St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-02-01
PERSONAL AND ,aapeRsopsAl.

There II = legend about Chicago q
man who smoked cheap cigarA Wax
ing rich he bought flner brand Then
he got tobacco heart Returning 70
the humber variety his heart resumed
tt ordinary jogging. gait. There Il no
moral attached 70 this story and Il =
mot vouched for.
-McGarvin. . California fisherman.
who lives 1t Almamitos bay, u An e1
pert shark catcher. He fishes for them
by means of stout lines fastened to
stakes on shore. Recently he caught
eighty In one day. They are sold for
the oil In them. and the Chinese con.
slider Their fms quite . delicacy.
Mrs. Eunice Russ Davis, the only
surviving member Of the Woman'a
AntiSlavery board, of Boston, and the
oldest female abolitionist in the Unit.
ed States, observed her ninety-afth
birthday anniversary at her home In
Dedham recently. Her father was .
white man and her mother . full
blooded Narragansett Indian.
"A life Of Christ is about to be pub.
lished. with colored photographs after
James Tissots pictures, by NM. Name,
the Catholic publishers OF Tours, the
first twenty impressions of which will
be sold for 81. 600 = copy and the rest OF
the 2. 900 copies at $500 apiece. The adj
vertisement, with one specimen picture
and some sketches in black and white,
cost Sl2
MIR. David Plunkett member Of
nv~1> hA~
raised to the peerage. though not .
wealthy man. has probably more
money standing in his name than any
single private citizen in the world. He
is trustee for many rich people. In
Guiding the Guinesses, and generally
holds in that capacity from $50. 00o. 900
to 500. O0O, OC0 worth Of securitisA
Lorna Doone bids fair to Do inn
mortal in tho country Of the Dooues. /"
for her name is seer everywhere
throughout Exmoor. Coaches have
been named for her and inns have her
counterfeit prcsentiment on their sign
boards. Many of the places mentioned
in Mr.. Blackmore's delightful book
are placarded for tho benefit Of the
tourist, and the charming volume serves
as guide-book to the region.
How completely the Boulanger
cult has decayed in France is indicated
by the scant Observance Of the fourth
anniversary. which occurred recently
of the burial Of the general Only Z
single friend visited the cemetery neal
Brussels where he Is buried. aad onlJ
three gifts of flowers cana Roche
fort, Boulangcr's ardent suppoetef. ap-
pears to have given mp his pious ~.
grimage to tho grave, for he did ~ -
there this year.
Moses may easily have writtsn ~
Pentateuch and the Iareelites Of ht1
day have read and understood it, Prof
Sayce told the recent church congress
at Norwich, for the ago of the Exodu.
was Is literary Is that of the Renais
sance in Europe, Babylonian cities had
libraries then, some Of them six thou
sand years old, and when Abraham
was born . Chaldee poet was ending Z
long period Of verse by writing poem
in twelve bookA
The Fisherman's institute. o
Gloucester, . house Of refuge and o
religious help for seafaring men. has I
notable character rs its chaplain. HI
is Scandinavian, . converted sailor
and although he il . graduate OF NJ
college, his power over tho weak and
SHINING. his helpfulness to the suffer
ing, his self-denial in order that b.
may aid others, are such that. rs ont
who knows him we'll has said, he ha'
come to represent tho Christ ideal 4
his people. At his Bethel he and hi
family are slowed away in the basemen
while the large upper chambers N
kept ~ . reading room Tor fishermen
and as . hall whore services aro hal
on Sundays, and maetiags and enter
tainments during tbs wook