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The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 9 HIS HONOR'S CHOICE TEMPORARILY SOLVES POLITI CAL MUDDLE BY NAMING TEMPORARY OFFICERS. Recognizes No Politics Jackson, Democrat, Judge; Crump, Democrat, Attorney; Cook, Republican, Sheriff; Bucher, Republican, Clerk. W. C. Jackson, county judge. W. J. Crump, county attorney. Fred Cook, sheriff. Carroll S. Bucher, district clerk. District Judge John H. King in order to organize his court yesterday made the above appointments, pending settlement of a contest for the offices of the republican and democratic candidates. Jackson and Crump are democrats, while Cook and Bucher are republicans. Judge King did not pass on the legal questions of the contest. This will be done when the proper contests are begun. The appointments were merely for the purpose of organizing. This will compel the opponents of Jackson and Crump to enter contests and the opponents of Cook and Bucher to do likewise. Judge King announced from the bench that as a judge he would recognize no political parties. This action is purely non-partisan, and in no way will affect the result of the contexts. Court was regularly organized and before adjournment the court announced that the next term of the district court will begin December 2 in Muskogee. Sheriff Cook, for the benefit of the public announced that he would have temporary quarters in room 305 Iowa building, and that his phone number is 163. An attorney filed a petition with the court for habeas corpus to release a prisoner from the federal jail. County Attorney Crump demurred and the judge sustained Crump on the ground that he had no jurisdiction over federal prisoners. The first official act of Sheriff Cook was to serve a notice on Miss Alice Robertson of a civil suit against her by Irvin Blanchard. The latter brings suit to compel her to build a fence on her farm which adjoins his. Sheriff Cook announced the appointment of Dave Adams and Grant Huddleston as deputy marshals for the time being. Adams is a former office deputy U. S. marshal and Huddleston assistant chief of police. The financial condition is gradually growing better. All of our banks are in good shape and if the people will only have [Black and white photograph of a group of men in formal attire, posed outdoors under a tree. The men are arranged in a semi-circle, with some standing behind others. The group includes men in suits, ties, and hats, as well as children and a woman holding a baby. The background is a natural setting with trees and foliage.] State Grand Lodge Officers of the United Brothers of Friendship of the Oklahoma Jurisdiction Elected at Wagoner August 26=30,1607 confidence and be patient all will be weil. Preset conditions are not due to mismanagement of the banks, but by speculators and gamblers in Wall street. A white lawyer said the other day that all Negro lawyers had better look out. His meaning is a little obscure, as all members of the bar come under the same rule in United States and in state courts. We are willing to take our chances. The Colored people of the new state will organize a league for their protection no one of the officers will be a non resident no matter what his calling may be. All things considered, Oklahoma to day is the very best state in the Union for our people and we invite them to come, in spite of the threats of some people who desire us to go elsewhere. Lovers of right and fair play are still in the majority regardless of party affiliations and GOD IS NOT DEAD. There is work here for us to do aid no one but a coward will shirk his duty. It is said that when the Trans Mississippi Congress refused to Pioneer Abstract Co. IOWA BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. allow the Colored delegate from Coffeyville to be seated, the entire delegation went home. This shows that Kansas is still God's country. The real men in every country are in favor of right. It is only the little fellows who accidently get into big places that show their bad breeding. Muskogee county and city will continue to grow and prosper. Those seeking homes should come to the new state of Oklahoma and to Muskoge county. Lands having good titles can be bought here at reasonable prices. Come now before it is too late. The state legislature meets at Guthrie on the second day of December. There will not be anything of importance accomplished before January. In the meantime we should remember No 8 1907. that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty and we should make our fight for a square deal at the hands of those in power. The present county officials that are recognized by the court are doing business and are all competent men even if some of them are off in their politics. No they can't disfranchise the Negro any more than they can the Indian, white man, Jap ar Chinamar. If they make an educational qualification they will loose as much as we do. If they make a property qualification the same holds true. The grand father clause is a dead number. Just watch the next battle. There will be something doing. The fellow who sulks in his tent and plays the baby act by saying nothing can be done, is a coward and dererves all that he gets. The right to vote and have that vote counted is a sacred right and he who refuses to fight for that right is a coward and a poltroon and is not worth his room in h-1. Suspended Members. Trinity Lodge No. 84, F. & A. M. This is to certify that the following brothers are suspended indefinitely or until you are further notified, viz.: Elmo Williams. L. E. Sango, Jr. Ketch Canard. James Ceasar. Please take notice and govern yourselves accordingly. Golden Rule No. 81. By We need more good farmers and business men to come and locate with us. Oklahoma is today the best part of the United States for our people. Come now while lands are cheap and help us build up the new state. abstract Co. JILDING Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. OKLA China's Big Task. The Chinese government is instituting various reforms, and in some cases is employing drastic means. With regard to indulgence in opium, for instance, the government appears to have resolved fully that the habit must go, and is prepared to adopt severe measures to effect the purpose. Regulations are now in force against the use of the drug, and the government evidently is convinced that the law is not invariably complied with. An imperial edict condemns several princes and others high in office for disregarding the law, and suspends them from exercising their official functions. Some leniency is shown to men fairly well on in years, as those of 60 years or over who have acquired the habit are given reasonable time in which to discontinue it. But if they, within the prescribed period, and others within a shorter time do not stop using opium, all hands will be "fired" from the office and lose their rank as well. Of course as regards the smaller fry and the ordinary subjects, all caught at "hitting the pipe" or otherwise indulging in the drug will be dealt with in exemplary fashion. This is reform with a stern front, and it remains to be seen whether it will succeed completely, says Troy Times. The government can at least plead great provocation. The opium habit, which, by the way, was introduced from elsewhere, has a powerful hold upon the Chinese people, and its effects are most deplorable and demoralizing. The better sentiment of the world will sympathize with the Peking government in its desire to stamp out the evil. Back to the West. The buffaloes came from the west and now they are going back. Years ago the animals roamed the plains in countless numbers. Indiscriminate slaughter by hunters of big game and by settlers and Indians for food purposes has practically exterminated them in their old haunts. A few are to be found in private parks and zoological collections, and it appears that from these sources the new supply from the west must come, if at all. There is an 8,000-acre national reservation in Oklahoma, established by the United States government, and here it is proposed to gather as many of the buffaloes as possible, turn them loose under conditions approximating those of their native habitat and leave them to enjoy life and to increase and multiply after their kind. Some of the buffaloes will come from the New York zoological park in the Bronx, and a "cowboy naturalist" is about to start from Oklahoma to round up the beasts and take them to their new western home. London lays claim to the champion lazy man of the world. In support of the claim it gives his statement that he never voluntarily did an hour's work in his life, and the fact that he went to sleep while the court was sentencing him to the workhouse. Indiana ought to be able to produce some man who is too lazy to go to sleep. Is there nothing on which scientists can agree? A Paris doctor says prunes may bring on baldness. However, he may be retained by boarding house keepers who had noticed the increased popularity of the once humble dish since the price has gone up. ENCOURAGING FACTS ENCOURAGING FACTS THOSE CONTEMPLATING CHANGE OF RESIDENCE SHOULD READ THEM. The other day the writer was in the Office of the Canadian Government at St. Paul, Minnesota. On the windows of the building were signs to the effect that homesteads of 160 acres were given free to actual settlers, and in the windows were displays of wheat, oats, barley, other grains and vegetables, which he was told were grown in Western Canada. This could be readily believed for in no other country on the Continent would it be possible to grow such splendid specimens. The world is now pretty well advised that in the growing of such cereals as have been named and vegetables as well the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have no competitor. For several years past specimens have been exhibited at State and County Fairs throughout the State, and these exhibits are looked upon as one of the chief attractions. They have demonstrated what can be done in the climate of a country possessing a soil that will grow things. But that it was possible to grow vegetables such as were seen there seemed to create some doubt. But it was the case. And apples too. Not of course the splendid fruit grown in countries more congenial to such culture, but they were in evidence. Throughout Indiana, the hoosier farmers were forced to stop and think. When a similar exhibit was placed before them during the past few weeks, many of them were forced to stop and remark: "That is much ahead of anything we can do. The quality of the grain we have conceded, for has not so-and-so sent us samples grown on his own farm the like of which we had never seen before. But to think of the vegetables—and such vegetables. Why, we thought everything was frozen up there, and these turnips, cabbages, cauliflowers, beets, mangolds, pumpkins, and squashes are away ahead of anything we ever saw grow." That is the story everywhere. Thousands of Western Canada homesteaders, formerly United States citizens, are growing just such grain, just such vegetables, which yield them a splendid profit with little outlay on the farms that they have secured from the Government of the Dominion of Canada at the nominal cost of $10 for 160 acres. If adjoining land is wanted it can be secured from the railway companies or from private individuals at moderate prices and reasonable terms. By placing your name and address on a postal card and addressing it to the Canadian Government Agent, whose name appears elsewhere, a copy of "Last Best West" telling you all about it will be sent you free. "Society of One-Legged Men." The president of the "Society of One-Legged Men" has arrived in Paris accompanied by another "unijambist." They had walked from Marseilles, a distance of nearly 600 miles, and, in spite of their infirmity, they averaged over 11 miles a day. "Nails" "Nails are a mighty good thing—particularly finger nails—but I don't believe they were intended solely for scratching, though I used mine largely for that purpose for several years. I was sorely afflicted and had it to do. One application of Hunt's Cure, however, relieved my itch and less than one box cured me entirely." It is cruelty to the innocent not to punish the guilty.—Syrus. Onions Net $600 an Acre This is What They Are Raising on Land in South Texas That You Can Buy—10 to 640 Acres and Two Town Lots for $210 Without Interest—Payable $10 Per Month. The Famous Simmons Ranch South of San Antonio is Now on the Market Investigate This and Get in Before it is Too Late. Messrs. F. L. Beatty and I. F. Isham, of Carnegie, Okla., and G. A. Severns, of Mountain View, Okla., all well known, reliable gentlemen, write: Carnegie, Okla., March 12, 1907. Dr. C. F. Simmons, San Antonio, Texas. Dear Sir:—We left Oklahoma on the morning of the 6th of March to visit your Atascosa County lands, for the purpose of seeing the land and investigating your proposition for ourselves, and our neighbors who are contemplating purchasing. We spent some time on the ranch and satisfied ourselves thoroughly that the land was all that you had represented it to be. The soil is fine and the water is as good as can be. We have brought away samples of soil taken from different places, and Cotton, Alfalfa, Wheat and Corn that can be seen by calling at the office of F. L. Beatty, at Carnegie, Oklahoma. This land will produce anything that is planted upon it if properly cultivated. We stood on top of the hill in the Musgrove pasture, and could see for miles in every direction, almost over the entire property. This land is all irrigable, and sufficient water can be obtained to irrigate the entire property. We are entirely satisfied to recommend the proposition to our people. The only thing needed to make this a great country is a railroad, and we have your assurance that it will be built at an early date. If you can satisfy the people that this railroad will be built through this land within any reasonable time, there will be no trouble about finding purchasers for every farm and lot that you have got. It is such an easy country to build a railroad over, and you are offering such a large bonus, and the tonnage will be so great for a railroad through that country when this property is sold, that you certainly will be able to find some one who will build the road without delay. We will be glad to have you refer anyone who wants to know anything about this land to us. Write today for literature telling you all about the ranch and photographic views of same. DR. CHAS. F. SIMMONS, 215 Alamo Plaza, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. Wintersmith's CHILL TONIC Cures Chills AND Malarial Fevers 50c and $1 Standard for 45 years; leaves no bad effects like quinine; pleasant to take; children like it, seldom falls to make permanent cure. Guaranteed under Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906. At your druggists; or sent prepaid on receipt of price. ARTHUR PETER & CO.. Gen'l Agts. Louiseville, Ky. Its Dangerous To neglect a cold the results are too often very serious. Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pneumonia and Consumption are frequently the consequences. Upon the appearance of a cold, sore throat or chest, use Simmons'-Cough Syrup. It soothes the irritation, loosens the phlegm and promptly cures you. "How did your son who was stage- struck, find this starring business?" "All moonshine." STIFF, YES WET AND DAMP CAUSE COLD IN THE JOINTS S T JACOBS O I TAKES OUT THE PAIN AT ONCE,REMOVESTHE STIFFNESS. PREVENTS ITS RETURN, TOO. FINE FOR BRUISES,SPRAINS AND SORENESS. Price 25c and 50c. We also manufacture Razzle Dazzles. 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Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee, I T., as Second Class Mail Matter. We need more good farmers and business men to come and locate with us. Oklahoma is today the best part of the United States for our people. Come now while lands are cheap and help us build up the new state. ASSAULTS FEDERAL JUDGE. Ex-Mayor Watts of Wagoner, Ok., Resents Former Indictment. Muskogee, Ok., Nov. 20.—Charles G. Watts, former mayor of Wagoner, this afternoon assaulted former United States Judge C. W. Raymond in the lobby of the Katy hotel. Raymond was cut on the head by an umbrella with which Watts struck him. One eye is also closed, and he is under medical treatment. Both men paid fines. Watts was indicted on a charge of embezzlement, while Raymond was on the bench, and was acquitted when tried.—K. C. Journal, 11-21-07. Nice ad for Muskogee is it not? If some negro had been guilty of a similar outrage, the local papers would have been full of stuff. As it is, the Phoenix just gloats over the affair. Where is the boasted chivalry of these white folks who brag of their love of fairness? The negro delegates to the T. M. C. were turned down, not permitted to take a seat with their delegation. There were only two, one from Kansas and one from Oklahoma. When they were requested to go to the gallery they told the usher to go to h—or some such clime. The election is over. The officers selected be they democrat or republican, are the officers of all the people, and the people expect the officers to deal with them fairly, honestly and well, regardless of party affiliations. This we believe they will do, because so far as we know all of the officials are high class gentlemen. The Democrat condemns the colored man from Oklahoma who came as delegate to the T. M. C. Well, Mr. Hudson can stand it if the Democrat can and so can Gov. Frantz. The truth of the matter is, the Democrat strains at a gnat and swallows a camel. How about the colored delegate from Kansas, and then there were other people there who carry negro blood. Eh? Moty Tiger the chief of the Creeks, raised a storm in the T. M. C. and the Evening Democrat proceeds to cuss him out. Tiger was here before the Democrat and knows the people and their wants and has the moral courage to stand up for the rights of his people. It is the duty of all negroes to see that the criminal negro grows beautifully less in our community and that the criminal white man joins the same class and then the loyal, law-abiding negro must stand up for his rights under the law, regardless of the outlaws who deny him that right. FOR SALE. 3-room house and 50 ft. lot close in, $650.00. Two-room house and lot for $450.00. Lot in Factory Addition, $75.00. Lot in Lincoln Park, $50.00. Write W. H. TURNE, Box G, Muskogee, Okla. Suspended Members. Trinity Lodge No. 84, F. & A. 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TEB. --- THANKSGIVING HOSPITALITY The waning year grows brown and gray and dull. And poets sing November bleak and sere; But from the bounteous garnered harvest store. With grateful hearts we draw Thanksgiving cheer. Occasionally, these days, we get a glimpse of real old fashioned hospitality, the kind that creeps right into the marrow of your bones and makes your blood tingle with the true spirit of good fellowship. Never is this feeling more universally or potently expressed than on Thanksgiving; the occasion for festive home gatherings, reunions, and where strangers are made welcome as one of your own kin. Lucky and blessed is the woman who can extend hospitality on this day, and lucky, too, is the host who can preside at his own board, among congenial spirits. It is a very serious mistake to keep your guests at the table for three or four hours, as is frequently the case; though, to be sure, part of this time is taken up at the conclusion of the dinner, as the men linger over their coffee and cigars, and with the inevitable flow of gossip throughout the meal. The foundation of the dinner consists of an appetizer, soup with relishes, turkey with vegetables, a salad, a dessert of pies—pumpkin, mince and apple—to which may be added an ice and a steamed pudding if desired, nuts, raisins and coffee. Three indispensable pies are pumpkin well seasoned with brandy, mince and apple with cheese. Steaming hot Indian pudding or plum pudding with a stiff sauce is equally appropriate. An ice is sometimes served, such as lemon or orange. Coffee demi tasse follows, together with assorted nuts, raisins, dates, figs and bonbons. An unique name card is given in this article. In place of the pumpkin pie, pumpkin fachonettes, pastry shells with pumpkin filling, make a novel substitute. And a chestnut compote is equally pleasing and out of the beaten track. An excellent Thanksgiving cake, which may be served with tea, is made of spices, a cup of strong, black coffee, chopped raisins, nuts and melted marshmallows, covered with icing (vanilla colored with rose water or orange) and halved pecans or pignolia nuts. AFTER THANKSGIVING. How Johnny Green Dreamed He Looked DOCTORS IN GRAND JURY NET. Two Indicted in Iowa for Conspiracy to Force an Independent Physician from a Surgical Case. Waverly, Ia.—The Bremner county grand jury, which a few weeks ago indicted fourteen members of the county medical association, alleging violation of the anti-trust law, recently reported additional indictments against Dr. W. A. Rohlf and Dr. O. L. Chaffee on the general ground of conspiracy. Their alleged offense was of forcing an independent doctor from a surgical case, in which he as well as one of the accused doctors had been employed, after he had refused to sign the union scale. True to His Promise. A teacher in a tenement district hurried from the school to find the mother of a pupil who had been taken quite ill. "Can you show me where Mrs. Angelo Scandale lives?" she inquired of a cherub transplanted from the sunny south to a dark, sunless alley. "Yes, teach', I show you," and a willing, sticky hand dragged her on with such speed as to make her stumble over an Italian name seated on the threshold. After the teacher's breathless flight toward the clouds, the little hand stopped tugging. "There where Mees Scandale live," indicated the horizontal arm and finger, "but she downstair sitting on the step," finished the smiling lips.— Harper's Magazine. Missed His Vocation. Reginald de Koven, the composer, tells of a grocer and a druggist who attended a Wagner concert. As the program did not please them they began talking on music in general and on Wagner in particular. "Another example of the fact that every man wants to do something out of his line," said the druggist. "That's all right," assented the grocer. "Now, I'm a grocer, but I've always wanted to be a banker." "You'd probably fail," added the druggist. "Look at me. I'm a success as a druggist, yet I've always wanted to write a book. This man Wagner tries his hand at music. Just listen to it. And yet we all know he builds good parlor cars!"—Success. SCHOOL TEACHERS Also Have Things to Learn. "For many years I have used coffee and refused to be convinced of its bad effect upon the human system," writes a veteran school teacher. "Ten years ago I was obliged to give up my much loved work in the public schools after years of continuous labor. I had developed a well defined case of chronic coffee poisoning. "The troubles were constipation, flutterings of the heart, a thumping in the top of my head and various parts of my body, twitching of my limbs, shaking of my head, and, at times after exertion, a general "gone" feeling with a toper's desire for very strong coffee. I was a nervous wreck for years. "A short time ago friends came to visit us and they brought a package of Postum with them, and urged me to try it. I was prejudiced because some years ago I had drunk a cup of weak, tasteless stuff called Postum which I did not like at all. "This time, however, my friend made the Postum according to directions on the package, and it won me. Suddenly I found myself improving in a most decided fashion. "The odor of boiling coffee no longer tempts me. I am so greatly benefited by Postum that if I continue to improve as I am now, I'll begin to think I have found the Fountain of Perpetual Youth. This is no fancy letter but stubborn facts which I am glad to make known." 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If Pruyn hadn't done that I should have put my foot in it."—Harper's Weekly. Some of Them. "Don't you think it is dreadful for society to be taking up any of these esoteric oriental ideas?" "Oh, but the Oriental rugs are perfectly lovely!"—Baltimore American. SICK HEADACHE CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. TRAD. MARK They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature Brew Wood REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. U.M.C. ARROW SHELLS The Shells for Wild Fowl Don't cripple your ducks. Kill them with Arrow Shells. All standard smokeless powders loaded. Perfect from primer to crimp. The Union Metallic Cartridge Co. Bridgeport, Conn. Agency, 315 Broadway, New York City Sales Office, San Francisco, Cal. U.M.C.CO. NO. 12 ARROW U.M.C.CO. 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Thousands of homessteads of 160 acres each Some of the choiceest lands in the grain growing belts of Saskatchewan and Alberta have recently been opened for settlement under the Revised Homestead Regulations of Canada. Thousands of homessteads of 160 acres each are now available. The new regulations make it possible for entry to be made by proxy, the opportunity that many in the United States have been waiting for. Any member of a family may make entry for any other member of the family, who may be entitled to make entry for himself or herself. Entry may now be made before the Agent or SubAgent of the District by proxy, (on certain conditions' by the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of intending homesteader. "Any even numbered section of Dominion Lands in Manitoba or the North-West Provinces, excepting 8 and 26, not reserved, may be home-steaded by any person this year, or male over 18 years of age, to the extent of one quarter section, of 160 acres, more or less." 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I also induced a young lady, who was all run down and confined to the house, to take Pe- runa, and after taking Peruna for three months she is able to follow her trade of tailoring. [can recommend Peruna for all such who are ill and require a tonic.” Pe-ru-na Tablets. Some people prefer to take tablets rather than to take medicine in a fluid form. Such people can obtain Peruna tablets, hich represent the ‘solid me: dicinal ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet is equivalent to one average dose of Peruna. —_—_— Encouraged, “Iam afraid,” said Mr. Henpeck, “that I made a fool of myself to-day.” “Don't worry about it,” his wife re- plied; “it isn’t likely that anybody no- ticed anything unusual about the way. you spoke or acted.” Not “Just as Good”—Its the Best One box of Hunt's Cure is unfailing- ly, unqualifiedly and absolutely guar- anteed to cure any form of SKIN DIS- EASE. It is particularly active in promptly relieving and permanently, curing all forms of ITCHING known, ECZEMA, TETTER, RINGWORM and all similar troubles are relieved Dy one application; cured by one box. From the viewpoint of an old bach- elor the vocalizing at a wedding is more depressing than the singing at a funeral. DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW? If so, use Red Cross Ball Blue. It will make hem white as snow. 2 oz. package 5 cents, The pope has a million dollar lace wllection, Sore DODDS* : ry ae i vee) Aa’ Cai: ‘3 14 i aks Nay tas ed TOK cri aN L ki DN fie bp ea hese aaa | eemeat y An Tuspired Thanksgiving Proctamation. “Make a jortul noise unto the Lord all ye lands, Serve the lord with glad- hess, come before bis presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he ts God: Ttishe who hath made us, and hot We ourselves; We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his Gates with thantesgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him and bless bis name, For the Lord is good. Bis mercy is everlasting, and bis truth endureth to all generations,” —Peal 100 Wr, precy THANKSGIVING Sida by side with the “long, un- broken custom handed down to us by our forefathers” of setting apart an- nually a.special day for Thanksgiving has also dwelt with us the idea that Wwe must have as nearly as practicable the same kind of a feast as that en- joyeA by-the first settiers upon these shoves. From # seutimental view- point this theory {s undoubtedly cor- rect, and would really work out beau- tifully were it not for certain changed conditions affecting our supply of sea- sonable provisiows. A! regulation plan of directions for getting; up a proper Thanksgiving diuner even this year would suggest the providimg of oy- asters, turkeys, chicken for hicken pie, with vegetables, fruits, rich pastries, and delicacies in abundance. The idea is to arrange a composite meal which shall compriga as nearly as may be the various frnits and products of the earth, And a good and praiseworthy idea, it is, too, if only everybody had. the, ‘wherewithal to purchase these frais; but unfortunately this must ‘se &n oysterless and a turkeyless Tham iks- giving for many persons. The causes eontributing to this state of things Cannot be discussed here; nor does it much matter to the man who en- ters a meat market and sees a turkey which he longs to purchase for his family, but which he knows he cannot afford, just why the commodity, with many others, is so far beyond his means. The thing is he knows it is beyand his means, and therefore he will have to do without it. In some respects the preparation of that feast, or the obtaining the arti cles comprised in it, must have been & comparatively simple matter. The settlers had but to take down the fowling piece, go into the woods, and bring home the wild game. Well filled oyster beds lay quite near the shore The harvest was fruitful; grain, wild fruits, such vegctables as they knew how to raise were abundant; nuts of various kinds were plentifml—what, then, was to hinder the making ready a feast that should fitly supplement the public Thanksgiving rendered unto the Lord? There is the point. The feast is but the outward sign or token of that which underlies the whole Thanksgiving idea, It is the feeling in the heart, the sentimem’ of grati- tude for good :received, that, after all, constitutes thi real Than ksgiving. We are too apt to forget just how things were w)th the settle rs. We take the idea of that prea, duistorical feast into our mtinds, and we overlook the dark shadows that nrast have been in that first Thanksgiv? ng pictatre. It would be a good thing if we would try to remember the “little graveyard by the water's edge,” and make an effort to recall what the record says, tsat not one household #1 the New Massa° chusetts colony but had recently been visited by death or sewere and PKo- tracted illness. But still the prepara. tions for the feast went on, and at a convenient time thay “solemnized a day of thanksgiving unto the Lord.” Surely we can learn a lesson from the simple faith of these pious souls. VETERAN OF THREE WARS. A Pioneer of Colorado and Nebraska. Matthias Campbell, veteran of the elvil war and two Indian wars, and a a pioneer of Colo- \ rado, now living at Oe sedis 218 East Nebraska Oy a Street, Blair, Neb., hry says: “I had such 7. pains in my back Hoy ~— for a long time that RAEN I could not turn eee in bed, and at times me there was an almost 4 total stoppage of — o peaeeee | Se ewe \ rado, now living at Oe sedis 218 East Nebraska Bly a Street, Blair, Neb. hry says: “I had such “ % pains in my back You for a long time that Me ‘ae I could not turn eee in bed, and at times “ there was an almost V total stoppage of the urine. My wife and I have both used Doan’s Kidney Pills for what doc- tors diagnosed as advanced kidney troubles, and both of us have been ‘completely cured.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. His Word Not Good. John and Jim agreed to settle a difference by fighting it out. 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