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enough to absolve myself from all al
legiance to him, but I have some scru-
pies about the prince of Wales"
Even the grave Washington Joined
in the laugh that followed this ex-
PLANTATION. But Lee eventually took the
oath with the others, and subscribed
his name to one of the blanks now on
file in the archives at Washington.
When the British under Clinton sud-
denly evacuated Philadelphia in June,
177S, and began their retreat across
New Jersey, Washington, with his
whole army. pushed on as rapidly as
possible TO intercept them before they
reached New York. Late on headed
off the British. went into camp near
the enemy on the plains of Monmouth
Lee was next to Washington in COM
mand, and there can be no doubt at
this time that envy and hatred were
strong factors in the breast of the su-
coordinate. Lees instructions were to
advance early and attack the enemy
as soon as they began to move, unless
there was some powerful reason for
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17

forded. But in the mountains of Abys-
sinia the torrents that pour down to
join the Nile are not so lightly
stemmed. Over one of these the Abys-
sinians, who have something like a
settled country and stable government,
have thrown the bridge Unlike the
Brooklyn bridge or the suspension
bridge at Niagara, these Abyssinian
engineers had no cables, no scientific
bands of steel. Instead they had only
natures growth with which to with
stand natures force. But ingenuity
succeeded in the absence of other re-
source 1t is built upon the suspen-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17

the sentence began with by God, sir
According to tradition, Washington.
after meeting Lee, ordered Oswald's
battery to unlimber and open on the
enemy; that he then galloped down
toward the advancing enemy, and fired
his holsters at them, wheeled his horse
about, rode back and formed the re-
treating hosts into a line of battle to
meet the foe. Without doubt the
father of his country was greatly pro-
voked at Lee, and the evidence at Lees
trial shows that hot and angry
words passed between them. But it is
still matter of doubt whether Gen.
Washington swore
Such terms and colloquialisms as
"Egad," by CAD" and POUNDS" a
genteel sort of -ofanity, were in COM
mon use in tn days, but Washing
ton has never been accused OF using
them. In the midst of the excitement
and confusion attending a battle, and
the rallying of routed hosts under the
heavy fire of victorious enemy, it is
doubtful if spoken words can be sue
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17

not doing so. 1t seems that this very
furnished the pretext for his conduct.
Lee had under him such men as La
fayette, Wayne and Morgan's famous
rifiemen.
The conduct Of Lee on this occasion
is a puzzle to the student OF human
motives. At one moment he seemed in
earnest and determined, at the next he
was weak, hesitating and uncertain.
IL the council of war held at Hopeweil
Lee advised against the attack, and
showed very faint heart throughout
the fight. When the British began to
move he made a feeble attack, which
was followed up by half dozen blum
ders in rapid succession. He held La
fayette in cheek until it was too late
for him TO cut off some OF the British
army, and weakened Wayne's forces
by withdrawing from him some of his
best soldiers, and finally ordered gen
eral retreat all along the line. Along a
narrow pass, with mOrass on either
side, the Americans fed on that hot
June day, pursued by the yelling Brit
ons. The weather was SO excessively
warm that many of the soldiers per-
ished from sunstroke. Washington,
who was bringing up the main army
20 attack the British in such a way as
to cut off their retreat to New York,
after the caInonading early in the
morning, was astonished and perplexed
to hear no more firing. Anon the
shouts of the victorious Britons and
the occasional musket shot fell on his
ears, and, with a feeling of distrust, he
galloped forward, accompanied by his
entire staff. They met the head OF the
retreating army under Gen. Lee Just
at this point, according to tradition,
Washington did his "cussing" His
tory records the first words uttered by
Washington as:
Sir, L desire to know what is the
reason. and whence arises this disorder
and confusion?" Tradition says that
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
How Washington Really Looked.

From the traditions of Alexandria.
and from other sources, l have tried to
make up in my minds eye a picture OF
George Washington as he really was.
He was exceedingly tall, and, when
young, quite slender He had enor-
nous hands and feet. His boots were
No. Is, and his ordinary walking shoes
No. II. He was a man of muscle
During his service in the army he
weighed 200 pounds. and was so strong
that he could lift his tent with one
hand, although it usually required the
strength of two men to place it on the
camp wagon. / mean, of course, when
it was folded up and wrapped around
the poles. Washington could hold a
musket with one hand and fire it. He
was a good shot and a good swords
man. The pictures of the father of his
country make one think that Wash
ington was a brunette. His face is
dark and somber. The truth is, he had
a skin like an Irish baby, and his hair
was almost red. He bad a broad chest
but not a full one.
His voice was not strong, and during
his last days he had hacking cough.
His eyes were cold gray, and it is said
that he seldom smiled. although there
is reason to believe that he had con-
siderable humor about him. His nose
was prominent. He was particular as
TO his appearance and fastidious in
dress. He wore plain clothes and al
ways kept himself well shaver, acting
as his own barber.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17

il seen, to ride across this line before
lit" did. and he tried to ride cautiously
after US, slipping along on his horse at
a walk, while he peered into the woods
and high brush to catch glimpse OF
boy or horse When he saw one he
called the riders name and rode for
home, unless the fellow caught gave in
to save the horses wind And if sit"
called boy from a position between
home and the hiding place, this usually
happened. This wasn't easy to do,
however, for the lay of the land was
moving north or south from the main
road and then eastward, while 1T" had
to hunt sometimes half a mile from
home and far off on one side or the
other
Then when he was off the road beat
ing up after the sound of horses one
way he would catch the rattle of hoofs
from the other way or see flying pony
and would have to put back for race
to home base. 1t was disgrace to let
more than one or two riders in without
a contest. Well-mounted men liked to
be 1T" so as to make high records,
and of course the variety of animals
was very great.
All the horses, however, learned the
game and enjoyed it. Indeed, it was
their interest in the sport that made it
dangerous, for often when a rider
would not see cit" coming, the horse
would, and at the familiar call would
dash for home regardless Of low
boughs and trees close together. 1t
was a common occurrence for pony
to get home safe, but without his
mount, so common that il was a point
long unsettled whether this should
count safe or not. Sometimes we
would agree before a game that 1t
should, sometimes that it should not.
TT had be a good horseman, for
his horse, put on the alert by his
cautious movements, would listen and
watch, and at the slightest sound Of
running hOofs would whirl and dart
off at full speed. Fences were taken by
horses with unready riders, creeks re-
ceived boys who could not keep up
with their horses, and brush and the
limbs of trees often kept them back,
suspended till help came.
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ington which his enemies distorted into
by" Is it not more probable that the
father of his country" instead OF
swearing, made use of some sort OF
duplication? White with anger, and
boiling over with disappointment and
chagrin, what would be more natural
than that he should, on meeting Lee.
cry out: My God, sir, l desire to
i,now what is the reason, and whence
arises this disorder and confusion?"
The man who gave rise to the rumor
of the use OF profanity may have been
Lee himself, who was anxious to
malign the man who had rebuked him
on the battlefield. 1t was an easy mat
ter to report his my as by" and
thus change the whole tenor of Wash
ington's remarks. This theory is GER
tainly the most reasonable as we'll as
the most charitable, and, after an in
vestigatiOn Of almost 120 years, it
ought to be adopted
After Washington, at the risk Of his
life. had brought order out of chaos,
and formed the routed troops into an
invincible line of battle, he rode back
TO where Lee sat on his horse in bad
fit of sulks, and. pointing to the raj
lied troops, asked:
Will you, sir, command in that
placer"
Il WILL" Lee eagerly exclaimed.
Then" said Washington, 81 expect
you to check the enemy Immediately"
Your command shall be obeyed, and
| will not be the first to leave the
field" returned Lee.
The advancing foe was held in check.
Washington brought up the remainder
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
WASHINGTON ANGRY,

of the army, and all that long Sab
bath day the battle ragged, but the
Britons and their allies were defeated
and stole away during the night.
After it was all over, Lee demanded
an apology, but Washington, instead of
apOlogizing, placed Lee under arrest
He was tried and dismissed from COM
mand for twelve months. He never
entered the army again, but sulked
throughout the war and died in Phil
adelphia Oct 2, 1897.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
Statistics on Children.

AS the result of a careful investiga-
ton of $4,000 cases, Dr. Jarosie pre-
scented to the director of the Hunga
rian bureau of statistics the following
conclusions: The offspring of parents
between the ages of 20 and % are like
ly to be weak and delicate, but between
% and 40 will probably be strong and
thrive. The mother bears most ro-
bust children between her twenty-fifth
and thirty-fifth year. When the mother
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
STRANCEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD.

Many and strange were the things
seen by the French expedition of Bon
valot de Bonchamps in Africa, but
nothing stranger than the bridge of
vines over the ONO river in Abyssnia,
which is pictured in KIllustration,
from photograph taken by member
of the party. In most parts of Africa
bridges are undreamed of; big rivers
are crossed by RATS and little ones
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17

of twister creepers; from these de-.
pend the uprights bearing the floor
supports. The roadway is very mar
row, for no one ever travels across the
hills except with caravans of porters
bearing trade goods. The skill with
which the bridge is built is something
marvellous. The Bonvalot de Bon
champs party set out from Djibouti, on
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17

lost his temper and swore at Gen.
Charles Lee for disobeying orders and
retreating, thus endangering the whole
American army. II ever man was
tried, il was Washington at Monmouth,
and if ever profanity was excusable it
was or that occasion. Lee, according
TO some historians, WAS a designing
traitor. who, enviOus of Washington's
popularity, scLemed TO defeat his
army. II is quite certain that he hes
itated when the cath of allegiance, re-
quired by the continental congress,
was administered at Valley Forge
Washington was himself administering
the cath to Lee, Greene, Stirling and
others, the officers placing their ha IDS
on Bible. When Washington began
to repeat the prescribed oath. Lee sud
denly removed his hand from the BIZ
BILE, and the cOmmander-in-chief asked
why ne did so. His answer was:
''As 10 King George, l am willing
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
K. O. T. NJ.

PLYMOUTH TENT, No. Fl;
meets every Tuesday evening at
K. O. 7. NJ. hall. D. w. Tacoby,
Com. Frank Wheeler, Record
Keeper.
WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 81,
L. 0. T. NJ; meets every Mon
day night at X. O. 7. NJ. hall on
Michigan street. Mrs. Cora
Hahn, Com. Bessie Wilkinson,
Record Keeper.
HIVE No. IS, L. o. T. NJ; meets
every "Wednesday evening in K.
O. I. NJ. hall. Mrs. w. Bur
kett, Com.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17

The nails of the Chinese nobility
sometimes attain the length of eight
cen inches. being protected by long
silver cases.
Two persons will not be friends long
If they can not forgive each other lit
tie failings.-La Bruyere.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
something Wrong.

This orchard picture is a peach"
exclaimed the enthusiastic studio Wis
itOr But ] intended it for an apple
orchard" said the artist, plalntively.-
Detroit Free Press.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
Society Directory.
MASONIC.

PLYMOUTH Kill WINNING
LODGE, No. I4o, F. and A. NJ.
meets first and third Friday eve
nings of each month. VIM.
H. Conger, w. NJ. John Corba-
ley, Sec.
PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No.
10 r. A. NJ; meets second Fri
day evening of each month. ].
c. Jilson, H. P. H. B. Reeve,
Sec.
PLYMOUTH COMMAND'RY,
No. 20, X. T.; meets fourth
Friday of each month. John c.
Gordon, E. c. l.. Tanner, Rec.
PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No.
20, 0. E. S.; meets first and third
Tuesdays of each month. Mrs.
Bertha Mcdonald, w. NJ. Mrs.
Lou Stansbury, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

HYPERION LODGE, No. ny;
meets every Monday night in
Castle Hall. VIM. F. Young,
c. c. Cal Switzer, X. of II.
and S.
HYPERION TEMPLE, Rath-
bone Sisters; meets first and third
Fridays of each month. Mrs.
Chas. Mclaughlin, E. c.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
WOODMEN CIRCLE.

PLYMOUTH GROVE, No. 6;
meets every Friday evening at
Woodmen hall. Mrs. Lena I'll
rich, Worthy Guardian. Mrs.
Chas. Hammered, Clerk.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
COLUMBIAN LEAGUE.

Meets Thursday evening, every
other week, $50 p. M, in Bis
sell hall. Vert A. Beldon, Com
mander. Alonzo Stevenson, Pro-
VOSt.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
G.. A. K.

MILES II. TIBBETTS POST,
6. A. r., meets every first and
third Tuesday evenings in Simons
hall. w. Kelley, Com. Charles
Wilcox, Adjt.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
MODERN WOODMEN.

Meets second and fourth Thursdays
IN X. of p. hall. !. \. Skunk,
Venerable Consul. G. L. Swift
ger, Clerk.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
MODERN SAMARITANS.

Meets second and fourth Wednes-
day evening in w. O. w. hall.
S. b. Tanning, Pres. ]. A.
Skunk, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
FORESTERS.

PLYMOUTH COURT, No.I4oo;
meets the second and fourth Fri
day evenings of each month in X.
of P. hall c. M. Slayter, c. K.
Ed Reynolds, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.

Meets first and third Wednesday
evenings of each month in K. of
P. hall. J. O. Pomeroy, {. c.
E. Rotzien, Clerk.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17

the Red sea, and travelled across the
Somali desert and the Abyssinian hills
to join Marchand at Fashoda, which
he reached from the west coast. Thus
they planned to throw a strip of
French soil right across the dark con-
tinent. 1t reached the head waters of
the Sobat and went boating merrily
down the river; but meanwhile the
British gunboats reached the junction
of the Sobat with the White Nile, and
the expedition is now toiling back to
Djibouti. The road going out is a
good deal longer than it was going in.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
BEN HUR.

Meets every Tuesday. w. H.
Cove, Chief. Chas. Tibbetts,
Scribe.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
WASHINGTON ANGRY.
BUT DID HE SWEAR AT BATTLE
OF MONMOUTH?

Tradition Afirms That He Used an Oath
He Certainly Had Sufficient Provo
cation for Strong Language-Genera
Lee the Victim.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
ROYAL ARCANUM.

Meets first and third Wednesday
evenings of each month in Simons
hall. J. c. Jilson, Regent. b.
!. Lauer, Sec
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
MARSHALL COUNTY PHYSI-
CLANS ASSOCIATION.

Meets first Tuesday in each month.
Jacob Kaszer, NJ. d., President.
Novitas B. Aspinall. NJ. d., Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17

is ten years younger than the father
the proportion of healthy children is
greatest, the chances being 10 per
cent more favorable than when the
parents are of about the same age.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
COMMAND'RY.
ODD FELLOWS.

LODGE, No. OIL;
meets every Thursday evening at
their lodge rooms on Michigan
street. {. f. Schearer, y. O.
Chas. Bushman, Sec.
SILVER STAR LODGE, Daugh-
tiers of Rebekah; meets every
Friday evening at l. o. o. F.
hall. Mrs. ]. E. Ellis, n. 6.
Miss Emma Zumbaugh, V. @.
Miss \. Berkhold, Sec.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-18

The Spanish flag has been hauled
down from the public buildings and
rampartS of Cuba, and thus has been
dated the end of Spanish rule in the
western hemisphere Cuba has been
under the dominion of Spain since
RelaSQucZ hoisted the Spanish flag in
1911. and Spain was then the greatest
empire Of the world in territorial pos
sessions. To-day she has lost the last
OF her provinces in the western hemi-
sphere: has lost control of the Philip
pines and has not a single possession
in the ASiatic seas where her authority
is respected. The Asiatc islands where
she yet claims her mastery are all in
successful revolution, and her laws
and her flag are openly deticd. Porto
Rico is now Il province of the United
States. aud Cuba will certainly become
an American republic with "a reason
able certainty of ultimate annexation
10y the action of her own people. There
is now safety To person and property
in cuba. and scores of millions of mon
ey will hc invested in her productive
lands ana mines Her development
will be the speedieSt recorded in his
tory, and in less than five years the
island that for centuries has been rob
bed and oppressed by Spanish rule and
finally dcSolated 10y war will become
one of the most beautiful and fruitful
of all the islands of the world. Il goes
without saying that American energy
will be foremost i'm the development Of
Cuba. Already opr capitalists are there
contcudiug for the control Of her rail
roads, tclceraphs telephones and her
great mineral wealth, and other millions
are ready for the speedy development
of her matchless sugar lands now gen
orally devastated \ single year will
/ be likely TO make Cuba blossom and
/ fruit as never before, and her growth
/ in the development OF most substantial
wealth viii be uneNampled. American
/ influences viii rule from the start, and
/ in the near future there will be a thor.
! oughly Americanized Cuban republic
/ that win be ready for annexation as
/ one of the Territories or States of the
! Union. Cuba and Porto Rico are thu:
! lost 10 Spain solely because she re
| fused the people of those rich islands
| the liberal and just government they
now are receiving under the American
flag.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-18

Don't expect to maintain wife on
"tatiy' because you won her with it.
large number of machini5ts and
other workers have been laid off by the
government.
Trouble brewing along the lakes The
vessel owners declare they will Mckinley
lze wages; workers won't accept.
The Massachusetts, insurance commits
sioners have also delivered a swipe at
labor organizations by declaring their
beneficial features illegal. The unions
Will now attempt to have the law So
amended as to allow them to pay their
benefits.
1t is reported from London that the
British employers who are forming a
powerful organization for the purpose
OF battling the trade unions, are LAYING
their lines to make an onslaught on the
bollermakers. who have the second strong
est organization in the country.
Western papers claim that on Friday
January y, the Standard Oil company
cleared $S,330,0OO profits on the days
raise in the selling price of oil. Most of
that money is re-nvested in other stocks.
and that Is why the Standard people are
getting hold of everything in sight.
Wage reductions have been enforced in
mills in Youngstown and Cleveland, O.,
and New Castle and Beaver Falls, Pa.
The shoeworkers of Massachusetts, gar
ment workers of New York, and textile
workers OF Georgia are still struggling
against powerful capitalistic combines
and their prosperity doses
With the exception of the telegra-
piers, the railway brotherhoods will mar
shall their forces in Chicago next week to
listen to the Vanderbilt prime minister,
Senator-elect Chauncey Depew, who will
show the workers how hostile legislation
aimed at the railroads will reduce wages.
1t VIII be great day for the Arthurs and
sargents when they can shake Chauncey
by the hand and point to their chattels
whom they have led up to the trough.
Practically the sale has been made of
majority of the stock of the Liggett &
Myers company in st. Louis, tobaeconistsr
and only details remain to be arranged.
1t is cash transaction, involving little
more than so per cent of the entire stock
OF the Liggett & Myers concern and the
consideration is S6,500,OOO.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-18
u. S. AND GREAT IBRNIAN.
THE TREATY IS NOW ASSURED
An Agreement Is PossibIe-Have Been
working on it Some = ime-C ablegram
FLom Joseph Chamb erIa'n-C ians
Decide to Stay Week LongeI.

Chicago. Feb. ia special from
Washington says:
Great Britain and the United States are
to have a closer bond of friendship. The
Joint high commission, which came peril
ousy near breaking up in rupture Mon
day. will probably conclude treaty after
all.
The United States commissioners in
stead of presenting an ultimatum as the
Canadians wished. submitted a memoran-
dun conciiatory in tone, offering certain
rights at SkagWay and suggesting further
negotiations.
The possibility of etfecting an agree
ment Was also advanced by a cablegram
received by Baron Ierschel from Joseph
Chamberlain England's minister for the
colonies directing the Canadian commits
sion to exhaust every effort to reach am
amicable agreement, keeping in mind the
importance Of promoting the present cor
dial relations between the United States
and Great Britain.
After brief session the Joint high
commission adjourned and the Canadian
commissioners retired to consider the
memorandum of the United States. As a
result of the advice the Canadian who
yesterday was packing his trunk prepar.
atory to going home, said he might stay
here another week and that only Baron
HerscheI could tell when the Canadians
would 90.