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The Muskogee Cimeter. YOUMUSTREGISTER A SQUARE DEAL TO ALL WHITE, BLACK, RED OR YELLOW. Vol 8 That the shooting of the young negro, Howard by officer Peters last Saturday evening was unwarranteed and unjustifiable goes without saying. The shooting of any man, purposely, to prevent his escape when charged with only a minor offense, is not and should not be justified by law, be he white, black, red or yellow. Human life is not that cheap. But Officer Peters insists that he shot only to frighten Howard and thereby prevent his escape. It must be agreed that he succeed beyond his intention and to the extent of narrowly endangering human life. We have the law, however, to determine in due course whether he was criminally negligent in the use of his revolver. The conduct of the negroes who gathered at the scene and talked of violence to the officer was quite as unpardonable as the act of the officer himself. The law is made for all, regardless of color, and the enforcement of it without prejudice must be stood for by all good citizens regardless of color. Officer Peters had a first-class reputation as an officer up to the time of Saturday evening's unfortunate occurrence. He is entitled to a fair trial and if it can be shown that he intentionally shot an 18-year-old boy for running away from arrest for a minor offense he ought to be purnished. Not o case but from others that have happened there is a growing feeling that there is a trifle too much freedom in slam-banging around with the six shooter on the part of petty officers in this section of the country. Had the man been a notorious out-law a train robber or murderer instead of being guilty of only a minor offense public sentiment would have been with the officer. Under the circumstances public sentiment is that the officer made a grave mistake if not worse. Public sentiment toward the Negroes who rushed to the scene & put up a war talk is even more intense. A disposition to raise the race question on all such occasions as this on the part of some of the hot headed members of the race, is a practice that ought to be cried down by the better element of that race as well as all other citizens, It brooks no good to Muskogee or to either race to have it frequently occurring. We must give the Democrat credit for being fair in this instance. We say further that we are opposed to mobs, white or black and we say that in both cases they were a gang of cowardly curs and do not represent the best element of the people which they belong. The best element of the Negroes condemn the black mob with as much vehemence as the most intelligent white man condemns the white mobber. Notwithstanding our political differences the whites and blacks have gotten along nicely in this vicinity. The better class of whites have held the vicious element in check an it remains for the better element of the Negroes to hold our vicious element in check AND IT MUST BE DONE. On last Saturday the marjority portion of the gang who were yelling mob him! lynch him and etc, were transient cusses who did not own a weapon of any kind They are "grip sack" leaders who can hit the road on short notice. The decent law-abiding Negroes are not responsible for the antics of these irresponsible cusses. We demand that all men, be they white or black, officers or common ordinary citizens, be held accountable for their acts according to the law of the land. That no innocent man be punished and that no guilty scoundrel escape. Let justice be done through the heavens fall. THE GIMETER J THE QUICK M THE CIMETER JOB PRINTING CO. THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE We do business by fair competition and conservative methods :: :: :: Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: :: :: Try us once and you will always send us your work :: :: :: :: 203 South Second St., Muskogee, I JONES BUILDING (IN THE REAR) ON FIRST WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES --- NOTICE. Let me build you a house on small installments, thereby saving your rent money, and living in your own house all the time. See Rev. J. M. Dade, Miner London, Susie London, Fannie Tucker and Nancy Lynch, as to the way I treat my customers. Will loan money for 5-7 &10 years on Farm lands and City propety, in any amount where it is well secured. Make short loans also. No. one English Block, Muskogee, I. T. W. P. Fields. Phone No. 6 for the Best Henrietta Coal, $4. per ton. Gaither Wood and Coal office. Cor. 4th and Elgin Sts. AGENTS WANTED We want energetic hustling agents for this paper and will pay liberly for good work. If you want to make money, write at once to—W. H. Twine. JOB PRINTING CO. AIL ORDER HOUSE St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. THE REAR) ON FIRST FLOOR 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. No 1 NEVER TAKE POISON YOURSELF And remember you have no right to give it to your WIFE AND LITTLE ONES When you ask for medicine be sure that you take it pure and free from DANGER. In asking you to use OXIDINE in your home we do so because we know it will CURE CHILLS and FEVERS, BAD COLDS and LA GRIPPE, and because there never has been, there is not now, and there never will be the slightest particle of poison in it. If anyone tells you that this statement is untrue, point your finger to OUR GUARANTEE. We make this guarantee unconditional and open OUR GUARANTEE We will give $1,000.00 IN GOLD to any chemist in the world who finds any ARSENIC, MORPHINE, STRYCHNINE or other poisonous drugs in OXIDINE Not only do we give the above guarantee as to its being free from Poison, but we go further and guarantee that OXIDINE And if it fails to cure you your druggists give you back your money; in other words, OXIDINE is pure, contains no poison, and there is a GUARANTEE TO CURE that goes with every bottle. OXIDINE, THE CHILL CURE THAT CURES CHILLS Thousands of Women suffer every month in silence, tortures that would drive a man to the edge of despair. The ailments peculiar to women are not only painful but dangerous and should receive prompt treatment before they grow worse. If you suffer from pain, irregular functions, falling feelings, headache, side ache, dizziness, tired feeling, etc., follow the example of thous- AWFUL PSORIASIS 35 YEARS. 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If I let the scales remain too long without removing by bath or otherwise, the skin would crack and bleed. I suffered intense itching, worse at nights after getting warm in bed, or blood warm by exercise, when it would be almost unbearable. W. M. Chidester, Hutchinson, Kan., April 20, 1905." Difference in Bills. Borroughs—Say, old man, got a ten-dollar bill about you? Brokeleigh—No, but I've got a nine-dollar bill. Borroughs—Come off! There isn't such a thing. Brokeleigh—I wish there wasn't, but my tailor has me down on it: "Dr. to one pr. trousers." U.M.C. METALLIC CARTRIDGES They'll give you confidence and steady your nerves. Always accurate, sure fire and hard hitting. U. M. C. cartridges are guaranteed, also standard arms when U. M. C. cartridges are used as specified on labels. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Agency: 813 Broadway, New York BUILDERS MATERIAL We manufacture all kinds of mill work, sash, doors, mouldings and hardwood finish. Write us for prices. MUSKOGEE SASH & DOOR CO. Muskogee, Indian Territory. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water Makes Pain Go Way. Are you one of the ones who pay in toil For your right of way through this life? If so you will find in Hunt's Lightning Oil A friend which will aid in strife. To those who earn their own way by their own labor, accidents occur with painful frequency. Burns, bruises, cuts and sprains are not strangers to the man who wears corns on his hands. A better remedy for these troubles does not exist than Hunt's Lightning Oil. Education In Sweden. Nowhere else, unless in America, is education so universal as in Sweden. Every child must go to school between the ages of seven and 14, unless the parents can show that they are being privately educated. There are about twelve thousand common schools in Sweden, even the thinly populated districts having "ambulatory schools," held in various parts of the district. When this is the case the school term is reduced to about half the ordinary duration.—The Craftsman. Customer—Those are the fiercest looking neckties I ever saw. Why do you keep 'em? Haberdasher—To sell. Cuctomer—Who on earth buys 'em? Haberdasher—Women, to give to their husbands. Tyrant Cat. "Do you really mean to say you keep a cat?" "Yes." "Well, well, I shouldn't think you'd want one about the house at all." "We don't: but the cat insists." 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PILES: NO MONEY TILL DRS. THORNTON & MINOR MAKE POISON You have no right to give it to your WIFE at you take it pure and free from DANGE. Now it will CURE CHILLS and FEVERS, not now, and there never will be the slightest your finger to OUR GUARANTEE. We ma TO THE WORLD TEE We will give $1,000.00 IN GOLL any ARSENIC, MORPHINE, STRYCHN guarantee as to its being free from Poison, bu W. L. DOUGLAS *3.50 & *3.00 Shoes BEST IN THE WORLD W.L.Douglas $4 Gilt Edge line cannot be equalled at any price To Shoe Dealers: W. L. Douglas' Job- bing Home is the most complete in this country Send for Catalog SHOES ESTABLISHED 1878 CAPITAL $2,500,000 SHOES FOR, EVERYBODY AT ALL PRICES Men's Shoes, $5 to 1.50. Boy's Shoes, $5 to $1.25. Women's Shoes, $4.00 to $1.50. Men's Shoes, $2.25 to $1.00. Misses & Children's Shoes. $2.25 to $1.00. Try W. L. Douglas Women's, Misses and Children's shoes; for style, fit and wear they excel other makes. If I could take you into my large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other make. Wherever you live, you can obtain W. L. Douglas shoes. His name and price is stamped on the bottom, which protects you against high prices and inferior shoes. Take no substi- tute. Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes and insist upon having them. Fast Color Eyellets used; they will not wear brassy. Write for Illustrated Catalog of Fall Styles. W. L. DOUGLAS, Dept. 12, Brockton, Mass. DEFIANCE STARCH—16 ounces to the package —other starches only 12 ounces—same price and "DEFIANCE" IS SUPERIOR OUALITY. W. N. U., MUSKOGEE, NO. 38, 1906. ... WHAT JOY THEY BRING TO EVERY HOME as with joyous hearts and smiling faces they romp and play—when in health—and how conducive to health the games in which they indulge, the outdoor life they enjoy, the cleanly, regular habits they should be taught to form and the wholesome diet of which they should partake. How tenderly their health should be preserved, not by constant medication, but by careful avoidance of every medicine of an injurious or objectionable nature, and if at any time a remedial agent is required, to assist nature, only those of known excellence should be used; remedies which are pure and wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, like the pleasant laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Syrup of Figs has come into general favor in many millions of well informed families, whose estimate of its quality and excellence is based upon personal knowledge and use. Syrup of Figs has also met with the approval of physicians generally, because they know it is wholesome, simple and gentle in its action. We inform all reputable physicians as to the medicinal principles of Syrup of Figs, obtained, by an original method, from certain plants known to them to act most beneficially and presented in an agreeable syrup in which the wholesome Californian blue figs are used to promote the pleasant taste; therefore it is not a secret remedy and hence we are free to refer to all well informed physicians, who do not approve of patent medicines and never favor indiscriminate self-medication. Please to remember and teach your children also that the genuine Syrup of Figs always has the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—plainly printed on the front of every package and that it is for sale in bottles of one size only. If any dealer offers any other than the regular Fifty cent size, or having printed thereon the name of any other company, do not accept it. If you fail to get the genuine you will not get its beneficial effects. Every family should always have a bottle on hand, as it is equally beneficial for the parents and the children, whenever a laxative remedy is required. Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed To Cure, or Money Refunded by Your Merchant. So, Why Not Try IT? Price, 50o, Retail. Mark Noted Houses. In pursuance of its policy of marking the historic houses of the city, the corporation of Bath has placed a memorial tablet to Henry Fielding and to his sister Sarah upon the wall of the house in which they once lived. The unveiling ceremony was performed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the presence of a large attendance, which included Henry Fielding, town clerk of Canterbury, a great-great-grandson of the novelist. Not "Just as Good"—It's the Best. One box of Hunt's Cure is unfailingly, unqualifiedly and absolutely guaranteed to cure any form of Skin Disease. It is particularly active in promptly relieving and permanently curing all forms of itching known. Eczema, Tetter, Ringworm and all similar troubles are relieved by one application; cured by one box. Scarecrow Best Boxer. Fred Stone, the Scarecrow of "The Wizard of Oz," as a boy used to walk the tight rope in a circus. Mr. Stone is regarded by such authorities as James J. Corbett, George Fuller Golden and Billy Elmer as the best boxer in the profession. Stubbornness of Man. The average man clings tenaciously to his own opinions, but he expects other people to change theirs. Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beauty. Home laundering would be equally satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Cherry Lips. "Silly boy!" she cried, "why did you take me seriously? Though my words were severe, you must have seen that I was smiling." "Well," he replied, "your mouth is so small I didn't notice it." Shakespeare Was Resentful. "Oh, you dear thing!" she exclaimed to Shakespeare, for even in those days there were matinee girls, "you're just nice enough to eat." "You, too?" cried Shakespeare, in despair. "Why will everybody confuse me with Bacon?" Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar made of rich, mellow tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.—Longfellow. 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For summer rashes, irritations, itchings, chafings, sunburn, bites and stings of insects, tired, aching muscles and joints, as well as for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hands, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are Priceless. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props., Boston. Mailed Free, "How to Care for Skin, Scalp, & Hair." 90,000,000 BUSHELS THAT'S THE WHEAT GROP IN WESTERN CANADA THIS YEAR FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA This with nearly 80,000,000 bushels of oats and 17,000,000 bushels of barley means a continuation of good times for the farmers of Western Canada. Free farms, big crops, low taxes, healthy climate, good churches and schools, splendid railway service. The Canadian Government offers 160 acres of land free to every settler willing and able to comply with the Homestead Regulations. Advice and information may be obtained free from W. D. Scott Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada; or from authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. SALESMEN WANTED. We want a live, active and thoroughly experienced salesman in this locality with sufficient money to buy out the his last month's supply of our Slim-Fit Low Pressure Hollow Wire Gasoline Lights. A utility needed in every store and home and fully complying with insurance runs. To such a man we will give exclusive sales right and guarantee to refund money if goods not sold in 60 days. Further particulars on request. The Standard-Gillett Light Co.. 980 N. Halsted St.. Chicago, Ill. DEFIANCE Cold Water Starch makes laundry work a pleasure. 16 oz. pkg. 100 THE CIMETER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. 00 ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER W H. TWINE . . . . Editor. R. WOOD, . . . . Ass't Editor. E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. For Govenor of the State of Oklahoma. Hon. John D. Benedict, of Muskogee. I. T. A policeman, be he white or black, who has such little discretion as to shoot a prisoner or shoot at one charged with a minor offense, thereby endangering the life, not only of the culprit but of innocent bystanders should not be retained on the force until the matter has been passed upon by the Courts and he has been justified in his act. The riff raff element, no matter what their color may be, will not be permitted to dictate to the decent element of the people of this city, that question has been settled on seveaal occasions. There was no need for the appointment of extra Deputies last Saturday night as there was nothing for them to do. The Negroes who represent something were satisfied that the Courts would do right. The Negroes in the 76th District will not be disloyal to their race or the Republican party. The best interest of the race demands that a Republican be elected and the best interest of the party demands that a republican be nominated and elected and that he be a man who has not deserted his party and who is now loyal to the party. The worthless loafing class of people, white and black, who infest our city should be taken in charge by the city authorities and made work the streets or leave town. It is this class of people that commit burglary and petty larceny and cause so much trouble to both races. Run out the vagrants and loafers and there will be less crime. We want the world to know that the decent Negroes of this City and Territory are not in favor, nor do they sympathize with the black criminal nor any criminal. They are in favor of law and order under all circumstances. We abhor the mob rule and condemn those who participate in mobs, be they black or white. "We favor the reduction of representation in congress and electoral college in all the States of this union, where white and Colored Citizens are disfranchised, to the end that the 14th amendment to the constitution of the United States may beenforced according to its letter and spirit," Plank of platform adopted by Ohio Republican State Convention at Dayton. General Keifer of Springfield drew and put through the above resolution. The Curfew law is a good one and parents should see that their boys are at home when the "Wild Cat screams" as it does at 9 o'clock sharp each night. When a Negro was arrested recently, charged with rape the decent white people saw to it that no attempt of mobing was made. And when a white man recently was arrested with the probable charge of murder against him, the decent Negroes refrained from making any attempt to violate the law. Are they not entitled to credit for their obedience to law and order? Time Extended On Lot Payment Time Extended On Lot Payment People in Indian Territory towns who have forfited their claims to lots by failing to pay up in sixty and thirty days after April 26, 1906, have another chanbe, as the department has extended the time to January 1.1907. The attorney general in an opinion holds that the Five Tribes had the right to extend the time if they so desired, and the secretary of the interior action for the nations, has extended the time as stated above. Since time expired $21,000 was received at the Indian agency from owners of town lots who did not know they were delinquents. The money was held by the Indian agency pending the opinion of the attorney general. $1. a year. Pioneer Abstract Co. IOWA BUILDING Pioneer Abstract Co. IOWA BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. Official Statement of the Condition of the Commercial Nation'l Bank of Muskogee. Indian Territory RESOURCES Accounts $712,003 95 Boston, 25,989 61 Neuiums, 706'080 49 Fixtures 7,985 11 Change 189,093 48 LIABILITIES Capital Surplus and Profit Circulation Deposits $1,141,152 64 statemen correct D N FINK. Ca DEPARTMENT OF Your Drugs, School Book STATIONERY. 06 Main Street THE GIMETER JOB PRINTING THE QUICK MAIL ORDER MO ation of the BANK Territory, LIABILITIES Profit $20 2 15 75 $1,14 N FINK. Cashier, I Books a RY. street. INTING CO. DER HOUSE For your Drugs, School Books and STATIONERY. 106 Main Street. 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 :: :: :: :: South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. BUILDING (IN THE REAR) ON FIRST ogee. Ind. Ten ON FIRST FLOOR 203 South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. 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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. New TimeCard New TimeCard 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 DAILY $4.00 PER YEAR Muskogee WEEKLY $1.00 PER YEAR Phoenix FRISCO SYSTEM WEST No. 53 Leaves 7:4 No. 51 " 1:1 No. 57 " 2:0 No. 55 Arrives 7:0 No. 55 & 56 Local Act tween Fayetteville and cept Sunday between O No. 51 will connect at will connect ar Fayetteve points; Eureka Springs phis, Birmingham and PHONE 302 MUSKOGEE GEL ABSTRACTS of TITLE, IN Farm Second and Broadway. WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES --- The official paper of the Interior 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 affecting Territory affairs, Indian allottees and land. All the news that is news when it is news. The PHORNIX is a paper your little girl can read Your postmaster is our agent. Clarence B. Douglas, Editor. New TimeCard Effective May 20th EAST 55 a. m. No. 52 Leaves 11:25 a.m, 50 p. m. No. 56 “ 7:45 a. m. 50 p. m. No. 54 Arrives 5:35 p. m. 50 p. m. No. 58 “ 10:00 a. m. Comodations Daily Except Sunday be- cause Muskogee and Nos. 58 and 57 Local ex- mulgee and Muskogee. Okmulgee for north and south. No. 52 ville for St. Louis and all intermediate line and west from Monett and to Mem- ryand to Springfield. F. A. STEBBINS, Ag't. TITLE & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Loans a Specialty MUSKOGEE, IND. TER The Canadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. Fresh Hope of Cancer Cure. Again the hope of curing cancer looms large—only as brightening hope in the report of the British imperial cancer research fund. The brightening is this, that it has been found possible to prevent the development of cancer in animals by inoculation with a kind of serum. A mouse was thus protected, and injections from its body into other field mice retarded the growth of cancer artificially induced. This is different, it will be noted, from a cure. To avert small-pox by vaccination is very different from curing smallpox. Still the hope is expressed that this discovery may be a step toward the great one of a cure for this hitherto incurable disease. In the current number of McClure's Magazine, Dr. Saleeby, of Edinburgh university, gives an account of experiments by Prof. Beard, of the same university, in the use of the ferment known as trypsin, which seems to prove that the active agent of the pancreas will destroy the malignant cancer cells and bring about an absolute cure. Briefly, according to Dr. Beard's theory, a cancer develops from cells remaining in the body from an asexual stage of the embryo; cells which should have been degenerated and absorbed or digested by the fluids of the pancreas, an organ which develops just after the asexual stage. These are really germ-cells that might have developed into another organism, and, therefore, death by cancer is fratricide—one germ-cell killing the organism that has developed from its brother. The treatment is tentative, but experiments on human beings show apparently satisfactory results in preventing the recurrence of cancer after operation. Statistics show that this disease is increasing both in this country and in Europe, and if its cure is not in sight it is hoped that there is here the development of a preventive inoculation which may be effectively applied as needed. Cultivating Arbitration Sentiment. All the countries represented in the Pan-American congress at Rio de Janeiro will send delegates to The Hague conference who will be pledged to use their best efforts for the adoption of a general arbitration convention for the nations which are to be at the Dutch capital. The idea is right. Arbitration as a substitute for war may be a long way ahead of us, but the agitation of the question will do good, says the St. Louis Globe Democrat. It is well for the great nations occasionally to cry out peace, peace, even if there is no peace. The peacemakers have not brought Tennyson's parliament of man and federation of the world, but they are diminishing some of the horrors of war, and they are likely to make war less frequent. Peace conferences at Rio, The Hague and other places ought to be encouraged. The United States, which has taken the lead among the nations in peacemaking of a practical sort, always stands ready to give aid and comfort to the cause of international amity. A mosquito story comes up from Texas in which a north-bound steamer's crew were almost put out of business by the varmints. Such mild mosquito tales have no force here abouts. If they had said the invaders drilled holes in the hull, some attention might have been given them. WEBSTER PURELY FEMININE --- How to Develop the Chest THE WAGE-EARNERS GIRLS WHO WORK SHOULD CARE FOR THEIR MONEY. It Is a Duty They Owe to Themselves —They Should Know What It The girl who throws her money around carelessly, who never realizes the difference between use and abuse, who never has the courage to say that she cannot afford any pleasure, is not doing her duty. Her mind is going to be troubled and her life will be full of worry unless she mends her ways. The girl who earns money owes a duty to herself in regard to it. It is very delightful to buy this and that, to give here and there, and to feel that it is one's very own that is being used, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. Did you ever stop to think that you give so much of your life in exchange for this money? Shall you count your life's best blood as nothing and waste it? Shall you forget your duty to yourself as a natural sequence to everybody else? The money that is earned so hard- How to Deve I To Throw Shoulders Back (1). Position No. 1 and position No. 2 are both shown in the pictures, and a similar exercise which is not illustrated is easily explained. Open a door and stand in the center of the threshold, with one hand on either side of the casement. Lean through the door-way, forward and backwards, grasping the woodwork all the time. This is an excellent exercise, and at first will seem almost impossible ex --- ly should be spent so that it will bring the greatest comfort, so that it will be an umbrella for the rainy day. It is the duty of the girl who earns money to be thoroughly informed not only as to her income, but to her outgo. It is the duty of the girl who works to buy clothes of good standard fabric. The girl who works is to be honored because she is a worker, but she must not put on the garb of a butterfly. The girl who works generally has some one else to care for; and that is much to her credit. Sometimes it is the people at home; sometimes it is a younger sister who is to be helped with her education; but always a helping hand is needed. The girl who works and uses her money only for nonsense is not fit to control money or to be the wife of either a rich or a poor man. Learn the value of money. Have that knowledge, no matter whether you are a worker or an idler, whether your income be great or small. The girl who earns money will never do her duty, will never do what is right, until she is brave enough to draw the strings of her purse against extravagance and sickly sentimentality and to open it to justice and proper generosity. A To Throw Shoulders Back (2).cept to the specially agile, but perseverance will ensure good results. An inevitable result of the proper development of the chest is the burying of the shoulder-blades, the prominence of which will spoil any figure. They are particularly unsightly in themselves, but flattened to their proper position and well covered with graceful lines such as our beauty-culture treatment is sure to provide—they may even be termed "aids to beauty." Health Thus Lost Is Restored by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. How many women do you know who are perfectly well and strong? We hear everyday the same story over and over again. "I do not feel well; I am so tired all the time!" Miss Kate McDonald More than likely you speak the same words yourself, and no doubt you feel far from well. The cause may be easily traced to some derangement of the female organs which manifests itself in depression of spirits, reluctance to go anywhere or do anything, backache, bearing-down pains, flatulency, nervousness, sleeplessness, or other female weakness. These symptoms are but warnings that there is danger ahead, and unless heeded a life of suffering or a serious operation is the inevitable result. The never-failing remedy for all these symptoms is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Miss Kate McDonald of Woodbridge, N. J., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "Restored health has meant so much to me that I cannot help from telling about it for the sake of other suffering women. "For a long time I suffered untold agony with a female trouble and irregularities, which made me a physical wreck, and no one thought I would recover, but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has entirely cured me, and made me well and strong, and I feel it my duty to tell other suffering women what a splendid medicine it is." For twenty-five years Mrs. Pinkham, daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham, has under her direction, and since her decease, been advising sick women free of charge. Her advice is free and always helpful. Address, Lynn, Masa. Believes in Temperance. Lord Charles Beresford is a stanch teetotaler. "I am now 60 years old," he said, recently, "and since I have entirely given up wine, spirits and beer I find I can do as much work, physically and mentally, as I could do when I was 30, if not more." FADED TO A SHADOW. Worn Down by Five Years of Suffer ing from Kidney Complaint. Mrs. Remethe Myers, of 180 South Tenth St., Ironton, O., says: "I have worked hard in my time and have been exposed again and again to changes of weather. It is no wonder my kidneys gave out and I went all to pieces at last. For five years I was PETER H. BURKE fading away and finally so weak that for six months I could not get out of the house. I was nervous, restless and sleepless at night, and lame and sore in the morning. Sometimes everything would whirl and blur before me. I bloated so badly I could not wear tight clothing, and had to put on shoes two sizes larger than usual. The urine was disordered and passages were dreadfully frequent. I got help from the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills, however, and by the time I had taken four boxes the pain and bloating was gone. I have been in good health ever since." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Never judge a man's worth by the taxes he pays. GRIZZLY IS SMART. MOST CUNNING OF ANIMALS, AC- CORDING TO HUNTER. Well-Laid Plans to Obtain Snapshot by Automatic Camera All Frus- trated by Wily Yellow- stone Park Bruin. stunts about a patent picture taking device this week that completely set at naught the efforts of W. H. Wright, the hunter, naturalist and author, to have them take a flashlight snapshot of themselves, Mr. Wright has re- turned to his home in Spokane after a fortnight spent in the haunts of the grizzly in the dense timber of the Jackson Hole country at the edge of Yellowstone park, vowing he will per- fect another automatic camera by which to circumvent wily Bruin. “The grizzly is the sharpest animal that walks on four legs,” said he. “The common bear is an unmiti- gated idiot, compared with him. Al- though I have spent 24 years hunting grizzlies and have traversed the Rock- les from Alaska to Mexico City in my quest, I learned more about the cun- ning of the grizzly last week than I ever dreamed. “I had stretched a tiny black thread across a well-be ‘en trail, in the ex- pectation that in the dark they woula walk against it, thereby releasing a spring that would set off a flashlight powder in a camera which I had sta- tioned a few yards away on the wind- ward side of the trail. I hid in the branches 150 feet further to the wind- ward and awaited developments. “It had become so dark that I could barely discern an object at that dis- tance, when three bears came down the trail, single file. I was congratu- lating myself on the magnificent pho- tograph I was about to get when the foremost bear sniffed, halted two or three feet from that black thread and proceeded to extend his nose cautious- ly toward it. He had scented a No. 40 linen thread when it was so dark he could not possibly see it. “The second bear, curious to know the cause of the pause and unable to pass the front one on the narrow trail, placed his front paws on the back of the leader and peered over his shoul- der at the strange smelling object. The rear bear, equally inquisitive, mounted the back of the second in the game way and stretched his neck in the same manner “The leader touched the thread gin- Serly with his nose Suddenly there was a flash and a puff, and the whole scene was brilliantly illuminated. In- stead of running away, the bears looked at the sky and then at each other, as much as to inquire why there should be a flash of lightning on such a clear night. “To go ahead with the story, when those bears had recovered from their surprise, they proceeded to trace that thread to its source Fortunately, in- stead of following it toward the cam- era, they nosed along toward the end which was attached io a spool. I had taken the pains to bury that spool in the ground, but they dug it up in less time than it takes to tell ‘it. Then they held a serious powwow over the spool, accompanied by much sage shaking of heads. After a time they turned about and beat an order- ly retreat up the trail in the direction whence they had come.” In all, Mr. Wright saw 30 bears ap- proach that thread during his more than ten days of patient effort to get @ photograph. Of that number not one crossed the thread. Four times was the trap sprung by Mr. Bruin, pro @ucing a spark in a small battery at: tached to the pan containing the flash Nght powder. One excellent snapshot was the result. The other flashes proved inadequate, owing to insuffi client powder, producing only a dim outline of the grizzlies that had Automobiles have horns, but that Isn't what makes them dangerous. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color more goods, per package, than others, and the colors are brighter and faster. Flattery sometimes acts like too many lumps of sugar in a cup of cof- fee. f You always get full value in Lewis’ Single Binder straight 5e cigar. Your dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, Ill. An alarm clock always gets busy just when a man doesn’t waut to be bothered. “It Knocks the Itch.” . It may not cure all your ills, but it does cure one of the worst. It cures any form of itch ever known--no mat- ter what it's called, where the sensa- tion is “itch,” it knocks it. Eczema, Ringworm and all the rest are re- lieved at once and cured by one box. It's guaranteed, and its name is Hunt's Cure, FINDS VIRTUE IN OLD CLOTIIES. Men’s Garments Shaped to the Figure by Age Catch Artist’s Eye. To the eye of the artist the gar- ments of the modern man are only tolerable when age has adapted them somewhat to the lines of the figure; to the average artist a new suit of clothes is an abomination. “It is not only that new clothes are more ugly than old,” said a knight of the palette who discussed tle ques- tion; “to my mind no one can be prop- erly easy or graceful in them. “I never feel that I properly know a man until I have met him wearing an old suit. Certainly no man can possi- bly be his natural self in evening dress. “I have noticed again and again how different the same people are when wearing different clothes. I went, for instance, to a large family gathering some time ago, and for some reason everybody had donned full evening dress. What a differ- ence it made! We were all on terms of intimate friendship, but somehow the clothes brought in an element of coldness and formality. We all felt it—even the women, although, of course, the fair sex are not easily per- suaded of the merits of well-worn gar- ments. But no man who has discov- ered the.ease and comfort of them will readily give them up. As for the artistic side of modern clothes, it only comes when they have mellowed by use!” WELL PEOPLE TOO Wise Doctor Gives Postum to Con valescents. A wise doctor tries to give nature its best chance by saving the little strength of the already exhausted pa- tient, and building up wasted energy with simple but powerful nourish- ment. “Five years ago,” writes a doctor, “I commenced to use Postum in my own family instead of coffee. I was so well pleased with the results that I had two grocers place it in stock, guaranteeing its sale. ‘ “I then commenced to recommend it to my patients in place of coffee, as a nutritious beverage. The conse- quence is, every store in town is now selling it, as it has become a house- hold necessity in many homes. “I'm sure I prescribe Postum as often as any one remedy in the Ma- teria Medica—in almost every case of indigestion and nervousness I treat, and with the best results. _ “When I once introduce it into a family, it is quite sure to remain. I shall continue to use dt and prescribe it in families where I practice. “In convalescence from pneumonia, typhoid fever and other cases, I give it as a liquid, easily absorbed diet. You may use my letter as a reference any way you see fit.” Name given by Postum Cu., Battle Creek, Mich, Read “The Road to Wellville” in pkgs. “There's a reason.” Women Astronomers. Mrs. Peton Fleming, who was re cently elected a member of the Royal Astronomical society, is not the only woman who has succeeded in compre- hending the mysteries of the heavens, Miss Henrietta Leavitt discovered 25 new variable stars some years ago. Lady Huggins diligently helps her husband, Sir Witiiam Huggins, in his astronomical observations. In their house in South London they possess a very finely equipped observatory, which contains the enormous tele- scope presented by the royal society to Sir William in recognition of the work accomplished by Lady Huggins and himself in astrophysics. Cuero, Texas, Sept. 1, 1906. A. 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Fac Simile Signature of |__NEW YoRK. _| Ato months old oe a bho [.songhenisneentingeeanaeapeliedgeniesene=eered EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER, ae a A NERVOUS WRECK Mrs. Green Gained 26 Pounds and Recovered Her Health by Taking Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. | General debility isa term that covers a multitude of cases where there is no acute disease, yet the patient continues to lose strength and the doctor's medi- cines have no apparent effect. This is the decline that leads to death if means are not found to check it. In a great’ majority of cases Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills will check it and restore health and strength because they actually make new blood and so send renewed vitality to every oT and tissue of the body. Mrs. 8. A. Green, whose address is Box 29, R. F. D. No. 4, Franklin, Ga. says: ‘For three and a half years i suffered with weakness and nervous- ness, complicated with stomach trouble. At times I was confined to rey for periods ranging from three weeks to two months and was under the physician's care most of the time for three years. I do net know the cause of my trouble but I was prostrated with weakness and, al- though I took a great deal of medicine, nothing seemed to give mestrength. At times my stomach hurt me something fearful and my head often troubled me. I was sleepless and what sleep I did get did not felreah me. “ When I began taking Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, I weighed but 104 pounds. I knew I was so bad that a few doses would not cure me and I had patience. Soon (‘io pills began to give me strength, my blou.l got in better condition, I could sleep weilatnight and help some with the housework. Now I weigh 130 poundsand think nothing of walking half a mile, Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have done won- ders for me and the neighbors all know this statement is true.’’ Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or will be sent by mail, post- paid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Med- icine Co., Schenectady, N.Y. j Ointment Buchan’s 8 is a positive necessity to every cattleman, wilh quickly heal wounds and sores on all animals, won first remium at Texas State Fairand for 40 years thas been the standard remedy for SCREW WORMS AND FOOT ROT Put up in 40x, bottiesand 402, io. .lib., 2ib. and the Sincmenteen aid by arasateternna prosors oF Write CAREOLIC BUAE’ Gon NEW TORE CITY, GASTORIA The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ; Signature \y c f In ' Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA ‘ x } she Are you going?) The excep tionally low rates for this occa: sion will enable you to take a delightful vacation trip to cool, sunshiny Colorado at a minim. um expense, Tickets will be sold to Denver, Colorado Senne or Pueblo July 10th to 16th, inclusive, good until August, A month in Colorado at this time of year will tone you up. The air, the the mountain scenery and the thousand and one points of interest will amply repay you for the trip. Askany M. K. & T.agent for particulars, or write W.S.ST. George General Passenger Agent, M. K. &T. Ry St.Louis, Missouri NOTICE. Let me build you a house on small installments, thereby, saving your rent money, and living in your own house all the time. SeeRev. J. M. Dade, Miner London, Susie London, Fannie Tucker and Nancy Lynch, as to the way I treat my customers, Will loan money for 5—7 &10 years on Farm lands and City propety, in any a- mount where it is well secured, Make short loans also. No. one English Block, Muskogee, I. T. W. P. Fields. What Are You Going to Do This Summer? You are living ina business age Why try to go though it without a business training? Prepare yourself for the busi- ness world. Itis today holding out greater inducements to our young people than ever before, Venture out, get up and hustle, Do somthing for yourself. Be somebody, A postal card addressed to the Capital City Business College, Guthrie, Okla. will bring, by return mail, free of charge. a large illustrated catalogue explaining in detail the advantages of its extensive- ly equipped department of Tele- grapy, its professional penman- ship department, its exclusive control of the Famous Bryne Simplified Shorthand and Prac tical Bookkeeping and Business Training, Don’t put off writing untill tomorrow, do it now. The sooner you equip yourself with a practical education, the soon- ev you will be drawing the in- creased salary it will bring. Phone No. 6 for the Best Henrietta Coal, $4. per ton. Gaither Wood and Coal office. Cor. 4th and Elgin Sts. Good Meals for Traveless. Our dinning — stations are owned and operated by the Company. This assures uni- form quality and service, The meals are nominal in price (50c) and a little better than you ever for the money. ‘They have sat- isfied others—we know they will satisfy you. If there is any information you would like, about @ prospective trip write me Ul gladly give you the information and if possible have my representative call on you and perpaally assist you In every way, Think of my ofier when you next lave occasion to travel Address W.S. Sr. GEORGE, Gen’! Pass, & Ticket Agent, Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis. The blue mark on your pa- per means subscription out and paper stops at once, AGENTS WANTED We want energetic hustling agents for this paper and will pay liberly for good work. If you want to make money, write at once to—W. H. Twine. tina } FRISCO \ SYSTEM Se — ww ~~ 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 anallea tniteviauans call SYerEM, or hddres SSC? L. W. PRICE, Division Passenger Agent, JOPLIN, Mo, Dave Richardson's <> BARBERSHOP, OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE. SATISFACTION GUABANTFED Dave Richardson. - Prop, e wet New ‘PimeCard Effeetive May 20th FROM HERE TO THERE. WEST EAST No. 53 Leaves 7:45a,m.|No, 52 Leaves 11:25 a.m, No, 51 ae 1:10 p, m.| No, 56 ¥ 7:45 a.m. No, 57 “ 2:00 p.m.|No, 54 = Arrives _5:35 p.m. No. 55 Arrives 7:00 p. m.| No, 58 ss 10;00 a. m, No. 55 & 56 Local Accomodations Daily Except Sunday be- tween Fayetteville and Muskogee and Nos. 58 and 57 Local ex- cept Sunday between Okmulgee and Muskogee. Xo. 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 Mem- phis, Birmingham and Bryand to Springfield. PHONE 302 F, A. STEBBINg, Ag’t. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. cs ’ GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS of Tm, IRSUEANCE, suneny banas and HEAL ESTATE Second end Broadway. . . ' MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. RESOLUTIONS Passed By Negro Prorective League State of Oklahoma. _ The Inter-Territorial Negro Pro- tective League convention, in ses- sion assembled, declare the follow- ing resolutions: Whereas, we comprehend the in- terests of 200,000 human souls, rep- resenting the greatest number of in- dividual land owners of our race in any commonwealth of the United States, whose interests ‘ocally and otherwise are so pronounced, Resolved, That we co-operate in the furtherance of the doctrine of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, in that he be- lieves in ‘‘All men up and no men down, and a square deal for every man,” as the broad, intelligent view of American citizenship and as the only basic doctrine acceptable and capable of being entertained by righteous acting and fair thinking men. Resolved, that it is the sense of this organization that the best in- terests of the negro race demand that system of ‘public schools be inaugurated in the new state where- by the education ofthe negro youth of the state will be in the control of the negroes thereof, and while we oppose class legislation, we feel it is to our best interests to main. separate, non-sectarian schools for the races. Resolved, That we pledge our. selves to the support of every dele gate or representative upon a plat form maintaining and enforcing ¢ constitution embodying all thos¢ principles which stand for ever; man and his interests alike. whict will deprive no man of the righ to vote on account of his race, colo) er previous condition of servitude and we oppose any property or ed ucational test for voting, and we fa vor provisions which will secure t every man equal civil and political rights within the spirit and meaning of the broadest interpretation of the constitution of the United States. We commend the action of the 59th congress in making the 40-acre of acreage allotment land of the freedman of the Choctaw and Chick- asaw tribes of Indians inalienable for 21 years. We favor the removal of the re- ftrictions from the surplus lands of the citizens of the five civilized tribes as for the best interest for all the people of the new state. We recommend the organization of leagues or local clubs in commu- nities wherein the negro resides and the establishment of a ready ‘medium of communication in a cen- ‘tralized system of our organization. - Resolved, That we urge our peo- ple to secure homes and lands, that we educate and prepare ourselves for a higher citizenship in the new state, that we do not sell our lands and that those who do not own homes be advised to save their earn- ings and purchase a home, and strive to have. a bank account. Resolved, That we encourage per- sons of our race who are engaged in commercial enterprises and rec- ommend such persons be patepmied by the race. ; Resolved, That the name of this organization shall be the Negro Protective League of the State of Oklahoma, and that the object of the organization shall be the pro- motion of the intellectual, financial an political interest of the negroes of the State of Oklahoma. That we are unalterably opposed to lynch law, but we favor the sup- pression of crime. That we favor IE fair and impartial trial of all per- sons charged with crime before a lars of their peers. J. COODY JOHNSON, G. W. F. SAWYER, f W. H. TWINE, E. E. McDANIEL, HAYNE MANZELLA, ALLEN MACK, GEO, FITZPATRICK, JOHN LAMP®&£ON, S. T. WIGGINS, L. A. BELL,