Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. PLEA TO OUR NEIGHBORS. We Warn You to Take Proper Steps to Rid Your Community of Out-Laws, Etc. THE ST. LOUIS FURNITURE CO. 128 South Second Street. Offer a fine line of New and Second Hand Furniture Iron Beds, Matt.ess. Springs, Rocking Chairs, Bowls, Pitchers, and Slop Jars AT REDUCED PRICES. Vol 6. The good people of Wybark should by all fair means stop the lawlessness going on around wybark station. This throwing of rocks and cinders at train men when they are passing or cutting out cars should be, and must be stopped at once. Only a few days ago some mean boys or men threw a ear of corn striking a brakeman on the head while sitting in his caboose stunning him for some time; the same brakeman has been struck with pieces of cinders thrown by this same or like mean persons. This element, friends, are hurting your community; they are giving you a hard name from one end of the R. R. line to the other. These railroad men are in dread of you, retaliation is their one defense. Now in the name of the law and for your own good stop this hellishness. Call a committee of your law abiding citizens and appoint some one as a detective and ferit out and catch these devils and turn them over to the law, regardless of whom they are. Their doings will hurt you and your neighborhood, each and everyone are classified with the worse. Stop it, we beg you, stop screaning these law breakers. There are many good lawabiding people in Wybark, for we know them, but you will come you will come under the bane of that worthless element if this thing is not stopped. Not long since we heard an official say, "We will just let those Negroes in Wybark alone until they kill each other out as we can't afford to have marshalls detered in their duty Muskogee, I.T., Thursday, May 18. 1905. by the screaning of lawless ones As long as they do their devilment among themselves we will let them go." Now we trust we will never have cause to warn you again. We can't nor will we indorse this lawlessness, it must be stopped. It hurts not only you of Wybark, but the Negroes of the entire country surrounding you. Stop it, we plead, stop it. Kempt, I. T., May 12, 1905. Editor, Muskogee Cimeter: Please allow space in your most conservative paper to speak a few words. Your paper has a hearty welcome in this community for the manly position you take against the immoral leaders of the Negro race. Honest men can not getwork on account of immoral trickster. It is through tricks that some men get positions, then it is only a short time before shame and disgrace are brought on many good people on account of them. That man who would barter and destroy the morals of his neighbor's daughter is unworthy of manhood. Our attention must be turned, principly, to bettering the conditions of our public institution by letting the world know the conduct of some of the immoral leaders of our race. The man or woman among us who is of questionable character must be sat down upon. Those who associate with the immoral must be separated from the good and loyal people. May the time come when every journal will take high grounds and be manly. N. L. Wirdlow. THE NEW YORK PAINLESS DENTIST EXAMINATION FREE. Room 213-14, - Illinois Building Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. This company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Call on us when you want artistic work we can make it swell. FOR SALE—Some cheap lots. The following lots for sale inside the corporate limits of Muskogee: Lot 4, Block $600; 4 lots 50 foot front at $200 per lot; 1 room house and lot $200; one lot on west side 140 foot front $500; House and lot for $175. For bargains write us. 80 acre farm for $1200. These are all bargains, Call on or write W. H. Twine, 211 S. 2nd St Muskogee. 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. THE NEW Y PAINLES DR. WM. FLAMM 27 years practicing in New York City, Crown and Bridge work a specialty at lowest possible price. All work guaranteed. My Gold Crowns never tarnish. I use the best material. Gas administered. Don't fail to give me a trial. EXAMINAT Room 213-14, - Illi Next to Bank of Musl tise in this paper. 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 same. Douglass McIntosh. 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. The Creek Undertaking Co. is the official undertakers for the Burial League of the U. S. for the Negroes of Muskogee, and vicinity and will take up contracts for all Negroes whether their name appear thereon or not. Should a policy holder die bring the contract to us. We will do the rest. 5-18, 1m. BRIDGE WORK BEAUTIFUL TALK CARVED HOLLOW CARVED WOOD CARVED WOOD CARVED WOOD TION FREE.inois Building kogee, Muskogee, I. T. M. IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS PE-RU-NA CURED HIM. Cold Affected Head and Throat Attack Was Severe. Chas. W. Bowman, 1st Lieut. and Adjt. 4th M. S. M. Cav. Vols., writes from Lanham, Md., as follows: "Though somewhat adverse to patent medicines, and still more averse to becoming a professional affidavit man, it seems only a plain duty in the present instance to add my experience to the columns already written concerning the curative powers of Peruna. "I have been particularly benefited by its use for colds in the head and throat. I have been able to fully cure myself of a most severe attack in forty-eight hours by its use according to directions. I use it as a preventive whenever threatened with an attack. "Members of my family also use it for like ailments. We are recommending it to our friends."—C. W. Bowman. Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics. One reason why Peruna has found permanent use in so many homes is that it contains no narcotic of any kind. It can be used any length of time without acquiring a drug habit. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, for free medical advice. All correspondence held strictly confidential. HAVE YOU COWS? HAVE YOU COWS? If you have cream to separate a good Cream Separator is the most profitable investment you can possibly make. Delay means daily waste of time, labor and product A time, labor and product, DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS save $10.- per cow per year every year of use over all gravity setting systems and $5.- per cow over all imitating separators. They received the Grand Prize or Highest Award at St. Louis. Buying trashy cash-in-advance separators is penny wise, dollar foolish. Such machines quickly lose their cost instead of saving it. If you haven't the ready cash DE LAVAL machines may be bought on such liberal terms that they actually pay for themselves. Send today for new catalogue and name of nearest local agent. FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE MIXED FARMING WHEAT RAISING RANCHING Three great pursuits have again shown wonderful results on the Free Homestead Lands of Westerr Canada this year. Magnificent climate—farmers plowing in their shirt sleeves in the middle of November. "All are bound to be more than pleased with the final results of the past season's harvests."—Extract Coal, wood, water, hay in abundance. Schools churches, markets convenient. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Please say where you saw this advertisement. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chat. H. Flitchur. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. There are but two kinds of starch. Defiance Starch, which is the best starch made and—the rest. Other starches contain chemicals, which work harm to the clothes, rot them and cause them to break. Defiance is absolute- DEFIANCE STARCH ly pure. It is guaranteed perfectly satisfactory or money back. The proof is in the doing and Defiance does. 16 ounces for 10 cents. Your grocer sells it. MANUFACTURED BY THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., OMAHA, NEB. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED. 28 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send FREE and postpaid a 220-page treatise on Piles, Pintailia and Diseases of the Rectum; also 108-page illus. treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured by our mild method, none paid a cent till cured—we furnish their names on application. DR. THORNTON & MINOR, 3089 Ollive Street • ST. LOUIS, MO. and 1030 Oak St. KANSAS CITY, MO. TURFMAN WAS LIKED "VIRGINIA" CARROLL POPULAR AMONG ASSOCIATES. Horseman, Recently Dead, Had Many Idiosyncrasies, but Few Faults—Shafts of Humor Always at His Command. "It is a strange thing that Virginia Carroll should die from cancer of the tongue," said a horseman, speaking of the death of the bookmaker. "On the western turf he was probably known to every man who ever elbowed his way into a betting ring in Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis or New Orleans. He was known from coast to coast. When the odds were posted in the ring Carroll's disposition changed entirely. Odds on horses affected him as raw meat does a hungry tiger. He was always quarreling with his patrons, and more than once vicious fights have been narrowly averted. No one can ever remember when Virginia Carroll won a fight. When it reached the fighting point he invariably wiggled out. He was a natural-born comedian and scores of stories are told of him." "I remember one incident at Memphis when Carroll was booking some years ago," said an old-timer. "A well-dressed man walked up to Carroll's book and with an umbrella pointed up to a horse's name on Carroll's blackboard. "I want to bet on that one,' said the well-dressed man. "Quick as a cat Carroll grabbed the umbrella, threw it in the betting booth and turning to his sheet writer cried out: "Two dollars against an umbrella on So and So.' The horse lost and Carroll kept the umbrella. Another story is told of Carroll which occurred at St. Louis. A big, raw-boned iceman walked up to Carroll's book one day at the Fair grounds and handed the bookmaker a dollar bill. Only $2 wagers were taken and Carroll abused the iceman dreadfully. Finally the husky Irishman reached in his pocket and drew forth an immense knife. Carroll saw it as soon as the iceman got it out of his pocket. Snatching the dollar bill from the iceman's hand, Carroll laid the iceman three points better than the odds posted on his slate, and as he handed the ticket to the man Carroll said: "Say, old pal, you can always bet anything with me from a shoestring to a cake of ice. If you have any pants buttons in your pocket now you can bet me those." This so amused the iceman that he put his knife in his pocket and laughed with Carroll and everybody else within the hearing of their voices. At another time on one of the southern tracks Carroll insulted a well-known turfman. This horse owner had a habit of walking through the betting ring shuffling silver dollars. He invariably carried a dozen or more in his hand. When Carroll angered him he drew back to throw the twelve silver dollars at the big bookmaker. Suddenly he stopped to think it was money he was throwing. Thereupon he took a $60 pair of field glasses from his pocket and threw them at Carroll. They missed the bookmaker and struck an iron support to the grand stand and were shattered. He saved $12 and wasted $60. "You lose another bet," cried Carroll, as he saw the glasses smashed. Carroll was well educated and off the race track was gentlemanly, quiet and made scores of friends. He was always liberal to the poor and seldom passed a cripple or a beggar without throwing him a coin. Sisters of Charity never passed him without receiving a handsome contribution. Carroll had a great habit of chewing chalk or cigarettes, and doctors say this may have caused the cancer on his tongue, which it is said ate that organ away and was fast eating out his throat when he died. used every washday will make your clothes white xs snow and as beautiful as when new. ‘The most competent housekeepers in the country use Red Cross Ball Blue and no other. Just try it once and you will see the difference, All grocers sell it, Large package So, ig mD) Hy 4a f : 4 y uy ‘apo GOO a nes fm » nah “ Heat and Egg Production. A writer on poultry says that we have but to produce summer condi- tions in the hen house all the time to get cggs all the time. He assumes that the production of eggs is a mat- ter relating to a plentiful supply of heat, just as we do not get vegeta- tion except by the joint work of heat and moisture. We doubt however if the two are at all similar. We feel quite sure that large quantities of eges cannot be obtained in the winter by merely having the heating of the houses right, nor would it be possible to get eggs all the time if the con- ditions for egg laying were perfect. The fact is that egg production is connected so closely with the mater- nal instincts of the fowl that we have more to hope for by obtaining early maturity of fowls than by producing summer conditions in the midst of winter. If it were a matter of summer conditions, we would expect to get more eggs in October than in Febru- ary, yet, as we all know, October fs a month of very small egg production. We have had hens lay well during the very coldest weather in the month of February and we have had hens do almost nothing in the finest days of August. It is true that heat does have some effect on egg production in the spring. The spring heat forces the rapidly developing vegetation, and the fowls that are permitted to run in the fields and orchards get a great variety of both animal and vegeta- ble feed. This variety of feed with exercise helps to stimulate the gener- ative processes, and the more the generative processes are stimulated the larger is the number of eggs pro- duced. Underground Poultry Houses. Underground poultry houses are not popular in the United States. One reason for this is the current belief that underground houses are not fit abiding places for either man or beast. They can be made sanitary but they usually are not. It is far easier to keep them in an unsanitary condition than it is a poultry house above the ground. Most poultry houses are neglected, and a neglected underground poultry house soon be- comes widely known as a failure and brings disgrace on the whole list of poultry houses constructed wholly or partly underground, Yet it is certain that the man who is careful and scientifically inclin- ed can construct a poultry house part- ly underground and make great profit from it, The temperature of the earth acts as his ally to warm the house in winter and cool it in summer, pro- vided it is made as much as possible of materials not readily permitting the passage of heat, We do not recommend the con- struction of such houses on the farm unless cement is to be largely used in construction and unless the land is to be so perfectly drained that under no condition can the walls and floor become damp. Dampness must be avoided for poultry as well as for farm animals in general. Under damp conditions the writer has seen chicks so badly affected with rheumatism that they could not move. , Skill of the Cattle Feeder, Whether cattle make rapid or slow progress depends almost entirely upon the skill of the feeder. He must be a man of intelligence and good judg- ment, and must make a special study of the animals under his charge. Un- less a man fully realizes the import- ance of knowing the smallest details in connection with his work, he will never make a successful feeder, This Is something which too few men ap- preciate. It ts better to believe than to sus- pect, Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as © cough cure.—J. W. O'Brien, 392 Third sve. N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1000. This worfd owes every a man a chance to earn an honest living. caeeeneseminetnctieeneneens DON'T FORGET largo #:28. package Ted Croge Ball Hilue, only Beents. ‘The Russ Company, South Bend, In The astronomer studying the heav- ens may be busy when he hasn't an earthly thing to do,—Philadelphia Bulletin. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Byrap. For children nang softens the gurus, reduces ty ‘Aetumstion, allays pid, cures wind coils. ' Zee bottle The weak chain wastes the strong anchor. MDr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy ve ne prompt and complete rellet from dyspepsia and fie, derangement.” BT. Trowbridge, Harlem K.1, N.¥, Many brave men have been shot In the back. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Stich. A woman may lose her mind, but she is never at a loss for words. ‘Talking machines—Victor and Rdi- son 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. The center of dramatic emotion is usually in the gallery. When Your Grocer Says he does not have Deflance Starch, you may be sure he ts afraid to keep it un- til his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only bet- ter than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to the package and gells for same money as 12 oz. brands, The harder becomes the battle of life, greater will the fron grow into your nerves. | “Don't Lie Down.” Spring is here. Your system needs toning up to fortify against the long summer's debilitating influences, Simmons’ Sarsaparilla will build you up, make you strong and carry you through without that usual “Want to lie down” feeling. ¢ The less a woman has in her purse the more determined she is to carry it in her hand. Lewis’ “géngle Binder” straight 5¢ cigar. The\highest price 5e cigar to the dealer and the highest quality to the smoker. Lewis’ Factory, Peoyia, ll. - Some people are so anxious to spring a joke that they seem to have the spring fever, Many Children Are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, Cure Feverishness, Head- ache, Stomach Trowties, Teething Dis- orders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms. Atall Druggists’ ,25c. Sample mailed FREE, Address Allen S, Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. A man who is unable to write his name never has to listen to the read- ing of hig silly letters in a breach ot promise suit—Chicago News. “It Will Stay There.” In my family medicine chest no remedy is permitted to remain unless it proves beyond doubt the best to be obtained for its particular purpose. For treating all manner of skin troubles, such as Eczema, Tetter, Ring- worm, etc., Hunt's Cure has held its place for many years. I have failed to find a surer remedy. It cures itching instantly. R. M. SWANN, Franklin, La. 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Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, which for thirty years has sustained thousands of women in this condition, there would be a great decrease in miscarriages, in suffering, and in disappointments at birth. The following letters to Mrs. Pink- ham demonstrate the power of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in such cases. Mrs. I. C, Glover, Vice-President of Milwaukee Business Woman's Associa- tion, of 614 Grove Street, Milwaukee, Wis., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— “T was maeried for several years and no children blessed our home. The doctor said Thad a complication of female troubles and T could not have any children unless I could be cured. For months I took his medicines, trying in vain for a cure, but at last my hus: band became disgusted and suggested that I Many Women Have Reen Benefited hy FD NG eee fc) Ary, ( 7 Ca ALA SODA FOUN TAINS W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 20, 1905 | SEN? 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DT ek. w. ‘The most competent housekeepers in the ference, All grocers sell it. Large package So, THE @IMETER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUISKOGEE, 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: Doug did not name a single Negro for the new state. He has located himself where we knew he was. Knights and Ladies of Honor of the World have bought the Pioneer and the paper is now the organ of that organization. H. A. Brooks has sold the "Pioneer" and will take a short rest and visit his old home. The Western World has gone with the Echo to the journalistic grave yard. May it rest in peace. Leftwich, the once president of the Baptist College, was arrested Saturday night charged with creating fear among the brethren, The Advocate published at Pert'and, Oregon reached our office this week, and we take pleasure in placing it on our exchange list. The "Stand Pat Club" propose to visit Portland, Oregon during the summer in a private car the same as they had on the trip to Washington, D. C. Cusses like chickens come home to roost. Respectfully submitted to the thieves, thugs, street walkers, and other fellows and fellowesses who have been cussing the Cimeter. Hans Carter and his force are making things hum and the loafers, bums and thugs are on the move. This is the correct thing and carter and his men are entitled to credit for their good work. Its strange that Doug did not name his man Friday (Jones) as a possibility for Congress (It is said that Doug promised to make Friday the greatest Negro in the B. I. T.) Judge Momyer gives the white and black criminals the same dose. One morning there were a number of white women before his honor and he fined them all next day; a number of colored women of the same kind were up and got the same dose. There can be no kick on this kind of treatment. --- BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. GEO. D. HOPE LUMBER COMPANY DEALER IN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime. Cement, Etc. EAST OKMULGEE AVE. Mr, and Mrs. Hailstock passed thru the city Wednesday enroute to their home at Tahlequah. Charley went to Texas and picked one of her fairest flowers and has transplanted the same to the B. I. T. We wish the young couple much happiness. Charley belongs to the famous "Stand Pat Cltb" and of course the club will see that he keeps straight and stands "pat." FARM LOANS. LOANS MADE TO FREEDMEN ON THEIR ALLOTMENTS Long Time. Easy Payments. Low Interest. Easy Payments. You can pay small amounts anytime after one year and stop interest. Brother H. A. Brooks ex-editor, and proprietor of the Pioneer Publishing Company will leave for Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi to visit old acquaintances and his children. He says he will leave here about June 1st and return sometime within sixty days. If you sell the land you can pay the entire loan any time after one year. ADDRESS: CHAS. H. LOMBARD, Manager, No. 207 N. Second St ; Muskogee, I. T. He informed our reporter that he has not decided what business he will follow when he returns home again. We hope he will have a good time and a nice trip.—Ex. DONT STAND JIM CROWISM We are opposed to Jim Crowism, no matter where it comes up we are so opposed to it that we think the Negroes who visit Arkansas, Texas or any of the twin hells even to see their kindred (sometimes that's only a pretext) make a grievous error. Unless it was on business, we would just as soon go to the real hell as one of these rooms of hell. It is said, and we are investigatigating the matter, that in Muskogee some cusses who do business here are putting in Jim Crow quarters for Negroes, Now the Negro who will trade at a grocery store, dry goods store; call on a physician; go to a drug store; give his trade to a dentist or trade with any person who stand for that kind of discrimination is not worth his room in hell. Yet we are aware there are some damphools who will do so. But we shall see that the public are made acquainted with the predjudiced devils who inaugurate this kind of business The Negro trade here amounts to thousands of dollars each year and if the devils don't want the trade (and they show they don't by discrimination) it should be given to those who have more sense than prejudice. There are a number of men in business here who conduct it on the square and those are the people to deal with. 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. Get your printing done by the "Old Reliable" Cimeter Jb Printing Company 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 KIRSHBAUM GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. VICTORIA HOTEL When at Claremore stop at the Victoria Hotel, Modern, Upto-date, Elegant Rooms, Table Unsurpassed. Muskogee - - - I. T. y w. cord, J. Hill, of Con N. C., Justice of the Peace, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills proved a very efficient remedy in my case. I used them for disordered kidneys and backache, from which I had experienced a great deal of trouble and pain. The kidney secretions were very irregular, dark colored and full of sediment. The Pills cleared it all up and I have not had an ache in my back since taking the last dose. My health generally is improved a great deal." FOSTER-MILBURN CO., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers, price 50 cents per box. HOOPSKIRTS ARE BEING WORN A Chicago Dressmaker Says the Inverted Balloon Is in Style Hoopskirts have again made their appearance in Chicago. The latest coming out of the ante-bellum article was at the weekly meeting of the Chicago Dressmakers' club at the Stratford hotel recently. Mme. M. J. Mosac, president of the club, had a spiral design of hoopskirt which was demonstrated on the form of Miss Anna Schubert, a model. "I will show that this hoopskirt is not the old 'Johnnie Comes Marching Home' sort, but, of course, we can't say how far it will develop," said Mme. Mosac, as she led Miss Anna to a chair and seated her with comfort, her skirts still on the floor in front. "The old sort, you know, used to fly up in front, but that was before dressmaking got to be an art as it is today." The dressmakers say that within a short time the hoopskirt will be the rage in Chicago. A plain person doesn't seem so if he suits your fancy. When his goods are his chief good a man is likely to find little lasting good. Were Good for Both. Paulding, Miss., May 15th.—(Special)—In this neighborhood men and women alike are telling of the great benefit they have received from the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills and it frequently happens they are the means of curing members of both sexes in the same family. Take the case of Mr. and Mrs. F. Erby. The latter voices the sentiment of both when she says: "My lips cannot express too much praise for Dodd's Kidney Pills. I suffered with Backache and Female weakness for four or five years and I feel that I have been wonderfully helped by Dodd's Kidney Pills. My husband, too, was a sufferer for five years from a weak bladder and they also cured him." Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy kidneys. Healthy kidneys mean pure blood and good health all over the body. No woman with healthy kidneys ever had female weakness. Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman—repose is energy. The Greek battle pieces are calm the heroes, in whatever violent actionsengaged, retain a serene aspect.—Emerson. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE, NEW STATE NEWS The chief of police at Muskogee has been ordered to enforce the collection of an annual tax of $10 from all real estate dealers of that town. A new telephone line is being built from Durwood to Baum, through Mulkey. Connection will be made with the Ardmore-South McAlester line. The City National bank of Madill and the American National bank of Weleetka have been authorized to begin business. Burglars entered the store of N. Johnson at Tyler and appropriated merchandise to the value of $65. The Chickasaw Medical association met in Marietta last week. Wynnewood was selected as the next meeting place. Application has been made to Governor Ferguson for the pardon of Frank Coleman, who, in 1901, was sent to the penitentiary for ten years from Pottawatomie county for robbing a French co-laborer of eight cents. Gas is to be supplied to the Chilocco Indian school from north of Arkansas City. The Order of Eagles will celebrate in Muskogee May 22 to 27. Machinery for a 100-barrel flouring mill has been received at Lawotn. The promoters say the mill will be completed and in readiness for business by fall. Charles Mooreman, a brakeman employed by the Ardmore & Chickasha Railway company, was caught between freight cars and seriously injured. Mooreman's home is at Madill. Ed Williams was arrested at Shawnee and turned over to the federal authorities upon a charge of having obtained money under false pretenses. It is claimed he secured the payment of a money order which did not belong to him. Bruce Roberts, charged with the killing of Joe Roberts at Terral, was acquitted in the preliminary examination. It was proven that he acted in self-defense. Boswell has a press brick factory in operation. More than one hundred men of the twin territories met in Oklahoma City last week to talk prices and freight rates. In a body they visited the coal fields near South McAlester and other points. Eagles of Oklahoma met at Oklahoma City last week and organized a permanent state convention. Baptists have completed a church at Boswell and work has been commenced on a new Methodist meeting house. A large deposit of pottery clay is said to have been discovered near South McAlester. A new bank, the Oklahoma State National, will be opened in Guthrie June 15th. The capital stock will be $50,000. Dustin, a new town in Indian Territory, is said not to have a lawyer. The town has two banks and two hotels, but no followers of Blackstone. --- Salute Caused a Fire When the Italian cruiser Umbria entered the harbor of San Jose de Guatamala the other day she fired a salute. A burning wad from one of the guns dropped on the roof of the government building and set fire to it. The crew was ordered ashore and assisted in a hard fight, which resulted in saving most of the building. ITCHING SCALP HUMOR. Lady Suffered Tortures Until Cured by Cuticura—Scratched Day and Night. "My scalp was covered with little pimples and I suffered tortures from the itching. I was scratching all day and night, and I could get no rest. I washed my head with hot water and Cuticura Soap and then applied the Cuticura Ointment as a dressing. One box of the Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap cured me. Now my head is entirely clear and my hair is growing splendidly. I have used Cuticura Soap ever since, and shall never be without it. (Signed) Ada C. Smith, 309 Grand St., Jersey City, N. J." Too many women look upon a marriage certificate as a license to operate a hold-up game. 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 3/4-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. The failures of this world are the truest tokens of the next.—Florida Times-Union. "Makes It Go 'Way.' "We simply can't do without it. We are not going to try. When Bobby stubs or cuts his toe, it's "Ma, where's the Lightning Oil?" When Lizzie burn her hand or arm, it's "Where's the Lightning Oil?" When little Dick's been playing with a bumble bee, it's, "Where's the Lightning Oil?" The echo of all our afflictions is, "Where's the Lightning Oil?" It's the balm that makes the pain go way. Sincerely yours, P. CASSIDY, Montevallo, Ala. If we could see into the future blindness would soon be considered a blessing. Private Car Lines. The railroads seem very willing to have the private car lines brought under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. A railroad president is authority for the statement that lines are paid mileage, without discrimination, and the question of excessive charges is a matter for the shipper to settle with the car lines, so long as there is no law to govern their rates. Car mileage paying has been decided to be as legal as the payment of rental for property. Wealth may not bring happiness, but most of us think we could get next to it if we had the money. A powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. There may be plenty of room at the top, but the climbing is not what it is cracked up to be. Married Seventy-six Years A Montreal couple, Pierre Forget and his wife, have just celebrated the seventy-sixth anniversary of their marriage. Mr. Forget is 100 years and 6 months old, while his wife is 96, and both are in good health. One of their thirteen children will herself celebrated her golden wedding three years hence, though she is only 61 uow. Opening of the Uintah Indian Reservation. The Uintah Indian Reservation in Utah, containing 2,425,000 acres of arable land, to be opened up for settlement on September 1, 1905, is described in a pamphlet just issued by the passenger department of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad company. A valuable map, showing the country to be opened up and the various routes by which it can be reached, is published for the first time in this pamphlet, which may be obtained by addressing General Passenger Agent S. K. Hooper at Denver. The man who talks as if he had his mouth full of hot mush is never able to make a stirring speech. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. When peaches get cheaper is that a pit fall? Afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water Comfort--Economy A Cool Kitchen No kindlings to chop—no dirt—and a kitchen as comfortable as the sitting room—that's Quick Meal way—just turn the valve—strike a match and you have instantly a red hot fire—and in no time breakfast is ready. And it costs almost nothing for fuel, 40 to 60 a day, that's all. It's just as simple and as safe as an ordinary kerosene lamp. It is built according to the insurance people's ideas—they have tested the QUICK MEAL (Evaporator) GASOLINE STOVE In every possible way to their full satisfaction. The Quick Meal saves half an hour's sleep every morning and over so much time during a day. You can roll it in to your Dining Room, if you prefer—wherever you use the Quick Meal, your room remains clean, cool and comfortable. You should have a Quick Meal in Your kitchen. If your dealer doesn't carry it, tell us, and we'll sell you. Would You Like a Present? We will send you something useful—something you'll like if you'll simply tell us your dealer's name and say whether or not he carries Quick Meal. Sign your name plainly so the present will be sure to reach you safely. Bingen Stove Co., Div. Makers 6th St., St. Louis, Mo. "The Wonder City" ELDORADO SPRINGS Hidden away in the foothills of the Northern Ozarks' slopes, in the midst of green forests, lies Eldorado Springs, Mo., an ideal health and pleasure resort. Since the discovery of its now famous Springs, thousands have received benefits from the healing waters, and have gone away eloquent testimonials of their curative properties. During the summer season, excursion tickets will be sold to Eldorado Springs at GREATLY REDUCED RATES To those seeking a quiet, ideal place in which to spend a summer vacation at a minimum expense, Eldorado Springs offers many attractions. Booklets and full particulare as to train service, rates, etc., may be had at any Katy Agent, or by addressing: A. C. Winer, T. P. A., Sedalia, Mo. F. B. Brew, G. T. A., Parsons, Kan. W. C. Knowles, B. P. A., Oklahoma City George Morton, G. P. & T. A., St. Louis, Mo. "THE KATY" PAINFUL SCIATICA EVERY SUFFERER WANTS THE VERY QUICKEST CURE. Mr. Donovan Thinks the Remedy Used by Him with Such Remarkable Success the Best-Cured by Five Boxes. "Men who have to do difficult and dangerous work on electric lines at any hour of day or night, can't afford to have anything the matter with their health," said Mr. Donovan. You can imagine, therefore, how much I was alarmed one winter's day in 1902, when I was seized by a pain just behind my right hip that made it difficult for me to walk home. It was so bad by the time I reached the house that I was obliged to go straight to bed." "Did that relieve you?" "No, the pain grew more severe and kept extending downward along my leg. I sent for a physician, and he soon decided that I had sciatica. In a few days the whole nerve was affected, and the least movement brought on terrible agony." "Did your condition improve under the doctor's treatment?" "Quite the contrary. At the end of two months I wasn't a bit better, and at times I feared that I would never be able to leave my bed." "How did you get out again?" "When I was lying in bed, unable to move and wasting away in flesh, a friend visited me and told me about the wonderful cures brought about by a great blood and nerve remedy, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. He strongly urged me to try them, and I luckily had sense enough to take his advice." "Did you mend quickly?" "Yes, that was the astonishing thing. I noticed a slight improvement before I had quite finished the first box of the pills, I could get out of bed while I was on the third box, and I was entirely cured by the time I had taken five boxes." Mr, Joseph A. Donovan is living at Plaistow, New Hampshire, and is line inspector for the Haverhill, Newton and Plaistow Electric Street Railway. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are the remedy to use when the blood is thin, as in anaemia; or impure, as in rheumatism; or when the nerves are weak, as in neuralgia; or lifeless, as in partial paralysis; or when the body as a whole is ill-nourished, as in general debility. They are sold by all druggists. Evading Cigarette Law Cigarettes with tobacco wrappers, instead of paper, have been placed on the market in Wisconsin, labeled "cigars," to evade the anti-cigarette law. The contents are said to be identical with that of the paper covered brand. Cleaned Out. When a deep cellar becomes filled with heavy, poisonous air, it is never safe to go into it until it has been cleaned out. When your body has been poisoned with the foul residues of undigested food, it is just as necessary to clean it out. To do this pleasantly and safely take Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. It is a pure, scientific preparation which has no equal in the cure of constipation, headache, biliousness and stomach trouble. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. When some men meet a creditor they either tear up a street or turn down an alley. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the car. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or impfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrch, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The postman in the fashionable streets says the people he serves are of good address. People who "get in on the ground floor" are apt to slam the door behind them. NEW PHASE OF OLD GAME. Ingenious Flim-Flam Worked on Man Who Thought He Was Wise. "I want to tell you how I was flim-flammed on my way to Milwaukee," said George C. Harding, of Peoria, to the Milwaukee Sentinel. "My experience may be of value to the men on the road. As the train was about to pull out of Chicago, a big, prosperous looking fellow came into the smoking compartment where I was sitting. He was bareheaded and had a roll of bills in his hand. He counted them carefully and I noticed that there was $40 in fives. "He slipped them into an envelope, which he sealed and held in his hand. As the train was pulling out he engaged me in conversation and asked where he would have a chance to mail the money to his wife, I told him, and after apparently thinking the matter over he said he did not think it would be wise to mail the bills unless they were registered, and decided to wait until he reached Milwaukee. As he was about to slip the envelope in his pocket he asked me whether I had the amount in larger bills that would be less bulky. I found two twenties in my pocket and gave them to him in exchange for the sealed package. "Then he said he believed he would go and get his hat. The train was just stopping for an instant at Clybourn Junction as he started from the coach, and I have never seen him since, needless to say, for upon opening the envelope I found some neatly folded pieces of paper. The next man that gets any of my money, however, will have to use a gun or a piece of lead pipe." Should Have Known Sooner. Two women, the one a private secretary and the other the ruling power of the telephone exchange of a big downtown building, went into a restaurant the other day to get their luncheon. They had been taking their noon-day meal at this place for about a year and were surprised when the table was set with a brand-new set of dishes. They examined the new ware critically and when they stepped up to the desk to pay their checks were ready to give an opinion in response to the cashier's question, "How did you like our new dishes." "Why, I don't think much of them," replied Miss H. "I don't like the color." "You ought to," replied the cashier with a smile as she handed their money back. "It was decided that the first party that ate from the new dishes should have the meal free." "Well, why didn't you tell us that before we ordered," they both shouted. "Just think what we could have eaten if we had known it was not to cost anything?"—Philadelphia Press True Greatness. How sad that all great things are sad— That greatness knows not to be glad. The boundless, spouseless, fearful sea Pursues the moon! incessantly; And Caesar, childless lives and dices The thunder torn Sequoia tree In solemn isolation cries Sad chorus with the homeless wind Above the clouds, above his kind, Above his bastioned peak, above All sign or sound or sense of love, How mateless, desolate, and drear His lorn, long seven thousand year! My comrades, lovers, dare to be More truly great than Caesar; he Who hewed three hundred towns apart, Yet never truly touched one heart. The tearful, lorn, complaining sea The very moon looks down upon, Then changes, as a saber drawn; The great Sequoia lords as lone As God upon that fabled throne. No, no! True greatness, glory, fame, Is his who claims nor place nor name, But loves and lives content, complete, With baby flowers at his feet. —Joquin Miller Wealthy Man Is Punctual. One of the traditions at the Standard Oil building at 26 Broadway, New York, is that Henry H. Rogers, vicepresident of the Standard Oil Company, arrives and departs exactly at 10:30 in the morning and 3:30 in the afternoon. One morning recently the veteran watchman, who stands at the Broadway entrance to the building, was seen to take out his watch when Mr. Rogers hurried in, look at it and confidently set it forward ten minutes. Truths that Strike Home Your grocer is honest and—if he cares to do so—can tell you that he knows very little about the bulk coffee he sells you. How can he know, where it originally came from. In each package of LION COFFEE you get one full pound of Pure Coffee. Insist upon getting the genuine. (Lion head on every package.) 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. ```markdown ``` NATURE'S ESSENCE. Extracted From Forest Plants Nature's laws are perfect if we obey them, but disease follows disobedience. Go straight to nature for the cure, to the forest; there are mysteries here that we can fathom for you. Take the bark of the wild-cherry tree, the root of mandrake, stone root, queen's root, bloodroot and golden seal, make a scientific, nonalcoholic extract of them with just the right proportions and you have Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It took Dr. Pierce, with the assistance of two learned chemists, eight years of hard work experimenting to make this vegetable extract and alterative of the greatest efficiency. Just the sort of spring remedy you need to make rich, red blood, and cure that lassitude and feeling of nerve exhaustion. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery bears the stamp of PUBLIC APPROVAL, and has sold more largely in the past forty years than any other blood purifier and stomach tonic. The refreshing influence of this extract is like Nature's influence—the blood is bathed in the tonic which gives life to the blood—the vital fires of the body burn brighter and their increased activity consumes the tissue rubbish which has accumu- Truths that Your grocer is honest and you that he knows very little sells you. How can he know, THE LION In each package of LION pound of Pure Coffee. Insist (Lion head on every package.) (Save the Lion-heads for SOLD BY GROCER COTTON GINNING We Make We Make the Largest We have more well pleased and makers combined, because they are MUNGER, PRATT, EAGLE, We make them. Write us CONTINENTAL GIN COM W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 20, 1905 When writing advertisers kindly mention this paper. lated during the winter. Doctor R. V. Pierce, the founder of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, and a physician of large experience and practice, was the first to make up an alternative extract of roots, herbs and barks, WITHOUT A PARTICLE OF ALCOHOL OR NARCOTICS, which purifies the blood and tones up the stomach and the entire system in Nature's own way. The "Golden Medical Discovery" is just the tissue builder and tonic you require when recovering from a hard cold, grip, or pneumonia. No matter how strong the constitution the stomach is apt to be "out of kilter" after a long, hard winter; in consequence the blood is disordered, for the stomach is the laboratory for the constant manufacture of blood. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery strengthens the stomach—puts it in shape to make pure, rich blood—helps the liver and kidneys to expel the poisons from the body. If you take this NATURAL BLOOD PURIFIER AND TONIC you will assist your system in manufacturing each day a pint of rich, arterial blood, that is stimulating to the brain and nerves. The weak, nervous, run-down, debilitated condition which so many people experience at this time of the year is usually the effect of poisons in the blood; it is often indicated by pimples or boils appearing on the skin, the face becomes thin—you feel "blue". Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures all blood humors as well as being a tonic that makes one vigorous, strong and forceful. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery STANDS ALONE as the one medicine for stomach, liver and blood disorders that has the ingredients printed upon the wrapper of every bottle leaving the great laboratory at Buffalo, N. Y., which cures in nature's own way; not only does it STAND ALONE in respect to its ingredients but also as the only spring tonic and reconstructive which absolutely contains no alcohol. "I was taken with a severe cough, weakness in my back, a 'glimmer' over the eyes, had a bad breath, and stomach was out of order," writes H, Gaddis, of 1423 South Tanna Avenue, Tacoma, Wash. "I felt sluggish, did not care for anything, had no life, it was almost misery to move, appetite very poor. I read Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser and went right away and purchased two bottles of his 'Golden Medical Discovery,' and before I had taken all of one bottle I felt better. If any doubt the truth of this testimonial they may write to me." Dr. Pierce's Pellets Cure Constipation. at Strike Home and—if he cares to do so—can tell little about the bulk coffee he know, where it originally came from, how it was blended—or with what or when roasted? If you buy your coffee loose by the pound, how can you expect purity and uniform quality? LION COFFEE, the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES, is of necessity uniform in quality, strength and flavor. For OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, LION COFFEE has been the standard coffee in millions of homes. LION COFFEE is carefully packed at our factories, and until opened in your home, has no chance of being adulterated, or of coming in contact with dust, dirt, germs, or unclean hands. MILION COFFEE you get one full Insist upon getting the genuine. age. threads for valuable premiums. OCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. MINING MACHINERY Make the Best. Largest Line in the World. ed and happy customers than all other they are making money. You know the OLE, WINSHIP and SMITH goods. Write us for prices and catalogue. COMPANY, DALLAS, TEXAS PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best Cough Syrup, Tastes Good, Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION PROCEEDINGS OF COMMENCEMENT. BY PROF. C. A. BIGGERS (continued from fifth page.) Williams, from the display of his oratorical ability, showed himself a living example of his subject. The second orator of the ocasion, in the personification of Garfield Jefferson, easily held the attention of the audience, while he imparted to the many. logical and distractive facts from his subject, "Christianity, the Saving Grace of Nations." Scarcely had our minds deviated from the scenes of this subject "Christianity, the Saving Grace of Nations." Miss Maud Cravens pictured to us the beautiful scenes of "Life's lesson." The same of which we can deem a guide to many blessings. And as we were led on thru the channels of logic, our attention was called, and we listened with pleasure, to the subject, "The pure Motive of Ambition" by Jesse M. Jackson. In his oritorical flights, hitched our charriots to the stars, and drove with us that way. The beauty of the painted pictures that seemed to fall from his lips up on our inner eyes, caused us to immagine ourselves a bright world of fancy, where rivers of dreams flow thru phantom landscapes of ineffable beauty. This joy was then flavored by another speaker. Miss Mayme Brown, who seem to picture to us the seventh heaven when she told us of "Woman's Sphere of Labor." She not only showed us that woman was the life of love, but an origin of beauty and a type of influence. Our minds were at the point of overflowing with sweet thoughts of love and laughter, when we found our selves spell-bound by a matchless voice of eloquence from Mr. A. L. Jackson; and while the * * * * writer had for pleasure and prestage, taken a few stenographic notes of the excellent orations, was at this junction, charmed by the eloquence of this speaker, and at the close of this oration, my pencil was on the floor. But the subject of the oration, "Man, The Architect of His Own Fortune." I have written on the tablets of memory. After listening to the last oration by Mr, George C. Davis, subject, "Christianity, the Transforming Power of Mankind" and enjoying the favorable facts he expressed, Rev. J. Will Jackson, D. D., made sev- eral complimentary remarks in the way of an address, and in an eloquent manner voiced our sentiments, of the grandeur of the occasion. Diplomas were then presented by Dr. I. L. Lowe, President of the College. and all went merry as a marriage bell. The Class had been favored with an excellent solo in the morning by Miss Willene Jackson who filled a special number on the Class Day program. Her solo, entitled "The Holly City," was so sweetly sung, that she was encored. She then sang an original song that she had composed, arranged and dictated to the Class of '05. In the evening they were favored by a selection from the male quartette. We can truly say these graduates we have told you about in simple language, are real products of the store-house of knowledge. We need them in our community; and to them we would say, "You're as welcome as the Flowers in May." LOCAL & PERSONAL WANTED PUPILS—Mrs. L. C. Clark will give lessons on the piano at her place of business. Smith-Torrans is the place to get your furniture. Mr. J. S. King of Alderson, registered at Hotel Drake this week. R. A. Givens is all O. K. on watches. Try him. Mr. E. D. Pierson of Houston Texas, is registered at Hotel Drake. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Avery of Boley, are in the city on business. WANTED—People to borrow money on furniture. Room 14, Jones Building. ```markdown ``` When you want anything in the hardware line call and see Mr. Durfey, he is alright. ★★ Mr. John R. McBeth of Wewoka, I. T. is in the city visiting friends this week. Money to loan on Furniture. SHARPE & THOMPSON. Now is the time to buy lumber from Geo. D. Hope Lumber Co. ```markdown ``` If you need a brass band this summer write J. T. Trimble, 211 So. Second St., Muskogee, I. T. Mr. Pierce, the claronet play- ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Leans a Specialty "HONEST GOODS AT HONEST PRICES." I am now in my new store with everything brand new and up-to-date. My line of jewelry is a complete one, staple and trustworthy in every respect; in fact I do a first-class jewelry business having 15 years experience and can give you bankers, jewelers and manufactures' references who will bear me out in this statement. I fear no branch of the jeweler's trade, it is all easy to me People who are particular about what they buy or have repaired should make my store their headquarters. Sample Hats, Shoes, Clothing, and Furnishing Goods, Trunks and Bags at less than half price 135 SOUTH SECOND STREET. WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES MUSKOGEE TITLE GENERAL ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, Farm Leans Second and Broadway. "HONEST GOODS AT I am now in my new store we up-to-date. My line of jewelry is worthy in every respect; in fact I having 15 years experience and c and manufactures' references wh ment. I fear no branch of the je People who are particular about w should make my store their head R. A. GIVEN 228 North Second street. M. SIM Sample Hats, Shoes Furnishing Goods, at less than half price 135 SOUTH SEC er for the colored band made a trip to Little Rock, Ark., where he went to see his best girl. ```markdown ``` Room 14, Jones Building. Benevolent Reliif Association, headquarters Ro o m 14, Jones Building, agents wanted. ```markdown ``` Mr. John H. Taylor of Holdenville, I. T., is in the city shaking hands with friends this week. ```markdown ``` Planter's Implement Co. have just received a car load of up-to date buggies and harness, call and see them when you come to town. See their "ad" elsewhere in this paper. ```markdown ``` Bollinger Music House, 307 West Broadway in the Evans block has the largest stock of pianos in the city. You will do well to get our prices before buying. 5-18, 4t. J. S. Brownlow, Manager ```markdown ``` When you want dry goods and shoes, stop at Adams on West Okmulgee Ave. He will fix you up. ```markdown ``` 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. Dr. R. H. Waterford. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Diseases of Women and Men successfully Treated. Chronic Disease of Men a Specialty. A. S. McREA, LAWYER. 201-2 OKMULGEE AVENUE. 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. LINN & HARDMAN, 518 S. Second St. Before buying, see our line of John Deere Buggies and Harness; get our prices and compare them with others.—Planters Implement Company, Wall St., Muskogee.