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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-03-26

Sunday school 10 a m
Preaching by the pastor, Rev. J. T.
Pershing. at HOO and 7.50.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 7:30 p. n.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-03-26
METHODIST CHURCH SOUTH.


II. H. Watson. pastor.
Sunday school 10 a. m, D. B. Stuts
man, superintendent
Sermon II a. m. and 7:45 p. M. BY
the pastor.
Senior League 4:00p. N.
The services at the Methodist
church Sunday evening at 7:45 win be
conducted by the Epworth League
Following is the program:
Subject: Christian Missions in
Japan.
Leader: W. 5. Digger
Song.
!. An Invocation of the Divine Wis
dom and Righteousness of the King.
Leader.
?. characteristics Of the Kingdom
Summarized. Miss Laura Scott.
3. The Righteous Reign win be At
tended by Benefcient Results.-Miss
Fannie Mae Browning.
Duet-Mrs- Chilson and Miss Wat
son.
4. The Domain Of the Righteous
King is to be World-wide.-Pr As
Humphrey.
5. The Relief and Salvation Of the
Oppressed and Needy are the Chief
characteristics Of the Messiah's Rule
in the Gospel-Conquered Lands DR..
B. F. Fortner.
Song.
6. Temporal Prosperity is also Char
.acteristic Of the Messiah.s Kingdom.
:. The Universal Domain goes with
an Everlasting Dynasty.-F- 5. T.
Amos
Song.
Benediction.
Select music viii be rendered BY the
choir
Prayer meeting every Wednesday at
7:3O p. n.
All are cordially invited to worship
with US
4 Severe Cold for Three Months.
The following letter from A. j.
Nusbaum, Of Batesville. Ind, tells its
own story. II suffered for three
months with a severe cold A drug
gist prepared me some medicine, and
physician prescribed for me. yet I
did not improve. then tried FOley's
Honey and Tar, and eight doses cured
me-" Refuse substitutes. For sale
by Peoples Drug Store DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-03-26

Fresh vegetables Of all kinds at
Weir Bros l2g
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-03-26

Maria tad a little calf
And how that girl did hate it.
she joined the gymnasium class
To try and cultivate il.
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| bad one, but-well, this would be
quite jump in promotion for you"
Il haven't taken any of that exercise
for some time said Sounding, land it
might do me good"
We'll, well, we shall have to think
this over" said the senior partner. AS
Sounding went out he turned to his
associate. Did you think that boy
had it in him." he asked
81 didn't" said the partner. Until
very lately l thought he was good
plodder--but with no snap to him
He's changed"
A week later the drawing of the Hon
duras lottery was announced and
Scundlings air castles came tumbling
down with a crash that nearly over
threw his reason. He came out of the
ordeal with a bitter realization of his
folly, but with all hope crushed out of
him for the time. When he thought of
Mabel he was in despair and at the
idea of his presumption in applying
for Mr.. Dobsey's place he blushed TO
the tips of his ears. One morning he
went to the Office and saw a new man
at his old desk and his heart sunk. At
the same moment he was called into
the partners room and informed that
the firm had decided to give him the
position he had applied for at what
seemed magnificent increase of sal
ary.
When the wedding took place the
bride was observed to be wearing
most peculiar breastpin. 1t was Of
blue enamel and in pearls thereon ap-
peared the mysterious numbers 9S17254.
1t was presented to her by the groom.
1T will remind me that if man
wishes to succeed he doesn't want to
trust to chance, but to his own exer-
tions," he said.-Chicago Daily News.
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THE OLD WELL.

"And David longed, and said: oh, hi
one would give me drink of the water
the well Of Bethlehem, which Is beside Il
gate I'll. Samuel 2S. 10.
1t seems just like 't'uz Yesterday,
An me younker O thirteen
One-gallused, freckled, full O. play,
Th' boy-est boy you ever seen!
A-rompin' over all tn town
An gettin' het up fit to kin
Then takin' time to simmer down,
At that OIL well by Mitchells min.
Remember il? TIL shaky pump
18th water drippin from tn spout,
Or gushn', when-kalump. kalump,--
We'd almost pull tn handle out!
We'd get cup full an we'd drink
An, say, but it was cold an sweet!
1t makes me young again to think
How it 'ud splatter on my feet.
wy, Hi Dunlap. one time he said
That water wuz TIL best on earth,
An any man whose thirst 'uz fed
18th 1t 'ud get his moneys worth.
Yes, sir-th best! wy, even yet
/ hear him sayin' 1t, as plain
An he had traveieG--don't forget.
From California plum TO Maine.
Wellwater nowadays-But pshaw!
They amt none now that fills TIL bill.
/ never drunk an never saw
AS good as that at Mitchell's mill.
An when l think O. how ! uset
To let 1t run an go to waste,
My thirstiness Is all unloosed
An fair shrivel for taste!
wv. D. N. in Chicago Daily Tribune.
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suppose you have got some sort or
move on you. But I'll suggest that you
keep away until you are at liberty TO
tell me, all the same" He held out his
hand in more friendly manner than
he had ever shown and said Good
night" and Sounding went back to
Mabel. 'I'll take this evening, any
way," he said, to her father. Then
I'll keep away for two weeks If it will
make you feel easier
Something's happened to him. said
the old gentleman, when he had recov-
cred from the shock. Hes changed,
certainly, and think for the better"
Much the same remark was made by
Scundling's employers the next week
after Sounding had made an astonish-
ing demand for the position of cashier
no less-which he had been filling
temporarily during the illness of the
50-year-old incumbent He said he un-
derstood that Mr.. Dobsey was not
looking for somebody to take his place.
The firm admitted it-but--
''Of course, l wouldn't have applied
otherwise" said Sounding, coolly
But it seemed to me that could do the
work better than an outsider, and
since have taken hold of it have
seen where several radical changes
might be made in the present system
that would be to the firms advantage.
I'll just outline them to you now"
He took pencil and pad of paper
and proceeded to a demonstration of
his plans, and in about minute the
two members of the firm were hanging
over his shoulder in undisguised inter-
est. When he had concluded they
looked at each other.
"Well," said the senior, well take
these matters under consideration,
Mr.. Sounding. Your idea may not be
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-03-10
TO PAY BICYCLE TAX so YEARS.
Enforcement Of Pari. Law Brings to
Light an, Unusual State of
Affairs for Owners.

Enforcing the law regarding the tax
alton of bicycles in France has led to
curious state of affairs. When an
owner registers bicycle he is given a
plate proving that the police tax was
paid. Until this plate is returned to
the tax collector he is supposed to be
still the owner Of the Wheel When
selling the bicycle, and leaving the
plate affixed, he is liable to go on gay
ing for the machine that he has not
got for the rest of his natural life. A
recent case was that Of q former owner
Of two bicycles who had been paying
tax for the last five years, and win 20
on paying 1t for so years to come as ne
sold the machines forgetting to keep
the plates, and is now unable to show
them.
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CUTICURA SOAP
The Worlds Greatest Skin soap-Ths
Standard OF Every Nation
of the Earth.

Millions of the worlds best people use
Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura Oint.
ment, the purest and sweetest of emollient
identifying the skln, for cleansing the scalp
of crusts, scales and dandruff, and the
stopping of falling hair, for softening,
whitening and soothing red, rough and
sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings and
chafngs, and many sanative, antiseptic
purposes which readily suggest themselves
to women, especially mothers, as well as
for all the purposes of the toilet, bath and
uursepV
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The sporting editor of the Daily Bread
was acting temporarily as answers-to-cor'
respondents man.
A note from Constant Reader con-
tanned the query: What do the letters
ID. d. mean?" was handed to him.. :
reply, without a moments hesitation.-
Chicago Tribune.
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ESUS a stranger
without, or Jesus a
guest within-this
is the two-fold pic
ture our text gives
us. Jesus stand
ing patiently, long
ingly, lovingly at
{ h e hearts door
and k oc k / n G,
knocking, knock
ing; or Jesus sit
ting an honored
guest within the
heart, partaking OF
: h hospitality
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there offered, and then becoming IN
turn the gracious host and setting be-
fore the soul delectable feast OF good
things fresh from His Fathers store
house above. Jesus standing without
brings the shadow of possible soul
tragedy, for irresistibly the question
springs forth for answer: VIII the
door be opened ere the waiting one
departs? or will it remain closed ard
shut and barred forever? Jesus within
sharing in the feast brings the vision
OF that larger, more glorious feast
around which the great company of the
redeemed are to gather some day in
the Fathers House. Behold" saith
the Lord, and well may man contem-
plate all that these two pictures mean.
Doors shut against the Son of God and
the Saviour of men, and doors opened
to give Him entrance Before the shut
door Jesus stands patiently, knocks
persistently and pleads lovingly.
Through the opened door Jesus enters
quickly and blesses richly. Shut doors
and opened doors. The shut doors hold
imprisoned within the in-darkened
chambers of the heart the precious i'm
mortal soul. the opened doors admit
the Light of the world, and the thrill
of new life and hope is felt with the
Divine presence.
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This is none too early to see about ac'
commodations at the Worlds Fair. Bet
ter write the Inside Inn, Room ITO, Ad'
minstration Bldg, st. Louis, to-day. for
particulars. which will be sent you free.
1t is the only hotel in the Worlds Fair
Grounds
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'She-"Why do you always insist on hav-
ing your own way" He-'Wh by shouldn't
/? My way is always the best. SOM
merville Journal.
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MiIlions In Oats.

saIEer's New National Oats yielded in
1903 in Mich, 240 bu., in Mo-, 255 bu.,
in N. d., $40 bu., and in so other states
from $50 to 800 bu. per acre. Now this
Oat if generally grown in 1904, will add
millions of bushels to the yield and mil
lions of dollars to the farmers purse.
Try it for 1904. Largest Seed Potato grow
ers in America
Salzer's Speltz, Beardless Barley, Home
Builder Corn, Macaroni Wheat, Pea Oat,
Billion Dollar Grass and Earliest Cane
are money makers for you, Mr.. Farmer.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10c
in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, and receive in return their
big catalog and lots of farm seed SAM
Piles. X. L.
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Towne- Senator Dullard seems to have
acquired quite a reputation as a WIT
Browne-"Yes, he was interviewed once
by bright reporter. philadelphia
Press
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door. They did not hear my knock be-
cause of the noise within. And
should have been standing there yet,
perhaps, or at least would have
stood there until the party was over,
if some one had not opened the door
TO admit some fresh air and discovered
was there. And does this not illustrate
strikingly one reason why the knock of
Jesus is not heard? The noise of the
worldly pleasures and activities. the
rush to grtfify the personal deSires
and ambitbh drown all other sounds.
Jesus knoik and Jesus voice are not
heard. BVt Jesus is there He is
waiting TO come in. Sometimes
some sorrow, some misfortune, some
catastrophe brings hush, and then
the knock is heard The recent awful
theater tragedy in Chicago brought a
solemn, death-like hush over the city.
The most careless and frivolous and
Indifferent were made to pause and
think of the more serious side of life;
they were made to realize that 1t was
not all of life to live OF death to die.
And as people were checked in the
rapid rush of modern life and the
headlong race after pleasure, the
knock of Jesus was heard. He wanted
to come and change the current of life
so that it would flow Godward, and
many, thank God, when they heard
the knock opened the door and let Je-
sus come in. But others would not,
and Jesus stands without, still knock
Ing, knocking, knocking. Why is the
door not opened? 1t may be because
you do not realize Who is there, or
because you have not withdrawn the
bars which are holding the door shut.
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Chicago. Sunday

Chicago, Sunday. Feb 81 1904
:-"Behold, / stand at the door and
knock; If any man hear My voice and open
the door. will come in to him, and will sup
with him. and he with Me. Rev 3:20.
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The man who is above his business may
one day find his business above him.
Drew
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No muss or failures made with Putnam
Fadeless Dyes
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Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
lion has an equal for coughs and colds.
f. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 10, l9OO
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The Fly-'Ihe moth seems very
grouchy." The Roach-"Yes; he's been
chewing the rag all day. Princeton
Tiger.
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tt HE door of the heart, then. is the
will, and Jesus has three-fold
right to knock for admittance. This
right you cannot deny. Why then
does the door remain shut and barred
against Him? Perhaps you do not
hear the knock? Perhaps you do not
know who stands at the door? Per-
haps you are not willing to take down
the bars that keep the door from
swinging open? Jesus says: Behold,
stand at the doc, and knock: if any
man hear My voice, and open the door,
will come in to him" Do you not
hear that knock, dear heart? Two
things may keep me from hearing the
knock upon my door. | may be away
from home, or other noises, and other
things may so occupy my attention
that | am not sensible of the knocking
on the door When Jesus knocks, do
you fail to hear because you are away
from home? There was time when you
used to hear His gentle knock, and His
tender voice of pleading. but now you
do not hear it any longer. You have
hardened your heart and your con-
science has long since ceased to be
sensitive, because you have so often
refused its message. Your hearts door
does not feel the touch of Jesus as lie
continues to knock, the telegraph line
of your conscience no longer carries
uninterrupted the message to your
mind. In certain and awful sense
you are not at home. You remember
how you used to be at home when Je-
sus knocked. You refused to hear and
respond, not once, but many, many
times, yea, even scores of times, and
gradually the tender heart has become
the hard heart and the sensitive con-
science has become the scared con-
science You are no longer at home.
You DO not hear the knock or the
voice But Jesus is standing there
still, He is still waiting to come in.
D ERHAPS you do not hear the
knocking of Jesus, and fail to rec
ognize His voice because the noise and
hustle of this life deadens your ear to
the Heavenly message? remember
once going to the house Of friend and
knocking for admittance. The noise
of merry-making reached my ear, but
my knock was not heard. The chill
dren were having party and we're
romping and laughing and talking SO
that, rap as loudly as l could, | was
unable to make my presence known.
And there stood knocking, and with
in were the friends wished to see en-
tirely unconscious that was at the
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and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets Price 25 cents
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-03-10

Straight running makes better speed
than the swiftest circling Horn.
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-03-10

THE heart prison house or the heart
guest chamber The heart crowd
ed with the perishable things of this life,
or the heart making room for Christ and
the eternal riches which are found in
Him. The heart trying to find joy and
satisfaction in the things which the
world can offer, or the heart finding that
true JOY and satisfaction which Heaven
alone can give. The heart listening to
the music of this life or the heart learn
ing the first strains of that Heavenly
music which will swell in ever increas-
ing volume until it mingles some day
with that mighty chorus of the redeemed
in Heaven. The heart feeding on the
husks of this life and never being salts
fed, or the heart feasting on the Bread
of Life and having its hunger appeased.
The heart drinking the worlds nectar
and never having its thirst quenched, or
the heart drinking the Water of Life
drawn from the well of salvation and
finding it has become a satisfying
draught springing up into everlasting
life. These are the two conditions witch
we find, the one because the door is shut
against the knocking Saviour, the other
because the door is opened to admit Him.
Certainly these differences are startling.
They present contrasts as great'as that
between darkness and light, time and
eternity, death and life. And the differ
ence all arises because of the position of
the door to the heart, whether it is shut
or whether it is open; whether Jesus is
without or Jesus is within.
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no you realize that Jesus, the King,
II stands at your hearts door knock
ing? The story is told of Peter the
Great, of Russia, who was fond of
dressing in peasant garb and going
among his people, that one day he
knocked at the door of house and
was refused admittance and turned
away. What was the distress and alarm
of the people in that house when they
realized that they had turned away the
king. If they had only realized that
it was their king, they would have re-
ceived him with open arms. And oh,
soul! if you would only realize it, the
Saviour Who is knocking at your heart
is the King of kings and the Lord Of
lords. Those two men who walked
from Jerusalem to Emmaus did not real
ize that the stranger who met them
was Jesus, but when they invited Him
in to abide with them their eyes were
opened and they knew Him. And 1t
will be so with you. You do not realize
that it is Jesus knocking at your heart.
You know there is an unsatisfied long
ing, the sense of lack which this
world cannot supply. You have con-
ciousness within your inmost heart Of
a need which only God can fill. 1t Is
Jesus knocking. You do not realize
Who it is that, is there, You do not
understand what it means. But just
open the door and invite the stranger
in, and you will soon learn as He sups
with you and you with Him that it Is
your Saviour and your King Who has
been seeking admission.
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ElKST Of all what is the door which
when shut proves an impossible bar
rier to Jesus? What is it that keeps
Jesus on the outside? What is 1t that
prevents His bringing the hope of saliva
tion, and the Joy of His presence into the
heart and life? 1t is that tremen-
dous something which we call the
will" 1t has pleased God to en-
dow man with such faculty as
the will. And this will Of man has the
power to lift him up to Heaven or cast
him down to hell. II the will shuts out
the Christ and declares that. 1t does not
need Hin and can get along without Him,
the soul is rejecting Gods claims and
losing its only hope Of salvation and
eternal life. II the will is yielded to
the Christ, and He is permitted to
enter the heart and rule In the
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| D UT the bars may be up and you do
u not want to take them down to let
the door open for Jesus. There is the
bar of pride. All! how pride some
times keeps the heart door shut and at
last closes the very gate of Heaven
against the soul. Pride keeps the knee
from bending; pride keeps the head
erect; pride keeps the lips shut tight.
The proud heart cannot come into
Gods presence, or, as James puts it.
God ressteth the proud" If it is
pride that is keeping the door shut,
take the bar down. Or it may be the
bar of personal desire You have your
own purposes and plans, your own
feelings and wishes to crafty; your
own appetites to indulge. This bar of
personal desire includes worldliness,
sin in its various phases, ambition,
selfishness, and this bar of personal
desire must be withdrawn before Jesus
can come in. And then there Is the
bar of procrastination. It is an inno-
cent looking bar, but there is no other
bar which has proved more destruc-
tive to souls. 1t is Satan's last and
effective plea The soul realizes read
lily its need of Jesus, it knows it must
break down the bars to let the door
swing open, but not now is the plea.
Tomorrow, next week, next year.
After the soul has been it's master a
little longer After the desires of the
heart and life have been indulged
little more fully. But there is peril in
delay, as many, many a precious soul
has realized when it was too late.
Jesus does not say He will stand at the
hearts door tomorrow. He stands
there now, but tomorrow He may
have withdrawn. This bar of pro-
crastination is hard one to get rid Of
But be rid of it right now, dear friend
Do what you know you ought to do at
once. While Jesus knocks, do not tell
Him to call tomorrow, but bid him
enter right now, this very moment
A ND then the open door! Jesus a
n guest within A feast of good things!
A new purpose ruling the life, and
new hope filling the heart with Joy!
Yes, but with Jesus in the heart we dis
cover that there are lots of shut doors
which must be opened to admit Him
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A ND then the open door! Jesus a
n guest within! A feast of good things!
A new purpose ruling the life, and a
new hope filling the heart with joy!
Yes, but with Jesus in the heart we dis
cover that there are lots of shut doors
which must be opened to admit Him
to full possession of the heart. The
work is not all done when the hearts
door Is opened. 1t is only begun. We
have admitted Jesus to the vestibule,
and all about are rooms and closets
and dark recesses which Jesus wants
to visit one by one and cleanse and
purify and fill with His presence. And
here is the message to the Christians.
Jesus knocks at the chamber and
closet doors within your heart and
pleads for admittance. Every room
and recess and closet in your heart
should become banqueting hall for
you and your guest, Jesus. Have you
wondered many, many times why you
get so little Joy and satisfaction out Of
your Christian life? 1t is because you
have left Jesus standing out in the
vestibule of your heart and you have
withdrawn to far part Of the heart
anl are trying to feast yourself alone
upon some pet sin or desire OF course
you will be unhappy. or course you
will have doubts and fears The un-
happiest creature In all the world is
the one who has admitted Jesus to the
vestibule of the heart and who then
tries to keep Him there, while he lives
in the rooms apart from Him. Jesus
is knocking. He wants to come in and
sup with you. Open the door. Let
His cleansing power be felt in that
dark corner. Let Him make 1t a dwell
ing place for Himself. Then will you
know Joy and peace again, because
Jesus is admitted to all parts of your
heart.