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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01
TO BREAK THE MoNoToNY.

'HAlRMAN SHONTS of the Panama canal commission
was pointing out the necessity Of for the
workmen the huge canal.
Nothing breaks the health and cows the spirit like
monotony ne sald The monotony Of every workman s
life must be pleasantly varied or the poor fellow will be
unable to work well.' .... -, ..-...- ~.
He smiled. ~. .....-.s...
"A young lady recently took post as governess in a.
eh New York family he said 'sThe residence of this
FAMILY was magnificent The young lady especially i'm
pressed by the footman who stood in the hall.
This 1footman tall and robust and shanelv ua
wore glltteg livery, with kneebreeches brown silk
STOCKINGS and standing in the hail. opening the door, or
conducting visitors to the drawing roo he was stately
and grand and solemn picture His face as expression
less as statue He stiff and unbendng as lamn
post 49, ... T.. .. =. -.
Wen one day, in the family's absence the new gov
eress heard downstairs most hdeous dn-shous wells
ana as tho couple Of manacs had broken loose and
fallen to fighting @-.-.
AS she listened nervousy, maid hurried upstairs en-
tered her room and said 49, .1~l'.
Don It be scared, miss It's only the footman When
everybody is out he always shouts holes so He
ne can't help it. 1t relieves his feelings"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01
Curios and Oddities
THE BIBLE NOVELIZED.
IT'S passinr sfraA9s!'

<sHE Bible revised into novethat is the book have
L here,'' said collector And it is work not Of
mockery but of pety the work of French priest Pere
Berruger. Nevertheless, it is failure. -"
He turned the pages, smiling. Then he read FIRST from
the Bible afterwards from the novezed
form, part of the book of Chronicles. It began
And Solomon determined to build house for the
of the Lord, and house for his kingdom.
EAnd Solomon told threescore and ten thousand
burdens fourscore thousand hew the
tain three thousand and hundred to he
This passage in the Berruger novel ran:
''Scribe take thy tablets said the king -
'He sat golden upon throne of black marble
and pearl His robe of violet and and sandalwood
perfmed his beard and his hair powdered with gold dust
''The slim scribe knelt, his stylus poised.
'Write,' said the king "a message unto Huram King
Of Tyre and say that will build temple and that 100000
already at work. and that desire Of him cedars
from his Forests
"He paused His glowing eyes saw in the air the rich
temple that he would pale and beautiful slave from
the north him tmidy Her jeweed ankets canked
and she extended to the king gold cup Of red cooled
with snow He drank and resumed .#t"s
"'Say to Huram Of Tyre that desire a man cunning
to work gold and in silver and BRASS and ron and
in purple, and CRIMSON and blue -
The collector closed the novelized Bible and laughed
1T has literary religious value he said sebut
curio it is good thing and thing It is probably
the only edition Of Beruger novezed Bible in America
-'. ODD NEW YEARS CUSTOM. -. >@+S%'2
CT HE sad old churchyard Of St. Pauls in London, is
quiet and deserted for night in the year,
said Englishman ''That night is New Years Then
all the Scotch in London fill the place.
Snce Dr. johnson time the Scotch residents Of London
have the New Year in together in ST. Paus church
yard. They begin to assemble at o'clock and the
yard is filed with tam oshaners plaids bare knees and
bagpipes. "@:t
Scotch whisky is drunk freely safeguard against
the cold moist air. There lot of 'Hechs and 'Hoot,
MONS to be heard The bagpipes squeal and squeak till
you think yourself in the pork department. Of slaughter
house. :. T."
Citizen, suddenly everything is hushed The Scotch clasp
hands in great circle The twelve strokes Of midnight
boom out solemny.
'They die upon the air. and in tremendous chorus the
Scotch sing Aud Lang Syne They sing it with feeling.
Tears fill their eyes as they think Of home.
''Then the medicinal whisky passes about more
there is Highland dance two hearty goodnghts and
enough, the churchyard is empty and silent again.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01
THE DOCTORS ORDERS.

pRINCE LOUIS OF BATTENBURG, in the course of an
interview about the New York policemen accused Of
drinking aboard the Drake, said with smile: r.
II plane those unknown than blame a
certain tteetotaler Of Dundee ~. 49,. E..
"a Dundee physician because the teetotaler had
nose, suspected the sincerity Of the mans professions
$50 he invited him dine at restaurant night,
ordered champagne with the dinner
'The teeotaer did not hesitate at all the cham
payne, He drank hafdozen glasses and grew gay and
boisterous IL. ,-.,' 4..... .-.
hen the doctor, feeling that he had him. said grufly:
SWeel John, hoo does all this square VII yer teetoal
pretensions?''
The prohibtionist Gas you would call him here laughed
and answered: 5az.< F.: r. 1919 -. 49,. - e.
""Tho I'm staunch teetotler I'm sic fule to
refuse what the doctor ORDERS -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01

fingers. Her heart was
beating a little faster
than usual, but she was
careful not to betray
herself. The lady SUI
perintendent drew a
little nearer.
"You've forgotten
to fill in the address, -
said the girl in a dull,
official tone.
"I Il don't know
it, stammered Cyril,
very red in the face.
1T beg your par
don 90 Ida had the tail
Of her eye on the lady
superintendent. She ad-
mired Cyril. He was
much nicer than any Of
the fellows who made
love to her at Shep-
herds Bush. But the
lady superintendent was
not romantic.
"I-I've forgotten
it,"
"Then I don't see
how you can send the
telegram
|-wel1 s,,ooest an ad-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01
DESERVED THE DOUBLE CROSS.

The fashionable Siamese goes to bed in the morning.
and gets up at 3 in the afternoon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01

Address, telegram
II thought, perhaps, you coud-well, suggest ad-
Hress.'
Ida for all her cunning could not help laughing The
lady superintendent sailing down her.
''Is there anything the matter, Miss Davies?'
Ths gentleman wants to send telegram Miss King, but
he's forgotten the address,"
'tThen, of course--'
give remembered it now,'' cried Cyril And, in sheer
desperation, he filled in his
Zone and twopence halfpenny,'' said Ida.
Cyril with rather rueful expression paid the money.
Yet after all, it wasn't wasted. When he got back to his
lodgings that evening" there were two kilograms waiting for
him. One he had himself The other contained single
word-stYes."
The lady superintendent cried at the weddng:-London
Mail.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01
A,Strir,g Of Good Stories
JOKE ON SPEAKER CANNON.
~ cannot toll how the truth may BE-:
say the tale as 'tWas said to me.

WHITE BUsBEY, the secretary to Speaker Cannon
-. used to be Washington correspondent for Of
the big Chicago daies guess he came from country
town in Ohio originally but he has lived long in Chicago
and Washington and cities Of the first class that he
his clothes and clothes himself with dignity and carries him
self to the asphaltum pavement born Busbey is
good to look upon He has imposing carriage and
the latest cut of coat and the most modh Of ties He has
Van Dyke beard and altogether is what would be called
handsome fellow He and Speaker Cannon long per-
sona friends before Busbey became private secretary They
are seen together at all times.
few days ago the speaker and his secretary walked
into the Willard hotel Mr. Cannon had on his old SLOUGH
hat and it was tilted back his head enough how
bald he is His trousers bagged at the knees There was
mud the morning shine Of his shoes One trousers leg
was turned and the other turned down. The long
black cigar in his mouth held at angle indicated
1t was reaching for his hat brm He member of the
House and slapped him the back and called him by his
nrst name Hello, JIM Glad to you''
Two Of the hotel loungers watching the group and
one said to the other:
Know that man? He is Speaker Cannon
Yes" responded the other, he looked at Busbev
standing erect and dignied II know that Speaker Can
non out who is the old duer he has with Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01
A RESOUROEFUL BOY.

THE late Peter Lorlard Ronalds liked perseverance
his servants. When he told them to do thing he
pected them to do it, matter how difficult it might be- If
he sent stableman out to buy certain kind Of whip he
expected the not to return until the whip secured
tho he have to visit hundred shops to get it.
There is story about the way Mr. Ronalds hire
young groom.
He in drug store day when shabby little boy
entered.
The boy advanced boldly to the clerk, took a small
camel's hair brush from his pocket, and said:
tSnell this an gimme 10 cents worth I've forgotten
the name'
The clerk smiled smelt and took down the iodine bottles
and Mr. Ronalds engaged the ingenious and resoucefu
boy the spot.
DESERVED THE DOUBLE CROSS
nR. WILLIAM OSLER was criticisng the continental
u custom Of covering the breast with decorations.
These baubles, he said can have no significance to
anyone unless the for their besowal known and
it is known.
Perhaps if it were known would be impressed.
Perhaps the would be little than the reason
Partisan medical journal gave certain physicians
decoration.
DR. x the cross this journal said sto the visit
Of the cholera to Paris He lost fftysx patients that
epidemic -
The fashionable Siamese goes bed at in the morning.
and gets up at 3 in the afternoon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01

Crude musk sells for $40 It looks smells
like axle grease.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01
A DAILY MIRACLE,

He fair girl from the piano amid savos Of applause
Gone thing particularly said kind old gentleman,
Impressed in your playing"
She blushed.
What atq" she asked. "My technquequ
mo. Oh, no. he answered. 1T the miraculous
skill with which, getting to the bottom Of the page you
turned the leaf without interrupting your playing"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01
AN ENIGMATIC ANSWER.

A NEWSPAPER writer Of New York praising Nine.
n Bernhardt. "'ss@ .s.= - 49, -
t'She has great deal Of tact and fnesse'' he said.
"When in interview you breach subject she dislikes
she doesn't right out and So but she makes you
such pulling such engmatc answers that perorce you
shift to another topic.
II once went to get very intimate interview with the
famous lady find out what colors she liked best,
what food she ae what wines she drank what hours she
slept, and all that sort Of thing.
"she talked freely enough till to the food ques-
ton That plain she regarded too gross subject
for discussion. &c. when opened with the query And
you good appetite madam9 she smiled strangely and
answered.
IT sometimes eat than do at other times; but
never less.''
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23
GAMBLERS AND GAMBLING.

Gambling is sapping the very
vitals Of the young negro in Mus
kogee. A great many or our young
men who would be useful factors in
solving the race problem in this new
state are going to ruin on account
of the easy access to gambling hells
located on our most prominent
thoroughfares, and these gambling
dens seem to have the protection of
the officers of the law.
1t may be that the good Christian
people who are opposed to this most
damning institution do not know
that at this very moment there is
running in our community wide open
the most brazen hells that ever ex-
listed in civilized community, and
the keepers boldly faunt their open
violation of the law before a long
suffering public The young men
and boys who are permitted to visit
these dens of vice should be saved
before it's too late. These hells are
incubators of crime of all descrip-
tions and a stop should be called at
once. The w. c. 4. U. and kindred
organizations can and should put
these hells out of business at once.
There are now on South Second
street three hells running wide open
and we shall see If the good people
will permit them to continue.
We call upon our ministers, our
teachers and all other good citizens
TO start protest against these hells
in our midst that will cause quietus
to be put on them and their manager.
If you doubt their existence just
take an observation. Their loca-
tions are known to almost every one
and we give them here.
60 be continued.)
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23
Is Scott Brown, kissing Bug, and
POt.Bellied Barrister. one and
the Same?

On last Saturday night Scott
Brown, the lawyer, came TO our
sanctum with blood in his eye,'
ond howled as follows "By CAD,
sab. they say that article in your
paper about de pot-bellied lawyer
refers to me and by CAD, sab, 1t am
a id liah, sah," or words to that
effect. We tried using as soft
words as possible to calm the in
dividual and informed him that II he
was pot-belly and guilty as charged,
to 'go in sin and peace no more"
This the cuss refused to do and
then in language more forcible than
elegant we informed the pot-bellied
individual TO vacate instanter,
which he did. We then informed
the cuss he was a tub of liftam
dungi matter that Sango used to
remove and that II he was not good
we should tell the papas of the
single girls he was asking to escort
to church and social gatherings that
he had not yet procured divorce
ands was still a married man and
then there would be HI to pay. We
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23

The colorcl men must get to-
gether to fight down the class legis-
lation that will be enacted at Gutf-
rie when the unterrified meet there
next week. II they pass a jim Grow
car law we must fight to the last
resort, irrespective to the COST
Nov. 10, 'O6, Old Gordon's Paper.
The above shows now Wiagfoo:
Jaybird Gordon feels after having
worked for the Internal scoundrels
who are willing If the can TO give MS
Jim Crow cars. Gordon and the
other traitors stood for the kind OF
all outrage in the late election and
now the old man Is trying to fool
the people and make them believe
he Is standing straight, but every
bodys knows that even his legs are
crooked. -
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23

do not know or care who sent this
pot-bellied, pugnacious individual
to our sanctum, but we judge from
the fellows who were awaiting his
return on the sidewalk that they
we're connected with The enterprise.
We tender our complaints to the
outfit and say next time there will
be something doing" In the future
IL old pot desires to do tn, kissing
ect he should make arrangements
beforehand and our rcporte.' would
I,,t "get onto It," Its Our opinion
aai the pot bellied barrister, arc
syncIomOus.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23

men were the ones to be. counted
and given consideration in the con-
vention.--C Chipping from Muskoaee
Democrat, Nov. 81, '06. eguss,, sgf
The above shows where the idol
OF the traitor negroes stand on
questions touching us. What can
Sango, Attorneys Brown, Stewart,
Potbelly alias Scott Brown land the
ether Supporters OF Friday say? Hen
ry Asp is a republican and believes
in equal rights to all men and ex-
elusive privileges to none. Haskell
is democrat and expresses the SEN
timent of the democracy. What he
says about the Redman is only a
little so pthrown out now to catch
the Indian vote. Later on the In
dian will see the democratic party
in its true light.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23
TAMs BIxBY UNDER FIRE.

The committee from the United
States senate to examine into the
conditions In the Indian Territory
too ka fall out of Tams Bixby last
Friday and Saturday.
Tams has set himself up as the
golden calf of the Indian Territory
and asked all men to fall down and
worship him. He has succeeded
pretty well round the small towns
in making small boys think he was
big man. But some of the law
yers around Ardmore, Chickasha
and South McAlester knew he WAS
Cnly brass and were not afraid to
tell the U. s. senators about how
big Tams really is.
They claimed Tams had made
false reports under oath to Secre-
tary Hitchcock and had kept back
the rea truth in many cases. That
he had told certain men no records
such as they wanted were on file
and in the next breath furnished
copies of these desired records to
favored lawyers.
The senator's heard the matter
during Thursday and Friday nights
and took many pages of evidence
which they will have printed and
furnish to congress.
1t seems Tams has been discrim-
mating against the colored citizens
in the Choctaw nation simply be-
cause they were colored.
He refused to give them the land
the law gave to them, and his clerk
Beal, ordered other clerks who had
examined the law and the evidence
to make decision in cases just op-
posit to that which the clerk felt it
his sworn duty to give.
mother words Beall, under Blk
by's orders, simply ordered clerks
TO write up decision in cases he
(BeaD knew nothing about and
contrary to what the man who
heard the case felt in duty bound
to find.
Is it any wonder people want to
get rid of this gang? The whole
thin gis matter of pull and favor
itism and law and justice seem 20
have no more place than a snow
ball in h.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23

The position the convention Is
likely to take on the race question
is well illustrated by Mr.. Murray's
remarks on that subject:
'In connection with the race
question:" he said, 1--WE must take
the negro as the Great God gave
him to us, a human being who Is
good for something, but who, IL al
lowed to interfere in our society and
cur schools, will contaminate them.
If the negroes would rise he must
do SO by his own efforts without
leaning upon any white man. No
white man can associate with the
darky without lawering himself.
The Negro Problem.
The president of the United
States has just certified that the
negro is not success as soldier,
-shat though he may be good as
porters or BARRIERS and in some 9th
er occupation. have great respect
for an ex-slave and he could get
anything from me, Dut the young
negro who would come to me on
the basis o fequality and ask me
10 set 'em up / should feel like
hitting him over the head with a
club.
"In the Chickasaw nation we
have the best class of negroes in
the new state, because we have al
was denied the mthe privileges of
Going to our schools, voting in our
elections and sitting in our jurics.
AS result negro has never been
known to commit the crime in our
nation which commonly causes
lynchings. In the Creek nation,
where the negroes are given equal
ity in voting and holding Office, we
find the worst class of negroes. -
Clipping from Kansas City Journal,
Nov. 81, '06.
Murray was made by Haskell and
Haskell by certain white and black
pretended republicans. When these
fellows voted for Haskell thew indi-
rectly voted for Murray, and of
course endorse what he now says.
The negro part can't face the people
after their traitorous action-they
simply give grin that hell would
be ashamed of and say, I'VE Is sor-
ry, II II was to do over again we'd
do different. The cuss talks about
white men associating with the
negro. Great God what parody
upon justice. The negro has been
kicking about white men associating
with negro women. Where did all
these yellow negroes come from? Ger
tainly not from white women asso-
ciating with negroes. But on the
contrary It Is from white men Sc
ducing negro girls and women and
then the same devil gets out like
Murray does and says, 81 detest as
sociating with the ,;darky, meaning
we presume. colored men. We hope
the good white women of the coun
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23

There was lively tilt between
e.. N. Haskell, of Muskogee, and
Henry Asp, the republican leader of
Guthrie, over Frank j. stowe, an in
dependent delegate. Asp accused
the democrats of not treating
Stowe right and incidentally
brought on the race question. Has
kell made a caustic reply In which
he said that so far as he was con-
cerned the white men and the red
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23

try Will ask them to go step farther
and include colored women. or course
its the lowest class of colored women
that they associate with, but even
this should cease.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23

Hon. G.. N. Haskell and Pat Levy
left this morning where they go to
maks laws. They will no doubt be
careful and see that no disgraceful
laws such as are made in the south
be made e.-Searchlight.
Old Gordon knows Haskell Is a
democrat and that Pat Lazy has not
been chosen as a law-maker. The
old man Is now bending the preg-
nant hinges of the knee that thrift
may follow fawning.
Mrs. Terrell, of Washington, is one
of Gods noble women. She is a
credit to our country and blessing
to the race. We hope that every
one of our women will emulate her
example. II Is TO her we owe the
resembling OF the order to discharge
in disgrace our black heroes who are
now at Ft. Reno.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23
AGENTS WANTED.

We want energetic hustling
agents for this paper and will
pay liberty for good work. If
you want to make money, write
at once tow. II. Twine.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23

Ye gods, what sight II was when
old man Gordon and Hames went to
the depot to bid Haskell goodby, and
said now Colonel, its to you We look
TO make our laws.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23

Jaybi"d and Wildhorse, pretty
rair of twins are these cusses, who
sold the race for jim Crow ears. We
promised not to cuss and we won't
but this pair of traitors are not
worth their room In h. (Well
pluto.)
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23

The negroes Of the state of Ok
lahoma will go on record on the
27th inst, and the world will know
just where they stand on more than
one issue.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23

To the distinguished gentleman
who stood on the corner and said
(referring to the Cimeter) some one
should take a shotgun and go down
and kill the Cd s. b. etc. We
say the contract is still open and
is only one mans job. All we ask
is that the shot come from the front.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-23

The negro, be he doctor or lawyer
who tells the white business men
that we told the negroes to carry
guns to the convention lies from the
depths of black and rotten heart.
Our advice was to the contrary.
But we have always advised our
people to buy gun, good one,
and use II In the protection of their
homes and II need be to give up
their lives in defense Of home. If
that be treason then make the most
OF 1t.