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The big oil men are interested in the town, and it is already known that several leases have been secured by them from farmers near there. New additions are being made to the city and a good system of electric lights established. Mr. A. J. Temple is agent for one of these additions and is offering lots for sale at remarkably low prices. It was said last Sunday by a prominent business man of Checotah, that the value of prosperity there would increase sixty per cent in the next six months. Oil men have been working quietly for some time endeavoring to obtain leases on land in the vicinity of Checotah, but until recently it was not known. A certain oil corporation of Muskogee is trying to get leases near the town, and to that end have had letters written to many of the land owners there. It is said that Jack Warrior of Brush Hill is one land owner to whom this company is making offers for a lease. MENCEMENT. Miss Ollie M. Biggers Closes School at Boynton. Boynton, Okla., May 3, 1969. A large number of people visited the school at Cloud Creek, near here last Friday night, to witness the close of that school. An excellent program was rendered by the pupils and the audience was well pleased therewith. Following are the names of a few of the visitors who came from a distance: Mrs. Belle Carson, Denison, Tex.; Miss Loretta Burnside and Mr. H. Burnside, of Muskegee; Miss Carrie E. Burnett, of Boynton, accompanied the visitors to the school. CIMETER CHAPERON COLUMN. Address all meal to, Box G, Muskogee, Okla. X—(a) We have repeatedly said that private addresses could not be given. (b) Any pharmacist will fill the prescription for you. LIBRAL ONE IN EVERY The Muskogee Cimeter. P. D.—Illinois is called the "Buckeye State" and Indiana is called the "Hoosier State." Do not know what Oklahoma will be called. T. M.—The citizens of Muskogee (white and black) built the Convention Hall. Anxious—Certainly there would be nothing "amiss or improper" for you to present the gift if you so desire. But a girl is never under obligation to exchange gifts with a young man. C. C.—Do not become discouraged. Your path may be clouded now; disappointment may have been your constant companion for years, and as you say, the world may seem hard to you, but after all is not life what we make it? Cheer up, friend. Remember, there is sunshine behind the darkest cloud. CHAPERON. RENTIESVILLE CHANGE ADMINIS TRATION. Ex-Mayor Brinson Will Start a Newspaper?—Mayor Robinson Will Boost the Town. Last Tuesday morning, amid rejoicing among the independent citizens of Rentiesville, a colored town, about sixteen miles south of this city, Rev. N. A. Robinson took his seat as mayor of that town, succeeding Justice F. P. Brinson, Rentiesville's first mayor. Mayor Robinson is one of the founders of the town and evidently stands high in the estimation of the people. He won the nomination after a hard fight against his opponents. He headed the independent ticket and was nominated by a majority of 20 votes. At the general election the entire independent ticket was elected, Robinson receiving a majority of nine votes. Mr. Brinson was in Muskogee last Tuesday afternoon, as was also Mayor Robinson and Mr. N. L. Paul, a prominent business man of Rentiesville. When asked what his plans for the future were, Mr. Brinson replied that he had no particular plans. Replying to an inquiry as to his opinion of the election, Mr. Brinson replied: "Well, it seems mighty hard for the good people, but I hope the town will not go back as far as it has come." Later in the afternoon the new mayor was seen and told that the ex-mayor was very pessimistic about the future of Rentiesville. With a broad, good-natured smile—which happens to be one of the mayor's characteristics—he replied: "Oh well, that is natural, you know. But Rentiesville is a good town and she's going to be a better MUSKOGEE, OKLA., MA 7 1909. Two large size (21x28) pictures, one of President Taft, and one of Vice-President Sherman, will be sent to anyone who subscribes for this paper before the 7th day of June, 1909. Subscription $1.00 See or write to A. J. SMITHERMAN, Box G. Muskogee, Okla. one. Yes, by far a better one." It was whispered here last Tuesday that Mr. Brinson intends to launch a newspaper and with this pave the way for the mayoralty race one year hence. But when asked about this project the ex-mayor would neither affirm or deny the report. He admits, however, that he will be a candidate for the office again next year, and, as he puts it: "There will be no one in the race but me." The white republicans promised to take care of the situation and all they asked was that the negro come up and vote. With a republican majority of 700 they lost. Did they take care of the situation? If that is the way to take care of things then who can blame the fellows from climbing into the democratic band wagon where, with a majority, they can capture a majority. We beat the democrats but a few more victories and our party is eliminated. per year. HASKELL UNDER FIRE. Jury Drawn to Reinvestigate Town Lot Cases. Now that the municipal election is over—for the time being—in Muskogee, Governor Haskell will have more time to prepare technicalities on which to base his defense in the town lot cases. The government is evidently determined to shift this case to the bottom, and there is no doubt now that it will be settled this time conclusively. Following is a list of the jurors drawn last Monday to reinvestigate the charges against Governor Haskell and others: I. J. Buck, Tulsa. J. G. Hall, Wagene. C. T. Lawson, Eufaula. John Lakowski, Weelekta. R. H. Gillland, Fort Gibson. A. L. Rogers, Fort Gibson. Frank Hubbard, Muskogee. Jas. I. Cooper, Whitefield. P. W. Cunningham, Weelekta. J. G. Cowen, Okmulgee. J. Ford, Hulbert. Frank E. Bruin, Bristow. Joseph Harmon, Boynton. J. A. Todd, Muskogee. G. W. Thompson, Fort Gibson. Jack McPherson, Warner. The jurors are to report to Judge R. E. Campbell at Tulsa on Monday, May 10, and the witnesses in the case have been instructed to report at the same place on May 12. MONEY TO LOAN. Don't be afraid, its an Anchor! I've Got 'em, you want 'em. RIDE WITH ME. C. R. BIRMINGHAM, THE BUGGY MAN 117 S. Main Street, Scales Building WHITE UNDERTAKER REFUSES TO RENDER FUNERAL SERVICE TO COLORED PEOPLE. Colored Undertakers From Muskogee Make Trip to Vinita. Mrs. Ella Hill of Vinita, sister to Lewis T. Brown, alias "Bud" Brown of Muskogee, who died last Friday, was buried last Monday at 2 o'clock p. m. Lewis Rogers, the white undertaker at Vinita, refused to rent his funeral outfit to colored people and the woman's relatives called Billings & Cullom, colored undertakers, of Muskogee, and requested them to come and take charge of the funeral. At 7 o'clock a. m. Sunday Mr. Billings expressed the casket and at 2 o'clock p. m. loaded hearse and horses into a box-car with everything necessary for a first-class funeral. The undertakers arrived in Vinita at 8 o'clock a. m. Monday, and retired to Bill Rains' barn (white) where the hearse was washed off and the horses fed, for which Mr. Billings had to pay $10. Mr. Billings, not wishing to engage in a dispute with the man, paid him. The funeral was held at 2 o'clock p. m., and was conducted with much credit to the colored undertakers. Relatives and friends were present from Coffeyville and Fort Scott, Kansas, Redland and Muskogee. It is said to have been the largest funeral and the most up-to-date ever held between Muskogee and Kansas City. The estimated cost of the funeral is $500. The undertakers returned Monday morning at 9 o'clock. The news of this death and funeral was given the Times-Democrat and that paper published it as an advertisement. It is thought that "Bud" Brown prepared the article. The election is over and while we were handed a lemon by the unwashed still we got in twelve republicans out of the wreck and on our next trip we will have a closer organization and with the prevention of fraud we can land our entire ticket. It might have been worse than it is. A LETTER OF THANKS. Rentiesville, Okla. Cimeter. Editor Muskogee Ummeter: Sir: Please allow space in the columns of your paper for the following: For the Free and Accepted Masons of Oklahoma. Sirs: I take this method of extending to you my heartfelt thanks for a check of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for death policy of my husband, W. M. Landrum. I also extend like thanks to St. Luke's Lodge No. 87, of Rentiesville, whose members cared so much for my husband during his sickness. May the principles of your grand old order be established in every home in this great land of our. With prayerful wishes for the promotion of the order, I remain, very cordially, MRS. KATIE LANDRUM. SLAYER RETURNS, MEETS DEATH In a quarrel growing out of the killing a short time ago of a young son of Bucher Scott, a well known negro of Clarkesville, Joe Marshall, a negro, was shot and killed at Clarkesville by young Bucher Scott, the brother of the boy whom Marshall killed. Marshall had been in jail at Wagoner and finally securing bond went back to Clarkesville. Scott met him on the street of the town and after a few words drew his revolver and fired, killing Marshall almost instantly. NO.26 MILK WAGON AS FUNERAL HEARSE. White Undertaker Sells Casket to Colored People—Takes Milk Wagon for Hearse. Mrs. Liza Pettis, who lived four miles west of this city, died last Monday. The dead woman's relatives and friends applied to Geo. H. Bloom one of the white undertakers here, and employed him to bury the woman. Wednesday the undertaker went out to the woman's home with a milk wagon, whereupon the people became indignant and went to the Home Undertakers (colored) and employed them for the funeral. Mr. Ragsdale, one of the firm, finally agreed to bury the woman. The Times-Democrat, after swiping the election, yells in triumph that Muskogee has turned white, intimating that prior to the election steal that Muskogee was black. It is just such damphool lies as this that injure and retard the growth of the city. Muskogee is neither a white or black city, but is a cosmopolitan city, composed of all races. The T-D. has continually tried to injure the negro population by arraying white against black, but so far has failed. In the last election both tickets, republican and democratic, were composed of white man, and there was no foundation for the cry of negro domination or to array white against black. The great majority of the democrats did not do it, but the element composed of the lickskilllets like the T-D. who had no ability and could not discuss intelligently the issues between the parties; it was they who started the cry of negro domination. Brave men are magnanimous to the defeated enemy, but d—— cowards gloit over the defeat and rob the dead, and such a cuss is the T-D. HARRIS MEAT MARKET. All kinds of fresh and cured meats and lard, game in season. Phone. 1775, Convention Hall. WONDERFUL CHANCE TO SECURE PROPERTY. If you want to buy a home, now is the time. Don't put it off another day. We sell lots in Muskogee for $5 down and $1 per week until paid for. For particulars write A. J. Smitherman, Box G, Muskogee, Okla. 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 West Okmulgee Ave. DO YOU WANT THIS? 10 acres within five miles of city limits at a bargain. Write W. H. Twine, Box G, Muskogee. CALL AT BURRELL CAFE. First Class Service. 110 Court Street, Opposite People's Bank. M. B. BURRELL, Prop. DO YOU WANT A HOME? Ten acres of land near Great Muskogee for $1,000. Land in vicinity is selling for $150 per acre. It's a great bargain. Call or write to A. J. Smitherman. Go to D. Richardson's Barber Shop at 224 South Second street for first class work. First class workmen and satisfaction guaranteed. D. RICHARDSON. Prop. SLEEPS WITH BOTH EYES WIDE OPEN FOR TWENTY YEARS, NIGHT OF DAY QUARRYMAN HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CLOSE THEM. LIME DUST CAUSE OF AILMENT Caused Inflammation Which Gradually Made Muscles of Eyelids Powerless—Literally is "Man with the Open Eyes." St. Louis.—Sleeping and walking, for 20 years, the eyes of Joseph Anderson of this city have never closed. When he lies down at night the lids do not gradually relax, as in the case of the normal man. For him there are no curtains which softly fall over the "windows of the soul" to shut out the distractions of the busy world around him. Until the end of his days this strange condition must continue, City hospital physicians say, because an effort to restore the natural movement of the eyelids would forever destroy his sight. Anderson is 60 years old. For 20 years and up to two months ago he was a quarry workman. The lime dust affected his eyes and caused an inflammation to which he paid no attention at first. Though the lids of his eyes were inflamed, he thought that this would be only temporary. Not until several weeks after the inflammation set in did he notice that it was becoming more and more difficult for him to close his eyes. One night, he says, he lay down to 'sleep' and he found that his muscular effort to lower his eyelids were without result. He lay there staring at the ceiling. And ever since then he has been staring day and night. Literally he has been "the man with the open eyes." "It caused me some trouble at first," he said at the City hospital recently. A man is lying in bed with a woman and a child. The woman is holding the child's head. The man is sitting upright. There is a desk in the foreground with a computer on it. He Sleeps Peacefully with Both Eyes Wide Open. "I couldn't go to sleep. I would lie there looking at the ceiling. But gradually I became used to it, and I sleep as well as any man—with my eyes open. "For 18 years it didn't bother me. I did my work as usual, and I was healthy and slept at least eight hours every night. Two years ago I began to have headaches, which extended from the top of my forehead to my eyelids. "I thought I had rheumatism of the eyes, and when I couldn't stand the pain any longer I decided to come to the hospital." The physicists who are studying Anderson's unusual ailment say that it is not rheumatism. Their explanation is that the neglected irritation has caused the eyelids to grow fast to the eyeballs. The junction is now so intimate that if an effort to cut the eyelids free were to be made, the surgical knife would at the same time picture the cornea or delicate outer covering of the eye and cause hopeless blindness. Despite this opinion of the doctors, Anderson still believes that rheumatism is the cause of his trouble, and that he can be cured. If his contention is right, the case of Anderson presents a striking parallel to that of Wilkie Collins, the English novelist. Collins, afflicted with rheumatism of the eyes, lay on his face shielding his eyes with his arm, and dictated one of his greatest novels, "The Moonstone." The disease left Collins after a period of eight months, and for the remainder of his active career as a writer his eyes were normal. Man Fights Six Eagles. Norfolk, Va.-J. L. Durnell, a lumber dealer of this city, while looking over some timber land in Princess Anne county, fought six eagles for his life. Failing into a hole, he was momentarily helpless. The great birds of prey swooped down on him with their talons and beaks, scratching his flesh and tearing his clothing. Regaining his feet he fought them, big stick in hand, for a distance of 300 yards be fore gaining shelter. He was then all most helpless. DOLLAR WHEAT HAS COME TO STAY DOLLAR WHEAT HAS COME TO STAY IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS CEN TRAL CANADA WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SUPPLY THE UNITED STATES. A couple of years ago, when the announcement was made in these columns that "dollar wheat" had come to stay, and that the time was not far distant when the central provinces of Canada—Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta—would be called upon to supply a large part of the wheat consumption in the United States, there were many who laughed at the predictions and ridiculed the idea of wheat reaching the dollar point and staying there. Both of these predictions have come to pass. Dollar wheat is here—and it is not only here, but is here to stay; and at the same time, whatever unpleasant sensations it may arouse in the super-sensitive American. Central Canada is already being called upon to help keep up the bread supply, and within the next five years will, as James J. Hill says, literally "become the bread-basket of our increasing millions." There are few men in the United States better acquainted with the wheat situation than Mr. Hill, and there are few men, if any, who are inclined to be more conservative in their expressed views. Yet it was this greatest of the world's railroad men who said a few days ago that "the price of wheat will never be substantially lower than it is today"—and when it is taken into consideration that at that time wheat had soared to $1.20, well above the dollar mark, the statement is peculiarly significant, and doubly significant is the fact that in this country the population is increased at the ratio of 65 per cent., while the yield of wheat and other products is increasing at the rate of only 25 per cent. For several years past the cost of living has been steadily increasing in the United States, and this wide difference in production and consumption is the reason. This difference must be supplied by the vast and fertile grain regions of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. There is now absolutely no doubt of this. Even the press of the country concedes the fact. Results have shown that no other country in the world can ever hope to equal those provinces as wheat producers, and that no other country can produce as hard or as good wheat. Said a great grain man recently, "If United States wheat maintains the dollar mark, Canada wheat will be well above a dollar a bushel, for in every way it is superior to our home-grown grain." With these facts steadily impinging their truth upon our rapidly growing population, it is interesting to note just what possibilities as a "wheat grower" our Northern neighbor possesses. While the United States will never surrender her prestige in any manufacturing or commercial line, she must very soon acknowledge, and with as much grace as she can, that she is bound to be beaten as a grain producer. It must be conceded that a great deal of the actual truth about the richness of Canada's grain producing area has been "kept out of sight," as Mr. Hill says, by the strenuous efforts of our newspapers and magazines to stem the exodus of our best American farmers into those regions. It is a fact that up to the present time, although Canada has already achieved the front rank in the world's grain producers, the fertile prairies of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have as yet scarcely been scratched. Millions of acres, free for the taking, still await our American farmers; and when these millions are gone there are other millions in regions not yet opened up to immigration. A few years ago the writer, who has been through those wheat provinces several times, laughed with others of our people at the broad statement that Canada was bound to become "John Bull's Bread Basket." Now, after a last trip (and though he is a stanch American) he frankly believes that not only will Canada be come John Bull's bread-basket, but it will within the next decade at least BECOME THE BREAD-BASKET OF THE UNITED STATES. Perhaps this may be a hard truth for Americans to swallow, but it is a truth, nevertheless. And it is at least a partial compensation to know that hundreds of thousands of our farmers are profiting by the fact by becoming producers in this new country. The papers of this country have naturally made the most of the brief period of depression which swept over Canada, but now there is not a sign of it left from Winnippeg to the coast. Never have the three great wheat raisings provinces been more prosperous. Capital is coming into the country from all quarters, taking the form of cash for investment, industrial concerns seeking locations, and, best of all, substantial and sturdy immigrants come to help populate the prairies. Towns are booming; scores of new elevators are springing up; railroads are sending out their branch lines in all directions; thousands of prosperous farmers are leaving their prairie shelters for new and modern homes—"built by wheat:" everywhere is a growing happiness and contentment—happiness and contentment built by wheat—the "dollar wheat," which has come to stay. Notwithstanding this the Canadian Government is still giving away its homesteads and selling pre-emptions at $3.00 an acre, and the Railway and Land Companies are disposing of their lands at what may be considered nominal figures. A big volcano down in little Salvador, Central America, has started erupting. That part of the world is bound to attract attention. When it cannot originate a revolution or an international row it sets the internal fireworks going. Berkeley (Cal.) schoolgirls are on strike against an order to read the novels of Dumas, Balzac and Zola. Now, why didn't the authorities gain their end by requesting the girls not to read those authors? Another pretender has arisen in Morocco, apparently a half-brother of the present sultan. If he should succeed in deposing the sultan, as Mulai Hafd did in overthrowing Abdul Aziz, some other half-brother or cousin may start a rebellion. The Albany Journal asks: "If April showers bring forth May flowers, what do March drizzles bring fortn?" Why, snuffles and rheumatism and pneumonia and pleurisy and a few other things of that sort. The dispatches announce that an American girl in the duchess of Manchester will entertain two kings—those of England and of Spain. Possibly a better and truer way of putting it would be that the two kings will be entertained by an American girl, for the pleasure is theirs. For a king to abdicate his throne because his wife is unwilling to be queen is probably a unique incident in history. But then, Christmas island is a unique kingdom. Hard to reconcile the statement that prohibition increases the sale of liquor with the other fact that the poor liquor seller's family will be reduced to starvation. A scientist announces that the seat of human affections is not in the heart, but in the solar plexus. Have to revise all our poetry. For instance: "Dimpled, red-haired widow of Texas, Give me back by solar plexus!" Russian women have found a more expeditious and a surer way than divorce of getting rid of unsatisfactory husbands. They simply hit a properly qualified women to "remove" them. At least this method prevails in one district of that country—a district, by the way, where man seems peculiarly disqualified for happy matrimony. A woman of that region has just been arrested, on confession of a wife seized with inconvenient remorse, who confesses that she has murdered no less than 300 men at the solitiation of their wives. She never harmed members of her own sex. This record out-Gunnesses that of the famous Laporte lady. A New York woman who committed suicide the other day left instructions for her body to be cremated and the "can" containing the ashes to be buried in the ground, concluding her directions with this remark: "If do not wish to spend the winter in a tin box on a shelf." Some people are so particular. One who refuses longer "in this clay carcass crippled to abide" ought not to care for the dust he has flung aside. Spring has begun, according to the calendar. The weather bureau failed however, to celebrate the occasion, and it would be hard to believe that the ghost of winter has been laid hereabouts were it not for the emergence the other day of the spring poet of the Springfield Republic. When he becomes active it is a sure sign that springtime's sap is seething and running. New York city's latest contribution to the world's stock of drinkables is the expurgated cocktail. You omit the cherry, and are not allowed to use even the olive. It remains to be seen how this innovation will strike the bibulously inclined who order their drinks at thirst centers not located on Manhattan island. An optimists' club of Gotham wants to abolish All Foos' day. But here is where sentiment will overrule both reason and optimism, for the desire to make a fool of oneself springs eternal in the human breast and will not be denied. Besides, on general principles, the task is too herculean a one for human endeavor to achieve. Muskogee Paint & Glass Co. Wholesale and Retail Write Us For Our Catalog 120 SOUTH SECOND ST. HAYS THE HATTER HATS CLEANED & BLOCKED OHIO BLDG PHONE 1297 MUSKOGEE OKLA MIDLAND MACHINE WORKS Machinist and brass founders. Machine work of high grade, careful attention. Machine blacksmithing, brass castings, pulleys, hangers and shaft- ing carried in stock. MUSKOGEE, OKLA MIDLAND MACHINE WORKS Machinist and brass founders. Machine work of all kinds given careful attention. Machine blacksmiths carried in padded, padded carrying carriages. MUSKOGEER, OKLA. SLEEPER THOUGHT THAT MOUSE WAS A BURGLAR SLEEPER THOUGHT THAT MOUSE WAS A BURGLAR NOISE MADE BY ITS REVOLVING CAGE WHEELS DRAWS A FU-SILLADE OF SHOTS. St. Louis—Mistaking a mouse for a burglar, Harold Stout of East St. Louis, shot his bedroom so full of holes that he will have difficulty in avoiding draughts for the remainder of the chilly season. Stout boards with the family of Edward Flanders on North Thirty-seventh street. When he went to his room to retire he failed to notice a set and baited mouse trap which Mrs. Flanders had placed on a table near his bed. It was a small trap, modeled after a squirrel cage. The mouse, when caught, would find himself in a revolving wheel which would go around A man in pajamas sprays water on his feet in bed. He Shot His Bedroom Full of Holes. faster and faster the more it would exert itself in an effort to escape. Without making a light, Harold Stout rolled into bed and soon he was slumbering peacefully. Then enter Mr. Mouse. The odor of the balt attracted him to the table and he was trapped. "Zing" went the little wheel as Mr. Mouse landed on the tread-mill. It made a whirring noise which gradually broke in on the sleeping ears of Harold Stout. Still half asleep he listened with a vague sense that something was wrong. The movement of the wheel and the frantic effort of the mouse to escape caused the trap to slide over the smooth top of the table. It bumped into Harold Stout's glass tobacco jar, which slipped over the edge of the table and fell to the floor with a great clatter. Harold was now wide-awake. He was sure there was a burglar in the room. With feverish haste he pulled his revolver from under his pillow and fired. The bullet went through the foot of his bed. He fired again, directly at the table. He emptied the remaining four shells at random, in the hope that if he scattered his fire he would sure hit the burglar. Flanders, aroused by the shots, remained in the hall until he was sure Stout's weapon was empty. Then he ran in and grappled with his panic-strenken boarder, overpowered him and put him back in bed. When the gas was lighted Harold Stout saw the cause of his alarm—the little prisoner mouse, which was still busy trying to establish a new wire trap Marathon record. HORSE ASLEEP TWO WEEKS Animal Does Not Awaken After Sliding Down Side of California Mountain. San Bernardino, Cal.—Charles Muir, a mine owner of Wild Rose canyon, has a horse which went to sleep two weeks ago and has not awakened since. That it slowly is coming out of its repose, Muir says, is evident by its increasing susceptibility to the report of a shotgun, with which he has daily tested its power of hearing. More than two weeks ago the horse was lost and when found it was in a gorge. Muir discovered where it had slid down a steep side of the mountain. The animal was bruised, but was led back to the Muir place. Muir threw a forkful of alfalfa to the animal, but the next morning was surprised to find the horse still standing where he had left it. The feed had not been touched. Muir discharged a shotgun close to the horse and a slight Jerk of its head indicated that the noise had been heard, and this had been kept up daily. Teamsters believe the horse strained or jarred the nerves which control consciousness. Insane Man's Wild Run. San Jose, Cal.-Attired in nothing but a pair of socks, Fred Miller, a lumberman from New Orleans, ran a Marathon race here the other day that all hands conceded lowered all California records. Miller disrobed in the heart of the city early in the morning, and was captured by officers at Eden Vale, seven miles south of here, less than a half hour later. He was returned to the county jail and will be examined by a lunacy commission. The prisoner came here a few days ago. He says he was awakened in his apartment by an unknown power, which told him to fly to the mountains. No Need to Suffer Every Day from Backache. Mrs. Joannah Straw, 526 North Broadway, Canton, S. D. says: "For Straw, 526 North n. S. D., says: "For three years I suffered everything with rheumatism in my limbs and a dull, ceaseless aching in my back. I was weak, langual, broken with headaches and dizzy spells, and the kidney secretions were thick with solids. I was really in a crite- three years I sur- fered everything with rheumatism in my limbs and a dull, ceaseless aching in my back. I was weak, languid, broken with head- aches and dizzy spells, and the kidney secretions were thick with solids. I was really in a criti- cal condition when I began with Doan's Kidney Plils, and they certa- ly did wonders for me. Though I am 81 years old, I am as well as the average woman of 50. I work well, eat well and sleep well." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo N. Y. Doctor—Most—er—fortunate you consulted me. I'm just the very man to—er—cure—you. Patient—Ah, that's lucky! You are quite familiar with my complaint, then? Doctor—Familiar? My dear sir, I've had it myself—er—this 20 years! Judge Will Wait and See. An earnest plea was made by Attorney Charles Pettijohn to Judge Pritchard of the criminal court for leniency to a client who had entered a plea of guilty to larceny. The burden of the attorney's argument was that his client was the father of twins and was tempted to theft in order to feed the mouths of the infants. "Your honor, I will say frankly," said Mr. Pettijohn in closing, "that if I were the father of twins and needed food for my family, I would not hesitate to go out and steal it." "Mr. Pettijohn, when you are the father of twins I will consider your proposition," said Judge Pritchard.—Indianapolis News. Future Ideal Town. In the ideal town of the future, as pictured by Sir Oliver Lodge, the houses will have gas for heating by open fires and for cooking, and electricity for lighting. The gas, produced from the coal at the mine, will be sent long distances through pipes, as water is now distributed. It is hoped that the experiment will be tried soon, the burning of erude coal in town being absolutely forbidden, and at least two English towns are already considering the plan. The purification of the air is one of the greatest needs in the improvement of the conditions of city life. A. Mild Reprgach! One cold morning little Elsie was being bathed by her mother, and usually her bath was a great delight to her. But this morning her mother talked incessantly, while she worked. Elsie loved her dearly and tried hard to be patient. But the lecture was so tiresome! Her mother was laying out a course of conduct for the day—and it was all so old. She had heard it over and over again! Finally she said very sweetly, but very wearily: "Please, mamma, don't talk any more. You do make such a draught!" The Small Brother Again. It was the first warm night of springtime, and they sat out in the park under the stars. Suddenly there was the sound of a snapping twig in the tree near them. "Dear me, George," she whispered. "What kind of a tree is that?" George looked up and discovered a pair of juvenile eyes peering through the branches. "H'm" he muttered, sheepishly. "Looks to me like a rubber tree." OLD SOAKERS Get Saturated with Caffeine. When a person has used coffee for a number of years and gradually declined in health, it is time the coffee should be left off in order to see whether or not that has been the cause of the trouble. A lady in Huntsville, Ala., says she used coffee for about 40 years, and for the past 20 years was troubled with stomach trouble. "I have been treated by many physicians but all in vain. Everything failed to perfect a cure. I was prostrated for some time, and came near dying. When I recovered sufficiently to partake of food and drink I tried coffee again and it sourced my stomach. "I finally concluded coffee was the cause of my troubles and stopped using it. I tried tea and milk in its place, but neither agreed with me, then I commenced using Postum. I had it properly made and it was very pleasing to the taste. "I have now used it four months, and my health is so greatly improved that I can eat almost anything I want and can sleep well, whereas, before, I suffered for years with insomnia. "I have found the cause of my troubles and a way to get rid of them. You can depend upon it I appreciate Postum." "There's a Reason." Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Mever read the above letter! A new one appears from time to time. They are positive, true, and full of human interest. acts gently yet promptly on the bowels; cleanses the system effectually; assists one in overcoming habitual constipation permanently. To get its beneficial effects.always buy the genuine. MANUFACTURED BY THE CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS 50' A BOTTLE PROVED POINT BY HOLY WRIT Granddaughter of Gladetone Proved She Had Not Read Scriptures for Nothing. Miss Dorothy Drew, who was presented at court a few days ago, was the favorite granddaughter of the late W. E. Gladstone, and among the stories told of her childhood days is the following: One morning she refused to get up, and, all other things failing, Mr. Gladstone was called to her. "Why, don't you get up, my child?" he asked. "Why, grandpa, didn't you tell me to do what the Bible says?" replied Dorothy. "Yes, certainly." "Well, it disapproves of early rising—says it's a waste of time," rejoined the child. Mr. Gladstone was unable to agree, but Dorothy was sure of her ground. "You listen, then," she said, in reply to his exclamation of astonishment, and, taking up her Bible she read Psalm 127:2, laying great emphasis on the words: "It is vain for you to rise up early."—Tit Bits. PROOF POSITIVE "Do you really love me, George?" "Didn't you give me this tie, dear?" "Yes, love. Why?" "Well, ain't I wearing it?" Early Experiences. Some time ago an office boy, answering the telephone for the first time in his life, and not knowing how to use it, was told that when the bell rang he was to answer it. When, therefore, he heard it ring, he picked up the receiver and shouted: "Hello, who's there?" The answer came back: "I'm 105." "Go on," said the boy. "It's time you were dead." The King of blood purifiers is Dr. Simmons's Sarsaparilla. It rids the system of the winter's accumulation of impurities. It makes the young feel well—the old feel young. Now is the time to renovate yourself. 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The Princess Victoria Louise will be 17 in September, and her social debut will be made in a few weeks. On the occasion of her coming out, a reception to be held by the emperor and empress, she will meet at least three and possibly four avowed suitors for her hand. While "the little princess" is not a beauty, there are several princes belonging to Europe's most august royal houses who would eagerly accept an alliance with the little girl who is the apple of the mighty German emperor's eye. The identity of the royal wooers who have already laid marriage proposals before the kaiser has not been revealed, but it is known that one is a monarch, another a Russian grand duke, and one an English prince. The kaiser, while he wishes his daughter to meet these suitors, has declared that she shall not be hurried into marriage and that she shall have as much freedom in choice as is compatible with the dignity and interests of the Hohenzollern house. Hitherto the princess has been leading rather a retired life with her books, her painting, her needlework and, it must be added, her dolls. In a few weeks she will blossom out as a full-blown Hohenzollern princess. Princess Victoria Louise is an unassuming young woman and reticent. What her opinions are no one knows, unless it is her English companion. The probability is that her opinions are in an imperfect state of develop- . Princess Victoria Louise of Germany. ment. Her studies have not been remarkable for extent or variety. She cares nothing for dress and is utterly indifferent to what she wears. Her English companion seeks to instill in her right views on this important point, but it is of no use. Sometimes the princess goes to breakfast in the shabblest of old skirts, put on anyhow, and resents it if she is told to return to her room and make herself less dowdy. She is far younger than her English companion. She shows considerable interest in kindergarten work, in infants' homes and in the improving of the condition of poor mothers with multitudinous families of babies. After her confirmation she will reside in the palace near Potsdam, known as Rheinberg, a pretty little place belonging to the emperor, with a pleasant garden and looking over one of the charming lakes in the neighborhood. She will command a staff of eight indoor servants. A pony carriage and a small automobile will be at her disposal. The princess' taste in the decorating of her new home is of the simplest character. The rooms she is to occupy will be made as light as possible; the furniture and hangings are all to be in bright or light colors. Her bedroom will be in no sense different from that of any other girl's. There is a plain brass bedstead, and the other articles of furniture are all white. A handsome little white table, a gift from her mother, is to serve both as sewing table and writing table. The princess is skilful with her needle and some of her embroidery decorates the workrooms of her father and her mother. There will be a tennis court, an artificial ice rink, and several other things to permit the princess to cultivate sports. Hitherto she has not shown the faintest inclination for outdoor exercise. Her gymnasium is a gift from the emperor. The princess has somewhat improved in looks lately and promises to develop into a pleasant-looking German girl, without pretension to beauty, but with kindly, winning ways and absolutely devoid of vanity. In fact, her lack of dignity is a source of worry to her English companion, and more than once lately she has been sharply taken to task for neglect of the dignity of her position. Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE. $1.00. retail. PAINT EVERY YEAR. No One Wants to Do It, But Some Paint Will Wear No Longer. When you have a job of painting done you don't expect to have it done over again very soon. But to make a lasting job, several things must be taken into consideration—the proper time to paint—the condition of the surface—the kind of materials to use, etc. All these matters are fully covered in the specifications which can be had free by writing National Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Building, New York, and asking for Houseowner's Painting Outfit No. 49. The outfit also includes a book of color schemes for both interior and exterior painting, and a simple instrument for detecting adulteration in the paint materials. The outfit will solve many painting problems for every houseowner. Meantime while buying paint see that every white lead keg bears the famous Dutch Boy Painter trademark, which is an absolute guarantee of purity and quality. If your paint dealer cannot supply you National Lead Company will see that some one else will. THE TWO SIDES OF HISTORY. Some Pertinent Observations Made by Writer Evidently Not Fond of Subject. History is a running account of how King Somebody-or-other either did or did not get to a certain place, which nobody ever heard of, before King Somebody-else got there, from which we are usually supposed to conclude that it would have made quite a difference whether he did not not. Like nearly everything else, history has two sides. The history of the Garden of Eden depends upon whether it is related by a man or a woman. The history of the American revolution reads quite different in English books from the way it reads in our own books. The history of the civil war depends upon which side of the Mason and Dixon line you happen to be sitting when you write it. History is a bore, not only because you are unacquainted with the people who figure in it, but because it repeats itself—Life. RASH ALL OVER BOY'S BODY. Awful, Crusted, Weeping Eczema on Little Sufferer—A Score of Treatments Prove Dismal Failures. Cure Achieved by Cuticura. "My little boy had an awful rash all over his body and the doctor said it was eczema. It was terrible, and used to water awfully. Any place the water went it would form another sore and it would become crusted. A score or more physicians failed utterly and dismally in their efforts to remove the trouble. Then I was told to use the Cuticura Remedies. I got a cake of Cuticura Soap, a box of Cuticura Ointment and a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, and before we had used half the Resolvent I could see a change in him. In about two months he was entirely well. George F. Lambert, 139 West Centre St., Mahanoy City, Pa., Sept. 26 and Nov. 4, 1907." Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props., Boston. By Elimination. "All the latest popular novels," sang out the train boy. Then, holding out a copy of the "The Guest of Quesnay" to a prosperous-looking passenger, he urged: "Buy Booth Tarkington's latest work, sir?" The man looked annoyed. "No! I am Booth Tarkington himself." "Then buy a copy of 'Three Weeks,'" persisted the boy. "You ain't Elinor Glyn, too, are you?"—Everybody's Magazine. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the car. There is only one way to cure distress, and that is in constitutive remediation of the mucous lining of the Kustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Dustaff's procedure takes out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases have been treated with this treatment but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75e. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. What Did He Mean? Miss Bore—Do you ever think of me when you are driving your car? Auto Enthusiast—Why, certainly—especially when I run over somebody. -Harvard Lampoon. A Bare Good Thing. A Rare Good Thing. "Am using ALBEN'S WOOL EASE, and can truly say I would not have been without it so long, had I known the relief it would give my aching feet. I think it a great good thing. I have been able to tired feet. Matilda Holtwert, Providence, R. I." Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Ask to-day. Respect for the past is not bigotry, and we are to beware of the danger of clanging too much, as well as that of not changing at all—Sydney Smith. Take Garfield Tea! Made of Herbs, it is pure, potent, health-giving—the most rational remedy for constipation, liver and kidney diseases. At all drug stores. The American eats more than his own weight in sugar every two years. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the mucous in inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. As soon as a man marries, his sins decrease. EASE. Drather Sitdown—Dat's a mighty short stub yer smokin', Dusty. Dusty Dodgework—Yep! I knows it; dat's de way I allers like 'em; you don't hev ter pull de smoke so fur! Beyond Expression G. W. Farlowe, East Florence, Ala, writes: "For nearly seven years I was afflicted with a form of skin disease which caused an almost unbearable itching. I could neither work, rest nor sleep in peace. Nothing gave me permanent relief until I tried Hunt's Cure. One application relieved me; one box cured me, and though a year has passed, I have stayed cured. I am grateful beyond expression." Hunt's Cure is a guaranteed remedy for all itching diseases of the skin. Price 50c. Starting an Endless Chain. Both father and mother struggled valiantly to teach Effie to repeat the letter "A." The child emphatically refused to pronounce the first letter of the alphabet, and after many vain efforts the father retired from the fight discouraged. The mother took the little girl on her lap and pleaded with her affectionately. "Dearie, why don't you learn to say 'A?' she asked. "Because, mamma," explained Effie, "des as soon as I say 'A' you an' papa will want me to say 'B.'" Eyes Are Relieved By Murine when Irritated by Chalk Dust and Eye Strain, incident to the average School Room. A recent Census of New York City reveals the fact that in that City alone 17.38% School Children needed Eyed Strain. 17.38% School Children needed Eyed Strain for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes, Granulation, Pink Eye and Eye Strain? Murine Doesn't Smart, Soothes Eye Pain. Is Compounded by Experienced Physiological Drugs, Try Murine for Your Eye Troubles? You Will Like Murine. Try It in Baby's Eyes for Scaly Eyes. Drug Remedy Co. Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago, You Will Interesting Eye Books Free. A Little Slip. Rev. Mr. Spicer had for three days enjoyed the telephone which had been his last gift from an admiring parishioner. He had been using it immediately before going to church. When the time came for him to announce the first hymn, he rose, and with his usual impressive manner, read the words. Then in a crisp, firm tone, he said: "Let us all unite in hymn six double o, sing three."—Youth's Companion. **Rough on Rats, unbeatable exterminator** Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, 25c. Rough on Bedbugs, Powder or Liq'd, 25c. Rough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid, 25c. Rough on Roaches, Pow'd, 15c, Liq'd, 25c. Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, 25c. Rough on Skeeters, agreeable to use, 25c. E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, N. J. The Disappointed Office Boy The Boss (to bookkeeper, throwing him a paper)—"He that old Buffalo bill showing up again. Now—" Office boy rushes to the door and looks up and down the street, but fails to locate the procession. "Ah!" he mutters, "who'd a thought me boss 'ud guy a kid like that?" Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Chad H. Pettit In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought Mamma's Orders "Mamma has given me orders that when a young man gives me anything I must give it right back." "All right, prepare yourself." "What for?" "I'm going to give you a kiss."—Houston Post. No Others It is in a class by itself. It has no rivals. It cures where others merely relieve. For aches, pains, stiff joints, cuts, burns, bites, etc., it is the quickest and surest remedy ever devised. We mean Hunt's Lightning Oil. 50c and 25c bottles. Woman's taste for dress is so instinctive that a dairy maid could readily and becomingly change positions with a society queen. Pain and swelling seldom indicate internal organic trouble. They are usually the result of local cold or inflammation which can be quickly removed by a little Hamlin Wizard Oil. Try and see. A man's religion never so long as he uses the golden rule in measuring his actions. RED CROSS BALL BLUE Should be in every home. Ask your grocer for it. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. The population of Russia is increasing at the rate of 2,500,000 per year. Lewis' Single Binder Cigar has a rich taste. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, ill. The average life of a dog is from ten to twelve years. He tried to sell me imitation SPEARMINT What did you do? I tried another dealer and got real SPEARMINT with a spear on the package and real mint juice in the gum LOOK FOR THE SPEAR WRIGLEYS SPEARMINT PEPSIN GUM THE FLAVOUR ASTE The Gin That Attracts The Grower A MUNGER System Ginning Outfit is the best advertisement a ginner can have. Every cotton grower knows that the MUNGER System will give him largest turn-out, best sample and an increased market value for his crop. 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Last year there were eight, and nearly $2,000 was expended, or about $1 for each child, a very cheap price for the amount of good obtained. The Playground league is the name of the society of the playground boys themselves, who wear buttons and discipline all bad boys, thus making the government easy enough for those in charge. Not the least important result of the playgrounds in that city is said to be that involved in the self-government. Never Fails There is one remedy, and only one I have ever found, to cure without fall such troubles in my family as Eczema, Ringworm, and all others of itching character. That remedy is Hunt's Cure. We always use it and it never falls. W. M. CHRISTIAN, 50c per box Rutherford, Tenn. Mean Question. The Lover—I love the true, the good, the beautiful. The Cynic—Three girls?—Harper's Bazar. ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes clean and sweet as when new. All grocers. If thy friends agree in calling thee an ass, go and get a halter around thee. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c. You pay for cigars not so good. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. And they get the biggest tips who only stand and wait. A JewelryStore Is the Only Place to Buy a Watch 10 He tried to imitation What did y I tried an dealer and y SPEARMINT with a spe package an mint juice in LOOK FOR THE SPEAR WRIGHT SPEARM PEPSIN The Gin That Attracts A MUNGER System Ginning Outfiel can have. Every cotton grower knows tha him largest turn-out, best sample and an Four ginners out of five select—nine grow MUNGER P The MUNGER System gives the gin capacity, steady run, greatest freedom from profit at the season's end. The MUNGER System gives choice Winship and Eagle Gins. No "freak feature stallation. Single machines or complete equipment. Engines, Boilers, Linters and full line of Cotton Machinery. Write for catalogue; besaint color illustrations. It's Free. 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I therefore let you know that I shall recommend them to any one suffering from such troubles."—Chas. H. Halpern, 114 E. 7th St., New York, N. Y. Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Tastes Good, Do Good, Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe, 10c, 25c, 50c. Never sold in bulk. The genuine tablet stamped C.C.C. Guaranteed to cure or your money back. DAISY FLY KILLER placed any new attracts and kills bacteria. It is clean, ornamental, cheap. Last all crazen is up over will not and is guaranteed. The destroy or prevent 25c. Harold Johnson, Brooklyn, New York. For a competent jeweler is "on the ground" to properly adjust the watch to your own individual needs. And that's the only right way to buy a watch—never by mail. For no matter how good the watch—or how well known the maker—it can't keep accurate time unless personally adjusted. A South Bend Watch Frozen in Solid Ice Keeps Perfect Time A South Bend—acknowledged by authorities to be the peer of all in every grade—would fail as a perfect time-keeper unless it was adjusted for the one who is to carry it. A South Bend Watch is never sold by mail—only by the best jewelers. Ak your jeweler to show you one. And write us for our free book showing how and why a South Bend Watch keeps accurate time in any temperature. South Bend Watch Company to sell me on SPEARMINT and you do? another and got real MINT pear on the and real e in the gum BIGLEYS SEARMINT DOSIN GUM THE FLAVOR ASTES attracts The Grower Outfit is the best advertisement a ginner owns that the MUNGER System will give and an increased market value for his crop. The growers out of ten patronize—the THE PERFECT SYSTEM The ginner the further advantages of greatest from delays and breakdowns, greatest choice of features." Munger, Pratt, Smith, One or two story in- complete ers and planting is here—Distemper among 10 horses may be near mars are foaling—Distemper corn planting may be late if your horses S DISTEMPER CURE and—a cure as well as preventive—50c and $1.00 0.00 dozen, delivered. Large is more than twice the tit off. Get it. Druggists—or send to manufacturers. Chemists and Bacteriologists, Goshen, Ind., U.S.A. A flavoring that is used the same as lemon or 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 send Ms. for 2 oz. bot. and recipe book. Crested Mp. Co., Smith. ely Old RICE, $1.00, retail. BIGMAY Owing to the cold weather and late spring we find that we are overloaded with merchandise in every department, having bought heavily, anticipating an early spring trade, therefore, find it necessary to MOVE THESE GOODS, hence this sale. Our goods are all first class, bought from reliable houses and are up-to-date in every way. In our ready-to-wear department you will find just what you want—a suit in tailored or wash goods, skirt or waist, from the cheapest to the best. Misses' and children's dresses, ladies' and misses' muslim underwear, all prices. Men's and boys' suits, odd pants, furnishings. Shoes for everybody. We mean business in this sale. Notice these prices. Plenty of clerks. Will be glad to show you our bargains. A. J. SMITHERMAN. Advertising Manager and Traveling Agent. Published Every Week in the interest of the Negro by the Climeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Postoffice at Muskogee, Okla., as Second Class Mail Matter. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a skeleton may quickly ascertain an opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications, testimony, presentation, and proof on patents cost free. Oldest agency for securing patents, the U.S. Patent Office, will charge $30, receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Tues. & Wed. four p.m. boundless, $1.50 by all newspapers. MUNN & Co. 3018 roadway. New York Branch Office, 625 F St., Washington, D.C. DR.COE'S SANITARIUM. LOCATED AT 611 WASHINGTON BEST INVALID'S HOME IN THE WEB Organized with a full staff of physicians and surgeons for treatment of all Chronic Disorders THIRTY NOWS for accommodation of patients. POSITIVE INFORMATION. Improved Skill and Success when Shopping. 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 POSITIVE GUARANTEE Without hurt, ligature or casts. No more accepted until patient is well. Special Book FREE VARIOGOELE ADJUSTED Cured in 100 GUARANTEE. Send for Special FREE Book New restorative treatment for loss of VP Power, Hydrose, Rupture, Stricture, etc CRIPPLED CHILDREN CURSE METHODS Trained attending. WRITE FOR FREE BOOK Club Curvature of Lung, Eye, Skin Spine, Hair, Lips, Lipstick, Blood and Stemache, Cataract, Nervous Diseases. Patients successfully treated at home by Consultation Free and confidential office of Dr. C. M. COE, KANSAS CITY, MO 71702 120 page illustrated Book Free, giving mud valuable information. Call at office or write to DR. C. M. COE, KANSAS CITY, MO 71702 IN the District Court for the Third Judicial District of the State of Oklahoma, at muskogee sitting. John Hisbon, Plaintiff, vs. Hattie A. Hisbon, Defendant. The defendant, Hattie A. Hisbon, will hereby take notice that she has been sued in the District Court for the Third Judicial District of the State of Oklahoma, at muskogee sitting, by the plaintiff, John Hisbon, and that she must answer the petition therein filed on or before the 5th day of June, 1909, or the same will be taken a. true and judgment rendered against her for an absolute divorce as prayed for in said petition. Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 20th day of April, 1909. TONY MATNEY, Clerk of District Court. By ROSS HOUCK, Deputy. BROWN & STEWART, Attorneys for Plaintiff. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE CIMETER $1 per year. See J. A. Smithman traveling agent and advertising man- ager. Box G. 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 taxation. For particulars write Rev. Joseph Ross, Shoato, 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. Give us your job work. We guarantee satisfaction. Call us. Phone 143. --- The Ten-Year-Old The Commercial National Bank Organized December 13, 1899. Report of the Condition of Dept. troller of the Currency of First State Feb. 13, 1900, Deposits Sept. 5, 1900, Deposits Sept. 30, 1901, Deposits Sept. 15, 1902, Deposits Sept. 19, 1903, Deposits Sept. 6, 1904, Deposits August 26, 1905, Deposits Sept. 4, 1906, Deposits August 22, 1907, Deposits Sept. 23, 1908, Deposits Feb. 5, 1909, Deposits. We invite your account and with conservative methods and extended to those who desire ba BUY YOUR GROCERIES, SEED SEED FROM US. WE KEEP A FRI THE DEMANDS OF OUR TRADE. TO SERVE. THE CLEMONS MERC STREET. PHONE 2003. THE MAGIC IS TWO TIMES LARGER THAN PICTURE IT IS STEEL HEATING BAR ALUMINUM COMB Address all letters to Magic Shampo Drier C Condition of Deposits as rendered the Currency each year since the First Statement Made. 13, 1900, Deposits.....$78 15, 1900, Deposits.....$98 16, 1901, Deposits.....$14 1902, Deposits.....$1 1903, Deposits.....$1 1904, Deposits.....$1 1905, Deposits.....$1 Deposits.....$1 197, Deposits.....$1 Deposits.....$1 Deposits.....$1 Your account and offer every advance methods and the most courteous who desire banking facilities. COCERIES, SEED STUFF, GARDEN WE KEEP A FRESH STOCK ON OUR TRADE. NO ORDERS TOO CLEMONS MERCANTILE CO., 306 2003. LARGER THAN PICTURE. IT IS 9 IN LONG. STING WAR. THE MALE AND HAIR MAILED ANY POST SEND MONEY BY POST. MALE.arms to sell on swap for Musko. sell you a house and water. Loan date of interest to gets it. Come P. FIELDS, Muskogee, Okla. THE EWING SEED COMMISSION. Call on them for South Second. WANTED Farm or for sale. Not par. Wish to hear for Report of the Condition of Deposits as rendered to the Comptroller of the Currency each year since organized. First Statement Made. Feb. 13, 1900, Deposits.....$78,509.38 Sept. 5, 1900, Deposits.....$95,241.37 Sept. 30, 1901, Deposits.....$147,254.19 Sept. 15, 1902, Deposits.....$120,474.18 Sept. 19, 1903, Deposits.....$359,452.25 Sept. 6, 1904, Deposits.....$414,217.89 August 26, 1905, Deposits.....$595,290.79 Sept. 4, 1906, Deposits.....$798,665.96 August 22, 1907, Deposits.....$1,234,252.91 Sept. 23, 1908, Deposits.....$122,508.14 Feb. 5, 1909, Deposits.....$1,352,005.47 We invite your account and offer every advantage consistent with conservative methods and the most courteous treatment is extended to those who desire banking facilities. BUY YOUR GROCERIES, SEED STUFF, GARDEN AND FIELD SEED FROM US. WE KEEP A FRESH STOCK ON HAND TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF OUR TRADE. NO ORDERS TOO SMALL. YOURS TO SERVE. THE CLEMONS MERCANTILE CO., 306 SOUTH SECOND STREET. PHONE 2003. THE MAGIC IS TWO TIMES LARGER THAN PICTURE. IT IS 9 IN LONG STEEL HEATING BAR THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR-STRAIGHTENER MAILED ANYWHERE IN U.S. $199 POSTAGE PAID. SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER. Address all letters to Magic Shampoo Drier Co. Minnesota, Minn. ALL ORDERS CONFIDENTIAL TO BAR. I have twenty farms to sell on easy payments or swap for Muskogee 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. EURING SEED & COMMISSION COMPANY, 300 So. 2nd street. Call them for Seeds. Phone 2003. --- FOR SALE. Pioneer Abstract Company Iowa Building. This Company makes Absolutely Correct Abstracts of Title. Go there for Correct Information. Next to Muskogee National Bank. Muskogee, Oklahoma. Martin and Martin Fresh Groceries and Country Produce Always on Hand. Up-to-Date Meat Market. Goods Delivered to all Parts of the City on Short Notice. Phone 1654. Phone us when you want anything. 108 Court St. **** OUR SPRING STOCK IS NOW IN. Look at the prices: 5c, 6c and 7c a roll; 80c, 96c and £112 a Room. Muskogee Paint and Glass COMPANY, Wall Paper, Paints and Glass. S21 West Okmulgee St. Phone 360. Muskogee, Oklahoma. A Good Place to Buy Wall Paper---The Farrell Wall Paper Co., at 108 So. 3rd Street Is the only exclusive Wall Paper House in the State of Oklahoma. They carry a full and complete line. Prices from 5c per roll to $5 Wholesale and Retail.