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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

Bermuda grass, brother, is a God
send to the south. Plant it's roots and
set pasturage of the only grass that
has kept green this summer n the
only grass you can have permanently
and to always stay with you to bless
you and your stock. When Bermuda
Grass is valued at it's worth to our
southland we will have the grandest
and greatest s~tock-raising section In
the whole world. Any. man who has
enc acre well set in Bermuda grass,
the south's mortgage-lifter, has one
hundred dollars worth of land, and
correspondingly every other acre he
adds to this one acre until he gets all
the pasture lands he needs is worth
to his home and him one hundred dol
lars per acre, and this l believe to be
a reasonably low estimate on Ber-
muda grass lands for pasturage.@.
G. B. Erwin, in Dixie Farmer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

Miss Kate Brown, Recording Seere-
tary of the /. c. Il. Association of Kan
sas, in "A letter from Cos n. Seventh St.,
Kansas City, Kan, says:
"For seven years FhaYe not known
what III WIS TO spend g well day.
Icaught a severe cold which neglected.
It was at the time OF menstruation and
inflammation set in and Frustrated me.
Catarrh of the kidneysa and bladder fol-
lowed, my digestive organs gave way,
IN fact the cold disarranged my whole
system. 49,
al spent hundreds of dollars with
doctors and medicine, but derived bnf
little benefit until ! began treatment
with Peruna. Ikepttakingit fornearly
nine months before | vas completely
cured, but l kept growing better gradu-
ally so that l felt encouraged to continue
taking Peruna until my health was re-
stored. l send my thanks and blessings
to you for Peruna. Miss Kate Brown.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16
CROP PROSPECT AND PRICE.
The Deterioration of the Cotton
Crop should Warn the Planter
to BE Slow to Sell.

Of course we all recognize that this
means primarily and chiefly cotton.
We said some months since that we
did not look for a large crop of cot
ton. We have never known cotton 70
make a June crop and an August
crop the same year. This season the
June crop was unusually heavy, and
now we see the August crop CORE
spondingly light. The dropping or
falling off or shedding of the bolls
and forms is so heavy that 1T is m
possible at present to measure the
full extent of the damage.
In many sections it is fully one
half. The cause of this fearful ca
lamity is not to be found in any one
thing. There were several co%ntrlbut-
ing causes. But the chief aus was
the excessive heat that prevailed from
the 18th to the 22d of August. The
heat was so great that the cotton
plant wilted. Whenever a cotton
limb willis beyond where the form or
square is Joined to the limb, that
square" will fall off. Sometimes they
hang on until the bloom has come
and until the boil is half-grown. But
they never mature.
But the point now is not so mueh
cause as the effect. How much Is
the damage? What effect will it have
upon the market price of cotton?
These are interesting and pertinent
questions.
From North Carolina to Texas we
are getting reports from entirely re-
liable sources that show that this
trouble is not local. The crop that
was promised August LIST is not now
on the fields. The crop that seemed
assured August the 18th has not
realized, but has shriveled and died
and fallen off. No amount of in
genious figuring can restore these
dead bolls to life. No amount OF es-
timating by interested parties can
alter the fact. The cotton is u
short-fearfully short.
The farmer should take advantage
of this condition and sell slow. He
has a right to get all for what is left
that he can. 1t is not only his prlyI-
lege and his right, but his duty to do
this. The higher price he gets for
his cotton the more money he VIII
have to pay his debts with and to
spend. 1t is the merchants interest
as well as his own for him to hold
and sell slow. This crop ought to
bring about ten cents. viii the
farmer get it? If not, why not?-
Southern Cultivator.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16
THE DAIRY ON THE FARM.
Properly Managed 1t is a Source of
Pleasure and Profit to the
Farmers Family.

In dairying on the ordinary farm
one meets with a wider diversity of
conditions than in a locstion especial
ly selected for the purpose. Close
proximity to a rood market for the
products of the dairy IS an important
feature.
In many sections where there are
creameries which depend upon the
farmers surrounding distant towns
for their supply of cream, arrange
ments are made with the tr~ansporta-
ton companies for the cheap ship
ping of cream and the return of the
cans. Competition of rival creamer-
les often renders it possible in such
localities for the farmer to realize
more profit by extracting the cream
with a separator and shipping it to
the creamery than to keep it on the
farm and do his own butter-making.
In this case the skim-milk is undilut-
ed, and may e fed to calves OF hogs,
with the addition of a little oil-meal
for the calves. or shorts fer the hogs,
to form an excellent growing ration.
A farm dairy with fifteen or TWEEN
>ty cows and growing stock to utilize
the b~y-produets to the best advan-
tage, even if the cream is made into
butter al home, viii pay better with
the aid of a good separator than
without it. The labor of keeping the
separator clean-whieh is absolutely
necessary-is more than Offset by the
saving in time the improved quality
of the butter and the better feeding
condition of the milk.
\ good house is a paying invest
ment. and should be built with a view
to furnishing the desirable tempera-
ture and thorough ventilation. Cream
should DE churned at a temperature
of from sixty to siNty-ive degrees.
Ordinarily the butter is firm, and re-
quires but a dash of cold water after
the buttermilk has been drawn off
and before removing the butter from
the churn. Pour in enough water to
cover the butter, give the churn a few
turns. then draw off the water and
take up the butter. Use fine dairy
salt for sailing, and press out the
water carefully while working.
to avoid injuring the glubules. Wiring
cloths from cold water and lay over
the butter after packing. place in a
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16
RESTAURANT REQUISITES.
Appropriate Texts Were the Only
Things Lacking for Doing
business.

The day of the new cheap restaurants
opening was at hand, says the Newark
News.
Has the sugar been sanded:.' asked the
proprietor.
lit has" replied the manager. And the
salt shakers have been stopped up"
Have you watered the catsup?'
81 have"
And chalked the milk, and tested the
oleomargarine to be sure it's not butter?'
Yes"
is the bread flour adulterated?"
"To the limit
care you sure there's nothing genuine in
the plec,?"
"Notaing except the eggs, and even they
are doubtful"
It's well. We seem to be ready for bust
ness. Say. Where are those illuminated
notices."
q forgot them,s sir"
Great Scott! Run out to a sign painter.
Get a couple OF Feed NJ Lambs, or Hon
est Men Are the Salt Of the Earth-any-
thing, only be quick. Goodness, what an
oversight
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16
RECOGNIZED RESEMBLANCE.
Father of Smart Young Man Had
Good eaxon to Doubt His own
Judgment

Not long ago a youth residing in the city
of churches had adopted, the pompadour
method of combing his hair, and his ia
Their din't like it. The latter had an idea
that there was only one sensible and manly
way to comb the hair, and that was to part
it on the side-either side. Everything else
was dudish and affected in his opinion.
Only a woman was privileged to take lib
critics with old established methods, relates
the Chicago Chronicle.
Young man. he said, as he looked the
youth over, you look like a fool"
There was no discussion, and shortly
thereafter an old friend of the family
came in.
"It's startling" he said, by way of pleas
ant comment, chow much you resemble your
father"
$50 he's just been telling me" answered
the youth.
The old gentleman looked hard at his son
for a moment.
We'll" he conceded at last, 81 guess your
brain hasn't been affected by your fool no.
lions of hairdressigg as yet"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16
use III Best Foods.

The money value of poultry, or the
profit in raising fowls, depends on
knowing how to do it economically.
Economy does not consist in cheap
food. but in such as the fowls will
readily associate and also give the
best returns in desirable growth. 1t
the food is not right no excess OF
quantity will make up for its deficien-
cy in quality. Water is indispensable,
and should be pure. The first months
OF a chicks life are the most inn
portant period in its existence to its
owner. If it is neglected and stunted
no subsequent treatment a make
good the injury done except at a loss.
Farm and FireSide.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16
IN A BAD WAY.

Night after night with rest and
sleep broken by urinary troubles.
Painful passages, Frequent calls of
nature, Retention, make the day as
miserable as the night.
Man., woman or child with any
wrong condition of the bladder and
kidneys is in q bad way.
Don't delay till dangerous Dia-
betes comes.
Cure the trouble before it settles
into Bright's Disease.
Read how certain are the cures of
Doan's Kidney Pills and how they
last.
John j. Scharschug, a retired
farmer, residing at 474 Concord ST.,
Aurora, Ills, says: Three years
ago I was a sufferer from backache
and other kidney disorders and for
months exhausted all my knowledge
of medicine in an endeavor to OBJ
tain relief. Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me, and time has not dimin-
ished my estimation of this prepare
ton. Not only did Doan's Kidney
Pills cure me at that time but al
though over three years have elapsed
there has not been a symptom of a
recurrence of the trouble. l con-
slider this preparation to be a Won
derful kidney remedy and just as
represented"
A free trial of this great Kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. S~charschug
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists, price so
cents per box.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

cool position in the milk house or
cellar, and your butter will Ne2
fresh for some time.
1t is very convenient to have ice
stored for use during the hot summer
months, when the average farm but
ter is of an exceedingly poor quality.
Not orly does it pay from a vercenary
point of view, but the farmers own
table will be the richer and better 0
this simple aid in preserving the
cream, milk and butter for use in the
best possible condition.-Farm and
Fireside.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16
Hundreds of Dollars
Spent In Vain---Pe-
ru-na Cured.

A neglected cold is frequently the
cause of death.
tits more often, however, the cause OF
some chronic disease.
There is not an organ in the body but
what is liable to become seriously de-
ranged by a neglected cold Diseases
of the kidneys, bladder and digestive
organs are all frequently the result OF
a neglected cold.
Hundreds of dollars r spent ondoc-
tors and medicines trying to cure these
diseases, butuntilthe true cause of them
is discovered, there will be no use in
using medicine.
Dyspepsia medicine, diarrhna medi-
cine and constipation medicine is of 40
good whatever when catarrh is the
cause. The catarrh must be treated.
The cause being removed, the derange-
ments viii disappear.
Peruna cures catarrh of the digestive
organs, the urinary organise or any O the
internal organs.
If you 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 case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman ~Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

my des-," said the young husband, did
you speak to the milkman about there be
ing no cream on the milk" Yes, l told
him about it this morning, and he has ex-
planned it satisfactorily; and think it is
quite a credit to him, too" What did ne
ties so full that there was no~room on the
top for the cream."-Indianapolis News.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

Once upon a time there was a man who
was exceedingly grave, and who tried to
impress his acquaintance with his serious
ness. His sedateness naturally caused re-
marks, and his evident feeling of impor-
tance brought a smile TO many lips.
He apparently feels that the world re
wolves around him." said one of his
friends.
Moral.-A man is sometimes serious
enough to suppose that he is the center OF
gravity.-N. Y. Herald.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16
Water in 1t.

my DEAR" asked Mr.. Keerful, as he
poked inquisitively at a mass OF something
on his plate, what in the world is this?"
Why" explained Mrs. keerful, you
know the health authorities have adj
vised US to boil all the water we use, and
that is the watermelon you bought for des-
sert."-Baltimore American.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16
A SOLITARY

"Our officials should understand that
Uncle Sam expects every man of them to do
his duty"
"All except the customs officials, of
course. He expects them to collect it,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

"You didn't dig any coal to-day, did you:"
chuckled the striker. NO." replied the
non-union miner, good humoredly. 81
wasn't in the vein for it."-Philadelphia
Press.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

"He calls his office a dental parlor.'
Ism that ridiculous?"
at is, indeed. He should call it a draw
ing-room.' Philadelphia Record.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

It's a mistake to imagine that itching piles
can't be cured; a mistake to suffer a day
longer than you can help. Doan's Ointment
brings instant relief and permanent cure.
At any drug store. so cents.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

l am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Norwich, n. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

One trouble with white lies is that they
require too much whitewashing-Chicago
Daily News
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

The highest exercise of charity is char
ity towards the Observation-Disclosures
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

A Dose in Time Saves Nine of Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for Colds.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

Is it a burn? Use DR.. Thomas Electric
Oil. A cut? Use DR.. Thomas Electric Oil.
At your druggists.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

Dyspepsia-bane of human existence. Bur
dock Blood Bitters cures it, promptly, per-
manently. Regulates and tones the stomach.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more goods,
per package, than Others.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

Never monkey with a buzz-saw when it
is busy .-Chicago Daily News.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16
A Chronic ~GruInbler.

To the large number of stories of the
"meanest man" which are frequently re-
lated, one should be added of a certain
Frenchman, famous for his habit Of grumb-
ling at everything and on every occasion.
He was attacked by infiammatory rheu-
matism, and was carefully nursed by his
wife, who was very devoted to him, in spite
of his fault-inding disposition. His suf-
fering caused her to burst into tears some
times as she sat at his bedside.
One day a friend of the invalid's came
in and asked him how he was getting on.
Badly, badly" he exclaimed; "and it's
all my wife's fault"
us it possible?" asked the friend, in sur
prise,
Eyes. The doctor told me that humidity
was bad for me, and there that woman sits
and crie4 just to make it moist IN the
room!"-Detroit Free Press.
A Fatal Mistake.
She was from Philadelphia, and he was
from New York. They we're at a summer
hotel, and he was doing right well, consider
ing there were six other chaps waiting at
the post for the signal.
cam / the only person you know in Phil
adelphia?" she asked, as they sat in the
"The only one" he responded, sweet and
low.
Didn't you ever stop there?"
"Stop there?" he asked in forgetful aston
ishment. That's all anybody ever does
there, isn't it,"
Then the blow felI.-N. Y. Herald.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

One golden day redeems a weary year.
Cecil Thaxter.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16
Reduced Rates TO Memphis
Oct. 2i-30, 1902,
Great
Memphis
Race Meeting

All railroads entering Memphis will sell n
FARE round trip during this meeting.
SEQ worlds fastest horses entered. including
Cresceus, 2:02A, fastest trotter in the world. and
Dan Patch, 1:594, fastest PAGER in the world.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16
mIICEE1ZIiIRII1
;S|!1fk;Sa{ss(7

As soon as budding genius finds that 1t
has been noticed it begins to blow ITSELF
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
Please state that You saw the Advertise
nent In this paper.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

Too late to cure a cold after consump-
ton has fastened its deadly grip on the
lungs. Take DIR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup
while yet there is time.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

MrS. FRANCES StdIlOTu, vi Zfo Z.
Hath ST., NY. City, adds her tes-
timony to the hundreds OF thou
sands on Mrs. Pinkham's files.
When Lydia E. Pinkham's Rene
dies were first introduced skeptics
all over the country frowned upon
their curative claims, but as year
after year has rolled by and the
little group of women who had been
cured by the new discovery has
since grown into a vast army Of
hundreds of thousands, doubts and
skepticisms have been swept away
as by a mighty flood, until to-day
the great good that Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and her other medicines are doing
among the women of America is
attracting the attention of many OF
our leading scientists, physicians
and thinking people.
Merit alone could win such fame;
wise, therefore, is the woman who
for a cure relies upon Lydia e.
Pinkham'sV Vegetable Compound.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-10-16

Shelley-The more we study, the more
we discover our ignorance.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-27

The thought that some change ought
to be made concerning the South's
representation in congress and also in
national republican conventio ms, is
pressing itself on the public with more
power than ever before. Representa-
ton in national convention ought to be
according to the number of votes cast.
That plan is good enough for repre-
sentation in all our minor conventions,
township, city, county and state. 1t is
just and equitable. 1t is wrong that q
handful Of republicans in, say Georgia,
should be allowed as many delegates in
the national convention as Iowa, when
it furnishes no republican members Of
congress, never furnishes any electoral
votes for the republican candidates,
and doesn't seem to keep up its organi.
cation except because of federal offices
in prospect. The south also ought to
have its representation in congress re-
duced to correspond with the number
of people it allows to vote.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-27
Thanksgiving.

The beautiful old New England Gus
tom of Thanksgiving comes down to us
surrounded with hundreds of sacred
and historic memories. We observe it
today because of its associations with
the past and of its practical connection
with the presens.
There is nothing more appropriate
than that once year our people be in
vited to publicly assemble and give
thanks to God for the blessings that
have been given us. Our forefathers
instituted this beautiful custom. Their
hearts we're full of gratitude for their
blessings. 1t must be admitted that
their physical blessings were scant in
deed when compared with ours. Our
measure of thankfullness surely ought
to equal theirs.
There should not be putting off till
Thanksgiving day the being thankful
for our many blessings. We should
recall them often and be thankful al.
ways. 1t makes one happier, more
commended, and more optimistic to dc
this. 1t chases away the blues and
makes ones surroundings seem
brighter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-27

Uncle George Perkins, of the Sioux
City Journal is having all kinds of fun
with b. Murphy, Maj. Rsthburn and
others OF the old school of republican
ism in Iowa. Those old fellows are OF
the salt of the earth but they can't al
ways see JOKE unless it is labeled.
That is surprising. We thought
Murphy could see funny thing. But
the thought of Col. Hepburn favoring
BabcocK rather than Cannon, and for
the reason that Babcock was more in
harmony with the '1owa idea" than
Cannon, didn't seem to reach Murphy's
humorous spot.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-27
Iowa's Official Count.

The official count made at Des Moines
Monday makes the republican plurality
at the late election 1924. This is
near enough $4,000 to call it that. 1t
is only about 1000 less than Cummins
had last year.
Among the strange things shown by
the table is the light democratic vote
of few counties. Winnebago only
cast 1913 democratic votes in the county
while there we're 1903 republican votes.
Worth county cast only 262 democratic
votes. The campaigns in those coun-
ties cannot be very strenuous. Cam
paigns fol. nominations may be, though.
There were ten democratic counties
in the state this year. The county
showing the biggest republican gain is
Cerro Gordo. 1t likely did poor job
last year, so it couldn't we'll help gain.
ing.
The socialist vote made a big gain in
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-27

The growth of the socialist vote in
this country in one of the phenomena
OF politics this year. 1t is claimed it
was less than 100000 two years ago
and that now it is about 400, 900. 1t is
largest in tn. big labor centers. There
is a big socialist party in Germany
and some other European countries,
and its growth here is only of recent
years. 1t had not been supposed the
industrial opportunities in this country
invited the growth of such party. The
socialist party is at war with about all
the existing arrangements of industrial
society of this country. Its funda-
mental principle, it seems to us, is at
variance with much that is best in
human nature and in American
society. An application Of its princi-
pies would surely remove one of the
main springs of human action. Take
away the individuals ambition and
chance to better his own condition and
that of his family, his chance to az
complish something for himself, and
you make man less selfish, but you
take most of the energy and ambition
out of him. Reducing all to level of
! common herd would take the rivalry
and much of the interest out of work.
The failure of nearly all socialistic en-
terprises ought to be lessons enough
that the whole thing is dismal failure.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-27

An era of speculation is upon the
United States. There never we're SO
many schemes laid to catch the unwary.
The mails are fairly flooded with the
bats of land companies, oil companies,
mining companies and every other kind
OF proposition about which prospectus
may be written. Ninety-nine out of a
hundred of them are valueless, and
people who put up their savings into
them will find it out. Ofcourse, there
are some sound propositions, but it is
difficult to winnow them out of the
chat. Fairfield Ledger.