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Embroidered letters.

These are practical for the busy
housekeeper, for they can be applied
in much less time. than It would take
to embrolder them on the cloth. They
come in two sizes suitable for table
cloths, napkins. towels, sheets and pill
low cases. The letter, which comes
on a small square of paper. is basted
on the right side Of the material. the
paper IS torn away, and then the in
bial is whipped on the material from
the wrong side. Unless closely ex-
amined the initials look as If they
were embroidered directly on the ar
tlcle. Both sizes are the same price
10 cents apiece and 81 a dozen.
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tip of his finger on the boys shoulder
and kept 1t there. | stopped him and
took the hand away, and he ran into
the railing. He was stone blind, al.
though his eyes didn't betray 1t.
"Fake Citizens"
Some years ago we used to have
great many cases of fake citizens.
We have no jurisdiction over @ United
States citizen, and we have to be very
careful how We treat them. 1t got to
be quite common therefore for immi-
grants already resident here to take
out citizen papers and ship them 70
friends at home for their use in pass
ing us. But when several cases had
been detected and the parties severe
ly prosecuted, the thing dropped off,
and we have less of it now.
Some of the immigrants, of course.
are hopelessly ignorant Many of them
have the handicap of fear and reti-
cence. They have been thoroughly
coached by letter by friends here, and
they will stick to the set of rules and
regulations prescribed, whether they
apply or not. You can never get them
TO admit anything, and oftentimes the
developments are high and ludicrous.
They will never tell you anything that
will help themselves and you. to
hasten the examination. With them,
there are only two classes Of disease,
those contracted on board ship and
those present since birth.
81 once was sure that | had a new
case of spinal disease, when / spotted
a little fellow who stood straight as
rule, and couldn't bend his back. But
on stripping him. / found he had the
barrel OF shotgun strapped to his
back to escape the customs as he
thought
Immigrants under IL years OF age
get special rates. 1t is quite common
to see ancient 11-year-olds, with fine
growths of whiskers, meandering
down the plank
I'VE spotted a man once on fake
citizenship papers by the aid of an
Englishman. The latter said: The
blowke says as e's been ere IL years
an e down't know wot a peanut is. IL
amt no Americanl' And he wasn't.
"We run into no end Of hard.luck
stories, and some cf them are really
very paths;ip. But we have TO do
our duty 10 it somes."
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with a stone hruisc on our memories.
Then we had Rufus Nelson, the
rarior prestidiLltator.
Rufus was % bad boy.
He cooked an uuelet in a silk bat
and when he gave the hat back to Ed.
Walker the poachcd cggs fen out and
cuddlod up Ia Eds hair
Rufus apologized and said he'd do
the trick over again If some one else
would lend him a hat, but there was
nothing doing.
When the contralto crawled under
the ropes and began to tell us that the
bells in the village rang ding ding
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Grouped around them are women
agents frcm the various charity or
ganizatiors, on the lookout for home.
less and unaccompGnicd girls vainly
expecting lovers who never come.
AT last the word Is given. The quar-.
termasters who have been holding the
immigrants back on the steamers
decks step aside, and with a rush and
great shouting the crowd begins to
pour into the narrow aisle. The Sicil.
ians are first. They press forward
hungrily, and the others fall back be.
hind them. Up the aisle they come.
Their luggage has been left piled and
checked on the decks, but almost
every man tenderly carries a Grated
can slung from his shoulder. It CON
tains homemade olive oil. the real
kind, and he hopes to have the deli.
cacy for a reminder of old days at
home when he settles in the new
country.
Task Not Always Pleasant.
II isn't a pleasant task the head
quartermaster has before him. Per.
chance he Is stout and purtly. He
then suffers some inconvenience, to
put it mildly, and his occasional re.
marks anent immigrants in general
and some in particular are not intend
ed always for gentle ears.
DIR. Sanford stands ready. pencil in
hand. Before him is a white enameled
stand with pitcher and basin OF medi-
Gated water. This. for the benefit of
those willy newcomers who attempt to
conceal natural defects or wounds be-
meath a generous portion of dirt
There is the noise of prodigious
scufling outside the door in the pas
sageway and the next moment around
the corner appears the broad buxom
form and smiling face Of a woman. 1t
Is evident that the men, eager as they
are, have bowed to courtesy. The wo.
man comes down the aisle slowly.
with a bewildered expression, until
DR.. Stafford admonishes her sharply I'm
her own dialect, and she steps toward
him. He stops her for moment.
turns her eyelids back and twists her
ear lhen ne turns her into the out
ward aisle leading to the main shed.
where she will await the examination
OF the immigration inspectors.
Dealing with the Throns.
The buXom woman is the harbinger
of the throng. Right at her heels ap-
pears an unbroken line, and soon they
are passing at the rate of is a minute.
Some are allowed to go without a
pause. Others are held for a moment
and then passed. Still others are held
up and passed over toDr Riemer for a
more minute examination. Notes of
this made. Some of the newcomers
are turned aside into the detention
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vited to listen to a soprano solo by
Miss lmogene Lukewarm.
Somebody went around and locked
the doors, SO l made up my mind to
die game.
A foolish friend once told Imogene
she could sing so she went out and
bought up bunch of tra-la-la's and
began to beat them around the parlor
When lmogene sings she makes
faces at herself.
II she needs a high note she goes
after it like she was calling the dach-
shund in to dinner.
lmogene sang "Sleep. Sweetly
Sleep and then kept us awake with
her voice.
After Imogene crept back to her
cave we had the first treat of the even
ing, and the shock wss so sudden IL
Jared us.
Uncle Mil came out and quivered
violin obigato entitled THE Lost
Sheep in the Mountain" and it was
all there is.
Uncle Mil was the only green spot
in the desert
When he gathered the gourd up un-
der his chin and allowed the bow to
tiptoe over the bridge you could hear
the nightingale calling to its mate.
wanted to get up petition asking
Uncle Mil to play all the evening and
make us all happy. but VIII Bruce
wouldn't let me.
VIII said he wasn't feeling very well
and he wanted to hear the rest of the
program and feel worse.
He got his wish.
The next thing we had was Sybil,
the Illuslonist.
Sybil did a lot of mouldy tricks with
cards and every few minutes she fell
down and sprained her sleight of
hand.
Sybil was polish for sure.
Then Swift McGee, the Boy Mono
loguist, flung himself in the breach
and told bunch of Blxbys
II was a cruel occasion.
Swift had an idea that when It came
to cracking merry boohoos he could
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room 20 await a special examination
after the whole list has passed.
The moment an immigrant appears
in the door, DR.. Saffords eyes size up
his whole appearance. Then, as he
approaches, the physician sweeps a
glance from feet to head, taking in,
with experienced rapidity, the whole
detail. He notes every characteristic.
If the slightest suspicion attaches to
any feature or movement he holds the
immigrant up. If his first suspicion
is confirmed, he turns him aside.
1t is evident from their manner that
many of the immigrants are alive to
the significance of the examination.
They have passed similar ordeals in
their native land and on shipboard.
Some of them open their eyes wide,
and glance straight at the doctor, evi-
IDENTIFY knowing that that will assist
him. Others are obviously nervous,
and they qulver in every joint as they
approach the tall figure at the apex
of the V.
Ex-soldlers Easily Told.
Once in a while an ex-soldier will
appear 1t is more than easy to spot
him. He swings around the door with
the precision of long practice, and
with chest extended and head thrown
back he marches toward the doctor as
he would toward an inspecting officer.
Invariably he is allowed to pass with
a smile of appreciation, and occasion
ally he brings his hand sharply to the
salute as he turns the corner.
1t is an interesting sight. Now
there comes a little, understood Gala
brian who looks as though he com,
bined the burden and woes of Atlas
and Job. The doctor is attracted to a
popularity in his color, He stops him
and DR.. Reimer takes his tempera-
ture. 1t is no less than 104.
Must have malaria" says the doc
tor, and the little fellow is turned
aside.
Continuously without pause, the
line passes. The group In the deten-
ton room swells. The unfortunates
sit with resigned faces and watch
their healthier fellows swarm toward
freedom.
The examination which, TO the lay
man. seems so cursory is, in reality,
wonderfully severe and searching. DR..
Stafford has had years of experience,
has passed tens of thousands of immi-
grants and knows their normal char
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-31
Ham croquettes.

One cup of good white sauce. sea
sonod with onion juice, one cup of soft
bread crumbs. one-half cup of deviled
ham, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt.
Mix, and when cold form into GRO
quettes. roll in bread crumbs. dip in
beaten egg and again roll in crumbs
and fry in hot, deep fat These may
De varied by using deylled turkey.
tongue and the like. Parsley and cell
cry tips are suitable garnishes.-Good
Housekeeping
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can never enter the country, some
who have made the long journey for
nothing, who must bid good-by to thei
luckier friends and return to the, per-
haps, lonely land from which they
started. 1t is for those the two physi.
clans are waiting.
AT seven o'clock everything is
ready. The gangplank, carefully roped
OF and guarded, stretches from the
deck to a door in the side of the shed.
This door admits to a narrow passage
which winds around mysterlously, and
suddenly swings into a wider space,
betweea iron railings forming an in
verted V At the apex stands DR.. STAT.
ford. with Dr. Riemer at his elbow.
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Of BN5ys.
dong I vas busy watching a goo-goo
bird.
Di: vor. ever spot one Of those
glance-Givers?
This chaps name was Llowellyn
Joyce, and he considered himself a
perfect hellyon.
lie thought all he had to do was to
roll his lamps at lassIe and she was
of .ho slate
Llewellyn loved TO sit around at the
musicale and burn the belle of tho
ball with his goo-goo eyes.
Llowellyn needed a swift slap
that's what he needed.
Next we had the Nonparlel quar-.
tette, and they were the boys that
could eat up the close harmony!
They sang Love. am Lonely"
from start to finish without stopping
10 call the waiter.
Then we had ClarIssa Coldslaw in
select recitations.
She was all the money.
Clarissa grabbed "Hamlet's Solllo.
guy between her pearly teeth and
shook II to death.
She got half-Nelson on Poe's
Raven and put it out of the bust.
ness.
Then she gave an imitation OF the
balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet
II Juliet talked like that dame did.
no wonder she took poison.
But when she let down her hair and
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Boston.-When Uncle Sam learns
that a fresh batch of would.be citizens
are headed for Boston from foreign
shores, he sends DR.. NJ. V. Stafford and
DR.. Hugo b. c. Reimer down to meet
them when they arrive
The two physicians are keen men
OF long experience. They can spot
disease symptoms at a glance. When
an army of immigrants march on the
United States through this port, they
weed them out with the most minute
care. In matters of means, ability to
be self-supporting and business inten-
tions, the immigrants must satisfy
other agents of Uncle Sam. But first
and foremost they must run the gaunt-
let of the keen, unprejudiced eyes Of
the two doctors
DIR. Stafford and his assistant DR..
Reimer, pass on every one of the
thousands of immigrants that enter
the port of Boston, They meet with
strange experiences, they are ever the
objects of cunning subterfuge and
piteous supplication, and they make
few errors.
Word comes to the immigration Off
GERS at Long wharf that a great ship
with hundreds of immigrants on board
is due at quarantine at such-and-such
time. The doctors know by the To-
cation Of the port of embarkation
about what class of immigrant they
will have to deal with, and they pre-
pare for him.
Boarded at Quarantine.
When the ship reaches quarantine,
the physicians are waiting to board
her. They begin at once with the sec
ond cabin passengers after looking
over" surrepttiously, the passengers
in the saloon. The second cabin pas
sengers are submitted to a rigid exam
ination, for long experience has
taught the medical authorities that a
greater proportion of detectives is to
be found in the second cabin than in
the steerage.
If the ship docks just before dusk
or very late in the afternoon, the ex-
animation Is likely to be deferred un-
I'll morning. In that event, there is
greater excitement on board than
ever. The immigrants, most of them
ignorant and illiterate, know only that
they have at last reached the prom
ised land toward which they have
been journeying for days; they feel
only that the time has come for them
to meet their friends, to look into the
new world.
The delay chafes them. They crowd
and crush about the decks, quarrel.
some and cantankerous. Few Of them
sleep. They wait, sullen and silent
through the long dark hours, their
eyes fastened on the roofs of the low
sheds and the shadowy outlines of the
tall buildings of the water front. They
chatter at times. Sometimes there is
a fight. There is crying of babies
Occasionally the sharp voice of a
guard rings out from above
Some Who May Not Land.
They look very eager and healthy
aud robust as they stand in the light
of early dawn on the steamer decks
But there are some IN that throng who
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-31
A Coed Wood Filler.

Soak newspapers in a paste of half
a pound Of -four, half a pound Of alum
and three quarts Of water. Mix to-
gether and boil. This mixture. which
should be as thick as putty, may be
forced into cracks, in floors, wains-
coting. etc, with a caseknife. II
hardens like papier mache, neatly and
permanently filling any cracks to
which It may be applied.
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pull Lew Dockstader on the horse and
leave him under the fence.
AS a monologuist Swift thought he
had George Fuller Golden half way
across the bay, and Fred Niblo was
screaming for help.
Swift often told himself that he
could give Marshall p. Wilder six
sure-fres and beat him down to the
wire.
Swift is one Of those L9w-foreheads
who write their own stuff and say
IL done IT,"
After Swift had talked the audience
into a chill. he pushad on and left US
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For a Second servInu.

For a second days serving cut the
meat remaining into small portions.
put into a deep baking dish. cover
with gravy, then make a baking pow
der crust without shortening. the
same as for dumplings, and cover the
dish. Steam about three-Quarters OF
an hour, then serve.
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started in to give us a mad scene
me to the sand dunes!
1t was a case of flee as a bird with
yours respectfully.
Those musicale things would be
aces II the music didn't set them back
Copyright. 1901. by c. w. Dillingham; Coz
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acterlstics as he knows their Ian
gu1ges.
What IN a Finn would not excite
the least suspicion on the part Of the
doctor would, If seen in an Italian,
cause him to make a careful eXamina-
ton. Types and natural Characters
tics mean much.
Many Tricks Played.
In the course OF his work DR. SAT-
ford runs into some strange charac.
ters. Immigrants will come jauntlly
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-31
UNCLE SANS KEEN
EYE ON FUTURE
CITIZENS
PHYSICIANS OF EXPERl-
ENCE MEET IMMIGRANTS
AT LANDING PORTS.
EXAMINATION IS SEVERE
LONG PRACTICE HAS ENABLED
DOCTORS TO NOTE DISEASE
SYMPTOMS AT A GLANCE.

Few "Undesirables" Gain Admission
to the Promised Land, Though
Attempts to Deceive the inspectors
Are Made-Routine at the Port Of
5oston-Dr. Stafford Tells Of All
Sorts Of Tricks Played-"Fake Cit.
liens" as General Thing Are Eas-
lily spotted-some Pathetic Stories
Told.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-05
HUGH MURPHY BUYS QUARRY
Gate City Contractor Secures big
stone Deposits Near Louis
VILE, Nebraska.


The old W. H. B. Stout stone quarry.
near Louisville, was sold Saturday by Par
msie Bros of Piattsmouth 70 Hugh Muir.
ply OF Omaha, who will at once begin
operations with a force 4 OF fi00 men. The
sale includes 100 acres OF ground and the
historic three-story stone building on the
high hill east of the town. which was
erected by W. H. B. Stout Ia the early
days OF Nebraska at cost OF $4,000
stripping TO cost $500 viii begin on the
quarries early in the spring.
This quarry furnished the stone for the
state capitol, the old postOfice at LINCOLN,
the penitentiaTy and a great many other
Nebraska buildings. In the hope Of Sc
curing convict labor In the quarries Stout
erected the large house on the hill. but the
bill introduced In the legislature was de-
feated by one vote. The house was after
wards turned into a boarding house for
workmen In the quarry, II Is built with
huge walls and every facility for the
proper surveillance OF convict labor The
plans Of the new owner for the extensive
operation Of his ouarries viii neeeszltate
the removal OF the structure. which has
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-05
THREE OF DEATHS UNNATURAL
-Four Funerals and but One of the
Dead Meets an Ordinary
Fate,

Funeral services over the body of Calvin
Hazard. who was drowned in Cut-Off lake
early Friday morning and whose body was
found beneath the ice near Swifts ice
house. were held Monday afternoon at 2
O'Clock from the residence of his father,
John X. Hazard, 1903 Ohio street Rev.
J. r. Smith, pastor of Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church, had charge of the serv-
ices and delivered an address at the resi-
dence, after which the body was taken to
Forest Lawn cemetery and laid at rest.
The pallbearers were selected from
among the relatives of Mr.. Hazard. Those
who acted in this capacity were two
brothers. three brothers-in-law and a
cousin, Arthur G. and Frederick H.
Hazard, Charles Gilligan, Samuel Gilligan,
Edwin Lewis and Albert O'Donnell.
The funeral of Mrs. Ella Webb, aged 40,
who died suddenly last Saturday morning
at her home, 7OS South Sixteenth street,
! from an attack of apoplexy of the heart,
was held Monday at D. m. at the under
taking parlors of Harry B, Davis. The
body was buried at Laurel Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Webb is survived by a husband and
one son.
Funeral services over the body of William
Reese, who died Saturday afternoon at
Clarkson hospital after an extended sick
ness from hydgophobia, will be held Tues
! day at 2 D. m. from the undertaking par
! Tors Of Bradley & Dorrance, Twentieth and
Cunning streets Mr.. Reese was a member
Of Alpha camp of the Woodmen of the
World and the funeral ceremonies will be
under the auspices of that organization.
Rev Walter II. Reynolds. pastor of the
CASTELAR, Street Presbyterian church, will
offlciate at the services. The body will be
taken to Forest Lawn cemetery Tor inter-
ment.
Coroner Bradley held an inquest Mon
day over the body of Thomas Bowes
| aged II, who was thrown from tn
! seat OF his wagon at Twenty eighth and
Farnam streets early Saturday evening
while driving hurriedly homeward to go tC
a dance and had HIS skull fractured and
HIS neck broken.
The funeral will be held at a. m. Tues
/ day from the residence of his widowed
mother at Benson. when the body will b,
taken to st. Demands Catholic church a
Benson, where high requiem mass will b,
celebrated by Rev. d. w. Moriarty. recto
| Of the church. Interment will be at thu
Holy Sepulcher cemetery.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-05
SMART SOCIETY WEDDING
MIR. Lutte RotteRburg BOlOuenR-wien-
erwuFts And Miss FIorabelia
Katrina Arabesaue Married.

The marriage Of Miss Florabella Katrina
Arabesoue to Mr.. Luto Rottenburg Bo-
lougna- Wicnerwurtz was solemnized Satur-
day evening at the home Of the brides
parents on North Twenty-second street To
those who are acquainted with the princi-
pals II is needless to say that the AFFAIR
was one of the SWEETEST of the season.
The bride wore white muslin and
bridal veil. in the making of which one
entire lace curtain was consumed. She car
ried a handsome bunch of lettuce. The
groom, who is one OF the most popular
young women of the north side, wore the
conventional black.
The parlors of the brides home were
decorated in yellow and the ceremony took
place under bella COW bell-lhung in one
corner OF the room. The bridal party en-
tered to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding
march, the minister coming first, followed
by the ring bearer. little Gretchen Wiener
wurtz, carrying the ring on a carrot. The
groom was accompanied by his best man,
Obediah. The bridesmaid. Miss Felicia
Table d'hote sauerkratz, followed. and the
bride came last, unaccompanied. II Is
needless to inform the reader that the cere-
mony was impressive. After referring to
certain Rooseveltian doctrines the vener-
able minister proceeded and asked of the
groom among other things:
will you clothe your wife as she de-
mands to be clothed. even though called
upon to mortgage your home, feed her as
she wishes to be fed. chop her wood,
scrub her porches. and, in fact, do every
thing that an Industrious man like yourself
should DOR
| OF the bride the minister asked:
viii you OBEY him under all circum-
| stances and conditions whatsoever, darn his
J socks, fry his wieners, grind his sausage,
| make his bed. warm his slippers when he
comes home at night or, in the wee small
hours of the morning7 And IL he should,
perchance. see At to SOW the balance of his
wild oats after the honeymoon, remember
II is the mans prerogative."
| These questions being properly answered
the assembled company sang What Shall
the Harvest Be" and then congratulations
were In order.
I The gifts were remarkable for their use
fulness. wash board was one of the
much admired gifts to the bride. The
brides gift to the groom was handsome
pin, upon which was engraved the brides
age, g. and the mystic word "sliddoo'
The groom presented the bride with a
handsome brooch, which, he explained, he
had secured at bargain, as It was
slightly damaged bunch OF kindlinG
wood, tied with a pretty blue ribbon, was
one of the admired gifts.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-05
Mangum & Co., LETTER SPECIALISTS
oMAHANS TO STORM LINCOLN
Between One and Two Hundred Busi-
ness Men VIII Go on LeEia-
Iative Mission.

Between 100 and 200 business men of
Omaha will go to Lincoln Tuesday TO do
some work on legislative matters. They
will leave at 8 O'Clock on a Burlington spe-
cial. which has.been engaged by the Omaha
Commercial club. They will oppose the
double shift bill and all OF the pending pure
food measures except the Wilson bill 1t is
understood that the legislative committee
OF the club has something up its sleeve on
the question OF terminal taxation and an
nexation Of South Omaha, but the meet
ings OF this committee have been kept Sc
cret from the general public and the re-
suit OF its deliberations is not generally
known.