St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-04


The Princess Bestxiee closely fol-
lows eli the topical songs, and after
dinner 1t DelmoFsl the queen frequent
II listens 70 . medlsy Of popular airs
played by the princess, who in all tho
atrical matters is thoroughly up TO
date.
Emperor william, of Germany, Il
seems, will not visit the theater Sun
day. While On his recent trip 70 Italy
the managers Of the Theatre Fenice, in
Venice, gave . special entertainment
in his honor on Sunday. but the audi
ence waited in vain for King Humbcrt
and the emperor.
Dr. John A. Andrews. Of WOrces-
ter. Mass. has been in practice over
sixty years. during forty-eight Of which
he answered calls day and night. and
now, At the age Of u. he still has .
large Office practice. and he includes
among his patients some of the third
generation he has treated.
"A strangely expressed prayer was
recently made, sxtemporaneously. ut .
meeting o.. pious people in London.
They had come together TO say fare
well TO . missionary and his wife. 4
layman was asked to pray and begaa
in this wise: 20 Lord. who carest both
for man and beast, take care. we be-
seech Thee, of our brother-snd his
wife"
On the day of her reusnt marriage,
Miss Blaine sent to the state depart
ment two magnificent bouquets, with
the request that one should be placed
upon the desk once used by her father.
the other on the desk used by her
brother. Walker Blaine. On the pre-
ceding day she had placed with her
own hands = profusion of beautiful
flowers on her fathers grave.
Baron Hirsch. the famous Hebrew
financier and benefactor, who has
spent millions Of dollars in aid Of his
co-religionists throughout the world.
and in founding colonies of Jewish inn
migrants in the United States and the
Argentine republic, gave recently in
London. q banquet which cost Gl.2OO
or %, ZOO. There was present at the
table sixty friends of the baron. most
VI WuO4u wCIC mbIA1Ou0kICS 0ASO anu Cu-
gagged in. financial pursuits.
J. Atoae time there were twp mem
beSsof oe hou,se of Commons named
Mdnts9u Matthew And Matthew Mon
ta(u: the fOrxser till. Handsome man,
and the latter little man. During a
Session OF parliament, t1e speaker hay-
ing ed1reese4 tho later rs the former,
NA~AAa - oHe>-N %h~< a. -
strange that he should make such a
mistake. as there was Is great differ
ence between them rs between horse
chestnut and . chestnut horse.
1t has been said of DIR. Bartol, the
Boston clergyman who has just cele-
bratAd The eghty-h1st anniversary Of
his birth, tlnt if you heard him peeach
for year you were made acquainted
with everything Of importance that was
going on At the Hub. He has the dis
tinction of having delivered more nota-
: bic ealogies OF the crest men of this
century who hsHe died than any other
pastor in New England with the posi-
bic exception Of the lste Dr.. Peabody.
-Rt. Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel,
WnO ID 0olU " WouV W HCeA0 HUM sAA~-
speakership of the house Of commons.
is the younger son Of the late Sir Rob
crt edl1, and wac born in wa. He re-
ceived his education 1t Elm and Ok.
ford. and first entered parliament in
1865 for Warwick. which he has repre-
scented to the present time. He was
parliamentary secretary to the poor
law board from December, 1868, to JAN
uary, 1871; secretary to the board OF
trade from 1871 to 1873; patronage SEC
rotary to the treasury, 1874, and
under secretary to the home depart
mcnt for nine months. On the retire
ment, in 1854, of Sir Henry Brand. Mr..
Peel was elected speaker of the house
Of commons, and has retained that
position ever since to the satisfaction
Of all parties. His resignation is q
genuine loss, a his knowledge of par
liamentary lsw Sihd his firm character
enabled him to maintain = high stand
ard Of discipline and dignity. His
judicial mind and honesty of purpose
have enabled him to decide the most
delicate questions without mourning
the suspicion Of political prejudice.