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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
Poor Place for Fortune-Hunters

first rank. says the Washington Star
They are quick TO learn whether or
not foreigners who pose as mobiles
really belong" and are quicker to
act when they ind mere commoners
aspiring to titles.
When the society columns announce
that Sir Henry Pierce-Brown-Jones of
Sirleigh Commons. Brentshire in the
Woods. Hartley. is circulating about
Washington society he is promptly in
vestigated in that quiet way in which
the foreign embassies work. and With
In few hours his status Is known
II Pierce-Brown-Jones has been gently
whispering that he hopes to make
moneycd alliance with q view To re
building the faded giories Of the old
manor house at Hartley in q way at
ted to his noble ancestors and cant
deliver the goods In the matter Of
lineage. every matron In Washington
Is given enough information about
him by the English embassy to earn
for him icy stares on his next approach
It's the same way with all the false
"hyphenated- crowd. whether their
pretenses are great OF small And the
chevaiiers. barors and whatnots Of
other nations get the same sort Of
treatment from the embassies OF the
country in which they claim noble or
royal birth.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30

Based on the Apocryphal Book Of
I Maccabees Chapters and 10.
OF the MsccabRssn war which regards u
only as civil and not as a religious con
nict. Is eSrentially one-sided. IL there
were no other evidence than the Hook Of
Daniel. that alone would show how deep
ly the noblest hopes Of the theosracy
were conferred in the success of the
movement. when the feeling Of the ma
ton was thus again turned with frcsh
power TO itr ancient faith. we might ex
pect that there would be now creative
epoch in the national literature. or. ~
the form OF Hebrew composition was al
ready nxed by sacred types. a prophet
cr psaimist would express the thoughts
cf the new age after the models og old
time. Yet In part at least the leaders Of
the Msccahaean times felt that they were
separated by q real chasm from the
times OF the kingdom or Of the exile. II
they looked for prophet In the future,
they acknowledged that the spirit Of
prophecy was not among them The vol
ume OF the prophetic writings was com
plete. and. as far as appears. no one ven
turned 20 initiate its contents But the
Hagiographa. though they were already
long fixed Rs a definite collection. were
not equally far removed from imitation
The apocalyptic visions OF Daniel served
as a pattern for the visions incorporated
In the Book Of Enoch. and IL has been
commonly supposed that the Psalter con-
tains compositions Of the Maccahaean
date This supposition. however Is quite
at variance with the best evidence which
can be obtained on the history OF the
Canon.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
COOK WILL SUE PEARY
sLANDER ONE CHARGE, TAX
mo OF STORES ANOTHER.
Psary's Charge That Cook "Gols
Bricksd' People L. Basis Of
SANDER Proceedings.

New Nork-frederick A. Cook. die
eoverer Of the north pole, is preparing
to bring suit against Peary for slander
and the misapPropriation OF DR.. Cooks
stores at Etah. This action Is being ar.
ranged IA view Of the reports that Peary
has PLACED his case .gainst Dr. Cook
in the hands of lawyer.
Because OF the attitude Of the two ex.
piorers, il appears to many OF their
friends that he courts and not the scien-
tifice societies may decide who discovered
the pole
Dr. Geek refused To discuss impending
legal proceedings lie did not deny that
proceedings would be brought, but he
left the talking to his secretary, who
said;
DIR. Cook has been in consultation
with Nj. Bradley. the financial hacker
of his expedition. They are perfectly
willing to meet any attack made by
Mr.. Peary. but ! am not free to say
whether or not such an attack will be
forestalled by legal proceedings."
win he charge that Peary took his
stores and furs and sold them"
There are affidavits bearing on thes.
points
"will the proceedings be brought by
Dr.. Cook or by Mr.. Bradley"
Il should say that Dr. Cook will take
cllaTge 4 his own Affairs"
From another soarce IL Aas learned
that Dr. Cook y preparing to charge
Peary with slau,ler IN saying that he
had gwen the public gold brick in
saying that he had found the pole. and
that two other charges would be- mad.
in connection with the alleged seikure of
gnakfs sfor.s
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
PRESIDENT AS A PREACHER
"A Soft Answer Turneth Away
Wrath" L. His Text.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-Ia the pulpit
Of the famous Mormon tabernacle in
this city, where four years ago Theodore
Roosevelt, then president. preached a
long sermon on right living and the
duties of good citizenship. President Taft
faced an audience which he said inspired
him to try to follow in the footsteps
Of his predecessor and deliver preach
ment.
Mr.. Taft did preach a sermon-text
and all. The immense audience in the
hagdraped ediiice, the splendid musical
programme Of operatie and patriotic Sc
lections, the enthusiastic cheering A.
President Taft appeared and the quick
response of the audience to points which
he endeavored to impress upon his hear
srs, inspired him, the president declared.
with higher thoughts Of country and
patriotism.
The presidents sermon was an appeal
for amity between the people-for at
tributing the best rather than the worst
motives To the action of others when
possible to do so and not to haFbor
hatred or animosity.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
RAISlh WINE IS TAXABLE
Cannot Be Compounded Except at
Regularly Authorized Distillsry.

Wsshington.-Raisin wine is taxable,
according to a decision rendered by Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Cabell.
All internal revenue agents have been
advised that what i known as -eir-
eular 73l,' dated November II, 1908,
prohibiting reetiiers from making so
called wine mash and the product there
of in compound liquors, is approved and
that further suspensions Of that order
are refused.
The fight has been on for the past five
years and the question raised was
whether such mash could he fermented
on the premises of a reetifier and the
product of such fermentation used in
connection with spirits, wines, liquors OF
other articles in the preparation or man
ufacture of compound liquors.
The law provides that no mash. wort
or wash. fit for distillation or for the
production Of spirits or alcohol, should
be made or fermented anywhere eX-
eept at a regularly authorized distil-
lery.
The penalty is from $500 To $1,000
fine and from six months to two years
Imprisonment for each offense.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
Persian Minister an Accomplished Host

ladies in the land. His Friday after.
from 1.500 to 5000 years old. The
scred idols of Persia are represented
In bronze and silver in his gorgeously
furnished apartments.
He invariably uses orchids in vase
Of cut glass as centerpiece on tbs
table OF his dining room. The cloth 10
or orsntal weave. and the plate Is
usually of gold. fnnumerable other
tables set with dainty dishes of deli.
clous and delicate cakes. bonbons and
fruits stand about the room tempting.
ly in front Of luxurious couches and
coy corners.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
ROUND THE CAPITAL
Roosevelt May Complete Work on Canal
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and There In Wsshinttou.

when he made his famous statement
on the night of election. 1904 Now
the question is. what viii he do after
he leaves the White House7
while I have not discussed the
question with the president, I feel that
the one great work for him to do
after leaving the White House. IL to
complete the construction OF the Pan.
anna canal Ee Ia Just the man to
carry this great undertaking to a sue.
cessful conclusion. II would link his
name with this great waterway and
preserve II for all time to come.
President Roosevelt has the ener.
ey. the force. the determination and
the ability to push the work to q
speedy completion. I do not know
that the president would undertake
this task. II requested. but I am salts
fed that his selection and acceptance
OF the appointment would give general
satisfaction"
II would seem that the senator, IN
view OF the recent publication. had .
"hunch." as II would strike one as .
coincidence that the name Of former
President Roosevelt should at this
time be brought into the limelight as
the one man to take charge Of the
work OF building the Panama canal.
with which he had 30 much to do as
president Of the United States.
II can hardly be questioned that but
for the midnight successful revolution
in Panama the location Of a canal would
still be up in the air. as II had been
for many years. The friends Of the
former president say II would be a
fitting tribute to him that he be asked
by President Taft to take hold and
complete the work.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
THE STORY.

UWE have chosen thee this day tc
w be our prince and captain that
thou mayest fight our battles"
Jonathan would never forget those
words spoken by his brethren some
time after the death of Judas. Other
honors were to come to him In his
brave and noble career, but none ever
warmed his heart more or stirred II
more deeply than those words OF con-
fident trust from his own brethren.
In that hour a great and undying am
bition was born in his breast to prove
worthy and faithful as the leader Of
his people. And his devotion was 20
be tested TO the utmost. as subsequent
events proved.
II was not long after his call 70
leadership before Bacchides. the pow
erful captain under King Demetrius
laid plot to kill him. and certain il
is that Il would have been successful
had not one unto whom Jonathan had
shown a kindness years before secret.
ly brought word to him. Then Jon.
athan, and Simeon his brother. and
all that were with him fed into the
wilderness Of Thecoe, and pitched
their tenx by the water OF the pool
Asphar.
Upon this, Bacchides followed. but
Jonathan escaped across the Jordan
after he had killed about a thousand
of the men OF Bacchides' army.
Then did Bacchides return to Jeru.
salem and repaired the strong cities
of Jordan, and took the sons Of the
chief men of the country as hostages
and shut them up in the tower in
Jerusalem and caused much distress
In the land. but II came to pass that
finally he returned to his own land
and Judea had rest. But not for long,
for all the ungodly men OF the land
who hated Jonathan took council to-
gether. and said:
Behold, Jonathan and his company
are at ease. and dwell without care:
now therefore let us go to Bacchides
and urge him to return thither, for
except we have his help Jonathan and
his men will destroy u.s.
So II came to pass that Bacchides
returned with a strong army. but JON
athan discounted him so that he was
glad to make peace with him, but be-
fore departing from the lapd he slew
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30

ASHiNGToN.-There appeared In
the newspapers the other day q
~ to the effect that when former
Dsident Roosevelt returns to this
Dntry from his African hunt Presi
y TAFT will request him to take
nrEe Of the Panama canal and com
te that gigantic work.
Friends Of the former president say
wca'd be no surprise IL the report
ned out correct Mr.. Roosevelt. as
well known. took the greatest per.
al interest in the Panama canal
there "a no gainsaying the truth
had II not been for the little
IRA bouce revolution on the 18TH
> there would have been no Pana.
canal. and had Il not been for Mr..
pseveit there would have 5een no
ce.sful revolution But that Is
Tory now and the work OF CON
ucting the canal. according 20 the
orts received here. Is progressing
siy.
lust about two years ago. when the
ntry was discussing the question
the denomination Of Roosevelt. a
tnin western senator In converse
- said:
- do not believe there is any foun-
ston for the stories that President
osevelt will be candidate to sue
- himself. think he was sincere
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
A Sublime Truth.

In the mythology OF no country is
this wonderful thought found. No
man hath seen God at any time. the
only begotten Son. which is in the bo-
som Of the Father. he hath declared
him" So that here. in the primary
truth. supposed TO be the simplest and
most manifest of all. we find ourselves
in the presence OF the most sublime
and glorious Of Divine relations We,
In common with the most needy and
sinful Of men. have a heavenly Father.
and the service which he requires OF
us is that we love him with all our
heart and soul and strength and mind,
and that We love our neighbor as our
selves. To take out the last element.
whole OF religion. is TO mistake alto
gether the teaching Of Scripture: He
who loves not his brother whom he
has seen. how can he love God whom
he hath not seem" But on the other
hand. that pure. sympathetic, active,
merciful love CT man which is seen in
the heroism Of parent and self-deny-
ing service for humanity, can never
reach its true elevation unless il be
quickened and inspired by a love to
the common Father of us all. For It is
Jesus who has revealed the Father to
us, and those who deny the Son there
by deny the Father also. The world
has had no such friend as the Saviour,
who freely gave himself for us all:
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30

he national capital Is the poorest
place in the United States fer for.
- hunters who seek marriage with
- girls as a means to acquire
yon1th- II is not that the mothers OF
V0nhington have greater intuition
- their sisters OF less conspicuous
go Of the United States. Indeed.
~ reason Is far from the individual
cpllective abilities of washington
Dty women.
y giib-tongued foreigner Who
, In Washington as a count.
Delet. baron or any other Of the
- Offices soon finds that his game
= mown- A soft-voiced but deter.
uDed demand Is made on him within
- 1Ay or two to leave Washington.
i he does not do so. the pseudo
Ne soon finds himself In Jail or so
Droughiy exposed in the immediate
Bcle In which he Is trying his wings
IT he 10 glad to go elsewhere. In
y work the foreign embassies take
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
SPENT $4,000 A MONTH
Inspector Taylor Checks Up Okla
homa School Land Fund.

Guthrie. okla.-showing the state
school land department using s2O5,e2 Of
school land, funds for expenses during
the 10 months between statehood in
auguration and June 20. last, and de-
claring all such Use Of funds to be illegal
under Attorney-,ieneral Vests decision,
Charles Taylor's official report a. state
examiner and Inspector was filed Mon
day.
Taylor does not itemize the expense
Vests decision WIS given - months ago.
but has been ignored. The departments
expenses have never been subjected TO
the state auditors approval
The total receipts Of the department.
for the 10 months were s6.627 900. The
department earned during the time ST..
$50, OF which over $4,000 per month.
or II IL per cent, was used for ex-
penses.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
Bryan-Bailey Joint Debate.

Gainesville, Texas-Senator J. w.
Bailey announces that he will postpone
a trip to Washington in order to answer
W. J. Bryan's Fl Paso speech Monday.
Bryan has also challenged Bailey to a
joint debate on the tariff, and Bailey is
agreeable It will be held in Fort Worth
or III Paso and will mark the eulmina-
tion of one of the greatest fights Amerh
can democracy has ever witnessed. The
Texan favors a duty on raw material,
while the Nebraskan favors free raw
materials.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30

o. income and final retirement at the
age Of e4 years or before that time
for disability would. 1t was thought
prove attractive.
The suggestion that the entrance
examination is too exacting is not &C.
cepted as a reason by the authorities.
who say the requirements are no more
than should be within the capacity OF
graduates Of the best medical schools
Ii Is out Of the question. II Is stated at
the surgeon generals once. to reduce
the requirements. and the vacancies
VIII go untitled. save by the employ
ment OF surgeons as officers in the
medical reserve corps. IL the reasons
for the present condition lie In that
direction.
One aid to the solution of the prob
lem may be that of having a perman-
ent examination board sitting in
Washington. before which young men
who are believed TO be qualified may
appear at any time during the year.
There will be, as well, the usual semi.
annual examinations. It Is possible
that the graduates have hitherto
found 1t inconvenient to await before
the regular board at the Army Med.
ical school.
When they pass the physical and
professional examinations they will
be commissioned at once as first lieu
tenants in the medical reserve corps
and detailed for duty at some army
post. later coming to the school In
the next regular class for training
and the final examination which de-
termines whether the reservist shall
90 into the permanent establishment
and in what position he shall be COM
missioned. 1t is hoped by this means
to restore the army medical corps to
its full strength required to meet the
demands made upon medical Officers
~ hnuna srA ahrDoA
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
252 BODIES ARE FOUND
NANY STRIPPED OF CLOTHING
AND ARE UNIDENTIFIED.
Relief Expedition Feeds Over 500
People Who We're In starv-
ing Condition.


Ne~ or'eans, La'-ihe total death roll
from tue hurricane OF last Monday Is
now 2S2. And that represents only the
known dead. Searches now being mad.
oy relei expeditions IN the stretches OF
marshes and lowlands IN Terre Bonne
and Lafourehe parishes will undoubtedly
reveal more casualties.
a section gang working on the Louis
VILE railroad found thirty-six bodies be-
tween Dunbar and Claiborne, all OF them
Oe,ns almost s''iPPed OF eio'h'ng' anu
-. "o'n'"s 10 'ueh'i'! .neni-
Inc isiahus on the southeast coast oi
'"u'''aha ahu .he 'o"iands nearby were
'is''eu' anu WINE there was great de
'e'ue''on OF boats and houses there Wa
no '"ss OF me there.
a tardona, who went on relief eS-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
eEN. MoRrEzA KHAN, the Persian

GEN MORTEzA KHAN. the Persian
~ minister to the United States. is
one Of the tsIlest men in Washington.
being six feet four inches in height
He also enjoys the distinction Of be-
ing. outside the shah. the richest man
in Persia. He is reputed to be worth
at least $10.000.000.
He is q most accomplished and gra-
cious host, and can both make and
pour tea With an accomplishment and
grace winch Is excelled by few leading
noon receptions are feature O: the
life Of the capital.
When he came to Washington In
1905 he brought with him a rare as
sortment of rugs OF almost inesumabls
value. some oi them. II Is said. being
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
YELLOW PINE CASE SETTLED
Railroads Agree to Pay Percentage
of Claims Proved.

Washington.-Another series Of the so
called yellow pine" reparation cases"
was settled Monday by the issuance OF
the approval of the interstate commerce
commission to the terms OF adjustment
agreed upon by the counsel for the COM
plainants and the railroads.
The cases were instituted from the
Yellow Pine Association territory. in
cluding the states OF Louisiana. Missis-
sippi and Western Alabama They in
vOlve. in the aggregate. approximately
81 100000. They have been settled on
the basis Of the payment by the rail-
road companies Of 81 per cent. of the
provable claims Of the shippers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
Distiller Sues Shonts.

New York-Theodore p. Shonts, form
er chairman OF the isthmian canal com
mission and now president of the Inter.
borough-Metropolitan company of this
city, has been sued for 100000 dam
ages, according to the World, by Fred
erick Hipsh. New York manager for a
Kentucky distillery company, whose
wife's affections Mr.. Shonts is charged
with having alienated. Through Delaney
Nicoll, his attorney, Mr.. Shonts declares
that the suit is preposterous and is due
to strange case of mistaken identity.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
Found $1,000 Pearl.

Cotton Plant, Ark.-The luckiest boy
in town is Henry Swope. who found
pearl in Cache river, near Maberry,
which weighs nearly thirty-eight grains
and is as perfect as the most exactine
one could ask. He was out getting mus
cle shells, and in breaking them came
across this lovely pearl. In color it is
nearly a flesh. very light pink, and is
almost perfectly round.
He has been offered $1,000 for il and
has refused. He will send it to jewellers
in the east if he does not get satis-
factory price offered.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
sBeer King" Not Briber.

Columbia, $. C.-The jury in the case
of James Farnum, the Beer King OF
South Carolina, indicted for bribery,
brought in verdict of not guilty. Far
mum was accused of bribing officials Of
the former state dispensary and infiu-
encing them to make purchases from
him. 1t was adduced in the testimony
that out of business that did from two
and hall to three million dollars an.
nusll., Farnum in six months received
awards amounting to sss4.0oo
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
Wires Disconnected.

Terre Haute, Ind.-Two chimneys fell
the plaster in several buildings was
cracked, pictures and bric-a-brac dropped
from the walls Of many homss and this
city was heavily shaken at o'clock
Monday morning
At the Terre Haute house telephone
and electric light connections were brok.
en- by the earthquake.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
Stegall Spurns Offer.

Trenton. Ga.-'If you will say that
George Cureton is making whisky will
turn you loose" Acting upon instruc-
tions from Judge Fite, of the superior
court, this message was delivered to
Charles Stegall, government storekeeper
and gauger. at the county Jail, wher.
he is being held for contempt of court
for refusal TO give the grand jury in.
formation regarding the Creton dis
tillery. Il will never testify until I am
directed to do so by the United States
government replied Stegall, and he
went back to his seat in the cell.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
Negro Murderer Lynched.

Live Oak, FIa.-Swinging from a limb
IN front of his shoe repairing shop at
Perry, Taylor county, the dead body OF
Charley Anderson, negro, was found
early Sunday morning. A mob had inn
posed the death penalty as a reward for
the bullet Anderson sent into the heart
of Marshal Hawkins. The place OF the
iynching was almost at the spot where
Marshal Hawkins was slain, the officer
having been in the act of placing the
negro under arrest when he met his
death at the hands of Anderson.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-30
WILL BRING THE BODY HOME.
Bishop Seth Ward Will Be Buried at
Houston. Tex.

Nashville. Tenn.-A cablegram re-
ceived here Friday from Kobe, Japan,
announced that the remains of the lat.
Bishop Seth Ward of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South. who died last
Monday, will leave Kobe on October ,,
and will reach San Francisco about Octo-
Der %. The remains will be inferred at
Houston, Texas.