St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-12-07
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-LOuts l. OF France was the stanh-
merer, because Of . defect in his
speech. Michael H.. emperor OF the
east, had a similar defect, which gave
him the same designation. 1t is said
he could not speak until he had
stamped his feet.
Alexander the Great WAS desig-
mated by his subjects The Conquernr,
q title. though much less deserved. BE-
slowed by his people on Alfonso OF
Portugal and Aurunzebe, the emperor
Of india The same title has been given
also to James l. of ArraRon; Osman l.,
sultan of Turkey: William l., the con-
queror Of England.
M. Hippolyte Raymond, author OF
'Les vingt huit jours de Clairctte.
and many other successful farces in
TIE style of Labiche. shot himself
through the head recently IN Paris on
account Of insomnia and worry. His
plays were having long runs. and the
latest. mile. Bernol." is being re-
hearsed 1t the Cluny theater.
Lii Hung Chang. who is not . to-
bacco smoker, has one of the finest col
lections of smoking utensils in the
world. lie has pipes Of all ages and
from all parts OF the world. He keeps
adding constantly to his treasures in
this line. Cigar-holders of every va
riety-some Of them exceedingly costly
form an interesting feature of his
collection.
-Viscount Mountmorres. who 10 .
member of the London county council,
has informed the London press that
he is ready to furnish it with contri-
buttons ut the rate Of one dollar and
fifty cents per two thousand words il
taken by the week. or 1t lower rates
for longer period. He says that he
is "a vivid and graceful writer of more
than ordinary liabilities"
-DaRobert ii. of France was The
Young. He was Z years old when he
ascended the throne. Leo H. and
Louis VII were also sometimes thus
designated, the former having been
only 4. and Louis VII, who was II on
his accession. Ludwig III. Of Germany.
who Is also designated The Young.
was % on his accession. and Romanus
H., emperor Of the east. was 20.
Nelson's medals were offered for
sale few weeks ago. and now those
OF Field Marshal Lord Hill. .'WellinR-
tons right arm" and for q time COM
mander-in-chief Of the English army.
are to be sold 1t auction. Among them
are the Waterloo medal. the Grand
Cross OF the Order of the Bath. many
foreign orders and swords Of honor,
and the gold casket in which the free
dom Of the city of London was present.
ed to him.
"A violent attack on the behavior
OF the French in the last war printed
in the Morgen Zeitung under the title
OF "Hyenas on the Battlefield" con-
tanning serious accusations against
the troops engaged in the battle of
Woerth. has been shown to be stolen
from the Garienlaube OF 1866, where
the attack was on tho conduct of the
Austrians at Sadowa. Tho only
changes in the article were the substi-
tntion OF Woerth for Sadowa and
French names for Austrian.
-Mascagni has written an article on
opera librettos for . newspaper at
Cerignola, in which he says that over
one thousand five hundred librettos
are written in Italy every year. and
that two hundred of them are sent to
him. He has had books from q rail-
road porter. from a sailor. q shoe
maker and pig doctor. One dealt
with italian unity. among the charac-
tiers being Garibsldi, baritone; the
Pope. . basso. and Victor Emanuel, .
tenor. Another called MAY Day" was
about strike. and had chorus, I'VE
want an eight-hour day"
Jacob Shoudy has been q resident
Of Deadwood since 1875, a resident Of
the west since 1860, and previous to
1860 he had made two trips to Cali
fornia- He figures that he has eaten
$3.50 meals, which, at 30 cents per
meal, has cost him S3s. 32s. but of this
amount he has saved sl,25O during the
past fifty years by not getting shaved
twice a week at Is cents per shave;
$685. by not smoking three 1O-cent
cigars per day; 81. sos by not drinking
three beers per day and the same
amount by not treating his friends
three times per day.