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Show j Am Minister cf Quebec I lion. Smon Napoleon Parent. th new prime minster cf the provla- of Quebec, la s'Kcesjiiin to LL Late. Premier M-nhir.d. rs a dDt.ng -l.-fcel f lawyer, who ty ' f sheer force of til- H '1 j nt and la lun.-y V- jv ha carved out A : coble career. Tea ' ; years ago Mr. Par- ,!.'-' 77 ent was prartle- l.''. aily unknown. To- c'-iv." v'" day he ti on the " ' high road to pol.t- rf0IL 8 N Parent , leal distinction of Uia first order. He earned with ht own bandt and braia the money which paid for colleglsle aod legal education, educa-tion, and after bit admlte.on to the bar in ISM he applied himself to closely to hit profession that ooa he ha., a large practice. In IS"' he wn elected to the mayoralty of Quebec. In the Marchand cabinet he was commissioner com-missioner of lands, forests and fisheries. fish-eries. On the dny of bis se'.e tion at premier the citizens of Quebec presented pre-sented him ltb a solid silver dinner service whl. h coet H.noO. Mr. Parent Is the law partner cf Charles Fiu-patnek. Fiu-patnek. solicitor general of CanaJa. Farmer McKlnley has sold his potatoes, pota-toes, raised on his well-kept farm nerir Canton 2.000 bushels In all for cents over the market price. fetxt Coif Champion. j Harry Vardon of Ganton. England, open champion of golf across the water wa-ter for three years, won the open : championship of the Vnited States at ' Chicago tbe other day. His old opponent oppo-nent and conqueror. J. H. Taylor of Richmond. England, the present open i British golf champion, was defeated by two strokes, ardon finished the seventy-two hole In 313 and Taylor In 313. the latter bein the score by Tana am a. tJaAts "Com" Taut'4 Viae: The acting pretiiler.t cf the Transvaal, Trans-vaal, so far as the Boers are concerned. con-cerned. Is no longr Ckm Paul Kru-ser, Kru-ser, teat gentieruan being now la Portuguese territory, but S.-halk B u-gr, u-gr, wuo waa elected to the acting ehlf magistracy as soon as Mr. Kruger SCHALK BI RGER. crossed the International line. Mr. Burger Is not recognized by the British, Brit-ish, of course, the office of president having been abolished coincident wl:h Gen. Roberts' proclamation annexing the Transvaal. Nor are the Boers recognized any more as belligerents. Martial law now la being enforced and burghers caught In arms against tbe British are treated at rebels. What determination Mr. Burger may make relative to a continuance of the war is not known. He has fought with the Boers all through the struggle and is apparently an irreconcilable. irrecon-cilable. Li pi on Haj a fort "Corner." While Sir Thomas Llpion may not be "long" in the possession of wincing win-cing yachts. It is asserted in Chicago trade circles that his )u isnvnt on October Oc-tober pork is cal- es culated to add the pr.ee of several racing craft to his a 1 r ead y plethoric purse. In oth"T words, rumor has yy "V-V- It that Sir Thomas - has been speculat- V. ing so Judiciously a x-.'-- .that at , ... preser,: he Is' lonx" P r Thomas Upton ; . . , to the extent of 73.000 barrels, and holds practically all the vi.-il.!e supply fur Octolxr. and 40,0' 0 barrels sOi yet In s:ght. This he will not be obliged to dtsp'.s? of In oix-n market, for the reasjn that he Is so large a handler and d.s'r:b- utor of provisions in all parts of the world that he may dUpoe of his holdings la whatever manner he chooses and always has an outlet. CoJtly Indian Drt-tt. la western Oklahoma lives a timid little Cheyenne Indian girl. Fannie Whirlwind, who owns a dress worth ' ! HARRY VARDON. j ' which Willie Smith captured the opea ; ' chenipionshlp of the I'nltcd States at j Baltimore In 1S'j3. j His victory was well earned." tild I Taylor, after the contest had been de- ( cidrd. "ile played more consistent ' goif than 1. and had been In this country long enough to bee ime thor. oughly acclimated, but that was my I misfortune and his good luck." j I 1 The s hool board of El Paso, Texas, hs Issued en order that ai a sanitary i niensure female teachers wear short skirts while on duty. Home Full of Indentions. "Vaggie, is breakfast ready?" and I other questions that Irritate the ser- j vant girl, besides wearing on the nerves of the nii-tres.. have l crime superfluous in the home of C. S. R jb- erLs, Keirty-nlnth stre-et and Ellis ave- ni:e. Chle-ago, 111. ! Mr. Roberts doesn't get out cf b d to fetch wood for th" kite hen stove, l'e merely presses the button, and the stove does the re-t. 'hen Mr. Roberts wants lolled cjrg.s or beefsteak beef-steak for breakfast he orders the e 11- J hies plae'ed in proper position on the i sti.ve the night before. Electric wires i lead to his bedside, and there one or i another butten cejnnects with the ' breakfast stove, the heater and Ihi Ice-cream freezer. i Mr. Roberts is secretary of the ! American Steel and Wire company. He i bought the house reeently and flxd , it up ace-ording to his Ideas of a model j home. The screens to the windows ! are hung In pockets, disappearing j when the windows are closed. The j hallway Is of marble with mosaic fljor. ; Rooms are trimmed in mabe.gany, j FANNIE W1UMI.WIND. $1.CC0. Few girls, even in the homes cf wealth in eastern states, have su. u a coBtly garment In their wardrobe. Fannie Whirlwind is the daughter of Chief Whirlwind, a noted leader of j his tribe before his death. Her dre-s, I of buckskin, is cocred wi:h 610 Ivory j e!k-te--th. The dress Is said to be 2"0 , years old. and Is a tribal treasure. One eik produces only two such teth as are on this dress, which represents the slaughter of 420 elk by her tribesmen ih-n eik were numereus In the west K.k-t.eth have always been an equivalent equiv-alent of cash among western Indians, who gambled with them, and in estimating es-timating wealta counted elk-teeth as they did ponies. A few years ago elk-teeth elk-teeth were plentiful among Indians In western Oklahoma, and good ones could be bought from Indian trader at M cents each. Justice of the Peace C. II. Buxzell. aged 63. and his seen. H C. Bilzell. ageel 22. were at the same time admitted ad-mitted to the bar a few days ago at Rockland. Me. INIQI E HOME OF C. C. ROBERTS, magnolia, rosewood and Casslan walnut, wal-nut, and the walls are hung with pink silk tapewtry. The billiard room In the Basement represents the Interior of a log cabin. |