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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27
Earring a Rat.
Chambers journal

Rats are wonderfully clean ami
malls, and they dislike tar more,
perhaps, than anything else, for
tit once gets ON their Jackets.
they fnd it most ditlicult TO re
msve it. Now, | had heard il
mentioned that pouring tar
down at the entrance of their
holes was a good remedy, also
placing broken pieces of glass
hy their holes Was another
remedy But these remedies
are not effective rhe rats may
leave their old holes and make
fresh ones in other parts of the
honte; they don't. however,
leave the premises for good. l
thought | would try another OK
pertinent -one | had not heard
Of before. One evening I set
large wire cage iat-trap, attach
ing inside a most seductive
piece Of strongly smelling
cheese, ana next morning
found, 10 my satisfaction, that
| had succeeded IN trapping q
very large rat. ono OF the largest
/ had ever seen, which, afterI
had besneared him with tar, i
let loose into his favorite rnn
The next night tried again, and
sueearded In catching another
equally big fellow, and served
hin ia the same manner. /
could not follow these two tar
besmeared rats into lheif mn
merous rams 20 see what W oula
happen bui il is reasonah Q to
assume that they either Enm-
imoned together all the members
of THEN community; and by their
erest-fallen Appearance gave
their comrades silent in,iiea.
iions OF tie misfortune which
had so suddenly hefaAen them
or that they frightened their
brsthren away, for they one and
al foisoek tho place ana fied,
The experiment Was emlnently
successful From that daY ir
la75, till n ow. 1855. my honse
ancient tho ugh il is. has beer
entlrely Fl, from rats; ard
believe that there is no remedy
equal 10 this one, il yon cal
catch your rat alive They
never came back TO the house
! AGAIN.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

A riot recently occurred at
Canton, China, between the Obi.
neso and foreigners in which y
number Of persons we're killed
and wounded The mob burned
ten English, one American, two
German and one French houses.
There is very bitter feeling
prevailing between the Chinese
and foreigners aud another riot
is liable TO occng at any moment.
Several of the Enropeau gov
eruments have stationed war
vessels in the harbor to protect
their citizens and prevent any
outbreak.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

A cutlery manufacturer found
at one time large portion of his
goods being returned TO him as
in a damaged condition, with
rusty, deeply oxidizsd blades.
Finally it was located upon the
man who sorted and wrapped
the knives in packages. Every
thing he touched was folnd to
rust, from the peculiar acid
character of his skin oxhals-
tons. II is well known that
Soma persons cannot carry
poeket.kpives or bright iron
articles, as keys, etc. about
their person without the same
becoming very rusty.-Boston
Post.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

The Times Democrat says
The people of Sardis, Miss, on
the line of the Mississippi and
Tennessee road, are dissatisfied
with the freight rates charged
aud are anxious to have road
built from Sardis TO Helena,
Ark distance of 80 miles.
The road, it ia stated, will pass
directly through a rich cotton
belt and that its local traffic
will sustain it.n
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

This is the way a mean editor
tries TO crush q man who thinks
he pesesses the divine afflatus.
"An esteemed citizen who is
sending about fifteen pages of
original poetry every day, is re-
specially informed that If he
dosn't let up, one Of his pieces,
with his fun name attached, will
be published. This warning 10
given in the interest ofhis family
and friends IN. Y. CONNER
cial Advertiser.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

a second electric boat has
been launched npon the Thames
aud is forty six .eet long and
can carry fifty passengers. lta
motive force lies concealed in
seventy boxes, each of one
horse power stored under the
floor of the boat. and at the end
there is a Liemens dynamo, tke
spindle Of whiel is continued
so as to form the screw, without
intermediate gearing A speed
ofnine miles an houl can be
maintained for six or seven
hours, when the secondary bat
series have to be replenished.
There is no noise; or heat, or
smoke, or smell, on waste, and
the machinery takes mp so little
room that practically the entire
boat is available for passenger
accommodations. sw
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

Some idea OF the magnitude
of the agricultural implement
industry may be gathered from
the statement that the lumber
annually consumed in Chicago
alone. amounts to upwards of
20,000,000 feet. or this total
about 7,000,000 feet are pine.
Oak, hickory, maple, elm, white.
wood and Norway pine are also
used TO considerable extent
Chicago Herald.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

Every newspaper that does
ttu1furyrstrrrnrry gTd unrarrr-r
ingly must hare enemies fierce,
bitter and unrelenting enemies.
Every political trickster who
fails TO use the paper FOR the ad-
vancement OF his scl,eme; every
ore who attempts unsuccessful.
ly to buy or bulldoze ii, hates it
thereafter with q malignity di
rectly proportioaed to the ful
some laadatiou which he would
have lasished upon il il il had
done his dirty work. Fort
Worth Gazette.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

Tho production of sugar cane
is increasing in Mexico. The
climate and soil are reported as
well adapted to it. 1t is stated
that there is nothing in the
forA Of sngar cane in Louisiana
which can compare With the
lUyurant growth TO be found in
Mexico. Many of the largest
sugar districts in Mexico have
abundant water, which can be
utilized for machine power az
we'll as for irrigation. As for
facilities for transportation.
Mexican sugars arc pnt mp in
small packages of conical shape,
which are eaisly transported by
pack animals to any distance re,
qnirsd. Chicago journal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

IL appears that the Chicago
police are so unaccustomed to
the spectacle Of intoxication,
that when they found u drunken
man in the street they took him
to the morguc and put him Oh
ice. This demonstrates some-
thing or other, but whether il is
the stupidity of Chicago police
men, or the intensity and CON.
pleteness of Chicago intoxica.
ton, is not quite clear.-New
York Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

A connu1drum c, instructor.
whose name is unknown to fame
has found out by experience
the difference between a sweet
heart and a wife is almost akin
to the difference between a gold.
headed cane and a war; on
your nose. You carry the one
around with you because you
like to aud the other because
you've got to.-N. Y, CONNER.
cial Advertiser.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

Suppose We wish to know the
largest square that can be cut
froui a circular sheet of given
size To ascertain without 10 eas. i.
uring, multiply the diameter by
--1e7i. md we fryvu utbv-s'n~--4.f
the circle. This in a usafnl rule
for all trades. Maclinists very
oftep have occasion TO use it.
so de boiler.makets and lumber
men. Scientific American.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27
COLONIAL. Arr ;r0cRAcY.
How tle Magnates Lived Befnre
the Revolution.
3 lHarper's Monthly.E

Lot ns consider, by way Of
illusirat' on, the way Of living on
the Narragansett shore OF
Rhode Island, and see how
closely il resembles that of Vir
ginia.
The hate venerable Isaac
Peace Hazerd. Of Newport, r.
l., told nae that his gTeat.grand.
father, Robert Hazard Of Mar.
ragahSeit. used in laiel life,
when he had given away many
OF his farms to his children, tu
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

A fchoolmistress of Yreks,
Cal while on her way to school
was attacked by an infuriated
steer. She seized the animal by
the horns and held him until
help came. The next day she
saw a rat in the school room.
when she hastily gathered her
hastily gathered her skirts
about her, jumped up on a desk,
and yelled murder. A rat has
no horns for Il woman to grab
hold of.--Norristown Herald.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

The Cumming, Ga, Clarion,
says; Oui farmers are opening
their eyes to see that intensive
farming is the opposite to OK
tensiye farming. Less land and
more work, fewer acres and =
greater supply OF fertilizers-
not so much careless crop rails
ing and more dllliseRt culture.
One acre well prepared and
carefully cultivated is worth five
acres indifierentIy prepared and
carelessly cultivated.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

Sitting Ball is in poor health
He says; II have bean offered
mach money to travel and to he
present at the Cincinnati Expo.
sitlon, but | never travelled on
the cars, and fear that TO do so
would make me sick. l now
have a lung disease, and fear
that in q short time | shall go to
my fathers; therefore the little
time that is spared me | want to
spend with my children, whose
sight delights me: | have ten
children and many relatives,
who want me to stay with them.
| also fear if | trusted myself
from home thst the whites would
starye nae, or that would die
before returning
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27
Eight memhsrs OF tho Sion,

Eight members Of tho Stone
family, in Tennessee, on their
way to church in an OK wagon,
we're run away with by a yoke
Of oxen and all tumbled into u
creek withoutinjury. This little
spread gave local paper a
chance to say that was one Of
the occasions where no Stone
WAS left untnrned in the effort
to hear the gospel, Chicago
Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27
Alexander Lutte, of Dutton

Alexander Lutte, of Dutton
greek, Wyoming, camo upon q
Queer scene on prairie the 9th
CT day. There was d ring OF
rocks nearly breast high. The
diameter of the ring was about
three feet. Outside the circle
were tho skeleton of two Indi-
ans. Within the ring was the
skeleton OF an-evidently q
white man. The story was told
in grim characters, and 1t need
cd little fancy 10 picture the
thrilling matter enacted there
Chicago Times.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

Cotton manufactured into
duck is being successfully in.
troduced as q roofing material.
Aside from its cheapncss it
possesses the advantage Of
lightress as compared with
shingles or olate; it cffec tually
excludes water, and il is said to
he a non.conductor Of heat
n Y. Sun.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

A Boston school girl can not
be made TO speak of overalls.
She prefers to call them super.
omnes. Now let some of those
wild Western sheets again sneer
at our culture, IL they dare -
Boston Transcript.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27


A story was told ofan Ameri-
can travelling ii Paris. Having
occasion to take bath, his
physician recommended Il wine
bath. In the employ of the es-
tahiishmsnt thePe was "a cOlored
man whom he had known in
America, and of hia he inquir.
cd how they could afford to give
a wine bath foi seventy five
cents. "Why, massa,n ssia the
negro. "that wine has beon in
tho bath tnb for one week. and
You is the thirty-eighlh pussun
that has bathad in it," "Wen,
! suppose you throw It away
when they are done with itRn
"Oh no, massa; dey send il down
stairs for the poor people, who
baths for twenty five cents"
"And then what DO they do with
itgn Bottle it up and send it to
America, where they sell it for
iiDe Frefch winen
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

A gentleman living in Florida
has patented a prccsss for max.
lug sugar and syrup from cassa.
va, and, after experiment, writes
that he has no doubt cassava
cultivation will, in a few years,
be the most profitable employ
ment Of the people OF that State.
Chicago Journal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27
American mosonitoe. havs

American mosquitoes have
made their appearance in Lon,
don. Their nationality Was dis
covered from the fact that they
carried jack-knives aud talked
through their nose. They also
.irntf~' y" embroidered on
their backs. When these pests
visit Germany. Bismark will is.
sue aproclamation against thom,
but he will find that he has not
the -Americrn hog to doal with.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

The report come from New
York that the dudes are taking
to drinking absintbe. Shl dod't
say IA word, absinthe is said to
be fatal In three Roch-
ester Express.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

The moralist says avery
man is occasionally what he
ought to be perpetually' Then
again some men are perpetually
what they ought TO be occasion.
ly.-Ex.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27
Southern Indnstries gives:

this good advice to farmers
Stock your farm TO the fullest
extent with horses. cattle, hogs
and sheep raise all the fsed pos.
siele. and you have put your
coarse grain, fodder and straw
TO the beat use possible IN IN.
creasing the PROFITS Of the
farm.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

FafIs has III omnIbus prOpeI.
led by elec. ricity, aud its opera
tion is said to be u complete
succcss. The motive power is
furnished by Faure accumula.
tors weighing $500 kilog rammes
and CITING out a force OF seventy
two horse power.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

Always rich in naturalrssourc
ss, the sonth has long hesn
poor through lack of develop.
ment II has at last entered
upon "a new era Of industrial ac
ti,ity, and is now making rand
strides toward a siagc Of mate.
rial prosperity commeusura;
with its great natural wealth. =
New York Herald.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

A storm washed the blacking
OFF a New York woman's eye.
hrows, aud il so injured her OPP.
tics that she was blind for two
weeks. N. Y. Sun.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

A Schenectady newsboy has
made sl,fo9 by betting on the
Saratoga races.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

a North Carolina girl died in
twenty four hours ofa hornets
sting.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

Two one.armed men applaud
ed in Stockholm theater b,
slapping their remaining hand,
together.
+ The supply of amber on th,
, shores OF the Baltic is said to b,
sufficient 10 last the world thir
ty Thousand years.
A California lion, measuring
some eigAt feet from tip to tip
was killed in the mountains
near San Luis Obispe The other
day.
The b empbis and Kansas Git,
railroad has been completed
This is great thing for Mem
pIis and will add immensely to
her commerce.
The yellow fever is sbating at
the Pensacola navy yard and
there seems TO be but little fear
that II will invade other local..
ties.
Aonsignor Cspel says it is q
rare thing to find beauty of
countenance in wousn allied
with great strength Of soul
intellectual power.
One pavpbrokor in Now York
says that in ysar he recsivsd
10000 coats, vests and panta.
looms, Of which numbsr he sold
10000 and 10000 we're redeem
sd.
Lord Chief Justice Colsridgs
is credited with knowing more
Of the geography Of America
than any other Euglishmaa who
has ever visited the United
States.
In consideratil II Of the CON
tinucd depresaionin agriculture,
the Duke of Newcastle has re.
turned TO his tenants twenty
per cent of their rents for the
past hale year.
Were every ear of cora in
@ichigan and WISCONSIN rcinet-
by frost tho lose would be but
about three per cent of the on
tire crop ofthe country N. Y.
Herald.
An infusion from a shrub call.
ed "tsmpah,n used by the IN.
dians in Neva Ia and Utah as
stIululaut, is said to resemble
Chinese tea in taste, and miners
use il "a q blood -purider.e
Germany has a tenn erance
reyivalsuoh as was never known
in that country before. II is
led by Count Moltke, snd many
eminent men are among its fore.
most workers.
David Dudley Field is about
turning his eightieth year. He
has the physical yigor of a young /
beau. His passion for The law
is just as evident and he likes
TO be the counsel for young and |
active attorneys.
A man was convicted cha 9th.
er day in Atlanta, Ca, OF selling
tho New York Police Gazette
and sentenced to pay $1,000 or
serve twelve months on the |
chain'gang. lie appealed 70 the
Supreme Court.
Inuocent men have been so
frequently convicted OF crime
in Germany of late that the
press Of the country is calling
earnestly for "A law to secure in
Identification at the hands of
tie government in snch cases.
The Saturday Review thinks
that the impediment to the mar.
riage of Jews and Christians,
especially in Roman Catholic
countries, constitutes, 20 long
as it remaius, a sure guarantee
for the separate vitality of Ju.
daism.
The notorious and amusing
jealousy between st. Paul and
Minneapolis has taken the dire
shape of a war over the dire eto-
riss of the two cities. Each di
reetory man swears that the
other is a liar, aad pubhc opin
ion in the two cities is drawn mp
in military line.
They have man IN Pike
county who has declined a nomi- |
nation for office. His eonstitu
snts desire him 10 be a candi-
date for tho responsible office
Of coroner and ranger. but be
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

The Texas cotton buyers and
farmers differences havo been
settled Cotton is, TO DO weigh
ed at the compress by the pub
lie weighers, ia oonjuction with
o weigher selected by tho prees
and approved hy . majority Of
the buyers. IL a dispute arises.
then a disinterested person shall
bo called in, and his decision
shall be final.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

a theatrical manager in Paris
provides a room for newspaper
men in which to write their oriti.
cisms, and messenger to carry
their copy 10 the newspaper Of.
fees; but tho messengcr has or.
ders to read the copy aud 'lose"
the manuscript il il contains an
unfayorable noiise of bis show.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27
THE
UNIVBRSIT
0f
Mississippi, at Oxford.

Next Session opens u, Shfl i III
BIER, 1888.
ruTrroNFREE no EFERYBoDY
BUT RTS.
Open to both Sexes alike.
The cheapest University IN this
country.
All the Departments are IN sac
cssful operation Law, Literary
semitic, and Preparatory Depart
ments conducted as heretofore,
For Catalogues free and iuforml-
t.on apply to Gen. A. P. Ste"a''
Chancellor.
Special Inducements berc 90
oung men and women-poor and
ych alike.
II. NJ. SULLIVAN.
Secretary Board of Frastaes
July 6 1883.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-27

All persons wishing Tombstones
or Monuments OF any kind, will.
find 1t TO their interest to call on
me before purchasing elsewhere.
| can be found in Oxford every
SATURDAY. JAS. & IhlG6
April 5th. 1883.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-31
wANTEU

GIRLs. Apply to
 oc3I St 6s Oonrt Streat
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-31
THE OLD WORLD.
Great Britain.

 Explosions i'm an Underground Ratlway.
 LONDON, Oct 30.-Two terrific explosions occurred on the line of the Metropolitan underground railway this evening, one at the Paddington station, the other at West minister. The glass roofs of both were blown out, windows shattered and other damage done. At Westminster station. all escaped injury. but at Paddington several persons were severely hurt, none, however fatally. The nature of the explosive is not known. The dangerous material is supposed to have been thrown from the carriage win dow of Q passing train.
 LONDON, Got. 30.-Immediately after the explosions at Westminster and PaddinDton stations of the Metropolitan underground railway last evening the government inspec- tors began an investigation. Both explosions occurred at the same hour-8 o'clock-and were of precisely the same character, except that the one at Peddington was more violent The circumstances attending the disaster at the latter station are substantially as follows: A train had just left the station and had par tially entered the tunnel whom 8 tremendous detonation was heard immediately followed by the crash of breaking glass. A few persons at the station were cut by the flying fragments of glass. The train pro- cseded without stopping to Edgeware EOdd sehe4oA WuoEo-1k WhS AScoIGalnoO tna6 tu6 windows of three third-class carriages in the rear of the train had been demolished and the broken bits of glass dashed into the faces of the passengers, some of whom were dan gerously cut Many of the injured were able to go to their homes unalded, but thirty-two were taken to St. Mary's hospital. The in- spectors attribute the explosions to escaping gas from the tanks with which the tracks are supplied. The Telegraph and Daily News both believe foul plot exists for the destruc- tion of life and property and that these ex- plosions are but forerunners of what may oo- cur If the dastardly perpetrators are not promptly hunted down.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-31
FEMALE M. D.,S

Are having quite success. says Mas. TunAIL :: "L have been praoticing medicine for thirty years and have had some very difficult
 '1 know of one man who came from England His was . severe ease of kidney complaint He wss great sufersr and hsd almost given up hopes of find ing relief. After he had used four bottles of the medicine gave him he relieved through the natural channel of piece Of oxoate Of lime calculus fully large hazel nut very irregular shape, somewhat like grain of corn whom popped open. It waa of a dark brown color. It's passage was, of course, accompanied by very and cutting pains. am pleased to gay he is a well mau now. full account of the matter appeared in the Banner of Light at the time, and was much commented on by the medical fraternity.
 "Sot long ago had three four cases of drepsy' One of them nv twenty miles from here. In these cases sometimes the persons swell to an enormous size.
 'I could enunerate any number Of persons who have cespaired of getting well, and have cured them, as prescribe neveI-f failing medicine-one that have used in all similar cases for six years namely Hunts Remedy and give it to them in the original package, and after the most thorough and exhaustive provings fully convinced of it's .r- perior merits and specinc action upon the diseasss for whi h 1t is recommended. In short Hunts Rem sdJ cures when everything else fails.
 MRs. FLAvIA 4. TRAIL, M. D.
 PooUoNocK CONN, May S1, 1885,"
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-31
TELEGRAPHIC JOrrINGs.

It is beli eyed that the explosion of d5 nam- ite in the office of the chief of police at Frank fort was the work of the socialists as @ means of revenge for the recent imprison- ment of several of their number.
 A gentleman supposed to be A. M. Pirest of the War department, Washington, was found dead in bed yesterday at the Manhat- tan Hotel New York. bottle which had contained laudanum was found on table near the bed and it is probable that he committed suicide.
 The Penny Press of Cleveland has started a fund for the family of General Stedman, the hero of Chickamagua, who died at Toledo recently. About threehundrsd contributions have alrendy been received and invitations sent to all war veterans throughout the State. Contributions can be sent to the Penny Press, 14 and 1G Frankfort street, Cleveland, Ohio.
 The octagon building at Amherst college,in which are Lawrence observatory and Woods cabinet, narrowly escaped destruction by fire yesterday morning. Fire caught from the furnace and had obtained considerable head way when observed. Students by energetic work squelched the flames and the damage to the building was tridfng The mineral col- lection was considerably damaged by careless handling.