Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, I.T., Thursday, September, 27 1906. Vol 8 Col. Clarence Brenston Douglas, is the latest. the brimstone part seems to be all OK, and as it come from the Democrat we guess its all right. Prof. P. B. J. Hudson has received the indorsement of several clubs in his district and he is making wonderful campaign. He is an able man, competent & fit to fill the position and inspite of Brimstone and his cohorts, will be elected if he secures the nomination of the Republican party. The song of the Democracy is kill the Negro, the Trust and all will be well. The colored people of Muskogee and vicinity are not asking for the nomination or election of any colored man to the Constitution nor have they asked for any such. The fact that Jones seeks the nomination should not be charged to the colored people as a race. As a race they are for other men and all intelligent men of both parties are fully advised of this fact. Jones has a right to run if he wants to do so but at this time it is ill advised and he has been so informed by his true friends. Why he is now a candidate will make interesting reading at another time. He will not be elected. It is money and time thrown away and worse than waisted. Its purpose is very apparent and will fool no one, but Mr. Jones and his FRIEND- The resolutions written by C. B. Douglass for the eleven members of the Press Association count for nothing more than the careless, foolish talk of eleven men. Not one of them could be nominated for any elective office today and not one of them could be elected. They have thrown away their last chance, and even the Democrats are now laughing at their predicament. To pass such resolutions at the beginning of any campaign by any political party or any set of men is simply suicide and every sensible man Democrat or Republican knows it. It will be and is repudiated as a crazy piece of business. FOR A FEW PIECES OF SILVER WE CLIPED THE FOLLOWING from the Muskogee Phoenix. Read it and then Cut it out for future reference. Dont loose it, for you will want to read it again and again, until the names of the men who voted for it are indelible, impressed upon your brain. The Resolutions. We, the members of the Republican Press Association of the Third Congressional District declare as follows: Whereas there is an apparent misunderstanding existing among the voters of the district as to the position of the party on the so-called race question, and, Whereas, the Republican party has DISCHARGED its OBLIGATIONS to the NEGRO in that it gives him full civil rights, equal with every other citizen and still stands for that policy. Therefore, be it resolved by this association that the Republican party of the Third Congressional District is OPPOSED to NEGRO DOMINATION in any sense. That it stands for separate schools, SEPARATE COACHES and SEPARATE WAITING ROOMS for NEGROES which shall have equal facilities and comforts of those furnished other races. That it is opposed and WILL USE EVERY MEANS at its command to PREVENT the nomination of Negroes on any elective ticket, seeking the suffrage of the other races. On this declaration of principle all classes and all nationalities of citizenship are earnestly invited to allign themselves with the party of progress and prosperity. C. B. Douglas, Muskogee Phoenix., S. S. Cobb, Wagoner; Thos. A. Latta, Bartlesville; Matt Telin, Afton; W. E. Dixon, Dewey; B. W, Barnes, Haskell; W. O. Kennedy, Muskogee; A. S. Stirling, Holdenville; Clark Smith, Claremore; F. W.Head, Webbers Falls; R. B. Huffman, Cheotah; No 2 ciation was addressed by Mayor Henry C. Hall at its session last night in the A. M. E. church, corner of Pueblo avenue and Weber street. The mayor's address of welcome was the fourth number of the interesting program arranged for the evening. Mr. Hall welcomed the delegates on behalf of the city of Colorado Springs, and paid a high compliment to Booker T. Washington and the negro press. He was followed by the W. H. Twine, of Muskogee, I. T., who acknowledged the welcome by Mayor Hall, and gave an interesting talk on the conditions existing among the negroes in Indian Territory and Oklahoma. He said that nearly 125,000 negroes in the territory had never known the rights of citizenship, but that when the new state of Oklahoma had become a reality they would be an important factor in its government. Murat Materson had been invited to address the session, but said that he preferred to listen rather than talk. However, he related some interesting stories of his early life among the negroes of Kentucky, and finally drifted into politics. He told his hearers that the negroes of this district should insist on having a state senator and a representative in the legislature, and that their only hope of obtaining the things they sought for their race was in the congress of the United States. "Bryan is out with the big mitt for Bryan," he said, "and if you want to get relief in congressy ou must put your hopes in William R. Hearst, who some day will be president." The principal address of the evening was delivered by Nelson Crews, of Kansas City. Resolutions expressing the sympathies of the association for Rev. W. E. Gladden at the death of his wife were adopted at last night's session. Much routine business was transacted at the forenoon session, and in the afternoon the delegates visited the various points of interest about the city. Today three sessions will be held in the A. M. E. church, and several addresses will be made. "The Negro in Politics," "The Negro in the Professions," and "Are Negro Newspapers Friendly to Negro Enterprises?" are among the subjects. A banquet will be tendered the delegates tonight.—Exchange. 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—W. H. Twine. Election Board Holds Meeting. Commissioner Tams Bixby of the Indian Territory districting and canvassing board, together with Judge W. H. H. Clayton also a member of the board, met with about for five of the recently appointed election commissioners who will conduct the election machinery at the delegate election to be held November 6, at the Commercial club rooms this morning. Judge Gill of Vinita did not arrive in the city until 1 o'clock and was not present at the meeting. The conference was called in order to instruct the fifty-five commissioners of election as to their duties as letters of inquiry had been pouring in upon the districting board from all sides. The two members of the board present at the meeting this morning answered all questions the commissioners desired to know. It was in regular Sunday school catechism, a modern school of instruction. One of the important rulings made by the districting board was in reference to the legal residence in a precinct. Chairman Jesse Dunn of the Oklahoma Democratic Central committee, had raised the question that under the Oklahoma law a resident of the Indian Territory must be a resident of the precinct in which he votes for a period of thirty days immediately preceding the election. The districting board has decided that the Oklahoma law does not apply in the Indian Territory but that on the contrary the statehood bill provides that every male resident in the Indian Territory over 21 years of age who has resided for six months in the territory is entitled to vote at the first election. The fifty-five election districts of the Indian Territory will be divided into precincts by the Commissioners of election in such a way that no precinct shall have in excess of two hundred qualified voters. The division will be made according to the best estimates of the commissioners. Some of the precincts one or two in strong Democratic strongholds will contain less than 100 voters. In one particular precinct in the Choctaw Nation it was discovered that voters would have to go eighteen miles to vote although the voting population is extremely light. Voters in the Indian Territory will not be required to register in Oklahoma. The Districting board will forward election booths and ballot boxes to the various election commissioners but the commissioners will be given the ballots in person at the headquarters of the board in this city, who are at present arranging for enlarged quarters in the Fite-Rowsey building. Allotments Not Reported.—Indian Bureau May Complete Work In a Week. Wacshington, D. C.—The expected report from the commission making the allotments of land to minor children in the Kiowa, Commanche and Apache Indian reservation, soon to be opened for settlement, did not arrive in Washington today. The Indian bureau officials when asked by Acting Secretary Ryan last week when this work would be completed, replied that the report might be her today, and it might not be received until a week from today. The secretary is anxious for the work to be finished, as it is holding back the opening of the reservation. The proclamation of the president, which was signed last week has not been issued by the state department which is having it printed for distribution. It may be out tomorrow. The rules and regulations which are to govern the opening and fix a rate for the same will not be issued, however, until the allotments to the Indians have been approved. Poteau Bond Issue Carries. Poteau, I. T.—At an election held here today the $30,000 bond issue for water works carried almost unanimously. Three hundred and thirty votes were cast. A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. Burning Off Paint Makes Insurance Void. It seems that considerable danger to property exists in the practice of burning off old paint before re-painting. The question has long been a subject of debate in the technical journals, and now householders and the newspapers have begun to discuss it. Those of us who, with trembling, have watched the painters blow a fiery blast from their lamps against our houses, and have looked sadly at the size of our painting bill because of the time wasted on this preliminary work, are interested in the investigation by the Greenfield (Mass.) Gazette and Courier, which gives considerable space to the reasons for the practice, questions its necessity and suggests ways to prevent the risk of burning down one's house in order to get the old paint off. It says: "There is a good deal of discussion among householders as to the desirability, in painting houses, of burning off the old paint, a practice that has grown very common of late in Greenfield and elsewhere. Insurance men are strongly opposed to this method. It makes void insurance policies for fires caused in this manner. Several houses in Greenfield have gotten afire as the result of this method, and in some places houses have burned as a result. "It is undoubtedly true that when a house has been painted over and over again there comes to be an accumulation of paint in bunches. If new paint is put on top of these accumulations it is almost sure to blister. To burn it off is the quickest and cheapest and perhaps the surest method of getting rid of this old paint." The Gazette and Courier quotes certain old patrons to the effect that accumulations of paint are unnecessary. These old-timers lay the blame partly on the painter who fails to brush his paint in well, partly on the custom of painting in damp weather or not allowing sufficient time for drying between coats, and partly to the use of adulterated paints instead of old-fashioned linseed oil and pure white lead. The paper_says: "Many of the old householders say that if care is taken at all these points it is absolutely unnecessary to have paint burned off. They advise that people who have houses painted should buy their own materials, and to have them put on by the day, so as to be sure to get good lead and oil. Of course the burning off of paint greatly increases the cost of the job." The trouble householders everywhere have with paint is pretty well summed up by our contemporary, and the causes are about the same everywhere. By far the most frequent cause of the necessity for the dangerous practice of burning old paint is the use of poor material. The oil should be pure linseed and the white lead should be real white lead. The latter is more often tampered with than the oil. Earthy substances, and pulverized rock and quartz, are frequently used as cheapeners, to the great detriment of the paint. Painters rarely adulterate white lead themselves and they very seldom use ready prepared paints—the most frequent causes of paint trouble. But they do often buy adulterated white lead because the property owner insists on a low price and the painter has to economize somewhere. The suggestion is therefore a good one that the property owner investigate the subject a little, find out the name of some reliable brand of white lead, and see that the keg is marked with that brand. The linseed oil is more difficult to be sure of, as it is usually sold in bulk when the quantity is small; but reliable makers of linseed oil can be learned on inquiry, and, if your dealer is reliable, you will get what you want. Pure white lead and linseed oil are so necessary to good paint that the little trouble necessary to get them well repays the house owner in dollars and cents saved. Tired, Nervous Mothers Make Unhappy Homes—Their Condition Irritates Both Husband and Children—How Thousands of Mothers Have Been Saved From Nervous Prostration and Made Strong and Well. Mrs. Chester Curry Mrs. Chas. F. 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Do you feel something like a ball rising in your throat and threatening to choke you; all the senses perverted, morbidly sensitive to light and sound; pain in the abdominal region, and between the shoulders; bearing-down pains; nervous dyspepsia and almost continually cross and snappy? If so, your nerves are in a shattered condition, and you are threatened with nervous prostration. Proof is monumental that nothing in the world is better for nervous prostration than Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; thousands and thousands of women can testify to this fact. There is no satisfaction keener than being dry and comfortable when out in the hardest storm YOU ARE SURE OF THIS IF YOU WEAR TOWER'S FISH BRAND WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING BLACK OR YELLOW On sale everywhere *AJ TOWER CO. BOSTON U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO. TORONTO CAN. 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Mrs. Pinkham, daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., invites all sick women to write to her for advice. Mrs. Pinkham's vast experience with female troubles enables her to advise you wisely, and she will charge you nothing for her advice. 90,000,000 BUSHELS FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE 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. We manufacture all kinds of mill work, sash, doors, mouldings and hardwood finish. Write us for prices. MUSKOGEE SASH & DOOR CO., Muskogee, Indian Territory. LIVE STOCK AND MISCELLANEOUS ELECTROTYPES In great variety for sale at the lowest prices by A. N. KELLOGG NEWSPAPER CO., 12 W. Adams St., Chicago THERE IS ONE REMEDY THAT IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE PURE FOOD AND DRUG LAW AND THAT IS OXIDINE REMEMBER, in offering it for sale we guarantee to you that it contains no poison; and we go further and give with every bottle the straightforward additional guarantee that Patton-Worsham Drug Co. DALLAS, TEXAS MEMPHIS, TENN. OXIDINE, THE CHILL CURE THAT CURES CHILLS LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER 5¢ CIGAR HAS A RICH TASTE To Cure, or Money Refunded by Your Merchant. So, Why Not Try IT? Price, 50c, Retail. Money refunded for each package of PUNAM FADELESS DYES if unsatisfactory. Ask your druggist. A homely rich girl is prettier than a beautiful poor one—in the eyes of some men. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. There is nothing more disappointing to a woman who is prepared to hear a secret than the discovery that she already knows it. Demand Is Spreading. Please send me by express two dozen Hunt's Lightning Oil—25c size. Could not keep house without it. G. H. Jones. Lenawee Junction, Mich., Sept. 10, 1906. Passport Hard to Forge. When a traveler in China desires a passport the palm of his hand is covered with fine oil paint and an impression is taken on thin paper. This paper officially signed, constitutes his passport. New Mercury Deposit. A new mercury deposit is said to have been discovered at Wiederschwing, in Carinthia, Austria, a little to the north of the district of Carniola, where similar deposits extend from Idria to Neumarkt. The deposit is thought to be extensive. London Policeman Runs Amuck. During one of London's recent hot days a policeman suddenly became crazed and drew his club and charged along the sidewalk striking right and left. He had cleaned two blocks before some of his comrades caught and overpowered him. Never Fails. There is one remedy, and only one I have found, to cure without fail such troubles in my family as Eczema, Ringworm, and all others of an itching character. That remedy is Hunt's Cure. We always use it and it never fails. W. M. Christian. Cultivated by the Scholars. It is stated that nearly 8,000 school gardens exist in Austria, not including the sister kingdom of Hungary. They are connected with both private and public schools, and are used for purposes of practical instruction in horticulture and tree-growing, and often contain botanical museums and bee hives. With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt-walst just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to the iron. This May Prove Useful. On retiring to rest, place a handkerchief under the pillow. On being awakened by smoke or cry of "Fire!" thrust it in the mouth and nostrils, and you can walk erect through very dense smoke. The nightly practice of placing the article will make you less nervous in the hour of danger. Starch, like everything else, is being constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the latest discovery-Defiance Starch-all injurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, invented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never approached by other brands. Patton-Worsham Drug Co., Dallas, Texas. Dear Sirs:—I want to inform you that Oxidine has cured me and my family of the worst siege of chills and malaria that I ever saw. "Chill" or "Chile." There have been many arguments during the last few weeks as to whether the name of the earthquake-smitten country should be spelled Chili or Chile. Chile is the Spanish and Chilean form. The name is commonly explained as an old Peruvian word for snow, the allusion being to the Andes; but "Chili" has also been identified as a native South American word, "chiri," meaning cold—which would make it really the "chilly" country. As to the meaning of "Ondes," there is plenty of choice. The word has been variously interpreted as signifying the haunt of the tapir, the region of copper, the home of the Anti tribe and the site of the "Ondenes." Spanish gardens on the mountain terraces. When a man doesn't feel like talking he calls on some woman and listens. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE discontinued the use of our product package. The public may rely deter- cents of imitations, sold only in heresy THERE THAT IS NOT AFFECT OX IT IS PURE REMEMBER, in offering further and give with every bot Oxidine is the C and that as a M Sold by dru PRICE 50 CENTS Read the f K Patton-Worsham Drug Co., Dallas, Texas. Dear Sirs:—I want to inform you that my family of the worst siege of chills and ma After paying the doctors $50.00 I began the most gratifying results. We are all enti has been no reappearance of malaria in the fa You are at liberty to use this testimonial. Yours truly, Patton-W OXIDINE, THE C LEWIS' 5¢ CIGA That an article may be good as well as cheap, and give entire satisfaction, is proven by the extraordinary sale of Defiance Starch, each package containing one-third more Starch than can be had of any other brand for the same money. on Chill C e, or Money Refunded by Your Merch No premiums, but one-third more starch than you get of other brands. Try it now, for hot or cold starching it has no equal and will not stick to the iron. REMEDY THE FOOD AND DRUG LAW IS INE YS HAS BEEN you that it contains no poison; and we go national guarantee that res Chills and Fevers, positively has no equal guarantee every bottle. Made in Regular and Tasteless forms. who have been cured: Omaha, Texas. Nathan Drug Co., Texas. used Oxidine for years, and I think it the finest chill cure one should not be without it. yours truly, MRS. JUTTIE CASON. BY Drug Co. DALLAS, TEXAS MEMPHIS, TENN. WHAT CURES CHILLS E BINDER A RICH TASTE MORRIS ton, D. C. Claims. lon Bureau. PATENT ATTORNEYS. PATENTS Trade Marks, Designs, Copyrights and Labels procured. NATHAN BICKFORD, 914 F. St., Washington, D. C. Guaranteed Price, 50c, Retail. DEFIANCE STARCH 16 ounces to the package—other starches only 12 ounces—same price and "DEFIANCE" is SUPERIOR QUALITY. Omaha, Texas. W. N. U., MUSKOGEE, NO. 39, 1906. THE PRESS MEETING. The tenth annual session of the Negro Press association convened at Colorado Springs, Col., on Aug- stu 20, 1906. There were a large umber of attendants from the va- rious states west of the Mississippi river and they all were enthuslastic in their work for the race in the Great West. President W. H. Duncan is an untiring worker and had everything An good condition for the reception of the visitors. He was ably sec- onded by the good citizens of Col- orado Springs, who did all in their power to make the stay of the vist- tors both pleasant and jrofitable. The citizens of that splendid city, without regard to color or creed gave the visiting editors a splendid welcome. Mayor Hall handed over the keys of the city to the quill pushers and informed them if there was anything else they needed and wanted “to take it.” Many of the most able and bril- Nant negroes of the west were in attendance at this meeting, among them were: Hon. W. N. Miller, Wichita, Kas.; Prof. F. J. Jordan, Muskogee, I. T.; Hon. Mack Childs, Topeka, Kas.; Hon, Nelson Crews, Kensas City, Mo.; Attorney W. B. Townsend, Pueblo, Col.; and many others. After the passage of suitable re- foiutions and an address to the people, the association elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, W. H. Duncan, Colo- rado Springs; vice president, F. J. Gordon, Muskogee, I. T.; corres- ponding secretary, W. H. Twine, Muskogee, I. 'T.; recoring secretary, D. B. Faw, Colorado Springs, Colo.; assistant secretary, Mrs. J. M. Em- boy, Colorado Springs, Colo.; treas- urer, Miss E, Ridley, Guthrie, Ok- lahoma, +-ext place of meeting Topeka, Kansas, August, 1907. gy Are you going?) The excep- tionally low rates for this ocea- sion willenable you to take a delightful vacation trip to cool, sunshiny Colorado at a minim um expense, Tickets will be sold to Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo July ih to Wth, inclusive, pood until Ausust. A monthin 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. Ask any M. K. & T.agent for particulars, or write W.5. ST. George General Passenger Agent, M, K.& Tl. Ry St.Louis, Missouri Cimeter, $1. a year. Phone No. 6 for the Best Henrietta Coal, $4. per ton. Gaither Wood and Coal office. Cor, 4th and Elgin Sts. NOTICE. Let me build you a house on small installments, thereby, saving your rent money, and living in yous own house all the time. Rev. J. M. Dade, Miner London, Susie London, Fannie Tucker and Nancy Lynch, as to the way I treat my customers, Will loan ort 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. 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, Tf there is any information you would like, about a prospective trip write me Vil gladly give you the information and if possible hate my representative call on you and peronally assist you in every way, Think of my ofier when you next have occasion to travel Address W.S. St. GEORGE, Gen’l Puss. & ‘Ticket Agent, Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis. The blue mark on your pa- per means subscription out and paper stops at once, Y FRISCO ( "SYSTEM Ege ® ANUIEASTERN AMER THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS: TRAING LIGHTED AND VERTILATSD BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the “WORLD'S FAIR CITY” SAINT LOUIS Wor nipetied tagcreaicioes call % pearent representative FRISCO * “ieee s Tee New TimeCard om edhe Oe. Effeetive May 20th WEST EAST No. 68 Leaves 7:45a.m.|No. 52 Leaves ues a.m, No. 51 9 1:10 p, m.| No, 56 “ 7:45 a. m. No, 57 sf 2:00 p.m.|No, 54 = Arrives _6:85 p.m. No. 65 = Arrives 7:00 p..m. | No, 58 - 10:00 a. m. No. 55 & 56 Local Accomodations Daily Except Sunday be- tween Fayetteville and Muskogee and Nos. 68 and 57 Local ex- Cane Sander between Okmulgee and Muskogee. No. 51 will connect at Okmulgee for north and south. 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GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS ef TITLE, SNSURANCE, SURETY BONDS end REAL ESTATE BSacead aad te mene ® ST iia IND, TEB. WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES The Ganadian Valley Trust : Company , | Has a number of applicants whe desire to rent houses, Owners of three, fogs, five and six room houses can secure @e- sirable tenants by listing their pregesty with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINI. Editor. MUSKOGEE. IND. TER. Stupedous Railway Enterprises. If the information conveyed in a dispatch from Paris prove correct, a beginning is about to be made in the most stupendous enterprise of its kind ever undertaken. The report from the French capital is to the effect that the syndicate represented by Baron Loicq de Lobel has been authorized, by an order issued by the czar of Russia, to start operations on the Trans-Siberian-Alaska railroad project. This involves nothing less than the construction of a railroad line from Siberia to the American territory of Alaska by bridging and tunneling the intervening waters, including Bering Strait. Previous statements that the work is to be financed to the extent of $150,000,000 to $200,000,000 by American and European capitalists are repeated, and the story has every indication of being put forth in good faith. As has already been shown, says the Troy Times, should the projected line be carried through it would mean the possibility of riding without change of cars from any railroad center in the United States to the capitals of Europe. With the tunnel under the English channel and the completion of the "three Americas" system in this hemisphere, one will be able to go by rail from remote points in South America directly to London. And with the carrying out of the "Cape to Cairo" scheme in Africa there may be a through route from "the Horn" to Good Hope. Who knows? Buying an Island. The man who buys a mine rarely gets so deeply taken in as to have nothing at all that he can show for his money. There's commonly a place somewhere and a hole in the ground at least. Not so, however, with a Mr. Tutt, who is reported from Colorado Springs as having lately purchased an island off Washington state which he has since been unsuccessfully trying to find. His deeds call for ten acres in the San Juan group off British Columbia, and he fondly hoped to build a summer home there. Alack and alas! He sailed out in his yacht to where he supposed the island to be, but not a scrap of land could he find. This might be considered sufficiently provoking, but it was not the worst. The seller now claims that the island was there when he sold it, but that it sank into the sea at the time of the earthquake which destroyed San Francisco. All this is no joke to Mr. Tutt, but, says the Boston Herald, it strongly suggests the case of the curious people who flocked to a tent and paid their way in to see the wonderful gyascutus. They didn't see him, but were glad to escape with their lives at the alarming cry that the ferocious gyascutus had broken loose. Truancy is defined as a disease by a Chicago school sharp who has ordered truants on a diet of protein. The average boy would rather take his chances with the school than fly to the arms of protein, a punishment whose nature he imperfectly comprehends. The servant girl, thinks Upton Sinclair, needs uplifting. The can of kerosene on the morning fire has been known to operate successfully in that direction. A Boston scientist has found 17 varieties of germs in a $10 bill. Are you going to boil your $10 bills. AS TO MINOR LEASES AND HOW EFFECTED An Opinion Prepared by Irwin Donavan, the Well Known Attorney of Muskogee, Indian Territory There has been much discussion as to the effect of a recent decision by the Assistant Attorney General in regard to minor leases and the editor of the ePhoenix requested Irwj Donovan, Esq., the well known attorney, to prepare an opinion for publication on the subject. Mr. Donovan is the senior member of the well known firm of Donovan and Griesel, attorneys, and was for a long time connected with the legal department of the Dawes Commission, and is well qualified to discuss the subject. His reply to the request is as follows: "Muskogee, I. T., Sept. 17, 1906. "Editor of the Phoenix. "Sir: In response to your request for an opinion as to the effect of the decision of the assistant attorney general rendered in the Bushyhead case, relating to the BWaOqRm head case, relating to leases executed by minor allottees whose disabilities have been removed by the United States court, I take pleasure in submitting the following: "In 1890 congress passed an act putting in force in Indian Territory certain statute laws of the Statute laws of the State of Arkansas, as the same appeared in Mansfield's Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas, published in 1884. It did not, however, put in force chapter 41 of this Digest which relates to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts to which our district court corresponds. It is in this chapter that the courts are given power to remove the disabilities of minors. The attorneys for the lessee of Bushyhead contended that even though chapter 41 of Mansfield's digest was not in force in Indian Territory, yet under the powers inherent in the court as a court of equity in dealing with mirrors, it could remove the minors' disability. "The assistant attorney general held, however, that the United States court in Indian Territory have only such jurisdiction as is specifically conferred on them by Indians Not Dying Out—More in United States than When Columbus Landed. A popular impression prevails that the Indians are dying out. Those who have given the subject study believe there are more Indians today in the United States than there were when Columbus landed. The Indians were never populous. They were too much at war. They roamed the prairies and hunted through the forests but they never had local habitations and were never many in one spot. The first actual census of the Indians was taken seventy years ago. At that time there were found to be 253,464. Prior to that time everything had been by guess. Beginning with the count of 1836 the official reports of Indian population are as follows: In 1860 at the beginning of the civil war, there were 254,200. Twenty years later in 1880 here were 256,127. In 1900 there were 272,023. Today, by count of the Indian agents on the reservations of the country, there are 234,000. The Indian is not dying out, and there is no reason why he should. The government has pursued a policy, mistaken in many respects, but yet calculated to give the Indian a chance in the race of civilized life, and the Indian is showing considerable aptitude. The Indians of the new state of Oklahoma are intelligent and wealthy and they will be heard from in national affairs. Lawton, O. T.—At about 10 o'clock last night the southbound Rock Island passenger ran over Dick Ninecoa, a Comanche Indian, inflicting injuries that resulted in his death at 4 o'clock this morning. The accident happened near the Indian schools a mile north of here. Anæmia is just the doctor's name for bloodlessness. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure anæmia as food cures hunger. They cured Mrs. Thomas J. McGann, of 17 Lincoln Place, Plainfield, N. J., who says: "In the spring of 1903 I did my usual house cleaning and soon afterward I began to have the most terrible headaches. My heart would beat so irregularly that it was painful and there came a morning when I could not get up. My doctor said I had anaemia and he was surprised that I had continued to live in the condition I was in. I was confined to my bed for nearly two months, the doctor coming every day for the first few weeks, but I did not improve to amount to anything. Altogether I was sick for nearly two years. I was as weak as a rag, had headaches, irregular heart beats, loss of appetite, cramps in the limbs and was unable to get a good night's sleep. My legs and feet were so swollen that I feared they would burst. "Before very long after I tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I felt a change for the better. I have taken about twelve boxes and although I was as near the grave as could be, I now feel as if I had a new lease of life. I have no more headaches, the heart beats regularly, my cheeks are pink and I feel ten years younger. I feel that I have been cured very cheaply and I have recommended the pills to lots of my friends." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or will be sent by mail on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Many tourists in Switzerland were astonished this summer to see villages in the Rhone valley, near Brigue, which looked as if they had been bombarded. On inquiry they found that the demolished houses were mostly temporary boarding places for the Italian laborers who made the Simplon tunnel. After their departure these houses were offered for sale at $50 each—not, of course, including the ground on which they stood. Russia may soon be invaded by the Salvation Army. The czar's opposition to the movement has been partly overcome, through the efforts of Gen. Booth's agents at St. Petersburg and Moscow and the sympathy of prominent Russians. "The cup of human misery is never quite full until some form of itching skin disease is added. Then it overflows. Hunt's Cure is a specific for any itching trouble ever known. One application relieves. One box is guaranteed to cure any one case." A wooden-legged candidate for the town council of Claston, Eng., urged his fellow artisans to elect him on the ground that a wooden leg in the council would be a pleasant variety among the wooden heads there now. "Vote for Peggy!" was his inspiring slogan. A few people are so headstrong they keep right on having chills—growing thin and yellow, when we guarantee one bottle of Cheatham's Chill Tonic to cure any one case. Don't be one of that class. Get a bottle. It's a poor rule that can't be worked any old way by an experienced grafter. Act of Congress and that chapter 41 of Mansfield's Digest not having been put in force in Indian Territory the court had no jurisdiction even to consider the matter of removing a minor's disability. "The effect of this decision is not, however, nearly so great as was indicated in the comments made upon it by various newspapers in the Territory. I doubt if one minor lease in 200 has been made in this manner. Chapter 73 of Mansfield's Digest which is in force in Indian Territory, provides for the appointment of guardians and curators for minors and authorizes the guardians or curators to make leases under the direction and subject to the approval of the court. Leases of minor land for oil, gas or other mineral purposes must, in addition, pass through the Indian agency and must be approved by the secretary of the interior. Judge Lawrence, by an order made in February, 1906, requires the guardian to petition for an order for leave to lease for mineral purposes; the order having been granted, the guardian must advertise for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the court town of the recording district in which the land is located, and he must also post notices in the court must also post notices on the court house door and bulletin board. On the day mentioned in the notices, the lease is offered for sale at-auction by the probate commissioner. A lease to the highest bidder is then drawn up and a report of the whole matter is made to the court by the probate commissioner and the guardian of the minor. If the court approves the lease thus made, it must then take the usual course through the union agency and the secretary's office. "It is in the manner thus set out leases are made and nothing in the that the vast majority of minor opinion of the assistant attorney general in any way affects their "Respectfully, "IRWIN DONOVAN." ADVERTISING MEDIUMS NAMED. Newspapers Designated to Advertise Fullblood Indian Lands. Indian Agent Dana H. Kelsey has been advised by the commissioner of Indian acairs that the Vinita Chieftain, South McAlester News, Chickasha Star and Muskogee Phoenix have been designated as the official organs in the four different nations to advertise the inherited lands of fullblood citizens of the Five Civilized Tribes. This is in accordance with Section 41 of the regulations promulgated by the secretary of the interior on July 7, 1906, for carrying into effect Sections 19, 20 and 22 of the act of congress approved April 26. The lands shall be advertised at least weekly in the nation in which the land is located. FIRST COURT. Tulsa, I. T.—The first term of district court ever held in Tulsa will convene Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Judge William R. Lawrence of the western district will preside. The old cases transferred from Sapulpa will be tried first. Over 150 cases are on the docket to be tried. Five months ago Tulsa had no court of any description save the police court. Tulsa now has three terms of district court a year and the United States commissioner's court is permanently stationed here. Tulsa is designated as one of the principal court towns in the territory. Skiatook, I. T.—Lightning struck seven oil tanks belonging to the Shawnee Oil and Gas company today The burning oil communicated with a big gasser which has just been brought in. The well is burning fiercely, and no efforts have been made to cap it. Ansemic Woman Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Recommends the Pills to All Others Who Suffer. Disused Houses Cheap. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Cha H. Flatchen Bears the Signature of "Do You Itch?" Unique Election Cry. Don't Be Stubborn. PERUNA PRAISED. MRS. ESTHER M. MILNER. Box 321, DeGraff, Ohio. Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio. Dear Sir:— I was a terrible sufferer from pelvic weakness and had headache continuously. I was not able to do my housework for myself and husband. I wrote you and described my condition as nearly as possible. You recommended Peruna. I took four bottles of it and was completely cured. I think Peruna a wonderful medicine and have recommended it to my friends with the very best of results. Esther M. Milner. Very few of the great multitude of women who have been relieved of some pelvic disease or weakness by Peruna ever consent to give a testimonial to be read by the public. There are, however, a few courageous, self-sacrificing women who will for the sake of their suffering sisters allow their cures to be published. Mrs. Milner is one of these. In her gratitude for her restoration to health gratitude for her restoration to health she is willing that the women of the whole world should know it. A chronic invalid brought back to health is no small matter. Words are inadequate to express complete gratitude. Tortolse Surprised the Cook. The tortoise is a great sleeper. One was a domestic pet in an English house, and when his time for hibernating came he selected a corner of the dim coal cellar for his winter quarters. A new cook was engaged soon after who knew nothing of tortoises. In a few months the tortoise woke up and sallied forth. Screams soon broke the kitchen's calm. On entering that department, the lady of the house found the cook gazing in awestruck wonder, and exclaiming with unsteady hand she pointed to the tortoise: "My conscience! Look at the stone which I've broken the coal wi a' winter?" Serve as Illuminants. The fire-flies of Jamaica emit so brilliant a light that a dozen of them, enclosed within an inverted tumbler, will enable a person to read or write at night without the least difficulty. Indeed, it is an expedient to which many resort. These flies are in size as large as a common hive bee, and perfectly harmless. Their appearance in unusual numbers acts as a barometer to the natives, and is an indication of approaching rain. Plans Monument to Negro Poet. The Rev. Dr. David W. Clark, of Cincinnati, is making an effort to secure sufficient money to erect a monument over the grave of the late negro poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar. Mr. Clark's father was a slaveholder, but he says "the man who wrote 'When Mandy Sings' and 'When the Corn Pone Is Hot' deserves a monument." Life often seems but a shipwreck, whose fragments are friendship, glory and love. The shores of time that we pass during our life are covered with these derelicts.—Mme. de Stael. New State Topics. An elevator is to be built at Okemah. A $25,000 apartment house is to be erected at Sulphur. Welch will hold a corn carnival on October 25, 26 and 28. Work has been commenced on the new Frisco depot at Sapulpa. Enid is to have a mill for the manufacture of cereal foods. A receiver has been asked for the Claremore Radium Wells Co. The prisoners in the jail at Cordell sawed the bars of their cells and escaped. Forty churches will be represented at the Presbytery which meets October 5th, at Roff. A baseball nine composed of girls between 12 and 14 years, has been organized at Elk City. The machinery for the cotton compress at Weleetka has arrived and is being put in place. Mrs. J. L. Cozens of Lawton, Okla. is one of the heirs to a two-million dollar estate in Texas. It is estimated that it will require 10,000 freight cars to move the apple crop of the two territories. The Chickasha Daily Star has suspended publication and the editor will improve the weekly edition. The latest census of Oklahoma City gives that place a population of 39,975, an increase of 7060 in a year. Enoch J. Davis, a white man, was hit on the head with a lump of coal thrown by a negro and his skull was fractured. Wilburton has provided a building to be used for the United States district court, the first term of which meets there October 1. The enrollment this year at the Oklahoma agricultural and mechanical college is about 450, an increase of 50 per cent over last year's attendance. Dave and Jack Standingdeer have been arrested for being implicated in the killing of young Edgar Briggs near Welling, by shooting him dead in his father's store. During the past quarter twenty babies have been added to the Osage rolls, making 2071 members of the tribe, showing an increase of 200 in the past two years. David Terry, a farmer near Ringwood, fell from the roof of a house and was killed. He was having a new house built and while inspecting the roof, lost his hold and fell off. Being subject to heart trouble, he may have become dizzy. O. P. Sturm, editor of Sturm's Magazine, will soon remove that publication from Tulsa to Oklahoma City, where the commercial club agrees to secure him 2,500 subscribers. He will also incorporate the company for $100,000. Kirk Harrison eloped with the pretty 13-year-old girl of H. Hartman of Dustin, and went to Shawnee to be married. A telephone message from the father of the girl stopped the marriage, but after the pleadings of his daughter, he relented and let them marry. The first organization of the teachers of the Osage nation or Osage county as now called, was perfected during the past week, and the following officers elected: Prof. A. H. Parmalee, president; Mrs. Laura Tucker, vice president; Mrs. T. L. Lillard, treasurer; Miss Mayme Miller, secretary; William McGuire, Prof. Sherry and Mrs. Gay, executive committee. --- Floating Exposition. Three hundred British firms have contributed to an exhibit of goods which is displayed on the lower decks of a former military transport, and will be sent from London to different ports of Canada, the West Indies, South America, South Africa, India, China, Japan and Australia. The voyage is expected to last 12 months. Proved Effectual. It is 900 years since the failure of a bank in China. On the last occasion when such an event happened, the emperor had the failure investigated, and found it had been due to reckless conduct on the part of the directors. He at once issued an edict that, the next time a bank failed, the heads of its president and directors were to be cut off. This edict, which has never been revoked, has made China's banking institutions the safest in the world. Arabi Pasha Old and Friendless. In a little house up a by street of the Mohammedan quarter, old, friendless, broken, lives the man who might have ruled Egypt. If you ask 20 people in Cairo today: "Where is Arabi Pasha?" 15 will tell you that he is dead, while the other five do not know. In fact, after the bombardment of Alexandria he was sent to exile for life in Ceylon, but was allowed some four years ago to return to his native city. It was only after a week's hard ferreting that I discovered through a native journalist the whereabouts of the great man. Even now, in his seventieth year, he is a big man; in his prime he must have been immense. White hair and beard; a broad, thoughtful forehead, surmounted by the Turkish tarboosh; kindly eyes, dulled a little by age, but lighting up wonderfully when he talks about things which interest him; a straight, powerful nose; a large mouth, which must once have been hard and cruel, now softened by adversity. Though the day is warm, he wears an overcoat, and he walks heavily on a massive ebony stick.—Pall Mall Gazette. THE WAY OUT. Change of Food Brought Success and Happiness. An ambitious but delicate girl, after failing to go through school on account of nervousness and hysteria, found in Grape-Nuts the only thing that seemed to build her up and furnish her the peace of health. "From infancy," she says, "I have not been strong. Being ambitious to learn at any cost I finally got to the High School, but soon had to abandon my studies on account of nervous prostration and hysteria. "My food did not agree with me, I grew thin and despondent. I could not enjoy the simplest social affair for I suffered constantly from nervousness in spite of all sorts of medicines. "This wretched condition continued until I was twenty-five, when I became interested in the letters of those who had cases like mine and who were being cured by eating Grape-Nuts. "I had little faith, but procured a box and after the first dish I experienced a peculiar satisfied feeling that I had never gained from any ordinary food. I slept and rested better that night and in a few days began to grow stronger. "I had a new feeling of peace and restfuless. In a few weeks, to my great joy, the headaches and nervousness left me and life became bright and hopeful. I resumed my studies and later taught ten months with ease—of course using Grape-Nuts every day. It is now four years since I began to use Grape-Nuts, I am the mistress of a happy home and the old weakness has never returned." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. WORST FORM OF ECZEMA. Black Spotches All Over Face—Affected Parts Now Clear as Ever— Cured by the Cuticura Remedies. "About four years ago I was afflicted with black splotches all over my face and a few covering my body, which produced a severe itching irritation, and which caused me a great deal of annoyance and suffering, to such an extent that I was forced to call in two of the leading physicians of my town. After a thorough examination of the dreaded complaint they announced it to be skin eczema in its worst form. They treated me for the same for the length of one year, but the treatment did me no good. Finally my husband purchased a set of the Cuticura Remedies, and after using the contents of the first bottle of Cuticura Resolvent in connection with the Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the breaking out entirely stopped. I continued the use of the Cuticura Remedies for six months, and after that every splotch was entirely gone and the affected parts were left as clear as ever. The Cuticura Remedies not only cured me of that dreadful disease, eczema, but other complicated troubles as well. Lizzie E. 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PAXTON CO., Boston, Mass. PTHE CIMETER, PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTER- EST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB, CO ENTEREO AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUS- KOGEE,/ 1T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MAT TER W oI. TWINE « + « « Editor, R. WOOD, - + + «+ Ass't Editor. E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager, For Govenor of the State of Oklahonia, Hion, John D. Benedict, of Muskogee. I. T. Col. Douglass, the erudite editor of the Phoenix has driven the last nail in his political coffin and is now as dead as h——. It is a jest retribution upon a worthy sub- ject. Some of our boys say that the fiery Colonel was one of the most bitter enemys that Cuney had dur- ing the turbulent times in Texas. This being true we don't wonder at lie position here and his* bitterness towards the negro, Mr. Lanning is the logical candi- date for delegate trom the 76th dis- trict. He is an able man , a splen- did Republican, and will make a clean campaign. He is the man that can beat Haskell, a country block. The boys in the trenches and from the Yorks of the road are for him, and is not that sufficient? The negroes of the Indian Terrt- tory are Republicans. They have not and do not desire to dominate; they do insist upon having a hand in helping nominate men for office and they accept the challenge thrown down by the lily whites dis- organizers and say: “Lay on MeDuff, and dammed be he‘who first cries, Hold Enough!" If Hon, N. G. Turk desires to win the S0th district he will have to con- vince the boys in the trenches that his not running on the * Douglass platform, . A Democrat is a shining angel by the side of a Republican on a Hly white platform, The devils have niade the issue and we will fight it out with them on any grounds. Rr ery fellow must come out in the open. To the Ily white editors we say fro ma_ political point: “If you sot still we chop you wid a razor, if yous runs ‘wes hoot de tof of your head off.” No decent white Republican sub- s*viber to the platform as laid Cown by Douglass and his gang and nobody but a a fool will run on that platform, The Douglass ¢andidate upon the Douglass platform cannot be nomi- nated in the 75th or the 76th dis- trict. Douglass and his band of political buccaneers shall not close the door of hope against the ne- groes in this territory. We will fight them until hell freezes over and whenever one of them pokes up his head we will have an axe ready to chop it off, We are of the opinion that Jones has been assassinated in the house of his friends and that the fellows who pretended to be his supporters, we mean the loud-mouthed blatant street demagogues, who are talking dear money and trying to defeat the matter. Such negroes should return to Arkansas or Texas, the twin hells, They have no place in this fair land. Z There is not a single man who ean be elected on the Republican ticket without the negro vote, and no decent negro will vote for any ccoundrel who desires to degrade our vives and our daughters and our boys. We want no social equal- ity, but we demand a square deal for our boys and our girls. The most treacherous and ven- omous reptile that lives is not more dangerous to our people than the lily white Republican, who though frozen has been warmed into life by the negro, True to its snakish nature, turns upon its protector, ond tries to sink its poisoinous fungs into the vitals of its friends. The lily white Republicans (and they are all lily whites who passed that Infernal, contemptible, foolish, prejudiced, hellish, damnable reso- lution;) who as editors attempted to commit the Republican party to their hellish designs and suicidal policy, are not worthy of the name of Republicans, and should take the name of anarchists, that is more fitting. $ The regions of the dammed are so full of hypocrits, treacherous cusses, ungrateful curs, political degenerates and monstrsities, such as the prtended Republican editors, of which the lion tamer Dougiass is one, that their legs are sticking out of the windows and the devil will have to enlarge the hellish re- gions if the territory outfit contin- ues to grow. The darkest of the night is just before the dawn, So it is in the life of the negro, When it seems that there is no hope, that all is lost, that the worst has come, Let us acquit ourselves like men, and never give up the fight, but con- tinue to battle for justice and right, and jin ihe end victory will crown our efforts, While in Colorado Springs, Col., we had the pleasure of listening to the musie rendered by the splen- did choir of the A, M. E, church, upon.more occasions then one and algo to the expert renditions of se- lections by that queen of elocution- ists, Miss L. C. Le Beauf. All of which makes a green spot in the memory of the Oklahoma delega- tion, and especially the Indian Ter- vitory portion thereof, to-wit: Gordon, et al. If the negro had desired to dom- inate, as Douglass and his gang say, then Douglass would not have the city printing. The negroes are the cause of his having the printing and he repays them by doing his very level best to degrade them and rob them or their rights, Like a snake, he turns to strike the hand that saved him, Douglass nor any of his gang of traitors have any right to enter a Republican convention, They are disorganizers of the worst kind and their tactics mean that /e shall rule or will run the party, and such pretended Republicans are not worth thelr room in h——, and it is well that they commit suicide now, which they have done. It is reported that Douglass and his gang will mix things in the 75th district so as to permit political traitors, pirates and lil ywhites to control the convention, This is all wrong, and we warn the plotters that the rank and file will not stand for thievery, but will demand a “square deal,’ and by the eternal Gods, we will have it, no matter what the schemers and disorganiz- ers may do. A few years ago. the negroes of Muskogee elected C. B. Douglas, chairman of the Muskogee Republi- can elub, and when one of their own number was a candidate and at a time when the Colonel was an un- known and did not have his present backing. Did this seem like negro domination? And does it not look like base ingratitude when this same man breaks forth in a tirade, cussing and damming the men who were his friends? In our opinion there is no greater crime than that of ingratitude and the Colonel, as we see it is guilty of base ingrati- tude. Douglas and the balance of the disfranchising gang are as dange rous to the success of the Republi- ean party as the fires of hell to a magazine of powder. They practi- cally say to the negro, “You can and you can’t; you will and you won't; you will be damed if you do, and dammed if you don’t.” We are prond of the records our boys have made in the various wars in which the honor of our flag was at stake, They have always been “last ditch fighters.” They die in the ditch; they never have turned their backs to the foe, In our po- litical battles in the New State of Oklahoma, our boys are keeping up the record. They are last ditch fighters. No man can evere accuse them of ingratitude; they will stay on the firing line; they will always face the enemy, and if defeat comes it will find them dying like men with their face to the enemy and with the trumpeter at all times sounding the call of advance. In this great state, of which the foun- dation is now being laid, our boys are making the fight for justice and right, and they are ably supported by all men who believe in a “square deal.” It is the last place on Ameri- can soil where the fight can be made, and right gallantly is the fight be- ing made by our boys who love truth and justice. They know that the eyes of the world are upon them and their love of home and country spurs them on to do their duty as God gives power to see it. It is not love of office or desire for personal gain that actuates our boys in this contest; they are will- ing to lay all upon the Party's al- ter for the Party’s good, but they demand from our party an equal chance in life and that the “door of hope be not closed against the back bone and sinew of the Repub; lican party in the New State.” HOLDEN'S PROTEST. Muskogee, I. T., Sept. 25,—At the Republican Editorial conven- tion for the Third Congressional district, held in Muskogee yester- day, where ten Republican editors were in attendance, the proceedings ef which appeared in this morning's Phoenix, resolutions were adopted Geclaring aginst negro rights in certain things, which the Phoenix article calls “Negro Domination,” etc. It was stated that the “reso- tlons were adopted with but one dissenting vote,” name not given. ‘IT opposed the resolutions in that part, and it was understood that my neme should go on record as such, which was not done, so I take this method of informing the public how I stand on this matter. Part of the resolutions read as follows: “Whereas, the Republican party has discharged its obligations to the negro in that it gives him full rights, equal with every other citi- zen and still stands for that pol- fey.” I endorse the above, but not the following which appears further on in these resolutions, which reads: “That it is opposed and will use every means at its command to pre- vent the nomination of negroes on any elective ticket, seeking the suf- frage of the other races.” It may be seen at a glance by any person of ordinary intelligence that there is a flat contradiction be- tween these two declarations. If the Republicans have given the ne- groes “full civil rights, equal to everyo ther citizen, and still stands for that policy,” how can any con- sistent Republican “use every means at his command to prevent the nomination of negroes on any elective ticket seeking the suf- frage of other races?” With all due respect for Brother Editors who voted for these resolu- tions, to be consistent with my past record, [ must dissent from the same, “with charity for all, malice towards none—-firmness in the right.” J. 8. HOLDEN. The above shows where that Grand Oid Man J. S, Holden stands. We knew that a man who had stod for justice and right when it was popular to be the other way could not and would not betray hist rust and turn his back upon a life time record at the bidding of a few lily whites and trickery sycophants, who sell their birthright for a mess of potage. 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 upand 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 ef the Famous Bryne Simplified Shorthand and Prae tical Bookkeeping and Business Training, Don’t put off writing untill tomorrow, do it now, The sooner you equip yourself with a practical education, theasoon- ev you will be drawing the in- creased salary it will bring, Muskogee Cimeter W. H. TWINE, Editor. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1906. South African Dreamers. Alfred Beit's bequest of $6,000,000 for the building of railroads, telegraph and telephone lines in Africa is hailed everywhere as being as good a legacy as he could have left the continent where he accumulated his vast fortune. These things carry light into the dark places of the earth, and, in spite of the wars, explorations and exploitations of recent years, Africa is still the "Dark Continent." It is noticeable that the great African millionaires like Cecil Rhodes and Alfred Beit believed in the future of Africa. They did not regard it simply as a place to make money in, get away from and forget. To the last Rhodes and Beit and others like them have talked and dreamed of the coming Africa, worked for it while alive and remembered it in their wills. They believed themselves to be not merely extractors of millions from African soil, but raise and sustain in their successors a belief in and a willingness to work for the Africa of the future. The South African millionaires have come in for a considerable amount of criticism, ridicule and abuse, some of which, it must be confessed, was not wholly undeserved. But, says the New York Press, to believe in the future of a continent and to work for that future is no small thing. When the march of time and events shall have scattered into oblivion the millions of Rhodes and Beit, their names will still have a claim to remembrance because they dreamed a dream. Beit and Rhodes, the shrewd business men, the pilers-up of vast fortunes, are dead and will soon be forgotten; but Beit and Rhodes, the dreamers, will live through many long years because they saw the vision of an Africa redeemed. Novelty of the Season. Among the season's novelties is an insane horse. The surprise is that this particular animal hasn't a docked tail. One could understand the agony of mind a horse without a tail must suffer in the heat, with green flies biting him to death, but this animal goes crazy at night, when the sun and flies have gone. He insists on standing on his head in thrifty vegetable gardens and reversing the natural order of existence, much after the style of human beings who are as mad as March hares. As a match for this insane horse, says the Boston Herald, there is the cat that enjoys a daily salt water bath. Having once fallen into the waves, it now seeks the beach and swims about in the water as though born a catfish. These animals are abnormal; they belong to the sea serpent class. London people learned with horror that Mrs. Longworth had worn one dress twice during the same week. It is unfortunately true that people will gauge a woman's importance by the size and condition of her wardrobe, and Mrs. Longworth is not the only woman who has been a victim of this sort of nonsense. A challenged Frenchman was disabled by physical infirmities, so his son took his place in the duel. Parisians and the Kentucky mountaineers can now shake hands. More than $40,000,000 worth of diamonds were brought into this country during the past fiscal year. Unfortunately, they can't be used for cooling purposes. ELEVEN CANDIDAT ES ARE NAMED The Men Nominated have been Selected by the people CONVENTIONS HELD DAILY Other Delegates to represent their Parties will be Chosen at Polls Oct. 6 Guthrie, O. T.—Up to the present time eleven men who have been nominated by the two great parties as candidate to the constitutional convention have been selected by the people. Conventions are being held nearly every day, and other delegates chosen to represent their parties at the polls on November 6. At Prague, O. T., J. M. Sandlin was nominated by the Democrats from the twenty-second district. Mr. Sandlin is city attorney of Prague The towns of Meeker, Stroud, Prague and East Sparks participated. In the Osage nation, which has two delegates, the Republicans nominated I. D. Taylor, of Pawhuska, and Frank A. Denoya, of Remington. Taylor is an attorney who represented the Osage nation in Washington last winter and Denoya is a banker. At Milhall, in the twenty-fourth district, the Republicans nominated Dan Holiday, of Crescent City, on the eighth ballot. In a convention held in the forty-third district the Democrats gave the nomination to David Hogg, of Grand. Hogg was representative from the eighth district to the last legislature. The main question dealt with in the Democratic platform were the school land and negro problems. The platform designated the Republicans as carpetbaggers and favored separate schools. The Democrats at Chandler in the twenty-third district nominated J. B. A. Robertson, of Chandler. Colonel J. F. Morphis, of Pawnee, was nominated by the Republicans of the eighteenth constitutional district. In Dewey county, comprising the forty-second district, W. R. Meyers, of Taloga, was selected. At Pauls Valley, Miles Lasater defeated E. E. Alkire for the democratic nomination from the ninety-fourth district. In the twenty-sixth district the Republicans nominated Wayne Jenkins, a farmer. Henry E. Asp, attorney for the Santa Fe, was chosen in the twenty-fifth district by the Republicans without opposition. Bodies to Be Removed.—Governor Frants Will Wait for Cimar- ron to Fall. Guthrie, O. T.—An application has been made to Governor Frantz to have the Rock Island Railroad company remove the bodies from the submerged coaches of the Dover wreck. Governor Frantz says that the road will probably remove the bodies as soon as the water falls sufficiently to permit an inspection of the interior of the submerged cars. He stated, however, if the railroad does not act promptly the territory will compel the officials to remove the bodies. County Attorney G. L. Boxman, of Kingfisher county, has notified the officials of the road that they must not remove the bodies from the wreck without first notifying the coroner. He has also requested the officials to report the names of any bodies discovered to the county authorities. If these conditions are not complied with the county authorities will, arrest the persons connected with the removal of the bodies. Deals in Land Now.—Story of Successful and Hard Working Bootlegger. South McAlester, I. T.—One of the most indefatigable bootleggers that ever did business in the Choctaw nation, so declares a South McAlester man, who likes a drink, came here year after year and was never caught. "Hundreds of times he has walked past a line of deputy marshals," continued the South McAlester man, "but never once was there the least suspicion as to what he carried on his person. The way he did it was about as follows: Year before last he used to land about twice a week in this city either from the Rock Island or the Katay. Anyone at the trains could not but have noticed the scholarly looking gentleman with eye glasses who carried two big batteries in his hands. The batterles looked liek batteries; they were not fake lookers in any sense of the word. They were rusty; they had white chalk marks on their sides and out of the top of each grip like receptacle there hung out the conventional wires which were twisted and frayed in the regular manner. Each battery box held five gallons which the bootlegger regularly retailed at $10.00 per gallon. As he made two trips a week his profits were something very respectable. The man comes to South McAlester every now and then; but he is far past the exigencies of bootlegging. He deals in land now." Form Plans at South McAlester for big demonstration. South McAlester, I. T.—A preliminary conference of delegates from the towns of the Territory coal belt which are situated on the segregated lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, was held in this city at the Busby hotel yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Boone Williams, of Lehigh, was in the chair and a numbe rof representatives from the coal towns were present. It was planned to hold a large convention in this city some time in November when the senatorial committee to investigate the surface of the segregated lands will be in session and that a memorial will be presented to that committee upon the proper disposal of the surface of the segregated lands. This convention will be made up of all sorts of delegates, bankers, farmers, Indians, professional men and others so that the committee from the senate cannot claim that it was dominated by land grafters, coal operators, railroads and grafters who were inimicable to the best interests of the Indians. When interviewed concerning the segregated lands, Chairman Beone Williams said that the segregated coal land around Lehigh and Coalgate was worth from twenty-five to fifty dollars an acre, that 11 per cent of the entire holdings of the Choctaw and the Chickasaw nations were embraced in the segregated lands and that 67 per cent of the rest belonged to the minors of the two nations and was tied up by the regulations of the in interior department. Arrest Father of Dead Boy.—Is Charged with Shielding Alleged Murderers of His Child. Tulsa, I. T.—J. A. Priester, father of Harry Priester, the 8y-ear-old boy who was murdered in West Tulsa July 5, was today arrested in connection with the crime. It is claimed that Priester threatened to kill Eugene McQueen, the prosecuting witness in the case unless the latter fled. Priester, it is alleged, has sheltered the negroes, Murray. Jackson and Howell, charged with the murder, and has maintained a peculiar attitude all along. He advances the theory that the boy was killed by a timber falling from a passing freight. How the boy got into the wheat car he does not explain. He is being examined by the grand jury tonight. BIXBY'S BOOK IS SLOW. Has Been Tied Up In the Printing Department at Washington. The book containing the laws concerning Indian treaties, lands, maps, etc., which was to have been printed by the government, seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle. The copy for this publication, at the direction of the department, was prepared by Commissioner Bixby last spring and forwarded to the government printer at Washington. There was a big demand for the book, lawyers all over the Territory wanting it. But it seems the publication has never left the press for some reason. Mr. Bixby stated today that he could not explain why the book was not forthcoming and that telegrams elicited no information. Congress will be in session again in December and make more laws concerning Indian Territory, and by that time the new book will be practically valueless. Roads to be Built Out of the Rock and Sandstone. McAlester, I. T.—The Chamber of Commerce will soon take up the question of good roads for the country immediately adjoining McAlester. In this country there is a world of good rick, sandstone which can be used for a bed and limestone for the surface and the people propose to make use of what nature has given them. It has also always been the idea of a large number of citizens of this locality, regardless of politics that it would be a good thing for the convicts of the new state to make the highways under the supervision of competent engineers and road makers. Extension of the Frisco From Okmulgee to Shawnee or Lawton. Wagoner Board Wins Big Suit. Wagoner, I. T.—Judge Louis I. Sulzbacher in the United States court this morning denied the writ of mandamus brought by the citizens of this city against the local school board to compel them to establish additional grades in at least one other of the three schools here. There are three white schools in Wagoner in one of which all grades except the fifth, sixth and seventh are taught. In another school all the grades are taught. It was the contention of the citizens that owing to the bad condition of the sidewalks and the great distance which the school children must travel to get advantage of the three above named grades that the school board should be compelled to establish the grades in at least one other of the three schools. Record of Bygone Times.—Indian Territory Historical Society Is to be Established. Muskogee, I. T.—The Muskogee Commercial club is preparing to establish a historical society. Rev. A. Grant Evans, T. P. Smith and Theodore W. Gulick have been appointed as a committee to gather data for the society. Rev. Mr. Evans has in his possession much old time history of this country. He has valuable manuscripts written by old-time residents, and an effort will be made to have them compiled and pritned for reference. The history of Indian Territory is in all probability the most interesting of any of the Middle West, and an appeal will be made to the Pioneer residents of the country to contribute toward the work. Eight Kinds of Town Killers. There are about eight kinds of town killers and every town is afflicted with one or more of them, remarks the Enid Wave. First, those who go out of town to do their trading; second, those who are opposed to improvements; third, those who imagine they own the town; fifth, those who deride public spirited men; sixth, those who ooppose movements not originating with themselves; seventh, those who oppose every movement that doesn't appear to benefit them; eighth, those who seek to injure the credit or reputation of their neighbors. A PRETTY SHOULDER ALMOST ANY WOMAN MAY HAVE THEM IF SHE LIKES. How to Acquire the Proper Slope and Plumpness and How to Dress the Different Shapes with Best Effect. Just one woman in 20 has a pair of shoulders the right shape. These statistics are gathered from a certain beauty specialist. The other 19 have shoulders that are either too high or too low. Many have round shoulders. Others have hoop shoulders. One out of three will have shoulders that extend too far forward. Fifty per cent, have shoulders of unequal height. Twenty-five per cent, have shoulders that would be right if they were carried right. And this list of defects might be carried on indefinitely, so numerous are the faults of those who might have and should have a good pair of shoulders. If the shoulders are thin there is a diet which will plump them out a little. To try this diet means very little self denial for it consists of food which nearly everybody likes. The basis is chocolate, and the chocolate diet will, in time, make not only the neck, but the arms and shoulders and hands plump. There is, put away in an obscure but picturesque part of Germany, a little "cure" which is called the chocolate cure. Here the patients go to get stout. They study the scenery, drink chocolate and cocoa, eat it and grow just fat enough. The beauty of the chocolate "cure" is that the fat settles in the right place. It does not stop at the abdomen. But it settles, rather, in the arms, the hands, the neck and the shoulders. The cereals will plump out the neck, but one must not take too much cream with them. Vegetables also plump the neck, but one must be careful to take them fresh and without too much butter. There are fats which seem to settle in the abdomen and other fats which go toward the shoulders and hands. It is curious to the student of beauty to observe the different direction which the flesh will take. One kind of food, namely potatoes, will make the abdomen full. Another kind of food will make the shoulders stout, while a third kind will cause the cheeks to grow fat. It is a knowledge of these various kinds of food which makes a woman pretty or otherwise. She can really govern her fat to suit herself if she knows what to eat. If the shoulders are of the sloping or old-fashioned type they should be dressed very plainly. A Quaker handkerchief folded around the shoulders in such a manner as to make them still lower and still more sloping is the prettiest thing in the work. Next comes the Priscilla scarf, which is a sort of plain muslin fichu; and third, there is the plain round low neck, with its neat finish and its delicate edge. All of these serve to bring out the old-fashioned lowness of the old-fashioned low sloping shoulder. The shoulder of the matron which is the plump, round shoulder, is the shoulder that can be dressed showily. It can be wrapped with furs and dressed with velvets. It can be encircled with real lace and it can be looped and twined with jewels. This shoulder is massaged until it is very plump; bleached until it is very white; pinched until it is full of life, and spatted until it is smooth. If the shoulders, in spite of every art persist in being uneven and ugly there are exercises that can be taken for them. One of these is the weight exercise. The victims walks up and down for 15 minutes a day carrying a weight in her short arm—the arm with the high shoulder. In time this will lower the shoulder. If both shoulders are high she bends backward until they are equal. VARIETY IN NECKWEAR. Pretty Little Collars in Endless Styles and All Are Fashionable. It is really impossible to mention one-half of the pretty things in this year's list of styles. Many of them are actual necessities and are required by the woman who is going to look dainty as a sort of finish to her gown. The question of what to wear at the throat is one which worries every woman under the sun. The stock has undoubtedly brought on many a case of nervous prostration. "What shall I wear around my neck?" is something which every woman asks herself at least once a day. The problem is partially solved by the little stiff linen collar which comes this year in wide variety as well as in varying height. It is embroidered and buttoned around the throat with small buttons and corresponding button holes. This serves as a sort of foundation for the stock which can be fastened over it. There is really quite a choice for the woman who goes in for a variety of neck designs. She san tuck her ruff, or she can embroider it. Or, if she desires to do so, she can make one of the flat variety which lies rather close to the neck and bust. The shape of the empire fichu is long and pointed at each end, and is cut so that it can be draped across the back, over the shoulders and high upon the bust. Here it is caught with a chou of ribbon, elaborately tied in one of the new bow knots, in which there are many ends and very few loops. HEALTH AND BEAUTY NOTES. Goggles are induced by straining the eyes. Don't use soda when shampooing the hair. Eggs and hot water are all you need. To keep the hair fluffy and free from oil give yourself a good, thorough shampoo every two weeks. Thin arms should be washed twice a day with a fine lather of soap, rinsed well, dried thoroughly and then rubbed vigorously. This treatment will bring the pores into action and induce a healthy condition of the skin. One of the most delightful sachet powders is made by combining 5 cents' worth of powdered orris root with 5 cents' worth each of oil of cloves and oil of lavender. Place in small bag of paper or silk in the dresser drawers. Here is a remedy for calloused feet: Salicylic acid, 1 dram; cocaine, 5 grains; collodion, $ \frac{1}{2} $ ounce. Paint over the corn or bunion twice a day and scrape away the superficial growth at the end of three or four days. Wrinkles can easily be overcome when they first appear. After they become furrows and gullies it is a difficult matter to erase them. The newest and best complexion treatments are a combination of scientific massage and electricity. When the hands are sore and blistered wash them in fresh buttermilk and allow it to dry on the skin, as it aids in whitening it. Slices of raw cucumber, cut thick, peel left on, may be bound on sunburned fingers at night and do wonderful work in restoring the natural color. Odd Leathers for Shoes. Crocodile skin is responsible for the most attractive light walking shoes, made with high Louis heels and large "tongues," and cross-bars caught with strass buckles. Lizard skin is also employed, and as the season advances will be much seen in connection with gowns of pale grey, the white and gray markings on the skin combining excellently with some of the new materials. Growth of Cotton Industry. In 1800 100,000 bales of cotton would have lasted the Lancashire mills for a year; now the same amount only feeds their spindles for a day and a quarter. 和 CAKES AND COOKIES RECIPES FOR MAKING SOME THAT ARE GOOD. And They Are All Easily Made and Not Expensive—Sour Cream Cake—Lady Fingers Fried in Batter. Sour Cream Cake.—Dissolve one level teaspoon of soda in a teaspoon of warm water and stir it into one-half cup of molasses. Add at once one cup of sour cream, stir, add one cup of soft light brown sugar, then beat in three and one-half cups of pastry flour sifted with one level tablespoon of cinnamon, the same of all-spice and one pound of raisins that have been seeded, chopped and rolled in flour. Bake in a moderate oven for one hour. Ginger Cookies.—One cup of molasses, one-quarter cup of butter, one level tablespoon of ginger, and a saltspoon of salt. Heat these in a saucepan until the mixture begins to boil. Take from the fire and when partly cooled add one level teaspoon of soda. Add enough flour to make a stiff dough; roll out while yet warm, cut in squares and bake in a quick oven. These cookies are best when a week old. Pineapple Cake.—Cream one rounding tablespoon of butter with one cup of sugar, add one cup of milk, two beaten eggs, and one and one-half cups of flour sifted with two level teaspoons of baking powder. Bake in two layers and spread chopped and sweetened pineapple between them. Lemon Jelly.—Soak one-half box of gelatin in one cup of cold water for one hour. Pour on one cup of boiling water, stir well and add one-half cup of sugar; when nearly cold add the juice of two lemons. Strain into a mold and set away to grow firm. Lemon Jelly Cake.—Cream one-third cup of butter, add slowly one cup of sugar and two eggs beaten until thick. Mix one and three-quarters cups of flour with two and one-half level teaspoons of baking powder. Add to the first mixture with one-half cup of milk. Bake in layer cake pans. For the filling: Mix two and one-half level tablespoons of flour, one cup of sugar, the grated rind of two lemons, one-quarter cup of lemon juice and one egg slightly beaten. Melt a level tablespoon of butter and add to the mixture; stir constantly and cook until it thickens. Lady Fingers Fried in Batter.—Take cold baking powder biscuits, cut in two, then slice each half into long, thin finger shaped pieces. Into a batter made of two well beaten eggs, a tablespoon of sweet milk, and a pinch of salt, dip each "finger," handling carefully to preserve the even edges. Fry three slices of salt pork, and into the hat fat place the fingers, well apart, and fry a golden brown. Let them fry slowly, turning gently. When done place on brown paper, that any excess of fat may be absorbed. Pile on a small platter and dust with powdered sugar. Sponge Cake.—The whites of four eggs beaten stiff, and into this fold one cup of sugar, one tablespoon of vinegar, the yolks of the four eggs beaten, one cup of sifted flour, one pinch salt. Bake in angel cake tin. Sugar Cookies.—One cup sugar, one half cup butter, two eggs, one cup sour milk, one teaspoonful saleratus, a little salt, one-half teaspoonful lemon, flour enough to make soft dough. Roll as thin as blade of knife. Cheap Wedding Cake.—Three cups of brown sugar, one and one-half cups of butter, one cup of molasses, one cup of milk, four cups, of flour, four eggs, one pound of currants, one teaspoonful of cloves and allspice, one teaspoon of nutmeg, and a wine glass of brandy; bake until the cake leaves the side of the pan. THE GAME OF FRUITS. It Will Amuse Any Company for a Few Minutes. For those who like entertainment on the conundrum order the game of fruits offers some attractions. Each member of the company is provided with a pad or slip of paper and a pencil with which to record the answers to the various questions propounded by the spokesman. Three minutes is allowed for the writing of the answer and a second reading of the query is allowable on request. Sometimes prizes are awarded for the best lists and also a booby prize. One popular last was as follows: To reveal a secret? Peach. What heads a letter? Date. A swift water passage? Currant. Lovers unable to run away? Cantaloupe. The name of an island? Plum. A cap and the outside of cheese? Tam, a rind (tamarind). A foolish person and a berry? Gooseberry. The name of a thin dress material, joined to a berry? Mulberry. A fruit mentioned in mythology? Apples. To grieve and the name of a fruit? Pineapple. An interdiction and a girl's name? Banana. Name of a game and a fruit? Checkerberry. To file or to irritate and a berry? Raspberry. An herb signifying bitterness and a sharp instrument? Rhubarb. An article? a term meaning "before," and a small house? Apricot. Remember That. To brighten nickel rub with a woolen cloth dipped in spirits of ammonia and afterward polish with a clean chamois leather. The leaves of India rubber plants should be sponged with milk and water once a week. This treatment makes them bright and glossy. When putting away silver, a little olive oil rubbed over it will prevent it from getting tarnished. When needed wash in warm, soap water and dry thoroughly. When hanging clothes to dry, remember always to hang stockings by the toes, night dresses by the shoulders and skirts by the hem, and so prevent them dragging out of shape. When staining a floor, be careful always to brush with the grain of the wood, and not against it. Permanganate of potash dissolved in boiling water makes the cheapest stain one can get. The floor should be afterward polished with beeswax and turpentine. After washing cut glass, dry very thoroughly and brush over with powdered chalk. A quite soft brush should be used, and all the crevices carefully gone into. Continue brushing till every vestige of the chalk is removed and the glass looks bright and sparkling. Dog as Friend and Food. The Germans love the dog. They look after his health; they provide him bathing establishments furnished with every modern comfort—hot and cold water, vapor, douches, friction. They appreciate his character, his fidelity, his frankness, and they regard him as food; they like him as a friend and as victuals. In Prussia alone in one quarter 526 dogs were recently killed for food.—Le Journal des Debats of Paris. Chinese Moral Law. Chinamen wear five buttons only on their coats in order that they may keep in sight something to remind them of the five principal moral virtues which Confucius recommended. These are humanity, justice, order, prudence and rectitude. I Collaborate with Betty After an absence of four weeks I was again at Betty's side. For a moment I stood in her cosy little sitting room, admiring her. "By Jove! Betty," I at length cried, "I have an idea." "How extraordinary." "I was thinking that we might collaborate," I hesitated. "Good gracious, on what?" "Oh a lot of things," I replied, "but first and foremost on a play. A regular romantic drama. What do you say?" on the beach. Instantly he experiences a strange thrill," I explain, gazing rapturously into her eyes. "Can it be love he feels tingling at his heartstrings? Now what about the heroine?" "Yes, what about her?" "Well, you're a woman and can analyze her feelings better than I," I slyly replied, hoping that the girl might inadvertently betray her sentiments toward me. "Very well," she agreed, giving me a defiant look. "At first she pays no "Oh, I'm game. When shall we begin?" "At once!" I eagerly replied. "Very well. Run into the library and get a pencil and paper." "And now for the scenario!" I cried, emerging triumphant with the required writing materials. "What's the first act to be?" she demanded. "Let me see. Oh, yes, the scene is at the seashore, say Atlantic City." Betty looked suspiciously at me. "How very peculiar!" she murmured. "Peculiar? Why?" "Nothing, only that is where we first met. But go on." "The heroine of our play," I began, as if reading from a written description, "is a beautiful, young girl with hair of spun gold, eyes of azure blue, teeth of pearly whiteness and a form so—" "Stop! Stop!" Betty commanded. "Where on earth do you suppose you can find anyone of this description to play the part?" she continued. "Why, there's not a woman alive beautiful enough to fill the requirements of your heroine." "My dear Betty," I replied, bestowing my languishing look, "my heroine is not an imaginative one. She is an actual portraiture of a living, breathing mortal." "She must be a peach," quoth Betty. "I should like to see her," she concluded. "Would you? Well, perhaps I can show her to you," I replied meaningly. "How jolly!" she innocently cried. "When?" "At once, if you care to see her." "Of course I do." "Then kindly step this way," I announced in formal tones as I took her arm and gravely led her before a large plate-glass mirror at one end of the room. There I stopped and ceremoniously cried: "Madam, behold the divinity of our play." "Mr. Winton, you are a silly goose," she assured me, but in spite of her assumed indifference, I noticed that her cheeks flushed while she bestowed a look on me that caused the wildest sort of palpitation of my rather susceptible heart. She was irresistible and I leaned forward to clasp her in my arms, but she discerned my purpose and eluded me. Bounding into the other room, she laughingly called to me: "Come! come! Harry, we must write our play before we enact it. And now for the hero. What manner of man is he to be?" "It's up to you," I replied, "to select him since you are the heroine." "Well, suppose we say—that he is a very dark, impetuous young person about 22, with great, serious, brown eyes and a cute little mustache in the incubator stage of its existence—in fact, Master Harry, since you have been so generous in bestowing my particular style of beauty on the heroine, it is only fair to invest the hero with all your manly attributes—" She dodged behind a large library chair just in time to escape the playful onrush I made for her. "Well, let's see; the hero meets her "How extraordinary." "Peculiar? Why?" on the beach. Instantly he experiences a strange thrill," I explain, gazing rapturously into her eyes. "Can it be love he feels tingling at his heartstrings? Now what about the heroine?" "Yes, what about her?" "Well, you're a woman and can analyze her feelings better than I," I slyly replied, hoping that the girl might inadvertently betray her sentiments toward me. "Very well," she agreed, giving me a defiant look. "At first she pays no attention to him, but when he becomes too persistent, she wonder who the cheeky young masher is—" "Oh, I say, Betty, that's not fair," I vehemently protested. "But this is only a play," she archly replies, giving me a covert glance. "Bless me, so it is," I reply, "but to continue, he gains an introduction through a mutual friend and everything seems smooth sailing. But, alas! he finds out on better acquaintance that she is a heartiess coquette—" "Sir!" This time it is Betty who is vexed. "In the play," I calmly continue. "Oh!" "The climax of the act comes when she leaves for New York in an automobile accompanied by the hero's rival—" "Now, Harry, I protest—he was not the hero's rival," the adorable protests with spirit. "But this is in the play," I again assure her. "Well, I don't like it, even in the play." "All right, I'll let you try your hand on the next act," I concede. "Where does it take place?" she asks. "In the auto that has broken down half way to New York." "Really, Harry, on second thought, I believe that you had better write this act. You have such a vivid im agination, you know." "Do you think so?" I ask. "Well, then, how's this? As the machine is hopelessly out of order, to avoid a scandal he suggests that they hunt up a minister and get married—" "Which suggestion she emphatically declines to agree to." Betty breaks in. "The reason is made known in the last act," she replies with irritating evasiveness, "but to continue. While they are plunged in despair a life-saving countryman, seated in a rickety farm wagon makes his appearance and takes them in tow. In this manner they reach the city and the act closes." "Rather weak, don't you think?" I ask in disappointment. "Oh, I don't know. The last act is the strong one. "The action takes place in the heroine's home and the setting is identical with these rooms. The hero after a month's absence has called on her for the first time. He is very moody and as the conversation is far from animated, suggests that they write a play—" At this moment the doorbell rings and the maid enters. She announces: "Mr. and Mrs. Knilip Armstrong." At this announcement, I start in surprise, then angrily cry: "What, that chap calling on you? And he married, too. The nerve of him." "Why, yes, he was even married when we took our automobile ride together," Betty laughs; "that was one reason that we couldn't marry after the accident." "One reason? Then, what, pray, was the other?" "He was already my brother-in-law." "Gee whiz! what a chump I am," I humbly acknowledge. "I think so, too," the unfeeling girl tells me. "Can you ever forgive a silly-nilly like me?" "If you coax hard enough, maybe," Betty relents. "Then suppose you let me into this family affair," I suggest. "What do you mean?" "Suppose you give me the right to call him brother-in-law as well as yourself." "Do you think that you deserve it?" she asks. "Well, that's the way all good plays should end," I explain. "Then for the sake of our play, I consent," and Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong entering at this moment surprise two very red-faced youngsters fondly embracing. (Copyright, 1906, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) AUTO HUNG OVER A DITCH. That Henry Hopper, of 47 West One Hundred and Thirty-seventh street is an intrepid chauffeur was the verdict returned recently by an admiring jury of policemen, says the New York Times. Hopper was piloting a two-ton automobile hansom down Broadway at Thirty-eighth street. On the west side of the street ten Italians under an Irish foreman were busy in a hole eight feet deep and 15 feet square, enlarging a sewer pipe top. Just as Hopper's machine neared the excavation the steering gear broke and the auto made for the hole. The Italians saw it coming and scrambled for dear life. While they were struggling to get out the automobile, with Hopper still in the seat, crashed into a fence of two-inch plank set upon barrels surrounding the excavation. The machine snapped the fence and then ran into a second one of equal thickness. The second fence stopped the machine just as it leaned over the hole—half way in and half way out—towering over the palefaced Italians who were huddled speechless in a corner. As the machine leaned over the hole Hopper looked down and laughed. "Come out o' that," he commanded, "and help me get out o' this." They he lighted a cigarette and crossed his legs nonchalantly. A crowd of 500 persons was soon on the scene. Twenty men tried to pull the auto back to the street, but they couldn't budge it. Then somebody got a rope and hitched one end to the machine and another to a trolley car standing near by. The car backed away, but still the machine wouldn't leave the excavation. Then they connected two cars, and by their combined force the hansom was restored to the pavement. Hopper didn't want to leave his seat while all this was going on, but the police made him get down. After it was all over he jumped to the box again, put on the power and scooted west into Thirty-eighth street. The machine was uninjured and the crowd cheered. Rice and Apple Dumplings. These are recommended as more wholesome than those made with potato or flour. Boil a pint of rice until tender and steamed light. Have ready as many pudding cloths as you wish dumplings, each one a little less than a quarter of a yard square. Lay each one in turn over a small half-pint basin and spread with boiled rice about half an inch thick. Put in the center quarters of peeled, sour tender apples, then with the cloth work the rice over the fruit until smoothly covered. Dislike Dark-Colored Objects. Bees are said to have such an antipathy to dark-colored objects, that black chickens have been suung to death, while white ones of the same brood were left untouched. Tie up the cloth closely and proceed in this way until all are made. Steam three-quarters of an hour and serve with sweetened cream. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE LITTLE SUGGESTIONS THAT WILL BE OF HELP TO HER. Line the garbage cans with newspapers and the garbage can be handled much easier. To fill glass jars stand jar on a steel knife blade and it may be filled with safety and ease. Set on cloth wet in hot water. If furniture is infested with moths remove the lining beneath the seat and interline with tar paper. This will also effectually prevent the coming of the pest. Rubber overshoes can be patched with a strip of surgeon's adhesive plaster, if the hole is not too large. If leather "lifts" are fitted into the heels of rubbers the overshoes will wear longer than without them. Peroxide of hydrogen is a valuable antiseptic to have in the house. It makes a pleasant mouth wash and throat gargle when diluted and will remove blood stains very satisfactorily if used before the stain is dry. A glove that is a comparatively new invention is made of cotton threads and filled with a powder that is a good polish. As the glove is used the powder sifts between the threads, so that the article that is being rubbed is cleaned as well as polished. To clean diamond panes in lattice windows stir a little kerosene in tepid water. Rub pieces of newspaper soft and soak in this, squeeze them almost dry and then rub the "diamond." Wipe at once with old linen. With other newspaper rubbed between the hands, but not wet, polish the glass. A medium-sized camel's hair paint brush is much more effective and easier to handle than the sponge fastened to the cork in shoe polish for blacking shoes. Rub the shoelace with beeswax and it will not come untied easily. A bit of the wax applied to the end when the metal tip is lost will facilitate the lacing. An adjuster for curtains and pictures has been invented that will no doubt save many a fall, not to speak of sprains and bruises. It consists of a long wooden handle on the end of which is a hooklike projection of iron. With this hook pictures may be removed from the molding and curtain poles may be adjusted with the greatest ease, without having to climb on a chair or stepladder. No matter how many patented helps to your work you may possess, don't neglect to have a pair of good rubber gloves. These gloves may be obtained in any length, from those that are quite short to the ones that come up to the elbow. Unless they are constantly worn the nails will never be in good condition if much housework is done and the hands become grimy and altogether unattractive looking. To make a tough steak tender spread the steak with olive oil instead of beating it to bruise the fibers, which lets the juice run out into the fire. Let it remain an hour or so before cooking. Broil quickly so that each side will be thoroughly seared, then prop up your broiler so as to be a little farther from the fire, for the slower heating through. That cooks the inside juices without losing them. Melt a small piece of butter in two tablespoonfuls of vinegar and pour it over the steak while hot. This makes an appetizing gravy. Lemon juice can be used instead of vinegar if preferred. Do You Keep Your Cards Clean? Spirits of camphor is a help to the hostess in keeping her packs of cards in a spotless condition. If the cards are not badly soiled gentle rubbing with a sponge dipped in the camphor will restore their former fresh appearance. HOUSEHOLD—2143. PHILADELPHIA SUICIDES WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE MAELSTROM OF MONEY MAKING. MANY BIG MEN WHO HAVE ENDED THEIR LIVES IN THE TANGLES OF FRENZIED FINANCE. Philadelphia.—Wildcat. speculation followed or preceded either by defalcation or betrayal of trust, has been responsible for a startling number of suicides in Philadelphia among men of affairs and prominence in the social world. Beginning with the sensational failure of the Keystone National bank, in 1891, which ruined men whose reputations were as untarnished as that of the president of the Real Estate Trust company, and which resulted in jail for two of them, Philadelphia has had an amazing series of financial scandals and bank wrecks. Bank depositors have lost millions, but the largest inroads of the wildcat financiers were made in asphalt and in Consolidated Lake Superior. In these two companies the public, largely in Philadelphia, dropped upward of $100,000,000. In nearly every suicide caused by wildcat finance, attempts have been made to suppress the facts, as in the case of the president of the Real Estate Trust company, whose suicide was known to the members of his family, the coroner and the coroner's physician for six days, and was even suppressed by Philadelphia papers. So determined were these two officials to prevent the news from becoming public that the physician filed a false certificate of the actual cause of death, ascribing it to cerebral hemorrhage, but omitting to state that the hemorrhage was due to a bullet fired into the brain with suicidal intent. FRANK K. HIPPLE AND JOHN S. HOPKINS. The circumstances surrounding the self-destruction of Frank K. Hipple and of John S. Hopkins, cashier of the People's bank, who killed himself in March, 1898, are strikingly similar. Both men occupied positions of trust, were prominent in church work, had a rigid code of morals for the government of their employes, and were strict observers of the Biblical injunction to remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Neither would ride in a public conveyance on Sunday unless the exigency were imperative. Neither would countenance the use of liquor or tobacco in any form. Hopkins maintained this attitude to the day he destroyed himself, although he was associated with the most corrupt cabal of politicians in Pennsylvania. The People's bank was Mat Quay's bank. It was while he was in control that he wrote the famous letter to a henchman that he would "shake the plum tree." The difference between Hipple and Hopkins was in the amount of their stealings. The cashier of the Quay bank got away with only $700,000, which he lent on worthless collateral to a concern called the Guarantors company. He foisted the securities off on the directors as of value and when exposure threatened, he prepared himself for death and eased his conscience by writing a voluminous letter of contrite explanation to James McManes, president of the institution. Then he went into the bathroom of his house, on West Spruce street, and put a bullet into his brain. Hipple always sought, in the employment of clerks, to bring in young men who were members and regular communicants in some church. He did not differentiate as to denomination. In addition to refusing to have as clerks any users of tobacco or liquor he was opposed to any of his employes reading Sunday newspapers or visiting race tracks. As there are no race tracks in Philadelphia, New York was the nearest place for those who sought that form of amusement. President Hipple learned about a year after the Real Estate company was organized that one of his young men had visited Sheepshead bay and had won a five-dollar bet. The president took him into his private office and prayed with him. He gave him a marked Bible, and then dismissed him from the company's service, so that danger of contamination would be avoided. FRANKLIN B. GOWEN, RAILROAD PRESIDENT. Unfortunate speculation without the defalcation feature brought about the self-inflicted death of Franklin B. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad, and one of the most brilliant and successful lawyers in the Keystone state. He shot himself in December, 1889, but as the deed was committed in Washington and not in Philadelphia, the circumstances became known within 24 hours. The belief was general that he had been murdered by agents of the Mollie Maguires, in revenge for the active part he took in suppressing that band of thugs. The fact that Gowen had taken his own life was established the next day, and then began an investigation as to the possible cause. The moral character of the great lawyer was above reproach. His life had been singularly clean, and his reputation never had been tarnished by even as much as the breath of scandal. He died without having made a will and when an appraisal of his estate was made it was found that he had left but $450,000 in personal and real property of an estate which in his lifetime was estimated to be worth between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000. He had been induced to invest in southern lands, where it is believed he suffered great losses. The full particulars never were revealed, but there was no other reason to ascribe than despondent desperation brought on by investments which impaired a considerable fortune. WILLIAM M. SINGERLY, NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER. William M. Singerly, proprietor of the Philadelphia Record, president of the Chestnut Street National bank and the Chestnut Street Trust company, died under circumstances which pointed unmistakably to a death self-inflicted. Cyanide of potassium is be- lieved to have been the agent, but so far as the records of the coroner's office go, that cause is not ascribed. Notwithstanding this official veiling no one in Philadelphia familiar with the wild and reckless peculation in which Singerly was involved, and which resulted in the failure of the banks in which he was interested, believes that he died a natural death. Singerly was a peculiar combination. He was born in Philadelphia in 1832. His father was a pioneer in street car transportation and made a fortune. In his young manhood William M. Singerly developed a liking for conviviality, which resulted in his income being cut off, and he was put to work as a car conductor at a small salary. This enforced employment brought about a reformation after he had passed his thirty-fifth year. He then displayed qualities of shrewd business sense which it was not believed he possessed. Without any previous knowledge of newspaper making he succeeded in gaining control of a small newspaper called the Public Record. He changed its make-up and its general method of treatment of the topics of the day, and astonished the town by reducing the price to one cent. He became Democratic candidate for governor and made a canvass of the state in a special train. He had then gone into the breeding of blooded horses and had one Futurity victory to his credit—the capture of $100,000 in stake and bets by Morrello in the season of 1892. Spreading out still further, Singerly went into banking and organized two institutions. Reckless loans drove him to the wall, and in 1897 both banks failed. On February 27, 1898, Mr. Singerly died suddenly in his home. The story was given out that heart disease had carried him off, aggravated by his financial troubles. After his death the community was startled to learn that he was in debt to the defunct Chestnut Street bank to the extent of $800,000, which he had borrowed on collateral security of $75,000. JOSEPH G. DITMAN, BANKER. DROWNED. Joseph G. Ditman, president of the Quaker City National bank, disappeared mysteriously and for two days it was believed he had been robbed and murdered. After a drive through Fairmount park his empty carriage and the horse were found. Search for the banker continued for a month. Detectives went to all parts of the United States and large rewards were offered. Forty days after his disappearance the decomposed body of the banker was found floating in the Schuylkill river. Ditman was brought up in the paper manufacturing business, and abandoned it to go into banking. He discounted paper for his old-time associates on the flimsiest sort of collateral. He sunk thousands of dollars in a silver mine in South Carolina. He went into the printing business to recoup his losses, and lost more, and in less than two years, through his wildcat speculation, and lack of care, he was stripped of every dollar he possessed. His mind became affected and the suicide theory was generally accepted, notwithstanding the judgment of the coroner's jury that he was drowned by accident. BENJAMIN H. GASKILL, BROKER, THIEF, FORGER. Benjamin H. Gaskill was one of the most noted exemplars of fraudulent finance, who cheated his friends and then killed himself to avoid facing them. He was a thief and a forger, but this discovery was not made until after his death. In his lifetime Gaskill enjoyed the respect and esteem of his business associates. His reputation for probity was of the best, and his credit was gilt-edged. After his suicide a diary was found among his effects in which he spoke of himself as a Jekyll and Hyde. He wrote that he could not make himself understood to sordid minds and that his aspira- tions were too high for the ordinary mortal to grasp. Gaskill was not as pronounced a churchman as Hipple, but he made a practice of keeping up a friendship with churchgoers. His forgeries forced the City Trust, Safe Deposit & Surety company into bankruptcy. His methods were ingenious, and he reaped something like a million dollars. It was not exactly wildcat speculation in his case. It was rather the credulity and trustfulness of those he defrauded that brought him the enormous returns. Accidental discovery drove him to suicide. CONGRESSMAN ADAMS, HIMSELF ONLY VICTIM. Robert Adams, Jr., familiarly known as "Bertie" Adams, former minister to Brazil, prominent as one of the original explorers of the Yellowstone region and member of congress from the Second district of Pennsylvania, committed suicide by shooting in his apartments in the Metropolitan club, Washington, on the 1st day of last June. Wildcat speculation was directly responsible. He died absolutely penniless, having dissipated a fortune of $300,000. He left a note addressed to Speaker Cannon, in which he said that as his personal obligations exceeded his resources he was obliged to abandon the responsible position he held in the house of representatives. The congressman lost money at cards, but the greater part of his wealth went in land investments and in loans on worthless securities. He sent good money after bad in the hope of recovery. JOSIAH R. ADAMS, VICTIM OF POLITICAL ATTACK. Josiah R. Adams, a prominent clubman and a lawyer and a noted figure in the most exclusive set of Philadelphia's fashionable world, killed himself in a hotel in Philadelphia, six years ago. Adams was a man of rare culture. He took a liking for the excitement of political life, and affiliated himself with the Quay machine. He was nominated for judge of the superior court. A bitter attack was made upon him by a local newspaper. He was accused of having conspired with another man to defraud the public by a get-rich-quick scheme, in which it was alleged that hundreds of persons were induced to invest to their sorrow. Adams made a weak denial to the charge, and withdrew from the ticket. He never recovered from the blow. On the day he shot himself he kissed his wife affectionately, left her, and in five minutes was dying from a bullet wound in the head. JOHN FIELD, MERCHANT, LOST MIND WITH MONEY. John Field, once postmaster of Philadelphia, a member of the old wholesale dry goods house of Young, Smyth, Field & Co., shot and killed himself in Fairmount park while insane. He came from Ireland when he was 14 years old and began as errand boy in the house which he subsequently controlled. The firm did an immense business and in addition to branches in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and San Francisco, carried on a banking business in Saxony. 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