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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-12-06
FOURTH MONDAY OFNfAy.
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We received q pleasant visit
Fri1ay from-Mr. James KeHde
of Memphis. At. Kendei IS =
UaiiYe ri Oxford and spent his
youth and carry manhood here.
removing 10 other heids OF labor
twenty years ago. making only
one visit since that TING to his
cid hons. He was a. Gallant
soldier ana q memberruf the La.
uar-Riaes
Atal meeting of the I1irc De-
paItmeut Saturday night Mr.. j..
". Logan vas re-elected chief.
Tals wasindeed 2 complimentary
testimonial 10 ths UntiFing energy.
OF Gr. Logansaz a ireahghteF.
Chancellor j. G.. wilson held.
his asst time OF court last week.
Judge WiIsouzzil hold q few uore.
courts insthe district 8nd viii ten.
der us resignation. TIE ueEa-
bers If the baras well is all tho.
citizens Of the towuregret that
jacsc WILSON, viii resign and.
make lis hone at another place.
lnJudge Wilson'S resignation the.
jgeiciarToi the STATE loses onspf
is eb.est and best Judges ana the.
town ana district Jno If thsiFI
most Splendid citizens. In his
NV home may he ind IS manvI
ana IS i9yal friend Is he f.ag
among us.
Monday the Federal Court con-
vencd andJuaee Mics deliver
81 aGtr0ng charge to the Grand
Jury lie emphasized the evils
that rcsalL from iIlici. sale Of
whisky everywhere. He said from.
tEs Course sHranv most Of the
lawiassuess prevalent throughout
the county. Furtha-, he said that
tho test Of civilization vas the
power OF people 10 obey the law.
Maj. r.. A. Dean Was made fore
faan-oi the Grand Jury. Many
distinguishes attorneys are in at
tendance, and many cases have
been disposed OF.
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-12-06

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downncoHtrc; 90gea aaleatherecCi-
l2rE VIII paT 800 reward for,
anvgiHiDFrnatfomls its re-
cogefE RoBEEFTgHILTCA..
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-12-06
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-12-06

We are pleased to announce than
Foley,sg Housy and Tar for cousins
coids aud lung troubles ia not an setad
iby the National Pure Food and Drng
law a. 10 contains no oplates or othes
haxmfnt drugs, and we recommand q
a. . remedyE for chiidrcnn and
sduitss. For sak by +. b. Under a On
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-12-06
AGr.EaNTFYp oUEr

Itching. blind, bleeding pro.ruding
Piles. Druggists are authorized 10
efnad money il PAZO OINTMENT
Silst to ere IN 6 10 ii days. SOC.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-12-06
10 ouKnAcoLpIx oxEDAY

Take Llxauvs Rromo Quinins Tablats
Druggists rntuad money fit fails to
cure. Z. ~. GROVES signature is
- each hex. . cents.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-12-06

H" -
iIE STATE VI alfsstssirr- s8s5.
Lafayette GOur-v.
To Kohlrt CLARK.
Matte Cll-ks
rs.
Robert UitrE.
Aobert OLa9G. wnose post naice aa
asess - UNKNOWN You are coni-
niaaded toaPqeaF 5efore the Cham
oerr Ouart OF lafayette, maid STATE
On the
FOURTH MONDAY OF1fAY,
i. H.. 1907,
to defend the SUIT in said court OF
Matte CLARK. wherein you arc a de-
PENDANT.
This the 3rd cay Of December, A.
H., 1906. j.. %. gAMxY.
Clerk.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-12-06

The old original GROVES Tasteless
Uh4l Tonic. You knowgwhat you are
takiag. IL Is iron and grinize in a
~taate!ess form. No cure, No pay.
Price 90 cents.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-12-06

0aHjpstnu Come and pet one!
hef6Fe the aat-aneeans psIoe
Tss jssE1- Bac1leFg Lawshee Con
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-12-06
THE
YES. n. n.nroproN.

Hrs. Maggie B. Glopton- died
Monday might u the rcsideuceaof
her sister, Mrs. Dell Price. after
esb-fef Illness. Thu death If A,fl3
Glortsn5qGs g Great shockas ha
Fgas rot considered seriously i'll
until shortly before the end.
Mrs Gl9pt0nha made her h5n1o
IN oxford the past few Years and
hid W~oMrauy friends. The re-.
alHz ere earrIed 10 Abardesn
Yesterday Tor iatsfa1eHt. She
caves an,only child, Mrs. Gil.
SsyleF, sad Hldeyoted sister AMI
brother, al Frustrated with grief.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-12-06

ZIG aILull DllIuet OF the La
r1a-1Rifles onThakEzIyinv Day
ea5 4a9st oEi2ysbie occasion.
HE comrades were entertained
this Yearly Prot. ". b.. Gslmsr.
81 Toccopula. and Mf. j.. N. Gil-
t19t lafayette Springs. The
banquet Was prepared by Ira.
p. W Ayeut Ind was pronounced
OH Al the most elegant of the
EaHy they have enioved The
%oonlrades presentwste: 2Iessgs.
James KeHdel, Thomas Chiffon.
Z SAW. Tuohy Bulorc..I. =.
D89leg, c.. b NELSON, Alex YEP
j. ~ Brown. j. 4. 0iImaf, ". y.
IS -era ard theff chaplain. IaY.
~. p. Htalestoa. After o. fs...
ho11Is peEt ua5eiai intercourse
ana oHgs .gtha long ago. tho.
ola Irisld5 separated with the
ion1 hopes that they might ali
be Pe=rittod1o meet aguiul next
Tear Asrs Brooks Patton Id.
aed 70 the interest ana endowment
q the occ2slOnof her musical &C.
c1llpaalmeLts.
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
WHY THEY WE'RE DEFEATED.
Variety Of Excuses offered by Candi-
dates Defeated for Par
Lament.

Some of the defeated candidates for
parliament have been explaining the
causes of their discontinue in answer
to questions from the London Mail;
and there is something familiar as
well as funny in the explanations. Sir
Frederick Miner laid the disaster to
money, the education act, Chinese la
Dor and the big loaf" His opponent
was rich, the noncomformists reyolted
because of the new educational sys-
tenn, the philanthropists were fright
ened about the coolies in the African
mines and the working people thought
protection on wheat would reduce the
size Of penny loaf of bread. Capt.
Ellice accounted for his defeat with
the sententious phrase: "The auld
Kirk" referring either to the educa-
tion act or the decision confiscating
the Free church property ]. Bamford
Slack telegraphed that he was knock
ed out because his opponents did not
fight fair and "hit him below the
belt" ]. H. Balfour-Browne declared
himself the victim Of broadcast lies
and an insane love Of change" He ap-
pealed ito the reason, the sympathy
and the conscience of the working
man in vain" Possibly Guinness was
laid out by 'the little loaf fable"
Capt. Rawson sank under the wave
Of socialism that is sweeping over the
counfrvu He remarka incidentally
however, that the electors seem to
have gone mad" Col. Sackville owned
to being beaten by ''nonconfsrmity,
liberalism and labor" which he re-
CARDS as combination very hard to
fight.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
MAN THE BEST SWIMMER.
Far Ahead Of the Lower Animals
in the Respect Of Ma
tatory Power.

It is curious that whereas the rabbit
cannot swim at all, the hare is an ex-
cellent swimmer The common mouse
and the field mouse can only swim a
few yards; they drown in the act of
swimming. Yet rats swim splendidly.
Lions and tigers swim well. al
though only from necessity-to cross
a river, for example.
The horse can swim for miles with
out being exhausted, and shows a
wonderful instinct in choosing the
best available landing place. Bears
and moles swim well, but bats and
monkeys are helpless in the water.
All reptiles swim; SO do most insects.
Human beings have greater swim
min powers than most Of the lower
animals. A man has been known to
swim 80 miles without a stop. The
only land animal known to have even
approached this performance is the
American black bear; but the Ameri-
can deer sometimes swims IL or IA
miles at stretch.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
THERE is COAL ENOUGH.
Plenty Of Fuel to Last the
World for Thousands
of Years.


The total known coal production of
the world is something like 790,000,000
tons per annum, and experts state
that even at this rate of production,
there is sufficient coal to last thou
sands of years to come. Some faint
idea can be gathered from these fig
ures of the enormous quantity of coal
there is on this planet and SO one can
better appreciate the statement made
by Sir Robert Ball that all the coal or
the earth would not supply the suns
heat for one-tenth Of second.
There are many interesting facts
about the sun which are not common
knowledge. For instance, If the clouds
were removed from the sun our lumin-
airy would lose all its brightness, and
the sun spots, about which we have
heard so much, are merely places
where the clouds are broken.
1t is interesting to know that the
power of the sun to warm us depends
on an element so important to our life
here on earth, such as the rose-colored
prominences on the sun. which con-
sist of hydrogen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
THE "sKILLED" MEXICAN.
Was Sounding the Car Wheels, but
Didn't Know Why He Was
Doing It.

The inefficiency of Mexican labor
was under discussion by group of
mining promoters.
"On my last trip to Mexico" said
one, while our train halted at Jim
ulco, a dinner station on the Mexican
Central, | alighted and watched the
mechanic who went from car to car
sounding the wheels with hammer,
presumably to test their condition.
He was fair type of the native
skilled workman Just to draw him
out little, l inquired.
"'why do you rap the wheels
Setting down his torch. he stared
at me in amazement. Because the
master mechanic tells me to- he re-
piled. But why persisted. What
good does it do?' 4 do not know,
senior, said he. The master mechanic
tells me to strike each wheel, and
do so. That is enough for me-
"How long have you been working
at this job?' | asked.
1.-TWO years. he replied. For two
years he had been going through the
form Of sounding the car wheels with
out the slightest knowledge of the OBJ
ject of the test or the slightest Curl
osity concerning it,"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
SHOOK THE WHOLE EARTH
Earthquake in South America That
Was Worldwide in Its
Effect.

We have yet TO await accurate de-
tails OF the great earthquake that oc-
CURED in the northwest OF South
America on January 81. says London
Nature OF recent date. The seismo-
graphs in this and other countries had
told their story OF what happened
within few minutes Of the catastro-
phe. All the world felt more or less
the earthquake.
In two hours the effects of the ini-
tiaI impulses had reached their anti
podes, and in the interval between
these times every inhabitant OF the
world had been moved for at least
three or four hours on a true ground
swell.
All the instruments In the world
designed to record teleseismic motion
had written records. the bubble in
every spirit level had been fitfully
osciIlating to and fro, many magnetic
needles had been caused to swing.
balances had pscillated. penduiums
had been accelerated or retarded-the
world globe. not only on its surface
but in it's depths, had been shaken.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT.
Much Accomplished by Societies since
Their Founding In the
Year 1853.

In 1853 woman in Stockbridge.
Mass, founded the first village inn
provement society In America.
Stockbrioge was only shabby little
town then. with muddy road through
it. cemetery full OF weeds. and a
bare common, unshaded and trodden.
In single year the place was trans
formed. Four hundred trees we're
planted. the road rebuilt, the village
made clean and attractive.
The history Of the place Is not
unique. Wonders, miracles even. have
been wrought in out-of-the-way spots.
In one OF the most hopeless in Georgia,
a society was formed which began by
planting a double row of trees along
its central roadway. This Is now a
handsome boulevard.
The street is curbed with granite,
grass has been made to grow and
shrubs have been set out everywhere
Rural parks, churches draped with
vines. and house yards wing with one
another in beauty all make the place
an Eden With this town as an object
lesson no one need despair Of even the
most forlorn little village.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
PIRACY OF 10Th CENTURY.
Art Treasures Rescued from the Sea
by Divers Stolen by Gre
clan Rovers.

A picturesque bit of twentieth-cen-
tury piracy is reported from the isles
Of Greece. Antiquaries believe that
they have fixed the position of Anti
cythera, the modern CerigOtto, of the
ships laden with art treasures and
plumber that Mummius dispatched to
Rome after the capture Of Corilth,
over 1000 years ago, and which are
recorded as having sunk In storm
in that neighborhood. Within three
or four years the sea has yielded up
objects OF great artistic and archaeo-
logical worth to the divers that the
Greek government employs on the
spot, notably the marvellous bronze
ephebos now in the Athens museum.
Very recently the divers were at
tackled by pirates and robbed of their
latest hauls from the sea. The in
trinsic value of the bronzes and mar
bles they may have brought up is
slight, but the pirates must have some
idea OF the prices collectors Will give
for them. The Greek government has
sent gunboat in search of the thieves
If 1t captures them 1t may find out
whether they are mere freebooters OF
the instruments of unscrupulous art
collectors.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
Southern wit.

In the early days OF the civil war,
says Mrs. D. G. Wright in "A Southern
Girl in 6i," many northern senator's
wera especially violent in their de-
nunciation OF the seceeding states, oc-
casionally much to the amusement Of
their listeners. On one occasion a
western senator ended speech by de-
claring that were certain threatened
events to occur. he would ''leave this
country and join some other nation.
Even the Comanches he would prefer
10 this government In such a case"
Senator Wigfall. Of Texas. rose in an
swer, and stated in tone of grave
remonstrance that he trusted the SEN
ator would consider well before he
took such a step, ''for the Comanches
had already suffered too much from
contact with the whites"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
DOG THAT WAS a sMUccLER
Earned for His Master, But Was Dis
covered and Killed at his
Work.

The official organ Of the Belgian
customs department mentions the
death OF notorious smuggler's dog
which earned for his master a modest
competence. The latter at first made
frequent innocent trips with his big,
rough-coated companion across the
frontier, until the customs officers had
become quite friendly with him. Then
his time for action came. He shaved
the dog, wound Brussels and Mechlin
lace tightly round its body, and put
over this a skin closely resembling the
dogs own. For five years the dog al
most daily trotted with valuable
hidden burden Of lace across the bor-
der into French territory, and probably
the fraud would still be merrily going
on bad not a friend" betrayed the Sc
cret. The faithful dog came to an un-
timely end by revolver bullet. Dogs
are often used, II appears, to run with
dutiable goods across the Franco-Bel-
gian frontier. This they are taught
to do by a course Of training which in
cludes sound thrashings at regular in
tervals by men dressed as customs OH
cials, so that the poor animals run
away terror-stricken from the sight Of
a uniform.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
LAND PATENTS HELD UP.
Forty-Two Thousand of Them Are
Stored Away in Vaults
in Muskogee.

Forty-two thousand patents to land
in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations
are lying In the vaults of the commits
sion to the five civilized tribes in Mus
kogee, duly executed by the governors
of the two nations. approved by the
secretary Of the interior and ready for
delivery. The commission is holding
them under instructions from the sec
retary of the interior and the tribal
officials assert that the secretary is
delaying action in hope Of getting au-
thority from congress to take the de-
livery Of these deeds out Of the hands
of the governors Of the tribes and have.
the work done by government Off
cials. The patents have been bone
OF contention between Secretary Hitch
cock and the Indian governors for
more than year. The Curtis bill, as
now pending, provides that the deeds
shall be delivered under the direction
of the secretary of the interior to the
party entitled to receive the same"
and If this clause becomes law as 1t
probably will in short time, 1t will
do away with all claims on the part OF
the governors to the right OF making
the delivery themselves.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
WHERE FISH ARE CHEAP.
In Florida and Cuban Markets Fine
Varieties GeIl At Low
Prices.

Commissioner George w. Bowers, Of
the bureau Of fisheries, returned lately
from Florida and Cuba. whore he went
to study the culture of sponges and
the marketing Of fish in that COM
munity. reports the Washington Post.
II have always held" said Mr..
Bowers, that the old woman who
raised chickens and the bureau of
fisheries were the greatest benefactors
Of mankind. As long as chickens and
fish are to be had all the beef trusts
In the world cannot run the meat mar
ket up unreasonably, because the
masses Of people will then eat chick
ems and fish,
Mr.. Bowers stated that the fish mar
kets OF Havana we're a model of ef-
ficiency and thoroughness. This con-
dition is probably due to the large
number OF Catholics. who are heavy
consumers of fish.
In Florida Mr.. Bowers found that
fish were generally eaten and we're re-
markably cheap. The negro fisher.
men, bringing in shad and other fish
from the st. John river and other
streams. where they are plentiful. sell
them to the dealers at three cents
each. and the consumers can procure
fish weighing from two to fiye pounds
each for a nickel This assures the
poor people an abundance Of cheaT
food
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
WEARS NAME ON BREAST.
Travelling Man Cashes Check at Ho-
tel Through Queer Means
of Identification.

For the purpose Of identifying him
self in order that he might secure
money on a draft novel method was
employed by a travelling salesman OF
Detroit, at hotel in shis cay recently
reports the Milwaukee Sentinel. The
man is quite well known among ( a
number of business men in this city,
and he has never experienced any diff
ficulty in securing the necessary iden-
tifcatlon for cashing drafts. He ex-
pected to reach Milwaukee on Satur-
day, but did not arrive until Monday.
When ne registered at the hotel he
asked the clerk to cash a check for
him, but the clerk politely asked for
Identification. The man then called up
a number Of his business acQuaint-
ances by telephone. but was unable to
locate any Of them. Finally a happy
thought struck him. Taking on his
collar and necktie, and unbuttoning
his shirt bosom, he exclaimed:
II guess that will identify me-
On the breast Of the man was his
name tattooed in blue letters. He
stated that the name had been tattooed
on his breast years ago. The draft was
cashed by the clerk.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
RELATED OF PURITAN BOYS
Youngsters Were So Mischievous In
Meeting House "Pues" Had
to Be Built.

It appears in various quarters that
the Puritan fathers had troubles OF
their own. In the book entitled He
rcditary and Early Environment or
John Williams" the author says that
in Roxbury, Mass, in its early settle
ment, as everywhere. boys were prone
to mischief. and special rules were
made for their benefit.
In 1858, when the meeting house was
repaired, the new galleries were set
aside as seats for the boys Of the con-
gregation. Here this element could
be herded under the eye and rod OF the
tithing-man and within earshot Of the
preacher. With all this. however,
trouble was brewing.
Before long several people COM
planned that they could not sit in tAe
meeting-house to their edificatioE by
reason of the disturbance the boys
made in the galleries" This COM
plant reached the town meeting; and
the selectmen were directed to con-
suit with the elders about removing
the boys, and cooping them up In some
place to be built expressly for this
purpose, or doing anything to rem
edy this evil"
Exactly what steps were taken to
remove the boys and the evil SO grave
ly confronting the town Is not known.
but when John Williams was eight
years old a new meeting-house was
built. In this structure provision was
made for the boys on some part OF the
main floor. Some years later vote
was passed for "pueing the meeting
house." and the people were given
liberty to build pues round the
Westinghouse. except whore the boys
do sit"
BY this action 1t appears that the
boy question had been satisfactorily
solved by corralling that element in
some nook which was now entrenched
against the invasion Of pews.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-19
THE MAKING OF A JUROR.
Puzzled German Gives the Judge a
Chance to Get Even with
Lawyers.

The Judge had his patience sorely
tried by lawyers who wished to talk
and by men who tried to evade jury
service. Between hypothetical ques-
tions and excuses it seemed as II they
never would get to the actual trial OF
the case, ,fates the Green Bag. So
when the puzzled little German who
had been accepted by both sides
jumped up the judge was exasperated.
"Shudge!" cried the German.
What is it?" demanded the judge.
Il tink / like to go home to my
wife," said the German.
you can't" retorted the Judge. "Sit
down."
But shudge," persisted the Ger
man, Il don't tink l make a good
shurer."
You're the best in the box" said
the Judge. "Sit down."
What box?" said the German.
Jury box" said the judge.
ooh, thought it vas bad box that
peoples gets in sometimes"
mo" said the judge. "the bad box
is the prisoners box"
But, shudge." persisted the little
German, Il don't speak good English.
you don't have to speak any at all.
said the Judge. "Sit down."
The little German pointed at the
lawyers to make his last desperate
plea"
"Shudge," he said, Il can't make
holdings Of what these fellers say"
1t was the judges chance to gel
evsn for many annoyances.
Neither can anyone else" he said
"Sit down"
With q sigh the little German sal
down.