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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-06
GREAT BR|TA|N'S
LIBERAL LEADER
Death Of Sir william Vernon Har-
court at His Country Seat.
CALL COMES VERY SUDDENLY
universsl Regret Expressed Even
the Most Outspoken es MIS- Pee
litica1 Opponents Havtng
Good Words for Him.

London, Oct 2.--Sir William vernon
Harcourt. the finest political gladiator
Of hds age" died very suddenly. Sat
urday, at Nuneiham Park. near Oxford,
the coyntry seat which he recently In
herited from his nephew. Only his
wife, daughter of the later John
I.othrop Motley. the historian and for
mcr American minister to Great Brit
ain, was with him. When Sir William
went to bed Friday night he seemed
fairly we'll. though he had been suffer.
Ing from slight chill. Saturday
morning, when ed, he replied cheer
fully: In sort time" Later. : servant
entered to room and found Sir William
lying dead on his bed. His son. Lewis
Vernon Harcourt, member OF parlia-
ment, from the Rossendale division ot
Lancashire. was, hastily summoned
from London
Among all classes In tho united
Kingdom. regardless Of party, the un-
expected news caused . sensation and
genuine regret The somewhat pathetic
announcement. in March last, Of his
intended retirement had prepared the
public for Sir Williams eventual dis
appearance from the active arena o.
political strife. but there had been no
whisper that his staiwart constitution
had been radically impaired by nearly
forty years OF herce parliamentary
strife. Tho evening edition o. the
| Standard. ono Of the deceased's most
bitter oponenIts, aptly and generously
says:
with the late liberal leader nore
has passed away the last o. thuee
utantic ngures bound up with the moee
brilliant TRADITIONS OF the mouse O
commons. Ihere are but lew lee'
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-06

must nave, ana tndt ii5hs So~As - 80
people will so decree.
So frequently the enemies O. educa-
tion argue that there is too much time
thrown away on education--that boy
Of certain (often pitifully tender)
ag,. should be making his own liv-
ing instead of sitting up In school
while somebody else works for him.
There are many excellent reasons
which wiser writer's than ! can bring
forth. to silence these narrow-minded
enemies of progress. but can not
refrain from suggesting now. while the
chance is mine. what I have so often
thought. And that is. that these pso-
pie are unjust who think 1t right to
set a child to make his bread. 1t is
not the childs fault that he is where
or what he is. In all probability had
he been consulted he would have pre-
ferred to keep out of 1t all. But now
that he is here. 1t Is only fair that
those responsible for him should give
him a chance at last to make some
thing better OF himself.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-06
EDUCATIONAL BUREAU


fundamental principles Just -
nounced. II the future Of the 0eeee
depends upon the inteilsotuai ~
moral strenGth o. IT. citisene. -
future Of the State must deDen1. -
the last analysis. upon ~ chnsoclne
Of our schools and TIE encieocy of ~
toachera
"Ths highest and most r>spoaeitle
ONCE held IL Georgia q not foun4 -
the man who makes the law, ~ 5n9U
who triss the criminal. nor II ~ -
sruor who simply adniniseere ~
afRiirs Of State. but n the non ~
controls the schools that make ~
citlssn who deposits The ballot IN
makes or unmakee the commonwealth
"A child can not hs made 70 edvanco
properly with I've months' tuition eH6
fcven month"; idlsness. me Gtato
shorid furnish flve month"; tuition md
require the locality y furnidA the
additional two months. or beeter thre4
by local taxation. II tho otAte eon
compel = tax for five months. Tie elato
can compel tax for seven mcnths ed
SHOULD DO II. II the common oood =
requires.
''Whatever may BE- the piaY adopte1.
the term should be lengthened aE1
attendance required. or W will lapse
into ignorance and pcssibls deBss.
era y
chIvalry Of Modern ~.
"There has been considerable de
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-06
sehoo oIboys in cermany.


!. military nation," says Mr.. George Al
- drew, a Scottish school inspector, Il
: a report on the educational system o
: Berlin and Charlottenburg. I'm thu
= boys schools the infants are taught
), by men and not by women.
"One remembers ones feelings Of
!, surprise on finding a class of sixty
, infants presided over by man Of OK.
cellent physical development. The
Prussian idea seems to be that the
sooner the boy comes under mascu.
line discipline the more adaptable will
he become to the military practice
later on.
"Smartness is carried almost to an
extreme. When a pupil is called to
the blackboard, he must run there
and back. The habit Of the gymua.
sium is carried into the classroom.
There is no play Instead, the pupils
wander in a tortuous column four
abreast under the superintendent OF
a teacher"
Neither Is there chance Of play
Ing truant' in Charlottenburg Tbs
truant can be called for by q police
GU 70 'ne sonoo,
one o' n'an so"n o'u
eAe.e,ses 70 p.u ~ -.
nv :. 'ae '.s,. .sasn oe.ms s--e " s.s
~ eu.oa' .'ouv,.s, 81 snrs - ~.
olue.eu '"e onnulen ooulu ny ov ~
~ ~ r",,l' ~ pa III, ' 1'u NY A'''
s' ~''''ss "
returns .. .oreisn come1ce a
.ne month oi august SNOW = eAuy'
ing Improvement oser tue mon'n plo.
ceu'hs anu .ne correspouuins pelaou
iase year. nApor's "eae - ss.ssu -
sse'oeo'oci, aea'ns. seo'11o'sss y
Juiy' anu soS.4so.so' IN Au.uss. isos
imports neloasea so''olA,o1o.
ass'ns' @AioSoos ne ptesio.s
"on'n anu so1'oss'4o1 year aso' -
eApor's oi iarn staples uec'esseo -
ooo'ooo anu all eApor.s Increased 80
ovo'ooV' !. 10 esiuen. .na' lnere 70 az.
otner gam IN ioreisn purchases ..
manutac'uieu proauc's' Inc no,s
s.rihins oinerence ~ colnpellson WIN
me same ny non.n 'as. seas was : 49,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-06

The different boards Of super
visors of the State are now fixing the
tax rate for the coming year, and
within the next few weeks il is cx-
pccted that all of the counties will
have reported to the auditor their
tax rate for the coming year. 1t is
not believed that there will be any
material increase in the tax levy this
year in the counties. In some Of
them, Of course, there will be
an increase, but in the great majority
the rate will remain the same. The
increase in the county rate can be
accounted for in most Of the counties
on the ground that the supervisors
have adopted the contract system for
working tho public roads, which
takes one mill more, this being the
limit allowed by law for working
the public roads by contract.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-06
Does Education Pay7

ran across little story few days
ago which tells something OF what
education amounts to commercially
I append it for the pleasure Of my
readers.
Some years ago my fatLor, natural
genius In some respects. but unedu-
Gated. was a day laborer in factory
located In a Northern State. Four
sons were born and reared In the hum
be home of that uneducated, unframed
dav laborer. They all learned their
fathers trade.
II was the Oldest con, and used
every opportunity to get little edu-
cation, attending the winter school,
as did all my other brothers. All of
us grew to manhood and all learned
our fathers trade. as have said
above. I still continued my education
largely by home reading. But for
several years I worked at my trade
only few months in the year, and
with the money I earned attended
school My two brothers next Of age
seemed not to care for an education.
neglected the common school. and took
the first opportunity to leave It for
ever.
81 succeeded in ccuraging. my
youngest brother to remain in the com.
mon school until he completed Its
course Of study. In addition to this
common school training this brother
secured term or two Of normal schoo
training.
INV education soon c1ablcd me to
secure foreman's position In tn,
factory. but my two brothers, natur
allv as gifted as myself. had to remail
laborers because they had not enougl
education to take higher positions
From a foreman's place rose to b
manager of the factory. I now man
age number of factories and am
director In sevsral large corporations
NV youngest brother whom l kept 1
school is ore of my foremen and
earning good salary. My other tw
brothers now work for me- They al
still day laborers. They can not ge
higher because they have no educ
tion. During the past ten years
could have put both of them In pos
lions paying from s1.5O0 to $500 DC
year, II they had had even thoroue
elementary school education.
-. W. F."
Gov. Northern, of Georgia is mo
ardent supporter of the public schoo
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-06
HENRY C. DAVIS
FORMALLY ACCEPTS
Synopsis Of His Letter to Democratic
Notification Committee.
VIEWS ON PUBLIC QUESTIONS
In Rather Brief Decumeat He Sets
Forth His Observations upon
some Of the Questions now
Before the Country.

Elkins. w. Va, Oct. 3.--Following Is
a synopsis Of the formal letter of ac-
ceptance Of the democratic vice-presi-
Dental nomination by Hon. Henry @.
Davis TO the committee of notification:
Mr.. Davis Letter.
Hon. John Sharp Williams, Chairman,
and Other Members OF the Committee:
Dear Sfrs: In accordance with custom,
committee at White Sulphur Springs. on
August u! of my nomination for the Of
nee OF vice-president. ! submit the fol-
questions now before the country.
Times Propitious For Change.
statement OF the democratic party in
control Of the government. The public
mind l. being dislllusioned OF the preten-
airogantly made. that the material pros
perity Of the country depends upon its
own ascendancy. Thoushtful and patri-
distrnst}ui Of the heady and personal eie-
ment Of the present administration. and
are more than willing 20 see II replaced
tionai and other lawful restraints. They
demand that the present wastefui ex-
travagance In the expenditure Of the
money. drawn ny taxation from the In
dustry OF the people. shall cease, and
that economy and honesty in the public
service shall be again regarded as vir-
tues In the high places OF the govern
ment.
Expenses Of Government.
The expenditures per capita OF the gov
ernment are increasing at an alarming
rate. When the present administration
went into power there was a large SUR
plus. but Notwithstanding the enormous
taxation, the revenues therefrom are not
now adequate TO meet the demands made
by reckless appropriations The revenues
| tell short during the last fiscal year o!
over N0000.OdO In the hrst six days Of
| this fiscal year the expenditures exceeded
| the receipts by y74,000,000 and II this rate
| OF excess should continue, the deficit foi
the present frcal year would be IN ths
| deficit y due to the extravasance Of IN,
| adminintration, and can only be met b,
| imposing additional taxes or selling
| bonds. thereby tncreasinE the inteEen{
bearing debt OF the government. Whicl
course Will the repubilcane. adqpty ~
cost Of government during the nscal Yea
4 was MA per capita, which means the
ns sssrSss IS .yss ssS Ps: y y cs s. sps
scEsrS sns ssps q as nsessc ~ 81 q
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-06

Gov. Northern, of Georgia. is q most
ardent supporter of the public schools
In his State, and never loses an op-
portunity to help them along. In q
recent speech. he said:
"If our government is to be made
stable. our schools must be made EN-.
Client. This Is the natural and logical
conclusion from the acceptance Of the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-06

The fiscal year for many Of the
State institutions ends on the last
day in September. This is the day
on which the fiscal year Of the State
ends. The indications are that the
State Hospital for the Insane will
be about the only institutions which
will turn back any money into the
State treasury. About $1,000 will
be turned back. The cost Of keeping
each patient is about $115 per year,
This institution is one Of the best
managed in the country, and i one
Of which Mississippi; i exttemslJ
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-06
Rivers are Low.

Capt. W. D. Pugh, superintendent
Of The Yazoo Transportation Com
pany, reports that the company has
been compelled to abandon attempts
to run the larger boats plying in the
river trade owing to the low stage
of water. The Yazoo river has
reached the lowest stage recorded for
many years, and only the smaller
steamboats, are able to get up and
down the stream. The tie up of the
larger boats is rather severe blow
owing to the large amount of cotton
being offered for transportation at
various points. Every stream in the
State is in the same condition, Pearl
river being remarkably low, and only
one or two very small boats are en-
dcavoring to navigate the stream.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-10-06

General high grade education FOR every
Mississippi child we can have ana
must have, and that right soon, II our
people will so decree.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31

works to be erected by the. mining
company.
And so the sleepy little village
walked up one fine morning to find it.
self in the midst of a most unexpected
boom"
Amaranth, though offered a high
price, refused to part with her prop
erty on any terms. BY the advice Of
the young surveyor, however, she was
induced to lay out portion of her
farm, fronting the railroad, in town
lots, which were eagerly purchased
at a satisfactory valuation, and the
Brooke addition" soon ranked as the
most desirable residence portion OF
Pineyville Centre.
And Amaranth found herself, if not
wealthy, at least comfortably situated.
A stout hired farm hand attended to
the farm work now. The WORKOUT
meadows and cornfelds were redeem
ed from their impoverished condition.
The antiquated COW was supplanted
by small herd Of Jerseys. The de-
crepit horse was "pensioned off" on
the latest of pastures, while a span
of matched bays" drew the new car
ryall when Amaranth or Mrs. Reuben
and her children took an airing.
The discounted relatives, who had
all but boycotted Amaranth in the
dark days, now discovered that blood
was thicker than water" and FASTENED
to make friendly overtures.
And Sylvester Smalley, who had not
yet succeeded in building on the pater-
nal forty acres, abruptly ceased his ut.
tentions to Nancy Maria, and cast
longing eyes toward the thrifty corn
fields and we'll filed barns of the old
homestead.
Long since had he repented Of his
short-sightedness, and after some skill
full maneuver1ng he one day succeeded
in meeting Amaranth face to face at
the old stile.
She'd a rose in her bonnet, and oh! she
looked sweet
AS the little pink flower that grows II
the wheat,
| Anu ylfSSIC1 4SAI mat AS W IL
her at all hazards.
He advanced smiling and with out
stretched hands.
did you really think l meant tt
give you up, Amaranth?" he asked, re
proachfully.
But she drew coldly back.
Give me up2 Certainly! You gave
me up long ago." she returned.
But I didn't mean 1t! II own
was a fool, Amaranth," he stammered
desperately, but l allus intended t.
come back an marry you. An tain
too late yet. Only name the day, an
I'm yours"
| But Amaranth smiled as sh,
glanced beyond him to q tall figur'
which was rapidly approaching them
Very much obliged, I'm sure" sh
replied, demurely, but have prom
ised to be Roger Alden's wife, and tn
day is already named. Here come
Roger now. VIII you stay and be in
troduced"
But with disappointed scowl, Syl
vester skunk away.-Chicago Journal
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Poultry PickinEs,

New blood should be introduced fire.
Quently.
Crowding is a foe to thrift and pro-
ductiveness.
Injurious effects are often produced
by tnbreeding.
A hen, to be profitable, should lay O
dollars worth Of eggs in year.
A little salt given in the soft food Of
fowls is very acceptable to them.
Supplying lime, charcoal, gravel and
crushed bone will assist In feather
making.
In supplying water to little chickens
arrange so that they cannot get their
feet wet.
1t is quite an item in handling q
flock of poultry to have them as gentle
as possible.
AS rule, it is not profitable to keep
hens over two years old, unless they
are valuable stock.
While in arranging the poultry house
warmth is an essential there, fresh air
Is equally important
Raw corn meal Is not good feeo
for little chickens from the fact that IL
heats and swelIs after eating.
Top and side ventilation, arranged
so as not to blow directly on the roostS'
is just the thing for summer.
Never select a cock with dropping
or "ewe neck" and also avoid one thaE
fails to have a good, strong, wide
spreading tail.
Many a case Of indigestion may Do
traced to q heavy feed In the morning
and the next meal taken from the ieaV.
ings Of breakfast after being tampieo
over.
It Is pretty hard to give CROWNS
cockerel or pullet enough corn to maks
it lay on fat, especially when runhinS
out, as so much of the food goes 70 tno
production Of bone, feathers ana muT
ella.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Modern Rreata Poor

l was Informed few weeks ago by
gentleman who owns large -four
mills that the craze for white bread
is being carried to such extreme that
many millers are putting in expensive
machinery for the purpose Of actually
bleaching the -four, says correspond
ent Of the London Times.
This is being done by ozone and
nitrous acid, the object being to make
an artifcially white bread and to en-.
able grain to be used which would
otherwise give a darker color to the
flour.
The development Of the grading
process during the last few years has
been such that the old-fashloned
stones have been replaced by steel
rollers actuated under great pres
sure.
The germ and other most nutrltiye
constituents Of the wheat are thus to
a great extent distracted and the val.
liable character Of the bread greatly
reduced.
1t is the opinion Of many who can
speak with authority on the subject
that bread, instead Of being as for
merly the "staff of life" has become
to great degree an indigestible non.
nutritive food, and that 1t is respons,.
BILE, among other causes, for the want
of bone and for the dental troubles
in the children of the present genera
ton.
1t is doubtless true that the variety
Of food now obtainable in a measure
compensates, in the case of those who
can afford it, for this abstraction NJ
phosphates; but 1 think l am tustifef
in stating that every medical man q
asked, will give it as his opinion tha,
very white bread should be avoidal
and that seconds" -four, now almos
unprocurable, should only be usef
either for bread or pastry.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Beat Feed Nome Too Good.

When cows are tested for records
they are not fed on straw and fodder
or with the view of saving in the food,
but on the contrary, the best foods
that can be obtained are not consid.
cred too good or costly. Grain, clover,
pasturage, linseed meal and roots as
sist each to afford variety or change,
to promote the appetite and to induce
the COW to eat as much as she can
digest, hence such cows have great di.
gesttve capacity, and can utilize large
quantities Of food. The fact that they
are well bred is simply an evidence
that they are from families that have
been noted for good records. 1t Is the
food that makes the milk and butter,
but an ordinary cow does not possess
the capacity of consuming and con-
verting large quantities Of food into
milk and butter compared with one
that is pure bred.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Handy Wire stretcher.

On most farms there is more OF leeS
wire to be handled either IN the way
of putting up dividing fences OF trel-
Uses for grape vines. A poorly stre,cn
ed wire is always making trouble ou'
there is no need of having this annoy
ance when the tool illustrated may oe
easily made with the help OF piack-
smith, and at small cost. The hanuie
is two feet long Of one and one-naii
inch stuff, but hard wood must ue
used. On the heavy end of the hanole'
which should be formed as shown tas-
ten a piece of strap iron with screws
to prevent the wire from cutting INTO
the wood. The short strip shown just
above the detail drawing of the nahule
end in the cut, is piece of iron seven
inches long, one-half inch thick and
seven-eighths of an inch wide; one emo
is bent over seven-eighths Of an 1nch
and a hole is bored in the fiat side one
inch from the bend. This piece OF iron
is then bolted on to the handle as
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31


epaanasa ndug they "
her narmag are or h protect 0 s1g a
Grand neerh walls
tt move md the instruct the parallel p t o
Bnnmh Fortress n order guns
numbuo trenches from aHney
unnngm
the panIer interesting tgrws OF
by mppeBno forward the race h which h
damaur o
herc o the rondh ape to
o the kngparyI o.
non fleet e from form
hhrachw wi be Onupb nh
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which, abut41b hNthR "pnrp 70 The tmy
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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
FROM SAME SOURCE.
Whale and Lion Said to Be Of Identi-
cal Origin.

Whale and Lion Said to Be OF Identi-
cal Origin.
AS everyone knows, or ought to
know, the whale is not a fish, but
mammal, and biologists have long pom
dered and disputed about its family
tree. In Eocene times the ancestors of
mammals were beginning to take
shape somewhat like those Of to-day
and to lose the grotesqueness inner
tied from their reptilian progenitors.
To be sure, animals were very differ
ent from those Of to-day. Horses were
no larger than dogs and had five toes,
while cattle-like tinoceras, twice the
size of an OK, with six horns, tusk-
like teeth and five toes, cropped the
heritage Of Wyoming. Along with
these peculiar plant feeders there
dWelt some very primitive flesh eaters,
to which Professor Cape gave the
name Of creadonta.
The scene shifts to modern times.
Professor Fraas of Stuttgart, Ger
many, is delving in the rocks near
Cairo, Egypt. He Is getting out huge
jaws bones that have been petrified.
The jaw bones are those Of whales
and the rocks near Cairo were, il
Eocene times, the seashore. The pro-
fessor has studied his whale jaws and
compared their teeth with other fos-
sill teeth, Now he tells US in a recent
Abhandlungen that these teeth Of an
cient whales are like those of the an
cient carniverous creodonts. From
this he argues that in Eocene or earlier
times some primitive flesh eater took
to an aquating life. From these old
times to the present whales have been
becoming more flshlike.
1t is hard to believe that the raven
GUS lion and inoffens1ve and toothless
whale Of to-day had a common ances-
tor, yet they both have the same tastes
for blood, only the whale swallows his
food whole.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Select Your Seed Corn.

The farmer who has uniformly
good corn crop is generally the man
who looks after his seed himself. He
does not buy from any dealer whose
circular happens to fall into his hands
and plant the seed without testing.
The careful farmer picks out his seed
from the best Of his own corn or that
Of his neighbor, sees that 1t is properly
dried and cared for during the winter
and tests it before planting in the
spring. The careless farmer does not
do these things and then kicks because
his crop is a failure. He ought to
have a man to apply some good lusty
kicks to his person. The seedmen are
not always to blame. Some Of them
are honest. The farmer should test
his seed for himself, and if it be good
give the seedman his due; If ON the
other hand, it be bad, let him dispose
Of it the best he can. A failing that
growers have Is to delay securing their
seed until too little time is left to OBJ
tain an adequate knowledge Of its real
value. l cannot too strongly urge corn
growers to see to it now that well-maN
tured ears of desirable type and the
product Of a variety noted for sue
cessive large yields be secured for next
years seeding.-Clinton M. Schultz.