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GomPERs SAYS HE
 HAS NO INFLUENCE. Nuggets Special Service,


 WASHINGTON. D. C.. July q. Samuel Gompers. the president of th , American Federation of Labor. in an interview published here today. ad- mitted that the vote of the various un- ions is absolutely independent and that he has no authority whatever to pledge the votes of the members either one way or other. He states that he can only use his personal influence. anl that he expects to be severely criticis cd if he attempts to influence the mem bers
 Granite Mining Candles are tn. best
 slatz Private Stock at the Bank.
 Edaeworth Tobacco at Yorky's.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-01
Granite Mining Candles are the best.
6Iatz Private Stock at the Bank.

Edssworth Tobacco at Yorky,s.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-01
Bistx Weiner Bear at the Bank.

Granite Mining Candle. arc tn. bs..
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-01

. .tHe dtsrataH lar American made gaada |an foreign tataH5 much ths same s-
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23
20

When the family have bowed down before the gods
they eat the great meal and few of sake were
tremendously served in former days. Once you have
eaten this feast have added year; and child
born in December is said to be two years right after
this meal used to be reminded by older people that
should be better boy from the first of January as I
had added during that night They say that
night of the 31st Of December worth so days of
usual days. and those who to bed early this night
will grow old that much in night.
Polytheists not troubled by surplus of gods.
The Japanese have already many gods home and yet
New Years day they buy printed gods. This paper
is hung above the stone stove which cooks rice
One represents year god, with thank offerings of rice
sake liquor kneaded rice and regular New Year decora
lions of evergreen trees The figure is Buddhist
original Shnto god has long been replaced by bod
disatwa, showing the result of usurpaon of Shin
toism by Buddhism effected by Buddhist
priest Kobo of Buddhist propagation These
offerings real but the Japanese learned
how to economze labor and expense by printing and
the goddess herself came into the picture.
Another picture is also hung before the The GEN.
trail figure is Prince Shotoku, the famous patron
dhism in its early days in Japan. Japanese spade
stalks of rice tray hresher sake liquor cooked
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23

rice are the offerings pair of foxes need little ex
PLANTATION. Originally they belonged to very popular
Shnto god whose place has been usurped through the
strategy of Kobo and this Buddhist prince has sub
stuted. But religious degeneration has gone further
and these foxes to be mistaken for the god ITSELF
And ar worship (for mari is the of the god)
nowadays in its most degraded form of fox wor-
ship
Others pair of salesman's gods Who they
originally has very little to do with the present
worship Anyhow, gods of good luck and prosperity
they worshiped in New Years season. and almost
every shop has these idols in stock.
Early on the first of January New Years callers begin
to in What do they say? With heads bowed down
and hands the sill, they humble: Congratulations
for the opening of the year. and pray that it will
be continued in future This phrase is that
both sides speak at the time, and yet both are
we'll understood. One won't you imp "No.
answers the other; II have houses to CALI Then
come when you through" and the caller gees. If
the caller should come in he is sumpuousy Toasted with
food and drink, and you open drunkenness on
New Years day than at other times.
Superstitious people find omens and meanings in
Dreams and the Japanese must have good dreams to be-
gin the For this purpose they put piece of
under the bed On this Japanese junk is printed
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23
Christmas Frolics.

very effective practical decoration for the table
m Christmas morning is pyramid of oranges with
snravs of holly for dolly with scarlet ribbon running
to the corners of the table fastened by big orange a
each corner All housekeepers best efforts ara us'
alv exnended ON the dinner table, but it will only take
moment to arrange this Place holly around the finger
bowls BY the way, dainty way to serve oranges Tor
breakfast is to the juice squeezed in the kitchen and
served in a little glass which stands on plate
In the dining room that have to conceal
the kitchen, there may be very simple and effective
addition made to Christmas decorations by pinnng
holly to it. covering original surface completely Lace
curtains may be treated this way to make lovely bits
of color IN the room form background tor tree
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23

before the END or the old pine branches arc set
up by the gaeways shrines of GODS hearth well and 9th
er places These pine branches sgnifying constancy
are hung with straw ring made to initiate level with
rays OF light radiang from it, and stuck with dried
sardne leaf OF evergreen pieces paper and bit of
edible seaWeed These rings also put on almost all
representative articles of furniture and kitchen imple.
ments and this is said ito let them year (Ths
suggests that these articles believed once to have
had life and so have felt the advance of age.
The festival of going the year." or "Toshikoshi"
is sometimes called "Toshtori, or taking the year." and
is busy time for the housewife. She has to cook many
different dishes, all of which have prosperous sgnf-
canoe, besides her regular rice and bean soup
Let me enumerate some Soup of clam which opens
when cooked signifies the opening of the good
Roe of herring, which is called "kazu-noko" or
children forms dish whose meaning is OBJ
vious Health in Japanese is name" beans must
be eaten these happen to have the same sounding
word for their name. Salt salmon fish cake picked
radish and others must be prepared event
full for going to add whole year during the
night The kitchen is full of life, with whstling
and pots steaming plates and trays all spread out Chill
dren and cats very apt to be mischevous at
such times but they receive scodng the great
tival should not be marred by dscord irritation
When food is ready gods served first with all these
dishes, but only in miniature. Lights are put before
them; sake liquor is offered in pair of small vases
which, by the way, have often used for flowers
in America Before the gods the shelf they hang
highly coored leaflets each with lucky meaning One
is the god of fortune under suspicious gen. with
bagfu of gold COINS coral and other precious things
Another has bundle of edible seaweed which is called
"kobu' The nbrase to rejoice in Japanese is "yoro
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dream An old mirror the price and the parF arg ,+o
made Meanwhile the prince changed his nu y. a no
suddenly as if by magic, and paid his cur W
eldest and won her hand This prince tne on
Yartomo who founded the Shogunate q 1''' e
cy in Japan. I'D uhen tho family
Such is the story told and retna when , .ne An,.
get together by the fire box and 'penu . ,, ~ th
night" in merriment. hope ttese nuInole . ues
common folk of Japan may flo d WARM io'opo ''''e
tho readers of America
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23

loaded with precious goods, her sails
outspread, on her decks men pussy
with rigging and oars. A Japanese
poem is also printed on 1t:
Ma ka XII 70 no,
To no ne fu ri no,
Mi ma me sa me
Ma mi no ri flu ne no,
o to no 20 XII ka ma.
Translated roughly, this means:
After a sound sleep of long night,
Resting awake in bed,
| hear a cheerful sound
Of a sailing vessel
Gliding over the pillows.
The poem in translation loses its
power of calling up ASSOCIATIONS. bu'
one can imagine himself living near
an inland sea, with it's hooks, Days.
and of1ings. pine groves and plum
blossoms hanging over from the hllly
shores. the sun as yet below the horl-
zon. and in the mist he can discern
vessel gliding smoothly, leaving merry
songs of sailors behind to be carried
away bv the spring breeze. This IS
considered an appropriate scenery w
think over in the calm OF the spring
night. But this aesthetic association
is little appreciated by the masses.
Thev rather wonder at the clever con-
struction of this poem, that reaos
lust alike from either end. READ from
the end and go back to the beglhnlns'
SYLLABLE by syllable; you have just the
read from the
beginning. IT,
Now. what kind of dreams are the
hest? First, Fugi mountain; second
eagle: third, eggplant; fourth, tuner
al: fifth, snakes-these are the nve
hest ones. To dream of the morse IS
also suspicious. If Japanese shoulo
happen to dream he is quite blue over
the matter. These people, however,
are not without the means OF getting
out of this misfortune. They say wnen
they had bad dream: ITO the baku;
to the baku." Now they did not know
what "baku'' was; they only knew
that this mysterious animal living In
a dreamy land lived on the dreams OF
man, and bad dreams were cast 10
the baku. 1t was shock to these old
fashioned people when their children
told them that the teacher of zoology
told the children that the baku is a
hippopotamus and lived on substan-
tial green leaves, and not on dreams.
Such a revelation, though, cannot
change the superstition, and people
still say: ITO the baku," to relieve
thoir minds after had dream.
There is a record in history which
shows that there was a custom once
of selling and buying dreams Once
upon a time there was prince in
a famous house. He was thinking to
court maiden, and she had strange
dream, which she could not make out.
She called in the help of her eldest
sister. The latter, seeing the go'a
omen of the dream, offered to buv ene
, ,,,. Tho price and the bargain was
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o. READy roe ZIE EENc5T 80
Z deeply pity the superstition

E deeply pity the superstition
of the Japanese. Yet there is
something very beautiful in
the archaic simplicity of their
faith. Lafcadio Hearn found
in Shintoism Greek religion
transplanted in the midst of
this material century. What
he read and imagined in an
cient literature he really
found in this Land of the Ris-
ing Sun. For all the modern
lzatiOn of Japan there is one
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23

spot where the hand of the dissecting
science has done but little damage.
visitors from civilized and enlightened
ands can go deep into the real life of
the archaic society in Japan, and in the
'"lnkllng of an eye they can come back
TO the luxury of the twentieth century.
and this archaic society is living one
and not an artificial miniature. Sympa
Hhy Is aroused, as the faith is the only
surviving remnant of the time-honored
Old religion Political sentiment is
touched as Shintoism peoples woods,
mountains, trees, rocks, rivers and sea
shores with gods and goddesses Com.
passion is kindled as it is by beautiful
dawn slowly dissolving before the on
slaught OF the fierce daylight. No wonder
then that Shintoism finds many lovers
among Westerners
| would like to introduce the reader NOT
'ndeed to the stately mausoleum and cere.
mony of Shintoism, but to the humble
household of the common folk of Janan
January in Japan is a month of rest
and festival; rest after hard work and
! alVest; festival as an suspicious begin.
Of
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ca The S77Z1V7O TEMPZE 20

kobu;" so seaweed EEx
(kobu) means rejoic- oSx
ing. The last has Gifts
under it lobster A
person doubled up with age
reminds one of lobster
with its doubled up waist.
So the lobster quite often is
turesquely representative of the a
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-09-04
oKFUsKEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
A Strictly CoIored Mans Town.
5oo-LOTS FOR SAlE-5Oo

This town is situated % miles
east from Boley, the largest and
best Negro town in the world and
Is OF the FIT. Smith and Western
ailroad.
Plenty farmers made from one
to two bales of cotton to the acre
in the past year. Good water, plen-
ty hay, and good amount OF forest.
Any thrifty man can come and make
good honest living free from the
many set backs found in the south.
ern country. We need settlers and
that bad
These lots cost you from s35 to
5000 each; 25xl40, sold one fourth
down and balance on easy monthly
payments. Good titles TO any and
all lots.
We have 400 residents, postof.
fee, several stores, all run by col.
ored men. Come now while there
are many inducements to good farm.
ers. Plenty land TO sell, lease or
rent. Call or write,
w. l.. JACKSON,
Townsite Manager and Owner
Clearview, Okla.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-09-04

ST. lUkE'S PHARMACY,
A. e. Johnson, Proprietor.
Corner Court and Second Street
Opposite Federal Court House
Phone l72,
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-09-04
FOR SALE.

Broom house and 30 It. lot close in,
$65O.O0.
Tworoom house and lot for $4,000
Lot in Factory Addition, $1,000.
Lot in lincoln Park, $4,000.
Write w. IL. TURNE, Box G., Mus.
kogee, Okla.
AGENTS WANTED-16x20 crayon
portraits, 40 cents, frames 10 cents
and up, sheet pictures one cent each.
You can make 400 per cent profit or
$50 per week. Catalogue and sam.
pies free.
FRANK w. WILLIAMS COMPANY.
1908 w. Taylor st. Chicago, Ill.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-09-04
~. l.. DUDLEY
BUSINESS COLLEGE
FOR MUSkOGEE.
Afro American Business College, Lo.
Gated 800 South End ST., in Nc.
CuIloch & Sims Building.
DEPARTMENTS

DEPARTMENTS
Shorthand, Typewriting, Bookkeep-
ing, Commercial Law, Literary, Prim-
AIRY, Preparatory, Normal
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT.:
Dressmaking, Millinary, Music, and
the Kindergarten
School Night and Day.
Youngmen and women who desire
TO prepare themselves for usefulness
Will do well to take a course in the
Afro American Business College.
Our Dressmaking Department is
taught by an expert Dressmaker who
is well versed in dressmaking, and is
graduate of the French Dressmak.
ing School. And we teach the French
Tailoring System of Dressmaking--a
system that learns you to Cut with
out reiitting.
Call and investigate our courses.
Afrs American Business COLLEGE.
Address all communications to X. w.
Hardy. Box l5,Muskogee, Ok.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-22
BUSINESS MEN PROTEST
AGAINST INSURANCE RATE
Purchase Better Fire Equipment
and Thus Lower the Rate.

A petition is being circulated
among the business men, asking the
city council to purchase better fire
equipment in order that insurance
companies will lower the rate. The
petition is as follows:
ITO the City Council Of the City OF
Albuquerque:
I'VE, the undersigned property
owners of the City Of Albuquerque,
recommend that your honorable body
Immediately purchase for the city a
modern, up-tO-date fire fighting appa-
ratus, The many new and costly
buildings that are now being con-
structed need a more modern system
Of fire protection than is now main
tained by the city. Besides, an appa-
ratus of this kind would materially
reduce the cost Of insurance in the
city"
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-22
KNIGHTS Of COLUMBUS
GOING TO las VEGAS
Team From This City VIII Initiate
Large Glass at Meadow City
Sunday.

The albuquerque Knights of CO.
lumbus degree team, which will go to
Las Vegas tomorrow evening to ini-
tiate thirty-five candidates on Sun
day, will be composed of o n. Mar
ron, George p. Partridge, w. e..
Ryan, John A. Johnson, Frank Krus-
ky, w. j. Kane and Eugene Conroy.
They will leave the city on the limit
ed in the evening and will land in the
Meadow City about midnight The
will begin Sunday forenoon
and the work will continue all day.
A banquet will be served at the Cas-
tenada in the evening. The Albu-
querqueans will return home Monday
on the California limited.
Saturday. May "a, the local degree
team Will go to Ration to install a
council of the knights of Columbus.
The lodge will organize with sixty
members. hTe local degree team is
said to be better up in the work of
the order than the degree team of the
states where the order is older
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-22
JUROR STOLE WATCH
AND WAS INDICTED
Grand Jury Holds Talesman Who
Lifted" Timepiece From Eel
low Juror at Gallup.

Lack of sufficient funds will cause
the premature closing OF Mckinley
county court, which opened at Gallup
Monday, and il is very likely that
Judge Ira Abbott and the court at
taches will return to this city tomor-
row evening on the Chicago limited.
The court opened Monday noon
with the trial of Mrs. Starring versus
Peter Kitchen, william Morros, ]. T.
Herbert and Alex Bowie Involving
the ownership of a herd of cattle.
shortly after the opening Of the
trial the plaintiff dismissed all the
defendants excepting Kitchen. Yes
terday it developed that the suit in
vOlvcd only questions of law and by
agreement of counsel on both sides
the jury was dismissed. The case will
be heard by Judge Abbott in his
chambers here.
The grand jury empaneled Monday
had returned twenty indictments last
night, ranging from larceny 10 cattle
stealing. Four indictments were re-
turned against former Mounted Po-
liceman Murray. Two were Tor as
sault with intent to kill, one for lar
ceny and one for assault and cattery.
The most serious charge made against
Murray was that he poured oil on the
dress of a woman and set her On fire.
The woman Is said to be Of question
able character.
An Indictment was returned against
Navajo Pinto, a wealthy res Dent of
Mckinley county, for killing cattle.
But the most sensational event OF the
session was the indictment OF mem
ber OF the territorial petit jury for
stealing a watch from another tales
man The theft was committed
while the court was in session, and
the grand jury found an indictment
against the juryman.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-22
CARLOAD SHIPMENTS
MINIMUM AMOUNT
IS CHANGED
Commerce CommiSSionGrant
Permission to Agents to Re-
arrange on Short Notice.
SHIPPERS COMPLAIN
ABOUT REVISION

Washington, May 22.-Agents F. A.
Leland of Southwestern Tariff COM
mission and j. f. Tucker of the Gem
trail Freight association have received
from the Interstate Commerce COM
mission special permission to issue a
supplement to their Joint tariff pro-
viding for a reduction in the mimi
mum freight on carload shipments
from and to points in Texas ard Mex
leo governed by the Texas-Mexico
classification, If the supplement is
filed with the commission, giving one
days notice to the public.
On account of the varying charac-
ter of equipment used by tl;s lines,
the question of minimum freigf IS has
been a source of much perp., kitty to
the railrads as well as shippers, and
much time has been devoted to the
question by both parties. After sew
eral conferences of the interested par
ties the weights We're adjusted to
what was thought at the time to be on
an equitable basis, the adjustment
however, resulting in material ad-
vances.
The majority of shippers who had
not been consulted relative to the
advance complained seriously of the
changes This resulted in reopening
the matter and applica ton ives made
to the Interstate Commerce commits
sion to withdraw the advance mini
mum freights and restore the old
basis until the question was thor
oughlv threshed out and an equitable
adjustment reached.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-22
BANDITS HOODWINKED
PURSUING POSSES
One Man Went Ahead with Three
Horses and Other Two Separated,
Each with Part of the Money.

1t has finally leaked out that the
French robbers hoodwinked their
pursuers in the easiest kind of a wav.
After the robbery the bandits walked
about a quarter of mile from French
to the bank of the Canadian river.
where they had three horses awaiting
them. They rode these three horses
about ten miles to where they had
two more horses. When they came
up with the fresh horses two Of the
men took the money and rode away
in different directions, leaving the
third man to keep straight ahead
with the three horses or wnI, '"Y
rode away from French. IT. Ulcers
followed the three horses until they
met "a man who said that there was
only one man with the three horses.
He was riding one ana leading the
other two. The truth then dawned on
the officers that they were following
only one of the robbers and that he
had none Of the money. This was
the second day out and too late to
take the back trail and look for the
place where the robbers had parted
company.
The officers are now firm In the
belief that two of the robbers are liv-
ing quietly at home some place in the
vicinity of Ration and that the only
possibility of capture lies with the
robbers themselves IF no show Is
made with the money and a tight
mouth is kept by the trio they will
probably never be caught.
Henry Farr and Henry stone the
two men arrested on the charge Of
completely in the robbery, are held
at Ration in the sum Of 5000 each
for preliminaries May 81
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-22
ARE CUTTING DOWN
UNIVERSITY ROAD
City and County Join I'm Improving
ThorOughfare-Thre Per Cent
Grade Will BE Maintained.

Fourteen wagons are at work today
hauling dirt from the first rise on
University road TO the place where
the fill is being made on Central ave-
nue. near The city limits. Six of the
wagons are being furnished by the
city and eight 10y the county, under
the direction Of Road supervisor Gill
lenWater The wagons are working
uuder the direction of Street Commis-
slouer Tierney.
The cutting down of University hill
is one OF the biggest tasks in road
improvement ever attempted in Ber-
nalillo county, but II Is belieI ID that
the result will be worth the effort.
City Engineer Gladding has COM
pleted his survey of the road, and
has placed the grade TO which the
road vii ultimately be brought to 3
per cent which means that the grade
OF Central avenue from Boa 1way to
High street will be maintained to the
University. At the rate the funds
and facilities of the county now war
rant work on the University hill 1t
will require two years to complete
the task However, so great an ad-
vanCcment will be made during the
summer that by fall the road will be
a very serviceable thoruughfare,
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-22
CONTINUE FIGHT
FOR HER RIGHTS
Says She Would Have Proved Her
Case If They Hadn't Robbed Her
of All Her Papers WAS Over
come at Courts Decision
But Recovered soon.

New York, May 22.-Mae C. Woods.
the Omaha girl who was arrested and
remanded to the Tombs Yesterday ON
the charge of perjury in connection
with her suit for divorce from Sena-
tor Platt, was still in her cell today,
she having been unable to secure the
$4,000 bond for which she is held.
She made efforts today to obtain
bondsmen but her efforts were unsuc-
cessful
Miss Woods does not seem to be
perturbed at the sudden turn her di-
vorce suit took yesterday when the
defense introduced testimony to show
that the alleged marriage certificate
and the letters she claimed were writ
ten by Platt were forgeries, and sue
ceeded in having the case dismissed
on motion. but she still claims that
she is Platt's wife.
81 would have proved 1t If they
hadn't robbed me of all my lapers."
she said. Anyhow l mean to con-
tinue the fight for what l consider
my rights
When the court yesterday di ,missed
her case and ordered her sent to jail
Miss Woods was overcome for a few
minutes but shortly regalned her
composure and maintained the air OF
cheerfulness noticeable during the
trial of the case.