Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-06-06
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


Sir Baehe Cunard. who married
Miss Maude Burke. of New York, is the
second barouet of his line. In marry
ing an American girl Sir Bache has
followed the laudable example of his
father.
The mother of Aubrey BeardsIey,
the artist, IS a gentle, old-faShiOned
Englishwoman, who lives entirely for
her son and his pretty young sister.
Mrs Beardsley regards him with rever'
entail admiration.
An unknown work by Charles
Baudelaire, author of ''F1eurs du Mali
and the model praised by the new
poets of France and England, has been
discovered, and is to be published
soon 1t is bitter satire on the man
ners and customs of the Belgians.
The widow of John Brown, of slav-
ery-day fame, lives in a pretty cabin in
the Sierra Azure mountains. about
fifty miles from san Francisco The
picturesque situation of her home and
the fame of her great-hearted husband
attract many visitors, who are kindly
received
Ex-senator Edmunds. of Vermont,
who frequently appears before the su-
preme court at Washington to argue
cases, is in more robust health than
when he retired from the senate. and
he looks younger and more brisk and
dapper, partly owing to the clothes of
fashionable cut that he now wears
DR. Rudolf Doehn, editor of the
Dresdener Presse, and author of sew
eral works on American history and of
TRANSACTIONS from American poets.
died recently in Dresden at the age of
seventy. He was one of the many Ger
mans driven to America after Is4s for
political reasons but returned to his
country after Prussia's victories in
Is6s.
While in England AlphOnse Daudet
will be in charge Of Henry James, who
has made all the arrangements for his
stay Daudet intends to study London.
as it is in part the scene Of his new
story, ''Soutien de FamiIle- Daudet
says that shortly before the publiea-
tion Of la Petite Paroisse.- a rich
>paniard offered him one hundred and
fifty thousand francs if he would
dedicate the book To him. He refused.
and considers the blank page 70 be the
best thing in the book
The recent exhibition Of regard for
Prince Bismarck has affected the old
man not a little One Of his guests re-
Gently remarked TO him You must
have had many years Of happiness IN
seeing the reverence aud affection that
the gerat German nation feel for you
Yes replied Bismarck. Il am happy
IN that respect Hatred = contagious.
a. / have l-arneas but love Is the
same The great preparations for my
birthday shosv such love and good win
that they put al the hatred have
ever experienced out q M head
"A duel arising cut Of the os-zr
Wide ease took plaee IN PARIS lately.
" jules Harst- % the Figaro. n his
literary news mentioned the nzneS os
the literary men whom Wide met n
Paris. anouz then CAtalIe Men3es-
The paragraph was an innocent one,
and left no roosn for any Saxxesss.a
tAas " Menaes had any aeqazEntanS..
Sith " Tide ether than a. a foreign
zEan q lettsrs- de complained ho-x-
ever a. bringing his name In eunnec.
tinu with WIlGe'S. and the Figaro ex-
pr-zsed IL regrets. leaving 10 syroand
Tor ossens>- " M~nsies replied BY ar
insulting letter which left " Hare,
10 ehoiee bat % sight. azd IN the due
AeEGss was wounded