breath off entirely, then left all in a flash and went to my heart. The doctor pronounced it nervous heart trouble and when I got home I was so weak I could not sit up. "My husband brought my supper to my bedside with a nice cup of hot coffee but I said: 'Take that back, dear. I will never drink another cup of coffee if you gave me everything you are worth, for it is just killing me.' He and the others laughed at me and said: "'The idea of coffee killing anybody.' "'Well,' I said, 'it is nothing else but coffee that is doing it.' "In the grocery one day my husband was persuaded to buy a box of Postum which he brought home and I made it for dinner and we both thought how good it was but said nothing to the hired men and they thought they had drunk coffee until we laughed and told them. Well we kept on with Postum and it was not long before the color came back to my cheeks and I got stout and felt as good as I ever did in my life. I have no more stomach trouble and I know I owe it all to Postum in place of coffee. "My husband has gained good health on Postum, as well as baby and I, and we all think nothing is too good to say about it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. - - IND. TER NEW STATE NEWS Blaine county farmers held a meeting at Watonga last Saturday. The Busby hotel at South McAlerter will be opened July 1. Bartlesville will raise $10,000 bonus for the Oklahoma & Cherokee Central railroad. The Citizens' National bank at Atoka has been organized, with a capital of $40,000: Shawnee citizens have petitioned the etty council to prohibit open theaters on Sunday. Cattlemen say the stock survived the exceptional cold weather much better than was expected, and that the loss was very light. Eugene V. Debs will be at the big labor meeting at Muskogee March 29th, at which time he will be the principal speaker. Thousands of bushels of potatoes are being put into the ground in Pottawatomie county. The acreage will be increased over last year. Governor Ferguson has appointed D. L. Aikens of Meadford a member of the territorial board of agriculture, to succeed J. O. Thomas of Kay county, resigned. A company to be known as the Muskogee Grand River Power company, with a capital stock of $10,000, was organized at Muskogee last week. This company will take preliminary steps to develop the Grand river dam. A new official map of the town of Boynton has been approved by Indian Inspector Wright. Boynton is the place where so much lot jumping was done when the townsite was approved by the department at Washington. Mrs. Mary Dickens, the wife of a negro who was killed by an engine while in the employ of the Santa Fe Railway company two years ago, has secured a judgment against the road for $5,000. Truck growers in the vicinity of Wynnewood have perfected an organization. More attention will be given to potato raising and other vegetables than in the past. Three car loads of seed potatoes have been ordered. Two games of base ball have been arranged for between the new Oklahoma City club and the Sioux Indians. The games will be played on the 8th and 9th of April. Since its organization in 1898 the Indian club has played 1,351 games, and lost but 281. The quarterly Osage annunity payment is being made at Pawhuska this week. Each Indian will receive $41, and there are about 2,000 members of the Osage tribe who will receive their share. Captain Frantz has issued an order barring outside collectors from the reservation during the payment. The principals and superintendents of the schools of Indian Territory will meet at South McAlester April 28 and 29 and organize an association which will include all of the leading educators of the territory. The chief object of the association will be to secure an efficient school system for the new state. All Siamese Girls Get Married Girls who are not married in Siam before they reach a certain age are put under the care of the king, and he finds a husband for them. This is a simple thing to do, for he goes through the list of prisoners in the jails, picks out one man and tells him he may have his liberty if he will marry one of these girls. YELLOW CRUST ON BABY Would Crack Open and Scab Causing Terrible Itching—Cured by Cuticura. "Our baby had a yellow crust on his head which I could not keep away. When I thought I had succeeded in getting his head clear, it would start again by the crown of his head, crack and scale, and cause terrible itching. I then got Cuticura Soap and Ointment, washing the scalp with the soap and then applying the Ointment. A few treatments made a complete cure. I have advised a number of mothers to use Cuticura, when I have been asked about the same ailment of their bables. Mrs. John Boyce, Pine Bush, N. Y." Helps the Deaf The microphone is being utilized for the education of deaf mutes, and such persons can actually hear sounds proceeding from the micho-phonograph and soon learn to utter them. It appears to be an efflucacious method, even with persons who have passed middle life. Sensible Housekeepers will have Defiance Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. Riches are the wings that sometimes make an angel of an ordinary girl. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrch is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrch Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrch Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. *F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo, O. UCHEN & CO., Props, Told by Draggin Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation The Price of Skeletons The price of skeletons runs from $50 to $500. The difference has little to do with the subject while alive. In the cheap skeleton only the framework is preserved. Cheap secondhand ones can often be had as low as $15. The expensive ones have the nervous and circulatory systems preserved. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Charles H. Hutchin. In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. A Japanese Custom The custom of sending New Year cards originally came from the mikado's country. More than 150 years ago the art of making and the custom of exchanging beautifully illuminated little works of art became the fashion. Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, cure Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address A.S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. Girls and photographers should know how to retouch their negatives. The Best Results in Starching can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz more for same money—no cooking required. A woman is like your shadow; follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows. b. TRADE MARK. For Cupboard Corner St. Jacobs Oil Straight, strong, sure, is the best household remedy for Rheumatism Neuralgia Sprains Lumbago Bruises Backache Soreness Sciatica Stiffness Price, 25c. and 50c, THE MURRAY ONE-STORY GIN OUTFIT. WRITE FOR PLANS AND CATALOGUE THE MURRAY COMPANY. DALLAS. TEXAS. Salzer's National Oats Greatest oat of the century. Yielded in Ohio 187, in Mich. 231, in Mo. 255, and in N. Dakota 319 bus. per acre. You can beat that record in 1905. For 10c and this notice we mall you free lots of farm seed samples and our big catalog, tell- ing all about this oat wonder and thousands of other seeds. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. La Crosse, Wis. afflicted with store eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water ORGANS $20 to $40 Highest grade Estey, Mason & Hamlin, Story & Clark, Kimball, 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. 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, Shaw- nee or Guthrie, Okla. 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE MIXED FARMING WHEAT RAISING RANCHING Three great pursuits have again shown wonderful results on the Free Homestead Lands of Western Canada this year. Magnificent climate—farmers plowing in their shirts sleeves in the middle of November. "All are bound to be more than pleased with the final results of the past season's harvests."—Extract. Coal, wood, water, hay in abundance. Schools, churches, markets convenient." Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Please say where you saw this advertisement. WANTED Four Salesmen in this and adjoining territory, to represent and advertise the Wholesale Department of an old established commercial house of solid financial standing. Staple line. Salary £3.50 per day, paid weekly, with expenses advanced direct from headquarters. Horse and buggy furnished when necessary. We furnish everything. Position permanent. Address O. E. BLLEW, Secretary, 632 Monon Building, Chicago, Ill. BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. DERANGED NERVES DISTRESSING TROUBLES LEFT BY ST. VITUS AND GRIP. Woman Afflicted for Years by Strange Spells of Numbness and Weakness Recovers Perfect Health. When she was fourteen years old, Mrs, Ida L. Brown had St. Vitus' dance. She finally got over the most noticeable features of the strange ailment, but was still troubled by very uncomfortable sensations, which she recently described as follows: "One hand, half of my face, and half of my tongue would get cold and numb. These feelings would come on, last for about ten minutes, and then go away, several times a day. Besides I would have palpitation of the heart, and my strength would get so low that I could hardly breathe. As time went on these spells kept coming oftener and growing worse. The numbness would sometimes extend over half my body." "How did you get rid of them?" "It seemed for a long time as if I never could get rid of them. It was not until about six years ago that I found a remedy that had virtue enough in it to reach my case. That was Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and they have since entirely cured me." "Did it take long to effect a cure?" "No! I hadn't taken the whole of the first box before I saw a great improvement. So I kept on using them, growing better all the time, until I had taken eight boxes and then I was perfectly well, and I have remained in good health ever since with one exception." "What was that?" "Oh! that was when I had the grip. I was in bed, under the doctor's care, for two weeks. When I got up I had dreadful attacks of dizziness. I had to grasp hold of something or I would full right down. I was just miserable, and when I saw the doctor was not helping me, I began to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills again. In a short time they cured me of that trouble too, and I have never had any dizzy spells since." Mrs. Brown lives at No. 1705 DeWitt street, Mattoon, Illinois. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are without an equal for the rapid and thorough cure of nervous prostration. They expel the poison left in the system by such diseases as grip and are the best of tonics in all cases of weakness. They are sold by every druggist. Woman's happiness is in obeying. She objects to men who abdicate too much.—Michelet. A little learning is a dangerous incentive to write scientific communications. LEWIS'SINGLE BINDER THE BEST QUALITY STRAIGHT 5' CIGAR ALWAYS RELIABLE Your jobber or direct from Factory, Peorla, Ill NEW PENSION LAWS SENT FREE Apply to NATHAN BICKFORD, 914 F St. Washington, D. C. BEST BY TEST "I have tried all kinds of waterproof clothing and have never found anything at any price to compare with your Fish Brand for protection from all kinds of weather." (The name and address of the writer of this unsolicited letter may be had upon application.) A. J. TOWER CO. The Sign of the Fish Boston, U. S. A. TOWER CANADIAN CO., LIMITED Toronto, Canada Makers of Warranted Wet Weather Clothing W. N. U., Oklahoma City, No. 10, 1905 PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION GOOD TRAITS OF CHIMPANZEE. Scientists Study Animal Now in Captivity at Berlin. Berlin possesses a successor to the late lamented chimpanzee Consul, in the shape of Consul II, of which the following account has been published: "Recently Consul II appeared before a meeting of the German Psychological Society and was the subject of a lecture by the eminent psychologist, Prof. Hirschlaff. The ape stood on the platform beside the lecturer, in a smoking jacket, top hat, black trousers, boots and shirt. Prof. Hirschlaff gave Consul an excellent character. He has good manners, is of a friendly disposition and manifests symptoms of what would be called in human beings a loving nature. He has no objection to the vicinity of dogs, cats or snakes, but is afraid of horses. No traces are seen in Consul of any special liking for women and soldiers. "Like most apes he delights in child dren, but evinces an abhorrence or dolls, of which he can make nothing and retires vanquished from their presence. If Consul is tickled he sometimes shrieks with laughter. When punished he acts like a child holding his hands before his face. If discovered at anything he is forbid den to do he assumes hypocritically an innocent demeanor which is distinctly human. "He is restless and cannot sit long in one position. With an excellent memory, he is yet incapable of expressing his wants either by gestures or sounds. He cannot be taught to whistle, nor does he understand human speech. All he can comprehend is the tone of a voice or the rhythm of words; and he cannot be taught to reckon." Fast Trip by Sailing Vessel. Capt. John W. Taylor, a well known navigator of Providence, R. I., has earned the distinction of sailing his schooner, the Blanche M. King, from New York to Jacksonville, Florida, in record time, arriving in that city after a run of exactly seventy-six hours which is the best time ever made by a sailing vessel between New York and the St. John's river bar. It is veritable steamship time which the Blanche M. King made on her last trip south. Mrs. Taylor accompanies her husband on his cruises. Captain Taylor has been making fast runs to Southern ports right along, but this is his first trip in this boat to Jacksonville and it establishes a record, the average speed of the schooner being eleven knots an hour from Sandy Hook to Mayport Light.—Providence Journal. Dreams. What would we do without our dreams— Those fleeting visions of delight With which the fertile fancy teems By day as well as in the night? They make the future golden bright, Through them sweet hope eternal gleams. Too soon these visions take their flight! What would we do without our dreams? To those whom grinding toil hath cursed They bring a blessed rest and ease, By them are petty cares dispersed, In them the helpless succor sees. A dream the slave from fetters frees, His prison cell a palace seems. Dreams are of paradise the keys— What would we do without our dreams? Beyond what waking hours impart, Dispensers of true happiness; Balm for the sorely wounded heart, Relievers of the soul's distress. They come humanity to bless, To light its gloom with sunny beams Phe sweetest solace we possess— What would we do without our dreams? —Chicago News. Perfection of Cement. In Germany puzzuolani cement is now a well recognized trade product, with a good reputation for its properties of strength and hardness. This cement is produced by grinding and thoroughly mixing 85 per cent granulated slag with 15 per cent of lime hydrate. Slag has also been employed in Germany largely by the Portland cement manufacturers as a substitute for marl and limestone, and the claims that cement made with this addition is stronger than the ordinary cement have now been recognized by eminent authorities.—London Engineer. Weak Women Made Strong, IN those eight words is summed up the great work for women which is accomplished by Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The treatment Prescription" that it always almost always cures. Nin cent. of the women who give cine a fair and faithful tr o, the of re- or its act- of act- a u- o- ed ts cians who have tested it in the more aggravated and obstinate cases which had baffled their skill, prove it to be the most wonderful remedy ever devised for the relief and cure of suffering women. It is not recommended as a "cure-all," but as a most perfect specific for woman's peculiar ailments. So uniform are the results which follow the use of this remarkable remedy, that can be truly affirmed of "Favorite It is stated that not one bride was over 22 years old in the 346,590 marriages in Japan last year. 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 are some things in this world that no man is able to find out; but, of course, it is different with a woman. After might has prevailed it is called right by those who were benefited thereby. Try One Package. If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return it to your dealer. If it does you get one-third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction, and will not stick to the iron. Friendship, like gold, needs the acid test of adversity to determine its purity.—Everitt McNeil. Why Japanese Boys Are Strong The Japanese strictly enforce a law which prohibits the use of tobacco by boys under twenty years of age. CONSUMERS OPPORTUNITY chronic weaknesses and distressing ailments at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N.Y., led to the putting up of "Favorite Prescription" for home use in its present perfected form. The record of the cures effected by this remedy is without a parallel. Thousands of testimonials received from patients and from physi- Early Marriages Prescription" that it always helps and almost always cures. Ninety-eight percent. of the women who give this medicine a fair and faithful trial are cured and remain cured. It is a powerful invigorating tonic, imparting health and strength to the womb and its appendages. The local, womanly health is so intimately related to the general health that when diseases of the delicate womanly organs are cured the whole body gains in health and strength. For weak and sickly women who are "worn-out," "run down" or debilitated, especially for women who work in store, office or school-room, who sit at the type-writer or sewing machine, or bear heavy household burdens, Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription will prove a priceless benefit because of its health-restoring and strength-giving power. DR. R. V. PIERCE. Buffalo. N. Y. : Dear Sir—I wish to state to you that I have been taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with very good results. Had been in poor health for over four years and been twice in the hospital. About two years ago my husband brought me a bottle of "Favorite Prescription." I have been using it since and think it my duty to say to you and to those who are sick and need a remedy that the "Favorite Prescription" has carried me through my two last periods of confinement without any hospital treatment. We are blessed with two children, boy and girl, and I am sure your medicine has done me more good than all the other treatment I have received. Mrs. K. M. Annis, Hudson, N. H. A sure and permanent cure for constipation is Dr. Pierce's Pellets. One "Pellet" is a gentle laxative, two a mild cathartic. Don't allow the dealer to insult your intelligence by offering his own remedy to you instead of this well-known preparation of Dr. Pierce. Ten chances to one he will substitute a cheap compound having a large percentage of alcohol. 2 3 YR. APPLE TREES And Elbertas on 5 Years' Time 1st Mortgage preferred. Extension if needed. "Trees do the Work." Land as-sumes obligation. You're out nothing but reap benefits. Apple grafts $8.00 to $5.00 per M.cash. Bargains in everything. Let us double the value of your farm and income. THE GAMBLE NURSERIES OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. VERY FEW, IF ANY, CIGARS SOLD AT 5 CENTS, COST AS MUCH TO MANUFACT- URE, OR COST THE DEALER AS MUCH AS "CREMO" IF THE DEALER TRIES TO SELL YOU SOME OTHER ASK YOURSELF WHY? PATENTS that PROTECT 72-p. Book Mailed Fre- R. S. & A. B. LACEY, Patent Att'y's, Washington, D.C. W. N. U., Oklahoma City, No. 10, 190 Stock. S. Series. Shoes. st gobbled cost the right new love goods the large share who have bus- we have this month best price heard of, for free everything. FARM IMPLEMENTS. Brand New Assortment at Record Breaking Prices. PLOWS, down to - - - $2.05 CULTIVATORS, down to - - 2.25 WIRE NAILS, mixed, 100 lbs., 1.55 FELT ROOFING, Rolls, - - .45 SEED SOWERS, - - .35 Wagons $19.90 Trucks Buggies UP 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. Old Affidavit Taylor is in jail and we think that is the proper place for him. All Mangy Curr Spahn and Parson Wessin are telling the voters which is what from the sack standpoint. Unless the colored people have representation on the Republican tickat and decent representation, the two-thirds of the Republican party wont stand for the misfit aggregation. Watch and see, There will be a big meeting of the republicans of the third and fourth wards Saturday night, All republicans of said wards are requested to come out and take a part. Evarts, the can lidate for may or on the Republican ticket, is a stand patter and one who in the past has stood for the party and is always loyal to the ticket. He can be elected if nominated, Affi lavit Thompson is on the outside, and Taylor on the inside of the U. S. Jail. These twins cannot subsist in the wide seperation and either one must get in or the other get out. (We don't think old Affidavit will get out) Less than 50 voters were present at the 4th ward election of Ward officers and sonly 13 were present at the 3rd ward election. Neither of these meetings were such as to represent the voters of the ward and if the lilywhites think they can win with the 13 13, then we say go ahead. We do not yield in our loyalty to the Republican party to anyone, but we say here and now that we will not bow again to the dictates of the lily white aggregation. There must be a "fair deal" if any party succeed Doyle the candidate for marshall promises a Negro policeman in 4th ward, while Carraway says he will make no promises, and Estes says there ought to be two, one in 3rd ward and one in 4th ward; and Jailbird Lassatt and Scalawag Jones who help run the Lincoln club say anything goes that our lily white bosses demand or direct. Bert Greer says that freedmen and sports attended the inauguration of Roosevelt- Now Bert came to this country and we are informed was a tin horn 1. knight of the green cloth, we know he had no visable means of support and we know further that such men as J. P. Davidson who went on the trip can buy Bert, trade him for a canine, then kill the canine and still live in luxury, and Davidson is not a tin horn gambler nor sport. Isaac, the fellow who left suddenly, has returned and as usual is cussing out everybody in sight the return is as sudden as the departure and in spite of reports to the contrary the cuss is under indictment and must face a jury in the near future. The Negroes who have been howling for the last ten days about what they can and will do for lily white republicans are fooling their friends and masters. The lily white masters cannot win with their tools. The decent Negroes will see to it that they the tools do not sell out the race to the enemy. A lily white is a d-n sight worse than a democrat. Prof. Dubois, probably one of the most highly educated and scholarly colored gentlemen of the U. S. and the author of the "Souls of Black Folks" was recently banqueted at Washington, D. C. by some of the leading colored men of the U. S. The Negro is the only competitor the Caucasian has ever had, and as a result of this competition there is friction between the races. But he is afraid to meet the issue? Will he sacrifice his manhood by crying for peace and harmony when such is known to be impossible? Will he hoist the white flag and acknowledge his inferiority? Or will he take his white brother by the hand, look him in the eye and say: we will continue to be rivals, but not enemies; competitors, but not duelists. The height of our ambition is to prove to the world that under our crispy hair is a brain which, if given chance, will prove to be the peer of the best brain in Christendom, and within our breasts, a heart which throbs only for the best interests of humanity.—Chas. D. Clem. Chanute, Kan. STUDY LAW AT HOME Prepare for success at the bar, in business or public life, by mail in ORIGINAL SCHOOL, Founded in 1890. Successful graduates everywhere. Approved by law. College Law Course and Business Law Course. Liberal Terns. Special Gift Now. Catalogue Free. Sprague Correspondence School of Law, 723 Magellan Bldg. Detroit, Mich. R. A. GIVENS. 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 whether you want to buy or not. North Second St. Muskogee, I. T. GLOYD LUMBER COMPANY. SELL CIGARS. 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. Smith-Torrans Co. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE 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. A man standing on a tree stump with a stack of logs and a saw. GREAT MUSKOGEE. 1f you want to find a city: That they say is ‘‘out of sight,” Just locate in Muskogee, For it’s a booming city, And the greatest in the West, That mighty Dany city Where money has no rest. The Cimeter can tell you Of the laurels to be won In the city where the people Are aiming at the sun. It will tell you of the lands And where it can it can be bo’t Will tell you of our shorthand, And how it can be taught. Then read of the Twentieth Century Corresponding School; And ne’er should you forget it But make it a rule To read of this ad And other enterprises too, For in Muskogee ~ There’s always something new. There’s hustling and bustling —tustling and rustling In this great growing city There’s nothing lays rusting. Hotels are crowded Morning, noon and night People coming to the city That they say is ‘‘out of sight.”’ Editors are busy telling What is doing And everything old Js swiftly renewing. Then read of this city, This mighty mighty city Where money has no rest. —BY C. A. BIGGERS, The Twentieth School of Stén- cgraphy. CANNON AND THE COLORED RACE. What the Speaker Said of the Negro at the Roosevelt Convention. “There is just this to be said concerning speaker Cannon and the colored. people,”’? remarked Joseph E, Johnson, one of the House Stenographic force, yes- terday, ‘and that is that very little has been said about Mr, Cannon’s great admiration for the progress made by the intel- ligent element of colored people all over this country. The news- pepers of the country have quo- ted him on almost every subject save this, but [ think his words at the last Republican National Convention, when, indroducing a bright aud brainy young col- ored lawyer, who was to second the nomination of Preside.t Roosevelt, will live a long while in the momory of the colored people in all parts of the United States, and will not soon be for- gotten by them. “Tt is now a well-known fact that at the time many thought it would not be the best thing to have a colored man do any of the speech-making at that con vention, infeiring that it might act as a boomerang when the campaign opened, For that rea. son, especially, I have followed as closely as I could since the date of the convention all the newspaper comments made or that speech, and so far asT know cx * SS CIE YP Lee PRICE SELLS We handle a full line of John Deere Plows, Harrows, Discs, Corn and Cotton Planters, and Cultivators that can not be excelled in QUALITY AND PRICE. 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 yoursef. Planters’ Implement | Company —=_—— WALLSTREET, REAR OF BRADLEY BANK, MUSKOEE. not a word has been written anywhere hauling Mr. Cannor over the coals for his timely words on that occasion, words which in my judgement. will do much to build up that amicable relation between the two races in this country so earnestly de- sired by all patriotic people,” Mr. Johnson there upon pro- duced a copy of Mr, Cannon’s remarks on that occasion as fol- lows: 4 Gentlemen of the Convention: God’s chosen people dwelt in bondage four hundred years. It was a long reach from’ Pharaoh to Solomon’s Temple, It is my privilege to introduce an Amer- can citizen whose people bro’t from servile dondition _ forty years ago to freedom, and who, with equality before the law, have learn to live in the sweat os their ,faces and have made better progress in one genera- tiot than any servile race ever made before in the history of the world. TAFT, I. T. Why buy your ___ LUMBER -:- and -:= BUILDING -:- MATERIAL From a company you do not know. Keep your mon- ey at home buy buying from the MUSKOGEE LUMBER COMPANY Tney live here and will treat you right. Yard loca ted west of Jones’ Building, near Masonic Hall. Mr. General Robertson died on the 5th inst and was bussied on the 7th inst. His widow is now very sick, Mrs. Phylis Perryman, who has been sick since the 18th ult. is reported to be some better. Dr E. T. Buttler is attending her. Taft now has 9 buildings, 8 general stores, 1 drug stores and 1 restaurant. Mr. T’. H. Daniel went to Mus kogee Friday and disposed of quite a large number of eggs at good prices. Mr. Thos, Manuel has moved to Okmulgee to make it his fu- ture home, Mr. Aenson Baown and wife have moved to Cloud Creek to reside, Mr. Cornelius Manuel has in Muskogee Friday on business Mr. J. E. Crain is speaking of busldinG a brick business house in Taft. Mr. George Dickson, who was injured by the collapse of an old building is reported to be some better. Mr. Alfred Rector is reported to be very sick. Mrs. Wm. Grummett is on the stck list- Official Statement of the Condition of the @ommereial ational Jaan ~—=_ —_= > Muskogee. Indian Fepritory, RESOURCES | LIABILITIES Loans and Discounts $712,003 95 | Capital $200,000 00 Overdrafts, cotton, 25,989 61 | Surplus and Profit 21,572 39 Bonds and Prewiums, 206:080 49 | Circulation 150,000 00. Furniture and Fixtures 7,985 11| Deposits 759,530 25, Cash and Exchange 189,093 48 eee pore $1,141,152 64! $1,141,152 64 The above statement is correct DN FINK, Cashier, MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and (REAL ESTATE | Farm Laans a Specialty Second and Broadway. : . ' MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. OFFICIAL - Suit [AT LAST vary eaa| YOU Can Buy ee Indian Prog der... | Territory Lands = But Thero is oF one able and Hay Ha sone arama Piperure ie ee ia Sota ol eae SONATA LIE ENG co. sure to mention paper. ON SHORT NOTICE —=—. We have the Best Equipped Negro Printing Offiee in the Entire Indian Ferritory .We Have 3 Professional Men. OFFICE IN JONES BUILDING. | WE BROUGHT JOB PRINTING HERE AGRICULTURE Preventing Cabbage Club Foot. A number of inquiries are noted asking for some effective means to prevent the destructive disease known as "club foot" in cabbage. Having grown hundreds of acres of cabbages and having successfully fought this disease I will say something of my methods. Since club foot is more likely to infest heavy, wet lands I select first, if possible, light, friable, dry soil. However, if the land has been previously cropped to cabbage preventive measures are advisable. It is conceded, I believe, that this disease is caused by a minute insect which stings the roots, allowing the juices of the stalk to exude, forming an excrescence that continues its growth with that of the plant. It is this formation that saps the energy and life from the plant and uses its vitality in producing this knot on the root, which would otherwise go to forming the solid head, always absent in a club footed plant. I plow my land deep for cabbage, giving the field a thorough preparation with the disc and spring-toothed harrow until the soil is perfectly fined to the depth of plowing if possible. When available a heavy dressing of barn yard manure is applied and worked in with the disc. In lieu of the animal manure a moderate application of a good complete commercial fertilizer is given. I then furrow out along lines where rows of plants are to be set with a single shovel plow and into the bottom of the furrow is placed first the main application of commercial fertilizer and on top of this I scatter air-slaked or agricultural lime at the rate of about one ton per acre. With a small toothed horse cultivator, tightly closed together to admit into furrow, the lime and fertilizer is thoroughly mixed and incorporated with the soil on the bottom and each side of the furrow. This partially closes the furrow and the filling is completed by going over the field lengthwise of the rows with a light spike tooth harrow or a plank drag, leaving a decided depression immediately in centre of row to enable the setters to distinguish location of same. I have found that the lime will destroy the causes of club foot as well as aid in converting the less readily available plant foods into available and soluble form so that the cabbage, which is a very rank feeder, may take up its food rapidly and so reach an early maturity, the desirable and essential feature for the spring crop.—Ralph M. Walcott, Erie Co., Pa. The Farmer's Garden. Vegetable gardens on the farm are too generally a sadly neglected institution. It may not at first thought appear to the farmer as a profit producing proposition, not so much so, at least, as his grain crops, his stock or his dairy, and so he devotes his time and thought rather to these last. However, the pleasure and comfort and enjoyment of good things that are to be had from a well-kept garden are not to be compared in value to any cash return. The little spot devoted to the raising of vegetables for the family is too much looked upon as a "donation" from the farm. It will grow, however, providing it is properly cared for, ten and twenty fold as much as the same area cropped on the farm. There is scarcely any excuse for any farmer not to have a garden sufficiently large to grow all the vegetables that his family can use summer and winter, and some for his friends in town. Select the very best and most suitable ground for the garden and treat it liberally every year with the richest, oldest and finest manure available Beauty is not always skin deep. It is often painted on the outside. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure.—J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Third Lve. N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. We know what we are—but we know not where the slip-up will be. A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Who strays from his text comes back to find a disappearing congregation. 98cts., 16x20 Bust Crayon 98cts. Send your photo and 98cts and we will make a 16x20 Bust Crayon. Southwestern Artists' Association, Dallas, Texas. A girl likes to be considered a beauty, but not one of the matchelss kind. Much valuable information free about band instruments; write for the new catalogue to-day. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. Woman is the masterpiece.—Confucius. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. A kind word is a golden key that opens the hearts of the sad and the weary.—Ethel Payne. "Dyspepsia Tormented Me for Years. Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy cured me." Mrs. C. S. Dougherty, Millville, N. J. Used over 30 years. $1.00. The very art of life, so far as I have been able to observe, consists in fortitude and perseverance. — Walter Scott. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c bottle He who has everything he wants also has a job lot of things he doesn't want. "Trials will come" is not an unwelcome statement to members of the legal profession. Shake in Your Shoes. Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder, cures painful, smarting, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by ali druggists, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. X. Long. Rapid Flight In one unbroken nocturnal flight the European bird known as the Northern Bluethroat has been known to travel from Central Africa to the German ocean, a distance of 1,600 miles, making the journey in nine hours. Won't Turn Loose. "I insist on saying that Hunt's Lightning Oil takes hold quicker and lets go slower of aches, pains and more places than any other liniment I ever saw. It just won't turn loose till you're well. "I never have a little ache but what I slosh it on, And ere I get the bottle corked that little ache is gone." C. W. Jackson, Marble Hill, Mo. Have Human Voices The cries of no animals approach more closely that of the human voice than those of seals when lamenting the loss or capture of their young. They emit a wailing and affecting cry similar to that of a woman in deep grief. Gallops for Aid. When your stomach is all upset, your liver in bad shape, your bowels out of whack, your head like to split, and every nerve in your body on edge, Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin gallops for aid and you get it. It clears out your poisoned system, brings fresh, clean blood supply to all your digestive organs, and restores to you that comfortable feeling of perfect health. Sold by all druggists at 500 and $1.00. Money back if it fails. Women are a new race recreated since the world received Christianity. —Beecher. When You Buy Starch buy Defiance and get the best, 16 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. Woman's Kidney Troubles Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is Especially Successful in Curing This Fatal Disease. Mrs. J.W Lang and Mrs. S. Frake Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; a Woman's Remedy for Woman's Ills. HAWKES CRYSTALIZED LENSES TRADE MARK ESTABLISHED 1870. A. K. HAWKES, Optician Headquarters for U. S., Atlanta, Georgia MAGNIFICENT RESULTS. Oldest and largest optical house in the South. Travels 14 men. Growth of the Hawkes' business phenomenal. Demand for Hawkes' glasses marvelously increasing. Over 10,000 merchants now handling them exclusively. Most profitable line for dealers. Sold to only one dealer in a town. CAUTION!—The genuine Hawkes' glasses (spelled only H-a-w-k-e-s) are never peddled, and cannot be procured except through my regular dealer. Notice:—A suitable reward will be paid for reliable, definite information concerning imposters using my name. 32 YEARS SELLING DIRECT We are the largest manufacturers of vehicles and harness in the world selling to consumers exclusively. We Have No Agents but ship anywhere for examination and approval, guaranteeing safe delivery. You are out nothing if not satisfied as to style, quality and price. We make 200 styles of vehicles and complete $68.00. As good as sells for $50 more. No. 636. Combination Buggy with extra 65 styles of harness. Our large Catalogue is FREE. Send for it. No. 327. Canopy Top Surrey. Price complete $73. As good as sells for $25 more. Elkhart Carriage @ Harness Mfg. Cc., Elkhart, Indiana. Of all the diseases known, with which women are afflicted, kidney disease is the most fatal. In fact, unless early and correct treatment is applied, the weary patient seldom survives. Being fully aware of this, Mrs. Pinkham, early in her career, gave exhaustive study to the subject, and in producing her great remedy for woman's ills—Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound—was careful to see that it contained the correct combination of herbs which was sure to control that fatal disease, woman's kidney troubles. The Vegetable Compound acts in harmony with the laws that govern the entire female system, and while there are many so called remedies for kidney troubles. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the only one especially prepared for women, and thousands have been cured of serious kidney derangements by it. Derangements of the feminine organs quickly affect the kidneys, and when a woman has such symptoms as pain or weight in the loins, backache, bearing down pains, urine too frequent, scanty or high colored, producing scalding or burning, or deposits like brick dust in it; unusual thirst, swelling of hands and feet, swelling under the eyes or sharp pains in the back running down the inside of her groin, she may be sure her kidneys are affected and should lose no time in combating the disease with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, the woman's remedy for woman's ills. The following letters show how marvelously successful it is. Mrs. Samuel Frake, of Prospect Plains, N. J., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I cannot thank you enough for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. When I first wrote to you I had suffered for years with what the doctor called kidney trouble and congestion of the womb. My back ached dreadfully all the time, and I suffered so with that bearing-down feeling I could hardly walk across the room. I did not get any better, so decided to stop doctoring with my physician and take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and I am thankful to say it has entirely cured me. I do all my own work, have no more backache and all the bad symptoms have disappeared. I cannot praise your medicine enough, and would advise all women suffering with kidney trouble to try it. Mrs. J. W. Lang, of 626 Third Avenue, New York, writes: I have been a great sufferer with kidney trouble. My back ached all the time and I was discouraged. I heard that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound would cure kidney disease, and I began to take it; and it has cured me when everything else had failed. I have recommended it to lots of people and they all praise it very highly. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation. Women suffering from kidney trouble, or any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. Out of the great volume of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than likely she has the very knowledge that will help your case. Her advice is free and always helpful. Little Nations Have Big Songs The national airs of great countries are short, while those of little coun- tries are long. “God Save the King” is fourteen bars, the Russian hymn {s sixteen bars and “Hail, Columbia!” has twenty-eight bars, Siam’s national hymn has seventy-six bars, and that of Uruguay seventy, Chile forty-six, and soon. San Marino has the long: est national hymn, except that of China. An Enormous Cannon Ball The biggest cannon ball ever made weighed 2,600 pounds, and was manu- factured at the Krupp works, Essen, for the government of the czar, The gun from which the projectile was fired is also the largest in the world, and is placed in the fortifications of Cronstadt. This gun has a range of twelve miles, and it is estimated that each shot fired costs $1,500. Laraest Stone Ever Quarried The largest stone ever quarried came from a granite ledge in Maine, to serve as one of the columns to sup- port the dome of an Episcopal cath- edral in New York, The stone was sixty-four feet long, eight and one- half feet thick and seven feet wide, its weight being 310 tons, Doing Great Work. Ward, Ark., March 6th.—(Spectal.) —From all over the West reports come of cures of ‘ifferent forms of Kidney Disease by Dodd's Kidney Pills, and this place is not without evidence of the great work the Great American Kidney Remedy is doing. Among the cured here is Mr. J. V. Waggoner, a well known citizen, who, in an interview, says: “Dodd's Kidney Pills have done wonders for me. My kidneys and bladder were badly out of order, I used many medicines, but got nothing to cure me till I tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. Two boxes of them fixed me up so that I have been well ever since, “Tell the poor kidney and bladder diseased people to take Dodd's Kid ney Pills and get well.” No case of kidney complaint {s too far gone for Dodd's Kidney Pills to cure, They are the only remedy that has ever cured Bright's Disease, Severe Laws for Debtors The worst thing that can happen to a man in Siam fs to get into debt, from which there is never any escape, owing to the exorbitant interes: charged. Once in debt there is no ap- peal, the debtor being stripped of his clothes and compelled to work in fet: ters, generally for the rest of his life, to pay the interest, Drunkards are not permitted to give evidence in the law courts of Siam. If one woman wants io say some- thing mean of another she refers to her as “that woman.” The latest wrinkles are naturally rough on women, Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the fron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in %-pound pack- ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again becauso Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem- feals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-02. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. Ha knows that Deflance Starch has printed on every package in large let- ters and figures “16 ozs.” Demand Defiance end save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron siicking. Deflance never sticks, When a girl tells her escort that she fecls a trifle faint, it means that she is hungry. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Defiance Starch, it wil keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. Some girls lke to make bread be- cause it whitens their hands, SQUASH OF ENORMOUS SIZE. Canadian Farner Raised Champion of All Such Vegetables. The biggest squash ever raised has teen produced by William Warnock of Goderich, Ont. It weighs 4038 pounds, and when picked was forward- ed to the world’s fair at St. Louis to be admired in the closing days of that big show. When the world’s fair was held in Chicago Mr, Warnock sent a squash that weighed 865 pounds, but in 1898 he beat his own record by rats- ing another squash that weighed 3881 Eee r . : BA SEN Ees <> . Ata sg > 5 Se ie Fis Rano. S ea EES A Ys "Sa tn SR reer Ta I ESS ATT st a oie ae Sees, Rulv’, Roe nk tam Pee). ys aa orenane Ea 5 a SY fo NN HE ee Be 1s aN Ne ERIN | TiN ONS a Pe ee ye MBE BS peter reak + Ant be j Mar aes 4 LS es td, } ea Ne g | Hera OR eet eR 5s. Re ek, Nees | Bi ia aig Best) gee ae ee cy) a | Oe ak a A pounds, and now last year’s big squash beats this by 1444 pounds. While Mr. Warnock’s competitors charge that he has some secret process of getting re- sults in squash raising, he attributes his success to liberal watering. He sorrowfully admits that he has tried peculiar ways of giving size to squash, but he is now satisfied that the only thing that will increase the size of squash must come out of the vine, and the vine must get its support from the ‘natural roots.—New York Herald. Cigarettes Smuggled in a Book. A clever attempt to elude the cus- toms has been frustrated by one of the St. Paul inspectors. A large book was received through the mail, addressed to a citizen of St. Paul, The postmark was that of a city in Turkey. The book was wrapped up in such a way that the sides were visible, in order to avoid suspicion. The inspector detected the fraud on lifting the book, which was suspicious- ly light in weight. An examination showed that the en- dire inside of the book had been cut cut and in the space thus made were some 5,000 Turkish cigarettes.—Minne- ypolis Tribune. After Dinner Regrets. nt pare d EMO) SS A SENG a ey JLL.NEVER a4 £aTA MAN i AGAIN. ay JD REALLY | ‘ie S°NER SAY rate me & ayy LAST NE WHILE, YU SEE, ID HE HAD A HI°°DEN LEG. Just Not Appreciated. Trouble has ensued for two girls in the grammar school at Portland, Conn,, because they wrote a note to other pupils in which they said that they intended to marry the young Wesleyan student who was substitut- ing for the regular teacher. The mat- ter has been settled by the girls mak- jug an anoloev to the vaung man re Persons Have Catarrh of Kidneys, Or Catarrh of Bladder and Don’t Know It. That you want LION COFFEE always, and he, being a square man, will not try to sell you any- thing else, You may not care for our opinion, but What About the United Judgment of Millions of housckeepers who have used LION COFFEDR for over a quarter of a century? Is there any stronger proof of merit, than the “ Confidence of the People fi em and ever increasing popularliy? & a LION COFFEE is carefully se- at} ay lected at the plantation, shipped fh | Ww direct to our various factories, VG \ : SS where it is skillfully roasted and ") ) LAN carefully packed in sealed packe if Ka Ds oy ages—unlike loose coffee, wixich We CE. is exposed to germs, dust, in- aie ee” B 6 ssects, etc. LION COFFEEreaches tes Ais he you as pure and clean as when 1266 Be ass Fe. tleft the factory. Sold only in e oe veo 1 lb. packages. Lion-head on every package. ~ Save these Lion-heads for valuable premiums, SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio, President Newhof and War Correspondent Richards Were Promptly Cured By Pe-ru-na. Mr. C. B. Newhof, 10 Delamare street, Albany, N. Y., President Montetiore Club, writes: “Since my advanced age I find that I have been frequently troubled with urinary ailments. The bladder seemed irritated, and my physician said that it was catarrh caused by a protracted cold which would be difficult to over- come on account of my advanced years. 1 took Peruna, hardly daring to believe that I would be helped, but [found to my relief that I soon began to mend. The irritation gradually subsided and the urinary difficulties passed away. Thi 2enjoyed excellent health now for the past seven months. I enjoy my meals, sleep soundly, and am as well asl was twenty years ago. I give all praise to Peruna.’’—C. B. Newhof. Suffered From Catarrh of Kidneys, Threatened With Nervous Collapse, Cured by Pe-ru-na. Mr. F. B Richards, 609 EB. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., War Corres- ponent, writes: “Exactly six years ago was ordered to Cuba as staff corres- pondent of the New York Sun. I was in charge of a Sun Dispatch boat through the Spanish American war. The effect of the tropical climate and the nervous strain showed plainly on my return to the states. Lassitude, depression to the verge of melancholia, and incessant kidney trouble made me practically an invalid. This undesirable condition continued, despite the best of treatment. Finally a brother newspaperman.who like myself had served tn the war; ine duced me_to give a faithful trial to Peruna, Ididso. Ina short time the lassitude left me, my kidneys resumed a healthy condition, and a complete cure was effected. I cannot too strong- ly recommed Peruna to those suffering with kidney trouble. To-day I am able to work as hard as at any time in my life, and the examiner for a leading in- surance company pronounced me an “A risk.” In Poor Health Over Four Years. Pe-ru-na Only Remedy of Real Benefit. Mr. John Nimmo, 215 Lippincott, St., ‘Toronto, Can., a prominent merchant of that city and also a member of the Masonic order, writes: “I have been in poor health generally for over four years. When I caught a bad cold last winter it settled in the bladder and kidneys, causing serious trouble. I took two greatly advertised kidney remedies without getting the é a eee Rat eS See Sees Be ee % Bes hs % a anaes: So OME. Rae nn Ps ‘ eee RK _ aes a OF Sea lla g 7 eA Be 3 } | ae” kee Bear esc: “ } ae | E Gh een er a a iam Re Oe | } << Re PRES. C. B. NEWHOF, Suffered From Catarrh of Bladder. desired results, Peruna is the only remedy which was really of any benetit to me. I have not had a trace of kidney trouble nor a cold in my system,” Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics. One reason why Peruna has found permanent use in So many homes is that it contains no nareotie of any kind. Peruna is perfectly harmless. It can be used any length of time without acquir- ing a drug habit. Peruna does not pro- duce temporary results, It is perman- ent in its effect. It has no bad effect upon the system, and gradually eliminates eatarrh by removing the cause of eatarrh. ‘There are a multitude of homes where Peruana has been used off and on for twenty years. Such a thing could not. be pos sible if Peruna contained any drugs of @ narcotic nature INAUGURATION ECHOS. Continued from page 1. Hon. J. P. Davidson held up the banner for our schools and impressed the people in general that the Indian Territory was the whole show. E. E. McDaniel, the indefatigable and progressive railroad contractor made a favorable impression wherever he went and never forgot his home town, S. McAlester. Mc is a whole team and was the envy of the boys in more ways than one. Mr. Robbins was the porter on our train starting on the trip and made the trip a pleasant one for the boys and they ditto. The Club left St. Louis on the 8:25 train (p. m.) Thursday for home on their special car. Sixteen of the club stood pat and refusee to leave St. Louis without our car and the car camo. After an enjoyable time in St. Louis the boys were ready for home, sweet home. Before the trip closed the club went into permanent organization and elected the following officers: W. H. Twine, Pres. L. T. Brown, Vice Pres. Geo. K. Davidson, Sec'y J. P. Davidson, Treasurer W. A. Rentie, Sarg't-at-arms Steve Grayson, Ass't After leaving St. Louis, the Cimeter delegation had a most pleasant trip into the City of Washington, the most beautiful capital in the world. A short stop was made at Harper's Ferry and a large number of colored and white excursionist went to John Brown,s monument and sang the old melody "John Brown's body" etc. It was an impressive scene and while standing on the historic spot within the sight of three states and the Potomac river on whose banks the first blow was struck for freedom from various states in our common country were so over come with emotion that involuntary tears of mingled sorrow and gladness could be seen trickling down their cheeks In Washington our people were continually running across western people, in fact we met so many from Great Muskogee that we concluded we might hold a primary of both parties and nominate a ticket. All of the Muskogee people expressed themselves as much pleased with their trip to the Capital and are now anxious to get back home to the city we love better than any spot on earth. Up to date all parties have conducted themselves in a becoming man- ner and have sung the praises of our magnificent city to those earterners until they are anxious to see the Beautiful Indian Territory and the Queen City of the West, Magnificent Muskogee. The early spring will bring many new comers from the east Reporter. 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. Notice to Colored People. I have platted the McGilbray Cemetery, 3 miles north of the center os Muskogee, into burlal lots 20 feet square. The lots will be sold exclusively to co'ored people at $10 per lot, and a warkntee deed, duly recorded, will be given to each lot. The first purchasers will be entitped to choice of lots. For further information call on or address John Lieber, Room 115, Old Homestead Bld'g Muskogee moskogee. I. T., march 6, 1905. Mr. Geo. F. Nave, Treasurer, Benevolent Relief Association: This is to certify that I have received sick benefits for the week ending march 1, 1905. Muskogee, l. T., march 6, 1905. Mr, Geo. F. Nave, Treasurer, Benevolent Relief Association: This is to certify that I have received all sick benefits for the week ending march 4, 1905. Mrs. M. A. Brownieg, N. 7th street. 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. BIG AUCTION SALE Ladies come. Special Sales at cost at all times outside of the aution hours. Buy what you need and save money, everything must go. 229 South 2nd Street. FOR SALE AT DISCOUNT Or will trade for land. Big general stock of merchandise. Look this us.—R. L. Nay, 203 Illinois Building muskogee. TERRITORIAL TRUST & SURETY CO. Abstracts of Title, Title Guaranteed, Surety Bonds Written : : : : : : : BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. Roek Very Lw Rites in Effect Island System Daily, March 1st t 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. MUSKOGEE BIG EAST SIDE GEO. D. HOPE LU DEAL Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash EAST OKMU CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTH PACIFIC Roek Island System Very Lw Rit Daily, March Many Routes From Which To M mation on request. GEO. H. LEE, G. P. A., Lit J. S. McNALLY, Division P WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES Beebe Chapel, C. M. E. Church, 520 South Division Boulevard. 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. --- The Canadian Valley Trust Company 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. NOTICE. 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, Muskogee. I. T. Read our advertisements and patronize those who advertise with us. They deserve your trade and will sell you the best of goods. ---