Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. JUDGE RAYMOND COMPLETELY EXONORATED Report of Assistant Attorney General Russell Has Been Made Public and the Charges Fall to the Ground and His Record is Praised. NO CRITICISM FROM DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Judge Russell States That a Federal Judge Should Not Fear the Criticism of Department and That None is Required in This Case. Vol 6. Washington, April 3.—Assistant Attorney General Russell to-day announced that the charges that had been preferred against Judge Raymond had fallen to the ground and that there was nothing found that would warrant the removal from office of the judge nor call for criticism from the department of justice. Judge Raymond is completely exonorated Judge Russell stated today his views as follows: "In view of the conclusion of this report, it is not deemed within the province of this department to criticise the conduct of Judge Raymond. LOANS MADE TO FREEDMEN ON THEIR. ALLOTMENTS. Muskogee, I. T., Mar. 27, 1905. Mr. W. H. Twine, Muskogee, I. T. In all farm loans made hereafter by this company borrowers will be given both of the following prepayment privileges: "1. The borrower has the privilege of prepayment, at any time after one year, of any amount not to exceed one-fifth of the principal in any one year." "2. In the event of a bona fide sale of the property the company agrees to accept payment of the entire loan at any time after one year with six months interest in advance from date of such payment, provided it cannot agree with the purchaser in a re-construction of the mortgage contract.' The first will permit them to make partial payments and stop interest after the first year, and the second will permit the payment of the entire loan if they sell the land to a pur- Muskogee, I. T., Thursday, April. 6, 1905. "Federal judges must be free from fear of criticism of members of the executive department. This cannot be if their conduct is subject to constant comment by officials who are close to the president. "Judge Raymond's honesty, impartiality and industry has never been seriously questioned. He has been very industriously trying to make an exceptional record for good and rapid work, particularly in the suppression of the liquor traffic, a traffic that is obviously injurious to the peace and welfare of Indian Territory. chaser who will not assume the debt. Or borrowers may keep the money for ten years if they do not wish to pay before. We have also decided to pay all tract and recording fees ourselves no charge being made to the borrower them, so that the borrower will have no expenses whatever to pay out of money borrowed from us at 8 per cent. interest. Titles will be examined and loan papers drawn at Muskogee and money paid out from this office, enabling us to close loans promptly. Yours truly, CHAS. H. LOMBARD, Manager. The result of the Raymond investigation shows that a few disgruntled republicans and the hot headed democrats from the South have been turned down by the sober minded officials at the National Capitol who place competency, honesty and straight forward dealing above dishonesty and ignorance. When the news came that Raymond had been exhonorated Prof. Wood cut a double shuffle, McRea danced a jig, and the Cimeter out-fit—well they took a day off, while Funny Jaybird, Hell A—dam et al commenced to side step. It was a caution to see the Jaybird back step and play the Craw-dad act. The white republicans who walked up and voted the straight democrat ticket is in a condition not to be envied. In a few short months he will be calling up witnesses to prove he always voted a straight ticket, even if there were some Negroes on the ticket. Judge Robertson stood pat and voted a straight ticket, although he was not here to help make it as also did John Lieber and others but their are some who paraded the streets and openly avowed that they would vote for the opposition because of the Negro. There were quite a number of Negroes on the Roosevelt train and its a wonder that Clarence could get on even if they were servants as the doughty colonel is very much afraid of contamination. There are at least 15000 inhabitants in Great Muskogee now and that number is being increased by daily arrivals. There is no doubt about our reaching the 50000 mark within the next five years. Clarence are you and your cohorts satisfied with the decision from the Department of Justice, if not, why not? No.26 WHITE MAN. Sentenced to Hang for Killing a Negro in South Carolina. Darlington, S. C., March 29.—Bob Small, a white man, recently convicted of killing a respectable and industrious Negro named Frank Scott, was sentenced to be hanged Friday, May 5. John Noll, also white, an accessory to the crime, was recommended to mercy and was given a life sentence. Sam Marks a Negro, who killed Hillary Lanston, white, was sentenced to die on the gallows with Smith. Enquirer. Is justice finally showing its face through the clouds? This incident, which came to my notice this morning, surprised me to such an extent as to make me comment on it. Yes, "the age of justice," is coming, slow, but sure, and the Negro will appreciate it when it comes. Let every man, be he white or colored, have a fair trial and punishment accordingly. We have met the enemy and he licked h—l out of us in the first round. Negroes who worked for the democrat ticket are not worth their room in hell and the sooner these cusses get home to their Master, the devil, the better it will be for the race. He laughs best, who laughs last. It's a good thing that Clarence, Tom, and the other cusses had iheir laugh before the decision came as they have been cussing every since. Even the democrats say that they could not have elected the ticket without the consent, help, and assistance of the white republicans. They elected the whole republican ticket at Wildcat alias Grayson and that is some consolation at least. More than 15,000 people greeted and welcomed President Roosevelt into the Queen City of the Southwest on Wednesday at 11:02 a.m. The white man, the black man and the red man all joined in one grand shout of welcome to the Nation's chief Mr. Leo E. Bennett and his men were on hand when the President arrived and were ably assisted by Hans Carter and his men. The best of order was had and it is a compliment to the people and the officers of the Indian Territory. The beauty about striking an attitude is that an attitude can't strike back. It Makes You Grow. Not tall, but well. Now spring is here—you need it. The accumulation of impurities must be gotten rid of before you look well or feel good. Simons' Sarsaparilla does the work—makes you well and strong—and gives you an appetite like an ostrich. A woman is always sure she knows some old-fashioned remedy that would cure her husband's headache if she could only remember what it is. New York Press. 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. Hitchens. In Ugo For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. The funniest thing about many a comedian is the fact that he thinks he's funny. 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. Be great in act as you have been in thought. Suit the action to the word and the word to the action.—Shakespeare. 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Combination of Little Joke and Stupidity of Maid Resulted in Visit Being Cut Very Short—"Posters" Evidently Displeased Him. "Bishop Maxwell, is it not?" inquired Mrs. Spaulding, cordially, as her guest came down to breakfast, suit case in hand, says the Youth's Companion. "I feel that I know you through my son, and I was so glad when he arranged to have you stay with us on your way through the city. But what does this luggage mean? You're going to stay a day or so?" "No, thank you, Mrs. Spaulding," returned the bishop. "I must go right on to-day." "Oh, that makes it doubly unfortunate that I had to be away last evening. I hope you found my message of explanation? The friend I was called to was very ill and I felt sure that you would understand, but the fact that Mr. Spaulding was out of town, too, made me regret going especially. I do hope my maid took care of you comfortably and that you rested well. I thought you must have been weary when I came in at 10 and found you had retired." The bishop replied politely, but there was an odd constraint in his manner which lasted until he had bowed himself out of the house after breakfast. "What can be the matter?" puzzled Mrs. Spaulding, as she watched the distinguished gentleman stalking down the street. "Dick was so anxicus he should like us." Then a sickening thought struck her and she darted upstairs. It had been Mrs. Spaulding's custom during the boyhood of her only son to correct his fallings by posting about the house little placards which gently pleaded with him on the error of his ways. A week or two earlier, when Dick was coming home for a college vacation, she had unearthed some of these old signs and, just for a joke, had pinned them up in his room, like old times. They had been taken down later, but she remembered now that after being summoned to the sick friend the morning before she had led her new—and not brilliant—maid to Dick's door and had said: "I want this room swept and arranged for Bishop Maxwell exactly as we did it for Mr. Dick last week. Do you understand?" With wings on her feet Mrs. Spaulding flew to the room the bishop had occupied, but at the threshold she paused—and gasped. On one of the pillows was a staring notice to this effect: 'Please put your bed airing in the morning!' Over the mirror: "Please don't spatter the glass!" On the window curtain: "Please don't leave your coat on a chair! Hang it up." "Please don't leave your toothbrush in the bathroom!" "Please turn off the hot-water faucet!" There were at least fifteen of these placards and "Please" underlined three or four times in each, but—horror or horrors!—the largest of all was this, on the inside of the door: "If you take a bath, please wash out the tub; it's disgraceful not to!" Faint Heart. I wonder if she knows how much My heart cries out for her dear heart. I wonder if she's felt the touch, The joyous thrill, the bitter smart Of Cupid's dart. I wonder. I wonder what she'll say to me When I have told my tale to-night. O will it be my fate to be Transported to the sun-kissed height Of sheer delight? I wonder. STOP! WOMEN, Many women suffer in silence and drift along from bad to worse, knowing full well that they ought to have immediate assistance, but a natural modesty impels them to shrink from exposing themselves to the questions and probably examinations of even their family physician. It is unnecessary. Without money or price you can consult a woman whose knowledge from actual experience is great. Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, read and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman; thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case. She asks nothing in return except your good-will, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. — Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. 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Without money or price you can consult a woman whose knowledge from actual experience is great. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation: Women suffering from any form of female wness are invited to promptly communicate with Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, read and answered by women only, woman can freely talk of her private illness to woman; thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case. She asks nothing in return except your good-will, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. —Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Following we publish two letters from a woman who accepted this invitation. Note the result. First letter. 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Adjoining lands may be purchased from railway and land companies at reasonable prices. For information as to route, cost of transportation etc., apply to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. NEW PENSION LAWS SENT FREE Apply to NATHAN BICKFORD, 914 F St. Washington, D. C. HOW TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ESCAPED PELVIC CATARRH BY AID OF PE-RU-NA. Female Weakness Is Usually Pelvic Catarrh. Pe-ru-na Cures Catarrh Wherever Located. BOYS AND GIRLS Our neighbor's cat is Persian, the Jones's is Maltese. Aunty's big Angora has feathers to her knees (At least, they look like feathers) and a tail so big and white When that kitty meets a puppy dog, I tell you, it's a sight! But when I ask: "What breed is mine—my pussy, sleek and fat?" They laugh, and pull my curis and say: "I fear—just cat." It's true her eyes aren't yellow, and her tail is rather small. I don't know if she ever had a pedM-gree at all. (That big word means her mother, her grandma, too, they say. That they all took prizes at a show, were marked a special way). What do I care for markings, for prizes and all that? My kitty's just as precious if she is just cat! She was the dearest kitten, all scamper and all fur! Not one of all my pets could make me laugh at her; She may be very common, but I know she's good and true. For she meets me when I come from school with loving little mew; And when shes' 'round we never see a naughty mouse or rat. And I believe I love her better 'cause she's just plain cat! —Selected. The String and Vase Trick. See who can hold the greatest number of peanuts in his left hand without the aid of his right in putting them there. Fasten a peanut to a thread, and on the floor place a vase with a mouth just large enough for a peanut to pass through. Let each take a turn at holding the peanut by the thread about a foot above the vase, and then A dropping it. The one who succeeds in dropping the peanut into the vase wins. If no one succeeds in the first inning, let all try again. If more than one succeeds, they must try again until there is only one. Place a large hatpin upright on the floor, and let each contestant throw five peanuts at it, one at a time; the one who makes a peanut go nearest the pin, and remain there, wins. Strew peanuts over the room about a foot apart, and let each contestant take a turn at going from one to the other and back again. The one who does this in the least time by the watch, without stepping on a peanut, wins. Give each contestant ten peanuts, and at a signal let all begin to shell them, removing also the inner skin. The one who finishes first, without breaking a kernel, wins. If one breaks into more than two natural divisions of the nut, another peanut must be shelled in its place. 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The good that Peruna has accomplished in this class of cases can scarcely be over-estimated. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. All correspondence held strictly confidential. aaa PHE CIMETER, — PUBLIBHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTER: EST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO. ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUS Cee T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MAT _ W. H. TWINE - - «+ «© Editor. R WOOD, - + + = Ass’t Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE - + Gen'l Solicitor E. T. HEARNE - - . City Reporter NSS For Delegate to the Constitution- al Convention: A. GW, Sanco of Muskogee. The Negroes who subscribe for the Pheonix should cut it out at once and do as we said about the Times, they are both in the same class. We should shun them as the devil does ho- ly water. C. K. Marks, in his harangue on the night before election did more harm than good, he put tye whole ticket at a disadvan- tage and they never recovered from thair unenviatable condi: tion. Such preachers as old Wes- son who fights Negro represen- tation and bolts the ticket are not worth their room in hell. We have too many such gospel sharks and ministerial _ free- hooters who steal the livery of heaven to serve the devil in these infernal scoundrels should be placed behind the prison bars It was a nice spectacle when Davis. the committeeman from the fourth ward, was caught in the act of working against Dr. Sims the republican nominee for tax collector. Of course this fellow cusses the Cimeter yet we supported the ticket without money and: without price, and are willing to let the deacon cuss us to his heart’s content, After seeing the disgraceful cartoons in the Times no Negro should subscribe for it or trade with merchants who advertise in tiie infernal race hating sheet It would should the hell hounds who control this foul-mouth pre- tended newspaper tat we hate and detest. his methods as he does us. We should not be surprised if Clarence should now file charges against the Department of Jus- tice and President Roosevelt as he can say that they agreed to whitewash Raymond. It would be just as sens ble as anything else Clarence and his tools have done, The lion tamer is in hard straights. The election is over, we have Jost. Let us not grieve over spilt milk. Let us join hands for the up-building of Greater Musko- gee, We are now citizens of the greatest town in the West and for the time being we lay politics aside and go to work for our town, The vote in the 3rd ward shows that the Negroes anda few white republicans voted the ticket. The vote received by the colored candidates show that the white republicans refused to vote or voted the democrat tick- et. Davis, the fellow from the 4th ward, who fought Shackelford; who is always cussing the court house gang; also fought Dr. Sims and while he isa commit- teeman from the 4th ward, he is responsible in so far as his limit- ed ability will permit for the de- feat of the ticket in that ward. The people in that ward should at least do some thinking before the elect the monstrosity again: White republicans voted the democrat ticket because they said that to elect a Negro was to submit to Negro domination they alone are responsible for the landslide in favor of democ- racy and in the future will re- gret their unwise action. Mus- kogee is a republican town that elects democrat officials because the republicans are such d—n fools they cannot get together. The Negroes were loyal to the ticket in the main but the great majority of white republicans refused to vote the ticket be- cause there were Negroes on it and of course we meta waterloo land then again the republicans had no campaign fund, while while that of the democrats was unlimited and they used it toa finish. Funny Jay-bird Gordon and Hell A—dam Clark et al who foined in Clarence in his fight against Raymond are now trying ing to hedge and claim that the Searchlight was not a tool of the lion tamer but as a matter of fact at its very birth it com- menced at a tired of abuse against Raymond that showed that they were the willing dupes of Douglas and his growd and ‘that the hoped to, profit by the success of the famous grand ‘stand player who pretends to be ‘a friend of the Negro, yet was ‘too full of hatred and prejudice |to support the Negroes on the republican ticket. The man who sells his vote is no worse than the buyer, either or both of them are unworthy of citizenship and should-be put in prison. : , Read our advertisements and pa- tronize those who advertise with us. 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Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber does not piece by the foot but by the ata ee ee ee ee 4 The Ganadian Valley Trust Company 2 Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owness of three, four, five and six room houses can secure de- sirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT ~ Canadian Valley Trust Co. , A tis | ihe SAI roval gt =r, 4 tice a % Sh 4 Fa @ ap- gt 2S; ome] 54) sO. ne CAs a frag! aie age ne og m or ae pe ay stock. gies 7. ¥ Sh Bi they f rir 1 i Ta RY 08 Ny \ : + the “Ti in| SWAN WA 4 nes t Ly Js aaa aaa eae eee Funeral of Disaster's Only Victim Will Be Held Tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Frank P Hays and their 4-year-old daughter Marguerite, of 4338 West Pine boulevard, returned yesterday morning from Paris, Tex., over the Frisco line. The same train brought the remains of Mrs. Maggie Cooney, Mrs. Hays' late maid who was killed last Friday in a railroad accident, fifteen miles north of Paris. Mrs. Hays had a narrow escape when the wreck occurred. She gave the following account of the accident: "Had Mrs. Cooney stayed in the rear of the car, I do not believe she would have been hurt. But she had become sick, I suppose, and went to the toilet room of our Pullman car. As she was leaving the toilet room the accident occurred, and she was thrown out of the door and into the vestibule. After I had gotten out of the train and ascertained that she was hurt, I went to her, and the first thing she asked me was: 'Are you hurt? Is little Margie hurt?' We did all we could for her. She never complained, and apparently felt no pain unless moved about. "Just before our car was derailed, my little daughter came to me, and playfully asked what excuse she should offer when Ben Williams, the colored porter, came, as she had sent for him. Ben came and jokingly chided Marguerite for sending for him. Suddenly our train, as it neared the bridge, seemed to be going unusually fast. Porter a Hero. "Williams picked Marguerite in his arms as the car swayed from one side to another. He is a large, powerfully built fellow. Suddenly, the coach went off the rails and down over a steep embankment. I looked out of the window and saw that the bridge was burning. Our coach was soon ablaze. Williams coolly told us to be calm, while he broke a hole in the top of the car. Then he carried Marguerite to a place of safety and came back and assisted me to climb out. Mr. Hays has already sent Williams a check as a reward for his conduct. He lives at 2635 Lawton avenue in this city. Had it not been for Williams, my little girl would certainly have been hurt. Williams told me that hq had been in four previous accidents, and his coolness showed it." A Missouri Negro Seeks to Secure The Passage of a Unique Bill. The Topeka Plain dealer. The following bill was originated by the Hon. J. Silas Harris, of Kansts City, Mo., president of the Negro Republican State League, who tried to introduce it in the Missouri legislature and could not get a single republican or democrat who had back bone enough to offer it: An act making legitimate, the illitimate children of Negro women, begotten by white fathers: Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Missouri: Sec. 1. That on and after the passage of this act, all children of Negro women, who shall be begotten by white fathers shall bereby be declared heirs of said father and shall share equally with all other children in the distribution of all the property of said white father. GEO. D. HOPE LUMBER COMPANY DEALER IN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime. Cement, Etc. EAST OKMULGEE AVE. Sec. 2. That said father shall provide for the maintainnance of the child or children during its or their minority as is provided in the statute for said child or children. Sec. 3. That whenever it can be established by proof in any court of record corrobated by two creditable witnesses that the defendant is a white man and father of her child or children, shall be sufficient proof to legitimate said child or children. 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 Premiums, 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, Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that in default of said white father to support and to give a common school education to any child begotten upon the body of a Negro woman that said Negro mother may sue and maintain an action without bond or security for non-support of said child or children as is now provided by the statute for non-support of legitimate children. TERRITORIAL TRUST & SURETY CO. Sec. 5. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Abstracts of Title, Title Guaranteed, Surety Bonds Written : : : : : : : : Opera Festival at Kansas City. For the Spring Festival of Grand Opera given by the Conried Metropolitan Opera Company, at Kansas City, March 31st, and April 1st, the a rate of one fare plus 50 cents for M. K. & T. Ry. will have in effect a rate of one fare plus 50 cents for round trip. Tickets on sale March 30th, 31st and April 1st. Good to return up to midnight, April 3rd. See Katy's agent about ia and go. 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. NOTICE. FARM LOANS. $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. 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. SCHEIBERL The Tailor First door south of Fire Dep't S. SECOND STREET. Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases. W. E. McCLURE, Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee I. T 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 burlal lots 20 feet square. The lots will be sold exclusively to colored people at $10 per lot, and a warrkntee deed, duly recorded, will be given to each lot. The first purchasers will be entitled to choice of lots. For further information call on or address THE M. K. & T. RY. 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. John Lieber, Room 115, Old Homestead Bld'g Muskogee. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Leans a Specialty Second and Broadway. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. STUDY LAW AT HOME STUDY LAW AT HOME Prepare for success at the bar, in business or public life, by mail, in the ORIGINAL SCHOOL. Founded in 1880. Successful graduates everywhere. Approved by bar and law colleges. Regular College Law Courts and Business Law Course. Liberal Vorme. Special Offer Now. Catalogue Free. Sprague Correspondence School of Law, 733 Majestic Bldg., Detroit, Mich. as... e Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor, MUSKOGCE, . . IND. TER. SS NEW STATE NEWS ° ' Bob Lee, a Muskogee cab driver, is said to have fallen heir to a fortune of two million dollars, left by an English uncle. Canadian county farmers are or- ®anizing to fight the grain trust. Ele- vators will be built at a number of stations in the county and independ ent buyers will be put in charge. An oll company at Blackwell struck a new flow of gas equal to 2,000,000 cubic feet a day at a depth of 800 feet. This is the strongest flow of gas that has been found in this part of the country. Tho new jail of the northern dis- trict, located at Vinita, has been com- pleted and last week the prisoners were removed from the old to the new structure, The buildings of Kendall college at Muskogee may be removed from thetr present location to make room for & residential section of the city. Charles Leach has been appointed official surveyor for the Osage Indian agency, and will locate allotments and oll and gas leases, J. W. Harvey, a well-to-do merchant at Shawnee, has disappeared and there 1s considerable speculation as to his present whereabouts. His rel- atives belleve he went to St. Louls, but the police are inclined to think that his disappearance is due to foul play. Tho meeting of the Oklahoma board of railroad assessors, composed of the governor, attorney general and auditor, scheduled to have taken place last week, Was postponed on account of a large number of reports not be- ing received. It is not definitely known when this board will sit, as it depends upon the promptness of the assessors in sending in their returns, George Hardin, an actor, has been acquitted of the charge of murder by an Oklahoma jury. A year ago the accused and another performer be came engaged in a fight and the latter died from wounds received, The body of Tom Lyday, an aged carpenter, was found in the Canadian river near Shawnee. The clothing contained considerable money and identification was had through ecards on the body, Lyday had been miss ing a month, The South McAlester lodge of Mod- ern Woodmen has been awarded the silk banner, emblematic of the larg: est lodge in the territory, The ban- ner is awarded each year to the lodge having the largest membership on January 1. “Tennessee,” a negro deputy mar- shal, was shot and killed at Oktaha at a negro dance while trying to arrest Walter Wood, a white man, who was looking on, "It is said that the shoot- ing was done by “Uncle” John B. Price, a friend of Wood, who tried to interfere with the arrest. Wood was arrested but Price is still at large. Amos Holman, a lad twelve years old, was arrested for entering the Belt Grocery at Shawnee and steal ing a small amount of money from the cash register, The youth secured an entrance by scraping the putty from one of the window lights and re- moving the glass, crawled through ithe opening, He was given thirty ‘days in jail, The Welght of a Crowd In view of the recent disaster in a Brooklyn church, the question of the weight per square foot or per square yard of a crowd of persons is certain- ly one that is in need of discussion and application. In Cosmos, of Paris, arecent article gives considerable space to this question. The writer in Cosmos deals with the experiments recently conducted by a German architect, Hunscheidt, who found that the weight per square meter of a crowd of human beings varied with the character of the units, Thus the weight per square meter for a group of laborers was 1,200 pounds with a certain number of men, but this weight could be increased to 1,300 pounds and even to 1,500 pounds, for the same surface. In the case of school children aged from 14 to 18 years it was found that the weight varied from 1,050 pounds to 1,176 pounds and 1,230 pounds. It seems, from the writer's conclusions, that in all cases where the surface 1s intend- ed to support a crowd of people the calculations for the support should be on a basis of from 1,200 to 1,300 pounds per square meter, The faithful matron rules her hus band by yielding to him. What Everybody Saves. * Jamboree, Ky., April Srd.—(Spe cial.)—“I suffered for years with my! back,” says Mr. J. M. Coleman, a well known resident of this place. “Then I used Dodd's Kidney Pills and I have not felt a pain sinee. My little girl complained of her back. She used about one-half box of Dodd’s Kidney Pills and she is sound and well.” It is thousands of statements like the above that show Dodd's Kidney Pills to be the one cure for Backache or any other symptom of deranged kidneys. For Backache is simply a sign that the Kidneys need help. Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure Backache, They also always cure Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Rheumatism, Bladder and Urinary Troubles and Heart Disease, These aro more advanced stages of kidney disease. Cure your Backache with Dodd's Kidney Pills and you need never fear them. An Alphabet of Names Many years ago there was a shop kept in the Rue de Louvain in Brus- sels by Therese O, and there is a Mme. O living with her two children at Molenbeck, a suburb of the Bel- gian capital. In the Rue de I’Angle, in the same commune, lives a Mr. O (with a circumflex accent), who is no relative of Mme, O. In 1866, among the Belgian recruits, was a young man O, who could not write, and signed his name with a cross, yet he could so easily have learned to write his own name. In the department of Somme there is a village called Y¥; in the Zuyder Zee there is a bay called Y, and Amersterdam has the river Y. In the Chinese province of Homan there is a city called U; and in France there is a river, and in Sweden there is a town rejoicing in the name of A. EFFECTS OF PROSPERITY. In the six years of the country’s greatest prosperity, from 1897 to 1903, average prices of breadstuffs advanced 65 per cent., meats 23.1 per cent, dairy and garden products 60.1 per cent, and clothing 24.1, All these were prod- ucts of the farmer and stockman who profited more than any other class of the community by these advances, The miner benefited 42.1 per cent by that advance in the average price of metals, The only decrease in -the Nee priges of commodities in that period was in ‘railway freight rates which decreased from .798 per tqn- mile fn 1897 to .763 in 1903, a loss of 4.4per cent, The report of the, in- terstate Commerce Commission shows that! the ayvéragé increase in the pay of railroad employes in the period way a trifle above 8.5 per cent. ~*~ A woman can cry herself into places @ man can't fight into, : There is no punishment for a loy. ‘er’s oath. PET CAT TRIES MURDER, Turns on the Gas—Dog Won't Have It and Saves Family. Leonard Winkler’s cat is in dis- grace and his hound, Sport, is Ifvng on the fat of the land because the Winkler family is alive and well in spite of the attempt of the cat to as phyxiate them. ‘The only vietims were the chil dren's canary and a jungle fowl that had been sent to Mr. Winkler by an exhibtor at the world’s fair. It was the persistent barking of the dog, Sport, that aroused Mr. Winkler early in the morning. Going to the kitchen, he was nearly overpowered by gas. He found that the cat had been having the time of its life with a ball ef string, and in some way had got ‘it twisted about the handle that turns on the supply of gas for the range and had started the flow of the deadly yapor. Whether the cat lost any of its nine lives is uncertain—N. Y. Tribune, Kite for War. F. S. Cody, an Englishman, claims to have discovered a practical and trustworthy kite for use in time of ee Ten Vinx “we x a aC N\A) i Ny war. Cellular or box kites with wings attached have been utilized by Mr. Cody, who has been experimenting at Portsmouth. On one occasion, St is said, he went up to a height of 1,200 feet, and at Woolwich had himself raised to 600 feet. Similar kites to these have been recently experimented with under the auspices of the French ministry of marine as life saving ap- pliances. These kites are furnished with a tail rope on which is a paddle, by means of which the man attached to the rope can steer himself, the kite providing the traction power, or in other cases serving to carry a rope from the vessel to the land. Health Record in English Town. The little south Lincolnshire village of Ewerby is said to be the healthiest town in the world. During the past ten years only one person has died between the ages of two and sixty. Mrs. Margaret Vickers, who has lived in the village for seventy-six years, celebrated her htndredth birthday re- cently. There is another woman aged ninety-five, one eighty-four and many over seventy. The town is full of sexagenarians, and ifs population of 3658 is as streng in healthy youngsters as in those who have reached ripe age. corel niaieenconmgatih Watch Chain Saved His Life. A heavy gold watch chain saved the fife of ex-Alderman F, C. Young.in a street altercation with the mayor, W. H. Kéller. + They fought) and Keller fired at close range., The bullet struck the chain worn by Young, cut it in two, but glanced and passed through his clothing. It made only.a slight flesh wound.—South McAlester correspond ence Kansas City Star He lived well who could die when he wished. Good fame gets its proper splendor {n the midst of difficulties. en To love is the delight of youth, the fault of an old man. No Quarter, The evils which always follow after Indigestion, biliousness or constipa- tion will give no quarter, Better fight them to a finish with Dr. Caldwell’s (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. It is a weapon against these dangerous dis- eases, which will give you quick re lief and permanent cure. Sold by all druggists at 60c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. An intemperate patient makes an ill-natured doctor. ; When Your Grocer Save he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it un- til his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only bet- ter than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to the package and sells for same money as 12 oz, brands, It's the shadow of suspicion that throws many a man in the shade. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guar- anteed by the manufacturers to be su- perior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs. while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. We trust that somehow good will be the final goal of ill—Tennyson, i It’e a Rub When any one has the itch, and a scratch till that great and only infal- lible remedy is applied—Hunt’s Cure. It is absolutely guaranteed to cure any form of itch that ever happened, and it does it. After the first applica- tion you are easy and one box cures, His Beer Capacity Ruined Louis Gurber, a Philadelphia mus: ician, sued a street railway company for injuries sustained through the de- railing of a car, He wanted $5,000, On the stand he declared that pre- vious to his injury he was able to drink fifty or sixty glasses of beer a day, but that now the best he could do is less than twenty. The court in quired = gravely: “Would that be claimed as an element of damage?” Gurber's counsel thought it ought to be, and apparently the jury thought so, too, for the plaintiff was given a verdict of $1,000 on account of his reduced capacity, Every housekeeper should know thdt 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 ful) pound—while all other Cold Water Starches aro put up in %-pound pack- ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents, Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem- leals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-0z, package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let- ters and figures “16 ozs.” Demand De flance and sav2 much time and money and the annoyance of the iron stick- ing. Defiance never sticks. With a good man anger. auickly Not a Pipe Dream. Oil—some kinds—are conveyed by @ system of pipe lines, but the Oil that makes all other Oils insignificant is conveyed in bottles, It's Hunt’s Lightning Oil, and its mission is to cure your spraius, cuts, burns, bruiser, VhES AN? Trtrn— na te tem Et, In all things it is better to hope than to despair.—Goethe. It’s all right to be good, but don’t be known as a good thing. FARM MISCELLANY One Dollar a Year Per Hen. The above is the popular estimate of the cost of feeding a hen a year. At twenty-four cents a dozen, fifty eggs should pay for the cost of keeping her and the balance of the eggs should be an offset against the expense of sheltering and caring for her. That some flocks do not pay a profit is due to careless management by the owner, for whether on the farm or in an establishment devoted to the raising of poultry it should not cost more than the sum mentioned to supply the food the hen consumes annually. In the light of this, the reason why some flocks do not pay is that they are so badly taken care of that the losses from diseases, rats, mites, and preying animals and birds is very great. We say that it costs only a dollar to feed a hen a year. On that estimate it costs a man to feed 100 hens half a year $50, and the fowls do not begin to lay before that time in most cases. Now on many farms the farmer has lost half of his fowls by fall and thus the food that was put into them has been wasted. This runs up rapidly into money, and the rest of the hens have to pay abnormal profits to make a good showing for the flock. If we but take an account of the situation we find that the mortality among the poultry is something enormous. What would we think if half of our calves died off before they were six months old, or if we should habitually have steers drop down and die or perish from the numerous causes that cause losses in the feathered flocks? It has been said that we can make a profit of $1 a hen easily, and so we can on the hens that live. But the unfortunate fact is that we make less than nothing on the hens that die before having laid the eggs they are supposed to lay in a year. I think this is the source of much of the discouragement in poultry raising. However it may be said that most of the mortality among the fowls comes from things that can be prevented by a little care and forethought. Allen Co., Ind. Sophia Belknap. Second-Class Beet Seed. It appears that there is "shoddy" in every kind of business. There is no exception in beet seed, says a circular of the United States Department of Agriculture. The responsible beet-seed growers of Europe furnish the standard "A" or "elite" seed to those who call for it. It is much more expensive, but it is the seed that should be used in all cases. The closer akin the seed is to the selected mothers the higher will be the quality of the beets. There is another class of growers, however, who plant out this "elite" seed and grow another crop of small mother beets similar to the first. These are planted the following spring, producing a crop of second-class stecklinger, which are planted out, producing seed the same as in the case of the first-class stecklinger. This removes this second-class seed two generations from the original selected mothers. As without constant selection there is a great tendency in beets to degenerate in sugar and purity, it must be apparent that this second-class seed is very much inferior to the "elite." Much of it, however, reaches this country and is planted, producing many of our crops of beets. Do not permit the fowls to roost over a mass of droppings; on warm winter nights those send up large quantities of ammonia, which is very harmful to the health of the fowls. Rare Egg Found A moa's egg has been found in a mining district in Central Otago, New Zealand. There was a fall of earth in a dredging claim and presently the huge egg was seen floating uninjured in the water. The discovery is the more interesting from the fact that it is the second perfect moa's egg that has ever been found. The only other perfect specimen was unearthed by a man while digging in the alluvial soil at the Kalkouran mountains in the early '60s. This egg, which was nine inches in length and seven inches in breadth, was taken to England and sold for $500. Some idea of the size of these eggs may be gleaned from the fact that a man's hat makes an excellent egg cup for them. Irrigation Statistics Nowhere is irrigation practiced so extensively as in India, where about 25,000,000 acres are irrigated. Egypt is next. The Assouah dam in the Nile is considered one of the greatest engineering feats in the history of the human race. Irrigation is new in Australia, but is spreading rapidly there, and the same is more or less true of South Africa. The practice of irrigation has declined or entirely disappeared in many regions where it prevailed in remote antiquity. BABY ONE SOLID SORE. "A scab formed on my baby's face, spreading until it completely covered her from head to foot, followed by boils, having forty on her head at one time, and more on her body. Then her skin started to dry up and it became so bad she could not shut her eyes to sleep. One month's treatment with Cuticura Soap and Ointment made a complete cure. Doctors and medicines had cost over $100, with baby growing worse. Then we spent less than $5 for Cuticura and cured her. (Signed) Mrs. G. H. Tucker, Jr., 335 Greenfield Ave., Milwaukee, Wis." Generally it is the relative you have been kicking around all his life who helps you out when you are in trouble. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonial free. Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Provision is the foundation of hospitality and thrift the fuel of magnificence.—Sir Phillip Sidney. Catarrh of the Bladder and Kidney Trouble absolutely cured by Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. World famous for over 30 years. 61 oz. bottle. Most of us require nightwatchmen to guard our reputations. Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder It rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed FREE-Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Life itself is short, but is made longer by evils. BAD STOMACH Truths that Strike Home Your grocer is honest and—if he cares to do so—can tell you that he knows very little about the bulk coffee he sells you. How can he know, where it originally came from. In each package of LION COFFEE you get one full pound of Pure Coffee. Insist upon getting the genuine. (Lion head on every package.) Attended with tainted, offensive, or foul breath, bitter taste, especially in the morning, furred tongue, sick or billious headaches, poor or irregular appetite, sour stomach, "water brash," constipation with strong tendency to "the blues," or despondency, are all relieved and radically cured by the faithful use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. No man can be stronger than his stomach; when it gets out of order he becomes billious, dyspeptic, hypochondriac, peevish and "out of sorts"; he feels languid, tired and "all fagged out." Nothing will more speedily or permanently invigorate and tone into action, liver and bowels than Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It is compounded from the active medicinal principles extracted from native medicinal plants, without the use of alcohol, not a drop of which enters into its composition. The benefit felt from its use is not, therefore, due to alcoholic exhilation, and consequently of short duration, but is enduring and permanent. The great majority of diseases have their inception in a bad stomach, indigestion, billiousness and impure blood. Among these diseases are deadly consumption, nerve-racking, brain-wrecking nervous prostration and exhaustion, body-torturing rheumatism, insanity-breeding neuralgia, emaculating malaria and all manner of disfiguring blood and skin diseases. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is a cure for all these diseases, if taken in anything like reasonable time. It is not a cure-all, but cures the diseases mentioned for the reason that they are caused and aggravated by the same disorders. It makes the appetite keen, the digestion perfect, the liver active, the blood pure and builds firm flesh and healthy nerve fiber. Don't be wheedled by a penny-grabbing dealer into taking something else said to be "just as good," only that he may make a greater profit. There's nothing "just as good" as "Golden Medical Discovery," with its record of cures extending over a third of a century. A Great Sufferer Cured. DR. B. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Str—My health is better now than it has been before for many years, and I owe to Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery a debt Truths that Your grocer is honest and—you that he knows very little sells you. How can he know, S In each package of LION pound of Pure Coffee. Insis (Lion head on every package.) (Save the Lion-heads for SOLD BY GROCER SMOKERS. FIND LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER 5£ Cigar better Quality than most 10£ Cigars Your jobber or direct from Factory, Peoria, Ill When a fellow begins to build air castles it's all up with him. Jacobs as the for Rheumatism and N of gratitude. I was, for several years, troubled with severe stomach trouble, sick headache and nervousness. Could not eat anything without experiencing the meet agonizing pain. Had little appetite and was frequently nauseated. My sick headaches were most violent and I could not rest night or day. I became emaciated and thoroughly despondent, and no medicine that I could take seemed to help me at all. It was my father who suggested that I try your medicine and I am grateful to say that I had been taking "Golden Medical Discovery" less than five months when I was entirely cured, and can now eat anything without distress. Miss Rose Stanley. North Arlington, New Jersey, — Astor Avenue. Dear Sir—I am happy to say that I have found Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to be a most efficacious remedy for stomach trouble. For many years I could scarcely eat anything without being dreadfully distressed at once, and was apt to vomit the food. I used various medicines without good effect. Later I bought a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and it proved so satisfactory that I bought several more bottles of the medicine and used it until I was entirely well. That was about four months. You may count on me for a staunch friend to "Golden Medical Discovery," also to your Sanitarium, which I know to be one of the best in the country. Dr. Pierce's 1000-page illustrated book, "The Common Sense Medical Adviser," is sent free in paper covers, on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay cost of malling only. For 31 stamps the cloth-bound volume will be sent. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's When the "Golden Medical Discovery" is not quite laxative enough, as in obstinate constipation, the little, pleasant, sugar-coated "Pellets" should be taken to aid the "Discovery." One or two for a laxative, two to four for a cathartic. They alone have been known to cure many bad cases of stomach trouble, dyspepsia and indigestion. They act on the liver and regulate the bowels. Put up in glass vials, corked, therefore, always fresh and reliable. Pleasant Pellets. at Strike Home and—if he cares to do so—can tell y little about the bulk coffee he know, where it originally came from, how it was blended—or with what—or when roasted? If you buy your coffee loose by the pound, how can you expect purity and uniform quality? LION COFFEE, the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES, is of necessity uniform in quality, strength and flavor. For OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, LION COFFEE has been the standard coffee in millions of homes. LION COFFEE is carefully packed at our factories, and until opened in your home, has no chance of being adulterated, or of coming in contact with dust, dirt, germs, or unclean hands. LION COFFEE you get one full Insist upon getting the genuine. age.) heads for valuable premiums.) OCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. WANTED.—For the U. S. Army, able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. 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