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The Muskogee Cimeter. "WE'VE GOT 'EM" SWEEPING VITORY MUSKOGEE NOW REPUBLICAN Vol 7 ```markdown ``` A. H. Our Field Marshall. On April 3rd. when the tocsin of battle was sounded Our Field Marshall, A. Z. English ordered a Grand Charge all along the line at 8 O'clock a. m. and to keep up the assault until old Sol sank in the Western Hills. This was done and our Field Marshall went rapidly from one part of the field to the other giving orders and seeing that commands were excuted promptly. He was always in the thickest of the fight and where most needed. His commands were obeyed instantly, he checkmated the evemy at every point and after getting them on the run, kept them going, he is a past-master in political warefare and deserves great credit for the way he handled our forces and led them over the Democratic fortifications to victory. Hurrah for Field Marshall, A. Z. English. How They Went. Muskogee cast 3050 votes and then all of our boys did not get to vote—Republican of course. Muskogee, I.T., Thursday, April 5, 1906. HON FRANK C. HUBBARD Mayor-Elect of Muskogee. [Name] SCAHITON SCARLTON'S ROSE Aldermen—Henry Vogel. Tablequah elected the entire Republican ticket by good majority. Checotah went Republican by a small majority for Mayor. Boley elects entire Republican ticket, unanimously. --- JEANITON ROSS Vineta elects Republican Mayor and other officers. Broken Arrow elected the Republican ticket. Wilecat or Grayson, elects entire Republican ticket unanimously. (Colored town.) No 29 TORY AN PETER H. Harry Davis. City Attorney -J. B. Campbell. Recorder. W. A. Downing. Tax Collector M. B. A. B. H. C. Cobb. Treasurer- BROOKLYN M. B. M. A. B. PETER H. T. R. Coweta elects a Republican ticket. The U. S. Marshalls office kept peace at the polls and the Republicans had a square deal. Had it not been for the protection of the Deputies U. S. Marshalls there would have been bloodshead at almost every voting precinct. The Democratic police were buisy buldozing voters and could not keep the peace. The Coffee Debate. LAUGH AND CHEER UP HUMORISMS SPECIALLY BUILT FOR THE PURPOSE. Wise Judge Made it Easy for Fraulein to Answer Embarrassing Question Hotel That He Had Helped to Raise Lear and Others. Dodging Him. Mr. Borem—I didn't see you last Sunday. Miss Cutting—Oh, you must have if you saw me at all. Mr. Borem—I—er—beg pardon; I don't understand. Miss Cutting—I say if you saw me Sunday you must have seen me last, for I was careful to see you first. The Last Resort. "No girl yet?" asked Mr. Subbubs, arriving home from the office. "No," replied his wife, "although one did call to-day. However, our five children scared her. She said she might stand two children, but——" "Then there is nothing for us to do, dear, but pick out three of our five and drown them."—Philadelphia Press. In Abeyance. "I thought you were going to Florida for a couple of weeks?" "I'm afraid not. I've been figuring on a railroad accident lately——" "You mean you figured 'in' a railroad accident?" "No, 'on.' I've been figuring on that railroad stock of mine paying a dividend." Lear and Others. Lear was making his remarks on the sharpness of a serpent's tooth. "That's nothing," replied a modern parent," "just wait till you have paid out $3,000 on your daughter's voice to hear her sing 'Everybody Works but Father.'" Herewith the king perceived that things really might be worse. Her Ailment. Naybor-I noticed that your wife didn't look very well this morning. Subbubs—Oh, it's nothing serious. Naybor—Her eyes were very red and tearful. Subbubs—Yes; it's merely a case of what you may call "millinery hysteria." Rash Girl. Mabel—Really, I don't care what sort of a husband I get. Her Mother—Why, Mabel, I'm surprised at you. Mabel—So long as he's rich and handsome and kind to me, I don't care—so there, now! His Trade. "What's your trade?" "I'm a builder, lady." "O. what have you built?" "See, lady, there used to be a little saloon at the bottom of that 'ere hill, now it's a magnificent hotel. Well. I helped to build it, mum."—Philadelphia. For Life. "Is it true, father, that the members of the French Academy are immortals?" "All their lives, my child."—Paris Figaro. In the Matter of "High" Cheese. A correspondent asks us to tell him what is meant by "high" cheese. The "high" cheese is so called from the altitude of its odor—it smells to heaven—and its price. Also to distinguish it from the domestic, or tame, cheese of the United States. The high cheese has never been domesticated, and perishes in captivity. It has usually perished a long time before it is served, or that is the way it seems to the uncultivated nose. High cheeses are imported—there is not room enough in the United States for a high cheese factory, as we prefer population. We have soap factories and shunk farms, but these are as the odors from the spice groves of far Cathay as compared with a high cheese factory.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mound Bird's Immense Nest The mound bird, found in Australia, builds the biggest nest in the world. It makes mounds sometimes as great as 150 feet in circumference, in which it buries its eggs five feet deep. The difference in view point may be defined thus: To man, religion means a reform of creation; to woman, a form of recreation. The published statements of a number of coffee importers and roasters indicate a "waspy" feeling towards us for daring to say that coffee is harmful to a percentage of the people. A frank public discussion of the subject is quite agreeable to us and can certainly do no harm; on the contrary when all the facts on both sides of any question are spread before the people they can thereupon decide and act intelligently. Give the people plain facts and they will take care of themselves. We demand facts in this coffee discussion and propose to see that the facts are brought clearly before the people. A number of coffee importers and roasters have joined a movement to boom coffee and stop the use of Postum Food Coffee and in their newspaper statements undertake to deceive by false assertions. Their first is that coffee is not harmful. We assert that one in every three coffee users has some form of incipient or chronic disease; realize for one moment what a terrible menace to a nation of civilized people, when one kind of beverage cripples the energies and health of one-third the people who use it. We make the assertion advisedly and suggest that the reader secure his own proof by personal inquiry among coffee users. Ask your coffee drinking friends if they keep free from any sort of aches and ails. You will be startled at the percentage and will very naturally seek to place the cause of disorder on something aside from coffee, whether food, inherited tendencies or something else. Go deeber in your search for facts. If your friend admits occasional neuralgia, rheumatism, heart weakness, stomach or bowel trouble, kidney complaint, weak eyes or approaching nervous prostration induce him or her to make the experiment of leaving off coffee for 10 days and using Postum Food Coffee, and observe the result. It will startle you and give your friend something to think of. Of course, if the person is one of the weak ones Weighing the Earth. This world is to be weighed once more, doubts being entertained by scientists as to the accuracy of previous estimates; but whether the error be a case of short weight or overweight has yet to be settled. An expedition is to set out in Egypt, where the great pyramid will be utilized by the investigators. First, the weight of the pyramid will be ascertained, and then the weight of the earth estimated from its proportionate size. The swinging of pendulums will be the gauge. From the force exerted by the pyramid in pulling the swinging pendulum from its natural course the weight of the pyramid can be estimated, and that of the earth—the exact size of which is known—can then be calculated easily. Currency of Long Ago. In Russia the earliest currency known was the whole skins, with claws and teeth intact, of squirrels, martens and other fur-bearing animals. Cloth money was also a medium of trade exchange among some of the Slav races. Among the Carthaginians, Spartans and Romans leather was sometimes used as a form of money. and says "I can't quit" you will have discovered one of the slaves of the coffee importer. Treat such kindly, for they seem absolutely powerless to stop the gradual but sure destruction of body and health. Nature has a way of destroying a part of the people to make room for the stronger. It is the old law of "the survival of the fittest" at work, and the victims are many. We repeat the assertion that coffee does harm many people, not all, but an army large enough to appal the investigator and searcher for facts. The next prevarication of the coffee importers and roasters is their statement that Postum Food Coffee is made of roasted peas, beans or corn, and mixed with a low grade of coffee and that it contains no nourishment. We have previously offered to wager $100,000.00 with them that their statements are absolutely false. They have not accepted our wager and they will not. We will gladly make a present of $25,000.00 to any roaster or importer of old-fashioned coffee who will accept that wager. Free inspection of our factories and methods is made by thousands of people each month and the coffee importers themselves are cordially invited. Both Postum and Grape-Nuts are absolutely pure and made exactly as stated. The formula of Postum and the analysis made by one of the foremost chemists of Boston has been printed on every package for many years and is absolutely accurate. Now as to the food value of Postum. It contains the parts of the wheat berry which carry the elemental salts, such as lime, iron, potash, silica, etc., etc., used by the life forces to rebuild the cellular tissue, and this is particularly true of the phosphate of potash, also found in Graps-Nuts, which combines in the human body with albumen and this combination, together with water, rebuilds the worn-out gray matter in the delicate nerve centers all over the body and throughout the brain and solar plexus. Ordinary coffee stimulates in an unnatural way, but with many people it slowly and surely destroys and does not rebuild this gray substance so vitally important to the well being of every human being. These are eternal facts, proven, well authenticated and known to every properly educated physician, chemist and food expert. Is It All Chance? There are men who are "unlucky" in business. They work hard, they are honest and competent, yet they fail. There are women who are "unlucky" in love. They are as pretty, as well-bred, as intelligent as those who find husbands. Yet something always happens to dash their dreams of happiness. For them, in Browning's words, "Never the time and the place and the loved one all altogether." Is it all chance? Is "bad luck" a meaningless phrase? Or are some people suffering, as the Greeks and Hebrews thought, for offenses against Heaven? We call "unlucky" people "Jonahs." Do we remember that Jonah was a rebel against the orders of God?—Daily Mirror. Kate Field's Views on Marriage. "A life of ambition is a terrible grind, you say," wrote Kate Field to an aunt who was urging her to marry. "But how about most marriages? Are they not terrible grinds? Do you realize what would happen if I married and made a mistake? I do. Therefore the less said to me about marriage the better. My observation makes me afraid of lifelong experiences." Please remember we never say ordinary coffee hurts everyone. Some people use it regularly and seem strong enough to withstand its attacks, but there is misery and disease in store for the man or woman who persists in its use when nature protests, by heart weakness, stomach and bowel troubles, kidney disease, weak eyes or general nervous prostration. The remedy is obvious. The drug caffeine, contained in all ordinary coffee, must be discontinued absolutely or the disease will continue in spite of any medicine and will grow worse. It is easy to leave off the old-fashioned coffee by adopting Postum Food Coffee, for in it one finds a pleasing hot breakfast or dinner beverage that has the deep seal brown color, changing to a rich golden brown when good cream is added. When boiled long enough (15 minutes) the flavor is not that of rank Rio coffee but very like the milder, smooth and high-grade Java, but entirely lacking the drug effect of ordinary coffee. Anyone suffering from disorders set up by coffee drinking (and there is an extensive variety) can absolutely depend upon some measure of relief by quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. If the disease has not become too strongly rooted, one can with good reason expect it to disappear entirely in a reasonable time after the active cause of the trouble is removed and the cellular tissue has time to naturally rebuild with the elements furnished by Postum and good food. It's only just plain old common sense. Now, with the exact facts before the reader, he or she can decide the wise course, looking to health and the power to do things. If you have any doubt as to the cause of any ache or all you may have, remember the far-reaching telegrams of a hurt nervous system travel from heel to head, and it may be well worth your while to make the experiment of leaving off coffee entirely for ten days and using Postum in its place. You will probably gather some good solid facts, worth more than a gold mine, for health can make gold and sickness lose it. Besides there's all the fun, for it's like a continuous internal frolic to be perfectly well. There's a reason for POSTUM Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. "I had dumb chills and fever," writes Edna Rutherford, of Atlanta, Tex., "and suffered more than I can tell. I tried all the medicines I could think of and four doctors, but nothing helped until I began to take Thedford's BLACK-DRAUGHT I now feel better than I have in many months and thank God and you for your wonderful medicine." For Constipation, Indigestion, Stomach Trouble, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Sallow Complexion, Pimples, Blotches, Impure Blood and all troubles caused by an inactive Liver, Thedford's Black-Draught will be found a safe and reliable remedy. Be sure you get Thedford's. At all Druggists, 25c and $1.00. Dr.Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is a powerful, invigorating tonic, imparting health and strength in particular to the organs distinctly feminine. The local, womanly health is so intimately related to the general health that when diseases of the delicate womanly organs are cured the whole body gains in health and strength. For weak and sickly women who are "worn-out," "run-down" or debilitated, especially for women who work in store, office or schoolroom, who sit at the typewriter or sewing machine, or bear heavy household burdens, and for nursing mothers, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has proven a priceless benefit because of its health-restoring and strength-giving powers. As a soothing and strengthening nervine, "Favorite Prescription" is unequaled and is invaluable in allaying and subduing nervous excitability, irritability, nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, chorea, or St. Vitus's dance, and other distressing nervous symptoms commonly attendant upon functional and organic disease of the womanly organs. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and despondency. Cures obstinate cases. "Favorite Prescription" is a positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of "female weakness," painful periods, irregularities, prolapsus or falling of the pelvic organs, weak back, bearing-down sensations, chronic congestion, inflammation and ulceration. Dr. Pierce's medicines are made from harmless but efficient medical roots found growing in our American forests. The Indians knew of the marvelous curative value of some of these roots and imparted that knowledge to some of the friendlier whites, and gradually some of the more progressive physicians came to test and use them, and ever since they have grown in favor by reason of their superior curative virtues and their safe and harmless qualities. Your druggists sell the "FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION" and also that famous alternative, blood purifier and stomach tonic, the "GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY." Write to Dr. Pierce about your case. He is an experienced physician and will treat your case as confidential and without charge for correspondence. Address him at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., of which he is chief consulting physician. Appeal to the maternal impulse is so easily made that a woman can love her enemy's baby. Cures Cancer, Blood Poison and Rheumatism. If you have blood poison producing eruptions, pimples, ulcers, swollen glands, bumps and risings, burning, itching skin, copper-colored spots or rash on the skin, mucous patches in mouth or throat, falling hair, bone pains, old rheumatism or foul catarrh, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) It kills the poison in the blood; soon all sores, eruptions heal, hard swellings subside, aches and pains stop and a perfect cure is made of the worst cases of Blood Poison. For cancer, tumors, swellings, eating sores, ugly ulcers, persistent pimples of all kinds, take B. B. B. It destroys the cancer poison in the blood, heals cancer of all kinds, cures the worst humors or suppurating swellings. Thousands cured by B. B. B. after all else fails. B. B. B. composed of pure botanic ingredients. Improves the digestion, makes the blood pure and rich, stops the awful itching and all sharp, shooting pains. 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 free medical advice also sent in sealed letter. The cynic is an individual whose self-esteem is in direct reverse ratio to his intrinsic excellence. Lewis' Single Binder costs more than other 5c cigars. Smokers know why. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Executive ability is the capacity for living off other men's labor. For Your Liver C6 THE WHOLE LOT If we don't heed prevention, we will need a cure. The Old-Monk-Cure St. Jacobs Oil is ready always for all forms of muscular aches or pains, from LUMBAGO RHEUMATISM to STIFF NECK to SPRAIN IT CURES ALLIKE THE WHOLE LOT. PILES: NO MONEY TILL CURED. SEND FOR FREE ILLUS. TREATISE ON POSTAL DISCASES. WITH NAMES OF PROMINENT MEN CURED. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR 1031 OAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. (BRANCH OFFICE AT ST. LOUIS.) The great bamboo of Ceylon grows to a height of eighty feet. It is used in construction of houses and bridges. Also water pipes are made of it. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, { 88. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. S sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D., 1886. REAL A. W. GLEASON, NOTARY PUBLIC. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. When a man is "generous to a fault" you generally find the fault is one of his own. 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. Montaigne: The most manifest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness. In a Pinoh, Use ALLEN'S FOOT EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discover of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Making Pillows of Sponges. Making Pillows of Sponges. For years the trimmings and culls of the Florida sponge trade were waste matter; now, at Miami, they are cleaned, assorted and made into mattresses and pillows. Sponge mattresses have sprung into great demand and every one that can be made is promptly sold. Tree Culture in Paris. Paris spends $100,000 a year to keep her trees in order and to plant new ones. Every street of a certain width is entitled to a row of trees on either side; while every street of a certain greater width has a double row. There are a thousand failures from lack of ability to one from lack of appreciation. THE WH If we don't heed prevention, we w St. Jac is ready always for all forms o Nine-tenths of the peasants in Russia live in huts without floors, and too low for a tall man to stand in. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c. You pay 10c for cigars not so good. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. More men are marred by themselves than are made by their friends. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. "BULLS" IN MANY LANGUAGES. Irishmen Can Hardly Be Classed as Chief Perpetrators. The herding of bulls is not by any means confined to the Emerald Isle. It was a Scotchwoman who said that the butcher of her town only killed haif a beast at a time. It was a Dutchman who said that a pig had no marks on his ears except a short tail. It was a British magistrate who, on being told by a vagabond that he was not married, responded, "That's a good thing for your wife." It was a Portuguese mayor who enumerated among the marks when found, "a marked impediment in his speech." It was a Frenchman, who contentedly laying his head down upon a large stone jar for a pillow stuffed it with hay. It was an American lecturer who solemnly said one evening: "Parents, you may have children, or, if not, your daughter may have." It was a German orator who, warming with the subject, exclaimed: "There is no man, woman or child in the house who has arrived at the age of fifty years but has felt the truth thundering through their heads for centuries."—One Thousand and One Anecdotes. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE discontinued the use of our package. The public may rely on these of militiamen, sold only in excretion. TERRIBLE SCALP HUMOR. Badly Affected With Sores and Crusts —Extended Down Behind the Ears —Another Cure by Cuticura. "About ten years ago my scalp became badly affected with sore and itching humors, crusts, etc., and extended down behind the ears. My hair came out in places, also. I was greatly troubled; understood it was eczema. Tried various remedies so called, without effect. Saw your Cuticura advertisement, and got the Cuticura Remedies at once. Applied them as to directions, etc., and after two weeks I think, of use, was clear as a whistle. I have to state also that late last fall, October and November, 1904, I was suddenly afflicted with a bad eruption, painful and itching pustules over the lower part of the body. I suffered dreadfully. In two months, under the skillful treatment of my doctor, conjoined with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, I found myself cured. H. M. F. Weiss, Rosemond, Christian Co., Ill., Aug. 31, 1905." Good in Little Things. It is sometimes good to be content with doing little; the great and splendid occasions in which a man can benefit his country are few; the humble duties by which her benefit may be advanced are of daily occurrence. —Sidney Smith. If folks would tell only what they know, the world would soon be populated with mutes. 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 drugists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. Muloch: It takes a heroine to be economical. W. L. DOUGLAS $3.50 & $3.00 SHOES FOR MEN W. L. Douglas $4.00 Cilt Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES ALL PRICES BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOE MAKER SOLE AGENTS FOR W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES ESTABLISHED JULY 6, 1878. CAPITAL $2,500,080 W. L. DOUGLAS MAKES & SELLS MORE MEN'S $3.50 SHOES THAN ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD. $10,000 REWARD to anyone who can disprove this statement. If I could take you into my three large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you the infinite care with which every pair of shoes is made, you would realize why W. L. 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. W. L. Douglas Strong Made Shoes for Men, $2.50, $2.00, Boye's School & Dress Shoes, $2.50, $2, $1.75, $1.50 CAUTION.—Insist upon having W. L. Doug- las shoes. Take no substitute. None genuine without his name and price stamped on bottom. Fast Color Eyelens used; they will not wear brassy. Write for Illustrated Catalog. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. of Atlanta, Tex., "and suf think of and four doctors, AUGHT te a : —_———— aT THE CIMETER, PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTER- ST OF THE NEGRO 7” CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THEP. T OFFICE AT MUS- Gemnet T., AS BECOND CLASS MAIL MAT WH. TWINE - + «+ ~ Editor. R WOOD, - ~ ~ «~ Ass’t Editor. E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. ee The blue mark on your pa- per means subscription out and paper starts at once, Praise God from whom all blessings flow, ete. The Black Troops fought nobly. We slew them all but one and he got his tail fethers scorched, The salt river packet is loaded with Democrats this morning and they are a sad crew. Muskogee has been redeemed the tax payers will have a square deal, and public im: provements will go on, The Democrats + are routed from A to IZZARD and beaten from hell to breakfast. This isa Republican City as shown by the returns and it has always been such, but this is the first time we have gotten togeather. To the Victors beloug the spoils. We mean that no Demo- crat should apply or be given office at the hands of the victor- ous Republicans. Put the Demo- crats on short grass for the en- suing year, The Democrats found that they could not buy the Negro vote to any extent and those few skunks who did sell are not worth ad—— by a d—— and half. The Democrats made a mis- take when they said that all the ladies of the town were in favor of the Democratic ticket. This insult cast at the wives and daughters of white Republicans put them on their mettle and they went to work, The Cimeter is proud of the fact that we helped to make it possible to elect’ a Republican ticket and then we proceeded to elect the ticket. The credit is due to the black and white Re- publicans who stood as a stone- wall for Republican — success. Henee the Glorious Victory, Muskogee County will get four delegates to the constitu. tional convention. Now let us begin and see that they are Re- publicans. But no traitor need apply. . The Black Phalana commence ed the battle early and kept it up till the last foe had expired, Big Chief Owen and his co- horts can now retire disect the oderiferous smell of the dead carcass of Democracy. Big Chief isan expert on the smell biz and can be taken as authority as he smelt the defeat of Demo eracy. The Democrats in their ig- norance in assaulting the Negros made an assault upon the wives and daughters of the white Re- publicans of the town, when they saw their error they began to explain but it was too late, . . Election Hits. The Democrats fought hard to the last minuet, but the boys in the trenches dug their graves on the 8rd., covered them up and a big ram come on the 4th and settled things down, Mayor Fite got down from the high pedestal as Mayor to quar- rell and argue with ward work- ers, this showed to what ex- treme measures old Democrats was pushed, It was not digni- fied, Hon Frank Hubbard, con- ducted a campaign on the high plane of dignity and respectabil- ity. Like a General he acted on election day and allowed his lieutenants to do the work, What a contrast between the Republi- can and Democrat leaders, the latter jumped into brawls with every Negro who felt brawlish, We believe that there were at least 200 illegal Democratic vots cast and then we beat them and then too when the entire police force were working for the Democrats and intimdating colored voters and draging worthless Negro blacklegs into the side door to vote. The Democrats got more than they expected on the stink prop- osition, On election day every Democrat from the Mayor down tried to get into close contact with the Negro but the Negro would flee, saving I am afraid you will contaminate me by your smell, The Democrats stunk on election day, At 8 O’clock on morn of bat- tle our skirmishers commenced the firing on the Democratic Camp and kept up a warm en- gagement until about noon, when the boys in the trenches came out and began a grand charge. It was then that the enemy saw their finish and be- gan to retreat, Official Statement of the Condition of the Ocmmoereial ation’l Bee —— —= —~ Muskogee. Indian Territory, RESOURCES LIABILITIES Loans and Discounts $719,003 95 | Capital 200,000 60 Overdrafts, cotton, 95/989 61 | Surplus and Profit 21,572 39 Bonds and Prewiums, 206°080 49 | Circulation 150,000 00 Furniture and Fixtures 7,985 11| Deposits 759,590 25 Cash and Exchange 180,093 48 ae $1,141,152 64 $1,141,152 64 The above statement is correct DN FINK, Cashier, Se eee ee oe ee ee Oe Ce re ese eee % ¢ _ODD FELLOWS REGALIA ‘ * lacie ite * * * « SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY. + . = eoooe——— ‘ : At special rates, Honsehold of Ruth Regalia a specialty— * including banners badges and Jewels, Time is short. Write * Sat once for specal quotations. $ Regalia for all orgaingations made to order, * ; Address, Okmulgee Regalia Compauy : * Box 102 Okmulgee, Ind. Ter, * FREER EERE RET EOE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE .. AIRSHBAUM.. GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases W.E. McCLURE, Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee .- © + =: = I, c an 2 PHOTOGRAPHS AT 5 * GREEN’S STUDIO “Not the sipeepent but the Best?’ All the Latest Sty les 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. 125 SOUTH 3RD STREET. | On election day the Negroes ‘said to Big Chief Tom Owen and the other Democrat ‘If you ‘sot still chop you wid me ra- zor. If yourun I shoot de top of your head off’? The Demies sot still and when all had been choped down but one, that one took to his heels and got away and was the only one not slaugt- ered, Tom Owen’s STINK speech made votes for the Republicans, as there were some Negroes who intended to vote for certain Democrats but that STINK speech and the TIMES-DEMO- CRAT COLOR CAMPAIGN drove all of them home. For the first time in the his- tory of the town the Republican party was united and victory perched on our banners because we presented a united and solid front to the enemy. A few Negroes worked for the Democrats, some of them slyly and some otherwise, they have tried to connect loyal men with their d—— rottenness in order to hide their own dirt but the party leaders know who the traitor are. The boys in the bloody fourth whiped the enemy early in the game and sent the Democrats Negroes away on the run, Down in the fighting third the Democrats concentrated all their forces, the Mayor, the police force and all their henchmen in this ward and with a few trai- tors Negroes cut down our majority, but it was sufficient to save the day. AGENTS WANTED We want energetic hustlin; agents for this paper and will pay liberly for good work. If you want to make money, write at once to—W. H. 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The phiny sioo Muskogee WEEKLY $1.00 | doen WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES | @he official paper of the ae ior Department for the Territory. Publishes the official lists of lands | offered for sale. ‘The list of lands sold each week. All department rules, regulations, congressional | legislation and court decisions | a a : affecting Territory affairs, Indian | allottees and land. All the news | that is news when it is news. The PHOENIX is a paper your little girl can read = Your postmaster is our agent. Clarence B. Douglas, Editor. Se ae eRe a ee ces 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 de- sirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT . || Canadian Valley Trust Co. EEE PEP EEE EEUEDTEREEE TEC ETE POO EH Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. IND. TER. INDIAN 1ERRITORY NEWS. News from several parts of Indian Territory have been received that the fruit is safe and that there will be a large crop. Walter Harris of South McAlester killed an eagle near Little's ranch, the spread of its wings being seven feet. It will be mounted. J. A. Hale, a prominent lawyer and member of the Democratic territorial executive committee, died of haert failure at South McAlester. Eighteen citizens migrated to Mexico recently, but have returned to Waunetta and say they are better satisfied with Indian Territory. There were moretwin babies born during $ the pastthree months in both territories than at any other period. It is a sign that the twin territories are getting together. A solid train of potatoes from the north went through over the Katy billed to points in Texas. One car was set out at Muskogee for a wholesale grocery company. Tulsa is after a smelter. The company wants $15,000 cash bonus and forty acres of land. It will employ 250 men and pay out at least $250,000 annually for wages. Muskogee's Arkansas river navigation company has just closed a contract to ship an immense amount of lumber down stream, the freight on which will amount to about $8,000. The FirstNational Bank of Muskogee is remodeling its banking rooms. They will be finished in Mahogany, marble and copper oxidized fixtures and will be the handsomest bankink rooms in the two territories. The Dupont Powder company will erect a powder factory on Beaver Creek, about five miles west of Wilburton. About 1,000 acres of land will be required and $5,000,000 will be expended to install the plant. A number of prominent Greeks, headed by Ben Marshall are launching a scheme to organize an old settler's association in the Creek nation. The idea is the keeping in closer touch with one another after the advent of statehood. The John Smith Oil company has brought in another well five miles west of Sapulpa, estimated to flow fifty barrels a day of green oil with a parafine base and a specific gravity of 38, which shows it to be the highest grade oil yet struck in Indian Territory. Walter Falwell, supervisor of schools in the Creek nation, has announced that he could place at least ten more Indian schools in the Creek nation for the next two months. It is the desire of the superintendent to place them where they will be of the greatest benefit. Will J. Longston of Muskogee has a hen that has been laying double eggs, that is, an ordinary sized egg, perfect in every respect with a hard shell, is enclosed in another egg the size of a goose egg. Mr. Longston has an inquiry from an experimental station on Long Island, which wants to buy one. He has decided to send one free of charge. The gas well in the northwest part of the territory near Caney, Kans., that has been burning since last Feb. and on which considerable time and expense has been put to extinguish, is finally put out. A larger hood than former ones, with the aid of canvas and gumbo, was piled around the well and the gas flame allowed to escape out of a top vent. When all was ready this vent was closed and the flame smothered out. --- SHOWING THE WORLD'S PROGRESS Measuring Sea Depths by Electricity. For ascertaining the depth of the sea without the use of the sounding lead or other devices, the Norwegian engineer, Berggraf, has invented a unique method. He sends sound waves perpendicularly into the water and measures the time they require to return to the surface after having been reflected from the bottom of the sea. The speed of the sound in water being known, the length of the space passed through is immediately determined; one-half of it is the depth of the water. The device consists of a transmitter, a receiver and a timepiece. The electro-magnetic transmitter sends to the bottom of the sea a series of deep sounds, which, upon their return, are taken up by the microphone. A listening device or receive r reproduces the sounds. Naturally, the sound is exceedingly weak upon its return, so that it is hardly preceptible, but it is rendered distinctly audible by the vibration of the receiver or ear-piece reinforced by a sounding tube. To Aid the Swimmer. A recent invention of a Canadian will be of interest to those who delight in swimming. It is an attachment which, being worn by the swimmer, will facilitate his progress in the water by affording him an enlarged area with which to push himself forward. In the illustration it is shown attached to the leg of a swimmer, al- 1. To Facilitate Progress. though it can be modified to fit arms also. The operation will be obvious. The device consists of an open rectangular framework, within which are suspended a series of light vanes hinged along one edge of the open framework in such a manner as to be susceptible of setting themselves with the current of water going through them as the legs are drawn forward or bent for the stroke. During the back stroke or thrust the vanes will close and form a plane normal to the movement of the limb. A framework of vanes of this kind is supported from each limb of the swimmer, to which it is secured by bands or straps, certain portions of the frame being made buoyant to an extent sufficient to sustain the weight of the device in the water. This constitutes the primary element of the attachment, the form and manner of the attachment being modified to the requirements of arm and leg. To supplement the leg movement with the instep action of the foot, the vane frame is pivoted to the leg attachment by a system of parallel links, which link motion is connected by a light rod to the toe of a sandal or shoe on the foot. The feet, instead of acting merely as paddles, are utilized to impart considerable muscular power to propel the body forward, the legs being kept merely far enough apart to avoid striking the frames together. WATER FOR HOUSE AND STABLE Plan Whereby Single Well May Do for Both. To supply both the house and stable with water it is very often necessary to have two separate wells. If the distance is not too great and the house stands on higher ground, a single well may serve for all purposes. The plan illustrated here provides for the building of a concrete reservoir around the house well and the laying of a pipe which will carry the water to the stable on the lower level. To find how much fall there is, take an ordinary spirit level and place it level on the place for the cistern, then sight over the level to the place where the water is to be carried. The depth of the cistern must be governed somewhat by the fall. In the accompanying diagram it will be seen that the cistern is placed around the well. This is a four inch well with a steel casing. Where the fall and other conditions make it possible this will be found the best location, it is out of the way and the cover serves as a well platform. No force pump is needed to fill it. If the well happens to be at the foot of a hill a cistern can be built upon the side of the hill and the water forced into it. The pipe that is used to fill it with may also be used to empty it. In constructing a cistern the first and most important is the digging of the hole. Great care must be taken to make it perfectly round and smooth. It is best to dig the hole nearly the size wanted and then finish it later when there is less danger from soiling the edge. The bottom should be left as nearly level as possible; a little lower at the outlet. After the hole has been dug a frame must be put in to hold the soft concrete in place until it has hardened. To make this frame, dig a little ditch around in the bottom of the cistern about six inches from the outside and set the bottoms of the frame board in it. A frame to hold the top of the boards in place can be made of short boards trimmed so that when the ends are nailed together they will make a circle. Put this frame in about two-thirds of the way up from the bottom. When this has been well braced it is ready for the concrete. The best brands of cement should be used. The sand should be clean and sharp and free from all foreign matter. The gravel should not be coarse; the largest stones being not over two and one-half inches in diameter. In mixing concrete for general use, the following proportions are perhaps best. One part of cement to three Underground Pipe to Supply Stable. parts of sand and five parts of gravel. For best results mix the gravel and sand together and then part of the mixture into the motar box, then put in some cement, more sand and gravel, more cement, and so on until the desired amount has been mixed. Add water enough to make it a rather thin mortar, then shovel into the frame. Do not mix up a very large amount at once. When within four inches of the top the cover joists should be imbedded in the cement of the side walls, making the wall level with the top of the joists.—Montreal Herald. It is among the cosmical plausibilities that the heathen was created for the special delectation of women's church societies. It Matters Not. No matter the name; no matter the place, if you are afflicted with that intolerable, often excruciating itching sensation, you want a cure and want it quick. Hunt's Cure is infallible, never falling remedy. It cures. Only 50c per box and strictly guaranteed. GHOST HAUNTS FRENCH HOUSE. Alleged to Have Abode In War Department Building. There is a haunted house at Vincennes. Every night, toward dawn, are heard mysterious noises. Some spirit hand knocks on the partition wall dividing a bedroom from a living room. This particular house forms part of buildings belonging to the Department of War, in which a quantity of military material is stored. It is situated on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes (the Bois de Boulogne of the east end of Paris). The victims of the ghost are a worthy couple named Galichet, the good man being one of the keepers of the wood. A week ago he and his wife were awakened by loud rappings on the partition wall. Galichet sprang out of bed and went into the adjoining room, but no creature in mortal guise could be discovered. The phenomenon has been repeated each night since. It always occurs at 4 o'clock. Friends and neighbors have watched with Galichet, but the spirit rapper is still as intangible as ever. The whole neighborhood undertakes ghost haunts of an evening now. Even the military authorities are concerned to pierce the mystery and have ordered an inquiry. A ghost court-martial would be new in military history.—Paris correspondence Pall Mall Gazette. "COFFEE JAGS." The Doctor Named Them Correctly. A Phila. woman says "During the last 2 or 3 years I became subject to what the doctor called 'coffee jags' and felt like I have heard men say they feel who have drank too much rum. It nauseated me, and I felt as though there was nothing but coffee flowing through my veins. "Coffee agreed well enough for a time, but for a number of years I have known that it was doing me great harm, but, like the rum toper, I thought I could not get along without it. It made me nervous, disordered my digestion, destroyed my sleep and brought on frequent and very distressing headaches. "When I got what the doctor called a 'coffee jag' on, I would give up drinking it for a few days till my stomach regained a little strength, but I was always fretful and worried and nervous till I was able to resume the use of the drug. "About a year ago I was persuaded to try Postum, but as I got it in restaurants it was nothing but a sloppy mess, sometimes cold, and always weak, and of course I didn't like it. Finally I prepared some myself, at home, following the directions carefully, and found it delicious. I persevered in its use, quitting the old coffee entirely, and feeling better and better each day, till I found at last, to my great joy, that my allments had all disappeared and my longing for coffee had come to an end. "I have heretofore suffered intensely from utter exhaustion, besides the other ailments and troubles, but this summer, using Postum, I have felt fine." Name given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Restaurant cooks rarely prepare Postum Coffee properly. They do not let it boll long enough. A COLD BROUGHT IT ON. Severe Congestion of the Kidneys Soon Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills. Richard M. Pearce, a prominent business man of 231 So. Orange St., Newark, N. J., says: "Working nights during bad weather brought on a heavy cold, aching of the limbs and pain in the back and kidneys. Severe congestion of the kidneys followed. Besides the terrific aching there were whirling headaches, and I became exceedingly weak. My doc- brought on a heavy cold, aching of the limbs and pain in the back and kidneys. Severe congestion of the kidneys followed. Besides the terrific aching there were whirling headaches, and I became exceedingly weak. My doctor could not help me, and I turned to Doan's Kidney Pills, with the result that the kidney congestion disappeared and, with it, all the other symptoms. What is more, the cure has lasted for eight years." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Decay of Wood. Some interesting experiments have been made to ascertain which woods last the longest. It was found that birch and aspen decayed in three years, willow and chestnut in four years and elm and ash in seven years. Oak, Scottish fir and Weymouth pine decayed to the depth of half an inch in seven years; larch and juniper were uninjured at the end of seven years. The Old Man Did. Wife—Say, old man, what makes you scratch so all night long? Old Man—Well, wife, I guess I got that new disease I hear them talking so much about; they call it eczema, or something like that. Wife—Eczema the mischief; it's the old-fashioned itch you got and nothing else. Go right now and get a box of Hunt's Cure, it will cure you in a day or two. It never falls. For Preservation of Health. A dental surgeon, who also possesses a medical qualification, stated that if people practiced strict hygiene of the mouth the majority of physicians would starve for lack of employment. A Spring Suggestion! Take Garfield Tea in the morning or before retiring; its use insures pure blood and a natural action of the liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. It has a beneficial effect on the entire system. It is made of Herbs. Like a Page of Dickens. Apropos of Dickens' names, a correspondent of the Yorkshire Post says that Messrs. Snodgrass and Tupman are at present distinguished ornaments of the Leeds postoffice staff. "It is a matter of profound regret," adds the writer, "that Mr. Nathanial Winkle has not yet joined us, but we live in hope."—Liverpool (Eng.) Mercury. Village in Crater. About 20,000 people live in the crater of an extinct volcano, thirty miles from Kumamotu, Japan. They dwell in this pit-like town, surrounded by a vertical wall 800 feet high. The inhabitants rarely make a journey into the outer world, and practically they form a little community all by themselves. Growth of the Hair. A boy's hair grows one-half slower than a girl's. In boys the average rate of growth is 3 feet 3 inches in six years, being an average of .018 inch per day. During his twenty-first and twenty-fourth years a man's hair grows more rapidly than at any other period. Judge's Inspiration. An English judge recently had an inspiration. A defendant appeared too dull to make a defense or answer intelligibly questions put to him by the judge. Suddenly the judge said: "Where do you live?" and the intelligible reply: "About five minutes' off," was at once forthcoming. "Then just run home and fetch your wife, and run a little quicker than you talk." It was done, and the wife's clear and businesslike statement of the facts won the day for her helpless husband.—Chicago American. Frivolity of Modern London. There is nothing specially wicked about modern London. The fashion of vice has passed away, and monogamy is almost smart. What is so tiresome is the vapidness of the talk, first on one transitory fad, and next season on another. The upper class are losing their hold on the mind of the nation through sheer frivolity and lack of purpose.—Saturday Review, London. A CURE FOR DEBILITY Dr. Williams' Pink Pills A Reliable Remedy for the Weak, Ailing and Bloodless. When the body is weak and the blood thin it is sometimes difficult to find the cause unless a wasting illness has preceded, or the sufferer happens to be a girl on the verge of womanhood. Obscure influences, something unhealthful in one's surroundings or work, may lead to a slow impoverishment of the blood and an enfeeblement of the whole body. When a serious stage has been reached there seems to be nothing that will account for it. Mr. C. E. Legg, of Tipton, W. Va., has found a successful method of treating weakness and bloodlessness. He says: "I used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for weakness caused by a lingering malarial fever that began in the spring of 1896. The worst effects of this were indigestion and a bad state of my blood. I was anaemic, as the doctors say. People generally would say that I didn't have blood enough, or that I didn't have the right kind of blood; mine was too thin. My kidneys and liver were out of order. I was badly annoyed by sour risings from my stomach. There was a good deal of pain, too, in my back and under my right shoulder blade." "How long did these troubles last?" "For over two years. For four months of that time I was under the care of a physician, but his medicine did me no good. Meanwhile I learned of the cures that had been wrought by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." "You owe your cure to these pills?" "I certainly do, and I also know that they are helping others to whom I have recommended them. They have real merit and I know of nothing that would take their place." For further information and valuable booklet address the Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady, N. Y. Aged Silver Ingots. The Bank of England contains silver ingots which have lain in the vaults since 1696. For Thirty Years. "Inclosed find money order for one dollar, for which please send its worth in Simmons Liver Purifier, put up in tin boxes. I have been using the medicine for thirty years." Thos. H. Reilly, Jonesville, La. No comment necessary. Price 25c per box. Weather Wise. Thirty-two people had been arrested for speeding their autos in a little town. At dusk the justice sat in his office counting the proceeds. As he finished he turned, smiling, to his clerk, and said: "It has been a fine day."—Lippincott's Magazine. Desert Life Cure for "Nerves" From across the seas comes the announcement that sufferers from the fashionable complaint of "nerves" are now abandoning the "rest cure" and taking to the freer, rougher life of the desert. They go to Biskra, hire a caravan outfit, consisting of camels, donkeys, guides and boys, and, leaving civilization behind, seek in the vast solitary spaces of the desert the much-needed rest for nerves jaded with the rush of modern life. It may be observed that a large majority of the pilgrims enjoy a varied cuisine and other comforts of every day life. Peruna Is Exempt. The internal revenue commissioner has decided that Pe-ru-na as now manufactured is exempt from internal revenue license. The highest medical and pharmaceutical authorities in the United States have passed upon the product. It must be highly gratifying to the many friends of Pe-ru-na and the local commercial world that the product which has carried Columbus' name into all continents, again enjoys the same fixed status as any other recognized medicine.—Columbus Dispatch. Must Have Uneasy Consciences. A recent display of aurora borealis frightened the citizens of a little town in northern France. They thought that a neighboring village was on fire, so they took out the fire engines and hurried to the supposed conflagration. The brilliant display threw Caen into a panic. Afraid to go to bed, the townspeople paraded the streets for hours, and the churches were filled with women, who prayed all the night through. Stands Head. There is something about Hunt's Lightning Oil that no other liniment possesses. Others may be good, but it is surely the best. It does all you recommend it for, and more. For sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, aches and pains it has no equal on earth. It stands head on my medicine shelf. A Sick Room Hint. If hot applications are required for a person taken suddenly ill, when the fire is out and there is no better convenience for heating at hand, a lamp chimney fills the breach admirably. Light the lamp full head and in a twinkle the chimney is hot and ready for use when wrapped in a woolen cloth. A stove lid answers the same purpose when the fire has been retained. MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT- no matter how bad the weather. You cannot afford to be without a TOWER'S WATERPROOF OILED SUIT OR SLICKER When you buy look for the SIGN OF THE FISH TOWER'S FISH DOCK A J TOWER CO. BOSTON U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO. LTD. TORONTO CAN. PENSIONS NEW LAWG SENT FREE. Write Nathan Bickford, 914 F St., Washington, D. C. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water W. N. U., Muskogee, No. 14, 1906 AMERICAN WOMEN FIND RELIEF The Case of Miss Irene Crosby Is One of Thousands of Cures made by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. How many women realize that it is not the plan of nature that women should suffer so severely. Miss Irene Crosby Thousands of American women, however, have found relief from all monthly suffering by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as it is the most thorough female regulator known to medical science. It cures the condition which causes so much discomfort and robs these periods of their terrors. Miss Irene Crosby, of 313 Charlton Street, East Savannah, Ga., writes: "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is a true friend to woman. It has been of great benefit to me, curing me of irregular and painful periods when everything else had failed, and I gladly recommend it to other suffering women." Women who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backache, bloating (or flatulence), displacement of organs, inflammation or ulceration, that "bearing-down" feeling, dizziness, faintness, indigestion, nervous prostration or the blues, should take immediate action to ward off the serious consequences, and be restored to perfect health and strength by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and then write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for further free advice. She is daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five years has been advising women free of charge. Thousands have been cured by so doing. TWENTY-FIVE BUSHELS OF WHEAT TO THE ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA 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. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. (Mention this paper) ICE CREAM The Imperial Ice Cream Co., of Muskogee, I. T., have the largest and best equipped plant in the Two Territories for the manufacture of Staple and Fancy Ice Creams, Ices, etc. Correspond with us. Address IMPERIAL ICE CREAM CO., Box 244, MUSKOGEE, I. T. Negroes Lashed By Texans And 3 Coun ties Vacated. Negroes Lashed By Texans And 3 Coun ties Vacated. Galveston, Tex. March 22 Recent depredations by Negroes aroused the white citizens of Donley, Armstrong and Briscoe counties and warnings were issued for the blacks to leave this section of the state. Some of the leaders of the Negroeg refused to go until sixteen of them were taken out and publicly whipped. Others who appeared to be taking their time were treated by whitecappers and now the crusade against the blacks is being prosecuted with the determination of cleaning at least these three counties of Negroes. Realizing that a hardship was being worked on some of the old Negroes, who owned their own home, a plan was adopted to yay them for their property. A company of prosperous white men was organized, with capital enought to pay the Negroes for their houses. The Negroes selected the white appraisers and accepted their prices on the property. The company will now sublet these confiscated lands to white tenants, and henceforth Negroes must keep clear of these three counties. An offort is to be made to introduce this scheme in other sections of Texas. EX. 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