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Tie Manufacture of Mirrors.

Early in the Sixteenth century manu- factory of glass mirrors was first estab- lished- on commercial scale in Venice and the republic enjoyed monopoly of this profitable business for 150 years. The makers of looking glasses formed an important corporation among them selves and were allowed unusual priv ileges. This process was to blow cylin- ders of glass, which were afterward flat tened upon stone, carefully polished and silvered on the back with an anal gam. In this way quite large ones were produced, sometimes measuring as much as four feet in length.
 The secret was carefully guarded and the laws were enforced which declared that any workmen at the trade who car ried his art to foreign state must return upon acquisition on penalty of imprison- ment for his nearest relatives. If, not withstanding this penalty, he refused tc return, emissaries were sent to kill him. Nevertheless, in 1865 Colbert, at that time prime minister of France, imported from Venice twenty makers of looking glasses. who set up their business in the Fauberg St. Antoine.
 Before long the French mirrors excell ed the Venetian, and fresh impulse wal given to the art in 1891 by the discovery of a process for making plate glass From that time to this the looking glasses made in France have been the best ir the world.-W ashington Star.
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Hum0rous Toasts.

A publisher once gave the following Woman, the fairest work in all crea. tion. The edition is large and no man should be without copy"
 This is fairly seconded by youth who, giving his distant sweetheart, said "Delectable dear, so sweet that honey would blush in her presence, and treacle stand appalled,.
 Further. in regard to the fair sex, we have: Woman, she, needs no eulogy, she speaks for herself" "Woman. the bitter half of man."
 In regard to matrimony some bachelor once gave. Marriage, the gate through which the happy lover leaves his en. chanted ground and returns to earth. At the marriage of deaf and dumt couple some wit wished them 'unspeak- able bliss"
 At a supper given to writer of come dies wag said: 1.-The writer's very good health. May he live to be- as old as his jokes" ,..
 From law critic: 1.-The bench and the bar. If it were not for the bar there would be little use for the bench. A shoemaker gave, May we have all the women to shoe, and all the men to boot. 2 London Tit-Bits
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Entei prising Advertising.

A firm on Fourteenth street, in the busiest shopping neighborhood, has in, troduced novel advertisement. A painted theatrical ocean is constructed on the roof of one house, while the roof of the adjoining building, being little higher, serves as the shore. On this shore man attired as the lone fisher man sits and industriously goes through the pantomime of fishing. Now and then he works the lines of miniature sailboat, causing the latter to skim the mimic sea. All of this attracts the att tention of thousands of people on the opposite walk. For fear, however, that some might go by without seeing it, a hired confederate of the lone fisherman saunters along the walk and gazes up ward. It is human nature to stop and look at anything anybody else is looking at. Result, crowds of curious gazers.- New York Herald.
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THE GREATEST STRIKE.-Among the great strikes that of Dr. Miles in discov- ering his New Heart Cure has proven it. self to be one of the most important. The demand for it has become astonish- ing. Already the treatment of heart dis ease is being revolutiohized, and many unexpected cures effected. It soon re- lieyes short breath, iuttering, pains in side, arm, shoulder, weak and hungry spells, oppression, swelling of ankles, smotheriRg and heart dropsy. Dr. Miles book on Heart and Nervous Diseases, free. The uReqnaled New Heart Cure is sold and guaranteed by w. D. Heald, also bis Restorative Neryipe tor headache, fits, sprees, hot flashes, nervous chills, opium habit, etc.
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1HE oLn STAGE DOOR.
ls m q Iittla allauwav.

Iris up little aileyway,
 Where dust and darkness reign, With all the kindred mysteries That follow in their train. The tragic and the comb blend, Just as they did of yore; Look out. or else youth tumble
 At the old stage. .anor. The paint that once bedecked 1t Has vanished long ago, Like that on many footlight queen Whose smile we used to know. Whose voice has long been silent. Whose face is seen no more, When play and song are ended
 At the old stage door. The chosen few who enter now
 Are faces new and strange; For those we knew have passed away With Times relentless change. An, well, we'll veil with laughter The tears that vex us SOTO, Aswe turn away heart heavy
 From the old stage door. : Robert Gilbert Welsh in New York Sun
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THE WoRLD's FAIR.-The excitement caused by this great event is scarcely equaled by that produced by the discov- cry of Dr. Miles-the Restorative. Nerv- inc. It speedily cures nervous prostra- tion, change of life, pain, dullness, confu- sion in head, fits, sleeplessness, the blues, neuralgia, palpitations, etc. c. W. Snow & Go. of Syracuse, N. Y., Talbot Moss of Greensburg, Ind, and A. w. Black burn of Wooster, O., say that the Nerv. inc sells better than anything we ever sold, and gives universal satisfaction
 Dr. Miles new illustrated treatise on the nerves and heart, and trial bottle free at Heald's drug store.
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German Easier Than French to Acquire.
 German is on the whole easier than French: it's character is in accordance with the genius of the English language, and, if it has retained infection of the sentence, making it necessary to put the verb at the end of every subordinate clause. this peculiarity does not consti. tute any special obstacle in the way of progress. --Boston Herald
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TMpORTA NTi

Tue English Dessicated Soups ca1a De had of 4. 4. Wayase 6 Co.,, F IaadiG St., Bos-
 ton, Sole Agent tor Neao Baaglaasd States
 Write to o. Aakete1l, 26 So. WtIIi0me St. J,
 Neao Yoak, for quarter pound tiae, maajtt'ag
 from taoo to three qatGrts delicious soatp Postpasd, taoeaaty.1 .1ioe cents. 4 good tn0est- maeaat for q small oattlGu. 2413n
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We're not waiting for the bats

We're not waiting for the bats and moles but for men and women who have eyes and use them, who have brains and reason There's a new world for them suffering and sickly as they area new world created from the brain of skillful physician "a discovery the 'Golden Medical Discovery" Years ago Dr. Pierce found out that the secret of all scrofula, bronchial, throat and lung trou- ble lay-in the beginning at least-in im- pure blood and the weak tone of the sys- tenn; that the way to cure these effects was to remove the cause, that human na- ture being the same, the same results might be looked for in nearly all cases. So confident was he that the exceptions were uncommon that that he took the risk of giving the medicine to those it didn't benefit for nothing, and the fesults have proved that he was right. And "Golden Medical Discovery" is the reme- dy for the million! The only guaranteed Liver, Blood and Lung remedy. Your money back if it doesn't help you.
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The painter Vereschagin declares that the selling of "The Angelus" and the re- selling to France were bogus transactions, being part of a trick of American art dealers to enhance the value of Millet's works. Vereschagin says that. Sutton, the supposed purchaser, made a similar offer to him, which he declined.
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When a Lion Is Docile.

Naturally animals resent any attempt to cure them, and it requires an amount of coaxiug to get them to take medicine that would exhaust the patience of most people. A sick lion will lie in it's cage most of the time, or sit up on it's haunches, with it's head dropping little and all of the fire gone out of it's eyes. It will allow its keeper to enter and pat It's head. but 1t will not touch the care fully prepared medicine unless 1t Is con- cealed in some delicious morsels of fresh meat.-New York. Epoch.
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Constance, aged three. Her mother, having forgotten to do something for her which she had promised, said: "Oh, dar- ling, I forgot it! Wasn't it naughty of me ?" "Oh, no, mother, dear, not naughty, only stupidp'
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Don't!-I dealer offers you bottle
 of Salvation Oil without wrapper or labels, or in mutilated condition, don't touch it-don't buy it at any price, there, is
 something wrong-it may be 8 dangerous or worthless counterfeit. Insist upon
 getting perfect, unblo oken, genuine pack age -
The Press., 1891-12-31

A fair example of racetrack humor was the criticism of bookmaker upon train CT whom he considered incompetent ''The only way that fellow can tell COW from horse is to feel his head. If he has horns it is COW, if he hasn't he's a horse."
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A Conscientious OYsterman.

Tourist-I have always understood that oysters are not good in months without an r.
 Oysterman-Well, most gen'rally they ain't. i Tourist-When do you begin gather. ing them?
 Oysterman- In Orgust.-Good News.
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ITO OUR CUSTOMERS.
 We have just received A New Cargo of Coal!

In all sizes, and the same grade that has given such universal satisfaction, and are now prepared Place your orders before the rise and get the benefit GARY BRO'S.
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9lourss Colds, Coughs screThzoat Group, ,Iaausnsa, Whooptng Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. esrtas
 advanced stages. Use st once You will see the ex. eslient effect after taking the first dose Sold by
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-29
VIDE AWAKE FoR JANUARY.

Taking IN the January WIDE AWAKE
one is led to reflect that this magazine
has a particularly happy and kindly
wav Of enlisting the interest and the
fancy Of its readers by its Prize Compe-
titions. It's amusing Nonsense AMI
mails were enjoyed by young and Old
and showed that the drawing-leszons at
school had really ira med young fingers
% express ideas with the pencil. the
'.Lamblcin. Prig or Hero competition
was not bad course IN Moral Fnik-
osouhv. The Prize Anagram eompe-
rition amused thousands OF readers.
For 1897 Miss Runners Prize Art-ser1es.
s.'Fhe Drawing OF the Child Figure bids
fair 10 be Of great interest 70 children.
while the Prize Problems IN Horoi-
orv.- BY z. II. Hawiey of the >mithson-
ian Institution. viii call forth the eff
forts Of the students ~ the Latin and
High Schools.
The stories and articles of the jan
nary number are each excellent OF their
kind and are BY such authors as Susan
Coolidrp. Mrs. Burton Harrison. Mar
xaret suiney. Elbridge ;. Brooks. Ern-
est TnrersolI. Kirk Murroe. ETC.
WIDE AWAKE Ii - 40 n year, 20 cents
a number; D. Lot hrop Company, Bos-
ton. Mass,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-29

nut remembers thathe joined the church
as week. and profanity IS forbidden.
lie choices down a ulorseI Of sorrv
e-ead and watery Potztoes. and begins
q Fiahe Of 1atnieal uush. which he Is
eating tor hrs DIGESTION but the distant
W nissrle OF n locomotive strikes on his
ear he starts up-men who are going
IN the railway ears always
start ar the sGund Of whistle-even
when they know that their train. is not
DIE for two hours.
he looks AZ the clock Just fifteen
MINUTES OF seven No time 70 uut ON
ms overyoaE or E1ueIe I'd his throat
de must do that a. be rce> he brushes
GA ms hat. sssizes his saeheI. Grams into.
Z a bundle of papers. a haIf-ir;sb,.,s
novel which he means 10 read bv "a.
WAY. and a pair Of shoes which his uris..
sur N town Tor sadie. the oldest yirF
which were too small and must b.. ~
changed
He esashes cur Of the front doar-tbs
'i,-1'si N one hand and his scarf in ~.
s-.lsE, and h-s 9Vereaat er his arm.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-29
GARDEN SECRETS

A srrnurist 81 Louis Pniuippes rrigz
Tells a arief story Of a falzhffl twain.
V-ns. saizz parted 81 some cruel gaaaGa
Wgxs not frun ouf their drsan o. rfeh r1mnuc-.
Bus maize sag by waich their hearts cuuid
wsuf
Eaeh uafo easn, IN luvs-s embrace 70 blend.
In rhls wise ths7 sh..ir scaasy solaee hlund
rhe YeariY flowers mat rrum shs ioassnr'i
ground
spranz up aad biossoucsl but - sfr-w tas
ciasts
Win shrsvgief pstals yieEsieI them their po,is
90 SIM ,itri sse,i, laI these they gathered an
Laying them by with slEhs ald uuruars soft
Then each would na.ts a ntrsa parcel tired
witA hoge KNOTS thns al ether eyes dsfesL
Bglr vhfeh - them some tsnsier messags
nruughE-
" IN Vows % sfs1sifststurss unsnaing sraught-
Antt THESE they da-rd un1lafen Nlfhnirt ssar
Lest any uslf tale mlssivs shouli appear
Then IN ne spring. when xzr,isn sr-e. taps rang
win mHsia % the 9irriis that In them sang.
These luverz, leagues GA lsagues asusaier
srrnxed
rhe flower seeds 1n the new turned soil. De-
tiswnd
Wien rsu,ter tears. thcn. through the summer
nreuthed
The same sweet perfumes same blossoms
wrvasheL
Year 1frer year was made this interchange
Bstx--n those two whom time eauIsi not 80
TRANCE
or distance or the absence af foui Words
Until a. last the rrpnDinr minstrel nirtis
Came N me SPRING 1n,i sang not. fur they found
Wirhin eaah cinse a utrIr heapasf ap mound
&C. r. Lasrs IN - louis Times DsmncraE
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-29
I" August
Flower

Mrs. Sarah NJ. Black Of Seneca,
Mo-, during the past two years has
been affected with Neuralgia Of the
Head. Stomach and Womb. and
writes. Ny food did not seem to
strengthen ne IT al and my appe~
tite was very variable. NV face
WIS yeIIovr. my head dull. and I had
such pains IN my left side. In the
morning when I got up I would
have 4 flow Of u1ucus II the mouth,
and Il bad. bitter taste Sometimes
my breath became short, and I had
such queer. tuublrug. paIpItat1ng
sensations around the heart. Iached
all day under the shoulder bl1des,
IN the left side, AMI down the back
Of ny limbs. II seemed to be worse
II the wet, cold weather Of Winter
and Spring and whenever the spells
c11e on. NV feet and hands would
turn cold. and could get no sleep
st all I tried everywhere, and got
norshef before using August Flower
Then the change came It has done
me wonderful deal Of good during
the time have taken It and Is work
ing a complete cure -
G.. g. GREEN. sole MIN r.. " oGdhurv NJ
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-29

pack but he has hopes. Putting ana
blowing. he stumb les on the rear end of
the platform.
Two minutes lat.r' wells a bv-
stander
Brown strikes into galIop. resolved
u do it or die
The bell rings furinusly.
All ahoarttr' shouts that diabolicaE
conductor, in his gilt-banded caps and
the train begins % move.
Brown waves his s;lcheI in the air.
but when did ever the spectacle of a
waving saeheI melt the stony hearts of
"A set OF railroad employees They
rather enjoy Browns agony They
lean out and grin at him a. they gIid.
along. His blood is ups he makes a
flying dash for the hand rail of the last
car and swings himself to the platform.
minus his hat. which bounees off and
rolls helPlessly in the gutter.
Never mind the hat. let il 70. He
has done il. II BIZ was two minutes late.
Yes. sir Brown Is going 30 the city on
the seven O'Clock train He is.-kate
Thorue. in y. Y Weekly.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-29

Mr. Brown screams - him from Tie
chamber window.
John. you are never going OF with
srt kissing darling little Daisv7''
20 be goes back and gets through the
kissing ceremony, and hears. as he
rushes downstairs. Mrs. B. telling him
b get ashes Of roses. sixteen yards. and
b. sure and not forget that chinshilIa
for Toms coat. and mind and get the
shoes with steel shanlSs.
When he is ten yards from the house
he tfn,is that be has forgotten his watch.
and BY the time that is secured he has
Just eight minutes in which 20 make a
ten minutes walk
Whistle sounds in the distance as he
tears along. Jones screams TO him from
the piazza Of his house. a. he smokes
his aftsr-brvaISfast cigar. that he'd bet
ter hurry, or he'll be Late.
Brown puts on a little more steam
and puffs along That overeoat is des-
perately heavy. 50 il the sa.cheL He
tries to change them from one hand To
the other. Down -oes the sa.hel in the
mud. and out roll those shoes and n
a bottle which Mrs. b. is sending TO
town for 'bahy's drops" He secures
them ut last. and starts upon the run
Nothing but running viii save him
now
People along the way become excited
about the thing They rush To the
eurbstones to see how be- n coming out
Small boys wave their hats To him. and
shout.
.'tio it. odd Fatty
And he hears from a small army OF
vamins. who are playing marbles, such
cheering remarks a. these.
'rwo-forty.'
"r1 bet my money on him.
Good BOTTOM
''tfit che pole
Pocket the sweepstaIses.''
''tfo il. Toots.''
Brown il angry enough to shake the
breath out Of the individual bodies of
the little wrptches. but he rvmem beers
that free speech WIS one of the privi-
leges for which our forefathers fought.
and bied. and died. and he forbears-
and. besides. h, hasn't time.
2 All the dogs in town are congregat-
ing to see him off and the barking is
most enlivening Dogs seem to know
that man running for train has no
time 10 kick them. and his extremity is
their opportunity. Dogs are very sa-
I gieious animals.
Brown does not venture To look up
lest il should take time. but he knows
by the sound Of the bell that the train
is running into the depot. He redoubles
his exertions The perspiration is pour
ing in a stream down his forehead. and
his clean shirt feels like a wet sheet
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-29

Where there is a tendency 20 speak
hitlY, or as it u commonly expressed.
through the nsse''-n great error. since
the difficulty Is decidedly a failure to
get the tone through the nose-the
practice OF lip sounds. in which the
dramatic thought is lip expression onIv.
viii IN time do away with all tendency
% mumbls and confuse sounds. With
eiearness of speech once established
the next efforts must be directed
toward volume or power Of voice.
Here the aid OF good teacher vii b.
found invaluable in showing the pupil
the difference between energy of ton.
and refined subtlety, the one crude and
unpieasing as the uncultured sounds
which proceed from savage Lips. the
other polished. thrilling. pregnant
with suggestions of deer. and rich sruo-
tnons OF hope. faith. affection. rever-
ence, love Of God. of humanity. Of
liberty, OF country, or any other OF the
thousand and one interests To which a
human mind may lend itself -Jenness
Miller Magazine
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-29

The sale of wooden shoes-the real
Sind- such as are worn by German peas
tnts-is quite lively in some Of the
Western States. An Indianapolis paper
says that the chief sale IS in winter.
The purchasers are dairymen. garden
ers and farmers. Chicken-eieaners n,
the poultry houses. who stand in feath-
ers and steam, wear them to save sho.
leather Gardeners wives and daunh-
tiers wear them IN the market In the
cold weather OF three winters ago. in
Indianapolis n number of street-car
drivers caught on TO the fact that whils
the shoes do not look well. and are
cumbersome. though not as much 50 "a
they look. they are warmer than other
footwear The drivers covered them
with black cloth and tackled old boot
legs ID the top and found they had a
proresrlou for the foot that the cold
could not overcome Chicago Evening
Journal
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-29
CHOCOLATE CANDY.


At almost every modern dinner.
lunch and even breakfast some dainty
confectiou Is served. A very delicious
chocolate candy can be made at houle
that shows overwhelmingly through the
cut glass of a French boubon dish. and
Is far superior IN taste "a MANY famous
makes of chocolate and much less ex-
pensive-
This Is the exact recipe. One cup IT
grated chocolate. three cups of granu.
lated sugar. a piece of butter the size Of
walnut. with u cup of hot water. a
pinch of salt and a teaspoonful Of
vanilla These are the ingredients. and
Il is IN easy task 90 boil them down q,
the consistency OF candy. Stir it con-
stantly and allow il 10 boil for ten min
utes only. Try it in a cup of cold wa
ter, and so soon as il is OF the consist
ency OF thiclsened molasses pour into
buttsred tins. Then with silver knit.
stir IT back and forth till YOU find il is
sugaring. When marking il off in little
squares Won may put il away 10 COOL
y Y World
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-29

sunday evening after they get home
from Rev Or. DingIey's stirring lecture
on Total Depravity.
Mrs. X. II absorbed in rejecting on
the terrible condition Of everybody, and
the wicked in particular. and does not
pay mm.h attention To Browns little
communication She manages. how
ever, To comprehend that he wants his
breakfast at six O'Clock sharp. IL is
ten minutes walk to the station. and
Brown Is a eorpulent man. with symp-
toms Of heart disease. and it is dang ger
GUS for him To hurry
Mrs. 3. calls the cook and gives her
order for breakfast The cook il an
estimIble young Lady. and she has
follower who mil stay later than he
should. and Maggie is sleepy mornings.
and cross. too. For we have always OBJ
served that girls whose lovers stay too
lIte at night are invariably cross the
next day. Maggie is no exception. It
II Just six O'Clock when she gets cut OF
bed Il II a fogrry morning and 50 dark
that she oversight herself The fire IL
cut IN the range. The coal rpfiss.e., To
burn The kindlings are damp. The
chimney IL disposed 10 smoke. Evsrv
thing II at ervss purposes.
Nr- Brown il stamping about over
head, IN his very ereulSie=t boots. try
my Co button on an extremely stiff
hnsn cellar Butt0nholes are never
oig enough, unless they are too big
you know OF comes a button. and
e.s.. al
baby, To attend 90 sm,h a thing as a but
tou- Batton- iusIsed. when that darling
little chsrIb l. crying her precious eyes
out at being walked up in the middle. of
the night by her bad. naughty papa.
who II going To Boston. or some other
wicked place. Little sugar. honey
birdie, 50 she WIS,
Brown puts in a pun. and proeee,i.s 10
outton on his cuffs. On,. cuff button Is
Missing lie PUSHES round the room
lrantically- overturuingco stands.
o"ttlsss of paregUri,, and soothing strip.
hat boxes. ribbons and the pile OF be-
r7Itiled AMI be-fiuted drv-grDo,is on the
c0eiSlng chair. which his wife wore Last
night to that lecture ON Total Depravitv
Mrs. Brown spitefulIy tells him he
lsedn { tear the house down. and
ilrectly he tinds the button in th. wash
bowl where he remembers to have
lear'i It drop list night
In a not very pl.lci,t frame of mimi he
goes down To breakfast Coffee fear
tully hot and potatoes fearfuIIy cold.
tie tries n mouthful of the seaIsiing
hquid. but he eiects it almost INSTANTLY.
and sprinlSles into fashionable polka
spots his clean shirt bosom and the
fresh tableeIoth- Feels Ike swearing.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-29

The yard was originally the length
OF a KING ARA the foot the length Of
ms petal extremities. The word inch
Is derived from the Latin uneia. the
twelfth part. but why the foot was ai-
vldsd into sveifths. instead Of oenrhs or
etevenshs. No one claims n b. wise
enough 10 tell Probably sle inca was
the length Of th. sec.spsi joins
OF the forennger. Nile II derived
from the irst word Of the Latin phrase
militia passuum. "A thousand PAGES. -
Chicago Times.