UNCLE SAM’S KEEN EYE ON FUTURE CITIZENS PHYSICIANS OF* EXPERI ENCE MEET IMMIGRANTS AT LANDING PORTS. EXAMINATION IS SEVERE LONG PRACTICE HAS ENABLED DOCTORS TO NOTE DISEASE SYMPTOMS AT A GLANCE. Few “Undesirables” Gain Admission to the Promised Land, Though Attempts to Deceive the Inspectors Are Made—Routine at the Port of Poston—Dr. Safford Tells of All Sorts of Tricks Played—“Fake Cit izens” as a General Thing Are Eas ily Spot'-vd—Some Pathetic Stories Told. Boston.—When Uncle Sam learns that a fresh batch of would-be citizens are headed for Boston from foreign shores, he sends Dr. M. V. Safford and Dr. Hugo B. C. Reimer down to meet them when they arrive. The two physicians are keen men of long experience. They can spot disease symptoms at a glance. When an army of immigrants march on the United States through this port, they weed them out with the most minute care. In matters of means, ability to be self-supporting and business inten tions, the immigrants must satisfy other agents of Uncle Sam. But first and foremost they must run the gaunt let of the keen, unprejudiced eyes of the two doctors. Dr. Safford and his assistant, Dr. Reimer, pass on every one of the thousands of immigrants that enter the port of Boston. They meet with strange experiences, they are ever the objects of cunning subterfuge and piteous supplication, and they make few errors. Word comes to the immigration offi cers at Long wharf that a great ship with hundreds of immigrants on board is due at quarantine at such-and-such a time. The doctors know by the lo cation of the port of embarkation about what class of immigrant they will have to deal with, and they pre pare for him. Boarded at Quarantine. When the ship reaches quarantine, the physicians are waiting to board her. They begin at once with the sec ond cabin passengers after “looking over,” surreptitiously, the passengers in the saloon. The second cabin pas sengers are submitted to a rigid exam ination, for long experience has taught the medical authorities that a Brought His Bird from Sicily. greater proportion of defectives is to be found in the second cabin than in the steerage. If the ship docks just before dusk or very late in The afternoon, the ex amination is likely to be deferred un til morning. In that event, there is greater excitement on board than ever. The immigrants, most of them ignorant and illiterate, know only that they have at last reached the prom ised land, toward which they have been journeying for days; they feef only that the time has come for them to meet their friends, to look into the new world. The delay chafes them. They crowd and crush about the decks, quarrel some and cantankerous. Few of them sleep. They wait, sullen and silent, through the long dark hours, their eyes fastened cm the roofs of the low sheds and the shadowy outlines of the tall buildings of the water front. They chatter at times. Sometimes there is a fight. There is crying of babies. Occasionally the sharp voice of a guard rings out from above. Some Who May Not Land. They look very eager and healthy and robust as they stand in the light of early dawn on the steamer decks. But there are some in that throng who can never enter the country, some who have made the long journey for A WAYS OF THE ORIENT. System of Brigandage Brought to Per fec>Dn in Manchuria. Of brigandage in northern Man churia the North China Daily News says: “As a result of careful investi gation and at the imminent risk of his life, a daring member of the Paiyang secret service has, after an absence of nearly seven months, brought back to headquarters a report that there are now in northern Manchuria close upon 18,000 exceedingly well-armed and well-provided “Hunghutze” (Red beards) , as the mounted bandits , of Manchuria are called. These are di vided into a great many bands of from 150 to 200 each among the smaller ones and from 800 to 1,000 among the larger aggregations, but all of them giving allegiance to three principal chiefs who have the power of life and death over their men. Of the booty taken by a band two-fifths must be handed over to the general exchequer, which provides arms and ammunition. If attacked by an outside enemy and whenever called upon the men under the three principal chiefs are bound by oath to gather together under one banner, the oldest and most experi enced of the three becoming by right of seniority chief of the whole force.” “Owing to the famine a number of refugees at Chinkiang are reported to be now digging for a kind of white clay to be found near that port, which they use to mix with food and vege tables, as it is said to give a 'satisfy ing’ feeling to the hungry consumer,” says a Chinese newspaper, “Contin ued eating, however, brings dangerous results to the health of the consumer, often fatal. This wtiite Clay is called by the natives ‘Kuan Yin len,’ or flour of Kuan Yin (the goddess of mercy). /Jews of this having reached the ears of Viceroy Tuan Fang at Nanking, his excellency has instructed the local au thorities in Chinkiang to test the clay in question and its degrees of harm fulness to consumers of the stuff. His excellency has also sent from his own private purse $500 to purchase bona fide flour to distribute to diggers of the clay, in case it be discovered to be dangerous.” This curious Cairtlon note was " *-- - . —■r* .. picked up by Hans Do ring in an out-of the-way corner of ABia: "Coming near the borders of Mongolia we met some Mongolian shepherds. They look something like gypsies that I have seen at home. Their manner of bearing is elastic and far more grace ful than that of the Chinese. Their voices are melodious and ^hey are really attractive. There was among them a woman wearing a gown with puffs in the place where arm and shoulder meet together, in the same manner as was fashionable a few years ago with the ladies’ dresses in Europe. These puffs serve to protect the Mongo] women’s shoulders against the pressure of the poles by which they carry the water from the well.” Statistics relating to divorce in Eng land and Wales show that only 762 petitions for divorce were filed in 1905, against 720 in 1004, and 880 and 824 in 1002 and 1903, respectively. Three hundred and twenty-three of the 1905 petitions were presented by wives. Decrees were granted to wives in 281 cases and to husbands in 381 nothing, who must bid good-by to their luckier friends and return to the, per -haps, lonely land from which tliey started. It is for those the two physi cians are waiting. At seven o’clock everything is ready. The gangplank, carefully roited off and guarded, stretches frgrn the deck to a door in the side of the shed. This door admits to a narrow passage which winds around mysteriously, and suddenly swings into a wider space, between iron railings forming an in verted V. At the apex stands Dr. Staf ford, with Dr. Riemer at his elbow. Grouped around them are women agents from the various charity or ganizations, on the lookout for home less and unaccompanied girls vainly expecting lovers who never come. At last the word is given. The qtar termasters who have been holding the immigrants back on the steamer’s decks step aside, and with a rush and great shouting the crowd begins to pour into ttye narrow aisle. The Sicil ians are first. They press forward hungrily, and the others fall back be hind them. TJp the aisle they come. Their luggage has been left piled and checked on the decks, but almost every man tenderly carries a crated can slung from his shoulder. It con tains home-made olive oil, the real kind, and he ^opes to have the deli cacy for a reminder of old days at home when he settles in the new country. Task Not Always Pleasant. It isn’t a pleasant task the head quartermaster has before him. Per chance he is stout and portly. He then suffers some inconvenience, to put it mildly, and his occasional re cause him to make a careful examina tion. Types and natural characteris tics mean much. Many Tricks Played. In the course of his work Dr. Saf-' ford runs into sojpe strange charac ters. Immigrants will come jauntily A Test of Strength. down the aisle, carelessly swinging a derby hat over what is apparently a band. The doctor is suspicious, re moves the hat and finds tthat there is no hand. Besides the examinations to deter mine the soundness of the body, there are tests of strength for those who look particularly suspicious. Carrying a heavy bag of sand is one of the cri terions of bodily vigor. “They try all sorts of tricks,” said Dr. Safford. “I remember the first case of one kind I ran into. I have A B t of the Deck. marks anent immigrants in general and some in particular are not intend ed always for gentle ears. Dr. Safford stands ready, pencil in hand. Before him is a white enameled stand with pitcher and basin of medi cated water. This, for the benefit of those wily newcomers who attempt to conceal natural defects or wounds be neath a generous portion of dirt. There is the noise of prodigious scuffling outside the door in the pas sageway and the next moment around the corner appears the broad, buxom form and smiling face of a woman. It is evident that the men, eager as they are, have bowed to courtesy. The wo man comes down the aisle slowly, with a bewildered expression, until Dr. Safford admonishes her sharply in her own dialect, and she steps toward him. He stop!; her for a moment, turns her eyelids back and twists her ear. Then he turns her into the out ward aisle leading r.o the main shed, where she will await the examination of the immigration inspectors. Ex-Soldiers Easily Told. Once in a while an ex-soldier will appear. It is more than easy to spot him. He swings around the door with the precision of long practice, and with chest extended and head thrown back he marches toward the doctor as he would toward an inspecting officer. Invariably he is allowed to pass with a smile of approbation, and occasion ally he brings his hand sharply to the salute as he turns the corner. It is an interesting sight. Now there comes a little, undersized Cala brian who looks as though he com bined the burden and woes ef Atlas and Job. The doctor is attracted to a peculiarity in his color. He stops tdm and Dr. Reimer takes his tempera ture. It is no less than 104. “Must hawe malaria,” says the doc tor, and the little fellow is turned aside. Continuously, without pause, fhe line passes. The group in the deten tion room swells. The unfortunates sit with resigned faces and war.ch their healthier fellows swarm toward freedo.u. The examination which, to the lay man, seems so cursory is, in reality, wonderfully severe and searching. Dr. Safford has had years of experience, has paired tens of thousands of immi grants and knows their normal char acteristics as he knows their lan guages. What in a Finn would not excite the least suspicion cn the part of tie doctor would, if seen in an Italian, spotted scores since. An elderly mao came in behind a little boy. There was nothing suspicious about either of them, and I was about to pass them when I noticed that the man had the tip of his finger on the boy’s shoulder and kept it there. I stopped him and took the hand away, and he ran into the railing. He was stone blind, al though his eyes didn’t betray it. “Fake Citizens.” “Soqje years ago we used to have a great many cases of ‘fake citizens.’ We hav% no jurisdiction over a United States citizen, and we have to be very careful how we treat them. It got to be quite common therefore for immi grants already resident here to take out citizen papers and ship them to friend^at home for their use in pass ing us. But when several dases had been detected and the parties severe ly prosecuted, the thing dropped off, and we have less of it now. "Some of the immigrants, of course, are hopelessly ignorant. Many of them have the handicap of fear and reti cence. They have been thoroughly coached by letter by friends here, and they will stick to the set of rules and regulations prescribed, whether they apply or not. You can never get them to admit anything, and oftentimes the developments are high and ludicrous. They will never tell you anything that will help themselves and you, to hasten the examination. With them, there, are only two classes of disease, those contracted on board ship and those present since birth. “I once was sure that I had a new case of spinal disease, when I spotted a little fellow who stood straight as a rule, and couldn’t bend his back. But on striping him, I found he had the barrel of a shotgun strapped to his back to escape the customs as he thought. “Immigrants under 11 years of age get special rates. It is quite common to see ancient ‘11-year-olds,’ with fine growths of whiskers, meandering down the plank. “We spotted a man once on fake citizenship papers by the aid of an Englishman. The latter said: ‘The blowke says a.s e’s been ’ere 11 years an’ ’e down’t know wot a peanut is. ’E ain’t no American!’ And he wasn’t. “We run into no end of hard-luck stories, and Borne of them are really very pathetic. But we have to do our duty as it comes.” Wonderful Human Voice. Forty-four muscles are called into play in the production of the human voice. COULD HARDLY TOTTER ABOUT. A Vivid Description of the Most In sidious of Diseases. ' • Miss Emma Shirley, Killbuck, N. Y., writes: "Kidney disease mysteriously fastened itself upon me two years ago I and brought awful headaches and dizzy spells. I was all un strung, weak and nervous, could scarce ly totter about. Pains in the side and back completely unnerved * me. My food dis tressed me, I looked badly and the kidneys were noticeably deranged. I sank lower and lower until given up and at this critical time began with Doan’s Kidney Pills. Details are un necessary. Twelve boxes cured me and I weigh six pounds more than ever before. They saved my life.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. MAN AND HIS WAYS. Fertile Brain Has Evolved • New 8tyle of Cradle. A new cradle has been invented— and by a man. Which latter state ment ie a dedundancy—for no up-to date woman would really ever think of inventing anything so pernicious to her Infant's welfare. Has she not be come enlightened to the dreadful ills of that time-honored Institution of our ancestors? Dare she imperil the intellect that is to sway the twen tieth century by untimely “juggling” in its embryo stage? Poor modem babe! When colic’s gripes assail, it may not know the luxury of a steady tramp swung across father’s shoul der—strange to say, mei^ do not jeer at this dictum of the new mother hood—much less will it experience the bliss of being lulled to rest in a wooden-slatted cradle or fluffy bassi net, swayed by the foot of a won drous being who swings and croons, swings and croons, till baby woes are merged in blessed sleep. Its maker claims that sideways rocking is, in deed, injurious to babykins, but to his eyes, not hiB brain. Therefore has he constructed a cradle that swings lengthwise, and is shaped like a boat! SCALY ERUPTION ON BODY. Doctors and Remedies Fruitless—Suf fered 10 Years —Completely Cured by Cuticura. “Small sores appeared on each of my lower limbs and shortly afterwards they became so sore that I could scarcely walk. The sores began to heal, but small scaly eruptions ap peared. The itching was so severe that I would scratch the sores until the blood began to flow. After I suffered thus about ten years I made a renewed effort to effect a cure. The eruptions by this time had appeared on every part of my body except my face and hands. The best doctor in my native county and many remedies gave no relief. All this was fruitless. Finally my hair began to fall out and I was rapidly becoming bald. A few months after, having used almost everything else, I thought I would try Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap. After using three boxes I was completely cured, and my hair was restored, after fourteen years of suffering and an ex penditure of at least $50 or $60 in vain ly endeavoring to find a cure. B. Hiram Mattingly, Vermillion, S. Dak., Aug. 18, 1906.” Humming Birds in England. Considerable interest iB excited by the humming birds now on view at the zoological garlens. Fifty-three of these tiny, fragile birds were taken on board from Venezuela; many died on the voyage, but the fittest sur vived, and 20 reached Regent’s park alive. At the time of writing 17 are shown in two large glass cages fur nished with flowering plants, and placed in the insect-house, which can be kept at a high temperature. Moths in a cage mear look bigger than these small birds. It is to be hoped that these dainty feathered gems may take kindly to their new surroundings, and live long to delight the eyes of many dwellers in smoky London.—West minster Gazette. How Pat Got In. Dr. George A. Gordon, pastor of the Old South church, Boston, tells how a witty Irishman stood before the gate of the other world, asking for admis sion. St. Peter refused him, how ever, telling him he was too great a sinner to enter there, and bade him go away. The man went a little dis tance from the gate and then crowed three times like a rooster. St. Peter at once threw open the gate and cried out: “Come in, Pat! 'We'll let bygones be bygones!”—Lippincott’s. Did Not Prevent Raveling. The raveling of state highways in Massachusetts during dry weather has generally been prevented in the past by spreading a thin coat of sand over the surface. During last year, how ever, there were two quite protracted dry spells which disturbed the bond of the road and caused loose stones to stand up on the surface. Although sand was spread thinly as before, it did not prevent the raveling in all in e lances.—Engineer. Starch, like everything else, is be ing constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the lat est discovery—Defiance Starch—all in jurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, in vented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never ap proached by other brands. Vacation. ■Hie secret of rest is to get rid of detail for a time. Why is it that a ■ea voyage is regarded as the best of tonics? Simply because the entire change of surroundings wipes out the mass of complications attendant upon the dally routine of the ordinary worker. We all need occasional free dom from the bondage of the tiny strings that bind ns to wearing tasks. The man who realises this and flaw Us vacation aceonhagly~ as THE STORY OF A WISCONSIN MAN IN WESTERN CANADA. Three Years Ago Worth Only $2,000; To-Day Is Worth $13,000. The following is a copy of a letter, of which the Agents of the Canadian Government throughout the United States receive similar ones many times during the year: Cayley, Alta., Dec. 7, 1906. Agent Canadian Government, Watertown, S. D. Dear Sir: Your letter dated Nov. 27th at hand and was very glad to hear from you. I see that you are still at work per suading people to move into the Cana dian Northwest. I must tell you that I owe you many thanks for persuading me to come out here, am only sorry that I wasn’t persuaded sooner, and there is still plenty of good chances for many more right at the present time. I hope that you will be able to induce more to make a start out to this part of the country. Now I must tell you what I have accomplished since I came out here and it won’t be three years till the 1st of July. I shall shortly receive my patent for my homestead, the home stead cost me $10.00 in all, to-day it is worth $30.00 per acre, but it is not for sale. Then a year ago last May I bought 320 acres at $7.00 per acre and sold this fall for $20.00 per acre and cleared a profit of $4,160.00. How is that for the Northwest? I now have 320 acres of land and all paid for, 15 head of horses, 30 head of cattle, 22 pigs, 2 sheep and about 150 chickens and other poultry, and all new ma chinery and everything is paid for. We also bought 8 lots in Calgary and 7 in High River. We gave $470 for . the 15 lots and they are paid for. At present I consider myself worth $13, 000.00, and when I left Wisconsin less than three years ago I had about $2,000.00. This year I threshed a little over 4,000 bushels of grain, have about one thousand bushels of fine potatoes and about five hundred bush els of turnips. Mrs. Beisiegel sold about $200 worth of garden truck and poultry this fall. Now there are lots of others in this community who did as well as I did in the same length of time. The family and myself are all well at this writing and hope this letter will find you the same, i* Yours very truly, . (Signed) PHILIP BEISIEGEL. Cayley, Alta., Canada. Perhaps He Was the One to Blame. Hicks—He first met hie wife when he was on a camping trip down in the Maine woods, but their marriage isn't happy. Wicks—Ah, I see. He mistook her for a dear. That an article may be good as well as cheap, and give entire satisfaction, is proven by the extraordinary sale of | Defiance Starch, each package con taining one-third more Starch than can be had of any other brand for the same money. Our idea of a charming woman Is one who is ignorant of her charms. I ENTICED BY THE BAR. 8trenuoua Actions Mildly Explained by the Minister. Many stories are told of the ec centric doings and sayings of an old clergyman who lived tn Maine some years ago. At one time there had been a fight among some men, one of whom was seriously hurt. A trial took place, and the old minister who had seen the affray was sum moned as a witness. “What was Salson doing?” was the first question. , “Oh, he was slashing around.” “Well, sir, just what do you mean by that?” “Why, he was knocking about him here and there.” "Now, sir, kindly tell us plain ly what Salson did to this man.” “Why, he—he enticed him,” said the old minister slowly. “He enticed him with a crowbar. He used the crowbar to persuade the man—to en tice him; and by a series of pokes and blows he succeeded in doing it,” said the minister, mildly. A Humane Horse Collar. Warm weather and heavy work causes sore necks and shoulders, which prevent your horses from work ing, or decreases their services by one half. With the use of the “Whipple” Humane Horse Collar, sore horses can be worked every day, and the sores will heal at the same time. The same collar will fit any horse. Sold on i5 days' trial when used on sore horses. Mixed Voices. Alice had been to Sunday school foi the first time and had come home filled with Information. She was over heard to say to her six-year-old sister, as she laid a wee hand over her heart, “When you hear something wite here, you know it is conscience w'ispering to you.” “No such thing,” responded Six year-old; "it’s just wind in your tum my.”—Lippincott's Magazine. Important tc Mothers. 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In order to get this result see that the material »good, that it is ci\t in the latest fashion and use Defiance Starch in the laundry. All three things are im portant, but the last is absolutely neces sary. No matter how fine the material or how daintily made, bad starch and poor laundry work will spoil the effect and ruin the clothes. DEFIANCE STARCH is pure, will not rot the clothes nor cause them to crack. It sells at ioc a sixteen ounce package everywhere. Other starches, much inferior, sell at ioc for twelve ounce package. Insist on getting DEFIANCE STARCH and be sure of results. Defiance Starch Company, , Omaha, Nebraska. > And Other Crimea. The gravity of the crime of big amy appears to depend quite largely upon the criminal’s business connec tions and social acquaintance.—Col-j umbus Journal. No Headache in the Morning. Krause’s Headache Capsules for over-in dulgence in food or drink. Druggists, 25c. Norman Xiichty Mfg. Co., Des Moines, la. 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