St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-11-30
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-JOSepn IL, the son Oh tho FAMOUS
Maria Theresa. was known among his
subjects as the "Hatted King" He
never consented TO the formal cere-
moEy of coronation.
1T is painful TO read Mrs Lynn
Lynton's statement that George Eliot
twas essentially underbred and pro-
vincial," and that she was "unwashed,
unkempt. unbrushed. dressed badly.
and held her arms and hands kangaroo
fashion"
An Albert medal has been awarded
to Mr.. Hereward Hewison. OF New
castle, New South Wales, for saving
his brother from q shark last year.
The brother was seized by the arm
while swimming, when Mr.. Hewison
swan to him aud fought the shark till
it bit of the arm at the elbow, releas-
ing its prisoner, he then swan ashore.
pushing his brother before him.
BY the will of the late Joseph T.
Perkins, OF Brooklyn, the following
requests for charitable purposes are
made: Twenty-Five thousand dollars to
the Church Charity foundation. of Long
Island; se5.OO0 to the Brooklyn home
for aged men; 100000 to the Brooklyn
Industrial School association and home
for destitute children He also gives
$40. 600 to the Brooklyn institute of arts
and sciences
The will of the late Mrs. Hope Pot
ter Walker. Of Boston. gives the great
er part Of her estate, which amounts
90 h. Rrse to1
Ladies' Home, Bristol, R. J.. under the
conditions that the managers OF the
home build or buy a suitable building
for the use Of the inmates instead OF
the one now in use. It is the only be-
quest of any great consequence that
the institution has received hereto
fore.
French royalists are thinking OF
throwing the Due d Orleans. on account
of his behavior at the wedding OF his
sister5 lie was exclusive. dining in one
room with . few friends, while
most of his sdherents had to sit at
second table in another room. Nine
teen courses were served at his dinner
and only fifteen at theirs, but the hard
est thing to bear seems to be that rose
sherbet was provided for him and not
for his followers
Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria
has announced that on the occasion OF
the fiftieth anniversary of his accession
to the throne in 1898 he will present to
the city of Vienna the Prater, tho IA
nous park of Vienna, and the Angar-
ten. royal park in densely-populated
part OF the city, to which the public
was first admitted by the Emperor Jo-
scph IL. Both Prater and Angarten
are to be preserved forever as public
recreation grounds for the people OF
Vienna.
Upset prices for the Comte de Paris
landed property have been fixed BY the
Seine civil court in order to settle up
his estate. The chateau d. Eu is to be
sold for 81 200. 900, the chateau'd' Am
boise for Sl2. ZOO. the estate at Bories
for ssh, 900, that at Cannes for $50. 900,
and the other lands In France for $l6,-
900. The Spanish palace at Villa
Manrique is assessed 1t $4,000. All
will be bought in by the family. rs the
prices do not represent the value of the
property, and the sale is only formal
ity required by tho French probate
laws
Nelson's and Hoods names arc
both Inundated by viscount Bridport.
the granddaughter Of the two great I'D.
mirals and the bearer of Nelson's 81.
Gillian title of duke Of Bronte. offering
for sale at public auction the medals
and other relics Of England's naval
hero They include the ten medals
and orders he wore when shot down
on the deck OF the Victory. the gold
sword hilt presented to him by his
captains after the battle Of the Nile,
the diamond aigrette given to him by
the sultan. the jewels from the sword
Of honor given by the king Of Naples,
his inkstand, and the gold casket pre-
scented with the freedom of tho city Of
London.