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commenced a letter. Unused to writing.
it was a difficult matter for him to
write the desires of his mind. But he
finally managed to write a letter to NJ.
Blauque of the Louisiana house of rep
resentatives in New Orleans, and late
that night, while Capt. Lockyer un-
knowingly slept as Il prisoner, trusted
men of La Fitte's band hastened to
New Orleans.
The letter, from a STRAY sheep wish
ing to return to the fold.'' asked that the
reward of American citizenship be given
him in return for the aid he was willing
to give the American forces against the
British. He inclosed also the packet OF
letters given him by Capt. Lockyer.
And so Jean La F'itte, pirate. became
one of the defenders of New Orleans.
December the foremost vessels of the
British fleet, conveying the invading
army, cast anchor at the mouth of the
Mississippi. The fleet was bearing 10000
men, under the command of Sir Edward
Packenham, one of Wellingtons most
daring and ablest generals. The plan Of
action was to transport the troops to
within ten miles of New Orleans, and
there prepare for the great battle The
only obstacle was five American gun
boats, manned by $50 men, under Lieut..
Commander Catesby Jones. Against
these Were sent forty-five barges, nearly
900 sailors and marines, under Capt.
Nicholas I.ockyer, with the result that
the boats We're captured with heavy loss
10 the Americans. On the 18th of De-
cember the advance guard of the British.
200 strong, under Gen. keene effected
a landing on the eastern bank of the
Mississippi river, and arrived nine miles
below New Orleans on the 23d
Between that date and the Sth of Janu-
ary, on which the battle of New Orleans
was fought. several successful attacks
We're made by Gen. Jackson's troops,
which had the effect of retarding the
march of the British. Long breastworks
were also thrown up, and Gen. Jackson
hastily made preparations for the actual
defense of New Orleans.
Christmas day Sir Edward Packenham
personally took command of the British
forces. Inspired with fresh courage. the
army began the advance. Three miles
had been traversed when the breastworks
Jackson had constructed We're encountered.
manned by 5000 fighting men, half a
dozen guns and flanked by the war vessel
louisiana, which was anchored in the
river. The British We're forced back
The artillery was then brought into ac-
ton, but was put to rout by the superior
gunnery of the Americans. Gen. Pack
enham them withdrew out of cannon
shot and encamped.
BY New Year eve the British had
thrown up breastworks and mounted
fourteen guns, WHICH were TO combat the
thirteen now mounted upon the Ameri-
can defenSes, but 1900 feet away A
battle was fought New Year day, with
victory to the Americans. This made
Gen. Packenham change his tactics For
an entire week he made no move having
decided to carry the intrenchments by as
sault. BY the 9TH of January reinforce
ments had arrived The British corps
numbered 10000 men. Jackson had but
$500 men.
At midnight January Gen. Jackson
began final preparations for the at
tack which he realized was imminent
All night the British had been similar
Evening star., 1915-01-03
Goat Meat Cheap.

MAN men permit prejudices which
AvA many other men declare are un-
reasonable to influence their palate,
with the result that valuable food
stuffs are not utilized as they might
be. In parts of the world horse meat
is esteemed. 1t is eaten with relish
and men sustain their strength and
their bodies on it as well as they
would on beef. Yet in other parts of the
world the very thought of eating horse
flesh gives offense.
In some parts of the world camels
are killed for human food and those
men who eat this flesh say that it is
palatable and they know it is whole
some. Whether it is or is not tender
depends on the age and condition of
the animal, the cut from the carcass
and the way of cooking, just as the
tenderness or touShneSs OF beeI depends
on these conditions.
In parts oil the world sheep are look
ed on as not good food for man, yet
a large part OIL the population OF the
world thinks well OF mutton chops,
roast lamp and lamb stew. So it is
with SWINE. Many of the children OF
the world consider 1t unclean meat
and Will under no stress or hunger
eat it. Yet many other millions of the
children of the same old world relish
pork chops, roast pig, fried sausage,
hog's head cheese, boiled jowl and pig $
feet.
The goat is another instance Of palate
prejudice and division of mind among
the people of the earth. In parts of
the world goats flesh has been eaten
by men for time out of mind and es-
teemed as of especial tenderness and
SAVIOR. Kid was as good as lamb.
But in many regions of the world
people will not eat goats, If they know
it, and will turn away from the sug-
people who would turn their head at
the thought of roast goat, just, as
they would at the suggestion of boiled
monkey, will eat goat and smack their
lips il it is served as lamb.
Recently in Philadelphia it was
charged that butchers were selling
goat meat at fancy prices and repre-
senting it as mutton. An agent for
the state dairy and food commission
made the charge. A butcher accused
of selling goat meat for mutton was
fined $50. He was not charged with
selling impure food, for, according to
the testimony, there is nothing impure
or harmful about goat meat. The
charge was one of Misrepresentation Ex-
perts said that the butcher was charg-
ing his customers fancy mutton prices
for goat meat and explained that goat
meat can be bought at wholesale at
about 8 cents pound cheaper than
mutton or lamb.
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NEXT FRIDAY is CENTENARY
OF BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

ing a flag of truce. The entire popu-
lation of Barataria bay gathered upon
the shore, buckling on broad -bladed
cutlasses as they tumbled, sleepy-eyed,
from their palm -thatched huts.
What means it, La Fitte?n they
cried, as their leader pushed in among
them.
Who knows?" he snapped: "a round
shot and d flag of truce are strange
bedfellows. my men,
The motley crowd that jostled one
another in their eagerness We're all for
fighting. but La Fitte pushed them
aside and strobe away
Standing alone, he looked long and
lhtently at the oncoming British
frigate. Below him small boat lay
rolling in the wash, and suddenly La
Fitte sprang into il and pushed away
Out toward the frigate he rowed, and
as he neared cutter shot out from
her sides loaded with armed men La
Fitte turned his light boat shoreward,
facing the oncoming boat, and waited
A British officer hailed him:
Capt. Lockyer of the Sophia pre-
sents his compliments. He would talk
with La Fitte."
La Fitte said nothing. Familiar with
every inch of the harbor, he realized
that the slow inshore current would
sweep both boats toward shore. Finally
he remarked: La Fitte is ashore"
Something whizzed across the water
and thudded into his craft. He saw 1t
was packet of letters
Take that to your chief and see to
II that it has the greatest care. Your
skin may depend upon IT" called the
officer
My skin is my own,'' sang out La
Fltte, and continued to argue with the
officer. until, the tide doing its will,
both boats were soon within easy
musket shot of the men on shore
La F1tte. Your package is delivered"
And from 200 throats ashore rang the
cry: Take the spies to New Orleans,"
That night, within his hut, La Fitte
sat opposite Capt. Lockyer. reading the
packet of letters one was from the
commander of II. NJ. S. Hermes, another
from Col Nichols, commander of the
British land forces in Florida: another
a proclamation addressed by the Brit
iSh to the people of Louisiana. And
then the captain spoke:
Il offer you the rank of post captain
in the British navy, the command of Il
forty-four- gun trigate of your own
choosing, full pardons for yourself and
men and 100000 sterling when you set
foot in Pensacola. Think, man, Honor
and position instead of shame and
hard-won existence. The protection of
his majesty in place of the life of a
hunted anfmal!'
But La F'itte held off. 'It is a matter
of great moment and one, Capt Lock-
yer, which cannot be decided lightly.
You shall have my answer in two
weeks" And the British officer left
him.
Hardly had the Briton left the hut
ere La Fitte took pen and paper and
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Ne National Capitals First Touch Of Winter Sp0r

~ Id and young. rich and poor.
N " lean and fat-specimens of
u W every social status in Wash
W ington-had their first crack
st the grand old game of skating last
week when q kindly government, as
sisted by six inches of ice. decided that
The time had come to open the winter
carnival. A number of theories were
established as facts-tor example, that
a great statesman, when he falls. can
hit the ice just as hard as . small boy
snd that q sufficiently cold winter will
cause radical change in womens
fashions.
Congressional districts from the four
quarters of the United States We're
represented. Embassies and legations
also had their representatives present.
Old vox popui was all over the place.
wornen's fashions Well. it's plain
alternative of skates or skirts. There
must be an alteration in one or the
other And that brings to light lit
tie incident.
She was q charming girl, dressed in
the mode of the day. He escorted her
tenderly to the long bench. where new
arrivals seat themselves while they
Put on their skates. With gallantry
and adroitness he fastened the clamps
of her small skates while she held her
nluff close to her neck and uttered lit
tie anticipatory giggles of joy. They
arose.
Anxious 10 show her that he was
among the elect when it came to per
fornances on the ice, the young man
swerved and swirled in thrilling way.
Finally he came over to her and offered
his hand She arose, balancing d lit
tie unsteadily. and the duet began.
She had forgotten about the skirt.
Timidly she struck out and the lower
edge of the skirt hit her shoe tops and
very nearly threw her. She paused
She was thinking. She started again.
But that skirt never intended to per-
Evening star., 1915-01-03
Dressings for Soldiers Wounds
THE demand for dressing materials

THE demand for dressing materials
that is, materials for dressing
wounds-is reported as immense in Eu-
rope, and Krecke, a German military
surgeon, is quoted by the Medical Rec
ord as prophesying that in this war
the incapacitated will reach so per
cent of the actual combatants. Econo-
mics are being practiced in dressing
the wounds of soldiers. small wounds
being fixed up with little null and
a patch of adhesive plaster instead
of wad of cotton and long strips
of bandage. Padding ma aterial is be-
ing used by the surgeons generally
only for factures Roller bandages are
being used as seldom and sparing-
ly as possible. Plaster of Paris dress
ngs for sunshot fractures are being
used as one of the economies in the
military HOSPITALS
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export trade.
Coal experts, however. incline to the
belief that in Europe the diminished
supply will be Offset by the diminish
ed demand and that the people of the
fighting countrieS-those who have
been left at home-wil1 not suffer from
coal famine. In the neutral coun-
tries dependent on the importation of
coal-Italy, Greece, Sweden, Denmark
and Norway and the countries of South
America-there may be a demand for
coal which will make a terrific pull
on the coal shipping capacity of Great
Britain and the United States
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COAL FAMINE A WAR DANGER

a COAL famine in the grip of win
IN ter may add it's terrors to the
Is y situation in continental Europe.
The degree of interruption to coal
mining in Germany. Austria Hung
airy, France and Belgium is not
known outside official quarters in
those countries. The interruption
to this essential business is no doubt
negligible in Great Britain and Russia.
Coal mining is very likely PROSTATE
in Belgium, but the production of the
coal mines in that country, 100000
tons year, is not an important
factor, especially now that the in
dustrial life in that country has been
annihilated.
Coal production in German-2S0, ,000,-
600 tons a year-has probably been
safeguarded by the systematic and
thorough German government despite
the need for able-bodied men as SOL
diers. Austria-Hungary has normal
annual output of 100000 tons and
the indications by many persons are
thought to point to the arrangement
of this supply. The coal production
of France is 45,OO0,000 tons a year, and
with the need of that country for every
man capable of bearing arms curtail-
ment of the coal output there may be
apprehended. Russia brings to the sur
face of the earth on the average 23,-
900, 900 tons year. The great coal
digger of Europe is Great Britain,
wnere annually 49,, 100000 tons are
brought from out the earth.
The Slackening of industry in Europe
and consequent slump In the demand
for coal for manufacturing, for loco
motive driving and ship driving may
avert a coal famine and the produc
ton may not tall below the demand
for domestic or house-Warming pur-
poses in the countries at war and those
neutral countries which in times of
peace have depended for coal on the
countries at war
On the other hand, there may be a
stimulation of industry in those neu-
trail countries and hardship may be
experienced in driving the wheels of
the factories and mills. Italy is an
illustration of this. She produces only
1000 tons of coal year and is de-
pendent mainly on Importation. Great
IL,
many industries on account of the war
and because of the non-interruption
of her overseas trade, is PROBABLY
burning more coal than in normal
times and has less to export
The United States is the great coal
producing nation of the world, its
annual output standing around 49,
OUU,UUO tons, exceeding the combined
output of Germany, Austria Hungary,
France, Russia ana Belgium with two
or three other coal-prouuclng countries
thrown in.
Yet the industries and the people
of the United States burn this coal
every year, SO that to export coal in
any considerable quantities would call
for an increase in production and with
limited and nearly liked supply OF
coal miners the increase of production
would present numerous difficulties.
One of these would be the transporta-
tion of coal to the seaboard. The
capacity Of the coal-carrying railroads
of the United States Is taxed to meet
the normal demand and probably could
not be quickly expanded to meet the
additional pressure that would be put
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about to happen to the king. The red
banners waved over the spots where
there might be danger Not that there
was much danger anywhere. The flag
fier's AK showed it to be three inches
thick, but it was becoming watery
on top.
on a convenient snow pile sat two
men. They were in conversation.
Skater" asked the first.
You bet" replied the second, en-
Enthusiastically.
Me, too" said the first. 'T got a
stack of prizes in my room home. I
come from Canada, y'know. You're
brought up on skates there"
Believe me-" said the second. There's s
sport like skating. Greatest thing
in the world.'
During the short silence that ensued
the two men wiggled nervously. One
could easily see that the same thought
had reached the minds of both.
T. said the first man, have lost my
skates I must buy a new pair
The second man looked at him re-
proachfully, for the first man had
sWiped the best excuse. thus compelling
the second man to fall back on his sec
ond line of trenches.
Il forgot to bring mine" he said. 4
didn't think they'd be skating so soon"
And at this moment, in a far Off cline,
Anapias hurled himself from a high
precipice with a low moan of anguish.
There were quite a number of talented
young men who would have burned up
the ice had they not lost or forgotten
their skates.
Now came the shadowing dusk when
dinner was suggested to the minds of
most. Only few enthusiasts. sustain
ed by coffee and hot frankfurter sand
wiches. on sale at nearby lunchroom,
continued the sport. a hockey game
was organized by a number of sportive
Evening star., 1915-01-03

N1EXT Friday will mark the cente-
UM nary of the battle of New Or
q leans, one of the most memorable
engagements in which American troops
ever fought. and the battle which
practically terminated the war of 1912.
Under the leadership of Gen. Andrew
jackson. the American troops faced the
flower OF Englands armies. with the
odds two TO one. And the resultant
victory remains one of the greatest
military achievements in our history.
Written into the history of this great
battle is the story of one of the most
daring pirates :ho ever harried ves
sells at sea, yet who was to a consid-
cradle extent sponsible for the vic
rory of the American army. That man
was Jean La Fitte. known as the pirate
OF Barataria bay.
In the fall of 1914 Gen. Jackson. who
was commander-in-chie of the Ameri-
ian army in the southwest received
word from the panic-stricken citizens
of New Orleans that an attack was
threatened from the English. Louis
lana was to be the objective of the
enemy; thus New orleans became the
key Of the campaign. fastening to
the defense of that city, jackson found
the Inhabitants in a deplorable state,
harassed by fear OF destruction. with
out leaders or organization of any
kind. driven by jealousies and distracted
by rival counselors. Cen Jackson ar
rived on the I'd OF December and on the
18th OF that month martial law was de-
clared.
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young men who for some unknown
reason had carried canes to the place
instead of the regulation hockey stick
and the game proved to be exciting if
irregular.
Then came the surprise of the day.
Four couples, but lately arrived. Sc
lected quiet spot and there, without
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New TautoIogies.
I<THAT proposition is self-evident,

HTHAT proposition is self-evident,' -
said w. P. Hutchinson. the Jap
anese consul at Mobile, in the course
of military argument. 1T is so self
evident as to be almost Pathological
"A boy" he added, smiling, asked
his father the other day what tautol-
ogy meant.
aTautology. son. the father an
swered. is any such phrase as broken
resolution indicted director" poor
author" generous magazine editor"
or retiring AustrianS"
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musical aid. staged tea dance minus
the tea They fox trotted with the ease
of practiced performers and their skates
f1indered them not "A bit. Even In the
intricate dip they were able to arise
without wrecking the scenery.
So much for Washington inaugural
of the skating carnival.
Evening star., 1915-01-03

with Jackson at the head of the de-
teusive campaign New orleans re-
sponded TO the call with alacrity. All
factions rallied to his standard and
save all possible assistance. Breast
works were thrown UP where they
would most effectively prevent British
entrance, military preparations of the
most thorough kind were undertaken,
and the people of the city made ready
10 meet the foe.
While New Orleans had lain in the
tHroes of panic, and while Jacksons S
campaign for the defense of the city
was going forward, Jean La Fittc was
living in Barataria bay. After a sue
Cessful time at sea he had established
kingdom of piracy on the Louisiana
coast. Along the shores of Barataria
bay village was built, while in the
harbor the tall spars of his strong
captive ships lay at anchor.
Around La Fitte had gathered a band
of privateers from all over the world,
rough gentry of the sea who were ex-
lied from all respectable ports, and
who sought sanctuary with him there
in the wild swamp lands of Louisiana.
On the morning of September ., 1914,
before the mis.s of the bay had risen,
a gun roared. and pirate brig
caromed and ran aground. And then
an English frigate came into view. fly
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cause he is the grandest little lesson in
perseverance that the city contains.
He was learning to skate. and young
companion had volunteered the role of
teacher. The companion's theory of
instruction was simple. You put on
your skates and stood up and started
to move. and you continued to move
until you fell down. Then you got up
and did the same thing over again.
Stole philosophy was what the com
panion should have been teachinE-not
skating.
The lesson lasted about an hour. and
during that time the pupil hit the ice
about once every three minutes. He
fell frontward and backward and side
wise. He fell in spirals and he fell
fiat. Once he made his uncertain way
over ten perilous yards and joy was
in his heart.
And the next minute he Topped again.
He arose and brushed himself
This amt as easy it looks,' was
his observation.
Opposed to iuexpert exhibitions were
a series of entertainments that were
brilliant in their variety. -Four men
went through the steps of the old
fashioned Virginia reel with sureness
ing this way and that, and finally
circling with hands clasped. Another
man was drifting about and drawing
eccentric designs on the ice.
Further on two men were talking of
steps and gIides. One of them asked
the other if lie could do some step
The name of the step is a mystery
what it ought to be called is the kan
garoo leap with the reverse English
on it.
A small wager was made Then the
performer started slowly backward.
circled suddenly. bounded into the AR.
returned to the ice and continued MS
backward glide AS bit of acrobatics
it was excellent but to the bystander
it appeared as though a prolongatlon
of the exercise might prove to be
somewhat wearing.
Wisdom-the wisdom of caution
turks not i'll the breast of youth. One
of the smallest skaters. girl about
seven years old, was being propelled
by her father. Her little ankles were
rigid and on her face was express
sion of calm joy. Suddenly an idea
struck her.
II kin sthkate,'' she announced.
Her fathers eyes widened in alarm.
He gripped her firmly.
You can skater" he repeated. What
put that idea into your head?'
IT know l kim" she repeated sturdily.
Now you listen to me- said the
father. II happen to know that this
is your third lesson and | can assure
YOU that no little girl of my acquain
tance ever learned to skate in three
lessons.
Il kim she responded. without undue
pride.
Either the fathers hands relaxed
else she wriggled loose from his
clasp. Before her astoniShed parent
could grab her she started off.
She did skate, too. True, it was not
what would be called perfect skating.
She would slide until she came to a
standstl4.-A couple of uncertain steps
and she would resume her travels at a
slow pace.
We'll, by George!" breathed father.
He was beyond any other exclamation.
During the afternoon it became
warmer and a man with hatchet and
"a number of red flags made his ap-
pearance. Soon the pond had the ap-
pearance of British thoroughfare
when something has happened or is