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Help Wanted
Male and FemaIe.

SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING can be
learned at our school in from ~ TO 80 DAYS:
positions guaranteed, We teach Piman Ora
nam. Gregg. Barnes. and Syllable systems;
individual instruction. STENOGRAPHIC
ACADEMY. 3i5-3l9 Colorado building fe22-tf
WANTED-Tailor: also taii0ress: must make
hrst-class buuonhoIes 1870 9th St NV m
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FOR SALE-Ice boxes suitable for grocery
made by q mechanic. not tinker: easy
terms II desired. See HOLLYWOOD. sth and
le-A-st-
FOR SALE-SinEer sewing machine. drop
mead. SO. also six others; save money. see
HOLLYWOOD. Sth and X fe2i-st
FOR SALE-5O stoves slightly used. good
Shance 70 save money. a New Baltimore. No
.. 81 See HOLLYWOOD. Sth and K. fe2i-3t
FOR SALE-steeI range 8 feet long. $50.
with large boiler See. HOLLYWOOD. SIN and
fe2i-5t
FOR sALE-I2-foot back bar. with mirror.
~ large iron safe, $50. See HOLLYWOOD.
Sth and X fags-7f
FINE autographed cushion tops and backs.
with one dozen silks for embroidery. speciaI
az &c Free lessons I'm hand and sewing
ef4hroldery. DAVIS SEWING MACHINE
AGENCY. slS sth ST. nv. fe2f--5t
FOR SALE-Extra large wardrobe. $50. cost
SIDV. oedroom suites. SO 20 $50. hair mat
uess 81. rosewood piano. S25: sewing ma
chlne, %. bookcases. desFs. pictures Chiffon
lers, parior suite, s.; dh ing room suite So
odd pieces parlor furniture operating chair
BOOKS, touches, iron beds. trunks organ BIZ
pes me furniture. 2S rooms: immediately
Ok. r A BREWSTER. 4ZS 18th ST. NV
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For Rent

Furnished or UNFINISHED Rooms.
FURNISHED or unfurnished rooms desirablo
location. three squares from Congressional
Library. Apply 632 East Capitol St ne
fe24-St
FURNISHED or unfurnlshed rooms for rent.
first and second floors; back and front Ia9g
COrCOran 81. NV. fpg9-Tf
FURNISHED and unfurnishcd rooms: newly
papered. FOR light housekeeping; near cars
reasonable 202 d 81. NV. fe2s-st
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BROOKI-AND. d. c.
ARTHUR T. f. LUERSsEN. Drug stors.
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ALEXANDRIA. Va.
r. L CAENE a. CO. zoe king 81.
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Rooms and Board.

- - - -
l.G DE SALES ST.; large brIght. COM
Portable second story fTOuI room. southern
exposure, excellent table. phone. u
FOR BENT-Furnished. with or without
board. large front room. second floor aIst
rear rooms. same floor, use OF telephone Gree.
1925 North Capitol ST. u
NANTED-TWo boarders. nicely furnished
room with good board; bath; $50 per week
each l'-' "a ST. NV. feast
ROOM AND BOARD for two young men. 81
each. family affair. GS5 4th ST. ne fe24-2t
TWO bright. sunny rooms. good board. 1868
18th 81. NV. feZ3-3t
500 M-LarEe. bright front room: hot-wat-r
heat; twin beds; home table board: telephone
fe25-2t
DELIGHTFUL large room. southern er-
posurc. with breakfast. dinner, So; Cozy hall
room. g1l- Phone. 1916 81. nv fe23-2t
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DreSsmaking.

GRAND OPENING
% spring styles this week at NEW YORK
PATTERN PARLORS. l220 c. St Frcnc5
patterns cut to order fe1s-tf
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Found.

FOCND-LACEY' Ice Cream. special -ar
per gal. delivered Phone N S53 607 New
York ave. NV: large bricks PC feIS-tf
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FOR SALE-GOod quality opaque shades at
ted 20 your Willows, only soc; the best quail
ity oil opaque shades. soc, hung free. viii
call With samples kLEEBLATTS s. 18th aud
II SITS. ne. Phone East 25-R. ros6-tf
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TIE FRENCH say that Nothing is a foot
less stocking without a leg and that IS
about the onIy thing you cannot buy Or sell
through advertising
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PRo1IPT COLLECFIoEs,

immediate returns: unlimiteI references. Tel
eph0ne Tor our contract agent. n 1854 W
CLARENCE DCFALL. 81 Colorado Building.
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Situations Wanted
Female.


WANTED-Washlng 70 60 ct home. by re-
nable woman. 4oa Washington 81. NV. II
WANTED-By girl. place as general house
worker IN small family. 120Siz Wylie st.
II
WANTED-Light homework in small family.
Can AZ L St NV II
MISREPRESENTATION for recommended ser
wants. LINCOLN TEMPLE AGENCY 170I
18th St nv. Phone n. 1895. II
WANTED-By neat colored woman. wash
ing or day work 2l3l 9Th St NV II
WANTED-By hrst-class cOlored laundress.
washing 10 bring home. PIG 9Th 81 NV u
WANTED-By refined lady. position as
housekeeper for widower or bachelor best
OF references furnished. Address BOX 455
Times Office. fe2f-2t
VTANTED-By colored woman washing 10 do
at home. 6l1 Acker ST. ne. u
WANTED-By girl nearly IS years old. who
writes good and rapid hand. position as
copyist. Address BOX 49, Times office.
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REFINED WOMAN seeks genteei position In
private family references given. Address
BOX 43I. Times Office. fe22-st
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Floor Oil.

FIERE Is 10 NEED TO SCRI-B-I-sa
Hunters Dust Killing Floor OIL easily ap-
piled with mop; SIC gallon. drop postal
ll3 -Penusyl-auia ave NV fe2f-tf
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For Sale-T ypewriters.

MONARCH typewriter. nearly new. chean
for cash or on easy monthly payments Az
dress BOX 40. Times office fez2-st
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BURY,s PHARMACY. corner Monroe and
Jefferson Sta
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merry .oeuartlient; permanent position AM
ply a. MAYER BROS. * CO.. g37 j. 81. nv.
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Roller Skates.

FOR SAI-E-20o pairs roller skates. ball bear
ing. Spalding make, slightly used. ali sizes
ladies' and gentlemen s. at WILSON'S. TOEa
9Th ST NV. Open until 9 pm. fe22-gt
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WANTED-ENporicnCe salesIady 10 Jake
MAYER BROS O. co. sg7 = ST. NV. fe2f-7t
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Rug Weaving.

RUGS WOVEN out OF old carpets. Drol
postal $50 Sth NV, or phone 1925.
feI0-sa, Su. motif
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Wanted-ROoms.

WANTED - Two rooms. furnished. Hght
hgusekeeplng. Northwest. walking di-taue.
u Center Market. state terms EC1 Center
Market, MRS. RIDGWAY. fe1f-2t
WANTED-By gentleman. room in olfat
family and place 20 Keep "a small aut5rIr-
bile; state terms. Address BOX g32 Times
Office. fe.l-at
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Moving
Packing and Shipping.
LARGE AND HANDSOME PADDED VANS
81 LOAD
TWO-HORSE WAGON. g LOAD
COLI EETA TRAESFER COMPANY
"a Lth St n W se2s-te
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Cleaning and Dyeing.

FRENCH CLEANING AND DYEING. frst-
class work Uo6 18th 81. NV. Phone North
5SS5- feI4-30t
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a. -. POWELL. 4th and East Capitol sts.
4. DDNNE-L DRUG CO, Sth and Q sts
Al s. fEALN. NV. cor. nth and Pa. ave
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-13

harding the town and burning Il. ana
50 the Cyane got a chance to play
part in this little known chapter OF
American history. She may not have
been so proud OF this as OF some OF her
other exploits. but she redeemed her
self IN the Civil War. when she was on
hand to seize the privateer ]. NJ. Chap
man in the act of sailing out in the
service of the Confederacy.
A man named Harpending. from Ken
tucky, had obtained a letter OF marQue
from Jefferson Davis to prey on the
scommerce Of the United States. When
he came to San Francisco to execute his
purpose he became acquainted with
Captain Law. who pointed out the j. NJ
Chapman as a new and swift vessel.
They succeeded In interesting a capi-
taiist Greathouse.s who bought the
schooner. and Law was made captain.
Fifteen armed men were enlisted, and
quantities of. ammunition and arms
packed in cases marked oil and ma
chinery- 1t was the plan Of the con-
spirators to capture first one then the
other of the Panama Mail steamers.
After that the vessel was to engage in
lifting the wreck of the steamer Golden
Gate, the same treasure ship which is
even now engaging the attention of an
expedition recently sailed from San Fran
cisco. The steamer was to be seized
and the treasure looted. The schooner
was placarded for Manzanillo, near
which town the wreck Of the Golden
Gate is sunk.
The clever scheme went the way OF
other best laid plans, of mice and
men," thanks to the vigilance Of the
United States officers. Disturbing ru-
mors that the vessel was to be over
hauled had reached the promoters OF
the scheme, and they hastened to get
the vessel under sail early in the morn
ing, even leaving behind the captain,
who had not yet returned from a visit
on shore. But the Cyane was wide
awake and before the mainsail OF the
j. NJ Chapman was set two boats had
set out from the Cyane. The schooner
was quickly boarded and on her was
found a proclamation to the people OF
California to throw OF the yoke OF the
United States. as well as plan for the
capture of the forts at San Francisco.
particularly Alcatraz-
Such is the history of the Cyane. And
then, because she was only ship and
could not talk. and because there was
no Oliver Wendell Holmes TO talk for
her. she was sold to be burned for her
copper fasteninCs. Here again she
showed herself to be made of the right
stuff. even to her copper sheeting, for
she was the richest ship that has ever
been broken up on the Pacific Coast.
say the men that bought her. That is
something, anyway
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for residence 1t is now one OF the
swell residences OF old Tiburon,
In Calffoffsi a. CT ty a n fnber of well
known sAs liEP yessels were broken up
Ame4g tEeff was the Mars said TO be
the oldest 59h1Ter on this side Of the
Horn al Il e lime. Her. bPt tom ,ws s
unusually ieh IN copper, for he New
EDgfas1i " f4aIers are built to last.
ssttse noted ships were the aleil1Ilpll
ana The valley afs E, from both oi
which Mr. Bpndyow has 70.
From he Meflnofi he ayed a e amp lor-
wood daslk VI afcla Ire sti II p s. in usel
md from the Valley Forge s liver
service,
The revenue cut ter Sftpractls 8 =. az az
shough in a eria aud men sen tstp sal AZ
her to ca rlfia. Some u dea Of the
great value 81 the metal IN old ships
may be gained from the fact that II
could pay to bring one down from
Oregon, and to eNanioy such an army OIL
workers to break itsup, in ADDITION 10
giving "a big price for It, $780,
When cast Iron came into common
use, replacing copper for rastenlngs'
the .1ourishing days of the business s.
were over. The little villaEes ons ttie
beach was deserted, and theme Dor
hood was no. longer gIaddensd by the
bonfire, of ships, which had been one4of
the most spectacular events in their
lives.
1t would be interesting to follow
the history of the famous ships which
suffered migration on these shores
The Monadnocl Is. OF course, known to
fame as one Of the heavy, doubie-tur-
reted monitors which helped to win
the Civil War She was particularly
prominent in the reduction of Fort
Fisher. The Nyack and Tuscarora also
~k,<. ,or1f HI,c
Tuscarora was a heavy steam sloop of
war which was launched in Philadel-
phia in 1851 and issremarkable for hay
ing been built in the incrediblys short
time of fifty-eight days. Her keel was
still growing lin New jersey seventy
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sFfenktng pelpt ksi lse Biiio
had gone on beard IT iB iif 4 FIRE In
two or three places They
made rush for 5tie open ea5 T, pursued
by smoke and fame for the dry pine
stimbers burned Ike fc1 boxes Ils-
flames. chasing IKE silE arnlies
back and forth round and round tsHel<r z
ing an escs pes sYb3sn5es OF Y
smoke4aroured sout OF the sfla esg
tongues of flame licked III e ed geg Tfien
suddenly tho ship WAS one blaze from
the water s. edge. ~ zaisoye the sheet
of flame wsfthed and cllf1ed and iai sHed
the serpent s OF IRE that seemed TO ouch
the very sky. Tie cdunf fy for miles
around was as 1iEllt ss day while
against the blact OF the vi ter The
blaze was multi hi led hT reflection In
the nearer riprses
And so the old ship died III q biaz a
OF glory. game TO the las L "a nd even In
her death made q holIdsg for the ~ hole
bayside
q when the fra had l6ne its work the
ships bottom was kowed on the beach,
and there IS even now a mast ITO be
seen almost buried 50 Che and which
was used 10 secure the heavy pllrchases
that aid the work. Tie reniaiiIs Of the
hull were Chopped into pieces and
illirHsd to get the copper out Copper
fastenings were used entirely ia those
days. and the warships Were always
strengthened by copper bolts fuilSs
foprteen feet long and. two inches
thick = {. -
Before setting FIRE to them. the slifiss
were. stripped Of their. ricils fslrnisilsugs.'
Doors and panels from the 3filars still
linger In the old houses of huron. and
'if one could canvass 4aong the old
timers of the little place naagly articles
OF furniture- from the old shops would
no doubt come to light
The most palatlaf of all the ships
broken UP was tflessJohn l.. Stephens.
often called Ben Holidays yacht, be-
cause the owner was said TO sIlave fitted
her out for his personal suse. The wal
nut bed and rich upholstered fur
niture Of the owners private .stateroom.
were used by, the Boudrows' to furnish
their little cabin onathe beach, where
they lived while experimenting the
work. sts - <ss-s
For a long time, the workmen lived
in the Narragansett, which was fitted
out for their comfort and hauled up
on the beach, where Harry p. Herseyss
house now stands Mr.. Hersey was one
Of the men employed IN the breaking
up of the ships. Close to his house is
a shanty, now, forming apart of another.
house, which is all that is left of the
dwellings Of the squad OF workers.
The lastvessef which was only partly
broken up at Tiburon was the mail
steamer China. It's large and elegant
cabin was lifted off sthe deck and esold
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ZRE Nsz ags


she is neyeEth heless bonna IN with
every important eslt n the history of
California She came ~ til tsonllsludore
= onas Ap3 cate Shy f1es AROUND the
Horn and WAS al one time his f7agSlliD.
She was then called a sgoop or
sSosepn warren Revere, tho grandson
ef Paul Revere who was So to- rs fse
the Dag at SonoIila ana whose boplss
form an impprtant part IN the earfS
history of California, came out as q
lieutenant on the 6.yatie
She assisted at the raising Of the
A AIiterlcan flag BY TheFnas Ap Catesby
= zones at Aaofterey IN tS42 and went
down the next day as too previous. .,
IN Is 4s she helped q develop trouble
between he Americana and the Mexf5
cans Under Captain StffbfinE She SptIt
into SauSaai to 70 be- reiifted some sal q
0rs and a mulatto cook ran away and
5 did net tsret Urn III time tor the sailing Of
the ship Captain StfibfifIr was ,s,tn-
able 10 wait tor Al. 81 estsd
Con- land ant Eat1eio to send them
on hoard ti1e mex ( suarsi.fD sTht,5 mn
alto enok had taken refuge at 9be
camp Of Eze kiel Mefrff and Vallejo
sent his brother Salxasors to bring him:
back Saiwador ex eeuted his commits
81 = cn.spE %ankQnty Killing the mulatto.
] IN MERITS camp. and upon Merrit,s3
sprotesting g vigorously he abused him
and struck him with a ramrods MerfSif.
vowed that when he got q aarce to.
strike back he would strike ma rd How
ne Kept his promiSeats part OF the his
tory of California.
The, Cyane was yet to parffeipate in
another raising OF the aag at Nor erev.
When Commander Sloat eHnae out to
take .possessionSpf <5alf ffoffisa he found
the Cyane and he old erony. the Ie-s
va lying at sMonteFey So for the
second time the cyane saIuteds the
American flag over Monterey and fred
her salute 20 the stars and stripes when
they flew aloft. Shortly afterwardi the
pathfinder" Fremont was sent in the
Cyane with the California battalion to.
take possession of San Diego.
Her next exploit was when Com
Inander Dupont took her up the Gulf
of California to Guaymas. where he
succeeded in capturing a Mexican brig.
Then she was sent little later to
the coast Of Mexico to blockade Mazat-
Ian and acquitted herself well as usual.
All through the history of the coast
it seems that wherever there was
trouble there was the Cyane. In 1854,
when American interests We're to be
protected in San Juan del Norte, 1t was
the Cyane which was. dispatched under
Commander Hollfns to look into mat
tiers. He looked into them by bonn
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scrlptson stating hhst ,it was n1Rde
from the brass bearings OF, the monitor
Afonadnock. together withsthe cap ptnlnss
name and the date on witch the vessel
was broken up. %
The big double-turreted nonitor was
a tough customer. The condemned
ships We're al taken first 70 Hnnfers
Point, WHARF the machinery was tax
out OF them TO be broken up for scrap
iron. Then the hullE were towed to
TibHroD and burned there. But the
Monadnock, being made entirely of iron
plates, had TO be picked ito pieces bit
by bit. She bore the marks fof cannon
balls that had penetrated and shattered
three Of tsthe nine one-inch armor
plates -ofMwhich sheiswas made. leav
ing the other six intact. The plates
were fitted solidly one tosthe other, and
the attempt was made TO force them
slightlpsapart so that il should be pos
Eibie 70 get powder in between and
blow them apart, but this was found
impractlcsble. The iron in the immedi-
ate vicinity Of the powder would have
been shattered, leaving the rest of the
plates intact, and IL became necessary.
to take the rivets out one by one in.
order to separate the plates, which
were then broken UP in marketable
lengths OF not more than four feet,
Foundries were not so large in those
All the other vessels destroyed were
OF wood, and the burning OF them was
gala day In the nelgaborhood. The
company had rented the beach In
Tiburon Cove from Mr.. KersAaw. who
claimed that as wen as what WAS
known as Kershaw's Island, now Belve-.
dere. This was in the days when Thu
ron was not. except as a cove sur
rounded by dark green wooded hills, a
stretch of marsh all red and yellow
in the sunlight. and a sandy beach
Tapped by the bright, blue waters.
Made a Glorious Blaze
When a ship was to be burned word
was sent to the nesghborhood; and,
even IL the message should have been
forgotten, the first red flame reflected
IN the sky was the signal for people
10 sally forth. There were no ferries
or railroads TO bring spectators from
sfar. but from the surrounding ranches
they came on foot and on horseback,
gathering on the hills TO see the blaze.
From Sausalito they. came in yachts
and rowboats, covering ithe bay like a
flock Of seagulls.
The ship was towed as near as pos.
sibie to the beach. Sometimes. in the
case OF the largest. ships. 1t was neces-
sary first to direst them Of the cabins
or upper deck in order TO get them
into the cove. When darkness. had set
tied over land and water, when the hull
loomed black and shadowy in the night,
while the husheo expectancy of the
spectators had almost reached the
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The Historic cyane

4
time ON the occasion Of her launching
The Historic Cyane !.
The palm must, however, be given to
the old Crane. There were loud pro-
tests froni men well versed in naval
by Government which is not in gem
eial SO econoniicat IT was said that
She oiaEii to have Sen preserved as
sa rel 10 instead OF being sold for a few
thousands to be made into junk. Pro-
tests avai1ed nothing: however, and the
men svho bought her were well salts
fed. Tor she was the richest, as she was
certainly the Oldest, ship they eyer
handled. The copper sheeting IN the
bottom was, as good as ever.
The Cyane began her American Ca
reer in the war of 1872, when she Was
captured by the. frigate Constitution.
It was near the end of the, war; in
fact, the. war was already over, though
the Constitution did not know it. She
was shifting the air, looking for some
thing to attack and thereby prove that
she was not so old as men thought she
was.
Then "a rift in. TIL mist, showed up 3
The stout Cyane close hauled"
The Cyane was at that time known
as a .donkey- frigate. Later in life she
showed an adventurous disposition and
a tendency to seek fame in solitary.
exploits. but on this occasion she found
it advisable to scurry off and join her
companion, the sloop of war Levant.
A lively chase ensued. In the end both
British ships were captured and
brought into New York, but the Con-
stitution lost her wind and very nearly
broke her old bones in the effort. This
was her last battle. Certainly no ship
need be ashamed Of being captured by
such an adversary. st
The Cyane first saw Californian
waters in 1912. Though not so famous
as the Portsmouth, whose name has
been perpetuated in Portsmouth Square,
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The Union Services.

The Union meeting has been
progressing since our last issue
with an increased attendance
each day. Great interest has
been manifested in the services
and the business men closed their
doors from 10 to IL O'Clock every
morning to give their employees
an opportunity to attend.
Rev. W. BJHolmes has preach
ed some eloquent sermons during
his work here and the high APP
probation of his labors have been
attested by the overlooking con-
gregations who are eager to hear
him.
The singer, Mr.. B. F. Butts
has won all hearts by his magni-
/ fieent voice and sympathetic rem
dering of the songs dear to al
christians.
/ The meeting viii close tonight
to the regret of everyone who ha
had the pleasure and benefit o
( these services.
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Notice.

For SALE-A desirable cottage
with three acres of land in Soutl
Oxford. Apply to
j. III. K8nIoNs.
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Aitns Newe.

The health OF this community
is good at present.
Rev. J. K. Taylor filed his regu
lar appointment here Sunday and
preached an excellent sermon.
His subject was Truth. He
made q very beautiful talk on that
subject and received one addition
to the church.
Mr.. J. d. Wootel has moved
his saw mill from Lafayette
Springs into this neighhorhood,
and will be ready in about two
weeks to begin saving.
Messrs. Foust & Smith have
moved their saw mill from here
down the creek about three miles
on Mr.. Roebuck's farm.
Mr. Willie Purvis, who has beer
attending the graded school il
lOxford, spont Saturday and Suz
lday with his pareats here.
! Misses Vetta and Douie Tub5
( spent Friday in Oxford shopping
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-24

Shoes, Shoes, Shoes for Men
Women and Children and price.
right, at
The OXFORD DRY GOODS Co.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-24

Rev. and Mrs. c. ID. Brown en-
tertained the young people ot the
Episcopal Church very delight
gully Friday afternoon at the
Rec-9ry.