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Muskogee Cimeter. T. H. TVTIXK, Editor. MUSKOGEE. IND. TER. Ingenious But Not Inventive. Women have great Ingenuity la adapting old contrivances to new ends, but little power for inventions. The patent office at Washington contains, to be sure, many models from femi nine hands, some useful and some fan tastic For example, one woman who wished to combine gardening and poul-" try-raising Invented an anti-scratching appliance for the feet of her hens; but it is to be feared the condition of the feathered flock suffered from lack of their customary relish of worms. Most of the popular and effective conveni ences of personal and domestic life have been made by men. A woman can do more things with a hairpin than a man could ever accomplish. She will pick a lock, exu ct a bean from a baby's ear or nose, run a string into a curtain, bang a picture or button her boots with the useful hairpin. But In bpjte of the frantic demand for a prac ticable pocket, she has not invented one; and she still washes and wipes by hand the family dinner dishes. A woman's ability to make the best of things as they are is a distinct charac teristic of the sex, says Youth's Com panion. It would be sadly missed if it were to be supplanted by even a high order of original inventiveness. For this easy, rapid adaptation of inade quate means to desired ends is applied by a woman not only to the machinery of the household, but to the human forces among which she live. The in genlpus wife adapts even a clumsy husband and an inexperienced cook to the production of domestic harmony. PRIVILEGES OF A GENTLEMAN. A Reasonable Explanation. Henry James Is credited with the remark that he "never heard an Amer ican woman say 'thank ou.' " We con jecture, says Chicago Tribune, that on one or more occasions Mr. James ha3 risen in a crowded car and offered a eat to some woman who did not say "thank you" for the reason that she recognized him by his printed por traits and knew she would not have time to say: "Sensible in a high de gree, although it should be observed, perhaps, that in the domain of the in tellectual there should not be needed, the propulsive effect of a motive as a stimulus to the process of realization in the abstract, apart from an Implied obligation willingly assumed, and not wholly conventional, even though It may be the result of unconscious voli tion, or, to express the thought in terms less vague and elusive, and frankly recognizing. In the background of consciousness, the simulacrum of an anticipated quid pro quo dismiss ing all this, I say, as shadowy and un real, and subjecting the ponderablo residuum to such analysis as we may, with such crude materials as we have at hand, for in the realm of the ima gination there will be found the cruci ble of the alchemist, quite as real and substantial, albeit composed of sub stances not existent on the material plane,' etc. This now Bourbon should be taught to forget some things in Spanish his tory as soon as he learns them if his life is to be smooth and pleasant. 'Boston has sent out scouts to ascer tain' the bean prospects and Is holding he breath most of the time awaiting their reports. 'The, bituminous coal fields of Ala bama cover an area of 8,660 e quart HLf. -- Youngster Probably Will Changs ideas in Course of Time. There Is a small boy In this town. says the Baltimore American, the son of a rather distinguished lawyer, who has decided opinions on what constitutes true aristocracy. One day recently a friend called upon his mother, and, while waiting for the hostess, was entertained by the small boy. "What are you going to do when you grow up?" was the stereotyped question she propounded in the effort to start the conversation. "Oh, I am going to smoke." "Yes?" "And chew." "Oh!" "And gamble." t , , "Indeed!" j "And swear." Really!" "And drink corn whisky." "And why are you going to do such things?" asked the visitor aghast. "Oh, all southern gentlemen do them." LIFE INSURANCE A 8ACREO TRUST. NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. fatereatlac Itema Gathered from AVU parts of the World Condense Iato Small Spaue for tk Bcaeflt of Oar Readers Pentonai. r-ftt Responsibilities of Officers and Di rectors. Evidently President KIngsley of the New York Life Insurance company has learned the great lesson of the times with respect to the responsibil ity and duty of directors of corpora tions. Speaking to the new board of trustees, on the occasion of bis elec tion to the presidency, he emphasized the fact that "life Insurance Is more than a private business, that life In surance trustees are public servants, charged at onco with the obligations of public service and with the respon sibilities that attach to a going busi ness which at the same time must be administered as a trust." He also realizes that similar respon sibilities rest upon the officers of the company. "I understand," he says. "your anxiety in selecting the men who are day by day to carry this bur den for you, who are to discharge this trust In your behalf, who are to ad minister for. the benefit of the people Involved the multitudinous and exact ing details to which It Is Impossible for you to give personal attention. My long connection with the New York Life covering nearly twenty years my service in about every branch of the company's working organization, gives me, as I believe, a profound ap preciation, not merely of the heavy burden you have placed on my shoul ders, but of the standards of efficiency, the standards of faith, the standards of integrity, which must be main tained at all times by the man who serves you and the policyholders In this high office." Best of all, perhaps, he feels that words are cheap, and that the public will be satisfied with nothing Bhort of performance. "My thanks, therefore," ho continues, "for an honor which out ranks any distinction within the reach of my ambition, cannot be expressed In words; they must be read out of the record I make day by day." Accounted For. Among the many stories told of the Scottish judge, Lord Young, Is one as sociated 'Ith an election In Edin burgh, when it was announced that Lord Wolmer had been returned by a majority of three votes. Later a cor rection made the majority 300, and gave the names of two lords of ses sion who had voted for the successful candidate. Lord Young, thereupon re marked: "That accounts for the two ciphers." Full Particulars Wanted. When the nurse brought the cheer ing news to Toperton recently that he had just become the father of triplets, he betrayed no particular satisfaction. "Boys?" he growllngly queried. "Only one boy, sir." "Well," said Toperton, "go on; don't keep me in suspense. One boy- what are tht others?" Sketchy Bits. Francis Murphy, the noted temper ance advocate, died at his home In Los Angeles, Calif. Ho was 71 years oid and had been in failing health some time. Webb McNall, former superintend ent of insurance of Kansas, has been stricken with paralysis at his home in Gaylord, ,Kan. Tarns Bixby, who for ten years has been a commissioner for the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian .territory, has retired from the government ser vice. J. A. Corey, a traveling salesman, v.-ar shut by Charles Glow at Hal lam. Neb. Mrs. Elizabeth Agassiz, widow of Louis Agassiz, the famous sctentist, is oead In Boston aged 85 years. Senator Stone, of Missouri, and Representative Towne, of New York, have arived in Manila, on a tour of the Philippines. All hope for the recovery of Francis Murphy, the aged temperance advo cate, who is ill in Los Angeles, has been abandoned. Mrs. Katherine Felske, aged 104, said to have been the oldest person in Nebraska, died recently at her home In Grand Island. President Jesse, of the University of Missouri, has decided to tempor arily withdraw from the institution In an effort to regain his health. S. S. Ashbaugh, of- Wichita, Kan., attorney for the Kansas state rail way commission, has been appointed assistant attorney for duty in the United States court of claims at Washington. Mayor Eugene Schmitz, of San Francisco, has authorized the Asso ciated press to announce his candi dacy for a fourth term, notwithstand ing his recent conviction of grafting. President Roosevelt has appointed Gen. James B. Aleshlre to be quarter master general of the army to succeed Charles F. Humphreys, retired. President Amador, of Panama was In New York recently on his way to Europe. Secretary Taft has left Washington lor a month's vacation in Canada. An epidemic of typhoid fever is raging among United States troops at Austin, Texas. King Edward of England has decor ated Enrico Caruso, the Italian tenor, with the Victorian order. Rear Admiral Farquhar, U. S. A., retired, of Washington died suddenly at Jamestown, Va., of apoplexy. Miscellaneous. According to a recent censis bulle tin the value of the output of the lumber and timber Industry In tne United States lu 1905 was $580,000, 000? The strike of the garbage drivers in New York has caused vast piles of refuse to collect In the tenement district endangering the health of the people. The Wisconsin assembly, by a vote of 69 to 40 passed the senate resolu tion favoring the election of United States senators by direct vote. A trolley car heavily loaded with government employes on their way to work plunged Into a car loaded with rails near Washington, killing the motorman and seriously Injuring a core of the passengers. New York Is to have night sessions of the police courts. The refusal of cows to drink water from a deep well near Warren, O., led to the discovery of oil In paying auantitles , At New London. Conn., Harvard won the eight-oared freshman race by a close ntArgin, while Yale won th varsity four oared race by ten lengths. At Findlay, Ohio, the jury In the trial of the Standurd Oil company on a churge of violating the tat anti trust law disagreed and were dis charged. The pension department will urgo congress at Its next session to equal ize the pensions of soldiers' widows on a basis of $12. The board of police commissioners of San Francisco has denied permit slon to Japanese to keep Intelligence offices in that city. Judge Landls, In the federal court at Chicago, has refused the request of the attorneys for John D. Rocke feller for the withdrawal of the sub poena recently Issued for their client. A Russo-Itallan commercial treaty has been signed at St. Petersburg. Judge Chytraus, of Chicago, has de clared the law passed by the last legislature prohibiting the sale of cigarettes in Illinois invaled. According to the verdict of a jury In the federal court at Fort Dodge, Iowa, grain transactions on boards of trade are gambling and debts thus contracted can not be collected. The 'garbago collectors of New York have returned to work on the promise of Mayor McClellan that their grievances will be investigated. Senor Ugaste announces that Hon duras will remain neutral of any en tanglements in Central American af fairs. Published reports that 1G battle ships were to be transferred from thd Atlantic to the Pacific fleet because of Japan's threatening attitude, have been pronounced groundless by Sec retary Loeb. The official call for the 15th na tional Irrigation congress to be held In Sacramento, Cal., September 2 to 7, Inclusive, has been Issued. Nazzaro, the Italian champion, won the automobile grand prix at Dieppe, covering the 477 miles In C hours, 40 minutes and 33 seconds, breaking the world's record for the distance. Honduras, Guatemala and Salvador have formed a new combination to de feat tho plans of President Zelaya to form the five Central American re publics Into one government. The striking drivers In New York are organizing with the avowed pur pose of causing an ice famine In tua metropolis during the hot weather. The government's cotton bulletlu showing a condition of only 72 per cent on June 25 caused a rapid rise In the price cf the staple in New York and New Orleans. John D. Rockefeller was personally served with a summons to appear In the federal court at Chicago, at the home of his son-in-law in Plttsfleld, Mass., after a search lasting for two weeks. Five hundred mulltiamen from South Carolina and Kentucky in camp at tho Jamestown evposltlon caused a riot by attempting to take charge of tho "Warpath" concessions. Several persons were Injured before the disturbance was que led. The Moqul Indians of Arizona are reported on the warpath. The republican state convention of Oklahoma has been postponed from July 12 to a date not yet selected. A bronze statue of Capt. "Bucky" O'Neill, the rough ridor killed at San Juan hill In Cuba, has been un veiled at Prcscott, Arizona. The national encampment of thi Army of the Philippines is to be held at Kansas City In August in con nection with the annual reunion of the Twentieth Kansas Secretary Metcalf 'hns confirmed the report that a U?ge part of tho navy ih to go to the Pacific by tho way c Cape Horn. The secretary says tfeir is no significance in the move lent as it 1b only a practice crul A In jLendence Day was celebrated by h ericanB In nearly all part of lbs cV;ilU4 world.