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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

In our section of country it 10
a good idea to set out Bermuda
grass around the edges and
along the smbankment ofponds.
The grass should also extend
some distance away from the
pond, on all sides. A complete
sod will soon cover the entire
ground and be instrumental, to
y great extent, in catching and
holding tho dirt and trash that
would otherwise he likely to
wash in, and in time, moro or
less, completely fill the pond,
especially il the pond is so Sit.
uated as to catch the water from
the rising ground above its
natural level. Bermuda grass
is largely used on the Mississip
pi river lovses for the purpose
of protecting them from washes
and caving.-Southern 1.-Two
Stock Journal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04
HOW LUTHER BECAME A MONK

Returning to Erfurt, in the
summer of 1906, from q visit to
his family at Mansgeld, Luther
was ovcrtaken by storm. The
lightning struck the ground be-
fore his feet, he fell from his
horse. Holl, Anne, he cried to
the mother of the virgins, help
me, | will become a monk.
Next day he repented of his vow
for he knew how it would grievc
his fathe:, but his life had been
spared, he believed that the vow
had been heard and registered
in Heaven. and without waiting
for his resolution to be shaken
he sought and found admittance
IN his Augustinian Monastery in
the town. His career hitherto
had been so brilliant that the
old Hans had formed the brigh
est hopes for him. He was bit,
terly disappointed, knowing,
perhaps, more OF monks ana
monkdom than his son. He
consented with a sore heart,
perhaps, hoping that a years ex'
psrience and discipline of the
novitiate would cure a momenta
ry folly. The Augustinians
owned no property, they lived
on aims and the young Martin
to break his pride was set to the
lowest drugery in the house ant
was sent about the town TO beg
Luther, however, flung himsel
with enthusiasm into the sever
est penances. He tasted, h
prayed, he lay on the stone, h
distracted his spiritual advise
with the rsfinements of his cor
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

Some time ag o, q body which
had been buried for twenty ono
years was removed from Mount
Adah Cemetery, Fulton, N. Y.
On opening the coffin it was
discovered that the lower por-
ton Of the body was pstritied,
and the upper portion was hard
cold and white tho features be-
ing perfectly recognizable. The
hair was long and wavey, and
had apparently grown several
inches after death. The reia-
tivcs and friends attempted to
keep the matter quiet. but in
some way it leaked out, aud a
great effort is now being made
by museum of this city to OBJ.
tain the body fer exhibition. The
relatives have refused a large
sum of money for tho body, and
| it is now feared that an attempt
will bo made to steal it.-N. y.
Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

Aromatic Vinegar. Put into
a stone jar one handful each OF
dried sage, mint, lavandar, rose
mary, wormwood, rue, and a
large tablespoonful of whole
cloves pour over these ingre
dients gallon of hot scalding
vinegar; cover the jar tightly,
and keep just lukewarm; then
strain it, Dissolve in it an onnce
of powdered camphor, and put
into glass-stoppered bottles.-
Juliet CorsOn.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

The New York Tribune says,
"Some time ago it was stated in
these columns that q novel OK.
pertinent was about to be tried
in the Nebraska Institute for
the Deaf and Dumb at Omaha
The semi deaf children of the
institution were to be taught to
hear by uss Of the audiphone.
Recent reports show that the
experiment has boon % com
plete success. The method con
stats mainly of objsct.teachins
and an exaggerated plain pro
nunciation Of words by the
teacher, whose pupils gradually
become accustomed to the
sounds or words used to desig
nate various objects, and III
time thoy succeed in hearing
and pronouncing those words
themselves.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

"How old W ould You think my
daughter was,' asked a mother
of a lady friend at ono OF our
summer resorts /; "wonld you
think she was eighteen p "Oh,
yes,r was tho candid reply, ~
should think she was eighteen
about ten years ago 7" "Thsy
mover speak as they pass by
now.-Yonkers Statesman.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

the rice is cold enough, a raw
egg and the grating of half q
nutmeg; turn out on a fat dish
to get cold and hard make In.
to ANAL sausags.shaped rolls
dip into beaten egg and sifted
cracker crumbs, and fry In bolt
ing fat or butter. --Etta M. g.,
Charleston, South Carolina.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

Since 1861 unknown persons
have paid SlS6,459,09 into the
United States Treasury to quiet
their conscisnces. The largest
revenue from this source in any
one year was in 1868 when the
contribution to the conscience
fund amounted to 500, 1911. In
1873 1913, ,4O2,77 was added to the
fund; in 1867, sl2,952,59; in
1869, $l7.4O3,51; in 1878, s12,
O11,33. Last year the contribu
tions reached only 81, 1854.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04
The Corn Dentist and the Plum
IPeck's SUM-

Ono OF those mistakes that
are liable to occur in the best
regulated families made quite a
laugh in % west ide residence
few days ago. Tue lady of the
house had been grumbling
abou q corn on her foot for
months and her husband had
tried in vain to get her to con
sent to have a regularly ordain
ed "corn dentist" come up and
remove it, but she was afraid it
would hurt, and she was ner
vous about having n horrid man
touch her bare foot, and suffer
ed along until tho other day,
when, in n moment of agony,
she told the old man TO send up
his corn dentist as quick as he
had a mind to. Ho went down
to his office and ordered the
corn man to go up. He had al
ready ordered a plumber to go
to the house and mend some
gas fixtures that had sprung a
leak, and the plumber got there
first. Tho lady gave orders
that ifa man called with some
coru tools TO send him up to
her room. The plumber rang
the bell, and on being asked
where the work was to be done
the girl told him to go up to the
lady's room, and tho man went
up. He had a roll of cloth with
tools in it, and as he put it down
on the floor to un-oll the tools
the lady took off her slipper ant
removed hor stocking and plac
ed her foot on a hassock. She
looked at the plumbers tool
on the floor and almost tainted
There was a big pair of pincerl
and two files and a lot of irol
things that looked big enongl
to remove the corns from al
elephant. Tho man was sorting
out the tools and didn't notice
the woman's fright until sh'
asked, "Is this going to hnr
much ? if it is / had rather suffe
the annoyance "Oh, no.
said the man, locking up at tn
gas bracket by the window
which had a rag wound aroun'
tho joint which leaked. 81 ca
screw the cap into the join
so the gas cannot escape" AM
seeing the woman's bare feet s.
near him he opened his eyes i
wonder and blushed like a gir
She looked at him and wonder
ed " by he did not 60 to wor
on her foot. He was a grea
big muscular fellow, and h
looked as little like she SUI
posed a corn doctor would loo
as possible. Taking up a mate
!, to light small candle which h
carried to test leaky gas fixture
, he said: "Where does it soc
to be tho worst 7" "Thers
/. said the little woman, bendir
, over and placing her finger {
l the next to the little toe. rig
!. between those two toes. 1t
t a soft corn and sometimes
: makes me wild. Now, do
e careful, won't on ~ as tho m
o dropped his pincers and sto
II back as though he had be
l. struck by lightning. Then
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

Mary Bullock got ridicu
lously heavy verdict against thu
English company on whose rail
road she was slightly hurt.
But a new trial has been grant
ed, as expressed by the Judge,
that she and her sisters, who
appeared as her witnesses, wore
SO beautiful that their charm OF
person had seemingly deprived
the Jury Of common sense.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

An Engliah gardener says he
does dot agree with those who
say that one good wedding is
W orth two hosings. He says:i
never weed a crop in which a
hoe can be used, not SO much
for the sake of destroying weeds
which must be the case if the
hoeing be well done, as for in
creasing the porosity ofthe soil
to all the air and water to pene.
trate freely through it. Often.
times there is more beneii ae
rived by crops from keeping
them well hoed than thore il
from the manure applied.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

Religious services in Arkan'
sas are sometimes attended with
incidents. A party of visitors
with Winchester rifles walked
into a church in the western
part of the State last Sunday,
stopped the sermon, made tho
minister road a paper, threaten
ing the nves of men in the con
gregation and quietly departed
The sermon was the resumed
Chicago Journal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04
MISSISSIPPI STATE TEACH
ERS' ASSOCIATION.


al Session at jackson, on the
9th of December prox. In adj:
dition to other business that
may be brought before the As.
ISOLATION the topics for essays
and discussion, are as follows:
1. School Disciplins-Prof.
w. /. Gibson, Rienzi, Miss.
Q. Teachers Institntes-Prof.
J. A. Rainwater, Sardis, Miss.
3 How Higher Education Ar
fects our Common Schools-Dr.
II. +. johnson, Brookhaven,
Mississippi.
A. School Supervision and
County Supsrintendsncy Prof:
J. NJ. Borrow, Columbus, Miss.
o School Examinations-Their
Character and value-Prof. L,
7. Fitzhugh, Oxford, Miss.
| 9. System, as it A fleets School
Work-Mrs. Adelia Hillman;
Clinton, Miss.
| Z. 10 among the First Du.
ties Of tho State to Properly
Support it's Common Schools
Walter Hillman, Il. l.. D., Clin.
ton, Miss.
| s. Proper Limit to Public
| School Curriculum Prof. X. M.
Leavell, Clinton, Miss.
.. Proper Limit Of the School
Age for our Common Schools--
Rev. w. b. Bingham, Hazle.
hurst. Miss.
10. Importance Of More
Critical and Thorough Study Of
English-Prof. J. L. johnson,
Oxford, Miss.
II. Normal Training Essential
to the Success of Public Eduea.
tion-Prof. w. II. Magrnder
Starkville, Miss.
I2. Co. Education in Colleges
and Universitiss-Mrs. Judge
Peyton, hazlehprst, Miss.
I3. Excellencies and Defects
of our Public School System-
Rev. E. d. Miller, Holly Springs;
Miss.
IA. The Art CT Questioning
as Related to Teachers-Miss
Alice Lusk, jackson, Miss.
Is. Technical Education
GenI. S. ID. Lee, Starkville, Miss,
I6. The Relation of Education
to Citizensh p In a Republic
Gen. A. y. Stewart, Oxford,
II. How can Character be
Symnetrically Developed--Mrs.
Jessie Buck, Macon, Miss.
1S. Advantages and Disad'
vantages Of Connecting Militia.
ry Training with our System OF
General Education-Lieut. VIM,
NJ. Buck, starkville, Miss.
Rev. DR.. A. G. Haygood, Ok
ford, Ga General Agent of the
"John F Slater fund.-" 10 invited
to deliver an Opening Address
1t is useless, we presume I'd
90 into details as regards the
aims and objects OF this Asso
citation. To those who are moi
, familiar with tile organization il
J may be stated in general terms
J that it's purpose is to advance
: the cause of education in OuI
r State. All teachers, as we'll al
, others, interested in this greaI
, work, are invited to attend an(
/, become members of the Asso
! citation. An effort will be mad,
a in due time, to secure reduced
rates ON the different railroadl
l leading to Jackson 1t is be
D lieved also that hotels AM
\ boarding houses can be induced
!. to reduce their terms to thos
;; in attendance.
< ]. A. SMITH,
{ w. S. WEBB,
3 L. I. FIFTH UGH,
= Executive Committee.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

"Yes, said the young gentle
man, "Charlie has put q slur, a
deliberate slur upon me-"
"What was it 2" asked the young
gentleman's friend. "Introduc.
ed me to his girl" "How's that
a slur 7" inquired the friend.
"Why, isn't it equivalent TO say.
ing, "Oh, you're of no account
There's no danger Of your cut
ting me out.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

A Los Angeles ranchcr has
raised q pumkin so large that his
two children use a half each for
a cradle. This may seem very
wonderful in the rural districts,
but in any city throe or four
fullgrown policemen have been
(, und asleep on q single beat.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

"No, George, ! can never re-
turn your love; never dream
cd you loved me so you should
have spoken of it before. But ]
cannot return your love" "No,'
moaned tho broken hearted low
or, as he grasped his hat, "noI
the oysters and ice cream Meth
err and George went out into
the wet.-Exchange.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

Rice Croquettes. Boil a tea
cupful of rice in a quart of milk,
with teaspoonful of salt, a ta-
blespoonful of butter, a quarter
of a pound of white sugar sim
mer. rather than bell, and be
careful the rice does not stick OF
burn to the vessel You cook ltln;
let the rice be perfectly done,
and all the milk absorbed; then
beat it Me'l, adding, as soon al
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

The census of missions to be
taken next year will, it is said,
show an increase of 100000 ma.
tive Christians in India, Osylon
and Burmah for the last ten
ysars--600, 900 in all.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

FROM present indications 1t 10
probable that Galveston, Texas,
will receive for the season
1928 about 100000 bales of
cotton, leaving every port OK.
cspt New Orleans IN tho race.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

South Carolina, according to
tho census, is the most illiterate
State, 49, per cent of the popu.
lation being unable to read, and
55.4 per tent unable to write.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

"Your crops seems to bo con
siderably in the grass" said a
er.by to negro who sat on
a fence. "Yes, sab, Gen. Green's
dun gotit.n Did yoa over-plant
yourself ~ "No sab, planted
bout .nuff.n "Why didn't you
plow itfp Wife tuck sick. She
does the plowin' fur dis place"
"What do you doT'
"What does l do ? / breaches,
dat's what l does. IF Provl-
dence comes along an makes de
oman sick, l kain't hep it. Us
been called, l has.-Arkansaw
Traveller.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

Mrs. II. B. Stowe is about to
begin a new story, which will be
entitled "Orangs Blossoms"
The tax collector OF Hale
county, Ala, I. J. Britton is re-
ported az a dsfaultsr for sl7, 900.
Reports continue to come
acrossthe border regarding do
predations by Apaches in uexi-
co.
President Arthur received the
Corean Embassy on the 18th at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Now
York.
Cadet James r. Tugglc, OF
Kentucky, has been dismissed
from tho Naval Academy for
hazing.
A daughter of General Win
field Scott is the wife Of a Vir-
ginia gentleman named Win
field Scott.
The Public Library of Boston
contains 422, JIG bound volumes.
1t stands az No. 10 Of the great
libraries Of the world.
A Kansas City woman ap-
peared on the street at night in
a Mother Hubbard dress and
was promptly arrested by .
policeman.
The President has decided to
appoint commission to sx
anime all conditions of hog-rais
ing, to settle the rumors of dis
ease ameng American swine.
In Mazatlan, Mexico, fouI
thousand people had been strick
en- down with yellow fever. Re
fugees from Guaymas were 70
ported dying in the interior.
Henry Wizards true name il
Heinrich Hilgard. He assumed
"Villard" as a non de plume
when he was writing Western
letters to a New York paper
Hon. VIM. Faxon, Assistan
Secretary of the Navy undel
Gideon Wells, died suddenly o
heart disease on the 10Th a
Hartford, Conn.
1t is estimated that during
the last seven months fully S6o,
OOO, 900 have been invested II
Mexican railways and mines bl
citizens of the United States.
A Washington correspondent
says that president Arthur
drinks good rye whisky durln.
the day, and never less than {
bottle of champaign at dinner.
Of9l,997 insane people in th'
United States, A ,40S are male
and AZ, $50 are females; while o
1882 idiots, 45,309 are male
and only. 81, $50 are females
N. Y. Sun.
Postmaster General GRESHAM
proposes to visit all the prime
pal ost-ofiices, learn their need
and the needs of the servic
generally and write his own r.
port to Congress.
Henry Clay Thurston,
Mount Pleasant, Tex, the TALES
man in America, is seven fet
seven and one half inches higl
fifty-thrse years Of age, an
we eighs $50 pounds.
Rocco Nina, an Italian autho
who has dedicated a book
Postmaster General Gresham
now asks that official to sen
him money to cover the e,
pense of printing the first ed
ton.
A Convention for the e
change of money orders b
tween this country ard I'll
Hawaiian kingdom has bee
signed | y Postmaster Gener
Gresham and Minister Carte
Of the Sandwich Island.
In Alaska, as soon as an l
!, dian girl marries she is entltlt
to wear a silver or bone peg
tho hollow of her lower lip
ornament. The peg is usef
as we'll as ornamsn tai, 1t
sometimes used to button
their mouths with.
The Chicago News say
"Senator Logan lost his valise
Deadwood, and during his fo'
days stay among the Sioux l
dians his hair turned a beau
ful gray. Since his return
l civilization, however, his hi
has regained it's natural cole
Some of the effects Of the lat
" u II
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-10-04

All persons wishing Tombstones
or Monuments Of any kind, will
find 1t to their interest to call on
me before purchasing elsewhere,
I can be found in Oxford every
SATURDAY.. JAS. u. IRldG.
April 5th, 1888.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-05-18
A Sunday Test.
seen.
Rev. DR.. Bacon.

A Sabbath keeping people will be-
come thoughtful people, and such
thoughtfulness is manliness. All men,
and especially the busy millions in an
advanced civilization like our own,
need for the minds sake, not less than
for the sake of the wearied nerves and
muscles, the seventh-day intermssion
Of their ordinary work. A true Sab,
bath is something far more useful than
day of noisy jollity. In calm air the
mind rests by thought, not thought
lessness; by quiet musing. by con-
scious or unconscious retrospection-
perhaps by consideration of what
might have been, perhaps by thinking
of what may yet be, perhaps by aspi-
ration and resolve toward something
in the future, that shall be better than
what has been in the past. The home
where Sunday is day of rest and
home enjoyments is hallowed by the
Sabbaths which it hallows. In the
Sabbath-keeping village, life lie less
frivolous, and at the same time indus
try is more productive for the weekly
rest A Sabbath keeping nation is
greater in peace and in war for the
character which its tranquil and
thoughtful Sabbaths have upon it.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-05-18
Indian Farmers.
Tn scarora Times Review,

Jack Mallery, Of Round Valley,
says the Free Press, made final home
stead proof in the United States Land
Office at Bodie last week. Jack is a
full blooded Piute and has lived on his
eighty acre ranch seven years. He
has wife and four children. They
live in three-room house and have
abandoned their tribal relations. Jack
raises crop of harley and garden
truck every year. There are a num-
Der of Piute farmers in lnyo county
who have taken up homesteads.
There is a Shoshone Indian in the
vicinity of Tuscarora, Farmer Jim,
who for several years has cultivated a
ranch upon Indian creek across lnde-
pepdence Valley, raising grain and
vegetables for which he finds ready
sale in this market. He frequently
banls wood into town, and after dis
posing of his load visits the various
hosting works aud collects quantity
of worn out wire cable which he con-
verts into fencing. He is honest and
industrious, and is a standing rebuke
to many whites who loaf about the
streets in idleness.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-05-18

ity and the spontaneity of Bob's hui
NOR and the holnely flavor that would
carry it to the heart as well as the in
telligence Of the public. Imagine the
humorist reading the most laughable
stories at the bedside of his invalid
wife. lie tells himself Of how she
forced him to write his FIRST lecture in
these words: Zone day when she was
lying helpless, she said she believed
that | could write lecture and deliv-
er it successfully, and so she sat me
down to write that lecture, and from
time to time | rebelled with teare and
groans and prayers. | told Ter that
was too little, that | had no voice, and
that / couldn't write lecture anyhow.
She kept me at it, and in due time we
had a lecture on our hands, "Tbe Rise
and Fall of the Moustache." This was
all right enough. But how to get an
audience. | thought | would try it
first at Keokuk. If | delivered it first
i'll Burlington, even though it were
tame, tanner, tamest, thought they
might put me on the book. But Keo-
kuk hated Burlington, and knew if
it were fat the Keokuk people would
say so. Mrs. Burdette said that as
she was responsible for that lecture,
she was going to hear it delivered. So
| carried her aboard the cars. We
went to Keokuk and the people pro-
nounced it good.n From that day lie
has prospered wherever his homely,
insignificant little figure has been
seen.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-05-18
Josh BiiIings' Guide to Health.

Never run into debt if you can find
anything else to run into.
Be honest, if you can; if kant be
honest, pray for help.
Marry yung, and il you make bit
keep cool and don't bragg about it.
Be kind to your mother-in-law, and
if necessary, pay her board at some
good hotel.
Battle tnoroly once a week in soft
water and kasteel soap and avoid tite
boots.
Exercise in open air, but don't saw
wood until you are obliged to.
Laff every time you feel tickled, and
laff once in while emmy how.
Eat hash washing days, and be
thankful, if you have to shut your
eyes to do it.
Hold the baby haff the time, and
alwus start the fire in the morning and
put on the tea-kittle.
Don't jaw back-it proves that you
are az big phool as the other phello.
Never borrow what you are able to
buy, and always have some things you
won't lend.
Never get in a hurry; you can walk
a good deal further in day than you
can run.
Don't swear; it may convince you,
but it is sure not to convince others.
If you have dauters, let your wife
bring them up; if she has got common
sense she can beat all your theories.
Don't drink too much new cider, and
however mean you may be, don't abuse
a kow.
Luv and respect your wife emmy
how; it is good deal cheaper than to
be all the time wishing she was some
how different.
Keep yure he'd cool and yure feet
dri, and breathe through your nose as
much as you can.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-05-18
THE HEATHEN CHTNEE.

What he looks like and how he Lives and
Works; His Virtues, Vices and Crimes,
Is an able expose Of the coelie system
as it is practiced in Califorui, with full
and impartial account Of It's effect upon
the industries of the State. The descrip-
tions of life and crime in Chinatown are
vivid and accurate. and the fairness Of the
writer, who is an old Californian, renders
his expressions exceptionally valuable
His views on the subject are sonnd and
just ones, and will command more atten-
ton than any other utterances on the same
subject than have yet been given the press
RICHARD N. FOX, Publisher
1S3 William Street, m. Y. :