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WRONG DIAGNOSIS.
Historic Blackguards
By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE
Copyright, t'jr the Prc»M Publishing Cu. (The New York World).
Titus Oates, Conspiracy Inventor
np US Is the
I story of a
1 liar whose
lies caused
e death of many
Innocent people
and convulsed a
whole kingdom.
He was a slirlvel-
faced, oily fellow.
Tltua Oates by _
name Oates was TiTUS OatTS
the son of an English weaver. He be-
gan Ufa as a Haptlat clergyman, was
driven out of his church for perjury
and became u chaplain In the British
navy. He was dismissed from this
service for gross misconduct and went
to study for the priesthood In a Jes-
uit college. Here he was found to
be vicious, hypocritical and worthless,
and was expelled In disgrace. Thus
In 1678, at the ago of fifty-nine, he
was cast upon the world to pick up
a living by his wits. Already be had
been branded as a blackguard, but
now bis real career of deadly mischief
was beginning.
Hating the Jesplts for their Just
condemnation of him, he went to
Charles II., king of England, and In-
vented a story of a Jesuit plot to mur-
der the king and to start a general
massacre. His tale was an absolute
lie from first to last, and It w»#
so awkwardly devised that the king
In a few careless questions exposed It
as not only false but utterly absurd.
Oates was not discouraged. Falling
to convince Charles of the falsehood,
he went before a magistrate named
Godfrey and publicly took oath that
his charges were true. The govern
ment and the people at large seemed
to forget that Oates had already been
convicted of perjury and that his
whole life was that of a man whose
word was not to be credited. Panic
struck statesmen and populace alike
They believed their king's life was
really threatened. No proofs to the
contrary nor appeals to their sanity
could check this belief. The nation
was made with excitement. Charles
alone—the supposed plot's Intended
victim—remained calm and laughed at
the entire affair as a hoax.
Nearly 8,000 Innocent persons were
arrested on Oates’ false testimony as
members of the conspiracy. Brave,
honest, loyal Englishmen were tried
'and unjustly put to death on the same
j ridiculous charge. A reign of terror
' set in. No one's life seemed safe
1 w hen a convicted perjurer could swear
It away. Plain cltlzeus and high no.-
j hies alike swelled the ranks of vic-
tims. Oates received a large Income
from the government and had a suite
of rooms In the palace.
Then, as the turmoil began to die
I down, Oates tried to revive It, by the
j most atrocious charge of all. He ac-
cused the queen—a meek, pious, gen-
j tie little woman whom her husband
had neglected and Ill-treated—of con-
spiring to poison King Charles. The
| public once more howled with fury.
| Parliament tried to force the queen
(to leave court Charles had the de-
cency to put a stop to this tale by de-
claring his wife Innocent.
Later, w hen Charles II. died and his
! brother, James II., came to the throne,
| Oates was convicted of perjury. A
| strange sentence was passed upon
j him. For state reasons It was deem-
| ed best not to execute this “consplr-
j acy Inventor'' who had caused so many
j better men to die. Instead, It was
decided to put him to death In anoth-
er fashion. He was sentenced to pay
a heavy tine, then to he clnpped Into
the pillory (a rude wooden contriv-
ance In which a captive's head and
hands were fastened, while he was
kept standing for hours exposed to
public view), to receive a whipping,
and then to be Imprisoned for life, be-
ing taken from his cell five times a
year to be pilloried again. As Oate^
was Blxty-flve years old, It was thought
the terrific beating would kill him.
But he was tough. He received 1,700
lashes of the whip and was so mangled
Lhat ho had to be dragged back to pris-
on on a sledge. In spite of tbiB treat-
ment he recovered.
Three years later, In 1688, when
JameB II was deposed and William of
Orange became king of England, one
of William's earliest acts was to par-
don Oates and to give him a royal pen-
sion of (1,500 a year.
It Is hard to understand how any
monarch, In the light of Oates' crimes,
could have Issued such pardon and
pension. Yet the fact remains. The
old perjurer lived on In comfort (vain-
ly trying to stir up new plots now
end then) for the next 17 years, dy-
ing In 1705 at the age of etgbty-six.
Blackbeard, Pirate “for Revenue Only’
w N a Virginia
family a
I gruesome
heirloom Is
still cherished. It
Is a huge drinking
cup, barred with
silver and resting
on a silver base.
The cup Itself Is
tnado of a polish- ______
ed human skull. B LAC K BEARD
The skull Qf Blackbeard, the pirate.
Nor was Blackbeard's head less fan-
tastic in life than It Is In death. He
wore an Immense beard, Jet black,
braided and tied Into a dozen fantastic
strands. And each strand was fasten-
ed with a gaudy ribbon. To add to his
ferociously ludicrous appearance he
had all his teeth blackened and filed
to a sharp point. But though In dress
and shape he looked like a comic op-
era brigand, there the comic opera el-
ement ended. He was a shrewd busi-
ness man—a prlate "for revenbe only."
Blackbeard's real name was Edward
Teach (or "Thatch"). He was bom in
England In the last part of the seven-
teenth century, and Is said to have
shipped as a youth aboard a privateer
vessel bound for the West Indies dur-
ing the war of the "Spanish Succes-
sion." Privateering In those days was
not very different from piracy. It was
almost as profitable and It had the ad-
vantage of being strictly legal.
The blackguard with the fewest scru-
ples, least conscience and greatest
atore of brutal courage, craftiness and
ferocity was certain of quick promo-
tion among the sea rangers—unless be
was first killed. And Blackbeard had
all these qualities. He had also a
daredevil manner, which (coupled with
his odd dress and odder face) led many
people to believe hint Insane. But he
seems never to have been too roaring
crazy to keep an eye on every "busi-
ness" chance that came his way.
In 1713 peace was declared and the
privateers found themselves out of
work. This did not trouble Black-
beard. From privateering to piracy was
the shortest kind of step. He turned
pirate. For a year or so nothing was
beard from him by the outside world
But in 1(16 he all at once became fa-
mous—or Infamous. In his armed
eloop Queen Anee's Revenge (at the
head of a murderous crew that feared
nothing but himself) he began ravag
lng the Spalnsh Main.
Then, leaving that happy hunting
ground to the freebooter folk. Black-
beard headed northward and scoured
the Virginia and Carolina coasts, fight-
ing, capturing, pillaging, bqrning For
two years he kept this up. eluding cap-
ture and making his name a terror to
planters and Bailors alike.
Then, In June, 1718, Queen Anne's
Revenge was wrecked off the North
(Caroliua coAt Blackbeard, Instead of
IN THE PHILIPPINES
New Orleans Girl Spends Several
Months on Islands.
Writes of Her Trip on a Coastwise
Boct and the Strange Menu Served
to the Party In Picturesque
Native Town.
Manila, P. I.—"We were Invited to
spend several weeks in this province, i
and as It was likely to prove a novel ex-
I perlence, we came," says Mrs. Marcia
Dorothy Ryar, a New Orleans girl who
spent several months In the Philip-
pines.
"We took the coastwise boat, which
below stairs was crammed with na-
tives, ponies, carabaos, vegetables, the
Inevitable fighting cocks (a native neg-
lects his family, but never his game-
cock), fish, smell and babies.
"On the upper deck, however, be-
neath an awning, we were comfortable
enough In steamer chairs.
"That evening we reached a native
town, very odd with Its native straw
huts on stilts, and Its crazy streets
with cats, strings of fish and children.
Also cocks and cockpit—and the
Jungle behind It all.
"There a banca, a clumsy, canoe-
shaped native boat, decidedly top-
heavy and uncomfortable, met us. It
was paddled expertly by natives, pic-
turesque In their scanty attire, and
wearing at their belts knives quite
large enough to make me shudder. We
arrived at the station to see a magnifi-
cent sunset and cat a unique dinner.
On the menu were of course many
familiar dishes, but besides there were
fried bananas sliced crosswise, thin
and crisp, tasting like eggplant, a
cousin to the cucumber, roasted, a
salad made from cocoanut buds with
mayonnaise. I did not like It at all—
rice like popcorn, bamboo shoots,
chicken with curry and a Jelly mude
from flowers, which tasted like cur-
rantB, also a drink of cocoanut milk,
which Is awful.
“The house Is a darling. It Is large,
native In style, of straw and bamboo
By IRWIN M. HOWE, Official Statistician of the America-; League
fighting on land or waiting to be cap- {
lured, surrendered himself and 30 of j
his best men to Gov. Charles Eden of |
North Carolina The pirate, In spite ;
of hU eccentricities, was a shrewd
Judge of human nature. He had good j
reason to know what manner of man j
Eden was. He went to the governor,
secured from him a royal pardon and
calmly proposed a business partner- j
ship. It was arranged between them j
that Blackbeard was to go back to hts
pleasant piratical labors and that Eden j
(In return for a fair percentage of the 1
plunder) should protect him from legal j
interference.
This was a safe and profitable ar
rangement for both. For a few months
[ It prospered finely. But such a state
of affairs aroused sharp comment from j
the planters on whose rich estates j
Blackbeard was now levying a heavy
toll. One local legislator, Edward Mos- |
ley, complained publicly that while j
Eden could easily raise an armed force
to arrest honest men, he did not seem I
able to do anything toward capturing 1
Blackbeard. Eden punished this plain
speecs by fining Mosley $500 and by
prohibiting him from bolding office for
three years.
But the people's discontent could not ’
be so easily silenced. The colonists) I
unable to stir their own governor Into
‘action, appealed to Gov. Spotswood of {
Virginia. Spotswood was a very dif- j
fereut sort from the profit-loving Eden. !
He promptly fitted up two ships and. |
with Lieut, Robert Maynard In com- I
njand, send them against the pirates
The Virginian force found Blackbeard !
In Pamlico bay on November 18, 1718
A fierce battle ensued. Blackbeard
knew what defeat would mean to him,
so he ordered one of his men to stand
by the powder magazine with a light-
ed match and to blow up friends and
enemies alike at a signal from hint.
But the signal was not given For In
the thick of the turmoil Blackbeard
and Maynard met on deck In a hand-to-
hand fight. It was a duel wbqse fame
lived long in Virginia—this deadly
sword clash between a dapper young
officer and a giant pirate At length
skill In swordsmanship prevailed
against mere savage strength, and a
blow of Maynard's cutlass stretched
Blackbeard dead on his own deck. The
career of America's most picturesque
sea rover was at an end. The surviv-
ors of the crew surrendered Thirteen
of them were hanged. And coast dwell-
ers and marines alike breathed easier
A Doubtful Compliment.
Miss Pretty—1 don’t see bow you
whistle through your fingers in that
way. 1 could never do It, I'm sure
Mr. Goodheart (wishing to compli-
ment her delicate little hands)—No,
MIsb Pretty, If you were to try It your
whole hand would slip into your
mouth.
A WORLD’S FLAG SAVED FOR PIRATES
BY TOMMY LEACH
OMMT LEACH, the little Pirate outfielder, saved a world's pennant for
B Pittsburgh In 1909 by as daring a play as has ever been seen In a post-
■ season series. Without the effective work of Leach at bat and In the
field, the Pirates never could have won the flag that year. Leach's
greatest play In the championship contest came In the first game, In
which he robbed Ty Cobb of a glory rivaling that of Frank Baker In the
set Ics of 1911.
Before a record crowd of 29.264 paid admissions, the Tigers and Pirates
met Oct. 8 at the Pittsburgh park before a wildly enthusiastic crowd of
rooters.
Babe Adams, the pitching hero of
the championship, had settled down
In a slab duel with George^Mulltn of
the Tigers. The Pirates had tied the
score In the fourth Inning amid a
great demonstration. Tiger hopes be-
gan to fade In the fifth Inning when
Absteln drove a hard grounder
through Delahanty and Cobb and
landed at third base. Detroit hopes
sank still lower when Gibson drove
the ball to right center, scoring Ab-
steln. Bush fumbled Adams' ground-
er and Byrne was given a terrific
blow on the head, filling the basis.
Leach lifted a long fly to Jones and
Gibson scored. That put the Pirates
In the lead 3 to 1.
Then came the grand opening for
■j, _ the Tigers to win the game. With
two out Jones singled and Bush
|g. worked AdamB for a pass.
Tv Cobb came up with the fate
of the series lurkJng In his trusty
V bat. Jennings yelled "Come on Ty!"
and Cobb dug his spikes Into the
earth Impatiently waiting for Adams’
worst.
The Georgian took two healthy
swings at vacancy and then ensued a
battle of wits In which Cobb came out the victor. Adams committed the
blunder of trying to make Cobb bite on wide ones and In this way put him-
self In a holo. That was Just what Cobb wanted. Adams had three and
two on the batter and Cobb bided his time, well knowing the young pitcher
must serve up a good ball and take a chance.
Over the plate came the next offering of the diminutive pitcher and Cobb
swung at the ball, meeting It with a resounding thud that told of a possible
complete circuit hit. The fleet Cobb dashed to first, and started for second
and Jones and Bush romped toward home.
Out Into deep right center sped the ball and at the crack of the bat
Tommy Leach was headed in the same direction. All eyes In the park were
riveted on the Pirate outfielder as he darted after the hard hit liner. There
was only one chance In a hundred of his stopping that drive, but Leach was
taking that chance. Impelled by the impulse that makes one do in a crisis
what he cannot do under ordinary circumstances, he overtook the hit by a
mud burst of speed, gripping the ball securely amid cheering that spoke
eloquently of the merits of his wonderful exploit.
Had Leach failed In that crisis Cobb would have tied the scoreewith a
char.cc to win the game and thus undoubtedly have given the Jungleband a
world's Tag that afterwards went to the Pirates.
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Doctor—What Is this?
Blower—I call It “A Kansas Cy-
elone.”
Doctor—Oh! Ah! I see! I mistook
It for an attack of painter’s colic.
HOW TO TREAT PIMPLES AND
BLACKHEADS
Tommy Leach.
For pimples and blackheads the fol-
lowing is a most effective and eco-
nomical treatment: Gently smear the
affected parts with Cutlcura Oint-
ment, on the end of the finger, but
’ do not rub. Wash off the Cutlcura
Ointment In five minutes with Cutl-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
: bathing for some minutes. This treat-
ment Is best on rising and retiring.
At other times use Cutlcura Soap
freely for the toilet and bath, to as-
sist In preventing Inflammation, Irri-
tation and clogging of the pores, the
common cause of pimples, blackheads,
| redness and roughness, yellow, oily,
mothy and other unwholesome condi-
tions of the skin.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card "Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston.”
Meeting Emergencies.
Senator Dixon was condemning a
piece of political deception.
“The thing was as flagrant,” he said,
"as the railway case.
"Two men, one of them very short,
, were passing through a station toward
‘ the train gates when the bigger one
was heard to say:
" ‘I've got a half ticket fur ye,
George. Yer so little, ye'll pass, all
right.’
“ 'But,' protested George, ‘how about
my beard?' And he twiddled his chin
beard nervously.
" 'Oh,' rejoined the other, "tell ’em
It's a mole.’ ”
Only in a Business Way.
“So Clara rejected the plumber.”
“Do you know why?"
"Somebody told her to be careful
about encouraging him, as he hit the
pipe.”
I - *. * - K * \
Negrlte Warriors.
floors, large rooms, sliding partitions
and shower bath In each room. Be-
hind 1b the Jungle, before a fine
stretch of lawn, a beach and the water.
"That evening we sat on the wide
gallery, In the usual steamer chairs,
and listened to the plaintive native
music from the barrio, where a dance
was In full swing.
“Our host haB a charming. If lonely
existence. There are fifty native men
In t]jo barrio, whom he oversees at
their work. His household arrange-
ments are perfect, but It takes four
boys and a cook to keep them so. It
seems so funny to see a boy In pink
knee pants, no shirt, but a dagger in
Ills belt, serving chocolate, and excel-
lent chocolate at that.
"The place la beautifully laid out;
the Irrigation ditches are crossed by
pretty bamboo bridges, all things
lending themselves to the general ef-
fect. 1 saw coffee, bananas and pine-
apples growing for the first time, the
latter a beautiful red while growing.
You should see the wonderful orchids
and fern^ some with frondB twelve
By IRWIN M. HOWE, Official Statistician of the American League
DEVORE’S GREAT CATCH THAT CAUGHT
A PENNANT
F ALL the stars that shone brightly In the National league pennant
M ■ race of 1911 and glittered brilliantly In McGraw's attempt to wrest a
■ ■ world's crown from Connie Mack, there's none that surpassed Josh
W Devore of Terre Haute.
Fans marveled at the great running catches of Devore In the
world's series of that season. No player has made a more spectacular catch
than that of Devore In the last combat of the post-season series at Phila-
delphia. The Giants lost, but It was no fault of Devore’s fielding.
This Hoosler speed boy had made so many spectacular catches that fre-
quenters of the National league parks
perhaps under-rated his wonderful
speed and remarkable fielding ability.
LEWIS’ Single Rinder fto cigar; so rich
In quality that most smokers prefer them
to IOC cigars.
Many a fellow Is a goner before he
has had a chance to be a comer.
catches figured as
plays of the Giants
feet frng.
BAND PLAYS AS DOG DINES
Canine Guest of Honor at Banquet
Ceebrates Birthday and Devours
His Share of Feast.
Hamilton, Ohio.—New York's foul
hundred have had their monkey din-
ners other swell sets have their Inno-
vations along that line, but this town
bears the honor of giving a dog a real
live banquet and concert to commem-
orate the anniversary of his birth.
The affair was given by LouIb F.
Morner, and the guest of honor was
his dog, "Major,” who, seated at the
head of the table, was admired during
the many courses by a host of bis
owner's friends. The city band gave
a concert of several select numbers.
"Major,” unconscious of the honor
that was being bestowed upon him,
devoured bis share of the viands and
looked about for more.
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Many of these
pennant-winning
In 1911.
Speed Is Devore's greatest asset
He Is one of the few ten-s^ond men
In the big leagues. His native ability
as a ground coverer caught the eye
of John J. McGraw, a follower of the
speed theory In baseball. Young Josh
was a speed boy when he was at high
school, where he won laurels on a
track team. He was Just as speedy
when he played In the Cotton States
circuit In 1906 and 1907. A news-
paper man watched Devore go down
to first with a burst of speed that
amazed him one blistering day down
In Mississippi. He tipped It off to
McGraw,
New York's last s rles with Pitts-
burgh Bettled the National league
race and gave the pennant to Mc-
Graw In his hard battle with the Chi-
cago Cubs. Devore's wonderful speed
won for the Giants from Pittsburgh,
Oct. 2. 1911. The final score stood:
New York 3, Pittsburg 0.
Probably not In his career has
Devore made a greater catch than In the seventh Inning of that game, and
that Is saying volumes. Pittsburgh players were desperate. It was their
last chance. The eyes of the whole baseball world were upon them. They
wanted the game on that day and they wanted it badly, Devore was In their
way. This little speed merchant had counted In the fourth Inning, beating
out a slow roller between first and second by a sheer burst of speed and
scoring by another display of fleetness on Murray’s out. He scored again
almost unaided In the sixth Inning.
That great exhibition at bat was about enough for him but the greatest
play of the series, one that took the heart out of the hdme fans,
follow.
Bobby Byrne set the depressed fans to cheering when he smashed the
ball for a terrific liner down the third base foul line In the seventh Inning
But the burst of applause died away Into a groan a few seconds later The
great crowd was hushed and silent under the spell of a wonderful play that
crushed out all hope of winning the game and stopping the giants in their
onward march
Devore dashed out with the speed of a fox chased by hounds. He sDed
towards the foul line and Intercepted the sphere in Its flight by a lurch that
carried him almost oIt his feet, for one of the most spectacular catches of th
season In the National league. That wonderful catch helped take another
game for the Giants, whitewashed the Pirates and aided In
that settled the pennant race of 1911.
(Copyright. 1912, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
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Women waste a lot of powder when
the enemy Isn’t In sight.
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