12 THE OMAHA DAILY J5EI3 : THURSDAY , JANITAHY 27 , 18J)8 ) ,
Device to Perform the Mechanical Part of a
Surveyor's Worki
TRACING DONE AS YOU SP ED ALONG
N , Dcclli llc nnd CiMii-rnl ( irn-
illriitx nf ( InItniiil IriMtriilcl ) '
iloil KM Cri-nl I Illlt }
In Map
The row'Mt urc of the blcjclo Is as a
surveying n-.chine Not merely i machine
to carry a mir.vosor from point to point , but
AS a mnrhliiD which performs In Itself the
mechanical part of the survoor'ti work. The
United States army ' considering the aJ-
vlsabl Ity of adopting this machine as an
adjunct to tactics Uy means of an attach
ment the exact topographical characteristics
of a read rro > be ascertained , with no oilier
exertion on the part of the ntirveyor except
n rlclo along the road In question. Tiu >
rider rna ) travel s fast an he likes or ea
eow ! as ho likes , but when he lias flnlsheJ
his trip every gradient , hill or hollow will
IMVO been accurate ! ) marked oft on a long
Btrlp o ( paper , which la part of the attach
l\ , \ { g K vAN /
AN AUTOMATIC SUIIVHYING ll'iOiCU : IN OI'RR\TION.
In iiupBtlon On the strip of paper
tlio exact holfiht of the hll'u and- the de th
of the hollows are Indlcitcd The mechan-
Ish Is M'mplo In the cxtreire. It can bo at-
tichcd to an } wheel , or cuy other \e-hlclo
for tlio matter of that
UTIUI v OP riu ; DKVICI : .
The Importtnce of the Invention In mili
tary practice can bo easll } appreciated
Herepfter a seiicral contemplatiLg a irarch
can o-dcr hU chief engineer to find out the
exict toposrajih } of a reid over wh'ch ' the
arm } IH to | . . ? o The ens r.ieer , taking his
whorl , can rUe on ahead and retuin fa a
ehort time with a" e\act prollle of the road
o Hut evei } obstacle In. . the wa } of heav }
oulnanco or Hiipplj wagoib can be l\novn
or piovlded for long beiorc the troops even
bdirt on tlielr wa } Or v\hlie the army ta
enn the iparch the engineer can rlJo ahead
anil loive Filn record itarlous atitlo-a
aU jr the toad , hi ; genual thus being able
to hive placed before him enroute , the
exact drsn'.itioi of the1 nMj ahead o' him
I mler orders from ( iencml UobDi of the
Third brif' ' de I'enns > ivat 'a mllltU. a hui-
C } r * the reid iround Ia7leton ! , Pa. , cm-
blcclo runs down a hill , the mnrKor
toward the lower edge of the. paper strip ;
when the blccle mounts n hill , the painter
tiavels towatd the upper side "f the paper
Natural ! } , the movements of the paper are
In proportion to the blzc of the prominence
or declivity along which the ibiccli = t Is
moving. It h , si > to speak , the antithesis
of the v irious picture enlarging apparatus
or pantagrnph'Ihe paper on which the
lecord Is made Is marked off in parallel
horl/j'Mital line * Tlio scale is gauged so
that every foot marked off on the paper
represents 7r 2 feet of load. The vertical
scale Is J00 to 1 , so that If a hill Bhovvn
on the paper sttlp Is one Inch high , the reil
bill of which the marking Is n miniature
picture is 400 Inches high. It Is thus
\ory easy to calculate the distance and
height of every grade passed over
Ono of thu Illustrations thong a record cf
4,000 yirds along Second strccit In Schenectady -
tady N V. ThW was made without nil }
trouble to tlio rldor , who pcesed over the
route Indicated at considerable speeJ It
exactly agrees with the records formerl >
untie by suivoors
RnCUinJ UK IlAl'IU UJUVCI rf SUUVUV 1,001) ) > .AHD3I.O.G THIKU
SCIICNiCTAlY , NCW YOHK.
rrs viutovii.
Qiirt'r 'lliliittN I'rcillcd-tl In I InHuro -
| MIIII \ liitiiiiat'H fur
Now th it wn hive netunlly < ntertd upon
Uu in vv } cir , and ihous nulh of pioidu-tle-
alniniaiv ; * will l > * ui.ii an } e nsulted foi
Hi u * uf notable events , si > s the I.jmlon
Mill we Hhoul 1 leme-mbei tli.it um uvn
KiiMilnin dors , not pobse > s a uionopolj of
this j-peclcs of liiophce'S.
It Is not us If we HhMilii not scoin to t iko
n. rierjcti ot GUI maii-ni idc prediction in
lire fe'li'licu to Old Moore , /.ulij'l or Uilou'c
ri lint vvluit ) uui own pru.ilu t.s dlsip/io (01 (
I ntU ! upon nothing nt all ) It /s enl }
If' leiiMon.iblt that one Hhould turn abroad foi
V the coinut astio'ogleal ' Infoini.iMun to 111 !
fl Up till K lH. |
I'oi li s-aix'0 , In "XulMel" we ical th it
rt.i , "Lhi tuliiu'ples ' of astiooj , } aio built upon
( ' / tlio touiiilatlon of obseiiall ns ma.lo
I tliio.n'i ' mm } eentuilc'H of coincidences , of
niiiinl jihuiomcini and great ivetiln In tlu
7. lilHtur > ot nuloti ' After this , no levs
than til letot uur piophoH agree that
"hOUJW untl HllfloilMK In hlfh pl.ue-s" will
7.V oeuir on Janiiar } h , while , callously enough ,
that is the \er } d itp when tie "Almiui iea
tituixbum" mill the "Anemla-I'Dllii' ilcilue !
V will lie a | nilod foi "lejolclng In u
imopean : lelgnliu family" thus posslbl }
foiiafimlovvliiB the tilith of an heir.
"A urilbli liagod } will take plac-o In
HUH' ' mil vvhlili will Hioek tie whole vvoild"
Is Hit v1 } Jhe "Almamic de .Mais" com-
men s on Jiuuiiiy Ilk ) , while the "Agem ! i-
I'olin" iinwiltH ilildei tuat date , Gi.iM *
A mil lean political Hot , mail } persons will
bi killed. " The enl } other refi renee the
vrltei can Iliul U In "X. tdMel , " vvhlci
observes , "Too Mth of Janiiar } Is a good
birthday niinlveicai } "
f
'I hi ) pjiitlnental almanacH Hiem , In no
fevvci than three Instances , to liiilbt that
the kiilstr Is to Miffei some cal unit } on
I'cliinar ) 3. I'eihain In the i.iho of the
"Anenda-1'otln" mid tie "Almanao do.
Mars" thu wish Is fat ler to the thought ,
( ill this would In rill y apply to the "Kalen-
iHi-IlclRlmfurH , " vvhlili icmatk.s that tie
Git man cmpeior should beware uf Kobriiaiv
t-Jiiit mlsslMK the rionch prediction b }
two it i\n.
Our little Inland Is airilu piomlnently to
thu fuici In the " . \niiula-Potln" foi Apt 11
We ale to have a nilltUil deadlock on the
U'th ' wllli a possible ovuinrow of the
inlnlstiy. Old I'oiln HiL-niH vciy sine ) about
tills ptophrc' } , foi lie has miirKed It with
nn ntitcrlsk The llUh la , of cjurne , I'rlm-
rose iln > .
In May , the prophet of the "Kalcndar-
Hclhlntfois" i-lve.i UK luomlHii of tiouble
between Canada and tnu rnlted States
It IH to ofciii about the loth , L'miousl }
rnouKh nil our uwn almanacs aru Insutcnl
on filetlon between our big1 colony and ItH
AmiTlcan neighbor , although none of them
iigreo OH thu pirclso montll. Onn puts It
In Tellruaiy , unutlar In April , and another
in October.
I'ubsliiR on to July , thp "Agendii-l'otln '
points to the IMh ua the hcMmilng of a
Kreat Hlrlke In Scjtlaml und the noith of
l ngland. Wo ran enl } hupo that this
Hem of prophecy wni. umitted by th pi Inter
from lust } oar's almanac foi the > ame
month , and now unotllclally tiansfened to
the ruiu'iit one.
The follovUnu month lhe > Russian prophet ,
"Kulenilar-IIel8lnsfor , " dec-hires wo arc to
witness u terrllilo contlaKrutlon , In which
\ liuiulicda of perseins are to perlnh As
; the. scuieV of this cuistiopho Is llerlln , It
rather lakes the fun out otxuur Old Moore'H
iiiopneey : "Giaml news will eomnfrom
Uermany wliluti will be vciy cheeilnj ; to
Uio emperor uf that Kient nation. "
Accorillnn to "Old Moor , " Kimlund U to
LJ
MU
netting all the cimp nml the tr tcgh
po ito , tug reiintly rradc. A method of
rnpld rosd sketchlCK was idopte'i. aaJ 4D 22
mlltfl were sunejcd "by " mtarc of a bicycle
equipped with a cyclometer and a compaM.
It rcvjulrcd nineteen bourn to < io thin alone ,
and the dtaMnces and directions were them
drawn out on paper The elevations were nil
derived from barometric levels. This work
occupied a. great many hours , end jet the
eurvey was ro quickly made to to ctab lull
a new record for rapid work With the
new Invention the entire work could have
hee-j done In tlie time It would have taken
a rapid blcclUt to cover the distance on
his wheel.
It Ig also pnwoil that this Invention be
applied to mnpmnklPK. The value of road
maps would be eorslilernbly enhanced If all
the Kradcii could be shown as well ns the
distances Ulcyclt'tfl as well as w33011
drlvcra would \aluo highly n map of this
character , Inasmuch nf It would tell tho-m
what work they or their horses would hnve
to do.
THE INVHNTOIl.
The device Is the Invention of John Hld-
ilcll. the mechanical expert of Schenectady ,
N V. U Is simple enough U conslnts
primarily of two parts , a oMImler rcvolvlnR
mechanism to carry the strip eif rapcr on
which the record Is made , and a device to
innko the record. The cylinder revolving
mechanism Is a slender , ho-izc.nt.il uhait
The cylinder Is turned Iby meaiiu of a bel
attached to the crank axle of the blccle
As the cUnder turns the strip oilpaper IR
unrolled from a ( pool. The marker , hatiK
In b } meals of n pivot and controlled b )
a complementary mechanism , adjusts 1 uel
to the position of the bicycle When the
be In a bid way about October 7 , nnd
' / ulklel" c-oiioborates thin pessimlcm ; but
the } do not nppioich the Klooiny preille-
tloiiH of tlie "AKenda-I'Jtln" piophet , v\no
forc.seis that ilurliiK this month niiKland's
tide- will have bourn to clU foiever to the
se.i. An awful ( llsister a dreidful loss-
Is to ociur to our prestlgi somewhere about
tlu middle of the month ,
l''In illy. In Dicembei , w len "Xidklul"
kills off un "Illustrious Frenchman or
Italian , " thq . "Almanac Straslmij ; ' stnbs
one of our public men , nnd ao these little
lntein.itloii.il tr.iKlc courtesies receive s > ome
xllplit eiiiial
II SUMlie ( riillilri-n.
Prnm the Industrial World , Micas , la. : All
of our family 1m e week lungs and clJeot
v\a sacrlflied because of the prejudice of
advisers against intent medicines Uttlo
Vldi has had sever-il attacks of croup this
winter which has kept her out of school
part of the time but In ever } ease Chambei-
laLVn CoiiRh Kerned } has rel eved 1 er and
prevented moro serious complications.'o
havn ot all times recommended Chambcr-
laln'n medicines when opportunlt } offered
and h-ivo placed f ample bottles with parties
who were iRnorant of tholr merits.
Mi ; lit \ tlciiiliinec nt III < - t > | ii Itai'c.
I'lTI'SIU'llG. Jan. : o.-Therc was a very
Knt attindaiico at the
hevent-two-houi
lilielei raei ) today and llttlo inteicstva.s
manlfeated. ' 1 In fast jui'o set on .Mondaj
IH hiR'liinliui to tell on the rlilern and the }
wenliiellned to tnkuIt iiiucl c.islr.Vnl er
and Klke-s are ) still tied for llrst place with
Selilnlieer a podd ulrd and the others
ti illIiiB. Thu Bcoie at 1 o'elode thin afti r-
lioon was : Wul.ui .l mil fi.helaps ; IJIkcH ,
47U miles , . " laps , ScMlnneei , 477 miles no
laps ; Hall , I7T miles , C lapa ; Walters -170
mllert , 10 la | . Pinch , I.M mile a , 4 laps
( iJiinon , 4"l > ml e.s no lapj , Hue Uel , Jin
mlle-.s , i laps , IleiiBliavv. M mllcH , " laps.
IlllllHI'llllIll ( illllH
The anelo.it Greeks believed that the
I'enates were ) the gods who utteniled to tin-
welfare and iiosperlly of the family They
vvcrp vvori > nlppeil cs hoimcliohl gods In every
homo The household god of today U Ir
King's New Discovery. Tocotibuinotloii ,
coughs , colds and for eill affections of Throat ,
Chest and Lung * It Is Invaluable. It has
been tried for a quarter of n century and U
guaranteed to cure or money retu tied No
houechold should be without this good angel
It Is pleasant to take and a fife and sine
remedy for old and > outiB Preei trial bottles
tles nt Kuhn . Oo ' ding sto c. Regular
size & 0o and Jl 00.
Ili-fiiKc I'iDiiiciit mi llrnfU.
SAN rilA.NClSCO. Jan 20The Mink 01
California miiken public the follow Ing Mate- j
ment. ltecvntl > quite n number of draft 1 1
have been pretente.i and refuwd at tin
Hank of Callfninlii , purporting to have bce'n
drivvn li } the North I'acltlo Trndlnj ; and
Transpoitnttin eomtuiiy , n H Northrop
man.iKor. W I'Yure. . . secietary The
company Is unknown at the bmk and
neither It * nuiiin not the names of the slun- 1
Ing olllceri. appear In the Sin rranelseo d | . '
rectory All cuafts hofarw presented up1 1
peir to h ivo bren negonirteA In New Vork , i
though ilate-d In Ban riaiiclrco
Ijroun's IlrouchlilsA'wvV"5 aru excellent
for the relief of Hoarwneia or Sore Throat.
They are exceedingly effective. ClirUtlao
Wcrlel , London ,
Absurd Features of the Educational Test if
Pat in Operation.
HARDSHIPS NOW IMPOSED BY LAW
Mori1 iKlcMlralile Iiiiiuturnntx In ( In-
Cnlilii Tlinti In tin * siccriiKi *
Vl t of n I'lirnu'r liiiiul-
K nil I ( i n Co in in I i I oner.
.
Mr. J. II. Sctiner , late commissioner of Ira-
migration nt the port of New York , con
tributes to the New York Independent a
paper on the educational test for Immi
grants. The educational test Is the chief
feature of the Ledge bill , which was passed
b } the senate recently , nnd Its \aluo as a
check to undesirable Immigration remains to
be determined iMr Scnncr'g experience
qualifies him to speak Intelligently on the
subject , which ho does with much force.
"Of the tr.-iny strange things , " ho writes ,
"with which I had been brought In contact
during the four > enrs of my ofllclal life as ,
BO to say , chief gate keeper of the United
States , nothing was more surprising to me
than the conspicuous and permanent Igno-
ranco of the public at largo In reference to
the actual condition of Immigration matters
Nothing but Ignorance ot the true facts ,
partlj enforced by umtlnued willful misrep
resentations , explains the enormous majority
forthe so-culled Ledge bhl In the lastcongress ,
when but the courageous veto of the last
president prevented It from becoming la.v ,
and the vigorous renewal of Its agitation In
the present Hps'lon
"As a matter of fact there Is no civilized
ot half civilized country In the world where
there are such rftHtlctlon on Immigration ,
In h b > } iiind lit practice , ns In the United
States , our glorious land of the fice No
other civilized , or even half-civilized coun
try In the world Uiibsla alone exccpted
dares to treat Immigrants as they are treated
In this countiy , to Mibject them to a scrlcn
of most tlgld Inspections and examinations ,
to detain them ab p'lsonors oftoii for imiij
weeks , at the slightest suspicion ot being
undesirable , and llnallj to deport fcrclblj
thousands of them as outcasts to the verj
countr } which they had left In order to seek
nn impiovement of their condition In the
'hnd of the free * Nevertheless , chairmen
of congressional committees , alleged laboi
leaders , preachers and editors speak of nil
restricted Immigration , sometimes modcatb
qualified n& 'practically unrestilcted Immi
gratlon. '
'
IMMIGRATION AT A STANDSTILL
"As a matter of fact , since the enforce
ment of the lawi of Marc-li 3 , 1803 , Imml-
Ki-atlon has como to n ritamlstlll In the
fiscal jear 1891 the total of an hod aliens
a minted ! o JSn.fi'il , In , 1SU3 to 238,510 , In
1SOG to 311.207 , riid In 1897 to but 2 0,8 '
an Jiinial average for the four years under
the present law of only 279 fiGG against an
aveiago of E2G,4" > 0 for the jears fem 1SSO
to Iblf. liesidea MMlaigc percentage oi
tr-o-e recent arrivals ( much above -10 pci
cent ) arc the parents or children , broth
ers or si ter , < - of former Immigrants , tlio
cNcInslon of whom Is Impossible without the
most reckless and cruel separation e > ' fam
ilies parts of which arc American tosidents
\nother veiy largo percentage ( about 20
per cent ) of there to-called Imnilgtants arc
but rctiiniiiie tn the United States after a
vl = tt abrcad Deducting these two cas ! es
of very much qiialilled Immigrants all th"
is left ao limniginnts proper amoti'j ed In
1S94 to 9SS77. In 1S93 to 70,011 ; In 1S06 to
lit 616 and In 1897 to SS.GGS , nn average
of 9" > C72 per scar. As a further matter cr
fa t acrv much larger numbei of 'for-
elenero' haw In every one of the e four
veirs left tills coun'r } anil returned to tlieli
titheiland Notwithstanding' theho positive
0.111 ! Indisputable fa-is , our demagogue
clamor dull } of Immcnoo numbcis of liiiml-
Kra'ith 'dumped' on1 our shores liy tha In-
sa'liblo steamship comFanlos. Verily , If it
wcro as much In the power of fhe transpor
tation companies to Incre- " Immigration as
11 Is In the power of our lawmakers and
officials to nake life miserable for all Im-
mltrrants the otitlbtlc" of arrivals would
sliov.- entire ! } dlffeient flsurcs
ruiiTucii nnsmucTioN UNNECESSARY
"I do not hesitate , thcrctore , to declare all
statements of the rcstrlctlonlsts about the
necea'y ' / of finthcr restrictions as not less
sbsiml than the quite frequent isUieinents
j'bout ' the Incl : cf r oni or of fruitful em-
nlovment In this coin try for further arrlv
als or the btlll more frequent rtatemen'a
s'l/out ' the Inlluonce of iinmlgratl"n on wages
But I do not prop se to deal at this m < - -
mcnt with any of the general questions
pertaining to ImmUro'lon. Ncr do I pro-
po e , In dealing with the educational tests
now debate 1 In congress to stait from and
t- > dwell on the brca 1 and genul'ioly AtiiTl-
ean points of view , wlilch dlstlnguli-'ied
[ 'resident Cleveland's veto of a similar bill
Todn ) as much as on the 2d ot November ,
1811 , when 1 wrote on thh sUJJect In Tie
Independent , I believe1 in the noec.rlty cf
further -deslraljlo lirm'gratlan ' for the de
velopment of the United States And when
[ ntnted then , that It would foe unwise not
to glvi > the- law of 1ST ? a full aM fair trial ,
1 maintain now after fo ir in re } cair > of
stud } snrt practice , that this law , If faith-
full } and judiciously enforced , Is perfect ! }
nilllclent to protect this country from un
desirable Immigration
"M } first reason for opposing further re-
ftrletlon Is. therefore , the absolute want of
noceii Ity for an } such legislation , which. In
Its unavoidable eonsequencps. w-uld exclude
p largn number of desirable Immigrants
while It could not bo enforced against the
undesirable without scrlcus Intelfcronco vvlt'i '
all trnllle and without gient Injur } to thp
commerchl Interest of the country These
practical ponscqiipiicpi ? of the proposal low
are In themselves another anj very Im
portant reason for my decided and active
oppssMlon. And ns I am quite sure that
[ he puUlc as llttlo a our lawmaker" havp
ever stopped to consider the unavoidable con-
sequcncm of the propo-e > d eNluratlonal tester
or to rrall/p tl'em ' , I may bo permitted to
Ivvoll somewhat more pxtonslvely on these
mint * , which only practical knowledge of
all dot ills ran suggest
HARDSHIPS OK Till : LAW.
"Tho proposition of the bill Is that no Im-
nlgrnnt , male or female , nbovo tlu > ago of
slxrteen years bo admitted unless ho or she
can re-ad IIP I wrlto twenty to tvvpiity-flvo
vordn of o.ir onstltutlon In his or her own
anguage Even under the present law
liounands of Immigrants suffer the greatest ,
> ften distinctly Intolerable , hardships by
icing detalne-d as prlsanprs at the ports of
entry frequently for weeks , and tbolr Amoil-
an relatives and friends are obliged to
ncur great expense and lese much time bo-
ere admission Is graplcd Any ono familiar
with the requirements of cfllelent Inspection
vlll appreciate how Immeasurably these
hardships and this loss of tlmo and money
will be Increased by adding a specific ex
amination of each Immigrant IIH to Ills
ability to read and write about ( Ho lines of
the constitution If the former station at
Ellis Island was at times , entirely Inadequate -
ade-quato for the practical administration of
the law as It no\v stands , what Is to he ex
pected If It la attempted tn execute * a new
law. decreeing such an educational tfrt , In
the present limited and unfit quarters oc
cupied b } thp Immigration deportment at
this port since the disastrous fire on Ellis
Island ? Under the most favorable circum
stances thu lnspentlon of two thousand
persons a day ( B by no moans unfrequent
number at the port of Now York , oven at
dull times ) could not possibly bo performed
with such an educational teat In less than
sixteen to twent ) four hours of continuous
wcrk The number of thosei detained night
after night would IIP , neccttfarll ) and un
avoidably , large nnd 'the hardships and
annoyatices would bcrome unbearable for all
Immigrants men women and children , edu
cated and Illiterates , the most desirable as
well as the most undesirable
SKHVANT ( Jim- QUESTION
"I ho enlor erne-lit pf an educational tent
against women , requiring them to roul am )
write iibout flvo lines of the c nctltutlc < n , I
unoqjlvocall ) dcr'cro ge iinne-ciifary ax al
most bnurl cod dl thu-tly liijuilous to the
best Interests of the mini try JUKI think of
the servant gill question , thh vexed and
scrloun problem of uvery American house
liold end the fearful effects such a test would
Inovltably produce ) Within a few years
hundreds of tuoueanils of American liouue-
holiln would bo totally dcfltroeel The rich
roiilil Mill afforl to live In i ulallM hotels ,
but the middle clattses , the recognized
ftrcngth of a nation , would hnvc to Buffer Im
measurably , especially If the Irish , Hui-
Parian , Polish and Italian servant girls wcro
excluded on account ot their Inability t >
read and write five lines of our constitution
Such an absurd requirement , Indeed , could
only originate In the superculturcd cost. In
Its natural nnd unavoidable consequences
such a test would be n. clear dlpcrlmlnatlon
In favor of the affluent , which I IKIJO will
never bo permitted In this democratic coun
try.
try."Hut
"Hut there Is still another serious aspect < o
the oropose.1 educational test , which deserves
to be considered. H ought to be presumed
that the amount Ot mono ) an Immigrant Is
able to pf.f roi his passage ahould not make
any difference In his treatment by the offi
cial * As a matter of fact , the oroportlan > f
nctucllv ; undesirable Immigrants Is larger
from the cabin than from the steerage In
reference to the pe > clllc educational o\am na
tion now proposed , passengers In the steerage -
ago and In t'.iocublu must certainly be
nlaced on an eqliallt } . and no discrimina
tion an , In falnre s nnd Justice , be per
mitted There Is at present but little differ
ence In the priceof a second cabin on ctie
of the slower steamers and that of steerage
rassengcrs on onn of the fast steam-
cm. Mid even this small difference
would surely be done away with , In
case the cumbersome educatlcoal test was
iot required of a cabin passenger. In the
event , therefore , ithat the cabin passengers
arc not subjected to the snme itest ns the
steerage passengers , It Is to bo expected
that a largo portion of the setsond cabin
passcngcrn In the Blow steamers would con
sist of Illiterate , or otherwise Inadmissible
Immigrants On the other hand , It Is obvious
that a specific educational test of flvo lines
cf reading and writing could not be en
forced against every alien In cabin , without
making this country the laughing stock ot
the whclo civilized world , nnd without seri
ously Interfering with our commerce.
uxrouNDKD rnAiis.
"I must confess that I do not understand
why It Is that the labor organizations of
this country are clamoring for a further
restriction of Immigration. They claim that
'they have been suffering from the competi
tion of foreign Immigrants , who , they say ,
will work cheaper , and , consequently , re
ceive loner wages. Tills competition cci
ccitalnly como but little fiom the unskilled
Immlgiants as the average American work
man , or the foreigner who has boon hero
for some tlmo , will not perform the lowest
menial work which Is all allotted to the
Immlginnt who conies to our shores There-
tore , the dreaded rompctltlon can only como
ficm the skilled laborers. There Is not the
least doubt that nearly all skilled Im
migrants can re-id nnd write , so that an
educational toft would be of least avail in
pi eventing competition with American work
men
"Messrs Lodge , Fairbanks , McCall and
'the o her cponsors of the "edticttlonal" 10-
stilction , mostl } relying upon the btate-
ments of the voting men ot th
Immigration HeHtilction league , de-
elaie mojt ompha'lcally ' that their bill could
not affect Immigration from countries like
Gem an } , where Illltcrac } does hardly ex
ist at all There Is not one Gctman-Amor-
Icau llvlnc In th'rt ' country who shires this
nllegol belief. While every Immigrant ftom
Gel man } could pass the examination , the
ve\atlcns connected with it will have the
giJxtcbt deterring effect on better clucs'eil
nations who are also morf sensitive to
1 tutal treatment. Irt fact , the Immigration
Protective , league , recently formed , has no
moro 01 tliu.siabtlc and determined adher
ents than , without e\ccptlcu , all German-
Amcilcan societies and organizations from
Hcbton to San franelsco
"Sei.atc1'alrbnnks. . chilrman cf the com
mittee on Immigration nnd naturalization
In his speech on the bill said a great deal
about the laige Immlgiatlon prior to ISi.i
nnd about Its consequences o.s to ultnahoiibcs ,
slums and so foith. But no test Introduceu
at thin tlmo could Improve on conditions ox-
Ibtlng some jeais ago , and caused by the
actually unicstrlcted Immigration of the
pist. The problem of handling our fo-elgn
born , or native Illiterate population Is cr
sentlally < lifferont from the task of regulat
ing ifuturo Immigration. In contemplating a
change of the present law , enl } such con
dltlons can bo falily considered which e\
Isted slr.co Its enactment , exist at present
anl are likely to exist In the future , If a
full and fair tiial be granted to the pros
cut law tindci normal conditions , which haw
ho-etoforo not existed since the panic ol
1S93.
"Lot me , In conclusion , repeat what I havp
frequently btnted ns comml sloncr of Immi-
giatlon and as member of the Immigration
Investigating commiosloii of 1SG5 No in
troductlon or enforcement of an } new ten.
for Immlgiunts will ever solve the Immi
giatlon pioblem. The proper distribution
of the admitted desirable Immigrants oiei
the countiy Is the only final solution To-
the e-xclu-slon of the undesirable the present
laws are full } Biifllcicnt , If piopeily cn-
foiced "
\\oiti.irs jMtiMv srvnsnrs.
in IlNhro fSiM'nliT Deer lrlnl. < TH
'I IIMII UKiiriiiniiN. .
The country ones thinks to Sir Courtcna }
Dele , says the I'all Mall Gazette. Mo = t blue
books ere diy end but few of us care to
moftter tlielr contents Sir Courtcmy I5ole
hat. biicceeded , Iwvevci , In pioduclng one
that might utmost lie described as fasclint-
ing the drink statistics of the civ Hired
world , or , to give It Its olllclnl and rather
bng-vvlmlcd title , "Tho Production and Con-
sum tlon of Alcoholic DeveraKes" ( wine , beer ,
splilts ) .
A study of the taper leads to one ccn
clublon , namely that not only will peopli
drink as long as they CUT afford to pay fo :
It. but that they will drink. France rrod'Jccs
ten tlmea as much wine as Germany ; It als- :
CM oils ten time * as much , and > ct more
Gerniin wino Is In rted into the Uciltei
States than Trench wino The answer is
obvious1 There aio In ttic states many bile
ccssful German bottlers and they , having the
money , will have the hock of the fathoi-
land , no nutter what they pay for It Thus
also In prosperous llclglum pecolo pu
scarcely any limit on hiemselvcvi lei tlu
matter of dilnk , and whelhor It bo beer or
spirits , Ilelglum stands at the head In the
matter of consuni'tlon per head , while even
as regards vv Ine. although It 1 not a vvlno-
prcduclng coniitr } , the InhabltantH conbiimo
as mueli as do the Gcrmausvhoho country
! s wino producing
Ono | x > lnt that Is brought out very clearly
In these tables Is the fact tlat tnc diink
[ rado Is almcflt everywhere a homo Industry
I. e , that by far the greater proportion of
the drink cjiibuuicd Is made in thu countiy
consuming it We In England Import so
much wino and brandy from the continent
trat wo aio perhaps not altogether In a
[ xultlon to realize tlio fact and > et even in
England by fat- the greater iiortlon of the-
Irlnk consumed I * , homo mule. This la
proved by We relative proportions of the
customs receipts fiom Imported and the
excise receipts from home made llquora
rho customs rccclpta amouit to 5 500 flue
and the oxclie iccelptii to f27.000.OOJ ,
or In the proportion of 17 pel cut to S3 .XT
cent In favor of tlio homo made Perhaps
very few icallzo to how greit an extc'iit
'ranco Is the great wine producing and also
ho gicat wlne-cDnfliimltig country of the
world The statement tint the quantity of
wine annually drank In the United King
dom , Germany and the United States , which ,
taken together , liavo a population of 160,000-
000 HOJls , barely cxeeedb a tenUi part of
what Is consumed lei Franco with Its 38,000-
000 Inhabitants enables iw more ful. ) to
lecognlzo the fact Many , moreover , will IHJ
cMirprlbod to find that the consunptlon per
head of beer In this country exceeds that of
Germany , for while the German drinks
twonty-Ilve gallons per annum , the English
man drinks thirty gallons In both coun-
tilcs the consumption of beer Is distinctly
on the Increase.
Tlio following Is an Interesting fact taken
at hazard Seventy-seven gallons of beer
are consumed M lhl country for every gal
lon of wine that is drunk , could any clearer
proof be wanting irtiat It Is tlio mafls.fi who
drink , not the ciastes' Scarce ! ) the cove'iiti
part of a bottle of champagnu per head Is
drunk per annum b } the Inhabitants of thjg
country. In the Uolte.l Slates tcarcol } the
twentieth part
Tli M \ \ orrHiiKI'llexlOno applica
tion of lr Ai.atiwia Ointment will give you
umfort Applied evcij nlglit for thrto to
fix nltrhts and a euic Is effected In the
moat stubborn cases of Illltul , liloedlnt or
Ite-nlng Pllea. Dr. Agnew'n Olntme-nt c-uieu
Kczeina mill all t piling and burning xkln
illefUHen It uitD Ilko mjglP ; 'J ' eu-nts -
Kuin It fo. Htli and Douglas HtH Hn ! r-
man McC'unnell Druj Co. , 1013 1J dtc St ,
Tllli PAY OP ! VHI.I VMKNTS.
llnprn ( Jrl f.iirnrnt Snlnrlp" , litit Onr
Soruijnrn HIMCVnlunlilf I'tTqnlnUon
So far as payments In hard wh go , ea > s
the New York Sun , the brawny burghers of
the Transvuil nro decidedly the best off.
Quito recttitly the Hoop Parliament tu-
crcaeed the Mlar.ca of Its members to fG.OpO
ft jenr for pach Individual a they can
very easily afford to do , when ono remem
bers the big tax tolls which the unfranchlscd
Ult'a" < 3er are compelled to pa } Hut In
actual emoluments the United States sena
tor probabl } receives a better reward. Ho
gets mileage and numerous minor fees and
privileges , which ewcll his fciiiD.il Inromo
materially over Its nominal $5,000
Great HrlMIn , nci every student knows ,
gives her members of Parliament to salaries ,
although government oniclils for the tlmo
being are royally paid Tlio first lord cf the
tri'ieury receives $23 000 , as also do the
PorclRM , Home , Colonial , Indhn nnd AVar
secretaries The lord chancellor receives
tJO.OOO per nantim. LJut for the member of
Parliament who dots not hold olllce there
Is naught save ho-ior. Even * the old prlvl
Icge of not being liable to arreot for debt
while a member of Parliament las been
abolished.
The llrltlsh colonies , however , do not fol
low the example of the mother countr } .
Now South Wales ntiel Victoria allow their
members ot Parliament $1,600 per annum ,
Canada and South Austtalla $ t,000 , with an
addltloral mlloagc rate for the former , nnd
Queensland $730. with mileage. New Zea-
and representatives get $1,200.
Franco gives lie senators 'and deputies
$1SOO , but there Is a "rtrleiR" to this nalary
which might bo tried1 elsewhere , In Vleina ,
for Itstanc-e , with good clfcct. Any member
who Is twice called to order during a ulttlng
forfeits hilf his salary for two weeks. Cases
exist where certain fiery French deputies
have lost their entire } car's allowance In
this manner.
Ilelglum gMntei members of the Ueprosrn-
tatlvea' chamber $ SOO n } ear and parses on
the railroads , hut curiously enough makes
Its aerators work for nothing and pa } their
own tmvcling expenses
In the realn s of the little Queen of Hol
land members of the upper house are jxild
sum equal to about $4 18 per diem for each
ptvslon , but since they meet c nl } on thirty
or tblrt-two das } In the } car the } cinnot
io said to clem much , hi the second clum
ber $830 per annum , with a traveling grant
of 27 cents for ever } hour ( spoilt on the rail
road , are the allowances. Absentee Dutch
lawgiver , ; forfeit their salailen , whether |
tholr .iv = cncp be cillsed by lllncES or not.
The now Japanese parliamentary coi.stltu-1
tlon compels each member of the national j
Parliament to draw annually from the |
treasury about ? 6ti3. Any member of the
aristocratic classes refusing to accept this
salary , through pride or other reasons. Is'
Mibjecl to line and dismissal , b } the par
liamentary lilies of 1S90
Portugal Is niggardly with Its representa
tives , ulvlnij them only $320 , nnd Not way
pis members from $350 to $400 , according' '
to the length of the * e slon.
In Sweden members of the upper house
lower chamber members get only $33r
Moreover , $275 per diem Is deluded for i
non-attendance Even the unpaid upper' '
hoi'po is fined for absenteeism , although Its
members get nothing not even train fare
The Greek lawgiver Is a $360 per annum
man , with additions for oveitlmo work
( such as In the recent war. ) H was sug
gested recently that these salarievs shoul 1
bo "docked" slightly , so as to help pay the
Turkish Indemnity , but the Idea was con
demned prompt ! } Switzerland gives her
councillors , something less than $ u a week ,
with about six cents a day for traveling ex
penses.
A > VM > vioim IN THI : jnsriiT. :
I'luIi > ii < IH Siuiiic.-itlim : mill tii < snnii
CHIN tlu > * > Mn 1,11. < KII\ | < -N.
iMr R. Talbot Kelly writes and Illustrates
an article entitled "My Ucdouln Friends"
for the February Century. Mr. Kell } sas
of the dreaded sartd storm :
The air Is hot and sulphurous , while the
sun , becomes lurid and plckly in Its glaic
At first the hot wind comes In slight puffs
like breaths from n kiln ; but each mo.nen'
It Increases In velocity , carr > ltiK with it
more and more fine dilft-eand , which , blindIng - i
Ing the eyes and choking the lungs , grad
ually pioduces a most distressing feeling o-f
depression and suffocation I ! } degrees as
the btorm galrs strength , little splinters of
reck and btnall pobblco are lifted up and
hurlc 1 at ono like hailstJiiei1 , cutting the
sVn Ilko knives until ecs and cars are
full of blood , unless one has been able to
proteet himself apalnst the bloat. The nn
tlvo ciitia , or silk rcarf , w lapped around the
head and face and leaving enl } the even e-\-
poscd , la the mobt effective protection ; but
the heat Is Miffocatlng , nnd quickly rductb
one to Impotence. As the stcrm continues
pcrhcps for several davs , the sun become ?
totally obscurbol , whllo the over-moving
"and gradual ! } R&vumcs the apjicarancp cf
billow b , threatening to overwhelm ever-
thlng Nothing can be distinct ! } seen nbovo
or around ; and the moving sand-drlftb ,
splashing and breaking like surf upon ro"V ,
rn Alonly ibut suiely enveloping everything
i" "nmn ind plIlliiK v.p tors of drift rgilnst
tents nnd baggage.
cam ] ) equipage 11 hastily packed and loaded
upon the terror-stricken animals , nnd the
puity starts to ride obliquely through tlio
storm toward the nearest high ground or
mountain spur To remain still means to ho
covt red and entombed Even should watcr-
sklns not lie cracked or dried up , In any at
tempts to drink the suffeier absorbs ns much
dust as water , and h's ' plight Is worse than
before , noting Is out of the question ; smok
ing Is equally impossible Fort } c ght hours
have t ridden In sucli clrcunntanccs. chang
ing homn from time to time as they be
come too much distressed for further lite ,
nnd until t hnd hardly power to mount
After such n ride ns thlh It may well be
Imagined how we relished our first halt In
the shelter of ft friendly hill , nnd enjoyed
the luxury of a dish of sour milk , nnd , above
nil , a smoke.
Fortunately , the khamsin , though supposed
to last for fifty dns. Is Intermittent In Its
energy , three das" blow being usually fol
lowed b } n few flno dajs , and , ns n rule , Its
violence Is not Eiifllcient to be a source of
.danger. As showing the velocity of wind
i sometimes attained , I remember spring In
the Delta n palm tree , probably sixty feet In
height , bent over by the wind until Its crest
swept the ground and excavated n Inrgo hole
In the course of the day Ilesldes the l < hnm
Bin , there nro other forms ot sand storm
vshlch , though of shorter duration , come
TV 1th n suddenness nnd vehemence that nl
most defy protection. The most curious of
these Is perhaps what Is locally called "n
devil" a sudden gust of wind eddying down
the mountain gorges and bursting on the
desert like n whirlwind , earrjlug plllnrs of
sand with It
Another curious phase of the unnd storm
Is ono that I experienced In the Lib } an
desert. The weather was perfectly flno , nnd
I was working cnmfortnbly nt my picture
when suddenly I noticed In the horlron what
appeared to be n cloud , black In Its upper
region nnd orange below. Defore I hnil
tlmo to reall7c what was happening a blast
ot cold wind whirled awny picture nnd ca eland
and enveloped me In dust and fllng pebbles
A moment Inter dust had turned to drop
ping mud , which , In turn , gave place to
torrential win , drenching mo to the skin
and effectually washing thp sand out of ni }
system , after that were peace and genial
sunshine once more.
There are three little things which do morp
woik ttmci any other three little things ereI I
ated they nro tlio ant , the bee and DcWItt's i
Little Early H'aors ' , the last being Hie famous
little pills for stomach a d liver troubles.
M\V ijiiiurroii OP TIM : MIM- .
lii tn Ijilllur \ \ ho TnlirH I'rctton'H
1'lnriIn Clinrm1 ot ( 'iiliim < - .
FOKT UODGt : , In. , Jan 2G ( Speclnl )
The appointment ot George 12 Uobcrts , edi
tor of the Pert Uodgo Messenger , as dlrec
tor of the United States mint , came ns n
sinpri ° e to his friends In this citj and It
was almost a surprise to him lie bas ho
had no thought of being a candidate fur any
place in the federal service About tc > n dnjs
ago lie reeelved an Intimation through Con
gressman Dolllver and M D. O'Connell that
he ! could have this position If he would ac
cept It. The suggestion came from Secrc1-
tory Gnge. to whom the director of the mint
is n subordinate Mr. Roberts said thai
while he had not been thinking of the pobl- |
tlon lie would have preferred k to an } other
place In the government service If a choice
had been offered
Mr Uobcrts Is a native of Delaware
county , la , and was -10 } cars old lastu -
gust. Ho left the high school of this city
before graduating to learn the printers' >
trade under Ml. and Mrs AV. . Swalm ,
when tb" } ' owned the Messenger He made
his first venture foi hlmt-elf at the age of
20 , buIng the Jcsup Vindicator From
Jisup he went to the -Sioux Clt } Journal In
1S78 as city editor , but returned to Fort
Dodge In December of that } enr to buy an
Interest in the Messenger. A } ear later
ho acquired full control In 1SSJ ho was
elected state ) printer and served thrco terms
Since then ho hns been conducting his paper
here. Ho has written considerable upon
financial topics and made an addicss In De
cember upon "Our Monetary Sntom" bp-
forei the Giant club In Des Molncs , which
called out a congratulator } lettoi from So < -
lotary Gage That may have suggested this
appointment Ills answei to Coin Hnrvov's.
'
book attracted much attention and was m- ,
pi luted almost entire In The Ilec i
See That Stamp !
It Is the Government
Intcrnnl Revenue Stump
I o\cr the Cork nnd Cnp.
Bulc ot every bottle of
Certifying to the Age nnd Purity of the
Whisky.
NOTR It Is the Government's ( liuit-
iinfff Hint gnfs with tins botti < ne Stc
that the name \V. A.CAIMS ACO. is printed
on tlio stamp.
ALL DEALERS SELL IT
POISON
A SPECIALTY.
Primary , Secondary or Tertiary DLOOD
TOf-ON permanently
Cured in 15 to 35 Days.
You can be treated at homo for taint
price under sumc gunrantv If jou r'effr '
Jo come hero we will contract tn pa > rail
road fare end hotel bills , nnd no chnrce
If we full to cur * .
IP YOU HAVE
taken mercurj. Iodide polish nnd ttlll
fmvc nchrfl and paltic , Mucotit I'ntchoi in
nijutli here Thioat i'lniplctf foj PIT e > l.
31 cd Spain , llccru on nn > imrt of the
toil ) Hair 01 Kjcbro'As falllni ; nut , It t >
this Pecondnn
We Guarantee fo Ours
We poll It the irrst obstlnata cnpei nnd
challenge the world for a c st we niinot
cure Tills dlfcnfe ) ma alunsi bartlnd the
Pklll or tlie moxt eminent phvslclin < <
foOO ( k'O ciiiiltxl behind our unrondltlunnl
KUnranty Alisolutc iir fs eent rrnlrd
on application 100 PKKP b ok iient fri-r
Address COOIC HimniCO. . , 1 III !
lliinoiilc Tcniiile , lliluiiKH , 111.
MADE ME A MAN
AJAX TAULCTS POSITIVELY CDHH
pry , Imiioteniy , Slotnlojf IICHS. oto , cnuocj
by Almao or ollior RIHKMM nnd Indli-
crctlon1" . Then < iutlli > anil ntnclu
rosloral/nt\itnltty In oliloryonnR enl
lit u ranu foretud } , buvlnnna or Ciar'iano.
, vl'rrnut Iiisa-ilty nml Consutnptiou It
tiiknnlnilain. lljntriifi ) blimrs IniraoJInto Imnrova-
mantanil eUocto < v e'lJItn rhcro nil other fnll In.
t t cpjn tmvtnB ( ho gonulno AJPI Tnblotn Tlicy
pnvocuraatbousnndsanil nlllcareyou. Uoclionpos-
lUvowrittouKunrnntoo tooQoct uci-ro Frt fiVP In
oachcanoor rotund ths money Trlcoww U IOi ] er
Tor tale In Oinutia oy Jamed Toreytb , 202 M
16th street
Kuhn & . Co . loth nnd Douelna Streets.
WE ATCH ASSHRTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO TUG
EXCLUSIVH USD OF THE WORD "CASTORIA , " AND
" PITCHER'S CASTORIA , " AS OUR TRADE MARK.
/ , DR. SAMUEL PITCHER , of Hyannis , Massachusetts ,
was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA , " the same
that has borne and does $ " " '
now * > - y/y J T" on every
bear the fac-sim//o signature of a / Tc i : wrapper.
This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA" which has been
used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it ia
the kind you have always bought , - /e on the
/
and has the & &
signature of C&zstyjff&tJ&tf wrao-
per. No one has authority from mo to use my name ex <
cept The Centaur Company of which C/ias. H. Fletohor sa
President.
March 8 , 1897.
THC CCNTAUH COMPANY , TT MURHAV STREET , NEW VOHK OIFV.
ATKINS , Pope Co. , Ark. , Oct. 3th , 1897.
I was suffering greatly from irregular
and painful menstruation when I read a
Ladies' Birthday Almanac and fir&t heard
of Wine of Cardui. I decided at once to
give it a trial. I have used two bottles of
Wine of Cardui and a little Black-
Draught. My menses are now regular ,
and the periods aie not painful as they
used to be. I do not think there is any
thing to equal Wine of Cardui. I have
personally recommended it to every
afflicted girl and woman in my com
munity.
LIZZIE E. DIGGS.
It is a great favor to any afflicted woman to bring Wine of Cardui
to her attention. She will never forget it. If she is suffering from any
of those common ailments familiarly known as female troubles , Wine of
Cardui will bring her complete relief. It cures thousands of the worst
cases of whites , falling of the womb , flooding , painful and irregular
menstruation every year. It helps girls properly develop into women. It
equips young wives for approaching motherhood , and assists them to
bear strong , healthy children. For the turn of life there is no other
medicine so good. With such a medicine as-Wine of Cardui offered her ,
how can any woman refuse to seek relief ?
She must know she need not suffer. Wine LADIES' ADVISORY DEPARTMENT.
tor ortvlco In cntci requiring ipe-
clul direction * , iul < lrc > , ilTliiiiiirni : | > -
of Cardui will do just as much for her as it , ' ,
tomi Jjulttl'4dH 0ru lltiartmtnt
is doing for the thousands who take it every Chattanooga Tlio riiiitlfimioiriiMcdlLlueC'o , 'linn , ,
day.
IT COSTS ONLY 81.00 PER DOTTLI ! AT TUG LWQ STORC.
