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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16

of a dozen afflicted boys, come down to
take the sea air-boys who have inherited
the curse of sinful parenthood Some of
the poor boys are hldeously deformed;
some are cripples with pitlfully enlarged
diseased youth on crutches. These boys
are the inmates OF house OF refuge for
waifs-the innocent descendants of par
entage that has brought upon them dis
ease and pain and early doom.
1t is an awful picture to look upon, but
a true onel
There is no need to say, Look upon
this picture and then upon that
You look and then look away. But the
teaching of the picture Is plain:
Where righteousness and purity abide,
there the earth is filled with the sunshine
of peace and happiness. Where sin and
unfaithfulness and the sowing of wild
oats find place. there the clouds lower
and the horizon Is dark.
Here is the plain statement in the old
book:
THE fathers have eaten sour grape,
and the childrens teeth are set on edge"
The parents or grandparents of these
boys (''to the third or fourth generation. >
says the book ate sour grapes
Why7
The kidnapping of Willie Whitla, the
Sharon (Pa.) boy, caused a sensation ma
ton wide.
Especially were the people and the au-
thorities of Pennsylvania and Ohio
aroused. The former state offered re-
ward of $4,000 for the capture OF the
kidnapers. 1t sent out troops of mounted
police. Police and detective departments
in many cities were active.
The activity brought results.
The guilty parties were caught almost
as soon as they got hold of the ransom
money. and will perhaps go to prison for
life
When Willie Whitla was able to talk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-22
Wild Animals in India.

A return issued by the Government
of India shows that the total mortality
among human beings reported to ps
due to wild animals in 1907 amounted
to I. 966. as compared with 2,0S6 in 1906
The total is the lowest on record since
the practice of collecting these stats
tics was initiated The most noticeable
variations from the figures Of last yeal
OCCUR in Bengal, the United Provinces
and the Central Provinces. while in Ma
dras there was a comparatively large
increase--from 1871 to 201-in the num-
Der of persons killed by tigers. The to-
tai mortality among human, beings
caused by snake bite fell from 22,Sll In
1906 to PLAID in 1907. So low figure
has not been reached since 1897.
The Lauder Bruton treatment Of
snake bite by incision and application
of permanganate of potash and the dis
tribution of lancets continues, but as
usual the value of the results is dis
counted by the absence of identified
ton Of the snake that inflicted the bite
In Burmah nearly all the deaths oc-
Cured in paddy tracts where Russells
viper is particularly prevalent. Steps
are being taken in this province to in
sure a wide distribution of Brunton
lancets. 1t is too early yet to pro-
nounce with any certainty as to the
result of the experiment, but number
Of favorable reports have been recelv-
ed. It is reported that in the Pegu Dis
trict SIX men and one buffalo bitten by
RussclIs vipers were operated on by
headmen to whom lancets had beer
issued and all but, one man. who was
unconscious, recovered. Eight cases arc
reported from the United Provinces Of
the successful use of DR.. Calmette's an
tivenene. In two of these cases the
per,nanganate of potash treatment was
also employed.
The number of wild animals destroy
ed was 15,711. as compared with 1886
in 1906 The total number of snakes
killed was 61,734, as compared with
81, $50 in 1903, and the amount of the
rewards paid for their destruction was
RS. $50, as against Rs 1853 in 1906
1t would therefore appear that in the
struggle between man and his hercdi-
tary enemy India still kills only three
snakes for every man that Is killed by
them.-Indian World
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-22
MARKET REPORTS
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings In All
The Leading Stocks.

New York, Jan. 21.-The movement of
prices of stocks today offered little of in
being its dullness. 1t is not entirely clear
what is awaited, but the waiting attitude
of the market is manifest. Prices are
poyed but slightly either up or down
with moderate effect and are then drop
ped out of consideration without either
continuation or disproof. No obstacle to
speculative activity is found in the mon
ey market which continues to relax
without any effect from the various i'm
portant requirements which are being
met Banks are beginning to repay to
the government the. proportion of gov
eminent deposits called for the coming
Saturday. This is more than offset by
the heavy excess a. OF goXernment expendii-
ly return of funds to the channels of the
money market The receipts of curren-
cy from the interior are largely in ex-
cess of the shipments and still interior
money markets complain of difficulty in
finding employment for their funds. One
effect of this condition is to stimulate
bond purchases for the account of banks
|overburdened with deposits.
The movement of foreign exchanges
today was away from the gold export
point and the question was raised wheth-
tionS in Paris tomorrow was not des-
tined to put an end to the outgo of gold
from here. Both the Bank of England
and the Bank of France made strong re-
turns today. The application of the
American Sugar Refining Co. to have its
stock admitted to the regular listed de-
partment of the Stock Exchange was the
occasion of widespread comment over the
changed order of things from the time
when the affairs of the company were
more closely guarded from publicity than
those of any other company. Regular
listing of its securities will involve the
supplying of reports of operations in
much greater detail. This is in the line
of progress in doing away with ia bust
ness which has been going on without
attracting much attention. The note of
discouragementi in the trade outlook voic-
ed by the iron and steed trade organs
and another reduction in the price Of cop
per here and in London did not prevent
the metal stocks from figuring in the
only considerable movement of the day
The firm closing retained about all of the
days gains.
Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par
value; S., 1872, 900. United States bonds were
unchanged on CALL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-22
ON THE Dec.
How CooIie Emigrants Travel Oh the
Indian Ocean.

The deck passenger is essentially an
Eastern institution. You will find him
in Madras. Penang and Mauritius, even
as far south as DURHAM but you will new
er see him on this side Of Suez, possibly
on account of the cold, more likely be-
tolerate the trade, were it once to learn
all that at trip on an open-deck ship
entails.
The deck passenger merely supplements
the ordinary cargo Of the ship; he does
not take up space where cargo might
otherwise have been slowed; consequently
he represents so much clear profit to the
owner. He has no accommodation of any
sort, beyond the bare planks, no protec-
ton from sun or rain, or even from the
seas which come aboard in solid green
Jumps during heavy weather. On boats of
the class engaged in this traffic, old
crooks with open decks and low free
lines have sold out as unfit for further
service. the little stretch of upper deck
is sacred to the officers, while the fo'csl
is already crammed to overlooking with
engine room where the air is heavy with
coal dust and the reek of hot oil, furnish
the only possible shelter; and in them
there may be room for threescore unfor-
tunate emisrants out of 300.
Although one occasionally finds hand
full of Chinese or Arabs. or even Swahelis
deck passenger is an Indian cOolie, a
humble and a pathetict fatalist. who
comes abroad followed by his wife and
family, takes the first vacant space he
sees, and squats down to endure 10 days
or a fortnight, three weeks even, of I'M
relieved wretchedness. There Is no re.
spect for religious prejudices or social
customs, no attempt at separation of the
sexes, no common decency. Men, women
and children are herded together promis-
cuously. sharing everything in common.
They pay to travel on the deck, and they
are allowed to do so: but with that the
ships responsibility ceases. They receive
far less attention than would cargo of
cattle: for whether they arrive in good
condition, whether they even arrive at
all is of no interest to the owner. He has
been paid in advance.
There are cooking places aft. and If
the coolie is not too sick to fight for a
fire he may be able to prepare his hand
full of curry and rice; but it is entirely
his own lookout whether he has food or
not unless heshas arranged to pay extra
for it: and. even in that case. he must
bride the Genoaese steward before the
bargain will be carried out. A rupee and
a half a day is the usual charge made for
three scanty meals of curried goat and
rice; but, though the amount may sound
small, it is far more than the average
emigrant can afford, so he risks feeding
himself, which means, as a rule, that he
starves.
Generally speaking the collaborating
ships are loaded right down to their Plim-
| soil marks. with decks but few feet
above the level of the water, Rust-streak-
ed and square-nosed, there<is little about
family akin to the passenger liner, with
her towering sides and immaculate paint
work. They do not cleave the water; they
wallow through 1t; and In heavy weather
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-22
A Few curios in Organs.

glorious things. among which are num-
bered collection of peculiar church or
Sulpice, Notre Dame and St Eustache
are representatives of Frances most
skilled work. Set as they. are in these
immense buildings, the majority are to be
pieces. Few church organs in this coun-
try are so favorably placed.
Cavaille-Col and (Merklin do not represent
from the standpoint of the ordinary
American organ builder the most ad-
they are the pride of French musicians,
and MECHANICALLY they are more satisfac-
tory than many of our complicated ma
chimes. They work-which is the main
point.
Scattered around the citv are a number
of curiosities very attractive to laymen
and experts. In one of the upper rooms
of st. Supice stands a little chamber or
gan, once the property of Marie Antoin-
cite. Under the supervision of Charles
Marie Widor this small instrument was
cally dilapidated condition. It's tones are
mellow and pure on any one of it's sew
eral stops. The beautiful case has not
been altered, nor has the mechanism, eX
cepting only such working parts as
were lost or worn out. Inc dainty pedal
board of an octave compass and the orig
At st. Etienne-du-Mont is another old
style instrument whose case dates back
to times so indefinite that no one seems
to be sure of his story about 1t. Some
hay it that the whG ba organ the
mechanism me- only being replaced from
time to time. On the word of the present
organist. only few of the original pipes
are retained. The case. finely carved
rhapsody in some dark wood. is very old
and is one of the real curiOsities of Paris.
There are at least two instruments in
the town that are peculiar in the COM
pass of their stops One has a pedal
board that extends three notes below
any of which we know. The effect
with certain of the deep-pitched stops the
French affect so much is tremendous.
Certain organs are of eXceptlonal bril-,
liancy, as that at st: Eustacl1e. The old
Conservatory of Paris instrument is one
of the sweetest-toned to be heard any
where Really modern in our conception
of the word the French organs are GER
tainly not. But they work, tonally they
is more than satisfied.
To Cavile-Col was intrusted the large
part of restoration work during the last
century. The house of this name has eX-
listed for many generations, Arist1de be-
ing the great man of the family. 1t was
he who supervised the rebuilding of such
great instruments as those OF Notre
Dame and st. Sulpice. In each Of these
as were fit he retained. At least four
of the present specification were in ser
vice during the days of The Feast OF
Reason"
magnificent cases famous for many years
as perfect examples of the crafts finesse
They are odd mixtures of composition;
Greek allegory rubs elbows with medieval
paganism Some are 20 lem aaes
of paradise. They are at once the marvel
and the despair of the man with the
sketch book.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-22

they take aboard green sea each time
they roll. 1t is then that the coolie reach
es the very nadir Of human misery s,ey He He
has abandoned all his property, his little
bundles of food and clothing. the much
priced brass pots and mahogany boxes.
So long as his strength holds out he may
be able to cling to a stanchion or ring
bolt; but once he let's go he will be swept
off his feet. A big wave leaps the port
rail and dashes him against the winch;
before he can recover, the vessel has TAX
en- another sea on the starboard bow, and
as she rises he is carried aft and de-
heap of others in front of the deck:house.
Perhaps his own child is in that human
tangle; but though, ordinarily, he is the
best father in the world, he does nothing
from sea-sickness and cold and the buff
feting of the waves that he has lost the
faculty Of thought If the ste storm NJ only ly
much from his snfferings-for he comes
of tough race, a people trained to en-,
dure--but because the strangenesSD and
the terror have robbed him of the wish
to live. He is ready to meet Fate half
way AS for the women and children.
man can only guess vaguely at what they
husbands, but it must be- hell itself for
the wives and little ones.
Sometimes in it's terror the mob tries
back with whatever weapons come handy
to the officers, pitched headlong down the
companion ladders knocked senseless
with the butt-end of revolvers. 1t sounds
brutal, but the men who do it have got
to save the ship. If that frenZied crowd
once got control, it would be IN the
chart-room. in the wheel-house. on the
bridge itself: and the white men would
find themselves helpless. fortunate If
they were not trampled underfoot or
thrown overheard as sacrihce TO the
demon of the storm.
A dozen dead of sheer misery or in
ternal injuries, score OF broken nmps'
a hundred minor wounds-such is no I'M
common casualty list in one OF THESE
open-deck ships. The officers are, not TO
blame They can give no help while the
gale lasts. They loathe the trade, being
decent men; but their mouths are sealed.
In these days sailorman dare not IN
dulge in opinions There. are too many
long way Off and he judges the trade by
the satisfactory returns it shows. If his
conscience pricks him, he probably gives
s25 or so to a local charity, and so re-
lieves his mind. The ships engaged sell
dom carry ordinary passengers, ana even
if they do chance to have stray tourist
it is one thing to view the herd from a
chair on the upper deck, another thing 10
be down amongst it. But | happen to
know. for I have done 2,000-mile jour
an hour travelling as one among some 2o0
returning laborers on a deeply laden sugar
ship; and during that trip learned many
things. !. ~.
fact that the ships are always full, ana
that emigrants have been known to make
q second or even 4 third Voy age. True
but then there is always famine IN one
district or another of Southern INDIA, ana
even a trip on coolle-caffylnG vessel -
prefera BILE to death from starvation That
is the most one can say.-P1ttsburs DIS
match.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-22
FUNERAL OF M. e. SEARS
WEDNESDAY AT LEWISTON

Lewiston, Me-, Jan. 21.-The funeral
Of Michael T.. Sears, ex-champion BAN
tamweight pugilist, was held at st.
Joseph's church Wednesday. A High
Mass of Requiem was celebrated by
Rev. FIR J. ]. Heating, who made a
brief address at the close of the SER
vice.
Numerous friends followed the body
to Mt. Hope cemetery. A large sleigh
heaped with flowers preceded the
hearse. A floral piece weighing more
ttan 100 pounds was sent by Boston
friends and large wreath came from
Stephen Mahoney, the noted promoter
of sport and at one time manager of
Sears.
Maffet Flaherty was present as the
representative of the Boston Armory
A. A. Andrew Sheehan of Nahant,
Mass, close friend; Miss Margaret
Foley of Scituate, Mass, a relative,
and many persons from Portland at
tended the funeral, The pail bearers
were John Stott, Patrick Reardon, Ed
ward ]. McGillicuddy and Eugene
O'Leary, all of Lewiston.
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has descended from traveller, a leade,

has descended from traveller. leader
or one who migrates. The raven is hi
who is crafty, wise and possessed o.
great acumen. The frog means 6
philosopher. savant The beai
means power, strength, muscle. Tho
| whale implies plenty of food (tocl
much, perhaps. for it suggests to them
the alderman as he appears to ISL
The duck suggests placidity, a phleg-
| matte nature, an even temperament.
The seal. beauty, grace, charm. The
salmon means great favors. DESIRES,
ambitions. And so on, down the line
of comparison with every living crea-t
ture, is the thing recorded upon a
| totem pole characteristic of the
Alaskan Indians forefathers as he
sees them in great deeds and ambi-i
tons
A really interesting incident relative
I to this subject occurred some years
ago, and it brought to the city Of
Seattle the now famous totem pole
that adorns one of the public squares
there. 1t appears party of Seattle
enthusiasts charactered steamer and
made trip to southeastern Alaska.
They arrived at a small Indian viii
laSe, Out as tne population Seeiueu "
have deserted the place they decided
it would be just and lawful to take
into camp" one of the totem poles that
stood majestically before each Indian
hut. They entered into negotiations
with two old Indian women, who were
the only living beings about the place,
and eventually purchased, as they
imagined they We're doing, one of the
most pretentious looking poles in the
place, intending to take it to Seattle.
This was done, and it was pre-
scented to the city with much speech
| making and eclat in the presence OF
the city fathers" and other prominent
citizens 1t was an enormous pole.
Seattle felt so proud of its acquition
that she had it reprinted, thus bring
ing out all it's remarkable character
istics and making it appear fresh and
new.
There was great surprise some
weeks later when two of the chiefs
of the Indian village arrived in the
big city demanding satisfaction and
threatening suit in. the. United States
court for the robbery OF their cher
ished idol. a-1S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-22

Patsy Readon of Nicetown shaded
Jimmy Dolan of Trenton in the wind
up at the Wayne Athletic Club Wednes-
day night. Abe Herman of New York
was to have met the Nicetown boxer
but he injured his hand in a bout with
Dolan Saturday evening and Dolan
was substituted. At the end OF the
sixth round Dolan was still strong, al
though Reardon' blows took most OF
the speed out of him. Reardon was
the aggressor from the start.
Tony Ross and Larry Temple fought
six vicious rounds Wednesday night
before the National Athletic Club
Pittsburg The colored fighter was II
distress for the latter half of the f1ght
and the Italian appeared to have his
measure early and kept after him
Temple was knocked down three times
in the fight, each time taking the count
of eight, and once he was accused OF
playiug for a foul. Ross, who is very
fast. has decided to go to Philadelphia
and New York to get on fight with
some good welters if possible.
There were four boxing bouts at the
openirg of the Union Athletic Clup
Wednesday night. Peck Lefavor OF
Brockton put Kid Carter of Lowel'
away in less than two rounds. The
Brockton hoy had his man groggy a,
the end of the first round and finished
things up in an easy manner IN the
second. Jack Johnson. colored miller,
of Boston, put Hayward Briggs OF
Rroclton, formerly Quilts sparrihg
partner, out of the going in two rounds.
Briggs fought we'll in the opening
round. but was sent spinning III the
second with stiff jolt to the Jaw. Mike
Grady and Kid Mcdonald of Boston
boxed a good four-round draw. Kid
Reardon bettered Tim Leary of Brock
ton in a four-round go.
Young Kloby of Lawrence was CIV
on the decision over Johnny Dohan of
Rrooklyn after hard 15-round battle
n the standard Athletic Club at Lay
Evansville, CT, Wednesday night. The
,eifference between the two boys was
very slight. Dohan probably outscored
the Bay State youth on points, but
Kloby was aggressive every minute
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-22
BASEBALL NOTES.

Manager McGraw will not part with
Merkle or De Wore.
Honus Wagner will take part IN the
endurance (auto) run in PittsburS.
Arthur Irwin says the Highlanders
should finish among the first three.
Frank Donohue is suffering from an
attack of appendicitis at his home IN
Springfield, Q.
Secretary Fred M. Knowles of the
Giants sent out "A contracts to players
for the season of 1909.
Stalings is after Catcher Oscar
Stanage He regards him as one OF the
Classiest of the youngsters.
The American League opening on
April II gives that organization an eX-
ira holiday-Easter Monday.
Boston Journal: Why not change the
classification from AA to AE. lii this
way both the American Association
and Eastern League would have rep
rcsentation.
President Harry Pulliam is in Otta-
wa watching the ice sports While trying
to forget baseball for week. Mr..
PAliam declares he is Every nervous,
the cares OF baseball weighing heavily
upon him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-22
ALASKA RELIC COST $4,000.
Sum to Appease Indians From Whom
Totem Pole Was Taken.

A legend handed down in Alaskan
history from a period far beyond the
knowledge of people of our time is
that Of the totem pole.
To men of the east totem pole
really means nothing at all. because it
tells no story to any except the few
who have became conversant with
matters pertaining to that far-off
country of bitter winters and golden
hopes. But in the people Of the west 1t
inspires a feeling of respect for the
Alaskan Indian, for they know it is the
sign of their religion and their beliefs.
The totem pole is as dear to the ma
tive Alaskan as blue blood" is to the
civilized man, for it stands as record
of the character of his forefather, and
every sign, every grotesque carving
and every blended color upon it has a
sacred meaning.
For example, the eagle carved upon a
totem pole means that a son Of Alaska