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ey in three neat piles. AS nearly as
can find out, Hitty took the money
from the drawer some time that ait
ernoon, and carried it into the par
lor, where she played with it awhile
and then hid it under the sofa and
forgot all about it till she went into
the room with me yesterday. Soyou
zee, my own daughter was the thief
after all"
II remember finding her in there,
now," responded Molly, "though l
had forgotten 1T before"
"Well, Molly" said the captain,
rising, MRS. Prime misses her swift
handmaiden. When will you come
back?"
"Never!" said new voice, and
Robin, who had entered unobserved,
came forward and stood beside the
blushing girl. "She is going to be
married as soon as she gets her
wedding finery made"
"Oho!" laughed the captain, "that
is the way the wind blows, is 1t?
Well, well! shall give you wedding
present when the time comes" And
with these words and a bow to Mrs.
GOWen, he Lett the mouse.
Robin would take no denial this
time, SO Molly consented to be
married on the first OF the following
December, and in spite OF what he had
said. she went back to her work the
following day. Mrs. Prime and Hitty
were overjoyed to see her, and she
was happy once more.
When, in November, she finished
work and went home to get ready for
the wedding, Mrs. Prime gave her
a gold eagle besides her wages,
then calling her into the keeping
room, showed her a beautiful silk
lying on the table. "There. DEAR"
said she, sis your wedding dress"
Molly gazed at it, for moment,
in speechless admiration, then turn
ing to her mistress with swimming
eyes, she cried out: go Mrs. Prime,
how good you all are to me! This is
too lovelyw
Nothing is too good for you
Molly" said Mrs. Prime. fondly.
The wedding day dawned bright
and fair. Capt. and Mrs. Prime were
present, and after the ceremony the
captain put a slip of paper into
MoHy's hand, saying: Heres your
wedding present, my dear" The
paper proved to be a check for $500,
a great fortune for the simple girl.
Molly often visited her friends, the
Primes, and in q few years d little girl
named Hannah went with her.
Hitty grew up to be a good women
and always loved Molly deariey--
American Cultivator.
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Seldom What They Seem.

This is sort of topsy- -turvy world.
No one seems satisfied. One man is
struggling to get justice and another
IS flying from it.
One man is ordered to eat eggs be.
cause they are nutritious; and another
is cautioned to leave them alone be-
cause they produce bile.
Robinson takes sherry to give
him an appetite, while Brown, who
has wine cellar, can't touch drop
on account OF his apoplectic tenden-
cies.
The prize fighter reforms and be-
comes q preacher, while the theologic-
al student leaves his university to be-
come professional baseball pitcher.
One man keeps pistol to protect
himself against burglars, while his
neighbor doesn't keep one for fear OF
shooting some member of the house
by mistake.
The man who can make $4,000
year as a general thing can't save B.
cent, while the man who is thrifty and
wise is seldom SO gifted that he can
earn anything at all.
One rich man wears poor clothes be-
cause he is rich and can do anything,
while poor man wears fine clothes
because he is poor and wants to
create the impression that he is not.
One man escapes all the diseases
that flesh is heir to and is killed on
the railroad; another man goes
through half a dozen wars without
a scratcnand then dies OF whooping
cough.
The laborer with ten children keeps
out OF debt on $40 week, while many
an unmarried bank official with 500
week can't get along without help
ing himself to the banks funds.
Good people die and bad people
live. The man who is fat with health
can't get employment, and the man
who Is making money hand-over-tist
has to give up business on account OF
i'll health.
You Will sometimes see man
planting trees around his place for
the shade; and, at the same time, you
will see another cutting down all the
trees around his house because they
produce 700 much moisture.
One man is spending all the money
he can earn in taking a girl to the
theatre and sending her fowers,in in the
hope that he may eventually make
her his wife. and his neighbor is spend
ing all the gold he had saved to get %
divorce.
The doctor tells Morrill, that if he
doesn't stop work and take rest
he'll 90 into decline, and then tells
Blakely that if he does not abandon
his sedentary position and 60 of
somewhere and work on a farm he
will die of torpidity of the liver.
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Evolution i'm the Frog.

Viewed from this development
point of view, it is interesting to OBJ
serve how the infancy and adde's
cence of the individual frog accurately
repeats for us, as it were, the various
steps in the slow evolution of its
whole kind from some unknown and
prehistoric progenitor. The tiny
tadpole is not only fish, but also
distinctively fish of very early
and antique type, showing close anal
ogies to the most ancient known form
OF vertebrate animal, the boneless
lancelet. as we'll as to the larva of
those curious sac-like molluscan crea-
lures, the ascidians or sea squirts,
presumed degenerate descendants OF
the Oldest undeveloped ancestral ver-
tebrate. As it grows, however, its
gills and other characteristics become
more truly tish.like, and it feeds en-
tirely in this early stage on vegetable
matter, like its piscine relatives, the
barracuda and the other amphibi.
Gus forms of eanoids. But as the
season for the drying up of the ponds
approaches, it takes to itself lungs,
with a peculiar mode of breathing
through the nostrils by the aid of the
tongue; it gradually repeats the an
cestral stages in the acquisition of
legs; it's eyes push through the skin to
the surface; it hops ashore, full
fledged frog; and its beak giving place
to true carnivorous jaws, it feeds
henceforth exclusively upon its later
diet of insects, slugs, and other ami
NAL matter. The common English
frog thus appears to sum up for us,
in a single generation, q series ofmost
marvellous historical changes which it
must probably have taken its remote
ancestors whole geological ages to
pass through in long successlon.-,
Good Words.
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IN g s s ag q was
commonpl &C Q !;
it simply chron-
icled a death. So
many messages
of like import
pass over the
wires daily that
the public pass
es them by with
careless interest
when they ap-
pear in t h Q
n G w s p ap er s.
Rut this nart,ic-
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Death OF CON. KIT TSOn.

the Oldest, WeaIthiest and Best
Known Northwestern Pioneer
Passes Away.
From Harvard, Ill.,a telegram was receiv-
ed in St. Paul that stirred many hearts The
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a Broken Neck Reset.

An accident occurred at Sioux City,
Iowa, which though it may not prove
fatal, is such as 70 deserve mention as one
of the few instances OF the kind on record.
Reginald Ford. a young Englishman, was
driving rapidly on Pearl street, when the
vehicle was stopped suddenly by wheel
catching in the street railway track, and
Ford was thrown fully twenty feet, alight-
ing on his head. Allan Vinton
was the first person to reach the PROSTATE
man, and found him to all appearances
dead and his neck dislocated. He took
hold OF his head and gave it a sudden turn.
when the vertebra slipped back into place
with report that was plainly heard on
the sidewalk. Ford soon regained con-
sciousness, and if he escapes from the effect
OF brain concussion, can boast OF being
one OF the few living persons who have had
their necks dislocated.
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Stor les That Might be True.

There was once an alderman who
was approached by a capitalist on
the subject of municipal economy.
Said the capitalist to the alderman:
Il have in my pocket an ordinance
which l am sure would greatly benfet
the public in this city were it passed.
l have also $500 in my pocket which
intend. seeing that you are a worthy
man, to present you with"
"Sir," replied the alderman, II
have goods enough to content my
modest wants, and do not care for
your money. AS for the ordinance,
will look on that at the proper time
And now, as l am already late for
prayer meeting, l trust that you will
excuse me-"
Once upon time there was man
who had no umbrella, although it
chanced to be raining very hard. He
stepped into the Office of a friend and
said to him:
81 would like to borrow your um-
brella. will return it in an hour"
Certainly, with pleasure, was
the reply.
1t was then 2 o'clock in the alter
noon. At one minute OF 3 the man
appeared in his friends Office and re-
/ turned theumbrella. Merchant Trav.
eler.
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A settler near Rapid City who had
advertised to prove up on his pre-
emption recently came to town
with his witnesses, but finding that q
$50 Judgment had been filed against
him, and that the $500 which he had
made arrangements to borrow would
not bring him out whole, he aban-
d0ned the idea OF securing title.
filed q homestead on his claim and
thus fooled. the tax-gatherer, money
loaner and. stony.heartad creditor.
He says no financial broker" is
going to eat bananas in Florida next
winter on his hard earned money,
while he is sucking snowballs on q
mortQaged ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19
Marriage Customs in China.

Among the Lolos Of Western China
il Is customary for the bride on the
wedding morning To perch herself on
tho highest branch Of large tree.
while the elder female members of her
family cluster on tho lower limbs.
ar ned with sticks. When all are daily
stationed, the bridegroom chambers up
the tree. hssailed on all sides by blows,
pushes and pinc'es from the dowagers.
aud Il is not until he has broken through
their fence and captured the bride
that he il allowed To carry her OF.
Similar difficulties nssail the bride
groom among The Mougolian Koraks.
who are in the habit of celebrating
their marriages in large tents. divided
into numerous separate hut commune
eating compartments. At n given
signal, so soon as the guests are as-
scmbled. the bride starts off through
the compartments. followed by her
wooer. while the women of the en-
campment throw every possible i'm.
pediment in his way. tripping up his
iuNsary feet. holding down the cur
tains 10 prevent his passage. aud APP
plying willow and alder switches un-
mercifully MS he stoops to raise them.
As with the maiden on the horse. aud
the virgin on the tree-top. the Korak
bride is invariably captured. however
much the possibilities OF escape may
be in her favor. Back,0ood 5 Maga-
ktas
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19
A Much-Married Man.

An amorous Pole rejoicing in the
name Of vladish Of Kofmofsky married
II Warsaw girl in his twenty-seventh
year When the honeymoon was up
he took his young wifc's personal saw.
ings and departed for Galicia. where
he moved about 10 y number Of cities
within two years aud married three
girls. serving each of them success
fully rs he had done the first, until
the police got on his scent aud he had
10 skip. He went to Prussia. where
he was married for the fifth time.
Soon after he went back to Poland
and married No. . at Mlava- That
girl being rich. he was able to take
his travelling expenses from her on n
larger scale. and skipped to Warsaw.
Having obtained work at factory he
succeeded in finding favor with the
blooming daughter Of the factory jan
itor and was just going To make her
his wife No. z. when No made her
appearance and saved the girl Sho
did not. however. succeed in stopping
the career of this new ID N Giovanni,
who had hardly seen that his game at
Warsaw was up when he again
skipped and vent 20 parts unknown.
assisted. no doubt. by tho ample funds
,aken iTom the coif.rs OF No s - Cf-
;q7o Ncig&
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19

Inauguration Of the Florida sab-Tropicst
Exposition ut Jacksonville The First Of
Its Kind In tho World.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. l3.-The
Florida SUBJ tropical exposition, the first
Of the kind ever attempted in the world,
was opened here yesterday morning. The
exhibition is the result of the efforts Of tho
Board Of Trade of this city. A monster
parade started from Pay street and pro-
ceeded to the Exposition building TO take
part in the opening ceremonies. A mum
Der Of distinguished guests took part in
the procession, including Generals Scho-
field and Terry, Governor Perry, ex-Gov-
ernors Bloxham aud Reed, and the city
and county officers. Ten companies
of Florida State troops and a number
OF civic organizations were in line. The
city was profuseiy decorated, and it Is
estimated that 1900 persons witnessed
the parade. At the Exposition building
Ex-Governor Bloxham delivered the ora
tion Of tie day, and Governor Perry
formally dedicated the enterprise. The
buildings, which cover several acres Of
ground. are flied with q magnificent dis
play Of Florida products including
cereals, sugar, syrups, tobacco. and
grand horticultural exhibition. The Ex-
position will be permanent here.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19

Tne WISCONSIN, WAY.


A railroad conductor who used to
run up in the Marinettc and Hurley
regions Of Wisconsin. and who il now
cooling of in Chicago from the effects
Of some warm experiences which ho
had in that benighicd sectica. enter
tanned \ pa-:y sf friends IN The follow
ing vein: II had been told. when
first took charge Of the train. that
would have tough lot 10 deal with
The first car entered ON the occa-
sion am telling about was full of tho
hardest looking customers ever saw.
There wasn't sober man in the lot.
approached each man and said Tick
cts in q firm hut polite way. They
all gave me big laugh. and when
had gone through the car hadn't
ticket or cent to show for NV work.
! felt as though was in great luck to
be alive. l entered tho next cor and
encountered an individual who was
infinitely harder looking than tho
chaps had left. said Ticket 10
him. and he shrugged his great shout
ders.
".How much did you got D that
other carp he asked
Il told him not ticket. not n cent
"'What are you going to do about
it2'
IL told him didn't know.
"'Kin Won afford it?' he grnwled.
II told him couldn't.
Then you'll get bounccd-loso
your job. won't you?' he asked.
Il said l guessed tina, was the size
Of IT,
"'Wcll. you won't. he said. Gimme
your cap I'll get your tickets.
Il handed him my cap aud insignia
aud went forward. The first mau hn
came 10 he hit under the ear and
bawled out: Gimme your ticket ar
your fare. or I'll bury you in the
floor.
Tho man recovered and handed til
thumpcr bill.
"'You don't get no change this ere
trip said the acting conductor and
he hadn't moro than said that than he
hit another man under the ear. 'ric',r.
or fare says the acting conductor.
and that man unloaied.
I'm less time than it takes me to tell
il every man in the ear was on his
feet with money in his hand waiting
to pay. and every one Of them did pay.
THE acting conductor brought the
roll to mo and said; You want to hit
these fellows under the car whom you
want fare
but never had ths-courage to do
n, and l soon aftcrward resigned |
never knew who my bcnefactor was.
1 asked nIm Iiis u;tiiic smu i.o ..rstett:
"'You got your money. didn't
you''
Il said yes
"'Well. he added. don't ask any
foolish questions.
Il saw him frequently after that,
but never learned his name. Ho al
ways paid his fare. and Inever hit him
under the ear for It. either. &c Chicago
Mail
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LAMAR, Villas and Dickinson were con-
firmed by the Senate on the 18th.
A BILL authorizing tho construction Of
public buildings for post and other Gov
ernment offices in every city having .
postmaster, was introduced in the House
| on the 18th, the cost of the buildings to
range from $4,000 in towns Of 10000 in
habitants TO Sl50,0O0 in towns Of $1,000 in.
habitants.
L. l.. FLETCHER sold to w. Il. Kelly 800
acros of land two miles west OF Little
Rock. Ark. ON the 10th, for 10000 cash.
The purchaser is residen; Of Burlington,
kns.
THE blizzard struck Arkansas on the
| i4th. IL began with showers, in which
there was terrific thunder and vivid flashes
of lightning. then sleet aud snow, followed
by genuine blizzard. The temperature
dropped ut the rate of 20 to % degrees an
honr. Much suffering exists among the
poor, as In many cases fuel Is almost out
Of their roach.
ALL that was mortal of Mrs. Anna B.
Cheatham, wife Of Gen. b. r. Cheatham,
and at the time Of her death, postmistress
of Nashville, Tenn, was laid away on the
18th. The remains rest upon the spot
where in 1865 she stood as bride by Gen.
Cheatham's side and splighted her troth In
marriage to the famed warrior.
ATTACHMENTS aggregating over 500. 900
were issued on the 18th, against the big
clothing house Of l. Reihardt & Son, of
Dallas, Texas.
TIE House Committee on Elections has
decided not to reopen the Thoebe- Carlisle
case, but confirm Mr.. Carlisle's title to his
seat. The vote was twelve in the affirma-
tive, three members not voting.
MORE than one hundred persons were
frozen to death In Dakota during the bliz-
card of the l4th.
Two stock trains arrived at st. Joseph,
No., on the 14th with every head of cattle
dead.
FIRE destroyed property valued at S7O0,
900 at indianapolis, Ind, on the I4th.
HOWARD DOUGLASS, Supreme Chancel-
lor Of the world, Knights of Pythias, has
suspended the entire Jurisdiction of the
Grand Lodge of the State OF Pennsylvania,
for disobedience of orders The disobedi-
ence consisted In refusing to amend the
constitution in certain particulars as had
been previously required.
THE blizzard reached Northern Texas on
the 18th, and the mercury fell from 80 to
65 degrees, reaching almost TO zero at some
points. Adyices from the Panhandle says
the mercury fell to 2 degrees above zero,
and that cattle are drifting before she
storm and suffering badly.
AT Mudsock. Ind. on the 18th, Squire
Adam Gosse was called to his door and
shot dead BY soms unknown person.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan. i3.-The bliz-
zard raging through the Northwes. is adj
mittedly the worst in years. All the rail-
roads are ockaded, aud traffic almos
entirely suspended. The storms worst
feature has been the strong Northwest
wind blowing from forty to sixty miles AZ
hour, which in Dakota filed the air Will
snow and sand, and made it dangerous "a
venture out of doors.
At six o. clock this morning the temper
ature was fifty.two below at Grand Forks,
Dakota, but had risen to thirty five below
by ten o'clock. Tho sky Is now clear, but
q strong northwesterly wind is blowing.
The blockade OF traffic can not be lifted
until several days after il stops blowing.
The worst is now believed to be over.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19
lARRUPED BY lARRABEE.

Corporate Aggression severely Handled
By Governor Lxrrabse OF Iowa In His
Inaugural Address.
DEs MoiSEs, la, Jan. 1a.--Governor
Larrabee's address, read at his Inaugural
tiou yesterday, treats on many subjects,
but Is vigorous particularly on the en-
croachments OF corporate power. No such
arraignment Of tho extortion Of the rail
ways ever before emanated from an Iowa
executive. The Governor said that the
rates are much too high and demand re-
duction. Their land grants aggregated
about one-eighth OF the area Of the State.
The power Of these corporations has often
proved greater than that of the State.
While the speaker opposed unjust
legislation, he favored such laws
rs would end unfair discrimination
against the manufacturers and jobbers Of
Iowa He advised the extension of the
authority Of the State Railroad Commis.
sioners, and favored the adoption OF q
postal telegraph system. He favored the
devotion Of the National surplus to the
relief Of worthy veterans widows and
orphans. The address was q decided
proof that public feeling has changed in
Iowa within the last decade, aud that
anti-monopolism has taken deep root.
The old faction in this State will have
-csore cause than ever to hate Larrabee.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19

HAvERHILL Mass. Jan. i4.-G. H.
Wentworth, Of Dover. N. H.. died las,
night, making thirteen victims of the
Bradford railroad smash-up. ". T. Kim
ball, of Newton, will probably die. The
other injured persons are doing we'll. The
judicial investigation OF the disaster viii
open before Judge Carter, at thu City
Hall, next Monday. Eminent counsel viii,
be employed, end the invostis alton wi
be searching. Public opinion mas settle.
down TO ths idea that the accidens wa
caused BY naw 10 the iron OF the bs-oks.i
wheel which no human forest sLr could
have remedicd. The investigation Vii
probably sonsams the entire week
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19

General Nich0Hs. Stonewalt brigade.
He lost an arm and q leg at Winchester
and Chanceitorsville, respectively, but
continued to serve in the army
until the war closed. He was
elected Governor in 1876. and
secured control OF the State Government
by the wormerly compromise, although
the State was counted for Hayes for
President. His nomination IL triumph
for the reform wing Of tho Democratic
party, led by Senator Gibson, as opposed
70 the State Administration faction, and
assures Gibson's renomi nation to the
Senate, and probably Eustis also.
The Republicans, who have been much
encouraged by the disscnsions and divi
sions in the Democratic ranks. will meet
here January - and place a strong ticket
in the field. The election will take place
In April
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19

BALTIMORE, Jan. l3-The proposed is
sue OF $5,O0O, 900 of six per cent third pre-
ferred stock by the Baltimore & Ohio
Railway Company seems to have been
wholly defeated yesterday The board
was open again to-day put up to 1:so p.
m only 227 shares, the holdings OF one
man, had been presented and the books
were closed for the day. II ie hhought by
many that the small numbes OF shares
which turned up to-day Is blind, and
that the greatest endeavors are being
made to secure quorum for tomorrow.
II quorum b not obtained Tomorrow
the whole mat ter Of the issue OF the pre-
fsrrsd stock falls TO the ground
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19
Railroads Badly I,ioek..f.

DULUTH. Mimi, Jan. 13.-All the local
railroads are badly b.ockadei by yester-
days storm. The st. Paul & Duluth pas
senger train, due here at 2:30 p. m, yes
terday, has not yet arrived. The limited
train due here at forty minutes of eight
O'Clock last night arrived at D a. M, to-
day. The St. Paul & Omaha train due
here from st. Paul last night. has not
been heard from.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19

ty eight name Allison as first
choice, and eighteen as second
choice. Mr.. Blaine is the first choice Of
twenty three and the second choice Of
eleven. Lincoln is not the first choice of
any, but the second choice of two. Every
State official names Allison as first choice
except the Auditor. who is for the nom.
inee. All but two out Of the seventy are
for protection, and an but four oppose the
repeal Of the Prohibitory law. Thirty
seven are in favor OF National prohibition,
one of whom is the Governor.