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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

Presence. Hang it all, he said to his
companion us they reached the street,
81 did offer it to him, and 10 every other
editor in the country, and they
wouldn't look at it," The Badge was
first published by newspaper syndi-
cate, by the way.
One of the most stinguishcd Amer
lean authors in the London colony told
me that he offered his first book TO %
wore out, and he had it copied. Having
business in England, he took il with
him, and it was there accepted at once.
"Now," said the London publisher,
"have you sold the American rghts?''
"No," said the author. GAS we have
made an arrangement, don't mind say
ing that every publisher in the states
has rejected it"
Nevertheless the proofs were sent,
with the imprint of the great London
house on them, to two New York pub
fishers. Acccptanccs were promptly
received from both
No one can blame publishers for buy
ing what they think will sell, whether
it has the London mark on it or not.
But it's discournging to the brethren
of the pen. An artist gets along much
better. especially il he hns no idea of
painting 100000 portraits for retired
washerwomen in New York society,
like NJ. Carolus Duran. but sticks to H.
Illustrating.
Even. newspaper artists-young fell
lows who can draw fairly good pictures
for Observation-Disclosures from $50
to $50 per week, about the normal fig
ure for good men-and women. Car
toonists and "idea men" have much
higher pay and are independent
Messrs. Bush, Of the World; Nclan, OF
the Herald, and Davenport, of the Jour
nal, who are the leading cnrtoonists,
get from $4,000 to $4,000 ayear.
Fashionable book and magazine illus
traitors fare equally well. The more
successful of them will not undertake
any drawing for less than $75 or 500
Gibson won't touch an order of less
than $1,000 in total. Remington sold
a series OF 10 fairly large drawings for
$3.50 each. The drawings of famous
illustrator remain his property after
the publication, and sell for prices gov
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

talked politics with II frnnkness
that would amaze Il statesman of the
old school, switched Off TO other sub
man interests, except religion.
When the governor had gone, asked
the barber If he knew who his client
had been.
"Nevcr saw the man before" snid he.
"TllHt WIS Gov. Roosevelt"
"Wcll, never would have guessed it,"
said the barber; why, say, his teeth
are no bigger than anybody's. But he
is real gentleman. though. mint he?
If I'd a-known who it was, I'd never
have dared to talk to him that way"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
Are Very Popular.

Speaking of the popularity of electric
carriages, the Scientific American says
that one year ago a company put 10
horseless electric cabs for hire on the
streets of New York; to-day the same
company operates 100 cabs, and they
are so popular that they have to be
taken from the public cab stands and
kept in the clubhouse. to fill telephone
and messenger orders for regular Gus
toners. From health point of view,
the Scientific American thinks the adj
vent of the horseless carriage is to
prove a great public blessing.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

SS~SN ~SS"ss w AAA v
'' wfavorite is it?"
mo new favorite; Lucille"
Got stuck on them. did your" l re-
marked, unfeelingly, well, it served
you right"
'They are fresh from the press and
as good as Sold" said the publisher
complacently; its many years since
Lucille was first printed, and no year
since then has passed without the APP
pearance Of its new edition: some
years as many as three. And no pub
Usher ever lost money on q good edi-
ton. Handsome, well-bound copies
sell better than cheap ones.
another odd thing: 1t sells better
in the spring than ut the holidays.
When young man starts for a summer
resort he drops Lucille In his trunk. If
he flirts with a pretty girl, he reads it
aloud to her on the beach or in the
woods and at the end of the season
gives her the copy with a sentiment
written on the fy-leaf. Next year he
buys another. Experienced summer
girls must have whole rows of copies
on their shelves.
Here's another thing" added the
publisher, handing me tiny book.
Some Is. years ago, when our firm was
reorganized, we scheduled the plates
and copyright of this book of poems
for about ten or fifteen dollars; every
body supposed its sale was over. Well,
it has kept on selling ever since. We
have sold between 10000 and $4,000
copies of it. Never advertised it, never
pushed tit sells itself, and we don't
know why"
looked at the book. The verse was
neither very good nor very bad; some
thing in the "te dunn tiddy-dum tiddy-
dun tiddy-dum" meter of Lucille"
was amazed to find that had never
heard of either the author or the book.
l don't believe you ever have.
"Why, this stuff's easy TO do" said.
II know clever poets who print editions
of 200 copies and give them away, at
that. shall advise them to write like
this fellow"
".rhey mightn't sell il they did.
LIES too short to understand the
queer things we run up against in my
business" said the publisher.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
The Lake Huron.

An Englishman touring through
America went on board steamer late
one night, and on the following morning
after walking on deck and looking round
him, he stepped up to the captain and
asked-"I beg pardon, but would you
kindly tell me what lake Pm on?"
The Lake Huron" replied the cap
tain. and turned away.
The Englishman looked puzzled for a
moment and then following the captain
began again. II beg your pardon, you
said"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
March Ladies' Home Journal.

The March Ladies Home Journal has
noteworthy feature in the page show
ing Pope Leo XIII as He Lives in the
Vatican" The pictures were made by the
only photographer who has been admit
ted to the Vatican for number OF years,
consequently they offer the first close
view the public has had in long time Of
the Pope and his surroundings. An ar
ticle that will be widely read figures out
THE American Girls Chances of Mar
rage" and another, Social Life in
Americas French City" gives - really
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

of Innes, Homer,
Wyant and Mar
tin brought good
prices at the Clarke
sale. "How fine 1t
would be-" says the
young artist, "if I,
too, could get A,-
900 and upward for
my pictures!" But
remember that the
men who painted
these pict ur e 8
d j d n t get the
money.
For Mr.. Clarke,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
WHEN TRAVELLING

Look out for your comfort and convent
ence. Two fast trains, equipped with
Pullman sleeping, dining and cafe cars,
leave Minneapolis and St. Paul daily via
Wisconsin Central lines for Milwaukee,
Chicago, and Eastern and Southern
points. Ask your nearest ticket agent
for further information. Jas. C. Pond,
Gen'l Pass. Agt., Milwaukee, Wis. V. c.
Russell, c. P. & T. A., 23o Nicollet ave-
nue., Minneapolis.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

when GOV. KOOSc-
vel t was down
from Albany. He
came into n bar
bcr's shop for q
shave and haircut.
Save the time
when his mouth
was too near the
lathering brush, he
talked constantly
with the barber in
the natural, easy
way Of II man cas-
lily interested in
his fellows. They
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
Observation-Disclosures

NHE regular army Of the United
States has many ups and downs
u in point of numbers and popular
ity. Even with the great wars In
which this country has been engaged
both at home and abroad tts strength
has never exceeded trife over TO-
900 officers and men, and it has been az
low as so. Both the maximum and
minimum Of these numbers were at
tained when the land was at peace with
the entire world, but both immediate
ly followed and were the result of war.
In point Of popularity the army has
at times been hailed as body Of he
noes, and again it has been condemned
a. . mere lot Of riot breeders Of whom
the country had no need.
The history Of the army Of the United
States really dates from June in 1775.
when the continental congress named
Gen. Washington as the commanderdn-
chief. and provided for the organiza-
ton of an army from the hordes, Of
state militia and volunteers that had
thronged to Boston to protect tho
rights of the cololists. But even this
was not standing army, even after IL
had passed through the radical reor-
ganization which Washington gave tho
$4,000 men he found assembled about
the city of Boston, and while they were
rightly termed the American army it
was merely an army of militia and vol
unteers.
Attn close of the revolution the con-
tfnental congress reduced the army that
had fought for and won the independ-
ence of a nation down to 80 officers and
men. This occurred in May. 1884, and
but a week before congress had dele
gated to the various states the duties
Of protecting the frontiers with the
local militia, and militia it was that
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

baH IOr young
men us we'll as
y o II rg women.
The latest boy TO
endure this ordeal
is Frank Gould,
the y o II &C S t
member of the
late Jay Gould's
family.
Hcreisn curious
situations: Upon
Frank the social
aspirations of the
other Goultls to q
certain ex t e t
rest. Consider Il
tt"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
Napoleonic Pension List.

France has paid its last pension to
Napoleon Is soldiers. In 1869 law
was passed granting $50 year to all
noncommissioncd officers and privates
who served ten years in the armies Of
the first republic or of the first empire
and had received a wound. For the
first year the payments amounted to
5000, 600; last year the sum was $50, and
the last recipient is now dead at the age
of 1O5 wears.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
Ln,x for na.ton Police.

Under the workings of new rule
Boston's policemen are receiving in
struction in the law. Every week a
number of legal questions pertaining
to matters which come under their
daily observation are propounded to
them, and this system Of examinations
is believed to have greatly improved
the efficiency of the force.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

There must be
t VIC cor DIS of
t b . MI" I ex-
claimed, measur-
ing them with q
practiced eye
many's the tree I
have murdered for
frewood In my
day land Sc
cubic feet would
be pretty nearly
5000 books. What
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
A Clever stroke.

Throughout Germany Emperor Will
liam's trip to the Holy Land is consid
cred the cleverest stroke of his reign.
as it has made him powerful friends
among the most powerful party In the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

England OF 1.-THE
Redl1Mdge.ofC our-
age" some one in
troduced Stephen
Crane to the ed
itor of u big New
y ork magazine,
who greeted him
e fl usiv c ! y, and
said: "Mr. Crane,
why didn't you
S e nd III e t h c
Badge p / would
have been delight
cd TO print it in
the magazine"
After some tall,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

of men allowed the army was not again
changed until 1921. when it was re-
duced to 5000, and at that point it re-
manned until the breaking out of the
war with Mexico. when ten additional
regiments were authorized and the
army recruited to 24,O33 At the close
OF this conflict it was again reduced
to 1908, and on March 3, 1855, numbered
1908. At the breaking out of the
civil war 1t had increased to 17,113.
While a heavy increase was advised by
the president and authorized by con-
gress, the number Of men in the reg
ular establishment never amounted to
more than $4,000 at any time during
that memorable conflict, but the his
tory of that rs 900 men is one of the bril-
liant pages in the history of the coun-
try. AS in the previous wars, the valor
and bravery of the little standing army
was never found wanting. The rec
ords Of the war department record no
greater acts of heroism during the dark
days of '61-'65 than those performed by
this little handful of men.
During the first few years of the re-
construction period the regular army
reached its highest strength, congress
allowing a total of so,25s, including Of
f;cers and men of all branches of the
service. The army appropriation bill
of March 3, 1869, provided for the re-
duction to rs regiments of infantry,
10 regiments of cavalry and $ regiments
of artillery. While the number of men
varied ut different times, this contin-
ued to represent the organization of the
army until last spring when an addi-
Ional two regiments of artillery were
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

erned by his vogue. At the last sale of
Gibson's work, prices ranged in the
neighborhood of 500 each for pictures
already paid for and printed. Coarse,
scratchy things they are, too; for Mr..
Gibson draws with q rapid pen on q
huge cardboard.
The demand for pictures has ex-
banded beyond the supply. Posters and
drawings for photographic advertise
ments have divided lot Of money
among the artists.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
The Author and Artist
OWEN LANGDoN Writes Of Them and Few Other Things
in Gotham Town.

In publishers Office ran against
q huge stack of books.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

again ayerted for long time the men
were never recruited.
December 2, 1911. when war with
Great Britain was again threatened,
congress voted to increase the regular
army to 10000. but on June 8. 1912.
two days after war had been declared,
but o,744 Of that number had been 70.
cruited, and the war was fought by
volunteers and militia, although the
regulars were the mainstay Of tho gov
eminent during the trying days Of the
two years that followed. The number
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

impcrtincnce! Let me look in my guide
book perhaps that will tell me-"
1t did tell him, and then the humour
of the situation suddenly dawncd upon
him.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

identification will be easy The article
is by Nellie Blanchan and is the first Of
series.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

holstcrcd seats and personally conducted,
leaving every Tuesday via the South
crn route, with no snow slides, and no
Sunday travelling.
Leaving every Thursday via Omaha,
Denver and Salt Lake, the Scenic Line"
crossing the Rocky and Cascade noun
tain ranges. Bcrths only Sc. 90 through.
Reduced rate tickets. Address A. B.
Cuts, G. P. and I. A., Minneapolis,
Mimi, for full information.
J. F, Mccarthy, we'll contractor. Es-
Inmates furnished on application. eoo
Central avenue.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

John NJ. Gleason, undertaken, 81 Sew
cnth street south. Telephone 1919; resi-
dencc 1902, South.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
Ernnk Goull's Dcbut

The correct thing in exclusive New
York circles is to give coming out
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

Artists and Millionaires.
The easel artist does not make money
like the illustrator. True, the pictures
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
Roosevelt ana the Barber.

The only time l ever saw barber out
talked was the other day, Saturday,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
Authors and Arti~ts.

Authorship is poor business.
After the extraordinary success ]
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-04-10
UPSET ALL THEORIES.

While the revenue under the exist
ing Tariff law has not quite come up to
expectation, the effect of the law in
infusing life and activity into our in
dustries has been all that was hoped
for. 1t was, in the view, certain to
check the exports of manufactured
products, but on the contrary these
have grown steadily and largely since
the law went into effect and are still
growing. We were told that it would
be harmful to labor, but on the other
hand since the law went into effect,
labor throughout the country has been
better employed than almost ever be-
fore. At this time there is not only a
good demand for labor in nearly every
industry, but in some wages are ad-
vapcing-Omaha Bee.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-04-10
PROTECTION IN ALABAMA.

Alabama has just had an object les
son in business building. The Legisla-
ture of that State some time ago pass
ed a bill exempting from taxation,
for a period of ten years, new manu-
featuring enterprises. It is now an
nounced that Massachusetts cotton
manufacturing concern will take ad-
vantage of this business bounty by es-
tablishing at Huntsville a spinning
mill that will employ 5000 hands.
The new South is learning few
things in the way of business day by
day. Now that it is no longer satisfied
to raise cotton, sugar cane and tobac-
CO, it finds that branching out in bus
mess growth means branching out in
business principles. In the good old
days the man who talked "Protection
to home industries" down in Alabam
did SO at a serious risk to life and
limb. That was before the citizens Of
that State had any intimate acquain
lance with the advantages of home
manufacturing. OF late years since
the long slumbering enterprise of that
richly endowed section has been
awakened, the encouragement of
home industry has come to have
personal application. There is now
no subject in which Alabamans take
more interest.
The action of the Democratic Legis-
lature of Alabama in offering a boun-
ty to encourage the growth of manu-
featuring means an out and out in
dorsement of the old reliable Republi-
can policy of Protection to home in
dustry. The Democrats of Alabama
are doing in their own State what
they have persisently declined to do for
the nation at large. 1t is not desira
BILE that the resources of uhe State of
Alabama should be devoted solely to
cotton raising it is certainly not ad-
visable that the other States should be
turned over altogether to soil tilling.
IF diversified industries are a public
benefit in Alabama the same principle
must hold good elsewhere. If an Ala
bama tax payeris willing to pay more
taxes in order to build up manufactu-
ring in Alabama, he cannot in reason
continue to throw up his hands in hOr
at ''robber'' Tariff which is doing for
the country at large just what the
business bounty is doing for Alabama.
If there is any logic in the systems
of the Alabama legislature the next
campaign will not find them in the
stultifying position of voting for
good thing at home and voting against
it as applied to their neighbors out
side the State boundaries.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-04-10
TIM e "A 8 L Z
r & M. r.. R.-PasS. Division.
In effect October 8, 1898.

In effect October 3, 1898.
Passenger Trains Leave
NEWPORT-NoRrH-5:S m; 1880 p m; 6:45
IN. SoUrH-l2:1o a m; 7:ooa M; l;oS m;
400 pm; 1850 p m.
SoUTH-Sunday only, 1910 a M
CovENTRY-NoRrH-1 p M; s:1o M
SOUTH-7:10 a m; All M.
BARTON ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS m; $40
-7:2O a m 4:25 m; l1:Os m.
NoRTH-Sunday only, 4:4O m.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS m; 1925 a m; 7:4O
m; 1903 p. m; AIS M; 5:4sp M. SOUTH
-tl2:87 IN; 7:S5 m; 1888 p m; Abs M;
MoRrR-Sunday only, ts:2s m; 4:26 a m.
SoUrH-Sunday only, +i2:S7 m.
SOUTH -NoRTH-11:5a m; 5:s7
IN. SoUrH-7:4s m; 4:4S p m.
SUTTON-NoRTH-11:37 m; $50 p m. SoUrH
1905 m; 5:04 M
WEST BURKE-NoRTH-*3:56 m; 1880 M !;
SIP . m. SoUTH-S:13 am; 5:12 p m. *f11:54
NoRTH-Sunday only, 1856 m.
LYNDONVILLE-NoRT 40 a m; *3 40 a m;
HIP m; 1882 M; 400 Pr M; S &c. a.a5
%12:15 m; 1918 m; 1888 q m; Z:I4 M $3.50
SoUrH-sunday only, 1:1e a m. 12:15 a m;
NoRTH-Sun lay only, 3:40 M
ST. JoHNSBURY-NoRT am; 1915 am;
IO:45 T.; 3:1a m; 4:27 M; $3.50 m;
SoUTH-*12:S5 m; lao m; e:oOa m; 2:34
HoRrH-spnday only, 2:2o a N; s:15 a m.
SoUTH-Sunday only, 12:35a M; 1:4O m;
st. j. 81 T.. G. r.. Il.
Passenger Trains Leave
HARD WICK-EAsr-5:56 m; 1928 a m: 7:34
IN WEsT-9:04 m; 4:51 m; 1884 p m
EAST ARDWICK-EAsr-6:12 M; 1898
m; 7:A p m. WEsT-8:4 m; 2:42 M
7:15 m.
QREENSBORO-EAsT- m; J10:52 m;
1855 o m. WEsr-3:35 a m; 4:34 p m; 1902
ST JOHNSBURY-EAsT- p. m; 4:45 p M;
WEsr-7:33 M; $500 m; 1850 p m.
Stops to leave passengers, or, when
signalled, to take passengers.
Except Monday.
Stops for passengers for connecting roads
or divisions.
D. j. FLANDERS, G.. p. and L. A.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-04-10
Some time ago an officer of the

Some time ago an ex- officer of the
British army wrote to Secretary Hay
regarding the health OF troops in the
Philippines, and making suggestions
relative to the preservation of the
health of the command. He related
the effect of hot climates on the SOL
diers where the British had served,
and indicated that the troubles which
had overtaken the British army would
be likely to come to the Americans.
The letter was sent to Gen. Otis, and
on Jan. 81 he sent it back to the war
department with the following en-
dorsement: "Troops here soon be-
come acquainted with and accustom-
ed to the climate. The conditions pre-
vailing and the result of our occupa-
ton in so far as the health of the COM
mand is concerned, are not known to
the writer of the communication. At
present, as affairs are somewhat crit
zeal, military duty is exacting. I think
however, that the health of the COM
mand will compare favorably with the
British troops in India, there being
only about eight or nine per cent re-
port for all causes. do not think it
necessary to consider the remarks of
the writer further. The condition of
this command is sadly misrepresented
in the United States"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-04-10

cASToRIk
Bears the signature of caAs. II. FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind You Haze AIzqays Bought
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-04-10

"Public Schools and Parents Du-
ties" forms the theme of very clev-
er article by Julian Hawthorne in the
North american ReUielU for April.
Touching upon American parents
neglect of their children, Mr.. Haw-
thorne says: 1--WE do not do our duty
by them. 1t is too soft an expression
to Say that we entIust them to the
State; we abandon them to it. We
pay for their book learning, and their
amusements; but we deny them what
it is our chief concern to give them
opportunity to develop character.
Yet it is in order to afford them that
opportunity we, as parents, exist
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-04-10
War Notes.

The with Spain is over, but the battle of
disease with health is still on 1t RACES hot
test in spring. Disease, bred during the
rigors of winter, turks in the system to do it's
deadly work. You don't feel we'll. You have
no appetite. You are nervous. You have in
digestion, which you think is heart trouble.
You are dizzy, feel tired and discouraged, and
about ready to give up the battle. Baxters
Mandrake Bitters is the effective weapon in
this warfare, and who is armed with IL, al
ways conquers.l Sold liquid in bottles and
tablets in boxes. Price rs cents for either. 1t
makes folks we'll. 1t keeps folks well.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-04-10
MEN and WOMEN WANTED

THE STANDARD HISTORY OF tbs AMERICAN
SPANISH WAR. The Official Record by the
War Leaders. Maj. Gems. MILES. SKATER,
MERIT, Capt f.BOB' EVANS, Seer etary
LONG Secretary GAGE, NELSON, DINGEY,
Senator DANIEL, General WOOD, General
GARCIA, General PALMER. HON. JUSTIN
MCCARTHY, NJ. P, Gen. o. o. HOWARD,
and other noted writer's have written a AIS
tory of the war. Each author writes a chap
ter especially for this book. No other like it
ever write n. Finely illustrate ed. Wonderful
seller. Exclusive territory. Liberal terms.
Addres CHAs. G. HASKELL Son, Norwich, Ct
1919