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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-03-16
TONIC DIGESTIVE.

TONIC DIGESTIVE
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anteed TO give relief. Scid only
by US, s1.0O.
Adv KendeI's Drug SIRE.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-03-16
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IT. Do il NOW. ls-3mo
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-03-16

FOR SALE-One q inch paper
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-03-16

FOR SALE-Pninhng maternal
and machinery. Write G. W.
Price. Oxford. Miss
FOR SALE-White Wynjotte
eggs for haichng. Dixies quail
" strain.
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Miss. Phone 3503. loot
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-03-16
REeozr o. Ia eoxarlox OF

Noses
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
cunninn schsme.

This from a conductor on North
western street car: "A north side resi-
dent has been riding on this car for a
number of years twice day, an6 /
often noted that he never bought tick
cts, but paid his fare in cash. One day
| asked him why he did not buy tick
cts and save % cents on the dollar
Well, you see, it's like this the patron
replied. Very often meet an &C
quaintanee on the car. and when the
conductor comes for the fares offer
the money. while thesacquaintance gen
orally has tickets and Immediately Of
fers to pay the two fares with his tick
cts and in this accommodating manner
permits me to save my money. ] find
the money saved by this scheme ez
ceeds the amount saved by the pur
chase of tickets indianapolis News
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
Measuring Electricity.

The terms volt, ampere, ohm, watt
and farad, met with in works on cleo
tricity, mean very little to most people
The volt is the unit of electrical pres
sure, the ampere the unit of current
strength, the ohm the unit of resist
ance, the watt the unit of electric pow
err, and the least of all known, farad.
the unit of electrical capacity.
Current strength is determined by di-
viding the pressure by the strength;
thus the number of amperes of current
strength is equal to the number of volts
divided by the number of ohms. The
watt indicates the amount of electric
energy being used when an lampere OF
current is flowing under a pressure OF
one volt. However, the term kilowatt
or 1000 watts, is more generally used
The unit of electrical capacity, the
farad, viii contain one ampere of cur
rent at one volt pressure for one second
of time The farad is divided into a
million equal parts, each part termed
the microfarad, and this is the term
most used in stating electrical capacity
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
Japan's Curious Museum.

: Probably The very Oldest museum in
the world is that at Nara, the ancient
capital Of Japan. 1t was founded in the
year 756 A. D.. and all the articles
therein are of an earlier date, for, al
though Nara has gone through all the
vicissitudes of the empire, not one new
article has been added to the collec-
ton. The museum is in safe and care,
full custody, and it's doors are opened
only once every year. On that day a
committee goes over the collection, tab.
ulates it and compares the list with
those made previously. The 5000 ar
ticles in the collection are of lacquer
ware, decorative furniture, enamel
ware, cambric-like fabrics and of other
kinds and are among the very finest
of their species that the world has pro
duced. Some come from China and
some from Korea, but most of them
appear to have been brought from lands
further afield.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
Cleared His NostriI.


The following first aid measure for
children who put beans, buttons, grav-
ell and other objects up into their nos
trils is given by DR.. David 3. Spahr in
Farm and Fireside.
"a lady residing in the country call
ed me up late at night and told me in
an anxious, agonizing voice that she
wanted me to come at once as her
baby had grain of corn in its nose,' .
the doctor writes. 81 told her it would
not be necessary for me to come if she
would do as 1 bid her. She said the
corn was in the left nostril l told her
just to lay the child down on the bed
on its back, compress the right nostril
with the finger; then, as the baby
cried, place her mouth over the baby's
mouth and blow hard. In another mo-
ment happy, joyful voice came ring
ing over the line: Doctor, we got the
corn. It's all right and you don't need
to Gomez
'sThus / lost my five dollar fee, but
made happy mother.
'This is not a very elegant or per
haps sanitary plan, but 1 assure you
it is speedy and effectual."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
The Wild Camel of Spain.

Who would imagine that there are
wild camels in Spain, and in part of
Spain which is flooded during great
part of the year? Yet the thing is
vouched for by the authors of "Unex-
plored Spain" The explanation is that
1.-THE animals were introduced to Spain
in 1929 by the Marquis of Villafranca,
with the object of employing them in
transport and agriculture, as they are
commonly used on the opposite shores
of Africa. But local difficulties en-
sued, chiefly arising from the intense
fear and repugnance of horses toward
camels, which resulted in numerous
accidents, and eventually the bactrians
were set free in the marisma, where
in they have since lived at large and
bred under wholly wild conditions
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
Danger Signal.

If the fire bell should ring would
you run and stop it or go and help
to put out the fire? 1t is much the
same way with cough. A cough is
= danger signal as much as a fire
bell. You should no more try to
suppress it than to stop fire bell
when it is ringing, but should cure
the disease that causes the coughing.
This can nearly always be done by
taking Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. Many have used it with the
most beneficial results. 1t is especi-
ally valuable for the persistent
cough that so often follows a bad
cold or an attack of the grip. Mrs.
7homas Beeching, Andrews, Ind,
writes: During the winter my hus-
band takes cold easily and coughs
and coughs. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is the best medicine for
breaking up these attacks and you
cannot get him to take any other. :"
Obtainable everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
DRESDEN's FAMOUS CLAY.
Its Value Was Brought to Light by q
Freak of Fashion.

lts Value Was Brought to Light by
Freak Of Fashion.
Did you know that the discovery of
the material which makes translucent
chinaware possible was due to the van
ity of man-not mankind, which in
cludes woman, but to masculine man?
1t came about in remarkably devious
manner, beginning and ending little
way from the spot where Dresden china
is still manufactured. The man who
identified the long sought substance
was an eminent chemist, John Freder-
lex Boettcher, but the scientist would
never have had the substance to an
alyze had it not been for the circum-
stances of a muddy road, the vanity Of
society beaus and a shrewd business
man who thought he had found profit
able means of catering to that vanity.
The man was riding from his iron
foundry by short cut when his horses
hoofs stuck in the mud. That mud next
day disintegrated into a fine white
powder when it was thoroughly dry.
The founder conceived the idea of
turning the white clay into powder for
the fashionable bob wigs of court dan
dies. Even the king, Augustus of Sax
ony, fell for it, but it was not satisfac
tory, so Augustus ordered the chemist
Boettcher. to analyze it to find if it
was injurious. To his amazement the
man OF science found that this ORES
den clay was the same substance that
had been used for 1900 years in China
In the making of the ware that had
never been initiated anywhere else in
the world.--St. Louis Globe Democrat
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15

There is great surprise in store
for the members of the new Congress
when they convene in Washington
next year and meet their first woman
colleague, 1.-THE Lady from Mon
ana" says DR.. Louis Levine, of the
University of Mantana, Miss Ran
kin's Alma Mater. They will have
to throw overheard lot of mental
baggage which they may have
valued very highly for many years.
They will find in their midst not that
impulsive, irrational, sentimental,
capriciously thinking and obstinately
feeling being which many imagine
woman to be, but strong and wel;-
balanced personality, scientifically
trained, accustomed to strict reason
ing, well versed in the art of politics,
inspired by high social ideals, tenn
pered by wide experience.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
The Greatest weather Prophet.

Rev. Irl R. Hicks, of St. Louis, the
greatest and most successful of
weather forecasters, died on Oct. r.,
1916, after short illness. Before
he took sick he had entirely COM
pleted his work on the great Hicks
Almanac for 1917 and had read the
proofs of all his weather forecasts
for year in advance. This noted
Almanac is now ready and is fine
speciemen of Almanac making. Prof
Hicks portrait was painted by. lead
ing artist of st. Louis in May, and
this portrait printed in colors, makes
the frontispiece of the 1917 Alma
nae. The 1917 Almanac is 35 cents
by mail. Prof. Hicks monthly
Magazine, WORD and Works, will
also be continued by the publishers.
Word and Works" one year with
the Hicks Almanac is one dollar.
Send cents for a sample copy of
Word and Works. Address Word
and Works Publishing Company,
3401 Franklin Avenue, St. Louis.
Mo.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15

The Post Office Department for
the last three years has proved a
self-supporting institution, and, the
prospects for lower postage rates is
excellent, Postmaster-G General A. S.
Burleson announces in his annual
report.
A surplus of 5000, 900 was paid
into the Treasury for the fiscal year
ended June 80. 1915 This makes
the third year such a surplus has
been paid, or a total of $12,500,0 900
in three years.
The Postmaster-Genral recon-
mends that one-cent rate on letters
for delivery in the same city in which
they are mailed be provided at the
ealiest possible moment.
Growth of the parcel post will cut
the cost of living to the city dwelier,
the report declares. The service is
now handling ninety million pack
ages a month. Liberal changes in
it's regulations have \done much to
bring about its extenAion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15

4 At a great Democratic banquet
given in his honor in Washington
last week, William Jennings Bryan
urged that the Democratic party
espouse the cause of national prohi-
bition and proceed in the advocacy OF
that measure as one of the great re-
forms from which the country will
derive the greatest benefit.
Mr.. Bryan declared that 1.-The
Democratic party having won with
out the aid of the wet cities and hav-
ing received the support of nearly
all the prohibition states, and the
states where women vote, is released
from any obligation to the liquor
traffic. It is free. to take the moral
side of this great moral issue, and l
have no doubt that it will live UP to
it's opportunities and obligations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
A new line of attack on rum la

A new line of attack on rum has
been devised by prohibition forces in
Congress. The drys plan to force
through legislation barring all in
toxicants from interstate commerce.
The effect of this would be to give
prohibition the moral force of having
the Federal Congress fatty on rec
ord against the liquor traffic and
confinement to each. State of intox-
icants manufactured in the State.
Prohibition leaders declare that
nearly all of the liquor consumed in
the United States is manufactured in
a small number of states, and that
a Federal law combining this liquor
to the states where it is made would
be heavy blow to the traffic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15

officials Of the. Farm Loan Board
announce that more than $4,000
farmers have applied for mortgage
loans aggregating approximately
$3.50, 100000, or more than II times
the amount Of money which will be
Immediately available for loans upon
the organization of the IL farm loan
banks.
Most of the applications have
come from the South and West.
They still continue to come in by
hundreds every day. Requests for
200 application blanks, contemplat-
ing requests for loans to 1000 farm
ers, have come from Iowa alone.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
HOW mo- CHECK That cold.

When it is painful to breathe and
fever sends chills up and down your
back, you are in for a cold. A timely
dose of DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey
will stop the sneezes and sniff1es.
The pine balsam loosens the phlegm
and clears the bronchial tubes, the
honey soothes and relieves the sore
throat. The antiseptie qualities kill
the germ and the congested condition
is relieved. Group, whooping cough
and chronic bronchial affections
quickly relieved. At your Druggists,
25c. q
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
PRACTICAL FARMING.
wrests $4,000 From Poor Soil By
Scientific Methods.

Robert w. Knight, practical
young Delaware farmer who is man
ager of 151-acre farm, of very poor
soil, consisting mostly of light clay
and sand, located about two and one
half miles south of Dover, which is
owned by Allen Cunningham, of
Media, Pa, has succeeded in wrestling
$4,000 profit from the poor soil.
Incidentally, his potato field, while
in bloom, was one of the finest ever
seen in Delaware.
The bugs failed to damage scarcely
a single leaf Of the vast tract of
vines,s owing to the fact that Mr..
Knight and his spraying machine al
ways managed to keep just little
ahead of Mr.. Bug and his devastating
relations.
In addition to clearing $4,000, or
an average of 500 an acre, on his
fifty-acre potato PATCH, Mr.. Knight
found time to cultivate the balance of
the farm and has raised thirty-three
tacres of fine tomatoes, which have
been a profitable crop, and thirty
acres of corn, There is also some
fruit on the farm in addition to the
poultry and live stock. Needless to
say the young farmer has been a
busy man but he is we'll satisfied with
the returns Of his tabor. Mr.
Knights description of his potato
experiment will doubtless interest
many farmers who have tried or are
thinking of trying their hand with
white potatoes.
81 planned to start early in the
spring." he declared, "but was de-
layed somewhat on account of the
late season. like to cut the ground
just as soon as the frost leaves it, in
March If possible. 1t was the first
time the field had been put in po-
tatoes,. so cut the ground both ways
before blowing and only plowed
about six inches deep. l planted
1908 baskets of seed potatoes in the
field and dug about 1880 baskets of
fine potatoes which 1 sold for 76
/ cents bushel as soon as l dug them
Had l kept them a month later
could have sold for go cents or 81 a
bushel without any trouble.
Next year will pillow deeper, and
expect to get larger crop. / tried
both the Endurance ana Copbrer
varities and found that the Endur-
ance gives the best returns on that
kind of SOIL
MY gross receipts from the crop
amounted to approximately $6,750,
and my expenses came to about
1850, leaving clear profit of about
$5,100. I include all cost of labor
as well as materials in my estimate
of expenses. The seed potatoes cost
me about $626, and about 80 days,
estimated on one-man basis, were
consumed in cutting. blowing, fertil-
izing, planting, narrowing, digging,
spraying and loading the crop on the
cars. l estimate the cost of this
labor at $1.25 day, including board,
as | worked my regular farm hands
III sIHS HSlu. II COSI dUOut Two CeHIs'
a basket to dig the potatoes and one
cent a basket to load them.
1.-THE total expenses from the time
purchased the seed potatoes until
the crop was loaded on the cars
amounted to approximately $1,650.
Had held the potatoes until they
reached the 81 mark, which they did
few weeks after sold, would
have received $3.50 for the crop,
which would have netted about
$7,10O clear profit. But $500 is
not so bad out of! fifty acres of
Delaware clay and SAND, 1t it,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15

Woman suffrage has come to the
front this year. The recent election
enabled the women in number OF
states to cast their votes on an
equality with the men and, strange
as it may seem to some men, the
heavens did not fall. AS a matter
of fact, the subject of woman's 'po-
litical rights looms so large that it
is only matter. of few years, in all
probability, before it will be in oper-
alton in all the states. With both
candidates in the recent campaign
favoring it and both great parties
regarding it alphabetically, the
road to complete suffrage will from
this time ON be easy to traveI.-Ex-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
A Cotton lenand.

Cotton was the theme of one of the
most fabulous nature stories on its first
introduction into Europe. Travellers re
lated that in Tartary there grew a
shrub that when its ripe fruit was cut
open within was "a ,lyttle Beaste in
desche, in bone and blode as though it
were a lyttle lamb with outer wolfe.
The flesh of this vegetable lamb was
eaten, ran the story. and the wool made
into cloth, The basis of the legend is
the way in which the cotton pod ripens
and bursts. showing the white fluffy
raw cotton, which closely resembles
wool Raw cotton is still called cot
ton WOOL
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
Catarrh Cannot BE Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease. greatly in
iluenced by constitutional conditions,
and in order to cure it you must
,ake an internal remedy. Halls Ca
'arrh Cure is taken internally and
'cts thru the blood on the mucous sur
faces of the system. Halls Catarrh
cure was prescribed by one of the best
physicians in this country for years. 1t
ia composed of some of the best tonics
known, combined with some of the
best blood purifiers. The perfect COM
catarrh Cure is What produces such
wonderful results in catarrhal condi-
tions. Send for testimonials. free.
r. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
All Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15

Very thin or patchy stands of al
falfa sometimes result from poor
seed, winter freezing or pulling, or
from fungous diseases. Attempts to
thicken and improve such stands by
any method of reseeding have usual
ly proved unsuccessful. 1t is best
in such cases to pillow and prepare
the seed bed anew, after which the
alfalfa should be sown again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
Nervous Women.

When the nervousness is caused
by constipation, as is often the case,
you will get quick relief by taking
Chamberlain's Tablets. These tab
lets also Improve the digestion.
Obtainable everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
sloan's Imminent For stir Joints

sloan's Liniment For Stiff Joints.
Rheumatic pains and aches get
into the joints and muscles. making
every movement torture. Relieve
your sufferings with Sloan's Lini
ment; it quickly penetrates without
rubbing, and soothes and warns
your sore muscles. The congested
blood is stimulated to. action; a
single application will drive out the
pain. Slaon's Liniment is clean, con-
venient and quickly effective. it does
not stain the skin or clog the pores
Get bottle to-day at your Druggist,
CSC.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15

There is nothing that will give any
more pleasure for so long time for
so little money as the four monthly
magazines we send our subscribers.
Are you getting these magazines? If
not, write or telephone us.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15

A mans financial independence
does, not consist SO much in the
greatness of his means as it does in
the fewness of his wants.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15

Do you know that free dress
pattern is included with the club of
our magazines that we are giving
in combination with The Midland
Journal for only 20 cents extra.
Send your order by mail or phone us.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15

You may not know it, but there's
a lot of good in this world just the
same.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15

Flashlights from a5c to SLIPS
Thermos Bottles
Canned Heat"
Alarm Clocks
Razors-" Gem, Gillette,
"Durham-Duplex," and
"Clauss"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
For The Youngster

- - y - -
FLEXIBLE Flyer" Sleds
Express Wagons
Wheelbarrows
Washboards,
Coal Holds and Shovels
Banks
Child's Sets-knife, fork and
spoon; cup, saucer and plate
Tool Chests
"Erector" sets from 1oc to $a.oo
Roller Skates
Ice Skates, plain and nickel,
regular, extension and hockey
Pop Guns
Daisy" Air Rifles and shot
Christmas Tree Holders
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
HAINES s KIRK.
RISING SUN
MARYLAND.

D6-Stoyes open until O'Clock Monday Friday Saturday
evenings. Closed other evenings at o'clock
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-15
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Cordially yours,