Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-07-12
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The Princess Maud Of Wales Is said
tn be known in her WI family circle
almost exclusively AZ Harry; n Is
80 playful and sportsmanlike. But she
Is also an excellent cook and gardener
The beauests Of Mrs Mary VI
Hutchinson FOR charitable purposes
mount to quite 500. 0 She died IN
Philadelphia over a year ago. ana hef
estate. amounting To about >i,oV".'"V'
has Just been settled
One Of the tributes paid 70 Presi-
dent Eliot in honor Of his twenty-hfth
anniversary a. president Of Harvard
university j. an official address Of con
/ idence and esteem adopted by the
faculty Of arts and sciences.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland. sis-
ter Of the president, delivered the ad-
dress At the twenfy->ixth commence
mrnt exercises Of the Ossining semi
nary for young ladies'. at sing sing.
Miss Cleveland spoke OF the Importance
of the correct use Of words.
Miss Peel. a granddaughter Of the
great Sir Robert Peel. has recently
published an addition 70 arctic litera
ture in a volume entitled Polar
CLEANS. II is a journal Of her expert
ences on a Yacht voyage around the
northern coasts Of Norway and siberia
Miss Margaret remnant has decided
in trust to Bishop Nichols. Of the Epis-
copal diocese Of California. property in
san Jose worth sIOo.00o. for the main
tenance at Pacific Grove. Monterey
county. ~ n ~sanitarium fur sick and in
firm poor. irrespective " creed or sex
II is ~ b. called the John Tenant
Memorial Home. in memory Of her de
ceased brother.
The shares ~ the Revue des Deux
Mondes sixty-fve years ago valued at
5000 francs. are now worth 20. an. while
the annual dividends are seldom less
than I.1ri p~r cent. The literary worth
u the Revue i on a par with this. Ii
haS contributed not a little to the name
and fame II Cousin. Villcmain. Emile
lie GirariIn. Prosper Merimee. George
and Alfred h. Musset.
-Herhert Spencer. while travelling in
England pounced upon every man in
the cars who smoked ct vho even at
tempted 10 smoke out ~ the windows.
rs Il disagreeable to voug they would
ask. Not at all. he would reply: but
II j. against the law. and the law Is a
/ proper one. You nave no right TO
break Il. and you shall not do il. and IL
you do not desist. I win call the guard.
With porter. cabby or Steamboat cap
tain. he was ever ready to do battle in
the Sause If Justice. but he had no pa
thence with chronic fault-finding. 4
used - visit Carlyle. he said. hut he
has got ~ cross and misanthrupic. and
raves 80 constantly about the hor-r-ri-
bic state ~ things. that Iruuldn't stand
it. do not want - argue with him.
and ! wont listen 20 his nonsense. aud
- stay away
Visitors and residents At Florence
have been Interested in the auction
sale IF the effects-her dogs excepted
II the famous -Ouida. born De Ia
Rance. Il isn't clear why -Ouida and
the sheriff are playing star roles to-
gether. but. a. near a. can b. gathered
from a foreign letter. she has been too
prone 10 buy things that She couldn't
or wouldn't paw for. Last september
she lost her mother. ~Ouida. stricken
tn the heart tried. like the heroine IF
her own ~Maremma. to keep her dead.
but 1t was not allowed and the funeral
had 10 take place. Now, everything
has been sold. even the tombstoneS %
her dead dogs. monuments Of an afec.
tion that can not be bought or sold by
popularity. -ouida's unbending pride
makes any relief people can offer her a
difficult task She has many friends
still. however.