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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY'S
SKIN

In the care OF baby S skin and hair.
Cuticura Soap is the mothers IA
vorite. Not only is It unrivaled in
purity and refreshing fragrance. but
its gentle emollient properties are
usually sufficient to allay minor irri-
tations. remove redness, roughness
and chafing. soothe sensitive condi-
tons. and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted by Cuti-
cur Ointment. 1t is most valuable In
the treatment of eczemas. rashes and
itching, burning infantile e~ruptions.
Cuticura Soap wears to a wafer. often
outlastiug several cakes OF ordinary
soap and making its use most eco
nomical.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston.s-Adv.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25

Doctor Marage OF Paris told the
Acadamie des Sciences recently that
stuttsringEwhich Is an intermittent
nervous condition OF all the sound
producing organs. lungs. larynx and
mouth-can be cured by making the
victim understand his ~af1istion and
the means by which he can rid him.
self Of II.
Doctor MarAge showed moving pie
lures OF the mouths of normal and
suffering persons m OF the vibra-
tons OF their voices. These show the
Sufferers speak their words three
times as rapidly as normal persons.
that the words are separated by in
tervals only half as long. and that
there is no division Of syllables.
The sufferer talks rapidly because
he breathes badly and is always out
of breath. Therefore. the first treat.
ment for him is to teach him to
breathe correctly. This can be done
by exercises that any physician should
be able to devise.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25

At the meeting Of the New York
Sons OF the Revolution Professor AL
bert Bushnell Hart read a paper on
American Historical Liars" The
phrase is professional. hurricane and
harsh. The truth OF history is neces-
sarily an Illusion. A historian who
tries his hardest to write a true story
cannot do 1t. At the best, he has to
select among documents, TO form a
theory OF their comparative reliability.
Anybody who has seer the utterly op-
posed stories told by honest wit
nesses in court. noticed how the sim
plest event is distorted as the tale of il
passes from mouth to mouth. how diff
acult 1t is to trace. say. the movements
OF a single regiment In war. will both
er his head mighty little about the
veraeity Of historians. He will pre-
fer a brilliant poet like Livy or
Froude to the whole modern ace OF
Records Office and copying clerk
D~ryasdusts. Take the best ten re-
porters or best ten members Of the
American Historical association and
send them to a dinner or a dog fight.
There will be At least ten histories
OF that feeding or fighting and none
Of EN- will be more than approx
mately true"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
WITH OLD TRUTH IN MERCY
Authors Opinion Of Why Women Use
Tact" instead Of Being Too
Plainly outspoken.

Il call a woman sincere" MARROW be-
gan after giving me a cigar and light
ing n himself. Il call a sin
cere when she volunteers a statement
resembling remotely in form wha she
really thinks ought to be said II II
were o for the necessity to spare the
stupid sensitiveness OF men. The
woman's rougher. simpler. more up
right Judgment embraces the whole
truth. which their tact. their mistrust
OF masculine idealism. ever prevents
them from speaking in its entirety.
And their tact is unerring. We could
not stand ome speaking the truth
We could not bear Il. II would cause
infinite misery and bring about most
awful disturbances in this rather medi>
ocre but still idealistic FOOLS paradise
in which each Of Us lives his own little
hfe-the unit In the great sum Of En-
istence. And they know H. They are
merciful-"-From "chanee.- by Jossph
| Conrad.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25

To Charles the Twelfth OF Sweden
! " much OF what has stood me IA
best stead all my life, II sas nearly
thirty years ago. when but a boy. tina.
| bought his life for a penny. took
II home and devoured IL. Il made /.
great impression on me. Not his war,.
but the Spartan heroism OF his char.
acter He inspired me with the idea
Of triumphing yer physical weakness.
WEAKNESS and pain To inure his body
10 bear all n Of hardsaips in
differently. to battle in ice or face the
torrid rays OF the sun. to discipline
his physical powers by gymnastics.
to despise the niceties OF food and
drink. to make his body an instru-
ment as Of tempered steel. and at the
same time TO have that body abso-
lutely at the disposition OF the mied.
that seemed to me conduct worthy Of
a hero. And so. boylike. | tried to
initiate him. and succeeded at leas, so
far as to be happily Indifferent to ehe
circumstances OF my personal environ
ment--Rt. Hon. John Burns.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
Natural to Imagine That Under the
Circumstances OeIiesey Had
Peculiar Flavor.

This Is a true story OF what hap
pened not long z at a C a. R.
banquet In a Kansas town.
Two epteureans had reached the
dessert Of the menu. Blackberry pie
vas the piece de resistance. The pie.
rich and Juicy. had been brought to
the dinner on \ pasteboard pie pan.
but the Juice had soaked through the
pastsnoArd and pan and pie had been
slappsd on a china plate.
MAN. q a eptcurean. a he
-th1n 10 the bese iooktng pie I ever
sssaed at. But as he -F1etcherfzed
q flank look dawned on his face. He
look another bite. Its a little differ
snt from any blackberry pie | ever
ate" he said thoughtfully. but it's
great that's what IL is."
The other man ate c~ontentedly. -Of
course Il tastes that way to you," he
said supsrcil.ously. but my daughter,
you know. Is an advanced domestic
science student and this pie doesn't
have an unusual taste 10 me at all 9"
They were finishing in satisfaction, the
domestic science girls dad was reluc.
family lifting the last Juicy bite from
the plate. when a half s~mothered gig,
gle at his right diverted his attention.
He turned inquiringly
You've both eaten the pasteboard
plate With your pie" explained the
fellow guest her face very red with
suppressed laughter. sure enough
they I'D
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
a Clearing House for Worker.

One OF the most interesting features
OF the East side OF New York, Is its
great labor market. which stands
ready at the beck and call Of who
ever has the price to hire. This fea-
ture Is to be found In Seward park
Whether 1t be desired to hire a brick
layer. a tailor. a mason or a plumb
er. p~aperhanger, painter or decoratos.
men skilled or unskilled in these
trades can be quickly garnered upon a
tour of the park Sitting on benches
or gathered in groups are men equip
ped with their tools waiting the beck
and call to go 10 work. Here they
gather almost with the rising sun and
remain in the park until shutdown. un-
less fortune smiles upon them and
gives them work for a day. week or
month.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
N BATH CHANGES HANDS
Famous Surrey Street tlondon) RsiIe
Which Was Mentioned by
Charles Dickens

The old Roman bath in the Strand
In about to change hands. writes .
London correspondent Of the New
York Tribune. The house In which It
is situated In Surrey street has been
acquired by the Bible mission. and I:
has not yet been decided whether II
will still be open to the public a. .
plunge bath or for Sightseeing.
The present tenant. Alderman Nolan
Glave Of New Oxford street, used the
bath daily until some w years ago.
with some members of the stat Of his
drapery establishment. as . plunge
bath. but for the last two years II has
been open only as a show place on
Saturdays between eleven and twelve
O'Clock.
II is the last of the cold spring baths
Of London and dates back to the time
Of vespasian.
Until 1893 It had q gravel bottom.
and the sides were OF Roman brick.
Several rows OF these bricks can still
be seen round the top. but when tho
famous Essex marble bath. which ad-
Joined and was fed by the same spring.
was closed the marble was taken out
and used to line the old Roman bath.
Dickens was at M time a visitor
to the bath. as readers OF David Cop
perfield" will recall.
There was" he wrote. AN old Ro-
man bath in those days at the bottom
OF n OF the streets out of the Strand
1T may be there stiIi-in which
have had many a cold plunge"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25

The virtues OF ~bicarbonate of soda
as a deodorant are known and ap
preeiated by very few-most OF them
nurses and physicians. What woman
will not be glad to learn. for instance.
that ii is a perfect neutralizer Of per-
spiration odors? There are many ex-
pensive powders put up for this pur-
pose and some OF them are effective,
but plain sodium carbonate at five
cents a whole lot is qsite as good as
the hest of them. II may be rubbed
on the shields or through the armholes
Of a white shirtwaist and be relied
upon to neutralize any odor. The
armpits may also be bathed with a
solution OF 1t before dressing. Tho
most fastidious of women. who have
found constant bathing ineffective for
his affection. will ind this simple pre-
canton a great boon.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
WslIops as Nerve Cure.

The wailop for treating certaAa
nervous disorders was cited with a
sight show Of favor by DR.. A. W. Ives
In a clinic on neurology before the
alumni and students OF the Detroit
College Of Medicine and Surgery.
The wallop cure was used by the
husband Of an unfortunate young we-
la who had become overweight
through a misfortune. and who would
drop into Authorizations which would
be followed by violent and uncons
trollaole demonstrations. Doctor Ives
recommended cold water applied early
In the periods. to distract the mind.
The husband went beyond orders, wet
a towel in cold water. knotted II
tightly and "biffed" his spouse c
time she showed lack Of s~elf-restrsint.
She was soon cured.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
THAT ONE WORD SPOILED ALL
sFine Writer" In . Magazine Did We'll
Until the cioss o. HE
Description.

Not only In the rural press does
"nne writing Of the old~-fashioned
sort survive for the im~pressing Of
minds naive and the amusement Of
cold-hsarted cynics In a magazine To
which, whatever else may be denied.
metropolitan origin as well a. large
circulation right here must be grant.
ed. n runs across this month, with
whatever emotion one chooses to feel.
this imperially purple patch on a story
OF humble life:
on toward the east. dawn trembIed
on the edge OF eternity and sent up,
as II the earth were lighting the hori-
ron. a peariish light shotted with pink.
A smattering Of starr fingered and
trembled as though cold. They paled;
dawn grew pinker. and the black vii
iage. with Its naked trees standing
darkly against the sky. tent up wispy
spirals OF smoke. A derrick In the
Jagged bowl Of the quarry moved Its
giant arms slowly. and a steam whis-
tie blatted."
IL II weren't for the dreadful. word
plated with Its barnyard associa-
tons thick upon II. that might pass,
with folk decently kind. as pretty
sood-or II not 10 good. at least ~
pretty. which Ia always something.
Indeed. any word less dreadful. even
BY only q little. could have been for.
given by critics not morbidly cap
tious. for the sake OF the reference to
stars that "trembled as though cold
while they fingered in the dawn.
II took a real poet to see and say
that, and the reader to whom II doesn't
give a bit OF a thrill by its beautiful
accuracy will live and die an Old Pig.
But "blattedi" Let the justly cele-
brated friend Of the Justly celebrated
Mabel speak up-Ain't II awful
New York Times.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
IN THEIR OWN CONVEYANCE
People Of Today Returning to Travel
Ing Methods Of the Eighteenth
Century.

The nineteenth century has see
the passing OF the democracy OF trav-
FL. With the twentieth. has come a
return to the a~ristocratic methods of
the eighteenth century. when a gen
tlemsn. n he wished Il tour the con
tinent. did so in his own coach
Friends In the country. inviting a
lady OF quality to visit them. wrote
asking where horses should meet her.
She naturally came in her " car
rage. When Miss Edgeworth's her
oine Helen" wished TO pay her debts.
her principal asset was her travelling
chaise.
In the youth Of our w g~randfath-
ers. the truly great. enshrined in an
artstocratic vehicle. refused to de-
scend from IL ever when on shipboard
The opera singer. Grisi. crossed the
Channel In her own coach. while her
dutiful husband stood on deck at the
coach window. holding the harmless.
necessary basin. The individual We
hicle was a hallmark Of distinction
There has been an interval when
people were content to herd together
In railway trains. but II has already
passed away. We have returned to
the private. the special. the personal:
In n word. we have gone back to the
eighteenth century. Now. as then. a
gentleman travels in his own convey
ance.-From the Atlantic
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
Don't Poison Baby.

EORrY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must have
PARE0ORIC or hudanum 10 make Il sleep These drugs will produces
iesp. and Q FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP
FROM WHICH THERE - NO WAKING. Many are the children who
have ben killed u WHOSE heahh has been ruined for life BIZ parrgoric, lsudn
mum and morphine, ench Of which = Q narcotic product of opium DrQghn
m prohbited from ceiling either f the narcotics named to children at AL Or
% ANYBODY without labelling thm "pIaons The definition Of narcotic"
4: "A msttss sA6A relieves pain AND produces sep. but rhsch IN poison
o~s docs produces aspor. c0a. oonv~i~ons and death" The sans and
smsn Of medcines containing opium N dhguhed. and sold under the names
q "Drups,' .CordiAI' sooding syrup etc. You should not permit any
medkins 10 b given 10 your children without you or your physician know
a what Il = composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT
CONTAIN NARCOTICS. U IL beas the signature -
Il Cha II. F1serha. HNA
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25

well and I now have two fine banv
giria. cannot praise Lydia E Pin
hams Vegetable Compound too highly
for what Il has done for me. I always
speak . word IN favor Of your medicius
% other women who suffer when I have
IN opportunity."- Mrs. H. 7. VIM
l2B Fremont Ave, Kansas City. Nd
WhatAnothcrw Woman say
Cumming. Ca-"I tell some sufS1
Ing woman every day Of Lydia E. Pin
hams Vegetable Compound and what
he's done for ma. could not eat
sleep. had . bad STOMACH and was
misery all the time. l could not do I
housework or walk any distance withe
suffering great pain. I tried doctoc
medicines and different patent me-
cines but failed to get relief. Ny I'D
band brought home yourvegetable Co
pound and in two weeks I could eat a
thing, could sleep like q healthy bah
and walk = long distance without feelf1
tired / can highly recommend yol
Vegetable Compound to women vi
suffer - I did, and you are at liberty
uss this letter. Mrs. CHARLIE b
LET. R 8. Cumming. Ga
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25

Whasever riding upon the earn for
any distance with children. they are
sure to want q little luncheon. either
OF cookies or sticky candy, Whenever
they get their hands and face terribly
soiled. all you have to clean them with
Ia a clean handkerchief. which very
seldom takes Cd all the dirt.
When starting out you should take
two compartment rubber lined en-
veiope case. just large enough for
your coat pocket or handbag: on one
side have q dampened face cloth (not
too wet) and on the other . dry face
cloth Then when little faces and
hands are soiled you will have your
damp cloth to wash them with and q
dry one to dry them
II VIII prove to be very useful when
ever with small children
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
Ruskin on chud-TraInino.

Unless o teach your children to
honor their father and their mother.
n to love God and to reverence
their king. and to treat with tender
ness and take care of kindly all in
ferior creatures. to regard all things
duly even IL they only have the sem
blance of life. and especially such as
has endowed with the power OF
giving US pleasure. as 1owers-urless
you teach your children these things
you VIII be educating F~rankensteins
and demons.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
MY BECOME EXTINCT
POLAR BEARS ARE DECREASING
At AN ALARMING RATE.
Victims Of Mans Greed and Desire for
"sport"-other Northern Animals
Threatened With the Same
Fate. u 10 Claimed.

The annual catch OF polar bears ID
decreasing every year because these
animals are now being hunted about
twice or three times as much as they
were thirty or forty years ago. says
Lorenz Hagenback In the Geological
Society Bulletin. From Tromsoe alone
81 vessels QUILTED for Spitzbergen
and East Greenland In 1918; and be-
sides other things they have brought
back seven live polar bears. i25 dead
ones and zoe reindeer. Counting the
vessels leaving from Hammerfest.
wadsoe and a few less important
towns also. about 100 vessels left Eu-
rope in 1913 for the purpose Of the
capture OF northern animals. Many Of
these vessels are provided now with
motorboats, so as to be able to pene-
trate farther into the ice.
In former years there were two to
three large tourists vessels leaving
the port OF Tromsoe for the purpose
Of hunting polar bears. Usually they
were hired by rich Englishmen. Ger
mans or Austrians. and brought back
from 40 to so polar bears shot within
five or six weeks time.
During the last few years the cap
ture " polar bears near the east coast
OF Greenland has so greatly decreased
that In 1913 only one vessel with tour
lists was sent there. The other vessels
are lying idle. and Il is not worth
while to equip them.
Since 1890 a number of bear hunt.
ers from Tromsoe and Hammertest
have established hunting stations for
the winter months on the ~Spitzbergen
islands. They consist OF wooden
houses, located at a distance Of 100
or 0 kilometers from each other and
there are either two or three men at
each station. These men set traps
and also lay out poisoned meat or
seals bacon. One nus reckon. how
ever. that fully one-half OF the ami
mails killed through poison In this way
are lost. as the polar bear has the
habit of drawing near the water II he
feels sick. Thus IL happens that the
sick animals are drowned or frozen
fast In the broken ice.
As a check on this deadly CONNER
cial pursuit. during the last three
years the Norwegian government has
prohibited the killing OF polar bears
by poison in the Spitzbergen islands.
Unfortunately. however. as the land
belongs to nobody. the hunters gen
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25

James Thompson. manager Of the
largest hotel in Cleveland. Ohio. was
born in q little village In that state.
Not long aso Thompson's father. who
stili lives in the village where James
was born. was approached by an old
woman. a lifelong friend OF the family.
In the course Of the conversation she
asked:
by the way. what's become Of lit
tie Jimmie. your son"
oh replied the father. hes In
Cleveland. getting along nicely. He's
manager Of the biggest hotsl In that
city.
The old lady shook her head dubi-
ousiy.
Well she said. 4 hope Jimmie's
strong enough to stand the work: but
I'm afraid hotel work Is too hard for
him-iifting so many trunks around.
IL Jimmie married YETI
Yes replied the father. he's been
married for some time"
The old woman sighed happily.
Well" she commented. he isn't de-
pendent on hired help to do the cook
ing then"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
BOUND TO REGISTER A KICK


One Of our western senators. who
possesses . rather irascible temper.
has a habit on days when everything
seem to 90 wrong Of scoldins the
clerks employed by his COMMITTEES.
Not long ago. during q session OF
the senate. the western soIon had az
pressed a desire that one Of the CLERKS
prepare q tabuiated statement Of GER
tain trade statistics OF the United
States. The statement vas according
" prepared and laid before the testy
senator. who glanced 1t II with an air
that boded trouble. In . moment be
looked up and exclaimed:
See here. Morton. this won't DO.
Why didn't you prepare this statement
on the typewriterf These figures m
d~isgraceful NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
boy could do better than that. See
that threef II looks for all the world
like q I'VE. No one would take u for
anything else. Just look at iti"
Il beg your pardon. senator" replied
the clerk apslogetically. The fact ID.
II IL . five"
"A ivei" reared the senator. Ton
idiot, II looks like . threei"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
TRY RESIN0L FREE
FOR SKIN TROUBLES
u Quickly Heals Raw. itching skins
and ciesrs PlmpIy compiexiona

The moment Resinol Ointment
touches any itching skin. the itching
stops and healing begins With the
aid OF Resinol Soap. II quickly clears
away all trace Of eczema. ringworm.
pimples. blackheads. or other torment
ing. d~isiguring eruption. leaving the
skin clear and healthy.
Prove at vi expense that the res
mol treatment will do this for you
Write today to Dept s-M. Rssinol. Bal
timore. Nd. and We viii send you =
liberal trial frse. with full dirocftoas
for use.
Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap
are sold by all druggists. Prescribed
by doctors for IS year-Advt
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25

4 always feel so sleepy when I get
back home, II l could only start on
M holidays them
Last year I took a month. half
with pay and half without. The trou-
BILE was that ! took the last two weeks
without pay when I should have
taken the first two
There's a store In Hoops Corners
where they sell those European hotel
labels for your case
'rd love to spend my vacation IN,
the country. but that's where I 1--we
and Of course II would never do
Il had q friend who went al q
way to Switzerland to climb th1
Alps and then they wouldn't let him
because his feet were too large for
the paths"
Il Just love to rough H. Toasting
marshmallows in front of q driftwood
fire is my idea Of a good time"
We're going to make Uncle Osvard
go with us 10 Malaria Manor this year.
He's very rich and his viii Is all
ready to file for probate"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25

The object Of a minimum wage
law Is the prevention of low wages.
The law. like the Fair Wage" regsIa-
ton. would decide the lowest (mini-
NUM- wage 1t would be legal to pay
upon public works. 1t could not apply
to private contracts. OF course
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
sls Ones for LIN. ones.

Tears ago. In north Missouri. there
lived . certain backwoods farmer Who
had . singular faculty for overlooking
tho most obvious things. Once he
swan his horse Gro . river and
stopped at . house near by 60 borrow
. bucket
1t the river" he explained
On another occasion he approached
. neishbor and surprised him with the
offer Of . trade
ia Ike 10 swap my thrss big pigs"
He said. for three little ptgs--
Whats thaf?~ demanded the astuu-
tshed neighbor.
We'll. yoa ~" answered the 9th
q. my pigs have got too big for their
psn-"-Youth's Companion
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25

"A great deal of what we call pleas
ure is largely imaginary" said ne
ready-made philosopher.
Il suppose So" replied the man Who
was working on his automobile.
Now. wouldn't you like to be able
to take a long ride without having to
worry about speed limits or spark
plugs or tires or anything ut ally"
Il should say so."
Well. here's a street car ticket