St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-02-21
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

known and distinguished members Of
Parliament keeps . fashionable lodging
house in London, where in the season a
majority Of tho patrons arc Americans
Among the unpublished Thackeray
manuscri pts now offered for sale in
London are . notebook containing
1000 fragments OF unpublished verses, .
scrap-book with 400 tracings and sketch
ings. and an album Of sketches
Lady Martin Miss Helen Faucit)
in whose pew Browning used to sit
when visiting tho little church at
. L!arSbysil;o. Wales. when no spent tho
autumn Of 1886 at that place, has had .
memorial tablet put on the church with
the inscription: I'm memory Of Robert
Browning. poet, born 1912. died 1889.
who worshiped in this church ten weeks
in autumn: 1886. by his friend Helen
Faucit Martin"
-Jo Howard says OF Henry Ward
Beecher: Il have seen him hundreds Of
times take his letters from the post-of
fice, open them as he walked along the
street. continue opening them in houses
attend to his own business. That MIRA
Rcecher opened some of his letters Is
quite likely. hut to say that it was the
regular procedure, she determining what
to answer and what to throw away, is
simply silly" Oess.
"A selection from tho correspondence
OF the late Queen Elizabeth OF Prussia.
wife Of KING Frederick William w., is
to be published toward the end of next
year. 1t will be edited by Emprcss
Frederick. A large collection of the ac-
complished Queens letters was made by
Emperor Frederick. who intended to
publish number of them. He had also
proposed to write a short biography Of
his aunt for whose intellectual quail
ties he had tho greatest admiration.
Tho London Literary World says
that during ono OF his recent sailing
trips fire broke out in Mr.. r. L. Stew
cnson's cabin, and tho burning things
were hurriedly carried on deck or flung
into the sea. Suddenly Mrs. Stevenson
saw two Of the crow with burning box
which they were about to cast over
board. fortunately she was in time to
save II, or all Mr.. Stevcnson's literary
notes for many months past including
the greater part of . story being writ
ten under contract for 81, 900. and much
of the history of tho island which is for
the future to 10 his home, would have
been irrecovcrably lost
While Evangelist Moody was thun-
dering strong truths into the hearts of
his hearers 1T Buffalo. N. ", recently,
an aged deacon who sat near him on the
platform kept interfering audible and
fervent "Amens' and Goods" "A man
with principle is man to be admired
abovc many Others" roarcd ont Mr..
Moody. That's true, mum bled out the !
deacon In tones Of rapture. The evan
gelist turned around instanter and
shouted in his mellow voice: ''True, Of
course It's truc. What do you suppose
I'm telling hero tonight lies?" The
poor little deacon subsided.
DIR. Holmes tells In the Atlantic
that he has 'iust cleared tho eight
barred gate" and taken . step into q
field which few come within sight of
and still fewer enter. The genial doc
tor says women grow old easier than
men. and this is a strain from his "De
20. il we could all 70 out
Of flower as gracefully. as pleasingly,
IS We come into blossom! l always
think Of the morning glory as the love-
liest example Of graceful yielding to
the inevitable. 1t IL beautiful before |
It's twisted corolla opens; it is comely
IS it folds its petals inward. when its |
brief hours Of perfection are ovcr."