Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. MIGHTY MENACE TO MUSKOGEE. Colored Tax-payers and Good Citizens United in Opposing the Worthless Class. CHIEF MARSHAL CARTER GETS BUSY. Vol 6. The Cimeter is glad to note that the sentiment of the majority of the property owning and law abiding colored people of Muskogee oppose the reign of Negro and white boosters and prostitutes on North and South Second and other streets. Furthermore, these people are a unit in their determination to put an end to dissolute revelry and crime which has been carried on without molestation from proper authorities all the days and nights of the past winter months. The crusade against vice and immorality, which started last week with the bold hold up of the Booster Jones gang, has already attained results, for Jones and a few of his followers of Negro boosters and prostitutes have packed their swell clothing and departed for a more congenial community where they may continue their nefarous deeds. Muskogee is the gainer through loss of such social rubbish, but there are too many of the same sort and kind as the Jones gang remaining on our streets. Some people are disposed to look upon prostitution as a necessary evil, and that its proper treatment is to ignore it. The Cimeter declines to consider immoral practices as a necessary evil and has determined instead of ignoring it, to give as wide publicity to these misdeeds of Negro and white men and women as possible. This it proposes to do with a view of driving out all of these evil doers from the limits of Muskogee, or to have them segregated in some remote part of the city. We believe it the imperative dity of every parent attempting to raise a family of children girls and boys-to aid us in seeing to it that these hideous examples of flashy dressed Negro men and women on the exterior but mentally and physically diseased on the interior, shall be debaured the priviledge of dress parade up and down our public Muskogee, I. T., Thursday, May 11. 1905. streets. Negro society circles owe it to themselves to weed out and ostracize every man and woman whose lives give semblance of immoral depravity. Let our boys and girls rather aspire to be wage earners in honorable employments, and to learn that silks and satins, and tailor made suits are not the sigmas and emblems of gentility and good breeding. This can not be done so long as these boosters are permitted to stroll up and down our streets with the air of millionaires and patronizing the cafes, and shops where virtuous women and respectable men are engaged in trade. The antagonism of colored men to this career of crime and venality merits the support of all white citizens who believe in social purity. This is not a one side Negro family row. The facts are that it is the habit of these Negro booster desperados to assault and beat up any Negro man who approaches and speaks to the women who are keeping them up in food and clothing. Several Negro restaurants on North and South 2nd and South Third streets have been the scenes of a number of such assaults on Negro men because of these vicious women. The prey upon which this class of women lives is not often colored men, but more frequently white men, and in many instances young white men. The storef in the business district where clerks remain at night are well known to these women, not only from visits by day to purchase but by visits ai night for immoral purposes. The ruinous effect of these influences can be prevented only by the police and other officers exercising their authority in breaking up the almost bedlam of street walking carried on every night on North and South Street. The Cimeter Job Office is the place to get fine printing don e. TO THE LADIES! LADIES you can't afford to miss this, this week. We will sell nice long WIGS for $2.75; SWITCHES 25c to 50c; HALF WIGS $1.25; PRIME FRIZZLES, 15c to 25c. Hair is a woman's glory. SHAFER & ROBINSON. 217 South Second St. Get your printing done by the "Old Reliable" Cimeter Job Printing Company George R. Smith College, Sedalia, PROCEEDINGS OF COMMENCEMENT. BY PROF. C. A. BIGGERS The happiest period in human life, is when we find ourselves again in the school room and on the old play grounds of our youthful days; and the happiest specimen is a youngster who finds himself in this happy place, shaking hands, walking and talking with his old school-mates of George R. Smith College Like a dream, I had been hurled from the Beautiful Indian Territory to the sunny city of Sedalia, Missouri. I entered the halls of the sacred walls of the old George R. Building. I thought of the peaceful hours I once enjoyed, and how sweet their memory still. The Sabbath day dawned with all the attendant blessings. As to what lies in store in the great School of Life, was to be told by Dr. M. C. B. Mason. In this, his baccalaurate sermon, as the eleven graduates sat with attentive and devoted minds, he showed them that while they were to cut, carve and mold in the imponderable material of the mind and soul, they had just become fit subjects to enter the school of life and commence the duties of architects of fate. But soon passed this instructive hour and period of inspiration that has been so well and willingly utilized by our honored Dr. Mason. Only the brilliancy of the day faded when the setting sun told that night had come; but we grew none the less light hearted for we knew that the hours of joy and the period of enthusiasm was still at hand. The lovliness of the evening's program was the result of animated minds and inspired hearts from No. 31. the noble sermon preached by Elder Gilham of St. Louis, Mo. He held the congregation for more than an hour in touch with that congenial spirit of love and peace, which had been beautifully illustrated in the address of Dr. J. W. Gennings in the early afternoon. At the closing of the day's program, was reported a collection of $32; the same of which was for the Industrial Building. MONDAY'S PROCEEDINGS This day marked an epoch in the history of the lives of all the twenty graduated from the various departments. At 10 a. m. the grades and class records of each student was read in open chapel. The Fourth Year Class in the Academic Department, held its class day exercises at 11 a. m. Miss Mattie Holmes, pictured the beauty of nature to us by her excellent painting. Miss Maud Cravens, the class humorist, did not fail to tickle our auditory nerves by reading the funny sides of her class-mates. Mr. Andrew Jackson the class profit, with sincere expressions, drew upon our imagination, the future of the class, and led each individual up the winding stairway, to the stars. Miss Ella Washington drew up the class will, and willingly willed each one his dues. Miss Lucy Bolranan delivered the Class Oration, and the Class Poet did not only carry us to the dream land of the angels, but as a drawer of imagination, showed us that poets have hearts with fragrant rose brakes, where beautiful dreams wake and heave the bosom with joy; and is the source of bubbling springs of laughter and rippling rivers of song, while the hour was being spent in joy and inspiration, members of the audience frequently applauded by raining money upon the stage at the close of each performance. And amid the scenes of laughter and the feelings of gratitude of the occasion, the hour rolled around for dinner. (continued in the next issue.) Seeking a Bride for an Infant Heir His imperial highness, Hirdhito Michi-No Mija, oldest son of the Japanese crown prince, and future emperor of Japan, is only four years old, but already matchmakers are looking for a bride for him. As is the custom, he will have nothing to do with the choice. "Old and True." For fifteen years I have constantly kept a supply of Hunt's Cure on hand to use in all cases of itching skin trouble. For eczema, ringworm and the like it is peerless. I regard it as an old friend and a true one. Mrs. Eula Preslad, Greenfield, Tenn. One of the essential attributes to genuine greatness is that a man should remind his fellows of himself, not some other. Investigation of the Packers. Very general interest has been manifested in the government investigation now in progress into the mode of conducting business by the large packers located in Chicago and elsewhere. Much has been written upon the alleged illegal and improper modes of business procedure connected with the packing industry; but it seems that so far no definite charge of any kind has been sustained and no proof of illegal or inequitable methods has been disclosed to the public. While a wave of severe criticism of this great industrial interest is now passing over the country it might be well to remember that the packers have had as yet no opportunity to make specific denial, the many indefinite charges of wrongdoing having never been formulated so that a categorical answer could be made. The recent report of Commissioner Garfield, which embodied the results of an official investigation undertaken by the Department of Commerce and Labor of the United States, was a vindication of the Western packers, but this result having been unexpected attempts in many quarters to discredit it were made. In view of the situation as it now stands, however, attention may properly be called to a few facts that owing to popular clamor are now being apparently overlooked. Fair treatment in this country has heretofore been accorded to all citizens whose affairs assume prominence in the public eye and some of the facts that bear upon the relation of the packers to the commerce of the country may at this time be briefly alluded to. It would be difficult to estimate the benefits gained by the farmers of the country resulting from the energetic enterprise of the packers, for whatever is of benefit to the farmer is a gain to the entire commerce of the country. And connected with their continuous aggressive work no feature perhaps has been more important than their efforts in seeking outlets all over the world for the surplus products of the farmer. Our total exports of agricultural products have gained but little in the past twenty years, and leaving out corn, the total of all other farm products was far less in 1903 than in 1891. But in packing house products there was considerable gain during this period, because an organized and powerful force has been behind them seeking new and broader markets. Besides the benefits reaped by farmers on account of the enterprise and energy exercised by the packers in attaining commercial results by foreign trade, the great development in the manufacture of packing house by-products has added enormously to the value of all live stock raised in the United States. The waste material of twenty years ago, then an expense to the packer, is now converted into articles of great value, and, as an economic fact, this must correspondingly increase the value to the farmer of every head of cattle marketed at the numerous stockyards of the country. Let these facts be remembered while now it is so popular to regard the great packing industry as deserving of condemnation. At least it must be admitted that, so far, there is no adequate reason for the almost unanimous howl that may be heard everywhere in the face of the Garfield report above alluded to which practically exonerates the packers from the obscure and indefinite charges that have been for some time past made the subject of popular comment. American Homestead. A Little of Both. He was a poor young clerk, only earning $12 per week, and when the struggling lady told him that the book was $1.25 he didn't feel that he could afford a copy. Still he didn't like to hurt her feelings, so he intimated that he'd take a copy if she could change a $10 bill. There was no trouble about that. The little black satchel she snapped open didn't contain less than $450 in small currency. The $12 clerk is still wondering if he is an easy mark or a philanthropist.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Pat—"Did you say Dennis went out hunting?" Mike—"Sure, I did." "And did he have any luck?" "The best of luck; he came home half shot,' shure!" A Jones—Do you believe that somewhere your soul's affinity waits for you? Out Late—I know it; what's more, she'll ask me where I've been.—New York Mail. Wrote Himself Down. "You newspaper men are self-abasing fellows," remarked Vox Populi. "Yes—but how did you discover it?" asked the country editor. "Well, in this morning's paper you refer to the editor of a rival sheet as an ass." "Yes?" "And in the next paragraph you speak of him as 'our brother editor'!" —Cleveland Leader. Quite the Reverse. Miss May Dupp—"He made some comment about my complexion, didn't he?" Miss Peitz—"Yes; he said your color was too high, but I told him he was quite wrong.' Miss May Dupp—"Did you, dear?" Miss Peitz—"Of course. I told him it was a box that you bought at a bargain sale." Appropriate Weapon. Police Judge—"With what instrument or article did your wife inflict these wounds on your face and head?" Michael Mooney—"Wid a motty, yer anner." Police Judge—"A what?" Michael Mooney—"A motty—wan o' these frames wide 'God Bliss Our Home' in it."—Cleveland Leader. Summers Suspended. The Lawyer—What is your age, madam? The Witness—I—I have seen nineteen summers. The Lawyer—Ah. And since that time you have dwelt in the polar regions, I presume? Not Keeping Up. "We have got to get back to the people!" bellowed the orator. "That's what!" said a shaggy-haired man in the audience. "But you'll have to move a little faster. They ain't going to stop for you." A JUDGE'S WIFE PAIN IN THE BACK AND SIDE GIESECKE'S KEY BRAND SHOES TRADE MARK ST. LOUIS ALL WAYS BEST The first thing to consider when buying a pair of shoes is, do they fit properly. When you first put them on do your feet feel "at home" in them, or do you have to spend the first ten days in agony and torture, "breaking them in?" The GIESECKE KEY BRAND has a shape for every foot. After considering the fit, what next? Wear and appearance, of course. The GIESECKE KEY BRAND shoes are thoroughly reliable. They not only wear well but retain their shape and appearance until the last. Good fit, good shape and good appearance. Tell your store-keeper you must have the GIESECKE KEY BRAND. MEN'S PATRIOT $3.50 SHOE WOMEN'S MAYFLOWER $2.50 SHOE These Shoes were Awarded Grand Prize at St. Louis World's Fair The PATRIOT SHOE for Men is made from all leathers, over stylish yet comfortable lasts, to fit any foot. They are Goodyear weels, which means flexible soles, with no wax or tacks to irritate the foot. The MAYFLOWER SHOE for Women is made in weels and hand turns. Is stylish, durable and comfortable. Ask your dealer for them. If he does not handle these shoes, write us direct. They will please you and you will save from 50 cents to $1.50 per pair in prices usually charged for shoes of this character. STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER ROBERTS JOHNSON & RAND SHOE CO. ST. LOUIS U.S.A. MRS. MINNEA A. ALVISTER MRS. MINNIE McALLISTER. Mrs. Carrie King, Darlington, Mo., writes: "I have suffered for years with billiousness, and kidney and liver trouble. "If I caught a little cold, the pains were increased and backache and headache were of frequent occurrence. "However, Peruna cured me—twelve bottles made me a healthy woman." GIESE KEY BR TRADE ST. L ALL WAYS The first thing to consider when buying a pair When you first put them on do your feet feel first ten days in agony and torture, "breaking the shape for every foot. After considering the fit, what next? Wear a BRAND shoes are thoroughly reliable. They not pearance until the last. Good fit, good shape and must have the GIESECKE KEY BRAND. GIESECKED J. OENCH HAW MENS PATRIOT $3.50 SHOE These Shoes we Grand Prize at St. L. The PATRIOT SHOE for over stylish yet comfortable la Goodyear weits, which means flex to irritate the foot. The MAY is made in weits and hand turns. Is Ask your dealer for them. If write us direct. They will please cents to $1.50 per pair in prices this character. STAR BRAND SHOE ROBERTS JOHNSON ST. LOUIS Being out of a job soon gets to be a habit with the lazy man. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No.19, 1905 Quickly Cured by a Short Course of Pe-ru-na. MRS. MINNIE E. McALLISTER, wife of Judge McAllister, writes from 1217 West 33rd street, Minneapolis, Minn., as follows: "I suffered for years with a pain in the small of my back and right side. It interfered often with my domestic and social duties and I never supposed that I would be cured, as the doctor's medicine did not seem to help me any. "Fortunately a member of our Order advisen me to try Peruna and gave it such high praise that I decided to try it. Although I started in with little faith, I felt so much better in a week that I felt encouraged. "I took it faithfully for seven weeks and am happy indeed to be able to say that I am entirely cured. "Words fail to express my gratitude. Perfect health once more is the best thing I could wish for, and thanks to Peruna, I enjoy that now." Pain in the back, or on the right side. How often a physician hears this complaint! Over and over we hear women say: "I have a paid in the small of my back. I have a pain in my right side, just below the ribs." These symptoms indicate pelvic or abdominal catarrh. They indicate that the bowels are not acting properly—that the liver is out of order—that the pelvic organs are congested. Pelvic catarrh—that is the name for it. Peruna cures pelvic catarrh, when all of these symptoms disappear. The catarrh may be all in the abdominal organs, when it would be properly called abdominal catarrh. At any rate, it is one of those cases of internal catarrh which can be reached only by a course of treatment with Peruna. We have on file thousands of testimonials similar to the above. It is impossible here to give our readers more than one or two specimens of the number of grateful and commendatory letters Dr. Hartman is constantly receiving in behalf of his famous catarrh remedy, Peruna. THE @IMETER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. W. H. TWINE - - - Editor. R. WOOD, - - - Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE - - Gen'l Solicitor E. T. HEARNE - - City Reporter For Delegate to the Constitutional Convention: A. G. W. SANGO of Muskogee. The enumerators have not finished talking census when they do then the question of bonds or bonds will come up. No wonder the loafers howl about our attact upon lewd women, for the minute these women are stopped the loafers will have to go to work or starve. The Colored Business Men's League will convene in New York during thh month of August. We presume the Territory will be represented in that important meeting of history makers for the race. No penalty is too great for scoundrel who sneaks into the home and playing upon the weakness of the mother and wife, makes hell out of heaven and sends the innocent little ones to the orphans' home, We think the street commissioner should get busy on South Second street. A little work now would put the street in a passable condition. As it now is, many vehicles sink in the mire and have to remain until help comes. Hans Carter has started in on the loafers and lewd characters and they are on the go. This is right, now Mr. Carter just put your deputies after the women of easy virtue who patrol South Second street and the Frisco and Midland Valley R. R. every night. The Clarksville Echo is only an echo. It has turned its toes to the daisies and there is a green spot in the journalistic grave-yard where the echo responses and the Western World is (the successor) to the echo. Is the Western World only an echo or is an echo the Western World? The thugs who were censured in this paper last week have threatened to do many things to this outfit and some have left town, we can stand the threats, An Historic Old Town. Far down on the Atlantic coast, with a world of surging around her, and a brilliant southern sky arching its glittering blue dome above her, stands South Carolina's beautiful stately city by the sea. It is a wonderfully fair old city with its mosshung trees filled with many-hued, sweet-throated birds, and its marvelous wealth of tropical flowers, but above and beyond all the beauty that nature has flung forth with such a prodigal hand, there lies the serene calm and dignity that time and a richly stored past can give. The early history of Charlestown, like that of all ancient cities, in both the old world and the new, reads like a thrilling page from romance, for it is a stirring tale of terrible dangers met and overcome, of ceaseless struggle against fearful odds, and of heroic blood poured forth like water. In 1671, the hardy little band of French and English pioneers, who had setttled at Port Royal in Carolina, found their proximity to the Spaniards and the constant attacks of the red men odds too overwhelming for their small force to contend against, so they left their plantations and moved to what is now called Old Charlestown. They were dependent on England for most of their supplies, and this new settlement proving too far from an open harbor, in 1680, by official command of their leading men, they abandoned their little homes for the second time, and moved to the long, narrow strip of land known as Oyster Point. There they pluckily erected thirty houses, and this little settlement was the formal beginning of historic Charlestown, which stands today one of the most beautiful and unique cities in America, with her name indialutely linked with some of our centuries' most brilliant and tragic history. Roundheads and cavaliers, the persecuted Hugeonots and later on the exiled Arcadians, sought refuge and freedom along the coast of Carolina, and provided the growing colony with some of its strongest and best citizens. Long years of struggle followed, out the settlers were enterprising as well as brave and true, and when the Revolution came, a century later, Charlestown was one of the wealthiest as well as the most exclusive and conservative towns in the new world. Along her narrow, crooked streets stood the beautiful, stately homes of the wealthy. These were low-country rice and inligo planters, who spent the winter on their plantation and the summer in the city, the climate forcing them to reverse the usual order of things. These proud old aristocrats bore names that ranked among the noblest in both France and England, and when war was declared against the mother country they freely gave all they had, their wealth, and even their lives, for fredom. Charlestown boldly flung out her revolutionary banner after the battle of Lexington, though her splendid harbor and her reputed wealth left little doubt of the fate that awaited her, and today, though none the less splendidly, she bears the noble scars she received during that long bloody struggle. On every hand as you pass down the narrow, crooked streets, you will find evidences of Revolutionary fame and colonial grandeur, going hand in hand on beautiful Marion Square, where the old citaldel stands, are tracks of the "tabby work" which marks where the ancient line of defense was run, and a little further on is the upstairs window through which the little swamp fox leaped, rather than break a promise given a dead mother, and soil his lips with wine. At the foot of Broad street is the old postoffice used as the "provost" for the commandant when the English occupied the city and agreat pity eswells the heart as one looks at this ancient building and remembers that from its dark cellar prison the martyred Colonel Isaac Hayne walked calmly forth one sunny morning to give the signal for his own execution. On another quiet street we find a quaint old building with four gables and a tile-covered roof, calm and peaceful enough it looks now in the sunlight, but it is the old powder magazine from which, after the battle of Lexington, a daring party of the best known men in the colony, taking their lives in their hands, one night boldly carried off an immense amount of powder right from under the indignant noses of the British soldiery. The Philadelphia Young People. Benevolent Reliif Association headquarters R o.o m 14, Jones Building, agents wanted. Why buy Your 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. 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. Men's all wool suits in black, grey and browns. in broken sizes, worth from $8 to $20 go at Cluett and Arrow Brand Collars worth 15c to 25c to go at 5c $2.50 to $10. 1000 Sample Hats, all shapes, Knox brands and other Standard makes, worth from $2 to $5 to go at 100 pairs Suspenders worth from 25c to 75c to go at 19c Handkerchiefs all colors, at 3c up R. A. G 9c to go at Fancy Stripe Hos all colors, at 3c up 35c, to go at A. GIVEN R. A. GIVENS, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER DEALER IN We carry a fine line of jewel class and up-to-date in ev ing but the Best goods and prices are reasonable. by a fine line of jewelery which is streng up-to-date in every respect. I ca the Best goods and of the latest des reasonable. Call and see the late We carry a fine line of jewelery which is strictly firstclass and up-to-date in every respect. I carry nothing but the Best goods and of the latest design. My prices are reasonable. Call and see the latest whether you want to buy or not. North Second St. Muskogee, I. T. KIRSHBAUM GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. TERRITORIAL TRUST & SURETY CO. Abstracts of Title, Title Guaranteed, Surety Bonds Written : : : : : : : : DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY, Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Celebrated Monarc Ranges. Every one Guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc. All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. PHONE 205. ROWSY BLOCK. 111 N. SECOND STREET MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty Second and Broadway. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. LOCAL & PERSONAL Now D. Richardson is fixed to shave everybody and cut their hair in the latest style. ```markdown ``` Mr. John Rose of Vinita is in the city on business this week. Mrs. Kizzie Hudson of Ft. Gibson is in the city on business. Mr, R. A. Givens, has fitted up his new jewelry store on N. Second street. Now give him a call. ```markdown ``` J. W. Adams will sell you all the drygoods you want and all kinds of goods. ```markdown ``` Mr. Elie Vann of Claremore, is in the City this week visiting friends. ```markdown ``` Ben Estes is the place to get good fresh goods. Call and see him. ```markdown ``` Mr. J. Colbert of Haskell, I. T., is in the city on business this week. ♦ ♦ The Muskogee Colored band is now in good shape and open for all engagements when you need a band write J. T. Trimble. Pres. ```markdown ``` Messrs. Stewart & Brown, the law partners of Guthrie, Okla., is in the city this week, looking over the B. I. T., and was a pleasant caller at the Cimeter office shaking hands with many frends and telling about the spring election at Guthrie, Okla. ★★ WANTED PUPILS—Mrs. L. C. Clark will give lessons on the piano at her place of business. 310 South Second Street. Mrs, Ellen Jones and baby, of Paris, Texas, are in the city this week visiting relatives and friends. The many friends were glad to see her as she has been gone nearly two years from them. ```markdown ``` Mr. C. Stafford has moved to his new place on North Second street and fitted up a nice ice cream parlor. Give him a call. Mr. McDaniels of South McAletter is in the city this week on business with the company. WANSED--To buy old timber on east side of M. K. & T. railway in Creek Nation. H. R. PIERSON. 211 S. Second St., Muskogee, I. T. WANTED—People to borrow money on furniture. Room 14, Jones Building. OUR Business Principles. ```markdown ``` 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. Phone 186. LINN & HARDMAN, 518 S. Second St. E. C. 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. Clean ing and pressing done on short notice Suits cleaned $1.50 to $2. 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. Dr. R. H. Waterford. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Diseases of Women and Men successfully Treated. Chronic Disease of Men a Specialty. FOUND—Have taken up and have In my possession one Bay Mare, 16 hands high. No brands Hind feet white. Owner please call at my farm 21-2 miles west of Muskogee, prove and redeem rame. Douglass McIntosh. A. S. McREA, LAWYER. 20 1-2 OKMULGEE AVENUE. VICTORIA HOTEL When at Claremore stop at the Victoria Hotel, Modern, Upto-date, Elegant Rooms, Table Unsurpassed. MRS. IDELLA ROBINSON, PROP. Claremore, I. T. Money to loan on Furniture. SHARPE & THOMPSON, Room 14, Jones Building. --- 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 CONVENTION—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. A Big New Store MAGLOIRE BROS., 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. 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. ANSWER YI ANSWER YES, OR NO? 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? "The King of Typewriters." Do you If you can answer all the abo are ready for business. But if the 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, 20TH CENTURY CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL of STENOGRAPHY, Jones Building. P. O. box 121, C. A. BIGGERS, Instructor. PHONE 320 612 S. 3RD ST.. MUSKOGEE. OUR GEM The Newmore St. Peter's A Lumberman Standing on a Log i eae O44 kas Muskogee Cimeter. W. MH. TWINE, Editor, MUSKOGER, . . IND. TER. ee < | NEW STATE NEWS Ravla may soon have a system of waterworks, | Muskogee’s city council has raised the poll tax to four dollars, or four days’ labor, for street improvement. Geronimo called upon Quananh Parker at his home near Mount Scott recently to receive the much talked of president's message. He is now con- fident that he will reecive his liberty soon and was greatly elated as a result of the words from the presi- dent. { Judge Townsend of the United States court has appointed Max Westheimer, Monroe Wheeler and 'T. 'B. Johnson as members of the equal- {zation board for the city of Ardmore. { The city marshal of Coalgate, Mr. ‘England, was acquitted in the United ‘States court at Atoka on the charge of having killed James Thompson, a for- mer marshal, last year. The defen- dant pleaded self-defense. | El Reno ts considering tho subject of street paving nowadays. | Four deaths are reported from Paw- huska as a result of the drinking bay run, | The actual work on Shawnce's new city hall has been commenced. | The Snake Indians are said to be preparing a roll of their own, and will send it to the secretary of the tn- terlor, but refuse to give the Dawes commission any consideration, { Charley Walters, a Katy brakeman, who lived at Denison, ‘Tex., was killed near McAlester. No one witnessed the aceldent, but it is supposed Walt- ‘ers fell between the cars. | The Cherokee townsite commission has finished the work of appraising the different townsites in that nation, The townsite of Ruby, the last one to ‘be appralsed, having been finished, | Jefferson will celebrate “free homes” day May 17th. | ho new electric light plant at Sul- phur {s to be read for operation by the first of June. ' Vinita Is to have a natitorium, as the company in charge has decided to Issue $1,200 additional stock, One kind word a day is some men’s limit. “Dr, David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy cured my wife of a terrible disease, With pleasu: testify to its marvelous efficacy.” J. Sweet, hibany, Nye Righteousness is a lot more than respectability, DON'T FORGET A large 2-02. package Red Crogs Hall Blue, only Scents. The Russ Company, South Send, In Killing time is a sure way of spoil- ing character, Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and Jungs.—Wa. O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900, When you speak kindly of any one some people believe you haye been bribed. Mra. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children fees, softens the gurus, reduces tty ‘Sammation, allays pin, cures wind collu. 26¢8 bottle. A girl hasn't much use for a young man who asks for “just one kiss.” 08cts., 16x20 Bust Crayon 98cts. Send your platy and oscts and wo wit inake a 16x Hust Crayon, thwestern Artists’ Association, Dallas, Texas, “You may have observed that a loaf- .or never considers himself a loafer, | Defiance Starch {s guaranteed biggest and best or money refunded. 16 ounces, 10 cents, Try it now. If his children listen eagerly for his footsteps he can’t be such a bad fel- low. Inslet on Getting It. Some grocers say they don’t keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Deflance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz, for same money? Then buy Defiance Btarch, Requires no cooking. When children are dressed in their best clothes to go anywhere, their mother works herself to dyath to keep them clean until it is time to start. “Stands Head.” There is something about Hunt's Lightning Oil 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, acheg and pains it has no equal on earth, It stands head on my medicine shelf. Very truly yours, T, J. Brownlow, Livingston, Tenn. If schoolmasters cannot all be said to start with defects, it yet is usually true that they develop them later, Important to Mothers. Examino carefully every bottle of CASTORTA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and childéen, and see that it Bears tho In Use For Over 30 Years, ‘ ‘Pho Kind You Have Always Bought, The habitual procrastinator is one who bows down to the dictates of present-moment convenience, Much valuable information free about band instruments; write for the new cata- logue to-day." JENKINS’ MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. No man has enough of this world’s goods till he has more than he needs. FITS fr Pitara ake of Dr Wine Rac Rerre nestor Ba PU ELRARE Bs Sal alias Americans are so smart; why does not one of them invent something that will make cats stay at home? More Flexible and Lasting, won't shake out or blow out; by using Deflance Starch you obtain better re- sults than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same money. The sense of duty is a sign of the divine in man. The Seeret ‘of Good: Coffee Even tho best housekeepers cannot make a good cup of coffee without good faaterial Dirty, adulterated and queerly blended coffee such as unscrupulous dealers shovel over their counters won't do, But take the pure, clean, natural flavored LION COFFEE, the teader of all package coffees— the coffeo that for over a quarter of a century has been daily welcomed in millions of homes—and you will make a drink fit for a king in this way: - HOW TO MAKE GOOD COFFEE. Use LION COFFEE, becanse to get best results you raust use the best coffee. Grind your LION COFFEE rather fine, Use “a tablespoonful to each enp, and one extra for the pot.” First mix it with a title cold water, enowzh to make a thiek paste, nnd fad “vhite of an ogg (if egg is to be used as a vettler), then follow one of the followfng rites: 1st, WITH BOILING WATER. Add boiling water, and let it boll THREE MINUTES ONLY. Add a little cold water and set aside five minutes to settle. Serve Prgms 2d. WITH COLD WATER. Add cold water to the paste and bring tt toa boll. ‘Then set aside, add a Little cold water, and in five minutes It’s ready to serve. 3 {Bont boll It too long. on’t let it stand more than ten minutes before serving. DONT'S (Don't use water that has been boiled before. _.TWO WAYS TO SETTLE COFFEE. contin With Eqgs, ute Part of the white of an egg, mixing itwith the ground LION 2d. With Coid Water instead of eggs. After boiling add a dash of cold water, and set aside for eight or ten minntes, then serve through a strainer, Insist on getting a package of genuine LION COFFEE, prepare it according to this eT and you will ony, use LION COFFEE in future. (Sold only in 1 1b. sealed packages.) (Lion-head on every package.) (Save these Lion-heads for Melaitia premiums.) SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPIOE CO., Toledo, Ohio. W..L. DOUG LAS wit $3 50 & $3,02 SHOES MADE. $ 50 & $3,0 MEN, W, 1. Douglas 83,50 shoes are the greatest sellers in the world because of thelr excellent style, easy Atting and supes rlor wearlug qualities, ‘hey are Just as wood us those that Cost trom 83.00 to 87.00. ‘Khe oily diiference is the prices W. 1. Douglas 83.50 shoes cost more to make, hold thelr shane petter, wear longer, and arc of ureter value than any other if 50 shoe on the market to-day. WL. Douglas guar. xntecs their value by, stamping his name and price om the bottom ofeach shoe. Look for {t. ‘Take no aubstieute, W. Le Douglas 83.50 shoes are sold through his own retall atores in the principalities, and b ahuodeutoracverywhere. Nowats ter Where you live, Wal. hougias shoes are within your reach: LETTER THAN OTHER MAKES AT ANY PRICE. “For the last three years Thave worn W.L. Douglas $3.50 shoe and found it not only as ayo, Out better than any shoe that Tver had reganileas of price. Chas, Ly Farrell, Asst, Cashier Phe Capitat National Bank, Indianapolis, Ind. Py ‘wear W. L, pees $2.50 and $2.00 shoes because thoy fit iter, hold their shape, and wear longer than other makes. W.L.DOUGLAS $4.00 SHOES CANNOT BE EQUALLED AT ANY PRICE, W. L. Douglas uses Corona Coltskin in his $3.50 shoes. Corona Colt is considered to be the Anest patent leather produced, FAST COLOR EYELETS WILL NOT WEAR BRASSY W. L. Douglas has the largest shoe mail order bnainess in the world. No frotible to get a tit by mail, 9e. extra prepags delivery. If you desire further information, write Jor Alustrated Cutaloyue wf Spring Styles. W.L.DOUCLAS, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS xy Sey | &) | NG py ere” a yee eer) Dare asm td Ca eek ae Emer) Bieri bm ail te Ete tas ia tg ram Sate Tolar REWARD: t SNe am Luna ‘Many who formerly smoked 10¢Cigars now smoke LEWIS SINGLE BINDER ma w2TRAIGHT S* CIGAR | RATS nN . Na SiR SF IN LEATHER © i " > Ye Gi ROR MEN ees PA ie 4 re io 7. | pep 4 ye | re OO he Fy ff YOU . Unless you A ff are not Shoew lS e are wearing the Pi PI SIR KNIGHT $4 SHOE. fi} ba It’s Different--it’s STYLE, COMFORT, SERVICE and ECON. Ri " OMY ALL In one pair of SHOES, = we Pe ae elm eel renitueeediion aN f7 Werthrimer-Swarts Shoe Co. ‘ Bor covet remem eM oy Qe eS nar dye. One 10c package colors silk, woo! and ogtton equally woll and ls guaranteed to give pertect results, "IT SAVED MY LIFE" PRAISE FOR A FAMOUS MEDICINE Mrs. Willadsen Tells How She Tried Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Just In Time. Mrs. T. C. Willadsen, of Manning, Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham: Dear Mrs. Pinkham "I can truly say that you have saved my life, and I cannot express my gratitude to you in words. Mrs. T.C. Willadsen "Before I wrote to you, telling you how I felt, I had doctored for over two years steady and spent lots of money on medicines besides, but it all failed to help me. My monthly periods had ceased and I suffered much pain, with fainting spells, headache, backache and bearing-down pains, and I was so weak I could hardly keep around. As a last resort I decided to write you and try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I am so thankful that I did, for after following your instructions, which you sent me free of all charge, my monthly periods started; I am regular and in perfect health. Had it not been for you I would be in my grave to-day. "I sincerely trust that this letter may lead every suffering woman in the country to write you for help as I did." When women are troubled with irregular or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrhoea, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, flatulence, general debility, indigestion and nervous prostration, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E, Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. No other female medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. Refuse all substitutes. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. MOST PROFITABLE FARM INVESTMENT. This is what the Cream Separator has proved to be. Twenty years of experience upon the part of hundreds of thousands of users in every country of the world bear witness to the fact. No one disputes it. A There never was a better time to make this all-important farm investment than the present. Butter is unprecedentedly high in price. It is most desirable that none be left go to waste, and that the quality be such as to command top prices. If you have cream to separate you cannot afford to delay this investment a single day. If you haven't the ready cash the machine will earn its cost while you are paying for it. THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. Randolph & Canal Sts. 74 Cortlandt Street CHICAGO NEW YORK FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FARM WESTERN CANADA FREE Is the record on the Free Homestead Lands of Western Canada for 1904. The 150,000 farmers from the United States, who during the past seven years have gone to Canada participate in this prosperity. The United States will soon become an importer of wheat. Get a free homestead or purchase a farm in Western Canada, and become one of those who will help produce it. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W, Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Please say where you saw this advertisement. DAIRY NOTES A Hole in the Fence. I think that more breachy cows have been made by a hole in the fence than by any other thing. I doubt if breachiness in cows is produced without it. On my own farm I keep up the fences in a first-class manner, and I have never had one of the cows reared on my farm develop breachiness. They are accustomed from the first to the idea that the fence is an impassable barrier. But I have owned cows so breachy that I had finally to get rid of them; they were from a neighboring farm where there is almost always a hole in the pasture fence, or the beginning of such a hole. This is frequently nothing more than a top board loosened at one end, which gives the cows an opportunity to reach over for grass on the other side. The pressure of their bodies against the lower boards results in loosening them in turn, and the breach is made. After a few experiences of this kind, an intelligent cow forms the opinion that it is easy enough to break down a fence, and she does not fail to attempt it. One cow that I purchased from the neighbor mentioned was the breachiest animal I ever knew about. Our pasture is partly between two grass meadows, and of course the grass in the meadows is taller and more inviting to a cow than the grass in the pasture. This cow would ignore the grass in the pasture and start for the fence separating the pasture from the meadow. She would lean her whole weight against a panel of fence and if that did not yield she would try another spot. Meantime the other cows would be standing by and watching her, all ready to follow her into pastures new. She often succeeded in breaking the fence, and in the end we had to send her to the butcher. —John Stinson, Bureau Co., Ill., in Farmers' Review. The Farm Cow. The real butter maker of the country is the farm cow whose milk never goes to the creamery. This cow is least often heard from, because she is less in the light of public observation than the cow that is producing milk for the creamery. Yet, the total amount of butter made on farms in the United States is far greater than the amount made in creameries. So our greatest hope still lies in the cow that gives milk for the making of farm butter. The spirit of improvement is abroad and there are multitudes of farms on which good cows are taking the place of poor ones. It is impossible to estimate how great this improvement is. A farmer that has thirty cows said to the writer last week, "My cows made 660 pounds of butter last month (March) and I think I am doing pretty well, as only 22 of them are giving milk that can be used for buttermaking. That is about a pound per day of the cows giving milk, and we have the by-products to help swell the profits." That man's herd six years ago was doing only half as well as the above statement would indicate, but the man has been selling his poorest cows and replacing them with good ones right along. Up to the present time the good farm cow has not been appreciated, and for this reason her price has not been much above that of the poor farm cow. But a change is going on, and the time is not far distant when so many farmers will be looking for profitable cows that the extra milker will bring a fancy price at any time of year. When fruit is to be shipped a long distance it must be placed in refrigerator cars. The sooner it is placed in such cars the better. Does Your Doctor Know What's the matter with you? If he does, the chances are he may help you, but many times women call on their family physicians, suffering, as they imagine, one from dyspepsia, another from heart disease, another from liver or kidney disease, another from nervous exhaustion or prostration, another with pain here and there, and in this way they all present alike to themselves and their easygoing and indifferent, or over-busy doctor, separate and distinct diseases, for which he, assuming them to be such, prescribes his pills and potions. In reality they are all only symptoms caused by some womb disease. The physician, ignorant of the cause of suffering, encourages this practice until large bills are made. The suffering patient gets no better, but probably worse, by reason of the delay, wrong treatment and consequent complications. A proper medicine like Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, directed to the cause would have entirely removed the disease, thereby dispelling all those distressing symptoms, and instituting comfort instead of prolonged misery. It has been well said that "a disease known is half cured." In cases almost innumerable, after all other medicines had failed to help and doctors had said there was no cure possible, the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, supplemented when necessary by the medical advice and counsel of Dr. Pierce, has resulted in a perfect and permanent cure. The genuineness of these cures is attested not only by the entire disappearance of pain, but by a gain of flesh, a clear complexion and a cheerful disposition. CURES OBSTINATE CASES.—"Favorite Prescription" is a positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of leucorrhea, excessive flowing, painful menstruation, unnatural suppressions and irregularites, prolapsus or falling of the womb, weak back, "female weakness," anteversion, retroversion, bearing-down sensations, chronic congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness of the ovaries, accompanied with "internal heat." Reliable dealers recommend "Favorite Prescription." With tricky ones, something else that pays them better will probably be urged upon you as "just as Shot a Sacred Vulture A specimen of the very rare "Pondicherry," or "sacred vulture," of India and Africa was shot recently in South Africa. Its measurements were: From tip to tip of wings, 106 inches; from beak to tip of tail, 42 inches. The sacred vulture, which grows to immense size, has its head bare, neck covered with folds of skin of a pinkish hue and tremendously powerful beak and claws. It is described as very self-assertive, driving off all other birds from their prey. It builds enormous nests of sticks and leaves and lays only one egg a season. Chinese-Jewish Colony There is said to be a Chinese-Jewish colony in the Yang-tse-Kinag valley in China. This colony has existed since 200 years before the Christian era. Its people have a synagogue in which they attend worship, extract the sinews from flesh before eating it, erect tablets to Moses and Abraham and are called by some "blue-capped Mohammedans," because of their blue headdress. Otherwise they are little different from other Chinese citizens, hold high offices in the land at times, and because of Chinese tolerant principles have never been persecuted or oppressed. Watch for It. It will pay you to watch for the very first symptom of indigestion or liver trouble and to prevent the trouble from gaining headway, by quickly taking Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. Nothing is more weakening to the system than chronic dyspepsia, and all its complications. Nothing will cure it so quickly, pleasantly and surely as Syrup Pepsin. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it falls. A woman who will laugh at a preacher's joke cannot see the point of her husband's, and the woman who thinks her husband's jokes are funny finds it hard to laugh politely at the preacher's.—Atchison Globe. Scientists now announce that the possession of filthy lucre is dangerous to health. This may explain the longevity of beggars. good." Perhaps it is for them, but it can't be for you. DR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Str—I suffered for four years with falling of womb and general female weakness, had terrible backaches and headaches and especially distressing times at monthly periods. Our family physician prescribed several remedies but although he was an old and excellent doctor he was unable to relieve me. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was brought to my attention and spoken of so highly that I decided to change medicines and take that. I was indeed pleased to find that this remedy relieved my palms within two days, and at the next period, there was a great change for the better. After ten weeks' use of the 'Favorite Prescription' I was not only cured but my general health was much better than it had been for three years. I took on flesh, my complexion became smooth and clear, and I now enjoy the best of health, thanks to Dr. Pierce's efficient remedy. MRS. A. E. BORTNER 195 Seventh Street, Portland, Oregon. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription contains no alcohol, is entirely vegetable and was the first exclusively woman's tonic on the market—it has sold more largely in the past third of a century than any other medicine for women. All other compounds intended for women only are made with alcohol, or alcohol is a large component. This alcohol injures the nerves. The little red corpuscles of the blood are shrunken by alcohol. All such compounds, therefore, do harm. "The People's Medical Adviser" contains several chapters devoted to the physiology of women, with directions for self-treatment which every woman ought to read. A paper-bound copy sent absolutely free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay for mailing only; or cloth-bound, 31 stamps. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Good temper is largely a matter of good health, and good health is largely a matter of healthy activity of the bowels. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. They are safe, sure and speedy, and once taken do not have to be taken always. One little "Pellet" is a gentle laxative, and two a mild cathartic. They never grip. By all druggists. Pellets. Alabastine..... Your Walls Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria, Small Pox — the germs of these deadly diseases multiply in the decaying glue present in all kalsomines, and the decaying paste under wail paper. ALABASTINE is a disinfectant; it destroys disease germs and vermin; is manufactured from a stone cement base, hardens on the walls, and is as enduring as the wall itself. ALABASTINE is mixed with cold water, and any one can apply it. Ask for sample card of beautiful tints and information about decorating. Take no cheap substitute. Buy only in 5 pound packages properly labeled. ALABASTINE COMPANY Grant Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. New York Office, 105 Water St. $50 POSITION PAY TUITION AFTER POSITION IS SECURED The first eight who clip this notice and send it to 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. Daughon's B. P. B. C. Co. has $30,000,000 cap. seventeen bankers or one of four TWENTY THREE STATES to back every claim it makes. Established 16 years. Clip and send this notice to day. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No.19.1905