St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-31
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

IL, IL woman OF nlGn aims OufHlal
got into her house the other night. and
she fired three shots ut his head. The
souvenirs he left behind were a hat
with a bullet hole in the crown and q
section of tho lobe of one Of his ears
An American woman who is much
liked in English society is Mrs. Bur
rowes, of Stradone. Ireland. She is the
daughter of Commodore G. A. Magru.
der, the virginian. who left the United
States navy at the outbreak of the re.
bellion. Her husband is the descend
ant Of an English gentleman who re.
ceived from James l. . grant of the
Stradone estate.
The Marquis de Rays, lately de-
ceased, is said to have suggested to Al
phonse Daudet his very amusing char.
acter of Port Tarascon." The mar.
quis raised a large fund to found q
colony at Port Breton, in Oceanica. but
kept most of the money. and sent few
''colonists" To starve in the mythical
settlement. He served five years in
prison for this scheme.
One woman worth e30, 900. 900 IL Miss
Mary Garrett. of Baltimore. daughter
of the railroad king. She is quite
stout. of medium height, with q pale
face and blue eyes, q bit concealed by
gold-trimmed spectacleA She spends
most of her time travelling, speaks hall
a dozen languages fuently. and keeps
herself as we'll posted on all railroad
affairs as does her brother Robert. the
present head Of the Baltimore d Ohio
system.
One of the most singular volumes
extant is the manuscript diary of
James II. 1t is preserved in the inn
perial library in Paris, and is filed
with reflections on the course he
should have pursued in order to retain
the English throne. He says in one
place: 81 did not retire from the Battle
on the Boyne from q sense of fear.
but that 1 might preserve to the world
a life that felt was destined to future
greatness
-''Sophie May" the author Of those
fascinating books for children, "Dotty
Dimple" and Little Prudy," has been
in southern California for over . year,
trying to recover from . serious neu-
ralgic affection of the eyes and head.
Mr.. William Lee, her publisher, re-
ceived letter from her q few days ago,
saying that her health was much inn
proved, and she trusted that she was
we'll on the road to permanent recov-
cry. This il good news for her friends.
The Countess Tolstoi is an extreme
ly clever woman. intellectually. and
cne who is more than q match for her
husband in his arguments. She is of
necessity the financial manager of the
family; has taken possession Of the es-
tate, which she administers for the
good Of her husband and children. She
it was who issued few years ago the
cheap edition of Count Tolstoi's novels,
on the royalties of which the house
hold has been supported.-N.. o. Plea
yune. 6
"A man in Elmira who used to see
something Of Mark Twain, says that
the humorist always took an unex-
pected view Of things. He (Mark) was
asked to go to the reformatory and
give reading to the boys there, from
one of his stories He replied: ''Now
that's a good idea for me-. Because 1
have been asked by . literary club to
read down in the town. The boys are
nnarmed and under guard, and it will
be perfectly safe-for me. by watch
ing them can get an idea of how safe
it's likely to be to read the same thing
to that club" He gave both readings,