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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-09-21

The . Breokhaven Syrup
1000 gallons Of sorghum
and has been compelled
aons to withhold nolasses
~ zen days. The first car
!. gallons will be shipped to
- ~'ooer l. An additional
| gallons has been received.
n the product in barrels,
'''ed at the factory.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-09-21

Ssabright, N. J.-Col. John James
McCook, member of the Ohio family,
known as 'the fighting McCooks," died
Sunday from pneumonia. lie was e7
years old.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-09-21
II 8 Workmanship Good.

San Francisco, Csl-The twelve-inch
guns of Lancaster battery at the Pre-
sidio recorded four hits in four shots at
moving target u . rsuss Of 1900
yards
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-09-21
- Vote.

Vote.
non J. B. Stirling, ssere-
''ate Democratic executive
on whom devolved the
ling the vote cast in the
primary for the only
disposed Of in the first,
nom the official returns
Ior ". R. Scott and w. B.
an-on candidates for rail.
0ner from the Third or
The tabulation shows
- 80 defeated Mr.. Scott, ths
'ent' BY $3.50 votes.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-09-21

San Diego, Cal.-Reputed to Be the
Oldest woman in California, Mrs. Annie
Murphy pioneer OF Tufare county, is
dead Old Folks Home here, agei
10,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-09-21
r.ir in Lafayette.

oxford-The Lafayette CouH1 |
~ UA,o' ~ Mold five days, beginning October
VII, os sna M 70 continue until October 2otn, ,,
;nolusive. s and $500 in premiums 1l no,,"tv %
,neiuTs u used to the farmers of the county my
be Ons,Sa l.aet raising, produce, and to the the
housewives for preserves
,oedlework.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-09-21
Rice Famine in philipoip,..

ManiIa.--A rice famine threatens the
Philippines. The price Of the staple is
already above all previous records and
sdvsne)ng " Leaps The supply y vGy
rujoaR
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-09-21

We don't pray enough We are 11s>
posed to forget God notwithssandinG!
that our lives are In constant peril
Too frequently wdrcall upon him oalyI
when danger Is near. II We but MAIN
tanned an even reIaffs him he,
would so Impress ~ ~ys cutl
of dane WA yesJ
True
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THE HUGE TUsK AND SMALLER BONES

closed by fence and a huge old tree.
The farmer set to work to dig from the
corner earth enough to fill in the low
snot n the middle Of the field Thus. by
a cident about three feet below the sur
face the shovels of the laborers struck
something hard that when fully uneov-
cred. proved to be the tusk of a huge
mastodon.
Mr.. Buchanan himself then Joined in
the work and found number of lite
twigs and periwinkles. The former We're
most probably the remains OF this prehis-
toric animals last earthly rel ast, while
the latter certainly indicated that at one
time the ground had been covered tn
water This theory is further carried
out by the fact that within little dis
tance of the spot are what Is known as
the Cranberry marshes. 1t is generally
supposed that the animals enormous
weight embedded him in the marsh and
thus caused his death. There he re-
NAMED some three thousand centuries
his bones being preserved by the water
Uron first sclosing the huge tusk or
the beast ii was thought to be the root OF
the nearby old tree. But when eight feet OF
the hard substance had been un overed
it became a doubtful proposition as to
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Under the Hat.

& ENATOR la TOILETTE was talking
- at luncheon in Madison about the
discredited scheme Of bankrupt pro-
moter.
This scheme" he sa d. was so alb
surdly false. that it reminded ME with
peculiar yividness OF coniuring tramp.
The fellow entered A country tavern
one Halloween. He boosted OF his powers
as a conjurer. and he took up large coll
lection Then. rolling back his sleeves.
he demanded three p eces Of fresh bread.
three large slices OF ham and three jack
o'-lanterns
We'll the food and the ia k-o lanterns
were duly supplied The la ter were
placed In a row on the bar The former
were gulped down almost magically by
the con jurer. Then he called fof a large
mug or schooner OF hard cider and tn =
too, rather obviously, was handed over to
him by the bartender.
Tossing of the hard cider. the tramp
now said:
:, Well gents. you've seen the bread.
ham and cider all disal pear. Under
WIFI h of these Halloween pumpk rs
would you now like to see them placed?"
"A man with red whskers touched q
green pumpkin
=. Here goes, them said the tramp.
And clapping the pumpkin on his
head he bolted from the room and ran
like an antelope down the winding coun-
try road
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that the height of the animal must have
greatly exceeded the combined lengths Of
the ribs and leg bones some idea is gained
of the enormous size of the monster.
The shoulder blades were estimated to
be about - inches across. All of the
skul bones have not as yet been discov-
cred but the scientists at the National
Museum have estimated the head TO be
at least as big as n large sized barrel or
hogshead. Several teeth were unearthed.
some of them worn from use. One Of
the largest of these measures 8 inches
across and weighs pounds. 1t is be-
lieved that with them the beast broke off
and consumed leaves and twigs. The
absence OF any tw gs on the surface and
their presence underground among the
bones of the animal seems to confirm this
theory.
The officials of the National Museum
have become greatly interested in the
skeleton. 1t is in fact larger than any
in possession of the department Ac-
cortiing to these offic ais it is the two
hundred and ninety-eighth trace of a
mastodon on this continent. The water
that surrounded ii is the cause of its
wonderful preservation and by former
experiments il is ascertained that any
lengthy exposure to the air would cause
it to crumble away. Various methods
for its safety in position where 1t may
be seen are, however, at the disposal Of
the scientists.
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I usk of Huge Mastodon
Unearthed in Canada

whether any tree, no matter how Old,
would be likely TO have root OF that
size.
Finally all of the earth was removed
from around it and a couple of the men
lifted it from its centuries-old bed into
the daylight of the year 1911. A couple
of men weer none too many to perform
this task, for since then il has been found
to weigh $50 pounds. 1t is eight feet in
length and eight inches in diameter at
the largest end. Toward the point 1t is
highly polished and very dark in color,
most likely from use. The remainder of
the tusk is yellow and more or less mud
stained.
A further search revealed the presence
of certain other parts of the body equally
as enormous in proportion. \ rib % inches
i'm length was unearthed. tremendous
portions of the leg bones were discovered.
and when it is taken into consideration
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quarrels This is a bad omen, and the old
crone watches with much anxiety.
Behind them will be the Juveniles bob
bng for apples. These are placed IN a
tub of water and must be caught and
removed by the mouth unaided by the
hands-a seemingly easy task until one
has tried It, A variation Of tn game is
to have a cord stretched above the tub
with an apple and lighted candle at
tached to it. boy jumps for the apple,
but often upsets the taper and is reward
ed by generous flow of melted wax.
Should he succeed in diSlodging the fruit,
ii must fall into the tub and be ducked
for.
Nuts and apples are consumed in i'm
mense quantit es and are always made
a feature of the fun. In the north of
England the festival is known as Nut
crack night. Indicating the significance
these edibleS have They are also made
the means of vaticination in love affairs.
When apples are placed before fire to
cook, II one side pers silently browns
deeper than the other. even when con-
tinuously turned. one of the couple whom
the apples represent will love more than
the other in the marriage to follow.
Still more unusual an apple game for
this occasion is that in which the fruit
is ranged along the floor with an ele-
waited rope holding a fork above it. The
rope is joggled. the fork falls. and the
apple into which 1t sticks is the one bear
ing the name OF the testers lover or be-
loved.
Because Roman boys invariably made
use of fruit and nuts in their sports just
as their elders introduced them into their
rel gious ceremonies, and because at RO
man marriage feastS it was customary
for the bridegroom, standing beside his
bride, to toss nuts into the air and let
the children of the party scramble for
them as an omen of luck or of plenty
because of these customs it is believed
that this feature of Halloween was intro
duced into England by them.
y
Druid festivals was that of the harvest,
the date for which correspondent with the
present Halloween. The real origin of the
celebration is lost in antiquity. but all
most popular ancient div. nations were as
ISOLATED with particular season The
observances connected with dtime Hal
loween probably represent heather fes-
stival, whose celebration consisted in CIV
ing to the departed at harvest time his
share of the fruits of the earth, just as
the Chinese today provide their deceased
with rice and soup.
All the practices of ancient magic were
of such nature as would tend to make 1t
easy for spirits to manifest themselves.
In such ceremonies water, fire, all the
fundamental elements of nature, with the
resorted to that the ghosts might be per-
suaded TO appear. Unquestionably the
day is of heather origin. since there is no
church observance whatever in the en-
suing day of All Saints to have origl-
mated such extraordinary notions. Yet,
strangely it is the natal day of at least
three saints-two of theni. st. Quintin,
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Ireland, TO Scotland and to the country
regions of England. There Halloween is
something to be approached with respect.
Popular sUpposition has 1t that on this
night spirits walk abroad and in both of
the two last named countries travellers
through lonely countrysides al such a
time used to-if must ally gifted--hddle
to keep away disembod ed souls. Yet II
the human was unafraid and the spirit
conversatonally inclined talk could. on
this one night of all the year, ensue with
out any possible harm TO the one still OF
earth.
Some of the customs of the canny Scot
used 10 include those whereby such chats
were conducted at a cautious distance.
but the more superstitious Irish seem
ever TO avoid such sur ernatural intimacy.
In the states the various forms are gone
through with by younger folk, always
with a sense of frolc and never in abso-
lutte seriousness Yet at the crucial mo-
ment there inevitably creeps in a certain
solemn ~. as when the amateur seer tries
the looking glass test.
Because femininty somehow displays a
greater curiosity than the male sex re-
gariing the looks of its future better
half, a young girl is usually depicted as
making the trial. Holding the mirror and
walking slowly backward. the ma den re-
peats an incarnation firmly believed in
Great Britain to bring the wrath of the
man who is destined for her husband. Re-
pedting as she walks and trying to go in
a straight line. she en- ircles house or
selects as her destination body OF Wa.er
In event of moonlight the latter S con-
sdered en- essential feature of the test
Finally at just the correct word OF the
charm she calls appear, and the image
is supposed to be mirrored in either the
glass or the water. or both Simultaneous
~. Occasionally this charge has no f
feet. Brutal spoken America explains this
by the fact that the maiden is to go
unwed all her days. But more diplo-
matte Ireland insists sure an the wrath
of him is bashful.'
The latter people welcome Halloween
with rare enthusiasm. No matter how
old or youthful the various members of
the household. they pay tribute to the
eve of III Saints and consider bad luck
would mark their year did they let it go
unheeded In one family group will often
be noted an old man, who s IS by the big
open fire. pipe in mouth. and gaZes on
some refractory friend in the other world
to appear to him on this suspicious night.
Beside him sits the grandmother OF the
home. roasting chestnuts for a young ri
too modest to openly make the trial her
self. The three nuts are placed In row
and named for the girl and two admirers,
respectively If, as the chestnuts roast
two of them jump toward each other
leaving the third in its or ginal position
will in this event be an old maid, or else
one of the unlucky suitors. Should the
two roast in unison and without excessive
cracking of shell, SO their love Will be
harmonious and devoid of discord. But
excessive swapping indicates continual
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such idle curiosity When d name is
called and il belongs to some one loved
who met death beneath the waves and no
apparition rewards the vigil the cal er Is
presumed to have done something IN lie
which the dead cannot forgive.
Equally uncanny and peculiar TO Scot
land is the masculine method of trying
TO learn the identity and appearance OF
a future wife In order TO rightly a.
complish this ceremony the man must
be an athlete and have good knowledge
of local geography. As the ancient direc-
tions read, he is to go alone at night
to where the land Of three lairds meets
the water" If no such quartet of com
plications exists near him he must keep
going until he finds it. Thereupon he
dips the left sleeve of his Shirt-Whethe r
icler fails to state-into the water and.
trudgng home, Immediately prepares
himself for bed.
Hanging the shirt where he can get an
unobstructed view of II he awaits the
midnight hour Precisely at that time
the appartion of his spouse-to-b. glides
forth, seizes the Wet sleeve ard SNAKES
it as though in greeting. He, meanwhile
If he is not too scared to look-has an
or portunity to study her face for future
recognition. This is said to be highly
satisfactory. as the young man nearly
always next morning insists he saw the
lady of his dreams And especially since
failure to do so causes him to dread he
might be accused of having hidden under
the bed clothes at the suspicious mo-
ment.
Burns in his famous Halloween poem
describes many now obsolete Scotch Gus
toms. and among them is the very anus
ing one of eating the raisin. \ bit oil
string or cord is stretched taut across
room. Midway it's length a raisin IS
fastened A man and a girl take the OPP
posite ends in their mouths and walking
toward each other chew up the distance
by mouthing the cord The one who first
reaches the raisin VIII be the first mar
RED But the man is usually more intent
upon reaching it first because of very at
tractive possibilities awaiting him there
When the girl is not his style. however,
he makes slower progress and permits
her to win the raiSin without competi-
ton
An odd custom of the evening is to
melt lead and pour it into dish of wa
ter through wedding ring. AS it cools
it assumes various shapes which, with a
slight stretch of the Imagination, can be
accepted as cofl.ns, wedding bells figures
of men and women and omens of good
and evil.
A remarkable uniformity of customs is
found on this night all over the English
speaking world. but there are some espe-
cially quaint ones which either have never
been tranSplanted, or else could not stand
the test of more modern countries. y
very old one much practiced by English
rustics and not found out of England is
that of determining on Halloween from
which quarter of the compass ones
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- FrEN a summer vacation holds
l. some event more or less extraora l,
- nary. But to start in this modern
age for visit In the Canadian country
and there be carried back into the past
some two or three thousand years. Is
well-certainly nothing less than an ad-
venture And such was the good fortune
the past month of c. H. Buchanan,
district inspector of the health depart
ment. Mr.. Buchanan arrived at his broth
ers farm near Welland Port Canada
just in time to become an interested OBJ
server of the discovery and removal OF
the RENAL MS of huge mastodon from
neighbor's wheat field.
1T is well known among farmers that
If there Is a low. washy piece of ground
in a wheat field the gra will never grow
successfully in that particular spot" said
Mr.. Buchanan I'm this now famous
wheat field of our neighbours two such
marshy places existed. One in the middle
of the field and the other at corner in
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some American friends TO give me a Key
to these words-they all acted as CLOS
saries for me. Well, when ! knew VIVA,
those base ball words meant 1ouliu
them beautiful y wonderful for their
amazing conciseness and GescriptiveneSs
whole huge ideographs in simple YER
nacular words.
My literary methods. again Any
thing but that. take hold OF pen
pen does and | dip it into an ink botue.
and | scribble away until ! get hungry
or want some air or bit OF a smoke,
or something and then | stop After
have written many sheets ] gather ehi
together and send them to publisher.
Then out comes the hook-and ! go OF
to Switzerland to loaf. 1t IS all very
prosaic and unntereStng Lets tax
about fans and base bali.
CLARENCE l.. CULLEN.
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'% ;AHES!GAS rs H. IL

hard gnarled knot and making n visual
line for the swing door-when four
more members of the bunch. VINO had
accumulated each their several and re-
spective half-portions adown the ne.
swept in joyously and formed an Inn
pregnable half-circle about the three OF
us.
..oh. lookee who's present they chirp-
ed gayly. Ibid you ever Com" on and
have one
Whereupon Was compelled 10 relax
and To defer that intended aviation leap
to the swing door They had me Gordon
ed as If | was the unprecedented leader ~
a riot on the way To police headquarters
| tried begging off
Count me as one not present" ] inn
plored. Large eats at home-got 10 have
party manners-relat We Of mine from
New South Wales. the leader of the pro
hibition movement in that country, going
to be present at the feed-got to get home
quick. and get home RICH.
Your act is wabbin'" they declared
with one voice "Whatcha goin' tave?"
BY this time ! felt as If / were being
boarded by green seas Of mineral water
ard likely 10 get on ms beam ends ana
turn turtle al any m mute. he vera
thought of inserting one more drop 81
mineral water into my resentfui frame
chilled me to the bone
And SO IL Was
1t went pretty we'll Far better than
the mineral water. II seemed 70 take IN
the lost motion of the mineral water, a
mechanical expert would say and max"
the circulation circ. Gradually | found
that il wasn't 50 absolutely necessary
for me To-. actually BE- rude and run away
from these good felers. Hadn't ! known
them for a good many years? Neren
they reg lar fellers? CernlH, cer'nIy.
Moreover, the requirements Of tho
American treating system were that
should ask them, after that kind Of hospi-
tality. to 'aVenuther. They didn't mind.
There were seven of us in the party b.
that time, you have of course 5, erned
after a careful reading of this narrative.
Each OF us accumulated a handful OF
checks. We grew weary standing here
weary physically, that we had 10
switch the weight from one leg 10 the
other but not weary sp ri.ually. Nunno,
Nothing like that. The game was good
Weren't We all reg lar folks? Sure Ave
nuther,
Then q member of the bunch began
that quaint ceremony known as ''openin
wine" | got home about - | observed
some hostility when ] got there.
We are a hosp table, generous people.
The American treating habit: Raus init
it, CLARENCE J.. CULLEN.
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TELLIN Ones True

TIE LING Ones True
i Love With Mirror
By the Fireside in Ireland
Various Games With APP
plies and Nuts -"C Calling
Spirits From the Waters
Scotch Customs as Depicted
by Robert Burns Queer
Franks IN Vogue in the Long
Ago and Now-Famous Game
of THE Three Dishes"
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HE weird fascin
ates folks of every
age and cline.
Each popular fes-
tival must contain
something of the
mystic in order to
remain popular. So.
probably because Z
consists entirely Of
chance and tests Of
fate and visitations
with the uncanny.
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born in 2s7 and st. Foilian. born in 655,
martyrs to their religious faith. and the
third the famous ST. Wolfang. Bishop OF
Ratisbon. who was born in 94.
OF all times supernatural influences are
believed to most prevail on this even.
Not only may spirits appear to human
beings, but the former can be summoned
at will by people devoid of such powers
on any other occasion. In many sec
tions of Ireland and Scotland the Older
communities still believe that a Hal
loween disciple can detach himself from
his corporeal tenement and roam at will
through nebulous ether until daybreak on
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i mean, literally NOT figIrative-
:, sna,Li,. ia tho nbysical
IT, "a ni,ba1 ca
dreSSy, tnat ne i best utStiiptu O. 'RP
PER. though Mr.. Bennett abominates that
word with preternatural loathing' espe-
cially since II has been appheu - nm ~
most OF the New iorh iii'ei
have tackled him 10 GATE
Il don't mind what the ueuct YOU
az me he said, When caileo upon nm
the other day. If you don ai'uue - ''.'
- dapper. Dapper my eye. t"eie =
10 word in EngliSl that conveys s'' - a.
Overwhelming So tstioh 81 nv .o'i''i'
inconsequence a thak h"tItpit WI"
per' say that ! am h%dfoceptidllS' liiai
formed. pop-cyed knock-kheed' nue.
with a Bill sykes face. say that ''oh
IiL q ,,o4drous rortroSite of a coSter-
- ,. 80, mar br,I-
mongeF anu P's'' -.
tality emanateS from nv Hhe "dt'i ito.''
. Siave. that nE CountenaaCc denotes
a1,,. tEan that Of any other
Hoie 'i"''s' ;;,a the
Englishman VINO has
states: but. man. don cdtl ne uappSi
-, ,,a{n Of having me issue a point-bland
49, So, "a much a. rlapDed
d"inal iild' you 49,
AN eve on M.
Another word literally applied - hum
-tnce Iii, arrival IN New York snort
>yEil.. ago tEat he loathes, i 'BrlusheT
,t.,.,,., +, s.td n,
Brltishef = @>iiie'
Its also AmericaneSe Tor totseHli''"
,,,sross one never hears tile word
49, .tac go, i n
'brltShef OF 'ie ~ .
ever used Ia PRINT