Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-12-08
WIT N WISDOM.

If most men voted only as they
pray the ballot-boxes wouldn't be half
f~ulL-Boston Globe
The sluggard Is usually told TO 20
to his ant, but with the ~perversity OF
human nature he usually oes TO his
uEcle--Bostou Globe
80 tha. is the family circiey' said
the un<ophisticated theater-goeE. Il
might have known il. there are 50 few
nen therer-Boston Transcript
so you think Charley means to
marry your I'm sare of it. Did
he say so" NO. but he asked permis-
SION in future to give me only useful
presen&--Harper's Weekly.
-kerrank-Thompson threatened to
knock the top of my head or What do
you think of thats Sinnix-O. / sup
pose he wanted 10 see the wheels 90
round. mebbe--IndianapoIis Journal
She (sentimentally inclinedl-What
Is your favorite flower. Mr.. Pitt7 He
commercially inciinedl Well we
handle various brands; but there Is the
biggest margin in red winter No a.
Epoch
How do you like the city hustler
she said to the visitor from the country.
II don't know he answered, rather
abashed- Its kinder struck me that
they varn't worn any more-Kate
Fields Washington
II used to think he was a friend Of
mine said Harry Nocash. but / know
better now Why well, in an
election dispute, I offered to bet $40
and he produced the money 20 take me
up"-Washington Star.
The Household Furniture Man
Yes. sir, the fifteen beds and forty cots
will be sent up to your address at once,
sir Going to start . hotel. / suppose,
sir?s" Tompkins-No But all my rela-
tives live in the eountry.-Chicago News
Record
Husband (irritablyl-can't you re-
member where said I left my glasses
at breakfast this morning? wife-rm
sorry, dear, ] really can't. Husband
tpeevishiyl-That Just shows the for
getfulness of you women--Harvard
Lampoon-
johnson, being sent home, meets
bis pater- Johnson, ST. (sterely-
What's this. There's something wrong
with you Are you an idiot? Haven't
you the use of all your faculties2 John
son. jr- (sadlyl-It's the other way. The
faculty hasn't any use for me- Prince
ton Tiger.
Young LADY, suppose you have
had some narrow escapes Lieut. Dash.
away7 Lieut. Dashaway-Y-a-a-S Avn
fully narrow escape once, by Jove!
Young Lady (breathlesslyl-In wha,
way? Lieut. Dashaway-vewy near
lordahed on active service, don't-cher.
know The war tame to an end before
we embarked,-Tit-BitS
You must keep some fact books 70,
poetry i think that they are much
more nearly related to poetry thar
rhyme or rhythm Study Greek for ex
preston, but the poetic fact IS half ths
battle Nature, gathered in by ths
sensitive soul. forms the furniture o.
the poet Every place has its air
Prom the locality of Rome, for instance
emanates such an air that the fines
: men grow>inspired by it. and want Z,
|, i've there aiwayS-Emersou-
: Do not keep the alabaster boxes o
your love and tenderness sealed IN IN
, til your friends are dead Fill thei
lives with sweetness Speak approx
tzg. cheering words while their ear
can hear them and while their heart
can be thrilled and made happier b
them; the kind things you mean to sa,
: when they are gone. say before they &c
Inc flowers you mean TO send for thei
eofins send to brighten and sweetel
their homes before they leave them
; Post-mortem kindness does not chez
, the hasdeEed spirit Flowers On IL
eo1sS esS: - fsagTsnce backward eve
tHs wear7 wsg.-T. Y. 0chAEs&