Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-07-13
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

twrutt<t1 OF the vntur OF an American
cent The Celestial Kingdom has many
enthusiasts coin collectors In one
notable collection there are mor~ han
fs9.ooa varieties % cash. the oldest Of
which date back A. far a. 100 r. T.
-Jspsn~~e ehop~tiekS arr in various
shape~ rauad. angular or thtckrn~d At
enc eni. AMI are made - hasb.~A ivory
or mahogany Gu New Years day
ehop~shcks made 81 mulberry twig~ are
the only ones used AtPuhlfc festivals
torked splinss are handed aroanl and
these the guests tear apart into two
ehapssick~
a fozrwheeI wagon. whr~s motive
power il supplied by a h~nzin> engine.
has been satisfactorily tested in Ger
many. IL - intended IN carry p@Ss<n
gvrs through city streets or country
ruadS> and can b. run nj the rate -
half a c.nt n mile. The wagon and en-
CINE can b. made for ssoa The speed
IS a. high n Is miles an hour.
The emperor OF ts~rmany has an
imperial railway train consisting 10
twelve carriages, = drawing-rc-eua. IL
brary. dininr~ruoua. nursery. rrsrrptisu-
ruom and kitchen Marble s~ta,uarv.
tohclin tapestry and many other
touches Of elegance add Ia the h~autv
1T this fsusous travelling hcsz~. vhich
has zen thrr. years in building and
cost ABB. 0oo
II Estr- che rzs--i-sssE- ~ the Aus-
TRAN Po<Sr law. at sixty wears ~ Z q
man mas claim FROM his native town or
commune a pension equal 70 on~-thirsi ot
the daily wages which he had received
during his working years The anoant
VARIES frutn . tos forms a MONTH In
Vienna alone there are n. ESQ persons
who receive these pensions from the
city
\ dealer In art in Great Britain
n advertising portraits of the queen.
done in enior~. for half a crown and i've
shiliinxs api~~-. and sending TO his
duP~s p-sstaxe stamps which are print
Ell with the queens head 10 II thought
he may npt ~ within the r-aeh Of the
law. a. the stamps MI the Descriptions
An earlier genius sold pennies at a
crown apiece. advertising them a.
~bronxe meiaIlions. with portrait Of
the sovereign m has belief"
In connection with she d-monstra-
tons of the unemployed. IL NAV BE- af
interest IN point out that London u not
the most ox~errrosvd.d city % the cosan-
try. Liverpool enjoys that unsnviabie
distinction In the thirty-thre~ great
towns from which the register general
receives weekly returns the average
number Of persons IN tn. asrr il shirty-
four In Liverpool. however. there arr
ninety eight person. "a the acre. In
Plymouth there are afty-eight Lon
don comes third with ~Hftv--ev~n. In
nss ether town doss the average
reach ifty. but Brighton. Brisspl. Boil
ton and Sunderland al have averages
Of more than forty persons ~ the acre
The average tor Manchester Is exactly
forty London Daily News
The belt Of the sword ~ state cs
Scotland has been restored tn itS place
in the regalia OF Scotland in Edinburgh
castle BY the marquis u RrvasiaIba ne.
the lord high commissioner Of the gen
eraf assembly Of the church OF >cot-
land After IN. battle Of Dunbar IL be-
came necessary To place the rrgaiia ~
Scotland in n place Of greater safety
than Edinburgh castle. and il was re
moved IN the strong castle Of Dunnot-
tar. where sir e. Oyilvy defended IT,
He had. however, only forty men and
could not hold out. and he allowed his
wife to remove the regalia frvm che
castle. IL was then buried underneath
the stones IN kinneff church. where IL
lay for several years When IL was re-
stored Sir e. ovilvy. for some eause not
explained retained the sword belt IL
was discovered IN I7so built into the
garden wall of the house Of BarraS
near >touehax~n. and since then il has
been handed dawn from father 10 son
as a precious relic