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The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee. Our Legislative Candidates Should All Receive Good Majorities In This County Judge Cook is well known to everybody and is a staunch Republican and is entitled to and will get the solid vote of the party and then some. The Judge is one of the most able lawyers in this state and was at one time on the Supreme Bench of North Carolina. The Colored troops will get out early and stay late to land the noblest Roman of them all. Judge Cook is a sure winner. The other candidates are not so well known among our people still they will be taken care of. E. Merrick lives in Muskogee, Mr. Jas. Knox in Boynton, and Harry Beeler in Checotah. They all have a record for being of the kind that wont sell out and that is the kind of Republican to put on the ticket and elect. Their Democratic opponents are all good fellers but are on the wrong side of the fence. We will give them a chance to repent and find the church. GRAND LODGE of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. of OKLAHOMA. The Grand Lodge of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. under authority of the National Grand Lodge of the Order, met persuant to call on Tuesday, Aug., 18th. as one body, comprehending the heretofore existing parties and subordinate lodges which have been contending over domestic and foreign cooperate rights. In spite of the shoals, the amalgamation of those in good standing with the National Order has been definitely made. In the harmony, peace and happiness of the fraternity, no friction ever has been evidenced. The Grand Lodge which met at Baileys Hall, in Muskogee, elected the following officers for the ensuing year; P. M. Delancy/G. M., H. N. Johnson Dep. G. M., T. S. E. Brown, G. S. and B. H. Allen, Grand Treas. Vol 9 Okla.. ENDOWMENT BOARD P. M. Delancy, Pres. W. H. Martin, Secy.. W. A. Billingsly Treasurer. Other Grand officers were chosen according to the laws of the order. The First night witnessed a large crowd at the 1st. Baptist Church to hear the address of welcome by Mayor Bennett and the set programe which was marked with thought and genius. The 2nd. night was devoted to memorial program at A. M. E. Church was a splendid affair with a packed house. The 3rd. night at Convention Hall, never heretofore having been used by persons of this race, was a banquet unrival in pleasure display and social delight. More than 500 plates. Toasts were all gems. The 4th. night witnessed the installation at the Pioneer Park and a crowd of 1000 persons. The Grand Lodge ended with the Greatest Harmony and in spirations within, a success financially and otherwise. The God speed of Muskogee is the enconium to its efforts and the excellent coterie of its men and leaders. In The District Court For The Third Judicial District, Of Oklahoma, In Muskogee, County. Lou Hill. Sam Hill. The defendant, Sam Hill, is hereby notified that he has been sued by the plaintiff, Lou Hill, for an absolute divorce and he is hereby warned that he must make answer to the petition of said plaintiff on or before the 25th day of September, 1908, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment for an absolute divorce rendered accordingly. In Witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of the said District Court this 10th day of August. 1908. We hope that when the campaign warms up that the colored voters of the state will have an opportunity of hearing some of our men of National repute discuss the issues of the day. If Hon. W. T. Vernon, Register of the U. S. Treasury, Washington, D. C. and Hon. John M. Adkins, of Houston could be induced to make a tour of the state it would do great good among our people as we believe we can carry the state if we can get out a full vote. Last year there were hundreds who would not go to the polls. Don't let it be repeated. CORNER STONE LAYING BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, AT MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA AUGUST 25TH 1908. 12 moderators, $10 each; 400 churches. $5 each; 300 preachers, $5 each. $2500 in one day is what we need. Say, dear brother what are you going to do for the New Baptist University at Muskogee? We have sold out the old Sango College and purchased a beautiful 12 acre lot just west of the city. The ground has been broken and the foundation is now being laid for the new building. We will lay the corner stone Aug. 25th with great ceremony. We want every baptist in the state who is interest in Christian education and the welfare of the denomination to be there and put $5 in the Corner Stone or send the money. We want 12 moderators in the state to be present and give $10 each. $2500 is what we want to raise that day. Will you help? And all together pull all along the line will haul the old Baptist ship to shore. Aug. 25th is the time. Come over and help us. FOR SALE. 3-room house and 50 ft. lot close in, $650.00. Two-room house and lot for $450.00. Lot in Factory Addition, $75.00. Lot in Lincoln Park, $50.00. Write W. H. TURNE, Box G, Muskogee, Okla. 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 samples free. FRANK W. WILLIAMS COMPANY. 1208 W. Taylor St. Chicago, Ill. No 45 1908. QUITE TO THE POINT. Municipal Ownership Failures Predicted and Acknowledged—Frank Statements of Opinion Sustained by Fact. The following letters were received by an investigator of the results of municipal ownership of electric light plants, who thought they might be of interest to our readers: Dear Sir—Some years ago the city of Winfield embarked in the enterprise of and built an electric light plant and waterworks. The electric light plant has been losing the city about $10,000 a year, and the end is not yet, and the water project is in worse shape still. We have voted bonds twice to keep the electric light alive and are now about to vote the second time for additional bonds of the waterworks. The whole scheme is a horrible failure and can end only in disaster to the people. I never have believed in municipal ownership, and the experiment here has only confirmed my suspicions of what the end would be. Yours truly. W. P. HACKNEY. Winfield, Kan., March 31, 1908. Dear Sir-In reply to your letter of March 26, in reference to the village of Mohawk negotiating the sale of its municipal lighting plant to private parties, I would say the village has no intention at the present time of selling its plant, though it is conceded that a private company can operate more successfully and economically than a municipal plant can be operated. We have, however, discontinued the operation of the generating station and are purchasing current from a power company that maintains the street lights and operates the pumping station and delivers commercial current to our switchboard, but the village continues to own the entire system, though it has been a very expensive one. Very truly, F. D. DUBOIS, Superintendent Mohawk Municipal Commission. Mohawk, N. Y., March 31, 1908. Dear Sir—Your favor of the 26th relative to our municipal lighting plant received and noted. Our lighting plant is about the same as all other municipal plants, which to my mind is never a great success to the city on account of so many contingencies arising in the management of the same. The manager is subjected at all times to change of administration and political influences which are not always for the best of the service. The city bought this plant something like eleven years ago, and during these eleven years it has not always given the best of service. It has not begun to pay for itself, and now we are confronted with the reconstruction of more modern machinery, with the hope that from now on it will do better. I have failed to see any great result of municipal ownership of public utilities for reasons above stated—viz, that you will never be able to get as efficient and conservative managers as corporations or private individuals. When they sustain a loss they will have to bear it; if the municipal plant sustains a loss it is up to the taxpayers to make it good. This is about all I can say concerning the matter, and if of any assistance to you you are welcome to it. Very truly yours. OLE ERICKSON, Member of Board of Public Works. Escanaba, Mich., March 30, 1908. M. O. Was to Cure Such Things. In his report to the service board of Alliance, O., the superintendent of the waterworks calls attention to the fact that the plant is in a bad condition generally, two boilers being unfit for use, the high and low water alarm system in the stand pipe refusing to work, the roof and spouting on the pump house being badly in need of repair, with the foundations settling. A large number of the principal valves on the main lines are closed. Dead ends are numerous and stopped up with mud and deposit, much water in the mains being stagnant. The fire pressure is so poor that a stream cannot be thrown over forty feet, and one plug recently opened gave no pressure at all. It is added that the mains and hydrants have not been flushed and cleaned for fifteen months. Is Pe-ru-na Useful for Catarrh? Is Pe-ru-na Useful for Catarrh? Should a list of the ingredients of Peruna be submitted to any medical expert, of whatever school or nationality, he would be obliged to admit without reserve that the medicinal herbs composing Peruna are of two kinds. First, standard and well-tried catarrh remedies. Second, well-known and generally acknowledged tonic remedies. That in one or the other of these uses they have stood the test of many years' experience by physicians of different schools. There can be no dispute about this, whatever. Peruna is composed of some of the most efficacious and universally used herbal remedies for catar, hal diseases, and for such conditions of the human system as require a tonic. Each one of the principal ingredients of Peruna has a reputation of its own in the cure of some phase of catarrh or as a tonic medicine. The fact is, chronic catarrh is a disease which is very prevalent. Many thousand people know they have chronic catarrh. They have visited doctors over and over again, and been told that their case is one of chronic catarrh. It may be of the nose, throat, lungs, stomach or some other internal organ. There is no doubt as to the nature of the disease. The only trouble is the remedy. This doctor has tried to cure them. That doctor has tried to prescribe for them. No other household remedy so universally advertised carries upon the label the principal active constituents, showing that Peruna invites the full inspection of the critics. Libbys Food Products Peerless Dried Beef Unlike the ordinary dried beef—that sold in bulk Libby's Peerless Dried Beef comes in a sealed glass jar in which it is packed the moment it is sliced into those delicious thin wafers. None of the rich natural flavor or goodness escapes or dries out. It reaches you fresh and with all the nutriment retained. 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Cabell declared the divisions amalgamated. "Bill" Cross, secretary of state, was elected commander of the united veterans by unanimous vote. General Cross appointed John L. Galt of Ardmore his adjutant and chief of staff. The brigades elected the following brigadier generals: Cherokee brigade, Charles W. McClemon, Claremore; Creek and Seminole, William E. Gentry, Council Hill; Chickasaw, J. R. Pulliam, Ardmore; Choc John H. Hall, Caddo; First brigade, W. C. W. Richardson, Oklahoma City; Second brigade, T. B. Hogg, Shawnee; Third brigade, William Taylor, Altus. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon a sham battle was fought in the National park. General Brant Kirk, in the presence of 15,000 spectators, made a brilliant cavalry cahrge. The enemy was routed, the gunners sabered and the cannon captured. Chickasha was selected this afternoon as the city in which the first state reunion of the united divisions will be held. FAVOR SELLING SCHOOL LANDS. Guthrie, Ok.-The Second district congressional convention here Tuesday met and artified the primary nomination of Dick T. Morgan of Woodward as republican nominee for congress, and adopted a platform declaring for the sale of all the school lands, both common school and indemnity. Joseph Norris, newly elected chairman of the republican committee, stated that he would favor the adoption of a plank in the state platform favoring the sale of all the school lands. Morgan has chosen Arthur W. Dunnegan of Taloga as his campaign manager, and C. E. Hoag of Woodward as his secretary. C. E. Creager of Muskogee, republican nominee for congress in the Third district, has chosen L. F. Cain of Checotah as secretary, and T. A. Chandler of Vinita as campaign manager. The Republican state committee tonight named James Harris of Wagoner treasurer of the committee. TO RATIFY NOMINATIONS. Oklahoma City, Ok.—Delegates are coming in rapidly for the Republican state convention to be held here for the purpose of ratifying the primary nominations and adopting a state platform. The convention will have no lively contest except possible differences over the planks in the platform. It is believed that the platform will condemn the extravagances of the present Democratic administration, declare against the deposits guaranty law, touch upon the Haskell-West controversy, declaring that the position taken by Governor Haskell is contrary to a republican form of government; oppose the sale of the school lands, with the exception of the indemnity lands; favor the sale of the surface only of the segregated coal lands to actual settlers; commend the commercial movement in the state for sane legislation, in order that capital may not be discouraged from coming to the state, and indorsing every thing in the national republican platform. Immediately following the convention under the direction of the state committee, a complete poll of the state will be made, following the Nebraska system, which will enable Republican leaders to determine in advance their strength in the state. This is a part of the plan of the national republican committee adopted at Colerado Springs. RESULTS STILL UNCERTAIN. Only Fifty-Five of Seventy-Five Oklahoma Counties Have Reported. Guthrie, Ok.—With official returns from only fifty-five of the seventy-five counties of the state, there is considerable doubt still as to the results of last week's primary in regard to some offices. The race for the republican nomination for corporation commissioner promises to be especially close, as with twenty counties yet to hear from, W. H. Reynolds of Atoka has a lead of only 1,200 votes over O. A. Mitcher of Oklahoma City. The republican congressional nomination in the Fourth district also is still in doubt. On the present returns Dr. E. N. Wright of Olney has a slight lead over Major B. F. Hackett of McAlester. In the Third district, where the fight for the Republican nomination was especially spirited, the official returns show C. E. Creager of Muskogee to be the winner over H. E. P. Stanford of Okmulgee, but some of the counties are still out and no figures can be obtained as to his majority. SPENDING THEIR $370,000. Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Kiowas and Comanches Are Having Big Time. Lawton, Ok.—Arapahoe, Cheynne, Kiowa and Comanche Indians are having a grand pow-wow at the foot of Mount Scott. These tribes are contesting in sham battles, races, baseball games, broncho riding and steer roping. At night the weird war dance by glimmer of the campfires among the trees would make an eastern tenderfoot "sweat ice water." This reunion of the tribes was brought about by the appropriation of the $375,000 among the Kiowa and Comanche tribes. Several beeves are barbecued for the Indians and white visitors each day by the managers of the picnic. SABERED IN SHAM BATTLE. Carter County Officer Only Man Hurt at Oklahoma Reunion. Sulphur, Ok.—The Confederate reunion closed Thursday with a grand parade in the early morning. General Cabell and sta., who left on a morning train, were escorted to the station by a large troop of infantry and cavalry, headed by the Ada band and the Confederate drum corps of Oklahoma City. By resolution the united divisions wished General "Bill" Cross a pleasant and profitable trip to Europe and a safe return. General Cross leaves for London tomorrow. Deputy Sheriff Landrum of Carter county, who was sabered and unhorsed in yesterday's cavalry charge, suffering a broken arm and severe bruises, was able to return to his home in Ardmore today. WAS TAKEN FOR BURGLAR. Oklahoma Merchant, Guarding His Own Store, Shot by Sheri. Arapaho, Ok.—Sheriff Ed Thomas shot J. M. Crisp, a merchant, Thursday morning about 3 o'clock. Crisp had been warred that his store would be raided that night by robbers, and some persons saw Crisp in the store and took him for a robber. They got the sheriff, whom Crisp took for a robber and sallied forth to apprehend him. nhtIeddddddd bbggk hend him. In the excitement the sheriff shot twice, wounding Crisp in the side. Mr. Crisp has been robbed several times of late. SAYS HE'S HOBSON'S COUSIN. Insurance Agent is Charged With Stealing Woman's Ring. Youkon, Ok.—Accused of taking her diamond ring, L. W. Hobson, said to be a cousin of Richmond Pearson Hobson, has been arrested in Youkon at the instance of Mrs. Mary Jeffries and will be brought to Oklahoma City. Hobson has been a solicitor for an insurance company and met Mrs. Jeffries at Youkon. Truth and Quality appeal to the Well-Informed in every walk of life and are essential to permanent success and creditable standing. 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LS CARTERS Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature IVER PILLS. 7 en REFUSE SUBSTITUTES, Friendship of David and Jonathan Sunday School Lesson for Aug. 23, 1908 Specially Arranged for This Paper Versinty., —£PrOvV. Jé:hi, TIME.—1062_B. C., and continuing till the death of Jonathan, 1055, | PLACE.—The court of Saul. ' | Comment and Suggestive Thought. | | Jonathan.—Jonathan the son of | Saul, the crown prince, is one of the finest, the most attractive, and engag- ing characters in all history. _ Mighty in Love. His love did not | flow from weakness but from | strength. He was Great-heart himself. “He loved David as his own soul.” David, in the “Song of the Bow,” his touching lament over his friend slain on Mount Bilboa, exclaims, “I -am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant hast thou ) been unto me, thy love for me was wonderful, passing the love of wom- | en” (2 Sam, 1:26). | Brave. Jonathan was a brave and noble soldier, and had accomplished some very daring feats of arms. Alone with his armor bearer, he had cap- tured a mountain fortress of the Phil- istines (1 Sam, 14:1-15). He was brave in defending David before his angry father (1 Sam, 20:10, 32). He showed another even nobler courage in 1 Sam. 14:43. “I certainly taste . .» . in my hand; here I am; lo, I must die’—‘not a lament, but a hero- ie act of self-sacrifice for the sake of the people.” His good judgment is shown in 1 Sam. 14: 27-30. His faith in God and his religious nature were strong as David's (1 Sam. 14:6, 12; 19: 5; 20:18, 42). His unselfishness was more promi- nent than in any other Old Testament character. He was “the Golden Rule exemplified.” “His great-hearted unselfishness led him to recognize, submit to, and pro- mote the evident leadings of divine providence (1 Sam. 23:16-18; 20:13- between two men of whom the younger er was a most formidable rival to the older.” —Blaikie. A Model Son, Jonathan's noble char- acter is also shown by his devotion to his unfortunate father. “To him, if to anyone, the frenzy of the king was amenable.” “Saul hearkeneth unto the voice of Jonathan” (1 Sam. 19:6). Other Characteristics. Jonathan was older than David, had been brought up in very different circum- stances, and was more mature and self-restrained. He was a soldier, not a poet. He had not quite the genius, self-reliance, masterfulness, and vital force of David, nor his versatility, and power of leadership; but his was a great soul, a mighty heart, with a most. wonderful capacity for loving. David.—David, the son of Jesse, the shepherd, also wags very attractive in his person; he was accomplished in music and song; he was faithful; he was full of grace like “a he-goat upon the mountains;" he was courageous even in heroism; he “behaved himself wisely in all his ways;" he had great common sense and tact; he was large hearted and generous; and, above all, he had “a sublime faith, a perfect, childlike trust in the glorious arm of the Lord.” He had that in him by which he became “a champion of those who were in distress (1 Sam. 23:1-5), a ‘wall by night and day’ to peaceful shepherds (1 Sam. 25:15, 16)."—Professor Sanders. An Ideal Friendship.—Between Da- vid and Jonathan there arose a beau- tiful, almost ideal friendship. “The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David.” Their souls were inter- woven together into a complete tex- ture of friendship. “And Jonathan loved him as his own soul” (1 Sam. 18: 1). This love in its highest perfec- tion, mother love and bridal love is the finest type and illustration of the love of God to his children, as often expressed in the scriptures, Expression of that Friendship.— First. Jonathan, the crown prince, gave his court robes and armor to David (1 Sam. 18: 4). “Possibly the gift was suggested by the need of the country lad for some dress appropri- ate to his entrance into court.” Second. He defended David from the frenzy of his father Saul (1 Sam- uel 19), Third. By the incident and the covenant in 1 Samuel 20, He wished David well. He yielded up his hopes of the king- dom to David, only stipylating that David should not kill him when he be- came king, as was the custom of the times, and the further history shows the need of the stipulation. He formed a shrewd plan of making known to David the feelings of Saul toward David. V. 31, Saul tried to persuade Jona- than to let him kill David, “for ag long as the son of Jesse liveth. . , thou shalt not be established.” V. 33. When Jonathan refused, “Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him.” Blessedness of Friendship, “IT would rather have a good friend,” said Socrates, “than all other objects of ambition put together.” “The glory of life is to love, not to be loved; to give, not to get; to serve, not to be served.” “It is never given to a man to be wise in the true and noble sense until he is carried out of himself in the purifying passion of love or the gen- erosity of friendship. The self-cen- tered cannot keep friends.” One great advantage of friendship is its tendency to make a person like the one he loves, The Prodigal’s Return, The Prodigal Son approached the an- cestral homestead with a considerable degree of pleasurable anticipation, only to be met afer off by his elder brother, who straightway lifted up his voice, saying: “Our beloved father begs me to in- form you that, owing to the fact that he has but recently been invaded by a prodigal daughter and her titled and impoverished husband, he does not at this time feel equal to the task of pro- viding for you the reception you doubt- less expect and probably deserve. However, he bids me request you to repair to one of the plain but service- able restaurants in the village and there sojourn until he can get the present incubusses, or incubi, as the case may be, off his hands, when, if there is anything left of the fatted calf and the other comestibles, he will be delighted to share the same with you.”—Puck. Awkward Lanaquaae. | Japanese “typos” have their troubles. K. Sugimura, library editor of the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun, says that he especially admires the linotype machines. “Unfortunately we are un- able to use them in Japan, for our language has 47 letters, as well as over 3,000 Chinese characters, and such a number of types is, of course. beyond the capabilities of any ma chine yet invented. In the printing office of our newspaper in Tokyo the compositor must often walk the whole length of the room to fetch one character, instead of standing in one place before a single case, as the Eng: lish or American compositors can do.” The Woman Who Gambies. Moralists say that the emotion of gaming makes women ugly. It is not necessary to take the word of the moralists for that. Gaming does not make women ugly; it unmasks them, and it is of that that they must be warned. It is natural enough, since they play passionately, and in playing thhey forget the world and their faces. So much the worse for those who do as Jezebel, Jean Lorrain has left ter- rible pictures of old painted faces the natural condition of which is revealed by the excitement of play. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used, In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually neces sary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wear+ ing quality of the goods. This trou ble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of {ts great er strength than other makes, In Your Youth. And then there was the time you took Her to the county fair, You wore that new $9.98 suit; had Dewey Mun- ger’s best roadster and rubber-tired rig and a new whip with a red ribbon tied around it. She wore a white dress with a blue sash, and a string of blue glass beads about her neck. Mind those entries in your “daily ex- pense” book—candy, 10 cents; pea nuts, 5 cents; merry-go-round tickets, 25 cents; side show, 20 cents; weiner- wurst sandwiches, 20 cents; lemonade, 10 cents; ice cream, 20 cents; shoot- ing gallery, 10 cents; tintypes—you've got ‘em yet, you sitting and she stand- ing with her hand on your shoulder— 60 cents. Gee, but you thought you “blew yourself” that day, didn’t you? Los Angeles Express. Absorbing. Sflas—Ha! = Ha! Reuben = got bunkoed again. Cyrus—Do tell! What was it this time? Silas—Why, Reuben saw an ad that stated that for one dollar they would send him some of the most ab- sorbing literature he ever read. Cyrus—And what did they send him? Silas—Why, they sent him a pam- phlet entitled “How Blotters Are Made” and another entitled “Points on Turkish Towels.” Her Idea and His, Miss Kunning—Every woman should work hard for a husband— Mr. Marryat—That's what I say, but my wife's so lazy— Miss Kunning—You misunderstand me. I mean she should work hard to get a husband, but after she gets him she shouldn't work at all, SELF DELUSION Many People Deceived by Coffee, We like to defend our indulgencies and habits even though we may be convinced of their actual harmful ness, A man can convince himself that whisky is good for him on a cold morn- ing, or beer on a hot summer day— when he wants the whisky or beer, It's the same with coffee, Thousands of people suffer headaches and nerv- ousness year after year but try to persuade themselves the cause is not coffee—because they like coffee, “While yet a child I commenced us- ing coffee and continued it,” writes a Wis. man, “until I was a regular cof- fee fiend. I drank it every morning and in consequence had a blinding headache nearly every afternoon, “My folks thought it was coffee that ailed me, but I liked it and would not admit it was the cause of my trouble, so I stuck to coffee and the headaches stuck to me, “Finally, the folks stopped buying coffee and brought home some Postum, They made it right (directions on pkg.) and told me to see what differ- ence it would make with my head, and during the first week on Postum my old affliction did not bother me once, From that day to this we have used nothing but Postum in place of cof- fee—headaches are a thing of the past and the whole family is in fine health.” “Postum looks good, smells good, tastes good, is good, and does good to the whole body.” “There's a Reason.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to Well- ville,” in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new One appears fromtime to time, They are genuine, true, and full of human Interest, mr TYTHE @CimePER, Wouw.sTWINE . -« + - Editor. Published Every Week in the Interest of the Negro by Cimeter Publishing Co Entered at the Post OMee at Muskogee. Okla., a8 Second Class Mail Matter. FOR PRESIDENT WILLIAM H, TAFT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT JAMES 8S. SHERMAN. The Republicans are now polling the state and getting their organization i proper shape for a great battle. We have faith in Capt. Joe, Morris to believe that he will lead us to a glorious victory, The Pheonix is still trying to beat Creager. Inalmost every issue the old lady tries te show that Hep is it, There is no denying of the fact that there isan attempt to are ray a large percent of the Negro vote against Mr. Taft, even in this state. Ina few days we will know who our city officers are, wheth evits the old crew) or the new evew, [ts a pity for the city and county that the contention for office has kept up se long. The people are tired of the continued strife and want it settled at once for all times. John Anderson the pugna cious attorney from Guthrie, has been in town all the week trey ing: to get some of the very best menin the state in jail The trouble with Anderson is) that the masses of the U. BL FL wont take him seriously but po oon attending to their business and let Anderson attend to his if he has any, The latest is that the Bar wants to select a judge but the Negro members must have naught to say so says the Phoes mix. Is the whole Bar come posed of 150° members afraid of dozen Negroes? The City and the Street Rail- way Company areina’ fight, Both claim they are right and it will probably take a law suit te decide which is what, Bennett has our best wishes for a vietory, The kind and corteous — treat- mentof the U. Bo RB. Officers hy Sheff Ramsey has made hina host of friends among the colored people of this state and county. Mr, Ramsey is one sher- iff who can sit in his office and call any of these people over the phone, saying, “L have a war rant for you’? and they will come promptly ab his command, They feel that as an officer he will treat them right and= as good citizens assist the officers ia the performance of his duty. The Negroes of this state are hot at all satisfied with the treatment of the colored soldiers by the present Republican ad- ministration but brothers itis better to bear the tls we have than fly to those we know not of. Down here we know what Democracy is and ina national election we cannot afford to vive them aid and assistance directly or indireetly. [ks entive ly aifferent when you vote fora Democratic President and adocal Democrat. Some of eur people vote for local Democrats for county and city) officers but they cant afford te earry the matter higher up. The Negro preachers of this country should give more atten tion to politics, They have look- ed after the pulpit so closely in the past, that the other fellows have come to the conclusion that the preacher has no political rights in this country, Preach- fers are the acknowledge leader of the people. The people look to him to protect them where ever their interest isat stake and he should) do it, ‘The | preacher is the only leader that the people can trast. therefore ie should protect them from ‘the comnmion political grafter of | this country. ‘The old time po, inca grafter lus sold out so of- ‘ten that the people are on to ‘them and will not trust them jany further, so they turned to [the preacher to lead and protect Ithem. Now let the preachers all lover this country come to the | front and see to it: that the peo- }ple havea clean leadership for jthe next four years. The preacher is the only living man J commissioned by God to lead | his people and they should do. hit. Moses, Joshua, Abraham, [Isaac and Jacob were all) politi jeians. All the leading Baptist | Divines, of America, such as i Dr. Morris, 1. G, Jordan, I. IW. D. Isaac and all the Bishops Jin the ALM... ©. M, BL anc | A.M. BE. Z, chureh are into pol fities and then why not you | Phey are Hot in politics to seek joffice but in’ politics to” bette ithe condition of our peop'e i Chere is quitea difference in; -|politician and an office seeker s| Now boys go into polities anc i the politics go ito you, , —Safe Guard, WATERWORKS DISGRACE. An indignant Protest Against Condi- tions That Would Not Be Tolerated if Kansas City’s Waterworks Were Privately Owned and Operated. If the Kansas City waterworks sys- tem were owned and operated by @ private corporation instead of by the municipality, it ts easy to imagine that the newly created public utilities eom- mission would be in continuous session these days. and nights in a frantic ef- fort to provide against an interruption of service because of floods. The com- mission would be making loud and in- sistent lament agalust the negligence and incapacity of a management that permits. the waterworks of a great city to be menaced almost every spring, and peremptory orders. would be Is- sued demanding # eorrection of the fault under pain of forfeiture of fran- ehise. And the commission would be fully justified in so doing. _ Under municipal control the water- works of Kansas City are and always Bave been a costly failure that would not be tolerated if a private corpora- | tion were responsible for their eondi- | tion. Last fall when there was an in- | terruption of the gas supply for a day the mayor instantly erdered an “inves- tigation.” although it was shown that the company operating the gus system had not completed its extensive ar. rangements to insure a continuous sup- ply of gus to all of the city [Kansas | City enjoys unsurpassed street car and | telephone service, but if anything should happen to these utilities to en. danger or inconvenience the public the politicians would be on their feet in- stanter demanding reprisals and pun- ishments. Yet week after week ani month after month go by and the wa. ter plant remains the same old uncer tain and unreliable tax eating testi. monial to the city’s incapacity and pa- tlence. Municipal ownership and operation were never more of a failure than in | the instance of Kansas City and its | water supply. Hundreds of thousand: of dollars have been expended upor | the waterworks, engineers have beer | hired and discharged, flow lines have | been built and washed away, higl | priced pumps and other equipment have been purchased and installed, anc | yet the system Is only a precariou: | patchwork which any unusual condi | tion jeopardizes. If Kansas City’: waterworks were privately owned anc operated the people of this community would rise and demand that they b torn up and an entirely new and up t date system constructed. As a mu nicipal institution, however, it fs tol | erated as the prey of politicians anc the reward of partisan patronage.- | Kansas City Journal, a A CHANGE IN CHICAGO. Costly Generating Plant Goes Out of Existence—The City Must Pocket dee. hen. Sne Loss. According to reports from Chicago all generating stations of the munici- pal electric light plant have been shut down and current is being purchased from the Chicago sanitary district, which utilizes the water power of the drainage canal, That this will reduce the cost of lighting the streets is rea- sonably certain, but there is no eer- tainty that it will reduce it to a figure as low as would be given by a private company, because a large proportion of the lighting cost—distribution and “maintenance of circuits and lamps— will still be in the hands of the city | and therefore most unlikely to be eco- nomically administered. Even if the experiment is a financial success from now on, the present cashes involves an enormous loss to the city in the practical wiping out of | tts costly generating system, This loss, if charged up to the period during which the plant has been tn operation, would greatly increase the estimuted | cont of lights for the past twenty-one years, which was already in excess of lighting by contract. It is such occur. rences as this which show how worth- less are the figures of costs given out by city lighting plants, ignoring, as they do, the ehanges entailed by prog- ress In the art of Hghting or by special contingencies. The only time a city knows what its Mghts are eosting ts: when it has a eontract with a com- pany. Municipat lighting is a gamble In whicl the eity stacks the ecards against itself by its unbusinessiike methods of operating and accounting. An Economic Reversal. During the last few years the rates of public service corporations have de- ereased materially in spite of the in- creased cost of Inbor and materials. This result is due directly to. increased: business and improvements in the va- mous arts Involved, but indirectly to the business and technical ability of the men in control. On the other hand, scarcely a week passes that does not bring the news of an Increase in rates of some municipal plant, the two hitest vecorded being the munictpal water: “Works of Fort Scott and Girard, Kan. This may be due to bad management or to the ertginal adoption of too low a. rate. Usually when. cities take over their utilities the necessary authority from the voters is seeured by a promise of rate reduction, and that promise 1s kept without regard to the ability of | the business to stand ft. The result he poor service, plant deterforation or fucrease of taxes. Frequently all of these results follow, with an ultimate return to the rates charged by the cor- poration that was put out of business | because ft was “robbing” Its custom- | ers. The eity clerk of South Haven, Mich., writes that bonds to the amount of $10,000 have been voted to make up. a deficit on operation and construction of the municipal electric ptent. Wastefut Government. If we would only bring home to the people the way in which wasteful gov- ernment bears upon them in their Gaily life, if we eould only make them Tealize the way they are robbed by in- | efficiency and the fact that the taxes | that are paid to support an extrava-| gant administration in their final in-| eldence come upon the poor, we should have everywhere recruits in the army of reform. — Governor Charles B. Hughes of New York. _ THE FEAR OF POLITICS. oecninias Why High Grade Employees Prefer Private Positions. One of the first results of the semi- municipal ownership of trolleys im Cleveland is the feeling of high grade employees that they had better look for positions which are not hampered and endangered by politica) tnterfer- ence, Of the resignation of the en- Gineer of maintenance of way the Cleveland News says: “Engineer Tilton of the former trac- tion regime resigned his place Tuesday Because his profession had nothing iv common with polities. Te feared that Politics might come to be a factor In the affairs of the holding company. He had had that fear ever since the public was told that the board of directors could not meet to discuss a grave labor difficulty because most ef the members had gone to Columbus to attend a po- Mtical convention.” The same paper quotes Mr. Tilton as saying: “I desire to say that I hold Mr. du Pont in the highest esteem. Moreover, I like Mayor Johnson, I don't want to eriticise the mayor and his associates for being politicians either, They have -@ perfect and absolute right to be poll- ticlans. It is the fact 1 am looking at. Here Is a management which includes Mayor Johnson, City Solicitor Baker, Senator Howe, County Solicitor Stage and Senator Thomas P. Schmidt, All of them are politicians, It ts the po- _Htical influence I fear for the future. | Those men cannot keep politics out— could not !f they tried. I don't doubt | they mean well by me. It Is the in- evitable situation that makes it seem to me well to make a change.” THE SEASON'S GOODS ARE NOW IN DEMAND Lawn Mowers, Garden Hose, Refrigerators, Fishing Tackle, Croquet Sets, all of which we have And don't 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 Official Statement of the Condition of the Commercial Muskogee, India At the Close of Business, T RESOU Loans and Discount Overdrafts Bonds and Premiums Real Estate, Furniture and Cash and Exchange LIABIL mmercial 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. RESOURCES Ins and Discount 1,098,368 Merdrafts 5.146 Lands and Premiums 262,000 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 10.975 Fish and Exchange 310,713 $1,687,199 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 Surplus and Profits Circulation Deposits The above Statement is Correct. D. N. FINK, VICE PRESIDENT. OUR TEA AND COFFE TEA AND COFFEE SERV OUR TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE teapot L. M. Bailey MUSKOGEE TEA MARKET Bailey - Herman KOGEE TEA & COFFEE MARKET SQUARE L. M. Bailey Herman Fist MUSKOGEE TEA & COFFEE CO. MARKET SQUARE Nation'l Bank. Indian Territory. Thursday August 22, 1907. URCES 1,098,363.96 5,146.62 262,000.00 and Fixtures 10,975.08 310,713.79 $1,687,199.45 LITIES $ 200,000.00 52,946.54 200,000.00 1,234,252.91 $1,787,199.45 E. D. SWEENEY, CASHIER AND FREE SERVICE is said by our customers to be excellent, because they were never served with any better Tea or Coffee since they began drinking either. There is a delicacy of aroma, and a peculiarly attractive flavor to our Teas and Coffees which soon makes them popular favorites in the most particular households. All we ask is that you test our claim by a trial order. We know that you will afterwards admit the justice of our claim. Herman Fist A & COFFEE CO. SQUARE LOAN BROKER Loans on all Articles of Value. 105 South Main Street MUSKOGEE. IND. TER. WHY PAY RENT? We sell 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. 403 W. Oklamulgee Ave. 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. WANTED—To sell standard sewing machines on $3 per month payments. J. A. WALCOTT, General Agent, 1093 E. Broadway, Muskogee, Okla. STUDY LAW AT HOME THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL. Instruction by mail adapted to everyone. Recognized by courts and educators. Experienced and competent instructors. Takes spare time only. Three courses—Preparatory, Business, College. Prepares for practice. Will better your condition and prospects in business. Students and graduates everywhere. Full curriculum. ```markdown ``` THE APRAUSE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL OF LAW, 44 MAJESTIC BLU, DETROIT, MICH. 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This bulb alone is a quarter. H. W. Buckbee 1706 BUCKBEE ST. ROCKFORD, ILL. SEEDS BUCKBEE'S SEEDS SUCCEED! SPECIAL OFFER: Made to build New Business. A trial will make you our permanent customer. Prize Collection Radish, 17 varieties; Lett- tuce, 12 kinds; Tomatoes, 11 the finest; Tunaise, 1 splendid; Onions, 8 best vari- ties; 10 Spring-Bowering Inhabited varieties in all. GUARANTEED TO PLEASE. Write to-day; Mention this Paper. SEND 10 CENTS to cover postage and packing and receive this valuable collection of Seeds postpaid, together with my big Instructive, Beautiful Seed and Plant Book, tells all about the Best varieties of Seeds, Plants, etc. H. W. Buckbee, 1706 BUCKBEE STREET BUCKFORD, ILL. McCALL PATTERNS 10 15 NONE HIGHER McCALLS MAGAZINE 50 YEAR RECEIVING A FREE PATTERN There are more McCall Patterns sold in the United States than of any other make of patterns. This is no account of their style, accuracy and simplicity. McCall's Magazine (The Queen of Posh) has more subscribers than any other Ladies' Magazine. One year's subscription (12 numbers) costs $60 coins. Later year's copies. Every subscriber gets a McCall's Pattern Free subscription today. Lady Agents Wanted. Handsome premium coil liberal cash commission. Large Cat Catalog (showing two premium signs) and Premium Catalogue (showing two premium costs free). Address TMB MCCALL CO. New York. BUSINESS COLLEGE FOR MUSKOGEE. Afro American Business College, Located 300 South 2nd St., in McCulloch & Sims Building. DEPARTMENTS: Shorthand, Typewriting, Bookkeeping, Commercial Law, Literary, Primary, Preparatory, Normal. INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT: Dressmaking, Millinary, Music, and the Kindergarten. School Night and Day. Youngmen and women who desire to prepare themselves for usefulness will do well to take a course in the Afro American Business College. Our Dressmaking Department is taught by an expert Dressmaker, who is well versed in dressmaking, and is a graduate of the French Dressmaking School. And we teach the French Tailoring System of Dressmaking—a system that learns you to Cut without refitting. Call and investigate our courses. Afro American Business College. Address all communications to K. W. Hardy, Box 15,Muskogee, Ok. 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 Clearyview, Okla. FOR SALE. 60 acres of good land $20 per acre; 40 acres of good land $15 per acre; 20 acres of good land $15 per acre. 4 stand cotton gin for $4,500. Will trade for farm lands or city property in Muskogee. 4 stand cotton gin for $3,500. Write to W. H. TWINE, Jr., Box G, Muskogee, Okla. --- Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Edited MUSKOGEE, OKLA. Ice Made in Home Kitchen. The problem of producing ice in small quantities quickly and cheaply has apparently been solved by a French inventor, who has perfected a machine which is cheap, simple of operation, practically everlasting, and thoroughly practical. It may be operated by a belt connected with a steam engine, by a small electric motor, or by hand cranks. The invention is a rotative compression and automatic machine, regulating itself to all speeds, whatever may be the temperature of the condensing water used. The important feature is a cylinder in which the chemicals are sealed—the latter not requiring renewal and lasting as long as the machine itself—and which, revolving in water, produces the ice. It can also produce cold air. The machine has no joint piece, no pressure gauge, no suction or regulating valve. It will work in water reaching even 113 degrees Fahrenheit, and saves 98 per cent. of cooling water, and 70 per cent. of motive power as compared with any other freezing machine known. The Germans have also a new freezing device especially adapted to household and field hospital use, says the Technical World Magazine. It is very simple, and could be manufactured for about one dallor. It consists merely of a double wall tin vessel with a capacity of five gallons. The hollow space between the two walls is about an inch across. By the gradual admission of carbonic acid into this hollow space through an opening at the bottom, and from there to the vessel proper through a cross arm tube, it is claimed that water may be converted into ice in the space of 60 seconds, and that meats, fruits, and beverages, such as beer or wine, may be chilled or frozen in a few seconds. This effect is produced by the sudden great reduction of temperature caused by the rapid expansion of the carbonic acid, which is admitted from an ordinary carbonic acid reservoir. Wings Like a Dove. Man long since ceased sighing for wings like a dove, that he might fly to the uttermost parts of the earth, and began practical experimentation in imitating nature's handiwork. Overcoming the law of gravitation was least difficult. The problem of propulsion was easily solved. The problem of adequate control and reliable power of direction has been the challenge to the aviators. Even that is being successfully met, and the day of the airship is at hand. The announcement that Count Zeppelin has sustained flight for two hours, during which his airship was manipulated in the most complicated maneuvers, indicates that the reward of success has come to his persistent effort and expenditure. From possibility to practicability may be but a step, remarks the Boston Herald. Inventive genius which has made the impossible possible will not hesitate at the task of rendering it practical and usable. Rhodesia is having a plague of wild elephants and Schoolcraft county, Michigan, is being bothered by an oversupply of grasshoppers. People who live in Rhodesia and Schoolcraft county are, of course, pessimistically declaring that the whole world has gone wrong. Now a college professor says that women have two souls. And just think of the number of times they can change their minds! THE AMERICAN HOME W.A.RADFORD EDITOR THE NEWLY BUILT MOTHERHOUSE Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ill., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. This is a two-flat building of six rooms each, and it represents a style that is popular at the present time in some of the larger cities. Such buildings are generally built and owned by men who live in the lower flat and rent the upper. In case the building is fitted with a steam heating plant the owner manages the boiler and the hot water heater, thus supplying steam and hot water for the whole building. It costs very little more to heat two flats than one when steam is employed; so it is a matter of economy to have one heating apparatus, and as for hot water the same rule applies. The hot water heaters in flat buildings THE NEWLY BUILT MIDTOWN HOME are little round stoves, either with water jackets or lined with coils of pipe through which the water circulates. Sometimes in winter the water is heated from a coil of water pipe First Floor Plan inside the furnace boiler, but for the better buildings the hot water heater is entirely separate from the steam heating plant. A six-room flat like this on a good street in the city of Chicago will rent at from $40 to $60 per month, according to the size of the rooms, cost of the building, and the janitor service that goes with it. In the better resident sections a great deal of work is put on the lawn, in washing the front and back steps, front hallway, cleaning the plate glass and a thousand little things that cannot well be enumerated but which go to make up the proper appearance of a well-kept building. All deliveries of groceries and parcels of all kinds are required to be made at the rear entrance. There is a heavy galvanized iron garbage can on the back porch at the outside of each kitchen door; this is emptied by the janitor every morning. In the summer time usually the porches are washed down with a hose either morning or evening and the grass is sprinkled either in the front, or at the back, or both. Such careful attention gives a building of this character an air of thrift and a tone of superior- THE MUSEUM ity which commands respect enough to secure good rents. One flat in such buildings often rents for enough to pay the interest and taxes on the whole investment, so that the owner can figure his own rent only costs him the janitor service, repairs, etc. A two-flat brick building the size of this one, which is 27 feet in width and 49 feet in length, is generally valued in the residence sections of Chicago at from $6,000 to $10,000, according to the size of the lot, location, style of finish and general condition. In designing flats architects try to avoid long hallways. There is generally not much objection to passing through a dining room, as it is not used much except at meal time, so the dining room may be counted as part of the hall and save that much space. It is considered a great advantage to have windows on both sides of such a building. Too many resident flat buildings are placed right up against each other so the windows at the sides get no light except from the so-called light areas. When the buildings are long and narrow, as most of them are, the middle rooms are quite dark even when the sun is shining. On gloomy days a good many high-priced flats are so dark that artificial light is --- necessary all day long. Flat life is objectionable enough at best; however, if a man owns a building like this on a corner lot he may consider himself in luck. The lower flat is always smaller than the upper one, because the front stairway generally spoils one room, but in this plan a reception hall is secured which may be used as an adjunct to the parlor on the first floor. It is always important to have one bathroom over the other, so the plumbing pipes may be as short as possible and grouped so as to include both bathrooms and both kitchens. Flat buildings have undergone considerable evolution during late years. PORCH KITCHEN 10'10" X 10'10" BATH RI 10'10" X 10'10" DINING ROOM 10'10" X 10'10" PERIOR 10'10" X 10'10" LIBRARY 10'10" X 10'10" ROOF Second Floor Plan The new ones are a noticeable improvement over older buildings, from the fact that most of the more pretentious new flat buildings have good porches both in front and at the back, they have large windows, ventilating shafts, light hallways and wide easy stairs, they have heavy hardwood outside doors, generally with a large panel of plate glass in front. The porches are heavy, with cement floors, especially in front, and I notice that more attention is being paid to back porches every year. Families living in flats like to get outside at every opportunity, usually one porch or the other is sheltered from the sun or the wind so that it is possible to get outside in one direction or the other. Builders are learning that it pays to cater to the wishes of renters and they are paying more attention to such accessories. Germany Leads Again. Probably the most perfect institution in the world for the care of emigrants is the Auswanderer Hallen, erected within the last few years at the Veddel, a suburb of Hamburg. It is the shell of a miniature city equipped to satisfy every desire, whether physical, aesthetic or spiritual, of 4,000 souls. Its two-score or more neat buildings, its green plats and flower beds, occupy an inclosed area more than twice as large as Madison square, New York city, or above 14 acres, and cost approximately $500,000. It is an illustration of the scientific method of supplying the needs of life. In this odd city, whose population changes on an average every three days, the inhabitants are lodged in large, light, well-ventilated dormitories, equipped with neat galvanized bedsteads, and fed in common dining rooms with food cooked in large kitchens in a most scientific and cleanly style.—Outlook. She Knew. Belle—The rock of Gibraltar must be something like the blarney stone. Beulah—What are you talking about? "Why, the blarney stone is associated with kissing, isn't it?" "It certainly is." "Well, they say the rock of Gibraltar is honeycombed with 70 miles of tunnels!"—Yonkers Statesman. Pleasant Punishment. When the new police court at Ossett, Yorkshire, England, was opened, the first prisoner, a beggar, was sentenced, much to his astonishment, to receive a good square meal. What is Castoria. CASTORIA is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, 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 Diarrhcea 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 Panacea-The Mother's Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. Pale Delicate Women and Girls 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. "Nails." "Nails are a mighty good thing—particularly finger nails—but I don't believe they were intended solely for scratching—though I used mine largely for that purpose for several years. I was sorely affected and had it to do. One application of Hunt's Cure, however, relieved my itch and less than a box cured me entirely." J. M. WARD, Index, Texas. Why He Felt Sad. "Young man," said the stern old broker, "I find that you slipped off yesterday afternoon and went to the ball game. Don't you feel bad about it?" "Indeed I do, boss," confessed Tommy. "Ah! That's one consolation." "Yes, I felt bad 'cause the home team lost." Man and Beast Alike. Only those who have suffered the agony of eye afflictions can appreciate the blessing to humanity in Dr. Mitchell's famous Eye Salve. Introduced in this region as far back as 1849 it is found to-day in all well regulated homes hereabouts. Not alone the eyes of man but those of the dumb animals have enjoyed its comforts. Mitchell's Eye Salve. Sold everywhere. Price 25c. Begging Off. Domley—Say, you'd better take something for that cold, old man. Now— Wise—Don't offer me any more, please. I've taken too much already. Dumley—Too much what? Wise—Advice. Never Fails. "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. M. CHRISTIAN, 50c per box. Rutherford, Tenn. Divisions of Creeds. It is estimated that there are 180. 000,000 Protestants in the world, as compared with 250,000,000 Catholics and 110,000,000 adherents of the Greek and Oriental churches. One Bottle or Less. Malaria is easy to contract in some localities, and hard to get rid of—that is, if the proper remedy is not used. Cheatham's Chill Tonic frees any one from it promptly and thoroughly. It is guaranteed to cure any kind of Chills. One bottle or less will do it. Impetus. Knicker—Flanagan made a record throwing the hammer. Mrs. Knicker—Did he hit his thumb? —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. Cure for Earache. Take the heart of an onion and heat and insert in the ear and it will cure earache. 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. Woman Owns Household. The wife in Abyssinia always owns the house and contents. Smokers appreciate the quality value of Lewis' Single Binder cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. If you are unable to hold your temper get a strong man to hold you. ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED? Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them white again. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents Better a tramp in the woods than a hobo in the woodshed. 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion. Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium. Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SANUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Sord Alx Sanna Rochelle Salts Anise Steel Peppermint Di Carbondale Soda Warm Seed Clarified Sugar Windgreen Flavor Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Charles H. Hutchison NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 DOSES - 35 CENTS Guaranteed under the Food and Exact Copy of Wrapper. A talking machine is all right if it does not talk machine politics. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the grums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Don't waste other people's time while you are wasting your own. Smokers have to call for Lewis' Single Binder cigar to get it. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Goodness thinks no ill where no ill seems.—Milton. Those Tired, Aching Feet of Yours need Allen's Foot-Ease. 25c at your Druggist's Write A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y., for sample. It's sometimes easier to catch on than it is to let go. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. F. Gerald Blattner, of Buffalo, N. Y., says: "Your Castoria is good for children and I frequently prescribe it, always obtaining the desired results." Dr. Gustave A. Eisengraeber, of St. Paul, Minn., says: "I have used your Castoria repeatedly in my practice with good results, and can recommend it as an excellent, mild and harmless remedy for children." Dr. E. J. Dennis, of St. Louis, Mo., says: "I have used and prescribed your Castoria in my sanitarium and outside practice for a number of years and find it to be an excellent remedy for children." Dr. S. A. Buchanan, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I have used your Castoria in the case of my own baby and find it pleasant to take, and have obtained excellent results from its use." Dr. J. E. Simpson, of Chicago, Ill., says: "I have used your Castoria in cases of colic in children and have found it the best medicine of its kind on the market." Dr. R. E. Eskildson, of Omaha, Neb., says: "I find your Castoria to be a standard family remedy. It is the best thing for infants and children I have ever known and I recommend it." Dr. L. R. Robinson, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Castoria certainly has merit. Is not its age, its continued use by mothers through all these years, and the many attempts to imitate it, sufficient recommendation? What can a physician add? Leave it to the mothers." Dr. Edwin F. Pardee, of New York City, says: "For several years I have recommended your Castoria and shall always continue to do so, as it has invariably produced beneficial results." Dr. N. B. Sizer, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I object to what are called patent medicines, where maker alone knows what ingredients are put in them, but I know the formula of your Castoria and advise its use." GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Charles H. Hutchens. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED SEND FOR FREE ILLUS. TREATISE OR RECTAL DISEASES. WITH NAMES OF PROMINENT MEN CURED DRS. THORNTON & MINOR 1030 OAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. Schaap's Laxative Chill Cure Is a modern scientific preparation which kills the germs of Malaria and LaGrippe and as it acts on the Liver and Bowels, expels all morbid matter from the system. It is warranted to cure or money refunded. Price 50 cents. For sale by all first class druggists. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanses and beautifies the hair. Promotes a luxurious growth. Never Fails to Restore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Cures scalp diseases & hair falling, 50c, and $1.00 at Druggists PENSIONS New Laws Sent Free Texas Volunteers, 1855-60 entitled. Write Nathan Bickford, 1425 N. Y. Ave., WASHINGTON, D. C. 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