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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-21

Il Doubtless the Father OF Ills Country"
j look little trouble about preserving his
boat of-arms or ancestral records, for he
4 eft very few behind Great men n this
country do not care about the length
" their pedigree or airy titled ancestry.
& When General 3 f. Lee was approa chcd
y turing The war to sive somc facts con-
,erning his family history. he said sit
VAS not then the time for searching
family records. but the time for men to
i make a record" Yet their family his
pry belongs to the people, and should
4 10 carefully preserved for future genera
4 hons to emulate. There are still many
b descendants of tho Washington family
h Virginia, for whose benefit wc pro-
1850 to trace as far as possible his line.
,ge 10 its English origin. which has al.
Nays been in some doubt,
We give at the head The arms and
rcst Of the Washingtons. as furnished
~ Descendant. Mrs. Julln Ancrun
Davidson. OF Chicago a. granddaughter
]! " Colonel william Washington, of Tho
\ Revolution, who claims 1t AS tho trl'
Washington mark upon her silver plate
This may he true as TO some of In,
lolla teral branches and We accept of It
Y york. and feel sure that the family Of
rhough We cannot trace 1t In any Englisl
George Washington had no direct con
X iectlon with any OF The titled lords o.
y England
If Light Horse Harry the father o
2 General y. J.. Lee, says in his sketch o
ule Washington family, they emigratet
rom England and settled in Virginia
tIways respectable and respected. TIN
y torsanguinity nf its numerous raInifl
,ations is involved in doubt: but IL Il
> generally believed that they spraEg from
he same source
Sparks, In his Life Of Washington
n PAYS that Augustine Washington. III
q ETHER Of George was buried MT Bridge
G sreek," WestinorelaNd county, In tl!c
A rrnb of his ancestors" which prove.
hat there had been several TO proceed,
I'm 10 Virginia Little is known
nys the same author, "of his character
3 n acts, II appears by his viii, however
hat he possessed 4 large and valuable
p0pcrty In lands; and as this had beer
canIred chiefly by his own industry
p.G enterprise. ii mag he Inferred thai
"a The concerns ~ business he was
oethodieaI, skilful. honorable and cner7
i ptic. His occupation MAS that Of u
FAINTER, which, from tho first settlement
4 the country, had been the pursuit Of
early All tlia principal gentlemen o.
5yiirgipia.1
Augustine WasAington married twice;
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-21

those obtained by marriage with other
families We will Look IL up further
and give you what we find,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-21

To y. a. r." Richmond Va;
In answer TO his query, we regret we
cannot trace Sir Rufus De Isedde, Whu
came TO America with Governor SPOTS,
wood in 17lo; we viii search rthnr, ana
hope TO give something IN ollrgnexS
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
FLATS TO LET.

A-HOUSES and flats to let: an immense list
service absolutely free: take advantage of
this department; it will save you time and
trouble. Cordes Furniture Co.. 245-259 Geary
St. on the square
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

REPRESENTATIVE calling on wholesale and
retail cr0cers and bakers In West Pennsyl
xania East Chic and West Virginia wants
good Ilns commission; references ex-
changed. Address J. x. 6i9 Lowell st,
p Z. Pittspurs. "a
RELIABLE man. 40 years OF age, who
neither uses liqEor tobacco. wants posi-
tion lay grain stock ranch; handy at
blacksmlthing, harness making, etc; best OF
refers noes. Box 2JO2 Call office.
GARDENER, first class. single, long expe-
rience IN landscape gardening, growing OF
flowers and greenhouse work. wishes situ-
atlcn q private place; references Ad-
dress H. T.. box 2030. CaH office.
ACTIVE young man. general office man, speaks
and writes the English. German and Scandi-
ua1lan languages, wants any position. mod
crate salary; best references. Box 2506 Call.
WANTED-situatiOn by a competent coach
man; iE skilled in the care of horses, city
country. best Of references Inquire
GEORGE RosEBERG. sIs sutter st.
A GOOD poultry man wishes position: un-
defstands incubator and brooders. Address
J. H, Call Office
GOOD mechanic wants work. drsuehts,nan
pattern maker and machinist: city or coun-
Try Box 269I. Call office.
GARDENER. is years experience wishes a
situation: references furnished: would like TO
board himself. Address p. w S. GARDNER.
san Rafael Marin County.
YoUNG man wants job TO dc general house
work Box 2fsS. Cali Office.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
s7oo, 900 a Year for Protection.

A recent cable dispatch in the New
York Herald says:
1.-The Tariff Reform league is al
ready one of the wealthiest political
bodies ever formed in England. Its
subscription list, apart from dOna-
tions, amounts to S140,00O a year.
During 1904 it's purposes to print and
distribute not less than a hundred
million leaflets and pamphlets, some
of the latter big enough to be called
a volume-Hera1d special cable dis
patch.
To American protectionists 100000
a year must seem a mighty sum to de-
vote to the propagation of protection
ism. 1t is nearly twenty times the
sum annually contributed for that pur-
pose in their own country-a country
with a reading population fully three
times as great as that of Great Brit
ain. Reckoned on a per capita basis.
the subscription list in England-to
say nothing of donations-is sixty
times greater than in the United
States And yet the amount placed at
the disposal of the Tariff Reform
league in behalf of protection does not
seem so large when it is remembered
that British free traders donated $780,
600 outright to Richard Golden.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27

the exports OF December, 1902, IT per
cent larger than those for November,
1908, and Is per cent larger than the
average for the first eleven months
of last year.
Taking steel rails alone it appears
that the December exports were $685.
TAI, as against $21,2 PIG in December,
1902, $3.50 ,OO6 in November, 1903, and
an average of $50, 700 for the first
eleven months of 1903.
The increase is noteworthy, but it Is
hardly sufficient to answer positively
the question as to whether a sufficient
ly large market for our surplus steel
products can be obtained abroad to
bring our exports again up to the
record figure of $129, 633, 900 for the
calendar year 1900.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
RAISE BUTTERFLIES ON FARM.
Unique Industry Practieed in England
and France.

Unique Industry Practiced in England
and France.
Butterfly farms, where cocoons are
Matched on branches protected by
gauze or tulle, may be frequently seen
throughout France, where diligent eff
forts are being made to acclimate the
species of the Bombycidae, or silk
worm family, that are Indigenous to
other countries. At Eastbourne, also.
in England, William Watkins, the
English entomologist, has established
one of these butterfly farms. more
particularly, however, for the purpose
of obtaining rare genera and new
varieties by crossing. Such farms are
planted with oaks, ailantus trees
pines, plum trees, castor oil plants
and others, the leaves of which serve
as food for the caterpillars. To Sc
cure a uniform temperature the in
sects are often kert in a room until
after the first moulting, when they
are placed on bushes in the open air
and protected from birds by sheer
muslin or tulle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Mr.. Bryan as a Dupe.

ct was put in nomination twice by
my party said w. J. Bryan at Bur-
lington, N. J., "only because it was
known there was no chance for my
election
This is a most remarkable utterance.
1t is public confession by Mr.. Bryan
that in both his presidential cam
paigns he was dupe-that from the
beginning by his own party he was be-
trayed and befooled.
There is some reason to believe that
with reference to his nomination in
1900 Mr.. Bryan's opinion is partially
correct. There doubtless were Demo
cratic leaders then who saw no way Of
Kidding their party of the incubus Of
Organism save by letting Mr.. Bryan
run again end be defeated.
But there is not one scintilla of evil
dence that any such conspiracy as
Mr.. Bryan charges existed in 1886
not even in the form of passive &C
quiescence in Mr.. Bryan's aspirations.
destructive as they were seen to be.
None who saw the Chicago convention
of 1S96-saw the wrathful, prayerful,
and even fearful energy with which
many Democrats there strove to with
stand the Bryanite frenzy-can enter
tain such an idea for moment.
Nor was this energy displayed by
the conservative Democrats alone.
Scores of men in that convention were
as radical for free silver as Mr.. Bryan.
Yet they regarded the stampede to
Mr.. Bryan as a treacherous desertion
of Mr.. Bland. All through the hours
between Mr.. Bryan's Gross of Cold
speech and the actual nomination
these men argued and pleaded, with
tears in their eyes and until they could
hardly stand or speak, with delegates
not to desert "Old Silver Dick'-the
man who had worked all his life for
silver and deserved the reward of that
| issues triumph in his party.
During his European tour Mr.. Bryan
| is said to have been fully converted
| to the theory of Tolstoi, that any man
| who serves his fellow men under pres
, ent conditions must be a martyr. This
pessimistic theory may account for
Mr.. Bryan's description of himself as
dupe. However that may be, Mr.
Bryan's mentality has long been
| known to be trivial. His presentation
of himself as a martyr or dupe is prob
ably, in the light of the facts of 1896
only another instance of his customary
mental pettiness.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Mo More EooIishness.

As an argument for free trade the
Louisburg, w. Va, Independent pro-
pounds this clincher: When an in
FAINT under the nursing process has
grown bigger than his pa, why not
take away the bottle and let him feed
himself?" That's easy. Uncle Sam
let the fool free trader break the bot
tie once and it cost him dearly before
he got another, several of his infants
having died in the meantime. Now
he proposes to keep it handy by, and
all his children are entitled to its
benefits alike. 1t is SO resourceful
that while the grown up infants use
it, the little infants come in for their
full share and get it. Uncle Sam
would be ungenerous to ask permits
sion to act the fool more than once
in a generation.-Moravi Falls IN
c. Yellow Jacket
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
a Waterman. "Reminiscences.

Thirty-nine years ago." said a vet
eran, 81 started on my last raid on
Richmond. 1 was in the Fourth Wis
consin artillery at that time in But
ler's army of the James. On the 18th
of September two corps of Buffers
army, including Gen. Kautz's division
of cavalry, were to cross to the north
side of the James, capture the rebel
positicn rs, and attempt a rush into
Richmond. The rebel positions were
captured and held, but we didn't get
into Richmond, and 1 was put out of
action
I'VE took four guns of our battery
into the fight and lost them We lost
also a good many men, and 1 came
out with a bullet hole through the
shoulder Yes, it disabled me then,
and was good deal in my way for
some years The wound was severe
one, but here 1 am as active in busi-
ness as my old comrades who were
not wounded
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Short and Lono DAYS.

The day is longer or shorter as you
go north or south of the Equator On
Cape Horn, Sc degrees south latitude
the days in mid-winter are about nine
hours long The longest day at Lon
don is sixteen hours and a half; al
Stockholm, eighteen hours and half
at Hamburg, seventeen hours; at ST
Petersburg the longest day has eigh
teen hours and the shortest five; al
Hornea in Finland the longest day has
twenty-one hours and a half and me
shortest two hours and a half; al
Spitzbergen the longest day is three
months and a half.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Sheridan's Horse.

This repeated question as to the
color of the horse ridden to Cedar
Creek by Gen. Sheridan sharply shows
how very careful we ought to be about
doubling the truthfulness of a comrade
who tells of something that we do not
remember. 1t affords indisputable evil
dence that our memory is not always
the very best authority and the very
best thing upon which to rely when
we write or correct history.
Some comrades positively declare
that they know that Sheridan did not
ride a black horse that 10th of Octo-
Der, 1864, because they saw him on
gray. He perhaps changed horses, and
the comrades saw him on only one OF
those he rode? Some say they do not
remember to ever have seen Sheridan
on a black horse. That may be true.
and yet they may have seen him on a
black horse.
Let us take the generals word for it
and let it go at that. | have no doubt
that he had memory, affection and
documents to rely upon when he wrote
his Memoirs. In June, 1862, while
colonel of Second Michigan cavalry, he
was stationed at Rienzi, Miss. In his
Memoirs, Vol. 1, Chap. 10, PIP. 177-S4,
he says:
Shortly after this affair Capt. Arch
ibald T. Campbell of the Second Mich
igan cavalry presented me with the
black horse called Rienzi, since made
historical from having been ridden by
me in many battles, cOnspicuously in
the ride from Winchester to Cedar
Creek, which has been celebrated in
the poem by T. Buchanan Reed. This
horse was of Morgan stock, and then
about three years old. He was jet
black, excepting three white feet, 16
hands high, and strongly built, with
great powers of endurance.
rode him almost continuously in
every campaign and battle in which
took part, without once finding him
overcome by fatigue, though on many
occasions . his strength was severely
| tested by long marches and short ra-
lions. =" Although he was sew
er0l times wounded, this horse es-
capped death in action and, living to a
ripe old age, died in 1878, attended to
| the last with all the care and sur
rounded with every comfort due the
faithful service he had rendered.
| National Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Prayer by a Southern Woman

While the Third Indiana cavalry
rested at Lookout, Companies G and
went out one afternoon on scout
After dark three of us rode in advance
of the advance squad-of which l had
charge-to make inquiries at a cabin
in which we saw a light. AS we ap-
preached we heard a woman praying
and soon we could hear her words. She
was evidently very devout. and soon
we learned that she was loyal to the
Confederacy. She did not hear our ap-
proach, and we stood silent, not inter-
rupting her.
Whewi You ought to have heard a
part of that prayeri She begged tie
Almighty to let loose His lightning and
sink to the bottom of the deepest sea
every ship that the terrible barbarian
Abe Linkin' rules" that the blockade
might be raised, so that "the people
of God who are fghtin' Thy battles
may be able to procure the necessarfes
of life of which the Northern fiends
have despoiled and deprived them; :"
that 1.-The Yankee barbarians. who
know not God and serve only the devil,
be effaced from tho earth with all the
hordes of their vandals.''
1 wrote several sentences of that
prayer in a letter the next morning,
which was Sunday, and it was hot de-
votioni When she said Amen 1 raped
on her door with the muzzle of my re-
volver, and made inquiries, but did not
learn anything. Jim Cowe1l and l took
breakfast with Ter the next morning,
and Jim-a terrible man for outbreaks
of language-asked a blessing. We
told her we were Methodists, and she
was greatly surprised to find out that
there really were believers" among
the Yankees!-Martin Dashiell, in Ma
tiOnal Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Gen. Howard,s Bravery.

In the corridor of the Senate wing of
the capitol a day or two ago Senator
Daniel of Virginia ran across Maj.
Gen o. o. Howard, U. S. A, retiT ed.
AS the story was told in print after
ward, Gen. Howard asked Senator
Daniel, who served as chief of staff to
the Confederate general, Jubal A. Ear
ly in what battle it was that he re-
ceived the wound which made him a
cripple. The senator told the general
that he was shot at the Wilderness,
and then, pointing to the Union sol
dier's empty sleeve, asked: where
did you leave your arm genera1?" In
printing the story the newspapers said
that Howard told Daniel he had left
his arm at Gettysburg, a fight in which
part. Then the senator and the gen.
eral agreed to so 20 Gettysburg next
May to look over the field
Gen. Howard did not tell Daniel that
he had lost his arm at Gettysburg. for
Gen. Howard is given to truth. He
said he lost it at Fair Oaks, and
further than that he said nothing. But
had he so chosen, and had he not been
the modest soldier that he is, he could
have told a story of heroism that per-
haps was greater than that shown in
his leadership of the charge which
cost him his arm.
Gen. o. o. Howard never drank a
drop in his life, never smoked q cigar.
and never swore. except once. and that
was at Chancellorsvi1le, where some
foreign-born troops of his ran, and he
has been quoted as saying on that oc-
casion: Damn the Dutch" Gen.
Howard not only believes tobacco and
liquor to be bad, but he believes the
use of anodynes which deaden the
senses is bad and unmanly-
In the charge at Fair Oaks bullet
shattered his arm below the elbow.
He kept ON leading. Another bullet
came and shattered the bone in the
same arm above the elbow. He kept
ON leading. When the charge was
over and success was assured Gen.
Howard walked over to a hospital tent
where a surgeon in attendance. after
looking ct the arm. said: 1T must
come on"
Take 1t on" said Gen Howard.
The hospital attendants began pre-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
When sherman RELAXED.

"The only case in my experience
where Sherman relaxed one of his
ORDERS" said Gen. Dodge, was during
the march from Chattanooga to At
lanta- We were very short of all
kinds of provisions, canned fruits, veg
etables, etc. We lived on bread, beans
and bacon. l had been suffering dur
ing the whole of the campaign, was
run down a good deal physically, and
l thought if 1 could get change of
food it would help keep me up.
4 went over to Gen. Sherman's
headquarters and asked him to allow
me to send by Lieut.. Bailey (who had
been detailed from my command in
charge of the mails running from
Nashville to the fronts), to bring me
down some dried fruits and vegeta-
bles. l told Sherman that l was run,
ming down; that l had a very bad
wound in the side, and it seemed i'm
possible to keep it from sapping away
my strength.
Sherman looked at me and said:
Dodge, all you want is some good
whisky and took me to his tent. Good
or bad whisky just then was entirely
different to me from what it is now,
but, of course, 1 submitted. l urged
he said it was impossible to allow me
to bring forward anything; that if he
did it for one he would have to do it
for others; and 1 went away good
deal disappointed, which Sherman
saw. There was no way to get any
thing without his permission.
1T was not more than a day or 80
after that that Col Dayton, his adja-
tant, happened to be at my headquar-
tiers, and asked one of the staff doc
tors if l had sent to Nashville for
anything. The staff officer informed
him that 1 had applied and could not
get permission, and that under the
circumstances 1 would not send. Day
ton told the staff officer if they could
get it through by Bailey, to do SO.
that Gen. Sherman, he knew, would
not object, but says he You don't
want to say anything to Dodge and
the first thing 1 knew there came to
my headquarters box of supplies.
! 1t was long time .afterward before
knew how they had been brought
there. 1t is the only case in my ex
perience where Sherman relaxed one
of his orders. Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Young Sharks in a Sharks stomach

Young Sharks in a Sharks Stomach.
A huge shark, measuring nearly
eleven feet in length, was caught of
the ocean pier at West Palm Beach
Monday by c. F. Bingham of Nautilus
cottage. A strange revelation was
made when the big fish was cut open.
In the stomach were twelve young
sharks, each about sixteen inches in
length. These were transferred to a
water tank on the pier in which they
lived for five hours.-Tropical Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
The Sailors Soma.


Oh, the winds to the west and the sails
are filling freei
Take your head from my breast; you
must say good-by to me-
You'd my heart in both your hands, Dur
you did not hold it fast.
And the mill cannot grind with the water
that Is past
o it's must away. and it's you must
I am sped like the spray. I am tickle as
the foam;
1t was sweet my dear. twas sweet. but
twas all 70 sweet to last
For the mill cannot grind with the water
that is past
We have clasped, we have kissed, but you
would not give me more:
I must win what missed on some
other. farther shore
You can never hold the gray gull that
swings about the mast,
And the mill cannot grind with the water
that is past
You will mourn. you will mate. but twill
never be with me:
I am off to my fate. and it lies across the
For it's God alone that knows where my
anchor will be cast
And the mill cannot grind with the water
that is past
Josephine Dodge .Daskam in Scrfbner 8
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
chamberIain,s AIIurina Program

Chamoeriain's Ahurih9 Program
1t is a very aIluring program. Both
the city laborer and the country la
borer are to live more cheaply under
the Chamberlain tax than before.
There is to be a wider market for
British exports and a smaller market
for foreign imports The agricultural
elements are to share with the manu-
fact4ing elements in the new pros
perity. The foreigner is to pay the
tax, but where the foreigner is colo
NAL the tax will not be burdensome
Whatever anybody thinks of Mr.
Chamberlain's political economy, no
body is likely to deny the shrewdness
of his appeal to the voters of Great
Britain Detroit Free Press
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Foreign Trade in Iron and Steel

Foreign Trade in Iron and Steel.
The government figures of our iron
and steel exports and imports for the
month of December show plainly the
effects of the changed conditions of
the trade The exports were 81 $780,
600 larger than in the corresponding
month of 1902, while the imports were
100000 smaller. This makes our
total imports for the calendar wear
190S-$41 ,253, 333-eQual almost ex-
actly to the imports for the calendar
year 1902. while it brings the exports
to $99,036, 697-a figure a little more
than million dollars larger than that
for 1902.
The question will be at once raised
as to whether the gain in exports has
been as great as was to have been ex-
pected considering the extraordinary
measures the steel trust took to
secure foreign trade when it found
that the home market was shattered
Exceptionally low rates were quoted
1T will be remembered, on rails for
foreign shipment, so that rails were
even sold for delivery in Asia Minor
at price five or six dollars below the
American purchasers. To help them
selves out the manufacturers secured
railroad freight rates on steel for ex-
port at a discount of one-third below
domestic rates.
1t appears now that the December
exports were 20 per cent larger than
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Perfect Propositions.

A perfectly proportioned man
should weigh twenty-eight pounds for
every foor of his height. II he is five
feet ten inches in height his weight
should be one hundred and sixty-threa
pounds; if six feet in height, he should
weigh one hundred and sixty-eight
pounds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Mortaaae Many Year old.

There was left for record a few
days ago at the city clerks Office in
Providence discharge of the mort
gage given by John Newell of Paw
tucket, Mass, to the Farmers and Me-
chanics' bank of the village OF Paw
tucket, <ov-a o. NORM Rrs7idence, r.
l.. dnt4a kes 1 M