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Oxford eagle., 1907-01-17
unclaimed Letters.

List OF unclaimed mail matter loft
In the Oxford, Miss, Post Office tor
the week ending Satu rday, Jan. 18th: |:
l Avent, Mrs. Virginia.
. Clarke, &. w.
5 billiard, Sam.
4 Fooshee, Tommlo.
rurtham, L.
Q Garrett, Lieuserda.
: Harper, T. w.
s Jackson, Joe.
. Jacssou, !. ".
10 Johnson, Miss Honretta.
IL Jones. +. a.
Il Moody, Ben.
10 McCOilough, Nelson.
II heid, d. l., %
Is Temple, Miss sue.
10 Williams, Mrs. Stella
L Wilson, Hiss Lula.
Is Wilson. Mics Mac Pearl.
u Wililngham. \. p.
y ben calling for the above please
give 10. of ietter and date, advertised
s. VI. llowKY, p. NJ.
Oxford eagle., 1907-01-17

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Oxford eagle., 1907-01-17
'rreasurer's 8 Report.

The quarterly report Of i. l. Stoph-
ems, County Freasu-er, was FecleYed
and sppro",' ald uc was allowed
his us-ai ass' i-s.on8. Ine report IS
40 folio SC:
Inl.lfnnn srnnnl Isnnd-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10
STORIES OF SUNSET" COX.
Witty Resolution offered During IL
Debate on the Tariff.

Witty Resolution offered During II
Debate on the Tariff.
Cox was an uncompromising free
trader and one of the most interesting
figures in Congress. A graduate Of
Brown, he had first taken part in pub
lie life as the editor of the Statesman
of Columbus, Ohio. Here at the very
start he earned his sobriquet Of Sun
set Cox" by an editorial, which went
all over the country, "a Great Old
Sunset" it was called. It opened,
What a stormful sunset was that Of
last night! How glorious the storm
and how splendid the setting Of the
sun"
His popularity sent him to Congress
in 1857. In 1866 he removed to New
York City, which at once sent him
back to Congress as one of its repre-
sentatives. The spirit and wit Cox
could inf1se into a tariff debate a
only be understood by reading the
Congressional Record. Perhaps his
most successful sally at his opponents
in this Congress was his resolutions
against free sunshine-made when
there was a fight on against lowering
the duty On coal:
Resolved, That all windows, sky
lights, inside and outside shutters, cur
tains and blinds shall be permanently
closed, as also all openings, holes,
chinks, clefts and assures through
which the light and heat Of the sun
have been allowed to enter houses to
the prejudice and injury Of meritori-
GUS miners and dealers in gas coal to
protect domestic industry"
"For the sun is a foreigner" explain
ed Mr.. Cox. "He m from abroad
and we must shut out the light of the
sun in order to crafty these Pennsyl-
vanian gentlemen who nave a monop-
oily of this article of coal."-Ida NJ.
TarbeIl In American Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10
HI WAS NOT AT 0 NJ

NSSN~No
The extreme distaste Of the modest
Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier,
for foolish hero worship, and the skill
which he attained in politely eluding
too enthusiastic admirers, have been
exemplified in many anecdotes. Even
now, however, new ones occasionally
come to light. One such recently re-
lated tells how two women, Of the type
at once sentimentally gushing and over
confident Of their own Importance, Wis
tied Amesbury to seek the poet in his
home.
They went astray In their search
for his house, and hustled into a small
general store to be redirected. The
clerk, smiling a little queerly, inform
ed them that the Whittier house al
neal by-but a few steps round the
corner.
One of the women, a big, forid, over
dressed being with languishing eyes,
caught the smile, and clasped her
hands with a rapt air.
"Oh, don't you think he'll see us?"
she demanded. "He simply must!
We've heard he doesn't like to, but lie
must; we won't go away till he does.
We've thought up ever S 10 many things
we want to ask him."
The clerk, still smiling, glanced cas-
ually toward a quiet man In a shadowy
corner, sitting on a barrel, surrounded
by a group Of other ~leisurely custom
ers. They had all been talking politics
together, village-fashion, when the
strangers came in.
Think he will?" said the clerk.
WELL" replied the man on the bar
rel, hesitatingly, thee knows G%reenleaf
doe not find it easy to refuse a 7edy.
/ think perhaps he will-if he {. at
home"
The women hustled away again, ex-
cited and expectant, and Il chuckle
went round among the laughing men.
The man on the barrel, with a trace of
apology In bis tones, rose from his
perch to go.
"They will not waste Ave minutes"
he murmured, "it is such a little way.
Besides, thee knows very we'll that ex-
ercise is a good thing for stout ladies'"
That's so, Mr.. Whittier" assented
the clerk.-Youth's Companion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10
SCHOOL GARDENS A SUCCESS.
Philadelphia Has 1900 Little
..EFarmers.. at "s-a IN Them.

Philadelphia Has 1880 Little
~..F'armers' at Wsr!S IN Them.
The coming of pleasant weather has
put 1900 Philadelphia children into the
school, gardens working with rake and
hoe to help nature do her part in the
production of crops. Among Philadel-
phia's educational activities it's municipal
school gardens are unique. No other city
has worked out the problem of supple
menting school room work with nature
study so successfully or to such an extent.
The ten gardens conducted in different
parts of the city by the Board of Edu-
cation for public school children are CO.
sidered of such economic and civic i'm
portance that the board this year closed
it's summer schools in order to devote
more time and money to maintenance of
the gardens, and the encouragement of
outdoor exercise in the Fairgrounds con
nected with them,
Scientific gardening is taught in these
outdoor schools. Punctuality is insisted
on. The garden of the sluggard is taken
away and put in charge of an embryo
farmer who keeps down the weeds and
pays the price of eternal vigilance for
his crops.
Each chlld VINO gets a plot must
register. He or she is required to keep
a record card noting the day of planting
and the results, so that at the end OF the
season the principals can ascertain how
productive the garden has been. Each
one knows how many cabbage, bundles OF
beets, heads of lettuce, spinach, tomatoes
and turnips have been grown in each
truck patch.
The garden teachers position is no
sinecure. She has to be an expert farm
er as well as good disciplinarian. She
has to combine work and play methods
and must be able to manage a hand plow
as well as an obstreperous child She
must handle her rake and hoe with equal
dexterity, be able to lay off and dig
paths, discern plant diseases, know how
to exterminate pests and be an all-around
handy man" as well as a good teacher,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10
A Hishwaymnn's Contempt.

Lancia, the Italian automobiles, was
asked by a reporter if he did not think
motor racing too dangerous.
"Dangerous--yes," M. Lucia replied.
Too dangerous-no. For nothing that
benefits mankind-and automobiles
benft mankind inexpressibly-is too
dangerous for q man to undertake. 1
am like a highwayman who held up a
gasoline runabout on the outskirts Of
Rome.
This highwayman stopped the run
about with a shot in the air. Then he
ran forth from the tomb that had con-
cealed hiIn-the hold-up happened on
the Appian way-aId found, to his sur.
prise, only q woman in the little car.
Where, madam, Is your husband?'
he demanded, sternly and suspiciously.
tiles under the seat she answered,
flushing.
""Then,' said the highwayman, I
won't take anything. It's bad enough
to have a husband like that without
being robbed in the bargain"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10

t429-Siege of Orleans relieved.
l547-Charles v. defeated the Protest
ants at Muhlberg.
Observation-Disclosures defeated Mansfield at
Dessau.
fs2o-Peace treaty signed at Susa, end
ing war between France and Eng
land.
lee2-Connecticut's famous charter
granted,
i665-Great plague of London began.
lT04-First issue of the Boston News
Letter, first American newspaper.
l7O1-French and Spanish defeated the
English, Dutch and Portuguese
forces at the battle of Almanac,
Spain.
i716-British Parliament passed the
Septennial act.
l763-Wilkes committed to the Tower Of
London.
1192-Pelletier, a highway robber, first
execute by the guillotine.
!S49-Political riots in Toronto and
Montreal over the rebellion losses
bill.
1s51-Postage stamps first issued in
Canada.
1S54-Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria, married to Princess Elizabeth
of Bavaria.
!s62-Confederate forces withdrew from
New Orleans. ?
1S7-War began between Russia and
Turkey.
lS79-Prince Alexander Joseph of Bat
tenberg elected Prince of Bulgaria.
1SS4-Fire destroyed the great mercan-
tile establishment of Messrs. White
ley in London.
1SS9-New York City began a three days
celebration of the centennial of
President Washington's Inauguration.
1S91-Dr. Talmage's new tabernacle in
Brooklyn formally opened.
lS92-Hurricane at Mauritius destroyed
1000 lives.
1S94-Coxey's army arrived at Washing
ton, D. g.. Earthquake near Athens,
Greece; 227 lives lost.
lS95-Russian, German and French gov
rnment protested against the ac-
QUESTION of Chinese territory by
Japan. The Alliance affair with
Spain settled by the latter giving
ample satisfaction.
lS97-Princess Victoria, daughter of the
Prince and Princess of Wales, born
LOG of the May1ower transfer
red from British possession to the
American ambassador at London.
lS99-Miners' riots at Occur d'Alene,
Idaho.
19OO-United States Senate denied adj
mission to Matthew Quay, who had
been appointed by the Governor Of
Pennsylvania. 80. Hull and a part Of
Ottawa, Canada, destroyed by fire.
I9O1-President Mckinley received the
Cuban commissioners.
19O3-Andrew Carnegie donated 100000
to Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.
1904-Labor party came into power in
Australia.
19O6-Tnternational exhibition opened at
Milan, Italy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10
DEVICE FOR FIRE RESCUE.
Ingenious Apparatus Invented by n
Resident Of Eadcn-Haden.

Ingenious Apparatus luycnteo "
Resident of Decentralization.
The Department of State has been
furnished with Il description of an In
g~cnious device for the removal of per-
son and property from burning build
ings. 1t was sent by United States Con-
sui Britain of kehl. 1t is sale a model
OF this profitable fire escape invented
by Wilhelm Lampe of Baden-Baden
will soon be brought to this country
and may be exhibited in Washington.
The apparatus is built on a wagon
or trucks. 1t is provided with a num-
Der OF e~xtendable platforms which can
be set according to the heights OF the
floors Of the building from which the
people ara to be rescued. 1t is also
supplied with q double arrangement of
ladders and with the necessary number
of rallied safety bridges which can be
let down and put together, These are
TO assist in the rescue work and in re-
moving furniture from burning build
ings. The entire fire escape with APP
pliances may be placed in service in "A
few minutes. 1t can also be used in
making military observations and for
searchlights.
A framework of lazy-tongs is con-
structed in such n manner that the eX-
ternal places of injunction Of every
second pair of legs are adjusted to serve
as supporters for the platform. These
platforms can be put up at the various
heights of the floors of a burning
building and q gangway is hinged to
each platform. By the aid Of these
gangways persons are enabled to pass
from the windows of a burning building
to the main platform and then descend
by the aid of a rope ladder.
When in operation the gangways may
be let down collectively by a single
movement so as to stand out horizon
tally, with their outer edges or ends
laid upon the window lodges of the
different floors of a building. The en-
tire framework of the portable tower
or fire escape may be folded up and
placed in a comparatively small space.
When the tower has been adjusted
ready for use it is kept in position by
a system Of rod made Of tubing II
attached to the framework in a manner
which makes the tower very substan-
tial.-Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10
ro promote church Harmony.

The perplexing question of securing
harmony and cooperation between Catho-
lies and Protestants was recently ols-
cussed in a public address BY Prof. Adolf
Harnack Of Berlin. A better understand
ing, or modus vivendi, he thinks, is not
to be brought about by Catholics becom-
ing P~rotestants, or vice versa, a hope that
even the dreamer cannot entertain. He
would, however, attain the desired end by
az having religion and the church aD-
~solutely divorced from politics; % let
the State do full justice without prefer
ence or interference with the INTERNAL
affairs of the churches (3) let all IN
necessary controversies bttween the Lead
crs of the different churches be avoided.
and let all past sins and controversies b
buried; az let the leaders Of both
churches try to understand each other
and appreciate the good things in the OBJ
posing church, and to this end he would
have the theologians of each branch at
tend the lectures in the church.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10
GATES QUITS MARKET.
rfca's Most Spectacular PfunHe1
RctireS from Wall street.

m crfca's Most Spectacular
Rctires from Wall Street.
John w. Gates, Americas most spec
financial plunger, has resolved
to plunge no more. He has gone out
of business. Wall street says John W..
Gates is down and out" that he has
lost his nerve" and is fleeing from the
of his disaster. Gates says he
hasn't time to discuss funny dreams
His son, Charley" says that the head
of the house is just going to France for
a year or so for a good time, and that
he will return. A Chicago partner de-
ciares that all the broke stories are
plain rot - that the old man got
cold feet and quit when the stack in
front Of him was high eno~ugh'--using
the vernacular that Mr.. Gates uses
when he used to bet a Million
There is one fact in the conflicting
reports concerning the multi-millionaire
SPECTATOR. He has quit business. Wall
street knows that fact, for the FORMAL
notice of the dissolution of the firm OF
Charles G. Gates 4 Co. was given out
Admittedly also the Gates, father and
son, are going abroad for a year. wal
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10
CHICAGO.

Spring activity exhibits proportions
hitherto not exceeded in production, trans
portation of products and new demands.
The leading industries maintain their I'M
precedented outputs and improving money
conditions are a favorable factor in the
outlook.
Mercantile collections throughout the
West remain remarkably prompt and,
despite the dearness of discounts which
has prevailed, trading defaults still com
pare quite favorably with those Of a
year ago. Retail trade here and in the
country is steady, but requires rising tenn
perature to stimulate the movement Of
seasonable goods. Wholesale dealings in
staple merchandise reflect confident buy
ing for fall shipment, the c~onsignments
making a gratifying aggregate IN textiles.
boots and shoes, clothing and food pro
ducts.
Bank clearings, $3.50, 42s, 1853, exceed
those of corresponding week in o by
IA per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 10, against II last week and
90 a year ago.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10
LIVING COST is HIGHER.
Government Report Says wholesale
Prices Are Advancing.

Government Report Says wholesale
Prices Are Advancing.
The bureau of labor has taken an
other look into the cost OF living ana
it finds it is still increasing. Its latest
examination had to do with wholesale
prices only. 1t is now making a study
of retail prices. The bulletin just is
sued shows that wholesale prices, con-
sidering 25S commodities as a whole,
reached a higher level In 1906 than Mt
any other time during the seventeen
year period covered. The average for
the year 1906 was SO per cent III
than for 1905, 3G.5 per cent higher
than for 1897, the year Of lowest prices
during the seventeen-year period. and
22.4 per cent higher than the average
for the ten years from 1880 to 1899.
Prices reached their highest point
during the seventeen-year period in
December, 1906, the average for that
month being Al per cent higher than
the average for the year 1906, and 6.3
per cent higher than the average for
December, 1905.
The average price for 1906 of farm
products, taken as a whole, differs but
little from that of 1905, a decrease OF
only one-half of l per cent being shown.
Food as a whole increased SO per cent
in average price for 1906, as compared
with 1905. The principal articles show
ing an increase were cheese, fish, fruit,
hog products, milk, rice and vegetables.
No change took place in the price of
bread. A slight decrease in the whole
sale cost of coffee, eggs, wheat, flour,
corn meal, beef, sugar and tea is
shown.
OF the s~eventy-five articles included
under clothes and clothing, sixty-six
showed an increase in price, five show
ed no change, and only four showed a
decrease. In the group, as a whole
there was an average increase Of 7.a
per ent in price. In fuel and lighting
as a group, there was an increase il
price of 5 per cent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10
The Real Rooter.
A. n Little Child.

Bellevue hospital, New York City, has
a most Interesting patient in the person
of Timothy Kane, whose trouble began
three years ago., when a blow on the head
produced a lesion of the brain. Since
that time he has suffered intensely from
epilepsy, paralysis, motor aphasia and loss
of speech, with progressive impairment
of the intellectual perceptions. Several
delicate and unusual operations were per-
formed, consisting of a retnoval of sec
lions of the skull inc portions of the
brain. He is now on the road to recov-
cry, but while retaining some knowledge
of things has absolutely lost the power
to transmute his power into words, and
the educative process has commenced pre-
cisely the same as with a child, the train
ing being similar to that employed in a
kindergarten, with alphabetical blocks,
picture books, etc.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10
IEE MAE2[&ERS
aSssSNAaAR&R@
"@~s @0Ge

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $6.4O; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 79c to SOC; corn,
No. 2, 4Sc to SOC OATS standard, 400 to
47c; rye, No. 2, zoe to Tic; hay, timo-
thy, $500 to $1,000; prairie, 5000 to
S14.OO; butter, choice creamery, 23c to
Csc; eggs, fresh, lac to 16c; potatoes,
45c to &c.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $6.15; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
$6.7O; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to
S5.75; wheat, No. 2, roc to Soc; corn,
No. 2 white, 49c to sic; oats, No. 2
white, 43c to 44c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $685.; sheep, $500 to
1925; wheat, No. 2, Soc to Sic; corn,
No. 2, Acc to SOC; oats, No 2, 4Oc to
-42c; rye, No. 2, &c to Csc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $685.;
hogs, $500 to $685.; sheep, $500 to
5000; wheat, No. ?, soc to Sic; corn,
No. 2 mixed, sic to SIC; oats, No. 2
mixed, 43c to 44c; rye, No. 2, 73c to 75c.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
s4.OO to $6.75; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, soc to SIC; corn, No. 3
yellow, SOC to SIC; oats. No. 3 white,
44c to 45c; rye, No. 2, re to 74c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
Sic to Sac; corn, No. 3, 47c to 49c;
oats, standard, 42c to 44c: rye, No. 1,
Tic to 73c; barley, standard, 73c to 75c;
pork, mess, $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$3.50 to $500; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $50.
New York-Cattle, $500 to SG.O5;
hogs, $4.OO to $7.2O; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No 2 red, sec to SSc;
corn. No. 2, SOC to SIC; oats, natural
white, 4Sc to 49c; butter, creamery, 24c
to 27c; eggs, western, 15c to Tic.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, roc to
Sic; corn, No. 2 mixed, 49c to SOC:
bats, No. 2 mixed, 44c to 45c; rye, No.
2, CSC to 69c; clover seed, prime, $685..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-10
(3@Ssesg{s2g: -,
The. News

Prosperity seems to be moulting a few
feathers.
1t will cost you 33 per cent more now
to telegraph your baby
All the railroads are ready to adopt
the legislative block system.
They are building San Francisco this
time with the graft attachments removed.
japan has launched the biggest battle
ship in the world, but it doesn't interest
Russia.
The season of severe mortality among
Office boys grandmothers has once more
set in.
The human mind is ~singularly addicted
to the diversion afforded the world b.
baseball.
Silent" Smith didn't have to talk. His
$4,000, 600 of money talked enough for
any man.
The .early settlers are the people who
pay for their rooms in advance down at
Jamestown.
They say Paris eats 10000 horses .
year. No wonder there are SO many
horseless carriages there.
There hasn't been a rainstorm in Cubs
for six months. No wonder Cuban pat
riotism is drying up.
In South America they have discovered
a tree that gives milk. Maybe 1t was
Just a good old wooden pump.
The Tilted girl in Wyoming who hasn't
spoken to a man for 81 years ought -
be encouraged to keep it up.
II the price Of groceries would only g
down like the price Of stocks, the house
holder would long for a panic.
Since the free pass was amputated. The
average Legislatures have not been blind
to the faults OF the railroads.
Why should Anna Gould CastellAne
nav $4,000 for . divorce in Paris wAeA
she can get one just as good IN Chicago
for S2,97?
This thing Of burning ashes after .
treatment with salt 10 likely to b tahen
by most people with a grain q two =
that article.
It cost the former Countess dea(Asesa-
lane $4,000 to get rid Of Boni, which
shows that bargains are never the cheap
est in the end.
A North Carolina clergyman ASSERTS
that st. Patrick was q Presbyterian. Ana
| that just as the pence movement WIS GET
| ting along 30 well.