BOB WHITE'S MESSAGE.
A ratidow wind, and a bar of tone
"O Bob White! O Bob Whiter
The mom has tangled the breezy call
la the floating fringe of her rapor-shnwl.
And taM1lltiK corn-tips wave It along
"O Bob White-Bob White!"
Blowing white clover Is In the sound
"O Bob White! O Bob White!"
Rnatch of wild locust In dim wood-way.
Hint of the earltent haying days
When honey-blobs grow ruddy and
round
"O Bob White-Bob White!"
Yellow .Tune apples are turning ripe
"O Bob White! O Bob White!"
There's n atlle half-lost in a rosc-vlne's
hold,
And a mos-Ilpped spring that Is deep and
cold.
You know It all when you hear the
. pipe
"O Bob White-Bob White!"
A minted refrain In the autumn chill
"O Bob White! O Bob White!"
But (Iron ins will lurk in the frosty fell.
And echoes ring like a silver bell.
When Winter tiptoes over the hill
"O Bob White Bob While!"
Youth's Companion.
a a
I TED'S R0SE. I
o a
a a
ooooooaooaooeeooaoooaooooa
BT wns Ted's birthday; he was
dressed lu his best for the after
noon's outing In the park, and be
was very particular not to soil his new
Mioes nt the crossing, so be kept a look
out for dry spots, until some one called
to him:
"Hello, Teddy!" said a friendly voice
from the florist's window. "You look
very flue this morning."
"It's my blrthdn-, and I'm seven
years old today," Ted answered
proudly.
"Well, well, you're quite a man, sure
enough!" Mr. Bnrke laughed. "Walt
a moment. Ted; I have Just the thing
you want." He came out presently
with three long-stemmed yellow tea
roses, their cups of gold fairly brim
ming with delicious fragrance.
"Been training them for this very oc
casion," he explained cheerily, "nnd
they opened Just In time. They'll keep
a long while If you're real careful."
Ted was Inordlnntely fond of flowers
yellow tea-roses by preference he
had them on birthdays, holidays, and as
often between limes as his uianimn
could nfford; but there bad been no
roses of late; thlnge bad gone woefully
wrong at the otiice, and Ted had to be
contented with looking nt the plnnts
In the florists' windows. He thanked
Mr. Burke, and walked away with the
roses held protectlugly out of range of
1iurrylug passers-by; nnd It was hard
to say which was the lovelier, the roses
or the cherub face above them.
The crowd blocked his progress at
the street corner, and while he wnlted
he beard a mau say, lu.a low, distinct
voice:
"Youder's that miser, Northcut, the
(poorest man In New York."
"And the most unhappy," said. his
companion.
Ted had the curiosity to run ahead
10 look at the most uuhnppy man in
iNew York. He was very tall and thin
sind sick-looking. Ted wondered how
jhe came to be so well dressed, for even
1o his unpractlced eye he presented n
good appearance. Somebody must have
given him his old clothes, of course,
just as papa always gave his clothes to
loor people. Ted watched him with
tiympathetlc Interest, nnd even follow
ed hi in to the door of a near-by restau
rant, where he took a seat at a side
Itnuie, nna xeu eouiu see his race very
plainly. Yes, he certainly did look very
unhappy, nnd no one seemed to care
About him lu the least; be would Just
Ilp In and give him a rose that would
please him.
Ted picked out the largest and hand
somest rose and carried It carefully up
It he fast-lilllug aisle between the tables
nnd laid It on the table before the poor
est, unhapplest mau In New York,
jstartcd, turned round, and eyed the
lllttle donor sharply..
"Hello, who nro you?" be asked very
brusquely.
"I'm Ted Wlnterburn," came the
surprised answer.
The old man's lips raojed and he
seemed about to ask another question.
He knew Ted's father very well In
leed; he had him lu a "corner," where
lio Intended to keep him till bis Inst
dollar was gone. The thought of that
triumph gave him a great deal of satis
faction when he remembered certain
ufiuns of the past In which- Winter
burn bad defeated his Interests.
"Hum!" he muttered. "Hoses in tnfd
wlntei! Such extravagance! He de
serves his bud luck. I don't think you'd
better give these away," he said aloud;
"tuey didn't belong to you."
" by, yes. they does!" Ted answer
ed ludignuutly. "Mr. Burke glved
them to me for my birthday."
"Oh, ho did? Well, that's different."
He took the long-stemmed rose In his
thin hand and sniffed at It gingerly.
"Much obliged, I'm sure," he said, on
secoud thought.
Ted looked over the meager fare
pityingly. If there was anything In
the world he disliked It was cambric
ten nnd dry toast, such as ho saw lying
n the poor man's plate. Ho could not
I. now that his friend's Jaded appetite
ionised to take anything but the mer
est necessities. He sipped the cambric
ten In silence until tho waiter brought
Ted a glass of milk on a silver salver.
"Talso It," said tho man authorita
tively, and Ted found that bo was
really very thirsty.
"Now," said the poor man, when Ted
put down tho empty glass, "I'd llko to
know why you gavo me that rose."
"Because I feel sorry for you," came
the slow and truthful answer.
"Sorry? And why?" he demanded.
"Because you'a the very poorest and
sorriest man In New York."
"The poorest man In New York!" ho
echoed, grimly. "Who told you that?"
"I dou't know his name. Twas a
mnn on the street, and he tolled an
other mnu that."
"Oh!" with a queer, mirthless smile.
"And you feel sorry for n poor, friend
less stranger?"
"Yes, I does," sW Ted, very gravely
and sweetly.
There was a little embarrassed pause,
during which the keen, hollow eyes
looked Into Tod's Kautlful face as
though searching for something, which
they must have found presently, for
the dark, o'd face relaxed luto a smile.
which utterly contradicted the
cruel lines about the thin lips.
"I thank you very much for the rose.
my little friend." he said, "but most of
nil for the sweet thought that prompt
ed your kindness. It's many a kug
day since I've bad such a precious
gift," he added, with a queer break In
his voice.
He took from his pocket a memoran
dum and scribbled a few words across
the face of a printed note.
"Ask your father to read that to you ,
as soon as you go home." he said.
"Don't lose It; It's your birthday pres
ent from the poorest man In New
York."
It was lunch time when Ted reached
home. Papa snt at the table stirring
his tea absently and looking over a long
row of figures In the Intest paper.
"Gerry, do try to eat something."
said mamma, anxiously, from her place
at the head of the table.
Ted went over and laid the crumpled
paper beside his plate, and his father
leaned over and glanced at It unsee-
Ingly; but IU content caught and rlv-1
eted his Instaut attention.
"To Gerald W. Wlnterburn, to hold
In trust for his son Ted, 73 shares of
the Union Traction stocks, being the
full value of the original cash deposit
of said Gerald W. Wlnterburn in the
company's securities.
(Signed) ALEX. NOUTHCUTT,
"President Union Traction Co."
TIDE OF IMMIGRATION i
luoTHtxowrttri
ITALY
WMIA-rttANP
m Gtsfusr
H3 VKITtO DNMOtl
Its Ebbs and Flows Have Left Nearly
20,000,000 Foreigners on
Our Shores.
0T only does Immigration Into
the United States exceed that
Into any other country In the
world, but It Is of a character which
bard. ' makes the subject one of the greatest
Interest and well worth the study of
historian aud political economist. In
aueleut times whole nations emigrated
and sought new homes, driven from
their former ones by oppression and
force, or lured from thorn by the at
tractions of more fertile fields nnd more
From the time when the tide of Immi
gration really begun to set toward
thoho shores until now. New York lina
boon the great receiving and distribut
ing Mlnt for tho seekers of new homo.
Of the entire number of Itnmlxrnnt
who arrived In tho United States from
Oct. 1, 181S. to June no. 1SUS. nearly 00
Mr cent, detmrkod nt the port of New
York. This has Imd much to ilo with
kt oping Now York n cosmopolitan com
munity. Governor Itoosovelt, lu writ-
W I M I I I I I MM I II I I I I M
I I II Inl I I I I I I ! I I II I I I I
s"- if Q zt 300
I JH H ? : Si S - - . j jj it 100
p ilil r JD;IB :i it
I soe-J-31Bf?" iMfTalii1 ii y-3o
IBP mII W I i BP Dni
! 1 1 1 ill ft II 3 IbuQin.
ij e g' ' " at. llli 22. 2L 2i I;
EBB AND FLOW OF IMMIGRATION.
He rend It over twlp ntul thrno Hmi
in siiP.vhie irniBp. tmn , genial climates of other regions. One
took alarm at his changed, bewildered ,f tbe Brentest of these early tnlgrn
looks, and rose nnd looked over bis' tlmf was the na8SaBe f 2.000.000 Is
simnt.wi.t tho t,t f i . raelltes out of Egypt Into Palestine,
bllng hand. I Kut 08 '8 P'uted out In tho report of
"AIpt. NnrthPHtti rio .,. e uoaru or tJtuor statistics,
mean?" she asked, In breathless
amazement. t
"It means that a miracle has happen
ed, and he has saved me from utter
ruin at the eleventh hour. Alex.
Northcut, whom men call skin-flint nnd
miser! What can have moved bltn to
-it wo.T. " n. , . !nnJ U 17sa to June ao, lfc'JS. according
It Wh.o, l ' "W-fonaacnt. t0 cnrefu, coIl!ltIou of the
JLhlCl?la:iea",y DOt a": HUt.the of accepted authorities, there arrived
the State Board of
"not since tbe confusion of tongues at
Babel, which led to the scattering of
the people 'abroad upon the face of the
earth,' has there been anything of such
a cosuioplltnn nature as that which
forms the phenomenal Immigration to
the Amerlcau States
From the treaty of peace with Eng
Monthly.
In the States 10.(XLS..r.n IminlcrrnntR
J drawn from every nation under the
Qcqicr-rn twpmtv cmiDur.nr 8U11' Statistics of immigration were
BESIEGED TWENTY.FOUR YEARS. J not kcpt uutU ,810f bM n , concede(i
Candia Held Ont for That lnsth of hy stnUstlcal experts that the number
Time Against thcTurkH. , ' Immigrants nrrlvlng In the twenty-
One of the longest sieges In history 8l J't'ars preceding wns 'JoO.OOO, cxclu
was that of Candia (Crete). It lasted sIve of negroes." In the early periods
twenty-four years, and was begun by of Immigration a whole year did not
the Turks In June, 1045, when they , urIng to these shores as many Imml
landed a large army, variously estl- Brnn,s nsand now at the port of New
mated nt from 74,000 to 150,000 men. ' York ,n a single week. "In 1718 the
On Sept. 3, 10C9, the town cnpltulated, Ian(1InS at Boston of five vessels, bnv
after a siege which is estimated to laS on board 750 Irish Immigrants, and
have cost (hp Ilvoa nt Jfi fwm I
'
and nearly 120,000 Turks.
Constantinople was besieged by either
Persians or Turks from A. D. 020 to
075. From CCS to 075 the Turks repeat
ed their attacks yearly.
Thrsiege of Gibraltar, attacked by
land and sea, lasted four years, from
1770-1783.
During the thirty years' war 01
mutz was besieged from 1042-1048, and
was still held by the Swedes In 1050, 1
wuen tney gave It up In accordance
with agreement, not compulsion.
The siege of Lucknow furnishes tho
most famous example of a British gar
rison holding out against fearful odds.
For eighty-seven days the slender gar
rison held out until relief came. This
is now eclipsed by Ladysmith.
Herat. In Afchanlstan. Is nnn nt tho
He most frequently besieged cities, having 1
oeen uesiegeu mty times. Constanti
nople has suffered from twenty-six
sieges, and Paris from eleven. Stray
Stories.
ing of New York In 1775, anya: "Now
York's population was composed of
various races, differing widely In blood,
religion nnd conditions of life. In fnct.
this diversity has always been tbe
dominant note of New York. No sooner
hns one set of varying elements been
fused together than another stream has
been poured luto tbe crucible."
A glance nt the chart published lie re
number of Immigrant" to tint United"'
Htntoa. Next III order nro Ireland,
Ktigliuid nixl Wnlen, Norway nnd Hw
den, BrltUli America, Italy, Aimtrla.
Hungary, BukhIii unit Poland, Franco,
Scotlnml. I'hlim, Hwllwlnml, Don.
mark, the NotliorliiniU, Iho Wntt In
dies, Spain mid I'oitUKiil. Bi'lgliiin,
A mIii, exclusive of OIiIiim: IhIhiuN or tho
A tin lit It. Mexico. Inlands of tho PnellW',
Soul li America, t out ml America nun
Africa.
In (ho ll rut (lecmle tho iirrlvnlx from
Germany numbered only (1.7111. HiiIihh.
iiueiitly thoro wan m rapid InoroiiHo from
thnt country, roai hliiu n maximum
from 1881 to I S( Mi. There was n decided
dmenfe lu tho two Hiieoooillng tleeiui.
but botwieii 1SMI and 1SINI the llgilier
roue to more thiin ilmiblo the iitiiubor
from nuy other couiilry, anil dropped
conKldoriibly In Iho procoiit iloeuilo.
From isw to I s." . por coin, of nil
Immigration wiim fioiu the United King
dom, and a largo majority of Iho Immi
grants wore Irish. Irlxh Immigration
lucrennnl rapidly until 1MI0. and then
tlccreuMtd until IH7H. Thou for Ion
years It "lowly IncreiiMcil ngnlii, and bo
(uecu 1SMI aud IS1III hIiuwiiI a inHil.nl
luereiiM. Since IS1HI IrUb linilllisrutloll :
Iimh dn'ieancd. Tho lliiiiilnit.oii of
KuglUh Hiid WoIhIi ro xtoaillly iiui.ll
1871. when for i . n yeiirn there wai a
fulling off. lu the MUiTcnllug Ion yen I h,
huwoxer, Kugl.xh and WoIhIi liniiil
uniutH InorciiHcd ntplilly. oittuuiuborlii
tho Irlnli. and being noioud only to Him
(lornmiiH. In the him wvon .voiiih thoy
iiL-nlli have falliu t.olow the Irlnb lu
iiumbcrx. Italian liumlgiailoti n
xmall up t I""", but sliieo then It baa
rapidly been Increasing, and In tho Inal
acvcii yonrx nearly half a million Ital
ians have arrived hero. Prior to 1871
Immigration from Itimsla nud Poland
was small, but nlnco thou It bait boon
Increasing fnnt. and kIiico IWhi over.
tlT.iAK) iiuiulgraiitH from thoxo conn
tries linve arrived. The Imiulgmutit nr
rlvlug In the United 8 tit low lu the four
years ending Juno 'M IMIS, brought to
this country In catih the sum of 10,
137.420.
HOflN
Intl..
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71
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in "iinmiiii, . u. llirll ff
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a wnrin iioiiri.-i nr. acbtr J
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NORWAY.
church.
Tho dot II w.uii.i miiifritirtJ
fiicM any time iiuiu iowIUi,
WIHHKy.
Olio of the biggest foolilauJ
In Our riatrlct Ciiiiiiniitl'il Una lie
ircnacl Aliirinliiuly.
In writing of tho torrlblo scourge of ''' wbo nMiks ItradnffJ
mniiimmlnn In N'nru-nr. tliilli'it Mtnlm can llllll.O II I 111 rut
Consul Victor K. NoImiii. lociilod nt
Bergen, says: In November of last
year Dr. Clans IIaiion. of Bergen, de
livered a lecture iH-foro tho Storthing,
at Christiana, on the emmo of tuber.
culosls and the tight ngaliut IL lie
Olio of the t.n r.l- t thlontil
nan over tried u, luiiutik
on a linppy i iirui m.
When the dciii im raitosi J
en ho stole no nugi-l robtTtaj
to lilde his i(M n inHif
m ii vr- i -
I m m w
I r- IS JEM
EXAMINATION BEFORE THE HEALTH OFFIOEHS.
Senator Gear's Dishonest Ilt.
When Senator Gear of Iowa camo
Into tho Senate chamber the otlfer day
he dropped his slouch hat on iho floor
in ino aisie beside his desk. Senator
Stewart camo striding along, kicking
me uui iuio iuo pu in rront of the Pres-
luent s rostrum, and passed alone, un.
conscious of the Indignity to Senator
uears cherished headpiece.
A page picked up the hat, brushed It
off and brought It back to Its place on
the floor. Senator Gear growled sav
agely and shot a fierce glance nftor
Senator Stewart
Soon afterward Senator Gear started
to go to his committee room. Just as
he rose Senator Perkins, of California,
got up nnd addressed the chair. Mr.
Gear stood up to listen to what Mr.
Perkins was saying. Then he thought
of his hat. It wasn't on his head, nor
wns It in his hand. Ho summoned a
page.
"Boy," ho naked severely, "wbere's
my hat?"
The page looked around nnd then
edged nwny.
"Please, sir,;,' ho said In a frightened
voice, "you're standing on It." Wash
ington special.
1 leal ltcnlizod.
Tho Bov. Mr. Joyner And so you
two are making life ono grand, sweet
song?
nattles Yes, doctor, a reg'Iar opera;
with frantic calls for tho author when
baby cries, Brooklyn Life,
Love Is a thing of four lettors but a
good many additional letters aro apt to
turn up, In a breach of promise suit
in 1720 the arrival at Philadelphia In
,one week of several small ships con
taining passengers from Ireland exclt-
ed much comment; while even toward
tho close of that century the entry Into
New York hnrbor In one day of two
ressela laden with Germans created a
with will show how Immigration ebbs
and flows from time to time. The Com
missioner, In his report, says: "Tho fig
ures In tho table of annual arrivals in
dlcate that Immigration, llko ocean
tides, recedes for a while, thon ic,.u
again. Asldo from tho Civil Wftcnnflnil
THE TltANSPOltTATION AGENT.
MAKING A VAST POUM
I'ulntliiu u I'hcc Hricnlr KttlVl
llir, oil Mr imliti;,
j lie iiroaiitvny tiiruiii iiumI
tain curuer forgot rr'rtiai
frequently the h ! -tialkt i.-tJ
ml iih the etowik Htop atnlUj
the side wall of a tuiJUio-
New York Mall ami Kxprw f
maud upon tho nwuig.ug lr.?
walk up and dottn Hum ;il
concern n If they wi.e luri
llngHioiicM belli nth Hut wli'i
the siectntors more ihnu a:;-itl
Ik tho nature of the r wort
painting a coIunmiI portrait 'A
of the wall. The ornl In u3
head Is continued It Ave Kci
height and about U.ree Inl
about 70 feet high ;uiNj(n!t
The resenibhiueo to tlif tu:
In Intended to roprereiit ll itUi!
the nccuracy with wlikbliiti
drawn Is remarkable wltro G
stated that during tho !W yenrs of his the iilcture ami the proxlm j(j q
own experience coiiHtiniptloa hnd In- palntera Is conslilorcd, Than
creased In the Hereon dlntriet wi nr UcnlToldliii; U. of counv. H
cent. In tho year I WW, 64.fi ier cent. "Knlnst the wall, and tlioreoi
of all deaths between 15 and 30 years "nti'IU!ng back" to -e the tffH
of ago wero caused by tuberculoids, work, but every line Is m tr
nnu statistics show that nbout 7.ikmi nt Pliiuimet. and to a ilrnwloz
wio innnDitantH of Norway die overt- "drawing" would he coiiiWfW
year of this disease. In England, ho faultless.
continued, they havu succeeded during Tlio inen work from it iml
tho Inst 60 years In reducing one-half KrnnM' iwUi ' ,,,u Mt i'flDj1
me nuuiDer or tiiberctilosus cumch, and I't In tho lines with the rif
physicians attribute this to the Increns. nrtlst at first began to nutM
Ing cleanliness In EiicIIhIi hnnn. nr.. nortrnlt. onlr nbout two ito
and th6 erection of consuinntlvi. l,u. Innd had llnlshed mi a third cd
pltals. Tho foremost endeiivnrii in I for somo reason a chancels
fighting tuberculosis should bo to ag. was dctennlned upon, nnd.
uu ior greater cleanliness In general; smaller sketch as It was. w
i.ui.iimriy huouiii eiTorts 1 1 i rwimi nriror over it. c ivitiir it a nuw
against tho habit of expectorating. effect.
Statistics of consiimntivo HnnllnrlntM. .. . .... ,.,.
in Germany show that M U I ."n .,
or iiq inmates were able to work tho wont on board n vessel thstm
ursi yenr nrter tho cure. i! tier m.rit I i i i 11... A.nli!lS
nrtr... . " y" " unroor nun iihkuu iiiu ir--
: "r -V'" "' "r cent, nrter thrco. couia nnd him work on tbel
an averse Tt i. . ' .f'""' 0n "Well," said the captain, lift
an average, It Is estimated that nn m ..'.. nt4
coit nt lin .,n. i . " I lime iiauiiiiiK iiiu intniu""--,
ccntoftl.e patients lu sanitariums r. ...r Vr,.. ran n.,,1 three
rope you shall havo somo ww
niw. flal.n.n., ,nl linlll tit U
and, showing It to tho cpt
"Thnt's ono end, your honor,
ho took hold of tho other
niinwinif it to tho cantaln '
snld. "And thnt'H two endUi"
n, i. ..i.i ne iifltb
or. i lien, wiKiug num ,
Mm rmm tin tlirow It OVertX'
Ing, "And, faith, there's anoif
He was Immediately cngn"
I - JiVilUU I
I . zrz
1
IMMI GUANTS IN THE RAILWAY RTA nu-TT
BnnxnHnn Ilnin .
ru o In New Netherlands a counlo nt
fttllnn nnnimlln nAn. , .. ..
..-u.v luuveyuu an mo re-en-
lorcements to the colyny, and In that
Wbolo time tho Immlcration
of only a few thousand."
iuui. mill OI IHO nnmnnt to.TT
ending Juno SO, 1808, tho Incoming
wave, of Inch decennial term roso high
er than the ono Immediately preceding
Germany has furnished tho largest
llUVO tlinlr nl.ini.rTT. .
-"ii 10 woru iODL't leiuwl
Jj ono year. The advantages of Zb-
o eren Mr'r9 for consumptives 't
bo great that the German luvnlld-lna ur
iTfr"'08 UrCCt tl,e80 l-tSuSS,
Biwply for reasous of ccoiiotnj-,
don King.
Ooiijugntlngu Vrfc
1 Ttnlt.,.1 Ulril.iu I'DllBUl I1'
IIM'lwwl Iwirn f.Il'ntt IHO IUIIUI"-'
- o. - - . . , ,i,g
sehools: "Jean, you will stuu;'
(I,,. tn l,lu lirlelltCSt F'
l... n....nl.. .1... .ifiiialU S I"'"
. i. .... i
conjugate the verb 'i ,
sponded tho bright imiiH.
nn ncceiit, "Thou linst a gv
hns a gold lilsen, wo nnte
yoji hnvo n gold yourn, tucj "
thelrn."
a ..n4i,.ilAfn.k nf omn WW
If nnf flinfr tlio nnnlor HY u
' ... nnriwp
thing llko 270,000,000,0001
" - -i,i)i'
gaged in wondering h
throwing himself away.