Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-12-20

Those born IN spring arc grncraiiy
OF a more robust constitution thaa
others Births aro more frequently
BY night than by day, Also dcaths
A man st Laramie laughed st an
Indian who slipped down on the street.
five years ago. and the other day tho
red man came around and stabbed him
In the back as a reward.
A Tampa. Florida. orange grower
experimental in small way with
packing oranges In dry sand. and finds
that some thus treated have kept as
frcsh as II just picked for year.
A wOrkingwoman's society in Do
trolt. formed ten years ago TO take
care Of girls unemployed. and get them
work. has 50 thrived that IL recently
dedicated fine building for its pur>
poses
Under the laws OF Canada II you are
renting house and IL burns down you
are holden To the owner for its full
value. II II is blown down by the
wind or carried away by freshet he
must pay you Ihll damages.
A Montreal barber sued customer
for the following: Hair cutting. Is
cents g cents extra for Sundays);
shampooing. 25 cents; singeing, %
cents; trimming beard. 10 cents G.
cents extra for Sundays; singeine
beard. % cents; shampooing beard,
IS cents; shaving upper lip Is cents
total, $l.55.
Southern Michigan folks who
yearn for cheap living may slip over
the Indiana line and find restaurant
at South Bend where the corn bread
Is made OF Eastwood sawdust and corr
starch. 1T is film. but not fatten-
in. " as the old Irish lady said Of the
water she fed the pig an hour before
she sold him
A resident Of Hartford. Conn. was
on his bicycle the other day spinning
along a country road. when "a red
squirrel darted from the woods and
attempted TO cross the road in front of
him The little fellow was just in
time to get caught by the big wheel.
which. curiously enough. took him up
into the slot under tho seat and
crushed the life out Of him.
A small boy recently found fine
topaz on the Bald Face mountain in
Chatham. n. H.. and sold il for a small
sum to n man who roalized $50 for it
after IL had been cut and polished
Several others OF less value have been
found in the region. and they are
mostly white. 30 close il the resem-
blance 10 diamonds. it is said. that on
ly an expert can tell the difference.
Down in Maryland the other day
when DR. Fulton married Miss White
the ring used was made of gold but
ton that was on the wedding gown of
the bridegrOom's mother. and "A mar
vclously tattercd shoe was sent by an
old darkcy, along with the information
that IL was one Of the last pair that
master" the brides father. bought
for him in slavery times, and 80 he
wanted it flung after young mistress
TO insure her good luck
"A well-known fish culturist, has
been making some very interesting
experiments with the microscope
which prove that there are 9.Oo0.ooc
eggs in an eel. How and when these
eggs are hatched has always been. and
still is, n mystery. All that is known
definitely is that the eels run down to
salt water in October, and that in the
spring swarms of young ones. tn. size
OF darning-needle and about two
inches long. ascend the rivers.
A colored man was arrested in
Memphis the other day who might
well be called a peripatetic junk shop.
When he was searched at the station
house something more than peck of
odds and ends were found in his pock-
cts. He had razor and full shaving
outfit, several combs. n looking-glas
four pocket-handkerchiefs. gimlet, a
brad awl. two pocket knives. a copy
OF the Biblical Reason Why" two
pipes. iewsharp. three fiddle strings.
n chunk OF rosin. two Jumps OF bees
wax, three red flannel rags. n plug of
navy tobacco and divers other arti-
cles.
The Melburne 1rgus relates that
a year ago an English laborer. unable
to find employment. decided to emf
CRATE 10 Australia, leaving his wife at
home. Finding "a girl whom he loved.
and who returned his attachment. he
was honest enough 90 confess that he
had wife at home. The girl wrote
70 her rival Offering to buy her hus-
band from her. The wife consented
to sell him for 800. After a few
months the money with a paper ar
rived by which she was to renounce
all her rights in her husband to the
girl. The paper was duly signed and
sent back. After its arrival the happy
couple In Australia were married.
Extremely Suspicious.