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The Muskogee Cimeter. BIG EARLY FALL SALE It is not uncommon for a store to put on a "Clean-up=Sale" or "End-of-Season Sale," but it is a little out of the ordinary to put on a sale when your stock is full and complete of the Latest and Best Seasonable Merchandise. This is an opportunity you should appreciate and take advantage of and buy your Fall supply for the family. In this sale you will find anything you need at prices you cannot afford to not consider. To say our stock is complete puts it mildly. OUR STORE IS PACKED WITH NEW GOODS Consisting of Dress Goods, Staple Dry Goods, Waists, Skirts, Suits, Underwear, Notions, Ete., for the ladies; Men's Suits, Overcoats, Odd Pants, Boys' Suits, Odd Pants, Ete., and a complete line of Furnishings for men and boys; Shoes for everybody. School Shoes and Clothing a specialty. This Sale Begins Saturday Morning at 8:30 AND CONTINUES TEN DAYS Remember we advertise "WHAT WE HAVE" and "SELL As WE ADVERTISE." 216 WEST OKMULGEE AVENUE Eleven Salesladies Wanted MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered From all Parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Benefit of Our Readers. Miscellaneous. An attempt to assassinate Gov. Fort of New Jersey was thwarted by the vigilance of the postoffice authorities who intercepted an infernal machine addressed to the executive... An official statement issued by the navy department shows that naval vessels now under construction number 20. Nearly complete returns show that Senator Ankeny was defeated for nomination in Washington by 12,600 majority. Four women and a man. employs of a Chicago adding machine company, were fatally injured by an explosion of illuminating gas in a wall safe in the company's plant. The engine and nine cars of a Missouri Pacific freight train were wrecked near Atchison, Kan. The fireman was killed and the engineer seriously injured. The Victor Manufacturing company's plant at Leavenworth, Kan., was partially destroyed by fire causing a loss of $12,000. While playing the organ in a Sunday school at Newton, N. C., Miss Bullinger was stabbed to death by a maniac who said he killed her because she was a witch. Thirty-four persons were injured in a wreck on the Erie railroad near Meadville, Pa., when the Chicago to New York express ran into an open switch. The road officials believe the accident due to train wreckers. The Eucharistic congress of the Roman Catholic church in London was brought to a close with a great parade of the clergy. But the pope's legate was not allowed to carry the Host through the streets. In a suit for divorce filed at Kansas City, Mrs. Johnson of Buckner, Mo., alleges that the blow which fractured her skull on the night of August 20 was struck either by her husband or by someone who made the attack with his consent and knowledge. The case has been a mystery to the Jackson county authorities for several weeks. Many towns along the north shore of Lake Superior are threatened with destruction by forest fires. Inhabitants are gathered along the shore ready to take to the lake should the worst come. The United States Marine corps won the Dryden trophy, worth $4,000, at the Sea Girt shoot. Orville Wright made a flight at Fort Myer lasting 1 hour, 10 minutes and 26 seconds. Twenty-one cases against various railroads for violations of the 28-hour cattle law have been filed at Topeka. The Japanese emigration bureau has prohibited further emigration of Japanese into Hawaii. Three business men of New Orleans, La., have been indicted on the charge of arson in connection with the fire which recently destroyed three blocks of business buildings in that city, causing a loss of $1,500,000. While the parents were away from home the residence of J. C. Burdette in New Brighton, Minn., burned and five small children ranging from 5 to 10 years of age met death by suffocation. The freight and passenger steamer Tennessee, running between Kansas City and St. Louis, struck a snag and sunk at the mouth of the Little Blue, a few miles east of Kansas City. The crew immediately began removing the cargo to shore by means of a barge. No one was injured. For the first time in 20 years a pure- The McAlpin trophy in the national shooting turnament at Sea Girt, N. J., was won by the Ohio team. Orville Wright, in three phenomenal flights at Fort Myer, Va., established new aeroplane records. Two flights of approximately one hour each and another in which Lieut. Lahm was carried as a passenger were made. Cardinal Vannutelli, the pope's legate, was formally received by the prelates of the eucharistic congress at Westminster cathedral in London with all the solemn splendor of the Roman Catholic church. The Missouri Democratic and Republican state conventions adopted platforms and adjourned simultaneously at Jefferson City by agreement in order that neither party should have an advantage. An American syndicate has secured an option on the house in Paris built and occupied by Benjamin Franklin. While President Roosevelt was riding near Sagamore Hill the other day a shot was fired close beside the road. Whether it was an attempt on the president's life or merely a hunter has not been determined. The Union passenger station at Memphis, Tenn., has been destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $50,000. Constitutional island, in the Hudson river off West Point, has been presented to the United States government by Mrs. Russell Sage and Miss Anna Warner. The gift has been accepted by President Roosevelt. In the coroner's inquest into the death of Dr. Rustin at Omaha, Mrs. Abbie Rice testified that the physician had told her that Charles E. Davis, a clerk in a local bank, and promised to kill him. Davis denied the story. The state committees of the various political parties in Missouri met in Jefferson City and organized. Later conventions with the various candidates were held and platforms adopted. Walter S. Dickey was elected chairman of the Republican and H. M. Rubey of the Democratic committee. Mrs. H. B. Litt of Portland, Ore., has mysteriously disappeared in Paris, has mysteriously disappeared in Paris. The commodities clause of the Hepburn railroad act has been declared unconstitutional by the United States circuit court for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania. The clause was designed to prevent railroads owning coal mines. Battling Nelson clinched his claim to the lightweight pugillistic championship by defeating Joe Gans for the second time at San Francisco. Gans was knocked out in the twenty-first round. The Asiatic cholera is rapidly spreading in St. Petersburg, Russia. A package containing $50,000 in securities, shipped by the Capital National bank of Salem, Ore., to Portland, by the Wells, Fargo Express company, is missing and is thought to have been stolen in Portland. A communion set given the Congregational church of Princeton, Mass., by Lieut. Gov. Moses Gill in 1767 has just been found in a deep closet under the church organ. The closet had not been used for nearly 100 years. Over $3,000,000 worth of timber and other property has been destroyed by the forest fires in upper Michigan. Personal. BenJahin Franklin Wright, the veteran editor of the Charles City Daily Press, is dead in that city aged 71 years. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., recently celebrated his twenty-first birthday at Oyster Bay. Mohammed El Torres, who was chief of the Moorish delegation at the Alegeciras convention is dead at Tangier. Keir Hardie, labor representative in the British parliament recently addressed the Central Federated Labor union at New York. He urged American workmen to enter politics. E. H. Harriman has accepted an invitation to address the Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress at San Francisco next month. Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma has been Cheerful. Anyhow. "Hello, sport; I haven't seen you for 20 years. How are you getting on?" "Oh, I'm a multi-millionaire. And you?" "Oh, I'm a multi-failure." Shower of Sulphur. Charolies, a small town 30 miles from Macon, in France, has recently been visited by a shower of sulphur. The roofs, gardens, fields, vineyards, rivers and ponds were covered with a yellow dust, and for some time the peasants in the fields were troubled by a sulphurous biting odor which made breathing difficult. Bought Crusoe's Firelock. Hulda B. White of Philadelphia has purchased the firelock used by Alexander Seikirk. Defoe's original Robinson Crusoe on the island of Juan Feruandez, at a sale in Edinburgh. The relic has an authentic pedigree, and for a long time was in the possession of Selkirk's relatives in Fife-shire, Scotland. The price paid for the gun was $160. A Revised Version. A poet who has been known to tell the truth recounts this story of his little daughter: Her mother overheard her expounding the origin of the sex to her family of dolls. "You see, children," she said, "Adam was a man all alone and was very lonely, so God put him to sleep, took his brains out and made a nice lady of them."—Illustrated Bits. Marine Insurance. Marine insurance is the oldest kind of modern insurance. Its principles were first employed in the fourteenth century by the merchants of Barcelona, in Spain, when that city was the capital of the kingdom of Catalonia and when its hardy mariners were second to none in the world. About the same time, and also at Barcelona, the famous code of maritime laws known as the "consulado del mar" was promulgated, which is the foundation of the present shipping laws of every country. "THE PALE GIRL." Did Not Know Coffee Was the Cause. In cold weather some people think a cup of hot coffee good to help keep warm. So it is—for a short time but the drug—caffeine—acts on the heart to weaken the circulation and the reaction is to cause more chilliness. There is a hot wholesome drink which a Dak. girl found after a time, makes the blood warm and the heart strong. She says: "Having lived for five years in N. Dak., I have used considerable coffee owing to the cold climate. As a result I had a dull headache regularly, suffered from indigestion, and had no 'life' in me. "I was known as 'the pale girl,' and people thought I was just weakly. After a time I had heart trouble and became very nervous, never knew what it was to be real well. Took medicine but it never seemed to do any good. "Since being married my husband and I both have thought coffee was harming us and we would quit, only to begin again, although we felt it was the same as poison to us. "Then we got some Postum. Well, the effect was really wonderful. My complexion is clear now, headache gone, and I have a great deal of energy I had never known while drinking coffee. "I haven't been troubled with indigestion since using Postum, am not nervous, and need no medicine. We have a little girl and boy who both love Postum and thrive on it and Grape-Nuts." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES. Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them white as snow. All grocers, 5c a package. Don't hand your friends a lemon; treat them to lemonade. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar is good quality all the time. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. The only way some people know is the other way. A. B. More proof that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saves woman from surgical operations. Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner, Maine, writes: "I was a great sufferer from female troubles, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored me to health in three months, after my physician declared that an operation was absolutely necessary." Mrs. Alvina Sperling, of 154 Cleybourne Ave., Chicago, Ill., writes: "I suffered from female troubles, a tumor and much inflammation. Two of the best doctors in Chicago decided that an operation was necessary to save my life. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound entirely cured me without an operation." 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? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. SICK HEADACHE CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature Breastwood REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. TOWER'S FISH BRAND The cleanest, lightest and most comfortable POMMEL SLICKER At the same time cheapest in the end because it wears longest $350 Everywhere Every garment guaranteed waterproof Catalog free A J TOWER CO. BOSTON, U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO. LIMITED, TORONTO CAN. THE FINDING OF THE FLEDGELING The camp-fires were dying at intervals along the trail that led up the eastern slope of the mountains, to the pass that hid the restless prospectors from the new-found wealth of Nuggeton, lying in the gulches at the foot of the western slope of the mountains where rose the head-waters of the Fever river. The wagons, composing the largest camp on the trail, had one by one been driven forward from their camping ground on their journey up the mountain side, except one, whose owner, left alone, mounted his wagon, and, without hesitation, took the trail down the mountain. As no camp rule had been broken, he was permitted to move on down the mountain-side, and arrived in the middle of the day at the last camping place next to the one where he had separated from the train. Arriving at this point the traveler unhitched his team, with the evident design of remaining in his location for some length of time. Thomas Wickersham had long been a citizen of Grass Valley, in the new country of Kansas, before he began to depart from his customary habits of slumber and dream, time after time, that he was engaged in felling a giant tree whose decayed interior was the receptacle of an immense hoard of virgin gold. Beyond the fact that his dream occurred with great persistence, Thomas Wickersham was unable to go in explanation of this phenomenon. His mind had not dwelt on the possession of gold above his neighbors. What surprised him greatly was the photographic likeness of one dream to another—always the same surroundings, the same landscape, the same mountains, the same ravine, with the same great tree leaning above it, himself sinking his ax deep into the fibers of the tree, its fall, and the pebbly gold that ran from the hollow and spread in a mighty heap upon the ground—ecstatic possession of illimitable wealth, that vanished with the banishment of sleep. This having, and then not having, wore on Thomas Wickersham, whose attention, no doubt, was the more deeply engaged in a coincidental matter because of it. This matter was the sudden discovery of gold fields of unusual richness at Aladdin creek, one of the head-waters of Fever river, west, beyond the mountains. Thomas Wickersham's auriferous dream must have aroused in him an adventurous spirit, for he was possessed at once with a determination to try his fortunes in the gold fields, and the expiration of a few short weeks saw him rolling westward in company with other emigrants, in a train of canvas-covered wagons, bound to the Eldorado of Aladdin creek. It was Thomas Wickersham who returned to the abandoned camp, because it was the place of his dream, every feature coinciding with its detail. The discovery had been unexpected. Chosen to ride ahead to locate the place selected for the camping ground for the night, Wickersham had suddenly found himself face to face with a place as familiar to him as the country lying around Grass Valley. During the night he determined to move with the train a day's journey up the mountains, beyond the fear of inquisitive companions, and then return to probe the mystery. The day on which he arrived back, and more than half the following day, were spent in preparing for effective investigation. First the great tree was to be felled, and if no shower of gold came of that, then something else might be done. Having selected his point of attack, he swung his ax, that fell, biting keenly into its trunk. To contemplate the possibilities before him, he let his hands fall from the ax-helve, that stood stiffly out from the tree, and stepped back a pace. While regarding the situation in this contemplative spirit, he caught sight of a covered wagon driven down-trail toward his camp. He remained inactive, awaiting the passage of the wagon and its occupant. That did not occur. The wagon, instead, drew in and came to a stand-still. The driver dismounted and approached, glancing curiously at the ax extended from the tree. He greeted Thomas Wickersham, who returned the greeting and then simply stood waiting. This last-comer, the elder of the two by several years, seemed greatly embarrassed, but at length said: "I clearly perceive that you are entitled to the reasons for my appearing here, but I must say that I am at a loss to state them, not so much because they are not clear to me, as by reason of the unexpected appearance here of fulfillment of certain designs by another that I supposed could only possibly be entertained by myself. "I find that you have proceeded here to the same extent and practically in the same manner I had designed to do, even to your beginning to fell the tree before us. You have preceded me here, and are entitled to the rights of a prior possessor. I will state my case, and we can then decide to what extent it interferes with any claims you may have and desire to retain: "I am a farmer, as you may conjecture, and my home is at Rapid Jack, in Nebraska. The gold fever that has swept the west found me distracted from my usual routine of duties by the frequent occurrence of a dream that presented each time the same features, never deviating, of a mountain scene, crossed by a ravine in which stood a huge tree, that I felled and found hollow, but filled with gold that flowed out at my feet. In possessing myself of this treasure, I invariably awoke. It must, of course, be clear to you that the tree you have begun to fell is the tree of my dream." Thomas Wickersham listened to this revelation with amazement, and it was no sooner concluded than he related his own experience, and it was promptly concluded between them that the search should be conducted jointly. The team was unhitched and provided for, the elder man drew from his wagon an ax, and the two men approached the tree where the handle of Thomas Wickersham's ax still stood out at right-angles to the trunk. The elder one said: "I observe by your ax that you chop left-handed; I am a right-handed chopper; I will stand opposite, so we can double-team and strike time-about." The younger man, assenting, drew out his ax and simply exclaiming: "Chip in!" struck the tree a blow that was followed by a stroke from the other, alternating until a considerable notch was hacked in the trunk of the tree. Then the elder suddenly exclaimed: "Chip!" and followed this by sinking his ax above the notch, so as to chip out between. The elder at once withdrew his ax as that of the younger sank in the gash, but the younger failed to withdraw his implement—failed even to attempt to draw it—and, crashing upon the head of the one in the tree, showering sparks of fire, fell the edge of the descending ax of the elder, who looked quickly up, to be met by an unaccountable look on the face of the younger, who staggered forward, and shouted: "Bob!" The younger was almost instantly met by the elder, with the joyous cry: "Tommy!" Salathial Wickersham had settled early on the Mississippi bottom, in Illinois, and had, with the indoor aid and assistance of his spouse, Louisa Ellen, literally hewed a farm from the primeval woods, when Robert and Thomas, their sons, arrived, respectively, at the ages of 20 and 17. Salathiel Wickersham had become a prosperous land owner, and his family shared with him his prosperity. The boys, Robert and Thomas, worked about the farm, and apparently never knew discontent. Much of their labor had been expended on the clearings that from time to time turned the forest into plow-land, and they would attack the largest trees and fell them. Robert chopped with the right hand nearest the ax, while Thomas was lefthanded. This arrangement enabled them to "double-team," standing opposite while striking, alternate blows. The boys were inseparable in work and play, although there was a difference of three years in their ages. Robert was slow, like his father—Thomas, independent and impulsive, like his mother, Louisa Ellen, whose baby and ewe-lamb he always was. It was on a notable September day, as Robert and Thomas were doubleteaming on a sturdy hickory, that Robert, in response to Tommy's "chip in," fell to and the two soon notched a base away from the chip. Then Robert, following his cry of "chip!" sunk his ax above the notch, followed by Thomas' ax, that fell in the gash made by Robert's ax, and remained embedded there, for Thomas had suddenly formed a resolution—had reached a mental climax—and forgetting the time and place, allowed Robert's descending ax to fall on his, and throw around a shower of sparks. Tommy, without further ado, and without withdrawing his ax, ceased work and went to the house. This was the last time (for the next morning Tommy was gone) that these brothers raised an ax together until 20 years had expired, and a sudden thought again stayed the arm of Thomas, and again smashed down the ax of Robert, in the mountains of Colorado, where they were led to see again the long ago, and to remember that they were brothers. A fledgeling of the Wiokersham nest had flown away; it seemed for good. Salathiel said he would return when he had tried his wings. He looked for him soon, as he knew it did not take an age for Tommy to get hungry. Any remarks, however, about Tommy's hunger were kept from Louisa Ellen, who dreamed of nothing else from one baking to another. Within two years Salathiel was called to his fathers, and his last thoughts were of Tommy. Louisa Ellen remained with Robert, and gently hoped and prayed for Tommy's return, until six years more had passed, when she, pining for Tommy, died. With her last breath she urged Robert to find Tommy, and Robert promised. At the expiration of two years more—ten years in all since Tommy departed—Robert sold the farm and moved west, never ceasing the search for Tommy. Time went by without results until Robert had been in the west ten years, always looking for Tommy. Then came the dreams, and the meeting that spanned the River of Years, and achieved in a twinkling the realization of Louisa Ellen's gentle hope. Wise and Foolish Widows. They tell of a woman in Coolidge who put up such a costly monument for her husband that she has had to wear old clothes ever since. Also of another widow who put up a modest little headstone and had money to buy herself nice clothes, and now has another husband paying for her coal and flour.—Atchison Globe. Camel Can Carry Heavy Load. A camel is able to carry a load three times greater than the horse. BATHING AN INDIAN IDOL. Curlous Ceremony Attended by Thousands of Devout Pilgrims. Thousands of pilgrims from the various outlying villages and other parts of the Hooghly district poured in from an early hour in the morning to the temples of Jagernath, says the Calcutta Statesman. The image of the god is placed on a conspicuous part of the temple, so that it can be viewed at an advantage by the immense crowd of pilgrims, and there at a certain fixed hour the bathing ceremony commences. The most curious part of the festival is that water is not poured on the image of the god until a certain small bird is found sitting on the topmost banner of the temple. There is a popular belief that the bird comes from Puri, the famous place of Hindu pilgrimage, to Maheoh on the day of this festival, and his very presence is an indication that the ceremony should commence. Immediately after the bath the bird disappears. THE SAFE WAY TO BUY PAINT. Property owners will save a deal of trouble and expense in keeping their buildings properly painted, if they know how to protect themselves against misrepresentation and adulteration in paint materials. There's one sure and safe guide to a pure and thoroughly dependable White Lead that's the "Dutch Boy Painter" trade mark which the National Lead Company, the largest makers of genuine White Lead, place on every package of their product. This company sends a simple and sure little outfit for testing white lead, and a valuable paint book, free, to all who write for it. Their address is Woodbridge Bldg., New York City. READY REASONING. One Guess About Venus of Milo Proved to Be Wrong. They stood before the reproduction of the Venus of Melos. "Her hands must have been beautiful," said one. "Very," assented the other. "I wonder what position they were in?" "I have a theory that she was represented as busied at her toilet. One hand probably held a small mirror." "And the other a powder puff, eh? But that theory won't work." "And why not?" "Had she been at her toilet her mouth would have been full of hairpins"—Louisville Courler-Journal. SOUNDS REASONABLE. Karl—Papa, I suppose the soldiers have to learn to stand on one leg because they might have one foot shot off in war. 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. More Dianified. "Good night, you precious lamb!" said the mother, with the liberty one sometimes takes, even with one's son, at bedtime. "Mother," said the small boy beeechingly, "if you must call me something, wouldn't you just as soon call me a billygoat?"—Youth's Companion. THE CIMETER, W H. TWINE . . . Editor. Published Every Week in the Interest of the Negro by Cimeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee. Okla., as Second Class Mail Matter. REPUBLICAN TICKET NATIONAL TICKET FOR PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT JAMES S. SHERMAN. FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR DENNIST,FLYNN,Okla, City FOR CONGRESS Third Oklahoma District C. E. CREAGER, Muskogee. FOR STATE SENATOR Twenty-seventh District HARRY BEELER, Checotah. FOR REPRESENTATIVES Muskogee County JAMES KNOX, Boynton. ED. MERRICK, Muskogee. FOR FLOTORIAL REPRESENTATIVE Muskogee and Hoskell Counties CHAS. A. COOK, Muskogee. Republican Headquarters—Rooms 222, 223, 224 Missouri building. Schools open Monday. E. S. Thomas is local agent for this paper and land agency at Minden, La. The Phoenix, under the present management, is getting to a real Republican paper. "So mote it be." Kimsey and the old officers go in and Ledbetter and the new officers go out. The Supreme Court did it. Wonder how Hearst got on the Haskell connection with the Citizens Alliance in Muskogee? Hearst must have agents in all part of the globe. Rev. W. D. Winn, of Minden La., is general for this paper and Cimeter Land Agency in the state of Alabama. All local agents except E. S. Thomas are subject to him. It would be well for the people who contemplate coming to Oklahoma to buy land while it is cheap as real estate is going up every day. If you can't pay cash buy on the installment plan but whatever you do buy a home. --- John H. Atwood, the National Democratic Committeeman from Kansas, comes boldly out for disfranchisement of the Negro. What do the Negro Democrat and the cusses who want to vote for Bryan think of this? and how can they explain their vote? Atwood designates the Negro as ignorant, lazy, vicious and debauched. Now Mr. Democrat Negro wont you come home and be good. The nominee for Congress in the 3rd Congressional District is a real live wire and will be elected by a good majority. The colored vote of the district will come out to a man and vote for him. There were hundreds of our people who refused to vote last year on account of their hatred of the con-con but this year will come out and vote for Republicans and help redeem the state. There is to be a wholesale of fort to disfranchise the Negroes in large cities this fail by demanding the registration certificate and refusing to allow them to vote without it. Put your certificate in a safe place and have it ready on election day as you cannot vote for Taft for President, nor Creager for Congress nor in fact any of the Republican ticket unless you have your certificate. The arrest of Bennie Brown, one of the mail carriers, is a sad occurrence. Brown is a very intelligent young man and comes from one of the best colored families in this country. What ever may be the cause for this unfortunate occurrence, it can not be laid to bad training because he has had the very best home training. If guilty it can only be laid to unwise associa tion since leaving home. The Democrat is starting a campaign by accusing Negroes of getting $1.00 each but forget to say how much was given the white candidate for sheriff on the Republican ticket last year. The shoe is on the other foot. Parents who wish to save their sons and daughters from ruin should aid us in our camppaign for the elimination of gambling hells and dens of vice in our community. If the preachers would thunder from the pulpit each sunday and the business men would condemn it these hell hole, the loafers and lewd women who entice the youth into vice and crime, will be driven from our midst. Men who live from woman's shame should have no place in our city. Women who are so low and degraded as to be the tools of avaricious men should be driven from the sight of pure and innocent girls. And it matters not if some of the men are pretended christians they too should be driven out. Hell is full of such pretended followers of the lowly Nazarene. The last two weeks of October will be red hot in the political world especially in Oklahoma where the Republicans have the Democrats on the run. We predict that another mysterious stranger will be found in the Republican column in November. With a majority for Taft and Sherman, the election of 3rd Republican Congressman and the state ticket, Oklahoma will indeed be redeemed and that is what will happen. Judge Cook will carry both Haskell and Muskogee counties. He will carry Muskogee county by 1,000 majority. Judge Cook is a good man, a good lawyer, a good republican and a good citizen and will ably represent the entire citizenship of the district regardless of political affiliations. The district will be the gainer by elrcting Judge Cook. Douglas, formerly of the Phoenix has quit the newspaper forever so report says and will enter the real estate biz. Doug has suddenly found out that there are millions in the rocks of the state laying waiting for him to dig "em" out. His great knowledge of the geological formations in certain localities will bring in treasures untold. Thats Dougs forte and he has just found it out. Wish he had done so before he wrote those Anti Negro Resolutions. The way to boom the 3rd Congressional District is to elect the Republican candidate. Capital and emigration will then flow into the district from the North and the East. Elect Creager and you have a man in harmony with the administration which is dead sure to the Republican and a man who can and will accomplish things for his district. You will see the difference between Donothing Jim and a real live wire. The decision of the Supreme Court in the case of the city of ficers is far reaching as it makes all the acts of the old Council good, hence Deans addition and Reeves addition are in the city. Surely the Supreme Court is not a partisan court. The court is composed of lawyers who have a pride in their decision being according to law. It a bad condition of affairs when barber shops are turned into tonsorial resorts of infame and bath rooms filled with women of easy virtue. Any business man who expects to succeed and surround himself with an ocean of immoral filth certainly has a brain storm of the most destructive kind. From Judge Cook's Home Warrenton, N. C., Aug. 26, 1908. Mr. W, H. Twine, Muskogee, Okla. Sir: I see by public press of your state that the Republicans have nominated Judge C. A. Cook, recently a citizen of this county and state, for the Legislature. Allow me to say in behalf of Judge Cook, that he is a clean, straight, high-toued gentleman in every particular. His word is to be taken by every one that knows him. There is not a Democrat in North Carolina but doesn't believe what I say about him in this respect. In fact Judge Cook belongs to the very highest type of the educated Southern gentleman who would not stoop to low, dirty political tricks, simply to get your vote. He is a man who says yes or no, and means what he says, no more and no less. Judge Cook hasn't an enemy anywhere, for every body here without regard to party or race love and respect him. He is the same after the election as before it, and will not turn or bow to crooked things to best his opponent. We all believe out here that he is one of the greatest and best lawyers living, and will stop praying, I believe, to resent an insult, in fact, no one bothers him who knows him any way. Hoping that your ticket will win, I am very respectfully. H. H. TAYLOR, Box 445. COST HIM TEN J. A. Banks, colored, was fined $10 and costs by Justice Wolfenberger Monday after noon because he locked himself and the wife of Berry Spike, also colored, in his office on South Second Street. The original charge of adultery was withdrawn and a charge of disturbing the peace substituted. —Dem. 9, 15, '08. It seems that more than old man is making a tonsorial house of all-fame out of a tonsorial parlor. Its a brutal crime that should be punished to the full extent of the law. The court was lenient in this case but said it need not be expected in the future. When business men and leaders in church and society are caught in such a tangle what can be expected of the masses? There must be a cleaning out of these dens of vice and infamy on South 2nd Street. A business house in the day and a brothel hell hole and school of vice at night is not a condition that makes society better. We are reliably informed that gambling and immorality of the most hellish kind is practised in some of the business places just after dark. Put a stop to it now. DR. HENDERSON The Old Reliable Doctor-Oldest in age and longest located. A regular Graduate in Medicine. Over 83 Years' Special practice-Over 30 years in Kansas City. ESTABLISHED 1867. Authorized by the State to treat all Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases, Cures guaranteed or money refunded. All medicines furnished ready for use—no mercury or injurious medicines used. No detention from business. Patients at distance treated by mail and express. Medicines sent everywhere, free from gaze or breakage @charges low. Over 60,860 cases cured. Age and experience are important. State your case and send for terms. Consultation free and confidential, personally or by letter. Stricture Radically cured with a new Infulible Home and Gloot Treatment. No instruments, no pain, no incision lon from business. Cure guaranteed. 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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. --- is the one on the face of the man who has been a Coffee Connoisseur for a number of years. He knows "what's what" by the smell alone, and the fragrant aroma of our brand of Coffee gives him the true appetite for a cup of it. Wherever this Coffee is tried once it becomes a firm favorite in the family. It is true that the aroma alone re truly delicious. Don't take our Herman Fist A & COFFEE CO. SQUARE 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. Afro American Business College. Address all communications to K. W. Hardy, Box 15,Muskogee, Ok. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, EDITOR OKLA MUSKOGEE. NEW STATE NOTES The contract has been awarded for a $20,000 school building at Pryor Creek. The building is to be completed by February 1, 1909. The Fink livery barn at Okemah was burned last week entailing a loss of $3,500. The horses were saved, but all the buggies, harness and feed were destroyed. A charter has been issued to the Farmers' State Bank of Devol, which is to succeed in business the Farmers' State Bank of Emerson, with $10,000 capital stock. From a pool hall operated by John Crouch at Pryor Creek, Special Dispensary Inspector B. J. Waugh, of Guthrie, took 648 pints of Adams' Special, a kind of beer said to contain 4 per cent of alcohol. Prof. James D. Barrett of the department of sociology in the state university has resigned and will accept a position in the state university of Washington. Prof. Barrett is the fourth teacher to go to the Washington university from Norman this year. The pure food commission has decided to have a digest of the laws passed by the first legislature relating to the department, printed and issued in pamphlet form for distribution among the dairy and grocerymen of the state. Lawton will have a recently patented hydraulic cotton compress for the handling of the fall crop of cotton if preliminary agreements now made develop into contract. A proposition has been submitted by the Farmers' Compress and Cotton company, of Memphis, Tenn., and the business men have notified the company of their willingness to sign a contract. Arrangements are being made to bring the suits instituted by the federal government to clear the title to Kickapoo lands, a speedy trial. The suits were filed as a result of sensational discoveries made by the senatorial committee which investigated the Kickapoo land frauds some time ago. The school land boards has opened bids for oil leases upon the 480-tract of mineral land in Pawnee county. The lease contracts will not be let until an investigation is made of the value of the land for oil and gas purposes. This will be made within the next few days by a subcommittee of the school land board. By a majority of 35 the voters of Shawnee last week adopted the proposed charter and decided in favor of a commission form of government. This is the second city in Oklahoma to accept this form. Tulsa's charter was adopted several weeks ago, but is still awaiting the governor's approval. Oklahoma City rejected the charter at a recent election, but a petition is being circulated for another election. Professor C. A. Reeds has been at work in the Arbuckle mountains the past summer, collecting data for the Oklahoma geological survey, and is to write a report entitled "The Mineral Resources of the Arbuckle Mountains," which will deal with such products as lead and zinc, building stone, gold and silver. It is believed that this report will be of value in developing the southern part of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Supreme Court Reverses Decision. Guthrie, Okla.—In reversing the decision of the United States district court for the Northern district of Indian Territory in the cases of C. M. Keys vs. The First National Bank of Claremore and the Vinita National bank vs. the First National Bank of Claremore, the supreme court settled the validity of hundreds of chattel mortgages on the The mortgage in question in those suits was on a bunch of cattle near Pryor Creek, and was filed at Muskogee when that town was the only recording place in the Northern district of Indian territory. Later the old Northern district was divided into the Northern and Western districts, and Vinita was made the recording town for the new Northern district. Still later, the recording districts were established and Pryor Creek was made a recording town. The question at issue was whether the mortgage had to be re-recorded at the proper place after both of these changes in the law. The lower court decided that it did, but is reversed by the supreme court in an opinion by Justice Kane. The cases of J. R. Moody vs. Sans Bois Coal Company and Dawson vs. Cooper were dismissed for want of prosecution. The order dismissing the case of Klefe vs. the Oklahoma Central Railway Company, involving the recent receivership of that road, was vacated, as it was shown that stipulations had been filed only by the Illinois Steel Company and not by all the parties in interest. ANOTHER RAP FOR "BOOZE" LAW Oklahoma County Judge Declares Two Sections Unconstitutional. Oklahoma City, Okla.—Declaring that sections 5 and 6 of the Billups "Booze" law are unconstitutional, County Judge Sam Hooker of this city gave a ruling in a case wherein was charged a violation of the prohibition law that will be of state wide importance. Under the decision of Judge Hooker, the sheriff and two justices of the peace have refused to issue marrants for the seizure of liquors, and they declare they will not. County Attorney Reardon states that his office will proceed as usual with the prosecution of any case coming up under the law. The matter will probably go to the supreme court soon for final hearing. GUARANTY LAW IS VALID. Unanimous Opinion of Oklahoma Supreme Court. Guthrie, Okla.-The Oklahoma supreme court in an unanimous opinion sustained the validity and constitutionality of the depositors' guaranty law, in the case brought by the Noble county bank against Governor Haskell and the other members of the state banking board and affirmed the definition of Judge A. H. Huston in the district court here in refusing an injunction to prevent the further enforcement of the law. The law was attacked as being in violation of several provisions of bill of rights of the Oklahoma administration, including these which declare that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law; that all persons have the right to the enjoyment of the gains of their own industry; that no law shall be passed impairing the obligation of contracts; that private property shall not be taken for private or public use without just compensation. The court overrules all of these contentions and also the claim that the law was unconstitutional because all of its contents were not covered in its title. The opinion is by Chief Justice Williams. Another decision of interest to bankers on the east side of the state was handed down in th ecase of N. L. Taylor vs. W. B. Merrill, in which it is held that the federal statute making 8 per cent the legal interest rate in Indian Territory applied only to banks and trust companies. The opinion was by Justice Dunn. Dying Man Says Latter Tried to Force Him to Duel. Hobart, Okla.—In an alleged deathbed statement Jesse Jenkins, who died here as a result of wounds inflicted by his brother-in-law, Scott Roupe, said that Roupe sent for him to come to his room. "When I went in Scott closed and locektd the door at once," Jenkins said. "'Jes, you've got to fight me, we've got to settle this thing right now," and he immediately drew his gun. I grabbed him, but he shoved his gun against my side and fired. He then gave me the gun and told me to shoot him, too. I got the door open and came downstairs." FAVOR POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. Guthrie, Okla.-The Republican congressional convention of the First district, in session here, adopted a platform denouncing the "superficial remedies proposed by the Democratic party to guarantee deposits in banks," and declared for a safe and sane law for the protection of small depositors along the lines of postal savings banks, such as advocated in the national Republican platform. The election of United States senators by the direct vote, a uniform system of state and national roads, revision of the tariff at a special session of congress in such a way as not to impair the industrial welfare of the country or reduce the physical valuation of railroads, allowing the roads a substantial margin for profits and good wages to their employes, are all favored in the platform. The record of Congressman Bird S. McGuire in congress is indorsed, including his action in securing statehood, the passage of the bill removing the restrictions for 11,000,000 acres of land and in securing a magnificent endowment for the schools of the state. The national administration and the candidacy of Taft is approved, and the Democratic state administration condemned. A law is favored requiring the citation of the interstate commerce in each state annually. The platform declares unqualifiedly in favor of the sale of the school lands and condemns the Democrat party for killing the school land bill on the last night of the session of the legislature. Robert A. Lowry of Stillwater presided over the convention. A. C. Glenn of Medford acted as secretary. Congressman Bird S. McGuire, Colonel Thomas Sowards of Guthrie, Robert E. Lowery of Stillwater and Senator Emery Brownlee of Kingfisher addressed the convention. The nomination of Bird S. McGuire for congress in the primaries was ratified. Decision of Non-Citizen Widow. Guthrie, Okla.—That the non-citizen widow of a Creek Indian, who died in June, 1906, is entitled to dower in his estate, is the holding of the Oklahoma supreme court in the case of Martha Hawkins vs. Harry L. Stevens. The court further holds that until it is assigned to her, she is entitled to remain in and possess the home or house of her late husband, together with the farm attached thereto, free from all rent. This has been a vexing question in the eastern part of the state, and was decided against the widow in the lower court. That decision is reversed in an opinion by Judge Dunn. A New Bank. Guthrie, Okla.—Boise City, the new town which won the county seat of Cimarron county at the recent election, is to have a bank. It is to be known as the Western State bank, and was chartered with $10,000 capital. The incorporators are F. M. Cowgill, A. G. Noel and John B. Doolin of Alva; R. O. Renfrow and O. R. Cowgill of Woodward; N. E. Nance and J. E. Stanley of Guymon. A charter was also issued to the Farmers' State bank of Devol, which is to succeed the business of the Farmers' State bank of Emerson, with $10,000 capital stock; incorporators, Guy C. Robertson of Lawton; L. T. McGee and W. A. McAtee of Emerson. Night Sweats & Cough. E. W. Walton, Condr. S. P. Ry., 717 Van Ness St., San Antonio, Tex., writes: "During the summer and fall of 1902, my annoyance from catarrh reached that stage where it was actual misery and developed alarming symptoms, such as a very deep-seated cough, night sweats, and pains in the head and chest. I experimented with several so-called remedies before I finally decided to take a thorough course of Peruna. "Twoof my friends had gone so far as to inform me that the thing for me to do was to resign my position and seek a higher, more congenial climate. Everyone thought I had consumption and I was not expected to live very long. "Having procured some Peruna, I decided to give it a thorough test and applied myself assiduously to the task of taking it, as per instructions, in the meantime. "The effects were soon apparent, all alarming symptoms disappeared and my general health became fully as good as it had ever been in my life. "I have resorted to the use of Peruna on two or three occasions since that time to cure myself of bad colds." EYESIGHT WAS IN DANGER From Terrible Eczema—Baby's Head a Mass of Itching Rash and Sores —Disease Cured by Cuticura. "Our little girl was two months old when she got a rash on her face and within five days her face and head were all one sore. We used different remedies but it got worse instead of better and we thought she would turn blind and that her ears would fall off. She suffered terribly, and would scratch until the blood came. This went on until she was five months old, then I had her under our family doctor's care, but she continued to grow worse. He said it was eczema. When she was seven months old I started to use the Cuticura Remedies and in two months our baby was a different girl. You could not see a sign of a sore and she was as fair as a newborn baby. She has not had a sign of the eczema since. Mrs. H. F. Budke, LeSueur, Minn., Apr. 15 and May 2, '07." Treat yourself with respect, if only for the purpose of setting a good example for your neighbors. 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, etc. The school of difficulty is the best school of moral difficulty.—Faber. for 100 years PETTIT'S EYE SALVE has positively cured eye diseases everywhere. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. A good conscience is to the mind what health is to the body.—Addison. $100 REWARD For any case of Chills or Fever, Swamp Fever, Dumb Ague or any ailment due to Malaria that fails to cure if taken according to the Directions. For sale by all druggists. Price 50 cents. Prepared only by John Schaap & Sons, Ft. Smith, Ark 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. To Brighten Life Take CARDUI er in the M. Dunn, 153 Vine St. Columbus, Ohio, says: "For more than ten years I was in misery with backache. The simplest housework completely exhausted me. I had no strength or ambition, was nervous and suffered headache and dizzy spells. After these years of pain I was despairing of ever being cured when Doan's Kidney Pills came to my notice and their use brought quick relief and a permanent cure. I am very grateful." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. "They say that abroad they are suffering from the lack of American tourists." "Yes, it cuts off profitable expeditions after the golden fleece."—Baltimore American. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. 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To Get Your Health Back To one who has lost h Unhappiness, after all, is If female troubles have sad, miserable and able only a reflection upon a cloud best to get your health back To one who has lost her health, life seems pretty dreary. Unhappiness, after all, is very often a question of health. If female troubles have worn you out, made you feel weak, sad, miserable and able only to see the dark side of things, as a reflection upon a cloudy mirror, brighten up, by doing your best to get your health back. TAKE CARDUI. This well-known woman's medicine has brought health and happiness to many thousands of weak, ailing women. Why not to you? Ta TEN YEARS Tho P Where It Pinches. How's This? Actual Facts. For upwards of fifteen years Hunt's Cure has been sold under a strict guarantee to cure any form of itching skin troubles known. No matter the name—less than one per cent. of the purchasers have requested their money back. Why? It simply does the work. The Very Thing. 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