Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-07-21
The WAR LOAN


i~..rip'i~n> to the new pr cent var
ran - Z ~. 90. 90. Including the 0sfera
! made ~ syndiez;e>. vii amount Is
g. zoo eel 0la. or six times the zr1oun;
/ - the issue- The subscriptions repre-
ssnts'i By checks 81 other forms Il par
n~ni II j. estimated. viii aggregate
sirrut 80. 49,. 90. ~ three sn,i three
| quarters ,im~s 'I's arnon1i - the issue
u j. thourht al the treasury depart
n~n, that NJ individual subscribers a.
high a. sto.eps viii receive an aliot-
ment - t-pasls-
During the uaouth the department
has received at-sut "a. 90 Subscriptions.
and nearly the last one opened was
r. n a New YORK hank for t1eo 90. 90.
enclosing a cheek q g. %. loo-
IL vas Secretary Gag-s intention 10
make the Payments On aec0un; of the
bond, a. Easy 20 the people a. F-r>sihle.
and all forms u payments wers 20 be
reviewed The included cash checks.
hank drafts. ps.ofsscc money orders.
express money Orders. certificates of
deposits. and during the last day or
trvo th. depart meat has reviewed money
by Telegraph
Daring the entire Haou;h there has
i-een an average Of is.ooo subscriptions
rsrriTel daily. szd so:ss- days the num-
hcr has exceeded " .ooa. To handle this
rnurmoas mail. and - schedule the
subscriptions for-e - over sr0 clerks
has t-en constantly employed. IL
probably viii Be several days before IL
r. known the >ize - the largest sub
>-FiP,ions which car he a.c.P.ed
s..-~rsip'. Aa.I--s.-
Assistant : Secretary VANDERBILT an
nounrsc ths. the h-rks bad b--n
eia~si upon the mrs, saer->Sful
loan ever faatsd By the <overnnent-
Ih~ assistant secretary aid:
1t i, 81 ours impossible Ia give
al this hOgr the exact line AZ whieh
siiosmentS sill be announced My eS;i-
mate. however. j. that Il will - around
s5.eol-thsi i u say. that all spplica-
tiens for smaller amour, than that
figure III b. allote<. in fall. while all
aspirations for larger amounts will re-
csive nothing. NJ this hour th-rw has
actually heen listed 50 -. so Of the
$50 and smaller Subscriptions. and the
amount On the tables will carry that
probably just above s1o.eo.@o. The
amount scbesisl~,l and totaIl-d in the
subscriptions larger than s5oo i a; ;his
hos1r ss9so.si0. .s0. and estimate i; will
reach ssEs.o0 -o-aa. Thus the total sub
~eriptipu. inciusi ing the s5<o. aoo. $50 ~
syndieste b5sl>. sill reach 81 : =. saD. GO.
We have held got cases where there
were doub; a. To- the bona .isi- character
II tho subscriptions. amounting in the
subscriptions for 500 and under. alone.
To- SIC g2sTg0. The total number e
subscriptions fog 80 and Under that
has not passed the s;amp~rs i s.-s.5
and tina; figure viii ~ somewhat
further increased The total % larger
subscriptions numbered J. S5.sso. and
there are still several thou>an,l 81 thes.
larger subscriptions - ~ listed
| Re-iared Rate P.~ksx~- for Soldiers
The >outh-rn Express Company Will
Transport all p--rs.ssszl packages for tn.
soldiers in the field at TWENTY-FIVE per
-unt- le>> than the usual rates
All the other principal companies
have epaeurre.i in this action. vik. Tn.
Adams Expre>s Company. the Ameri-
can Express COMPANY tae Pacific Ex-
pres Company. the United >ts;es Ky
Pre>s Company and Wells Fargo &
-ompany'> Express
| This concession i ~, ~ include anv
shipments for speculative purposes. hat
only such A. are sent - soldiers by
their families NJ frienis in the way Of
contributions. or such articles a. sd
iiers may themselves purchase for their
personal U.s.
All such matter must be prepaid 10
facilitate delivery.
| The Southern Express Company will
,hserfully extend this same privilege
10 organizations Of ladies a, the homes
Of soldiers. who wish 10 Join their con-
,ributinus for any given number of SOL
fiers IN COMPANY such inins eontri-
buttons % be sent To any one address.
but must always be IN the nature of a
free contribution to the soldiers.
Great Britain has about one sheep for
zach inhabitan,- The United states
ha> 3'.0oo.e9o or about one for each
two inhabitants. II has been said with
-oane show of authority that the State
II Illinois has more dogs than sheep
These are some IF the things tina:
should he re~tified There i no eoun-
try On earth where sheep come To
greater perfection than they do in ours.
There i no kind of live stock that re-
turns greater profit than sheep. and
vet they are neglected. and the most
frequently excuse made for this state of
affairs i that the dogs are too thick Ia
allow sheep 10 be kept IL i perfectly
safe 70 say that the country would be
better OF IL nine out of every ten does
were made into fertilizer and the
amour; Of food they consume given the
chickens or disposed Of in some other
usual way IL this were done sheen
killing by dogs would disappear and
hoeSSs would be kept on thousands of
farms where now the dog l. the mos,
valued IL not the most numerous part
OF the live stock
Adul,~rated Fioar.
The revenue law recently passed pro-
vijes that adulterated hour shall b..
taxed and stamped This Is a righteous
| proviSio1 The a1uIsrz.ion of vxh.,.