St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-09-16

PERSONAL AND lMPERSONAL.
"A man was seen loafing about
bailding that was being painted at Bel.
fast Maine, recently. When asked II
he wanted . job he said that he was
only waiting Tor the men to be paid OF,
- he wanted to borrow . dollar.-Phil-
sdelphia Ledger.
William d. Mccoy, United States
Minister TO Liberia, who died at MonrO-
via May II. was . native Of Cambridge
City, Ind, and about 20 years of age.
He had been . teacher for many years.
prior to his appointment, and was one
of the most progressive colorcd men in
the country.
Every spring the emperor Of China
goes 70 ''the emperor's ileld." plows a
portion Of il, sows IL with several kinds
Of seeds and supsrintends the ceremony
while the princes and nine courtiers
perform the same act in honor of the
god OF agriculture. The empress at
the same time gives her ladies . lesson
in silk culture. q ias
4. Mrs Martha Raymond. colorcd,
Who lives near Woodbury., n. J., claims
70 be lis year, Old. She says she was
born in Virginia in ITS. and some OF
the oldest residents Of Woodbury. admit
that she seemed to be . pretty old wom-
an when they were young people.
She has been living in that townfor
about sixty yearz
Tho duke of Ncwcastle's speciality
in amateur Photography il to secure
portraits of rare wild animals in their
native surroundings lie travels in
quest of these with Gambler Fenton.
member Of the Royal Geographical So
ciety and well known rs one Of tho
most expert amateur photographers OF
animals in the world.
Judge Mckinley. of Duluth. is in a
singular position. He is judge of the
circuit court in which his own wife,
recently admitted to the bar. will prac-
tice. And yet he is probably the only
man in the world to-day who can pre-
vent his wife from having the last word
or fine her for contempt il she does not
stop talking when he tells her to.
LIT IL relstcd Of Edwin Booth that
he was ut one time able 70 save the life
of Robert Lincoln. Both men were in
. railway station, and Mr.. Lincoln had
inadvertently stepped ON . track in
front of an approaching engine. Alb
sorbed in thought, he had not noticed
the vicinity of the train. and would
have been struck down had not Mr..
Booth sprung forward, caught him in
his arms, and lifted him almost bodily
to . place of safety. The engine was
20 near that il actually grazed Mr..
LincOln's heels :.
-Ex-Secrctary of the Navy Tracy is
quoted Is saying, apropos Of The dis
aster to the Victoria, that line-Of-
battle ship like her II always exposed
to the danger of capsizing, being top
heavy. ''The Victoria carried mon
strous gun, weighing 11O tons The
largest gun we have weighs only sixty
Eve tonA This tremendous weight
placed the ship at tho mercy of the
waves n soon as the water began 70
pour in. This sccident only re-enferces
what have repeatedly said-in my an
nual reports. that, however, it may be
for England, IL Is folly for us to keep .
large battleship cruising in time of
peace"
,Self-interest Is not an inevitable
quantity in human nature. There is
bluff and hearty old IrishmaD who
keeps . small book store In New York
suburban town, who expresses Opin-
ions about the wares that he sells
When = boy inquiries for Daredevil
Dick, the Dead Shot" he says: "What!
Haven't you any better way to spend
your time than in reading trash like
that? Hero IL in You ought TO be
ashamed Of yourself Now. don't you
read it until you've shown it to your
parents" A man who had ordered,
him. . number Of works on
spiritualism and magic. was greeted,
on the delivery of those volumes, with:
'.Nan, man! Time must be heavy on
your hands to want to be studying rub
biSh like that"