Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-08-01
EoREIGN GOSSIP.

-Ismail Pasha. the late khedive OF
Egypt. left three widows. one a Georg-
ian .-incess and the other two Cir
eassiaus. who live together in the
palace Of Resina. on the bay Of Naples
They now drive about Naples without
their wells. and are very fond Of shop
ping and of the theater.
In the cities of Japan there is n
large class Of women who make their
living by furnishing amusement to en-
nuied patrons They are well edu-
Gated. can converse, recite poetry, tell
stories, sing songs. play the guitar
and dance for the entertainment of
those who send for them
In Finland Jews are to be allowed
to engage in trade and industry on
the same footing as foreigners residing
in the country. by regulations just IS
sued BIZ the government They may
also contract marriages with Christian
foreigners who belong to countries
where such marriages are legal
a curious feature Of the sale Of the
duchess Of Montrose's wines was the
extraordinary bottles that came to
light from her cellar. there were any
number Of maguums. but the magnum
we know. The cock bottle. however.
i a stranger to most. il contains a
magnum and a half. but the royals Of
the late duchess are wonderful bottles;
they might he called glass casks. a.
they each contain four magRumS
Restaurants Of the first rank left
the Paris Palais Royal long ago. and
now the jewellers, the chief attrae-
tion remaining. are leaving as fast as
their leases expire. and moving further
west The theatcrs seem likely to fol-
low At the corner of the Champs
ElySees and the Roe de Berri the
Palais Sport has just been opened. and
a large arena for bicycling and the
alter are spoken OF just of the Avenue
lie la Grande Armee-
zen Poillene de saint Mars. com
handing the French Twelfth army
corps. has issued an order Of the day.
regretting that the soldiers do not
sing on the march. and suggesting to
the regimental bandmaSterS that they
train capable men IN the ranks TO sing
national and wariike songs senti-
mental and popular airs and iuilzbie
10 the accompaniment Of mzndoiInS.
accordionS. or other Instruments that
can he easily played while marching
The Belgian ligz for wOmzns
rights published a call upon the
ProprietOrs Of large stores in BrutelleS
20 allow their salesvomer to use chairs
part Of the day. The merchants de-
q lined on the ground that their wealthy
customers would object il the sales
women were seen seated The league.
not considering the objection a. tena-
bic. has promui gated circular where
in the women are called upon to boy
eott the stores in which the use Of
chairs or stools Is prohibited
-Anti-Semitie agitation in Vienna
has led To an incident that reads ike
Chaueer- A boy was missing in Wahr-
ing suburb recently. when Galicisn
Jew. with his long kzftan. tall bat
and ringlets. happened to pass b. a
chiliren's playground \ woman.
pointing to him. cried. There's the
Jew; he stole the child.- when the
tllAAGFEa Eu>sttA a NAAu- hl4EAeai on
his hat. pulled his eoattaiIs. beat him
and peltesi him with stones He took
refuge in his brothers shop. and =
crowd Of hundreds Of men aud women
smashed in the windows. and would
have lynehed the man IL a large body
Of Doliee had not come 10 the rescue
Among the plans for special at
fractions for the 1900 exhibition So
leeted Oy the commissions for more
careful examination are four schemes
for captive balloons. four for the re-
production of an ironelad or ocean
steamer, eleven panoramas. including
one Of a journey from Paris to the
north pole, sixteen reproductions of
'-Old France '-oId Paris. etc, a large
refraeting telescope. a reproduction of
the moon, tremendous bell in a mon
umental belfry, luminous cataraets
and fountains, projection Of light on
artificial clouds. an electric gyroseope.
children's exposition, and many spe-
cial exhibitions. A curious feature is
the large number of plans based on
aerial navigation