Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. SURE DOES, SURE DOES! WHAT? Vol 6. WOLVES AND MINISTERIAL CAYOTES Whose Devilish Deeds are Damning The Race Last week we promised * * * to take the loquatious individuals who parade as preachers and others of their ilk under powerful consideration and here goes: As there are some who may not understand what we are driving at. we will say, that a week ago a combine of so-called preachers agreed to put a stop to the Cimeter's hammering against the harlots, thugs, thieves and loafers that infest our city and especially the Cyprians who paraded South 2nd street and who sometimes gave liberally to the collection when Mr. Preacher so demanded. These four wolves (one of which is a gray wolf) selecting one of the number to start the ball to rolling and "As fools rush in where angels dare to tread" this agent proceeded to open up the battle against us in his church Sunday, June 11th. A few days after this broadside the queen of harlots, who doubtless visited the church of South 2nd street and contributed, was made to leave town by the police as was her consort, the king of thugs; evidently this has hurt the feelings of the preachers who profit from the results of shame. To these wolves we say, "Lay on McDuff and damned be he who first cries hold enough." The preacher cayote who for sordid and selfish motive of a few dollars condones sin, vice will soon be and deservedly so, without a congregation. This paper abuses no one, we simply tell the truth that is all. Is it abuse to say that a preacher has stolen the virtue of innocent, unsuspecting, and unprotected girls, has gone into the home and destroyed the happiness of the husband and father, and caused the wife and mother to go into a life of shame, and then when that same ministerial pirate and past master in de uchery comes to Muskogee Muskogee, I.T., Thursday, June 22, 1905. and by smooth and deceitful pretentions becomes pastor of a church. Is it abuse to turn on the electric light that the flock may read his record? If so we are guilty of abuse and are proud of it. Holl is so full of such religious misfits that their legs are sticking out of the windows and yet there is room for the four wolves from Muskogee Dante in his description of hell produces a character of smooth exterior and at first glance good to look upon, but at close investigation it is a horrible monster so full of lies, deceit, immorality, vice and crime that the other denizens of hell shudder and shun htm; this character is a fit representative of these for wolves. Unfortunately when one of these leacherous devils has ruined a number of families in one locality instead of killing the snake they permit him to enter a new and strange community to spread his poison upon a confiding community. None of the treacherous libertines should ever be allowed to darken the door of a respectable family. Sometime ago two of these gentry got drunk in a certain Dr.'s office (we will name him later on in this article) and as the liquid began the work each of the alcholic divines became obstreperous, loquatious, and pugnacious. One stepped into the arena and challenged the other to fight, applying to him the choice epithet "You are the son of a lady dog" the other not to be out done exclamed "You be damned." Are these fellows fit to occupy our pulpits? Some of them do. The result of these religious freebooter can be seen in the acts of some of their male members. One case we have in mind where the contagion spread in such a manner that a lawyer member seduces an innocent girl, ruins her future and on the heels of this another prominent church member seduces a hard working girl and the many cases of this kind grow out of the immoral degenerate teachings that come from the rascals who by main strength and awkwardness break into the pulpit. There name are Has sale on all the time and house full of customers- Watch our windows-Visit our store before you decide. One Price. THE FAIR. Come in and talk about it. The Street Furniture Company. well known and we will now proceed to enlighten the public as to the personell of some of these rascals who parade as ministers.—To be continued. A BRUTE Last night a colored woman who lives on the corner of Denison and 17th streets beat a small boy unmercifully. In fact the little fellow was covered with blood from head to heels. The woman used a large cow-hipe whip. Mr. L. T. Brown and others went to the house and prevailed upon her to stop the brutal treatment. The boy is an adopted child and it is reported the woman had threatened to kill the child. we could not learn the name of the Virago, but we hope the police will catch her and the Court will do the rest. It is said that the woman claims to belong to church and is a christian, we can't understand that kind of Christianity, we rather think hell is full of this kind of pretenders and yawning for more. We think they should have a place close up to the immoral preachers who have been ard are committing just such crimes and worse The Cimeter is the only colored newspaper in Muskogee that has "stood pat" against the thieves, thugs, and immoral preachers and we are not sorry for it we belong to the "Stand Pat Club." WHAT? use full of customers--Watch before you decide. One Price. AIR. When we look on the astound ing record of the Irish World, a weekly newspaper published in the interest of Irish as a race, we rre led to ask—Why don't the Negroes as a race stand by the Negro newspapers like the Irish? Is it because they are unable to subscribe and pay for a good newspaper? or is it the lack of race loyalty, the result of generations of slavery? We don't think the first statement tangible, but the latter may be the truth in part—if so may God hasten the day when the "New Negro" will give his undivided suppor to the Negro newspapers that stand for the highest and best interest of the race.—Western Age. The Western Age published at Langston, O. T., with brother S. D. Russell editor, came to our table this week brimful of news. The Cimeter welcomes the Age and wishes success to Russell and his staff. There will be a gathering of the clans in favor of Single statehood at Oklahoma City, July 12th. We shall watch closely and see if the colored brother is there. There were only a few at the last meeting and they were from Great Muskogee. We should be represented at the convention in Oklahoma City, July 12th, and we expect our leaders to see that we are. If the police will put a stop to the loud mouth fellows who take up the side walk to the exclusion of the public another victory will be scored. HERE YOUR IT IS GOOD talk about it. POULTRY Thoughts on Breeds. Each breed of fowls has been breed for a particular purpose, and a man in purchasing a breed should make certain that he knows the purpose for which the breed he wants is adapted. A breed of fowls that has been carefully nurtured for generations is less able to stand rough conditions than the scrub fowls that have come up under all kinds of adverse conditions. The old breeds were at first developed no man knows how. The Mediterranean breeds have the capacity of laying a good many eggs and of not sitting, but it is not known that these characteristics were bred into them intentionally. The Langshan breed is one of the oldest in the world and was bred in north China for centuries before being brought to this country. How it attained its form and color is not known. It is probable that the Chinaman of that country liked a black fowl, a big fowl and one that would lay many eggs in winter. We have enough breeds now, but we are sure that many new ones will come in during the present generation. Men will not be satisfied without experimenting, even though there be no particular object in their experimentation.—Estella Harper, Carroll Co., Ill., in Farmers' Review. Black Langshans. The Langshan breed is one of the oldest in the world and has been evidently kept pure for centuries. It originated in north China centuries ago. It is the smallest of the Asiatic breeds and is more active than any of the others. Without doubt it is one of the best laying breeds we have, and probably exceeds in this respect any of the other breeds from Asia. A good many poultry raisers in the United States are so much in love with the Langshans that they raise them entirely. The flesh of the Langshan is white, while the flesh of the other Asiatic breeds is yellow. The flesh of the Langshan is excellent for eating, being fine grained, tender and nicely flavored. The Culls. Most of our farmers never cull out their flocks and some that do, cull in the wrong direction. When the time comes for selling off the surplus stock the very best should be kept for foundation of the future flock. Too often this future flock must depend on the culls for its existence. The butcher or the traveling buyer will pay more for the well-formed well-developed fowls than he will for the other kind, and the owner instinctively feels that his poorest birds will develop into good ones in time. Therefore he will sell off the ones that bring the most money at that time. The culls should go first, and the best birds of the flock should not be let go of at any price. Young Chicks. This is the time of year when many broods of chicks are coming out of the shells to claim the attention of the farmer. The feeding of chicks is a matter that cannot be ignored. They cannot be fed at odd times like the old hens nor will they be satisfied with two or three feeds a day. They must have at least five feeds each day, and only a small quantity of food can be given at each feeding. No food must be allowed to sour, and much of the food must be given in a form that will make the chicks exercise to get it. The well should be often cleaned out. Some wells are never cleaned till they get to be so foul that the water reveals it in an offensive smell. 7 Some Short Names Here are some short names. Many years ago there was a shop kept in Brussels by Therese O, and there is a Mme. O living with her two children at Molenbeck, a suburb of the Belgian capital. In 1866 among the Belgian recruits was a young man named O, who could not write, and signed his name with a cross. In the department of Somme, in France, there is a village called Y, in the Zuyder Zee there is a bay called Y and Amsterdam has the River Y. In the Chinese province of Honan there is a city called U, and in France there is a river and in Sweden a town rejoicing in the name of A. "Blazed Trail" Pioneer Andrew McFarlane, "pioneer of the blazed trail," who died in San Bernardino, Cal., recently, was a native of Allegheny, Pa., where he was born in 1829. He was one of the most noted prospectors and hunters of California. His chief gold discovery was the Long Tom mine in Kern county, from which many millions of dollars have been taken. He and his two brothers crossed the plains in the early '50s. . Chronic Lieutenant Governor Three terms as lieutenant governor of Ohio is the record which in all probability will be set by Andred L. Harris, who has been renominated by the republicans as the running mate of Governor Herrick. He served as lieutenant governor from 1892 to 1896, while William McKinley was governor. His election to a third term is practically certain. Tell the average woman that her house always looks neat and she will reply: "Mercy, it takes lots of work to keep it so." FOOD IN SERMONS. Feed the Dominie Right and the Sermons are Brilliant. A conscientious, hard-working and eminently successful clergyman writes: "I am glad to bear testimony to the pleasure and increased measure of efficiency and health that have come to me from adopting Grape-Nuts food as one of my articles of diet. "For several years I was much distressed during the early part of each day by indigestion. My breakfast, usually consisting of oatmeal, milk and eggs, seemed to turn sour and failed to digest. After dinner the headache and other symptoms following the breakfast would wear away, only to return, however, next morning. "Having heard of Grape-Nuts food, I finally concluded to give it a fair trial. I quit the use of oatmeal and eggs, and made my breakfasts of Grape-Nuts, cream, toast and Postum. The result was surprising in improved health and total absence of the distress that had, for so long a time, followed the morning meal. My digestion became once more satisfactory, the headaches ceased, and the old feeling of energy returned. Since that time, four years ago, I have always had Grape-Nuts food on my breakfast table. "I was delighted to find also, that whereas before I began to use Grape-Nuts food I was quite nervous and became easily wearied in the work of preparing sermons and in study, a marked improvement in this respect resulted from the change in my diet. I am convinced that Grape-Nuts food produced this result and helped me to a sturdy condition of mental and physical strength. "I have known of several persons who were formerly troubled as I was, and who have been helped as I have been, by the use of Grape-Nuts food, on my recommendation, among whom may be mentioned the Rev. ——, now a missionary to China." Name given by Postum Company, Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in each pkg. Red Cross Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed How Dewey Cut the Red Tape The recurring prominence given the name and fame of Admiral Dewey with the annual return of May day—the date of his Manila bay triumph—has recalled a story of the man which Captain Bradford, former chief of the bureau of equipment in the navy department, is telling: It was before that now famous fight in the Philippine waters had been "pulled off," though Dewey was in the Pacific in command of the Asiatic squadron. It seems he was in need of coal, but instead of writing to Washington in regard to the matter, he simply purchased what he needed—and Captain Bradford says that officialdom was impressed by the number of tons purchased rather than by the fact of the unauthorized action in itself. "So I cabled him," continues the story teller. "I asked: 'Why did you buy so much coal?' Whatever he may have been charging up for fuel, however, he certainly was not putting his government to heavy expense for cable tolls, for just as soon as that message could get out there and an answer get back, I was informed: RAILWAY RATE LEGISLATION. At the biennial convention of the Order of Railway Conductors recently held at Portland, Oregon, resolutions were unanimously adopted voicing their sentiments as to the effect of proposed railway rate legislation on the 1,300,000 railroad employees, whom they in part represented. These resolutions "indorse the attitude of President Roosevelt in condemning secret rebates and other illegalities, and commend the attitude of the heads of American Railways, who, with practical unanimity, have joined with the president on this question." They then respectfully point out to Congress the "inadvisability of legislation vesting in the hands of a commission power over railway rates, now lower by far in the United States than in any other country," because such regulation would "result in litigation and confusion and inevitably tend to an enforced reduction in rates, irrespective of the question of the ability of the railroads to stand the reduction, especially in view of the increased cost of their supplies and materials." They further protested against such power being given to the present Inter-State Commission because "the proposed legislation is not in harmony with our idea of American jurisprudence, inasmuch as it contemplates that a single body shall have the right to investigate, indict, try, condemn and then enforce its decisions at the cost of the carriers, pending appeal, which is manifestly inequitable." The conductors base their demand for only such legislation if any, as would "secure and insure justice and equity and preserve equal rights to all parties concerned," on the ground that the low cost of transportation "is the result of the efficiency of American railway management and operation which have built up the country through constant improvement and development of territory, while at the same time recognition has been given to the value of intelligence among employees in contrast to foreign methods, where high freight rates and lowest wages to employees obtain." In pressing their claim against legislation adverse to their interests, they point out the fact that "the freight rates of this country average only two per cent of the cost of articles to the consumer, thus making the freight rate so insignificant a factor in the selling price that numerous standard articles are sold at the same price in all parts of the country." They were seated so close together on the parlor sofa that there was no room between them for an argument, when she suddenly let loose a large and soulful sigh. "What's the matter, darling?" he asked. "Oh," she replied, "I just happened to think that this would be our last evening together until tomorrow evening!"—London Tit-Bits. At the conference of the managers of the New York Central Lines, held in New York June 6th, all lines being represented by their General Managers and Passenger officials, it was decided, beginning with the regular summer change, Sunday, June 18th, to quicken the speed of the "Twentieth Century Limited" so as to make the time between New York and Chicago eighteen hours instead of twenty hours, the New York Central Lines having made the twenty hour time during the past three years, and having also made the run between New York and Chicago in twenty hours with their "Exposition Flyer" for the one hundred and eighty days of the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, twelve years ago. The New York Central Lines make the point that the New York Central has had in service the "Empire State Express," which has been the fastest train in the world for its distance, 440 miles for fourteen years, having held the world's record for that time, and for three years and 180 days having held the world's record for a thousand mile train in twenty hours. The proposed schedule of eighteen hours is simply the extension of the time of the "Empire State Express" through from Buffalo to Chicago, the time having been made for fourteen years between New York and Buffalo. On this new schedule, the train will leave Chicago at 2:30 p. m., arriving Grand Central Station, New York, at 9:30 next morning, and returning, will leave New York 3:30 p. m., reaching Chicago 8:30 a. 3:m. following day. At the same time, the "Lake Shore Limited" will be quickened up an hour, and will make the time from Chicago to New York in 23 hours instead of 24, leaving Chicago 5:30 p. m., by the Lake Shore and arriving New York 5:30 p. m., by the New York Central. The "Southwestern Limited" train, No. 11, which now leaves Grand Central station at 1 p. m., will, beginning June 18th, leave at 2:04 p. m., saving an hour to an hour and a half on the present journey to St. Louis and Cincinnati." -Costly Picture Frame The most costly picture frame in the world is said to be that which incloses the "Virgin and Child," in the Milan cathedral. It is made of hammered gold and is worth $125,000. In the Spring. Some maidens' fancies doubtless turn to thoughts of love, but the majority of them, as well as humanity in general, have a want to lay down and stay down feeling. Simmons' Sarsaparilla is the lifter. It not only takes hold, it lifts up that way back, weary feeling vanishes like a dream. Slates Are Tabooed The San Francisco board of education, as a sanitary measure, has adopted a resolution prohibiting the use of slates and pencils in the public schools. No hen-pecked man ever made a conspicuous success in life. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces tummation, always pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Let us hope at least that there will be no servant troubles in heaven. Lilby's Soups Let Libby Serve Your Soup Tomato, Julienne, Consomme, Chicken, Mulligatawney, or Oxtail will please the most fastidious. They are quickly prepared—delicious to eat—always satisfactory. Libby's (Natural Flavor) Food Products Corned Beef Hash Ox Tongues Boneless Chicken Soups Vienna Sausage Ham Loaf Your Grocer has them Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chioago Shirt Boss Collars dered give satisf husb look able happy STA is so 10c Infer same contain only 12 ence. Ask your STARCH. Insis will never use an Defiance Starch Company, Omaha, Neb. "STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER" "OUR FAMILY" SHOES "OUR FAMILY" SHOES Will fit every foot in your family, and the price will please you as well. They are made of best leather for long wear; have style and snap. Ask your dealer to show you the "Family" line. If he does not handle it write to us direct and we will see that you are supplied. ROBERTS, JOHNSON & RAND SHOE CO. ST. LOUIS WANTED.—For the U. 8. Army, able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 65; 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, Jud. Ter., Enid, Shawnee or Guthrie. Okla. If a man had to work as hard to get his living as he does to get his fun he would become an anarchist. Shirt Bosoms Collars and Cuffs laundered with Defiance Starch never crack nor become brittle. They last twice as long as those laundered with other starches and give the wearer much better satisfaction. If you want your husband, brother or son to look dressy, to feel comfortable and to be thoroughly happy use DEFIANCE STARCH in the laundry. It is sold by all good grocers at 10c a package—16 ounces. Inferior starches sell at the same price per package but contain only 12 ounces. Note the difference. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH. Insist on getting it and you will never use any other brand. Company, Omaha, Neb. GRAND SHOES ARE BETTER OUR FAMILY" SHOES FAMILY" SHOES and the price will please you as well. They are made of steel and snap. Ask your dealer to show you the "Family" to us direct and we will see that you are supplied. SON&RAND SHOE CO. ST.LOUIS $10.00 Sweep Feed Grinder. | $14.00 Galvanized Steel Wind Mill. We manufacture all sizes and styles. It will pay you to investigate.Write for catalog and price list. CURRIE WIND MILL CO., Topok, Kansas. W.N.U—Oklahoma City—No. 25.1905 uaranleed not try it? Price 50c. THE @IMETER. ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. W. H. TWINE . . . Editor. R. WOOD, . . . Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE . . Gen'l Solicitor E. T. HEARNE . . . City Reporter For Delegate to the Constitutional Convention: A. G. W. SANGO of Muskogee. Trade with our advertisers, they deserve your trade. You can buy better goods at a more reasonable price than you can from the L.B. Price Mercantile Co. and others who have their agents working the town. Those people pay no taxes and care nothing for the future of the town. The minutes of the various Grand Lodges throughout the world show that they recognize J. C. Johnson as Grand Master of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. We can't see why the real leaders don't get together. We will soon be one state why not be sensible and have a settlement of all differences amicably. Let bygones be of the past and get together on present conditions. A young girl is not far from ruin who will permit a young man to be her escort who can be seen on the streets in the company of lewd women. Yet that spectacle can be seen on our streets frequently. Fathers and mothers what are you doing for the protection of your daughters? Do you consider them better than harlots? If so why do you permit them to associate with the men who spend time with harlots. Recorder Momyer and Hans Carter made things so hot for some of the strumpets that paraded South Second street that they have gone to work. Score one for the City Administration and the Cimeter is satisfied even if some cheap jack leg immoral cusses who parade as dispensers of the Gospel were in sympathy with the lewd characters and tried to protect them It is written that these same cusses will steal away as did the king and queen of the street walking outfit. Go to CREEK LIVERY BARN, Go to Now located at new quarters No. 512 South 8rd Street Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanders Wholesale House Ramblings Who has never once been tempted Never can be truly strong. Only those who fight the battle know to sing the victor song Who by fire has not been tested Nor his strength nor weakness knows Only through the flames of evil Unallowed virtue glows, Man is never nearer heaven Never breathes a purer air Than when beating back temptations He resist't the tempter's snare Who has never once been tempted Can not have the strength of ten For the scarred and wounded only Are true virtue's full grown men . . We contend that the many lynchings, white-cap maraudings, peonage and aggitations for suppressing the Negro and robbing him of the fruits of his toil and his inherent rights as a man, and a citizen, are originated by, led by, and brought to their fruitage by some of the most intelligent and high standing white men of the south, and many of these members of the Christian church. ```markdown ``` The question we should daily ask ourselves. do we know the value of a dollar and if so should we spend them as wrecklessly and regardless of need as we do fine clothes are alright for those that able to buy them, but they are tell-tales on those who parade them, who have no place to lay their heads that they can call their own. ```markdown ``` Why are the young men of our town allowed to walk the streets, stand on corners with harlots, no other town that we know of allow such. The police should put a stop to the parading of these characters. These people of the fem in ne part should be kept in doors in their own quarters, and let their admirers associate with them there' and not in the streets to the serious injury of the entire race. Again we say keep them in, or better drive them out of town. ```markdown ``` Much ado is made now-a-day about Negro criminality. The accusation is entirely too broad. that some, yes, many Negroes steal we confess. That the Negro as a race is one of thieves, we denounce as an infamous falsehood. Why make the Negro responsible for the crimes of a few of his race, and make the individual responsible in the white race. We demand measurement by the same standard. Is it not a fact that the Negro learned his first lessons in kleptomania from the white man? If the white man with unbiased mind look at the Negro as he does others, he would affirm with us these facts that the rapists, violaters of the law, thieves, cut-throats and murderers are not of the respectable, intelligent, high-standing class. ```markdown ``` Why buy Your 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. R. A. GIVENS, JEWELER, 228 North Second street. Muskogee, I. T. Now is The Time For you to buy a new buggy and harness. We handle the best make and stand back of any defects in them. THE DEERE BUGGY 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. Planters' Implement Company. Wall Street Muskogee, I. T. THE CIMETER JOB PRINTING GO. THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE We do business by fair competition and conservative methods :: :: :: Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: :: :: Try us once and you will always send us your work :: :: :: :: 203 South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. JONES BUILDING (IN THE REAR) ON FIRST FLOOR FARM LOANS. Long Time. Easy Payments. You can pay small amounts anytime after one year and stop interest. Local & Personal Elliott Bros. are still holding their own. No finer gent's furnishing establishment in the city. J. C. Johnson, Gr. Master of Masons was in the city on legal business the first of the week. The concert given at Jones Hall on Wednesday night was a brilliant success in every particular the music was superb. It will be a hard matter for the Indian police to close up the office of a lawyer who has only the one nature provides. The masons will give a banquet and installation at Jones Hall, June 29, 05, the public are invited to be present. Admission 25c. The Odd Fellows' celebration on the 19th was well attended and a financial success. The Frisco System have on sale daily round trip tickets to Portland, Lewis & Clark Centenial Exposition for $49.30 final limit 90 days from date of sale. F. Qualls, proprietor of the Job Department, and his efficient manager, E. D. Nickens, report business flourishing. See those large posters of the Big Fourth celebration. If you want a stand talk to Paul Smith about it. It will be given at Sturgeon-McRea Park. Now, if you want to enjoy yourself go out there on the 4th. WEDDING BELLS. On Saturday eve., June 19th, Mr. Boyd A. Simpson of Coalgate, I. T., and Miss Ida V. Norris of Muskogee, were united in holy wedlock, Rev. A. R. Norris officiating. Mr. Simpson is one of the progressive colored leaders of the Indian Territory, he is a bright, intelligent, thrifty citizens and we prophesy great success for him in the future. Miss Norris is the daughter of our honored citizen, Rev. A. R. Norris. She is one of the most amiable and cultured daughters of the B. I. T., and is a fitting helpmete for such a leader of men as her husband has proven himself to be. Rev. Norris, the father of the bride is one of the oldest ministers (in front service) of the West Texas M. E. conference and the oldest in service in the B. I. T. We wish the young couple a pleasant voyage on the sea of life. This is one of the many lessons taught by, and evil effects consequent to slavery, Half starved and half fed, he was forced to report a shortage in his master's fowl yard, pig pen, barn or smoke house, and now he seldom ever steals other than tve necessities of life; while his white brother is stealing money by the thousands, breaking banks and stealing real estate, they steal political offices from each other, and the ballot from the humble Negro. If a plain and impartial statement of white criminals, regardless of the white-washed name given to the said crimes or their ability to pay fines, and if reasonable allowance is made in the number of Negroes convicted to account for prejudice injusdioe and spite work, in our opinion the ratio of the white criminals would be much greater than that of the colored without condoling the crimes of our people. We say their love and practice of honesty will compare favorably with any other people. ALONZO Is Now in Trouble Too--Mamie Not tne Only Light Fingured Person in Town. Alonzo Adkins, a Negro. was arrested by Bass Reeves this morning on the charge of burglary and larceny. Alonzo has figured in a lot of cases lately. The last was when he had Mamie Richardson arrested Monday evening for stealing his clothes and a few personal effects. Among the things stolen was a revolver which was identified by W. H. Twine, editor of the Cimeier, and prominent Negro attorney, as the one stolen from his residence a few nights ago, so it appear that Alonzo as well as Mamie is one of the light flingured gentry. He claims he bought a gun at Coalgate several weeks ago.—Democrat. SUNDAY EXCURSION RATES. The M.K. & T. will sell round trip tickets at rate of one fare plus twenty five cents to all local stations where the regular fare is $1.50 or less. Tickets on sale fer train leaving Muskogee after 6 p. m. Saturday and for all trains on Sundays except No. 5 and No. 6. Don't fail to take advantage of these rates. W. W. HOLMES. Agent. 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. KIRSHBAUM GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases. W. E. McCLURE, Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee I. T. 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 In rear of Bank of Muskogee BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. GEO. D. HOPE LUMBER COMPANY DEALER IN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime. Cement, Etc. EAST OKMULGEE AVE. 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. Room 213-14, - Illinois Building Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. The above statement is correct THE NEW PAINLES DR WM FLAMM. 27 years practice 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. ORGAN CROWN GOTOLOGY CROWN Bridge Work WITHOUT PLATES BEAUTIFUL TEETH BROCELAN CROWN RECHMOND CROWN Nervous Women Their Sufferings Are Usually Due to Uterine Disorders Perhaps Unsuspected A MEDICINE THAT CURES Mrs.M.E.Shotwell Can we dispute the well-known fact that American women are nervous? How often do we hear the expression, "I am so nervous, it seems as if I should fly;" or, "Don't speak to me." Little things annoy you and make you irritable; you can't sleep, you are unable to quietly and calmly perform your daily tasks or care for your children. The relation of the nerves and generative organs in women is so close that nine-tenths of the nervous prostration, nervous debility, the blues, sleeplessness and nervous irritability arise from some derangement of the organism which makes her a woman. Fits of depression or restlessness and irritability. Spirits easily affected, so that one minute she laughs, the next minute weeps. Pain in the ovaries and between the shoulders. Loss of voice; nervous dyspepsia. A tendency to cry at the least provocation. All this points to nervous prostration. Nothing will relieve this distressing condition and prevent months of prostration and suffering so surely as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. M. E. Shotwell, of 103 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "I cannot express the wonderful relief I have experienced by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I suffered for a long time with nervous prostration, backache, headache, loss of appetite. I could not sleep and would walk the floor almost every night. "I had three doctors and got no better, and life was a burden. I was advised to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it has worked wonders for me. "I am a well woman, my nervousness is all gone and my friends say I look ten years younger." Will not the volumes of letters from women made strong by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound convince all women of its virtues? Surely you cannot wish to remain sick and weak and discouraged, exhausted each day, when you can be as easily cured as other women. Money Well Spent An unprecedented deficit in the postoffice department for the fiscal year now ending will not worry the people of a country thoroughly convinced that farmers ought to have free mail delivery and that in all respects the postal service of the United States should be kept at the highest possible stage of efficiency. Waste and fraud in the immense business of the postoffice department are hateful to all honest men and good citizens, but there is no general objection to moderate deficits in its total transactions, provided that the cause is the rapid expansion and betterment of mail facilities.—Cleveland Leader. It's Everywhere. The Huts of the poor, the Halls of the rich. Are neither exempt from some form of itch; Perhaps a distinction may be made in the name, But the rich and the poor must scratch just the same. O, why should the children of Adam endure An affliction so dreadful, when Hunt's Cure does cure? All forms of itching. Price 50c Guaranteed. Limitation for .Murder There is no punishment in France if the murderer is not discovered and brought to trial within fifteen years. Arnold-Weber, who committed a murder twenty-five years ago, has just written defiantly to the police, confessing the crime, and saying he is about to return to Paris. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE, - - IND. TER NEW STATE NEWS The Marietta town council has appropriated $600 from the general fund to be used for street improvement in addition to the money realized from the road tax. The Sulphur Journal claims that the population of that town has doubled in the past three months. The estimated cost of buildings erected at Pauls Valley since January 1 is $100,000. Before the close of the present year it is claimed the sum of $300,000 will have been expended in new structures. Plans are being drawn for a $50,000 hotel and opera house. Five hundred delegates attended the Christian Endeavor meeting of Oklahoma and Indian Territories at Shawnee last week. The first building erected in Holdenville was destroyed by fire last week. The structure was put up in November, 1895, and the lumber was hauled from Wewoka. The town council of Coalgate has passed an ordinance prohibiting stock from running at large within the city limits. The application to organize the Pauls Valley National bank has been approved by the comptroller of the currency. The commissioners of Greer county are considering a proposition to build a court house on the rental plant, with fair prospects of success. Miss Eliza Bush of Woodward county has, by the death of her brother in Michigan, fallen heir to $50,000 In order to secure a jury for the trial of J. E. Murray, at Pauls Valley, upon the charge of murder, it was necessary to issue a special venire of thirty men from Chicakasha. The facts in the case were too well know to secure a jury at the former place. On account of the extremely low price of oil, it is said that the operators in the Bartlesville and Osage fields will curtail the output until an advance in price occurs. The federal court of appeals, sitting at South McAlester, last week refused a new trial to Grant Williams, convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged in August. The Arkansas Valley Navigation association expects to start its fleet of six barges down the Arkansas river in about three weeks. The start will be made at Muskogee, and the destination New Orleans. It will take about ten days to make the trip, and a number of representative men from Tulsa, Muskogee, Fort Smith and other places will accompany the fleet. Madill is to have a new hotel, to be erected on the site of the Bross hotel which was burned last year. Twenty-eight prisoners were taken from the federal jail at Muskogee to Fort Leavennorth last week. A reward of $25 each is offered for the arrest and detention of Jake Dobbins and Charles Davis, two prisoners who escaped from the Garfield county jail at Enid last week. ```markdown ``` SEARCH FOR AN AFFINITY. One Woman Who Was Fated to Fail in Every Love Affair. In one of the departments there is a little woman, a quiet, timid-looking little body, still in the early 30s, whose life story reads like the wildest of romances, says the Washington Post. She was born in Florida. At 16 she became engaged to a young man, and jilted him for an Englishman. The jilted young man blew out his brains, or at least let fresh air into the place where his brains ought to have been, and so died. The Englishman had a younger brother who fell in love with the Florida girl—we'll call her Julia, because that is not her name. The elder brother, finding out how matters stood, withdrew, whereupon Julia, instead of marrying the younger brother, ran away with a seafaring man. The seafaring man had unpleasant habits, so Julia divorced him. A year later she decided to remarry him, but before she could carry out her intention he was lost at sea. Within six months she married an elderly man, and left his as soon as she discovered that he had a wife and family out in Iowa. She then engaged herself to a young man who died of fever on the day set for the wedding. After that she married a Dane, divorced him, married a Richmond man, and separated from him after two years. All this, and she is not yet 33. One of her intimate friends told me all about it, and when she had finished telling me she sighed sympathetically. "Poor Julia!" she said. "She always wanted to marry and have a home, but fate was against her. She never found anybody she could really love, and goodness knows, she's tried." Runs at Home. "How do I keep in condition?" said an ex-athlete. "Simplest thing in the world. I run half a mile every morning." "Don't you find it hard to find a place to run here in the city?" asked one of his audience. "I should think the police would stop you." "Not where I run. I do it in my own room. On a track, I can cover a half mile at a gentle jog in four minutes. So every morning I just jog around my room, which is fortunately large, for about five minutes. Then I do a few setting up exercises, which take five minutes more. This ten minute program is enough to keep any man of ordinary habit in fair condition and hold down his girth. But you have to stay with the game—every morning—not once every few mornings. My daily run is now as much a necessity to me as my bath." The "I-Knew-Him-When" Club. George Ade, the playwright, who is said to be making more than $100,000 a year, met a friend in the Fifth Avenue hotel recently, says Leslie's Weekly. He mentioned the fact that he had been on a trip West. It was in Chicago as a newspaper reporter that Ade began to write. The other man asked casually whether he enjoyed the trip. "Yes," said Ade, "about as well as could be expected. Met a lot of the fellows I used to know on the Chicago papers. They were very nice to me. But when my back was turned they all probably said, 'Why, I knew that fellow when he was a simple reporter on a Chicago paper.' Yes, don't you forget it, they are all members of the 'I-Knew-Him-When' club." While George Ade sparkles in his conversation and in his writing, it is worth while considering his work seriously, because it has significance. Joseph Chamberlain's Career. Joseph Chamberlain, the celebrated Englishman, is not a graduate of any university or of any of the large public schools. He was a full-fledged business man at the age of 16 years and his fortune grew so rapidly that at the age of 38 he was able to retire from commercial life and devote himself to the study and practice of politic SADIE ROBINSON. Pretty Girl Suffered From Nervousness and Pelvic Catarrh-Found Quick Relief in a Few Days. M. H. NERVOUSNESS AND WEAKNESS CURED BY PE-RU-NA. Miss Sadie Robinson, 4 Rand street, Malden, Mass., writes: "Peruna was recommended to me about a year ago as an excellent remedy for the troubles peculiar to our sex, and as I found that all that was said of this medicine was true, I am pleased to endorse it. "I began to use it about seven months ago for weakness and nervousness, caused from overwork and sleeplessness, and found that in a few days I began to grow strong, my appetite increased and I began to sleep better, consequently my nervousness passed away and the weakness in the pelvic organs soon disappeared and I have been well and strong ever since." Address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O., for free medical advice. All correspondence strictly confidential. Alabastine THE SANITARY WALL COATING A Rock Cement in white and beau- not rub or scale. Destroys disease germs and vermil. No washing of walls after once appl- lied. Any one can brush it on—mix with cold water. Plain tinting and whitening, and the most elaborate relief, stencil work and frescoing may be done with it. Other finishes (bearing fanciful names and mixed with hot water) do not have the cementing property of Alabastine. They are stuck on with glue or other animal matter, which rots, feeding disease germs, rubbing, scaling and spoiling walls, clothing, etc. Such finishes must be washed off every year—costly, flithy work. Buy Alabastine only in dive-pound packages, properly labeled. Tint card, pretty wall and ceiling design, "Hints on Decorating, and our artists' services in making color plans, free. LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 50 CIGAR You Pay 10c for Cigars Not so Good. F.P. LEWIS Peoria, Ill ALL DONE OUT. Veteran Joshua Heller, of 706 South Walnut Street, Urbana, Ill., says: "In the fall of 1899 after taking Doan's Kidney Pills I told the readers of this paper that they had relieved me of kidney trouble, disposed of a lame back with pain across my loins and beneath the shoulder blades. Durfng the interval which has elapsed I have had occasion to resort to Doan's Kidney Pills when I noticed warnings of an attack. On each 1. 握住拳头，双手握住拳头，拳头朝上。 and every occasion the results obtained were just as satisfactory as when the pills were first brought to my notice. I just as emphatically endorse the preparation to-day as I did over two years ago." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. proprietors. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. The Need of Precision Frank G. Gunsaulus, head of the Armour Institute of Technology, who recently lectured at Topeka, Kansas, was talking to a group of young Chicagoans about the importance of precision. "Precision," he said, "saves many errors and mistakes. Be precise always. Be precise even to a comma. "Had sufficient thought been given to precision a certain Frenchman would have been spared the other day a painful error. "The man entered a State street cafe, chose a corner table, and looked carefully over the menu. There was on entry, under a heading devoted to various froms of beef, that should have read, 'Roast, horse radish sauce.' But a careless printer had misplaced a comma, and the entry figured as 'Roast horse, radish sauce.' "The Frenchman's eyes brightened as he read this line. He beckoned a waiter to him, and said, eagerly: "'Bring, please, some of ze roast horse vit ze radish sauce.'" The average automobile is so stubborn that we ought to speak of it as having mule power instead of horse power. SAVED CHILD'S LIFE. Remarkable Cure of Dropsy by Dcdd's Kidney Pills. Sedgwick, Ark., June 19.—The case of W. S. Taylor's little son is looked upon by those interested in medical matters as one of the most wonderful on record. In this connection his father makes the following statement: "Last September my little boy had dropsy; his feet and limbs were swollen to such an extent that he could not walk or put his shoes on. The treatment that the doctors were giving him seemed to do him no good, and two or three people said his days were short, even the doctors, two of the best in the country told me he would not get better. I stopped their medicine and at once sent for Dodd's Kidney Pills. I gave him three Pills a day, one morning, noon and night for eight days; at the end of the eighth day the swelling was all gone, but to give the medicine justice, I gave him eleven more pills. I used thirty-five Pills in all and he was entirely cured. I consider your medicine saved my child's life. When the thirty-five Pills were given him, he could run, dance and sing, whereas before he was an invalid in his mother's arms from morning until night." Czar's American Stocks The czar holds some six million dollars worth of stock in the Pennsylvania railroad, the New Jersey Central, the New York Central and the Canadian Northern Pacific, which yields him handsome returns. LIKE COMIC OPERA IS SCENE OF WEDDING IN THE PHILIPPINES. Open-Handed Hospitality the Order of the Day, and Everybody Welcome Canned Corned Beef the Chief Delicacy Served. A wedding in the Philippines is like a scene from a comic opera. I have in mind one that took place at Cagayan, Island of Mindanao, in a picturesque house curtained with jasmine and inhabited by three charming sisters. The bride—the eldest—was a soft-eyed, plump beauty, with a skin like brown velvet. Her white muslin gown would have passed muster in New York, and she wore a veil of costly and delicate pina gauze which would have turned an American bride-elect green with envy. Several necklaces were hung around her neck, while bangles loaded her wrists, and her fingers were stiff with gold and silver rings. The roads were in a deplorable state, being knee-deep in mud in places, and many of the guests wore top boots. They began arriving early in the morning, on horseback, on bicycles, and driving the famous trotting bulls of the country, or the rough-coated island ponies hitched to carts or ancient victorias. The majority came on foot, though, and everybody was welcome. Long tables made of planks on empty barrels and guiltless of linen were spread under the trees in the front yard, as it was too hot to eat indoors, also the house was not nearly large enough to accommodate the guests. Directly over the bride's table a magnificent fig tree (orbol de fuego) dropped its flaming blossoms. Every kind of native dish was there, and many imported from the United States by way of Manila, but the chief delicacy was considered to be canned corned beef, which occupied the place of honor usually accorded to the wedding cake in other countries, and was flanked by onion omelet and ham and eggs. Other dishes were chicken fried in cocoanut oil, dried fish made in a kind of stew with rice, potatoes, and red pepper enough to raise it to the rank of a curry. Caribou steaks, jam, honey, various kinds of sweet cakes, cocoanuts in the shell, and wine—much wine—completed the menu. While the feast was in progress the hens scratched industriously under the tables, and a bold rooster flew up among the plates, pecked at a few stray crumbs, and crowed until driven off by Antoine, the bride's brother. The marriage was performed by a very fat priest, who wore a suit of bright red calico under his flowing robes, the wind blowing through open doors and windows lifting his vestments and revealing the incongruous attire beneath. The ceremony was followed by the supper, and that in turn by dancing, the music being furnished by a harp and piano. After supper a man and woman entered and caused much merriment by singing impromptu verses about the guests, introducing themselves on mandolins. Spanish fandangoes were danced, also the spirited yotas, which is like a constantly shifting kaleidoscope when danced by girls wearing dresses of the rainbow-colored native cloth. The bride's mother, Senora Felicita Sulunga (literally Happiness-go-along-now), did a skirt dance and did it well, despite her forty odd years and avoirdupois. The festivities were kept up until long after daybreak.—Lippincott's Magazine. Gift Brought Rich Returns. The princess of Wales, while in Canada, was presented with some specimens of native marble, one of a beautiful blue attracting her especial attention. The princess was so much pleased with the specimens that systematic search was instituted in Hastings county, Ontario. A result of considerable moment is a find of pure white statuary marble. The Secret of Good Coffee Even the best housekeepers cannot make a good cup of coffee without good material. Dirty, adulterated and queerly blended coffee such as unscrupulous dealers shovel over their counters won't do. But take the pure, clean, natural flavored LION COFFEE, the leader of all package coffees—the coffee that for over a quarter of a century has been daily welcomed in millions of homes—and you will make a drink fit for a king in this way: HOW TO MAKE GOOD COFFEE. 2d. WITH COLD WATER. Add your cold water to the paste and bring it to a boil. Then set aside, add a little cold water, and in five minutes it's ready to serve. 3 {Don't boil it too long. Don't let it stand more than ten minutes before serving. DON'TS Don't use water that has been boiled before. TWO WAYS TO SETTLE COFFEE. 1st. With Eggs. Use part of the white of an egg, mixing it with the ground LION COFFEE before boiling. 2d. With Cold Water instead of eggs. After boiling add a dash of cold water, and set aside for eight or ten minutes, then serve through a strainer. Insist on getting a package of genuine LION COFFEE, prepare it according to this recipe and you will only use LION COFFEE in future. (Sold only in 1 lb. sealed packages.) When a pet horse belonging to a woman gets old and fat, what a tyrant it becomes! "Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is excellent for the liver. Cured me after eight years of suffering." S. Pepron, Albany, Y. Y. World famous. 61. Some people's idea of a beautiful pet seems to be a pug dog that shows its front teeth all the time. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. The fellow who wants the earth never stops to consider how much it would cost to run it. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure.—J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Third Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. Where Stars Are Barred Turkey's government has issued an order to its custom authorities not to admit any foreign goods which bear the mark or design of a star. It is supposed that the reason for this is that the representation of a star is a part of the Turkish coat of arms. AGONY OF SORE HAND8. Cracked and Peeled—Water and Heat Caused Intense Pain—Could Do No Housework—Grateful to Cuticura. "My hands cracked and peeled, and were so sore it was impossible for me to do my housework. If I put them in water I was in agony for hours; and if I tried to cook, the heat caused intense pain. I consulted two doctors, but their prescriptions were utterly useless. And now after using one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment my hands are entirely well, and I am very grateful. (Signed) Mrs. Minnie Drew, 18 Dana St., Roxbury, Mass." When a woman finds that her husband is becoming monotonous she can easily break the monotony. They Should. "My honest conviction, based upon my own experience and that of my friends, is that 'Hunt's Cure' will cure a larger per cent of skin troubles, especially of an itching variety, than any other remedy. Certainly those afflicted with any form of itch should try it." J. O. Moore, 50c per box. Atchison, Kus Prison Visitor—And are you treated well here, my poor man? Thirsty Thingumbob—Naw; I 'haint been treated since I been here. M. B. MR. GIESECKE the founder of the Giesecke-D'Oench- Hays Shoe Co., has so impressed his individuality upon the Giesecke Key Brand line, that practi- cally every think- ing man and woman in the country knows him by reputation. His name stands for honor and integrity. WHERE? FOR THAT SUMMER TRIP? BE SURE IT IS VIA THE MK AND T MISSISSippi Kappa Ipsilon Hallum 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, MS. FOR FAST TIME TAKE "THE KATY FLYER." W.N.U—Oklahoma City—No. 25, 1905 When writing advertisers kindly mention this paper. Sample Hats, Shoes, Clothing, and Furnishing Goods, Trunks and Bags at less than half price. 135 SOUTH SECOND STREET. FRISCO SYSTEM Commencing June 1st the Frisco System will sell 60 day tickets to Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo, Colo., for $22.85 Round trip Season tickets to above points $24.50. For the following occasions the Frisco System will sell very cheap round trip tickets, for rates and full particulars ask or yhone 302. International Epworth League Convention, Denver, Colo., July 5 to 9th. Annual meeting Grand Lodge Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks at Buffalo, N. Y., July July 11th to 13th. Annual meeting Imperial Council Ancient Arabic Order of Mystic Shrine at Niagara Falls, N. Y., June 20 to 23. A annual meeting Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles, Denver, Colo., August 14 to 24th. Annual convention National and Fire Insurance Agents at Denver, Colo., August 16 to 18. American Osteopathic at Denver, Colo., August 15 to 19. For further information call at Ticket Office. H. E. HARKRIDER, T. A. The officers are cleaning up the thieves in great shape, those that are not in jail are on the ran. This is the proper caper and we are glad to see the good work go on. M. S/M Sample Hats, Shoe Furnishing Goods, T at less than half price 135 SOUTH SEC WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES GLOYD LUMBE 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. ```markdown ``` Pedal envelopements scientifically lubricated and artistically decorated for ten cents. At D. Richardson's Barber Shop. A. S. McREA, LAWYER. 201-2 OKMULGEE AVENUE. FULTON MEAT MARKET 208 N. @herokee Street, MUSKOGEE, - - I. T. "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 dis- covery of its now famous Springs, thou- sands have received benefits from the heal- ing 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 particulars as to train service, rates, etc., may be had of any Katy Agent, or by addressing. A. C. Miner, T. P. A., Sedalia, Mo. F. B. Drew, G. T. A., Parsons, Kan. F. C. Knowles, D. P. A., Oklahoma City George Morton, G. P. & T. A., St. Louis, Mo. "THE KATY" IMON shoes, Clothing, and s, Trunks and Bags price. ECOND STREET. The Canadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owness of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. BER COMPANY. A man standing on a tree stump, holding a large tool, with a stack of logs in front of him. ```markdown ``` F. QUALLS, Proprietor. E. D. NICKENS, Business Mgr. ¶We do business by fair competition and conservative methods :: :: :: ¶Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: :: :: ¶Try us once and you will always send us your work :: :: :: :: REDUCTION SALE AND PUBLIC DONATION. I don't have a sale every new moon but when I say Bargain Sale I mean something good for you. One of my traveling salesmen has come in for the summer bringing the remainder of his line in which is a large variety of high grade jewelry. THIS LINE together with my line in the store have caused an over stock, in order to reduce this large stock of jewelry I have cut down the prices just to see them go. Call and let me show you my wonderful low prices on the best grade of jewelry that is made. I can fix your clock, watch and jewelry. Gents' N. P. watch chains, and Ladies' genuine ivory Shirt Waist Set will be given away. EXPERT WATCH-MAKER AND JEWELER. 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 121 Dry Salt Meat, per lb., - 81 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, Dress Making Parlor. PHONE 320 612 S.3RD ST. MUSKOGEE