Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, May 28, 1903, Image 5
. . V 4 ft 1 f ; ) i ( i U .1 V- 'l I? fill II I Mttl OUR Immigrants H I I I I I I t rjrjnE remarkable prosperity wltli jfwlileli tills country is being blessed bus the effect of bring ing to our shores hordi-s of Immigrant In ever Increasing numbers. I-unt year tbe army of 1m mi grants numbered over V48,'jCip mi locrinise of lyj,0JU over the year before and the presit year will probably see a considerable Increase In the voluntary evil who yearly set out from the old world to belter their conditions In the new. The (.Teat port of entry for these thousands In New York, and here the Govn-nmmt assumes Jurisdiction over the alien as hiii as their steamer has beeu paused at quarantine. In spectors go aboard from the revenue cutters down the Imy and obtain the mnnirettts of aJli-n passengers, which the sb-amshlp companies must supply. ThiHie manifests must show: Full name, aye, s-x, whether married or single, calling or occupation, whether able to reail or write, lmlioiu'illly, Inst residence, seaport for landing In the United States, final destination In the Tuiti-d States, whether having a ticket through to such destination, whether the liiiiuigrant has paid his own pas sage, or whether It has been paid by RUSSIAN JEWS JUST other persons, or by any corporation, society or government, whether In pos session of money, and If so whether upward of 'M, whether going to join a relative, and If so what relative and his name and address, whether ever before In the United State whether a polygamlst, whether under contract, expressed or Implied, to perform labor In the United States, the Immigrant's condition of health, and whether dt formed or crippled, and If so from what cause. The census Is a sinrch Inif One and the questions must be all Answered. At Kilts Inland. When the steamship roaches her pier the Inspectors discharge such Im migrants us they may deem it neces sary to examine -usually not over 1" or lilt, says a writer In the World's Work. All the rest are transferred to barges and taken to Ellis Island. There on the main floor of the big iin iii It'iit I ion building they are divided Into groups, according to the mani fests, and separi!.d. Each Immi grant Is questioned to see if his an swers tally with the manifests. If they do not, he Is detained for "spe cial Inquiry" by boards of four Inspec tors, who decide all questionable cases. , Oidy the Secretary of the Treasury can overrule their decision. The Immi grants are kept In a big detention r ioiii until the railway agents take tluni ti board trains to their final des tination. fine of those who recently came over to become one of us was Florlo Vltt eWizo, who hulled from I'alermo, Italy, lie whs 11 years old and traveled light. When he opened his cheap paper va lise It was apparently empty, save for n pair of discredited and disreputable old shoes. Florlo boned, cap In hand, and bis white teeth flushed its be suavely smiled: "I am a poor man, liol.leinan, seeking my fortune." 'Hun- was an odor that the old In spector knew. He picked up one of the old slims and extracted from It n creasisl and crumpled hunk of I'.ologim nusage. The oilier shoe was stulTed wltli a soft, sticky and aggressively fragrant mass of Italian cheese. These articles and a sum of Italian money equivalent to altoiit $!.), and the clothes he stood In, formed the basis on which Fhrio expected to rear his fort tine. Another Immigrant, Pletro Vlndlll, was gray-haired, round shouldered ami w. a.eiiisl. He, loo had come to fmike lit fortune. His tinpi-dlnif utcd con fcsnd of a canvass valise, lined with papir ami containing I wo striped not ion fhlrts. .in neckerchief of yellow (.!i:, a I. iick hat, il waistcoat, t4 pairs of hoe, olio pint Of olive oil ami iiiif a peck of hard bread biscuit. A; tl; 1 5,tiniiinilon the Immigrants nie a : e l to show their money, which, a,i r liel.ig counted and a record made if It. is re. stored to them. In one re fiit y.iir the I'retich led all the oIW ts, with i.u uvi "i-e of $39.37. The He 'H-m-l New York the Great Port of Entry lor Most of ThemHow the Incoming Thousands Are Dealt with by Uncle Sam at Litis Island less Desirable Aliens Now Coming .... ) brews stood at the foot of the. list, bringing an average of $8.58. After the French came the Italians from Northern Italy, with $3.53 jkt capita; Bohemians and Moravians were next, with $112. ?S; Scandinavians next, with $18.10, and tie Irish next with $17.10. Next to the Hebrews the Italians from Southern Italy were lowest, with an average of $s.t!7. At the buttery an employment bureau Is conducted for the benefit of the im migrants by the German Society of the City of New York, and the Irish Immigrant Society, and here from 1,U0 to 1..VX) persons find employment monthly. Relutlve Merits of 1 mm iurants. Roughly speaking, the North of Kit rope people make better citizens than those from the South of Europe. The better class go to the country and the worst to the cities. The Greeks are conslilned about the least desirable of all; the Italians from the southern por tion of the peninsula also make poor citizens; but those from the northern part rank with the Swiss anil other de sirable nationalities. From ISL'1 to I'.mm), according to a recent census bul letin, over VJ,(X)(XtO Immigrants land- ARRIVED AT NEW YORK TO BF.GIN LIFE ANEW. ed la the United States. Germany sent 5,(i km it mi; Ireland, 3,K7o,ikki; Great Ilritaln, 3.020,000; Scaudiuuvia. 1,210,000; Austria Hungary (Includ ing Hohemliu , 1,000,000; and Italy 1,000,000. Once the stream came main ly from, the north of Europe; now it comes cbl fly from the south from the undesirable countries. OBSTACLE TO THE BURGLARS. Flat lli.usis n Miimuni.iiiK I.lemeiit in Domestic I.ile. Sociologists who study criminal life In large cities say that an electric light Is as good as a policemen, the presumption being that crime Is a creature of darkness. The flat build ing is now coming In for some study on the same lines. Certain kinds of crime, at least, are almost Impossible In the modern skyscraplng apartment building. "Torch climbing" Is almost a lost art, mid ordinary cases of house breaking are rarely reported from these-socialistic domiciles. Men who follow the profession of burglary find many discouragements In plying their calling In a modern flat build ing. Surreptitious entry Is practically Impossible. "Geptlcnmn burglars" who enter In the broad light of day must pass the scrutiny of the utti-nd- k,.w-v r a 4 ,i . i awe-:. , t ItOAUHI.N'G A TRAIN vm ) : m itee ant at the door and the elevator boy, and the tenure of these functionaries la their Jobs depends partly on their ability to keep undesirable character out of the building, says a correspond ent of the I'lltsburg Dispatch. Then there Is the fixed rule that packages cannot be delivered or taken out of the front door. This makeg It awk ward for the burglar to leve with his plunder, necessitating as It does em barrassing explanations and delays In leaving the premises. A police cap tain said that most of the thefts com mitted In apartment houses are to be traced to servants and that these were few In mi ru tier. Family rows In apart ment, houses, he also says, are rarer than . in .separate, dwellings. Flat dwellers seem to fall In with the un written laws of neighbors' rights more quickly than those who live in Indi vidual family houses Quarrels are heard more easily through walls than across lots Hence, against their wills sometimes, wives and husbands keep their tongues between their teeth, and during this enforced period of self -restraint recover their tempers. As a civilizing and refining agent the flat no doubt does many other things which will suggest themselves to dwellers therein. The observations are given forth because this phase of modern city life shows Itself more prominently lu New York than elsewhere. t'ured of I'Virgeifulness. A nialil servant employed in a gentle man's family was tit lirst very forgirt ful. The fault was especially annoy ing at mealtimes, when something es sential wag sure to be lacking from the 3 & table. The New York Tress tells how the head of the house efls-t(d a cure. One day the family were seafed t the table and the bell was rung as usual. The maid hurried to Che dinlng rooiu. "Maria." said Mr. Jeuklnson, "just run and fetch the big, step-ladder down from the attic and bring It here." Maria, who luul bism disturbed at her dinner, gave a grunt of dlssntis faelloii, but ran up the three flights of sfairs to fetch down (he ladder, in alsiul live minutes she returned to the i' 'in, panting with her exertion. '.Now," said Mr. .lenkiiiS'Ul, "put it up at. that end of the room and climb to the top." Maria did as she was told, although she womb red what It all meant. Win u she was at the lop of the ladder, Mr. Jeuklnson quietly observed: "Maria, you have now got a better view than we have; Jnst look around ami tell us If you can sec any salt on the table. My wife and I Could not find II." What n surprising nunilsT of trage dies happen in the bible In which the principal was not a "society lnuler!" There Is nothing In a name unless It Is well ttdvertlsisl. a VU THE WEST. - " :' V.I f: ST. PAUL CHLRCH NOW A WAR! HOUSE The fact that It had served as a place of worship for fifty-four years did not save the oldest church in St. Paul from falling Into the deioller's hands and being converted into such a place a once urged the Master to rid the temple of the money changers and to say: "Make not my Father's house an house of merchandise." It is already doing duty as a furniture warehouse and bids fair to continue so for years to come. ' In 18-19 the church was erected by the MethodlHts of the vilLage, and until OLD Cllt llClI, NOW A WAKKItOt HE. IS".") It reinaltasl the principal sanctu ary of the sect. Renjamin F. lloyl: oc cupied the pulpit: as its lirst pastor. He was not a minister and attended to his worldly duties along with his re ligious matters. The church was built with the lirsl batch of bricks made in the State of MInneota and was used at various tlme ns a place for the getting of the "Almighty dollar." At one time even it was u-sed as a drilling hall for the mili lla. There Is hardly any doubt that the edifice has been accorded its last chance of ever lstlng again sucrisl to the use for which It was intended. Cats and other, beasts of prey reflect fifty times as much light from their eyes as human beings. In Belgium there are no extensive for ests or limber lumls, and wood for all purposes must 1m; imported. The river span of the Itrooklyn bridge is 3,505 feet long; the Forth bridge hat two river span.s, each 1,710 feet long. Of the S.50O rural free delivery nmt in operation June 30 last Iowa led with 771. The other Stales having ihe larg-i-.t number of routes were: Ohio 7)1, Illinois 7O0, Indiana 051. The average numler of pieces of mail handled on each of the roiiles each day was 132. After several unsuccessful attempts and three yuirs labor, the unparalleleit fi-at of cutting a ring out of a single diamond lias been accomplished by the patience and skill of Mr, Antoiue, one of t lit best-known lapiibiries of Ant werp. The ring is about turee-quani-js of an Inch In diameter. In case both President and Vice Pres ident die or become incapable of acting, I lie Secretary of State becomes Presi d. 111, If eligible; alter him, the line of Kucci-Kwion runs through the Secn-tary of the Treasury, the Si-cretary of War, the Attorney General, the Postmaster General, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec retary of Agriculture. It has often been urged that man could not travel at a much greab-r speisl than sixty iniles an hour, as 110 driver could stand the strain tton the nerves. An eXN'r!cneisl engineer lias, however, It Is said, declared that when a man Is running his engine at a mile a minute he has reached the limit of mental strain, and an extra half-mile a minute could not add to bis task. Further, the same authority gives the reassuring informal ion that, if a train going nt a rale of one hundred miles an hour wire wrecked, the consequences would be 110 worse than If the speed liad ben sixty miles. Mr. Howell What's all that scream ing In the parlor? Mrs. Howell Carrie is singing till Charley conies, Just to kill (line. Mr. Howell -Time seems to die hnrd. If nil old maid hues children, and gels ns hiuh a .;lo a mouth, every merchant she tneils sells her some thing. Shortly iiffcr n Inanled woman Inher its -money from In r Is, I it, her husband tnbarks on some new business enter. ;rUe. Hounded I.Ike It. mm ; OLD j FAVORITES 4-H I 1 1 1 M l 1 t l I I . ... H"t"f-M- The Hurlul of Moaea. By Nebo's lonely mountain. On this side Jordan's wave, Iu a vule in the laud of Muub, There lies a lonely grave; But no man dug that sepulchre, And no man saw it e'er. For the ungels nf God upturned the nod, And laid the dead man there. That was the grandest funeral That ever passed ou earth; But no man heard the tramping, Or saw the train go forth; Noiselessly ns the daylight Conies when the night is done, And the crimson streak on the ocean's cheek Grown into the great sua Noiselessly ns the springtime Her crown of verdure weaves. And all the trees on all the hills Open their thousand leaves So, without sound of music, Or voice of tlieia thAt wept, Silently down from th- mountain erown The great procession swept. Perchance the. bald old eagle On gray liefh-peor's height, Out of his rocky eyrie Looked on the wondrous sight; Perchance the lion, stalking, Still shuns the hallowed rpotj For beast and bird have seen and heard That which man kuoweth not. Uo! when the warrior dieth. His comrades in the war With arms reversed and muffled drum Follow the funeral car. They show the banners taken, They tell his buttle won, Anil after him lead his masterless steed, While peals the minute gun. Amid the noblest of the land Men lay the sage to rest, And give the bard an honored place, With costly marble dressed, Iu the great minster transept, Where lights like glories fall, And the choir sings and the organ rings Along the emblazoned wall. This was the bravest warrior That ever buckled sword; This the most lifted poet That ever breathed a word; And never earth's philosopher Traced .with liia golden pen On the deathless page, truths half bo Bilge As he wrote down for men. And had ho not high honor? The hillside for his pall; To lie in state while angels wait, Willi stars for tapers tall; And the dark rock pines, like tossing plumes, Over his bier to wave; And God's own hand, in that lonely land To lay li i 111 in the grave In that deep grave without a name. Whence his unconfined day Shall break again Oh, v. wondrous thought ! Hefore the judgment day; And Btand. with glory wrapped around On the hills he never trod, And speak of the strife that won our life With the incarnate Son of God. Oh. lonely tomb in Mnuh'x land! On dark Hoth-penr's hill! Speak to these curious hearts of ours And teach them to he still. God hath His mysteries of grace Ways that He cannot tell; lie hides them deep like the secret Rlcop . Of Him I le loved so well. THE OLD-FASHIONED MOTHER. A. Familiar, I.ovctl Figure that Will Aliiife with U Forever. "Where is the ohl-fashioiied mother who, with her Innumerable duties, found time to devote to her children; who felt that they were Intrusted to her for a brief time only; that they, In turn, were to be history makers and that she was responsible for their early training; who was mother, sis ter, friend?" Thus walls a Jeremiah of the press, says a writer In the Housekeeper, bemoaning the substitu tion of hired nurses for maternal care and attention and continues: "Whence will come the strong men and women of our nation If the mothers are to fritter away the futures of their chil dren at clubs and bridge whist and so cial dissipation? 'The queen-mother baa abdicated the mightiest throne In the world, that of the nursery, for a kingdom far other than that where righteousness rules." To the old -fashioned mother (he mighty manhood of America doffs its hat. For the old fashioned mother Is still with us and to slay. Modern science has wrought many Improve ments that would make our ancestors stare could they return to earth, but one familiar figure they would still find here; that of (he old-fashioned mother. For she cannot be Improved upon. Hefore the mighty mystery of motherhood man stands hushed lu awe; this silken cord of sisterhood that binds the mothers of to-day to those of all ages. What has been the mightiest power since the world be gun? The mother's influence, And Is It likely Unit nt this late hour the queens of America would willingly re linquish the jeweled scepter for ft torch wherewith to chase the will o' the'wlspn of social delights? lint 1 here arc no fashions In mother hood, so why speak of the old fashion ed mother? The dictators of women's wardrobes who send forth their royal commands every season Issue no such bulletins of advance styles as these: "'Die correct thing for tnotliers this winter is fo be seen frequently with their children In public. The latest fashionable fad Is for mot hers to kiss their children on bidding them good night." Or "The newest wrinkle In- dulged In by fashionable inethers It telling them stories on Sunday after noons, gathered together about the flr side. Even ultra-fashionable motberi now permit their children to clambel upon their laps." No, tbe duties and the privileges of motherhood are de pendent upon neither time nor th whims of fashion. Mothers faithless to their sacred trust there may be, but how happily few they are In compart sou with the millions of noble mothers who to-day share the magnificent hon or of training tip the coming genera' tlon of American men and women. READY FOR PUBLICATION. Man Who Had Visited Montana KneK What Paper Wanted. A Detroiter who had been spending two rothre mouths lu Montana arrired home the other day, and when a re porter called at his house to interview him the little affair was found to b typewritten, and all ready for instant delivery, says the Detroit Free Press. It reads as follows: "I gained fifteen pounds. ''Haven't felt so well for ten yeara "Climate of Montana Is the most glor ioiis in the world. "Saw many Indians. Saw many In dians playing poker. "liougut an Indian blanket to bring home. After boiling it: for a week or so it will lie left out for about forty nlghta to freeze. "Bought several Indian arrows stain, ed with blood. Didn't ask whether It was human blood or cow's blood. Tbey ' never make any explanations in Mon tana. "ilodc a bucking broncho. Usual re sults folowed. Broncho also broke hit neck at the same time. "Was impressed by the mountains. Have returned home dissatisfied with Michigan because she has none. "Saw many genuine cowboys. Was rather disappointed to find most ol them deacons of churches, but was as sured that they couldn't help it. "Was out after grizzly bears several times, but obtained no interviews. Was told that this was the season when thej retire to the tops of the highest trees to hibernate. I did not a sure the mattei They never argue in Montana. "Heard the howl of mountain lion one evening when returning to camp. Was informed that he was bowling to pass away the time and that he prob ably hadn't heard of my being out there. Made no remarks,' Remarks don't go in Sfonfana. " "Descended into a canyon 350 feel deep. Not being lighted by electricity and all the stores being closed, it was rathiT lonesome down there. Visitors to Montana are helped into the depths of canyons without extra charge. "Saw the tracks of sn elk. Might have seen the elk which made ths tracks if I had followed tbe trail threfl or four weeks longer. Was neither en couraged nor discouraged by the people, They let you do as yon want to In Montana. "Saw a man hung for stealing a horse. It wasn't clear whether it was a horse or a steer, but as he wanted to be hung they didn't split hairs over It The people of Montana are an accom modating lot. They would have hung me had I requested it. "This Is all. Do not fall to speak ol me ns an eminent citizen and one large ly interested in the future of Detroit and see that the proofs of this artlcl are read twice and are clear of mis takes." Detroit Free Press. TO MARK INGALLS' GRAVE. Hie Kansas Bowlder Sought for Lati Senator's Monument. The grave of the late John J. Ingalll at Mount Vernon cemetery will b marked by a native bowlder deposited in Kansas soil iu the glacial period, according to an Atchison (Kan.) dis patch. This will be done in obediencs to a letter written In the Senate cham ber at Washington Dec. 10, 18!)0, to Mrs. Ingalls in Atchison. The lettei follows: "The cold wave has passed off and the morning is like April. The world is so lovely at its best; this life Is so delightful that I dread the thought ol leaving it. I have seen and experi enced so little of what may be seen and known that It seems like closing a volume of which I have only glanced at the title page. "What nn uncivil host life Is, to Invite us to nn entertainment- which we are compelled to attend whether we like It or not, and then to uncere moniously take us by the arm and bow us Into the night, stormy and dis mal, to go stumbling about without so much as a bmteKii to show us the way to another town. "Our ground in the cemetery should have a 'monument.' I bate these ob elisks, urns and stone cottages, and should prefer a great natural rock one of the red bowlders known as tho 'lost rocks' of the pralrlc porphyry from tin- north, brought down In gla cial limes with a small surface smoothed down. Just large enough to make a tablet In which should be In serted the bronze letters of our name, 'Ingalls.' and nothing else." A Mono such ns ilcseril)od, says the St., Louis Globe Democrat, Is now be ing sought. Overmatched. "Now, witness," said the lawyer, you say that your hearing Is good?' "Yes, sir." ; "How good? Give me nn Illustra tion. Can you hear my watch tick?" 'No, sir. It's three days since I sav you going Into the pawnshop, and tlm waich must have run, down, by this time." . When' we see n girl wearing a waist buttoned down Ihe back, we long (o ask her:. "How did you get Into It?" ' T 'L.V. 1 14., Jk' .N,fT