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her pieeon-hole, and swept back to her vic.

her pigeon-hole, and swept back to her VIC
toria-
A little while later there came in an actor
who used to be, and-when right-still is,
for that matter. one Of the best of Amer
lean leading men: a man who used to take
next roles to the greatest of American
tragedians, and who appeared to equal ad-
vantage in the sock and buskin OF the clas-
sic drama or in the evening clothes of the
leading. man in the conventional modern
play. Dissipation got hold of him some
years back. and he has rarely appeared in
the big eastern cities since then. Whenever
he has got an engagement in one of the
western stock companies he has invariably
fallen down." owing to his habits, and
when he walked in the other morning. car
rying himself with a good deal OF his old
grace, he was distinctly shabby. He was
quite sober however, and eloquent in his
sobriety. He talked in low but earnest
tones to the head man.
I've simply got to get some work. that's
ALL he said. Il don't know how to carry
the bod, and / wouldn't make adept at
piano moving. and it's as hard to get on the
police force as it is to get into Congress"
and the man whose unreliability has got
him down smiled a drawn smile. I'm all
right now, and m going to stay that way.
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enjoying himself in Europe, rich. young.
healthy and with a reputation for doing
well the thing that he likes best doing
that is, playing billiards.
On the Races.
You are just the man to talk about
luck 1 said. II see Tod Sloane playing
Billiards here night after night What dc
you think about Sloane? Here in Paris they
say his good luck depends upon his foxy
way of refusing all bad or uncertain
mounts
Don't you believe it," answered the
veteran sport. Sloane is unquestionably
the best jockey in the world. His system
has been adopted by every young jockey
in England. They laughed at him, but
Sloane made them laugh the wrong way.
Now, you can call him lucky because he
is successful. You know that luck comes
by preference to the successful. don't you?
Why, it's common thing at Monte Carlo
for people to bet against broken player
who is putting down his last gold piece.
He is bound to lose it; therefore, whoever
bets on the other color is bound to win.
You can see Sloane enjoying himself at
the Bots any day now, where he is entered
in the demonstrating tournament. He is
a pretty good shot, too. He has just bought
the winning automobile in the Gordon Ben
nett cup race. He told me he paid 1900
louis, or 5000, for it
American Horses Abroad.
Yet American horses never have sue
ceeded over here 1 ventured to suggest.
NO, they have not, except under Wish
ards management. The Reiff boys are
riding for him nov in England. Mr.. Wish
ard is considered to know more than any
other American horSeman that ever has
come over here. AS for Paris, there are no
American horses here. because there are so
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From the Youths Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
A recent English writer tells the follow
Ing which reminds one of the definition Of
faith, that faith is leg of mutton in a
boat" He is writing of his trip on an ocean
steamer.
"Out of 900 cabin passengers we had only
one little girl on board, aged about ten. OF
course we all made much of her. One day
I was making a sketch from memory Of
Fastnet Rock. My little friend was by me,
and she asked:
"'How can you sketch thing that you
do not see?'
81 remember 1t. 1 have an impression of
it, said
What Is an impression?'
II explain ID by making an impression
with the round end of the pencil on the
back of the hand. and then saying, There is
an impression, and one is also made by see
ing-only in different manner-on the
mind or BRAIN With this explana ton the
little girl seemed to be satisfied.
THE next day l was talking with bishop
on board. and said to him. My little friend
here can tell you what an impression is
And what is an impression?' he asked
Oh said she, 1t is just round hole
made on the back of your hand by pressing
a pencil on it!"
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matte profession. Queer. some Of 'enn. chi -
The militant, passe leading woman was
followed In quick order by swarms of stage
folk OF the second. third. fourth and even
more inferior ranks. all OF whose names
figured on the head mans books as OF ac-
tors and actresses who were resting. but
VINO could be engaged at such -and-such
terms for such-and-such parts. The terms
given on the head mans books, of course.
were not rigid They could be adjusted
They were hgurative in a double manner.
All that the visitors at the agency wanted
was TO be put into communication with
managers who wanted people" of their
particular sort That's the great word in
use at dramatic agencies-'people."
rs So-and-So looking around for 'peo-
ple?'" - What people are going out with
Props? I'm the kind of people Buskin
worn thread throughout all OF the talk is
that ever-reiterated word people"
Ordinary men and women looking for
work cannot afford 10 be modest in setting
ployers don't expect them 10 be modest
ir this direction. But the overwh elming
self-confdence. self-esteem OF these appli-
cants Tor stage work is really amazing.
Only Man on Earth.
There's not another man in the bust
ness that could draw out the fine shades OF
that part like l could" said an under
sized, weazen-faced man, who was trying
to induce the head man Of the agency TO
plug for him. in the securing of an eccen-
trio character part in old-time play. to
be produced this year at the cheaper
houses Its been butchered to make a
Roman holiday for forty years. that part
has; it's never been done anything like
right: it's been slurred. I'm the only man
on earth that can do IL. I'm built for it L
can't be beat in that line OF work Far be
II from me to say 1t. but it's the fact, all
right"
The incredible pointedness Of the self
praise of the women applicant was no less
marked.
"A dancing part, you say?" said a SOU
brette who had wheedled the head man into
admitting that he was looking out for a
young woman win a voice and lively feet
for a popular-price farce comedy. We'll,
isn't that me? Can you name any of 'em
that've got more steps than l have In her
repertoire2 AMI can't sing up and around
Mabel Gilman? Well, l guess
No doubt 1t was the earnestness of their
desire to secure employment that led them
own merits. and yet the impersonal manner
with which they threw verbal bouquets at
themselves sounded queer enough.
Perhaps a third of them" said the head
man of the agency, when he got away from
1t all to take his lunch, will get employment
before the snow flies. The remaining two
thirds will go on suffering the pangs of
hope deferred. The profession is crowded
almost beyond belief The least capable,
therefore, have got to drift into other &C
equations. which most of them do, however,
only after wasting years in the belief that
sooner or later they will make the world
ring with their praises if they ever
given a chance. c. L. c.
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were gone. So was his coat They had been
''tidied'' out Of sight. Help, Au secours .
Thieves Noleurs, ne cried down on the
street. but the pOliceman-:n consideration
of his costume-took him as a fantastic
lunatic.
And the Americans got away with the
Yes
An Old story.
Now. you see anybody going I'D
against such a weak proposition as that?"
inquired Sheedy in a tone of quiet, well>
bred raillery. It's one OF those stories
good enough TO print. but not good enough
for business. The best thing of that kind
] remember was in the old farce of Fun
in a Photograph Gallery where the bro
ken-down dude. buttoning up his coat to
conceal his lack of a shirt and furnishing
up his rusty hat to diSsimulate his pasto-
board cuffs. gets away with the sitter's watch
with a peculiar nervous movement as he
buZzes around him. But where's my
watch? asks the victim Taken with the
picture, Taken with the picture, SIR the
dude answers. There are some stories that
are all the time cropping up You can't kill
them"
i had met Sheedy the night before at the
Grand Cafe, where we were both watching
Of Cleveland. Ohio. the champion amateur
billiard player Of the United States. Now.
there's a lucky man. said he. We had
been talking about luck Mullen has Just
sold a coal mine for $500 600. and here he 10,
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touched. Il consider that your money is
not worth 10 cents on the dollar If you
play faro or roulette long enough with it.
My money or the money of any profession
al player will be worth 80 cents on the dol
lar at faro. All men are equal at the
wheel"
May ask how you make that out?"
Because you, the tenderfoot will give
the game percentage that l take away
from it."
Meaning that you wait for case cards?'
Il wait for cards like a machine l
make myself a machine throughout the
whole play in this well as every other
matter. That is why they do not want to
turn for us. We give them no percentage.
while We occupy space that would hold
good. productive Reubens, giving every
thing away that they have in their clothes.
Besides. we show bad example,
We'll. really, Sheedy." | could not help
waiting mechanically for cards must
be bit discouragins. Who is to pay for
the gas?'
"Oh. that's all right. / always said they
had the right to order their own house ac-
cording to their interests. If they want to
bar professionals they have the right to do
it, The fault is really with the game Of
faro. constructed as it IS to entice and lead
on the tenderfoot. All other banking games
have fixed percentages. Faro stands alone
as game in which the varying percentages
almost defy calculation even at the hands
of the mathematician. You know that there
are moments, when three kings are out
of the box. when the remaining king will
win or lose absolutely on an even chance
1t is case card Again. when there are
for example. only two kings remaining in
the box. the chances of split appearing
are greatly reduced. These real advantages
or concessions to the player were designed
II they were designed at all. to lure the
player with the promise of Il game without
rake-on Now. you can beat a game
without rake-off."
Il know that it is theoretically possible"
Exactly. Well, the tenderfoot-and MANY
a professional, compromising himself a
safe game al case cards. does exactly what
cards awhile then gets impatient, goes to
plunglnS, putting markers all around the
cloth. to get quick acknowledgements, Quick
action as II the action were not quick
enough already-and gets up, his head all
| in a whrl. without dollar In his pocketsr'
But you are not so foolish?'
The ProfessfonaI.
mo, 1 am more foolish still! A profess
sional gambler" Sheedy uttered these
words bitterly and scornfully. There is a
profession for you The only profession in
the world in which a man can become
clever, acquire a good reputation rise to
the top-and find that he has signed his own
death warrant! He is clever-and people
do not want tc do any business with him.
The cleverer he Is the less business he gets
to do. He Is a nice fellow but they do not
finds it marked up there: You are fool!
found It,"
He spoke with indignation.
He can be a square man, a gambler with
the best reputation in the world still there
will be finger pointed at him. Here is a
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Will Inherit a "Great Seal,


The present lord chancellor Of England
has come in for rare piece of good luclf
According to historic usage, new great
seal is minted when new sovereign comes
to the throne, the old one becoming the
property of the lord chancellor of the day.
1t has, however come to pass among other
results of the queens long reign that the
great seal Is 80 worn as to ncccssitate
new one. The order for 1t was given some
time ago, and the work is now completed.
Thus. for the first time in more than three
score years. a great seal, with all the histo-
r.cal associations connected with IL, reverts
to the ownership OF a private Individual
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man who keeps tewelrF store. He can be
a contemplate scoundrel that would rob
accepted socially. sWhy,,.hat is Mr.. Brown
who keeps the jswelry store. He is all
right'-as long as he has money. They will
invite his wife and children to associate
with their wives and children, but never the
gamblers wife and children!
Now, that is why the3American sporting
man feels free and happy in Europe" con-
cluded the most celebrated gambler of
America. Over here all gentlemen are
gamblers. You might almost say a gentle
man is not a gentleman unless he is a gam
bier, and 1t would not be a paradox. 1t
means that there II a lure class that goes
live weighted down by prejudices it has
really outgrown. 3as at home. America
drives her moneyed people away to spend
their money here y
STERLING HELLO.
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The Little Things That Win Friends.
From the Philadelphia North American.

1t is easy to see the qualities in Theodore
Roosevelt which make him the most popu-
lar figure in the public life of the country
today. popular in the power to arouse en-
thusiasm and make the millions cheer him
by his first name. Small Incidents some
times tell the secret better than long BIZ
ographies. In his western trip the other
day Roosevelt reached a town after night
fall. but, of course. there was a throng
to demand few words. Roosevelt began,
but before he had completed his first
sentence a voice shouted from the dark
ness, Hello. colonelT' Roosevelt paused
and exclaimed: That's a familiar voice.
Who was 1t called to me? 1t wasn't Bro
die?" Then came the answer: Yes, 1t is
1, Brodie" and Brodic was one Of his rough
riders God bless you. old man; come UP
here" and the speech was interrupted while
the greeting went on.
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Modern Auth0rship.
iicago Times-Herald.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
In the old fashioned days when a man wrote a book
That all there for him do;
II they made IL worth while for the author he took
Up his per and reeled OF some hing new.
But today, when a man writes a book that's q hit,
Why, that's just made a If n start.
For he has TO write others explaining how q
Came out Of his head and his heart.
He must tell how he thought Of the story aud
when
How many w. rds daily he wrote
II he set down the lines with a pencil or per-
These are things he must carefully rcte.
He must give the names OF The people le took
For his models. and nothing omit =
In these days when a man makes q bit with
book
He can write all his life about IT.
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the once-was loading woman. sharply. Of
the head man. 'Or are you expressing
your own opinion to my unavailability?
Girlish? I have frequently reduced twenty
pounds when the need arose to take slim
part And have all the makeup boxes been
done away with, pray? 1 have seen the
part done so often that 1 am almost letter
perfect in 1t, without ever having seen the
book Why can't you see Wings and fix me
in Found in Boston?'"
WELL exclaimed the head man, with
still more hesitancy, 1.-The truth is that /
believe he has his eye on young amateur
from one of the schools and
"Oh, that's it?" said the used-to-be lead
ing lady, with a number of sarcastic in
fiexions In her tone. Wings is going to
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Nothing Doing Surely.

The head man shook his head and
drummed on his blotter with the end Of his
pencil. while the passe leading woman fixed
her front hair with the aid of small look
ing glass hanging in a corner Of the room,
muttering things about the sorry pass the
profession was coming to. the imbecility of
employing sticks from the schools" and
so on.
There's a woman" said the head man
when she went out, who is possessed with
the queer idea that l am going to break
numerous blood vessels in the effort to get
her work IL for no other reason than to re-
pay her for coming in here every day or so
and bullyrag ging and browbeating and bull
DOING me and telling me how little / really
know about the requirements of the dra-
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pursue his old suicidal policy of taking out
a lot Of cheap, inexperienced people, is he?
Oh. well. he'll come in again soon enough.
just he had to the last time. when he
went out with lot of sticks from the
schools. What else? No other organiza-
lions under way?
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1 know, as matter of course, that you're
looking for my kind of people. and you
won't deny it. Won't you place me?'
The head man shook his head in a kindly
but determined way.
It's no use, my boy he said, drawing
figures on his blotter with a pencil. They
won't trust you. I might believe IN You,
l often have before, and as you know /
have-only to get thrown-but 1 wouldn't
be able to make manager see 1t my way
again in a thousand years"
But I've been up the state and had the
cure. man." said the leading man, who has
fallen to the rear of the parade. I'm not
going to break out again..
The head man smiled a slow smile.
That makes the 'steenth. time you've
had the cure, doesn't 1t, old MANI he
asked.
The down-at-heel leading man flushed, but
went on making promises, and finally the
head man said that he'd keep an eye out
for him. The shabby leading man picked
up his seedy hat ard went out. and as he
went out another leading man. who has
had tremendous vogue for years past.
lounged in, dressed to the mines in cool
summer clothing, nodded coolly to his down.
fallen colleague, Lit n Turkish cigarette
when he leaned over and talked with in
souciance TO the head man Of the general
dramatic employment agency, and graph
cally exhibited by his appearance and man
ner. in contrast to the man who had gloom
lily slouched out of the door moment be-
fore. the difference between a man up in
the world and a man down.
Another Wreck in Sight.
Enter. few moments later on, leading
woman of the ''palmy days." counting the
palmy days only a matter of ten or fif-
teen years back. Much lacng had caused
her embonpoint to take on a certain bulgy
appearance. Her hair was bleachcd TO
fragile of deadish-looking hemp. The
great heat had not had an improving effect
upon the ornateness of her facial makeup.
Her voice no longer possessed the bell-tone
that 1t once possessed. Finally, she was
militant, not besecching, like most Of the
others.
Nothing for me yeti" said she. strident-
ly, when, after the greeting, the head man
told her that It was very dull old theatre
cal world. II cannt understand 1t. Did
sou see Wings, who's going to take the
Found in Boston piece out in September"
The head man nodded.
The leading woman in that piece, you
know said he. in hestating way, lis
er-essentially girlish and-er-slender and
all that. in the earlier scenes. ander-"
Are you perfectly certain that you talked
with Wings about me for the part?" asked
The Irish standard., 1900-01-27
THE TREATY WITH JOLO,
McKinley's Agreement with the Sultar
of Sulu.

NASNIAlCy , Agreement WIFI TIC SulldI
of Sulu.
Following is the text of the agree
ment between Gen. Bates and the sui
tan of Jolo, better known as the Jolo
treaty. which has been sent to the SEN
ate by the president:
Agreement between Brig. Gen. John
G. Bates, representing the United
States. of the one part. and his high
ness, the Sultan of Jolo, the Dato
Raiah Muda, the Dato Attik, the Dato
Calbi and the Dato Joakanain, of the
other part, it being understood that
this agreement will be in full force
only when approved by the governor
general Of the Philippine islands, and
confirmed by the president of the
United States, and will be subject to
future notifications by mutual con-
sent of the parties in interest.
Article 1.-The sovereignty of the
United States over the whole archipel-
ago of Jolo and its dependencies is de-
clared and acknowledged.
Article 1.-THE United States flag
will be used in the archipelago Of Jolo,
and its dependencies, on land and sea.
Article 1II.-The rights and dignities
of his highness, the sultan, and his
The Irish standard., 1900-01-27
LITANY OF IRISH SAINTS
Discovered Among the Papers of a
New York LADY.

The following interesting document,
translated from the Gaelic, was found
among the papers of a cultured Irish
Catholic lady who died recently in
New York:
Many Of the old clans. patriarchal
races and ancient Catholic families of
Ireland. have cherished Il traditional
devotion to certain local saints who
have been regarded from time imme-
mortal as their patrons. and to en-
courage this devout observance. the
Saints of the Diocese of Ireland" was
compiled and approved by the ccclr-
siaStical authorities:
Lord have mercy on tho children of
Ireland.
Christ have mercy on the children of
Ireland. ....
Lord have mercy on the children of
Ireland.
Christ have mercy on the children Of
Ireland.
God. the Father of Heaven, have
Mercy on the children of Ireland
God, the Son, Retleemer of the World
have mercy on the children of Ire
land.
God. the Holy Ghost, Protector of the
elect, have mercy on the children
of Ireland.
Holy Mary, conceived without original
sin, pray for the children of Ire
land.
All We holy angels and archangcls,
pray for the children of Ireland.
All We holy orders of Blessed Spirits,
pray for the children Of Ireland.
st. Patrick, apostle of Ireland, pray
for the children of Ireland.
st. Bridget, patroness Of Ireland, pray
for the children of Ireland.
st. Malachy, patron saint Of the
archdiocese of Armagh, pray for
the children of Ireland.
SIS. Lawrence and Kelvin, patron
saints of the archdiocese of Dub
lin, pray for the children Of Ire
land.
st. Albert, patron saint of the arch
The Irish standard., 1900-01-27

PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Hennepin. Probate Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Frank Dun
lcavy, Deceased.
On reading and filing the final account of
Charles z. Fox, executor Of the estate of
said deceased, and his petition praying for
the allowance Of said account and for a de-
cree assigning the residue Of said estate
to the persons by law entitled to the same;
1T rs ORDERED, That said petition be
heard at General term of said Court to
be held at the Court House in the City Of
the Fifth day Of February: 1900, at 70
such hearing be given to ali persons inter
estsd by Pub i this order os once r,n in
to said day of hearing in the Irish Stand
ard. q newspaper printed and published in
Dated at Minneapolis this 9th day of
January, 1900.
By the Court:
Il. C. HARVEY,
Judge of Probate.
MOVES & PRENDERGAST,
Attys. for Executor.