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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07
THE TICKET.

Information seems certain that
he Democratic National Con.
vention at 81. Louis, has r..
nominated Grover Cleveland
for President and Allen G.. Thur
man for Vice President of the
L nited States. Ii is Il great
ticket. 1t is really a grand tick
ct. II is a combination of hon
esty, integrity, high aims, and
craftsmanship. /: is cOuspicu-
Gus for answering character,
exalted ability aud genuine pa
triotism. Mr.. Cleveland has
made a good President lie has
made one Of the BEST the cOun.
try ever had. His administra.
ton has had no scandals about
it. lie has purified the cIviI
service, reformed much that va,
wrong, corrected many abuses
and on the whole he las given
the country an efficient, clean
aud splendid administration. liz
is stronger to day than he was
four years ago. The name OI
Judge Thurman adds greai
strength to the ticket. lie !,
called the old Roman. lie il ;
power ia the land. He was th'
only American Senator wh'
grappled successfully with tn
Pacific Railroads and ON Tia,
slope he is immensely popular
He is a great lawyer aud iuriSi
a statesman and patriot. BOrl
ia Virginia lie is the fOremos
citizen Of his adopted State o
Ohio. With such a ticket tn
Democrats viii sweep the eouu
try aud Cleveland is to be on
next President and Thurman ou
next Vice President.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07
A hegro's Prayer.

A teacher in one of the color
cd schools in the South was
abont to 20 away for a season,
aud an old negro poured out ior
her the following petition. II
Give O the words said the
vr,ter. ..but they convey no idea
of the pathos of earnestness OF
the prayer:r $50 afore her as
a lesd,n' light and behind her as
a protectin' angel. Roughshod
her feet wild de preparation %
de gospel o. Peace. Nail her
ears to de gospel pole. Glib her
de eve Ob de eagle, so she spy
sin far off. Wax her hand to dc
gospel plow. Tie her tongue to
the line oh truf. Keep her feet
in de narrnr way, an her soul in
de channel ob faith. Bow her
head low beneaf her knees, and
her knees way down in some
lonesome valley. where prayer
and supplication is much want
ed to be made. Hedge an ditch
bout her, good Lord, an' keep
her in de straight and narrer
way dat leads to heaven-'-Bi
BILE Banner.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07

We like tn hear = aas rasas-
to take his home paper. aud an
the time sponge on his neigh.
Dor for tine reading Of il We
NE To hear a man complain
when asked to subscribe for his
home paper that he takes more
than he can read now, and then
20 and borrow his neighbours or
loaf arc und until no gathers all
the news from il. We ike 10
see "A man run down his home
paper As not worth taking and
now aud then beg the editor for
a favor in the editorial. We
like 10 see a man run down his
home paper aud then try 10 get
a share Of the trade which the
brings to the -own:
we like TO see this ; il looks eco
nomieal, thrifty. progressive and
ch~eeky.-Exehange.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07
Bail d

The case of Bob Lamar oil
his petition To be released from
custody on bail was heard last
week before Judge Hall of the
Chancery court and the prison
er was admitted to bail in the
sum of two thousand dolla, q
conditioned for his appearance
in the Circuit count of Calhoun
county To answer the case PEI a
| e against hun. AT the same
me Lamar give boz d t. answer
the case still pending against
bin IN our Circuit ceurt for his
difficulty with Alb Cearly. Thus
after five years of Imprisonment
two verdicts against him for
murder, a winter spent in the
penitentiary on a sentence the
highest court in the state revers
ed because wrong aud "a sen
tenee of death by the Circuit
court which the Supreme court
also reversed for the errors
committed by the trial court.
Lamar is a free man once more.
Ii is to be hoped that he will be
able to maintain his innocence
on his trial charged with being
connected With killing the detec
tive. Men may be excused for
whatever happens in a combat.
The violence of the one side
may justify violence OF the 9th
er. Extremes beget extremes
and this is human. But lying
in wait ia the dark and begin.
ming an attack is assassination.
In whay we say ne ,IS not wish
to prejudice lamar Before
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07
The MISSISSIPPI SECOND
Union County Develops a Candi
date for Congressional honors
Hon. z N. Stephens

| special Dispatch 20 the Avalanche.
New Albany, Miss, June 3
The largest and by far the most
enthusiastic Democratic Con
veEtiOn that was ever held la
this II MON county convened al
this place yesterday for the pGr
pose OF selecting delegates to q
district Congressional conven.
ton, To he held In the city oi
Holly Springs on July - next,
to nominate a candidate for Con.
gress in this ltEe Second dis
trict, and unanimously adopted
the following preamble aud res
Jlutiou:
Whereas, The Hon. II VI. ste.
pbens, having continuously re.
sided in this county from boy
hood To the present time, GOV
ering = period of nineteen years,
we are able to say that we know
whereof we speak when we as
scrt that as q private citizen he
has ever commanded the re.
spect and admiration of our PEG
pie, and that his character and
integrity as a citizen il of "a high
moral order, and is beyond even
= breath OF suspicion. As n law
yer he - pure, upright, and we
are pleased to say has no sGpe-
riOr as such in North Mississip
pi. AS a politician. he is able,
bold, Skillful and determined.
and one whose Democracy aud
craftsmanship cannot be ques
toned. In view of all these
{; cts, personally known te us.
we unhesitatinL ~ say that ie is
a mos suitable aud proper er
son to represent the various in
%terests Of cur people in the
Fifty first Congress of the Uni
ted States; therefore. be 1t
Resolved by the Democracy
OF Union county in convention
assembled, Th-t the delegates
selected by this convention To
attend the district convention
TO ne held in the city OF Holly
Springs on the 18th day of July,
loSS, for the purpose Of nomi
mating . Democratic candidate
for Congress, be instructed to
use all honorable means To Sc
cate the nomination CT the Hon.
Il. VI. Stephens.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07
The Great CryptOgram.

The Chicago Tribune, in an
editorial on "rhe Great Crypio.
cram adds: For those VIII
have not seen Nj. Donnepv's
work the magnitude of his Der.
Torrance cannot be adequately
described without apparent ex.
agceration. Whether the world
shall accept his conclusions or
hold the verdict in allegiance.
Isnatlus Donnelly must hereaf.
ter be counted among the men
whose industry, persistence, and
,incerity have thrust into litera.
Iture and history a force compel
ling recognition If not cony1e.
ton: and whose prodigious and
patient labor has amassst
against the current belief ABOUT
Shakespeare too much testimo-
ny for incredulity to scoff at, for
iests to smile out of sight, or for
learning TO ignore.
In the Published work the CT.
pIler is pnt in operation in only
one play, king Henry W.
But upon that, unless the cryp.
/ tology can be set aside as fraud.
ulent, it accomplishes the exc
cution of William Shakespeare.
The guillotine did not its bloody
work mere neatly or perfectly
upon RObespierre.
This long expected work was
issued May LIST, 1888. 1t will be
a magnificent imperial octave
volume of 99S pages. with por-
:. trait on steel of Lord Bacon. and
numerous other illustrations, in
Guiding portraits of Ben J0nson,
Queen Elizabeth and others. and
of eminent advocates of the Ba.
CONAN theory. The title and
sub titles are engraved on wood
from special designs. The work
Will contain authentic fac SINH.
les. marked and numbered in
/ red ink, of pages of the Great
f Folio. with the aid of which all
r the hidden narrative ~uuraveled
by Mr.. DoaneIly may be traced
| and verified. The Cipher is a
) reality. But aside from tie CT.
p. pher, the work presents an \
: position of the purposes and
I meaning of the immortal writ
ings in question that will endear
, the author to all lovers of lite
nature and compel the admira-
tion even of those who judged
, him in advanced and condemned
r him and his book unheard and
unseen.
"The Great Cryptogram' will
, be sold by subscription at $50
per copy in extra cloth binding.
| Prices of other bindings will be
furnished on application. Those
who have not had an opportu.
/, nifty to subscribe may order di-
rect from the publisher or gene
raj agent. Orders should be
sent in early, as the first edition
is limited. Owing to the size of
the work, the second and all
subsequent editions will proba-
bly, be issued IN two volumes, at
Il slight advance in price.
r S Peale X Co., Publishers,
400 & as Dearborn st. Chicago.
PaaI oil nur communications
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07

Saeking a town in time of war
terrible ; but to Mother Hub
bard a town in time of peace Is
as bad.-Picayune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07

The White Caps are yet at
work in Indiana. This il \ 80
efet order designed at first for
a good purpose-the protection
OF society against outlaws-but
9as run into ouriawry itself, and
tehes the lawful authorities
Exchange.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07
Only Chin Music.

Washington, May 3lst.
Congressman Morgan to-dav
arranged a pair with Gov. Long
Of Massachusetts,, for a conside
rable period. The Judge saws
there will be some "chin music
Ia the second district in a few
days.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07

The pine lands OF Mississippi
viii be likely TO advance rapid.
~ in price now that the govern
ment has suspended sales at
pr1saie eutry.-Ssntinel.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07

Since the Appeal was defeat
ed IA Tennessee ia ITS choice
Tor GovernOr, il is again pour
ing It's walls of wrath upon Mis-.
lsssIppi. But Mississippi under
stands the Appeal, and there
iere its foolish attacks are harm
iess.-corinth Democrat.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07
THE
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Dissolution Notice

ne nrm OF Jackson & Ale vr.
Nei' January t.lSSs, al IiaIjFts
- 'he nrm are ass1o'e.i BY ). =. IL.
Hao viii continue the b-usipsss :,
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j. ?. JACKSON
u l. ALL
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07
A TONGUE IN KNOTS.

| contracted malaria in the
swamps of Louisiana while
working for the telegraph COM
pany, and used every kind Of
medicine | could hear of with
out relief. l at last succeeded
III breaking the fever, but it cost
me over $1,000, and then nv
system was Frustrated and satu-
rated with malarial poison and
l became almost helpless. f.
naliy came here, my mouth so
filed with sores that I could
scarcely eat. and by tongue raw
and filled with little knots. Va.
riOus remedies we're resorted to
without effect. / bought two
bottles of Il. b. b.. and il has
cured me. All sores of nv
mouth are healed and | feel like
a new man.
y f BRITTON.
jackson, Tenn. April 20, 1856
STIFF JOINTS.
| have a little boy twelve
years old whose knees have
been drawn almost double and
ms joints are perfectly stiff. and
has been in this condition three
years, unable to walk. During
that time the medical board of
LoudoR county examined him
and pronounced the disease
scroinla and prescribed, but no
ceneht ever derived. Three
weeks ago he became perfectly
helpless and suffered dreadfully
A friend who had used Il BIB
ADVISED Its use. He has used
one bottle and all pain has ceas-
ed and he can now walk. This
has been pronounced a most
wonderful action, as his COM
plant bad baffied everything.
Mrs. Emma Grifiths.
Cnitia, Tenn, March .. 1856.
Webb City Ark. Blood.
Having tested b b b and
round It to be all that is claimed
= Il, l commend it to any and
every one suffering from blood
poison: IL has done me more
GOOD Tor less money and in a
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oioed purifier | ever used. /
nave been troubled with a Sc
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. OF years and found no relief
equal to that given by the use
Il b e.
w G McGauhey.
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An Eho desire full information about
sAoSe and cure Of Blood Poisons.
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07

An editor works 365 DAYS
per wear To get out - issues OF
d paper, sass WORK. Once m
a while some body paysa years
subscription; that's capital and
once In q while some son of a
gun of a dead beat takes the
paper for year or two and
then vanishes without paying
for II that's anarchy ; bat later
on Justice will overrake the last
named creature. for there is "A
place where he will get his dc
seris ; that's hell.-Exehange
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07

\ perfect town is that in
which you see the farmers pat
ronizing the home merchants,
the laborer spending the money
they earn with their own trades
men, and all animated by "A spir
1t that will not purchase riIeles
abroad If they eau be bought Il
home. The spirit of reciprocity
between business men and me.
chanics, tradssmen and laborers
farmers and manufacturers. To
suit every time il making a
town a perfect one To do bust
ness in Summit Sentinel.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07
Good Bye, Pm Going Home

Good Bye, Pm Going Home
In our Sunday visits to the
hospitals, where so much sym
patty is called forth, we make
many friends, who talk to us in
a home-like way, and there ap-
pear family ties of true relation
ship. Are we not all journeying
togetheri "For here we have
no continuing city, but we seek
one to come" Heb. VII: "a.
While there talking together
with a mutual spiritual interest
in each other. who thinks OF
what denomination we are, or
cares what church we each be-
long tol There are higher and
more ennobling thoughts, as the
divine spirit. in its sweet COM
partnership, touches up sorrow
in such living colors of JOY and
peace that through the bright
ness of faiths illumination, we
get glimpses of the beyond.
Did not Christ come to min
gle among US. and drink the cup
of misery to its most bitter
! dregs. that we may have il
washed by his precious blood.
TO find it sweet to our taste. as
we drink the water of life" SO
freely offered by his grace? Did
! he not extract the sting from
death that our fears may vanish
) at the prospect of passing
through the dark passage to en-
te- into eternal life
! What care we, then, if the
water of Mara" is bitter. when
the divine touch can sweeten .
!. or If the darkness seem TO en-
virOn us in the night time of sor-
row and affection, when the soul
can see Christ and feel the mag
netic influence ofhis living pow
err!
Christ is not only the way.
the truth and the life.n but the
light of the world" Oh. let MS
see, even if we have to adjust
the eye glasses of others faith
to our nose of sense.
"GOod-bye, I'm going home: |
know that God can take this
old body, weak and feeble as |
!, am. and raise it up in strength
and health again, for he deliver
ed Daniel out of the lions den.
, the three from the fiery furnace.
: and raised up Lazarus from the
!. grave; but | feel that he is about
. to take me hOme--good bye
!, And with the "good- bye she
gave US as warm a parting hand
|, shake as her feeble strength
would permit.
: So we parted with an old lady
: at Flatbush Hospital, Brooklyn.
aid it turned oat Just as she
expected; 1t was the last good
: bye to is. God did take her
home. Oh, how she enioyed
the prospect of going home
. eternal home-Rhere her man
sion had been prepared by her
loving Saviour. all ready for her.
Dear reader, there are MANY
sick, sOrrOuing and troubled
souls wont You find the way to
them and help to cheer them
along their journeying! If YOU
cannot say n do as you would
like to, take them by the hand.
with a touch of love and sympa
! thy fot them along their jour
ueylng! 1t may be, when they
. bid you goodbye, to go to their
eternal home, they may ask
God to let the angels in heaven
keep shining bright the lamp of
welcome for you, TO brighten
your path, as you light up the
sick room and sorrowing home
with your cheering and comfort.
: ing presence.
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07

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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07

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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-13
Ill hORUt -

We arc all fortunc-teIlcrs. That Is,
we can tell fortune when We sec il.
Women are the best detee;ors OF ooun-
terfci,s when the counterfeit, are not
men.
The price Of rubber goods remains
very firm. One would think that 1t
would be elastic.
A law prohibiting tho intemporas'
boarding Of wealth might prevent mon
cy from becoming tight,
1t is sad to see family relics sold At
auction but the mo,t painful thing under
the hammer Is generally your thumb
nail
1t is no use for piano TO he square OF
upright. Mr.. TalmAgc is authority for
saving that there viii be mono Of thera
in heaven.
Statistics show that girls who work
in match factory do not get married
any quicker than those who work at
other places
The most duh and sickcning thud is
that produced 10y the dropping Of an
old-fashioned copper cent ioto a church
contribution box,
The boy who quaiIs at the sight Of s
mustard plaster ia the same lad that goes
fcnrlcssly forth &c tackle bees nest
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-13
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS

The anauat Of force cxer;ed by heat
and cold in expansion sud contraction
Of IL tai Is equal TO that which would
be required to stretch or compress it to
the same extent by mechanical means
According to the London Globe a
Theoretically sealed bottle Of wine was,
In 1917. exhuncd from the Roman Gem
eterv Of Allscamps, near Aries, and its
contents were analyzcd by Berthelot,
the we'll known French chemist, The
analysi, sl.o~- that the liquid had re
tanned its viuous character and Goa
tanned / II per cent. Of alcohol.
In n sandpit near Omaha two enor-
nous teeth have been dug up. The
naturalist who tells the story OF their
discovery says that they must have be
lonaai to some animal that was at least
d" ix timcsas large as the modern e!e-
phant." and that ate timber Hs steady
diet Maybe the existence Of such an
animal accounts for the vast prairies OF
the West and that he starved 10 death
when the supply of timber gave out.
The cider ducks are numerous every
where in Norway. Being the producers
of the valuable eider-down, which is a
staple article of trade in Norway, they
are vigorously protected by law, and
are in consequence go tame, as in many
places TO approximate to domestic fowl.
The lirds are regarded with far from
friendly eyes by the fishermen, by rea-
,on Of the damage they work among the
spawning beds of the fish. Lobsters in
particular. suffer severely from their
dcpredations, the "fruit' of hen lobs-
ter being an especial dainty to the elder
duck.
A striking fact deduced from Ubserva-
tions recorded by the late DR.. Parrott is
the rapid growth of the brajr in the first
half year of life as compared with the
increase in height and the growth OF
other organs. Taking thD total growth
! between DlIln anu sl@ SCdtS "a 11t eS
100, the weight of the heart increase'
11.43 in girls and 11.s8 in boys during
! their first six months Of life; the heigh'
increases 90 5 in girls and ia in boys
while the weight Of brain increases 81 Al
in gifls and %. 81 in boys.
It j. stated that the name of "alc" as
applied to malt liquors was probablJ
first introduced into England by the
Danes, as the word "or' is still used
among the scandinavian natives as thu
name for malt liquors. Up to that tim'
the Anglo-Saxon word "beer' had beef
used; but it fell more and more rapid!
! into disuse with the extension Of the
word "ale" until the reign Of Henry thu
Eighth, when hops were introduced
from Germany. With the hops cam
the German word ''bier," and the re
vival of the ancient discarded beer
to denote beer made from hops as op
posed to that made without them
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-13
First Run on a Bank.

The cxtravagant luxury Of the court
of Charles the Second, combined with
its utter want of principle and inca
pacity to carry on the memorable con-
test with Holland, purduced the first run
upon bankers that ever was made. The
extravaganza OF the court had di>sipated
all the m cans which parliament had sup
piled for the purpose Of carrying on
offensive hostiities 1t was finally de-
termined to wage only defensive war; a.;
but even for that the vast resources of
England were found insufficient, The
Dutch iasultel the British court, sailed
up the Thames, took Sheerness aud car
ried their rav.gcs to Chlthqm The
blaze of the burning ships was seen in
London; it was rumored that a foreign
army had landed at Gravesend, and
military men seriously proposed to aban-
don the Tower.
The people, accustomed to the secure
reign Of Cromwell, were in consterna-
ton. The moneyed portion of the
community were seized with panic.
The country was in danger, London it
self might be invaded, What security
was there then for the money ad-
vanced to the Crown2 The people
flock Il to their debtors and demanded
their deposits. London now witnessed
the first run upon the bankers.
The fears Of the people, however,
proved groundless, for the goldsmiths,
ao the bankers were then called, met all
d mands that were made upon them.
Conf lence was restored by royal proc
lamation that the demands on the cx-
chequer should be made as usual, and
the run collapsed Free Press,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-13
St0NaWayS.

Stowaways trouble English steamers
more this year than ever before To fad
ten or fifteen of them is common thing.
They make friends with the mea VINO
load the vessels, and are put away whcr-
ever they can be sccreted. In vessels
that bring over brick the loadcrs VIII
build up little room around tw" or
three men, and in several cases from
a dozen to two dozen men have thus
been secreted. Most of them are tramps
They only remain in their hidia- places
till the vessel is well out to sea, when
they make their appearance to he sup
ported during the rest Of the voyage. -
Philadelphia Call,