Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. COUNTY SEAT FIGHT IS ON No Party Lines Vol 9 The county seat campaign goes merrily on in Wagoner county and as the date set for election comes nearer, it is not out of place to advise the voters to vote early and avoid the possibility of loosing a vote on account of challenge that will be resorted to by the enemies of Wagoner who will do this to prevent the colored vote being counted. The inspectors who will be in charge of the election will all be non-residents and its not possible that all of them would attempt to fraudulently take the election. It must be remembered by the voters that the sentiment of the three towns toward the colored voters will cut quite a figure with the colored people. The white people of Wagoner, who are largely under the control of Hon. James Harris and his followers are and have always been in favor of the colored man having the right to vote and have that vote counted as cast. The history of each of the other towns is to the exact contrary and for that reason alone the solid vote of the colored people of the county should and will be cast for Wagoner. Many persons are asking the question: Is Supervisor Walter Falkwell using his influence against Wagoner? They say that Six Shooter Sango, Superintendent of Tullahasse Mission, Prof. Whaely, the son in law of P. B. J. Hudson, who is a teacher and E. L. Barber, Past Master in Hoodooism and dispenser of school patronage at Red Bird, Prof. Van Allen and other teachers, all being opposed to Wagoner, looks like the fine Italian hand of Falkwell being played against Wagoner. The action of the white republicans of Coweta sometime ago when they assisted in the nomination of Prof. Hudson for member of the constitutional convention and then entered into a deal to nominate A. D. Orcut, styled as an Indian republican, and later switched and supported the democrat, Hosimer, and defeated Hudson, should be sufficient to convince Hudson and all colored men that the white republicans in Coweta and Porter voted for the democrat and they should now be paid for their treachery. Hudson was later elected one of the county commissioners for Wagoner county. He was assisted financially by Wagoner republicans and when elected it was Wagoner men both MY FIGHT IS ON y Lines R IN THE AD this matter point. I am in county s has only groes. I sible for able to seat, but wall aga ble to co door. I am in county s far as concerne better th I am has the be whit --- Okla., republicans and democrats who made his bond. The wealth of the bondsmen aggregate $1,000,000. Has Hudson forgotten this? Does two daughters and a son in law outweigh all? Was the Falwell whip used? The Coweta county seat gang at Red Bird composed of the Minstrial Quartette, Barber, Drakes, Ellis and Craven, failed to get Prof McGowen indicted. The Hoodoo failed to work, the charm had no effect upon the grand jury. —REPORTER Items From Grayson. Grayson, Okla., May 7, 1908. On May 5 we had speaking at the public school. Rev. Bryant came and delivered a splendid speech in favor of Eufaula. He gave a splendid account of the conditions as they exist in the two contesting places and showed to the satisfaction of all present that our votes in protections of our rights should be given to the present county seat town, Eufaula. Rev. Bryant took the meeting by storm. When Chairman Wm. Watson asked if any were present representing Checotah, W. H. Harrison and three apostles took their text and made a very lame effort claiming that prejudice of our people was driving the white men from us and said they would rather have the county seat in Kansas City. One speaker said that one road lead to hell (meaning Checotah and the other to destruction (meaning Bond Switch) and immediately an old deacon said "If dat be true dis ole darky am gwine de roads to Eufaula." The great majority of the voters here will vote for Eufaula. REPORTER. Wagoner the Place. E. M. Steven's talk for Wagoner at the Sodom meeting Saturday night: Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends and Fellow Citizens:—We are here to consider the permanent location of a county seat for Wagoner county. I wish to speak directly to my people, the Negro voters. It is right, just and proper that every man protect himself and his race. The Negroes of Wagoner county should view COLOREDVOTERS SHOULD STAND PAT FOR EUFAULA this matter from a Negro's standpoint. I am not in favor of locating the county seat at Porter because she has only one small house for Negroes. However, I wish it was possible for Porter to win and to be able to take care of the county seat, but I see the writing on the wall against her. Porter is unable to control the votes at her own door. I am not in favor of locating the county seat at Coweta because so far as Negroe's accommodation is concerned she is only one per cent better than Porter. I am for Wagoner because she has the accommodation. Let you be white, red or black, Wagoner has the accommodation. Those who are clamoring for Porter and Coweta say that Wagoner is not accessible on account of the Verdigris river and the roads leading to Wagoner. But, gentlemen, what if the county seat be located either at Porter or Coweta? Is it not a fact that all citizens of Wagoner county living on the other side of the Verdigris river would have to travel the same roads and cross the same stream, rendering either Por- EUFAUL COLORED SHOULD S FOR E The county seat fight in McIntosh county goes merrily on and the gallant fight being made by the supporters of Eufaula is attracting attention throughout the state. The entire citizenship of the county are working night and day for their favorite place. In McIntosh county the situation is so close that the colored vote will decide the contest and there is and should be strenuous work among our people to show them the right way. As has been said in this paper by a correspondent from Rentisville, Eufaula is the best place in the county for a county seat and should win in this contest. As we see it the colored voters of the county should to a man vote for Eufaula as against Checotah or any other place, as it is to their best interests as well as best for all the people. It is not a political question and no one injures their party standing in voting for Eufaula. The colored voters have the opportunity to make the good people of the county forever feel greatful --- Xo 50 ter or Coweta equally inconveniently accessible. Some say it is not proper to discuss the race question in the matter of a county seat. But gentlemen the condition in and about a county seat should be such as would afford the best accommodation of all colors. Of three towns mentioned in the race for the county seat Wagoner comes nearer to the requirements than either Porter or Coweta. Gentlemen, this is not a political fight but a fight affecting the interest of every citizen of Wagoner county, let him be lawyer, doctor, farmer, merchant, mechanic, republican or democrat, white, red or black—their interests are equal and should be determined with the greatest intelligence of the people of Wagoner county. Therefore I appeal to your intelligence and your patriotism in the support of Wagoner. The race will be between Wagoner and Coweta and a victory for Wagoner on the 23rd day of May will be a victory in the interest of all the people. Gentlemen, I hope and trust that in the interest of all the people vote for Wagoner.—Record. LA IN IT OVOTERS STAND PAT UFAULA to them by saving the county seat for the best location and best town in the county by voting and working for Eufaula. Such a large majority should be given Eufaula that it will be impossible under any and all circumstances to steal the election if that should be attempted and judging by past county seat fights in other states the thing is likely to be repeated in this state. The fate of the county seat is in your hands. Do the proper thing by condemning the action of Checotah's mayor. Vote for Eufaula. For Sale. For Sale. Lot 100 feet front, two houses on the lot one four room house and one two room house. Houses rent $18 per month. Good location high and level. Lot in block 235 Muskogee price $3,000. See or write W. H. Twine, Jr., Box G, Muskogee, Oklahoma. APPLE SLUMP AN OLD RECIPE. Dish That Figured Often on the Tables of Our Ancestors. Apple slump is an old-fashioned dish, but none the less acceptable on account of its antiquity. Pare, core and quarter a dozen tart, juicy apples, turn over them a cupful of boiling water and set where they will begin to cook. Five minutes later add to the apples two cups of molasses and cook five or more minutes, while you prepare a very soft biscuit dough, using for a pint of flour a teaspoonful of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a half tablespoonful of shortening and milk to stir to a dough that is too soft to roll. Put this over the apples, which should be tender, but not broken, cover the kettle closely and cook 25 minutes without lifting the cover. Serve with a hot sauce, made by heating to a cream a half cupful of butter and one cupful of sugar, stirring in just before using a scant cupful of boiling milk or water and seasoning to taste. BANANA PUDDING WITH SAUCE. Dessert Delicacy Both Appetizing and Healthful. Soak one cup stale cake crumbs in two cups hot milk one-half hour, and rub through a sieve; then add one-half cup banana pulp, one-fourth cup sugar, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one tablespoon brandy, one teaspoon vanilla and the yolks of three eggs slightly beaten. Turn into buttered molds, set molds in pan of hot water and bake until firm. Remove from oven, let stand five minutes, turn out and serve with this sauce. Bring to the boiling point one-half cup each of milk and cream. Pour slowly on to the beaten yolks of two eggs and two tablespoons sugar. Cook over hot water five minutes, add one-half teaspoon vanilla, two tablespoons sherry, and pour over the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs. China in the Dining Room. In a tall dining room, if the plate rack is filled with bits of china, make a picturesque effect with fancy shaped jugs or any quaint-shaped pieces of pottery, placed above the doorway and stain the wood to match other woodwork of the room. This relieves the barren aspect of a room which is very high. A low room will appear neatest if these decorations follow certain lines around the wall and are not placed haphazard at any convenient place. It is feared that the dining room will soon have the aspect of the old-fashioned kitchen, where it used to be the pride of most women to have one article of every kind of tinware hung around the wall. If the china is to be hung round the wall, it is going to detract a great deal from the cozy apartment. The plate rack is pretty and the bits of china for the shelves above the door are not amiss, but use some judgment in arranging an artistic effect and not a china-shop display. Rice Border with Creamed Fish. Put one cupful of rice on to boil in four cupfuls of boiling water, when it has been boiling half an hour add two tablespoonfuls of butter and a teaspoonful of salt. Let it simmer an hour. Wash it fine with a spoon and add two well-beaten eggs and stir for five minutes. Butter a border mold and fill with rice. Put in the oven for a few moments. Turn out on a hot dish and fill the center with creamed fish. Breakfast Cakes. Take one cup of butter, one cup of sugar, beat in two eggs, one at a time, then add one-half cup molasses, two teaspoons cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves, one cup strong, cold coffee, one teaspoon soda mixed in one-half of the coffee and added after part of the flour is stirred in, one cup raisins rolled in flour, one cup hickory nuts, flour $ 3 \frac{1}{2} $ cups. ANNUAL SALES OVER NINE MILLION. Good, reliable quality is appreciated by the smoker. Over Nine Million (9,000,000) Lewis' Single Binder cigars sold annually. 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WAYS TO ADVERTISE WAYS TO ADVERTISE REACHING THE PEOPLE WITH TRUTH FORCIBLY EXPRESSED. UTILITY OF HOME NEWSPAPERS They Bring the Best Results to the Merchant When Rightly Used— Some Merit in Circulars and Letters. There is advertising, and there is advertising. One kind is the almost money-wasted kind, and the other of the class that counts. The merchant who has always placed little faith in advertising is the one who has never tried it in the right way. He is the one who places a little card in the paper, merely stating that he is a dealer in such and such goods. He is the one who is always grumbling about business, about the ways of other merchants, and the trade that goes away from the town. It is all in how the advertisement is built, both in wording and typographically, and what kind of circulating medium it is placed in. When advertising, it is essential that the advertiser say something, and say that something right to the point. It is a pretty good idea to give prices. Prices always appeal to the purchasing public. It matters not whether they are a little lower or a little higher than somebody else's prices, to give prices and preach cheapness, quality and bargains, will attract attention. There never was any money made by the small merchant in the rural city or town that won out by lying. Lies may do for the mail-order houses, the department store and the cheap-John in the big city, but never do well for the merchant in the small town. The merchant who builds up a reputation for honest goods, a square deal and prices that are right, will win. He gets the people to think that he is "on the square," that he is selling goods at honest profits, and keeps his advertisement ever before them and finds that it pays. The merchant who wins must be up-to-date. He must know about new goods, understand the latest ideas in his particular line, and be quick to put all good ideas into practice. Circulars are only good as "flyers." They are not supposed to take the place of regular newspaper advertising. They are short-lived, and good only for the advertising of a kind that can be classed as "transitory." Watch the successful merchant, and you will find that he rarely uses circulars, unless for placing in packages of goods. This is a thing that should not be overlooked. It is a good idea to have a lot of circulars advertising new goods, specialties, etc., and place one in every package. This is a good way to make announcement of the arrival, or the expected arrival, of new stocks. But circular advertising should be only supplementary to the regular newspaper advertising. D. M. CARR. Factors in Commerce. Quite often the statement is made that the revolutionary methods of the present time mean the cutting out of the middleman. There seems, upon only a superficial examination and study, that this may be true. But when there is a most careful analysis made of conditions, it looks plain that there can be no system that man can devise that will take the place of the middleman. Methods may change. Even the character and the work of the middleman, the distributor, may change, but there will always be a place for him. He would be a thing of the past long ago if a more economical means could be found for the general distribution of products. He is the handy man of commerce. He cannot be well relegated to the junk heap. He is here to stay, and will stay as long as the wheels of commerce and progress turn. ADDING LIFE TO THE TOWN. Summer Festlvities Can Be Made Helpful as Well as Entertaining. The village store is a department store on a small scale. By it the wants of the community are supplied. Sometimes, perhaps, there is not trade enough for a store to confine itself to only one line. While the farmer's wife and daughters are looking about with a view of buying their dresses, his sons and perhaps himself like to look at the clothing, the hats and all kinds of wear for men. The up-to-date storekeeper should see that the wants of all are attended to. He shouldn't give a prospective customer the opportunity to go elsewhere. He should find out what the customer wants, and if it is not in stock, give him to understand that it can be gotten for him. Every town of any size has some festivities during the summer season. If it is not customary to have such events in the place, the merchants should get busy, and if nothing else, get up a horse race, a display of some kind, and it will be found that the people will appreciate it. One live business man in a town can do a lot single handed if he sets out in the right way. There is no law to prevent the starting of a contest among the farmers. Get up a list of prizes for the ones bringing in any and all kinds of products. Make the contest one that will attract attention. Let the clothier give a suit of clothes, the jeweler a watch, something useful, it matters not much what it may be, for the biggest watermelon, the greatest apple or any other thing grown by the farmer. Have unprejudiced judges. Have the deal a fair one. It will bring people to the place and this is what pleases the townspeople as well as the residents of the country. OFFERING OF BONUSES. Not All Enterprises Asking Assistance Prove to Be Good Things. Many towns that are anxious to secure manufacturing enterprises that will afford employment for the people receive propositions from different concerns desirous to locate somewhere where the people will loosen the strings on their purses and put up a bonus. The bonus proposition is all right sometimes, but in the majority of cases means just so much money lost. There are hundreds of towns in the country that have tried the bonus deals, and with regret to the ones who supplied the cash. It may be all right to subscribe for stock in a meritorious concern that is struggling for capital to carry on its operations. In fact it is always a good idea to have the stock of any manufacturing enterprise owned by the people of the town where the concern is located. But too often the bonus hunter is simply a bonus hunter and his enterprise is not likely to amount to much. Neat Trick Played by Robbers. It was certainly reprehensible, though one cannot but smile at the bold trick played by half a dozen men in Paris a few evenings ago. These individuals rang at the door of a private house, and before the servant could announce their arrival the leader had donned an official scarf and introduced himself as a police commissioner, seized about $1,000 which was lying on the table as stakes in a game of poker, and saying he would not trouble the host and his guests to call at the office that evening, but would be obliged if they would do so the next morning, politely departed. When the players dutifully called at the office the next day their visit created visible surprise, and they learned to their disgust that this police commissioner of the night before had tricked them, and their $1,000 had been carried off by a gang of thieves. So much for playing poker and having an uneasy conscience! BUYING PAINT BLINDLY. Many people look upon paint buying as a lottery and so it is, the way they do it. It is not necessarily so, however. Pure White Lead and linseed oil are the essential elements of good paint. Adulterants in white lead can be easily found by the use of a blowpipe. Adulterations in linseed oil can be detected with a fair degree of certainty. See that these two elements are pure and properly put on and the paint will stay put. National Lead Company, Woodbridge, Building, New York City, will send a blowpipe outfit and instructions for testing both white lead and linseed oil, on request. Ominous. "The bookkeeper," said the junior partner, "has been married nearly four months now." "Well," demanded the senior partner, "what of that?" "Why, he hasn't asked for an increase in salary—" "Heavens! We must have his accounts examined."—Catholic Standard and Times. Stupid Jeweler. "Yes, George—that is, Mr. Fickel proposed last night," said the truthful Dora, "and we're engaged now; and I'm the first girl he ever loved, too." "Indeed!" replied Miss Wise. "I don't notice your ring." "Oh, he gave me one, but he had to take it back to get it fixed. The stupid jeweler made the inscription read, 'George to Genevieve,' instead of 'George to Dora.'—Philadelphia Press. He Wanted Pie. William J. Ryan, president of the supreme council of public hackmen of New York, said the other day that the winter panic had reduced the hackmen's receipts considerably. "We'll have to come down to English rates—12 cents a mile instead of 50 cents—if we have many more such panics," Mr. Ryan said. 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Kaltenbrunner writes:— "Some years ago I took up a homestead for myself, and also one for my son. The half section which we own adjoins the Moose Jaw Creek; is a low, level and heavy land. We put in 70 acres of wheat in stubble which went 20 bushels to the acre, and 30 acres of summer fallow, which went 25 bushels to the acre. All the wheat we harvested this year is No. 1 Hard. That means the best wheat that can be raised on the earth. We did not sell any wheat yet, as we intend to keep one part for our own seed, and sell the other part to people who want first class seed, for there is no doubt if you sow good wheat you will harvest good wheat. We also threshed 9,000 bushels of first class oats out of 160 acres. 80 acres has been fall plowing, which yielded 90 bushels per acre, and 80 acres stubble, which went 30 bushels to the acre. These oats are the best kind that can be raised. We have shipped three carloads of them, and got 53 cents per bushel clear. All our grain was cut in the last week of the month of August before any frost could touch it "Notwithstanding the fact that we have had a late spring, and that the weather conditions this year were very adverse and unfavorable, we will make more money out of our crop this year than last. "For myself I feel compelled to say that Western Canada crops cannot be checked, even by unusual conditions." Information regarding free homestead lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta may be had on application to any Canadian Government Agent, whose advertisement appears elsewhere. He will give you information as to best route and what it will cost you to reach these lands for purposes of inspection. Good Work Has Slow Growth. Bancroft spent 26 years on his history and Webster 36 on his dictionary. 'Tis the same with the great inventions. It took years of study and experiment to perfect them. 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Editor Published Every Week in the Interest of the Negro by Cimeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee. Okla., as Second Class Mail Matter. Attorneys Wyand and Schumeyer are bringing suit to oust the new elected city officials. Both of these gentlemen are good lawyers and if there is anything left loose they will find it. This is not a question of politics now but one of law and this team composed of a democrat and a republican ought to be able to find out where the missing link is. Mayor Bennett and Martin have agreed to let the decision in the other cases decide theirs. INJUSTICE. The railroads are not furnishing anything like equal accommodations to colored passengers. On the Katy and Frisco in many instances there is only one toilet for both men and women Can any decent white person say this this is fair? The railroads know it is not. Do Gov. Haskell and Mr. Murray think it fair? if not, then have the railroads to correct the abuse. It will save a great deal of expense and trouble incidental to lawsuits. What say you Gov ernor and Mr. Murray? OUTRAGEOUS. The Evening Democrat of May the fourth had an article on the jim crow law in which the statement was made that J. W. Stein, mayor of Checotah and others got busy to remove a Negro interstate passenger from a Katy train at Fallis, Oklahoma. The colored people will remember just how Checotah imposed upon colored women at the depot before there was a jim crow law and then when they go to vote on the county site question will remember and vote accordingly. We understand that Falwell and Bert Chandler are threatening to bolt Taft unless they are promised the judgeship. These two gentlemen are too previous. They are not delegates and will therefore have no vote to trade off. Mr. Falwell's autocratic, unfair and damnable conduct as chairman of the county convention will yet rise up to condemn him when he least wishes or expects it. The doings of that convention under the chairmanship of Falwell has done much to disrupt and disorganize the party. The "sell-outs" are the outgrowth of the rottenness of that convention. The democrats are shining angels when compared with these truckling, sychophantic lily whites. The Congressional committee met here Wednesday and selected Bert Chandler chairman and Dr. Cain of Checotah, secretary. The committee has lots of work ahead if it proposes to elect a congressman this Fall, because Negroes will not support a lilywhite under any consideration. They would prefer to let Jim Davenport remain and this is true locally as well as nation ally. If the party cannot purge itself of these political parasites "there is nothing doing." And Ft. Gibson went republican, so did Taft and other places heard from. The tide is changing in those localities. Evidently the lily white as is scarce in these places as the traditional snowball in the warmest place of which we read. The people of Oklahoma who send their children away to school should send them to to Western University at Quindaro, Kansas. We now have quite a number there and we ought to multiply it many times this year. It is a splendid school and the preceptors are getting splendid results. Write to Prof. Ross at Quindaro, Kansas and get a catalogue and general information about the school. Judge Campcell has resigned and now the fight is on in bitter earnest for the place. There are at least twenty applicants for the position. Some of them will find that their treachery to the Negro will rise up like Banquo's ghost to damn them just before they reach the goal of their ambition. The new restaurant just opened by Mr. Harris on Court street invites the public and especially the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and other orders to come out Saturday to the opening. Personally we admire P. B. Hudson and have made no attack upon him. The article that appeared in this paper last week was simply a statement of facts and Mr. Hudson should not feel aggrieved. The colored people at Grayson show plainly that they are not in favor of a town whose mayor was party to the disgraceful affair that occurred in Lincoln county recently and will show it by voting unanimously for Eufaulu for county site. There will be a grand two day celebration on May 15 and 16 at Pyles and Ragsdale's North end Park, just north of of the city. The city schools and district schools will all take a part in the celebration. The park is suitably located for picnicing purposes. Jolly Bachelors AND MERRY WIDOWS. On Monday night the Bachelors gave their annual ball and invited the Merry Widows to come over and play in their backyard. The ball was given in the Elks hall and a goodly numbea attended. All of the bachelors were not there for the reason that there was a report to the effect that "jim crow" had become mixed up in the selection of an orchestra. It was reported that the the Ne plus ultra, the buds of society had procured an orchestra composed of white players and had discharged the colored musicians. Later the thing was patched up, the Negro orchestra ate crow and performed after the others had gone home. In justice to the bachelors it may be said that no committee was responsible for the trouble but only individuals who exceeded their authority by making agreements. The colored orchestra also made several bad breaks and afterwards licked salt. The fact is, one is to be condemned as much as the other. FOR SALE. 60 acres of good land $20 per acre; 40 acres of good land $15 per acre; 20 acres of good land $15 psr acre. 4 stand cotton gin for $4500. Will trade for farm tands or city property in Muskogee. 4 stand cotton gin for $3500 Write to W, H. 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When Mr. Carnegie established his Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, he may or may not have had in mind a unification and standardizing of college education in North America; but that is something which his great gift is likely to accomplish. The nominal purpose of the Foundation is to provide a fund the income from which may provide retiring pensions for aged professors in such non-sectarian colleges of the United States, Canada and Newfoundland as are not supported by the state. This purpose has been strictly adhered to, but in order that it might be accomplished it has been necessary for the president and trustees to do much preliminary work. What is a college? What is "non-sectarian?" Does a small grant from a state constitute state support? These and other similar questions were fundamental. In order to settle the first one, says the Youth's Companion, the officers of the Foundation were obliged to establish certain standards of admission, curriculum and graduation, to which every institution which desires its professors to benefit by the fund must conform. The direct result is a general raising of the standard of college education throughout North America. The result of the investigation into the sectarianism of colleges is having the effect of defining more clearly than has ever been done before the relations between various denominations and the colleges with which they have been related by bonds of one sort or another. This, too, is a gain. Still a third result is the establishment of a uniform system of accounting among college treasurers, which, in turn, will make possible a better knowledge of and a chance for wise suggestions concerning the investment of college funds. The value of participation in the benefit of this fund is keenly felt by the colleges. A large part of the time of the trustees is devoted to investigating the claims of American institutions which desire that their professors shall share in the pensions yielded by the fund. Ypsilanti and Chicago. Postal officials who have taken the trouble to keep a record of peculiar spellings declare that there are no fewer than 372 varieties of "Ypsilanti," and that this fact entitles the well-known, thriving and beautiful Michigan city to the lead in this particular among American communities. Every letter except "H" has been used as an initial in spelling this name. It is pointed out, however, that the varieties in the spelling are chiefly confined to the first syllable, "y" being a letter lacking, or having only an indifferent standing in foreign languages. "Tipsy Lanti" and "Zip Silanti" are two of the most peculiar spellings, while "Whypserlanter" and "Hipasslander" are two of the most impossible. If Ypsilanti stands first among those names which are spelled queerly, says Pathfinder, Chicago easily comes second. Here are the ways it is spelled, besides the correct way: Chicago, Checago, Chicawgo, Chikkago, Chiggago, Cheggego, Cheegago, Chirgago, Shecago, Shikkago, Shercaggo, Shakakko, Schuerkaigo, Psceschaggo, Stkschaga, Tschakko, Tzstchago, Stktschagko, Schenkakko, Zheekako, Ztchaggo. If only a small and brittle torpedo boat would founder the magazine editor could feel some vindication. SEAFORD'S IDEAL By H. S. CANFIELD, JR. (Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Arthur Seaford, wealthy bachelor and professed idler, ground his teeth in silent despair as he checked off, backward and forward, his available list of choice epithets in futile effort to find one that would particularly apply to himself. "Idiot" and "ass" would not do at all, for they were in no way strong enough to meet the needs of the occasion. met the woman slightest impress was obstinate w bred by years would not give that at last he h somewhere near For an ideal he although she c his thoughts. For a week h Seaford was alike the despair and bone of contention of every discerning mamma of the set in which he moved, and as their scheming tactics were to him an open book, he had come to take certain enjoyment from noting the assiduity with which they cast dutiful daughters in his path. If there was anything he prided himself upon it was his Harveyized heart and absolute lack of all emotion. When he found his heart beating madly and his nerves tingling with an excitation of feeling which was entirely novel, he lost himself in contemptuous self-analyzation. It had been but a glance from her eye as she swept on with the hurrying throng, but it had sent the blood surging to Seaford's head in torrents, and he was painfully conscious that no small share of the flood had dyed his cheeks with a perceptible flush. The eyes, they were very blue he recalled and then berated himself roundly for heeding their color, had looked into his just a trifle longer than is sanctioned by the laws of propriety. While there was neither invitation nor coquetry in their gaze, he felt intuitively that they were friendly. He was not at all vain, but he felt too that they approved of his appearance. After she had passed he did a thing that he had never thought himself capable of. He had seen the face clearly and knew that it was very beautiful, an oval frame for a wealth of expression, but to take in the entire picture he turned and stared after her. He saw, almost with regret, that her gown was perfect and her carriage light and graceful. Outwardly at least, she was without a flaw. Despite his 30 years of celibacy, Seaford was a very proper young man with a strict code by which he governed himself and he realized suddenly with another flush that he had transgressed seriously. When once more safely ensconced in his favorite chair at the club, Seaford could strike upon but one explanation for the state of his feelings. His youth had been passed without the usually-attendant desperate affairs of puppy love, and he reasoned at great length that he was off his feed and his nerves consequently unstrung. But his unimpaired appreciation of his dinner and a steady hand at billiards belied any theories of failing health and nervous disorders. No matter how animated the conversation around him became that evening, his mind constantly reverted to the various opinions on matrimony that he had read and heard, and these thoughts were all companions to a vision in his mind's eye, a vision of a trim figure all bedecked in blue and surmounted by a pair of very wonderful blue eyes. Even when Waters, his only and particular crony, dropped into the club to deliver his weekly lecture on the follies of bachelorhood, Seaford listened with great patience. This created such an impression, that his friend inquired anxiously after the state of his health. Seaford had always held the idea that at some time in the dim future he would follow the duty of every man and marry. But freedom was very dear to him, and then he had never met the woman who had made the slightest impression upon him. He was obstinate with all the obstinacy bred by years of singleness, and he would not give in to the conviction that at last he had seen a woman who somewhere near approached his ideal. For an ideal he had long ago formed, although she crept but seldom into his thoughts. For a week he fought to throw off his new mood, and finally found, with a strange feeling of joy, that he had escaped from none of his first thoughts and visions. It was a fight between the old life and the new, and although he knew it not, the battle was lost almost before the fighting. It was unconditional surrender, and he admitted joyfully to himself that at last he was in love, madly and unreservedly in love, with the blue eyes that had held his but an instant in the impatient surging of the crowds. He would find the girl, he knew not how, but he would find her, and he entered into the task with a zeal that brought stares of unsatisfied curiosity from his friends. Waters he took unreservedly into his confidence. The latter young gentleman had been married not quite a year, and he listened with great patience and understanding to Seaford's rambling and fervid outbreaks of attempted description. Their friends now saw them much in the whirl of the down-town streets, seemingly taking great enjoyment from the passing crowds. Shopping tours were now of daily occurrence and they brought home bundles of useless odds and ends that brought despair to Seaford's man and suspicion to young Mrs. Waters. Plotting mothers who had given up in despair seasons ago, now renewed hope at the zeal which Seaford showed in his efforts to take in as many teas and other social functions as was possible in his waking hours. The girl of the crowd had indeed become Seaford's ideal. She was his one thought, and what he now felt to be the futility of the search was telling on him. He no longer found rest in sleep or satisfaction in dining well. The old quiet games at billiards and bridge held no charm. To find the girl of the eyes was all he lived for now. At times he almost dreaded the moment of their second meeting, for he had placed her on a pedestal so high that he feared he might be weighed and found sadly wanting. With Waters he had dropped into the club for the first time in weeks, when old white-haired Hayden came to him with a break in his voice and mist in his eyes. Young Billy Hayden had never proved of the best stuff, and lately he had gone completely to the dogs. Set after set had cut him and he had been dropped from every club. Times innumerable his father had settled his obligations and given him a new start, but now the old man was driven to seek aid from others. "I want you to find him to-night and force him to come to me," he cried despairingly to Seaford. "I reproached him to-day for his open association with a woman who can bring nothing but ruin in her path, and he left the house in a drunken rage, vowing that he would prove his affection for her by marrying her offhand. I don't want to be hard on the boy, Arthur, but that woman shall never have a cent of my money. For God's sake get him away from her and bring him to me. It is save him now or never." "I believe I can find Billy, Mr. Hayden," Seaford answered confidently, placing his hand affectionately on the bowed shoulder. "At least I can make a good try. Come on, Waters, get our things while I 'phone around for my car." Place after place they visited, the places where myriads of lights turned night into day. Just past midnight, when revelry was at flood tide, they entered the gaudy cafe where alike the flotsam and jetsam of the great city met and mingled. Here came those who had only been drawn half down into the whirlpool of vice as well as those who had long since shed the last shred of respectability. Here it was that all came sooner or later in their nightly rounds, and Seaford and his friend seated themselves unobtrusively to wait. Surrounded by sycophants who drank greedily of his wine, young Hayden came. Seaford was shocked at the change in the boy. His eyes were wild and his heavy hair tumbled, and his face bore every trace of the pace that kills. Three women and two other men came with him. All were seated so that Seaford could see their faces, except the woman that sat facing the young rake. To Seaford the rounded shoulders seemed in some way vaguely familiar. From Hayden's attitude, he guessed that she was the one of whom the old man had spoken. "Sit tight, old man," Seaford whispered to Waters. "If I can catch young Billy's eye and coax him over to us, the hardest part will have been done." As he finished speaking, the youth at the other table saw him and bowed shame-facedly, and his companions turned to see to whom he had spoken. Waters was seated facing his companion and he did not look behind him. It was upon the girl of the beautiful shoulders that Seaford had unconsciously centered his interest, and as she turned her face full toward him, an inarticulate cry, a cry of sudden pain, was wrung from his lips. He leaned far forward, one hand gripping the table till the knuckles whitened, the other poised with glass half to his lips. In consternation Waters now turned toward Hayden's table, only to look squarely into a pair of wonderfully beautiful blue eyes, smiling mockingly out from a wine-flushed face. He heard a faint snap and the tinkling of falling glass. As he again faced Seaford, the blood was trickling from the now empty hand, still poised in air. Waters' mode of life was not inductive to quick thinking, but he acted splendidly. Sipping his wine slowly, he seemed not to notice the misery in the livid face opposite. "I expect I can manage this affair better than you can, Arthur," he said matter-of-factly. "You know young Billy never took to you very strongly and you may complicate matters by remaining here. Take your car back to the club and I will corral the young idiot and follow. Go on now, like a good chap." With unseeing eyes Seaford dazedly rose from the table and took his proffered hat and coat. Without a word to his friend he turned and slowly threaded his way among the tables of joyous revelers. Germany's Military Population. La Nature asserts that the military population of the German empire numbers 668,853 men. In Alsace-Lorraine are quartered 81,109; at Metz, 13,035; in the environs of Metz, 11,819; at Strasbourg, 15,408; environs of Strasbourg, 1,133; at Colmar, 5,032; at Mullhouse, 3,850. The other garrisons on the frontier are much less important. Not Answering. 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D. 2908, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the county court room in the city of Muskogee in said county of Muskogee has been duly appointed by the said court, for settlement of said account, at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file his exceptions in writing to the account and contest the same. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 4 h day of April, 1908. W. C. Jackson. County Judge. Walrond & Cramer, Attys. Muskogee, Okla.