St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-11-04

Daniel webster ussd 70 Be fcsnd Of
dr.ughta Ths widow -sf ex-Speaker
Linn Boyd. Of Kentnslsys says that
when In Washington he often visited
her hu.hand.l aud that they "would
play the dresry gauas o. checkers
IsteadAy hear.a after hoss. sonetihess Ill
-Ric6ard Brin.ley sheridan VA.
once talking - . frisnd sboat the
prince regent wAe took great credit to
AimssH for varie1s publis occurrences.
- Il they had been directed BY his po-
litical skill o. foreseen 6y his political
sagaeity: -sBuA" said Shefa1aa. sitter
+expatiating ON -thia. ..:what his royal
highness more particularly prideA him
self on, l. the late excellent harvesk"
s4Rev. Cnssles H Spurseon wa.
ashed hot loes Asfsss hiss death by
an American preacher, Rev. DR.. Will
liam Wright, II Il WAS true that he
once said: Resist tho devil and ne
will dee from y0usSesisAe-d deacon and
hefwill hy.eG you !" ThsgzuAtpssecher
auswsred that the sentence was older
than his grsndfather, and so could not
have originated with him. aud shas he
newer had aay experience swhiah wosld
have justified him in repeating il
-Rossini was blessed with . not very
retentive memory especially for names
Of persons introdueed 10 him Oneday
he met Bishop. the English composer.
Rossini knew the face well enough,
and It once greeted him6 "Ah! my
dear NJ. -,r but She eo1d. progress
no further. To.copvince- him that he
lad not fosgotten him. Rossini com
menced whistling Bishops glee, when
tho Wind blows" compliment which
s'the En&lish Mozast" recognized. and
would as readily have heard - his less
musical surname
Miss Caroline Preston DAVIS could
not. according to the laws Of tho uni
versity Of Virgins, attend its lectures.
but she did peas successfully its exami-
nations in Mathenstics, receiving f5Om
the facplty . Acsrti6cate Of exeellence.
and the members Of the graduating
class voaed to her the privilege Of IN
honogary diplona.s Miss lFeno w. Colt.
the brilliant young woman of Norwich,
Conn, who successfully passed the
classical examinations 1t Yale last
summer, but wa forbidden the priv
lego Of entering the university because
Of her sex. has accepted . place ~
teacher in the girls seminary at Cen
eva, N. Y.-Harper's Bazaar.
- Adm Humann. the cummiandef-in-
ehisf Of the French Soreas in Siam,
whose name has appeared % otter in
print since the beginning Of the troable
httweun Etaneo anA the 0Fieutal ooan-
try, , the grandson Of JeAn-George
Human, rich merchant Of Strssburg.
He was minister Of finance under the
sD-ealled Judy nGnsrchy. The udnhal
WAS horn IN 1854 ard wns graduated at
the naval school in 1857. He became .
c6peain in leoa Nlhsf years later he
wss made vics sdmira1 anA eo0nsnder-
in-chief of the division Of the extreme
orient He went ON the French expo
dition TO syria. CoreS and Cochin China,
ana played Z proninent part dafing the
siege of Raria He hos besa sent by
tn government on several important
diplomatic missionA The admiral
ffarried Nile. De Bouthillier-C Chsvigny,
and is-the fathsr of six ehildrcA He
Il man. of medium height sxcseding-
" strong, erect and forccfnl-lookipe.
m features ara large his beard -
'hsavy and gray. On the whaaa - 10
IN idesl-loeking French soldier.