St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-05-04
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Prince Chowfa Maha vajiravadh.
the eldest SON of the second queen OF
Siam and of King Chulalong Korn.
who in consequence of the recent
death of the son of the first queen has
been proclaimed crown prince of Siam,
is boy of fifteen. now at Eton college.
Prince Bismarck has q curious SUI
perstition in connection with the num-
Der three. and apparently not without
reason. He has served three German
emperors, he has fought in three wars,
he has signed three treaties of peace.
he arranged the meeting of the three
empcrors, and established the triple
alliance.
Judge E. lockwood Yoar was, like
his brother, Senator Hoar. typical
New Englander, imbued with the
Puritan spirit. Naturally he never
liked Ben Butler, and he scored Wen
dell Phillips for supporting him. After
Phillips death, when asked if he would
attend his funeral, he replied: mo,
but approve of it"
The duchess of Devonshirc Is pref
ty we'll fixed. She is mistress of eight
magnificent country seats and town
houses, q chateau in France, villa in
the Reviera, and has q daughter mar
ried to a man who bears three duke
doms-Hamilton, Brandon and Chatel-
herault. She herself has been twice led
to the altar by duke.
Charles Montague, of Philadelphia,
has been collecting menus for twenty
five years, and has over two thousand,
some of which are very valuable. The
gem of the collection is the menu of a
dinner given by Queen Victoria ut the
time of the queens jubilee. 1t is print
ed on satin and bordered with gold
fringe two and half inches long.
-Cy Warman. the "Poet of the
Rockies" and author of ''Sweet Marie,
had narrow escape from death on the
Elbc. His ticket had been purchased
and his berth secured and all was
ready, when at the last moment some
thing occurred that made him miss his
train, and his vigorous outpouring Of
to songs of rejoicing when he found
that the boat had gone down.
Congressman Reed has hard work
convincing his friends that the picture
of him in the house lobby is good
likeness. A short time ago he piloted
lady to the lobby and asked her
opinion of the painting. II think it is
horrid," she said. "You don't look q
bit like that. There y absolutely no
expression in that head" "Well,"
said the Maine statesman, Its hard to
get expression in bald head"
AS an indication at this late day Of
the relative popularity Of the works Of
the bard of Avon, the Westminster Ga
zctte learns from the English publish
ers of SCOTS novels that for 800 copies
of "Ivanhoe" $50 copies of "Waverly"
are sold, 275 copies Of Rob Roy" a65 Of
'Kenilworth." 255 Of ''Guy Mannering,"
23O of "Old Mortality" $50 of 1.-The An
tiquary." eos of Quentin Durward,"
1870 of Woodstock" and 16O Of ''Count
Robert Of Paris"
President Faure of France Is Of an
obliging disposition, sees quickly
through those with whom he has to
deal, is ready and rather liberal in
business matters. has an instructive
scent for good market, and is tho
early bird that picks up the worm. He
has managed by rising at five o'clock to
keep prosperous as merchant and ship
broker and to attend with remarkable
regularity to parliamentary business.
His eldest daughter is his confidential
secretary. The second is married to y
Congo merchant.
Sometimes q man who is going in
to n house on business, or on any err
rand whatever, leaves outside half
burned cigar; he hates to throw it
away, and SO he lays it carefully down
on the top step. out Of the way, to be
picked up when he goes out. A man
who did this at house in an uptown
block in New York the other day, and
who, when he came out, bent over con-
fidently as he started down the steps
to pick his cigar up again, was sur
prised not to find it there. He looked
as long as he thought he could with
out attracting the attention of the
neighborhood, and then went on some
what puzzled and disturbed; but the
small boy half q block ahead who was
putting steadily ut \ half-burned cigar
was . picture Of cool serenity.