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Evening journal., 1901-09-17

In Manayunk, Pa, his home, Garrett
McMaster is famed as an all-arOund
sportsman and a marksman of no
mean ability. He has come to Will
mingtOn for a twO-fold purpose name
ly. to visit NJ. j. Bowers, Of Eighth
and Jefferson streets, and to slaughter
a few hundred reed birds and some
dozens of toothsome rail birds.
1t was on Thursday that Mr.. McMas-
ter, with shot and shell, advanced
upon the yellow-breasted lovers of
wild oats He hunted for about ten
hours in the marshes along the shores
Of the Delaware, Brandywine and
Christiana rivers, but it was all in
vain, for the nearest he came to reed
birds was when he offered a boy so cents
for half dozen half-starved "reedies
that had been killed the day before
The boy maliciously refused to sell
and the sportsman from Manayunk re.
turned to the Bowers residence with
out a feather His excuse is that he
did not see any birds during his trip
Not wishing to doubt Mr.. McMasters
veracity or craftsmanship, the shell.
/ he brought back were not counted.
1t is said that a stranger in cunning
costume paraded the market, trying t.
purchase a couple of dozen reed birds
He will hunt the marshes again
and vows he will take a wit
ness with him to avoid being SANDER
ed. How to keep his promise to Mana
yunk friends who are patiently wait
ing for nicely iced and packed boxe
Il Of reed birds from the Delawar
marshes, is somewhat worrying to tn
i man from Manayunk.
Evening journal., 1901-09-17

as much attention to time as thou!
they We're making real music. Il
heaters of experience can plav 81
eral tunes. They say that it lightI
the work to perform it in a TUNED
way.
Men with stiff brooms follow
'beaters,' and are in turn followed
busters A man with a ,whisk broI
brings uD the rear. After the dust i
settled, the "touchers up" go to wd
on the windows and metal work. II
latter is thoroughly rubbed and poliI
ed after each trip. Then comes
berth front man, who does nCtbi
but polish the woodwork until
shines like a mirror. The carpets
ready cleaned by compressed air
put in place. Then there is a p~ocI
sion Of men, women and bows ed
with a separate task. There are Lad
men. who test the gas lights or
the electric globes, if the car happd
to be in the limited service; overhd
cleaners, who get at the ventilated
boys who adjust clean headrests.
upholsterer who looks for rents in
cushions, and an inspector. whose d
lis keen for the detection of negligeT
in the work of those who went befc
In all, twenty-five men and women
more or less work on the interior
every car before the cleaning proc
is ended.
In the meantime. other gan0s hs
been at work on the exterior of
car. There is the "MOdoc crew." VIII
polishes the exterior woodwork Will
sOapy preparation free from acid. n
process protects the varnish. and if
''modoc' bath was not applied regul
ly the glossy surface would soon 4
appear. Cars used on fast trains
the hardest to keep in shape. The
currents pick up large and SIN
stones and frequently throw ia
against the sides of the car with S
ficient force to make deep dents. Oh
men carefully test ev lry part Of
running gear
Whenever sick person is carried
q Pullman coach two reports are m;
! to the cleaning department. One cor
from the Pullman conductor and
other from the porter in charge Of
car. No matter what the disease.
car is thoroughly fumigated She
which have been sprayed with form
dehyde are hung in the car. The Der
are lowered and all windows clos
The fumes find their way into ev
part Of the car. which means s
death to germs Of every sort, as '
demonstrated at a recent test by O
GERS OF the Board of Health.
We keep a particularly close wa
! for 'lungers, said the man in cha
of a fumigation crew. Cars which
used on the mountain runs frequen
/ by invalids get a germ killing d
whether we have a report on them
not.
The linen department Of the p
man cleaning yard employs a mum
of men and women and keeps a ste
! laundry busy. No piece Of linen
ever used twice on any of the {
without being cleaned. This me
the use of 10000 or 1900 pieces ey
twenty-four hours.
! In the winter months siXty-twO
a day is seventy-five. As many as
have been turned out on rush di
] The company figures that it takes
1 full time of two men thoroughly
clean sleeping car, and the time {
] man and a half for a chair car.
Evening journal., 1901-09-17
PROCESS OF
CLEANING PULLMAN PALACE CAR

Before the travelling public began to-
study the germ theory of disease and
to take alarm at the spread of tuber-
culosis and kindred diseases, little in
terest was taken in the cleanliness Of
cars. Today nothing will raise a pro-
test sooner than a dirty car, and a
large percentage of passengers make
an examination on their own account.
Watch a woman when she enters a
Pullman car at one of the stations at
which persons take the cars
to go away from the city. She
runs her fingers over the woodwork
and sticks her little fist into the cush-
ions. This operation is generally fol-
lowed by the exclamation MY, how
clean this car Isl" Perhaps she won
ders how it is possible TO clean the
car so thoroughly She knows the
trouble she has getting servants who
will keep her home free from dust, and
envies the Pullman Company in it's
possession Of cleaners that really clean.
Most women get into their Pullman
berths with something closely related
to a shudder. They cannot forget that
someone occupied that berth the night
before. and that it was someone they
knew nothing about. They think of
germs, and shudder again. In reality
they have little cause for alarm. Twen-
ty-fve men have worked in different ca
pacities to get that car clean and to
put any possible germs out of commits
sion.
The Pullman cleaning station in this
city is in a hollow near Melrose sta
tion. at 1920 street, says the New York
Tribune. The cleaning operation has
been reduced to a system, but it is
none the less interesting on that ac-
count. Compressed air, powerful dis
infectants and magic cleaners are call
ed into play, and the work is done
quickly and thoroughly More stress.
however, is put upon thoroughness
than speed
As soon as a Pullman car is empty
of passengers at the Grand Central
station a yard engine shifts it to the
Melrose cleaning yard A crew of car
pet shutters quickly strip it of floor
covering, which are taken to the car
pet cleaning shed. to be swept by COM
pressed air The air blast comes out
of a crack in a shOvel-like nozzle. and
the surface of the carpet gives up a
miniature dust storm.
The nature of the next operation de-
ponds on the condition of the car. If il
has come from ST. Louis or over some
other dusty run. the car itself receives
a compressed air bath. A heavy rub
Der pipe is run in at one door, and
inch by inch the strong blast is di-
rected against the floor, the seats, the
walls and the ceiling Not a crack cr
a panel crevice is overlooked: not 4
speck of dust is missed. 1t is all driven
out of the other door, and the density
and size of the dust cloud is surprising
If the car is running to Chicago OF
, Buffalo, where the roadbeds are par
lticularly we'll kept, the compressed all
treatment is not necessary every trip
In its place a beating gang is assign
ed to clean the car. The beater uses
a peculiar paddle with a round blade
made of stiff wire covered with raw
hide. The handle is of rattan and coy
cred with strips of leather. The beat.
4 ers' go at the cushioned seats as Il
they were playing a drum, and every
cushion gets a regular tune. They pa!
Evening journal., 1901-09-17
WSPAPER OPINION


Unchanged
From the New York sun
The great danger from the succession
of Nice-President to the Presidency. rs
our history has proved. is that the new
Chief Magistrate will seek TO distinguish
his administration from the other for the
mere sake of the distinction; that he will
change for the sake OF demonstrating that
he is an independent or original force.
President Roosevelt is man too large
and too broad to be influenced by any
such considerations of vanity or self-as-
sertion. He knows that the preservation
of the uneNampled political repose in
which the Republic was at the moment of
the assassination of President Mckinley
is the first great duty imposed ON him.
and that his administration at home and
abroad will be tested accordingly More
over, Mr.. Roosevelt was in more than
merely partisan agreement with the poll.
cies associated with the name and fame
of President Mckinley. He was IA
miliar with them from their inception
and they represented his avn personal
views and convictions
The bullet of the assassin killed the
man, but it did not break the continuity
OF the spirit ana purpose of the American
presidency as administered by William
| Mckinley.
Evening journal., 1901-09-17

Cherish his memory
Peace to his DUST
Men will revere him,
And heaven is just
Wrapped In the folds
or the banner he loved;
BY all emergencies
Tested and proved;
Loyal and faithful,
Discharglng his trust,
Reverently follow him
Peace to his DUST
Pause and uncover,
Ye naughty Behold
Natures great nobleman
Silent and cold
Pause, and uncoverl
Nor grudge to him now,
Homage that envy
Would never allow.
Fames deathless finger,
In letters of flame.
High on her banner,
Hath written his name
Doing his duty.
Fulfilling his trust
This is the end Of it
Peace to his Dust
Never shall passion
Assail thee again
No more TO suffer
The malice of men.
Never to grieve
Ger the sorrow and shame,
Men have imposed
In sweet chantys name.
Close then the chapter
Fer close it we must
Green be his memory
Peace to his dust!
Come from the silence
A moment and know
Hearts now are tender
And eyes overflow.
Come for the justice
That envy withheld;
Come for our homage,
For malice is quelled.
Come for the rest
or the lengthening years;
Come-but, alasl
We have only our tearsl
Let us be silent,
For heaven is just!
Payerfully follow him
Peace TO his Dust
BILL PARSONS
Evening journal., 1901-09-17

DIR. T. C. Moore. of Smyrna. whose
career has included an interesting uial
in the courts proc'aims himself for
Addicks here and hereafter. now and
eternally, first, last and in the middle.
Why, of counsel No one expected any
thing else. DR. Moore is not free
agent, and he is well aware that to
break away from Addicks would be
pedlous. His buster will not concea.
from the public his real motive, nor
blind It 20 some points in his interest
ing policital career. Why, certainly,
doctor You are OF just the type to
make a good Addicks man. You are
manufactured to order in lots OF
twenty.
Evening journal., 1901-09-17
OBSERVE THURSDAY

Let the people OF our city and state
observe Thursday in the proper man
ner. and with a spirit beitting the sol
emn occasion. II is proper that all
places OF business should be closed,
and tlst there be cessation of all
pursuits which would disturb those
who would make of the day season
of religious observance. Il is solemn
occasion to all Americans; by its
proper observance we may show our
respect for the great President, and
our loyalty to the principles which he
so faithfully served
Let us observe II; it is only a day
out of our lives. and it may be spent no
more probably than in meditation and
prayer. We have been notified that
all the jewellers and the grocels will
close their places, and there are many
individuals in other lines of business
who will do likewise. Let Sabbath
stiffness reign while our illustrious
dead is borne to the grave
Evening journal., 1901-09-17
NEW BRIDGE NEARLY FINISHED
Will Be Open TO Travel When Flooring
Is Laid

In a few days the new Seventh
street bridge. across the Brandywine
creek. will be open to travel. The iron
work on the new structure was finish
cd yesterday. and il remains for Con-
tractor Patrick Fahey to lay the floor
ing and finish the approaches before
the bridge can be used. The draw can
be operated now. and it will be but a
short time before the work will be fin
Iished. A
Evening journal., 1901-09-17
Chastened
ChaStened
From the Providence journal.

From the Providence journal.
General Sickles' hopes of being elected
commander-in-chief OF the Grand Army
of the Republic have been rudely shat
tered. Judge Torrance. Of Minnesota is
the unanimous choice Of the old soldiers.
The defeated candidate is now in posi-
tion 90 ponder in a chastened and re-
morseful spirh his alliance with the pen
sion sharks and the other enemies Of
Commissioner Evans. That alliance did
his reputation no good, and now it is
Evening journal., 1901-09-17
Ioiured While at Work

While Charles Keen. of No. 1902
Kirk avenue, was engaged in painting
the front of the house No. 612 West
Third street yesterday afternoon, he
fell from a ladder to the ground, re
ceiving severe bruises about the head
and shoulder
Evening journal., 1901-09-17

Bennett. Stetson's original Uncle T,
probably the best-known impersOns
of this celebrated character in
world. There will be two TOpsies
two Marks in the great double C
The work Of competent players is
Their enhanced by beautiful stage
tings and new electrical devices.
unel Sawyer's celebrated pack Of
berian blOodhounds is one of the
lures with this company, as well
the prize Shetland ponies. New
novel specialties are introduced by
Creole Ladies Quaret; John Lo
champion buck and wing dancer,
aiAted by the Mississippi singer,
Ocette; the Lone Star Quintet, in
perb vocalizations, and the grotes'
Timber Lee. The parade will be We
going to see.
Evening journal., 1901-09-17
Adiudgsd MentalIr Incomnetent

Dover, Sept. 1.-THE property Of
Mrs. Martha j. Ford of Cheswold. in
placed in the hands Of trustees. Mrs.
Ford having been adjudged mentally
incapable of managing her business
affairs.
Evening journal., 1901-09-17

proved to have been valueless as n means
TO the attainment of his cherished am
bition. There will be general satisfaction
in this proof that Sickles maligned the
veterans when he intimated that their
votes could be Influenced by promises of
more or less pension money. The great
majority are not to be reached by such
means
Evening journal., 1901-09-17

That famous comedy succs
"Mama's New Husband" is the
nounced attraction at the Opera Ho
on Wednesday night. and local anu
ment lovers undoubtedly will aN
themselves CT the opportunity this
gagement affords 10 witness what
widely and enthusiastically heral
as the best comedy produced in yes
Although it is farcical in tone, it
original in theme and construct
and the surprises of it's plot and ST
are said to be irresisdbly amusi
The principal thread of the story
woven out of the entanglements o
young man who marries a won
who though very wealthy, is
enough to be his mother, and it is
MISUNDERSTANDING that result fl
this matrimonial alliance and
many ludicrous situations in which
young husband is placed, that
nish the fun of the play and crl
incessant laughter from the beginn
of the play to the fan Of the final
tain.
Evening journal., 1901-09-17

The Morning Blathersdte wants
pubic meetings held throughout the
State for the purpose of banishing
anarchy. It then outlines what It be-
lieves 10 be the wrongs to be redressed,
II goes without saying that its purpose
is the condemnation Of the Regular
Republicans for refusal to support
Addicks. AS an exhibition Of bad
taste at this present moment. nothing
could be worse. AS a display OF vii
famous subterfuge and special plead
ing. it is a master-stroke. We viii not
engage in a discussion, at this hour
when a shadow hangs over the land.
of the Blatherslite's suggestion, but in
due season. we shall have something to
say But If such course OF meetings
is desired. by all means let them be
held.
Evening journal., 1901-09-17

Dockstader's Theatre will open
the season on Monday, September
Offering the same high-class vau
Vile attractions that have made
house so well-known for the past NJ
years. AS usual. Manager Docksta
will give his personal attention to
theatre. The record of the house
past seasons is so well known that
is unnecessary to state more than q
Among the attractions for the open
week viii. be Harry st. Clair, the
nous protean comedian, whose costu1
have become the envy of the
dresssrs in vaudeville. His chara'
work is OF a high order. Little ID
& Co.. presenting the little lead
lady: Mabel Sisson and May Stu
comedy stars: Frank Whiteman, da
ing violinist; Miss Alice Lewis.
medisnne: the Juggling Matthie
Madge and Morton the best musical
in the country. and a number Of 9th
Evening journal., 1901-09-17
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A correspondent sends the following
criticism of the genuine romantic CONF
which Miss Susette Wiley
and True S. James will produce in the,
Wilmington Theatre: "A Royal Pris-l
oner', as produced at the Lyceum last
night is a new departure from the
stereotyped melodrama, and is con-
structed along altogether new lines,
and the author has confined his eli
makes to intense life-like situations.
There are many occasions calling for
rare ability, while all through the play
there is interwOven a vein of comedy
which blends admirably with the
theme. The play grows upon one from
act to act. until the interest is so in
tense as to make one regret the clos
ing scene" "A Royal Prisoner" will
be presented at the Wilmington The
atre tonight and tomorrow night
Matinees today and tomorrow.
''The Devils Doings" abounds in
startling and thrilling climaxes' and
mirth that masters misery, free from
that coarse and vicious element wit
messed in many of the melodramas Of
the day. Bob Ainsley the leading char
acter. is a most affecting image of the
misery that laughs, at the misery he
causes. The motive Of "The Devils
Doings" is to rebuke the wickedness Of
human revenge. The patrons OF the
Wilmington Theatre will have an OPP
portunity to see The Devils Doings"
Thursday night and the balance Of
this week. Matinee performance Fri
day and Saturday only.
It is conceded by the knowing ones
that 1.-THE DEVILS DOings" is one OF
the most interesting sensational com
edy-dramas that has yet been pro-
duced. The plot of the play is of q
unique character. and the scenes most
admirably adapted. The artists Of the
company have been thoroughly drilled
and are therefore we'll suited to afford
pleasure to the behOlder The piece
abounds with sparkling humor. won
drous and thrilling episodes, marvel
Gus incidental surprises. and. ex
lhiliarating novelties. The DEVILS Do
! ings" will be presented in the vii
/ mington Theatre on Thursday nigh
and the remainder of the week. Matt
nees Friday and Saturday.
Leon w. Washburn, with Stetson'
Uncle Toms Cabin" Company. be
, gins an engagement at the Oper
House on Friday and Saturday. after
, noon and night when the patrons O
that popular house will see this time
.honored play in all its superior attraC
al
lpurposeful story, is portrayed by Ere
Evening journal., 1901-09-17

Read the Evening Journal.
Evening journal., 1901-09-17

s. Yanigi Wara, a japanese noble
man. will become in September a pro-
fessor in chemistry in the University
Columbia. Missouri. For several years
he has been assistant professor OF
chemistry in the Wesleyan University
at Bloomington, IL.
Evening journal., 1901-09-17

The pearl necklace has become so
fashionable not only in Paris. but all
over the world that pearls have be-
come uncOnsciously dear The more
they cost the more they are sought
after.
far would the first horse be ahead in a
match race of two mi.es?" A scholar
returned the question with this attach
ed: Il will have nothing to do with
horse racing"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-18
How REEoRMs LEE HoN.

The theory on which all Rpublicans
have acted in their assumed desire for
municipal reform is that the poor, COM
mon, uneducated, hard-.working mass
favor of corruption in public life.
Few arguments have been heard di-
rected against the ascendency of Tam
many Hall in the affairs of New York
city which did not involve this assump-
ton. The Republican press has never
tired of sounding the alarm against the
influence in political life of the ignorant,
foreign element in American society.
According to Republican philosophy, if
the Acknowledgement of such people
could be accomplished, at least in a
qualified way, Intelligence and virtue
would be sure to win the day in the
fight for municipal reform.
The success of Seth Low in New York
involves a sore blow to this view The
Republican reformers recognize this
truth. and they are keeping mighty still
on the subject. The returns of the
great struggle in New York show that
some of the most decisive majorities
against Tammany came from districts
the residents of which are mostly Hit
crate foreigners. Even the infamous
.'red light district doomed up grand1y
with it's anti-Tammany majorities.
The inability to explain this pnenome-
ma without admitting the vital truth
which it embodies explains Republican
silence. And yet the true explanation is
as simple as it is true. Ayowed reformers
have always been regarded by the poorer
classes in American cities as representing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-18

manders to prevent the world from know
ing how wretched plight it is in which
the kings army is in South Africa
It is a remarkable proof of the solid
arity of British public sentiment that
the masses pay so little attention to the
protests of men like Mr. John Morley
whom they were in the past disposed to
treat with the highest consideration. Of
course the British blood is up, and the
animal nature of the race is in the as
tendency. 1t will probably remain so till
the end; but it is reasonably sure that
even at that the end will never be
reached as long as there is to be found
a body of able-bodied Beers in the Trans
wall Olive Schreiner was not far from
wrong when she declared that England
would never succeed in subjugating
South Africa as long as there remained
The policy of slow annihilation, which
Lord Kitchener declares now to be the
only one which will produce the success
sought, may be carried out. and it may
win. But before that event arrives the
prestige of the British empire as fight
ing power will have suffered an eclipse
which nothing short of another Waterloo
will ever raise to the point at which it
had remained since the days of the Duke
of Wellington.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-18
LorN rnEIR N.frrrE EANp.

A suggestion appeared in one of I h e.
GIob o's contemporaries recently to the
effect that it would be cheaper for Eng
land to bay ticket to the United
States for every poor Boer in the Trans
yaal than to exterminate or subjugate
them
Without doubt England would rejoice
If she had such an opportunity to end
the disastrous war which she wages
against liberty-loving people-heroic to
a pitch that has excited the admiration
of the whole world and resourceful to
a degree which has amazed their en-
-emies. But it is not certain that the
Beers would sell their birthright for a
ticket to a foreign land. Tn fact, there
is every reason to believe that they
would scorn such a suggestion if made
to them in earnest.
The Boers are not fighting to protect
mere property. With the exception of
the gold mines at johannesburg and the
diamond mines at Kimberley there is
little of value in South Africa-and the
Boers themselves own but slight inter-
est in either gold or diamond mines
They are farmers ana stockmen, and
the clements are often unkind to them,
crops failing and stock perishing by
hundreds
P11t th Eaerc o,,o ,iob in ,,o+r;o+;s,,,
and love of the land wherein they dwell.
They left their homes in Europe to
escape their oppressors. and We're driv-
en- from one location to another in
, South Africa by the greed of men de-
lighting to call themselves more CIV
ilized, more advanced, than the refu-
gees. At last there was no place fol-
them to trek to. and in protection of
such property as they had accumulated,
and in defense OF the homes they had
established, the Beers made a stand
against English avariee and oppression.
They are not to be bought off with
steamship and railroad tickets. Lib
erty is nlore precious to them than gold,
moro to be desired than wealth. That
the struggle for liberty will be contin-
ued, even as the American colonists
struggled 10 ultimate victory under con-
.ditions snGeh similar, is the belief of
AL Impartial students of the sturdy char
acter OF The people of the two repub-
hes which ayaricious Albion has declar-
ed by proclamation to be no longer on
the map