Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26
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Captain Stuart got leave of absence, and as
volunteer aid ON the stafT of Col Robert
p. Lee was member Of the Harper
Ferry expedition to suppress the John
Brown raid in 1859. He then went back
to his regiment and was made captain in
the 1st Cavalry April ~. 1851 He resigned
May Ia. 1861, to enter the confederate serv-
ice. His boy, ]. E. B., jr, was born in
Kansas.
Mr.. Stuart then went on to relate to Judge
Calderhead some of his experiences, which
are rich and varied. When the fortunes Of
war had lost to the Stuarts all that they
mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern-young
Mr.. Stuart tried many things, but finally
concluded to go back to the state of his
birth.
He finally went to Larned, Pawnee county,
Kan, and farm in that new country
found work for two or three years. He
made his home with Capt. Henry Booth.
| who had been Union cavalry commander.
and who had known Gen. Stuart when both
were located at Fort Riley. in 1S59-60. The
farm on which Mr.. Stuart labored was
part of the old Santa Fe trail, over which
his illustrious father had chased Indians
and conveyed the mails and various expe-
ditions going to the golden west.
Mr.. Stuart is now cashier of bank in
Newport News. and fortune is smiling her
sweetest upon him, but ne recalls with live
ly pleasure those very hard pioneer days
in southwestern Kansas, though he de-
clares himself that he does not remember
much about the period when he came to be
Judge Calderheads constituent"
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at is certainly very strange that nine out
of every ten Cinnamon who have come to
the United States have become laundry
men," said F. G. Simmons of Seattle at the
New willard this morning. They do not
engage In this business in China. AS every
one knows. the Chinese at home wear soft
cotton and flannel garments, according to
the season. and there Is not pound or
starch in China. Stifly starched collars
and cuffs are not known. and the men do
not do the washing as they do in this coun-
try. AS a matter of fact there Is not
regular laundry in China.
Another thing that Is noticeable is the
ingenuity of Mr.. Chinaman displayed IN
the signs and checks used in the laundry
business. Chinese is an Geographic Ian
guage. 1t conveys the idea, not the word
for a thing. The Chinese have invented
more than 10000 marks for their writing,
but 1t requires only about 5000 for general
mercantile purposes For instance. there
are no characters in the Chinese for letters
of any such simple variations as Roman
and Arabic numerals 1t is therefore i'm
possible to translate or transliterate into
Chinese such common marks as or ~ o..
In place of this the Chinaman uses the
ideographs for the commoner facts Of life.
such as MOON house. dog. bear
! table chair and Street In addition to
this he employs the mineral characters
from up to 100.
"a customer goes into laundry unable
to speak Chinese and gives his package to
man unable to understand English. He re-
ceives In return a check containing two
characters. One represents the day OF the
week or the month and the second one OF
the facts mentioned such as moon or
Hon. The slip is torn through the middle
upon the principle of legal indenture. 1t
is impossible to initiate the torn pieces so
that they will fit the half retained by the
la undry. Then upon the day book OF the
laundry the proprietor enters under the
day of the week or month the telegraph
moon or lion assigned to the customer ana
beneath this the articles left to be laun-
dered. He then takes down from hook
lot of muslin tags. on which are written
in indelible Ink moon or lion. ], z, y, l.
8. &C. One of these tags Is affixed to each
article except the collars and cuffs. To these
one tag Is affixed, which is fastened by
strong thread or cord tied through the but
tcrhole in each article. In addition to TINS
they often put private mark upon the arti-
cls to be cleaned although this is not very
common. When the goods are washed ana
ironed they are done up in a package ana
the day and special character are written
or the outside. In addition to this the haif
ticket is fastened to 1t with pin. When
the customer calls for his laundry he gives
up his half ticket. and il he Is known ny
sight the package is handed over to him
If he Is not known or Is suspected OF being
a confidence operator and there are many
SUCH his half ticket is fitted to the laundry
half ticket before he Is given the package.
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Another study in human nature. re-
marked a detective at police headquarters
the other day, when Detective Reynolds
appeared. leading boy who was older than
his appearance indicated.
Hes a stranded minstrel" explained
Reynolds.
That's nothing unusual" he was told
tits the fate of many amateur show peo-
ple."
The lone theatrical man." as he called
himself. gave his age as eighteen years,
and said he was willing to return home
after an experience of three months on the
road.
But 1 was out once before" he admit
ted land two trials are enough"
The boy carried a graphophone in teie-
scope. and everything else he had In the
line of earthly possessions was on his back.
He had left his home In Indiana about
Christmas and had been in twenty-one
states before he reached this city.
And I'm in luck to be here" he said.
zone partner l had was pushed off a train
and killed. and another was arrested for
burglary, Out ne got out Oh MS trOuDle.
The one who was killed went of with the
cash from Hoboken.'
viii your father send money to pay
your fare home IL we telegraph him." the
wandering minstrel was asked.
II don't think he WILL was the response.
but don't need any help. Just let me go
and I'll help myself. In all my travels l
experienced no trouble in beating railroad
trains. When there was no freight to hop
1 entertained the crew In the baggage car
of passenger train. There is nothing al
the theatrical business unless fellow Is a
star. and when l get home I'm going to
look for another job"
Two days later a message was received
from the boys father and the money neces-
sary to pay his fare home came with the
letter
They think more of me at home than l
thought they did was the boys parting
shot.