Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-04-21

-Tennysunrs "Naud- n a very I'm
pIe.e story. told with flying hints and
musical echoes as though ARIEL had
piped IL IN shs little Wild Island Of The
Tempesc-Tames Smetham-
There arr some sdvantagvs IN BE-
ing n queen. Notice the presents whseh
the queen Of Denmark received az her
last birthday They included a tortoise
shell fan studded with diamonds. some
superb blark Iace studde.f with dfa-
nouds.a rug Of cioth-of-old snd an n
tsque porcelain watch
Dolly ADAMS wife Of the Second
president II the Tinted states II H.
credited with the honor % preparing
the first ire cream er-r u<-d N this
cuuntrv- The ocraSiun was a festTvtty
that followed ths Inauguration Of
Washington as president in the city ot
New York IN the = f-Sa The name
q Dolly ADAMS should be held N esteem
by al American young ladies
The most noted membsrof the Greek
nation n Gen Porter.of MuScnge~. l. T.
VINO has represented his p.npls aSa<sns
az the national capital tor many years
lie y n very picture Of Indian manhood
and vigOr. for he Is tall straight and
sxsrthy- His ere giissens Ike an
eagles His title If general aruse from
the skill with which he put an emf ~
the three Creek instructions in tsT-
f-79 and fss4
Il rival IN the beautiful whistler
has appeared in Paris IN tho person Of
Count John Zamoiskv. n Polish noble
man. who some years 1gO married the
daughter Of Marshal Pelissier- His
vhistIesi mites are Of great richness and
tisxibflitv. and IT wonderful au-~- lie
ean whistle the most intricate and bril-
liant compositions. and initiate acanarv.
a nightingale or thrush The new wins
tier has already met with great saccess
IN the fashionable world as Vienna
The Merriam club of View York Is
one of the NEST sgciaI ami intnrmal Of
the literary clubs If the city. and IL =
considered an honor - he admitted ~
is membership Only thirty Iadies en-
lDv this honor. but the number present.
at the monthly meetings II always aug-
mentsd By invitations Marion Har-
land- Mrs Lyman Abbott Mr. Lillia1
BsttS. Mrs Nate Epson Clarks. Mrs
Margaret San~ster and Mr. I'll Back
Is are among It's prominent memher~
In PARIS As elsewhere the Libraries
show that fully fifty per cent Of the
bsoks leaned out arr novels. Dumas
leads the list of popular authors with
Eugene sue second Bassar Is gong
sut Of fashion. as Is also George sand.
OF contemporary authors Z0la Is ulrrst
IN demand. and second "a him n Jules
Verne Detective storieS seem - have
had their dav. Gaboriau and n. Monte
pin now being comparatively neglected.
Poets are more read IN proportion tn
novels, in France than in England and
Victor Hugo Is at the head Of his class
Mark Twain at home dresses very
plainly. a. he thinks he can work better
II he wears working mems clothes He
Is always glad to receive visitors and
invariably insists that they shall pla-
billiards with him. He has billiard and
Psni tables IN his residence and i him
self an expert player There are but
few who can beat him He talks VERY
slowly and drawIs through his no-..
He shufffes when he walks smnk-
clay pipe and never Iaughs az his own
I"Sr~ Marx Twain i worth a milIinn.
vnhcn : quit 4 respectable sum for 4
man IN make with ms pen Il i sad
THAT he mas n morhbd- half<zzv fear
that h- VIII ssEne dav h-- hiS fortune
and come to poverty He savS ne Is
now engaged with a h.zsk IN which ne
has heen at work of and en-. fur over
twenty years