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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18

he California House has passed an
act providing for separate schools for
Indian, japanese and Chinese children.
President Roosevelt says it is CLEARLY
unconstitutional" This view cannot
be accepted.
The Federal courts have repeatedly
refused to set aside provisions for sep
nrate schools and prohibitions of mixed
schools. Even I'm the Berea college
case, where charitable trusts were af-
fected and the school received no pub
JIG money, the courts took this position.
Nevertheless. such legislation is pc
culiarly inOpportune in California at
this time. 1t is offensive to a friendly
foreign power. The people of Califor-
MIA and their lawmakers should be
more patient They should give the
national government time TO turn
arOund-time to work its way out Of
bad situation
The national government must con-
slider its obligations under treaty
drafted after European models and
framed to meet situations quite differ
ent from that OF the United States. 1t
must eventually get away from part of
fhis treaty, but it must have time to
dc so.
For California to force the nations
hand. even to the verge of war. would
be atrocious. In this respect President
RooseveIt's position is exactly correct.
The white people of California are
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
Specimens OF Irish Wit.

An Albany, y. Y. letter TO the Veter-
ans Advocate gives the following speei-
mems of Irish wit as furnished by Gen.
Palmer, who said: There was an
Irish corporal in my company. One
night at Baton Rouge there was a
dreadful storm. 1t rained and so cold
it froze This Irishman was on picket.
AS 1 passed him l said, We'll, Jerry,
what do you think of this?'
''Sure, sergeant, this is a night for
Americans to be on guard
This same fellow was color SER
geant at the battle of Monacsy.
The rebels charged with cavalry and
broke our line. AS he was running a
rebel grabbed the staff over his slroul-
der and pulled it apart where 1t join
ed. The general afterwards said /:
We'll, don't you think you are a pretty
soldier to lose your colors?" We'll.
now see here, general, I'll tell you all
about It, This rebel rode up and he
said, Give me that flag you Id
Yank.' And general, it was the first
time was ever complimented by being
called a Yank, and so 1 gave them
right up"
And that reminds me of another yarn
where the quick Irish wit comes out
ahead. Two old soldiers met. One, Il
Northern Irishman, said well, we
licked We, we did, 'YeS, begorra, yez
licked us, but we disabled all yeZ, for
ye're all gettin pensions
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
Sure OF His Ground.

The young man who had been calling
SO frequently on Mary at last came to
see Mary's father. There was a lit
tie hesitation as the two men met.
Finally. says writer in the Philadel-
phia Inquirer, the sutton began:
1T is a mere formality, know, this
asking for your daughters hand; but
we thought it would be pleasing to you
If it were observed"
Mary's father stiffened.
'.And may 1 inquire he asked. "who
suggested that asking my consent to
ity"
Yes. SIR replied the young man.
simply. ut was Mary's mother"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
WASHINGToN's BoYHoOD HOME.
Ferry Farm on the RappnhannOck--
ms Ii Was and Is.

The boyhood home of George Wash
ington was Fredericksburg, quaint
city by the Rappahannock. and an old
city whose story touches that of the
great republic at many points In the
colonial. revolutionary, constitutional
and Civil War periods. Washington
was born in Westmoreland County, on
the Potomac, and lived his later youth
and his maturity at Mount Vernon, but
the home of his boyhood was on the
bank of the Rappahann0ck. 1t was
there he went to school to Mr.. Hobby;
there was laid the scene of the apocry
phal story of the cherry tree; there he
conquered the wild colt; and there he
threw a silver dollar. or other object,
across the river 1t was at FredericSs-
burg that he was initiated into Mason
~, and it was there he took final leave
Of his mother before assuming the office
of President Mt New York. and it was
there Mrs. Washington died. Aug. %,
1889. Fredericksburg is rich in relics
and memories of the Washingtons,
writes j. Harry Shannon.
Not long after the birth of George
Washington on the Pope's creek, or
Bridges creek farm in Westmoreland
County, Washington's parents, his
half-brother, Lawrence, and perhaps
also his half-brother, Augustine, re-
moved to a farm on the Rappahan-
mock river In Stafford County. This
farm at that time was somewhat below
the city of Fredericksburg and had
been owned for several years by Angus
tine Washington the elder. The farm
has been variously called the pine
Grove" and the Ferry Farm" The
latter name was due to the fact that
the farm was opposite the lower ferry
to Fredericksburg.
The house on Ferry Farm" like
that in which Washington was born.
has disappeared; the site is only TO
be traced by fragments Of brick, CHI
ma and earthenware. This house was
occupied by Mary Washington until it
was destroyed by fire at a time after
George had changed his place of living
from Fredericksburg to his half
brothers home, Mount Vernon. After
the fire Mrs. Washington removed to a
small cottage in the city of Fredericks-
burg. This cottage is standing and is
owned by the Society for the Preserva-
/ ton OF Virginia Antiquities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18

AT the time of his retirement T.
Mount Vernon, after the expiration o
his term as President, the tall figur
Of Washington was only Slightly ben
he was still supposed to weigh upwar
of two hundred pounds" writes Wi
liam Pcrrine of The Last Years
Washingtons Life" in the Ladies' Hon
Journal Excepting his gray hair an
his false teeth. and some trouble
hearing. there was little of the usua
appearance of age In his muscular per
son. his gait and his strong. pock
marked face. lie was affable an
merry with his best friends, but viii
he had the true hospitality OF a South
ern gentleman in inviting every Wis
itor from a distance to his table or +
a bed over night, his politeness wa
ger rally formal. Yet If he particu
larry enjoyed the conversation Of ;
guest he would pay him the compllmel
of listening to him until after . O'Clock
or even lighting him with the candl
10 n bedroom for the night. Mrs
Washington at this time was
healthy, pleasant and unostentatiou
little woman, still showing traces @
gocd looks and with seldom any othe
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
GOOD CHANGE.


The large army Of persons who have
found relief from many chronic all
ments by changing from coffee to Post
um as a daily beverage is growing
each day.
Ii is only simple question OF try
ing 1t for oneself in order to know the
joy Of returning health as realized by
an Ills. young lady. She writes:
Il had been a coffee drinl<er nearly
all my life and it affected my stom-
II, l--caused insomnia and I was sell
dom without headache. | had heard
about Postum and how beneficial IL
was, so concluded to quit coffee and
try it.
Il was delighted with the change.
| can now sleep well and seldom ever
have headache. My stomach has got
en- strong and can eat without suf-
fering afterwards. l think my whole
system greatly benefited by Postum.
MY brother also suffered from stom-
ach trouble while he drank coffee, but
now. since using Postum. he feels SO
much better he would not 60 back to
coffee for anything"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek. Mich. Read "The Road to
MELVILLE" In pkgs. There's a Rea-
son."
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full Of
human interest.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18

think and speak OF us as Dollar
Chasers," and. in southern Europe,
even as 1.-THE Dollar-C Chasing American
Pigsr'
Yes? Well, it may be so And yet
somehow when overwhelming human
calamity appeals for human sympathy
and aid these same Pigs" are always
ready TO help. They come swiftly for
ward, not chasing" dollars to get
them, but handing them out to feed
the hungry and clothe the naked and
shelter the widow and orphan-passing
them out, as it were, with all four
feet. Queer Pigs these. and strange
ly unfaithful to the supposed tradi
tons of the porcine race
The truth is that the typical Amer
lean chases the dollar. not harder. but
faster, than the typical European. The
further truth is that the typical Amer
lean cares much less about money
when he has it than the typical Euro
pean ANY man whose knowledge of
Europe was obtained at first hand.
knows this from sad experience.
We cannot expect our European crit
les to believe this all at once and
change their tone. especially when we
have among us so many persons who
try hard to prove them correct. Yet,
when the foregoing figures are contem-
plated in certain European countries.
it would seem that they ought to pro-
duce. for a brief season at least, the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
Odds and Ends.

A uniform system of municipal ac-
counts is in force in the State Of Iowa.
Ninety per cent of the neuralgia
headaches are attributed to eye defects.
The American eats more than his
own weight in sugar every two years.
The Alaska Marble Company at Sha
kan shipped $500 tons of marble TO
Puget Sound last year.
About three thousand pieces Of crock
cry are broken on each trip of first
class ocean liner.
Music Is dead" says DR.. Emil
Reich. And concerts, adds the Musical
Courier. are the funerals.
The largest cigars come from the
Philippine islands. some of them being
eighteen inches in length.
The white population of New Zea
land is now $4,000, having increased
1l7.0O0 In the last FIVE years.
There has been a marked falling off
in the Sunday school attendance in
New York city in the last five years.
With the aid of steam heat and cleo
trio lights, vegetables and flowers are
being grown In Fairbanks, Alaska.
New York city has now in contem-
plation water front improvements that
will require an expenditure of $4,000
coo.
10 IN r.
OF Europe are spending on their armies
and navies as much as S4,OOO.0O0 a
day.
a New York Broadway druggist esti-
mates. that the people of the city spend
$29S0,0OO each year for patent medi-
cines.
Constant exposure of mirrors to the
direct rays of the sun is apt to crystal
lie the amalgam and destroy the bril-
iancy.
New Workers drink tea as well as
other things, and 1t is estimated that
one pound of the herb is consumed by
each inhabitant yearly.
The worlds production of sugar has
practically doubled in the past twenty
years, having grown from II billion
pounds in 1887 to 30 billions in 1907.
An electric rapid transit line is to be
| built from Frankfort TO Wiesbaden.
Germany, by private enterprise, the
government reserving the right to buy
| it after a number Of years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
Washington Liked to Fish.

Grover Cleveland was not the only
resident Of the United States who
learly loved to fish. There was a fine
precedent for his fishing expeditions I'm
he outings Of George Washington. In
lis diaries he tells us that he went
dragging for sturgeon frequently. In
1881, while In Philadelphia, he got
Shing tackle ard went up to his old
lmping ground Mt Valley Forge, where
e spent day casting his lines. Two
ears later he was at Portsmouth, and
he writes. "having lines, we pro-
>cded to the fishing banks little
rithout the harbor and fished for cod :;
#. it not being a proper time of tide,
= only caught two" That year he
ecame President. the capital being
,cw York. In newspaper of 1870
lere is an item that yesterday the
resident Of the United States return
from Sandy Hook and the fishing
INKS. where he had been for the bene-
Il of the sea air and to amuse him.
If in the delightful recreation Of fish
~. We are told he has had excellent
port. having himself caught a great
rmber of sea bass and black fsh."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
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The Pride of Battery II.


South Mountain lowered upon our right.
far off the river lay;
And over on the wooded height We held
their lines at bay.
At last the muttering guns were still the
day died slow and wan;
AT last the gunners' pipes did fill. the SER
geant's yarns began
When, as the wind moment blew aside
the fragrant flood,
Our briarwoOds raised, within our view a
little maiden stood
A tiny tot OF 6 or Z, from Preside fresh
she seemed.
(Of such a little one in heaven, one sol
der often dreamed.)
And as we stared one little hand went to
her curly head
In grave salute. And who are you?" at
length the sergeant said,
And where's your home:' he growled
again.
She lisped out, who is me-
Why, don't you know? Pm little Jane,
the pride of Battery B.
Ny home? Why that was burned away !;
and PA and ma are dead:
And so l ride the guns all day along with
Sergeant Ned.
And I've a drum that's not toy, cap
with feathers, too;
And | march beside the drummer boy on
Sundays at review,
But now our 'bacca's all give out, the
men can't have their smoke,
And so they're cross-why even Ned
won't play with me or joke.
A ~, l. 4
hate to hear him swear)
He'd give leg for a good pipe like the
Yanks had, over there,
And so | thought when beat the drum,
and the big guns were still,
I'd creep beneath the tent and come out
here across the hill,
And beg, good Mister Yankee man, you'd
give me some Lone Jack.
Please do! When we get some again I'll
surely bring it back
Indeed l will, for Ned, says he, if do
what l say
I'll be general yet, maybe, and ride .
prancing bay
We brimmed her tiny apron DER. You
should have heard her laugh
As each man from his scanty store shook
out generous half.
To kiss the little mouth stopped down a
score of grimy men,
Until the sergeant's husky voice said,
'Tention, 81. lad," and then
We gave her escort till goodnight the
pretty waif we bid,
And watched her toddle out OF sight-or
else twas tears that hid
Her tiny form-nor turned about a man,
nor spoke word
Till after awhile far, hoarse shout upon
the wind we heard.
We sent it back and cast sad eyes upon
the scene around,
A baby's hand had touched the tie that
brothers once had bound
That's all-save when the dawn awoke
again the work of hell
And through the sullen clouds of smoke
the screaming missiles fell,
Our general often rubbed his glass and
marveled much to see
Not 4 single shell that whole day fell on
the camp of Battery Il.
F. III. Gassaway.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
was the officer said bIufr old Com

was the officer" said bluff old Com
mander Platt in telling Of the expert
ence. "Ah, he was one OF the nerviest.
bravest. most loyal men I ever knew.
Yes, he WAS young" continued the
gray haired veteran. but he had the
priceless courage of youth and the rare
discretion of age
Slowly we worked our way from
the head of Port Royal sound, three
miles up that tortuous river Tulli
finney. There were times. my boy,
when we had to hold our very breath,
so close were we to the shore We
could hear the tread of the sentries.
even hear them rs they breathed heav
lily or sighed-for those were the days
when signs were common, my friend.
we reached the spot where the
chains lay buried in the water. 1t
makes my blood creep even now to
think of the danger we were in. One
shot from one Of those nasty guns in
that port would have sent us all to
Dayy Jones, and it would not have
required more than one little indis-
Greet action or unnecessary noise to
have started that shot on its way.
Dear old Joe was as cool as
cucumber. He seemed to know just
what was to be done without the tell
ing. Quietly and coolly we set to
work and before the gray light of
dawn crept into the skies the chains
lay harmless in the river bed. Back
again To our ship we worked our way,
and when we reached her Joe turned
to me and gave just a heavy sigh.
There was lot of hell in that
job, Platt,' said he. if the Johnnies had
only fc.lnd it out
And there was Admiral Balch re-
ported that result of the investigation
TO Admiral Dahlgren. We were COM
plimented But l know that the salts
faction Of having helped saw that
bunch of chains under wafer brought
more joy to dear old Joe's heart than
all the compliments of the universe.
HE was that kind of man. And
there were many of them in those old
days, too-men who did not stop to
count the glory Of a deed, but only
TO get the results they were after to
win out in the great battle before
them.
Part of the little fleet steamed up
the river the next day. The Pluto,
Notwithstanding the destruction Of the
chain. was blown to pieces. But the
Pawnee. following. with one shot from
her nine-inch gun soon put the fort out
of commission. We landed and did the
rest.
Il lost sight OF Joe for years." con-
tinued Commander Plat. But one day
while sitting in certain hotel in
walking up and down, apparently
closely observing me. Finally he came
over to where / sat.
"Platt, old fellow, isn't that your
he exclaimed.
Eyes, ii was I, and he was dear old
Joe Coghlan, returned from the battle
OF Manila bay covered with glory, but
the same old Joe.
THE nation lost a hero when he ed
He was one Of the bravest men that
ever lived and his bravery was all the
more valuable to his country because
it was tempered with a cool head and
cautious bearing at all times. Utica
Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18

One Of the recent tributes laid upon
the bier of the dead naval hero, Rear
Admiral Coghlan, is in the form OF
a thrilling story of the late admiral's
early days. A bluff old sea captain
Commander Plat, OF Washington, re-
Gently told of the experience and in
its telling there was nothing of sensa-
tion-it was just an affectionate tes-
timony TO 4 brave man by one who
knew him in his youth and shared
war
The incident occurred during Dahl
gren's time, when Sherman was on his
famous march to the sea. Every effort
was made by the Federal forces to
effect a junction with Sherman's army.
The ocean ard its estuaries had been
carefully sounded and explored to
guard against Instructions to the ships
and avoid their determination by hid
den mines.
Capt Balch, afterward q rear ad-
miral, with his flagship, the Pawnee,
was with the mosquito fleet" off the
coast of Charleston. He had carefully
explored the depths of Port Royal
sound, and wishing tc probe still
farther, sent for Robert Plat, then
attached to the United States coast
and geodetic survey and now retired
commander of the United States Navy,
who had sounded and chartered the
Atlantic coast from Maine to the Gulf
Of Mexico and knew more perhaps of
its treacherous depths than any other
man living.
PLAT" said the captain, II have
sent for you because 1 want to find
ont more about what the Johnnies are
doing and have done up on Tullifinney
river l am inclined to to believe they
have been busy up there lately, and
unless we discover how there may be
reckoning later on"
"Well, captain" said Plat, iii take
a boat and some boys and explore"
He did, and later, after two days
and night Of creeping in and out
here and there along the line Of the
river he discovered q mud fort we'll
manned, with guns enough to make
trouble for any of the little feet Of
Federal gunboats that dared up that
way.
He found more. To obstruct the
passage of the river and practically
ground the little boats until they could
be shot TO smithereens the COnfeder-
ates had sunk piles on either side OF
the river right under the very nose of
their guns. AS the means of detecting
such traps were not as efficient In those
days as they are today, and as the
small boats, for the most part equipped
with howitzers only, made their sor-
ties during the night, when the dark
ness made it difficult to detect such
Instructions, those heavy chains Were
quite sufficient TO tie up the daring
little fleet and pile 1t in confusion
while the heavier guns of the fort did
the rest.
Plat slowly and cautiously worked
his way back to the Pawnee with full
Information of the situation for Ad
miral Balch.
what are we going to do about
it," the admiral asked. "We must get
up that river"
There's only one Ching to do, ad
miral," replied Plat; 1--WE must cut
the chains"
Eyes, and be blown into eternity
doing it," burted out the admiral
"Well," said Plat, "give me cOu
pie of men and n nervy officer to hell
out. and we'll run up the river will
mufIled oars and Wen cut those chain:
or know the reason why"
| NERyE-RACKING EXPERIENCE.
| Admiral, then ensign Joe Coghlan
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
TUMULT IN THE SEA
Terrific Force OF Marine Uphezrval
on Cape Horn.


\ sailing ship rounding Cape Horn
was caught in dead calm, something
almost unprecedented in that stormy
Latitude. The sky was filmed with -
light haze. and the sea was fat and
lead cOlored. About 10 O'Clock on the
morning Of the second day the ship
began To shake Violently. the masts
whipped and bent like fish poles. and
everything movable above and below
came down with clTtter. 1t was like
striking rock. only the shock was
less pronounced at first. but increased
in violence during the thirty seconds
it lasted. The sea heaved in oily
swells with a strange. hOarse murmur.
and it continued to be agitated after
the tremors ceased.
Half an hour, later fish by the thous
ands began to rise to the surface until
it was covered with them Forty
seven whales were counted, many cow
fish fully eight feet across. sharks
without number and seals by the hun
dreds. They were evidently stunned
with the force of some terrific marine
upheaval. and when struck with n
pole by one of the sailors showed only
faint signs of life. In twenty min
utes after the first fish arose TO the
surface they began to drop out of sight
like pieces of lead. Whether they were
stunned and, on recovering, immediate.
~ dived beneath the waves in Il panic.
or whether they died from the shock
and, instead of floating as dead fish
do, were drawn under by some sub
marine whirlpool, were scientific cues.
tons too deep for the skipper. but half
a dozen of the smaller fish hauled
aboard by the cook for dinner were
quite dead when examined The calm
continued twenty-four hours longer be-
fore the ocean resumed its usual aspect
and wind from the southeast per-
mitted the ship to continue its course.
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