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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
FARMERANDP PLANTER
EXPERT KNOWLEDGE.
It. yaIue 20 the Practical Farmer of
Inestfmable Value aad
Modern Necessity.

A graduate Of the Texas A. and NJ
college agricultural department, who
has accepted a frst-class position IN
the A. and NJ. college of a neighbor-
ing states, and is now making a pre-
linminary tour to various similar col
leges, writes home that, in New Or
leans, Baton Rouge, and elsewhere, ne
has met a number of his old fellow
students, and that they are all doing
we'll" Some OF these are engaged ID
agricultural pursuits and some in me-
chanical, but all of them hold respon-
sible and lucrative positions. The
authorities of the Texas college say
that they can not fill all the demands
for young men qualified for positions
in agriculture, mechanics, civil engi-
neering, etc, and that every graduate
of the college can have a good posi-
ton open for his acceptance upon
leaving the school. Before agricultur-
al colleges were established the opin-
ion prevailed that the only education
a farmer needed was reading, writing
and 'rithmetic; that the chief qualin-
cation was to know how to handle a
pillow, or hoe, " an ak, coupled with
the alb -ty t split 200 rails per day,
or drive unruly oxen on a hot sum
mel day, or break in a wild mule by
thrashing all the spirit out OF his hide.
1t was considered a matter OF muscle,
and not of mind. Education has SO far
enlightened the dark places in rural
life that it is now conceded by all in
telligent people that it is even more
important to know than to do, for II
one knows how a thing ought to be
done, but lacks the physical ability to
do the actual work, he can still direct
others how to do it to best advantage.
There is no field of human effort that
for best results requires more scientific
learning than that of agriculture. A
civil engineer must be a scientist, and
yet he may dispense with botany,
anatomy, animal physiology, entomolo-
gy and many others, the practical
farmer has daily use, and the best re-
suits cam not be attained without
their aid. A complete education in all
the natural sciences is hardly prac-
ticable in this hurrying age, but a
practical knowledge of climatology,
soil physics, plant physiology, ento-
mology, animal physiology, hygiene
and nutrition, chemistry, and other
branches can be obtained and prac-
ticed by any intelligent persons, and
should form a part of the education of
oyorv farmer Remember that the
schools are merely a preparation for
the acquisition of knowledge; that eu-
ucation is to be acquired afterwards.
Therefore, a full appreciation of the
value of knowledge is the first step in
the pursuit thereof, a pursuit that
should cease only with life itself
Texas Farm and Ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
PIGEONS CAUSE REUNION.
Separated Twenty Years
Ago Meet at n Poultry Show
at EllenvilIe, N. Y.

Emil ana Adolph Reiss, brothers. who
had been separated 20 years, met at the
Ellenville IN. W fair the other day.
Each had supposed the other dead.
When boys they had a great fondness
for pigeons, and both went to the fair
at Ellenville because of the exhibition
at the poultry show, where they each en-
tered a number of birds. Emil, who lives
in New York, learned that certain fine
pigeons had been entered by a man from
Chicago named Reiss. Adolph viewed
Emil's collection, and upon INQUIRY
learned the name of their owner. By
this time the two brothers were going
about the grounds in search of each
other. They passed and repassed in the
crowd until the New York brother
CHANGED to see a man giving out business
cards bearing the name of Reiss. Then
there was a happy recognition. Adolph
Reiss accompanied his brother to his
home in New York. When the brothers
parted, 20 years ago, they intended to
meet each other the following day.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
wanted Motion oyerrulea.

Not long ago one of the judges of the
Rochester IN. " district, who is very
fond of boating, invited a friend of his. a
lawyer, TO take a sail with him. AT the
start the wind was brisk, and soon fresh
ened into a gale that caused the little
craft they were in to toss and roll in a
ann that caused the lawyers fea-
tures to twist into expressive contor-
tions. The judge, noticing his friends
might, laidasoothing hand on his Shout
der and said: MY lear fellow, can l do
ANYTHING for you?" Yes, your honor
,.nlied the lawyer, in plaintive tone.
.vou will greatly oblige me by overrul-
,ny this motion"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
THE PROFITABLE cow.
There Are several Points to BE Con-
idere In Selecting the Bet
ter Dairy Cow.

1t is not always the COW that gives
the richest milk that fills the pocket
book. A homely farmer put this truth
to me the other day in bright if home
ly words. In answer to the statement
that a certain lot of cows gaFe milk
SO rich that 16 pounds of it would
make a pound of butter, he said: yes,
and it would take 16 of them to make
the pound of butter
The fact is, quality is not the only
thing WI must seek in the COW. There
must be quantity as we'll. Suppose we
figure on this a little. Here is a COW
that gives milk, IL pounds of which
will make a pound of butter. In q day
we will say she gives 16 pounds. This
butter is sold at 25 cents a pound.
This the COW does 800 days in the year.
At the end of the season she has to
her credit, if she maintains this rec
ord and the price remains the same,
800 pounds of butter, worth SIS. Here
is another COW that gives milk re-
quiring 20 pounds for a pound OF but
ter. Every day for the 800 days she
gives rs pounds of milk, making IA
pounds of butter. When the season
ends she has 375 pounds of butter,
worth $93.75, to show for her work.
Which is the better cow?-Farm and
Fireside.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
HOW G0RILLAS FIGHT.
They Depend Entirely Upon Their
Teeth and Never Make Use of
Sticks or Clubs.

1.-THE prevailing belief that gorillas,
chimpanzees or orang-outangs, as they
are variously called, use clubs when
they attack each other or their enemies
is an entirely one," said the
naturalist to a group of interested
listeners. They do nothing of the
sort, and how such an impression ever
came to exist, or how old-time African
explorers ever came to formulate such
a theory, is beyond my comprehension
During the long ~sojourn in that coun-
try l had ample opportunities to learn
the truth about them, and what l dis
covered there was subsequently con-
f1rmed during a protracted hunting trip
in Borneo. The fact is that in fight
ing each other, OF in attacking or de-
Tending themselves from other enemies,
they depend entirely upon their teeth,
which are abnormally strong and
sharp. and cut like a razor, making a
wound as smooth and clean as the
scalpel of a surgeon. They are clumsy
on their feet, but the enormous
strength Of their powerful arms more
imam makes up LOT lulS uelCleHcy. III
fighting they almost invariably attack
the faces or the limbs of their adver-
saries, grasping their opponents with
their hands and drawing them close
enough to sink their teeth in their
flesh. In the case of human beings or
other members of the monkey tribe,
the gorilla's favorite point of attack
is the hand, and especially the finger,
Catching them by the wrist. the crea-
ture, with almost irresistible power,
draws the hand within reach of his
fangs, and in the twinkling of an eye
off come one or more fingers. This
mode of warfare is a very effective one
among the orang-outangs themselves,
for. with fingers and toes gone, the
animal is not only out of the fight, but
is powerless to climb trees, to protect
himself or to provide himself with
food, and soon succumbs to starvation
or falls an easy victim to some other
animal."-N. Y. Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
THE TRAMP OF THE PLOWMAN
Things to Be Considered in Getting
the Best Results With Least
Expenditure of Energy.

Fall blowing time is at hand, and
the plowman will do well to consider
how he IAN get the most work accom-
plished with the least effort. The hit
or miss method means immense loss
of energy, a large part of which may
be saved by careful computation. The
width of the furrow plowed has much
to do with the expense of energy. A
man who walks ten miles IN a good
road feels tired. How much more tired
will he feel after walking ten miles
over plowed ground holding onto the
handles of a plow? A man, in blowing
an acre of land in burrows seven inches
wide, will travel 1875 miles; in 8-inch
burrows he will travel 12A miles; in
9-inch burrows, IL miles; in 10-inch
burrows, 1910 miles; in 11-inch fur
rows, 9 miles; in 12-inch furorws, 81
miles; in 13-inch burrows, 7k miles,
and in 14-inch burrows, I miles. The
widest furrow possible, that will thor
oughly %pulverize the soil. should be
plowed. A good team is an economizer
of labor, for a man will not have to
travel as far in following q heavy
team IS a light one, for the reason
that a wider furrow Ear be turned
Midland Farmer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
N S~cHo0LBoYs.


Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng, the pres.
ent Chinese minister t. the United
States. was a schoolboy % years age
at Phillips academy, in Andover, Mas
sachusetts. Pi Yuk LANG. as he was
then called, was a favorite with his
schoolfellows. who, says the Kansas
City Star, lost the feeling with regard
to him that there is something queer
about a Chinaman.
An old schoolfellow of ri Yuk says
that the young Chinese ~aristocrat came
to Andover in 1879. and entered the
third year, thus becoming a member OF
the class of 1882. He was a large boy
about IL years old, robust, handsome
full of fun and spirits. There was sew
eral Chinese boys at the academy then
including Pi Yuk's roommate, Liet
Lin Lieu.
The Chinese boys were just like 9TH
er boys. They wore clothes like ours
and put their pigtails down the backs
of their necks inside of their coats, sc
that one could see only a small part
of the rope. They were manly, clean
in morals and well-bred. Pi Yuk's
manners we're especially charming.
He was a great lover of nature, and
liked to take walks In the moonlight
He used to say that he would marry
an American girl and spend the rest OF
his days in this country, which he
loved deeply.
The greatest proof of Pi Yuk's Amer
icanism was the enthusiasm with
which he adopted the great national
game. He pitched a baseball with
great skill, and although he delighted
in all out-of-door sports, baseball was
his favorite. He IS a regular pitcher
on the AndoVer De a, and one of the
most cool and stead players in the
pitchers box.
Pi Yuk and his countrymen were not
allowed to graduate from Andover.
During the summer after their second
year an emissary from China discover
ed with horror that the boys were be-
coming too good Americans, and soon
after they were sent home to the
Celestial Kingdom.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
TOOK RISK In COUGHING.
Barber Used to Shaving Colorado Con.
sumptfves Always Gave
Warming.

The man in the chair coughed suddenly
and Unexpectedly, states the Philadelphia
Record. Don't do that again. exclaimed
the barber, with an unwarranted display of
irritation. The man in the chair resented
in somewhat lurid language this restriction
of his personal liberty and intimated that
he would cough whenever he felt like it.
"All right, then, cough your head on, but
don't blame me if | cut you,' returned the
barber. There was no more coughing. how
ever. and the man in the chair made his
escape without any injury. But, as he paid
his check at the desk, he remarked to the
boss barber:
Say, you want to give some nerve tonic
to the fellow who just shaved me:
.Oh, don't mind him." replied the boss.
Hes from Colorado and he's used to shaw
ing consumptiyes. He was telling me the
other day that he's been in the business for
over 20 years and has shaved everything
from a l6-year-old boy to an octogenarian
drunkard, but his nerve went back on him
when he drifted into Colorado Springs and
started to shave the consumptiyes who hang
out there. Ever since then a man with a
cough gives him cold chills. Out there, he
tells me, not a day goes by that some hunger
doesn't get a cash in his throat while being
shaved
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01

is centrally placed. Toy clowns, animals
or other figures should be fixed on the
ends of the half hoop SO that when the
semicircular box is at rest the dolls are
below the fiat surface of the diameter.
Cut a hole of any shape at each end of a
piece of cardboard that would be suitable
as a covering for the open part of the
semicircular box. The holes may be COW
cree by cardboard flaps hinged with
strips of elastic, which cause the flaps
to spring down of their own accord after
being raised by the dolls. AS soon as the
toy is rocked the figure bobs up and down
and appear alternately through the holes
in the cardboard lid.-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
al Found 1t So."

Mccormick, Ill.,, Sept. 2Sth.-Miss Ethel
Bradshaw, Of this place, has written a let
ter which is remarkable for the character
Of the statements it contains. As her letter
will be read with interest, and probably with
profit by many women, it has been thought
advisable to publish it in part. Among other
things Miss Bradshaw says
Il had Kidney Trouble with the various
unpleasant symptoms which always come
with that disease, and / have found a cure.
/ would strongly advise all who may be suf-
fering with any form of Kidney Complaint
to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, a remedy which
/ have found to be entirely satisfactory. ),
and Is all that it is recommended to be. l
found it SO, and l therefore feel it my duty
to tell others about it"
DR.. Dunaway, of Benton, Ill, uses Dodd,s
Kidney Pills in his regular practice, and
saws they are the best medicine for Kidney
Troubles. He claims they will cure Diabetes
in the last stages
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
HERE AND THERE.

Free rural delivery is helping the
country wherever it is used. One of
the conditions is that the roads must
be kept in good condition.
The heaviest tax on the farm comes
from ignorance. 1t may be largely
lessened by intelligent study of good
farm papers.
The well-bred steer pays you a
good profit on every bushel of corn
and every pound of hay he eats. Does
the scrub do it?
Lime is cheap, is a good disinfect-
ant, is esasily secured and is one Of
the best purifiers, and should be used
often as a wash for coops, perches,
nest boxes and the sides of the houses.
The best managers on the farm
are not those who work all the time,
but those who find some time every
day for a little rest. A man will wear
longer and better if he does.
Dust for the chickens is essential.
Put boxes of fine. dry. fioury road.
dust where the fowls can battle" in it.
Sprinkle it freely on perches, On floors,
on droppings. Furnish it in abundance.
Cattle feeders often purchase infe-
rior grades of steers because they can
buy them So much cheaper than they
can good, high grades. This shows
that high grades sell at higher prices
than do scrubs. 1t costs NO more to
raise the high grade than it does the
scrub.
There is nc specie of poultry that
can be raised with as little grain feed
as geese. They are natural grass eat
ers, and after the young goslings be-
come large enough they will run in a
good pasture, with plenty of pure
water. and will need but little grain.
The whole mission of the steer is
to convert feed into beef, and the
quicker he converts a given amount of
feed into teef. the more pounds of beef
he will get for the food consumed
Keep the animal busy every day at its
proper work, from birth to sale day.
Theirs is one thing that prevents
the farmer from adopting regular
hours for beginning and ending his
days work. He has no roof over his
fields, and frequently rains interfere
with the progress OF his work Since
he can not make it rain nights and
Sundays he has 10 have more Or lesa
irregular hours,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
THE VALUE OF cow PEAS.
As n Catch Crop, As Feed for AMI
mails and As a Soil
They Are Satisfactory.

| have been growing COW peas more
or less for a number of years, usually
as a catch crop, and have always found
them very satisfactory, both for ami
mails and as a soil improver, in fact
in the latter capacity | do not think
/ have ever had as good results as |
have from cow pease. Even where
the tops are removed from the land
the lands improvement from the roots
and stubble is quite marked.
Last year, after moving ten acres
of clover and timothy, plowed the
field and sowed half with COW peas
and half with Hungarian grass. The
pease were cut and mixed with corn
in the silo, and the Hungarian made
into hay. The ground was prepared
for wheat by use of the disk harrow.
Conditions of culture and fertilizing
we're the same for both the catch
crops, and the fertilizing for wheat
the same on the whole field. The
wheat following the peas was c0nsid-
erably better than on the Hungarian
land, while the new seeding OF clover
and timothy in the stubble show to
the decided advantage of the pea
ground.
OF course, much better results can
be had in production if enough of a
season can be given them to make
a fu%ll-grown crop before frost, but
their value on land that would other
wise be unoccupied during the heat
of late summer and fall is inestimable.
l have now growing a fine sowing that
was made after oats were cut for
hay. The peas were showing green
over the field five days after sowing.
This particular lot of peas are to be
used for a late hog pasture. and as an
experiment l sowed rape with the peas.
The fate of the rape is in the future.
My rule is to harvest all catch crops,
either for soiling, for the silo, or for
hay, as much more can be realized
from them thus than by pasturing
them; bat my lot referred to above
as for hog pasture is an exception to
my rule, as l need the field as exercise
ground for special lot of hogs.
| am not an advocate of the ex-
pensive method of enriching ones land
by blowing down valuable crops that
can be harvested and fed to profit
able animals. When the n is
carefully saved and applied to living
crops as SOC as possible, a green
crop covering the land in the winter
and a catch one in summer, the home
supplemented and made more
valuable by added commercial manure,
soil productivity can be more rapidly
and at the same time pro6tably in
creased than by expanding labor, time
and money growing crops to pillow un-
der.
There are exceptions, however. The
field in which l will plant my pota-
toes next spring is nov in corn for
curing, and has a fine stand of crimson
clover growing in it. The mission
of this clover is to take are of the
land next winter and furnish a good
place to receive the anu for the
potatoes. This will be applied with
a ~spreader on frozen ground during
winter. To wait on this clover till it
is large enough for cutting would make
late potato planting. Therefore it
will be plowed under. Other fields
of crimson clover will be used for
sosling and for hay. and the ground
plowed for corn for the silo.-Country
Gentleman
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
STRAIGHT TO THE SPOT
Aching backs are eased.

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back,
and loin pains overcome. Swelling of
the limbs, rheumatism, and dropsy signs
vanish.
They correct urine with brick-dust
sediment. high colored, excessive, pain
in passing, dribbling, frequency. Doan's
Kidney Pills dissolve and remove calculi
and gravel. Relieve heart palpita-
ton, sleeplessness, headache, YOU
ness.
TELL CRY, md received the free
trial of Doan's Kidney Pills. They are
splendid. l had an awful pain in my
back on taking the pills the pain left
me right away and / feel like a new
man. Stephen Schaefer.
Mrs. ADDIE ANDREWS, r. T. D. No. 1.
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 gave him Doan's
Kidney Pills and from the second dose
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
DUKE OF BRAGANZA.
He Is Heir to IN Throne of Portugal
and May Visit United states
Next Year.

1t is reported from Lisbon, the capital
of the kingdom of Portugal, that the
crown prince of that country may visit
the United States next year. A short
time ago a squadron of American war
ships, commanded by Admiral Cotton
visited Portugal, and the Yankee tars
made such a fine impression upon the
king and the people of ancient Portugal
that the hope is freely expressed thatthe
two countries may be drawn together
closer.
Civility makes friends among nations,
as well as among persons; and we have
reason to be proud of our gallant naval
officers and men who make a good i'm
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01

the pain was less. He began to gain
and is to-day a well boy, his life saved by
Doan's Kidney Pills.
RIDDLES MILLS, KY received the
free trial of pills. They did me great
good. Ihad bladder trouble, compelling
me to get up often during night. Now
/ sleep well ; no pain in neck of bladder;
pain in back is gone, also headache
JNo. L. HILL.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
EIevating the Standard.

$50 you are to have a high church we'd
ding?." asks the friend of the beauteous
damsel who is to become a midsummer
bride.
Eyes, indeed" she admits. :.
sit seems to be quite the fashion now"
says the friend.
ayes. But papa is determined that mine
shall be a higher church wedding than any
of the Others"
Il thought that high church was high
church, and that ended it"
But papa has donated enough money to
the congregation to allow them to build tho
spire 50 feet higher."-N. Y. Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
U pLAYTHING.
That Performs Some Funny
Tricks.

A novel jack-in-the-box toy is shown
In the sketch. The construction is very
simple. Two half circles of cardboard are
made into a semicircular box by giuins
a strip of cardboard of any desired width
around the edges. Just below the center
of each diameter the ends of a shori
wooden spindle are piyoted by means OF
two large tacks driven through from thu
outside. One end of a short piece Of thicl
wire is fixed to the center of the spindle.
The other end is fastened to the middle
of a wooden half hoop, and a lead weight
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
RentiIe. Had a Picnic.

While Clark Kern, n of a party of
picnickers, near Bloomsbury. Pa. was
standing on a rock taking a birdseye
view of the locality, he vas Mortified to
see a number OF large snakes racing
around the stone, as though engaged in
a game-of tag. His cries brought his
companions to his assistance. and they
killed five rattlers, four large copper
heads and a large number of young
snakes.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-01
The Science of Sayings.

In a paper read before the A~nthropo-
logical society of Washington on "Popu-
lar Sayings" Mr.. A. R. Spofford called
attention to the wealth of such sayings
in English and Irish, and remarked that
these had a distinct ethical value in that
they are almost invariably optimistic.
Prof. MCGEE said we may almost predi-
cate the stage of development of a people
by their use Of proverbs. Proverbs pre-
vail in lower culture. Mr.. Walter Hough
pointed out the debt of language and lit
erature to popular sayings, and Miss
Fletcher said that among Indians ethical
proverbs, such as "Stolen food does not
satisfy hunger" are used in teaching.