Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, I. T., Thursday, July 13, 1905. PIANOS, PIANOS! PIANOS! Our plan of piano selling will save you money. We have no sub agents or commission men to pay, we buy by the car- load for cash and get all the discounts. We take your second hand organ or piano in exchange. We have the largest stock in the city to select from. Our small payment plan makes piano buying easy. Remember the place-- Old Reliable Bollinger Music House. NEGRO RACIAL TY AT ALL The Price of Freedom is NEGRO RACIAL PURI- TY AT ALL HAZARD The Price of Freedom is Responsibility. --- Vol 6. COPYRIGHT 1896 If the Negro was called to judgement tomorrow, there is one lesson he has not yet learned for which he would suffer justly. The unlearned lesson is that the experiences of Negro women during slavery and continuing in the Southern states even up to the present day, have not taught the Negro to yearn for and dedicate his heart and soul to the promotion of racial purity, The Negro has not learned nor acquired the habit of laughing at jail sentences and even the gallows in defense of the sacredness of his home, and the protection of his sisters and daughters' virtue. Here in Muskogee we have many Negroes who have served time in jail for introducing whiskey, but how many have ever been sent to the pen for wreaking vengeance upon the seducer of his wife, his sister, or his daughter. Unfortunately, it is no uncommon occurrence for a Negro to kill a comrade in a crap game, and then depend upon some Negro or white man who he knows is unlawfully cohabitating with some female relative to get him out of trouble, In the territory or elsewhere, there are instances of Negroes associating on the friendliest possible terms with Negroes and white men that have been the cause of the fall of their wives, sisters, and daughters from a state of respectability to one of absolute degradation. Uusually the av- erage Negro excuses his wickedness by boasting of his knowledge of the vices of the white race. In thus excusing himself, he is ignorant enough to believe that the white race does not know the vices and immoralities of Negroes. In this, the Negro is like the giraffe that hides its head in the thicket, end believes its body and hind legs cannot be seen. The white race does know of the unfortunate immoral practices of Negroes and these vices are bottom rock reasons for the discriminations in hotels, eating houses, and on railroads against Negroes. We must learn to place above all things in priceless value the virtue of our wives, our sisters, and our daughters and likewise the wives, daughters and sisters ef our neighbors. In this behalf, we must learn to sacrifice life and limb and penal distraint. if we wish our race to a high pinnacle in the social scale. The Negro was not invited to take part in the Oklahoma convention, and this if but another method of the whites to disapprove of Negro characteristics, and another step toward the promotion of white racial and social purity. The lynching of the Negro boy in Arkansas who sought honorably to many a white girl is a startling lesson in the protection of social purity which all Negroes should heed and profit thereby. We do not believe Negroes are tumbling over one another in their eagerness to marry white women, but the Arkansas Negro boy, at least, desired to associate himself with that girl in accordance with the moral code of God and man. In this respect, the murdered Negro boy set a brilliant example for the white brutes of Arkansas and other southern states, who have debauched Negro women, and have gone scot free. We are not altogether sure, but that the identical white lynchers in this case in Dumas, Arkansas, after their carnival of blood, went to the waiting embraces of some Negro paramour. But be that as it may, we must learn to resent in this Arkansas manner, and to protect in a similar manner, our homes, and our children, tho' hell yawns to rceive us when done. But what are we doing here in the territory toward Negro social purity. The answer is nothing. We boast here of a freedom not enjoyed elsewhere in some states. But the average Negro does not know the meaning of freedom by a dam and a half. Freedom bears with it certain responsibilities. In fact, the price of freedom is responsibility, and happiness can alone be attained by a complete understanding and performance of that responsibility by each and everyone. This responsibility is due ourselves, our fellow man and our God, and if not borne squarely and fairly by each, the result is disastrous to not a few but many. What can we say we are doing, when our very top notchers in the social scale, especially the men, are frequently, living a morman life, with one wife at home, and as mauy women as will permit No.40 PIANOS! money. We have we buy by the car- take your second the largest stock ment plan makes ic House. down town and elsewhere? How can we advance morally, when our public office buildings are turned into asignation houses, making it questionable for a decent virtuous woman to enter them by day and on business errands? Can social purity be promoted when the fathers of daughters attend prostitute balls, and in an intoxicated condition disgrace themselves upon the ball room floors? The answer is—Never. The Cimeter is for racial and social purity, and dares to demand that the Neros who are fiddling while the Negro social structure is burning like Rome did, shall put their talents to higher and nobler deeds, and by their daily walks and tales aid the Cimeter in cleaning the Negro's augean stable of its deph and thickness of moral filth. Social Purity Reporter. TEETH! RESPONSIBLE AND RELIABLE DR. G. L. KNEBEL Positively Painless Dentistry Bridge Work Specialist Gold Crown Specialist Teeth Extracted Without Pain Plates of All Kind Bridge Work - $4.00 Gold Crowns - 4.00 Plates - 6.00 Painless Extracting - .50 Diseased gums treated. DR. G. L. KNEBEL, N. E. Cor. 3rd and Broadway Opp. Post Office. Jones Cafe, the swellest one town is offering 21 meal tickets regular price $3 for $2.65, Go there for your good meals. The Union Pacific railroad passenger department has put before the public a folder of the Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland. It is wonderfully neat and attractive, colors having been employed in the printing. Contents embrace a very complete description of the exposition and its attractions, including a bird's eye view of the beautiful grounds and buildings, done in numerous colors. Scenes in and around Portland are strikingly portrayed, and all contemplating visiting the exposition this summer should have a copy of the folder in order that they may know of points where the greatest enjoyment and satisfaction may be found. Here is Relief for Women. Mother Gray, a nurse in New York, discovered a pleasant herb remedy for women's ills, called AUSTRALIAN- LEAF. Cures female weaknesses, Backache, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by mail 50c. Sample mailed FREE. Address. The Mother Gray Co., LeRoy, N. Y. The Chief Cause of Illness A famous physician, upon being asked recently what was the chief cause of ill health, replied: "Thinking and talking about it all the time. This ceaseless introspection in which so many of the rising generations of nervous folk indulge is certainly wearing them out. When they are not worrying as to whether they sleep too much or too little they are fidgeting over the amount of food they take or quantity of exercise necessary for health. In short, they never give themselves a moment's peace." Princess Spends American Gold The adopted daughter and heiress of the late Collis P. Huntington—the well known railway magnate—Princess Hatzfeldt—has long been a recognized leader of Anglo-American society. Fond of country life, she goes in greatly for hunting and entertains her friends magnificently at Drayton manor, her beautiful place in Wiltshire. She keeps no town house, but when in London usually stays at Claridge's, where she gives the most recherche dinners. The princess spends her money lavishly and is a most kind-hearted and generous woman, assuredly popular with everyone who knows her. Her husband is a relative of the late German ambassador to England. WANTED TO SLEEP Curious That a Tired Preacher Should Have Such Desire. A minister speaks of the curious effect of Grape Nuts food on him and how it has relieved him. "You will doubtless understand how the suffering with indigestion with which I used to be troubled made my work an almost unendurable burden, and why it was that after my Sabbath duties had been performed, sleep was a stranger to my pillow till nearly daylight. "I had to be very careful as to what I ate, and even with all my care I experienced poignant physical distress after meals, and my food never satisfied me. "Six months have elapsed since I began to use Grape-Nuts food, and the benefits I have derived from it are very definite. I no longer suffer from indigestion, and I began to improve from the time Grape-Nuts appeared on our table. I find that by eating a dish of it after my Sabbath work is done (and I always do so now) my nerves are quieted and rest and refreshing sleep are ensured me. I feel that I could not possibly do without Grape-Nuts food, now that I know its value. It is invariably on our table—we feel that we need it to complete the meal—and our children will eat Grape-Nuts when they cannot be persuaded to touch anything else." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville," in each pkg. FARM MISCELLANY Dusty Stables. I long ago came to the conclusion that it is not desirable to have hay dust constantly blowing or falling about the milker. This hay dust has on it many kinds of bacteria which get into the milk and affect it, sometimes quite injuriously. In an old stable where we used to keep our cows the mow was just above the heads and backs of the cattle. The cracks between the boards were not very tight, and in the spring when most of the hay had been used the dust easily fell through these cracks and onto the cows. A cat running over the boards above would send down a shower, which comprised millions of particles. Even the cows moving about and jarring the boards would start a small shower which, while not much noticed, contained many germs that we did not desire to have in the milk. We had a great deal of trouble with our milk, which was peddled out to customers by a milkman that purchased it from us. He said that sometimes the complaints were that it would not keep and at others that there was in the milk a hayey flavor. Still at other times the complaint was that in the settling in the can there was a fine grayish cloud, which I knew to be hay dust. So I determined to shut off the dust, which I found not a very easy thing to do, especially as we fed from the floor in front of the cows. The first thing I did was to make the part overhead so tight that nothing could get through. Then I constructed a long manger for the cows to eat from and that relieves us from the necessity of feeding on the floor. However, I find that even now we have to be careful not to get the hay stirred up before we have completed milking. I wish other readers of the Farmers' Review would tell us their experience with hay dust. Benton Co., la. Emanuel Small. There is always much complaint about wheat, clover and other plants being torn out of the ground by the action of frost. If the land is well drained this result will not follow the hardest winter. A railroad manager recently said that the railroads have no trouble with the frost heaving the road if the water is kept out. It is certainly learned that on land that is well drained so that the water table is below the roots of the plants even in winter no heaving results. The moisture that is drawn up by capillary attraction, though enough to glue the soil particles into a solid mass under the influence of cold, yet is not enough to cause heaving when it thaws. The heaving results only in saturated soil. Heaving of the soil is a notice to the farmer to drain his land. This work should be done before it is time to plow for the fall wheat crop. The Milking Machine. The makers of milking machines seem determined not to give up the attempt to place on the market a machine that will really work. A machine is now being manufactured in a small city in New York, but is not yet placed on the market. The manufacturers have, however, made a number of machines, and are trying them in the neighborhood. This machine will milk as many as ten cows at once, and with it one man milks about thirty-two cows in an hour and a half, night and morning. The manufacturers themselves, however, do not seem as enthusiastic as are most makers of milking machines, and this is a thing in their favor, as they apparently recognize the great difficulty of getting a machine that will work perfectly and that can be kept clean. Send a Postal for "Book of Presents" Protect The Health of your families by insisting on Pure Food. When it comes to Baking Powder, it means a saving of health and money if you use the standard article of purity and effi- ciency—the wonderful K C BAKING POWDER An absolutely pure baking powder scientifically combined. 25 ounces for 25 cents. Your grocer refunds your money if you are not sat- sified. Don't accept a substi- tute! They are impure and a men- ace to health. Ask for K C, the standard of quality. JAQUES MFG. CO. Chicago. We Make the Best. Make the Largest Line in the World more well pleased and happy customers than a combined, because they are making money. You b PRATT, EAGLE, WINSHIP and SMITH we make them. Write us for prices and catalogu NENTAL GIN COMPANY, DALLAS, T Plainly to Your Gro what you want LION COFFEE always, and h using a square man, will not try to sell you an ing else. You may not care for our opinion, b what About the United Judgment of Mill if housekeepers who have used LION COFFEE or over a quarter of a century? Is there any stronger proof of merit, than the We Make the Largest Line in the World. We have more well pleased and happy customers than all other makers combined, because they are making money. You know the MUNGER, PRATT, EAGLE, WINSHIP and SMITH goods. We make them. Write us for prices and catalogue. CONTINENTAL GIN COMPANY, DALLAS, TEXAS Say Plainly to Your Grocer That you want LION COFFEE always, and he being a square man, will not try to sell you anything else. You may not care for our opinion, but What About the United Judgment of Millions of housekeepers who have used LION COFFEE for over a quarter of a century? Is there any stronger proof of merit, than the Confidence of the Pet and ever increasing population LION COFFEE is carefully selected at the plantation, and direct to our various fares where it is skillfully roasted carefully packed in sealed ages—unlike loose coffee is exposed to germs, or sects, etc. LION COFFEE you as pure and clean as it left the factory. Sold 1 lb. packages. Lion-head on every package. - Save these Lion-heads for valuable premiums. SOLD BY GRO Drink Peacock 5¢ IT MAKES YOU PROUD! ALL SODA FOUNTAINS DAISY FOR KILLER. files are some. Cle will not have an Try them you will without not kept ers, sent for 20c. Somers, 10 Ave., Brook --- largest Line in the World. and happy customers than all other they are making money. You know the E, WINSHIP and SMITH goods. use us for prices and catalogue. COMPANY, DALLAS, TEXAS to Your Grocer LION COFFEE always, and he, will not try to sell you any- y not care for our opinion, but United Judgment of Millions to have used LION COFFEE her of a century? long proof of merit, than the Confidence of the People and ever increasing popularity? LION COFFEE is carefully selected at the plantation, shipped direct to our various factories, where it is skillfully roasted and carefully packed in sealed packages-unlike loose coffee, which is exposed to germs, dust, insects, etc. LION COFFEEreaches you as pure and clean as when it left the factory. Sold only in 1 lb. packages. WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. PAXTINE TOILET ANTISEPTIC FOR WOMEN troubled with ills peculiar to troubled with its peculiar to their sex, used as a douche is marvelously successful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs, stops discharges, heals inflammation and local soreness, cures leucorrhoea and nasal catarrh. Paxtine is in powder form to be dissolved in pure water, and is far more cleansing, healing, germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptics for all. TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES For sale at druggists, 50 cents a box. Total Box and Book of Instructions Free. THE R. PAXTON COMPANY BOSTON, MASS. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 28, 1905 To cure, or money refunded by your merchant, so why not try it? Price 50c. Checking the Divorce Evil Archbishop Farley voiced the opinion of the American people when he praised the attitude of President Roosevelt toward divorce. There is no question that the president, by his views, as well as by his domestic life, has given a great stimulus to the movement against divorce. This movement is growing, for it is plain to everybody that the facility with which divorces are granted in most states is a great evil and one which is bound to seriously affect American home life. This home life has other enemies, such as the desire to congregate in hotels, flats or apartment houses, but the main foe is divorce, San Francisco Chronicle. MARKETING POTATO CROPS. In line with the classic case of the oyster shippers, cited by President Hadley of Yale University in his book on Railroad Transportation, is the case of the Aroostook potato growers brought by President Tuttle of the Boston and Maine Railroad before the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce. Nothing could better show how a railroad works for the interest of the localities which it serves. A main dependence of the farmers of the Aroostook region is the potato crop, aggregating annually eight to ten million bushels, which find a market largely in Boston and the adjacent thickly settled regions of New England. The competition of cheap water transportation from Maine to all points along the New England coast keeps railroad freight rates on these potatoes always at a very low level. Potatoes are also a considerable output of the truck farms of Michigan, their normal market being obtained in and through Detroit and Chicago and other communities of that region. Not many years ago favoring sun and rains brought a tremendous yield of potatoes from the Michigan fields. At normal rates and prices there would have been a glut of the customary markets and the potatoes would have rotted on the farms. To help the potato growers the railroads from Michigan made unprecedentedly low rates on potatoes to every reachable market, even carrying them in large quantities to a place so remote as Boston. The Aroostook growers had to reduce the price on their potatoes and even then could not dispose of them unless the Boston and Maine Railroad reduced its already low rate, which it did. By means of these low rates, making possible low prices, the potato crops of both Michigan and Maine were finally marketed. Everybody eats potatoes, and that year everybody had all the potatoes he wanted. While the Michigan railroads made rates that would have been ruinous to the railroads, had they been applied to the movement of all potatoes at all times, to all places, they helped their patrons to find markets then. The Boston and Maine Railroad suffered a decrease in its revenue from potatoes, but it enabled the Aroostook farmers to market their crop and thereby to obtain money which they spent for the varied supplies which the railroads brought to them. If the making of rates were subject to governmental adjustment such radical and prompt action could never have been taken, because it is well established that if a rate be once reduced by a railroad company it cannot be restored through the red tape of governmental procedure. If the Michigan railroads and the Boston and Maine Railroad had been subjected to governmental limitation they would have felt obliged to keep up their rates as do the railroads of France and England and Germany under governmental limitation and let the potatoes rot. E han. 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. Chicago News. Avoid the Cheap and "Big Can" Baking Powders. The cheap baking powders have but one recommendation: they certainly give the purchaser plenty of powder for his money. These powders are so carelessly made from inferior materials that they will not make light, wholesome food. Further, these cheap baking powders have a very small percentage of leavening gas; therefore it takes from two to three times as much of such powder to raise the cake or biscuit as it does of Calumet Baking Powder. Therefore, in the long run, the actual cost to the consumer of such powders is more than Calumet would be. Cheap baking powders leave the bread sometimes bleached and acid, sometimes yellow and alkaline, and always unpalatable. They are never of uniform strength and quality. Why not buy a perfectly wholesome baking powder like Calumet, that is at the same time moderate in price and one which can be relied upon? Calumet is always the same, keeps indefinitely and gives the cook the least trouble. "Blank says he cashes his brains for a living." "I don't doubt it. He has a reputation for trying to pass plugged money."—Detroit Free Press. BABY'S TERRIBLE SORE Body Raw With Humor—Caused Untold Agony—Doctor Did No Good —Cuticura Cured at Once. "My child was a very delicate baby. A terrible sore and humor broke out on his body, looking like raw flesh, and causing the child untold agony. My physician prescribed various remedies, none of which helped at all. I became discouraged and took the matter into my own hands, and tried Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with almost immediate success. Before the second week had passed the soreness was gone, not leaving a trace of anything. Mrs. Jeannette H. Block, 281 Rosedale St., Rochester. N. Y." "He seems to have gone to the bad completely." "Yes; I believe he found himself between the devil and the deep sea, and he realized that he couldn't swim."—Philadelphia Ledger. Wonderful Courage Is displayed by many a poor invalid, crushed under the weight of chronic troubles, like constipation, biliousness, neuralgia, headache, stomach trouble, etc. But such suffering, though brave, is quite unnecessary, for Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin will surely cure all these diseases, drive away all the unpleasant symptoms, and restore every invalid to health. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. "Let me see," said the minister who was filling out the marriage certificate and had forgotten the date, "this is the fifth, is it not?" "No, sir," said the bride, with some indignation. "This is only my third!" Lippincott's. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Always look a mule in the face when you have anything to say to him. 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed Alx. Semna Rockelle Salts Anise Seed Peppermint Di Cottonseed Worms Seed Citrullus Sugar Wintergreen Flavor. Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Charles H. Flitcher NEW YORK. A 6 months old 35 Doses - 35 CENTS EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Charles H. Flitcher In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. PILES·NO MONEY TILL CURED·SEND FOR FREE ILLUS. TREATISE OR RECTAL DISEASES. WITH NAME OF PROMINENT MEN CURED·DRS. THORNTON & MINOR·1031 OAK ST. KANSAS CITY. MO. (BRANCH OFFICE AT ST. LOUIS.) Nothing pla a well made Shirt Other starches at the same pr contain only 1 sult your ow DEFIANCE S know you will Nothing pleases the eye so much as a well made, dainty Shirt Waist Suit If properly laundered. To get the best results it is necessary to use the best laundry starch. Defiance Starch gives that finish to the clothes that all ladies desire and should obtain. It is the delight of the experienced laundress. Once tried they will use no other. It is pure and is guaranteed not to injure the most delicate fabric. It is sold by the best grocers at 10c a package. Each package contains 16 ounces. Other starches, not nearly so good, sell at the same price per package, but they contain only 12 ounces of starch. Consult your own interests. Ask for DEFIANCE STARCH, get it, and we know you will never use any other. Company, Omaha, Neb. Defiance Starch Company, Omaha, Neb. THEN AND NOW taken 10S place In the great Nair of time known as the Past. The dawn of the Twentieth Century has already appeared, with its light and darkness, producing men who will leave their foot- prints on the sands of time to be recorded among the deeds of history. Every nation is ad- vancing in civilization—some slowly, some rapidly—all are interested in the welfare of their country and race, So it should be with individual. When sail- ing out upon the voyage of life some of us are carried forward by favorable winds and in the gentle zephyrs think that life is all sunshine, Others, less for- tunate, must contend with the great storms, and inthe tempest they seem to forget. that every cloud has its silvery lining. Yet notwithstanding any of our en- vironments our great Judge has made it possible for each of us to think well and direct our steps accordingly toward two of the greatest subjects that we could —consider—Morality and Christianty. These two subjects go hand in hand, Morality should he cultivated more than itis. The The great majority of people of today lack refinement. Our morals cannot, be compared to those of the gallant knights and ladies of old, Think of the chil- dren that are born and raised among people of bad morals, From Infancy they are taught those things that tend to ead thei backward, Half our mobs are caused by those with impure morals, When 1 think, of the many men and women that stand on that brink of immorality, Tam amozed at their power of such reasoning when they say that with such morals they enjoy life. What is life without some purpose, and what is their pur: poset. Slowly but surely they sink down into the abyss, buried in agrave of shame, bearing the epitaph of disgrace, God alone prescrives the remedy for such ¢ fate; He alone can console the disdppointed and heartbroker mother or father, On the other hand, we neve tire of singing the praises o! purity and innocence. — Gco morals attract: bad ones repel Parents, it is your duty to in spire your children with thi that Tennyson gave us: “Howe’r it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good, Kind hearts are more than a il i scarcely Know ,what to say Christian means Christlike, bu’ the word is often appled to thos who are not worthy of it Glance out upon the world anc compare the Christianity of to day with the old religion of cen turies ago. Where is the swee' humility, patience and_ love which those pious old men o' antiquity possessed? The Chris tianity of today, like the world ly things, has become so forma and stylish that at times it car hardly be recognized as the sam¢ which guided the Apostles Faiih which should be the ruling element and in the heart of man. is so feeble that: we sometimes believe the power of Christ ha: diminished, ‘‘Oh, for a faitt that will not ‘shrink,’’ a faith that leads us to say earnestly. “O, Father, if it be possible, le this cup pass from me, and no’ my wil be, but thine, be done.” Christians, have you though just how you are regarded by the sinner? Do you know tha many times you have driver them away from thé fold insteac of leading them to it ‘Le your light so shine that sinner: may see your good works an glorify your Father which is in heaven.” ' Christian men and woe give vast sums of money ever year to different ‘institutions but is it always for the sake o charlty! Always because th donator loves his fellowmen? No Itis simply for popularity; t win praise for himself. In th sight of God how much mor charitable would a poo. child b considered who gave. a glass 0 cold water to the parched an fevered lips of some inva ilt We find Christians around u every day who are no mor Christians than Judas, The not only do such things as stea |swear and drink as the sinnel |but they do it with the sinner Even those who are here t |teach us Christianity, some wh occupy the pulpit, do not pra |\tice what they preach, W || should remeniber these werds ,/our greatest poet: ‘This abov ,/all things, to thine own. self | | true, ete.” and it must follo’ ,|as the night the day thou can: ,| not then be false to any man, We also observe the goc .| things in Christianity—The lov rand suffering of Jesus and tho: who strive to be like him; tl purity, the patience, and abov ‘jall, we admire those who kee .|the commandments, Someor continued on page 12. Why buy Vour_az LUMBER =: and -:- BUILDING -:- MATERIAL From a company you do not know. Keep your mon- ey at home buy buying from the Muskogee Lumber Company They live here and will treat you right Yard loca- ted west of Jones’ Building, near Masonic Hall. 6 “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 trust- worthy in every respect; in fact I doa first-class jewelry business having 15 years experience and can give you bankers, jewelers and manufactures’ references who will bear me out inthis state ment. 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, Jewe cer, 228 North Second street. - - - Muskogee, I. T. KIRSH BAUM GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Shirts, Hats, Underwner, Suit Cases. W.E. McCLURE, Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee - - - - lor: e le le e Now is The Time ( eae yy Ss YY * a a Med): 5 MELD gs 6 RAY <A ‘Gf ¢ 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 your- self and get our prices which are the lowest, PLANPER'S [MPLEMENP ©O. Wall Street Muskogee, I. T. BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. @EO, b. HOPE LUMBER COMPANY DEALER IN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime. Cement, Ete. EAST OKMULGEE AVE. Official Statement of the Condition of the Commereial ationl rant. —__—. —— re. Muskogee. Indian Ferritory, RESOURCES LIABILITIES Loans and Discounts $712,003 95 | Capital $200,000 00 Overdrafts, cotton, 25,989 61 | Surplus and Profit 21,572 89 Bonds and Prewiums, * 206080 49 | Circulation 150,000 00 Furnittre and Fixtures 7,985.11| Deposits 759,580 25 Cash and Exchange 189,093 48 | ~ + —— . 2) 81,141, 152 64 $1,141,152 64 The above statement fs correct A DN FINK, Cashier, THE @IMETER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. W. H. TWINE . . . . Editor. R. WOOD, . . . . Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE . . Gen'l Solicitor E. T. HEARNE . . . City Reporter For Delegate to the Constitutional Convention: A. G. W. SANGO of Muskogee. The thugs, immoral teachers, preachers, and women of easy virtue, who have been handled without gloves by this paper, in their anger are saying: "I don't care what the dirty says." We are willing for them to apply that epithet to us, since we have succeeded in driving some of their ilk out of town and have made it unpleasant for those who remain and the married women who are using the same term should beware as "Your sins may yet find you out." A young man was mobbed in Arkansas last week because it was thought he was running away with a white girl. The girl was in the white coach and the boy in the jim crow car, and on this slim evidence his life paid for his supposed crime. There are cases on record where this same class of white men have gone to cities of the South and taken Negro women and had them pass for white and yet there is nothing said or done with the scoundrels. Its entirely different when the licentious devils prey upon the Negro and the women who permit this are as guilty of these murders of Negro boys as their paramours and deserve a receptacle in the lowest pit of the damned. THE STATEHOOD CONVENTION On the 12th promptly the Statehood convention was called on. There were about 1000 delegates and among that number were seven colored men from Muskogee, several from Wewoka and Ardmore. The thing was packed against the Negro from the very beginning. It seems that Douglass and his cohorts had sown the seed of prejudice in the heart of every white delegate that they could. When before the Committee on Credentials, Gibson, the Douglas leader, admitted that no call had ever been published and the reason therefor was that the lion thmer and his friends were afraid that the two bad men, Colonel Robert Owen and S. M. Rutherford would take the meeting from them and elect a double stater delegation. Doug's men also hid behind the other subterfuge that all of the opposing forces were prohibitionist and had been sent by Judge Raymond to oppose him in this, he was supported by lawyer Stone of Okmulgee. Our boys put a gallant fight but when Doug's men in our case made the color question the test we were done for. Not a Negro (save one and he was so white you couldn't tell him from the others) was admitted to the convention, the slogan was, no Negroes need apply. Of course there were some white men there who were opposed to the color line being drawn but they were woefully in the minority and were easily squelched by Doug and his pokesman Gibson One young fellow who had opposed the Coody Johnson delegation said that the fight had cost $250.00, and also admitted that the color question assisted him in defeating the gallant leader from Wewoka. After the committee had decided that no Negroes should sit in the convention a number of colored men from various parts of the two territories got together under the leadership of J. C. Johnson and laid the foundation for the statehood convention to be held in August at which time our interest as a people can be attended to. Our old time enemy Douglas who at Oklahoma City spent the entire time in making grand stand plays and dramatic stunts imagines that he can now see his way straight to a senatorial toga, but when the time comes for this two-bits politician of mediocre ability to test his strength in the Republican ranks he will find that every Negro in the new state will have him placed in the same category as the other democrats from the twin hells (Ark and Texas) Douglass is today the most poisonous reptile that the race has and the leaders who were at the convention will remember the slurs and cursing that Doug and his henchmen applied to our race. It was well that some of the leaders were at Oklahoma City where they could mark well the action of some fellows who parade as republicans. As a matter of fact such cusses as Douglass and a few like him are no more republicans than we are anarchists and they deserve no place in the party. When the people get a chance at this cuss and others of his ilk what is done will be sufficient. Dave Richards BAPBERS COUP. OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE SATISFACTION GUARANTEE Dave Richardson. Pron SELL CIGARS. SELL CIGARS. 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. DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Celebrated Monarc Ranges. Every one Guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc. All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. PHONE 205. ROWSY BLOCK. 111 N. SECOND STREET EXAMINATION FREE. Room 213-14, - Illinois Building Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. GLOYD LUMBER COMPANY. TAKING THE STUMP. The prices below will convince the most sceptical that it pays to trade at ACASH HOUSE High patent flour per 100, $2.90 Meal, per bushel, - - - 60 Best Eating Potatoes - - 50 Coin Special Hams, per lb., 15 “ “ Lard “ “ 10 “ “ Breakfast bacon 20 Smoked bacon, per lb., 10 to 12 Dry Salt Meat, per lb., - 10 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. GEORGE WIDEMAN, M'gr COR. MAIN & DENISON PHONE 443. 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. EXAMINAT Room 213-14, - Illin Next to Bank of Muskos 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 ap- preciated 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. The prices below will convince to trade at Bridge Work Beautiful Teeth TION FREE.inois Building kogee, Muskogee, I. T. ER COMPANY. SANDWICH once the most sceptical that it pays HOUSE . Muskogee Cimeter. W. B, TWINE, Editor, MUSKOGEE, - - IND, TER NEW STATE NEWS An Oddfellow’s lodge was orgen ized at Boswell last week. An aerie of Eagles will soon be instituted at Wynnewood, Bool worms are sald’ to have at tacked the cotton in the western part of the Chickasaw nation. There was, according to the super intendent’s report, seventy-one pn: pils attending the schools for the deaf and dumb at Guthrie June 30. Lawton’s commercial club is pre- paring to make a bid for the annual encampment of the Oklahoma Na- tional guards this fall. M. D. Sampson of Kansas has becn appointed a deputy revenue collet!or for the Chickasaw nation to suceced Jesse Skaggs, resigned. Sol Myers, a eattleman at Chatta- nooka shipped a train load of cattle to Chicago last week. The train cou sisted of eighteen cars into which were loaded four hundred head, The semi-annual statement of the seven banks of Muskogee show that the deposits in these institutions amount to $2,194,209.08. The = sur- plus, undivided profits and reserve funds, amount to $204,275.09. ‘These banks represent a total capitaliza- tion ef $1,000,000. It is reported that the Rock Island has acquired the St. Louis, El Reno ‘& Southwestern, the railroad — live running from El Reno to Guthrie, Governor Ferguson has appointed O. M. Hayes, as a member of the territorial board of education to suc ceed G. W. Moss of Kingfisher, re- signed. .Mr, Hayes is superinten- dent of the schools of Lincoln county. A severe hail storm visited Pauls Valley and vicinity last week. Con- siderable damage was done to th growing crops. The telephone companies at South MeAlester are rebuilding their sys tem and making great improvements in numerous ways that will make the service more satisfactory. Tams Bixby, who has been desig naied as the representative to close up the work of the Dawes cominis sion is reducing the force of clerks The first week he dispensed with the nervices of fifty-three, By direction of the etty council tie mayor of Muskogee has called a special election, August 10 for the $170,000 in municipal bonds, $75,000 for new school buildings and $100, 600 for extension of sewer and water plants, A meeting of the commercial clubs of Indian Territory will be held in Okmulgee Atigust 1, The purpose of the meeting is to take steps looking toward ‘ye removal of restrictions of the allewated lands and for a fivor- able legislation, The state board representing the Baptists of Oklahoma and Indian ‘Territory met in Oklahoma City last week and decided to hold a conven: tion here September 6th at which there will be one thousand delegates In the event of statehood the two or ganizations will be combined, JUDGE PHILIPS’ BIG FISH. Caught a 135-Pound Tarpon in the Gulf of Mexico Recently. “There is no fishing in the world like the sport in the Gulf of Mexico, where they catch tarpon,” said Judge John F. Philips, recently in the Kansas Clty Star. Judge Philips, looking tanned and thoroughly rested, has just returned from a fishing trip to the coast of Texas, “I surprised the na- tives by catching six of those big fel- lows. The largest weighed 135 pounds and measured 6 feet 10 inches in Jength. It took me an hour to land him after I had made the strike. “The tarpon is caught on a heavy ‘line and a specially strong rod and reel. I had just told my boatman that I would go in for dinner and we had just started to put back to the shore from where we bad been fishing, per- haps a mile out to sea, when I hooked the big fish. By playing with him, reeling him in and maneuvering back and forth for an hour I finally pulled him into shallow water. The boatmen then leaped out in water up to his waist and, striking the fish with a gaff hook, hauled him up on the beach.” Judge Philips was a member of the fishing party which accompanied S. W. Moore, general counsel of the Kansas City Southern railway, on a trip about ten days ago. The party left the car at Rockport on the coast of Texas and went by boat to Tarpon island, which is near the fishing grounds. “Catching tarpon is strenuous exercise,” added Judge Philips, “but as a sport it is not equaled.” The Wealthy Pauper. Upon _an office stool he sat, And figured with his pen— His pen wax new, his years were few, His weekly wage was $10, But still he scribbled away patiently, And never said a word; And the clinking of the dollars was ‘The only sound he heard! His raise came—and another— But still he seratched away; ~ When he had made bis pile, he sald, He'd take u holiday, Yet. while the songs of springtime ‘The souls of lovers stirred, ‘The clinking of the dollars was ‘The only sound he heard! And summers fled, and winters, And love came straying by; He closed his ears, as one Who hears A Siren’s melody; And out among the meadows There caroled many a bird But the clinking of the dollars Was the only sound he heard, Ago crept up In the uighttige, And bowed his busy head; His eyes grew dim, each stiffening limt Was weighted as with lead, “Was that death's echoing footstep? Nay—'tis a thought absurd!” (For the clinking of the dollars Was the only sound he heard!) Sad voices chant a requiem, And still he does not hear; Great enact) -clods fall upon his pall, But toouble not his ear; And even the Choir celestial Won't wake the senses, blurred Ry the clinking of the dollars—- ‘The only sound he heard! —Cleveland Leader. Making It Easy for Him. “The most difficult part of a pag- tor's duty,” sald a well-known preach- er, “is the pastoral calls, 1 have al- Ways femembered one of the first I ever made, when I was a green youth, just out of theological seminary. 1 had been called to the bedside of a mem- ber of my church, who was well known for his peculiarities and crankiness. After talking with him a few minutes, I said: “Shall I offer a,short prayer with you?’ “‘Short or long, use your own judg- ment,’ he said, “More and more embarrassed I hes- itated, and then said; ‘What shall I pray for?’ . “Exercise your own discretion as to selection of topics,’ paid he.” Motoring Develons Savaary. Motoring undermines the characier of the man who does it more quickly than any other disease, says the Lon- don World. “The confirmed motorist has no more sense of truth than the incurable fisherman or the incorrig- ible golfer, He has always just done so many miles a minute, and killed more dogs that week than any other member of his club, He gradually de- Velops a savage, rasping way of talk- tug.” Nothing makes a man so angry as to have some fellow swipe an um- btella that he has Just borrowed from the original owner when he wasn't looking. Hope enables a man to accomplish wonders in his mind. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing yah, For children teething, softens the gurus, reduces tt» Asimstion, allaye pul,cures wind colle. ' 2c 8 bottle Honeysuckles and the sweet girl graduate bloom simultaneously. ———_,.-—_—_* Mra. J. H. Giles, Everett, Pa. Suffered Sante FIM Kidney. and gravel trouble, Cured vy De. wid Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, Rondout, N. Y. $1.00, A man seldom has to work over- time to make a fool of himself. All Up-to-Date Housekeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, be- cause it is better, and 4 oz. more of it for same money. A man seldom goes to a friend for a loan if he really needs the money. DON'T FORGET A larze 2-02. package Red Crogs Ball Blue, only Scents, The Russ Company, South Bend, Lu Where there is a man’s will there is a woman's way to break it. Piso’s Cure for Consumption isan infallible medicine for coughs and colds. —-N. W. SAMUEL, Ovean Grove, N. J. Feb. 14, 1900, More women would go in for voice culture if they could buy things for a song. ‘ How’s Your Appetite? Does this weather make you want to set down and stay set. Does your food disgust you? If so, you need Simmons Sarsaparilla. It picks you up, keeps you up, and the grocery bill tells about vour appetite. Some girls proceed to catch on and marry—then implore the divorcee judge to help them Jet loose again. The well earned reputation and increas- ing Co rery, of the Lewis’ “Single Binder,” straight be cigar, is due to the maintained high quality and appreciation of the smoker. Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, Il. About the only fault the average woman has to find with her past is that it's too long. Yes, Alonzo, you may marry hap- pily on $6 a week, but the odds are very much against your staying hap- pily married on that sum. The Lost Ring. Woman lived in Rackinsack, had a ringworm on her back; Said she wouldn't care a snatch, but was where she couldn't scratch. Therfore she could not endure, had to have aid quick and sure. One box of Hunt's Cure, price 50¢, did the work. It always does. It's guaranteed, During the courtship a young man is never out of danger until the gir! says “No” three times, Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will saye not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 0z.—one ful) pound—while all other Cold Water Starches aro put up in %-pound pack- ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem: leals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-02. package it is becanse he has a stock on hand whiéh he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Deflance Starch has printed on every package in large let- ters and figures “16 ozs.” Demand De- flance and sav2 much time and money and the annoyance of the iron stick Ing. Deflance never sticks. : After singing the baby to sleep a woman proceeds to talk her husband to sleep, Four Facts For Sick Women To Considee Lydia E. P.nkham's Vegetable Compound Has an Unequalled Record of Cures— Mrs, Pinkham’s Advice Is Confiden- tial, Free, and always Helpful Finst.—That almost every operation in our hospitals performed upon women becomes necessary through neglect of such Seine backache, irregular and painfui menstruation, leucorrheea, displacements of the uterus, pain in the side, burning sensation in the stom- ach, bearing-down pains, nervousness, dizziness and sleeplessness. Srconp.—The medicine that holds the record for the largest number of absolute cures of female ills is Lydia KE. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It regulates, strengthens and cures diseases of the female organi: as nothing else can. For thirty years it has been helping women to be strong, curing backache, nervousness, Itidney troubles, all uter- ine and ovarian inflammation, weak- vess and displacements, regulating menstruation perfectly and cvercom- ing its pains. It has also proved itself invaluable play grid for childbirth and the change of life. Tuirp.—The great volume of unso- licited and grateful testimonials on file at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn, Mass., many of which aro from time to time published by permission, give ab- solute evidence of the value of Lydia F. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Mrs. Pinkhain’s advice. Fourtu.—Every ailing woman in the United States is asked to accept the following invitation. It is free, will none you health and may save your ife. Mes. Pinkham’s Standing lovitation to Women.--Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Piuk- ham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, read and answered by women only. From symptoms given, your trouble may be located and the quickest and surest way of recovery advised, Out of the vast volume of ex- perience in treating female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably has the very knowl- edge that will help your case. Surely, any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not fake advantage of this _ generous offer of assistance. € , BRAN RY se ap EXACT e SIZE wr C~ The name and address of your shoe dealer and 15c to cover cost of mailing, etc., willsecure one of the handsome rolled gold pins illustrated above. Enameled in colors and will wear for years. These pins were secured by thousands of World's Fair visitors. Only a few hundred left. Write Quick. ROBERTS. JOHNSON RAND SHOE CO. 8ST. LOUIS MANUFACTURERS OF “STAR BRAND SHOES” y) AN'TED.—For the U. 8. Army, able-botied ay unmarried men, between’ ages of 21 and jeitizens of United Btates, of good character and temperate habits, whocan speak, read and write Sage. For information apply to Re fretiag Mficer, Postoffice building, Oklahome City, Okla, or Tulsa, Jud. Ter. Enid, Shaw eee or Guthrie. Okla. Joomremmennrsipeeaetniinienninetmsiemeicn Fore trearneet Thompson's Eye Water W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No, 28, 1905 [= EO A OL - ORES WHERE ALL ELSE FAI a aan bd in time. Sold by druggists, aT : CONSUMPTION ¥ CONSTANT ACHING, Back aches all the time. Spofts your appetite, wearies the body, worries the mind. Kidneys cause it all and Doan's Kidney Pills relieve and , hit cure it. mL NT hg, H. B. McCar- SS ver, of 201 Cherry Cay St, Portland, Ld@ Ore., inspector of f {3 freight for the -PM: r Trans-Continental jue , Co., says: “I used a: A Doan's Kidney Pills for back | oe ache and otber = symptoms of kid N—1 ney trouble which & had annoyed me for months. I Pills relieve and iN rh cure it. WoT tgs H. B. McCar- SS ver, of 201 Cherry a 8t, Portland, la Ore., inspector of f {7 freight for the RS ce Trans-Continental jjuad , Co., says: “I used a: ay Doan's Kidney Pills for back | _— ache and otber = symptoms of kid i ney trouble which had annoyed me for months. I think a col was responsible for the whole trouble. It seemed to settle in my kidneys. Doan’s Kidney Pills rooted it out. It is eeveral months since I used them, and up to date there has been no recurrence of the trouble.” Doan’s Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents per box. Fos ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. HOW SHE MIGHT LOSE WEIGHT Fat Man Told Plump Girl He Got on Water Waaqon There is a Duluth man, of large pro portions, who has been cut from the list of friends compiled by a young woman who takes great pleasure ir declaring most emphatically that the big man is “real rude.” The big man declares he cannot he’) it and insists that he feels just as embarrassed as the woman in question. The trouble started when the man met the woman on the street. “How do you do, Mr. Blank?” she smiled, as she stopped the big man. “Quite well, thank you” he re: sponded, | “Mr. Blank, I want to ask a favor of you. I now weigh 165 pounds and 1 am getting positively fleshy. I was told that you had a way of reducing your weight and had lost twenty pounds in a month. How did you do str The man blushed and tried to sides step the question, but the young wo- man insisted on an answer. “Well,” said the desperate man, mopping ‘his forehead, “I'll tell you. I got on the wagon for a month,” And now they do not speak as they pass by.—Duluth News-Tribune. Arriving at a Verdict. Kushequa, Pa., July 10.—(Special)— In this section of Pennsylvania there is a growing belief that for such Kid- ney Diseases as Rheumatism and Lame Back there is only one sure cure and that is Dodd's Kidney Pills. This belief grows from such cases as that of Mrs. M. L. Davison of this place. She tells the story herself as follows: “I have suffered from Rheumatism for thirty years and find that Dodd's Kidney Pills have done me more good than any medicine I haye ever taken. 1 was also bothered with Lame Back and I can only say that my back hasn't bothered me since I took Dodd's Kid- ney Pills.” Considering that Mrs. Davison only took two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills, the result would be considered wonder- ful if it were not that others are re- posting similar iesulis daily, Kushe- qua is fast arriving at a verdict that “Dodd's Kidney Pills are the one sure cure for Rheumatism.” Yet Not the Same Yet this is the same Russia that gave four allied powers, including Englani and France, so severe a tus sle in the Crimea fifty years ago.— Chicago Tribune. Why It Is the Best fs because made by un entirely differ ent process, Defiance Starch is un- like any other, better and one-third more for 10 cents, RISKED DEATH FOR FRIENDS. Heroic Work Done by Scotch Miners Makes Good Reading. The heroie conduct of twenty-five men who descended a burning mine in Lanarkshire, Scotland, the other day resulted in six colliers being saved from a terrible death. A pit in the Clyde colliery, at Hamilton, was dis covered to be on fire at 6 p.m. Only fifteen miners were at work at the time, and eight of these, who made a dash for safety, succeeded in reaching the surface. Twenty-five volunteers, headed by the manager and overman, descended the burning pit, from which smoke was issuing in great volumes, and penetrated into the furthest re- cesses of the workings, where the seven men were imprisoned. Although it was thought that there was little chance of saving them, the rescue par- ty worked heroically for hours. At about ten o'clock, after they had been below for some three hours, it was an- nounced that the rescuers had sue- ceeded in diverting the smoke through another air course, and that it was just possible they might reach the imprisoned men. About two hours afterwards the entombed colliers were discovered in a distant part of the mine, They had lost their way. One lad had been suffocated by the smoke. but the other six were safe. A great crowd of relatives and friends stood at the mouth of the pit for hours waiting foe news, and a loud cheer went up when the survivors were brought to the surface. * Knew Nothing of Bolivia. Col. Suarez, —_ Bolivian — charge Vaffaires in London, tells this story: “It is not very long ago that I was invited to a country house in England, and when I arrived there I found only the ladies of the house party. They were all staring at me, and I could not make out what was the reason. But soon I discovered it. One of the la- dies of the house party brought me her album and asked me to write my name down and the country from which I @me. 1 did so, and after having writ- fen ‘Bolivia,’ she asked, ‘Something else?” I said, ‘What?’ ‘Something else?’ I said, ‘South America?’ ‘Yes,’ she said, ‘that is what we want.’ And then the lady of the house told me they had been discussing at length where Bolivia was; some said it was in South America and some in Bohe- mia, When she told me this I found out they expected to see me dressed in feathers.” Necessary Use of Consonants. In a recent book on his adventures in Tibet, Col. L. A. Waddell writes: “One curious result of the cold should be mentioned here—namely, its effect upon the speech of the people. A _pe- culiarity of the language of the Tib- etans, in common with the Russians and most arctic nations, is the remark- ably few vowels in their words and the extraordinarily Jarge number of con- sonanis. For example, the Tibetan name for Sikhim is Hbrasljongs. In- deed, so full of consonants are Tibe- tan words that most of them could be articulated with almost semiclosed mouth, evidently from the enforced necessity to keep the lips closed as far as possible against the cutting cold when speaking.” By Leased Cable. The anarchist had just hurled the bomb. Simultaneously the democratic head of President Loubet and the royal pate of Alfonso XIII, ducked to avoid the flying fragments. ‘M. le President,” muttered the boy king, “which one of us do you think that fellow was after?” With true Galic politeness, Loubet disclaimed the honor. , “After you, my dear Alfonse,” he murmured, bowing deeply. Everyone Expects It Nowadays, “Do you ever advise your patients to take exercise, doctor?” Oh, yes; it's perfectly safe to do go, They never take it.” FOLLOWS MALARIA CONTRACTED IN SPANISH-AMERIOAN WAR. Victim Had Tecome Metptess When He ‘Tried Dr. Willams! Pink Pills, but Was Cured in Four Months. Because he did not know that there is a renedy for ataxia, Mr. Aricl endured four years of weakness, pain and the misery of thinking his case incurable. “At the outbreak gf the Spanish- American war,” he says, “LT went with ‘Company B, Eighth Regiment, M.V.M., | into camp at Chickamanga, and while there my system becamo thoroughly poisoned with malaria, When I was mustered out, IT carried that disease home with me. After a while locomotor ataxia appeared.” “ Tow did the ataxia begin?” “Tfirst noticed a pain in my ankles and knee joints. This was followed by A numb feeling in my legs. At times I had to drag myself around; my legs would shake or become perfectly dead. Thad constant tronble in getting about in the dark. IT kept a light burning in my room at night as 1 could not balance myself in the darkness. Even with the aid of a light IT wobbled, aud would reach ont and catch hold of chairs to prevent myself from falling?” “Tow long were you a sufferer?” “Pour years in all. Daring the last three years I was confined to bed, some- times for a woek, again for three or four weeks at atime. When I was lying down the pain in my back was fre- quently so severe that I had to be helped up and put inachair to get a little re- lief. I had considerable pain in my howels and no control over my kidneys. The worst of all was that the docsor could give me no hope of recovery.” “How were you cured?’ “T read that Dr, Williams’ Pink Pills had cured locomotor ataxia and one or two friends spoke to me about them. Tn the fall of 1903 I began to take them for myself and I had not used more than one box before I found that the pains in my kuces and ankles were greatly relieved. Four months after- ward Tbecame a perfectly well man, and Tam today enjoying the best of health.” Mr. Edward H. Ariel lives at No, 48 Powow strect, Amesbury, Mass. Every sufferer from locomotor ataxia should try Dr. Williams’ Pihk Pills withont delay. | Auy druggist cau supply them, “It is hard to tell whom you can trust,” said one grafter. “Yes,” an- ewered the other, “Sometimes [I think there is no such thing as honesty. You never know who is going to turn state's evidence next.”’—Washington Star, It Will Stay There. “In my family medicine chest no remedy is permitted to remain unless il proves beyond doubt the best to be obtained for its particular purpose. “For treating all manner of skin troubles, such as Eezema, Tetter, Ringworm, etc., Hunt's Cure has held its place for many years. I have fall- ed fo find a surer remedy. It cures ilching instantly,” * R. M. Swann, Franklin, La, An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory, Ask Your Dealer tor Allen's Foot-Ease. A powder, It vests the feet. Cures Swol- Jen,Sore, Hyf,Callous, Aching Sweating Feet and Iffrowing Nails. Atall Drug- gists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Avoeps no substitute. Sample mailed FRE Address, AS. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. A bachelor mever figures on mar- tying a widow"but when a widow figures on marrying a bachelor it’s a sure sign of a wedding. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Uetiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 02 in a package, Which they won't be able to sell first, Lorause Delianee contains 16 04, for the same money. Do you want 16 02, instead of 12 02, ror same mopey? ‘Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking, : ° = aaa Re eae THE WORDS For Preserving, Purifying and Beautifying the Skin, Scalp, Hair, and Hands. Ball Bl Dail HIUE is the name of the bluing you are looking for. Ask your groeer. He sells it. Remember the name. A large 2-oz. pack- age for only 5 cents. After you see your clothes Snowy White made so by RED CROSS BALL BLUE you will want no other. Senator,” he asked, “have you really any fixed convictions?” “Not just now,” he replied, “but 1 expect to have one or two shortly after the beginning of the next ses sion,”—Chicago Record-Herald, It's Strenuous, There is no true superiority except that created by true merit. The rea- son Hunt's Lightning Oil outclasses all other liniments—it has the merit it does something. See what it will do for cuts, burns, bruises, sprains, sore and stiff muscles and joints. Your surprise will anly be exceeded by your gratification, People would have more faith inoa reformer if he would furnish proof of his sincerity by beginning wth himself. AT HOME AGAIN. Sam A. Douglas and party of 22 ladies and gents returned from Asbury Park, Park, N. J. and other points out East. The party was composed of Mrs. Julia A, Douglas, Stephen A. Douglas, Rhoda Davis, Belle A. Douglas, Mri. Mary Moore, of Muskogee; Mr. and Mrs. Steph- ent Colbert, Clarksville; Neal M:Intosh, Haskell; Peter Col- bert. Boynton; Miss Mamie Scott. Morris; Isaac Newman, Sarah Newman, Taft; Rebecca Smith.Okmulgee; Miss Darthea Davis, A. L. Teurman, Musko- gee; John R, Salter, Haskel. $2 GUTHRIE $2 The M. K, & T. will sell ex cursion tickets to Guthrie, O.T., at rate of $2.00 for the round trip. Special train leaves Mus kogee at 4:15 a. m., Sunday. July 16, Don’t miss this op- portunity to visit the capital of Oklahoma.-H, Leacliman, Agt. THEN AND NOW ___ continued from page gy. ) shalt have no other gods before m>.’? Waether sinner or Chris- tian we know there is consola- tion in God; that he is our refuge When flowers face, the heart withers, and the whole world seems to prevail against us, there is always one to whom we can appealand be given comfort Soould we do all things that morality and Christianity im- ply, we as a race of people, would be far moe respec ed Here, in the dawn of this centr- ry, can we not turn and face tle rising sun, as t comes bearing somany difficulties, and with renewed faith in God, with more sineere prayers, overcome the t rble temptations? And now [ leave you to the recording: angel, who is the great historian of us, all, Lutd caution you that sOue lives are allums written thro? With good ov ill, with false or true; Pates the blessed rngel ‘Turns the pages of our years, God grant that be may read the good With smiles, but blot the ill w.tn tears, Be elise FRON, HERE TO THERE, CHEAP RATES Aw.ual mecting Grand Aerie F aternal Order of Eagles, Den- vr, Colo, Aucust 14 to 24th. Annual convention National and Fire Insurance Agents at Denver, Colo, August 16 to 18, Amevican Ost opathic at Den ver, Colo., August 15 to 19, For further information call at Ticket Office. H. E. Haniripgs, T, A, Dr. R. H. Watsrford. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Diseases of Women and Men success- fully Treated. Chronic Disease of Men a Specialty. asa A. S. McREA, l= LAWYER. 20 1-2 OKMULGEE AVENUE. SUNDAY EXCURSION RATES. The M.K. & T. will sell round trip tickets at rate of one-fare plus twenty five cents to all lo- cal stations where the regular fare is $1.50 or less. Tickets on sale fer train leaving Muskogee after 6 p.m. Saiinday and for all trains on Sundays except No. 5 and No, 6, Don’t fail to take advantage of these rates. W. W. Homes. Agent. TTA en NGA aa cal : Trevaro for eaccas af the bar tn GAC b ye iskislieceewcot: BD gecuusies everywnsres Apprevea LAW:: by. bus and law colleges, Regular M law 'oune. Literal, Yormes AT «. = BS § aoe Nes Cetctegue Free, HOME g Enracue Corroepo..dence \ 4 eB, Sohoct ef Lav, a2. TA Mejote bldg. Oeteoit, leh, Go to CREER ow located ot new qnairters No, 512 South brd Strat Phone 70 Qpnenite UB Hendore rT a Pan Ws Va =f EXCELLENCE IN TRAVEL UTRACK-TRAINS- TIME, THE KATY FLYER andKATY DINING STATIONS: All essentials of comfortable and convenient travel are characteristic of <s C+) KATY SERVICE. (x) We have a fine line of calling c rs for ladies, Pioneer Abstraet Co. IOWA BUILDING In rear of Bank of MuskogeesQ2a FE LOANS e LOANS MADE TOFREEDMEN ON THEIR ALLOTMENTS Long Time. Gasy Payments, “7 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 af- ter one year. James L. Lomparp, Financial Agent, Union Central Life Insurance Company. ADDRESS: Cuas. H. LomBarp, Manager, No, 207 N, Second St ;Muskogee, I. T. GLOYD LUMBERCOMPANY. TAKING THE STUMP. To tell about our lumber. Itis @iee eR SA J Bl] put forward to win the approval Sede) Deed z of the lumber users of this section g&3aiy\Saae "iy 4 H ind when its good points are ap- $WozaS Sm >) ko preciated it wi! certainly do so. ea Ze mai!) § We see no. satisfaction or 3 ae ag Ee ey profit in handling low grade stock. §Ms2== 97,4 Us Aa) Neither will consumers when they ; a a ra AY y Re learn that the flnest lumber does mM ] vi W \\ ’ A AN f rot piece by the foot but by the ; A Ht js \y\ WWE inches, * leat ( Hs ads WN é ~~’ drew Voy" $3.00 Meal Tickets at Jones Cafe For $2.65. MUSKOGEE TITLE & RUST CO. GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and EAL ESTATS Farm Leans a Specialty Second and Broadway. . . . MUSKOGEE, IND. Ti. i ee F. QUALLS, Proprietor. &. D. NICKENS, Business Mgr, THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE f {We do business by fair competition and conservative methods 3: 3: :: {Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: 3: t: 3 {Try us once and_ you will always send us your work 3: 3: 3: 0%: 3 203 South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. JONES. BIT TYNG. TS THE REAR) OS Fast FiccR WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES OE | 1 >, ’ q The Ganadian Valley Trust : | Company Has a nomber of applicants who desire : to rent houses, Ownosa of three, fonr, + ; five an | six room Lonses can secure de- sirable tenunts by listing their property with us, . REAL ‘ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. ° a aD