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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
AN INEFFECTIVE REMEDY.
Error of Housemaid Which She
Thought to Correct in a
Queer Way.

Sir William Ramsay visited Philadel-
phia recently with the Society OF Chemi-
cal Iadustry, and during his visit a re-
porta- questioned him about the drink
ing water of the worlds great cities, re-
lat,s an exchange.
"London's drinking water is most
impure the scientist said. "They hold
that the English take more baths than
any other nation, but it is nevertheless
4 fact that you Phialdelphians, when
:our filtration plants shall be COM
,leted. will have a larger water supply
than London, Notwithstanding the big
difference in the two cities popula-
tons"
The reporter explained a new system
for pumping water.
"Wha do you think of that system.
Sir William" he concluded.
Il think it is a slow, roundabout and
awkward way of remedying impure wa
ter's evils" said the scientist. at re-
minds me of the way a parlor maid of
mine once tried to remedy the evil of
a wrongly set table.
This maid was left-handed, and in lay
ing the cloth she put the knives on the
left of the plates and the forks on the
right. All wrong. you see.
THE h~ousekeeper, coming in to look
the table over, noticed the error at
once.
"'Why Harriet she said, you have
placed all the knives and forks left
haIded.'
"Ah, so have sighed Harriet.
Would you be kind enough now, ma'am,
to help me turn the table?"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10

The extreme pressure to sell has pro-
duced its legitimate effect, lowered the
price Of cotton. Why will farmers con-
tinue to work against their own in
terest and to the interest of the specu-
iator? II the cotton had not opened SO
early the farmers would not have sold
it SO fast, and everybody would have
gone on all the same and waited for It.
But just because the hot September
sun opened it. they lave rushed 1t on
the market and caused the price to go
down. Everyone at all well posted
knows this crop will be very little II
any larger than the last, and that will
make 1t worth IL to is cents. Then
why sell SO fast? Let every farmer
hold UP selling until the price rises
Dixie Farmer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
HERE N THERE.

THE southern manufacturers are
cutting their own threats when they
ioin in with foreign spectators 10 10
press the price of cotton.
Too many potato bugs are not
good for young turkeys, or ever I'M
old ones. They pack in the crops n
cause death from irritation.
Begin now and SOW large crops oi
grain and clover and grass. Get cat'ie
and grow beef and meat. Plant less
cotton and get more for what o
plant. .,ov
When sweet potatoes are ripe they
should be dug. Take one ana cut OF
break II. II the milk dries black hey
are not fully matured, but II IL dries
white they are ripe.
We call the attention of our a
ers TO the fact that now is the time 10
diversity crops. Raise more gram
and hay.a and feed 1t to your 1--we stock'
This Is the way to make the souln
prosperous. -.
An average cheesemaker a take
pood milk and make good cheese, but
it needs no prophet, nor the son OF q
nrophet. to foresee that dirty. tainted
milk will make poor cheese IN spile
of the efforts of the most successful
Am extensive southern COTTON
~n,anter saws: when we know the ne
gro can make cotton as successfully as
the most intelligent white man. VIZ
not nut our talent to something better
and LET our tenants make all the cot
ton"
Much of the so-called cholera
among chickens is lice. roup or inoi-
sestion. The chickens attacked with
any of the latter diseases may finger
for several days after they become
sick Int those attacked with cholera
will die within a few hours.
DEALERS do not like to buy eggs
that are dirty. and a higher price can
often he obtained for clean ones, as
the buyer Judges the freshness OF the
egg by it's appearance; so If the icoS
old no matter how fresh they may be
they will only bring the price OF old
eggs.
1t is a comparatively easy thine
to show a farmer that lie has injured
his land by letting it wash into gull
lies. and farther that the gullies are
| caused by shallow blowing; but is
quite another thing to get that man tc
quit shallow blowing and to learn to
plow deep,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10

From time to time we hear abou
hogs being killed as the result OF salt
and brine. One nal says that In MS
vicinity the ice cream makers threw
out the salt from the freezers and the
hogs ate it and died. Other hogs also
drank the brine from it and died.
There is no necessity of putting the
matter 10 the test. A little salt is q
good thing, but there is no doubt that
a great deal of salt will kill almost
any animal. There would seem to be
no mystery connected with the killing
of pigs by salt when 1t Is eaten IN
large nuantities.-Farmers Review,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
MAKING MONEY ON THE FARM.
In Making the Crops stop the Leaks
and See That Nothing Goes
to Waste.

There are very many things that
contribute to this very desirable end.
but we especially desire in this article
to show you how to increase your
profits by taking care Of what you
make. In this southland it is COM
paratively easy to make large amounts
of produce. but owing to the errors OF
our past education and the wasteful-
ness of our habits, we have not learned
to make the clear profits upon our
marming that we ought to make. We
annually grow in the south about
800, 900, 900 worth Of corn stalks. These
we have suffered to go to waste al
most entirely. Instead of raising cat
tie to eat the slower that these stalks
would make, we throw away OF burn
up the stalks and buy the beef raised
on corn stalks where they do not
throw them away. If the southern
corn stalk crop was shredded and fed
to the southern-bred cattle Of good
breeds. the difference in our annual
income would be almost equal to the
money received from the cotton crop.
Another similar waste is found in
the way we handle our cotton seed.
If every pound of cotton seed meal
was fed to cattle and then the manure
~properly saved and used, the cotton
seed crop would be almost equal in
value to the lint. But at present we
| sell the seed at low prices and buy the
meal made from them at high prices.
| and put it into the ground as a ferti-
| lizer. thus losing about one-half its
| feeding value. Horses, COWS and hogs
all do well when fed upon cotton seed
| neal and corn slower, and by the prop
er use of these every farmer a large
| " increase the net income from his
farm.
Another source Of great waste is
found in the time, the energy, the
horsepower, the hired labor, and the
guano used upon washed and worn
fields with only two or three Inches OF
scratched soil. All over the south
there are millions of these acres which
do not pay the expense OF eultiva-
ton. Instead of adding 10 the In
come from the farm, they take away
from the net income. 1t Is worse thai
f~oolishness to cultivate such lane
Either put 1t in grass, or let it lie and
grow its own grass. or break it IL OF
Is inches deep so that it will pay FOL
cultivation. Every acre OF 1t wouic
pay IL it was broken Is inches deer
when dry in the fall Of the year, anc
properly cultivated.
To make money farming, we mus'
make each-acre produce more than the
cost of cultivation. And We must make
each crop produced upon the farm
bring in a net income over the cost o.
producing it.-Southern C~ultivator.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
VALE POLITICAL PARADEs.
Modern Campaigns Are Conducted Up
on a More Business-Like
Plan.

Enthusiasts who try to help "savs
the country" by marching the streets
are not very conspicuous in this pres
idential canvass, says Youths Compan'
ion. Impromptu PROFESSIONS, to well
come a candidate or to celebrate a vic
tory. are common, as they always wert
and always will be; but the campaign
club that used to put on gorgeous uni
forms, light torches and tramp thu
streets every night are c~omparativei,
few in number.
The fathers have told us how Tip
pecanoe and Tyler, o O was shouted
and sung to victory. Professions
played a large part in the spectacular
campaign of 1910. Enthusiasm seemed
to crystalline into votes, and SO quad.
rennially, for half a century after, pol
iticians tried to revive that type Of en-
thusiasm by the methods that aroused
it then.
But managers Of recent campaigns
have regarded the procession as a can
wasting measure of doubtful efficacy, az
1t is certainly proved economically
wasteful. 1t may provoke into activity
many an Indifferent citizen who might
have forgotten that he was a voter
much less a partisan. but for the e x
plicit reminder that the opposite party
is busy: and although the uniformed
campaign club may hold a few votes
1t probably makes not many.
There is another side to the question
Undoubtedly young men were attracted
to the party of Fremont and Lincoln
in 1856 and 1860. by the enthusiasm OF
the other young men who marched anc
sang their way through those cam.
paigns. Possibly II a political ISSUE
that strongly appealed to the public
conscience were to arise. the success
might be repeated. But when-as in
some recent campaigns-the clubs con
sist chiefly of boys, and have to be PAID
at that, the case is different.
At all events, Headquarters has ex.
tinguished the torches. Mr.. Hanna be.
gan to put them out eight years ago
He spent more money for oratory and
literature than for brass bands and
fireworks. and his success established
a fashion in politics which will proba.
bly, outlast this generation. at least.
Undoubtedly the old-style campaign
was the more picturesque. but the mod.
ern one is the more businesslike.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
ABOUT r BRONCHITIS
Hope for Relief Lies Mainly in Proper
Diet and Hygienic OBJ
servances.

After repeated attacks of acute bron-
chitis, especially in those past the mid
die of life, there is a tendency for the dis
ease to become established as a chronic
affection. When this occurs a perfect
cure is hardly to be expected. unless, per-
haps, the patient is able to take up his
residence permanently in a warm cli-
mate. Even when a cure appears to have
been effected the mucous membrane OF
the bronchial tubes remains vulnerable,
and very slight causes will then bring
about a return Of the trouble, says
Youths Companion.
There is usually more OF less cough
accompanied by thick expectoration, es-
pecially in the morning. Sometimes the
chest is sore, and coughing excites q
rasping pain. The heavy cough, return
ing In repeated attacks and finally be-
coming almost constant, at least from
early summer well on into the autumn.
at last causes a dilatation of the air-cells
In the lungs. This neutrality-suspicious.
airy emphysema, as it is called-induces
a sort of asthma in which expiration is
difficult. longer than usual, and accom-
panied by more or less wheeling.
There is usually little to do for chronic
bronchitis In the way of drugs. The So
called expectorants or cough mixtures
are needed, asa rule. only when there
is a fresh cold caught on top of the chron-
ic condition. At such times the cough
may become racking and incessant and
call for quieting remedies. Cod-liver oil
is almost always good for these patients,
unless 1t spoils the appetite. When it
cannot be borne.-and when 1t can also,
the sufferer should eat plenty of butter
and use cream freely.
When the patient is equity, a not I'M
usual contingency, an antigout regimen
should be adopted. II possible, the
colder part of the year should be spent
In a warm climate. The dry air of the
interior is preferable to the damp east
winds Of the Atlantic coast; but as the
heart may be affected s%econdarily to the
lung trouble or to the kidney trouble
which is frequently associated with it,
the high attitudes, such as the Rocky
mountain region, are to be visited with
caution.
AS will be seen from the general line
Of treatment indicated. hope for suffer-
ers from chronic bronchitis lies in doing
all that is possible to keep the general
condition built up by hygienic living and
a generous diet.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10

Mr.. Fowler, of Anderson. s. c., has
500 acres In cotton from which he ex-
poets to get 500 bales. On this farm
there are 20 acres from which he ex-
poets at least 40 baales, with a POSSIBLE
ity Of 60. This 20 acres was plowed
very deep, and Mr.. Fowler says the cot
ton upon 1t never knew that there was
any dry spell last spring.
Mr.. Fowler was asked the other day
how he made such crops.
Deep blowing is the main thing"
he said, and heavy fertilizing comes
next. After you break your land deep
in the winter the rest comes easy.
Take this field here. l opened fur
rows Is inches deep in January, and
the rate Of two tons to the acre, and
then covered the burrows. l then let
it alone until l got ready to plant, and
in bedding I put in commercial ferti-
lizer at the rate of 1900 pounds to
the acre. Then there was little to
do but let the cotton grow. 1t re-
celved very little blowing and hoeing.
Vo Hdu uut uttic idiu, uue tho ootSOh
did not suffer a day, as the deep plow-
ing had provided plenty Of moisture"
The above quotation from Mr.. Fow-
Ter shows that it pays to pillow deep in
preparing the land for any crop. 1t
shows that there is more In the man
than there is in the land. If the rest
of his farm work had been treated In
the same manner 1t would have pro-
duced the same results.
The lesson we wish to draw from
the above is that any farmer can
bring his farm up to a high state of
| production, and hat it will pay a
| large percent. of profit on the cost Of
| doing so. Break deep N harrow fine
in the fall of the year.-Southern Gull
tivator.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
Best in the World.

Cream, Ark, Nov. 7 (Special(.-After
eighteen months suffering from Epilepsy,
Backache and Kidney Complaint, MI. W.
H. Smith, of this place, is a well man again
and those who have watched his return to
health unhesitatingly give all the credit to
Dodd's Kidney Pills. In an interview re-
garding his cure, Mr.. Smith says:
81 had been low for eighteen months with
back and kidneys and also Epilepsy.
had taken everything l knew of and moth,
ing seemed to do me any good till a friend
of mine got me to send for Dodd's Kidney
Pills. l find that they are the greatest
medicine in the world, for now l am able
to work and am in fact as stout and strong
as before | took sick
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kidneys.
Cured Kidneys cleanse the blood OF All i'm
purities. Pure blood means good heaitn.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
POOR JUDGES OF pIsTANceI
Many Crack Shots Are Unable to Ac-
curately Estimate Length
of the Range.

The move to have congress make
provision at its next session for a large
annual appropriation to be devoted 10
the purchase and equipment of indoor
and outdoor ranges and the distribu-
tion Of ammunition to organizations Of
rifiemen, in accordance with the plan
drafted by the national board for the
promotion of ripe practice. Is respon-
sible for renewed interest in rife and
revolved shooting.
More attention is being paid to
shooting at unknown distances, say
a Washington report, and to get into
the front rank of shooters, skill In es.
timating distances Is essential. 1t Is
said that few, even of the best shots,
are good judges of distances. Recent
tests have shown how little the aver.
age person knows Of the various shoot.
ing distances.
Do you know
That at 30 yards the white of a mans
eye is plainly seen and the eyes them.
selves are visible up to so yards?
That at 100 yards all parts of the
body are seen distinctly, slight move.
ments are perceptible. and the minute
details of the uniform car be distin.
guished?
That at 200 yards the outline Of the
face is confused and the rows of but
tons look like stripes?
That at 400 yards the face is a inert
dot, but all movements Of the legs ane
arms are still distinct?
That at 600 yards details can nc
longer be distinguished, though files
of a squad, If the light is strong, car
be counted?
That at 800 yards the men In a squad
cannot be counted nor their individual
movements distinguished?
At 1000 yards a line of men resem.
bles a broad belt; the direction of theiI
march a however, be readily deter.
mined. At 1900 yards cavalry can BE-
distinguished from infantry, and al
1000 yards a mounted man usually ap
pears az a mere speck.
Yet in these days OF l~ong-rangt
weapons battles are fought at a dis.
lance of 1000 yards, and 1t is desirable
for marksmen to qualify at that range
The new rifle, with which United
States troops are to be equipped, has {
maximum effective fighting range O..
4,781 yards, or more than two and one
half miles. In other words. a bullet
from this rifle will kill or disable at {.
greater distance than the man firms
It al distinguish an individual enemy
from the surrounding landscape.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
Mo Words Wasted.

Nora was a treasure of a servant
whose habit Of speech was often IN
direct, but was frequently picturesque
and unexpectedly expressive. One
evening 1.-THE master" was sitting in
he library when the door bell rang
Nora answered it, and on her return
through the hall "the master" in
quired who it was.
1T was a young man, sor." replied
Nora.
"well. what did he want?" was the
question.
"Oh. he was just lookin' for the
wrong number. soT."
did he find it?p asked the master.
"Yis. sor: it was next door," Which
reply settled the whole question in the
fewest possible words November
L~ippincott's.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
a Bouquet From New York.


The following bouquet Is from thu
New York Times Of yesterday:
Ex-senator Davis Is not in the least
sensitive about his age, and stands .
lot Of chafing on the subject. While
at Democratic headquarters the other
day he transacted about three times
the business of an ordinary man
When he had nearly finished his tasks
q Brooklyn leader who was watching
him said:
Senator were YOU always a hus
tler?"
Reckon l was" he replied.
We'll. you'll never rust out"
Probably not. l have to keep go
ing. It's my nature!
mighty good thing" observed the
Brooklynite. Makes me think Of an
Irishman's first introduction to old
brandy. He had been treated to Q
very fine ffty-year-old make. Aftei
he drank some he was asked for his
opinion.
"'Be jabbers. it staggers me- he ex
claimed. If It's this foine at so year.
1t must have been more electrifyine
than radium when it wuz fresh
Exchange,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
PLANTER.
THR MODEL DAIRY COW.
Points In Breedfng, Care and MIX
fng to Insure the Beat
Results.

Our model dairy. COW" must not
only be well made. bred and fed, but
care about milking as well. Her calf
should be taken away the second or
third day. and fed on whole milk un-
til after two weeks old. She should
be MIXED as early as possible in the
morning. and IL hours later in the
evening, to the minute each time II
possible. She then will always expect
It and her making Of butter fat be
uninterrupted. Never speak to or
about her above the ordinary tone of
voice. Use her In q ladylike manner,
md you will be suitably rewarded.
Always strain your milk before sep
arating.
Separate as soon as possible. Of NO
separator. put it in the spring-house
Dr. your best place for the cream to
rise.)
Feed the skim milk to the calves
and pigs as soon as separating is done.
Always have cream r~eceptacles for
the cream.
Cool tn cream as soon as possible
by stirring with the can either in the
cold air or cool, fresh water.
Note-Never put Two patches Of
cream together until each has been
thoroughly cooled.
Weigh you cream ON a good scale,
take . sample and apply the Babcock
test before shipping.
Weigh an test each cows milk ey-
| cry week. and when falling below the
standard, part with the COW: and 1
would pack up nv butter by putting
my brand and best package ON II. and
standing by It with nv name. and then
demanding the ton Of the market.
| However this ia another chapter Re
careful of Won Young heifers Give
them . sma,, dose of of mag
n.,;. uo-,,,o "a .v.n,na .ha -,
49, ..,.L.-
~ SAW ".' u"
ger Vi Hiik ieVer' put q uracnm Oh
iodide Of potash In her drinking water
night and morning, and she will be
kept free Of this dreaded trouble.
Now, our COW does not object to be-
ing brushed OF daily. yet this is not
as absolutely necessary as some other
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
purmese Golden rsmple,

At Rangoon, the capital of Lower
Burma, is situated the famous pagoda O.
a Buddhist temple. the whole of the ex
terror of which is one mass OF simmer
ing gold. This generous coating of the
metal is the result of years and year,
of votive offerings to Buddha, for devo-
tees from all parts Of the world go t.
Rangoon and take packets of gold leaf
which they place on the pagoda.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
Sights in Kansas.

A traveller from the east shortly after
leaving Kansas City asked the porter how
long it would be before the train emerged
from the tunnel through which it was
passing. "Dis amt no tunnel, sab" re-
piled the porter. yves jes' passin' fru de
Kansas corn belt and de tall stalks shuts
out the sun. Yo' won't see no mo- daylight
fob 200 miles."-Chicago Chronicle.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
ABOUT THE BROOD sow.
Sow That Is Inclined to Be
Cross and Irritable.

In the selection of brood sows far too
little attention is given to choosing
those that are likely to make quiet
and easily-manased dams. Nothing in
live stock lines would seem more IN
desirable than q brood sow FESTIVE and
more or less Gross. especially ct the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
Santa Fe Engines at Worlds Fair.

All the world loves a locomotive. There
b something lifelike about the iron mon
stel that whisks us at a mile a minute
Face across the country. 1t seems to be
q person, not a thing. The crowds who
have been recently, watching the test OF
l7s tons weight in Machinery Hall,
Worlds Fair grounds, St.. Louis, will
testify to fascination unexplainable. Not
merely the size, nor the wheels going
around, nor the ~throbbing steam-but all
these and more. The engineer at the
throttle and the fireman at the furnace
door share the general admiration.
The test showed conclusively that the
prairie type used by the Santa Fe in haul
ing its fastest passenger flyers represents
the best achievement of modern engine
building.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10
Easiest way out Of It.

The prisoner looked at the dull, sodden
faces Of the jurymen who had been selected
".Jedge," he said, "is that a jury of my
peers?" .,.-
honor. THAT is the presumption OF the
law"
"i'm guilty, jedge," said the prisoner.
drawing a long breath. "Im the Teller that
set the barn afire ."-Chicago Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10

A story credited to the late Repre-
sentative Campbell, Of Tammany
tame, tells of an amusing
ton between two Irishmen in the
employ of the municipal government
Of New York City. says Harper's
Weekly.
That's a good position the lad Null.
cahy has" said Milligan.
AYE, a good position" replied
Dougherty. but he'll not last long,"
Not lasht long! Why, wot do ye
mane?"
Hell not lasht long" doggedly
reiterated Dougherty. 81 said so when
he took the job foive years ago, and
I say SO sthill!"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-10

Ladies of high degree in China use the
daintiest thimbles imaginable, some of
them being carved from enormous
pearls, ornamented with bands of fine
gold, on which all manner of quaint and
fantastic designs are engraved. A
mother-of-pearl Ease is always made to
keep the thimble in, and with it the Chi
nese lady has a pair Of delicate scis-
sors of finest steel, inclosed in a sheath
of mother-of-pearl, with a needle-cass
to match.