The McAlester Messenger. (M'Alester, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 40, Ed. 1 Monday, August 7, 1905 Page: 1 of 4
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The McAlester Messenger.
VOL. 3.
MALESTER. IND. TER.. AUGUST 4, 1905.
NO. 40
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J. M. LATHIM
THE PEOPLES' STORE
General Headquarters For ***
f Farmers, Miners, Railroaders,--Everybody ***
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ESELL EVERYTHING
Dry Good*, Uroceries, I urniture,
Stoves, Hardware, Farming Imple-
ments, Saddles, Harness. Boots and Shoes, Carpets, Mattings, Rugs. Oen-
eral Household Hrunishings, Flour, Feed stuffs, Guns, Pistols Ammuni-
tion. Barb Wire, Poultry and Lawn Wire Fencing, Queensware, Clocks,
' Glassware, Cuttlery. In short, we are "The Peoples' People", and carry in our
store and warerooms about everything the people need or want. Our name and
^ * reputation are vour guarantees for honest treatment, and our references are
any of the reliable people who have been doing business with us for years.
Furniture and Stoves On Installment Plan.
We have jn our store> west side Katy track, a large line of Furniture, Cook
. and Heating Stoves to select from Come, inspect these goods, get prices and aaa
jet us se|| you what you need on the easy payment plan. Our prices are right.
South Front
Stonewall Avenue
J. M. LATHIM.
North Front ***
Park Avenue
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Ever ->ce Or hear Them.?
hiirnes < 'ounty. Texaa, News.
Ever nee a lot of men who had it in
lor a fellow and didn't know why?
Kver hear fellows curse and berate a ,
home man who had made a success of
what he undertook while they were
tinkering at the job they were mon-
keying with fifteen years ago? Ever
see some men who gloried in anothers
success and sacrifice, if need be, some
personal aspiration? Ever see some
big-hearted man lake a straggler by
the hand and say: ''I.m glad to see
you succeed?" Ever see any of these
thing"? Of course you have. You
see them every day. There are doz-
ens of people who will greet you with
a sinile and stab you in the back be-
cause yon attend to your business and
succeed. Whether they can do as
well or not, there are always plenty
of them whose jealous spirit makes it
hard to see anotner win. They tight
\ou for no other reason than to tear
you down. If you have a reputation
that in giltedge. they'll support a self-
confessed sconndrel and dead beat
rather than recognize your commend-
able quslities. In short, 110 one has
hit the mark any closes than Shake-
speare wnen he said: ''You have
enemies who know not why they are,
hut like the village cur bark because
their fellows do."
cornea time in their lives when they
will suffer trom remorse—remorse
deep and bitter, and still mora cutting
because they have the full knowledge
of their own cussed selfishness. They
racer that ever went around the
track. You are smoking a half dozen
cigars a day slow up, that means a
farm in twenty years. You are buy-
ing all the new clothes that come to
may not know it now, or not think of j town-slow up, that means a farm in
it, but when the tired hands have twenty years. Besides, all Ihe glad
ceased trom toil and the features an- rags in the world never yet inadc a
tranquil in the unawakeable sleep of man. You are taking an occasional
death, they will then gaze uqou the
'speechless lips and wrinkled brow,"
and with tears of unavailing regret
blurring their vision, will think of
how much they could have spared
mother. Say, you over-grown, lub
drink with good intentions not to be-
come a habitual boozer. You are
winning the smiles of some silly girl
by spending all you can uqon her.
Slow up-a wife won in this way is
worse than the seven year itch,' be-
berly, no-account hulk, did you ev>r cause it lasts longer. You are gamb-
stop to think you were once a puny ling a little now and then, just tak-
feeble child? Did yon ever think ing a few chances for the fun of the
how inuch trouble you were to your thing. Slow up—suckers are small
mother, and how uncomplainingly fish and never grow to be large, but
she ministed to your every need? they were first nibblers. You can
How she guided you through the blow yourself out of the running be-
troubli'iome paths of infancy? Do fore the first quarter is reached by
you still expect this to continue just trying to keep up with the pace-
through life? Alas! no. Her years makers. Contract bad habits, keep
are numbered. But a few more days foolish company, listen to had advice,
and the sands of life will have been spend all you can and run In debt
run Appreciate your mother' while
she is h»*re, boys. Help her wh e
you can. Remember that one rose- ^ ___ _
bud of vour affection is worth a whole time for sixty. Be wise and clean and
lot morri to her in life than a whole economioaHhat life may be fine
coffin full of blossoms when the heart
swell around and act the dude and,
you'll be a failure just as sure as effect j
is the result of cause. You'll have a
good time for ten years and a bad
large and splendid to you.
Do It Now, Boys.
Corpus Christ), Trias, Caller.
The strong strapping boys who will
lie in bed and allow their old gray-
headed mothers, or feeble fathers, to
net up and make fires, and do other
chores they should do. will be sorry in
ttte sweet bye and bye. There will
has ceased to beat and the eyes are
glazed in the unseeing stare of death.
Young ,~lan, 5low l:p.
Young man. slow up. The pace
you «re setting is a killing one. You
may fancy you are making a stunning
start in life, but it is a start that
will surely distance you in the
end. "Slow and sure" ha- taken
down more pur»es than a iy otl.e
Strorrt nt Wllllnm nf Ornnef.
There is a sword on exhibition at
Belfast, Ireland, of more than local In-
Iciest. I' was formerly carried by WIU-
lam of Orange, and was Riven by him
to the first Karl of Portland, who after-
ward was governor of Jamaica. The
weapon passed through many hands,
and about 100 years ago came Into the
possession of the Balfour family.where
It now is. The hilt of the sword Is of
Ivory, carved to represent the Flemish
lion trampling on the do*- of Frame.
( man for yaara Al»*»»«tr».
queen Alexandra has at last ap-
proved of a design for the crown con-
taining the Kohlnoor, wtilch she will
wear at the coronation next June.
Some months ago it was announced
that the famous Indian gem would
adorn the queen consort's crown and
since then many different designs have
been considered. The one finally se-
lected and now being carried out rep-
resents a crown surmounted by eight
Jeweled arches with the glistening
Kohlnoor as the central ornament.
Warning Order.
In the Mayor's Court of the town of
McAlester, Central District, Indian
Territory.
J. M. I<athim. Plaintiff. 1
Vs. No 88.
Kufus Parker, Defendant. I
The defendant, Kufus Parker, is
warned to appear in this Court within
thirty days and answer the complaint
of the plaintiff. J. M. hathim.
Witness my hand and seal as Mayor
for the town of McAlester, Indian
Territory, this, the 1st day of August,
190ft.
C. SPRINGER,
[HEVL] Mayor.
P. A. DOYLE.
JEWELER.
LOCAL WATCH INSPECTOR IK iT
At Springer's Drug Store.
McAlester. Ind. Ter.
* B. r. COOK. *
UNDERTAKER.
Coffins. CaaKeti. Hears.
North Main Slrtti Mc»leit§r, Ind Ttr.
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Edgell, B. Wilson. The McAlester Messenger. (M'Alester, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 40, Ed. 1 Monday, August 7, 1905, newspaper, August 7, 1905; McAlester, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc284102/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.