davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13
Speaker Carlisle.

The address of Mr.. Carlisle
upon the occasion of his taking
the Speakers chair is In excel
lent taste and meets with gen.
eral approval. 1t was conssrva-
tive and liberal in tone and
sentiment. Those who expect.
ed aud hoped that he would
take an extreme position upon
the tariff question have been
disappointed.
Whilst he is a revenue refor
mer and in favor of q reductions
ofthe taxes lie does not approve
of any extreme legislation upon
the subject. He knows too
very well that the Democratic
majority in the House cannot
force or COMPEL q Republican
Senate to adopt any sweeping
change in the revenue system.
If we are not mistaken in him,
he is not the man to continuance
any unnecessary agitation OF
the tariff question.
Ifhe dlspIys that good judge
ment and s0v nj statesmanship
which his'frisi5 h claim for him,
his election will not injure the
prospects Of the Democratic
party next year but on the con-
trary will increase its chances
of success. The Republicans are
endeavoring to make capital out
of the fact that he is a Southern
man but they will not accomp-
lish much from that, when it be-
comes known that lie was all
through the war a union man.
Although living in the South
he sided with the North when
the conflict commenced and
was as true to the Union as any
man in the Republican party.
Mr.. Carlisle is now in a posi-
ton to accomplish much good
for his country and his party
and we hope that he will be
fully equal to the great respon
sibility resting upon his should
ora
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

A dispatch of tho 4th inst. to
the VicksDurg Post says: AT
Corinth Miss, 100 miles east of
Memphis, on tho line of the
Memphis and Charleston Bail.
road, a daring attempt was made
at 4 O'Clock Saturday morning to
robA. NJ Williams the Southern
Express agent. He had lust
placed in the safe a large amount
OF money received a few min.
utes previously from the east.
bound train, when suddenly a
masked man entered the room
with a drawn pistol and demand.
ed the safe key. Without wait.
ing for a reply he fired at Nc
Williams, the ball striking four
inches below the right nipple.
Nc ill;ams threw q lighted
amp at sbe rohher, and then
drew bis pistol and fired fhrSe
shots al bin, with what effect is
hot khowh, az he disappeared
and has not been seen since.
1t Is thought two men were en-
gagged III the contemplated rob.
as a negro saw two men
running from the express office
after the shooting,
superintendent Fisher has of.
cred a reward of $500 for the
lrrest of the robbers.
Nc Williams wound will proba-
prove fatal. He is % years
I'd, has a wife and one child.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

belief however that the govern
ment should be authorized by
law to exercise some sort of su.
pervision over interstate tele-
graphic communication and ex.
presses the hope that some
measures to attain that end may
De devised which will receive
the appreciation OF Congress.
He recommends that the fees
of jurors and witnesses in the
Federal courts should be in
I.creased and that the district at.
torneys and marshals should be
paid wholly by salaries.
He recommends that govern
ment aid should be giyen the
states to educate .the illiterate.
Stringent measures are urged
for the abolition of polygamy IN
Utah territory. He favors the
repeal of the act on which the
existing government Of the ter.
ritory depends, the assumption
by the National legislature Of
the entire political control of the
territory and the establishment
Of a commission with luch pow.
ers and.duties AZ shall be dele
gated to it by law.
He hopes that Congress at
at this session will not fail to
put Alaska under the protection
of law.
The right of railroad corpora
lions to q fair and pl oitabls re
turn upon their investments and
to reasonable freedom in their
regulations must be recognized
but it seems. he says, only just
that so far as its constitutional
authority extends, Congress
should protect the people at
large in their inter state traffic
against acts Of injustice which
the state governments are pow
erless to prevent.
The civil service act passed
at the last session Of Congress
has been enforced and the presi.
dent thinks that it has worked
benefoially.
He repeats his recommends
ton that Congress prepare an
amendment to the provision of
the constitution, which pre-
scribes the fOrmalities for the
passage of laws, whereby, in re-
spect to bills for the appropria-
ton of public moneys, the ex-
ecutive may be enabled, while
giving his approval to particu
lar items, to intelpose his veto
to such others as do not COM
mend themselves to his judg-
ment.
He says that any constitution
receive his unhesitating approx.
al
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

No business of any Importance
save the election of officers,
has been transacted by either
branch of Congress since it met
and the probability is that not
much will be done until after
the Christmas holidays. The
task of forming the House com.
mittees is a laborious ard diff.
cult one and the Speaker will
not be able to get through with
it before Christmas.
No action, save its reference
to the election committee, has
been had upon the Manning.
Chalmers case. AS soon az the
committee is appointed it will
take up the case and determine
which has the prima facie right
to the seat.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

Senator Kdmun DIS of Yer
mont has rendered his resigna
ton as President pro tenn o.
the United States Senate. Sen
ator Anthony of Rhode Island
will be elected in his place
Edmunds is the ablest debater
that the Republicans have in
the Senate and they very natur-
ally desire TO keep him ON the
floor. The fact is the Demo.
Gratis have greater array of
able speakers than the Repub-
leans and the latter cannot very
well get along without the aid
of Edmunds.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13
a False Report.

Some Republican has started
the report and spread it broad
cast over the North that the
Texans who adhered to the
Union during the war intended
to present claims against the I'm
tied States government for the
value of their slave property
aud thar eminent lawyers in
Texas had expressed the opin-
ion that the claims could be le-
gally sustained. An investiga-
ton of the matter shows that
maxamaanat aAaffu the
most eminent lawyers in the
State express the opinion that
no good lawyers would be fool
ish enough to engage in such a
case.
1t Is a story COTTON up for the
purpose of making the North.
ern people believe that South.
srn men are about to inaugurate
a gigantic raid upon the federal
treasury aud thus induce .them
to support the Republican party.
The authors of it know very
well that the Southern people
do not expect to get any pay
for their slaves and that they
have no intention Of setting up
any such claim. They have &C.
cepted in good faith the results
of the war and will not attempt
reverse them. II the North.
ern mind could be impressed
with the idea that we intended
to set up a claim for the value
OF tho slaves freed by the war,
the Republican party would
have no trouble in beating the
Democrats and getting a new
and prolonged lease of power.
can hardly believe however
that intelligent men will give
my credence to such gross
Misrepresentation of our peo
Die.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

An effort is being made by
some of the credit ors of the
Valley Bank at vicksburg, to
have Gen. Butts who was ap-
pointed by the State Court re-
ceiver, removed, and a petition
for that purpose has been fled
In the United States Court and
viii come up for ahearing before
Judge Hill at this place on the
10th inst
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

The report that the President
intended to reorganize his cabi-
net seems to be unfounded. 1t
is believed however that he
wishes his Attorney General to
but the latter is inclined
to hold on.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

It is proposed to divide the
Committee on Commerce and
create = Committee ON river and
harbors MI. Dunn of Arkansas
has introduced a resolution for
that purpose and no doubt is
entertained of its adoption.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

President Arthur did not
mention the question of improv.
ing the navigation Of the Mis-
sissippi river but it is said he
will send IN q special message on
the subject.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

The United States Supreme
Court has affirmed the decis-
sion Of the Court below in ia.
vor Of Ex-President Jefferson
Davis in the contested will case
Of Mrs. Dorsey who left her
property to him.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

The Jackson Ledger states
that on Saturday last the lesses
IF the Penitentiary paid over to
the State eSS ,944, 33. This is,
We learn,.the first actual money
the State has received on &C
count Of the penitsntiary lease,
Heretofore the State has been
in debt to the lesses for repairs,
machinery, etc.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

Bills have been introduced in
the House providing for pen.
sions to the soldiers who serv,
ed in the Mexican war. There
Is net much hope that tho meas.
nre will become Law at thi
session but it il believed that ii
will be passed at the short SEES.
sion.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13
NoTIcEI

From and alter this issue, the
department Of the EA-
GLE will be under the control
of Col. X. w. Phipps, and he
win be responsible for il. The
other departments of the paper
will remain nnder the man
agemeRt of the undersigned and
she assumes the sole responei'
bility for them.
May 31st. 1888.
e. A. THOMPSON.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

The report that the Repre-
sentative elect from Leake coun
ty, Hon. J. M. Harden was dead
turns ont to be incorrect. He
has been quite sick but is said
to be recovering.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

Gen. Rosecrans of California
il determined that his name
shall figure prominently in the
-Titfs: 1fnysxbscfs to get them
all passed he will be greatly dis
appointed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

Secretary Folgsr ofthe Treas
ury Department 10 confined 10
his room by sickness and the
Assistant Secretary, New, is
acting az Secretary.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

The second annual meeting Of
the Mississippi Horticultural So
cisty will he held at Crystal
s pr;ngs on the third T~hursday
in January 1884.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

Representative Payson hes
introduced a bill declaring for.
heted the land grants of a large
number of railroads which in.
cludes many millions of acres of
land.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

The vicksburg Post states
that jackson is to have a new
paper shortly, and rumor has it
that. Maj. Wofford Of Corinth,
will be its editor.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

receive his unhesitating appro
al
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09

There are so many ways to utilize
stale bread that 1t seems a wonder so
much Is wasted in many households.
We see il thrown INTO garbage pals OI
lett 10 mold by many an economical
servant. WHO would gladly use it Ii she
only knew what TO do with it.
1t makes delicious gnddle cakes wnen
soaked soft IN cold water. Three small
slices. with wafer enough to cover them
should be sufficient, when the milk and
flour are aaUed, to make nearly two
quarts OF batter. Some cooks prefer TO
put IL one egg, whlle Others like them
fully as well without. When the bread
is soaked soft make fine batter with
spoon. add the milk and sufficient flour
to stitfen enough SO the cakes eau De
easily turned. Ii sour milk Is used
add 10 the batter one even teaspoon OF
cream tartar, dissolved III little water,
and one even teaspoon OF soos. This
Is a good plan 10 follow IN ali uses o.
sour mix. as 1t seldom contains enough
acid to entirely counteract the soda.
OF couTEe, when only small quantity
OF sour milk Is used twice as much
cream tartar as soda should be taken,
for when the milk Is entirely sweet the
proportions are three even teaspoons
OF cream tartar 10 one OF soda.
French toast Is always a iavlr;te dish
with children ana most grown people,
and can be made Of thin slices cut IRON
a stale Loaf ana mOistentd IL milk and
egg-Two eggs 10 pint OF milk-and
then fTIed OIL a erlddle with q mixture
Of butter ard lard or butter and beef
dripprgs. 1t Is eaten with sugar or
sirup like griddle cakes.
All may not know that pieces OF
bread which are not too hard Can be
made into a resemblance to turkey
dressing. Cut your bread into dice,
and II you have quantity of gravy,
from winch fat can lie iakeB, lett from
any kind OF roast (thoUgh piece of
butter viii do as weli), thoroughly
grease the bottom OF spider put IN
the bread, with some little chunks OF
butter and plenty OF seasoning, then
pour enough boIing water on 1t 20
moisten 1t; cover tightly, and IN a mo-
ment Ii viii steam through ana you can
stir 1t, ana either brown little or have
1t moist Ike dressing. 1t should be
eaten with gravy over 1t, and Is Il good
substitute for potatoes.
The little any, hard pieces and crusts
which always accumulate can be put ON
a pie TIN III an oven that Is Just hot
enough 10 make them light brown.
then roll them fine and put away to use
ii making cTOquetts, frying fish, etc.
We have recently learned that these
slightly Drowned crumbs make excel
lent eTiddle cakes, with the addition
OF one egg and handful Of -four and
milk to make a batter; but, as we
have never tasted them, We can only
recommend If as worthy Of trial.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09

tior of human suffering, the doctor. through
the Woril's Dispenssry Medical Association,
earnesti, ard most oorhdenty recommends
his q ioen NelIca. Discovery TO the public
a. large assured the most skeptical will be
tho.ooyhiy convinced of its worth by a trial
of a single bottle
,rherg the bowels are very costive, the gentle,
thon,,h certain action OF the Disco ery, will
h., IN ore rarici and satisfactoryby SUPP lement-
mo Dr. Pierce's Z P.easssnt Purgative Pellets
in small daily doses OF one or two. These
nils 1.-THE orlginil and only genuine Little
Liver Pills. are purely vegetable, sugar
coated. and very small, yet by the peculiar
procrsss used in their preparation, they pos
sess the strength and virtue of larger and
,nnatafah!e uills. Pleasant Purgatlve
Pellets will speedily remove all i'll and dis
agreeable effects ar sing from over-eating or
drinking and are recommended as a ca
thartie al all times. being perfectly safe, sure
and unattended by the gripping pains usually
eytser; eneed in the use of Purgatives less
carefully prepared. Promptly resorted TO,
these little Pellets will radically cure indi-
s,estiou. bilious ess and sick-beadache. thus
saving the fatient from serious and lingering
disorders. DIR. Pierce, the President of the
Worlds Dispensary, and his faculty OF
| twelve skilled SPECIALISTS, can be consulted
| bv letter or in person in any case OF chronic
7
| treatnes.t free OF charge. For those desiring
nore evhauslive info lation than can be
impaired through correspondents, the doctor
| has written book. called The People
| Common Sense Medical Adviser, IN Piain
English: or. Medicine Simplitied."
This work alone Is good J harvest tor an
4 ordinary life, and stamps its author pro-
| found scholar and very remarkable man.
| The book contains nine hundred and twenty,
two pages. illustrated with Two hundred and
| eighty-six wood cuts and colored plates, and
makes plain as a, b, C, anatomy, physi-
| olocy, materia medica. practice of meuclne,
hygiene. temperaments, psychology, etc
ana answers in plain, easlly-to-be-under-
| stood terms all questions that may arise
within their range, especially those queS-
tions the would-ba inquirer l. deferred by
fear, or modesty, from asking the family or
| other physician. That all may be enabled TO
acquaint themselves with matter so vital to
j health, happiness, and success. the price or
| this great work has been fixed at one dollar
and fifty cents, postpaid by mail 10 any ad-
! dress. while smaller and far inferio- books,
| purporting TO cover the same ground, have
sold at five dollars a copy. 1t being the alm
/ of the proprietors of the Common Sense
! Medical Adviser 10 reach not only the aifiu-
ent, but also those in moderate, and even
strait ned. circumstances, the price OF tbs
work places it within the reach OF all.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09
HUMOROUS.

This is the season when hens run map
and Will not be comforted unless they
can hide away somewhere and sit day
and night on wooden nest egg or an
old door knob. Several uen were dis
cussing this question in grocery store
one evening recently. A man who owDs
large flock of Dorkings remarked:
Not even an act OF Congress can break
up setfIn' hen" '.Ever tried jammin'
'em under a larrel, and pourin' water
on emp" demanded the man ON the SUI
gar barrel. ''Yes," said the Dorking
man, live poured water on 'em till
they grew webfoo'ed, like a blamed
duck and afterwards found 'em in an
old coal hole sIttin' away on Jumps o
coal" ''Tie red rag round one wing, :"
said man who was eating cheese and
crackers. ''That'u fix EN-" Nights
well offer 'em a chropo. said the Dork-
ing man. 81 tied a whole red woolen
shirt ON one last spring, and dog ny
cats If she didn't make hest of 1t and
set three weeks ON the buttons = Then
the grocer said it was time to close up,
and each man girded up his loins and
slowly filed out.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09

THE parents have taken the youngest
of their three daughters to the theatre.
They had had their doubis about TAX
ing one of the elder ones, for the play
was rather of the '.naturalistic" kind;
but as for the youngest, poor child, she
would never see anything wrong IN it.
At one of the most ''naturalIstic'
scenes the little maid observes with all
uuimagiIable gravity:
You were quite night, NAL 1t would
neverhaye done to let the girls see it !"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09
Professor Goeppert. of the University

Professor Goeppert, of the University
of Breslau, while iOurneying through
RAinelsnd by the Bergisch- Mukische
railway, stopped for a short time at Ell
berfeld. Something struck him as pc
cul ar in the structure OF certain blocks
of stone only lately uncovered In max
mg an excavation. Subsequently he
secured these blocks and had some of
them sent to Breslau and some to Bonn.
They were found to contain fossil tree
OF the Araucarites family. The rock IN
closing the fossil was the upper Devo-
nian of ElDerleld. This affords evidence
OF terrestrial hcra existing long before
the great bogs were formed which gave
us our coal seams.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09

A SPONGE BATH Is considered a very
fine thing. We know young man in
clearinghouse this side of High
Bridge who recently, at the advice of q
friend. went out aud purchased sponge
about the size of plug-hat and hung it
up on his door. The next morning he
took his first and last sponge-bath. This
Is the reason it was his last: As he ap-
Piled the sponge pretty hard, he fancied
On the first rub, that he was sitting
down upon two miles of hornets stings
covered with red pepper. And this is
the reason the sponge felt SO: The af-
ternoon before, the landiady went up
stairs and used that sponge to wash the
dog, and the dog had Just been out in a
back lot rolling on a pile OF gravel and
broken glass.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09
AGRICULTURE,

SAVING VEGETABLE SEEDS DIR.
George Tauber gives the following val
liable facts concerning the mixing" of
plants and ats effect upon seeds: II
there are many varieties of the same
vegetable IN a garden ii is impossible to
save the seeds of some III an unmlxed
state. Sweet corn and all Of the squash
family are quite sure TO ''mix." On
the other hand, peas and beans rarely
cross. If one saves seeds Of any vege-
table, let it be of the best. Instead Of
leaving the last peas on the vines for
seeds, set apart portion of a row tor
seed and let none be picked from 1t. BY
pr per care the quailty Of vegetable
may be improved. In saving Lima
beans we have for several years selected
only those with four beans III a pod. As
a consequence, the crater number OF
pods III the whole crop now have four
Deans. The selection of the first ripen-
ed aud best-iormed tomatoes Tor seed
Will have a marked effect upon future
crops, and this Is the case with all other
vegetables. 1T one has u choice melon
he wonld preserve IN its purity the sur
est method Is 10 ferilliZe a few female
flowers. Take male flower OF the same
Kind that Is shedding its pollen, remove
tie corolla, to expose the stamens. Sc
lect a female flower that Is Just ready to
open, but has not been VISITED 10y in-
secls; open 1t, and apply the stamels to
the pIstil OF that flower. Cover the
flowers thus operated upon 10y bit OF
muslin until the ruit begins to grow.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09

X, A WILD fellow, has a charming
home, but the life ont doors is so agree
able that he is rarely to be found at his
house.
In despair of. ever meeting him one
of b1s numerous creditors sent him the
following:
"'DEAR SIR-I respectfully invite you
TO pass Friday evening at your house.
Yours, etc."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09

An English a9Iiculturist announces.
as the result of careful experiment anG
observation, the conclusion that where
corn is drilled from east 10 west the
yield is much larger than when drilled
from north to south, as in the former
case the sun can shine down the rows,
whereas in the latter case each row
makes kind of wall which shades the
next row. There is so much common
sense in this that many will wonder why
they did hot think OF 1t before.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09

An Austin justice found negro gull
ty of assault, and addressed hlm rs fol-
lows: Il ahall either fine you ten dol
lars and costs, or send You to !ail for
ten days" "For goodness sake, your
honor" exclaimed the young lawyer
who was the prisoners attorney, 'don't
impose a fine on the man. just send
him to jail. Don't rob him of his mon
ey. I've not got my fee from him yet,
and it's almost rent day."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09

Mr C. j. Klntner, Of the United
States Patent office, believed bat, judg-
ing from what has already been done in
various applications of electricity. within
the next decade we shall find our large
telegraphic corporations operating their
elevators, supplying motive power, heat
and light throughoutH cir buildings, and
electricity for their lines from one com
mon souIce of power.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09

THERE are many farmers who have
extra good butter cows and do Lot know
it. They have poor pastures in summer
and no shelter and Indifferent feed IL
winter, In the house they have no cou-
venience fOr making butter; the mix Is
set where there are no arrangements
for keering it cool in GUNNER, and in
the living room, exposed to the odors
of the kitchen, in winter. and neither
the quantity nor the quality or any IN
lex OF what COW can do is kept.