Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. "THE GHOST OF THE TIMES." Dear Sir: After the absorption of the Times by the Democrat, it was earnestly hoped that the paper's future policy, under your direction would be broad enough, long enough, and deep enough to serve the interests of every subscriber or reader, regardless of color and race. in your issue of Feb. 21 you gave considerable space about one colored man who was accused of taking the wife of another. This act, if true, as reported, was improper also your reference to my race as "Coons" is equally as a graver offense than the first. The negro is a human being and is entitled to be referred to as such as any other race white or red. It was not expected of you, a man of culture, refinement, ex-senator from Ohio, to use your great double-barrel newspaper, "Times-Democrat," to discredit a large (colored) element of your fellow men simply because they were black. The Times (Greer) spent many days' toil in a fruitless effort trying to convince his countrymen (white) that the negro was an inferior being and had no rights that a white man was both to respect. But, like Haman, I as hanged on the gallows he s the best efforts of his life erecting, to crucify the negro upon. No doubt the editor of the Times thought and hoped to make the Times the greatest instrument in Muskogee, perhaps the Indian Territory, to complete the annihilation of the negroes, a patriotic and liberty lover people, became his undoing at the time he (Greer) needed his support most. The paper he intended should read opr funeral oration is called upon to publish the obituary of his passing from its editorial chair and he must feather himself another nest somewhere. Mr. Decker, you are reputed to be an able MAN and I believe you will be a useful MAN if you will broaden your statesmanship wide enough to issue justice and a "square deal" to all races, red, white and black. Remember, history repeats itself. Please do not let the Times-Democrat fall into the same rut as did the Times under Mr. Greer's management. So long as an editor of a paper attempts to outlaw his fellow men—white or black—referring to them uncomplimentarily, may expect to have the same meat measured unto him. The negro is not inferior, he is the equal of any man God created and he loves his identity as a man and never as a "Coon." You owe the negroes of Muskogee an apology for allowing such an appellation as "Coon" in reference to my race to appear in your paper. You have a large clientle of negroes who read your paper daily, and among them are teachers, preachers, bankers, lawyers, physicians, business and laboring men, who have a fair knowledge of zoology and several other oligies. Please go in peace and sin no more. Yours, etc., DR. M. L. FLINN, "Of Negro Defense Bureau." Feb. 22, 1906. RED BIRD ITEMS. We believe you are interested in the future welfare and development of the negro, morally, religiously and industriously. We also think that you are particularly interested in the race financially. Now, we have a proposition which will help you personally and in doing so will bring great credit to us as a people. There is no longer any doubt about the ability of the negro to manage and control successfully great institutions of all kinds. The success of the insurance companies and banking institutions of the negro race in America has demonstrated to the world that there is no difference in the races when it comes to doing business when the environments are of such a nature as to insure success. It is our purpose in this letter to call your attention to a proposition which can not but recommend itself to you. It is the duty of every man to prepare for a rainy day. In order that the members of our race who desire to lay by a few pennies for the future can do no better than to take stock in the Red Bird Trust and Milling Company, organized by the business men and farmers of Red Bird. The company is incorporated for $500,000 under the laws of Oklahoma and every officer is a bonded officer. There is no chance to lose your money if you buy stock in this company. The Red Bird Trust and Milling Company has bought the coil that were in operation here commence to sell and ship 1st of March. The company the erection of a cot once. The opportunities of the Bird Trust and Milling Company make money far surpasses that any similar organization in this Its business will be local fertile valley of the Arka which valley is famed for derful production of cotton and cereal products. Its gin and mill will be the nearest to the far famer Chaska Bottoms. Its shares are one dollar, each non-assessable and non-forfeitable. Each share of stock will be insured and it will be impossible for the stockholders to lose. Invest now and get in on the ground floor of this great enterprise. Agents wanted to sell stock. Address all letters for information to S. BARNES, President. DR. C. H. LANE, Secretary and General Manager. Mr. Emanuel Waters of Bache, I. T., is in the city. We have had several visitors this week of which we make prominent mention: Rev. J. S. King, Neosho, Mo.; Mr. A. Copeland, Fort Smith, Ark.; Mr. William Stubbs, Palestine, Ark.; Mr. Sam Gilkey, Olney, Ark., all of whom bought lots in the growing town of Red Bird. Rev. White of Little Rock, Ark., preached two able and interesting sermons last Sunday. The Baptist church will call a pastor next Sunday. Mr. John McKellop of Coweta, I. T., was down this week and bought stock in the Red Bird Investment company, and will be a citizen of Red Bird soon. Mr. Weaver Barber and family left for Oppelache Monday. Rev. E. L. Barber is still doing business at the old stand and farming also. Mr. Barber has been busy setting out fruit trees this week. Mrs. Hattie Johnson has been indisposed this week, but is better now. The Red Bird Trust and Milling Co. has bought the coal mines near Red Bud and will begin to ship coal next week. Dr. C. H. Lane, secretary and general manager of the Red Bird Trust and Milling Co., spent Sunday in Muskogee. Mr. Sam Gilkey of Olney, Ark., bought a lot and has moved his family here. He knows a good thing when he sees it. Plenty of room for business in Red Bird. Dr. Lane is local agent of the townsite company and is selling lots. Write to him for information. Mr. M. J. Johnson has opened a first class meat market. Prof. J. H. Johnston is the ice cream man. CHECOTAH, I. T. Checotah is still in line. She is looking for a better day when nature begins to work among the trees and cause the earth put on her green coat. Then we will see a change in our town officials. Mr. Jacob Ernest has moved out to the farm he has leased for this year. We hope Mr. Ernest will succeed in his new quarters. Mr. Israel Isable is up again after an attack of illness and is still holding down his job as cook at the oil mill. Messrs. Hemmett, Mays and others were at Eufaula yesterday on court business. Mr. Frank Williams, better known as "Rastus," is getting tired of single life, and is expecting to make some changes in the future for better or worse. Hurrah, for Mr. Wiley Bugg! The fourth girl has arrived in his family. Mr. Bugg should notify President Roosevelt of his success in life and receive congratulations. Mother and babe are doing nicely. Mr. Sunny has concluded not to give any more Saturday night balls. Hurrah, for Sunny! I knew he would change. There will be a box entertainment given by the young ladies next week. Look out young men. If you don't get an invitation you will know the cause. Mr. Flim Green died last Sunday night at his home at Brush Hill. Mr. Green was one of the old settlers in the Creek nation, being in his eightieth year when he died. Mrs. A. G. Steele was in Muskogee last week and we are glad to say she was nicely treated by the editor of the Cimeter and Dr. Flynn. Mr. Sam Davis is building a house on the north end. Several of the young men spent one night at Rentiesville not long ago and stopped at Hotel De Shannon. Hurrah for Rentiesville! Mr. Oscar Woodly has gone into the piano business. He has one piano in the freight depot on exhibition. Call and see it. No 23 There will be several at the First Baptist church Sunday. It would be well for all of you to get in line. Mr. A. J. Slider and family have moved back to Texas to make their permanent home. The Cimeter is sorry to lose such a good friend. You can say what you please and do what you please, the Cimeter has got an eye on you so if you do right you will subscribe for the Cimeter. See Temple; he will write you. If the republican leaders will only put a muzzle on a few of the white republicans who are attempting to curry favor with the colored men by creating dissension and strife we can win a glorious victory, but the fool white republicans who stand on the street corners and tell the colored republican he is being mistreated, is worse than a democrat and in fact is a traitor and of the democrat does not need no want any one to tell him when he is wronged, he knows and at the proper time will resent it. Our chief aim at this time is to beat h—out of the democrats and lay as a foundation for defeating class legislation in the new state, such as: Jim Crow coaches, etc. which is the corner stone of the Democrat foundation. Any old republican beats a democrat when it comes to these vital principles touching our interests. No republican state has jim crow cars and our fellows must remember that democratic success in our city is an encouragement to these gentry to carry the state and put their ideas into action, can't for that EYE JRE. Cataracts and Tyrigums of the eyes cured without the knife I use a medicine which separates the dreaded growth from the eye leaving the parts clear and healthy. No money until you see that you aoe cured. You who suffer with these ab normal growth of the eyes, call on or write DR. A. T. WARING, Phone { Office 459 Res. 644 18 W. Okmulgee Muskogee, I.T. MRS. A. G. STEELE, Medium and Specialist. Cures Female Troubles, Diarrohea, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Nervousness and Painful Menstruation Call or write MRS. A. G. STEELE, P. O. Box 75. Checotah, I. T. TO CROSS THE TWO TERRITORIES New Railroad to Make a Bee Line From the East to the West. WILL TAP A RICH COUNTRY Organized to Build From Rogers, Ark., to Folsom, N. M., $20,000,000 Capital Guthrie, Okla.—A new railroad projected across Oklahoma and Indian Territory, which looks to be one of the best propositions of the sort ever started, is the newly organized New York, Oklahoma and Pacific, which is to build from Rogers, Ark., straight west to Folsom, N. M. It has $20,000,000 capital and headquarters at Rogers, Ark., Alva, Okla., and New York. The proposed line would run as straight as any that has ever been surveyed, and would pass through Pryor Creek and Claremore, I. T.; Hominy, Bliss, Lamont, Jefferson, Alva, Beaver City and Mineral, Okla. It would tap the "Land of the Big Red Apple" in Arkansas, the coal fields of Indian Territory, the oil fields of Pawnee county and the U.S. nation, the corn and wheat belt of northern Oklahoma and the copper mining district of New Mexico, thus opening up one of the richest countries ever exploited by a railroad line. It will connect with the Frisco at Rogers and with the Fort Worth and Denver at Folsom. Arrangements are said to have been made for the service of the American Express company and the Postal Telegraph company on the new line. PLAN A $2,000,000 TRACK. Brooklyn Jockey Club Will Build Great Racecourse. New York.—From time to time reports have been circulated in the turf world to the effect the Brooklyn Jockey club had decided to vacate the Gravesend track for a new home somewhere in the vicinity of Belmont park, but on each occasion P. J. Dwyer has entered a vigorous denial. It was learned, however, on excellent authority, that Dwyer and other stockholders of the Gravesend track had, after lengthy negotiations, purchased a large tract of land just beyond Belmont park, within a few minutes' walk of the Garden City hotel, which will be speedily turned into a great race course at an outlay of nearly $2,-000,000. JOHN A. M'CALL DEAD. Mrs. McCall Collapsed at the Final Summons. New York.—John A. McCall, until recently president of the New York Life Insurance company, died at the Laurel house in Lakewood, N. J., where he had been removed three weeks ago in the hope that the change might benefit his health which had suffered a breakdown two months ago. The news of the death was not given out by the family until some time after the end. Then Mr. McCall's son, John C. McCall, briefly announced: "The end has come. My father has passed away." It was announced that Mr. McCall's death was due to enlargement of the liver and the end had been peaceful and without pain. Mrs. McCall is now under medical TWITCHING NERVES TWITCHING NERVES A Serious Hereditary Trouble Cured By Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Sufferers from ailments that have afflicted in regular succession one generation after another of their family are, as a rule, inclined to submit to them as inevitable. The case which follows proves that such hereditary difficulties are not beyond the reach of curative forces and should inspire hopefulness and a readiness to try remedies that have effected signal cures, such as that which is here given. Mrs. Elizabeth Rannells, of No. 408 East Seventh street, Newton, Kansas, gives the following account of her ailment and her cure: "For two years I suffered from a trying nervousness in my lower limbs from my knees down, as my mother and my grandmother had suffered before me. The situation was for many years accepted as unavoidable because hereditary. But about two years ago, when my son was realizing benefit from the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, I thought there might possibly be some good in them for me. My trouble had then become so serious as to make it difficult for me to sleep. I often had to walk the floor in restlessness the whole night. After taking some six boxes the twitching disappeared and I ceased to use the remedy. I evidently stopped a little too soon for nervousness came back after a month or so and I used the pills again for a short time. Relief came at once and since I stopped using them the second time I have been free from any return of the twitchings or from any interference with my sleep." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured the worst cases of bloodlessness, indigestion, influenza, headaches, lumbago, sciatica, neuralgia, nervousness, spinal weakness and the special ailments of girls and women. For further information, address the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Thoreau: Despair and disappointment are cowardice and defeat. Many Children are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms. At all Druggists' .25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. A girl is 16 but once—but she makes mighty good that once. Bad Stomach Makes Bad Blood. You can not make sweet butter in a foul, unclean churn. The stomach serves as a churn in which to agitate, work up and disintegrate our food as it is being digested. If it be weak, sluggish and foul the result will be torpid, sluggish liver and bad, impure blood. The ingredients of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery are just such as best serve to correct and cure all such derangements. It is made up without a drop of alcohol in its composition; chemically pure, triple-refined glycerine being used instead of the commonly employed alcohol. Now this glycerine is of itself a valuable medicine, instead of a deleterious agent like alcohol, especially in the cure of weak stomach, dyspepsia and the various forms of indigestion. Prof. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., of Bennett Medical College, Chicago, says of it: "In dyspepsia it serves an excellent purpose. * * * It is one of the best manufactured products of the present time in its action upon encebled, disordered stomachs; especially if there is ulceration or catarrhal gastritis (catarrhal inflammation of stomach), it is a most efficient preparation. Glycerine will relieve many cases of pyrosis (heartburn) and excessive gastric acidity. It is useful in chronic intestinal dyspepsia, especially the flatulent variety, and in certain forms of chronic constipation, stimulating the secretory and excretory functions of the intestinal glands." When combined, in just the right proportions, with Golden Seal root, Stone root, Black Cherrybark, Queen's root, Bloodroot and Mandrake root, or the extracts of these, as in Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, there can be no doubt of its great efficacy in the cure of all stomach, liver and intestinal disorders and derangements. These several ingredients have the strongest endorsement in all such cases of such eminent medical leaders as Prof. R. Bartholow, M.D., of Jefferson Medical College, Chicago; Prof. Hobart A. Hare, M.D., of Medical Department, University of Pa.; Prof. Laurence Johnson, M.D., Medical Department, University of New York; Prof. Edwin M. Hale, M.D., Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago; Prof. John M. Scudder, M.D. and Prof. John King, M.D. Authors of the American Dispensatory, and scores of others among the leading medical men of our land. Who can doubt the curative virtues of a medicine the ingredients of which have such a professional endorsement? Constipation curbed by Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One or two a dose. A Post of Honor for you and a good income if you are willing to work. Particulars will be sent upon request. H. S. HOWLAND, 1 Madison Avenue, New York City. PRICE, 25 Cts. TO CURE THE GRIP IN ONE DAY ANTI-GRIPINE HAS 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. F. W. Diemer, M. D., Manufacturer, Springfield, Mo. PILES: NO MONEY TILL CURED • SEND FOR FREE ILLUS. TREATISE OR RECTAL DISCASES, WITH NAMES OF PROMINENT MEN CURED DRS. THORNTON & MINOR • 1031 OAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. (BRANCH OF DICE AT 51 ST. LOUIS.) HERE'S A ROYAL PRESCRIPTION. What Queen Bess Always Took When She Had a Cold. "You have a cold—eh?" said the physician. "Well, suppose I give you the same prescription that Queen Elizabeth used?" He took down an ancient folio. "Dr. William Bulleyn's prescription for a cold, which Queen Elizabeth used all her life, was this," he said. "Take Mutmeggs, the root called dormike, which the apothecaries have; setwall, gatangall, mastike, long pepper, the bark of pomecitrone of melon, of sage, hazel, marjorum, dill, spiknard, wood of aloes, cubebe, cardamon (called raynes of paradise), lavender, penroyalls, the bone of a bart's heart grated, cut and stamped, and beat your spices grossly in a mortar. Put in ambergrice and muck, of each half a dram. Distil this in a simple aqua vitae, made with a strong ale, in a serpentine. To tell the virtue of this water against cold, phlegme, dropsy, heaviness of mind, coming of melancholy, I cannot well at present, for it is too great."—Stray Stories. Old-Time Courtesy. "Though over sixty years of age, it has never occurred to me to remain seated when one of the other sex is standing," he remarks. "It is a habit due entirely to proper bringing up. In no single instance has my rising to give a seat been treated with anything but perfect civility. Even if it were otherwise, I could not change the habits of ordinary chivalrous courtesy on account of one or more rebuff."—"A Suburban Parson" in Liverpool (Eng.) Mercury. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¾-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. The worst of it is that a rich man cannot say "Good morning" to a pretty girl without facing a breach of promise suit. Those Who Have Tried It. will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. A woman dearly loves to ride on a pass or walk on a rail. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. RAISED FROM A DEATH-BED. Mr. Pitts, Once Pronounced Incurable, Has Been Well Three Years. E. E. Pitts, 60 Hathaway St., Skowhegan, Me., says: "Seven years ago my back ached and I was so run down that I was laid up four months. I had night sweats and fainting spells and dropped to 90 pounds. The urine passed every few minutes with intense pain and looked like blood. Dropsy set in and the doctors decided I could not live. that I was laid up four months. I had night sweats and fainting spells and dropped to 90 pounds. The urine passed every few minutes with intense pain and looked like blood. Dropsy set in and the doctors decided I could not live. My wife got me using Doan's Kidney Pills, and as they helped me I took heart, kept on and was cured so thoroughly that I've been well three years." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. How indignant Miss Jelley is may be inferred from the fact that she refers to the bridegroom as "this party." How's This? We offer one Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Muloch: It takes a heroine to be economical. It's a Hustler. Hunt's Lightning Oil is up and doing all the time. It cures your aches, pains, cuts, burns and bruises while you sleep. Rub a little on your misery and feel it disappear. Dollars and sense should always go together. FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE WHEAT RAISING RANCHING three great pursuits have again shown wonderful results on the FREE HOMESTEAD LANDS OF WESTERN CANADA. Magnificent climate—farmers plowing in their shirt sleeves in the middle of November. "All are bound to be more than pleased with the final results of the past season's harvest."—Extract. Coal, wood, water, hay in abundance—schools, churches, markets convenient. This is the era of $1.00 wheat. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri (Mention this paper.) EXPOSES SCHEME OF KNIGHT HAWKS Interior Department Takes Hand in Alleged Graft on Indians COMMISSIONER'S INSTRUCTIONS Says any Society Opposed to Allotment and Who Pays Delegations is Loser Irene, I. T.—A regulation scheme of robbing of the full blood element of the Creek and Cherokee Indians, commonly known as the "Night Hawks," has developed in Washington, and the Department of the Interior has found it necessary to take steps for the suppression of the same. In this instance, a delegation alleged to be the representative of these Indians, in order to secure legislation, to the extent of allotments, and restoring to them their tribal government is in Washington. An urgent request has been sent to the Indians by this delegation, in which it says: "Raise all the money you can, not only for our board bill, but other incidental expenses, and for our attorney. W. L. Joseph of Irene, I. T., received the communication which he returned to the Department of the Interior with other matter relative to the hold up, and in his letter of transmittal, he says that it seems to him that the Indians are being robbed, and he wants to know if the delegation is really working for legislation as it says it is. Acting Commissioner Larrabee replies as follows: "In reply you are informed that the government purposes to carry out the law and distribute the lands and other property of the different nations to the citizens in severalty and to abolish, not later than March 3, 1906,the various tribal governments. Any lawyer or other person who advises you or any one else, that he can prevent the allotment of said lands and the extinguishment of the tribal governments, and cause the restoration of the "old treaties" is not entitled to belief and no credence should be given to such allegations, no matter from whom they come. The government will not, under any circumstances, be swerved from its purpose of distributing the land and other property of the nation and the allotment work in the different nations will be continued until finally completed. If the members of the "Night Hawk," or any other society have been paying money to Mr. Moulton, or to the alleged delegation to represent them,they have idled it away as the persons to whom such payment was made cannot render them any assistanse so far as preventing the allotment of land and the extinguishment of the tribal governments are concerned. "The advice of this office to the citizens of the different nations is that they all comply with the law, present themselves for enrollment, select their allotments, and use their best endeavors to prepare themselves for the business life on which they are about to embark." Thoreau: Despair and disappointment are cowardice and defeat. Kidnapping not a Crime Under Nebraska Laws. Omaha, Neb.—The jury in the trial of Pat Crowe, charged with the robbery of Edward A. Cudahy, the Omaha packer, of $25,000 in connection with the kidnapping of the latter's son five years ago, brought in a verdict of not guilty after fifteen hours deliberation. The kidnapping of Eddie Cudahy, December 19, 1900, and his release upon the payment by his father of $25,000 ransom, created a great sensation and the search for the kidnappers was stimulated at the time by the offer of a reward of $50,000 by Mr. Cudahy. It was the belief of the authorities that Crowe and James Callahan were the guilty parties, but no trace of them could be found until about a year ago, when Calahan was arrested. He was identified by young Cudahy as one of his captors, but was released on trial, as it could not be shown that he received any of the money, and there was no law at that time making the kidnapping of a person over 10 years of age a crime. Last October Crowe was arrested in Butte, Mont., and was put on trial February 7. There was no evidence positively identifying Crowe as one of the kidnappers. Crowe was recently indicted in Council Bluffs, with others, on a charge of holding up a street car. LAWSON TO QUIT Withdraws From the Policyholder's Committee. New York,—Thomas W. Lawson has withdrawn from the life insurance policyholders committee for which he has collected policies to the number of 50,000 and that definite efforts were made to get Stuyvesant Fish to head the committee. This committee contains among its members several governors of states and other important men of affairs, especially western that he would not accept, some of his friends declared that he might find it expedient to work with such a committee if one should be formed up on proper lines. Mr. Fish has been very active in the investigation of the affairs of the Mutual Life Insurance company. CYANIDE PLANT NEAR CACHE. Active Work Begun in Wichita Mountains Mineral Development. Cache, Okla.—Active work has begun on the development of the mineral deposits in the Wichita mountains near here. The Rosedale Mining and Milling company of Kansas City is now putting in a 25ton cyanide plant on the No.1 mining claim, eight miles north of Cache. It is claimed that gold and silver bearing quartz, lead and jack have all been found in this vicinity. The Bank of Cache has secured a quantity of gold bullion which is said to have been taken from these hills. To Sell Coal Lands. Washington, D. C.—The senate committee on Indian affairs today decided to authorize the sale of coal lands belonging to the five civilized tribes in Indian Territory instead of continuing the present leasing system. BIG TRANSFER OF OIL HOLDINGS Barnesdal Oil Company Takes Over Interests of Associates OVER FORTY THOUSAND ACRES Represents More Than Half the Oil Produced in Indian Territory and Osage Reservation Bartlesville, I. T.—J. S. Glenn of Parkersburg, W. Va., who arrived here from the east, confirmed the reported organization of the Barnsdall Oil company, capitalized at $8,000,000 to take over the holdings in the Osage nation of T. N. Barnsdall of Parkersburg and his associates. The Barnsdall properties embrace 400,000 acres and a daily production of 20,000 barrels of oil. The new company's holdings represent more than half the oil production in Indian Territory and the Osage reservation. BIG K. OF P. MEETING. Large Attendance at District Meeting Held at Fort Gibson. Fort Gibson, I. T.—The K. of P. district meeting for the Third district of the Indian Territory was held at this place. Delegates were present from all of the nine lodges composing the third district and from several of the lodges a large number were in attendance. The district includes lodges at the following places: Muskogee, Tahlequah, Webbers Falls, Checotah, Vinita, McLain, Fort Gibson, Sallisaw and Coweta. The work of the day commenced when Calanthe Temple No. 1 of Muskogee held a session, acting under a special dispensation, and initiated about twenty candidates. The temple officers and degree staff received many compliments on the exemplification of the work. At half past four o'clock, the district meeting was called to order and the reports from the various lodges were listened to with interest. They showed the lodges all in splendid condition and doing good work for the order and the domain. Following the session of the district meeting, where the secret work was put on, adjournment was taken to the banquet hall. The local Knights were hosts and did themselves proud in the matter of entertaining the visitors. COAL COSTS HUMAN LIFE. One for Every 102,755 Tons of Anthracite Mined. Wilkesbarre, Pa.—The annual report of Mine Inspector James Martin of the Seventh anthracite district (Luzerne county) for the year 1905, shows that the production of coal amounted to 5,435,998 tons, nearly 400,000 tons more than was produced in the year 1904, and a little more than 500,000 tons more than was mined in 1903. The report also shows that 61 lives were lost in the district during the year, 53 of which were inside and 8 outside the mine. The production of coal per life lost during the year was 102,755 tons. In the district there are 20 collieries and 51 mines; persons employed inside of the mines, 9,049; persons employed outside, 3,919. This Is So. We wish to state in as plain and vigorous way as words can express it, that Hunt's Cure will positively, quickly and permanently cure any form of Itching Skin disease known. One box is guaranteed to cure. One application affords relief. Jacob Steiner of Brooklyn, has a collection of rare pistols, said by experts to be one of the most complete in this country, if not in the world. It represents twenty years of work. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Rainy Season in Caracas the City's Sanitary Salvation. Just what Caracas would do without its rainy season I cannot imagine, for the city is far from being clean and sanitary. Garbage is thrown into the yards for the vultures to feed upon, writes George M. L. Brown in St. Nicholas; dust and papers accumulate in the streets and the visitor is about to pronounce the city the dirtiest he has ever seen, when nature suddenly decides to put things to rights. An ordinary rainfall would not suffice now; a thorough flushing is needed, and nothing short of a deluge will do it. But somewhere up in the mountain tops the deluge is forming, and presently a great, black vapor overspreads the valley. It comes slowly at first, as if to warn the people to go indoors, but when it has acquired sufficient density it falls. In a moment, almost, the streets and court yards are flooded, the fantastic water spouts that overhang the sidewalks pour out their streams like gigantic kettle spouts, and loud is the noise of the splashing and spattering. Half an hour later one tiptoes along the shiny pavements, as if over a newly scrubbed floor; above him is a sky of spotless blue, while the only clouds to be seen are insignificant patches of white along the mountain sides. Yet, in an incredibly short space of time the whole process may be repeated. UNDER WHICH KING "The More Postum the More Food the More Coffee the More Poison. The Pres. of the W. C. T. U. in a young giant state in the Northwest says: "I did not realize that I was a slave to coffee till I left off drinking it. For three or four years I was obliged to take a nerve tonic every day. Now I am free, thanks to Postum Food Coffee. "After finding out what coffee will do to its victims, I could hardly stand to have my husband drink it; but he was not willing to quit. I studied for months to find a way to induce him to leave it off. Finally I told him I would make no more coffee. "I got Postum Food Coffee, and made it strong—boiled it the required time, and had him read the little book, 'The Road to Wellville.' that comes in every pkg. Today Postum has no stronger advocate than my husband! He tells our friends how to make it, and that he got through the winter without a spell of the grip and has not had a headache for months—he used to be subject to frequent nervous headaches. "The stronger you drink Postum the more food you get; the stronger you drink coffee the more poison you get." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER W H. TWINE - - - - Editor. R. WOOD, - - - - Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE - - Gen'l Solicitor E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. Where is Bert Greer (politically) echo says where. "The Republican party is the ship. All else is the wide, raging, tempestuous sea." Any aid or assistance given the Democratic party directly by our people is inviting jim crow laws in the new state. The Republican party is in excellent fighting trim. Let them nominate a ticket of business men and they will win with hands down. The republicans should not wait for the democrats to move. We should get in the game at once and name our ticket and start the ball to rolling. This will give sore spots a chance to heal if any there be. We have a republican majority in the city of Muskogee and this must be shown in the Spring campaign if we would carry the County later on. The moral effect will be worth hundreds of votes to our party and the organization. "Better bear the ills we have than fly to others we know not of" is our advice to our people who may be dissatisfied with some of the minor workings of our party. Let us stay at home and if the devil is there we will use fire to burn him out. We are heartily in favor of the nomination of a republican ticket that will win. Fool the democrats by putting up the kind of a ticket they don't want This can be done easily and then the victory is assured. The democrats are trying to fool the labor people into their camp as they did last year but it seems the bait work as Editor Betts and the other leaders seem to be onto the game. The demies can't fool all the people all the time. The colored men who listen to the song of that Siren Democracy are very foolish indeed. Slie is giving you sweet strains and a lot of taffy to get you to turn against your friends but when the act is done she will have only ridicule curses and abuse for you. The present condition of affairs should come to an end. It will be Statehood or Territorial form of government with the laws of Oklahoma extended over us. We believe it will be statehood but the territorial form would be preferable to present conditions. We received a very interesting letter from Rentieville but late for publication. It will appear next week. Correspondents should write on one side of the paper only, and get their matter in by Wednesday morn of each week. A great big rousing republican victory will have a wonderful influence towards making this a republican county. The demies know this and are trying to seperate the Negro from the only party that has given him "A Square Deal." A ticket composed of firstclass business men will scare the opposition into fits. The poor devils are about stamped now. Our motto is. Let no democrat escape. By one united effort we can rout them from Dan to Bersheba and from h--1 to breakfast. A teacher who will do as the Principal of Dunbar is not fit for the place and should have enough manhood left to not apply for the place. Those who are in such glee about the affidavits need not worry, the charges will be on file and you will be on file and you will have enough to answer. The Muskogee Cimeter is doing a good work among the colored people of this vicinity, and is pursuing a policy editorially which commends it to the conservative element of the country. The Cimeter believes in the education of the Negro and also says every member of the race will be respected in proportion to his merit, and for the street corner loafer and loudmouthed idler, it has only oontempt. The Negro race needs more such papers as the Cimeter.—Pheonix, Feb. 22, '06, only republican daily in the Indian Territory. William Lloyd Garrison, delivered in Faneinl hall, Boston, December 11, 1905, at Citizens' Cantenary Celebration. Issued in pamphlet form for 10 cents per copy, with cut-of Garrison. A great oration on a great man at a great occasion. Send money or stamps to BOSTON SUFFRAGE LEAGUE, 3 Tremont Row, Room 19, Boston. Mention this paper. When answering this ad. say you saw it in the Cimeter. The oration should be in every negroes' home. WEST EAST No. 53 Leaves 7:45 a. m. No. 52 Leaves 11:25 a.m, No. 51 " 1:10 p. m. No. 56 " 7:45 a. m. No. 57 " 2:00 p. m. No. 54 Arrives 7:45 a. m. No. 55 Arrives 7:00 p. m. No. 58 " 10:00 a. m. No. 55 & 56 Local Accomodations Daily Except Sunday between Fayetteville and Muskogee and Nos. 58 and 57 Local except Sunday between Okmulgee and Muskogee. No. 51 will connect at Okmulgee for north and south. No. 52 will connect ar Fayetteville for St. Louis and all intermediate points; Eureka Springs line and west from Monett and to Memphis, Birmingham and Bryand to Springfield. The Territorial Audit Company at Your Service. Our bank examining department is under the supervision of an able bank accountant of many years' experience; we are prepared to furnish officers, director and stock-holders, who are otherwise unable to obtain fame, a true statement of the bank they are interested in. If you are contemplating Investing in Real Estate improved or unimproved, we will give you a true report of the Title and Value and probability for advancement, thus placing you in a posi-position to know whether it will be profitable as an investment. Our engineering department enables us to report on the construction and architecture of any building or plant. If you are contemplating Investing or Buying a business we will furnish you expert opinions of its management, value and condition. We will examine and report the true condition, financially and otherwise, of any corporation or business you are interested in. If you want to incorporate your business under the laws of the Indian Territory, we will advise you how to proceed and perfect the organization in every detail. If you want to know the value of any stock of a corporation, we will investigate and report. THE TERRITORIAL AUDIT COMPANY Alexander Richmond, President and Attorney. Rooms 102, 103 and 104 Old Homestead Bldg. Muskogee, I. T. "Not the Cheapest but the Best" All the Latest Styles in Photographic Art. "Cloudy Days" as Good as Sunshine. Lace, Drapery and Flowers. Lady in Attendance. Studio open Sunday from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. FRISCO SYSTEM FROM HERETOTHERE. WEST No. 53 Leaves 7:45 a. m. No. No. 51 " 1:10 p. m. No. No. 57 " 2:00 p. m. No. No. 55 Arrives 7:00 p. m. No. No. 55 & 56 Local Accomodations tween Fayetteville and Muskogee are cept Sunday between Okmulgee and No. 51 will connect at Okmulgee for will connect ar Fayetteville for St. I points; Eureka Springs line and west phis, Birmingham and Bryand to Spr PHONE 302 The Territorial Audit C Service If you wish to establish a system of keeping your accounts or improve on the present, call on us. If you wish to establish a system of keeping your accounts or improve on the present, call on us. Our bank examining department is an able bank accountant of many yeared to furnish officers, director and erwise unable to obtain fame, a true H. E. HARKRIDER, Ag't. Company at Your e. We will make regular audits of your books thus assuring you of an unbiased and unprejudiced knowl. edge of the true condition of your business. Prospective investors should address the Red Bird Investment Co., P.O. Box 230, Ft. Smith, Ark., for blank applications for stock, or for detailed information. If any of our readers have city property for sale or want to buy a home in Muskogee or a small farm or if they want to sell farm land they should see Fred W. Davis in the Oklahoma building. They will find him a man of his word and one that will give them a square deal. THE MKT AND MISSOURI KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY Good Meals for Travelers. Good Meals for Travelers. Our dinning stations are owned and operated by the Company. This assures uniform quality and service. The meals are nominal in price (50c) and a little better than you ever for the money. They have satisfied others—we know they will satisfy you. If there is any information you would like, about a prospective trip write me I'll gladly give you the information and if possible have my representative call on you and peronally assist you in every way. Think of my offer when you next have occasion to travel Address W. S. ST. GEORGE, Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent, Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis. TIME TABLE Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway. On the schedule train No. north bound will leave Muskogee at 8: a. m. and arrive at Wagoner 8:50 a. m. Train No. 6 north bound will leave Muskogee at 6:00 p. m. arrive at Wagoner 6:50 p. m. Train No. 1 will arrive from Wagoner at 9:45 a. m. Train No. 5 will arrive from Wagoner at 7:50 p. m. Train No, 3 south bound leaves Muskogee at 9:50 a.m. arrives at Dustin 12:40 p.m. Train No. 4 leaves Dustin 2:30 p.m., arrives Muskogee 5:20 p.m. O. M. SEWELL, General Superintendent Go to CREEK LIVERY BARN, Now located at new quarters No. 512 South 3rd Street Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanders Wholesale House. 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 PHILLIIPS, THE WILLIAMSON HAFFNER CO OUR CUTS TALK ENGRAVERS-PRINTERS DENVER THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL. Instruction by mail adapted to everyone. Recognized by courts and educators. Experienced and competent instructors. Takes spare time only. Three courses—Preparatory, Business, College. Prepares for practice. Students and prospects in business. Students and graduates everywhere. Full particulars and AT HOME particulars and special offer FREE. THE SPRAQUE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL OF LAW, 844 MAJESTIC FLAG. DETROIT, MICH. FRISCO SYSTEM. COMPLETELY AND COMFORTABLY SERVE WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the "WORLD'S FAIR CITY" SAINT LOUIS For detailed information, call on nearest representative FRISCO SYSTEM, or address L. W. PRICE, Division Passenger Agent. JOPLIN, MO. 4 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 DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Celebrated Monarc Ranges. Every one Guaranteed. Builders' Tools, etc. All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. Why buy Your LUMBER =: & =: BUILDING =: MATERIAL From a company you do not know. Keep your money at home buy buying from the They live here and will treat you right. Yard located west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. Pioneer Abstract Co. IOWABUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee GLOYD LUMBER COMPANY to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee GLOYD LUMBER COMPANY Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. GLOYD LUMBER COMPANY TAKING THE STUMP To tell about our lumber. It is put forward to win the approval of the lumber users of this section and when its good points are appreciated it will certainly do so. We see no satisfaction or profit in handling low grade stock. Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber does not piece by the foot but by the inches. New orlea Pensa MARD v orleans, Mo Pensaeola ARDI New Orleans, Mobile Pensaeola ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM One fare plus $2.00 Tickets, Feb. 21 GEO, H. LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt., re plus $2.00 for the Ro'ickets, Feb. 21 to 25 inclus H. LEE; Gen. Pass. Agt., Little Ro One fare plus $2.00 for the Round Trip. Tickets, Feb. 21 to 25 inclusive GEO, H. LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt., Little Rock, Ark. J, S. McNALLY, Dlvision Pass, Agt. Oklahoma City, O, T. Muskogee, I. T. R COMPANY Copyright . Be - Cimeter. Muskogee _ Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor, MUSKOGEE, - - _ IND. TER. ————————— INDIAN TERRITORY NEWS. Ernest Whitmore and Miss Zula Morgan were married recently at Lehigh, 1. T. Antlers is to have a national bank with $25,000 capital. Jake Easton ig to be president. Muskogee's city council has pass- ed stringent quarantine rules against contagious diseases, W. G. Robertson, assistant dis- trict attorney, has resigned in favor of Harlow A, Leeckley. Coweta has a Republican club of 480 members. A. D, Orcutt is pres- ident and B. J. Beavers, secretary. Deputy United States Marshal W. W. Bradshaw of Lehigh and Miss Lillie Hunter of Owl, I. T., were married last week. Ben Estes, who has been in the drug business at Muskogee for eight years, has sold his stock to Johs Powers of Clinton, Mo. The Negro Republican club of Muskogee held a Lincoln birthday banquet at Jones hall. Louis T. Brown was master of ceremonies. Fire on the Birge estate at Roff destroyed 15,000 bushels of corn and 7,000 bushels of millet, with a large quantity of grain and machin- ery. Loss $18,000, The towns of Hartshorne and Halleyville are preparing to consoli- date, The townsites adjoin, the for- mer having a population of 3,500 and the latter 3,200. Senator Carter has introduced a bill to authorize the president to classify and allot Indian reserva- tions and restore to the public do- main the surplus unallotted lands, The senate committee has decid- ed to report the Littlefleld anti- gambling bill, which is very string- ent and applies to the four terri- tories now seeking statehood. e A mass meeting of the coal opera- tors of the Indian Territory will be held at South McAlester, February 24th to take action regarding the threatened coal strike to take place April 1, Joseph Evans, president of the Devonian O{1 Company, an indepen- dent concern, is in the cerritory mak- ing a proposition to sell $1,000,000 worth of stock and build a pipe line to the gulf. A committee of the bar of Atoka, Coalgate and Lehigh has waited on Judge Clayton, asking that a just seale of compensation be fixed for guardians and fees for attorneys in probate matters, John Rennie, one of the oldest citizens of the Indian Territory, died at Lehigh and was buried by the va- vious fraternal societies. He was Past grand master of Masons for Oklahoma and Indian Territory and the first noble grand of Odd Fellows of Indian Territory and past grand patron of the Eastern Star, ALL SAFE IN CHINA, Reports from Several Points Say All Is Quiet, New York.—The secretaries of the missionary society of the Meth- odist Episcopal church sent cable- srams of inquiry to Bishop Bash- ford at Shanghai and also to repre- sentatives of the several missions of that church, These cablegrams were sent on Thursday and Friday, February 15 and 16. That to Bishop Bashford covered all the Methodist missions in China, The bishop's cablegram dated February 16, is reassuring. It fol- lows: “All are safe in China, No dan- ger apparent. BASHFORD.” The response from the mission treasurers in North, Central, West- ern and South China, dated Feb- ruary 17, are of like tenor to that from the bishop: “Tien ‘Tsin— No disturbances. Safe.” “Nanking — No trouble any where.” “Foochow—Foochow and Ming- hau quite.” “Chungking—aAll quiet.” Not a letter received recently at the missionary offices from any Methodist missionary in China Speaks of any trouble or excitement among the Chinese, or expresses any apprehension of an outbreak. QUARANTINES TO BE LIFTED. Sanitary Condition Among Okla- homa Cattle Improving. Guthrie, Okla.—As a_ result of the investigations of O. L. Richards, territorial cattle inspector, in north- western Woodward and Beaver counties, which have been under quarantine for mange for many years, Secretary Thomas Morris, of ‘the livestock sanitary commission, announces that many of the special recent report made by Richards to the commission he says that condi- tions have greatly improved and that many of the pastures now un- der special quarantine have been entirely freed from the pests. The cattlemen will hail the raising of the quarantine with delight, as no cattle can now be shipped from the quarantine pastures excepting for immediate shipment to market for slaughter, which works a consider- able hardship on the owners of the pastures, _ FEDERAL JUDGES PAY FARE. Sent Back Passes Since Trip to Washington, Guthrie, Okla.—All of the feder- al judges in Oklahoma now pay their fare when they travel. Since the return from Washington all of them who were fortunate enough to carry railroad passes have bundled them up and shipped them back to the donors, and are now on the same footing with the ordinary pri- vate citizens when they ride on the train, Horace A. Taylor, assistant secre- tary of the treasury, has tendered his resignation to the president to take effect June 30. He will take a trip to Europe, John B. Stetson, the millionaire hat man, died at Deland, Fla, of apoplexy, His death was very un- expected, as he had been enjoying good healt, UNION LEADERS IN PRISON. Harry Orchard Confesses to Steu: nenberg Assassination, Denver, Col, — Publication was made here of the complaints on which Governor Gooding of Idaho asked requisitions for Charles H. Moyer, president, and William D. Haywood, secretary-treasurer, of the Western Federation of Miners, and G. A. Pettibone, a former mem- ber of the executive committee of that labor organization. From these it appears that the | men who were secretly arrested and hurriedly removed to Idaho were charged directly with the murder of former Governor Frank Steunen- berg of Idaho. Governor McDonald, who issued the necessary papers for the extra- dition of the federation officers to Idaho, said that he had read a copy of Orchard'’s confession but was not at liberty to divulge its contents, The confession, it is asserted, dis- closed a plot to kill former Govern- or James Peabody of Colorado; Wil- liam H. Gabbert, chief justice of Colorado supreme court, and John Campbell, former chief justice. Or- chard is said to have confessed that wholesale assassinations were plan- ned at the headquarters of the Western Federation of Miners in Denver, chiefly by refugees from the camps at Cripple Creek and Telluride. It is also said that Orchard’s confession gives a history of the explosion at the Inde- pendence depot near Cripple Creek on June 6, 1904, which killed four- teen men and injured many others. Oklahoma Central Work. Lehigh, I. T.—The Oklahoma Cen- tral railway began laying steel at Lehigh. A silver spike was driven by Boone Williams, president of the Lehigh Commercial club, President Dorset Carter, chief en- gineer; R. L. MecWillie and Super- intendent W. J. Terry were present and the construction engine was handled by Master Mechanic Dick- inson, Just a year ago the road was pro- moted by President Dorset Carter and today the laying of steel began. Over thirty miles have been graded and bridges built. The Oklahoma Central will ex- tend from Lehigh to Chickasha and from Lehigh to Paris, Texas, and will be to the new state what the Central is to Texas. VESUVIUS MORE ACTIVE. Loud Explosion and Stones are Thrown 100 Feet High. Naples, — The activity of Mount Vesuvius is Increasing. Loud explo- sions are heard and incandescent stones are being thrown to a height of 100 feet. A _ stream of lava threatens the wall which was erect- ed to protect the station of the Fu- nicular railroad. Many tourists are gathering here to witness the spec- tacle, After 16 Years of Liberty. Guthrie, Oklo.—Don C, Smith, as- sistant attorney general, received word from Sheriff Garrison, of Okla- homa county, of the arrest at Little Rock, Ark., of James McCarty, wanted for the mumer of Sam Mc- Pherson of Oklahoma City, August 4, 1890, The men quarreled in Mc- Carty’s saloon, McCarty followed McPherson out to the sidewalk and shot and killed him there, McCarty was arrested, but was released on $10,000 bond. Shortly after the op- ening of the Sac and Fox country the bondsmen represented to the court that McCarty had been killed there, and they were released, There Ie no Rochelle Salts, Alum, Limeor Ammonia in food made with Bakin g Theonly high grade Baking Powder made at a moderate price. Save $10.- Per Cow EVERY YEAR OF USE Over All Gravity Setting Systems And $3. to $5. Per Cow Over All Imitating Separators, Now is the time to make this most important and profitable of dairy farm investments. Send at once for new 1906 catalogue and name of nearest agent. THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR Co. Randolph & Canal Sts, | 74 Cortlandt Street CHICAGO NEW YORK Se ee, ee a SO a RE eee eee That home is the best school for children under 6 is the conclusion ar- rived at by an English committee of trained educators that has been inves- tigating the results of schooling on babies of this tender age. The com- mittee reports unanimously against sending those tots to school. They ~find that not only do many derive no intellectual benefit from it, but on the other hand, they seem to fall into a state of apathy with regard to books and their powers of observation. More play, more sleep, more story telling, more free conversation—these are rec- ommended by the English report as a substitute for schooling until the child is 6. Only One Exception. Personally, says John Strange Win- ter in “Ideas,” I loathe kissing and being kissed. When I do indulge in that form of caress I do no more than give the edge of my cheek to the edge of someone else’s cheek. Why do we do it? It’s not amusing or at all pleasant. It is not at all express- ive. The touch of n hand goes so much nearer the heart than any kiss can do, excepting, perhaps, the touch of lips in the first flush of love. SS, fom ae] GTi) 1) ISD Z KIDNEY 2 Ae N LS ee ied ee =e THAN ree bea ee rset pee ees Pee \ as Pe i Ne INSURE Your dwelling, Farm property or stock of merchandise in the MERCHANTS & PLANTERS INSURANCE CO, Of Muskogee, LT, We want a Good Agent in every town in the Indian Territory. es Mv cycerent Thompson's Eye Water ees W. N. 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No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. The way a boy gets disciplined is first to go to school and then to get married. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets Drug-gists refund money if it falls to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box. 25c. A man who has time to rub his hands together seldom amounts to much. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c. Many smokers prefer them to 10c cigars. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Ice is tropical compared to a neglected sweetheart's smile. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. A WINTER AND SUMMER FOOD For hot weather, eaten daily in its natural state with cream and sugar. In cold weather put in a stew-pan, cover with boiling hot milk, let it boil two minutes; stir to prevent lumping; serve hot with cream and sugar. 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Mild Laxative. Nothing has yet taken the place of Garfield Tea, Nature's remedy for kidney and liver trouble, constipation and sick headache. Contains no harmful ingredients, nothing but medicinal herbs. Sold at all drug stores. Send for free sample to Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. Logic in the Schoolroom. A Rockland schoolboy's composition on Whittier, handed in the other day, reached the following conclusion: "He was never married. He hated slavery"—Rockland, Me., Star. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A ce tain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. After the charity fair the patronesses begin to say uncharitable things about each other. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock on hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. The only will a man can exert with his own family is the one he writes for them with his lawyer. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Druggists are authorized to refund money if PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure in 6 to 14 days. 50c. When a man isn't afraid of the cook it is because she is his wife. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar made of rich, mellow tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. A woman should be thankful that the chigger is no bigger. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. A friend in need is a friend to steer shy of. A WINTER AND For hot weather, eaten daily in its cold weather put in a stew-pan, cover minutes; stir to prevent lumping; serve food can compare with Nervous Women Their Sufferings Are Usually Due to Female Disorders Perhaps Unsuspected A MEDICINE THAT CURES Mrs M.E. Shotwell Can we dispute the well-known fact that American women are nervous? How often do we hear the expression, "I am so nervous, it seems as if I should fly;" or, "Don't speak to me." Little things annoy you and make you irritable; you can't sleep. you are unable to quietly and calmly perform your daily tasks or care for your children. The relation of the nerves and generative organs in woman is so close that nine-tenths of the nervous prostration, nervous debility, the blues, sleeplessness and nervous irritability arise from some derangement of the organism which makes her a woman. Fits of depression or restlessness and irritability; spirits easily affected, so that one minute she laughs, the next minute weeps; pain in the abdominal region and between the shoulders; loss of voice; nervous dyspepsia; a tendency to cry at the least provocation—all these point to nervous prostration. Nothing will relieve this distressing condition and prevent months of prostration and suffering so surely as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. M. E. Shotwell, of 103 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "I cannot express the wonderful relief I have experienced by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I suffered for a long time with nervous prostration, backache, headache, loss of appetite. I could not sleep and would walk the floor almost every night. "I had three doctors and got no better, and life was a burden. I was advised to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it has worked wonders for me. "I am a well woman, my nervousness is all gone and my friends say I look ten years younger." · Will not the volumes of letters from women made strong by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound convince all women of its virtues? Surely you cannot wish to remain sick, weak and discouraged, exhausted each day, when you can be as easily cur d as other women. DEFIANCE STARCH never sticks to the iron GREGORY'S SEED Catalogue of tested and warranted seeds full of wise instruction—sent FREE. J. J. H. Gregory & Son, Marblehead, Mass. DEFIANCE STARCH for starching finest linens. We hope the City Central Committee will be called together at on and then issue a call for the city convention a delegated convention composed of delegates from each ward in the city and let the city committee apportion the delegates from the various wards. This delegated convention can then nominate a ticket and we who are republicans will elect it. This should be done at once. The campaign should begin the first week in March and victory will come in April. WARNING ORDER. In the United States court for the Western district of the Indian Territory, at Muskogee. Lizzie Miller, Plaintiff, vs. No. 6457 Equity. Ed. Miller, Defendant. The defendant, Ed Miller, is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, Lizzie Miller. Witness the Hon. William R. Lawrence, judge of said court, and the seal thereof, at Muskogee, this the 5th day of February, 1906. (Seal) R. P. HARRISON, Clerk. By D. F. DICKEY, Deputy. P. L. Garrett, attorney for plaintiff-Wm. S. Peters, attorney for non-resident defendant. Go to CREEK LIVERY BARN. Now located at new quarters No. 512 South 3rd Street Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanderr Wholesale House. Go to THE KANDY 221 SOUTH SE For all kinds of Fancy Homemade Cigars and Nuts; and in fact wh confectionaries, THIS IS THE OLDEST and BEST F. QUALLS, Proprietor, THE CIMETER J THE QUICK MA THE KANDY KITCHEN 221 SOUTH SECOND STREET For all kinds of Fancy Homemade Candies; all kinds of Fruits, Cigars and Nuts; and in fact whatever you need in the way of confectionaries. THIS IS THE OLDEST and BEST CANDY MAKER in the City 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 JONES BUILDING (IN THE MUSKOGEE TITL GENERAL ABSTRACTS of TITLE. INSURANCE. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office 625 F St., Washington, D.C. 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. THE WILLIAMSON HAFFNER CO OUR CUTS TALK ENGRAVERS·PRINTERS DENVER STUDY LAW THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL. Instruction by used adapted to everyone. Recognized by courts and educators. 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CARNARD We made the blocks larger than usual, we believe most persons purchasing a home this distance would want at least three or four acres 120 acres platted into town lots==West Mus= kogee. North of Okmulgee Road. Fiftee minutes walk to street ear line. The first street running north and south, is 30th St. The first street running east and west, is Okmulgee. Then Broadway, etc. This is handsome property for residence. WARRANTEE DEED—TITLE PERFECT. For further information, call on, or write J. B. McCOLLOCH, Loans and Discounts Overdrafts, cotton, Bonds and Preuiums, Furniture and Fixtures Cash and Exchange The above statement is correct 500 LOT CARNAR We made the block most persons purchas want at least three o To the City 120 acres platted in kogee. North Fiftee minutes w The first street runni The first street runni Then Broadway, etc, This is handsome WARRANTEE I For further information, ca J. B. Muskogee, I. T. WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES --- BEN ESTES. ESTES School Books and ONERY. in Street. GOAL and WOOD & Dale's WOOD YARD. PHONE 866 arts of the city. of the Condition of the Nation'l Bank, Indian Territory, LIABILITIES 95 Capital $200,000 00 61 Surplus and Profit 21,572 39 49 Circulation 150,000 00 11 Deposits 759,530 25 64 $1,141,152 64 $200,000 00 21,572 39 150,000 00 759,530 25 D N FINK, Cashier, S FOR SALE! D ADDITION larger than usual, we believe a home this distance would our acres : : : : of Muskogee. to town lots==West Mus= of Okmulgee Road. alk to street ear line. north and south, is 30th St. east and west, is Okmulgee. property for residence. ED—TITLE PERFECT. on, or write cCOLLOCH, Real Estate and Notary Public, The Canadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. ---