Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-09-02
the BROWNING
uUVs MEETING.
The Last, Meeting, With
Mrs. Sultan ON Aug
ust cath, Was Filled
With Interest.

Y. u. We we're glad to vel
come home the Mesdsmes
Hay and Showers, xfio have
been absent several weeks yisi,
ting friends. All on duty vere
present. Mrs. LeAvell's sub.
ject: The Coronation Chair
yielded 50 little Of interest To
her In her research that she
substituted a Characterization
Of QGeen Victoria: aud right
royalty did she write Of the no
bic woman. Crowning, or an.
noiniing. Is an old custom dat.
ing from the amounting Of saul
as king Of Israel. IL Was Gus
tomary 10 anoini the kings Of
England for many centuries.
Victoria vas cr0sned queen of
England when but eighteen
years Of age She had been
carefully educated in literature.
science and religion. She is a
nne linguist. speaking and writ
ing several languages. She is
especially fond of French and
German, keeping constantly
among her attendants a native
ofeach ofthese counties, whose
duty Is to read To the queen
several hours every day in their
native tongue, books Of science
and literature. Victoria il also
very fond Of music. and q fine
musician herself She frequent.
ly invites the queen Of song
10 come to the palace and sing
for her. She always has a "a.
yorite among the noted vocal.
lists: just nov il is Albani whom
the queen graciously invites to
visit her and whom she often
honors by going to take tea
with her. Although the ruler
oil great nation she never al.
lowed the cares of state to in
hibit the full performance of
her duties as wife and mother.
Her devotion TO Prince Albert
was beautiful and lifelong. She
looked carefully after the tam.
ing OF her children. The direc.
tions which she gave to the in.
structors of her Oldest daugh.
ter were: Il am quite clear that
she should be taught to have
great reverence TO God and to
religion, but that she should
have the feeling of love and de.
votion which our Heavenly
Father encourages his children
to have for him and not one of
fear and trembling; and that
the thoughts Of denth and after
life should not be presented in
an alarming or sorbldding as
pect, and that, as yet, she be
taught no difference of creed.
or to think she can only pray
when on her knees or that those
who do not kneel are less sin.
ecre or devout in their prayers
The queen is an earnest chris.
tian, the only christian ruler
now on a throne. She also
taught her children to have re-
spect for age, sympathy for the
poor, and kind consideration for
the royal household.
Mrs. Nelson read the beauti.
full poem by Leigh Hunt "Abou
Ben Adhem.r and commented
ON the Christ-like spirit of Ben
Adhem as shown in his love for
his feliow-men. When the re.
cording angel told AbOu that
his name was not among those
who loved the Lord, it made
him sad and in a low tone he
asked that he might be written
a. one who loved his fellow.
men. This gave him a place
among those who love the Lord
for love Of man is love of God
Mrs. Ray, true to the spirit
that always prompts her 10 the
performance Of every duty, had
prepared a paper on a subject
assigned some weeks ago, sGuy
Fawkes.' Guy Fawkes was
born in Yorkshire of humble
parentage and had the misfor.
tune to lose his father when
only eight years old. HIS moth.
er married in a short time. Her
second husband was a Roman.
list, therefore Guy was brought
up In the school of Catholicism
and at twenty-One was thorough.
~ imbued with the superstitions
Of the Romish church. He vas
OF . rowing, restless, disposition
and when he became of age
he took the small patrimony
that his father left him and soon
soon spent it travelling from
place to place. Among the pla.
ces he most often visited wa
Flanders, where he seemed to
have found congenia! Spirits:
certain it is that here he met
Robert Catesby, u Catholic gen.
tleman Of England, whom King
James had ruined by imposing
heavy fines, and otherwise mi.
treating him. Catesby wss
smarting under these indiRni-
ties and ready for revenge up-
on James. lie found q congo
NAL soul IN Guy Fawkes; these
men with about = dozen Others
planned to blow up Parliament
House at the opening Of the ses-
sion when the King, Lords and
Commons, should be assembled
They rented the vnults under
Parliament House and stored ~
barrels Mt nunnn-a.-