Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

Mr.. Rogers explained to the young |
country boy seemed a fabulous amount, |
but the salary was not all to be paid |
70 The young writer Five dollars ne was
TO have fer his board and what he couii |
save Of that would he his to spend. |
.\nother portion was to be devoted 20 |
the clothing bill and an additional sum |
y not" 10 bishop Fitzpatrick was given |
him. and the bishop interested himself |
in the boy. Mr. Naler recalls with |
pleasure now the Kindness shown him
by tn bishop AMI his secretary. yoInS |
publishers faVur,.bly. ! Wen, f ON
Father Haley. who afterwards beca:n"
the bishop a PoI tland. For thr mex
few years the boy .-tudicd hard. and made
such progress that ia 18th lie went South |
to represent The Boston journal as Il
corrcsro nd"nt with tho Army Of the p
|, mIc. lhink tn, the t,ys "f /. r.l1pI |
will agree with III" that mis- t.uC story |
ut the mannr: in Wu..'h /. Main" DO: got |
his start III the world Is as inter. stidg |
in IL WAY as THAT utncr s-Lly ..c Nrn.+ |
Tyler and his nicnd Mr.. Stubbs. "A
sequel telling Of the ,odns mans ad- !
ventures with the army would douht',s =
prove OF ,uIal interest
In III. years which foiiowcd Mr. X 1ier
saw much Of til. ljf" OF tle newspaper
reporter and correspond, ut in the daN4
when, perhaps, there WUo more Of ian
and excitement in it than there are IN
Journa' 10 bccun" conEcct"d with TIE
publications Of Frank Leslie. and later
wrote Tor other New York papers. Work
iug On The New York papers at tnat zine
wur" Il number OF bright men who are
stIlI remembered and sOi.,c Of whom are
still in The harness. There was John
itahbei ton, who wrote that book ~ whlcn
tn" description Of the prankS Of "iiclens
Babies set the country in Il roar of
aught r. Joe Howard. who now writes
widely read letters for sunday papers
was another man who was then in active
service. Among others OF whom NJ;
kaler cells many 4 story MAS kpHWonu
Ph, ips. Wno once played = prank on Joe
Howard contributing 10 the Star then
owned by Howard, package which
cooked like manuscript and which Ph.lpS
said was unlike any story Howard had
ever published. 50 j proved. tor when
( opened some weeks later The package
was foInd 10 contain only thin sheets
I OF Cuppcr. The versatile sam Mcke.ver
Z AT tha; time was cnliveninS New YORK
} journalism Another III the band OF good
4 fellows VINO made newspaper ne excl
! ing az the time WAS Jack Gilbert. WEn
/ deserted newspaper work To become
bdsso IN the Maplcson Opera companies
! it was ,iIlbC ri who. being assigned 10 re-
port Il Vanderbilt wedding for the sun.
tarried So long that he missed his train
lJnd, knowing an ihC people who would
';ttcud tn, c.Icrnouy. diI as many other
newspaper men would have done. lie
wrote the account without going 10 the
wedding. 1t Nas good story. but on
slight incident spoiled il and led to tie
retirement ~ Glib. IT from the forces Of
the Sun. owing to sudden death II
the fanily ut IT., nriu, til wedding was
pos poEcd.
II was about this Tim, that Alr. kaler
secured position On the New York
Herald. IIc reported for ms first days
WorR and WAS told that LC vas y r. p~rt
t. Mr.. James Gordon Bennett in Paris.
1 Th"r" was Just time To- secure a t""
necessary art. .Cl.~ ana eaten 4 Cunardcr
it.bt nf f1..l. at g. al fl, noon.
tUTryilE from Liverpool 10 London, Nil
l<al"r caught the continental cApfcss
ana mace mis- way tn fari5 only " nm
thai Mr. Bennett had lcfL i'r -. Ptlt- :
lburg. Two hours later Nalcr was again
on the train this time bound JcrpsS
Europe 10 tn" Russian capital In"rI
nr fugnd Mr. Bennett wAu, u see m~, ha9
changed his plans and did not want ths
assistance of mis- reporter IN the Ola
World. 50 Mr.. kaler made his wsy BACK
10 America and thus completed tr!n
half wav around the world during "hIch
he hat not spent over three h"ur5 IN
any Of the cities through which r.
passed. Pcrha9 tho boys VIII asr"" Wlth
mo that there Is inatcr!h! III tEiS IL Al
lothcr interesting story.
1T Ma; III 1876 ,- ;hereiboLts nat Mr..
KaIer acquired III, kuowl.ds. of circus
life winch served him 50 We'll when y
wrote the adventures of Toby ! Nler. IL
land Mr.. Nch-tNtr were sent out WIZ
itht. Earnum show in order mat they
might Iiru matcrid! for circus stories -
h, published IN the Leslie papers. Tnr
arrangement Was that th"I should hnld
lIositions with the circus the snow peop q
lpaying Il part of their salaries ard the
Leslie concern the balance. Mci>eeVtr
selected the position of assistant ticket
lscller. believing that in that capacity hc
would have an easy time. Will" Nj.
| kaIcr became assistant press agent. A
! Il ma ter Of fact. he had the best of the
| bargain. for MchceVcr found at tht. end
of each Week ne had msCountcd the
| tickets Sn pf ANA collected rninS That
| he owed money to The show instead of
having a salary do" him That was IN.
last season in which The big circus
travelled on wheels and during its pro-
Sress through tho country there was
much discussion among the old hand AZ
to the feasibility Of carrying a tent show
| on railroad train. The circus men were
conservative. They did not believe in
new tangled notions. Mr.. kaler smiles
| as he tells of thu prediction of the cc-
phant trainer that his big charges would
| certainly be stampeded should an tempt
| be made to load them upon the cars
| while The men whose duty II was to
| care for the horses declared that after
| Il night in the ears they would be too
| stiff to perform in the ring. The boys
| who have seen the elephants quietly
| walk from the cars in ;he early morn
| ing when the circus comes to town ana
| have later in the day seen the handsome
horses prancinS about the sawdust ring
| may conclude from his that even cir
Gus man may be mistaken no.. ana then.
| Inc life D1 the circus performer in those
| days WREN the show travelled on its LWl
| wheels was anything but an easy one
! Mr.. kalcr saw enough of il to make il
1 possible to point out to his Young readers.
| some years later just how hard il was
Sober going business men Of today NAV
| have stayed at home instead of Running
| off to join the show under the big tents
| because in Toh"y Tyler they read of the
| hardships of the long night rides ana the
| rough life of the people whose appear
| 3ncc in the street parade and the ring
| occupied only the bricI portion Of a DAY
| filled with hard work and little pleasure
| II was thrc" years after his cxpcri-
| 'ncc with the show that Mr. kal.r was
| In Maine writing reports Of the count
out for the Boston Globe. In the colirst.
| of his travels hc spent several days il.
Damariscotta. and as. for newspaper
| reasons. he did M! want to attract I'M
necessary attention. ne kept pretty
closely to his room in the hotel "A man
| in Dana riSCotta with not much to do
wants some WHY Of spending his time
said Mr.. kal"r with "A smile as he told
| me the story. And il was to pass the
| time AWAY thar hc wrot" til" story III
| Toby Tyler and the circus. Like many
another book viii Il has won success this
strike one firm I" another, and its pros
poets of seeing the light Of day through
| the medium Of the printed IaEc seemed
poor indeed when it was accepted by the
| Harpcrs. They made arrangements 10