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The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, Strange Coincidents. Sometime ago a white man from Alabama visited Muskogee and noticed that in the store owned by J. W. Adams for merly of Alabama that there were, as he thought, white people acting as clerks and he immediately reported the new conditions to the folks at home. The aristocracy called a meeting and sent a special envoy to investigate and report. This investigator came all the way from Alabama to Muskogee and found that J. W. Adams was running a big dry goods store and had all colored clerks. Some of them were so fair that the first visitor thought they were white and the second had to make inquiries before he was satisfied and could report as he did that no invasion had been made by this Negro merchant prince into the Anglo Saxon ranks but that this "temptest in a teapot" had been caused by the social commingling of the colored and white folks in the sunny Southland and there a lot of colored people here who were so white you could not tell they were colored and a lot of white people so swarthy that one might think they were colored. As a matter of fact all of these people are from Alabama and other southern states and strange as it may seem there are some people here passing for colored and charged with being Negroes who are Anglo Saxons to the manor born. It happens in this way: In some communities down South a white person becomes unfortunate and the results of this condition is left with some Negro Mammy to rear. This child grows to manhood or to womanhood as the case may be thinking that he or she is a Negro. But when the truth finally reaches them and the facts concerning their nationality leaks out some of them cross over to white while others Vol 10 Which Way Shall I Go? never change. Truth is stranger than fiction. We have right here in our midst such cases as above stated The jim crow law often compells real white persons to ride with Negroes and the reverse is true. Is not this a strange condition of affairs? The arrest of attorney McRea by the Street Car company was a d—— outrage and the company should be made to respond in damages. Mr. McRea had violated no law and was within the prescribed limits of the jim crow outfit. The cusses got scared and would not have him incarcerated. Why? And made no complaint in court. Why? Precinct committee should refrain from endorsing any one for office at this time. Better wait a while it is too early in the game. Let politics rest a while, get down to business. Saw wood and keep your eye on the indicator. The Evening Democrat is continually taking shots at our city and county officers. We think these attacks uncalled for as our officers, in the main, compare favorably with those THOU ART THE MAN THE SOUTH The above shows the condition of the Negro in the South. Come into the free and Untrammeled West where all men have an equal chance in life. Come to Oklahoma, the land of the free and home of the brave. Okla., Subscribe for the Cimeter only $100 per year. You get your money's worth. Agents wanted. Good commissions paid. Write today, WANTED Reliable colored woman to wash bottles and pear potatoes. Call Muskogee Tea & Coffee Co Mrs. Blanch Lewis, 709 Indianapolis Ave., who has been on the sick list for the last three weeks, is improving and will be out again in a few days. A representative of the Muskogee Cimeter spent Sunday in Red Bird for the purpose of introducing this paper. Rev Caldwell who is pastor of the baptist church very kindly introduced us and the people as of any city and Co. in the state They seem to be trying to do their duty and that regardless of politics they should be engouraged not cussed. Lots 1 and 2 in Factory Addition a bargain. Call or write A, J. Smitherman, box G. South Second St. Red Bird. 15. 1908. kindly received us. Westopped at hotel Barber and was treated well by Mr. Barber and his estimable wife. We met a few very pleasant people, some of whom are Mr. J. J. Adams, Prof. J. D. Whalley and Mrs. Cora B. Johnson who very kindly consented to read the Cimeter at her leisure moments. Coweta. Our next stop was Coweta where we found the colored people busy with their crops and their other business in town We stopped with Mr. Nichols and had a pleasant conversation with him. Mr. J. S. Henderson, a nice young man who runs a barber shop will be our local reporter. Mr. P. H. Hunley, proprietor of the Hunley restaurant is an energetic business man of Coweta and deserves the support of every one. We also met Dr. A. E. Carter, a noted physician of that town, who is a very pleasant personage and a great race man. Altogether we were pleased with our stay in Coweta. Tuesday, our representative spent the day in Taft. The Cimeter was well introduced in this town and we were deeply impress with the people there. We stopped at the Winsley Hotel, the best in Taft and while there we met Mr. W. B. Higins an interesting personage who is said to be the wealthist man in this part of the country. One day last week Mr. Higins spreaded a feast table free to any one who would partake of it. That night one of the men who had availed himself of Mr. Higins' hospitality slugged the philanthropist and robbed him of his purse which fortunately contained only one dollar and his watched and some valuable papers. No 5 Taft. --- Nothing I Ate Agreed With Me. 1910 MRS. 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"What I mean is that from the very minute I became a member of the Squashville Political Debate club, I could see that it was beginning to lose its value as an organization, and the longer I have stayed in it, the more steadily have I seen it running down hill!"—Lippincott's. "When my little boy was six weeks old an eruption broke out on his face. I took him to a doctor, but his face kept on getting worse until it got so bad that no one could look at him. His whole face was one crust and must have been very painful. He scratched day and night until his face was raw. Then I took him to all the best specialists in skin diseases but they could not do much for him. The eczema got on his arms and legs and we could not get a night's sleep in months. I got a set of Cuticura Remedies and he felt relieved the first time I used them. I gave the Cuticura Remedies a good trial and gradually the eczema healed all up. He is now seven years old and I think the trouble will never return. Mrs. John G. 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A boy never looks in a mirror to see if his face is clean after washing it; he looks at the dirt on the towel. --- 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. Returns from every congressional district in the country shows the election of 216 Republicans and 175 Democrats, a gain of nine for the latter party. The Citizens and Farmers' State bank at Arkansas City, Kan., has closed its doors. County option was defeated in South Dakota by about 7,000 majority. While his mother was absent a three-year-old boy of Galena, Ill., built a fire under the baby carriage in which his eight months old baby brother was lying. The baby died from its burns. The Bliss Electrical school at Washington was destroyed by fire the other night and 150 students fled from the burning building clad only in their night clothes. The general committee of foreign missions in session at St. Louis appropriated $1,500,000 for the work next year. The epidemic of cholera at Manila is reported to have been entirely stamped out. The strike of the papermakers in the International company's mills has been settled, the men accepting the company's terms. The Interstate Commerce commission has been enjoined from inforcing its order reducing freight rates from the Atlantic seaboard to Missouri river points. Teddy Paxton, 12 years old, of Belleplaine, Kan., shot and killed his nine-year-old brother with a shotgun which he thought was unloaded. The splitting of Maryland's electoral vote whereby Bryan gets six and Taft two, as indicated by the official count, will make the electoral college stand Taft, 321; Bryan, 162. Three members of the family of C. L. Bremerman, a stenographer in the library of congress at Washington, were killed by the fumes of gas. The proposition to issue bonds to the amount of $20,000,000 for the purpose of aiding the construction of a deep waterway from the lakes to the gulf, carried in Illinois by an overwhelming majority. For the first time in many years Indiana gave its electoral vote to the Republicans and elected a Democratic governor, Taft carrying the state by 15,000 and Thomas R. Marshall, the Democratic candidate, winning by 8,000. The result in Missouri in the national ticket is so close that it will take the official count to determine who gets it. Hadley was elected governor by more than 10,060 plurality over Cowherd, his Democratic opponent. The legislature is in doubt. A woman known as Alice Cheney Brown was arrested at the Chicago Union depot charged with having fraudulently obtained $20,000 in bonds from a firm of brokers. She returned the securities and was allowed to leave the city. D. B. Cook and J. A. Simes were shot and killed and a companion was dangerously injured at Ardmore, Ok., by John Braziel, a local character. The four had been drinking and quarreled. Earl Barclay, an employee of the Muskogee, Ok., Oil Refining company, was killed by electricity in his bathroom. He came in contact with an electric light wire. The first cabinet meeting after the election was devoted to a discussion of that affair. LAUGH WAS ON THE DEACON. BOY KEPT SCRATCHING. Eczema Lasted 7 Years—Face Was All Raw—Skin Specialists Failed, But Cuticura Effected Cure. Help! Murder! "Well?" The Kind You Have Always Bought. Bone of Contention. "Very likely; it's her pin money."— Baltimore American. ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes clean and sweet as when new. All grocers. Smokers have to call for Lewis' Single Binder cigar to get it. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. It takes a truthful man to tell a lie big enough to attract attention. 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There is one Negro in the legislature and the democrats threaten to carry the legislature to Oklahoma City or to some other town, Wonder if they think the Negro member will not turn up smilingly anywhere they meet. If you want bargains—your full moneys worth trade with those who advertise in this paper they are entitled to your trade and should have it. Call on them and give them a fair trial. The democrats praised the labor vote before election and now they cuss it because it fail to come their way, All subscribers not paid up will be cut off after this issue. Come in or send in and pay up. A few of the colored editors who got off on the wrong foot are now calling their brethren hard names who were not so foolish. Nothing is gained by making a damphool of yourself. Just quit. Now is the time to get a home in the new state. Come now and get a location before property takes a rise as it surely will on account of the great republican victory. The jim crow street cars have changable rules. Going west on Alta Vista cars the Negro department is in the rear. Going north on the Fondulac cars the Negro is in the front. Why this difference? Wagoner county is still claiming the honor of being the banner republican county of this district and we guess since the vote is larger than ours we must still tip our hat to our neighbor on the north. Creager, the congressman from the third district carried a larger majority for the national ticket than two of the other districts. Every cuss who balked and refused to help elect the ticket is now bowling for a job. Mr. Andrew Smitherman is agent and advertising manager for this paper and is authorized to receive subscriptions and give receipt for the same and make advertising contracts and receipt for any money due the paper. There are 216 republicans in the lower house of Congress and 176 democrats. A republican majority of 41. This is sufficient to do business with rapidity and dispatch. Now pass the Foraker bill and stop to disfranchising. The paper run by Walter Downing and others, "The Bulletin is trying to take the penant as a race riot paper. Hap pily neither the white nor the colored people take the thing seriously. The colored people have frequently helped Down ing into office and now like a e- viper he turns to spread poison by biting. 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. DR. E. D. MORRISON, Women and Children, and Venerial Diseases, Chemic and Microscopic Examinations. Phone 1773. 310 S. 2nd St. Muskogee, Okla. Phone 1773. Publication Notice No. 524. In the District Court Court, State of Oklahoma, for Muskogee County Sitting at Muskogee. DONA ELICK. Plaintiff WILL ELLICK, Defendant. The defendant, Will Ellick, is hereby notified that he has been sued in the District Court of Muskogee County, State of Oklahoma, at Muskogee, by the above named plaintiff, Doná Ellick, whose petition in said case was filed in said Court on the 26th day of October, 1908, and unless you answer said petition or appear herein on or before the 6th day of December, 1908, the allegations in said petition will be taken as true and a judgment rendered against you divorcing sand plaintiff from you and for other proper relief stated in said petition. DONA ELLICK, Plaintiff. Attorney for Plaintiff Attest:—(Seal). TONY MATNEY. Clerk of the District Court. FOR SALE I have 20 farms to sell on easy payments or swap for Musko gee property. I will build or sell you a house and lot with good water. Loan money at a low rate of intarest to suit the man who gets it. Come to see me. Wm. P. Fields, Muskogee, Okla. WANTED General agent for this city, Lady or Gentleman—Even if you are now employed. You can earn $100.00 to $200.00 per month without giving up your present position—Write for full particular. W. L. TULL Loan and Investment Company Desk "L" Alamo Bank, Muskogee, Oklahoma. THE GIMETER JO THE QUICK MAIL CIMETER JOB PRINTING QUICK MAIL ORDER H THE CIMETER JOB PRINTING CO. THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE ¶We do business by fair competition and conservative methods :: :: :: ¶Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: :: :: :: ¶Try us once and you will always send us your work :: :: :: :: Official Statement of Commercial Muskogee, At the Close of Business, RESOU Loans and Discount Overdrafts Bonds and Premiums Real Estate, Furniture Cash and Exchange LIABI Capital Surplus and Profits Circulation Deposits The above Statement is Correct South Second St., Muskogee, I Nickens & Nickens, Pro Official Statement of the Condition of Commercial Nation'l Muskogee, Oklahoma Close of Business, Wednesday, July Nickens & Nickens, Props. Muskogee, Oklahoma. At the Close of Business, Wednesday, July 15, 1908 RESOURCES s and Discount 1,033 Drafts s and Premiums 28 Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 1 and Exchange 27 $1,61 Loans and Discount 1,036,694.68 Overdrafts 4,677.50 Bonds and Premiums 288,000.00 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 10,975.08 Cash and Exchange 278,135.89 $1,618,483.15 LIABILITIES Capital $ 200,000.00 Surplus and Profits 45,024.93 Circulation 200,000.00 Deposits 1,173,458.22 $1,618,483.15 Capital $ 20 Surplus and Profits 4 Circulation 20 Deposits 1,17 $1,61 The above Statement is Correct. E. D. SWF. G. W. BARNES, PRESIDENT. D. N. FINK, VICE PRESIDENT. --- --- H. T. WALKER, Attorney and Counsellor at Law Room 19, Brown Bldg. Phone 1169. MUSKOGEE. OKLAHOMA. THE BUSY MAN. By W. H. Willis. If you want to get a favor done By some obliging friend And want a promise, safe and sure On which you may depend Don't go to hi mwho always has Much leisure time to plan, But if you want your favor done Just ask the busy man. The man with leisure never has A moment he can space He's almays "putting off" until His friends are indespair But he whose every waking hour Is crowded full of work Forgets the art of wasting time— He cannot stop to shirk. So when you want a favor done And want it right away Go to the man who constantly Works twenty hours a day He'll find a moment sure, somewhere, That has no other use And fix you while the idie man Is framing an excuse. —New York Ledger. OB PRINTING CO. IL ORDER HOUSE t.. Muskogee. Ind. Ter. Official Statement of the Condition of the Muskogee, Oklahoma. At the Close of Business, Wednesday, July 15, 1908 RESOURCES unt iums furniture and Fix ange LIABILITIES fits Loans and Discount 1,036,694.68 Overdrafts 4,677.50 Bonds and Premiums 288,000.00 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 10,975.08 Cash and Exchange 278,135.89 $1,618,483.15 Capital Surplus and Profits Circulation Deposits The above Statement is Correct G. W. BARNES, PRESIDENT. D. N. FINK, VICE PRESIDENT. 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From small beginnings many of the grandest enterprises of the world have sprung, and most of the wealthy men of the age owe their fortunes chiefly to the fact that they made a beginning. The founder of St. Luke's hospital, the late Rev. William Augustus Muhlenberg, author of the hymn, "I Would Not Live Alway," suggested from his pulpit, in 1846, 62 years ago, the necessity of such an institution for the relief of the sick. The first collection for the purpose was made, and it amounted to the insignificant sum of $31. "When do you expect to complete your hospital?" a friend asked, smiling at the small sum. "Never!" promptly answered Dr. Muhlenberg, "never, if I do not make a beginning." Eight years afterward the foundation stone of St. Luke's hospital was laid; in 1857 the chapel was opened for divine service, and patients were admitted May 13, 1858. In 1857 Dr. Muhlenberg became its superintendent and pastor, and held this position at the time of his death, April 8, 1877. From that little sum of $91—that small beginning—there came in due time one of the best-managed institutions of the kind in the country, a credit to the city of New York, and an enduring monument to the memory of its founder. Friend of the Farmer's Wife. The farmer's wife will now feel that there is one man in the country who understands her position and be the highest in authority. Farmers' wives grow old before their time and farmers' daughters cannot help noticing it and dreading to follow in their mothers' footsteps. "If you have to drop some one, drop one hired hand rather than the hired girl," said the president. The advice is good, but the trouble is to get the one hired girl in the first place. The distaste of domestics for country life, and especially life on the farm, has greatly intensified rural problems, and that as much as anything has helped to depopulate the rural sections. The housewife of to-day, remarks the Boston Transcript, is thus in worse plight than she was 40 years ago. We believe this is a transition period and that a remedy will be found, though as yet it is not plainly in sight. Leisure, recreation, social intercourse are the right and the need of country mothers and daughters, and not until some way of securing these in reasonable measure is found will the farm problem be solved. An Oklahoma murderer was fined $100 for assault, saving him the inconvenience of going crazy. METHODS OF COOKING MEATS Water Destroys Flavor of Roast Lamb For Stewed Chicken. Never pour water into the pan in which you reast lamb. Rub the meat with salt and pepper and scatter flour lightly over the top. Then cover with the "leaf" of fat which comes with the roast. Cover with a second pan of same size and baste with the juices of the meat. Water destroys the flavor. When ordering Hamburger steak, select the meat. Do not permit the butcher to put in tailings and discolored scraps. Fresh rump or round is best. Have it first ground, then laid on the meat block and the onion chopped into it with a cleaver. To get best results in stewing chicken according to the good old-fashioned methods, disjoint the fowl, wipe each piece clean and drop into water just coming to a boil. Cover tightly and set back on the stove to simmer very gently. When about half done add salt. When the meat is just ready to drop from the bone you will find your stock greatly reduced. Add an equal quantity of milk, thicken with flour and then add pepper and parsley chopped fine. Serve on crisp toast. If you intend to serve cold ham whole parboil and then bake it. Scrub the ham thoroughly and soak over night in cold water. Next morning wipe off clean, lay in cold water in a granite iron pot and bring just to a boil. Pour off this water, add more cold and bring to a boil the second time; add a handful of bay leaves and some whole cloves. Simmer for two hours, remove from the pot, peel off the skin, lay in a dripping pan in which you have poured a cup of water and one of sherry. Cover with bread crumbs and pepper, bake until golden brown. PRACTICAL HINTS for the HOUSEWIFE A little flour sprinkled in the pan when eggs are frying will prevent the sputtering hot fat that is so disagreeable. Mud stains may be removed from tan leather shoes by rubbing them with slices of raw potato. When dry polish in usual way. Finger marks on paint can be easily removed by rubbing with a clean white cloth dipped in kerosene. The wood should afterward be wiped with a dry cloth. If muslin curtains are needed in a hurry for a kitchen or bathroom, they can be washed, slightly starched, shaken hard, pulled into shape and hung up without ironing. Sheets, pillowcases, towels, tablecloths—all folded linens—should be laid upon the shelves with the open and hemmed ends toward the wall, the round folds outward. The effect is neater to the eye, and articles are more easily taken out. Small punctures in hot-water bags or rubber gloves may be replaced by applying a small patch of tailors' mending tissue; moisten with common chloroform, lay on a second patch and moisten again, until four or five patches have been applied. The chloroform dissolves the tissue and when it evaporates leaves a firm patch. Fish Roe Custard. Parboil half a pound of fish roe for ten minutes, drain and drop into ice water for a few moments; drain again, dry lightly in a cloth, arrange in a baking dish, dot with small lumps of butter, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cover with a cupful of boiling water to which a teaspoonful of beef extract has been added; cook for 20 minutes in a moderate oven. Remove the roe to a hot platter and break with a fork. Add a cupful of cream to the stock left in the baking dish, stir in three beaten egg yolks, and cook until slightly thickened, pour over the roe and serve with cereal crisps. STATE ELECTION BOARD. Returns From Nineteen Counties Received, But Not Counted. Guthrie, C.—The State Election Board received returns from nineteen counties on last Tuesday's election, but in the absence of the republican member of the board, Judge Gillette, they were not opened and canvassed. The Republican State Committee, according to the statement of Secretary Linn objected to any perusal of the returns unless the republican member or his representative was present, or any scrutiny of the county returns until all counties were in and the entire state vote had been canvassed. The board will rule, however, that once a county's vote is canvassed it becomes public property and will be given to the newspapers. Republicans will probably contest in McCurtain county, where their advices are that the county was republican by 257 majority, but on a recount, and the elimination of certain precincts, they say the county is now shown 18 democratic, electing a democratic member of the legislature. The Nowata county election of Tillotson to the legislature will be carried to the legislature in event relief is not accorded by the State Election Board. A. H. Ellis (Dem.), beaten for representative from Garfield by three votes, announces that he will contest. State Chairman Norris still holds that Oklahoma is for Bryan by not to exceed 7,000 plurality. Ask for Reservation. Henryetta, Ok.—Specials are being sent to various papers announcing that the Snake Indians have decided to take their allotments and will both er the government no more by opposing the apportionment of the lands. M. M. Lindley, attorney for the Snakes, says there was not a grain of truth in the dispatches. The Snakes will never take allotments. They would rather die than do this. Messrs. Howe and Lindley have worked for some time to secure a reservation for the Snakes, the same as many tribes throughout the United States. There is plenty of land suitable for this, and the Snakes will live on their reservation peaceably and quietly. Mr. Lindley laughed at the idea of the Snakes taking allotments. Chitto Harjo recently said that his people would not take allotments. He is the original Crazy Snake and knows the wants of his people, and he stated in a most emphatic manner that his people would never consent to a "parceling of the land." The Snake Indians have been banded together since 1901. In that year the Creek Council signed the treaty with the commisisoners of the United States Government. By that treaty the Creek Nation passed into history and its people became citizens of the United States. It was then that Crazy Snake and his few hundred reds seceded. Insurrections followed and in the year 1902 their Chjef was placed in the penitentiary for conspiracy. The Crazy Snake uprising has caused much bloodshed. Several of the Indians were killed in a pitched battle with the federal officers. The band killed many of their number because they deserted and allowed their names placed upon the rolls. Oklahoma School for Deaf. Sulphur, Okla.-The board of regents for the Oklahoma School for the Deaf, consisting of State Superintendent E. D. Cameron of Guthrie, Rev. W. S. Wiley of Muskogee, Mayor John E. Millar of Norman ond Chas. Burke of Edmond, left Saturday afternoon for their homes, after a two day's visit at the deaf school. While there the board audited the school's accounts and paid the teachers. The board was free in its yraise of the great modern, steam-heated building in which the school is domiciled. The building is larger by one story than the Commercial club contracted with the regents to erect when it was determined to move the school from Guthrie to Sulphur. The regents were pleased with the progress of the students in their school and with the improved health of many of them since coming to Sulphur. The board will meet here again during the Christmas holidays. Lee Meriwether Reviniscent. Guthrie, Okla.—"Twenty-five years ago," said Hon. Lee Meriwether of St. Louis, who visited here during last week, "I was invited to visit his section by Col. Guy V. Henry, then in command at Fort Sill. I was a mere boy in 1883, and was of course delighted with the trip. Caldwell, Kansas, was then the most southern railway station, and the trip to the fort was made overland in army ambulances drawn by army mules. The trip was made in relays and we made surprisingly good time. Trips were made from Fort Sill to Fort Worth in a similar manner, though a spur of the railroad ran out from the latter to a place called Henrietta. I journeyed by this method from Fort Sill to Fort Reno. On the banks of the Canadian river - saw probably 4,000 Indians, and shall never forget the sight I saw when the government rations were issued. At Fort Reno the garrison then consisted of some seven or eight hundred soldiers, and even at that there were times when one felt rather 'ticklish.' The other day I again visited the fort and found everything greatly changed only two officers were in charge. Then there was only prairie grass when I visited that spot. I also ofund good hustling towns in many other places which I had known before only as a wilderness. When I think of my trip through this country as a boy and now see a big, thriving, prosperous state, it makes an impression that can scarcely be described." Finds Prehistoric Skeleton Sulphur, Okla.—Prof. T. M. Pullen of Drake, twelve miles south of Sulphur near Mystic Cave, while digging a well dug into a well-preserved skeleton of a very large prehistoric animal or reptile. The jaws measured four feet in length and three feet from jaw to paw. A couple of teeth, weighing seven pounds each, were broken from the jaws by Prof Pullen and brought here and placed on exhibition in the Bank of Commerce. The skeleton is only six feet below the surface. A corps of scientists from this city will visit the skeleton this week and exhume it. It will be exhibited here and finally placed in the museum soon to be erected in Platt National park. AN OKLAHOMA ggyfiRgunts;ocetao An Oklahoma Tailor Murdered. Bartlesville, Ok.—Eberhardt Riable, a tailor who was lying on the railroad track at the edge of this city, was run over last Saturday night by a Missouri, Kansas & Texas passenger train. While the coroners' jury placed the blame upon the railway company, it is believed that Riable was slain and his body placed on the track. Riable was a native of Zurich, Germany. He came here from Wichita about two months ago. From England. Guthrie, Okla.—Governor Haskell has received a letter from Mrs. Constance Haskell of Cambridge, England, who had seen the Oklahoma governor's name in a newspaper article and wrote to him on account of the similarity of names. The letter was addressed to "C. N. Haskell, Ex-Treasurer Democratic Party, Ne wYork City," and was forwarded to Guthrie by the New York postoffice. Sons of Washington to Meet Oklahoma City, Okla.—Delegates are arriving in this city to attend a meeting of the grand council of the Sons of Washington tomorrow, when proper plans will be laid for directing a vigorous campaign against the prohibition question and getting it resubmitted to the people. Delegates will attend from every county in the state. Charge is Running Saloon. Lawton, Ok.—Deputy United States Marshal A. L. Coff arrived in Lawton, in custody of George Hill, charged with violating the internal revenue law in conducting a saloon at the "corners," a place on the Cimmaron river in Pottawatomit county. Taxes $54,489.93 Guthrie, Okla.—The Prairia Oil and Gas Company this year will pay $54,489.93 in taxes to Tulsa county alone upon a property vaulation in the county of $3,448,190 Malaria Causes Loss of Appetite The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds up the system. You know what you are taking. The formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless, and the most effectual form. For adults and children. 50c. Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any dye. One 10c package colors all fibers. They dye in cold water better than any other dye. You can dye garment without ripping apart. Write for free booklet—How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors. 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Those who traverse the alkali plains of the west and inhabit the sand blown regions of Texas, find daily need for a reliable eye salve. They never drug the eye, but simply apply externally, the staple, Dr. Mitchell's Eye Salve. It is well to know that Mitchell's Eye Salve is on sale here also. Price 25 cents. Couldn't Disprove It by Her. "They say there's nothing new under the sun," mused the poet, sadly. "Well," replied his wife in a tone equally as melancholy, "you can't disprove the adage by my wardrobe." If the energy that women expend in making fools of men could be concentrated—but what's the use of speculating with impossible problems? ALL BLUE Ask your grocer package only 5 cents. consist in glv- giving wisely.— WHITE HOW FOR MEN, $3.50, $4.00, $5.00 and FOR WOMEN, $5.00 Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoes for youngster THE BROWN SHOP ST. LOUIS Salaria Causes Loss of Hard GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC, dri- now what you are taking. 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Thousands have tried it, and of wonderful benefit, at that and other try- of their lives. Fannie Nichols, of Mexico, Mo., writes. ar I was threatened with a mishap and with a mishap, the safe way is to take Cardui and prevent the trouble from occurring. Weak women need Cardui before confinement, to strengthen their system and help them through this trying period. Thousands have tried it, and found it of wonderful benefit, at that and other trying times of their lives. Mrs. Fannie Nichols, of Mexico, Mo., writes: "Last year I was threatened with a mishap and Brazil Takes Forward Step. Rest and Sleep. By the Hurricane Route. Good Thing to Know. Don't Be Irritable. "An irritated skin makes an irritable person, and an irritable person gathers much trouble unto himself or herself, as the case may be. Moral: Use Hunt's Cure, one box of which is absolutely and unqualifiedly guaranteed to cure any form of skin trouble. Any kind of itching known is relieved at once, and one box cures." One very great advantage which nuts possess over most foods is their absolute freedom from adulteration. When you buy nuts, you always know what you are getting. Of course, those bought in the shell are also absolutely clean. And what a beautiful source they come from! How delightful to picture the trees upon which they grow, on the outermost branches dancing in the sunbeams.—Good Health. Strong Winds and Sand Storms cause granulation of the eyelids. PETTIT'S EYE SALVE soothes and quickly relieves All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N.Y. The fellow who lands the first blow generally wins, but if we all waited for the other fellow to begin, there wouldn't be any fight. Smokers appreciate the quality value of Lewis' Single Binder cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Advocates of corporal punishment evidently believe that an occasional spanking makes children smart. Walk home in almost any new shoes They start comfortable. With every few steps they lose comfort. 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A fine bit of sentiment from Editor Howe of the Atchison Globe: "Treat the faith your friends have in you as carefully as you would handle a dainty silk parasol in a violent wind and rain storm." Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces indomination, always pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. The actions of a dumb man speak louder than his words. Those Tired, Aching Feet of Yours need Allen's Foot-Ease. See at your Druggist's Write A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y., for sample. When a man is short he usually has a long face. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM FOR BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES, BACKUPS HER 375 "Guaranteed If afflicted with (sore eyes, use) Thompson's Eye Water Appetite vies out Malaria and builds up the printed on every bottle, showing it . For adults and children. 50c. SS DYES in cold water better than any other dye. You can dye DE DRUG CO., Quincy, Illinois. fe Way Wine of Cardui helped me any other medicine. 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FANNIE NICHOLS Write for 64-page illustrated Book, "Home Treatment for Women," describing symptoms of Female Diseases and giving valuable hints on health, hygiene, diet, medicine, etc. for women. Sent free, postpaid. Address: Ladies Advisory Debt. The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. RDUI G 184 Schaap's Laxative Chill Cure 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. WESTERN CANADA Much less would be satisfactory. The general average is above twenty bushels. "All are loud in their praises of the great crops and that wonderful country." -Er- Much less would be satisfactory. The general average is above twenty bushels. "All are loud in their praises of the great crops and that wonderful country."—Er- tract from correspondence National Editorial Association of August, 1803. It is now possible to secure a homestead of 160 acres free and another 160 acres at $3.00 per acre. Hundreds have paid the cost of their farms (if purchased) and then had a balance of from $10.00 to $12.00 per acre from one crop. Wheat, barley, oats, flax—all do well. Mixed farming is a great success and dairying is highly profitable. Excellent climate, splendid schools and churches, railways bring most every district within easy reach of market. Railway and land companies have lands for sale at low prices and on easy terms. "Last Best West" pamphlets and maps sent free. For these and information as to how to secure lowest railway rates, apply to or to the authorized Canadian Government Agent: J. S. CRAWFORD, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Young Men Wanted in California Business positions at good salaries guaranteed. THE POLYTECHNIC BUSINESS COLLEGE, of Oakland, Cal., wants one hundred young men from this state to prepare for business positions. Every young man who graduates from the business and shorthand courses of this institution is assured of a good position. This college has a high standing and its work is unsurpassed in the United States. Tuition, board and rent expenses low. Ideal climate the year round. Write for free catalogue to PROF. W. E. GIBSON, 306 12th Street, Oakland, Cal. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanses and beautifies the hair. Promotes hair growth. Newer Falls to Restore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Cures scalp diseases & hair falling. 200s and $1.00 at Druggists PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanes and beautifies the hair. Promotes a luxurious growth. Never Fails to Restore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. 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We want one permanent agent in this lo» cality for the largest picture and frame house in America, Ex- perience unnecessary, We in. struct you how to sell our goods and furnish,the capital. Lf you want a permanent, honorable and profitable position, write us today for particulars, catalogue and samples. FRANK W. WILLIAMS COMPANY, 1214 W, Taylor St. Chicago, Il. Cash For 100 Homesteads. “NOTICE!” I will pay you more cash for your Lands than anybody else will. Bring your deeds and get your money, all at once, The money is here in the bank, you get all your money when you sign deed. I have more than 50 houses and lots with good water, for sale on 10 years time. My office is No. 1 English Block, Muskogee, Ok. WM. P. FIELDS. | Call on A. T. Clark when in need lag Coal, Feed and Groceries. Corner 4th and Elgin Ave. Phone 901. | Dealer in Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Tools, Musical In struments, Clothing and Gents Furnishings. | Open evenings Until 10, Saturday Night Until 12 O'clock | GOOD BARGAINS IN UN-REDEEMED PLEDGES : J. F. JOHNSON, Proprietor. 117 NORTH THIRD ST. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. | | Values can only be determ- ined by prices. It is only when ; ag one comes to compare qualities x and prices that one gets a true PP, idea of where real bargains are OT |p Ba bk to be had, Low prices count by SS for nothing unless value be Y rt] there, This is a point we are ‘a . soustantly studying—striving Wn hy to give our patrons the very =e best possible for the money CO” asked. It is in this way that we have built up, and are still building up, our gigantic business MUSKOGEE TEA & COFFEE CO. MAREKET SQUARE