Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-05-16
FoREIGN GosSIE.

II body ot Sahara troops S 10 be
raised bv France IN her arid African
possessions. where the heat Is fatal q
French soldiers They are - consist
mainly Of natives 0f those regions. but
the officers VIII be Frenchmen
An Australian native belle was
courted BY being knocked down with 4
club and dragged of to her future nus
bands home in the brush The early
travellers tell many stories Of the scars
borne by the women. received during
their courtship.
The botanic garden Of the Jardin
des Piantes includes about seventy
acres. The plants are all labeled with
red labels. medicinal. green for ali
u1entarv. yellow for ornamental pur-
poses. blus for art ard black for poi
sonous plants
Il Chiuamau. BE- h. king or cOoIe.
is devoted TO his father and mother.
When etther parent dies custom or
dams that the sou shall resign al
honors and smployments TO repair 70
the ancestral tomb and mourn there
for a long period.
1t il certain that the big shops have
revolutionize,f al the habits Of buring
anu selling IN France Up 70 I-sB
everything vent By barter. AMI there
was no dxei price Traces Of this prac-
tice are stiIl found in the small shops
around Paris. where the price 5rst
asked has very little 70 do with what
VIII be accepted
Mr.. Asquith proposes 70 abolish
the office % the queens remembrance.
which has become a~hsoIete. He 5
the last evenue officer Of the ancient
exchsquer left. dating back 70 Iss6 at
least His duty was % remind the
lord treasurer and the baruus Of the
exchequer of such things as arr to be
dome for the king benefit For near
" forty years the office has been prac-
tIcaIly a ~sinecure-
1t il reported that 20 tons Of cater.
pillars and Il large number Of coeoous
in al 55,000, ao9 insects-werr de-
struyed n the effort % drive the pest
FROM the youn- plantations q trees an
Hong Kong island They appeared On
the fine trees with which the govern
ment : trying % reaf1rest The island
and lasted for -wo mouths Stations
we're established where the cacerpI-
la= were received ami ua5f for BY
weight. ani this method appears %
fave proved rs eEectsre A. could be
desired
Al Prague man called Pru~chaska
was arrested some TIME aE1 for selling
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drea whose growth ha.t Teen checked
By a p.cui ar iieG. IA they might be
exhibited n Idluur1us for every child
three hundred h1rlns were paid The
inventors of the system and the r.
eu-s af the children a. well have been
punished by the eDurt> Two wears
a-u a regular manuaccorv Of distor-
Euus and uonsrruus Shapes n young
children for begging purposes was dis
covered and suppressed in Croatia
An extraordinary collection Of
books. the library u Nr- GrendadIus.
late Greek minister u England. is
about 70 Dc brought uuier the hammer
IN London II CONSISTS E the first and
ra-esc editions Of the Greek classics in
unusually g~oodsnpies. AItiHes Juutas.
->tephann>eS Of Homer there are 10
cupies. 0f Anacreuu al Of Longrs 30. Of
Iheocritus 81. and - on Among the
books srp Racine Piutarrh. henri Es-
tiennes p-emusshenes. al with manu-
script notes u their uuSsesssE Be
sides these there are - lots q
kv-oniaua incLuiing the original
manuscript Of English BartS a1d
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