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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26

creatures SpranS ASIDE through Lnlck-
cts and underground. And still he
never paused. The gentle summit Of
the Ural Mountains hardly checked
the velocity of his career. They
were passed; he was in Asia, sweep
Ing over the frozen plains, crossing
broad forest belts when dawn showed
in the sky.
When four and twenty hours had
passed the man was nothing but an au-
tomaton. His face and lips dripped
blood from the branding whips of the
wind, his legs and feet. his hands and
arms and throat were cold as marble
and no less stiff. The muscles of his
back, Injured to their Dreadful strain.
had ossifed. and as some Hindoo fakir
holds his disabled arm aloft, stiff and
immovable after 1t has been fastened
In this position. through years of
pain, so he rushed ON. erect, unbend-
Ing, 3 frozen statue, and consciousness
only a flickering spark in the recesses
OF his brain.
The sun rose in the sky. Clouds
flung their vast shadows across the
plains. blushing with the first flowers
Of spring. Once a troop train, bound
eastward, rolled out of the distance
and, shouting wildly, the terrified sol
diers In the cars fired their rides Al
him. But he was gone. speck IN the
east, before the bullets fell.
Nothing could stay him now. II the
gasoline held out he would rush OF
until he plunged, at Vladivostock. the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
STUBBORN RESISTANCE
By ALABAMA PLANTERS
VIII he Made In Supreme Court to
Attempt to show That PeonsRe


WASHINGTON. October S.-Stubborn
resistance will be made next week in
the Supreme Court to the attempt OF
ers. With the aid Of y the STATE coarts
s and a. Issue VS. Is H fha, H. al
dictod. charged with having kept Ed
tuie. in defiance of the Federal con-
stitution.
ri Eive nY.s Was convicted Of peti. lar.
, s4a75. The law OF Alabama authorizes
person willing to become sponsor for
to make good the - amount esi -" in labor labor.
Rivers. who signed a Contrast SSs 10 work
quit work before the end of the con-
tract. and was arrested for breach OF
eontrae, and a Inc cent and costs;
to work four months and fifteen days
for G. w. Broughton, as sponsor for
him.
; bama Federal Courts. which held the
planters had been guilty of no OF,
a snpre tine oS fer
oral argument. have. MED an. outline
ute Of Alabama as humane one.
I'm the instance OF the convict
hired ser oa, by the count they
| fnl eye OF an armed guard, often
shaeklcd. He spends his days In any
ders him: his nights behind Iron bars.
His companion OF the confessed judg-
ment chooses to serve twice or three
| vice is usually on the farm, where
his family is working. His days he
spends behind tho pillow, and his nights
as he may choose II he does his duty
according to his cpotract. there is no
reminder Of his convict state, save at
the end Of each month. when his wage
man."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09

and Psrk; third. l.. Il. Meyers. II. F. D..
> I Mssnallr;.. I = Meyers: r: F: p. %9. s.
land PARK; third. s,eab.n F Farms. BABYLON! sn.
~ fourth. otseiic Farms, whitneys
PsIi.t.rrs,. c. II, sa.,.rvh,,.. Highland
Pep--hrs,. c. If. sa,,erwhu.. Highland
Ense-tomh H.ewn Ieshorn..
i: ~: second. otseiia Farms. 4h siHSiSn;
Hen, Msn,-ii5;i. s,eseen rs5ms. Babylon. y. r.:
Pens-hrst Otselic Fsrms, whitncys Point.
=. " second. Otselic Farms. whitneys
sinsie-Comb White Lcghorns.
sock-hrst. FASTING Farms. Allentown. Pa. I;
, ,sfG f F. Eafm Gate, Pa
n ny, North Richmond: fourth, ~. r. Todd.
oi ,,sn EAR Earnss: Whl,ncys Point; II.
mond; second. J. r. & J. w. Gates. Edge
wood Avenue. North Richmond; third. Pas
time S F 1,s Allentown. Pa: fourth. ). r. &
mond sf;s. J. ASs ~ c SS5.h E Ess
wood Avenue. North Richmond.
Goek4rsi-fsst Psst,me Farms. Allen
Ss iff2 ea D. iard 1Gsl'ry mar%,
fourth. r. F. V. Poultry Farm. Richmond
Puilet-hrst. Pastime Farha.. Aliento WIN.
s "a; seG9nd. w. r. Todd. +2s North Sixth
Farm Richmond; fourth. c. T.. Todd. Brook
land Park: NTH. j.. f. & J. w. Gates Edge
wood Avenue; North Richmond.
Richmond: third. J. e. & j. W. Gates Edge.
WOOD Avenue. North Richmond fourth. j.
y; & j. w. Gates. Edsewood Avenue North
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
EXHIBIT Of ART CLUB
DRAWS MUCH ATTENTION
Collection of Copies of Old Masters to
BE Loaned TO High schools
Throughout State.

The exhibition of the Richmond Art
club at the State Fair this year is un-
usually extensive and interesting. The
POSITION OF the booth in Industrial
Hall is most satisfactory, and the club
has three fine exhibitions.
Tie National Federation OF Arts loaned
quite number Of reproductions OF tn e
work of the best American artists. The
art stores of the city have loaned a
collection OF reproductions of the Old
Masters, which after the Fair is closed,
viii be sent by the Art Club to be ex
nibited In the High Schools through
gut the State. Tho Art Club of Rich
fnond desires greatly to arouse a feel
Ing for true art amongst tho people
Of the State, and wishes TO do for peo-
pie In the State, what the National Fed
Grafton of Arts is doing for the United
States.
The third exhibition is of tho stu
dents work. and the progress made
during the past year is amazing One lit
tie girl who comes thirty or forty miles
from up the river. has several drawings
In black and white and colors of all
the points OF interest BY which she is
surrounded on the farm. a mare with
her colt and some chickens are espe-
ciaily good.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
ELECTRIC sC0RtB0ARD
TO SHOW PLAY BY PLAY
The Times.Dispatch to Have World
Series Games Over Direct
Wire. s..
OPENING GAHiBTHIs AFTERNOON
Every Move as 1t Takes Place in
Shibe Park to Be Transferred to
Demonstration OH Tenth Street
Front Of Building.

From Shibe Park, in Philadelphia. to
tho telegraph room OF The Times-Dis-
patch, in Richmond, there will stretch
an unbrokeR direct wire this after
TO Richmond fans, play by play. the
opening game OF the championship
series between the Athletics and
Braves The. same wire Will be on; duty
throughout the series, detailing every
play OF importance-to the very laSf
one that cIinches tine worlds series
pcnnant. - y ss ah so
miniature diamond on an immense
bfackhoard-the same one that enter
tanned tens Of thousands during the
last worlds series-was yesterday
placed III position on the east wall OF
Tenth Street It hangs suspended be-
twccn tho second and third floors, and
can he seen without an uncomfortable
craning Of the neck.sgss, ~
Beginning at O'clock this after
noon. when. IL rain does not inter
fere.. the game win be called in Phiia-
delphia, the electric bulbs on the black
board diamond Will begin to chronicle
tho contest play by play. There Will
be no loss of, time. Between the tap
Of tho bat in Philadelphia and the Hash
of the electric ON the score board reg
istering the hit Will be only a matter
OF seconds--thc actual time 1t requires
the operator at Shibe Park 10 reduce
the particular play to Morse.
BIG CROWD EXPECTED no
WATCH GAME ON SCOREBOARD
thousands Of people crowded into
the South Tenth Street canon last year
to witness the games. An even larEe or
crowd viii be OFT hand this afternoon
10 watch the Athletics lock horns with
the Brayes--a contest which baseball
fans have not aeen'i in years
There will DO the same old Baker
honie-Run Baker--to make the fans
hold their breath when the lighted bulb
shows him stepping up to the plate
Maybe thore Will he another quick sue
cessivc lighting up OF tho bulbs all
around tho circuit. flashing the news
Of another history king home run.
Eeuder~will be In the lineup, and SO
VIII Oldring and Collins ard schang,
VINO made name for himself last
The weather man fears rain. He has
guessed wrong before, and will prob
ably do SO again. This is TO be re-
,ronlbered. 1t may be clear az a bell
in Philadelphia and still lie raining IN
Richmond. The dyed-in- the-wool fan
will bring his rafncoat and umbrella
and hopc for tiie bcst<
The electric baseball service of The
Iimes- Dispatch Is free to every person
In the city. There will be no standing
In line for bicachcr seats, and no tick OF
spectators. The diamond will be I'm
plain view from every point In the
street. And rich man and poor ma n Viii
stand on an equal footing. %
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09

tated, red and ugly looking. My clothing
seemed IS irritate 1t. The pimples were
on my hands. arms legs. feet and entire
body especially between my fingers and
toes. also had dandruff on my head until
my hair Was al falling out.
II was told It was eczema and took .
treatment but al remedies failed. Then
got some Cuticura soap and Ointment.
first, washed With CutIcura ssap and wars
water. dried we'll and then applied the Cuti-
Cura Ointment. In short time I wss
entirely well Of tho trouble Cuticura Soap
and Ointment cured me, and they also
cured my dandrlff and failing hair"
tsisned) Charley Aston, Jan. 81, 1914.
Samples Free by Mall
Although Cuticura Soap (25c.) and Cuti-
cura Ointment (ooc.) are sold by druggists
and dealers throughout the world, sample
Of each with 32-p. sldn Beck will be sent
free upon request Address postcard:
"Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
ARRESTED TWICE

The trials and tribulasions of Daniel
pickerson. colored. wero multiplied YES
state Fair Grounds by Deputy sheriff
Robert Garnett. on a charge of cruelty
to animals. Magistrate Il. a. Smith
and found the defendant guilty. The
magistrate imposed q fine of $40 and
Real trouble for Dic,,crsoh began
when city authorities appeared with a
warrant charging that he had stolen
the animal of which he had just been
convicted OF cruelty treating. and that
In addition he had stolen u buggy and
SET OF harness. The negro staunchly
aenied the larceny charge. and said he
or Scnable street. The officers advised
MIN to explain the circumstances OF the
transaction when his case Is called for
trial. In the meantime the negro is
peIng held i'm tho Henrico County Jail
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
OHIO CROWDS GREET BRYAN
Makes Several Speeches In Behalf or
Democratic Ticket,

KENYON. OHIO. October s.-Larse
crowds greeted William ]. Bryan to-
day on his tour of Northwestern Ohio,
ticket. AT Bucyrus, where Mr.. Bryan
delivered one OF number OF addresses.
the reelection OF Governor Cox. the
election OF Timothy s. Hogan. Demo-
cratic nominee for Senator, and the re-
election OF Ohio Democratic members
Of Congress were especially urged.
Mr.. Bryan did not refer to State, wild o
prohibition, which is to be voted upon
In Ohio in November.
When advocates of woman's suffrage
asked him to discuss that subject, he
said that "a the party had not taken
to discuss II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
PRAISE FRUIT EXHIBIT

Every County I'm State IL Represented.
Quality Exceeding Previous Years.
Fruit exhibits at the fair are draw
ing unstinted praise. Every county
ofNthe State is Represented in the APP
pie display, and the quality and guam
tity exccls that of any previous year.
Samples of fifty different brands of
apples. the pick OF thie years 5000, oGo
barrel crop, are on exhibition. One
farmer from Surry County exhibits
Twenty-Five different brands himself.
1t is g special exhibit and is not in COM
petition for honors
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
Negro Shot %, womun.

Ed Davis. cOIored. was shot by a
negro woman. said to have been An
ing "a quarrel there early this morn
ing. Davis was rushed to the Colored
CITY Home by Ambulance Surgeon
walker. where an operation was per-
formed. He was said to be In a seri-
GUS condition and to have but little
chance OF recovery. Patrolmen Sweet
and Fofkcs arrested the woman a
short time after tho shooting. and she
was locked in the First Police station
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
PRIZE l AWARDS
ocontInucd From Eiehtb lac,

onl'hue0 FROM Eighth IaSc,b
Y; ,:scand. otseiIe Farms, whltney's Point.
y H r oisei's faSns, whitneys Point.
rsls,! 81 s.. second o,.slie Farms mh' &sit.
!. Tulletm .nii r. dt.ei,e F.rn,, ,y,,,n..
r Point NJ n r; second, s.euben Farms. Whit.
f'en--hrst. otseiic Farms. wh,,ney,a Point.
- Bearded Golden Polish.
r; second. otselic Farms whitney Point.
Hsn-hr.,, otseiic Farm.. wnitney.s Point.
ren--hrs,. o,sei,c Farms. wht,neys Point.
coek-hrst. otsoiIc Farms .wn.,ney.s
ra, isn,'r,! osene Farms. whitney.
~ bearded silver Polish.
Goek.nr.t. otzejic Farms. whitn.y'.
p1 Msns i, i. o''sus Farms. whitney.
pulle,-arst. o,aslie Farms. whl,ney.s
Whlte-Crested Black Polish.
: po CoskIIhrst. 'otseiic Farms. whitney
r S: lssnn, Ptsslis EARNS whi,eeys Point.
ro pu'iet-9rs' oseiic Farms Whitney's
r" a:nst . n; oc,;. .,,. 20.
ren--hr.t, otsenc Farms whitn.y.s Point.
ENGLISH CLASS. ~
Dark Cornish,
mS @sGik. sstssd r. J. sifhu s., r D. nieh
, ,sl5s s sshSrs; n T. + hi sh%aHa
i H:nar. seh'Im' ssh f. Fl fehpoRd ,Gn
mon, none second d., G. T. Smith. Warrenton;
sshtrmsn' T. F. p, Richmond; sfth. j. K
s'''Fh'" K. r Fl Ri cH'se en4ss.
cock--hrst. Pastime Farm, AII.n,ovn
"a second. o,sslic Farms. whitney.s Point,
:: y; second. PastlinS Farms. Allentown town
coSkere ..cdna s,sahen Farms. Babylon.
r ia, r. e.; T.; third. Pastime Farms, Allen
rul Iss,d s,eulen Farms, Babylon. n.
NY: third rastime, Farms. Allentown 1 Pa
Pen--hrst' otseiic Farms. sWhitncy's Point.
La Fieche.
sssond s,o Stsnhfn Farms Babylon. n.
Hen--frst, s.eubcn Far,ns. Babyion ~ Nv
,1 Puiiet-frst, Otsslic Farms. Whiitney's
neys FONT, ~ second o'selic Farms. Whit
coesYa,.,. ssa, S'..,; irarss. ssa
Point. y; seeond, pastime FARMS Mh,h.?I tsns
y: y; second Pastime Farms NIlen town.
,,socNsIei-- nrst. OtAeltc Farms Whitnev's
town: Pa; third. otselic Farms. Whitne.v's
ruliet-nrs, Psstime Farms. Allentown
White FnyerolIe.
Eock-lrst, Pastime Farms. Allentown. Pa
cockerei-'rst, pastime Yarns M tHiMn, wn
lpullct-nrst, Rastimo Farms, Allentown
Dun finyeroiie. re.
Cock--hrst. PastiIne Farms, AlIentown
iIen-ftst, -pastime Farms. Aren,o,vn %.
cockerel-nrst Pastime Farms a Ailsnt,owpaa
r0''ear'' fPs oIgs FcsET.%s sssA Allentown. Pa
Nonbearded Golden, Po,,sb
ro,S .eson ss.f s,eu %ss%i FarmM, h sSy
iion--flrst. steuhen Farms Babylon N
: White Game j. Ba n asnsyion' N. Y.
Point y; seeondi steusa sf Farm Mhntn sSyy
ifen-nrst, otssiie Farms, whitney,a Po,s,l
y. "; second, steubon Farms. Babylon.
cockerei-~nrst. sleuben Farms ps,,...
- T.; ~ SECOND, sotaelit Farms. swhltney':
palIst@1ar.,, s,sussa. Farms. Babylon. n.
", second: otseiIc FARMS a."e %si nS,st;
Black Games.
II seeond, ofseilq ,farma. 'Whitnsys o FONT,
o stsois s:E %h,s s:sy,e Point;
c0sksr.l--ar't s!suosn Farms n.sylsn;
= 80 Nss# Il b y . 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
BODY COVERED
WITH ECZEMA
Started on Legs. Kept Spreading.
Itched and Burned. Could Not
Sleep. Also Dandruff on Head.
Hair Fell Out. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment Healed.

r. =. d. Ne. 1. Tszewell. Tenn.-"Aiy
diseases started On nay legs in small patch
and kept epreadinK until my entire kedY
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
Meets Denth nenenth Trnin.

,AbEAANDR1A, VA, October s.
man, employed by the Washington
southern Hallway at the Potomac
railroad yards. Alexandria County.
fell from a car this morning and was
SO badly mangled by the train that
no died half an hour after reaching
the hospital. lilo lived in Washing
ton. and besides his wife, leaves five
children.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
DISPLAY OF ALFALFA
Can ne A. successfully Grown In VI,

Can ne As Successfully Grswn In vir-
ginia m in West.
Splendid displays of alfalfa are to
be seen both in tho Farm Products
Building. and in the special exhibit In
Industrial Hall. Experts who have seen
the specimens say that Virginia can
produce crops fully equal to those of
Western States.
Demonstrator1' In charge of the
county booths exhibiting bales of al
falfa hay are making IT point to tell
visiting farmers how to successfully
grow the grass. The alfalfa exhibit
Is a feature Of the county displaya
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
When Women Suffer

No remedy gives greater relief than
Anti-kamnia AK Tablets in ali condi-
lions generally known ~ "Women's
Aches and Ills" One trial will satisfy
any woman that she has at last found
the remedy she has 30 lons been look
ing for.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09
Indigestion Dyspepsia

Are you distressed after eating? Do
you have nausea when gliding in the cars
or on the train or boat2 Take Ak Tab
lots and get instant relief.
Gensine AK Tablets 6sar the AZ
msnoS gram. AZ all Dyuxstsfs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-09

was covered. 1t 1vuld
itch and burn Till I could
net sleep 1t night. I wsuld
scratch TIL the bleed weuid
COCO out and run dewn my
bedy and legs. Tho srup-
tion came cut In sma1l
red pimples and when I
scratched the whole surface
~ fhA skda hacspss f~,S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

sand people. On some of the more remote are to be
found old men and women who literally have never
strayed from their firesides 1t is a widely scat
tered community, living within stones throw of all
that goes to make life dear to most of us, effectively
marooned from civilization if they herded in the
South Seas.
TT to this field of labor that Mr. Macdonald came
1900. Ever then the Coast Missionary and his
assistants have unlaggingly carried onward noble
and self-sacrihcing home missionary work can be
found in the United States
1t is the modern motorboat that has made possible
this stupendous task of retaining these ignoranty
hayward folk of the Maine seacoast, and the square
shouldered parson good boat pilot he is sky pilot
Mr.. Macdonald is an ordained Congregational min
ister He was graduated from the Pennington Normal
School, Coburn Classical Institute Bowdoin College,
and Andover Theological Seminary. He served ap-
premiership in mission work in South Dakota and the
State of Washington Returning to Maine in 1900, he
settled at Bar Harbor.
Mr.. Macdonald has a brother who is also minister,
who at that time preached to the wealthy and fash
ionable summer congregations at Bar Harbor. One
day this brother asked the Coast Missionary supply
for him. So impressive the young clergyman's
remarks in heartfelt plea for the people he had
to know and love that Bishop Alexander Mackay Smith
of Philadelphia gave him his private yacht Morning
Star that he might easily reach the out-ofthe
way sections.
While the Morning Star proved fine summer boat,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29
BY ALFRED Eden

fishes and sustans Sunday school classes for the
SICK keeps oversight in the schools where there
any, encourages boys and girls to save and generally
ministers to the moral spiritual, and sometimes the
physical needs of these untutored children of nature
Among these people he is both feared and loved
feared for the truths that hurt, the truths offender
likes to hear; loved for his unsesh devotion to his
Pensioners, for his patience with their oes for his
tenderness with the sick the infrm Invariably it
is the Coast Missionary who sent for to arbitrate
business differences, settle family disputes console
in the time of illness death.
Somehow, the parson aus makes you feel to hum"
said old Bill Wade of Swan Island. @He sartinly can
spout the Gospel; but he gas engine too. n
steer compass course, by gorry"
ONE August Sunday the Rev. Hannah ]. Powell, an
ordained woman minister, Mr. MacDonald's most
efficient assistant and cowoker preached without notes
sermon at Eagle Island in East Penobscot Bay. Then
she called Granny Quinn, whose age and inrnities
kept her at home
Read me tibet air sarmon,' peremptorly demanded
Granny.
@But haven't written it out, Granny" explained
Miss Powell.
Then you'll hev to tell it to me-" insisted the old
woman.
And with patient devotion to her work the 3femae
preacher" recapitulated its principal points
ately as she could.
Granny Roberts, seventy years old, of Bots Beubert
Island, Milbrdge also inrm, carried by kindly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

it not suitable for battling with the winter moods
of the Atlantic off the of Maine hauled out
shore from December until April. During this
time Macdonald had to make his way from place to
place best he could by boat by train by stage,
even by foot: Means of communication in winter are
meager that it took three days to reach islands that
in the warm months were within two hours steam
boat-ride from. Bar Harbor. --, .
1t wasfor these reasons that Mrs. John S. Kennedy
of New York furnished thousand dollars to build
and equip suitable boat for allthe year work, and it
early in 1912 that the beautiful Sunbeam was
launched By the following February it had covered
nearly ten thousand miles of coastal waters, and the
mileage for 1913 was nearly double this
Mr.. Macdonald visits than half hundred
settlements that have absolutely other pastoral
supervision. He Systematically holds services estab
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

masters license to navigate the dangerous channels of
Eastern Maine in thick weather with the President of
the United States board; so the Mayfowers skipper
wseybrought his craft to anchor at Head Harbor Is
land. All that night the easterly swell surged in and
rudely. tossed the Mayfower and President Taft as
tirelessly disrespectfuly, it might have tossed
the Bonnie Belle and its of husky Swan Island
fishermen ~
- Uncle Alec Alley extremely soicitous the next
morning. @Waal, wal, now! Amt tibet shame3
Thet yat's been ayin thar all night long with the
President aboardn the poor big critter the poor big
crtter! I'll bet he's been sicker'n hoss Now, if
they'd only to could taken EN- all in to Bar
Habber flynn. The poor big critter!"
Uncle Alec calls every female @Deary" general
principles 1t means more than when he addresses
-. Confined page IA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

soil is arabic, the native male seldom raises enough
green stuff for the of mis- family. The
cook take care of their children, and drudge
from early morning until night 90 --5
Families large These fisher folk think nothing
of raising from six to twelve fourteen boys and
girls There physicians to be had unless they
transported from the mainland, which takes time and
costs money. Then too, great majority OF these 10
caties inaccessible to civilization for long periods,
particularly when the storms of winter howl
and shore and beat the to fury. - r.
In some of the thickly populated communities
thickly populated by comparison only the most
prosperous island settlements seldom number more
than 1Oo-odd souls-some motherly woman with sym
pathetic heart crudey, unhygienicaly, with under
standing the Godgiven desire inherent most of
her to alleviate suffering performs the functions of
midwife when the little come In many cases
physical deformties engendered resulting in life
long miseres which might have been avoided had there
been intelligent '@~ ,
These natives know little nothing of how to pro-
mote their physical well being. Despite the pure air,
there is good deal of consumption among them They
eat too much fish and of tartar bread, and
little meat fresh vegetables and fruit The smackmen
who buy their fish and Holsters they cruise up and
down the coast to these simple people, for
they bring to the the cheapest quality of fiery
liquor, and after plying them with it drive bargains
their own advantage. Frequently quart of rum will
buy more fish than will ten-dollar bill
On the hundreds of islands between Little Machias
Bay and Pemaqud Point live approximately six thou