Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. "STORE "STORE NEWS" --- We invite an inspection of We Claim to give as good instances better values for house, anywhere. An now being offered. 18 inch flounces 18 Corset Cover It will be to your in DAY LIGH Prompt Attention, necessary. Pegram Dry We invite an inspection of our Spring Goods. We Claim to give as good values and in many instances better values for the money, as any house, anywhere. An Embroidery Special is now being offered. 18 inch flounces 10-15 & 25c Prompt Attention, Goods delivered when necessary. Pegram Dry Goods Co. TEDDY and SEN. FORAKER AGREE ON MEASURE Washington, D. C., Feb. 23. The president is authorized to appoint a court of inquiry to determine the qualifications for re enlistment of the discharged negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry regiment, accused of shooting up Brownsville Texas, on the night of August 13.14 1906. The Aldrich bill for this purpose past by a party vote 56 to 26 except that Senator Teller voted with the republicans for the passage of the bill. The bill is a compromise measure approved by President Roosevelr, Senator Foraker and all of the republican members of the committee on military af fairs. The court of inquiry will act as a board to consider the applications for re-enlistment and recommend the restoration to duty of such soldiers who are not found guilty of complicity in the affray. The senate also passed the fortification bill, with appropriations aggregating $8,320,111 and the diplomatic and consular ```markdown ``` Vol 10 appropriation bill carrying $3,646,386. Hoyt Announces His Candidacy Announcement was made last night of his candidacy for nomination on the republican ticket for the office of police judge. "I have decided that I want the office," declared Judge Hopt, "and I hereby make announcement that I am in the race for the police judgeship." Judge Hoyt is a stalwart republican of the old school and for toe two years prior to statehood was United States Commis sioner here, having been ap pointed by Judge W. R. Lawrence to succeed Harlow A. Leekley. During the administration of President Harrison. Judge Hoyt was United States Commissioner at Fairbanks, Alaska. As commissioner in Alaska and in Muskogee he gained a large experience in judicial matters and paofiting by this experience he feels that he is amply qualified for the Muskogee police judgeship. Since statehood and the relin quishment of his position as United States Commissioner, Judge Hoyt has been a member of the legal fraternity and deeply engaged in the practice of law. Announcement Atty. W. L. Seiver of Muskogee, announces himself a candidate for police judge and from all indications he has a splendid chance to win. Mr. Seiver is an old resident of this city and has the implicit confidence of the city's best people. He is sixty years old but has the appearance of a man of forty. Since he was 18 years old Mr. Sevier has been a staunch republican but this is the first time he has ever appealed to the party for a position. When asked by a representative of this paper, what his policy was, he replied: "I stand for honesty. I believe the men in public trust should be clean and honest men, not thieves and grafters. I be lieve in honesty and the only way to be honest is be honest." Because She Loved Him Because She Loved Him Ethel Gray, a white girl of Muskogee, was found guilty of perjury last Monday by a jury of twelve men in the district court. Her lover, John Cieloha was on trial for the murder of David Conway who was killed near here last June, and to save him, she testified that he was with her in the city at the time Conway is said to have been killed. Cieloha was convicted however and given a life sentence and the girl's arrest and conviction on the charge of perjury followed. Thoughts Worth While. By preparing for the worst, you may often compass the No 18 best. Never open the door to a little vice lest a great one should enter also. He who cannot keep his own secret ought not to complain if another tells it. Love is a compound of honey and gall, mixed in various proportions for customeras. A parent's forgiveness of a daughter when her heart is broken is pardon after execution. No doubt it is a great deal pleasanter to die for some beautiful women than to live with them. Fear God, Love your neighbor those that you can. Trust few men—Watch them all. Allow no man to treat you better or worse than you are willing to treat him. Speak well of your neighbors if you can; If you can't don't speak at all. 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. WOMAN ASPHYXIATED ASPHYXIATED Miss Grace Anderson, a colored woman, employed at the dining hall of Mrs. Dora Barnett, at the old Spaulding College building was suffocated by gas last Tuesday. The woman was sleeping in a room next to one in which there is an automatic water heater with a gas connection. During the night the gas pipe sprung a leak and the door between the rooms being open the woman was overcome by the vapor. ```markdown ``` THE VALUE OF PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE Personal knowledge is the winning factor in the culminating contests of this competitive age and when of ample character it places its fortunate possessor in the front ranks of The Well Informed of the World. A vast fund of personal knowledge is really essential to the achievement of the highest excellence in any field of human effort. A Knowledge of Forms, Knowledge of Functions and Knowledge of Products are all of the utmost value and in questions of life and health when a true and wholesome remedy is desired it should be remembered that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., is an ethical product which has met with the approval of the most eminent physicians and gives universal satisfaction, because it is a remedy of Known Quality, Known Excellence and Known Component Parts and has won the valuable patronage of millions of the Well Informed of the world, who know of their own personal knowledge and from actual use that it is the first and best of family laxatives, for which no extravagant or unreasonable claims are made. This valuable remedy has been long and favorably known under the name of—Syrup of Figs—and has attained to worldwide acceptance as the most excellent family laxative. As its pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well known to physicians and the Well Informed of the world to be the best we have adopted the more elaborate name of—Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna—as more fully descriptive of the remedy, but doubtless it will always be called for by the shorter name of—Syrup of Figs—and to get its beneficial effects, always note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package, whether you call for—Syrup of Figs—or by the full name—Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. . IS BALDNESS DOOMED? Baltimore Specialist Says It Is Unnecessary, and Proves It. Baltimore, Feb. 21.—The intense interest in the wonderful work that is being accomplished in Baltimore and other cities by Wm. Chas Keene, president of the Lorrimer Institute, continues unabated. Many cases of baldness and faded hair of years' standing have been remedied by the remarkable preparation being distributed from Mr. Keene's laboratory, and its fame is spreading far and wide and thousands of persons are using this remarkable hair food with gratifying results. What makes this treatment more popular is the fact that free trial outfits are sent by mail prepaid. Those who wish to try it are strongly advised to write to Mr. Keene at the Lorrimer Institute, Branch 213, Baltimore, Md. They will receive the full trial outfit free of charge and much useful information about the hair which will put them on the road to a rapid and certain improvement. His First Practice. The old farmer stood in front of the "Human Frog" in the museum. "How did yeou ever find out yeou were a contortionist?" he drawled, curiously. "Sh!" whispered the contortionist. "It's a secret, but I once tried to dress in the upper berth of a Pullman sleeper." Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar. Made of extra quality tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. What you call temper in your wife you call temperament in yourself. "We Have Many Similar The following is an extract from a letter received from Mr. H. H. Meyers of Stutgart, Ark.: "You would greatly oblige me if you would introduce Hunt's Lightning Oil at Milligeville, Ill., as I have many friends and relatives there, in whom I am much concerned, and I understand the Oil is not kept there. I can recommend it as the best medicine I ever had in my house. It cured me of a bad case of the Bloody Flux in less than one-half hour, and it cured my granddaughter of a bad case of Cholera Morbus in a very short time." The human race has traveled far away from its beginnings when the figure eight is considered to be the standard form in woman, and a "rat" makes many a male heart beat quicker. A Cough, if neglected, often affects the Lungs. "Brown's Bronchial Troches" give relief. 35 cents a box. Samples sent free by John L. Brown & Son, Boston, Mass. Each person lives best who does his best for one day at a time, and then refreshes himself for his level best the next day.—Robertson. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles is 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 90. It makes a woman awfully tired to see a man make a fool of himself over any other woman. RED CROSS BALL BLUE Should be in every home. Ask your grocer for it. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. It is delightful to take out of a great hoard—Horace. Nervous Women For nervous, tired women, we recommend Cardui. Cardui is a woman's medicine. It acts specifically on the female organs and has a tonic, building effect on the whole system. It contains no harmful ingredients, being a pure vegetable extract. If you suffer from some form of female trouble, get Cardui at once and give it a fair trial. TAKE CARDUI It Will Help You Mrs. W. W. Gardner, of H. I think Cardui is just grand. I am 48 years old and feel like taking it. I used to suffer f and sleeplessness, but now the I highly recommend Cardui Mrs. W. W. Gardner, of Paducah, Ky., tried Cardui and writes: I think Cardui is just grand. I have been using it for eleven years. I am 48 years old and feel like a different woman, since I have been taking it. I used to suffer from bearing down pains, nervousness and sleeplessness, but now the pains are all gone and I sleep good. I highly recommend Cardui for young and old." Try it. AT ALL DRUG STORES Keeley Cure FOR WH 1225 North Broadway UE WLEDGE nating contests of es its fortunate achievement of the s and Knowl- of life and health wered that Syrup Syrup Co., is an nt physicians and Component Informed of the e that it is the first claims are made. FOR WHISKEY AND DRUGS 1225 North Broadway. :: :: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma P SYRUP CAL., INCORPORATED NEW YORK,N.Y. ah, Ky., tried Cardui and writes: have been using it for eleven years. different woman, since I have been bearing down pains, nervousness are all gone and I sleep good. young and old." Try it. KEY AND DRUGS :::: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma CUTICURA COMFORT BABY WITH SHEAWBERRY FOR LITTLE FAT FOLKS Most grateful and comforting is a warm bath with Cuticura Soap and gentle anointings with Cuticura. This pure, sweet, economical treatment brings immediate relief and refreshing sleep to skin-tortured and disfigured little ones and rest to tired, fretted mothers. For eczemas, rashes, itchings, irritations and chafings, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are worth their weight in gold. Sold throughout the world. Depots: London 27, Charterhouse Sq.; Paris, & Rue de la Paix, Aptu- lia, R. Towns & Co., Sydney; India, B. K Paul, Calcutta; China, Hong Kong Drug Co.; Japan, Maruya, Ltd., Tokyo; Russia, Ferrein, Moscow; So. Africa, Lennon, Ltd., Cape Town, etc.; U. S. A. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Propa, Boston THE @IMETER. 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. Justice has come at last to the black heroes who fougt at San Juan Hill and who were so outrageously treated at Brownsville. It is late but that is better than never. Judge King showed he has the backbone to make all men respect his court when he fined J. Warren Reed and sent him to jail, The day of the bulldozer lawyer is over. Laura Jackson who was tried for murder on Wednesday was discharged. Lawyer DeGrafenreid, Brown and Stewart represented the defense. The democrats are awful foxy and are liable to steal a march on the republicans. Already it is hinted that a certain astute politician who is not a democrat may head a citizens ticket and have the solid support of the democrat party and in there will be h----popping all along the line. There is no use in cussing the colored democrat and saying he is a fool and better look up the cause for the change and then stop the crack in the fence. The longer we wait the bigger the crack. There is no use lying amongst ourselves, the crack must be stopped. The campaign for the pie at Washington is already on and many are the patriots who are now headed that way. There will be mrnry a disappointment and many a pror devil will go broke while waiting for a job that never comes. Our motto is stay at home and make a jok even if its spabing. The city republican organization needs to get in shape for the coming campaign. The wards are not what they were at the last city election and there should be a campaign of education in order that the voters may know in what waad they live. --- The fellows bound for Washington will leave here on March 1st. We wish them a merry trip. The rank and file of the republican party demands that only straight goods be given them at the city election. Up to date the announcements for office are very few but later on the candidates will become numerous. SUBSCRIBE for the CIMETER. $1.00 per year. See A. J. Smitherman, traveling agent and advertising manager. Your Last Chance, Maybe. If you want to buy a home, now is the time. Don't put it off another day. We sell you lots in Muskogee for $5 down and $1.00 per week until paid for. For particulars write A. J. Smitherman, Box G, Muskogee, Okla. Official statement of the condition of the Commercial National Bank, Muskogee, Okla. at the close of business Friday, November 27, 1908: Resources. Loans and discounts.....$1,007,141.47 Overdrafts ..... 9,463.51 Bonds and Premiums..... 288,000.00 Real esate, Furniture and Fixtures ..... 13,725.08 Cash and Exchange..... 310,703.36 $1,629,033.42 Liabilities. Liabilities. Capital ..... $ 200,000.00 Surplus and Profits ..... 62,745.40 Circulation ..... 200,000.00 Deposits ..... 1,166,288.02 $1,629,033.42 The above statement is correct. G. W. BARNES, President. D. N. Fink, Vice President. E. D. SWEENY, Cashier. For Sale. Lot 100 feet front, two houses on the lot one four room house and one two room house. Houses rent $18 per month. Good location high and level. Lot in block 235 Muskogee price $3,000. See or write W. H. Twine, Jr., Box G, Muskogee, Oklahoma. Cash For 100 Homesteads. "NOTICE!" I will pay you more cash for your Lands than anybody else will. 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 LODGE DIRECTORY. Muskogee Chapter, No. 5, Order Eastern Star; meetings, first and third Thursday of each month at 2:30 o'clock. IDA JONES, W. M. A. L. LOVE, Secy. Trinity Lodge, No. 84, A. F. and A. M.; meetings first and fourth Thursday night of each month. GARFIELD BARNETT, W. M. W. H. SWINE, Secy. Go to D. Richard's Barber Shop at 224 S. 2nd street for first-class work. First-class workmen and sat- D. RICHARDSON. Prop. FOR SALE—One lot 75x140 and a two-room house for $500.00. Write A. J. Smitherman. 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. W. H. TWINE, Jr., Box G, Muskogee, Okla. BARGAINS! FOR SALE—Two lots in factory addition, Muskogee; lots in Porter; farm lands in different localities. See or write A. J. Smitherman, Box G., Muskogee, Okla. STUDY LAW AT HOME THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL. Instruction by mail adapted to everyone. Recognized by courts and educators. Experienced and competent instructors. Takes spare time only. Three courses—Preparatory, Business, College. Prepares for practice. Will better your condition and prospects in business. Students and graduates everywhere. Full particuliers and final offer PREE. THE SPRAGUE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL OF LAW, 864 MARYSTE BLUE, DEVERY, MICH. THE SPRAGUE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL OF LAW, 604 MAJESTIC BLUE. BROOKLYN, MICH. 60 YEARS EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an item is appropriate for publication or not. HANDBOOK co. Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $L. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co. 361B Broadway, New York Branch Office, 625 F St., Washington, D.C. WANTED INFORMATION REGARDING Farm or Business for sale. Not particular about location. Wish to hear from owner only who will sell direct to buyer. Give price, description and state when possession can be had. Address. L. DARBYSHIRE, Box 9999 Rochester, M. Y. Call on A. T. Clark when in need of Coal, Feed and Groceries. Corner 4th and Elgin Ave. Phone 901.* WHY PAY RENT? We sell you a house and lot for $10 to $200 cash. Balance like rent. We also sell lots on payments. Get our prices. F. T. Martin, & Co. 403 W. Oklamulgee Ave. A. R. NORRIS' SHOE SHOP. Boots and shoes made and repaired. First class workmanship. Try me and you will be satisfied. Call at my shop on Emporia Street, next door to Browning's store. HOMESEEKERS. Are You Looking for a Home? Do you want to come into the best state in the Union for the negro? Don't wait for money. You don't need it. You may have a farm for two years and all it will cost you is the taxation. For particulars write Rev. Joseph Ross, Shoato, Okla. BULB BUCKBEE'S BULBS SUCCEED! SPECIAL OFFER: Made to build New Business. A trial will make you a permanent customer. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money refunded. Souvenir Collection 29 Choice Bulbs in splendid did mixture, comprising the following beautiful series: Grape Hyacinth, Fetcher Hyacinth, Ginger Snowdrop, Tulip, Spirea His Bellia, Hyacinth, Banquilleus, Snowdrop, Crocus, Chlorodendron, Amomone, Daedil, Poste Eye, Mariscus, Darwin Tulip, Parrot Tulip, Variated Foliage Tulip, Ovalis, French, Roman and Dutch Hyacinth, early and late Tulips, etc., etc. GUARANTEED TO PLEASE Write to-day Monitor this Paper SEND 25 CENTS to cover postage and packing and receive this valuable collection of Bulb Postpaid, together with my big Illustrated, instructive, Beautiful Seed, Bulb and Plant Book. Tells all about the Best varieties of Bulb, Bulb and Plant. In Commemoration of a continuous, successful business since 1871, I will present free of charge with this Collection & Babylonian Horned Tulip Bulb. The greatest social wonder of the age. This Bulb alone is worth a quarter. H. W. Buckbee 1706 BUCKBEE ST. ROCKFORD, ILL. When answering advertisements in this paper, please mention the Cimeter. We Guarantee Results. Try The Cimeter for advertisement. Write A. J. Smitherman, ad. manager, Box G. Muskogee, Okla. WANTED—Large families to farm on shares. Everything furnished including grub. Only good workers wanted. See or write to C. K. Marks, The Land Man, Muskogee, Okla. FOR SALE. I have 20 farms to sell on easy payments or swap for Muskogee property. I will build or sell you a house and lot with god water. Loan money at a low rate of interest to suit the man who gets it. Come to see me. WM. P. FIELDS, Muskogee, Okla. Table Board, $3.00 per week. Transient, $1.00 per day. Board and Rooms. WHITES HOTEL, By Mrs. Lula E. White, 326 N. 2nd St Muskogee, Okla. St. Luke's Pharmacy for your souvenir cards We have the finest assortment in town. H. T. WALKER, Attorney and Counsellor at Law Room 19, Brown Bldg. Phone 1169 MUSKOGEE. OKLAHOMA --- Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. SPECIAL TRAIN Taft Inauguration, March, 4th. AT WASHINGTON. D. C. cago, 12:00 Noon, March 2 9:15 p. m. March 2 3:45 p. m. March 3 Keeping Cars Niog Cars Day Coaches from St. Louis; $3 00 a berth, used by one or two people. Reserve Car a la Carte. Packed and used as hotel at Wash- Via Leaves St, Louis or Chicago, 12:00 Noon, March 2 Cincinnati, 9:15 p. m. March 2 Arrives Washington, 3:45 p. m. March 3 Through Sleeping Cars Diniog Cars Day Coaches Through Sleeper $5.00 a berth, from St. Louis; $3.00 a berth, from Cincinnati; whether occupied by one or two people. Reserve your berths now. Meals in Dining Car a la Carte. Sleeping Cars can be side tracked and used as hotel at Washington if desired. Round Taip Rates Individual Tickets $28.50 Expense and Reserve Sleeper Louis 12:00 noon, March 2nd, ar- march 3rd. Press C. W. Green, 4 Ry. Kansas City Mo. DR. E. D. MORRISON, Specialist Washington Direct Individual Round Trip Tickets $28.50 Write or Telegraph NOW at our Expense and Reserve Sleeper on Special Train Leaving St. Louis 12:00 noon, March 2nd, arriving Washington 3:45 p. m., March 3rd. For full particulars Address C. W. Green, T. P. A. Big 4 Ry. Kansas City Mo. Women and Children, and Venereal Diseases, Chemic and Microscopic Examinations. 310 S. 2nd St. Muskogee, Okla ST. LUKE'S PHARMACY, A. E. Johnson, Proprietor. Corner Court and Second Street Opposite Federal Court House Phone 172. T. MILLER, LOAN BROKER Loans on all Articles of Value. 105 South Main Street MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. SEEDS BUCKBEE'S SEEDS SUCCEED! SPECIAL OFFER: Made to build New Business. A trial will make you our permanent customer. Prize Collection Madish, 17 varieties; Lettuce, 12 kinds; Tomatoes, 11 the finest; Turnip, 7 splendid; Onion, 8 best varieties; 10 Spring davering; Both-sided varieties in all. GUARANTEED TO PLEASE. Write to-day; Mention this Paper. SEND 10 CENTS to cover postage and packing and receive this valuable collection of Seeds postpaid, together with my big Instructive, Beautiful Seed and Plant Book, tells all about the Best variety of Seeds, Plants, etc. H. W. Buckbee, 1706 BUCKBEE STREET ROCKFORD, IL. 1 LOAN OFFICE dealer in Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Tools, Musical In gents, Clothing and Gents Furnishings. open evenings Until 10, Saturday Night Until 12 O'clock GOOD BARGAINS IN UN-REDEEMED PLEDGES J. F. JOHNSON, Proprietor. NORTH THIRD ST. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA Pioneer Abstract Co. IOWA BUILDING Dealer in Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Tools, Musical Instruments, 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 Pioneer Abstract Co. This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. Muskogee Paint and Glass Company WALL PAPER, PAINTS and GLASS W. H. SMITH, SON & CO. LEADING MERCHANTS GREATEST DEPARTMENT STORE IN CITY Dry Goods Dept. Notions and Millinery Dept. Gentle shing Dept. Grocery Dept. Market Dept You get any thing you desire at this store at prices tha competition. All goods up-to-date. Call On Us In The Carter Building South 2nd St. Phone 1334 THE GIMETER JOB PRINTING CO. THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE PHONE 360 318 WEST OKMULGEE ST. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA W. H. SMITH, SON & CO. LEADING MERCHANTS GREATEST DEPARTMENT STORE IN CITY Dry Goods Dept. Notions and Millinery Dept. Gentle Furnishing Dept. Grocery Dept. Market Dept You get any thing you desire at this store at prices that defy competition. All goods up-to-date. Call On Us In The Carter Building South 2nd St. Phone 1334 THE CIMETER JOB PRINTING CO. THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE 1We do business by fair competition and conservative methods :: :: :: 1Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: :: :: 1Try us once and you will always send us your work :: :: :: :: South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. THE MAGIC IS TWO TIMES LARGER THAN PICTURE. IT IS 9 IN LONG STEEL HEATING BAR THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR-STRAIGHTENER ALUMINUM COMB MAILED ANYWHERE IN U.S. $1.00 POSTAGE PAID. SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER. WHEN THE LIGHT HOT - ADDRESS all letters to Magic Shampoo Drier Co. Minneapolis, Minn. ALL LEAF CONFIRMED TO BAR. BARGAINS! We have special bargains in real estate. Do you want a good home, business lot, or a farm we have it. A lot in Porter, Okla., in the business district at a bargain. Lots in Muskogee for $100 00; $10.00 cash down and $5.00 per month thereafter. See or write to A. J. SMITHERMAN S. 2nd St., Box G, Muskogee, Okla. WANTED Reliable colored woman to wash bottles and pear potatoes. Call Muskogee Tea & Coffee Co Convention Hall. South Second St. 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 interest to suit the man who gets it. Come to see me. Wm. P. Fields, Muskogee, Okla. MUSKOGEN. Hypnotism is a fine little cure for alcoholism. Another good was is to quit drinking. Wireless telegraphy has won a place among the great life saving inventions of modern times. Give the English sparrows a chance for their lives and put a handsome bounty on rats. Although the birth rate in France is less than the death rate, the guillotine has been set going again. A Toledo woman wants a divorce because her husband won't kiss her. We reserve decision till we get a look at her. Kongo natives are growing troublesome, which means that they are tired of working for some one else without pay. The amethyst is the lucky stone for this year—although you can't get half as much on it as you can on a diamond. The new planet that is supposed to be coquetting with Neptune appears to have attracted Neptune's attention, anyhow. Although a Balkan war has been averted again that does not prove that the Balkan war rumor will go out of business. Castro says he's going to live in Berlin the rest of his life, but Berlin isn't worrying. She has excellent police protection. A Brooklyn milkman has invented an aeroplane. It ought to be fine for delivering milk to the second and third story flats. Generally speaking the public would have more patience with buyers of deluxe editions if the books were intended to be read. Turkey and Austria-Hungary have escaped with honor and no bloodshed, but the Balkan situation is not entirely denatured even yet. One of the anthropologists is of the opinion that man descended from the hog. He probably conducted his researches in an owl car. An Oklahoma woman has discovered 301 ways of cooking corn. We wish somebody would discover a new and better way of eating it from the cob. If unsound teeth cause people to commit crime, as somebody claims to have discovered, a good dentist is a public benefactor, in spite of his bills. Augustus Thomas denies that play writing is "holding the mirror up to nature." The mirror, we take it, mainly facilitates the application of grease paint. A Wisconsin state board wants to find out why more persons do not marry. We are sure it is not for lack of attractiveness on the part of the Wisconsin girls. While in Africa Mr. Roosevelt will confer a favor on students of natural history if he will try to ascertain whether or not there is any such creature as the snark or the giasticutas. A teacher of dancing has been chosen speaker of the Delaware house of representatives. His ability to keep from treading on the corns of those around him was probably responsible for his elevation. King Edward is preparing to go to Germany for the purpose of paying a visit to Emperor William. It may be that Edward desires to inform William how to be happy while reigning but not ruling. Professor Munyon has just issued a most beautiful, useful and complete Almanac; it contains not only all the scientific information concerning the moon's phases, in all the latitudes, but has illustrated articles on how to read character by phrenology, palmistry and birth month. It also tells all about card reading, birth stones and their meaning, and gives the interpretation of dreams. It teaches beauty culture, manicuring, gives weights and measures, and antidotes for poison. In fact, it is a Magazine Almanac, that not only gives valuable information, but will afford much amusement for every member of the family, especially for parties and evening entertainments. Farmers and people in the rural districts will find this Almanac almost invaluable. It will be sent to anyone absolutely free on application to the MUNYON REMEDY COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA. Early Morning Poems. "Why, Hiram," began Mrs. Dusenbery, glancing up from her favorite newspaper at her husband on the opposite side of the table, "did you ever hear of such a thing? Here is a piece about a man who writes four magazine poems every morning before breakfast. Must be quite a strain on him to do all that writing on an empty stomach. Don't you think so, Hiram?" "Well, I dunno about that," responded Hiram dryly. "I reckon a man wouldn't have such a terrible strain on him writin' the sort of magazine pomes we run across now'days with his stomach an' head both empty!" Poor Pat. The surgeon of a large hospital was paying a visit to the patients when he come to a cot whereon lay an Irishman who was not bearing his pain very bravely, for he was groaning loudly. "Oh, come, my poor fellow," remonstrated the surgeon, "try and bear your pain like a man. It's no use kicking against Fate." "Shure, you're roight, sorr," groaned the Irishman, who had been severely kicked by a mule, "'specially whin they're the fate of a mule!"—Exchange. New York city has its average number of divorces as compared with the cities of the United States. Chicago is the only city that is proportionately ahead of it. In New York there are two persons divorced to every 26 married. PRIZE FOOD Palatable, Economical, Nourishing. A Nebr. woman has outlined the prize food in a few words, and that from personal experience. She writes: "After our long experience with Grape-Nuts, I cannot say enough in its favor. We have used this food almost continually for seven years. "We sometimes tried other advertised breakfast foods but we invariably returned to Grape-Nuts as the most palatable, economical and nourishing of all. "When I quit tea and coffee and began to use Postum and Grape-Nuts I was a nervous wreck. I was so irritable I could not sleep nights, had no interest in life. "After using Grape-Nuts a short time I began to improve and all these ailments have disappeared and now I am a well woman. My two children have been almost raised on Grape-Nuts, which they eat three times a day. "They are pictures of health and have never had the least symptom of stomach trouble, even through the most severe siege of whooping cough they could retain Grape-Nuts when all else failed. "Grape-Nuts food has saved doctor bills, and has been, therefore, a most economical food for us." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. HERE'S A NEAT LITTLE PUZZLE. Seems Simple, But Will Occupy You for a Few Minutes. The Paris Temps publishes this story: "While in the Orient a Frenchman bought a diamond studded cross, which he sent to his wife in Paris. To guard against possible theft he notified her that counting from the bottom to the top there were seven diamonds, and counting from the bottom to the end of each branch there were also seven diamonds, thus: "When he returned home he found that two diamonds had been stolen from the cross, but that from top to bottom the number was still seven, and that counting from the bottom up to either branch there were still seven diamonds, as designated by him in his letter of warning. Figure it out, it's a nice little puzzle." THE BUGVILLE BASEBALL GAME. Jim Ant—Run, fellows run! Bill Beetle—What's up? Jim Ant—Why, here comes the fly cop! Sounded Funny. "The young man is smitten with you, Jeanette. He says you radiate happiness." "Gracious!" "And he also said you radiate beauty." "My!" "And wisdom. "Why, he must think I am a radiator." DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES: BACKACHE BER 375 "Guaranteed valid SICK HEADACHE Positively cured by these Little Pills. CARTER'S LITTLE IVER PILLS. TRADOC MARK 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. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature Grant Good REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. PISO'S CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CURE 45 to 50 Bu. of Wheat Per Acre have been grown on farm lands in 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- 160 ACRE IN FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE 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-Association of August, 1908. 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 Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or the authorized Canadian Government Agent: J. S. CRAWFORD. No. 125 W. Ninth Street. Kansas City, Missouri. Paxtine TOILET ANTISEPTIC NOTHING LIKE IT FOR THE TEETH Paxtine excels any dentifrice in cleansing, whitening and removing tartar from the teeth, besides destroying all germs of decay and disease which ordinary tooth preparations cannot do. THE MOUTH Paxtine used as a mouth-wash disinfects the mouth and throat, purifies the breath, and kills the germs which collect in the mouth, causing sore throat, bad teeth, bad breath, grippe, and much sickness. THE EYES when inflamed, tired, ache and burn, may be instantly relieved and strengthened by Paxtine. CATARRH Paxtine will destroy the germs that cause catarrh, heal the inflammation and stop the discharge. It is a sure remedy for uterine catarrh. Paxtine is a harmless yet powerful germicide, disinfectant and deodorizer. Used in bathing it destroys odors and leaves the body antiseptically clean. FOR SALE AT DRUG STORES, 50c. OR POSTRAID BY MAIL PAINTINE OR POSTPAID BY MAIL. LARGE SAMPLE FREE! THE PAXTON TOILET CO., BOS HORSE SICK? ```markdown ``` A pure, powerful and beneficial remedy. Absolutely safe, sure, speedy and complete in its action. The scientific compound of a successful practicing veterinary. Guaranteed under the pure food and drugs law. $1.00 per bottle at your dealers If he's out send us the $1.00 and we'll supply you immediately. We make all the famous Watson Live Stock Remedies—Watson's Liniment, Watson's Colic Medicine, Watson's Stagger Remedy, Watson's Liquid Blister, Watson's Fabrifuge, Watson's Fix-Proof Healer, They cure sick stock. Write now for our interesting free booklet containing valuable veterinary information that you should have. THE WATSON COMPANY PINE BLUFF, ARE WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI PUTNAM FADELESS DYES 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 any garment without ripping apart. Write for free booklet—How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors. MONROE DRUG OO., Quincy, Illinois. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. NEW STRENGTH FOR WOMEN'S BACKS. How to Make a Bad Back Better. Women who suffer with backache, bearing down pain, dizzy spells, and that constant feeling of dullness and tiredness, will find hope in the advice of Mrs. Mary Hinson of 21 Strother St., Mt. Sterling, Ky. "Had I not used Doan's Kidney Pills I be- "PENNY PICTURE! TELLS & STOR." dleve I would not be living to-day," says Mrs. Hinson. "My eyesight was poor, I suffered with nervous, splitting headaches, spots would dance before my eyes, and at times I would be so dizzy I would have to grasp something for support. My back was so weak and painful I could hardly bend over to button my shoes and could not get around without suffering severely. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me from the first, and I continued until practically well again." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Got the Letters Mixed. A young American, who is particular about his washing, the other day wrote a note to his laundress and one to his sweetheart, and, by a strange fatality, put the wrong address on each envelope and sent them off. The washwoman was delighted at an invitation to take a ride the next day, but when the young lady read, "If you tumble up my shirt bosom any more as you did the last time, I will go somewhere else," she cried all the evening and declared she would never speak to him again. It's Dangerous To neglect a cold the results are too often very serious. Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pneumonia and Consumption are frequently the consequences. Upon the appearance of a cold, sore throat or chest, use Simmons' Cough Syrup. It soothes the irritation, loosens the phlegm and promptly cures you. Thoughtful Child. They are considerate youngsters in England, as most people know. A little boy whose grandmother had just died wrote the following letter, which he duly posted: "Dear Angels: We have sent you grandma. Please give her a harp to play, as she is short-winded and can't blow a trumpet."—London Tit-Bits. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it The Kind You Have Always Bought. Invention of Porcelain. At a display of porcelain in China an exhibitor said that Chinese literature ascribes the invention of porcelain to a period some 25 centures before Christ. Foreign experts are by no means certain that the art existed before the seventh century of this era. Lewis' Single Binder cigar—richest, most satisfying smoke on the market. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. When worthy men fall out, only one of them may be faulty at first; but if strife continue long, commonly both become guilty.—Fuller. ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes clean and sweet as when new. All grocers. A man is never so utterly unoriginal as when he is lovemaking or praying. "Nails" "Nails are a mighty good thing particularly finger nails—but I don't believe they were intended solely for scratching, though I used mine largely for that purpose for several years. I was sorely afflicted and had it to do. One application of Hunt's Cure, however, relieved my itch and less than one box cured me entirely." J. M. WARD. Index. Texas. THE VERY LAST. "I'm so delighted to see you, major. I thought you had died." "Died, madam? That's the last thing I'd do, madam." Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrath is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrath Cure is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrath Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. it is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrath. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price 75e. Take Hall's Family Pills for Props. The Night of the Game. First Spificated Person — Doesh thish student belong here? Landlady (coldly)—No, all my students were brought home an hour ago.—Wisconsin Sphinx. Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy, Compounded by Experienced Physicians. Conforms to Pure Food and Drug Laws. Murine Doesn't Smart; Soothes Eye Pain, Try Murine in Your Eyes. At Druggists. If a woman had any other excuse than "because" for falling in love with a man she probably wouldn't do it. Stiff neck! Doesn't amount to much, but mighty disagreeable. You've no idea how quickly a little Hammins Wizard Oil will lubricate the cords and make you comfortable again. As we grow older it is very comforting to assure ourselves that wrinkles are merely the dimples of second childhood. No harmful drugs in Garfield Tea, Nature's laxative—it is composed wholly of clean, sweet, health-giving Herbs! For constipation, liver and kidney troubles. Why doesn't some enterprising attorney write a book of unwritten laws? Allen's Foot-Ease, a Powder For swollen, sweating feet, Gives instant relief. The original powder for the feet. 25c at all Druggists. A woman probably feels blue when she is green with envy. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in- damation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Some men have no excuse for being sober when the lid is off. PUTNAM Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any any garment without ripping apart. Write for free boo Call a spade a spade, and you may get it in the neck. ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used the World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 22c. The common people believe without proof.—Tacitus. Look Pre ose ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "L Facts For Sick Women We know of no other medicine which has been so successful in relieving the suffering of women, or secured so many genuine testimonials, as has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. In almost every community you will find women who have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Almost every woman you meet has either been benefited by it, or knows some one who has. In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn, Mass., are files containing over one million one hundred thousand letters from women seeking health, in which many openly state over their own signatures that they have regained their health by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has saved many women from surgical operations. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is made exclusively from roots and herbs, and is perfectly harmless. The reason why it is so successful is because it contains ingredients which act directly upon the female organism, restoring it to healthy and normal activity. Thousands of unsolicited and genuine testimonials such as the following prove the efficiency of this simple remedy. Minneapolis, Minn.:- "I was a great sufferer from female troubles which caused a weakness and broken down condition of the system. I read so much of what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound had done for other suffering women, I felt sure it would help me, and I must say it did help me wonderfully. Within three months I was a perfectly well woman. "I want this letter made public to show the benefits to be derived from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound."- Mrs. John G. Moldan, 2115 Second St. North, Minneapolis, Minn. Women who are suffering from those distressing ills peculiar to their sex should not lose sight of these facts or doubt the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore their health. For DISTEMPER Pink Eye, Epizootic Shipping Fever & Catarrhal Fever Sure cure and positive preventive, no matter how horses at any age are infected or "exposed." Liquid, given on the tongue; acts on the Blood and Glands; expels the poisonous germs from the body. Cures Distemper in Dogs and Sheep and Cholera in horses. Presents relief from the remedy. Appears on human beings and is a fine kidney remedy. Doe and a bottle. 50 and 60 a cent. Keep it. Show to your druggist, who will get it for you. Free Booklet, "Distemper, Causes and Cures." Special agents wanted. SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Chemists and Bacteriologists GOSHEN, IND., U. S. A. Jewelers MONEY coming while you sleep! Repre- sentatives wanted in country and towns, boys and girls. No investment, canvassing, collecting, fake, but lasting income by new plan. Exclusive territory. Be first. Send red stamp. Add- ress Lone Star Specialty Co., Box 966, San Antonio, Texas. WANTED—Bookkeepers, assistant bookkeep- ers, office men, time keepers, clerks for general stores and commissaries, shipping clerks and sale- men $60 to $150 per month. Give age, experience, position and salary desired. Address AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY CO., Dept. 24, Houston, Tex. W. N. U., MUSKOGEE, NO. 9, 1909. FADELE other dye. One 10c package colors all fibers. They dye list—How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors. MONRO For DIST SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE 1893 Sure cure and positive p "exposed." Liquid, given o poisonous germs from the b Poultry. Largest selling it and is a fine Kidney remedy it. Show to your druggie and Cures." Special agents SPOHN MEDICAL CO. BILLION$GRASS Most wonders of the century, yielding from 5 to 10 inches of hay per acre and lots of pasture besides. It simply grows, grows, grows! Cut it today and in 4 weeks it looks for the mower again, and so on. Grows and flourishes everywhere, on every farmlin America. Cheap as dirt; luxuriant as the bottom lands of Egypt. Big seed catalog free or on sale. Grows in wonderful grass, also of Spelts, the cereal wonder. Barley, Oats, Clovers, Grasses, etc., etc., and cata log free. Or send 14 C and we will add a sample farm seed novelty never seen by you before. SALZER SEED CO., Box W. La Crosse, WI. DEFIANCE STARCH easiest to work with and starches clothes nicest M. O. IN AUSTRIA. The Chief Bulwark of the Party In Power. An American Newspaper Man Takes a Peep Into the Workings of the System-Finds That Government Employees Don't Dare Vote Against the Party In Control-Would Mean the End of Democracy In America. By DEXTER MARSHALL. I had a talk with a Vienna business man the other day about municipal ownership in Austria. It would be obviously improper to use his name, but he is a man of weight and standing, who knows what he is talking about. In the light of what he said it is easy to see how municipal ownership of public utilities in the United States might keep one political party permanently in power and thus perpetuate whatever system of graft might spring up. My friend would not talk about the existence of graft in connection with the operation of utilities there, but he was emphatic in his statement concerning the hold it has given the party in power. Public ownership is well developed in Austria, there being practically no privately owned railroads or street car lines in that country. Vienna owns not only the street cars, the electric light and gas works, but many other things, including a great array of butcher shops, the largest brewery and the most impressive beer drinking place in the city, besides some of the most desirable quarries in the vicinity. These quarries were acquired when the famous Ringstrasse was to be opened in order that the government might possess its own supply of stone for the erection of the public buildings now ranged on either side of the beautiful thoroughfare. The purpose for which the quarries were acquired was accomplished years ago, but they are still operated by the city in competition with private quarrymen. I asked whether the various municipal and government enterprises in Austria paid a profit for the reduction of taxes or not. "They are supposed to do so," he replied, "but no one save those in high places will ever really know much about it. Anyway, the system of public ownership is certain to be extended rather than checked in Austria. "Why? Partly because it is largely by the votes of the men employed on the railroads, the street car lines and all other public enterprises that the government is able to maintain itself This is so important a factor in the situation that public utilities would continue to be operated by the authorities even if the result were a money loss. "The suffrage is restricted in Austria to such an extent that there are only about 3,000,000 qualified voters in the country. They include the conductors, trailmen, engine drivers, firemen, etc., on the national railways; also the station keepers and other employees at each station, the men employed on the tracks, in the shops, etc. They also include the street car men in Vienna and other municipalities, the men employed in the Vienna slaughterhouses, in the meat shops, in the great municipal brewery, and so on, besides the thousands employed in the legitimate governmental bureaus. "Now, there may be public utility employees here and there who have enough personal independence to vote as they choose regardless of their employment, but they are few and far between. When found out their usefulness in the public service is no longer apparent, and they lose their jobs promptly. The result is that the government can always count practically upon a solid block of 700,000 voters, or about one in four of the entire elector- ate, at the popular elections. "As a matter of fact, the government has almost as strong a hold upon many other thousands of workingmen voters as it has upon those who are directly in its employ, some say 300,000 at least. A portion of them work in the locomotive shops, the rolling mills, the car shops and other establishments which furnish the rolling stock, the rails and the supplies to the government and municipal railroads. "As there are practically no possible customers for rails or cars, for locomotives, either steam or electric, or, in fact, for any sort of railway supplies, except the national and municipal governments, the managers of the establishments furnishing such things must stand well with the authorities or be wiped out, and the same is true, though in a less degree, of the makers of dynamos and motors and many other things. "The best way for these manufacturers, who, next to the government itself, are the most extensive employers of labor in Austria, to stand well with the government is to see to it that their workmen 'vote right,' and this they certainly do. "The thousands of men they can control, added to the 700,000 in the various forms of direct government employment, make up a total of a million voters, or one-third of the whole. Their solidarity practically insures indefinite control of the government by the party with which they vote. There can certainly be little chance in Austria for a change in governmental conditions so long as there is no change with regard to the country's utilities. There are observers who, bearing in mind the many warring elements in Austria, do not hesitate to say that the stability of the Hapsburg throne itself depends largely upon the cohesive power of public ownership." THE BOARD'S PLAIN DUTY. Kansas City Editor Outlines Plan For Redeeming Waterworks. The board of public works has an urgent duty to perform in regard to the city water department, and at the same time an opportunity is afforded to distinguished itself from all its predecessors by adopting a systematic businesslike policy in the management of the plant. Although it seems useless to expect the same degree of efficiency under municipal ownership as obtains in private corporation ownership, the members of the board owe it alike to themselves and to the city to approximate the methods of a business corporation as closely as possible in the management of the waterworks. If the members find it incompatible with the exigencies of their private business affairs to give their personal attention to the work they should at least see to it that the heads of the department are competent business men who will give their whole time to their duties and, above all, that politics shall be entirely eliminated from the water department. The insubordination, incompetency, jealousies and recriminations which have been shown to exist among the employees, from highest to lowest, present a situation hardly less dangerous and disgraceful than the recent disclosures in regard to the unsafe and inefficient condition of the plant. The plain duty of the board is first to weed out the incompetents and those who are playing politics and next to reorganize at least the mechanical branches of the department on a strict, nonpartisan, business basis. The people of this community are tired of the everlasting squabbles and alarms in regard to the water supply that have come to light with each new administration as well as of the constant demands for money to do things which should have been done and were represented falsely to have been done years ago.—Kansas City (Mo.) Journal. A City Free From Debt. On May 15, 1908, the city of Kokomo, Ind., paid the last dollar of its indebtedness. Its mayor, Hon. Will H. Arnett, contributes an article on the subject to the June issue of the City Hall, from which the following quotation is taken: "Whatever may be said of the merits of municipal ownership elsewhere, the city of Kokomo is a signal example of what may be done with private corporations when dealt with by men of judgment and integrity. Her contracts are fair and reasonable, and her rates are not burdensome. Perhaps no stronger argument against municipal ownership could be offered than the present condition of the city of Kokomo in relation to its public service corporations." Another Plant For Sale. A recent newspaper item dated at Festus, Mo., reads thus: "The city council of Festus has offered to sell the city electric light plant to a St. Louis syndicate for $10,000, and it is believed the proposition will be accepted by the syndicate." At a mass meeting recently held in Fort Branch, Ind., to consider the purchase by the town of the local electric plant the proposition was rejected almost unanimously. "This is paternalism gone mad. The people have a right to know the quality of the water they are drinking and with this knowledge in their possession to act upon their own judgment." Comment cannot emphasize the force of these statements.—Public Service. Spoken From Experience. A private company can get better results than can be obtained out of a municipal plant. It is not bound down by any such restrictions as the eight hour law; the officials of the company see to it that there is no waste or loafing, because it is a commercial project there is more efficiency, and as a result any of the lighting companies of this city can sell us light cheaper than we can make it. There is proof in my own office here that it costs the city more to do its business than if it were a private concern. If the finance department was a commercial house, as it really ought to be, and was under the system which prevails in large financial houses the department would cost the city just about half what it costs now.—Comptroller Metz of New York. Cost Far Above Estimate. If the advocates of municipal ownership are as far off in their promises of cheaper lights as they were in the estimation of the cost of the plant and the time of its installation, the people of Ligonier will pay dearly for their fun. We were told that $15,000 would pay the bills, but the lowest bid that is being considered by the council is within a few dollars of $25,000. We were promised that the plant would be put in at once. It is now seven months, and still nothing is being done, and the city is in darkness.—Editorial in Ligonier (Ind.) Banner. An increase of 25 per cent in the rates has just been put into effect by the commissioners of the municipal waterworks of Lockport, N. Y. The Season for Spring Goods is Here We have now, all new goods, an immense stock of Poultry Netting, Screen Wire, Doors, Refrigerators, Garden Plows & Tools of all Description. Come to see us and trade with the Fastest Growing Store In Muskogee. Hooker - Hendrix Hardware @o. Surprised With Reception Wybark, Oklahoma. 2.21, '09 On last night which was the 20 night of February, there was a surprise party given by Mrs. Florence Collins in honor of her husband. Mr. C. C. Collins. After returning from Muskogee, Okla., late Saturday evening C, C. was told to go home quickly that he was wanted by Dr. Watt. He obeyed promptly and found the room occupied by his guests which were many He was utterly surprised. He made a few remarks, in those he stated that he was born in Oxford, Miss., in the year 1861, after living there a few years he moved to Arkansas, where he was fortunate after a few years to be blessed with a wife and at present several children, and a host of friends. He is now enjoying the 48th year of his life. Next his presents were presented, they were many, among them he received a pair of gold cuff buttons and a host of other articles. Supper was then served. Thanks were given by Rev. W. L. Turner. After supper fruits were served. The supper was delicious. Most every thing that was wanted was eaten that night. Mrs. L. E. Patton and Mr. Lewis Perryman furnished plenty of music. Subscriber. DR. COE'S SANITARIUM. LOCATED AT 80TH AND WYANDOTTA. BEST INVALID'S HOME IN THE WEST. Organized with a full staff of physicians and surgeons for treatment of all Chronic Diseases. THIRTY ROOMS for accommodation of patients. Difficult Surgical Operations Performed with Skill and Success when Surgery is Necessary. DISEASES OF WOMEN Well equipped to treat diseases of women. Many who have suffered for years cured at home. Special book for women FREE PILES PERMANENT CURE Without knife, ligature or castite. No money accepted until patient is well. Special Book FREE. VARICOCELE Radically Cured in Tea Daye, under a Positive Guarantee. Send for Special FREE Book New restorative treatment for loss of Vital Power, Hydrocele, Rupture, Stricture, etc. GRIPPLED CHILDREN CURED by improved methods. Trained attendants. WRITE FOR FREE BOOK ON Club Feet, Curvature of Lung, Eye, Skin, Spine, Hare Lip, Kidney, Bladder, Epilepsy, Catarrh, Blood and Stomach Troubles, Nervous Diseases. Patients successfully treated at home by mail. Consultation Free and confidential, at office or by letter. Thirty years' experience 170 page Illustrated Book Free, giving much valuable information. Call at office or write to DR. C. M. COE, OFFICE, 915 WALMUT ST., KANSAS CITY, MO.