Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskoyee, I. T., Thursday, September 14, 1905. PIANOS, PIANOS! PIANOS! Our plan of piano selling will save you money. We have no sub agents or commission men to pay, we 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. Vol 6. JOHN B. BRADY COPYRIGHT 1888 Because That Paper Went After The Southern Press. "A Mobile (Ala) editor, so it is reportep, became very mu h wrought up over the Wanamaker dinner incident. He asked five big New York dailies far their opinions on the affair, he got no reply, whereupon he sent five telegrams asking for replies, and still no reply came. This silly fellow ought to know that metropolitan journals don't stoop to answer foolis questions. If either had replied, doubtless this editor would have been told that it was Mr. Wanamaker and Dr. Washington's busidess, and is they were pleased, all others ought to be ticked over it. "It is wonderfully strange how important some of the Southern editors have become, appointing themselves plenopotentiaries to conduct good affairs. The Item will assure them that whatever social recognition is accorded any Negro in the North it is to those qualified to accept it, and not one of them will have to do likewise. The Negro of the South is not banking or looking for any social recognition from Southern whites. If he accepts such coartesies at all they must come from a higher type of manhood than is exhibited by these self appointed directors of social caste. They need not be afraid that Dr. Washington will force any of them to invite him to their homes and social functions. In the south Dr. Washington is too busily engaged teaching the dignity of working with hands. "If philanthropists of the North will arrange such affairs as the Wannamaker-Washington dinner more frequently; it J, S. BROWNLOW, MANAGER. will cure the South of its malady or else bring the sore to a head and try a new method of cure. ' [A white printing establishment would not print "The Item,"of Fort Worth, Texas., because of this editorial.] Washington Record. RESPONSIBLE AND RELIABLE DR. G. L. KNBEL 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. KNBEL, N. E .Cor. 3rd and Broadway Opp. Post Office. MKT "EXCELLENCE IN TRAVEL" TRACK-TRAINS-TIME. "THE KATY FLYER" and KATY DINING STATIONS All essentials of comfortable and convenient travel are characteristic of KATY SERVICE. See W. N. P. A. program on page three. EXAMINATION FREE. Room 213-14, - Illinois Building Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases. W. E. McCLURE, Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee I. T. WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES The Canadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty Second and Broadway. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. Where to have books printed? CIMETER JOB OFFICE. DR WM FLAMM 72 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. 05. No. 49 PIANOS! no sub agents or commission and hand organ or piano in ex om. Our small payment plan MUSIC HOUSE. 307 W. Broadway SORAN CARE Bridge work SORCELE CROWN BEAUTIFUL Teeth WITHOUT PLATIN BACKMORE CROWN ION FREE. inois Building Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER NEW SATE NEWS Shawnee is to have a street fair and carnival for the week beginning October 23. Mrs. W. N. Dick of Ponca City was bitten by a spider recently and her recovery is doubtful. Rural route No. 6 has been ordered established at Shawnee. Mrs. Celia Small has been bound over to the federal grand jury at Oklahoma City upon the charge of sending obscene matter through the mails. C. G. Jones, chairman of the joint statehood committee, has issued a call for a meeting of the executive committee. The meeting will be held at Tulsa, September 19. A joint session of the state horticultural society and the Pottawatomie county farmers' institute will be held in Shawnee September 20th and 21st. More than $700 has been subscribed for premiums on display of farm products. The city council of Tulsa has enacted an ordinance providing for a building inspector. Application has been made to Governor Ferguson for a pardon for H. P. Dixon, now serving a term of seven years in the penitentiary for assault with intent to kill. Dixon was sentenced from Washita county April 30, 1904. Governor Ferguson has appointed F. A. Parkinson as county commissioner in place of J. E. Dyche, resigned. The Frisco Railway company brought in more than 1,000 home-seekers in two special trains last week. The larger part of the excursionists came from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. They will investigate various parts of the two territories with a view to investing. The Seminole land office at Wewoka was closed Tuesday of last week. It is not known when the office will be reopened, if ever. No allotments in the Seminole nation have yet been made, and the office was closed by agreement of the governor and commissioner of the five tribes. The dispute between the management of the Rock Island and Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway companies over the building of the former line into Lehigh has been settled and the work of grading has been begun anew. It is expected that Rock Island trains will be running into Lehigh within three months. Lawrence Brown, an inspector of the interior department, who was recently sent into the Indian Territory to check up the collection of tribal taxes, was married last week to Miss Hargraves, a member of a comic opera company showing in Guthrie. It was a case of love at first sight, and the wedding immediately followed their first meeting. A number of physicians of Milburn and vicinity have organized a physicians' business association, the purpose of which is to bring about a co-operation of all physicians in the practice of medicine and surgery and adopt a fee bill. Physicians from other towns have signified their intentions of joining the association. FRUITFUL FURNACES FRUITFUL FURNACES INTENSE HEAT PRODUCES PRECIOUS STONES. Scientists Have Succeeded in Plucking Real Diamonds and Rubies from the Crucible of the Furnace. Recent advices from France state that Prof. Moigsan, the eminent scientist and inventor, has actually succeeded in making genuine diamonds and rubies. He employs for this purpose the electric furnace, which has been so improved that a degree of heat can be produced, approaching the extreme temperatures, which were undoubtedly a factor in the formation of minerals and gems in the interior of the earth. The rubies obtained are of large size, weighing 10 or 15 carats, and in quality and color equal and even surpass those found in the earth. The natural forces attending the formation of diamonds seem to have been more complicated, and so far the diamonds resulting from the efforts of the scientists have been very small, but still they are positively identified as the carbon crystal—the diamond. They are remarkably clear and bright, and on a small scale as fine specimens as nature's own product. The electric furnace has enriched chemistry with a whole series of new compounds. Probably the one of most value to mankind at large is Calcium Carbide. The simple application of water to Calcium Carbide generates the gas Acetylene, which is now being commonly used for lighting. The peculiar merits of Acetylene light are its brilliance and high candle power, ease of installation, economy and its adaptability for lighting buildings of every description, regardless of their location. Work and Workers. The work which presents no difficulties to be overcome soon grows uninteresting. There are some workers so anxious to catch time by the forelock that they almost tear the forelock off. If it is true that good work implies that the workman knows himself, it is equally true that the best work shows that he has forgotten himself. There is only one right way to work—and it is neither in doing things before they are started nor in doing them all over again after they are finished. Go to some successful workman and ask him which of his days were happiest, and it's long odds that he'll say to you, "Those in which I began my career." It is only when at work that man fulfills his proper place in God's creature scheme. They are indeed rare exceptions who "also serve, who only stand and wait." The world is altogether too restricted in its use of the word "art." Work of any kind, done superlatively well, is art—dusting pictures as well as painting them. A good worker is pretty much like a horse, after all. When it's up-hill going, don't worry him; when it's down-hill going, don't hurry him; and be sure and take good care of him once he's in the barn. Robert Lee Harris, chief of the Catawba tribe of Indians, which has a tiny reservation, embracing only one square mile, near Rock Hill, S. C., on which are eighty members of the tribe, lately visited Raleigh, N. C., seeking in the state library for all information possible about the Catawbas. The Indians were, even after 1700, a powerful tribe and touched the Cherokees, who were in the North Carolina mountains and in the foothills. Chief Harris says that there are only 150 Catawbas in the United States, while in 1700 the tribe could muster several thousand warriors. He is anxious to have the tribe put under federal care and educated by the government. INSECT PEST OF MILLERS. Over Forty Varieties of Moths and Beetles Bother Them. "Millers have a good deal to contend with in modern times," said A. H. Hull of Kansas City, in the Milwaukee Free Press. "More than forty species of destructive moths and beetles infest granaries, some of which were only recently imported and some have been known as an enemy of stored grain ever since very ancient times. It takes a keen eye to detect in apparently sound wheat the presence of a 'granary weevil,' but if the grains have been stung by it, incalculable injury may be done in a short time. Another destructive insect that infests mills is the flour moth, known as the scourge of the flour mill. These insects excel in web-spinning, and sometimes mix up so much with the grain that the machinery is clogged and mills are stopped for long periods. "The Indian meal moth excels in devouring the germs of wheat, injuring it for seed. A flat little beetle called the 'flour weevil' often makes its appearance in flour after it has been barreled or bagged. They are the worst pests in the milling world that I can think of now, and I sometimes wonder that the American public is blessed with such excellent flour in the face of all this insect opposition." Senator Dawes as a Botanist. John A. Harris used to relate the following incident, which happened in his home town of Plainfield, M.3s.: In 1886 the late Senator Henry L. Dawes, while driving near the town of Plainfield, not far from Cummington, his native town, lost his way and secured the services of William Reid, a simple-minded youth, to direct him the right way. Mr. Dawes took the boy in his carriage, and as they were passing an extensive pasture, the senator remarked that was "a fine lot of spear grass." "That's Herd's grass," remarked the boy. Vainly the senator tried to explain that the boy was wrong, and finally made a bet of $10 to a cent that he (Mr. Dawes) was right, and referred the matter to Andrew E. Wells, an old farmer who knew Mr. Dawes by sight. "Guess you have lost, senator," said the referee, who decided the bet in the boy's favor; "why, that is Herd's grass, for it belongs to Tom Herd." So Mr. Dawes admitted that the joke was on him. Her Plan to Save. The two women were talking about children's parties. "Yes," said the visitor, "I'm going to give Willie a party next week. About twenty-five children will be there. How much ice cream do you think I'll need?" "You won't need more than a gallon if you work a scheme I always use," replied the other woman. "When the children all reach the house I pass around some cookies—the yellow sugar kind. I let them eat all they want. They always eat so many that when the ice cream is served one small dish is enough for each child. Nothing works so well as the sugar cookies and they are easily and cheaply made. If you don't use this scheme you'll have to buy at least three gallons of ice cream for the twenty-five children."—Kansas City Star. Town Too Finicky. The town of Mount Vernon, back yonder in the benighted State of New York, must be a queer little place, and made up of queer people. In that village it has been ordained that no kine shall low, no rooster crow, nor faithful watch dog bark. All these things that have set the poet's song a-thrill, and have touched the listening ear of night with comradeship, are banished from Mount Vernon. They are truly to be pitied, those kind of people. They have nerves, and very much shattered sort of nerves at that. The town should be Oslerized.—Los Angeles Times. --- Calumet Baking Powder A wonderful powder of rare merit and unrivaled strength. "SLIMS, MEDIUMS, STOUTS" Destination of Clothing Shipments Is Shown By Sizes This is the time when wholesale clothiers are shipping fall and winter stocks to the provinces. An experienced man can tell when a consignment of ready-mades is going to certain sections of the South or Southwest by running over the list of sizes. In the lingo of the trade, sizes are classified as "slims," "mediums" and "stouts." Almost invariably, a Southern retailer, when buying goods, will order twice as many "slims" as either of the other sizes. Especially is this true in the mountains and in the swamp sections, where fat men are almost unknown and medium-sized men are uncommon. Nine men out of ten down there are tall and slender. Retailers in Kentucky, Virginia and in parts of Tennessee, Texas and Missouri uniformly order trousers with extra length legs, because the tallest men in the country are their customers.—New York Sun. John W. Gates and four other heavy "plunger" friends, wearing watchchains weighing a pound each, have formed a society "for the discouragement of the bookmaking industry." This is a good deal like the man who has it on tap in his cellar but who runs for governor on the prohibition ticket. Massachusetts people propose to erect a monument to Ephriam Bull of Concord. Years ago, finding a wild grapevine in the woods, he transplanted it to his yard in Concord, Mass. Careful attention resulted in delicious grapes. The original vine is still growing, and is the father of the Concord grapes we all eat today. Let the monument be erected. STRONGER THAN MEAT. A Judge's Opinion of Grape-Nuts. A gentleman who has acquired a judicial turn of mind from experience on the bench out in the Sunflower State, writes a carefully considered opinion as to the value of Grape-Nuts as food. He says: "For the past 5 years Grape-Nuts has been a prominent feature in our bill of fare. "The crisp food with the delicious, nutty flavor has become an indispensable necessity in my family's everyday life. "It has proved to be most healthful and beneficial, and has enabled us to practically abolish pastry and pies from our table, for the children prefer Grape-Nuts and do not crave rich and unwholesome food. "Grape-Nuts keeps us all in perfect physical condition—as a preventive of disease it is beyond value. I have been particularly impressed by the beneficial effects of Grape-Nuts when used by ladies who are troubled with face blemishes, skin eruptions, etc. It clears up the complexion wonderfully." "As to its nutritive qualities, my experience is that one small dish of Grape-Nuts is superior to a pound of meat for breakfast, which is an important consideration for anyone. It satisfies the appetite and strengthens the power of resisting fatigue, while its use involves none of the disagreeable consequences that sometimes follow a meat breakfast." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. LIEUT. F. S. DAVIDSON. US i 2 eo cee i Be S i Bes ‘ aT ae «See rae | Gees | ee ae ; - we. SS ee Ee Cs ae os ee re ee Oo eee ee i EA 5 PE-RU-NA STRENGTHENS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, F. 8. Davidson, Ex-Lieut. U. 8. Army, Washington, D. C., care U. S. Pension Oftice, writes: “To my inind. there Is no ~emedy for catarrh comparable to Peruna. It not only strikes at the root of the malady, but it tones and strengthens the system in a truly wonderful way. That has been its history ia my case. 1 cheerfully and unhesi- tatingly recommend ‘it to those afflicted as I have been."—F. 8. Davidson. If you do not derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- rice gratis. Address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Colum- bus, Ohio. | REMARKS ae: n | The purpose of a saw is to out. 3 It should cut easily, cut cleanly, ‘ and cut with every movement. I prefer an skins Saw. Its blade Is “Silver Stel", recognized the world over as the finest cruicible steel ever made in ancient or modera times, [tis hard, close-crained and tough, It holds a'sharp cutting edge longer than any other Saw. Its blade tapers perfectly from thick to thin, from handle to tip. Thus it makes leeway for itself, runs ensily and does not buckle, Jis temper is 4 Perfect... When bent by a crooked hrust, 1¢ springs into shape without kinking. The AtkinsSaw cats. nid done LE HaRL CE BEY We make all tyes and sizes cf saws, but only one Frade the best. Atkins Saws, Corn Knives, Perfection Floor Scrapers, etc., are sold by all good hurdware dealers, ‘Catalogue on request, E. C. ATKINS @ CO., Inc. Largest Saw Manufacturers in the World, Factory and Executive Offices, Indianapolis, Indiana. BRANCHES: New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Portland, (Oregon), Seattle, Ban Francisco, Memphis, Atlanta and Toronto, (Canada). Accept no Substitute—Insist on the Atkins Brand SOLD BY GOOD DEALERS EVERYWHERE. Positive, Comparative, Superlative, “1 have used one of your Fish Brand Blickers for five years, and now want @ new one, also one for a friend, I ‘would not be without one for twice the cost. They are just as far ahead of a common Coat as a common one is ahead of nothing.” ‘CNamo on application.) HIGHEST AWARD WORLD'S FAIR, 1904, SSS Be sure you don’t get one of the com- mon kind—this Is tho «QWERS mark of excellence. y Bs A. J. TOWER CO., * <ftm: BOSTON, U.S.A, 2341 gp0- TOWER CANADIAN CO., Limitep, TORONTO, CANADA, 358 Makers of Wet Weather Clothing & Hats, al a Scag QUIET SMILES | HUMOROUS ITEMS, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED, Good Reason Advanced to Prove Truth of Old Saying—Mr. Leo’s Hair Re- storer—Cause of Much Surprise to * Colonel Bluegrass. Wanted to Be Correct. A careful obituary writer, desiring to be exact, says: “It may have been 10 o'clock when he crossed the river, but we were not certain about it, asthe clock had been losing time, and the only watch in the house was suffering trom a broken mainspring.”—Atlanta Constitution, Very Vociferous. “I'm surprised at your beating that dog,” exclaimed old Mr. Goodley. “You should have some pity for dumb ani- mals.” “So I have,” retorted Jenkins; “but if you had to listen to this fellow at night, as I do, you’d know he wasn't dumb.” Worried About His Health. Church—How’'s your friend “at- bush? Gotham—Oh, the poor fellow is very much worried about his health. “Why, is he sick?” “Not yet, but the girl has just left him and his wife is going to try cook. ing.” Must Do as the Others Do. Howell—You don’t seem very happy over your promotion to be cashier of your bank, Powell—Well, you see, I have al- ways been an honest man, but I sup- pose I must live up to the tradition —dJudge. Beethoven Appreciated. She (at the concert)—Oh, I just dote on Beethoven. He—Do you? She—Yes, indeed, Beethoven’s mu- sic is so delicate, so refined, so soul- ful, it doesn’t interfere with the con- versation at all—New York Weekly. Only for Her. “Ah,” said Mrs. Oldcastle, as the hostess poured her a cup of tea, “my Fidus Achates!” “Yes, I knew it was. I always keep a little of it in the house specially for you, although Josiah wants his strong enough to burn a hole in a blanket.” So They Say. S . TR of {} ral VW ei Med (\\ 07 ie eo h a ( ce Wg oS h# ' Gerald—There’s a fool born every minute. Geraldine—Well, it isn’t good for man to be alone. Particulars Needed. “Dear Madam,” wrote “Distressea Correspondent” to the heauty editor, “do you know of anything that will cure warts?” “That depends,” wrote the beauty editor in response. “What ails your warts?” NOISES IN HER HEAD Mrs. Reagan wae a Nervous Wreck, But Dr. Williams’ Pink Pilis Brought Sound Health. _ * Before I began to take Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills,’ said Mrs. Mary Reagan, of No. 86 Kflburn street, Fall River, Mass., recently, ‘I was in and out of bed all the time, but now I stay up all day and do all my own work. “T was badly run down from over- work. One day noises began in my head and almost made me crazy. My head felt as if a tight band had been put around it, and the pressure and the sounds madg me so uneasy that I often had to walk the floor all night. “* My stomach was in bad shape, and I had smothering sensations. At such times my body seemed bloodless, my hands were like chalk and my face turned yellow. The doctor said I had dyspepsia in the worst form. Then my nerves gave way and IT was Coo prostrated. I frequently suffered frou smothering sensations, “The first box of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills that I used quieted my nerves so that I could get a good night's sleep, which was a new experience for me. Before I began to use them I was @ nervous wreck and trembled at the slightest sound. I was so weak that I had to sit down and rest every few steps when I went up stairs. Now I can run up a whole flight atonce. The smother: ing sensations have gone and the noises in my head have stopped entirely. My Appearance has greatly improved, for friends who were alarmed on my ac- count before, now say: ‘ How well you are looking !’ My husband spent over a hundred dollars on treatment for me that was worthless, but a few boxes of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills brought me sound health.” Boe by all See, or sent, post. paid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes tot $2.50 by the Dr. Wile liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, MN. ¥. A Canny Guid Wife A very young Parliamentary candi- date for a Scots borough, visiting a shogmakef and his wife, took the lib- erty of kissing the “guid wife” and slipping a couple of sovereigns into her hand. He was for a moment not sure what effect would be produced. Then the “guid wife” slowly smiled upon him as she slipped the gold into her pocket, “Gin ye like, ye may kiss my dochter too!” she said. DISFIGURED BY ECZEMA, Wonderful Change in a Night—In a Month Face Was Clear as Ever —Another Cure by Cuticura. “I had eczema on the face for five months, during which time I was in the care of physicians. My face was so disfigured I could not go out, and it was going from bad to worse. A friend recommended Cuticura. The first night after | washei my face with Cuticura Soap, and used Cuticura Ointment and Resolvent, it changed wonderfully. From that day I was able to go out, and in a month the treatment had removed all scales and scabs, and my face was as clear as ever, (Signed) T. J. Soth, 317 Stagg Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.” Fashions are always devised to cover up thinness and make fat women look like freaks or to hide avoirdupois and make the thin ones as plump as the edge of a case knife. Every housekeever 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 ful) pound—while all other Cold Water Starches aro put up in %-pound pack- ages, and the price iy the same, 10 cents, Then again because Deflance Starch is free from all injurious chem- feals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-02, package it is becanse he has & 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 let: ters and figures “16 ««s." Demand De- @ance and sav? much time and money and the annoyance of the iron stick (ng. Deflance never sticks, Tremendous pressure is being put on Governor Douglas of Massacius- etts to wear out a pair of $3.50 shoes by running again. The governor says he will not—but he is said to be much moved by the unanimity of the party. —_—____. He Smiled Twice, There is a man living in the Brazos Bottoms of whom it is said he only smiled twice in his life—one, when his mother-in-law died, the other when Cheatham’s Chill Tonic cured his ague. It will cure any one’s ague, or any other form of malaria. One bottle guaranteed to do it. Better Indiao Yields According to a consular report from Simla, India, efforts are being made to save the indigo growers from the German manufacturers of artificial in- digo. Lord Curzon urged the Indian indigo farmers to find ways of getting more coloring matter from their har- vests by introducing scientific meth- ods of selecting and caring for the plants. It was also suggested that a factory for preparing the coloring matter would pay better than money expended on the farms. All the indigo plants could be collected at such a factory and there treated in such a way as to secure the best results. A combination of both plans, it is thought, would be hest and might re- sult in India maintaining its position in the world’s markets. The World's Standard. ‘DELAVAL @ @ CREAM Gah SEPARATORS ;@RGaee. 600,000 In Use. f a 7" ry All Others Combined: gl rT 4 f\ 'y Gave $10.- por Cow HT a. Cn Every Year ef Use ed ia ever ail, ‘ —“ a WW Acevty Sating Systems { , Va “or, Lee A ee ae Ce ee | THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. eneaes | Sew vee I CAN SELL Your Real Estate or Business Me. Matter Where Nested, TT Properties and business ie . of all’ Linds sold quickly Vy. ONS Eset A Niuiccancnin ariaot ine pe? Ja) Woits soey writing A bi vg fas what you have to sell and | cheers Ht) Give cash price on same. 122) 6 ip i] 1 You Want to Buy ae Ge 3] & buniness or property of ae ey Ser whes' pak ones’ tea e & BO rete natet eat : § Ailyourrenciesenecas ee devant scars: A. P. TONE WILSON, Jr., Real Estate Specialist, 413 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. yy. 00h Senn = | y aaa |B ANTISEPTIC FOR WOMEN Qf troubled with ills peculiar to © TM their sex, used as a doucho is marvelous) ly ence cessful. Proroughly cleanses, kills disease germs, stops discharges, beals inflammation and focal soreness, curos léucorthoea and nasal catarrh, Paxtine 4s in powder form to be dissolved in’ pure water, and is far more cleansing, healing, germicodal tnd economical than liquid antiseptics tor all” ‘TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES For sale at druggists, 60 cents a box. ‘Trial Box and Book of bastructions Pree. ‘Wc &. Paxton Company BosTON, Mase.! BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION, soft hands and glowing skin is the rights of every woman, You can have these by using DR. LYONS’ BEAUTY BRUSH, Clever invention which cvery girl and woman Hants, Develops the form fills hollow places: removes wrinkles, tan and freckles. Agents Wanted. Full instructions and sample 25c, ‘Write to-day. Lyons Mig. Co., 333 Day St., Pekin, Ill, Ce W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 37, 1905 ————— v PISO'S CURE FOR BF eet CeaeN yn uate Cont U4 pa ra in time, Bold by drugyints, sy “CONSUMPTION & THE @IMETER, PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTER- EST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSK- KOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MAT- TER. W. H. TWINE - - - - Editor. R. WOOD, - - - Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE - - Gen'l Solicitor E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. The Rentie-Mitchel-Gordon- All Vacant combine are out in a call for a convention and are fighting the Oklahoma contingent who were recently in Muskogee attending convention. It does the combine lots of good and harms no one else as the other fellows only laugh at the antics of the combine. ```markdown ``` W. A. Rentie has had an eruption and called a convention. All Vacant Jones and Bad Man Mitchel are in high glee. The antics of this sacred trio at Okmulgee will be worth recording and we have hired a special reporter to take the proceedings of the meeting and the aftermath. J. C. Johnson is requested to keep Dennis Cyrus at home. It will be rich, rare and racy when the animals are stirred up. The Kangaroo (J. Orlando) will be ring master and Funny Jaybird Gordon and the comical All Vacant, clowns for the circus. ```markdown ``` Since the Masonic Grand lodges of some states are making investments in land for the benefit of the craft and having learned that the Grand Lodge of Louisiana is now contemplating making investment of the same kind, we suggest that the Indian Territory would be a good place to make an investment of that kind. Land can be bought here at small cost and the advance in price that will come in the next few years will make the investment a paying one, Its worth while for the Grand Lodge to consider the matter. FRAUD CHARGED AGAINST BANK. Rachel A. Edwards and Silas Edwards, Creek citizens filed a suit against the Guarantee Gold Bond Bank and savingr company, one of the Negro banks of this city, yesterday in which they charge an attempt to defraud. They seek to have a warranttee deed to forty acres of their land set aside alledging that the instrument they signed was a mortgage to the land, which was altered so as to become an absolute warranttee deed. The petition says that on the seventh day of this month the plaintiffs borrowed $300 on a forty acre tract of land, of the Guarantee Gold Bond and Savings company and gave a mortgage of $350 to secure the loan which was made for a year. The next day a warranty deed for the land was filed mentioning the compensation as $2450 which the owners of the land claim they did not sign. Democrat. It is a pity that our ignorant people are imposed upon by the grafters in this way and if possible (and it is) a stop should be called and the grafters put behind the bars where they belong UNWISE LEADER. Booker T. Washington dined with John Wannamaker and his daughter at Saratoga Sunday. The incident has caused considerable comment. Wanamaker is excused on the ground that he did not know any better. Remembering the action of another distinguished American, he probably thought he was doing the proper thing. Booker Washington knew that it would cause comment, and that such an incident would have a bad influence on the Negroes of the South. Booker Washington has posed as a leader of his race. He has studied the characteristics of the Southern Negro and knows that he will endeavor to imitate those whom he follows. He knows that his action will occasion adverse comment in the south, and that the Negroes who would seek to imitate his example will suffer the consequences. And with all this knowledge, Booker Washington n acpts such favors at the hands of a prominent American and even glories in the fact that his host is so ignorant of the conditions of the south that he immagines he is doing the Negroes a favor. Booker Washington, by his act, has shown himself to be a very unwise leader. He is unsafe, and the Negro who really seeks the advancement of his race will look else where for a preceptor.—Arkansas Democrat. This is the opinion of some whites and a few blacks. Our columns are open to our people to express opinions, THE WILLIAMSON HAFFNER CO OUR CUTS TALK ENGRAVERS-PRINTERS DENVER ASLONGASTHEYLAST We will positively sell at cost. All of our Musical Instruments, Solid Gold Rings, Watches, and Jewelry. Don't Wait. Come now. BEN ESTES. Cor. Main & Okmulgee. 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. 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 121 Dry Salt Meat, per lb., - 10 Canned Apricots, - - 2 for 35 " Peaches - - 2 for 35 " Pears - - 2 for 35 ac City and Waterloo corn 3 for - - - - - 25 Canned Peas, 3 for - - - - 25 " tring 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, TEXAS GROCERY CO. GEORGE WIDEMAN, M'gr Pioneer Abstract Co. IOWA BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. TAKING THE STUMP To tell about our lumber. It is put forward to win the approval of the lumber users of this section and when its good points are appreciated it will certainly do so. We see no satisfaction or profit in handling low grade stock. Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber does not piece by the foot but by the inches. Official Statement of the Commercial Muskogee. Indi RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $712,003 95 Overdrafts, cotton, 25,989 61 Bonds and Premiums, 206'080 49 Furniture and Fixtures 7,985 11 Cash and Exchange 189,093 48 The above statement is correct Pioneer Al Muskogee, I. T. HOUSE one of them: Cic City and Waterloo corn 3 for - - - - - 25 Fanned Peas, 3 for - - - 25 “ tring 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 FIED IN A GROCERY WE CLEAN GOODS. Now and we will call for your Prices, These Prices are Cash less, GROCERY CO. EMAN, M'gr A Lumberman Standing on a Tree Stump Holding a Saw and a Stack of Wooden Boards. The Condition of the National Bank, Can Territory, LIABILITIES Capital $200,000 00 Surplus and Profit 21,572 39 Circulation 150,000 00 Deposits 759,530 25 $200,000 00 21,572 39 150,000 00 759,530 25 81,141,152 64 D N FINK, Cashier, ostraet Co. BUILDING es absolutely correct Go there for correct Muskogee, I. T. --- THE WESTERN NEGRO PRESS ASSOCATION Convenes in Muskogee, September 20, 21, 22, PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 9:30 a. m. 1 Call to order by president. 2 Invocation by Rev. Hill of Muskogee. 3 Music 4 Consideration of minutes, appointment of committees by the president: (a) On Resolutions, (b) Address to the People, (c) Consideration of Negro Citizens, (d) Status and Needs of Race Papers Among the Negro Citizens. Adjournment. AFTERNOON SESSION, 2 p. m. 1 Call to order. 2 Reading of minutes. 3 Unfinished business. 4 New business. 5 Annual address by the president, Hon. Nick Chiles, Topeka, Kan. 6 Discussion, Adjournment. NIGHT SESSION—8 p. m. 1 Call to order by the president. 2 Invocation by Rev. Simon. 3 Music 4 Welcome Address, Hon. Dr. Fite, Mayor of Muskogee. 5 Response, W. W. Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah. 6 Music. 7 Welcome Address on Behalf of the Territory, Hon. Chief Porter, chief of the Creek Nation. 8 Response by Prof. Wm. R. Carter, of the Topeka Industrial School. 9 Music. 10 Welcome Address on Behalf of the Colored Citizens. Hon. A. S. McRea. 11 Response by Judge G. W. Perkins of Guthrie, Oklahoma. 12 Music. Adjournment. 12 Music. Adjournment. THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 9:30 a. m. 3 Disscussion: "Should the Negro Divide Along Political Lines."—Hons. P. S. Simpson, Colorado Springs; Paul Jones, Topeka, Kan.; Judge G. N. Perkins, Guthrie, Oklahoma; F. J. Gordon, J. C. Seals of Muskogee, 4 "Women's Place in the Nation and How Can the Women Assist the N. P. A.," Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson, Colorado Springs. 5 General Discussion—Women are especially invited to take part in the discussion. 6 Music. 7 Adjournment. 1 Regular order of business. 2 Discussion: "Industrial Education,"—Pro f s. W. R. Cortez, Inman E. Page, and Hons. J. C. Trimble, Hon S. Ridley, C. T. Hume, and H. A. Brooks. 3 "Negro Editorials," Jos. D. Rivers, Denver, Colo; H. R. Pinkney, Kansas City, Mo.; W. N. Miller, Witchita, Kan.; Albert Ross, Kansas City, Kan. 4 General Discussion. 5 Music. 6 Adjournment. Continued on last page. --- BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. GEO. D. 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 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. Why buyYour LUMBER =: and =: BUILDING =: MATERIAL From a company you do not know. Keep your money at home buy buying from the Muskogee Lumber Company They live here and will treat you right. Yard located west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. Now is The Time I THE DEERE BUGGY Stands the wear and always looks stylish. You can't buy a better and we have the most complete line of up-to-date Buggies and Harness in the Indian Territory. Come in and see for yourself and get our prices which are the lowest. PLANTER'S IMPLEMENT CO. Wall Street Muskogee, I. T. KIRSHBAUM GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases. W. E. McCLURE, Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee I. T. GO TO J. W. SIPPES. FOR COAL Dealer in PRIICE $4,50 PER TON. Special Rates on Larger Quantities. NO. 401 ELGIN AVENUE, PHONE 199, MUSKOGEE, IT Where to have cards printed? CIMETER JOB OFFICE. DAIRY NOTES Curing a Kicking Cow. Every once in a while I see in an agricultural paper an article on how to cure kicking cows. With a kicking cow that has the habit well formed, no art will avail, at least when there is a new milker. I have handled a great many kicking cows, and am absolutely of the opinion that a cow must become acquainted with her milker before he can even hope to cure her of the propensity, and then the cure will exist only so long as the milker remains with her. Whenever a new milker appears the habit will revive. I have known of kicking cows that have been milked by the same milker for years and would not allow themselves to be milked by any other person unless they were so thoroughly tied up with ropes that they could not move. The best method of curing a cow of the kicking habit is to use gentleness. The milker must develop the power to hold his temper under all conditions. Even then, if the cow is like some that I have known, he will find it to his advantage to restrain her by a rope put around her legs in the form of a figure "8." This should be placed around the legs just above the bend of the legs. The rope should be looped at one end and the loose end passed through the loop, completing the figure eight. The rest of the loose end can lie in the lap of the milker. The friction of the rope in the loop will hold the figure eight in place, and if the cow attempts to kick, it will give only so gradually that she cannot deliver a blow. If it is made fast she will feel herself under restraint and perhaps become excited and throw herself. I found this to be one of the best methods for saving the milker from the kick of the cow.—John Stinson, Bureau Co., Ill., in Farmers' Review. Detecting Formaldehyde in Milk. When men began to use preservatives in milk, they used various substances that could be easily detected by the chemists. Repressive laws, however, made it difficult to use some of these preservatives, and the manufacturers of preservatives set their chemists at work to find some substance that could not be detected by other chemists. They hit upon formalin, or formaldehyde, the latter being a combination of formalin and water. For a long time the chemists were unable to detect this in the milk as no means was known of showing the formalin. But by a large number of experiments things were at last discovered that would show the presence of formalin. The French have just hit upon a new way of detecting it at once and without any question. They first add acetic or lactic acid to the milk, and this precipitates the casein. This leaves a liquid that may be filtered. To this filtrate is added a few crystals of amidol. The water of the liquid then becomes a flowery green. The test is so accurate that if there is present in the milk only one part of formaldehyde to half a million parts of milk, the test will show it. The Cow Owner. It has been frequently said that we need an improved dairy man more than we need an improved dairy cow. This emphasizes a great truth. The cow owner is the most important factor in the successful dairy. If this man wishes to produce clean products he must himself set the example in his dress and appearance. The farmer that had a sign stuck up in his dairy which read "cleanliness is my hobby" struck the foundation principle of successful dairying. The strawberry box bottom comes high, but we must have it. A WOMAN'S SUFFERINGS. Weak, Irregular, Racked with Pains—Made Well and 36 Pounds Heavier. Mrs. E. W. Wright of 172 Main St., Haverhill, Mass., says: "In 1898 I was suffering so with sharp pains in the small of the back and had such frequent dizzy spells that I could scarcely get about the house. The urinary passages were also quite irregular. Monthly periods were so distressing I dreaded small of the back and had such frequent dizzy spells that I could scarcely get about the house. The urinary passages were also quite irregular. Monthly periods were so distressing I dreaded their approach. This was my condition for four years. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me right away when I began with them, and three boxes cured me permanently." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents per box. Some Sanitary Bosh Sanitation sometimes stands on its head and becomes insanity. This is a phase of midsummer madness, one may suspect, when a leading medical journal warns us against the danger of contracting disease from imperfectly polished doorknobs. So many germs in the householder's hands, so much for his knob. How many door knobs are there in this happy island? Give each citizen two doorknobs—a very meager estimate, for he probably touches a dozen a day—and they will run into millions. Is there a record anywhere of a disease caught from one of those thousands of millions of door knob turns in any single year? To this writer the question is of some interest; for, if door knobs are unsanitary, there are other things that should be fatal. Within the last week his bare hand has been in contact with omnibus rails, cab aprons, steamboat seats, balustrades in populous city flats, postoffice counters, railway carriage handles—you may complete the list of the contacts of a busy life with life. This has been going on for some years now, with no hint of disaster. Have you ever met anybody suffering from doorknob poisoning?—London Chronicle. Cure to Stay Cured. Wapello, Iowa, Sept. 11th (Special) —One of the most remarkable cures ever recorded in Louisa County is that of Mrs. Minnie Hart of this place. Mrs. Hart was in bed for eight months and when she was able to sit up she was all drawn up on one side and could not walk across the room. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speaking of her cure, Mrs. Hart says: "Yes, Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me after I was in bed for eight months and I know the cure was complete for that was three years ago and I have not been down since. In four weeks from the time I started taking them I was able to make my garden. Nobody can know how thankful I am to be cured or how much I feel I owe to Dodd's Kidney Pills." This case again points out how much the general health depends on the Kidneys. Cure the Kidneys with Dodd's Kidney Pills and nine-tenths of the suffering the human family is heir to, will disappear. How Foolish A woman who teaches a select school for girls, in looking over the copybook of little Fanny, aged eleven years, discovered an envelope addressed to that young lady. "I hope, Fanny," said the teacher, holding up the envelope, "that this does not contain a love letter." "Why, what an idea," replied Fanny; "I have outgrown all that foolishness years and years ago."—Chicago Journal. it is far easier for a rich man to say that he enjoys hard work than it is for a poor man to believe it. DATE 'EM WEBSTER SCHOOL SHOES "THE SHOES THAT PUT ST. LOUIS ON THE MAP." When you buy a Pair of Shoes for your boy or girl, Write the Date in the lining, in ink. Clover Brand SHOES STAND EVERY TEST Get the DICTIONARY That is FREE with every pair of Webster's from size 11 up. IF YOUR DEALER SAYS "NO" HE IS REFUSING YOU YOUR MONEY'S WORTH Werthheimer-Swarts Shoe Co. LARGEST FINE SHOE EXCLUSIVISTS ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. The man who claims to want but little here below may be listed as a police suspect. DON'T FORGET A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. 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It has been of great benefit to me, curing me of irregular and painful menstruation when everything else had failed, and I gladly recommend it to other suffering women." Women who are troubled with painful or irregular menstruation, backache, 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, Lynn, Mass., for further free advice. Thousands have been cured by so doing. 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. 37, 1905 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. WEBSTER Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed To cure, or money refunded by your merchant, so why not try it? Price 50c. A New Building Material So many uses are found for concrete in building operations that new applications of this material in order to secure permanence and economy of construction are being constantly recorded. One of the latest is from Liverpool, where dwellings made of concrete are being erected by the corporation for the artisan classes, the idea being that the cost of erection can be reduced to a point that will enable rooms to be rented for a shilling a week. The material used consists of concrete blocks, formed from waste crushed clinker obtained from the city refuse destructor plant, which ordinarily is employed in making concrete slabs for crosswalks and in pavement foundations. The structure of these slab or concrete dwellings is reinforced by steel framing, and they appear eminently strong and durable. The cost of brick dwellings recently erected in Liverpool was in one case about $17,000, and in another plant about $11,000 for a block, while the estimated cost of a concrete block was but $6,000. In the actual erection, however, there was required a new and necessary plant, which brought the cost to over $20,000, but the actual amount involved in the building was but $15,000. The engineer in charge is confident that, with further experience, the new method will be found most economical and desires to erect five additional blocks. If dwellings for the masses can be provided at a substantial reduction on present costs, the use of concrete is bound to have an important influence on sociological conditions.—Harper's Weekly. Comparison Made By Lincoln When Lincoln was practicing at the bar, the opposing lawyer in a certain case had delivered a speech for the prosecution which was conspicuous for its exhibition of the man's conceit. When he was through, Lincoln, who was attorney for the defense, rose slowly to his feet and, with that quiet dignity and droll wit for which he was so noted, addressed the court as follows: "Your Honor, my colleague, who has just delivered this brilliant exhibition of oratory, reminds me of a little flat-bottom steamboat that way back in the '50s used to ply up and down the Mississippi. It had a five-foot boiler and an eleven-foot whistle, and every time it whistled it stopped."—Boston Herald. The Whole Thing Cholly—Aw! you should have seen me in me automobiling togs yesterday. I looked out of sight. Miss Pepprey—Oh! I imagine you looked the rest of the quotation, too. Cholly—Er—beg pardon? Miss Pepprey—"Out of sight, out of mind."—Philadelphia Press. Weird Muscovite Humor The Russian high admiral was vexed. "Why," he asked of the naval secretary, "have you drawn on the sinking fund for these battleship expenses?" 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Company, Omaha, Neb. WANTED.—For the U. S. Army, able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 65; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer, Postoffice building, Oklahoma City, Okla., or Tulsa, Jud. Ter., Enid, Shaw-nee or Guthrie, Okla. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 37, 1905 --- Decision in Cotton Cotton will be moving rapidly from now on, and you will have to decide quickly what to do with each lot, according to the circumstances of the moment. Our services and our facilities are at your command, and you will make no mistake by shipping to us. Wm. D. Cleveland & Sons, Houston. .. .. Texas uaranteed (continued from page three.) NIGHT SESSION—8 p. m. 1 Music. 2 Invocation, Rev. R. W. Rose. 3 Music 4 Address, Hon. Neils C. Crews. Kansas City, Mo. 5 Music 6 Address: "Elements of Success."—Rev. Dr. J. M. Conner, D. D. Ph. D., President of the State Negro Business Men's League, Little Rock, Ark. 7 Music. 8 Adjournment. FRIDAY, SEPT. 22, 8:30 a. m. 1 Regular order of business. 2 "Should the Negro Affiliate with Trade Union?" —Hon. O. H. Bradley of Boley, I. T., Prof. E. O. Trent of Ft. Smith, Ark., W. A. Rentie of Muskogee. 3 Constructive Journalism,—E. D. Nickens, Business Manager of the Cimeter. Muskogee, I. T.. To be followed by a general discussion. 4 Reports of committees. 5 Election of officerrs and place of meeting for 1906. 1 Address, Prof. Inman E. Page, Langston University, Langston, Okla. 2 Music. 3 Address Hon. Nelson C. Crews, Kansas City, Mo.; Prof. John H. Jackson, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 4 Music. 5 Adjournment. TOAST MASTER, Hon. W. H. Twine. FRIDAY, SEPT 22, 8 P. M. 1 Music. 2 "Our Political Status"—Hon. C. J. Jones. 3 Music 4 "Our Moral Status"—Prof. J. E. Johnson. 5 "Our Business Status"—T. J. Elliott. 6 Music. 7 "Our Women"—Mrs. E. D. Nickens. 8 Music. 9 Grand March. 10 Orchestra. 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