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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
BY CAPT. D. H. MAC DoNELL

BY CAPT. D. H. MAC DONELL
a T sokoto, in Northern Nigeria,
n there lives man named Da-
dali. who is Snake charm
err in the true sense Of the word.
This man is naturalist who, it
would seem, has the power of
catching and handling poison
snakes and scorpions without fear
Of danger.
Dadali was well known 10 the
Europeans at Sokoto; but it was
believed that the snakes he han
died had been tanned or drugged.
This man got into trouble and was
put In jail After he had been in
prison more than a month, the
British Resident went to him and
asked If he could catch and handle
a snake II he were taken to any
place which the Resident should
choose Dadau agreed to do this,
and was taken under guard to a
swamp al some little distance from
the station, where snakes were to
be found. After some search and
digging q black cobra was driven
out of its hole. Dadali sprang to
il, seized it in his hand and brought
it to the Resident 1t Is not posi-
bic that this man. who had been
more than month in prison,
could have arranged TO recapture
tame snake in such a place and
without having the knowledge be-
forehand that he would be called
upon to do such a thing.
A Wonderful Feat.
Some little time afterwa ard Dadali
brought a large black cobra, over
five feet long, to the compound of
the writer. This snake he handled
with the utmost freedom. teasing it
until the reptile got angry and sat
up kissing, spreading out its hood,
while the native servants kept a
most respectful distance. (See
Photography
Dadali then (probably for the
benefit Of the native serVants)
dared the white man to pick up
the cobra. ! called my native SOL
der servant and told him to load
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
A Mystery of the ar East

The Wonderful Description Of Snake Chaymer in Ntgeu
Who Handles Deadly Reptiles Win Freedom
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04

n /
w the American Humane as
ISOLATION, offered a prize
for the best essay on Humane
Education"
1t was won by Mrs. Hugo
Krause, of Louisville KY.
Speaking of the indifference Of
well born and well educated peo-
pie toward lesser creatures, Mrs.
Krause says:
Here are some of the forms
this Indifference assumes. The cru
elites of commercial greed and av-
aricel such as killing the animal
parent and leaving the young to
die OF starvation and exposure.
Ten thousand seals die annually
Of starvation because their moth
ers are killed in the breeding sea-
son'-David Starr Jordan in Maj
ka and Kotik. Depriving the par
emf of its young and leaving the
parent to be consumed with the
agony Of grief over It's loss When
a mother loses her child her heart
gives a cry like the cry of Wild
beast; when a wild beast loses it's
young 1t gives cry like that Of a
human Victor Hugo in
49,"
The horrors OF the Western
plains during the snow season
so forcibly brought to public at
tention by the action Of the Amer
lean Humane association, in pro
curing photographs by a special
agent sent out for investigation.
Crowding cattle when transport
ing them in such way they can
not lie, and keeping them thus 20
hours without rest, food or water.
The cruelty of trap and spring
pole, when the death of the dumb
victim comes after hours, some
times days. of suffering from
broken limbs, lacerated flesh and
the agony of fever and thirst
caused by these, not to mention
all the terror and fright endured.
Woman's Vanity Causes
Much Useless Slaughter.
The vanity which leads to all
this trapping and hunting, the
adjoining Of the body with the
heads, claws, tails and skins of the
little furry brothers, the decking
forth with the beautiful plumage
of the kin of wood and glen.
cent and beautiful creatures like
deer, moose, wild song bird and
fish are sacrificed to the human
delight in slaughter and bloodshed.
But sacrificed to a still greater
degree when wounded and left to
die slowly of wounds and starva-
ton.
The cruelties practiced in con-
nection with the exhibition of trick
animals. Lions beaten over the
head with clubs till the blood flows
from nose and ears; horses, dogs
and cats whipped numerically in
being taught; elephants urged by
the jerk of an iron hook inserted
in the ear.
The neglect, indifference, igno-
rance and cruelty OF which domestic
animals are the victims.
And the crowd of cruelties per-
petrated by man, the unmention-
able secret. crimes of the vivisec-
tors laboratory.
These are the practices. not Of
the ancient days of bloody sacri-
fees, nor of the middle ages of
dark and secret crimes, but of the
open, progressive. moral nine
teenth and twentieth centuries.
For all this, Mrs. Krause thinks.
with every intelligent and kind
hearted being, that the remedy lies
with the mothers and teachers.
She suggests what has been said
in this paper many and many
time, that Sunday schools should
teach children to love and under
stand animals, and tina ministers
should preach on this subject from
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04

The picture
above shows
Dadali and a
small cobra.
Although very
small this cobra
was no less
deadly than the
big one shown
in the other
pictures,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04

his carDlne, ana Salu III inc ia
tive tongue: "I am going to pick
up that snake IL 1t bites me, shoot
that man." indicating Dadali. The
snake charmer was then asked II
he still wished the cobra to be
touched, upon which he laughed
and said
Handling the Snake.
Pick the snake up-if you do
not fear" I then picked up the
cobra taking hold about the mid
die of it's body The creature kept
quite still while 1t was being lift
ed. writing its head gently in the
air, while the snake charmer kept
in front of it 1t is probable that
this man was capable of exerting
some kind of mesmeric power over
snakes. and possibly something in
his sense Of touch enabled him to
handle them without their wishing
to hurt him.
I have seen him take four or FIVE
poison snakes out of the pocket OF
his robe, holding the wriggling hand
full as if they had been a bundle of
sticks, while the bite of any one of
the snakes that he held meant death
in something under half an hour.
The photographs were taken by
myself at a distance of about six
feet from the snake, after it had
been made angry. In one it will be
seen that the cobra has its mouth
just open and is in the act of
striking
With regard to this. Professor
Boulenger writes: THE snake is,
no doubt, Naia nigricollis, a COM
mon species in Nigeria, of which l
have on two occasions received ex-
amples from Sokoto 1t is known Is
The Coconino sun., 1912-11-01

recent disturbances. you must have ob- served, do not grow out of any wage dispute, but without doubt are due solely to the anarchistic protest against the trial of two men charged with murder or some other violent crime. It may be that wages in these mills are lower than they should be, but I do not possibly see how a reduc tion in the duty which would neces- sarily reduce the profits of the mill owners, could result in advancing wages"
 As to the tarifH on automobiles, 1t is asserted that there is no evidence which shows that Americans pay high CT prices for these machines here than would otherwise have to be paid. There is the liveiest competition among American automobile manufac. turers, and the machines are sold strictly on their merits. As they are sold in America on a competition ba. sis, there is no reason to complain if other makers are able also to compete With other countries. American goods find @ big market abroad, as a rule, because they are better than foreign goods, not because they are cheaper.
 An important Difference.
 In conclusion, the reply draws a con. trast between the panic of 1907 and the panic of 1893, as follows:
 "As to the panic of 1907, 1t cannot be properly charged to the Republican party, because it arose not through loss of confidence in measures, but through distrust of men The panic of 1893 came because the country fear cd the result of Democratic measures the tariff bill and others. The panic of 1907 came because the country lost confidence In some high financiers who were gambling on the countrys prosperity in Wall street. The proof of this is the fact that no act of Republican legislation was charged with responsibility for the panic, and no new legislation was demanded to cure it. except the emergency currency law, which was promptly passed"
The Coconino sun., 1912-11-01

advanced so that the magazines would come somewhere near paying the gov ernment what 1t cost to transport their editions. It costs the government now about s6O,0O0,000 year to carry the magazines through the mails, and they pay in postage about s10,O00,- 000, leaving clear subsidy of $50 ,000,- 900 year The president suggested to congress That this was not square deal toward the government. and the magazines determined to break him down.
 Opposition to Taft Explained.
 The reply further stated that the opposition 10 the metropolitan press to President Taft Is due to the fact that he declined to put print paper on the free list. while the third source from which the people derive the i'm pressIon that the Payne law shows re- vision upward instead of downward was the declaration by Mir. Champ Clark in his speech opposing the bill when 1t was before the house of rep resentatives. Mir. Clark, speaking as a prophet and not as an historian said that the duties under the Payne bill would show an average increase of III per cent over the Dingley law. The letter continued:
 That statement went out to the country, and was accepted as a fact, when 1t was merely a guess. But the law has been in operation now for nearly three years and we do not have to guess, because we know And these are the facts shown by the books of the treasury department;
 Under the Dingley law a4.3 per cent of all imports were on the free list. Under the Payne law 51.2 per cent are free
 Under the Dingley law the aver age duty on all dutiable imports was 25.5 per cent while under the Payne law the average duty has been POI per cent.
 'In other words, the Payne law shows . reduction of 10 per cent be- low the Dingley law on dutiable goods, while on all goods imported 1t shows q reduction of 21 per cent This is not prophecy, as MT Clark's state ment was. 1t is history"
 Mir. Roosevelt, in a signed article in the Outlook, said: "The Payne law Is better than the one 1t succeeded, and very much better than the Mckinley law"
 Wool and Wooien Cloth.
 Regarding wool, it is stated that the last Democratic wool schedule re- vision put the sheep growers out of business and closed up 90 per cent of the woolen factories. It is also stated that the average manufactur- CTS profit on the cloth which goes into the average suit of clothes is an average of 30 cents. This sum would not be saved by the purchaser of the suit if all oi 1t were taken away from the mill men. The letter then con tinues:
 AS to the situation at Lawrence, Mass, 1t is true that the mills are largely operated by foreigners; but so far from that being an argument | against our tariff policy. it seems to me to be one in its favor. because the i very presence of those foreigners is evidence that labor conditions here ! are better than in other countries The
The Coconino sun., 1912-11-01

A Republican voter in Grand Rap ids, Mich. recently addressed a let ter to the headquarters of the Repub- lican National committee in Chicago, in which he said;
 q have been a Republican all my life, and for 30 years have been vot- ing nothing but a straight Republican ticket for president of the United States"
 He does not say that he will do oth. erwise this year, for he believes Pres. ident Taft to be honorable and worthy of the many honors that have come to him. He adds, however, that the Republican platform of 1908 called for . downward revision of the tariff and that this solemn pledge has not been kept. He also asserts that the large majority of the laborers in the wool sn mills are foreigners instead of Americans, and are employed al starv- ation wages instead of being paid wages upon which people in this coun- try can live decently. He further VALID dNNChNiOh NO Aht ldCA Ol n btdAG+ ment that English automobile manu- lecturers are forming trust to com. pete with American companies that are said to be running the English market. In conclusion, he wants some information about the panic of 1907.
 The explanations and information desired by this Republican voter are SO general in their character that the answer forwarded to him will certain ly be of interest to other voters in every section of the country. The re- ply says:
 Tariff Revised Downward.
 "The past four years have indeed been most prosperous ones, with few industrial or other disturbances. and with conditions generally satisfactory. And. after all, is not the real test of any administration the conditions which exist in the country while it is in power,
 Tt Is doubtful if you could find statement of My. Taft in which he said there had been no promise of revision downward. His letter of ac- ceptance states clearly that he did 80 construe the pledge of the platform in 1908. Furthermore, the tariff was revised downward The impression. % the contrary is due to three sources. One is the attack made upon the Payne law by the magazines. That attack was prompted chiefly by the bitter resentment toward President Taft because he had recommended that the second class postage rate be
The Coconino sun., 1912-11-01
Taft's Fight Is Your Fight
B E AU s E

Do you R member the years lS93-4---the free soup houses, bank failures, thousands of men out of work and the bread line7
 Do you remember that at this time we had a Democratic Pres- ident, Grover Cleveland?
 Woodrow Wilson, the Demo- cratic candidate, and his free trade doctrine will bring this condition on again and it is your dutyIto see that he IS not elected.
 How can this calamity be pre- vented2 Don't throw away your vote on Theodore Roosevelt, be- cause it is utterly impossible for him to be elected and a vote for him is a vote for Wilson, as it splits up the Republican party.
 Can Wilson be prevented from being eIeCted2 Yes, there is but one way, put a cross on your ballot as follows:
 tX) REPUBLICAN.
The Coconino sun., 1912-11-01
ANSWERING A VOTER
STATEMENTS WHICH ARE OF IN. TEREsT IN ALL SECTIONS
 OF THE COUNTRY.
TARIFF REVISED DOWNWARD

Opposition to President Taft stimu. lated by Magazines Which Were Made to Pay Additional Postage, and Thus Relieve the Peo-
 ple's Additional Cost of
 Postal Service.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-26
OPPONENT FOR
WILLIE H0UCK
Micky Mallan of Phiia. at
Lotos Club Monday.

Willie Houck, brother of Tommy
of much fame, has been matched to
meet Micky Malian, also OF Phila-
delphia, ON Monday evening, Janu-
airy ~. at the private entertainment
or the Lotos Al. C. The star bout
will go six rounds and Is expected
to furnish plenty of thrills for the
members. MaIlan and Houck are
both good boys and considered
evenly matched. willis recently
made a successful tour of England
defeating a bunch OF boys In his
class.
frankie QuInlan, q champion al
los pounds. will meet Young wal
ker in the semi-fina1 at this show,
A bunch of good "prelims" will be
booked and every effort made tic
amuse and entertain the members.
Mike McGowan, of New York, sent
a mmunioafion to the EVENING
NEWS today IN which he spoke
highly of the coming stag. Mo
Gowan is manager for the Houek
brothers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-26
WILL POST S25
ON LOCAL FIVE
Doc. feldmar Ha Solution
for the FRI lem.


Many rumors are rife today con-
corning the Flying Five-Y. M. II. AZ
Jr., battle and all kinds Of versions
can be secured from the
H A. w Kreischer and Dr.. b.
Feldman, respectively. c~oncernIux
The real cause of the disruptment 81
the game at Tottenville Wednesday
night. Anyway. the Flying Five
quintet claims the victory on a ref
eree's decision. 2 to o. Rsferee
Preacher awarded the game to the
~Tottenvflle bunch because the AM
boy team would not continue lm-
cause Paugh, a forward, was not
ruled off the court.
Now, DIR. Feldman has q solution.
"A game has been arranged between
these two clubs for February W.
and the Y. M. III. A. coach Is willing
TO post SIS as a wager on his team
to defeat the Tottenvflle youngsters.
The game is to be played on the
court at the Auditorium and VIII
be referereed by Van Mulchahey.
DIR. Feidman says he will allow
Kreischer's five FIVE points hnndicap.
II the Staten Islanders believe such
q nerve tonic Ia necessary The
quintets would have to present the
same lineups.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-26
HIGH SCHOOL
BEAT CURTIS
Fourth Successive Victor,
This Month Score 29-l3.

For the fourth successive time this
month, victory came to the camp of
the crimson and white basketball
squad. The last win came In the
form of a 29 to ID score at Totem
vile yesterday afternoon The
losers Were the Curtis High school
annex quintet, which was walloped
by Captain Dudley Browning's crew
last Friday 40 to 81 In the Audi
forum.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-26

GAME TONIGHT
IN WOODBRIDGE
Local High School viii Ira
veI--In Fine Form.

Manager 1Bili'' Boughton will
match his balltossers against Oren
~Browning's Sophomores from Rut-
gers College this afternoon on the
| Auditorium court. In the evening
| the crimson and white squad will
journey q few miles to Woodbridge.
where ONE stiff opposition Is expect
| ed.
More than a score Of times the
"Sophs' have been booked to appear
here, but arrangements have always
fallen through. But this time Man
ager Boughton has been assured the
county seat team will appear. Too
hey, n of the tackles of the Uniyer-
sity football eleven, will play for
ward.
Manager MacElroy. OF Woodbridge
Thigh school, expects his team to
| shake the jinx which has followed
his men since the first time they
| played the local high school team,
Twice the crimson and white rev
defeated the boys supporting the
black and gray %colors, bat only by
very narrow margins. The first game
at Woodbridge was wen by one point,
the final tally being IL to IL, while
the second game In the Auditorium
was not taken until several seconds
of extra time was played,
A large crew of rooters will ac-
company Bones" Browning's men,
who leave at about z o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-26
INDOOR GAMES
To COMMENCE
Saints Ready for Marions
Tonight in Auditorium.

Indoor baseball will be inangur-
ated here at S:45 o'clock tonight at
the Auditorium with a game be-
tween the Marions. winners OF last
years outdoor championship, ard
the st. Anthony B. G. club, inner
up for the same title. The mines
will play a series Of three games and
the winner will cop a dandy silver
cup. now on exhibition in the VIM
dows of Louis Kreielsheimer. the
Smith street jeweler. Dates for fu-
ture games have not been set, but
are expected Il follow in close orr
der. John Larson will umpire.
Baseball lovers should boom THU
game. It will give the players IN
pie opportunity tx get IN condition
for the coming summer outdoor sea-
son and give those teams which take
part Ia the contests a decided adgan-
ltaEe over idle mines. Secretary
b1n Auditorium. II III
Isp y atsspdauss
aeIi6H..o4
jenE 5TII1 vi Az73Dyx,d fn
with the aaffle. The fne~4p1s
Masfons-Sn1ith, Al MuiI4n.Hs
|Antonides, 1bs Donehus, zb; Eyef@
kus, 3b; Geant, S.; Wilson. II; HoIx<
heimer. CT; Anderson, ri.
st. Anthony-Yenk. q; Ellie, b.
Ccicy. y: Toosia, 20; uaiinpner.
3ba Christofferson, So: Loesser, Ii;
Clear, CT: Hunt, ri.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-26
FUND FOR FREED SLAYER.
Convict Who Mas Sentenced to Death
to Begin Life Anew.

Convict Who Was Sentenced to Death
to Hssin Life Anew.
Trenton, N. j.. Jan. 2a.-Although be
was sentenced In Burlington county
sixteen years ago to be hanged for kill
ing a woman, Alfred Cly1ner. since
then q convict In the New Jersey state
prison here. got his liberty and at the
age Of forty-one has gone to New York
city TO begin life anew.
When twenty-five years old Ciyimar
was found-guilty OF having murdered a
woman while he was Intoxicated. e
first degree verdict being returned. and
1t was the duty OF Supreme Court JUS
tice Garrison TO sentence him to death.
The court felt, however. that the man
should have besn convicted only OF q
lesser degree. and hs immediately I'm
terested himself In the case, finally
gaining q eomrnpatatisa Of the sentecc-
to life Imprisonment.
At 3 special meeting of the prison d.
rectors last week be obtained a parole
and was discharged from the prison.
During all bis time behipd bars Gig
mer never received q aiaeredif mark
and waa the Q popular prisoner In
the Institution not only among fae dep
uties. but also among his faiIow In
males. Taeiatter raised abou $50 for
him. while the keepers subscribed a
larger sslEa. and With this money he
win start anew. q deputy keeper &c
e~onpsHied him 10 tAe railroad station
an9 Pot Hisn an a train for Rev Iork.
wIers ne wIll be taken cars eE Dr.
frieaas unka9 hs b Esaas 9eg = Deslsson
w8lch AmaEs AG@
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-26

JOHN DUNBAR
GETS LETTER
Old Friend Gives Opinion
of Jim Flynn.

A fight fan from Smiths Falls.
Ontario, does not think much of
Jim Flynn as a fighter and freely
expresses himself in O letter written
to John Dunbar, a popular sport
follower in this city. The man be-
came friendly with Dunbar while
ne latter was summering at Lake
Rideau in Canada. The early part
to meet AL Kaubiak in Toronto, but
the latter failed to appear and a
man by the name of Williams from
Cleveland substituted. While Flynn
put his man out in the second round
the writer declares he does not
think much OF Flynn. His letter
to Dunbar follows:
Canadian Pacific r.. r. Co.,
Smith Falls, Ont, Station,
Jan. 22. 1912.
H"Old Pennies
Your card announcing q bout
in Amboy to hand. If 1t turns out
like the one your friend Kilfoyle
O'ReiIley and myself went to To-
ronto to see this week 1T will be q
very poo affair. The main bout
was to have been between Jim Flynn
and AL Kaubiak, but q man by the
name of Williams from Cleveland
was substituted and Flynn put him
out in the second round and at
that, I have a very poor Impression
of Flynn. He fights Bat Nelson's
style and If he has any science he
failed to show 1t on Wednesday.
Johnson will knock his block off,
sure. He puts down his head and
bores in. giving and taking a wallop
and ! fancy Jack will give him an
uppercnt and 1t will be all over for
Jim.
we have had some very cold
weather but It liz o. X. now and
fine sleighiGg makes everything
good. Alex has cut out the booze
for the past three weeks and intends
TO stay on the wagon until July ~.
/ met Graham from Peterbon in
Toronto on his way to Buffalo for a
cock fight. but do not know how he
PANIED out. He tried to get us to go
and we were sorry after that WI had
not gone there instead of to the
bout.
Regards to Mr.. Fl. and the boys.
yours,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-26
LIVE = $500 TIPS
Play Bar1i Batter Upl

Play BarIi Batter Upi
Indoor baseball tonight at the
Auditorium. It may prove interest
ing. but I'd rawther bask in the sun-
light and watch two mines gamboI on
the green turf than see a bunch OF
fellows chuck a "mash poi" around
d room.
What we need is a hockey team
II II don't snow before the paper
goes to press. The ice mnst be fne
on the ponds and lakes these days.
No place for me, however
SNOW will not AFFECT roller skat-
ing. anyway. Be around at the
Auditorium tonight and the Press
- ss1sss T-vssffzss te st,
but a bunch or dues.
are you flatenlng7 Well, don't
forget the awarp and the r. M. C..
A. dinner al the Packer Hrase at
$50 to 300 o'clock this evening
Beware On onsf Take your choice.
City leagues received an0sher
blow y~eaterday. Goodwill manage-
rnent saas decided 70 call OF the
games &C Shat ball wngess better at
tendance Il assured. Pleasant
areaaass