Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-24
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The treetops never make the sound Of leaves 90,
And stirring stir not. Shannon bixefSe
OF CURRENT INTEREsr. ~
In answer to a query on the para OF
Colonel W. F. Cloud. of Kansas City. Q
we'll known veteran Of both the Mexican
and civil wars, as to the number Of sol.
diers enrolled In the Revolutionary war.
and also in that Of 1872. the war depaItment
has given the following interesting inf0r.
nation: A report of the secretary OF war
to the house Of representatives. dated Nay
10. 1890. shows that the number Of troops
and militia furnished by the several states
from time to time during the Revolution
was SS.3O. 1t is certain. however. that
these figures do not represent the total
number Of individuals added to the force In
any year. or the total number OF individ.
uals in service in any year. because there
must have been many Implications caused
by counting the same man over again for
each successive enlistment. It Is veil
known that q very large proportion OF
men who served during the Revolution rem
dered two. three or more terms. or tours.
Of service. This was notably the caseG !
militia organizations. In which men cs..n
auently served tours Of q few daolt-
at comparatively short intervals. II W0ls
never be possible to determine with d
approximation to accuracy the number Of
individuals who actually rendered military
service during the war OF the Revolution.
From reports of the third auditor OF the
treasury department dated December Il
1886. and February 2. 1858. 1t apears that
the total number Of regulars. militia. vol
unteers and rangers who served the United
States at any time during the war OF 1N3
was 5S.21i. 1t Is evident that this numbaf
represents enlistments and not the actual
number of individuals in service. II Ii
known that a very large proportion Of the
men who served during the wal Of 1S13 rem
dered more than one term or tour" VI
service.
London. according to some s0ciolos9c9l
persons Is crying for . Malthus. Never
were lodgings scarcer or rents higher. The
competition Is as fierce as that OF tfade,
and the landlord gets any rent he chooses
to ask. Says a writer in the London Duly
News: Houses and tenements. and Cne-
rOomed homes have been divided and sub.
divided. till now 1t has come to pass that
the very beds are let OF at SO much rent.
1t is becoming common for night workers,
such as bakers and watchmen, to rent .
bed to sleep In during the day from people
already living In An overcroWded state who
occupy the bed at night. Among some
families in Spitalhelds the beds are rented
on the eight-hOur principle. having three
different sets of sleepers every tWenty-folr
hours. Little room though the law allow {
there are 100000 Londoners living In lesite'
But more than two In . room does Shi,.
mean simply three In q room, or -four -
five. In some cases 1t means twelve, and
even seventeen In a room. The last census
return. eight years ago. when oveFcrowp1.
ing was less severe than 1t Is to-day. show.
ed a number of families living more than
twelve In a room. Since then 1t has been
calculated that London has added q little
over 100000 people to Its population. Il Is
this great and continuous rowth Of Ioa-
don that has made the overcroWding worse
than 1t ever was In the history OF the city.
One OF the most eloquent Of the 81, Pat
rick day speeches this year was that Of
Judge Morgan J. O'Brien. president Of the
Friendly Sons OF ST. Patrick. Of New York,
Speaking Of American citizenship. he thu.
referred to the colored race: "A genera.
ton ago 1t was q race Of slaves; to-day II
has its representatives among our heroes.
Not all the waters Of the ocean can makef
It white. for 1t wears the Furnished livsrys
of the sun, but 1t earned its place In hixsp
tory by the side OF the Irish at Foutsnr"
and the Old Guard at Waterloo. when Eng:
colored regular regiments went up to de 9 to
on San Juan hill. with their merry ~ u
twinkling and their white teeth gleamS
singing as they went. 'Climbin' Up 0dI
Golden Stairs" And he was applauded I'd
the echo by his Irish audience,
According to the London Times. n an
pears that the idea of a railway from Cape
Town to Cairo does not belong to Cecil
Rhodes. hut to Tom Livingstone. q SON Of
the great explorer. DIR. Livingstone. Who
like his father. died In the exploration of
Africa. The building Of this railway In
now urged in the interest of the suppress
sion OF the slave trade. which was DR.,
Livingstone's great hope.
Helen Gould keeps her house open all Aav
and night for the policemen, fremen and
the workmen engaged on the smolceriue
ruins OF the hotel fire. Five tables ARE
spread and half a dozen servants are kent
busy supplying them with coffee and sanA."
witches as often as they desire this z: "
freshment. And they are all welcome, rab
As Claus Spreckles. the sugar kinx. y
coming out Of his San Francisco once
other day. a unaway horse attached 10
light wagon came tearing down the sire
Mr.. Spreckeis, at his own risk. stopped ii
animal and probably saved the man n
child who were In the wagon from sever
injury OF death.
ShocA ~ "Sw It'll oHh SdCu TeXN8V
OF infantry and artillery win have Q III
Of twenty-eight pieces established In ~
nection with II. at government expsnsAi
Heretofore the army has had no music 81
it's own except at tho expense Of III CO
GERS and men.
The new building Of the Charitable 4
and Ear infrmary. Of Boston, which ~
Just been dedicated, recalls to The Hed
Il NJ that NfHW NJ YsrIlA IUA-A "-s--MM
on the Institution: Charitable Eye 80
Ear! I didn't know Boston had elthes!s Z
Vice President Hohartis fr1sads ere snH
what concerned lest he Be dropped fro4et0
tcket next year. An old ticket hast
hsen ronominAtsd n AAA1saA RuaAGSisa
Dohsdes b. either q IL Jsal1ng 49,
: sases tAs days q Jones NsassA