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the representative of the people he hal
another consciousness. AS the ser
want of his countrymen he enveloped
himself with their convictions as they
grew.
Consequently he did not rule them
Clothed with new and almost dictato-
rial power, he used it solely at their
own unquestiOnable pressure upon him.
Never have We had so strong a Presi-
dent; never was one who ruled less.
1t may not be fair, altogether, TO
compare present leaders with him and
to condemn them for falling below his
standard. No other statesman III the
world has possessed such fineness OF
human instinct coupled with such I'M
surpassed experience of men and such
extraordinary judgment of values as
constituted the outfit of Lincoln.
But on the other hand no such con-
fusion OF circumstances surrounds our
modern executives
What we have right to demand in
this day no less than in 1861 is leaders
who. without hypocrisy. love the peo-
pie, know the people, obey the people.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11

ling eyes. Thirteen boys carrying ma
tiOnal colors marched forward. escort
ing a little girl dressed rs Columbia,
who carried a large silk flag. As she
unfurled it the six hundred little Rus
slams repeated in chorus:
Flag of the Republic. Inspirer in
battle, guardian Of our homes, whose
stars and stripes stand for bravery,
truth, purity and Union:-We salute
theei We, the children of many lands
who find rest under thy folds, do
pledge our lives, our hearts and our
sacred honor TO love and protect thee.
our country and the liberty of the
American people forever
At the words, I'VE salute theew the
arms of all the children were stretch
ed out to the flag, and then folded
upon their breasts. An original pa
triOtic song and the "Star-Spangled
Banner" were then sung with great
enthusiasm.
The scene was described as a great
object lesson which touched the heart
of every child and every spectator.
There is much meaning in the old
story of the woodsman who said, IF
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11

seem 10 unite the fortunes of the house
of BOnaparte and the house Chaka.
Early in the century. when Napoleon
was overrunning Europe with his
armies and dazzling the minds OF men
with his genius an English sailor was
wrecked on the African coast and wan
dered into Zululand. He was taken
before the young chief Chaka, and to
him he told of the wonderful outside
world. of which the chief had heard
rumOrs. and as all the world was then
filled with the name OF Napoleon he
told Of the rise of the Corsicans and
how he had conquered nations and
built up for himself great empire.
The story of Napoleon captured the
fancy OF Chaka, and he resolved to be
an African Napoleon. Then began the
rise of the great Zulu power in South
Africa. and Chaka spread his con-
quests over great territories and sub
jugated neighboring tribes and built up
for himself an empire. 1t fiourished
until ii broke itself to pieces against
the English just as the empire OF the
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11
An Heroic Character.

Heroic characters are immortal. The
memories of rare deeds and noble yir-
tues never die. The names of Savon-
arola, Luther, Melancthon, Peter the
Hermit, Joan of Are, Cromwell and
John Brown are carved upon the i'm
mortal tablets of everlasting fame.
John Brown was one of the mys-
teries of the human. No man has ever
explained the philosophy of his life
and character. We simply know h;al
as a rare example of bravery. of mcr-
al worth and true manhood. His char
acter was remarkable for moral purity
and inyincible tenacity of will. He
displayed the deepest devotion to an
idea-that of war against human
slavery. He believed that who would
be free, themselves must strike the
blow" He was a stern, uncomprom-
ising hater of human bondage.
Slavery to him was a heinous crime
1t meant the everlasting blighting and
blasting OF manhood. Upon the gal
lows he declared that slavery was the
sum of all villainies," and must speed
lily perish from the land. He possessed
the will of a Hercules, the faith of an
Aaron. He defied formal law and the
sluggish public opinion of his time, in
the interests Of the one cause-"justice
to all men," There is nothing grander
in history, more sublime, than the life
of this strange man. Aye. truly
His soul goes marching on"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11

week seems a not objectionable vio-
lence at this peculiar period OF our his
tory.
England, at the time Wordsworth
wrote, a century ago, was "a fen OF
stagnant waters" the true English, lib
erty-loving spirit, which Milton a CEN
fury and half before had voiced at its
best, was paralyzed by cOmmercialism;
the plain people were down, Toryism
was up.
The closing years of this present
century in American politics seem in
some respects not unlike that unhappy,
unillumined period in England.
Abraham Lincoln embodied the
growth of the people. The pictures of
his early homes and haunts are vocal
with suggestion Of whence his impulses
were drawn. He grew with the people
through the varied stages of their
growth, from the humblest poverty
known amid the poverty of the frontier
10 a mastery of the most bewildering
financial complications that have ever
confronted this nation.
But he was the man of the people 20
the end. He never lost the initial i'm
pulse. He never was uncertain how
the common man would regard a meas
ure. The common man knew that MS
opinion had weight with the homely
President
Lincoln was no faster than the plain
people could follow.
Herein again he embodied their his
tory. He and they seemed to develop
together. He held back till he felt
their impulse Enthusiastically pushing
him. Radical men complained at mis-
SlOwness. Wendell Phillips ragged at
him with frenzied abusiveness. But
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11

man whose name had inspired its
building did before it, The empire
established by Chaka stretched along
the whole southeast seaboard of Africa,
from Limpopo TO Cape Colony, and ex
tended far inland. When the English
landed in Natal in 1924 the empire of
AmaZula was the most powerful in
Africa Chaka made a treaty with the
English. allowing them to live in Ma
tai, and for this he was killed by his
brother, Dingaan n 1928. Then be-
gan the struggle between the white
man and the black man which was to
end in the destruction of the empire
founded by Chaka. Peace and war al
ternated. and all the time the Zulus
lost ground. Finally, in 1850. the
British felt bound to blot out the Zulu
power Then it was that CetewayO.
the heir of Chaka, summoned forth his
whole force and hurled his ''impis,"
or regiments. on the British At Isan-
dulu the Zulus broke the British
squares and routed the redcoats. but
the end was the capture of the chief
and the breaking of the Zulu power
In this war the house of Bonaparte
again became mixed up with the for
tunes of the house of Chaka The
prince imperial. grandnephew of the
man whose example had inspired the
building of the empire of the Amazu-
lu, went out to fight in the ranks of
the English. and was killed by a Zulu
spear. IL 1884 Cetewayo died and the
quarrel was continued by his son.
Dinizulu Dinizulu was conquered
and now he has been sent to st. Hale-
ma to end his days on the spot where
the man whose example caused the
building up the black kings empire
died. AS becomes the head of great
and war-like line. Dinizulu is accom-
panied in his exile by numerous
retinue. His two uncles. several
chiefs. a physician and a clergyman
with their wives and children. make
mp a household as numerous as was
that of the great Napoleon when at st.
Helena.
The chaplain of the royal exiles is
Paul Hitimkula, a 'catechist" from
Cape Town, who was invited MANY
years ago by CetewayO to come to Zu-
luland and teach the people He is
called by the Zulus Doctor Paul. 3"
He accompanied the exles to ST.
Helena of his own accord. DR.. Willy.
an Englishman, is the physician to the
exiled household All the Zulu attend
ants who wait on the exiles went to
St Helena of their own accord. DIM
zulu speaks and writes English fluent
ly and is man of more than ordinary
intelligence. An effort is now being
made TO procure the release of DIM
zulu. 1t is argued that his return to
his own people would convince them
that the English intend to deal fairly
with them.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11

Lincoln could not move until his peo-
pie were ready to move with him.
What profound leadership was in
this leaning back against the people,
For Lincoln was leading most when
he seemed to be moving forward least
He hated slavery no less during his
senatorial fight with Douglas than
when he signed the Emancipation proc
lamation. But during those exciting
only asserted the rudimentary
principle that a house divided
against itself can not stand
His position was regarded by
the abOlitionists as pitifully made
quate. But it set the people to think
ing and reasoning, while the vehement
abolition leaders had been chiefly sue
cessful in arousing them to rancor.
When inaugurated as President,
amid the unutterable gloom and fear,
while state after state was passing its
ordinance Of secession, he seemed TO
many as willing 10 sacrifice the main
idea which had lifted his party 20
power if the South would consent to
return. Nothing SO plaintive, yet so
manly, was before heard in a speech
by the head of the nation. The North
ern radicals called it weakness. and
grOaned for the stronger tones of Sc
ward.
But it won the people.
1t broke down party walls and almost
created unanimity. Republican and
Democrat as names were dropped for
a time and men called themselves only
Unionists. Out of a divided North, so
divided that the Southern leaders cal
culated upon its inaction, Lincoln made
u compact mass.
The success OF the war hung upon
this judiciOus leadership OF the people.
Stewards high hand would have made
gulf where LincOln's subtle sympa-
thy made nation of single heart.
His secret was that he loved the PEG
pie from whom he sprung, and knew
them so well that they stood before
him, with all their variations. as one
individual.
Because Of this he led them from Tho
start to the end, not once out-pacing
them, not once losing patience. yet
steadily drawing them on while they
believed they were themselvs the lead
ers and were pushing him. They trust
ed him through the blind era because
they saw that he was obeying them.
But this implied no deceit by him.
AS man in his solely individual rela-
tiOnS he had decidedly individual con
victions. But as a man who stood as
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11
ONE OF LINCoLN'S STORIES.
The Fate of the Man Who Tried to Adj

The Fate OF the Man Who Tried to Adj
vertise Gunpavder at Prayer-MeetinG.
The following anecdote by Lincoln
is recounted by General Horace Por-
ter. 1t was told during Lincoln's visit
to the front at City Point: In the
course of the conversation that even
ing he spoke of the Improvement in
arms and ammunition, and of the new
powder prepared for the fifteen-inch
guns. He said he had never seen the
latter article, but he understood it diff
fered very much from any other pow
der that had ever been used. | told
him that l happened to have in my
tent specimen which had been sent
TO headquarters as a curiosity, and
that | would bring it to him. When
/ returned with a grain of the powder
about the size of a walnut, he took it,
turned it over in his hand, and after
examining it carefully, said: We'll,
it's rather larger than the powder we
used to buy in my shooting days. 1t
reminds me of what occurred once in
a country Westinghouse in Sangamon
county. You see, there were very few
newspapers then, and the country
storekeepers had to resort TO some 9TH
er means of advertising their wares.
Ii, for instance, the preacher happened
20 he late in coming to prayer-meet-
ing Of an evening, the shopkeepers
would often put in the time while the
people were waiting by notifying them
OF any new arrival of an attractive line
Of goods.
One evening a man rose up and
said: Brethren, let me take occasion
to say, while we're a-waitin, that l
have jest received a new inv'ice of
sportin' powder The grains are so
small you kim a'cely see 'em with the
naked eye, and polished up so fine you
kin stand up and comb yer ha'r in
front Of one o. them grains jest like
it was a lOokin' glass. Hope you'll
come down to my store at the cross
roads and examine that powder for
yourselves
When we had got about this far a
rival powder merchant in the meeting
who had been boiling over with indig-
nation at the amount of advertising
the opposition powder was getting,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11
WILD BIRDS SEEK FARMYARDS
Turkeys in Virginia Roost with the Do
mestic Fowls.

Turkeys are so plentiful that it is
nothing uncommon to hear of their
coming TO roost at farmhouses. along
side the domestic birds. Mr.. p. NJ
Yeager. living at Travellers Repose w
Va. and twenty-five miles west of
Monterey. has. according to the Rich
mCnd Dispatch. six wild ones running
with his tame flock. These, however,
have little romance connected with
them that does not often come into
the life OF a turkey. One day last
spring Mr.. Yeager and his daughter,
Miss Pearl went from their home 20
a clubhouse" several miles distant
and situated in the solitudes of Cheat
mountain. Fishing down one of the
mountain streams for trout they UNI
eXpectedly flushed a covey of wild
turkeys, consisting of the mother bird
and nestful of little fellows. The old
one flew away to a safe distance, while
the little ones, true to their nature,
scrambled away and hid among the
ferns. Six of them We're made cap
tives, and it was decided TO take them
home, but how was it to be done sue
cessfully Miss Pearl dropped them in
TO the capacious and mysterious depth
OF her bonnet and bore them in tri-
umph to the farmyard, where they
were again to see the light and make
their future home The tiny fellows
took kindly TO their new existence and
70 r-;o
bors. Months have come and gone
and they are now full-grown. noble
fellows iii to grace the table of king.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11
TEMPERATURE IN TUNNELS.
The Snow-Covcred Alps Have Very
Warm Hearts.

warm
1t is very curious that the great OBJ
stacle encountered in tunneling under
snow covered Alps is the excessively
high temperature. says the Boston
Transcript. In the construction of the
Mont Gents tunnel. according to sta
tistics collected by VI. Victor Brandt
court, the highest temperature record
ed was SO degrees Fahrenheit. which
was reached at a point near the CEN
ter OF the tunnel. about 300 feet be-
meath the mountain summit. on which
the mean temperature is q degrees.
The ST. Gothard was still hotter. a tenn
peratGTe of 81 degrees having been OBJ
served in the center for several days
Such a heat in a moisture laden and
impure atmosphere. could be endured
but five hours a day for two days in
three; and SO prostrating was the la
Dor at Mont Gents and St Gothard that
the physician who attended the work
men ten years reports the number Of
invalids to have been as many as 90
in 100. Stranger still was the appear
ance of tropical disease-due to in
testinal parasites-that is known only
in the hottest regions of the earth.
Even greater rock temperatures are ex-
pected in the great tunnels projected in
recent years-those OF the Simplon. St.
Bernard and Mont Blanc-experienced
engineers predicting that under Mont
Blanc d heat considerably greater than
100 degrees possibly above 125 de-
grees-will be reached Improved
methods of ventilating. cooling and
working will all contribute. however,
toward overcoming the difficulties OF
working.
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jumped up and cried out: Brethren,
| hope you'll not believe a single word
Brother Jones has been sayin' about
that powder. I've been down thar and
seen it for myself. and pledge you my
word that the grains is bigger than
the Jumps in a coal-pile; and any one
of you, brethren, eff you was in your
future state, could put a barl O. that
powder on your shoulder and march
squar' through the sulphurious flames
sTrroundin' you without the least dan
ger of an explosion.
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Polite Hints.

William Dean Howells' father, who
emigrated to Ohio half century and
more ago, used this formula to get
rid of an intrusive visitor who had
called out on some business and would
say to the guest, IL suppose you will
not be here when | return, so | wish
you good bye" This was not bad
except in comparison with the superb
stratagem ascribed to Gerrit Smith In
say i'm his family prayer after break
fast: MAY the Lord bless Brother
Jones. who leaves us on the 10 o'clock
train this morning"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11
Feeding Elephants in India.

Elephants in the Indian army are fed
twice day. When mealtime arrives
they are drawn up in line before a row
of piles of food. Each animals break
fast includes ten pounds of raw rice.
done up in five twO-pOund packages.
The rice is wrapped in leaves and then
tied with grass. At the command IA
tention'' each elephant raises its trunk
and package is thrown into it's capa-
cious mouth. BY this method Of feed
ing not single grain of rice is wasted.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11
FARMS and CITY PROPERTY
FOR SALE OR TRADE.

No $50 acres in Center township, 3
| miles south OF Plymouth. 20 acres inn
proved, 8 room house. barn 26x40, wagon
shed and corn cribs, good orchard o.
Gil kinds OF fruits; price $3.50.
No 80 acres in West township, 6
miles west of Plymouth. 20 acres i'm
proved, balance in timber. House ia
ueeriy new. with 7rooms, outside cellar,
FAIR barn, two good orchards, oil kinds
Of fruit. Will trade for good residence
property in Plymouth.
No 3-62 scres in West township, AZ
! miles from Plymouth. 62 scrss in Guilt
gstion, balance IN timber, q good house
and barn, g fne orchard, black walnut
and; price $500.
No 4-l20 acres 5 miles west of Argos
30 acres improved, good house with 7
rooms, barn 22x50, other out buildings
aud good orchard; will trade for smaller
farm and give long time on difference.
No 5-l16 acres 81 miles from Don
sldson. 79 acres improved, balance in
meadow and timber, fair house and
good barn, with other out buildings; will
sell for S2l.50 per acre or trade for city
property.
No6-l00 acrss 7 miles west OF Ply
mouth. So acres in cultivation, balances
in timber, mile from Donaldson: will
cell cheap or trade for business property
No 80 acres Az miles west OF Ply
mouth. 20 acres In cultivation, balance
in timber, good house and barn, good or
ohsrd and wind mill; will trade for 40
acres OF town property; price $40 per
acre.
NoS-100 acres miles from Plymouth
with fine improvements, fruits OF ell
kinds, heavy timber land; will sell cheap
il sold soon. Anyone wanting q farm
cheap can get it b. calling at once.
No8-A $4,000 stock of general mer-
chandise in q village near Plymo nth, do
ing good business; will trade for ar
improved farm.
No. 10-A fine farm of 135 acres d
mile from Donelson, Ind. ~ miles fro "a
Plymouth, with fins large house, two big
barns and all other outbuildings needed
on farm. with a big orchard Of ali kindc
Of fruits, wind mill, stone milk house, etc.
together with horses, cattle, hogs, poultry
implements and grain. Will sell cheap
$500 cash, balance on time to suit pur.
chaser or will trade For Chicago improved
property.
No. Il-50 acres on Michigan road be
tween Plymouth and Argos. Well inn
proved. Will sell cheap or trade for
town property.
No. 1870 acres in West township near
Donelson, with good improvements. Will
sell on terms TO suit buyer. Cheap.
No. 1880 acres in Polk township near
school house. with good improvements.
Good and. Will trade for l20 acres and
pay cash difference. Must be within 8
or 4miles of Plymouth.
No. 14-2l715 acres near Sligo In west
township. A good two-story house good
barn and other outbuildings. Will trsde
Tor smaller farm or town property.
No. 15-I have . new house on Wsst
CAIRO street, new barn, q corner lot; will
sell cheap and on monthly payments.
No. 16-h, uss and two lots on Walnut
street near curt house and school. For
sale at bargain il taken soon
No. "A fps house near the new school
building on south side OF river. Will
trade for 40. SO or 80 acre farm and a.
sume incumbrance from 81 900 to 81, 500
Nov 10 your chance.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11
AN ORIENTAL BEAUTY.

While we are all willing to acknOwi-
edge the Japanese as the most thor
Oughly artistic of all Orientals. few
westerners believe in the beauty of ia
panest women. ITO be beautiful botn
in reality and in pictures, the woman
must be somewhat Of pale complexion,
with thin. oval face, prominent nose,
small oval eyes, and a small mouth.
Her body must De slender and the
movement graceful. Although the ia
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panese women do not disfgure their
feet as the Chinese do,yet they must be
naturally small and turned inward In
walking. Using the native figures OF
speech, the body must be slender and
graceful, like a weeping willow
branch A"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11
4 BLACK NAPOLEON.
ST. HELENA AGAIN THE HOME
OF A WARRIOR.
DiniZulu, Chief of Zuius-He Led
Campaign Against the English Sue
cessfully Until He Was Captured
Built Up the Great Amazuia Empire.

y THE Island of
st. Helena. where
the white Napoleon
ended his days a
pris on er [ o the
Il IL & | ish, a black
Napoleon is living
now. also a prlS-
oner. And singu-
Iarly enough there
is d chapter of CO.
incl d e ntS which
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11
monds from Babylon.

Over 400 diamonds are known to have
been recovered from the ruins of Baby
lon. Many are uncut, but most are
polished on one or two sides.
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Did he leave his wife much when
he died?" We'll, | don't know as to
that, but he used to leave her about
every night when he was alive"
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A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
(By Francis Bellamy.)


shouldst be living
at this hour; AM
erica hath need Of
theei"
Thus to apply the
opening lines of
WordSwOrth'S fam
Gus Sonnet to
Milton to the great
President whose
birthday falls this
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11
second Crops of Grapes.

Second crops of grapes have been
raised at Belleyiew, Florida, this sea
son.
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LINCOLN IN 1869.
(Brody, Wash.)

am to raise pines fit for masts, /
must begin with the seed"
If we are TO fill this country with
intelligent, patriotic, honorable citi-
zens We must begin the work With the
children.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11

The earliest complete clock of which
an accurate record exists was made in
the thirteenth century by a Saracen
mechanic