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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09

late employer, Edward Woolsey, a mil
~lionaire.
Mrs. Jansen is not sure about the
money, for she says that her husband
never confided in her, and all that she
knows about his affairs at the present
time is that he is working. All she
sees of his earnings is the 10 cents
he hands her each morning when he
goes to work.
Anne Jansen takes in washing
when the weather permits her to bring
water from a neighbours well, a block
or two away.
She has not the appearance OF be-
ing starved or ill-fed. She is a eomely
and buxom Norwegian of rs, with a
complexion and plumpness that be-
speak a beer diet. The children, Ida,
aged five, and Henry Bernard, aged
one and one-half, are sprightly little
creatures, healthy and rosy under
meath the dirt that usually covers
their faces, and with appetites by no
means ravenous.
81 tried all sorts of cheap food to
see which would be the most filing
and the most lasting" said the Won
an. There's nothing quite so good as
beans, I've found, but we do get dread
full tired of them" she remarked, with
a plaintive air.
AZ buy soup beans, they can be
cooked in so many different ways,
though sometimes l take a notion to
have plain white beans. The children
are fond of onions, and they like them
fried. Cooked that way they are good
to take the place of meat.
"Soup beans cost six cents a quart,
and one day l buy a quart of these.
a loaf of bread for four cents, and
five cents worth of beer for my din
ner; then the next day / buy onions
instead of beans, which cost just the
same a quart. This leaves me moth
ing for salt and pepper, so the only
way l can get these necessaries is to
substitute oatmeal for the beans or
onions once in awhile. Oatmeal is
cheaper than either, and goes a long
way, though we get tired of it quicker.
"We drink water for breakfast and
supper, and when / have my mug of
beer for dinner I give the children a
sip, but they don't seem to care much
for it. I wish the little ones might
have milk to drink, instead; that al
ways makes people healthy, at least
people think it does. My Ida and
Henry Bernard don't look thin and
hungry, though, do they? Henry Ber-
nard is ~teething; that's what makes
him so pale, but he isn't cross, like
most babies at his age"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
NEW THINGS IN JEWELRY.

bracelet of the day is a veritable thing
of beauty, the old-fashioned type be-
ing modified to suit modern require
ments, without, however, ~detracting
from its olden charm and embellished
with gems in accordance with the de-
mand for elaborate ornamentation
Characteristic of the age. The brace
let here pictured is a fine example of
modern art in jewelry, the combina-
ton of gold links and turquoise and
diamond setting being very effective.
Rings are ever new, and yet as an
cient as the Scriptures. 1t is only by
variation in the manner of arranging
the gems for which the golden circlet
serves as background that any touch
of novelty can be introduced. Jewel
ers are ingenious, however, and they
make the most of the opportunity for
variation with the most artistic and
successful results. OF the two rings
here illustrated, one shows three dia-
monds in a new and attractive setting,
while a single pearl is displayed to
unusual advantage in the second ring.
Both represent the latest ideas with
regard t. rings.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
FINEST LIBRARY ON ANARCHY.
Books. Pamphlets and Flaming Pos
tiers of the Most Violent Char
acter Secured by Columbia.

The Columbia library on Morning
side Heights has just come into the
possession of a complete anarchistic
library of some 1000 books, pamph-
lets and documents, and in a few
weeks they will be ready for refer
ence. 1t is stated by Dr. James p.
Garfield, the head librarian, that it
is the most complete collection of it's
kind in the world. 1t originally be-
longed to a French anarchist. On his
death in London last year the collec-
ton passed into the hands of admin
istrators, and they had the books put
up at auction. Columbia bought
them for 500.
The collection includes 252 sets of
newspapers and periodicals, nine
tenths of which are complete. There
are about 26o anarchistic books and
pamphlets. A very large collection of
autograph letters and autograph
manuscripts by leading anarchists
from Bakouin down are a feature.
Photographs very extensive col
lection of them-and even songs and
clippings from nonarchistic papers
areincluded. but the GROWING fea-
lure of the whole library is the col
lection of e7o large anarchistic pos
tiers, with red. faring headlines and
infammatory reading matter. The
library is not only of great money
value, but scientifically it is invalua-
hla
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09

Those people who feed their COWS
enough only when the cows are IN a
full flow of milk might learn a good
obiect-lesson by observing how the
engineer manages his engine on the
railroad. When his train is waiting
on a siding or when he is going down
grade he does not allow his fire ana
steam and water to get low. Not he.
He knows there will be an up grade
or a hard pull for him pretty soon'
and while the engine is waiting the
injector is put on, the fire stirred up,
clinkers are taken out, steam is run
IN until the s~afety-valve pops,
things are oiled and examined, ana
everything done against the heavy
pull after while. When the safety
valve of the heavy freight-engine on
the siding is savagely blowing on
that is by no means a careless waste
of steam, but a wise and economical
preparation for future demands. just
as economically wise is the prudent
dairyman who by careful and suffiel-
ent feeding keeps up the energy IN
his COW at all times, SO h a when her
supreme demands come she will be IN
condition to successfully meet them
Farm and Fireside.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
HERE AND THERE.

-Oyercrowding is responsible for
many diseases among poultry, and al
ways results in impaired vitality and
stunted birds, which means an UNI
profitable, unsightly flock and a dis
gusted breeder.
When it can be done, the hogs
should have the run of the bearing
orchard during the summer, as they
will eat up all the follen fruit and
hunt out many of the grubs, etc.,
which are injurious to the trees.
When farmers learn to produce
the best quality of poultry, there will
be BUYERS ready to pay the price it is
worth. 1t is said that nine-tenths OF
the poultry sent to market is not OF
good flavor nor is the flesh of good
texture.
The new methods in agriculture
utilize what once was wasted. At n
time cotton seed was deemed worth
less. Now there are millions in it. The
form crops are bling fed upon the
farm. and the finished products are
the ones sold.
The rural free delivery is the adj
vance agent heralding the coming of
the telephone, post-check currency
and the limited-parcels post. With
these and good papers the farmer and
his family will find the farm home the
ideal one.
"A hundred pounds of rich, grow
ing pasture grass is supposed to con-
tain about as much food-potentiality
as a hundred pounds of ordinary
milk. A hundred pounds of such grass
will make about a days feed for a
medium cow.
1t is claimed that we are COM
PEELED to purchase from abroad eggs
that should be procured at home. Gov
eminent reports show that there is
no oyerproduction in eggs. and it is
not c%reditable to US as a people that
we buy eggs from other countries.
Thousands of incubators have
been put in use since 1850, and the
cold-storage process of preservation
has enabled merchants to hold poul-
try for months, yet prices have been
greater than ever before. There's
plenty of room in the poultry bust
ness,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09

man quietly mako friends with the
shy little foal, then carefully, but
firmly, hold him fast by putting an
arm around his neck near the shout
ders, the other back of and around his
bullock. The y~oungster will then
make the struggle OF his life. but for
no reason should he be allowed to get
his liberty until he becomes passive
and learned that he is powerless. Be
fore releasing him it will be well to
emphasize the lesson by lifting and
holding him bodily from the ground.
This lesson will never be forgotten.
and will convince him beyond a doubt
of mans supremacy without innicting
any pain or injury.
Another early lesson should be the
haltering at about two weeks old,
when the colt is normal in form and
strength. Give the lesson preferably
out on the ground, where there is a
good, soft sod to prevent slipping and
bruises. Tie him to a solid post with
rope enough to allow his head to
nearly reach the ground. If the first
lesson of holding by the arms has
been well performed, the haltering
and fastening win not be much OPP
posed.
Some early stable lessons, which
should soon follow, are training the
foal to promptly stand over from
side to side when battered at a cheer
full word of command, to promptly
back to the length of his fastening
and step up to the manager at the
word, to readily give his feet for
cleaning and gentle tapping. Another
lesson, when halter-broken to lead,
should be to train him to travel
promptly at the side of his dam and
other horses when battered to their
harness.
The foregoing lessons should be
given Just a little at a time at the
noon hour, on rainy days or at odd
moments, so as not to exhaust or DIS
courage the foal.-B. +. w. Ihorpe'
in Farm and Fireside.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
MORE BEAUTY DoN'Ts
Hot weather Truisms which Shou1d
BE Remembered by All Who Love
a Clear Complexion.

Don't be afraid of sunshine. Cura-
tive powers are in the chemical rays
of the sun, and they ~rejuvenate.
Don't think of the complexion only
and fear tan and freckles; they can be
removed. The sun is one of the most
efficient of all surgical methods in the
treatment of morbid growths, as
warts, moles and all parasitical skin
diseases.
Don't use borax and ros water to
remove tan and freckles without put
ting on a little cold cream afterward,
for borax makes the skin dry.
Don't use soap on the face oftener
than once a day. Night is the best
time for a thorough cleansing.
Don't use cold water when giving
the face a cosmetic scrub. Warm wa
ter, followed by a dash of cold water, is
better.
Don't try to put cold cream on a cold
skin, or the absorption will not be
thorough.
Don't despise the humble lemon,
With the juice of a lemon and the
beaten white of an egg, milady, brush
in hand, may touch up her freckles in
the seclusion of her boudoir, and no
one be the wiser.
Don't forget that vinegar will Grad
icate yellow stains from the face,
Battle the bruise at once with vinegar
and discoloration will be prevented.
Don't have a shiny nose and fore
head, because it is warm weather. Use
a little cologne or spirits of camphor
in the water when bathing the face.
Don't wash your face in cold water
the moment you reach a washstand if
you have been travelling. Remove
traces of dust and smoke with cold
cream, and wipe off with a soft towel.
Don't be afraid of the flesh brush or
glove. Friction rouses the circG.ation
and restores tone and color to the skin.
Don't expect to cure an eruption on
the face by external applications only.
A hot foot bath, containing washing
soda, will often cure this trouble.
Don't be afraid of using a little rice
powder on the face, neck and arms if
troubled with prickly heat.
Don't use alcohol On the face unless
the skin is oily.
Don't use tincture of benzoin on the
face unless the skin is dry. It is
detrimental to an oily n This is an
instance of a preparation excellent in
itself, but o suited to every com
DISQUALIFICATION Star.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
The Most Wonderful Curative
Of All Time
For Tortwing, Disflgatlng
Skin HumOurS
And Purest and Sweetest OF
Toilet EmOlIiants.

Cuticura Ointment is beyond question
the most successful curative for tortur-
Ing, disnguringhumours Of the skin and
scalp, including loss Of hair, ever
compounded, In proof of which o
single amounting preceded by a(hot bath
with Cuticura Soap, and followed In
the sevcrer cases, by q dose OF Cutt-
cura RESIDENT, is often sufficient TO
afford immediate relief in the mosc
distressing forms of itching, burning
and scaly humours, permit rest ana
sleep, and point to a speedy cure when
r all other remedies fail. 1t Is especially
40 in the treatment of infants and chill
dren. cleansing, soothing and healing
the most distressing of infantile hui
mours, and preserving, purifying ana
identifying the skin, scalp and hair.
Cuticura Ointment possesses, at the
same time, the charm of satisfying the
simple wants of the toilet, in caring for
the skin, scalp, hair, hands and feet,
from infancy to age, far more effect
ually, a~greeably and economically thar
the most expensive of toilet emollients.
It's "Instant relief for skin-tortured
babics,"o or " Sanative, antiseptic cleans
ing" or "One-night treatment of the
hands or feet" or Single treatment
of the hair" or "Use after athletics"
cycling, golf, tennis, riding, sparrfng,
or any sport, each in connection with
the use Of Cuticura Soap, is sufficient
evidence Of this.
Bold throughout the world. Cutirura Nesolvent, zoe 90
form Il Chocolate Coated Pills, Pc. per val e ~: Oans,
3D., Paris, s Rne de- Ia Pax, Boston, 1871 Columbus Ave
Potter Drug 4 Chem. Corp sote i'rcprietors.
M Send for +" The Cuticura Skin BooE."
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
Mi,,ct Seed for Poultry.

The commercial millet-seed is o
as cheap as wheat, and it is possible
that in the future it will become a
special food for all kinds of poultry.
Millet-seed contains more oil than
corn, but less starch, and is also
heterogeneous. The advantage in It's
use is that as the seeds are very small
each hen is compelled to eat slowly,
and must also perform considerable
work before she can secure a 1uii
meal. Such method of feeding the
fowls brings them nearer the natural
conditions required, as a portion OF
the food will be digested slowly and
entirely before all the food is eaten.
A quart of millet-seed scattered in lit
ter-such as cut straw, leaves or
earth-in the morning should amply
supply fifteen hens until night, when
a full meal of grain and other o
maj be given for the finish Of the
day. Hens so kept will give better re-
suits than if fed twice a day or often
er.-Farm and Fireside.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
LESSONS FOR THE o A
VIII Render the Breaking
Process Unnecessary.

A young colt is a joy to a child's
heart and an object of much interest
to every normal person who has an
interest in the beautiful and graceful
in nature.
A foals very attractiveness. like
that of some specially interesting chill
dren, endangers its future value and
usefulness by reason of its liability
to become spoiled in the making. A
colt of a few days of age has but little
fear of its own kind or other farm
animals, but its first contact with
man brings out its dread of his do
minion inherited from early, wild an
cestry.
A little effort at the right time,
coupled with good Judgment in han
ding and training a coal, will prac-
tically make the future ~'breaking"
process unnecessary.
The most essential thing for the
colt to learn very early in life is that
man is its complete, but well-meaning,
master. From the colts viewpoint
man seems a kind of overwhelming
power against which it is entirely use
less to contend. The easiest and
quickest way to bring about this con-
dition is to begin the lessons very
early. When the foal is but a few
days old have , strong but trusty
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
ALL-AROUND CURES.
The Ships Cook Handed Out the Med
cine When Anyone on Board
Was Sick.

"'Twere a new governor of New
foundland, and he were shocking care
ful of the ~sealers' health" began the
old sealing captain, his deep-set eyes
twinkling, relates Lippincott's.
1.-THE night afore the North Star
left Sen Johns for the ice he came
aboard t. inquire what for medicine
chist we had.
"'You ought to have a ships doc
tor aboard her with 200 men shipped
says he. Who gives out the medi-
cine?'
1.-The cook, O. course / answers.
But I'm sarten o II thing, governor
| SAYS, there's nothin' there that's
pizen.'
".How do you know?'h he asks, pretty
sharp.
"'Well,' I answers, "a man comes
%runnin' to the cook and he says: my
chum's sick, and / want some medicine
for he" The cook never asks no
questions as to what's ailin'. He grabs
up the first bottle he gifts his and on,
and pours out some in a cup. IT it
don't do the mans chum no good, he
comes back, and the cook pours some
thing out of another bottle, and SO on,
till he strikes something that 'elps
him. That's why / know there's nothin'
pizen in that chist or the cook would
ave killed art of 'em 20 v'yges ago."
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
NOVELTIES IN JEWELRY.
Heavy Band and Chain Bracelet Are
Once More in Vogue and Much
Sought After.

Out from the treasure chest and
jewel cases where they were hidden
for some seasons past come the brace
let's that were formerly the joy and
pride of their possessors. For the
bracelet is again fashionable. Not
the slender circlet of gold, with its
ieweled clasp, nor the silver bangle
holder, more or less in evidence from
year to year, but the broad, heavy band
or chain of gold that graced the arm
of the society maid and matron a
generation Or so ago. jewelers. are
taking advantage of this revived fancy
for the bracelet, and are constantly
bringing forth exceedingly beautiful
ornaments for the arm in which the
combined art of the goldsmith and
jeweler is displayed. The jeweled
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
A GOOD BEGINNER.
Bat Jared Would Never stick to . yee
Until the Work Was
Finished.

"what kind of man Is Jared Beals,
anyhow" the summer resident de-
manded irritably, relates the Youths
Companion. HE agreed to build q
set of shelves in my kitchen, and do
it at once, but / haven't seen him or
heard from him since last Tuesday. He
made a fine start that day. / thought
from the way he began that the thing
would be done by Wednesday night"
The storekeeper chuckled. Yes,
Jared's a first-rate beginner" he said.
He begins on purpose, as you might
say. Trouble is, he gener'ly ends sort
of accidental.
"You got him to do some carpenter
Ing" The storekeeper chuckled again
and settled himself more bly,.
'Well you might have hired him to
shoe a horse, or play for a dance, or
make your garden, or plaster a room,
OF cobble your shoes, or most any
thing. He can do one thing as we'll
as he can another. He's got a slew of
trades and knacks, Jared has. There's
so many of 'em, you see, that they keep
trippin' each other up.
"Ten to one somebody came after
him Wednesday morning lowell, to
paint a barn, say-and Jared say to
himself. says he: I've got original
idees on paintin' barns that 1 amt
eve had a chance to put in practice,
and l bet there's money in EN- So
he'd tackle that job. Likely as not he
was laying up stone wall Thursday,
and it's a fair chance he's off some
where to-day doctoring somebody's
COW.
anybody ever tell We about Jared's
hennery? He started with a whoop
and a hooraw, same's usual, but he got
all tangled up over the question OF
eggs and chickens, whether one paid
better'n t'other, or vicy versy, and
whilst he was takin' contracts to do
all kinds of jobs. and waiting for his
mind to settle, the eggs spoiled and
the skunks got the chickens.
Mind We, Jared's an honest man,
and he isn't a lazy man, either. All is,
he's-he's wabbly. The stick-to-it was
left put of him. Seems funny to tell
about it, but it's too bad, too.
Hes got children growing up, and
he ought to be forehanded for their
sakes, but he isn't-and yet he works
hard, always has. He starts Jobs, and
somebody else does the finishing-and
collects the pay. He's always going,
hllf he navpr rate anxtyrhnra AfS1-
lionaires don't grow that way, no,
STREE! Hang to a thing till you're
through with it, and you'll make
money, even at stripping p%ine-cones to
get out pitch"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
AN HONEST STREAK.
which Led a Man chargeo Win
Theft to Take Himself 70
the CaIaboose.

Humor makes its appearance In queer
nlaees. but one would hardly expect to ind
II at the door of a house of correction,
saws the Milwaukee Sentinel. An unfor-
tufste fellow was recently taken before
a Justice OF. the peace IN Milwaukee,
charged with stealing a quantity OF WOOD.
There was not much. of a defense to offer,
hut an attorney who knew him volun-
teered to say a few words to the court
in his behalf.
The attorney began his talk. and, warm
ing I'D to his subject as he proceeds,
finally succeeded in making a good plea Tor
leniency. The justice, Of course, found
the prisoner guilty, but let him off with
a sentence of 30 days In the house OF cor
rection. When the commitment had been
made out it was discovered that there was
no constable present, so the lawyer SAID
to the prisoner: 1T
John, you know where the house OF
correction is, don't you"
Yes, sir"
well. here's five cents and this paper.
You take a car and go out there and give
them this paper and they'll let you IN.
VIII you do it,"
"Sure!"
And the funny part of this story is that
John kept his word.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
FIFTEEN cENTS A DAY.
Out of This Munifcent Income Mrs.
Jansen Feeds Herself and Her
Two Children.

Contrasting sharply with the high
living which seems to have become a
necessity nowadays in this country is
the story of a woman who keeps her
self and two children on fare that costs
barely Is cents a day.
The Jansens, for this is the name
of the family, have two i~ll-furnished
rooms in one of the fats belonging
to what is known as the Woolsey es-
tate, in Long Island City. They pay
no rent for their hovel of a home,
Mrs. Jansen says, because her hus-
band worked for several years as a
coachman for the Woolseys, and there
is coming to him over $1,000 in back
wages or in savings invested by his
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
For AIRED PEOPLE.

Bellfower, Mo, July 6th.-Mr. G. V.
Bohrer, of this place, has written an
open letter to the old men and women
of the country, advising them to use
Dodd's Kidney Pills as a remedy for
those forms OF Kidney trouble SO com
mon among the aged. Mr.. Bohrer says:
Il suffered myself for years with my
Kidneys and urinary organs. | was
obliged to get up as many as seven or
eight times during the night.
II tried many things with no success,
till | saw one of Dodd's Almanacs, and
read OF what Dodd's Kidney Pills were
doing for old people.
Il bought two boxes from one drug
gist, and began to use them at once. In
a very short time / was well. This Is
over a year ago, and my trouble has not
returned, so that i know my cure was a
good, genuine, permanent one.
Il believe Dodd's Kidney Pills are a
splendid medicine for old people or any
one suffering with Kidney and urinary
troubles, for although l am "a years Of
age, they have made me well"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-07-09
Fresh Eggs Always in Demand.

Fresh eggs are not easily obtained,
even when the market is well stocked.
1t is only when eggs are used that
the consumer learns that they are not
fresh, anil az a rule he is always
willing to pay a large sum for eggs
that he knows to be good and that
are delivered to him from the yard.
In order for the farmer to procure
double prices, customers should new
er receive ar egg over one day old.
Secure their confidence, and deliver
the eggs to them in person. Invite
them to visit your farm, and give
them every opportunity to know your
methods. Hide nothing, and never al
low a stale egg to come on your place.
When once you have secured the cor
fidence of your customers, they Will
paw a high price rather than buy else
where.-Farm and Fireside.