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A SCIENTIFIC MONEY
Mr.. Patton Supports His Contention by
Quotations From Eminent Economists

Quotations From Eminent Economists
Editor Independent: | will select
passages from different writer's on the
money problem who hold that money
should definitely measure values;
that the value of money depends upon
supply and demand; and that changes
In the rate of interest indicate
changes of ratio between the whole
volume of money in circulation and
the whole volume Of exchange.
| will begin with few extracts from
Money and Civilization" by A. Del
Mar: "The orthodox principles OF
political economy-at least so far as
money Is concerned, and upon these
stand nearly all the rest-are dis
cordant and confused. :. Money i'm
plies numbers, and the value OF its
integers varies with the numbers Of
them" In Science of Money" the
ments and references to history that
money did not and could not consist
of any less number of coins or notes
than the whole number, their nature
being such that they could not be used
nor could their value be fixed without
reference to one another; in other
words, that the unit of money was all
money and, therefore, that it's value
depended upon its volume. The in
PRODUCTION of paper money added an
other cause to the cumulative nature
of coins which tended to render min
ing for the precious metals more and
more Improbable. OF all the money
now circulating in Europe and Ameri-
ca, one-half consists of paper notes.
III these notes were suddenly demone-
tized or destroyed, it is evident that
In consequence of the increased work
which coin would have to perform, its
value or purchasing power would be
greatly enhanced and prices would
fall. On the other hand to the extent
that paper notes are added to the cir
culation prices will rise and coins
will purchase less and less of COM
modities and services. In a former
work the author was taken to task by
one of his critics for asserting that in
the systems of money adopted by
Rome and other states of antiquity the
legal value of coins was much greater
than that of the metal of which they
were composed, and that in order to
successfully maintain such overvalua-
ton the coins must have been limited
In number; otherwise their value
would fan to that OF bullion Under
this limitation and the generalization
which resulted from ii the coins be-
came numerals or numeraries. whose
value depended upon their numbers
and not upon their material.
1T was denied that such was the
ease. and doubted that such systems
OF money were practicable. Yet the
Japanese syst IN was OF this character
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Farmers Institutes

The following farmers institutes
have been scheduled for the early part
Of the winter. and the schedules for
later dates will be made without de-
lay: David City. November 81:
Springview, November %; Bassett,
November 24-25: Cowles, November
1924; Bluehill. November "a: Camp
bell. November 81; Holdrege. Novem-
her 27-2S Chester. December /:
Bloomington, December 2-3; Alma,
December Sd; Crete, December A.:
Oxford. December 8; Central City,
December g. II. A. BURNETT.
University of Nebraska.
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corn crib and other buildings, plenty
of timber on the farm for all pur-
poses, running water, 21a miles to a
good town, there is no better soil:
this farm can be bought for SOS per
acre, II cash, balance on easy terms.
The person taking advantage of this
offer will get one of the finest farms
il Lancaster county; only IL hours
drive from the state capital
NEBRASKA REAL ESTATE co.
BY j. H. EDMISTEN, President.
1912 ST., Lincoln, Neb.
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Catarrh Polsons.

Catarrh is capable Of changing all the
life-giving secretions Of the body into
scalding fluids, which destroy and in
flame every part they come in contact
with. Applications to the places affect
ed by catarrh can do little good save to
soothe or quiet disagreeable symptoms.
Hence it is that gargles, sprays, atom
izers and inhalants only serve as tenn
porary relief.
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There is but one remedy that has the
desired effect, and that remedy is PEI
runa. This remedy strikes at once to
the roots of catarrh by restoring to the
capillary vessels their healthy elas-
ITCHY. Peruna is not temporary pail
liative, but radical cure.
Send for DIR. Hartman's latest book.
sent free for short time. Address The
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co., CO.
lumbus, Qhlo.
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Hon. Louis
Senator
and United States Minister
constitutional lawyer that
In rentleer N.
"No should longer suffer
cessfbe To knowledge has
friends and acqnantances that humanity
all persons suffering with this distressing disorder of
system 'LOuis E.. johnson.
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Mention The independent.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16
Point. In Corn Breeding.

Corn-breeding is a modification OF
live stock breeding, and follows the
same general laws and principles. 1t
is the application of principles Of
plant and animal breeding to the corn
plant. The per cent. of sugar in the
sugar beet has been increased from
three per cent. to sixteen per cent
The ordinary beet was improved by
seed selection, so that an enormous
industry has been built up and a new
sourc of sugar given to the world.
This has been done, with a plant
which seeds once in two years. Corn
produces a crop every year. A sin
gle seed producing a return of over
a thousand fold. From this great
number of offspring, varying in size,
shape, color and composition, a selec-
ton can be made which will develop
any feature of the seed or plant. By
continued selection, these valuable
attributes can be fixed in the charac-
teristics of the plant, and the useful
ness and Importance of the crop in
creased. Fe illustrate the point: We
have been able, by selecting ears hav-
ing long shanks, to increase the
length of the shank nearly two feet
in five years selection. By selecting
ears from plants having wide leaves,
we have been able to increase the av-
erage width of the leaf, and by select
ing ears from stalks having narrow
leaves we have been able to decrease
the width of the leaf.-From 1.-THE
Marvels of Corn Culture" in the May
Cosmopolitan.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16
A SELF-MADE MAN.
The Rise of q Barefoot Boy to the
Proud Eminence of Boss
umb

"See that millionaire sitting at the
table over in the corner?" asked j,
Earl King, according to the New
York Sun.
E. Duke Mcqueen glanced toward
the corner table and beheld a dia.
mond-studded man eating out-of-the-
season delicacies and slipping the con
tents of cobwebbed bottles in an un.
mistakable air of never mind the ex.
pense.
There" continued j. Earl King, sis
a living example of what push and
determination car do in a free coun-
try. That man, sir. is none other
than P. Baron Mcknight"
Indeed"
eyes, and 80 years ago he was a
barefoot boy, without a coat to his
back nor a cent to his pocket"
HE started life as a humble plumb.
er's assistant. But he had the right
stuff in him. He kept plugging away,
and rising step by step, until finally
he reached the proud position he
holds to-day"
used to be a plumbers assistant?
You don't tell me-" said E. Duke Nc.
Queen, with real astonishment. "And
to-day"
To-day, sir, P. Baron Mcknight is
the plumber"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16
THE OLD TIME FARM.
A Looking Backward to the South
ern Farm of the Days Before
the Civil War.

The farming of the south before
the war was different from any other
section in many important particu-
lars.
1t was the central influence which
very largely nodded every other
phase of southern life, whether so
cial or political, religious or educa-
tional.
The southern farm was a kind of
independent organism. A little gov
eminent in and of itself. In many re-
spects the southern farmer was his
wv lawgiver, and at the same time
acted as judge, jury and sheriff. But
we are at present more interested in
the industrial feature of this farm
ing.
There was a constant tendency and
in many cases a supreme studied eff
fort to make each farm entirely indie
pendent and sulf-~sustaining.
All supplies in the way of food for
men and animals were grown upon
the farm. There were few railroads
to bring in corn, hay, bacon, lard,
beef and all things in these lines, and
there was little use for the few we
had.
All of these things yer raised at
home, with plenty to spare.
Hog killings and corn stockings,
log rolling and house buildings were
the great social events of the farm
life. We were among the poor peo-
pie of u community, yet we annu-
ally killed from 40 to 60 fat hogs.
This editor, when quite a lad, was
sent for, all around the neighbor-
hood, because he developed some skill
in the use of the knife in the hog
pen.
Not only were there substantial
parts of farm life looked after and
provided for, but side issues also.
Very many farms had a blacksmith
shop. a wood shop and a shoe shop
and carding and spinning and weav-
ing arrangements.
With the aid of these the plantation
tools were made and repaired. The
shoes were provided and half-soled.
We remember well how proud we
felt when father brought us a shoe
hammer, lasts, avis and pegs. Many
times after a hard days blowing we
have mended shoes until bed time.
Other nights we joined in the filling of
quilts, carding rolls. spinning thread,
ETC., to help our mother in her weav-
ing. Thus the family were clothed
and fed, while our brain and muscles
were developed along coordinate
lines of strength and usefulness.
We must not omit to mention here
the happy days of harvesting. Our
neighbors' boys and men gathered in,
and we had real sport and genuine
athletics, as the golden grain fell be-
fore the keen scythe-blade in -
skillful hands of closely-contesting
rivals for the foremost swath.
Often the partridge nest with its
90 pearly eggs created a shout and
stirred the hearts of all the boys who
piling the brands of wheat OF
oats.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16

ample accommodations for feeding
their hay under cover. Their harm
need not be a costly structure. but
should be dry, and provided with an
abundance of light. A sheep is "a.
turally provided with . warm coat
that is impervious to the cold. if only
drv. A dark. warm barn is as a dun-
geon to them, and in such quarters
they will not thrive and eat well. Cold
drafts blowing through the barn are
Lunhealthful. In sections where win
tiers are long and severe, their barn
should be constructed with ample
space for hay racks. watering
troughs, salt troughs. and with prop
err ventilation.
Shearing should be done previous to
their being turned out to pasture, as
the ewes that are sheared early rear
the finest lambs, and they put on in
stead of losing flesh. by not carrying
their fleece in warn weather. A
sheep tick can never obscure himself
from the eye of the true shepherd.
Ticks and sheep car not be raised to-
gether profitably. A week after
shearing. the sheep and lambs should
be dipped in one of the commercial
sheep dips to destroy the ticks.-E. E.
Roberts, in Midland Farmer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16
FRUITS AS
How the Different Varieties Act
when Taken Into the d.
gestfve System.


The various uses of fruits as medic.
inal agents have never been properly
appreciated, says Medical Talk for
the Home. A brief and imperfect
summary might be made as follows:
Laxatives.-Oranges, figs, tama-
rinds, prunes, mulberries, dates, nee
tarines and plums.
Tonics.-Pomegranates, cranber-
ries, blackberries, dewberries, rasp-
berries, b~arberries, ounces, pears
and wild cherries. The most of these
operate as astringents and are there
fore useful in chronic diarrhea. dys-
EMERY and some forms of dyspepsia.
Refrigerants.-The cooling proper
ties of lemons, lines and apples are
well-known. These are useful fruits
forh hot weather and to protect against
heatstroke. Apples r also laxative
and diuretic as well as refrigerant.
Diuretics.-For the kidneys, the
following fruits have diuretic prop
critics and are therefore useful in kid
ney diseases: Grapes, peaches, straw
berries, whortleberries, prickly pears.
black currants and pumpkin and
melon seeds.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16
Our Barren Wastes.

There are about 400, 000, 900 acres of
the public lands in this country at
present unfit for farming purposes,
not because the soil is poor, but for
lack of moisture. Much of this land
can be and will be reclaimed by arti-
fetal moisture, but most of it must
remain a thin range for cattle, sheep
and goats indefinitely. On account
of overstocking much of the grasses
which once f1ourished there has disap-
peared and nothing to take the place
of them has been provided. These
almost barren wastes Ire capable of
restoration, at least to as good conli-
ton as when the buffaloes and a2te-
lopes did the grazing. AS population
increases and land becomes less in
proportion, human ingenuity will
probably bring water from its sources
and make these lands available for
productive homes. The demand FIR
this is not yet upon us, for there is
land enough outside the arid regi ms
for every family hat wants one, q
self-supporting home.-Farm and
Ranch,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16
Uncertainty Of Cotton

Cotton is becoming our most uncer-
tain crop, having more fungus Gis-
eases and insect enemies than II
other staple. If it reaches the condi-
ton that expensive methods of pr,-
lection are necessary to the produc-
ton of cotton, the fact will be an
other argument in favor of smaller
areas of cotton better cultivated. and
heavier yields per acre. Why should
100 acres be struggled with to make
less than forty bales, when the same
amount can be made on 25 acres?
Some of our best farmers make two
bales per acre, and sometimes more.
Then why not study their methods
and then adopt them? When it is
necessary to spray 100 acres Of colt, n
to prevent it's destruction by web
worms or bool weevils, it is easy
enough to see where the profits co.
Farm and Ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16
A Good story.

Frederika, Ia, July l3th.-Mr. A. S,
Grover, of this place, tells an interesting
story showing how sick people may regain
their health # they will only be guided by
the experience of others. He says:
II had a very bad case of Kidney Trouble,
which affected my urinary organs SO that !
had to get up every hour of the night. ]
could not retain my urine and my feet and
limbs begin to bloat up. My weight was
quickly running down.
After l had tried many things in vain,
l began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, a med.
icine which had cured some other very bad
cases.
This remedy has done wonders for me,
| have gained eight pounds in two months.
The bloat has all gone from my feet and
legs, and | don't have to get up at night,
l took in all about ten boxes before | was
all sound"
Those who suffer as did Mr.. Grover can
make no mistake in taking Dodd's Kidney
Pills, for they are a sure, safe and perma-
nent cure for all Kidney and urinary dis.
orders.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16
HAIR GROWTH
Promoted by Shampoos
Of CutiCura Soap
And Dressings Of Cuticura the
Great Skin Cure
Pursst, Sweetest, Most Effective Remediss
for Skin, Scalp and Hall.

This treatment at nee stops falling
hair, removes crusts, scales and dan.
druf, destroys hair parasites, soothes
irritated, itching surfaces, stimulates
the hair folllcles, loosens the scalp skin.
supplies the roots with energy and
nourishment, and makes the hair grow
upon u sweet, wholesome, healthy scalp
when all else fails.
Millions of women now rely on Cuti-
cura Soap assisted by Cuticura Oint-
mcnt. the great skin cure, for preserving,
purifying and identifying the skin, for
cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales and
dandruff, and the stopping of falling
hair, for softening, whitening and
soothing red, rough and sore hands, for
baby rashes, itchings and chafngs, for
annoying irritations, or too free or
offensive perspiration, for lucrative
weaknesses, and many sanative, anti
septic purposes which readily suggest
themselves, as we'll as for all the pur-
poses Of the toilet and nursery.
Cuticura remedies are the standard
skin cures and humour remedies Of the
world. Battle the affected parts with hot
water and Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the
surface of crusts and scales and soften
the thickened cuticle. Dry, without
hard rubbing, and apply Cuticura 0lnt-
ment freely, to allay itching, irritation
and Inflammation, and soothe and heal,
and, lastly, in the severer forms, take
Cuticura Resolvent, to cool and cleanse
the blood. A single set is often sufi-
cient to cure the most torturing, dis
figuring skin, scalp and blood humours,
from pimples to scrofula, from infancy
to age, when all else fails.
Sold Throughout the world. Cutieura Resolvent, SOC, On
form of Chocolate Coated Pills, &c. per vial OF co.. ONT
mnent SOC. sosp, 2sc.. Depots: London. a charsuhouss
3d. Paris. Rue de Ia PAX Boston, lT Columbus Ave.
fotter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props
81 Send for How to Cure Every Humouf."
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16
NOT HI RIGHT MAN.
Had Aided I'm Capturing the Hat, But
Didn't Feel Entitled to Any


He was about to turn from Woodward ave-
nue. into Michigan when a gust of wind col
lided with his straw hat and sent it hustling
almost to the foot of the soldiers monu
ment, relates the Detroit Free Press. Be-
ing a man who had passed through the
Galveston flood and the St. Louis alder
manic investigation, he stood stock still
and let three other men chase his hat. 1t
was brought back to him after two or three
minutes, and as he waited its coming he
took a memorandum book from his pocket
and asked of the man who had it in hand:
Will you kindly give me your name,
sAr?"
What for?" was asked.
That l may remember you in my will.
You chased my hat, sir, and you picked it
up and busted it off, and you have
brought"
There's some mistake here" interrupted
the chaser. Il am not the man who busted
your hat off"
Then what noble par. did you playY"
why, l simply jumped OF it and held
it down with my $50 pounds until another
Teller came up and grabbed it. | guess J
don't care to be remembered in your wip
or anywhere else"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16
HERE AND THERE.

If your soil is not deep enough
make it deeper with plows, strong
teams and green land ripe) manur-
ing.
-Cribbed corn. will shrink in weight
from ten to twenty per cent. in a
year, the difference depending on at
mospheric moisture, or the lack of it.
Put your farm produce up al
tractively and it will more than paw
you. Inferior quality ~attractively nut
up will sell better than superior au,l-
ity slovenly put up.
1t has been definitely ascert ,ia.d
that it is not the legumes that gather
nitrogen from the atmosphere. but
little bacteria that do the gathering
and store it in nodules which they
form on the roots Of clover. alfalfa.
cow peas, etc.
As soon as cockerels becore
large enough for the table eat or Ell
them, or they will soon '.eat tn .ir
heads off," and that is much worse.
Too many cockerels mar the scenery
of the yard and interfere with the
proper function of the hens.
Bulletin IS of the South Carolina
station says: There are five mis-
takes in common practice in the cult
walton of cotton: (a) Poor prepara-
ton of the soil. OBJ Failing to rotate
to supply humus. (c) Leaving the
plants too thick. Id deep cultivation
with narrow blows. fel Jarn. a.
crop too early"
The prospects for a big crop Of
cotton this year seem rather clo,dy
at present. Cotton is late: in many
fields the stand is defective, and it Is
too late to remedv the defect; the satl
over considerable areas in the hes,
cotton-growing sections of the state
is In bad condition on account of the
.incessant rains.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16
Importance Of Good loads.

The subject of good roads can not
be much longer kept in the back
ground. Trolley ears from one town
to another, rural telephones and free
rural mail delivery, are good en-. ugh
in their way, but paved country roads
are necessary to the well being and
hardness of the rural districts. When
this is accomplished then will t c
best elements of city life seek coun-
try homes for comfort, escape from
the evils of city life to escape the
heavy taxation necessary to support
urban population, and to enjoy the
freedom of the country without the
smoke and din of the city Streets
Farm and Ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-16

SO prevalent, that they accept it as al
most inevitable. The greatest obstacle
in the way of recovery is that they do
not understand that it is catarrh which
is the source of their illness. In female
complaint, ninety-nine cases out of one
hundred are nothing but catarrh. Pc
run cures catarrh wherever located.
Chronic invalids who have languished
for years on sick beds with some form
of female disease begin to improve at
once after beginning DR.. Hartman's
treatment.
Among the many prominent women
who recommend Peruna are:-Belva
Lockwood. of Washington, d. c.; Mrs.
Col. Hamilton, of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs.
F. E. Warren, wife of U. S. Senator
Warren, of Wyoming.
If you do not derive promptand 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 adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman S~anitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.