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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28
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:. NEWS OF THE CITY :.
RECORD OF THE WEEK


WIN Po9SoSolou ol couple or PuIl-
man lads early this week, and as
they felt equrl to any kind of an
emergency that might turn up,
they started out to see it. The
start was made by the n. P. box
car route, but the unfeeling EN-.
ployees of the grasping corporation
interfered with their plans soon af
ter they had reached Rosalia, and
they were presented with a stop
ouer at that point. They awaited
another freight, however, when the
attempt to reach Spokane was re-
sumed. Nine miles above Rosalia
they were again routed out of their
box car berth, and were forced to
tramp back to Rosalia. Having
by this time gratifed their desire
for sight seeing, and finding it
mighty unsatisfactory to two heal
thy and vigorous appetites, the boys
made short cut for home, which
they have concluded is the best
place on earth.
Willie and Freddie Bader, the
ten year old sons respectively of J.
l. and J. F. Bader, had an exper-
ience with gun powder Sunday that
will probably last them many
years. Finding a can containing
over pound of the explosive, they
proceeded to manufacture fire crack
ers, till they dropped one of the
home made affairs into the can,
when the whole thing blew up at
Spce, and both boys were more or
Jess seriously burned, Willie's
BUNS being quite serious. Nature
will repair NEST of the damage.
Fire was communicated to the room,
but the flames were soon extin-
guished. u
L. V. Corner has resigned his
position as registrar at the college,
and will leave Monday for Gate
way Montana, where he will enter
the mercantile profession. Mr..
Qofher has been with the college
fpr many years, and much regret
is expressed at his decision to leave,
although all wish him the greatest
success as a merchant.
Mrs. Stallcop takes orders for
Chas. Stevens tailor made suits.
Call at her house on Mechanics
hill and see samples and styles, or
notify her and she will bring them
to you. (1t*)
DIR. W. H. Pittwood has decid-
ed to return to Pullman and open
dental parlers in the near future.
The doctor and his estimable fam
ily will be welcomed to Pullman's
social circles.
CHICKEN PIE, like mother used
to make, will be served in the Bap-
tist church on Good Friday night,
April 10th, beginning at 6 p m.
Come and have good social time.
Postmaster Allen was quite i'll
the early part of the week, but has
now about recovered his strength
again.
Spring vacation of three days
has hushed the tones of the college
bell since Tuesday.
M. J. Chapman was writing
insurance in the Uniontown coun-
try the past week.
Dry granulated sugar, $5.25 per
sack; Is lbs. for $1.00, at Burgan's.
Judge FoweIs was in the city
from Cotton Wednesday.
ROYAL Neill, of Colfax, is visit
ing Pullman relatives.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28

In the Superior Court of the State of
! Washington, in and for Whitman
| County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
Remedy for Railway Accidents.

From American Medicine.
We have before stated our belief that not
only are accidents at sea and on railways
caused by temporary working overtime, by
'oyerfatigue, Illness, carelessness ETC.. but
that these things are also due to old age.
HE was our oldest and most experienced
man" is often given as an excuse, when In
fact that is precisely the fault. Age and
long bearing of responsibility blunts the
senses and the mental alertness which real
lv prevents accidents. All pilots, captains,
engineers, etc, should be pensioned or
transferred to other positions at certain
age. beyond which it is unsafe to trust
them with the hazardous responsibilities It
has long been recognized that two pilots
must be on duty in the warehouses of fer
ryboats. etc., and why should not two en-
gineers be on duty on every passenger loco
motive? The old style Of engine permitted the
fireman to act as second to the engineer
The new machines forbid this. Let third
man be added Two train dispatchers should
be in charge Of each principal office, and
overtime work should be prohibited by law
in trainmen. Automatic couplers and power
brakes have been made compulsory by law
and have served to lessen somewhat the
number of casualties. but there are many
other ways that nation careful instead Of
reckless of the lives Of its people should de-
mand which would stop the hideous maim-
ings and deaths at present unnecessarily
permitted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

shirt The drying consumes forty-five min
utes, and when the shirts and collars are
removed from the drying room they are
stiff as boards. After witnessing these OPP
erations the visitor to the laundry descends
to the floor below, where the next process
is gore through with.
AS soon as the shirts are removed from
the drying room they are brought down to
the ironing department., where they are
turned over to a force known as the wetters.
The wetting of the clothes which takes the
place of the "sprinkling'' they get at home,
is done by species of machinery which,
like the starching machine, resembles the
old-time wringer. By means of this ma
chine, which vets clothing as fast as it can
be fed into it, the shirts and collars are
thoroughly dampened. They are now placed
on strong boxes and pneumatic pressure
applied to eXpel all the surplus water and
leave the garments only damp. These pro-
cesSes only require few moments and
then the garments are passed on to the
ironing machines. The processes of finish
ing off the shirts and collars are widely
different. The collars are passed through an
enormous machine which has capacity of
$4,000 per day. The machine resembles
flat bed cylinder press and seems to be
made up entirely of rollers. Only two per-
sons are necessary to attend to this ma
chine. One remains at the back, feeding
the collars and cuffs into the rollers and
the other at the front, taking them off.
Collars are only passed through the ma
chine once. Cuffs go through twice, the
first pressing being lengthwise and the sec
ond sidewise. The second pressing is given
to give the cuffs a proper shape when they
are fastened to the Shirts
In the Finishers' Hands.
The collars and cuffs are then turned over
to the finishers. In the case of standing
collars the finisher turns to a small ma
chine which resembles cigar lighter. Be-
side the machine is a wheel covered with
cloth which revolves through a reservoir
filled with water. The operator of this ma
chine takes the collar in her hands and
runs the edge quickly along this wheel.
Then she turns to the machine that re-
sembes a cigar lighter and passes the col
lar quickly along it's shining top. This
process removes all the rough edges, and
finishes the actual laundering of standing
collars. A little more is done to the turn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
BY MODERN METHODS
How the Work of a Steam
Laundry is Done.
GREAT TIME-SAVER
MACHINERY THAT IS USED FOR
WASHING AND IRONING.
Marking and Asserting the Linen
Finishing OFF Shirts, Collars
and Cuffs.
GREAT TIME-SAVER

The steam laundry is an important insti-
tuition in every large city. Time was when
French women had the call for all fine
work in the way of washing and ironing,
but that time is rapidly passing. There
are still French washerwomen doing big
business among the weather. classes of
the people of this country, butt is trade
secret. and one confded to a Star reporter
by a successful laundry owner within the
past ggaek-the French laundresses of to-
day have their work done by the steam
laundry. They let the work out to the
laundry putting in the lowest bid. The
French woman still gets her high price for
the work from the wealthy customers on her
list, but she does not do it. The soiled linen
of the aristocrat is cleaned in the same
washer with that of the plebeian, and there
is no difference in the finish. OF course
this would not apply to all French laun-
dresses. but to some of them-a vast ma
jority of them In local laundry last week
a Star reporter saw. an immense amount of
work that was supposed to be done by
hand by a French laundress who has a
large clientele of wealthy customers. So
came the defeat of the foreign invader and
the downfall of a foreign industry right
here in the United States.
From the time of its invention the Ameri
can steam laundry has gone on developing,
until 1t has become not only one of the
largest, but one of the most vitality impor-
tant of the American industries which are
near to the people. The laundry business is
conducted on strictly cash, pay-as-you-go
basis. The contribution of each individual
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
The Eucalyptus.
yew york Tribune,

From the New York Tribune
The Australian eucalyptus tree has been
naturalized in California. and there are
now towering groves Of eucalyptus in Arr
iona and parts Of Mexico as well. The
great value of the eucalyptus lies In It's re-
markably quick growth from the seed to
the full-sized tree. Travellers in Australia
have brought back accounts Of enormous
native eucalyptus. There was a record of
one PROSTATE ancient forest giant Of the
blue gum variety measuring, with allow
ances for the lost top, $50 feet. Such q
giant would have overtopped the tallest Of
CALIFORNIA; living seQuoias. There are
more than 150 kinds OF eucalyptus which
resemble each other, though differing wide
ly in size, height, general outline and in
appearance Of leaf and bark. This tree is
planted for forest cover for naked hilisidcs,
as windbreakers and hedges, the timber Is
valuable. the wood and leaves make ex-
cellent fuel and from the latter is made.
drug extensively employed in medicine and
surgery. The blossoms supply honey, sup
posed to possess specially hygienic prop
critics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

down shapes. however. When these collars
are received from the ironing ma
chine they are passed over the wet
ting wheel and are then, placed on
shaping machine to be doubled over
and smoothed along the edges. When the
collar is received from the machine it is per-
fectly fiat and must necessarily be turned
over to assume its proper shape. The shap-
ing machine is a large band of steel in the
shape of half circle. The collar is bent on
this band, after wetting the edge, and a
lever with hot edge is passed around the
band from one end to the other The heat
dries the water from the edge and Sets"
the collar in its shape The collar is then
removed from this machine and placed on a
roller. where it remains a few moments and
Is then ready for delivery to the wearer
The last process gives the collar its set
shape. In the ironing processes the rollers
are all heated by gas to very high tenn
perature The rollers are never so hot that
they can scorch the collars, however.
Ironing Shirts.
When the shirt is taken from the press
where the water has been forced from IT. IT
is passed to the persons attending to the
body ironing machines. The machines con-
sist of a set of steel rollers mounted on a
steel standard. There is a machine for the
ironing Of the body and tail of the shirt
and another for the cuff bands. They are
somewhat similar In shape and form Of ac-
ton. Shirts can be ironed as fast as they
can be fed into these machines The bosom
ironing machine is the next part Of the
mechanism to be brought into use. This
machine consists Of steel cylinder heated
to a high temperature. and a board the
shape of shirt bosom. The shirt is fitted
on this board SO that the bosom will be
uppermost Pads are then placed over the
bosom and the board is run back and forth
beneath the cylinder. AS 1t runs forward it
is pressed by the cylinder, but 1t does not
touch the roller in the backward motion.
A good operator can polish the bosoms of
fifty shirts an hour with this machine. The
shirt is then passed to the finisher and
folder. The flnisher places steel band in
side. of the neckband Of the shirt so that
it will be distended and Strengthened.
A gas heated iron is then passed rapidly
over the band and over the bosom IL exami-
nation shows this will be necessary. The
body Of the shirt is then folded beneath the
bosom and the edges of the latter pressed
smooth. The folder next takes the shirt
| She examines 1t carefully before folding and
notes any imperfection in the laundering.
The slightest speck on the bosom Is suffl-
cient to send the shirt back to the wash
room to be washed over again. If the shirt
| is found perfect, the folder puts in place the
little black collar buttons in the neckband
and binds the folded parts together with a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

citizen is not large. but the contributions of
all the citizens amount to great deal OF
money and have made a number of men
wealthy. The great feature of the steam
laundry is speed. The faster the machines
turn out clean linen, with a certain amount
of care for the wear and tear of the gar
ments, the more business it will bring to Its
owner.
The work of the modern steam laundry
begins at the top floor, where the wash room
is located, and works down to the first floor,
where it is ready for delivery to the drivers
of the wagons, in the meantime going
through all the various processes of cleans
ing. This process is somewhat complicated,
toe A collar is handled by twenty-four peo-
pie, twenty-four times by one person,
during the process of regeneration. A shirt
requires eighteen different manipulations
to make it white as driven snow and stiff
with starch. On the top floor of the modern
laundry. which Is generally three stories
In height, are located the wash, starching
and drying rooms. The second floor usually
contains the marking room and the rooms
for ironing the shirts and collars and the
lat pieces. as they are called, the term in
GLIDING all such things as table linen, bed
linen, &C., and also the various apparatus
for finishing off the fine lingerie, &c, sent
to the laundry. This is particular work and
is mostly done by hand and with hand ma
chimes. The first floor is given up TO the
offices, the delivery and receiving depart
ments and the engine rooms.
Marking the Linen.
When the bundle of soiled linen is brought
into the establishment by the wagon driver
who has collected it on his route it is I'M
wrapped and sent up to the marking room.
This is one of the most important depart
ments of the modern laundry, and requires
the employment of young women with es-
peclally sharp eyes to discover the marks
on the collars, etc. Each laundry has its
separate system of marks, and places a
all Nf Ii ing On ha i'm Of tS
regular customers. For it's transient trade
any mark will do, and one is generally
found on the linen when ii is picked out of
the general pile of goods received. AS the
pieces bearing the same mark are exam
ined they are entered on the laundry slip,
the paper found on the outside of the pack
age when 1t is returned to It's owner, and
the slip Is sent to the chief assorter, while
the laundry is sent to the wash room up
stairs. This room Is generally large con-
crete-foored apartment filled with steam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
ONE INDIAN MAIDEN.
Her Literary Plans for the Uplifting
Of Her Race.

From the New York Tribune.
One of the cleverest of the new generation
of Indian women is Miss Laura Miriam
Cornelius ful-blooded Oneida, who lives
on a remote Indian reserve in Wisconsin,
and who, in spite of the obstacles of ILL
health. race prejudice and limited worldly
goods has, at the age of twenty-three, COM
pleted a six years course of study in four
years at Grafton Hall Seminary; has col
lected and written the legends Of ner race,
gathered from the oral traditions handed
down from generation to generation among
the Oneidas, and is now working upon an
Indian grammar-the first attempt ever
made to classify the Indian tongue into a
for reservation girl to have accomplished
so MUCH said Miss Cornelius to a Tribune
representative at her fathers house in Sey-
mour, Wis. We'll. will tell you about it
Wis, in 1879. My parents are typical
Oneidas. In their union were Joined the
two greatest chieftain lines Of our tribe
the Cornelfuses and that of Daniel Bread.
great-uncle Cornelius of mine were two of
the great Indian orators AMI the brainiest
men the race has ever produced.
Il was reared ON a. large farm with my
parents in perfectly civilized fashion.
When I came of school age my father re-
moved from the heart of the reserve to the
backwoods on the outskirts. SO that he
might have white neighbors On one side
ard give us the advantage Of the white
public school, not wishing to be further
dependent on the government Indian
schools. He believes that reserve life Is
most unconducive to liberal developmt mt.
Because of my extreme Irailty my school
life was much interrupted. From Grafton
Hall. the Fond Du Lac school, l was gradu-
ated at nineteen after four years, Of which
at least one-quarter of the time I was oblg-
ed to be absent They told me there that |
could not finish in less than six years, but
l said I would do the work in four, ana !
did, and took honors. AS soon as my health
will permit / shall enter Ole of the eastern
colleges to continue some special lines CT
study.
Literature shall be my life work, and its
aim shall be to benefit my people. This can
be done in literature in 4 way not. think,
undertaken before. The life struggles and
motives of the Indian ra e must Of necessity
be written by an Indian, If they are to be
correctly portrayed. White men and wAmen
have written cleverly of US, but from a
white mans point Of view. hope to give
the Indian side of American life. I do n 1t
know how or when caught the idea Of
writing. Indeed, it must be longer t,go than
my memory for I know that when only a
child with the English language half on
my tongue, dreamed Of writing books.
Perhaps 1t seems strange 10 an outsider, fo-
/ know the ideas that prevail in regard to
Indian life, but to do something great WHIT II
l grew up was impressed upon me from my
cradle by my parents, and have known no
other ambition. What / have done up to
white world and have succeeded according
to their standards, so tina. l want no one
to saw of what do, That is good for an
Indian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07


the upper one spreads it over evenly. The
starching Of the shirts Is done In different
sort of machine. The bosoms and Guns OF
the shirts are placed in a machine hiled
with starch and are held securely by q
clamp while two comb-like contrivances
rub the starch into the cloth. A minute
suffices to starch shirt. 1t Is then placed
on board and skilled workman care
fully rubs the bosom clear Of the starch
Jumps and makes 1t smooth and shiny. A
similar process is gone through with by
another workman on the cuffs OF the shirt.
A clean stick about a foot long is then
placed beneath the shoulders of the shirt
and it is hung in rack. The racks are
different sizes, and can be made to hold
from twenty to hundred shirts, depending
entirely on their construction. The collars
are also placed in racks. and when the
racks are filled are placed in the drying
room, where they are dried by hot air. 1t
requires two hours and a half to wash and
starch a washer full of shirts. The same
time would be consumed in cleansing one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
Towneley Chapel Lamp.
New York Tribune

From the New York Tribune.
The famous lamp of Towneley Chapel, at
Towneley Hall. in England, has recently
been extinguished. This was probably the
last of the so-called lever burning lamps
OF England. It is claimed that the Towneley
lamp had been burning constantly since the
days of King Alfred-for more than one
thousand years. At the beginning or the
last century half dozen were still alight.
while at the dissolution by Henry VII
many hundreds alight In the monasteries
had been burning ever since the Norman
wera a remnant of that form of PAGAN
worship known as everlasting fire, which
was kept alight by guardians. who were
punishable with death IL they allowed the
Are to go out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

cret for cleaning the clothing. so that the
quantity and quality of the chemicals
placed in the smaller cylinder could not be
learned. One of these cylinders will hold
500 shirts. In a laundry visited by The
Star reporter there were six of these cyl
inders on each side of the room, so that
the capacity of this particular wash room
was 6,0O0 shirts. Before the clothing Is
placed in the cylinder the first time the
larger part CT the washer Is filled with cold
soapsuds The clothes and washing chem
icals are then introduced, and the smaller
cylinder is closed. A lever Is turned and
the larger cylinder is revolved quickly one
way three four times and then turns the
other.
A Thorough Cleansing.
The large cylinders are only about half
filed with water. so that in turning back
ward and forward the clothing is thor
oughly beaten and shaken. The cold suds
are then withdrawn from the large cylin-
der and hot suds are run in. The rolling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

and dampness and with an atmosphere that
IS almost suffocating. On each side of the
room are seen large wooden cylinders a
half dozen or more on a side. These cyl
inders rest on trusses and look for all the
world like enormous churns. except that
there Is a large open space about foot
wide extending across the cylinder length
wise. The whole thing looks like a hogs
head resting on its side, with several of the
slaves broken out. Inside the large cylin-
der Is a smaller one. made of wood like the
larger, but Is perforated, and Is divided In
the middle, SO that when the trap by which
1t is opened IL thrown back two compart-
ments are revealed. This smaller cylinder
Is mounted on ball bearings inside the
larger cylinder. The soiled linen is placed
In the smaller cylinder with the washing
materials. Each laundry has It's own Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

clothes by centrifugal force The shirts
and collars are packed tightly In an inner
cylinder In this wringing machine. and at
the word the levers are pulled and the en-
tire machine is set whirling. Within very
few moments the clothes are removed from
the wringer, damp, but with every ounce
Of superfiuous water wrung from them.
The collars and shirts are then passed on to
the starching room. The machinery in this
department resembles the old-fashioned
wringer SO often seen in the home. The
mechanism used for putting starch In col
lars consists of two rubber rollers placed
over a reservoir containing liquid starch.
The rollers are placed one on top Of the
other and the bottom of the lowest touches
the liquid in the reservoir.
AS the rollers turn this lower roller con-
veys the starch to the collar and Gun and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

.sYou don't seem to be at all nervous
about going to ask papa for me-" she said.
..Oh. no." he replied. I've had experience
both as a book agent and life insurance 500
licitor. This'll be easy."-ChScago Tribune.
Old inhabitant-"I can remember when
hogs ran loose on Broadway"
Young Misunderstanding ride on the cars
now."-Puck. !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

this process is completed the clothing is
rinsed three times in cold water, so that
every drop of soapy water and every bit
of the bleaching chemical is expelled from
them. In this connection the manager of
the laundry where this operation was seen
stated that no acids of any mind were used
in connection with the bleaching and clean
ing processes, and that he did not believe
any laundry, except those that attempt to
do very cheap work, ever uses acids. The
same results can be obtained by compare