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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
s22. .0oo. 900 in Mississippi Banks.

INSTRUMENTATION Duncan Thompson
has received from the comptroller of the
currency the report of the condition of
the 81 national banks in the state Of
Mississippi. 1t shows total resources of
$22, ,5s1 .632.s9, which is substantial in
crease over the corresponding statement
of last year. The total amount of loans
and discounts are 81 1906, 5,o29.ss, showing
that the banks are doing considerable
business and keeping the money in cir
culation.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Cattle pisplaeing Cotton.

Coldwater-Five carloads of cattle
have been shipped from this point to
the st. Louis market. The cattle indus
try is steadily increasing ir Importance
in this county, and is taking the place
of the cotton crop to a considerable ex-
tent.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Kill Another Amencan.

Douglas, Ariz.-The thirty-ffth Amer.
lean TO be killed by Mexican rebels with
in the past three months met death while
attempting to escape from the insur-
reeto infested country around Colonia
Morelos. The victim was Edward Hani
more.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
RESCUED FROM FAMINE
AnFflcan Marines Go to Relief of Girls
a.h4. College.

Washington. - American bluejackets
and marines have been called upon by
Minister Weitzel, in Nicaragua, to rescue
from famine college of girls at Graz
da. The girls have been isolated for fotry
days and are facing an empty larder.
The college is under French control and
many OF its inmates are foreign resi
denta
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Negro Odd Fellows Row.

Atlanta, Ga-Police interference in the
Rational convention OF negro obi Fellows
prevented some OF the delegates from
mixing in a free-for-all fight over the
election of grand master. The con
sention adjourned for sixty days with
out master being chosen.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Conditions Improved.

Natchez.LConditions in the Black
river section, where suffering has been
intense since the recent floods, are great
ly improved. What cotton has been
planted is doing well, and the prospects
Tor corn and peas are good. Few peo-
pie are absolutely destitute.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
$4,000 For Roads.

Maeun.-The Merchants and Farmers
Bank of Macon paid over to the county
treasurer s127,o ,os3.3s. proceeds of road
district No. 3 bond issue of sl25,000.
Noxubee county is going to spend in the
next few months about 100000 for per-
manent good roads. i.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Minister Is Killed.

Charleston, w. Va.--After preaching
a sermon on the subject OF dishonesty,
the Rev. X. II. Green, pastor of the Meth
odist Church, South, was assaulted and
so badly injured that he died few
hours later.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19

Chicago, Ill.-Caught by sharp gust
of wind when about 200 feet from the
ground, Aviator Paul Peck, of Washing
ton. d. G., and his Columbia biplane
were hurled to the ground, and the bril-
liant young birdman was so terribly
crushed that he died several hours later
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19

Woman in Newport wears a white
stocking on one-er limb. and a black
one on the other. probably on the
theory that variety is the spice OF life.
Or possibly she wants to call atten-
,ion 70 the fatted calf.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
/. ]. Hill Is "a.

st. Paul, Minn.-James J. Hill, builder
Of the Great Northern railroad and long
the head of that transcontinental line
and the Northern Pacific, was the guest
of honor at a banquet in honor of Mr..
Hills seyenty-fourth birthday.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Sunday School Institute.

Jackson.-The Sunday School Instt
tute, with large crowds in attendance,
was brought to a close Sunday. Highly
Interesting addresses heve been deliv-
cred, and much enthusiasm manifested,
Sunday school workers of al denomins.
tions attending the meeting.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Oxdriver browns.

Rosetta.-Fom yoke of overheated
oxen, seeing lake near Homochitta
river, pulled into the stream to get
water, and in his attempt to unstrap
the drowning oxen, Charley Scott, %
years old, was drowned.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Confederate Reunion.

oxford.-The Lafayette County Camp
No. 752, U. C. ", will have two.days'
reunion at the camp ground four miles
east of town on Wednesday and Thurs.
day, September 125 and %.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Carter Give ogrdon.

Jackson. = Acting Governor Blbo
granted pardon to John T. Carter, the
young man who killed his family physi-
clan, DR.. Wendell. in 1910. The petit
tion bore the names of 1,1o0 citizens of
Monroe county.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Will Issue Bonds.

Hattiesburg.-The Board of Supervs.
ors decided to submit to the voters 2
the county the question as TO whether or
not they shall issue $4,000 of bonds
for the purpose of road Improvement.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Fine Well Brought In.

Neutrality-suspicious. & Bowler have ~
Gently completed for the Hattiesburs
Wood Reduction Company 6-inch arte-
sian well, 556 feet deep, Yielding $50
Gallons OF water a minutN
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Cuban Situation Bad.

Washington.--Condi in Cuba are
far from satisfactory TO the state de-
partment, and it is intimated that the
United STAGES might indirectly, at least,
supervise the coming election.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Horse Plague Spreads.

Council Bluffs, Ia. - The disease
which has been epidemic in Kansas and
parts of Nebraska recently, killing great
numbers of horses, has crossed the Mis-
souri, river aud several animal have died
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Snow In Montana.

Billings, Mont.-Three inches OF snow
fell here Monday and throughout East
ern Montana. 1t melted, however, within
few hours. II is reported that the
trost's damaged crops seriously.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19

This 10 a useful costume OF navy
blue serge. The skirt has a prettily
shaped panel with two buttons each
side Of the lower part
The little loose coat has collar. re-
vers and cuffs OF white cloth.
Hat OF dark blue Tagel. trimmed
with a white feather mount
Materials required for the costume:
Five yards 46 inches wide. one-quar-
ter yard 40-inch cloth. six buttons.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Series of Institutes.

Grenada.-Mr. Ira T. McLemore, COM
missioner of agriculture for Grenada
county, will hold institutes for the BEN
eft OF the farmers at several places in
the county.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Hillman College Opens.

Clinton.-IIillman College, the oldest
institution in the state for the educa-
tion OF girls. opened its annual session
Tuesday. The enrolment is the largest
in the history Of the institution.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Cheer. Diaz. Hiss Madero.

Mexico City.-The name of Madero
was hissed here in the chamber OF depu-
ties and that of Diaz was eheered by
crowd that packed the galleries.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Two Hats and Pint Of Whisky.

Paris, Tex.-Two mems hats and half
a quart Of whisky lay near the body OF
AbIes Nelson, Choctaw indian, found
dead in the woods OF tue R,si river bot
tom in Oklahoma.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Grenada College Opens.

Grenada.-Grenada College for young
women began its sixty-frst annual ses-
sion with the alrgest attendance in the
history of the school.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
Good Shrimp Season.

Biloxi.-Reports of good catches of
shrimp continue to come in. Although
the crustaceans are yet not so large,
they are being caught in large quanti-
ties and the catches during this month
are expected to be big.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
president,s Birthday.

Millbury, Mass.--Miss Della Torrey
gave a party Sunday in hcnor of her
nephew, "Will" Taft. The president was
50 years old and he was the guest OF
honor, but Mrs. Taft, Miss Helen TAFT
and c. P. Taft, the presidents BROTHER
and Mrs. @. p. Taft, were present.
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Apropos.

a PRoPOS OF Col Roosevelt's argument
. for the recall OF bad Judges, a Chi.
cagoan said the other day:
Il once heard Col. Roosevelt tell a, story
about frontier magistrates story that
reminded him OF q certain type Of high
court Judge.
''The magistrate had in hand hatchet-
stealing case. 1t was proved that the
prisoner had stolen the Ratchet but the
magistrate. search his law books as he
would. could md no precedent for Ratchet
stealing.
Prisoner at the bar he said. at last,
glaring up at the accused from over his
spectacles, L can't locate nothing In the
books relatin' to Ratchet stealing, though
ind here q case of AK stealing where
the defendant was convicted and got
heavy punishment. Prisoner at the bar
you have had . narrow escape. You may
now. 90. and let this Do . warnin' "
you" y;
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Mrs. LINCOLN IN HER T1lAUoURAL GOWN.

only tight stays and tight underwear Of
lambs wool or linen. Across their Shout
which neither offered nor suggested
warmth. Party gowns were even more
diaphonous. OF the fair Elizabeth Pat
terson, who. during this time, married
Jerome Bonaparte, 1t was written: All
the clothes worn by the bride might
have been put in my pocket
Beneath her dress she wore but single
garment" This wedding gown, as de-
picted in miniature by August:n, was,
in fact. as abbreviated above the waist
line as that which Recamier wears in
her celebrated portrait that which shows
her reclining on a couch. Some Of our
great grandmothers' gowns of this period
are slashed up the side, in the sheath"
style, because the skirts were too tight
for convenient locomotion.
Necks were cut lower in those days
than in any other period of our his
tory. 1t was a period of rouge and
pearl powder. although it is recorded
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relief. Years were required for Holland
to recuperate from her "craze"
Spring time now in Holland a a inv fo
the traveller who looks over the fields
which seem to be painted in bands of
every color. One feels as X he were trans
planted to fairyland when he IL amid
such splendor. The road near ~. catv
where most Of the growers OF the tulins
raised the bulbs at the time OF the craze
Is still a monument to the time when so
many fortunes were lost. It is called the
home known as the Tulip House"-it was
sold for Q single tulips familiar to
many tourists who remember the single
stone set In the gable and carved with a
reminded thousands Of the DISASTROUS
tulip trade In 1857. when one fool
Matched from another, the people were
knowledge
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mon, but these flowers were scarce, and
so the rich did not begrudge the high
prices charged for the treasures. The
old Dutch houses were full of fine pic
lures. porcelains and curios from the
neighboring countries, and so the Dutch
gave their attention to identifying theiI
gardens with the new flower. Garden
plots all over Holland displayed the ex-
travagances of their proprietors.
one rich trader of HARLEM paid one
half Of his large fortune to possess
single root which would produce but
single blossom to delight his acquatnt-
tiued to grow in value until their worth
was determined by their weight In perits.
a measure smaller than a grain. A buiD
known as the admiral IAefken." weigh
ing 400 perits. sold for as many forms
as would equal nearly 81. 800 of our money.
Admiral Van der Eyck." which weighed
nearly fifty perits, was sold for about the
Equivalent Of $500 in the coin of our
realm, while the 'Viceroy was nearly
three times as expensive to its purchaser.
4
Another bulb Of the same variety is
recorded to have been sold for two lasts
swine. twelve sheep, two hogshead OF
wine. four tuns Of beer, two tons of but
ter. 1000 pounds of cheese. complete
bed. suit of clothes and a silver cup.
all valued then at about $1,000 OF our
money. OF all tulips none seems to have
been noted more for it's scarcity than the
"Semper Augustus for single bulb
of this kind was sold for $1,000 forms, or
about So, 200 Of our money.
At one time, when only two Of these
bulbs were known to be in the land OF the
windmill, one at Amsterdam and the
other at Harlem, citizen offered to pur-
chase one OF them for about $40. q
splendid coach. a pair OF gray horses and
beautiful harness. This offer was refus.
ed. az neither the value represented by
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ruled as first lady of the land through
the administrations of the widowed JEFF
ferson as well as through those OF her
own Jenny"
i
With her came the delightful empire
gown, made famous in Paris by the love-
ly Recamier and the women Of Napo-
Icons court. The waist line was now
entirely obscured, and the bodice short
ened, in some cases, to an inch. The
accompanying reproduction of Dolly
Madison's portrait represents her in such
q toilet when she was at the height OF
her grace and glory.
The gowns saved from this period cor
roborate many old letters and diaries
which told how the women Of the period
shivered in these short-waisted. clinging
walking dresses of cambria and India
twill, beneath which were no petticoats-
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commercially successful in raising the
plants, not only from the bulblets. but
from the seeds. During the last year as
many as fifty large business houses OF
the land Of the wooden shoe sent their
agents to our country to solicit bulb Or
ders from American dealers and gar
deners. This business method must nave
proved successful; One-half million ooi-
lars is said to have been paid to Hohana
for the bulbs which will flower In our
land this spring. 1t might seem that
such a price would buy q sufficient guam
tity Of these roots to supply the whole
nation, but thousands OF Americans NV
ing in the center Of the country or IN
tulip. The Agricultural Department mas
increased this great number OF bulbs this
year by distributing 5000 bulbs OF lts
own American raising. A rev years aeo
roots would have been impossible. AS
yet the raising Of most varieties OF these
plants Is in an experimental stage. II
IL with the tulip that the best resuits
have been accomplished. for the oulpiets
OF this plant have been raised to flower.
Last year a number of these American
tulips were planted In the grounds OF the
Agricultural Department. where 1t was
noticed that they were In blossom ten
days before the Dutch plants oioomeo
in the other parks.
Even now there is no such industry IN
America as tulip raising. Those who
handle the bulbs commercially stil md
it cheaper to import tulips rather than
devote the four or Ave years to the Gull
ture Of each little bulb In order to make
1t produce flower. Frpm present In
dications 1t il prophesied that the time
will probably come when Holland Will
lose much of her American tulip trade.
for Uncle Sam has lately established buft
gardens for the propagation Of these
spring plants. II this experimental gar
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spring blossoms, the parks are watched
with daily interest by thousands who are
anxious to see the hyacinths and tulips
lift their heads into the fresh spring
air. This is the time of year when
every new sign of life in the plant world
Is thought worthy of notice and COM
ment. Each spring has seen more and
more beautiful bulb flowers in the gov
eminent parks. until this year 1t Is ex-
pected that fifty thousand OF them will
adorn the grounds around the government
buildings and grace gardens in public
squares and circles.
With such a growth of popularity not
only In the nations capital. but In nu-
merous other large cities. Americans are
beginning to wonder IL these blossoms
will ever cause a real Dutch craze.
Perhaps it Is the impatience OF the peo-
pie Of our land to enjoy their gardens az
soon as possible in the spring that gives
them kind of tulip dementia. or It may
be simply their love for this aristocrat
of the early gardens that Is responsible
for the popularity OF the blossom.
AS for three centuries. Holland Is still
the center Of the bulb trade. for that is
the only country which SO far has been
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|hANGELIcA'
MAN BuR,EN
| 1885.
HARRIET LANE fashions QUEEE'TZl<IE
In The LATE fTTHS. .9NElN.

of the republic and group the changing
styles according to periods corresponding
as nearly as possible with the administra-
tions of our Presidents.
After her husband became President
Martha Washington no longer got import
ed stuffs for her apparel. for the Inn
mortal George now lay down the law
that only homemade cloths and domes-
tic products should enter into the clothing
of himself and spouse. And this rule all
have emulated SO far as their inaugural
rainent has been concerned.
-
Dresses worn at Washington's in
augural balls will be among the most in
teresting exhibits representing the first
administration. and the nucleus of this
class is a gorgeous gown Of Mrs. Robert
R. Livingston. The character of the
dresses worn at Washington's first in
augural ball may be judged by descrip-
tons in some old letters. One was a
plain celestial blue satin gown, with
white satin petticoat," another was "a
perriot made of gray Indian taffeta with
dark stripes of the same color. having
two collars, the one yellow and the other
white" Some Of the women wore hats
q rEspagnole Of white SATIN and popu-
lar headdress seems to have been "a pouf
Of gauze in the form Of a globe" In
deed. the elegant gowns Of this period OF
the republics birth. even as they appear
today, leave small wonder at the criticism
sent home by Mrs. John Adams, while
her husband was minister to the court of
St. James, that English women did not
dress as well as ours. But 1t was Mrs.
John Jay, who, when her husband re-
turned from his mission to the court OF
Louis XVI. brought the new French
fashions which, changed the styles in
America at the close Of the revolution.
1t was her little son VINO introduced in
New York the first long trousers for
boys.
Speaking of trousers, an interesting pc
Rod group in the collection-one directly
following the Washington period-wOuld
illustrate the distinctive dress Of the fed
eralist and republican at the opening OF
the nineteenth century. The republicans,
borrowing the garb Of the French revo-
lutionists, dotted their wigs. wore tight
pantaloons to the calves of their legs and
laced their shoes with leather strings.
while the federalists adhered to the wigs
and queues knee breeches and buckled
shoes Of the past century. So it was
an easy matter in those days to distin-
guish a radical from a conservative.
The groups representing the first sew
enteen years Of the past century Will
mark what might best be termed the
Dolly Madison period of American wom-'
ans dress, for that charming woman
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these articles or the worth Of twelve
acres Of building lots offered for the other
"Semper Augustus bulb. A certain Hol-
lander who thought he possessed the only
bulb Of a special variety discovered that
another like 1t existed, and so he pur-
chased the second root at great cost. only
to destroy 1t before the eyes of the one
from whom he had bought it, He was de-
termined to have bulb different from
any in the land.
While the esthetic taste Of the people
ran to tulips. their appetites still craved
the foods with which they had always
been satisfied. So 1t happened that the
rich merchant who received consign-
ment Of tulips was the cause Of sailors
woe just as Jack himself caused the Inn
porter to be dismayed with lamentation
and sorrow. When the ship arrived at
port Jack informed his master. who was
so happy at the news that he rewarded
the sailor by presenting him with hne
red herring. AS the sailor was fond OF
onions. he slipped bulb which ne saw
pocket. expecting to enjoy the ''vegeta-
ble' with his breakfast. When the loss
of the "Semper Augustine bulb was dis
covered, thorough search was MADE Tor
the 'onion." valued at 81, 200. Soon poor
rope at the quay enjoying his break
fast of fish and ''Semper Augustus. was
carried on to the magistrate to be SEN
fenced to a term in prison. The sailors
breakfast would have sold for q price
sufIicient to have provided rations for his
ship for q whole year.
The inquisitive botanist who visited the
conservatory OF q wealthy man OF Hol-
land found q cure for his destructive in
vestigationa. Seeing bulb Of different
structure from any "onfOn" with which
he was familiar he engaged himself in
peeling on layer. after layer of the tulip
root and Quartsring the remainder with
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Dolly MADISON
IN TIE EHPIRE STYLE

Her plumed headdress and gold head
band, with its pendant jewel: her three
stranded necklace OF pearls, with its
pendant matching that upon her brow
her low-necked bodice, dropping on her
beautiful shoulders, with its bertha and
puffed elbow sleeves; her tightly laced
waist and full skirt, worn when she sat
for this portrait, now adjoining the White
House, must have been the envy or all
bellies who beheld this vision of loneliness.
Hers was the period when long throats
and sloping shoulders reigned. when
fashionable women laced themselves
until they were black in the face, when
the feminine figure grew long-walsted
and trim-waisted In close-htting tightly
The beautiful Angelica visited hel
Uncle Stevenson while he was minister
to London, and during her second year
as mistress of the White House she
brought back the newest European rasn'
ions.
The museums dressed figures depicting
the styles from the first Harrison to TIT
Fillmore periods. inclusive, VIII depict
the advance Of crinoline. Women nov
looked Ike bells. From their poke bon
nets their outlines gradually expanded
as their pellerine shawls met their huge
cone-like skirts. 1t was a period when
children wore hideous pantaletes. and
which was brought to a climax by thu
grotesque semi attire adopted
by disciples of Mrs. Bloomer.
But the dresses shown in the collections
representing the period beginning with
the administration of Franklin Perez wi
display even greater monstrosities thar
were ever attained by aid Of crinoline
Now a new queen of fashion came to rule
over France and to dictate the styles OF
the enlightened world. This was thu
Empress Eugene, who is still In the lane
Of the living.
With her came the second empire o.
the hoop skirt, which she introduced
and which England and America were
prompt in adopting. First Of whalebone
then of graduated steel circles, her hooI
skirts became SO wide that the doors OF
her palace blocked her exit, until sh'
changed to more conservative garments
Our fashionable grandmothers hoops o.
the early fifties, as dictated by Eugene
were widest at the hips, whence dresses
fell perpendicularly.
Our mothers dresses, representing the
Buchanan period, in this series. Will dis-
play hoops still expanding. Omcialdom
queen of fashion, on this side OF the
water was then the fair Harriet Lane.
niece of President Buchanan, who had
previously experienced social life at the
court of Victoria while her uncle was
minister to London The diary OF a
senator's wife relates that during Bu-
chanan's administration low necks" and