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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-11-24
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migration officials from the marine hos
pital board the vessel and examine all
for diseases of the eyes. the throat
etc. The cabin passengers are exam
ined aboard ship, but the steerage
passengers are examined in the barge
office. They are transferred from the
ocean liner on barge and are sent
through each department as rapidly
as possible. The expedition with which
the officials transact their inquiries and
examinations may be understood when
IL is known that from 5000 10 5000
cases are passed upon in day.
When the immigrant first arrives at
the barge Office his name is entered In
book in alphabetical order. This Is
called the identification book, and is
kept at desk in the front OF the
building on the ground floor, where
all inquiries In regard TO friends and
relatives are answered. No immigrant,
unless he have a manifest card-that
Is, a card of directions, stating ex-
plieitly where he is going, which Is In.
sued by the railroad or steamship rom.
pany at the point at which he starts
is allowed to leave the building until
some friend calls for him. II he have
no card and no one comes for him he
Is retained for five days in what Ia
called the "New York pen" This In
reality is commodious room furnished
with comfortable seats and benches.
During the immigrants stay there he
is fed at the expense of the steamship
company that brought him over. The
meals are furnished by a restaurateuI
located in the building, who pays tbs
government $1,000 year for the con
cession and furnishes a bond of like
amount as a guarantee that the food
shall be pure and palatable. The ex
pense to the steamship company is 81
cents a day for each immigrant de
tanned. II at the end of five days nc
one calls for the immigrant he is re
turned to the country whence he came
at the expense of the company thai
brought him here.
Although he has already passed this
state quarantine, each immigrant al
he comes in his turn is closely examined
| by three doctors, and IL he be found sicl
or in any way indisposed he is sent te
the medical department on Long Island
and the steamship company which h,
patronized is charged $3.50 day until
he is released. II he pass the medica
examination satisfactorily he then goe,
before the registry clerk. Here hi
name is entered and he is asked leading
questions as to his ability to gain |
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
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-11-24

10 ne inuIueftnG 10 HuCH an lEndble
treatmen. denotes the one is a stran-
ger to the sense of honor; and so he
ought TO have realized it with
abashed submission. And what again?
the tongue, the countenance that was
not capable enough to wreak his saw
age fury. and then resorted to the
final step Of violence as though / was
a mass Of clay insensible TO disgrace
snd pain.
II could not reconcile to forgive him
for such cruel assault, and would
have avenged the injury with the same
weapon he welded TO my full gratifi-
cation, II otherwise bystander med
died in and forced my highly strung
nerves TO ordinary cooiness.
However, have no thought to let
his brutality hide from the eye Of the
right and just. and so have taken
some trouble to write these lines, and
ask you please to glance over IT at
once. Very respectfully, your obedient
servant, j. ~"
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-11-24

come a pauper. Sometimes queer
swers are brought out by these qu
tions. An Irish girl with red che,
and beaming with good nature
asked the other day how she expec
TO earn enough money to keep her,
she replied, as her cheeks got s
redder:
'Shure, and it's Pat I'm going
marry"
where is Pat?" asked the clerk.
''Shure and isn't this .Pat?" said
girl, pointing to the stalwart lad
buck standing at her side who
come over in the same ship with he
"And what do you expect to d
asked the clerk, turning to the man
1Shure," said Pat, IAN it's me-
that will get on the police force.'
If the answers are not satisfact
to the clerks the immigrant is tur
over to the special board of inqu
There three examinations are held.
the first the immigrant appears al,
At the second his friends appear
him, and at the third hearing the q
tire case is reviewed. If the case ID dt
cided adversely, the immigrant, unles
an appeal to Washington is made, is a
once deported at the expense of III
line bringing him here.
The attendants about the baildin
must necessarily be extensive linguisti
All of them speak at least seven o
eight languages, and the chief of th
interpreters speaks 20. In all there ar
242 languages and dialects spoken b
the officers of the immigration con
mission.
When the immigrant has been passe
upon by the examining staffs and b
has been given a clean, moral an
physical record. he is soon sent on tn
completion of his journey. The reT
resentatives of all the railroads in tn
country have Offices in the barge build
ing and they conduct the passenger
that are TO go to their respective line
safely to the stations.
And so each day when the grea
ships come in hundreds and hundred
of these new people are going to tn
east, to the west, to the north and L
the south, becoming farmers and artl
sans and mechanics, swelling the mil
lions, strengthening the sinews of tn
mighty nation, and making IL still
mightier and stronger.
FREDERICK BOYD sTEyENscS.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-11-24
French Tobacco.

Many French medical men are aban-
doaing the use of tobacco, owing large
Iy to the government monopoly Of
that commodity. According to the
physicians the cigars OF the 'Regie"
(those made at the government fac
tories) are 30 uniformly bad and the
tax on all other brands is so prohibit
tive that the only sensible thing to do
is not 70 smoke ss all.-Chicsgo Inter
ocsas.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-11-24

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 people. Is it
wonder, then, that they are closely
scrutinized by the gatekeeprs? Last
year. in round numbers, $4,000 of the
immigrants were deported. They got
no further than the examination room
Of tine 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
harhor she il PLACED In quarantine by
the New York state medical board. IL
any of the passengers are found with
contagious diseases they are detained
al swinburne and HofsEsan islands.
IAis il the work Of the state suthori-
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-11-24
uncle sam,s chIne.e TIlle.

The United States is known In China
as Nei-Kwo, or "the beautiful coun-
try though the Chinese masses to-day
always call an American Kwa Kee
Kwoh Yui. which may be translated as
''countryman Of the flower flag" The
reason of this is that when first the
stars and stripes were seen in Canton
harbor the natives fiocked to the shore,
hailing it as the Kwa Kee Cheun, or
the .'fower flagship. Chicago Chron-
icIe.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-11-24
AS A JAP WROTE ENGLISH.
Specimen of the Queer Language N.
Exemplified by an In
censed Writer.

The following letter. written by a
young japanese student 10 one of the
members of a Washington club in
which he is waiter. is an excellent
example of English as "she" is written
by the orientals who seek to master
"her."
"sir: The spirit of pride and the
esteerr ~ ta".- "hich characterize
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-11-24
THE BARGE OFFICE.
Place Where Immigrants Must An
swei Many Questions.
Not All Who Come TO Our shores Are
permitted 10 Ennd-work of
the Commissioner of linz
mIAxraffou.
[speclal Nsw York I.etter.l

~ GREAT crowd of people is
Al pushing against the rope that
q Ii has been stretched along the
outer edge of the walk in front of the
barge Office on the Battery. Men and
women are struggling with one an
other in their endeayor TO get to the
front. Four policemen parade up and
down the line, swinging little canes in
a vain attempt TO keep order.
From the door of the building a
stream of immigrants is pouring.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-11-24

He (adoringly)-Darling you are
worth your weight in gold.
She (practicaIly) do not value
me sufficiently, Henry. Gold at its
yalue of $3.50 an ounce is worth 1904
a pound ayordupois, and as weigh 40
pounds, my value would be only S36,-
$50. whereas the tax duplicates will
show / am worth something over sz5.~
oQo."- Detroit Free Press
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-11-24
The best way

Never stop to argue with your enc
mics II they get in your way walk
calmly around thssa.-Chiesgo paily
News.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-11-24

The coqnette--I have given the nit
ten 10 seven different men.
The Idiot-It must hare kfps yog
busy hitting. eh?-Puck
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01

both being retained by Mr.. Judith iiiinn II
her damage suit against Elin-wooi & Hauck
and the town OF iiorky Ford.
A. u. Tcnncy Of Dcbcpuc made Us brief
visit Monday.
II. u. Dye wa. In Denver yesterday attend
inr the Democratic Sunvcntion aud sot pic
turcd In the News. 'T~a. not a good likeness.
however.
Hon. J. II. Crowley left yesterday for visit
with Frank at Holly.
e. e. wn.hburn came down frpm Denver
YESTERDAY. Mrs. wa.hburn IL In Wichita car
Ing for "a sick Rurhtcr.in.law.
Jack shafrcr was struck by the ca.tbound
passenger yesterday morning aud had mar
fuw escape. One arm aud side were bruised.
A few inches nearer the track and there
would have been u funeral.
Mis-. Alpha King will leave In a few days
for Minnesota for tho summer.
Mrs. Eliza J. Steward. after visit with her
son. Ford. left this morning for u stay with
Charley Mt La Juntn.
George ou.tcrhout and vito Of New Wind
.or arc guests Of Mr.. aud Mrs. =. W. Crcssx.
Mr.. y. Is nn enthusiastic botanist aud will
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01
BLOOD AND TOMATOES.
A Supposed Tragedy That Proved TO
he = Perfectly Isarnsisss
Affair.

Unusual excitement disturbed tho
quiet of n Philadelphia residence ono
recent Sunday evening. resulting In tho
doctors TO the house. Just rs the man
OF the house and his wife reached tho
front step on the way home from
church the door was hurrictly thrown
open and out rushed the cook. who
called for "hclp!" When she saw her
mistress she declared between sobs TINT
the kitchen range had exploded and
that her cousin had been killed. Tho
inistrcss ran into the kitchen after
sending her husband for the doctors
and found the place covered with ashes
and young man apparently half.dcnd
lying In a chair In front of the range.
His head and face were npparehtly COW
cred with blood. but IL was soon discov-
cred that he was still alive, rs he said
he was only stunned. The housewife
Immediately set to work to wash the
mans head and face to prepare him
for the doctors, but she was moved
TO mcrrimcnt when she found that the
supposed blood was only tomato juice.
In truth the cousin was not injured
at all. The explanation was that the
,ook had placed can of tomatoes un-
der the crate to melt the sealing on
the lid and that the explosion. which
scattered the ashes and tomatoes. fol-
lowed the expansion of the frozen liquid
In tho can. When the policeman and
doctors arrived they were told tho
story and joined in the laugh. which
was on the cook and her cousin.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01
breeding Hnrcs for Their Fur.

a hat manufacturer in Indiana has
organized a company to breed Belgian
harcs and already has 800 fine hares
in tract of land inclosed by n wire
netting. lie expects to raise 1.OOO,OOo
harcs annually. Since the practical cN-
tnction of the beaver there has been
n sad lack of homegrown furs suitable
for hat manufacture. and we have been
compelled to wear upon our heads the
product of the pauper bunnies of Eu-
rope and Australia. Everyone who has
had any experience with the fecundi'y
of the hare will wonder ut the modcra-
ton of the promoters of the plan in
estimating the output at n paltry mil
lion n year. The hare growers will do
well to take precautions that will keep
the animals from dominating the soil
like the rabbits in Australia. Perhaps.
IL the plan proves successful. we will
zee the day when rabbit warren or
hare ranch will be nh adjunct to every
hat factory.-Clothiers' and Haber-
dashers' Weekly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01

Wanted.-Few energetic men
and women to travel in Colorado
and Kansas for leading Wholesale
house. s65 per month and conf
mission sufficient to pay expenses
to right persons. For particulars
see NJ. +. Avitt at Miss Hubers,
near Senator Swink's. Up
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01

All persons wanting Navajo
Blankets and Rugs should call on
Mrs. ID. W. Bnrkley by june Is
as the stock will be kept here no
longer than that date. Many good
and cheap Blankets and Rugs are
offered. the entire proceeds to go
Tor the benefit Of Rev. II. II. Antes
Faith mission.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01

For Medicines in the night ring
the night Bell mt the Opera House
Pharmacy,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01

Chase l. Sanborn's celebrate
teas and coffees ut Wettendorf'
Grocery.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01
Belgian Hares.
Fine Belgian Hares for Sale.
David W. Bnrkley, Jr.

Opera House Pharmacy guarnn'
tees every article OF Jewelry they
sell.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01

spend n few DAY. In ihl. vicinity adding To hi-
cnlIcction %. the Iiura OF Colorado.
lawn party will attrnct niinib-r OF
young folks TO the home OF Mi.. Mae Irvine
this evening.
tbs. t.aumnr. recently frum Denver. i.
bookkccpcr for the Rocky fori 6roccfJ'"
A. V. bradford. a Pueblo banker. spent last
c,cnin. In Kocky Ford as cn route down the
valley Sir. BrnIfor,i 1. nnin.iinn wheeling
with railway travel.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01

For Sale or Trade.
Mower aud rake nearly new.
See W. II. Gibson at the Racket
store.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01

II, Il. Hoibrook of Pueblo was In town this
bearing his name
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01

For Sale, half block good resi-
dence property. Enquire at Enter
prise office.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-05-05
INDUSTRIAL NEWS.
soNocoeosaooooeoooeocoeo

George \. N. johnson. Of Leslie, last week
erected IA handsome windmill for Mrs l. D.
Garter, OF Providence.
WIZ. b. Mercy, of this town, has the con-
tract to paint a large club house in Charles
town now being built by Contractor A. NJ.
strickland.
For greater convenience and to shorten
their title, The MeClenahan u Brother Gran
tie Company OF Cecil county, port Deposit.
by enactment Of the Legislature of the State
Of Maryland amending their charter, have
changed their corporate title to McClenahan
Granite Company, to be in effect May lst,
1900.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-05-05
Red HO, ErnlN The Gun

Was thn ball that hit G r Steadnan Of New
ark Mich, in the Clvi War. II caused hor-
riuic Ulcers that No treatment helped tor 20
years Then Buok'au'- Araira Salve curd
nim Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns Boils,
Fnoae Cons, Skin Erudtobs Best Pile cure
on earth % rts u box Cure guaranteed. Sold
by 4. Is. Frazer Druggist.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-05-05
AT SERVICE.
ESPlRlTO-28879

FSPIRITO- $3.50 lisa son OF the great krcmlin
race record 2,O1 4; dam Experience dam OF
Espnosa, 223) by liaro d, il3, the sire of Maud
s., 2,Os /; second dam EngIcwo2d, sister. 10
Wcdgewood, @l9, by belmont. Esprto IS a
handsome brown stalliOn-nUw -four ycnr-
od--stauds l5.2 hands high, thoroughly quiet
and gentle. has the best Of dispositions ana
manners with plenty OF courage and tnto'lt-
gcncc He has never been trained for speed
but has the easy, irictCulcss "ait that marks
the speedy trutlcr ana has he gait and
stamina to stay the route. He viii make fast
one when trained \ glance at his breed az
viii show the blood Of champions He has
two crosses to Harold and one q Nooiiord
MambrinU thp same as AlN. 2.ci' and a
d0ublc cross Of the blood Of WoodhLc. His
sire, Krcmlin, 2.Oia, has twelve IN the list
from 2 l3r to 230, and his dam is the dam of
Eapiuosa, 223. Why shouldn't he have speed,
and heECt speed!
EspiritO will make the season of 1909 Mt my
farm, above Cherry Hill, ut Sl5 TO insure, $40
the season; of which amount 81 TO oc paid
groom NJ timc of service. Balance due when
mare is known to be in fOal.
In service daily at farm from 10 a. NJ until
lap. NJ Come ana look at him and Judge for
| yourself.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-05-05
Baking
Powder
Economy

The manufacturers Of Royal
Baking Powder have always declined
to produce cheap baking powder
at the sacrifice Of quality.
The Royal is made from the
most highly refined and wholesome
ingredients, and is the embodiment
of all the excellence possible to be
attained in the highest class baking
powder.
Royal Baking Powder costs only
a fair price, and is cheaper at its
price than any similar article.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-05-05

Samples OF mixtures made in imitation Of bakn2
powders, but containing alum, are frequently dis
trbutcd from door 10 door, or given away in
grocery stores Such mixtures are dangerous
10 use in food and i'll many cities their. sale is
prohibited by law. Alum is a corrosive poison, and
all physicians condemn baking powders containing it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-05-05
Man Scnool Chiltren Are Stckly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Child
ron, ucsl by Mother Gray, nurse in Child
rem 9 Home New York. Break up Colds in q
hours, euro Feyerishness, Headache, Stom
ach Trouble, Tccthing Disorders, and De
stroy Worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sample
mailed FREE. Address, Allen S. Oimsted, lie
Roy n. Y.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-05-05

The time for planting your garden is at
hand. Use Burpee's Seeds; they are the
best. j, FRANK FRAZER, Elkton.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-05-05

New The greatest assortment
and largest stock of fine
Alns Suits, ready, made Sack
co,Ir Suits we have ever shown.
SIP, SIS, SIS and $50 tor
Suits this season new patterns
in best grades OF Worsted,
Cheviots and Thibets; regular
tailoring styles, finest trimmings.
Best work, all at prices only made
possible because we bought tor
cash all of the lots from the makers
oiour best clothing. Young Mems
styles short cut Goats, high cut
single or double-breasted Vests.
All sizes regular and stouts, among
them about $50 pairs Of high grade
Trousers in the same lot. 81, IS
and So for goods that would cost Sc
per cent. more made to order.
Our full line of new Serges here.
$3.50 $40, $I2. 50 and SIS for full
Suits, blues and blacks
Gt,en Tuesday and Saturday
evenings.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12
SEVERE WIND STORMS.
Much Property Damaged-A Train
Wrecked-One Death.

Parsons, Kans., June IA severe
wind storm swept over this city doing
much damage to buildings, fences,
trees and growing crops. The clock
tower of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas station was damaged and the
elevator at st. Paul, Kans., twelve
miles north of here, vas destroyed.
At Emperor, Kans., the Crown
Point milling plant was badly dam
aged by wind and lightning. Many
elevators and smokestacks Of crushing
mills were blown down.
The storm also struck Miami, 1. T.,
wrecking a livery stable. Thomas
Skinner was blown against a tree and
killed.
The west bound ST. Louis and San
Francisco passenger train was wreck
ed this morning, two miles west of
Oswego by a wind storm. The entire
train was twisted loose from the en-
CINE n lifted from the track. Two
express cars full Of fruit were thrown
about twenty feet and dropped on one
side. Two tramps riding on the trucks
were injured. The Pullman chair
cars were thrown across the tracks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12
Cold Steel or Death.

There is but one chance to save
your life and that is through an opera
tion," was the awful prospect set be-
fore Mrs. 1. B. Hunt, of Lime Ridge,
Wis. by her doctor after vainly trying
to cure he. OF a frightful case of stom-
ach trouble and yellow jaundice. He
didn't count on the marvellous power of
Electric Bitters. 10 cure Stomach and
Liver troubles, but she heard of it.
took seven bottles, was wholly cured,
avoided surgeons knife, now weighs
more and feels better than ever. It's
positively guaranteed to cure Stomach,
Liver and Kidney troubles, and never
disappoints. Price soc at r. r. Bel
lamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12
MOBILIZATION DRILL
Held in Our Navy for the First Time
in Its History.

Philadelphia, June THE battle
ships Indiana and Massachusetts, sail
ed from the League Island navy yard
at $50 o'clock this evening for Hamp-
ton Roads, where they will join the
north Atlantic squadron under Ad-
miral Farquhar for a cruise and prac-
tice drill. In less than forty-eight
hours, under emergency orders, the
two war ships were made ready for
service. This is the first time in the
history of the American navy that the
mobilization drill a been attempted.
The complement Of the battleships'
crews. $50 men, was perfected today
with the arrival Of details of marines
and sailors from Washington, Brook
lyn and Boston.
After the mobilization is completed
the squadron, consisting of the New
York, Kearsarge, Indiana, Massachu-
sets and Texas will engage In squad
ron maneuvers n other exercises for
the next six weeks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12
STATE PRESS.

Hello. Are you paying for this read
ing, or are you sponging on your neigh
Dor and cheating the editor cut Of his
just dues?-Franklin Press.
Charlotte News: Hon. w. ID. Turneg.
democratic candidate for Lieutenant
governor, who has been detained at
home for nearly two weeks by business
engagements, left this evening for
Scotland county, TO resume campaign
work and begin a anvas of eastern
counties.
Salisbury Truth: James Harris. col
ored, was arrested Saturday night for
brutally assaulting his wife and moth
ler-in-law. He was tried and after pay
ing a fine returned 10 his home. Yes
lterday morning at 1 o'clock a negro
came up and reported hat Harris
mother-in-law was dead and that Har-
ris himself was dying.
As the head OF the educational inter-
ests OF the state, DR.. Venable has CONE
into a very responsible position and
the Observer hopes hat he Will prove
himself equal to all it's duties. He has
In his profession, n these. to begin
with, in his favor:-Charlotte
Observer.
Is the democratic party a benefit to
the country? Let the republican rule
OF '68-72 answer, Let fusion rule of
1876 reply . Contrast these with the
management of affairs by the demo-
Gratis from 1876 to 1884, 4, He. that
fights the organization. would restore
republican or fusion CONTROL to the de-
.struction Of the country:-Salisbury
Truth.
Bills have been printed at this office
this week announcing that Hon. Jas.
NJ. Moody will address the voters OF
Pennsylvania at the court house on
Saturday, June 9Th. in opposition to the
amendment and election law. All who
wish to learn what white men should
vote with the niggers will doubtless be
there in force:-Breva-d News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12
OIL L

Savannah, Ga, June THE refinery
and o house Of the Southern Cotton
lOil Company's refining plant at this
place was destroyed by fire this after
moon. The loss will be of
$50. 900; fully covered by Insurance. II
lis believed the fire originated from =
stroke of lightning on the roof. as Tho
blaze was discovered during a severe
thunder storm about 4 O'Clock u m
There were thousands OF gallons OF oil
in the refinery. but most of it was
pumped out and saved. This plant was
lone Of the largest in the country.
makes said. cooking, and other high
grades Of cotton oil.