Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-07-11
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Commander-in-Chicf Oi the army OF
the S.,ltan 81 Morocco.
Statistics jus, published show that
shsre arr 2.s9s soldiers six feet or over
in height in the British army.
la lSSS the Italians residing in
France numbered almost hall a million.
having Increased sevcaty- -dvc Thousand
from the previous year.
The oldest living peer - Lord
Teynham. who has Just completed HIS
ninety year. lie entered the army
only a few m0aths after the battle Of
Waterloo. and retired more than sixty
years ago.
The Lord Mayor ~ Loudon's dress
suit FOR ordinary evenings Is Of black
velvet with point lace frilL tights.
silk stockings. diamond buckles in the
shoes ami diamond-hiltcd sword
-Leprosy Is Increasing III Russia
During the last ten years ferty-ninc
patients were treated IN the 81 Peters
burg hospital. half OF whom we're
natives of the city. Tho Baltic prov
inces suffer most from the disease.
Under the present police rule I'm
Russia an officer can enter any house
ut any hour on the excuse that "he
suspects a suspicious person may have
entered there 10 talk sedition. He can
arrest the whole family. keep them in
prison a year. and then turn them
loose without the slightest apology.
English women are getting into the
habit OF smoking tea cigarettes Only
the choicest brands of tea arc used.
and the smokers think they dnd their
nerves greatly soothed for time. The
inevitable reaction takes place after
ward. however. aud they are apt 10 be
somewhat excited
The Emperor Of China Il seldom
disturbed in his sleep \ Pekin paper
announces that strict surveillance il
kept by the gcndarmerie around the
palace 10 prevent the imperial repose
being broken by firing OF crackers.
street cries or wrangling voices. the
blowing OF horns or noisy marriage or
funeral professions.
The British matrOu has at last
succumhed to the attractions of sAcr
own music halls. Those most agrcea-
Bile places OF entertainment. where tho
singing Of old ballads and new fancics
i So delightfully."- done. have always
with sufficient reason. perhaps. But
now women have begun 10 go. in ths
boxes only. But they are still there.
wives. daughters. and sisters of re-
spectability unquestiouable.
The Queen Regent of Spain Is fond
OF game Of whist. and frequently in
vites members of her cabinet tn pass
an hour or two in a social rubber.
The Queen plays cavendish. five points
For the game. tn. play being for stakes
Of quarter dollar point She al
lows the gentlemen to smoke cigar
cites on such occasions. and endeavors
to soften the royal Spanish etiquette
a. far as possible.
One OF recent party of couvicts
bound for Siberia WAS a Baroness and
her husband. formerly her tootman.
sentenced each to twenty years servi-
tude The Baroness was married when
young tn an old man. and she fell in
love with his footman. She poisoned
her husband aud was arrested but the
footman escaped She subsequently,
escaped from the hospital where she
was confined. sought out her footman
lover. and married him They settled
in kovno. and were only recently dis
covered there. living in abieet pow
erty.
-Ex-king Milan. says n Belgrade
corresp pondent. Is a well-educated man.
He talks French smoothly. German
slowly but almost without mistakes.
He Is also rather good in English. but
does not know Russian Youn. King
Alexander l. il mentally very devel-
oped. He speaks French. German. n
little English. and has learned good
deal Of Russian from his mother. who
always calls him sasha Ga Russian
abbreviation for AIexanderl- At pres
ent the young King is taught privately
at Belgrade. according 10 the pro-
gramme Of the German gymnasium