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enough for the experienced eyes of the cap
tain to watch the struggle between a gall
liant sailor and a mailman. Eighteen min
utes later by the good ships chronometer,
the boat was drawn up to the vessels side.
and the surgeon labored over the uncon-
scious sailor. The waves had closed for
ever over the heartaches and disappoint-
ments of the deported immigrant. There
would be no morrow in Naples for him.
Sometimes the tragedy does not end on
shipboard. More often the curtain is rung
down amid the squalor of a coast city, but
there are cases where even this pitiful echo
reaches. the vessel on which the deported
one Travelled.
Some years ago a young italian woman
beautiful, straight 1.-THE and strong. landed
at Ellis Island and waited for the lover
who never came. The letter which arrived
In his stead was never shown to the Off
Gals, but the girl thrust it into the bosom
of her velvet gown with an expression that
made the Watchful attendant Shudder Then
she announced she must go back to Italy
NO, he would not come, and she had no
money. The representative of a charita bile
society heard of her case and offered to
secure her position In a flower factory. or.
II she preferred, at some other trade The
girl was adamant. 1t was Italy or nothing
and as her case came within the deporting
regulations, the steamship line was forced
to take her back.
The boat on which she had arrived car
ried her back, and the ships doctor be-
came greatly interested in her case She
represented to him magnificent study of
a woman scorned. She never spoke of her
family or of her future In Italy, and the
physician often thought of her in the next
few years; in fact, whenever a handsome
Italian woman boarded his boat. And at
last she came once more, a little older. a
little taller and straighter, but beautiful as
ever. She would not speak of her past sor
her future, merely assuring the ships Sur
geon that, having made enough money, she
was returning to America to stay Midway
on the voyage she fell Ill with pneumonia.
and when the physician saw that she could
not live, she read his decision in his face
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The Districts Big
Department Store

one Of the largest department stores in
Washington is conducted by the govern
mant of the District of Columbia; but
while this establishment handles almost
every useful article, from tack TO
large steam fire engine, ii is distinctly
unique and entirely different from the or
binary department store with which the
public is familiar. The Districts estab-
!ishment transacts more than million
dollars worth of business annually, but 1t
employs no statesmen or saleswomen; 1t
has no sleek polite floor walkers no pro.
crastluating cash boys, no remnant
counter and no bargain days. Nor does
il seek TO place its wares before the pub
lie through the medium of the newspapers,
for it has but one customer--the owner ana
proprietor-the District of Columbia itself
The Districts department store Is officially
known as the property clerks office, and
the manager of the big concern is Major
r. ID. Simms. who bears the official desig-
nation of property clerk
Through this big establishment more
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interfere. She was within her rights in re
naming.

interfere. She was within her rights in re-
naming.
From the time that she left the island
her husband never spoke a word. The pity
so plainly expressed on faces all about him
stung rather than soothed The steerage
steward on the returning boat was warned,
and he, in turn, ordered strict guard
placed over the man, but the sixth day out
the unhappy creature managed to slip a
bread knife into his pocket, and he was
found in the bath room with his throat cut
from to ear. The ships surgeon sewed
the cut and despite the rolling motion or
the boat succeeded in performing the diff
cut operation of tracheotomy. The man
glared and writhed when he recovered from
the anesthetic, but a close guard was placed
over him. Three days later woman peer
ed into the open doorway OF the tiny nos
pital. Whether she really looked like his
wife or whether the mere sight of MEM
Der of her sex caused a spas moi fury, the
fact remains that the patient reached for
his throat and before attendants could IN
terfere he tore open the wound and died
almost instantly.
The news of the tragedy somehow reach
ed the stokers' room, and that night life
less figure was cut down from dark cor
ner in the coal bunkers. Even the most
intelligent of seagoing men are supersu-
tious and the ships doctor began to trem-
BILE nor was his anxiety misplaced. Before
daybreak he was summoned to cabin de
luxe where wealthy woman, travelling In
charge of a nurse, had deliberately taken
an overdose of morphine
From that moment officers and crew re-
doubled their vigilance, the doctor slept
lightly and peace seemed to have settled on
the great ocean liner. The last night on
board was duly celebrated with the cap
tain's dinner, followed by dance on the
promenade deck. The second cabin pas
sengers crowded to the rail to watch the
CAV scene and on the deck below home
ward-bound Italians played their last games
of chance and sang merrlly. Tor on the
morrow the ship would drop anchor In the
Bay of Naples. Suddenly, above the blare
of trumpet and the crash of cymbals, the
laughter of young girls and the swish of
silken skirts, the first officer, watching the
dance caught far-off, thrilling cry, Man
overboard.' Over the railing deported
immigrant had leaped to death rather than
face the chill welcome which Naples held
for him on the morrow.
The laughter and the music died on the
promenade deck as the boat was stopped.
Men in light fannels and women In fluffy
frocks crowded to the side where the emer-
gency boat was being lowered. Far out on
the water buoy light burned just strongly
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than thirty main branches of the District
government are furnished with the sup
plies. stores and materials of almost every
conceivable kind and description which
are needed In the public service of a ci1y
of 100000 inhabitants. In addition to the
main business office of the property clerk,
which occupies about one-half the space
on the third floor of the District building,
a large stock room is maintained in which
are kept stationery supplies, glass, paints
and numerous other articles; and besides
this stock room, four large property
yards three of which cover more than four
acres each and the other less than two
acres, are maintained by the District. The
supplies used by the municipality are pur-
chased from about one hundred different
firms and manufacturers in various parts
of the United States, and the purchase OF
all articles and materials and their dis
tribution for the city's use Is done under
the immediate supervision of the head store
keeper, the property clerk.
The duties and responsibility devolving
upon the manager of the Districts big
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strung men threaten suicide and tear their
hair with their hands and the air with their
cries. but the man you want to watch is
the man who says 81, signor,' and then
looks at you with eyes that follow you clear
out of the room, and who sits in that one
sunken position until his day of deportation
arrives, noticing nothing, speaking to no.
body and eating next to nothing. He's the
man who goes on the boat but never gets
off-that is. unless the steerage stewards
and the ships doctor catch him in the act
and his life, for which they get no
thanks"
Last winter magnificent ship which
makes special Mediterranean trips carried
In it's steerage many hundred Italians who
were returning to Italy with the proceeds
of several years work in New York's sub
way. In their own land they would be con-
sidered rich men. They could loll at ease
in their native sunlight, which is the Ital
ian's idea of happiness and wealth. They
sang and made merry. They played their
games of chance and danced to the music
of the band which came TO them from the
promenade deck overhead; and the well-to-
do tourists, bound for the orient, crowded
forward to watch them.
But among the throng were two who did
not join in the games of chance, because
they had no centimes to stake; they neither
danced nor sang. because their voices were
thick with unshed tears; their heels
heavy as their hearts. The woman sat with
her face buried in her knees, her hair
streaming below her gay green and red
shawl. and the silent man sat beside her,
his arm circling her bent figure. Meal
time came, but the man seldom reused him
self to go into the kitchen and present his
ticket and his wife's. Why should they eat
and sustain a life that to them appeared
as useless? Occa sionally some good hearted
Countryman rallied them, or even took their
tickets and drew rations for them. The
steerage steward and helpers troubled
themselves not at all for the pair Why
should they, when tips were forthcom-
ing-not so much a centime? When 1t
rained the man and the woman looked up
stupidity at the gray skies and stumbled
down the steep cOmpaniOnway to their
hunks. When the skies cleared and they
heard the movement of feet on the deck
overhead they climbed back into the
light, still silent. still unseeing. At last the
woman was carried to the hospital, and the
husband fought the doctor and the officers,
not because he was separated from his wife,
not because he feared for her safety or her
treatment at the hands of the surgeon and
the stewardess, but because he knew that
in that hospital she would be fed and nursed
back to life. and he wanted her to die.
For they were deported immigrants!
Once they had been part Of another gay,
light-hearted throng on deck. Once they
had sung and made merry, as they thought
of their box and trunks down in the hold,
their little ALL intended for the home in
new and promising land. Once they had
even tipped the steward with q silver lire
Twenty cents and bade him a smiling
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ers' supplies, groceries, boots and shoes
drugs, glass, paints and oils, lumber, cast
ings, fuel, dry goods clothing, ice, cleo
trical supplies. harness, saddlery, forage
kindergarten supplies, eements. stone curb,
bricks paving blocks, sewer pipe, sand,
gravel etc, aggregating in the annual con-
tracts for supplies nearly 1920 items. In
addition, there are a great many articles
and supplies purchased under circular pro-
posals in open market, aggregating per-
haps as many as 2,0O0 different kinds, in
GLIDING vegetables, fruits, milk, provisions
BILE special articles and supplies which are
not included in the yearly supply con-
tracts.
The property clerk has charge of the
shipping of crushed stone from the Dis
tricts quarry at Dickerson, Md, regulating
such shipments to meet the requirements
of the various construction works in prog
ress. He has to attend to the placing and
unloading of cars on arrival here and to the
hauling of the material to localities where
required. He keeps all necessary accounts
ard records pertaining to the quarry, In
Guiding cost of quarrying, freight accounts
with the railroad, the contractor for haul
ing, etc.
The property clerk has charge Of the gen.
eral stock of tools, implements, etc., used
by the surface and sewer divisions in con-
struction and repair works. including, In all,
$40 different kinds Of articles aggregating
in value, approximately, $4,000. A reserve
supply Of tools and equipment is kept In
storage and issued by the property clerk for
use from time to time, as required by the de.
partments named. The District also oper-
ates a blacksmith shop In which are re-
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for removing ashes and refuse from the
District institutions amounts to about S14,-
600 in a year. The additional supplies pur-
chased which go toward making up the
special machinery, equipment apparatus
and miscellaneous supplies purchased on
competitive bids but not included in the an
nual supply contracts
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able them all to flee in turn from the half
starving existence which they led that he
might go That he has the dreaded tuber
culoss or perhaps only the red-rimmed
eyes to bar his entrance to the land of
their dreams is no excuse in their eyes He
has failed-failed them and himself There
fore let him beg of the rich Americans who
forbade him entrance to their land. And
he does. You will meet him at the church
doorway holding back the soiled quilt for
your entrance, and as you drop fiVe-cen-
time piece into his tattered hat you will
not dream that the dim eyes once shone
with a glad light this man looked at
Ellis Islands turreted roofs all ignorant of
the fate awaiting him he passed the in
spection officers. Or, If he is not fortunate
enough 10 acquire a stand at the church
he Will intercept your magnificent view
from Posilipo hill. and when, irritated be-
yond endurance by constant beggary, you
toss him small coin and bid him begone,
he will turn and curse you and your coun-
try in fluent English patois because in
his heart he hates the land from which he
was banished and all who hail from il.
If his nature is hardened by the expert
ence, the deported emigrant becomes a
dangerous factor in his own land. If he
broods he becomes menace to the safety
of passengers aboard ship on the return
voyage. The mental diary of an old ships
uOCiOI HOluS manly StcIttS VI lHc SletldSe,
tragedies of which the gay life in the first
class cabin catches reflection.
1t is still told aboard one huge ocean liner
how deported immigrant started an cpl
demic of suicide which struck terror to the
ships crew and which was hidden from her
passengers only through strict discipline
and the diplomacy peculiar to ships officers.
young man and his wife from southern
Italy had been landed at Ellis Island. They
had money enough to start on the new life,
but during the voyage the man developed a
disease which the immigration officials rec
ognized at first glance. He was ordered de-
ported by the same boat which he had
arrived For a time he and the woman sat
in silence, then an argument arose The
woman had elected to remain. The horror
of Italys poverty was stronger than her
wifely affection. She was strong and she
could find work Moreover, she had the
funds. In spite of the combined efforts OF
officials and priest who was called in to
mediate, the woman remained firm. She
divided the money with her husband, and
left him to two days more of confinement
on the island. The government could not
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EAI4 rejected.
- n Just two words stamped in
~ purple ink across a square piece
n of blue cardboard, but they rep
resent the final decision of the
immigrants last court of appeal!
The clerk at Ellis Island picks up the
card and studies IFS two faces, each divided
into checkerboard of printed questions
and written answers. These set forth in
terse fashion the fact that one Antonio Cis-
nero arrived from Naples. Italy, on the
steamship -- on February 10 The Ellis
Island physicians discovered that the man
suffered with a slight curvature of the
spine, which in time would prevent his la
boring and place him in the pauper class
He turned over to the detention de-
partment, and had a hearing three days
later February ~. Here he exercised his
right of appeal to the higher immigration
officials at Washington. where the decision
of the Ellis Island officials was sustained
The clerk runs his pencil down the list of
outgoing steamships until he finds one be-
longing to the same company which brought
Antonio Cisnero to America; then he fills
in the one remaining vacant space on the
square of cardboard. He hands the card
to his chief, the inspector In charge of de-
ported immigrants, who summons an as
sistant and remarks
Notify Antonio CiSnero that he VIII be
deported via the steamship -- on Satur-
day, March 4"
And so, on the very day when the chief
executive is inaugurated TO renew his gov
eminent over 5000, 900 free people, the lit
tie tragedy OF one Italian life enters UPON
its last sad act Antonio Cisnero, with
shoulders dropping, chin sunken in his
breast eyes hollow and deep circled, turns
his back upon the land that has refused
him entrance. and his face toward land
which holds for him no welcome.
NO doubt your work has its humorous
aspect to tighten the tragic side remarked
a caller to Inspector Mckee, head of the
deportiug bureau.
The official shook his head.
There is nothing humorous about a de-
ported immigrant" he replied. You can
work in this department until your hair Is
gray but you will never get over your
tion on one of those poor devils. 1t is like
closing the gates of Paradise on a man who
has climbed the ladder with bleeding feet
and hands. 1t is consigning him to a life
of poverty, the like of which America does
not know, cannot realize. You can't appre-
ciate this until you have been abroad and
studied the actual conditions of paupers in
Italy, in Russia in Finland. We, here on
the island, can read his horror and dread
of returning In his face, particularly In his
eyes but Ii is the steerage steward on the
returning boat or the ships doctor, who
has d broader comprehension of the deport-
ed immigrants tragic trip.
Scenes? Yes, have them sometimes.
Women go into Mysteries; emotional, highly
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II PPEAL rejected"
- n Just two words. stamped in
~ purple ink across square piece
u of blue cardboard but they rep
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The popular iGea that all snakes hiss
is Incorrect when anacondas are in
question, if we may believe a close OBJ
server of the serpent family. The sound
they make is more like growl than
a hiss and has been well described by
a traveller as ''low, roaring noise"
Their powers of deglutition are suf-
ficientIy wonderful to make eXaggera-
ton Unnecessary, credible witnesses
testifying to the fact that one has been
known to swallow horse, while bull
locks are not infrequently attacked also.
Few nonscientific readers, by the way,
are aware that not only do the jaw
hinges of the boa tribe become dislo-
Gated in the act of swallowing large
animal, subsequently resuming their
proper position by means of the elastic
connecting tendons, but that the skull
bones separate centrally, SO the whole
constitutes sort of quadrangular orr
lice with apparently indefinite powers
of expansion.
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ing. they found her Lady had her in
her care. holding her between her
great front feet and tanning her with
her ears. I've found my nursew cried
the mother.
So Lady was made to wear great
white apron and cap that wouldn't
stay on and carried that little tyrant
of a baby about on cushion. Her
legs ached and her back ached.
"Oh, N.Y." she sighed. why did
ever trade work? This baby nursing,
l guess, is not in my line. | can't sleep
at night because that wretched infant
cries. / can't rest by day because the
little tyrant wants to walk. | thought
the thing was easy. | believe 1t would
kill an. elephant in time"
One day, utterly discouraged, she
brought in the baby to his mother.
Take him. take him." she pleaded.
"and let me do general homework"
All of which shows that some things
that seem easy are not as easy as they
seem.-Detroit Journal.
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reconciliation That Failed.

James vi. of Scotland-afterwa
James l. of England-in 1887, being
much perturbed by the constant quar-
rels among his mobiles, determined to
end all disputes by Il summary process
Of reconcilia ton. Accordingly, having
assembled the mobiles on Sunday, May
IA. at Iolyrood, in the lodging of Sir
James Maitland of Thirlstane. he
drank to them and caused them all to
shake hands. On the following day,
AFTER banqueting them in Hofyrood, he
caused the earls of Angus, Montrose,
Mar and Glencairn, also the master Of
Glammis and many othars-all deadly
enemies to one another-to march hand
in hand two abreast from the abbey to
IIolyrood along the Canongate and
High street of Edinburgh to the town
cross, where the provost and babies
had table spread with wines and
sweetmeats. Here the company once
more drank to their eternal amity and
separated. But a few weeks later they
were lying in wait, as of old, to kill
one another.
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TRUE BLUE.

First Used as a Political Term by
scotch Presbyterians.
Blue is an emblem of fidelity, and in
Britain for several centuries it has
been so esteemed. Coventry was
formerly famous for a blue dye that
would neither change its color nor
wash out, and thence the epithets
Coventry blue and true blue"
were figuratively used to signify per-
sons who would not change their party
or principles on any consideration.
True blue" is said to have been
first used as a political term by the
Presbyterians of Scotland against the
Episcopalian church. Butler, in "Hudi.
bras" speaking of his hero, says:
For he was of that stubborn crew.
Hight Presbyterian true blue
Fox, we are told. wore in the house
Of commons blue frock coat, and the
expression "a true blue Wing" was in
common use in his time, though. as
one writer puts it. blue must not be
set down as emblematic of fidelity be-
cause this color was formerly adopted
by the Wings. "-London Telegraph.
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THE EARLIEST COMEDY.
1t Was Played at Athens by the
First Travelling Actors.

1t Was Played at Athens by the
First travelling Actors.
The first recorded comedy was play
ed at Athens, b. c. 57S, when Susarion
and Dolon, the earliest travelling &C.
tors, performed comedy of Susarion's
composition on movable stage mount
ed upon four wheels. The new form
of play was SO successful that the ac-
tors were rewarded by the grateful
populace with cask of wine and q
basket of figs.
Susarion belonged to Megaris. state
of ancient Greece, whose inhabitants
were celebrated for their coarse hui
NOR, and who, in their villages during
the evenings, were wont to hold what
they called a comus; really revel. in
which impromptu acting. coupled with
buffoonery, played considerable part.
From this word we have our comedy,
In England the old miracle plays de-
generated very early into what but
for their religious associations We're
mere farces. but the first purely Eng
fish comedy was one by Udall, an as
sistant master at Elton, and subse.
quently head master of Westminster
school. 1t was entitled Ralph Rois-
ter Doister" and seems to have been
performed in London about 1851, being
published in 1866. ten years after it's
authors death.
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Coined Names.

Carrasaljo, the name of a New Jer-
sey lake. has Spanish sound, but 1t
comes from combination Of the
names of the three daughters of the
man who named the lal1e-Carrie, Sal
lie and Josephine. Bucoda, Wash,
was named from three settlers -Buck-
ley. Coloton and Davis; Kenova,
w. Va, from Kentucky, Ohio ana yir-
ginia, near the intersection of which
the town is; Delmar, Del, from Dela-
ware and Maryland; Texarkana. Ark,
from Texas and Arkansas, and Cynthi
ana, county seat Of Harrison county.
Ky, is named for the two daughters.
Cynthia and Anna, of Colonel Harrl-
son, for whom the county was named.
Nebraska has a town called Ohiowa.
the derivation of which is easily seen.