| Show NOTABLES OF THE DAY 4 i j4r I I I ALEXANDER I Obrcnovlicli I king of Servia was born August 14 1876 and succeeded his father the ex j King Milan who abdicated in favor c f his son March 6 1869 I He is under the guardianship of two regents I I The king is engaged to be married to I the Princess Helena the third daughter pf the Prince of Montenegro I Gladstone became a law student at Lincolns inn just sixtythree years ago I He was then a youth of 23 fresh from I Oxford where he had received his bachelors bache-lors degree at Christchurch Mr Gladstone I Glad-stone was never called to the bar however how-ever Joseph Chamberlain the most prominent promi-nent member of the English cabinet since the Transvaal raid by reason of his office of-fice of colonial secretary has a clean shaven face a clear bright eye and the general appearance of a healthy man of 10 although he Is 60 years old Rev Charles Beattie pastor of the Second Sec-ond Presbyterian church of Middl town N L surprised the congregation at the beginning of the services on Sunday night of last week by declaring that hft could not remember his sermon He dismissed the assemblage at once I Jerome K Jerome has been speaking disrespectfully of the dead languages He I says that a knowledge of the dead I languages has generally been found to I hamper a man in every walk of life except ex-cept schoolmastering which Is the perpetuation I per-petuation of the follies of our ancestors Jean Lassalle the operatic baritone I who sang In the winter of 1S94 has setup set-up as a cement manufacturer at Chante melle on the banks of the Seine France Ho takes an active part in the direction I of several hundred workmen He has f been made mayor of the commune of Chantemellc I Viscount Cross lord privy seal Is the oldest cabinet minister In England He is I 72 The youngest Is Walter Long president of the board of agriculture aged 41 The I oldest member of Queen Victorias prIvy I council Is Charles Pelham VHlters aged 94 the youngest Walter GordonLennox I aged 30 |
