Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, I T., Thursday, May 25. 1905. WE ALWAYS PLEASE For four years we have always endeavored to make your wants and wishes our particular business and today we have the largest assortment of Ladies and Gent's furnishings in the city. WE BUY FOR CASH AND SELL FOR CASH. Why should our prices not be the lowest and quality the best for the money? One trial and you will always be a customer. The New York Store The House that never disappoints Vol 6. Muskogee's Dudes Duel Lives. Society's Darlings by Day and the Consorts of Immoral Women by Night. The temptation to lead a double life is not as strongly resisted by men and women as it should be. By double life, we mean that the men and women of today very easily acquire the habit of appearing to be one thing in public, while in private they are entirely different. Many of us, in fact, too many assume the garb of decency and morality, and use it as a cloak to cover a life which in reality is vile and rotten to the very core. It is not always the man or woman that says, "Be as you ought to be," that lives up, especially in religious and moral deeds, to what she desires to teach. It is only by pulling aside the curtain that hides our private and personal vices, that the wickedness and vile worldliness of God's creatures are disclosed. The habit of appearing to be all that is good and true is wide spread. and developes early in our lives. The goody good youngster around home is often the untamed broncho buster at school. The demure and prim lassie at Sabbath school may be making gray hairs for her fond parents at home. The bashful young man who runs from a party of girls is often the most skillful crap-shooter at night and the favorite of that class of girls he ought to shun as the devil does holy water. The young man who smokes, chews and drinks strives to his utmost to keep thes habits unknown to his best girl, and she, with the usual deceits of women from wig wearing on down to greater vices, is constantly hiding out her characteristic faults. The story of "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde" tells of the terrible sequel that usually follows a double life. Dr. Jekyl was a widely beloved physician and in his daily life, he was the personification of everything high, noble and true. But "Dr. Jekyl" was transformed into "Mr. Hyde" at night, and in this life he was a demon of the vilest and most horrible habits. The fact that "Mr. Hyde" was discovered in a terrible crime disclosed the double identity of "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde." Many of Muskogee's young society men are trying to play the Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde act. During the past winter the ball rooms frequented by the city's most notorious prostitutes were visited by our young men, and on the following day, these dudes could be seen locked arms with our best and most lady like girls, parading up the South Second boulevard. Not a few of our young business men who pose aa model young men are known to be keeping company at night with immoral and half decent women, and in the day time with Muskogee's choices society buds. Some daring devils in swell clothes have had the affrontery to pass down Second Street with questionable women, and the precious jewels of Muskogee's leading Negro families. Any Sabbath day at our churches and elsewhere, this double shuffling of life's cards from virtue to vice may be seen without the use of spy glasses, Parents of Muskogee had better busy themselves watching the company their girls and boys are keeping. The young girls who consent to keep company wlth these men are preparing a slick toboggan down which they will slide to perdition. The parents who will keep up a friendship with men who have such slight regard for the decencies of life, may just as well purchase coffins for them and mark them to "Hades" for that is their destination. CLARKSVILL—Mr. Editior, I wish to congratulate your stand against immoral men and women. It is as it should be, Hew to the line Bro. Twine we are with you. A Reader. WANTED PUPILS—Mrs. L. C. Clark will give lessons on the piano at her place of business. 310 South Second Street. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME. CAN BE FOUND AT The Street Furniture Compa CAN BE FOUND AT The Street Furniture Company. The Street Furniture Company. Cash or Easy Payments Get a Challenge for Ice Bill. The last The prices below will come to trade at A CAS Here are the prices below: High patent flour per 100, Meal, per bushel, Best Eating Potatoes Coin Special Hams, per lb. " " Lard " " " Breakfast bacon Smoked bacon, per lb., 10 t Dry Salt Meat, per lb., Canned Apricots, " Peaches " Pears - 2 f EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE, AND ARE ALL F Phone your orders or let orders. A Warm Imitator Only. Yours f TEXAS G The prices below will convince the most sceptical that it pays to trade at High patent flour per 100, §2.90 Meal, per bushel, - - - 60 Best Eating Potatoes - - 90 Coin Special Hams, per lb., 15 “ “ Lard “ “ 10 “ “ Breakfast bacon 20 Smoked bacon, per lb., 10 to 12½ Dry Salt Meat, per lb., - 8½ Canned Apricots, - - 2 for 35 “ Peaches - - 2 for 35 “ Pears - - 2 for 35 Sac City and Waterloo corn 3 for - - - 25 Canned Peas, 3 for - - - 25 “ String beans, 3 for 25 “ Hominy, 3 for - - - 25 “ Kraut, 3 for - - - 25 “ Sweet Potatoes - - 25 “ Blackberries - - 10 “ Gooseberries 2 for - 25 “ Pumpkins, 3 for - - 25 “ Tomatoes, 3 for - - 25 EVERYTHING THAT IS CARRIED IN A GROCERY WE HAVE, AND ARE ALL FRESH, CLEAN GOODS. Phone your orders or let us know and we will call for your orders. A Warm Imitator of Close Prices, These Prices are Cash Only. Yours for business, COR. MAIN & DENISON Why bu LUMBER =: and =: Why buy Your LUMBER =: and =: BUILDING =: MATERIA From a company you do not know. Keep your money at home buy buying from the They live here and will treat you right. Yard located west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. --- No. 33 LIVING TO0 HASTILY AMERICAN WOMEN BREAK DOWN Irregularities and Femalo Derange- nents Kesult— Cured by Lydia B. Pinkham's \'egetuble Vorgound., Owing to our mode and manner of living, and the nervous haste of every woman to accomplish just so much each day, it is said that there is not KGa ’ WS es ‘Mrs Chester Curry ope woman in twenty-five but what suffers with some derangement of the female organism, and this is the secret of so many unhappy homes. No woman can be amiable, light- hearted and happy, a joy to her hus- band and children, and perform the duties incumbent upon her, ween she is sufferkag with backache. headache, nervousness, sleeplessness, bearing. down pains, displacement of the womb, spinal weakness or ovarian troubles. Irritability and snappy retorts take the place of pleasantness, and al sun- shine is driven out of the home, and lives are wrecked by woman's great enemy—womb trouble. Read this letter: ~ Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— “ Twas troubled for eight years with irregu larities which broke down my health and brought on extreme nervousness and despon- dency, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound proved to be the only medicine which helped me. Day by day I improved in health while taking it antil T was entirely cured, 1 can attend to my social and household duties anid thoroughty enjoy life ace more, as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has made tnaa wall womaat withowsan Wiss Ok pate” —Mrs. Choster Curry, 42 Saratoga Street, East Boston, Mass. At the first indication of ill health painful or irregular menstruation, pain in the side, headache, backache, bearing-down pains, nervousness or “the blues,” secure at once a bottle of Lydia KE. Pinkham’'s Vegetable Com- pound and begin its use, Te ea ae BS Las iced : te Loe SS Wy TLL NY) fe Le by Ves ) (5 Be a var Es ae Lae Ea iy Rep pid A BS Reno Ry ar) A A BS a Arce (iN fi, y Y . Pinay \ t) EE Ry eect ON A eh RL irae |S, Nai Fae DG ES ROS J iN (| A) Be an , WN LW L DOUGLAS) Ve le J Unton For Mute’ $3.50 SHOES 32. W. LT. Douglas makes and sells moro Men's B3.50 shos than aay other Manufacturer in the world. 10,00) REWARD toany ono who can disprove this stateinent, W. LE. Donglos 85.50 shoes are the Kreatest sellers in the world beenuse of their excetlent sty'o, easy fitting and superior wearing qualities, They aro dust as good as those that cost from $5.00 to $7.00. The only difference is the price. W. L. Douglas $5.50 shoes cost more to make, Rote their shape better, wear longer, and are of greater Value than any other 83.50 shoe on the market to-day, W. LL. Douglas guar- antees thetr value’ by stamping his name And price on the bottom of each koe, Look for it, Tnke no substitute, W. Le Douglas @3.50 shoes are sold through hisown retail storgs in the prin- Sipat cities, and by shoe devlers every. where, No matter where you live, W.L, Dougias shoes aro within your reach, | | EQUAL $5.00 SHOES. “7 have worn W. 4. Douglas $3.50 shoes for ears, and Contr then ud ttainy $00 shoe Battafaction. We H andersom, Beat Losute | “Agent, Aunsas City, Ato. Boys wear W. L. Douglos $2.50 and $2.00 shoes because they fit better, hoid thet> shape and wear longer than other makes, W. 1. Douglas uses Corona Coltshin in his £%, thors. Corona Colt és conceded to the Anest patent leather produced, Fast Color Eyelets will not wear Brassy. | |W... Douglas has the largest shoe mailorder Dustness in the World. No trouble to get a at Dy pane geuhentrapropnadeliverye jesire further inturmation, write fo aE Detalssae ey Sor nnten, write for |W, L, DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. LW. DOUGLAS, Brock NERVE SAVED STEVE BRODIE. Charley Mitchell Thought Better of Intended Chastisement. breccia ai hy. steal The presence in New York of Mitch- ell, once boxing champion of England, recalls an incident in the strenuous career of the late “Steve” Brodie, who jumped from the Brooklyn bridge nearly a score of years ago to glory, prosperity and histrionic fame. Brodie visited London in the early nineties, where Mitchell, playing the part of cleerone one night, introduced the Bowery boy at the Spooferies club, a resort for prize fighters, horse jockies, and their kind, where the festivities are seldom concluded before daylight and the police have more than once been called upon to restrain merri- ment. In the course of a general conversa- tion the English fighter happened to make some adverse comment upon the ‘then mighty John L, Sullivan, which called forth a sarcastic remark from Brodie with reference to’ Mitchell's abilities as a sprinter while in the ring with the American champion. With an oath the Englishman gave the smaller man a push that sent him reeling ten feet backward, and then rushed upon him to administer correc- tion for the other's temerity. Brodie was due for a fearful bruising, but the Bowery boy was equal to the occasion. He was erect on his feet wth a pistol in his hand when the prize fighter reached him. Putting the weapon un- der the other's nose, he remarked calmly: “You t'ink you're goin’ to make a reputation off lickin’ Steve Brodie, don't yer? Well, you just hit me once and there'll be a lot in the papers about it, but you won't read it.” Fu¥y appreciating the inutility of post-mortem notoriety, Mitchell ex- plained that he was only joking, and the incident was closed—New York Times. Banks as Public Benefits. Many people who deal with banks every day do not really understand the yeoper object and purpose of bank ing. Banks can not create money, but they can gather small sums which are distributed among the peo- ple and thus create an aggregate which can be made available for im- portant business operations that pre- viousy would have been impossible. Individuals, each possessing a few hundreds or a few thousands, invest ‘it in stock in a bank, and thus a fund of $50,000 or $100,000 is established in a town or community as a great aid to the business activity and pros- perity of its people. There is no more money in the community than there was previously, but it is in a form where it can be made to assist in the successful conduct of five times or ten times the amount of business than its actual sum stands for.—New Orleans Picayune. Now and Then. The sap ts climbing up the tree, And, dear, on every bough Pink ‘blooms are bursting from thelr sheathes, ‘Tis nearly summer now; I see the glint of your blue eyes, Of your enmeshing halr, Though you are there and I am here, IT love you here and there. The old rock in the canon, dear, I know it as of yore; But this year, dear, heart of my heart, You'll pereh on it no more; I loved you, dear one, on that perch, You know that's not a con, I loved you when I'd helped you down, I love you off and on And, dear, my. love is strong to-day As it was yesterday, It fs the same love that you knew Mn each remembered way; The love you knew in yesteryear ‘This year Is yours again; Know, heart o' mine, it ne'er will change. {love you now and then, —J. M, Lewis in Houston Post. Cruel to the Old Man. De Style—Why did that Pennsyl- vania banker want to kill the editor of the Society Screecher? Gunbusta—On account of an abbre- viation in his paper, You see, when the rich man’s wife left for Europe an item appeared reading: “Mrs. Goldust has locked up her old Pa. Rome until she returns from abroad.” Les Hs / 32 A) 5 A Man Who Invests Sah MOE Se are Wate sta @ Big Profit Will Say He Can't Supply é wt ViALWAYS JUST CORRECT” Clover Brand Shoes Werthrimer-Swarts Shoe Co. | : ‘When buying loose coffee or anything your grocer happens to have in his bin, how do you know what you are getting ? Some queer stories about coffee that is sold in bulk, could be told, if the people who handle it (grocers), cared to speak out, Could any amount of mere talk have persuaded millions of housekeepers to use Lion Coffee, the leader of all package coffees for over a quarter of a century, if they had not found it superior to all other brands in Purity, Strength, Flavor and Uniformity ? ‘This popular success of LION COFFEE : can be due only to inherent merit. There fs no stronger proof of merit than con- ~ tinued and increasing popularity. [Se If the verdict of MILLIONS OF fs bi {Gas HOUSEKEEPERS does not convince oem 4 3/ , you of the merits of LION COFFEE, W pcg NY ian) it costs you but a trifle to buy a KPT NG Aa Package. It is the easiest way to Reh One HN) Oa) convince yourself, and to make LOR MG CY Oy hy you a PERMANENT PURCHASER. [apres] 3) LION COVIFEE Is sold only in 1 1b. sealod packages, Le, Ui ht AD 4 a gnd reaches you as pure and clean as who {t left out FE Gy) TT ly A Lion-head on every package. % Ue vir] Ve Save these Lion-ieads for Valuable premiums, te STN 'V SOLD BY GRCCERS Ree, EVERYWHERE a epee A WOOLSON SPICE CO., ‘Toledo, Ohio, ABET y A 5 ar na WOMEN'S °7 44s an we (PATRIOT — MAVFLOWER SS ITOK AGE Sey 0) = EP ELD (0 ee ee na x ry These Shoes were Awarded ¥ I ° 4 Grand Prize at St. Louis World’s Fair Ri i: i The PATRIOT SHOE for Men is made from all leathers, nd Ne*\ ovor stylish yet comfortable lasts, to fit any foot. They aro Va Goodyear welis, which moans flexible soles, with no wax ortacks [AZ 5 to irritate the foot. The MAYFLOWER SHOK for Women / ln is made In welts and hand turns, Is stylish, durable and comfortable. iy Aa eee dealer for them, If he does not handle theso shoes, write us direct, ‘They will Please. you and you will save trom 06 am cents to $1.60 per pair in prices usually charged for shoes of j this character, > STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER *' enemy et om, Postal oP cele SRE NOEL ECD ET RE Pe Pa "i ST. Lovis, a The tin pedier, strange to say,| WASHDAY looks for customers who have the tin, T.do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consumption | means a day of hard labor to house has an equal for coughs and colds,—Joun F.| keepers, But there is great satisfactior Boru, Trinity Springs “nd., Feb. 15,1900 | in seeing the Hne full of clean clothes — | You can always rest assured that the The artificial foot manufacturer 18) clothes will be snowy white if you use responsible for many false steps. | Pr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remody te Adapted to both sexes and all ages. Cures Kidney and Liver complaint, and purifies the blood. ¢Lall drugglste The man in the moon isn’t mad at Ol4 Sol for making light of hii, DON'T FORGET A large 2-07. package Red Cross Ball Blue, onl, foeuts, ‘The Russ Company, South Bend, 1nd, Would you say that the weaver ot woollen cloth was caught napping? WASHDAY means a day of hard labor to house keepers. But there is great satisfaction in seeing the line full of clean clothes. You can always rest assured that the clothes will be snowy white if you use RED CROSS D) » BALL BLUE It is pure and is guaranteed not to injure the most delicate fabrics. Good housekeepers everywhere endorse it and one trial will be sufficient to con- vince you of its merits. Sold by grocere everywhere, Large package 5c, MO Ps, ee 4 eo ee pe a ey ee a, Ae pe eh : se i SS Ae ees SARS iy ie Bag, oe NR ie fon eek | Pak enn Oe Pe ier oS RR ae Rete Oe cae ee. Rae Se Ree A CS se = 8g, iy “paR ae Saye ie Fe ee <3] BALES Rte | Rei dae a a Br MISS. A ‘MILDRED & 8 ‘KELLER. be RESTORED TO HEALTH. THANKS TO PE-RU-NA Friends Were Alarmed— Advised Change of Climate. Miss Mildred Keller, 718 13th street, N. W., Washington, D. C., writes: “T can safely recommend Peruna for eatarrh. I had it for years and it would wvespond to no kind of treatment, or if it did it was only temporary, and on the slightest pores the trouble would come back. “I was in such a state that my friends were alarmed about me, and | was advised to leave this climate. Then I tried Peruna, and to my great joy found it helped me from the first dose I took, and a few bottles cured me. “It built up my constitution, I re- gained my appetite, and I feel that I am perfectly well and strong.”— Mildred Keller. We have on file many thousand testi- monials like the above. We can x our readers only a slight glimpse of the vast array of unsolicited endorsements Dr. Hartman is receiving. poate, Va wake ee ee paths Bong! = Bo Sgt i halt. a oS ‘ae ee bea ein fee. \ ae lero tee 8 Rig ol eons ae ee: 5 ee | eee % ie | a0 Be gs 4 ee eae es i ai be ae ae sis ; pag wo Reeeaaye — fee cae ee a fe a K tira r | ee W. FP. GIESECKB A shoe manufacturer who has been “everlastingly at it” fornearly forty years, GIESESKe. ought to be “onto his @Aey BRAND shots job.” That’stherecord a of our senior member, ST.LOUIS :” Mr. Giesecke. ALL WAYS BEST _ . MG \. Lowe . 29 Sweep Food Galvanized S102 2ciece.'*| $14 Fa aetaint ‘) peagp We manufacture ail sizes and fl }) ee "3 Pema vesticate. Write | —— | g 2a. re GURRIE WIND MILL OO., iy Topeka, Kensee, | W.N.U.—Oklahoma Gity—No. 21, 1906 SEES GHOSTLY TRIO GOVERNMENT CLERK IN REMIN- ISCENT MOOD. Memories of Departed Personal Friends With Whom He Worked Crowd Memory of Old-Timer in His Noonday Strolis, Strolling along the corridors of the treasury building in an apparently dreamy and meditative mood, an cld clerk, who admits that he has passe) the time of life allotted to man by Dr. Osler, was accosted by a representa- tive of the Washington Star, who proffered the traditional penny for his thoughts, “Well,” said he, “I am thinking of the many men I have met in this building in my long career, and par- ticularly of three that I knew very well, and of whom almost every other person, at least everybody in Wash- ington, knew all about; but I knew them well, knew them personally. “The first of these,” he continued, “was Nathan Sargent. His nom de plume was ‘Oliver Oldschool.’ ot course you know that. His office when he was commissioner of customs was on the floor above to the right of the center of the building from Fif- teenth street. One of the courtliest of men, a thorough gentleman of the old school, as the term is—kind and genial to all his subordinates, I can see him now,” he said, “‘In my mind’s eye, Horatio,” he quoted, as the Star man, evinced a disposition to get a glimpse of the old author himself. “Right here where we are standing,” the old clerk said, pointing at one of the rooms in the main corridor, “was Gen. Spinner’s office. I knew him personally also, and recollect when his office was moved into its more spacious quarters in the new north- ern wing of the building. That old guardian of the public moneys was everybody’s friend. Visitors to Wash- ington were always anxious to greet him, and they were gratified, for he was glad to meet strangers all the time. Lord, how the women in his bureau loved him, and the men also, for that matter. I was here when he came and here when he went. “There is another man that I met in a spiritual sense, as I take this pedes- trian exercise at almost every noon hour after I have disposed of my bread and cheese luncheon, and that was Walt Whitman, the poet. He was, like the others, my personal friend. He was not in this part of the build- ing, but In that section of the new southern wing allotted in those days to the attorney-general, when the de- partment of justice had its local habt- tation under this roof. I remember when Whitman's ‘Leaves of Grass’ grated too harshly upon the sensibili- ties of certain people, and he lost hig place in one of the other departments, “There {s no use in describing him to you. Everybody in the city knew Walt Whitman, but I only mention him as the third in the trio of ghosts I fancy I see in my little round of ex- ercise in these passages. “There are men in this department older than I am,” he concluded, “but I doubt if any of them enjoyed the close personal friendship of the three I have mentioned to you. “In those days we worked only until 3 o’clock in the afternoon,” he said with a sigh. “Now we peg away an hour and a half later. Things have changed in a hundred ways; but time’s up—I must go back to my desk.” And thus’ the old employe of the reminiscent mood bade the Star Want United States Farmers. Canadian emigration agents in tho United States expect a great increase In the number of American farmers who will migrate to the Canadian Northwest this year, Fully 60,000 per- sons from the United States are ex- pected to settle in the Dominion, Last year the number was 45,000. eS Se ee ets a. eee DER ae a eT ak Re TT as oh Ok eT ae Ge eee SP 7 ’ ( THE DENVER, ENID & GULF RAILROAD CO. | does dilapidated hveai tiaapateedainadobeiped taaaieaenicenl oer aciern ee “THE ALFALFA ROUTE” siThe Alfalfe Limited.” the fast train betwoon Guthrie and Coldwater, Oklahoma, ‘ | carrion free reclining chair ear and coach, modern in every way and perfectly venti: ‘ Inted throughout, running over the amoothest and best track in the Southweat. In| | traveling over tho D., K. & G. you are offered Sarety, Comfort and other advant- ‘ | ages which yon cannot afford to overlook. ‘The following new schedule makes it‘ . gonvenfent for all t travel over this new and short line: Leave Gathrie at 0:304.m. arrive at Enid at 11:30 a.m. ; leave Enid at 1:0) p.m. arrive at Coldwater atl:4ip m. { . Returning leave Coldwater at 8:00 p. m., arrive at Enid at 3:30 p.m, leave Eaidat { | 5300p. m., arrive at Guthrie at 7:09 p.m, Local leaves Eaid at7:35a.m.and return: ‘| . ing leayes Guthrie at $:00 p. m. ‘ 160Z. 1OCTS. er RR Teale nr ee ne PON ee ee eT It is the purest, cleanest starch made. It is free of injurious chemicals, It can be used where ordinarily you would be afraid to use starch of any kind, That's Defiance. Your grocer sells it. THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., OMAHA, NEB. & 11} ¥\ 4 ~ (4 i cha RS adrian RTD The Young Physician. In the early sixties it was usually the duty of a practicing physleian to ride many milo¥ every ay on his regular round of visits upon his patients. In those cave a young man who had received a splendid medical training In ono of tho best medical colleges of that day was ac- customed to ride ten, twenty or pe miles or more visiting the sick an¢ afflicted, His success was soon Phenom. enal. Doctors and families called him for consultation to towns at considerable dis- tances by rail, One of his specialties was the cure of those distressing diseases of women, He had early discovered that by combining the yearrstiae extract of the following medicinal plants In just the right Pe reeeen without the use of alco- hol —his preseription invariably cured such cases, Later, in order to place this remedy before the public in a shape easily to be procured, he established a labora- tory at Buffalo, N. Y., where regularly qualified chemists were put in charge to fecurately prepare his prescription and put it in shape for a to all parts of the United States. This remedy, which he named Dr. Pierce's Favorite Preserip- tion, is not a “patent medicine” in the common avceptance of the term, but a tonic for women, and a regular physi- clan's ee ohh and contains the fok lowing hon-aleoholle Ingredients : Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium Pubescena), Black hos (Uttara ‘Racemon Unicorn root ference rlum Lutewm Blue Cohosh(Cau fo is ag Thalictrotdes) Golden Seal (Tydrastis Cancdensta), Setentifically preretga nt experienced chemists at the Laboratory of the World's Dispensary Medical, Assocla- tion, Buffalo, N.Y. Dr, Pierce does not claint for his *Pa- yorlte Preseription” that it is a “cure-all.” It is recommended as a most perfect Speci for woman's pecullar ailments, » uniform are the results which follow the use of this remarkable remedy, that it can be truly aflirmed of "Favorite Pree scription” that italways helps and almost always curce, eet atoy Be cent, of the women who give this medicine a fair and faithful trial are cured and remain cured, It ts a powerful Invigorating tonic, {m- parting health and strength in particular to the womb and {ts appendages. ‘The local, womanly health is so {htimately related to the general health that when diseases of the delleate womanly organs are cured the whole body gains fn health and. strongth.. For weak. and. sickly women who are “worn-out,” “run-down” or debilitated, Sapeclally for women who work fn store, ofice or schoolroom, who sit at the typewriter or sewing machine, or bear heavy household burdens, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will prove a priceless benefit because of its health- restoring and strength-giving power, Tue Proor, *T want to tell you of the great mprove- ment in my bealth stace taking your’ Favor- ite Bresertption "says Mrs. Hf. S. Jones, of Forest, N.C. “When T began its use | was a pee wreck and had despaired of ever having good health again, Could not sit up all day. I noted a great improvement before the first bottle was all used. Was suffering with almost PT pain that a woman Is sub- Ject to; had inflammation of the ovaries, painful and suppressed periods, and other 8 peas of female disease. After feng six bottles of “Favorite Prescription. f telt like a new mater Can ride horseback and take all kinds of exercise aad not feel tired.” Feet Cranky ?—Caso of constipation. A man or woman who neglects constipa- tion suffers from slow ere Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa- tion, One little “Pellet” is a gentle laxative, and two a mild cathartic PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. For Delegate to the Constitutional Convention: A. G. W. SANGO of Muskogee. Clarence Douglas forgot to name any Negro as a prominent possibility for Congress. He even left out his man Friday. Doug is certainly the friend of the "nigger" as he put it in Sunday's issue of the Phoenix, and we say d-n such friends as the lion tamer. Down South the white men mob Negro men and then like "Richard the Third make love to the women." In a great many instances the women spurn them with contempt; a few are so weak as to accept their proposals and these are not worth their room in hell. Mr. E. E. McDaniel the famed R. R. contractor and builder, is building 100 miles of railway on the Midland Valley. Mc. is the only Negro R. R. contractor in the world. he is up-to-date and is giving work to hundreds of Negroes in various parts of the country. He is a member of the "Stand Pat Club." "I know of the bravery and character of the Negro soldier. He saved my life at Santiago, and I have had occasion to say so in many articles and speeches. The rough riders were in a bad position when the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry came rushing up the hill carry everything before them. The Negro soldier has the faculty of coming to the front-when he is needed most. In the Civil war he came 400,-000 strong, and I believe he saved the Union"—President Roosevelt. Probably the first building ever given by a railroad to its colored employes has been donated to the Colored Railroad Men's Protective Association recently organized in Nashville, Tenn. The building at 930 Cedar street, at the corner of Ninth avenue has been given by Superintendent W. P. Bruce of the Nashville Terminals to the above organization, and is being repaired and remodled by the Terminalal company at a cost of about $400. It is proposed by General Manager Thomas of the N. C. & St. L. Ry., to donate all old furniture, books and periodicals in the possession of the railroad to the association for use in their building. In this way the quarters will be nicely furnished and stocked with reading matter. The association is composed of colored employes of the Nashville terminals, N. C. & St. L. Ry., and L. & N. Ry., residing in Davidson county, and already there is a gratifying membership. Several of the officials and employes have subscribed money toward a fund for maintaining and equipping the building. VENGENCE OF PROVIDENCE. The people of Snyder learned last week what it is to be forced against one's will. "Chickens will come home to roost" "We must do unto others as we we would that others do unto us." Langston forbid whites to settle there and a cyclone visited them, one year later the people of Norman got gay and said no Negro should stop not inNorman over night, and the Lord got on the wind and clouds, passed through Norman dealing out destruction. Nearly two years ago a contractor at Guthrie, got a contract at Cordell to build a brick building, he carried one Negro along, the people there got on their tip-toes, to avoid trouble the contractor put this colored man on the first train to pass and it was going the wrong way, sent him to Snyder to wait until the train come, these Cordell people wired his coming and the Snider people would not let him get off. Thus he had to go hun dreds of miles to get home. It is said in the Holy Book, "The mete you measure will be measured to you again." God works in a mysterious way his wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps on the seas and rides upon the storms. ("All men up, None down.")— Guthrie Guide. 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. FOUND—Have taken up anp 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. From a company you do not know. Keep your money at home buy buying from the They live here and will treat you right. Yard located west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. "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. 228 North Second street. Now is The Time For you to bny a new buggy and harness. We handle the best make and stand back of any defects in them. The image shows a vintage carriage with a large, open-top canopy and large wheels. The carriage appears to be designed for transporting goods or passengers. The wheels are large and have a wide, flat tire. The canopy is supported by a framework of metal beams and rods, providing a sheltered space for the occupants. The carriage is likely from the 19th century, given its design and materials. Stands the wear and always looks stylish. You can't buy a better and we have the most complete line of up-to-date Buggies and Harness in the Indian Territory. Come in and see for yourself and get our prices which are the lowest. PLANTER'S IMPLEMENT CO.. Wall Street Muskogee, I. T. 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. If you sell the land you can pay the entire loan any time after one year. JAMES L. LOMBARD, Financial Agent, Union Central Life Insurance Company. ADDRESS: CHAS. H. LOMBARD, Manager, No. 207 N. Second St. Muskogee, I. T. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING LOCAL & PERSONAL WANTED PUPILS—Mrs. L. C. Clark will give lessons on the piano at her place of business. 310 South Second Street ```markdown ``` Room 14, Jones Building. Benevolent Reliif Association, headquarters Room 14, Jones Building, agents wanted. ```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. ```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. J, S. Brownlow Manager. ```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 ``` WANTED-People to borrow money on furniture. Room 14, Jones Building. ```markdown ``` Money to loan on Furniture. SHARPE & THOMPSON, ```markdown ``` 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. ```markdown ``` The Creek Undertaking Co. is the official undertakers for the Burial League of the U. S. for the Negroes of Muskoge 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. 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. STUDY LAW AT HOME Prepare for success as the bar in business or public life, by mail, in the ORIGINAL SCHOOL, Founded in 1890. Successful graduates everywhere. Approved by bar and law colleges. Regular College Law Course and Business Law Course. Liberal Terms. Special Offer New. Catalogue Free. Sprague Correspondence School of Law, 9733 Majestic Ridge, Detroit, Mich. 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. VICTORIA HOTEL When at Claremore stop at the Victoria Hotel, Modern, Upto-date, Elegant Rooms, Table Unsurpassed. MRS. IDELLA ROBINSON, PROP. Claremore, 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. 20 1-2 OKMULGEE AVENUE. WHERE? FOR THAT SUMMER TRIP? BE SURE IT IS VIA THE MK AND T MISS SQUARE KANSAS & TEXAS HOLLYWOOD We may be able to assist you in deciding. There are any number of desirable trips—cheap too—which you can make this summer to the Mountains of Colorado, the Lakes of Michigan and Wisconsin or to the Portland Exposition. Let us send you rates and particulars. Free. ADDRESS GEORGE MORTON B. P. and T. A., M. K. & T. Ry., ST. LOUIS, MO. FOR FAST TIME TAKE "THE KATY FLYER." FRISCO SYSTEM. COMPLETELY AND COMFORTABLY SERVE WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the "WORLD'S FAIR CITY" SAINT LOUIS For detailed information, call on nearest representative FRISCO SYSTEM, or address L. W. PRICE, Dirksen Passenger Agent, JOPLIN, MO. ```markdown ``` GEO. D. HOPE LUMBER COMPANY DEALER IN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime. Cement, Etc. EAST OKMULGEE AVE. KIRSH GENTS FURNISH OF ALL DESCRIPT Shirts, Hats, Under W. E. Mc Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee - - ANSWER YE KIRSHBAUM GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. 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? In the above questions satisfactorly, you But if these questions perplex and trouble at for training either day or night, o CORRESPONENCE SCHOOL of STENOGRAPHY, Cox 121, C. A. BIGGERS, Instructor CIGARS. Boxes of cigars to your stand or store and for sales. We can furnish you Owls, Cap- ley George, Little Tom, Agent, 305, Cre- kers, and several other popular brands be- x and sell them to you at wholesalers not much to invest, and they are sure to and have a falk with us. Druggist. Corner Main & Okmulgee Streets. NUMBER COMPANY. "The King of Typewriters." Do you know if you can answer all the above are ready for business. But if they le you, make arrangement for tra thru mail, 20TH CENTURY CORRESPONDENT Jones Building. P. O. box 121, SELL O Add a few boxes of cigar Increase your sales, durers, Henry George, mo, Pathfinders, and s the single box and sell prices. It is not much sell. Come and have BEN ESTES, Drugg Corner GLOYD LUMBE TAKING THE STUMP. 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 CORRESPONENCE SCHOOL of STENOGRAPHY, Jones Building, P. O. box 121, C. A. BIGGERS, Instructor Add a few boxes of cigars to your stand or store and Increase your sales. We can furnish you Owls, Capdurers, Henry George, Little Tom, Agent, 305, Cremo, Pathfinders, and several other popular brands by the single box and sell them to you at wholesale prices. It is not much to invest, and they are sure to sell. Come and have a falk with us. BEN ESTES, Druggist Corner Main & Okmulgee Streets. 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. When you need stat d stationery call on us. When you need stationery call on us. Loans and Discounts Overdrafts, cotton, Bonds and Preuiums Furniture and Fixtures Cash and Exchange The above statement is correct OUR GEM The Neatmore $200,000 00 21,572 39 150,000 00 759,530 25 A man standing on a tree stump, holding a large log and a tool, with a stack of logs in front of him. WORTH REMEMBERING. There are three entirely different kinds of ingredients used in making the three different varieties of baking powders on the market, viz:—(1) Mineral-Acid or Alum, (2) Bone-Acid or Phosphate, and (3) Cream of Tartar made from grapes. It is important, from the standpoint of health, to know something about these ingredients, and which kind is used in your baking powder. (1) Mineral-Acid, or Alum, is made from a kind of clay. This is mixed with diluted oil of vitriol and from this solution a product is obtained which is alum. Alum is cheap; costs about two cents a pound, and baking powder made with this Mineral-Acid sells from 10 to 25c. a pound. (2) Bone-Acid, or Phosphate, is the basis of phosphate baking powders and the process is fully described in the patents issued to a large manufacturer of a phosphate powder. The U S. Patent Office Report gives a full and exact description, but the following extract is enough: "Burned bones, after being ground, are put into freshly diluted oil of vitriol and with continual stirring and in the following proportion," etc. From this Bone-Acid phosphate baking powders are made; such powders sell from 20 to 30 cents a pound. (3) Cream of Tartar exists in all ripe grapes, and flows with the juice from the press in the manufacture of wine. After the wine is drawn off the tartar is scraped from the cask, boiled with water, and crystals of Cream of Tartar, white and very pure, separate and are collected. It differs in no respect from the form in which it originally existed in the grape. Cream of Tartar, then, while the most expensive, is the only ingredient that should be used in a baking powder to act upon the soda, as its wholesomeness is beyond question. Cream of Tartar baking powders sell at about 40 to 50 cents a pound. Such are the facts, and every one, careful of the health of the family, should remember this rule:—Baking powders selling from 10 to 25 cents a pound are made of Mineral-Acids; those selling from 20 to 30 cents of Bone-Acid; and those from 40 to 50 cents of Cream of Tartar made from grapes. The woman who knows Greek will still spend an hour and a half in dressing her hair for a party. I calculate that if women wore their hair short a million unemployed hours would be thrown daily upon the world. Forbid Use of Monocles. If one belongs to the German army he can not wear a monocle. The single eyeglass has been forbidden to officers and men as foppish and savoring too strongly of Anglomania. When a bachelor wants to jolly a married woman he tells her he is sorry he didn't meet her before it was too late. The King of blood purifiers is Dr. Simmons' Sarsaparilla. It rids the system of the winter's accumulation of impurities. It makes the young feel well—the old feel young. Now is the time to renovate yourself. Simmons' Sarsaparilla cannot be excelled. e a l r T d a e N a r T O G N a o Price 50 cents and $1.00. "Tall oaks from little acorns grow,' and big aches from little corns, you know. Cleanliness is said to be next to godliness, yet one seldom sees a laundry next door to a church. Those Who Have Triled will use no other. Deflance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. No use to yearn for the wisdom of Solomon. If you're wise enough to keep from being chilled by your own shadow you'll be doing well enough. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE, . . IND. TER NEW STATE NEWS Chickasha has granted a street railway franchise. Miami land and zinc properties are being developed. Hugo voted in favor of a bond issue for $15,000 for a public school building. A rich bed of asbestos is said to have been discovered near Tahlequah. The eighth annual meeting of the grain dealers of the two territories was held at Enid last week. The meeting was the best ever held by the association. Muskogee's fire department is to be reorganized, new apparatus purchased, additional firemen employed and placed on a high standard. Preparations are being made at Ardmore for the entertainment of Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, who will visit that town on May 24. The commercial club will give a reception in honor of Mr. Shaw. John Walker, forty years old, who had been confined in the federal jail at Ardmore since March 24 on a charge of introducing and selling liquor, died last week. His relatives reside at Allen. A. C. Seeley of Watonga has been appointed bookkeeper in the office of the territorial auditor. The position was created by the last legislature. Seeley is from Governor Ferguson's home and is one of his political appointees. Since the arrival of the herd of Montana buffalo at the 101 ranch at Bliss four calves have been born, and all died. One of the cows also died. The baby buffalo born at Argentine, Kas., en route to Oklahoma, is alive and thriving. Abe Niccum, a farmer near Rossville, Payne county, committed suicide by shooting himself. His wife became alarmed at his actions several days ago and took their five children to live with relatives at Chandler. The Hugo National Bank at Hugo has been authorized to begin business with a capital stock of $50,000. Major Edward P. Champlin, of the intruder division of the Indian agency, claims the distinction of being the oldest official in point of service in the Territory. He has been continually in the government service for thirty-six years. Van A. Potter, president of the Spaulding female seminary, at Muskogee, has resigned and has left for Washington, where he will continue his studies in music. Governor Ferguson has called a meeting of the trustees of the new insane asylum at Fort Supply to consider plans for the building. It is expected that work will soon begin on the structure. The infant child of Lon Poole, living eight miles southeast of Elk City, is reported to have been burned to death. The mother left the child on the bed while she went to the cellar; when she returned the bed was on fire and the child so badly burned that it lived only a short time. --- RAILROADS AND PROGRESS In his testimony before the senate committee on interstate commerce at Washington on May 4, Prof. Hugo R. Meyer of the Chicago university, an expert on railroad management, made this statement: "Let us look at what might have happened if we had heeded the protests of the farmers of New York and Ohio and Pennsylvania (in the 70's, when grain from the west began pouring to the Atlantic seaboard), and acted upon the doctrine which the interstate commerce commission has enunciated time and again, that no man may be deprived of the advantages accruing to him by virtue of his geographical position. We could not have west of the Mississippi a population of millions of people who are prosperous and are great consumers. We never should have seen the years when we built 10,000 and 12,000 miles of railway, for there would have been no farmers west of the Mississippi river who could have used the land that would have been opened up by the building of those railways. And if we had not seen the years when we could build 10,000 and 12,000 miles of railway a year, we should not have to-day east of the Mississippi a steel and iron producing center, which is at once the marvel and the despair of Europe, because we could not have built up a steel and iron industry if there had been no market for its product. We could not have in New England a great boot and shoe industry; we could not have in New England a great cotton milling industry; we could not have spread throughout New York and Pennsylvania and Ohio manufacturing industries of the most diversified kinds, because those industries would have no market among the farmers west of the Mississippi river. And while the progress of this country, while the development of the agricultural west of this country, did mean the impairment of the agricultural value east of the Mississippi river, that ran up into hundreds of millions of dollars, it meant incidentally the building up of great manufacturing industries that added to the value of this land by thousands of millions of dollars. And, gentlemen, those things were not foreseen in the '70's. The statesmen and the public men of this country did not see what part the agricultural development of the west was going to play in the industrial development of the east. And you may read the decisions of the interstate commerce commission from the first to the last, and what is one of the greatest characteristics of those decisions? The continued inability to see the question in this large way. The interstate commerce commission never can see anything more than that the farm land of some farmer is decreasing in value, or that some man who has a flour mill with a production of fifty barrels a day is being crowded out. It never can see that the destruction or impairment of farm values in this place means the building up of farm values in that place, and that that shifting of values is a necessary incident to the industrial and manufacturing development of this country. And if we shall give to the interstate commerce commission power to regulate rates, we shall no longer have our rates regulated on the statesmanlike basis on which they have been regulated in the past by the railway men, who really have been great statesmen, who really have been great builders of empires, who have had an imagination that rivals the imagination of the greatest poet and of the greatest inventor, and who have operated with a courage and daring that rivals the courage and daring of the greatest military general. But we shall have our rates regulated by a body of civil servants, bureaucrats, whose besetting sin the world over is that they never can grasp a situation in a large way and with the grasp of the statesman; that they never can see the fact that they are confronted with a small evil; that it cannot be corrected except by the creation of evils and abuses which are infinitely greater than the one that is to be corrected. Too many bills are apt to make a man feel billious. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 188. LUGAR COUNTY. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURRE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testinations. L. CHENYE & CO. Toiled O. If you try to whisper to a girl she acts like she was afraid she might try to kiss you against her will. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Chad H. Hitchin. In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Umbrellas and self-respect, when lost, are seldom regained. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restor. Bond for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatie. Dr. K. H. KLINE, Ltd., 611 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. It's as cowardly to speak ill of a man behind his back as it is dangerous to say it to his face. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in immotion, allays pain, cures wind colds. 25c a bottle. Ice sometimes gets short in this old world, and there's no hope of ice in the next one. Clean House To-day. Don't wait till to-morrow, but clean house to-day, with Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. Of course we mean your house of flesh and bone—your body. This is the best house you own, and should get the most care. Yet most people neglect it in a dreadful manner. As a result, stomach, liver and bowels soon get out of order, and cause great pain, distress and dangerous internal diseases. The only safe, sure cure is Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It clears out all causes of sickness, cures constipation and indigestion, cleans house, and makes you well. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. Sunday School Teacher—Wouldn't you like to dwell in heaven, Johnny? Johnny—No, ma'am. We've moved three times already this year and I'm getting tired of helpin' pack up. "Won't Turn Loose." I insist on saying that Hunt's Lightning Oil takes hold quicker and lets go slower of aches, pains and sore places than any liniment I ever saw. It just won't turn loose till you're well. I never have a little ache but what I slosh it on, and ere I get the bottle corked that little ache is gone. C. W. JACKSON, Marble Hill, Mo. There is something about a circus that carries a man back so far he almost forgets he is married. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz, package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Happiness isn't confined to the hilltops, but is often found in the violets of the valleys.—Atlanta Constitution. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. A man passes for what he is worth. What he is engraves itself on his face, on his form, on his fortunes, in letters of light which all men may read but himself. Concealment avails nothing.—Emerson. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. Calumet Baking Powder Health- Economy Jake Shinn's "Dress Reform" Jake Shinn is urging a new departure in women's garb for wear on windy days. "I got the idea while driving on the east side this morning," he told a reporter. "I saw a woman hoeing in her garden. The wind was blowing in the old fashioned Kansas style, but it didn't annoy her a bit. She had fastened an iron barrel hoop around the bottom of her dress. Every woman who has occasion to go out on the street on windy days ought to follow her example. It is an idea in dress reform that I am proud to help further." Mr. Shinn, who is best known as a chronic bachelor, was asked if he would marry the first single woman who would adopt his style of dress reform, but he side-stepped from habit. The Republic is in a position to assure any good looking girl that if she will wear the new hoop skirt down Main street and past the office of Mr. Shinn that he will come to time, all right. Mr. Shinn owns several acres of fine land, has money in bank and is good looking. Now is some enterprising girl's opportunity. —Ottawa, Kansas, Republic. Back at Work Again. Buffalo, N. Y., May 22nd.—(Special)—Crippled by Kidney Disease till he could not stand on his feet for the hours required at his trade, F. R. McLean, 90 East Ferry St., this city, had to quit work entirely. Now he's back at work again and he does not hesitate to give the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pllls. "Yes," Mr. McLean says "I was too bad, I had to quit. I could not stand on my feet for the necessary hours. It was Kidney Disease I had, and a friend advised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. I did so and after using six boxes am completely cured and am working as steadily as before I was sick. I recommend Dodd's Pills to any one afflicted with Kidney trouble." There is no form of Kidney Disease Dodd's Kidney-Pills will not cure. They always cure Bright's Disease, the most most advanced and deadly stage of Kidney Disease. Bobby (in the country)—What has that cow got a bell around her neck for? Sadie—Why, that's what she rings when she wants to tell the calf that dinner is ready.—Harper's Bazar. It is better to have too little confidence in yourself than too much in others. "It's Value." Find inclosed money order for 50 cents, for which please mail one box of Hunt's Cure. It is worth its weight in gold to me. C. M. JOHNSON, 8 Adams street, July 17, 1904. Memphis, Tenn. We have many similar letters. Hunt's Cure is for skin trouble of all kinds, and to those afflicted, is worth its weight in gold, as Mr. Johnson says. Fine sensibilities are like woodbines, delightful luxuries of beauty to twine round a solid, upright stem of understanding; but very poor things, if unsustained by strength, they are left to creep along the ground.—John Foster. FARM MISCHEANL Some readers of the Farmers' Review may have noticed queer bright small blossomed plants growing on other plants. Some of these are the dodders. Awhile ago a lady found one of these growing on dogwood and brought it to the writer for analysis. 1. Flower 2. Flower 3. Flower 4. Flower It was pronounced to be dodder. There is one variety of this plant that thrives on clover. The little plants twine about the clover plant and kill it. They resemble tangles of yellow fibers without leaves or conspicuous blossoms. Some seed of dodder has been at times introduced into the fields of clover in the clover seed. In such a case they always prove to be a great nuisance. They should be exterminated ruthlessly, but we as yet know little about exterminating this plant when it attacks a field numerously.—Farmers' Review. An Oat Experiment. In a test in England, an unmanured plot produced oats at the rate of 27 bushels and 1,904 pounds of straw per acre. The application of 336 pounds of superphosphate per acre brought up the yield to 34 bushels of oats and 2,350 pounds of straw. When the same amount of superphosphate and 112 pounds of nitrate of soda were added the yield was 41 bushels of oats and 2,688 pounds of straw. When superphosphate was applied and 224 pounds of nitrate of soda in two dressings the yield was 47 bushels of oats and 3,136 pounds of straw. In each case the gain was double in value the cost of the fertilizers used. Value of Corn Silage. A great deal of the value of corn silage comes from the fact that it is succulent. This succulence is preserved in the silage and makes it easily digestible. No amount of soaking or adding water to it in any way can make the dry corn stalk like the fresh one. Nature puts the water into the stalk in a sort of combination that it cannot make except when put in by the help of active and developing cells. When the cells dry out and become hard, the water can never again penetrate them, and that is why water cannot make the dried stalk fresh again, no matter at what season it is cu New Yorkers Dying Fast Dr. John H. Girdner of New York says of that city: "At the present time New York is not reproducing itself. We are all living swiftly and dying swiftly. Were it not for the influx from out of town the decrease would soon be noted. But as it is, for one New Yorker that dies two strangers take up their abode in the city, and thus the loss is not noticed. New Yorkers are driving themselves and are being driven like beasts of burden. They are working like dynamos all day, playing like idiots all night." Annual Passes for Employees The Frisco Railway company, in consideration of long service of the conductors and engineers, has arranged to grant annual passes over the division to those who have been working continuously for the road for fifteen years. An annual pass over the entire system will be given to those who have been employed for twenty years, and for twenty-five years' service an annual pass for the employee and his wife is given. Granting passes under these conditions becomes effective at once. Grows Six Inches a Day. Catalpa grows at the rate of a third of an inch in diameter a year on good soil, says a writer in Country Life in America. There are fine summer days when the sprouts on a stump of sturdy root growth will grow six inches in the twenty-four hours. You can see catalpa grow, you can hear it grow. A woman's tongue is mightier than a man's strong right arm. GREAT CHANGE From Change In Food. The brain depends much more on the stomach than we are apt to suppose until we take thought in the matter. Feed the stomach on proper food easy to digest and containing the proper amount of phosphates and the healthy brain will respond to all demands. A notable housewife in Buffalo writes: "The doctor diagnosed my trouble as a 'nervous affection of the stomach.' I was actually so nervous that I could not sit still for five minutes to read the newspaper, and to attend to my household duties was simply impossible. I doctored all the time with remedies, but medicine did no good. "My physician put me on all sorts of diet, and I tried many kinds of cereal foods, but none of them agreed with me. I was almost discouraged, and when I tried Grape-Nuts I did so with many misgivings—I had no faith that it would succeed where everything else had failed. "But it did succeed, and you don't know how glad I am that I tried it. I feel like a new person, I have galned in weight and I don't have that terrible burning sensation in my stomach any more. I feel so strong again that I am surprised at myself. The street noises that used to irritate me so, I never notice now, and my mind is so clear that my household duties are a real pleasure." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Now why was this great change made in this woman? The stomach and the brain had not been supplied with the right kind of food to rebuild and strengthen the nerve centers in these organs. It is absolute folly to try to do this with medicine. There is but one sure way and that is to quit the old food that has failed and take on Grape-Nuts food which is more than half digested in the process of manufacture and is rich in the phosphate of potash contained in the natural grain, which unites with albumen and water—the only three substances that will make up the soft gray filling in the thousands of delicate nerve centres in the brain and body. Grape-Nuts food is a sure road back to health in all such cases. Alabastine .... Your Walls Alabastine produces exquisitely beautiful effects on walls and ceilings. Easy to apply, simply mix with cold water. Better than kalsomine, paint or wall paper. It is not a kalsomine, it is a sanitary, permanent, cement coating, which hardens on the walls, destroying disease germs and vermin, never rubbing or scaling. Kalsomines mixed with either hot or cold water soon rub and scale off, spoiling walls, clothing and furniture. They contain glue, which decays and nourishes the germs of deadly disease. If your druggist or hardware dealer will not get Alabistine, refuse substitutes and imitations and order of us. Send for free sample of tints and information about decorating. ALABASTINE COMPANY Grant Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. New York Office, 105 Water St. It takes a woman to jam into an inch of space on a street car seat and then look as if you were trying to sit close to her to insult her.—New York Press. BABY CAME NEAR DYING. From an Awful Skin Humor— —Scratched Till Blood Ran— Wasted to a Skeleton— Speedily Cured by Cuticura. "When three months old my boy broke out with an itching, watery rash all over his body, and he would scratch till the blood ran. We tried nearly everything, but he grew worse, wasting to a skeleton, and we feared he would die. He slept only when in our arms. The first application of Cuticura soothed him so that he slept in his cradle for the first time in many weeks. One set of Cuticura made a complete and permanent cure. (Signed) Mrs. M. C. Maitland, Jasper, Ontario." The shoplifter is careful how he goes in a store and takes a notion. WHERE? FOR THAT SUMMER TRIP? BE SURE IT IS VIA THE MK AND T MISSISSippi, Kansas & Texas Holiday We may be able to assist you in deciding. There are any number of desirable trips—cheap too—which you can make this summer to the Mountains of Colorado, the Lakes of Michigan and Wisconsin or to the Portland Exposition. Let us send you rates and particulars. Free. ADDRESS GEORGE MORTON G. P. and T. A., M. K. & T. Ry., ST. LOUIS, MO. FOR FAST TIME TAKE "THE KATY FLYER." When writing advertisers kindly mention this paper. WANTED.—For the U. S. Army, able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer, Postoffice building, Oklahoma City, Okla. or Tulsa, Ind. Ter., Enid, Shawnee or Guthrie, Okla. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION The 30th of May is decoration day. We wonder how many of our people will remember that there were 200,000 black heroes in the war of the rebellion and we wonder if any of them will have sufficient patriotism to journey to the National cemetery and place a few flowers as tokens of respect upon the graves of the black heroes the, the last resting place of the black batallions of the Rgpublic who followed the flag of the Republic during the great fratricidal strife and upon a hundred battle fields proved themselves heroes and patriots. DUTY OF THE CHURCH From the Washington Bee: There is a great deal that the church can do if it will in improving the condition of the masses. The pulpit seems to have but one object in view, and that is to see who can build the largest church and make the greatest outside display. Another object which was about to pass our notice, the pulpit has in view is to increase its salary. The pulpit as well as the press can do a great deal in uplifting the dignity of the people. The Bee makes no criticism on dress. Everybody should look well, should dress well, and at the same time cultivate good morals. The church should do all in its power to persuade the people to keep out of trouble and observe strictly the laws. There are some sad scenes in our courts. The daily processions that match in review of the judges of both branches of the Police Court in this city are enough to convince anyone that there is something wrong. If the pulpit would exert the same influence in reforming the masses as it does in lifting collections to build more churches and larger churches, the community would be better off. The pulpit is not doing its duty. -Clipped from Texas Freedman There are a few of these old heroes still living and some of them are in and around Muskogee; and we think that on the 30th the entire populace should join in with these old fellows who saved the Union and go with them to the "City of the dead," the last resting place of their comrades and show the love and respect we have for their heroism and patriotism. The white people of the locality have taken proper steps to observe the aay in proper form. It is not too late for our ministers and other leaders to take this matter up at once and other leaders to take this matter up at once and see that that day is properly observed and that due respect is paid and our dead heroes are remembered by the race in a fitting way. The Cimeter hopes that our leaders will take the matter up at once and act promptly. The Cimeter outfit will do their part and if no one responds then we will go it alone and see that the black defenders of the Republic who are sleeping in thid quietude of the quietude of the National Cemetery at Ft. Gibson shall have at least a few floral emblems placed upon their graves. Who will join us. Ministers speak of this in your pulpits on Sunday, the day and time is appropriate. To some extent the above article is applicable in Muskogee. If the pulpit will join the press we can clean out a great part of loafing immoral reprobates who sit on the front seats in some churches and who parade the streets at night for immoral purposes. If our ministers will take a firm stand against this evil as they ought to do there will be an improvement in the personell of the various congregations. THE ST. LOUIS FURNITURE CO. 128 South Second Street. Offer a fine line of New and Second Hand Furniture Iron Beds, Matt.ess. 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