St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-11
PERSONAL AND lM?ERsoNAL

1t is not generally known but It is
. fact that the prince OF Wales 10 very
fond of modern English poetry. Sit
Edwin Arnold and Algernon Charles
Swinburns are his especial favorites,
and he never travels without copies Of
their works The PRICE is not what
would be called . literateur. but he Is
well read, especially in English aetion
and postry.
An effort is being made in Japan.
backed mp by certain newspapers, to
persuade the emperor to visit Europe
and America with large suite. includ-
ing . military staff. The emperor has
never been outside of japan. and
there are those among his subjects
who feel that little globe-trotting on
his part would be Of advantage to his
country and himself
Prince George Of Greece II the
handsomest and most agreeable young
prince in Europe. He Is tall, square
shouldered and athletic, with short
cropped golden hair. blue eyes, and
tho pleasantest possible expression.
He Is bright and full of fun and is al
together brave and manly young fol-
low. He 10 . sailor, commanding .
corvette in the Danish navy.
Pope Leo KILL, who now is in his
eighty-sixth year. Is described by
Cardinal Gibbons as pale and ENACT.
ated, ''with . pallor almost Of death
upon him." and this Is heightened by
the white ecclesiastical garments he
habitually wears. And though his
body il considerably bent with age, his
eye IL bright. his mind clear and lumi.
aous, and his capacity for physical en-
duranco remarkable.
The young king Of Spain has just
witnessed shis first bull fight His
mother. who has . horror of the Span
ish national sport. had the fatal mo-
ment postponed as long as possible.
but after his tenth birthday she could
not prevent him from seeing . fiesta
according to precedent The little
king viewed the fight quite stoically.
and as he departed without rewarding
the successful matador, the Spaniards
are not pleased
Lady Henry Somerset must con-
tinue to draw part of her income from
the sale Of liquor. She has only life
interest in the property of her hus-
band, and undertook to refuse 70 re-
new the leases of the public houses ON
It unless IN agreement was made that
no intoxicating liquors should be sold.
The chancery court has just decided
that she has no right to make the
stipulation, even for the term of her
own life, - It would diminish the val
ue Of the property which she holds in
to the interests of tho public
-Duluth has two Of tho tallest po-
licemen in tho country. Patrolman
Royal Mckenzie 10 feet 101< inches
high and still growing. He is only 90
years old and weighs es7 pounds He
can reach . point 10 feet from the
ground. Detective Thomas Hayden,
also Of Duluth. is feet 2 inches tall
The two make . great team, and the
,ough woodsmen Of the vicinity are mot
inclined to be boisterous when either
Is around. Superior, Wis, claims to
have > policeman = tribe taller than
Mckenzie. but he is past growing ago.
and Mckenzie hopes to beat him be-
fore the year Is out
Mrs +. w. Vanderbilt has contrib
uted Eve thousand dollars, in addition
to three thousand dollars given by her
some time SINCE. for an operating room
at the Newport hospital. This amount
practically covers the cost of the new
opegating room, now nearly ready for
occupancy. Mira Vanderbilt has 1t
various times given several hne ambu-
lanees to the different New York hos
pttalA A good ambulance will cost
nearly . thousand dollars, but with
tho springs. mattresses, and other
complete equipments with which MIRA
Vanderbilt fits the vehicles, their cost
ID not under two thousand dollars each.