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shop; when he wasn't masticating his
books, he was monkeying with the
buzz-saw. At fifteen he had invented
and made a rotary engine. One day
the notion struck him that he'd like
to help Uncle Sam out in the navy.
SO he took a shot at the examinations
and scored hit, landing job as as
slstant engineer Before he reported
for duty the Civil war had broken out,
lie enlisted in the Twelfth New York
National Guard, re-enlisted later in
the cavalry, and finally turned up on
the high seas as an engineer on the
gunboats Muscoeta and the Stars and
Stripes. ..-.
After Gettysburg was fought and
won, his thirst for more education
landed him in Union college. Two
years there were enough for him. The
magic Of machinery called him away
from the academic life, and he found
happiness again by taking UP his old
work in his fathers factory. It was
while working there that he invented
the air brake. Railroad managers who
first jeered at his idea Of stopping a
train with wind" had to eat humble
crow. In short time the invention
was in universal use and had reyo.
lutionized railroading, as locomotives
could be constructed that would travel
at high rate of speed, so long as
they had that, little lever in the cab.
which by single tur n Of the en-.
gineer's wrists would bring the train
to standstill in half its length. In
the United States all railroads are
compelled by law to use the device
and this was adopted by congress
and everywhere around the great
curve of the world the whistle of
Westinghouse" air brake Is heard.
His first prominence in electricity
came with his purchase from Gaularil
& Gibbs of alternating electric cur
rent patents. This was in 1885. and
he met great opposition from public
sentiment in trying to perfect and IN.
troduce this system for lighting and
power making. At the time Of fha
Chicago worlds fair in 1899 he re.
ceived the contract for lighting by
making q bid Of 100000 under
others. His shop in Pittsburg soon
became the place where electrical er-
perts of the world gathered. Tesla
went there and received Westine.
houses financial and practical help n
developing the induction motor.
Westinghouse built the first ten
great dynamos for Niagara. He also
constructed the dynamos for the ele-
yated and subway lines In New York
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mizzen lateens. The main
mast IS big spar stepped amidships, with great
rake forward"
correspondent from India writes that the
British gunboats In. the Persian gulf have been
very active In suppress1ng the traffic in rifles and
ammunition. The arms were being landed on the
Makran coast and thence were carried nv cara
vans Tor sale to the tribesmen on the northwest.
ern frontier OF India, to be used against the Brit
1sh troops when the next trouble comes The
navy men are reported to have been very sue
cessful and made several good hauls of rifles and
ammunition. To reduce still further the gun-run.
ners' chances of profit four companies Of the
fourteenth S1khs were sent from Ouetta to inter-
cept caravans in the neighborhood of Robat One
OF our illustrations depicts the entraining of some
OF the transport camels at Jacobabad in Sind en-
route to Nushki, whence the column marched to
Robat.
AS rule, when camels. are entrained thew. are
loaded on open trucks, but this occasion it was
thought advisable to make use of closed cars
Inc oouts' strongly objected to being loaded but
with rope behind the hooks and a steady, per-
suas1ve strain on the nose rope they were event.
ually hauled or pushed in. Once in the car the
camels were made to kneel down in the sand
which had been spread on the floor, their knees
were then tied so that it was impossible for them
to straighten sout their forelegs.
The cars were each loaded with six camels.
three In each end, facing inward. The space in
the middle utilized for saddles and fodder for
the journey. Two camelmen also travelled in each
car. 1t may be remarked that Brahuis differ from
most people in that they do not notice that the
camel has particularly offensive odor The
camels bubbled and protested while being load
ed, but they soon settled down and began to eat
the fodder provided for them. It took five hours
to load the first train of 12O camels. Only one
camel that had an unusually large hump could
not be pushed through the door, and he was
trussed like chicken and carried bodily In By
about is men.
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sunshine and rainfall, the earth's mag
netism and host of meteorological
matters forming a science of daily
increasing Importance and interest.
There is large galvano-magnetic
clock. fixed on the outside wall of the
observatory, and divided into "a hours.
There are still many who believe this
clock is kept going by the sun. They
do not know that the fixed stars are
the real timekeepers, from which Brit
ishers check their daily progress. The
Sidereal clock, kept within, one of the
buildings of the observatory, is cor
rected by observation of the stars
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the peninsula OF
Arabia. It reaches
along the Persian
gulf. the gulf of
Oman and the
Arabian sea from
81 Hasa to the
Hadranaut region.
The area is about
$4,000 J S u:ar Q
miles. The region
along the coast Is
very mountainous,
rising IN It's Nigh
est peaks prob
ably to about 10,-.
900 feet. Behind
the 4m0n.nt + ain
chains the coun-
try gr a d u ally
passes into the
great desert Of
sArablaa The M most
favorable part Of
the country Is in
The central val.
leyS,. WHICH arc
characterized by a
temperate climate
and rich vegeta-
ton. The chief
products are dates,
which constitute
the main article
of export, and 9TH
er fruits. Pearls
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Stork May Brine Pension.

Pensacola, Fla.--Mr. and Mrs. T.
Barberi Of this city received from
Governor Gilchrist, the other day. a
handsome spoon bearing the seal. of
the state Of Florida. Married nine
teen years ago, the wife now only thir-
ty-seven years old, Mr.. and Mrs. Bar.
sberi are the parents OF Is children.
Six Of the children are twins. Gov
-ernor Gilchrist suggested that the leg
islature pass an act allowing the
earents q pension. ss5 ssS z
The Appeal., 1910-08-27

sud Waziris and others exhibiting
signs Of increasing turbulence, but the
frontier territories from one end to
the other are already full of modern
arms and ammunition, while more is
pouring into them every dayeby every
secluded track leading through Balu-
chistan and the Afghan hills.
: In addition to this, the present
Ameer, abandoning his fathers policy,
has allowed thousands of modern RI
fles manufactured in the arsenal at
kabul to reach the hands of his own
tr1besmen, and the probable co-opera-
t1on of the latter in a frontier war
against the Indian Raj may easily in
volve the British government with A.
ghanistan as we'll.
All this, as every Indian officer
knows, is involved in the continuance
of the persistent guR,running which is
marking the growing war fever on the
Indian northwest frontier through the
Persian gulf. It is not too much to
say that the peace and safety of India
depend upon the suppression of this
trade, and yet, owing chiefly to the
paucity of British naval resources
there, she can do little or nothing.
Muscat, at the entrance Of the gulf,
is the chief center of this nefarious
traffic, which is carried on by Euro
The Appeal., 1910-08-27
WITH FLAT HEADS
Northwestern Tribe Among Whom
Mechanical Compression of the
Head Is Still Practised.

Seattle, Wash.-The Chinook In
dians of the Pacific coast region are
now about the only tribe of American
aborigines who. flatten their heads,
whence the term applied to them
Flatheads. This compression of the
head, brought about by mechanical
The Appeal., 1910-08-27
Would Cause Much writlno.

Bacon-I see it is said that all the Russian rail-
way stations keep complaint books. where passen-
gers may enter various protests" Z.
Egbert-n that plan were adopted In this coun.
try fear writer's cramp would be far more com.
mon than it Is noW.1Yonkers Statesman
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soon, and quite capable OF holding its
own In the hard weather often to be
met with in the Indian ocean. Not
withstanding local differences of de-
tail these vessels vary very little as
class; they are generally grab-built,
having a long overhung forward.
There is great beam and rise of floor
and a very raklng transom stern.
There Is generally high poop and
The Appeal., 1910-08-27

The bird's-eye view shows the terri.
tory through which the contraband guns
are run. In the foreground are the bare
rocky hills surrounding Muscat, the cap
ital of Oman, while to the right is the
equally bare coast Of Makran, from which
gun-running routes lead inland to Afghan
istan. Oman" is an independent sultan
ate occupying the southeastern end of
The Appeal., 1910-08-27

HE feeling is growing
throughout the Indian
army and Indian gov.
ernment circles that
Britain is approaching a
bigger campaign on the
northwest frontier than
has been seen in recent
years. Not only are
large sections of the
tribesmen like the NAH
The Appeal., 1910-08-27

fo'csle deck, the rest OF
the vessel being practical
ly open. The rig consists
generally Of main and
mizzen lateens. The main.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04
WHERE HE SAW RESEMBLANCE
Apt Remark Of Small Boy Embar-
raised Topper and Filled Car
With Merriment.

Jimmie, who Is a very small boy
living In the East end, accompanied
his mother downtown several days
ago. Nearly everything he saw was
quite new to him, so he was not spar
ing in his comments and opinions and
questions.
Seated opposite Jimmie and his
mother on the car homebound was an
individual who. judging by the bios
som" on his nose, had partaken freely
of Joy water. None OF Jimmie's neigh
bors possessed an appendage that
could compare with the one across the
aisle.
In silence Jimmie took In the situ-
alton and the blossom" His thoughts
must have grown so curious that they
could not be withheld any longer and
he finally blurted out In a loud voice:
Mamma, is that Santa Claus?'
pointing to the man with the red nose.
Embarrassed, Jimmie's mother tried
to silence her son, but It was no use.
In an audible whisper the connection
between the man and Santa Claus was
disclosed much to the discontinue Of
the man.
why, mamma, didn't II say in that
story about Santa Claus that Santa
..ad nose like a cherry" he asked.
and the car was In an uproar.-Pitts-
burg Times-Gazette.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04
"PLAY WITH THE CHILDREN"
Be More Potent Than Association
With Little Ones.

Play with the children" was the
recurrent advice of wise and sue
cessful man. This will keep your
heart young. your viewpoint fresh.
your wit sparkling. The child heart IA
at once the purest and the happiest
In all nature; the child tongue is a
TRANSPORTING power"
Something OF this induibtable power
attaches to good stories OF those naive
and innocent little ones" scripturally
declared specially blessed and potent
The child mind transforms. the child
touch lifts to glad laughter incidents
and accidents not otherwise worth
noting. Witness this little tale OF the
careful mother to whom came a tiny
son all agog over the requirement OF
new and forbidden knowledge.
Mother" cried the child, baby
eyes shining. baby cheeks glowing
do you know what I'll be hornswog.
gled' means?"
NO. dear" said the mother, sol.
EMMY. seizlng the opportunity to i'm.
plant lesson. I'm sure do not"
Well. do was the ecstatic an
swer. the suggested lesson being ut
terly ignored. 1t means lust the
same as III be goi-darned,'
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The Tan Acted Automatically.

he then took the shape of a very
quiet. ordinary little man The public
particularly enjoyed seeing the go
rilla swing from the horizontal bar
by his tail. an appendage which is
very slightly developed in the species
as a rule.
This tail was a masterpiece of in
genuity. II was made OF flexible steel,
and so contrived that when II took a
turn around anything II locked into
position until IL was released By the
gorilla touching a spring concealed
somewhere near his waist The thing
worked splendidly for a long time,
until one day the gorilla put his tail
through the bars of his cage. and a
lady standing by took hold of It.
Well. the tail acted automatically,
as usual. and OF course when she felt
1t tighten around her wrist the lady
screamed The gorilla pressed the
hidden spring to no purpose To make
long story short. the men standing
by came to the ladys rescue. took
hold of the tail and pulled it of,
When the people saw the leather fast
enings and buckles they cleaned out
the establishment"
The second story concerns a mer-
maid. She was no ordinary mermaid,
but a really high-class article" a
very handsome young woman incased
from the waist down in blue and gold
fshskin. The water in which she
smoked. and sang. and sat on a rock
combing her hair was kept tepid so
as not to give her chill, and this
was what gave her enemies-the beau
tiful Circassian girl and the dwarf
a chance to injure her.
They were jealous because she at.
tracted more attention than they did.
SO they Matched a plot, which the
dwarf carried out successfully One
day he pretended to be i'll. and got a
day OF. and just before the mermaid's
performance he hid himself in the
boiler-room. After the man had been
down to see that there was not too
big fire. the dwarf set to and stocked
for all he was worth.
! The mermaid soon felt that some-
thing was wrong. but she stood IL as
long as she could. At last, however
she had to choose between being
boiled or giving the thing away. and
naturally she preferred the latter al
tentative; but. as the Snowman put IL.
the public said things that were very
discouraging and the show had to
move on.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04
SCRATCHED so SHE COULD
NOT SLEEP

Il write to tell you how thankful I
am for the wonderful Cuticura Rem
edies. My little niece had eczema for
five years and when her mother died
I took care OF the child. II was all
over her face and body. also on her
head. She scratched SO that sheCould
not sleep nights. used Cuticura
Soap to wash her with and then ap-
piled Cuticura Ointment did not
use quite half the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, together with Cuticura Re
solvent. when you could see a change
and they cured her nicely. Now she
is eleven years old and has never been
bothered with eczema since. My
friends think It is Just great the way
the baby was cured by Cuticura- I
send you a picture taken when she was
about is months old.
she was taken with the eczema
when two years old She was covered
with big sores and her mother had all
the best doctors and tried all kinds OF
salves and medicines without effect
until We used cuticura Remedies. Mrs.
II. Herman. 6s3 Quincy St. Brooklyn.
n. Y, Sept. q, 1909"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04
ANNUAL LOSS is ENORMOUS
Two Hundred Million Dollars a Year
Might BE Added to Wealth
Of Country.

Computing that there are In the
United States at least 100000 INDECENT
consumptives who should be cared for
in charitable or semi-charitable sana-
toria and hospitals, the National AS
ISOLATION for the Study and Proven
ton OF tuberculosis estimates that
the annual cost to the country for the
treatment OF these persons would be
$50, 900, 900 at the rate OF 1860 per
day per patient At the lowest pos
sible estimate the country loses $780,
100000 a wear from the incapacity Of
these INDECENT victims Of tuberculo-
sis. This would mean a not saving OF
$3.50. 000, 900 a year to the United
States II all victims OF consumption
who are too poor TO afford proper
treatment in expensive sanatoria were
cared for at the expense of the munich
pality. county or state. And this an
nual gain does not include the enor-
nous saving that would accrue from
the lessened infection due to the seq
regatIon of the dangerous consump-
tiyes in institutions.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04

King Edwards great nature was H.
Illustrated the other night by a London
correspondent at the Press club in
New York
THE king" said the correspondent,
was visiting Rufford Abbey. and one
morning. In company with his host,
Lord Arthur Savile, he took a walk
over the preserves.
Suddenly Lord Arthur, a big burly
man, rushed forward and seized a
shabby fellow with a dead pheasant
protruding from the breast OF his coat.
Sir said Lord Arthur to the king.
this fellow is bad egg. This is the
second time I've caught him poaching.
But the kings handsome face
beamed. and he laughed his gay and
tolerant laugh.
"'0h, let him CO. he said. II he
really were a bad egg. you know, he
wouldn't poach.'"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04
Wife and Country.

In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04
There Should.

Fritz the gardener was stolid Ger
man who was rarely moved to ex-
traordinary language. Even the most
provocative occasions only caused him
to remark mildly on his ill-luck. Not
long ago he came back from the city
in the late evening after a hard day
In the market place. He was sleepy.
and the train being crowded. the bag
gageman gave him a chair in his
roomy car.
Finally the train reached Bloom
field Fritz still slept as II pulled in
and his friend had to shake him and
tell him where he was.
4 tanks you." said Fritz. as he rose
slowly to his feet The open door of
the car was directly In front Of him.
He walked straight out OF IT,
The baggaseman sprang TO look aft
er him. Fritz slowly picked himself
up from the sand by the side Of the
track. looked up at the door. and said
with no wrath In his voice:
There should here be some steps"
st Paul Dispatch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04
A Protection AGAINST the u.,.

When you begin to think it's a per-
sonal matter between you and the sun
to see which is the hotter, buy your
sell glass or bottle of Coca-Cola.
1t is cooling-relieves fatigue and
quenehes the thirst. Wholesome as
the purest water and lots nicer to
drink. At soda fountains and car
donated in bottles-5c everywhere.
Send &c stamp for booklet The Truth
About Coca-Cola" and the Coca-Cola
Baseball Record Book for 1910. The
latter contains the famous poem
Casey At The Bat" records. schedules
for both leagues, and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au-
thorities. Address The Coca-cola Co.
Atlanta, Ga.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04
school Of poIitenexs

Berlin.-A school of courtesy is the
latest thing in German shopkeeping
The Association OF Shopkeepers is re
sponsible for It, They aim at making
shopping joy as well as business
for their customers. Not only are
counter clerks to be taught the tricks
OF the trade and the details of the
goods they handle. but they are also
to learn agreeable manners, pleasant
small talk and courtly graces with
which to charm their fair clients. Ger
man shopkeepers will pay for this
training school themselves as a good
Investment
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04

II az. ss': .;s. - a,s Thompsen's Eye water
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04
The Return Of Ferguson.

A night clerk in a hotel sat doing
at his desk at about l a. m, when a
man in evening clothes came in as II
laboriously trying to walk crack.
and said:
I'm Ferguson; key to room a"
The guest disappeared in the direc-
ton of his room. one flight up. In a
few minutes a man in his shirt sleeves
with a flattened silk hat on the side of
his head. and with one shoe on a foot
and the other in his hand, came in and
said to the clerk:
I'm Fershon. key to for-for"
Mr.. Ferguson Just took his key and
went up"
MIR. Ferguson Just fell out window
n left key inside. Kindly femme
have 'nother."-Everybody's.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04

At recent dinner OF the Authors
club in London to Mr.. Owen Seaman.
the editor Of Punch, Mr.. Walter
Emanuel. another member of the stan
of Punch. referred TO the fact that the
man with the largest sense of humor
he had ever struck was an Englishman
"a dentist. He went to him after suf-
fering long with toothaehe. He re-
fused to have gas, and the dentist
pulled out a tooth. leaving him with
ing in pain. and took the tooth to the
window. where he laughed quite heart
lily. He groaned: What's the joker"
Wrong TOOTH" said the dentist.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04

The wig is only worn by English
barristers to give them a stern. judi
cial appearance. and no one can say
that it fails in this respect The Gus
tom was originated by a French
Judge in the seventeenth century
when. happening to don a marquis
wig one day. he found 1t gave him
such a stern and dignified appearance
that he decided to get one for himself
and wear It at all times In court
This he did. and the result was so
satisfactory from legal point OF
view, that not only judges. but bar
risters. also took up the custom
throughout Europe.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04
Encouraging Straw.

correspondence from sandusky, O..
70 . leading liquor paper. reports:
WINE men say that because of poor
ssaness. the demand for grapes Will
.n< ne very large for wine-making pur.
poses The grape-1uice people win
REQUIRE large quantities"
The latest scheme Of the drink devil
is coffee cocktail. which blends al.
conol with delightful" aromatic COT.
Zee flavor and which is being especial
" exploited as a pleasant drink for
the ladies."
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04
FREAKS IN C|RCUSES
People Are Strangely Fascinated
by the MonstrositIes.
When the "Dorestieated Gorilla" Go
the Show Into Trouble-Hot
Water Spells a "Mermaid"
TO Uncover Fake.

London-it seems strange tina,
freaks, from the legless wonder to the
twoheaded calf. should possess such
a strange fascination for nine people
out Of ten. yet this is undoubtedly
the case
or course, there are many socalled
freaks which have no business to be
called by such an unpleasant name.
for II one argues from the dictionary
a freak Is a monstrosity. and mon
strosty. In the generally accepted
sense Of the word. is something hor-
rible. The giant and the dwarf are
interesting and unusual. but certainly
should not be called freaks"
Hunchbacks were an exception to
the rule. for all kinds Of powers were
attributed TO them. There are some
very sensitive people to whom the
sight OF anything In the nature of a
monstroslty is absolute pain. and
women are fortunately few and far
between who fall In love with a mon
ster because OF his monstrosity. as
in the case Of Victor Hugo's L'homme
Qui Rit"
The ordinary individual comes
across very few physical freaks. and
one cannot but wonder whence the
showman's rank and file are recruited.
Perhaps. II the truth were known.
more than half Of the show freaks are
fakes" There are many good stories
told OF these sham freaks. who. owing
to some contretemps. have given the
show away" The two following are
good examples:
Among the freaks OF n certain show
was "domesticated gorilla" to quote
the handbllls. and he proved one Of
the finest draws the show had ever
had. After the performance no one
could have recognized the gorilla. -
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-04
Heart Culture

Heart culture! What a nameless
grace there Is In this terml for to have
neart culture is better than to be born
10 earthly honor and power. That. In.
ueeo, 1t was which the Apostle had I'm
mind when he wrote: The fruit Of
tne Spirit is love. joy. peace. long.
sunering, goodness. faith. meekness
temperance" Dull must be that soul
winch cannot perceive the subtle
grace the refinement. the heart cul.
ture which these words represent; and
which, as exemplified in the Chris.
uans lie, becomes the outward SYM
oois, the visible presence, of the invis.
Eble God.