Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-02
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OF INTEREST. ~ Hal
RUdyard Kipling has himself told the inr
story of his first book. when a demand =,
came from the public for a collection of his J.
ditties: "a real book was out of the ques-
ton. but | knew that Rukn-Din and the al
office plant were at my disposal at u
price. ii | did not use the office time. Also. =
J had handled in the previous year a cou- "a
pie of small books. Of which | was part
owner, and had lost nothing. So there was IS.
built 4 sort of Il book. "A lean. oblonE Sc
docket. Unrestricted. To initiate a d.. -. on
government envelope. printed on one side d.
only. bound in brown paper and secured on
with red tape. Ii was addressed to all
heads of departments and all government 50
officials. and among d pile of papers az
would have deceived a Clerk of twenty
years service. OF these books We made -.
some hundreds. and as there was no neces- ,rs
sity for advertising. my public being - *
my hand. I took reply postcards. printed :
the new OF the birth of the book on one "ii
side. the blank order form on the other. RI
and posted them UP and down the emA nowled;
from Alden to Singapore. and from q earE,rs l.
to Colombo. he ~,
There was no trade discount. no recs holdi
oning twelves as thirteens. no commission
land no credit of any kind whatever. Th'em'eht
money cam back in poor hut houescs ''
rupees and was transferred from the pub
Usher. the lefthand pocket. direct to tho ian,
author. the righthand pocket. Every copy ~ d
sold in "A few weeks, and the ratio Of ex- v
penses to profits, az | remember it. has soI
since prevented my injuring my health by
| sympathizing with publishers who talk OF
their risks and advertisements" 10
- no.
A young woman who wishes to become a IS
trained nurse must. according to Mrs. Har- :,
riet Hubbard Aver. be perfectly healthy. mot
both OF body and mind. When she begins n.
her study she must generally have en- =,
tered Upon her I'D year. and 10 be eligible
must not have passed her Goth. She must aL'l
have no false ideas of what her work will ~
cost. After passing physical and mental tel
examinations she becomes a probationer.
who. from : a. m. until : p. M. works II
harder than a scullery maid. In very much m
the ~latter's kind of work. II at the con- oids
clusion OF about two months she Is found looI
to be rcat, steady and generally capable, ~
she enters upon Il course of two or three den,
years preparation. nursing all sorts a%ndhe,iult
conditions of cases. men, women and chill mont
dren. and her romantic ideas are seneraIlNs vIpfT
pretty well shattered. During this time gr
she Is paid. at the Bellevue hospital. New =
York. SO a month. Then she receives her Ill
diploma and. except for the scant aid OF +,
a registry office. must shift for herselsT,s !"
Claims asains, the government, ~, and T.r
money spent in taking care Of soldiers in,cn.
the late war (Sp~anish-Amer!can after theirs IN
recall home. amounting in all to abou, mo,
100000. were to have been provided for H.
the general deficiency bill. hut they will
have to so over until the mex, congress.
The leaders of the senate decided that IL .r
would he irregular to appropriate tho =.
money to meet these claims until they had
been regularly audited in the war depart >
ment, a formality which has been neglected. -
These claims affect about II dozen states e.
and the expense was incurred by the gov
ernors under direct authority of the secre- u
tary OF war This case. Il correspondent re- u
marks. illustrates a ease OF red tape which !"
is common in Washington. where there is y
the slightest faint of informality, but !
which Is none the less exceedingly cxa+ 7
perating to those who advanced money for ~
the government. n
Citizen George Francis Train is again 4
in evidence in New York and vicinity. HI. III
ana MS manager are soon to start ..oir ~
Labor Festival" which for n~oveltS T.
ingenuity seems likely 10 be a sliccessSc i,
plan Is for Mr.. Train TO speak three times y,
in each congressional district. the towns Il
offering the best grounds and the largest W
crowds getting the show. Admission to all u
will be / cent. Lunch will be l cent and Il
lemonade | cent. Trains Else club will
swccten the performance Trains booklets. y
will sell for / cent. It Is believed that &
crowds will number from %."'t To $50 daily.
which means from So to So. NJ bpo,IinS II
committeemeu Will he admitted 20 ~throlSeF "a
wet blanket upon this great IRE. anctnu- n
manager says. IF nothing Interrupts my -
plans. no dOllar-iif'y-cen euty-ive-ce ~
opera house crowds on earth Will compete
with US" OF
About 1900 90 feet OF Maine brentwood III
vii! be sent to Englan d and Scotland this
wear for spooIs. The wood Is cut in small ~
logs in winter, sawed at mills Fear the
forest in spring. and piled up Tor seasonal b.
ing until warm weather. about the m!dils :,
or June. Then the bars are bundled and L
sent to Bangor by rail. where they are l.
loaded generally into steamships for tho D
European market. This has been ono Of =
the mos, important industries In Northern o
and Eastern Maine. and its expected re- al
vival Is welcomed by all Classes. from -;
woods iaborers u shipping merchants. d.
Emperor william never plays card, ex- l., Z,
Ccpt for very low stakes. Yet In IL gam =
| with Il Leipzig lawyer one" upon a t;us...-
the latter lost - marks. ~" Iaug..S.
! exclaimed: Il nave got into Il Co.
robbers den" Everybody reared with ept"'
laughter. the emperor as heartily as tho w.
rest. When his majesty was staying tho c.,
following year at Barhy and ncticed the ..ad
lawyer. he went up TO him. handed him a !
9tmdrk piece ~ la diamonds. In the r.,
form OF Il s~carfpin, and said: Restored by rAIo
the robbers IL II
The yptirg ~ the New Jersey leSisla- -
.ucc 0! =. swOf! =, Admiral Sampson re- ca
calls the fact INA, IN. only other iuCiv!du-
al vino ever received such distinction at
the hands OF New Jersey was Captain
Samuel French. for vaior during the Mex
lean war. When the civil war broke
Captain French deserted his STATE