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0T only does Immigration Into
the United States exceed that
into any other country In the
world, but it is of a character which
makes the subject one of the greatest
interest and well worth the study of
historian and political economist. In
undent times whole nations emigrated
and sought new homes, driven from
their former ones by oppression and
force, or lured from them by the at
tractions of more fertile fields andnore
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Kenlal climates of other regions. One
of the greatest of- these early migra
tions was the passage of 2,500,0(X) Is
raelites out of Egypt into Palestine.
But, as Is pointed out in the report of
the State Board of Labor Statistics,
"not since the confusion of tongues at
Babel, which led to the scattering of
the people 'abroad upon the face of the
arth,'' has tbVre been anything of such
a cosmoplitau nature 'as that which
forms the phenomenal immigration, to
the American States."
From the treaty of peace with Eng
land in 1783 to June 30, 1898. according
to a careful collation of the figures
of accepted authorities, there arrived
In the States 10,008,550 immigrants,
drawn from every nation under the
un. Statistics of immigration were
not kept until 1819, "but it is conceded
ly statistical experts that the number
of Immigrants arriving In the twenty
six years preceding was 250,000, exclu
sive of negroes." In the early periods
of immigration a whole year did not
bring to these shores as many Immi
grants as land now at the port of New
York In .a single week. "In 1718 the
lauding at Boston of five vessels, hav
ing on board 750 Irish Immigrants, and
EXAMINATION BEFORE
In 1729 the arrival at Philadelphia in
ine week of several small ships con
taining passengers from Ireland excit
ed much comment; while even toward
the close of that century the entry into
New York harbor in one day of two
vessels laden with Germans created a
sensation. During the era of Dutch
rule In New Netherlands a couple of
hips annually conveyed all the re-enforcements
to the colony, and In that
.whole time the Immigration consisted
of only a few thousand."
From the time when the tide of Immi
gration really began to set toward
these shores until now, New York has
been the great receiving and distribut
ing point for the seekers of new homes.
Of the entire number of immigrants
who arrived In the United States from
Oct 1, 1819, to June 30, 1898, nearly C9
per cent debarked at the port of New
York. This has had much te do with
keeping New York a cosmopolitan com
munity. Governor Roosevelt In writ
ing of New York In 1775, says: "New
.York's population was composed of
r various races, differing widely In blood,
religion and conditions of life. In fact,
this diversity hasahvavs been the
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20,000,000 Foreigners on
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dominant note of New York. No sooner
has one set of varying elements been
fused together than another stream has
been poured into the crucible."
A glance at the chart published here
with will show how Immigration ebbs
and flows from time to time. The Coui-missloner.-ln
his report, says: "The fig
ures in the table of annual arrivals in
dicate that Immigration, like ocean
tides, recedes for a while, then rises
again. Aside from the civil war period
OP IMMIGRATION.
and that part of the present decade
ending June 30, 1898. the incoming
wave of each decennial term rose high
er than the one Immediately preceding
it."
Germany has furnished the largest
number of Immigrants to the United
States. Next In order are Ireland,
England and Wales, Norway and Swe
den, British America, Italy Austrla-
THE HEALTH OFFICERS.
Hungary, Russia and Poland, France,
Scotland, China, Switzerland, Den
mark, the Netherlands, the West In
dies, Spain and Portugal, Belgium.
Asia, exclusive of China; islands of the
Atlantic, Mexico, Islands of the Pacific.
South America, Central America and
Africa.
In the first decade the arrivals from
Germany numbered only G.701. Subse
quently there was a rapid Increase from
that country, reaching a maximum
from 1851 to 1800. There was a decided
decrease In the two succeeding decades,
but between 1881 and 1890 the figures
rose to more than double the number
from any other country, and dropped
considerably In the present decade.
From 1820 to 1850, 57 per cent, of all
Immigration was from the United King
dom, and a large majority of the Immi
grants were Irish. Irish Immigration
increased rapidly until 1800, and then
decreased until 1870. Then for ten
years It slowly Increased agnln, and be
tween 18S1 and 1890 showed a marked
Increase. Since 1890 Irish Immigration
has decreased. The Immigration of
English and Welsh rose steadily until
1871, when for ten yeats tln was a
falling off. In the succeeding ten years,
however, English and Welsh Immi
grants increased rapidly, outnumbering
the Irish, and being second only to the
Germans. In ibe last seven years they
again have fallen below the Irish in
numbers. Italian immigration was
small up to 1S70, but since then It has
rapidly been increasing, and In the last
seven years nearly half a million Ital
ians have arrived here. Prior to 1871
Immigration from Russia and Poland
was small, but since then it has been
increasing fast, and since 1890 over
4i7,000 Immigrants from those coun
tries have arrived. The Immigrants ar
riving In the United States iu the four
years ending June 30, 1898, brought to
this country In cash the sum of $10,
437,429. ON HIS DIGNITY.
Mr. Williams Has Notice that He Ts Be
neath Editorial Notice.
Just after we went to press last week,
and while on our way to Abraham
White's grocery, we met Dan Williams,
who owns the livery stable on Violet
street. Mr. Williams did not return
our bow of recognition, but advancing
upon us In a threatening manner said:
"Mr. Col well, you owe me two dollars,
and you either hand It over or I will
take it out of your hide!"
"Mr. Williams," we kindly replied,
though much astonished at his abrupt
ness, "we know we owe you two dol
lars, but we cannot pay It at present.
As soon as the money comes In on sub-
OLllUVU jUU ClAltA. HUH' ,1.
This wns the best we could do, but
so far from letting the matter drop he
knocked our hat into the middle of the
street. Then he knocked us after the
hat. Then he kicked us and called us
names.
We did not fight back. Our editorial
dignity wns at stake, and we maintain
ed it. Even when Mr. Williams hit us
in the back with an old tin can we did
not turn to bandy words with him. We
think that an editor should maintain
his dignity at nil times and under all
circumstances, and our wife is highly
pleased at our conduct In the affair
mentioned.
NORWAY.
In One District Consumption Has In
creased Alarmingly.
In writing of the terrible scourge of
consumption In Norway, United States
Consul Victor E. Nelson, located at
Bergen, says: In November of Inst
year Dr. Claus Hansen, of Bergen, do-
THE TRANSPORTATION AGENT.
livered a lecture before the Storthing,
at Christiana, on the causes of tuber
culosis and the fight against It He
stated that during. the 30 years of his
own experience consumption had In
creased In the Bergen district 80 per
cent. In the year 189(1, 54.5 per cent,
of all deaths between 15 and 30 years
of age were caused by tuberculosis,
and statistics sTiowThat about 7,000 of
the Inhabitants of Norway die every
year of this disease. In England, ho
continued, they have succeeded during
the last 50 years In reducing one-half
the number of tuberculosus cases, and
physicians attribute this to the Increas
ing cleanliness In English home life
and the erection of consumptive hos
pitals. The foremost endeavors in
fighting tuberculosis should be to agi
tate for greater cleanliness In general;
particularly should Mfforts be directed
against the habit of expectorating.
Statistics of consumptive sanitariums
In Germany show that 00 -3 p(-r cent,
of the Inmates were able to work the
first year after the cure, m per cent,
after two years, 45 per cent, after three
and 35 per cent, after four years. On
an average. It Is estimated that 50 per
cent, of the patients in sanitariums
have their ability to work lengthened
by one year. The advantages of pub
lic sanitariums for consumptives are
so great that the German Invalid-Insurance
companies erect these Institutions
simply for reasons of economy.
Atlantic For.
The captain of an Atlantic liner, after
many calculations, has come to the con
clusion that the general size of a fog
in the Atlantic Is about thirty miles lu
diameter.
After a man once reaches the top ho
never talks about the surplus room up
there.
An old bachelor says that widows are
the only second-hand article that sell
at par,
FELL FROM A VESSEL.
4 THRILLING RESCUE
DEATH AT SEA.
FROM
Boatswain Who Wus Swept Overboard
Saved Without Lowering a Boat
Sailors with Buoys and Life-Lines
Snatch Hi in from the Water.
"Notwithstanding their hard lives and
their 'closeness,' the larger number of
tramp skippers treat their crews with
great humanity. They are generally
much affected by the loss of any of the
ship's company, and they have been
known to risk the ship herself to save
the lives of their shipmates. Perhaps
one of the most stupendous efforts at
life-saving ever reported at sea was
that performed by Captain William
Inuess of the freighter British Prince.
His boatswain, a hardy Swede named
Lastadlus, while getting a bucket of
fresh water for a timid cook, wns
picked up by a heavy sea and carried
overboard. As he swept along the star
board side of the ship Captain Inuess
saw him and shouted:
" 'Keep up a stout heart! We will
save you If we can.'
"It was getting very dark and the
boatswain wns three ship lengths
astern before anything could be done
aboard the vessel. He gave himself up
for lost, but kept on swimming. It was
Impossible to launch a boat, as the seas
were colossal. The captain had just
finished his supper when he saw the
boatswain swept astern. He ran to
ward the bridge, shouting as he did so
to the engineer:
" 'Stand by to stop those engines.'
"Then he 'flew to the bridge nnd laid
his right hand on the telegraph.
"'Stop ami reverse,' was flashed to
the engine room, nnd t'he captain's
voice rang out. 'All hnnds to starboard
with lines and buoys!'
"The captain told me about the event
thus: 'Our only hope In saving him lay
lrf picking bini up with the ship, for no
boat could live lu the sea that was run
ning. When I backed the ship down to
him I saw him struggling for his life.
He bad the buoy that the second officer
had thrown to him under his arms nnd
his body was well out of water. I de
termined to save him If he could hold
out and I could fetch him alongside.
We missed htm the first time, and he
was carried around the bow to the port
Bide. He kept shouting and we answer
ed back. Wewere going abend a bit
when he was whirled to starboard.
" 'As the night had well set In, we
soon lost him, but I turned on the
bridge and got the bearing of his voice
by a star. I kept that star In sight, and
put the helm hard starboard and bore
down In the direction of the star. We
had lost his voice altogether, but as we
steamed toward the star we heard It
faintly. We caught sight of him too
late to pick him up ns we steamed past,
bo we came up with the wind again,
with the bo's'n on our port hand. We
steamed slowly, so thnt the men ranged
along the port rail, each with a lifeline
r a buoy, nnd a chance nt him. I knew
by the cheer thnt went up thnt he was
saved. He had caught a line and was
hauled aboard. He clung to the rail so
tightly, not knowing that he was saved,
that the men had to pound his hands to
break his grip. " Alnslee's Magazine.
AMERICAN TEA AND CHOCOLATE
Englishman Says Neither of Them Is
Fit to Drink.
"It's odd, now, Isn't It, that one can"
get superbly good coffee In even the
cheap restaurants In America, and can't
get a"cup of decent tea In even the best
hotels?'! He was young and amiable
and good-fooking, and had dropped In
at 5 o'clock ostensibly for a cup of his
national beverage, so the woman to
whom he spoke simply smiled, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser. "Of
course, you won't agree with roe," he
eontlnued, good-humorcdly. "Ameri
cans never do agree with us, because
the Institutions we like they are tired
of, and the things they are proudest of
I'm afraid we don't appreciate. For
example, those buckwheat thanks, I
will take another, no cream, please.
But as I was Baying, the coffee Is so
good everywhere It almost makes one
feel one Is In Paris, and now, I come
to think of it the tea does, too. I sup
pose you've had nightmares after
drinking French tea? But one expects
nothing better In a'wine-drinklng coun
try like France. In America It's more
surprising. Why, In England, yon know,
we thlpk of America as a place where
drinks are Invented, Improved upon
and made with the same genius you put
Into your patent clothespins and talk
ing machines and song-and-dance com
edies. "Why, I remember when my Voters
were at school they met some Ameri
can girls who used to lament England's
lack of 'Ice cream soda.' Their relatives
In this country used to send them out
pounds of maple sugar such dark,
sticky Btuff! but the poor little beg
gars were very home-sick for their spe
cial tipple. When I came out here first
I was homesick, too when I tasted the
tea. You know, tea Is a panacea for
the Ills of the mind as well as for those
of the body and for the 'blue devils.'
There's nothing like a good cup of ten.
What's that? We're a sad nation? Oh,
come, now, we're a Jolly, health onei
And think how much sadder we mlghtf
be if we didn't drink tea. But what I
was going to say Is that there is oneJ
drink Americans don't make as well as
the French do, and that's chocolate. It's
as hard to get In New York as tea In
deed, harder, because there are a few
places where one can get tea properly
made, by supplying directions, one's
own teapot, and "stipulating that one b
served by the same waiter each time
one orders tea. I'm not so fond of
chocolate myself, but ' an American
woman I know who has the chocolate
habit of the Parlsleune has experiment
ed, and she assures me that there are
only two places lu New York where
good chocolate Is served one Is an
English bakery, presided over by
Frenchmen, the other Is a French con
fectioner's. Yes, I will take another
cup, please. My fifth? Oh, I assure,
you, It Isn't. You nre the exception that
proves the rule, you see."
HOTEL RATES FRIGHTENED HIM.
Mississippi Congressman Appalled at
the Prospect of I'aylnic $75 a Day.
Colonel Maun tells this story of Rep
resentative John Allen of Mississippi.
When Mr. Alien journeyed over to
Manhattan several weeks ago to en
Joy the dinner of the New York Bank
ers' Association he arrived Saturday
at noon and wns taken to the Waldorf
Astoria. There the clerk assigned him
to n room and, on going up, he found
that it wns a great suite of three rooms,
!infr!flortnt1if fiifntnlin o c-i rsP
gilt and dainty coloring, nnd with
bunches of Americnn beauty roses
standing around on costly tables.
"Mr. Allen began to grow fearsome,"
said Colonel Mann, "nnd saw visions of
large bills being presented when he
left for Washington. After taking an
other look at the princely surround
ings he concluded that they were too
expensive for him nnd rang for a bell
boy. When the boy arrived Mr. Allen
gave him a half dollar and quietly In
structed hi in to find out what the rates
for the suite for a day were. The boy
returned within a few minutes and
reported the price per diem as $75.
John Allen saw that he was living too
high aud after sending his grip down
strolled up to the telegraph office and
wrote himself n messitge from a dear
friend uptown, who Insisted that he
come up nnd stay with his boyhood
chum. He then adopted a long face
and, going to the hotel offlcehe ex
tended his hand to the clerk and ex
plained the situation.
" 'Very well. Congressman,' said the
clerk, 'but . I nm sorry you cannot re
main with us.'
" 'Oh, I would like to,' said Mr. Al
len, 'but I can't disappoint my old
friend. Well, good-by; and by the
way, what Is ray bill?'
"Here he pulled out his wallet.
" 'Oh, nothing at nil, Congressman,
said the clerk. 'You were to have been
the guest of the Bankers' Association
at the hotel and your suite has been
settled for.
"Well, John Allen went out a sadder
and a wiser man and hunted up a
cheaper hotel." St Louis Republic.
Waited Tor One Cent Change.
"I never felt so cheap In nil my life,"
said Short "us I did one day In a de
partment store. I bought, a book foi
99 cents and while I was waiting for
it a young woman, whose good opinion
I valued, came up and we began to
talk. The book was wrapped up and
handed to me by the girl at the coun
ter and after a short while the young
woman asked: j
"Are you wnltlng for your change?
"I "replied that I was, but, In fact, I
hadn't been thinking of It I wanted
to talk to her and made that an excuse
for staying. After the usual delay,
when It had passed entirely out of my
mind, the girl at the book counter
stepped up and said:
" 'Here's your change, sir.'
"And she held a bright new cent In
her open hand so that the other girl
saw It I felt a chill at once and Just
because. It appeared to the young wo
man that I had been waiting all that
time for a cent I got a reputation for
closeflstedness that is still sticking to
me." Pittsburg News.
Coxey Olves Food for Work.
Every man who applies at Corey's
quarry near Masslllon, Ohio, can get
work. All tramps have heard of Coxey
and It Is a favorite game of theirs to
apply to him for work on Saturday
afternoon. They are given good meals
and comfortable beds, not having to
work on Sunday. When Monday comes
they make their escape. Two men
tried this recently, but Jesse Coxey, a
son of the "general," brought the run
aways back at the point of a revolver
and made them work out the price of
the comforts they had received.
Russia's Four Largest Cities.
The population of the four greatest
cities of the Russian empire Is given as
follows In the figures of the recent cen
sus: St Petersburg, 1,132,077; Mos
cow, with Its two suburbs, 088,014;
Odessa, 405,041 (a great Increase since
1892), and Warsaw, 020.072. Contrary
to what Is observed almost universally
throughout Europe, the male Inhab
itants outnumber the female In the
three first named communities, while
In the last, Warsaw, the proportion of
women Is but slightly superior to that
of men.