Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-07-26
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
-Ar0od many enthusiastic Britishers
who cnlis; t. serve their country seem
g. sind the conditions Of service un-
satisfactory, for nearly s50.OO0 was paid
last year hy recruits to purchase their
discharge before they had been in the
army three months.
The capitalized wealth Of Great
Britain was estimated by the statistican
Of the board Of trade to amount in lss5
to Fin.g37. t.E. 900. or about sJ0.is7, i-0,-
0G0. There is no official estimate Of the
wealth II this country. but a recent I'M
official estimate places it at about s50,-
0c0, gO0, 900.
BY irrigation 5000. 600 acres are
made fruitful in India alone. In Egypt
there are about 5000. 000 acres. and in
Europe about 5000. 600 acres. The
United States has just begun the work
~ improving waste area, and has al
ready about 1000. DON acres ~ irrigated
land-Chicago Standard
1t Is said that Of all the races in
south Africa the Zulus posses the
strongest characteristics. They are n
fine physique and remarkable mental
endowments. Their language Is char
acterized by extreme refinement. and
in its precision Of grammatical forms
and facility for making compound
words it is scarcely inferior to the
Greek
II is proposed in London q organize
an..nsurance company to guard house
DIVERS and the tenants from entering
upon or acquiring unsanitary property.
The association would exclude from is
backs houses in bad condition. while
all property receiving a certificate u
good condition. for the guidance Of in
vrstors and hou~eholders. would be
subject 10 periodical inspection
Hitherto in France Joan Of Arc has
becn almost the only woman u mount
upon n marble pedestal. but the priv
ilrge is being extended At Wires a
statue IS being raised - Nine. de sew
lyme, and az Valenciennes 4 similar
honor Is in store for Nile. Buchenois.
AprupoS 81 these facts. a French writer
observes. Woman being even in mar
bile, - much more decorative than our
selves. n can only rejosc over the adj
vent 81 feminine statues
\ new rust resisting variety Of
wheat Is reported by the south Aus
t~ralian Register. II was observed by a
farmer, several wears ago while reap
ing a badly rusted field 81 wheat. that
among it were some heads wholly I'M
affected lie picked amt carefully
saved them. sowing the grain the next
wear. II yielded well and showed no
sign ~ rust. Prom that beginning the
stock has increased sntil twenty acres
were raised last year. the erCP Il which
was taken AZ a rou-i price.
Russia ha, = wriI-appointcd system
NJ veterinary service Ths general di-
r~rction is commutei u q special com
mission u competent officials appointed
by the minister - the interior. one
member FROM each II the adminis;ra-
ti-e departments. with the president II
the sanitary council At the head. ~
The duties ~ the commission comprise
the ma intenanre ~ the veterinary ~erv-
1E 4NNA NNANAANAAAfHAA W. FftiAaaLNNfAN AMI
NAL disease ~ The diffusion Of in
telii-ence concerning the management
and cure " live stock. f1I Imnartinr
~ necessary instruction 70 local v~eteri-
nary authorities a. Examination If
new discoveries in veterinary and Sani-
tary science. ~ Authorizing the sale
II approved medicines. tGi Regulating
the transportation # live stock "a
Establishing veterinary stations along
the line II live stock -
Providing such stations with facilities
for the ISOLATION Of infected OF exposed
animals.
The London newspapers used To
make a distinction between a simple
notice ~ a death. for which they
charged i've shillings. and a brief obit-
nary. for which they demanded seven
and ~siX-Peuce- one day DIR. Thomas
hume called at the office IF morning
journal and silently placed upon the
counter the announcement If the death
IT a friend, together with i've shiIling~
The clerk glanced at the paper. tossed
it me side. and said. grufiv: seven and
six Il have frequently. answered
Hume, had occasion to publish these
simple notices and have never before
been charged more than i've shilling
simple repeated the clerk. without
looking up. there an added line. uni
versaliy beloved and deeply regretted
isn't there? seven and six Hume
produced the additional half-cruwu
and laid II deliberately by the Others.
observing in his most solemn tone
Congratulate yourself sir. this Is an
expense which your executors will
never he put tn.