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The Muskogee Cimeter. INGRAM'S VIEWS ON THE CONDITION OF OUR COUNTRY. Vol 7. Indeed, it is an unpleasant, inevitable duty of mine to look upon present conditions existing in my country. It is prevalent that some of you in this modern and progressive age of civilization have gone behind the walls of paganism and sleeping the long lived sleep of superstition, delusion and folly, and in your imaginary dreams you fancy that there can simultaneously exist in one man hypocrisy and christianity, freedom and serfdom, truth and falsehood, Angel and devil, and that a man can trample upon the rights of his fellow man, place his soul in the slums of illiteracy and his body in the chains of serfdom and slavery, and at the same time make of himself the greatest, grandest, noblest Christian man of his age. Indeed, he must think that God is easily fooled. Even Plato, 400 years before Christ, said that "He who commits injustice is even more wretched than he who suffers folly, sin and superstition. Even the little school boys of today are it." Thus you see the ideas of these men are in the rear ground of fogy, idlearsing the wholesome and sublime words of the great and noble Shakespeare, "He is not great who is not greatly good." The song of the merry birds, the hum of the busy bee, the murmur of the running water and the whisper of the rushing air, all seem to join in one sacred chord of Christian melody and boisterously declare unto all around them that a man's greatness is measured now in this enlightened age by his goodness; his power to set free; his power to elevate; his readiness to give alms; his willingness to do unto others as he would have them do unto him, and his abhorance to slavery; moral and scientific truths shining from every pulpit, upon all the highways, in every village, upon all the lands and seas, there are some among us who are retrograding and receding back into the folly grounds of barbarism. Is there no gospel? Is there no truth? Is there no logic? Is there no proof that can save these human wrecks? They are dangerous, they are poison, they are detrimental; indeed, they are dreadful. I am speaking of those copper heads who are not willing to give to every man the rights they demand for themselves; that narrow-souled corrupt-hearted bigot who traverses the country trying to prove that the safety of our country and the purity of politics demands the disfranchisement of the Negro. Some claim they would come over to the Republican fold if they would Muskogee, I. T., Thursday, October 19, 1905. (the Republicans) help them (the Democrats) to pull the Negro down. These narrow-hearted fiends ought to be taught that the success of a government depends upon the freedom of the people who support the government. When the Democrats mental affairs in their hands, farmers were perishing for the want of bread and raiment, yet our farmers continued to produce abundantly. Bankruptcy threatened our government, yet our mines continued to send forth their millions annually, and our mints were coining thousands; yet the scarcity of money was the cry with our laborers, farmers, lawyers doctors, merchants and bankers. Laborers were everywhere idle. Labor was wanted and needed everywhere but nothing there was nothin gto compensate a laborer, yet there was plenty made and produced every year. The people of this country saw their error. They accordingly turned the management of the government over to the Republicans. The grand old party immediately placed her great hand of wisdom upon the throttle of national commerce and let go the steam of reciprocity and uniformity of trade and the protection of labor, which invariably moves the driving wheel of prosperity. Was this great change wrought a miracle? No. Was it done by opening up farms, fertilizing the soil, granting of right-of-ways, building railroads, public bridges, erecting mansions and palaces for the rich and asylums for the poor at a national expense? No. But these angelic spirits who dwell on earth in the frames and likeness of men found the banner of America's independence submerged in the mire of sin, shame and obscurity; but they, with lightning rapidity, raised the flag of freedom from the slums of ignorance, degredation and despair, bathed it in the fountain of modern intelligence, hoisted it high in the ether of wisdom and prosperity, stretched it wide all over our bewildered land and oppressed people, extended an invitation to every man who breathed America's breath, drank water from America's fountain, to come and share in America's liberty—the whitest and the blackest, the meekest and the grandest—all to share (continued on page 6] SAVE MONEY! and buy your STOVES AND RANGES from the SADLER HARDWARE COMPANY Builder's Hardware, Tools, Cuttlery, Paints and Glass. In fact we keep everything in the Hardware line. Judge Raymond Again Endorsed. The undersigned members of the Grand Jury in the United States Court at Muskogee, Indian Territory, October term, 1905, do hereby endorse the administration of Judge C. W. Raymond as Judge of this district. It has been honest, clean and satisfactory to the best citizenship of the district. No Judge could be more fair, impartial or industrious. No Judge who has presided here, has been called upon to decide so many important cases affecting so many citizens and none have been reversed by the higher courts. Fights have been made against every Judge who has presided here by some element, but Judge Raymond has the confidence of the people, who believe in him and his honesty, courage and ability. He has guarded the rights of Indian minors; improved our Courts; enforced all of the laws impartially and life and property are more secure by reason of his administration. W. C. Edwards, stockman, Wagoner; M.R. Williams, banker, Muskogee; J. W. Wallace, cashier First National Bank, Wagoner; D. N. Smith, president Citizens National Bank. Okmulgee; E. L. Butner, stockman. Wagoner; L. E. Willis, postmaster and predeident Tullahassee Mission, Tullehassee; A. C. Cobb, farmer, Wagoner; Harrison Smith, capitalist, Ft. Gibson; W. B. Morrison, real estate, Okmulgee; J. S. Luster, merchant, Mounds; H.N. Chestnut, wholesale grocery, Muskogee: E. L. Smith, Insurance and Real Estate, Muskogee; E. W. McClure, merchant, Muskogee; E. W. Gill, Capital Abstract and Realty Co., Okmulgee. The above endorsement passed by the citizens coming from No.2 all parts of the District, and who are known to be among the best men in their respective communities are such that any man can be proud of; with the hearty support of such men the courts can rid the country of that vicious element that are a detriment to this advancing and splendid country. The Grand Jury that just adjourned were the "real thing" and did their duty nobly and well. Section 13 of the Sequoyah constitution was an unlucky and it is said was born without parents and died without a mourner—except possibly the black contingent of the double hood aggregation who believe in hoodoos. The hoodoo got busy at the last meeting of the last meeting of these poor misguided dupes and after the set-to with Hans Carter's deputies, the leader, soup house, et al disappeared headed north. "The hoodoo still pursues them." More developments later. There are 150 children in the 3rd ward colored school. There are only two teachers. The school board are doing the very best they can as are the teachers but we hope they will put on a little extra work in the way of providing for another teacher as the work is too much fo. the present force. We are not complaining but are only anxious to have all the children have a "square deal" and we know the board will arrange those matters at the very aarliest opportunity and we ask that the patrons be present all will be well. Go to CREEK LIVERY BARN, Now located at new quarters No. 512 South 3rd Street Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanders' Wholesale House. To make Cheap Gas-light for Country Homes PRICE, FE. 25 Cts. ("IN ONE DAY IS GUARANTEED TO CURE ANTEGRIPINE }22 ante, 8A coLo, AEADACKE AND NEURALGIA. on Se BE Deseo aan eae mo ERE AKE a common Clay Pipe. Put a simple “Acetylene” Gasburner on its stem, Bind the two in position with a tight-fitting piece of Rubber Hose. Then fill the bowl of the pipe with fine-ground Cal- cium Carbide. Next tie a rag over head of the bowl to keep in the Se 1 eu rT t 7 | i! | A Ai A “ae =" nese j Vn Light a setback, at first. It seemed so simple to turn Calcium Carbide into Gas-light that over 600 different kinds of “tanks” and. “Acetyleng Machines” were invented, patented, and Biersted for the purpose, by about as many different people, Well, the thing to be expected certainly happened! About 530 of these “Acetylene Machines” had been invented and sold by people who knew more about Tinware than they did about Gas-making. The “Calcium Carbide” was all right all the time, but 530 of the machines for turning it into Gas were all wrong al! the time. So Acetylene Gas “got a bad name,” though it is clear enough now that it never deserved it at any time. It was like selling ood Stoves to burn Hard Coal in, and then blaming the Coal for not burning. ow 6 Lots of things happened to grieve the Owners of these 530 makes of alleged “Acetylene Machines.” But very few accidents occurred from them even in the days of rank experiment and dense ignorance, among, “Generator” Makers. Of course, a gun will go off unexpectedly, now and then, if the trigger be pulled by a person who “didn't know it was loaded.” But, that’s no fault of the Ammunition—is it? Well, finally the Insurance Companies got after these 530 odd makes of “Acetylene Machines” that wouldn't Acetylate, and the Insuraiice Board made an investigation of all Generators that were submitted to them, Then, out of the 600 odd “Machines” patented, only about 70 were “permitted” by the Insurance Board to he used, Oh, what a howl was there! By “permitted” [ mean that te Insurance Board was willing that any building should be Insured, with- 09 Sweop Feed 122 Galvanized $10 Grinder, | Sd4 seve pa ye manetacnare ‘all sizes and % Peel ee at) Pad Perret Writs G lomel — RY MUP ONNS for catniog and | Low” Tiga price list. Ny } f CURRIC WIND MILL 0O., /BRI/ 627 Gevonth Ft,, Topeka, Kansas Ji Hen tetarucet Thompson’s Eye Water Now put the pipe into a Glass of Water, as in picture, There you have a complete Gas- ~ plant for 25 cents. - Touch a match to the Burner— and you'll get a beautiful White Gas- light. Of course, this is only an experi ment, but it shows the wonderful sim blicity of Acetylene Lighting. That very simplicity gave Acetylen SCALES FOR FARMERE. Foy the ebeap- Chicago Beale Co., Chicago, ib Ny beablscan | thee NS | V0 Uhh ae Ba aba Se Bt a APPA Lh LP Data gen = an en Wy, FOR WOMEN ; troubled with ills peculiar to FOR 7. pat $0, vee a a foue he te arresens ly suc~ ul. ‘Thoroughly cleanses, kills dise stops diocharges, heals 1uilammation and local woreness, cures leucorrhoa aad nasal catarrh, ‘Paxtine is in powder form to be dissolved in’ pare water, and is far more cleansing, heuling, germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptics tor uf TOILET AND WOMEN’S SPECIAL USES For sale at druggists, 50 cents a box, Telal Box and Book of instructions Pree, ‘Tus B. Paxton Company Boston, Mass. out extra charge, which used any one of these 70 Acetylene Generators it had found safe, and effective, just as it permitted houses to be piped for City Gas, or wired for Electricity, under proper conditions. Now, the Insurance Companies ought to know whether or not these 70 different makes of Acetylene Generators were absolutely Safe to use. Because, they have to pay the bills, if Fire or Ex- plosion occurs, from any one of the Acetylene Gener- ators they authorize. And, heres a proof of their good judgment. Though there are now Two Million people using Acetylene Light in America, there have only been fowr Fires from it in one year, against 8865 Fires from Kerosene and Gasoline. There have also been 4601 Fires from Electricity, 1707 Fires from City Gas, and 520 Fires from Candles. Besides these there have been 26 Fires from the Sun's rays, But,—only four Fires from Acetylene. That shows how careful the Insurance Board was in its examination of Acetylene Generators, and in “permitting” only the 70 makes that were above sus- ficion, out of the 600 experiments that were once on the market. iy Sew Well,—the boom in Acetylene Lighting made lower brices possible on the material it is derived from, viz., Calcium Carbide, a material that looks like Granite but acts like Magic. Today, Acetylene Light is a full third cheaper than Kerosene Light, or Gasoline Light, per Candle Power. It is uot more than half the price of Electric Light, nor three-fourths that of City Gas. If I can’t prove these statements to your full satis- faction my name is not “Acetylene Jones.” But Acetylene is more than the safest and cheapest Light of the year 1905. It is also the Whitest Light—the nearest to natural Sunlight in health-giving Blue and Violet rays, and because of this, with its freedom from flicker, it is the easiest of all Artificial Light on the Eyes. It is so much like real Sunlight that it has made plants grow 24 hours per day in pr cellars where no ray of Sunlight could reach them. It made them grow twice as fast as similar plants that had only the Ce light of day-time, viz., half the time. That was proven by Cornell University in a three- months’ experiment made this very year. eee Now, I've saved up for the last a point more im- porate to you than all the others about Acetylene Light. It consumes only one-fourth as much of the vital Oxygen from the Air of Living rooms or bed-rooms, as either Kerosene or City Gas-Light consumes. That's a tremendous difference in a lifetime, mark you—three-fourths of a difference. Because,—Oxrygen is Life. And every bit of Oxygen stolen from the lungs of Women, Children and Men, through Lighting, is a loss that can never be made good again. A 24 Candle-Power Acetylene Light costs you only trro-fifths of a cent per hour. That's about $5.46 per year, if burned every night in the year for four steady hours. A Kerosene Lamp of equal capacity would cost you a third more, viz.: threesAfths of a cent per hour for Kerosene alone, or $8.75 per year. That's exclusive of broken lamp chimneys, new wicks, and the everlasting drudgery and danger of cleaning, filling and trimraing daily. T want to prove these figures to you, Reader, if you are a house-owner or storekgeper. Tell me how many rooms you've got and I'll tell you what it will cost to light them with brilliant, beautiful, Sanitary, eye-saving Acetylene, Write me today for my Free Book about “Sunlight on Tap.” Just address me here as— “Acetylene Jones,” QR Adame @ WZ a finest tinea DEFIANCE STARGH fi..'*inuns Senate orem Saige ee nas W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No, 42, 1905 “4 PISOYS CURE FOR 1» aa. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good, Use PM wn iu time, Sold by druggists. 4 “CONSUMPTION »% IS NO FRICTION THERE. in Harmony in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City.—‘There has never been a line-up of board members of the two branches of the Methodist church instituted in our institution as such,” said C. B. Ames, a lawyer of Oklahoma City, O. T., at the Hotel Baltimore. “Our board of trustees is equally divided, but, as I have said, there never has been a time when matters came to an issue of the trial of the strength of the forces. I want to say that there has pre- vailed, so far as I have discerned, the utmost good fellowship between the men on that board. The insti- tution, although having been in ex- istence only a short time, is in ex- cellent condition. Doctor Bradford, who used to be in Kansas City, is our president, and has displayed qualities that are exceedingly rare in the conduct of that institution.” “The thing which makes Epworth university a unique institution is the fact that it is, I believe, almost the first case in which the two Meth- odisms have been able to overlook past differences and combine in the suport of a great and good institu- ‘fon. They parted in 1844 and since thot time only in Shanghai, ‘hina, have they been able to reach an agreement on any enterprise, and in that far-off country it was for the operation of a publication house. But we are hopeful that the affairs of Epworth university will progress without the least breach. We hope to set the example of the two churches working as one in this in- stitution, Then, possibly, this may lead to other close relations, and who knows but eventually a reunion of the forces of these great Metho- dist churches.” Protest Against McKennon. Muskogee.—A protest has been filed at Washington against the ap- proval of the contract of Captain A. 8. McKennon as national attorney of the Seminole Nation, and with it charges have been filed against the official conduct of the attorney's of- fice during the past year. The protest has been put in the hands of Inspector J. George Wright, at Muskogee. It charges that Cap- tain MeKennon has been leasing and buying land in the Seminole nation, contrary to the regulations of the Interior department, which prohib- its government officials from having any interest in Indian lands. The question which must be settled in connection with the charges, if they should be proven true, would be whether the Seminole attorney is a Federal officer or merely an employe of the Indian Nation. Captain McKennon admitted yes- terday that he and his partner, Wil- mott, have a lease on 300 acres of land belonging to three negro allot- tees, and have put improvements upon it. He states, however, that the negroes needed the money, and that the leases are the best that could be given the allottees, and were made in their best interests. All leases and deeds made in the Seminole nation must be made on blanks from the national attorney's office, and approved by the governor of the nation. Captain McKennon says that all these leases taken in the nation are good, but that before he assumed office, Moody Johnson, secretary to Chief Halputta Micco, now deceased, issued about 120 leases that are not good. Captain McKennon says that the fight on him is being made by men who ob- ject to the protection afforded the allottees through the attorney's of- fice and want matters changed. BAPTICT CHURCH BURNED, Men Whipped by Pastor are Charged * With Arson, Lexington.—Last night the Free Will Baptist church, six miles east of here, was destroyed by fire, and today George Hughes and Tom Lat- imer were arrested on a charge of arson, and are now in the county jail at Norman, The burning of the church is supposed to have come as a result of a disturbance recently in which Rey, James Durham, pastor of the church, whipped both Hughes and Latimer, and broke Hughes’ jaw with his first blow, Mayors Would Tax Railroads. South McAlester, I. T. The mayors of many territory towns will meet here Thursday for the purpose of discussing the passage of a law taxing railroad property. At present the railroads pay no property tax in the territory. Many other subjects on the governing of municipalities will also be discussed. Coweta, I. T.—W. N. Black, a section hand in the employ of the M., K. & T. railroad, shot Parson Carter here Sunday night with a shotgun, wounding him seriously. Both men are negroes. Black claims that Carter was trespassing upon his premises. Black was taken to Muskogee last night and placed in jail. WILL INSIST ON PUBLICITY. Madison, Wis.—State Insurance Commissioner Host says that at least fifteen states, chiefly in the Middle West, will hereafter demand annual gain and loss exhibits of life insurance companies. According to Commissioner Host, the companies last year withheld $14,000,000 that should have gone to policy holders. Metcalf May Resign. Washington.—Secretary Metcalf is in poor health and has been for some time. Much of the work of the department has been shifted on the shoulders of Assistant Secretary Murray and Commissioner of Corporations Garfield. This, those close to Mr. Metcalf say, will probably cause him to resign should he not regain his health in the near future. RAID GAMBLING DENS. About $500 worth of gambling paraphernalia including roulette, crap and poker tables, chips, chairs and other accessories were captured and burned by a posse of U. S. Deputy marshals in a raid on North Main street about 10 o'clock last night. In the establishment conducted by Arch Wright at 219 1-2 North Main street fifteen lovers of the pursuit of fickle fortune were caught unawares in the drag net of the law. The next place visited was a few doors further north where a large quantity of expensive gambling fixtures were stored away. The furniture from both houses was hustled out into the middle of the street where a bonfire furnished warmth to the gathered crowd. Several other places in the vicinity were visited by the government sleuths but there was nothing doing, the birds had flown. First Snow. La Crosse, Wis.—The first snow of the season fell here today. Mountain Lake, Minnesota.—A heavy frost last night was followed to-day by a hard snow storm. At New Orleans. New Orleans, Louisiana.—With a fall of fifteen degrees, New Orleans to-day had its first taste of fall. Very much colder weather was experienced in other portions of the state while frost is reported as far down as Fort Smith, Arkansas. Lawrence, Kansas.—The first white frost of the season occurred here last night. Vegetation in low places was damaged. GENERAL NEWS Tulsa, I. T.—Mrs. M. M. Day of the De Forest Wireless Telegraph company is in the city making arrangements to establish here a wireless telegraph station, the first in Indian Territory. A station is in operation in Shawnee, Oklahoma. South McAlecter, I. T.—C. W. Clark, of Little Rock, Ark., has been awarded the contract to erect the new $125,000 Masonic temple. The fall reunion of the Scottish Rite bodies sitting in the Valley of South McAlester begun Tuesday and will continue for three days. The president of the consistency class on Thursday will turn the first dirt for the new temple, which will be one of the finest structures of its kind in the country. Concrete ties for railroads which have been tried on the Lake Shore line have proven a failure. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. The government has ordered the making of 200,000 dress coats at Philadelphia for the army. "Acetylene Jones." See his advertisement in this paper and write him to-day for free booklet Diamond drills have bored holes in the earth in India 2,000 feet. The object is to strike coal. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. The government of India proposes to expend 150 million dollars in irrigation during the next twenty years. The largest dry dock in the world will lift a ship weighing 24,447 tons, and was made in Pennsylvania. An observatory in Peru has made a perfect photograph of Eros, the nearest heavenly body to the sun. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. THos. ROBBINS, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Last year the value of copper produced in this country was $105,629,845. Oil and Oil. A little oil poured upon troubled waters has enabled many a weary mariner to reach an harbor of safety. A little Hunt's Lightning Oil poured upon your Burns, Bruises, Sprains, Cuts, Pains and Aches will enable you to reach that harbor of peace and comfort where contentment is a certainty and happiness a possibility. The largest smelter ever built is to be erected in California, and is to have a capacity of 1,000 tons a day. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. The Peruvian government has ordered a twenty-four knot battleship to be built as soon as possible. The Orientals are learning to chew and smoke tobacco like the Americans. Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease. A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. "In olden times the doctors bled people for almost everything." "Gee! Don't they do it now? I had one to perform an operation on me not long ago, and he bled me for almost everything I had, including a savings account."—Dallas News. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 188. LUCAS COUNTY. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, NOTARY PUBLIC. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimontals, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The Pennsylvania Railroad company is about ordering 18,000 additional cars, most of them to be of steel. Acetylene Gas. All country people will be interested in reading about it in another part of this paper. A colonial exhibition is to be held next year in New Zealand. Tired, Nervous Mothers Make Unhappy Homes-their Condition Irritates Both Husband and Children-How Thousands of Mothers Have Been Saved From Nervous Prostration and Made Strong and Well. Mrs. Chester Curry Mrs. Chas. F. Brown Ask Mrs. Pinkham's Advice—A Woman Best Understands a Woman's Ills. IF IT'S CHILLS YOU HAVE, IT'S OXIDINE YOU NEED. It is sold under an ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE, and if you are not cured your druggist will refund your money. Made in regular and tasteless forms. Sold by all druggists for 50 CENTS PER BOTTLE. You will find a large number of Imitations which the manufacturers claim are the same as OXIDINE. We caution you against such statements. There is only one OXIDINE and we are the sole manufacturers. Theseimitators are merely trying to sell their cheap imitations on the strength of Oxidine's record. $1000 IN GOLD AND COST OF ANALYSIS will be paid to any person who can find a trace of Arsenic, Strychnine, Morphine, or any other poisonous or injurious drugs in OXIDINE Patton-Worsham Drug Co. MANUFACTURERS DALLAS, TEXAS and MEMPHIS, TENN. A nervous, irritable mother, often on the verge of hysteries, is unfit to care for children; it ruins a child's disposition and reacts upon herself. The trouble between children and their mothers too often is due to the fact that the mother has some female weakness, and she is entirely unfit to bear the strain upon her nerves that governing children involves; it is impossible for her to do anything calmly. The ills of women act like a firebrand upon the nerves, consequently nineteenth of the nervous prostration, nervous despondency, "the blues," sleeplessness, and nervous irritability of women arise from some derangement of the female organism. Do you experience fits of depression with restlessness, alternating with extreme irritability? Are your spirits easily affected, so that one minute you laugh, and the next minute you feel like crying? Do you feel something like a ball rising in your throat and threatening to choke you; all the senses perverted, morbidly sensitive to light and sound; pain in the ovaries, and especially between the shoulders; bearing down pains; nervous dyspepsia, and almost continually cross and snappy? If so, your nerves are in a shattered condition, and you are threatened with nervous prostration. Proof is monumental that nothing in the world is better for nervous prostration than Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; thousands and thousands of women testify to this fact. Mrs. Chester Curry, Leader of the Ladies' Symphony Orchestra, 42 Saratoga Street, East Boston, Mass., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "For eight years I was troubled with extreme nervousness and hysteria, brought on by irregularities. I could neither enjoy life nor sleep nights; I was very irritable, nervous and despondent. "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was recommended and proved to be the only remedy that helped me. I have daily improved in health until I am now strong and well, and all nervousness has disappeared." Mrs. Charles F. Brown, Vice-President of the Mothers' Club, 21 Cedar Terrace, Hot Springs, Ark., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "I dragged through nine years of miserable existence, worn out with pain and nervousness, until it seemed as though I should fly. I then noticed a statement of a woman troubled as I was, and the wonderful results she derived from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, I decided to try it. I did so, and at the end of three months I was a different woman. My nervousness was all gone. I was no longer irritable, and my husband fell in love with me all over again." Women should remember that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the medicine that holds the record for the greatest number of actual cures of female ills, and take no substitute. Free Advice to Women. Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., invites all sick women to write to her for advice. Mrs. Pinkham's vast experience with female troubles enables her to tell you just what is best for you, and she will charge you nothing for her advice. THE CIMETER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. W. H. TWINE - - - Editor. R. WOOD, - - - Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE - - Gen'l Solicitor E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. When your subscription expires the paper stops. Take due notice and act accordingly. Muskogee bonds sold at a premium and our school houses and the water-works extention is assured. The dance halls should be less noisy and should cease their frolics at 12 p. m., no later. Will this hunt be taken? Managers of pool halls should see to it that boys are kept out (there are some men who would be better off elsewhere.) Is the hint sufficient? We are sending out a number of sample copies this week if you get one it means send in your subscription for a year. It only cost $1,00 The seducer, no matter whether his victim is a girl or a married woman, is not fit to live in a community and should be dispised by all and driven from the place. Lawyers should not encroach on the physician's ground in the examination of witnesses as their methods are different and the lawyer who tries the doctor's method generally makes a mess of it. The labor union made the seperate staters back out of one clause of their constitution and now it's up to the Negro contingent to make them come across on the suffrage plank and give the Negro some surety that they will be protected. Frank Reed's Cafe (souphouse) gave another double statehood blow out on Tuesday night. The usual crowd of hangers on were there, and a few hargues made by the faithful but not one word was said in defense of our rights under the double state hood misfit. Down in Texas (hell) they sent a white man to the pen for marrying a Negro woman. Now if this man, like many others down there are doing, had been living in open adultery with the woman he would never have been molested. This goes to show the moral condition of the scions of the old South and how --- much they believe in purity and good morals. The double staters who kick against the Hamilton Bill never said a word about that part of the bill that protects the Negro in his right to vote, and that is why every Negre should favor the bill. The Hamilton bill is alright and the makeshift of the double staters is all wrong. We hope the police will not forget to keep the worthless element on the move; the loafers. idlers and burns white black or red have no place in this prprogressive town. Let them move on. The wholesome effect of the police raids on South Second street last Sprine can be seen now as the loafers are conspicuous by their absence. Mr. Henry Carroll has been appointed on the police force. Mr. Carroll is a good man and will make a splendid officer, he has had some experience in that line and he is a credit to the race. It seems like a smooth game of politics is being played and the fellow behind it will be awful hard to beat. The fellows who have been grafting, selling lands that belong to the other fellow forging deeds and making affidavits, have been taken under prayerful consideration by the grand jury and some of them are in jail where they belong and others out on bond while some are hitting the road in high places. Some of the preachers attending the street parade of the big show (that was free) and afterwards gave their flock hell(o) for attending the circus (that was pay.) Can you see where the shoe pinches? Of course we agree with the parson that the elect should not attend shows or have any good times that's for us fellows on the outside and we don't want any trespassers on our ground. The double staters (colored) had a meeting Friday night, which was as usual a fizzle. After the meeting some of the faithful filled up on doublestatehood booze and ran up against the city bolice and got bagged. It is a shame for these leaders to deport themselves thus and tney must call a halt now or we shall turn on the electric lightt We hope this hint wil have the desired effect. The Negroes who are used by white grafters to rob the freedmen should not be spared when caught in their nefarious acts. Behind prison bars is their place DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. INCORPORATED Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Monarc Ranges. Every one Tools, etc. All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Retail The CREEK: GREAT On Okmulgee IS THE PLACE to buy you duplicate any price of their also give you the very best erything in the grocery line. In The Estes Building on Near the M. K. an GENTS FURNISHING OF ALL DESCRIPTION Shirts, Hats, Underwear W. E. McC Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee - - Official Statement of the Commercial Muskogee, Indiana RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $712,003 95 Overdrafts, cotton, 25,980 61 Bonds and Premiums, 206,080 49 Furniture and Fixtures 7,985 11 Cash and Exchange 189,093 48 $1,141,152 64 Hardware, Tinware Every one Guarantee Plumbing, Refrigerators The K: GROC Okmulgee Avenue E to buy your grocer price of their comp the very best goods. grocery line. And Building on Okmulgee car the M. K. and T. R. URNISHING DESCRIPTION Underwear McCL th Block. Statement of the Condi cial Nation free. Indian Te $712,003 95 25,989 61 206,080 49 7,985 11 189,093 48 $1,141,152 64 Capital Surplus and Circulation Deposits correct 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. IS THE PLACE to buy your groceries. They can duplicate any price of their competitors and they also give you the very best goods. They carry everything in the grocery line. And can be found In The Estes Building on Okmulgee Avenue Near the M. K. and T. R. R. The above statement is correct 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. A CASH Here are some SHHC are some of A CASH HOUSE High patent flour per 100, $2.90 Meal, per bushel, - - - 60 Best Eating Potatoes - - 50 Coin Special Hams, per lb., 15 “ “ Lard “ “ 10 Breakfast bacon 20 Smoked bacon, per lb., 10 to 121 Dry Salt Meat, per lb., - 10 Canned Apricots, - - 2 for 35 Peaches - - 2 for 35 Pears - - 2 for 35 EVERYTHING THAT IS CAR HAVE, AND ARE ALL FRESH Phone your orders or let us k orders. A Warm Imitator of Clos Only Yours for bus AT IS CARRIED ALL FRESH, CLEAR or let us know an estimator of Close Prices ours for business, GE WIDEM 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, Lumberman HOUSE one of them: ac City and Waterloo corn 3 for - - - - - 25 Canned Peas, 3 for - - - 25 " String beans, 3 for 25 " Hominy, 3 for - - 25 " Kraut, 3 for - 25 " Sweet Potatoes - - 25 " Blackberries - - - 10 " Gooseberries 2 for - 25 " Pumpkins, 3 for - - 25 " Tomatoes, 3 for - - 25 ARRIED IN A GROCERY WEEK I, CLEAN GOODS. know and we will call for your use Prices, These Prices are Cash business. $ \mathbf{8} 1, 1 4 1, 1 5 2 \ 6 4 $ D N FINK, Cashier. 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. WALTER D. DUNN COPYRIGHT INGRAM'S VIEWS ON CONDITION OF OUR COUNTRY. alike in the protection of America's labor, the protection of America's industry and the protection of every God-given and national right of man Peace, prosperity and happiness fell in line with freedom, equal rights and protection. Thus you see justice and prosperity, like pure blood and good health, go hand in hand. While considering the condition of my country, I am alarmed, I am shocked, I am startled, I wonder how could present condition of affairs be remedied, and my conclu- J. S. BROWNLOW. MANAGER. sion is the best plan would be for the North to send missionaries down South, though we are taught by the Holy Book not to cast our pearls to swine. But I do not mean to try to save the ready-born generation, for their stony hearts are beyond redemption. They may not have sinned against the Holy Ghost. They claim to be blessed with the Ghost; but the Holy Ghost can not convert them, yet they are filled with it. Their souls seem to be bound for the devil's slaughter pen and their hides for satan's tan-yard, but I believe on some occasions plans should be made for the elevation, christianization, civilization and redemption of children before they are born in the world. This occasion I now speak of is a very grave one I believe that to send missionarise down South to hold up the brilliant light of justice, truth and Christianity, that the beaming rays of modern intelligence will penetrate the dark and ancient walls of superstition that hems the souls of these earthly demons in time to save some of the third or fourth generation. I can not say these demons are entirely blind to the truth, because they teach that a Negro is not their social equal. I agree with them there, and I trust I will never be as low socially or religiously as they are. And then, again, when they go to pray (those earthly demons) they bow on their corrupted knees, raise their malicious hands and say, "O, Lord, I feel unworthy." I agree with them there. They are the most unworthy wretches that God lets live. Now, if any one can suggest a better way of converting these fiends, please let it be known. F. E. INGRAM. Tallahasse, I. T. At the store of Grayson & Son, four miles south of Wagoner, we have a saw mill. Any kind of native lumber can be gotten there at $1.25 per hundred. A good colored engineer can get a position. Log cutters are wanted at good wages. Log cutters get $1.00 per thousand. The men in the yard get 15 cents an hour. Plenty of work at good wages. Farmers can get plenty of good land to rent. THOS. GRAYSON. Medium and Specialist. Cures Female Troubles, Diarrohea, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Nervousness and Painful Menstruation, Call or write MRS. A. G. STEELE, P. O. Box 75. Checotah, I. T. A. S. McREA ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, OKMULGEE AVENUE 307 W. Broadway AS LONG AS THEY LAST We will positively sell at cost. All of our Musical In nts, Solid Gold Rings, Watches, and Jewelry. Don't W me now. EN ESTES. Cor. Main & Okmulg Pioneer AbrstraetC IOWA BUILDING THEY LAST All of our Musical Instru s, and Jewelry. Don't Wait, Main & Okmulgee orstraetCo JILDING 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. PioneerAbrstraetCo IOWA BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. GO TO J. W. SIPPES, Dealer in COAL PRICE $4.50 PER TON. Special Rates on Larger Quantity IO. 401 ELGIN AVENUE, PHONE 199, MUSKOGEE, I. Muskogee, I. T. IPPES, AL O PER TON. Larger Quantities ONE 199, MUSKOGEE, I T GO TO J. W. SIPPES, Dealer in COAL PRIICE $4.50 PER TON. Special Rates on Larger Quantities NO. 401 ELGIN AVENUE, PHONE 199, MUSKOGEE, IT BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. BEO. D. HOPE LUMBER @ COMPANY DEALER IN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime. Cement, L EAST OKMULGEE AVE. PEOPLES MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION OF LITTLE ROCK, ARK. Fers Better Sick, Accident and Death Benefit Policies than company in the Territory. Reliable agents wanted. Good Call on J H Eis. Supt., Room 10 Jones Bu MUSKOGEE, I. Write C. B. King, Gen'l Man., O. G. Miller, Gen'l Supt. Cohico, Ass t Sec y, 500 Center St., Little Rock, Ark. MBER@COMPANY BER IN Doors, Lime. Cement, Etc. LGEE AVE. AID ASSOCIATN ROCK, ARK. Death Benefit Policies than any agents wanted. Good pay Supt., Room 10 Jones Building MUSKOGEE, I. T. O. G. Miller, Genl Supt. J. H. r St., Little Rock, Ark. GEO. D. HOPE LUMBER COMPANY Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime. Cement, Etc. EAST OKMULGEE AVE. PEOPLES MUTUAL AID ASSO@IATN OF LITTLE ROCK,ARK. Offers Better Sick, Accident and Death Benefit Policies than any company in the Territory. Reliable agents wanted. Good pay. Call on J H Eis. Supt., Room 10 Jones Building. MUSKOGEE, I. T. Or write C. B. King, Gen'l Man., O. G. Miller, Gen'l Supt. J. H. McCohico, Ass t Sec y, 500 Center St., Little Rock, Ark. Why buyYour From a company you do not know. Keep your money at home buy buying from the They live here and will treat you right. Yard loca- ted west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST GENERAL BANKING STRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL Farm Loans a Specialty second and Broadway. MUSKOGEE, IN E & TRUST CO BANKING SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTAT a Specialty MUSKOGEE, IND. TE MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty Second and Broadway. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE IND. TER. GENERAL NEWS Kansas City.—Richard H. Keith, one of the best known coal mining operators and financiers in this part of the Southwest, died at his home today after two years' illness, aged fifty-five years. Nardin and vicinity ill be well fixed for Thanksgiving this year. The Star says that three farmers, who had altogether 180 turkeys for sale, were inquiring about prices there last week. At a wedding in a Glencog church recently the motto "Feed My Lambs" was very conspicuous on the wall. The Mirror adds that that is something which married people should be careful not to forget. When General Baldwin captured Fort 311 in the military maneuvers there last week, he directed the operations of his troops from an automobile, which is said to be its first use for that purpose. The management of the reunion at Woodward had to go to Kansas for its chief attraction. Captain "Pat" Coney, the commander of the Kansas G. A. R., and Colonel Cyrus Corning, editor of the Reveille, will be the principal speakers. Rev. E. Bachman, of Medford, has announced that he will charge $5 for conducting funerals, outside of his own congregation. His theory is that people who pay no attention to the church while alive have no right to expect its ministrations when dead. Bartlesville, I. T.—William Cone, an alleged deserter from Fort Riley, was arrested today at Dewey, where he had gone to visit a member of his family, who was ill. Cone enlisted in July and is said to have deserted in September. Rev. John C. Henderson, who was returned to Lahoma by the Methodist conference, accepts the situation philosophically, and starts his announcement of church services as follows: "Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. Inasmuch as the Lord, the bishop and the presiding elder, in their wisdom, have seen fit to leave me at Lahoma for another year, the appointed hours for service are as follows," etc. Ardmore, I. T.—Lloyd Anderson, a well known man about town, aged 37 years, committed suicide this morning about 7 o'clock, by taking carbolic acid. He had been drinking heavily. He has a brother residing at Eennis. Flower lovers at Edmond rae preparing for their annual chrysanthemum show, which is now in its fourth year. Guthrie, O. T.—A territorial charter has been issued to the Meramec Oil and Gas Company of Meramec, Pawnee county; capital stock, $10,000; incorporators, Gus Howerton, P. C. Jones, W. Driver, R. P. Dieinel, W. M. Witten, W. S. Moore, Chas. Young, J. M. Harvey, S. D. Woodson and J. H. Ball, Meramec, A. J. Biddison, Pawnee. The Farmers' State Bank, of Davenport, filed notice of the increase of its capital stock from $10,000 to $15,000. ```markdown ``` Commissiomer Richards Settles Statues of Oklahoma School Lands. Guthrie, O. T.—In a letter to the register and receiver of the Guthrie land office, W. S. Richards, commissioner of the general land office, makes it very clear that no rights to locate mineral claims on school sections in Oklahoma will ever be allowed by that office. The letter was inspired by a recent application from Joseph Porter, of Cleveland, attorney for the oil men who recently organized to prosecute the case before the department. The letter says, in part: "Tre last paragraph of the department instructions (22 L. D., 95, 97) is pertinent in considering the question involved in this application for a hearing. Said paragraph is as follows: "It is not intended to hold or to intimate that the Territory of Oklahoma is entitled, or that said territory or the future state of Oklahoma may in any event be entitled, to minerals, if any, now known to exist in sections 16 and 36, 13 and 33, of the lands called by the last mentioned agreement, or which may be hereafter found to exist in said sections, prior to the time when the same shall be granted to such territory or state. It is simply held, as to said sections that under existing legislation the lands therein are not subject to the operation of the mining laws. "In an unreported opinion rendered June 30, 1905, by the assistant attorney feneral, relating to the leasing of mineral lands within Cherokee outlet which opinion was approved by the secretary of the interior, it was stated: "Asuming that the school grant to the future state of Oklahoma will be upon the same terms as school grants to other states, no right to land known to be mineral in character at the date when the grant takes effect could pass to the state, and the state would get upder its grant no mineral right whatever, but would be entitled to indemnity for sections 16 and 36, known to be mineral in character at the date of the attachment of rights under the grant. In no event, therefore, under existing law, could the territory of Oklahoma, or the new state to be created at some future time, get the benefit of any mineral rights whatever." Upon considering the facts presented, the act of Congress and the authorities cited, it appears that the United States mineral land laws are not in force as to the land in question, and therefore, it is not subject to exploration, location or entry under the laws last above mentioned. Inasmuch as the land in question is not subject to location and purchase under the United States mineral land laws, it would not be proper to order the hearing asked for, therefore the application is hereby denied. Shooting at Cornish. Ardmore, I. T.—At Cornish, a town west of here, Harris Thompson, aged 26 years, was shot and killed. Two shots took effect in his body, one just above the heart and the other in the abdomen. The killing occurred about 1 o'clock this morning. A shotgun was picked up close by where the deceased fell after being shot. Shortly after the tragedy Luthur Wise surrendered to Marshal Jones, and alleges self defense. Both men were on friendly terms, it is said, prior to the difficulty and are well connected and have families. Thompson was a well-known Chickasaw Indian. Don't sit through the prayer with your eyes open; a pagan could do no worse. HOW A FRIENDSHIP GREW The Story Whether Hand Sapollo got a more enthusiastic welcome in homes where Sapollo was an old and tried friend, or where it was a stranger, is a question. Where women had come to rely on Sapollo for rapid, thorough cleaning in every part of the house except the laundry, they commenced without loss of time, to avail of this new prize. Grubby little hands, and stained, workworn older ones, whitened, softened, and smoothed out as if by magic, callous spots disappeared, and complexions cleared. Children ceased their strenuous objections to the scrubbing up process, because it became a Do you want a clear and healthy Skin? pleasure. It freshened up the hands after dish-washing, removing the most disagreeable feature of that necessary task. It was found to keep delicate baby skins from chafing better than salve or powder, and the crowning note in the song of delight came when an adult member of the family used it in a full bath, and realized that a Turkish Bath at a cost of one dollar was outdone by a small fraction of the little, ten-cent, velvety cake. But, strange though it may seem, there were people who had not learned to prize Sapolio. To these the advertising of Hand Sapolio came as a surprise. Sapolio, a scouring soap, THE FIRST STEP away from self-respect is lack of care in personal cleanliness; the first move in building up a proper pride in man, woman, or child is a visit to the bathtub. You can't be healthy, or pretty, or even good, unless you are clean. Use HAND SAPOLIO. It pleases everyone. adapted for the hands, the face, the general toilet? Impossible, it would be horrid. Who ever heard of such a use? Finally a bold shopper carried home a cake. Does it look like kitchen Sapollo? No one is sure, and a cake of that is bought, and comparison made. Behold a family using both the Sapolios for every conceivable purpose, and comparing notes! After easily and quickly cleansing a greasy pan with Sapollo, Jane thought the other would be gritty, and was astonished at the smooth, dainty lather. Another was certain it would harden THE DISTRICT SCHOOL OF SPOTLESS TOWN CLASS IN ALGEBRA Let housewife equal X plus H; X+H Let E the sign for Sapolio be; For dirt let minus X be had; Then all these symbols we will add. The X and minus X drop out (As anyone can see no doubt) And leave what must the housewife please— The happy symbol we call ease. the hands and could scarcely realize how soft and "comfy" they felt after the washing. Then began the excitement of adventure; what would the new soap NOT do? A girl tried a shampoo. Her hair, pretty, soft and silky "went up" perfectly, with none of the unmanage- ableness that generally exists for a full week after the usual process. A man used the delightful lather for shaving, and felt no need for cold cream afterwards. A pimply face was treated to a daily bath- full suds, and became clear. the teeth to it, feet ing with the promptly be- Tartar on yielded a n d that WHY TAKE DAINTY CARE of your mouth and neglect your pores, the myriad mouths of your skin? HAND SAPOLIO does not gloss them over, or chemically dissolve their health-giving oils, yet clears them thoroughly by a method of its own. had a tendency to hardening of the skin regained their natural condition, till another family had joined the chorus of friendly acclaim. And so it is everywhere, those who know the "elder brother" welcome the newcomer, for the sake of the first known. and those who meet both for the first time are plunged into a whimsical worry as to which they could better spare if they had to make a choice. TRY HAND SAPOLIO. Its steady use will keep the hands of any busy woman as white, untanned and pretty as if she was under the constant care of a city manicure. It is truly "The Dainty Woman's Friend," in the suburbs or on the farm. Those ugly dark brown streaks on the neck, arising from tight collars, and the line where the sunburn stops, can be wiped out by the velvety lather of HAND SAPOLIO. It is, indeed, "The Dainty Woman's Friend." Be Alive If a boy is to succeed in life's battle for bread and position among those at the top he must be alive. If he is a cigarette fiend he will never be anything or anybody but a common drudge, unless he, quickly breaks the habit. Success tells what a young man must do to win. "No young man can hope to advance rapidly who lacks an enterprising, progressive spirit. Indeed, enterprise is a resuisite to employment. No one wants to employ a youth who lacks push. He must be alive to and in touch with the spirit of the hour, or he is not wanted anywhere. The enterprising employer wants every employee to share his spirit. The unenterprising business man feels all the more keenly the need of assistance from those who can make up for his failing. Force, pushing, dynamic qualities are everywhere in eager demand, while the dwadling, incompetent, unprogressive wait in vain for a start for promotion. Two thousand tons of ore per week are being shipped out of the Tonopah region. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more good, brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 10c package colors all fibers. They dye in cold water better than any other dye. You can dye any garment without ripping apart. Write for free booklet—How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors. MONROE DRUG CO., Unionville, Missouri. To cure, or money refunded by your merchant, so why not try it? Price 50c. ALFALFA AS FEED FOR HOGS Experiments at the Nebraska Station Show It Is Highly Valuable Prof. Edgar Burnett, chief of the department of animal husbandry of the Nebraska agricultural college, and H. R. Smith, his assistant, have issued a short but very valuable bulletin on the relative value of alfalfa, wheat, shorts and skim milk, to supplement corn for fattening pigs. The experiment was to show that corn can be fed more economically in conjunction with foods that are rich in protein, in mineral matter and to determine which of three common foods is the cheapest source of protein. Twenty pigs, uniform in type, all in good condition, were divided into four lots, five each. They were fed some little time on the experimental rations in order to accustom them to the change before the initial weighings were made. The pigs fed on corn meal alone made an average gain during the twelve weeks of seventy-eight pounds. Those fed on corn meal and skim milk gained 132 pounds, while those fed on 80 per cent corn meal, twenty per cent shorts and those fed on eighty per cent corn meal and twenty per cent alfalfa, made exactly the same gain of 101 pounds. The experiment shows that at the market prices of $7 per ton for alfalfa and shorts at $12.50 per ton, skim milk will make corn bring four per cent a bushel, wheat, shorts, eight per cent more and alfalfa leaves nine per cent more. Taking the total amount of corn that is fed to hogs in the state of Nebraska this year, these figures would go to show that more than one million dollars more wealth would be added to the state if wheat, shorts or alfalfa were substituted for one-fifth of the corn fed. The alfalfa feed in this experiment was mostly chaff, consisting of leaves, and upon analysis these were found to be forty per cent richer in protein than the entire plant, thirty per cent higher in fat, fifteen per cent higher in mineral matter and fifty per cent lower crude fiber, which substance is, of course, largely indigestible. The chaff was first mixed with the corn meal, then placed in the feed trough, where it was made into a thick slop of water. In the slaughter test one hog was selected from the alfalfa lot to represent those that were supplied with more protein. A pig twelve pounds heavier was taken from the corn fed lot. The alfalfa fed pig was quickly identified by the thicker streaks of lean and thicker lines of fat meat. Both pigs dressed 83.7 per cent of their live weight. The test showed very plainly that by feeding alfalfa a greater development of internal organs and more health and vigor were obtained, and it is reasonable to believe that danger from diseases will be greatly reduced. One of the most interesting features of the test was the fact that the thigh bones of the alfalfa fed pigs sustained a pressure of 520 pounds against 320 pounds from the corn fed pig. This shows that breakdowns in heavy hogs are the fault of the feed rather than the animal. DON'T FORGET A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. The Pullman Palace Car company has just ordered 200 carloads of Washington fir to be worked up into cars. The contract price for a 12-inch gun for a battleship is $51,644, and for an 8-inch gun $19,000. Analysis of Medicines Open to All. Analysis of Medicines Open to All. "There is no public demand and there is not the slightest public necessity for a law compelling the publication of the formula of proprietary medicines," says the Committee on Legislation of the Proprietary Association. "Every Health Commissioner and every Pure Food Commissioner in the country, as well as every private physician or chemist, if he pleases, has the right to make an analysis of any proprietary medicine and to publish the result and to tell the public what he thinks, and there is nothing in the world to prevent such action. But that is not what the agitators for such legislation want. Their object is to destroy the sale of such remedies entirely." Here is Relief for Women. Mother Gray, a nurse in New York, discovered a pleasant herb remedy for women'sills, called AUSTRALIAN-LEAF. It is the only certain monthly regulator. Cures female weaknesses and Backache, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by mail 50 cts. Sample mailed FREE. Address, The Mother Gray Co., LeRoy, N. Y. The Japanese government has sixty million dollars on deposit in the banks of New York city. The Japanese have started to build observatories, and are buying telescopes in Boston. HE ATTENDS TO BUSINESS who goes straight to work to cure Hurts, Sprains, Brui by the use of PUTNAM Color more good, brighter and faster colors than any garment without ripping apart. Write for free book The retail business men of Oklahoma City have organized an association to protect themselves in the granting of credit to customers. No person who has an unpaid account of any considerable amount at the store of any member of the association will be able to secure goods on time. If a person is not in good standing on the books of one concern it will be difficult for him to do anything but a cash business hereafter. BABY'S AWFUL ECZEMA. Face Like Raw Beef—Thought She Would Lose Her Ear—Healed Without a Blemish—Mother Thanks Cuticura. "My little girl had eczema very bad when she was ten months old. I thought she would lose her right ear. It had turned black, and her face was like a piece of raw meat, and very sore. It would bleed when I washed her, and I had to keep cloths on it day and night. There was not a clear spot on her face when I began using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and now it is completely healed, without scar or blemish, which is more than I had hoped for. (Signed) Mrs. Rose Ether, 291 Eckford St., Brooklyn, N. Y." The Biggest Warship The building of the new British battleship Dreadnaught, which is to be the most powerful warship afloat, will be begun on Octoebr 2 at Plymouth, and she is to be ready for sea in sixteen months. She will be of 18,000 tons, will carry ten 12-inch guns and will be fitted with turbine engines. on Chill C oney refunded by your Send postal for "Book of Presents" Do you know the secret of the Wave Circle? Wonderful! Don't delay another day! Send for K C right a- way. It's purer and more efficient than any Bak- ing Powder that costs three times as much. 25 oz. for 25c. All grocers Jaques Mfg. Co. Chicago PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED SEND FOR FREE ILLUS. TREATISE OR RECTAL DISPASSES. WITH NAMES OF PROMINENT MEN CURED DR.S. THORNTON & MINOR 1031 OAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. (BRANCH OFFICE AT 51 LOUIS) TRADE MARK. FADELE other dye. One 10c package colors all fibers. They dye let—How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors. MONR Just the green food you've been looking for: Pure Alfalfa Meal Manufactured by INLAND, M'E'C, CO INLAND MFG CO., Manufacturers of the Celebrated Tonic Stock Sult for horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. If your dealer does not carry our products write us direct for prices and full information. WANTED FOR UNITED STATES ARMY; able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer, Post-Office Building Oklahoma, Guthrie, Shawnee, Enid, O. T., or Tulsa, I. T. On the Trail with a Fish Brand Pommel Slicker "I followed the trail from Texas to Montana with a FISH BRAND Slicker, used for an overcoat when cold, a wind coat when windy, a rain coat when it rained, and for a cover at night if we got to bed, and I will say that I have gotten more comfort out of your slicker than any other one article that I ever owned." (The name and address of the writer of this unsolicited letter may be had on application.) Wet Weather Garments for Riding, Walking, Working or Sporting. HIGHEST AWARD WORLD'S FAIR, 1904. A. J. TOWER CO. BOSTON, U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO., Limited TORONTO, CANADA The Sign of the Fish TOWER'S FISH BRAND When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper.ure is Gu merchant, so why not try and saves time, money and gets out of misery quickly. Price, 25c. and 50c. SS DYES in cold water better than any other dye. You can dye DE DRUG CO., Unionville, Missouri. DEFIANCE Cold Water Starch makes laundry work a pleasure. 16 oz. pkg. 10c. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 42, 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 a aaa cc Loeal and Personal, The commandary and the Royal Arch Chapter will con- vene at Trinity Lodge room on Friday night. Oct. 27. Brothers are requested to be present, o°¢ The marriage of Nathan Hodges and Essie Bronson at the Court House, the ceremony being performed by Judge Ray- mond, was the best thing that could have taken place. All things being considered the court officials are to be compli- mented for the nice way in which the unfortunate affair was settled, e*°¢ The Negro preacher that is going around getting all the ig- norant i++ sn town to pay him $2.50 each to find buried treas- ure should be arrested and put in jail for vagrancy. ‘These frauds are a detriment to the race and should be compelled to xo to work, They are kept up by ignorant men and women who believe in spirits, conjura- tion and other superstitions. FOR RENT 500 acres of land in cultiva- tion, known as the Peters land about four miles west of Mus- kogee. Good land. Price reas- onable, See or write Dr. R. H. Warerrorp. Muskogee, 1. 'T. oo ANNUAL CONFERENCE RALLY. A great financial rally will commence at Besbe Chapel C, M. E. church, 5208. 7th St., Oct. 29. and will close Novem- ber 12, 1905. The officers and members request’ their many friends and the public at large to assist them in this, the great est effort ever made in Musko- gee, A special program will be rendered cach Sabbath — Some noted divines will be present and will preach. The choir under the manage- ment of Mrs.) M. B. Brown, will furnish special music for the oc- cision, See small bills later, W. EF. Simons, Pastor, P.S, The pastor will preach two special sermons next Sun- day, Oct, 22, You should hear him, rere Gita At the store of Grayson & Son, four miles south of Wagoner, we have a saw mill. Any kind of na- tive lumber can be gotten there at $1.25 per hundred. A good colored engineer can get a position. Log cutters are wanted at good wages. Log cutters get $1.00 per thous- and. The men in the yard get 15 cents an hour. Plenty of work at good wages. Farmers can get plenty of good land to rent. THOS. GRAYSON. MRS. A, G. STEELE, Medium and Specialist. 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TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the “WORLD'S FAIR CITY" SAINT LOUIS oe eee cw, PRICE, Division Passenger Agent, JOPLIN, Mo, Low Rate Sampes From LITTLE ROCK, ARK., $30 From HOT SPRINGS, ARK., $31 From SOUTH McALESTER, I. T., $25 From OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T., $25 Rates Correspondingly Low from <All Southwestern Points to California and North Pacific Coast. Tickets on sale daily until OCTOBER Ce ROCK ISLAND GEO. H. LEE J. S, McNALLY, Gen. Pass. Agt, Div, Pass, SYSTEM Little Rock, Ark, Oklahoma City, 0.T BONE PAY FWO PRICES TO AGENTS WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A WHOLESALE NURSERY r HERE AT HOME BUY FRUI ACH APP NAMENTALS, IY ERUIT $ FAR” Gig RBRANE MTA Muskogee Nursery @o. si Ringneyprcadon? Phone 5 or 31 bbb. Se PEE PPEEEEEEE EEE EEE WE The Canadian Valley Trust | CAN Company RENT aria a ee YOUR sate toma ta tw cae with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT HOUSES Canadian Valley Trust Co. POPP PPP OPPO Pe IPPON Se PIPPI OS TOSCO Te ee eG eee F, QUALLS, Proprietor. E, D. 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