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FURNITURE CARPETS MATTINGS RUGS LINOLEUMS LACE CURTAINS DRAPERIES WINDOW SHADE TABLE LINENS TABLE PADS SHEETS PILLOWS PILLOW CASES TOWELS BED SPREADS COMFORTS BLANKETS QUEENWARE CUT GLASS CHINA BRIC A. BRAG PICTURES FRAMES BUILDINGS WALL PAPER SCREENS BASKETS COMPLETE WITH RUBBER TIRES $90.00 Full Wrought Gear, Twin Auto Seat and Leather Trimmed C. R. BIRMINGHAM, THE BUGGY MAN 117 S. Main Street, Scales Building VOL. 10. FURNITURE CARPETS MATTINGS RUGS LINOLEUMS REEVES THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE Captain C. C. Ayers Brings Up the Rear With a Total Vote of 117. At the close of the primaries last Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock there were many anxious hearts among the candidates, from mayor down to street commissioner. All seemed to be hopeful until the returns came in at a late hour, announcing the victory of some and the defeat of others. Captain Ira L. Reeves was nominated by a large majority. Hilligoss received a total of 167 votes, while Captain Ayers, the gifted crator who roused the souls of the people by his passionate lectures during the campaign, received 117. The total vote for Hilligoss and Ayers together was 274, or 396 less than the total votes cast for Captain Reeves, Jones, the man who declared he would be the next police judge of Muskogee, received a total of 25 votes. This man could not be found Tuesday during the election. It is reported that he was seen at an early hour on the morning of the section out in the western suburbs the city, making his way to some juded spot where he could spend Aday in peace, perhaps to fast paray. for fight between the republicans to over and they will all join grand hearts to fight the demon- The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, Okla., March 26, 1909. The Square Deal Club of the Fourth Ward met at Central Baptist church for the purpose of discussing the best men to be voted upon at this coming primary. The chair appointed a committee of four to draw up a resolution getting forth our desires relative to voting for city oicers. The committee made their report, which was unanimously adopted by the club. See committees reports. A halt should be called at once on the careless and negligent handling of fire arms by deputy officers. The shooting on South Second street on Wednesday evening was an example of how criminally careless some officers are. In fact, there are entirely too many fellows carrying a commission of deputy constable with nothing to do. It seems to us that many of the would-be toughs get appointed deputy constable for the sole purpose of carrying a gun. FALLS TWENTY FEET — NO BONES BROKEN. Eliza Henry, a little colored girl, was crossing the viaduct last Tuesday evening in company with her sister, during the terrible wind storm which prevailed on that day, and when they had reached the highest point a current of wind blew the little girl off her feet, causing her to fall through the railing to the top of a box car and from the car to the ground. Except one cut on her right arm and a few bruises she was uninjured. MUSKOGEE, OKLA., APRIL 9 1909. "SIGNIFICANCE OF EASTER." The bleakness of the cold winter days has passed (maybe), and again the world is made beautiful by the signs of spring time. Grass is painting the face of this plant with a magnificent hue of green; trees are sending forth blooms and blossoms which purifies and sweetens the evening zephyr, and sends their fragrance broadcast; flowers have begun to show their dainty little heads and smile their satisfaction upon the workings of Nature. Then the birds are singing sweetly, plaintively trying to give expression to the great happiness they feel. This is the Easter tide. This festival probably derives its Teutonic name from the festival of the Goddess Ostara, meaning Easter, which the Saxons of old were want to celebrate about the same season at which the Christian festival of Easter occurs. In the adjacent church the celebration of Easter lasted eight days, but after the 11th century it was limited to three, and finally to two days. It was once the favorite time for performing the rite of baptism. On such occasions, slaves were emancipated and alms distributed to the poor and needy, and the people generally gave themselves up to enjoyment. Hence the day was called the "Sunday of joy." On Easter day the people saluted each other with the Easter kiss, ing He is risen, to which the reply and the exclamation, surrexit, meanwas, were surrexit, meaning, He is risen, indeed. The proper time for the celebration of Easter has occasioned no little controversy. In the second century a dispute arose on this point between the eastern and western churches. The great mass of the eastern Christians celebrated Easter on the 14th day of the first Jewish month or moon, considering it to be equivalent to the Jewish passover. The western churches celebrated it on the Sunday after the 14th day, holding that it was the commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The council of Nice in 325 A. D. decided in favor of the western churches, but only to the effect that Easter should be held on Sunday. It was afterwards made a rule that Easter should always be the first Sunday after the full moon, which happens upon or next after the 21st of March. If the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter day should be the Sunday after. It is said that many of the popular observances connected with Easter are of Pagan origin. But however that may be, the authenticity of the event itself has stood the test of ages, notwithstanding the bombardment of criticism it has received. "The most characteristic Easter rite," says good authority, "and the one most widely diffused, is the use of Easter eggs." There was a time in my individual life that I looked forward to the forthcoming of col- ored eggs as the only thing about Easter worthy of mention. The use of eggs on Easter is a custom of long duration. It was originally symbolical of the revivification of nature—"the springing forth of life in spring." The practice is not confined to Christians; the Jews used eggs in the Feast of the Passover, and it is said that the Persians, when they keep the festival of the solar new year in March, present each other with colored eggs. The Christians consider this feast of eggs as emblematic of the resurrection and of a future life. All there is in Easter is suggestive of joy and life. It comes when the buds of life are beaming, when the birds are joyously endeavoring to add gaiety to the season by their plaintive little songs; it comes when all nature conspires to make the dwelling place of mankind a temporal paradise, bordering on peace and happiness. Thus nature herself seems to tell us in a silent but eloquent language that somewhere there is eternal life. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ each and every one of us have a claim to that eternal life. There are some skeptics who claim to doubt the truth of this event, and even deny that there was ever a Christ at all. But, that there WAS a Christ, who lived among men, teaching them the lessons of life, and finally gave his own life for the remission of the world's sin, is a fact so well established that no intelligent person who is in search of the truth can lightly regard the history of the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Ever since that memorial morning when they found the empty tomb and learned of Christ's resurrection this day has been celebrated weekly and annually. Nothing will ever do for the world what the death and resurrection of Christ has done, and is still doing for it. Hence, today we are celebrating the 1908th anniversary of the greatest event the world will ever know, an event frought with hope and interest to mankind. Is it possible that this celebration could have continued through all these hundreds of years if the event itself was of false origin? No! a thousand times no! — Extract from an essay by A. J. Smitherman, April, 1908. DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN WAKE OF STORM. New York, Chicago, Detroit and Houghton, Mich., London, Ontario, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Ohio, and Lexington, Ky., all reported some disaster from the high gale and tornado which swept several states last Wednesday. Several people were killed and scores of people injured. LOCALS. Miss E. Lewis, of Blocker, Okla. passed through to the city last Monday enroute to Taft to visit her sister. She returned home last Wednesday. Bucher, the defeated candidate for council in the Fourth Ward, has shown, by bringing suit to throw out Reeves addition, that he is not fit for the position and not entitled to a single colored vote that he obtained. Should he, by any nook or crook, succeed in his design, he will lose in the end, no matter to what extent the rank and file may have to go to teach him a lesson. The primary is over and the successful candidates are jubilant. The battle has now just begun and there is a hard fight ahead before any of our candidates can be landed. The Republican Central Committee must now get busy because the enemy is not asleep. Gaskill, under the circumstances, made a good race. The boys all believe they owe Rampendahl because he did his duty in making a strenuous fight for county attorney and as there is no chance for him to win out in that case, we will make him city attorney and afterwards advance him to a higher place and then our friend Gaskill can fill the city attorney chair. Capt. Reeves carried every ward in town. The other candidates ran well, but the Captain had the start on them and succeeded in keeping it, but it was hard work as both Capt. Ayers and Mr. Hilligoss made a splendid fight for the nomination and the result might have been different had they got in the game sooner and had the vote been heavier. The light vote cast is the cause of many surprises. With the enormous increase in room added to our store we are prepared to serve the Public better than ever in the Furniture Carget, Wall Paper and Queensware lines. Our Prices and terms are the fairest. Murray Sells and John F. Chandler both came under fire in good shape. Their opponents could never get in sight the dust was too thick. They will do the Democrats worse on the 27th. H. C. Sullivan made a splendid race for city assessor and would have won out easily had the vote been as large as was expected. Mr Sullivan is one of those energetic Republicans who is not easily discouraged and will be heard from again. This is the first venture in the political arena and his acquaintance made and the manly fight he put up will redound to his advantage in the future. Harry Montague accepts his defeat in the best spirits possible. He says he is still a Republican and will fight just as hard for the Republican party as he fought for himself. It is generally admitted now that Montague would have won over Caraway had the Steen crowd kept out of the game. We, as inhabitants of Muskogee and as citizens of this American commonwealth and as tax-payers and voters of the city of Muskogee, having an interest in the effort to make our city a greater and better city, knowing that the progress and success of any city or nation depends greatly upon its executive head; therefore, be it known That as the primaries and general election of officials for the city of Muskogee is close at hand, that we resolute or pledge ourselves to endeavor to support clean, honest and square-dealing men, men that shall enforce the law, men that shall deal justice to all men, regardless to race, creed, color or previous condition of servitude; men that are big-hearted and true to their trust; when who are not grafters and swindlers; men who will not work, plan or scheme to keep the black man out of a job if he is capable of having the same; men who shall always look after the poor laboring man who has to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow for the support of himself and family. REV. R, W. ROSE, Chairman, W. V. GENTRY, T. H. BAILEY, T. H. MOSLEY, M. NUN, -THE- CIMITER CHAPERON COLUMN. Address all questions to the Chaperon, Muskogee, Okla. Climiter, box G. F. T.—We do not know of any such proposition. L. M.—You might try kindness. We can not agree with you that all men are alike, any more than we would all women are alike. P. T.—See Significence of Easter in this issue. Easter is not necessarily the first Sunday in April. M. M.—You should never fret over such trifles. Your health may be impaired by useless fretting. Assume a spirit of happiness and contentedness if it is not really yours, and you will soon learn to overlook many little things which offend you now. N. R.—Write plainer if you want any one to read your letters. CHAPERON. In the District Court of Muskogee County, State o fOklahoma, Third Judicia. Willie Thurman, Plaintiff, Te defendant, Ezekiel Thurman, is hereby notified that he has been sued in the above entitled action for an absolute divorce by the plaintiff, Willie Thurman, in the district court sitting in and for Muskogee County, State of Oklahoma, and that unless he answer on or before the 15th of May, A. D., 1909, the said petition of the said Willie Thurman, against the said Ezekiel Thurman, filed in the clerk's office of said court, such petition will be taken as true and judgment for an absolute divorce rendered accordingly. Witness my hand and seal of court, affixed at my office in Muskogee this 31st day of March. A. D., 1909. WILLIE THURMAN Plaintiff. BROWN & STUART, Attorneys for Plaintiff. in the enormous in- room added to more we are prepared to the Public better over in the Furniture, Wall Paper and sware lines. Our and terms are the There never was any doubt about Ramphendahl's nomination. It was only a question of how large the majority should be. NOTICE. You are hereby notified that on March 10th, 1908, in Case No. 372, entitled H. Chance, plaintiff, vs. E O Brown, defendant, pending before John G. Lieber, Justice of the Peace of Harris Township, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, an order of attachment was issued against the defendant, E. O Brown, to secure the payment of $35.20 with interest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from March 3, 1909, and that said cause is set for hearing before said Justice on April 16, 1909, at 10 o'clock a. m. Dated this 16th day of March, 1909. JOHN G. LIEBER, Justice of the Pence. A Noted Farm. Purchased. David E. White of Asher recently purchased the William Widistant eighty acres on Salt Creek, well known as the John Cox homebase. It was at this place that the first barbecue and grand rally of the G. O. P. was held in South Pottawatomie County, wherein participated such old war horses as Judge W. R. Asher, first Probate Judge of Pottawatomie County, being known then as County B; David Hardin, Pottawatomie County's first Treasurer; John C. Cox and Peyton Perkins, at that time county central committeeman of Avoca township, which comprised what is both Moore and Avoca townships, with one voting box located at Sacred Heart. Duster Turns Gusher. The oil well on the Taylor farm near Jennings, which was drilled by the Wisconsin Valley Oil Company about two months ago and pronounced to be a duster, suddenly began to flow during the past week and continued to flow over an 82-foot derrick for eleven minutes. The company had decided to abandon the well and had given orders to pull out the casing. The company will now drill the well fifty to one hundred feet deeper. Big Apple Crop Assured. D. C. Bickford, one of Lincoln County's successful fruit growers, is authority for the statement that with favorable weather conditions from now on there will be an immense apple crop in this section this season. He says that there is every indication that the trees will produce more fruit than they will be able to hold. Mr. Bickford also stated that he believed the prospects for a bountiful crop of plums, berries and grapes were good. The bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor reports that the returns at the close of 1908 indicated a notable improvement in business, with normal conditions actually shown in many cases. The situation has continued to improve since. And it will not be materially affected by the little flurry in the stock market, although a good deal of water may be squeezed out of some swollen securities. Canada continues to develop transportation facilities, especially by water. The Dominion has already spent $150,000,000 in deepening the channels leading from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the government announces that there is more to follow. In liberal encouragement of the carrying trade Canada certainly sets a striking example. A large majority of aliens admitted to the port of New York are under 14 years of age. One of the college professors has been investigating, and now he announces the discovery that every strap in a street or elevated car is loaded with millions of germs. We hope he will go further and immediately have all car straps ablished—if he can. Little English boxers are mighty clever and extremely tough customers in the ring, nowadays, but the heavy-weights are a joke. And John Bull used to pride himself on his beef and bulk. During Change of Life, says Mrs. Chas. Barclay Graniteville, Vt, —**T was papeing through the Change of Life and suffered from nervousness andother annoying symptoms, and I ean truly say that Eyaiat- Pinkham vegetable Com. “a pound has proved worth mountains r of gold to me, agit ‘ restored my heaith and strength I never forget to tell ¥ my. friends what ee Lediak Pinkham'’s io eee Ye Cece , andother annoying Ys symptoms, and 1 gan truly say that 4 Lydia. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com. pound has proved : worth mountains of gold to me, asit Ft restored my heaith and strength. I never forget to tell my. friends what eS 1 jatak: vinktam’s Veretable Compound has done for me during this trying, period. “Completa restoration to health means so much to me that for the sake of other suffer. tng women Lam willing to make my trouble public so you may publish this letter.” —Mnes, Cras. Bancuay, ILF.D., Graniteville, Vt ‘No other medicine for woman’s ills has received such wide-spread and un. qualified endorsement. No other med- icine we know of has such a record af cures of female ills as has Lydia B, Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. For more than 30 years tt has been curing female complaints such as inflammation, ulceration, local weak- nesses, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, indigestion and nervous ‘prostration, and it is unequalled for carrying women safely through the period of change of life, Tt costs but little to try Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetable Compound, and, as Mrs. Barclaysays,it is “worth moune tains of gold” to suffering woraen, Finance and Fashions. Howell—1 thought you didn't like the Way the tailor made that check sult and that you were going to make him take it back. Powell tried to, but I found that protested checks didn’t go with him— Bohemian, Value of Aspirations. An aspiration is a joy forever, @ possession as solid ag a landed estate, & fortune which we can never ex: haust and which gives us, year by year, a revenue of pleasurable activi- ty. ‘To have many of these is to bo spiritually rich.—R. L. Stevenson, If a man spent half as much money in an effort to keep out of trouble as he does in trying to get out, he would be away ahead of the kame. TRLLOW CLOTHES ANE UNSIGHTLY. Koop them white with Red Cross Ball Blue, All grocers sell large 2 ce. package, 5 cents, Remember you have once been soung, and never forget you may one day be old,—Piggott Sanne th 6 40 16 DA Te. Giving. money, will have no value except we first give ourvelves.—Mut ry. Lewis’ Single Binder straight Se cigar. 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Moreover, it 1% a singular fact that the proper degree of molecular vibration heing excited in the brain, no matter by what cause—and the possible causes ave without numbor—these thoughts epring Into active and eon- selous reextstence, for they have never been destroyed. Hore les the key to some Interesting phenomena, Have you ever on making a call thought you had hung your hat up on the hall rack, and whon leaving sought there vainly for the very hat which perhaps you were holding tn your hand? If you have, you know how unpleasantly this ttle trick of your brain jarred your reason, in spite of your involuntary apology that “it Was only © mistake, a trifing, absent minded mistake, after ail.” It was all becauge of just such a litle inistake, on the part of Mrs. Starr, that fooltsh persons who post- late, “Marriage is a fatlure,” used to point triumphantly at Starr and his wife. All on account of a queer little bratn tick, Mrs. Starr blighted her husband's life and her own, Still, when they harnessed up. to- gether for better or for worse, no couple could be more devolediy in love With one another than were they, ‘This forms a rather sad but, T think, profitable little story, Now that the principals concerned are dead and gone, the physician who attended Mrs, Starr says Fam at lib: erty to tell the tale, He laughs, as he ts entitled to, at the construction | put upon the facts—but inconsistently evades sitting in Judgment en the ease, Men remember Mrs. Starr as. the beautiful Miss Snell, for her face in those days was a face that no man could quite forget. She was the most utterly ruthless coquette of her day. ‘The family means, In her generation, had fallen far below what was neces: sary to keep up the prestige of the family name. Her papa and her mamma, never ceased to lament that fact, aud Miss Snell was dutifully impressed in her carly girlhood that her beauty must win back the departed family glories by social achtevements. How well it id everybody kaows. Ry a mere eoineitence, among the persons chained by her smiles waz 4 Moy who did not have mneh of any- thing but a naval commission, some brass buttons, and a awged This business with te Poy was quite unnecossary, Miss Snell bad nothing to gain by wianing the Boy's ove; still, she even went ont of her way to do ft. The Boy avatdod her wcause he knew che was unobtata wble for him, end beeance the Ars ime he looked Into ber eyes he kaow. | with butt chones, he would love er very badly. Mise Snell kaew tt 00, Int If the Poy had not avotde: aor, she would not have cone wha he Was engnred to agother ma at the thme--it was ber third—ane neat tha bo free to dea with the 1 Was mest effec | He waa q shire of post an | aa | zattor ! 1 nel | wa tile ehacked at the tempos | he hin. ‘Thoro w omothin rious avewal 0 jero. thn mer protestation pale Into nee, Tt eorried he wway ment, and che sav fim 1 nd vhe gave hin he roms, knowlog very well in he || oar tris tt was the ald stor 1 | of tove on on 1 eubminsion the other, erfeite! on Sta oa Ml was th hte, xo the Roy went ¢ 0 hia ship, and M 21 hack to he © | cfumphs in ocial whirl of th y | city ¥| the letters that came to her fror S [overy port the Roy's ship nade we y |rather remarkable, ‘They were of ‘I new breed and species, Tho wrlte {| seemed to have an nineanny divinatio "| of everything the womsn he loved dl #| or thought, In spite ef thai, and mes | pitiful of all, an fameasuradle lov breathed forth from every Une, N man vhould wrlie the things he wrot p| to any Htving woman, At last a test came from Honoluly that. was 0 touc! , | ia in tts pathos, x0 abject tm Its dev *} ton, and still so marvelously proph «| ic in tts conception of Mx cnell Ufo, that she felt eatled upon to welt B} him some truths. This was Just sb: ;,{ the Umo she met Stare, and foll +] viet herself to the passion she ha j.| tritted with so often When the Poy recelved hor lott: he went down to bis quarters in Ui wardroom, and blew bis brains 9 Y] over tho mice white paint that eover: J] tre cruisers armored wails, Out « doconcy’s eoke the surgecn ealted 11 | pistobclesning aectdent, but he w: | brutal enough to send back a bioo | woman who wrote it fer away at home, The night before the Starr-Snell “nuptials Miss Snell did what all other girls wonld have done, religiously burned all those fantastic, extravagant letters the Boy had written her, It | was rather pecullar that she found the “red-stained letter which had heen the “Hoy's death-warrant and his last let: “tor to her from Honoluin lying to- “gether Ia her bureau drawer, apart from all the others, heaped carelessly ‘ia a compartmoat of her eseritotre. Sho did not remember putting them “away among her laces and her bon: “honnieres, but there shey were, 80 she ‘took them over to the fire a Mttle gingerly and tosved them after their fellows Into the dancing flames. « | ‘Thea whe gat down and watehed them curl and crinkle in the eager, lapping flame, tll the draught caught “the feathery black asties and carried them up the scoty chimney flue, Spec: ulation on Miss Snell's thoughts at this ume is, L think, entirely problom- | atical, | Popular faney has it that just be: fore death and just before marriage one’s thoughts grow rapt—abstracted, and the facos of old loves and the faces of old friends cone to look in oa ‘one as they knew one in bygone days. So It is reasonable to suppose that ws Miss Snell langutdly veposed in. the slow of her bedroom hearth, atong | the faces that chased one another across her mental vision was the hag gatd, uppoating face of the Boy; this, however, is not given us to know, ‘The wedding on the following noon Was an event of goctal Importance and it came off with gveat eclat, Kut | the crowds, and the music, and the |Hlowers, and even the six charming Wattean shepherdessies with vibboned | crooks, who were the bridesmalds, do Not concern us here. In fact, my | friend, Mrs. Starr's physiclan, tells | me that all T have written so far ts [rather incidental end almost super fluous. He quite refuses to acknowl | edge the connection between the past [events of Mrs. Starr’s life and what | happened tater. Our premises are so |radieally divergent that with him it could not be otherwise, But let it be plain there is no question wt all about what Is to follow, | tiardly had the couple returned from their wedding journey, when Starr called on the doctor and told him “he Was worrled about the health of his Wife, Mrs. Starr,” he said, “wag in an wnaccountably nervous and hysterical coadition, and was growing more wau and hollow-eyed ax each day went by.” ‘The man of medicine went and |looked at her, found that this was |true, preseribed the usual remedies |and coatinued to visit her occasional: jly; but he did not learn the cause of her trouble till some tme had ex: pired; and, when he did learn, it was from Mrs. Starr's own tips that part of it came, Starr himself aot only corroborating in general all she said, but adding great deal more. ‘The first evening of their honey: | moon, when unpacking her things, Mrs. Starr was rather unnerved to | find, all covered up among the dainty [feminine belongings In the tray of | her trunk, the two identical love tet [tere that she had watehed burn to a crisp and fly up the black chimney uc, Unexplainable as thelr presence | was, whe could only put it down to 4 ‘ mistalon impression on her part, and she made cortain to destroy them tht tine beyond question or doubt. lace gas Jet she hastily thrust them, and a second time she watched the flame creep over the unwelcome — letters turning them Into two eharre? black curly which fell in broken fakes oy the floor, and there were ground int impalpable dust by two angry Heh veots, That Uils was not witnesser by hor husbaad 1s alsiost unnecessar; 0 eed When Mrs. Stare found the very sane Wwtters In the very sane. plac a day or so alter, a thiill of alarn chitled her throug and itvongh. Win /sickening droad she tore them into : | hunded fragments, aad threw ther feartuily out of Rer window inio t J hurly-barty of a winter 9 HN Tea teoues Suit lsmek a, Goetvels ppearance of the letters, sho did ao | tell hex husband about the matter f\ tt, womantike, teled to pray heravl into belief that it vas only at take, after ait—a mere common, Vdinary, everyday mistake, And’ tht ;/ inw ebort time the couple return | to the olty, aud Mrs. Starr's couditic */ 80 alarmed her husband that he eal! en her phystctan, She kept the en of her trouble ontively seeret, but h {often she found an ithe tivo raystorlous lett hig thks ,{ {2 not known, Physleally sho rapt grew worse, though her husba: howered on her a wealth of joy X and her happiness were fast becor!n " 1 | Jn the tnll that followed sho told jhim something—not all—of the [strange relnearnations of those let: ters, just enough to startle him and | arose his curiosity immensely; but (he was wise enough at the time not to | ask to aoe them or ask abything else | about them. Nevertheless he deter: mined to watch very carefully thelr [next manifestation and use caustic | remedies for their dispose, | Mrs, Starr had found that attempts |to destroy those letters were utterly useless, for they always came back, nd, besides, hating and loathing them as she did, they began to exert over her mind a mervelons fascination ‘Though she quivered when she #aw the muddy red blots oa her letter, | she craved to look Into it, and she was no more content with a mere glance at its Honolulu postmark and at the neat blue letter head of the other, So she commenced to read them—linger- ingly. feeling all the while that with | every word ste read she was driving | another nat! into the coffin of her hap- | piness. |" ‘This harrowing desire to contem: | plate those letters came to her most [often at night, and then she would | tise from her husband's side, stoal over to her burean drawer, and mum: | ble away in the dim yellow light the things the Hoy wrote to her before | she killed him, | Of course her hushend sow her de Ing this oae ulght, and he weat over | to her with loving words and caresses which, strange to say, che recollec from as if they had been blows. Perhaps that was why Starr fool | ishly asked her why she was “stand | tng there muttering those nonsensical things.” In answer she held her hands J up in front of his face—Just exactly a8 you would hold a letter for a per: | son to reed, and starr saw there was absolutely nothing ii her hands; but he did not say #0 to her, He asked her quictly to road the letter to him, and thereby wrought his own and her undoing, Mrs, Stare read the letters to him —both of them, frem the date tc supereeription—in a low, metallic monotone—for all the world as if the real writing war in her hands, ‘The letter fa the Boy eame first, and before two Ines were read Start knew—what only a few people did know—that his wife had given her pledge and her kisses to the Hoy long before she gave them to himself, | ‘Tho Roy sald he “went down on his knees In his cabin at night and prayed | to his God to do to him the worst if [that would only make the happiness of the woman he loved!” Oh, that wax not all he sald, He wrote .things that it is better not to mention or to print. And he told of long, clinging kisses given and taken, “kisses that had taught him why it is the world is sometimes bartered for a woman's | kts." It was too, too much for poor Start —too much for any husband to heat || from any wite’s lips; and because it was only a phantom, a memory, that |could net be explained away, it | seemed ever so much the worse, | When Mrs. Starr finished reading | her reply to the Boy's letter her hus | band had collapsed, and was only | semf-conseious, Then she bent down | and electrified him by pointing with her finger to certain round brown ‘| splashes, unseen by him, which she ‘whispered were “Blood! “Blood! Starr gave a great cry and rushed out of the bedroom. A half an hour | later, white and shaking, he told the || doctor hi wife was crazy, and added rather brokenly that he felt he “coulk | never bear to see her agad.” | Up to the very last Mrs. Starr con '} tinted to find those leticrs every day ) Sho found them hidden unde> dainty iragtent Hngerle in hor bureau drawer ‘under her pillow nt night, and some times even in the very bosom of the she wore, In agony she was ‘| deomed to read them over and over teain, Ul wke could read no more | There are yeople who Ao not now why Stare and Ms wife drifted aw from one another, and who are fa clined to eall Starr a brute, ¥ own opinton is thet Providenc ed into the Ives of Starr and his nd ¢ need businens a Neth than ts hls usual custom, Mut the eaddest part of it alt | Nis: For Starr's sake the woma ; 1d Nave gone or her hands ane through all the world—so muc Taxicab 1,700 Years Old, Even the taxicab {6 nothing nex Dr. Giles, professor of Chinese et Cambrldge university, bas recently dls covered in the dyndstic histortes of China a complete specification of the wedianism of a Chinese taxteab, They are first mentioned under the Chin dypaety, A. D. 285-419, From that {ime down to the middle of the four. teonth century frequent allusions. to ach vehlelea, known as the “measnre nile dram eharlets” are (o be found Under the your 1027 A. D., and agaty ander the year 1107 A.D, full par Ucalars are given as to (heft eonstrae tion, the number ef wheels, thelr po sitions, the rumber cf coe on each wheel, cte,, belng #it cedattoly stated ©n comploiing a teanslation of the rectieation Prof, Giles placed it it the hands of Prof, Hopkinsen of the emrincoring laboratory with the satis fnetory result that from a specifica tien reecrded by the Chinese some 900 years ago Prof. Hop<inson has eon sirueted « model of a wheeled vehiel: which aecuraiely registers tho is tances iraversed, At each H, or Chi nese mile, which Is ebout one-third o on Knglish mile, a dram ts. struck while at every tenth Ma bell fs mag Improving Meving Pletures, Europern inventors are successfull) endeavoring to produce moving pie tures whieh can be seen clearly with aul darkening the tal PE-RU-NA For Cramps in the Stomach of Six Years’ seers “+1 was troubled with eramps In the stomach for six years. | tried many kinds of medicine, also was treated by three doctors. “They said that | had nervous dys+ pepsia. I took the medicine for two years, then I got sick again and gave up all hopes of getting cured. “1 saw a testimonial of a man whose case was similar to mine, being cured by Peruna, so thought 1 would give it @ trial. | procured a bottle at once, and commenced taking it. “1 have taken nineteen bottles, and am entirely cured. | believe Peruna is all that is claimed for it.""—Mrs. J. C. Jamison, 61 Marchant 8t., Watson: ville, Cal. NOT A WEIGHT LIFTER, ly. |x] ees iA Pac), be a SS 1 NS is the baby strong?” “Well, rather! You know what a tremendous voice he has?" “Yes.” “Well, he lifts that five or six times an hour!” CHILD ATE CUTICURA OINTMENT. Spread Whole Box of It on Crackers —Not the Least Injury Resulted. Cuticura Thus Proven Pure and Sweet. A New York friend of Cutleura writes: “My threo year old son and heir, after being put to bed on a trip across the Atlantic, investigated the state- room and located a box of graham crackers and a box of Cuticura Oint- ment. When a search was made for the box, {t was found empty and the kid admitted that he had eaten the contents of the entire box spread on the crackers, It cured him of a bad cold and I don't know what else.” No more conclusive evidence could be offered that every ingredient of Cus ticura Ointment {s absolutely pure, sweet and harmless. If it maybe safely eaten by a young child, none but the most beneficial results can be ex- pected to attend its application to pected to attend its application to even the tenderert skin or youngest infant. otier Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Bostom ‘wun Buses Ware. “That is what I call an ideal mar riage,” Hardy declared to his wife as they were walking homeward after an evening at the Carrolls’. “Actually, believe both think absolutely alike." “Yes, they are certainly charming,” assented Mrs, Hardy; “but about thinking, Joe, if you will notice, she generally thinks first."—Youth’s Com panion, A Slight Boost. “Excuse me, sir,” began the faithful clerk as he paused in front of the rail: ing behind which the boss was seated, “but T would—er—like an increase in salary.” ‘Oh, you would, eh?” rejoined the boss.” “Well, I'm willing to do the right thing, so I'll pay you the same amount for 365 days’ work this year as T paid you for 366 days in 1908, Good morning.” PE FOr PE The young theological student who had been svnplying the Rushby pale pit for two Sundays looked wistfully at Mrs, Kingman, his hostess for the time being. “Did you like the sermon this morning, if 1 may ask?” he in quired. “You done real well with the matertal you selected,” said Mrs. Kingman, with much cordiality. “As I said to Zenas on the way home, ‘I've heard a dozen er more sermons preached on that text, and this young man’s the first one that ever made me realize how diffieult ‘twas to explain?" Youth's Companion, i SISTER'S TRICK But It All Came Out Right, How a stster played a trick that brought rosy health to a cofiee tiend Is an interesting tate: “I was a coffee flend—a trembling, nervous, physical wreck, yet clinging to the poison that stole away — my strength, I mocked at Postum and Would have none of it. “One day my sister substituted a cup of Postum piping hot for my morn ing cup of coffee but did not tell me what it was, I noticed the richness o it and remarked that the coffee tasted fine but my sister did not tell me I was drinking Postum for fear I might not take any more, “She kept tho seeret and kept giv Ing we Postum instead of coffee unti 1 grew stronger, more tireless, got s better color in my sallow cheeks an¢ a clearness to miy eyes, then she tol me of the health-giving, nerve strengthening Mfesaver she had giver me in place of my morning coffee From that time I became a diseiple 0 Postum and no words can do justics in telling the good this cereal drin) did me. I will not try to tell it, fo only after having used it can one b convinced of {ts merits.” ‘Ten days’ tial shows Postum's pow er to rebuild what coffee has de stroyed, “There's a Reason.” Look in pkgs, for the famous littl book, “The Road to Wellville.” ook"asecent feeastars ite, a are genuine, true, mad full of uma Bede ‘More than 600 women are reported ‘0 be studying medicine at French unk rorsities. Paris alone is sald to have 100 women practitioners, most of them tolding official places of more or leas mportanee, Women physicians are preferred in girls’ high schools, normal schools and public schools generally. A Pennsylvania farmer has had one of his sons sent to prison for two years for stealing one of his hogs. Good chance for the uplift movement there. — A sctentist has made a calculation about the time it will take to fill the world with all the people it will hold. ‘The present population of the globe ts supposed to be about 1,467,000,000, and he estimates that the maximum of the inhabitants that can be sustained on the entire land surface of the earth is 5,994,000,000, and this figure will be reached A. D, 2072, or in about 180 years, ? Alfonso of Spain fs a fine young man, Pity he gets these flighty spells! ‘Tho king of Spain is going to try to fix up a mateh between King Manuel of Portegal and a niece of King Ed- ward of England. This is a complt- ment to Edward's nieces. Alfonso has tried one. No fron ore is mina in the province of British Columbia. ‘The only at- tempt thereat, at Quasino Bound, Van- couver island, has been found unprofit. able and abandoned. The mining of zine ore {8 also practically at @ stand- NA Wee. mas ices’ aiced” Le ‘As both involve the federal constf- tution and the Wilsen act of con- gress, Enforcement Attorney Cald- well will appeal to the United States supreme court of Love county and Webb High and others of Wiowa county, decided by the state court of criminal appeals during the last week. In each instance the state court held that the interstate char. acter of a liquor shipment obtained until {t reached the home of the consignee providing it was taken there in the original package by continuous journey whether final de- livery wa smade by the common carrier or by the consignee himself The basis of the appeals will b, the contention that the Iinterst: / character of a Mquor shipment minates when the common car has completed its contract, whe‘ ‘at the depot or the residence of consignee, which, Attorney Cal says, is the holding of the cou: OKLAHOMA DIRECTOE Muskogee Paint & Glass Wrafagate nd Reta WALL PAPER, PAINTS. AND | ‘Write Us For Our ‘MILAM MUSIC HOUSE__...,.° Fears ss Kents, accreted ( ‘pianos sold, Talking Machines, Siareian use reen css a MUSK gee i te etre sere Tuan! Genk qa ‘W. L. TULL INVESTMENT Co. 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NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY 1912 Trinity Building, New York DEFIANCE STARCH—16 ounces to the package other starches only 12 ounces—amuse price "DEFIANCE" IS SUPERIOR QUALITY. W. N. U., MUSKOGEE, NO. 15, 1909. FAT MAN STOPS FATAL BLAST OF DYNAMITE IS TAKING NAP WHEN THIRTY POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVE FALL ON HIS STOMACH. Montgomery, Ala.—Otis Browne, the fattest man in the county, at noon a few days ago prepared for a siesta, unconscious of the fact that he was about to become a candidate for a Carnegie medal by involuntarily saving the lives of 16 companions in the Zubers rock quarry near here. Browne is short of stature, but he tips the beam at 280 pounds. It was therefore the most natural thing in the world for him to seek the shadow of a ledge after luncheon and dispose himself for slumber. The 16 other workmen were seated a few feet below him, eating or smoking. Upon this peaceful scene there presently entered a negro. This negro with H. The Dynamite Found a Soft and Harmless Landing Place. strange perversity, was moved to labor during the hour of rest, and he bore upon his shoulder a small package, which he handled with considerable care. He crossed the bottom of the quarry toward the group and struck into a winding path that led up the almost perpendicular face of the rock. In the course of his ascent the negro reached a point on the path about 30 feet above the group. The resting workmen were first made aware of his presence when he stumbled clumsily among the loose fragments of rock, threatening a small avalanche. Sixteen mouths were opened simultaneously to launch 16 similar and emphatic words at the negro. But those words were never uttered. Instead 16 faces blanched to the color of chalk at a frenzied shriek from overhead. "Look out! Look out! I done drap de dynamite!" The men had no more than started to their feet when the package that had rested on the negro's shoulder hurtled down from the cliff. Every eye in the group was on it, except those of Otis Browne, which were now veiled in sleep. Every eye, with these exceptions, watched in horror while the package grazed a projecting elbow of rock and descended upon the group. It fell, but instead of the blinding flash and terrible explosion which the 16 and the negro expected, there rose a mighty grunt, followed swiftly by a howl of surprise and anger. For the dynamite had found a soft and harmless landing place upon the prostrate form of Otis Browne, catching him at the point where, in side elevation, his extension is most pronounced. JUST LAZY; IN BED TEN YEARS Man Opposes Early Rising and Dressing, So He takes a Constant Rest. Jerseyville, Ill.—The laziest man in the world is here. He is John Mumrca, and he has been in bed ten years because he is unwilling to comply with the rules of the Jersey county farm, which say that every one living there shall rise at five o'clock in the morning. He was a voluntary applicant for permission to live at the farm. Before he had been at the farm a week he complained that the rising hour was too early. One morning he failed to take his place at the breakfast table. Richard Mourning, superintendent of the farm, went to his room. "I'm not going to get up at five o'clock for anybody," said John. You'll have to say, "Sad Abruining." Shaking his finger at the superintendent, Muncra exclaimed: "I'll never get up any more. I might as well stay in bed. It's too much trouble undressing every night, and dressing every morning, anyway." "I am ready to swear that he has kept his word," said Mourning the other day. The Last Resort. In answer to the returned summer visitor's question as to the welfare of Mr. Macomber and his whereabouts, Mr. Davis replied that "Jake" was teaching at the little red schoolhouse on Bowen's Hill. "But I thought—" "Well, he is," admitted Mr. Davis, understandingly, "an he gets more n' more muddle-headed all the time. But what else could we do? We had to put him in schoolmaster to keep him off the town. "We ain't goin' to pauperize a man, he added lootily, "if we can find any thing for him to do."—Youth's Com- panion You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. THE CRACKING OF PAINT. Property Owners Can Save Money by Learning the Cause. Do you know what is wrong when paint peels, or cracks, or otherwise necessitates premature re-painting? Well, sometimes it hasn't been properly applied—the surface being damp or there being too much turpentine or too much drier. But, nine times out of ten, the trouble is caused by adulterated white lead. To avoid all such trouble, every houseowner should know in a general way, when a surface is in proper condition to receive paint, what kind of primer and finishing coats different surfaces require, and how to avoid adulteration in materials. A complete painting guide, including a book of color schemes, specifications for all kinds of painting work, and an instrument for detecting adulterations in painting materials, with directions for using it, can be had free by writing National Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Bldg., New York, and asking for Houseowner's Painting Outfit No. 49. This company, the largest makers of pure white lead, invite tests, by means of the blowpipe (included in outfit), or in any other way, of the purity of the white lead sold under their famous "Dutch Boy Painter" trademark. That trademark on a keg of white lead is in itself an absolute guarantee of purity and quality. ALL THE DIFFERENCE. He—Before Jones got married he used to command a large salary. She—And now? He—Now he only earns it. His wife commands it! His Day of Reckoning. As the stout man whose appetite had excited the envy of the other boarders turned to leave the parlor, he looked down at his waistcoat. "I declare, I've lost two buttons off my vest," he said, ruefully. He was a new boarder, but his landlady saw no reason for further delay in showing her banner "Watchfulness and Economy for all." She gave him the benefit of the chill gaze so familiar to her older boarders. "I think without doubt you will find them both in the dining room," she announced, clearly.—Youth's Companion. The Entire Family. Grand Pop used it for Rheumatism. Dad for Cuts, Sprains and Bruises, Mammy for Burns, Scalds and Aches. Sis for Catarrh and Chiblains. I use it for everything, and it never disappoints any of us. It surely yanks any old pain out by the roots. Hunt's Lightning Oil is what I am telling you about. Punishment and Crime "She seems to be having a pretty good time now that she and her husband are separated," whispered the three girls in the corner as she entered the room. "I don't blame her," said one. "He beat her, didn't he?" They looked her over again. "Well, I don't blame him for beating her," the third declared. "if she dressed like that. That red is awful." Actual Facts. For upwards of fifteen years Hunt's Cure has been sold under a strict guarantee to cure any form of itching skin troubles known. No matter the name—less than one per cent. of the purchasers have requested their money back. Why? It simply does the work. From Plutarch. Neither rich furniture nor abundance of gold, nor a descent from an illustrious family, nor greatness of authority, nor eloquence and all the charms of speaking, can produce so great a serenity of life as a mind free from gullt, kept untainted, not only from actions, but purposes that are wicked.—Plutarch Don't Delay. Save a possible serious spell of fever later on by cleansing your system now of its accumulation of impurities. Simmon's Sarsaparilla will do it. It makes fine blood, fine appetite, great strength and grand ambition. Speaking of Spooks. Rasmus—What did der ghost say ter you? Rastus—How yer tink I know? I never lurned de dead languages. Wise people use Hamilns Wizard Oil to stop pain because they know it always makes good. Foolish people try experiments. Ask your druggists about it. When a man gives more than a dollar to charity he usually manages to get caught in the act. ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE." That LAKE WE BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of W. GROVEN, the World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. See. It's difficult to get a crooked man interested in the scenery along the straight and narrow path. Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other die. 100 package colors all fibers. They die in cold water better than any other die. You can dye any garment without ripping apart. Write for free booklet—How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors. MORDRDE DRUG CO., Quincy, Illinois. MUST BELIEVE IT. Every Reader Will Concede the Truth of This Statement. One who suffers with backache or any form of kidney trouble wants a lasting cure, not merely a temporary benefit. Profit by the example of Rev. J. M. Suffield, of 2179 S. 8th St., Lincoln, Nebr., who confirms a report of his cure after several years. "I told in a statement made for publication in 1900 how Doan's Kidney Pills had relieved me after other remedies had failed." lasting cure, not merely a temporary benefit. Profit by the example of Rev. J. M. Suffield, of 2179 S. 8th St., Lincoln, Nebr., who confirms a report of his cure after several years. "I told in a statement made for publication in 1900 how Doan's Kidney Pills had relieved me after other remedies had failed," said Rev. Suffield. "I have no hesitation in confirming that statement now. I have used Doan's Kidney Pills at various times and they have never failed me." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Partners in His Crime. The hard looking customer had been arrested for stealing an umbrella. "What do you have to say for yourself?" asked the police justice. "Are you guilty or not guilty?" "I'm one o' the guilty ones, y'r honor, I reckon," answered the prisoner. "The umbrella had the name of J. Thompson on the handle, G. H. Brickley stamped on the inside o' the cover, and I stole it from a man named Quimby." Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the car. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutive remediation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness can be corrected by taking out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases have been treated by cataract but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by cataract) that cannot be caused by Hail's Cataract. F. J. CHENYEN & CO., Toledo, Q. Hope Springs Eternal He was addressing a crowd one Sunday morning on the quay at Newcastle "I can safely say that no man ever attempted to bribe me, gentlemen," said the speaker. "Don't be down-hearted, old chap, your luck may change," shouted a man in the crowd.—Tit-Bits. We Reiterate. That for more than fifteen years Hunt's Cure has been working on the afflicted. Its mission is to cure skin troubles, particularly those of an itching character. Its success is not on account of advertising, but because it surely does the work. One box is guaranteed to cure any case. Utilizing the Child. "It's a great comfort to have a child about the house," said the man of domestic tastes. "Yes," answered the unfeeling wretch, "when company comes that you don't care for, you can make the child recite."—Family Doctor. 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Catalogue on Application. MAPLEINE A flavoring that is used the same as lemon on vanilla. By dissolving granulated sugar in water and adding Mapleine, a delicious syrup is made and a syrup better than maple. Mapleine is sold by grocers. If not sent for 2 oz. box and recipe book, Creston Mp. Co., Seattle. Keeley Cure FOR WHISKEY AND DRUGS 1225 North Broadway, :: :: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma KEY AND DRUGS ::: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma BLOODHOUNDS, Foxhounds, Nor- bounds, Irish Wolfhounds Registered. Stamp for catalog, Rookwood Kennels, Lexington, Ky. SS DYES In cold water better than any other drug. You can dye DRUG CO., Quinoy, Illinois. KEY DISTEMPER CATARRHAL FEVER AND ALL NOSE AND THROAT DISEASES Data as a preventive for others. Liquid given on administration, all other doses readily and 1000 the dozen. Sold by all druglers or sent express paid, by the manufacturer. CO., Chemists, GOSHEN, INDIANA FADELESS DYE other dye. One the package colors all fibers. They dye in cold water better than any other let—How to Dye, Steach and Mix Colors. MONROE DRUG CO., Quimay, Ile SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE FOR PINK EYE DISTEN CATA AND AND Curea the sick and acts as a preventive for others the tincture. $5 for brookmans and all others. cents and $1.00 a bottle; $6.00 and $10.00 the dozen. S and horse goods houses, or sent express paid, by SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Chemists, GOS Cures the sick and acts as a preventive for others. Liquid given on the tongue. Safe for brood mares and all others. Best kidney remedy; $0 cents and $1.00 a bottle; $5.00 and $10.00 the dozen. Sold by all druggists and horse goods houses, or sent express paid, by the manufacturers. P **G** System Gin Quinox give choice of Munger, Porto, England, Hibernian, Ballets, Balletes and all English, Hibernian, Ballets and all English. MAPLEINE OUR POCKET GOLDFORTE is the best instrument for locating Hidden Treasure, also Spanish Needles with Guide Book C, G, B WATCH O, Bep, karrisburg, Pa. 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