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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-02

EXPREssMEN FIGHTING FOR PREY.
the part of the government officials
who pass on the right. Of these people
to come among us and make this land
their own. When the gates have once
been opened they are our peop.e. Is 1t
. wonder, then, that they. are closely
scrutinized by the gatekeeprs? Last
year, in round numbers, 81, 900 Of the
immigrants were deported. They got
no further than the examfna tion room
of the special board Of inquiry, and
their glimpse of the land which they,
had hoped to inhabit extended only to
the trees in Battery park.
Long years Of practice have made the
system Of the commissioners almost
perfect. When the ship first enters the
harbor she is placed in quarantine by
the New York state medical board. Il
any Of the passengers are found with
contagious diseases they are detained
at swinburne and Hoffman islands.
This il the work Of the state authors
ties. After t6at the United States i'm.
migration ohicials from the marine hos
spital board the vessel and examine all
for diseases q the eyes,. the throat,
etc. The cabin passengers are exams
lined aboard ship. but the steerage
passengers2are examined n the barge
ONCE. t Theyaare transferred from the
! ocean liner on ! barge and are sent
through each Department. as rapidly
3 @ possible. The expedi tion NTH which
4 fkA hlvlNia II 60 mannx 4tafI9n -. s.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-02
''HAVE YOU SEEN MY JACOB1'.

buck standing at her side who had
come over in the same ship with her.
"And what do you expect to do?''
asked the clerk, turning to the man.
"Shure," said Pat, ''an' it's :meseh
that will get ON the police force.''
If the answers are not satisfactory
to the clerks the immigrant is turned
over to- the special board of inquiry.
There three examinations are held. At
the first the immigrant appears alone.
At the second his friends appear for
him, and at the third hearing the en-
tire case is'reviewed. If the case is de-
cided adversely, the immigrant, unless
an appeal to Washington is made, is at
once deported at the expense of the
line bringing him here. 49,: y
The attendants about the building
must necessarily be extensive linguists.
ALI of them speak at least seven or
eight languages, and>the chief, of the
interpreters speaks 26. In: all there are
PAP languages and dialects spoken by
the officers of the immigration COM
mission. 49,. r-- III
8 when the Immigrant has been passed
upon by the examining stats and he
has been given a clean, moral and
physical record. he is soon sent on the
completion of his. Journey: The rep
resentatives of all the railroads in the
country have offices in the barge build
ing. and they conduct the passengers
that are to 60 to their respective lines
safely to the stations.
And SO each day when the great
ships come in hundreds and hundreds
of these new people are going to the
east, to the west, to the north and to
the south, becoming farmers and arti-
sans and mechanics, swelling the mil
lions, Strengthening the sinews of the
mighty nation, and making it still
mightier and stronger.
FREDERICK BOYD STEVENSON. +
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opens tta1s s,s,y ~ l, bsfore thsy
ore placed ~ my desk 8. 4 IS
~ That - my work. III, = said Thorn
By. bowling and sm;ling @ one who
knows his duty Il well performed.
F''Well, hereafter said Gov. Crosby,
II do not want nybody to open my.
mail. Let the mail be placed upon
my desk and will open It myself. I
do not w1sn to have my correspond
ence handled in this indiscriminate
manner" s9@s #5 ..ss 2s4s
On the following morning, when
Crosby entered his Office 10 was.
amazed TO see II transformed into .
general delivery Office and mail pack
ing establishment. His desk was
stacked three feet high with letters
of&very description, not one Of which
Thornby had opened. N little
SPACE upon the desk before Crosby's
chair were $50 or 200 small envelopes
containing letters which might be
presumed to be personal, but at least
three-fourths Of which must have been
official. "a. b .@# s5.5s55 !
Gov. Crosby was no fool. He. simply
lacked executive departmental 5experi-
ence. He saw at once that the COLI
ored man had . huge joke on him. He
rang the bell, and when the polite
Thornby appeared, he said: Thorn:
by, here is hve-dollar bill which be-
longs to you. Take all Of this stun
of Of my desk and say nothing about
it to anybody" ~
The faithful and intelligent negro
did as requested. But the clerks, who
had been waiting for their daily work
more than two hours that morning,
had ascertained the fact that all of
their mail was piled upon Crosby's
desk, SO that Thornby violated no COM
fidence later when he told the story
with many hilarious smile. -
The old Kirkwood house, is mere
~ "Reminiscences in the national cap
ital. It's disappearance was volumi-
nously commented upon when it was
obliterated; and the story of the old
hotel is brought wildly to memory by
reason of the fact that another old
hotel, within block of the treas
ury building, has been torn down this
summer In order to make room for
an immense modern struct lrc.
The old hotel was originally built
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thin ARG IgE!
lP1Ace Where Immieraats 1lust Al
swer Many Questions.


Especial New York Letter. D q
~ GREAT crowd ot people 8
#A\ pushing against the ropss hat
- - ~. ~ has been stretched along the
outer edge Of the walk in front Of the
barge ohace on the Battery. Men and
women are struggling with one an
other IN their endeavor to get 20 the
front. Four policemen parade up and
down the line, swinging little canes in
. vain attempt to keep order. 81 Il
From the door sof the building /: .
stream of Immigrants 81 pouring.
There are men clad ID clothing made
OF queer cloth and cut IN quaint shapes.
There IRE womenmostly without
head covering-dressed in the pictur-
esque costumes of the far-aways coun-
tries Some are leading by the hands
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~ S. S. ~ ~ isesst
RtkA u g. ce I'D sSna ne sent cred Is
3, n alpha ical ord This i
~ tks identi 4cat io,nf beck, and g
kept &C 8 desk So the front 81 the
building On the ground door, where
Ill inquir iesH n regard To- friends and
relatives arespnswere No immigrant.
unless 10 have : manifest eard-that
ISIS card 81 dire ctions. ~ ting e
plicitl where he = eoin {, which Il II
sued 81 the railroad IN ste amship com
Hpany ~ TIE point 81 which hssstarts
40 allowed TO leave HE bull ding until
some friend ais Tor him. he have
no card md no one com e. for him he
etainsd for i've ays ii what 81
called the "New York pen" This 10
reality is : commod ious room furnished
with comfortable Keats and benches.
During the immigrant,s stay there he
is fed at the expense of the st smship
company that brought him over. The
meals are furnished BY resta urateur
located in the building, who pays the
government 5000 . year Tor the con-
cession and furnishes j bond Sof Ike
amount as : guarantee that the food
shall be pure and palatable. Thesex.
pense to the steamship company is 50
cents . day for each immigrant de-
tanned. II at the end Of i've days no
one calls for the immigrant hei is re-
turned to the country whence he came
at the expense Of the company that
brought him here. III
Although he has already passed the
state quarantine, each immigrantzas
he comes in his turn is Closely examined
by three doctors, and if he be found sick
or in any way indisposed he is sent to
the medical department oh Long Island
and the steamship company which he
patronized is charged $3.50 a day until
he is released. If he pass the medical
examination satisfactorily he then goes
before the registry clerk. Here his
name is entered and he is asked leading
questions as to his ability to gain a
livelihood in the new country to which
he has come; as to his past record
whether or not he has been criminal,
and whether. or not he is likely to be-
come pauper. Sometimes queer an
swers are brought out by these ques-
tions. An Irish girl with red cheeks
and beaming with good nature was
asked the other day how she expected
to earn enough money to keep her, and
she replied, as her cheeks got still
redder: -. Z =
"shure, and it's Pat I'm going to
marry" u
+, "Where is Pat p asked the clerk.
'Shure and isn't this Pat?" said the
girl, pointing to the stalwart daddy
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-02

s recent lecture an London .tI, {,
OsleS i1.yeported to have said that
tor anany years. the European med
YIls t0dent would be found spending
his two 81 post graduate study
IN United States. IL men gov
erned their notions BY the okic AZ
facts. says the Philad elphla deal
Journel we could not doubt
fill1nsnt q the prophecy. tsin-'
believe that, except for other ptirl
poses than practical medical scien-
tine work the American student can
do better now than to 90 abroad. Few
.realiSe what tremendous progress has
recently been made in our clinics and, ,
nnany respects, how far superior
they IRE Is foreign ones. In one de-
partrnent OF medicine dentistry-
American superiority 10 universally
admitted. At the present rate Of adj
yAnce twill become true Of othsr.
~
II ophthalmology It il positively.
ridiculous to think Of an American
oculist learning anything . Of value
elsewhere than tshome, and We wish
the European masters would come to
our own ophthalmic kindergartens..
Elk oriente lux has been the law Of
science up to the present time, but
the extreme west having been reached
by the light Of civilization there is
nothing left but reflex or reversal
OF the law, and in many things be-.
sides medicine the illustrations are.
multiplying fast. Principles and the
cries are valueless except for realiza-
ton and translation into facts. We
may have been taught, we may still
be taught, the theoretic principles of
our art. but in their. practical4applica-
ton we are the better teachers. It is
in no spirit of boastfulness that we
speek, but to encourage our profession
to perfect the science, and especially
the art, the practice or the mechanics
OF medicine work in which we are
exceptionally fitted to excel Here is
q most legitimate field for patriotism.
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GREETING HIS SON WITH A KISS.

GREETING HIS SON WITH A KISS. =
little children attired in miniature imi-
tation of old women and old men, and
others carry in their arms big bundles
of shawls and rags, beneath the cor
ners of which peer the shining eyes of
infants. III
Those coming down the steps have
met their relatives and their friends.
Those without the rope are seeking
the loved ones who have come from be-
yond the sea. There is a wild jargon of
voices-a strange commingling of
many tongues. just off the walk, up
toward the Battery park, an old man
in long coat. skull cap, with gray
beard and stopped shoulders has
thrown his arms around his SON and
kissed him on the cheek. Not far from
here young woman stands bewi.dered
and alone. Her escort who had met her
on the borders of the strange land has
left her for a moment, and she has
been surrounded by horde of rapa-
cious expressmen. Within the build
ing, close to the Identification desk, is q,
tall, lank Dutchman. On his head is: an
odd little Dutch cap. His trousers have
hitch and his coat has swing that
betrays his nationality. It has only
been few days since he discarded the
wooden shoes of his fatherland and his
baggage bears about it the air of dykes
and bitches. To each one of the at
tendants who passes he says, in low
Dutch: "Have you seen my Jacob?
|; Tel me if you have seen my Jacob?" =
Out on the esplanade three Turks are
making salams to an aged father. An
old Russian woman, speeches. with
joy, is clinging like child to the skirts
of a daughter who led the way to the
wonderful America. And above it all
may be heard the ,rollicking laugh of
the Irish lad, surrounded by his friends
who have preceded him and are al
ready giving him information on the
ms and outs Of city politics.
The ship has come in. And some
come with Joy and some with sadness.
If you care to study the great foreign
population of America, as it comes to
us. in the original form, you should
spend one day with the commissioners
of immigration. Last year 400 900 inn
migrants came to this country pref
ty good indication of the rapidity with
which the land of liberty is filling up.
You doubtless have seldom given heed
to the care that must be exercised on
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-02
ANoTHER y1Ew OF ~ u,

Clerk-Tve been in your employ for
many years, sir, and as was married
yesterday I'd: like an increase in my
salary. ss55.ts,e.l. 49,. IT, .......l.,sS "
Moneybags-But, my dear dir, this
house is not responsible for accidents
happening to its employes.-Ch Chicago
Inter Ocean. s. ~ 81. q p.
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Few EauiDped for the work.
Every man, : quoted the thong tfuls
one, zig the architect Of his own for-
tunes 4. B &. ..5
eyes" returned the observant one.
".and the character Of the structures
put up shows that few have taken the
necessary course in architecture =
Chicago Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-02
HAD A#HANDICAR.

Constance EDO you think you can
get my husband acquitted? vi
& Lawyer-Tm afraid not, madam.
Constance E. -Why, everybody knows
my husband! III. - Il y
. Lawyer-That is just the trouble
Chicago Chronicle. =
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Satisfactox Deanitio. !.

An old Highlander, rather fond Of
his glass, was ordered by his doctor
during 9 temporary J. ailments1 not. to.
exceed one ounce Of spirits in the day.
The old man was little dubious
about the amount and asked his boy.
who was at school. how much an
ounce was. Il Sixteen drains one
ounce, " said the boy. Sixteen:
DRAINS, : cried the delighted man.
Cav! no 30 bad. Run and tell Tonal.
MacTavish to come doom the niRh /. g.
t.Bits ~ Is SO
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-02
The SEQUEL.

''Ah, but you have a loving husband,
Mrs. Simms. remember before your
marriage he said he would move heav-
en- and earth for. you" IS.
II remember; but now that we are
married he won't even condescend to
move the dresser so that may sweep
beneath it. Chicago Daily News. s {:
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"a HIST ORIC g RN ER.


Especial washington Istter.l
11HERE y . historic corner on
Pennsylvania avenue which is
- now occupied by hotel; and
very few people now living know any
thing about the history Of the local
ity. ~" IL
For many years the building on the
corner Of Twelfth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue was occupied by the PEN
sion Office, and then q dry goods and
notions store built up successful busi-
ness there. Six years, ago alterations
were made which transformed the
building into hotel and cafe and now
additions have been built along Twelfth
street, completely obliterating all of
the landmarks which were 20 dear to
Us old-timers.
Nearly 20 years ago 'Boss'' Shep-
herd, the man of energy and executive
ability who changed the national cap
ltal from its condition of q sluggard
southern town in mudhole to q ma
tional city with broad avenues and
concerted streets, built upon the cor
ner referred to six-story brick build
ing, with mansard roof, and rented it to
the government for the use of the pen
sion office. 1t was SO occupied until the
architectural monstrosity in Judiciary
square was completed, in 1885, and then
the pension office was removed and the
Shepherd building was taken by pros
porous storekeeper.
During the civil war the corner was
occupied by the best known and most
popular hotel in the city, called the
Kirkwood house. Members of the cab
met as we'll as prominent senator's and
representatives resided at the Kirk
wood house, and prominent officers of
the federal armies were constantly
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EA1Wa33H01A 1BAhDUSMC0S
Mae-Inez seems SO unhappy since
her marriage. 3. =
I Ethel-No wonder! Her husband !.
il such poor spirited creature that he
agrees with her in everything. She's
just dying for some one to quarrel
within. y. journal. 4 g. V . # Il.
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Condensed Trarediea

what do you think is the saddest
work, Of fiction you ever read?" =.
"Thecook book" answered the young
woman who had not been married very
long. mot more than one in ten Of
those pieces come out right" WASH
ington STAR E5zz ~ ~. =
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Perfect.

II wish were nearer perfection" said.
AS sat on the sofa with her;
The lamp threw a halo of gold DER her
head,
Her breath was like orris and myrrh.
That's easy" she said, with smile in her
eye,
A trick she had gathered from Venus;
And then. with laugh and flutterins
sigh, - -
She cast out the pillow between us.
Puck H. ~ go 80 - -,. o.. -,
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How Considerate!

Maud What an exquisitely dainty
little case you are embroidering! II
It for jewels?
& Isabel Well, no. But you see, poor.
dear Harry has nothing to keep his
pawn tickets in!--N. Y. World.
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Help Wanted.

Mistress Ito new cook ~ shall go to
market with you on Wednesdays and
Saturdays. .e >.s~. ~.
New Cocktail roight, mum. But
who'll be afther carryin' the marketin'
on other days, mum?-Chicago Daily
News. 81 ii At :
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AZ Heartx welcome..

He was inclined to be facetious.
''What quantities Of dried grass you
keep here, Mrs. Stebbins! Nice room
for donkey to get into! =. e I. =
make yourself at home," she re-
sponded with sweet gravity Bits.
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llight BIG the Anxela.

p Might Bite the AHGel0.
" A four-year-old girl, whose dog had
died, said to her Sunday school teach
er; II guess the angels were afraid
when they saw him coming up the
walk. He's cross to strangers"
cinnati ENQUIRER.
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Just the Way she Has,

The first Of woman's want Is man,
49,, In that there's nothing strange;
But after getting him she wants n
u From his pocket all the change.
Chicago Daily News. @sz, i So
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One fof the D0nlkex

Shall / order dinner for you ~ asked
the official Of the Jury. while the twelfth
man was holding out against the eleven
Yes, replied one Of the eleven
make II eleven dinners and . bale Of
hay. n. 81. Times. s=s .szss
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Feminine saracity.

Mother-Do you think that young
Perkins has any intention whatever Of
marrying you? $ .5.s.. .Elss
Daughter ~ Not the least in the
world, mamma! That is why feelso
sure of getting him!-Puck.
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SMALL BUT VERY STRONG.
WinS Power Of the Dainty Little
10. Humming7 Bird Almost "
.:3s.- 49, Passes Belief. ss.fs.1.; ...s''

The humming Bird as the Irishman
played the fiddle by main strength
the frigate bird relies on his skill in
taking advantage Of every varying
current of air, and the skeleton Of the
one indicates great muscular power,
while that of The other shows its alb
sence. No other bird has such pro-
portionately great muscles as the
humming bird, says the Popular Sci
ence Monthly, the keel Of the sternum
or breastbone from which these mus
cles arise runs from one end Of the
body to the other, while at the same
time it projects downward like the
keel Of q modern racing yacht. These
muscles drive at the rate Of several
hundred strokes q minute a pair Of
small, rigid wings. the. outermost
bones of which IRE very long. while
the innermost are very short, feat
ure calculated to give the greatest
amount Of motion at the tip Of the
wing with the least movement Of the
bones Of the upper arm, to which the
driving muscles are attached. An
other peculiar feature is that the
outermost feathers. the flight feath-
.ers or primaries, are long and strong,
while the innermost, those attached
TO the forearm, are few and weak; 30
far 40 flight Il concerned, the bird
could dispense with these secondaries
and not feel their loss. Finally the
heart, which we look upon 40 the boil
er that supplies steam for this ma
chinery, Is large and powerful, 10 ii
necessary Tor such . high-pressure
engine 40 the little humming bird.
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q J. -, = u, s, 81.
.1lIt,aAeA.,

8 They have made It mp x thought
sc was III over between them. = -.
Y. ! - es; 4 but they were 90 sorry @
have il Oh over that they concluded
10 start itsallS oyer. . Puck. 81
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IL They Only Covld.

.zZS.f II They Only Could. ~,
these miners" said the clock, 20, myl
think they're merely Sinking, : :"
Why can't they do the same as T.. : s r
Just strike, and keep on working?
-Philadelphia Press. ~. ~, i,
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OA1x19 ete1 eeo Z.
re.ched this lllins -
marked eonceited parson,s to Z cone
Srega alton g which iidiots .comprised2
tie M o1r1ty g
81 rejoinet Tho. yopns lady to.
whom his renArlE were addressed, 81
noticed you fequently 81 called them
beloved brethren :" Chicago Daily
News.
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Usually the Case.

THE man you hear singing about q.
Home on the Ocean Wave, the first
night on shipboard," said the Observer
of Events and Things, ''the next day is
apt to look homesiclk. Yonkers
Statesman. z
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Al sEnenyS to the. weed. .

I. S n&EneAyF to the Weed. 3G#5.sgs.s
CharlesIs your girl opposed to your
smoking? : t 5s.s.
Clarence-I think she must be. Every
night when ] come away from her
house / lind two OF three broken cigars
II my vest pocket. Stray Stories.