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The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, SOUTH EAST CORNER OF HELL On June 21, '08, nine Negroes were lynched near Hemphill. Sabine Co., in the S. E. corner of Hell (Texas) and it all grew out of the killing of a white man who had attended a Negro festival if reports are true. As a matter of fact the white man had no business at a Negro festival and as a rule in Hell (Tex.) when white men go to Negro gatherings at night, they go for immoral purposes and to practice social equality. This the Negro condemns as bitterly as the white man does when a Negro presumes to come to his entertainments on a social base. The white who goes to such places probably in quest of a worthless Negro mistress deserves what he gets as does the Negro when the case is reverse. It use to be the case that such of the debased, degraded and libertine hellish whites could debauch Negro women at will but the young Negro of today wont stand for it even if lives must be thrown away in protection of right. Decent white men ought to commend the Negro for this admirable trait. The Negro does not force himself upon the whites in (Hell) Texas and even at fearful cost he will teach the treacherous white devil to stay on his side of the fence. No respectable white man could ask more and no decent Negro will stand for less. To white men we say respect our women and keep your distance and the Negro will return the same treatment, otherwise we are hooked up for the region of Pluto in the same wagon. ESTRAYED On June 16, '08, a roan mare branded H on right hip; has one white ring around the right fore foot. Owner can have the mare by paying for advertising and keeping. Taken up by Henry Harrell. Lives one half mile East of Spaulding Bridge on South side of Arkansas River. Post office Muskogee, Okla. Vol 9 --- UNWISE NEGRO MINISTER Anyone who wishes the black men of this country well, can not but depreciate the wild eyed and senseless things which some one induced a colored devine to deliver from his Chicago pulpit on Sunday. This gentleman of the cloth advocated the formation of a Ku Klux clan and other things that trenched upon the province of anarchy. Nothing but evil can come from such a move. No one whose judgment is worth anything, is moved by such words, but their reflex action is serious. It serves to show that the Negro, as a class, has a great way to go before he is worthy of many of the privileges he now enjoys. In the first place, it is to be noted that the true leaders of the black race are not taking any part whatever in this discussion. Men like Booker T. Washington, who is not only a credit to his race, but any race, realize that while the colored man has made a greater advance in the last half century than probably any other people have ever made in a similar period in the world's history, and while as a whole it has no part in these mouthings about injustice, still their salvation is not completely achieved, and what they need is not talk, but work. The black man has no peculiar rights because of his color. Neither is he denied any political privileges because of his race. Consequently he must expect to be measured by the same standard as his white brother. Had the Chicago utterances been made in Hoboken and the men been white instead of colored, the speaker and part of the congregation would have been jailed. No one expects anything serious to happen, whether the black men in Chicago vote for Taft or against him, but there is still a certain sentiment which the negro has to overcome in his upward propress towards a more complete manhood, and every such utterance not only reflex upon the entire race which countenances it and even applauds, but even upon the cloth and the pulpit 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. Hooker=Hendrix Hardware Co. SUCCESSORS TO HUBER HARDWARE CO. 137 - PHONES - 78 that are profaned thereby. Dem. 6, 23, '08 There is much food for thought in the above even if it does come from the poisoned bag of a venomous reptile. NEGRO LOAFERS MUST HIT TRAIL The police have decided to put a stop to the practice of a gang of negro loafers who have been making a practice of congregating on South Second street, and insulting white women as they walk by. Sunday afternoon, Wiley McIntosh, one of the prominent offenders, was ordered to move by Officer Williams, and when he failed to do so, was placed under arrest. He became demonstrative and an additional charge of resisting an officer was placed against him. The falsehood above stated is made of whole cloth. The Negroes do not insult white women. There are some Negro loafers on South 2nd street that should be made to move on and there are lots of white loafers that should be made to hit the No 37 S GOODS ARE DEMAND Flowers, Hose, ators, Tackle, Sets, all of Have the largest dealers in Mus- Harness and Wagons— K Hardware Co. UBER HARDWARE CO. ONES - 78 trail. There is no difference between loafers white or black but the Democrat is that kind of a cuss that exalts the white loafer and maligns all colored people because some black loafers violates the law. The Negroes are opposed to white or colored women being insulted by men of either color and we are in favor of all loafers regardless of color or creed being made to hit the road. The Democrat, better known as the Race Riot Review, belongs to that class of Democrats that are trouble breeders. There are hundreds of decent Democrats who do not subscribe to such ideas. Every decent Negro will stand by the officers in ridding the town of loafers, theives and things of every class whether they loaf on Second street or any other street. Clean out the loafers both white and black is our motto. There was no color line at Chicago, the Steam Roller ran over all the opposition alike. The Oklahoma bunch got it no worse than the others but just as hard. The Taft organization was perfect, the machine well greased and nothing could stand before them. Subscribe for the Cimeter. One dollar per year. --- Malaria Causes Loss of Appetite The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds up the system. You know what you are taking. The formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless, and the most effectual form. For adults and children. 50c. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Edition MUSKOGEE. Still, you had better not take 'em off for a few days yet. A Clinton county, N. Y., baby has two tongues. Girl, of course. Anarchists are given to carrying their cure around with them. President Castro evidently stands in the shadow of the wood shed. The peek-a-boo waist and the mosquito are watching each other, waiting for the word. The most unfortunate trait of the anarc.ist is his determination to be taken seriously. After consuming 50,000 gallons of whisky, the great distillery fire at Peoria was arrested. Have we got to send the fleet of battleships back around the Horn just to keep Castro quiet? A man with a bullet-proof head has been discovered in New York, where just such a head is most needed. Castro always looks out for his people. He arranges very entertaining aquatic pageants at foreign expense. There are ten negro banks in Mississippi and they have organized a State Bankers' association of their own. Prince de Sagan's composure is remarkable for a man who finds himself worried about love and money both at once. Plants with white blossoms have a larger proportion of fragrant species than any others; next comes red, then yellow and blue. Prince Helle is having a hard time, it is true, but not nearly so hard as most other men who are trying to make $15,000,000. In Italy it is said that the duke of the Abruzzi has never flirted. It is still uncertain whether the same can be said of him in America. A federal judge in Georgia carries a gun because he received a threatening black hand letter. Why doesn't he keep an injunction handy? Among the birds the swan lives to be the oldest, in extreme cases reaching 300 years. The falcon has been known to live over 162 years. The Manchurians don't mind the "open door," but they feel aggrieved at the Japanese who act as if they thought it were the "open house." Theodore Shonts says that it takes a good man to get into debt and live comfortably. But most good men are uncomfortable when they're in debt. Some theories of international business seem to be based on the idea that a man's diplomatic talents are demonstrated by his ability to pile up a fortune. A New Jersey woman has promised to quit smoking if her husband will move to Brooklyn. Again we see the utter impossibility of fathoming the feminine mind. A British scientist says that, thanks to recent investigations of radium, it will soon be possible to estimate the exact age of the earth. Does radium possibly know the age of Ann, too? Talk of increasing the kaiser's pay should not invite any suspicions that his finances have been such as to make him favor diplomats sufficiently rich to oblige with an occasional loan. The Denver preacher who is giving trading stamps to the pupils of his Sunday school mustn't kick if their parents put them back on the plate as their Sunday evening contribution. --- VETERAN OF THREE WARS. A Pioneer of Colorado and Nebraska. Matthias Campbell, veteran of the Civil War and two Indian wars, and a pioneer of Colorado, now living at 218 East Nebraska street, Blair, Neb., says: "I had such pains in my back for a long time that I could not turn in bed, and at times there was an almost total stoppage of a pioneer of Colorado, now living at 218 East Nebraska street, Blair, Neb., says: "I had such pains in my back for a long time that I could not turn in bed, and at times there was an almost total stoppage of the urine. My wife and I have both used Doan's Kidney Pills for what doctors diagnosed as advanced kidney troubles, and both of us have been completely cured." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Peace for Once. "I tell you, Judson is a slick chap," laughed Silas Ryetop. "He took his wife to Washington and kept her in the congressional library four hours." "What did he do that for?" asked Hiram Hardapple. "Why, begosh, they fine you if you talk in that building, and for four hours she didn't speak a word." People Talk About Good Things. Twelve years ago few people knew of such a preparation as a Powder for the Feet. To-day after the genuine merits of Allen's Foot-Ease have been told year after year by grateful persons, it is indispensable to millions. It is cleanly, wholesome, healing and antiseptic and gives rest and comfort to tired aching feet. It cures while you walk. Over 30,000 testimonials. Imitations pay the dealer a larger profit otherwise you would never be offered a substitute for Allen's Foot-Ease, the original foot powder. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, and see that you get it. Jersey Legislation. "That was a disgusting slap the governor took at our bills," said the New Jersey legislator. "Seemed to irritate him as much as mosquito bills," admitted the disgruntled colleague. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrch, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrch Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75e. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. A Redeeming Trait. "There was one good thing about Adam and Eve." "What was that?" "When they were in Eden they did not send out any souvenir postals." Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Lotteries Pay Big Dividends. Lotteries Pay dividends Nearly $100,000 is spent in Mexico City every week on lottery tickets and in the same period only about $70,000 is paid back in premiums. Try Murine Eye Remedy For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes. Murine Doesn't Smart—Soothes Eye Pain. All Druggists Sell Murine at 50cts. The 48 Page Book in each Pkg. is worth Dollars in every home. Ask your Druggist. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago. Many a man who knows himself hasn't any cause to boast of the acquaintance. PILES·NO MONEY TILL CURED·SEND FOR FREE ILLUS. TREATISE ON BESTAL DISCASES. WITH NAMES OF PROMINENT NEW CURED DRS. THORNTON & MINOR·1030 OAK 31. KANSAS CITY, MO. For Twenty Years Other chill remedies have sprung up, flourished for a brief season, then passed away—even from memory—but for twenty long years Cheatham's Chill Tonic has been in the field of action. The reason is simple. It has merit. It actually cures Chills and Fevers while the majority of others merely promise to. One bottle guaranteed to cure any one case. Why She Asked. "Have you ever kissed a girl before?" she asked. "Why do you put that question to me?" he replied. "I only wished to know whether it was lack of experience or natural awkwardness that made you go about it in such a ridiculous way." Best of All. R. J. Mayher, No. 406 South Clark St., Chicago, writes as follows: "I have kept and used your Hunt's Lightning Oil for the last ten years in my family. It is the only kind to have and the best of all." It cures Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Sprains, Aches, Pains, Stings and Bites. It kills Chiggers, too. Business Amounts to Something. Last year Brazil needed over 20,000,000 jute bags to hold the year's coffee production. Each bag costs the shippers a trifle over 18 cents. The business of making coffee bags thus amounted last year to nearly $4,000,000. "Mrs. Pinkham, of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn, Mass., together with her son, Arthur W. Pinkham, and the younger members of her family, sailed for Naples on May 20th for a three months' tour throughout Europe and a much needed vacation." When you are willing to go in debt for things you don't need, just because your neighbor has them, it's time stop. RED CROSS BALL BLUE Should be in every home. Ask your grocer for it. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. Those who await no gifts of chance have conquered fate.—Norton. Lewis' Single Binder straight, 5c cigar made of rich, mellow tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Race horses and watches should go for all they are worth. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Some farmers are smaller potatoes than they raise. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES. BACKACHE 375 "Guaran WIDOWS' under NEW LAW obtained PENSIONS by JOHN W. MORRIS, Washington, D. Q. If afflicted with } sore eyes, use } Thompson's Eye Water [Portrait of a woman with a high collar and a headband.] After suffering for seven years, this woman was restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Read her letter. Mrs. Sallie French, of Paucaunla, Ind. Ter., writes to Mrs. Pinkham: "I had female troubles for seven years—was all run-down, and so nervous I could not do anything. The doctors treated me for different troubles but did me no good. While in this condition I wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for advice and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I am now strong and well." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham'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, ulceration, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness, or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it? Don't hesitate to write to Mrs. Pinkham if there is anything about your sickness you do not understand. She will treat your letterinconfidence andadvise you free. No woman ever regretted writing her, and because of her vast experience she has helped thousands. Address, Lynn, Mass. 160 Acre FARMS IN Western Canada FREE WESTERN CANADA WESTERN CANADA Some of the choicest lands for grain growing, stock raising and mixed farming in the new districts of Saskatchewan and Alberta have recently been Opened for Settlement under the Revised Homestead Regulations Entry may now be made by proxy (on certain conditions), by the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of an intending homesteader. Thousands of homesteads of 100 acres each are thus now easily available in these great grain-growing, stock-raising and mixed farming sections. There you will find healthful climate, good neighbors, churches for family worship, schools for your children, good laws, splendid crops, and railroads convenient to market. Entry fee in each case is $10.00. For pamphlet, "Last Best West," particulars as to rates, routes, best time to go and where to locate, apply to me 7 THE @C1mecPER, Woh. TWINE . « « «+ Editor. Published Every Week in the Interest of the Negro by Cimeter Publishing Co Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee, Okla., a8 Second Class Mail Matter. FOR PRESIDENT WILLIAM H, TAFT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT JAMES S, SHERMAN, The Negroes will not support a lily white ova sell-out in the primaries or at the polls. The battle for office will soon he on inthe land “WHERE POLITICS IS AN ART AND POLITICAL CHICANERY A SCIENCE” to wit) Muskogee, County. None of the colored) contins gent who went to Chicago were putin jail, The white contin- gent cannot say as much, Now we have not said who—but can atthe proper time, ‘Too much Booze. There is one good thing the Legislature did, they killed the six shooter gang of Muskogee dead aus) h———— when they passed the primary election law, No more can men be nominated by force and fraud as was done by the so-called Republican Con vention in: Muskogee, ‘Thanks Gov. Haskell, The withdrawing of the con test from the 8rd Congressional District. of Okla., at Chicago was as rotten a piece of political trickery as was ever played, The parties responsible for the political larceny will) become known inspite of the attempts to keep the matter hidden, “Murder will out’? and so will the political lareeny — perpe trated inthe most contemptas ble and underhanded — way known in political chicanery, The Republicans are getting signatures for candidates for primaries, Its asure thing that not asingle cuss who sold out can get the Negroes’ support nor can the cuss who dodged on the fim crow bill. The Negroes would rather see a Democrat se+ lected than that kind of a Res publican, We know where to locate the Democrat. When the record shows a fellow dodged the issue by being ab sent Who said help Stand. ford? ae _— WALL PAPER ; wey CHEAP re » \e Must go before July 1 1908 7 Sta tu make room for new stock. omplete line of paints, ra a Mixed Paint $1.40 per gal. Wy, : WE NEED THE 9") MONEY. 60 CTS. ON THE DOLLAR Complete line of MxF J fe. paints, Mixed Paints (Qh dy é : $1,40 per gal. RSA. f niiictiaataaicini co 174 The Bockenheuser bs) Painting and : Decorating Co. os ’) 133 SO. 3RD ST. . The American Protective Tar- iff League is early in the field with a document entitled ‘ The Vital Issue before the American People.’ This is a reproduc tion of the great speech of Hon. Joseph W. Fordney, M. C., of Michigan,a member of the Ways and Means Committee of Congress, One copy will be for- warded free to any person send- ing a postal card request asking for document No, 93. Address W. F. Wakeman, Secretary, 339 Broadway, New York, The Republicans can win in the Ist, 2nd and 38rd Congres sional Districts of Okla., if they will nominate good men. But as the Negro is the balance of power, no man can be elec ted whohas there opposition and every cuss who dodged When our interest was involved has our opposition, The Negro vote alonein each of the dis- tricts can elect or reject. Stick a pin there. Who said help Stanford, FOR RENT--FOR SALE : RUIN INEFUINE. 5 room modern house on 12th St., $12.00 per month. 3. room modern house on 18th St., 88.50 per month. FOR SALE. 60 ft. lot in Garrent’s Heights Addition, $175 00 Four 60 ft. lots on 19th St... $100 cash, $7 00 per month. 50 ft. cor. lot & 8 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, For bargains in real estate, See US. We have it at any price, at any place, at any time and on any terms, Houses rented, Rents collected, Special attention given to interest of non residents, Conveyances always on hand to show property. THE JOHNSON INVESTMENT COMPANY. “THE HUSTLING REAL ESTATE FIRM” Office: 227 S. 2nd St, Phone 481, The National Incorporation of the U. B. of F has been filed in Guthrie and M. H. Mar- tin appointed as agent as re- quired by Jaw. The Grand Master P. DeLancy is. still at work and the people of the state who are loyal to the National Grand Lodge of U. B. of F are with Delancy. Only a few reb- els ave followers of disciples of rebellion from Guthrie who goes under the euphonious sobroquet of Jack Anderson, Like the Rebs of olden days, they are bush whacking and hungry. Anent the bond issue, it is not out of place to say that the col ored people ave in favor of im provements that are beneficial tothe city but we desire to go on record as being in’ favor of having the improvements so made that even the poorest cit izen shall have his proportionate share, Weare in favor of High Schools also one for colored children, We believe in extend- ing the water works and sewer. age but let it be among the sich and poor alike. These things being agreed upon gives equal rights to all and exclusive priv- ileges to none. Ave we right or wrong? Official Statement of the Condition of the (@C@ommoretal ation'l ban" Muskogee, Indian Territory, At the Close of Business, Thursday August 22, 1907, RESOURCES 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, Casnier D. N., FINK, Vick PeRsIDEFT, WANTED— To sell standard sewiug machines on $3,00 per month payments, J. A. Walcott, General Agent. 1093 E, Broadway, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA Pioneer Abstract Co. Muskogee Jewelry This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. H. P. SHOWALTER GENERAL INSURANCE. Sawaukee Mechanics Fire Insurance Co. Northwestern National Insurance Co. Michigan Commercial Insurance Co. Cumbia Insurance Co. Ampositan Fire of New York Go German Insurance Co. Archants & Planters Insurance Co. Myds Plate Glass Insurance Co. Velity & Deposit Co. of Muryland Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Siffie Mutual Accident Co. DR. HEN Assets Barnes Fire Insurance Co. National Insurance Co. Personal Insurance Co. 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We assure you we can't be undersold, as good goods and under selling others is the only key that keeps us busy. "WATCH OUR WINDOWS" Muskogee Jewelry & Novelty Co. 128 S. 2ND ST. R. A. GIVENS, MGR 128 S. 2ND ST. R. A. GIVENS, MGR GAS PLANT OPERATION. Lucien H. Tyng Compares Public and Private Ownership. Lucien H. Tyng contributed to the August issue of Moody's Magazine a strong article on "Private versus Public Operation of Gas Companies," from which we take the following: "Making money out of gas plant is not like picking gold eagles out of the street, and a franchise to run the gas business in a community is no gold mine. It may be developed into a source of great profit, but only in conjunction with capital and business ability, especially the latter, which if not employed in the particular gas business in question might be securing greater returns in some other field. "There is no more logic in the belief that the surplus earnings of a successful gas company over a certain percentage on the investment should go to the municipality than that a wholesale grocer should refund to his customer all profits over 6 per cent, say, on the capitalization of his company. The success of the gas company comes from the use of proper judgment, energy and business methods in the use and risk of capital invested, just as in any other business. "That often the gas business is apparently a natural monopoly in a given community does not disprove the foregoing reasoning. The gas companies that are making the most money today are not those that are taking advantage of their franchise rights to exact high rates. They are the ones who by their own effort in educating the people are so increasing the per capita consumption of gas as to make a lower rate a business possibility and by their intelligent attention to operating cost and investment of large amounts of new capital when needed are able to reduce the cost of making gas sufficiently to secure a greater total profit out of selling a large amount of gas at a low rate than was before received when rates were higher and business less. "But , is only by the most aggressive and intelligent business methods that a gas company can hope to succeed under such conditions. The ability to handle the business in this way is something that a municipality cannot buy at a salary. The opportunities in other lines of business are too great to those with the capacity that enables them to develop the highest earning power out of a gas company at a low margin of profit for the product." PUBLIC BUSINESS NEGLECTED No Private Enterprises Could Have Been So Badly Managed Without Collapse. It is a stern but not a pleasant duty to call occasional attention to the way events continue to stultify the claims of the municipal ownership advocates R & JEWELER colored Jewelers in Oklahoma, s, China, Glass ware, Notions we can't be undersold, as good the only key that keeps us busy. WINDOWS" y & Novelty Co. A. GIVENS, MGR that the public does its own business as well as or better than the individual does his. Take three enterprises of present moment. No private individual or corporation constrained by a profit making purpose and upholstered by the taxing power would make such crazy and corrupt contracts for a building as those which investigation shows the state of Pennsylvania made for the Harrisburg capitol. No private enterprise would have so little to show for six years of work on a simple engineering problem as the municipality has in the Manhattan bridge. 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A good many retailers seem to be so absorbed in the search for new customers that they don't have time to take the right kind of care of the old ones, and in this way they are driving business to the mail-order houses faster with one hand than they are taking it away with the other, says one man who has carefully studied trade matters. We do not mean that a retailer should not always be trying to enlarge his list of customers. That is exactly what he should do, but he must give even greater care to holding the old than to getting the new. The regular customer is the life of almost every business. He is the fellow you should have in mind when you are buying. He is the fellow you should decorate your store to please. He is the fellow you should try in every way to accommodate, for he comes to see you regularly and it is his money you depend upon to pay your bills. Your show windows and advertising can be largely aimed at the customer you are trying to get, but they must also give much information to the "regular" if you would make them effective; and you must never forget that your strife for the new customer is not with the object of making a single sale, but to add him to the "regular" list. It is this "regular" list which you want to grow, for its growth means your business growth, and for this reason you must not be satisfied with just adding to the list. Keep them on the list. Give just as much attention to holding the "regular" already in stock as you do to adding to the "stock" and you are a good ways further on your road to success. City retailers cannot generally be criticised so much on this score, although some of them depend too much on landing the new "sucker" that is supposed to be born every minute, but country merchants, who have very few opportunities to land "suckers," and should be extremely careful of their "regulars," seem to be most neglectful of them. Very few of them take the trouble to thank a regular customer for his trade and invite him back again. They take it for granted that he knows his business is appreciated and that he is always a welcome visitor. It does not cost much to tell him so each time he is in the store, however, and do it in a manner which will leave no doubt of the welcome. That is what makes his blood flow warmer, and causes a big lump to swell up in the corner of his heart for you and your store, and the first time you make some little mistake this bump comes to your aid and tells him, so he comes back to you and explains things instead of taking down the mail-order catalogue and sending away for his next order. Then, when you see the "bump" has done this good work for you, be man enough to make the wrong right in such a hearty manner that when he leaves your store again the "bump" will have grown considerably. The retailer who is able to make every customer feel that he is a personal friend is not likely to feel hard times, and if he has the other points of a good merchant equally well developed, he cannot help being a success. Heavy Imports of Foodstuffs. In 1906 the imports of wheat and wheat flour into the United Kingdom were 78 per cent. of the total supply. In 1905 the imports were 35 per cent. and in France three per cent. In the United Kingdom in 1906 the imported supplies of meat were 47 per cent. Necessity of Harmonious Efforts on Part of Citizens. The principle of working together and accomplishing more than individual effort may accomplish is the real reason for associations, secret societies, fraternities, organizations of every sort. Pulling together does things which nothing else may accomplish. Its value is very great. There is a danger, too, in uniting oneself too closely with others, lest one's liberty be involved. But that lies wholly in the construction of the combination. If properly put together, it may accomplish the ends desired without curtailing the freedom of the associated individuals. However, we desire to say a word about working in harmony, whether in actual association or without any definite organization. When partners work together the accomplishment of the firm is far greater. When merchants of a town resolve to work together for the benefit of themselves they do things worth doing. When the business interests of a state resolve to bend their united energies to the fulfillment of something needed the chances of success are multiplied by geometrical progression. There is not a city in the country against which at some time the charge has not been laid of selfishness and hoggishness. Yet these cities are no more selfish than any other aggregation of people. The man who sets at outs cities and towns and countrysides may not do it through any save a mistaken sense of loyalty to his home; but for all that he does damage. He makes a mistake. It is a selfishness in itself to try to belittle one's competitors. It leads to envy and a host of evils. Your town may have all the good, honest, generous folks on the face of the earth, but we doubt it. We think we have known a few elsewhere. Your market city may possibly be the abode of thieves and liars only, but we have known many honorable citizens and upright business men in it. Work with them and not against them, and together you may pull the cart out of the rut. With you tugging at one end and he sweating at the other, and both of you cussing each other and lifting at different times, nothing can ever be accomplished. Work together in all legitimate and desirable deeds. Ideas for Market Days. That the "market day" idea is becoming decidedly popular in the country is indicated by the fact that the merchants of dozens of western towns have adopted the plan lately. Reports from these places, which have been giving the "market day" plan a trial, indicate that it is giving satisfaction to dealers and to their patrons. Like any other innovation the success of the establishment of a market day depends almost entirely upon the interest which it evokes and the sustained energy that is employed in giving it a distinctive value to producers. The merchants will get out of the plan no more nor less than they put into it. If the arrangements made afford the assurance that patrons will find improved facilities for the disposal of their products it is certain to prove a drawing feature. If it is employed simply as a plan for drawing a crowd of farmers to town to spend their money, it is equally certain that the ultimate result will be unsatisfactory, if not seriously detrimental to future business relations. It is good policy not to go into a scheme of this kind until satisfied that conditions are right for its success, and once undertaken, to push it for all it is worth. Make it worth while for customers to come from a distance for the day, so that they will be ready to assist in the perpetuation of the plan. A great deal depends on "starting right," and, once having popularized the idea to keep up sustained enthusiasm by providing improved facilities for caring for the increased trade which it develops. 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. A kite flown from the weather bureau station at Mount Weather, Va., recently reached an altitude of 16,300 feet, where the temperature was found to be 20 degrees, while on the surface it was 75. Secretary Taft has directed that a suitable plot of ground at the Arlington national cemetery be reserved as a site for a proposed monument to negro soldiers. A bronze equestrian statue of Gen. "Mad Anthony" Wayne, one of the commanders in the Revolutionary war, was unveiled at Valley Forge, Pa. recently. There were nine prostrations from heat in St. Louis the other day. The Kansas Tax commission has completed its work of assessing the property of corporations in the state. The actual value of the property is placed at $402,996,446.36. The same property was assessed in 1907 at $76,000,000. $ Four new cases of Plague have appeared in Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad. San Domingo has taken the preliminary steps looking to a revision of her customs tariff. James D. Sherman, representative in congress from New York, was nominated on the first ballot for vice-president by the Republican national convention at Chicago. The only names besides that of Sherman presented to the convention were those of Gov. Guild of Massachusetts and ex-Gov. Murphy of New Jersey. The battleships New Hampshire and Idaho have been ordered to Panama with 800 marines whose duty it will be to see that a fair election is held in that republic. Luke E. Wright of Tennessee is slated for the appointment of secretary of war to succeed Secretary Taft when he retires from the cabinet on July 1. Senator Warner of Missouri was elected chairman of the committee to notify Secretary Taft of his nomination for the presidency by the Republican national convention. The new Republican national committee organized at Chicago by the election of Powell Clayton of Arkansas as temporary chairman. The permanent chairman will not be selected until after a consultation with Secretary Taft. At Trenton, Mo., a passenger train went down a six-foot embankment, one car turning turtle. Twelve passengers were injured, nearly all of them from Missouri points. Farmers in southern Missouri and southern Kansas are harvesting their wheat by moonlight. The continuous rains are causing rust to appear in many of the fields. The platform as framed by President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft was adopted by the Republican national convention. The hardest fight was on the anti-injunction plank and it was only after an all-night session of the committee on resolutions that the Taft men won their point. Fire in the Vigorite powder plant at Pinole, Cal., caused the nitro-glycerin mixing house to explode. There were no fatalities. The collier Bangalore, bound from Norfolk with coal for the battleship fleet, is reported overdue and missing. Three Itallans who attempted to blackmail Pietro Giacons, a New Orleans wine merchant, were killed by their intended victim before they could get out of the house. Three persons were killed and a number injured when an explosion occurred in the hold of the Hamburg-American line steamer Arcadia at Philadelphia. It is thought that a bomb was placed in the cargo before the vessel left Hamburg. The engine pulling the Pennsylvania flyer, on which was Secretary Taft on his way east, broke a piston rod near Dennison, O., while running at a rate of 50 miles an hour, and but for good luck and prompt action of railroad employes the train would have been ditched. Three miners were killed and seven others injured by an explosion in a mine near Monongahela, Pa. Sweeping reductions in lumber rates west of the Missouri river and a 5 per cent reduction in the advanced rates in the east were ordered by the Interstate Commerce commission recently. S. W. Finch, examiner of the department of justice, with four assistants and 30 men, is in Oklahoma investigating land frauds. Mayor Hayne of Minneapolis, Minn. recently vetoed an ordinance granting a 30-year franchise to the General Electric company. All the locomotive shops on the Santa Fe system have been ordered closed for ten days on account of scarcity of work. George W. Harrison of Topeka, who disappeared from Kansas City last January, has been located in San Diego, Cal. His mind is a complete blank on all events since January. Secretary Taft was nominated for president by the national Republican convention at Chicago on the first ballot and after the vote was announced the nomination was made unanimous. The vote was Taft, 702; Knox, 68; Hughes, 67; Cannon, 61; Fairbanks, 40; LaFollette, 25; Foraker, 16, and Roosevelt, 3. The twelfth triennial convention of the International Sunday School association was in session recently at Louisville, Ky. Gen. Khoroshkin, commander of a detachment of cossacks was assassinated recently at Uralsh, Russia. While firing a six-inch gun at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., during the war game three men were probably fatally injured by the explosion of a powder charge. The fifteenth national encampment of the Modern Woodmen of America met in Peoria, Ill., recently with 700 delegates present representing more than 1,000,000 members of the order. The Prohibitionists of Nebraska have indorsed a full state ticket to be voted on the state primaries in September. It is headed by R. R. Teeter of Falls City for governor. Walter True and Miss Minnie Lafury, both of Pittsburg, Kan., were married at the headquarters of the Kansas delegation in the Auditorium hotel during the Republican national convention at Chicago. Postmaster General Meyer has issued an order denying the use of the mails to all publications with anarchistic tendencies. To check the epidemic of rabies prevailing in Washington the district commissioners have taken steps to muzzle all the stray dogs in the city. The publication on the Isthmus of Panama of the letter of Secretary Taft to President Amador regarding an honest election there caused a decided sensation among Panama politicians. Oak Ridge, the old home of the late Senator Ingalls, at Atchison, Kan., has been sold to the Lutherans who will occupy it as a theological seminary. At the second day's session of the Republican national convention at Chicago, the credential committee reported seating the delegates as placed on the temporary roll by the national committee. All the temporary officers were made permanent with the exception of Chairman Burrows who was succeeded as permanent presiding officer by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. cs rae a N The Cab That Waited —o— By Don Mark Lemon 344 a escandbecaseaiecculal eee cma ene ite sate SNe (Copyright, by Shortstory Pub. Co.) Saee, > ee a. eee ee out the folded sheet within, he read: Bronson Stables: Send Jerry with cab to my house to take me to North Sta- tion to see a friend off, and wait till I return, PETER RUGGLES. He called up the foreman of the stables through the speaking tube and gave him the order. “And mind you, Jones, see that Jerry is on time,” he supplemented, for it was well known at Bronson’s that Ruggles’ motto was, Follow orders though it break own- ers. Ruggles had once threatened to sue the Bronson Stables for failing to follow orders, and the clerk had been cautioned to see that Ruggles’ orders should thereafter be followed to the letter—though it might break Ruggles. Promptly at three-thirty “Cheery” Jerry, who had faithfully served the Bronson Stables since its inciplency, drew rein at the handsome stone res- idence of Peter Ruggles, and just then Ruggles, carrying a large magnifying glass in his hand, came hurriedly down the steps and entered the cab. The station was reached in about 20 minutes, and, without waiting for Jerry to dismount from his box, Peter Ruggles opened the door of the cab and leaped out. “Wait here till I return, Jerry.” “Thim be me orders, sor—till ye return.” “That’s my man!” Saying which, Peter Ruggles hurried into the sta- tion. He had received a telegram to the effect that a former classmate would pass through the city that after- noon, and if he would be at the North Station at four ten he could have a few words on old times. This classmate was on his way “down east” and had with him a very fine specimen of an exceedingly rare beetle which Peter Ruggles wouldn't have missed seeing for the presidency of a rubber trust. For Peter Ruggles, 40 years of age, wealthy, eccentric, a bachelor and a scholar, had one pas- sion—beetles, . The friend came, accompanied by his sister, a beautiful young lady with large gray eyes, and Peter Ruggles, drawing the magnifying glass from his pocket, proceeded to examine the beetle, “Where did you get it?” was his first query, after a thorough scrutiny of the precious specimen. “It was sent to me from Maine.’ The friend leaned over and spoke tr an undertone, as one who confides tc another where vast treasures are t¢ be found. “They say there are more like it to be had down there, and I'r on my way now to find them.” Peter Ruggles gave a start, stared hard at the beetle, then at his friend: then by accident his eyes rested fo: @ moment on the face of the youns lady with the large gray eyes, anc arising hastily he cried: “Others like it to be found! You certainly don’ mean it!" “I do.” $4 jwerdit “Down in Maine?” td al “Down in Maine.” “Then I shall start at once fo Maine!” “Will you join us?” Again by the merest chance th eyes of Peter Ruggles rested on th face of the young lady with the larg gray eyes, “I will,” he said, The two men shook hands over th compact, and a few minutes later th: train drew out for “down east,” carry ing Peter Ruggles’ classmate, hi classmate’s sister, and Peter Ruggle himself, in search of an exceeding), rare variety of—beetle. From the next station Ruggles tele- graphed to his housekeeper, informing her that he would be absent from home. Meantime Jerry waited with his cab, and four o'clock passed; then five, then six, and still he waited. Once before the honest Irishman waited eight mortal hours for Peter Ruggles, while that gentleman was de- tained by a highly interesting game of whist, and not willing to be outdone by himself, Jerry waited. Seven o'’clock—eight—nine—ten,— Jerry had got down once at nine and stretched his legs a bit,—but no Peter Ruggles. Eleven—twelve,—and the driver still remained like a sentry at his post. At one o’clock he left his cab a moment to get a hot drink and a bite of midnight lunch. Then he returned to his box and waited through the night, his horse falling fast asleep in the shafts. “Me orders are to wait, an’ th’ divil take me if I don't wait to Doomsday!” was his cheery, if half-sleepy, comment to an inquiring fellow-cabby. With the morning Jerry was rather drowsy, in spite of the fact that he had snatched several cat-naps during the night, and was also a little dis- gruntled by his long vigil. He decided to telephone the stables. He did so, and the answer came: “Will send an- other cab to relieve you. Orders are to wait.” A little later the relief arrived, and Jerry turned his horse's head stable- ward. When night came and with it no sign of Peter Ruggles, a messenger was sent to that gentleman's home for instructions, to learn that the house- keper had closed up the mansion and gone to her sister's, Again the Bronson Stables referred to the written order of their patron, and as it stated positively that the cab was to wait, the cab waited, Jerry ta king the relief watch through the fol. lowing night with the same cab thal had driven Ruggles to the North sta tion. Another day passed and no Pete! Ruggles appeared; then another; ther still another, the two cabs and theit drivers waiting in turn, Then a week passed—two weeks—-three weeks—on¢ month! At the end of the month bill for 31 days and nights of cab hire was filed against Peter Ruggles, les: 10 per cent. discount for monthly serv ice, Down in Maine, Peter Ruggles, hi: old classmate, and a certain youns lady with large gray eyes, were en gaged in hunting for an exceeding); rare specimen of—beetle—and anoth er month of delightful spring weathe: passed quickly by. Meantime Jerr; and his relief, as well as the two cal horses, had fallen quite in love wit! their peaceful and meditative occupa tion of waiting, and, in the beautifu line of Milton, they felt how true i is that “they also serve who onl; stand—or sit—and wait.” The first of July came, and still th cabs waited in their turn—how man; stables could be depended upon t serve their customers so faithfully —then came the glorious Fourth when Jerry's horse attempted for th first time to run away, | What if he should not be waitin: when Peter Ruggles returned! Jerr, | gasped at the thought. Then wee! || succeeded week, until the thirty-firs {of July had passed, when a thir monthly bill for cab service wa charged to the account of Peter Rug- gles. On the morning of the second of August, as Jerry nodded peacefully on his box, a gentleman leading a lady by the arm came toward him from one of the doors of the North station. In a ‘moment the man on the box was all alert. He leaped down from his seat and opened the cab door, and Ruggles —for the gentleman was none other than Peter Ruggles—came forward and hailing Jerry as if he had been gone scarcely ten minutes instead of three long months, gently deposited the lady in the cab, Then entering the ve- hicle, holding in one hand a box which no doubt contained specimens of cer- tain exceedingly rare beetles, Peter Ruggles thrust out his head with the brief direction, “Home, Jerry.” “Yis, sor; home!” Jerry climbed upon his box and, cracking his whip loudly, drove down the street. The next morning at breakfast Rug- gles found a bill beside his plate. It read as follows: Peter Ruggles, Esq. To Bronson Stables, Dr. For cab services from three p. m. May 1, 195, to nine a, m. August 2, 1905. 92 days 6 hours; at $10 per day....§ 925.00 93 nights; at $12 per night........... 1,116.00 $2,041.00 Less 10% monthly discount.......... 204.10 : $1,836.90 Ruggles studied the bill awhile, then wrote across its face: “Mistake. Have been away from home three months.” He rang for the butler, and gave him the bill. “Thompson, take this to the Bronson Stables.” The following morning Ruggles again found the bill beside his plate. It was accompanied this time by a brief note, which read: Peter Ruggles, Esq.—Dear Sir: We quote your order of May 1—‘‘Send Jerry with cab to my house to take me to the North Station to see a friend off, and wait till I return.” Jerry and the cab waited, Respectfully, THE BRONSON STABLES. Ruggles’ hand went to his vest pocket. “Ah!” he exclaimed. “So Jerry and the cab waited! Very well.” He took out a pencil and O, K.'d the bill. Then, addressing the young lady with large gray eyes, who was seated opposite him, he said: “Dearest, I only wish this bill were larger, for then our honeymoon would have been longer!” A QUEER FORM OF AMUSEMENT. One Woman Finds Entertainment in Visit to Physician. The woman with the purple gera- niums on her hat was talking to her companion on the car. “I went to the doctor this after- noon,” she said, “and yet there isn’t a ‘thing wrong with me, and I know it. But honestly—say, you'll never repeat this, will you—my doctor always has an Office fuli of people ahead of me when I get there, and he never closes the transom between his consulting room and the waiting room, I just en- tertain myself by sitting there and listening to the silly complaints peo- ple have. You never heard anything so amusing as the different things peo- ple tell the doctor. Most of the pa- tients get all excited about their ail- ments and talk so loud that you can hear everything they say out in the next room, You bet when I go in 1 don't talk so loud, because I know how foolish it sounds.” Explaining the Ghost. The most popular creature in the- atrical circles is “the ghost,” and the ghost 1s said “to walk” when salaries are paid. The credit for originating this phrase belongs to a company of English strolling players who, al- though their salaries had long been in arrears, were rehearsing “Hamlet.” The rehearsal progressed, but when Hamlet, referring to the ghost, ex- claimed; “Perchance ‘twill walk again,” that sordid spirit yelled back again emphatically: “No! I'm damned if the ghost walks any more until our salaries ar® pald!"—Bohemian, YOU'RE TOO THIN. Even Slight Catarrhal Derangements of the Stomach Produce Acid Fer- mentation of the Food, It’s Stomach Catarrh Some people are thin and always roe- main thin, from temperamental rea- sons. Probably in such cases nothing can be done to change this personal peculiarity, But there are a large number of peo- ple who get thin, or remain thin, who naturally would be plump and fleshy but for some digestive derangement, Thin people lack in adipose tissue, Adipose tissue is chiefly composed of fat. Fat is derived from the oily constit- uents of food, ‘The fat-making foods are called by the physiologist, hydrocarbons, ‘This class of foods are not digested in the stomach at all, They are digested in the duodenum, the division of the alt- mentary canal just below the stomach, The digestion of fat is mainly, if not wholly, the work of the pancreatie Juice. This juico is of alkaline reac- tion, and is rendered inert by the addi- tion of acid. A hyperacidity of the digestive fluids of the stomach passing down into the duodenum, destroys the pancreatic fluid for digestive pur- poses, Therefore, the fats are not di- gested or emulsified, and the system is deprived of its due proportion of oily constituents, Hence, the patient grows thin. The beginning of the trouble is a ca- tarrhal condition of the stomach which causes hyperacidity of the gastric juices. This hyperacidity is caused by fermentation of food in the stomach, When the food is taken into the stom- ach, if the process of digestion does not begin immediately, acid fermenta- tion will take place. 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He cherished the flag of freedom Glad symbol of his race, So he marched away One martial day With a color bearer's grace. And he did not blench in battle, He held his colors high; How he might fare Was his lightest care But the flag, the flag must fly. One time when the cannons thundered, And the sod with gore was red, As the soldiers fell. They must quench with their own blood shed. The color bearer was wounded, And his leg of dusky hue. Broke under his tread, Not a word he said, But he clung to his colors true. And after the fight was ended With a will of honor grim He followed the tramp Of the boys to camp. And he crept on his shattered limb. But his banner waved in beauty, The stars and stripes still sound, "My Kunnel" cried he. But de flag aint teched de ground. Then the color-bearer fainted, But his deed was soon renowned, That the flag aint teched de ground. Three cheers and a tiger royal For the flag that ware fare crowned; It is thickly starred, It is all unmarred, And we swear, shant touch the ground. Dr. Cain, the energetic Secretary of the Republican Committee for the 3rd Congressional District, is a stalwart republican who knows what to do and how to do it. He is a fighting republican who can make the Democrat get on the run. We would like to see him in command of the troops in the ensuing campaign. There would be no place for laggards on the firing line and the Democrat would get the worst lambasting they ever had. Senator Robert L. Owen was given a rousing reception by the citizens of Muskogee on his return home. Senator Owen has made good at Washington. He is not in the Jeff Davis class and in fact is a real statesman. He is a real Big Man who be lieves in a fair show for all citizens, although a democrat, he does not believe in crushing the Negro but on the contrary be lieves in giving him a helping hand. OKFUSKEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA A Strictly Colored Man's Town. 500—LOTS FOR SALE—500 This town is situated 25 miles east from Boley, the largest and best Negro town in the world, and is on the Ft. Smith and Western railroad. Plenty farmers made from one to two bales of cotton to the acre in the past year. Good water, plenty hay, and good amount of forest. Any thrifty man can come and make a good honest living free from the many set backs found in the southern country. We need settlers and that bad. These lots cost you from $35 to $200 each; 25x140, sold one fourth down and balance on easy monthly payments. Good titles to any and all lots. We have 400 residents, a postoffice, several stores, all run by colored men. Come now while there are many inducements to good farmers. Plenty land to sell, lease or rent. Call or write. W. L. JACKSON, Townsite Manager and Owner Clearview, Okla. GO TO THE New Restarant and Rooming House 106 WEST COURT ST. For first-class fare in every particular. 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