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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

\ woman who lives in the 81
Gurbs Of brooklyn usually pIac
IS a Lirge tin pan on her trent
door step to receive the zee the
ice nan delivers to her each
morning. During a recent hot
spell her little grandson. Who is
full OF mischief, thought that be
would play a iese on his grand.
mother. The next morning
when the pan WIS put en- the
step. ae filed it partly with wa
ter and yelled sI-CEw IL was
nearly five minutes before the
grand mother started to take
the ice into the house She
was surprised 20 iHd that the
ice had melted so quietly.
Meanwhile the ice man has cCme
and saw no pan for the zee. He
Gid not leave the usual piece,
and the grandmother vas telling
her EeighbOrs Of the unusua
heat until the other day, when
the young hopeful told his big
brother about tie jake he play
ed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21
Seaat9r HaItsaii Oh Silver.

Senator WalthaIE has been
highly eom2lImented for his
able speech on tie Silver ques
ton. from which we take the
following extract
Il want to see silver restored
60 rs rightfal place, from which
twenty years ago il Was stricken
by an arbitrary statute. ineou>
s~jderately passed without debate
pr without consultation with
the people to be effected, aud
without their knowledge OF that
Oftheir representatives want
to see how far this OF itself will
% towards making the silver
dollar of the people equal to
that of the gold dollar of the
money changer. Let the law
lift It's heavy hand from silver
and allow IT to work its way so
far As It can towards it's posi-
ton of equality with gold from
which the law struck 1t down.
and y0u VIII have an honest and
lasting basis for the adjustment
of the rate, bat any ratio fixed
while silver - PROSTATE under
the termination Of the law will
surely have to be readIasted- III
silver shall ever DE coined on
equal terms with geld. as we
have given cur pledge tina. it
shall be, with its legal tender,
quality and coinage privilege FIJI
" restored and the metallic
weight aud worth of the silver
dollar increased aSifThat quality
ard privilege we're not elements
ia its value. II would not be long
before the silver dollar would
prove the better dollar of the
two by just 50 much as il lost By
the destruction of Is legal ten
der quality and eJiaing priyileg
es and Fegailed by tae tescora
ton
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21
-sssrv-r Przisa

We dssIre u lay to areitiz Ms
that for wears We been selling Dr..
Kings New Discovery for eonsuur
tiap, De Kings New Life PIS
BuckleEs AruIea S1lve and Elec
trie BstssTs, and have never han
died remedies that sell As we'll ar
that La { gwen such universal sat
i>fret5 n. We DO not hesitate 20
guarantee them ev-rv tins. and
Ne stand ready to rfald the pur.
ehAse price If s=ti factory results
10 not follow their use. These
remedies have vel their great Don
a.ar4ty purely on thelr merit.
I Ch-nSicr. R.ugsist.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

The Cincinnati Enquirer says:
1T Is easy To fan down Ii is
very often hard TO get up. And
you usually fall down much
more rapidly than You get up
Therefore. any one that expects
that good times are to return
TO Us IN a tzinkliag of an = is
making for himselfa disaPpoint
meat The ree0vsry while steacy
and reasonably rapid. win not
be at the rate of aA express
train, or even so fast as the re
cord Of Nancy Hanks. IL you
are wise you vii be Ia Lt.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

/ Is remedy Is Dreaming 80 vel!
known aud 81 popular a 70 need
40 sPes al mention. All VIII have
used Electric Bitters sing the
same soag of prAIse-a Durgr med
leIas does not exist and il Il guar
anteed TO 10 all that - claimed
ElectIie bJ;t.rs viii cure ali di.
sense OF tue liver and kidneys,
VII remove pimples, boils, salt
rAeum ard other affections caused
by impure bleod.-WilI drive ma
larIa frem the system and prevent
a. we'll ~ cure all maIarial feyers.
Price J0e and 81 at JTCran
diars drugstore. I
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21
Rev. W Y Mcintosh, the ceIe

Rev. w y Mcintosh, the cele
brated Methodist evangelist, is
conducting a meeting in Water
Valley. and the interest has
steadily increased from the be
ginning. The Progress says
OF him. -Nr. IeIntOsh is n
zealous worker, a fluent speak
er. an able exponent of the Cos,
pei, and - deiRg a great and
noble work ia our community
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

Secretary Morton reminds the
that only ahonf three

1FAAOAaA 8soAtOA t@tA39 h1C
erOakers that only sbolt three
per cnnt If al the merchants es
cape failure. whereas hardly
three per eear Of tSe farmers
tail lis statistics really show
Jbst agriculture Is safer than
banking maaassct airing. CT raj
F0aGing taking ali things into
accrunt. There Is no farmer %
good sense aad uL health
anywhere in tie West. gr. Hor.
ton declares, Who cannot make
, good living for himself ard
family. and thst is as welI as the
majority Of men are doing in
any other pursuit. The man
wAG owns 4 iara and sticks 10
il i certain to profit By il in the
future There IL practically 10
more land to be added to the
area of cultivation. The supply
of agricultural products has
reached its LIMIT in the Uuited
States, and mEst now remain
stationary, while the deman .
vii 20 on Increasing ev~ry year
This implies a gradual improve
ment in prices, and a steady sp
probation of the value Of farm
ianiS-Excaarg &c.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21
nsra Eaf Gin Ihs Ca..nn.

49, 80 IA
The Memphis Commercial oi
Monday makes the blowing
comment Ct affairs IN oar STATE,
which, If true. cauaot Do toe Sc
verely condemned. As seen As
the cotton il gathered We pre-
dist the ginneTs Of lafayette
county VIII gin It regardless o.
warnings frem such Il source.
The Commercial is Ia receipt
.0fI communication frcm Il G
Porter. a leadiSg citizen CT
Pickens, Kiss, frem which the
outside Pablie maF CLEAN g good
idea Of the state OF terrier under
which these N hitecap ridden
communities are forced 70 exist.
The letter Is Is follows.
Added 10 oGr 0ther troubles,
short crops. striugeney in money
matters aud hard times gene
rally. notices r being tackled
up on all the gin houses in this
section, forbiddiUg the ginnine
of any cotton UusI further ne.
tee These notices are Put ~
at night, ard they are IL viola
ton OF the statute laws CT this
State Nc one knows by when
they we're put ap.
HaHifestly. these who put
them up assume the right te
make laws and to execute them
They assume the functions el
governments This is a mos,
fearful responsibility 10 be as
sumed by any class or party o.
men Men cannot eoutravepe
the laws Of nature. and 1t is AZ.
most a. dIhcalt to control the
l3ws of trade II il supposed
that this u done to hold baek
the cotton crop until the price
% cotton goes up. If this i.
forced up Ia this way il will
likely. 20 down again Iust as
soon as the cotton il put upon
the market. No matter how
soon II gOes up, nor how high il
gets, the cotton VIII not be
ready for the market II the gins
a-e not allowed 30 run. This
works an awful hardship on
bEhGreGs Of p,or people wha
are absolutely dependent en- TIE
sale Of cotton to get meat and
bread for their fsr1ilies. II i
hard on the merchants. fer thaII
balls are falling due. aad thev
expected TO pay them with Get,
ten 1t IS hard on the owners
of the gins. for the fire insur
ance Policies they hold will be
cancelled.
This kiad OF xork results on
Y In evil. and that continually
No possible good can come cut
Of It To any body.
Ii = an evil aud a serious in.
Jury to all concerned II the
wheels Of traGe are stopped the
most needy will suffer first ana
suffer worse Surely total blind
ness has fallen upon those who
are engaged In this wicked ana
lawiess business. These eprap
ed IN Il are cutting off Their
cwn noses TO spite sGnieb0dy
eiSe's face They Eay mear
vel, and all OF that. but they
are using unwI<e. lawless ana
wicked means 20 accomplish 4
good end. aud il il never VI ise
Of right To DO evil that rood
may esme gift Italxavsc cost.
more than 1t comes to. W
right thinking man and no ga0G
eitTzcB, no lover OF his race anf
country. would take part in thi:
business Those who take q
hand in II are eaemF of Tad
Of their teil0g men, CfIaw aaC
order. OF peace and prosperity
anf CT the government under
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

About a thousand negroes OF
al ages, tIn;s asd previous con
ditian of servituce we're gath
cred at the bridge east Of town
Monday afternoon eagerly watch
ing for q gissst that some one
reported as being in that local.
ty- The ghost was reported As
being a white woman riding a
red horse. and the negroes went
along I'd protect each other
while they got n glimpse of the
aPpsraiion- The spook f4i.ed
TO put in an appearance. howev-
Index
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

Mrs. Alice eastman. mother
of Nr. J q eastman, President
of the Mississippi Press Asso
chiffon. died at the residence of
her son IN Vicksburg, on the
18Th inst, aged Sugars
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

A fellow IN SmithyilIe, who
could not spsre 3. year for a
newspaper sent fifty two cent
stamps TO a down east Yankee
10 know how to raise baets- He
got an answer: Take held Of
he tops aud pull tor all you are
WORTH
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

Post Office inspectors, after
several days Investigation. have
found ex-Postmaster Gibbs, of
Jackson, about $1,000 short IN
his accounts, aud he was arrest
eG on the charge Of embszzIe
meut.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

The VIe&sbHrg Herald i pay
Ias It's respects TO Congressman
CatehEags, a. the ouIy member
from Mississippi who supported
the Wilson bill
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21
v9hY7
Liberty Hill. vi :,

Liberty Hill. vi :,
Sept 18th, 1893
ED. EAGLE Il communication
| read lately in the -GIObe1 has
brought TO mind 4 question |
have often thought of asking
through the columns of YOUR
valuable paper " by Is il that
our eoHnty papers 90 not pub
iIsh the proceedings of the
Board of Superyisorsf Nearly
every other county paper IN the
State publishes them and the
taxpayers no doubt i1d Il inter
e-tfng reading matter. I am
sure that it would interest me
and my Hsighbors to know what
our county Board does ut their
monthly meetings The price
paid the county papers for Their
work would be nothing eempar
81 10 the satisfaction il wcu!.t
give their readers. aud I tbIak
: just that Il should be done.
Tax payer
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

Yrs. Nary Inge Haskins, OF
C0rinth. las been chosen to de
liver m address on the end OF
Oct. in the Worlds Far ground
In the interest Of the " CTU
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

The Ole Fellows HalI at
Grenadar 4 two story brick
hasld@H-. was wrecked 4 few
days ago by tie walls falling In.
No one vas Injured.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

Chas. X Harris the nan VITO
composed @After the BALI en-
joys an income Of $1,000 per
day from that song alone.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

FrJIrs Point IL % have a rev
brick Court House. The old
frame one - beng removed and
vii be used ~ a school house
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

Mr. and Mrs. Farley OF Gov
Fngtoa county have been mar
RED u years Hr. Farley Is 81
and his wife - years Of age
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

The reguh,r army worm Il re-
ported 10 be playing havoc With
he cotton on the Yall0busha
and TaIlikatehIs rrvers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

The Worlds Fair mlnage-
mant has restricted press pass
&c TO one representative from
each paper.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

The people of Burn aghan a-e
preparing to give the Coufeder
ate Veterans a hearty welcome
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

Durant Is to have a new Ban
tIst church to cost $1,000.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

Water Valley seems 70 be
well represented at the White
City.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

A number of suspended in
dustrIes are resumsng business
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

The Memphis Commercial says
the next campaign In Nissis-
sippi win be a hummer. Even
al this early date candid. ties are
40 thick rs black Series In June.
1t Is expected there viii be no
less than ten entries in the CUB
ernatioual race alone, while a
score or more will enter the
fright tor the other "ofieial
snaps" There is plenty of good
timber iI the State to elect from
and the next Democratic con-
venfion viii have n hard time
deciding which Is the best
NAM for the respective Offices
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

Columbus has received S.
bales OF new cotton this season
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

The price Of cotton points up
wards
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

Esther ~ the name of Baby
Eath's new sister.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

Forest fires are raging IN Wis
eonsIn, the vast timber distric
rs as dry IA powder as no rain
has fallen for weeks. aud the
destruction is appalling.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

Children like "a take {. G.
y certain Chill Cure the
Ffc1s1ss. and SuaraRfer ed cure
Ter Fever. Ague and Malaria
-befter thaa Quininc. Price
50 cts
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

IL you don't believe We 10
Liee JOB work give us artFLl
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21
BATES o. A1YsSTISINs.

I tnrn t1e month 81 20
| Inca Three months . 30
tact Six months 3 20
I inch One year 900
Eshitng notices on local page
f~stDieet - CHANGE 10 cents per
line t.r drsi assertion AMI , cts.
per line each sub-aquast inser-
ton Nothing inserted for less
than - cents.
-JoB-WOR1 At REAsOvABLE-
BATES.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

The farmers are hcpirg for
better prices for their cotton,
but 1t is thought by knowing
ones that the first placed on the
market viii receive the highest
figures.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-21

ci.tl.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-20

market as to limit the number and
lessen the wages of those to whom he
can give employment. Every eheapen-
ing in the cost or enlargement of the
supply of his raw materials. while pri-
marily inuring to the benefit of the
manufacturer himself, passes under free
competition Immediately, to the consum-
Grand it may be said that we are not JUS
tilted in making so large a reduction in
revenue at time when government re-
ceiptS and expenditures can no longer be
balanced, and when some new sources
of temporary revenue must be sought
for. We have been compelled to retain
some articles upon the dutiable list, and
to leave some duties higher than we de-
sired, because of the present necessity
of the treasury, but we have not felt
that any temporary shrinkage of reve-
nue. should deter Us from carrying out
as effectually as we could the. instruc-
tons given by the American people
when this congress was put into power.
Our own experience and that of other
countries has shown that decrease of
tariff duties Immediately occasion such
an enlargement of commerce, of pro-
ddction and consumption, as rapidly to
make up any apparent loss Of revenue
threatened by those reductions.
An important change in the bill pro-
posed from the present law will be
found IN the general substitution of ad
valorem for specific duties. This must
always De a characteristic of the reve-
nue. tariff levied upon large range of
articles, especially when they include
the plain neceSsaries Of life.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-20
IT is FOR REVENUE ONLY.
Continued From First Page.

know that the WOODEN manufacture
dates its revival from the tariff OF 1857,
which altered the duties on wool?'
The history of American industry
shows that during no other period has
there been more healthy and rapid
development of our manufacturing in
dustry than during the fifteen wears of
low tariff from 1916 to 1861, nor more
healthy and harmonious growth of ag-
riculture and all the other industries of
the country. No chapter in our political
experience carries with it a more salu-
tary lesson than this, and none could
appeal more strongly TO lawmakers to
establish just and rational system of
public revenues, neither eXhausting
agriculture by constant bloodletting,
nor keeping manufacturers alternating
between ehills and fever by artificial
pampering. In this direction alone lies
stability, concord of sections, and of
great Industries. We have already said
that the public discussion may disclose
errors of minor detail in the schedules
of the bill. TO escape such errors would
require so thorough and minute a
knowledge of all the divisions, sub
divisions, complex and manifold mazes
and involutionS of our chemical, textile,
metal and other industries, that no COM
mlttee or congress, no matter how eX-
tended the range of their personal
knowledge. or how laborious and pains
taking their efforts, could ever hope to
possess. We have not forgotten that
we represent the people, who are many.
as we'll as the protected interests, who
are the few, and while we have dealt
with the latter in 10 spirit of unfriend-
liness,w have felt that it was our dnty,
and not their privilege, to make the
tariff schedules.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-20
HIGH TARIFF LEGISLATION
Dictated by Interests 1t Is Framed
to Protect.

Those who concede the right of bene-
fciaries to fix their bountieS must nee
eSSarily commit to them the framing
and wording of laws by which those
bounties are secured to them. A COM
mittee of congress thus becomes merely
the amanuensis of the protected inter-
ests. 1t has been shown so clearly and so
often in the debates of this house that
nearly every important schedule of the
existing law was made, in its very
words and figures, by representatives of
the interests it was framed to protect,
that it is unnecessary in our report to
present the record proof of this fact,
but 1t may not be amiss to cite further
evidence to show that this is not only
the necessary rule. but the open and
ayOwed method of framing protective
tariffs. When the senate substitute
for the bill passed by this house in the
Fiftieth cOngress-Which substitute is
real basis for the existing law-waS be-
ing prepared, Senator Hoar, of MaSSa-
chusetts, appeared before the senate
subcommittee and used this language:
Instead Of coming before your sub
committee for formal hearing on our
Massachusetts Industries, l thought the
best way was to carefully prepare a
table Of all the various industries, per-
haps some sixty or seventy in all. and
ask Brother Aldrich to go over them
with me and ascertain what the people
wanted in each case, and if there were
any cases were the committee had not
already done exactly what the petition
ers desired, or had not inflexibly passed
upon the question, could have a hear
ing before you; but ! find in every
instance the action of the committee, as
Mr.. Aldrich thinks it likely to be, is
entirely satisfactory to the interests l
represent, with the exception of one or
two. and the papers in regard to these
cases l have handed to Mr.. Aidrich.'
No stronger indictment of the whole
protective system could be made than
that which is uncon sciously carried in
these words OF a United States senator
that flaws which impose taxes on the
great masses of people must be written
in language so technical that the most
intelligent citizen cannot fully under
stand them," and that 1.-The rates of tax
alton should be dictated by the selfish
ness and greed of those who are to re-
ceiye the taxes" We have believed
that the first step towards that reform
of the tariff should be release of taxes
on the materials OF industry.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-20
FURNISHED WORK.
Unemployed Put to
Work

PITTsBURe. Dec. 19.-Between 800
and 1000 unemployed men called at the
city hall today and applied for work in
the parks at 10 cents an hour. 1t was
an orderly crowd, but all were anxious
to secure employment. The surging
crowd broke down the storm doors lead
ing into the department of public
works. Chief Clerk Benjamin made a
speech telling them there would be no
orders for work given there, but to go
to the station houses, but the men did
not seem to understand him. Then the
police were called, but Supt. O'Mara
would not allow force to be used, and
the officers were powerIess. The men
were finally convinced that they could
get work at the station houses, and they
quietly left. Over 1000 are at work in
the parks, and all worthy applicants
will be furnished employment. The
crowd today was made up almost en-
tirely of native Americans. Subscrip-
lions for the payment of the men are
coming in freely, and it is thought the
funds will be ample to keep them all
employed until the times improve and
the mills and factories resume.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-20
NO RECIPROCITY,
The So.CaIled Reciprocity Act
Wiped Out.

1t is the purpose of the present bill to
of Oct. L, 1890. commonly, but most er-
roneously called Its reciprocity pro-
vision. The act placed sugar, molasses,
coffee. tea and hides on the free list, but
authorized the president, should he be
satisfied that the government Of any
other country producing such articles
imposed duties upon the agricultural or
other products of the United States
which he might deem reciprocity un-
equal and unreasonable, to suspend the
provision under which these articles
were admitted into this country free.
This section has brought no appreciate
advantage to American exporters, is not
in intention or effect a provision for
reciprocity, but for retaliation.
Upon the larger sizes of plate glass.
where the duties were even higher, we
have made reduction of about One-
third. In the iron and steel schedule,
beginning with free ore and duty of
2132 per cent on pig iron, we have re-
ported scale of duties considerably
below those of the existing law, grad
uated according to the degree of manu-
facture, which should bring benefit to
the consumer without calling for any
halt in the imperial progress of that
great industry in our country. The
duty upon steel rails has been put at
25 per centum, which, according to the
reports of our department of labor,
quite compensates for all difference in
the cost of production in this country
and abroad. There seems to be an au-
thentic report that the pool of American
rallmakers which, Under the shelter of
the present duty of S1S44 per ton, has
kept up prices to the American con-
sumner far beyond the cost of produc-
ton and legitimate profits. has been re-
organized to continue the regulation of
their prices above the proper market
rates. As all shippers, and especially
American shippers, are vitality interest
ed in cheapening the cost of Transports
ton, rates Of duty upon steel rails should
be adjusted so as to protect them from
monopoly prices and monopoly combi-
nations.