Muskogee Cimeter

Give Us Your Job Work! Satisfaction Guaranteed. Prices the Best Call Us-Phone 143. If You Would Save MONEY Trade with Those Who Advertise with Us. Cimeter City Directory Cimeter City Directory Vol. 10. If You Cimeter City Advertisement in these colu Lawyers and Real Estate Men. Firm of BROWN & STEWART, R. Emmitt Stewart and Geo. W. P. Brown. 212-213 Carter Bldg. H. T. WALKER, Attorney at Law. Notary Public. Room 20, Brown Bldg. S. H. MYERS, Real Estate—Notary Public. Room 7, Brown Bldg. BROWN & JEFFERSON, O. B. Jeqerson and W. Scott Brown, Jr. Rooms 5 and 7, Grown Bldg. Phones: Office 46; Res. 1201. R. T. THOMPSON, Dealer in Real Estate. Office—Room 20, Brown Bldg. ATTORNEY W. H. TWINE, Office Phone 143; Res. Phone 1337 Office. 211 S. 2nd St. Masonic Bldg. DEATH WAVE TOUCHES MUSKO- GEE. Messenger From the Great Unknown Vinnie Four Sons in 24 Hours In four different homes of this city the absence of one of its members is a conspicuous sadness today, because in each of them death has left its sting. And the strange thing about it all is that in each case the victim was of the male sex. The first death occurred Saturday out on 18th and Fon du Lac, and Asa Biggers was the victim. The cause of death was asthma. The deceased was a man past 45 years of age. The second death occurred Sunday morning at 807 North Main street, claiming as its victim one Joe Nell, a man about 38 years old. The cause of death is unknown. The third death was that of Edward Shepard, and infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Shepard at 6th and Jirard. The child was one year and six months old, and the cause of his death was colliam—Inflamum. The fourth and a signally sad death was that of Albert Washington of 939 South Second street, who, though he was well and jolly the greater part of Sunday, was a corpse by 8 o'clock in the evening of that day. Washington was a member of the Masonic order, lodge No. 84, and was a deputy under Constable Jim Smith of Reeves addition. He was well liked by those who knew him and all of his friends were grievously surprised to hear of his death. He was buried Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock. His relatives were notified but none of them arrived in time for the funeral. The death of Washington was a great blow to his wife who refused to allow the body to be removed to unde-taking rooms for embalment. The deceased has a sister living at Denison, Texas, a brother and sister at Chickasha and another brother at Oklahoma City. The cause of his death was pronounced stomach troubles but many are of the opinion that excessive use of intoxicants had a great part to do with his death. Washington was a man about 42 years old. The Climeter hereby extends a heart-felt sympathy to the bereaved in each home, and especially to the relatives of Albert Washington whom we knew in his life time. The funerals were all conducted The funerals were all conducted by L. $ _{2} $ S. Billings, last Monday. FROM NEWS STAND BOY. To Real Estate Man—Remarkable Evolution of a Former Tuskegee Student. From a competent printer working in a job printing office to a private enterprise of his own in the shape of Newstand, and from a Newstand to a partnership in the Oklahoma Real Estate Company, is the pleasing business progress of W. Moore of this city. Mr. Moore came to Muskogee more than two years ago and during the time he has lived here has spent his energy as stated above. He is a former student of Tuskegee and is a gratifying example to our young men. He has the good will and respect of all who know him, and we feel safe in predicting for him a brilliant career. MUSIC NOTES. Pratt & Jones Music House of Muskogee, buy all their pianos direct from the factory, saving all middle men's profits, they being factory representatives, selling wholesale and retail, enables them to give the buyer the lowest possible price. Sell on easy terms, all instruments positively guaranteed, and over $4,000,000 bound every warranty. The Muskogee Cimeter. Physicians and Surgeons. DR. R. H. WATERFORD. Physician and Surgeon. Carter Bldg. Office Hours—9 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 6 p. m. Sundays—By special engagement. Room 11, Brown Bldg. DR. H. D. PETTIFORD, Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist. Practice Therapeutics, Surgery and Obstetrics on Equine, Bovine, Ovine, Porcine, Canine and Feline. Office—Old Jail Barn, cor. 4th and Denison. DR. A. T. WARING, Physician and Surgeon. Res. 573 N. 9th St. Office 228 1-2 S. 2nd St. People's Bank, Escoe Bldg. Phone 644; Res. Phone 459 Pratt & Jones, 421 West Okmulgee Phone 2081. Remember you get a new piano when you buy of Pratt & Jones, just opened up here the 5th of June. No refused and shopworn pianos, all new and the lowest possible price that can be be had anywhere in the United States. Get their easy pay plan. Pratt & Jones, 421 West Okmulgee, Phone 2081. The Singer piano is one of the greatest sellers in the United States. They must be a musician. Go and hear one, you will like it and you can have such nice terms. Pratt & Jones, 421 W. Okmulgee, Phone 2081. "NEGRO FOR THE NEGRO." Coming Contest Between Negro Business Men of this City. The Colored business men of Muskogee are soon to be asked to take part in a contest which promises to be full of interest not only for the participants, but also for the spectators who will certainly throng the McCulloch Auditorium to witness the program. The contest will be open to all Negro business and professional men, and there will be a valuable prize present ed to the contestant who delivers the best lecture on the subject: "Why the Nego should Patronize Negro Enterprises," or in other words, "The Negro for the Negro." A flash light picture of the contestants will be made as they sit in a half circle upon the stage, and others of each of them as they are in the act of talking. From these pictures cuts will be made which will appear later on in a pamphlet with the address of each contestant just as it will be delivered on that night. Just when this affair will take place is as yet unsettled. This idea is being carried out by Hon. J. B. McCulloch whose cut appears herewith, with the assistance of another who, from a sense of modesty, would not permit his name to appear. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. If you see a notice to "Pay Up" stamped on your paper, please give it your attention at once, because it means that your subscription is out. Renew your subscription for one year and we will be "on the square." Unless you do we will be forced to stop your paper. OKLANOMA CITY TIMES LAUNCH ES A MORNING DAILY FOR SUNDAY. On Sunday morning, August 8th. The Oklahoma City Evening Times will launch a Sunday morning daily. Muskogee, Oklahoma, Friday Aug. 6, 1909. Agents Wanted ...Special Inducement Offered... which will make it the only seven day paper in the Southwest. Mr. Benedict, the editor and genera manager, announces that there will be no extra charge made for the Sunday paper, but that it will be sent to each daily subscriber. It will contain not only the full press reports of the world, but fifty-seven special correspondents in the state will feed its Sunday morning columns with live news sent over the wire—not state news written after it is a week old. Special Staff men at Washington and Guthrie ill tell the administration news by wire. In addition, the Oklahoma Press Service, one of the strongest news-gathering agencies of the West, will supply its full report. It is the intention of the management to make The Sunday Times the great state-wide paper of Oklahoma. It is not known at this time what the size; .O&D will en—.BG Diwell size of the paper will be. However, it will contain over 25,000 words of telegraph in state and world's news, a real estate section, a foreign section, state news section, editorial section and magazine section, comic section in colors, in addition to the regular field in the lead of all competitors. As is well known, this is the dullest season in the newspaper business of the year, and the intention of The Times in starting a Sunday morning paper at this time was in order to be fully equipped and in perfect shape for the heavy fall advertising. Watch for the Sunday Times on August 8th. ROBINSON'S BIG CIRCUS The Oldest and One of the Very Best Shows on the Road. The Shamokin, Pa., Daily News of June 14, 1909, says: "The street parade was perhaps the biggest, brightest and best that ever passed through the streets of Shamokin. The horses were fat and sleek, some great big ones and some little tiny ones, and all to be admired. Three bands furnished exceptionally fine music and the gold decorated wagons and dazzling costumes of the performers, the big bards of elephants and camels all went to make the pageant a delight to every one of the hundreds of happy spectators. "A large audience attended this afternoon's performance and came away delighted with the entertainment. There is an abundance of mercy making clowns, while each and every act is worthy of individual commendation, some being of such novel and extraordinary character as to deserve special mention, among which are the riding seals. These wonderful aquatic creatures perform a series of marvellous acts. They actually ride on bareback horses, play ball, juggle and balance various objects while riding on the backs of leet horses. This may seem incredulous yet nevertheless may be witless at each performance. "Another act that deserves more than passing comment is that of the American Hercules. The strong man Warren Lincoln Travis, whose phenomenal feats, showing the wonderful muscular power of the human frame, both astonish and amaze the beholders. The elephants which lance, waltz and perform various feats subject to the master mind of their trainer, were pronounced to be the best performing head ever seen in this section. An admirable feature was the six horse act. The riding, driving and managing of six horses by Gordon Orton is a most wonderful display of equestrian daring. In fact, every act presented was of the highest order or excellence and skill after its kind. "The menagerie was one of the largest and most comprehensive in its make up ever brought into this section. "Taken as a whole, it is recognized as one of the greatest shows that has ever visited the state and such is the unanimous verdict heard from many of the thousands who flocked into the city to see it." Will exhibit at Muskogee Thursday, Aug. 19. It is reported that the Colored republicans of Virginia will put out a Colored leader who run against Lily-whites at the Chicago convention for the Gubernatorial chair this fall. In fact, the reports say they will put out a black ticket for that state. We hesitate to credit this report however, because we know there are a few Colored diplomats in that state who are too wise to make this move at this time. Who has turned the tide in his favor by the strong fight he made in Boley, and who, it is prophesied, will be the next Grand Master. MASONIC TEMPTEST IN BOLEY. The Grand Lodge Meets and Elects Officers. What is considered as one of the warmest fights ever pulled off in this state by the Colored Masonics took place at Boley Tuesday and Wednesday of this week when the Grand Lodge met there to elect its officers. Attorney R. Emmit Stewart, of this city, accompanied by Hon. W. H. Twine, Prof. F. J. Gordon and others landed in Boley the first day of the meeting and began a tactful fight against a concerted force on the opposition for the Grand Mastership. For two days the fight continued with all indications pointing to Stewart's election, but after a most strenuous contest the following were elected: G. L. Curran, G. M.; W. S. Webber, Deputy G. M.; W. S. Kimbrough, G. Sr. W.; C. C. Butram, G. Jr. W.; E. F. Barley, G. Secy.; E. E. McDaniel, G. Treas.; C. T. Johnson, Secy. M. B. A. Mr. Stewart made a gallant fight and was really elected but proxys and juggling of the vote of absent lodges finally defeated him. A change of 65 votes would have made Stewart Grand Master. All the power of the "ring" was used to bolster up interest in their favor, but even with this the elected officers admit that it was a doubtful proposition up to the last moment. The meeting of the grand lodge in Boley was a boost for the town which is already a thriving little city with two prosperous banks, two gins, five churches, about 60 or 70 business houses, including hotels and barber shop, and a system of public schools that would do credit to any town twice its size and population. It is indeed the leading Negro town in this country. Boley has offered the best proposition for the proposed Masonic temple, and it is generally believed that the town will succeed in getting it there. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of Charles W. Dawson, architect, 209 Illinois building, Muskogee, Oklahoma, until 5 p. m. on the sixteenth day of August, 1909, for all material and labor necessary to the erection and completion of a Manual High School for Negroes to be erected by the board of education of the city of Muskogee of the state of Oklahoma. All general, heating, plumbing and electrical work will be included in the bld. No partial bids will be entertained. Bids will be asked on both a regular flat contract and on a guaranteed cost and percentage basis. Each bidder shall deposit a certified check for one thousand dollars ($1,000.) A special bond of 25 per cent of the contract price from a Surety Company qualified to do business in the state of Oklahoma will be demanded from the successful bidder. Plans and specifications may be examined at the office of the architects on or after August 6th, 1909. Bidders may secure plans and specifications for personal use by depositing with the architects $35 for each set of plans and $15 for each set of specifications. These deposits shall be made in cash or certified checks payable to the architects and will be given back to the bidders upon the prompt and safe return of the plans and specifications. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the board of education JOHN D. BENEDICT, Churches United. The annual union picnic which is now going on here is proving a great success and from present indications will surpass any of the previous celebrations of this kind the town has ever seen. The nice place, being seven by all the colored churches of the city combined, Robert's park is the scene of pleasure and last night there were more than a thousand people present. The celebration will last up to Saturday night. Money To Loan. on REAL ESTATE and Personal Property R. H. BEARD & CO. N022 Third St Ground Floor, Chicago Bldg. Ten acres of good fam land near the city of Muskogee, will go at a snap bargain—act at once, Address A.J. Smitherman, Muskogee, Oklahoma. Protection in the South. The South is going to be one of the strongholds of Protection in the future. There are a few in the West who think that progressiveness stands for abandonment of this great national doctrine. They boasted their freedom from its trammels and attacked it in divers places and in manners that have not been know even to those Democrats who have been hereditary foes of Protection. But protection is going to survive It is going to remain a living and vitalizing force not only in our political life, but in our individual and commercial lives. We are going to be more persuaded, not less persuaded, that our first concern must be for ourselves; that what we can do or grow or make of ourselves we should not look to other countries for. The new south is going to have this as one of its cardinal doctrines. Southern Congressmen have not hesitated to proclaim themselves as belg out and out Protectionists, and they have dared to say that in that policy lies the future greatness of that undeveloped section of the country.-Cedar Rapids "Republican." NEGRO MEN. Some Negroes have peculiar characteristics. Many of them will see their women insulted by white men without the least resentment. If the Negro had more respect for their women and girls The bee is confident that the more fortunate whites would have more respect for him. The Negro himself has but little respect for his females. Hundreds of young girls graduate from the public schools yearly, but what is No. 39 Box G. there for them to do? Those who secure places are very often insulted. Because a woman or girl walks out there is no reason that she should not be respected. A white man will see a colored girl upon the public streets and ten chances to one she is followed and insulted. If she resents the insult, some uncomplimentary remarks is passed on the girl by those to whom she looks for protection. The white girl, no matter what her standing is, will receive the protection of her men. This city has been imposed upon by a lot of blacklegs. They come here from other cities and states and are admitted some church. They are imprisoned a trustee or a deacon, moment they control the church as well as the sisisters. Then disgrace will follow. Young girls need the protection of their men and they should always demand respect, although they may fail to get a husband. It is better for a young girl to die an old maid, than to tie up with one of the many worthless men walking the streets or employed in some government department. It is not the man who holds a government job that I should pay attention to the hand. Our girls are in danger and The Bee gives this warning to them: Marriage is a divine institution, but, no young woman should enter into it if she is not going to better her condition. The man who respects a woman will not offer her an insult. LEARN TRADES. Yes, the Negro needs a trade and he needs it badly. Just think of it! The City of Washington, with a Negro population of ninety thousand, and only one Negro plumber. If you started out on a hunt for him he could not be found. Trades! Why certainly, the Negro needs all kinds of trades. Industrial schools are what the Negro needs. Without trades he is without a weapon of The Ferguson and Williams Academy, at Abbeville, South Carolina was among the first in the South to introduce industrial education.—Washington Star. T. M. Cash, Pres. Gen'l Mgr. Mrs. Daisy J. Allen, Secretary Charles S. Allen, Notary P public and Land Inspector THE CO-OPERATIVE WESTER N LAND AND LOAN AGENCY $1,00 0,000 TO INVEST IN IMPROVED FAR M LANDS AND CITY PROPERTY Loans and Real Estate a Specialty Office Rooms 123--124 McCulloch Bldg. South Second St. Oklahoma To whom it may concern. Seeing the need of an extra laundry among the Colored people of Muskogee, and whereas, it is known that such a business will give employment to many of our women, old as well as young, and through the advice of many friends, we are endeavoring to establish a Home Laundry; and to our many friends who endorse such a move, we ask your patronage and assure you that any moneys or aid you give for the establishment and running of this laundry business will be greatly appreciated and used for that purpose. It is our further aim to establish a general industrial department, viz: cooking, sewing and general training for house work. CALL ON T. LaRUE. Whose record stands among the leaders of watchmakers, whose skill in this line of profession is beyond the average. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed. Fine watch repairing a specialty. Economy Drug Co., 305 South Second Street. This is a worthy effort put forth by a worthy woman. We believe she should have assistance. Help her. Prof W. H. Hains of Cocheotah returned home last Monday night after a visit of a few weeks at Clasmore Springs. A. J. SMITHERMAN. Advertising Manager and Traveling Agent. Published Every Week in the interest of the Negro by the Cimeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Postoffice at Muskogee, Okla., as Second Class Mail Matter. WANTED—A lot of colored farmers, share crops, stock, poultry, truck, mixed farming. I furnish provision and everything. Good land. Big money for willing workers. Immediately see C. K. Marks, the Land Man, Ohio Building, 120 South Second St. MONEY TO LOAN We also sell lots on easy terms and build houses. Don't pay rent. See us. F. T. MARTIN & CO., 309 West Okmulgee. NOTICE. When no one else will loan you money, or sell you a house on any plan to suit you, or build you any kind of house you may want, go to Wm. P. Fields at No. 1 English Block in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He will trade any way or for anything. WM. P. FIELDS. Money to loan on farms, improved or unimproved, anywhere in Oklahoma. Long time, low rate of interest. Call, phone or write and let us know what you want. "Bring numbers of land." 311 West Broadway, Muskogee. Phone 1045. SALESMAN WANTED—At once. Local man to take orders for high grade western grown nursery stock. Experience unnecessary. Outfit free. Cash weekly. Write for terms. Anyone intending to plant should ask for our catalogue. IT'S FREE. Address National Nurseries, Lawrence, Kansas. HARRIS MEAT MARKET. J.B. HALIGUS PROR. All kinds of fresh and cared meats and lard, game in season. Phone 177 Convention Hall. DON'T SUFFER WHEN It Cures BREE RHEUMAT NEVER EVERY BOTTLE Salisbury, Sub North Carolina, Rowan Coun I, J. L. Ruffy, the De have been suffering with Rh been confined to my bed pa at nights and went to Hot Sp still got no relief. I have us Rheumatic Cure and after tak walk as good as ever and do Sold Everywhere. Ask You $1.00 PER BOTTLE, OR For further information BREEDEN MEDICINE C MUSKOGEE P COM Salisbury, Sub Station, No. 2, Aug. 16, 1908 North Carolina, Rowan County I. J. L. Rutty, the Deputy Sheriff of Rowan County have been suffering with Rheumatism for ten years, have been confined to my bed part of the time, could not sleep at nights and went to Hot Springs, Ark., for six weeks but still got no relief. I have used five bottles of Breeden's Rheumatic Care and after taking same I can sleep at nights, walk as good as ever and do all my work. J. L. Rutty, Deputy Sheriff. MUSKOGEE PAINT & GLASS COMPANY, **** Wall Paper, Paints and Glass. 831 West Okmulgee St. Pho J. H. HA REAL ESTATE, I NOTARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS DRA Postoffice Box 62. LEGAL DOCUMENTS DRAWN AND ACKNOWLEDGED Postoffice Box 62. Telephone No. 71. NOTICE. CAFE MARTIN Matin's New Cafe is the place for all lovers of something good to eat. Buy a $4 50 meal ticket for $3.50 and save money. 108 Court St. Phone 1654 Martin, Jas. H. Mgr. ST. LUKE'S PHARMACY For your suvenir cards. We have the finest assortmont in town. Call on A. T. Clark when in need of coal, feed and groceries, Corner Fourth and Elgin. Call and see the late jeweler T. LaRue, recently of Little Rock. Watch work a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. 305 S. Second, Economy Drug Store. Lawyer Jno. R. McBerth of Eufaula who passed through the city Saturday en route to Stringer, Oklaoma, returned to his town Monday night. Mr. P. J. Brinon of Bartlesville, was in the city Tuesday on business. Down in Atlanta, Ga., the Court ordered a yellow mongerel dog locked up and held to testify against a Negro who is accused of assaulting a young white woman. Well, no doubt the dog is as competent as some jurists. Alexander Scot of this city who left here July 23rd, for Dallas, Texas, to visit his wife who is under the treatment of a specialist there returned last Monday. Mr. Scott reports his wife in a rapidly improving condition after nearly 3 years of continuous sickness. Mrs. Scott and her daughter will return to Muskogee Sunday. Judge Jefferson made a deposit of $149.00 Wednesday morning in County treasury. On tue 12th of last month he turned over to the county $69.00. This makes a total of $218 within one month, all for fines. We Scream Too Much. George Riddle of Boston, a distinguished public speaker, is afraid that Americans are tending to become a race of sopranos. The politician makes his announcements in a high falsetto voice and Juliet shrieks her part in the thinness of sopranos. Nervous breakdowns are traceable, he says, in This may be obviated by speaking slowly and in a low tone. YOU CAN GET RELIEF When All Others Fall DEN'S ANTIC CURE FOR FAILS GUARANTEED Station, No. 2, Aug. 16, 1908 Deputy Sheriff of Rowan County cumism for ten years, have at of the time, could not sleep rings. Ark., for six weeks but ed five bottles of Breeden's ing same I can sleep at nights, call my work. J. L. Rutty, Deputy Sheriff. Dealer for a Sample Bottle SIX BOTTLES FOR $5.00 write Information Dept. O., Chattanooga, Tenn AINT & GLASS PANY, MILTON LIFE INSURANCE W PUBLIC. TOWN AND ACKNOWLEDGED Telephone No. 71. OKLAHOMA. E. F. RILLY, THE FURNITURE MAN. 112 and 114 Cherokee Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma. Will furnish your home complete on small weekly or monthly payments. If you Don't Buy From Me We Both Lose MONEY. --- Russian Czar by Far the Wealthiest of Them All. The donations given by the various royalties of Europe for the relief of the sufferers in the Italian earthquake make a comparison of their incomes interesting. The czar's private income, derived from over a million square miles of cultivated lands and from his mines in Siberia, added to what he receives from the state, makes him by far the richest monarch in the world, and probably the richest that has ever lived. King Edward receives $2,350,000, not more than a fourth of this goes into the privy purse. A stipulated sum is invariably set aside for household expenses, salaries, pensions, charities, rewards, etc. The reichstag allows the German emperor about $650,000. He has also a salary as king of Prussia which amounts to about $4,000,000. He has great estates and many resources at his disposal, but his expenses are tremendous. The emperor of Austria is also king of Hungary, and, therefore, like the German emperor, draws two salaries. The amounts of each, in his case, is nearly $3,000,000. The king of Italy receives about $3,800,000 a year; but out of this allowances are paid to the queen dowager, to the duke of Genoa and to the children of the duke of Aosta. King Alfonso has an allowance of $1,800,000, and as provision is made for other members of the Spanish royal family outside of this the sum quoted is practically all his own to spend as he pleases. Leopold II. receives about $900,000, but he has keen business instincts and all the world knows of the way in which he augments his salary to gratify his luxurious tastes.—Bellman. WANTED TO FEEL THE LIQUOR Half-Drowned Man Evidently Was Not Used to Taking Water. Horace Bixey, the doyen of Mississippi pilots, is still at the wheel at $2. To him Mark Twain served his apprenticeship. A Vicksburg reporter asked Mr. Bixey a recipe for a hale old age. "Temperance, young man," the pilot replied. "Intemperance is what kills us off. Oh, the victims," he said, in his whimsical way, "the sad victims of temperance I have seen! "Once I remember a passenger of ours fell overboard. We fished him out with a boathook after he had been soaking on the bottom half an hour or so. We laid him limp and sopping on the dock, and a steward ran for the whisky bottle. "As I pried the man's mouth open to pour some whisky down his throat, his lips moved. A kind of murmur came from them. I put my ear down close to listen and I heard the half-drowned wretch say: "Roll me on a bar'l fust to git some o' this water out. It'll weaken the licker."—Cleveland Leader. Barefoot Dancing. We read of young women in various parts of the country giving shoeless and stockingless dances for the benefit of charity and for other purposes not announced, among which perhaps could be numbered the gratification of feminine vanity and the desire to attract attention. Apart from the propriety of such spectacles and the absence of modesty which the old-fashioned love to think is still innate in all womankind, there is the matter of the grievous affliction which audiences are going to be called upon to endure if this man* The feminine pedal, no doubt, was originally a thing of beauty, but tight shoes and French heels have not conserved it, and the suggestion that young women should dance barefoot should appall them quite as much as it does us, even if they are not restrained by any thought of propriety. A Costly Mile. The new Washington street subway, Boston, which passes through the heart of the shopping district, is considered to be the most costly mile of underground railway in the world. Its construction and equipment has cost $10,000,000 as about $9,000 per bushel foot. The first section of Boston's modern system of rapid transit, consisting of subway tunnels, was opened about fourteen years ago. This was followed by the erection a few years later of the elevated road; and subsequently to that the system was extended by the construction of the East Boston tunnel under the harbor. The opening of the Washington street tunnel marks the latest, and one of the most important extensions. Medical Students in Paris Though there is a complaint that the medical profession is overcrowded, yet each year the number of students increases. Some interesting statistics come from Paris. On the first of last December the number of first year students was 715, of whom 227 were foreigners; 558 of these were men, 157 women, but of the latter only 42 were French women. These figures show that the profession of medicine is becoming more and more taken up by women, though French women are hesitating more than those of other nationalities. Two Views of Women. Stanley Hall says a woman is different from a man and should have a different kind of training, judging her from the point of view of the psychologist. Prof. Thomas, who is a sociologist, says that woman is as yet an artificial being and that the traits she shows are not necessarily natural female traits. THE YOUNG MAN COULD TALK. To the Chagrin of Two Whe Thought He Was a Daf Mute. It isn't always safe to trust appearances, as two young women learned to their chagrin on a trolley trip. Two other young women with a man between them were seated on the opposite side of the car. They were a silent three; the young women and the man, but they talked excitedly—with their fingers. Deaf mutes, evidently, the other young women sought, and after they had got a little ed to the novelty they began to talk: loud about the young man and his companions. "Isn't it a pity," said one, "that such a nice young man should be deaf and dumb?" The other agreed audibly, and thealk went on. As is the way with the ex, there was little commiseration. or the young women afflicted as the young man was. The young man got his revenge for himself and his friends. Arriving at the point he wished to embark, he raised his hand to the conductor and said in a loud voice: "Stop at — street, please." The young women who trusted to appearances looked mighty sheepish as the three left the car. The young man wasn't deaf and dumb at all. His companions were, and he was simply talking to them in their own language. DINERS ATE BROILED WHALE Also Roast Monke, Boa Constrictor Cutlets, Etc. Broiled Pacific whale, grilled blubber from Nootka, roast Amazon monkey, baked Winnipeg percupine and boa constrictor cutlets were among the more remarkable features of the annual dinner of the Canadian camp at the Hotel Astor at New York. These delicacies came at the end of the menu, the diners' appetites being whetted earlier in the feast by more ordinary viands, such as Martindale one-eyed trout, mountain lamb (with horns). Newfoundland rabbit ple, spitted Vancouver pigeons and "African sorbet a la White." Col. C. J. ("Buffalo") Jones was the guest of honor and the principal speaker. His address, which the toastmaster described in advance as a "challenge to nature fakers and molly-codles," was illustrated by a series of stereopictures pictures thrown on a white curtain at one end of the hall. Not the least interesting part of the discourse were imitations by "Buffalo" Jones of the cries of the coyote, bear, mountain lion, buffalo and other animals of the plains, enabling any of the diners, the repeater said, "to recognize these specimens easily by ear, whenever they chanced to get within speaking distance." Fight Against "Treating Habit." Fight Against Treating Habit. The Anti-Treat league is gaining many new members, says Theodore Sutro in a letter to a man who inquired as to the objects of the organization. Besides being a step toward intemperance, he says, "the foolish custom cannot be indulged in by men in moderate circumstances without entailing an unnecessary expense. We are opposed also to the American barroom, where people stand up in droves and gulp down strong liquors in lightning haste and in indefinite quantities. The association is working toward the introduction of the barless barroom, where guests will be served at little tables. There people may sit down quietly and sip their drinks as one would tea or coffee, each man paying for what he consumes, regardless of the thirst of the man who may sit at the same table with him. Not many men would become intoxicated in barrooms of that kind." As to Humility. Philosophers have quarreled over the question of humility, whether or not it is a virtue. Since humility is so rare it would seem scarcely to be worth discussion. It is said that Epictetus in five places preaches humility: "If thou passest for a person of consequence in the opinion of some people, distrust thyself. No lifting up of the eyebrows. Be nothing in thine own eyes—if thou seekest to please thou art lost. Give place to all men; prefer them to thyself; assist them all." Theologians have contended that humility cost nothing to Epictetus, who was a slave. He was humble by station as the learned scholar might be proud by station. Voltaire calls humility "the modesty of the soul." These gentlemen did not live in the twentieth century. Mark of a Thoroughbred. As an old horseman who has bred and handled horses of many types, says a writer in Outing, I have frequently been surprised at the answers given by the majority of people when asked the question: "What constitutes the most striking difference between the thoroughbred and the common horse?" Nineteen out of twenty will name the beauty or the speed of the thoroughbred; but important as are both of these qualities, neither answer is correct. It is simple to the thoroughbred when he is . . . will keep on with an undiminished courage and ambition, while a common horse under the same circumstances will quit. Looking to the Future. She—Anything that is worth winning is worth working for. hing is worth working for. He—Yes, but the question is, will your father thaw out, or will I have to keep on working for you after I’ve won you? MEN AND THEIR WOMEN FRIENDS Sterner Sex Declared to Be Stupid in Their Selections. Chivalry is an old-fashioned word; but the thing itself, though less in evidence, was never so much in action as in our very own time. Men show it in their whole attitude toward their women friends. They handle our feelings with their lightest touch, they walk among our prejudices on tiptoe, they take off their hats to our bigotry if we call it religion; they accept our squeamishness for refinement; and they grow gray before they discover that with certain women a fit of tears means no more than a fit of profanity from some men. They surely are patient in their own way. But neither can it be denoted that in their choice of friends they are sometimes stupid to a heart-rending degree. In the main, an Anglo-Saxon's man's friends are as little of his choosing as the shape of his nose. One can run over the list in the dark. His family friends, his wife's friends, the wives of his friends. Then come the inconsiderable residuum (in size), the friends whom he has chosen for himself. Here will be where blunders will show, but the worst are like to be birds of passage. Perhaps he made them during his college days when the haze was over every pretty girl whom he met. It is too much to expect a lad to pick the girl of really fine nature and sweetness. Nor does he; he admires the girl all the other fellows admire—a pretty floppant little creature who isn't afraid to talk (usually he is!) and can dance like a dream. But will men continue missy? I trow not.—Octave Thanet in Harper's Bazar. FRIENDLY WITH THE SPARROWS. Little Feathered Pirates Show Attachment for Canary. An odd story of bird friendship, vouchered for as true, was told by a friend the other day: "My sister," said the friend, "has a canary. Every day, when the weather is fine, she puts its cage out on the porch where it can enjoy the sunlight and the air. She has kept this up for so many months, putting the cage always in the same place, that the canary has made friends with the sparrows who live near by. "In nesting time, I myself have seen the canary tear bits of paper from the floor of its house and push them out to the sparrows, who use them in building their nests. When the winter is at its height, and food is source, I have seen the sparrows hop familiarly up on the outside of the canary's cage, and help themselves from its seed cups. In return they bring bits of string and horsebair which they have gathered, and push them through the wire bars to the canary. These are quite useless to the little yellow singer, but it seems to appreciate the spirit in which they are given just the same." THE MAGIC IS TWO TIMES LARGER THAN PICTURE. IT IS 9 IN LONG STEEL HEATING BAR ALUMINUM COND THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR-STRAIGHTENER MAILED ANYWHERE IN U.S. $100 POSTAGE PAID. SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER. Address all letters to Magic Shampoo Drier Co. Minnesota, Minn. ALL HEAT CONTAINED TO GAS. The Commercial National Bank Organized December 13, 1899. Report of the Condition of Deposits as rendered to the Comp troller of the Currency each year since organized: First Statement Made. 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. THE UP-TO-DATE CONSCIENCE Lamentable Incident That Drove "Still, Small Voice" to the Use of the Telephone. The moral of this story may be that it is better to heed the warnings of the "still small voice" before it is driven to the use of the telephone. A New Yory lawyer, gazing idly out of his window, saw a sight in an office across the street that made him rub his eyes and look again. Yes, there was no doubt about it. The pretty stenographer was sitting upon the gentleman's lap. The lawyer noticed the name that was lettered on the window and then searched the telephone book. Still keeping his eye upon the scene across the street, he called the gentleman up. In a few moments he saw him start violently, and take down the receiver. "Yes," said the lawyer through the telephone, "I should think you would start." The victim whisked his arm from its former position and began to stammer something. "Yes," continued the lawyer severely, "I think you'd better take that arm away. And while you're about it, as long as there seem to be plenty of chirls in the room—" "The victim brushed the lady from his lap, rather roughly, it is to be feared. "Who—who the devil is this, anyhow?" he managed to sputter. "I," answered the lawyer in deep, impressive tones, "am your conscience!." And then he hung up—Everybody's Magazine. NAME THAT CAUSES A SMILE New Yorker Would Seem to Have Real Cause of Grievance Against His Parents. "There goes a man who would be justified in changing his name," said the city salesman. "His name is reality Doe, and John in the bargain—John Doe. Morover, he has a sister Jane. I wonder what kind of joke their parents were trying to perpetrate on those helpless mortals? Doe as a surname was bad enough, without adding to the offense by tacking on John and Jane. When I first met John Doe I did not take his name seriously. I thought the man who introduced us was enjoying a little pleasantry at my expense, or maybe at the expense of John Doe. I smiled. John Doe did not smile. I wondered just why he didn't. "You don't believe it," he said, "but unfortunately it is true. I am the famous Doe." "Later I met his sister Jane and the rest of that particular Doe family. They assured me that there are a number of Does in town. I presume there are, but I hope that in most cases the old folks had sense enough not to christen their offspring John and Jane."—New York Times. Antidote for Suicide. They tell of an Atchison girl who thought her heart was broken. She was so convinced of it that she began reading up on deadly poisons and eried softly to herself upon the thoughts of an early death. At this juncture a friend sent her a box of chocolates. She ate one; life looked a little brighter. She ate another; why not put off that death till next week? She ate a third, and forgot she ever had a trouble. All of which is proof of the claim of an Atchison physician that when people are morbid and unhappy the most effective cure is something to eat. No one, he says, can long for death while engaged in chewing something palatable. The man who talks suicide needs a beefsteak instead of advice.—Atchison Globe. His Depressor. He was handsome, young, talented. He had apparently everything one could wish for as a start in life, but every time he came into a room where there were mirrors he absorbed himself in contemplation of the back of his head. "That spot is getting thinner and thinner," he complained when he called on the woman and sat down after looking at it in all the mirrors in her flat. "Don't make any difference what I do with it, it keeps on getting larger. I've tried everything, rubbing it with kerosene, with hair tonics. Can't do a thing with it." "It's just as well," she consolled him. "If you didn't have that little bald spot to keep you humiliated there'd be no associating with you." Tale of a Shirt. According to a Columbus (Ga.) report the body of Brady Grooma, a young man who was drowned in the Chattahoochee river, recently, was recovered in a remarkable manner. After searching in vain for hours, the father of the young man was advised to toss into the river one of his son's shirts and that it would sink immediately over the spot where the body lay. This was tried. The shirt dripped down the river near the bank then suddenly floated to the middle of the stream and sank. Grooma's body was found with the shirt clinging to his legs. A Bad Habit. "Some barbers have a habit of asking a customer if he doesn't shave himself." "What of it?" "I do. Would you patronize a tailor who insinuated in a supercilious manner that you sometimes made your own clothes?"—Lousville Courler-Journal. 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Keppen affirms that 70 per cent. of the crimes committed by soldiers are done when under the influence of alcohol. Another authority goes as far as 95.4 per cent. Twelve per cent. of the confirmed drunkards in Petersburg began to drink in the army. The reason for this is said to be the excessively low temperature (10 degrees Reaumer) in the barracks. The commissariat try to "economize." It is conclusively proved that in one of the Petersburg barracks, where six poods (28 pounds) of wood a day are assigned for heating the building, only 30 pounds, or one-fifth is used. The soldiers are cold, and therefore try to warm themselves with vodka. This reform, if it may be so called, will cost the government, which has the aphist monopoly, a goodly sum! One regiment alone spends over 25,000 rubles annually on vodka. If this is replaced by wine private people will get the benefit of the change. But as one general remarked: "You can no more teach a Russian soldier to do without vodka than you can teach a duck not to swim." So there is little hope of fighting successfully against "the vodka fever." WOMAN MADE HOME AT KABUL Aged Mrs. Lincoln's Wanderings Among Oriental People. A singular romance is related in connection with the announcement in the Irish newspapers of the death, at Kabul, Afghanistan, of Emily, widow of Henry Simpson Lincoln. Some twelve years ago a young Indian Mohammedan studying at the Royal College of Surgeons at Dublin resided with Mrs. Lincoln, who was about 70 years of age. When the young Indian finished his studies she determined to accompany him back to India, and left the Unitarian church for Mohammedanism. In the course of time the Indian obtained a position in Kabul as secretary to the amir of Afghanistan, and there Mrs. Lincoln followed him, braving the formidable journey from Lahore to Kabul by horse and palanquin, although about 60 years of age. Arriving at Kabul she was obliged to live in the retirement observed by Mahmmedan women, and saw the young Indian no more, though she was allowed to talk with him unseen. Her last letters 'to her Dublin friends told of loneliness beyond expression and of her belief of approaching death. Almost immediately afterward came a telegram stating that she had passed away. First American Paper Making. The first attempt 'to manufacture paper in the United States was made in 1690 by William Rittenhouse and witman braidford, who established a paper mill at Roxborough, near Philadelphia. The paper was made wholly of linen rags. In 1710 William de Wers erected a second mill in Germantown, and a third, which was erected in 1714 on the Chester creek, furnished Benjamin Franklin with paper. By 1810 the number of paper mills in the United States was estimated at 185, nearly every state possessing one or more. In 1800 there were nearly 700 of these mills, manufacturing printing, writing and wrapping paper, with a capital of $97,000,000. The manufacture of straw pulp for paper manufacturing was introduced in 1854, and of wood pulp in 1857. The census of 1900 shows 763 paper-making establishments, with a capital of $167,507,713, and the value of the product $127,268,162. The Work Lady She is a picture of housewifely dignity, and the gowns she wears are all that daintiness demands. They are tub gowns all the year round. She may even wear white, if the marshaling of her forces is the main part of her work. Work dresses may be of sprigged percale or of fresh green chambray, if delving into the hidden closet and the cellar corner be the housekeeper's habit. They simply must be trim around the belt line, whatever else they are; and if the straight stiffness of a linen collar is out of the question, there is always the surplice neck with its turned-back fold of linen. Dresses for the weekly survey or for actual housework are always made four inches from the floor, and the elbow sleeve has been a blessing to the little lady who works. Further Evidence "Can you furnish me with any direct evidence of the supernatural?" demanded a scoffer. "I can do that," replied his companion. "Then do it." "I will. Only the other day, with every door and window in the house locked, no broken panes, no holes in the floor, absolutely no visible means of ingress or egress, would you believe it, my furnace fire went out." Sportsman's Note The Angler—Is this public water, my man? The inhabitant—Ay. The Angler—Thea it won't be a crime if I land a fish? The inhabitant—No; it'll be a miracle. -Sketch. POINTS OUT DANGER IN EGGS. Should Be Cooked to Avoid Possibility of Infection by Them. It has long been known that milk may be a vehicle for the diphtheria germ, but eggs have not until recently been suspected of having any part in the communication of this nolsonse malady. A recent number of the London Lancet contains a startling communication from Dr. Sambon, one of the professors in the London School of Tropical Medicine, in which it is shown that fowls as well as birds are subject to diphtheria, and that eggs often contain virulent germs of this disease and may easily be the means of spreading the disease. The doctor claims that he has even found active diphtheria germs in an egg at his own breakfast table. In view of these facts, says Good Health, it is apparent that eggs must be invariably cooked to avoid the danger of infection. raw eggs are unquestionably quite as dangerous as raw milk, or possibly even more so. The egg is doubtless much more often a source of serious illness than is generally supposed. A stale egg or a sick or infected egg may be the cause of sudden nausea, vomiting and purging the real cause of which may not be suspected. Certainly the egg is very far from being the safe and innocent food which it has so long enjoyed the reputation of being. Various species of germs have been found inside the shells which were apparently fresh. It is known that germ may be picked up and included in the egg during its transit along the oviduct of the fowl and that germs may penetrate the egg after it is laid. SKILLFUL HANDLER OF RAZOR. English Champion Has Some Remarkable Records to His Credit. Prof. Hardie is the quick-shaving champion of England. Mr. Hardie's record of shaving five men in one minute 15 seconds stood for some years, but not long ago the champion of the razor thought he would try for new and better times, so he managed to shave six men in one minute 29 seconds. Mr. Hardie a little back issued a challenge to the world for $2,500 and this money can be won by anyone who will take up the cudgels at either quick or blindfold shaving, and is able to beat the existing champion's time. Mr. Hardie can shave one man, no matter how harsh his board, in 12 seconds, or he will allow himself to be blindfolded and then make a clean job of it in 27 seconds. Besides these times, which are accomplished by the aid of an ordinary razor, Mr. Hardie will give any man a perfectly satisfactory shave with the aid of a carving knife in 45 seconds, and with a penknife in 28 seconds. What Every Country Editor Knows. During the eight years I worked in a country newspaper office I had a little time to study and absorb the daily incidents in the life and work of a country editor. I learned for a certainty that a man to qualify for such a position must be a machinist, a politician, a financier, a diplomat and a printer, beside having a smattering of all professions. He must be versatile, forgiving, brave, prolific, calm, temperate in all things and withal, he must have excellent bodily health abundant physical strength and a head filled with concrete knowledge of his village, the country, the commonwealth and all things of national and international moment and importance, from the best methods of treating the pip in light Brahmas to the latest revolutionary disturbances in the Balkans.—Don Cameron Safer in the Bohemian. Iron Jaw Act! Castenette Sliding Down 40 foot incline on his head Orton's Great Buggy Riding Act. 3 Menageries 3 Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros White Bears, Tigers, Horned Horse, Eland, Leopard, Lions and Hosts of Animals, Seals, Sea Lions. TWO HERDS Trained Elephants. THRILLING, REALISTIC, EXMITING, Reproduction of Battle of Wounded Knee. Cow Boy Races, Lassoing, Wild West Sports. Complete Cavalry Drills, Seouts, Buck- ing Bronchos, Guides and Frontiersmen. Life on the plains as it was forty years ago. Aug. 19th Muskogee, Thurs. 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