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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

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The skull OF Blackboard, 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 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 comic op-
era brigand, there the comic opera ell
ement ended. He was a shrewd bust
ness mana pirate "for revenbe only"
Blackbeard's real name was Edward
Teach Cor "Thatch"). He was born in
England in the last part of the seven
teenth century, and is said TO have
shipped as youth aboard privateer
vessel bound for the West Indies dur
ing the war of the Spanish Success
sion." Privateering in those days was
not very different from piracy. 1t was
almost as profitable and it had the ad-
vantage of being strictly legal.
The BLACKBOARD with the fewest scru-
pies, least conscience and greatest
store of brutal courage, craftiness and
ferocity was certain of quick promo
ton among the sea rangers-unless he
was first killed. And Blackboard had
all these qualities. He had also a
daredevil manner, which Coupled with
his odd dress and odder face) led many
people to believe him insane. But he
seems never to have been too roaring
crazy to keep an eye on every bust
ness" chance that came his way.
In 1913 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
heard from him by the outside world
But In 17l6 he all at once became fa.
mous-or Infamous. In his armed
sloop Queen Anee's Revenge Cat the
head OF a murderous crew that feared
nothing but himself) he began rayag-
ing the Spanish Main.
Then, leaving that happy hunting
ground to the freebooter folk. Black
beard headed northward and secured
the Virginia and Carolina coasts, fight.
Ing. capturing, pillaging, burning. For
two years he kept this up, eluding cap
ture and making his name a terror to
planters and sailors alike.
Then, In June. 1918. Queen Anne's
Revenge was wrecked off the North
Caroliua coast. Blackboard, instead OF
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
ORIGIN OF "KANGAROO."

The kangaroo derived its name
from an amusing blunder. When Eng
lish sailors landed at Australia they
were amazed by the curious nature of
the animal, both by it's strange habit
of hopping along and also by the way
in which 1t pouched it's young. In
curing of a native what It was, the
black replied, Kan go ROOF" (What
do you mean?) The sailors took this
as a reply to their question, and the
queer animal goes down the ages In
leaps of interrogation.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
Blackboard, Pirate "for Revenue Only"

lighting on land or waiting to be cap.
tured, surrendered himself and 30 OF
his best men to Gov. Charles Eden Of
North Carolina. The pirate, in spite
of his eccentricities, was a shrewd
judge of human nature He had good
reason to know what manner of man
Eden was. He went to the governor,
secured from him royal pardon and
calmly proposed a business partner
ship. 1t was arranged between them
that Blackboard was to go back to his
pleasant piratical labors and that Eden
Tin return for fair percentage Of the
plunder) should protect him from legal
interference.
This was safe and profitable ar
rangement for both. For few months
it prospered finely. But such a state
of affairs aroused sharp comment from
the planters on whose rich estates
Blackboard was now levying a heavy
toll. One local legislator, Edward Mos
ley, complained publicly that while
Eden could easily raise an armed force
to arrest honest men, he did not seem
able to do anything toward capturing
Blackboard. Eden punished this plain
specs by fining Mosley $500 and by
prohibiting him from holding office for
three years.
But the peoples discomfort could not
be so easily silenced The colonists,
unable to stir their own governor into
action, appealed to Gov. Spotswood of
Virginia. Spotswood was a very diff.
ferent sort from the profit-loving Eden.
He promptly fitted up two ships and.
with Lieut.. Robert Maynard in COM
mand, send them against the pirates.
The Virginian force found Blackboard
In Pamlico bay on November IS. 1918.
A fierce battle ensued. Blackboard
knew what defeat would mean to him,
so he ordered one Of his men TO stand
by the powder magazine with light
ed match and to blow up friends and
enemies alike at signal from him.
But the signal was not given. For in
the thick of the turmoil Blackboard
and Maynard met on deck in hand-to-
hand fight. 1t was a duel whose fame
lived long in virginia-this deadly
sword clash between a dapper young
officer and a giant pirate. AT length
skill in workmanship prevailed
against mere savage strength. and a
blow Of Maynard's cutlass stretched
Blackboard dead on his own deck The
career Of Americas 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.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
MONUMENT TO CATTLE HORSE

One OF the most unique monuments
in Lake View cemetery, Seattle,
Wash, is a shaft of gray marble erect
ed to a horse. The owner, w. I. Wad-
leigh, was cattle man in the Yakima
Valley His horse, Buck" was his
most efficient helper both IN cutting
out" a COW or steer and in protecting
his master in time of danger. Buck"
could be depended upon to find his
way in tho worst storm, and more
than once he swan the Columbia river
and guided his master, who carefully
held on to Bucks" tail. When Mr..
Wadleigh retired from business and
came to Seattle to live, he brought
with him this favorite horse and at
his death erected the monument with
the following inscription:
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

and unjustly put to death on the same
ridiculous charge. A reign of terror
set in. No ones life seemed safe
when a convicted perjurer could swear
it away. Plain citizens and high no
bles alike swelled the ranks OF vic
tins. Oates received a large income
from the government and had suite
Of rooms in the palace.
Then, as the turmoil began to die
down, Oates tried to revive it, by the
most atrocious charge of ALL He &C
cused the queen-a meek. pious, gen.
tie little woman whom her husband
had neglected and ill-treated-of con-
spring 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, when Charles ii. died and his
brother, James H., came to the throne,
Oates was convicted Of perjury. A
strange sentence was passed upon
him. For state reasons it was deem
ed best not to execute this "conspir-
acy inventor" who had caused so many
better men to die. Instead. it was
decided to put him to death in anoth-
er fashion. He was sentenced to pay
a heavy fine, then to be clapped into
tho pillory Ga 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
year to be pilloried again. AS Oates
was sixty-five years old, it was thought
the terrific beating would kill him.
But he was tough. He received LOO
lashes Of the whip and was so mangled
that he had to be dragged back to pris-
on on sledge. In spite OF this treat
ment he recovered.
Three years later. in 1888, when
James II. was deposed and William OF
Orange became king OF England, one
of Williams earliest acts was to par
don Oates and to give him royal pen
sion of $1,000 year.
1t 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
and them for the next II years, dy-
ing in 1905 at the age of eighty-six.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

Whats going on here?" demanded
a man as he came upon two little boys
battling in vacant lot on the south
side. The lad who was on top was
rubbing weeds over the face of the un-
der one.
stop it," said the man, grabbing the
victor by the neck and pulling him
away. What in the world are you
trying to do to his face with those
weeds?"
DO? Why, he swore in front Of
some girls, and | rubbed some smart
weed in his eyes to become a great
man like Abraham Lincoln. Pitts
burg Sun.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
Misinterprcted.

William Shaw, the secretary OF the
famous Christian Endeavor society.
said in a witty after-dlnner address ia
Boston:
There is little Back Bay girl who
Is much interested in her auntie's
Christian Endeavor work. The little
girl was writing a letter to her broth
er at Yale one day, and in the midst
of the epistle she looked up and said:
"'Auntie, how do you spell devil?'
Devil cried her aunt, with
shocked smile. why, child, don't you
know you mustn't use such a word as
devil?'
"'But, auntie,' protested the little
girl, 81 want to tell brother about your
Christian and devil meetings."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
SNAIL RACING IN PARIS

recent inspection made In the or
hces of the French ministry OF the
interior during the absence OF the
clerks has revealed to astonished SUI
perior officials a curious phase OF
gambling mania-the racing OF snails.
When a highly-placed official opened
the desks he found a number OF card
board snail stables" containing let
tuce-fed racing snails
Inquiries were at once instituted.
and 1t was found that the passion of
snall-racing had taken such a hold or
the clerical staff that proud owners
or particularly spry snails were bet
ting heavily on their favorites, and
that some racers" were held at as
much as SO apiece. 1t was also dis
covered that the rules of the game
were as follows:
l. The course to be not more than
foot and half in length on clear
fiat desk.
2. If the winning snail takes more
than three-quarters of an hour to
cover the course the race shall be de-
clared off.
3. No bait, other than lettuce. shall
be placed at the winning post.
4. All snails shall be handicapped
on their weight. and not their age.
Betting, 1t was learned, had been
freely INDUCED in. and many clerks
had found themselves in serious diff
culties to meet their losses. Hence q
campaign against the pastime has
been instituted with view to stamp
ing out this incentive to betting
among the young and impressionable
clerk5.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
ANCIENT NURSING BOTTLES

The nursing bottle Is one of those
articles in common use the world over
which have come down to modern
peoples from prehistoric times. A
French Archaeological, NJ. Nicaise,
while exploring a neolithic deposit
found a small clay nursing bottle
that was quite intact, and which had
been used by some family when man
was still in barbaric state. This ia
not, however, the only specimen which
has come down from the early ages
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
NEW MOUNTAIN IN JAPAN

Japan has a brand new mountain,
which started to grow during the erup-
ton OF Usu-san. Within month,
houses which were built on a gentle
inclination toppled over as the hill
side became more steep Finally a
height OF 600 feet was reached, at the
rate of five feet day. Some time af-
forwards an opposite movement set
in, and the summit settled 40 feet.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
OLD ENGLISH MOOT HALL

One of the most charming coast
towns Of England Is Aldeburgh, Suf-
folk. 1t lies between the sea and the
estuary of the river Aide and is a
favorable summer resort. Among its
attractions is the ancient moot hall in
which the people used to meet to
settle the affairs of the village. Aide
burgh was the birthplace of Crabbe
and is commemorated in his poem,
1.-The Borough"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
Fit Punishment,

The Wicked Soul was sitting on a
hot stove, drinking molten lava and
tanning himself with a chunk of red
hot sheetiron.
And who is the poor wretch?"
asked Dante.
THAT" replied Satan, sis the first
man who said, Is it hot enough for
your" Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
Obviously Unnecessary

Look here, Snip" said Slowpay, in
dignantly, to his tailor, you haven't
put any pockets in these trousers"
mo, Mr. Slowpay," said the tailor,
with sigh; Il judged from your ac-
count that you never had anything to
put in them"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
Bait.

First Suffragette-If we want to
get the young girls interested in our
meetings We must have something to
attract them.
Second fragette-Which would it
better be-refreshments or mem
Life.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

Percy-If were rich, my darling,
would you love me more than you do?
Virginia. might not love you any
more, Percy but know l would look
forward to our wedding day with
degree Of Impotence that never seems
to possess me at present.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
A Doubtful Compliment.

Miss Pretty don't see how you
whistle through your fingers in that
way. could never do it, I'm sure.
Mr. Goodheart (wishlng to compIi.
ment her delicate little hands) No,
Miss Pretty. If you were to try II your
whole hand would slip into your
mouth.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
Persuasion.

what made Mr.. Chuggins buy an
automobile ?"
"His wife persuaded him by calling
his attention to the economy of having
gasoline on hand to clean gloves
with. "-Washington Star
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

On another face of the shaft is this
tribrte. For thirteen years my
trustv friend and companion in black
ness Of night. in storm. sunshine and
danger"
ON the third side is the motto: IN
Adversity Faithful" and on the
fourth the single word. "Corraied'
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
How Mrs. Reed of Peoria, I'LL,
Escaped The Sur
geon's Knife.
Peoria, III. az wish to let every ons
know whatLydia L. Pinkham sVegetable

Compound has done
for me. Fortwoyears
| suffered. The doc
tor said l had a tumor
and the only remedy
W as the surgeons
knife. My mother
bought me Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
today l am a well and
healthy woman. For
months | suffered
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

A girl may no. marry the best man
at her own wedding. but she should
try to make the best of the man she
marries.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

HWVHIS IS the
story Of a
4 liar whose
lies caused
the death of many
innocent people
and convulsed a
whole kingdom.
He was a shrivel-
faced. oily fellow.
Titus Oates by
name Oates was
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

W N a Virginia
I a III | ! y a
N grues o N @
heirloom Is
still cherished. 1t
is a huge drinking
cup, barred with
silver and resting
on a silver base.
The cup itself is
made Of a polish
ed human skull.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

Let's Be Thankful for That.
At any rate a woman's shoes haven't
yet reached the point where they but
ton up the back.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It's
pinch of blue in "A large bottle of water. Ask
for Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that all blue.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

Only a married man can fully APP
preciate heaven if there are no wash
days or house cleaning seasons there.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

Women waste lot of powder when
the enemy isn't in sight.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

Poets are born-and most of the
great ones are dead.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

Goodness does not more certainl!
make men happy than happiness
makes them good.-Landor.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

Many girl strives TO make name
for herself rather than attempt to
make a loaf of bread.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25
Mrs. Lynch Also Avoided
Operation.

Jessup, Pa. "After the birth of my
fourth child, l had severe organic inflam-
nation. Iwould have such terrible pains
that it did not seem as though l corld
stand it. This kept up for three long
months, until two doctors decided that
an operation was needed.
"Then one of my friends recommended
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and after taking it for two months
/ was a we'll woman. Mrs. JOSEPH A.
LYNCH, Jessup, Pa.
Women who suffer from female ills
should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, one of the most success
full remedies the world has ever known,
before submitting to surgical opera
ton.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

The young west African whose por-
trait is here given is wearing an or
binary small jam-jar as an ear-orna-
ment, the lobe of the ear encircling
the jar. Such great earrings" are
made possible by gradually increas-
ing the size of the object carried In
the pierced lobe, beginning with a
small stick. proceeding to a larger
one, and so on.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

Unless a woman is first-class arts
she seldom has good complexion.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

Which ne Can't Be OVERLOOKED.
Somehow or other we never take
much notice of the coming man till he
gets there.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-25

from Inflammation, and your Sanativs
Wash relieved me. / am glad to tell
anyone what your medicines have done
for me. You can use my testimonial in
any way you wish, and l will be glad
to answer letters. - Mrs. CHRISTINA
REED, los Mound St., Peoria, Ill.
The Washington times., 1912-03-22
WHY THIS VERBAL MUSH?

The Rev. DR.. A. A. Berle declares that the
man or woman who talks down to a child insults
humanity" Nine. Gervie-Reache, the noted opera
singer and also the wife of DR.. Rambaud, the head
of the Pasteur Institute in New York. and further
more the mother Of boy who promises to be a
great scientist or impresaro, protests that baby
talk is the curse of childhood"
The goo-goo class will please come closer Let
eSnder we'll the potential moral and mental obliq-
nifty of such nursery remarks "Oo little eeny,
Meeiy mummer's pettums" and "What'll hummer S
pesgtious little deary tootIeums do?'-mama as we
neal hardly explain being about to tear herself
away for brief dispute with the grocers boy who
takes ORDERS but has to keep repeating all the time
tnat he doesn't fill them
Is there any wonder that children of four, FIVE
or perhaps nine or ten years of age have a hobbed
tongue, strange, weird pigeon English of their
own, which is the delight of doting relatives and the
despair of school teachers? Sociologists like George
Bernard Shaw tempted to congratulate the chill
dren in large families who not spoiled and
cosseted and taught to speak language that is as
outlandish as Hottentot
The goo-goo class is dismissed for the day. Let
it 60 home and talk pure English. Heaven knows
there is need of more of such talk
The Washington times., 1912-03-22
GIVES AN EXPLANATION
OF THE HUMAN SOUL

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
. In tho Mail Bag of The Evening Times
of the nth inst, Have To Show Me"
asks for information concerning the de-
velopment of the soul and its exit from
the material body. II lie will read books
on the spiritual philosophy he will learn
all about this very important subject
will say this much, however: that the
divine spark, the soul, inhabits a spirit
body which is in and nodded by tho
material body, and is an exact counter
part OF 1t. The mind. which is a func-
tion of the soul, exists, therefore, out
side of and above the material brain,
and performs upon II something like a
performer on musica instrument
When death comes, by a chemics
change the spirit is separated from the
material body and the individual steps
out just the same man he was before.
Of course, functioning on a very much
higher plane of existence, much higher
rate of vibration. His faculties are all
intensified: he is no better nor any
worse. Death does not make a saint
or q sinner of a man. After the spirit
is free from the material body 1t Is
then by a kind of mental specific gray
ity attra cted to the sphere In the spirit
world that his life on earth has htted
him for. My creed is to recognize the
fatherhood of good, the brotherhood or
man, and live up to the Golden Rule;
live it as nearly as possible. D. D. {.
The Washington times., 1912-03-22
APPEALS FOR REFORM
IN MATTER OF HEAD DRESS

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
The Christian Endeavor movement is.
as ] understand, for the better advance
ment of our fellow man, in all that per-
tains to elevation OF soul and perforce
the body. attended church last Sun
day, sitting behind two ladies, with enor-
nous plumes on their hats, that pre-
vented all thought of seeing the minis
ter In almost the whole service. Then
and there ] conceived the idea of maxi
ing an earnest appeal, through your pa
per, to the women OF the land to unite
In joint effort to devise substitutes for
these immense hats that will be just as
becoming, that will permit the sight of a
minister's face, which adds so much TO
the interest OF a sermon, and counteract
the almost reasonable excuse for men
to absent themselves from church.
Every father, husband, son. and brother
is dear to our hearts, and II by such
concerted action The result be success
full, why hesitate? Let the leading lady
OF our land get the example and the la
dies of fashion follow. The result Will
be instantaneous, distinctive nat
church-going hat, reserving their beau
tiful creations for places where they
can be removed-and for the street.
know our men will be thankful, and we
can have escorts to hear the Divine
Word, as we'll as to theaters, etc, and
surely our hearts will be at peace.
4 PRAYERFUL PLEADER.