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Barbour County index., 1906-11-07

for the benefit Of friends and relatives
here. The merchant win practically
close out his business, leaving, how
ever, few outstanding accounts.
Sometimes, II his customers are good
pay, two or three obliging friends may
consent to be debtors. The merchant,
after comfortably establishing himself
in China, sends his friend or kinsman
over to the United States to close
out his business, looking after his bad
debts and generally adjusting things.
duly certified accounts are. shown to
the inspectors to demonstrate the me-
cessity for admitting the merchant"
without delay. frequently such a one
is found ironing shirts in a laundry,
but his legal status is that of dealer.
Aside from the Chinese who gain
admittance through the gates Of the
country by means of keys to which
they have no legal right, there is a
vast majority who as merchants, stu
dents, travellers or actors are entitled
to all the privileges guaranteed them
under the staute. The classes with
money do not have to fear being SUBJ
mitted to inconvenience AS far as the
Celestials are concerned who get in
without complying with the law the
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Boston.-It is the lure of wages so
high that five years savings make a
fortune that is drawing venturesome
Chinese these days into the country
by novel shifts and in strange dis
guises.
Officially the smuggling of Celestials
across the borders is dead. Experts
In immigration and some inspectors
will say when questioned that there
Is no such thing. AS matter of fact,
however, although the Chinese popu-
lation of the United States is not in
creasing, and timidity and the severity
OF the enforcement of the exclusion
act deter many who might otherwise
attempt to gain this promised land
plans for getting the contraband race
into the United States are bolder and
more skilfully concocted than ever.
Messages sent along the New Eng
land coast a few days ago to intercept
the Frolic, schooner yacht, with her
consignment of 35 coolies, called pub
lie attention to the fact that the Chi
nese are still mindful of the oppor-
tunities offered in this country Tao
tics similar to those attributed to the
vessels charters are used by shrewd
spectators, many of whom are Amer
leans. Chinese who have persistence
and courage are able to make their
way here in spite Of the utmost vigi-
lance of the authorities.
From sentimental point of view
1t would appear that Chinese would
not care to come here for fear they
would be subjected to indignities by
the inspectors who are stationed at
ports of entry and in the principal
cities and towns on both the northern
and southern borders. This does not
apply to the more conservative of the
race, but there are hundreds of
shrewder and bolder spirits who see a
chance to gain wealth and they miss
Barbour County index., 1906-11-07
Rough Weather Ends
Trip of "Slave Ship"

In this connection a real life story
of the sea, of smuggling and adven-
ture, thrilling pursuits and hair.
breadth escapes, and the perilous voy.
age of little schooner, under whose
battered down matches was cargo
such as the slavers of the story books
carried, ended when the Frolic of Bos-
ton was discovered by chance in the
harbor of Providence, r. I.
1t was the sea that had been it's
refuge that finally wrought the un.
doing of the Frolic and foiled it's ad-
venture after it had played tag with
revenue cutters and customs officers
for weeks along the coast The Frolic
was battered and crippled ghost Of
a boat when it crept into port with AZ
woebegone and starving Cinnamon in
it's hold. In the night, while it was
believed the crew of storm beaten
fishing boat was repairing damage,
dories went to and from the shore
and the Frolic and 27 Cinnamon were
landed
The Cinnamon were still being
taken ashore and hidden in coal
heaps, when a man employed on one
of the pockets on a dock stumbled
across shivering group of Cinnamon
and gave the alarm A little later
customs and immigration officers
swooped down on the Frolic and cap
tured Is Cinnamon and two of the
crew. Skipper H. K. Colby, of Bos
ton, who led the adventure, and his
mate, "Al" Adams, slipped aw..T in
a dory and escaped. On shore Off.
GERS captured John C. LehnemanI, Of
Boston, whose part in the adventure
was conveying and smuggling China
men to the refuge of the Chinese
quarter in Providence.
In his cell Lehnemann said the
smuggling Of Chinese into New Eng.
land states has been carried ~on for
years with great profit He stated
that expedition like that of the Frolic
netted about $4,000 clear of all ex.
penses. Asked how the smugglers
were able to evade the officials, he
answered.: That's easy. Most places
in New England are fixed and we
don't have any trouble" Lehnemann
explained that the Chinese were
groups to Newfoundland, where they
Canada and from there in small
grounds to Newfoundland, where they
were held to await vessel from the
United States
The two members of the crew of the
Barbour County index., 1906-11-07

The salad may be any kind chosen
for the following page:
CHOPPED TO BITS!
The dessert may be brick ice cream
and cakes. and the page viii bear this
description:
FROZEN
into bricks AND
BAKED
in an oven.
Coffee and nuts will come next with
the description:
THE END is NEAR!!
And when the cigars come on:
GOES UP IN SMOKE!
In the cake, which the host should
cut, and which should be borne to tha
table on bed Of flowers used in the
decoration or on wooden base surl
rounded by lighted yeaow candles.l
should be baked gold ring set with
topaz, and stick pin to correspond.
The ring may be baked in one side Of
the cake and the pin in the other.
The man who draws the piece OF
cake bearing the pin is the lucky one!
OF the evening of the men, and the,
woman who wins the piece bearing the,
ring is the fortunate of the women.
Later If it is desired, the guests may.
issue yellow paper of their own
the items to be confined to news OF
those present at the dinner.
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles)
Barbour County index., 1906-11-07

no means Of gaining admittance to
this country. They are eager to take
the places of the thousands who are
now leaving the United States for
good with fortunes and completeness.
Thrifty cIestials
Send Money "Home."
Express companies which have
branches in Chinatown in the larger
cities are busy transferring accounts
of thrifty Celestials to Peking, Hong
Kong and Canton. Hundreds of the
returning Cinnamon are buying large
establishments in the trade centers
of their native country, while others
are investing in farms and planta-
tions. They return with stories of how
they are often i'll treated in the Unit
ed States, but they also clink the
american gold which they have gar
nered. The depletion OF the Chinese
population is, as Investigations made
, In the principal colonies in the Unit
ed States show, hardly met by the
birth rate or by the influx of the ori-
entails across the borders. The result
~ oAA SAAAo Aoo OC~n W 1uCT6dS6 the
wages OF Chinese werkmen In Amer
Tea to exorbitaLt figures.
Chinese are in demand not only for
work as laundrymen, but as highly
paid servants. The prevailing rate
for laundrymen is from SIS to $40 or
more a week, with board. Once a
Chinese has learned the uses of irons
and starch his services are in demand
at the highest figures. To keep up
with their work some of the larger
Chinese launuries have been Obliged
to hire whitc help. Others whose
proprietors cannot get along under
such an arrangement are selling their
establishments. Chinese laundries are
at present for sale by the score be-
cause Of the scarcity in the labor
market
Chinese laundrymen who save $50
month out Of their wages are COM
mon. 1t costs only four dollars a
month to maintain one person In
China 4 laundryman In this city.
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and In many cases it is possible for
the coolies to gain their destination.
Once within the borders of this coun-
try they usually prowl 40 or so miles
farther before they think it safe to
board a train and proceed in a more
conventional manner.
Chinese have been intercepted in
the state of Washington making their
way on boats in the rivers, ostensibly
bound to work as laborers on some of
the large farms. They are disguised
as immigrants Of other nationalities.
Many of them have essayed the roles
OF Italians, after incasing themselves
IN corduroy buckets and trousers and
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for instance, may send money home
to maintain wife and children, also
his parents and the parents of. his
wife, if need be, to say nothing of
contributing to the support of needy
member of the clan, and yet be able
to have a substantial emergency fund.
Within a year or so an expert laun-
dryman may establish shop of his
own or found a little business in
oriental wares. If he does he may go
to China, visit as long as he wishes
and boldly pass through a port of
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Frolic who were captured said the
little vessel had beaten about the
coast from Eastport, Me-. to Cape
Hatteras for two weeks, lodging rev.
enue cutters and coast guards, and
buffeted by storms. They said the
Frolic's captain only took the des
perate chance of running into Provi
dence ~r-en the little vessel had been
so battered 1t could not stay at ses
any LONGER.
Barbour County index., 1906-11-07

the Canadian Pacific the Chinese
were rushed through the British terri
tory without having the advantage of
the 80 day clause. This arrangement,
however, did not hold with certain
smaller railroads which carried pas
sengers to Newfoundland The United
States Chinese inspectors have ne
gotiated an arrangement within the
last few weeks under which Chinese
supposed to be on their way to the
United States must be bonded.
There are now said to be hundreds
of Chinese in Newfoundland who have
for months been waiting their chance
to attain their ultimate goal, the
United States
Barbour County index., 1906-11-07
STATES NEGLECTED OF POE
Plenty of Them in the Country
'Worth a Wooze" Have Been
Overlooked.

"Hey, has ii aver sunk into you,"
inquired the grSs voiced man in the
aisle seat of the vaudeville theater
where smoking Vis allowed, that
there's whole lot of geographical dis
elimination in these illustrated songs
that have been heaved at us during
the last few years from the main decks,
of vaudeville theaters by the rumblers
with the spitlocks, the phony gig
lamps and the SIG dress suits?
Whats the reason that Virginia,
Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana and one
or two others are the only states that
appear to be able to butt into these
mother-and-sister and home-and-fre-
side dirges? Some fellow did uncoil a
novelty by smoking pill and whit,
Ting off a chant about the chalk
ranges, or something like that, of New
Hampshire.
We'll, any smoker who could dig
up anything poetic in New Hampshire,
that he could build a song around
ought to be able to sling us one. say.
about the sage brush of Idaho.
why couldn't they fashion one
about the grasshoppers of Kansas or
the bullhead catfish of Missouri?
How I love to gulp the alkali Of
Texas would go all right in an illus
trated song, wouldn't it?
How yearn to romp on the mos
quito grass of old New Mex-ico!' ought,
to be a fetching line to ram into one
of them, too.
"Or, Many years have passed since
I've broken my old last on the tooth
some Gila snakes of Arizona Why
couldn't some duck give the southwest
a look-in by writing one something
after that order?
'The west in general gets 1t in the
neck at the hands of these illustrated
song spielers, anyway. What's the
matter with "A BATH I'd like to take,
in the mighty saline lake, that lies
within the borders of old Utah.
There are lot of near lying states,
too, that haven't been so much as
scratched by the illustrated song
writer's. If I only had a pick, I'd like
to take lick, at the anthracite depos-,
it's of Penn-syl-van-ia'-wo it be-
the proper kink to give the Keystone
state butt-in something after that
fashion?
"Other rattling good states, too, hava
been overlooked. I've wandered far
and near. But I've never got the beer,
That used to lap up in OIL. ', N,is-con-
SIM don't see anything the matter
with that by way of recognizing the
great northwest. Or, It's many bluffs,
so bald, AS those that line the streams
OF far Mon-tan-a'-there's one that 'ud
tickle the Mary McLaneites.
isn't the middle west good enough
to work up wooze? I haven't since
I've been born, Seen such gorgeous,
tasselled corn, AS that which grows
way out in I-o-way-there's one that
carries the general idea of recognizing
that section.
There shouldn't be any discrimina-
ton in these ballads, geographical or.
otherwise. The illustrated song sing
sters ought to have 'em on their
strings for each state and territory in
the Union, and squirt 'em out as thew
follow the circuit. There's a-plenty of
poetry all over this country, outside of
the few states that have been stuffed
into songs by the balladists, and it's
raw material that ought to be used mn.
what?"
Barbour County index., 1906-11-07

entry as merchant, for he is entitled
to that privilege under the law. The
ironing board, at the present, time,
however, is the best means by which
the average CEinaman may find life
smooth ard profitable.
To get a chance to avail himself of
present conditions in the labor mar
ket Chinese who have initiative or
are under the direction of some Amer
lean adventurer who is bold and re-
sourceful frequently make their way
here by methods underground and
over sea.
Barbour County index., 1906-11-07
tying gayly colored silken handker-
chiefs about their necks.

tying gayly colored silken handker-
chiefs about their necks.
It is along the Rio Grande border,
however. that the smuggling Of dis
guised Chinese is conducted with con-
summate finesse. The scheme in
use there, if followed by really cap
able Chinaman, are usually effective.
Hundreds of the more intelligent are
landed in Havana and at Mexican
ports, whence they can make their
way to this country.
Chinese immigration is welcomed in
Mexico. There is a tradition pre-
served in the old histories of the Ce-
lestial empire that centuries ago
trading junks from China landed on
the western coast of Mexico and
opened up commercial relations with
the subjects OF MonteZuma. The Chi
nese often have in mind this ancient
relation when they go to the country
over which rules President Diaz. The
Chiese learn Spanish, adopt the Mex
ican dress and manners, learn to wear
a sombrero with grace and often, af-
ter waiting for two years to perfect
themselves in being imitation Mexi-
cans, they bodily cross the southern
border and make their way to the
nearest Chinatown
Barbour County index., 1906-11-07
Officers Fooled by
Ingenious Makeup.

Although smuggling them across
the Canadian yoorder is now almost
stopped, some of the most ingenious
schemes are employed with success.
1t is apopular q fallacy that all Chinese
lCok alike and that no matter how
they are arrayed they will betray at
glance their oriental origin. There
are white men in Vancouver, B. c.,
who do not accept that theory, for
by shrewd manipulation they are able
to convert the most thoroughgoing
Chinese into an American or Canadian
farmer.
A coarse shirt, a pair of blue over
alls and a straw hat will work won
ders in the hands of an expert. Par
ties of Chinese going across the Do
minion in bond not infrequently leave
the trains 40 or so miles before reach
ing the boundaries of the United
States. Here they are taken in hand
by one who understands something of
theatrical makeup and converted into
tramps, farmers or whatever he thinks
would be best suited to their talents.
After that it is a walk to the border,
Barbour County index., 1906-11-07
Claim to American
Birth Is Common.

One of the problems which have
worried the. Chinese inspectors sta
toned at Malone, which is the point
in this state where many Chinese are
brought from Canada, is the nativity
clause. Scores of them present them
selves and submit to arrest, for thew
have about them as a usual thing
nothing which indicates any claims
which they may be inclined to make.
Hardly have they been taken into
custody, however. when relatives or
friends, accompanied. by a shrewd law
yer, go'to the rescue with birth GER
tificates and affidavits which show
that the persons detained were really
born in the United States and as such
are entitled to admission 1t is estf-
mated by a prominent inspector that
if all the claims to American birth
made by Chinese be true every Chi.
nese family in this country must have
Is children.
Chinese of intelligence who can
give any evidence that they are not
laborers, but actually merchants. are
able to get into the United States with
little trouble. One of the familiar
schemes-and 1t is one which is often
successful-is employed by merchants
Barbour County index., 1906-11-07

high wages and the industrial oppor-
tunitles here make the game for them
well worth the candle if they succeed
Barbour County index., 1906-11-07
Many Cross Border
Disguised as Nuns.

Some of the Chinese under the di-
rection of shrewd agents have even
passed over both the Canadian and
Rio Grande borders garbed as nuns.
Most of them are born imitators, and
once they have seen their instructor
in familiar poses they follow his di-
rections to the letter.
Little is heard these days of the
spectacular methods of running the
blockade. which were once employed
by eager Chinese and have dropped in
to disuse. Chinese no longer have
themselves packed up in boxes or
chests and sent by express; neither
do they go in vans, which are likely to
be suddenly tipped into rivers. There
are seldom wild chases across the
snow from Canada to the United
States, with accompaniments of bay
ing hounds and barking revolvers.
Such methods are irregular and unre-
liable and they have been supplanted
by those which are esteemed as more
businesslike.
Chinese are not welcomed in Can
ada any more than they are mere and
head tax of $500 each is placed up
on them. 1t is regarded as, in fact,
prohibitive. Until three months ago,
when law was passed assessing
them at $500 head, no such tax was
exacted in Newfoundland
Chinese could be carried in bond
from Vancouver without having to
pay the impost demanded of them in
the Dominion, and the result has been
that many of them availed themselves
of those conditions. 1t was until
quite recently the custom to permit
Chinese who were supposed to be on
their way to the United States with
proper credentials to remain in Cana
da for 80 days before they were noti-
fed to proceed with their journey: By
special arrangement, however, with
Barbour County index., 1906-11-07

no means Of gaining admittance to
this country. They are eager to take
the places of the thousands who are
now leaving the United States for
good with fortunes and completeness.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-27

Cannariaana.

This u not d joke. II Is brief dis.
sertation on astronomy. variable
star ia one whose brightness has been
observed to diminish or increase. The
best known variable Is in the constella-
ZION Perseus. II was called by the
Arabians Algoi, which means the de-
mon star. This shows that the Arab
ans knew a thing or two themselves.
Algol. which Is larger than our sun, Is
partially eciipsed every 2 days 20 hours
As minutes aud 55.4 seconds by an in
visible body about the size Of our sun.
In observing this phenomenon 1t Is nee
essary to have In mind the fraction VI
second: otherwise you will be liable TO
miss It. Algol Is so far away from the
earth that we do not hear the rush or
the wind as the two pOnderous bodies
rush around each other Compared with
the distance OF Algol. the diameter or
the earth's orbit. which Is about $780,
900 900 miles, shrinks into an Invisible
point. When one reflects upon the
yastness or such distances and the al
most unimsg inable activity displayed
when two such tremendous bodies re-
yolye around each other at prodi-
gious speed without 4 hitch or change
I'm the programme. the excitement
about the amount OF our gas bills
seems puny indeed. Portland Orego-
MAN,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-27
she Couldn't See the Barn.

An old lady in New Hampshire de-
cided to try matrimony for the second
thine In extreme old age. Her children
and grandchildren and grea t-grandchil-
dren expostulated with her, but she re-
mained firm and declared she was go
ing to marry the man, says the Boston
Herald.
why, you're too old" said they.
"You are losing your faculties. You
can't See II this man was on the other
side Of the street you couldn't tell him
from any one else"
The old lady said she was going to
marry him. Now, we'll put the man
on top of the barn, and you shall stand
In the kitchen door II you can see
him on the barn you shall marry him"
The prospective bridegroom sat on
the ridgepole OF the barn, the old lady
came to the door. looked, shaded her
eyes and looked again.
"Do you see him?" cried the family.
"Oh, yes" was the reply. Il can see
the man all right, but ! can't see the
barn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-27
Killed Negro Intruder.

While in the act of entering a bed
room where Mrs. Robert f. Morris and
her daughter, aged about Is yesrs, were
sleeping, an unidentified negro was shot
and instantly killed about midnight Mon
day night in Danville bv Morris, who is
a special policeman for the Southern Ex-
press Company. Morris was asleep in the
room directly above that OF the one Oc-
cupied by his wife aud daughter, when
he heard a noise. Looking out of his
window he saw man crawling in The
window on the first floor. Receiving no
reply to his question asking who the
man was, he fired once at him with
revolver, the ball striking the negro near
the center of his head and causing in
slant death. Another man was seen
fleeing from the yard. He was fred at
twice, but neither of these shots took
effect. 1t is supposed that the two ne
groes, who had been lettering about the
home of Mr.. Morris, were aware of the
fact that he is employed at night, and
thought that they we're taking advan-
tage of his supposed absence 10 assault
his wife and daughter. Morris, how
ever, was not feeling very we'll and did
not work Monday night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-27
Thaw Residence Robbed.

Following closely upon the sensation
al shooting of Stanford White by Harry
Thaw in New York, Monday night,
comes the disclosure of still another iD-
cident that brings the Pittsburg family
into public notice, and that was disclos'
ed last night while information wss be-
ing sought as to the presence of the vari-
GUS members of the Thaw family. A
100000 jewelry robbery from the ThaS
home on the BeechwOod boulevard, Que
of the most fashionable residence dis
tricts Of Pittsburg, and the story OF its
disclosures WAS made through "leak"
unconsciously dropped by one very close
to the family. The exact time OF the
robbery is not known, but it occurred
while the Thsw family was in the city,
aud, although the police aud detective
forces were Immediately notified, the
matter has been kept under cover until
the present time. The jewels are said
to be some gathered by Mrs. William
Thaw in her travels and include strings
of pearls, diamonds of rare value and
perfect color, and silver plate that was
convenient for the robbers to take away.
Heavy pieces of plate of cumbersOn bulk
we're left behind.