Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-15
or GENERAL INTEREST.

The mosquitoes arte-ian well borer
consists Of six. two lsnces, n spear with
a double barhed head n needle of ex-
quisite fineneSs. a saw and 4 pump The
pear makes the start. knives are used
to make the blood TOW more freely, and
the pump tube is for suction. It IS all
beautifully adapted to its purpose, as
IL il was designed for use On human
euticle.
The statement that until this year
no February has had five Mondays for
two hundred years was referred To the
universal knowledge and information
bureau. New York, whence ome the
reply that there were i've Mondays in
February of the years 1915. 1914. 1914.
1900. IIt2. 1870. ITss. 1926, 1sos. fs56,
1854. fs92 The like will occur in 1904
Among the curious things which
doctors see and report was hat of n
boy aged thirteen who was once addict
ed to long periods Of sleep He slept
for a month the first time. and at other
times slept lightweight and twenty
four hours at a stretch Since then he
has been all right. showing that such
Al event need not be anything to worry
about
"A correspondence has been going IN
in the London Times regarding the orig
in Of the stars and stripes. in which one
of the writers says. The armorial
bearings of the washingtous ars; Ar
gent two bars gules. in chief three
mu,lets Of the secoad. Consequently
there seems little reason 10 doubt hat
the liberator himself designed the
flag from the charges in the Washing
ton arms as they appeared on the very
seal which he used
a neighbor and contemporary of
Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg was
John Douglas. of SeIkirk. who died re-
Gently at the age of ninety-three. He
was engaged for several years at the
building of A5botsford. and often con-
versed with Sir Walter. who. as he said.
had nae pride about him" Douglas
was well acquainted with the Estrick
election riot at Selkirk. when the sher-
If was mobhed He was a jealous rad
ieal in the old days and took an active
part in the Chartist movement
Though the late Or. Francis r.
Brewer. Of westfeld. y. J., was known
a. the pioneer of petroleum" because
he first conceived the idea of using il
for commercial purposes, the original
oil refinery was established by Samuel
" kics. who set up Il small refinery in
Pittsburgh in IsS3 At first he used n
oae-5arTeI Sill. such =s5 he xzai! BE-
ginning OF what Is now one of the great
ct Of industries. but this was after
ward enlarged TO n capacity Of five bar
rels. and IL Is said to be still in exist
encc
Mrs Martha Kicks. the negrvss who
came all the way from Liberia To see
Queen Victoria was taken Ia the Man
sion house By the Liberian minister and
his wife and presented To the lord
MAYOR Of London The lady mayoress
invited her to lunch. and the old wori-
an seemed charmed with the hospital
itv extended to her. As the lord
mayors state coach was in waiting I
convey him 70 a civic function. Aunt
Martha at the lord mayors suggestion
took a short ride in IL Il was difficult
10 surTnise which was the most pleased
the old lady herself or the amused
crowd who watched her.
Richard Beverly. who for $3.50 j
year takes the mail from Buena Vista
% Peasant viewin Amherst county. Va.
carries II the distance OF eighteen miles
his baez Every day except Sunday
walks from Buena Vista 70 Pleasant
View and back. n distance of thirty-six
miles. AMI saturdays walks back again
10 Pleasant View % be with his family
Sunday. that days walk being ffty-foar
niles He is fifty years Of age. six feet
three inches high. weighs hundred
and sixty pounds and Is IN perfect
health He has been carrying the mail
for two years and three months
One Of the brides maids Of an Amer
lean girl married in London recently
ave a forget-me-not luncheon in honor
of the prospective bride. Forgetme-
were arranged in the shape of
hearts and true loverS' knots upon the
table. and all the decorations were in
the color of the blue flowers Each
guest was provided with a cluster Of
the blossoms 70 wear Forget-me-nots
were the principal flowers at the wed
ding, and the bride presented 10 her
bridesmaids pins in the form Of the
flower in blue enamel with n diamond
dewd-up giistening in the center
Mrs sarah W. Knesser. of Lenard.
Pdseo county. Fla, Is a remarkably
hale ard p-ersevering lady of seventy
four, who has Just finished u noteworthy
piece of bead-work foe the worlds fair.
It is a copy of Stuart's picture Of ten
Washington. and Is wrought with ane
beads on canvas 6fty-two inches long
and thirty-nine inches wide The
figure of Washington Is t~hirty-eight
inches in height and Mrs kuester has
made a very careful study Of the eolor-
ing Of each detail Of drapery. clouds.
etc Over five hundred thousand beats
have been used. and the effect il that
of a ine painting. Who car present a
better record of P~er<evering labor than
thiss
The cobhier. kiteusser and amateur
bird fancier Of Wooster street New
York. II entertaining isSt nox two
curiosities in a pair of canary birEs left
in his charge by an ahS~ns friend The
birds occupy a large eAze which Is PRO
vided with a perch 6At on top and quite
an inch wide The perch i Of this
form because the birds are without
claws and toe~ They are. indeed al
most without feet One has the rasii-
ments OF three toe On one foot and the
other has two blunt toes. bat neither
has any sign Of talons. and they are