Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-08-22
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The Spaniards have caught the
bicycle fever. aud there Is a great de-
mand Tor cycles
Lake BiwA in Japan. + the largest
sheet Of fresh water in that country.
having an area Of SOD square miles.
Queen Victoria during the last
twenty-five years has received az
agricultural prizes on her Winds or
farm stock
The Princess Imperial % Brazil
has organized a corps % negro troops
whose Office it i % at as an Imperial
guarL
Some forty miles from BARGE Iona
there Is an actual mountain Of very
pure salt which i hewu out in The
open air. like tone from a quarry
Belgium. Of all nations. has the
greatest density % population, the
largest diversity 81 occupation. the
Uniform distribution Of wealth.
and the minimum Of pauperism-
There i every probability that
Japan will soon become entirely indie
pendent Of other countries a. regards
IL coal supply. vast coal fields having
been recently discovered oa the Islands
Of kinsio and Yes-o
In n Prussian army recruits are
regarded ~ narrOw-chested. the cir
cumferrnce OF whose chests i Ie=- than
half the length Of their bodies. When
such narrOw-chested meu ara not wid-
ened by drill. they are wec,ied out as
physically incapable. or likely soon
to be-
A Russian officer with the same
powers as an American constable can
make or forbid a holiday in a village.
forbid work on a CERTAIN day. order
every house tO be- searched. seize aud
hold all cattle tor inspection. and in
fine play autocrat with higher hand
han any man in Germany. France or
England
Il Of the old-fashioued
sort recently occurred at Langres.
France \ youth wa sent 10 prison
for firing shots at his Iadv-Iove. a pub
lie singer. with intent Ia kill While
in prison he made love to the ~iafIer-s
daughter. and through her aid made
his escape. the damsel joining him and
the two taking fight together
According Q the Indian Mail. the
Madras Museum now Possesses the
skeleton Of the largest elephant ever
killed in India This elephant was
the source Of great terror % the in
habitants Of South ArcoG. By whom it
was killed and buried The museum
authorities dispatched ataxidermfst 10
the spot { exhums the bones and
transfer them ~ Madras The skele-
ton Is exactly ten feet tx inches in
height. being eight inches higher than
the highest hitherto measured
At ReiBirkendorL a village near
Berlin. il i reported i coasumptIse
sanitarium i To b. erected on a novel
plan, utilizing the supposed therap.u-
tie inhuenec 81 association with certain
animals \ large cylindrical building
vii be occupied in the upper part By
the patients. while the ground aoor
vii be given up t0 the accommodation
Of large numbers Of mich COWS. the
exhaIations from which will be o "a
Quoted 10 the apartments above A
whey and buttermiIk diet viii also D..
contributed BY the under boarrlers.
Il swindler in Vienna, who lad
borrowed large sums Of money and
had collected a great deal Of jsweIrv
which va unpaid for. knew he could
not get away frum the city By train.
80 he advertised a balloon ascension
and a parachute performance He got
the balloon mad. on credit also. and.
IN company with his wife. not only
went up. but went OF. His capture
was As curious a. his escape. That
evening a pigeon came To Vienna bear
in- a dispatch from a correspondent
to the Carrier Pigeon Club announcing
the descent Of the balloon. and the
man was soon caught.