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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
Kiralfy's louisiana Purchase Spec
tacle Worlds Fair Attraction.
ne ST. Louis MirrOr.

From the st. Louis Mirror.
Kiralfy's Louisiana Purchase
Spectacle, now playing at the
Odeon theater, is a great spec
tacular production, and if the
business management is IN keep
ing with the stage direction must
prove a money maker. The show
was given the first presentation
on Saturday night, May 18th and
Immediately won favor. Bolossy
Kiralfy, under whose personal
direction the work has been large
ly prepared, has combined a force
of $50 persons with an equal
number of trained ballet dancers
and speciality performers from
the East, and the result is a most
pleasing and entertaining spec
tacle. The big spectacle will run
indefinitely as a Worlds Fair at
traction.
Seats my be reserved four
weeks in advance by mailing post
office money order to Roy Craw-
ford, Manager Press Bureau De-
partment, Odeon Theater, St.
Louis, Mo. Prices are SOC, Toe,
S1.OO, S1.5O; box seats $500;
matinees, 25c, SOC, 75c, S1.00.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
Notice to Confederate Veterans.

il The Mississippi Department Q
i Archives and History is now en-
/ gagged in collecting certain dat;
| 60 be used in 1.-THE roster O
| Union and Confederate Armies,
which is being compiled by tbs
| National Government.
] As a member from Lafayette
county of the Confederate Histo-
ry Commission organized by tbs
limited Confederate Veterans OF
Mississippi, it is made my duty
to collect and transmit as rapidly
as possible:
+ (a) Official rolls of Confede-
rate organizations. These rolls,
| to be used by the National Gov
eminent, must have been made
out by some officer of the Com
pany during his term of service
and while acting in an official ca
pacity.
OBJ Military orders or cores
pondence, maps, drawings. dia-
ries of soldiers, newspaper clip
pings and scrapbooks.
(c) Relics, swords, uniforms
military equipment and flags.
Cd Photographs of officers, or
privates, and pictures of battle
fields, or other places of histori-
cal interest.
(e) All articles connected with
historical events growing out of
the war.
H.) Unofficial Company rolls,
of a reliable character, will be
useful in the event an official roll
cannot be obtained.
All veterans or other persons
in this county who have in their
possession or can obtain any OF
the articles above mentioned are
urgently requested to deliver the
same to Sheriff j. H. WEIGH. at
the County Court house, where
they will be received and cared
for until ready to be forwarded to
the Directors of the Department
of Archives and History at jack
son.
1t is also especially desired to
obtain complete historical roll
of all Confederate veterans now
Ting in Lafayette county. For
this purpose blanks may be pro-
cured on application at Sheriff
Welch's office the filling out of
which will furnish the informa-
ton desired.
1t is earnestly hoped that all
who can do so will heartily CO.
operate in this important work,
and that Lafayette county will
be duly and justly represented in
this. National compilation which
is expected to go down to future
generations.
r M. LEAvELL,
Commissioner.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
New Healing Powers in the Waters
at Eureka Springs, Ark.

1t would seem that new properties
have been discovered in the waters al
Eureka Springs, Ark, percularly ad-
apted to assisting in in the curing OF
the drug and liquor habits. These
new properties have led to the estaD-
lishment of large and splendidly APP
pointed Sanitarinm, where these dis
eases (if they may be called such) are
treated. A large and commodious
hotel has been fitted up comfortably
and eAery attention is given to pa
tients. The Sanitarium is in charge
of skillee corps of specialists and
some remarkable cures are being
made. The Sanitarium is in charge OF
DIR. C. A. Reed, and the gentleman in
vites correspondence on all troubles
If this nature.
Excursion tickets are sold from all
points on THE FRISCO SYSTEM at
very low rates.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04

The Board of Trustees Of the
University of Mississippi, met in
jackson Saturday, and elected
the three members of the faculty
not elected at the June meeting.
DR.. J. w. johnson was re elect
ed to the Chair of Physics. and
Prof. A. L. Bondurant was re-
elected to the Chair of Latin.
Prof. Davis Horace Bishop, for
the past four years of the faculty
of Millsaps College, was elected
to the Chair of English.
The Trustees recommended
making both of the dormitories
boarding houses. The matter of
the infirmary was referred to the
Executive Committee.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
HEALTHY MOTHERS.

Mothers should always keep in good
bodily health. They owe it to their
children. Yet it is not unusual sight
to see mother, with babe in arms,
coughing violently and exhibiting all
the symptoms of consumptive ten
dency, And why should this danger
ons condition exist, dangerous alike
to mother and child, when DR.. bos-
chee's German Syrup would put a
stop to it at once? No mother should
be without this old and tried remedy
in the house-for its timely use will
promptly cure any lung, throat or
bronchial trouble in herself or hel
children. The worst cough or cold
can be speedily cured by Germs
syrup; so can hoarseness and conges
ton Of the bronchial tubes. 1t makes
expectorstion easy, and gives instant
relief and refreshing rest to the cough
lacked consumptive. New trial bot
ties s5 cents; regular size 10 cents
At all druggists.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
Faster Time to I exas
Cotton Belts Improved Service
Between Memphis and the
Great Southwest.
SIS To Texas and Back.

Train No 8, now leaves Memphis at
7:45 D. m and make fast sun to Texas
1t carries Pailman sleepers, parlor
cafe cars and tree reclining chair cars
Reaches Texarkana, Dallas, TT Worth
and Waco several hours earlier than
heretofore. Makes direct connections
for Paris, Bonham, Whitesboro, Mar
shall, Longview, Palestine, Austin,
Shreveport, Beaumont, Houston and
San Antonio. s,v..-
Train No. leaves Memphis at $40
am carries parlor parior cafe car and
chair cars; Pullman Sic pers from
Fair Oaks to Dallas, Fl. Worth, Waco
Corpus Christi and South Texas points
Cheap home seekers tickets on sale
the first and third Tuesdays of each
month lone fare plus $2.C0 for the
round trip, st 'p-eveis both ways and
81 day reform limit.
SPECIAL-Un Tuesdays, Aug. 9th
and 23rd and Sept. 18th and 9th home
seekers tickets at the rate of $15.0t
for the round prip from Memphis to
Dallas, Fl. Worth, Waco, Hpuston
Galveston, San Antonio, Brownwood
Corpus Christi, Amarillo, QTanah ant
intermediate points.
For full particulars and Texas liter
atare, time tables, ETC., write to
VIC. PEELER,
D. P. A., 307 Nain Street,
Memphis, Tenn.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
The Local News.

Miss Eu'a Deaton is visiting
friends in Chicago.
Mrs. S. j. Moore is visiting
friends in Taylor's.
Mr.. Earl Porter visited friends
in Oakland Monday.
Miss Anna Porter has returned
from the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. w. S. Pettis, of Elhsville,
spent Sunday in Oxford.
Mrs. John Owens is visiting her
parents at Water Valley.
Miss Ellie Sullivan has return :
ed from Holly Springs.
Mr.. Tom johnson. of Corinth,
is visiting friends in Oxford.
Miss Claude Harris is visiting
relatives in Pamela County.
DR.. F. L.. Riley is spending his
vacation in North Carolina.
Miss Pearl Ragland, of lula,
is the guest of relatives in Oxford
Mr.. j. N. Slough has returned
/. from a visit to relatives in Texas.
We regret to learn that JACK
|, Morgan is quite sick with slow
i fever.
Miss Mary Burney will enter.
. tain the F. H. F. club this after
! noon. 49,
Mr.. B. t. Market, of Clarks
dale, spent several days last weell
!, i'll Oxford.
/ Supervisor Howard Parks wa
called home Tuesday by sickness
1 in his family.
Mrs. Victoria Anderson, o
! Knoxville, Tenn, is visitin
friends in Oxford.
Hon. NJ. A. Montgomery lei
/, Monday for Nashville to spen
: the heated season.
A number of the citizens of OIL
town attended the picnic and bal
I. becre at Taylcrs, yesterday,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
Basket Picnic.

There will be a Grand Picnic
at old Wyatt bridge on ITALIA
hatchie River, 6 miles North
west of Abbeville on Thursday,
August 18th, given by citizens OF
both sides of the river. This
picnic will be held on the old
Wyatt battlefield, an historic
spot. of the late war. All kinds
of amusements will be furnished
and tho best of order preserved
by the committee:
! n. A. McAllister, S. T. Peid
Nv. A. Gallegley, ST. Rayburn
g. T. Smith. R. F. Dunlap, t. G
lGallegley committee.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
RHEUMATISM.

When pains or irritation exist or
any part of the body, the application
of Ballard's Snow Liniment gives
prompt relief. E. W. Sullivan, pro-
pr;etor of the Sullivan House, at 4
Keno, O. T., writes June 6, 1902; -
take pleasure in recommending Bal
iard,s Snow Liniment to all who are
afflicted with rheumatism. 1t is the
only remedy l have found that gives
immediate relief" 25c, 90 and Sl,00
For sale by the Oxford Pharmacy.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
CVRTS SCIATICA.

Rev. w. L. Riley, l.. L, D., Cuba,
N. Y, writes: CATER fifteen days of
excruciating pain from sciatica rheu-
matislr. under various treatments, ]
was induced to try Billiards. Snow
Liniment; the first application giving
my first relief and the second entire
relief. l can give it unqualified re-
commentator" Zoe, SOC and $l.00
Sold by the Oxford Pharmacy.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
THE DEATH PENALTY.

A little thing sometimes results in
death. Thus mere scratch, Insight
ficant cuts or puny boils have paid the
death penalty. 1t is wise to have
Bucklen's Arnica Salve ever handy.
It's the best Salve on earth will pre-
vent fatality, when Burns, Sores, Vi
GERS and Piles threaten. Only % cts
st A. II. kendel's drug store.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
PITTS AN END TO 1T ALL

A grievous wall oftimes comes as
result of unbearable pain from over
taxed organs. Dizziness, Backache,
Liver complaint and Consultation.
But thanks to DR.. Kings New Life
Pills they put an end to it all. They
are gentle but thorough. Try them
Only % cents. Guaranteed by A. H
Kendel's drug store.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
For Worlds Fair Visitors.

3440 Lucas avenue is in a first class
part of the. city, one block east OF
brand avenue, within two blocks of
the finest hotels in the city.
Private home, modern dwelling.
restaurants near by; large, clean, airy
rooms. Rates s1.00 each person, pei
day, without meals, with as many as
can be made comfortable in a room.
Breakfast and O'Clock dinner il
desired.
MRS. CALLIE FERGUSON,
$40 Lucas Avenue,
st. Louis, Mo.
Formerly of Men phis, Tenn.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
For Rent.

Residence on second Depot
street belonging to Mrs. Collie
Plant. All modern convenicnces
For terms apply to.
w. w. MCMAHON, Agent.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
For Rent.

so acres of good ridge land for
1905, Z miles from town. Pos
session given at any time. Ap-
ply at this Offices
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Fer MAYOR.
we nre authorized to announce 'ha'
LEE NJ. RUSSELL,
a. n candidate for Mayor of the city 1l oN y
80 subject to the action OF the III u
nlr
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04

We are authorized to announce mat
DIR. w. ID. JONES,
Ia a candidate for Mayor of the cry 81 "
ford. Subject TO the action Oh inc ""'''
primary.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04

We are authorized to announce that
Pc. MATTHEW'S,
tsn candidate for Mayor of the city OF OK
ford. subject to the action CT the ""''s
primary.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04

We are authorized to announce that
X. :. ADAMS,
il n candidate for Mayor of the city ot W
ford. Subjectto the action Oh 'he ""'''
primary.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04

We ARE authorized to announce that
I'D. RAGLAND,
a. N candidate for Marshal of the city 81
oxford. Subject to the action OF the " hi''
urinary.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04

FOR MARSHAL.
We arc authorized 20 announce tha'
uALH RAMEY,
4. .,odidafe for Marshal OF the city OF
oxford. Subject to the action of the white
primary.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04

We are authorized to announce that
W.T.. TURNER,
Is n candidate for Marshal of the city %
oxfnrd. subject to the action of the White
primary.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04

we are authorized TO announce that
Ut. BURRoW.
Is n candidate for Marshal of the city G
oxford. subject to the action of the " hi'
primary,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-04
The Illinois Central RI

(NoRTH BoUND)
No "a, passenger. leaves at o:2a 7 N 4,
No. 6, passenger, leaves al o:as Z II
TO. 95, local freight, arrives !. ~ n
and departs at TAO a m
SOUTH BOUND
40. %, passenger, leaves at l0;45 q N
No. 5. passenger, leaves at s:lo p m
No. 96 local freight, arrives 2;35 P m
w. and departs at 2:55 m
A.. w. MITCHELL. Agent.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29
II Minor Chino: japanese
U1R

In Alameda, California, a suburb of
San Francisco, there are many vege-
table gardens, some kept by Italians,
some by Greeks but most Of them by
Cinnamon.
Ten years ago these gardeners were
almost all Cinnamon, and they ac-
quired the belief that a monopoly of
the business was their right About
seventy Of them had formed a colony
just outside Alameda, and laid out a
garden of about twenty acres.
One day some Japanese showed up
and leased an adjoining strip of land
They put up some shacks, and then,
TO the great indignation of the China
men, they began blowing up their land
for garden truck.
Of course, there could be no
friendly relations between them, but
for year their enmity found express
sion in nothing worse than scowls
and occasional boundary disputes.
Then came the Chino Japanese war.
Feeling ran high among the San
Francisco Cinnamon because their
local papers printed some fiery edi-
torials against the Japs. This spirit
OF Jingolsm was communicated to the
Alameda Cinnamon, and the relations
between them and their Japanese
neighbors became intensely strained.
The Japs placed outposts along the
boundary fences, fearing that the
Chinese would raid their truck patches
and trample all over them. The Chi
namen took similar precautions.
This was the situation for months,
until at last the news came of a seri-
Gus Chinese defeat.
The Cinnamon were deeply stirred,
and one morning they lined up along
Japanese, in a mixture of Cantonese
and English profanity, just how in
| hnitesimal they considered them.
The Japs sounded a call to arms
and told the Cinnamon that they were
unclean monkeys, and that if they
didn't keep to leeward Of them, they
would give them an illustration of
how Wei-hai-wei had been captured.
A Chinaman picked up a turnip,
which presently landed on a Jap's
head.
Two hours later the sheriff of Ala
media County was called out to restore
peace. Both the Japanese and Chi
nose settlements had been demolished,
the gardens torn up, and every Jap
and Chinamar bore physical evidence
of the herceness of the fight.
Next day the head man of each
colony paid fine, the colonists re
turned to their ranches, rebuilt their
huts, and ever after lived on the best
of terms with each other. They had
let off the surplus steam of their pa
| triotism.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29

/ board itself forms the ridge board, and
1t is only necessary to cut out two
end plates Cd and d., two side plates
| IF and F'), and four rafters (E, E.,
Ed, etc. All of these pieces may be
cut from dressed lumber and made as
neatly as consistent with the skill of
the workman.
Let the D plates be each five feet
long and three inches wide and the
F plates about 5z feet long and
three inches wide. Find the center
of the D by measuring 213 feet from
the ends and marking the point, meas
ure from each end, and if your FIVE
feet board happens to be a trihe too
long or too short, you will have two
points and the center will be midway
between them
With single nail fasten the D plate
to the swallow board three inches
from the bottom, now with carpen-
ter's square see that D is exactly at
right angles with the edge of A, A.,
and then fasten it there securely with
more nails. Do the same with the
opposite end plate D..
From each end of the D plates
measure, on the top surface, towards
the swallow board, seven inches and
mark the point with soft pencil. Now
measure the distance from one of
these points diagonally to the top
of the ridge A and make your E
rafters couple of inches longer than
this measurement. Cutting your ma
terial a trife longer than called for
by measurements is a safe course to
pursue; the extra length can be sawed
off at the last moment to make fit,
but if it happens to be too short it
must be cast aside and a new piece
used.
Make the E rafters about ~ inches
broad, hold one of them temporarily
in place with one end at the pencil
mark on d and the other end protrud-
ing beyond the ridge A, but with its
upper edge even with top of ridge;
while the rafter is in this position
trace the outline of the proposed notch
with pencil at mark near the end Of
D. Do the same with the four ends
at the pencil marks and saw out these
notches to fit. the ends of the rafters,
after which it is simple matter by
trial to find the angle at which to cut
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29

their nest without further trouble.
When | saw them the female. was
sitting on her eggs.
For swallow board select a rough
plank 1a inch thick by ten inches wide,
and cut it into two pieces, each 2xIox
90 inches CA and A, Fig. ID; place
the pieces edge to edge and mail to
their ends the two braces B and B.,
Fig. I, then cut four cleats each Il
inch thick by two inches wide and
trife over five feet long, c and c..
Rule line parallel with the top edge
and eight inches below it fit the upper
edge of the cleat c along the line and
nail it securely in place. In the same
manner nail the lower cleat c. three
inches from the bottom of the board
and saw off the protruding ends flush
with the ends of the boards.
Next take the two remaining cleats
and saw them off to fit snugly on the
opposite side of the swallow board
between the braces B and B and nail
them in place as you did c and c. at
eight inches from the top and three
inches from the bottom respectively.
Since the middle of these last cleats
must be cut away to allow room for
the post, drive no nails in their cen
ter. 1t is understood that the .dimen-
sions and figures here given are not
necessarily to be followed exactly, but
it simplifes the explanation if we give
directions and figures. What is abso-
lutely necessary is to put the upper
cleat far enough below the roof to
allow room for the swallows and
their nest and to leave sufficient space
between the cleats for the same pur-
pose.
The swallow board proper is now
finished, but if erected in this form in
the open air there would be no pro-
lection for the nests against rain and
the birds would refuse to use the
board, for centuries of experience has
taught these little builders that their
adobe homes are soluble and water
will destroy them, hence it is that the
barn swallows seek the shelter offered
by hayloft or the overhanging caves,
and hence it is we must make
A Roof for the Swallow Board.
This is not difficult undertaking
even for the amateur. The swallow
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29
HOLD TO BUILD # BIRD HO7EL--=By Dan Beard

.O ENTICE barn swallows to
build on the swallow boards,
i here described, set in the
ground a shallow box of
about three feet by four feet and FIJI
it with goog, clean, yellow or blue
clay. If it is not proourable, COM
mon mud will answer. Keep the
clay moist and leave little water
standing in its depressions. If you
can get some last years swallows
nests, stick few Of them on the
cleats of the swallow board, using
damp clay for glue.
AS with men, birds follow the line
of least resistance in their labors, and
with clay handy and sheltered board
which seems to have already been
used for the purpose, it will be strange
if you have no fourishing colony of
barn swallows the first season.
A rough surface offers better oppor-
tunities for the barn swallows clay
nests than a smooth one At the
Glacier Hotel, near Illecillewaet gla-
cier, Selkirk Mountains, | noticed
barn swallow on its nest just above
the dining-room door. | also noticed
bits Of clay at different points on the
smooth boards above the doorway,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29
Uhdt Bows Haze Done

In that same Parliament sat James
Herbert, a boy of fifteen, and some
times the two boys had hot argu-
ments with each other while the older
members of the House looked on in
wonder at the talent they displayed
The famous John Randolph, of Ro-
anQke, began to be a person of po-
htical power in Virginia when he was
boy in his teens, but had to wait
until he was twenty-one to go to Con-
gress, such being the law. Robert
Owen, the founder of English social
ism, began to attract followers by his
peculiar doctrines when he was a
mere boy, and by the time he was
nineteen he was manager Of large
cotton mill and a political power to
be reckoned with. In later life Owen
tried to put his theories into practice
by founding the socialist colony Of
New Harmony, in Indiana, which
failed after two years experiment.
Otto Ill, though born to crown,
may fairly be cited as one of those
boys who have, by their own ability,
been factors in public affairs before
they were out of their teens. He was
Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire,
and his intellectual endowments as a
boy were so great that he was called
The Wonder of the World" At the
age of sixteen he took the reins of
government in his own hands, and the
most experienced and the oldest
statesmen found wisdom in his words.
He aimed to make Rome the imperial
residence and the center of new uni
versal empire.
Though a boy, he made laws with
the wisdom of a sage. His career
of greatness was cut short by death
when he was barely twenty-five. The
famous Athenian statesman and gen
eral, Alcibiades, became a prominent
politician when he was seventeen, and
while still boy he held his own with
the philosophers who gathered around
Socrates.
Alheri, the Italian poet, was study
ing law at thirteen, and at fourteen
became man of note. At eighteen
he roamed all over Europe. mixing up
in public affairs and having many ad-
ventures.