Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-09


above That point the water is green. SHINY
and stagnant. The Potomac is also wide
and shallow and has muddy banks.
1t grew hotter ard hotter. The man on
the boat swore to himself at the end of the
third mile. There were no springs, no habf-
tatons, no anything, and to cap the climax
the betting man on the towpath could not
get back onto the boat when he wanted
rest. The canal was wide and too shallow to
allow the boat to come close enough to the
| edge even for jump on board. There were
BO PLANES available and tho idea of wadlng
o. swimming In filthy water was OUT or the
question.
1t is I,e edless to say that the two adven-
turOus friends fastened to a hosiery at the
| next stopping place too tired and angry
| to SPEAK to each other or anybody else. ! ne
| next day. instead of going back along the
| awful way they had come, they trudged
| wearily through the boiling sun over many
| miles of Virginia soil, on the other side
! OF the Potomac, until they came TO a rail-
road They reached Washington disguised
| beyond expression with the happy-go-lucky
| life of the man whom in their ineNperience
| they mad called the fortunate canal boat-
| man"
1.-The elaborate funeral professions which.
winding through the streets, are a feature
| of most Spsnish-American countries. are
unknown In the City of Mexico. said
southern traveller lately. The electric
trains are used for all funerals. and the
procession following the dead to the place
| of burial is as modern and up-to-date as II
| can be.
The electric trains of Mexico well
| built and we'll run, their direction being in
! the hands of Americans and Englishmen
| One OF the main lines runs to the principal
cemetery of the city, and along TINS all
| the funerals go.
The company has contract with the
| city under the terms of which special
| burial car, containing collins for twelve
| 4 IL Ill, I,f-y mi 70 n h
| lie institutions to take the city charges
| who have died to the cemetery. Under the
| contract with the city the trolley company
| furnishes the hearse and car crew, and the
undertakers are city employees. Inc nun
| eral car is plain black car with little
| ornamentatiOn.
The company has for private use sew
| eral ranging in elaborateness from a
plain style. for which small charge Is
| made, to a very elaborate one. the price
| of which puts 1t beyond the reach of all
| but the wel-to-do.
| IAN the cars are so constructed that they
| can run off the tracks and over the pave
ments to the house from which the body Is
| to be taken. When the coffin is secured
| the car is drawn by horses back to the
nearest track, where 1t makes the neces-
sary electric connection.
! "Of late the government has been repay
| ing the streets with asphalt 1t has been
found that dragging the heavy funeral cars
over this is ruinous to the pavement ana
soon OtEeT arrangements VIII NC HCScSooi ,
The trolley company intends to have
central funeral station designated, INTO
which the electric hearses can run on
spurs and to which the dead will be taken
in vehicles provided for that purpose.
"A familiar scene on the trolley line to
the cemetery is a funeral train made UP
of an electric hearse with a trailer for the
mourners. and so on. The train runs al the
same speed as other electric vehicles.
Many of the hearses are elaborately en-
helushed with statuettes, carved work,
plumes torches and similar emplems OF
mourning. The trolley company finds the
business prOftaD!e one anu IL - sio"iiiS
all the time.
There Is a rule in the police department
under which 20 per cent of rewards have to
be deducted and applied to the uniform and
helmet fund. This fund is set apart for the
purpose of rembursing members of the
force when their garments are ruined while
in performance of their duty.
The rule is a good one a Star reporter
was told but Ike all rules 1t has it's ex-
captions "a few days ago. 1t was ex-
planned, "a policeman was on duty near
the home of wealthy people who had just
returned from summer outing The Wo-
man of the house was standing on the lawn
in front of her home when she saw an Off
Ger approach. Calling the policeman. she
told him how thankful she was for the
manner in which the police had taken care
of her. property during her absence. and
without putting her to the expense OF hir-
ing a special policeman. Had she stopped
there the bluecoat would have been more
than satisfied. but she went on to tell him
that she felt that she should make them
present.
Here is some change for you" she told
him. putting some silver in his hand. The
officer counted 20 cents and quickly appre-
Ciating the amusing side of the transaction
informed her that there were five men en-
titled to equal credit. and that IL she would
give him cents more the men would get
an equal amount of the reward for their
attention to her property. The woman said
/! she would speak to her husband about the
other nickel. and the officer departed.
Il haven't heard anything about the
other nickel" said The Stars informant.
but when the money is distributed the
| men will each get 3 1-5 cents, and the frac-
tional part of the reward may cause trou-
BILE"