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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-25

bis crops. and Dragged 90 his work. and
Dragged on everything in sight be
fore left there had got bin worked
M to such terrible high pitch till ]
could see he was plum nervous and
restless for me to start home so he could
sail in and 90 down after som. more
grass
Bv that time. between Bucks hara
work and nv big talk we had stsyin
fine crop CROWN over there on the old
Hasseltine place As the hot and swell
try weather come on managed 10 a.
70 happen along right frequent and do
a little brsgyin at the right and proper
time wanted Buck and his mule 70
take all the slack out Of the traces and
keep il out. you understand And
every time I went over there-everv
time heard from there. Buck and tnst
mule was stretched out across the field
and stirrin fresh dirt from daylight till
dark. Dig my cats IL that by didn't
work 50 hard and 80 regiar and 50 con
slant. till he got as poor as a snake and
come blame nigh gittin down on the
lifts. Nothin has saved him bus \
strong appetite and plenty OF plain
grub and a little big talk from me.
But h gollys you jest ought to come
down and ride around by the old Has
seltiue place with me and sec the crops
ne and Buck are CROWN over there.
Blast my buttons if that farm amt the
talk of the whole entire country for
forty miles around have got plenty
of help now. Everybody Is braggin on
Buck and his crops. and the oulyest
thing that posters me is for fear. IL the
braggin goes on at the present lick. the
hoy will work his fool self to death be
fore cool weather comes
To be certainly OF course. OF all tbs
bully crops now CROWN on the old Has
~elsine place, marry lock Of cotton, and
marry grain % corn Is comm my way.
But am bound TO maintain. and yoU
are bound to own mp that I have done
some farrnin over there this year.
didn't lose no tine. and didn't sweat
no great drops of preparation 20 sp-ak
%. ron understand. and consequential
IL don't make no charges for farmin
with ny mouth
Buck = Row - monstrous thin till 4
little more and yOu could see through
him But his appetite is good and his
sperits are high lie IS happy. and his
wife : happy and 80 am / And vhls;
shere ain't no cash money for me il
farrnia with ny mouth, yet stili ! have
got nv share IN the general results
rseu 90 rnnr H~ss FOR on asc1ser.
wzEin LIE pleasant frrzz-
Heln . wu-n AMI ueary hr0ther
E4lln hard z-ztzsf tie stream
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-25
WHICH ARE your

17e-. A.. s4a kinds % peovss On ea1 th to-day.
Just two kiats Of people. no1nar-. say
Not the sinner ard saint for 'u&sveII under
stood
NE rosd A.. half bad. AMI sAs.rad ar. haif
xaod
Sos the rich aud the poor, for s.vouata mar
wealth
You must arst know the state % his eonses .nc-
and hexish
Sot the hums and proud. for "a lies uttie
spsn.
VINO puts On vain airs issnot eoauted ssnan-
Not the happy and sad. for the s-is Aging
Tcars
Briug each man his Iaushser 2ad each uaa his
tears
No. The txo siads Of people On Earth ! mesh
ARE the p-upi- wno ar 2nd the people wAo
lsua
Wherever you 90 you viii aaa the worlds
ma-sss
ARE aIra7s divided IN J,ist these two classes
And Oddly enough you ~ili ind. ton wean.
There Is ealy one hitter % twenty wao lean
In rhleh class arr you Are yoa easing tas
load
- avertazcd ufters who toll down the ROAD
or are you . ieancr. Who lets others bear
Your PARTON Of labor and Eorry and care.
Ella wheeler Wilcox. IN Harpcrs Weekly.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-25

AtA AhE AAiot ftalFAA NVAANs
think Tn not fond Il Toni an. |
am. really. aud though h. does
make such a fuss about p2rAie. 10
love q see him in his uniform
Mrs. Ryng And have rather 4
weakness for James in cass-acx and
aanslS. and ! kao-v. dear Cecilia. you
would make an awful hash Il hfs ser
mons We viii leave thing a. they
are. won't We
Mrs Bel-It really wasn't pretty
Joke I cant think hov We ever got
into IL
Mr. Bvng We we're a littIe upset
by going uQ the tower. weren't we
they come,
Enter CANYON Brxs AND Ma EEr1-
Canon Byng-Here. Mr. Bell. Is that
article on The Churches Militant in
whleh vou were - much interested Il
: deep, but not too deep tsr ron Noa
are j thoughtful woman. perceive.
ami tase things seriously.
Mrs. Bell Stunning away trrza the
portIy canon Yes. Z do
Ma EelI-WelL Mr. Bvn-. what
have wa Two ial.es hcea talking
about
Mrs. Byng-A great naug things.
MAJ Bell
Canon Byng settling the affairs II
the nation. EN-
Mrs ByuE Va. our own. principally.
Maj Eell--Well, what's the resulte
Mrs BvnE touching the eanon-s
shoulder Here's your Tea dear We
have decided % make no radical
change
Mr. Bell standing in trout Of her
husband AMI making a military salutel
As rou were.-Biaciz and White
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-25

Mrs. Byng-The head verser. and .
great pal % my husDand's-ne knows
more Of the history Of tina cathedral
than James does himself. verify be-
Ifeve-
Mrs. Bell-And Smith-Dolby2
Mrs Byng-one Of the minor cam
ons. and James pet aversion
Mrs. Beil-Why7
Mrs Byng - hardly know. One
must dislike somebody Because he's
50 uutidy and lazy. and always con-
trivcs - take his holiday and get away
in that uncomfortable time betw cen
the seasons. before the stoves are
lighted regularly. and the chances are
you sueeze al the time youare reading
the lessons. wish they would give
him a living We are all diving for pro
motion here. just as ron are in the
army.
Mrs Bell-Tom doesn't care for pro-
motion a bit lie only cares 20 do his
duty
Mrs Byng doesn't he You
don't know him, I can see. You should
work for him. 4 clever managing wife
az Wv - MAAGA ABA AFA A441@A0As
even in the army.
Mrs Bell-YOu don't know, dear
How could she9
Mrs Byng-Oh. there are ways
shouldn't leave a stone unturned
Mrs. Bell-What stones would you
turn. Madgee You are very confident
Mrs Byng-l would give him little
hints To do this. or that-to get him
noticed. you know. That's half the
battle in all professions. find would
make friends with all sorts 81 persons
in authority. The incest men-IiSe
Tom are just the men who can't and
won't do these little things for them
selves. No nice man esn blow his own
trumpet properly \ tactful. clever
wife can do anything What's the
natter
Mrs Bell ltearfull- Nothing Twas
only it seems quite a. II it was you. not
me. married u Tom
Mrs Byug-I was only throwing my
self into the situation had quite
given you James ] saw you hosting
on his surPlicr, and copying ont his
sermon IN nv minds eye But that's
enough play, II you are going - =. -
serious ABOUT L.
Mrs Bell still fearful And now
I've let you talk like thiS-you viii
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"A LITTLE NONSENSE


He consulting tea cupl--Ah. You
are % be married soo1-~ --Mercv ne.
To whom To ae= I came to-day
On purpose 10 tell you Life
That woman dispenses n great
deal % sosial lemonade What do
voa meaas- simply that she i Al
says saying sour things in a sweet
zF---Iostoa SATURDAY Eveninx
Gazette-
Little Beth has gone into the eoun-
try "lou must keep an awful lot Of
policemen out here grandpa she
said. On the irst day after her arrival
why -. Beshs- said her gra1dfather
oh. there's such \ lot OF grass To keep
OF ot-'-Inte- Ocean
Il printer. meddiin- With the YER
diet q eoroaer's jury. struck out a
eoazla after the word -apoplexy.-
making the sentence read thus- De-
ceased came 10 his death by excessive
drinking. producing apopIexy IN the
minds OF the jury-~-PhiIzzseI3Ala
Post
NY hus5Ani.- sziA the Izr-e
aeShy lady. has habit Of nzrx7a.-
al paragraphs IN the paper that ~
mean thiazs zboEt w0nea-- - that
yoa vii nos f4a u see them. ehf still.
that : not ~ mean n trick as mia.
plays lie cuts then all Oa. Then I
have 20 set another paper. oaiy % aaa
that have been fooled a-aia--
Horace" szid the young authors
wife. here's the collector again. -
Tell him haren't any cash Jus. At
present Il did tell him that He
says that check i due about this
time from the magazine and he'll tzSe
that IL yoa'u iniorss IL treat
Scott. This Is terrible Do vou
hate 10 part with the money. dear
No. It makes me indignant to Be
pursued in this way for ny auto
graph 7-Washingtoa star
An acquaintance was eoa-rzsuIat-
ing an old Lady W 10 was locally famous
for her good health and her exceeding
thrift upon her freedom from bodily
ailments. when she replied. I'VE be
pretty well for old folks. josiah and
me- Josiah hasn't had an aiIia' tims
/ for fifty years. 'eept last winter. And
I an never suHcrel Out one cav n
my life. and that was when I took
some of the medicine Josiah had left
over. SOS how it shouldn't be wasted. -
Current Notes
Every boy and girl has doubtless
heard of the great composer Handel
Here IS a little story told Of him and Of
[ DIR. Maurice Green, = musician whose
compositions were never remarkably
tine Il seems he had sent a solo an
them 10 Handel for his opinion. and
Handel invited him TO take breakfast.
and he would say what he thought OF
il After coffee. Green's patience Be-
came exhausted. and he said Well
SIR, what did you think Of itqa oh,
your anthem. All. did t'ink dat it
wanted air" Air cried Green
Yes. air. and 50 did hang il out OF
de window" replied Handel -Harper's
Round Table
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-25

The close Of the year I7s0 was. in the
southern states. the darkest time Of
our revolutionary struggle CORVALLIS
had Just destroyed the army Of Gates
a. Camden. and his two formidable
leuteuants. TarletOn. the lighthor<e-
nlan-aud Ferguson. the skilled riieman.
had destroyed OF scattered all the
smaller bands who had been fighting
for the patriot cause The red drag
cons rode hither and thither. and all
through Georgia and South Carolina
none dared lift up their heads 70 op-
pose them; while North Carolina lay
az the feet of CORVALLIS as he started
through it with his srmy TO march int
Virginia There Sas no organized
force against him. and the cause Of
the patriots seemed hopeless IL was
at this dark hour THAT the wild back
woodsmen Of the western border gath
cred 20 strike a blow for liberty
Theodore Roosevelt. in ST. Nicholas
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Ter thzn Others and enjoy life more, with
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adapting the worlds best products 20
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value 10 health Of the pure Eggii
LAXATIVE principles embracsd IN tie
remedy, Syrup Of Figs
Is excslle1c= i due 10 its presenting
IN the form most aeceptaale and pleas
ant % the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect az
zriTe. efectzally cleansing TIE system,
GispeIling colds. headaches and fsvsrs
and permanently curing constipation.
/. kzs given satisfaction TO naillions 2ri
E=t with the approval Of the Eae,ilcal
profession. becz1se IL acts on the Al
neys. Liver and Bowels without weak
szInE them and il j. perfectly free from
every Questionable substance
Syrup If Figs : fnr sale by al dv-E-
xis-s in &c and 81 bottles. bet Il : Elz1-
ufzctu7e,l By the Califo<nia Pig Syrup
Co o1ly, whnse nzne : printed on ersrT
psscxzre. zl=o the nsze, syr-p OF ElEs,
and being vel informed y0a VII 2os
zecsrE any substitute Il o1<rs1
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-25

Year befor. last old man HasseItiue
got sick abed with fever. and sick
unto death, 80 by-and-by he had to take
out and quit Henccforwarss from
tia: time on his son Buck has been liz
in there on the old place and maxim out
Ike he was ru1nin % farm re-
member oacst upon a time ~hiis, Par
Son Xeb Newton was riiin the circuit
and preaehin the gospel. but swappin
horses and drinkin whisky eousidera-
bic between times. old >quirc Wilson
told me that Zeb Nev.tou reminded
him Of preacher. And that has been
the wav with ne and Buck Hassel;iue
NJ u this year You understand Back
was born and bred and hrunE up N =
farm and never did i've daT nor bit a
lick auywheres else. but till here right
lately about the very best that I could
ssy for Buck was that he reminded me
Of farmer
The very first wear after the old nan
died Buck liz in he dii aEt made the
Old Hasseitine place famous for tail
grass and sorry crops famous for miles
and miles around People would come
E from way over in the hi.l country AMI
way down in the Fla; Woods and ride
around BIZ the Hsss~itine uiac- - see
Z the sights And they posed - mortal
much fun a. Buck TIL il vas thos-
sand wonders 20 ne he didn't lav down
7 his hand and jump the game lie made
some fo-iter and few uuhhins 81 corn
I and j -ht sprinkle Of humhlebee cot
ton Bat he stayed in. yoa under
stand ami played the game cut FOX
What iiffle there was in b.
Whereas after all that u vas mon
strous strange 70 me 70 see Back sail
+ IN last spring and pitch another crop
Z Now - 70 Buck HaSse.tine- he never
I lsxy The maiaest trouble with hin
xas that he never had learnt anything.
f ron understand lie didn't know ~
+ artiv when 10 strike. AMI he diGn' :
xnow for certain how % kiL lie would
fake one poor little slah-~iie,i- rsrur-
T hack. wobb e,iv-leErd mute and plants
crops enough Tor pair of tne youaz
mules and three full grown men 20
work lie would bite ~ three or f0ur
f times more than he csulI chaw- aud
f thea gum NJ the CARTS ant make a gen
I sral mess and cunfusionmcut snd fail
are lie needed ssuebn-iv 70 bsc< him
with 4 il-tle Judgment and braE on him
E for every lick you uulerstanL Ss5sue
f TuanESsers are Ike some colts Son--
F times vou eza Lead EN- al riSa, when
yuu can't sorter drive en-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-25

You can help your neizhbor mp est
4 bout a. easy a. you can hold hin
down. and then you viii sleep = whole
lot better A. night
Many man can write big and talk
biz about The farmers and the ARA.
when a the sane time he woulda Z
knox a bu,l-tOnxue scooter from 4 buz-
arriving sweep. or stack Of hay from
i covered wagon
In aryierneut 70 make a z4sod farm
hand msn must rest lirfie and work
a right smart ami eat whole paste
The Old farm viii always keep peze0
in vour mind and plenty in the pantry
Z roa wilI but only treat her tAir aud
tickle her BISON right frsqsen.
Abaut the INST easiest and quickest
'vav % ~ there i 20 hit the grit ana
ilt & a n4uxin-
Parc lazineSs aud hard times rua %
g-ther. ron understand. a. natural aa1
easy As bat1erczlgeS and nslzSsss-
Elessei = the man that don't zant
aura and knouS right where % 20 and
- - ErSrs >ANuEEs-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-25
PRECIOUS STONES IN AMERICA


SEVERAL asterizs. OF star stones. have
been picked up in North Carolina and
Georgia
SAPPurExs Of small size but great
brilIiancy have bee1 found in North
Carolina
Az emerald green sapphire was
some years ago found In Franklin eorn-
-. y. c.
The California diamonds are general
ally very small. ranging in value from
80 to SO.
In iss4 the value Of the precious
stones mined in this country somewhat
exceeded $4,000
EvEzT precious stone known 70 the
lapidary has been found within the
limits Of the United States
TuE sptnel. often sold for the oriental
r-,by. has been found In New England.
Virginia aad North Carolina
SrBI=s of small size have been found
In North Carolina and Virginia. and Is
il claimed. also In Colorado and View
Mexicol
NORM CARoLIyA diamonds are usual
" associated with i-acolr-ntte. or texi-
bic sandstone. quite plentiful In certain
parts Of that state
The hes. crystals OF topaz found IN
this country come from Colorado In
the Platte mountains one has been
found weighing i2J e7rats
CALIFORNIA diamonds are found in
al the eolOrs. from brillian. white 70
= clear black, together with rose, pink.
yellow. blue and green
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-25
LONG. Amer the Wedding.

There had been n big wedding il
high life the night before. and Brown
and Robinson were discussing il.
glories at the club.
treat affair. that said Robinson
Magnificent agreed Brown.
"HOw the wine fiowed.'
And how the boys did battle in il
No one took too much, thOugh-ex
eept Jones'
Yes That's the worst of Jones III
never knows when he's had enough
I'm sure he was half seas over las
night
Half seas over2 Oh no. When
saw him he WAS sailing into port
Boston Budget
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-25

- finally az last cone 20 ths -or-
cinSian that would try my had Al
brzEyin On Beck I lowed % myse.f
tha; plenty Of big talk AMI hard lfeAs
mau<ht maybe bring to-th = gr-lsi crop
on the old Hasseltine place. All /
<no7ve,i Z Buck would manage - as g
do he rerk, could hustle aruund and
furnish the Necessary Big talk And
as; spring lIt n I dill aad veag -
bragE>a on Isuc5z 70 beat 81 bits
One maruin N the spring. iit.ie A.
ter daylight. I waS ridin along the Ha-
seiiine place. and bles> grzeioHs there
was Buck cut there at the lot feesiiz
lis stock II stood to reason with ne
right then snd there that some:hiE ras
wrong somexheres- you understand
and I found ont afterwards tha. The
baby had 4 bad sick spell that nixhs
and kicked up such i hoxlin ruuzpus
til the ORlyest thing for Buck - do
was 70 xit up and ogt a. the brezk Of
day. But didn't let on Ike Il Vas
ANYTHING oncuStomary and went "a
braggia on Buck as the most earliest
riser IN the settlement likewise also
EANE MN AaAsaA go 0aAA ~ an NaA4-=A-
you understand. which Is 70 say.
FAIRY 70 bid zad early % RE
Ma<es MAJ hszifhy ~ezlthy and -
That i the Onlycst vav for far
ner TO farm and farm right. Bgck. -
SAYS / Beat the sua up every day
and hit reglzr, steady lick till the
y-8Ws come home and the svenin star
sing together, and you are bound 10
whip the 6ght. hands down
The seasons went powerful aEin
v0u last year. Buck - I went on 10 Say.
bat that want your fault Thea you
wadei a ruth-r deep and planted crops
enough Tor three or four mea That :
F the trouble with 4 heap Of young
men-particiar them that are amhi-
E tious Ike and fu-l q grit and 20 Yog
have lot the natural sTu1 and mate
rials IN you for the maxim Of 4 bull
good farmer You can DO more work
than any one nan n the settlement
out you can { do as much as three men
an bettia on yoa this year, Back. ans
he money Is NJ. Now IL you viii fenes
IT some Of the bills and hollows ans
branches for paSter. s0w down about
ten acres in oats and shave the farm
down 70 1T one man and one mule vii
win that money as easy as hndin il il
a gum stump
then went on about nv business
aud the next news ! got from Buel
Hasseltine ne had fenced OF a GOO
paster and soWed down n whole paSsl'
Of oats The next time passed alon.
that way I found Buck eleanin of hi
corn land and burnin brush As busy a
thousand bees in one tar bucket Blu
stopped him long enough to put in
few stanzas of the necessary big talk
That's right Buck-that's perfectl
al right saysI "A soon start make
smooth nuish. and by gatlins l cal
see you are in the fight to win Nos
don't forget to give your corn the main
est plowi1 before you plant L. u
right down into shs bowels Of the cart
when you break your land. and in tn
first plowin let your bull-tongue seoo'
srs run knee deep right elOst 20 n
stuff Then bust out the mid6ies dee
and after that stay on top of the groun
and keep the grass down with you
buzzard-wing sweeps But I must 2
on back towards home and whoop 4
the hands a little ! can't stand ST
ard see other men run1ia way yonds
ahead of ne with s.e general far
work
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-25

country from one uncomfortable. I'M
Wholesome house 70 another
Nrs- Byug-That would Just suit ne.
I love change.
Mrs Eel-Oh, that's all very well.
but when you have 20 carry a hole
establishment about with YOU Ike a
snail Is another thing. quite. And
Foa know how cross men get A Sol-
der has the habit Of command. and
sw-
Mrs. Byug-The habit Of command
and-er- other habit you mention
are by 10 means confined 70 the bar
rack room let me tell you
Mrs Be.i-oh, hush. hush. The at
mosphsre., dear. OF the sacred fame, tbs.
osiors u sanctity. the peace
Mrs BTng-Nou'd fna IL pretty live
Is - times in the sacred lane. can a.
sure ecu. ny sweet - Cecily. and dis
corJiart stops among the organ pipes
Mrs Bell-Lively, dear2 What an
expression 70 use
Mr. Byug-Wel. il was always the
church militant you know. Deans and
cauous are but human. and there's a
good deal Of gossip swept up with the
verger's broom
Mrs Bell-But, at least. the talk i
all Of matters connected with the
sacred rites and obssrvauces Of the
church, Ii must be - beautiful. 50
interesting. !, on the contrary. have
70 listen patiently 70 the tedious chat
ter Of subalterus who are everlasting.
l. eomiGy TO .ea, and hear them WOO
aering Why the major did this, and
Mrs. so-and-so didn't do that. and who
Is coming and who IS going, and idiosic
gossip Of that kind from morning Til
night
Mrs Byng-Well, that's no worse
than having TO take an interest for the
hanerecth time IN eompl ANTS of how
old Dr. fir'emout will have two stalls
one 70. himself and one for his books
and how long the srchdeaeou Is going
70 be in bed. without a eold-of how
many poekst-handkerehie smith.
Dolby has left in his stan since Easter
They kept them until they're !
bakers cozen-znd how Horr=r eaa'r
ssFea With the dean
as bsa-Nsa IS Hopssgi
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-07-25
EnEsH FOREIGN cAAT.

swArLrox IL unknown In Patagonia
Frozen milk in large quantities Is
sent from Holland and Sweden 20 Eng
land
WHrsa Tartar invites a man 70 drink,
he leads him forward % the table b
the ear.
TwE,rY-FfvE years ago japan had
only one newspaper, now i has two
thousand
AMAx in Berlin breeds rats FOR the
hospitals. The a-e used Tor viviseo-
ton purposes.
TIE pres = Japan shows It's respect
for the u1eado By printing his Mans
always in capital letters
CASoS Tal-rAN's collection % stuffed
birds. eornprisin.- -, 900 specimens and
Z. a8o species. has been secured tor the
Liverpoo. museum
TEx Jews we're elected 70 the Italian
parliament AZ the FIRST trial in the last
election the most prominent being the
minister ~ finance. >onnino.
IT "a unlawful IN France for any per-
son % give solid food % Infants that
are under one vrar. unless on the pre-
s.riDti1a - physician.