Muskogee Cimeter

SECTION ONE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SPECIAL EDITION gee Cimeter. day, November 16 1905. No 6 The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, I T., Thursday, November 16 1905. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON WILL BE HERE MONDAY and all the colored population ought to be here dressed in the Latest Styles. If you need any thing in the way of clothes for Ladies or Gents, or Hats, Furs, Cravenettes, Coats, Etc., you will find the Latest and Best, at the Lowest prices, and a guarrantee of a perfect fit, in all ready-to-wear garments at THE BOSTON STORE. 216 WEST OKMULGEE AVE. And while here from a distance remember there is no better place to leave your baggage than our store. You are welcome. : : : : : : The BOSTONSTORE ECCE Vol 7 INGRAM ON STATEHOOD. Though it is not ours to say nor ours to do, ours to vote for nor against, ours to admit nor ours to repect, ours to refuse nor ours to accept Indian Territory into the union as a separate state or joint state with Oklahoma, it is now on ours to petition and congress will give what it sees fit. Whether or not we are ready for statehood does not esem to be under consideration as it is natural for men to think they are ready, prepared, able and competent to govern themselves. In my judgment I do not think Indian Territory is ready for statehood but if statehood is inevitable I pray for single statehood. One evidence of Indian Territory's ability to govern itself was the constitution formed by the separate statehooders which offers no protection against the abusive public accommodation that results from the separate car laws, although this abominable crime is practiced in many southern states. The supreme judges say it is unconstitutional for the national government to interfere. Every shock the just public accommodation of the negro has had, every javalin that has been hurled at his protection, every intruder that walked upon his rights, every tyrant that dug a dungeon for his privileges, every villain that hedged his pathway and every viper that has raised his malignant head to send forth poison into the beautiful streams of joy, peace and tranquility that so sweetly nestle around the rights of public accommodation has had constitutional protection and if the people of Indian Territory cannot see these wrongs, these evils, these henious crimes existing before their eyes in their sister states they are unworthy of statehood. If there is any right under the sun that needs constitutional protection it is the right of equal public accommodation. Some may say that hese people do not predominate but if hey are strong enough to call conventions, adopt resolutions and have the audacity to frame a constitution and the impudence to ask people to adopt it, then they will forever terrorize and finally ruin our future state. But if statehood must come though our prayers, our begging and our petitions may be of no avail, but if we will beg, pray and petition, let's beg wisely and logically, let us consider how our rights will best be protected and secured when statehood is given. If you will pardon me for plagurist and allow me to say I know of no way of judging the future only by the past. Viewing from a political stand point what political party has done the most, sacrificed the most, offered the most, suffered the most, trying to secure, protect and make safe the rights and privileges of every man who is fortunate enough to be born or live in America. The republican party has spent millions of dollars, lost thousands of lives, wasted oceans of sweat, rivers of tears and tons of blood trying to raise the flag of America's independence out of the mire of serfdom and slavery. Every civil or political right that has been given the negro in America was given by the republican party for the sake of our rights and privileges and in the name of freedom and in opposition to slavery. Let us think how best we can save our future state for the republican party. Some one may wish to ask if the republicans always protected the negro. I will answer by asking has any other party ever offered or given the negro any protection. Some one may say the republicans protect the negro for the sake of his (the negro) vote, but I have never been in the hearts nor souls. Neither am I a mind reader or fortune teller. I know not what motives move them but I know liberty is sweet from any source. Some one may say that there are some white republicans who oppose negro suffrage and some democrats who favor it. Yes, but think a minute. Suppose the illustrious Joe Cannon were to attempt to eliminate the negro from poli- [Image of a man with dark hair and a white shirt] BOOKEET WASHINGTON tics or preach the infamous doctrine of abolishing the 15th amendment, he would immediately and abruptly fall from the leading ranks of republicanism into the slums of insignificancy and despair. But in some democratic leaders we have a miserable and outrageous contrast, the robbing, the oppressing, the abusing, the slandering of the negro is the making of the prominent democrat. The size of the territories, the variety or fertility of the soil, the representation we will have in the national congress, the territorial debts, the internal improvements nor the relation the territories bear to one another, none of these things have only thought how best to outgeneral, outplan outwit, conquer and disappoint that fellow who has dug a dungeon for my liberties, prepared chains for my body, handcuffs for my hands, shackles for my feet, fetters for my soul and a cage for my generous spirit when conquered and overpowered. As I know of no way of sheltering myself from political abuses, only under the banner of republicanism, inasmuch as Oklahoma is republican, I pray for single statehood. The republicans of Oklahoma are thoroughly organized, pre- (continued on page 5 section 2.) The campaign undertaken by interested publications to undermine the faith of the people in proprietary medicines has drawn forth the following from a high medical authority: "It must never be forgotten that the interest of the manufacturer is to put out a remedy which is not only meritorious but safe. With a small army of enemies constantly on the alert, ready to seize upon and magnify every unfavorable circumstance, how few are the cases of accident or injury from the use of proprietary medicines! Complaints in regard to the use of such remedies are exceedingly rare and utterly insignificant, in comparison with the amount sold and the millions of people who avail themselves of these remedies." Students are much the same the world over. In Russia they throw bombs, and in this country they give their college yells. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Be pleasant at all times. A smile does more good in this world than all the preachings. Never judge by appearances. When you see a man standing in front of a swell restaurant picking his teeth it's a safe bet that he hasn't dined there.—Chicago News. Great opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them is simple fidelity to what each day brings.—A. E. Dunning. STIFF AND SORE St.Jacobs Oil We buy, sell and exchange new and second-hand sales and bank fixtures. Write us for catalogue and prices. Sales sold on small monthly paym- ments Don't pay big prices for safes. Write us today. F. L. Conger Safe Co., Oklahoma City W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 46, 1905 MANY MEN WEARING CORSETS Feminine Fad Has Made Its Way West to Chicago "A surprisingly large percentage of well dressed men, or maybe I should say perfectly dressed men, in Chicago and some of the eastern cities are wearing corsets," said E. Edward Blaine, a traveling man. "Their clothing dealers' and haberdashers are having a strong run on men's corsets, which are made especially for this class of trade. I suspect that the new Paletot and tight-fitting overcorts are responsible for the fad, if such it is. Men who wear clothes that fit them like the paper on the wall have long abandoned suspenders to support their trousers. The new corsets give them the shape, and their trousers are now made to fit over their hips like a woman's skirt. "The men's corsets are laced tightly to give the wearers shape and to keep them from stooping or becoming round-shouldered. This is a difficulty which is being encountered in fitting Paletot coats. Men are either stoop-shouldered or are what the cutters call 'hollow-backed.' Corsets assist in correcting these misshapes. I hardly think that corsets will be worn by men in the smaller cities for some time at least. Chicago dealers report that there has been a large demand for the corsets and that they sell all they can get in stock."—Milwaukee Free Press. Secret of Octave Thanet Miss Alice French chose her pen name of Octave Thanet in curious fashion. Octave was the name of one of her schoolmates, and was selected because it gives no hint as to whether the person who bears it is a man or a woman. Thanet was adopted from a passing railroad car that Miss French chanced to see, and is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable. Born and educated in New England, the writer has lived most of her mature life in the west and in the south, which has made her familiar with wideiy varying phases of American civilization. Her first magazine story was written and accepted in 1878. When a pretty girl meets a rival at a party her politeness comes as hard as pulling a tooth. Do the little things, and then if you have time dream of the great things. FROM TEXAS Some Coffee Facts From the Lone Star State. From a beautiful farm down in Texas, where gushing springs unite to form babbling brooks that wind their sparkling way through flowery meads, comes a note of gratitude for delivery from the coffee habit. "When my baby boy came to me five years ago, I began to drink Postum Food Coffee, having a feeling that it would be better for him and me than the old kind of drug-laden coffee. I was not disappointed in it, for it enabled me, a small delicate woman, to nurse a bouncing healthy baby 14 months. "I have since continued the use of Postum for I have grown fond of it, and have discovered to my joy that it has entirely relieved me of a billious habit which used to prostrate me two or three times a year, causing much discomfort to my family and suffering to myself. "My brother-in-law was cured of chronic constipation by leaving off the old kind of coffee and using Postum. He has become even more fond of it than he was of the old coffee. "In fact the entire family, from the latest arrival, (a 2-year old who always calls for his 'potie' first thing in the morning) up to the head of the house, think there is no drink so good or so wholesome as Postum." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Have Proved Their Worth. Important to Mothers. Charl H. Fletcher. from head to foot? Can't work today, but tomorrow you can, as the Old-Monk-Cure TRADE MARK. will soften and heal the muscles while you sleep. Price, 25c. and 50c. SLOANS LINIMENT CURES 50c. and $1.00. Swine Disease and Hog Cholera Send for Circular with Directions. Dr. EARL S. SLOAN, G15 Albany St., Boston, Mass. SALES AND BANK FIXTURES Human Brain at Mercy of Scientists Puzzle for Scientists to Worry Over No Weakness Seen in Junior Rockefeller Ghosts and Hallucinations Easily Made to Order While You Wait -Mere Matter of Drugs and Hard Blows. "Ghosts, hallucinations—pah!" said the psychologist. "I can make ghosts. You can make them. It is a mere matter of drugs and knocks on the head. "What is it that does our feeling, rejoicing, mourning, hoping, fearing, thinking, for us? It is a mass of fat, of phosphorized fat, two pounds in weight, called the brain. We study the brain continually. We get to know it better and better every day. And the time is now come when we can play tricks on it—when we can deluge it with ghosts, poultergorsts, djinns, hobgoblins, doppelgangers, phantoms. "With drugs administered in toxic or poisonous doses I can give the saneest man hallucinations. And I can pretty well regulate the hallucinations' character, for one drug is known to cause one sort of presentment, another another and so on. "Suppose I want the bishop of Esk to see the phantom of a beautiful girl. I give him, then, belladonna. Belladonna in toxic doses creates fair pictures of comely persons. The bishop of Esk, I assure you, would have an Articles Dropped in Calumet Mine Shaft Always Found Clinging to East Side-Investigation Going On. It is an interesting scientific fact, and one not generally known, that nothing that falls from the mouth of the deepest mining shaft in the world ever reaches the bottom. This has been demonstrated at the famous Red Jacket shaft of the Big Calumet. The article, no matter what shape or size it may be, is invariably found clinging to the east side of the shaft. One day a monkey wrench was dropped, but it did not get to the bottom. It was found lodged against the east side of the shaft several hundred feet down. This incident coming to the attention of the Michigan College of Mines, it was decided to make a careful test of the apparent phenomenon. It was decided best to use a small but heavy spherical body, and a marble, tied to a thread was suspended about twelve feet below the mouth of the shaft. When the marble was absolutely still, assuring that it would drop straight down, the thread was burned through by the flame of a candle. The marble fell, Pleasing Personality of the Son of the World's Richest Man No Sense of Self-Importance About Him. One glance at the countenance of John D. Rockefeller Jr., tells plainly enough that his life has been pitched upon a serious, almost solemn plane. He is a young man of medium height and size, with a rather large head, not exactly Byronic in contour, but of full size behind, and with a strong, round chin. The corners of his mouth, unlike the pictures of his father, turn upward, and there is a kindly expression about the curve of his upper lip, which is bare of mustache and well-shaped. His nose, which is just a little upturned, would, by the ordinary rule of reckoning, indicate no particular strength nor weakness of character. The first sign of austerity is about the eyes, which crouch beneath his broad brow and behind a pair of quizzing glasses or nose spectacles. agreeable half-hour under this drug's spell. "Suppose I wanted you to see a lovely dream city, with young men and maidens in white robes pacing the courtyards of marble palaces. I would give you opium and, seated in your office chair, you would see and remember pretty much what I wanted you to. Afterward you would say, if I had given you the opium secretly, 'Well, there is something in ghost stories, after all.' "If I had an enemy and wished to drive him to suicide I would give him hasheesh on the quiet. Hasheesh creates visions of horror. In hasheesh dreams great apes strangle fair blonde women. Ruffians murder helpless old clergymen. Wild beasts, leaping on caravans; carry off in their mouths babies and little children. Cannibals hold in the depths of primeval forests orgies indescribably obscene. "By whacking you on a certain part of the head I could make you smell phantom odors. A whack in another place would make you hear. phantom sounds. A whack in a third place would give you phantom sensations of cold. "Therefore, don't have a superstitious belief in ghosts or hallucinations," ended the psychologist, "for any scientist can make them to your order while you wait." but at a point 50 feet from the surface brought up against the east wall of the shaft. The same would be the case were a man to fall into the shaft. While it would mean sure death, the body, badly torn, would be found lodged in the timbering on the east side. Members of the faculty of the College of Mines are now engaged in experiments with a view of developing data as to the thickness of the earth's crust. It is not hoped to solve the perplexing problem of the distribution of the earth's matter, but it is hoped to add to the information collected concerning it. To this end the Red Jacket shaft presents advantages possessed by no other place in the universe. The deep shafts in other parts of the country and in foreign lands generally began at an altitude and end above or very little below the sea level, whereas at the Calumet mine the Red Jacket shaft starts in a comparatively low altitude and pierces the earth's crust deeper and further below the ocean level than any other in existence. It is hoped within a year to be able to give some intelligent information regarding the investigations.—Lake Linden correspondence St. Paul Dispatch. From a general view one comes to the incontestable conclusion that here is a man who thinks, and who thinks hard. There is more kindness in his expression than harshness, more altruism than selfishness, and when he begins to speak there is that earnestness of tone, high pitched and pleading, which dwells with a listener until it sounds more plaintive than argumentative. Even when young Mr. Rockefeller smiles there is a seriousness of expression almost to the border-line of pathos. The whole effect of the man's personal appearance upon one is appealing. There is nothing repellant about him, nothing dictatorial, nothing combative. But this does not mean that there is the first trace of meekness or the excessive degree of self-effacement more reprehensible than self-importance. Mr. Rockefeller might be called good-looking, and must be called a young man of pleasing address.—Remsen Crawford in Leslie's Weekly. Francis, I. T.—J. W. Mahair, a prominent merchant and member of the firm of Mahair & Bulter of Allen, I. T., was murdered at 1 o'clock this morning while asleep in his room in Allen. The authorities have arrested Mrs. J. F. Mahair, his second wife, and Lou Gilmore, a clerk in the store of Mahair & Butler, on the strength of the confession of Mrs. Mahair. She states that she and Gilmore laid the plans and committed the deed by shooting Mr. Mahair through the head with a 38-calibre Colts pistol. The town of Allen is nearly wild with excitement over the murder, and as soon as the confession was received, the parties were immediately driven to South McAlester, to be placed in the federal jail at that place. DRANK GASOLINE. Oklahoma City Tailor Missed His Better Half. Oklahoma City, Okla.—Frank Cerney, a tailor, who followed his wife to this city from Chicago some weeks ago, and tried to induce her to return and live with him, after failing in this, drank all the gasoline and benzine he could find in the shop where he was at work yesterday evening immediately became very He contemplated suicide, as he eft a note for his wife saying that he could not live without her. He recovered from the dose and is little worse for the experience this morning. FRIGHTENED THE NEGROES. Mangum, Okla.—Six negroes, who had been taken to the neighborhood of Blake by Greer county farmers and given employment as cotton pickers, were visited at night about two weeks ago by a party of white men opposed to the coming of negroes to Greer county, and so badly frightened that the six men fled. In the district court this week thirty-nine men and boys were indicted for inciting a riot. Ten were allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and were fined $10 and costs. An attempt will be made to inflict a more severe punishment upon the other defendants. Judge C. F. Irvin announced from the bench that the prosecution was not in defense of the negroes, but to uphold the laws of the territory. A FIGHT ON A ROUGH RIDER. Comrades in Oklahoma Say Edward Norris Dealt Unfairly With Them. Guthrie, Okla.—A number of Oklahomaans, who served in the Rough Rider regiment in Cuba, will attempt to defeat the appointment of Edward Norris, also a Rough Rider, as postmaster at Mulhall. Norris claims to have the assurance of President Roosevelt that he will be given the place. The complaint made against Norris is that he dealt unfairly with his Oklahoma comrades when they were aboard a transport at Key West on their way to Cuba. They allege that Norris had permission to go ashore, which was denied the others, and that he bought pies and cakes at six for twenty-five cents and sold them aboard at twenty-five cents each, even though he had messed among the Oklahoma volunteers without cost to himself all the way from Oklahoma to the coast. To Pay Osages December 4. Arkansas City, Kas.—The next annuity payment for the Osage Indians is announced for December 4. Captain Frantz, the agent, will require the parents or guardians of all Indian children of school age to show that those children are in some recognized school and kept in regular attendance unless excused for good reason before they will be paid. Each Indian on the reservation will receive $45. For daring and enterprise, for boldness in the face of danger, the hardy fishermen who wrest a livelihood from the perilous Arctic seas are not surpassed by any on the globe. At this moment hundreds of these men are battling with storm and ice, fog and treacherous currents in the frigid waters of Labrador, Greenland and Iceland. Setting out from home ports sometimes as early as April, by August they reach the northern limits of their fishing grounds and, perhaps, have already encountered extraordinary hardships and perils. The cargoes of codfish and halibut they bring back to stock the markets of the United States are often secured at great cost in suffering, and even life. Innumerable are the dangers of the fishing fields. Work must be done oftimes amid icebergs and drift packs; treacherous fogs descend, and many fishing vessels are cut down by some rushing liner and sent to the bottom with all hands. A greater percentage of these men are lost than in any other calling, not excepting that of arms. It has long been said that the history of the Gloucester fisheries is written in tears. Gloucester, Mass., is the recognized and time-honored home port of this fishing fleet. At times its harbor is crowded with staunch schooners that have known many a battle with the wind, wave and threatening ice. Were it not for the skill and daring of these hardy men, the fish markets of the United States would be lacking a large percentage of a staple that has become almost indispensable. As early as April the "captains courageous" of Gloucester start out. They make their way northward, fishing all along the Newfoundland coast, battling with floes and bergs, dodging passing steamers, watching for disaster amid fogs, but busily fishing all the while. Straight into the teeth of the ice that is coming southward they press, until they reach the halibut banks about the mouth of Hudson bay, or the fishing grounds along the shores of Greenland. One July morning an American schooner was setting out her fishing lines in Arctic waters when the white wall of an advancing ice floe was seen coming swiftly along on the bosom of the relentless Labrador current. It was a lone, terrifying barrier, bristling with jagged points and blocks of ice twenty feet high. In this massive grip the ship was caught, her rudder was smashed and her seams opened. Ice closed around her like some giant band of destiny and immense blocks crashed upon her deck. By setting all her canvas, at the risk of having her spars torn out, the vessel finally worked clear. For six days the weary crew toiled without ceasing at the pumps, until they made St. John's harbor. Very fortunate they felt in escaping so easily. Hundreds of vessels had been caught in similar ice packs and crushed to pieces. This instance is cited as illustrating a common danger of the fishing grounds. Hundreds of vessels have had similar experiences, while many unfortunates have never returned to tell the tale. It is a danger that swoops down with startling swiftness. One hour may see the ocean comparatively free of obstructions, and a number of vessels busy with their fishing lines; the next, all may be encircled by an ice of Fishermen in the North floe and some of them sent to a watery grave. Fishing is done from small boats, or dories, of which each sailing vessel carries eight or a dozen. Each dory is manned by two fishermen. It is from these little craft, frail enough at best, but helpless in the ice, that most of the fishermen are lost. Crowding on sail, the schooner may escape from the threatening mass, but the dories caught in it are in a desperate plight. The men may crawl upon the moving ice, but that does not always mean safety. Borne swiftly on the southbound current, they are often carried far beyond the reach of help. When their schooners finally sail back into Gloucester, flags are at half mast and more names are added to the list of the sea's victims, to be read at the next annual memorial services. Often far south of the fishing banks will be seen mute evidences of a tragedy upon some floating cake of ice. It may be a lot of seamen's gear, a few tin cans, perhaps, or even a dory, but no sign of life. The sight of a vessel coming into harbor with her ensign at half-mast is all too frequent at Gloucester. And many a fine craft sails jauntily away to the North, never to be heard from again. Overwhelmed by a floe or berg, perhaps, or run down in a fog by a liner, the vessel vanishes with all hands on board, leaving not a trace of the manner in which death overtook them. A number of vessels are lost by dragging their anchors in a sudden storm. One unmanageable craft will crash into another, and the two, locked in deadly embrace, may plunge upon a third, and all go to the bottom. Fishermen always keep their ears open for the sound of an approaching steamer. When the fog is so thick that one can scarcely see the end of the bowsprit, there is especial danger from these steam-driven giants, with their sharp iron bows that crush down the little wooden fishing vessels as though it were a floating house of cards. For steamers do not always follow the law and slow down during a fog. Many a fishing crew, sleeping soundly in their bunks, have been awakened by the crash of collision, only to find themselves borne downward beneath the icy waters before they can reach the deck. When disaster comes there is less chance of rescue in those Arctic regions than there would be further south. The fishing fleets are widely scattered, and few other vessels are in those seas, except an occasional patrolling warship or a clumsy whaler blown out of her course. Time after time dory fishermen, separated from their vessels by ice floes or during fogs, have managed to work their way to the bleak Labrador coast. It is then a toss-up whether they can drag themselves to some station of human beings or must perish along the shore. Lines of dread or sorrow are deeply graven upon the faces of the women of Gloucester. The girl who, in her early twenties, marries a fisherman takes more than an even chance of being a widow in her thirties. This terrible tax upon human life has resulted in the establishment of a memorial day. Upon a certain morning in midwinter children cast flowers upon the waters of the harbor—one flower for each victim of the sea during the preceding year. Then the fishermen and their families gather in the city hall for memorial services. The roll of the dead is called, prayers are said and there are addresses. Why do men follow such a hazardous calling? There are mouths ashore to be fed, and bread must be got from the sea. Naturally the fishermen get better wages than other sailors, having a share in the proceeds of the catch, as a general thing. Most of them are fairly prosperous, owning their own homes and possessing snug bank accounts. No Gloucester fisherman ever sails away to the Northern banks, however, with anything like assurance that he will see his home again. In the truest sense they are "men unafraid," and their very daring casts a halo of romance about the icy death traps of the Arctic seas.—Montreal Herald. BIG DAY! TULLL'HASEE Tullehasse Townsite Co. will have another auction sale on the above name date EveryBody is invited to come no better place in the Creek nation to buy a home. Terms for sale 1-3 cash, 60 days and 90 days. A, J. MASON, PRESIDENT. L. C. HARDRIDGE, SECRETARY. 218 WEST OKMULGEE AVENUE Builder's Hardware, Tools, Cuttlery, Paints and Glass. In fact we keep everything in the Hardware line. GO TO J. W. SIPPES, Dealer in COAL PRICE $4.50 PER TON. Special Rates on Larger Quantities NO.401 ELGIN AVENUE, PHONE199, MUSKOGEE, IT 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. THE INTERNATIONAL VERDICT AMERICA JAPAN GERMANY EGYPT MAJESTIC MAJESTIC GIVEN MAJ RANG IS GALLON ALL COPPER RESERVOIR THE GREAT MAJESTIC MAJESTIC RANGES SOLD IN ALL OF THE ABOVE COUNTRIES. MAJESTIC RANGES' SOLD IN ALL OF THE ABOVE COUNTRIES. When you want anything go these places:— For Hardware, go to Sadler Hardware Co. and to Durfey's Hardware Co., each of these firms will treat you right. For Coal, J. W. Sippes is the one to give you full weight. For Lumber, The Gloyd Lumber Co., The Geo. D. Hope Lumber Co., and the Muskogee Lumber Co. will give you prices that defy competition. To Keep Your Money Safe, The Commercial National Bank, The Canadian Valley Trust Co., and Muskogee Title and Trust will give you a square deal. For Abstracts, The Pioneer Abstract Co. and the Muskogee Title and Trust will fix the deal O. K. For Drugs, Ben Estes is "IT" For Trees, Flowers, Etc., The Muskogee nursury beats them all. The Creek Livery Barn is the only place for first class rigs and everything in the livery line. For Hair Wigs and things in that line, Mrs. O. Shafer is at the head of the list. E. W. McClure is the boss in Gents' Furnishing Goods. For Groceries, The Old Reliable Creek Crocery Co. and Geo. D. Wideman can't be beat. Trade with them they deserve trade. SPEAKS wELL OF MUSKOGEE My visit to Muskogee was delightful. I have never been so much impressed with the growth of a town as I am of Muskogee in the Indian Territory. Muskogee is the coming town of the Southwest. It seems that everybody is busy doing something, and the people are doing better, and have more business than any town I have visited in either of these twin territories. So when the two territories are admitted as the state of Oklahoma, Muskogee will be the metropolis of the new state. Everybody is progressive in the town and the best farming country I have ever seen. One thing which impresses me more is the remarkable progress of the colored people of the town and surrounding country or vicinity. They are doing business in every pursuit in life and seem to be able to manage the situation, and further, Muskogee is a 1875--30 YEARS--1905 1875--30 YEARS--1905 The Largest, Best and Cheapest Line of Ranges, Cook and Heating Stoves in the City. Call and let us show you. A Complete Line of Community Silver Warranted for 25 Years : : STUDEBAKER STUDEBAKER BROS MFG CO. business town, work of every kind is being prosecuted in Muskogee. So on the whole Muskogee, from its situation and its business men in the town must be the of the coming state of Oklahoma. It must make the best town of the Southwest it having the very best railroad facilities, an outlet to any part of our commercial country. Now my best wishes is the future success of Muskogee and its people. W. H. McCARVER. Send the blank below to our address and receive one of the best magazines on the market today. The Cimeter and Adams Magazine $1.00 per year. Please send me Adams Magazine for one year. Name ... Post Office ... Co unty ... State ... "If you have anything to trade or sell in the way of Real Estate, write to KIMBER REAL ESTATE AGENCY Co.. 810 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. --- It makes no difference what you pant to sell or where it is located, this company will send you buyers. Lots for Sale in Grayson, Ind. Ter. Lots 25 feet front by 140 feet deep for $25.00, half cash, balance in six months' time. 320 acres of land for lease, five years at $1.00 per acre per year. For bargains in lots, call or write RALPH PHILLIPS, Box G, Muskogee, Ind. Ter. CREEK CITIZENS. By Applying to Commission Can Learn Appraised Value of Allotments. An order was issued by the commissioner to the five civilized tribes Saturday to the effect that any allottee who makes a request by letter or personal application, will be furnished the appraised value of his or her allotment and the amount of land yet due the allottee. Where there is not enough land the allottee will receive his share in money. The Creek council at its last session passed a resolution asking that this be done. sd. HAD FAMOUS POISON DREAD SECRET POSSESSED BY LAST OF THE BORG(AS. Simple = Wirture Carrying Certain Desth and impossible of Detection Came Down to Him from the Middle Agee—How it Might Be Well Used. American tw the title A the “last countews of Borgia,” tele a most in teresting story about the last male descentant of the famous poisoning family, sys the Louisville Courier Journal “He was named Duke Kiario Bforza, and & wellknown figure in the Paris grand opera, As our subscription seats adjoined, | met him there two or three nights » week, and gradually the duke began to honor me with bie friendship. One evening he nid: “ f it waen’t for music, my only passion, | would have dispensed with iife long azo. Burdened as 1 am with the knowledge of my family's secrets, I know Iittle comfort’ “Then he told me that he was in possession of the formula for making ‘Cutarelia, the poison by which the Horgias rid themuelves of their ene mies and of persons whowe fortunes or wives they coveted. “The secret has cescended from father to von through fen centuries and more, If | had @ legitimate son 1 would have to impart it to him before I die, says the family tradition, To ayoid that dreadful re- sponsibility | never married.’ The poison, he explained, was ‘rather a simple mixture,’ and it was hard to believe that no chemist ever found or rediscovered the formula, ‘The poison, he sald, ‘carries with it inevitable death, but no court of law and no ex: pert physician 1# able to deteet any wymptoms of violence in the victim's body, Hence the Cutarella is the prinee of poisons, Just the poison for elatesmen and kings to handle. “'My formula provides either for sudden or for Hngering death, accord: ing to the polsoner's wishes, I could make you drop dead in an tnatant by « handshake, or by a drop of liquid poured In your water or coffee, and I might sentence you to perish by Inches, to burn up alive, ete'" © Maze de Bury calls the duke a “the oretical philosopher of murder.” He once sald) “The truly great and just man, & man without egotism and with oul axes to grind, might become a Kreat ald to justice by the possession of the Cutarella seeret, The Borgias need the poison as @ vahicle for their bmbition and groed—1t might be used to rid the world of a lot of secret criminals and vampires, laughing at the law, Justice, ax we understand it, does not punish one-third of the crimes committed, Numerous perpetrators oneape by technicalities, by bribery, by aceldent, Now, suppose that the possessor of the Cutarella secret hunts down such men and women and rid the world of them, Suppose he makes Minself the Instrument of vengeance for wronged women, for men driven to deapatr, for children robbed and be trayed by thelr guardians, Suppose he would take It upon himself to kill falthlows Kings and ministers that op: press the people, Suppose the Cu tarella proprietor would go to Russia and do the work of the revolutiontsts there, What a grand prospect!" “Has your grace ever concetved that mission? asked the author “When 1 was young | sometimes considered ith advinability,” replied the duke, “Hut lL was never a hero, never & Kreat morelist, Resides, 1 falt that Thad no partioular knowledge of character, 1 might have executed more Innocent people than guilty ones. And so T concluded to let the secret of the vengeance potson sleep, Since I came tuto possession of the formula {t was never put in operation, And tt never shall, T won't use tt even on myself, If horror of life ever seizes me 1 shall die by a pistol shot.’ Boon after that the last male Borgts actually killed himself with # revolver Growth of Colleges in the future the competition be tween the older entowed universities 424 eolieges, on the one bad, and the state universities of the other, is Iike- ly 19 become much keener than it is today. Herein is to be found s pos ribdle limitation of the studem body at the older institutions which may con- tinue in force for some years. That Harvard, Yale, Princeton and such splendid emailer institutions of learn- ing as Williams, Amherst end Dar- mouth have reached their mzsimum of growth we do not, for a moment, believe —Hartior) Times. A Brees Bureau for the Vatican Poye Plus % contemplates tounding an Officia) press news office in the Can- celleria palace for supplying vatican news to correspondents. The idea wae suggerted to him by Cardinal Merry Del Val and tr ikely to wave the holy father from much “f the annoyance he is experiencing now througa the circu. jation of unfounded ramors and the presentation of views inimica] io vatl can interests. ITCHING SCALP HUMOR. Lady Suffered Tortures Until Cured by Cuticura—Scratched Day and Night. “My scalp was covered with little pimples and I suffered tortures from the itching. I was seratching all day and night, and I could get no rest. I washed my head with hot water and Cutleura Soap and then applied the Cutlcura Ointment as a dressing. One box of the Ointment and one cake of Cutlenra Soap cured me, Now my head js entirely clear and my hair is growing splendidly, I have used Cu- teura Soap ever eince, and shall nev- er be without it, (Signed) Ada C. Smith, 409 Grand St, Jersey City, w. I.” Inherited Stupidity “I think there is more inherited stu. pidity at large than there was a hun dred years ago,” says Prof. Karl Pear- son, “The obvious reason is that the stupid and foolish are now much better looked after than they were 100 years ago; they have a high rate of fertility, and their offapring are allowed to sur- | vive and marry in increasing numbers. So far as the stupidity which Is cur: able by education is concerned, we are certainly better off than our forefath- ers, but in the matter of actual de Nelencies and degenerates, whose mental defects are of physteal origin quite the reverse is the case.” It Will Cure, When racked with Rheumatic pain, #o walking ts an effort and running au Impossibility, Just try Hunt's Lightning Ol, The result will please and astonish you, Where there is a graft there is al- ways a way USE TH FAMOUS Mod Cromy Hall Mus. Large. or, packane, 8 ents ‘Tho Kuss Company, South Bend 'aé. A naturalist, according to the Dunde Advertiser, has ben making observa: ions on the toilets of ants of genus “alla,” and has discovered each Insect soos through a cleaning process as elaborate as that of a eat, not only por: formed by herself, but by another, who votw for the time as lady's maid, The assistant starts by washing the face of her companion, and from there Koes over the whole body, ‘The atti tude of the cleansed is one of intense satisfaction, resembling that of a dog or cat when his head is being seratehod, ‘The pleasure the creature takes In being thus combed and sponged is really enjoyable to the od: server. Ask Your Dealer for Allen’s Foot-Ease A powder, It posts the foot, Bore Foes Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sree tne Wee and Lagrowing Nails. Atall Druxglste and Shoo stores, BS conte, Accept no substitute, Sample mailed FREE. “Adress, Allen & Olmsted, Laltoy, N. ¥, ~ DM you ever notice that continuous Dlowing makes one light-headed, Have you also noticed (hat light headed peo- ple are very apt to blow continually? bo | riko BAKING La | POWDER r Pd YW} - A “A is the wonderful raising powder of the q ‘ alt Wave Circle, Thousands of women are : MYA bringing greater health and better food into their homes by using K C Baking Q (1 Powder. Don't accept a substitute! Use the safe, wholesome and reliable K C i Zig Baking Powder. If you have never used LT it you don’t know what you've missed. 25 ounces for 25 cents JAQUES MFG. CO. i Chicago ‘The artistic '' Book of Presents . o free upon request SOWER's THERE 1S NO soxzze, SLICKER LIKE “1 ses Forty ‘S ago and after ‘Ss lof use on the’ eastern post, Te mers Weterproof Oiled Coats were introdced, in the West and were called Slickers by| the pioneers and cowboys. This graphic name has come inte such general use’ that it is frequently though wrongfully applied to many substitutes. You wont the genuine. Shi 0k for the Sign of the Fish.and K- nane Tower on the buttons. “ (MADE IN BLACK AN® YELLOW AMD SOLD BY REPRESENTATIVE TRADE : THE WORLD OVER. 1 iA. TOWER CO. BOSTON, MASS..U.S.A. J TOWER CANADIAN CO. Limited. TORONTO. CAN. | LEWIS’ SINGLE BINDER St Cigar better Quality than most 10¢ Cigars Your Jobber or direct from Factory. Peorta, Iii W.L. DoucLas #3598 $30 SHOES i, W. L. Douglas $4.00 Gilt Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. ai 0OUGLa, ~ a) AL be onicts 4 ei ‘ i os id ay A BET \ A3 4 fv 8 im?) d PRAT YAp i | | ee Gis { Ko LOWY a CO Aeon y 7, A i Lesa SS Fam oa § y Il s Q . . W.L. DOUGLAS MAKES AND SELLS Mohe Men's £3, BO SHOES THAN ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER. $10 000 REWARD to anyone who can fi disprove this statement, W. L. Dougias $3.50 shoes have by their ex- collent atyle, easy fitting, and superior wearing qualities, achieved the largest sale of any $3.5 hoe tn the world. They are Just as xood as those that cost you $5.00 to $7.00— the only difference Is the price. If I could take you into my factory at Brockton, Mass., the largest In the world under one roof making men's fine shoes, and show you the care with which every pair of Douglas shoes Is made, you would realize why W. L. Doulas $3.50 shoes are the best shoes produced in the world. Il could show you the difference between the shoes made in my factory and those of other makes, you would understand why Douglas $3.50 shoes cost more to make, why they hold thelr shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of Sreater intrinsic value then any other $3.50 shoe on the market to-day, W. L. Douglas Strong Made fe Stes Se Se Bes Frrih set. oe pacing Wile be «Insist pos Ls mee INS te satin Roe eeoeies without his name and price stamped on bottom, WANTED, A shoe dealer in every town where W.L. Douglas Shoes are not sold, Full line of Pamples seut free for inspection upon request. Fast Color Eyelets used; they will mot wear brassy. Write for Mlustrated Catalog of Fall Styles, . W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass, rr in Western VP B N | Canada is the is eR amount many 61. pA farmers, wil we NA [A realize from CA alag their wheat crop this year. 25 Bushels to the Acre Will be the Average Yield of Wheat. ‘The land that this was grown on cost many et the farmers absolutely nothing, while those who wished to add to the 160 acres the Govern- ment grants, can buy land adjoining at from 66 to $10 an acre. Climate splendid, school convenient, railways close at hand, taxes low. ' Send for pamphlet “20th Century Canada" and full particulars regarding rate, ete., to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to the following authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missourt. (Mention this paper.) WANTED FOR UNITED STATES ARMY; able-bodied Unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 85; citisens wf United States, of good character und temperate habits, who can speuk, read and write English. For dnformation apply to Recruiting Officer, Powe Office Builéing Oklahoma, Guthrie, Bhawaee, Enid, O. T., or Tulsa. 1. T. makes laundry werk a pleasure. 16 oz. pkg. 100. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 46, 1905. Decision in Cotton Cotton will be moving rapid- ly 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 facil- ities are at your command, and you will make no mistake by shipping to us. Wm. D. Cleveland & Sons, | Houston, oe oe Texas NOT A TRACE LEFT Rheumatism Thoroughly Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. There is one remedy that will cure rheumatism in any of its forms and so thoroughly eradicate the disease from the system that the cure is permanent. This remedy is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and the proof of the statement is found in the experience of Mr. T. S. Wagar, of No. 72 Academy street, Watertown, N.Y. He says: "The pain was in my joints and my sufferings for over two years was beyond description. There was an intense pain in my shoulders that prevented me from sleeping and I would get up and walk the floor at night. When I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills the improvement was gradual, but by the time I had taken four boxes I was entirely cured and I have not had the slightest touch of rheumatism since that time." Mr. Wagar's wife is also enthusiastic in her endorsement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. She says: "I have tried the pills myself for stomach trouble and have experienced great relief from their use. My daughter, Mrs. Atwood, of Gill street, Watertown, has used them for female weakness and was much benefited by them. I regard Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People as an extremely valuable family medicine." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured the worst cases of bloodlessness, indigestion, influenza, headaches, backaches, lumbago, sciatica, neuralgia, nervousness, spinal weakness, and the special ailments of girls and women whose blood supply becomes weak, scanty or irregular. The genuine Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are guaranteed to be free from opiates or any harmful drugs and cannot injure the most delicate system. At all drugists or from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y., postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box. six boxes for $2.50. Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures. In the assurance of strength there is strength, and they are the weakest, however, strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.—Bovoc. K C BAKING POWDER. The Best Example of What a Pure Baking Powder Should Be in Quality and Price. A popular and efficient baking powder requires two things—first, that the food made with it shall be absolutely wholesome; second, that it shall be sold at a reasonable price. In talking about the healthfulness of baking powder, it must be remembered that baking powder is not an article of diet any more than compressed yeast. One would be quite as objectionable for food as the other, except that of the two, the baking powder might be preferable. We do not eat either baking powder or yeast. What we do eat is the biscuit and bread raised with them. When placed upon the table no yeast remains in the bread and no baking powder in the biscuit. Both leavening agents have been destroyed in the aeration and the baking; otherwise, instead of light bread and biscuit we should have a mass of heavy, hard-baked dough. One well-known brand, K C Baking Powder, is sold under a $500,000 guarantee of its healthfulness and purity. There can be no doubt that a baking powder so guaranteed is absolutely wholesome and perfectly reliable. Even if it did remain in the food it could do nothing but good. With regard to price, a baking powder as efficient and wholesome as is possible to make can be sold, at a fair profit, for one cent an ounce. If it costs more the price is exhorbitant. Millions of pounds of K C Baking Powder, made by the Jaques Manufacturing Company of Chicago, have been sold at the above figure all over the country; and K C offers the best example at present on the market of what a good baking powder should be, both in respect of quality and reasonable price. A detestable fault is one we can trace to somebody we dislike. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. Charity sometimes begins at home and ends in the almshouse. Was Shot to Death While in Bed— Wife Confesses—Wanted Insurance Money. Sasakwa, Seminole Nation.—A deliberate and cold-blooded murder was committed at the little town of Allen, ten miles from this place, for the sole purpose of collecting a life insurance policy of $800. John Mahair was the victim of death while asleep in his bed at 2 o'clock in the morning. Through the arrest of his wife a full confession has been obtained implicating Lou Gilmore and C. L. Coltson as the actual perpetrators of the deed. It appears that Gilmore, Colston and Mrs. Mahair entered into a conspiracy to murder Mahair in order to collect a life insurance policy of $800. Mrs. Mahair was to receive half the money and the two men the other half. At 2 o'clock Saturday morning Gilmore and Colston went to Mahair's house and Gilmore went inside while his companion remained on watch in front of the house. While Mahair slept Gilmore emptied the contents of his revolver into his body. Mrs. Mahair was not sleeping with her husband but occupied an adjoining room. After the murder the woman buried the revolver in the smokehouse and placed a churn over the spot. When Deputy Marshal Edmonds heard of the crime he took up an investigation which resulted in the arrest of Mrs. Mahair and the implication of the two men. Gilmore and Colston were afterwards arrested by Deputy Marshal Edmonds who has done a shrewd piece of detective work. The three prisoners were taken to South McAlester for a hearing before United States Commissioner McMillan. President of New York Life Denies Company's Attorney is Not Wanted New York.—John A. McCall, president of the New York Life Insurance company, was called before the Armstrong committee of the insurance investigation today and peremptorily decided by a committee to demand the return from Europe to this country of Andrew Hamilton, the lawyer who has charge of the legislative matters of the New York Life. McCall further ordered to demand an accounting from Hamilton of moneys expended by him and of the balance which he owes the New York Life. McCall denied that it ws the policy of the company to have Hamilton remain abroad until after this investigation had been concluded and said that on the contrary he would very much like to have Hamilton return. McCall, replying to Mr. Hughes, counsel for the committee, said he had called the attention of the board of trustees of the company to his testimony before the committee relative to Hamilton and gave Hughes a copy of his statement which said that if Hamilton did not return to the New York Life the sum of $235,000 by by December 15, he would himself pay it to the company. McCall said Hamilton was either in Paris or Nauheim. STOPPED AT WRONG HOUSE. The Shooting of a Territory Man Who Was Mistaken for a South McAlester, [I. T.—James Marlie was shot and killed near the outskirts of Wilburton by John Fenney, when the former was tampering with a window in a house where Ferney boarded. In the night Ferney was aroused and told that someone was attempting to force a window. Ferney fired at the man, killing him. It developed later that it was Marlie and that he had started to visit a relative and had called at the wrong house. Ferney has disappeared. UP AND DOWN HIGH BUILDING Remarkable Feat of Steeplejack Astonished New Yorkers. The latest sensation in New York is the "Human Fly." Clinging like a fly to the surface of the famous Flatiron building in Broadway, John Garrick, a thirty-year-old steeplejack, walked up and down the tall building while thousands below stood trembling at the daring feat. The Flatiron building is 286 feet high. Garrick made a bet that he would crawl from the twentieth story window to the ground—270 feet away—without touching a windowsill. Down he went, one foot after the other, and one hand grasping the thin ledge below, before A man is climbing a wall. He is wearing a helmet and a jacket. The wall is decorated with ornamental designs. he released his grip on the upper one. Never for an instant did he falter or hesitate, but with calm, even movements, as though his inch of foothold was on the step of a staircase, the steeplejack came down to the street. Then Garrick swarmed up the vertical face of the Flatiron. Our sketch shows him negotiating the cornice of the roof. Another Centenarian. In Furstenhut, German Bohemia, lives Josepha Eder, who has just reached her 118th birthday. She has the distinction of being the oldest person in Europe to-day. She has all her faculties and can read without glasses. To support herself she acts as nurse in a well-to-do family in her vicinity. She walks several miles a day, and has the appearance of a woman sixty years older rather than one of the enormous age of one hundred and eighteen years. Mrs. Eder has always been poor and has had to work ever since she was a little girl. She has never been known to wear shoes, and even now she goes barefoot summer and winter. Sickness has never troubled her, and she has never had to call on a doctor. The little village of Furstenhut is very proud of the old lady, and many tourists go out of their way to pay a visit to this famous resident of German Bohemia. Panama's Navy. The navy of the little republic of Panama consists of one small steam yacht. There is no army. Wasps in Possession of Hall. Wasps have taken possession of the Odd Fellows' hall at Central Village, Conn. Thousands of the insects are clustered on the ceiling, and meetings in the hall are off for the present. A GIANT LAID LOW. Crippled and Made Ill by Awful Kidney Disorders. John Fernaays, fruit raiser, Webster, N. Y., says: "I used to lift railroad ties easily but wrenched my back and began to suffer with backache and kidney trouble. I neglected it until one day a twinge felled A. B. me like a log and made me crawl on hands and knees. I was so crippled for a time that I couldn't walk without sticks, had headaches and dizzy spells and the kidney secretions were muddy and full of brick-dust sediment. Doan's Kidney Pills made the pain disappear and corrected the urinary trouble. I have felt better ever since." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Use of "R. I." and "I. R." King Edward placed the letters "R. I." after his signature to the congratulatory telegram sent President Roosevelt, and Emperor William reversed the order, signing "I. R." Tihs is the usual style of each, and the difference indicates that in England "rex" is esteemed something greater than "imperator," while in Germany the "imperator" comes first. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¾-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. The greatest men whom I have known—men whose glance embrace the heavens and the earth—were very humble, and aware of the manner in which they had risen to such eminence.—Goethe. Do It Now. There is a time for all things. The time to take Simmons' Cough Syrup is when afflicted with sore throat, hoarseness, coughs or colds. It is guaranteed to cure. Be careful not to grieve over the wickedness of others; watch yourself "lest you grow a few sprigs of ungodliness." Hughes' Straggling Beard Charles E. Hughes, the New York insurance inquisitor, had a wonderfully stragling beard when he first came prominently into view in connection with the present investigation. On the advice of friends he has had his whiskers trimmed into reasonable shape, and now is much less of an attraction for the cartoonist, in addition to which his appearance is greatly improved. It sometimes nappens that when a man takes a rest he takes something he isn't justly entitled to. There is more Catarrch in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrch to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrch Cure, manufactured by F. J Cheney .Jo. Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 to 20 mg daily and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulators and testimonial. Some men are born grafters, others achieve grafting, and many have graft thrust upon them. THE CHEMIST When your watch is broken or when you need a new one be sure you find R. A. GIVENS, the old reliable watchmaker and jeweler, in the above cut showing my work shop A. D., 1890; at that time I was just finishing the watch makers' course, and have been actively engaged in the highest art of the trade every since. This long experience has qualified me to do the very best work and give my customers the lowest prices in the jewelry line. Muskager, I. T. FOR RENT 500 acres of land in cultivation, known as the Peters land about four miles west of Muskogee. Good land. Price reasonable. See or write DR. R. H. WATERFORD. Muskogee, I. T. Cures Female Troubles, Diarrhoea, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Nervousness and Painful Menstruation. Call or write THE WILLIAMSON HAFFNER CO OUR CUTS TALK ENGRAVERS-PRINTERS DENVER STUDY LAW AT HOMES Prepare for success at the bar, in business or public life, by mail, in the ORIGINAL SCHOOL, founded in 1880. Successful college students every here. Successful bar and law colleges. Regular College Law Course and Business Law Course. Liberal Ternus. Special Offer Now. FRISCO SYSTEM COMPLETELY AND COMFORTABLY SERVE WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the "WORLD'S FAIR CITY" SAINT LOUIS For detailed information, call on nearest representative FRISCO SYSTEM, or address L. W. PRICE, Division Passenger Agent. JOPLIN, MO. The election in the states contained many surprises, but it was pleasant news when we heard that the devilish amendment had been defeated in Maryland. It means the 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 & O mulgee. 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. Harding Memorial Cemetery. Best Improved Rural Property in the Indian Territory. Family lots in this beautiful cemetery, 20 by 20 feet, at Ten (10) Dollars each, for the next thirty days. Warrantee deeds See or write either the Creek or Home Undertaking Co. Gloyd Lumber Company 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. --- AN The Canadian Va Compa WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES F. QUALLS, Proprietor. THE CIMETER JO THE QUICK MAI Proprietor. E. D. NICKENS, B. CIMETER JOB PRINTING QUICK MAIL ORDER H F. QUALLS, Proprietor. E. D. NiCKENS, Business Mgr. THE CIMETER JOB PRINTING CO. THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE We do business by fair competition and conservative methods :: :: :: Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: :: :: Try us once and you will always send us your work :: :: :: 203 South Second St., Muskogee, I JONES BUILDING (IN THE REAR) ON FIRST South Second St., Muskogee, I BUILDING (IN THE REAR) ON FIRST 203 South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. JONES BUILDING (IN THE REAR) ON FIRST FLOOR L. P. S. 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. E. D. NICKENS, Business Mgr. JOB PRINTING CO. AIL ORDER HOUSE St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. THE REAR) ON FIRST FLOOR Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE Thursday November, 16, 1905. Women In the Armies. Women, disguised as men, have often served as soldiers. The following inscription is on a tombstone in the English town of Brighton; "In memory of Phoebe Hassel; born 1712, died 1821, aged 108 years. She served for many years as a private soldier in many parts of Europe, and at the battle of Fontenoy, fighting bravely, she received a bayonet wound in the left arm." Ennui. A cold had kept the boy in the house—he was fretful and wan and weary. "What shall I bring you," his mother asked, "from the great big stores, my deary?" He looked at the scattered toys around—once held dear and vaunted. "Oh, bring me something," he, petulant, cried, "that I never knew I wanted."—Kate M. Cleary in The Sunday Magazine. Two Masters to Be Served. "Can a man serve two masters?" inquired a visting pastor of a deacon of Trinity church. "He has to, sometimes," confessed the deacon. "I think not," said the pastor. "You have never had boy twins at your house, have you?" Inquired the deacon, softly, and the pastor retired in discomfiture.—Boston Herald. What Sairey Said. Mrs. Gamp was not a philosopher, but her remark that "we live in a wale" embodies the concentrated essence of all philosophers. We can improve the conditions under which we live, but we cannot, take what thought we may, change our "wale" into a Garden of Eden.—The Practitioner. Why Japa Are Good Sailors. A Japanese marine officer has explained why Japan has such good sailors. Most of her coast vessels are small, but there are a great many of them, and almost any man taken from a fishing village has had enough experience to enable him to become an efficient sailor in a short time. English Book Club. The books of a club at Leicester, England, ostensibly established for "mental and moral improvements, mutual helpfulness and rational creation," showed, in court, that about 14 cents a week was spent by the club on literature and about $35 a week on drink. "Old Curiosity Shop." Dickens' "Old Curiosity Shop" is No. 13 of the street where it stands near Lincoln's Inn fields. It is now owned by a waste paper merchant who is enterprising enough to carry on besides his professed trade a business in selling Dickens souvenirs. "Hoodoo." "A white spot is a hoodoo," says one estimable authority and adds no word of explanation. Hoodoo seems to be a derivative from voodoo, what the negroes call a "cunjur," a thing which may work good, more commonly works harm. Carp Crowd Out Whitefish. Whitefish and salmon trout are almost extinct in Canadian waters. The few remaining are being destroyed by the German carp, which breed about fifteen times as fast as the whitefish. Value of Private Cars. A few years ago only men of great fortune possessed private cars. Nowadays there are so many of these palaces on wheels that their value is estimated at $72,000,000. "SQUARE ROOT" Story of College Nickname of New Secretary of State In college Elihu Root was a constant worker. He carried off the first prize in mathematics. On his record in scholarship he was appointed valedictorian of his class—and thereby hangs a tale. During his junior year occurred what was called the "German rebellion." Because of co-like of and dissatisfaction with the instructor in German, his class withdrew from college in a body—every man save Root. The class was out about two months, but during that time he went regularly to his recitations. The explanation vouchsafed is that, because of his father's official connection with the college as a member of the faculty, Root could not join in the secession it was an unfortunate situation, for which he may have been entirely blameless. At all events, he never lost the nickname which had been given him, the son of "Cube" Root, early in his college course. It was "Square" Root, and of this significant diminutive his fellow students considered him worthy despite his lack of popularity. After all, the only importance attaching to the secession is that, when tempted—and sorely tempted he must have been—he would not desert his work. This trait has followed him throughout his career, as will be shown, and in considerable degree has contributed to his success.—World's Work. Get at the Cause. Sacramento, Ky., Nov. 13th (Special)—A typical illustration of the way Dodd's Kidney Pills Cure Rheumatism is well told by Catherine Devine, who is very well known here. She says: "For over four years I was greatly troubled with Rheumatism. It used to take me worst in my legs and feet. At times I would be so bad I could not put my feet to the ground. As I am over seventy-three years of age I began to think I was too old to get cured and should have to bear my Rheumatism the best way I could. But I heard about Dodd's Kidney Pills and thought I would give them a trial. So I got a box and began taking them. Well, I must say Dodd's Kidney Pills did me a wonderful lot of good. They eased the pain from the first, and today I am in better health than I have been for many years." Occasionally the string on a man's finger only serves to remind him that he has forgotten to take it off. Remember that you are judged by your actions. "Do noble things, don't dream them all day long."—Exchange Cures Rheumatism and Catarrh—Medicine Sent Free. These two diseases are the result of an awful poisoned condition of the blood. If you have aching joints and back, shoulder blades, bone pains, crippled hands, legs or feet, swollen muscles, shifting, sharp, biting pains, and that tired, discouraged feeling of rheumatism, or the hawking, splitting, blurred eyesight, deafness, sick stomach, headache, nolses in the head, mucous throat, discharges, decaying teeth, bad breath, belching gas of catarrh, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.). It kills the poison in the blood which causes these, awful symptoms, giving a pure, healthy blood supply to the joints and mucous membranes, and makes a perfect cure of the worst rheumatism or foulest catarrh. Cures where all else fails. Blood Balm (B. B. B.) is composed of pure Botanic ingredients, good for weak kidneys. Improves the digestion, cures dyspepsia. A perfect tonic for old folks by giving them new, rich, pure blood. Thoroughly tested for thirty years. Druggists, $1 per large bottle, with complete directions for home cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and special free medical advice sent in sealed letter. "Excellencies" in France * Hitherto France has been republican enough to have no higher title for its officers than "Monsieur." Now the Moniteur Official announces that, henceforth the president and ministers of state are to be "Excellencies." EXTRADITION Tulsa Merchant Charged With Bigamy Refuses to Return To Missouri. Tulsa, I. T.—John C. Hess, proprietor of one of this city's largest retail stores, was arrested today by G. W. Teel and John Querry, United States marshals, on a charge of bigamy, on information furnished by Sheriff H. N. Graves of Macon county, Mo. The merchant was taken into custody by the officers late Sunday, and placed under guard. Later he was taken to Sapulpa, the court town of the district, where a fugitive writ will be issued. He refuses to return to Missouri without a requisition. Hess came to Tulsa a year and a half ago, from near Broken Arrow, I. T., and has been in business here in the interim. After he had left there the officers commenced to receive inquiries about him, but he was never located until Saturday. More specific information was sought from Macon, and the arrest then followed. The prisoner has a wife and two children in Tulisa, the children being 9 and 3 years of age. Who it is making the claim that he is a husband of more than one woman, other than Sheriff Graves, is not known in Tulisa. He disclaims any knowledge of who the party or parties could be, and says while he is not guilty he would rather not discuss the case. Enid Traveling Man Hurt in Railway Accident. Enid, Okla.—W. L. Peck of this city, a traveling salesman, had his collar bone broken and was otherwise injured this afternoon by a collision between two sections of freight train No. 73 on the Rock Island Road between Dover and Kingfisher. The train broke in two and the engineer stopped the front end, the rear end striking with great force, throwing Mr. Peck against the side of the caboose. Several other passengers were badly shaken up, but no seriously injured. Sam Armstrong, a brakeman, was thrown off the top of a freight car and hurt internally. BILLINGSLEY INDICTMENTS. Seven Quashed and Cases Submitted to Present Grand Jury. Guthrie, Okla.—The seven federal indictments against Charles E. Billingsley, president of the defunct Capitol National bank, charged with making false entries, were quashed today by Judge Hainer in accordance with the Phillips decision, and the cases resubmitted to the present grand jury. J. C. Robb, vice president of the bank, who was indicted with Billingsley, failed to appear when his case was called. His bond was declared forfeited and a bench warrant was issued for him. Robb is supposed to be in Wichita, Kas. FOR INCITING RACE WAR. Forty-four Greer .County Farmers Indicted by Grand Jury. Lawton, Okla.—Forty-four farmers of Greer county were indicted by the grand jury, charged with inciting a race war against the negro cotton pickers who have come from the south to take care of the immense cotton crop here. This riot occurred two weeks ago, when these farmers armed themselves to drive out the black cotton pickers and were stopped by the authorities. BURIED BESIDE MOTHER. Kansas Man Left This Request Before Shooting Himself. Oklahoma City, Okla.—After writing a note to his father and brother requesting that he be buried beside his mother, W. C. Peterson, 25 years old, twice shot himself this evening. One ball penetrated his heart and another his head. The note gave his home as Speerville, Kas. His father and brother live here. COUNCIL HILL, IND. TER. The most Prom- isng town in the Creek Natl in 25 miles from Muskogee and surrounded by the best agricultural land in the Territory. It has a brick R. K. station with cement platform, 12 ft. granitoid walks on business street, modern two-story school house and many other features which help to make a first-class modern town. Main Office Muskogee, I. T. Union Townsite Co. SAFE BUSINESS backed by men who have proven their ability to succeed in business and conducted on a sound, business basis according to the regular business customs applicable to that particular business is about all that any thinking man could wish. The RISING SUN FIRE INSURANCE CO. Exactly Fills the Persecution. We Write Insurance Against: Fire and lightning, on houses, household goods, office furniture, libraries, merchandise, live stock farm implements, grain, buggies, wagons, harness, saddles and musical instruments. INSURE Your dwelling, Farm property, store or stock of merchandise in the MERCHANTS & PLANTERS INSURANCE COMPANY Of Muskogee, Indian Territory. We want a good agent in every town in the Territory. The Muskogee Carnation Company CUT FLOWERS, ROSES, CARNATIONS, &c. FLORAL EMELEMS Muskogee, I. T. FARM LOANS. FARM LOANS. Low Rates, Easy Terms and No Delay. YOU GET YOUR MONFY WHEN YOU SIGN PAPERS. We loan our own money and make our loans payable right here at home No red tape. Williams, Coss @ Hogan, Offices in City National Bank. Muskogee, I. T. Fruit Trees. We Have Varieties That Do Best in this part of the Country. Acclimated and true to name smooth, healthy stocky, well branched and good roots. Packed in moss and shipped same day dug. Apple and Peach 8c to 15c. Pear and Plum 25c to 40c Cherry 35c to 50c. All kinds of berries and grapes. We have 10,000 two year, fieldgrown Roses, $4.00 a doz. Green house Roses from 2 in pots $1.50 a dozen. Thousands of imported bulbs and ornamentals. Fine shade trees 25c to 50c, evergreens 50c to $1.00. Buy direct from headquarters. Save agents commission. Prices will be satirfactory considering the stock. Write us today. A fine Premium with Every $10.00 Order. Muskogee Nursery Co., H. P. Showalter, Sec'y. MUSKOGEE, I. T. 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 Max Colors. MONROE DRUG CO., Unionville, Missouri. Farmers, Dairymen, Poultry Raisers: Pure Alfalfa Meal Best Balance for Ratious Known $1.50 per 100 lb. f.o.b. Oklahoma City, OK 14. Make money by feeding TONIC STOCK SALT Works both ways: saves feel; increases values. $2.50 per 100 bs.; freight allowed. Ask your dealer or write direct. Inland Mfg. Co., Oklahoma City. DEFIANCE STARCH easiest to work with and stains nicest. PAXTINE TOILET ANTISEPTIC FOR WOMEN troubled with ills peculiar to their sex, used as a douche is marvelously successful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs, stops discharges, heals inflammation and local soreness, cures leucorrhoea and usal catarrh. Paxtine is in powder form to be dissolved in pure water, and is far more cleansing, healing, germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptics for all. TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES For sale at druggists, 50 cents a box. Trial Box and Book of Instructions Free. THE R. PAXTON COMPANY BOSTON, MASS. If afflicted with core eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water $10.00 Sweep Feed Grinder. $14.00 Galvanized Steel Wind Mill. We manufacture all sizes and styles. It will pay you to investigate. Write for catalog and price list. CURRIE WIND MILL CO., 627 Seventh St., Topeka, Kansas DEFIANCE STARCH for starching finest linens. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 46, 1905 PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Soil by druggists. CONSUMPTION SEEK TO DEVELOP THE YAUTIA New Vegetable of Enormous Importance to Porto Rico. Efforts are being made in Porto Rico to develop a new vegetable of economic and commercial importance. It is called the "yautia," and is nearly related to the taro—the plant that furnishes so valuable a food to the natives of Polynesia, and which, under the name of "elephant ear," is familiarly known as an ornament in our own gardens. Yautia was well known to the natives of the West Indies long before the landing of Columbus and was cultivated by the Caribs when the Spaniards first arrived. Its starchy, tuberous root, which is the part that is good to eat, looks somewhat like a sweet potato, and is six or eight inches long, with a diameter of a couple of inches. When cut into pieces and boiled it resembles a boiled white potato in appearance. The people of Porto Rico use the root as a substitute for the potato, usually boiled, though there are several other ways of preparing it for the table. It costs one and a half to two cents a pound—twice the price of taro root, which itself is used as a food throughout the West Indies. The plant has long, spear-shaped leaves, instead of the broad one resembling elephant ears, which distinguish the taro. There are about twenty-five varieties of the yautia. It takes a very long season to mature the plant, which would not produce a plant in the United States unless it might be in the south of Florida and along the gulf coast.—New York Herald. "Father" Bailou's Religion. At one time, many years ago, the Universalist Society of Methuen, Mass., was without a pastor, and the pulpit was supplied from Sunday to Sunday by different clergymen who were "put up" by one of the deacons. On a certain Sunday when "Father" Ballou was engaged to preach the deacon was called out of town, so he arranged with Mrs. Brown, a neighbor, and a straight-laced orthodox, to entertain Mr. Ballou. As the hostess and her eminent guest sat at the supper table there seemed to be a dearth of sociability. Finally Mrs. B., who always felt solicitous about "those deluded Universalists," broke the silence with: "Mr. Ballou, do you think you've got religion?" "None to boast of, madam," was the curt reply. It is needless to say that the learned divine's epigrammatic answer completely disarmed his interlocutor. A Kansas Sunset. It is the sunset hour, and floods of light Pour their full radiance o'er the western sky. Giving the clouds a glory new and bright, Of crimson robes and zones of Tyrian dye. It is the sunset hour, and nature gay Is hushed in slumber solemn and sublime. As the last moments of departing day Drop slowly, gently from the hand of time. Now fades the brightness, and the veil night Enshrouds the splendor of the rosy West; While all the stars upon their thrones of light Glitter like jewels in a monarch's crest. The brightness fades, and yet a lingering ray. With shining finger touches yonder heights And links with gold the passing day, And the still beauty of the coming night. —Carrie M. Baker in Colorado Springs Gazette. Campanile is Shaky. Another Italian campanile, only one degree lower in fame than that of Venice, is threatened. This is the great bell tower of the Cathedral of Lecce, one of the loftiest in Italy—about 250 feet. It is also of great antiquity. Its weakness is due to the daily ringing of its enormous bells. Spaniard Who Redeems Promise. Carlos Morales, president of Santo Domingo, is said to be unlike the ordinary promise-making Spanish-American, as dependence can be placed on his word. It is better to be forgotten utterly than to be remembered only through a lot of fool things you have done. DON'T FORGET A large 3 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. A woman seldom makes a fool out of a man; she usually acts as nature's assistant. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Often the girl with false bangs has the most to say about peroxidized tresses. Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen is Nature's great remedy—Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup and Consumption, and all throat and lung troubles. At drug-gists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. Even the pessimist who lots both his legs in a railway accident had no kick coming. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—JOHN F. BOYER. Trinity Springs. nd., Feb. 15, 1900. A New York man lived two years with a broken neck, but it wasn't broken by a rope. Defiance Starch is guaranteed biggest and best or money refunded. 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now. There are many kinds of reform, but we hope and pray we may never be so thoroughly changed as to give the impression that we never were young. Here Is Relief for Women. Mother Gray, a nurse in New York, discovered a pleasant herb remedy for women's ills, called AUSTRALIAN-LEAF. It is the only certain monthly regulator. Cures female weakness, Backache, Kidney and Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by mail 50 cts. Sample mailed FREE. Address, The Mother Gray Co., LeRoy. N. Y. We are going to shudder once more. We have been again thinking of the young man who wears coats padded to twice his shoulder width and possibly condenses his waist in stays. No Use. You may have the moral right to do so, but it is not necessary. Hunt's Cure will instantly relieve and promptly cure that itching trouble in whatever form. It is made solely for that purpose. Of course, it's the proper thing for a man to have a backbone, but he should remember that it is jointed. You never hear any one complain about "Defiance Starch." There is none to equal it in quality and quantity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now and save your money. Young man, you wil realize some day that the folks who talk so much about the joy of painting the town red are directly or indirectly concerned in the manufacture and sale of the pigment used in some decorative efforts. More Flexible and Lasting. won't shake out or blow out; by using Defiance Starch you obtain better results than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same money. PUTNAM Color more good, brighter and faster colors than any any garment without ripping apart. Write for free boo Farmers, Dairymen, Poultry Daisers: Pure Alfalfa Meal Best Balance for Rations Known FROM GIRLHOOD TO WOMANHOOD Mothers Should Watch the Development of Their Daughters Interesting Experiences of Misses Borman and Mills. MATILDA BORMAN MYRTLE MILLS Miss Mills has written the two following letters to Mrs. Pinkham, which will be read with interest: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: — (First Letter.) 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Girls' over-sensitiveness and modesty often puzzle their mothers and baffle physicians, as they so often withhold their confidence from their mothers and conceal the symptoms which ought to be told to their physician at this critical period. When a girl's thoughts become sluggish, with headache, dizziness or a disposition to sleep, pains in back or lower limbs, eyes dim, desire for solitude; when she is a mystery to herself and friends, her mother should come to her aid, and remember that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will at this time prepare the system for the coming change, and start the menstrual period in a young girl's life without pain or irregularities. Hundreds of letters from young girls and from mothers, expressing their gratitude for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has accomplished for them, have been received by the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., at Lynn, Mass. PRICE. 25 Cts. TO CURE THE GRIP IN ONE DAY ANTI-GRIPINE HAS NO EQUAL FOR HEADACHE ache, and as I have heard that you can give helpful advice to girls in my condition, I am writing you."—Myrtle Mills, Oquawka, Ill. Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— (Second Letter.) "It is with the feeling of utmost gratitude that I write to you to tell you what your valuable medicine has done for me. When I wrote you in regard to my condition I had consulted several doctors, but they failed to understand my case and I did not receive any benefit from their treatment. I followed your advice, and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and am now healthy and well, and all the distressing symptoms which I had at that time have disappeared."—Myrtle Mills, Oquawka, Ill. Miss Matilda Borman writes Mrs. Pinkham as follows: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound my months were irregular and painful, and I always had such dreadful headaches. "But since take $ \textcircled{g} $ the Compound my headaches have entirely left me, my months are regular, and I am getting strong and well. I am telling all my girl friends what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me."—Matilda Borman, Farmington, Iowa. If you know of any young girl who is sick and needs motherly advice, ask her to address Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., and tell her every detail of her symptoms, and to keep nothing back. She will receive advice absolutely free, from a source that has no rival in the experience of woman's ills, and it will, if followed, put her on the right road to a strong, healthy and happy womanhood. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound holds the record for the greatest number of cures of female ills of any medicine that the world has ever known. Why don't you try it? The gas franchise let by our city council means more light and cheaper fuel we hope. We are in need of both. Read our advertisements and give the advertiser your trade. They deserve it and will give you the best bargains that can be had. The little town of Rentlesville on the M. K. & T. R. R., is one of the most prosperous communities in the B. I. T., and is growing rapidly. The police are hot after the lewd women, hoboes and sneak thieves. They are making things so hot for this outfit that hey can't stay in town. This is well. Send $1.00 for a year's subscription to the Cimeter, he greatest and best weekly journal in the B. I. T. If you want to keep posted read the Cimeter. And Uncle Joe did pull the string as the Democrat intimated and the Western District will be blessed with another clean business like administration. The new state of Oklahoma will contain 200,000 negroes, and they will play a very important part in shaping the destinies of the new commonwealth. Let our people get together in time. "He laughs best who laughs last," Respectfully dedicated to the star chamber gang of political pirates who sougat to dictate and control federal patronage in the Indian Territory. The Frisco R. R. will give excursion rates, round trip, to Muskogee on the 20th, better known as Booker Washington day. There will be a crowd of visitors in town that day. Old man Gordon as usual fell on the wrong side again. See big leader in Searchlight of the 14th inst. And already the old man is dodging as he did in the now dead and buried Sequoyah movement. And the gentlemen who predicted done things began side stepping when they received the telegram that created such a frost among the inner circles of the arch conspirators and pretended makers of judges, etc. Dennis Flynn is getting in shape for a gigantic struggle to attain the leadership of the Republican hosts in the new state. Dennis is a resourceful statesman and knows the game like a past master. We are in receipt of the Delineator for December from the Butterick Pub. Co. Every lady should have this monthly and keep posted on latest fashions etc. If you cannot DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. obtain one at your store write the Butterick Pub. Co., New York City. Price 25 cents. INCORPORATED 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. The M, K. & T. will sell tickets for one and one-third fare for round trip to Muskogee on the day Booker Washington is here, to-wit: November 20th. Let all come who desire to hear the great American. The people regardless of secret societies will entertain Mr. Washington. His visit to this locality is for all the people. There will be no exclusive persons in the affair. 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 Ellis, 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. The school board of Muskogee have given us a "square deal" and now we will have a splendid 6-room school building in the Third ward for colored children that will be the equal in every particular to any school building in the town. Our school board is O. K. The report in the Searchlight touching the editor of his paper as having been selected to present our guest on the 20th was erroneous, as the committee have selected no one and the report was made by envious malicious devils for purposes best known to themselves. HERE AT HOME BUY FRUIT TREES EACH PEAR LUM APPLE GRAPE & BERRIES ORNAMENTALS, ROSES & SHRUBS OF Muskogee Nursery Co. H. P. SHOWALTER, Sons' y J. L. KINSEY, President. Phone 3 or 31 Our merchants should pay a better price for cotton if they desire trade to come to our town. We are losing thousands of dollars in trade by the unwise course that is driving the farmer to sell and trade at the small towns. Why buy Your From a company you do not know. Keep your money at home buy buying from the The Cimeter reaches every part of the B. I. T., and our readers are keeping close watch on the indicator. The fellow who plays into the hands of the enemy will find out that the people in the most remote part of the Teritory have the gentleman marked. Muskogee Lumber Company They live here and will treat you right. Yard located west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. Pioneer Abstract Co IOWA BUILDING The citizenship grafter has played his last card. The supply of foois did not give out but the time limitation did, and now the fellows who desire to part with their money in order to get on rolls where they never belonged can hunt some other kind of grafter to take their money. This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. The town of Grayson offers inducements for the new comer that in the long run will prove to be a Godsend to the emigrant from Arkansas. It is a town of about 1,000 inhabitants, and schools and churches in proportion. It is within two miles of a railroad station, and the land is productive and coal and other minerals are found in abundance. Lots can be bought at reasonable prices. There a few loafers in Muskogee who are continually parading themselves as leaders and who are so indolent that half the time they can't pay a board bill, and even now one of these cusses is in debt to an aged citizen in the amount of $1.00 that he borrowed to save himself from starvation and yet won't pay the loan, and wants to know who the decent citizens represent and remarks they don't represent me. Well, we should say not. It would take one of his kind to do that. 1 SECTION TWO BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SPECIAL EDITION The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, I T., Thursday, November 16 1905. Vol 7 Washington, D. C., Nov. 15. Speaker Cannon, who is supporting Judge C. W. Raymond of the Indian Territory for reappointment said today after an interview with the president, that the decision relative to Raymond's candidacy had not been reached. The President stated that as Raymond's term would not expire for a month there was no necessity for immediate action by the president. It is known that Mr. Cannon expects the reappointment of Judge Raymond and asked his appointment. Later (3:30 p. m.)—It can be definitely announced that Judge Raymond will be reappointed. The official announcement will be made within a day.—Democrat. OUR ADVERTISERS. When you want anything go these places:— For Hardware, go to Sadler Hardware Co. and to Durfey's Hardware Co., each of these firms will treat you right. For Coal, J. W. Sippes is the one to give you full weight. For Lumber, The Gloyd Lumber Co., The Geo. D. Hope Lumber Co., and the Muskogee Lumber Co. will give you prices that defy competition. To Keep Your Money Safe, The Commercial National Bank, The Canadian Valley Trust Co., and Muskogee Title and Trust will give you a square deal. For Abstracts, The Pioneer Abstract Co. and the Muskogee Title and Trust will fix the deal O. K. For Hair Wigs and things in that line, Mrs. O. Shafer is at the head of the list. E. W. McClure is the boss in Gents' Furnishing Goods. For Groceries, The Old Reliable Creek Crocery Co. and Geo. D. Wideman can't be beat. Trade with them they deserve trade. Lots for Sale in Grayson, Ind. Ter. Lots 25 feet front by 140 feet deep for $25.00, half cash, balance in six month time. 320 acres of land for lease, five years at $1.00 per acre per year. For bargains in lots, call or write The Creek Livery Barn is the only place for first class rigs and everything in the livery line. The Hamilton Club of Chicago entertained Hon. Booker T. Washington a few years ago, and among the prominent men present were: J. B. Foraker, now senator from Ohio; J. W. Nsble of Mo., formerly Secretary of Interior. Chas. W. Raymond of Ill., now Judge Western District, Indian Ter., Asa Bushnell, Ex-Governor of Ohio; A. J. Beveridge of Indiana now U. S. Senator, and many others now permanently before the public. J. C. JOHNSON, of Wewoka, FOR RENT 500 acres of land in cultivation, known as the Peters land about four miles west of Muskogee. Good land. Price reasonable. See or write DR. R. H. WATERFORD. Muskogee, I. T. 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. "If you have anything to trade or sell in the way of Real Estate, write to KIMBER REAL ESTATE AGENCY Co.. 810 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. It makes no difference what you want to sell or where it is located, this company will send you buyers. STUDY LAW AT HOME Prepare for success in the best in business or public life, held in the ORIGINAL SCHOOL. Founded in 1880. Successful graduates everywhere. Approved by bar and law colleges. Regular College Law Course and Business Law Graduate Course. Torque. Special Offer Allowed. Gotaleogue Proe. Sprague Correspondence School of Law. 733 Majestic St., Boulder, Mt. No 6 SHEE RECORD BROKE AT ham-Sykes & Co G NDERPRICING SALE! Graham-Sykes & Co BIG UNDERPRICING SALE! BUYNOW needs. You Need at prices oth The Goods You Need at prices others Will Make Later. TH FAIR f * ’ Ma Ah isa wt pote { : ee “ % bonds, e Fhe Busiest Storein Mt uskhogee Y ae os oy oe - 7 Pos WHY ISeTHIS SO? ; POrorte do not buy goods on,sentiment.:now a /alays-4There is a good reason for this: Right prices on each of the thousands of articles handled ‘in. this great modern store—One Price ts and the Lowest to Everybody—This now“is the begitining of the second act in the play— '|that is we are in the market at St. Louis where $10,000.00. worth of the latest styles in Winter || Goods and Holiday Goods are placed on sale thisiweek to closeout at prices less than cost of man- |ufacture, Our buyers on the spot buying and shipping us the greatest and cheapest stock of | goods ever shown in Muskogee... The cheaper we-buy the more:you save when you trade at our store. No ones sale prices ever excelled ours aud now look out for prices excelling in lowness any. we have ever been able to make you—compare with the present value of merchandise—You can save chough money buying your winter goods here to pay for hendsome holiday presents you wish to loved ones. \ | Save your money and make the dear children happy when Santa should come—We can help | you do it and don’t forget it--Our new cheap goods will be coming by the last of this week. Tell Mr. Booker T. Washington the FAIR STORE is your friend. annals a Na | Just arrived at the BOLLINGER MUSIC HOUSE, it will will pay you to see them before buying. We have a fine variety of other makes. ‘Terms | to suit the customer. Remember the place:— | i ‘ | BOLINGER MUSIC HOUSE, 15. S. BROWNLOW, MANAGER. 507 W Broadway THE @CIMETER, | PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTER- E67 OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE-POR) OFFICE. AT. Milfs eet! +4 AB SECOND CLASE MAIL MAT W. HW. TWINE © + ie gine R WOOD, - - - + Ass'tEditor. J. T. Wore + =» Gen'l Solicitor E D. NIGKENS, Advertising Magagér. —— —————————_—==_S==—_— Raymond {te a+ sure winner. re gardless of the uncalled. for and uny deserved attacke of the Muskogee’ bar and the grandstand plays made by some of the would-be Republican, leaders. His record for work done and for honesty and purity and in- tegrity are the winning cards. The Muskogee lawyers who make judges have endorsed Judge Clay- ton. Of course Clayton did not need it as it did him no good. We guess it won't do any harm. It makes the Muskogee bar feel like they have done something when they en- file charges agafist' somebody sonie- times for something, A Democrat Who belongs to the outfit that is fighting Judge Ray- mond was heard to remark that the “d——d negro had as much show in Raymond's court as anyone else,” and that was why he was against the reappointment. (We must confess the Democrat expresed his honest opinion, but all the same it was as bitter as h—l.) The machine builders in Okla- homa are having a good time. They say its Flynn against MeGuire and each have a machine and are look- o gvenitirhs timber do -.. ETAOI ing over this way for additional timber. In the meantime the B. I. T. has plans of its own and is quietly looking on at the fight out west. Its not our time just yet to get in the game. And President Roosevelt has come out straight for single state- hood and against the Sequoyah movement. What will become of the county seats and the embryo con- gressmen? The jvoor pleluded cusses can now perambulate to the rear and recline gracefully, “Go wey back and sit down.” Judge Rayifond worst enemies refuse to charge him with being dis- honest; they simply claim he is not sociable and won't mix up with the herd but holds aloof and associates chiefly with himself. We don't think that much of a crime as we know lots of these Democrats who send in charges are doing the same thing, selecting heir own company, The appointment of Rey. T. 8. Johnson as presiding elder by the A, M. EB. chureh at the conference recently was one that shows pro- gress in chureh affairs, as the revy- erend gentleman is one of the most able ministers in the country. We only regret that the district was nol Great Muskogee. There Is a negro preacher making the ‘rounds. of the Indian Territory saying that he is collecting cash to prosecute, some, white man. who charged that negro women. were not virtuous. Now, this cuss is simply playing a game of bunco on the peo- ple and he should be drumed out of the community. There is no such case on record here and the cuss knows it. He is robbing women and children of their hard earnings tha he may enjoy a life of idleness, laziness and licentiousness. WARNING ORDER. fs the United States Court for Western District Indian Ter- ritory at Muskogee. Earnest Battle. plaintiff, vs. Lucile Battle, Defendant, No. 6267, Equity. Divorce. The defendant Lucile Battle is hereby warned to appear in this court. within thirty . days and answer the complaintof the plaintiff Karnest Battle. Witnes the Honorable Charles W. Raymond, Judge of said Court and seal thereof at Mus- kogee, Indian Territory, this the [3th day of November, 1905, R. Py Harrison, clerk, By Chas, F, Runyan A. 8: McRea, Att’y for plaintiff A. K, Patterson, Att’y’ for non resident defendant« (1st; publication’ Nov. 16,) The Cteek ‘Livery. Barn is the only place for first class rigs and everything in the livery line. = co to W.. W. S/ PAS, COAL PRICE $4.50 PER TON. — , Speeial Rates on Larger, Quantities NO. 40! ELGIN AVENUE, PHONE tbo, MUSKOGEE, LT_ ~~ BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. GEO, P, HOPE LUMBER COMPANY Baad alg yO DBALER IN - Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime. Cement, Etc. | EAST OKMULGEE AVE. Wi Rae. ie brig pS es) bes * ve ee Ne: ee es ae © 2) ‘gl! re ie ; SR) ae | a nae aaa P, Ree NC peat het Ret, Serer. POR alk: Nees ORICA Gali Rae ees husks et ey" @@ Wealor in 6@ Fine Hair Wigs, Switches, Pia Frizzles, Half Wigs. DO0ood000m We can match any hair. We do our own work and can please you, Wooeoesoe > Miss Sadie Seables make 9 specialty in hair Dressing and Massage. @all oF address us at 228 1-2 NORTH SECOND SF., Muskogee, Ind. Fer. pared, fortified and trained in political tactics and opens wide her lovely arms, holsted high her beautiful banner of freedom, reaches far her strong and powerful hand of life long experience freely, gladly and cheerfully welcomes us behind her back to be shielded from abuse and injustice. I cannot see why a rational minded negro can refuse or reject such a liberal offer. Some one may say, why not white man. Too well the white man is protected under a democratic administration. A negro is not and another may say well there are many financial advantages we will have if we are given a separate state. Say reader, you insult me, you annoy me, you harrass me, you vex me, you invoke my wrath, you cause me to overshoot myself, you have bought and paid dearly for my contempt, you have purchased my eternal hatred when you ask me to sacrifice my liberty, civil, political rights for a financial advantages. Some sappy-headed race leader will say the negro should divide politically. I do not call such men race leaders. They are really race destroyers. The ballot box is the only shield, shelter and protection an American citizen has. It is the only sword, dagger or weapon constitutionally given us to make war upon injustice, it is an adopted plan by whihe every liberty loving man can assist in correcting the errors, opposing the wrongs, dehroning the unjust, eradicating the evils and protecting ourselves from diabolical and atrocious laws and to teach the negro that he should allow some other man to exercise his sublime constitutional right of his and that he (the negre) has no business or right to concern. Politics is to teach him that he is an inferior man. Well, you say, he is ignorant. What are you going to do with the ignorant white man. Well, you say, he is poor. What are you going to do with the poor white man. Well, you may say he has not been free long enough. What are you going to do with that wretched demon that enslaved him. Remember what Plato said, "he who commits injustice becomes more wretched than he who endures it." To teach the negro to stay out of politics is to teach him that the man who tries to enslave, oppress, abuse and trample upon him is more worthy of making laws for him (the negro) than the negro is of making laws for himself. Such an infamous dictine, such an insult tohte negro race, such a slander upon the hand made of God, such an attack upon Christianity, is enough to cause God to repent of having ever made man. And to teach him to divide politically is to teach him to ally himself with the democratic party, as the socialist, populist and other minor parties are made up of democrats who have been defeated in primaries or they are democratic cliques and schemes to weaken the republican party. I abhor, scorn, despise and have contempt for the negro who will ally himself or give aid to the democratic party. I had rather be a poison serpent wriggling along the road, biting, sranling and striking at every passerby, considering every living creature my enemy, "Ve F. QuALLS. Proprietor. never wishing, caring for nor wanting a friend, coiling around some saplnig, using mother Earth for my bed, a stone for my pollow, a dog fennel for my shelter. I had rather ten thousand times rather live such a careless and insignificant life than to ally myself with a political party to who seek to rob me and my posterily of the sacred and sublime right of suffrage. Perhaps you think one to pass separate car laws or I am saying too much, but I had rather be anything under the sun than a deceitful hypocrite trying to make friends with an enemy by cutting my own throat and enslaving my children. Say reader, every time you see of know of a negro running from oppressive laws is he not going from a democratic state to a republican state. Every democratic primary convention adopts resolutions endorsing the administrations that make these oppressive laws. There are democrats serving terms in our national congress now that made themselves prominent democratic leaders by adopting some plan to rob the negro of his rights. Say reader, have you ever known a legislative body except a democratic election restrictions that does not effect all alike. If so, tell me of it and I will be silent. Some one may say that the law requires equal accommodations in separate cars, but equal accommodations are not given and were not intended. You may say the state is not responsible for the railroad not giving equal accommodations but the state is responsible and I might sue, petition, beg, cry and suplicate until my life shall have been exhausted or until I have shed enough tears to irrigate the western highlands, there would be no officer sent to my rescue nor any decision protecting me from slanderous, outrageous and brutish accommodations given me by the railroads where separate cars are required and then for me to ally myself, give my vote, voice, aid, support or endorsement to a political institution that makes and executes such abominable laws would be wholesale treason. I have never allowed myself to consider anything concerning statehood, only how best THE CIMETER JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT Still holds the banner for first-class, artistic work,--This is the verdict of the people, not ours. We first acquired the ability to do the work and then secured the right material to please them : : Hoping to continue in the service of the generous public who have shown appreciation for our having filled a long felt want, We are the Cimeter Job Printing Dept. the chaining of the door of tyranny, the granting of equal rights, the protection of the ballot, the freedom of speech, the maintenance of equal public accommodation, the blessing of every home, church and society, every heart or human soul with peace, joy and tranquility; can be had. And to accomplish this end I must oppose, reject voe against, make war upon every probably advantage offered those who practice and tolerate injustice. The idea is afloat that separate statehood will give us a larger representation in congress but of wha character or political affiliation will the representative be. Will he be a tyrant, a villain, a demagogue, a human fiend or will he be a pure hearted man, willing to give to each and all equal political rights and public accommodations. I had rather not be represented than represented by a national plunderer. I would like to know of what political affiliation my representative will be for we know that when the atrocious institution of slavery had made every christian in the union a thief, a burglar, a pretender, a hypocrite, an intruder upon the rights of men and when serfdom had caused the whole nation to pledge, to sacrifice its honor and integrity for the sake of peace and the protection of slavery, when the greedy slave holders became dissatisfied with the amount of human labor he could steal himself, called upon the whole nation to help him steal and made it a crime for any man to refuse, even preachers, deacons, elders and bishops were forced to help rob infant children, helpless women and age worn men, and a desire to eliminate these evils gave birth to the republican party and a desire to perpetuate them gave birth to the democratis party and each child has grown in the likeness of his mother and every jar, every shock, every defeat and every insult the republican party receives. and Oklahoma begs us to come and let privileges are likewise affected and her help us to save our future state from the solid south column are we going to allow such a liberal offer to be laid upon the altar of negli- gence, slayed by the hands of prejudice, while we set slumbering in the chair of indolence. I say no, never! We must unite hand and hand; might to might; power to power; shoulder to shoulder to shoulder and save our future state. F. E. INGRAM. Tullahassee, Ind. Ter. Thanksgiving Rates between all points in Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory and Oklahoma to Arkansas and Texas Nov. 29th and 30th. For ticketi good until December 4th. 1905. ASK THE AGENT For Rate and Particulars. The M. K. & T. TEETH RESPONSIBLE AND RELIABLE DR G. L. KNEBEL Positively Painless Dentistry Bridge Work Specialist Gold Crown Specialist Teeth Extracted Without Pain Plates of All Kind Bridge Work $4.00 Gold Crowns 4.00 Plates 6.00 Painless Extracting .50 Diseased gums treated. DR. G. L. KNEBEL, N. E .Cor. 3rd and Broadway Opp. Post Office. For Drugs, Ben Estes is "IT" For Trees, Flowers, Etc., The Muskogee nursury beats them all.