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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-08

and were standing in the background. Our
friend explained to US that the prices were
high, as they were the finest girls in the
land. He arranged them all in a eiggling
line that they might be seen to the best ad-
vantage. Beginning with the first, he told
their names and gave their different accom-
plishments.
II noticed a beautiful girl. whom l had
met while out shooting. among a number of
the maidens. and l was anxious to hear
what Lohier would say of her. She still
wore the string of beads l had given her,
and looked as pretty and modest as a violet.
When he came to her he said:
This is Lucena. Is she not lovely?
Her arln5 are round as bamboo: her form il
supple as the elm bling vine; her skin ia
smooth as a young banana leaf; her hair is
soft as spiders webs; her eyes are bright as
dew in the morning. She can sing like q
BIRD and run fast as a kangaroo; she is a
good housekeoper, an affectionate daughter
and comes from n good family, for her
father is q great warrior
The value set upon tho beauty was an
Ak, q knife. Il piece Of calico and a string Of
beads. We stood admlring her and Lohier
thought he had made a bargain. We real
lzed that the affair might turn out seriously.
perhaps, but we turned the matter off by
declaring that We were unable to make a
cholce among SO many lovely creatures and
proceeding to distribute presents literally,
10 most Of the girls we gave gay colored
handkerohiefs with a brass ring and a brass
button in each. 10 Lucena We offered a
looking glass, and the young women danced
Tor our amusement while We ate our dinner,
and sang a song, which they composed as
!hey went along, describing tho whole
scene and complimenting us upon our
generosity. Toward evening thew bade us
Roodby and started for their homes.'
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Opportunity.

Opportunity.
Master of human destiny am T.,
Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps
wait,
Cities and fields I walk. I penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing by
Howell Rnd mart and palace, soon or late
KNOCK unbidden once at every gate.
If sleeping, wake; If feasting rise before
l turn away. 1t is the TOUR OF state
n they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death; but those who doubt or hesi-
tato
Condemned to failure, penury and woe
Seek ME III vain and uselessly implore:
answer not, and / return no more.
JNo. J. INGALLS,.
Bnt fail ye not in this respect,
Seize every opportunity to travel
Over the Chicago, Milwaukee d 81. Paul
railway.
This IL the advice of WIS
Gro. II. HEArFoRp,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago, III.
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Thousands Of Suffering Women.

Delicate women who complain of tired
feeling, pains in the back and loins, desire
10 sleep, dizziness, painful or suppressed
nenstruation. will end in Oregon kidney
Tea q faithful friend. Itcan be relied urou
in every instance to give immediate relief
from kidney and urinary roublea Thou
sands of women are suffering evory day
from some disorder of the kidneys or liver.
who might be permanently cured by using
Oregon Kidney Tea.
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Rucklen's ArnicA Galve,

The bsst salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers. salt rheum. fsver
eores, tetter, ehspped hands, chilblainy.
sorns and all skin esuptionl, and positively
cures piles or NO pay required. 1t is quar-.
antsed to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price Is cents per box, For
sale BY Il. q. Hale i 90.
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Dyspepsia

That nightmare of mans existence which
maker food a mookety and bauiahes aleen
from weary eyes, readily Yields to the M
sens influence OF tho oslsb,atsd Enol;ah
Dnndellon Tonic. II toner M tho diuestivn
o!Rsn., restores tho appetite, makes nso
sa'silssion OF food possible and invivorates
] ! per bottle. - -
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Ladies' Isle thread. cashmere, silk and cloth
gloves worth from 500 to III each, at The Bee
Hive for 25c. -
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n IL invited to attend the sale of Shoes
~ at the lowest priced shoe house in
Helena Will be glad to show you our great
variety,
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Roses That Drink Blood.

A gentleman who has a marvellous
display of roses in the little space behind
his town house says that he attributes
their wonderful bloom, color and size %
the effect OF strange experiment. Al
establishment for the Strengthening |"
animals for market being in mis- neisn'
borhood, he obtained, several times
week, quantity of blood whicl %
mixed with the earth around the roofs
of the plants. Tue result is most so't
factory as far as improving his plants J
concerned, but one cannot help ra'ns,
shuddering at the idea OF carnlvofo1s,
roses; it seems like an unnatural aDs
horrid appetite. Particularly superb ~
his Jacks" whose deep and viva ~, ~
is almost unpleasantly suggestive. ~"
York Tribune.
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saved up BY the fond parents for this
auspicious day. Some expected to meet
friends or relatives For these there IL
a platform with tiers Of benches at
the far end, where they can wait and
watch for friends. For the same purpose
there is a gallery running all around the
building. These friends give the names
OF those they seek to the registrars, il
they are there early, and when the i'm
migrant comes up to register the namt
IS called out. Those friends coming az
ter the registration give the names to
officials, who bawl them out all over the
door and take pains to find the proper
parties.
There are number of girls who come
in couples or alone, for the purpose Of be-
ing domestic servants. There are two
matrons who attend to these. They are
detained and their friends here, II they
have any, are at once telegraphed to. II
they have none they are turned over to
the religious missions--of which there
are several doing excellent work-and
there they are cared for and have suit.
able situations obtained for them.
For those detained who have come in
violation OF the law of 1891 and who
have to be returned, there is a separate
building, filled up with double-decked
berths on which is wire mattress and a
couple Of blankets. They always make
a pillow and bolster of their belongings.
There are cots for about twenty in the
mems hospital; only five were occupied
on Tuesday, and it was about the same
in the womcn's. The contract laborers
and others who are to be returned are
fed BY the Government until the vessel
which brought them is ready to sail, and
the expense is charged to the steamship
company. If, after being returned to
the ship the passenger escapes, the COM
pany can be fined 5000 for each one and
the clearance papers withheld until the
fines are paid. York Advertiser.
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fear of breakdown on the part Of one
of the horses. -.
eve intend starting in june" said
the Duke, '.lor a preliminary cruise on
the Kent and Sussex borders. This is
perfect paradise for the amateur
photographer, as at present the camera,
black cloth, and tripod are almost I'M
known there; the scenery is magnificent,
the old churches and ruins of ancient
monasteFies deeply interesting, the roads
are good "a matter of Importance to the
caravanisD, the hills are not very bad.
and by hiring third horse we hope to
get along capitally.
"After we have got things little in-
to shape, the Bohemian will work. her
way along the south coast, and eventu-
ally enter another Photographic para
disc, the New Forest, where we shall
probably cruise about for some weeks il
the weather is propitious; but even On
dull or wet days there will be plenty to
do, for we shall have Photographic work
to attend to, the animals to look after,
the piano, and typewriters to amuse US,
and, above all, the log to be carefully
written up, as we hope to make this
ofNinterest to our friends. Pail Mall
Gazette.
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some kind. When it is considered that
the population is only 300, 900, the re.
ported death roll Of $4,000 shows how
enormous the destruction was. Yet, no
matter how great the ruin, before the
fastest steamer could reach Mauritius
from London or New York, the last
trace of destruction would be obliterated
and the remaining people Of the island
would be found sunk In the tropical
apathy.
The inhabitants must have had warn
ing OF the storm that was coming, as
they have had warnings of the three
other hurricanes that have rushed upon
them since the opening of the century.
On one of the coasts of the island stands
a great block of black basalt, rising
forty feet above the sea which surrounds
it on all sides. 1t is bored from its sum-
NIT down to the waves with circular
hole. When the waves are rushing in,
warning Mauritius that storm is bear
ing down that way, the water rushes into
tins cavity, is sucked upward and thrown
high in the air in column of spray.
And the rumbling of the Sonffleur,a as the
rock is called, may be heard many miles
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the British officials viii not drive II.
scayengers to clean the streets off,
enough to prevent rank smells from load
ing the air of the cities. The island
slopes from coast side upward toward
the three mountain chains which cross
the interior.
Violent rains and wind storms arc
frequent. The bushes, vines and flowers
are beaten to the earth to rise again is !
few days As though nothing had han
pened. Mountains lie exposed on the
eastward side to the full sweep OF tbs
great storm winds OF the Indian Ocean.
Outside Of the cities there is little build.
ing that is more than temporary. Sew.
eral times in century the hurricanes
come and rae the whole island except
the cities and the deep valleys. With
each hurricane many natives are killed.
because of the weak shelter their houses
afford against the flying tree trunks and
stones, and against the fierce wind that
can uproot the most firmly planted foun
dations.
But never before has such a wind as
this last come out Of the depths Of the
Indian Ocean. 1t must have attacked
the cities and ovcrthrown them, IS well
as the houses scattered on the plantations
and the hillsides all through the island.
It-must have left few places where shell.
ter from violence could be found, and,
no doubt, very few escaped injury OF
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the visitors strolled in the Battery Park
while waiting for the next one. All the
seats were filled with newly arrived
would-be citizens, and others stood in
groups, their bags and bundles aud
babies at their feet. 1t was easy to tell
when the boat was coming back, for
most OF them left their seats and crowded
the entrance to the dock
1t is a delightful ten minutes sail to
Ellis Island, spot of land at the mouth
Of the North River and directly behind
the Statue Of Liberty. 1t seems to be al.
together covered with buildings, and it
is very nearly 50. The Government has
just completed hospital and other neces-
sary outbuildings, and there is little
ground left unoccupied. In front of the
large building two steamers were being
moored, both of them black with crowds
from an incoming European vessel. As
we passed close to them to land at the
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produce their papers, answer to their
names, give their age, nationality,

whether they can read and write, where
they are going TO, 10 whom, their occu-
patton, amount Of money they have, il
they have railroad tickets, and II they
have ever been in the country before.
In the case Of those able to speak Eng
iish, the last question generally comes
first
Those about whom there Is any ques-
ton are crowded into the next depart
mcnt and detained. They may be there
for few minutes, an hour or so or until
the steamer which brought them is ready
to take them back. This department is
under the charge Of N. ]. Arbeeiy, Major
Semsy and Morris Sinvtrstein, a trio who
speak most Of the European and Asiatic
languages. The first named, who is a
Syrian, and was for some years. the
United States Consul at Jerusalem, claims
to speak eleven languages; Majer Semsy,
a Hungarian, speaks six, and Mr. Sinver-
stein, five. So when Mr.. Arbeely walks
up to an immigrant he rarely says "Kc
voulettc?" or its equivalent in French or
German; but his "what-can- -do-for-
you" saIutation is generally in Arabic,
.'Shoo bidlah2" or in Greek, "Tce
teletc2' or in Turkish, .sNey stinrsin2"
The same with the other two gentlemen :.
No one would think they were all asking
the same question from the words or the
manner Of putting.
While we were detained by curiosity in
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away. Also, when the hurricane IS con-
ing. the people of Port Louis may look
away to the mountains and see little
white clouds darting round and round
the tops, while coppery tinge over
spreads the whole sky.
As the island is almost surrounded. by
coral reefs, the waves that a great wind
dashed up are thrown IN the air TO great
heights, and the noise is so loud that,
combined with the roar of the wind, u
makes the thunder seem faint aud far
away. AS one remembers these things
and reads of the darkness and the flashes
Of lightning and the ships lifted in ar
and rent asunder or blown far up on
shore, one realizes what a spectacle TINS
sto-m must have been.-New York Sun
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can survive. The heat is intense and,
when the wind is in certain quarters,
poisonous. For instance, in the three
years OF 1886, 1867 and 1868, 73, 900
persons died Of fevers OF various kinds.
But in the four summer months, or
winter months as they are in the South
ern himisphore, the climate is cool and
delightful,
The people, except the pure-blooded
Europeans and the Chinese who have not
been there too many years, are lazy,
shiftless and sensual. FSod is easily
got, and no more work is done than is
absolutely necessary. All the energy OF
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MAURITIUS.
THE STORM SWEET ISLAND IN
THE INDIAN OCEAN.
PeopIed BY Representatives of. All
Races. Languages, Religions
and Customs--Remar
For Its Beauty.

Now that the whole world is seeking
information about the island of Mauri-
titus, it is surprising to find out how lit
tie is really known of it. It IS one Of the
most important islands in the British
possessions. It is visited daily by men
of-war, sailing vessels and tramp steam
ers from all parts of the world. Its
name and its beauties have been made
famous by the glowing descriptions Of
Bernardin st. Pierre in his ''Paul and
Virginia"
Mauritius, or the Isle OF France, is an
island belonging. to Great Britain, lying
IN the Indian Ocean, about 400 miles
east of Madagascar and 1927 miles from
Cape OF Good Hope. It is thirty-six
miles long and thirty-two miles wide,
and has an area of $40 square miles.
But Mauritius has never been visited
much by the tourist and the descriptive
writer. 1t has the same charms as other
tropical islands which are more easily
and more comfortably reached. So,
aside from dry consular reports and frag-
mentary observation that Mauritius is a
gem and that Mauritius is queer little
island, there is not much material to put
into picture that will show the readers
of the Sun what manner of beauty and
strange aspect Of human life it was that
the hurricane swept down upon and
blighted.
It is known that Mauritius, discovered
in the early years of the sixteenth
century, ls now inhabited by the most
conglomcrate population on the face Of
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The influence OF Heredlty.

The influence OF heredlty is proo,a.on
the most important factor in the maAi Y,
Of criminals. From criminal stock III
much else but criminals can be expeossa
to spring. And that this is SO mas Us N,
proven time and again BY the lam, :,
history of CRIMINALS. But there - :
other factors that can be counted uI I'm
lust as surely, though they operate W ~.
less frequency. Habitual drunken s,,Tc
on the part OF the parents ispretty sc
to result in mental or moral degene'1s
New York Herald.
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4 puke,s country Mouse on Wheels.

The rage of this season is to be cara
waning, and as carried out nowaday it
certainly has its charms. The quaint
gypsy house on wheels, with its solitary
room and tiny windows, the hugh red
and yellow box houses of the menagerie
and circus, the Home Rule, Salvation
Army, Church Association and artists
caravans, with which we are all more OF
less familiar, are simply nowhere in COM
parison with some Of the gorgeous
palaces on wheels that are being built
this season in walnut and ash with
saloons and kitchens, silver knockers
and plate glass windows. And quite
unique, even among these, will be the
Duke of Newcastle's land yacht, the Boz
hemian, in which the Duke, in company
with Mr.. Gambler Bolton, F. r. G.. S.,
and valet, intends from time to time
making series of Photographic tours in
Great Britain and on the Continent,
commencing Immediately after he returns
from his five weeks trip to America.
The Bohemian will carry beam OF
six feet nine inches, which is fully nine
inches wider than any other caravan yet
built; and, as she is nearly fifteen feet
long from bow to stern, she will require
some careful steering to get through
narrow lanes without running aground,
and, in passing through gateways, with
| out wrecking the posts.
The table will be unique, as, to gain
| space in the saloon, when rot required
it will disappear into the floor, leaving
a good clear gangway in which to walk
up and down and entertain our friends,
| not to mention room for the morning
tub. There are, in addition to the sleep
ing berths, hammocks and a tent, ant
accommodations at pinch for six o.
eight persons.
The motive power at present will be
supplied by two useful London dray
horses, able to do little trotting with
out breaking down, while at the same
time they WILDE fully up to their load
No one can carefully watch the signs Of
the times without seeing that electricity
will be the motive power of the near
future for railways, carriages and cara
vans, and the sooner this becomes III
fail accompli the better, for one Of the
greatest drawbacks to the successful
cruising OF a land yacht is the constant
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religions and costumes, that makes the
dirty streets of the queer cities of the
island full of sights, sounds, faces,
costumes and wares to inspire amaze
ment and confusion, Everything is
jumbled together, religions as well as
languages and breeds, until nothing can
be put in exactly its proper place.
Although Nautilus is rich and fertile,
it is hardly developed at all. For eight
months Of the year the sun shines down
upon the island day after day, with
brief intervals of terrific rains, whose
beating only rank tropical vegetation
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eIIn of the large dock picturesque cos
TUNES and bits of color were noticeable.
The Government has five transfer
boats and three barges, capable OF carry
ing $500 people. These meet the incom-
ing steamer at her dock and take off her
living freight with great expedition.
Most of the landings are made in the
early morning, so that the passengers
can be examined and Investigated and
sent on to their prospective homes the
same day. Over the steamers side they
are hurried, and their baggage taken on
the hargcs. In most instances the bargcs,
which were intended only for baggage,
have to take passengers, too, for it is
found impossible in many cases to dis
sever the immigrant from his personal
effects. He hugs it around with him
everywhere, and when he is waiting, in
variably tries to sit on the whole OF it,
no matter how many pieces it may hap
pen to be. When he is away he gets u
friend to sit ON it.
The trip from the steamer to the little
island is very perplexing to most of the
foreigners. Years OF Governmental OPP
preston have perhaps rendered them
docile, and at the same time cunning and
suspicious. Most of them think the
island is merely floating dock, though
why they should be taken there when
their destination is in the interior of
the mainland they cannot understand.
But, as will be seen, tlie idea is in every
way wise and excellent. BY no other
arrangement could the country and the
immigrants themselves be as effectually
protected. By it those not wanted can
not escape, and can be readily returned,
and those acceptable are protected from
the sharpers and harpies who, on land,
would be waiting for them.
Told in all the languages available
that they must land at the island, the
immigrants lug along their possessions
to the great building and are ushered
into pen. Their eyes open upon the
greatesttransportation depot in the world.
1t measures 410 by $50 feet, and is di-
vided off into separate compartments by
large. meshed wire MEETINGS, so that the
whole is always under scrutiny, and
there are no corners tor cunning tricks
or evil deeds. AS they come into the
room the newcomers are closely inspected
by corps of medical experts under the
charge OF DIR. John Godfrey, of the Ma
ripe Hospital Service. Then they are
passed on to the registration departing Mt
+ "What's'the matter with mep ex.
claimed one irascibe Irishman the Other
morning, Pm no Bashi. Bazook, nor nc
Phaniap, neither. Yet those fellows
wild the caps on sniffed and shifted anc
;melled me all over. Here's me paper:
TO show for it."
His papers were all right, but he
looked trife consumptive, and the
doctors had laid their ears close to hi,
breast and back to listen to the work
ings of his lungs and heart. The doc
tors pick out the sick aud prescribe fol-
them at once, or send them to the hos,
pitsl in the rear, where they receiv
treatment. Those liable to have con
.racted contagious diseases are sent to
: the contagious disease, hospitals, anc
!, the idiots or lnnatics are taken lmmedi.
ately TO the New Jersey State Asylum
At Hoboken.
Those Of good health are passed. on t
the Registry Department, where the
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the earth. Europeans of three nation
alities, English, French and Dutch, are
there in considerable numbers. and
Europeans of all nationalities in smaller
numbers. Negroes and Mozambiques
and 1Iadagascans have come over from
the west; Parsees, Arabs, Cingalese,
Cinnamon, Lascars and Malays have come
down from the northeast. The result is a
commiugling of breeds and languages,
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ON ELLIS ISLAND.
THE NEW SYSTEM OF HANDLING
IMMIGRANTS.
An a verage OF 1000 Poor Foreign
ers Day Are Coming Here
How They Are All Exam
incd and Disposed OF.

It'll one Of the par
ties OF visitors who
apply daily at the
Barge Office Tor per-
mission to visit FL
lis Island, the writer
made the trip on
Tuesday morning.
The boat runs from
the Barge Office TO
the island about
every forty minutes,
from 6:4J a. ". TO
$3.50 r. NJ, and one
was lust leaving. so
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An irrigation canal is in progress OF
building in Utah and Idaho by Chicago
capitalists, it Is told, that will irrigatc
100, 900 acres OF land.
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Many Of New Jerseys muck meadows
ARE being reclaimed and devoted to onion
and celery growing.