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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23
IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE.

Forty. Eight Thousand Dollars Paid
for . Fancy Let Of Tobacco.
The biggest purchase Of high grade
tobacco ever made in the West by p
cigar manufacturer was made last
Wednesday by Frank p. Lewis, Peoria
ILL.,, for his celebrated Single Binder
cigar. A written guarantee was given
that the entire amount was 70 be fancy
sci lected tobacco. This, no doubt,
makes tho Lewis factory the largest
holder In the United States Of tobacco
Of 20 high . grading.-HeroId Tran
script, Dec. ei, 1905.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23
Too Little by Hall

The decorator had just made his
estimate. II tell you what I'll do"
said the householder. "You 90 ahead
and decorate the house and then I'll
give 1t to you In payment Of your
bill"
NO." replied the decorator. II could
not afford to take the house for more
than half payment."-Chicago Post.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new
things of everyday use In the market
and who is reasonably satisfied with
the old, we would suggest that trial
of Defiance Cold Water Starch be
made at once. Not alone because 1t Is
guaranteed by the manufacturers to
be superior to any other brand, but
because each 10c package contains 1G
ozs., while all other brands contain
but IL ozs. II Is safe to say that the
lady who once uses Defiance Starch
will use no other. Quality and guam
tity must win.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

The surest way to make ourselves
agreeable to others is by seeming to
think them SO. II we appear fully
sensible Of their good, qualities they
will not complain of the want Of them
in us.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

Barnes-It says here that Mars has
day forty-one minutes longer that our
own.
Howes-Well, I suppose that's be-
cause the labor unions haven't got
FULLY established on that planet.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

No chromos or cheap premiums, but
better quality and one-third more
of Defiance Starch for the same price
of other starches.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

Never say this old world isn't bright
enough. II 1t went to blazing, you'd
think you had struck the hereafter,
and you wouldn't feel like shouting
"Halleluia!"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

Following the decoy goat to the
slaughter Is q bit of innocence with
the sheep, but the goat has an eye out
for his own skin.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

Superior quality and extra quantity
must win. This Is why Defiance
Starch is taking the place OF all
others.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

Many people think they are living
Tor character who are only fighting
for reputation.-Chicago Tribune.
It Is to-day, not yesterday.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

child but life to the child of the man
who put 1t together.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

Death and decay mean life and
flowers blooming the next spring.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

It is the contents of the hopper to-
day that count in the great to-mor-
row.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23
AGENTS WANTED

IN every county to sell you Eureka Vaccine
Hog Cholera Cure and Preventive, which Is now
having the largest sale OF any remedy for tins
purpose offered to the public Liberal com
mission allowed. For further particulars al
dress, S. J. lsnergsn Brokea Bow, Neb.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and cclds.-JoHN f..
BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 49, 1900
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

Do the best that is I'm you to-day,
to-morrOw's best will not seem SO
lard.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED7
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them
white again. Large 2 OF. package, 8 cents.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

The joys Of to-day and the griefs of
o-day will be hand in hand at the
setting of the sun.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

ETC permanently cured No Ats nervousness after
hrst daya OF DR.. Klinee 0rent Nerve kestor.
ssed tCr ~ 09 trial bottle and ,ssstss S
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

Mrs. WinsloW's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethinw, sOftens the gums, reduces IN.
nammation allays palm. cures wind co0 25c bottle.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23

1mpoetant % MothOee.
Examine carefully every bottle Of CAsTORlA,
q safe and sure remedy for infants and children
md ,,cc that Il
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-06-23
A BANKER SHOOTS HIMSELF

i A. Mays At E1k City su,eided While
Under Arrest
DALLAS. TEX ]. A. Mays, presi-
dent Of the Elk City National hank
Of Elk City, Okla, shot himself I'm the
brain In the Dallas county fail.
Mays was arrested at Greenville.
Tex. several days ago by United
States ofiicers. on q charge Of having
made away with large sums of money
belonging to the bank. He was
brought to Dallas and United States
Commissioners Fink held him in $1,000
bonds, which he was unable to fur.
nish. Deputy United States Marshal
Warden had arranged to take Mays
back to Elk City the night the banker
killed himself. The officer and his
prisoner were in the Office Of the Jail,
awaiting the arrival of the train that
was to carry them to Oklahoma.
Friends of Mays had left a valise with
clothing in 1t at the Jail for him. Mays
asked to be permitted to get some
linen from the grip. The valise was
unlocked and he inserted his hand
and forearm into 1t. Instead OF taking
out linen Mays quickly drew forth
revolver. and before anyone knew
what was happening he fired bullet
into his head.
Mays was forty years old and had
q family at Elk City. and the body
will probably be shipped to that place
for burial.
Mays was arrested at Fort Worth
= few days ago at the instance OF the
American National bank Of Oklahoma
City on a charge Of having defrauded
that institution out Of $500. He
was taken there and gave bond to ap-
pear for trial. While he was in Dal.
las on his way to Oklahoma City to
enter appearance he was arrested on
q criminal charge, that Of forgery and
making false entries In the affairs Of
the bank Of which he was president.
and which had failed. In default OF
bond in the latter charge he was com.
PEELED to wait In Dallas for the arrival
Of an officer from Oklahoma. The
latter arrest was made on a warrant
secured by United States Attorney
Speed Of Guthrie.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07

In Lexington, Kentucky, few days ago, boy
tied to post in the public square, where in the
presence of more than thousand of his fellow towns
men he was given fifty stripes with whip. For the
crime of injuring private property, he had been
fenced to be publicly whipped. He is the second
victim of new law that was designed seemingly, to
defeat justice It is safe to say that in the estma.
ton Of half the people who saw him punished the
boy Is no longer rnalefactor, but martyr. The
other half would like to have seen him killed, for
they enjoyed the spectacle. As for the lad himself
the chances are ten to one that if he meets,
der propitious circumstances, the man who did the
fogging, violence will result.
Kentucky has law, which is rigidly enforced
prohibiting prize fighting in the state It is consid
cred degrading pastime How consistent! Which
is the degrading spectacle: two men, in perfect
condition. evenly matched, their hands covered with
four-ounce cushions, fighting according to certain
fair rules boy, chained to post, being beaten
his naked hide with horsewhip? Neither is
elevating, to be sure, but which is the more repu
sive? Away with such brutality and hypocrisy
out the futility of public punishment. It is injur
to all concerned. No person can in cold blood
beat helpless creature, whether man or beast with
out being brutalized by doing; no person can see
helpless creature beaten without being degraded
and brutalized by the exhibition; no man can be
rendered helpless and logged without carrying muir
der in his heart until he dies.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07

ITIssad that Spaniards usually defer until tomor-
what should be done today-a trait of character
which the energetic American doing business with them
finds intolerabe And yet the habit of procrast1na-
ton is by characteristic of Spaniards
alone; there plenty of slaves to it in this and
every other country. Many people talk SO much of
what they intend doing that they have no energy
left to execute their plans. Others make SO many
plans that it would be impossible to carry them
through successfully in three ifetimes All pro-
crastinate or less Strangers in New York. for
getting that what can be done any time is likely
never to be done, express surprise that they have
seen more of the city than the average native has.
The Gothamite, the very man that finds the Spanish
tomorrow" trying to his patience is always post
ponng to more convenient time his visit to this
or that nearby point of interest with the result that
he visits it. Most people apply the same dlla-
tory methods to the serious business of life. 1t is
the very exceptional man who as soon as his plans
are conceived, commences to put them into execu-
ton. He is the successful man. The majority of
his brethren make good plans as he can, per-
haps but they lack the energy to carry them through
Tesla is as great an electrician theoretically as is
Edison; but whilst Tesla talks to reporters about
some new idea or discovery, Edison is making prac-
teal use of it. Owing to genial climate, life in
SPAIN in Mexico in all Spanishspeaking lands, Is
less strenuous than in the United States. Not as
much effort is required to sustain comfortable ex-
istence in those countries in own; and SO,
much that at home an American would be compelled
to do today there be postponed until tomorrow.
One race is not lazier than the other. Each does
what it must do, and little besides.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07

take Of taking his recreation more seriously than hh
work; his disciples always do 30. They seem Is
think that the apogee Of morals and ethics s to quit
doing what they can do WE'LL and to attempt doing
what they are ignorant Of There is a dignity in
labor OF course, but not in manual labor alone The
merchant the lawyer the PHYSICIANS often much
of drudge as the ditch-digger- dignity is IN
the man. not in the occupation. You can believe in
Christianity in toll in yourself and still do the work
you are fitted to do A good salesman is usually a
poor farm hand, and, even tho he be disciple of
Tolsto heis foolish to waste time trying to match his
country cousin at pitching hay We may respect and
admire men like Captain Maximoff for having the
courage to follow the dictates of conscience but
can't help feeling that their lies in sticking
to the work they know and dong it to the best of
their abilities.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07

ELEVEN men of all stations in life, from the cap
itast to the day laborer have been pronounced re-
sponsible by the coroner's jury for the General
Slocum disaster Whether the charges against them
pressed until the men are convicted or whether
they are allowed to go free, is Of little consequence
The harm is done, and nothing is needed to
teach owners and captains the danger of careessness
in safeguarding human life For years to come in
spectors will inspect steamship companies will vie
with each other to employ competent men and to
protect their patrons, and the public itself will insist
that extraordinary precautions shall be taken. It is
safe to say that similar disaster will occur within
the next twenty years. The lesson was too terrible
to be easily forgotten. The pity of it is that it
required. So the fate Of the men who have been
held accountable for the catastrophe is Of
quence.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07

along to another world or planet
How nice it will be for the man
100 years Of age to be as frisky
and volatile as the one of Is, and
how agreeable it will be for the
young ladies of 200 to jump
rope and to steal the affections Of
a youth of 20. But, come to think
OF it, it would be necessary to re-
wise the criminal code, since the,
ninety-nine year sentence would be-
mere bagatelle to the man who
had ridden himself of this mi
crobe.
There would be another great
difficulty confronting the world,
which might be almost as bad ass
the present day diseases, IN that
the world would become 80 crowd
ed with people in the course of:
300 or 400 years that IT would be.
impracticable to prevent the in
habitants from oozing off into
space or getting pushed out into
oceans, lakes and rivers and tram
ping the growing crops under,
foot, destroying the vast fields of:
grain, thereby driving our Still
water prison twine factory out Of
business. When the world reachs
ed this crowded condition it would
become necessary to build fence,
around it to keep the people from
being showed off. But some of
them might join the Russians or
the Japanese.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07


Doctor Metchnikoff, of the Paris
Pasteur Institute thinks he has
discovered the microbe of seniIity
or old age. According to this
gentleman there is some sort of a
vicious little organism somewhere
in the lower section of the ali
mentary tract that is responsible
for physical and mental decay.
Now, If the doctor or some other
gentleman can devise an antitoxine
which will effectively choke off the
existence of this microbe, we may
be able to stave off death indefi-
nitely and stay on earth just as
long .as We wish, and then pass
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07

JAMES L.. FORD contributes an amusing and rath-
er pathetic chapter from real life' to one of the
current magazines He writes of the American ex-
periences of Captain Maximof, sometime officer in
the cars army newspaper correspondent author and
disciple of Tolstoi. This gentleman visited America
guest of the Russian admiral at the time of the
Columbian celebrations in 1893 Being filed with
enthusiasm the dignity of labor" and believ-
ing that this country offered favorable oppor-
tunities for the practical application of Tolstos
theories than Russia did, Maximoff remained here
when the feet sailed. He wanted to do manual la
bor of course-what visionary does not ?-but as he
knew no trade and physically unfit to WELD a
pick, he was forced to content himself with the DO
siton of upper porter in the Office of the New York
Herald Having few spare hours, he attempted to
dignity the newsboy by selling papers the streets
Even his rock coat and silk hat did not prevent the
"newses' from driving him out of business Next
the captain established fruit stand under an ele-
waited road station and failing in this venture he
later set up in business candy pedder in front Of
one of the theatres. The candy stand proved un-
productive also, Maxlmoff abandoned it in favor
of other equally impracticable schemes. He finally
enlisted with the Beers and was killed in South At
RIGA, martyr to an idea.
Count Tolstoi in his home surrounded by his
aristocratc family and friends and accommodated
by the Russian Church. possesses dignity that most
of his followers lack His talents are SO great that
he confound the purely disagreeable with the
highly moral to his hearts content without appear
ing ridiculous Besides, everybody knows, ltera-
ture is his work, while shoemaking and farming are
but his recreations. He occasionally makes the mis-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07

AT THE time of the execution of Czogosz many
people ridiculed the New York law prohibiting a
person charged with capital ofense to plead guilty
That the law in question is based on common sense
is proven by the case of William Wallon of Mon.
tana, who twenty years ago plead guilty to murder
and has been in prison since. 1t now transpires
that the man was innocent. AS he has since gone
crazy and has had to be removed to an asylum it is
probable that WALTON was insane at the time of his
conviction. A trial by jury would have prevented
this tragedy
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07

CERTAIN Kansas and Nebraska counties are said
to be getting even with Colorado for foisting upon
them General Bells deported miners. These coun.
ties are retaliating by shipping their paupers and
Migrants to Denver and dumping them there. The
game Of deportng Objectionable persons to nearby
states is one that two can play at
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07

Much has been written of the.
seeming intelligence of ants. One
would think these little insects are
too small to know OF to do very
much except creep around and
cause a little nervousness to man.
kind. But it now develops that.
there is at least one kind of ant
that is worth many times its
weight in gold, inasmuch as it is
about to wage war on the boil
weevil and drive it from the cot
ton fields of the Southern states.
The boil weevil is something COM
paratively new in the bug line,
and while he is nearly as large as -,
the potato bug there is little red
ant that can knock him out in one
round. The boil weevil is charged
with having destroyed nearly fifty
million dollars worth of cotton in.
the one state of Texas last year,,
and his rapid spread throughout
the entire cotton belt is the dread
of the people of the South.
The cotton crop of America is
worth nearly $500, 100000 per year
and the boil weevil seems bent on
reaching out and annihilating the
whole thing. Every scheme and
device that ingenuity could sug-
gest has been tried to put an end
to the pest, even the experts of the
United States bureau of agricul-
ture having started out to search
the world over for some manner of
bird, bug, reptile, fly or plant that
would exterminate the boil weevil.
It has now been found that a lit
tie red ant in Guatemala, South
America, is natures own antidote
for the boil weevil. This ant lives
on cotton, but does it no harm,
and it is his particular delight, to.
wage relentless warfare on Mr..
Weevil whenever and wherever he
finds him. Professor Cook of the
United States bureau of entomol-
ogy is now IN Guatemala studying
the habits of the little red ant and
making arrangements to breed him
by the million in our Southern
cotton fields. The ant has already
been introduced in Texas to as
certain how he would behave away
from home, and he has promptly
cleaned out the weevil from a GOO
acre cotton field. Score another
for Secretary Wilson and his agri-
cultural department.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07

MIRROR weekly published the Minnesota State
founded in the prisoners edited
Its objects be home
Intellectual prisoners
the prisoner; disseminate pathological
dpeng which
the sinister fallen mans sefredempon The entirely
dependent public support
surplus expended
interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07

It is source of much pleasure
to receive letters of the average
nature and it is particularly pleas
ing in a place of this kind, to re-
ceive a letter that strikes right
from the shoulder and aims straight
at the mark, like one that came to
the writer the other day from a
stranger in Los Angeles, California.
1t starts out by saying, "a person
al friend, who is member of our
club, and who has a thorough
knowledge of your character and
ability has recommended you to
US as person possessing sterling
qualities, and as being ambitious,
energetic and very anxious to
make a financial success. Acting
upon this request, we have taken
the liberty of interesting ourselves
ip your behalf Now, if this
gentleman will get me out of here
before the expiration of my term
he can have my promisory note
for $500, 600 and all the gold mines
he wants; the only proviso being
that he must not communicate my
troubles to my people and certain
friends,
But right there is where the
rub comes IN. Why is it that
the world is so far behind the
times? Why can't knowledge jump
ahead a few hundred years and
catch up and keep up with Father
Time? While there is trouble
enough for mankind to encounter
in the ordinary course of events,
the world is not content to take
short cuts to avoid and to eliminate
it, but wants to grasp it and pass
it around. When one happens
to be burdened with trouble,
some good people will al
most break their necks to learn all
about his brothers, sisters, wife,
cousins, and all the Smiths, Browns
and Joneses, SO that they can pass
his troubles along to them. In
this advanced age there ought to
be, and there are, scientific meth
dds by which the really progress
sive man may come near enough
to knowing another to answer all
practical purposes. Those who
know the writer know that he sed-
ulously avoids talking of his
troubles, but he has feelings and
thoughts as we'll as other people
have, for he has never known a
man to be in prison under more
distressing circumstances. While
family ties should be kept tied,
and while it is terrible thing to
sever these ties or even to suspend
them for a great length of time,
here is one man who will continue
his sIeepless nights 499 years, rath-
or than write his people from a
penitentiary.
@$$
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07
NJ TIC <,

ALL PERSONS receiving copies Of THE MIRROR who
not on our regular lists will please consider such as
sample copies IT, after reading,
MIRROR IL worthy OF patronage send this
oce for trial subscription rates published
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-07-07

1t we don't retract, hedge, back
water, apologize or shut up, read
ers of The Mirror, j. e.. those who
don't know us, may take us seri-
ously and charge some of the writ
ers of these pages with being
cranks and INDUCING in acrimoni-
GUS language.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-04
o. & r. G. TIME TABLE.

No. t15 Arrives from Denver 4:40 pm
No. 115 Leaves for silvcrton 500 p. m
No. 116 Arrives from siIvert'n9: IS p. m
No. 116 Leaves for Denver 9 80 a. n,
No. 461 Leaves for siiverton 6:45 a. m
No. 462 Arrives from SiIvert'n $500 p. m
RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN
No. S Arrives from Telluride 80 p. m
No. 6 Leaves for Telluride. 200 =. m
All trains daily except from Teliu
ride Sunday.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-04
CALL FOR BIDS.

Bids will be received by the School
Board OF District No. for the compile
tion of the third story OF the building
known as the High School.
Plans and specifications for the
work can be obtained OF julius Ment-
eel Saturday morning. December 26.
All bids must be iha.he hands of the
Secretary oil the Bosk&Anot later than
6 O'Clock p. m. Thursday. December
81, 1903.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any ana all bids.
GLENN A. SCOUTON, Secretary
BY order of the Board of Directors
time for receiving the above bids is
extended to Monday, Jan. 4. 1904, at
O'Clock, p. IN.
GLEN A. sCoUToN, secy.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-04
THE OFFICE.

Just received at the once Saloon
100 cases Of different kinds Of fine
Whiskies. We carry the largest and
finest stock Of Liquors and Cigars In
the southwest and we call the atten.
tion Of the public to our display In the
window, and II you do not see what
you desire can in and we will guar.
antee to show you something to please
you for the holidays.
ISGAR & GILLESPIE, Props.