Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-02-28
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


f NJ johnson. a Kentucky magts-
trate. doesn't fool away any time in
marry ing couples that come before
him Here i his formula 1--WE met
here to p'rform the sacred rites Of
inat.mony. Join hands np you take
man your lawful huShand7 Take
woman he wife7 Dismissed
Mark Twain has settled down in
Paris. but his heart still heats warmly
for his native land Talking about
wit. he tells the Partisan interviewers
that Thomas Bailey Aidrieh hal said
1900. II no. i5.00a. things y brilliant
- the things Tallcyrand said, and
which arr labeled French wit
-Ex-Senator Edmuuas. Of Vermont.
i retained in a number % caseS now
pcnding before the United States
COURTS. involving questions II great
public interest. i~neluiing the sugar
trust eases. the inrome-tax contention
and the construction q the long and
Short-haai clause in the interstate
commerce law
-Ca>imirPericr's mother. n we'll
preserved lady 81 cightv years. takes a
very active interest in French politics
she has h-cu closely CONNECTED with
the leading events in France for ever
n generations and her mind = stored
" tn facts and incidents 81 great value
- the historian She disapp=oved II
her sous resignation
-Georgc Inncs< sometimes worked
fifteen hours a day with bis brush lie
Usually s,ouI a. he Psiatgsi. AMI he
worked A. the kumar >eizef him IN the
.tpzeu nr more c~anvassrs in his Stuat0.
going from one - another with palette
and mauls,ick The painter was foui
~ walking lie liked u smoke. ami
On occasions he did not disiain the
flowing bowl
Stanley J. wevman. the noveIi>t.
pracsiccd in London as a hfrri>tcr for
about ten wears. and with fair Sarcs&
tie never really liked his profession.
however. and waS a Poor speaker Mr..
Nrvman writes slowly He considers
a Thousand wurls a day sufficient. He
hunts ouce a veek during the season.
Is an unmarried MAJ, and lives with
his mother amt sister.
Joseph BERTRAND. the Freach matA-
c~mlticiau. who r~cccn:I~ ecIe bratesi his
Eulden wedding. rescued his wife from
death in the grvat railroad accideuton
the Ia~riS-NerszilleS railroad in 1874.
she Vas the wife q Admiral Dumont
UUrville. who was killed in tn. acct
dent This was the admiral who
brought the Venus Of Milo TO France.
aad who three times eircumnavi-ated
the earth
Kate Chase >pragus has been left
destitute by the forced sale 81 her Old
hsue >he has nothing but her ward
r,t-, that she can call her own. AMI
that has not been repleaiShed for twu
y-a@ while she i IN debt t. friends
ur SNAIL sanrS of uuuev advanced T.
her Her decline Within thirty rear.
trum sdI1euer and the highest social
position aimass 70 actual want i the
sircst Il mi>forsans~
Cen Thomas HYDE. Of BATH Ne.
has just received an autograph letter
from Mr. Gladstone in regard 81 the
FORMERS Translation OF the ~tsicS u
Horace. upna which he has besz fnr Z
considerable period engaged The gen
sral praised GiadSfones wcr& N the
same Elirees5on- .aHf the Grand cid
Mans letter c1nelus{e>- = think Il
<rcat hsuar that nv p--oreEert shouid
~ n~nfisesi frasn t~voa.I the Atlantic by
\ Fellow laharer. - Uhom I wish asac
erSs mor perfect than my own
Cyrus CobS - designing the hersle
statue Il America which Is for the
arcade II the Cambridge soldiers
monument A gentleman who has
>~cn It >avs the head = the usnSt bsan-
aful he has ever seen ~tio.her Amer
sea : inserted IN the arcade. eensem-
plating the clo=e q the war Of the
REBELLION VITA serene satisfaction but
with h-r c-rantrasnee p~revafesi bv
latent saiHess 1t the Thought Of the
sacrifice x her patrinsjc suns OF the
aarth and the deSclztio7 Of her south
crn children