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TRACT8
PAWHUSKA TOWNSITE SALE
Authority of Commission to Execute
Deeds Is Questioned
WASHINGTON: Judge Campbell, as-
sistant attorney general lor the interior
department, has before him a ques-
tion regerdlng townsites in the Osage
reservation in Oklahoma, which he will
probably pass upon in a written opin-
ion to Secretary Hitchcock. The ques-
tion before Judge Campbell is whether
the townsite commission, of which
Captain Frank Frantz. Osage agent, is
chairman, has authority under the act
passed at the last session of congress
to make conveyance ol deeds to lots
in the townsite of Pawhuska. The
question is raised because of a protest
1 made by some of the citizens of the
' old town of Pawhuska, who claim that
i the size of their lots will be cut down
under the new arrangement. It is
stated on the other hand that the old
settler's property will not be disturbed,
: except in a few instances, where a
; few feet will be taken off of lots on
account of the widening of a street or
two and the changing of the direction
IN CONSTANT AGONY.
A West Virginian's Awful Distress
Through Kidney Troubles.
W. L. Jackson, merchant, of Park?
ersburg, W. Va., says: "Driving about
in bad weathei
brought kidney trou-
bles on me, and 1
suffered 20 years
with sharp, cramp-
ing pains in the back
and urinary disor-
ders. I often had to
get up a dozen times
at night to urinate.
Retention set in, and
I was obliged to use
the catheter. I took to my bed, and
the doctors falling to help, began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. The urine soon
came freely again, and the pain gradu-
ally disappeared. I have been cured
eight years, and though over 70, am a*
active as a boy."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Boy and the Text  <   
One Sunday a little boy was sent to ong Qr twQ otaer streets. Captain
church by his father. On his return , Frantz and w L Miller, of the town-
his parent, wishing to find out wheth- ! g{te commiSSjon are here and have
er the boy had been attentive to the ^ calle(1 at the interior department in
sermon, asked him: I reiation to the subject. The appraise-
"Well, Bobby, what was the text i ment &nd gale Qf town lots at PaWhus-
this morning?" ' ka is held up until the objections that
The little chap thought for a min- j haye fl]ed are di8posed of.
ute, then said,
"Oh, it was something like 'Don't;
be scared, you'll get back your
quilts.' "
The father, hardly able to believe ground that the consent of the tribe to
his ears, rang up the clergyman and thg gale was nQt legaliy given. This
asked him what portion of scripture .g ^ revival of the contention of Big
he had used for a text that morning.: j Hean tfaat 0-Lo-Hah-Wal-Lali, the
This was the answer, | present chief, was not legally elected.
"Fear not, for the Comforter will. | Thg department held in a decision last
come." j j„iy that O-Lo Hah-Wal-Lah was legal-
.JCsS* UF"« Fhl«tory I 1^1° nol' "conifdcreTln" £
beea j S
Jim Big Heart, ex-chief of the Osage
tribe, has, through his attorney, Loren-
zo A. Bailey, filed objection to the
sale of town lots in Pawhuska on the
Feats of Printing Dono Here for Mls>
sionary Work Abroad.
One of the most difficult of all pub-
lishing tasks is accomplished by the
American Tract society, which prints
not only tracts, but also books in na
tive African languages such a9
'Mpongwe. Bulu, Umbundu, Benga
and Fang. Inasmuch as these
tongues, though spoken by millions ol
blacks, were not written—or, at all
events, were not written until recent*
ly—«the problem of rendering such
works as the "Pilgrim's Progress" in-
to their vernacular in printed form is
beset by many obstacles.
For the copy dependence must be
had upon the missionaries, who write
it out in typescript. It has to be sent
all the way to New York to be set up
in type, and, as a matter of course,
care must be taken that It Bhall be
as close to perfect accuracy as possl-
ble.
Tie languages are not understood
either by the men who set the type
or by the proofreaders, and so the ed-
itors, who are equally ignorant on the
subject, must follow copy slavishly.
As far as possible the typewritten
words represent phonetically the
spoken words as uttered by the na-
tives.
Having thus translated their vocal
speech into print the missionaries
have taught the blacks to read their
own languages, an accomplishment
which has helped greatly in their
mental and moral elevation. They
have not only simple dictionaries, but
also primers Illustrated with excellent
woodcuts.—New York Sun.
Cleveland and the Women.
When Grover Cleveland was presi-
dent a young woman from Cleveland,
who had been a schoolmate of the
A sacrifice for the welfare of some
one does double duty by producing a
feeling of self-satisfaction.
lime iu - I breSent case. The act passed last win-
Honolulu has pawnbrokl^hops^TWO [ ^ (h>[ fte tI>WM|te >hall 0e
weeks. As a eonseaueuee the soldiers ; laid out, appraised and sold subject.to
rSSS I
instruments were the principal
Defiance Starch
should be in every household, none so
good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents
than any other brand of cold water
etarcb.  
When the expected happens there
comes a feeling of disappointment be-
cause it was just as expected.
FITS
The great need of the age seems to
be neighbors who will not wait until
they are mad to tell a woman her
children need spanking.
Piso's Cure la the best medicine we
ever used for all affections of the
throat and lungs.—Wm. 0. Endsley,
Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900.
A glrl"oT sixteen always wants to
do the things she will never let her
daughter do when she has one of that
age.
Mrs. Window's Soothing 8yi-np.
for children tee thin*, fofteca the gums,
flamrnatlon. allay pain, cures wind colic. 25c ahotUe.
Imagination doth make cowards of
us all.
Try It Once.
There Is more actual misery and
less real danger in a case of itching
skin disease than any other ailment.
Hunt's Cure is manufactured especi-
ally for these cases. It relieves In-
stantly and cures promptly. Abso-
lutely guaranteed.   
Poverty is often a blessing in dis-
guise, but the trouble is that it so sel-
dom unmasks.
JOYS OF MATERNITY
K WOMAN'S BEST HOPES REALIZED
Mrs. Potts Tells How Women Should
Prepare for Motherhood
The darkest days of husband and
wife are when they come to look for-
ward to childless? and lonely old age.
Many a wife has found herself inca-
pable of motherhood owing to a dis-
placement of the womb or lack ol
strength in the generative organs.
t
r
Mrs. Anna Potts
Y
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
cannot reach the dis*
president's wife, was a suest at the | * MMSS' S,^%SXtSp~r*=
White House. A matter ot large pub- j  '7„S^M5T5 ti 
lie moment was up for the presidents j mucoug lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
decision, and Mrs. Cleveland and her J***SS&S&
truest brought' it up for discussion at |
tlon, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten are caused l>y catarrh, which Is nothing
tides pledged or sold.
would consitute a sufficient authority
t for conveyance.
Facts and Proof.
Hnlett, Wyo., Dec. 4th (Special)—
An ounce of fact is worth a ton of
theory and it Is evidence founded on
facts that backs up every box of
Dodd's Kidney Pills. The evidence of
people who know what they do. Mrs.
INSURANCE PRESIDENT DOWN
Investigation Weakens McCurdy of
the New York Mutual
NEW YORK: Richard A. McCurdy
has resigned as president of the
Mutual Life Insurance company. His
      , resignation was accepted by the board
May Taber, highly esteemed resident , Qf trustees, and Frederick Cromwell,
of Hulett, says: ! treasurer of the Mutual, was named as
"I know Dodd's Kidney Pills are a hlg temporary successor. While .no
valuable medicine because I have ; (leflu}te announcement was made, re-
used them. I took seven boxes and j garding the selection of a permanent
they cured me of a severe attack of | successor for Mr. McCurdy, it was per-
Kidney Trouble. They relieved me slstently reported that the presidency
from the first dose, and when I had ; ,)f the company ha,i been offered to Jas.
finished the last box I had no pain ^ Eckles, who was comptroller of the
and my Kidneys are now acting prop- currency during the administration of
erly." j presj,jeni: Cleveland. Mr. Eckles is
Dodd's Kidney Pills are now recog- ^ president of the Ccmmerclal Na-
nized all over the world as the great-
est Kidney Remedy science has ever
guest brought it up
the breakfast table.
Their views were of the radical,
persuasive order, and were quite em-
phatically expressed. Mr. Cleveland
listened with an amused smile behind
his newspaper. Finally the girl from
Ohio said to him:
"Now, Mr. President, you have
heard our views. Are you prepared to
indorse them?"
The president folded his paper and
arose.
"You girls," he said, with a smile
"can beat me all to pieces In millinery
and dressmaking. But when it comes
to my end of the house, I feel under
but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of
Ppafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
bv Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
uy nan waui ^ j CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, "c.
Take Hall's Family l'llls for constipation.
There are people who divide their
time between patting themselves on
the back and kicking themselves.
Frequent backache and distressing
pains, accompanied by offensive dis-
charges and generally by irregular
and scanty menstruation indicate a dis-
placement or nerve degeneration of
the womb and surrounding organs.
The question that troubles women
is how can a woman who has some fe-
male trouble bear healthy children?
Mrs. Anna Potts, of 510 Park Avenue,
Hot Springs, Ark., writes:
My Dear Mrs. Pinkham
" During the early part of my nmrrledlife I
was delicate in health : both my husband and
I were very anxious for a child to bless our
home, but I had two miscarriages, and could
not carry a child to maturity. A neighbor
who had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound advised me to try it. I
did so and soon felt that I was growing
stronger, my headaches and backaches left
me, I had no more bearmg^ownpains, and
felt like a new woman. Within a year I
became tho mother of a strong, hea thy
child, the joy of our home. Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound is certainly a
splendid remedy, and I wish every woman
who wants to become a mother would try it.
Actual sterility in woman is very
rare. If anv woman thinks she is ster-
ile, let her* try Lydia E. Pinkham s
Vegetable Compound and write to Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. Her advice is
free to expectant or would-be mothers.
To Prevent Chapped Hands.
Many women who do their own work are
much annoyed in winter with chapped
hands. This mav be avoided by using Ivory
Soap for dish washing and toilet purposes.
Dry the hands thoroughly each time after
..... — . they have been in water, and rub with a
obligations to do my own thinking."— | little oatmeal-water or some good lotion.
New York Tribune. ELEANOR R. PARKLR.
produced. They cure Rheumatism,
Dropsv, Gout, Lumbago, Diabetes,
Urinary and Bladder Troubles,
Bright's Disease, and all disorders
arising from any form of Kidney Dis-
ease.
tional bank of Chicago.
Mr. McCurdy's resignation was sub-
mitted to the board of trustees in a
letter, in which he declared that his
condition of health imperatively de-
manded his immediate retirement from
business. He had been dissuaded from
severing his connection with the com-
When that which is said on one side I pany lagt June • only by the disturb-
of a question is equal to that which is
said on the other side of the same
question by the same speaker, the
figure of speech is called Balfourian.
Why It Is the Best
ance which previously bad arisen in
insurance affairs.' In view of these
conditions he believed it his duty to
remain at his post. He found, how-
ever, that he had over estimated his
physical strength, and it was upon
Is because made by an entirely differ- ^ advice of his physicians that he
f,k. ^T^^uer SSdUJlMrt! tendered his resignation. The reels-
more for 10 cents. j nation was accepted unanimously, and
the trustees passed a resolution in
which they express the hops the "much
needed rest may afford the relief re-
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT CHANGED1
Announcement of important changes . ----- ^ ^ recovery as mav
in the traffic department of the VV a- | J Hfe an(J
bash and Wheeling and Lake Erie , Qf theif best wIshes for
Suzannah.
When de dew on de grass am a-fallin',
An de stahs am a-twinklln', too ,
O it's den rtat meh heaht am a-callln ,
O, meh 11T yallah gal fuh yo ;
Suzannah, O-o-o Suzannah,
Meh heaht am a-callln' yo.
Now de light's fallin' sof on de rlvah,
F'om de moon high up In de skj,
An' Is watchln' de watah a-quivali
12z tic night wind goes passin by;
Suzannah, O-o-o Suzannan,
De night wind's n-passin by.
O, de katydid done stop a-singin'
faze de glowwo's he shine so bright
On de bundle of love yo s a-bringin 1
Tuh yo1 own liiggah boy dis night;
Suzannah. O-o-o Suzannah,
Yo' bundle of love dis night.
Now de fishfliefs am shlnin' out brightah, j
An' dey's iiftin' dey night lamps high. |
jeV tuh make all de pathway lightah.
Caze dey know yo's a-drawin' nigh;
Suzannah. O-o-o Suzannan.
Dey knows yo's a-drawin nigh.
F'om de ole grapevine swing in de thicket
•1 1es' stretches meh ahms to'ds yo'.
•' . , ..la 11 jln i.lnnp rl.-.
The fellow who never does anything
is the one who can always tell how
everything ought to be done.
Save Your Lungs.
Don't neglect that cough. One pair
of lungs is all you'll ever have—treat
them well. Simmons' Cough Syrup
will soothe and strengthen them,
stops the cough and gives you a
chance to sleep in peace.
To a hungry man a head of cabbage
has a sweeter odor than a bunch of
violets.
All Upto-Date Housekeepers
use Defiance Cold Water Starch, be-
cause it is better, and 4 ox. more or K
for same money.   
Praise is the fuel which keeps up
the fire of enthusiasm.
A woman can guess a thing right
quicker than a man can reason it.
I
Some people are always willing to
tell the truth when it Is disagreeable
to somebody else.
FROM PLANT TO CIGAR.
An' Jmeh°heaht it "do"slng wld de cricket, j .^ trough the^sftobacco^ec-
I reckon yo" wants me, too. I nr.tfvl the best crops and engagea v ^
- Ella Middleton Tybout In Lippincott's.
I and will go later to watch the curing and
I packing of same. He also, while there, ex-
amined some of his large holdings of oldto
bacco and found this to be growing richer
in quality every day. The Lewis bingie
railroads and of the appointment of a
new general manager for the eastern
Gould line, the Western Maryland,
have been made. Vice President B.
A. Worthington of the Wabash lines
east of Toeldo has issued circulars
his future comfort and happiness in
circumstances more congenial to his
present tastes and inclinations.
A fire at Caddo last week did dam-
announcing^the appointment of C. H. j age estimated at fin.000.
Newton to be joint agent of the Wheel-
ing and Lake Erie and Wabash-Pitta-
burg terminal railroads at Toledo, ef-
fective on Dec. 1. It is also an-
nounced that the office of general
freight agent of the Wabash at St.
Louis is to be abolished, and S. B.
Knight, the present incumbent, has
been appointed industrial agent.
Horace Clark, general manager of
the Western Maryland and West Vir-
ginia Central railroads, the Gould
tidewater lines, has resigned, and
Alexander Robertson, formerly gener-
al manager of the St. Louis Terminal
railroad, bas been appointed In his
■tead.
Kelly Gets HiQher Position.
Instead of R. F. Kelly coming to
Chicago to supersede Frank Palmer as
assistant general passenger agent of
the Wabash at Chicago, it was an-
nounced yesterday that Fred H. Tris-
tram formerly assistant general pas-
■enger agent at Pittsburg, will hare
the Chicago post, and Mr. Kelly wiil
succeed Tristram at Pittsburg This
promotion will place Tristram next In
authority to the general passenger
agent of the Wabaah.
NEW GULF ROAD CHARTERED
New Line to Run from Shreveport, La
to Denver
OKLAHOMA CITY: Another outlet
to the gulf ports and to the extensive
trade territory, lying northwest of the
city, is gained by Oklahoma City and
its Jobbing interests In the building of
Oklahoma City, Denver. Enid & Gulf
railroad, which has just been granted
a charter in Guthrie. The incorpora-
tors are C. G. Jones (J. W. Carrico. R.
J. Edwards, J. L. Wilkin and Ed Over-
holser, all of this city.
The proposed line is to run from
Snreveport. La., northwest through the
states of Louisiana and Texas, the
Choctaw. Chickasaw and Seminole n -
i tions. the counties of Pottawatomie.
| Cleveland. Oklahoma, I/>gan. rana-
i dian. Kingfisher. Blaine, Garfield. Cus-
| ter. Dewey. Woods. Day. Woodward
and Beaver, and the states of Kansas
and Colorado to Denver. The total
length is 77T miles and the estimated
I rost the same as the capital stock,
1 which i  $19,425,000.
Where Words Fail.
"What is the color 'chatainT' a quaill(.   ,
certain young man asked a venerable I Bin'dcr factory' probably controls more
Creole lady, whose hair was white as j
"she rummaged through her mind |
for terms of explanation, being a lit- j 5np demand. In spite of the fact that the
tie liable to (orget English word, at , & MM,.the
times. Single Binder Sales reached seven million
Finally, however, she replied: I Y..P „„a «riii ov^PfWi eicht million in
" 'Chatain,' dat is the color or my
hair, you understand, when 1 was
voung!"
And then she smiled with satisfac-
tion at the exact manner in which
she had explained the term, while
the questioner still wondered what
color "chatain" was.—New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
last vear and will exceed eight million in
1905." The Single Binder sells itself. For
twenty-three months this factory^b"9 been
behind in its orders.—Herald-Transcrtpt.
After a fellow has bought candy and
flowers for a girl for a whole year and
has taken her to the theater once a
week, and still finds that he has
j enough left for his lunches, he feels
' that he can afford to get married.
Greatest
Organ Offer
Ever Made
Genuine
KIMBALLI
At Factory Prices
On Payments, $2.50 per Month and Upwards
an.miUTELY FREE use of the organ
mo,7^ little.by^little to
Di r for it. SEND TODAY FOB OUR PLAN
whereby you can b vo *2J to «50 on an
end pay at yonr convenience. If you want an
organ at all you want a good one, a—mere
pretty case with no music in it will n>tdo. He
core at once the old reUable Kimball Organ at
Factory Price* and on Easy Payment plan.
*2.50 monthly and Howards. A fine stool and
music book included free with every organ.
We will send organs to reliable people any
where In the United States to be paid for on
oar E«sy Payment plan. You know the Kim-
ball : for fifty years we have been manufactur-
ing and gelling Kimball organs. We own anil
operate the largest organ factory in the world
and the fact that we trnst you with an organ,
pay  t your leisure, is sufficient evidence tnat
thl Kimball is the best and highest claes or we
would not send them out in this way-
This is the first offer of KJ™baU Organs
direct to the people at FACTORY PRIt ES: it
may be recalled any day, so don t put i* off,
tut write for Free Catalogue and Money-
saving plan.
KIMBALL SUPPLY DEPOT,
Frederickson & Kroh, Mgrs.
201 Main Street,
OKLAHOMA CITY
Texas Railways.
Texas Is building or planning so
many new railroads that it is next |
to impossible to keep track of them j
all. When they are all completed
Texas will not fall far Bhort of hav-
ing 60 per cent more main track
than Illinois, which was the state
of greatest mileage until recently,
when the Iron horse took a fresh spurt
over the boundless areas of the Lone
Star State.—St. Louis Republic.
Two Breaks from Party Lines.
William Travers Jerome of New
York Is not the only man who won at
the recent election without having any
party nomination. In Massachusetts
John B. Moran. who ran for district
attorney of Suffolk county (Boston) on
the indorsement of the requisite num
ber of voter*, was elected over the
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If your blood is impure, thin, dis-
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have blood poison, cancer, carbuncles,
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risings and lumps, scabby, pimply
skin, bone pains, catarrh, rheumatism,
or any blood or skin disease, take Ro-
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free from every eruption, and giving
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skin At the same time, B. B. B. Im-
proves the digestion, cures dyspepsia,
strengthens weak kidneys. Just the
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A FEW
CUTTING
REMARKS
The purpose of a saw la to cut.
It should cut easily, cut cleanly,
and cut with every movement.
I prefer an Atkins Saw. lt  blade
is -Silver Steer1, recognized the
world over at the finest erokiible
steel ever made in ancient or modern
limes. It is hard, close-grained and
tough. It holds a sharp cutting edge
longer than any other Baw. Its
blade tai«rs perfectly from Uilck to
thin, from handle to tip. Thus it
makes leeway for itself, runs easily
and does not buckle. Its temper Is
Scrapers, etc.. are sold by all good hardware
dealers. Catalogue on request.
E. C. ATKINS OX CO-. Inc.
Ltrgert Saw MiaitetiRn   WocW.
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