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old he sailed from Bath, Me. in the
privateer Beaver. Captain Hayens. and
made a four months cruise on Long
Island Sound with moderate success. In
August, 1779, he was in the letter of
marque Rover, Capt. William Dennis,
when that vessel was captured by the
British line of battleship Reasonable and
taken to Halifax.
Being transferred to a frigate that en-
tered the Penobscot, Tallman escaped TO
the shore and, after enduring great hard
ships, made his way on foot to Rhode ISL
and, where he shipped in the privateer
Rattlesnake, Captain Freeborn. Sailing
from Newport, this craft was chased
ashore off Barnegat. and Tallman with
three others jumped overheard and swarm
to the shore, about a mile distant
Making his way overland to New Lon
don, Tallman enlisted in the Trumbull,
and after her action. with the Watt he
was placed in a hospital In Boston,
where II was hauled up, wounded Q
long time, but as 1 got repaired. so that
| could carry easy sail, 1 went to sea
again in a privateer brig OF 16 guns
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MANY PRNATEERS
BECOME STATESMEN
Personality of Maritime
Heroes of Past Century
DIPLOMACY is NEEDED
resource and Daring Developed in
Steering Between Rocks of Out
lawry and Shoals of Official
Supervision
DIPLOMACY is NEEDED
From the New York Sun.

FROM the New York Sun.
Privateering may not have been an
neal school for statecraft, yet when we
iook over the list of Americans engaged
IN that style of warfare who afterward
became legislators we must conclude that
II Tended to develop the art of managing
men to remarkable degree.
While records are meagre as to the
personality of privateersmen, we know
ulat John Rodgers of the letter Of
marque General Smallwood, Moses Brown
OF the General Arnold-both OF whom
afterward became officers in the navy
Peleg Tallman of the Beaver, ,Otway
Burns of the Snap Dragon, Joseph Ropes
OF the American, and a number OF others
were six footers and men of tremendous
physical force. Rodgers was reputed to
nave possessed herculean power There
Is tradition in the navy that on cer-
tain occasion, when the emergency re-
quired it, he broke a bar of iron with
his hands.
The privateersman required great de-
termination and force of character to
succeed in his calling This is amply
Illustrated by an incident in which OF
way Burns figured while on his first
cruise in the Snap Dragon in 1873 Touch
ing at port in the West Indies, Burns
gave his men shore leave, one-third of
the crew going at time. Some OF the
men tarried too long in a dram shop
and Burns sent an officer ashore to or
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ish ship mounting % guns. While at
close quarters the Americans attempted
to board, but We're repelled. the enemy
throwing solid shot by hand, besides
"stinkpots, bricks and glass bottles.' APP
parently ammunition had run low in both
craft. Burns met the emergency by
loading his cannon with sail needles. The
action was indecisive, each commander
being anxious TO retire for repairs.
Jackson Admired Burns
While Burns was in the legislature the
people of North Carolina were greatly
agtated by the so-called western and
eastern controversy and although repre-
senting an eastern district, Burns voted
in favor of the west-a course which his
constituents subsequently acknowledged
to be right, but in the excitement of the
time it terminated his political life. So
grateful were the western people of the
state that they named the seat'-of the
newly formed Yancey county Burnsville
in his honor.
President jackson admired the fighting
qualities and rugged independence Of
this old privateersman, and learning that
Burns had retired from politics with an
impaired fortune appointed him keeper of
Brant Island shoals lightboat, which posi-
ton the privateersman held to the day
of his death, October 25, 1S4S. His son,
Owen Burns, became a captain in the
navy, and died in 1869.
Peleg Tallman. privateersman. state
senator congressman, owner ~of the
first chaise and umbrella in the city OF
Bath, Me. who, like Joseph Ropes,
boasted that he had never had his pic
ture made" probably was the only seri-
ously disabled man (outside the service)
who ever received lieutenant's commits
sion in the United States navy. He lost
his left arm in one of the severest single
craft actions of the Revolution-that be-
tween the American 2S-gun frigate. Trum-
bull. Capt. James Nicholson and the Brit
ish 34-gun letter of marque Watt, Capt.
Coulthard, fought June 2, 1850, between
Cape May and Bermuda.
Talman, then only Is years old, was
struck by q grapeshot, which shattered
his shoulderblade and necessitated the
amputation of his left arm at the socket.
Nineteen years later President Adams
gave him a commission as lieutenant in
the navy, but records the hero in a
recently unearthed letter. II then COM
manded a fine letter OF marque ship of
20 guns. the John Adams, bound to
Liverpool l considered this the best
chance of the two, and therefore did not
accept but returned the commission"
Young Tallman's career in the Revo-
luton was remarkable. When IL years
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First State in the Union

From the Chicago Reeord-Herald.
The late Frank s. Black, former gov
ernor of New York, was noted TOR ms hu-
NOR as well as for his eloquenoe, Illus
trated In "The man on the barrel head
and other speeches.
During the Roland p. Molineaux case
Mri Black one day had occasion to depre-
cate the praise of a certain Witness.
"Oh, we can all" he said, find some
viewpoint or other wherefrom TO lavish
superlatives I was once examining
young man who had applied to me for
the place of stenoGraper.
What state are you from?' | asked.
I'm from the first state in the union,
sir he replied.
.s.New York state, eh%
NO, sir. Alabama, sir
But said |, Alabama isn't the first
state in the union
Alphabetically speaking, sir, alpha
betically speaking said the young man.
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der their immediate return. Led by
sergeant Of marines named Plane the
roisterers refused to obey and threatened
to throw the officer down the hill.
Learning of this. Burns seized a cut
lass, hastened ashore, entered the public
room of the tavern and demanded in
slant compliance with his order. Act
Ing as spokesman, Plane said:
Well, captain, when ashore / am as
good man as you are"
Burns instantly cut the marine down
with his cutlass, and then although un-
supported by a single man, began cutting
and slashng at the men until blood
formed in pools on the floor The mutt
neers were overawed by the ferocity of
their commander and submitted to be
driven to their duty"
Protects Men Well
Burns was equally drastic In protect
ing his men from what he considered un-
necessary annoyance. While enlisting re-
cruits at Newbern, n. c., he was in
formed that some of his crew while
ashore had been arrested for petty debts
and that constabes were coming aboard
to seize others. Not long afterward a
boat loaded with deputy sheriffs came
alongside, and Burns promptly upset it.
leaving the officers of the law to get
ashore the pest lney cOuiu.
Indeed Burns carried his trenchant
method of meeting opposition into the
legislature of North Carolina when he
became a member of that body after the
War of 1872; but instead of using a cut
lass he relied on his ponderous fists, the
point of attack being the noses of his
colegislators who disagreed with him.
The privateersman was obliged to be
a diplomat on occasion. The old time
privateer was not pirate craft, nor was
she a government cruiser and the neces-
sity of steering safely between the rocks
of outlawry and the shoals of official
supervision developed nice tact which
often aided our privateer-statesmen This
fine instinct was shown by Yanke6
letter of marques that ran alongside a
supposed British merchantmen and fired
into her. The meThantman proved to
be a Portuguese man-&war, as the
Americans discovered when she triced up
her port covers and displayed 90 'very
ugly looking teeth
Having a Portuguese sailor in his crew,
the privateersman rugged him up to re-
semble an officer and sent him aboard
the frieate with profuse apologies and
with the declaration that the privateer
also was Portuguese and her commander
would send his papers aboard shortly.
Time was lost in discovering the pa
pers, but meantime the privateer had
drifted into favorable position for a
burst of speed, which her commander
proceeded to develop, and after a ihard
chase made his escape-badly mussed up,
to be sure, but a free man.
Diplomacy of varied types was needed
by the successful privateersman. Old
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A Memory
From Judge.

from Judge.
Pope-Scientists tell us the first birds
in the world were winged reptiles.
Representatives,, eh? Huh! I've seen
'em myself
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-14

firm in his determination not 10 receive the clam.
orous army Of applicants for office until after they
have been weeeded out by department heads be-
will save himself an important part Of the real bur
dens ol administration. Almost the first rule an
nounced from the White House after Mr. Wilson
had entered d vas that no man seeking a job
would be received by he president exoep, by invi-
ra,on And doubtless there IRE in Washington
today Thousands Of hungry patriots walking about
the streets thinking Of not saying unoomplimentsy
things Of the president from whom they are seek
ng lavor'
Thus vas "a wise policy 10 inaugurate at the
very beginning ol the new administration and Il
will mean "a vast saving Of tune and energy that
can be- we'll used IN matters Of more importance 10
he nation IN the early days Of the republic no
applicant for office would have dared approach
he chief executive with a personal solicitation
Such an act would have been regarded a. IN ex
reedingly bad taste. Those were the days when
the theory that the office should seek the man was
no mere fiction as It is today Men with polt-
cal aspirations probably had the same yeamng 10
serve their country for a substantial remuneration
~ now. but they did not have the tcmenty 10 go
direct 10 the president and plead for preference
Such q custom might have continued al down the
years of the republic had II not been for Andrew
Jackson who. when be became president. reversed
conditions and invited he applicants 10 call at the
White House and present then cases HIS theory
was that one might as we'll be frank about such
things and that # a man wanted an office there
could be no particular harm in hs asking for It ia
person.
Those who are familiar with 'hr writings of
Woodrow Wilson are not surprised that he has
shut the doors on the horde Of job hunters In one
Of hs essays Nh Wilson wrote Americans Of
the present day perccpubly ,buddrr at the very re-
COLLECTION Of Jackson. that he seems 10 them o.
great vandal. playing fast and loose alike with in.
,ttuuons and with tested and established policy.
dcbauohing politics like "a modern spokesman.
thus We see that President Wilson had givn con
siderable thought to hs policy long before he put
It INTO practice as president And It IS to be hop
ed hat he will go further and not make wholesale
ohongcs merely for the sake OF turning out nd
hercnts OF ono political party to provide places
for members OF another
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FSSEN TIN S
(By George Matthew Adams)

Do YOU want to DOUBLE your Efficiency.
your influence. your Rcsults-your very lifep
Here a S-crct-Cu, out the NON essentials.
Give your imc to Things that Count
Half the Faithful Employees. the Always.
to be dependent upon people that hI the Offices
and shops of the land. are nothing more nor less
than Just Sput,,rcrs, and their Employers are
too blind to sec IT, They do their work from day
to day-but they take twice the Time necessary.
and thus WASTE for their Employers one half
Give your Time to Things that Count
Did YOU ever watch the Doer. the Executive.
the Ieadcr-at his job} lie instantly sees the
BIG things in his Correspondence Immediately he
sees the LARGEST side OF an Employe or of a
Problem Then he dismisses the NON essentials.
and sees that the Essentials are DONE-carucd
on, according to his orders. Such a man is usual
" the one. too. that does the most and vet al.
ways mas TlME-for things Worth While
Give your Time to Things that Count
Try to pick out the things in your Work Today
that really look Essential Then push aside and
away. the useless details. Concentrate on Essen.
tails For YOU will never Count in Tins world un.
less you
Give your Time to Things iha, Count
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-14
WILSON AND TIE PIE HUNTERS

The attitude OF President Wilson with refer
enoe to applicant for place under the new official
regime. so utterly variance with the policy pun
sued by his immediate predecessor. stamps hum
as a president too large 10 turn from more press
lng and WORTHY tasks to give ear TO the clamotous
place hunter.
The decisive stand taken by the new president
has provoked the hearty oommendauou ct thour
ands who like Wilson. consider the office ot pres
dent too lofty and important to perm, stopping to
the practically game OF patronage distribution
Throughout The country the pres, has strongly en-
dor,ed this attitude. and Il is notable that the stand
pa, Republican organs have emitted a few pcans
Of praise for the new chief executive
This comment on the part Of the Republican
papers. or some Of them. may be prompted by
hope tina, som Of the Taft appoin,ees will be LET,
unmoIested. This is Indicated by the following
from the Kansas City Journal which despite the
closing paragraph. has a decidedly sincere ung:
II President Wilson has the courage to stand
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-14

Less than thirty days remain in which the farm
crs OF the state may enter the $4,000 crop con
test Of the Texas Industrial Congress Boys and
girls between the ages Of ten and twenty years
may JON The Texas Corn and Cotton Clubs. by
culuyatng one acre OF corn or one acre Of cotton.
while those who are twenty years OF age or more
may compete for the prizes offered for fouracre
model demonstration farms and for forage crops
both irrigated and uniulgated.
Iauanl county now leads in the number of
entries in the Industrial Congress contest, having
20 farmers who Will compete for 10000 in gold
offered ior the best crop yields Ellis county which
stood FIRST last week IS now second with 81 con
tcstonts and Jack county ranks third Van Iandt
and Rusk counties are tied for fourth place.
Applications to enter the contest must be mail
ed TO the Texas Industrial Congress at Dallas. not
later than April t.
Over 1900 contestants from lsj counties have
been enrolled to date.
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iuirf 7s-"the of the agreement
i1n' q" -. t.tt t M
ne. neither would lie hive shared iu
the graz. onsummation a.l 'NI.f1
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declared .s 3. saying that our l"rl
was olf ut unto death. etsH tha
death OF OBJ. cross. Wherefore .ou f.'-
account cd also hath highly eAIi.i
Him t plans - o
81 " re 20 remember INIT the
same rn snplies 10 all Of The Church
n Is uo. afcient that We our,er'
our live. We must show % loyalty
and our hmlness boy laying down
our lives .y taking ~ the crost hv
drinking 70 Ills cup. by being "H
into D. "A. Only such vii ,hl-
Messiah throne 81 Glory f v'
suffer $40 sail reign with Him % 49,
be- deal f.fh Him. We shall also HF
with lIm . Timothy Eli L Ey
mans = a.
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been un rpuis sion
Of them Hence
there would have
been uo rr~urrpc
ton 81 The t',.i.
and 90 tblt event
death voHId IHga
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summarized o. 20
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The philadelphia Public Ledger asserts that an
American crowd attempting TO sing the Star
Spangled Banner is the twelfth Iokc More tragic
than humorous from tins viewpoint
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Just before sailing for Europe, Oscar Strauss
found opportunity and voice to %eulog,le Secretary
Of State Bryan. And We miss our guess IT the Ne
braskan doesn I dote on that sort OF Strauss music
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hundred twenff
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Sixteen women own an aggregate OF nearly 5
million dollars worth OF bank md trust company
stock. Generally speaking, however. the far sex
is very short on this kind Of stocking.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-14

Statement tina, Uncle Joe Cannon still carucs
his long black cigar tilted "a, the same angle shows
tina, in that one respect. at least he draws as well.
as ever. But in no other
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Doushnui, by parcels post are calculated 10
put the mail Jerks IN 70 hole.
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cere' one may inter tha, o. new land has been DIS
covered.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-14

When i. News Ncws} asks an rnquiung cx.
change. When Roosevelt s asleep
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-14

1t may be veraciously asserted that the little
blowout given US yesterday by Mistress March
was accompanied by entirely too much gusto.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-14

We fear that certain Of the Eastern ~clcrgymcn
who are opposing cremation have been talking It
for years.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-14

The capital correspondent who writes that the
people are fond Of Wilson may have based has
opinion on a confusion OF pc hunters and popu
lace.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-14

We cordially endorse the statement made by
an exchange that Intelligent mankind has a strong
fellow feeling for suffraget,es However there
are limitations
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-14

Campbell victory N Houston IS sand to have
savored OF Rec pudding
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-14

Failure to announce the name Of the White
House COW has caused general complaint Why
not The Jersey Skectcr}'
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-14

Onson Mardcn cditoualiles on The Habit OF
Feeling Prosperous" Wc'v We seen some fellows
make a stagger at cultvahng 1t, Doctor
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Top o. TIE MORNiNG

Mr. RooseyeIt is sul talking Lonmcusm Can
he find some, hing seu3
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CDROkIYN ~

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bBRAHAM's FAITH TESTED.
Genesis q March 70.

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The Daily New, will be delivered by carrier
anywhere in Amarillo. or by mail outside Of the
city. for $500 a year OF SOC a month. in advance
Top o. THE MORNING
Mr. Roosev-I, IS still talking Lonmeusm Can't
he find someihlng nr~'
Campbell. victory IN Houston IS said to have
savored OF Rec pudding
Doushnu'' by parcels post are calculated to
put the mail clerks n "a hole.
When !, News Ncws) asks an inquiring cx
change. When Roosevelt is asleep
From a Newspaper on Where Women are SIN
cere one may inter tina, O new land has been DIS
covered.
We fear that certain Of the Eastern ~cIcrgymcn
who are Opposing cremation have been talking It
for years.
Failure to announce the name Of the White
House COW has caused general complaint Why
not The Jersey Skectcr}'
1t may be veraciously asserted that the little
blowout given US yesterday 10y Mistress March
was accompanied by entirely too much guslo.
Orison Mardcn editonallcs on he Habit of
Feeling Prosperous We've seen some fellows
make a stagger at cultvohng 1t, Doctor
The capital correspondent who writes that the
people are fond Of Wilson may have based h.
opinion on a confusion OF PIE hunters and popu
lace.
We cordially endorse the statement made by
an exchange that Intelligent mankind has strong
fellow feeling for suiiragc,tes However there
are limitations
Statement that Uncle Joe Cannon stll rarucs
his long black cigar tilted a, the same angle shows
that in that one respect. at least he draws as we'll
as ever. Bu, in no other
The PHILADELPHIA Public Ledger asserts that an
American crowd attempting to sing the Star
Spangled Banner is the twelfth Iokc More tragic
than humorous from tins viewpoint
Sixteen women own an aggregate OF nearly 5
million dollars worth OF bank md trust company
stock. Generally speaking. however. the far sex
IS very short on this kind OF stocking
o
Just before sailing for Europe. Oscar Strauss
found opportunity and voice to e~ulogilc Secretary
Of State Bryan. And We miss our guess It the Ne
braskan doesn' dote on that sort OF Strauss music
WILSON AND TIE PIT HUNTERS
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-30
WE BAKE ALL OUR OWN BREADATRY ON THE Daily

materially from those under which the last races for the Americas cup were sailed, With favorable weather and ether conditions, the yachts will cross the starting line for the first race at II o'clock a. n. on Thursday, Sept. 10, 1914. The course will be thirty nau- tical miles. to windward, If possible, from the Ambrose channel lights4lip and return.
 Should the Shamrock ". the chal- lengers be detained by weather or oth- CT cause from reaching here in time. she will be given time for fitting out after her arrival, but the first race must under the rules be started not later than Sept t7. and the succeeding races are to De sailed Thursdays. Satur- days and Tuesdays until com pleted The second race will be over an equilateraa triangle, and the third similar to the first. If fourth and fifth races are necessary to deter mine the winner they are to be sailed, respectively, as were the second and first races,