St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-10-08

Timothy Hoplsins gives his railroad
library Of one thousand volumes to the
Stanford university. He accompanies
the gift with . cash contribution to
buy all the books ever written in any
language on railroads. making it the
only complete library Of the kind in ex.
istence.
Prince Alexis Of Russia missed tho
last train that would reach the English
Derby in time, and teleRraphed polite
request to have the races delayed, ~ he
was exceedingly anxious to zee them.
When he arrived at the Derby, how.
ever, he found that the races had come
Oh rs . matter Of couraA.
The German colonial Office has Is
sued for the use Of all pioneers n distant
lands, more especially in Africa and
telling how to collect vocabularies of
languages, Of which no previous record
II available. The words are arranged
according 70 subjects - Philadelphia
Ledger.
-One Of the most popular writers Of
the day in France. the Comtesse de
Martel, who IL better known by her
pseudonyme Of ''Gyp." ID . great-niece
of Mirabeau. She IL leading spirit in
both society and Bohemian circles in
Paris, and devotes herself to reproduc-
ing and satirizing the follies and light
vices Of the day.
Miss Emma Eames, the American
songstress, tells . London interviewer
that hard Is she works, she never al
lows herself TO get tired. 1.-THE mo-
ment I And that my intelligence is
clouded." she says, II sit down and
think or read books and 60 to bed
early. Nothing can be done without
intense power of concentration"
Steps have been taken already in
Germany to erect . statue to Poet
Friedrich Won Bodenstedt, who died In
wiesbaden . few weeks ago. As the
author was extremely popular in his
n alive country. It is believed that il
will be easy to raise sufficient money
70 honor his memory. Herr Won Boden-
stedt's only son is said to be . citizen Of
this country.
One of the most important pieces Of
work in which the countess of Aber-
deem Is engaged u the Haddle House
. league Of servants, and
she has branch Of it in her own estab-
lishment. She calls this the Household
club. and in il are included classes for
. inging, drawing, sewing, home-read-
Ing and wood-carving. Prof. Brice and
Prof Drummond have both lectured
before this club.
When Thackeray was in this couh.
try he called on Gen. Scott, full of ad-
miration for his remarkable campaign
In Mexico, and eager to hear the war
rior explain how battles were fought
md fields were won. swell, now you
know al about It," remarked . friend,
- the novelist returned from . two
hours tete-a-tete with the soldier. mot
1t ALL" replied Thackeray, with .
twinkle in hiseye. THE general takes
no interest in strategy. ! found that
literature WAS his forte"
The empress-dowager OF China IL
woman Of character and progressive
IDEAS She greatly admires the civiliza-
lion Of western nations and longs to SEQ
China In the front ranks When the
Chinese Statesmen demonstrated with
her because she desired that her son,
The emperor. should study English with
} tutor, she brusquely informed them
hat their opinions were not wanted.
Nhereupon they FASTENED 70 bring her.
rom the college Of PelEin, two students
% act - teachers, and the young en-
,eror is now busily engaged IN master
ng the intricacies Of the English primer.