St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-06-20
PERSONAL AND InapERs0stAL. 1.

The death b announced In Eng laDn
q John Hampden. who some yesss ago
rendered himself conspicuous By ma1nr
tanning that tho earth was nat He
wrote pamphlets and delivered lectures
on his favosite theory. and his delustcn
continued until his death
"A Pennsylvania man says be knows
Of spot where 1t least $500 serpents
were bunched together for the winter.
There were NO fancy snakes among
them, but Just common, every day
snakes, such - blue raesrs and rattle
snakes. and he asks no particular credit
for his discovery.
"A woman Of Valley City. Oak. wag-
cred that she could put the alps on Ave
pillows while any man present at .
different men took her up and suffered
defeat No man can ever aequire TIE
knack Of holding . pillow IN his tssth
70 work with both handA
"A doctor In Paria was called 70 ~
tend . popular actress whose face had
been sadly damaged BY carriage 90
eident He came to the conclusion shot
70 preserve her beauty Il was necessary
to repair the lady's face with . piecA Of
human skin. and according he provided
the remedy BY removing . portion of
his own.
The Queen Of Spain = lsbosinG
under . mania or hallncination that she
will some day come to want and shs y
therefore laying away every penny che
can rake and scrape. She even bor-
rows small coins Of the pages about the
palace and forgets 70 repay them. and
the other day she was caught selling
fourteen pairs Of her old shoes for four
cents per pair.
An Ohio man who was In Pittsburgh
looked like . noted crook, acted In .
suspicious manner and could not tell .
straight story when arrested Even
before jury he mads his eass % bed
that he got Ave years in prison. Il hos
taken two years 70 prove he was entire
y innocent and TO get him pardooed.
and IL win b . lesson % hin 70 Learn
how to talk straight
Mr.. p. T. Sherman says o1 The f.
nous khedive diamonda which were
sent to Miss Minnie 6heFnan By The
khedive Of Egypt IN 1s7l - . wedding
present when she was married to Lieut.
Thomas w. Fitch: Zone Of tie four
shares will be sold. which ons has not
yet been decided, but II Mr2 Fitch has
decided to sell her share. two shares
will be sold. The diamonds are mot
worth el35. 900, q has been said-only
S1o. OOo, and the sale win b entizely
private"
AT her home In Tulare county lase
week died MrA Mary Graves CLARK.
who, when . girl Of nineteen. formed
one Of tho '.forlorn hope" that first
brought TO California tidings a the
starving Donner party In camp at Don
ner lake, near Truokce, In the heart Of
, the Sierra Mary Graves was one a
those forced 10 eat human AeaA 10 sup
port life, and but for the courage and
eudurance Of this small party ths en-
tire company at Donner would hsve
perished
Some fifteen years o. - agQ whom
Robert Louis Stevenson made one
among the little colony Of Art students
and others at BaRbi1u0, . discussion
arose . to who. out Of I'll their num-
Der, could best b spared By ths world
at large-he. in short who never would
be missed BY the general public. Thsro
was some dimculty about coming 70 .
decision, 20, Anally, every o0e psoosnt
| Inscribed the name Of his candidate ON
. slip Of paper. The alps were folded.
placed In . hat snd. On being opsned
and read, proclaimed that al (himselS
| includedl had voted for Stevenoo0l