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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
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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 ....
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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
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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.
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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.
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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?"
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