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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18

Tie woman . man may occasionally Be-
brought to acknowledge a. his mental equal
always sympathizes with his love for base
ball, and doesn't inquire how much he
lost in poker Philadelphia Ledger.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18

News is by no means literature. News u
what Yesterdays paper aroused curiosity
about. while literature is device for separ-
ating head pieces from tail-pieces. Suck.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18

1 am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago. Mrs. mos
Robbins, Norwich, N. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18
School Fund Facts.

Col. Fl. NJ. Street, of Meridian,
one of the most prominent fnan-
ciers in the State, has made tabu-
lated statement showing the in
capabilities in the school fund distri-
button, and insists that the methods
should be changed SO that more
counties would be compelled to pay
for their school facilities. Accord
ing to his statement, there are twen-
ty-six counties in Mississippi which
draw annually from the State treas
ury for school purposes alone &c.,
900 more than they pay in from
every source, while there are twenty
six other counties which pay into the
State treasury about $4,000 more
than they draw out. This leaves
twenty-eight counties to pay for
their own schools and also to fur
nish all the money to carry on the
State government. Col. Street holds
that this is very unjust and unequal
and is apt to place deficit Gu the
State.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18
The Summer Resort Appetite

Waiter Girl with rising infiectionl
Chicken pot pie, roast leg of lamb
Or
Summer Boarder-All three.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18
Appreciation.

~ am afraid you are one of these people
who look down on toll"
Not at ALL" answered the luxurious
youth. my great grandfather worked hard
and invested his money, and we are quite
pleased with him for doing so.'-Detroit
Free Press
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18

When friend tells you of his wrongs
he wants sympathy and not an argu-
ment-Atchison Globe.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18
Mississippi State News
Another Campaign Tor Longer Schools


State Superintendent of Educa-
ton Whitfield has begun another
campaign for longer school terms
and will have a petition presented
to the supervisors of all the counties
in the State asking that the extern
sion of the school term be voted and
that the county levy be increased
for this purpose. The following let
ter was mailed out last week to the
prominent citizens of the different
counties
Il enclose herewith the blank petit
ton addressed to the board OF super.
visors Of your county, asking that
honorable board to levy tax for the
purpose Of extending the school term.
/ also inclose some arguments in favor
oe the longer school term.
Under the law passed in 1904 the
board of supervisors can appropriate
as much as $3.50 out of the balance
ia the school fund TO new one. The
money raised by this local tax can be
spent as desired in building larger
or repairing school houses.
las you doubtless know. am de-
voting practically my entire time to
this movement. and I write you this
letter to ask you to help me in this
great work. win you not see the
taxpayers Of your neighborhood sud
vicinity and as many others as posi-
BILE and get them TO sign this peti.
ton:
Il have discussed this question be-
fore thousands of people during this
year and have taken vote on the
proposition at each meeting. So far
not a vote has been cast against me.
"Our people are practically unari-
nous on the proposition. If you will
undertake this work, please notify me
at Jackson, and be certain to send
your petition to me at Jackson by the
25th of August so that | can get all
the petitions together and have them
placed before the board of supervisors
a. their September meeting"
H. L. WHITFIELD"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18
% IN gain a reputation,

So. to gain a reputation.
And to quaff Of fortunes cup,
You will find the plan good one
Have friend that's higher up.
Life.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18

some Pertinent Suggestions Anent the
Duty Of American AaiIroads.

Duty Of American haiiroads-
The startling information is cor
reyed in the report Of the interstate
commerce commission, relating 70
railroad accidents. that during 1898
here we're $50 fatalities in America
from this cause. 1t is shown that
jeaths from railroad accidents in this
country average one person 10 every
2, 0O0, 900 that travel, while in Great
Britain the rate is one death to every
Is, 000, 900 passengers. The railroads
Of Great Britain and Ireland in 1868
carried 1,1a4.S33.o0 passengers. and
Of these but 123 we're killed and 1912
IL jured. During the same year Ameri-
can railroads carried only 6S4,S91.5 $50
passengers, and out of these there
were 355 killed and 1921 injured.
These figures also include employees.
The commission reports that since
the adoption of the airbrake the fatal
ities from accidents have been reduced
81 per cent. There are thousands OF
freight trains running every day
throughout the country without this
seemingly necessary appliance. Laws
enforcing the use Of airbrakes exist
II. many States. and the reconlmen-
dalton is made that It become a ma
tional law.
From the appalling record as shown
by the interstate commerce commits
sion, 1t would appear that some great
railroad corporations hold the value OF
human lives too lightly. Hundreds OF
innocent children, affectionate wives
ard mothers, intelligent and invalu,
able men are hurled into eternity in
an instant; any why! 1t is because Of
negligence on the part Of the railroad
companies? II so, then there must
be a remedy. and that remedy must
be reached through the laws Of our
land Modern appliances would pre-.
vent many accidents These appli-
ances are in the shape of airbrakes.
electric safety switches, block sys.
tens, crossing signals and many other
eontrivances that go toward reducing
Gsnger
For years efforts have been made
l.. various States TO have enforced
laws that would compel the companies
&c adopt systems tending 10 reduce
1.-The number OF accidents, but l., sorne
instances these efforts have l.cen met
with strong opposition.-Denver News
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18

Extravagant Affair.
Molly" he said, IF / should die first /
want you to see that Pm eremated"
Mercy on US, John. Coal may be ten
dollars a ton, then. Atlanta Constitut ion.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18
a.rnxard Wisdom.

Said the roster in the barnyard
To the rooster on the vane:
Tm a mighty knowing fellow
A. predicting when twill rain.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-18

.sFor cast my eye upon you
And observe which way 1t blows,
Then / rouse the farmers family
with my most sagacious crows.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02
THE FRUITS OF eoERELIsM.

How deeply the bitterness of the Goebel killing has entered into the da- ly life O. Kentucky no outsider can fully realize. The animosities enger- dered by it have brought about liter ally scores of fatal quarrels. Business partnerships have been dissolved. churches have been disrupted; lifelong friendships have been withered; fam lies have been split; there is no local ty so remote no circle so close knit, IS to have escaped the evil influence. Tn the smaller places one discusses the ioebel killing literally at peril of his fife. At the capital of the state people fare not yet talk freely of it. The spir- which. during the imprisonment of prosecution of some ladies who seTt food to the prisoner. in such pretty ways as the running of their gardens. he poisoning of their domestic pets, md the inspiring of insulting para graphs in the local paper, is still alive Within a rev months certain promi- lent families of the little city were suspected of talking too much" No specific threats were made but their )uthouses and barns began to catch Ire mysteriously. They ceased from my further expression of opinion on he Powers case. Even in the small matters of life the bitterness has pre- ;erved.-Samuel Hopkins Adams in March McClures.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02
COLORADO CLUE WOMEN.

At the recent convention of the Ma tional Woman Suffrage Association, q Washington, the club women of Colo rado had a brilliant inning. One after noon and evening was turned over to them, and they made good use of it. in telling what the woman's clubs have been able to accomplish by means 0; the suffrage, in their state.
 Mrs. Mary c. c. Bradford, president of the Colorado Federation of Women clubs was a prominent speaker. as wei as Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker. Mrs Decker has. had the presidency of the National Federation of Woman's club urged upon her three times, which she has thrice refused.''
 Ex-Governor Adams made a ringinu speech, in which he told how woman suffrage works in Colorado, and how it is regarded there after being in oper- ation for ten years.
 Mrs. Helen Greenfell,, state superin- tendent of schools in Colorado pre- scented a resolution, sanctioning th5 bill introduced by Representative Shaffroth of Colorado, establishing Q national board to protect children anc animals; calling for the endorsement of an international peace congress general arbitration treaties and for q study of militarism, since it is men, ace to the republic, with a view to ob- taining universal. peace" The clut women and suffragists of Colorado had urged the presentation of this bill ir congress.
 Mrs. Maud Nathan, vice president Of National Consumers League and Miss Clara Barton also spoke.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02

popular, and the fad for these extends in red and blue. and Scandinavian work is represented in many delicate colors.
 Window draperies for the boudoir have also undergone a change. With embroidered linen the curtains are of ten bordered with fine embroidery and are made of sheer dotted Swiss or some similar material.
 People who like lace sets and cur tains are using the Cluny and heavy italian filet net for draperies anS spreads, and the pieces that decorated the frocks of last seasons are richly joined together with needle work to do duty upon beds. Curtains to match Chinese or Japanese raw silk, whose lustrious, yet light folds are particu- lerly dainty in a bedroom.
 In color schemes Dutch draperies and tulip worked spreads in gold color are used when Dutch furniture and decorations reign. In rooms fitted up in French style the windows and bed are ctrtainAd ami draped in tn3 daint- fest of lowered silks and fine laces and richly painted chests an chifoniers with wonderful shapes and handsome gilt legs and fnishings, fit up the room
 A girl who wanted ar uc-to-date oom, and coul rot afford to buy W hat she wanted, hemstitched plain spread uf hish linen and applilued around it all the fancy bits of embroidery she
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02
THE MAKING OF A MAN.

As the fire slackened he felt the blood in his head pounding heavy. He was frightened about as much as he could be.
 And then there came an utterly new sensation. It was like the burning that comes in the face and limbs of one coming in from the cold to a snug fire. It was reaction-it was anger! He re- membered the great white bloody face of Upshaw-his colonel who was kind to him-and the things the major said, and the generals praise. The new emotion doninated everything else.
 And he found a thing to do. His pockets and a cartridge box were well filled. He had not fired shot. He un- slung his carbine A moment later it banged under tho laurels. The ser geant in charge of the nearest piece jerked back. rested for moment with his hands upon the escabel, and sank.
 Peter drew back to load. There IS something steadying in charging a muZzle-loading rifle. Peter began to feel cool as he bit his cartridges and rammed home the balls. He began to please himself with the fancy that these smoky canoneers were in reality but large squirrels. It served his aim. o4AN IN e iilSii iOl every lWO or three shots. He had no idea how many there were or what reserves they had, but he argued that it would be a good thing to shoot as many as he could. He was fired at repeatedly. He did not care. The Peter Dorgan who collapsed al the wailing of the bullets was another person. In anger and in candescent hatred he had passed some strange elimacteric: the latent brave blood at last was stirred-at lastl The
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02
The Latest Merger.

The Butte, (Mont.) Inter-MOuntain believes that William Randolph Hearst is estopped from his war on the North ern Securities company. It says:
 William R. Hearst, owner of divers and sundry saffron -hued antitrust journals and would-be candidate for the presidency, has followed that oth- CT distinguished anti-truster, F. A. Heinze, in availing himself of the New Jersey corporation laws. He has formed the Star company of New Jer- sey as a holding corporation to hold the stock of his various eastern news paper companies and the Star Com pany already has made a million dollar bond issue.
 Like Captain Fritz, Hearst in his pri- vate acts does not train true to his public declarations. For public con- sumption. each declares that the diff ference between a holding company and a trust is so minute as not to be worthy of serious consideration, but each forms a holding company of his OhH lOI the CI HIS OWL DIl- vate business. In the case of Hearst the conclusion is inevitable that there is q singular lack of harmony between the editorial and the business ends of his concerns. or else that his attacks on holding companies as a menace to the public are made for revenue onI., In the case of Captain Fritz every body realizes that the latter alterna- tive is true.
 Hearst, in wood type and in columns as wide as a medicine advertisement rails against the merger of great rail- way interests into a holding company called the Northern Securities Com pany on the ground that holding con- cern is vile, criminal and menace tc
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02
The Science of Justwehntoauit.

He'd dabbled in lore of the wise gone before. He'd read all the books that had come in his way: He'd studied the sages of long bu,ie i ages, AS well as the erudite minds of today, He'd name in minute each book (an1 whats in iD That ger had attracted attention a
 bit, But one sort Of knowledge Ctis taught in no college), He knew not-the science of Justwhen- 10 quit. He'd talk you distracted on plays that were acted In days of old Shakespeare or earlier still; He'd talk you to slumber on Pompeii n lumber; He'd talk of your arm on the Pana- ma bill; He'd tell to the letter which system was better, Joe Chamberlain's scheme or ire. trade, where they split; But yet you arc sad that in chasing each fad that He's mastered. he's lacking on Just whentoquit. If men of his temper (we have them sic semper) Were builders of houses. each dwell ing would fall; They'd keep right or stacking new stories. though lacking The solid foundation 10 hold them al all. In every profession are men in posses sion Of wisdom galore. though they have mt bit Of that prime essential of men infuen- rial A grasp of the science of Justwhen toqult Take then, for example. those duff rs who trample The lowermost rung from the ladder of fame; Watch those who in trying keep bitter ly crying That luck and not skill gave the vic tOr his name; Learn we'll in beginning the secret Of winning Is not the vagary called luck-not a bit; But just the assumption of common place gump,ion- A grasp of the science called Just when to quit. -R1lfirnn-n
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02
The Curse of Unreadiness.

The Russian military and naval leaders. as well as the Russian mill tary and naval systems, seem to be breaking down under the stress of the emergency in the Far East.
 Reports say that Alexieff, who has been invested with and has exercised imperial powers in that region second only to the emperor, is persona non srata both with the government and people at home, and there are already Fumors afioat that his health is in such condition that he may be compelled to resign and return to St. Petersburg. Practically he has already been dis credited by the appointment of General kuropatkin to military command of the forces in eastern Asia and the assignment of the command of ths naval forces to Admiral Marakof. Aiexiens vice-regal powers have not Set been rescinded, but it is not diff cult to read between the lines the practical independence of the new commanders.
 Admiral Staark has been recalled from the command of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, and Marakoff will take his place.
 That the Russian fleet al Port Ar thur was unready when that Japanese attack was made has been clearly es- tablished.
 It is surprising to practical business minds that these manifestations of un- readiness are so common at the be- ginning of nearly all wars. The same story has to be rehearsed in nearly every case. The opening campaign re- veals fatal weakness and defects on one of the sides. if not on both. Com manders who were lauded and honored one day find themselves degraded and derided the next In the war between Germany and France the French mili- tary system fell to pieces from it's own rottenness. In the war between the United States and Spain it was fortu- nate for this country that Spain was not only weaker but less ready than ourselves. Great Britain was unable to carry on war against even the Boer republics without making the unpleas- ant discovery that she was unprepared for it. Now Russia, whose aggressive ness, especially in the far east, should have made her particularly thoroush h and vigilant. has suffered disaster and Humiliation in the first hours of war with a better prepared enemy.
 The American government and peo- pie should learn we'll the lesson taught by these experiences of other nations as well as of their own. It is abso- tutely essential to success in war that a nation should be as ready for battle when war is declared, or when it be- gins, as it expects to be three months or six months later. A power, how ever mighty its resources, which gets 8 solar plexus blow in the first round might as well he pigmy as a giant so far as the result is concerned.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02
NEW THiNee roR THE BEDROOM
3easpreads are Now Invariably Elm
 broidered.

Bedspreads illustrate the whims of women more than other things in th= bedroom. Once they were of lace over color. then elegant lace patterns took the place of the cheaper fancies in ace that were relegated to the bed and now embroidered spreads are quite the smartest things of the season for the bed.
 The most fashionable spread is a biz one of Irish linen. with a hem threa nches deep. hemstitched by hand at the top. Above this is a border of rais- ed embroidery in scroll or floral pat erns. Floral patterns are preferred and favorite designs are shamrocks, marguerites, tulips and the carnation. These are wrought in wreaths, bunch es and sprays. In the center Of the spread is a large wreath of the flow CTS, which forms q frame for the mon- ogram of the owner. The family cres, or coat-of-arms often takes the place of the monogram or is combined with it.
 Pillow shams to match the spreads are made in a small replica of it, and the fancy of matching fancy needle work is carried so far as to have scarfs and table covers that, in a measure, repeat the floral decorative scheme in the bed coverings
 Sets for the bed and dressing table. made in cross-stitch embroidery, are
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02

the liberties of the people. but private ly he goes over to New Jersey and or ganizes the Star Company on precise ly the same lines as the Northern Se- curities Company. Tn Montana, Cap tain Fritz asserts that the holding concern known as the Amalgamatec Copper Company is an outlaw In the state, vicious in it's effect on the pub lie welfare and formed entirely with out warrant of law: nevertheless he, too. goes to New Jersey and organizes holding concern of his own, called the United Copper Company, with ar ticles of incorporation that practically duplicate those of the Amalgamated. Hearst sells newspapers and achieves political prominence on his public declarations against holding concerns; Captain Fritz forms a political party and seeks to strengthen his hold on the elective judiciary of the state on his declarations.
 All of which prompts the query ':When Is a holding company not a holding ccmpany?" to which the an swer is. When you hold it yourself
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02

Apple cider has long been appreciate by Americans. though less, perhaps now than formerly when champagne and lager beer were scarcely known here. But it has taken the economical and ingenious French peasants to fins a substitute for their native wines when these are scarce, in drink made from American evaporated apples. II is hinted, indeed, that dried apple wines are sent to this country iron France and Germany and accepted as the fermented juice of the grape, our innocent consumers remaining in bliss full ignorance of the fact that they are drinking an inferior and dootored form of cider from the fruit of their own orchards.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02
THIN FOLKS

Should know that perfect digestion and assimilation of the food is the first essential to the putting on of solid flesh. Persons who have a weak stomach and suffer from Dyspepsia, h digestion and Constipation are always thin. because they fail to derive pro5er nourishment from their food. Try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters at once It will strengthened the stomach, perfect digestion and build up firm, solid flesh. 1t never fails
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02

cor'G find, sn2plementing them with 'scme she bought. The wreath in the ormer was achieved by sewing down 1iecc of embroidery in circle, with tie <, Glloped edge outward. Ths tcrrssiI:tt..d gathers on the illlrr o,ls.-. th.tn vas attached oV n@aI's T' I :t;hcr-stitch.ns to rcla contaii inS F :, il .tlal. The ontire set 2" s-madei in li.is V ay and simply loo6 original
 Il i- Q fad to lave the kir,ona corlJ- tl.- Sc Cque. 0l n slippe. alG foot wa ger of flow cred crape linen with ue.!o:.te Y tinted silk, and to have all rar. q of prattv silk 4ni straw hask- rts ..ad carch-nl!s ha. 7 IT al niII ;he bedroom or boudoir.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02

TolstCi says his sympathies are with neither Russia nor Japan, but with the wcrkinemen. Hasn't. he any sympathy for other classes of citizens? In this country the working people are not asking for sympathy. Those of then worth noticing simply demand the same treatment accorded to all citl- zens in common.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02

nearest piece was trained upon him: he rolled under the rock and there was l .concussion that made his nose bleed. t was a fatal mistake. Surely destiny,
 he great alchemist was watching nar-
 .owly his q; s ing eXperiment-the making of man. Edward Cummings in March McClures rt.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02

There has been a large advance O. five per cent in the price of diamonds. There ought to be some way found to gut an end to these monopolistic schemes for cornering the necessities of
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02

The Chicago wheat gamblers ran uI the price of grain and the strength of rumors of a general European war. Ii is basis for such speculation, as the market figures of yesterday show.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02

We find February a trying month for reading the big newspapers, owing to the advertisements of underwear on special sale. It seems to be unneces- sary to picture men in underwear in order to sell their kind, but it is differ ent with womens underwear.-Atch- ison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02

General Sherman might think up a different metaphor if he were alive now and campaigning in the frigid region of Lake RaikaL
Arizona republican., 1904-03-02
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Promo Qulnme Tablets All druggists refund the money if Ii fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature Is on each box. 25c-