Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
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The Australian market gardeners
arc being ruined by Chinese cheap -
Dor.
"A repeating cannon has been ~
at Brosschart. in Belgium, which can
throw twenty-seven shots a minute.
Somebody now proposes 70 kill OF
the Australian rabbits by Introducing
poisonous gases into their burrows.
Indian corn j. extensively raised
IN English parks and gardens ~ an
ornament. The climate does not allow
the seed 10 ripen.
King Charles Of Roumania il n
of the most cxp.r; trout fishermen in
Europe. and seldom fails to pass a few
weeks each SIMMER in the region Of
wcll-stockcd brooks.
There j. "a legend current among
the peasant, Of Bavaria that the long
life ~ Kaiser Wilhelm was due To a
mysterious philtcr 81 which his I'm
pcrial Majesty alone possessed the Sc
cret.
cardinal Gibbons i said 10 &c tho
favoritc Of English. German and Rus
sian cardinals for the highest Office In
the church when the Pope Leo dies.
An American Pope would be- a decided
innovation.
or the 1880 persons who visited
Shakcspcarc's birthplace during the
last year 1000 were Americans. thirty
nine nasionalities being represented in
all. The amount derived from visitors
fees Is about $500 a year.
In the old Church of san Maguel.
in Santa Fc. j. a bell that was cast in
Spain in the year 1856. II was brought
Ia Mexico by Cortcz. and after the fall
Of Montezuma Indian slaves carried it
To Santa Fe. Three OF the altar pieces
in the a%ncien: church are more than
seven hundred years.
A factory inspector found n woman
in the East End Of London who was
working sixteen hours a day making
wai>tcoat buttonholes at the rate five
for I'd. \ fur cape-maker told him:
81 work from eight to eight. and earn
five shillings a week, sometimes less.
] have nothing to do for six months in
the wear.
Meat, it il said. Is actually dearcr
In Buenos Ayres than in London. In
deed. the people OF the former city
complain that while the best Of Argcn-
tine mutton is sold to London con-
sumcrs at nine emit a pound, they can
not get the best al all. but have to pay
ten cents to twelve cent per pound for
inferior mutton.
The general iollity NJ n wedding in
Aiaccio. Corsica. was disturbed the
other day by the appearance of two
gendarmes who stopped a dance and
insisted upon arre-ting one Of the
dancers. a young m She tried 10
escape and then drew a pistol. but one
OF the officers shot her, and then it was
found out that she was Camille Nocolai.
d noted bandit, and no woman at all.
Princess de Metternich i one ol
the ugliest women Imaginable. She
said Of herself when in Paris: Il am
the bcst-drcsscd monkey in the city. %
and she really had the courage to found
the Club Of Ugly Women "a club in
which there We're only iiyc members.
y correspondent describing her. says:
The shoulders. uncovered "a the last
degree, were ornamcntcd with scars
Of every size and shape. the mouth
was like that of an African. but the
grace and elegance could not be de-
MED"
The interest in modern science is
rapidly increasing in China. and a
scientific book depot instituted
three years ago for spreading useful
literature throughout the empire. is
growing in favor. About lJo.OOO
volumes have been sold. reaching the
nos distant parts Of China, Corea and
Japan About 200 works have already
been translated into Chinese under
foreign management. to which about
700 natlye works have been added.