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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
TIMELY FARM NOTES.

Sweet potatoes grow best on a light
sandy loan.
Weeds tako moro moisture than hot
winds.
A moist. cloudy day IL an ideal one
for transplanting young plants.
Money paid labor for handling
weeds is worse than throwing II away
breathing dust will injure chickens
the same as other animals.
Where hens are used for incubation
they should be provided with nests
separate from the laying hen flock.
For the earliest crop OF lettuce and
radishes. work into the soil some
strong. stimulating fertilizer. such ns
poultry droppings.
In Mexico. farmers instead of fen.
cling In their hay and stray stacks,
erect them on platforms out OF the
reach Of cattle.
Red clover Is usually sown with a
grain crop. so that IL will cover the
field after the latter has been har.
vested
The rhubarb roots should be re.
newed occasionally. as the old ones
sometimes rot Do not allow the seed
stalk TO go to seed.
Tomatoes run on trellies viii not &C
well where there is an excess OF sun
shine. They need shade.
Blaokberries do not feed widely and
hence they do not materially interfere
with the growth OF the apple trees.
Keep up a liberal flow OF milk by
good feeding till grass comes. The
first grass is watery and contains but
little actual feeding value.
Clover hay Is the standard OF ex
cellence by which the feeding value O,
all other leguminous crops Is meas
ured.
There is a ready market for all the
milk, cream and butter that the coun
try can produce.
Most dairymen and farmers nov
raise their calves by hand, feedine
them largely on skim milk during the
early period Of their lives.
With the coming OF warm weather
and some green pasture It Is easy
to make delicious butter.
Roots and silage have been com
pared for fattening wether lamb.
without any marked difference in thei,
value becoming apparent
As many persons have failed II
keeping store. teaching school ant
raising corn and hogs as have failed
with chickens.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
CURTIS BREAKS RECORD
FLIES so MILES M HOUR ANN
~ MINUTES.
sweeps His Machine Up 1900 Fee, J..
mInuses-wilI Probably &c,
1900 Prize for His Efforts.

Atlantic City. n. J-Glenn Cr-,,.,
set an American record for a a,,~.
iniie hight In an aeroplane MonJav
afternoon by covering the distance IN
hve-mile laps along the beach IN :,
nour IA minutes and SO seconds Cur.
tiss was In the air one hour and thirty
minutes. and spent one hour ,wen,v.
one minutes and FIVE seconds on ,bo
course. six minutes and six seconbs
oeins deducted for the turn at the two
ends OF the two and one-halt mile
course. NAV
In the early evening Curtiss set a
new mark for quick climbing nv
sweeping his machine i.eOo fes. IN
the air In FIVE minutes ana nf,v.ons
seconds.
AT the end OF his flight Curtiss do
ciared that his engine worked per,ec,
iy. and expressed his belief that the
added weight he was forced TO carry
IN emergency apparatus. in case o,
iailig into the sea and the necessi,,
OF running partly into the wind to kecr
In the course. held him back at least
fifteen miles an hour.
Curtiss' contract ended Monday
night. leaving Brookins in possession
OF the $4,000 altitude prize. won OF
Saturday evening. when he made .
worlds record Of G.l75 feet. and which
VIII be given to him tomorrow. Tn,
Wright aviator has not yet announce
whether he will go after the fry.mil,
prize OF $4,000. which will otherwIs,
go to Curtiss.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
TRIED TO ROAST HIS FAMILY
Stone Mason Then Throws Himself In
Front Of Train.

Sandusky. OhiO.-After locking his
wife and three daughters into their
rooms and setting fire to his home,
Andrew Federkiel. 60 years Of age. a
stone mason, threw himself in front
OF a Lake Shore train and was cut
in two. The four women were rescued
by neighbors. but Mrs. Federkie; was
so severely burned that she may die.
Federkiel waited until his wife aud
daughters had retired. He then locked
the doors leading to their rooms, fast
ened them further with copper wire.
ing. having soaked the furniture In
gasoline. set fire to the house. He
has been regarded as eccentric since
two years ago. when he was shot and
seriously injured by his son during a
quarrel
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
GOT PHOTOGRAPH OF PANTHER
Exciting Experience Which Few Mem
bers Of the Party Care to Go
Through Again.

A panther Is not easily killed. and
will often revive with very unpleasant
results. as on a certain occasion In the
Deccan. lie appeared TO be quite
dead. and one OF the spectators rushed
up with a camera on q stand TO obtain
a picture of the supreme moment. He
got his photograph. and. strange to
say. II survived what followed: but no
sooner had he taken II than the PAN
ther revived. tore himself loose. and
went for the photographer. Somehow
the man escaped. but the camera was
sent flying. and. disconnected by his
encounter with II. the panther turned
and made for the nearest tree, up
which he went as quickly as a monkey.
Now. the tree was crowded with In
terested spectators. and for three or
four strenuous seconds (until the
panther was shot) we enjoyed spec
taeie OF natives dropping TO earth with
loud thuds like ripe plums from a
Jungle tree rs the panther approached
them.-Wlde World Magazine.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
PROFIT In CAPONS
Little Trouble 10 Average Farmer
to Raise 100 10 200.
Fevsis Always Retain That Sweetness
and JuIeiness OF Flesh That 10 Char
seteristle Of Spring Chicken
Reason They Bring Price.


No one Is better situated to raise
eapons than the farmer ON the aver
age farm the additional work required
to raise from TOO to 200 capons would
not be noticed. and tho most Of this
work can be attended TO In the winter
when time Is plentiful with the farmer.
In the neighborhood Of Fairbury. Ill.
a great many capons are raised every
year and ara found to be very profit
able. There are many stories told
about the size TO which capons grow.
while the truth 10 that the ordinary
capon viii grow to but one or two
pounds more than the ordinary un-
caponixed cockerel would In the same
time. and TO secure this additional
weight extra feeding Is necessary.
In preparation for eapon raising II
Is wise 10 hatch about twice the num-
Der OF chickens as capons desired. for
fully half are likely to be pullets. The
pullets may be kept for egg production
Or may be sold for spring chickens.
thus securing enough money 10 pay for
raising the whole flock up to the time
the cockerels are old enough to capon-
lie. which is about twelve weeks.
Tho operation OF caponiEing does no,
require much skin. although the begin.
ner will probably kill two or three at
the start. which will not BE- lost. for
they bleed to death In about the same
time as II their throats had been cut
and are exactly as good for table pur'
poses as II bled In the latter way.
set Of tools for eaponixing costs from
si.5O TO 81. and with each set Il sen,
directions that anyone can follow.
After the caponiEing the cockerels
become docile and quiet: they lose am
bition and their combs cease TO grow
In fact. they shrivel. and when fed
they eat their MI and sit quietly
around until feeding time again
Capons always retain that sweetness
and tuiciness OF flesh that Is character
isiic OF the spring chicken. the reason
they bring such high price They are
fed much as other fowls would be
only eating more. About all they eai
goes TO the formation Of juicy. palata
BILE flesh.
A few years ago capons commanded
hardly any attention In the west and
do not yet bring the prices they do in
the eastern cities. by the last oi
March good capons sell readily in Chi
cago at II cents per pound. as agnins'
IL cents for dressed chickens. As tn,
average Plymouth Rock capon will
weigh seven or eight pounds. It will b,
seen that the capon sells for from Il
to so cents more than the chicken o.
the same age. and the difference IT. th'
cost OF raising Is Insignificant. Tt.
writer has known OF a flock of 40l
capons that cleared nearly one dolla
each. However. these were extras
sold In Philadelphia. the creates
capon market In the country.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
BLISTER cANKER OF APPLE
Disease Usually Found on Larger
Limbs and Sometimes Attacks
Trvnk-Method Of Treat
ment.

This disease is usually found on the
larger limbs. and sometimes attacks
the trunk. Old cankers are often q
foot or more In length. The fungus
attacks the wood as well as the bark
In the early stages Of the disease the
bark is brown and slightly sunken
and usually set OF from the healthy
bark by a distinct boundary. As the
season advances circular fungous
masses develop on the diseased area.
They are formed beneath the bark.
but soon break through to the sur
face. furnishing the most character
lstic feature OF the disease. They
are firmly fastened to the wood by
means of hard ring OF fungous It's
sue. so that they remain attached to
II even after the bark has fallen away.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
Fungi Destroyer.

Scientists have long believed that
some form of sulphur other than the
copper sulphate would destroy fungi
without injury to the fruit and vege-
tables. says The Stockman. This pas.
season experiments were made with
self-boiled lime sulphur. etc. and each
experimenter advocates most strongly
his own preparation. We believe
that the most promising OF these prep
arations was experimental with last
year under the name OF "Sulfocide. :"
containing actually between 20 and
80 per cent. OF sulphur in solution, ad
mltting OF a great dilution: anu in
every instance where tried as a sub.
stitute for bordeaux mixture, II has
far surpassed II in effectiveness with
no injury. Whether IL can be used
on peach and plum viii be a matter
Of future experiment. but the fact
that with less trouble and expense 1,
can be used where bordeaux has been
the only remedy is very encouraging,
and makes IT worthy of trial.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
NO. 36.
n 10 Q Mistake

Many have the idea that anything
will sell II advertised strong enough.
This Ia a great mistake. True. q
few sales might be made by advertis-
Ing an absolutely worthless article but
It Is only tho article that Is bought
again and again that pays. An cN.
ample OF the big success OF a worthy
article is the enormous sale that has
grown up for Cascarets Candy Cathar-
tic. This wonderful record Is the result
OF great merit successfully made known
through persistent advertising and tho
nsouth-tomou,h recommendation given
Cascarets by Its friends and users.
Like all great successes. trade pl-
rates prey on tho unsuspecting public,
by marketing fake tablets similar In
appearance TO Carcarets. Care should
always be exercised IN purchasing well
advertised goods. especially an article
that has national sale like Cascar-
cts. Do not allow q substitute to be
palmed on on you.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
MOSQUITOES BY THE MILLION
GUN Coast swsrmins With insee.
Pests

New Orleans. La.-The entire Gulf
coast OF Louisiana and Mississippi is
suffering from plague OF mosquitoes.
Millions OF the pests are swarming
over that region. making life almost
unbearsble to inhabitants. Many New
Orleans families who went to the coast
to spend the summer have returned
to this city and will spend the re-
mainder Of the season at home. ami
mails are being driven frantic by the
mosquitoes and in some localities tie
horses and mules are dying.
Wild animals in the swamps OF the
rivers and bayous have been forced to
hee many niles in an effort to outrun
the mosquitoes and In some instances
deer have gone into the cities and
towns In their flight from the winged
pests. In the southwestern part of
Louisiana several large saw nils and
factories have closed down because
ther employees have refused TO stand
the torture of fighting mosquitoes and
trying TO work at the same time
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
PENSION LIST GROWS
NUMBER OF PENSIONERS REACH
CLOSE TO MILLION.
All cllsi War Veterans Honorabl,
Discharged From Union Service
Entitled to Draw Pensions.

Washington. u. C.-The total suui
allowed by congress for payment q
pensions during the fiscal year inat
closed was ,l6o.0O0.0oo The total
number of pensioners-includlng sur
viyors. widows. children and relatives
-scrapes the million mark. while tn
total amount paid In pensions durin-
the fiscal year ended June 30. 1909
reached the astounding sum OF slGi,
s13.s03.11. This was the largest sin
gle year In the history Of the pension
system.
Recently compiled figures by tae
government show that teh surviving
soldiers Of tie Civil War are passing
away at the rate Of $1,000 srnually
that being the average number
dropped from the pension rolls IN the
case Of Civil War survivors. During
the past four years i25.5s3 names jl
old soldiers and sailors have been
stricken from the rolls by death. yet
ingenious pension legislation and the
special acts Of congress have united
10 make the number Of persons draw
ing pensions now. for,y-fve years af.er
the Civil War. eight times as large as
the year after the war ended. and
the records show that II is still grow
| ing.
Twenty years ago the total number
OF pensioners Was iS9.72j. The last
available public figures are those for
June 80, 1903. on which date there
were 936.i9i pensioners.
The greatest number OF pensioners
on the roll was for the year that
ended June 30. 1902. when there were
999.ii6 The greatest number ever on
the rolls was in 1908. when the total
reached 999 .99S-two less than 1000,
900.
In 1890 the laws were so amended
as to allow pensions to soldiers ant
sailors honorably discharged aftel
thirty days service whose disability
was not due to their service.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14

were at least 1000 people as
AZ Seminary Saturday. The
4 was the annual reunion Of the
te veterans. The annual ora
delivered by Hon. r ?.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14

iippah county Sunday school
snuon will be held at Silver
es July Fl and %. Dinner will
a'ed on the grounds each day. A
crowd Is expected.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
What's the Answer7

Were ready TO quit, After sending
two perfectly rhymed. carefully scan
ned. pleasurably sentimental pieces Of
poetic Junk to seventeen magazines
and having them returned seventeen
times. We turn to the current issue of
a new monthly and find 'pome"
modelled after Kipling's Vampire"
and in which home Is supposed to
rhyme with alone. run on page eleven
with all the swell curlycues ordinarily
surrounding a piece of real art. II
poetizing is a gift we are convinced
that this poets must have been. As
for us. we are on our way to the wood
shed TO study the psychology OF the
az or any other old thing that hasn't
to do with selling poetry to maga-
zinos-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
Loss FOR COTTON CROP
EXCESSIVE AND LONG coNT,N.
ueo RAINS VERY HURTFuI.
Gain In Texas and oklahom.-Nor,b
Carolina and Tennessee HOLD
Ing Their Own.

Memphis. Tenn.-A comparison Of
reports received this week under date
OF July with those Of June % shows
a normal In Oklahoma and Texas and
the cotton crop about maintained H.
self In North Carolina and Tennessee.
made small gains as compared with
normal in Oklahoma and Texas nd
deterlorated sharply In all other
states. the cause OF the deterioration
being excessive aud long continued
rains
Reports show that during the past
week rains were general east OF Texas
and Oklahoma. making practically the
third week OF continuous rainfall.
There are local EXCEPTIONS and Ten
nessee and North Carolina have not
had as much precipitation as other
states. There are a few good reports
In this. the rainy territory. but they
are the exception and not the rule.
Generally speaking. the fields are
becoming grassy. the plant is show
ing III effects from lack Of cultivation.
and on the lowlands many fields have
been submerged and there has been
or will be some abandonment OF acre
age. Some of the damage cannot be
recovered. although 1t goes without
saying that two weeks of bright wealth
er would work a great improvement
In Texas and Oklahoma the cotton
has done well on rather limited sup
ply Of moisture. and hence a genera
rain would help. The fields in these
two states are in excellent condition
and the plant would respond quickly
to moisture.
Weevils are very destructive in
Louisiana and becoming more numer-
GUS In Texas.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
ATTACK OUR POLICY
CENTRAL AMERICAN POLICY HAS
AROUSED GENERAL PROTEST.
latin-Ameriean Alliance Against the
United states May Result-likely
10 BE . Remonstranee.

Washington. ID. Chat az least
three. and perhaps more OF tho Cen
tral and South American diplomats
make a concerted protest of some
Terence OF American states at Bucnos
Ayres against the Central American
policy OF the United States Is the
possibility being discussed In diplo.
matte circles here.
Rumors 10 this effect have been per.
sistent of late In quarters usually well
informed. and some responsible Latin.
American representatives admitted
7s,r approximate truth. though none
<Ss~Scrmit himself 10 be quoted.
Tue vrs have led "a. lively =
chanee q Information aihony the Con
trail and South American republics will
here. officials of the state depart
ment are watching the situation very
closely.
Some OF the more radical OF the
Spanish-Americans are said to be IN
kind at the coming international con.
favor Of Latin-American alliance
against the United States II is gen
orally conceded. however. that formal
action OF this nature Il unlikely
The most that can be regarded as
probable Is that the republics inter
ested will give the United States %
understand automatically that the
principles represented In the attitude
OF this government on the east coast
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
BLANKET OF STEAM LIFTS
Twelve Deaths and Many Prostrations
in New York.

New York.-The blanket of steam
IN which the city has parboiled for the
last week lifted for a few hours Mon
day afternoon. under the pressure Of
faint airs from the sea. but the slight
drop in the thermometer was not suf-
ficeint TO effect the continuing drain
on the lowered Vitality. and there were
more deaths Monday than Sunday
twelve against ten-and n longer list
OF prostratons. The maximum official
temperature was 50 degrees.
For the week ended Sunday the
health department gave out a total
Of twenty-three deaths. against seven
for the corresponding week last yea-.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
Hea, Wave Zoo feet Deep.

Andover. Mass.-The heat wave un
der which New England sweltered sat
urdav was 2.lOO feet deep. according
to an interesting discovery made by
charles J. GIidden of Boston In the
balloon Massachusetts. MFR. Glidden
went up from Lowell late Saturday
a,,rnoon. The thermometer stood at
% degrees all the way from earth up
% . 100 feet Here there was sud
den change and the mercury fell to
IN degrees ard comfortable east wind
was blowing.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
viii No. Condemn Teddy.

Chicago. Ill.-Secretary OF the In
terror Ballinger. who arrived here Fri
day. when asked II he credited the re-
port that Theodore Roosevelt will sup
port the senatorial candidacy of Con-
gressman Poindexter OF Washington
said:
81 don't know what the attitude Of
Mr.. Roosevelt will be. but do know
that any action he takes will be one
that he Is convinced is for the good OF
the country and that he will go
through with II as earnestly as he has
everything in the past"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
Burglars and Priests Fight.

New York.-Three masked burg.
lars, intent on getting $500 in cash
and other valuables belonging TO the
church. we're caught at work in the
rectory OF ST. Leonard's Romsn Cath
Ollie Church in Brooklyn. Three priests
attacked the trio. Thugs and church.
men battled for more than a quarter
of an hour. AS a result of the en-
counter Fathers KONG and Opel are
suffering from severe bruises ON the
head and arms. and Father Sanders
has long knife cut in the hand. Tho
thieves escaped.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
NEGROES HELD IN HAVANA
Were Accused Of Attempting to Start
an Uprising.

Havana-Col Jorge Valera. q mu-
latto, and six other persons. most OF
them colored men, were arrested by
the secret police today. charged with
conspiring TO start an uprising against
the government
The seven men were on their way
to vieja Bermeja. in the province OF
Matanzas, to which trunk containing
arms and ammunition and dynamite
had been shipped from Havan.
Letters and documents found on the
prisoners, who have been brought ts
Havana. are believed to implieate
many other persons in the conspiracy.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14

do you know said little boy OF
five to a companion the other day. my
father and know everything What
| don't know my father knows. and
what my father don't know know"
"All right Let's see. then" replied
the older child. skeptically. Where's
Asia?"
II was a stiff one. but the youngster
never faltered
Well. that" be answered cooiiy.
rs one OF the things my father
knows. Bazar.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
Corn Improves the Soil.

Corn is both a grain and a forage
crop. The grain is worth from 70
cents to so cents per bushel. and the
stover is worth as much as good Eng
lish hay. Besides. corn develops a
tremendous system of roots. almost
equal to clover. which when they rot
leave the soil much richer in humus
and in better tilth for the next crop.
Corn is one Of the most restorative
crops grown
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
Mrs. Cleveland Has a Frank

Washington. D. C.-owing to the
fact that some letters mailed by Mrs
Frances F. Cleveland, widow OF the
late President Grover Cleveland. have
been charged with postage due at the
postoffce to which they were ad'
dressed. the postmaster-general has Is,
sued an order calling attention o'
nostmasters to the bills passed at the
last session OF congress whereby MFs'
Cleyelands letters. as well as tnose
Of Mrs. Mary Lord Harrison wido" o'
the late President Harrison, are en'
titled TO transmission free OF charge.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
Corporation Tax Payments.

Washington. ID. C.-Reports received
at the treasury department give the
total payments on account of the cor.
poration tax as s25.793.6l0 out Of an
assessment OF over $27 100000. These
figures were for the close of business
Saturday. The time allowed by law
in which corporations were privileged
to pay without incurring any penalty
for default expired on July 10. but as
Sunday was a legal holiday. the date
OF payment was extended to include
Monday.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
John o. Talks Religion.

Cleveland. ohio.-John ID. Rockefel
Ter, speaking before the Euclid Bap-
tist Church Sunday School. said the
time had come for a universal religion
Mr.. Rockefeller read an article from
a magazine of which Theodore Roose
Welt is associate editor. which pleaded
for fusion Of the Christian churches
The article quoted letter from Mon
s.gnor Bonemelli. addressed to the
worlds missionary conference at Ed
inburgh. in which the Catholic pre-
late advocated a union of all Chris
tian congregations.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-07-14
CORN ACREAGE INCREASED
Condition Of Corn asa. Near Ten.
Year Average.

Washington. ID. C.-The July crop
report OF the department Of agri-
culture showed the following estl.
mates OF acreage and condition on
July 1:
Corn area planted Is ilf.0S3. .0O0
acreas. an increase of 5.si2.O00 acres.
or 80 per cent. as compared with last
years final estimate
Acreage and comparisons Of coudi-
tions on July by important corn
states include the following: