Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-02-08
PERSONAL AND lMPEHSONAL.

Mrs. Nancy Frost, who resides near
Marietta, o., is los years old. it is stated,
and has lived in Ohio since the first set
tlement was established at the mouth Of
the Muskingum.
cardinal BOnaparte, one of the old
est members Of the Sacred College, is a
nephew Of the great Emperor II was
at one time thought that he might be
elected to the Papacy.
Mary Routh Ellis, Of Philadelphia,
one OF the benefciaries under the will
OF the late jeff Davis, is the grandnieca
of the testator on her fathers side and
Of General Meade on. her mothers side.
Rev. Robert Collyer, who began life
as a blacksmith and is now one of the
most popular living preachers, has just
entered his sixty-seventh year. 81 havo
never been sick as much as one day in
my life," he says.
Senator Edmunds, Of Vermont, has
served longer in the United States Sem
ate than any of his colleagues. On
April s. 1890, he will have been in the
Senate without single break twenty.
four years. He looks his age.
The late Thomas Parker, of Wash
ington, became so attached to cane
a cheap one, which he carried for years
that he kept it in bed with him all
during his illness, and before dying ex-
pressed wish that the favored stick be
buried with him. His wish was carried
out, the cane being put in his coffin.
Dom Pedro carries the blood of tho
Braganzas, the Bourbons and the Haps-
burgs. BY marriage he is related to the
royal and imperial families of England,
France, Russia, Spain and Naples. Dom
Pedro l., his father was BraganzN, his
mother Hapsburg and sister-in-law Of
Napoleon |. His relatives are of every
grade, from absolute ruler to conntitu-
tional monarch.
Rev. Henry Preble, who resides near
Waterville, is one Of the Oldest minis
ters in Maine, and it is thought that his
horse has carried him over more miles
of Maine road than have been similarly
travelled by any other preacher in the
State. He has driven his own rig over
10000 miles in the forty-five years which
he spent in active service Of the Lord.
He used to travel from ten to sixty miles
to attend meetings, and he has never
failed to keep an engagement.
The two notable inter-African ex-
plorers of modern times, Mr.. H. NJ.
Stanley and Commander Cameron, are
physically small men. They are, in
fact, what are called little. But both
are very square about the shoulders and
of elastic movement. Stanley's most
striking feature is his eye. The mans
power over his fellows is in his glance.
The steadiness of his eye is quite unaid-
ed by the setting of the mouth or the
brow. 1t fixes you and bespeaks the
character of its owner.
In conversation with some friends
the other day Mr.. Chauncey Depew re-
ferred to the time when he held the
Office OF American Minister to Japan,
twerty-throely years ago. II appeArs ti.sss
some of Mr.. Depew's friends are una
ware that he ever enjoyed the honor of
an appointment to this high diplomatic
post But he himself has not forgotten
it. He was appointed to it by Secretary
Seward, under the administration of
Andrew Johnson, in 1866. Mr.. Seward
was desirous that he should accept this
Office at that time, and it was not till
Mr.. Depew had taken a whole month to
think of it that he notified the State
Department of his final determination
to refuse it. He preferred life in New
York to diplomacy in Toxic.