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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
Curious Entertainment.

Chilliwick, a little town on the Fraser river, holds the curious record of having performed play in which no fewer than 2.000 individuals took part. All the characters were red men,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
Railway Class colors.

On the state railways in Germany the colors of the carriages are the same as the tickets of their respective classes; thus. first-class carriages are yellow. second-class green and third class white.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
Washington Population.

A recent police census accredits Washington with population of S22,- 572. In 1900, when the last national census was taken, the population of the national capital was 27s.7ls and in 1909 the population was 23O,392.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
If the Truth Were Known.

Old Campaigner-One of the hardest things in making a speech is to say exactly what you mean.
 Older Campaigner-Yes. But now and then 1t is pretty hard to mean ex- actly what you say.-N. Y. Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
To Cultivate Friendship.

A friend is one whose acquaintance has been cultivated. To obtain the most perfect friendship. his faults should be plowed under and his feel tngs never harrowed.-Life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
The Kings Horses.

One of King Edwards rules is that when a horse has been in his service It shall not be sold The horses are kept until they no longer can be used and are then chloroformed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
Its Always Waiting.

"Pa. what's ready money?"
 ''The kind the man who offers son-e- thing for nothing generally takes away with him in barrels. ."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
Expensive Throw.

An English judge recently altered . sentence of IS months hard labor to five years penal seryitude because ths prisoner threw a bottle at him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
Nc CaEt-QSa

Upson-what do you do with your old clothes!
 Dovns-wear them.-Dctroit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
NeedIess to stats

King Alfonso says he will marry for love. but does not state whether for love of money or not-Chicaso Chroa- icie.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
HEARD IN PASSING

Graft is rampant in eveTythiugA Now the Chicago strike Is said to have started from business rivalry, and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
Willing worxo.

Ths man who tales aa intsrsst in his york is seldom rfthous e1Dseys (waat-The ComRoDw.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-05
DIRECTORY OF Reliable Specialists IN WATERBURY.

SKELETON TRUSsEs. ....- Roberts Truss, best in the market. Try
 It. w. B. Roberts, 148 So Main st. \
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21
HLZNGARLAN AND CON (

grants was unusually large, including
as it did no less than 1859 actors, 1926
engineers, 1419 musicians and 1888
teachers. There were 1872, ,191 skilled
la borers.
OF the remainder 432, 1872 were either
unsldlled or else knew none of the
standard trades. Such uncertain
trades as any of them did know COM
prised everything from artificial flower
making to umbrella mending, from
die cutting to scissors grinding. The
residue of 214,692 included all those of
no occupation and all children under
fourteen years of age.
More than three-fourths of all the
immigrants landing last year, 6O6,019,
did not through the customs district of
New York 55,940 came through Balu
more. 6O,27S through Boston, 19,467
through Philadelphia 9036 through San
Francisco and 81 1,756 through other and
less important ports, with S0,S74 who
came through Canadian customs dis
tricts.
Assorted according to the countries
whence it was drawn. the immigration
for the last two years present the
following;
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21
nations growth, as follows:
Some Past Conditions

With the opening Of the Civil war, in
1861, there was a perceptible falling off
of the immigration, which had been so
large in the years Immediately preced-
ing A country about to be plunged
into war is hardly alluring to peoples
that have for thousands of years been
cursed by militarism, so that in 1861
Uncle Sam received only S9,724 new citi-
zens from whose ranks he might re-
cruit possible soldiery. The next year
there were 517 less than the year pre-
ceding, but by the time that the war
had been in progress three years and
there were indications that hostilities
must end sooner or later, a reaction
set in and 1868 brought 174,524. which
included a large percentage of Ger
mans After that immigration began
to regain lost ground, with a steadily
increasing movement, as the following
0purae indipata,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21

only kings and mobiles were ever privi.
legged to more than smell-meat and
white bread, and soup and beans, and
potatoes and stewed fruit, and butter,
and coffee, or tea, or milk, as he
chooses. All these delectable luXu-
ries at one and the same sitting, and
all for the ridiculously low price of
fourteen cents.
If it be his misfortune to be obliged
to remain over night on the island, as
ten to one it will be, he sits down to
a supper hardly less surprising to his
unsophsticated notions Of what con-
stitutes LUXURIOUS living.
1t is in the immigrants dining rooms
of which there are four colossal ones
that one sees the alien as he really
is. Not accomplished in table man.
ners, those manners appear infinitely
worse in their up to date American
setting than any would in the pictur-
esqueness of the Old World novels
where they were produced. The sight
of white bread and meat, which have
been as rare as ambrosa and nectar
in their frugal living, is disconcerting
in the extreme. They forget all the
subserviency of manner which has
characterized them in their dealings
with the inspector and become intent
only upon eating their fill of the good
things spread before them. For the
especially it is a time of re-
joicing, and not infrequently for bit
ter quarrelling over the last slice of
white bread on the plate, before they
are made to understand that plenty
more is coming and that they can have
all they can possibly find room for.
Between meals, at regular intervals,
milk and crackers are distributed to
all the children. the latter feature be-
ing an innovation on the part of the
present commissary contractors
OF the more than eight hundred
thousand aliens who arrived last year
21O,426 were laborers. 104,937 were do
nestle servants. IS. $50 were farm la
borers and 2S.5S0 were tailors There
we're 19,S4S merchants and dealers, 1S,
i04 carpenters, 1O,567 shoemakers, TO-
40 clerks, 10. 1926 mariners and clio
The number of professional immi-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21
LAGXARs AND SEPN4N9
IN A. GROUR$~

bered no less than 1894. OF these 1860
were undesirable on account of their
condition of health, 479S were paupers
or likely to become public charges, 1851
were contract laborers thirty-three
were insane, sixteen idiots, thirty-five
convicts, nine disreputable women.
three persons attempting to bring dis
reputable women into the country and
thirty-eight assisted immigrants.
The present year, while it promises
to bring an unusually large number of
| all nationalities, bids fair to break all
records so far as Russian Hebrew i'm
migration is concerned. Based upon the
| figures of 1903 and 1904, at the same
ratio of increase as applied to other
nationalities, there will be more than
three hundred thousand Russians and
Poles for the year 1905, as against a
solitary Russian immigrant in 1851,
when the exodus from that country
may be said to have begun.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21

immigration of a single week reach
ing the estimated total of $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21
HARP QUEEN ONCE PLAYED
1t Was at One Time the Property OF
Marie Antoinette

The harp that once Queen Marie An
toinette played to admiring audiences
of courtiers and again to while away
the weary hours when she was a pris-
oner of state in Conciergie is in Brook
lyn. Miss Dagmar Langenberg. a
young Swedish woman, in this country
scarce a year, is it's owner.
There is no doubt as to the harp's
authenticity; it has descended to Miss
Langenberg through a long line of an
cestors. To those who might question
her, Miss Langenberg exhibits the GER
tificate which proves as far as any
document can prove that the harp was
La Belle Austrienne."
1t is a beautiful instrument, the nm
est work of that great maker of harps,
Henri Naderman of Vienna, who fash
ioned it in 1920. All but the sounding
board is of the finest mahogany. 1t
has never been polished as modern in
struments are-the friction of the hand
and little sandpaper were the only
tools used in those bygone days. Not
bit of varnish ever frightened it's
venerable surface.
When Marie Antoinette became the
bride of Louis XVI she took this beau
tiful harp from it's royal house of
Austria and brought it with her to
Paris.
The people of France rebelled against
hai, 10, ictn al hn
cause of their hatred of the beautiful
queen. The royal palace was sacked;
both the harps were taken with the
other priceless loot. King and queen
were flung into prison.
King Louis was guillotined on jan
uary 21, 1893, in the Place de la Rev.
olutlon. The Widow Capet." as af-
terward the mob called their former
queen. was kept alive a few months
longer She pined for the harp, COM
panion of her earlier and happier
days W. I she was girl princess in
Austria Some jailer, kinder hearted
than the rest, got 1t back for her.
On October 16, 1893, Marie Antoi-
nette followed her royal husband to
the guillotine. Then the harp disap-
peared and was so recorded in the
national archives. But G description
of it was kept which has since made
possible it's identification.
A family that lived in Asnieres.
near Paris, really secured the harp
and hid it in their garret for years.
They were the Elauzuets--loyalists
In 1904 a Swedish count, Ulrich Won
Cronstedt. discovered the harp lying
among the garret rubbish. Fifteen
years later, in 1919, he took il to
Sweden with him. From that day to
this there is no doubt that the harp
has been carefully preserved. 1t is
the same harp that Count Ulrich Sc
cured i'm Paris so many years ago.
Miss Langenberg brought the harp
to this country I'm the original oalxen
box in which 1t was found in France
and from there conveyed to Sweden
by Count Ulrich.
The certificate remains I'm Sweden,
the property of the Langenbergs, who
are descendants of the Cronstedt
family. But Miss Langenberg has an
English translation. duly certified by
a notary. which gives the history OF
the harp from the day of its manu-
facture until Il fell into her possess
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21
TWO
LITHUANIAN STSTERS,
ONE % WHOM ARRIVED
4 IEAR AGO.,


clown ever was outlandish. Invariably
he has a bundle and his wife has a
bundle-a bundle done up in anything
from the size of a pocket handkerchief
to large table cloth. If the bundle
a small one they carry it in the hand,
or slung across a stick over the shoul-
der; if it is a large bundle the woman
ties it across her back leaving her
hand free to balance perhaps, a small
paper trunk on her head with one hand,
and with the other to drag load of
precious and archaic pots and pans to
which she has clung like grim death
since the eventful day when she left
her hovel far behind. The children, or
such of them as are not babes at the
breast, follow in line each bearing his
own little memento of Old World
spoon.
They see nothing to be ashamed of
in all this-on the contrary they are in
ordinately proud of this public parade
of their worldly possessions, and it is
hard for them to understand the shame
and modification which their gauch-
erie causes their loving and eager
friends who come to welcome them.
If the Americanlzed friend is a woman,
especially if she be young woman,
one may depend upon it that her un-
sophisticated countrywOman has got
to be amazingly "prinked up before
they set off together, Not infrequently
LADY friend" gifted with forethought'
will have brought with her an entire
new wardrobe all a la mode for the
newcomer, and it is a common occur
renee to see one of these ambitious
kinswomen literally forcing her dazed
peasant friend to lay aside her pict-
uresque lSirtle and bodice, her gay head
dress, her long pendant earring-be-
loved treasures-and don in their
stead, in such privacy as can be Sc
cured in the doorways of the long exit
corridors, cheap and tawdry black
skirts and white shirt waist and a
picture hat laden with flowers and
feathers.
In a few months the peasant girl be-
comes habituated to wearing corsets
about her strong young waist, and she
bushes to think of the sight she must
have been when she landed, with a
bundle on her back. and when she in
turn goes to meet some one of her
friends it is difficult to realize how
radical has been the transformation.
Probably the most important func-
tion of all the routine through which |
the poor immigrant has to pass-the
most important, that is to him-is that
which has to do with his provender.
On shipboard he has invariably been
more or less "off his feed" owing TO
sickness, inferiority Of food or other
cause. When he steps on TO Ellis
Island joyous surprise is in store 'or
him, Lo and beholdI he sits him down
10 a feast such as he had imagined
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21
y NE million new American citizens
j this year, one million potential
fathers and mothers of possible

fathers and mothers of possible
presidents of these United States of
America in the years to come-such is
the. computation made by the immi-
grafton bureau at Ellis island.
That computation. which refers of
course to the fact of our increasing
citizenship rather than to any tradi-
tional hypothesis anent presidential
possibilities to be found therein, is
based upon a comparison of the pres
ent influx with that of last year and
all preceding years in the history of
the barge office. Last year there were
S12,S7O immigrants who passed in
spection in the various ports
of entry to the United States.
The year preceding there were
S57,046 accepted candidates for Ameri-
can citizenship. 1t was supposed, in
the face of these figures, that the high
water mark had been reached. Steam
ship companies were taxed to the utter
most TO accommodate the hordes of
peasants who poured into all the great
European ports scrambling for the
privilege of buying berths in the crowd
ed steerage quite as strenuousy as the
native born American woman is wont
to scramble at a Mondays bargain
counter. So great was the demand for
passage that the steamship companies
could afford to exercise the most arbi-
trary process of selection and rejection,
so that the fortunate ones were of an
exceptionally high average intelligence
and good health. So, too, was the barge
office taxed, Men and women worked
overtime Ellis island was filled to it's
utmost capacity, and even the optimis-
tic steamship companies believed that
the future could hold no greater for
tune in store than that which the
years of 1903 and 1904 had dispensed
so prodigally.
Judging, however, by the volume of
business in the last few weeks-in fact,
ever since the opening of the immigra-
tion season this year-the record of the
twa preceding years bids fair to be left
behind by more than 20000 in favor of
the present The high water mark of
each years immigration always occurs
in April, and the month just passed
has broken its own record. In one
single day of that month there walked
through the gate at Ellis island al
most twelve thousand people. To be
explicit, the precise number on that
day was 1885 and had the barge office
been able to accommodate all those
who sought admission that day these
figures would have been swelled to a
little more than thirteen thousand AS
it was, the overflow were obliged to
remain on board their ships until the
immigration commissioner and his
army of 450 assistants had disposed of
a sufficient number of the earlier ar
rivals to make room for those left on
shipboard.
The month Of April this year has been
no exception to the rule. On the last
week Of the month twenty-five steam
ships brought the largest number Of
immigrants, it is believed, ever to enter
during such period of time. From
Southern Europe at present comes the
great mass Of immigrants, the Italian
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21
TWO LITTLE INTERCEPTED
Lz7EzLZ4MZANS.
s...s.s:**.:s !. 49,.

Totals .......................... S57 Ol6 s12,S7O
Authentic immigration statistics for
this country do not begin until the
year 1920. Prior to that date we can
only make rough estimates, but accord
ing to such inadequate data and sta
tistics as we do possess the likelihood
is that from 1889 up to 1920 there was
an influx of 100000 to our shores. From
1920 up to the present time the figures
are absolutely correct. These figures,
with a totality of 22,571.732 aliens ad-
mitted, present an interesting commen-
tary upon a very important source of
the nations growth, as follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21
7EREE GENERATTON5 q ILALLANs,

'' 2sEsl ssEli
All Countries Represented

immigration of single week reach
ing the estimated total of $4,000.
All Countries Represented
Whatever may be his prejudices pro
or con regarding the wisdom of ad-
mitting these alien hordes, it is difficult
to imagine any American citizen worthy
the name who must not feel certain
compassion, and in that compassio a
strangely new thrill of patriotism, at
the spectacle which these picturesque
peoples present as they pass through
the various processes preliminary to
their admission to the country. Rus
slams, Hungarians, Firms, Lithuanians,
Greeks, Germans, Magyars, Italians,
Turks-they pass from the barges in
one long, continuous and altogether
splendid procession, which might we'll
be taken as a model by any sculptor
who wished to reproduce one of those
commemorative friezes with which the
ancient Greeks and Romans orna
mented the triumphal arches through
which their general passed coming
home from barbarian wars.
For they are barbarians most of them
Subtracting a certain small percentage
of fairly intelligent-a percentage
drawn for the most part from the
better class of Scandinavians, Scotch
and Germans-the great residuum are
to all appearances so densely ignorant
so utter alien to all our -preconceived
notions of what constitutes civilization
that it is only with great difficulty that
we force ourselves to remember that
most of them have been born and bred
in the very strongholds of Christendon.
And yet statistics show that they have
infinite possibilities, despite their appar-
ent barbarity, these picturesque people
who walk up the broad, flower bord-
cred walk into the great building.
Facts and figures prove that much of
the theoretical argument against immi-
grafton in unfounded If it is based upon
the plea of ignorance and propensity to
crime The percentage of immigran:
children who attend school between the
ages of five and fourteen years is
greater than is the case among Amer
lean born whites, and there is CORE
spondingly smaller percentage of illit- |
crates among those born in this country
of foreign parents than among thosa
born of native white parents.
Statistics also show that there Is no
foundation for foreign responsibility
for lawlessness, and that. rough and,
as frequently happens, dangerous an1
menacing as these ignorant aliens look,
the percentage of crime committed by
them is not nearly so great as is mag
ined.
Many Influences at Work
Every day of the week one may see
for himself the remarkable transform
ations which a short residence within
the purlieus of democratic civilization
is capable of performing upon these
people. When the immigrant lands at
Ellis Island and is shut off in the par
ticular 'pen" to which he is assigned
until such time as he shall be properly
passed through" to the relatives ~
friends who stand as his sponsors, he
is for the most part an outlandish look
ing object-outlandish as no stage
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21
figures indicate:

The Immigrant ships this Year have
thus far presented remarkab bly, clean
bills of health There have been few
deaths and few caseF of illness during
their voyages. Accordingly there are
being fewer reflections this year than
usual. Last year the reflections num-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-13
E. {. WOODCOCK'S NEW
YORK COTTON LETTER
Market Rallies. UnfavorabIe Reports on
The Texas Crop

New York, Sept. I3.-The rally
in the cotton market today extern
ded to about fifteen points over
last nights closing, bringing the
market about seventeen points
above yesterdays low level. 1t
was due principally to covering Of
shorts and little better support on
reports of more unfavorable condi-
tions in Texas and a somewhat
better spot demand.
The comparatively sold-out and
over-sold condition of the market.
helped the rally and il was pretty
we'll sustained because the leading
bear interests were more inclined
to allow it to run its course more
than resist the improvement, and
some of the local bulls were encour-
ageu 70 Ieiluef DetteT support from
their more unfavorable crop re-
ports and b@lisf in the ability in
the southern farmers and factors to
maintain prices for the actual stuff
in the South.
We are expecting the market to
maintain continued good undey-
tone, but see nothing better ahead
than comparatively narrow trad
ers market for market turns, pen
ding developments in the test of
strength and endurance between
the planter and the spinner.
L. A. McIntyre & Co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-13

Addresses were delivered by able
speakers. w. r.. Hewett, deputy
grand master Of the A. o. y. W.,
spoke for his order, making a
splendid address which was well
received. +. Hamilton, grand
high priest of Royal Arch Masons
of the two territories, spoke on
masonry, pointing out the contri-
button of the order to modern civ
ilizations. the debt of other orders
10 it, and the great work which IS
being done throughout the world /.
Mr.. Hamilton is never more at
home than when he. is talking on
masonry and he acquitted himself
with great credit on this occasion.
]. w. Friedlander spoke for the
w. o. W., and J. S. Tatman for
the M. W. A., and both made
creditable addresses.
The festivities were concluded
last night with grand ball and
the young folk danced until late
hour.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-13
ERECTION OF BRICK CHURCH

I have finished laying the stone
foundation, for the new brick
building for the church OF the Liv-
ing God to worship in and we will
begin to lay brick in few days,
will lay corner stone Sept. IS. l
have decided to and have given
ourselves IS month from July /,
1905 to complete the new brick
building in Chiskasha Many col
ored ann white friends have assis-
ed in donating so far and / trust
that others will do so. Yours for
the working of the building.
]. S. Christian, c. o.
Manager
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-13
TERMS OF DISTRICT COURT
FIXED by Order Issued bp Judge Town
send as Follows.

That there shall be three terms
Of court each year at the following
places in said Southern district
chickasha, Ryan, Purcell, Pauls
Valley and Ada, as provided by
law, the same beginning as follows:
Ada-First term, beginning DC
tober ?, 1905.
Ada-Second term, beginning
October 80, 1905
Purcell-First term, beginning
November I3, 1905.
Purcell-Second term, beginning
November 27, 1905.
Chickasha-First term, begin
ming December 4, 1905.
Chickasha-Second term, begin
ming December IS, 1905.
Ryan-First term, beginning
Janaruy 2, 1906.
Ryan-Second term, beginning
January IS 1856.
Pauls Valley-First term, begin
ming January 20, 1900.
Pauls Valley-Second term, beg
inning February Io, 1906.
Ada Third term, beginning
March 2, 1906
Purcell Third term, beginning
April 2, 1906.
Chickasha- Third term, begin
ming April 70, 1906.
Ryan-Third term. beginning
April 80, 1906.
Pauls Valley-Third term, beg
nning May 2I 1905.