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, 1890-09-04
Mother Jsckson's Wit.

In the long ago there lived in
Sunday river valley woman by the
name of Jackson, says the Lewiston
(Me.) Journal. She was better
known by the name of Mother
Jackson by the settlers in the val
ley. 1e't--
Jackson's people invited the
neighbors to help them husk their
corn on certain night, saying that
they should have a good supper and
all the pumpkin pie they could eat.
One Dudley Foster told her he
would come, but If he did not have
all the pumpkin pie hecould eat she
must pay him for u days work.
"Well, said Mother Jackson"
dudley, how many pies can you
eat?" '-'i- Ia = Pc
"I can eat five pies, anyway"
"Now, Dudley" she said, ''you
can not eat one pie. If you don't
eat one pie for your supper you shall
give me days work. If you eat
all of one pie L will pay you for u
days work"
"Done," said Dudley. "I will
take that bargain"
The husking came off at the time
appointed, with all the fun of such
gatherings. Dudley called for his
pie. Mother Jackson had made one
for him. She had baked II on a
platter as large as she could get into
the old stove oven. 1t was several
inches In thickness and about as
large as a linen wheel rim. She
brought out the pie and placed 1t
before Dudley, telling him to eat all
he could. If he ate II all she would
pay him for II days work; If he failed
he must give her u days work.
Dudley thought he could eat the
whole of the pie and went at 1t. He
actually ate three-fourths of the pie,
but had to give it up as bad job,
and, as the Norway Advertiser tells
the tale, had to do the days work
according to the bargain.
, 1890-09-04
NOTES ABOUT WOMEN.

When a young woman gets cross she
gets cross ut everybody.
Nine A,.x,ndro EIvpe ba. been slect-
al ,,a,,or or En;ozaF Russia
~. m,. .,.a- :. 49,, - 100000.
I'M ~ e.
"on'e" w Ro'"s ou' ~ "'s"' 80,
smile NJ some women anu tney VIII
tell you all the 'rouo'e '"ey ever hau'
When woman can wash hannels so
they will not shrink she Knows enough
10 get married.
A woman is never SO badly in love
that she does not try to find ont the cost
OF her engagement ring.
Mrs DAVIS u,se of tina senator from
Minnesota, has made all her own dresses
since she was 10 years old.
Rim. botanv cloth is the mama of Tho
nroner material according to Tho ladies'
toilors for n Newmarket suit.
,o,r do,,cate wonen yi,, rovor
,an,,, ,h., I. hungry. sho vii, .ov
aai''s aa ."a' c",,a snu ,i,,,s ,,In. % "' say
'"a' %" n, AZ. 81,
mfne. p'eu'n,uy, VIZ a,,l n"own rer-
s'ah a,cn'eoios' ,s .nor au "'' ~ .s ..ues ner
, 1890-09-04

not believe IL ever did, from tho
days Of Aspasia down to those OF
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, but
II clearly docs not now. What IL
tho very charm of these American
girls, who make great ladies 30 an
cry, apart from their beauty and
their dollars, but a lively qulcSness
of mind and speech, whlcn are
taken--often correctly, often incor-
rectly--for intelligence, wit, and
that last result Of culture, attach
ment.
The change that Is going on in
our social life is all In favor OF
women of intelligence, and this, we
believe, In every rank. 1t IL exces-
slvely marked, we are told, By
those who know, among the best OF
the handicraftsmen, nnc among the
higher classes, though evidence ID
less easy to obtain. II IL still pcrcep-
tlble. Beauty ranks first by virtue
of laws which no female parliament
either will or can alter; but, beauty
and wealth apart, the stupid girl Is
getting as heavily weighted In the
race as the stupid man, whom the
democracy, for reasons that are at
all events disinterested, Is shutting
out of every chance in life, except
emigration and hawking fish.
Those who fling this argument at
our heads should talk to their grand.
fathers u little, or hunt
up few old memoirs. They
will find that In the last
century there were, the much small
er range of society being allowed for,
ten nesalliances for one now, every
country side showing its King Co
phetua, aud this although the pride
of birth was then, of oil the emo
tions bred of conventiOn--if 10 Is SO
bred-by fur the most operative and
real. Men are growing ashamed OF
Stiffness In their women as they
never were before, and proud, too,
which Is a further step, of their in
telligence. Progress In such mat
ters 10 a result of many causes which
do not always cooperate, and we
may not expect that In the yeal
5000 A. ID. all marriages, or one
half of them, will he Ineligible
but for all that, no one who looks at
society without prejudice will be
lieve that the fools are winning the
social game.
, 1890-09-04
Tolstof at Home.

The Countess Tolstoi WAS in London
short time ago as delegate to the
Liberal Women's Federation. She is n
tall, beautiful woman and very fond of
society. At home she is an invaluable
aid to her husband. She makes hckto-
graph copies of the novels that are under
u ban IN Russia and thus circulates
them through the mail. The count con.
siders her criticisms the most honest,
hence the best that are passed on his
work. She has nine children, the eldest
a beautiful girl of Is. VINO shares the
doctrines OF her father and accompanies
him in his charity rounds among the
poor. The entire family speak English
and French perfectly.
, 1890-09-04
God Knows Why.
trhe Late John Boyle O'Reilly's Last
Poem

- Law JohH DOyle " hellly'S Las
Poem.
Poets should not reason;
Let them sing
Argument Is treason
Bells should ring.
Statements none, nor questions
Gnomtc words,
Spirit cries suggestiona
Like the birds.
He may use deduction
Who must preach;
He may praise instruction
Who must teach.
But the poet duly
Fills bis part
When the song bursts truly
From his heart.
For no purpose sprining.
For no pelf;
He must do the singing
For itself.
Not In lines austerely
Let him build;
Not the surface merely
Let him gild.
Fearless, unindited,
Like spring,
Opal-words, inlighted,
Lot him sing.
AS the leaf grows sunward
Song must grow;
AS the stream flows onward
Song must flow.
Uselessr Aye-for measure;
Roses die.
But their breath gives pleayur,-
God knows why. T7T
, 1890-09-04
Tho Csterpiilar killer.

A clever swindler has been doing
Florida. He guarantees to rid Gov
ton fields, and on receiving his ies
usually She goes from stalk "
stalk hunting for the "king cater
pillar" Presently, finding 9ig,
fat fellow he hangs him by u strins
TO u tree. He then tells the creau.
lous farmer that the strung-up im
sect will die at sunset aud that tnen
all the other caterpillars will iSas'
the place.
, 1890-09-04
Ths World,s Richest Heire sr.

The little drughter of the King
and Queen of Holland will be the
Richest helress In the world. She is
n sin,plc-minded, intelligent child,
and talks four languages fluently.
Her chief delight, when she was 8
orc, was making mud pies, but this
pleasure she was not often allowed
to Indulge In. The little princess
has an enormous number Of white
frocks, as she IL dressed In nothing
put white In the summer, and has o
clean dress every day. When driv-
ing out her English governess has
great difficulty in keeping the poor
little princess perpetually acknowl-
cdging the public salute. ''Why do
all the people want to look at me?"
asked the little mite one day. mot
for your own sake, dear, but because
You are your fathers little girl" was
her governess' wise reply.
, 1890-09-04
Fashionable Housekeopers.
New York World.

NcW ork WoTiu.
The superintendent of probably
the largest grocery store In New
York remarked yesterday In the
course of a short talk that 1t was
about time for the newspapers to
quit their silly jokes concerning the
ignorance of New York girls about
cooking. "No newspaper reporter" "
he said with good deal of empha-
sis, "knows as much about them as
l do. Our place here is located near
Central park, near Fifth avenue,
and near Broadway. We are in the
very middle of the richest and most
aristocratlc section of the city, and
1t Is here that girls of wealth and
position Hook in greater numbers
than anywhere else except the opera.
l have watched them for going on
twenty years and observed them
closely. i have seen them come
shyly In with their mothers when
they were 10, and l have known
them to drag their children In with
them ten years later. l have known
many hundred society girls to mar
ry and take up housekeeping within
few weeks, and tell you now
that despite the newspaper wits and
tae army of people who write about
things of which they know n nothing,
the number of New York girls who
are failures as housekeepers are in
fnitesmal compared to the number
who succeed. should like to know,
by the WQy. the reason for assuming
, 1890-09-04

instead Of writing home, he would
telegraph long messages. At one
place Ills telegraph bill was 5000.
This is but IA sample Of his extrava.
gnnce. He would lose fortunes at
the gambling table. He was finally
killed In "A quarrel,
, 1890-09-04
The Beauty Of Growing Old in Serenity and
Gentleness
CLEVER WIVES GREATLY IN DEMAND.
What Women Are Capable Of Doing--General Clusters
Literary Widow---Fne Feminine
Fashions.

The soul has gathered into Its store
house the fruits of love and faith,
courage and purity, and fears moth
ing when the sky begins to lower
and the winter Is at hand. 1t Is a
beauty and q lovellness Of Its own.
1t Is the contamination of living,
the essence of feeling, the gold
separated cternaily from the dross.
calm after tempest, and peace and
benediction after conflict.
, 1890-09-04

she Is uble 10 command an average o,
81 80. She has also written manual
OF instruction which has large salo on
the prairies, each book being accom-
panied by $500 eggs of the best breed.
While her business was getting started,
Mrs. Davidson amused herself making
flowers of cocoons, the process being oi
her own invention.
Mauve letter paper. embellished with
a silver monogram. has made reappear.
ance In fashionable circles. 1t Is many
years since lavender note paper wns con-
sidered chic, but an attempt is being
made to revive II. Another pretty style
Is known Ms grain de poudre, which has
no more gloss than cambric handk ker-
chief and is excellent for the large Eng
lish handwriting. The envelopes bear
the monogram stamped on the from,
left-hand lower corner, while the crest
however is the cafe au lait tinted paper
with the monogram done In blue and
gold or dark brown and gold.
Thirty English doctresses are at work
in British India treating the poor in and
around Bombay. The medical college,
which cost the home government f2IS,
having received relief last year. Lazy
Dufferin, who is interested in the work,
says IN an appeal to the English for mid,
tbut millions of mothers aud children
remain without any medical help. The
opinion prevails that the movement
should DO encouraged by support, as
only woman doctor could reach the
native patients, who nre not allowed 10
see male doctor, and ut most can only
put their arms out OF u screened window
long enough to have the pulse counted.
Miss Knollys, iady-in.wniting to the
Princess of Wales. frequently chaperons
the Young princesses to art galleries,
bezars, concerts and the various raga.
muffin entertainments where prizes OF
seed cakes. shoes and stockings. cloth.
ing and toys. are bestowed upon the un-
fortunate little barefoots OF the East
End. Miss knollys is q most accom-
plisbed lady. She il gifted rs virtucsa,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-02-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS

Mss. CoPPrSGkR. eldest daughter OF SEQ
retary Blaine, died At Washington on the
ID The Secretary and his family are COM
ples-ly prOshstet with grief.
OSK thousand negroes, en- route from
South Carolina 10 louisiana and Texas,
passed through Birmingham. Ala. on the
ID They were crowded into ten cars and
packet like sariines In . box. None Of
them had any definite idea OF where they
were going. or what they were going to dc
when they got there.
THr officer. Of the Georgia Pacific Rail-
way have given another daily passenger
train between winona and GreenvilIe.
Aiss, making two daily passenger trains.
MRS A. VASBuskIRK. an old lady resid-
ing at Blue Springs. Neh, was burned 10
death on the Ist. She was subject 10 cpl :
lepsy and fen into the fire during 1T Her
clothes burn@d and her body was totally
baked
Col y. u. LIsnY, living near Pilot Point,
Texas. ON the I'd lost by FIRE large barn
Sled with feedstufls, eontainingIseventeen
fine loses aud 81 90 jack The l0ss .
sII ,0oo, with 5000 insurance.
A SERIOUS stabbing affair occurred at
Clarksdsle, Miss, on the ID Jim Walters,
alias Calamity Jim, stabbed and instantly
killed Troy Page, . eolored man. He also,
is 10 feared, mortally wounded Nelson
Jones, who attempted TO prevent the assas-
sinatiou.
Carr. J. W. CoLvfS, Of the Ross Light
Infantry, was shot and INSTANTLY killed at
Calmesnsil, Texas, on the ID, by G. w.
washburn, . constable. Colvin was un-
armed and had made no show at fight
washburn Is yet at large, but the wocds
are being secured for him by armed men,
A GRxAr deal Of apprehension is felt at
Chattanooga at the aspect the trouble on
the Cincinnati Southern between the
authorities and the Brotherhood Of Cou-
ductors has taken Il is now thoughs that
the engineers will stand BY the conductors,
and the Queen & Crescent people are ex-
pecting q general striks-
A xosrsAGE on the vinceaess, Oskisnd
CITY & O~ensboro Road % the New York
CeutraI Trust for sl.+oo,ooo. was rscor-
d.d at Owensboro, KY, on the lst-
NArHAx c. BARNETT. Secretary Of State
OF Georgia, died at Atlanta o. tie ID II
the nintietA year Of his age Col Barnett
Ia, been one Of the notable nsures Of
Georgia history since 1855.
Is Boston fire on the night OF the I'd
nine persons were burned 70 death, three
others fatally injured and thrss others
seriously, IL not mortAlly, hurt
TEE people q Humboldt. Tenn, have
voted the additional 5000 asked by the
Missouri, Tennessee s. Georgia Railroad.
This action OF the people OF the s0wn In
surss the building Of the road
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-02-06

TIE farmers % TanlcA counsy are max
iug preparations 70 h-gin anosher crop,
ani already the times are considered tassch
better than has be-n at this season q the
year in some time.
cArr. JANIS w. Lee has hs-n appointed
pos;Dast-r at Aberdeen The appoint
msnt give. universal satisfaction.
Nav ExGLsSD manufacture has made
Q proposition 70 the citizens of Aberdeen
to put siss.eoo IN cotton mill there " the
eisireBx ~ill subscribe tn. same amount 4. . nj
10 Is understood that his or-r has been ae-
e-pt~d and the arrangements for the es-
tabltsnmsut Of the factory ~ilI soon b.
perfected
AT SO oneville last week q negro eonxfa-
bic attempted to srr@.t another negro. " hs
resisted arrest, and, throwing his hand TO
bis hip pocket - II 10 drs~.. pistol. eoal-
menced 10 advance on ID. constable. who
kept backing until he saw the man meant
business, aud he stopped and, lcv-lin., his
gun. he shot the negro in the left breast,
the charge entering just heIow the Iefs
nipple and causing death almost instantly.
The fellow with his right hand still grasp
ing his pistol, lay in that position until the
Coronsr's jury arrived on the scene.
The injunction suit sgsinst the Board Of
Supervisors Of Yslobushs county restraio-
ing the board from building the new court
house. has been decided by the Saprems
Court OF the State. dissolsing the inianc-
tiOn, and the bosrd viii be at Liberty To &c
forward with their plans.
PENSIONS have been granted To Henry
Crutch-r and James NJ. Overton, both OF
yickst urg.
A PArExr aas been issued t. Edgar r.
swain. OF fsEoo City, on watchusaker
s~e~E.rs-
THE direct tax bill passed the United
States Senate last week by the astonishing
vote Of "a 10 :. This Is Interpreted as =
sure sign the ball will become a law 81 this
session Of Congress, and il looks as thoaxh
roshing eoaId stop it IN the Hoas-. should
it b<cJae Law tie amount ~hica II would
give TO Mississippi would be siol.sI7.
TEE citizens OF Flora have organized
toiHt stock company With a capital OF sl0.-
90 for the urposs Of rebsildiaS their lit
tie city with brick The amount j. nearly
all subscribed. aud Flora will soon ms.
from her ashes
IS response to complaints Of numerous
gambling dens in Jackson. Mayor Henry
has given notice that the ordinance asaiast
gambling will be strictly enforced. Po-
lieemen are snicined TO do their duiy, ansi
the public Is earnestly requested 10 ass 81
in the mziztsnsncs ot Law.
TIE big tent for the sam Jones meeting.
10 commence at Aberdeen April Is.A. vii
10 set mp on the vacant lot In front Of ths
govsrnmeas building.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-02-06
ELECTRICAL NOTES.
Late D~y.ispm~at. in the No.t U.efal a
Modern sct~ne~s-

tAtS b~NrtRkftar&As IN tn% 1p~t tsffut Bt
Modern Sciences
The largest incsndescent circuit IN
he world = - miles IN length. The
company working il Is located at OF
t2xA-
Surgeons ARE finding constantly In
ereaSing opportunities for making use
Of electricity in the service Of their pro-
fessiou- IL Is said TO be admirably
adapted for the treatment Of neuraixis
pain. and is application in chronic cases
il very beneficial
Among those who have worked out the
problem Of procuring aluminium By
| electrolysis. VI. Minet Is one Of the most
successful The electroiyte used by him
/ is a mixture Of from 50 % 30 per cent 81
cryolite with from 90 20 20 per cent Of
common salt
IL il said To be well established that
waste water power can be successfully
converted into electrical energy IL can
be conveyed from 10 TO 100 miles on a
small copper wire in amount varying
from 10 TO 500 horsepower. The cost
does not exceed 81. 600 a mile for the
greater distance and the larger power.
Scientists anticipate tina, the recent
discovery of rich lode of uranium in
Cornwall. England. will enable some
very important applications of the metal
90 be followed up. Uranium may he
used a. a substitute for gold in electro
plated ware Moreover, because OF its
high electrical resistance. is is likely to
b. largely used in electrical inSniations.
The latest development Of the electric
iight Is likely 70 prove Of great use 20
vehiculaE traffic A small incandescens
globe and reflector are placed on the
he Ad OF horse. insulated wires are car
ried along its body 20 q small battery
stored in the trailing vehicle. The cur
rent is turned on At pleasure. and an IN
nistakable blaze OF light illunines the
murky surroundings
A novel cure was effected BY the use
OF dynamo y, westgate-on-sea- En-
gland A Mr. Browe. while trimming a
crate 70 make q it. detached a small
splinter Of iron. which few OF and
struck him in the eye. An electrical
engineer who met him shortly after
took him 20 dynamo that was working
near by Brown placed his eye as close
- possible TO the machine. and the mag
| netic attraction was sufficiently intense
to withdraw the splinter Of iron from his
| eye, which was instantly relieved and
which gave 3p further tro0ble.-ChiczEs
Ssa<
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-02-06

Points which sup~ryf..rs VIII Be.r IN
Mind in Dtvfsiinx rheir Fi~Ia Ints I'm
um~r.ss"a Dt.triess and In the App.sst-
m~as of Esamsr.tos~-Womea Not In
eligible.
WA,HISsroS. Feb. The work Of
appointing is5 census supervisors has
been nearly completed by Superintena-
ent Porter. He has now prepared in
structiOns which are designed 10 assist
them in managing the army OF forty
thousand enumerators who will be en-
gagged in collecting the statistics under
their direction lie advises them that
In the selection of enumerators politi-
cal affiliations are not 20 be regarded,
but men are 20 be selected foe their 1T
ness alone. Preference is. however, to he
given to honorahly discharged soldiers
and sailors residing in their respective
districts He directs that the division
into enumeration districts should BE-
clear and unmistakable. In rich agri-
cultural regions, Superintendent Porter
states. twothousand or twenty-five hun
dred inhabitants may safely be in
cluded in an enumeration dis
triet As settlements become
more sparse smaller number
should be included The sane limit in
the number of inhabitants in an eumera-
ton district should BE- observed in cities
having over ten thousand inhabitants
In the opinion OF Mr.. Porter. the more
quickly the census Is taken the better IL
will Be taken. and so where two equal
ly good enumerator~ are to be appointed
who will complete the canvass in two
weeks, he advises that il Is better 10 di-
vide the work than 70 have one enum-
orator at work for a month In the sp-
pointment Of enumerators IL will be
found advisable. Mr.. Porter states. 10
select men who have had some previous
experience OF Official duty. Township
assessors and other local officers, post
masters az small Offices, country physi-
clans ard school teachers are regarded
by Mr. Porter as likely 10 prove COM
petent Mr.. Porter adds that he is
aware OF no Law making women ineligi-
BILE fos appointment as enumerators
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-02-06
REVISED ACTION.
4 feu.ts< Case In which the oae-tiss ss
Total Disability App~srs-The Peasioa
Bar~an.s Action Revised by Assistant
Secretary Bes-y.

WASHINGTON. Feb. Assistant Sec
retary B1ssey has revised the action Of
the Pension Bureau in the case OF Daniel
A. Wood. late private Company X. First
West Virginia Cavalry. who claimed a
re-ra,ing for total disability This
claim was disallowed BY the Commits
sioner. who held that the condition Of
the pensioner as described by the sur
geon was not considered permanent
At the last examination held July 5.
isss. the claiman. stated tha, he had At nc
time within eighteen months been able
to get out Of bed unaided- or even 70 sit
up in bed The surgeon reported that he
found evident total disability of both
lower extremities. and he expressed the
opinion that in this climate the disa-
bility having existed 80 long Is liable to
become permanent He recommended
frst-grade pension The claimant
had already received two increases from
July S 1887. from SIX 70 twenty-four dol
lars per month. and before this report
the Commissioner allowed him further
Increase 70 thirty dollars General
Bussey. however. thought that his con-
iitiou As described by the surgeon could
uroueriy be termed permanent disabil-
ity. and directs that his pension be in
creased 20 ffty dollars per month