Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-07-18
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

Emperor William has offended the
noble army of deadheads. He has given
orders that no person shall be per-
mitted to ride free on the government
railways unless actually engaged In
the service of the government, and that
officials allowing any violation OF that
rule shall be dismissed This order at.
fects a great many of the nobility who
have been getting free rides.
Chinese Minister Tsui said to
Ulysses s. Grant, Jr., upon being intro
duced to him: "You are the son of the
great Gallant and your place is in
China, where the government would do
every thing for you, because they loved
your father" The Chinese word for
the name Grant, it seems is one that is
pronounced 'Gallant," which is singu-
larly appropriate in this instance.
DR.. Livingstone's faithful black SER
want, Susi died recently in Zanzibar.
With a companion he carried the famous
explorers body 500 miles, from the in
terror of Africa to the coast, suffering
many privations and risking dangers in
hostile territory, in order that he might
save his master from an unknown grave.
Parliament thanked Susi for his per-
Torrance, and even the queen took
notice of his courage and fidelity.
The great falling off in the COM
sumption of chewing tobacco is mainly
| owing to the growth of refinement in
cities, and therefore it is the tin-fon
and fine-cut trade that has suffered
| most In the country ut large the
| amount of chewing tobacco consumed
is still enormous, but countrymen are
fondest of plug tobacco, either sweet
plug or the dry kind that can be used
both to chew and to smoke in pipes.
Bouquets are very original this
year in London society, but are not
more admirable on that account Tri-
angular aAd pointed ferns are concealed
under hsssy mass of flowers and are
| more potent rs weapons than AS atddi-
tional charni4 A bouquet worn at
court by Lady Caledon recently to
match her gown was of exquisite pink
roses with their own foliage, tipped
with brown and tied with pale pink and
silver ribbons.
Says a florist: Were / restricted
III my gardening operations to the use
Of four species of plants, then, without
hesitation, l should choose hardy roses,
lilies, rhodode ndronS and clematis.
Lilies l shcu Id give a second place in
Importance. roses the first: but if con-
slider results in proportion to labor and
expense, then lilies should have the
first place. And in every garden these
four plants should prcdoIninatc and
should be relied upon for grand ef-
fects
Some one asked Sir Frederick
Leighton and Sir John Millais. among
others, as to whether there was such a
thing as genius in art without a hard
apprenticeship. Sir Frcderick's letter
| was this: I'm answer to your letter l
write to say that nothing considera bic
the bcstowal of infinite pains" Sir
| John wrote: ~ have no belief in what
is called genius generally under
stood. Natural aptitude l do believe
| in. but it is absolutely worthless with
| out intense study and continuous Ia
| Dor"
Rosa Bonhcur, writes s. c. Hall,
! spent one evening at our house in Lon
| don. Among the guests was n Chinese
| of high rank, who volunteered to cn-
terrain the company with a song. 1t
was so excessively odd that there was
| no Restraining burst of laughter.
/, After 4 vain attempt to stop herself by
thrusting her handkerchief into her
mouth, Mile. Bonheur led Off The
Chinese gentleman did not seem at all
put out, but informed us through his in
| terpreter that what we laughed at was
| of a tragic nature, which, had we un.
| derstood it, would have moved Us all to
| tears.