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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14

utes that quick and able mariner, Bon
net, had sent three armed boats down
the river to reconnoiter. If the vessels
entering the river were merchantmen,
they should not be allowed to get
away; but if they were enemies, al
though it was difficult to Understand
how enemies could make their appear
ance in these quiet waters, they must
be attended to, either by fight or flight.
When the three boats came back,
and it was late before they appeared.
every man upon the Royal James was
crowded along her side to hear the
news, and even the people on the prizes
knew that something had happened,
and stood upon every point of vantage,
hoping that in some way they could
find out what it was.
The news brought by the boats was
TO the effect that two vessels. not sail
ing as merchantmen and we'll armed
and manned. were now ashore ON sand
bars, not very far above the mouth
Of the river. Now Bonnet swore brave
ly. II the work upon his vessel had
been finished he would UP anchor and
away and sail past these two grounded
ships, whatever they were and what
ever they came for. He would sail
past them and take with him his two
prizes; he would glide out to sea with
The tide, and he would laugh at them
as he left them behind But the ftcyal
James was not ready TO sail
The tide was now low; five hours
Rfterward, when it should be high,
those two ships, whatever they We're,
would float again, and the Royal
James. whatever her course of action
should be, would be cut off from the
mouth of the river This was a Sreater
risk than even a pirate as bold as Bon-
net would wish to run, and so there
was no sleep that night on the Royal
James. The blows of the hammers
and the sounds of the saws made a
greater noise than they had ever done
before, SO that the night birds were
frightened and flew shrieking away
Every man worked with all the energy
that was in him, for each hairy rascal
had reason to believe that if the vessel
they were on did not get out OF the
river before the two armed strangers
should be afioat there might be hard
! times ahead for them. Even Ben
| Greenway was aroused. THE dell
shall not get him any sooner than can
be helped he said to himself, and he
hammered and sawed with the rest Of
them.
On his stout and well-armed sloop'
| the Henry. Mr. William Rhett, of
Charles Town, South Carolina, paced
Rnxiously all night. Frequently from
the sand-bar on which his vessel was
grounded he called over to his other
sloop, also fast grounded. giving orders
and asking questions On both yes
sells everybody was at work, getting
tready for action when the tide should
rise.
Some weeks before the walls an0
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14

TWO others, and no matter what hap
pened afterward they preferred to live
longer than fifteen or twenty minutes.
But Bonnet quaifed not before fate,
before the enemy, or before his crew:
IL he heard another word of surrender
he would fire the magazine and blow
the ship to the sky with every man in
1t. Raising his cutlass in air, he was
about to bring 1t down upon the COW
ards he berated, when suddenly he was
seized by two powerful hands. which
pinned his arms behind him. With a
scream of rage, he turned his head and
found that he was in the grasp of Ben
Greenway..
Let go your sword, Master Bonnet"
said Ben; "it is o. no use to We now.
for We Gamma get ava from me. I'm
nae older than We are, though I look 1t,
an I've got the harder muscles. Ye
may be maxim your way steadily an
surely to the gates o. hell an 1t magma
be possible that can prevent We, but
I'm not goin' to let We tumble in by
accident SO long as I've got two arms
left to me-"
Pale, haggard. and writhing. Stede
Bonnet was disarmed, and the jolly
Roger came down.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
WERE NOT TRUE ALBlNos
Number Of Waite Buffalo Surprised
Hunters Until the Phenomenon
Found an Explanation.

Old buffalo-hunters of the western
Kansas prairies used to tell of HAVING
seen and pursued white buffalo. There
were white buffalo, albinos, such as are
found at rare intervals in all the fami-
lies of the animal Kingdom; but the
number of those which existed in fact
and Of those which existed purely in the
Imagination, says the Kansas City Jour-
nal, were in wonderful disproportion.
In 1873 old Ben Garfield, who roamed
the plains with his tall, gaunt Wife for a
companion, followed herd of buffalo
from the northern edge of what is now
Oklahoma to the sand-hills of Nebraska,
thinking to kill big white bull which
he had seen in the herd. After three
weeks of patient stalking Garfield did
kill the bull, only to find that the white
ness of it's appearance was due to coat
of whitewash.
An explanation of this phenomenon
would not be needed by people familiar
with the natural lime beds of western
Kansas. The habit of the buffalo is to
roll or walIow in every pool of water or
mudhole to which he comes. Canfield's
buffalo had simply been rolling in q bed
of the native lime, which, when dried
in the sun, coated his hide with kind
Of plaster.
No doubt these lime-holes account
for many of the white buffalo" so often
reported by hunters.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
MISTAKEN FOR A PATIENT.
Amusing Reception Accorded Visitor
to New York Hospital-His
Case Puzzled Doctors.

An italian who had been in this coun.
try crly AZ hours went to the Bellevue
hospital one day is tely to visit patient,
ssys the New York Sun. An obligina
fellow countryman in the reception
room instructed the stranger in the mys-.
teries of the main Office, and presently
he was whisked upstairs in an elevator
When the elevator stopped the italian
walked into a ward and sat Gown. ass2.Iasssa
The first nurse who spied him there
took II for granted that he was a new
patient In less time than 1t takes TO
tell 1t he had been thoroughly scrubbed
and put to bed. Then the doctor in
charge of the ward came along and made
an examination
The unwilling patient seemed to be
resting comfortably, but the absence OF
any pronounced symptoms was alarm
ing. A second doctor was sent for The
two made second examination and
then called in a third. BY that time tina
bewildered Italian had yielded to the In
evstable and was sleeping peacefully.
The third doctor prescribed an inter.
prefer and finally guide took the smil-
ing visitor to the bedside OF his sick
friend
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
Copyright. 1907. BY D. Appleton 4 Co. New York.

great oatns and they respected him.
This powerful pirate now commanded
a small fleet, for in the cove where lay
his flagship also lay I've GOOD sized
sloops, manned by their own crews,
which he had captured in Delaware
bay and had brought down with him
to this quiet spot, few miles up the
Cape Fear river, where now he was
repairing his own ship, which had had
a hard time of it since she had again
come into his hands.
For many a long day the sound of
the hammer and the saw had mingled
with the song of the birds, and Capt
Bonnet felt that in day or two he
might again sail out upon the sea, con-
yeying his two prizes to some con-
Venient mart, while he, with his good
ship, freshened and restored, would go
in search of more victories, more booty,
and more blood
There were great prospects before
our pirate captain. Perhaps he might
have the grand good fortune to fall in
with that low-born devil, Blackboard,
who, when last he had been heard
from, commanded but a small vessel,
ACdA LII A0 dtletSA uDOA C1lio. SOdSC-
What proud and glorious moment it
would be when a broadside and an
other and another should be poured
in upon his little craft from the long
guns OF the Royal James.
Bonnet was still standing. rejecting,
with bright eyes, upon this dazzling
future, and wondering what would be
sae best way of letting the dastardly
Blackboard know whose guns they
were which had sunk his ship, when a
boat was seen coming around the head
land This was one of his own boats,
which had been posted as sentinel,
and which now brought the news that
two vessels were coming in at the
mouth of the river, but that as the
distance was great and the night was
coming on they could not decide what
manner of craft they were.
This information made everybody
jump, on board the Royal James, and
the noise of the saving and the ham
mering ceased as completely as had
abe songs Of tbs birds In a few Tnin-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
MEN DON'T WEAR coRsETs.
# the Absurd Custom Is in Vogue II
Is Concealed from the Mer- Il
chant Tailors.

OF late years great deal OF nonsense
has been printed about the growth of the
corset habit among men, yet there
seems to be very little if any founda-
ton for such statements as have been
made on the subject Making due allow
ances for the reserve with which the
tailor might seek to protect his patrons
from publicity, it does not appear from
interviews with several of the leading
custom tailors in this city and other
cities that there is any truth in these
statements. All Of them say they have
no calls for clothes to be fitted over cor
sets, and leading corset maker for
women, purveyor to high-class custom
trade, declares total absence of ap-
plications to make the articles for men.
The tailors estimate that such items
as those referred to may emanate from
the press agents of corset makers, who
would like to increase their trade by
making for men as we'll as women. The
masculine figure does not, as a general
rule, need a corset. It's only effect would
be to repress the stomach and throw
out the chest, giving form which Is
natural to men of athletic habits, who
stand erect, while to men of other habits
it would be a constraint that could not
be borne with comfort That the mil
itary figure" for men may be secured
without the use of a corset is shown by
the cadets of West Point and Annapolis,
who. as 1t has been definitely estab-
lished, do not use the articles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
Air-Soundinps


E Regular air-soundings. with kites ana
balloons carrying registering apparatHs
are now made in the United States. Ger
many and Denmark, for gaining a bet
ter knowledge of the atmosphere and
its problems. On hill near Viborg. in
Jutland, two-story tower, about 80
feet high, is mounted on rails so as to
be revolved, one side being open and
kept Sway from the wind. 1t is equipped
with registering instruments, electric
motor, two windlasses. ETC., for starting
kites, while other buildings contain
workshops, small balloons, steam en-
CINE and accommodations for the d.
rector and five assistants. Kites are
flown with steel wire of 0.6 to 1 g milf
meter. and easily reach 200 yards in
height, but attain 5000 or 1000 yards
with dif1culty and only by the use OF
auxiliary kites. After recent break
of a wire one kite was recovered at q
distance OF $50 miles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
A TIMBER FAMINE COMING
Expert Predicts That Third Decade OF
@anis Century Will See Deplo- !
ton Of Our Forests.

The writer not long ago estimated
that with the increased rate of consump-
ton the third decade of this century
would see practically the depletion OF
the native timber of the United States
and this year one of the largest opera
tors in the sawmill business has come
to the same conclusion" so Prof. B. e
Fernow afirms in an article on 1.-The
Forestry Problems Of the United States, y
I'm Pearson's. Others there are who
point to other lands as waiting to fur
Inish the United States with supplies
There is Canada, most DESTROYS to in
crease its exports of lumber in this d.
lrection. There is Brazil and the whole
of South America full Of woods! Bliss
full ignorance! Canada, although rela
lively to It's population very much bet
ter wooded than the United States. has
not less lavishly cut and wasted. OF the
class of timber which this country para
ticularly cares for, it has but a limited
supply, and is called upon to furnish tc
the mother country as well. A few
years more than is predicted for the de-
pletion of the United States will see
Canada's virgin timber used up
THE southern continent contains for
ests OF vast extent, but practically nc
material that this country particularly
needs or desires to use, for they are
mainly composed of the hardest of the
hardwoods, fit only for limited uses al
least in the present household economy
1t is pines, spruces. cedars, redwoods
frs, in other words, conifers, that are
mainly needed, and of these no supplies
OF any extent are to be found in South
America. In fact. with the exception
of Russia, possibly, the United States
may claim to have still the largest sup
! ply Of these most needed woods. The
fear, also, of a timber famine not wood
famine, for wood will still abound
when saw-timber is gone-is, indeed.
beginning to agitate those European
countries which rely upon importa-
TONS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
Improved Rain Gauge.

A tipping bucket attachment has
been added TO the rain gauge OF the
weather bureau on top of the custom
house at st. louis. 1t accurately tells
Of the amount of precipitation. The
rain is drained into a double bucket,
so poised that it tips on receiving a
certain amount of water Every move
ment of this kind is registered by an
electrical connection.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
CHAPTER XXxIII.
THE TIDE DEcTnES


LIS - ~-sS1
T was now September,
* = and the weather was
beautiful on the North
Carolina coast. Capt Thomas Qate
Bonnet) of the Royal James Gate Re-
yenge) had always enjoyed cool nights
and invigorating morning air, and,
therefore 1t was that he said to his
faithful servitor, Ben Greenway, when
first he stepped out upon the deck as
his vessel lay comforta bly, anchored in
3 little cove in the Cape Fear river,
that he did not remember ever having
been in more pleasant harbor. This
well-tried pirate captain-Stede Bon
net, as we shall call him, notwith-
standing his assumption of another
name-was in genial mood as he
drank in the morning air.
From his point of view he had right
to be genial; he had a right to be
pleased with the scenery and the air;
he had a right to swear at the Scotch
man, and to ask him why he did not
put on a merrier visage on such a
sparkling morning, for since he had
first started out as Capt. Thomas, of
the Royal James, he had been a most
successful pirate, He had sailed up
the Virginia coast; he had burned, he
had sunk, he had robbed. he had slail;
he had gone up the Delaware bay. and
The people in ships and the people on
the coasts trembled even when they
heard that his black flag had been
sighted.
No man could now say that the for
ner captain of the Revenge was not an
accomplished and seasoned desperate.
Even the great Blackboard would not
have cared to give him nicknames, nor
Jared to play his blithesome tricks
apon him; he was now no more Capt.
Nightcap to any man. His crew OF
Hairy rufflans had learned to under
stand that he knew what he wanted,
Ind. more than that, he knew how to
lrder it dong. They listened to his
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
Lily of the Valley.

For all it's beauty, the lily of the val
ley is denounced by scientists on the
ground that both the stalks and the
flowers contain poison 1t is risky to
put the stalks into ones mouth, as IL
the sap happens to get into even the
tiniest crack in the lips it may pro-
duce swelling, often accompanied by
pain.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
Fed to Believe Her.

Judge Parry, Of the English judiciary,
tells of feeble-loolSing man who was re-
buked for supporting a ridiculous claim
made by his wife.
"I tell you candidly don't believe a
word of your wife's story" said Judge
Parry.
Eyer may do as yer like" replied the
man, mournf1lly; "but I've got to-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
Attaining the Ideal.

All the revolution that mankind Is
yearning for is Just this: to make men.
look in the direction of their work, to
emphasize service and not wages, to
ask how much good will 1t do? and not
does 1t pay? writes Ernest Crosby. in
Swords and Plowshares.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
A Boston Husband.

Mrs. Caudle--I think there's man
( downstairs.
Mr.. Caudle--T thought T heard some
one. Suppose you go down and ask
him what he wants. Even burglar
wouldn't strike a woman, you know
Boston TEMmsoriRt<
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
Cure for the Poet.

h Lots of people think they are full of
poetry when a little sarsapar.lla would
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
British Territory.

Great Britain controls 81 out OF every
100 square miles of the earth's surface.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
an Applicatiou

Fair. but false-the blond wig.-Chi.
cago Daily News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14

Princes Wore Wooden Shoes.
In the ninth and tenth centuries the
great princes of Europe wore wooden
Ahoes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14

i4as sa6e . h1-',i1SS'
YEA shnph was now afioat-should sail
around them, rake their decks, and
| shatter them to pieces. So the crew
consulted together, despite their cap
tainss roars and oaths. and many of
them counselled surrender. Their ves-
eel was much farther .inshora than thes
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
widows in BerliS

There are more than 100000 widows
In Berlin.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08

1t is confidently predicted that
Bear Lake will be in the next repub-
lican state convention, ready TO
furnish the "billy,o If il is needed,
to lay Gov. Morrison's candidacy
out fiat. There are reasons for this.
Bishop Clark and Bishop Keetch
are believed to have helped finish
Morrison's friend Borah last winter.
while DR.. Hoover's friends can
name lots of men they love as well
as John 7. Besides the beet sugar
graft hasn't caused any pereeptlble
landslide to the governor, and many
republicans think he ought to have
vetoed the bill, as Mcbride did in
Washington. In many ways there
doesn't seem to be that unaninuity
of feeling that was so noticeble
something over year ago. The
kinks may come out later on, but
just now they seem to be short and
pretty numerous.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08
NOTHING, But GOOD WILL.

Idaho was practicularly free from
all sorts of misfortunes the past
year. We have had no labor
troubles, no cyclone. or other like
disasters, no failure Of crops, in fact
no. great calamities of any kind.
On the other hand the people have
lived in peace and contentment, been
blessed with bountiful production
from the earth in both crops and
metals. The state has had won
derful growth everywhere and gener-
ally good times have prevailed.
Indeed those who live in this
Gem Of the Mountains have abund-
ant cause for rejoicing, and they do
rejoice. The wonder is that mil
lions of utsiders don't see our ad-
vantages and come rushing in to
make their homes here.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08
WILL IT POINT

The Examiner is anxiously await
ing the next county republican plat
form. We wonder If it will "point
with pride"
To the rotten and unequal assess
ment of 1908;
To the immense amount of work
its commissioners haven't done on
the county roads;
To the Inconvenience caused to
east side taxpayers, III compelling
them to go to Paris to settle their
county debt;
To the letting of prisoners,
charged with grave crimes, get away
from the county Jail;
TO the job Of favoring the spend
ing of large sum on the road lead
ing to Preston or Franklin, when
our own highways need so much at
tention;
TO the scheme of sending work
out of the county, that could be
done at home.
These are just q few of the
proud things" More will come
as election day gets closer.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08

It's about time for the people OF
this section to wake up to the fact
that if they want anything done by
the county for Montpelier they Will
have to have resident of Montpcl-
Ter in the county court house. Oh er
Towns get their citizens in. why not
tins city try and get few, especially
a commissioner? Montpelier pays
more taxes than any two or three
towns in he county, yet has new r
been represented more than once ar
twice on the boaId fer a dozen
years past. The present regime
ought to teach US a thing or two.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08
THE DEPOSITLAW.

The Examiner believes that some
kind of a deposit law ought to be on
the statute books, SO the public
treasury could get the interest, from
public money, that now goes into
the state treasurer's pocket, but at
the same time we don't feel as bad
now about the last law being
knocked out, as we did the day we
read the decision. After reading
what The court said, we perused
Gov. John T. epistle. and his moan
kinder eased up the tension on our
heartfelt sorrow. We at first
thought, simple like, that it was a
measure advocated out of the full
ness of Johns heart for the benefit
Of the people, but now we believe
it was made into law solely for the
political effect 1t would have later
on. We may be mistaken in this,
and we hope we are, but that rib
bling up the governor gave the court
sorter confirms our opinion that we
have diagnosed the case correctly.
Yes, the state needs a depository
law, but it doesn't need it half as
bad as some people need political
thunder.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08

Frank Cannon, III his paper the
Ogden Journal, charges that Wool
ey's appointment was the result of a
deal whereby Hepburn got enough
votes to send him to the senate.
Frank further says that Pres. Bulge
was the chief engineer of the scheme,
hence the reason Wooley was to be
the beneficiary. The Examiner
doesn't know whether this is true
and it cares less. 1t isa republican
scrap with which the democrats
have nothing to do.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08

While the democrats were in the
court house over III Paris, they ar
ranged SO the taxpayers on this side
Of the valley could settle with the
county at some place i'll Montpelier,
and thus save TRIP to the county
seat. Not SO under republican rule.
Joe Shepherd decreed different and
everyone most had TO settle up in
Paris. Joe is perilously near the
whole thing in Bear Lake at present.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08

The Examiner hopes Representa-.
tive MondeIPs bill, approprlatlng
$40, 600 year to states that estab-
llsh school of mines, will become
law. Next to agriculture, mining
is the greatest standby of the nation,
and these schools help immensely
to advance knowledge along the
mining line.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08
Judge Quarles has the O.. o. u.

Jadg" Quarles has the g. o. p.
officials in the state house jumping
sideways. With the deposit law
gone, together with the possibility
of all the bond issues including the
beet sugar steal, knocked into a
cooked hat, what will there be left
to stand on in the next campaign?
No wonder there are ssdahk clouds
r1sin on the horizon.''
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08

No town i'll the state has a bright
er outlook for 1904 than Montpelier.
Everything points to a most pros
perons year IN this city and county.
Increased payrells, larger cultivated
acreage, new canals, new buildings,
big mine prospects, are a few of
things that we count on to make
1904 banner year.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08

The Examiner has been rather
quiet for some time past, but she is
going to be warm number from
now on. We will hew to the line
even if some of the chips do strike
a sensitive spot. SO look out for
your eye.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08

Borah's head may be longer than
II looks. His being retained to de-
tend Apostle Smooot may mean
that he will yet reach the United
States. senate, via of the Mormon
counties support. The next thing
will be to get republican legisla-
ture in 1906.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08

1t is bad enough 10 have an eleva-
ton in taxes. without having to go
over to Paris to settle, if it could be
easier and more conveniently done
IN this city.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08

II Japan and Russia must fight,
the United States will be glad to
furnish the meat, bread, and other
'ssinews' for both sides.