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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

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gus at much toWer rate thar
ever bern offered before
W. l.. ARCHIBALD. Agent.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

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of any kind. eull ON
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

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driving teams ctil GA ". "
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

II you wish n,ce steaks and
roasis call on J L. RopEN &
Co.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

Bring your stock to the Fair
and show the people What La
tayette county can raise
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

lac Racket >Jorc J. the p.ace
a. .rt >upes nov. Nhiir fney
are =ui5. caetP Just cal aud
sre
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

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Pm. tn nh.r. - CLOSE pricr~
TAI pro apt il.iit~f -sr
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

MANY people have bad s'oai.
u ! That is because tLsir
Liver and Kidneys arc slu cish
and fail to carry of the e
matter. When this happens ti.s
blood IS poisoned anl discasc cts
In. To keep your blood pGsc t---
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

The opening Of the Oxford Grad
ed school. Female College and Uni
versity were not attended this
wear by that veteran friend OF
youth and education, Judge r. \.
Hin, who for - years has never
failed to annually welcome TN.
youth of our land to the halls OF
learning. Il il needless {, say the
cheering words of encouragement
and welcome were notably missed
by all in attendance of these 0psn-
ing exercises. The many friends
OF the Judge viii b. delighted 90
learn that he has returned from a
two months snjourn in Alma, Mich,
much improved in health and
spirits.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

en- Sunday the Rev. f.. A..
Neville, vii conduct services
aud preach IA 81 Peters church
al the usual hours Subject oi
the sermon at IL o'clock viii b. (;
~fhe Race Tor Life Every
body cordially invited.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28
TUITION FREE

10 men and women. except in
Law School. Al! expenses very
low. Unsurpassed healthiui
ness. Beautiful grounds, Per
iect sanitation. Complete water
and sewer system PureSt deep
well water. Session opens
September Ia, 1899. Write iol
Historical Catalogue, or infOr
nation, to,
X. b. FULTON. CHALoNCELR
! University Miss.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

Doa't forget friends. to come
IN aud renew Holr subs, rIpt Ion.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

Mr.. ]. .. Ray. who lives two
miles north west of Paris, this
county, had twelve hogs bitten by
a mad dog. few weeks ago. They
showed signs Of hydropbobia and
he had 10 kill them. This was a
heavy loss to Mr. Ray a. the hogs
average 200 pounds each.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

Don't forget that Cos. Bob
Tay lor Will be hens. on Oct. L..
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

Prices
WI. ~ from Al and 81 81. all
sizes. for Joc
Rig 10 quarter Blankets. per
PAIR t0e
iiig quarter Blankets. per
pasr pNc
5aoa.yafds liamburgEdging at a
hafStin
ladies long sleeve vests first
quality ut l5c Pants tn Match
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

Every body vino attends the
Fair j. requested to bring a
basket of dinner By this way
the erU.d can be easily proyid
ed for.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

The County Fair will be held on
the public square. Everything viii
be free No entrance fee charged
and all having any thing 10 exhibit
are earnestly requested to put them
on display. The ladies of our town
and county arr especially requested
to place their fancy work on eS-
hibition.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28
University
or
Mississippi.

Tventy-two SCHOOLS in Lltera-
tare. Science, Philosophy, E.o-
cuItOu. Pedagogy. Law.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

1ou edu aos AYE year "a,
Iasn.r,l at = iniug prlcr- Dat
rlsk running Aoar gua staHuat
Insurance @atie "a ca -vt %
insured Al >u-h ioA rates
\ l. ARCHIBALD. Agent
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

Razors keen and clean >haYes
&C Clark's
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28
LOCALS IN BRIEF.

We regret to learn that DIT Gull
len il dangerously III.
We regret to learn that Miss :
McGeh.e fsom has been quite sick
for several days.
Mr.. ard Mrs. !. :. Barbour viii
move into Mrs. ~ullivan'- residence
on University street.
The tastefully draped show win
dows at j. r.. Nelson's ara the ar
ti-iic work of Mr.. Morchrad of that
establishments
Cotton is selling readily in OK
ford for over cents, and goods
cheaper than ever known 10 the
oldest inhabitant.
Dent fail 20 attend Nelson's
opening beautiful goods. polite
salesman and rock bottom prices
will be the order Of the day.
The county fair will make things
lively in the oil town on the 18th
and 18th of next month. BE sure
to attend.
Miss Virgie NeiIl has been elect
Ell BY the board Of trustees OF the
Oxford Graded school 10 iii the
vacancy made by the resignation OF
Mrs. Price
There was a heavy frost Tuesday
night, which would have killed all
vegetation were il not for the
drought.
Mrs. I.ily Temple stumbled from
a loose plank in the sidewalk on
University avenue. last Friday
night. and falling into the ditch
under the walk, severely sprained
her right arm.
We regret to learn OF the death
OF Hattie Dell Hall. the bright
little daughter of Mr. John r. Hall
OF Memphis. torineiv uf our county.
Many old home friends Of the fami-
w svmpafhize with the afflicted
parents in their great sorrow.
Mrs. Mary Gage. who has been
cuder treatment for an internal
abce%s for several months. was
taken TO Memphis a few DAYS ago
TO receive the attention of special
lists.
The County Fair will be held on
the public square EVERYTHING viii
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

There was heavy frost Tuesday
night, which would have killed all
vegetation were il not for the
drought.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

Mrs. Liiv Temple stumbled from
a loose plank in the sidewalk on
University avenue. last FRIDAY
night. and falling into the ditch
under the walk, severely sprained
her right arm.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

Prices
See our ladies' SC handksrchiefs
Very best linen window shades
Scr feet long. = cents. all
culot~.
See oar hays wool suits from
25c up.
Marssillcs quits worth -2.ao
tor. slOu.
*
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

Miss Virgie Neill has been elect
Ell By the board Of trustees OF the
oxford Graded school - Ill the
vacancy made by the resignation OF
Mrs. Price.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

Mrs. Mary Gage. who has been
cnder treatment for an internal
abcess for several months. was
taken to Memphis a few DAYS ago
to receive the attention of special :
ists-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-09-28

We regret to learn that DR. Gull
len il dangerously III.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

a strikingly pretty dress, it is likely to
spread. 1t consists i'll topping a bodice
with a yoke of some material lighter in
color thai the gown, and in making the
underskirt, or the shaped fiounce of the
skirt, match the yoke. This gown was
pansy blue cloth and had a yoke of white
cloth with all over braiding in blue. The
shaped foot of the skirt matched the woke.
The gown will need constant care. Light
material next the ground may be pretty,
but, like the height of the society season,
it's very wearing.
There is some demand for variation
from the bodice that opens in front TO
snow a yoke, and one result of this is a
lot of pretty and odd effects in bOdices
whose sides are trimmed unlike. One
pretty variation of this idea is displayed
by the middle figure of these three. The
gown was tobacco brown cloth. the woke
of white corded silk appearing only on
the right side. This costume showed also
the rounded-down neck.
To those who have crown rather fired
of light cOlOred cloths, it is pleasant TO
think that dark stuffs are still stylish. all
the more desirable because the CrayS and
fawns have come near to the point of bp-
ing OverdOne. AS it stands now, the
method of making is of more Importance
than that of color or goods. granting that
the latter are not questionable. The
gown of the concluding picture was sig
niicant of this because it was of blue
serge of a quality not extraordinarily
fine; that is, a common material of an al
most work-a-day shade. Yet by the UNI
usual and skillful manner in which it WAS
made up, the gown was turned into a COM
plcte success. It's bodice was a very nat
ty example of the short-hip, straight-front
jacket, and the fastening of cord loops and
buttons was managed charmingIy. If one
doesn't have an Overdress or a shaped
fOunce to her skirt. she positively must
have an odd fastening to it. The perfect
ly plain skirt is gone by.
Copyright, 1899.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
Woman's Noblest Vocation.

Good housekeeping is easy house
keeping, and if a woman wears herself
into shreds and tatters keeping house
the case is proven against her" writes
Helen WatterSon Moody, in the Ladies'
Home Journal. ut is precisely iii her
ability to guard against this contin-
gency that the housewife shows her
self not only a good executive officer,
but as well Il woman with ideals and
a sense of prOpOrtiOn-one who does
not forget that Housekeeping is a means
to hOme-making, not an end III Itself
that the most perfect administration
of domestic matters will not make Il
family happy in whom the love and
shirt of home do not dwell. Home
not only a place to eat and sleep and
work in, but a place to be happy IN, a
place to rest in and to be SOOthed, a
Mace in which to love and be loved,
q place for condolences, and cOunSel
and strengthening words, and hope,
and h~eartening. 1t is n good thing,
and a noble thing, and a satisfying
thing to be a good hOusekeeper; there
is no profession of which and in which
a woman can be so proud, and when so
blessed in head and heart and hand as
to be able to make and keep one of
those real homes which is a little sun
nv spot of green in the great desert of
the world'-if there is anything better
than this in life l have not yet found
-
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
He Couldn't speaA french.


OF the many amusing experiences
Englishmen have in France the one Of
a provincial alderman who recently
crossed the channel is most novel He
could speak only English, and describes
his troubles thus:
81 went to Paris and put up at the
Hotel de Lille ct d'AlbiOn. l lost my
way and could not get back to my no.
tel, because 1 did not speak or under
stand French. l asked several stran-
gers, in English, to direct me, but met
with no success. So l bought a large
card and wrote on it: please tell me
the way to the Hotel de Lille ct dAl-
biOn.'
81 walked along the street and show
ed my card to a dozen or more men.
Finally a mar read it and beckOned me
to follow him. l did so silently for
about a mile. He pointed to the sign
on my hotel, and 1 broke the silence by
thanking him.
"'Whatr he exclaimed, in apparent
surprise, are you IN Englishman? So
am l, but l took you to be deaf and
dumb New York Press.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
The Artless Japanese Way.

During meals in Japan adults as Well
as children are admOnished to be "seen
and not heard" for silence is the sign
of good breeding; and to be really we'll
hammered one there must not speak at
table, or even move more than the TAX
ing of the food absolutely requires.
The god who is supposed to preside
over the meals is offended by noise of
any sort. When our General Grant
dined with the Emperor Of Japan and
spoke during the meal be was not con-
sidered i'll bred, for allowance was
made for him as a foreigner. His be
ing invited to break bread with the
royalty of Japan was a tremendous
concession, such as had never been
known. After the door was opened to
him and a precedent established the
bars were not put up as tightly.
The Emperor of Japan never admits
a native cOmmOner to his presence. IL
it became necessary for tailors or tink-
ers to come before him q title would
be conferred upon them as they en-
tered, of which they would be deprived
when they made their exit. What a
chance for a comic opera librettist!
The Japanese celebrate the ami
xersaries of the death of great persons.
not their birthdays.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
HOW TO KEEP YOUNG.

@SHE ever-youthful appearance or
the members of the dramatic pro-
81 fession is a constant source OF
surprise to the public at large. The rea-
son for this is lot so much the grease
paint necessary in making up, which
~Obliterates to a certain extent the natu-
raj wrinkles of the skin, while 1t lubri-
Gates and nouriSheS it; but it is due to
the change in the expression OF the
various emotions which every part de-
mands. This causes the actress to bring
iEtU play all the muscles of the face.
b using them equally they all main
tain their firm consistency and
strength, and none waste away from
sdiSuse. The result is that the skin is
kept stretched and tense over the face
and does not fall into hollows.
A blow of fresh air, a glimpse OF
fresh scenes and fresh faces are worth
quarts of doctors tOnics to an over
tired and ervOu man or woman, and
give a prettier glow to the cheeks than
the finest manufactured rouge in exist
.eRce.
1t is Incidence and lazy habits that
allow obesity to gain the ascendency
over elasticity. One who keeps mind
and body on the alert will seldom need
to have ~recourse to science or diet to
decrease size and weight. If you have
a thin face, and the flesh seems nW1l
ing to become plump and round in re-
Spouse to massage, build up the system
by taking a half pint or more of sweet
cream every day, eat of cereals which
have been cooked for several hours, a
raw egg beaten up in milk once a day,
warm drinks of milk diluted with not
water. and baked apples or ripe sweet
fruit at each meal.-New York Ledger.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
DEWEY'S
The One the Public Knows Looks but
Little Like Him.

Little Like HIM.
Someone remarked the other day II
was strange that Of all the pictures of
Admiral Dewey with which this cOun-
try is so literally supplied, every one
is alike. 1t is the same three-quarter
face, with the dark upturned mustache
and thin hair. All the pictures show
him in uniform and with standing col
lar. The fact that there is only one
picture Of Dewey, while there are nu-
merouS and different likenesses Of
Schley, Sampson, Shafter, HobsOn,
Miles, Otis and even Kautz, does seem
strange. It happened this way: Adj
miral Dewey always vas a modest
man and he never cared to have his
picture taken. Some years ago, how
ever, when he was in Washington, a
friend induced him to go to Bells gal
Iery and sit for a picture. He was on
duty and wore his uniform as captain.
This was many years ago, and the pho
tographer put the negative away
among those he thought he would have
little call for. On that Sunday night,
May 1, nearly a year ago, when the
news came of Dewey's great victory,
the newspapers all over the country
began telegraphing for pictures of the
hero. Every photographer in the town
was aroused to find a photograph Of
Dewey, and just by chance Miss Owen,
at Bells, remembered the old negative.
It was found and men were put to
work printing pictures from it. 1t was
too late to copyright the picture, but
the photographer made a great deal of
money in a few days selling the copies
on hand. In less than a week that pic
ture went all I'VE the country and be-
came the accepted likeness of the great
Admiral-in fact, it is doubtful if many
people would recognize any other.
The Mail and Express correspondent
had an experience in this line only the
other day. There is a game called
portraits" which is quite the fad in
Washington now. 1t consists in col
lecting a large number Of pictures of
prominent men and Women and FASTING
them on boards, numbering them and
then hanging the boards about the
room, give a certain length of time to
the guests to guess who they are. In
this particular collection of portraits
was one of Admiral Dewey taken a
few months ago at Manila. The pic
ture showed the Admiral in his white
uniform, with his mustache gray and
his hair thin and white. 1t was very
unlike the Bell photograph, SO unlike,
indeed, that out OF the party guessing
the pictures, only one recognized it as
that of Admiral Dewey.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

one was an especially graceful design in
dull red taffeta mounted with black lace,
a shawl and a t1ounce to match. The cos
tune was en- suite, the skirt being dull red
cloth finished with lace to match that on
the cloak. Such a cloak, however, will
go handsomely with, many other gowns.
1t is not fair to insinuate that the wear
ers of such garments have poor figures,
but there can be little doubt that the
fashion was first started in behalf of such
women. You see, the cutaway ulster coat
is very fashionable, and will be seized up
on by a majority of women to whom it is
suited. But scrawniness and over plump
ness are not kindly treated by it. Hence
the shawl capes, which are about equally
suited to all sorts of figures. There is
no denying that a pretty figure shows off
we'll in one of the new ulsterettes. These
are made of light cloth in gray, oyster,
tan, blue or black. Now and then a white
one appears. They are any length at the
back, rounding up as short as you like to-
wards the front. AS a rule they are fin
ished with a shaped %founce, and may eth
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

The girl who has taken the trouble
to %rejuvenate her cloth dress with a
more or less ornamental null collar
and revers, especially if q white waist
shows underneath, looks delightfully."-
refreshing.
Not only have the tunic overSkirt and
the bOlerO succumbed to the fascina-
tons Of the scallop finish, but the here
tofore conventional sheet and pillow
case are not deemed up to date unless
they, too, boast this modish touch.
1t goes without saying that the stout
woman always admires the styles ere
ated for her taller and more slender
sisters. That's all right, but worship
at a distance. Don't pass the suitable
long coat and purchase the short jack
ct, which is bound by the laws of dress
to make you look infinitely shorter.
Trim your gowns, both waists and
skirts. in perpendicular effect. Avoid
anything in the way of frilly or
pOuched effects that add breadth. You
may affect all pointed and V-shaped ar
rangements with good results. In
blouses, bodices or coats the more OBJ
scure the waist-line the more height is
given. YokeS are not intended for the
bodice of the short, stout woman, but
rather an unbroken line from waist to
shoulders, which gives length.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

There's nothing Oh earth so mySteri-
Ously funny as an advertisement. The
prime, first and last, alI-the-time OBJ
ject of an ad is to draw custom. 1t was
not, and never will be, designed for any
other purpose. So the merchant waits
till the busy season comes, and his
store is so full of customers that he
can't get his hat off, and then he rushes
off to the printer and goes in for adver-
Using. When the dull season gets
along and there is no buying, and h
wants to sell his goods so bad he can
not pay his rent, he stops advertising.
That is, some of them do; but Occa-
sionally a Ie~veI-headed merchant does
more of it and scoops in the business,
while his neighbOrs are making mort
cages to pay the gas bills.
There are times when you couldn't
stop people from buying everything in
the store if you planted q cannon be-
hind the door, and that's the time when
the ad is sent On its holy mission. 1t
makes light work for advertising, for q
chalk sign on the sidewalk would do
all that was needed, and have a half
holiday every day in the week. But
who wants to favor an ad? 1t is built
to do hard work, and should be sent
out on the dull days, when a customer
has to be knocked down with hard
facts, and kicked insensible with bank
rupt reductions, and dragged in with
irresistible slaughter Of prices, before
he will spend a cent. That's the aim
and end of advertising, and if you ever
open a store don't try to get them to
come when they are sticking out of the
windows, but give them your ad right
between the eyes in the dull season,
and you will wax rich, and own a fast
horse, and perhaps be able to smoke a
cigar once or twice q year.
Write this down where you'll fall
over it every day. The time to draw
business is when you want busin SIS,
and not when you have more business
than you can attend tO.-EXchange.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

The cinchona Is robbed Of Its bark
for the sake OF the quinine which 1t
contains. Resins. rubbers. barks.
6bers. tans. dyes. lacquers, seeds and
~fruits-the list has no end. Many OF
these are due to modern enterprise:
it Is curious to note. however. that
wood tar is prepared just as 1t was in
the fourth century before Christ. \
bank is chosen and a hole dug. into
which the wood is placed covered with
turf. A fire is lighted underneath and
the tar slowly drips into the barrels
placed to receive II.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

topped by a stock to match. The lines of
braiding are managed very carefully on
the jacket. Nothing is more important
than the arrangement of line in this sort
of trimming. Even scrolls, garlands and
spray work should be planned especially
according to the lines of the who
is to wear them.
Opposite this gown in the picture is a
representative of an ~extravagant fashion.
1t is, perhaps, more of a fad than a fash
ion, but as it almost invariably results in
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

cloths that drape so gracefully and have
a luster almost like that of silk. These
capes are planned on the fchu pattern,
are built up p~rettily about the neck with
out being close, they may really or appar-
emily tie under the chin and loose scarf
ends hang as far as the knee, and in some
cases to the foot of the dress. The one
sketched here was black surah, lined with
rose pink satin and finished with jet pas
~sementerie, a large bow Of the satin ap-
pearing at the throat.
A lace shawl can be utilized almost
without injury in one of the new shawl
shaped wraps for carriage wear. These
are made Of all delicate shades of silk and
cloth. and are trimmed with either black
or white lace. If a shawl is used it Grapes
from the shoulders, the cape being set
on a shaped yoke. The picture shown of
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

aquatic garb. 1t was a blue and white
stripe, the white about two inches wide
and the dark blue half an inch. She
had stored it away, as it happened, with
some clothes that she was to give away.
The other day she went to take it out
to have it ready for work. But the
professional dress slashers in the
streets never made such work of a
gown as had been made with this. Only
the yoke and sleeves and a few frag-
ments Of the body remained, for it was
such a nice, soft piece Of goods that
the boys of the family had cut it all
up for bicycle rags.