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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-25

The New Orleans,States says
"The summer of 1888 has passed,
and net assingle case of yellow
fever has occurred in the city OF
New Orleans. Last year there
weretwo deaths. TO whatsoev
er cause this excellent condition
of tho public health may be at
tributed, our sanitary authorl
ties deserve credit for then
earnest devotien to their oiiieia
duties. In few days moro oul
mort will be free from quaran
tine. ana commerce will again
be in full blast"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-25


The Natchez Democrat says:
There is but little doubt that
genuine yellow fever is prevail
ing at Brewton Station, Ala,
On Sunday there was death
from Black vomit, and on Mon
day another death also occurred
from it, leaving three cases OF
black vomit and nine Of the pre-
yailing Observation-Disclosures
'tef symptom had not developed,
on hand. No trains Fton al
Bre wton.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-25
Vote for Mat
| |theWs.
British Columbia.

When the Willard newspaper
marty arrived at Victoria, Hon
VIM. Smith, Prime Minister, thus
smoke: "He said the annexa
tion of any part Of British Go
lumbia to the United States was
impossible, but thai time wouiu
reye,se the order and certainly
cause the annexation of part OF
the Pacific coast section OF the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-25

tits proposed to build a rail
road from Meridian to Tuscahoi
ma, Ala, and the Mercury warm
ly endorses the project.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-25
Vote for Spight.

Last year Kansas mad 62 tor.
nadoes, Illinois "a, Missouri A,
Iowa 81, Indiana ~, aad Min
nesota 81.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-25
Vote for An
dreWs.

Let il never be said there is a
Democrat in Lafayette VINO
scratches his ticket.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-25

1t is a significant fact that
while Maine and Missouri were
admitted into tho Union in the
same year, Maine with seven
Representatives in Congress-
Missouri with one, the former
now has four members and the
latter fourteenth. Y. Herald.
-rTrvrnrm5Ts, IN his speech
'Ht Batesyillc, made a grave
charge against Auditor Gwin
and Treasurer Hemrntfsss4bftorfts
We charaeterizes theiL L,t The
as false ana lrauN"i'Ai"
hest answer TO be made TO 'h's
damaging charge against two o.
our most important Offices, is TO
have each investigated at the
,ext session of the Legislature
Nothing less will satisfy the peo
nle. and nothing short OF an
Investigation ought to satisiy
Ness. G win and HemmlngwaS
Holly Springs Reporter
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-25
!IAS, G.. TRIGG
Tom b s t on G S
A N D
Monuments :

A Mdpnuments of any kind, viii
FL find It to their interest to call asa on
me- before purchasing elsewne,e ',,',
can be found in oxiord SpIen eyer
SATURDAY.. San Sh,o' "
April 5th, 1888.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-25

In speaking of the hailroau
ouestion before tho senatoa'a'
Committee, Mir. Medill, the edl'
tor of the Chicago Tribune saiu'
..some means should be adopted
for securing uniformity o.
rates. Railroads should not pe
permitted to exercise the power
of arbitrarily ehnaging the Sa'u'
of all the products OF the coun
trv. Both State and Fedefa
legislation should be o, omp'oye,
to remedy this evils The cap
talization of many raliroauS
f fa, in excess of the ROADS, an
, thew are annually fleeing 'h
! neople Of the country out U
millions of dollars in profit'
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
COME TO THE SUNNY SOUTH

Come to the Sunny South, love,
Where the stars so brightly shine,
Where Nature dons her gayest robes,
And beauty seems divine.
Come where true passions fount, love,
Can never shrink with drouth;
Where hearts beat fast and meier grow cold /;
Yes, come to the Sunny South
Come Come Come to the Sunny South
Where hearts beat fast and meier grow
cold;
Yes, come to the Sunny South.
CQme to the powered home, love,
Where the light peeps through the vine,
Like angel smiles, to meet the bliss
That two fond hearts entwine.
Come where the singing birds, love,
Lend to each branch mouth;
Where songs, are heard from morn till night
Yes, come to the Sunny South.
Come Come Come to the Sunny South
Where hearts beat fast and meier grow
cold;
Yes, come to the Sunny South.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
COY-Itch.

The itch is a parasitic disease. The
simplest and best application for it is
an ointment of salt butter, or lard, and
kerosene in equal parts, thoroughly
and frequently rubbed into all the af-
fected places with the fingers. But
nine tenths Of the cases supposed to be
the itch are some other skin disease
caused by something else. Frequently
the disease is too deep seated to be
reached by any external application.
Many arsenical or mercurial nostrums
are recommended for such diseases, but
it is better to avoid their use entirely.
1t is a safe rule never to use any poi.
sonOus preparation except by the ad
vice of competent veterinarian Of
some good physician.-Ex.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
Oiling Wagon Wheels and other
Woodwork.

Mr.. Allen E. Smith reports TO- the
Farmers Review an experience in Oiling
wagon wheels and other woodwork.
He says;
81 have a wagon of which, six years
ago, the felloes shrunk so the tires
became loose. l gave it a good coat
of hot oil and every year since it has
had coat of oil or paint, and some
times both. The tires are tight yet
They have not been set for eight or
nine years. Many farmers think that
as soon as their wagon felloes begin to
shrink they must go at once to the
blacksmith shop and get the tires set.
Instead of doing that which is often a
damage to the wheels, causing them to
dish, if they will get some linseed oil
and heat 1t boiling hot, and give the
felloes all they can take, it will fill
them to their usual size and tighten the
tire. After the oil a coat of paint is a
good thing to keep them from shrink
ing, and also to keep out the water.
If you do not wish to 60 to the trouble
of mixing the paint, you can heat the
oil and tie a rag to stick and swan
them over as long as they will take OF
A brush is more convenient to use, bu
a swab will answer if you do not wisl
to buy brush. 1T is quite a saving
Of time and money to look after thu
woodwork of farm machinery. Alter
nate wetting and drying Injuries ant
causes the best wood soon to decay ant
loose its strength, unless kept wei
painted. 1t pays to keep a little oil OIL
hand to oil fork handles, rakes, neck
yokes, whiffietrees, and any other SINAI
tools on the farm that are more or les
exposed.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
How to Say 1t.
Yes, come to the Sunny South.

Say 4 would rather walk and not
L had rather walk
Say Il doubt not but l shall, and not
4 don't doubt but | shall
Say for you and me- and not for
you and L.
Say whether l be present or not
and not present or no.
Say mot that know and not that
| know Of
Say return it to me- and not re-
turn it back to me-
Say i seldom see him. and not that
| seldom or ever see him.
Say fewer friends and not less
friends
Say if l mistake not and not if l
am not mistaken
Say game is plentiful, and not game
is plenty
Say 4 am weak in comparison with
YOU and not 'to you
Say it rains very fast, and not very
hard"
Say in its primitive sense and moi
primary sense
Say 'he was noted for his violence,
and not The was a man notorious fol
Violence t---------'
Say thus much is true and no
this much is true
Say 4 lifted it, and not Il lifted i
up
And last, but not least, say 81 tax
my paper and pay for it in advance.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
MeMINNyIIIE TENNESSEE SATURDAY. JANUARY a. 1888

ton of the requisite qualities in the
mule is not found in the production of
a hot-bed policy, which, by constant
feeding with everything that will has
ten growth, brings out large, coarse,
forced, overgrown, awkward animal,
who decays as rapidly as he has been
grown. If he were intended for the
slaughter-pen, this method of growing
is correct but when he Is designed for
the valleys of the Southern rivers,
where his service is active and his ra
tons not very select, he wants more
game, more spirit and ACTION, more
symmetry, and not too much size.
Hence, our Tennessee mules, the pro-
duOe of spirited jacks, are really more
valuable to Southern planters than the
produce of Kentucky under the present
system.
This, no doubt, to some extent, is
the fault of the purchasers South, who
have not generally discovered their err
ror. They demand large sizes and pay
in proportion to size and this, in part,
explains the policy of Kentucky. My
opinion is that size in mule is worth
| nothing after they reach fifteen hands
high, and that many under that height
come up to the standard value, fitted
for cotton plantations.
"When compared to the blood horse
the mule is unfit for the saddle, pleas
ure carriage, or any harness requiring
rapid motion. His sire is an animal Of
slothful tendencies, of slow motion gen
, orally, and hence the necessity of i'm
proving this quality in the jack. Give
r him spirit, and action, and stamina
e rather than great height. One con
s forms to the law of nature, and thu
: other violates them.
e "The Spanish and Maltese jacks hav'
r spirit generally, and for that reason ar
e valuable as a cross; but they come t.
J, us without stamina and with contract
n ed chest. These faults must be RENE
y died by proper crossing before they vii
J. produce the mule best fitted for the ma
l. laria districts of the Southern rivers
i at is our policy to grow the mul
W that will prove to be most valuable t
it the cultivators of the South, and rel
E, upon their following their interests
We when explained to them and proven
st upon trial, to be true.
ID "What have learned upon this sui
E. ject is not from heresay. | have pu
2, chased and grown all the mules whic
ut ] have driven for twenty-five years
III Mississippi. l have had that opport'
nifty Of knowing what they have don
" and these opinions are the results
ne experience. This knowledge wou
have been of service to me in the cor
of mencement of my business, and cor
in municate it for the benefit of those wi
may adopt my opinions hereafter"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
By STANDARD PUBLISHING co.
THE BEAUTIFUL.

Beautiful faces are those that wear
1t matters little if dark or fair
Whole-souled honesty printed there.
Beautiful eyes are those that show,
Like crystal panes where hearth fires glow,
Beautiful thoughts that burn below.
Beautiful lips are those whose words,
Leap from the heart like songs of birds.
Yet whose utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful hands are those that do
Work that is earnest and brave and true,
Moment by moment the long day through.
Beautiful feet are those that go
On kindly ministry to and fro,
Down loliest ways il God Wills so.
Beautiful shoulders are they that bear
Ceaseless burdens of homely care
With patience, grace, and daily prayer.
Beautiful lives are those that bless
Silent rivers of happiness,
Whose hidden fountains but few may guess
Beautiful twilight at set of sun,
Beautiful goal with race well run,
Beautiful rest with work well done.
Beautiful grave where grasses creep,
Where brown leaves fall, where drifts lii
deep
Over worn out hands--oh, beautiful sleep
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
Small Young Beef.

Fashions, habits and tastes are gen.
orally the result, to greater or less ex-
tent, of caprice on the part of some
body, But the most capricious gener-
ally yield in time to circumstances, if
not to their own better judgment. The
time when very large and very fat beef
OK beef-was in most popular de-
mand has gone by, although there are
many who from sheer force of habit
still prefer it. But the demand for
we'll marbled, juicy, tender beef, such
as is produced by thrifty young animals
of from one and quarter to two and
half years old, of compact form,
finely and closely built throughout, is
fast superseding it. And so it should,
for, from every economical considera-
ton, it is much to be preferred. Cir
custances undoubtedly justify, and will
probably continue to justify for many
years yet, the feeding of strictly beef
producing animals to much greater
age than two years, but every pound
of beef produced after about that age
is made at very considerable loss as
compared with making like amount
from another younger animal.
If the dairymen of the country could
see that their own interest lies in ele-
voting the quality of their products,
and ungrudgingly feeding their skim
milk and other by products to the
calves which they now deacon, thus
? putting them on the road to profitable
meat production, it would be an i'm
measurable benefit to the country a
large. More and better young mea
producing animals is pressing need o
the country at large to-day. Whel
the supply of young animals is stuff
/, cicnt to meet the demand of the coun
, try no animal grown for beef alon
| Will ever be permitted to live beyon
4 two years. There will always be oil
? cows, and oxen enough to supply ems
, ture meat" for the small number {
r people whose habit of eating old toug
meat is incurable.
It 1t may not be amiss to quote in tn
Il connection two of the "facts" which
q is claimed have been established at tn
O Ontario Experiment Fam at Guelph
,. viz.
a at is thirty per cent. more profit
- bic to prepare and dispose of fattenin
r cattle at two years old than to kee
y them up to three years"
Ell "No cattle beast whatever will pa
er for the direct increase to its weig
S. from the consumption of any kind
or quantity of food."-Breeder8 Jolunc
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
Possibilities of American Wheat.

Speaking of our gigantic crops of
wheat, the american Miller remarks
that few people, even in our own coun.
try, realize how inexhaustible our re-
sources are for wheat growing. The
total area of lands available for wheat
culture in the United States is not less
than 470,9OO,OOQ acres. Our entire
wheat crop of the past year would not
supply seed enough to SOW so vast an
area of land
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
Sheep VS.. Cattle.

1t is important in all branches of in
dustry to consider the sources of in
come, and their availability at short
periods. Sheep afford double income
acknowledgements and woodland they
are about equal in value. The power
of assimilating food is one of the most
important of animal functions, Sir D.
B. Lawes in his experiments to deter
mine the percentage of food utilized, or
stored up, by different animals, found
that sheep stored up, in increased
weight, twelve per cent. of the dry
food consumed, whilst cattle only laid
up increased weight eight per cent,
that is, 81 pounds of dry food increased
the weight of sheep as much as ia
did that of cattle. So that, if these
experiments are to be trusted, sheep
must be considered as excellent utilizers
of food-as producing at least as many
pounds of mutton, besides the wool
from a given quantity of food as car
be produced of beef; and as the besl
mutton brings as high a price as the
best beef, it would appear on this basis
that sheep would give the fleece as ex
ira profit over cattle. On this view
sheep on suitable lands, must be consid
cred the most profitable of farm stock
1t is true, the dairy cow brings he
profitable flow of milk to offset tn
fleece of sheep; but the good dair,
cow does not lay on flesh while in mil
as does the sheep while growing tn
fleece. National Live Stock Journal.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
Caked Udder.

Cor. Breeders Live Stock Journal.
Two of my fine grade heifers that
came in milk during The summer made
me great deal of trouble and suffered
intensely themselves from the cakingof
their udders before calving. One of
them became so bad that she could not
lie down, and after working upon her
most of the time for twenty-fopr hours,
in the hope to allay the inflammation and
start the milk, gave her up as incur
able. About that time friend called
upon me, and at once asked him to
look at my heifer. told him | would
sell her for FIVE dollars. He smiled
and told me not to get excited over
her, and said he could relieve her in
twenty minutes and cure her in two or
three days. He directed me to putsix
quarts of oats into kettle wit a pint
of vinegar and a pint of water, and
boil them till heated through. While
was doing that he took grain bag
and sewed both ends of a doubled tow
Ell on to the side of it, so as to make {
sort of T of it, the bag being the toI
piece. This he put around her BODY
and fastened it with strings. The towe
portion was carried under her udde
behind and brought up so as to be fas
tened by strings to the bag over he
back. This made pouch surrounding
the udder. Into this, while yet hot
too hot at any rate for my hand-m
friend poured the oats, not all at once
but by degrees and at different points
The relief was almost instantaneous
In less than twenty minutes she ha
Z lain down. She went to sleep an
slept quietly nearly three hours, whe
/ drove her up and examined her u,
der. 1t had become pliable, and f
E the first time l was able to start Il
i milk. After that had no furth
e trouble with her. Three days latersl
j calved, and has been doing well sine
T The timely arrival Of my friend saw,
me at least s75.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
Mails.


Tu,lahoma to McMinnville arrives 2:6O p
m Leaves sos M, daily except sunday
McMinnville to Sparta, arrives 90 M
leaves 8 p m, daily.
To Beersheba Springs, arrives m Tues
dav. Thursday and Saturday, leaves = m
same days.
To Smithville, (route No. l9299) arrives ~
m TUESDAYS, Thursdays and Saturdays, de-
parts p IN same days.
To Rock Island, arrives Tuesday, thurs
day and Saturday p m, leaves u same
days. oo,
To smithville (route No ls29S) arrives
Monday and Friday at p m, departs D a III
same days.
To Woodbury., arrives Wednesday and
Friday m, leaves . m same days
To Horseshoe Falls, arrives Monday ana
Thursday ~ m, departs 2 m same days
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
violence.
How to Obtain Eggs in Winter

In order to get in winter time, says
NJ. Poussin, writing in La Base COtu'
it is necessary to have chickens Matched
during the month of January, or at
at least, in FEBRUARY or March. Form
erly it was almost impossible to obtain
broods so early, but now nothing is
easier, thanks to the adoption of incu-
bators and artificial mothers, by which
means young birds are raised under
glass, or, as some people call it, "under-
ground" Chickens Matched during the
first three months of the year lay very
well in winter, and their eggs consti-
tute valuable resource, for they EYER
fail, although they are not so abundant
as IN summer time.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27

If the farmers of the country who
own worthless dogs-curs without any
breeding-could be induced to destroy
them and substitute one well bred shep.
herd pup, not more, to each farm, the
wealth of every farming community
would he vastly increased in many
ways. Farmers, with little tact in
getting along with dog, would soon
find the collie saving them many step.
Eager and anxious to learn, willing to
do everything within his power, the
young dog needs only wise and pa
tent restraint, an intelligent direction
to become the most useful hand on the
place. The collie is an alert and dis
criminative watch dog, answering fol
this purpose far better than the heavy
sleeping, stupid, savage bull or mastifi
who is liable to attack his best frienC
or eat up a child.-Ex.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
Good Advice.

You will prevent and cure the great
err part of the ills that afflict mankind
in this Or any section, if you keep your
stomach, liver and kidneys in perfect
working order. There is no medicine
known that does this as surely as Par,
ker's Ginger Tonic. 1t will keep your
blood rich and pure, and give you good
health at little cost. See advertisement,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
Cement for Handles.

A material for fastening knives or
forks into their handles, when they
have become loosened by use, is a
much needed article. The best cement
for this purpose consists of one pound
of yellow resin aud eight ounces of sui
phur, which are to be melted together
and either kept in bars or reduced to
powder, Two parts of the powder are
to be mixed with one part iron filings,
fine sand, or brick dust, and the cavity
fthe handle is then to be filled with
this mixture. The stem of the knife or
fork is then to be heated and inserted
into the cavity, and when cold it will
be found fixed in its place with great
tenacity.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
COURTS.

OHANCERY-Sits LIST Monday in May and
VI November; John w. Burton, Judge; j.
C. Biles, Clerk.
OIRCUIT-Sits Tuesday after 4th Monday
Ii in January, May, and September; ). j.
Williams, judge A. j. Curl, Clerk.
COUNTY by quorum LIST Monday in
ii every month; full court every quarter
John w. TOwles, Esq, Chairman; A H.
Gross, Clerk.
OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS-H. P
" Maxwell, Sheriff; Jno. l.. Jac0, Register
II. A. Cunningham, Trustee and Tax C0llec
tor; Geo. 7. Purvis, Ranger H. M. ArgO
Jailer; Sam O'Neal, County superintendent
of Public Instruction
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27

Bilious fever, Remittent and Inter-
mittept fever, malarial fever, Jaundice
and many more of the most deadly dis
eases of America have their starting
point in a torpid inactive liver. ANY
or all Of these diseases may be avoided
by the timely use of Portaline, the hest
and most perfect Vegetable Liver med
icine in the world. Price 30 cents
For sale by j. B. Ritchey.
Whites Cream White Vermifuge is
the best wormkiller.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
General 1irtffnrg.
CHuRCHES.

Southern Methodist-Rev II. B. Reams'
oastor; services every second and 4th Sun
'iAys at II a m, and at night every Sunday
PRAYER. meeting Wednesday night.
Christian-Services every Sunday. Prayer
meeting Wednesday night.
Methodist-Rev. F. W. Henck pastor
services first and third Sundays; prayer
meeting every Thursday night.
Presbyterian-Rev. A. E. Grover pastor
services every SUNDAY and night prayer
meeting every Wednesday night.
Cumberland Presbyterian-heV.
pastor; services every SUNDAY anu
at night; prayermeeting "Wednesday nlgnt
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27
The Southern Pacific railway cor

The Southern Pacific railway com
pany proposes, it is said, to ship wheat
from the vicinity of San Francisco to
New Orleans, distance of over 2, 400
miles, and then send it by steamer to
Liverpool at the low rates of SO to s12
a ton for the entire distance. The plan
contemplates a line of freight steamers
of from 5000 to 1000 tons capacity,
which can make the round trip between
Liverpool and New Orleans in thirty
days, carrying wheat out, bringing in
coal and migrants. To induce imigra
ton, the fare from Liverpool to points
in California is to be placed as low al
S25 or $50, and experimental cars arr
being built adapted to carrying whea
one way and migrants the other.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27

Atithe annual meeting of the ''Uni.
ted States Agricultural Society" in
Washington last week, Hon. John A.
King was elected president, Major Ben
Perley Poore secretary, William NJ.
French treasurer, and vice president
from each State.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-27

The destruction of property by fire
in the United States and Canada du-
ring the year 1882 reached total of
800, 100000. Over ten million dollars
worth of property was burned up in
December.