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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-05-25

tie tFti n EsN.t4E Tue ~ tNafNiNtN NA-Afh
SLAMS iv. S-lh.
In this week occurs the anniversary
Of Jesus ascension In Que sense OK
the word our Lord assembled that IA.
from human nature and the tomb. 20
the divine nature aud Immortality at
the time % His resurrection from che
dead. lie tarried. however. for forty
DAYS. with the Apostles for their e.
adjustment and inJruction-iIe ON
srfia spirit plane. invisible to them. ex-
cept when He manifested Himself by
appearing miracu.ously in various
forms 20 convince them that lie YVES no
longer deceased. and also that He was
no leager confined to human co.ditions.
Flesh and Blood Cannot Inherit the
Kingdom OF c-d.-
We ar not, however. 10 suppose for
q moment that Jesus assembled Il flesh
ly or human being. We remember. on
the contrary, that flesh and blood can
not inherit the Kingdom of God" and
that lie WIS Put 70 death in the
flesh but quickeued in the spirit" and
that thcnceforth as the Apostle de-
clares. The Lord is that Spirit QI
Corinthians iii. IL.
To suppose that Jesus went to helv-
en- Il man IS TO mistake the significance
OF Ills title. The Son Of Man. which
He maintains. as identifying Him with
HIS great redemptive work-aS one Of
His many titles. To suppose that
Jesus Is human being IN heaven
would he & suppose that He Is still
as when in the flesh. - little lowe
than the angels. whereas the Scrip
lures declare ;hat lie has aScendad far
higher. SO that all the anrelS of God.
as vel rs mea. are commanded 20
worship Hin T. SUPPOSE Jesus in
heaven human beiug would b 70
suppose Him out ~ ~ hirmoay with
heavenly. spiritual conditions and sur
roundincS.
Moreover. a-r we not told that the
Church Of Chris; will lie changed from
'he hIEan To the spirit condition in
the resurree ton. and that this chance
will make the elect OF Cod like their
Resieemer. 81 that they may see Hin
- He is. not as- He legs-tha. they
may see Him in glory. honor and i'm
mortality. ezaltat.en. and not - the
huriliated One Who was made flesh
that He might sacrifice His Eesh on
mans behalf When we 50 thought
we forgot the Seriptural declaration
that flesh and blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom o, God"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-05-25

Stiff neck Is not only painful bet an
To get rid Of il quickly rab
lae affected part with Billiards. Snow
LinimeIr L penetratss the flesh and
the muscles so that the pain
ceases Immediately. Price s5c. soc and
- per bottle. sod By KendeI.
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List of unclaimed mail natter Re-.
manning in the Oxford pcst-ofiee Ter
the week ending Saturday, Nav 5gsh:
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comm:ssIone.,. :sals Of Lan..

" D. Porter. J. T. Matthews,
aarkins and Others
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the death of a number of men, but the
law had never been able to make out its
case. Then. finally. there was the de-
liberate murder of 'Rattooth Flynn, an
associate, while witnesses looked on.
X
FLYNN and Foley had arranged to do
a certain job. Flynn had posted a third
man as lookout, and this third man had
informed. When Foley went to the place
where he was to meet Flynn he was ar
rested. Still there was not direct evil
dence against him. so he was let out on
bail. He went direct to Flynn'S house,
invited him for q walk, and at the first
corner, while Flynn's wife and daughter
looked on. he killed his pal. thinking that
1t had been he who had tipped OF the
police.
Foley cursed the warden, the turkeys,
the deputy sherins-everybody who came
near him. His hair and beard grew long,
for no barber could be hired to shave
him. He was defiant to all the world.
But at the end he wilted. There was no
fight in him when he was led to the
scaffold. He had no crutch on which to
lean: nothing to support him. He was
the most miserable of Gods creatures.
Lyons was man Of wealth and social
prominence, high-strung, sensitive. He
had attended dinner at which J. Ward
Gurley. the district attorney, had also
been present. In getting into a carriage
afterward some one lost diamond pin
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Lyons had been Immediately behind this
man who lost 1t. and was accused of
taking it. He allowed himself to be i'm
mediately searched. but the pin was not
found. He was later arrested on the
charge of the man who had lost the pin.
but dismissed. He brought suit for dam
ages. The district attorney dismissed
the case. There was other hard feeling
between the former friends. Lyons went
deliberately to the Office of the district
attorney and shot him dead. He was
condemned to die.
In Lyons philosophy he probably jus.
titled himself. He walked to the
scaffold with "a quiet dignity He
as.'ed me to do my work carefully and
WELL He said he would furnish no SEN
sation to the newspapers by making a
statement. All was in accordance with
the best of taste. The man had some
thing uron which to lean. When he came
to the barrier which meant the end of
all things in this life he had a mental
ity, philosophy that reached beyond.
This spared him from the abjectness of
the fear that faced Shotgun Foley.
There was the dual character Of Car
Bortuna. He was a huge young Ger
man baker, who murdered his employer
with an AK Bortuna was coarse, brut-
ish. vile. in all that side of his nature
which was American. His English words
were mostly oaths and blasphemy. Yet
the German priest who was with him at
the last. said that he was a man of cul-
ture and evident good family. He told
the story of a crime in the old country
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Perhaps he has been born to the slums.
Perhaps he has merely come into being in
that negative class where neither good
nor bad is taught and children merely
grow up as animals might.
AT any rate his life has always been
thrown in among the 'roughs.' He has
fought against existing institutions.
Everything has been wrong from his
viewpoint. He has lived the life of q
wild creature. pursued by the law. Only
an animal cunning has developed. There
is not the early sowing of a seed to go
back to. There Is not the necessary in
telligence to make him philosophically
seek a God. He is denied the consolation
OF the classes both above and below him.
This man approaches the scaffoId in
an utter frenzy of fright. When. in the
privacy of his cell, the execftioner reads
his death warrant to him. this man real
ICES that his time has come. He looks
helplessly about for something to which
to cling. His face blanches. He COL
lapses. He has nothing, is nothing:
miserable creature without a God. He
has to be carried to the scaffold, for his
legs refuse to carry him. Blubberingly
or shriekingly he goes through the or
deal. and soul is sent out into the un-
known. a soul that had never awakened
in this life.
Shotgun Foley was such a man. For
years he was the terror of certain Sec
tons of New Orleans. He was the, head
of gang that pillaged and robbed and
defied the law. There was no doubt that
his shotgun had been the instrument In
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which the professional criminal comes
whimpers in its hour Of need. collapses at
the gate Of the hereafter. plays worst of
all that tragedy that is being put on &C.
casionally in the courtyards throughout
the country
Such is the summing up of Frank f.
Johnston, who has seen more men go
knowingly to their deaths than any other
individual in the nation. For Johnston
has tied the hangman's knot about the
necks of forty-three men. He has sprung
the trap that has sent all these into eter-
nifty. He has noted the manner Of their
dying.
And Mr.. Johnston. strangely. is man
of parts. Many people have heard OF
the hansman of New Orleans the man Of
many executions. The average man
draws in his own mind the picture of the
public executioner. 1t is not a charming
picture. Therefore the surprise in meet
ing Frank +. Johnston. He is a different
man from any conception that might be
had of him. Because he is different he
has a story to tell that Is one In a thou
sand.
For Johnston was born of a good fam
lily down in Mississippi and was educated
for the ministry. He smiles quizZically
when he tells YOU of this. He often smiles.
for 1t is spontaneous appreciation of
humor that looks out at you through his
spectacles. He is a genial. companion
able man. the possessor Of some property,
we'll dressed. average sized He is OBJ
riously man of iron nerve and but for
the twinkle in his eye and the contagious
smile his face might be called stern. AS
lit is. YOU would come nearer sizing him
SUP as the county clerk in town of 5000
than as fearless dealer with desper-
ate criminals.
T II officiated at my first hanging said
Johnston, because another man lost his
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description. There are yellow violets
and pink and blue blossoms whose names
/ know not There is also a red flower
called 1.-The blood drop of Christ
1t is said to have sprung up on the
spots where dropped the blood Of our
Savior as He carried the cross.
counted thirty-five different wild flowers
in single days travel over the noun
tains Of Samaria. At one place saw what
looked like piles of Bermuda onions,
pulled up. lining the roadside. There
were bushels Of them, and I supposed
they had been spilled out by a broken
down caravan. Those are lily bulbs
which the farmers have dug out of the
fields" said my guide, and farther on
saw the men digging. The lilies are
yellow and white, and they grow wild.
'-They toll not, neither do they spin," but
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will often produce several crops in one
year. 1t will grow anything, and figs.
olives and other fruits flourish. There
cover the sides Of the hills and are near
every farm village. 1 was hardly out of
sight OF them on my way from Shechem
to Mount Carmel, and 1 am told that a
great quantity Of oil is exported.
farmer is the Mohammedan tax gatherer
and assessor. These men have squeezed
the heart out of every crop Of the past.
and 1t is only now. when Turkey has new
constitution. that the people have begun
to hope that they may make something
out of their lands The tax assessors go
over the country when the olive trees are
in blossom and they then estimate the
money which each tree should yield. They
assess this amount as cash tax. and
the owner of the orchard must pay 1t
whether the yields turns out we'll or not.
There is often failure of crops. and the
trees produce just enough for the taxes.
Sometimes they fail entirely. AS a result
begun to cut down their orchards and
sell both wood and roots This is forbid
den by the new constitution.
The taxation is not confined to the
orchards. 1t is imposed upon every crop.
the amount fixed being about one-eighth
of the annual yield This tax is farmed
out to the highest bidder. one man taking
the contract OF collecting the taxes for a
village or district and offering the gov
eminent lump sum in cash for them.
After the allotment has been made and
the price fixed, they are allowed to stand
for a week or so. during which time any
one who offers 3 per cent more can get
the district. Once settled. the allotment
belongs to the man who has paid for it,
and he sets watch on the crops to see
that the full taxes are paid All the grain
must be thrashed at the village, and put
up there in stacks Of eight, each stack
being of the same size.
When this Is done the tax gatherer
selects the stack which he win take for
the taxes and this Is threshed out by
itself, the farmer being required to de-
liver the grain as the collector directs.
He may have to carry it to Jerusalem,
Jaffa Or Nablous and in this way make
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this at streams or wells. At the wells
the women draw the water for the sheep
as they did in the days Of the Scriptures.
They use bags of goatskn Unframed. The
skins are taken almost whole from the
goats, and the legs and other openings
tied up SO that the skin is water proof.
There is but one hole at the throat, and
it is in this that the water is poured. The
water for the household is carried in such
bags, network Of ropes being wrapped
around them SO that it can be rested upon
the back, the bag being supported by
rope around the forehead A bag of the
ordinary size, when filled, weighs at least
fifty pounds. The women go along with
their heads bent half double. carrying
such bags to their village homes. They
do this day after day all their lives long.
The Palestine or today is a land or
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hills and the same carpet or WHO mowers
that were here in the days of our Lord.
have talked with the farmers in the
fields. have ridden side by side with the
modern Balaam as he climbed the hills
on his ass. and have even put my hand
TO the plows. such as were used in the
times of the Scriptures. and with a goad
have pricked on the buliocks and donkeys
As they turned up the sod.
The Palestine of the Bible was land
OF the farmer. The children Of Israel and
their leaders We're reared or worked on
the farm. Abraham had numerous sheep
and so had Isaac and Jacob. Saul was
the son OF old Farmer Kish, and he was
hunting his fathers asses when he was
met by Samuel. the prophet. who gave
him a kingdom. David was watching
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which is so thin that If you could pare it
off for depth of eight inches there
would be nothing but stone. 1t is diner
ent in the plains and the valleys. but the
hills are terraces of rock covered Win
boulders and sprinkled here and there with
patches of earth. The conditions. how
ever. are such that the least bit of soil
will grow luxuriant grass. and the sheep
seem TO grow fat on the stones.
7 remember some flocks / saw on my
wooded animals with tails of fat hanging
down like aprons behind them. The most
of them weighed 200 pounds, and the
average was fatter and finer than the
best sheep of America. Some were white
wooded and some brown, and others had
brown heads and white bodies. l have
tasted the mutton 1t is excellent, and
is the best meat to be had at the hotels.
The sheperds are about the same all
over Palestine. They are kindly eyed men
with fair faces, bronzed by the sun.
They stay out all day on the hills with
the sheep. driving them into the villages
at night Each shepherd has his staff and
his scrip, a little bag Of dried skin. He uses
a sling as David did. and stones his sheep
to keep them from straying. The strings
of the sings are of goat hair. and the
pad for the stone IS of the same ma
terial, often made with a slit in the mid
die, SO that when a stone is put in the
sling hts close like bag. Such things
are now used In stone fights between the
boys of the villages. who practice to see
who can throw the farthest.
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The wool of these sheep is especially
fine. 1t brings a higher price than that
of Damascus. and something like mil
lion dollars worth of it is exported a
year. The shearing is done by hand. and
much of the wool is sold unwashed. Some
is washed after shearing, the work being
done by women who receive less than
shilling day.
Nearly every flock of sheep has its
goats. They are usually black and can
be picked out at a great distance. Some
of the goats produce excellent milk. and
the best as much as three quarts a day.
There Is a great deal in the Bible about
the sheepfolds. These are common In
Palestine. In the villages there are often
corrals and sometimes caves in the hills.
The village folds are closed at night. and
the shepherds keep the keys. Those of
the mountains are usually open and the
sheep go in and out as they will.
One OF the most important duties of the
shepherd is to water the flock. He does
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die The idea of a God was instilled in
him in his youth. The seed planted at
the bottom of his consciousness may
have laid dormant through the greater
part of his life, just as the capacity to
commit murder had laid dormant. But
when he comes to die that seed springs
into activity and bears quick fruit. There
is. think, an intellectual philosophy also
back of this acceptance of religion. The
intelligent man realizes that there is
nothing else that will make him equal
to meeting the great emergency. He
needs religion. He may not declare his
acceptance Of it. but we who have watch
ed his last hours have seen him praying
to his God. He walks to the scaffold
with steady step and goes to a courage
Gus and dignified death.
But of all the men who must meet
death knowingly and must think upon
that meeting N advance. the man with
the hardest task is the badly-raised wretch
who has been given nothing in his career
that would fit him for the emergency.
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nerve. Have you not read in the papers
OF scores of hangings that were bungled?
1t is the exception rather than the rule
that man is dispatched in competent
manner. If the state Is going to take
the life of a man. / hold that it should
at least perform the task competently
This requires skill. an understanding Of
the task in hand and absolute control Of
ones self The average sheriff has none
OF these l have supplied them in forty
three cases in this part of the country.
But to come back to the conauct of
different men under the supreme test.
Probably half of the men / have hung
have been negroes. Not one of these has
ever faltered in the face of DEATH The
negro is naturally religious and emo
tional. In most cases he has been greatly
wrought up and has given himself over
to his maker. He fears nothing.
AT the other extreme of the grades of
men there is strange reversion to the
simplicity of the elemental man. The
man who was born well, was educated,
who surpassed the mass of his fellows.
but who later fell into crime, goes back
to his early teaching when he comes to
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Uncle Sam Is to Have
New Street Letter Boxes

and with single jerk Of the side the
entlre bottom of the box falls out, scat
tering the contents over the floor
rms is the principle upon which the
under 1t will catch the accumulated mail
ana allow the collector to clear out the
box In two or three seconds A saving
or even twenty seconds i'm the emptyinv
OF mail box means a saving of G6i
hours every time a collection is made
throughout the United States, and i'm
large cities the collections often number
ten or more day. Computed in terms
oI man collectors salaries, this is big
waste of postal funds.
After repeated trials the department ~
not convinced that an automatic record
ing device, to show when the next collec-
non is to be made. Is necessary on the
new mail box. Such an indicator was
tried on hundreds of boxes in San Fran
cisco. St. Paul and Minneapolis. several
years ago.
1t consisted of tin cards. set into an
endless chain, and each bearing a differ
ent legend When the postman opened
the mail box to remove the mail the de-
vice automatically advanced a new card
before an opening i'm front of the box
on which was printed the time of the
next collection
X *
After trial of some length. however.
eiiS uCNiNc was dDdHuOneu. III BROOKLYN
hundreds of boxes We're fitted with two
dials, with indicators turned from the
inside of the box by the mail collector
These were set at each collection, To
show the time of the next. The boxes
have given satisfaction. but ii is claimed
now that they take too much of the
collectors time.
One point that has been made i'm favor
n hn lffayvl ia sakrts fai Qn
a definite check upon the mail collector.
and keeps him from skipping a box de-
liberately. If the next collection is not
made at the proper time the indicator
will show the fact to any one who ex-
amines the box.
The arguments in favor of the auto
matte devices have not yet convinced the
postal authorities. however, that such
equipment is necessary for the average
postbox 1t is considered more important
to place on the boxes cards giving the
stand the ravages of the weather, and
will not too quickly lose their distinct
ness and their value to the public.
Postmaster General Hitchcock appoint
ed a committee some time ago to de er-
mine upon the style of the new letter
box: but the committee has not yet
made its report. Tho members have
studied a number OF models. and have
about made up their minds as to what
is needed. and i'm what form II can be
found. 1t is expected that within a few
months a contract will be awarded for
a large number of the new boxes. and
that they will be put into general use
in some of the larger cities.
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preaching the most of the examples and
parallels relate to things of the soil.
X *
The most common sight out of doors in
the Holy Land is the sheep. They are
everywhere. You find them on the rich
plains where the Philistines lived; they
feed among the rocks on the slopes of the
Judean mountains, and spot the wilder
ness all the way down to Jericho They
Craze on every part of Samaria and
Galilee, and almost everywhere on the
plain of ESdraelon. They are always
watched over by sheperds, and are often
driven to new feeding grounds. The
greater part of this country is mountain
our. Limestone rocks cover the soil,
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on every male member of the community.
This begins with babyhood and lasts until
death, and there are other taxes upon
land, as we'll upon imports and every
thing that man eats, drinks and wears.
II the Holy Land could be freed from
taxation and the farmers allowed fair
play there is no doubt but that the land
would produce many times what 1t does
various colonies which have been es-
tablished by the Jews and the Germans
in the different parts Of Palestine. Take
for instance Zammarin on the southwest
slope Of Mount Carmel. where these notes
are written. The place is about five
hours ride from Haifa, and days jour-
ney by carriage from Nablous. The town
Is owned by Jewish colony which has
q large tract of land given it by Baron
Edward Rothschild of Paris. The land
end of the plain of Sharon, SO situated
that 1t commands view of that plain at
the east and of the Mediterranean sea at
the west. The country about is covered
with chunks Of limestone CT all shapes
and sizes, the bedrock cropping out in
lodges with small tracts of arabic land
here and there.
x
The Jews have taken this land, and
have cleared 1t by picking off the loose
garden. They have some quite large fields
on top of Mount Carmel, which are now
covered with wheat. They are raising
luxuriant crops Of oats and beans and
have vineyards as thrifty as those
of south France or the Rhine. They
have olive orchards which would be a
credit to any part Of Italy; and English
walnut trees which bear like those Of
southern California. They are raising
fine cattle. which they Craze on the
hills in the daytime and bring in at
night The milk Is excellent, and the
meat as tender and sweet as the corn
fed beef Of Chicago. / am told that the
land produces abundantly and that the
colony does well.
The town Of Zammarn is far different
from those of other parts of Palestine.
It's houses are of German architecture
and many of it's people speak German.
1t has a German hotel run by an Amer
lean Jew and planned upon Jewish lines.