The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 68

r-4 TFTK -JVmUR V.AGhVT, tKOOKLTN-TJEW TORK, 5UNTTAT, "OCTOBER TO, I9T5. PATRIOTIC PIRATE OF THE GULF The Junior Eagle every point. Take the subject of play In the schools. Some said that only the larger fellows get a chance there; some said that It was better than playing on the Exchange Column French Privateer of Early Nineteenth Century Who Had Commis Ships Was Unique Character. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1915.

Tl.c Junior Eagle, the Children's Section of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, it newspaper for boyi and girls. On Sundays it il a complele twelve-page lillle publicalion on week days the Junior is one-half of a page in the Picture Supplement. All boys and girls are invited to con tribute. Original stories, articles, sketche: and photographs of interest to young peo pie tie acceptable. Write on only oni side of the paper and give name, addresi and age.

Send all mail to Aunt Jean Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N. Y. rejected manuscript will be returned ol answered. Aunt lean awards ten credits for orig inal stories and sketches deemed worthy of publication, and more for contributions and ideas of special merit. T17E EAGLE DRILL.

Next Saturday afternoon the hoys' competitive drill, conducted by The Eagle, will take place on the Parade Grounds, Prospect l'ark. The best cadet companies of Uie borough and of Long Island are entered in the event, Which is the first to bring together the boya of the various organizations, and give them a chance to measure strength with each other. Until now we have had no means of determining whether the fellows of the Boys Brigades were better drilled than those of the United States Boy Scouts, whether tho various companies of Catholic churches were better drilled than any of them, or whether most praise should be given to the independent commands. But after next Saturday there need be no doubt about this, for the contests on that day will decide. As every one knows, there will be really two events one for companies connected with Institutions and the second for all other companies.

The age limit for "enlisted men" has been put at 18 years, so as to make this really an afternoon for boys. Brooklyn is proud of its young soldiers, but it will be prouder of them after the splendid exhibition they are going to give on Saturday, for it will realize that "preparedness" Is more than a word to them, Parle Commissioner Inger-Boll is enthusiastically co-operating with The Eagle in tho arrangements, and it is an indication of the Importance of the occasion that permission has been given to hold It upon the Parade Grounds. AH preparations have been made for the contest. Whether or not you are a member of a cadet (tympany you should visit Prospect Park (Saturday afternoon, for the spectacle will he one that you will be orry to have missed. OUR GARY PEAN CONTEST.

If anything were needed to prove that Aunt Jean's nieces and nephews are wide awake, it would be found in the way they responded to the announcement of the Gary plan Contest- Most of you know by now what the Gary plan is that it provides for work, study and play in schools, but would make the school day an hour longer. In fact, it has been known as the "work-study-and-play" Idea, and there are strong forces at work, led by Controller Pren-ergast, urging the city to adopt it tor tho whole public school system, Instead of just those schools Where experiments with It are being conducted at present. Of course, this Is a subject of tremendous interest to every boy and girl in every one of the five boroughs of the city, so perhaps It isn't surprising I hat tho response to the composition contest With the plan as a subject was so hearty. Yet the contributors to this section do deserve very high praise for the bright, intelligent, keenly thought out essays they wrote. They have viewed the subject from every angle, and their comments ought to be very Interesting, not only to Junior Eaglo readers, but even to the men on the Hoard of Education and the Board of Estimate, who will have to vote upon whether or Cot the plan is to be adopted.

In general, it may he said that most of the contestants favored the plan, though they did not look with any enthusiasm upon an extra hour of school. Some of thorn raid that they would like the plan if it weren't for this idea; pome of them declared that they Wouldn't like the system under ny circumstances, In every case Jt was an honest statement of opinion, and one for which no 8ology need be made. Indeed, the writers found it tMslble to differ upon aim oik OPEN TO EVERYONE WANTED 28-inch front bicycle rim. with tire, for books or catcher's glove, valued at $3, and mask valued at $1. both in excellent condition.

Call, write or telephone Norman Schaeffer. 765 Bushwick avenue. Tel. 1678 Bush. 4x5 CAMERA for plates and film packs.

Will exchange for typewriter, or what have you to offer? Morti mer F. Husted 1064 New York avenue. THREE 150 ohm relays, five 150 ohm sounders; also complete wire less outfit What am 1 offered in exchange? Call or write. Jos. Engstrom, 100 St.

Mark's avenue. COMPLETE WIRELESS 8-mHc sending and receiving outfit to exchange for modern rifle, or what is offered? Harry Eells, 232 Lincoln road. Call, write or 'phone. 1 50 PHOTOS of New York City, 6 silk and 3 leather pictures, paint box, large puzzle game and books. Worth in all $4.

What is offered in exchange? Write or call between 3 and 6 P.M., Abram Rabinowitz, 153 Boerum street. EIGHT BOYS' BOOKS to exchange for a magic lantern. William Iremei, 324A Decatur street. BUILDING OUTFIT with extra parts; also 50 fine mixed foreign stamps to exchange for a camera in good condition. A.

Strauss, 480 Gravesend avenue. WANTED Collectors who wish to exchange postage stamps. Uver 5,000 duplicates. Write or call any evening or Sunday, i lerbert Brand. 262 Sumner avenue.

MOVING PICTURE MACHINE- worth $2.50. What do you offer in exchange? Wrile Irving Sonnach, 2967 West First street. WANTED Good basfcetball cover. Will give pair of football pants. Write A.

Malthaner, 1684 Forty-third street 50TH EDITION STAMP CATALOGUE, containing all stamps issued up to 1888. Would like foreign stamps in exchange. Answer by mail only. H. Heise, 148 Schaeffer street TWO NEW TELEPHONE RE- CEFVERS and two transmitters.

Wk.l Will i i i- -r take, Pclet ldn8 camera if in good condition. Leonard jacou- sen, 430 7th av. I 2-INCH SPARK COIL and Leyden jar condenser. What am I offered in exchange? E. M.

Madan, 74th st. and I 7th av. CAMERA; cost electric motor, rotary printing press and mold for making lead soldiers. Worth in all $10. Want wireless receiving set in exchange.

C. Schively, 630 Liberty ave. Voi win under the hendlnir l.i 'or Snle nVS took in the Onr-aimrrea flection for in' 'h streets, because everyone got chance. On the other hand, some said that It wasn't any fun to play with a teacher watching you; oth- malnlalned that it was better to play at school, for there wasn't any chance of being run over by an Lib That Is Just one way in which the boys and girls attacked the problem that had been set before them. A double page of their letters appears on pages Bix and seven.

Be sure to read them, for you will find that they will aid you In forming your own opinion. Austrian Occupation Stamps. In this number, says Scott's Circular, we chronicle a new issue of stamps for use in such parts of Poland as are occupied by the Austrian forces. Probably they could be used in any other territory similarly occupied, at least there Is nothing in the inscriptions which limits tho use of the stamps to any particular locality. The issue of Austrian Occupation stamps, which we chronicled in June, was made by over-printing U.

K. Feld-post" on Bosnian stamps of 1912-14. The new issue is an adaptation of tho designs of the same Bosnian issue, but only two of the four types are used, the panels at the sides-are of one design for the heller values and another for those in kronen; instead of differing for each denomination, the inscription at the top, U. K. Militar Post," now reads U.

K. Feldpost," while that at the bottom has been removed entirely and finally the numerals in the lower corners are in white against a colored back ground instead of in color on white. The designs are good, the engraving well executed and the colors rich and strong. Altogether the new issue will make a pleasing addition to stamp collections. Most collectors are puzzled by istria's selection of the stamps and designs of Bosnia for the occu pation Btanips instead of utilizing something of her own.

We fancy the reason lies in the Jealousies and dissensions that arc so rife in the Although they are polit ically united, Austria, Hungary and us which consti tute the dual empire are divided by race, language, religion, and section jealously guards its prerogatives and customs. The Emperor is expected to address his subjects in no less than ten languages, German, Magyar, Bohem ian, Croatian, lllyrian, Italian, Polish, Roumanian, Routhenian and Slavonic. Some postal stationery is likewise inscribed, the right to speak in Parliament in various tongues is maintained and there are many similar indications of lack of unity. It is probable that some such thing prevented the use of the stamps of Austria or Hungary for the postal needs of the army in the field and the occupied territory of It will be observed that the stamps of Bosnia of 1912-14 arc in- ihed "Militar Post," indicating a miltary occupation pending the plete and final union of the province with the rest of the em- Therefore it probably seemed lent to adopt the stamps of one military occupation to the purposes of another. While on the subject of Austrian imps wo are reminded of a set of ten stamps which were recently sent us from Europe.

The designs were those of the 1908-13 series, but the colors were not those in which the various stamps were issued. Nine of the stamps were printed in colors used for other denominations of the series and ono was in a color not found in the issue. The following Is a list of tho denominations and colors, the figures in parenthesis indicating the values of the issued stamps of the various colors: 1 (2) violet; 2 (12) scarlet; 3 G10) olive green; 6 (3) dull red violet; 10 (25) ultramarine; 12 (35) slate; 20 Prussian blue; 25 (10) rose; 20 (6) ochrej 35 (30) olive green. It was claimed that these are rare errors of color, tho sender staling that he knew only two sets If they were printed from tin plates, as they probably were, there must have been ninny more sets at some time, though they may not exist today. Ten errors in one issue seems an excessive number and it would appear more probable that they were trial color.

I Stamp Notes i sion to Plunder Spanish Brief news dispatches told tho day of the sailing of a steamei laden with 1 5,000,000 In gold for a port In the Carribbean Sea and not a pirate to fear. What a prlzn that vessel would have been In the brave days of old, when Jean Lafltte, the patriot pirate of the Oulf, ruled over a little outlaw kingdom of his own within a few iles of the city of New Orleans, ys the Kansas City Star. A picturesque figure was Jenn Lafltte, with a graceful, courtly daring about him which made him popular with many of the most estimable dwellers in New Orleans. Handsome, able was he, and averse to the shedding of blood, and even possessed of loyalty to the govern- ent whose excise laws he made it his business to break. Lafltte, as you may guess, was French.

He drifted to Louisiana the early years of the Nine teenth Century, and set up in piracy in the Bay of Barataria, heltered harbor on the Gulf lexico, protected by a long island called Grand Terre, whero Jean Lefltte dwelt in a house brick, with broad and convforta hie verandas. No crude or common pirate was this Jean Lafltte. He held a vateer's commission from the Re public of Cartagena, which had ecently established In South and has long since bee forgotten, and this commissio ave him the right to plunder Spanish ships. Perhaps he plundered other ships, too; but the Spanish were his principal victims. Lafitte's followers were a motley collection black, white, yellow and red restless and reckless rovers of the sea.

One must admire the ability of the man in keeping them as well under control as he did, for there was no ting of the nearby coast disorder in Louisiana. La fltte trafficked in silk and cold and egroes; fulfilled his contract promptly, sold his goods openly at even In the City of New Orleans, and had many friends inong the planters. He was popular, too; there is nc onbt of that. Had he been other-use he would not have been per mitted to remain five years in Barataria. As early as 1809 we find governors of Louisiana thundering against him, but Lafltte went calmly about his business.

Occasionally a revenue offlcer was killed in a brush with the pirates. Invariably Lafltte expressed his sorrow that bloodshed had become necessary. A case was brought against him, in the Federal Court; the District Attorney was a man named Grymes. Lafltte went to see Grymes, and the result of the visit was that the District Attorney resigned his office and undertook Lafitte's defense. He and the lawyer who assisted him were promised 120,000 apiece for their services, and got it.

After the case was dismissed Grymes went to Barataria to receive his fee and spent a week feasting with the pirates, who treated him with princely hospitality, and escorted him back to the Mississippi in a handsome yawl laden with caskets of gold and silver. Repeated attempts had been made to organize a military expedition to destroy Lafilte's pirate colony, but up to the year 1814 they had always come to nothing. In September of that year a British brig anchored six miles from Bara taria Pass, and Its captain came ashore and offered Lafltte a cap- in the British Navy and $30,000 if he would Join the British in an attack against New Orleans. Lafltte pretended to consider the offer, sending word meantime to a her of the Legislature of the British captain's offer and de claring that he would never accept 5 sent another letter to Gov ernor Claborne, who had offered $5,000 for Lafitte's head, and for i head Lafltte in return, in a spirit of gay bravado, had offered a reward of $50,000. Lafltte suggested that the Governor extend ency to his pirates, who in re-would aid in the defense of the State against the British.

The offer was rejected, and an expedition under Commodore Patterson of United States Navy swooped down on Barataria unexpectedly, lore down the brick house, confiscated much plunder and drove at first for their ships in a line of battle, but Uitw ward changed their minds and fled to hide among the numberless waterways and bayous. Jean Lafltte and his brother Pierre escaped and established themselves on the Lower Mississippi. Meanwhile, Andrew Jackson had arrived to understako the defense of New Orleans. Jean Lafltte went boldly into New Orleans to see him, although the fiery general had declared he would have nothing to do with "these pirates and banditti." There must have been a peculiar charm and per- lveness about Jean Lafltte, for the interview Jackson changed his mind, accepted the aid of the pirates and showed the ut most trust in thein. And throughout the siege of New Orleans the followers of Lafltte showed them- rthy of confidence.

They llent gunners, and two of Lafitte's captains, Dominique and a man named Beluche. i put In charge of ships. Wh British had been driven aw Jackson recommended that Lafltte nd his men be granted pardon for all previous misdemeanors, and the thing was done. Tho City of New Orlean erected a statue in honor of Dominique You, when he died many years later. Nobody seems to know ex actly what became of Jean Lafltte and his brother.

They evidently could not bear to settle down and become ordinary citizens; in 1818 we find Jean in Galveston, whence he was chased by the Spanish Government in 1820. Later there camo stories of cruises in tht Caribbean; the call of the sea was too strong for the one-time Earata-rlan. Today red, black and yellow fishermen dry shrimps where swarthy pirate folk once swaggered, gorgeous in scarlet sashes, but you may still hear whispered tales of Jean Ijifltte and of iron- bound chests of gold buried under the roots of the tall pampas grass. AN EMBARRASSING MOMENT. This is an extract from a letter written by a woman who Is willing to share a good Joke, says Youth's Companion, even if the laugh is at her own expense: It was a damp, windy day tho sort of day that turns straight, straggly blond hair like mine into a mass of strings and ends that stick out about the face and neck with frightful effect.

I was downtown on a shopping expedition that was exceptionally trying, and I knew I looked so badly that I carefully avoided all chance glances into mirrors, for I was sure I could not, under the circumstances, improve my appearance much. Recklessly I entered an lee cream shop with a friend whom I happened to meet. As I placed my shopping bag on the floor near the table at which we were to sit, another bag, exactly like my own, was put beside It. Quite naturally my glance followed the hand and arm up to the face of my neighbor, and as I met her look. I said to myself, "She has hair Just like mine sticking out In every direction and she looks even worse than I do, poor thing!" Naturally, my heart went out to her in a great wave of sympathy.

We smiled simultaneously as our troubled eyes mot, and I said aloud and quite distinctly, "If wo are not careful we shall get our shounine bags mixed!" The moment the words were out of my mouth I wished very earnestly that the floor would mercifully open and let me through. It did not require tho subdued snick from 1 A the nearby tables to awaken to tho realization that I had bppn I addressing the image of myself in nirn.i- of which the entire side of the shop was formed. Do you get the picture? PRACTICAL RELIGION. The vicar's family had Just seated themselves at the breakfast table, says Lippincot ts Magazine, when the strains of "Rock of Ages-sounded through the house. The Bishop, who was present on a visit.

Then said the vicar's last-horn, "That was the cook." The Bishop expressed pleasure at the cook's religious feeling. "She always sings 'Rock of Ages to boil the eggs," said the child; "three verses for soft boiled, the for hard." American School Button, Will, Jeur H.llOOl Milliard MBWr. ullt or nliitnl. t.i-r lira. A.

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