Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. THE RACE HIS HEIR. Deleware Man Bequeaths His Estate to The Deleware State College for Colored Students--A Noteworthy Deed. Vol 6. Mr. Joshua Parker who died recently at Dover, Del., placed before the race a worthy example. He was the wealthiest Negro in lower Deleware, being worth at least $10,000, His estate is willed to the Deleware State College for Colored Students, with the proviso that his heir is to have certain benefits during her lifetime. In giving his wealth for the uplifting of the race, Mr. Parker emphasizes the privilege our men and women have for helping in the development of the race. Many of our people, for lack of little forethought, permit much hard earned money to pass from the race. There is a sort of scepticism as to the making of wills among our people, and the preachers should Big Steve Grayson is charged by Okmulgee Chieftain of impersonating a officer because he arrested two fellows who were unlawfully carring concealed weapons and carried them before the mayor, who promptly fined the offenders. Our advice in the future is, that Steve, (Big Steve) leave the pistol tote alone for fear of being arrested for impersonating an officer. The Street Commissioner should give some attention to Second street. It has had worse treatment under former administration than any street in town. The drainage from Third and Fourth streets all come down south Second, this is not only wrong but an infernal outrage and a d—n shame. We stand where we have always stood on the creative proposition. We ainst the immoral preach the immoral teacher, male and female and the balance of the herd of immoral reprobates, no matter what their calling may be or their postion in life. We ask for purity in the pulpit and purity in the school-room, and if that be treason we plead guilty and shall keep up the fight. Muskogee, I. T., Thursday, April. 27, 1905. seek to correct this tendency from the pulpit and in private conversation. Teach our people to remember their churches and schools in their wills; if the amount is small, it will help in many ways. Mr. Parker had a splendid career. He gave much of his time to politics, being a member of the regular faction of the Republican party in Deleware. He was at one time Duputy United States Marshal at Washington. He saved his money. He lived economically, and leaves his earning for the good of the Negro. Dr. W. C. Jason, President of the Deleware State College for Colored Stuents, and Mr. George Jones, of Dover, Del., are the executors named in Mr. Parker's will.—Brotherhood. The fight for school-bonds is on and considering the fact that taxes are high enough now in Muskogee. It would be an easy thing for our people to get a "square deal" in this bond issue or give the fellows a taste of the joys of defeat which is sometimes called h-1. Mr. Arthur Dilsworth, formerly of the 9th Calvary is now guard at the U. S. Pen at Leavenworth, Kan. He is a model official, knows how to execute his orders, and from whom to take them. We are proud of all our soldier boys because they are patriots and have proved themselves heroes. The 9th and 10th Cavalry and 24th Infantry have made a record for the race that is as bright as the noon day sun. Cur Subscribers are having some trouble about get their paper and frequently we have to make a second mailing each week in order to reach them. This possibly is why the night clerk at the post office reported to the assistant P.M. that the Cimeter was not mailed as required by law &c, and then again there may be other rea- sons, in fact we believe that both night clerk and assistant P. M. are afflicted with the disease known as Negrophobia and "Magnum Caput." LAWYERS GET DRUNK. We are informed that down at Wewoka last week a couple of drunken lawyers made an attempt to bluff the Court and incidently made asses of themselves, one of them was ordered removed from the court-room and after the removal the other asked to be kicked (which ought to have been done) Judge Sulzbacher was very patient (too much so) with these obstreperous legal misfits. This same class of legal pirate are the fellyws who file charges against a judge when they cannot run a court. These are the same fellows who tnied to give Judge Sulzbacher "soft soap" when they were cussing Judge Raymond. Now they show their snakish leaning and begin to sting the new judge. A snake is a d—n snake no matter what his clothing may be. SAVE M A Large Mortgage Stock of ing Goods now on Sale, to go at Men's all wool suits in black grey and browns, in broken sizes, worth from $8 to $20 go a SAVE MONEY! SAVE MONEY! A Large Mortgage Stock of Hats, Clothing and Gent's Furning Goods now on Sale, to go at Less than 50c on the Dollar. $2.50 to $10. 1000 Sample Hats, all shapes Knox brands and other Stand ard makes, worth from $2 to $4 to go at 98c 100 pairs Suspenders worth from 25c to 75c to go at 19c Handkerchiefs all colors, at 3c up SIMONS, 135 S SIMONS, 135 SO. SECOND ST. ANSWER YES, OR NO. "The King of Typewriters." If you can answer all the answers ready for business. But if you, make arrangement for thru mail, at 20TH CENTURY CORP. Jones Building. P. O. box 12 If you can answer all the above questions satisfactorly, you are ready for business. But if these questions perplex and trouble you, make arrangement for training either day or night, or thru mail, at 20TH CENTURY CORRESPONDING SCHOOL of STENOGRAPHY, Jones Building. P. O. box 121, C. A. BIGGERS, Instructor. MOSE ISBY BROUGHT IN. Mose Isby who is charged with a murder committed west of town about two years ago was brought in from Dallas, Tevas, Wednesday, by the U. S. authorities. Dr. Bennett and Bud Ledbetter, the chief office deputy has been on the trail of Isby every since the crime was committed and finally succeeded in locating their man in Dallas, the rest was easy; and now Mose must answer for the killing of Jesse Johnson on Dec. 5. 1903. CARD OF THANKS. The members and friends of Central Baptist church surprised their pastor with a nice suit of clothes Easter, I congratulate you all for your kindness and donation to the committ e which was sister Adair, and Ledbetter. I can hardly find words to express my thanks to you all and the members of Central Baptist church. May God help you all. E MONEY! ock of Hats, Clothing and Gent's Furn- to go at Less than 50c on the Dollar. black, broken 50 go at Cluett and Arrow Brand Collars worth 15c to 25c to go at 5c Summer Underwear broken in sizes, worth 60c to $1 to go at 23c Summer Underwear broken in sizes, worth 50b to $1 to go at 23c Black Hose, worth 15c per pair to go at 9c. Fancy Stripe Hose, worth 25c to 35c, to go at 12 1-2c, at 3c up 5 SO. SECOND ST. Can you frame a business letter? Can you make out a bill of sale? Can you write shorthand? Can you operate a typewriter? Can you do D. E. book-keeping? Are you an accomplished penman? Do you understand commission and brokerage? Do you understand Commercial Law? Do you know Commercial Arithmetic? If the above questions satisfactorly, you. But if these questions perplex and trouble for training either day or night, or RY CORRESPONDING SCHOOL of STENOGRAPHY. box 121, C. A. BIGGERS, Instructor No. 29 R. W. Rose. There is no Rochelle Salte, Alum, Lime or Ammonia in food made with Calumet Baking Powder NOT IN THE BAKING POWDER TRUST It makes pure food. When speaking of Nat Goodwin and his beautiful wife, Maxine Elliott, it is always the question whether to call the other Nat's wife or Maxine's husband, their fame being nearly upon a par. One day in New York when Maxine Elliott called at the downtown theater for her husband, as the famous comedian stepped into the auto the colored chauffeur turned around and said: "Shall we go home now, Mr. Elliott?" Goodwin was wild. "I knew it would come, Max, I knew it would come. May I use your name on my advertising paper, dear? 'Nat C. Goodwin, the husband of Maxine Elliott, will appear' and so on. It would make a big hit and mean a lot of money." Again, while in Chicago playing in "The Usurper," Mr. Goodwin's business was very bad. Miss Elliott, in "Her Own Way," was to follow her husband at the same theater. nad when she entered the dressing room the first night she found the following message scrawled upon the soap upon the mirror: "Do your best, Max. You are the breadwinner now.—Nat." For Growing Girls. West Pembroke, Me., April 24. Mrs. A. L. Smith, of this place, says that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best remedy for growing girls. Mrs. Smith emphasizes her recommendation by the following experience: "My daughter was thirteen years old last November and it is now two years since she was first taken with Crazy Spells that would last a week and would then pass off. In a month she would have the spells again. At these times she would eat very little and was very yellow; even the whites of her eyes would be yellow. "The doctors gave us no encouragement, they all said they could not help her. After taking one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills, she has not had one bad spell. Of course, we continued the treatment until she had used in all about a dozen boxes, and we still give them to her occasionally, when she is not feeling well. Dodd's Kidney Pills are certainly the best medicine for growing girls." Mothers should heed the advice of Mrs. Smith, for by so doing, they may save their daughters much pain and sickness and ensure a healthy, happy future for them. A girl is so naturally innocent she can marry a man for his money and make him think that she is surprised to find he has it. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¾-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. FORESTS DUE TO THE FOGS. Peculiar Conditions Found to Exist in the Congo Valley. A peculiar climatic feature exists in the southern part of the Congo valley for 10 degrees south of the equator. The rivers and lakes are found to be bordered with a dense vegetation, which extends out from the water a distance proportioned to the extent of the water surface. Adjacent hills and mountains are often covered with dense vegetation on one side and are bare on the other. Beyond this bordering vegetation there are plains, almost treeless or with small scrub growth and thin grass. The explanation is given as follows: From May to October there is a dry season, with hot days and fairly cool nights (often 50 degrees Fahrenheit.) The evaporation of the daytime is followed by condensation into fog at night. This fog moistens the country adjacent to the water surfaces and causes a luxuriant growth of vegetation. The morning winds blow the fog against the exposed sides of hills and mountains and up the valleys of tributary streams. Wherever the fog is not carried the country is dry. The natives reflect this characteristic of their hills by shaving off their hair from one side of their heads. Dense forests are found where the fogs prevail, while out of range of this moisture there is only a sparse vegetation. Has Million Butterflies. Walter Rothschild, Lord Rothschild' elder son, has in his enormous museum, at Tring Park, England, says the Detroit Free Press, a collection of more than 1,000,000 butterflies, the biggest private collection in the world. Besides butterflies it contains stuffed specimens of a great number of rare animals and birds, including the great auk, with two eggs, valued at $1,700 each; a sable antelope and a Mongolian wild horse. There are 160,000 specimens of birds. The stories of extravagant prices paid by Rothschild for rare butterflies are commonly made up out of whole cloth. Nor was there, as reported, any special mission to arctic regions for rare fleas. Some whalers in the arctic circle were simply instructed to look out for certain seals, and Mrs. Rothschild gave instructions that the skins were to be searched for any rare insects. A New York journalist boarded the whaler on its return to America and the tale of the arctic flea went around the world. The People's Schools. The schools belong to the people and will be what the people make them. It is a mistake to suppose that school officers and teachers are the only ones that have to do with the making of the schools. The people set the pace for the teachers and school officers. If a school officer does not meet the ideals of the people he is turned out at the first election. If a teacher does not meet the ideals of the people the teacher is quickly reached through the school officers. So it gets back to the people in the end. The man that thinks the schools are not good enough should set himself about having them improved. It is astonishing how much one person can do to improve the schools when he sets himself about it.—Henry F. Thurston. Young Rockefeller's Training. At Brown university, where John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was graduated in the class of 1897, tales are still told to show how his father impressed on him the same scrupulous regard to detail that made the Standard Oil Company successful. One day when John Jr., was down in the city of Providence with a couple of girls, he took them into a convenient drug store and treated them to ice cream soda. After he had paid the checks and before he left the store he surprised his fair companions by pulling out a pocket memorandum book and entering: "Three ice cream sodas, thirty cents." CUBAN MINISTER TO THE U.S. Recommends Pe-ru-na. Senor Quesada, Cuban Minister to the United States. Senor Quesada, Cuban Minister to the United States, is an orator born. In an article in The Outlook for July, 1899, by George Kennan, who heard Quesada speak at the Esteban Theatre, Matanzas, Cuba, he said: "I have seen many audiences under the spell of eloquent speech and in the grip of strong emotional excitement; but I have rarely witnessed such a scene as at the close of Quesada's eulogy upon the dead patriot, Marti." In a letter to The Peruna Medicine Company, written from Washington, D. C., Senor Quesada says: "Peruna I can recommend as a very good medicine. It is an excellent strengthening tonic, and it is also an efficacious cure for the almost universal complaint of catarrh."—Gonzalo De Quesada. A WEBSTER POCKET DICTIONARY FREE WITH EVERY PAIR. WEBSTER SCHOOL SHOE FROM SIZE ELEVEN, UP. Made Especially for the Busy Young Oones. It has STRENGTH, STYLE AND COMFORT DOWN TO A CERTAINTY. IT IS FOOT EDUCATION FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS. It's a CLOVER BRAND SHOE. "ALWAYS JUST CORRECT." Werthheimer-Swarts Shoe Co. LARGEST FINE SHOE EXCLUSIVISTS ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use In time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION W. N. U., Oklahoma City, No 17, 1905 BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. Congressman J. H. Bankhead, of Alabama, one of the most influential members of the House of Representatives, in a letter written from Washington, D. C., gives his endorsement to the great catarrh remedy, Peruna, in the following words: . "Your Peruna is one of the best medicines I ever tried, and no family should be without your remarkable remedy. As a tonic and catarrh cure I know of nothing better."—J. H. Bankhead. There is but a single medicine which is a radical specific for catarrh. It is Peruna, which has stood a half century test and cured thousands of cases. 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. CURE YOUR KIDNEYS. When the Back Aches and Bladder Troubles Set In, Get at the Cause. Don't make the mistake of believing back ache and bladder ills to be local allments. Get at the cause and cure the kidneys. Use Doan's Kidney Pills, which have cured thousands. Captain S. D. Hunter, of Engine No. 14, Pittsburg, Pa., Fire Department, and residing at 2729 Wylie avenue, says: MANHATTAN "It was three years ago that I used Doan's Kidney Pills for an attack of kidney trouble that was mostly back ache, and they fixed me up fine. There is no mistake about that, and if I should ever be troubled again I would get them first thing, as I know what they are." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Cling a little closer to the faith of your heart. The Timely Time. Last Spring our entire family took a few weeks' course of Simmons' Sarsaparilla and its effects were extremely gratifying. We enjoyed better health all Summer than usual, which we attribute to its timely use. Very gratefully yours. Most men work better through hope of a reward to come than through a sense of gratitude for benefits received. Try One Package. If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return it to your dealer. If it does you get one-third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction, and will not stick to the iron. Most women weight the consequences in love; few consider them when angry. 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. Posterity never cherishes more of a man's work than can be packed in small compass. There is more Catarr in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarr to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarr Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney of the University of California, provides institutional care the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulations and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The typical diplomat is like the marble of the palace in which he lives hard and polished. Never Fails. There is one remedy, and only one I have ever found, to cure without fail such troubles in my family as Eczema, Ringworm, and all others of an itching character. That remedy is Hunt's Cure. We always use it and it never fails. W. M. Christian, Rutherford, Tenn. Cooling His Pipes "Mamma, what's that sizzing sound out in the kitchen?" "Your papa was out till 12 o'clock last night, dear, and he just got out of bed and is taking a drink of water." —Detroit Tribune. The only thing worse than having no sense of humor one's self is to have to live with those who have none. DON'T FORGET A large 2-oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Matrimonial ties are not the only ties that bind. LAID IT TO THE CELLAR. Uncle Recognized Superiority of His Neighbor's "Cider." Uncle George Blodgett was a farmer near a summer resort in New Hampshire. He was a teetotaler and an uncompromising prohibitionist. He raised a good many apples, and made cider, and sold it strictly to make vinegar. "Bill" Small ran a hotel nearby, and he bought a barrel of cider from Uncle George in the fall of the year. One day in the following spring Uncle George was at "Bill's" hotel. "Uncle George," said Bill, "that barrel of cider I had of you last fall doesn't turn into vinegar worth a cent, but it is the slickest cider you ever put inside of your face, and I want you to try it." "Bill" went into the cellar, and, thinking to have a little fun with Uncle George, instead of drawing a glass of cider, drew a glass of English ale, blew the froth from it, and took it up to Uncle George. "Try that," he said, "and if you don't say it is about the smoothest stuff that ever passed your lips I'll give in." Uncle George looked at it, touched his lips to it, sipped a little, and then drank the whole contents of the glass without stopping, set the glass down and remarked: "I beats all what a difference there is in cellars in keeping cider," and walked out. Waiter's Tip Half a Dollar Bill. To a man giving a dinner in a Times Square restaurant the other night the waiter was not as prompt as he might have been about the initial course. Instead of reprimanding him the host took a one-dollar bill, cut it in two with a penknife, and gave one-half to the astonished waiter. The other half he put back in his pocket. Not quite sure whether the remainder of the note was coming to him later, the waiter was efficiency itself for the remainder of the meal. That over, the host coolly led his guests into the street. "Pardon my curiosity," said one of them, "but what are you going to do with the half of that dollar bill? It is as useless to you as the waiter's is to him." "Not a bit of it," was the reply. "I intend dining in the same place tomorrow night, and I shall make it a point to get that same waiter. I shall let him see that I still have the remainder of his dollar bill and I'll bet you the cigars he will hustle to get it."—New York Times. Judgment of the Minority. At a legislative committee hearing on the equal suffrage bill, a few seasons ago, Dr. Lyman Abbott was the principal speaker presented by the anti-suffragists. He evidently felt that his argument was somewhat weaker than the bristling eloquence of the other side, and, with an effort to right himself, he resorted to that time-honored arugment of safety in numbers. He closed his address with these words: "I cannot but believe that the instinct of the majority of women is a safer guide than the reasoning minority. If there were no other obstacle than this it would be a sufficient one. The majority of women do not want suffrage—the majority is likely to be in the right." Dr. Abbott had no sooner finished than Mrs. Howe, with her ever-ready, incisive wit, interposed this shattering question: "But, my dear sir, Jesus Christ and the twelve disciples were a minority, were they not?" Mr. Gilbert's Reply. W. S. Gilbert was requested by an Australian amateur composer to furnish the libretto of an opera on the old Savoy lines. His score, the amateur remarked, was perfectly certain to be satisfactory, for "he was a born musician, though he had been educated as a chemist." Mr. Gilbert in answering to express his regret at not being able to comply said he "should have preferred a born chemist who had been educated as a musician." Facts Are Stubborn Things Uniform excellent quality for over a quarter of a century has steadily increased the sales of LION COFFEE, The leader of all package coffees. Lion Coffee is now used in millions of homes. Such popular success speaks for itself. It is a positive proof that LION COFFEE has the Confidence of the people. The uniform quality of LION COFFEE survives all opposition. LION COFFEE keeps its old friends and makes new ones every day. LION COTTEL has even more than its Strength, Flavor and Quality to commend it. On arrival from the plantation, it is carefully roasted at our factories and securely packed in 1 lb. sealed packages, and not opened again until needed for use in the home. This precludes the possibility of adulteration or co dust, insects or unclean hands. The LION COFFEE is therefore guaranteed Sold only in 1 lb. packages. Lion-l Save these Lion-heads for ya SOLD BY GROCERS H WOOLSO COTTON GINNING the possibility of adulteration or contact with germs, dirt, dust, insects or unclean hands. The absolute purity of LION COFFEE is therefore guaranteed to the consumer. Sold only in 1 lb. packages. Lion-head on every package. Save these Lion-heads for valuable premiums. We Make the Best. We Make the Largest Line in We have more well pleased and happy custom makers combined, because they are making more MUNGER, PRATT, EAGLE, WINSHIP and We make them. Write us for prices and CONTINENTAL GIN COMPANY, DA 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 M. H. Tieweeks J' Venech Hays Shoe Co - St. Louis. LEWIS SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5 CIGAR You Pay 10c, for Cigars Not so Good. F.P. LEWIS Peoria, Ill. --- LION COFFEE W. F. GIESECKE A shoe manufacturer who "everlastingly at it" for nearly forty years, ought to be "onto his job."That's therecord of our senior member, Mr. Giesecke. LION COFFEE WOOLSON SINCE 1900 WOOLSON SINCE CO or contact with germs, dirt, dds. The absolute purity of guaranteed to the consumer. Lion-head on every package. for valuable premiums. RS EVERYWHERE OOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. NG MACHINERY It Line in the World. happy customers than all other are making money. You know the WINSHIP and SMITH goods. for prices and catalogue. PANY, DALLAS, TEXAS W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 17, 1905 A Early in the morning, late at night, or whenever used, Defiance Starch will be found always the same, always the best. Insist on having it, the most for your money. Satisfaction or money back guaranteed. It is manufactured under the latest improved conditions. It is up-to-date. It is the best. We give no premiums. We sell 16 ounces of the best starch made for 10 cents. Other brands are 12 ounces for 10 cents with a tin whistle. Manufactured by THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., Omaha, Neb. THE @IMETER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOEE, 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. There are too many loafers, white and black, in town who congregate on the sidewalk and obstruct passage of citizens. We call on the police force to put a stop at once to the loafers of both race. Make them move on. Rolland House morally wounded and Will Robinson killed in a row near the old agency on Sunday evening, both had been gambling and became angry over a dispute as to who was the owner of the money at the end of the game. The way of the transgressor is hard. Some preachers are roaring about some things that appeared in the paper last week, but no honest minister complains. It is the misfit, immoral cusses who by main strength awkwardness and ignorance broken into the holy calling of the ministry and who have stolen the livery of heaven to serve the devil in. There are too many vile women and their cohorts who have recently taken up their abode in Muskogee. They should be made to hunt other pastures. We don't want the trouble here they had at Wagoner some years ago when a white man was murdered. We call on the police to run the alley bats out of town, and at once. If we ever have any race trouble here it will come from the class of women who prowl the streets at night in order to feed and cloth some worthless cur who claims to be a man. It is this detestable part of the race who in this town are damning and retarding our progress. The good men and women of the race should take a firm stand against these cyprians and their cohorts and help get them out of town. Our people on South Second street ought to consider that the sidewalk is not the place to stand and discuss their concerns Get in doors and stay in doors, and discuss your matters in a quiet manner. Your loud and boisterous discussions are not pleasant to hear by those not concerned in such discussion as they are passing. Your swearing and vulgarity is often heard on the streets. We warn you now that the public will not stand these street blockings and loud discussions. They are becoming far too frequent. "I know of the bravery and character of the Negro soldier. He saved my life at Santiago, and I have had occasion to say so in many articles and speeches. The Rough Riders were in a bad position when the Ninth and Tenth cavalry came rushing up the hill carrying everything before them. The Negro soldier has the faculty of coming to the front when he is needed most. In the Civil war he came 400,000 strong and I believe he saved the Union." President Roosevelt. CHRISTIAN MANHOOD NEEDED. If a colored man does wrong his friends whisper: "Don't say anything about it; it will hurt the race!" How many secret sins of its crooked members it is expected to cover. The Lord only knows the source from which people obtain such false notions. It does not hurt the race—so-called—one bit to have its rascals exposed. It helps to purify it, and to give it a healthier existence everywhere. The more you shield a rascal the more rascality will he be emboldened to do, and be exposed in the wind up. No class of men use "the race" as a shield for the crimes and crooked doings more than the rascally preachers, and, by the way, we have some very good ones in this city mixed up with some devilish bad ones. But when you hit at one of these rascals their brethren yell, "You are assoing the church. You are hurting the race." Hundreds of young men and women today stay away from the church and they tell you they have lost all faith in ministers. Simply because the good ones shield the bad ones, even if it be at the expense of making non believers among the young. So it is apparent that the church is hurting itself when it shields such fellows, and the press is helping the church when it exposes them. They ought to be weeded out, the wheat from the tares, even before the day of the of the Kings' coming.—Texas Freeman. Brother Love, it looks like you have sized up Muskogee. Read our advertisements and patronize those who advertise with us. They deserve your trade and will sell you the best of goods. "A DEERE POINTER" PRICE SELLS 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. RIAR OF BRADLY HANK High patent flour per 100. $2.90: Meal per bushel. 6oc; Best Eating Potatoes, 75c: Coin Special Hams, per lb., 15c; Coin Special lard, per lb., 10c; Coin Special Breakfast Bacon. per lb., 18c.; Smoked Bacon, per lb., 10c; Dry Salt Meat, per lb., 81c.; Canned Table Apricots, 2 for 35c; Canned Table Peaches, 2 for 25c; Canned Table Pears, 2 for 35c.; 3 Cans Corn. 25c.; Canned Peas. 3 for 25c.; Canned String Beans, 3 for 25c.; Hominy. 3 for 25c.; Kraut, 3 for 25c.; Sweet Potatoes, 2 for 25c., Blackberries, 3 for 25c.; Blueberries, 3 for 25c.; Gooseberries, 2 for 25c.; Pumpkins, 3 for 25c.; Tomatoes, 3 for 25c. Everything that is carried in a grocery we have, and are all Fresh, Clean Goods Phone in your orders or let us know and we will call for your orders. A Warm Immitator of Close Prices, These prices are cash only, Yours for business, TEXAS G ROCERY CO. CORNER MAIN & DENNISON. PHONE. 143. BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. GEO. D. HOPE LUMBER COMPANY DEALER IN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime. Cement, Etc. EAST OKMULGEE AVE. LOCAL & PERSONAL Mr. John Henderson of Checotah was in the city this week. ```markdown ``` Ex-congressman Murry will visit Muskogee during the Summer. ```markdown ``` Mr. W. M. Perry of Checotah was in the city this week shaking hands with friends. ```markdown ``` Mr. W. G. Garnett of Porter, was in the city this week on business; also Mrs. Ora Welch. ```markdown ``` Mr. Jackson Temple of Checotah was in the city having some fun with the boys this week. ```markdown ``` Mr. Albert Kelly one of the most prominent citizens of Grayson was in the city this week on business. ♦ ♦ Mr. Clark on West Elgin Ave. keep a first class meat market. Stop on your way home and get some good meat. ```markdown ``` D. Richardson is running a first-class barber shop and has a remedy called "A Dead Shot on Rheumatism." Now he is alright. ```markdown ``` When you want a first class suit of clothes made to order call and see R. W. Stewart on North Second St. ★★ WANTED PUPILS—Mrs. L. C. Clark will give lessons on the piano at her place of business. ♦ ♦ Hon. A. G. W. Sango is in the wilds of Tennessee, it is said, looking for what Adam most desired when he was alone in the Garden of Eden. ```markdown ``` The population of Muskogee has doubled in the last year. We will reach the 40,000 mark within five years. ```markdown ``` Get rid of loafers and bums and invite the progressive farmers and business men into this country, that is the class of people that will help the race. ```markdown ``` Edna Hill was arrested Tuesday eve., charged with assault with intent to kill. At this writing, particulars cannot be obtained. ```markdown ``` Rev. Simons, our hustling minister conducted a rally at his church (C. M. E.) and raised something over $100. The program was a very creditable one. The reverend believes in printers ink: Hence he must succeed. The Easter exercises at the A. M. E. church were of a high order and well attended. The sermon on that occasion, it is said, was appropriate for the occasion. Notice to Colored People. I have platted the McGilbray Cemetery, 3 miles north of the center os Muskogee, into burial 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 John Lieber, Room 115, Old Homestead Bld'g Muskogee. Mrs. Adeline Fields the mother of Mrs. W. A. Rentie died at her home at Oberlin, I. T. on Sunday night. Mrs. Rentie and the children arrived home before her demise. The family has the sympathy of the Cimeter. ```markdown ``` TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. A dead shot and sure cure on rheumatism I have just discovered and if you dont get relieved your money refunded. Hixsons X Ray Oil is a sure cure and I am the only one in town that handles it. Come to the Red Front Barber Shop and get a bath with X Ray Oil in it and rub down afterwards. This kind of treatment with X Ray Oil is a sure shot on rheumatism D. Richardson, Red Front Barber Shop. All persons desiring to teach in the schools of our city should make application at once as we are informed that next week is the limit for applications. We hope the board will give all applicants a chance to take examination. ```markdown ``` Mrs. Wm. Grummett, wife of Wm. Guummett who resides at Taft, died on Monday night at her home. Mrs. Grummett was a highly respected citizen and leaves a husband and one child to mourn her loss. ```markdown ``` Lodge Notes. Triumph Lodge No. 40, A. F. & A. M. met in its regular communication and expelled from its roll for 99 years the following brothers:—Monday Jimmerson and Albert Grayson; and others to follow J. M. Rentie. W. M. E. D. Harison. Sec. Suspended members of Trinity Lodge No.14, F. & A.M.:-D. Eolsom, L. Carson, H. H. Hardwick, J. R. McBeth, Dan Landrum, Green Robinson, Alex Stephens, Horace Hoskins. Walter Watson, J. H. Walker, B. F. Lowe, L. Lyons. J. H. Stone, Dan Geter, R. C. Philan, Tom Richardson, Wm. Woods, Dan Daniels, J. Daniels. Others to follow as occasion requires. J. T. Trimble, Gr. Lecturer Why buy LUMBER =:= and =:= BUIL From a company you do not ey at home buy buying from MUSKOGEE LUM They live here and will treat ted west of Jones' Building, near R. A. G/ buy Your =: and =: BUILDING =: M company you do not know. Keep y me buy buying from the GEE LUMBER CO here and will treat you right. Y of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. R. A. GIVEN From a company you do not know. Keep your money at home buy buying from the MUSKOGEE LUMBER COMPANY They live here and will treat you right. Yard located west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER DEALER IN 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. We carry a fine line of jewel class and up-to-date in every ing but the Best goods and o prices are reasonable. Call er you want to buy or not. North Second St, KIRSH GENTS FURNISH OF ALL DESCRIPTION Shirts, Hats, Under W. E. Mc Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee TERRITORIAL TRUS Abstracts of Title, Title Gu Written : : MUSKOGEE GLOYD LUMBE by a fine line of jewelery which is strung up-to-date in every respect. I can the Best goods and of the latest design reasonable. Call and see the latest want to buy or not. Second St, -- Musk R S H B A ITS FURNISHING GOOD LL DESCRIPTIONS. Hats, Underwear, Suits E. McCLU ancy, English Block. TORIAL TRUST & SURVEY s of Title, Title Guaranteed, Sure GEE OYD LUMBER COMP North Second St, - - Muskogee, I. T. TERRITORIAL TRUST & SURETY CO. Abstracts of Title, Title Guaranteed, Surety Bonds Written : : : : : : : MUSKOGEE - - - - I. T. GLOYD LUMBER COMPANY. TAKING THE STUMP. To tell about our lumber. It is put forward to win the approval of the lumber users of this section and when its good points are appreciated it will certainly do so. We see no satisfaction or profit in handling low grade stock. Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber does not piece by the foot but by the inches. DURFEY HARDW EY HARDWARE CO DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. INCORPORATED Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Celebrated Monarc Ranges. Every one Guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc. Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Monarc Ranges. Every or Tools, etc. All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, R PHONE 205. ROWSY BLOCK MUSKOGEE TITLE GENERAL ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Ranges. Every one Guaranteed, Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice ROWSY BLOCK. 111 N. SEC GEE TITLE & TR GENERAL BANKING TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. PHONE 205. ROWSY BLOCK. 111 N. SECOND STREET ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Leans a Specialty VICTORIA HOTEL When at Claremore stop at the Victoria Hotel, Modern, Upto-date, Elegant Rooms, Table Unsurpassed. MRS. IDELLA ROBINSON, PROP. Claremore, I. T. Your BUILDING == MATERIAL not know. Keep your mon- m the MBER COMPANY at you right. Yard loca- near Masonic Hall. VENS, elery which is strictly first- ery respect. I carry noth- of the latest design. My all and see the latest wheth- -- Muskogee, I. T. H BAUM FASHING GOODS IPTIONS. Perwear, Suit Cases. C CLURE, I. T JUST & SURETY CO. Guaranteed, Surety Bonds I. T. ER COMPANY. A man standing on a tree stump with a large axe and a stack of logs. WARE COMPANY, ORATED e, Tinware, and Celebrated one Guaranteed, Builders' Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. K. 111 N. SECOND STREET E & TRUST CO. BANKING SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE a Specialty --- MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. ANOTHER RECORD IN LAND HUNTING. This Spring's Exodus to Canada Greater Than Ever. It was thought in 1903, when over forty-five thousand people went from the United States to Canada, that the limit of the yearly immigration to the wheat zone of the Continent had been reached. But when in 1901 about as large a number of American citizens signified their intention of becoming settlers on Canadian lands, the general public were prepared for the announcement of large numbers in 1905. No surprise therefore will be caused when it is made known that predictions of fully fifty thousand more in 1905 are warranted in the fact that the Spring movement Canadaward is greater than it has ever been. The special trains from Omaha, Chicago, St. Paul, Detroit, and other gateways has been crowded. Many have gone to join friends and relatives who have prepared homes for them and others have gone relying upon their own resources, satisfied that what others have done can also be done by them. This year much new territory has been opened up by the railroads which are extending their main lines and throwing out branches in their march across the best grain and grazing lands on the continent. This new territory has attractions for those desiring to homestead on the one hundred and sixty acres granted each settler by the Canadian Government. Many also take advantage of the opportunity to purchase lands at the low figures at which they are now being offered. It does not require much thought to convince one that if Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and other lands, with a value of from fifty to one hundred and fifty dollars an acre will give a good living by producing ten to thirteen bushels of wheat to the acre and thirty to fifty bushels of corn to the acre, the lands of Western Canada at seven to ten dollars an acre, producing from twenty to thirty bushels of a superior wheat to the acre should produce a competence to the ordinary farmer in a very few years. These are the facts as they confront the reader. There are millions of acres of such land in Western Canada in addition to the other millions that are considered to be portion of the biggest and best ranges that ever invited the cattle and horse producer of the North American continent. What is particularly evident in Western Canada is the fact that the wheat lands, adjoining the grazing lands, make farming particularly agreeable and profitable. The agents of the Canadian Government, who are always willing to give information and advice to intending settlers, say that the acreage put under crop this season is greatly in excess of last season. Let the Women Do the Work In Japan ships are loaded with coal by women and girls; but the work is made comparatively easy by putting the coal in small baskets which are passed on from one end of a line to the other. Nervous School Children. Statistics gathered by various School Boards, show that a large percentage of school children suffer from different forms of nervousness, mild or exaggerated. Some showed a tendency to melancholy, others mental depression, and many the nervous twitchings of mild chorea, or St. Vitus' dance. Most of these troubles can be overcome by proper food, sufficient sleep, and Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. It is a universal children's medicine, because, if good food is eaten, it insures that the food is properly digested and indigestion and nerve poisons properly thrown out. It is pleasant to take, and safe and sure in results. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. Not until each entity shall work for all will justice sit at the door of all men. Those who find revenue sweet to the taste usually suffer later from moral indigestion. Muskogee Cimeter. MUSKOGEE, . . IND. TER. NEW STATE NEWS Merchants of Tecumseh will inaugurate a seven-o'clock closing of their places of business. Mariette's new commercial organization is to be known as the Five Hundred club. As a result of the completion of the waterworks system Anadarko will be given a new insurance rateing. George L. Dent of Payne county last week captured seven live coyotes and took them home with him. Shirley Peel, a nine-year old lad made the trip from Perry, Iowa, to Lawton alone. The Santa Fe claims there is a considerable amount due from Shawnee citizens as bonus subscribed for that road entering the city. Suit will be brought against the subscribers to recover the amount. Work has been resumed on the court house at Hobart, Kiowa county. It is estimated that it will require seven months to complete the building. While resisting arrest, Private John Tucker, a negro, stationed at Fort Reno, was shot and fatally wounded by Deputy Sheriff Stoneman of Canadian county. Archie Bradley, twenty-one years of age, was killed by having his clothing caught in the shafting of a mill at Tulsa. The boy was pounded to death on the ground. He recently went to Tulsa from Crowley. The Farmers' National bank and Farmers' bank at Tecumseh will soon be consolidated, and the institution will be known as the Farmers' National bank, with a capital stock of $25,000. The first named bank was only recently established. The work of grading for the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad has been begun near Wagoner. The Elks' lodge of El Reno has let the contract for rebuilding the Oklahoma building at the St. Louis fair, to be used as a home for the lodge at that place. The reconstruction will cost $11,250, and in all particulars the building will be the same as at the fair. Manuelo Porter, a Creek Indian princess and daughter of General Pleasant Porter, chief of the Creeks, of Muskogee, will make her debut on the stage next season in Marie Cahill's company. She has been studying vocal music in New York, and it is said she will sing an Indian song in the new play. If Shawnee can deliver the goods it can secure a $500,000 sugar factory. A company is said to be investigating the feasibility of establishing a plant at that place. A large amount of sugar beets will be given to farmers to make a trial test of the industry, and all will depend upon the result of the trial. S. B. Trent, superintendent of public schools at Muskogee, states that the board of education is receiving scores of letters every day from school teachers in the east who want to come to Indian Territory to teach. This comes as a result of press notices last summer when Superintendent Benedict advertised the fact that teachers were wanted in Indian Territory to teach Indian schools. Life has many sorrows that become exquisite pain. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Give a weak man a little success and you will destroy him. If a pupil is backward it is up to the teacher to bring him forward. Much valuable information free about band instruments; write for the new catalogue to-day. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. Now let the cold waves cease to wave. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. THos. ROBBINS, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. When a young man begins to call on a girl twice a week his mother fears the worst. 98cts., 16x20 Bust Crayon 98cts. Send your photo and 98cts and we will make a 16x20 Bust Crayon. Southwestern Artists' Association, Dallas, Texas. The small boy who plays marbles for keeps may be giving away public libraries in after years. When You Buy Starch Those who most need a taskmaster are usually quite ignorant of that most severe one—conscience. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. No, Alonzo, it isn't proper to ask a girl for a kiss until after you have taken it. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restor or. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Give us an old fashioned rocking chair by our own fireside and let the czar roast on his little throne. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. When a woman boards the train for her wedding trip she imagines all her female acquaintances envy her. Zeal more often wins success than mere ability. Stands Head. There is something about Hunt's Lightning Oll that no other liniment possesses. Others may be good, but it is surely the best. It does all you recommend it for, and more. For sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, aches, and pains, it has no equal on earth. It stands head on my medicine shelf. Very truly yours. No False Teeth For Soldiers The British army council has decided to discontinue the experiment of providing recruits with artificial teeth. The soldiers would not pay for their teeth, as agreed, out of their pay of twenty-five cents a day, and when the military authorities attempted to compel them to do so, they deserted, teeth and all. A Heavy Fine. Under the Elkins law, any railroad company which pays rebates in any form, or any shipper who accepts them, is liable to a fine of from $1,000 to $20,000, upon conviction. It also prohibits the carrying of freight at less than the published tariffs. The Interstate Commerce Commission is empowered to detect and prosecute violators of this statute. President Knapp of the Commission states that since this law was passed, rebate paying has been as rare as forgery. If you are looking for a faultless friend you ares ure to remain friendless. Sensible Housekeepers will have Defiance Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. Baptize the mind with the passion of true ideals. A great many women suffer with a form of indigestion or dyspepsia which does not seem to yield to ordinary treatment. While the symptoms seem to be similar to those of ordinary indigestion, yet the medicines universally prescribed do not seem to restore the patient's normal condition. Mrs. M. Wright Mrs. Pinkham claims that there is a kind of dyspepsia that is caused by a derangement of the female organism, and which, while it causes a disturbance similar to ordinary indigestion, cannot be relieved without a medicine which not only acts as a stomach tonic, but has peculiar uterine-tonic effects also. As proof of this theory we call attention to the case of Mrs. Maggie Wright, Brooklyn, N. Y., who was completely cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after everything else had failed. She writes: "For two years I suffered with dyspepsia which so degenerated my entire system that I was unable to attend to my daily duties. I felt weak and nervous, and nothing that I ate tasted good and it caused a disturbance in my stomach. I tried different dyspepsia cures, but nothing seemed to help me. I was advised to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial, and was happily surprised to find that it acted like a fine tonic, and in a few days I began to enjoy and properly digest my food. My recovery was rapid, and in five weeks I was a well woman. I have recommended it to many suffering women." No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement, or has such a record of cures of female troubles, as has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. THE GRAND PRIZE THE HIGHEST AWARD AT THE ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR WAS OIVEN TO TOWER'S FISH BRAND WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING SLICKERS, HATS ROMMEL SLICKERS A. J. TOWER CO., ESTABLISHED 1836 BOSTON NEW YORK CHICACO TOWER CANADIAN CO., Limited, TORONTO, CAN PAY TUITION AFTER POSITION IS SECURED The first eight who clip this notice and send it to DRAUGHON'S PRACTICAL BUSINESS COLLEGE Oklahoma City, Ft. Worth, Muskogee, Ft. Smith, Ft. Scott, Kansas City or St. Louis, may, without giving notes, pay EVERY CENT of tuition out of salary after course is completed. If good position is not secured no pay required. If not ready to enter college now you may take lessons by mail FREE until ready, which will save cost of board, etc. Draughon's P. B. C. Co. has $300,000.00 capital, seventeen bankers on Board of Directors, and TWENTY Colleges in THIRTEEN states to back every claim it makes. Established 16 years. Clip and send this notice to-day. A Prince's Hospitality The late Adolph Von Menzel owed ene of the pleasantest surprises of his life to the German emperor. On the occasion of the painter's eightietht birthday anniversary Kaiser Wilhelm invited him to Sans-Souci. As he drove through the park there were a number of rococo statues and statu- ettes to remind him of the epoch he had particularly studied. At the castle he was met by an old grenadier, at- tired in his buttons exactly as Menzel had painted his ancestors. The ball- room was filled with ladies and gen- tlemen in the dresses he had put on the canvas. iss al Results in Starching can be obtained onl fiance Starch, besides wetunk ie more for same money—no cooking re quired, oe The mechanical Cream Separator has become a vital feature of every home cairy just as of every butter factory. Its use means much more and much iwtter cream and butter, as well ad saving of water, ice, time and room. The difference in results is not small but big. Few cows now pay without q Soe Dairying is the most profit able kind of farming with one. 93% of the creamery butter of the world is now made with De Laval machines, and there are over 500,000 farm users besides. Send for catalogue and name of nearest local agent. THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. Randolph & Canal Sts. 74 Cortiandt Stree CHICAGO | NEW YORK ° Alabastine------. ' The most desirable thing in wall # covering is opacity (covering power). s Next to that is ease of application. # In both of these ‘Alabastine stands ; pre-eminent, Then there are other g points—the firmuess, the perman- 8 ence, the binding qualities, and it is § mixed with clear, pure water. Ala- ; bastine is not dependent on sour g paste, nor smelley glue to bind it to ® the wall, it isan Alabaster cement ; that sets onthe wall. Itis the purest, g the nicest, the best wall covering g made. The most beautiful color 8 effects, the most beautiful color & schemes, the most beautiful designs ” are possible in Alabastine. § = ALABASTINE is specially suitable for 8 == church and schoo! house work. Write 8 —_us for color ideas for such work, S _ The best dealers sell it. If yours § doesn't, send us his name and we'll g see that you are supplied, s ALABASTINE COMPANY ; Grant Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich, Mes on on os pNew York Office, 105 Water Stesme WVANTED.<Fer the U. 8. Army, able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 2) and 85; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, whocan speak, read and write English, For information apply, to Ke eruiting Officer, Postofticg building, Olslabome City, Okla, or ‘Tuina, Inf. Ter. Maid, ‘Shaw gee or Guthrie, Oxla. 20t AD Higrestierade Estey, 0 Mason & Hamlin, Story & Clark, Kimball, Chicago Cottage, slightly used, guaranteed like new; special descriptions and prices for the asking. Write to-day, JENKINS’ MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO, When writing mention th/s paper, Talk isn’t so cheap when money talks. Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children feothing. softens the guma, reduces ty ‘ammetion, allays pvin, cures wind collu. 2508 bottle No woman knows the secret of be ing able to keep a secret. Dr, David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, the G@reat Kidney Se “ure, World Famous. Write Dr, Kennedy's Bons, Rondout, N. ¥., for free sample bottle, Men make money, and women make them hand it over, Dy Oris T have first and last picked out a good many cows and have sometimes made expensive mistakes. I have also frequently succeeded in getting hold of a very good dairy animal. 1 have learned a few things about picking out cows that are of value to me and may be to someone else. One of the things is that where a cow can be pur- chased in the environs of a town it is possible to learn something about her from neighbors. I frequently get on the track of a good cow by inquir ing if there are any cows to sell in that neighborhood. The reply will be that So-and-So has a wonderful cow that gives milk eleven months in the year and very rich milk at that. A good cow in a small place soon gets a reputation all her own. I approach the owner and offer the prevailing price. He, of course, refuses, and says he would not part with that cow under such und such a price, naming a price that he thinks high. But I, knowing that a good cow is worth a dozen times a fair cow and a hundred times a poor cow, do not regard the price as high. I look the cow over, milk her myself and take some of the milk home to test. This I do by setting it overnight in a straight glass. The method is a little crude, and a better way would be to use a Babcock tester, but the results are approximately correct. Even with a Babcock test a single test would count for little more than this test in an ordinary water glass. In the main, I try to buy cows that are four or more years old, as at that time in life they have demonstrated what they can do as milk producers. A heifer does not show what she can do, and I can't afford to experiment, when I can buy very good cows rela tively cheap.—George Ellis, Caldwell Co., Ky., in Farmers’ Review. Boag Butter. Samples of “bog butter” are to be found in various museums in Scot: land and Ireland, and some of these samples are known to be at least 350 years old. Analyses made in Great Britain show these samples to be real butter. All the bog butters contained glyce.- ine, proving their animal origin, and their analyses and physical properties show them to be simply butter which has been kept for a long time in un- usual circumstances. The ubiquitous red hairs tell a tale. The suggestion is made that the milk was churned in & skin—a very old process still prac: ticed by the Arabs. Far from object: ing to the presence of hairs in his ‘butter, the old-time gourmet seems to have regarded them as a necessary adjunct, as the Roman did the flavor of pitch in his wine. In the Ulster Journal, Vol. VIL, the following quota tion is given from the Irish Hudibras: “Great heaps of thick three-corned bread, And hairy butter van did lead.” Bog butter is usually found packed in barrels or kegs hollowed out of a single piece of wood with a cover cut from another piece of wood, and some- times with a bottom of skin with ihe hair attached. : Sometimes the butter is wrapped up in coarse cloth, the bark of trees or rushes, and one sample so wrapped up still retains on tie surface of the but- ter the print of the hand of the lady who had shaped it. It is not absolutely certain why the packages of butter were placed in bogs, Three possible reasons are sugges( ed—(1) accident, (2) that a stron: taste due to the coarse herbage the cows fed on was got rid of by the proe- est, and (3) preservation. The follow- ing quotation from the Irish Hudi bras seems to confirm either or both of the second and third reasons; “Butter to eat with their hog -BUSYBODIES VS. TRUTH... Here Are The "Facts oe Judge For Yourself.: Busybodies who see in success only falsity, who, without making an effort ta inform themselves, blatantly cry offense against honesty and truth—seem to forget that a slur against Dr. Pierce's well-known non-alcoholic family remedies is a slur against the intelligence of thousands of clear-thinking American women who know they have been helped and cured by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, It is not a “patent medicine” in the true meaning of the word—it is simply the favorite remedy which Dr. Pierce used in an extended practice for the treatment of the diseases of women, A name for houesty and square dealing is better Truth and Influence. | than great riches, Fraud is a bubble that soon bursts, Dr. R. V. Pierce has always been known to speak the truth—his famous medicines are founded on the rock of public approval and have thousands of truthful testimonials as to their ability to cure diseases for which they are recommended, No man ever lost a prospective customer through True Speaking. | tetling the truth. In the long run Dr, Pierce believes the truth will prevail and he is therefore not afraid to make public his formula, ~ “ “The ingredients of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription , Valuable Trade | is here given to the public, He vindicates the excel- ‘e. Secrets. | tence and harmless character of his * Prescription ” by letting the sick and ailing women know just what they are taking when they use this reliable tonic and nervine for the diseases and illnesses peculiarly feminine, These ingredients are combined in just the right proportion to make an efficient remedy without the use of a particle of alcohol, . "Dr, Pierce’s Favorite Prescription combines a non- Non-Alcoholic. | atcotiolic extract from the following medicinal plants scientifically prepared by experienced chemists at the laboratory of the World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.: \LADY’S SLIPPER (Cypripedium Pubescens), a hk * BLACK COHOSH (Cimicifuga Racemosa), UNICORN ROOT (Chamelirium Luteum), ; : BLUE COHOSH (Caulophyllum Thalictroides). GOLDEN SEAL, (//ydrastis Canadensis). RACES! RACES! Kansas City Jockey Club Elm Ridge—Spring Meeting, 25 Days 6 Races Daily, Rain or Shine 6 APRIL 22 TO MAY 20 Derby Day, Saturday, April 22 Y“"S cee pou ; $2.50 W: onors » ae , GS union ('f' mave 7, re. b> ARLE Bs Vic a eT | < } Le) ( A bey kd Here Ne cya Vi Pel ET LAN \ a . a ‘ VEsGh AWE ‘) /] a ' EGS. * ea Eis 4 My af A bY g ETING \NOW/ Z9 R21 XO 2 A> 2 baled S Ash OR P , Pitery fa 2, W. L, DOVOLAS MAKES AND SELLS 1 Ag MORE MEN'S 99.00 SHOES THAN ANY [4 OTHER MANUPAOTURER IN THE WORLD, EGY $10,000 REWARD to any ove who Gey 8 disprove this statement, + Te 1 3.50 t Rrontonsshiore le thew ony ee gause of thoir excellent style, feany, ft fing and superior wea Hi ‘gquniletes, hey are justow greta those 4 hat coat fron 185,00 Co" B70." The opty ‘it. erence, is the price.” W.'L. Dowsing BE-DO thoes ost 'utore to make, hold oir shape bettors "wear loner, and aroof greater value than any other Boe hooon the market to-day, W.L. ougias Kuarantces | thelr value ‘by phambing Tit’ naive’ end price om the patton af ench' aloe. Look for it: ake no substitutes OW. "r. Bousglan” 83.58 shoos are sold. through hie own retal stores in. the principal ¢ tiga, and by shoe “Wdentere dverywhone. No matter where you live: WE. Douglas shoes aro within your renehs “(The Best I Ever Wore.”” ue vale ta at 1 ere your $3.20 shoes'for the pare flow years and fluid thers be: ver wore.” — Rev, mk T. Ripley, 608 Bast Segerson St, Lacvitler hye eet © Boys wear W.L. Dourins $2.50 and $2.00 shoes because they fit better, hold thelr shape and wear longer than other makes, W. 1. Douglas uses Corona Coltskin in his £4, shoes. Corona Colt 1s conceded to the finest patent leather produced. Fast Color Eyelets will aot wear brassy. 1,1, Douglan has tho largest aoe mall order business in the world. No trouble to wet a meres desire further Intonation, write for mlaslrated Catalogue af Spring Sivles, W. L. DOUGLAS, Brocktoe, Mass. aay SHPRT EET | EXCURSIONS } Ay TER A TO THE is eo Ag Free Grant Lands w CG an R ge oF [2akGMe Western Canada. During the months of March and April, there sill be excursions on the various lines of rail- way bo the Canadian West. Hundreds of thousands of acres of the best Wheat and Grazing Lands on the Continent free to the setter, Adjoining Jands may be purchased from rail way and land companies at reasonable prices. For information as to route, cost of transpor- tavion ete.. apply. to Superintendent of Imn.t gration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorted Cans adian Government Agent—J. 8S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missourt. The Celebrated Fort Worth cane Well Drilling ‘ Machine Horse Powers, Pump Jacks and Wood Splitters. WRITE FOR PRICES. Chas. E. Bowman, Fort Worth, Tex. W.N, U., Oklahoma City, No 17, 1905 SIO? ies | $14 sea ietat beg out nte ngl piel pas you to in- raat? 4 i Yeativato. Writ ha) PAM ese GURRIE WIND MILL CO., if iy Topote, Kansas. Special Excursion to OKLAHOMA CITY Base Ball Game Sunday April 30, 1905. Special train returning will leave Oklahnma City, 6:30 p.m. Tickets will be good going and returning only on Special Trains April 30, '05. Why not spend your Sundays at Monte Ne or Eureka Springs Arkansas, The two most Beautiful and Healthful Summer Resort in this section of the Country. Eureka Springs Arkansas and Eeturn $5.35 Monte Ne Ark. and Return $3.85. Ticket on Sale Every Saturday and Sunday, good to return Leaving Eureka Springs or Monte Ne on Monday following date of Sale. Fos further information call on or write, H. E. Harkrider, Phone 302. City Ticket Agent. A. HILTON, Gen'l Pass. Agent E. @, Washington. THE TAILOR Has move in the rear of Jones building, and has just got in a new line of samples. He is prepared to make your suits. Cleaning and pressing done on short notice Suits cleaned $1.50 to $2. OUR Business Principles. We aim to so conduct our business that cause for complaint shall not arise; but if sometimes it does, we ask no greater privilege than an opportunity to rectify it. If you give us an order we propose to do you work that will satisfy you. We expect to increase our business with the public by time devoted to Fence Weaving. Each succeeding day an added degree of perfection will be rewarded a marvelous increased demand for our products. We entreat a careful perusal of our work. Go to CREEK LIVERY BARN, Phone 186. A. S. McREA LAWYER. Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanders Wholesale House 201-2 OK 20 1-2 OKMULGEE AVENUE. NEGROPHOBIA AT MORRIS Mr. Editor: On last Monday I left home for Muskogee coming by the way of Morris, I. T., at which place I tosk passage on the Frisco for Muskogee. While at Morris waiting for the train I became hungry and went to a restaurant, and ordered a meal, offering at the same time to pay for the same. To my surprise the man refused to sell me a meal on account of my being a Negro Now this poor yap who has just located in this land and whose whole outfit is not worth $50, starts in with his hellish prejudice to condemn the Negro. If the merchants of Morris desire the trade from the Negro farmers around the place they must frown on such hellish rascals as these who will drive trade from the town. If the good sense of the merchants can rule the prejudice of such damphools as this would be cheap hash slinger and his like, then the town will prosper and recieve the patronage of the thrifty colored farmers nearby. Otherwise their trade will go elsewhere and the trade of the half handed, delapidated cuss who thinks he runs a restaurant will be poor recompense for it. Allen Kelly, Grayson, I. T. The Growing South= West. M. K. & T. R. R. "No other section of the United States is advancing so rapidly in population, agriculture, railroad construction and maritime commerce as the Southwest. Texas is now the leading state in state in railway mileage and Galveston stands second among American ports in the value of her exports."—From Munsev's for March. We have lots of information obont the Southwest, valuable alike to the investor and home seeker. We may make it possible for you to get in touch with just the proposition you are looking for. It will be our endeavor to do so. If you are interested, tell us what you want, how much you have to invest and we will gladly furnish the information free. Send today for a copy of our free book, "The Coming Country." General Passenger and Ticket Agent. Box 911 St. Louis, Mo. Now located at new quarters No. 512 512 South 3rd Street FRISCO SYSTEM FROM HERE TO THERE Leave Muskogee 5:10 a. m., $1.75 ```markdown ``` LINN & HARDMAN, 518 S. Second St. M. K. & T. Ry. Co. M. K. & T. Ry. Co. FOR THE NATIONAL BAPTIST ANNIVERSARY at St. Louis, May 15 to 24 inclusive, Round Trip tickets on Sale May 8 to 22nd inclusive, at one fare plus 50c, good to return to Baptist Convention at Kansas City, May 10 to 17, may purchase ticket at this rate good via "The Katy" to Kansas City and direct route to St. Louis. Stop overs may be obtained at Kansas City by depositing ticket and payment of small fee. See Katy's agent for particulars and plan to go. AMERICAN STOCK GROWERS' ASSOCIATION-For this event to be held at Denver, Colorado May 9th to 13th, Round Trip tickets on sale May 7, 8 and 9, one fare plus 50c. Good returning May 31st. For particulars about stop overs and diverse routes see Katy's Agent. SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONNENTION-For this convention to be held at Kansas City May 10 to 17, Round trip tickets on sale one fare plus 50c, May 8 to 12 inclusive. Good to return leaving Kansas City up to midnight May 27. An extention of return limit to June 5th may be obtained by depositing tickets with joint agent at Kansas City, and payment of 50c. See Katy's Agent and plan to go. SELL CIGARS. Add a few boxes of cigars to your stand or store and Increase your sales. We cau furnish you Owls, Capdurers, Henry George, Little Tom, Agent, 305, Cremo, Pathfinders, and several other popular brands by the single box and sell them to you at wholesale prices. It is not much to invest, and they are sure to sell. Come and have a falk with us. BEN ESTES, Druggist Corner Main & Okmulgee Streets. Rock Very Low Rates in Effect Island System Daily, March 30 to May 15 Many Routes From Which To Make Your Choice. Full Information on request. GEO. H. LEE, G. P. A., Little Rock, Ark. J. S. McNALLY, Division Passenger Agent, Oklahoma City. WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co.