Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-05-31
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
The Egyptians have no lack Of holt
days This years calendar hows that
there are ffty-two sundays. ffty-two
Hebrew Sabbaths and fftv-tvo Mos
lem "Gummah, besides seventeen
others.
Australia i now sending large
supplies Of poultry and game To the
English markets Several e0uSign-
ments Of chickens ducks wild ducks,
teal and curlews have made a success.
and there is promise of the develop
ment Of a considerable trade.
of sixty-seven queens Of France
only thirteen have died without leav-
ing their histories a record OF misery.
Eleven were divorced. two were exc
cuted, nine died young, seven were
widowed. three cruelty treated, three
exiled; the poison and broken-hearted
make up the rest
In some Of the German towns
when a man II convicted Of beating ais
wife. he is allowed TO go TO his work,
As usual. but his wife gets his wages.
and he is locked mp only on Saturday
nights. and remains in prison until the
following Monday. The punishment
usually lasts for ten weeks
The Rank Of Venice was opened in
1I5T; Of Geneva. in i345; Of Genoa. I407:
Of Amsterdam. 1907. Of Hamburg. 1919;
of Rotterdam. 1888: Of Stockholm. i6ss;
Of Scotland. 1898; Of Copenhagen, 1855;
of Berlin. 1875; Case d'Escompt of
France. 1876; of ireland. 1873: OF St
Petersburg. lTs5; ~ France. Is03; the
Imperial Bank of Germanv. 1876.
The government Of Japan and pub
lie men interested in its industries, are
paying much attention To the subject
Of cane-sugar production. The an
nual consumption Of sugar in Japan
amounts To Ia0. 900, 900 pounds. only
one-half Of which is supplied by the
native manufacturers. though many
places in the islands ARE well adapted
TO the successful culture of sugar cane.
or sugar beetS
The general secretary Of the bureau
Of agriculture Of South Australia re-
ports as follows in relation 20 the new
forage plant: "Lathyrus silvestris ap-
pears 10 thive much better in countries
where there i n good rainfall, than
where il j. limited 70 twenty-One
inches or less In south Australia no
favorable reports have been a. vet re-
corded. although we have been expert
menting with il nearly five years
The Russian ministry Of Justice i
considering a system Of providing state
paid peoples attorneys for the gratuit-
Gus defense Of the poor in criminal and
civil cases The argument i that
wherever the state provide n pro-ecu-
tor il ought also to provide an advocate
for the accused This practice already
exists in Austro-IIungary IN the form
Of ev-oficio counsel. but this is for
criminal eases only. An association
exists in Vienna to provide counsel for
the poor in civil eases
-Artesian wells are causing great
changes in the agricultural prospects
Of Queensland. Australia. and New
South Wales Large tracts which nave
hitherto been liable to occasional dis
astrOss droughts nave become valuable
for pastoral and agricultural purposes
since the hidden reservoirs have been
tapped by artesian wells \ single in
vestmeut company has expended abous
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
in this way. and obtained over eight
million gallons % water per day. -
abundant Is the supply that thirty mill
lion gallons daily are allowed 20 run
tn waste.
-ElaCateNoe : the extraordinary
name on a eobler's sign IN Roosevelt
street New YORK The word app-az
as a single name. but the initial Il.
the &C and the n are much anger
than the other letters Another sign
near by has this o~Iieudorftan inscrip-
ton Here We learn - cut waists ac-
cortiHE IA the fashion II : expressed
in English and in Hebrew characters
with some attempt AZ illuminated let
teE Beneath . written Wedding
and ball dresSeS - hire Chimney
sweeping IN AL its branches = a u :
gestive sign in Thompson street. aud
-tofe saloon = boldly proclaimed in
Cherry street
"A triumph in engineering : re-
ported from the mountains = Peru.
where a twiu-Acrew steamer Of $40
tons, 10 feet long and "a feet side. has
been successfully launched on Lake
Tiiacacs- the highest navigahle waters
in the world. more than 5000 feet
above the Sea- This steamer. which
belongs - the Peruvian government.
and i said 10 he used Tor freight and
passenger traffic. was built on the
Clyde. and taken apart in more than
1000 pieces and shipped To MOllendo
by SEA Il was then carried To Puno
by railway and transported over the
mountains on the backs Of uamas and
mules. and put together by a scotch
| engineer.