Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-08-29
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-The monastery o. NreIlE. Ia Aus.
triA recently celebrated IT, eight hun
erVsith anniversary
-Whezever she E-y weather be
comes oppressive in China the I'm
psrOr goes Up to the temple known a.
the Tskoa Tiea and offers prayers for
rain
Ostrich farms now exist in at leas,
three Il the Australian colonies. and
tho feathers are pronounced a. good in
quantity ant quality a. those Of the
Afrizsn birds
a ehirunodiss sill hencpforth b.
attached to every German regiment
Th-s may >e,em rather o1L but keep
isg soldiers scet IN order j. "a Of the
most important cemeut- % s~1ctessfaI
var
II Poverty Society has been
started ia Russia the object % which
l. TO poPuIarjze poverty amoug the
Poor. and to teach them 5haz their lot
i not q 70 be rppjnsd at. sIaers the
finest pleasures q life can be enjoyed
independently Of mouey-
An effort l. being made TO extend
the railway ia CEaL south America
from Virginia To Lsg4nas II this Is
done. il sill open up the largest and
richest deposit 81 Nitrate % -oda in
the whole world auI should in tiu1s
Lead to a rcdpctiga m the Gust q this
article
IL court train worn Recently By the
ycung German Empress WAS SIX yards
long and OF the finest white Lyocs
silk. H1aguifcently emhru5dere,t ia
gold and silver The prfce % rh. ma-
serial Va ahout Sr.5pW ami the en-
bro5dery was doue By twelve young
girls. who were working at il for swg
months
Although the Paris exhibition
buildings are closely gr8sped the To-
tn gruunt surface eL-e,-as &GtsEgsO
square sseE The Eff toxer. which
= nearly I-lf0 fees h-h co-t sl.eu9-
o0h The observatory 81 the tover
will b. ar1Ea-l Ear @-surLfc ob-rrra-
Si0us aud experineurs
Tn lIl-s- Museum hns rsc@nsly
acquired tn. tour1e - Ila L. VITA
AMI the great -oe sf bis brother Cor-
u-I5ls &e W5s. two .tar-=meu who
were horn 20 pj@crs an s~u'1-sd peo-
pie In i613 Il C0clSh4vt. 81 Lev,1eu
who has presented them % the mu-
scum. voGrh-s Tor the rsuuine--. a.
they have both been in par family
sinrp Te1z
The statement il made that the
polite circles OF AustralIn are flied
with a terrible drpad At "A Juvenile
performance of the --Msssiah it Wa
noticed thst the rising generation i.
acquiring a nasal twang. Since then
much discussion has taken pIac,. CT
the subject, and the school teachers are.
cHIotued to adopt rigorous measures
against the objectionable twaur.
which, it e, supposed by the experts
l. dus to the indoIence that so strungLy
characterize life at the antfpoies
When a Freuch Deputy i eensureI
and expelled by the Legislature. be il
Forbidden even to enter the paI17s
whsrv the sessions are heid during the
fifteen sessions following Bis expulsion
and l. fined a bali oG hts pay a. a
mesaber- ~Furtherm9rr. D. Is c8m-
peeled TO ADVERTISE hi shame ia tas
department which D. ruPrr~ans.. ufh.
own expense. By posting ia pusie
PLACES three hunired printed 1evognts
Of the whole business
chilli IS maintaining her r.pslsa-
ti0u a. the most eRterPrisinx n1riaa in
South America. Her LATEST progress
i've move vas to eoutract for E0-aoe. QD0
ties and a large quantity OF timber
from the rcgiOu about Puget sound
This material Il to be- used In con-
STRUGGLING n tFanscOnfiaensaE railroad
through Chilli and the Argentine Re-
public. snd for building savara new
Itnes In the mining region and 0ue M
the coast into Peru To make sure.
that the work will be we'll done ths.
government l. said to have eugared a
number Of Americana civil engineers
and Praetieal cuuTraetors When the
Few lines are completed they will eon-
meet the silver mines of the Andes and
the business eeHhers of Peru with the.
principal paths Of South American
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