Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. THE GREATEST SALE OF THE SEASON Starts on Tuesday, April 4th, BRIN'S SPECIALTY STORE DOORS OPEN 9 O'CLOCK SHARP. Be on hand for the greatest bargains ever offered by anybody. The finest, most up-to-date line of Silk Skirts, Silk Waist, Silk Shirt Waist suits, Silk Coats, Viol Skirts, Brilliantine Skirts, Penemore Skirts, Ladies Up-to-date Hats, Bonnets, Aprons, Ete. All to be placed on this great sale, DON'T FAIL TO ATTEND THIS GREAT SALE THAT Starts April 4th and will Last Ten Days. BRINS SPECIALTY TURNER STORE BLOCK. Vol 6. New Clothing at Sacrifice Prices. One lot Men's new Spring Suits; regular price $12; sale price.....$8.40 One lot new Spring Suits; regular price $15; sale price.....$9.00 One lot new Spring Suits; regular price, $10; sale price.....$6.85 One lot Children's Knee Suits at half what other stores sell them. One lot Men's single Pants, the finest worsted Pants going; regular price, $5; sale price.....$2.95 One lot Men's single Pants, regular price, $2; sale price.....$1.45 Towels, Napkins and Table Linens. Quilts at half what you get elsewhere. Don't fail to visit our Millinery Department. Headquarters For Low Shoes 817 The Celebrated Friedman Make Worn from Ocean to Ocean Muskogee, I. T., Thursday, Mar. 30, 1905. HIGHARWIST Shoes and Slippers. One lot Ladies' Patent Leather Oxfords worth $1.50 a pair; sale price .69c One lot Ladies' fine Oxfords; regular price, $2.50; sale price ..... $1.45 One lot Childlren's and Boys' Shoes in black and colors, worth $1.50 a pair; sale price, per pair ..... 95c Do not fail to take advantage in our Shoe Department. Men's Shirts, Silk Shirts, Suspenders Sox, Ties, Men's Hats Men's Balbriggan Underwear at astonishing low prices. It will pay you to lay in your supply for the summer at the very lowprices we are making. Skirts and Silk Suits. One lot Brilliantine Skirts; regular price, $9.50; sale price.....$6.35 One lot Moer & Penemore Skirts, all plaited regular price, $7.50; sale price .....$4.85 One lot Brilliantine Skirts; regular price, $5; sale price .....$3.65 One lot Silk Skirts in black and colors from $11.30 down to.....$4.85 One lot Shirt Waist Suits; regular price $12.50; sale price .....$7.45 One lot Shirt Waist Suits; regular price, $7.00; sale pdice .....$4.85 One lot Shirt Waist Suits; regular price, $5; sale price .....$3.00 One lot Black Silk Coats; regular price, $7.50; sale price .....$4.95 THE MARYLAND Friedman THE MARK OF MERIT 57 No. 25 SEASON 4th, TORE SHARP. by anybody. The Silk Shirt Waist Skirts, Ladies Up- at sale, Huggins Silk and Washable Shirt Waists. One lot Wash Waists; regular price $1; sale price .....48c One lot Wash Waists; regular price $1.50; sale price .....$1.25 One lot White Waists and Collars; regular price, $2; sale price .....$1.48 One lot extra fine Waists, China Silk included; regular price, $3 to $4; sale price .....$1.98 One lot extra fine Silk Waists in all Collars, worth up to $5 a piece; sale price for the lot .....$2.95 One lot very fine Silk Waists, the finest Silk Waists made; regular $5 to $6; sale price choice .....$3.48 One lot Bonnets, all sizes, and Collars from 15c a piece up to $1.65 a piece. One large lot Children's Dresses, from 35c up to $4.50 a piece. One lot Ladies' Handkerchiefs, 4 for 15c T SALE THAT Ten Days. RNER BLOCK. New Equipment on the Santa Fe. An order for some new equipment was placed the other day by the Santa Fe. It comprises 75 locomotives, 5,300 freight cars and 60 passenger coaches, and postal cars, all to be delivered within the next four months. Fifteen of the new engines are Atlantic type balanced compounds, thirty Pacific type balanced compounds, and thirty Santa Fe type. This big expense, aggregating more than $5,000,000, is incurred in order that growing traffic may be promptly handled. Present facilities are ample for to-day's travel and shipments; to-morrow they may not be sufficient. The Santa Fe looks ahead; that is why it gets the business. 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. Hitchcock. Dears the Signature of Charles H. Hutchins. In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Scientists tell us that the people should wed their opposites. Perhaps that is why so many people are anxious to marry money. 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. It is of no use to know such a terrific lot when nobody can understand you. Defiance Starch is guaranteed biggest and best or money refunded. 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now. Probably more men would become famous if they didn't attempt to write poetry. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Lavender oil Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drugs-gifts round the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. Goe. A man seldom acts like a fool unless he's the real thing. More Flexible and Lasting. won't shake out or blow out; by using Defiance Starch you obtain better results than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same money. A boy is very respectably educated when he has learned that there are one or two things he doesn't know better than his father. Willing workers are always trying to work somebody. It's Oil Right. It may not smooth the waters, but it surely soothes the pain. Use it on your cuts, burns, bruises, aches and pains. It will make you happy, because it makes you well. Hunt's Lightning Oil. If she weren't so bashful a girl would like to be photographed in awfully unbashful clothes. GOOD POSITION. Draughon's Business College Co., whose ad. will be found elsewhere in this issue, will take five students from each county and accept an agreement to pay tuition after course is completed and position is secured. If not secured to pay asked. Clip this notice and send with your application. Cold facts often cause hot arguments. 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., 931 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. It is easier to collect your thoughts that it is to collect that little bill someone owes you. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Never judge a woman's age by her store teeth. Much valuable information free about band instruments; write for the new catalogue to-day. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. When a man is engaged to a girl he is mad if he can't always be alone with her; after they are married he is madder if he has to be Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. IND. TER. NEW STATE NEWS Carmen will have a system of waterworks. Sapulpa has just finished drilling its fourth successful well. Mangum is said to have seventeen candidates for city marshal. Three new rural delivery routes have recently been established in Pottawatomie county. Rev. Father Badger, chaplain of the Eighth cavalry at Fort Sill, will soon leave for the Philippines. The Katy railway company has been invited by the Caddo board of trade to stop its trains at that place. Madill now has three national banks. The City National bank, with $50,000 capital stock, has recently been organized. Poteau is a candidate for a cotton compress at the present moment, despite the talk of reduced cotton acreage. Elk City will hold a street carnival during the first week of May. The Elk City band is at the head of the affair. The American Steam Laundry company has been incorporated at South McAlester with a capital stock of $25,000. O. Brown of Durant was found guilty of assaulting his wife with a bottle and was fined $50 and costs, which he paid. It is estimated by Shawnee citizens that at least one thousand car loads of potatoes will be shipped from that point this season. Roger Mills county was visited by small cyclone last week. Several houses were reported as being blown away and some other damage done. A new company is to be organized at Garber for drilling for oil and gas, with a capital stock of $150,000. The prospects for a success are very bright, and there have been plenty of good indications of the existence of both commodities. H. E. Phillips, a boy 17 years of age, was arrested at South McAlester, charged with shooting the son of a merchant at Haileyville, named Durrin. A 38-caliber ball was taken from Durrin's right thigh. Phillips claims it was accidental. Since the recent fire in Tishmoingo which destroyed a number of business blocks, a fire company of fifty men and additional fire apparatus has been ordered. Jessie Young, charged with killing Florence Reynolds, both colored, was found guilty by a jury at Oklahoma City of manslaughter in the second degree. The killing was done with a razor. A charter has been issued to the Oklahoma & Texas Railroad company, with $5,000,000 capital stock, to build from Oklahoma City southwest through the counties of Oklahoma, Canada, Caddo and Comanche, and the Chickasaw nation, to a convenient point on the Fort Worth & Denver railroad, either in the county of Clay or Wichita, in Texas. The estimated length of the line is 200 miles. --- MISS BULL RECOVERS PEARFUL DECLINE OF STRENGTH COMPLETELY ARRESTED. Medical Skiiil Had Almost Exhausted Itself in Vain Attempts to Relieve Her-A Remarkable Result. The recovery of Miss Gertrude L. Bull is of great interest to the medical world. A very bad cough followed a severe attack of pneumonia. It seemed impossible to break it up or to restore her strength, which had been sadly undermined. In spite of the best efforts of the doctors and the use of several advertised modes of treatment her condition daily grew more serious. She finally discontinued all medicine and gave herself up to despair. "What was your condition at this time?" she was asked. "My stomach was so weak I could not keep food down. I suffered from constant nausea. My kidneys were in terrible condition. My feet and ankles were swollen so badly that it pained me even to stand on them. I was very bilious. My heart was in bad shape so I could not go up and down stairs or stand any exertion or sleep in a natural position." "It seems a wonder that you should ever have recovered. How did it happen?" "You may well call it a marvel, but Dr. Williams' Pink Pills wrought it. None of my friends thought I could live many months longer. My parents had no hope. Just then a pamphlet advertising Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People was thrown in our door. It was a great event for me. These pills saved me from the grave. Within a week from the time I began to take them I felt better, and in three months I was entirely well. I cannot praise Dr. Williams' Pink Pills too highly and I dearly hope that my experience may bring good to some other sufferers." Miss Bull, who was so remarkably cured, resides at Union Grove, Illinois. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills act immediately on the blood, purifying and enriching it. In all debilitating diseases, such as lung troubles, grip, fevers, and in all cases in which the system is thoroughly run down, these pills perform wonders. They are sold by all druggists throughout the world. A valuable booklet on diseases of the blood, will be sent free to any one who applies for it to Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectadv. N. Y. An amiable bachelor says that almost any miss is better than a mile providing she is neither too old nor too young. IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE. Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars Paid for a Fancy Lot of Tobacco. The biggest purchase of high grade tobacco ever made in the West by a cigar manufacturer was made last Wednesday by Frank P. Lewis, Peoria, Ill., for his celebrated Single Linder cigar. A written guarantee was given that the entire amount was to be fancy selected tobacco. This, no doubt, makes the Lewis factory the largest holder in the United States of tobacco of so high a grading. Herald-Transcript, Peoria. When you begin to tell your troubles to a man he nearly always interrupts you for the purpose of telling you his. DON'T FORGET A large 2-oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. A man is never quite sure whether a woman is sorry or glad when she cries. 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. "What is home without a baby?" has often been asked. "Peace and quiet," is the answer. What a Mercer County (Ohio) Farmer Received from One Year's Crop. Extracts from an interesting letter from P. H. Rynhard, of Starbuck, Manitoba, Canada, gives an excellent idea of the prosperity of those who have gone from the United States to Canada. He says: "I bought, August, 1903, 480 acres of land, paying $12,000 for it. We threshed 2,973 bushels of wheat and between 1,200 and 1,300 bushels of oats and barley from 200 acres. But part of the wheat went down before filling and was not harvested except for hay. The crop was worth at threshing time, $3,000. Besides 120 acres laying idle except a timothy meadow, which is not included in this estimate. Counting the value of the product and the increase of value of land will pay me more than 25 per cent on the investment. Two brothers in the same neighborhood bought 160 acres each six years ago. They have not done a single thing to this land except to fence it and break and cultivate about one-half of it. Harvested last year 28 bushels wheat per acre. This year 27 bushels per acre. They can get any day $25 per acre. These are only a few of many hundreds of such chances. It looks like boasting, but truth is justifiable and the world ought to know it, especially the home-seeker. I know of quite a few farmers that have made fortunes in from 10 to 20 years, retired with from $20,000 to $100,000. Writing concerning another district in the Canadian West, S. L. Short says: "Dear Sir—I have to inform you that I have just returned from the Carrot River Country in Saskatchewan, where I located land of the very finest black vegetable loam, which I am proud of, and will move in the spring. Farmers are still plowing there. A mild climate and beautiful country to behold. Cattle are fat and running outside. Wood and water good. Saw oats weighing 42 pounds to bushel. Potatoes large and well ripened; also wheat that brought there 82 cents. The country exceeded my expectations. Saw oats in stock, thicker on the ground than appears in many of the illustrations sent out in descriptive pamphlets. I have been in many western states, but the soil excels any I ever saw." The Canadian Government Agents at different points report that the enquiries for literature and railroad rates, &c., to Western Canada are the greatest in the history of their work. It spoils all a woman's enjoyment to be out riding in an automobile and not meet anybody she knows. FRANK J. CHENNE makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENNE & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of $100,000 for LAIRS for each and every case of CATARIN that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARIN CURSE. Women call another one rich if, when she gives a dinner, she doesn't have to hire an extra servant to prove it. It's Here. The gentle spring, and that want to rest feeling is due. To keep on your feet and defeat that feeling use Simmons' Sarsaparilla. It cuts the impurities out—makes good blood and enormous appetites. There would be more microbes in kisses if they appreciated a good soft snap. You never hear any one complain about "Defiance Starch." There is none to equal it in quality and quantity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now and save your money. ITS MERIT IS PROVED A Prominent Cincinnati Woman Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Completely Cured Her. The great good Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is doing among the women of America is attracting the attention of many of our leading scientists, and thinking people generally. Mrs. Sara Wilson The following letter is only one of many thousands which are on file in the Pinkham office, and go to prove beyond question that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound must be a remedy of great merit, otherwise it would not produce such marvelous results among sick and ailing women. Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "About nine months ago I was a great sufferer with womb trouble, which caused me severe pain extreme nervousness and frequent headaches, from which the doctor failed to relieve me. I tried Lydia E. Pinkman's Vegetable Compound, and within a short time felt better, and after taking five bottles of it I was entirely cured. I therefore heartily recommend your Compound as a splendid uterine tonic. It makes the monthly periods regular and without pain; and what a blessing it is to find such a remedy after so many doctors fail to help you. I am pleased o recommend it to all suffering women."—Irs. Sara Wilson, 31 East 3d Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. If you have suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness of the stomach, indigestion, bloating, leucorrhoea, looding, nervous prostration, dizziness, faintness, "don't-care" and 'want-to-be-left-alone" feeling, excitability, backache or the blues, these are sure indications of female weakness, some derangement of the uterus or ovarian trouble. In such cases there is one tried and true remedy—Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. W.L. DOUGLAS 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. W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes cost more to make, hold their shape 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 its own retail stores in the principal cities, and by shoe dealers everywhere. Nonmatter where you live. W. L. Douglas shoes are within your reach. EQUAL $5.00 SHOES. "I have worn W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes for years, and consider them equal to any $3.00 shoe now on the market. They have given entire satisfaction." — Wm. H. Anderson, Real Estate Agent, Kansas City, Mo. Boy wear W. L. Douglas $2.50 and $2.00 shoes because they fit better, hold their shape and wear longer than other makes. $3.99 shoes. Corona Coll is intended to be the finest patent leather produced. Fast Color Eycles will not wear Brassy. W. L. Douglas has the largest shoe mail order by mail. No trouble to get a it by mail. $25 cents extra proof. If you desire further information, write for Illustrated Catalogue of Spring Styles. W. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton, Mass. MARVELS OF AMERICA SCENES OF BEAUTY UNEQUALED ON THE EARTH. No Wondrous Sight Shown the Traveler Abroad But Can Be Duplicated Here in Our Own Land-A Few Instances Taken from Long List. When Payne wrote "There's No Place Like Home," he gave poetic expression to the love he bore toward the ingle-nook, more precious than "temples or palaces." What flowers of rhetoric could approach in power of assertion, these five little monosyllabic words, "There's No Place Like Home"—to gainsay which were impossible! It is the great privilege of Americans to be able, without hyperbole, to apply them to travel, for what is there in any part of the habitable globe more fraught with interest, instruction, education, refreshment of mind and body and uplifting of soul than nature has provided, with hand so lavish, for the delectation of those having the good fortune to dwell in this goodly land? Would he see a Riviera? We have several on the shores of the azure waters both of the gulf and the Pacific, far distancing that laved by the Mediterranean. Does he pine for snow-capped mountains? Let him repair to the plains whence Pike's Peak, Mt. Logan and our other great elevations rear their hoary summits into cloudland. Would he witness a majestic cataract? There is but one without a rival, the imperial Niagara—in the chain of our great lakes, most turbulent of links. Neither Nile, Niger, nor Ganges—great rivers though they are—are comparable to our own Mississippi, well named "The Father of Waters." Our peerless Hudson excels in picturesque effects the vaunted Rhine. What of the beauties of the Golden Gate, on whose shores sits enthroned queenly San Francisco, pronounced peerless among cities by a much-traveled European prince of imperial blood. Where is there, even in miniature, anything to vie with that earthly paradise, the Valley of the Yosemite; what to compare with the deep and rugged gorge through which passes to the sea the impetuous Colorado river? The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, one of the world's wonders, is as yet but partially explored. Why, then, travel abroad, while all these and vastly more than can be here enumerated, remain unseen, at home. "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" said Naaman the Syrian of old, when ordered by the prophet to betake himself to the Jordan for healing. Who can help admiring his pride of country and robust patriotism? Most worthy are they of emulation. Be it for health or recreation, there is no grander travel field than we have at home.—Travel. English Employes in Ruts. Mr. Ruggles of Chicago continues his description of English business ways in Vanity Fair. "I have seen only one office where there is any real enthusiasm, and the employes seldom have any interest in the business beyond drawing their salaries. In most of the factories, and even in the offices, they are taught a certain round of duties, and they are allowed to do nothing else. They seldom suggest improvements for fear of losing their places, where in America they'd soon lose their places if they didn't make suggestions. Here, it's the firm in its private offices, and everybody else doing as little as possible, and never stepping out of the rut they're put in; and there it's everybody working together, coats off, and the head of the concern glad to listen to the office boy, and to do as he says if it means results." CHAPLAIN D. L. JAYCOX. KIDNEYS DRUG STORE DRUG STORE HALE OUR ILLS ARE CATARPH GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR And pay only for what you get. It is your dealer's duty to give you the best thing he can get in footwear. Make it a point to ask for the "ALWAYS JUST CORRECT" CLOVER BRAND SHOES Just a little better than you have been used to getting, combining WEAR, SERVICE, STYLE and COMFORT with ECONOMY Made by Wertheimer-Swarts Shoe Co. LARGEST FINE SHOE EXCLUSIVISTS ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. COTTON GINNING MACHINERY We Make the Best. We Make the Largest Line in the World. We have more well pleased and happy customers than all other makers combined, because they are making money. You know the MUNGER, PRATT, EAGLE, WINSHIP and SMITH goods. We make them. Write us for prices and catalogue. CONTINENTAL GIN COMPANY, DALLAS, TEXAS ARMY CHAPLAIN HALF OUR ILLS ARE CATAR Thousands of People Have Kidney Trou Don't Know It Is Catarrh. Mr. David L. Jaycox, Chaplain Clarinda, I. O. G. T., and Chaplain G. A. R., 865 Broadway, Oakland, Cal., writes: "I am an old war veteran. I contracted severe bladder and kidney trouble. I spent hundreds of dollars and consulted a host of doctors, but neither did me any good. "Peruna has proven the best medicine I ever used. My pains are gone and I believe myself to be cured. I feel well and would not be without a bottle in time of need for ten times its cost." Hundreds of war veterans have kidney and bladder trouble. Impure drinking water, sleeping on the ground, and all manner of exposures to wet and cold weather produced catarrh of the kidneys and bladder. found a remedy that would actually cure them. More cases of catarrh of kidneys and bladder have been cured by Peruna than all other medicines combined. Address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, and he will be pleased to give you the benefit of his medical advice gratis. All correspondence held strictly confidential. 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. The Republican party is the ship all else is a wide tempestous sea. Its a republican ticket and should receive the support of every loyal Republican. The Democrats are scared into fits and are howling to keep their courage up. We have got them beaten if we hold our forces in line. Now is the time to make every cuss show hs colors, if he is against you t will be shown by his vote; if he is for you, the same will be shown. The fellow who is too infernal cowardly to vote the Republican ticket and claims to be a Republican, is not worth three whoops in hell. A man who is a Republican and who is too cowardly and too much of a traitor to vote and support the ticket is a traitor, a knave and a dam fool. Every man on the Republican ticket is a tax-payer and each of them can read and write. Can the Democratic party say as much truthfully, for their ticket? Raymond is to Indian Territory what Roosevelt is to the Nation and is as above Douglass and the other cusses who yeu at his heels as heaven is from hell. The cheap Negro and cheap white man who are looking for pay to vote are n this lamentable condition: "You can and you can't. You will and you won't. You will be damned if you do and damned if you don't." All men, regardless of party affiliations, race or creed, should join hands in giving President Roosevelt a splendid welcome to our city. Even Bert Greer and Clarence Douglass should not object to this. Those who are hunting for an excuse to vote the Democratic ticket should hike out to the Twin hells from which they came here, they can bask in the smiles of the hellhounds they desire to aid and assist here. "He laughs best who laughs last," respectfully submitted to Douglass, Owens and the other Democrats who were so d-n small and prejudiced to admit colored lawyers to the bar association at Muskogee. Any man, white or black, who is so debased, cowardly, low, mean, despicable and hellish that he will violate the sanctity of womenhood, should suffer death as prescribed by law. No penalty (lawful) is too great for such a brute and he should suffer that penalty, be his victim white or black. (That's our position on rape.) --- Douglass is so anxious to see Judge Raymond dethroned that every issue of his paper contains something detrimental to Raymond, and of course, complimentary to the lion tamer. The Republican Central committee is composed of honest loyal Republicans who are doing their best to have the party unite and gain a complete victory over the opposition. By united effort this can be done. The only tning Bert Greer can say about the colored men on the ticket is that they are not white. They are tax payers and are competent. Bert's color prejudice is so great that he dams everything that is black. Some of the devils who are so prejudiced against Negro in Muskogee, lived in rented houses when they first came here and their landlord was a Negro, but as soon as the d—n snake was warmed into life he proceeded to strike his benefactor. Take the Republican ticket and compare it with the opposition and if you are honest and loyal to your party, you will vote the ticket straight from top to bottom, even if there are some Negroes on the ticket. It is true there are five Negroes on the ticket and its true that there are eleven white men on the ticket. If the white Republicans will furnish 400 votes we will furnish 900, and that will elect them all. The colored men on the ticket are worthy of the support of all citizens regardless of party affiliations and if elected (and they will be), they will make the city splendid officials and will be a credit to their party and an honor to the race. If the Republicans win Doug will have his big mit out for city printing and he is not doing a d thing to help the party. His Republicanism is evidently the same kind as Bert Greer. In politics they are "Twin Devils." Don't scratch, if it is started there will be h---- to pay. We understand that some people want to scratch the tail of the ticket and we warn them not to do so. There is not a man on the ticket that does not deserve the vote of every Republican, if party organization amounts to anything, we mean a d----n. The Negro who circulated the d—— odious, infamous lie that members of the race were in the employ of Democracy when they asked for places on the ticket is too contemptible to be admitted into society and it don't matter whether he be preacher, deacon or any other kind of a cuss. The very best negroes and the very best white people are for Muskogee first last and all the time. When it comes to the point of what is best for our town we are a unit and we want the Grand River damned. We all say dam the river and at once—(this is not cussn'.) Clarence Douglass is too busy getting Raymond removed to give any assistance to the Republican ticket. Hell is full of such Republicans who sulk in their tent when a Negro is on the ticket. Such fellows are not worth a d—— by a d—— and a half. Every cuss who has joined in the tirade against Judge Raymond is either a measely Democrat or an unmittigated ass, who claims to be a Republican. Decent Republicans and decent Democrats are as a rule good citizens and will not join in a tirade against a decent citizen no matter what his politics are. All the other fellows who went to Washington n the Raymond case to "A DEERE P QUALITY TELLS We handle a John Deere Plo Discs, Corn and ers, and Cultiva not be excelled in price. We also h of the famous Buggies and H styles. Come and goods and see Planters' Imp REAR OF BRADFY BANK Wall DEERE POINTER QUALITY SELLS PRICE SELL We handle a full line in Deere Plows, Harrow ics, Corn and Cotton Pl and Cultivators that be excelled in quality ce. We also have a full the famous John Dee ggies and Harness in es. Come and look at ds and see for yours Painters' Implement BRADITY BANK Wall St., Muskogee, "A DEERE POINTER" We handle a full line of John Deere Plows, Harrows, Discs, Corn and Cotton Planters, and Cultivators that cannot 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 at our goods and see for yourself. --- The Twentieth Century The Penmore COURSE Shorthand, Tyewriting, Commercial Law, Comm'r'l Aritmetic Book-keeping, penmanship. "THE KING OF TYPEWRITERS": CHOOL OF MODERN METHODS is known has students throughout the Central South receiving praises for the progress of its stu private letters, bills of sale, and speech of the Twentieth Century Correspondentry. For circulars explaining the work aon, write C. A. BIGGERS. This SCHOOL OF MODERN IX the Union, has students throughout the School receiving praises for the Cards, private letters, bills of the office of the Twentieth Centre Stenography. For circulars explain of instruction, write C. A. BIG Box 121, Muskogee, I. T. This SCHOOL OF MODERN METHODS is known thru out the Union, has students throughout the Central Southwest and is the School receiving praises for the progress of its students. Cards, private letters, bills of sale, and speeches written in the office of the Twentieth Century Correspondence School of Stenography. For circulars explaining the work and the terms of instruction, write --- crucfy Raymond seemed to have bad records and could not win, hence they called on Tom Owen to close up the gap, and we look for Tom's return with his tail feathers pulled. Tom Owens loves Douglass the disgruntled, misfit pretended Republican politician, better than he does his own party, because as manager of their local campaign he quits and hustles off to the capitol to bolster up Doug's case. (Wonder why they did not send Jim Givens. Maybe Jim remembers the treachery of 1904.) POINTER" PRICE SELLS a full line of flows, Harrows, and Cotton Plant- vators that can in quality and have a full line John Deere Harness in all and look at our e for yourself. Implement Co. All St., Muskogee, I. T. CURSE OFFICE OPEN. and, ing, Special Law, I'l Aritmetic Keeping, ship. Day and Night School established in Jones Building on June 5, 1905, RN METHODS is known thru out without the Central Southwest and is the progress of its students. of sale, and speeches written in Century Correspondence School of explaining the work and the terms BIGGERS, Instructor and Gen'l M'g'r. --- Local & Personal. Mr. Sipps is the place to buy groceries. ```markdown ``` E. E. McDaniel, of South McAlester, is in the city on business. ```markdown ``` L. A. Bell, of Wagoner, is in the city on business. ♦ ♦ .... When you need coal ring up Lee Perry. ```markdown ``` Trade with the people who advertise wth us, they deserve your trade. ```markdown ``` If your watch is broken go get R. A. Givens to fix it for you, for he is all right. ```markdown ``` Mr. Sandy Ellett of Tishomingo, was in the city this week on business. ```markdown ``` The bulldng boom is setting in and the resident porton of the town is filling up. ♦ ♦ The building boom is setting in and the residence portion of the town in everything all O. K. about Vinita. ```markdown ``` H. R. Pierson has returned from Guthrie and is doing business at the old stand. ```markdown ``` Mr. H. R. Pierson has returned from Guthrie, where he has been on business. ```markdown ``` Read our advertisements and buy from home merchants. Qut trading with foreign houses. ```markdown ``` Mr. Wm. Barker, of Vinitia, visited the office this week and reoprted everything all O. K., about Vinitia. e Mr. Willis, of Tallehassee, was a pleasant caller this week. Call again Mr. Willis ```markdown ``` Mr. Sam Jurdon of Gustrie, Ok. is in the city looking over great Muskogee and shaking hands with friends. ♦ ♦ When you want a good suit of clothes made, go and have a talk with Stewart, on North Second street. + - Mr. Allen Kelley and Mr. R. H. Batts of Grayson were in the city on business. Mr. Batts also stopped in and subscribed for the Cimeter. ♦ ♦ Quit patronizing mail order houses and deal with your home merchants you can get better goods at a better price at home. ```markdown ``` Sturgeon and McRea have opened a park in the southwest part of the city. It's a splendid business proposition. ```markdown ``` The colored people paid taxes in amounts ranging from $300.00 for one ndivdual down to 50 cents. We are bearing our part of the burden. ♦ ♦ A. Kelly and others from Wildcat are n the cty on business before the Dawes Commission. There were about 500 babies enrolled from that localty and that means 80,000 acres of land for Negroes. Lodge Notes. Star Light Lodge No. 89, met at its regular communication and suspended from its rolls Grant Permam Rbagu t odo sBo urioe ahn nyRGt and Bob Roberson. Right you are boys for it takes good men to be A. F. & A. M. A FELON. A man who is indicted by a federal grand jury and is out on bond stands in the same position as one who is in jail and cannot make bond. (Things equal to the same things are equal to each other.) Now if a cuss outside can have a federal officer reiiiiiiiii jg,aoth,ois vbgkqj vbgkqj kqj moved so can one inside and in this case every devl in jail would "file charges" against the judge, district attorney and United States marshal, to have them removed, hoping that they could and would profit by the removal. They could say that the officials were discourteous and otherwise offensive to them (which would doubtless be true), and they could get some lawyer (we mean a member of the bar association), to swear it was true. HELLHOUNDS The prejudiced hellhounds from Arkansas, Texas and the other subdivisions of hell do not want a judge on the bench in the Indian Territory who will give all men, white and black, an equal show. Those devils do not believe in a fair deal, hence their efforts to defeat Judge Raymond, and they are aided and assisted by the milk and water of Rep. who hail from the same bulwark. We desire to go on record now before the result of Clarence Douglass' (misrepresentations are made known) so called charges are settled, as being first, last and all the time opposed to this political posed iiiiiii -pal-Ar thlE c xz xzfixz traitor and free-booter. We are opposed to his theatrical grand stand plays and his pretended leadership of the republicans of this county. That he is a bad man, a fighter and one who works the bluff to a finish, there is no doubt; yet, we say (while we fear him), that he is the embodiment in our opinion, of everything that is vile mean and despicable. The Colored Citizens Meet. On Monday night last, the colored people of Muskogee held a meeting to take up the matter of how they should proceed in the giving welcome to President Roosevelt on his visit to our city. Hon. A. S. McRea was elected chairman of the meeting and Orlando Mitchell a secretary. After some discussion by the many orators present the chairman ordered to appoint a committee of fifteen said committee to have plenary powers and the chairman was to be the chairman of the committee. This committee is to act for the colored citizens of this locality in the matter of arranging for the reception of President Roosevelt. The committee consists of the following gentlemen: A. S. McRea, chairman. C. J. Jones. E. D. Jefferson. Wiley Jones. J. O. Mtchell. B. F. Brown. J. W. Adams. E. L. Thurman. I. J. Ellott. P. B. Austin. L. F. Fue. A. G. W. Sango. The Right Goods Right Prices, Right Place is the THE RACKET STORE IN THE OKLAHOMA BUILDING. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE ```markdown ``` SELL CIGARS Add a few boxes of cigars to your stand or store and Increase your sales. We can 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. GLOYD LUMBER COMPANY. Why buy Your From a company you do not know. Keep your money at home buy buying from the MUSKOGEE LUMBER COMPANY Tney live here and will treat you right. Yard located west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. R. A. GIVENS, 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. H. N. Johnson. Prof. J. C. Leftwich. The Right Goods Right Prices, THE RACKET IN THE OKLAHOMA B Smith-Torra EVERYTHING FOR THE HO North Main St. SELL CIG Add a few boxes of cigars to Increase your sales. We can durers, Henry George, Littl mo, Pathfinders, and several the single box and sell them prices. It is not much to in sell. Come and have a falk BEN ESTES, Drudgist GLOYD LUMBER TAKING TH 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. Why buy You LUMBER =: and =: BUILDING From a company you do not know ey at home buy buying from the Dr. R. H. Waterford. W. H. Twine. lands, Right Place es, is the NET STORE MA BUILDING. Prans Co. THING HOUSE Muskogee, I. T. CIGARS. gars to your stand or store and We cau furnish you Owls, Cap- , Little Tom, Agent, 305, Cre- several other popular brands by them to you at wholesale n to invest, and they are sure to a falk with us. . . . regist Main & Okmulgee Streets. R COMPANY. A lumberman stands on a tree stump, holding a large log and a stack of logs. Your BUILDING =:= MATERIALS It know. Keep your mon- in the Cus (eet ree se yo Z WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING VECEIVED THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE AWARD Al THE ST.LOWIS WORLD'S PAIR. Send us the names of dealers in your town whew do not seil our Goods, and we will send yous collection of pictures. in colors, of fomous towers of the world. sm AS TOWER CO. ESTADLISHED i036 TOWED CAMABIAN C2" Lennot, TORSMTO CaM y Put your fine ger on our Mm trade mark. Tell your @ i dealer you want the best Starch your money can buy. Insist on having the best, DEFIANCE, It is 16 ounces for to cents. No premiums, but one & pound of the very best starch made. We put all & our money in the starch. It needs no cooking. [It ls absolutely pure. : It gives satisfaction or money back. 5 bd THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO. Yam Omaha, Neb. If you are troubled with insomnia, go to sleep and forget it, About a year after marriage when a man's wife comes and sits on his knees and Kisses him he always won- ders how much tt is going to cost.— Chicago News, Salver'n Home Builder Corn, So named because 50 acres produced so heavily, that its proceeds built a lovely home. ‘See Salzer's catalog, Yielded in Ind. 197 bu., Ohio 160 bu, Tenn, 19% bu., ond in Mich, 220 bu, per acre, You can beat this record in 1905. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF TILES YIELDST 120 bu, Beardless Barley per acre, 410 bu. Salzer's New National Oats pee A, 40 bu. Salzer Speltz and Macaroni Wheat. 1,000 bu, Pedigree Potatoes per acre, 14 tons of rich Billion Dollar Grass Hay, 60,000 Ibs, Victoria Rape for sheep—per A, 160,000 Ibs, ‘Teosinte, the fodder wonder, 61,000 Ibs, Salzer's Superior Fodder Corn rich, juey fodder, per A. _ Now stich yields you ean have in 190, if you will plant my seeds, JUST BEND TIS NOTICE AND 100 jm stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co. Ta Crosse, Wis, and receive their great cata: Jog and tots of farmneed samples. {Wet Ap officeholder who his a_ pull doesn't generate much push, Are You Ons? Itching troubles appear to be ep! domle at this time, Are you so ef Micted? If so, give Hunt's Cure a trial, It is positively guaranteed to cure any form of itch known, A fail ure means it costs you nothing. Disres ome eee BUN SS CEOS Spare tors should not be purchased by the farmers. They are of no value above an ordinary can. If the farmer wishes to separate the cream from his milk by dilution he can arrive at that end by simply diluting bis milk with cold water, using as much water as milk. It is on this principle that the dilu- tion separators work. The writer has talked with some of the agents of tbese separators at the state fairs where they have been showing their so-called separators. Without excep- tion these men have claimed for their cans that they would separate the fat from the rest of the milk as thorough- ly as the centrifugal separators. This js a claim that bas been positively dis- proved again and again. The exper- iment stations, notably the Cornell station, has examined the skim milk after separation and has found that while the centrifugal separators have taken from the milk ail but about one- tenth of 1 per cent of the butter-fat originally contained in it, the dilu- fion separators have left a much larg- er amount in the milk always, and sometimes this amount is 1 per cent of the weight of the milk, which means that about one-fourth of all the butterfat in the milk is lost. This points the climax to a Iittle incident that occurred at the Illinois state fair two years ago. The agent in charge of one set of dilution sep- arators absented himself from his ex- hibit for a short time. During his ab- sence a farmer came along and looked over the cans. Looking around for an agent, his eyes fell on the agent of @ centrifugal separator a short dis- tance away. He took it for granted that the dilution separators were un- der his charge and walking up to him asked: “What do those separators,” pointing to the dilution cans, “cost?” The agent of the centrifugal separator replied: “They will cost you only $11 if you don't use them; but if you use them they will cost you $100 in a short time.” The name of “delusion” separators has been applied to these cans by some of the makers of the power sep- arators, and the name 1s not greatly misplaced. We can advise all our readers to let them alone. If full in- formation 1s wanted about such sep- arators, send to the experiment sta- tions. In the Creamery. The man that has charge of a creamery has all he can do to keep things moving, if conditions are not of the best. However, he will do well to spend as little time in the cream- ery as possible if he wishes to pre- serve his health. The creamery is a wet place and often it is both a hot and cold place with drafts at times. Sometimes the buttermaker works for hours with wet feet. It is said that a large proportion of buttermakers have to give up the business because of poor health, the conditions in the creameries being such that continu- ation of labor there means undermi- ning of health, The creamery man gets too little sun and fresh air, If he can take the time to get out more among the patrons it will bonefit both him and them. Better Quality. Through all dairy sines we find a keen demand for better quality. This is as true on the farm as in the cheese factory and the creamery, Before the farmer inereases the amount of but- ter he is making he should increase the quality of that butter, Before he increases the number of cows in his barn he should improve the quality of the cows he has, by better feeding the best ones and by selling the poor cows and buying good ones in their places, DECLINED JOHN D.'S GIFT Shurch Turns Down the Oil King’s Otter of 100.000 Congregational ministers represent {ng Boston and various sections of New England, have forwarded to the American board of commissioners for foreign missions a protest against the acceptance by the board of a gift of $100,000 from John D. Rockefeller. The petition, which was prepared by a committee chosen at a regular merting of the clergymen, protests against the acceptance of the gift on the ground that the Standard Oi! company, of which Mr. Rockefeller is the head, “stands before the public under repeated and recent formid- able indictments in specific terms for methods which are morally iniquit- ous and socially destructive,” and that “the acceptance of such a gift involves the constituents of the beard in a relation implying honor toward the donor, and subjects the board to the charge of ignoring the moral issues involved. In conclusion the protest says: “We, the undesigned, therefore protest against any action by which our church may even seem to be com- promised, and we plead with the offi- cers of the board to decline the gift, or to return it if it has been accept- ed.” Piso’s Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMUBE, Ovean Grove, N. J.. Feb. 17, 1900. - Too much money or too little doesn’t beget happiness, so try just enough. . Lissa sacsaccaccanieaia A GUAPANTEED CURE FOR TILES. Itening, Bind, Bieeding or Protruding Pies. Your drugsist will refund inoney if PAZO OLNIMENT fails Wo cure you in 6 Wo It days. foe, - Some men, after paying $5 to get marricd, would cheerfully pay $50 to get unmarried. _ “Dr, David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy qirediime of rights Dierane And Gravel: Able phyticians failed” Mrs. EAP. Mizner. burghill, 0. 61.00 « bottle, Light literature Is expensive when it comes in the shape of gas bills. | Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Por children teething, softens the gums, reasees to Aammetivn, alleys paln, cures wind culls. 208 botue | There are but few sensible people a the world—yet they all agree with you. *8cts., 16x20 Bust Crayon 98cts. Send your hoto and ets and we will make 16x) Rust Crayon, Southwestern” Artists’ Association, Dallas, Texas, Advice that coincides with your own opinion is easily swallowable. A married man usually feels sorry for himself when his wife is sick. 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 %-pound pack- ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents, Then again because Defiance Starch ts 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 Detiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let- ters and figures “16 ozs.” Demand Doflancs and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iren ‘sticking. Defiance never sticks, J ANTED.—For the U. 8. Army, able-bodied \WAininarried men, between ages of 21 and ®; citizens of United States, of good character ind tomperate habits, whocan speak, read and vrite English. For information Apply, to Ko iruiting Officer, Postofice building, Oklahoma Uity, Okla, or ‘Tulsa, Ind. Tor., Maid. shane are or Guthrio, Okla. eee W. N. U., Oklahoma City, No. 43, 1905 ee 2 Highest grade Estey, ‘0 Mason & Hamlin, Story & Shark, Kimball, Chicago Cottage, slightly eed, Juaranteed 1ike new; special descriptions und prices for the asking. Write to-day. JENKINS’ MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO, When writing mention this paper, . Alabastine..... ' our } ' t alls ' - ' ; Walls are smoky and grimy after ‘ g the winters’ coal and soot. They ® need cleaning with Alabastine. 1 s The new color schemes and har- § S monies forthis yearcanonly bedone | s in Alabastine. The colorsarethe 1 ; richest, the tintsthe most permanent, § s the hues the most beautifulin Ala. § s bastine—there isn't anywallcover- 5 ; ing that is just as good. ‘ Avasasting does not need wash- 8 ing off before a fresh coat can be § 8 applied—you simply mix Arapas- § a y ‘ ‘ § TiNe with cold water and apply with { S abrush. Any decorator or painter 1 : can apply it—or any woman can | s 2pply it herself. f S Remember Alabastine comes in pack- SB aces—take no substitutrs—do not buy S in bulk. If your dealer can't supply © you, send.us his name and we willsee 5 that you have Alabastine, Beautiful SB tint cards and free color suggestions G@ tree for the asking. f . ‘ x | s ALABASTINE COMPANY |, : Grant Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. { : New York Office, 105 Water St ! ER ORE = OO Tp ee Se ee gi ide. o> ok eee PE gi gh. fae eek See es BRA nce OP gee re 3 ates Br kis oS — eee Bs a ee (fee 2 HE = eS ee eS beer Se foe sales tee = ee De Sb eS oe FE ae og le ee ee Soniye PS e te we eID eee SEAR eS See Wa AC ere Cpe Res gee * eave So RE ERs scenes ne TnAB eee Rane rae ieee ais SURGERIES E Does ES ty Ae Rabe onic Uae SOO ras Soe +: Rae rae 6 gees asa ANS ee reer hae ce W. F. GIESECKE began manufacturing boots and shoes in St. Louis in 1869 sEc and continued unin- GIES=SKe terruptedly senior Fyhty eRano snots member of the firm which bears his name ST Louis to-day. ALL WAYS BEST “OLD FRIENDS ARE BEST.” ; Wc B faces Learn ** klehoms city Telegraphy inca, 10,000 Plants for (6c. More cardeng and farms are planted to isltscrss Becds than ony crner in @ Americas There is reason for ti Se Me neerch oats oud acres forthe Pro duction of our warranted seeds. FI eee incon tas following unpre: FIST cevionted otter: ieee c\ For 16 Oents Postpald rh} 1000 Karly, Mediam and Late Cabbagesy don vine Yetey Tarnipey , } 2000 Mlanehing Celerye Ht 000 Spleaaia Gionss [) 1000 Kare Luscious iladishes, 1000 Gioriously Brilliant Flowers, ‘Above seven packages contain su ctont need to Grow f00) plants. fur . nishing bushels of brilliant i ataiog,telling allabout Flowers: Wy Af tases Sonat Brut ete, ail or Bra ble tid page catalopalone, ior / )}) JOHN A; SALLER SEED co, (( })) w-x.v- Le Crosse, Wis. ee PR EXCURSIONS ‘ TER 1O THE x) pf Free Grant Lands Wan oF Wt Western Canada. 1 eh 10 THE x) pA Free Grant Lands wean oF eee Western Canada. During the months of March and April, there rillbe excursions on the various lines of rail- way to the Canadian West. Hundreds of thousands of acres of the best Wheat #nd Grazing Lands on the Continent free to the settler, Adjoining lands may be purchased from rail way and land companies at reasonable prices. For information as to route, cost of transpor imuon ete., apply to Superintendent of Imm! gration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Can- adian Goverament Agent—J, S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Calumet Baking Powder A wonderful powder of rare merit and unrivaled strength. Preaching to the Deaf. He that hath ears, let him hear, and he that is deaf can now hear by telephone, and has no excuse for staying away from church. A clergyman in Stratford, Conn., has a number of deaf persons in his congregation. He found that, curiously enough, they could understand what was said to them by telephone. So he set up a telephone apparatus on his pulpit-desk and ran wires to a pew near the front of the church. There sit the deaf, holding receivers with a light handle like that of a lorgnette. This deaf pew, however, is not necessary. Telephone connection will be made between the pulpit and any pew. A great boon to the really deaf, but rather vexatious, perhaps, to the persons who are so deaf that they can hear all the jokes at a theater perfectly well, but cannot follow the sermon. "With the Procession," Everybody's Magazine. It's hard for a woman to make herself believe that the man who pays all his house bills promptly and can't do any more is as good a husband as the one who doesn't, but who brings his wife home a bunch of flowers every Saturday night. What the Dentist Says. Toledo, Ohio, March 27th—(Special.) —Harry T. Lewis, the well known dentist of 607 Sumit street, this city, is telling of his remarkable cure of Kidney Disease by using Dodd's Kidney Pills. "I was flat on my back and must say I had almost given up all hope of ever getting any help," says Dr. Lewis. "My kidneys had troubled me for years. The pains in my back were severe and I had to get up several times at night. I tried different medicines but kept on getting worse till I was laid up. "Then a friend advised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills and in about two weeks I started to improve. Now I am glad to admit I am cured and I cannot praise Dodd's Kidney Pills too highly." If you take Dodd's Kidney Pills when your kidneys first show signs of being out of order you will never have Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Gravel or Rheumatism. A mother gets a great deal of pleasure thinking either how handsome the baby is or that he is going to be a great man. RESTORED HIS HAIR Scalp Humor Cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment—After All Else Had Failed. "I was troubled with a severe scalp humor and loss of hair that gave me a great deal of annoyance and inconvenience. After unsuccessful efforts with many remedies and so-called hair tonics, a friend induced me to try Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The humor was cured in a short time, my hair was restored as healthy as ever, and I can gladly say I have since been entirely free from any further annoyance. I shall always use Cuticura Soap, and I keep the Ointment on hand to use as a dressing for the hair and scalp. (Signed) Fred'k Busche, 213 East 57th St., New York City." Paying for experience is almost as valuable to a man as betting on horse races. MYSTERIES IN TWO OILS. Rhodium and Cumin Have Strange Attraction for Fishes and Animals. "The oil of rhodium is supposed to have a strange attraction for fish," said an angler. "This oil costs $2 for a tiny vest pocket vial. Nevertheless the most poverty-stricken of bait fishermen won't hesitate to buy it when he wants to make a big haul of fish. "I believe it is true that the oil of rhodium attracts fish as no natural bait will do. I believe that with a drop of oil of rhodium on his worm an angler can increase his catch of fish sixfold or sevenfold. The fact is, I have had pretty good indirect proof that this is so." "The mysterious oil of rhodium has in oil of cumin a mysterious brother. You have heard of horse tamers—of those strange men who in a few minutes will make a dangerous and ungovernable nag as gentle and tractable as a lap dog? Well, it is said that these men tame their horses with oil of rhodium and oil of cumin sprinkled on their fingers. They let the horse sniff the two oils and at once the animal's ferocity goes out of it and it becomes quiet and kindly in an instant. "I should like to know just what the oils of rhodium and cumin are and I should like to know whether they really have the powerful effect on horses and on fish that they are said to have. No one whom I have consulted, though, can give me any direct and personal evidence about the matter." Just Plain Grab. In one of the Chicago divorce mills the other day the case of Bifkins versus Bifkins, or some such name, was called, and a henpecked looking little man arose, walked over to the witness chair, and sadly sank into it. During the course of the trial it came out that the domestic tranquility of the Bifkins home had been disturbed over financial affairs. "You charge in your bill that your wife, the defendant, took too much of your money," said the wife's lawyer. "Yes, sir," admitted the husband. "Can you tell me something about the distribution of the funds in your family?" asked the lawyer. "There wasn't any distribution," answered the little man. "Well, that's strange," said the lawyer. "You say there was no distribution, but that your wife got too much of your money. What do you mean by such contradictory statements?" "They are not contradictory," said the husband. "There was no distribution. It was grab." Our Saints. From the eternal shadow rounding, All unsure and starlight here. Voices of our 'tat ones sounding, Bid us be of heart and cheer. Through the silence, down the spaces, falling on the inward ear. Know we not our dead are looking Downward, as in sad surprise, All our strife of words rebuking With their mild and carnest eyes? Shall we grieve the holy angels, shall we cloud their blesses skies? Let us draw their mantles o'er us, Which have fallen in our way; Let us do the work before us Calmly, bravely, while we may, Are the long night-silence cometh, and with us it is not day! —John G. Whittier. Our Saints. Knotty Legal Problem. A curious question has arisen in the Maine courts. Last winter several important cases were tried at the January session for Androscoggin county and marked "law court." Immediately after the term ended the court stenographer died, and no one can be found who can translate his notes, because of his peculiar system of shortand. Must they be retried, and, if so, at whose expense? Defect in Electoral College. Congressman Charles F. Scott of Kansas, writing of the session of the electoral college in Washington, says: "It is a little singular that neither the constitution nor the laws provide for a certificate of election to president or vice president, or an official notification to them of their election. They simply have to take somebody's word for it." Treating Wrong Disease. The Secret of Good Coffee Even the best housekeepers cannot make a good cup of coffee without good material. Dirty, adulterated and queerly blended coffee such as unscrupulous dealers shovel over their counters won't do. But take the pure, clean, natural flavored LION COFFEE, the leader of all package coffees—the coffee that for over a quarter of a century has been daily welcomed in millions of homes—and you will make a drink fit for a king in this way: HOW TO MAKE GOOD COFFEE. minutes to settle. Serve empty. 2d. WITH COLD WATER. Add your cold water to the paste and bring it to a boil. Then set aside, add a little cold water, and in five minutes it's ready to serve. 3 Don't boil it too long. Don't let it stand more than ten minutes before serving. DONT'S Don't use water that has been boiled before. Insist on getting a package of genuine LION COFFEE, prepare it according to this recipe and you will only use LION COFFEE in future. (Sold only in 1 lb. sealed packages.) CATALOGUE FREE. Add. J. F. DRAUGHON, Pres. Chain of 20 Colleges. Inc. $300,000.00 Capital. Estab. 16 years. POSITION $50 per month GUARANTEED or money refunded, or you tuition out of salary aftergraduating. Novacation. Enter any time. In thoroughness and reputation D. P. B. C.'s are to other Bus. Colleges what Harvard University is to Academies. 7,000 students annually. Indorsed by business men from Me. to Cali. Cheap boards. HOME Contract given to refund money, if after taking our Home Study by mail, you are not satisfied. Write for prices. Many times women call on their family physicians, suffering, as they imagine, one from dyspepsia, another from heart disease, another from liver or kidney disease, another from nervous exhaustion or prostration, another with pain here and there, and in this way they all present alike to themselves and their easy-going and indifferent, or over-busy doctor, separate and distinct diseases, for which he, assuming them to be such, prescribes his pills and potions. In reality they are all only symptoms caused by some womb disease. The physician, ignorant of the cause of suffering, encourages this practice until large blids are made. The suffering patient gets no better, but probably worse, by reason of the delay, wrong treatment and consequent complications. A proper medicine like Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, directed to the cause would have entirely removed the disease, thereby dispelling all those distressing symptoms, and instituting comfort instead of prolonged misery. It has been well said that "a disease known is half cured." In cases almost innumerable, after all other medicines had failed to help and doctors had said there was no cure possible, the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, supplemented when necessary by medical advice and counsel of Dr. Pierce, has resulted in a perfect and permanent cure. The genuineness of these cures is attested not only by the entire disappearance of pain, but by a gain of flesh, a clear complexion and a cheerful disposition. A SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE.—Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a scientific medicine, carefully devised by an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organism. It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfectly harmless in its effects in any condition of the system. It contains no alcohol, opium, digitalis or other injurious ingredient. DR. R. V. PIERCE. Buffalo. N. Y.:: Dear Sir—I was very low, and our home physician said I would never be well until I went to the hospital. Knowing what I did of your medicine I concluded to try it and felt sure it would cure me. To-day I thank God for Dr. Pierce's medicine. I began keeping house the 11th day of April and was just able to crawl about and in three weeks I could do all my own work, laundry and all. I have The Secret of Even the best housekeeper's coffee without good material. I blended coffee such as unscrupulous counters won't do. But take the LION COFFEE, the leaesthe coffee that for over a quarter welcomed in millions of homes—for a king in this way: HOW TO MAKE Use LION COFFEE, because to get best taste, Grind your LION COFFEE rather fine. Extra for the pot." First mix it with a little coffee add white of an egg (if egg is to be used as a sugar). 1st. WITH BOILING WATER. A THREE MINUTES ONLY. Add a little minutes to settle. Serve promptly. 2d. WITH COLD WATER. Add bring it to a boil. Then set aside, the minutes it's ready to serve. 3 {Don't boll it too long. Don't let it stand more than DONT'S {Don't use water that hates TWO WAYS TO 1st. With Eggs. Use part of the white COFFEE before boiling. 2d. With Cold Water instead of eggs. Aside for eight or ten minutes, then serve through Insist on getting a package prepare it according to this LION COFFEE in future. (Lion-head on) (Save these Lion-heads) SOLD BY GROCER DRAUGHON'S PRACTICAL BUSINESS CATALOGUE FREE. Add. J. F. DRAUGHON Chain of 20 Colleges. Inc. $300,000.00 Capital POSITION $50 per month GUARANTEED tuition out of salary after any time. In thoroughness and reputation. Bus. Colleges what Harvard University is annually. Indorsed by business men from HOME Contract given to refund STUDY Study by mail, you are n PATENTS that PROTECT 72-p. Book Mailed Free R. S. & A. B. LACEY, Patent Att'ys, Washington, D. C. BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. taken six bottles of Dr. Pierce's medicine and feel real good, but am not going to stop until am sure I am cured. I tell all my lady friends about Dr. Pierce's wonderful medicine. They all say, "how good you are looking Mrs. Taylor," and I answer it is all due to Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Thanking you once more for your kindness, I remain. Yours truly. MRS. E. G. TAYLOR Box 91. Spring Arbor, Mass. An honest dealer will not urge a substitute in place of "Favorite Prescription." There is nothing in the world "just as good," although avaricious druggists will sometimes say so for the sake of the greater profit to be made upon the inferior article. Shun all such. Every wise and careful housewife recognizes the value of a good home medical book. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Advisor is that kind of a book and the best of its kind. It used to sell for $1.50 per copy. Now a big edition is being given away—FREE. For paper-covered copy, send 21 one-cent stamps, to cover mailing only. French cloth binding ten cents extra. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. ASSIST NATURE a little now and then, with a gentle laxative, or, if need be, with a more searching and cleansing, yet gentle cathartic, to remove offending matter from the stomach and bowels, to tone up and invigorate the liver and quicken its tardy action, and you thereby avoid a multitude of derangements and diseases. Of all known agents to accomplish this purpose, Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are unequaled. Once used they are always in favor. Their secondary effect is to keep the bowels open and regular, not to further constipate, as is the case with other pills. Hence, their great popularity with sufferers from habitual constipation, piles and their attendant discomfort and manifold derangements. The "Pleasant Pellets" are valuable in all cases of billiousness, sick and bilious headache, dizziness, costiveness, or constipation of the bowels, sour stomach, windy belchings, "heart-burn," pain and distress after eating, and kindred derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels. Of Good Coffee Makers cannot make a good cup of Dirty, adulterated and queerly impulous dealers shovel over their one pure, clean, natural flavored header of all package coffees— a quarter of a century has been daily —and you will make a drink fit THE GOOD COFFEE. It results you must use the best coffee. Use "a tablespoonful to each cup, and one cold water, enough to make a thick paste, and settler), then follow one of the following rules: Add boiling water, and let it boil little cold water and set aside five hours. Add your cold water to the paste and add a little cold water, and in five minutes than ten minutes before serving. has been boiled before. SETTLE COFFEE. Date of an egg, mixing it with the ground LION After boiling add a dash of cold water, and set strongly a strainer. Package of genuine LION COFFEE, is recipe and you will only use (Sold only in 1 lb. sealed packages.) in every package.) for valuable premiums. ERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. Colleges. LAUGHON, Pres. Total. Estab. 16 years. Oklahoma City, G. T. Muskogee, I. T. Ft. Scott, Kans. Kansas City, Mo. Ft. Worth, Tex. TEED or money refunded, or you may pay eregraduating. Novacation. Enter notation D. P. B. C.'s are to other y is to Academies. 7,000 students from Me. to Cali. Cheap board. and money, if after taking our Home e not satisfied. Write for prices. W. N. U., Oklahoma City, No. 13, 1905 PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Boat Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION REPUBLICAN PLATFORM In the event bordering upon the approach of statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory, it is imperative and highly necessary for the republicans of the city of Muskogee to unite and line up for the political battles to be fought in the future. Therefore, be it resolved that we as republicans of this magnificent municipality, in public meeting assembled, reaffirm our allegiance to the republican party and most heartily endorse the principles laid down in the national republican platform, adopted at Chicago in 1904. We approve and commend the excellent statesmanship, manly manhood, honest courage, steadfast firmnes sand rigorous methods of that rugged American, Theodore Roosevelt, whom the great nations of the world recognize and esteem for his broad minded capabilities and excellent virtues. We recognize that the safety of our American institutions lies in the fact that the humblest citizen may aspire to, and attain, the highest office in the gift of the people, and we point with pride to the republican party which has at all times upheld the qualified citizen, regardless of race, color or previous conditions of servitude, and pledge ourselves to adhere to this policy in the conduct of all public affairs. We favor municipal progress and improvement; the character of all improvements to be substantial and permanent. The present condition of the streets of Muskogee is due largely to the inattention of democratic officials. We believe that this branch of our municipal government should receive the unqualified attention of our public officers and the public fund for street improvement should be apportioned to all parts of the city so that those contributing to the fund shall receive an equal share in its benefits. We believe that all franchise propositions wherein taxation for their maintenance is involved should be submitted to the people to be voted on at some general election, and that whenever possible all public utilities should be owned or controlled by the municipality. The nominees on the republican ticket are pledged to good government, equal and just legislation to the interests of all the people. The republican party has at all times steadfastly upheld the interests of the working man and to him the party need make no assurance of its interests in his welfare. he nominees on the republican ticket are, therefore, pledged to deal with the labor interests of our city with that even and exact justice which has at all times characterized the National republican party. In the construction of our sewerage system the democrats have invited just criticism and condemnation by the people for their lack of judgment in not providing adequate facilities for disposing of the city's refuse matter and the nominees on the republican ticket are pledged to rectify the many errors found in the construction of the system. We favor the completion of the water works settling basin at the earliest practicable date. We further pledge and firmly resolve that school facilities must, in its most equitable sense conform to the law and insist that nothing shall abridge the privilege or immunities of citizens to the United States. We further and finally pledge that adequate and sufficient protection from the ravages of fire be had as speedily as possible so that all parts of the city are equally protected and to that end we propose to inaugurate a full and complete reorganization of said department to the end that a fire alarm system adequate and sufficient apparatus, additional fire headquarters and a full complement of officers and men be installed. To those of our fellow citizens who believe in the principals herein set forth we invite their earnest cooperation and assistance. It is hard but it is true that a man has to live among such tough classes of negroes as I do, but I have no where else to go. I bought this place and paid for it, therefore, I must stay at home. The city ought to drive such characters out of the heart of the city or charge them liscense for running such dives. The owner of the property is the king bee among that tough gang. D. RICHARDSON. 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. First door south of Fire Dep't S. SECOND STREET. VICTORIA HOTEL When at Claremore stop at the Victoria Hotel, Modern, Upto-date, Elegant Rooms, Table Unsurpassed. MRS. IDELLA ROBINSON, PROP. Claremore, I. T. Notice to Colored People. I have platted the McGilbray Cemetery, 3 miles north of the center os Muskogee, into burla lots 20 feet square. The lots will be sold exclusively to co'ored people at $10 per lot, and a warrkntee deed, duly recorded, will be given to each lot. The first purchasers will be entitqed to choice of lots. For further information call on or address John Lieber, Room 115, Old Homestead Bld'g Muskogec. Read our advertisements and patronize those who advertise with us. They deserve your trade and will sell you the best of goods. STUDY LAW AT HOME Prepare for success at the bar, in business or public life, by mail, in the ORIGINAL HOOK Founded in 1880. Successful graduates everywhere. Approved by bar and law colleges. Regular College Law Course and Business Law Course. Liberal Terms. Special Offer Now. Catalogue Free. Sprague Correspondence School of Law, 723 Majestic Blvd., Deerlift, Mich. Prepare for success at the bar, in business or public life, by mail, in the ORIGINAL SCHOOL of GRADUATION. Successful graduate schools everywhere. Approved by bar and law colleges. Approved College Law Course and Business Law Course. Liberal Terms. Special Offer Now. Catalogue Free. Sprague Correspondence School of Law, 733 Majestic Bldg., Doirieit, Mish. GEO. D. HOPE LUMBER COMPANY DEALER IN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime. Cement, Etc. EAST OKMULGEE AVE. Official Statement of the Condition of the Commercial National Bank, Muskogee. Indian Territory, RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $712,003 95 Overdrafts, cotton, 25,989 61 Bonds and Preuiums, 206,080 49 Furniture and Fixtures 7,985 11 Cash and Exchange 189,093 48 LIABILITIES Capital $200,000 00 Surplus and Profit 21,572 39 Circulation 150,000 00 Deposits 759,530 25 $1,141,152 64 $1,141,152 64 The above statement is correct D N FINK, Cashier, TERRITORIAL TRUST & SURETY CO. Abstracts of Title, Title Guaranteed, Surety Bonds Written : : : : : : : : MUSKOGEE FOR SALE AT DISCOUNT Or will trade for land. Big general stock of merchandise. Look this us.—R. L. Nay, 203 Illinois Building muskogee. BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. 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. KIRSHBAUM GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases. W. E. McCLURE, Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee I. T ROOSEVELT ROUGH RIDERS Reunion SAN ANTONIA, TEXAS, APRIL 7TH. Will sell excursion tickets at one fare plus 50c from date of sale. President Roosevelt will be there. Don't miss it, talk to KATY'S AGENT about it. 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.