The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-17
Personal Paragraphs.

G. A. Parsons. the inventor of the tur-
bine engine. II a son of lord Ross, who
made the great six-foot rejecting teie-
scope.
An uncle of Theodore Roosevelt fired
the last shot at the famous confederate
ship Alabama just as she sank on the
coast Of France.
French papers say that Sir Herbert
Kitchener fought on the side of the tri-
colors in the Franco-Prussian war, hav-
Ing enlisted as a volunteer In the army
OF the Loire. He was. they add. twice
wounded.
Rev. NJ. c. Harris. superintendent OF
Methodist missionary work among the
japanese Of the Pacific slope and Ha-
waiian islands. In the only Christian cler-
gyman who has been decorated by the
emperor Of japan.
Buffalo Jones. who In the early days
made a living killing hisons at 50 cents
apiece. has just reached Seattle from the
Klondike country. He says 1000 persons
will be frozen in and forced to remain
as a result Of taking the Edmonton route
TO the gold fields.
Mr.. Viger. French minister of ~agricul-
ture. has delegated Mr.. D'Anvina. an en-
gineer. and Messrs. Dubray and Minotier
to come to this country to study the
American machinery and tools used In
their prices and the cost of Transports
tion to France.
Lord Salisbury has a powerful ~lifeguard
ever at his side. There IL at Hatfield a
cherished breed of faithful ounds of i'm
mense strength and bulldog tenacity. One
of these Is the premier's close friend and
accompanies him In his walks about Hat
field. So faithful a guardian is he that
Lord Salisbury. with a touch of his char
scteristic playful irony. has called him
Pharaoh-because he win not the people
go.
Pope Leo XIII. has always done his
best to encourage art. Sometime ago he
offered the sum of 1900 to the artist who
could paint the best picture of the holy
family. Forty-six paintings were accor1-
ingly submitted to a special commission
recently to be judged, but as none vas
considered of sufficient merit 40 gam TIE
prize another competition is o DE- he.o.
NJ. Bertrand. the veteran teacher a.
fencing. has just died I'm boni,n. aged So.
Among his pupils have Jeen the late Ed
peror of the French and the prince IN
perial; also such famous astofs as Irving,
Beerbohm Tree. Forbes Robertson AID
Bancroft. A waggish newspaper man cncs
wrote to 10 professional rivals D:
asking who was the sscpl best fenc'lz
master in Paris. Each replied that Ber-
trand was the man. da
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General Chanoine, the French minister
of war. is a master Of mary languages.
The other day he proposed Inc healt', ~
the car in fluent Russian, AMI - W Id.
Il is said. be equal to a Irritation VITA tie
dowager empress OF China in her mother
tongue. Japanese, English and other bar
barian dialects are also familiar to him.
He wears what is known as the Austrian
beard, brushed from the middle to the
sides and joining the whiskers. and his
mustache Is not trimmed and pointed. as
is the custom with most military men.
queen Victoria, though her views on
the question of divorce are well known,
has only very recently given them Official
expression. This expression. condensed,
shows her totally averse to divorce under
any circumstance whatsoever" and her
strong ~disapproval is due to the liberty
which divorce gives divorced people to
marry again. To such remarriage. no mat
ter what were the grounds of divorce,
she Is unalterably opposed. This explains
the objection the queen has Always MAIN
tanned to the appearance of divorced wo-
men at court.