St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-04-25
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


-Mn Rachel Stilwaggon. who has
Just died at Flushing, L. L., aged one
hundred yearA. made all her own
clothes and performed her own house
work until she was ninsty years old.
PROF. Harriet Cooke. professor Of
history In Cornell, h the first woman
ever honOred with the chair and equal
pay with men professors. She has
taught in Cornell twenty-three years.
The well-known Connecticut wealth.
er prophet, Horace johnson, Of Middle
Haddam. who predicted the famous
blizzard, and whose weather horoscope
was printed two Or three times . year
In the Stats papers. has become insane.
rcPaul Lidaw, the German novelist.
ID about to visit this country ard is ex-
pected to write book about Us when
he gets back home. The book will be
novel" enough II Il follows the preCe-
dent set BY foreign travellers in this
land generally.
"A sensational story WAS printed in
Berlin recently that Baron Gustav
Rothschild had been sent TO Algiers on
account Of the condition Of his mind.
Il was also aid that the Baron had lost
10000. 900 francs lately BY speeulstlng
in Paris and in London, and that since
1855 he had lost :00. .000. 900 francA
Another New York society woman
who has gained . substantial name in
the world of letters. and whose recent
publication Of The Anglo-maniacs"
has given her wide fame, h Mn. Bur-
ton Harrison She is . very pretty.
vivscious lady, whose winning manners
are . great charm. Mrs Ha5rison il Of
Virginia birth and education and has
long been known as successful writer
Of plays and sketches. - a.s8J
Mr. and Mra Stanley have reaaon to
remember Toronto pleasantly. They
were in the city Just seven hours, dur
ing which time they were the biggest
people In the town. The Ontario So
ciety Of Artists gave them . reception.
presenting to Mrs. Stanley . handsome
album Of paintings. Mrs Stanley made
. graceful little speech Of thanks. The
artists gave her three Canadian British
cheers. and every bedy was supremely
happy. .a
Francis the Second Of Naples. that
luckless Bourbon Ounce whose throne
Garibaldi overthrew in 1850, and who is
said to be one of Daudet,s ''kings in
exile, still lives In aimless comfort in
Paris, where his sole activity h walking
ouce day from his apartment to the
Church of St. Philippe to say his prayers.
He Il rather small and Insignificant in
appearance, and looks like pensioned
bank clerk rather than , monarch re-
tired from business" = .Es f@r
William Westale. the novelist. lives
q High Standing. Laughton, and is .
Lancashire man. He was born In 1885.
In appearance he Il slight and slim,
about Ave feet i've inches high. with
grayish hair, much wrinlkled fogehead.
bright blue eyes, straight nose. . soft,
silky grayish beard, which delight an
Eastern cadi He speaks very clearly
and emphatically, and Il b evident that
he has . good deal Of reserve force.
When describing . scene his eyes Light
up, and you can mot fail to feel that he
il seeing the whole thing q he speaks.
He has . great fund Of humor, and
every noW md then some quaint little
story comes out He practically began
70 write stories when he was in, his
teenA Then he contributed 20 the local