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The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee. THE SEASON'S NOW IN Lawn M Garden Refriger Fishing Croquet which we H And don't forget we are the kogee, in Fine Buggies, all kinds and styles. Hooker=Hendrix SUCCESSORS TO HU 137 - PH THE SEASON'S GOODS ARE NOW IN DEMAND Lawn Mowers, Garden Hose, Refrigerators, Fishing Tackle, Croquet Sets, all of And dont forget we are the largest dealers in Muskogee, in Fine Buggies, Harness and Wagons all kinds and styles. SUCCESSORS TO HUBER HARDWARE CO. 137 - PHONES - 78 ON THE ROAD The Trip to Chicago June 12. The Stand Pat Club composed of Forakers supporters, left Muskogoe on Friday June 12th, at 11 o'clock a.m. There were on board: Hon. G. W. F. Sawner, of Chandler; Charles Phillips, B. W. Bradley, P. J. Jolley, J. T. Tremble, Prof. P. B. J. Hudson, and W. H. Twine, of Muskogoe. It was a jolly crowd and each of them enjoyed the trip. The peckerwoods in Ark. were struck with wonder as they gazed on a private car composed of what they termed "them niggers" from Oklahoma. One was heard to remark 'dat car am too good for niggers, dey ought to be jim crowed. At Monett, Mo., the club took supper in the car which was furnished by the Harvey House. The waiter did not know the price but guessed 75 cents. He went for the bill and when they discovered the Club was composed of colored gentlemen, the cuss reported it was $1.00 each which was promptly paid as there is nothing small about the members of the Club but their feet and they are growing. Mr. A. Jackson, the porter on the Pullman, is a first class gentleman and gave the Club first 0 Vol 9 US GOODS ARE DEMAND Flowers, Hose, ators, Tackle, Sets, all of Have the largest dealers in Mus- Harness and Wagons— Rock Hardware Co. UBER HARDWARE CO. ONES - 78 ishing or seems h cessful e be more sion the state o teachers The fountain Bakery ness, e McCollo 2nd Str putting second are make in a ba These y complis business success Bebind a noble The n bration tosh pa class service. All the boys are behaving nicely, up to date. Jim crow was empty from Fayetteville to Monett. Reporter. There w ment h ance. Dr. an left the Mr. K. W. Hardy, of the Afro American Business college of Dallas, Texas, made a lecture at the First Baptist Church to quite an appreciative audience last week. We are glad to mention the marriage of Mr. Sydney C. Davis to Miss Hattie Phillips. The groom is one of the most efficient carriers on the force at the local post office. We bespeak for them success and happiness through the matrimonial tour. Mrs. B. A. Hume and children were called to Waco, Texas, last week to attend the funeral of her sister, Miss Inez Easter. It was indeed sad and the relatives have our sympathy in their hour of bereavement. The Normal is in a flourishing condition with 125 in attendance. It is remarkable the small number of men are attending in proportion to the number of women. There are about 100 women in attendance. The work is reported to be in a flour- Friday, ishing condition and every one seems hopeful of passing a successful examination. There will be more schools this coming session than ever before in the state of Oklahoma and good teachers will be in demand. Okla., LOCALS The latest designed soda fountain was installed in the Bakery and Confectionery business, established in the SimmsMcCollough building on South 2nd Street. These people are putting up first class service second to none in the city and are making everything makable in a bakery or candy store. These young men with their accomplished wives know the business. This is what makes success in any line of business. Behind every great man there is a noble wowan. The nineteenth of June celebration at The Douglas McIntosh park was quite a success. There was much fun and merriment had by those in attendance. Dr. and Mrs. G. P. Todd have left the city indefinitely. Watermelons have made their appearance here by several shipments and many people have shown their faith in the red meat by sampling them. The Cimeter special is expected to arrive this evening bringing the crowd who attended the Chicago Convention. We are sorry to relate that the report has reached us that Mr. James Tremble had a stroke of apoplexy. His condition was considered serious. We hope he has recovered. Miss Maggie Wynn will leave for Corpus Christi, Texas, next week to visit her father. Prof. Nicholson, who had a position in the Indian agent's office, was compelled to get a transfer to San Antonio, Texas, where his health had some chance of improving. For this reason he had to give up his night school work which he had in a flourishing condition. The good work will continue, however, as Prof. K, W. Hardy will carry on a business college as soon as he returns from Dallas, Texas. No 36 1908. We are sorry that the race is bothered with a set of knockers in Muskogee who are not worth their room in h----l. Some of these poor hell hounds tried their hardest to in some way embarrass Prof. Nicholson ere he left the city. We are proud to state that Prof. Nicholson left the city highly respected by all the law abiding people white and black. He made many long and lasting friends while here. The People's Bank and Trust Company are still doing business at the same old stand and from the last printed report of their financial condition it was shown that their assets were $70,000. This of course created confidence among the race enterprises. The teaching profession has again been robbed of one of its brightest professors in the person of Mr. John H. Wright, who has accepted a position as sub-carrier at the local post office. He is making a commendable record. This makes only ten regulars and two substitutes. All are colored we are glad to state. WANTED INFORMATION REGARDING Farm or Business for sale. Not particular about location. Wish to hear from owner only who will sell direct to buyer. Give price, description and state when possession can be had. Address. L. DARBYSHIRE, Box 9999 Rochester, N. Y. 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. Twine, Jr., Box G, Muskogee, Okla. St. Luke's Pharmacy A. E. Johnson, Proprietor. Corner Court and Second St. Opposite Federal Court House. Phone 172 LEWIS’ SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5¢ CIGAR EXTRA QUALITY TOBACCO Muskogee Cimeter. Ww. FW, Baten MUSKOGEE, aa OKLA. “If I could only live among beautiful things as you do, I believe I could be good!" exclaimed a tired farmer's daughter to a city friend, whose two rooms were filled with photographs and books. The friend could but make the well-worn explanation that the sky outside the kitchen window {8 ac- tually more beautiful than the photo- graph of Corot's vision of a sky, and that the flelds, green or white, and the flowers and birds are more truly poet- ry than the verses of Wordsworth or Keats. Beneath the cry of the soul hungry for beautiful things 1s the de- sire for real ownership, says Youth's Companion, The cloud may be seen by a thousand eyes, but ft escapes the hand which would hold it. Meadow and stream in the picture bring their message of beauty with deepened em- phasis, all the year round, because they are fairly captured by the artist. Our civilization has yet to learn from the reflective east that the luxury of beauty is a necessity for human life. Without it the spirit starves, and suf. fers from restlessness and irritation and inefficiency, as one suffers from in sufficient physical nourishment, Mo- hammed put into words a great sym bolle truth when he said to his dis- ciples, “If any man have two loaves, let him sell one and buy some flowers of the white narcissus; for the one is food for the body and the other is food for the soul.” Cheering Reading. Records of averted disasters do not get the attention that ts given to dis- asters unaverted, but they make more cheerful reading and lift one's faith in human nature. The other day a Long Island Sound steamer caught fire, and there might have been aaother horror like the burning of the General Slo- cum, But there was no loss of life, no panic. The pilots kept the steamer steady, the captain fougut the fire in orderly manner, summoned help, and transferred 600 passengers to another steamer, Ata children’s entertain- ment in a New York church gauzy draperies took fire, flames shot to the celling and burning bits fell on the children, The audience sprang up, but the little king of the play justified his regal part. He cried, “What are you al! seared about? It's just a little fire.” Meanwhile a boy at the organ was playing “Onward Christian Soldiers.” During the flurry he did not) miss) a note. Two men stamped the fire out Others opened the doors and started to marshal the women and children Most of the people kept their places, and there was no panic, Under the law, immigrants who are admitted are on probation for three years, If in that time they become public charges, commit misdemeanors, or profess anarchy, they may be de ported, The department of commerce and labor intends to make practical application of this law, with the help of the police, to anarchists and others who pass the entrance examinations and later turn out badly, Lord Cromer’s book on Egypt, which has recently been published, {s a great work, like Grant's “Memoirs” and Caesar's “Gallic War." When men of action tell in simple language what they have done, they enliven history aud give sinews to literature, Lord Cromer’s work has won him the nick- name, “The Great Prose Consul,” ONE WOMAN'S ENDURANCE. Bouthern Woman Suffers Torture Without Complaint. Racked and torn with terrific pains, nightly annoyed by kidney irregulari- ties, Mrs. A. 8S. Payne, of 801 Third ave, So., Columbus, Miss.,, suffered for years. She says: “The pains in my back, sides and loins were so terrible that I often smothered a scream. Every move ues, Mrs. A Payne, of 801 Third ave, So,, Columbus, Miss.,, suffered for years. She says: “The pains in my back, sides and loins were so terrible that I often smothered a scream. Every move meant agony. My rest was broken by a troublesome weakness and the se- cretions seemed to burn like acid. I was in an awful condition and doctors did not seem to help me. Doan’'s Kid- ney Pills benefitted me from the first and soon made me a strong and healthy woman.” For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. A Dream. Towne—Do you believe in dreams? Browne—I used to, but I don’t any more. Towne—Not as superstitious as you were, eh? Browne—Oh, it wasn’t a question of supersition, 1 was in love with one once, and she jilted me, INVALID'S SAD PLIGHT. After Inflammatory Rheumatism, Hair Came Out, Skin Peeled, and Bed Sores Developed—Only Cuti- cura Proved Successful. “About four years ago I had a very severe attack of inflammatory rheuma- tism. My skin peeled, and the high fever played havoc with my _ hair, which came out in bunches. I also had three large bed sores on my back. I did not gain very rapidly, and my appetite was very poor. I tried many ‘sure cures’ but they were of little help, and until I tried Cuticura Re- solvent I had had no real relief. Then my complexion cleared and soon I felt better, The bed sores went very soon after a few applications of Cuticura Ointment, and when I used Cuti- cura Soap and Ointment for my hair it began to regain fits former glossy ap- pearance, Mrs. Lavina J. Henderson, 188 Broad St., Stamford, Conn., March 6 and 12, 1907." Simple. Mrs. Chinner—I can't understand why your daughter jilted a rich man to marry @ poor one, Mrs, Chatter—it’s very simple, my year, With the one she would have had everything to lose, but with the other she has everything to gain.—St. Louls Dispatch, How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any cane of Cutarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’ Catarrh Cure. F. J, CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0, Woe, the undersigned, have Knows F.’J. Cheney for the last 15 yoars. ‘aud belleve Lim perfectly hon orable tn all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by bis drm, WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O, Hall's Catarrh Cure ts taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaced of the system, Tostinontais sent free, Price 75 conte per Dott. Bold by ai Druyutata, ‘Tako Hall's Patutly Pils for constipation, Lonnaences. Mrs, Grammerey—l married for love and it lasted only a year, Mrs. Park—Pshaw! Jt married for money, and we blew ft all in before six months.—Smart Set. Try Murine Eve Remedy For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes, Murine Doesn't Sinart—Soothes Eye Pain. All Druggists Sell Murine at S0cts, The 48 Page Hook in each Pkg. is worth Dollars in every home, Read it. We will Mail all our Eye Books Free—Write us to-day. Ask your Druggist, Mutine Eyo Remedy Co., Chicago, It’s easy for a deaf mute to love a girl more than tongue can tell, “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 large- ly for that purpose for several years. I was sorely affected and had it to do. One application of Hunt's Cure, how- ever, relieved my itch and less than a box cured me entirely.” J. M. WARD, Index, Texas. Placed. Knicker—Was he among those who also spoke? Bocker—No; he was among those who said in part.—New York Sun. “It Finds the Spot.” The Oil we struck is the Oil that has stuck while others have passed away, simply because it cures your Pains, Aches, Bruises, Sprains, Cuts and Burns quicker than any other known remedy. Hunt's Lightning Oil, It's fine for Chigger bites also, Wise is the man who knows when to treat and when to re-treat. | _\i Fis cA — BE eS aS ee, an TY The back is the Tmainspring of woman’s organism, It quickly calls attention to trouble by aching. It tells, with other symptoms, such as nervousness, headache, pains in the loins, weight in the lower part of the body, that a woman’s feminine organisin needs immediate attention, In such cases the one sure remedy which speedily removes the cause, and restores the feminine organism to a healthy, normal condition is LYDIA E. Oe Mrs. Will Young, of 6 Columbia Ave., Rockland, Me., says: “1 was troubled for along time with dreadful backaches and a pain in my side, and was miserable in every way. I doctored until I was discouraged and thought I would never get well. I read what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound had done for others and decided to try it; after taking three bottles I can truly say that I never felt so well in my life.” Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl, Pa., writes to Mrs, Pinkham: “T had very severe backaches, and pressing-down pains. Icould not sleep, and had no appetite. Lydia E. Pink: ham's Vegetable Compound cured me and made me feel like a new woman,” FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. | For thirty years Lydia KE. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women Who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera- tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periadio pains, backache, that bear- ng-down feeling, flatulency, indiges- tion,dizziness,or nervous prostration, Syrup Figs SBlixie fSenna acts dently yet prompt- \ ate teach eerie the system effectually, assists one in overcomi ng habitual consti ation, ermanently. Te set its honeficial effects buy the genuine. * Aaiaie : ALIFORNIA Fic Syrup Co. SOLD BY LEADING DRUCGISTS - 804 pe-BOTTLE Pg UN gi _ What a Settler Can Seoure in 160 Acres Grain-Growing Land FREE, 20 to 40 Bushels Wheat to the Acre. 40 to 90 Bushels Oats to the Acre. 35 to 50 Bushels Eas to the Acre. a, for Fencing and Buildings FREE, Laws with Low Taxation. Splendid Railroad Facilities and Low Rates, Schools and Churches Convenient. Satisfactory Markets for all Productions, Good Climate and Perfect Health. (Chances for Profitable Investments, Some of the choicest grain-producing landsin Saskatchewan and Alberta may now be ac: quired in these most healthful and prosperous sections under the Revised Homestead Regulations by which entry may be made by proxy (on cer- tain conditions), by the father, mother, son, Canahter, brother or sister of intending home- Entry fee In each case 1s $10.00. For pamphiet, “Last Best West,particulars as to rates,routes, best time to go and where to locate, apply to J. S. CRAWFORD, No, 125 W. Ninth Sirest, Kansas City, Missourt, Keeps the breath, teeth, mouth and body antiseptically clean and free from un- healthy germ-lite and disagreeable odors, whie water, soe bane tooth preparations alone cannot do. frnichisl, disin- —— Fs jecting and deodor- <n izing toilet requisite bn of exceptional ex- 5 cellence and coon: I’. VII] ama omy. 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For eight months I suffered from interruption, but two bottles of Cardui brought me around all right. When I feel bad, I always take Wine of Cardui The constantly increasing demand for Cardui is due largely to the recommendations of ladies who have used it. Mrs. Grimes recommended Cardui to "several lady friends," and others do the same. It is a good medicine. Try it. WRITE FOR FREE BOOK Write for Free 64-page Book for Women, giving symptoms, causes, home treatment and valuable hints on diet, exercises, etc. Sent free on request in plain wrapper, by mail prepaid. Ladies' Advisory Dept., The Chattanooga Medicine Co. Chattanooga, Tenn. STRONG ON THE PROPRIETIES. How Could She Be Expected to Address Perfect Stranger? A traveler in the mountains of Tennessee had been stowed away in the best bed the cottage afforded. Late in the night he was awakened by the voice of the paterfamilias addressed to the daughter, who was entertaining company by the fireside. "Mandy," growled the old man, "is that young man there yit?" "Yep, pap." "Is he got his arm around yer waist?" "Yep, pap." "You-all tell him to take't away." "Aw, ye tell him yerself, pap," replied the girl, in a dull, lifeless voice. "He air a plumb stranger to me." Success Magazine. New Chart Corrects Errors. The great practical utility of the magnetic survey made in the Pacific ocean by the yacht Galilee since 1905 is shown by a new magnetic chart, from which it appears that the charts previously used by navigators in the pacific ocean were erroneous along some much-traversed routes to the extent of from three to five degrees, and the errors at times were systematic. Errors of this magnitude are of importance in practical navigation where the indications of the compass should be as accurate as possible. Stands Head. There is something about Hunt's Lightning Oil that no other liniment possesses. Others may be good, but it is surely the best. It does all you recommend it for, and more. For sprains, cuts, bruises, burns, aches and pains it has no equal on earth. It stands head on my medicine shelf. Very truly yours, T. J. BROWNLOW, Livingston, Tenn. Art in the Soup. The artist's wife leaned over and looked at her husband's soup after she had handed it to him. "Oh," she cried, "look at the scroll the fat has made in your soup. Isn't it artistic? Don't eat it. It is so beautiful." TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM. Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking. The formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form, and the most effectual form. For grown people and children. 50c. The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory in surmounting it.—Epicurus. FITS. St. Vitus' Dance and Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. K. H. Kline, Ld., 331 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Did you ever see a pretty girl who didn't know she was pretty? Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Invisible patches are not used in patching up quarrels. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. More people are fooled by the truth than by lies. A Lady's Word ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. AVegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of Promotes Digestion. Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium. Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL LUTHER Pumpkin Seed - Alc. Senaa + Rodelle Salts - Anise Seed + Peppermint - Di Carbonate Soda + Worm Seed - Clorified Sugar - Wintergreen Flavor. Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. FacSimile Signature of Charles H. Stitton NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 DOSES - 35 CENTS Guaranteed under the Food a Exact Copy of Wrapper. Use AL 1 "In a Pinch, Use Allen's Foot-Ease." Sold by all Druggists every FOOT-EASE SANITARY I Have Recommende lady friends to take The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signatnre of All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paragoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacca—The Mother's Friend. A powder to be shaken into the shoes. Your feet feel swollen, nervous, hot and get tired easily. If you have aching, smarting feet, try Allen's Foot=Ease. It rests the feet and makes new or tight shoes easy; always use it to Break in New Shoes. It cures swollen, hot, sweating feet, blisters, ingrowing nails and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and gives Rest and Comfort. It cures while you walk. We have over thirty thousand testimonials. Try it to-day. Sold by all Druggists everywhere 25 cents. Don't accept any substitute for Allen's Foot=Ease. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. European Branch Office, Peterborough, England. WARNING: offered for sale. Insist upon having Allen's Foot-Ease. The Original powder for the feet. Twelve years before the public. Annual sales over two million packages. Do not accept spurious substitutes claimed to be "just as good." Imitations pay the dealer a larger profit otherwise you would never be offered a substitute for Allen's Foot-Ease. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, and insist upon having it. Remember, Allen'sFoot-Ease is sold only in 25 cent packages bearing yellow label with our trade mark and facsimile signature a Eee THE @CimePER, Wous.TWINE .- . + + Editor. eee 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. NEW PRIMARY LAW PUNO PULUUes y Cet wy CETeke es we eee all parties will nominate the candidates which are to take part in the generalelection next November, ts) a unique docu ment ia its many departures from the established rules for such primary election, A sum mary of some of the most pecus liar points will be ground inter esting. Tithe first place the law pro vides that all who would be can- didates for nomination in the primary ticket by means of a petition, ‘This was put in the lawooon the grounds that ala man could not getenough signe evs to his petition could certain ly not’ get enough votes in’ the primary and therefore both he and the state would be saved the expense of his hopeless race, Another simple bat new phrase is) that any candidate may file with county clerk a challenge of the count of the ballots of any precinct or pre- cinets and instanter have same recounted by the preciits offi- cials, Another clause which will pre sent sturtiing aspects before the primary campaign is over is that requiring: all newspapers, ete,, to publish the name of par ty on firm passing for political advertising or writesups and il same is free, must so state at the head of the article, Separate ballots must be pros vided for eich party ticket, also for the independents, The last and also newest of the queer law is a seetion re. quiring all candidates to keep their election expenses, either directly or spent by other peo ple, withinacertatn Linait. Bor a catididates to spend more than his limit forfeits his nomination and constintes a misdemeanor punishable by two thousand dollars fine, Under the bill registration in cities of the firstclass must com: moenee fifty days before the elec tion, which means that regis tration must commence at once and continue for thirty days, By June 24 all men of the res publican party who wishes t¢ come before the people in the primaries must have thei names on the ticket, Following ave the party can didates to be selected at the S ovenatcboresimasiines SX pak ht name onthe ticket to be voted for inthe primaries each aspi rant must havea petition signed rand filed. The number o f names required for each office is given after the office to be voted for. | There will be one United States Senator to be voted on, a petition with 1,000 names being required to get a name on the primary ticket, There will be one corporation commissioner requiring a peti tion of 1,000 names, Pio supreme court judges, one each for districts four and five, requiring a 1,600 name pe ‘tition, The petitions must be signed by residents of the dis: trict and the candidates nem hated by districts, but elected by the entire state, | Five congressmen, requiriig a 500 name petition to get on the ticket. Ali members of the lower house of the legislature, a LOO crane petition, All members of the senate ening from oven numbered districts and all ‘short term” senators of the short term: men where twoare from the same district, 100 name petition, A memberof the state com nittee from each county, re qhiring a 100 name petition, | Que member of the county committee frome each precinct, requiring a LO name petition, GO TO TILE New Restarant and Rooming House 106 WEST COURT ST. Por firsteclass fare in every particular, Beds 25 cents and rooms 50 cts. Cigar stand, the best of cigars. Short orders and full mead. The public is invited to pate ronize us. J. HARRIS & BRO, Proprietors. T. MILLER, LOAN BROKER Loans on all Articles of Value, & 105 South Main Street MUSKOGER, IND. TER, WHY PAY RENT? We vell you a house and lot for $10 to §200 cash, Balance like rent. We also sell lots on payments, Get our prices, F, T. Martin, & Co, 103 W, Oklamulgee Ave, Let Us Do Your Job Work ALL MAIL ORDERS Receive Prompt Attention THE CIMETER JOB PRINTING GO. THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE 3 §We do business by fair competition 3 and conservative methods i: to: 3 {Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class primting i: i: i: tt {Try us once and you will always send ws your work si: ou ool] eeqc[= ~® South Second St., Muskogee, Nickens & Nickens, Pro; * South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. Nickens & Nickens, Props NELSONVILLE M. 0. BUECLE. Startling Results of an Investigation by State Examiners. Under the heading “This Town Is Easy Pickin’ ” a Nelsonville (0. paper reprints from the Columbus Citizen the following account of the results of an investigation of that town by the state examiners: “The examiners say that Auditor John Lax looked after his private af- fairs and that Treasurer Aumiller sign ed both his own name and that of the auditor to all vouchers, “The police department kept no rec: ord of arrests, the fire department no record of fires, and the sinking fund had no minutes. “Mayor James Sharp did the plumb: ing for the city, Councilman Price sold all the supplies, and Member of Board of Service Silcott furnished the coal to the light plant. “Councilman Emmett Keenan is also elty engineer, and his office kept no records of plats, and nothing could be found out as to the cost of street im provements” ‘The examiners also reported that the electric lights cost Nelsouville $88.14 a year, When asked for more detailed information a citizen of high standing wrote: “Figures of Examiner Smith do not include depreciation, interest, insurance or water, Arcs are supposed to be 2,000 candlepower burning on moonlight schedule, Few nights if any pass with- out some lights out, and often all are out the entire night, I understand that the local electric light company agreed to furnish the same lights for $60 per year each, with a percentage off for outage. “When the waterworks were operat ed alone the net profit per year was about $900, Since the light plant was “started the waterworks have cun in ‘debt and this in the face of the fact that they are pumping less water at ‘higher prices than before, the advance in price amounting to about $1,000 per year.” | FOR SALE. | | 3room 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, Mus: kogee, Okla Last January Ashland, Wis., voted in favor of installing a municipal elec- tric light plant. Votes were secured on the basis of an “estimate” that the complete plant would cost $80,000, this “estimate” being made by Professor W. C. Kirehoffer of the University of Wisconsin, who the lighting committee stated had been employed by over for- ty cities of Wisconsin as a consulting engineer. This committee thus con tinued its report: “After thoroughly going over the es- timates the committee can state that the outside cost of this entire proposi- tion, including everything, will be $S0.- 000, divided as follows: Coycrete and earth dam, spillway and power house, $19,850; turbines and electrical mwa- chinery at power house, $15,480; elec- tric transmission Hne, $4,330; substa | tion building and equipment, $5400; are lighting system, $8,075; incandes- vent lighting system, $15,680; land necessary for dam and flowage rights. $7.500; engineering plans, superintend- ence, incidentals, $8,735; total, $80,000, “In every case these figures repre- sent the highest possible cost for the work, as it has been the intention of this committee to let the people of Ashland understand whatever estimate is made that, in fact, the actual cost will be under rather than above.” Before the election the mayor pub- lished a letter from “one of the con cerns the committee has been in touch with” (name withheld) agreeing to erect ® complete plant for $50,000, to be in operation on or before the Ist of July. This has not been mentioned by the mayor recently, for when the city advertised for bids the ouly bid re- | ceived was for $130,000, and this did not include transformers, meters or janything pertaining to commercial ' lighting except a power circuit. AGENTS WANTED—16x20. crayon portraits, 40 cents, frames 10° cents, and up, sheet pictures one cent each, You can make 400 per cent profit or $36 per week Catalogue and sam ples free FRANK W. WILLIAMS COMPANY, l1208 W. Taylor st Chicago, 11 SALE BEGINS MONDAY WALL·PAPER Complete line of paints, Mixed Paints $1,40 per gal. The Bockenheuser Painting and Decorating Co. 133 SO. 3RD ST. FOR RENT-- FOR 5 room modern house on 3 room modern house on FOR 60 ft. lot in Garrent's Heigh Four 50 ft. lots on 19th St.. 50 ft. cor. lot & 3 room house Cheap lots in Reeve's, Picke Lots in Red Bird, Taft and For bargains in real estate, price, at any place, at any Houses rented, Rents collect to interest of non resident hand to show property. THE JOHNSON INV "THE HUSTLING R Office: 227 S. 2nd St., RENT--FOR SA FOR RENT. on modern house on 12th St., $12.00 per m. on modern house on 18th St., $8.50 per m. FOR SALE. lot in Garrent's Heights Addition, $175 00 9 ft. lots on 19th St., $100 cash, $7 00 per r. lot & 3 room house on 8th St., $270 cash, lots in Reeve's, Picken's and Ceasar's Add Red Bird, Taft and Tulsa. gains in real estate, See US. We have it at any place, at any time and on any ter- rented, Rents collected. Special attentio terest of non residents. Conveyances alve to show property. JOHNSON INVESTMENT COM "THE HUSTLING REAL ESTATE FIRM" 227 S. 2nd St., Ph FOR RENT--FOR SALE 5 room modern house on 12th St., $12.00 per month. 3 room modern house on 18th St., $8.50 per month. 60 ft. lot in Garrent's Heights Addition, $175 00 Four 50 ft. lots on 19th St., $100 cash, $7 00 per month. 50 ft. cor. lot & 3 room house on 8th St., $270 cash, $20 per mo. Cheap lots in Reeve's, Picken's and Ceasar's Additions. Lots in Red Bird, Taft and Tulsa. THE JOHNSON INVESTMENT COMPANY. THE HUSTLING REAL ESTATE FIRM" Office: 227 S. 2nd St., Phone 481 Official Statement of the Condition of the Commercial Nation'l B Muskogee, Indian Territory At the Close of Business, Thursday August 22 RESOURCES Commercial Nation'l Buskogee, Indian Territory Close of Business, Thursday August 22 Commercial Nation'l Bank. Muskogee, Indian Territory. At the Close of Business, Thursday August 22, 1907. Lans and Discount 1,098,36 Perdrafts 5,14 Foods and Premiums 262,00 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 10,97 Fish and Exchange 310,71 $1,687,19 LIABILITIES Loans and Discount 1,098,363.96 Overdrafts 5,146.62 Bonds and Premiums 262,000.00 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 10,975.08 Cash and Exchange 310,713.79 $1,687,199.45 LIABILITIES Capital $ 200,000.00 Surplus and Profits 52,946.54 Circulation 200,000.00 Deposits 1,234,252.91 $1,787,199.45 The above Statement is Correct. E. D. SWEENEY, CASHIER D. N. FINK, VICE PERSIDEFT. Must go before July 1. 1908 to make room for new stock. Complete line of paints. Mixed Paint $1.40 per gal. WE NEED THE MONEY. 60 CTS. ON THE DOLLAR PAINT FOR SALE RENT. 12th St., $12.00 per month. 18th St., $8.50 per month. SALE. Itts Addition, $175 00 $100 cash, $7 00 per month. On 8th St., $270 cash, $20 per mo. Un's and Ceasar's Additions. Tulsa. See US. We have it at any time and on any terms. Used. Special attention given us. Conveyances always on ESTMENT COMPANY. REAL ESTATE FIRM" Phone 481. Paris, France Paris, Ky.— taking business great satisfaction and to the would work say. Philadelphia make a first also Boston, Chicago and frivolous for New York cinerator and was used to liamsburg by the last rose the city's life bage for all on during the by which fu nothing, the compared to ice under pr wasn't anyt garbage either Over in I government phone, the himself so I Nation'l Bank. Italian Territory. Thursday August 22, 1907. RESOURCES By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. Over in Boston a little while ago they put a successful undertaker in charge of the supplies department, with the result that the Hub has been buying inferior grade coal at high grade prices, and the honorable superintendent didn't know it until the facts were brought out by an investigating committee. We are not at all surprised and for two reasons-first, a man may be a first rate undertaker and know the quality of what he puts into the ground without necessarily being an expert on what comes out of the ground, and, second, Boston should have known what we all know—that an undertaker is not the right kind of a man to have charge of a civic coal plant. Under the most approved municipal ownership ventures it is the custom to have such things attended to by milliners and delicatessen men. Matthew Arnold ought to be a popular author with those municipal ownership advocates who believe that a gas works can be successfully managed by a confectioner. He wrote an essay once on sweetness and light, which would seem to show that the two things are not incompatible. Paris, France--to distinguish it from Paris, Ky.-has gone into the undertaking business and is said to give great satisfaction to both mourners and to the deceased. Just how this would work in this country we cannot say. Philadelphia would doubtless make a first class undertaker, as would also Boston, but we fear New York, Chicago and St. Louis would prove too frivolous for the job. New York's combined garbage incinerator and electric light plant which was used to provide light for the Williamsburg bridge has faded away like the last rose of summer. Even under the city's liberal system of free garbage for all so pleasingly insisted upon during the warm days of last July, by which fuel cost the lighting plant nothing, the loss was $25,000 a year as compared to the cost of a similar service under private contract. And there wasn't anything the matter with the garbage either. Over in France, where they have government ownership of the telephone, the "subscriber" has to yell himself so hoarse to get central that when the desired connection is finally made he is too husky to make himself heard. This of course has its advantages if it be true that men are prone to talk too much and as a restraint upon a too impulsive speech, but we STUDY LAW AT HOME MUNICIPALUNACY. MUNICIPALUNACY. y1 y2 ```markdown ``` b b 10 10 THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL. Instruction by mail adapted to everyone. Recognized by courts and educators. Experienced and competent instructors. Takes spare time only. These courses - Preparatory, Business, College. Prepares for practice. Will better your condition and prospects in business. Students and graduates everywhere. Full particulars and financial offer FREE. THE SPRAGUE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL OF LAW, 844 MAJESTIC BLOG, DETROIT MICH. H. T. WALKER, cannot help wondering how long an American telephone company unsupported by the army and navy, the president, the supreme court and both houses of congress would last under similar conditions. ```markdown ``` The privately owned department stores of Berlin are underselling the municipal market halls so decidedly that the latter are being operated at a loss. We wonder that his honor William II. Kaiser of Potsdam permits such cold blooded butchery. It Sounds Logical. It was after changing a meter, an old one, for one of more recent manufacture that one of the inspectors was called to the house of a German. The complainant wanted that meter changed again at once. "For what did you change my meter except to make me pay more gas bill?" he asked. His bill had increased. The inspector tried to explain that the winter months and the earlier darkness were responsible, but he couldn't fool the old German. "You take out my leetle meter and put in that big box," he remarked sagely. "Big box, lots of gas; leetle box, leetle gas." And all the explaining in the world could not move him.—Progressive Age. This Plant Was Given Away. The mayor of Fulda, Minn., writes with regard to the electric light plant in that city: "Our plant was not sold, but given away in 1902, but the deed was not executed until five years later, as according to contract the present owner was to run it for five years in payment for it. The reason for giving it away was that it ran $1,000 behind every year. The original cost was about $5,000." The original cost must have been increased by later additions, as in January last the superintendent reported the cost as $10,000. Petty Despotism. The Hackensack (N. J.) letter carriers have been ordered by the postmaster general to resign their membership in the various fire companies. They are looked upon by the federal authorities as paid, because they are allowed $12 a year for damage to their clothing in service. It is this that the postal authorities declare to be "pay." The firemen letter carriers say they never have left their routes to attend a fire, and they can't imagine how the postoffice authorities became so interested in so small a matter.-Fire and Water Engineering. One Method of Control. On the board of directors of the Louisville (Ky.) Gas company are four men representing the city's interests. They must be residents of Louisville, must own not less than ten and not over a hundred shares of the company's stock and be elected by the boards of aldermen, the gas company furnishing a list of eligibles.—Progressive Age. WANTED—To sell standard sewing machines on $3.00 per month payments, J. A. Walcott, General Agent. 1093 E. Broadway. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA 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. NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered From all Parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Benefit of Our Readers. Miscellaneous. Caleb Powers, ex-secretary of state of Kentucky, twice sentenced to death for killing Gov. Goebel at Frankfort and James Howard, an alleged accomplice, have been pardoned by Gov. Willson. The case has attracted interest throughout the country and thousands of petitions have been presented to Gov. Willson asking that the men be set free. A Whitehead torpedo containing 220 pounds of gun cotton was exploded against the monitor Florida at Jamestown, Va. The vessel withstood the explosion and the test was declared a decided success by naval officers. The conductors and motormen on the Joplin & Pittsburg railway have gone on a strike. Twenty-seven persons were dangerously injured when a Missouri, Kansas & Texas passenger train plunged from the track into from three to five feet of water near Clinton, Mo. One person was killed outright and three others probably fatally injured when a "Roller Coaster" train jumped the track at a Denver pleasure resort. In the Republican primary of South Dakota Senator Kittridge was defeated for renomination by Gov. Crawford by 2,700 majority. In an explosion and fire which partially destroyed the packing plant of Morris & Co. at Kansas City, one man was killed outright and four others injured, one fatally. The monetary loss will be upward of $200,000. The firemen were handicapped by the flood waters of the Kaw river which surrounded the buildings to a depth of three feet. The Lucitania clipped seven minutes from the record of her sister ship, the Mauretania, on her last trip from Queenstown to New York. The time was four days, 20 hours and eight minutes. Roy Skibbe, a 12-year-old boy, was drowned in the flood at Topeka. In the capitol graft cases at Harrisburg, Pa., the jury was ordered to acquit ex-Treasurer Snyder, ex-Auditor Mathius and the ex-superintendent of grounds and buildings, Shumaker. Chester A. O'Connell, a machinist, was taken from a freight car at New York crazed from want of food and water. He had boarded the train at Jacksonville, Fla., and had been locked in for seven days. By means of the vote of Senator Foeiker of Brooklyn, who was taken to Albany from a sick bed, both of Gov. Hughes' anti-race track gambling bills were passed by the New York senate by one vote. The bills will become a law at once. The president and Secretary Taft have served notice on Panama that the coming election must be conducted fairly. If it is otherwise the United States will intervene. As the result of the recent local option elections held in Oregon 270 saloons have been abolished. Seven persons were injured at Cleveland, O., when a charge of dynamite was exploded under a street car. Thieves broke the display window in the jewelry store of Hyman, Berg & Co. of Chicago and escaped with 60 gold watches and miscellaneous jewelry valued at $3,000. The jury in the case of Raymond Hitchcock, the comedian, has returned a verdict at New York of acquittal. He was charged with mistreating young girls. Twenty-two thousand visitors attended the Confederate reunion at Birmingham, Ala. Frank Good, a young farmer near Peabody, Kan., killed his three motherless children and then committed suicide. Despondency over the death of his wife who died last month is given as the cause. Rumors that Attorney General Bonaparte was to resign are positively denied at the White House. The big rail mill of the United States Steel corporation at Ensley, Ala., has resumed operations. Dr. David Jayne Hill, the American Ambassador to Germany was received in audience by Emperor William at Berlin and warmly greeted. Dr. Hill succeeds Charlemagne Tower at Berlin. Senator Warner of Missouri is slated by the Taft managers as chairman of the committee to notify the secretary of war of his nominatic. William K. Vanderbilt's colt, Northeast, won the Grand Prix race at Paris which is worth this year about $72,000. The National Republican Committee has decided all the contests submitted to it, involving 219 seats in the convention. Secretary Taft was given 216 delegates and Senator Foraker 3. The Allison Glass works of Centralia, Ill., employing 300 men has filed a petition in bankruptcy. Heavy rains throughout central Kansas have caused the rivers to rise again and another flood along the Kaw is predicted. The Standard Oil company has been convicted of rebating in the federal court at Rochester, N. Y. The maximum fine that can be assessed is $800,000. W. B. Kirkpatrick of Topeka has been elected president of the Knights and Ladies of Security. John B. Abrahams of Topeka was elected secretary. While attempting to save the life of his mother Ben Bird, an 18-year-old farmer boy living near Pittsburg, Kan., choked his father to death. William Davis Ely, the oldest alumnus of Yale and a member of the class of 1836, is dead in Providence, R. I., aged 92 years. David Conway, a watchman at a Frisco bridge near Muskogee, Ok., was killed and robbed by four bandits who escaped on a hand car. The railroads have united for a fight on two-cent passenger rates, not only on the reasonableness of the rate but on the power of states to enact and enforce them, and Missouri has been selected as the battle ground. A registered mail pouch said to contain more than $50,000 disappeared recently at Kansas City while in transit from Los Angeles, Cal., to New York. While reluctantly admitting the disappearance the postal authorities refuse to make public any of the details. Edward VII., king of England, and Emperor Nicholas of Russia recently held a notable conference at Reval, Russia, which may have a far-reaching effect on future world policies. Eastern business men have appealed to Secretary Taft to use his influence with the Republican national convention in favor of a declaration for a credit currency. The supreme court of Illinois has disbarred George J. Monroe, Frederick Kingsland and Daniel Webber, attorneys of Chicago, for unprofessional conduct. The steel trust has announced a reduction in the price of finished products in the form of billets, bars, plates, structural iron, merchant pipe and wire nails. The National Federation of Millers held their annual convention in Detroit recently. The corporation commission of Oklahoma announce that a reduction of from 25 to 40 per cent in express rates is soon to be made in that state. The Harvester trust made a profit of $11,228,317 during 1907. Personal Blind Tom, the famous negro musician who has been exhibited throughout the world, is dead in Hoboken, N. J. He was born a slave in Georgia about 1850. DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW! If so, use Red Cross Ball Blue. It will make them white as snow. 2 oz. package 5 cents. No Loss. First Doctor—We are afraid that young Mr. Silliboy, the society patient, is losing his mind. Second Ditto—Well, keep it quiet and nobody will know the difference. Never Falls. "There is one remedy, and only one I have ever 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. W. CHRISTIAN, Rutherford, Tenn. So Lifellike. "Grey, the art critic came along just as I was looking at your new painting." "You mean my 'At Work in the Fields.' And what did Grey think of it?" "Commended its realism highly. Said even to look at it made him tired." Water. Water. Everywhere. During the flood of 1903 an old darky living in the East bottoms awoke one morning to find his premises four feet under water. Later he was found by a party of rescuers walking about the yard prodding into the ground with a fishing pole. He was asked his purpose. "Good gracious, men," said he, "what do you think Ah am a-doin'? Ah am tryin' to find mah dog-goned well so Ah can git mahself a pail of watah." How It Works. Once there was a struggling young author who was blest with many friends, all of whom told him that he was the coming great writer of the country. So one day a bright thought struck him. He said: "I will publish my book, and all my friends who admire it so much will buy my book, and I will be rich." So he printed his book. And all of his friends waited for him to send them autographed copies of his book. And so his books were sold as junk. And ever after he didn't have any friends.—Success. "TWO TOPERS." A Teacher's Experience. "My friends call me 'The Postum Preacher,'" writes a Minn. school teacher, "because I preach the gospel of Postum everywhere I go, and have been the means of liberating many 'coffee-pot slaves.' "I don't care what they call me so long as I can help others to see what they lose by sticking to coffee, and can show them the way to steady nerves, clear brain and general good health by using Postum. "While a school girl I drank coffee and had fits of trembling and went through a siege of nervous prostration, which took me three years to rally from. "Mother coaxed me to use Postum, but I thought coffee would give me strength. So things went, and when I married I found my husband and I were both coffee topers, and I can sympathize with a drunkard who tries to leave off his cups. "At last in sheer desperation I bought a package of Postum, followed directions about boiling it, served it with good cream, and asked my husband how he liked the coffee. "We each drank three cups apiece, and what a satisfied feeling it left. Our conversion has lasted several years and will continue as long as we live, for it has made us new—nerves are steady, appetites good, sleep sound and refreshing." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. HOT ONIONS FOR PNEUMONIA. Dread Disease Robbed of Its Terrors by Simple Remedy. Owing to the prevalence of pneumonia and the great mortality which attends its ravages during the winter and spring, several boards of health in northern New Jersey have been taking measures to protect the citizens of their towns from the disease. The health board of Washington, N. J., has published a remedy which is said to be a sure cure for pneumonia, and other health boards are looking into the matter with a view of having the same thing published for the good of the general public. This is the publication as it has appeared in the papers of Washington: "Take six or ten onions, according to size, and chop fine, put in a large spider over a hot fire, then add the same quantity of rye meal and vinegar enough to form a thick paste. In the meanwhile stir it thoroughly, letting it simmer five or ten minutes. Then put in a cotton bag large enough to cover the lungs and apply to chest as hot as patient can bear. In about ten minutes apply another, and thus continue by reheating the poultices, and in a few hours the patient will be out of danger. This simple remedy has never failed to cure this too-often fatal malady. Usually three or four applications will be sufficient, but continue always until the perspiration starts freely from the chest. This remedy was formulated many years ago by one of the best physicians New England has ever known, who never lost a patient by the disease, and won his renown by simple remedies." A Family Matter. Eph was before the high court of justice for the usual offense. "Now, look here, Eph," said the judge in an admonitory way, "don't you know it is wrong to steal chickens?" "'Deed I does, jedge. I's a plunged Baptis, I is." "Then why did you steal those chickens?" "Dey wuzn't chickens, jedge; dey wuz ducks." "That makes no difference." "'Deed it do, jedge," Eph pleaded. "Ducks is kinder kinfolks to us Baptises, an' it's all in de family, suh." I have seen faces of women that were fair to look upon, yet one could see that the icicles were forming around these women's hearts. Holmes. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES. BACKHAM FH 375 "Guaranteed" CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. TRAD. 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Aside from the triumph of the long and apparently easily controlled flight, the most important item contained in the news dispatches from Mantou, N. C., where the brothers have been conducting their experiments, is the statement that the aeroplane not only carried both men, but carried them in a sitting position. The earlier aeroplane of these inventors carried but one aviator, and it was necessary for him to be prone upon his stomach. The significance of the statement lies in the apparent fact that the inventors have at last succeeded in overcoming the real problem of mechanical flight—the problem of equilibrium. Aeroplanes that would support their operators have previously been tested. Engines of sufficient lightness to propel them through the air at a sufficient speed and to carry their own weight and that of the operators have also been successfully tried. There have been plenty of aeroplanes that would fly in still air. The one needful, essential, and undiscovered thing was an airship that would not capsize when the wind was blowing. Writing in a recent issue of McClure's Magazine, George Kibbe Turner quotes the Wright brothers as asserting that no one who had not navigated the air can appreciate the real difficulty of mechanical flight—that the great problem—the problem of equilibrium—never occurs to any one who has not actually tried flying. Thus, the real question of the flying machine is how to keep it from turning over. Air In Constant Turmoll. "The chief trouble," the brothers explained, "is the turmoil of the air. The common impression is that the atmosphere runs in comparatively regular currents which we call winds. No one who has not been thrown about on a gliding aeroplane—rising or falling ten, 20 or even 30 feet in a few seconds—can understand how utterly wrong this idea is. The air along the surface of the earth, as a matter of fact, is continually churning. It is thrown upward from every irregularity, like sea breakers on a coast line; every hill and tree and building sends up a wave or slanting current. And it moves not directly back and forth upon its coast line, like the sea, but in whirling rotary masses. Some of these rise up hum dreds of yards. In a fairly strong wind the air near the earth is more disturbed than the whirlpools of Niagara. "The problem of mechanical flight is how to balance in this moving fluid which supports the flying machine; or, technically speaking, how to make the center of gravity coincide with the center of air-pressure. The wind often veers several times a second, quicker than thought, and the center of pressure changes with it. It is as difficult to follow this center of pressure as to keep your finger on the flickering blot of light from a prism swinging in the sun. "It has been the common aim of experimenters with the aerosplane to solve the problem of equilibrium by some automatic system of balancing. We believe that the control should be left to the operator. The sense of equilibrium is very delicate and certain. If you lie upon a bed three-quarters of an inch out of true, you know it at once. And this sense of equilibrium is just as reliable a mile above the earth as it is on it. "The management of our aeroplane like that of the bicycle, is based upon the sense of equilibrium of the operator. The mechanism for preserving the balance of the machine consists of levers operated by simple uniform movements which readjust the flying surfaces of the machine to the air. The movement of these levers very soon becomes automatic with the aviator, as does the balancing of a bicycle rider, and simpler to operate than a bicycle. In fact, the aeroplane is easier to learn. In all our experiments with gliding and flying machines, we have not even sprained a limb; we have scarcely scratched our flesh." Fatalities Among Inventors. But if these two experimenters have had immunity from mishap their predecessors have not. Among the first to undertake the task of demonstrating that a mechanical flying machine is possible was Otto Lillienthal, a German mechanical engineer. He made a study of the flight of birds and eventually concluded that very little was known of the laws which govern the flight of the feathered tribe. He began experimenting in 1891, using wings constructed like those of soaring birds. Equipped with these, he sailed down hill sides into valleys. After a series of more than 2,000 flights one of his wings gave way one day and in his tumble to earth he dislocated his spine and died the following day. That was in 1896. Three years later an Englishman, Percy S. Pilcher, began experimenting along the same line. He had essayed only a few flights when one of his wings broke and he sustained injuries which caused his death a few days later. On this side of the Atlantic, Prof. S. P. Langley conducted some notable experiments, fashioning in 1896 a small, steam-driven aeroplane which made a flight of three-quarters of a mile. In the same year Chanute of Chicago constructed a gliding machine which attracted some attention. Four years later the Wright brothers, two young bicycle makers of Dayton, began experimenting. It was not long before their efforts began to attract attention. But they sedulously avoided notoriety, kept their own counsel, and devoted themselves to the task of solving the problem of mechanical flight. Mr. Turner, however, gained their confidence, and thus describes them: "Two lean, quiet men in a dingy, commonplace little brick bicycle shop; pleasant, unassuming, most approachable, but shy and silent under the oppression of the greatest secret of the time. Orville, of the more social and conversational temperament, did the greater share of the talking—an amiable, kindly-faced man of 35. Wilbur—prematurely bald, about 40, with the watchful eyes, marked facial lines, and dry brief speech of a naturally reticent man." Their New Method. To quote his account of what the brothers told him just prior to their going abroad last year for the demonstration of their machines before foreign war departments: "We had worked out a new method of practice with gliding machines," they explained. "Lillienthal and Chanute had obtained their experience in flying with the operator's launching himself from a hill and gliding down on to lower land. This involved carrying back their apparatus, after a short flight, to the top of the hill again. Because of the difficulties of this awkward method, although Lillienthal had made over 2,000 flights, we calculated that in all his five years of experiment he could not have been actually practicing flying more than five hours—far too short for the ordinary man to learn to ride a bicycle. It was our plan to follow the example of soaring birds, and find a place where we could be supported by strong rising winds. "A bird is really an aeroplane. The portions of its wings near the body are used as planes of support, while the more flexible parts outside, when flapped, act as propellers. Some of the soaring birds are not much more than animated sailing machines. A buzzard can be safely kept in an open pen 30 feet across and ten feet high. He cannot fly out of it. In fact, we know from observation made by ourselves that he cannot fly for any distance up a grade of one to six. "Yet these birds sailing through the air are among the commonest sights through a great section of the country. Every one who has been outdoors has seen a buzzard or hawk soaring; every one who has been at sea has seen the gulls sailing after a steamship for hundreds of miles with scarcely a movement of the wings. All of these birds are doing the same thing—they are balancing on rising currents of air. The buzzards and hawks find the currents blowing upward off the land; the gulls that follow the steamers from New York to Florida are merely sliding down hill a thousand miles on rising currents in the wake of the steamer in the atmosphere, and on the hot air rising from her smokestacks." Think Great Speed Possible. The brothers believe that the eventual speed of the aeroplane will be easily 60 miles an hour, and may be forced up to 100 miles. "Our experiments have shown," they said, "that a flier designed to carry an aggregate of 745 pounds at 20 miles an hour would require only eight horsepower, and at 30 miles an hour 12 horsepower. At 60 miles 24 horsepower would be needed, and at 120 miles 60 or 75 horsepower. It is clear that there is a certain point of speed beyond which the air resistance makes it impossible to go. Just what that is experiment will determine. Every year gas engines are being made lighter—a fact which will increase the surplus carrying power of the machine available for fuel and operator and heavier construction, but at present 60 miles an hour can be counted on for the flying machine. This, of course, means speed through the air. "The aeroplane running 60 miles an hour will have surplus lifting power enough to carry fuel for long journeys. Our 1907 machine will carry gasoline enough to fly 500 miles at a rate of some 50 miles an hour. We can, and possibly soon will, make a one-man machine carrying gasoline enough to go 1,000 miles at 40 miles an hour. Moreover, any machine made to move at speeds up to 60 miles an hour can be operated economically at a cost of not much over one cent a mile for gasoline. "There is no question that a man can make a lighter and more efficient wing than a bird's. A cloth surface, for instance, can be produced offering less surface friction than feathers. The reason for this fact is that a bird's wing is really a compromise. It is not made for flying only—it must be folded up and got out of the way when the bird is on its feet, and efficiency in flying must be sacrificed to permit this. The wings of aeroplanes will vary in size according to speed. A slow machine will require a large wing, but the faster the speed the less will be the supporting surface necessary, and wings for high speeds will naturally be very small. Not only will less support be needed, but the size must be reduced to reduce the friction of the air." To the same writer the brothers made the interesting statement that they did not expect the aeroplane ever to displace the railroad or the steamboat. They predict that its chief value will be in war time, when it may be employed for dropping explosives upon an enemy or for reconnoitering purposes. In this connection may be added the fact that the navy department has planned an extensive series of experiments with dirigibles, the purpose being to discover their availability for war usage. Those who advocate the employment of these machines point out the fact that flying machines sailing over a fleet are immune from any attack save that of small arm fire, and that they could attain a height so great as to be out of range from these smaller weapons. There is no type of larger gun now carried on shipboard that is capable of such extreme elevation. Of course it would be easily possible to construct a gun mount that would permit of high angle, or even vertical fire, but the question is asked how would you be able to hit one of these small targets sailing so high in air? When firing at a floating target any error of sighting can be detected by the splash of the shell. But how is a gun-pointer to tell where his shells are going when he is firing upward into the air? 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