Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-12
PITA AND POINT.

We frequently confess our little
faults in order to have it thought that
We have no great ones
We find It harl to got and keep
any private property In thought. O.hcr
people are all the time saying the same
things We are boarding TO say when
we get ready. DR. Holmes.
Solomon might have spoken lit.
tic cmphatically had he said: Go to
the oyster thou sluggard An able
bodied female oyster thinks producing g
1000 900 eggs is fair seasons work
when she is feeling we'll
II man received three dollars
per day. aud saved every cent of il,
one thousand years would elapse b.
fore he could be master of million.
His hair by that time would be slight.
tingcd with gray. y.-UHit,d Labor Age
1t contributes greatly toward a
mans moral and intellectual health.
TO bc brought into habits Of compan
ionship with individuals unlike him
self. who care little for his pursuits
and whose sphere and abilities he
must go ont of himself 10 appreciate
--Nathdniel Hawthorne.
We do not know what Is TO bappcn
tomorrow. therefore lot us make the
best use we can of to-day. Oaly one
day is given us at timc-onc mo-
men'. indccd-that imperative now"
that quickly passes. and will ncser
come back again. - United Prcsbyte-
ridn.
1t is very difficult to retain o
friend after you have got him You
may be sure of losing him IL You ask
him 10 befriend you-at his expense or
risk. There is love of friends which
causes men to go on bonds and in.
dorse notes. which they subsequently
have to make good. while they wall
and gnash their teeth - Terls Siflings
Congressional dcmagoguc Cat .
mass-mccting) - Yes. gentlemen.
labor is the corner stone Of our pros.
pcrity. Voice Qrom the audience)-
True fer you. The cornerstone of a
buildin' is highly honorcd. isn't it
sorP" "Honoredl It is the stone Sc
iected for the reception of the most
valued records and most precious ties.
timonials Of its era of civilization. Z"
''Thrue agin, sor. An it's dorm near
the bottom it is. too. sor. ~ Omaha
HoriL
IT Milton will only cross my thresh-
old to sing to me Of Paradise. and
Shakespeare to open 10 me the worlds
OF imagination and the workings OF
the human heart. and Franklin To en-.
rich me with his practical wisdom.
shall not Pine for want Of intellectual
companionship. and I may become a
cultivated man. though excluded from
what is called the best society in the
place where / live. - Hiiiian Elierg
Claiming.
--Conscicnccs are accommodating
things They seldom trouble a man
who has gobblcd millions of other
peoples money; but when they get
hold OF n fellow who has pockctesl
twenty-five cents that belongs to some
body else. they make 1t warm for him
until he disgorgcs or joins the great
majority and augmcnts his pccuI ations
10 a point beyond which no self-re-
'pecting conscience cares to go.
Inequality in taxation. my son. is
A system of assessment which hits yo1
quite as hard rs neighbor Jones. over
the way. just and impartial taxation.
on the contrary. is system which lets
you off without paying dollar and
makes Jones pay enough for both.
There. my son. Won have n bit of infor-
nation that you would never learn in
IN organic newspaper or political
convention. Boston Transcript