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sad bereavement. and report the same to

sad bereavement. and report the same to
tho citizens In waiting.
Vested with the aforementioned para
graphs of official authority and an ele-
CANT Bulllciency OF Buck-ague, the COM
mittee humbly approached the house OF
the honored and esteemed citizen, Hank
was found seated upon the back steps
with HIS face between his hands and q.
sad, far-away expression In his eyes. He
was changed man.
Aftor an exchange OF hcllos Pnrson
Merrlwell gently placed his hand upon
tho shoulder OF the honored and esteemed
citizen ana said: 'Brother Hank, We
Inns ria to tho conclusion thai aomethl''
mighty unusual has overcome ye. IN VIZ
air here 10 ascertain how come ye ar no
longer your former self. Alr'yc sore
'"tralnt tibet l'sa got any srudse agln
the gang. PEARSON. I'He married thes
li'lc ninety pound gal "a 500 peeiins
lon...t. an cf I ies' dis yore yard zoe o..
anytlnrh more excitlD' than a. couple OF
I.nrk chnrs she'd blow my lights OUT
Thet's all tlct ails ms,' I, ].
Mor.l; You can't estimate woman
| lnflueNcc by her weight. WIS ,N
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Tale Of the Bad Man Who Met His Match.
1908
Ry BILLY BURGUNDY

Copyright 1905. by Steve Floyd, N. ~
Once upon time there lived in the
town Of Fairstake. Arizona, guy who
possessed a combustible disposition. an
,ingrowing affection for booze. and per-
feet contempt for municipal tranquility
and the criminal code. His name was
Hank Barlow.
Hank put in most of his time absorb
ing firewater and supplying the town
with brand Of excitement which kept
the coroner working overtime and made
the local Death Column" look like an
itemized account OF a Macedonian mas
sacre.
He did his work so we'll that the Life
Insurance Companies were compelled to
call all bets off in Fairstake. and the
General Store had to lay In Job lot OF
black-bordered paper and envelopes.
Whenever Hank stepped into the Gin
Mil and reduced the visible supply OF
Bourbon Dew a couple OF pints. sicken-
Ing silence would spread over tho town:
the stores would close for the day; men
would hide under counters; women
would drag their children into cyclone
cellars; dogs would howl pathcticaly:
suspense would hang heavy In the air
and the marshal would recall that he
three miles down no Pike.
When Hnnk finished playing his hand
out and had gone home to sleen It off.
the coroner and undertaken would come
from under cover to estimate the NOR
tally and notify the survivors that there
was not the slightest occasion for alarm.
When Hank had practically exhausted
the supply OF voters In Fairstake. tho
Governor came to tho conclusion that he
| w ro Inc TIM tolra ia uN OF
fered n. reward OF five thousand good and
lawful simoleons for one Hank Barlow,
on hoof or dressed. {. o. b. Tairstake
I No one seemed to be In pressing need
OF that amount OF money: at least. tfcy
showed no signs OF 1t n they did. SO
Hank pursued the even tenor OF his
way.
One morning. when the villagers backed
up against the east side OF tho General
Store to thaw nut In the young sunshlne
and talk over tho latest news from Wash
ington and tho Chicago Stock Yards, Il
was discovered that Hank had hecn shy
4 for siv days Then ike a flash II dawned
upon tho members OF the Out Door SEES
sion that there had not been "A murder
In town for night on to week. All OF
which went to prove that something
powerful WAS ailing Hank.
After debating the question at grea
length. 1t was resolved that.
,'Wherees, II has come to he known I,
the citizens OF this town Of Fnirstnke, II
the county Of Yuma, In the Territory o.
Arizona. thnt their hnnnred and on
teemed fellow-citzen Hnnkodorous Bar
low. has not anpeared upon the street
and thoroughfares OF the said metropoli,
for period OF six days; and
"whereas. It is known to the SAID
citizens OF the said town Of Fairstake
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Thi. legend. In this form. is inscribed
or tho cover Of each Of the ave volumes
published by the State. entitled North
Carolina Regiments 1916" to be thus
perpetuated throughout all time.
or course. such claims. thus asserted.
and conveying to the world what these
necessarily do. should be above and be-
You'd all criticism or cavil Let US SEQ II
these will stand this test. Before insti
tuting this Inquiry. let us first ask. re-
spectfully. why these claims are preferred
at all: The editor OF the volumes to
which we have Just referred disclaims
that they are intended az boast. But
we again respectfully ask. can they mean
anything else than that North Carolina
means by them to proclaim the fact that
the troops furnished by her were better.
and, therefore, did better at the impor-
tant points named than those from any
other State? 1t Is worthy OF note. too.
that our friends are getting more agrees
sive In their claiming with the passing
of time The frst form assumed by this
legend and inscribed on the Confederate
monument at Raleigh. was only:
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.
der to know what North Carolina had
done in comparison with the othe.
States, in view OF u proposed meeting
Of the Governors OF the South, then about
TO assemble at Augusta, Ga. on this let
ter Of enquiry there is an endorsement
stating that whilst the number Ut troops
furnished by North Carolina could not
be given. without laborlous research 'sslt
there was then in the Confederate GER
vice from that State sixty-seven regi-
ments.. five battalions, twelve unattaeh-
ed companies. two State regiments doing
service for the Confederacy aud n.tie
battalions OF reserves then organized.
The report OF January %. 1854. above re-
ferred to, shows that Virginia had then
sent to the field 'slxty-three regiments Of
infantry, forty pattalions OF Infantry.
twenty regiments OF cavalry forty bat
talions OF cavalry and one hundred and
twenty-five battalons Of artillery Page
Of y
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Orlv State Dismemhe-c

Or'v St'te Oisnemhe-e3.
(g). Virginia was the only Southern
State dismembered by the war. One-third
OF her territory the richest In many re-
spects) and one-thrd Of her people were
actually severed from her. not only with
cut her consent and against an express
provision of the Federal Constitution. but
In violation Of an express contract boz
tween Virginia and the Federal Govern
ment that this should never be done. This
contract was made at the time. and
formed part of the consideration for the
grant made by her OF the great North
west territory. and. as strange as 1t may
seem. the States afterwards formed out
OF that territory were among the leaders
IN perpetrating this political rape" upon
their Mother State. The true history OF
the dismemberment OF Virginia forms one
OF the darkest political crimes on record.
NJ kes Greet Claims.
Fourth. The fourt claim or clnms (and
the last to which we can refer) preferred
BY North Carolina is set forth in these
very striking terms. viz: That she was
s :
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FIRST AT. BETHEL. FARTHEsr TO
THE FRONT AT GETTYSBURG
AND CHICKAMAUGA;s LAST
AT APPOMATTOX."
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What v'r-i-ia Did.


We have no intention or desire to ma g.
Nifty either the services rendered by Vir-
gnia to the Confederacy,8or the suffer-
irgs and sacrifices of her people for tho
Confederate cause. Indeed, from what we
know Of these. we think 1t would be diff
cult to do this. But since some North
Carolina writer's have laid SO much stress
ON the part performed by their State In
these directions "a claim we have no dis
position to contesD, 1t seems to US both
pertinent and proper to call attention to
two things. which apply to Virginia, but
do not apply to North Carolina or to
any other Southern State. These are:
~. Virginia was a battle-ground" from
the beginning to the close of the war. No
people who have not had this experience
can form any conception OF what It
means, and this was literally true OF vir-
gina, from her mountains to her sea-
shore" Every day and every hour. for
four long years, the tramp or the camp.
the bivouac or the battle OF both armies
we're upon virginia's soil. Six hundred OF
the two thousand battles fought were
fought in Virginia. and the fenceless
fields. the houseless ,chimneys. the charred
ruins and the myriad graves left all over
Virginia at the close OF the war marked
and measured the extent to which her
aterial resources had contributed to that
struggle. and the devotion OF her people
ia the Confederate cause These things
also showed In the utter desola ton pro-
drced by the war. and In the difficulties
and disadvantages the State and her
people have labored under ever since.
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What Comparison Shows.

y ilI111 = = II y .
a comparison OF these organizations c {
the two States gives this result, VIZ: That
where North Carolina had furnished the
Confederacy, In all arms OF the services.
sixty-nIne regiments Virginia had FUR
nished eiglty-three; where North Carolina
had furnished fourteen battalions, Viz
GINA had furnished eighty; and that
where North Carolina had furnished
twelve unattached companies presumably
bn tterles) Virginia had furnished one
hundred and twenty-five batteries; and.
1t is worthy Of remark, that the report
showing the number of these Virg MA
organizations is dated eight months In
advance OF that showing the number OF
the North Carolina organizations. Have
we need of further proof on this point?
Second, another charge made by another
distinguished North Carolina writer Gap
tain w. r. Bond In his pamphlet entitled
Pickett orr Pettigrew'D Is, that citizens
of Virginia were filling nearly one-half
Of the positions OF honor and trust civil
and military" In the Confederacy.
So far as the appointment Of the general
officers Of the army is involved in this
charge, we have already said that we
believed they were made by Mr.. Davis
solely on the merits of the appolntees;
and we think It will be admitted by all
that some OF these appointments could
not have been improved upon. or perhaps
made at all from any other State.
Ger eral Lees Reputati n.
AS to the charge. so far as 1t applies
to the other military officers, this was
made by Governor Vance during the war.
and If any one wishes to see a complete
refutation OF 1t, they have only to refer
to the letter from General Lee to the
Confederate Secretary OF War. dated Sep
xxx. Part III p. 723.
AS to the civil positions Of honor ard
trust OF which this writer says one-half
were filled by Virg mans. and that Rich
mond thought tall should be thus fill
ed: II he means by this to charge that
Virginia had a larger number OF men
exempted from military duty to I'LL these
places than any other State Gas would
have been reasonable, since she had the
largest number in the field, and was the
seat Of the Capitol, with all the depart
ments of the government). then the re-
port. from which We have Just quoted.
shows that in this he,is great ly mista ken.
This report. at page 1o3, shows that the
total exempts" in Virginia at that time,
was twenty-five thousand and sixty-three:
whilst those in North Carolina numbered
th'rty-eight thousand one hundred arc
s!xty-six. And in the same volume In
which this report is to be found. at page
s5l. will be found this remarkable ex-
hibit, under the heading Number Of
State Officers" In each Southern. State
exempted on certificates Of their Gov
errors This last report shows that whilst
the number Of these officers exempted in
Virginia was fourteen hundred and
twenty-five. the, number exempted In
North Carolina was fourteen thousand.
six hundred and seventy-five: more than
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"FIRsT AT BETHEL: FARTHEsT TO
THE FRONT AT GETTYSBURG:
LAST AT APPONiATTOX."
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Willing to be Just.

too: and so our friends go on claiming
from step to step. Just as during the war.
Willing to be Just.
''From rank to rank their voleyed thun-
ders few" AS before stated, we have no
Intention or desire to detract Que iota
from the fame Of North Carolina, except
where attempts havo been made to aug
ment her fame at the expense of yir-
ginia. Keeping this purpose steadily be-
fore us. we now propose to inquire wheth-
er or not some Of the claims set up BY
North Carolina in this legend do injustice
to Virginia? And first. MS to the claim
that she was first at Bethel"
In Vol. ~. OF the Confederate Military
History" -at page 10. will be found a
carefully prepared account OF the battle
of Bethel. written by D. II. ELL, Jr.. son
OF the intrepid soldier Of that name who
commanded the First North Carolina In
that fight, and therefore, one with every
natural incentive to say all that could
be said tru,hfully,, both on behalf OF his
father and his regiment He says:
"About 8 o'clock In tho morning Of the
10th (June) the F'ederals appeared on the
field, in front OF the Southern works, and
Greble's battery tok position. A shot
nom Parrot gun In the Confederate
works ushercd In the great Civil War on
the land
Richmond H-wtzers First.
This first shot was fired from the bat
tory of the Richmond CYa,) Howitzers.
which had already fired. the FIRST shot"
fred on yirginn's soil nearly a month be-
fore at Gloucester Point. We are not
claiming, however, any special credit for
having fired this conceded first shot, tho
firing Of which was only fortuitous. But
Virginia was at Bethel, along with North
Carolina. not only represented by tho
commanding general, himself q Virglntan
hut by all three arms OF the servtce-in-
fantry, artillery and cayalry-and these
troops arc mentioned by him, along with
those from North Carolina, not only IN
tho report OF the battle by the command
ing general, hut also, and In compliment
tary terms. by General (then Colonel 2,
il. Hill, commanding tho only North. Car,
oIna troops there, Was not Virginia at
Bethel, then, standing side by side with.
North Carolina? Did she not do her duty
there as we'll? II she did, why the In
vldlous claim that North Carolina was
Arst ut Bethel9 Is this Just to virginia?
Ws think not, IN all Kindness and cour-
tesy.
] 'r'-- /T,,>nttnuad ~ u,layanth pnvah q.
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And now chckamauga's bloody front"
IL also included One OF her writer's has
already claimed that charlottesville"
was North Carolina fight" and that
Gettysburg ought to be so denominated,
too: and so our friends go on claiming
from step to step, Just as during the war.
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We next hear OF It as inscribed on her
memorial room In Richmond as:
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FIRST AT BETHEL: LAST AT Apo
MATTOX."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
"Freeu Coal a peIusion.

The action of Congress in putin g
coal upon the free list for one year is
not likely to afford the relief to con-
sumers in Eastern cities that was an
ticipated from the passage of that
bill. 1t is now said that the supply
of foreign coal that will be attracted
to the American market by the renpis-
sion of the duty will be infinitesimal,
compared with the demand, and when
the cost of transportation is added to
the foreign price, it will be impos-
sible to sell this coal in New York or
Boston for much less than nine or ten
dollars a ton.
The Leader has not thought at any
time that the removal of the duty
from coal would be of any marked
benefit to the people in this country.
The fact of the matter is that, while
there was a nominal duty on anthra-
cite coal, it was not a protective duty
in any sense, for the reason that, duty
or no duty, there could be no serious
competitions between Welsh coal and
that mined in Pennsylvania in any Of
the markets of this country. That
was proved last fall, when prices run
ming as high as twenty-five dollars
a ton failed to attract any consider
able shipments of Welsh coal to this
market
The coal trust has not been foster
ed by protection. 1t has grown up as
the result Of a monopoly of the pro-
duction and transportation of coal,
and no possible foreign competition
could have prevented it. But the
people thought the Pennsylvania
operators were given an advantage in
the tariff to which they were not en-
titled, and Congress satisfied the
popular demand by repeating the tar
if for one year. 1t will have little or
no effect-Cleveland Leader.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14

than the Coal trust = abusing its In
complete monopoly; but the remote
consequences might not prove to be
just what free traders covet, were the
duty permanently eliminated from
bitnminoss Goals. Certainly the re-
tention OF the duty will probably
hasten that reciprocity treaty with
Canada which the free traders want
to see, but which they would indefi-
nitely postpone by putting on the free
list those American products which
cannot be made the basis of reciproc-
ity unless dutiabIe. In other words,
the free traders would give away
the American market even though
Canada yet hold fast to her Chinese
WALL"
The glee with which the free trad
ers welcome the coal crisis as a
means of upsetting the tariff, which
has contributed so highly to our pros
perity, shows how far political parti-
sanship runs ahead of business inter
ests. To hold Baerism and Debsism
to their responsibility, is now Roose-
velt's and the Republican program.
The Democratic program is to divert
attention from Debsism and Baerism
and accuse the tariff laws under
which we have harvested unexampled
the folks had forgotten their troubles
from 1898 to 1S97-Lewiston (Me)
Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
Short Roads to Wealth.

There is no royal road to wealth,
any more than to learning. However,
the desire which turks in the average
human breast to make a fortune will
continue to induce foolish people to
risk their money on schemes that
promise to save them from the neces-
sity of earning their daily bread. and
such lessons as that of the St Louis
failure will only serve to act as a
ernporary brake on the train load of
gamblers running down grade on the
road to ruin
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
DERSISM AND BAERIsM.
These, Not the Tariff, Responsible for
the Coal Famine.

These, Not the Tariff, Responsible for
the Coal Famine.
Nothing better delights the gentle
men who upset American prosperity
by free trade and tariff reform poll
tics winding up in the Wilson-Gor-
.nanism than any event which gives
them a chance to attack the tariff
under which American prosperity has
been unexampled. The bagatelle of
sixty-seven cents per ton tariff on coal
attracted no attention until Baerism
and Debsism in the coal regions had
buncoed American industry by more
than doubling the price of coa1-a
result with which the tariff had abso-
lutely no connection. Now that Con-
gress with practical unanimity has
removed all duty from Welsh anthra-
cite-though tits hardly more like
anthracite than Georges Creek COAL
the free traders raise a shout that
after all the present tariff is not con-
secrated law
The present tariff was not devised
to meet the crises of such anarchy in
capitalism and laborism as started last
June in the Pennsylvania anthracite
regions And the suspension of all
duty on coal for one year will do this
SOOQ dI lcdSl"lL Will SiAOW that there
is more than a dollars difference per
ton in favor of American coal, as COM
pared either with Canadian or with
Welsh coal. Had the duty been 81
per ton, its removal would have been
more significant
As matters now stand, as sure as
coal goes back to its normal figures,
as it will very soon after snow stops
flying, we may hear the Coal trust
shouting for lower wages. on the plea
that the trust has to mine coal in
competition with the cheaper labor
of Nova Scotia and Wa1esi Then,
of course, more strikes and so on
The fact is that the suspension of
the duty may be a good club to use
over "the independent operators"
who now are abusing their power as
competitors Of the Coal trust more
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
Senators and Soldiers.

Thirty-eight years after the civil
war there are fourteen men in the
United States senate who served in
the Confederate army and thirteen
who served in the federal army dur
ing that great struggle. While num-
Der of men in the last list are well
advanced in years, yet there is quite
a number of comparatively young men
who entered the army when boys of
Is to 49, In the case of Union officers
who are now senators most of them
were quite young when they entered
the service. One senator, Pettus of
Alabama, served in both the Mexican
and civil wars
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
THE RESULT OF DIET.
Effect of Brain Food on People or
Massachusetts Village.

Charles P. Thompson who for years
represented the Gloucester, Mass. DIS
trict in Congress and who once de-
feated Ben Butler for that position,
had a party OF fellow representatives
at the old seacoast town. what is
the diet of these people?' asked
New Yorker. Fish, mostly, re
sponded the Massachusetts man
why" spoke up a Virginian, i
thought fish was brain food These
are really the most unintelligent look
ing persons 1 ever saw" We'll, said
Thompson, ''just think what they
would look like if they didn't eat
fish"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
GEUEcoL. D.A. KINLOcH

tating England for several weeks. AL
though he declares he knew nothing
of the Tagging" that prevailed in his
regiment, the Grenadier guards, and
which included the f1ogging of the
sons and nephews of several dukes,
Col Kinloch has been held RESPONSE
BILE for the escapades of his subal-
terms and retired on half pay.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
And Vet.

The number of sheep in the United
States has increased twenty millions
since the repeal of the Wilson tariff
And yet, according to the Democratic
prophets, the protection coal which
our industrial engine is now using is
sending it straight to the devil with
the brakes OF and throttle wide Open
Head us, somebody! Police!-Mora-
Wan Falls On. CO Yellow Jacket
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
Thinks Invention Valuable.

Great expectations have been form
ed of 9 process for the electrolytic
extraction of zinc from it's ores which
has been devised by M. De Laval, the
sO-cal1ed Edison of Sweden Zinc
ore occurs in considerable quantities
in Sweden and Norway and water
falls are abundant, so that NJ. De
Laval has every natural advantage
for the successful application of his
process.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14

The old tower of Temple church,
London, which, because Of its in
creasing tendency to lean to one side,
may have to be torn down, is one of
the oldest landmarks in England. 1t
was built 718 years ago, and it has
not only survived the great fire which
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
Evident.

1t is more evident every day that
American interests, whether in raw
material or manufactured goods, must
stand together or fall together 1t is
more evident every day that American
interests must read reciprocity laws
with. q great deal of care to avoid be-
ing cheated in the transaction.-DeG
Moines Capital.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14

burned dangerous near to it, but thus
far it has withstood the ravages of
time. The Temple church was built
by the Knights Templar on the model
of the Holy Sepulcner at Jerusalem.
1t is one of the five remaining round
churches of Europe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14

Mr.. Rockefeller may not be able to
obtain new stomach for 100000,
but with that amount at his disposal
he ought to be able to relieve a good
many old ones.