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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27
SOIL EXHAUSTION.
What Pref Whitney. of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture, Has TO
Say On the Subject.

Prof. Whitney, chief of division of
soils, United States department of
agriculture, makes the following
statement: i have never in my ex-
perience seen n case in which one
could say with any dcree of certain
ty, or even probability, that exhaus-
ton was due to the actual removal of
plant food. 1t is perfectly safe to
say that the condition of the so-called
WORKOUT soils in the south is due not
TO an actual extraction of plant food.
but to the chemical condition in
which it now is, in which it is una
valuable to plants, and that the re-
storation of the fertility of that land
must be not necessarily in the addi-
tor of plant food to the soil. but in
bringing about such changes in the
physical conditions or in the chemical
combinations as will encourage that
natural w~eathering of the soil which
brings the plant food into a condition
in which the plant can get its sup
pert"
The authority quoted is a high one.
and his words have weight. He knows
of no soil once fertile that has been
cropped down to such q point that
chemical analysis would not show the
presence of great quantities of plant
food. An unproduetive condition of a
field once fertile does not signify that
plant food has been removed by crop
ping TO the point of exhaustion. but
that the physical condition of that
field has been permitted to become
bad, or that the plant food in the soil
is permitted to rest in such chemical
combinations that plants can not use
it. A clear conception of this fact af-
fleets our farm methodist fertility
were zone we should add all required
to produce crops. where as if it is
present we should seek 10 release it.
There is no better way OF keeping
land fertile than by feeding all crops
upon it, because is fertility
pretty quickly available, and we are
less dependent upon the natural
strength of the soil. More than this.
the incorporation of mapure with riie
soil furnishes both physical and
chemical conditions. that enable the
plant to use some of the original soil
elements. But we nave a class of
writers who assume that this is the
only rational way, regardless Of the
Fact that the Creator must have IL
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27
POULTRY POINTERS.

kerosene your roost. upper and
under side. once a week.
A hen is in her best condition
only when she is seen industriously
at work.
The scratching room is a necessi-
ty if the best results are to be had
in winter.
Excessive fairness leads to & sus-
pension of egg production, and pre-
disposes to certain kinds of disease.
One of the greatest drawbacks
with new beginners is the attempt to
crowd 50 fowls where there is only
room for 25.
A full egg basket, provided the
basket be large enough, means plenty
to eat and plenty to wear, along with
some Injuries.
Many a person puts the moneyinto
fancy buildings and furnishings for
his hen house that ought to go into
fancy poultry.
The best way to manage a poul-
try business is to begin with a few
hens; keep strict account, and if they
are paying well increase by degrees.
A good, healthy hen will not al
low the lice to harbor on her body.
1t is only when they are out of con-
dition that the lice begin to multiply.
Beware of overfat. inactive hens;
they are most certain to be "a source
of trouble and at best are unprofita-
able stock to keep either for layers Jr
breeding stock.
1t is estimated that there will not
be one-third as many turkeys to mar
ket this fall as is usually the ease.
This means a good price for other
kinds of poultry.
Any breed of fowls that is care
fully and Systematically bred for egg
production can be made to produce
good layers. But the individual speci-
mems must be bred along the right
line.
Almost any kind of hens viii lay
in spring and early summer. vet there
is a great difference in this respect.
The nearer we can approach to sum
mer conditions the more eggs we will
get in winter
Remember that the waste from
dressing a hen that weighs three
pounds is as great as that from a bet
ter fitted one that weighs five or six
pounds. Buyers have learned this am:
want well-ftted fonis-Farmer<
Home journal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

AN ANGEL IN DISGUISE.
lie Wanted an Eraser, But the Good
Woman wouldn't Give Him
Dry Bread.

An artist who was making a sketching
tour through a picturesque region of Con
n~ecticut CHANGED one day on a barn so al
Turing to his eye that he sat down on a
stone wall and went to work at once, relates
an exchange.
He soon became conscious that ne had
two Interested spectators in the persons OF
the farmer and his wife, who had come to
the door OF the house to watch him.
The artist by and by discovered that he
had lost or mislaid his rubber eraser, and,
as he wished to correct a slight error in the
sketch he went up to the door and asked
the farmers wife if he might nave a small
piece Of dry bread. This as every artist
knows, makes a good eraser.
The farmers wife looked at him with an
expression OF pity not unmixed with sur
prise.
Dry bresd!" she repeated. well, 1
guess you won't have to put up with any
dry bread from me, young man. You come
right into tie kitchen with me and I'll
give you a thick slice of bread with but
fer on it"
Now don'i say a word" She continued,
raising her hand to warn eff his expostula-
lions. Il don't care how you came to this
state, nor anything about il; all | know is
you're hungry, and that's enough for me.
You shall have a good dinner"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27
ON NATURE.
The Case of n Crooked Leg Which
Was successfully Handled by
William Mckinley.

A year or two after William Mckinley
had begun the practice of law at Canton,
O., he distinguished himself in a humorous
fashion in one of his first successful cases.
As often happens in court, the humor was
not merely for the sake of the joke, but for
serious purpose. Mr.. Edward I. Roe, in
THE Life Work Of William Mckinley"
tells the story:
The case was a suit against a surgeon,
whom the plaintiff charged with having
set his leg 50 badly that it was bowed. Ne,
kinley defended the surgeon, and found
himself pitted against John insolvency,
one of the most brilliant lawyers Of the
Ohio bar.
insolvency brought his client into court,
and had him expose the injured limb to the
jury. 1t was very crooked, and the case
looked bad for the surgeon, But Mckinley
had both his eyes open, as usual, and fixed
them keenly on the mans other leg.
As soon as the plaintiff was turned over
to him, he asked that the other leg should
also be barred. The plaintiff and Nc
Sweeney objected vigorously, but the Judge
ordered it done. Then it appeared that his
second leg was still more crooked than that
which the surgeon had set.
MY client seems to nave done better by
this man than nature itself did, said Me-
kinley, "and | move that the suit be dis
missed. with a recommendation to the
plaintiff that he have the other leg broken
and then set by the surgeon who set the
nrst one"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27
SUGGESTIONS FOR GIVERS.

Lovely muff chains of gun metal set
with turquoise are being shown.
An odd pen tray is in the shape of a
horses head with a brass whip lying
across it.
In the burnt-wood ware are pretty
nut bowls beautifully decorated
These bowls are rather small and rest
on three short supports.
A holiday ring-at least n designed
for the holiday trade-is set with q
navette canary diamond, the stone
caught by an empire wreath done il
tiny diamonds.
Desk trinkets in silver are numerous
pretty and inexpensive and make nice
gifts. They include everything that
could possibly be used on a desk either
at home or the office.
Artistic miniature grandfather
clocks have exposed pendulums. The
weights and chains are of lacquerec
brass and the dials are Of porcelain
with gilt numerals. The eases are OF
wood. These clocks resemble in ev'
cry detail the genuine full-sized Ger
man hall clocks and are extremely nov
ell as well as ornamental.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27
The Blood.


The blood sIife. Wederive from the blood
life, power, beauty and reason, as the doc
tors have been saying from time immemo-
rial. A healthy body, q fresh appearance,
and generally all the abilities We possess
depend on that source of life. 1t is, there
fore, the duty of every sensible mar to
keep the blood as pure and normal as pos
sible. Nature, in its infinite wisdom, has
gwen us a thermometer indicating the state
OF the blood, which appeals to our reason
by giving notice of its impurity. Small erup-
lions of the skin, to which we scarcely pay
any attention, headache, ringing noises in
the ears, lassitude, sleeplessness, are gem
orally a sign that the blood is not in nor
NAL state, but is filled with noxious sub
stances. These symptoms deserve our full
attention. Ii more attention were paid to
these symptoms and steps taken to remove
them, then many illnesses from which we
suffer would become unknown, and the hui
nan body would become stronger and health
Ter. Attention, therefore, should be paid
to those warning signs, and the blood can
be purified and poisonous substances re-
moved from il by the use of DR.. August
Koenig's Hamburg Drops, discovered more
than 60 years ago.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27
Lost in the Park.

\ nan had been absent for some time,
and during his absence had raised a pretty
luxuriant crop of whiskers, mustaehe, etc.
On returning home he visited a ~relitive,
whose lutte girl be was very fond Of,
The little girl made no demonstration
toward s~aluting him with a kiss, as was
usual.
why, child" said the mother. don't
you give Uncle VIII a kiss?"
Why, ma, returned the little girl, with
the most perfect simplicity. Il don't see
any DISCRIMINATION Times.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27
THOUSANDS PROFIT BY THE FREE
OFFER OF DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
AND GET CURED.

THOUSANDS InOEit Rt lAt6 NIL
OFFER OF DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
AND GET CURED.
Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
ment, high colored, excessive, pain in
passing, dribbling. frequency. Doan's
Kidney Pills dissolve and remove calcuh
and gravel. Relieve heart palpitation,
sleeplessness, headache, nervousness.
TELL CRY, Ind received the free
trial of Doan's Kidney Pills. They are
splendid. / had an awful pain in my back
on taking the pills the pain left me right
away and l feel like a new man.-Stephen
Schaefer.
Mrs. ADDIE ANDREWS, r. F. D. No. I.
BRoDHEAD, WIS, writes l received the
free trial of Doan's Kidney Pills with much
benefit. My little nephew was suffering
terribly with kidney trouble from scarlet
fever. Two doctors failed to help him and
he finally went into spasms. His father
ave him Deans Kidney Pills and from
the second dose the pain was less. He
began to gain and is to-day a well boy,
his life saved by Doan's Kidney Pills.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

81 had terrible pains along my
spinal cord for two years and suffered
dreadfully. l was given different
medicines :, wore plasters; none of
these things helped me. Reading OF
the cures that Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has brought
about, l somehow felt that it was
what l needed and bought a bottle to
take. How glad 1 am that l did so;
two bottles brought me immense re-
lief, and after using three bottles more
l felt new life and blood surging
through my veins. It seemed as
though there had been q regular house
cleaning through my system, that all
the sickness and poison had been taken
out and new life given me instead. l
have advised dozens of my friends to use
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Good health is indis-
pensable to complete happiness, and
Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vegetable
Compound has secured this to me"
-MRs. LAURA L. BREMER, Crown
Point, Indiana, Secretary Ladies Relief
Corps. $4,000 forfeit If original Of G6oue letter
proving genuinsness cannot be produced.
Every sick woman who does not
understand her ailment should
write Mrs. Pinllham, Lynn,
Mass. Her advice is free and
oIuou 70 holpfuI
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Only an Amsfeur

Cultured Mother-My dear. your sister
Clara IS an amateur pianist, Dora is an anna
teur photographer. and Elvira is an anna
teur astronomer, but you don't seem to be
anything.
Pretty Daughter-Qh, yes, mamma, | am
an amateur fnaneet. Here's my first en-
gagement ring.-Pit.sburg Press.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Gcf-Rfch-Q Scheme.

advertised a plan for making a quarter
yield 800 per cent. profit in less than two
minutes.
Brown-So? And did he get the desired
information?
"He certainly did. The man wrote and
told him to take a quarter and cut it in two.
then he would have two alves."-Ch:cago
Daily News.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Fond Mother-'T do wish you would
look over some of my little boys sketches,
and give me your candid opinion of them.
They strike me as perfectly marvellous for
one so young. The other day he drew a
could scarcely tell the difference!"-Punch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Ifyou do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your ease and he win
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Thousands of people have catarrh who
would be surprised to know it, because
It has been called some othername than
catarrh. THE fact is catarrh is catarrh
wherever located; and another fact
which is of equally great Importance, is
that Peruna cures catarrh wherever
located.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27
Cerk-aI should Lie n Get off early.

Cerk-'I should ike to get off early, sir,
as my wife wants me to do some odd jobs
about the house while it is light enough"
Manager-'Can't possibly do i'll" Clerk
Thank You, sir. You are very Kind
London Answers,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27
Dead Easy.

Young Man-So Miss Ella is ycur Oldest
sister, Who comes after her?
Small Brother-Nobody amt come as
yet; but pa saws the first fellow that comes
can have her.-Cleveland Leader.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

"Who were those two women who just
registered" inquired the hotel proprietor.
Mrs. Mary AIcGinnis and her daughter;
Miss Mayme Machines" replied the clerk.
PHILADELPHIA Press.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Dropsy treated free by DR.. II. II. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver-
tisement in another column of this paper.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27
Stout In Defenae.

Sidney-Have you any marked ability of
any kind?
Rodney-Wel.., I've kept a lot of widows
from marrying me.-Detroit Free Press.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Schoolmaster-'Now, let us nave Little
Drops of Water again, and do, please, put
a little spirit into it."-Glasgow Evening
Times.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Rev. +. stubenyol' of Elkhorn, Wis is pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran
st. Johns Church of that place. Rev. Stubenvol is the posessor of two bibles
presented to him by Emperor William of Germany, Upon the fly leaf of one OF
the bibles the Emperor has written in his own handwriting a text
This honored pastor, in a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co, of Column
bus, Ohio, says concerning their famous catarrh remedy, Peruna:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Gentlemen: "Ihad hemorrhsges of the lungs for a long time,
and all deSpaired of me. took Peruna and was cured. 1t gave me
strength and courage, and made healthy, pure blood Hincreased
my weight gave me q healthy color, and I feel well is the best
medicine in the world. If everyone kept Peruna in the house H.
would save many from death every year"--H STUBENVOLL.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Pleasant, Wholesome, Speedy, for coughs
is Hale's Honey Of FOREGROUND and Tar.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
as a cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 800 Third
Ave. n. Minneapolis. Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

The ills of life are sufficiently hard to
bear, without adding to them the wear
and tear of discomfort and rebellion
Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Tommy Backbay-"Mother, is it a sin to
say 'Rubber-neek?'" Madam Backbay-
ut is worse than a sin, Thomas; it is vul-
gar.'-Harvard Lampoon.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Girls who would buy titled husbands
must nave legal tender hearts.-Chicago
Daily News.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Blank cartridges will often make the
most noise.-Rom's Horn.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

Putnam Faderess Dyes cost but 10 cents
per package.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27
Straight to the Spot

WONDERFUL RESULTS FROM A
FREE TRIAL OF THE WORLDS
GREATEST KIDNEY MEDICINE
RUppLEs Mills, KY.-Ireceived the free
trial of pills. They done me great good
II had bladder trouble, compelling me 10
get up often during night. Now sleep
we'll , no pain in neck of bladder pain ! q
back is gone. also headache .-Jno L. Hil.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

1t takes two to make a quarrel, but only
one may make peace.-Ram's Horn.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

We are too altrHistic over duties and
egotistie over re~wards.-Ram's Horn.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

The highest exercise Of charity is char
ity tcxard the Observation-Disclosures
Ter
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-11-27

The faster a man is the slower he is
about paying his debts.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Washington times., 1902-07-12
PRESIDENTS STATEMENT.
Declares Mine Was Inspected Three
Days Ago.

Powell Stackhouse, president of the
Cambria Steel Company. made this
statement:
The explosion, from what I am able
to learn, occurred in the rolling mill
mine IN one of the leads. known to the
miners as the Klondike. What caused
the explosion or how many men are
dead or injured I do not know. 1t is
impossible to obtain the names of the
dead miners from the company's books.
The only way we can ascertain posi-
lively how many are entomDed. is to
request the relatives who know of any
miner supposed to be In the mine to
send full name and address to the COM
pany. which will aid Us in getting the
particulars of the frightful catastrophe.
THE mine. so far as we know, was in
good condition. It was inspected only
about three days ago. The mine in
which the dreadful thing occurred is
one OF the largest coal mines in the
United States. From the entrance in
The Washington times., 1902-07-12
VETERANS PLAN A
COMPLETE MACHINE
NEW STE FOR FOUNDRY
CHURCH PURCHASED
Three Parcels of Land Transferred to
Trustees Yesterday for
for s54,537.

Three deeds for thc property whch is
10 be the site Of the new Foundry
Methodist Episcopal Charch were placed
on file yesterday in the office CT the Re
corder of Deeds for the District.
The property is located in the square
bounded by +, Q. Sixteenth. and Seven
teenth Streets northwest, and Will be
occupied by the new Foundry Church
building. The purchase price OF the
lots is $54.5}7.50.
The first deed is made by E. Bishop
Grandin and his wife. Emma P. Grandin.
Of Tidewater. Pa, conveying lots so and
81. in square $50, for s21, 900; the second
by Herman Gasch and his wife. Gather
inc e. Gasch. conveying lots % and the
north 10 feet inches of lot "a, in square
$50. for s15.1lj. and the other by William
P. Kellogg and Mary z. Kellogg, con-
veying lots 81 ana 30. in square 1870, for
lS,562.5O. The property is conveyed to
Addison NJ Smith, Richard T. Morsell,
Benjamin II. Stinemetz. William +.
Chandler, Theodore \. Harding. Irving
c. Ball. and David T. Cl5sel. trustees
of Foundry NJ. Z. Church. of the city Of
Washington. Tor the use and benefit of
the ministry and membership Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of the
United States.
The Washington times., 1902-07-12
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

New Willard. Syan, Nashville, II
Phillips. J. II. White. St. Louis; K. /
Shaw. Boston. Mass; B. A. Becker. Chi
cago: ". A. Bates. New York; C. F
Wetz. Cleveland; J. G. Sanborn, Chi
cago; H. C. Cattell, Philadelphia; T.. A
Herman. Buffalo; J. c. Scott. New York
A. Larson, London.
The Raleigh-H. c. Henderson, E. \
Cole. r. Edward, New York (. 0. Howe
J. S. Keller. l.. F. Craig. Philadelphia
a. W. Whitley. New York; r. S. Hays
Boston, Mass; E. NJ. Johnson, Phila
delphia: ". NJ. Hardy. Baltimore. Nd.
S. B. Patterson, North Carolina.
The Arlington-T. p Stephenson, Den.
yer: y. c. Hsckler. New York; T. Slade
Richmond; F. Nicholas, Albany; Mrs
Fcnner. England.
Riggs House,. o. Mead. Walton. n
Y. IL d. Williams. New York.
The Washington times., 1902-07-12
TO LEARN THE CAUSE.
Coroner Miller to Make Thorough In
vestigation of Explosion.

JoHNSTOWN. Pa. July 11.-James
Roderick. OF Hszleton, chic: of the bu-
reau of mines. In the department Of in
ternal affairs, came here this morning
and will look after the investigation
to be made by Coroner Miller and d
jury of six. Only one body will be
viewed, though there were three score
in the armory when Coroner Miller
swore the jury into service.
Mine Inspector Evans sail tina, the
greatest care was always exercised in
the Cambria mines, and he was leo TO
believe that the explosion had been
caused by the violation of some rule,
possibly by lighting match in the
danger zone, or by a miner opening his
safety lamp.
Mr.. Evans said it was possible that
q fall had occurred and forced the gas
down from the high places and through
the gauZe OF the safety lamps.