Muskogee Cimeter

JUDGE RAYMONDS APPOINTMENT IS CERTAIN. The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 7 BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Royally Received in Muskogee. The 20th of November will go down in the history of Muskogee as Booker Washington Day. Tha distinguished laader arrived in Muskogee at 4:47 P. M. His party consisted of twelve persons besides the committee from this city who had gone to South McAlester to meet him. The committeemen were: J. W. Adams, Dr. R. H. Waterford, Dr. W. H. Sims, J. W. Walker and W. H. Twine. Mr A. J. Jones of Muskogde was also there. The trip from South McAlester to Muskogee was filled with interest. At each village and hamlet the people had gathered to see the Washington Special pass. The little school children had gathered at numerous places along the railroad with flags and waived as the train passed. The sixty miles'rn from South McAlester to Muskogee was a continuous ovation of our people to our leader and when Great Muskogee came in view the climax was reached. Ten thousand psople had gathered at the M. K. and T. depot and when the Flyer came to a stop one great tremendous shout shook the air and then, like the rushing billows of a tempetuous sea, the mighty throng rushed to the car, and for fully fifteen minutes it was impossible to get our distinguished visitor to the waiting carriage. Finally, by the herculean efforts of officers Cotton and Smith assisted by the others a road was made and the entire party and the reception committee were assisted to the carriages and the drive about the city began. The crowds lined the principal streets and Dr. Washington was greeted with cheers all along the lide. On Court street near the Hinton Theater, the school children of the city schools and the students from Tullahassee Mission and Pecan Mission with their teachers, were in in line and with the waving of flags, the yells that only lasty urchins can give, they bade welcome to the great race Leader who had journed so far to greet them. After a drive about the city, and a visit to the various business houses, conducted by our people. Mr. Washington and party were driven to the residence of Muskogee, I T., Thursday, November 23 1905. The town of Red Bird on the M. K. and T. railroad is destined to be one of the best towns in the Indian Territory. The country surrounding the town is the very best agricultural land and the people who own it are colored people and the town will be strictly a colored town. Coal has been discovered there recently and all things will hum out there. Rev. Britt of Pittsburg, Kansas and several other Kansans have visited the place and are satisfied that the town and country and we are informed will locate there. Mr. E. Johnson, the promoter is offering splendid inducements for a college to locate there. It is an ideal place for such an institution and far enough from big Muskogee to keep the boys from injurious habits and yet easy accessible. The people of that community invite farmers to come and locate with them. Go to CREEK LIVERY BARN, --- Hon. A. G. W. Sango where a splendid supper was served At 8 o'clock Mr. Washington and party returned to the business center of the city. A speakers stand had been erected on the corner of Okmulgee and Second street and the party were conducted to the stand. Attorney J. H. Lilly, chairman of chairman of the citizens oommittee called the vast audience of people to order and presented Judge C. W. Raymond, Judge of the Western district who delivered the welcome address; Judge Raymond's speech was a gem, full of patriotism and a hearty welcome to our guest. Attorney C. J. Jones then delivered the welcome address on behalf of our people, it was a splendid effort. At this time Chairman Lily called on W. H. Twine to introduce Mr. Washington this was done in a neat little speech and at the close the speaker turned and pointed to Dr. Washington and said the greatest living Negro, the thousands assem- BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. bled cheered to the echo. Dr. Washington then delivered the most eloquent, instructive and interesting address in Muskogee The audience of 7000 souls composed of black, white and red were held spell-bound from beginning to end. After the close of speaking a large number had an opportunity to shake hands with the distinguished visitor. After this informal reception the citizens committee and Dr. Washington's party were entertained by the Elks. BANQUET The citizens' committee having accepted an invitation for themselves and visitors went to the banquet hall in the Jones building on Souih Second street, where the Dale Lodge, I. B. O. Elks had prepared to receive their guest. The hall was beautifully decorated and strains of (continued on page 8) SADLER HARDWARE CO. Has just received a New Stock of HARNESS and has a PRACTICAL HARNESS REPAIRER In their store. Bring your work and have it done both NEAT AND CHEAP. 218 WEST OKMULGEE AVENUE. RED BIRD About every day emigrants from the South are going to Red Bird and all report they are well pleased with the country. The Cimeter takes pleasure in recommending to our ladies the Banner Skirt Co., room 4, 110 1-2 N. Second St., they invite your trade and will treat you right. Sadler Hardware Co.. is a new firm and as friends of the colored people deserve your patronage. Go to New located at new quarters No. 512 South 3rd Street Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanders' Wholesale House. No 7 The visit of Booker T. Washington to this city can not fail to have a good effect. More than any man of his race he represents the highest type of the colored man. He has demonstrated by his life and his work the opportunities for the black man are limitless and that on his own efforts depend his position in the world. Booker Washington has been the personal friend of two presidents of the United States, who have visited him at Tuskegee, where his school is located, and the most prominent men of the nation have given him their friendship, commendation and assistance. Ae has done and is doing a greater work for his race than any other man has ever done and his teachings can be followed by his people. His visit to this city is fortunate in that here he will meet Negroes who next to him are among the most advanced thinkers of the colored man and his interchange of ideas with them, his advice and counsel can not fail to leave a lasting impression which will result in great and permaanent good. Th above shows what the white people think of the Great West of our Leader. 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 ... County ... State .. 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. Musk i uskogee Cimeter, W. H. TWINK, Editor, MUSKOGEE, . . IND. TER. Thursday November 23, 1905, NEW STATE NEWS, Fire, of unknown origin, destroyea the general store of J. W. ‘thompson at Sugden. Insurance on building and contents was about $4,000, Burglars entered the home of Dr. Reed at South McAlester and secured $80 in cash, Numerous petitions are being sent to the Santa Fe officials from the towns along the line between Oklaho- ma City and Purcell for additional pas- senger train service between these points. The interterritorial republican press association has been called to meet in Shawnee Saturday, November 25th. Cc. H, Eting of Caddo has been ap- pointed United States commissioner at Durant, vice C. C. Parker, resigned. The territorial board of education will hold an examination of applicants for certificates as conductors and in- structors in the normal institutes of Oklahoma in the high school building at Enid, at 9 o'clock a. m., December 27. The Western District Medical asso- ciation of Indian Territory met in Mus- kogee last week. A committee was named to draft a form of laws on which to base legislation in the new state. The next meeting of the asso- clation will be held at Sulphur some time in April. It is rumored that the Missourt, Kan- sas & Texas Railway company will in- augurate a motor car service between Oklahoma City and Shawnee. ‘Ihe officials of the company at both ends of the proposed interurban line deny any knowledge of the project, but cer- tain work being done leads the wise ones to see a plan for such a service. The city council of Oklahoma City has appealed its case to prevent the telephone company from increasing its rates to its patrons to the supreme court. A recent decision of Judge Beauchamp virtually annulled the or- dinance preventing the company trom establishing its own rates, Citizens of ‘Tecumseh have pe titioned the city council to call an election for the purpose of voting $50,- 000 for a waterworks system. It 18 estimated that if the system 1s in- stalled it will pay for itself in five years, Captain’ Frank Frantz has © an- nounced that the next annuity pay- ment to the Osage Indians will be made December 4th. Hach Indian's share will be $45. According to a re- cent ruling, parents must show that their children are being kept in school continuously before aunuity can be drawn for them, In the district court at Kingtisher there has been filed for record a ai- vorce case wherein Young Bull Bear, a Cheyenne Indian, asks a legal sepa- ration from his squaw, Little Woman Bull Bear, He‘ charges her with de- sertion, quarrelsome disposition and being abusive to his two children by a former wife, Lieutenant F. R. Kegney, who bas had charge of the recruiting station at Oklahoma City, has been transterrea to the station at Baltimore, Maryland. Lieutenant James Longstreet, son of the famous confederate generr! of the same name, has been assigned to the Oklahoma City station, at.) xo. BROTHERS, ve — NOT FOES, Russian Workmen “Ask Soldiers. to Help in the Struggle For Freedom, St. Petersburg.—The workmen's organization today addressed the fol- lowing appeal to the soldiers and sailors: “Comrades and Brothers—For a long time we have misunderstood each other. Your officers taught you to regard us as enemies of the father- land and as criminals whom you should shoot, beat with your whips and butcher with your bayonets, “Our struggle for the people's free- dom and the people's well being has been depicted to you as a revolution against the fatherland which you are obliged to suppress. Many of you, believing this, have shot your own brothers, filling the streets of our towns with blood. “The case is now altered, the eyes of many of the soldiers and sailors have been opened, They understand that all of us are brothers and that we are sons of the same nations, whose common enemies are your commanders and those in power, They understand that the liberty of the people is their own liberty and the good of the people their own good. “We workmen say: The couse of the soldier and sailor is our cause, and so we have gone out on a strike. You must say everywhere, the cause of workmen is our cause, and the struggle of the workmen our strug- gle, and you must associate your- selves with the struggling people You must strike and refuse to per- form the duties imposed upon you, Do not listen to the word of com- mand calling upon you to put down the workmen's movement. Let not one shot be fired by you against the people. “Down with your blood-thirsty commanders, long live the free gov- ernment and the free people.'’} BARN DESTROYED, Fire Started in the Grass to Burn Weeds, Oklahoma City, Okla.—Just at noon yesterday the re department made a long yun to 1323 East Spring- er, where the barn of Wm. Walker was on re. The building with sev- eral bales of hay and some blankets, was destroyed at a loss of about $85. Martha Garnett, a colored woman who lives in the rear of the Walker property, started a re in the grass in order to burn some weeds, but the blaze got away from her, and being a cripple, she was unable to stop the flames. By the time the department had made the long up-hill run it was too late to do more than save the buggy and part of the harness and prevent the re from spreading. The fire boys worked an hour with the flames, The long run and the loss brings out the need for the re-establishment of the No. 3 department in the east end. Oklahoma City, Okla.—It is said to be likely that C. G, Jones will have something definite as to the Oklaho- ma City and Northwestern railroad, the line of which he has had survey- ed from this city to Ft, Supply, when he returns home Saturday, It was Mr. Jones’ intention when he left for Washington with the statehood com- mittee to extend his trip on to New York in regard to the financial part of the proposed line, Purchased Bank. Oklahoma City, Okla,—Roy F. Forhts, owner of the Bank of Spen- cer, and other capitalists of this city, have purchased the Jones €ity bank, and will continue the business, U. S, Stone, G. C, Stone and 8. J, Gra- ham retire from the Jones City bank and will devote their time to other business. MME. TAKAHIRA TO RETURN Coming Back to America After an Ab- sence of Two Years | After an absence of almost two years, Mme. Takahira, the clever little wife of the Japanese minister, is about to return to America. She is one of the most amiable and attractive mem- bers of the foreign corps in Wasiing- ton, and her coming will open a home celebrated for its hospitality. The minister has entertained Lttle in his wife’s absence, and he has a long list of social debts to pay. Mme. ‘laka- hira is an authority on gowns. She used to order them direct from Paris, and she usually was several months in advance of the styles on this side. She was known also fo rher beautiful pearls. She possessed by tar the most beautiful collection in Washington, not even excepting the pearis of Mrs. William F. Draper of Massachusetts, of which Queen Marguerite was envi- ous when the Drapers were at the Roman embassy.—New York Press. WIDOWS AND DESERTED WIVES Large Increase of Applicants for As- sistance in Chicago A remarkable increase in the num- ber of widows and deserted wives ap- plying for assistance to the Chiacgo Relief and Aid society during the last year over the preceding years is noted in the annual report of the society. The report says: “More than one-fourth of the cases that come to the society are widows with little children; more than one- eighth deserted women with litte children, ‘There is illness in the fam ily in nearly every case. In the direct re.let of the poor the society spent $26,400. A new feature of the work was the fresh air station for sick babies, conducted in conjune- tion with the Visiting Nurses’ assoct- ation. Next summer the society hopes to establish many more such stations in the small parks or in open spaces in the congested parts of the city. READ AND YOU WILL LEARN That the leading medical writers and teachers of all the several schools of practice endorse and recommend, in the cnaeat terms possible, each and every ingredient Soom into the composition of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for the cure of weak stomach, Sysnepais, catarrh of stomach, “liver complaint,” torpid liver, or biliousness, chronic bowel affections, and all catarrhal diseases of whatever region, name or nature. It is also a specific remedy for all such chronic or long standing casés of catarrhal affec- tions and their resultants, as bronchial, throat and lung diseases (except one A tion) accompanied with severe coughs. It is not so feed for acute colds and eoRhS, but for lingering, or chronic cases it is espectally efficacious in producing per- fect cures. It contains Black Cherrybark, Golden Seal root, Bloodroot, Stone root, Mandrake root and Sukealt root—all or which are highly pr ised as remedies for all the above mentioned affections by such eminent medical writers and teachers as Prof. Bartholow, of Jefferson Med. Col- lege; Prof. Hare, of the Unty. of Pa.; Prof. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., of Ben- nett Med. College, Chicago; Prof. John King, M. D., late of Cincinnati; Prof. John M. Seudder, M, D., late of Cincin- nati; Prof, Edwin M. Hale, M. D., of Hahnemann Med. College, Chicago, and scores of others equally eminent in their several schools of practice, The "Golden Medical Discovery” is the only medicine par up for sale through draggin for like purposes, that has aby suc! provessionas endorsement — wort! more than any number of ordinary testi- monials, Open publicity of its formula on the bottle wrapper is the best possible guaranty of its merits, A glance at this published formula will show that "Golden edical Discovery” contains no poison- ous or harmful agents and no alcohol— shamiealy pure, triple-refined glycerine ing u: instead. Glycerine is entirely Bpchasetionable and besides {s a most usefu inaredi fn’ in the cure of all stom- ach as well as bronchial, throat and lun, affections. There is the highest medical authority for its use in all such cases. The sO eOvery © is a concentrated glyc- eric extract of native, medicinal roots and is safe and reliable. A booklet of extracts from eminent, medical authorities, endorsing its ingre- dients mailed free on Feaues . Address Dr. B. V Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. DEFIANCE Cold Water Starch makes laundry wi rk @ pleasure. 16 oz, pkg. 10c, W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No, 47, 1905, RCA H ECATARR HEADG<SKiDNENS THROA () i BLADDER LUNGS) PIFEALE Wf ow > HTN iN A 7 \. \ A L AN A A mY Ee x4 Colonel Arthur L. Hamilton, fd of the 7th Ohio Volunteers, 259 feq Goodale street, Columbus, O., f izg Writes: “As a remedy for ca- fj fa tarrh and stomach trouble I | fg can fully recommend Peruna.” | Fa Mrs. Hamilton, wife of tho | Se Dp eI ee o % e A = Oo, Vy SA i KW qY y OG ) fy A 4) nO); a” ih » “Oo | e Y 7f act ae] RNS Ste | as La es eC Don't say a man is no friend if he does not grant the favor you ask; maybe he has the old-fashioned idea that a true friend is not forever seek- ing favors. She travels a hard road in making the change, but the young girl who cries tor a prince and a castle is some day going to be very gratetul because she can work for a living. Some foiks arise to state that they have found grammatical errors in the scriptures and then sit down and try to look as if they had been engaged in theological argument. $100 Reward. $100. ‘The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there fs at least one dreaded disease that aclence has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh, Hal's Catarrh Cure t¥ the only positive cure now kuown to the medical fraternity, Catarrh being @ constitutional disease, requires @ constitue Monal treatment. Hult’. Catarrh Cure te taken in- ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the aystein, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by buliding up the constitution and assist: ing nature tn doing {ts work, The proprietors have so much faith in ft curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that {t falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials, Address F. J, CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O, Bold by all Drugg!sta, Te, Take Hall's Fauilly Pils for constipation. How time files! A few years ago all blond girls fondly thought they looked like Della Fox; ater they switched their resemblance to Edna May. Now they are trying to look like Ethel Barrymore. Best in Existence. “TI sincerely believe, all things con- sidered, Hunt's Lightning Oil is the most useful and valuable household remedy in existence. For Cuts, Burns, Sprains and Insect Bites, it has no equal, so far as my experience goes.” G. E. Huntington, Eufaula, Ala, Huh! ‘lhere are lots of people who will pay a dollar and a half, and ap- plaud a dark scene representing Lake Michigan by moonlight, when they could see the real thing for car fare. "Yes," said the missionary, "far from my home, as I am, I grow very tender when anything recalls the familiar scenes of my childhood to me." "Then," said the cannibal king, "I shall send for your home papers for you to read. You look tolerably tough at this time, and we want you to be a little tender before—before—Have you seen the new cook tent?" 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 3/4-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 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. While you can fool some of the people all the time it is just possible that there are some people who can fool you all the time. 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, spitting, blurred eyesight, deafness, sick stomach, headache, noises 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. Some men are so patient that they will sit around waiting for another man's riches to take wings and fly their way. Look in the Glass are earnstly urged to write us at once for Free Advice. Make us your confidant, describing all your troubles, stating age, and we will send you valuable instructions and advice, in plain, sealed envelope. Address: Ladies' Advisory Dept., The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Fenn. The mosquito has gone into winter quarters, but the peekaboo waist continues to remind us of summer. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. A sermon is the longest distance between two points, namely, the point at which it begins and the point at which it leaves off.—London Punch. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in flammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. One great drawback to becoming a printer is that every one you meet after you learn the trade will expect you to laugh when he says something about "pi." I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. Thosus. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich. N. Y., Feb. 17. 1900. A speech may be delivered at any length, on any subject, at any distance from that subject. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FIKEE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. DR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. A legal joke is that which possesses length and breadth, but is without point. A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Son, bear in mind that when people say you talk too much they generally mean you are saying too little. 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 druggists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. The word "homemaker" is working overtime when applied to any rich woman who keeps several servants. The real homemakers work overtime by not keeping any. "Each spring for five or six years I broke out with a kind of eczema which nothing seemed to relieve permanently. Finally I tried a box of Hunt's Cure, which promptly cured me. Two years have passed by, but the trouble has not returned." A horse doctor in Iowa has written a poem that is a real poem—a work of genius. Let us run through the list of available poets and see if we can find one who could cope with a case of heaves in a horse. are a very good indication of the state of your general health. If you are pale, thin, dark under the eyes, complexion muddy, tongue coated, and look older than you should, you are tobogganning down the slippery side of ill health into a ditch of dangerous sickness. Stop yourself in time. Put on the brakes. Brace up all your health forces with Cardui is a pure, harmless, medicinal, curative palatable, vegetable extract, which gently acts upon and heals inflamed female organs, relieving all pain and regulating disordered functions. It is a safe and reliable cure, for all forms of female trouble, purifying and enriching tainted blood, and toning up the soggy nerves. It makes sick women well. Try it. At every Drug Store in $1.00 Bottles Where Others Failed. Mrs. Kate Howard, Little Rock, Ark. Your Looks HOSPITALS CROWDED MAJORITY OF PATIENTS WOMEN Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Saves Many From this Sad and Costly Experience. It is a sad but true fact that every year brings an increase in the number of operations performed upon women in our hospitals. More than three-fourths of the patients lying on those snow Miss Luella Adams It is a sad but true fact that every year brings an increase in the number of operations performed upon women in our hospitals. More than three-fourths of the patients lying on those snow white beds are women and girls who are awaiting or recovering from operations made necessary by neglect. Every one of these patients had plenty of warning in that bearing down feeling, pain at the left or right of the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back, leucorrhoea, dizziness, flatulency, displacements of the womb or irregularities. All of these symptoms are indications of an unhealthy condition of the ovaries or womb, and if not heeded the trouble will make headway until the penalty has to be paid by a dangerous operation, and a lifetime of impaired usefulness at best, while in many cases the results are fatal. The following letter should bring hope to suffering women. Miss Luella Adams, of the Colonnade Hotel, Seattle, Wash., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "About two years ago I was a great sufferer from a severe female trouble, pains and headaches. The doctor prescribed for me and finally told me that I had a tumor on the womb and must undergo an operation if I wanted to get well. I felt that this was my death warrant, but I spent hundreds of dollars for medical help, but the tumor kept growing. Fortunately I corresponded with an aunt in the New England States, and she advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as it was said to cure tumors. I did so and immediately began to improve in health, and I was entirely cured, the tumor disappearing entirely, without an operation. I wish every suffering woman would try this great preparation." Just as surely as Miss Adams was cured of the troubles enumerated in her letter, just so surely will Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure every woman in the land who suffers from womb troubles, inflammation of the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous excitability and nervous prostration. Mrs. Pinkham invites all young women who are ill to write her for free advice. Address, Lynn, Mass. PENSION JOHN W. MORRIS Washington, D.C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner J.S. Pension Bureau. 3 yrs in civil war, 15 adjudicating claims, atty since W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 47, 1905. W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ALL PRICES BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOEMAKER SOLE AGENTS FOR W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ESTABLISHED JULY 6, 1876. $10,000 REWARD to anyone who can disprove this statement. W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes have by their excellent style, easy fitting, and superior wearing qualities, achieved the largest sale of any $3.50 shoe in the world. They are just as good 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. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the best shoes produced in the world. If I 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 their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe on the market to-day. W. L. Douglas Strong Male Shoes for Men, $2.50, $2.00. Boys' School & Dress Shoes, $2.50, $2, $1.75, $1.50 CAUTION. -Insist upon having W.L.Douglas shoes. Take no substitute. None genuine 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 samples sent free for inspection upon request. Fast Color Eyelens used; they will not wear brassy. 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 nasal catarrh. Paxtine is in powder form to be dissolved in pure water, and is far more cleansing, healing, germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptics for all. TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES For sale at druggists, 50 cents a box. Trial Box and Book of Instructions Free. THE B. PAXTON COMPANY BOSTON, MASS. DEFIANCE STARCH easiest to work with and starches clothes, nicest. books general health. If you are nuddy, tongue coated, and ning down the slippery side ss. Stop yourself in time. orces with DUI "MY HUSBAND HAD FOUR DOCTORS" writes Mrs. Dora Crenshaw of Westpoint, Ga., "to treat me, but they did me no good. After my fourth child, my womb came down, and I could hardly sit up. After taking one bottle of Cardul I began to get well. I am now cured, have plenty of milk and no more womb trouble. Cardul has made me feel like a new woman." --- BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Received in Muskogee. about 150 persons present and words fail to describe the richnesf and grandeur the feast by those royal fellows the Elks; to say that everything the heart could wish and the eye admire was there, is putting it mildly; it was up-to-date in every particular and the most magnificent affair of its kind ever given in Muskoge. The visitors expressed themselves as agreeably surprised by the grand welcome and the royal manner in which they were entertained. Toast Master Sango in his wn happy and inimitable way led out on the subject "Our Guest." Dr. Washington's subject, Iudustrial Education of Course was handled by a master. W. A. Rentie, subject, "Our political Destiny" (Mr. Rentie being absent) was presented by W.H. Twine. Cornelius J. Jones, subject, "Indian Territory the Coming State" was handled as only a Master in state craft can present a matter. After the banquet Dr. Washington and son David, Emmett J. Scott private secretary, and Mr. Cox stenographer were taken to Dr. Waterfords for a nigts repose. The Washington party left on the 7:30 train next morning via the Midland Valley R.R. for Ft. Smith, Ark. Thus closed one of the greatest events in the history of Muskogee and one that will mark a nhw epoch in the advancement of our people in the great west. "I have but one object in coming into the territories, and that is to see for myself, as far as a short visit will permit, the condition and progress of my race who have come here from all sections of the country, and to say a word that shall be designed to promote their interest. No matter where an individual lives, whether in the north or south, in a territory or state, in Africa or in the United States, there are a few fundamental truths upon which I want to dwell for a short while. "It is also most gratifying to note that for the most part there is here peace and good will among the races. Here in the south both races labor under a disadvantage, because the bad that there is among whites and blacks is, almost without exception, flashed all over the country, while the worthy acts of both races are seldom known beyond the borders of the community or state. There is but one view for any sensible wtisw is but one view for any sensible man, white or black, to take of the conditions in the south. For the present, and, in my opinion, for centuries to come, we are to live here side by side, and, since this is true, the wise and safe policy for each one to pursue is for each race to live in peace and harmony, each striving to promote the welfare of the other. Any other course is suicidal and short sighted. This is the policy that the best white people believe in and it is the policy that the best colored man is ready to support. Since it is a settled fact that we are to remain here, there are two or three truths connected with our condition which, for a few minutes, I wish to impress upon you. In order for us to grow and exert an influence for the good of all, we should never lose sight of the fact that, in a large degree, we should become owners of property in city and country. We should own our home in the city or in the country or in the farming district. A homeless people and a landless people are placed at a disadvantage and cannot be as useful to a community as those who own homes and land. A large proportion of the crimes committed by members of our race are committed by that class of people who have no homes but wander from one community to another and have no permanent habitation. It is seldom that a man, who owns property and is a taxpayer, is guilty of crime. If we expect the protection and support of the municipal and state governments we should do our part to help support them by willing and ready taxation. "Next in importance to owning property, I wish to impress upon you the dignity of labor for any race, no matter of what color. We must continually train our children, setting the example ourselves, that there is no disgrace in any kind of labor but that there is a disgrace in all idleness. There is as much dignity attached to working on the farm, in the kitchen, in the factory, or on a brick wall, as it is to teach in the school room or to preach the gospel. We must learn to put the highest degree of efficiency and skill into what we do, otherwise the places we are now filling will be taken from us by foreign labor. The opinion is becoming very prevalent that the colored laborer is unreliable; that the employer is not sure when he pays him off on Saturday night that he will see him Monday morning. Our leaders should see to it that there is no basis for such an opinion by helping our people to become conscientious and reliable in their work, whatever the character. We should not only love labor for labor's own sake, but it is equally important that every one should cultivate the saving habit. We know that the race that spends all it earns and has no bank account will always be handicapped. No matter how small, I trust that every individual will start a bank account and that a portion of the earnings of each will find its way into the bank. "In state of slavery ignorance could exist among a large element of our people, but in a state of freedom, I am sure ignorance will prove hurtful to our race and the white race as well. "I believe in all kinds of education for the members of my race, from the lowest to the highest, and while it is a fact that we need the colleges, universities and the professional schools, I believe that a large proportion of our youth should be well trained for the farm, the machine shop and household duties along with academic training. A people without food must be taught how to grow food, a people without homes must be taught how to build homes, and a people without proper methods of living must be taught how to live. In the matter of labor, there is little or no opposition or prejudice to the negro laborer in the south and it is my great concern that the people take advantage of their opportunities. November and December are particularly the months of danger for a large number of our people in the south. These are the months when we are tempted to scattr to the winds for gewgaws and things we can do without. From the hard earnings we have gathered during the year, the money which will be thrown away during the next few months would keep a family in comfort for many, many months. "It should be so that no matter how much property or how much education one may have, unless there is something beneath it all, a strong moral structure, that all the property and education will avail nothing. We must learn to draw the line between the good and the bad, between the virtuous and the vicious. We should set such a high standard of living that no matter whether it be a teacher, a minister, or any leader of our people, if they lead an immoral life they should not have the esteem and confidence of our people. We should lay especial emphasis upon the protection women. In too many communities the idea prevails that our people mingle together, whether they be proper or improper persons. The standard should be set high and these opinions corrected. THUR Novem Will be another BIG 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 of sale 1-3 cash, 60 days and 90 days. "We sometimes grow despondent and discouraged because of our condition in this country. In Russia there are one-half as many Jews as there are negroes in this country, and yet, I feel sure that within a month more Jews have been persecuted and killed than the whole number of our people who have been lynched during the past forty years; but this, of course, is no excuse for lynching. "I have always, in every part of this country, north and south, in all my utterances tried to convince all that it is to the best interests of our race that we continually cultivate the spirit of friendship between the races here in the south.. I repeat here what I have said that we should secure and hold in every honorable way, the friendship of the man who is to live by our side. "Ignorance and race hatred never solved a single problem or helped forward the interests of the race anywhere in the world. The best and most useful colored men are those who cherish the least racial hatred. The white man who is most esteemed and most respected in his community is the one who is broad and generous to all races. A spirit of race hatred will degrade and narrow us as people. The spirit of love, sympathy and helpfulness strengthens and promotes lasting peace and prosperity between both races both here and throughout the country." RSD'Y per 30th, DAY! EHASSE. have another auction sale on the is invited to come no better place me. Terms of sale 1-3 cash, 60 A. J. MASON, President. L. C. HARDRIDGE, Sec PRAIRIE FIRES BEGIN. Osage Nation Pasturage Burns Quite Merrily at Times. Pawhuska, Ok.,—The annual prairie fires have commenced earlier than usual. The luxuriant growth of the native herbage always furnishes the material for fires that sometimes rage with considerable fury. During the past two years immense areas have been broken up and either sown to wheat or planted to other crops, including thousands of acres set out in orchards, consequently there is little damage done, if we except the destruction of the pasturage. ACOUIT J. R. SKINNER. Trial For Murder Lasts But Three Hours at Pawnee. Pawnee, Okla.,-The case of the Territory vs. John R. Skinner, who was charged with the killing of H. R. Huggett on October 4, 1905, was called yesterday morning. Probably no case in the history of Pawnee county has attracted greater interest than this one, as the defendant is one of the best known and most highly respected men in this county. The defendant was represented by the entire bar of Pawnee and Pawhuska. The Cuban Plot Revealed. Havana, Nov. 18. The truth in the reports of plots to overthrow the government was revealed in part to-day. The government received a confidential report to the effect that an ostensibly vacant house in the Cerro suburb was utilized as a secret depository for arms and ammunition. The police found forty-one rifles, twenty-one carbines, thirty-five packages, each containing a thousand cartridges, and some barrels filled with ammunition and accoutrements. Considerable suspicion is directed toward the Liberal and Radical leaders. NO PRICE CUTTING. Independent Refinery Want No Fight On Their Hands. Muskogee, I. T.,—Charles T. Madison, manager of the Independent Refinery in this city, denies reports that he is cutting prices under the Standard Oil Company in various towns in Oklahoma. He said that he is not looking for a fight with the Standard Oil Company and is satisfied to be let alone in the limited field the independent refinery can occupy. "We depend," he said, "upon the superior quality of our refined product which is admitted to be of higher grade than the product of the Waters-Pierce company of Oklahoma." NEW RAILROADS FOR MUSKOGEE. Muskogee, I. T.—It can authoritatively be stated that two new railroads are now laying plans to enter Muskogee. The preliminary survey has been made by one road from Summit or Oktaha to Oklahoma City. The other has been surveyed from Fort Gibson to Oklahoma City and will come into Muskogee over the Frisco bridge. One is believed to be a Missouri Pacific and the other a Katy project. In the event the Missouri Pacific comes into Muskogee from Fort Gibson and builds from here to Oklahoma City, Muskogee will be vastly benefited. --- WASTED TO A SHADOW. But Found a Cure After Fifteen Years of Suffering. A. H. Stotts, messenger at the State Capitol, Columbus, O., says: "For fifteen years I had kidney troubles, and though I doctored faithfully, could not find a cure. I had heavy backaches, dizzy headaches and terrible urinary disorders. One day I collapsed, fell insensible on the sidewalk, and then J. B. H. wasted away in bed for ten weeks. After being given up, I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. In a couple of months I regained my old health, and now weigh 188 pounds. Twelve boxes did it, and I have been well two years." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. In some ways we are sorry for folks who have no rich relatives that may leave them money, but the said folks do not have to laugh heartily at the stale jokes told by the rich relatives. Don't Do It. Should you have a cough, cold or sore chest, do not rely on time and nature to cure. They may do so they may not. Use Simmons' Cough Syrup. It is a balm for sore lungs and will cure you at once. His Meditations The man of the house sits for some time in deep thought. "What are you thinking of, papa?" asks his daughter. "Trying to think of what you are going to get us for Christmas?" "No," responds the father. "I was doing my best to forget how much last Christmas cost me, but I'm afraid the recollection is going to lap over into this one and cast some sort of a damper on the festivities for me." As nearly as we can recall we never heard anybody but an old bachelor brag about how children always take to him. DISTRESS AFTER MEALS Sure Sign That Dr.Williams' Pink Pills Are Needed to Tone Up the Digestive Organs. Loss of appetite, distress after eating, shortness of breath, a feeling of utter weakness—these are symptoms that are familiar to most sufferers from stomach trouble. Too often the ordinary doctor's treatment serves but to weaken the diseased organs. The new tonic method of treating disorders of this kind does not aim to do the work of the stomach, does not demand that the food be pre-digested, but builds up the weakened organs, so that they can do the work that nature intended. Mrs. L.O. Law, of No. 324 North street, Horton, Kansas, says: "In 1897, while we were living on a farm in this neighborhood, I became generally debilitated as the result of overwork. I had serious indigestion, lost my appetite, suffered from a sense of suffocation and from obstruction of the circulation, so that artificial means had to be used to restore it. After suffering for months without finding any relief, I tried a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills of which I had read in a newspaper. The first few boxes made me lots better, and after using the third box I felt entirely well. "I am now in excellent health and am able not only to take care of my house but also to assist my husband in a store which he has lately taken. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cured me and I can recommend them. They are so simple, so easily taken and so prompt in their action." Remember Dr. Williams' Pink Pills do not act on the bowels. They make new blood and restore shattered nerves. In this way they carry health and vigor to every organ and fiber of the body. They are sold by all druggists or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box; six boxes for $2 50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y. 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed - Alx. Sunna - Rochelle Salts - Anine Seed - Peppermint - Bit Carbonate Salts - Worm Seed - Clarified Sugar Wintergreen Flavor. A perfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and Loss of Sleep. Fac Simile Signature of Charles H. Flitcher. NEW YORK. A 16 months old 35 Doses - 35 CINIS EXACT COPY OF WRAPER. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Charles H. Flitcher. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. PRICE, 25 Cts. TO CURE THE GRIP IN ONE DAY ANTI-GRIPINE THAS NO EQUAL FOR HEADACHE ANTI-GRIPINE IS GUARANTEED TO CURE GRIP, BAD COLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA. I won't sell Anti-Gripine to a dealer who won't Guarantee It. Call for your MONEY BACK IF IT DON'T CURE. E. W. Diemer, M. D., Manufacturer, Springfield, Mo. READ THIS It May Not Appear Again. If you are addicted to the use of MORPHINE, COCAINE, OPIUM, WHISKY or TOBACCO, we will take pleasure in furnishing you samples and full descriptions of our SANITARIUM and HOME TREATMENTS. We have been established in HOT SPRINGS, ARK., for years, have CURED people from all parts of the Union, which we can verify by hundreds of letters from grateful and happy patients thanking us for CURING and restoring them to good health. The length of time of the addiction or the amount of Drug or other Narcotic poisons used makes no difference with the success of our Treatment. The antidotal and eliminative effects being equally efficacious and the time required for Treatment no longer. Our Treatment acts as a general restorative, and as a Tonic while absolutely removing the desire for the stimulant, either Drug or Alcohol, thus obtaining the desired results with little inconvenience to patients. To convince you that our Treatment is all we claim, and as a guarantee of our good faith, patients are not required to pay for Treatment till they are dismissed from Sanitarium CURED and perfectly satisfied. To those that can't come to us for Treatment will say, that after years of study and experimenting Dr. Westmoreland has perfected a "HOME CURE" which if taken according to directions will CURE any of above habits at your own home. Address as 460 Prospect Avenue, or Westmoreland Sanitarium, Hot Springs, Arkansas. All matters treated confidentially. It is so much easier to pull a fellow man down than it is to boost him up. When Your Grocer Says he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only better than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to the package and sells for same money as 12 oz. brands. Grafting makes a man acquainted with hail fellows well met. 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Means a productive capacity in dollars of over $16 per acre. This on land which has cost the farmer nothing but the price of tilling it, tells its own story. The Canadian Government gives absolutely free to every settler 160 acres of such land. Lands adjoining can be purchased at from $6 to $10 per acre from railroad and other corporations. Already 175,000 farmers from the United States have made their homes in Canada. For pamphlet "Twentieth Century Canada" and all information apply to Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to following authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 123 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri Farmers, Dairymen, Poultry Raisers: Pure Alfalfa Meal Best Balance for Rations Known $1.50 per 100lb. f.o.b. Oklahoma City, Okla. Make money by feeding TONIC STOCK SALT Works both ways; saves feed; increases values. $2.50 per 100lbs.; freight allowed. Ask your dealer or write direct. Inland Mfg. Co., Oklahoma City. DEFIANCE STARCH—16 ounces to the package other starches only 12 ounces—same price and "DEFIANCE" IS SUPERIOR QUALITY. CONFESSES MURDER. Husband Accused Her of Being Unfaithful and Threatened to Leaue Her Nothing. Ada, I. T.—Suffering from remorse and the fact that bloodhounds were about to be placed upon the trail of her paramour for the murder of her husband and the father of her two little children, Mrs. Mayhair of Allen, made the following statement to the officers this morning: "Do you think that I would be cleared of the crime if I should turn state's evidence," said Mrs. Mayhair to an officer Saturday morning, and when told that every effort would be made to apprehend the murderer, and when assured that a clean breast of the affair would be best for her, she continued: "Some days ago Mayhair and I had a quarrel in which he accused me of being unfaithful to him, and claimed that I lavished too much attention on one Lon Gilmore. At that time he had in his pocket $3,500 in cash, and had a $10,000 life insurance policy made in my favor, but stated that I would never get a cent of his money. On Tuesday, election day, I went to the store and got a revolver out of a drawer. That night I met Gilmore and we played the killing. Gilmore shot Mr. Maynair as he lay in bed and we then crossed his hands and pulled the cover up to his chin. I then took the revolver and buried it in the smoke house about four inches deep and set a churn over the fresh dirt. The marks on my face I made myself with a stick of wood. I then aroused the neighbors, and you know the rest." Mrs. Mayhair is a frail, rather sickly looking woman, weighing perhaps 115 pounds. She has a melancholy disposition and was not thought capable of assisting in such a crime. She told her story without shedding a tear and felt relieved when the tale was told. Mrs. Mayhair was the second wife of the deceased, having been employed as a domestic in the family. Some ten years ago Mayhair and his wife parted. Captain Hobson Likes Muskogee. Muskogee, I. T.—Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac, was the attraction at the Hinton last night, where he delivered a most interesting lecture on enforcing universal peace by an increased American navy. The playhouse was crowded with an appreciative audience. With Broken Neck. Fairview, Okla.—Alvin Chamberlain, aged 25, died today after living two months with his neck broken. While at work with other young men cutting broom corn two months ago one of the others, in play, jumped on Chamberlain's neck drawing him to the ground and dislocating his neck. Since then his entire body has been paralyzed. Chamberlain contended to the last that his neck was not dislocated. THE INVENTOR WAITS. Anadarko, Okla.—J. M. Acton of Anadarko has heralded what he claims to be a marvelous invention in the way of securing a flow of water continuously from a well by the use of a syphon system of tank piping. He has not cleared up the mystery of his discovery but announces the possibilities therein with the flattering offer of a "good thing" to the hardy company of adventurers who, as he expresses it, are not "afraid to put one dollar in where they can see two come out." President's Message. Washington. It is announced today that the President's message will be sent to congress Tuesday, December 5. The first day will be spent by the house and senate in disposing of routine matters. When a man's dog deserts him that fact alone should be sufficient ground for his wife to procure a divorce. But then there'd be few divorces. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. SAILING 90 MILES AN HOUR Wonderful Speed Made by Land Ships With Safety Sailing on land is a new diversion, experimented with at different times in the past, that has suddenly burst into prominence. No other summer amusement conveyance of man's invention can make anything like the speed of the land sailing vessel. It skims over the ground with the actual speed of the wind. Its only rival in amusement conveyances of winter or summer is the ice boat; but the land sailing vessel furnishes much greater enjoyment than the ice boat, for its path is not limited by the narrow confines of an ice pond, and, moreover, it is a summer vehicle, made to sail in the season when rapid open air traveling is really enjoyable. So fast will the land boat move if permitted to go at its full speed during a strong wind that its occupants would find it impossible to retain their seats. Hence its speed has to be checked and regulated by the manipulation of brakes and sails. From fifty to ninety miles an hour, however, has often been attained with safety when the precaution was taken of seeing that the passengers were well secured in their seats.—Technical World. Some folks rely upon first impressions; others only decide after mature deliberation. The percentage of mistakes is equal. PASSING OF PORRIDGE Makes Way for the Better Food of a Better Day. "Porridge is no longer used for breakfast in my home," writes a loyal Britain from Huntsville, Ont. This was an admission of no small significance to one "brought up" on the time-honored stand-by. "One month ago," she continues, "I bought a package of Grape-Nuts food for my husband, who had been an invalid for over a year. He had passed through a severe attack of pneumonia and la grippe combined, and was left in a very bad condition when they passed away. "I tried everything for his benefit, but nothing seemed to do him any good. Month followed month and he still remained as weak as ever. I was almost discouraged about him when I got the Grape-Nuts, but the result has compensated me for my anxiety. "In the one month that he has eaten Grape-Nuts he has gained 10 pounds in weight, his strength is rapidly returning to him, and he feels like a new man. Now we all eat Grape-Nuts food, and are the better for it. Our little 5 year old boy, who used to suffer from pains in the stomach after eating the old-fashioned porridge, has no more trouble since he began to use Grape-Nuts, and I have no more doctor's bills to pay for him. "We use Grape-Nuts with only sweet cream, and find it the most tasty dish in our bill of fare." "Last Monday I ate 4 teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast, nothing else, then set to work and got my morning's work done by 9 o'clock, and felt less tired, much stronger, than if I had made my breakfast on meat, potatoes, etc., as I used to. I wouldn't be without Grape-Nuts in the house for any money." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. FOR EMERGENCIES AT HOME And for the Stock on the Farm NOTHING EQUALS SLOAN'S LINIMENT The Great Antiseptic Price, 25c., 50c. and $1.00. Dr. EARL S. SLOAN, 615 Albany St., Boston, Mass. SMOKERS FIND LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER 5¢ Cigar better Quality than most 10¢ Cigars Dozen supplied by their jobber or direct from Frank P. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, IL SIR KNIGHT THE LIMIT IN LEATHER FOR MEN YOU are not Shoewise Unless you are wearing the SIR KNIGHT $4 SHOE. It's Different--it's STYLE, COMFORT, SERVICE and ECONOMY ALL in one pair of SHOES. Every Dealer Who Has His Customers' Interest at Heart, Sells These Shoes. Wertheimer-Swarts Shoe Co. LARGEST FINE SHOE EXCLUSIVISTS ST. LOUIS. U. S. A. WANTED FOR UNITED STATES ARMY: able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer, Post-Office Building Oklahoma, Guthrie. Shawnee, Enid, O. T., or Tulsa. I. T. Cut Your Work in Two Atkins Saws cut not only wood, iron and other materials better than any other, but they cut work. Atkins Saws cut not only wood, iron and other materials better than any other, but they cut work. That is because they are made of the best steel in the world by men that know how. That is because they are made of the best steel in the world by men that know how. Atkins Saws, Corn Knives, Perfection Floor Scrapers, etc., are sold by all good hardware dealers. Catalogue on request. E. C. ATKINS & CO. Inc. Largest Saw Manufacturers in the World Factory and Executive Offices, Indianapolis BRANCHES—New York, Chicago, Minneapolis Portland (Oregon), Seattle, San Francisco Memphis, Atlanta and Toronto (Canada) Accept no substitute—Insist on the Atkins Brand SOLD BY GOOD DEALERS EVERYWHERE 25 CTS PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 47, 1905. Decision in Cotton Cotton will be moving rapidly from now on, and you will have to decide quickly what to do with each lot, according to the circumstances of the moment. Our services and our facilities are at your command, and you will make no mistake by shipping to us. Wm. D. Cleveland & Sons, Houston. .. Texas. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOBEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. W. H. TWINE Editor. R. WOOD, Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE Gen'l Solicitor E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. THE CIMETER will not be issued next week, because of Thanksgiving our force desires to return thanks. The "Grip Sack" leader was pinned to the wall on the 20th. Dr. Washington struck some of our home talent square in the center. E. I. Saddler, E. P. McCabe, G. W. F. Sauners, Judge Perkins and the other leaders of our people in Oklahoma entertained Dr. B. T. Washington at Guthrie last week. The immoral teacher and immoral preacher received a liquid dose of Pluto. The Cimeter has been hammering on this class of cusses for a long time. Our effort is bearing fruit. Some of the pot house politicians who at Washington fighting the appointment of Judge Raymond will get their tail feathers scorched before the homeward journey and some later one. The Slogan of the Chronic kickers at Washington is anything to beat Raymond. The majority of these fellows are disgruntled lily white Republicans and disgruntled Democrats and a few mug wumps thrown in for good measure. Women who loaf around court houses and other public places and who are continually racing from town to town on rail roads, are of no benefit to the race, and using a Western phrase are not worth a tinkers' d-n. Its Judge Raymond against the field and we are still where we were at the beginning. It would be a calamity to gratify the greed and thirst of the political misfits and buccaneers who are clamoring for his defeat. Single statehood will make the Indian Territory blossom as a rose and the people will decide whether we shall have prohibition or not. While we are and has always been in favor of the restriction of the sale of intoxicants, still we think the majority sf the people should have an opportunity to register their vote and settle the question. Ingraditude is the most heinous crime known to man and there are several cusses, white and black, around this burg who have large chunks of that article sticking all over their worthless hide. Is it plain, cusses? The advice given our people by Mr. Washington will assist materially in helping them save their lands, build good homes, and become up to-date farmers. His trip to the Indian Territory has been a profitable one to our people. The villianous reports about Judge Raymond that are being published in the metropolitan dailies can be traced to the gang now in Washington from Muskogee. These reports bear falsehood on the face when they say that all the lawyers and all the people are against Raymond. Only a few lawyers; the most of them in Muskogee are against Raymond. Of course the Muskogee Bar Association, composed of just some of the lawyers of Muskogee arrogate to themselves that they are the lawyers of the Western District and the people as well, hence the claim that all the lawyers and people are against Raymond. And again there are a number of colored lawyers in Muskogeo and not one of them is or can be a member of the Bar association as it now stands. We went there one day and the fellows got nervous and passed some d—n fool rule that an applicant, no matter if he is admitted to practice must have a recommendation from two members before he could get in and we saw no members present except lily white Republicans and moss back Democrats and hence our show was bad. Prior to this the rule was pay $2.00, and we had the $2.00. Great cusses this Muskogee Bar Association. THE WILLIAMSON HAFFNER CO OUR CUTS TALK ENGRAVERS-PRINTERS DENVER STUDY LAW AT HOME Prepare for success at the bar, in business or public life, by mail, in the ORIGINAL SCHOOL, Founded in 1880. Successful graduates everywhere. Approved by bar and in colleges. Regular law course and Business Law College. Special Torma. Special Offer New, Catalogue Free. Sprague Correspondence School of Law, Pioneer Abstract Co IOWA BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. . KIRSHBAUM . GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. 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. DON'T PAY TWO PRICES TO AGENTS WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A BUY FRUIT TREES PEACH EAR LUM APPLE GRAPE & BERRIES ORNAMENTALS ROSES & SHRUBS OF Muskogee Nursery Co. H. P. SHOWALTER, Foe u J. L. KINSLEY, President. Phone 5 or 31 Why buyYour From a company you do not know. Keep your money at home buy buying from the Muskogee Lumber Company They live here and will treat you right. Yard located west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. 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, Ind. Ter. JONES BUILDING (IN THE REAR) ON FIRST FLOOR 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. MUST PAY LOSS OKLAHOMA SECURES JU ENT AGAINST AMERICAN BONDING COMPANY FOR BANK LOSSES CASE TO BE APPEALED TO HIGHER COURT By the Verdict the Territory Will Lose Nothing by Failure of Capitol National Bank-A Possibility That the Case May Yet be Lost GUTHRIE: In the district court here, a jury gave Oklahoma Territory a judgment against the American Bonding company, of Baltimore, Maryland, for $178,539.98 with interest at 7 per cent from June 6, 1905. This covers the actual loss of the territory in deposit in the Capitol National bank which failed here in April, 1904. The original amount of the territory's loss was $244,053.21, but since the bank failed two dividends have been paid by Receivers Willoughby and Cherry; the first amounted to 20 per cent or $48,810.64 for the territory; the second amounted to 15 per cent or $36,607.98 for the territory. This leaves the sum of $178,539.98, which includes 7 per cent interest from the time the bank failed until June 6, 1905, still owing to the territory, and for this amount judgment was given against the American Bonding company. This company, together with the Fidelity & Deposit company of Baltimore and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty of Baltimore had guaranteed the territory's deposits in the Capitol National bank. After the bank failed it was found that the two last named companies were not liable on their bonds until the total liability of the American Bonding company, amounting to $250,000, was exhausted. This the American Bonding company held to be a breach of contract on the part of the territory and refused to pay the territory's losses. Attorney General Simons then began a suit against the company to recover, and the case was heard before Judge John H. Burford, with judgment for the territory. The American Bonding company claims that when they made a contract with the territory, it was with the understanding that the other bonding companies would be equally liable with it in case of loss and they will appeal the case to the Oklahoma supreme court, and afterward if necessary to the United States supreme court on this point. The attorneys for the company maintain they fully expect to win the case in the higher courts. It is believed by several of the territorial officials that the bonding companies are resisting payment on the losses, until the defunct bank has exhausted all its assets and has paid its total amount of dividends. Receiver Chas. T. Cherry only recently announced the payment of an additional 10 per cent dividend in the near future, and only pending court cases against the receiver prevent the immediate payment of a much larger dividend. One of the main assets of the defunct bank is the Norman Sanitarium company, which has the contract for maintaining the insane patients of the territory. The majority of the company's stock was held by the bank when it failed, and as the asylum is paying a handsome profit, it is figured that if the contract for maintaining the insane should be left with the company for two years longer, that the bank in dividends could pay out almost in full, or at least 75 per cent. If such a thing should result, then the bonding companies would make money by resisting payment until such a result is certain. During the last term of court here, Judge Bayard T. Hainer gave judgment against the bank's receiver and in favor of the territory for $18,000 moneys deposited in the bank by Territorial Secretary Grimes and Secretary Wenner of the territorial-school land leasing board a few days before the bank failed. Judge Hainer held the money was accepted by the bank after the latter was known to be in an insolvent condition and is therefore a preferred claim against the bank. Receiver Gherry has appealed this case to the Oklahoma supreme court, where it will be argued in January. If the territory again wins this case against the receiver, it means at least 20 per cent less dividends paid by the bank, for the reason that numerous other claims are pending against the bank awaiting final action of the Grimes-Wenner suits. If the Grimes-Wenner case is won by the territory, the bonding companies will have 20 per cent more to pay to the territory, than if the territory should lose the case. It has recently developed that in case the territory should finally lose its suit against the American Bonding company in the higher courts, that it can hold the United States Fidelity and Guaranty company of Baltimore for only $25,000, although the company was on the bank's bond for $100,000. When it became time for this company's bond to be renewed, there was some difficulty between the head office and the territory regarding the authentic signatures to the bond. Finally the territory returned the bond to Baltimore for changes, and before it was returned the bank failed, without the bond being renewed. In the meantime, however, Jas. Upshaw, of Oklahoma City, territorial agent for the company, had made a binder, for $25,000, to protect Chas. E. Billingsley, president of the Capitol National bank and this binder was the only bond in force with the United Fidelity and Guaranty company when the bank failed, and the company is now even contesting its agent's authority to issue such a binger. BOND NOT FORFEITED Vice President of Capitol National Claimed He Had Not Been Notified GUTHRIE: J. C. Robb, vice president of the defunct Capitol National bank, whose bond was declared forfeited in the United States district court, appeared in court later and showed that he had not been notified of the date set for his hearing; whereupon the former action was annulled. The indictment against him was then quashed under the Phillips decision, and he was given ten days in which to furnish a new bond. After the bond of Robb had been forfeited it was found that the original bond was missing from the clerk's office, as was also that of T. A. Neal, who was indicted at the same time. Neal was then clerk of the court. The loss of Neal's bond was discovered in September, and he gave a new bond at that time. CONGRESSIONAL ACTION WANTED Judge Hainer Will Not Continue Using Common Law Juries GUTHRIE: Judge Hainer sustained the challenge to the amended grand jury, which was drawn under the direction of Judge Burford, and discharged the jury. He will probably let the grand jury matter rest for the present in hope of congressional action, which he believes to be the only absolute remedy for existing defects. He hopes for congressional action by Christmas. The present term of court here will continue until February, and if action is not taken by congress early in the session, the common law grand jury will probably be impaneled. Judge Hainer has been using common law grand juries, and still believes that they are all right, but hesitates to continue, as the other Oklahoma judges do not agree with him. You learn by the mistakes you make, and you get the education rubbed in by the mistakes others remember you have made. EXPERIENCES OF A NATURALIST MOLTEN LAVA AND FLOOD NEWSBOY HAD HIS REVENGE LEARNED IN COUNTRY SCHOOL LEARNED IN COUNTRY SCHOOL Richard Bell in his new book, "My Strange Pets," tells of the solan geese, which in Great Britain in bygone days, used to be salted and dried for human food: "Many years ago these dried geese found their way to the lowlands of Scotland and were used as an appetizer. A small portion, when eaten before meals, was supposed to tickle the appetite. In this connection I have heard a good story. A worthy farmer in the neighborhood gave a dinner party and when the dinner was in progress he asked one of his guests if he would have 'another portion,' upon which the guest remarked, 'I think I will, as I et a bit o' solan goose afore I left hame and it has made me very hungry,' upon which his neighbor said: 'I dinna believe in these solan geese, for I et a haill yin afore I cam' awa and I dinna feel a bit the hungrier.'" A correspondent of Mr. Bell's gives the following information about one MOLTEN LAVA "Strange things have been happening in the South Sea islands," writes a Sydney correspondent of the Chicago Daily News. "In Samoa a volcano has broken out, which belched forth a torrent of molten lava three miles wide clear to the sea. Fortunately, the land over which the torrent flowed was a desert and, though the sight was singularly impressive, very little harm was done. From the Marshall islands, however, comes a different tale. There was a terrific hurricane swept over the atolls and islets of which the group is composed, and Jaluit, where most of the European settlers reside, was washed by an enormous wave at least six feet high, which suddenly transformed that islet into a lake in which the natives with their families swam for their lives and the native houses floated about. "At noon the day of the hurricane at Jaluit the sky was pitch dark, ex- NEWSBOY HAD "Did it ever strike you that when it comes to waiting for revenge a newsboy, the same apparently impatient little street gamin, is the most patient being on earth?" remarked the one who was pulling at the cheroot. "Well, I'm here to tell you that it is so, and you'll believe it when you hear this story," he continued. "In my town there used to be one of the crustiest old bachelors that ever lived. Some people said he was a miser, but whether that was so I don't know. At any rate, he was the stingiest ever "One morning he bought a paper from a newsboy and handed him a coin. It was a ten-cent piece, and the boy didn't look at it, but pocketed it and turned away. The old fellow waited for his nine cents and suddenly saw the boy darting across the street to dispose of another paper. He called a policeman and had the little fellow arrested for the theft of the nine cents. The boy explained that he hadn't no- LEARNED IN CO In sweet October's short'ring days, When comes the purple, smoky haze Of many an Indian summer morn, When through the rustling blades of corn The winsome winds of autumn play— No trace of winter, cold and gray— Then fancy takes a backward flight, Forgotten pleasures come to light, The fun and frolic, rigid rule, Of childhood's joy—the Country School! The course of study was not high, But small boys oft were made to sigh, With eyes upon the dog-eared book, Not daring otherwheres to look; "The rule of three" they pondered o'er. And sadly mused on Webster's lore; McGuffey's Readers were the joy Of every story-loving boy— The teacher at his desk and stool Was tsar and sultan in the school. But minds oppress'd would soon rebound When came the call of "fox and hound"; --- of his favorite specimens: "The South American boas are most easily tamed. My present boa, which I have had about two years, invariably sleeps in my bed, round my feet. He is perfectly clean, lies still and very seldom disturbs me; occasionally he crawls to my face to lick it. I frequently take the python to bed, but at present she is timid and if she cannot find my feet in the night becomes scared and walks out of bed, curling herself on the floor. The evil result is that she becomes cold." Of the plague of caterpillars that overran the Scottish lowlands in 1885: "The caterpillars marched in armies straight ahead and the consequence was that when they encountered 'sheep drains'—which are open drains about eighteen inches deep and eighteen inches wide at the top—they tumbled into them in such numbers that their dead bodies dammed up the water and they might have been taken out in barrow loads." cept for balls of fire which occasionally lit up the scene. Breadfruit and cocoanut trees were knocked down and piled up as high as houses. The mission building, by far the finest in the Marshall group, was reduced to ruins. Large masses of rock and coral washed up from the lagoon were strewn about here and there. Of the magnificent wharf which the Germans had erected at a cost of much labor and money, not a trace remains. Over seventy natives were killed by falling trees or were drowned and, with the exception of the German company's large store, Jaluit was almost entirely destroyed. "European residents took shelter successively in a bowling alley, an oven, a bathhouse, a bar, and eventually in a store and managed to survive. The new steamer, Germania, with the utmost difficulty succeeded in riding out the storm. Altogether they seem to have had a pretty rough time at the Marshall group." ticed that the old fellow gave him a dime. But it availed him nothing. Through the influence exerted by his accuser the boy was sent to the house of correction for two months. He swore vengeance on the old man and about eighteen months later his opportunity came. "It was during a heavy rainstorm. The streets were veritable rivers and at one corner barefooted newsboys had constructed a walk over boxes. Among the boys was our little friend and among the crowd at the corner waiting to pass was the crusty old bachelor. The old fellow started to cross, the boy saw him and immediately recognized him. Stooping for a second he moved one of the planks. When the old man stepped on this plank it slipped from him and he was given a splendid ducking. 'I'm even wid dat guy,' grinned the boy. 'Now I'm layin' for de judge dat sent me up.'"—New Orleans Times-Democrat. And "townball" had its devotees. Who scorned all games that proffered ease; With laughing eye and rosy cheek The girls would play at "hide-and-seek." When "books" were called with tinkling bell. A thirsty crowd stood round the well, Waiting their parched lips to cool Before the grind of Country School. Where are the boys who played with me In long, gone days of "used-to-be"? Ah, some are sleeping, calm and still, By Salem Church—on Goshen hill! And some are living, brave and strong, To lift their voice against all wrong. And in the pulpit or the pew Uphold the good, stand by the true— Thank God for all—the kindly rule, And lessons learned in Country School! —J. S. Cheavens, in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Calumet Baking Powder A perfectly healthful powder made by improved chemical methods and of accurately proportioned materials Trust Baking Powders sell for 45 or 50 cents per pound and may be identified by this exorbitant price. They are a menace to public health, as food prepared from them contains large quantities of Rochelle salts, a dangerous cathartic drug. Try as he may, a fat man cannot look distressed no matter how wrong things are going for him. For this reason the fat man is deprived of a lot of sympathy that is justly his. We are sorry for the fat man. BABY CAME NEAR DYING. From an Awful Skin Humor— —Scratched Till Blood Ran— Wasted to a Skeleton— Speedily Cured by Cuticura. "When three months old my boy broke out with an itching, watery rash all over his body, and he would scratch till the blood ran. We tried nearly everything, but he grew worse, wasting to a skeleton, and we feared he would die. He slept only when in our arms. The first application of Cuticura soothed him so that he slept in his cradle for the first time in many weeks. One set of Cuticura made a complete and permanent cure. (Signed) Mrs. M. C. Maitland, Jasper, Ontario." Often as we gaze into the limpid eyes of a little lad we tremble with the fear that he may grow up to be a man whose only claim to public notice will be that he changes clothing eight or nine times a day. Some men can look at a field of corn shocks intermingled with golden pumpkins, and think of poetry, but others—lots of others—will think of pie. AGAINST THE STORM THERE IS NO PROTECTION IN THE WORLD LIKE TOWER'S SLICKERS FOR SALE BY ALL THE BEST DEALERS TOWER'S FISH BRAND A. J. TOWER CO., ESTABLISHED 1836 BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO TOWER CANADIAN CO., Limited, TORONTO, CAN. --- SHOWING THE WORLD'S PROGRESS New Era of Machinery in Japan. The birth and rise of a new mechanical science in Japan which will soon transform old world machinery into antiquities if European and American engineers do not gird up their loins and get a scientific standard in machine designing is the new yellow peril, as divined in the work on centrifugal pumps of the brilliant mathematician and mechanician, Mr. A. Inokuty, professor of mechanical engineering in the University of Tokio. As an essay in the application of mathematics to a technical problem of the highest practical utility, taking account as it does in the thorough manner of all physical phenomena involved by the best data available, and working from the basis of the maximum possible efficiency being desirable, this volume of 300 quarto pages is pronounced one of the greatest achievements ever attained in skilled calculations and mercitorious of acceptance in the Occident as a standard authority. The style is eminently simple, direct and free of ambiguity in handling the difficult substance. Those who will not move beyond the simplifications of last century, declares an English authority, must certainly succumb to the new yellow science of mechanical engineering. Lifting Jack. Simple, strong and compact mechanical tools, capable of instant use when needed, are more in demand than ever. Inventors realize this, which, in all probability, accounts for the large number of such devices patented. We I Strong and Powerful. show in the illustration below a powerful lifting jack, the invention of a Tennessee man, which comprises about all that could be desired in such a small appliance. It is designed for use upon wagons and the like, and is readily adapted because of the great power incident to the structural arrangement of the parts for extracting posts, stumps or doing work of similar character. In this jack the usual standard and base are provided. Upon the top of the standard is a small handle to be grasped in supporting the jack when it is being operated. The hoisting means consists of a movable head sliding vertically in the standard. Below the head is a runner, also movable on the standard, a lifting bar connecting the head and the runner, both being operated by means of a bell-shaped lever. On the bar connecting the head and the runner is an extension, which engages with a ratchet mechanism in the runner. By pressing the lever downward the bar is forced out from the notch of the ratchet, to which it is caught, until it is far enough released to grasp the notch next above, the head being firmly secured by an attachment directly underneath the lever. This apparatus can also be used for stretching wires or accomplishing a similar function. IN FASHION'S REALM MODES AND FABRICS THAT HAVE PRESENT FANCY. Princess Skirt and Bolero Gray Shepherd's Plaid With Strappings Popularity of Eyelet Embroidery Continues Unabated—Little Hints. Millinery in New York. The popularity to be expected for hats of the felts, for dressy wear, from what was discovered in investigations of the new millinery of a month ago, is being verified in their acceptance among our most sagacious milliners, and in their willing adoption by well-advised, fashionable ladies. They will be extensively worn, especially those of the softer qualities of the plain material. Miroir velvet seems still to be the choice in the millinery textile materials for the objective creation of the richest of the autumn and winter hats; while gold and silver tissues have been employed latterly as combining fabrics, and some of the most elegant and attractive of the recently produced models are constructed objectively of feather-faced cloth—small quill feathers also being laid over naked frames as covering. Velvet ribbons, and hemmed piece velvet cut bias, vary the limp taffeta and soft satin ribbons in the latest trimming and finish of the new headwear; and gold and silver grenadine ribbons, and gold and silver galloons, have part in the trimming and finish of some very dainty and handsome of the latest of the new models.—Millinery Trade Review. Fine Eyelet Embroidery. The fancy for eyelet embroidery is just as much a craze as ever, and it would almost seem as though it were summer, not winter, that is close at hand, to judge by the demand for this work. But in truth there is no marked difference between the afternoon gown for summer and the theater gown for winter that are now fashionable. The model that for the moment is so extremely popular serves equally well for one or the other. A plaited skirt of silk mull has above the second flounce a band of the embroidery. The entire waist with basque frills and sleeves is of the same embroidery, and, while extremely simple in general design, is most expensive. The design originally intended for street gown has been improved upon by being made with trained skirt, and is in black colors as well as white.—Harper's Bazar. S Princess skirt and bolero of light and dark brown striped lightweight suiting with dark brown velvet cuffs and revers. Tip-tilted Hats. The side-tilting of hats, as well as the tobaggan slide directions, are no longer the same marvelous sights, for the eye is getting quite used to them. Twice as many hatpins are needed, and such superbly jeweled ones as are used make lesser ones look extremely out of date. The tendency of plumes is to end upon the hair in the back, and is quite definitely accepted. They should not be worn, however, by what are now termed short women, those who fall below five feet nine or ten, but naturally there will not be any such discrimination. All the feminine world is after fashion regardless of all else.—Montreal Star. Mr. Gray shepherd's plaid trimmed with strappings of plain gray. Like Man's Frock Coat. A woolen suit modeled on strictly tailored lines is developed after the fashion of a man's frock coat, made in one of the soft gray mixtures which are so fashionable this year, the coat cut three-quarters long. The body fits the figure snugly at the back and side lines. There is a suggestion of ease in the fitting of the double-breasted front, which is fastened with cloth covered buttons. The neck is finished with the regulation coat collar and revers. The sleeves are in coat style, with slight fullness at the shoulder, and are finished with two buttons and buttonholes at the cuff. The skirt of the coat falls in easy lines over the gored skirt, the fullness of the two according well. There is a neat hem at the foot of the skirt. In semi-tailored style is another made with a long coat, the fullness of which is shirred into a shallow yoke and tucked into the waist line, the fullness being held in place by a belt of the cloth. This suit is elaborated by a fancy vest of embroidered velvet and by a wide turnover collar and turnback cuffs of the embroidered velvet. Sponge Pudding. One small stale sponge cake, one coffee cup seeded raisins, one-quarter cup of currants, one quart of milk, three eggs. Must have a tin mold with a chimney. Butter the mold well, flatten the raisins and put thick on the mold. Crumb the cake in the mold with the currants. Mix the eggs and milk as for a custard, and pour in the mold; cover tight and boil three-quarters of an hour; then put it on a platter, and set in the oven for a few minutes. For sauce, make a thin boiled custard. Simple Walking Hat. A simple but effective walking hat is smoke gray velvet, with wide brim rolled sharply on each side, the left side held in place by two large black wings and loops of black velvet ribbon. What Hurts Worst A man once called me a terrible name, And uttered a fearful curse; And I cannot say it, for very shame To blacken therewith my verse. The curse it stung life a withering flame, But the shame of the name was worse! On the fire of my rage like a wind it blew, As only a foul name can; And my smoldering hatred lived anew As straight at his throat I ran— And may nobody ever do to you What I did to that wretched man! But still for peace I may vainly call, As the souls in torment do. For the blight remains, and as bitter as gall Is the thought that pierces me through— "He is dead and done for good and all, But the name that he named—was true." —Cleveland Leader. THE AWAKENING BY HELEN PALNER (Copyright 1905 by Dally Story Pub. Co.) "Are you sure you don't want one of us to stay with you, Gwen?" asked Lily Marsh, anxiously, "I'm sure I should be frightened stiff at the idea of staying here alone all night." afraid to have her stay there alone, I must be all right, she decided. Graham had such a lovely way of looking out for her and yet never making it apparent. She liked that reserve. "Nonsense!" declared Gwen, "why should anyone be afraid? The house is burglar-proof—father saw to that, for mother was almost as afraid of a country house as she is now of a yacht. Besides haven't you just been over the whole ranch? I believe Lily even looked into the range ovens in the ardor of her search for a possible man. I'm a thousand times obliged; and now go home—all of you; and sleep the sleep of the night after the ball. We had a lovely time at Mrs. Opie's, didn't we?" "Lovely!" echoed the high voices of the girls, as they fluttered down the broad steps like a flock of white-plumaged birds. The men, gathered in a dark bunch on the terrace, were lighted up for an instant by the blue spurt of a match that passed from hand to hand. One of them stepped out into the path of light that streamed from the open door and waved a last good-night. The house seemed very still when the gay voices were shut out. Half way up the broad stairway Gwen stopped on the landing and kneeling in the deep window seat watched the group of men and girls separating into twos as they crossed the lawn, and scattered homeward. All but Graham—she noted—he started straight down the hill alone. The clock in the hall struck two; the dance had kept up later than was usual among the conservative cottagers. Gwen yawned sleepily and started up the second Weymouth "Nonsense!" declared Gwen; "why should any one be afraid?" flight, but stopped suddenly to ask herself whether she had certainly locked the front door and put the chain on. Yes, she was sure she had, and Graham had seen that the windows were all bolted securely. If Graham wasn't ```markdown ``` afraid to have her stay there alone, it must be all right, she decided. Graham had such a lovely way of looking out for her and yet never making it apparent. She liked that reserve, even though their engagement was announced. Her own room looked pleasantly home-like after the wide, echoing corridors, and Gwen confessed to herself that though she wasn't afraid, she should never again be beguiled into allowing all the servants to go into town at once, even if the occasion was the wedding of the parlor maid and the butler. "Father and mother would be wild, if they knew," she acknowledged, guilitily. But presently the thought of Graham drove everything else from her mind. He had seemed worried and preoccupied all the evening, she thought, and he had repelled her efforts to penetrate and share his trouble. If he had a fault, it was the conviction that she must be spared all pain. It was generous and brave in him, but she must make him understand that she did not wish to be spared, that she would far rather be trusted. "Dear Graham, dear boy!" she murmured, and with his face floating before her dreaming eyes, she fell asleep. She woke with a shuddering start; there was someone in the room. In the grey light that faintly whitened the windows, she saw a man bending over her dressing table. She must have cried out unconsciously, for on the instant he whirled to face her. His hands were full of jewels that gleamed and glistened as he moved, but when he met her eyes he let them fall scattering to the ground, and covering his face, he groaned aloud. "Graham!" she whispered, "What is the matter?" She was trembling still, but she sat up, drawing around her the folds of her kimona. She must not be frightened with Graham there, she told herself. But how did he get in? And why had he gathered up her jewels? Would he never speak? "Graham!" she faltered, "Graham, what is it?" "Don't ask me," he broke out suddenly, throwing himself into a chair and turning his face away. "Can't you see for yourself? I thought you'd sleep through it; you never stirred when I came in." He spoke almost with resentment, and as she only stared, silent, leaning forward, he went on. "You saw what I had in my hands?" "Yes," she whispered, "but why? why?" "Why?" he repeated, hoarsely. He made a sudden movement and his foot struck a ring that rolled flashing out of sight. "Why does anyone want the accursed things?" he went on, recoiling, "Because they mean money—money that one has to have—or die!" She drew back, her eyes dropped and her cheeks flamed scarlet. "You mean?" she whispered piteously. "Yes. I suppose I could lie to you, but I won't," he went on doggedly. "I've been almost wild lately—I've wondered sometimes you didn't see it—debt's, big debts, debts I couldn't Y hope to pay. And men harrying me week in, week out." And last night when we came in here and I saw those diamonds and that string of pearls lying there—enough to pay all my debts twice over—I couldn't help seeing in a flash how easy it would be for me to take them. I left a window unfasted; I went straight home and came back on a wheel. I thought I should get away without waking you and a 'burglar' would be the natural explanation of the theft. That's all. It's a pretty tale, isn't it? Now what shall I do?" he added abruptly, "Stay or go?" "Oh, Graham! Graham!" she moaned, I would have given them to you. You know I would." "You couldn't," he said, stubbornly, "and I couldn't have taken them if you had. Shall I go now?" he repeated, rising nervously. "Pick them up!" the girl commanded in a grave whisper, pointing to the scattered jewels. He gathered them up silently and laid them in her outstretched palms. "Did you get them all?" she questioned, scanning the glittering heap, "There was a ruby clasp in the box." "I think I was thorough," he answered grimly. "If it's worth anything it's there." "Oh, Graham! Oh, my poor boy!" she wailed. But in a moment controlling herself, she lifted her hands with their rich burden and stretched them toward him. "Perhaps you are right," she said gently, "I couldn't have given them to you before—but I can now. Take them!" she pleaded, bending nearer, "I'm so glad I've got them!" "No, Gwen, I can't," he said, drawing back, "I can't." "And yet you are going to take me!" she whispered, mustering a pale smile to her aid. "No, Gwen, no! I can't! I can't!" he cried, hoarsely, sinking to his knees beside the bed and hiding his face. "I R. W. G. "God knows I'm not fit!" can't take you! God knows I'm not fit! I'll go away. Perhaps after I've cleaned off my score—perhaps—Goodbye! Good-bye!" He pressed his lips to the hem of the filmy spread that was wet with his tears and dashed from the room. "Graham! Graham!" she cried, desperately, but there was no answer, only a hurrying step on the terrace and the whirr of a bicycle speeding down the long hill. Plausible Theory. The great detective had been summoned to the plumber's office. "I can't understand it," said the plumber. "The young man has been in my employ for the last three years and I have always found him honest and trustworthy. But three days ago I sent him to collect a bill in the suburbs and he has failed to show up since. Now, what do you think of that?" "Oh," replied the g. d., "I don't think you have any cause for alarm. He was probably paid in small bills and is still counting the money to make sure that the amount is correct." WAGON ROAD TO DAWSON Northwest Mounted Police Building One 1,400 Miles Long "A wagon road from Edmonton to Dawson City, 1,400 miles long, is being built by the royal Northwest mounted police," said D. Wark, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. "One party of about fifty constables under Superintendent Constantine left Edmonton in March and already have reached Fort St. John, on the Peace river. Here the barracks and storehouses to serve as winter quarters have been built. The police will cut a trail from Fort St. John to Teslin, putting up roadhouses every twenty-five miles, and keeping communication open between the two places by means of pack trains. At Teslin they will connect with the northern detachment, which is working from Dawson City under the comamnd of Inspectors McDonald and Frazier. Three years' supplies have been contracted for. The expedition will help to open up the Peace river and the McKenzie gold mining districts."—Milwaukee Free Press. Convincing Evidence. Winthrop, Cal., Nov. 20th (Special) A plain and straightforward story is always the most convincing. And that is what has impressed us most in reading the testimonials in regard to Dodd's Kidney Pills. The experience told by Davis Lewis of this place bears the ring and stamp of truth upon it. He says:— "I was troubled for six months with dull heavy pains in the small of my back, sometimes it passed into my stomach, at other times up between my shoulders. When it was in my stomach I was doubled up, and hardly knew what to do for the pain. I was advised to take all kinds of remedies, and did so but without getting any relief. Then some one told me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. I got a box and began taking them. The first few doses gave me relief, by the time I had finished them all the pain was gone and I have been well ever since." The Will of Jerry Simpson The will of the late Jerry Simpson has been filed in the probate court at Roswell, New Mexico. It was made in accordance with the laws of Kansas and was brief and to the point. By the laws of Kansas the widow will receive one-half of the estate and the otehr half to the child. Mr. Simpson had but one child, Lester Simpson, a ranchman of Roswell. The widespread report that the estate was mortgaged is not correct, and the property consists of a city residence and a ranch south of Roswell. The entire property is valued at $10,000. The property will be sold, and Mrs. Simpson will move to Wichita, Kas, where she will make her future home. Lester Simpson will remain at Roswell, where he has ranch interests. And some of us get confused and think that of two evils we are compelled to choose the least, when we really need not choose either. This Is No Joke. Hunt's Cure has saved more people from the "Old Scratch" than any other known agent, simply because it makes scratching entirely unnecessary. One application relieves any form of itching skin disease that ever afflicted mankind. One box guaranteed to cure any one case. It is all right, perhaps, for a man to think his own time is worth nothing, but he becomes an enemy to humanity when he begins taking up the time of others to no purpose. In a multitude of summer girls there is safety. We throw mud at the living and then try to plant flowers in the muck as soon as they are dead. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. IND. TER. Thursday November 23, 1905. About One Out of Every Ten in the City Population. Now that thirty "emergency" census takers finished the tail end of their work a few days ago we may soon have light on an interesting question that this enumeration will throw some light upon. Out of Gotham's 4,000,000 souls how many are actual New Yorkers—persons born in this city? Taking the last federal census as a criterion there is about one "native born" New Yorker out of every ten in population. Still, even this small balm to Knickerbocker families—390,000—persons—has to be greatly reduced, for in it is included every person of whom no actual knowledge could be obtained of whom the haste of the census tempted to throw under this general heading. Amateur statisticians have decided that there are about 120,000 citizens of New York who have been born of parents natives of this country. These delvers in the census results are of the opinion that if the qualification were that both their parents were natives of this country not more than 5,000 persons could qualify as New Yorkers of the second American generation. Children of parents who were born abroad numbered 1,375,000 in the last federal census. There were then more than 400,000 Americans here who were born in other states, New York state leading with a contribution of 125,000 and New Jersey following with 56,000; 36,000 were born in Pennsylvania, 25,000 in Massachusetts, while 22,000—a comparatively large number—were born in Virginia. Therefore the descendants of the Knickerbockers are wofully outnumbered in population if not in money and real estate. Whitebait Are Really Baby Fish. Whitebait, named rogenia alba by Valenciennes, the French naturalist, who held that it is a distinct genus of the herring family, was regarded by later authorities as merely the fry of the herring. It seems now, however, to be established that the fry of all the British clupeidoe—the pilchard, the sprat, and the shad—and probably other small fry, are taken and used under the name whitebait. These delicate and silvery baby fish are taken in great abundance in spring and summer in the estuary of the Thames. They are caught in bag nets, which are sunk four or five feet below the surface of the water, and usually measure from an inch to three inches in length. A sample of whitebait has been tested by development in an aquarium, proving that they are fry of several sorts of fish. Envy. On a poor little two-by-four paper Was a fellow whose favorite caper Was to viciously throw it Into every poet Who ever put pencil tq paper. "I once issued a volume of verses!" He shrieked, then, between his curses, "It fell flat as a fritter! That's why I am bitter Against every writer of verses!" Oh, prince, if your fancy is rhyming. When the bells of success are a-chiming You will hear loud and bitter The wails of the critter Whose mismated feet stopped his climbing. In every wide field of endeavor The climber will stumble forever O'er obstacles bitter Put there by the quitter; There's no crime like just being "more clever." —Houston Post. The Better for Hobbies. All men, whether married or single, are the better for having hobbies. Without a pleasant recreation to which to turn in their hours of leisure, men become a bore to themselves, a nuisance to their families, and if they do not kill time by getting into mischief, they deteriorate into carping, prying, fault-finding, petty busybodies. INDIAN MISSION CONFERENCE LAWTON: Among the most significant resolutions adopted by the Indian mission annual conference was one contained in the report of the Sabbath observance committee. A particular section of the resolution condemned practices of secret societies throughout the country for forming great parades, unveiling monuments and decorating graves on Sunday. The resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote. The resolutions of the temperance committee contained a memorial to congress praying that a section of the treaty now in vogue among the five civilized tribes of Indian Territory respecting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in that domain be not abrogated in final consideration and vote on the forthcoming statehood bill. The resolutions endorsed the work of the Anti-Saloon League in Oklahoma and the Federation for Prohibition Statehood in Indian Territory. Aside from a few minor paragraphs the resolutions adopted last year were readopted this year, being included in the general report of the committee. The report of the committee on education exhibited an outline of marked progress in educational affairs of the church, while the joint board of finance made a showing of a good condition of the church finances. WOULD HOLD ON TWO YEARS Chief Porter Proposes to Settle Up Creek Tribal Business MUSKOGEE: Chief Porter of the Creek nation has received a letter from the secretary of the interior asking his views and recommendations relative to the necessary legislation this winter in connection with the closing of tribal affairs. Chief Porter will recommend that the office of principal chief be continued for at least two years after tribal dissolution for the purpose of delivering deeds and transacting other unfinished business of the nation. Chief Porter will recommend that the trustee or person occupying the office of principal chief act in conjunction with the representative of the government, the secretary of the interior, in closing up this work. BEAUCHAMP CASE Argument on Demurrer Concluded Before Judge Irwin ENID: The arguments on the demurrer to the petition in the case of Judge James K. Beauchamp has been finished in the district court, before Judge Irwin, who announced that he would make a ruling on the point December 8. Judge Beauchamp is charged by commissioners of Garfield county with forgery, misappropriation of funds and other illegal conduct. If demurrer is sustained the case will be closed but if not sustained Judge Beauchamp will have an immediate trial by jury. CALLS ON PRESIDENT Joint Statehood Committee Carries Out Its Instructions WASHINGTON: President Roosevelt has reiterated that he is in favor of joint statehood for the territories of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. He made this statement to a delegation from the two territories concerned. C. G. Jones, as spokesman, informed the president that a non-partisan statehood convention had been held at Oklahoma City July 12, composed of one thousand delegates elected by the people of both territories. Resolutions were adopted unanimously demanding the admission of the two territories as one state, and the committee now present was instructed to present the resolutions, which was done. The delegation did not touch upon the question of prohibition. CHANCE SERVICE POSTMASTER GENERAL MAKES NEW ARRANGEMENTS IN HIS DEPARTMENT THE GROUPING OF RELATED SUBJECTS Fourth Assistant Is Relieved of Appointments and Other Like Duties, and Given Almost Absolute Control of Rural Delivery WASHINGTON: The postmaster general, Mr. Cortelyou, has issued an order of far reaching importance, redistributing the duties of the four assistant postmasters general, and affecting the entire postal service. The order will carry into effect on December 1 a plan of the postmaster general to consolidate the work by grouping under one bureau all related subjects. The result will be to place under the postmaster general's personal supervision the direction of the postal service; under the first assistant the postoffice personnel and management; under the second assistant all matters relating to the transportation of the malls; under the third assistant all matters of postal finance and under the fourth assistant the rural free delivery and miscellaneous postal business. By taking the division of appointments the division of bonds and commissions and the division of city delivery form the fourth assistant and giving them to the first assistant, the latter official will have under his immediate supervision the entire personnel of the postoffices throughout the country, including postmasters, assistant postmasters, clerks and carriers (except rural carriers), and a great deal of needless correspondence between the two bureaus, with serious delays arising from a division of authority, will be avoided. KEPT SUB ROSA Removal of Restrictions Will Be Kept a Secret by Department MUSKOGEE: The Dawes commission has received a letter from the interior department at Washington, stating that hereafter the records of the removal of restrictions from Indian lands must be kept a secret, and must not be shown to anyone, not even the abstract companies. The abstract firms were refused the records when their copyists called at the commission. This order is effective in the United States Indian agency. In the letter accompanying this order, it states that Chester Howe, a Washington attorney, had asked permission to see these records in the Indian commissioner's office in Washington, on the grounds that he was a representative of the Deming Investment company, doing business at Oklahoma City, and Oswego, Kas., doing a general loan and mortgage business, and that the company wanted the names of Indians who had the restrictions removed, so the company could send advertising matter to these Indians. Mr. Howe's request was refused. The removal of restrictions form the Indian lands are on record only in the Dawes commission. Owes Kansas $15,795.40 GUTHRIE: The report has beenreceived by the territorial auditor, Mr. Baxter, from the warden of the Kansas penitentiary, showing that Oklahoma owes that state the sum of $15,795.40 for the maintenance of territorial convicts at Lansing during the past quarter. Oklahoma pays Kansas forty cents per day for each convict. During the quarter ten convicts were received from Oklahoma, fifty-six were discharged, two escaped and one was killed two were pardoned, one paroled and one remanded. There are now 129 territorial convicts at Lansing. SAME OLD TIEUP STATEHOOD COMMITTEE LEARNS THAT THE OLD OMNIBUS BILL IS TO BE SPRUNG CHANCES FOR STATEHOOD IS DOUBTFUL New Mexico and Arizona Will be Included in Bill By Which Oklahoma and Indian Territory Hoped to Get Statehood—Same Old Scheme INDIANAPOLIS, IND.: Five members of a delegation from Oklahoma and Indian Territory, which had been to see President Roosevelt, to obtain his support for the measure providing for joint statehood for these two territories, stopped on their way home from Washington, to talk with Senator Beveridge, the originator of the joint statehood idea, concerning the measures that would be pushed by the senator for their plan at the next session of congress. In the party were C. G. Jones, chairman of the joint statehood executive committee; Senator Harum, Woodward, Okla.; Thomas Doyle, Perry, Oklahoma; Robert Lowery, Stillwater, Okla.; and W. H. Anderson, Lawton, Okla. The delegates were somewhat disappointed to learn that their bill for statehood would be linked with a bill providing for joint statehood between Arizona and New Mexico, saying that this omnibus feature of the bill would jeopardize their chances. GRAIN MEN MUST HAVE CARS Will Bring Suit Against Railroads Under Demurrage Law OKLAHOMA CITY: The Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Grain Dealers' association met here to again confer as to the car shortage existing in these states. At a meeting here recently these associations decided to appeal to the railroads to furnish cars to move grain now ruining in the fields and along railroads. The railway managers practically ignored the appeal, and while the grain dealers, as an association will not act, individual members have announced their intention of taking advantage of the demurrage law, passed by the Oklahoma legislature last winter. Two cases are now pending in Oklahoma, and from now on they will be numerous. The situation in Oklahoma has become desperate, as grain is being ruined in many parts of the territory. J. C. Whaley, president of the Texas association, and F. D. Stevens, secretary of the Kansas association, were present at the meeting held here. The wheat crop in western Oklahoma is in excellent condition. A resolution was adopted protesting against the 25 per cent increase in coal rates to go into effect on all railroads on December 1. GERONIMO WANTS MORE As Anxious for Book Royalty as Any Successful Author LAWTON: Chief Geronimo, the old warrior of the Apaches, the history of whose life was to be compiled by S. M. Barrett, superintendent of the Lawton schools, and formerly of Rich Hill, Mo., assisted by Superintendent Greenwood of the Kansas City public schools, has refused to give out any more information regarding himself or his tribe. Superintendent Barrett had a contract with Geronimo to furnish data for the history, and for this he was to receive half the profits of the enterprise. The chief now asks more. Permission has already been secured from the war department to go ahead with the book. This action of Geronimo's at this time will probably delay the publication of the history. $5.00 ? ¥ TETSON HATS $3.75 SP oxcmmim FAREWELL SALE-- as 226] A Clothing Saerifiece- Aen Give every buyer an opportunity he does not Fst. eattesse's Scie) haVe every season of selecting his winter eR aa ae suit or overcoat from the largest and most UIE EE complete stock of High Class Men’s Clothing tas WE in Muskogee ere |6‘eeee me be AT 66 2-3C ae QNG) (ON THE DOLLAR. cued Ree Ma aaa Witty NaN Not an out of date or Shop Worn Gar- Poon ea | + pt ment in the entire Stock, everything new me fe i } andseasonable A visit to our store will ee I # mean a saVing to you. ; es : Ppa Sl. 208 SCHLOSS BROS.4 Co. 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Raymond, Judge of said Court and seal thereof at Mus- kogee, Indian Territory, this the [3th day of November, 1905, | R. P. Harrison, clerk. | By Chas. F, Runyan A.S. McRea, Att’y for plaintiff A. E, Patterson, Att’y for non resident defendant. (1st publication Nov, 16.) ‘ FOR RENT 500 acres of land in cultiva- tion, known as the Peters land about four miles west of Mus- kogee. Good land. Price reas- onable, See or write Dr. R. H. WATERFORD, Muskogee, 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 peat to sell or where it fis located, thiscompany 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 PHILIYPS, Box G, Muskogee, Ind. Ter. 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