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S1OKE HAS TO BE RErOYED.

pany. who undertake this work for the
Pullman people.
The soled linen is packed in great bags
and loaded OF to the laundry. One par!or
car may carry as equipment 700 COM
plete changes Of bed linen. like number
of hand towels and chair covers, and. II
there is a buffet car on the train. an I'M
mense quantity OF table linen. At the
present time the company contracts for
the laundering Of this linen. having no
facilities OF their own for doing 1t.
Along the tracks great wire racks have
been erected, where the carpets, hang
ings, mattresses and pillows of the cars
are spread for beating. Here a force OF
men are at work with rattan switches
handcleaning the furnishings.
A long line Of glass-covered sheds are in
process OF construction, under which.
after the pillows and hangings have beer
cleaned by the vacuum process which is
now being installed. they will be left to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
It Didn't Follow.

\ reporter was discussing with George
AIDE his candidacy for the republican
national convention.
BY the way. Mr.. AIDE" the reporter
said N departing. Il understand that you
are a, work upon tragedy
The humorist smiled.
"A tragedy for Eddie Foy. perhaps?"
he said.
NO. seriously. are you not writing a
tragedy"
t'Of course not. What is there in me
- suggest tragedy writing"
n But you write
Z Il write--hence | can write tragedy,
iah? Your logic is like the English butch
er's An English butcher. you know in
serted this advertisement in the Times.
Daily Mirror and other leading London
sheets:
Having now secured the services of
d university man for our small goods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16

Each face has its own different lines Of
care. The palace car charwomen present
the evidence of a symphony of woe
where the individual notes of early widow
hood bereavement. sickness. circumstance
and apathy. together with all the rest that
goes 10 make life mere existence. blend
in the submerged misererie of their lives.
Many among the sixty women have
spent what are usually the happiest years
Of life on. there among the cars, the coal
smoke and dirt. Their task is Hever-end-
ing Each day is a repetition OF the one
before. Each morning sees so many cars
to he cleaned. Each evening sees them
taken away ana other cars quite as much
in need OF renovation take their places
One who for twenty years has welded
the buster. the broom and the mop that
the rich may travel in comfort told of her
life YESTERDAY
It's swing" she justified. listlessly-
Yes; I've been here eighteen or twenty
years Forget just how long. for When
q woman has put in so many endlet 5
hours in place like this, year more o.
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department. we can supply real Cam
bridge and Oxford sausages at three
pounds for one shilling
A Hard Hit.
Martin w Littleton, the lawyer, is
noted for his trenchant wit.
AT the beginning Of his career" said
an Albany judge the other day. Little
ton had an elderly, prosy. long-winded
lawyer for an opponent in an assault
case.
The elderly lawyer in his concluding
address spoke for six hours-an inter-
minable. foggy. stupid speech, Then
Littleton rose. He smiled slightly. looked
at judge and jury, and said:
Your honor / will follow the ex-
ample of my learned friend who has just
concluded. and submit the case without
argument
An Example to Policemen.
Chief Clerk w H. kipp Of the New
York police department was discussing
with a reporter the qualities most desir
able in policeman.
"A policeman should be above all
things resourceful," said Mr.. Kipp.
There was a resourceful policeman
wrestling with two troublesome DRINKS
last Washington's birthday night. The
men were more than the officer could
manage till he dragged one to trolley
post, got his two arms around II, and
then slipped the handouts on him, leav-
ing him there to hug the post till the
patrol was ready to come for him.
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boy always to give customers the impress
sion that they we're very busy.
Whether we are actually busy or
not, say So the grocer said. Tell peo-
brisk, go-ahead firms, that do large
trade
well. an hour or so later a brougnam
drove up and the rich judges wife enter
ed. She did not stay long. The~boy look
ed after her. And on her departure the
grocer said to the boy:
Did Mrs Judge Brown leave very
large order, James,?
She was goin to- said the boy She
had list as long as yer arm. But look
ed mad, and told her we was SO busy
l hardly seed how 1 could stop to tend
to her, so she said bein' as she was in a
hurry, she'd jest go next door,"
All Grist to His Mill.
A group Of Chicago musicians was
praislng the compositions of Walter Dam
rosch.
He should compose more" one said
He has a splendid talent From every
sound in nature he learns something.
lat the time he was at work on The
Scarlet Letter" he and l went walking
one lovely summer day. In a wood he
suddenly seized my arm.
'Hush.' he said, and pointed to a huge
beetle that went drOning by:
g L wanted, he explained afterward, ito
hear how its note would die away
And one day the next winter he showed
me the superb passage in The Scarlet
Letter. where the cello mOdulates in the
chord of the seventh of the descending
scale from B minor to F sharp minor.
There is the beetle OF our last sum-
mers walk he said
A Cool Retort.
Elinor Glyn said recently in New York
apropos of quarreling:
1T is always best to keep cool. to say
nothing unseemly, in a quarrel. Then,
even if one is in the wrong. one seems
to have the best o. it,
After holiday. kind of Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
An Example to Policemen.
Too Strong a Bluff.

Frederick Sterry was talking about the
crush that restaurants experience on New
Year eve. Washington's birthday and
other holidays.
But l must not boast" said Mr.. Ster-
ry 1T is bad luck. A grocer in my
boyhood told me that
The grocer said that he had once en-
gagged a new boy and had exhorted this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16

But the story of the woman with twenty
years service is the story Of most Of
them They are the failures from whom
the tide OF ambition has ebbed. or who
have been cast into the vortex or the
submerged tenth by the march of educa-
ton and progression. which has passed
them, or by the merciless hand Of cir
cumstance
All tell their stories, in the same way;
Il had TO make a Twink for my children"
My husband died drunkard. and this
was the only way l could get along; Il
didn't have the manners or looks even to
sell ribbon in a department store, as one
wisp of a girl said Commonplace? Yes,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
A Noisy Operation.

Mrs. Boorman Wells. one OF the English
suffragettes. was decrioing at dinner in
New York very disorderly suffragette
meeting.
The noise" she said. "can only be
likened to the hubbub that I once heard
coming from the nursery of friend with
whom I was taking tea.
Terrified by this Internal turmoil, my
friend ana / burst into the nursery
breathless. The children. in close group
by the window, the baby in the middle
looked up calmly
What on earth are you doing?' the
mother demanded.
We've found said the oldest boy
poor grandma's teeth. and we're filing
them down and fitting them on the
baby
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les either way don't stay long in a men,
o,. that's mostly clogged by figuring how
= make both ends meet"
Oh. yes; you may see smiles among
these women. but the smiles are on the
faces Of the younger ones. who have not
Iad time to remember or who are bravely
doing the work at hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
The Ridiculous Motive.

Carlton Mccarthy, the mayor OF Rich
mond. in a recent address on George
Washington, referred to the clear, cool
logical mind OF the hero
I'VE moderns." said Mr.. Mccarthy. "are
chicken headed beside him. We do ridicu-
leus things for absurd reasons We are
like the Richmond caterer who has just
returned from n winter tour of Norway.
What was your motive i'm going to
Norway this winter? / said TO the man
the other day.
A friend of mine he answered. made
me Christmas present OF a Baedeke r
guide book for Norway and Sweden. A"
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address. the harmful effec; of indiscrim-
mate charity.
AN old woman in Utica he said. had
been given a pint of milk and a loaf of
bread daily for eight or nine years by
rich young matron.
We'll, the old woman died the other
week. and it was found that she had left
a will. In this brief testament she coolly
bequeathed her daily bread and milk to
her nephew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16

the purifying effects OF sun and air.
After the men have dismantled q car
the Pullman Is usually fumigated by the
use OF formaldehyde or permanganate OF
potash. Following this II IL aired %
that the women may do their work.
Usually the charwomen work in pairs
to a car, but IL there is a demand for
sleepers. more are put on. These women
begin their work by thoroughly scrubbing
every portion of the car with CASTLE soap.
polishing the mirrors. cleansing the win
dows. Furnishing the brass and copper At
tings and foot plates. That portion OF the
upholstery which is stationary Is thor
oughly brushed. and the car is then
ready TO be supplied with fresh linen.
On the women move to another car. and
following closely behind them comes an
other force Of men. The car must re-
ceive attention outside as well as In.
Long ladders are placed against ths
coach. and soon three or four men are
engaged in removing the dust from the
varnish.
This is done in two ways. II the car
has not been on an especially long run, or
has received recent attention. an applica-
ton or dose" as the men term II, OF Oil
is used This is more expeditions than
the renovation, which is known as mo
docking" "Modock'' is a preparation
which is used to remove 9th more stub
born than the ordinary coal dust and
smoke CRIME. and after IL has been APP
piled the outside of the car shines like
new.
But the army ow workers does not stop
But the army OF workers do not stop
with having cleansed the car outside and
in. Yet another set of men appears Whose
duty IL is to clean the trucks and springs.
This portion OF the car is thoroughly
oiled. and after st has stood q little
while. softening grease and dirt. the oil
is wiped Off Then the car Is ready again
to be placed in use.
Those in charge OF the work OF reno
walton estimate the cost OF cleaning each
car once at no less than So and when
one considers the vast number OF Pull
man cars which are in use the expendi-
ture in keeping them always clean 10
stupendous. -
Ten dollars for each car is an almost
conservative estimate" said supt. Neal.
in charge Of the work in lexington. yes
terday.
When a Pullman carpet is ruined-and
they seldom last over four or six months
II will cost the company far over 500 10
replace 1t and some cars come into this
terminal SO badly damaged that they have
to be returned to Wilmington. Del. for
repair
Most of the repair work. however, 10
done at lexington for the cars which are
in use out OF this terminal =
A force OF mechanics entirely fndepsnd-
ent OF the actual rsnovat.ng and clean
ing force, is carried on the pay. roll. and
their services are required when minor
damage such as broken lights. dama0sA
ratings and cabinet work Is apparea4
=.
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birthday, disSipated young, marquis
listened from one till three in the morn
ing to a terrific curtain lecture from his
wife
When at length the march.onesss
paused a moment, her husband murmured
politely:
Well. all l have to say. my dear is
that person of your refinement and good
breeding ought to be above talking to a
drunken fellow at this time of night" 80
In Keokuk.
An actor said at the Players Club:
1T is always delight to tour with
Eddie Foy, or oy-Fitzgerald. l certain
ly wish l was going out with the dear
fellow in Hamlet
Once, in the town Of Keokuk. Foy and
went into BARRIERS to get shaved.
When the barber got through with him
Foy applied his handkerchief to his face
and said:
Young man. you have missed your
vocation: You ought to be an oyster
opener
Not Hard Work.
Prof. William Frear of the Pennsylvania
State College discussed In Harrisburg the
eighty-three kinds Of breakfast foods that
he recently tested for the government.
Most Of them were very good" said
Prof. Frear. 1.-The taste test. in most
cases. was pleasure rather than work. To
make work out of 1t would be to act like
little boy know in Bellefonte.
/ This little boys mother went last
Washingtons birthday. to a reception.
leaving the baby In Jimmys care. With
an injured look Jimmy said on her re-
turn:
Mamma. l wish you wouldn't make
me mind baby again. He was bad that
I had to eat two mincs pies and half the
fruit cake to amuse him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16

- ~OU who board the palace car q
the new Union station 10 b'
whirled. as your caprice wills
east or west, north or south
surrounded by all the comfort:
OF palatial home, know you how many
hundred souls OF the sons and daughter
OF Martha daily labor thst your journe
may be a pleasant one? Do you kn"N
how many lives are spent Furnishing ~
brass OF your car trimmings. eonstaty
watching to see that no speck of iHst
or dirt greets you as You take YOU seat
and lean back against immaculat H'eh
by Gay or lie under spotless be6 cover
ings at night?
Far on the outskirts OF the ci, III ram
OF in the binding snowstorm: n neat Oh
summer, when the smoke II passing
trains hangs like a pail ovl the great
new railroad yards. or in thfchi!i OF VIII
:. sixty women and over3n men move
In and but among long teS OIL SMOKE
begrimed Pullmans eac' accomplishing
an allotted task. until s1eW hours id'ei
the refurbished refuaishcd cars are
ready for a new set tastldious occu-
pants
THE lot OF the when is a hard one
Lined features. indsibiy marked by the
rtsor OF the life: h%r streaked with gray.
.maciated bodies. stunted from long ex-
nosure-and ST oFfor every ten hours of
the hardest Iaor are the portions Of
these modern daithas-thc price OF an
existence.
Whes, two dingy coaches drawn by a
ward engine roll into the cleaning yards
NJ the company near 9TH and I streets
northeast every morning shortly, after :
o'clock. I'D a long line % women descend
from II. train, their faces hidden IN volu-
r,inou blue sunbonnets. their bodies
clothd in ill-ftting black. their appear
anceis OF one great unindividual body OF
ant. Fastening to their respective hills.
R,t peep beneath the bonnets and tie
Impression is quite different.
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Not Hard Work.
A Cheeky Will.

r. w. Hebberd New Yorks commits
sioner OF charities. showed with a lumi-
nous Illustration. in the course Of a recent
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THE PREMIUM CONTEST.

The annual contest in competition
for the premiums offered for clubs OF
subscribers to The Yorkville Enquirer,
came to a close last Saturday evening
at 6 o'clock, and a checking up OF the
books shows that the total number of
names returned in the contest was
sol.
The feature of the contest this year
was the competition for the nine quar-
ter leather top Rock Hill buggies,
eight worth $40 each, and the ninth
worth $95 offered to the clubmaKer,
leading all others in their respective
townships, the rubber tire buggy going
to the clubmaker returning the largest
club of the entire competition.
AS shown by the returns, the bug
gies are to be awarded as follows:
Bethel township buggy to go to Mr..
G. l.. Suggs for 81 names.
Bethesda township buggy to go to
Mr.. ]. Webb Moore for 43 names.
Broad River township buggy to- go
to Mr. Jeff D. Whitesides. for 1876
names.
Bullock's Creek township buggy to
go to Mr.. John H. Sherrer for 94
names.
Catawba township buggy to go to
Mr.. W. S. Leslie for 81 names.
Ebenezer township buggy to go TO
Mr.. w. NJ Carothers for 20 names.
Fort Mill township buggy to go to
Mr.. w. H. Crook for SO names.
Kings Mountain township buggy to
go to Mr.. George w. Knox for 125
names.
York township buggy to go to Mr.. j.
u Smith for 2S7 names. This bug
gy is to be fitted with rubber tires.
The other clubmakers with the num-
ber of names returned by each were as
g,l1
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who have been making clubs con-
tinuously for thirty years or more, ana
there are several also who represent
the second and third generation in the
same work, their fathers and grand
fathers having been clubmakers in the
past as they are now.
Fellow newspaper men and others
have more than once puzzled them
selves over The Enquirers club sys-
tem-wGndered how we could ofer
such liberal premiums and how the
system could work so smoothly, and
this is not strange for the situation is
to be appreciated only by those who
are parties to ii. We have more than
once had evidence that the premiums
we offer are in a large measure only
a secondary consideration; that most
of the clubmakers are moved more by
a feeling of the good they are doing
than by the value of the premiums, and
we are glad to say that 1t has long
since been made impossible for us TO
feel that any premium we may give or
any cash commission we may pay IS
SUFFICIENT to discharge our obligation
to such staunch and generous co-work-
ers.
The present publishers Of The En-
uuirer cannot claim to have establish
ed the club system as 1t exists. 1t was
an institution when the present pub
fishers took charge. But there Is graf
ification in the fact that there has been
no change; that those who had been
keeping up the work so long are no
less Jealous than they were; that new
cnes join in from year to year, and that
the bond of personal friendship be-
tween all Of them and the publishers
continues to grow stronger as 1t
grows older.
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Two Thousand, Two Hundred.

1t will be a pleasure to the many
friends of The Enquirer to know that
the circulation of the paper is now
larger than it has ever been before at
this season of the year.
As a matter of interesting informa-
ton. we will state that this is the par
ticular season at which the circulation
of The Enquirer is always the small
est.
With the close of the club contest
last Saturday night, every name that
had not been actually paid in advance
or settled for in manner that was
fully as satisfactory as such actual
payment. was stricken from the list.
That leaves virtually the entire cir
culation provided for until January l
list such changes as may occur will
naturally go to swelling the list still
more as against the close of the year.
The total bona fide paid circulation
OF this issue is 1925 copies, a gain of
nearly 500 since the first Of last Oc-
tOber.
Several times during the past few
years the circulation has been over 1000
on the first day of January; but the
annual pruning that always follows
that date has invariably reduced it to
1,75O or 1.SOO. On January l of this
year there were close to 2,3OO names,
and the pruning did not reduce the
below 1000.
The largest subscription list ever at
tanned by The Enquirer in former years
was about 1900 in 1870 and 1871, when
there were no newspapers in Chester
Union. Castor or Cleveland counties,
and this paper had practically the en-
tire field.
In 1888 and 1889. the circulation of
The Enquirer ranged from 1,15O to l.
25O: but since that time. there has been
a gradual and steady increase.
While the fact is not generally ap-
preciated by the public, Il bona fide
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WITHIN THE TOWN.

Mr.. ]. D. Jimison has purchased
the York Lunch Room from d. A.
Mauney e. Co.
People who have not yet secured
municipal registration certifcates
should look after the matter at once.
Those who are without state registra-
ton certificates should apply to the
county board of supervisors next Mon
day.
Mr.. Alonzo Rose said yesterday
that he had sold more than 100000
cabbage plants to the people OF YORK
vile and the country surrounding dur
ing the past few weeks. Other local
dealers have also sold large quantities
of plants and the prospect for an unu-
sually large crop is good.
- What was formerly the Yorkville
opera house, has been converted into
an armory for the Jasper Light lntan-
try. The hall has been used by the
Jasper Light Infantry for number OF
years; but within the past few weeks,
il has been especially fitted up for the
purpose of the officers and men OF the
company, and the quarters arranged
are very convenient and comfortable.
Municipal political situation is be-
ginning to warm up a little. There IS
talk of at least three candidates FOR
mayor. The present council claims a
good record in the management or the
towns finances. An issue has arisen
over the action of the council in push
ing the sewerage matter, as it is al
legged prematurely. There are a num-
ber of citizens who do not believe that
the town can construct an adequate
sewerage system for $4,000, and who
believe that an attempt will only re-
suit in the exhaustion of all the avail
able money on an unfinished 1ob.
There are also people who think that
the town is not warranted in under
taking the maintenance or an eX-
pensive team Of horses for the purpose
of drawing the wagon to an occasion
ed fire. 1t is held on the other hand
that this expense is largely compen-
sated by the saving in insurance. There
are various other matters up for dis
cussiOn. and it looks as If the voters
may really become interested in the
government of the town.
The annual meeting Of the York
county branch of the American Bible
society was held in the Presbyterian
church Sunday evening and was called
to order by Rev. w. G. Ewart, the pres
ident. The attendance was quite large,
being made up principally of members
of the various local congregations.
The exercises were opened with sing
ing by the choir, prayer by Rev. II. }.
Cauthen and a vocal solo by Miss Lila
HerndOn. Rev. l. G. Murray was to
have made the address Of the occa-
sion: but he having an appointment at
East View school house during the af-
ternoon the address was delivered by
Rev. F.. z. Gillespie. He took THE Bi-
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THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.

Following is the history Of the spec
ulative cotton market yesterday as re-
ported in an Associated Press dispatch
of last night from New York:
The cotton market advanced early
today; later eased off, closing steady,
net points lower to 4 points higher.
Sales were estimated at 100000 bales.
The opening was steady at an ad-
vance of 2 to 8 points and during the
first few minutes the market sold s to
9 points net higher on covering and
some fresh buying for long account
which was promoted by steady cables
and talk of firmer interior markets.
Offerings increased at the advance ow-
ing to good weather in the south, some
what larger estimates for tOmorroW's
receipts, reports Of rapid progress with
farm work, and predictions that the
local stock would be rendered on May
contracts After selling off to 9.55 for
May and 9.44 for October, the market
rallied on some positions as a result
of covering in the late trading, but
there seemed to be little snap to the
buying. and the undertOne showed lit
tie Improvement The Southern mark
cts officially reported were generally
unchanged. Exports for the day were
comparatively large, but were supposed
to reflect the usual squirt at the end of
the month. Advices from the south
west state that considerable cotton is
still held in interior, but generally pri-
vate advices reaching the market are
bullish as to the attitude Of holders.
Receipts at the ports today 13,453
bales against 11,44S last week and 49,
O35 last year. For the week 100000
bales against 1929 last week and 49,
9S4 last year. Today's receipts at New
Orleans 1888 against 1904 last year,
and at Houston 2,234 against 2,166 last
wear.