Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, I. T., Thursday, August 17,1905. Vol 6. Double Statehood Vs Negro's Interest Why We Oppose Prohi-Democrat ic Double State-hood Movement. Robt. L. Owen and his prohibition friends pretend to be afraid of mixed schools down here and use that as one of their strong points in firing the white man and Indian against single statehood. Now we can't see why they resort to this subterfuge when Owen and the whole out-fit know that they don't have mixed schools in Oklahoma. We fear that the prohibitionists down here are worse than the anti's and are making as bad a record in so far as our people are concerned. Over in Oklahoma City the saloons (so we are informed we don't know from experience) refuse to permit a Negro to drink at their bar and over here in Muskogee the temperence folks (W. C. T. U.) furnish ice water during the hot season and label one barrel "For Whites" and the other "For Negroes" Now can you see any difference in the prejudice of the Pros and Anti's? Of course the barrel business would not work here, a few Negroes and a few whites obeyed the inscription, but the great majority of both colors said "What do the damphooles mean and proceeded to drink from either barrel and then the good (W. C. T. U.) people removed the barrels and the incident was closed. We have always favored and voted for prohibition but we say now we are against the class we have down here and will oppose them as they now stand until the regions of Pluto become solid on account of the atmospheric conditions and then we shall oppose them on the solid that was formed by the change of conditions even if the little devils were having a Chritmas excursion on the solidifiad fluid which might be called ice. The seperate statehood convention should they succeed mean nothing of a progressive nature to us. Robt. L. Owen, the High Priest, and Thos. Owen and Rutherford, are one and the same in eliminating of the Negro. It is strictly a Democrat, Pro. Convention. Great God what a mixture. The Northern Pro can't understand how the unwashed Democrat and the pure Pro can mix down here, but its dead easy when you consider that Owen and his cohorts make a straw man out of the Negro and then proceed to tear down the infernal prejudice of these devils is so great that they join hands when the Negro is mentioned. We hope our old friends (Pros) in Xenia, O., will read this carefully, as we have always been on that side but down here there is as much difference between the Pro and the one there as there is between heaven and hell, and for that and divers reason the Cimeter will stand against the Pro and double stater and Democrat—for the reason that the interest of the Negro is paramount to that of prohibition or double statehood. The Searchlight is wrong again when it publised the notice of colored masons meeting at South McAlester. They did not meet there. A gang of expelled fellows calling themselves masons met and had a pow wow there, but the colorod masons met at Ardmore and did business. Hon. J. C. Johnson was the Grand Master and he turned the gavel over to Hon. S. T. Wiggins. Those men are the only ones recognized by the world as Grand Master and Past Grand Master of Master of Masons in the B. I. T. Make the correction brother. SAID HE WAS A BLACK MAN. A white man giving his name as McIntower appeared before the Creek enrollment division of the Commission to file two Negro children. He said he was the father of the twins and wanted them to get their land. "But you are a white man," said the clerk, "do you mean to tell me your children are Negroes?" McIntower denied he was a white man *** and attempted to prove he was a Negro. His name was not found on the Creek roll however, and he and his twins had to do without land. The Indian Territory is the only place on earth where the white man has tried to prove himself a Negro. When it comes to getting land the white man can accomodate himself to any and all circumstances. No.45 GREAT STOCK OF FALL GOODS Consisting of all New Styles in Clothing, Shoes, Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery in fact everything in Furnishiny Goods line are continuall arriving at the busy store. ELLIOTT BROS. Any one will do well to inspect their stock before buying their wearing appärrell. T. J. ELLIOTT, the cleaver manager of the firm, has just returned from the Eastern Markets, where his cash and clever buying has placed them in position to snpply you in all the latest styles at the very lowest possible price. ELLIOTT BROS. ay is the last day of the Great Bar le at the Boston Store :: :: have had a big sale and sold lots o but we have a great many specials urday and we hope to make it our ay. Come, bring your friends, we wil rest. Saturday is the last day of the Great Bargain Sale at the Boston Store :: :: :: We have had a big sale and sold lots of goods but we have a great many specials for Saturday and we hope to make it our Best day. Come, bring your friends, we will do the rest. Yours for Business, BOSTON STORE. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. NEW STATE NEWS George Johnson and William Jones, two young men near Cushing, were killed by lightning while sheltering under a tree on the Cimarron river. Charles Haynes of Shawnee was fatally injured by the accidental discharge of his own revolver, while in a friendly scuffle with a companion. The trouble between the contractors employed to lay the water mains and the Enid city council has been satisfactorily settled, and work is progressing. Benton Myers, a bridge workman in the employ of the Frisco Railway company, attempted to remove a hand car from the track near Oklahoma City, and before he succeeded a freight train crashed into it, injuring the man so that he is not expected to survive. Lightning struck a battery of seventeen 250-barrel oil tanks owned by Baindall & Glenn, in the Osage reservation, six miles southeast of Cleveland. The loss from the fire is estimated at more than $3,000. A carload of small game fish, principally bass, has been received by Captain Frank Frantz, Indian agent at Pawhuska, to be used in stocking the principal streams of the Osage nation. Warren Butts and Walter Leard have been appointed to $1,000 clerkships in the office of Superintendent Benedict, in charge of Indian Territory schools. Miss Florence Benedict has received a similar appointment, at $600. Rex Bruster, who shot and killed his stepfather, Frank King, at Kingston, was given an examining hearing and was released by Commissioner Gullet of Tishomingo, the evidence showing the youth's action to have been in self defense. Governor Ferguson has named Chandler as the place for holding the next encampment of the Oklahoma guards, and the date is set for the week beginning October 15th. The citizens of Chandler have raised $500 for the encampment expenses. A deputy sheriff at Shawnee burned eleven slot machines and considerable other gambling material. Twenty-one other slot machines are in the hands of the sheriff awaiting an order from the district judge as to their disposition. One of the largest real estate changes ever recorded in this section was the transfer of the Indianola building at Muskogee to the Canadian Valley Trust company. The structure is five stories high, and the price paid was $70,000. Samuel Conibree, aged seventeen years, is in jail at Shawnnee upon the charge of stealing watches and goods to the value of $1,000 from a pawnbroker at that place. He had disposed of a portion or the stolen articles, and was preparing to leave the country when caught. John Meisburger, the fifteen-year-old boy who, a year ago, was caught tampering with United States mail, was taken to the reform school at Washington for a term of five years. He was under bond for good behavior, but was caught stealing freight from the Frisco depot, and his bondsmen surrendered him to the federal authorities. WHISKY NOT MADE TO DRINK. Sea Captain Asserts Its Proper Use Is Externally. The man who puts alcoholic beverages into his stomach with the idea that it is the proper receptacle for invigorating beverages has been much mistaken. Whisky is not made to drink. The proper way to use it is to let it soak into the system. The derivation of the word "soak," meaning a toper, is traceable, perhaps, to the external method of indulgence. There is an old salt in the port here who soaks up the liquor. He is Capt Swann of the British steamer Anglo Chilean. "In my early days I was a sprinter," says Captain Swann, "and I kept it up long after I went to sea whenever there was an occasion to try out the stiffness of my joints ashore. I am a good walker, because of having always used whisky in my bouts when ever I felt uneasy about my feet. It is not a new idea, but one I learned when a young man. "I remember when I was spending a time ashore in Scotland I went on a walking trip and stopped at a 'pub' in the Highlands and asked for the usual ration of 'the best.' In Scotland the portion is not mean. I took off my shoes and poured one-half of the measure into one shoe and the remainder into the other. The publican expressed his horror at the wasting of such valuable liquor on a man's feet, but as I had paid his price it was none of his business about the desecration of the liquor. "I can say to any man who walks much that if he uses whisky on his feet, as I have explained, and not in his stomach, he will find refreshment which will increase his ambition and enable him to walk with a freshness which was unknown before the application."—Baltimore American. A Nonsense Verse. There was an old man of Peru. Who fell in a pail full of glue, An Arabian Druid in Paris. Strange mystics are discovered in Paris every now and again. The latest is described as an Arabian Druid who inhabited the Rue de la Michodiere, a street in the center of the city. His neighbors were startled at midnight to hear weird and discordant sounds issuing from the dwelling of Ali Bonem, followed by ritualistic incantations and liturgical chantings, alternatively plaintive and fierce. The reflection of flames was also observed. When the door was burst open by the police a man of huge stature was seen, clothed in a long white sheet, his eyes rolling wildly, and in his hand a bloodstained knife. Around him a number of wax candles lled a mystic light, and on a piano, which had served as an altar, lay a disembowled lamb. As a measure of precaution Ali Bonem, the high priest, has been taken into custody.—London Globe. FOUND AN EASY VICTIM. Boston Photographer Falls to Very Old Trick. A man went into a Boston photographer's gallery the other day. Men have done this before and survived—even though taken from life. The man was on the usual errand, a fact that he carefully imparted to the artist. "Make the best presentation you can of me, gentle sir," he said in a courteous way. "And while I need but one, a dozen will not come amiss. Let them be your premier cabinets, for I would not curtail the expense." The photographer rubbed his hands together in a purring way. "I will try to satisfy you, sir," he said. "Pray be seated." The subject smiled as the artist posed him. "I will admit," he said, "that I desire to look my very best. A heart's happiness this portrait makes." "I fully comprehend," said the artist. The sitter glanced at his vest. "Seems rather dull and tame to me," he said. "Ought to be brightened up a little. Here, supose you let me wear that watch and chain of yours just as a catchy outward decoration." So the smiling photographer passed him the gold watch with its heavy chain and the sitter donned them with perceptible pleasure. "That'll go fine with the rest of the makeup," he said, and a moment or two later after the photographer had stepped out to get a dry plate or something he returned to find that the watch and chain had gone with the rest of the makeup to parts unknown. And all this happened in simple old Boston.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dr. Braman and the Fiddlers. The Rev. Milton P. Braman, D. D., for thirty-five years pastor of the First Church of Danvers, Mass., retiring in 1861, was widely known as a preacher and theologian. He was, however, conservative to the point of bigotry, and eccentric withal. One of his eccentricities was his determined opposition to instrumental music in church, which he seemed to regard as little short of sacrilege. Therefore, it may readily be understood that when the parish introduced a first and second violin and bass as accompaniment to the singing of the choir, the doctor's ire was aroused, and he took no pains to conceal it. On the Sunday after the introduction of the carnal instruments, when the preacher rose to announce the first hymn, he did it in this wise: 'The choir will now please to fiddle and sing to the glory of God the 100th Psalm.' Mr. MacQueen as a Minister. The Rev. Peter MacQueen tells this story on himself: It seems that Mr. Murphy, the famous temperance orator, made one of his great speeches in the West Somerville Congregational church some years ago. At the close of the service one of Mr. McQueen's parishioners, a worthy Scot addicted to strong liquors, came up to sign the temperance pledge. Mr. Murphy talked to the Scotchman and asked him if Mr. McQueen was not a brother Scot. "What kind of a minister is Mr. MacQueen?" said Murphy to the converted tippler. "He's a foin mon, that Mister MacQueen; a grawn meenister that; there's nane o' this dom'd releegion aboot him." replied the old Scotchman. She Was Safe in Natick. Little Hester, 4 years old, was visiting her grandparents, who are very strict Scotch Presbyterians. One day, having done something naughty, her grandmother took her in her arms, talked to her about being good and finished by saying: "God sees you, and he will not love you if you are not a good little girl." Hester opened wide her wondering eyes, and gravely looking into her grandmother's face, said: "But, grandma, he can't see me when I am at home, for there is no God in Natick." A friend of the home A foe of the Trust Calumet Baking Powder Compiles with the Pure Food Laws of all States. FORTY PIES A MINUTE A Pie Making Machine Invented by a Pittsburg Baker Nice sweet juicy pies, the kind that mother used to make, are to be turned out by a Pittsburg man at the rate of forty every minute, or 24,000 every ten hours. The man who is to accomplish this wonderful thing is E. L. Sons, a baker, who has justs invented a machine which will work these wonders, and at the same time do away with pie pans and the regulation oven. One machine with such a capacity can be handled by three men, who will take the places of 100 bakers. The machine will work on much the same principle as a waffle iron, and it was from that instrument that Mr. Sons got his idea. The machine contains a great endless chain like a waffle iron, except that the "cups" are in the shape of a round pie. A man will stand at one end of the machine and fill the "cups" with dough. They will pass through a furnace, which will partly bake them before reaching the man who will supply the filling. Then a third man will put on the lids, and the pies will pass through another furnace and come out ready for the table. Mr. Sons has completed one of the machines, and he says it works perfectly. The variety of pies baked at one time is without limit. It is the person with the most nerve who most frequently gets on the nerves. HEART RIGHT When He Quit Coffee. Life Insurance Companies will not insure a man suffering from heart trouble. The reason is obvious. This is a serious matter to the husband or father who is solicitous for the future of his dear ones. Often the heart trouble is caused by an unexpected thing and can be corrected if taken in time and properly treated. A man in Colorado writes: "I was a great coffee drinker for many years, and was not aware of the injurious effects of the habit till I became a practical invalid, suffering from heart trouble, indigestion and nervousness to an extent that made me wretchedly miserable myself and a nuisance to those who witnessed my sufferings. "I continued to drink Coffee, however, not suspecting that it was the cause of my ill-health, till, on applying for life insurance I was rejected on account of the trouble with my heart. Then I became alarmed. I found that leaving off coffee helped me quickly, so I quit it altogether and having been attracted by the advertisements of Postum Food Coffee I began its use. "The change in my condition was remarkable, and it was not long till I was completely cured. All my alliments vanished. My digestion was completely restored, my nervousness disappeared, and, most important of all, my heart steadied down and became normal, and on a second examination I was accepted by the life insurance Co. Quitting Coffee and using Postum worked the cure." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason, and it is explained in the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in each pkg. COMMODORE NICHOI SON. COMMODORE Somerville Nicholson of the United States Navy, in a letter from 1837 R. Street, Northwest, Washington, D. C., says: "Your Peruna has been and is now used by so many of my friends and acquaintances as a sure cure for catarrh that I am convinced of its curative qualities and I unhesitatingly recommend it to all persons suffering from that complaint." Our army and our navy are the natural protection of our country. Peruna is the natural protection of the army and navy in the vicissitudes of climate and exposure. We have on file thousands of testimonials from prominent people in the army and navy. We can give our readers only a slight glimpse of the vast array of unsolicited endorsements Dr. Hartman is constantly receiving for his widely known and efficient remedy, Peruna. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus Ohio. STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER EXACT SIZE SPECIAL OFFER The name and address of your shoe dealer and 15c to cover cost of mailing, etc., will secure 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. ST. LOUIS MANUFACTURERS OF "STAR BRAND SHOES" Toledo, St. Louis & Western R. R. Co., "Clover Leaf Route." St. Louis to all Points East Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York. R. J. McKAY, D. P. A., St. Louis. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No 33, 1905 PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION BOY OVERLOOKED A POINT Had Selected a Turtle Not Sufficiently Venerable Speaking of the turtles that were recently found in Jersey, bearing dates of fifty and sixty years ago, recalls an incident that once occurred on the farm of the late Henry I. Deacon, a well-to-do and influential resident of the land beyond the Delaware A youngster, who was fond of roaming over the fine, well kept farm, found a turtle one day and it occurred to him to make it one of the ancient date. Nothing short of the George Washington era would do. So, taking out his penknife the boy inscribed, "G. W.' 1776," on the reptile's shell. The cutting, of course, looked very modern, but this was easily remedied by rubbing in it mud and polishing it on the grass. This done to the satisfaction of the boy, rushed to the jolly-faced farmer, exclaiming: "Look, Mr. Deacon, I just found a turtle more than 100 years old with George Washington's initials on the shell!" "Thee has?" said Dr. Deacon, holding out his hand for the turtle. "Yes, sir," returned the youngster with a very straight face. The good old farmer glanced at the reptile just one second, and then burst out into a merry laugh. "Willie, thee darned fool," said he, "that turtle isn't half grown."—Philadelphia Record. Postmaster Bowen's Lost Fish. In the days when facilities for keeping fish were not what they are now a fish cart stood in the street at Shelburne Falls, Mass., and Postmaster Bowen, stepped out and purchased a fish. As he could not leave his office to take the fish home, he looked at the men standing about and said: "Now, if I had some one to take it home for me." "I'll take it home for you," said a Mr. Merrill. "All right; thanks," and Mr. Merrill and the fish started. When Postmaster Bowen went home to dinner he looked for fish, and as none came on he asked his wife if Mr. Merrill didn't bring a fish to the house. On getting a negative reply, he lost no time in making his way into the Merrill house, and there, sure enough, his fish was steaming on the table, with the family just drawing up around it. Mr. Merrill treated him cordially, and invited him to take dinner, which he was quite willing to do. A Father Song. Must all thy songs be mother songs, My bonny baby boy? Do poets write no other songs, That father's name employ? Why, then, I'll right the monstrous wrong. Come, boy, and hear thy daddy's song. But first a toss high in the air, To hear his merry shout, And then a tickle here and there, To bring the dimples out. And then a romp upon the bed, O precious little tousle head. Now, then, wee barefoot boy, take care! Run swiftly o'er the floor, And father'll be a bruin bear, And growl and bite and paw! Why, bless us, boy, what flimsy stuff! Dad's song is rag time, sure enough. There, now of play we've had our fill; "Tis cuddle time, I know. (How very bright his eyes the still!) "Hush, baby mine, by-low!" Come, come, you little rascal, you, Dad's had enough of peek-a-boo! Hush, hush, my boy, to sleep with thee! (I wish his mammy'd come!) Thy father'll turn into a bee If longer he must hum, Ah, well, to lull a child to rest A mother song perchance is best. —P. F. Camp in Boston Transcript. Dewey's Victory Done in Chinese. Gov. Smith of Vermont asked Admiral Dewey's Chinese cook about the battle of Manila bay, and the cook gave this description: "Salee upee bay, admiral makee upee mind dam quick. Bly and bly, shotee go big guns, bumee, bumee. Admiral say go ahedee, glid by any old timee. Then bangee, bangee, bangee. Puff. Muchee smoke, lot noisee, Spanish fleet go hellee. Allee done." If a doctor has a good practice his wife doesn't see any more of him than the wife of a traveling man sees of her husband. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue, Large 2-oz, package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Heaven will be a terrible disappointment to some women if anybody outside of their set is allowed there. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. We don't blame the children: We have done worse than kick and scream to have our way. "Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy gave me prompt and complete relief from dyspepsia and liver derangement." B. T. Trowbridge, Harlem R. R. N.Y. Be careful what you say to some people. N. B.—On second thought we have decided not to use the word "some." Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. The job of trying to keep a woman happy all the time is nearly as easy as inventing that flying machine. Those Who Have Tried It will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. After a man gets to know enough not to be married and have a lot of children he has already done it. Never strike a man when he is down—unless you are sure he will never be able to get up again. More Flexible and Lasting. won't shake out or blow out; by using Defiance Starch you obtain better results than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same money. It may be all right for a rich man to swagger and walk chesty on the street, but he had better not attempt it on his polished hard wood floors at home. Nothing grows like a grievance, with proper nursing. It Knocks Malaria Out. "The old reliable Cheatham's Chill Tonic cures quicker and more permanently than any other remedy. One bottle is guaranteed to cure any one case. You can't lose. Try it. The man who peers at other people through the wrong end of a spy glass never makes that mistake when looking at himself. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. Sympathy is the safeguard of the human soul against selfishness.—Thomas Carlyle. This Is No Joke. Hunt's Cure has saved more people from the "Old Scratch" than any other known agent, simply because it makes scratching entirely unnecessary. One application relieves any form of itching skin disease that ever afflicted mankind. One box guaranteed to cure any one case. Perhaps we are not so old and tough after all; the chiggers seem to take after us as if we were a sixteen-year-old girl. An Atchison boy says he bought a dollar's worth of firecrackers last Fourth of July, and that every one of them burnt him some place. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. How hard a circus seat gets after an hour or two of the performance. And the older you get the harder the seats become. Doctor Brigham Says The wonderful power of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over the diseases of womankind is not because it is a stimulant, not because it is a palliative, but simply because it is the most wonderful tonic and reconstructor ever discovered to act directly upon the generative organs, positively curing disease and restoring health and vigor. Marvelous cures are reported from all parts of the country by women who have been cured, trained nurses who have witnessed cures and physicians who have recognized the virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and are fair enough to give credit where it is due. If physicians dared to be frank and open, hundreds of them would acknowledge that they constantly prescribe Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in severe cases of female ills, as they know by experience it can be relied upon to effect a cure. The following letter proves it. Dr. S. C. Brigham, of 4 Brigham Park, Fitchburg, Mass., writes: "It gives me great pleasure to say that I have found Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound very efficacious, and often prescribe it in my practice for female difficulties. "My oldest daughter found it very beneficial for uterine trouble some time ago, and my youngest daughter is now taking it for a female weakness, and is surely gaining in health and strength. "I freely advocate it as a most reliable specific in all diseases to which women are subject, and give it honest endorsement." Women who are troubled with painful or irregular menstruation, bloating (or flatulence), leucorrhoea, falling, inflammation or ulceration of the uterus, ovarian troubles, that bearing-down feeling, dizziness, faintness, indigestion, nervous prostration or the blues, should take immediate action to ward off the serious consequences, and be restored to perfect health and strength by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and then write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., for further free advice. No living person has had the benefit of a wider experience in treating female ills. She has guided thousands to health. Every suffering woman should ask for and follow her advice if she wants to be strong and well. LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5$CIGAR You Pay 10c, for Cigars Not so Good. F.P.LEWIS Peoria, Ill. Successful men have plenty of confidence in themselves and but little in a mule's heels or a woman's tongue. DON'T FORGET A large 2-oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. A woman's idea of an enemy is one who laughs out loud when you walk down the church aisle with a new hat on. For Twenty Years. "Other chill remedies have sprung up, flourished for a brief season, then passed away—even from memory—but for twenty long years Cheatham's Chill Tonic has been in the field of action. The reason is simple. It has the merit. It actually cures Chills and Fevers while the majority of others merely promise to. One bottle guaranteed to cure any one case. It is never too hot for a girl to think that going walking with a man in the moonlight is good exercise for her complexion. THE @CIMETER, PTE NS ES te Ee US ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUS- Geet 1. T., AB BECOND CLAGS MAIL MAT W. iH. TWINE - + «+ + Editor. R WOOD, - - - =+ Ass’t Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE - ~- Gen’l Solicitor —_—_— They proved ‘Hell’? was an ice house. o@¢ The Indian Territory Con- vention on the 21st will be one of the biggest affairs that has happened since the statehood question was began. The best brain of the Negroes from the two Territories will be here. o°¢ The fellows who met at So., McAlester and pretended to be Masons held a pretended Grand Lodge, They are not Masons and are not recognized by any Grand Lodge onearth, They are composed of expelled Masons and that meeting in Muskogee, is a Bluff; nothing more. o°¢ . Every Negro who can; should contribute something to assist the young colored man who is in jail in Dallas Texas, charged with murder, He is a brave young man and whatever he did was in the defence of the honor of our women, o°¢ Down in Sulpher Springs, Texas, they burned a Negroat the stake who was charged with assault with intent to commit rape. At Waco, they took one from jail who was charged with the same crime and hung hin (Mind you that is Lynch law and up inthe Indian Territory when a white man commits the sium:crim» he is arvested and— well proves alibi. ce Any man black or white wh« commits or attempts to commi the crime of rape is not fit t live, but we believe in law anc order and that the courts shoul decide as to the guilt or inno cence of the culpret, No mol law in ours, we have seen t much of its workings. o°¢ Some few hot head Negroe parade the street and cuss an threaten what they will de these cusses like barking dog never bite, Itis the great de termined man that does thing and it is to this class we mus look for defense and protectior o¢ With all due respect to th Commissioner we think thi the little girl told the truth an the man who assaulted her is d—— infernal scoundrel th: ought to have the life choke out of him and his body dang at tha and of a rane no matte The Prosecuting Attorney can still submit the testimony in the rape case to the Grand Jury and we believe he will do so and then and not until then will we be satisfied. o°@e If some one would muzzle the loud-mouth blatant Negro Demagouge the conservative members can accomplish some- thing. oe We think it a mistake to con- demn the professional men with- out first finding out their rea- sons for not being present at a public meeting. The absentees maybe as patriotic and as loyal to the race as the one who blames them without cause, oe In acertain locality of hell, (Texas) a Negro was Lynched recently because he had written (it was charged) a love letter to a white woman, It afterwards developed that a white man had written the letter and signed the name of the Negro to it. His motive was of course; to get the man killed. There are hundreds of letters written by those cusses to colored women and they should receive what they do not. oe°¢ The white lawyer who (we are told) made the expression that all Negro women are im- moral uttered a lie as black as hell and did so knowingly, whi the one he and _ his ilk have seduced, are in the same category as himself (And of course its the class of street walkers evidently that he meets) but this infernal lying devil never meets tie other class of women of our race. They are as far above such brutes as he jand the rapist, as heaven is a. bove hell. They are as pure as | the beautiful snow as it falls |from the heavens and deserve jand will receive the protectior jofthe men who are not tool: 2 pupets of such lying scoun ,|drels as the thing who made the assertion referred to. o°¢ ;| Hicks and his family shoul ||tender a vote of thanks to th Pheonix and Times for thei ; mutual assistance in his time o _|need and the Negroes should al ;|s0 be thankful because the: t know where they stand. Noth ing was expected from_ th -|Democrat but it was at leas fair, e Nature does its best to aid those who are deprived of their senses, but the RISING SUN FIRE INSURANCE CO.. of Muskogee aids those who are deprived of their homes by fire. See Agent. Official Statement of the Condition of the @ommereial ationl Ran* ~~ =—_= —= Muskgee. Indian ferritory, RESOURCES LIABILITIES Loans and Discounts $712,008 95 | Capital $200,000 00 Overdrafts, cotton, 25,989 61 | Surplus and Profit 21,572 39 Bonds and Prewiums, 206'080 49 | Circulation 150,000 00 Furniture and Fixtures 7,985 11| Deposits 759,580 25 Cash and Exchange 189,093 48 ea $1,141,152 64 $1,141,152 64 The above statement is correct DN FINK, Cashier, eth i Why buy Your___.. 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. Add a few boxes of cigars to your stand or store and Increase your sales, We can furnish you Owls, Cap- durers, Henry George, Little Tom, Agent, 305, Cre- mo, 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 withus. . 7. . 0... E Druggist, BEN EST S, Corer Main & Okmulgee Streets. The prices below will convince the most sceptical that it pays to trade at Here are some of them: High patent flour per 100, 82.90| ac City and Waterloo corn Meal, per bushel, - - - 60 DTOR estie e ae OB Best Eating Potatoes - - 50)/Canned Peas, 3for - - - 25 Coin Special Hams, per lb., 15 ‘* String beans, 3 for 25 af f Lard eer oO “© Hominy, 3for - - 25 rs ms Breakfast bacon 20 “Kraut, 3 for - 2 Smoked bacon, per Ib., 10 to 124 “© Sweet Potatoes - - 25 Dry Salt Meat, per Ib., - 10 ‘© Blackberries - - - 10 Canned Apricots, - - 2 for 35 ‘© Gooseberries 2 for - 25 ‘© Peaches - - 2 for 35 “Pumpkins, 3 for - - 25 ** Pears - + 2 for 35 “© Tomatoes, 3 for - - 25 EVERYTHING THAT ISCARRIED 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, TEXAS GROCERY Co. GEORGE WIDEMAN, Mgr COR. MAIN & DENISON PHONE 443, es es Now is Fhe Time Lg C J : CY yy 9B as \ 5 a te Me : 3 Gere? y ALY “AL “4 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, PLANTER'’S IMPLEMENP CO. Wall Street Muskogee, I, T. SMITH-TORRANS FUR. CO. THE DRESSING ROOM Sells Everything for the Home. Mob Violence is Never Right. The rule of the mob is anarchy and we stand against all mobs, white or black. The fellows, even if they are preachers, who advise our people to resort to mob violence are the very worst enemies of the race. Of all people to act the d-phoole because other people have played the act. And again a mob is an infernal cowardly outfit be it composed of Black, White or Red. We have known one determined man to make a mob of one thousand persons take to their heels; not a single cuss in the mob wanted to face death We believe that when an individual has been injured as was the case with Bessie Jones that the father should have taken the matter up in person, should have given the contemptable devil who assaulted his daughter a free ticket to hell and then surrendered himself to the U. S. authorities. Then there could have been another kind of a trial. We believe that every man should protect the sanctity of his home with his life if need be and when the despoiler comes give him a taste of the hell he comes to make Better die if need be on the gibbet than suffer the shame, disgrace and dishonor of having the females of ones family debaunched and degraded by an inhuman wretch. Buy a gun, learn how to use it. Protect those dependant upon you if you have to kill every d—libertine that breathes. Trust in God but keep your powder dry. Reporter. We think Bro, Gordon of the Searchlight is wrong in his position touching the Court and blaming the white people in general for the failure of the Commissioner to bind over Hicks to the Grand Jury. Two wrongs never make a right brother, and all white people are not our enemies. We should stand for law and order and under no circumstances make threats of what will done in the future. (This is unwise even if you want to fight) "Never cross a bridge until you get to it" We hope there will be no next time but if there should be then meet the conditione as they are. The loud mouth cuss who stands on the street corner or who stands in the pulpit and advises the people to violate the law is an unwise leader and if put to a test would go on an ankle excusion when the first shot was fired. We believe our home merchants are entitled to our trade Read the advertisements in this paper and give them your patronage they deserve it. The fellow who pedals around taking orders for goods for foreign houss should be given nothing to do in this city. If you need groceries buy from our home merchants, if you need hardware, a buggy, lumber clothing or anything else look over the "ads" in this paper and you will find some one who has just what you want to buy and it will pay to trade with them. Our merchants pay taxes, the other fellow pay taxes the other fellow pays nothing, he is simp a leach on the business world. "Cut him out." Col. John B. Mosby is here and Douglass again sees the ghost of investigation of Judge Raymond, etc. It might be that the inspector is here to investigate the affairs of the ex Indian Agent and some of the doings of the fellows who were fired from the office without an investigation. Who can tell? GO TO J. W. SIPPES FOR COAL Special Rates on Larger Quantities NO.401 ELGIN AVENUE, PHONE199, MUSKOGEE, I. T EXAMINATION FREE. Room 213-14, - Illinois Building 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. ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Leans a Specialty 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, - Illi HONEST GOODS AT I am now in my new store up-to-date. My line of jewelry is worthy in every respect; in fact having 15 years experience and manufactures' references went. I fear no branch of the People who are particular about should make my store their heart R. A. GIVEN 228 North Second street. MUSKOGEE TITI In the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory, at Muskogee. Martha Shephard, Plaintiff, vs. 6096 Equity Joseph Shephard, Defendant. The defendant Joseph Shephard is hereby warned to appear in this Court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff Martha Shephard. Witness the Hon. C. W. Raymond, Judge of said Court and the seal thereof, at Muskqee, Indian Territory, this the 9th day of August, A., D. 1905. R. P. Harrison, Clerk By Chas. Runyan, Dep. Patterson & Lilly, Attorneys for Plaintiff. A. S. McRea, Attorney for nonresident defendant. TO SIPPES, COAL es, Feed and Country Domestic Lump Coal. 50 PER TON. Larger Quantities. HONE 199, MUSKOGEE, I. T COEAN CROWN Bridge Work BEAUTIFUL TEETH COEAN CROWN BEAUTIFUL TEETH ATION FREE. ninois Building T HONEST PRICES." with everything brand new and is a complete one, staple and trust- I do a first-class jewelry business can give you bankers, jewelers who will bear me out in this state jeweler's trade, it is all easy to me what they buy or have repaired quarters. NS, JEWELER. Muskogee, I. T. LE & TRUST CO. BANKING E. SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE as a Specialty MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. --- FARM MISCELLANY Humus in Orchard Soils. The soil of the orchard frequently becomes exhausted without the owner suspecting it. In many orchards the grass is mowed and made into hay. This removes annually a certain amount of humus from the ground. In the meantime the trees themselves are removing humus by their roots and putting it into fruit and foliage. The fruit is carted away, and the leaves fall to the ground. These leaves do not get back into the ground to form humus, as they would in a state of nature, but are driven by the wind into windrows and then raked up and burned by the orchardist, intent upon improving the appearance of his orchard, or of destroying the insects and fungi that are on the leaves and twigs mingled with them. Under modern orcharding these processes cannot be changed. The supply of humus, however, must be kept up, and there is no other way of doing this than by plowing in large quantities of farm yard manure, or of growing leguminous crops to be turned under. All these are commended for the use of the orchardist whose orchard gives signs of failing in productiveness, or of becoming more subject to drought. The less humus there is in the soil, the more quickly does it harden during the dry spell. The more humus there is in the soil, the more mellow is it and the easier does it resist drought. Show Cows. A dairyman well says that there are show cows and there are real milkers and sometimes the show cow carries off the prize when she is really inferior to the other cow. A show cow may be a really good cow, but sometimes she is of only moderate quality. The show cow has a soft skin, proving that she has had the proper amount of protein in her feed; she has silky hair and a big udder. The big udder indicates that she gives a lot of milk, at least at times, but it does not prove that she gives milk ten months in the year. We have known cows of that class that gave milk for not more than six months. The man that pays a big price for a cow simply because she is a show cow and has won prizes frequently makes a mistake unless he wants to purchase her for the raising of more show cows. Milk Powder. We are hearing a great deal about milk powder and milk powder factories. One would think that someone had stock to sell by the number of notices appearing in the press of the country relative to the milk powders and the places where they are made. It is just as well to go a little slow in accepting as a great boon the advent of the dried milk enterprises. The Dried Milk Company of England has just sent out its first report, which shows a deficit of $58,500 in fifteen months. The people that have invested in stock there are said to feel very uncomfortable about the safety of their investments. Sheep and Weeds. Some of the ragged farms we see about us would be improved by the keeping of sheep. Even if the sheep were turned into the grain field after the harvest the work of weed destruction would be a valuable one. This supposes of course that the fields and pastures are properly fenced. Weeds are a great pest in the grain fields, though this is not recognized, as the grain overtops the weeds. It is asserted that one-fourth of all the plant food in our grain fields goes to feed weeds and not the grain. Sheep will eat almost all kinds of weeds that grow on our farms. AMERICA'S BRIGHTEST WOMAN. Mary E. Lease Feels It Her Duty to Recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. Mary E. Lease, formerly political leader and orator of Kansas, now author and lecturer—the only woman ever voted on for United States Senator, writes: Dear Sirs: As many of my friends have used Doan's Kidney Pills and have been cured of bladder and kidney troubles, I feel it my duty to recommend the medicine to those who suffer from such diseases. From Dear Sirs: As many of my friends have used Doan's Kidney Pills and have been cured of bladder and kidney troubles, I feel it my duty to recommend the medicine to those who suffer from such diseases. From personal experience I thoroughly endorse your remedy, and am glad of the opportunity for saying so. (Signed) MARY ELIZABETH LEASE. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all dealers. Price, 50 cents per box. On a Small Gravestone Lieutenant Governor Bruce of New York says a small headstone in a cemetery in the western part of the state is pointed out to visitors as one of the sights, over the grave of a widower who, while not lacking in love for the departed one, was penurious to a degree. He ordered a small stone because it was cheap, and told the mason to engrave on it this inscription: "Sarah Hackett. Aged Ninety Years. Lord, She Was Thine." The stonecutter said there was too much inscription for so small a surface, but was told to go ahead and "squeeze it on somehow." Here is the inscription as "squeezed:" "Sarah Hackett. Aged 90. Lord, She Was Thin." Life Insurance Cannot be Attached Life Insurance Cannot be Attached Life insurance left to a woman by her husband cannot be attached to pay her debts, even though she is bankrupt, according to a decision of United States Judge Wanty. Mrs. William Kinney, wife of the cashier of the wrecked First National bank of Bellaire, was declared a bankrupt thirty days before de died. He left his wife $20,000 insurance.—Exchange. Gratitude Well Expressed. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Aug. 14th. Mr. C. L. Smith, painter and decorator, whose home is at 309 Anne street, this city, makes the following statement: "I was laid up with some kind of pains. Some said it was Lumbago, other Sciatica and others again Rheumatism. A few of my friends suggested that it was lead poison, but whatever it was it gave me a great deal of pain; in fact, almost completely crippled me. I had to use two canes to walk about, and even then it was a very painful task. "A friend advised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills and I began the treatment. After I had used the first box I was able to throw away one of the canes and was considerably improved. The second box straightened me up so that I could go about free from pain without any assistance, and very soon after I was completely cured, well and happy, without a pain or an ache. Dodd's Kidney Pills seemed to go right to the spot in my case and they will always have my greatest praise." A Gem in Smoked Beef Mrs. A. H. Keith, wife of the son of City Attorney H. H. Keith of Sioux Falls, S. D., bought a can of prepared smoked beef at a local store and upon opening it at her home was surprised to find in the can a small stone of remarkable brilliancy. The "find" was taken to a jeweler, who pronounced it a genuine diamond, worth about $100. How the diamond got into the can of beef is a mystery. GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR And pay only for what you get. It is your dealer's duty to give you the best thing he can get in footwear. Make it a point to ask for the "ALWAYS JUST CORRECT" CLOVER BRAD Just a little better than you have been WEAR, SERVICE, STYLE and CO Made by Wertheimer-Swa LARGEST FINE SHOP ST. LOUIS, Conviction Folly When buying loose coffee or anything to have in his bin, how do you getting? Some queer stories about could be told, if the people who have speak out. Could any amount of mere talk housekeepers to use OVER BRAND SHOP little better than you have been used to getting, or CAR, SERVICE, STYLE and COMFORT with ECONOMY Made by Artheimer-Swarts Shoe LARGEST FINE SHOE EXCLUSIVIST ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. Viiction Follows Tr buying loose coffee or anything your grocer his bin, how do you know what you Some queer stories about coffee that is sold old, if the people who handle it (grocers), any amount of mere talk have persuaded mi- rors to use BRAND SHOES you have been used to getting, combining WILE and COMFORT with ECONOMY Made by Swarts Shoe Co. NINE SHOE EXCLUSIVISTS LOUIS, U. S. A. Follows Trial ee or anything your grocer happens do you know what you are series about coffee that is sold in bulk, who handle it (grocers), cared to nere talk have persuaded millions of Just a little better than you have been used to getting, combining WEAR, SERVICE, STYLE and COMFORT with ECONOMY Wertheimer-Swarts Shoe Co. LARGEST FINE SHOE EXCLUSIVISTS ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. Conviction Follows Trial Conviction Follows Trial When buying loose coffee or anything your grocer happens to have in his bin, how do you know what you are getting? Some queer stories about coffee that is sold in bulk, could be told, if the people who handle it (grocers), cared to speak out. Could any amount of mere talk have persuaded millions of housekeepers to use Lion Coffee, the leader of all package co of a century, if they had not found it sup Purity, Strength, Flavor er of all package coffees for over a year, if they had not found it superior to all other beverly, Strength, Flavor and Uniformity kage coffees for over a quarter round it superior to all other brands in Flavor and Uniformity? the leader of all package coffees for over a quarter of a century, if they had not found it superior to all other brands in Purity, Strength, Flavor and Uniformity? This popular success of LION COFFEE can be due only to inherent merit. There is no stronger proof of merit than continued and increasing popularity. If the verdict of MILLIONS OF HOUSEKEEPERS does not convince you of the merits of LION COFFEE, it costs you but a trifle to buy a package. It is the easiest way to convince yourself, and to make you a PERMANENT PURCHASER. LION COFFEE is sold only in 1 lb. sealed packages, and reaches you as pure and clean as when it left our factory. SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. Shirt Colla Shirt Bosoms, Collars and laundered Defi Sta hirt Bosoms Collars and Cuffs Shirt Boss Collars dered give t satisfa husba look o able t happy STAR is sole 10c a Inferi same contain only 12 o ence. Ask your STARCH. Insist will never use any 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. Starch Company. Omaha, Neb. ompany. Omaha, Neb. Defiance Starch Company, Omaha, Neb. LION LION COFFEE WOOLSON SPICE CO. WOOLSON SPICE CO. 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 RED CROSS BALL BLUE used every washday will make your clothes white as snow and as beautiful as when new. The most competent housekeeper in the country use Red Cross Ball Blue and no other. Just try it once and you will see the difference. All grocers sell it. Large package Sc. Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed To cure, or money refunded by your merchant, so why not try it? Price 50c. SKIRTS AS SHORT AS YOU LIKE The Mayor of Atlantic City Doesn't Care if They Are Merely Ruffles Rebellion on the part of irate maids and matrons of Atlantic City over the anti-short skirt bathing suit order of Mayor Stoy abated when that official issued a statement from his office that hereafter no official notice should be taken of the length or lack of length of any bathing suit worn on the beach. Life guards were warned that they were not to act as censors on the propriety of bathing suits for wear on the beach or in the surf, and the mayor retired as gracefully as possible from his position as judge of the modesty of the bathing costumes. Announcement of the rescinding of the order was made to a group of anxious young women who called on the mayor to get figures on the official length of skirts. The mayor called in city hall newspaper reporters as witnesses and said: "All orders for official censorship over bathing suits have been rescinded, and I want it distinctly understood that no suit that is not positively indecent shall be ruled from the strand or surf. "My original statements regarding proper length of skirts to be worn in bathing have been exaggerated and distorted until my life is being made a burden and I hereby announce that I don't care a continental whether skirts are ankle length or a mere ruffle. "Since the publication of my alleged order for knee length skirts, protests have come into the office by mail and phone until other business must be suspended to care for them, and I am tired of the whole business. One of the hardest blows to a woman is that after she marries a man she can't have him propose to her any more. TORTURED BY ECZEMA. Body Mass of Sores—Could not Sleep —Spent Hundreds of Dollars on Doctors, but Grew Worse —Cured by Cuticura for $8. "Cuticura saved the life of my mother, Mrs. Wm. F. Davis, of Stony Creek, Conn. Hers was the worst eczema I ever saw. She was hardly able to eat or sleep. Her head and body was a mass of sores, and she despaired of recovery. Finally, after spending hundreds of dollars on doctors, growing worse all the time, living in misery for years, with hair whitened from suffering and body terribly disfigured, she was completely cured by two cakes of Cuticura Soap, five boxes of Cuticura, and three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent.—Geo. C. Davis, 161 W. 36th St., N. Y." "I'd die for you," he exclaimed, trying to convince his fair inamorata of the real depth of his affection for her. "All right," she replied, "but before you do that just take out as much insurance for me as you can get, then you can't die any too quick to suit me." Then it was all "off" between them, simply because she had taken him at his word. Cleanliness in the Dairy. To have healthful milk and butter, absolute cleanliness in caring for it is necessary, as nothing will absorb impurities so quickly as milk. Many housekeepers who are otherwise careful, overlook this when they wash milk utensils with cheap soap, made from filthy fats. Use Ivory Soap and thoroughly scald and air all pans and buckets. ELEANOR R. PARKER. There is blessed peace in trying to lift up humanity; in making the world sweeter and brighter. AVegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of Promotes Digestion.Cheerfulness and Rest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Treats of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed - Alz. Sorea Rorchella Salix - Anise Seed + Peppermint - Bitterbane Salix Worm Seal - Clarified Sugar Wintergreen Flurry. Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Charles H. Stitcher. NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 Doses - 35 Cents EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. RED CRO used every washday will make your clothes country use Red Cross Ball Blue and no other An Atchison man who thinks he is sweet, will not "take" a girl anywhere more than twice, fearing a breach of promise suit. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¾-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Always speak well of yourself Your friends will attend to the other side of it. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restor- er. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatie- d. Dr. K. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa You could never get a woman to take any interest in a business panic if the baby was cutting a new tooth. There is nothing so painful as the efforts of some men to be funny. on Chill C oney refunded by your CASTORIA The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paragoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. USE FAULTLESS THE BEST STARCH FOR LAUNDRY WORK FOR SHIRTS COLLARS CUFFS AND FINE LINEN There is hardly enough flattery in the whole world to satisfy one man who believes he has a fine figure that must be dressed in the perfection of fashion.—New York Press. Won't Turn Loose. "I insist on saying that Hunt's Lightning Oil takes hold quicker and lets go slower of aches, pains and sore places than any other liniment I ever saw. It just won't turn loose till you're well." "I never have a little ache but what I slosh it on. And ere I get the bottle corked that little ache is gone." C. W. Jackson, Marble Hill. Mo. After a woman discovers that her husband has lied to her he never hears the last of it. WANTED.—For the U. S. Army, able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 36; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Resniting Officer, Postoffice building, Oklahoma City, Okla. or Tulsa, Iud. Ter., Enid, Shawnee or Guthrie, Okla. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No 33, 1905 PAXTINE TOILET ANTISEPTIC FOR WOMEN troubled with ills peculiar to troubled with ills peculiar to their sex, used as a douche is marvelously successful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs, stops discharges, heals inflammation and local soreness, cares leucorrhoea and nasal catarrh. Paxine 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. Trial Box and Book of Instructions Free. Tug B. PAXTON COMPANY BGSTON, MASS. PIANOS, PIANOS! PIANOS! SE \ Our plan of piano selling will save you money.. We have no sub agents or commission ee to pay, we get all the discounts. We take your second hand organ or piano in ex change. 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. JS BROWNLOW, MANAGER. 307 W. Broadway Laan. Li i es ee Per St oe i Di ce hr ve Age? ee | == Nature does its best to aid those who are deprived of their senses, but the RISING SUN FIRE INSURANCE CO.. of Muskogee aids those who are deprived of their homes by fire. See Agent. What does it mean to you to be late getting to the train you want to catch? It means much more to be late securing protection against fire and lightning. The Rising Sun Fire Insurance Co., of Muskogee wiil take the proper care of you if. youinsure with them. * * * See Agent. Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. | On Monday morning, July 31, 1905, by special meeting of Rice Lodge No, 39, Benevolent Pro- tective Order of Elks, Jessie E. Dale of Muskogee, I. T., who is the guest of Mr. King H, Hayes collector of Denver Savings Bank. was welcomed and initia- ted into the myteries of the Or- der of Elks. Bro. W. A. Rice performed the ceremonies. At 11 o'clock the works were ‘in charge of Bro, King H. Haynes, Esteem Leading Knight, after which through the urbanity of Bro. Dale each retired to the banquet table where a dainty luncheon, was served, Bro, Dale gave the principal toast which met the hearty ap- pplause of the brothers present. King H. Hayes, Esteem” Lead. ing Knight of B. P.O. E, will be in Muskogee in a few days speculating. During his stay will be the guest of Bro. Jessie E. Dale. Yours truly, Kina H, Haynes, E. L. K, [To W. H. Twine, Att'y] Muskogee, [. T. Money to loan by Rev. J. L. Grayson from 30 days to: 5 and 10 years on farm lands at 8 per cent perannum, Come and see me or write Rev, J. L, Grayson Box 515, Muskogee, I. T. The great aim in life after allis not to think but to act. Insure with the Rising Sun Fire Insurance Co.. of Muskogee and thereby fulfil the great aim of life. See Agent. ‘ NEGRO STATEHOOD Convention August 21--Delegates Elect: ed--The Proceedings. . | The citizens of Muskogee, met pursuant to a call of W. A. Rentie, chairman of the Ter- ritorial Suffrage League to elect fifteen delegates to the Negro convention to be held in Mus- kogee, Aug 21st, 1905. In the absence of Hon. A. G. W. San- go, the chairman designated by the Executiue Committee of the Suffrage League, Hon. W. H. Twine was elected chairman by acclamation and Hon. Archie V. Jones, secretary. Hon. Ed Jefferson. moved the appoint- ment of a committee of three to select delegates. Hon. Archie V. Jones amended motion to office that Hon. -W. A.” Rentie be elected delegate by acclama- tion; amendment and motion prevailed. Committee.pn Dele- gates appointed as foJows: Ed Jefferson, L. F. Fue, and Hon. A. S. McRea, During the inter- val awaiting the committees re- port,” ezcellent speeches were made by Hon, Ff. B. McCulloch, A. E. Patterson, Esq. and Prof. H. N. Johnson. , Committee re- ported as follows: REPORT OF COMMITTEE} Mr, Chairman:—We your committee appointed to select delegates and alternates to at- tend the convention on Aug, 21, 1905, at’ Muskogee, I’'T., bég leave to recommend the names of the. following: Delegyates—W. H. Twine, W. N, Johnson, Morris Sango, Wm Grimmett, Pompey, .Grayson, J. E, Johnson, A, G, W. Sango Wiley Jones, R. 'T,, Thompsson, A AY Brooks, M. C, Simmons, L, F, Fue, Ed. Jefferson, A, 8. LeRea, W. At Rentie. ei Alternates—A. V. Jones, P. B. Austin, James Caesas, Geo: H. Taylo., Jimmie Tom, T. J. Elliott, |A, E. Patterson, Dave Natt, H.C. Caroll, John Bags- by, E.L. Thurman, 8, W. Is- af, J.B. McCulloch, Dr. Wm. H. Sims, Respectfully Submitted, Ed Jefferson, Chairman; L. F. Fue, A. S. McRea. : DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY: ~ INCORPORATED . Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Celebrated fe Monare Ranges, Every one Guaranteed, Builders’ Tools, etc. E All kinds ef Tia. Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators. and Ice Coolers. PHONE 205 ROWSY BLOCK 111.N. SECOND STREET chen ene BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. GEO, BD. HOPE LUMBER COMPANY DEALER IN ‘Lumber, “Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime, Cement, Etc. EAST OKMULGEE AVE. The prices below will convince the most sceptical that it pays to trade at : BEEF O PP OD4 94545 F$O6O00) wre The Ganadian Valley Trust WE CAN needa REN T’ ~ . |i seppesine cotisiite sole YOUR crate oe te oer HOUSES. || cintie ‘veny Trot Co We can do your Job Work neatly. Motion was made that dele- gates elected to this convention be reception committee. Motion carried, Resolution offered by Prof, J. i. Johnson, ; RESOLUTION, Resolved, . That this conven- tion instruct its delegates in the convention of August 21st to recommend the election of a delegate to congress from each nation and necessary steps be taken in each nation to raice means for that purpose. By H. N. Johnson. Motion to adjourn. Carried. ARCHIE V. JoNEs, Secretary The Lighthouse on the: sea serves to guide and protect the inmates of the ship, but. the Light(ed) house on land usually deprives the inmates of a home and its comforts: The Rising Sun. Fire Insurance: Co., of Muskogee. will protect. you a- gainst the latter. * * * See Agent. . The election. has been held and the bonds carried. We hope the school-board will now con- sider the question of putting a school in the south part of town in the 3rd ware for the colored children. If some of our preach- ers would consider this question instead of advising the people to go into an insurrection (we know the children would be benefitted by the advice) should they change front and advise the people to assemble and pe- tition, the. school-board for a school inthe 3rd ward for color- ed youth. ‘Men have a natural tendency to imitate each other, but the Rising Sun Fire Insurance Co., of Muskogee has a_ natural tendency to protect you in case of loss by fire and lightning. See Agent. We Print Anything.