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Lon kE>T- STORES: 2iT SOUTH THIRD
4 street SlOe. corner seventh snS stewart SIS
" - Hia-trR Territory Investment 40
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THE BEST LOCATION IN TACOMA FOR
L restauran grocery. BAT market or any other
retail business: new stores: Pacif avenue: oppo-
site Northern Pacific depot low rents TO RESPONSE
BILE parties.
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WaNrEp~AN ELEVATOR BOY AT THE
w Occidental hotel
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FOR s4IEREaE estate.

LtOR SALE-A F1kST-CLASS REGINQCiSH-
Il ment on the railroad: Ia miles fron a town
Address George NJ Van Doren. z06 10 40 Wash
incfnn block
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L'oR KENT-FOUR FURNISHED ROOM
L for housekeeping. 1927 Eighth street
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DOR EXCHANGING ACRES CEDAR
L river at railroad station. alder upland. $50
acre. garden lots. Grant stree. line, $50: 10 acres
unincambered. 2h acres piowed. accept mortgage
In trade: so acres Orcas island, Broom house,
good orchard $40 acre; 20 feet Madison street,
AGO, monthly payments, per cent Anderson
& Young 81 SECOND
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TOR sALE-SALMON BAY PARK LOTS;
Il $15; So month: Billiards. railroad question
settled: Great Northern shops. shing!e mills. new
workmen; buy now. Anderson & Young 81
Second street.
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TOR SALE-WE HAVE SEVERAL HOUSES
L for sale at sacrifice and cay terms: call
ard see rs before they all gone. NIsenan Il
Co room 206 New York block
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WE HAVE SOME OF THE FINEST RUSI-
w ness chances you ever heard Of: is the
time to go in business here in seattle. What do
you want: How much cash have YOU to investc
Call on us and we VIII find Won any kind of busi-
ness If you have only a small amount OF cash to
invest don't be backward: We will find you some
thing anyhow. Wiseman Il Co, room 2O6 New
York block.
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F0R EXCHANGE.

Tor EXCHANGE HAVE ANYTHING
l. enG everything 10 exchange; II you have any
thing 70 trade bring IL to US: we Will guarantee
satisfaction Wseman Il Co. room zoo New
York BLOCK
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T'OR SALE-RICH, Level. LAND AT RAIL
L road station one hour from Seattle; $50 per
acre: will take part payment in work balance
long time Maltby. Post In;eil gencer:
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-08

with contrary winds. high seas and ter
rife storms. he reluctantly consented 20
give MP his efforts after a struggle Of
rixty-tvo days, and returned 20 Ameri-
ca on n bark which kindly consented to
take him and his sea beaten boat back
to New York.
The captain isa very interesting char
aeter- He Is n uaR Of fixed purposes.
very hard 10 turn from the otjec, which
he has IN view. lie has made the sub
jet Of small boat sailing such a sts1y
that he L prepared 70 nee every argu-
ment against the risks which spring to
the minds Of his critics. yet the New
York Hsrsff put the case in a nutshell
when il said: The fact tina: Capt An
d-e-s can cross the Dream in a cookie
shell merely proves that snail hats are
1se when 4 Capt Andrews sails them
Amateurs should remember this when
the wind begins n sing"
The captain himself a Y that half
the people who are drowned lose their
lives be-@zse they DO not realize that Il
bat cannot sink An iron vessel might
c. n shiP load~i with a heavy cargo.
bot . TOW bat. sail boa; or ordinary
wooden vessel Eay eapSizs, bat viii.
E~STer-Es.esS f1z. The Pas$eE-z on
-4t ocez7 s-eanrr run some risk
was1 tAsT - 70 ssa. but all around the
c@ck they Sc wo~ie1 boats hung up on
vHaca thsT are taught 10 depend for
tEsir lives Il the big s,eamer goes down
Ihe~e beats are often crushed against
the great vessel or are capsized In
lowering am alone in a wooden boat
entirely under INV own control. and. IN
ny opinion. far safer than Others An
ingenious theory but hardly 4 fair one.
Capt. Andrews j. BIZ trade n piano
maker He built the .-SSPoIio- at At
lantic City in the presence Of hundreds
of people and exhibited il on the Long
Pier for several sTcckN- II Is a canvas
folding boat lined with half inch ce.Izy
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-08
GEMS.
Jewels That Fade and Lose Their B@aat,
and Value.

Jewels That Fade and Lose Their Beauty
and Value.
There are other gems besides the
precious opal which grow dim and fade
with aye The pearl. If shut away for
any length of time from the air and
light. l. said to lose its luster: but this
nay be restored by wearing IL again.
The popular notion hat 4 pearl is in
jnred by water i not altogether correct.
\ iawless pearl Is not injured in any
wav by moisture Il Is only when \
pearl has been cut in half. as those set
in cheap jewelry usually are. that it i
dangerous TO put il in water. or when
II has a flaw ir il. 50 hat the water can
penetrate the inner layers of which the
pearl i composed All pearl necklaces
should occasionally be taken to the
jewellers to be restrung- They are
strung on fine wires Of gold or plati-
num- which are made 81 light in order
that they may be invisible that they
become easily weakened by wear: and
IL the string breaks the chances are that
the wearer win lose many pearls unless
she Is exceedingly fortunate The moon
stone Is another gem which is liable u
be affected by moisture. and become
darkened and lose its luster. At leas,
this is true of the cheap Ceylon moon
stones. which form the largest quantity
sold in this city. A large moOnstOns
with a fine luster is worth more than
double those cheap m~oonstones. some
of which have little more luster thar
glasS-N. Y. Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-08
WILD BEAST" STORIES.
RunoTs NJ rgy.ssrtsu- Animsls In IN
Rural Districts

knrMA Dt@trtsN%
Country people are rs eager 70 se-
ccpt any runor of = strange and dan
yerou- Creature in the woods as they
IFre To believe in a g~bo~t-<tory. They
want IL 10 be true: IL gives them some
thing { think about aud talk about
II Is 20 their minds like strong drink g
their palatcs n gives a new interest
20 the woods. as the ghost-story gives a
new interest 20 the old house.
A few years z the belief became
current in our r~Eighborhood that a
dangerous wild animal lurked in the
wcpis about. now here. now there- II
had been seen in the dusk Some big
dogs had encountered it in the night.
AMI one Of them a nearly
killed Then a calf and a sheep
were reported killed and partly de-
voured Women and children became
afraid to go through the wcstS and
men avoided them after snndown- one
day A. | passed an Irishnans shanty
tina. stood in an opening in the woods.
his wife came out with a pail. and
begged leave 10 accompany me As far a.
the spring. which lay beside the rad
some distance into the woods. She
was afraid to go alone for water on ac-
count Of the sswild haste Then. 70
cap the climax Of wild urnors n horse
was killed One Of inv ueighh1rS an
intelligent man and a go,d observer.
went up - SEE the horse. lie reported
that a great cash had heen eaten in the
top of the horses neck: hat its back
was bitten and scratched, and that he
was convinced it was the work Of some
wild animal like a panther. which had
landed upon the horses back and fairly
devOured IL alive The horse had run up
and dow n the field trying % escape. and
finally. in It's desperation. had plunged
headlon- of a high stone wall by the
barn and been killed ! was compelled
tn sccept his story. but I pooh-poohed
the conclusions II was impossible that
we should have n panther in the midst
Il a. or. If we had. that il would attack
and kill a horse But how eagerly the
people believed II, IL tasted good. II
tasted good TO me. too. but / could not
believe H. II soon turned out that the
hOrse was killed by another horse. a
vicious beast that had fits of murlerous
hatred toward its kind The sheep and
calf were probably not killed at all. and
the big dogs had had a fght among
themselves 80 the panther legend
faded out. and our woods became a
tame and humdrum a. before. We can
not get up anything exciting that will
hold. and have to make the most of
such small deer as coons. foxes and
woodchucks -John Burroughs, in Cen
eur
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-08

The exhibits which form the feature
Of the ninth annual exposition are now
in perfect order for the opening next
Wednesday, when GilmOre's band with
100 pieees will give a grand concert
which will be attended not only by
thousands of visitors, hut also by the
governors of Missouri and other states,
each accompanied by a large suite As
Gilmore's New York engagement does
not terminate until Tuesday morning. il
has been necessary to charter a speciaI
train To bring him here in time for the
opening on the evening of September
=. The train will bring the largest a.
well as the finest band ever heard in
the west. and il i safe to say that the
playing of one hundred skilled must
clans under the leadership of the great
e.. hand master of the day will afforr
a musical treat such as has never beer
attempted heretofore in the west
The general attractions of the Expo
sition will be more numerous and gen
orally speaking much grander than il
the past In each of the eight success
full seasons of the st. Louis Exposition
new features have been introduced
hut the number of novelties this yea
is much greater than usual and al
immense increase in attendance !
anticipated. Tks art display is a yer,
grand one. and the electrical an'
mechanical departments also promis-
unwonted atrractScr& The manage
ment tha: IN inclusive fee o
p cents will admit tn all parts Of tn,
exposition, including the great Gilmor'
.rrr~re
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speak with more authority rs 70 .ss
t'n1c than m body else"
II have no Intention Of committing
suictsfe. Nevertheless. at midnight my
sisne expires I'm past all help ssii
the other, sadly, moving toward the
door, then pausing. aS the surgeon tooh
up one Of the candles to light hisa
down. he said. in rsoiute tones. As
you shall judge IL you care TO hear
By ell means said Nn~.yn, hrart-
lily, a. replacing ,te candle. he poked
the IRE n drew mp a chair for his
visitor.
Twenty years ago said the latter.
accepting the profered seat and lean
ing toward the surgeon. my circums
stances very different froas what
they are now. Young and strong,
bad At the death Of nv parents re-
jeeted the bread of dependence offered
me by relatives and, full Of hope. had
come 10 London TO make my fortune.
1T proved 70 be harder work than !
had anticipated, and in n very short
while l was reduced 10 the verge of
starvation. One dreadful night. of
which this Is the twentieth anniver-
sary. was half crazed with poverty
and despair For two days I had not
tasted food. nor did I see the sIightes:
prospect Of obtaining any.
A ! crou-hed shiverisg in the gar
ret which served me for a lodging I
must have gone n little mad"
Well sid the surgeon. who had
been listening with much interest
Have you ever heard of ccmpacts
with the evil one demanded the
stranger.
Il have heard Of such things re-
Piled the surgeon. on whose spirits the
occasion and the visitor were begin
ming TO tell
Il made One said the other. hoar>e-
~ .>Ince then everything has pros
Pered with me. ! married the woman
! loved. We have a large family. /
have kept my secret TO myself. To
night At twelve my time expires
Mcstya rose. and. taking Great care
not 10 extIuguish the flames snu1ed
the candles.
\ supposed my death would 10
strictly a natural q continued the
stranger. 4 though. would consult .
surgeou, IN order 70 see wh,tSer my
heart was sound. or whcthe- I Sas TO
die. A. ] have saia- ia a perfectly ras1r~
al maEner. oW snr 20 IL dSa% a
Waterman whom ! met Gs-ecreE ne -
your door
ifalfs a hour passed nd : eN
church clock slowly beozei TIE ur e
eleven one hour =o-c TIE su-so1
gianeing az hi companion % Sc whas
effect the saund had u7o1 hlz sa-
his eyes ser closed ami "a. he
brcathed heavily
Rising cautiously 20 hs feet he sei.
the pulse of the strong. sinewv WIS.
which hung over the side - the chair.
and then. returning IN h. seat. "a;
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-08
TIE OLD DESERTED HOUSE

Is there anything more dismal
Than the Old deserted house.
Standing near n nit % woodland
WHERE the cattle roam and bros So
Staining lone. a. IL forrgtfen.
Damp and ene-ri~s@. silent. gray
I<ft for vandAi years u crumBl-,
suns 20 warp and sea a~syt
EycieSs arr is zactcEi windows.
Biankly staring 70 sh~ sky:
Hin~-ie~- hais rs shattered portal.
NASuip- 10 the pas-er-by.
And A. oior elings about IL
Slch like that ahoas . tomb
Whilst ths night aiou. enmaatles
TendeFiy the house with gioomL
se-ae - nirth ami r. tai greetings
Place % fellowship and %,
When TIE grandma vas a mase~-.
When thr TrAnfsirc was a hoy:
kiruo-t can ~~ hear The footxter-
Lively trip along N. eror-.
Almost hear sh~ clan< and rIattrr
~ tn eio~fas o. the doors
Almost s@~ thr snowy uhisen~Sx
OF the tAhlr cruNncsI slrh food.
Aimo-t hear each los Nori spoken
Lovingly. AMI understood.
Almost picture cut The brightness
81 tSe opsn. zio~inE crate.
And uAe mlrshfgl sous encirciin-
Though the hour = growing late.
Airuo-t-buf the house coufronts Us.
IL ~ daylight and-tsdgy.
And no time for idle dreaming
OF the decades passed away
Change is wit on al things human:
Univers2lis the decree.
AHd from out the tecming present
slow evolves the age IN ~.
Edward Vincent in Good n ou~ekceping.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-08

chaEcc with n post and felt
his way along by tapping with his stout
stick at the house walls. y proceeding
by which he had already severely dam
aged the legs of three Of his suffering
fellow creatures and poked a large hole
in the kitchen window of the home of
the fourth
And now he continued. talking to
himself for want of company. for
home and supper and n tire. All. and
for a patient or two, perhaps Who
knows
At this cheering prospect his spirits
rose and he banged nightly at the
wall with his stick in consequence. I'M
I'll at length. coming To n small street
on his right, he turned smartly down.
and, having made sure of his own door,
knocked briskiy at il
Who's therey- cried a Shrill, female
voice in response
Its I, Bet. said her master. Open
the door. my good girl
Not II 7 knows il. was the cheering
reply You takes yourself of. young
man. whoever You are. There's two
bulldogs and three men with loaded
guns standing by me-. To say nothing
Open the door. the rye said,
sharply I'm back already because
my patients dead Come. open a.
once
There was n creaking and shooting OF
bolts As ne finished speaking. and the
door being cautiously opened. disclosed
an angular woman of some thirtv-fve
yea%. whose nervous face cleared d.
rectly as she saw her master.
I'm asking your pardon for keeping
you % long. sir. said she. blu, one
never knows who's who. and. Judging
ny the noises and runnings. there's
been rare d0lngs round the corner to-
night
Her master, smiling at her devotion
drew his chair tn the IRE and. having
carefully filed a long clay Pipe. fell 10
smoking with IN air of greateniovmeut
ans content
lie bad been sitting thus for some
time Nursing mis- woes and SHINING a
glass; of hot eognac which he had pre.
pared when he was disturbed bv 4.
loud imperative knocking nj the from,
ss-or' whereat he xuatched up one o:
tue gathering candles and marched
Gown the narrow stairs q open II.
Inc feeble light OF the candle, when
ne had done -. showed him a tail.
strong5E-built man Of middle age,
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closely regarding him. not without
casting certain uneasy glances into the
DARK cornerS of the room.
For a few seconds. il seemed. his
eyes closed. When he opened them the
lire was out. and the figure In front of
him still sat in the chair, though it's
head had o fallen on Its breast
Full OF a horrible fear he glanced
hurriedly q. the clock and saw that IL
was just upon the stroke of four: then
he sprang to the side Of his guest and
seized b % wrist nearest him. A. he
dit 50 hr started hack with q cry Of
horror. for some slippery thing. dart
ing swiftly between his feet. van
ished in the gloom of 4 neighboring
corner.
Ere he could himself the
man in front Of him stirred uneaSilv.
and rising unsteadily. gazed stupidity
at him
What IS the m atter9- he asked at
length in dazed tones
Natter shouted the still trembling
surgeon Why. its four hours past
midnight and ron are alive and we'll
A. he rose to his feet the old church
clock slowly struck the hour of four.
appearing 10 both the listeners To dc
30 with an emphasis as unusual A. II
was welcoms-
As the last stroke sounded the
stranger. who could even now hardly
realize his position. threw up the win.
dow aud extended his head
How came I To Sleep he inquired,
closing the window and turning to the
surgeon
Il dragged your drink. il was the
only thing could do. You were in such
a strange state Of affairs that VOC
would either have died or gone mad il |
had not done So
The stranger extended his hand ano
eaught the young surgeons in 4 might,
grasp.
1t has been a strange business, said
he What could il have been that was
in my garden that night and what could
have taken the agreement
Rats, said Mostyn. smiling. .4Ous
OF them frightened me terribly lust
now, bot II would o have done 50 IL
not oeen IN a very excited condition.
Inc same state of mind. perhaps,
though IN a milder form. that yoa were
IN on the night that you wrote youI
agreement
Nfou have saved my reason IL not nv
me- and he again grasped him by the
hand You shall not find me migrate,
full"
Nor did he; for, aided by his in.
nneuee' the young surgeon rose rapidly
fame and fortune. which he shared
In h most liberal manner with the
glrt whom his poverty had long kept
waiting--st Louis star Sayings.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-08
OF SPACE.
n IL Estimated to b~ Many Degrees Below
the Freezing Point.

~ IL Estimated to he Many Degrees Below
the Freezing Point.
We rarely realize. I think. how easily
the earth parts with its heat. and how
cold space i through which the earth
sweeps in its orbit Nor do ve com
monly appreciate how relentIessly space
sucks away the heat which the earth
has gsrnered from the sunbesms cut
into its illimitable depths Way out
in spaee Is a cold - intense that we
fairly fail 10 grasp its meaning. Per
hapS three hundred or four hundred
degrees below the freezing point OF
water. crne philosophers thiBk. xr~ the
dark rece~ses beyond our atmosphere.
And night and day. summer and win
ter, this insatiSte space is rob
bing us Of eur heat. and fighting
with demoaiae power to reduce OUT
globe To- it's own bitter cEiiL- 81.
after all. our summer and winter tenn
p~eratures are only maintained by the
residue of the suns heat which we have
been able Ia store up and keep hold oi
in spite of the pitiless demands Of space.
Dur margin sometimes gets 50 reduced
on nights in winter that we can readily
believe the astronomers and physicists
when they tell Us hat a reduction %
the suns neat by seven per cent. and 4
slight increase in the number of winter
days would suffice to bring again 10 oul
hemisphere a new age of lee. with It,
inevitable desolation- The balance i,
really a nice one between the heat we
daily gather from the N and the shar,
of il which we lose in spaee-T- Mitch
ell Prudden. in Harpers Magazine.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-08

and deckei ovCr with the same. In
order tn fold II there rI1s: BE- three long
canvas hinges from stem to stern. and
the daring Captain writes by an in
coming ship when he il hundreds OF
miles from shore that he finds the
'>aPoliO in n sea-way Is \ scrubber
but very leaky-- No better proof Of his
eoolness and pluck could be given
The start was made at &.S9 WesfneS-
day, July Goth. the destination being
Palos. Spain. Capt Andrews has in
structions To Sour the seas until he
discovers that port and the starting
point of Columbus. IL Is believed that.
sailing in 4 fourteen foot boat without
50 much as 4 hot cup Of coffee to vary
bis diet Of biscuits and canned goods, he
VIII, siEgie-handed. eclipse the record
of that sPanish-Italian adventurer who
almost failed to cross the great ocean
with three ships. $50 men. after secur-
ing b e Queens jewels to pawn and
having the blessing of the Church
thrown in Ths Columbus Is sailing in
a boat which had never been in wate-
until the our when he started on lis
1000 mile trip. lie has been spoken
II nid-oeean several times. Seorninx all
assistance and confident Of ultimate
suecesS His effort should interest I'll
Americans a test Of pluck. endurance
and good s~eamanShip. That il is not n
foolhariy affair II proved by his for
mer success and b the notable trip in
which be battled for sixfy-two days
without reaching the other side. Thou
sands OF people saw the start, his pres
ence a. different points on the ocean
has been noted by large numbers of
vessels. and his landing on the other
side will M doubt be made a matter Of
public demonstration and rejoicing. As
tie sailed from the pier he said. In
sixty days will be in SPAIN and I'D
10 h last reports he had made better
time than he anticipated Every day
during the voyage Il bottle Will be
thrown overheard noting the location
and other Information about the trip.
If Cap. Andrews succeeds in reach
ing Spain and joining in the October
celebrations which will be held in
honor of the discovery of America. he
will then return in one of the great
steamers and arrange to exhibit his
boat and the log which he writes ny
day BY day. q. the Worlds Fair in Chi
cago, where he will be one of the fea-
lures of the magnificent display which
the manufacturers of Sapolio are now
~perfecting- The we might
almost say the impudence. of these az,
gTessive manufacturers in securing q
Columbus Of their ownis probably with
out precedent in advertising.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-08

sose naturally fine proportions were
increased by the fog, which chung to
them and exaggerated them
Are you the surgeon asked the
newcomer. abruptly.
AT your service was the replv
Come in
The stranger obeyed. and waiting IN
I'll the surgeon had secured the door
followed him upstairs
Examine me- said ne. taking off
his laced coat and standing pale and
erect before him
-Wellg inquired the stranger, when
he had finished.
Sound as 4 bell and hard as oak
Not likely to die suddenly
ed his visitor.
No. think that that would be IN.
last thing 20 happen to YOU replied
the puzzled surgeon. Why what IS the
matter with yous Do you feel iIl9-
No, feel hale and strong. capable
OF enjoying life with the best. I've
never had an illness in my life. But
Tor al that shall die az midnsght-
of course said the surgeon some
what provoked az all this mystery. III
yoa are going 70 kill yourself yos can
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A DARING AoVENTuRER.

Capt. William A. Andrews already
famous for his daring adventures in
sus,l boats on the stormy Atlaniic, has
again set sail on = novel and interest
ing vovasN
! ecrossed the ocean twice before frs.
In the "NautilrS.- vbe- ~ was accom-
panied hv he brother, who has since
died, and again in the Mermaid both
of these trips being made 20 Lands End,
England. A few years ago he again al
tempted the passage in 4 hoe. called
the Dark Secret but after battling