Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-11-08
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes death
has been attributed to various causes.
but il is interesting to note that the
official certificate of death signed by
the attending physician gives the
cause as old age. Only this and moth
ing more.
Hans Zopke. royal engineer. con-
neeted with the Russian railway sys-
TEN. is in this country for the purpose
of examining into American railway
systems and methods. He has com
pleted an inspection Of the elevated and
surface railroads Of New York city.
Gov. Hughes estimates the prpuls-
ton Of Arizona at seventy thousand.
Of whom eleven thousand are Me1icans-
There has been a shrinkage in values
owing to the closing Of the silver mines
but Gov. Hughes looks hopefully to the
irrigation Of arid lands to renew the
prosperity of the territory.
Miss wrede ecnsecrated herself 70
prison work in Finland twelve years
ago. From that time she has patient
ly. with transformations heroisn. Wis
tied at least once every year all the
prisons and every prisoner in each
prison in Finland She enters the
prison in the early morning and leaves
It late in the day. and every day of the
wear finds her steadily pursuing the
same ministry. Some of the most hard
ened criminals have been brought 20
repentance through her.
When senator Jones was a miner,
says the Chicago Tribune. he came near
being lynched because he was found
inside Of another mans trousers He
had appropriated them Sy mistake.
They were stamped with the name u.
Owens on their broadcast part. He
told those who wanted to hang him
that that was Welsh for Jones. and
they believed it. He has always had a
pretty and sometimes n vindictive wit
II was he who said Of the sable emblems
when Garfield died; "A mile Of mourn
ing to an inch Of grief
Gen Sir William Olpherts. V. c.
enjoys the sultriest >obriquet. proha-
bly,. in the British army. where 4 man
without fond name is virtually q man
unknown The general acquired his in
this way at Lucknow: A gun had
threatened to burst IL il were served
with another she'll like the last An
other shell was necessary. but the
servers hesitated Whereat Capt o.
pherts sat himself upon the gun
'Arrah. re divils. VIII re fire now
he inquired The -'divils- did The
gun thought better of IT, When its
rider dissnounted he was Hell Fire
Dick
Charles Sehartow. Of Omaha. has
received an official letter from En-
peror William asking him to visit Ger
many at the emp>ror's expense On
August Is. ls70. the PruSsian army
was battling with the French at Mars
Ia Tour. and 4 nitrailleuse, stationed
or hill. was pouring shot into the
Prussian ranks Nearly one hundred
and fifty men had fallen under its fire,
should silence the gun or fall back
No officer would order his command to
capture IL. fpr that meant all but Ger
tain death Volunteers were called
for and fifteen men responded Schar-
tow was enc % these, and was one Of
the three who returned alive after the
gun was e4pt6SeA schartOw will ae-
eept the invitation
The ears physician. Dr. Zakhariu.
Is man 81 many eccentrieities- He Is
fond q wearing . dreSsing-gOwn and
the big boots Of a peasant when he at
tends his royal patient. and his uneon-
ventiOnal ways profoundly shock the
eorrtiersl He refused to occupy apart
nentS on the third floor OF the palace
because his apartments at home were
on the ground floor. and he declined to
lunch with the ezarinz AT the imperial
table on playground that he was not in
the habit Of taking meals with wome q.
Tie charges the rich large fees and the
poor SMALL and gives to charity his sal
AIRY a. professor in the university OF
Np-s,sy-