St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-08-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Senator Sherman was asked con.
eerning q rumor that he intended "a
resign, and he responded: There is nc
use in discussing this matter. ! have
SO little intention to resign that
have not given the subject . moments
consideration. Indeed, 1t had not &C.
CURED 20 me-"
Tho shootings at Cluny castle,
which Andrew Carnegie has rented
from Ciuny Macpherson. extend over
l.. 900 acres and afford excellent sport.
The old castle. in which Sir Robert
Peel lived at the beginning of the cen
tury. has been altered and enlarged
during the last two years.
Miss May Yates, representative Of
the London Vegetarian society, who
has arrived in this country to arrange
. vegetarian congress in Chicago, is q
warm advocate of whole-meal bread,
and has spent much time in instructing
the poor of London as to its nourish.
ing and economic value.
John Ruskin inherited q, 900. 900
from his parents. Yet he has given
away all of il. and now in his old age
lives entirely on the income from his
works. which yield him sufficient fof
his wants and the keeping up of his
beautiful country estate, Brentwood,
where he has resided more than twenty
years.
Richard Henry Stoddard, one Of
the first and most enthusiastic admirers
of Rudyard kipling. calls his latest
verse. "A Song of the English" rub
bish, and relegates Mr.. Kipling to the
back seats occupied bv writers of sin
gle poems like Wolfc's Burial of Sir
John Moore" and Carey's sally In Our
Alley"
M. Amedee Tardieu. the librarian
Of the French institute, died in Paris
recently. lie was made assistant Ii.
brarian in 1857. and was mainly known
outside of France by his translation Of
Strabo. The elaborate catalogue Of
the library of the institute, which &C.
cupied him many years, he never COM
pleted.
The copyright on Harriet BecchsI
Stoves famous book, Uncle Toms
Cabin" expired May 81. Mrs Stowe is
left comparatively poor woman now
that this source of income is gone. She
is eighty-two years Of age. For the
first edition she received ono hundred
and ten thousand dollars. Her income
has been expended chiefly upon the
of her children.
H. II. Laird, the eminent ship
builder of Birkenhead, England, who
died recently. gained his experience in
shipbuilding in the celebrated yards Of
ToulOn. and returning to the Birkcr-
head iron works thoroughly studied
his business before being admitted as a
partner to the firm. lie had been a
of the English institute of
architects for nearly twenty years.
md was also member of the institute
Of mechanical engineers.
Mrs. e. ID. f. n. Southworth claims
that she was the originator of the serial
story. The first continued story ever
published in the United States came
,ut in the Washington Era forty-fivc
Years ago. and was written by myself.
deserve no credit for it. however, for
{ was the merest accident. 1t was
,allcd 'Retribution.' and I had meant
20 make il about three columns long.
New characters crept in, however, and
carried it through another issue of |
he paper, but didn't complete it."
The story ran through many numbers
was finally completed.
Mr. tAad stone = 50 far. Is his
trength and time permit-goes every
where. sees everything. and knows |
very body connected with his party. |
1ord Salisbury shuns political clubs |
md has remarkably small circle of |
among the men of his |
'wn party. To have attained any sort |
# distinction and importance in poll
les and not to have hobnobbed with |
ir. Maidstone would be difficult for a
LIBERAL: but a conservative may be some
hing more than non-commissioned |
fficer in his party RANKS and remain
ute unknown to his leader.