The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-05
PERSONALITIES.

Parson BrOwnl0w looks about as |
young as he did five years ago, viz:
ninety five. 81
Mr.. Gladst0ne has declined to re-
ceive a deputation to urge the claims
of women to the suffrage.
Victor Hugo, left almost alone In
his old age, will, 1t is said by his
friends, concentrate his entire ener-
gies on literary work.
Gladstone and Disraeli, the two
rival British statesmen, are nearly OF
the same age--the first being sixty
four, the second sixty-three.
Theirs haunts all the secondhand
bookstores of Paris. He no doubt
comes across many copies OF his
History of France.
New Zealand has invited Joseph
Arch to visit that country, with the
view of inspecting its advantages for
agricultural emigrants from Eng
land.
Jefferson Davis declines to make
any more speeches because he has
been misrepresented. There are sew
eral speakers raging about the United
States who should be misrepresented
Immediately.
William f. Walters, a Baltimorean,
who was arrested on charge of big
amy the other day, felt it was all up
with him when he saw his better
halves putting their heads together.
The diamonds and point lace worn
by the wife of Hon. Benjamin Wood
at the Roman Catholic Orphan Asy-
lum ball, in New York, were valued
at over $4,000.
Sergeant Bates writes from Illinois
to the London Ners, proposing to in
troduce the prairie chicken into Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland. He has
grown tired of his experiments with
the ungrateful bird of freedom.
The name of the present Duke of
Buckingham Is Plantagenet Campbell
Temple Nugent Bridgyes Chandos
Granville. The name Is well enough
in its way, says the Courier Journal,
but the Dukes manner Of spelling
Bridges IL contemplate.
Sir Edward Watgin, one of the
candidates for member of Parliament
at the recent election at Exeter, find
ing that voter would not 60 to the
polls because there was no one to
"mind shop" actually stayed behind
the counter himself while his sup
porter went away to vote.
James Gold, the new Collector OF
Customs at Nantucket, Is a lucky
man. He will have an easy time,
Judging from the example Of his pre-
decessOr, who drew from the Treasury
last year, 81 ,866.28 for salary and fees,
while the gross receipts at the port
were just $82.87. The Coddlines have
fallen in pleasant places.
A New Hampshire lecture COM
mittee wrote to Boston to learn what
Mrs. Scott Siddons would read for.
The reply was: Three hundred
dollars and expenses. Answer as
Mrs. Slddons will sail for Europe at
once If you don't want her. Let
her sail" was the answer.
In the course of lecture recently
delivered by Mr.. Frank auckland,
q novel statement was made. There
is in the Geological Gardens Chin
panzee named Joe, an ape of extra
ordinary intellect. Mr.. auckland
states that the teacher in q deaf and
dumb school has offered to teach the
monkey to speak.
The Hon. Thaddeus Fairbanks OF
st. Johnsbury, VT, the inventor OF
the Fairbanks scales, has been created
by the Emperor of Austria a Knight
of the Imperial Order of Francis
JOseph-the only instance, IL Is said,
in which this honor has been con-
ferred upon an American exhibitor ut
the Vienna Exposition.
Joaquin Miller found Geneva too
full of his countrymen, and, to relieve
the nearest boat and asked the clerk
to take him where there were no
Americans. The clerk looked at him
for moment, then hopelessly up and
down the lake, and away toward
Mont Blanc, and at last shook his
head. Suddenly a new idea seemed
to strike him, and he lifted his eyes
toward heaven.
General Pinckney, our minister to
France, eighty years ago, has COM
monty been regarded as the author OF
the expression, Millions for defense,
not one cent for tribute" 1t has been
said that he used the expression in
reply to statement that certain
sum of money would settle the trou-
bles between America and France
but q citizen of Charleston now shows
that Pinckney on being asked If he
ever made such remark, replied,
"No, my answer was not flourish
like that, but simply, Not a penny,
not penny"