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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
A VALUABLE FARM CROP.
BILE and Most Neglected of
Farm Crops.

The peanut is one of our most valu-
able crops, and one of the most neg
lected. On account of the many valu-
able purposes subserved by the little
ground nut to be had hot in paper bags
at almost every street corner in all
our towns and cssies, but seldom found
in the country, there is little danger
that too many Of them will ever be
raised. They are a popular food for
man. and a valuable feed for live stock.
The balmiest of all food oil is extract
ed from peanuts. After the oil is X
pressed the cake is as good a feed for
stock as the original nut. There is
practically unlimited market for both
the oil and the cake. The nuts are
largely used in cakes and candies,
and otherwise. There is no bet
.er feed for pigs Dr. porkers than
that which they can root up in q pea
nut patch. They even grow fat CLEAN
ing after the harvesters. Every farmer
who has even a little piece of good
sandy loan should plant this savory
nut, and if he should chance to grow
more than he could utilize on his own
farm, they are a ready sale at a good
price. tor any Person who has noas
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
HoNORS WERE EVEN.
Although the Attorney Ran Some
what of Risk In Retaliating
on the Judge.

John r. Eldridge, a well known western
New York attorney, recently had occasion
70 argue a case before a justice OF the peace
in one of the small towns near Rochester.
1t happened that Mr.. Eldridge and the
justice belonged to different political parties,
had been opposed TO each other in several
contests and were far from being on the best
personal terms, Each, TO use'a slang express
sion, "had it in for the other The justice
scored the first point, says the New York
Herald.
In a field near the court room a donkey
was feeding. just as Mr.. Eldridge was in
the midst OF his plea something disturbed
the animal and ii broke forth with a resonant
bray.
Just a minute. Mr.. Eldridge, just a min
ute said the justice blandly. Il cannot
hear two at once
The attorney was hard hit, but he said
nothing and waited his turn. 1t came when
the Justice was explaining a point of law to
the jury. Again, the bray of the donkey re.
sounded through the court room, Mr.. FL
bridge placed his hand at his ear.
Would you mind repeating that, Your
honor?' he said in his mildest tones. There
was such an echo that could not under
stand"
Perhaps the attorney was guilty of con-
tempt OF court, but the general opinion in
the court room seemed TO be that honors were
shout even.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
STUDIO NOTES.

The French Grand Prix in sculpture
provides the successful artist with means
of support for four years in Rome or
Athens.
A statue of Cervantes is to be erected
in Paris as a mark of gratitude towards
the Spanish admirers of Victor Hugo,
who erected a statue to him in Madrid.
The finest paintings of the late Rob-
ert Mols. Of Antwerp, decorate the house
of his sister, Nine. Osterrieth, in Bus-
sells. He is noted for the minute real
ism of his pictures of ships.
Alfred Gilbert, the English sculptor,
has undertaken an art school of unusual
at Bruges. He has hired an
enormous disused factory, which yields.
besides great studios, living accommo-
dalton for about 500 pupils. He proposes
to do all his work in the presence Of his
claagea
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
Selecting seed Corn.

Before gathering corn it would be
we'll to go through the field and select
seed corn for next year. Most farmers
have in their fields corn of many va
r~ieties, white, yellow and several
other colors; fiinty, soft, short, broad
grains, long shoepeg grains, n many
other mixtures of varieties. Pure white
grains of good length and compactly
set on the cob is generally best Tor all
The selection should be
made from good, stout stalks bearing
two ears. and where there is much diff
ference in the size of the ears IT Is
best to take only the larger OF the two.
In examining the ears it will be neces-
sary to pull back the shuck far enough
to show the character of the grain Let
the corn selected be as uniform in ev-
cry respect as possible, for every
deviation from the type will be multi
piled in the product grown therefrom.
BY careful and proper selection OF seed
the yield the first and each succeeding
year may be increased more than
enough to pay for the time and labor
spent in making the selection, sea-
sons and cultivation being equal.
There is altogether too little care
taken in the matter of seeds OF all
kinds. BY continuing this selection
year after year a steady Improvement
in the quality and yield may be Sc
eured.-Texas Farm and Ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
Still Another Case.

Franksville, Wis, Oct. 12th.-Many re,
markable cures have been reported from all
ever the country but there is one right here
in Franksville which is certainly worth pub
fishing, and which has not as yet been given
to the public.
Mrs. Louis Markison OF this place had been
a sick woman for quite a long time and could
not find anything to give her any help. She
suffered all the painful symptoms of what
is generally known as female weakness.
Every woman who reads her story will under
stand these distressing conditions which
combine to make the lives OF many women
one long burden of weakness and suffering.
Mrs. Markison CHANGED one day to hear
OF a new remedy called Dodd's Kidney Pills,
that was said to be a splendid medicine for
women's weakness. She determined to try
some and soon found herself getting better.
She kept on with the pills and was cured.
Speaking of her case Mrs. Markison says:--
Il can and do praise Dodd's Kidney Pills
as a remedy for female weakness. They are
the best medicine l have ever known, and
have done me a great deal of good"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
Not the Fault of the Farm.

We hear a great deal about old
rundown farms" Whole sections OF
country have been almost ruined ag-
riculturally by the exhaustion OF the
fertility of the farms. In the south
west this has occurred-rarely, it is
true, but we know farms in Texas that
have been abandoned because the own
er could no longer subsist upon the
yield of the once fairly fertile soil.
This result is not the fault OF the
farm, but of the farmer. One can not
continue Indefinitely to grow crops
and sell them without depicting the
land. If a farmer don't know this,
he should quit farming and go into
some other business more consistent
with his capacity. No man has a right
to bankrupt his farm, and make a bar
rem waste of it. 1t is a fact that some
men have too little capacity to farm.
They might make able hodcarriers or
ditch diggers, but are beyond their
depth when they undertake to farm.
A competent farmer will so manage
his business that his farm will become
more productive every year, for there
is where the profit lies.-Farm and
Ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
HERE M THERE.

Land too rough for crop growing
may be just rough enough for a good
sheep or goat pasture.
Hens that lay while moulting are
good ones to breed from, if eggs are
wanted, and generally they are.
Though it is said that breeders think
more or ribbons won at shows than
of eggs.
1t is a good plan to plant mulberry
trees about the farm, rs birds are fond
of mulberries, and will come from a
distance and will feed and nest there,
and the insects they destroy will more
than pay for the trouble and expense.
A tomato plant grated on potatoes
has succeeded in growing plants with
a fair crop of potatoes on the roots
and good tomatoes on the tops. This
has been successfully done at the Min
nesota and other experiment stations.
"A god lot of brood sows and a boar
or two are good signs of prosperity
on a farm. There is always a good
market for pigsg of almost any age un-
ucI IL DlOutuC. All uOSc, CACtpt TCGQ-
ing stock, should be short lived.
How would it result if you trained
your children to work because of their
interest instead of driving them to
it? Of course such training must first
begin with self or you will be totally
unable to inspire interest in boy or
girl.
The u~nreliability of Individual re-
ports as to the cotton yield grows out
of the fact that some farmers make
very heavy crops when the average is
very low. These good crops are more
apt to be published than the partial
and total failures.
Small bones in a large hog is a
condition that should not be desired.
If the bones are very light. it is a fact
that the percentage of flesh covers the
deficiency. But would it not be better
to have still more flesh supported by
still stronger and heavier bones.
Manure from the hen house is
worth three times as much as the best
stable manure, for it contains three
times as much nitrogen. 1t can be APP
piled anywhere merely as a top dress
ing. or it can be combined with barn
yard and thus make a better
balanced fertilizer. For the vegetable
garden it has no superior.
Those who would have eggs in win
ter must provide green feed for the
hens. Any fall-sown grain will serve
the purpose, or any garden refuse is
good. Rescue grass Is sometimes late
starting. but nothing grown is better.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
ADMIRAL SCHLEY
ENDORSES PE-RU-NA.
say that Mrs. SchIey has taken Pc
S. SCHLEY---Washingfon, D. c.

The fact is Peruna has overcome all opposition and has won its
way to the hearts of the people. The natural tmidity which 50
many people have felt about giving endorsements to any remedy IS
giving way. Gratitude and a desire to help others has inspired
thousands of people to give public testimonials Tor Peruna who
heretofore would not have consented to such publicity.
Never before in the annals of medicine has 1t happened that SO
many men of national and international reputation have been willing
to give unqualified and public endorsements to a proprietary remedy.
No amount of advertising could have accomplished such a result.
Peruna has won on its own merits. Peruna cures catarrh OF whatever
phase or location in the human body. This is why 1t receives SO
many notable and unique endorsements.
Address The Peruna Drug Mfg Co., Columbus, ONO, 1or nee
literature O catarTh.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
FARMERANDP PLANTER.
ANGoRA GOAT INDUSTRY.
A Comparatively New
Through which Many Southern
Farmers Might Acquire wealth.

A new industry is offering itself to
the farmers and manufacturers of the
Unitei states. The fact that $25.o0O,-
600 worth CT goat skins are now an
nually imported into the United
States, and that her enterprising a
ufactnrcrs are o obliged to send
hallway around the world for a large
share or them, suggests that the farm
ers of the country have a great op-
portunicy TO put a large share OF TINS
sum into their own pockets, and that
the entire sum may be divided be-
tween or producers and manufactur-
ers.
A statement just presented by the
department of commerce and labor,
through its bureau of statistics, shows
that importations of goat skins into
the United States are now running at
the rate of $25, 900. 900 per annum, and
that A large share of these are
brough. from Indie, China, Arabia n
southeastern Russia. The increasing
popularity of certain classes OF kid
Leather for footwear, as well as gloves,
has increased very greatly the demand
for goat skins in the United States
within recent years. In 1895 the
value CT goat skins imported was
about s 1000 900; by 1890 it had grown
to SO. 900, 600, by 1898 it was $4,000
600. in 1900 it was 1922, 900, 900, and in
1903, ss5,O 600, 900, IN round numbers.
OF this large sum of money sent out
of the country to purchase goat skins,
1000, 900 went to China, $780, 900 to
France, 81 800, 900 to Russia, $1,500,OO0
to Brazil, 81, 900, 900 to Argentina, and
another million to Arabia. From In
dia, which took less than $~5,OO0,000
worth of merchandise of all kinds
from the United States last year, N
has increased her purchases from US
less than 100000 in a decade, we
have increased our importations OF
goat skins alone from 100000 In
1892 to 1850, 10000 in 1902. From Bra
I'll, which las reduced her imports
from the United States from $l5,00U,-
900 IL 1895 to $40 1000, 900 in 1903, our
purchases OF goatskins last year were
1,5Oo, eco. France, Russia, the Unit
ed Kingdor, Turkey in Europe n
Turkey IN Asia, Arabia, China, south
ern Africa, Argentina and Mexico also
contribute literally to the supply OF
goat skins to make up the $25,OO0,O00
worth Of this product brought into the
United States annually.
The farmers of the United States
are apparently making no effort to
reap any part of the golden harvest
for themselves. The census OF l90O
showed the total numer OF goats In
the United States 10 be less than
1000, 900 in number, and when 1t is I'M
derstood that the skins of probably
20, 900 900 goats were required to make
the s25, 600, 900 worth imported last
year, it would be seen that the supply
from the United States could have
formed but a small share of the total
consumption. Yet the fact that a large
share of our supply of this important
import comes from India, China,
France and Mexico suggests that there
are large areas in the United States
which might produce goats success
fully and in large numbers to supply
the entire home "Reminiscences
Home Journal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

should buy some. Peanuts a be
grown on any fairly good soil, though
an easy-working loan is best We
have grown heavy crops on Brazos
bottoms and black, stiff prairie soils.
but the best crops we ever made were
on sandy hickory ridges. The land
should be thoroughly and deeply
plowed and smoothly narrowed. Plant
ing may be done from April to July in
elusive. Plant in rows three feet apart
and two nuts in a hill every 20 inches
Clean. shallow cultivation is needed.
Harvest before frost by blowing up
with a pillow made for the purpose, or
by barring off and pulling up by hand,
and throwing up in piles. After half
a day toss the vines into heaps with
a pitchfork where they should remain
about two days, when they may be put
in shocks or ricks, or hauled to the
barn. The nuts may then be picked
of and the vines kept for hay. Many
people gather the nuts and leave the
vines to rot on the ground, which Is a
clean loss of a value of SIS to $40 per
ton.-Farm and Ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

The meanest man in Illinois lives at Gen.
traha. He put a large porcelain egg IN the
nest of an ambitious men and found that the
eggs she had afterward laid were increased in
SIZE. Then he put a goose egg in the nest;
He was so pleased with the scneme that he
put a whitewashed football in the nest and
awaited results. When he went the next
time to search for eggs he found one as high
as a football, but no hen in sight. Securing
the egg, he saw engraved on it by the hen
photography these words: I'm nc ostrich,
but | have done my best" Later he found
the hen inside Of tie egg.-Leaf River tlH.)
AI.-rnr
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
Dried Pumpkin for Pies.

Cut pumpkin into small pieces, add
about a cup of water, just sufficient
to prevent burning. Cook until it is
as dry as you can get it without burn
ing; then, with a large spoon rub it
through an old-fashioned flour sieve.
Spread in glass jars. To use, soak in
a little on plates and dry in open oven.
Store fresh milk on back of stove ear
ly in the morning.
Pumpkin pies can be made in win
ter from dried pumkin, and taste ex-
actly like fresh.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
THINGS YOU NEVER HEAR.

When young. a top you oft saw spun,
but did you see a grin e'er grun, or a
potato neatly skun?
If we forget, then we've forgotten. but
things we wet are wotten, and
houses let cannot be lotten.
The goods one sells are always sold;
but fears dispe,led are not dispold, nor
what you smell is never smoled.
When words you speak. those words
are spoken; but a nose is tweaked. and
can't be twoken, and what you seek il
never soken.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
keen Their jaw. Free.

twenty-five years ago college students cul-
tivated the hair ON their laces more than
do the students of to-day. A picture of the
Columbia college boat crew which won the
Henley challenge cup in 1878 discloses the
fact that not one of the young men had a
two mustaches and side-whiskers, and one
had side-whiskers only. The presentyday
student c~ultivates the hair on the top of
his head, but leaves his jaw and mouth un.
encountered for the college yeU.-Youth's
Companion.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

She Expected to BE In the Same "Ffx"
Herself and Could Therefore
SympathiSe.

A middle-aged man and his wife decided to
take a trip to Washington, and as it was the
beginning of the season, they both invested
in some new clothes for the journey. Their
rown-up children made fun of their new"
appearance, but it was not until they were
safely settled in their seats and opened their
bags that they discovered the joke that had
been played upon them, relates the New
York Times.
One of their offspring had filled both
satchels with rice, and, on taking out what
they needed, the tiny grains were scattered
broadcast.
OF course there was at once an amused
smile on every ones face, and the mother
felt herself getting redder than she had ever
been in her life before, and was made no
more comfortable when a fat German woman
opposite leaned over and said quite audibly:
t'Ach-never mind, I'm a vidder woman
now, but this time next week III be in the
same fix myself"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
LET THIS COUPON BE YOUR MESSENGER OF DELNERANCE
FROM KIDNEY, BLADDER, AND URINARY TROUBLES.

The reason you can
get this trial free is be-
cause they cure Kidney
ills and will prove 1t to
you.
WEST BRANCH. Mich
"Doan's Kidney Pills hit the
case, which was an unusual
desire to urinate - had TO
get up five or six times Of
a night. / think diabetes
was well underway, the
feet and ankles swelled.
There was an intense pain
in the back, the heat of
which would feel like put
ting ones hand up to a
lamp chimney. l have
used the free trial and two
full boxes of Doan's Pills
with the satisfaction of
feeling that I am cured.
They are the remedy par
excellence"
B. r. BALLAap
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

It's the people who
doubt and b e c o IN Q
cured while they doubt
who praise Doan's Pills
the highest.
Aching backs are eased.
Hip, back, and loin pains
overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs
vanish.
They correct urine with
brick dust sediment, high
colored, pain in passing,
dribbling, frequency, bed
wetting. Doan's Kidney
Pills remove calculi and
gravel. Relieve heart pal
pitation, sleeplessness,
headache, nervousness,
dizziness.
TAYLoRvILLE, Miss
tried everything for q weak
back and got no relief until
fused Doan's Pills.
]. n. LEWIS
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
Modern sherlock.

The modern Sherlock was told to spot the
suspected man.
"Nell," said Sherlock, Il have at least
found that his wife Is away on a vacation
How did you ind that out = asked the
mystiied friend.
HE is wearing a safety pin instead of .
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
w. l.. DOUGLAS
$50 8 O SsISs
You can save from So to SIS yearly by
wearing W. I. Douglas $3.50 or So shoes.
They equal those

They equal those
that have Been cost
ing you from $4.00
to $500. The inn
mense sale Of w. l..
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority oyer
all other makes.
Sold by retail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
That Douglas uses Cor.
ona Colt proves there Is
value In Douglas shoes.
Corona Is the highest
grade Pat. Leather made.
Fast Color Euelefs Med.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
Promoters of Courage.

Spartacus-Women are a great incentive
to manly courage.
Smarticus-That's right. Since I've been
married and had a few tits with my wife
the prospects of a scrap with the meanest
man on earth seems like mere child's play
to me.-Baltimore American.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

Carrie-"Fm sure you m~isjudge Mr.. Sweet
,er. papa. He is a man Of great ambitions.
You should hear him tell Of the things he IS
going to do" Carries Papa-,"And | sur;
f harder to accomplish than hefancies it is"
Boston Transcript.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
Pe-ru-na Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio:
GenfIemen:---sI can cheerfuHy
ru-na and / believe with good effect.

4 DMIRAL SCHLEY, one of the foremost. notable heroes OF the
~ Nineteenth Century. A name that starts terror in the heart
: of every Spaniard. A man of steady nerve, clear head, I'M
daunted courage and prompt decision.
Approached by a friend recently. his opinion was asked as to the
efficacy of Peruna. the national catarrh remedy. Without the
slightest hesitation he gave this remedy his endorsement. 1t appeared
. later conversation that Peruna has been used in his family, where
it is a favorite remedy.
Such endorsements serve to indicate the wonderful hold that
peruna has upon the minds of the American people. 1t is out OF
the question that so great and famous a man as Admiral Schley
could have any other reason for giving his endorsement to Peruna
than his positive conviction that the remedy is all that he says
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

Don't YOU think the public cares for
Shakespeare eyes" answered Mr.. Storm
iagton Barnes, "the public cares a great deal
for Shakespeare, and seriously resents the
way some of us actors abuse him."-Wash-
ilEgton Star.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

eyes" said Miss Howells, after her solo,
81 intend to go abroad to finch my musical
education" "Huh!" snorted Miss Growells,
why not finish it right now, and save the ex-
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

de unluckiest man." said Uncle Eben, is
de one dat sits aroun' buildin' castles in de
air, when he ought to be patchin' de roof on
de summer kitchen. w Star.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

Same Old Bluf.-"This precipice," e1-
planned the guide, "is known as Lovers
Leap" Same old bluff, en-" remarked
the blaze Observation-Disclosures RECORD.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

Mrs. Billings-"My husband is immoder-
ately fond of poetry" Mrs. Folair-"That
is what | was thinking when / saw him read
ing one of his own poems this evening"
Boston Transcript.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

Mr.. Borem-@I can't imagine why she was
out when l called" Miss Pert-"Why, didn't
you just tell me she knew you were coming?"
Philadelphia Ledger.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

shop)-"Don't cry, little boy; come in here,
and III buy you a stick of candy" Small
Urchin-Tanks; OATS wot me mudder made
ME cry for. She keeps de store. Harvard
La mnnnn
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
Stranger-"Are the walters here attenti,

Stranger-"Are the walters here attentive
to your" Pretty Cashier-"Sir-r-r-ri"
Stranger-"Oh, no offence, | assure you. |
was only carrying out the instructions as
printed on the bin of fare, which says:
Please report any i~nattention of walters to
cashier And l thought if they were mat
tentive to you / would report them-that's
all."-Baltimore American.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

Marked Down.-Stella-.But what makes
you think the duke is . bargain" Bella
HE is in reduced circumstances."-NeR
York Sun.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15

The leading literary man of this community
informs US that be will not make eonugh on
his cotton to pay off the mortgage on his
latest novel.-Atlanta Constitution.