Oxford eagle., 1888-05-17
PRESS OPINIONS

.lohn sherman anu uls iAtchoS
are better than giants grip to
keep the South solid -Consu
tuition
Judging from their acts some
church people think a very Ut
tie is required of a ehrislisn.-
Advance.
.Gentlemen," said a farmer
writing to the chairman of an
agricultural fair, put me down
for a calf.-Ex.
A Chicago man on a witness
stand fell in a dead faint. lie
was telling the truth, and the
novelty paralyzed him.-Ex.
Why would it be against true
religion for a woman to change
her sex : Because she would
become he-then.-Vicksburg
sentinel.
BY throwing mud at man
YOU may expect to get as good
as You send. There is lots OF
unoccupied mud in the world
Picayune.
The school girl is not think
ing of her lessons when sue al
lows a cigarette smoking beau
to accompany her TO the school
room dOor.-Picayuue.
An exchange says the young
men If congress are making the
best tariff speeches. That is be
cause the old men know too
much about the su0iect.-Ex.
Scientists say that the savage
has a more acute sense OF smell
than civilized people Wher
Two savages get together. how
! they must suffer.--Transcript.
Blaine will receive the nomi-
nation of the Republican Nation
al Convention, and-GrOvrr
Cleveland will once more he
elected President of the United
states.
! Universal suffrage has at last
been ordained in Rhode Island.
This will bring the state into the
democratic column in the not
distant future.-Indlanapolis
Sentinel.
ave, the jury, find the prison
er guilty" was the verdict rem
dered by a coroner who was
called TO view the remains of a
man found dead in his cabin In
Georgia.-Conservaiiye.
i We are opposed to the bloody
shirt as steady thing. but an oc
casiOnal shake in the Senate or
elsewhere has a most exhilarat-
ing effect on the country at
observation-disclosures
! We OBJECT TO civil pensions
on principle but something
ought to be done for the Indi-
ana man whose wife has borne
MIN seven children within eIgn'
teen mOnths.-MacOn Democrat
Blaine or nobody" appears to
be the ultimatum of d very large
section of :he republican party
Why not nominate little Foraker
for second place and make il
Blaine and Nobody.-Chicago
Herald.
Patients often need the tonic
OF kind words or that of u witt,
speech more than purgiag. Re
.nember. my boy, and you. too
my girl, that a frown never yet
did the work of a smile.-Louis
vile Democrat.
The ladies of the South are
satisfied the way the men vote
for them Carroll Banner.
That is right Men always have
and always will vote for the la
dies, God bless em. They like
them.-Picsyune
"Do you believe there is any
such thing as luckw asked 1
young man of an old bachelor
Il do. I've had proof OF it,.
I'm what wayF" IL was refused
by five girls when / was a young
man. Merchant Traveller.
Yazoo City merchants will
close their stores at 6 pm, there
by giving their clerks some rec
reatiOn. This is needed, for
Yazoo City merchants advertise
and clerks are rushed during
business hours.-Messenger.
/ Voorhees, has asked the par,
don of the Senate for the Ian
guage he recently made use oil
regarding Ingals. Now let In.
gals ask the country's pardon
for making the use OF such Ian.
guage necessary.-St Paul
Globe.
The Memphis papers are sug.
gesting candidates for governor
of MississipPi. They engage in
that amusement every four
years, but our people generally
manage TO select a governor TO
suit Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
The man who is not an exper;
with the revolver or the shotgun
would do well TO shun Mississip
pi journalism. Mississippi eli-
z.