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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

Thereis nothing so noble and
touching as a really spontane'
Gus act Of generosity, after all,
The other day q rough, careless.
looking stranger was walking
up Mission street, when he OBJ
served a lot Of hoodlums clus,
tered round the gate Of a small
farmhouse, in front Of which q
poor woman was weeping bitter
| ly, surrounded by her children,
A scanty array Of household
goods on the pavement showed
that it was q case Of ejectment
ssWhat are you abusing that
woman forip demanded the
"map from below,v addressing
an ill-favored individual who
was carrying ont the furnitnre
81 amt abusing her,v growled
the landlord ,d''she can't Pay
her rent, and Pm going to
bounce the whole outfit, that's
ALL"
awe a good mind to bounce
you,n said the stranger, indig-
nantly whats the amount she
owes you ~ I'D ffiGalsisill
"Twenty-two dollars"
ssHere, take it out of that,l
and the angry man took out his
wallet and handed over a. one
hundred-dollar greenback.
The evietcr respectfully turn
ed over a receipt and the
change. Forcing an additional
"V" on the happy woman the
stranger walked rapidly away.
"Centric cuss, that" said the
HORSEPOWER, looking after the
phllanthropist, musingly.
But the philanthropist said
nothing until he turned the
corner, when he murmured
softly to himself, as he put on 8
little more pedestrian steam
"It's no use talking--virtut
is its own reward, / couldn'D
have COTTON another such {
chanceto work off that counter
felt ina year.n-San Francisco
fosI ~ a@E sf81sA
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28
ThY Sun and Veg stable Life.

From an acorn weighing only
a few grains q tree will grow,
for a hundred years or more,
not only throwing off d many
pounds Of leaves every year,
but itself weighing several tons.
If an orange twig is put in a
large box Of earth, and that
earth weighed, when the twig
becomes q tree, bearing lucious
frulr, there will be veiy nearly
the same quantity of earth,
From careful experiments made
by different scientific men, it is
all aseertained fact that a tert
large part of the growth of q
tree is derived from the sun.
from the air, and from the wa.
ter, and a very little from the
earth and notably all vegeta-
ton become sickly unless 1t Is
freely exposed to sunshine.
Wood and coal are but con.
densed sunshine, which con
talns three important elements;
all equally essential to both
vegetable and animal life--mag-.
nesia is important to any of the
tissues. Thus it is that the
moro persons are out of doors
the more healthy they are, and
the longer they live. Every,
human being ought to have an
hour or two of sunshine at Noon
in winter, and in the early fore
noon in summer. A7 ttii1s
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

In a will case before Chief
Justice Carter. of the District
of Columbia, a day or two ago,
one of the counsel alluded to
the making of q will as one of
the most noble acts of a mans
life, and an act which gave him
the greatest pleasure in know
ing he was providing for those
who were to come after him.
The learned Chief Justice, who
is celebrated for bis pithy and
sententious sayings, interrupted
the counsel to express his dis
sent. He said that the making
of a will was not q noble act,
neither was itan agreeable one.
Most men put off making their
wills until the last moment, and
when made they were scarcely
ever satisfied with them. The
making of a will was the great
compulsory act of a mans life,
and therefore there could be
nothing commendable in it. eff"
said the Judge, "a man could
take his possessions with him, all
the property of the earth would
now be either in Heaven or hell"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28
Reform in Funerals.

A very considerable and lau-
dable agitation is sweeping over
the country looking to a reform
in the manner of conducting
funerals. In the first place it is
not thought that they should be
SO conducted as to produce 9th.
er funerals-that attendants,
in other words, should be no
longer expected to stand with
uncovered heads, in stormy
weather. Respect for the dead
does not demand any such dis.
regard of the health of the liv.
ing. Neither does respect for
the dead demand an immense
fnneral that in nine cases out of
ten entails debt and suffering
upon the living. Such funerals
have brought actual and ex-
treme want upon families in
nearly every community. The
undertaken is generally at the
bottom of these expensive fu-
nersls. The greater the ex-
pense, the greater are his chan
ces for profit, and the business
has been pushed.to such a limit
that many funeral is a specta
clej instead of a heartfelt tribut,
to the departed. The need o
funerals conducted in a simpl,
and unostentatious manner il
everywhere felt and demanded
The reform in funeral custom
should be thorough and sweep
ing, and first of all, the exper
4 sive undertaken should be sd
down upon.-Atlanta Constitl
tion.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

Marriageable young men Of
New York are being hemmed in.
They heretofore declined to
marry because they could not
afford it, but a series ofarticles
In the newspapers by able fe1
male correspondents have prov.
ed that families of from two to
six can live and fare sumptu,
ously on SO a week. Having
disposed of rents and pro,
visions, the artful young wo'
men have turned their attention
to clothing. In their opinion
any woman not q millionaire
who cannot dress stylishly and
be happy upon an ontlay of S10C
a year, or even less, is not 9
woman worth marrying. The
eligible young men have no de
fense left, and it only remains
for them to marry and save
money. ~.tat4.,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

Glover seed has retailed al
the enormous price of so pei
bushel this spring, and scarce
at that figure. 1t is strange that
more of our farmers do not
make this a farm crop. The
first growth can be cut in June
before. the middle of the month
and when well cared for makes
the best of feed. The second
or seed crop can be cut with a
dropper or self rake reaper
during the first half of Septem-
Der before the fall rains set in
or as the clover heads are one
half Drowned. Three to four
bushels of seed is n fair crop
per acre here, worth about 500,
which added to the value of the
hay of first crop, win pay the
farmer well, say a total of about
$40 per acre. Twenty to forty
acres at this rate will bring in
enough money to permit th Q
farmer to buy a clover huller.- :
Farmer and Fruit Grower.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28
Found Prepared.


A Colorado man who expect
ed a gang of lynchers to come
for him about the middle of the
night, took himself to the eel
lar, leaving a pet grizzly bear IN
his place in bed. The lynchers
don't bring any lights, but made
a very plucky attempt to get
the bear out and lynch it, but
gave it up after three of them
had lost an eye apeice, two had
suffered the loss of thumbs,
chewed off, and the other six
were more or less deprived Of
skin. That man now has tre.
mendous reputation as a fighter
and thesbear didn't mind tn,
work one bit.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

The Capital building of Ala
bama caught fire from an explo
sion of gas last week. The Lii
brarian was severely burnt and
his leg broken. Most State
capitals are proof against such
catastrophes. If explosions OF
gas would ordinarily burn ur
Statehouses, ours would have
been in ashes long ago.-Jack
son Mississippian.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28


Capt. Webb, the English
swimmer who first swan across
the British Channel, is now
preparing to swim across the
Niagara river below the Falls
so that he will pass by the fa'
nous whirlpool. These are
strange investments that men
make of their lives IN the hope
that they will receive back theil
lives money besides. In this
case the sum promised to Capt
Webb will be paid to his wifi
if he is killed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

1t is generally understood
that our navy is no great shakes
anyhow, and now we are told
that two ironclads and twenty
six wooden ships have recently
been condemned and will soon
be offered for sale. With
twenty-eight more vessels dis
posed of as worthless, the
American navy will be skele-
ton indeed. s.4ac
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

At Sunderland, England, on
the 10th inst, IL terrible catas
trophe occurred by which one
hundred aud eeyenty-eight chill
dren lost their lives. Several
thousand children were attend
ing a conjurers performance
when 9 panic ensuod and in
their haste to run down stairs
and pass through anarrow door,
only twenty inches wide, a large
number were knocked down
and trampled upon. The ages
of thes I73 known to be killed
ranged from four to fourteen
years.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28
Get The Best.

There is no place where tnis
bit 0ts advice - OF more vaiue
than ~ the selection OF toolsma
implements FOR the iarm. A
good ak, hoe r-plow 10 oheaper
at a high priec than Q poor on9
couid be at less price than malt
its lost With 9 goou tool one
can do much more work with
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

Frank James, of the notori-
Gus James gang, is to be tried
at Gallatin, Mo-, on the 18th
inst. There are three indict-
ments against him, one for kill.
ing Conductor Westfall, July
Is, 1881, one for killing a stone.
cutter named Mcmillan during
the Winston train ROBBERY, and
one for killing Sheets, cashier
of the Davises County Savings
Institution in December, 1869.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

Judge Lynch holds his court
quite as frequently in the North
as'iii the South, as will be seen
by reference to the following
paragraph from the Chicago
Tribune:
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

Six Methodist church mem,
bers at AlIentown, Pa, are on
trial for dancing and attending
the operaooOnei point made in
their defencei is that they con
tributed more than any other
six members toward the build
ing of the church, while they
pay liberally toward current ex
penses. 80 -
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

A Richmond Virginia sEx.
change of last Saturday saysl =
Sheriff Donckley and T.si'W.
Waller fought a horseback duel
yesterday, near the Patrick
Courthouse. Waller was fatal,
ly wounded. He was an oppo;
nent to Donckley in the last
election. IN,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

The constitution prescribes
that the President "shall 'nomi-
nate, and, by and with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate,
shall appoint" ambassadors,
judges and other officials, but
the fate of Mr.. Keim shows that
another power has grown up
not contemplated or authorized
by any law; but its consent is
none the less essential. This
is the power of the press. The
retirement of the late chief ex
aminer of the civil service COM
mission coins anew word ex
pressive of the fate of a public
official who goes down before
the power ofthe press. He is
Refined Washington Star.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

An 'unmergedr woman at the
West, who applied form posi-
ton as driver OF, streetrcar,
was asked if she could manage
mules. "Of course I can,n was
the ready reply. II have had
two husbands. ."--Chicago Tri-
bune- f,~lesH 4s#6 M
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

Up to the present date this
year 40 criminals have been 10.
gally executed lin the United
States, "a Of them in the South
ern states. Forty eight have
been Illegally executed during
the same period, 22 Of them ID
the south. I" f.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

Some of the Republican poll
ticians are advocating Justice
Miller, of the United States Su-
preme Court as an available
candidate for the presidency.
Having been on the Supreme
Court bench for a number of
years and not taking any active
part in politics during that time,
it is supposed by his friends
that there would be but fewer
objections to him than to almost
any other candidate. 1t is not
likely however that the move
ment in his favor will be for
midable one and his supposed
candidacy will hardly trouble
such experienced leaders al
Blaine, Sherman and Conkling
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

A porcelain-lined kettle that
will no longer serve for fruit is
just the thing for corn loaf. A
three or four quart fruit can
answers well for the same pur-
pose.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

Col. Morehead, of Kentucky,
has been appointed Commission
er General OF. the Cotton Cen
tennial Exposition to be held at
New Orleans next year.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28
The Kansas Citv T;mes cal

The Kansas City Times calls
for the forfeiture of the charters
of Gould's railroads in Missouri,
on the ground that the cor
operations have violated their
obligations to thezpublic. aa
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

Gen. Logan, Of Illinois, is put.
ting on presidential airs aud lay
ing his plans to capture the Ma
tional Republican Convention.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

The British house of lords is
composed Of hereditary land.
owners, who collectively own
IA, ,25s,527 acres Of land, whose
collective incomes are about
E15, ,000, 900. 49,.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

A Richmond Va, telegram
stats that 0the boom in Confed-
crate securities continues.
North Carolina war bonds have,
sold here at "a per 81, ,O00, and
brokers are constant buyers of
all classes Of Confederate cou-
pom securities. Tho house of
Thomas Branch 81 Co has
bought over $4,000, 900 of these
securities" t@~ fsW %a9
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

A young lever in Iowa paid
$40 for a locomotive to run him
thirty-fivc miles to see his girl,
and when he got there the
family bulldog ran him two
miles and didn't charge him a
cent.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

A miser who dieds'not long
ago at Crawford, Ga, made a
will giving property to relatives
and friends and requesting that
$500 in cash which he had
should be put under his head
aud buried with his body. 1t
was done, as requested, it is
said, and the grave containg the
specie remains undisturbed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

"A German, Baron Reichenbach
has occupied manyyears In study
ing the art ofmahiug, sorkrath-
er bed placing, and maintains
that improperly placed beds
will sh0rtenl aC man's life. He
says ia mere magnet exer.
cises an influence on sentative
persons, the earth'si4 magnetisn
must certainly make itself felt
on the neryou 9 life of man. In
whatever hemisphere you may
be always sleep with your feet TO
tile equator, and let yotr body
lie true as a needle TO the polls
The proper direction ofth body
is Of. the utmost importance for
the proper circulation OF the
'bloUd, ana mahy disturbances iH
the organisms havesbeen cured
by simply placing the bolster Ia
q different point of the compass
from that it had occupied.
Let such as have hitherto
been III the habit OF sleeping
with their heads where there
feet ought to do, take to heart
the example of the late DR.,
Fischwester, of Madgebhrg, WHO
died recently at'the ageof 100
years sab 81 n9Hiaxa2 :.
1he most unhealthy position,
we are told, is when the body
lies due east and west. Some
observers assure us that to
sleep III such a posture 10 tanta.
mount 10 committing suicide,
and that diseases are often ag,
.grayated by dcyiations from the
propcr posture.-IiondOn World
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

Young Daniel Boone, a great
grandson Of the explorer Of old
Kentucky, delivered parcels for
one of the great Broadway
firms Of New York on d salary
of one d llar and d half Il week.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

In a few months, it is stated
Lieut.. General Sheridan will
succeed Gen. Sherman who will
60 on the retired list. na as1i 2
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28
ASTRAL CHANGES.

sOtuT hybbeu bOW ". aa ~ oohstci'
lation Of Herculs side of f fks "a
the directios N wR.lhA We are
going is carrying MS toward a
region of space exceedingly
rich In stars, many, aud perhaps
most of which are greater suns
than ours.r The writer further
speaks of the very different as
tral scenery which the future
inhababitants of the earth @inay
perceive when ,oura system
reaches that distant constella-
ton.
A wonderful constellation, in
deed, is Hercules, though less
strange, perhaps, than Orion
with its. galaxy. Of green suns.
The most, beautiful of all astral
agglomerations lies there, "a
golden cloud of stars apparent
| ly so close together (although
really separated each from each
by billions emiles) that they
seem to cling in a mass, like
also thera arc stranoen dnuI,le
solar svstems b In Which the
twin. suns are of different tints |;
--fOr example, one of the twins
of So Hercules is a golden vel.
How and its companion q blazing
azure in Delta Hercules we
have a white and aviolet sun
travelling together; and in AL.
,pha Hercules we behold q ruby
and an emerald snn turning
about each other. The whole
region neighboring the cons.el.
| lation is full of strange spien
dors and particolored systems.
including stars of almost all
gem.colors known to mortals,
These colored double. suns are
lnow classed : and more than 1870
pairs are known In which, one
star Ia of markedly different
tint from the other ;-and in
eighty.fiye instances the larger
star is orange 81. red, while its
companion is blue or green.
Tho ;daa of sa;,;n o. into tbase
splehdors atthe rale OF ioo,ooV,
wv miles a year ~ certainly
suolime ana were tne constei
lauons 10 remain stationary Iol
us, we could closely reckon tht
Tune required 10 reach them
FOR example we Know we are
approaching Alpha Lyra, OF
NegaTan enormous sun-at the
speed OF Al miles a second and
lts distance ls reckoned at 10
trliilohs OF miies-7aitnough ils
llght Is 2owefiui enough 10 ei,
iect Photographic piaIes. but
TINS rate OF approach Is iargeiy
due TO the movement Oh the
giant star ana IL Is more stiiah
propaDie Lnat eacni SUI ls inpV-
ing az q vastiy dinefeng angie
whlch VIII render close ap
proach impossipie. NOW, even
IN the consteliatlon OF nercuies
some stars are rushing from u.s.
others toward US, Win hcredi'
bic velocity.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

The old colonial town of Dunn
fries, va, Prince William coun-
ty, was once one of the
comm ercial centers of Virginia,
but has been neglected for
more than rs years past. Late
ly the place has been showing
many signs of renewed vitality,
and many houses are going up.
It's location is near Quantico,
and it is now reached by rail.
road as well as stage. Dumfries
was originally settled by Scotch
merchants, and George Wash
ington and other Virginia ce-
lebrities were frequent visitors
thNio' l.a.fsf. f....t. s.f frls.s
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

Riddrebergcr, Malione's read
juster colleague In the Senate
is represented as dissatisfied at
the way the Federal patronage
is distributed in Virginia. The
telegram from which We. get this
information does not state the
particular cause of his grievan-
ces but we suspect that he is
angry because Malone does not
allow him any voice in the mat.
ter. Gen. Malone is an auto.
crat in his manners and feelings
and he desires that his follow
ers shall obey, ahd not advise
him. He is the master ofthc
party and wants everybody to
understand it
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

The population of Russia Is
increasing enormously by emf
grafton in spite of the oppres
Sion, disorganization, ..nihilistic
conspiracies and Siberian ter
rors which are constantly her
aided to the world. 1t is esti-
mated that 100000 more persons
yearly enter Russia than leave
it. Indeed, the natives are be
ginning to complain loudly OF
competition, especially Of Ger
man settlers, and all sorts OF
proposals are made for check
ing "the appropriation of Rus
siam soil as field for German
man Industry,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

At the end Of the Revolution,
ary war there were only forty
three newspapers published In
this country. 'a'lo. aHuaA
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28

The vicksburg Post states
that madison Station, in this
State, leads the werldin straw
berry beds. DIR. Mckay has a
hundred and thirty acres 1.-The
largest strawberry patch yet re-
corded, that of Parker Earle in
Southern Illinois ranking next.
DR.. John Mckay has a hundred
acres adjoining, making 2SO
acres of strawberry plants in
one body, and other fields swell
the aggregate to a total of 235
acres within a radius of a, mile
and a half Of the station"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-01-25
HOUSE.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS

In the House, ON Thursday, the 18th inst, the
morning hour having been dispensed with, Mr..
Robson (N.J.) moved to go into Committee of
the Whole on the naval appropriation bill.
MIR. Robesons motion WAS agreed to-yeas
Il3, nays 81.
Mr.. Robson explained that the bill was an
ordinary appropriation bill with the addition
of some legislation which had been agreed to
last session by the House, but failed to receive
the assent of the Senate, and with two or three
additional provisions of Importance.
The bill appropriated $4,000 for the COM
plction of the double turreted monitors and
,Sl,3O00O0 for the construction Of two steel
cruisers and dispach boat, and the Comm it.
tee on Appropriations had been able to do so
without materially increasing the appropria-
tions for the naval service
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-01-25
DORE DEAD.
The Great French Artist Expires Suddenly of Throat
Disease.


Gustave Dore, the great French painter and
designer, died at Paris shortly after noon OH
| Tuesday, the 23d int He caught q cold On
Friday while returning to his residence from
solree On Saturday inflammation OF the throat
set in, and despite every effort It was inpossi-
BILE to arrest its progress.
Paul Gustaye DOre was perhaps the best known
foreign artist to the great masses Of the people
IN America, because of the numerous books
which his pencil has illustrated He was born
IN January, 1892, at Strasburg and when very
young his father took him to Paris. and there
he received his education. He could not re-
member when he began to draw so early was
it in his childhood. Among his first public
works were contributions of comic and gr0tcs-
que sketches to the Journal p0ur Rjre. in ISfs.
Then followed the designs for the works of
Rabelais, IN 1854 an exhibition of four paintings
in 1855, and in succeeding years the illustrations
OF BalZac's COntes DrOatiques" Eugene Sues
" Wandering Jew" the works Of MOnaigre
Talne's Voyage aux Pyrenees.' and the we'll
known Inferno" "htala,7 Paradise Lost"
" Don Quixote," the Bible "IdvIsofthe King"
His success was sudden and complete. His
most important paintings are " Paola and
Francesca de Rimini," Z" Triumph of Christ
ianity,' Gambling Hall at Baden Baden
SOLDIERS of the Cross" " Christ Leaving the
PrRtOrium" and the Dream of Pilates Wife"
In 1861 Dore received the Cross of the Legion of
Honor from Napoleon III. Among u. Dore's
later works are his illustrations to Colerfdc2'5
Ancient Mariner" London, by Louis Enault.
and the Orlando Furioso." The drop curtain
of the Prince and the Sleeping Beauty which
for many years adorned the Lyceum Theatre.
Philadelphia, was by Dore 1t was painted bv
him when young man, and was used for a
long time in the Porte st. Martin Theatre in
Paris