St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-22
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

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eeive ten thousand dollars from the
London Graphic for series Of twenty
letters about his tour In Mashonaland.
This II for serial publication only, and
when collected in . volume they ought
to bring the suthor a much more.
-Bismarck IL quoted BY Berlin cor.
respondent to the effect that he viii
publish his memoirs during his life, %
that he can defend them II they arc at.
tackled. He says Il would make him
'.jump in his coffin" II some persons he
could think of were to have IN oppor.
tunity Of lying about him unanswered.
DIR. Edward Everett Hale declares
that the secret Of the power Of Brown
ing over the great masses of men ID that
ne talks as il he were talking to arch
angels, and, even IL we do not under
stand. we are uplifted Doubtless, yet
the most valuable and lasting impulse
is not that received from something that
is vaguely comprchended and blindly
admired.
Two weeks before Moltke's death
the account of the celebration Of his
birthday last October % was published
in book form. In it congratulstory
dispatches from princes, statesmen and
generals occupy seven hundred and
eighty pages; from societies and meet
ings, fifteen hundred pages; from stu
dents and schools, one hundred and
seventy four pages
Whistler and Oscar Wilde are great
friend& The story goes that on one oc-
caaion Whistler told . very funny story,
and after the applause had ceased
Wilde drawled out somewhat peevish.
": "Egad. Whistler. I wish I'd said
that" Thereupon Whistler retorted,
amiably and soothingiy: "Ah. never
mind. Oscar. but have patience. for you
will say it. indeed you will"
in 1873 Mr.. Anthony Rich made Q
will leaving something Of his property
to Charles Darwin. ito whose tran
scendent genius and subtle investiga-
ton, extending over a long period of
years. the discovery and practical proofs
of the law of evolution il due" When
Darwin died Mr.. Rich made . eoiicil
that this gift should take
effect a. II he had died before Darwin,
and that the property should be subject
to Darwin's will. Mr.. Rich has Just
died, and two relatives of Darwin are
appointed executors.
The gallant Gen. Franz Sigel may
be seen on Broadway, New York. at
times, but he does not look - vigorous
as in other years, and IL il evident that
the hard experiences Of life have told
upon him. He is but sixty years Of age,
yet il is half century since he was .
student Of the military school at Carls.
ruhe in Germany, forty-three years since
he held command In the Baden revolu-
lion. forty years since he came to Amer
ica, and thirty years sincs he entered
npon service In the war for the Amer
ican union. He has had . life Of activity
and many experiences - = soldier, pol
itician and writer.
The young Chinese emperor has Gel.
sbrated the completion Of his twentieth
rear by picking out . new wife. Prece-
lent allows . man Of his rank seven of
these companions. and this acquisition
3 only the second. His mother exam
ned the many candidates for the honor,
md selected ten therefrom, out Of which
,umber Hwangti made the final choice.
This maiden il the daughter Of . man
larin of the yellow button, and il said
20 have the smallest foot In Pekin. To
be an emperor's wife In China il not
considered . very enviable lot Is after
she Il never permitted to see
my Of her old friends again.