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Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

Qfoddock pays the freight on Wall
Paper 70 towns near Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

b. N. R. White is much improved
HoIfh
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

CKADDOCK shows the latest, new.
est goods in Wall Paper and gives you
CORRECT IDEAS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

+. u. Stocks was In st. Louis this
sMeek on business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

n. Baskett is in Kansas on bust
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

The Mexico Band should be pre-
pared Or open air concerts this sum-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

Cx&ddock will loan you good paper
h3uHers, brushes, SC, free of charge.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

I. ID. Lee was in Jefferson City
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

Mrs. VIM. Vaughn is visiting Mrs
Wilson Thomas, southeast of Mex
100, this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

ms. Sam Rice spent Saturday and
Sunday in Martinsburg.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

Fresh Garden Seeds and Flower
Seeds At r. G. Paul's. d&w5t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

Hon. Joseph W. Folk, being the
choice Of the Democrats Of Audrain
county as the nominee for the office
of Governor of Missouri. the delegates
to the Democratic State Convention
are hereby instructed TO vote for him
In said convention.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

Mis- Ella McCown spent Sunday in
n~untsville.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

b B. Tureman returned to Kansas
City B-day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

Mrs. Crosby and little daughter,
Ethel, are visiting in Farmer City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12

We point with pride TO the magnifi-
cent progress made by the state under
Democratic rule. We endorse the
the economical, business-like and clean
administration..of GovernorD ockery and
his Democratic associates, and con-
gratulate the people of the state upon
the settled assurance Of continued
Democratic supremacy in this state.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-05-12
paddock for Wall Paper.

Williams is home from St. Louis
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
NOTE OUR PROGRESS.

Within the last four months there
have been erected on South Second
street, between Okmulgee and Elgin
avenues, three first class ,two-story
brick buildings by colored men. The
Wiley Jones building is now occupied
by Messrs. Elliott Bros, dealers in
clothing, boots, shoes, hats, notions,
etc. Jones' Cafe, which is second to
none in point of elegance, service and
cuisine; Banks & Thurman, tonsorial
parlor and bath rooms, Surgeons
pool room and ice cream parlors.
The Fue building upper story is
used as hotel. The lower story is
yet unlet.
The Milt Simmons 100 r2o, one
store of which will be occupied as a
drug store; two stores to let.
The Mccullough building. one
store of which is occupied as cafe,
the other as dry goods store.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
Emperor and klna.

When King Kalakaua went around
me world in 1881 he called first oA the
present mikado Of Japan. Mr.. WILLIAM
N. Armstrong thus pictures ths IT,
rulers: The emperor and the king
now rose and stood beside each other.
The emperor was slightly above the
average height Of his race: his com.
plexiOn was dark and his face a.
open one: his forehead was unusually
high: his eyes black and penetrating;
nor did he look like one who would
put himself entirely in the hands Of
bis ministers. His dress was q Euro.
pean military uniform and the breast
Of his coat was decorated with orders.
The king. with complexion unusual
y dark for Hawaiian. lowered above
him. graceful. imperturbable. The
contract was striking: but the II.
scrutable face and the eye of the en-.
peror disclosed the stronger charao.
ter"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
Do You Want q House?

II so, let me build it for you on
small monthly payments, low interest
and easy terms. On this plan your
rents pay for the place, and you are
at home all the time. Come to sec
me. w. p. FIELDS,
Office, No I, English Block.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
The Pope Bicycle Daily Memoran-
dunn Calendar for 1905 contains a

dunn Calendar for 1905 contains a
memorandum leaf for every day \in
the year, and 36s original sayings in
favor of good roads, good health, out
door exercise, and that great vehicle
of health giving. the modern bicycle.
by our most eminent living men of
marked accomplishment. The cal
endar is free at Pope Mfg. Co.'S
stores or any of our readers can OBJ
tain it by sending five cent stamps
to Pope Mfg. Co., Hartford, Conn,
or I43 Sigel ST., Chicago, ILL.,
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

Recognising the great and immedt
ate Importance Of investigation cf the
nature and properties Of rsdium and
radioactive bodies, the court of the
ooldsmiths' Company Of London. 70
Gently signihsd It's willingness to hand
over . sum of $1,000 to the Royal
Society to constitute . radium 70
search fund. The council of the Royal
Society at once accepted the duty Of
administering this grant. Proposals
relating to the method Of utilizing the
fund for the assistance of scientific
Investigation have at the same time
been communicated to the company
Cor its approval.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
soth CENTURY BATH COMPAN
School Of
MANUAL THERAPEUTICS.

Is in advance of and far more
sweeping than schools of Osteopathy.
including in its course Of study Osteo-
Manipulations coupled with DR.. Cor
bins famous Turko- Russian bath. the
use of which is thoroughly and prac-
ticaily taught. All instructions given
IN operating room on patients suffer
ing from some of the many chronic
diseases.
For further information address,
c. NJ CORBIN, -. O..
IooH North Main.
Muskogee, /. 7.
Or the Editor Of this paper.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
Early Tragedy.

The Assyrian maiden was In tearsi
"What 10 the matterf' asked her
GIRL friend.
Herbert wrote me seven-pago
love letter and threw n over the gar
Gen wall. Il was written on the II
est terra Gotta he could and. Page
number three struck father. who was
asleep on . bench. and now he and
Herbert are throwing ny love letter
back and forth with all their might
and unless . policeman comes pretty
soon I don't believe Ill ever know Q
word Of what was In iti"-Washing.
oon Star.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

If you want to rent, buy or lease
land, write or see II. r, Picrson.
Muskogce, !. T., the business mana
ger of the Afro-American Real Es-
tate Co.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
A. 6. Crockett

544 ALTAMONT STREET,
:: Lunch CO Oyster Parlor
This is the place where al
elite 60 while visiting on the
North Side. We keep every
thing in season. Don't for.
get the number
544 ALTIMONT STREET,
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
Oldest Active FlrOmaW.

oldest Active PlromaN.
John Shumaker. aged 70 years. e
New Castle. Pa. 10 held % be the ol1-
ct active Arsman In the Unite1
States. He has been . Areman since
10 vas IL years OF age. and always
maintained Q deep interest In the bust.
ness Of Aghting the flames.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-22

p TslN44 " = ; aIiu
chronic invalids from th
tainty of the mercury and
kill the serpent. AS long
In its fangs; and while ,
ton. Safety lies only in
and killing the serpent.
an antidote for Blood Pc
vegetable ingredients, anC
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-22

neiehbor boy. "DO you think
he's sure enough as pious as he
says he isl"
"Can't tell for certain just yet
but there is a thuuderin' big bum
ble bees nest right down there
about 10 rods aud he is hound to
drive thropgh itin about four min
utes, and if you will wait and hear
what he says when he strikes that
nest you can judge whether he got
the genuine religion or Just
thought he had it."
Moral: 1t ISN'T safe tOiudge a
man until he is tried.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-22

TIE weakness Of the republic at
pi esent is it's practice OF subsidizlng
one class at the Expense OF another;
its enactment of unwise legislation as
the price of IMPERATIVE legislation;
it's dishonest compromises with the
agents OF one class or one section 10
the cost Of the masses of The country
as a whole; the purchase OF political
prefermrnt by official favors; the em-
ployment of arbitrary machine
methods to establish, maintain and
perpetuate political Oligacn in the
State and natinn, often 20 the defeat
OF popular will These are some Of
the conspicuous evils. They are not
new, but the country has been aroused
as never before To their existence, and
public sentiment IL more potent than
IN times past to effect their eradica
tion.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-22

no return or Hymptom Of the vie dissaso.
Warsaw, NO. II. N. REGISTER.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-22
ACE. NOT PIoUs ZEAL.


IA good Methodist journal in the
West has a good Methodist cor
respondent who criticises the re-
cent Methodist conference for de-
claring against dancing. BE says;
'I guess the ages OF those in the
conference will average 30 years.
/ don't believe men who are 90
years old are fit to make rules as
to amusements for persons who
are 20 years Of age. I would not
be afraid to wager q nickel that
half OF those preachers who are
now opposed TO dancing were good
dancers at 20 years of age. But
some may say they are now older
and have experience and know it
is wrong. That is not the case at
all. They don't want to dance
now; at 20 they did.
"When I was young I liked TO
dance, and look back to my dane
ing days with pleasure, but when
/ was 90 I didn't want to dance.
Dancing had not changed; I was
the fellow where the change had
come. We are constantly chang
ing. We gradually old and lose
interest in life and are willing to
die. When Bismarck was old he
said, 4 am not sick, but / have
lost the love Of life and am ready
to die
"ThOse fellows in conference
think they are piOus ard want to
lay down rules that their members
shall not 60 to theaters or dance.
They know Rs well as they know
they live it On'tamount to any
thing. The kids viii dance right
along, and these same fellows dare
not say a word. It's not quite 50
bad here as in the East. I notice
not long ago the superintendent Of
my old n. b. Sunday school allow
ed the young people to have q
dancing party ct his house. BE
is 8 lrst-class Methodist and 3
good man. Forty years ego they
would all have been turned out Of
church.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-22

without attereHecta9
Write about your and physicians will advise with
CHARGE and will mail you free homeOGment book tell
ing all about Contagious Blood Poison and It's different stages and
symptoms TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GAs
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-22

The Pittsburg Dispatch plainly OBJ
serves: "The Dred Scott decision af-
fecting 100000 black men caused a
commotion, bnt one concerning 10, 600
600 brown men will arouse little pro
test: ls It merely difference in
shade?"
The Boston police board has decided
that women in that city can enter sa-
looms no more. II they desire to drink
they must buy their liquors IN bottles.
What Boston thinks Of this has not
yet been learned. -
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-22
UPTO-DATE
FABLES.
Tom NoNel h T0Dsta Mal-Breeze-

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
There was once q good man
who hated to give Onense to
his lellOWmen. He would cOnse.
Quently stand for anything. Doc
tors used to stop him on his way
to work and get him 20 hold their
horses while they went in 10 visit
their patients, and the good man
would stand out there and neglect
his own business just to be accom-.
mOdating. lie had his les broke
twice in stopping runaway horses
that had been unhitched by care
less people and the neighbOr WON
en- nsed to get him to come in and
amuse the babies while they swap
ped talk with the other women Of
the neighbOlhOOd. He never roar
ed about anything. No man or
woman could recolleet Of ever
having seen him out of humOr OF
impatient: People would gather
up ancient chestnuts and pour the
same into his ears and he would
laugh and laugh and let on he en-
ioyed them just to please the peO-
pie who told them. One day
man stopped this good man when
he was in a hurry to catch a train
and said: | have a mighty good
story that 1 heard yesterday about
a man who went with his wife to
aball. His pants we're too tight
and when he went to stOop he rip
ped a seam and asked his wife to
fit him up. She took him into the
reception room and told him that
he would have TO take his pants
OF while she seWed them up.
While che was sewing them up
she heard someone coming into
the room and opening door push
ed her husband into a closet, as
she supposed, and shut the door,
but the poor man began to ham
mer on the door and tell her to
open it, as he was in the ball
ROOM" 1t took the narrator so
long to tell the story that the good
man missed his train, but he
laughed, although he had heard
the same story 16 different times
before. An hour after that an.
other person met the good man
and, taking him by the lapel Of
his coat said: "Hers is an awful
good story / heard the other day.
A man attended a ball accOmpa-
MED by his wife. He was wear.
ing q tight pair Of pants and when
he was making q bow he split
them open at the seam. Then the
person went on to tell about the
man finding himself in the ball
room and wanting his wife to
open the door. When the person
had finished he punched the good
man in the ribs and laughed a
loud laugh in his face. The man
had been eating onions just pre-
ViOus to the narration. It was
pretty tough, but the good man
laughed a mechanical laugh and
got away as soon as he could to
find that be had missed a trade
worth 800 to him while he was
listening to q person who had eat
en- onions tell the story. A few
minutes after, when the good man
was busy trying to catch up with
his work a man sauntered in and
sitting down on the best chair in
the Office said: 81 have just heard
. good story that you want to
hear. A man went with his wife
to q ball. BE had on a pair-.''
just then the good man rose up
and grasping the story teller by
the sCruH Of his neck and the bos.
ON Of his pants tossed him over
him over the banisterB to the
pavement below and then he shut
himself in bis Office and shut the
door.
Moral. Uvan tho hosk ,otnrod
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-22

mercury and potash seem
to cure and all external
signs disappear, the dis
ease is doing its destruc.
tive work within, or the
patient is constantly
harassed d by returning
symptoms and unmistaka-
bic traces Of the blood
poison. Thousands Of
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-22

Aman Who had been q hard
svearer for many years confessed
conversion and joined the church.
The next morning he hitched the
team to the mower and went forth
% nov. About an hour after
afserwaEd 3 neighbor lad came BY
and stopped % talk with the con
IS the newly converted man.
80 your pap has Joined the
cha ! IundsFztaBd, (" said ths
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-22

AftoR uuAorlng twelve years
from CONTAGIOUS Bleed Poiaons
and trying the best phyniolana
obtaina BILE, and All the patent
medicines proouRablo, and ateads
aly contiEuing 70 gRow worse, 4
gave MP all hope Of recovery, ana
physicians pronounced my case
inourablo. Hoping against hopo,
Il tried o. o. B. 4 Improved from
the hrBt bottlo and aftsr taking
twelve was cured sound and
wvall ana NoR 4 uro wnarm hnwn haA
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-04

The burglaries were committed Thurs day night.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles L. Way, of Chatham street. are rejoicing over the arrival of daughter, born last Satur- day.
 Mrs. Clarence Rogers, of Springfield is the guest of Mrs Earl F. Johnson, of 1SS Blatchley avenue. John Lowe is taking down the build |i ing on Lloyd street which he has used as a carpenter shop for many years and will erect two-family house on the site for Mrs. Anna T. Lowe, of 34t Grand avenue. MT. Lowe will also break ground in few days for house on Cedar Hill avenue.
 B. M. Redwood and family, oi Franklin, Mass, spent Fast day with Rev. Dr. Isaiah w. Sheath, 27 Perkins street. Mr Redwood is treasurer of the Norfolk Woolen company and a se- lectman in Franklin
 Ezra Sanger, of engine company 5, re tired Saturday after continuous ser vice of forty years as engineer.
 Mrs. Tingley, of First avenue, in the Annex, has recovered from her recent Illness Diuphtheria set into the Ting, ley family few months ago, nearly every member of the family being in
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-04

fected and one child died. The fam fly is now entirely purged of the dis ease.
 Frederick Garhen, of S29 Grand ave nue, a car worker formerly with the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, has accepted a position with the Fair Haven and Westville Rail- road company.
 At the morning service in the East Pearl Street M. E. church yesterday holy communion was administered by the pastor: Three persons received the rite of baptism, six were received ir full connection and two by letter. Spe- cial exercises were held by the Sunday school at the close of the morning ser vice. The. Easter praise service by the vested choir was well rendered and the church was well filled. Irving Hurl- burt assisted with the violin and play ed exceptionally well, playing violin solo and an obligato to an alto solo by Miss Richards.
 The East Pearl Street Chautauqua circle will meet this evening with Mis-: F1tta Avery at her home on East Pear street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-04

am sure our Board is under Obliga- tion ito apply with absolute impartial ity the principles of good government which are intrusted by the Charter 10 its care but Of course you will acniit that there are usually two sides to every question and that one s.de may be just as honest in its ideas as the other. In this case it is my opinion and that of several members of our Board and more than a few citizens that we are not doing our duty and complying with the Charter in placing our Secre- tary under Civil Service rules when section 122 under which he is chosen designates his term of service as two years when other sections of the Char ter applying to the Civil Service say that Clerks who have taken Civil Ser vice examination and received appoint ments shall hold their positions during good behavior.
 It is only where a section is ambiguous and it's apparent meaning is not plain that you may use other sections to help interpret it. The interpretation your association would place upon section 122 makes it more apparent that the Legislature did not intend the Secretary of the Civil Service Board to be under Civil Service rules and take an exam ination. For don't think you would say that the Legislature intended that the Clerk of the Civil Service Board should be required to take an examina- ton every two years. This is what will be the outcome if your interpreta- tion is adopted, fer, as the Charter IS now, if we should reappoint Secre- tary we should be required to give him i an examination, which of course is ab- surd, and instead of aiding Civil Ser vice, as I pointed out in my last letter, it would be doing it a great injury.
 I believe our Secretary ought to be under Civil Service, but I think the proper way and the only way is to go to the Legislature and have the Charter lchanged so it will be apparent and meet with what I have no doubt was the intention of the drafters of these sections, but to go about it in this way just because this Legislature has not made apparent what the drafters in tended is an egregious blunder. To try to change the Charter after our Secre- tary has been appointed under Civil Service rules in apparent violation of sections 119 and 122 so as to keep such Secretary in office permanently, when the Charter now only permits our Board to appoint for two years, would be indeed a great moral wrong for it is more than likely that many applicants would take the examination were we permitted to choose a Secretary during good behavior, who would not care to take such examination knowing that we can only appoint for two years and are not bound to reappoint. Such ap- plicants. if the Charter is changed so as to bring the Secretary we choose un- der Civil Service rules, would be denied 1 the right to compete for this position. Yours very respectfully,
 James D. Dewell, Jr.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-04
BERNARD REcHETELLI
Jumped from Street Car When
 Miecad Dow E,7vetone

 Jumped from Street Car When He
 Missed Pay Envelope. Bernard Rechetelli, an Italian labor CT, of 1S1 Congress avenue, died at the New Haven hospital early Saturday evening from fractured skull. He received the injury in jumping from a trolley car going at full speed on Kim berly avenue, near the bridge. Reche- telli got aboard the car at the power house, and when he reached in his pocket for his fare he discovered that his pay envelope was missing. He had no money, and his envelope containing his wages had been lost somewhere about the, power house.
 Rechetelli jumped from the car plat form without notifying the conductor that he wanted to get off. He was thrown heavily Oh the street and struck on his head. He was unconscious when picked up, and was taken to the iiospi- tai, where he died five minutes after arrival. He was thirty-six years old, and leaves a family.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-04
AARON A. OSBORN.

Aaron 4. Osborn died at his home in Milford on Friday at the age of seven- ty-four from heart disease, and from a congestion of the lungs, which attacked him a few days ago. He had been a wood sawyer Cor years. Up to a few years ago he was a resident of Bran ford. He is survived by a wife and tive sons. one in New York, the other in Bransord. The burial is in Woodbury to-day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-04
OBITUARY NOTES
Fnnsral ot ,amuei Bet,..

The funeral services of Samuel Betts was held Saturday afternoon at his res- idence, 100 Greene street, at 2:3O o'clock. The Rev. Henry E. Hiler, of the Ep- worth M. E. church, of which the de- ceased was a member, assisted by the Rev. Frederick Lent, of the First Bap- tist church. officiated. His death re- moves another of the older residents of the city, and man who had spent practically his whole lifetime in New Haven.
 Personally MT. Betts was man of the finest traits. During his long illness, which resulted from a paralytic shock, sustained in 1876, he remained of a cheerful disposition, and was never known to express one word of com plaint, a remarkable trait considering his active habits previous to that time. Although a very old man. he was in- terested in all the happenings of this city and the world, and was one of the best posted men on current events in the city.
 MT. Betts was born in New York state leighty-six years ago. He came to this city when but lad, and began work at l the carriage trade ill the Hoadley shops on Temple street. After he had learned the trade and worked at it for a few wears he started in business with a partner under the firm name of Bogart & Betts. Later he purchased the inter- est of his partner. The business was then located on the Day property or York street.
 When a comparatively young man he was greatly interested in military mat ters, and was at~the head of an organ l ization known as the cadets. This was semi military organization and dis charge from it was secured only through papers signed by the governor It his work in the carriage business he was in manner associated with the late Montgomery Armstrong, who died recently.
 i Tn 1S41, MT. Betts married Miss liar rie. Buttrick of Milford, who died ir 1895, after having a happy married life of f1fty-four years duration. He leaves two sons, Frederick A., commissioner tc the St. Louis Worlds fair, and Sam uel D., of the F. E. Spencer & Co.