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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21
BEING BLOWN UP.
Gen. Avery's Experience When TO-,
Pounds of Dynamite Exploded.

Gen. Avery's Experience When 10000
Pounds of Dynamite Exploded.
81 suppose that one of the most eX
citing episodes of my life, remarked
Gen. Dudley Avery some time since,
was during a thunderstorm a number
of years ago on Avery's island, when
10000 pounds of dynamite exploded. 1t
was n SaQsky cS 1850 a ~ l4e,rr,eninS'
and theVn6sC remarkable thing of the
affair was shat l lived to tell the tale
| was in the vicinity of the building in
which the dynamite was stored, and
when the storm came on took shelter
under a shed which was some distance
removed from the explosive, and which
was used as blacksmith shop by a man
who was employed in this capacity,
and who served with me during the
war and at the battle of Shiloh We
were chatting together when | felt
shock, and then to my surprise | saw
the blacksmith going up in the air. l
watched him pass through the roof of
shed, but the man, who, by the way,
was an Irishman, did not seem to get
any further away from me- Then |
realized that | was going up, too. l
suppose we must have assembled for 80
or 40 feet, and then we came down
with rush, reaching the earth a
little disfgured and with lungs in a
state of collapse. When we caught our
breath the Irishman remarked between
his gasps that a little thing like that
couldn't scare us, as we'd both been
in explosions before. He was wounded
badly, however, while | escaped with
few scratches. We found upon coming
down that the lightning had exploded
the 10000 pounds of dynamite. Where
the storehouse had stood was hole in
the ground about 30 feet deep, and
with diameter of fully so feet, shaped
like funnel. Trees in the vicinity
were burned black, and an oak two
feet thick that had stood 20 feet from
the building, was blown into shreds so
fine that not vestige could be found
| have been afraid to go near dyna-
mite ever since. IN. o. Democrat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21
The Wonderful Marching Ant.

Paul Du ChaiIlu tells of the doings of
n queer specimen of ant, which
which the natives call the bashikonay.
which marches through the forests in
ii regular line. This line usually aver
ages about two inches in breadth and Is
often several miles long and with not a
break in the column. All along the
line" says the great traveller, large and
fierce looking ants act as officers, keep.
ing the singular army in order"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21
NOTES A-WHEEL.

The brakeless bicycle continues to be
the subject of exhaustive land exhaust
ing) editorial condemnation.
A Boston cycling girl announced her
engagement by saying she had gone
into the hands of a receiver.
The general post Office of London has
invited bids for 10000 bicycles, to be
used in the suburban postal and tele.
graph service.
1t is stated that the falling off in the
demand for cigars in the United States
this year amounted to 100000 and this
loss is largely credited to cycling.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

First Transient-If you had got to &c
into business what line would you
choose?
Second Ditto-I'd open an employ
ment agency. 1t would be so nice get
ting other people work without having
any tempta ton to do any myself. -Bos
ton Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21
PRETTY EXPERIMENTS.
Some Curious illusions of the Senses In
Men and Animals.

sOme Nuflous IIIuslons OF the Senses In
Men and Animals.
Among the many curious optical il
lusions produced by contrasting lines
and forms some of very astonishing
character occur for which no satisfac-
tory explanation has been furnished.
Il card perforated by pinhole be
placed close to the face resting against
the nose. as shown in the illustration,
and pin be held by its point in such a
way that its head comes between the
eye and the pinhole in the card, the pin
being held quite close to the eye, the
pin, strange to say, will appear on the
other side of the pinhole, reversed ana
nlagnitied. You see the pin, in fact,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21
1t Was Not His Fault.

Jacks Mamma - There were three
slices of cake in the pantry, Jack, and
now there is only one. How does that
happen?
Jack-It was so dark in there
mamma, that l didn't see the third one
chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

HE-"Whcn | was in the west the last
time l had very narrow escape from a
burning hotel. | was awakened by the
smoke, and with not minute to spare
rushed down the tirc-escape-" She (breath-
lcsslyl-"O, what did you have on?" He
(visbly embarrasscdD-''Ah- very
lively hustle, miss. "-Cardiff Western Mail
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

"GREAT town, Louisville" said the man
with the fat cigar. "Kentucl1y hospitality
and all that sort of thing. The last time
was there they didn't let me spend cent"
Huh, said the man with the cigarette, ~
had that sort of experience in Chicago. u
''Y e-s You did" Indeed | did. They
didn't let me spend cent there, either.
They took it all away from me before got
two blocks from the railway station. In
dianapOlis Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

Ii pronounced yellow. 1t is visible in the
counlenance and eyeballs. 1t is accompanied
with uneasiness beneath the right ribs and
shoulder blade, sick headache, nausea and
irregularity of the bowels. To the removal
of each and all of these discomf2rts, as wen
as their cause, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
is admirably adapted. This pre-eminent fam
ilymedicine also remedies malarial rheumat-
ic and kidney complaints, nervousness and
debility. 1t promotes appetite and sleep.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A CONTRARY PAIR.

Benny Bobby, round and wee,
Tried to skate the best he could,
But his feet would not agree,
AS two little playmates should.
Right foot started, but alack.
Left foot would not venture forth;
Then each took different tack,
One to south and one to north.
Tor the only trouble lay
In this very thing, you know,
Neither foot would move the way
That the other wished to go.
So this naughty little pair
Went a-srraying all about,
Here and there and everywhere,
Till at last they quite fell out.
Bobby, rubbing ruefully
All his bruises one by one.
Says when playmatcs won't agree
There's an end to all the fun.
Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

MRs BRAY-'I never saw more perfect
acting than Miss Spots at that amateur per
Torrance" Mr. Bray-'She wasn't in the
cast, was she?" Mrs. Bray-"No; she sat
in the front scat and looked as though she
enjoyed it''-Comic Cuts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

WHO is the woman who sent WORD OBJ
jecting to our boys practicing on the cor
net}' "She's the mother of the boys who
celebrate every holiday by blowing tin
horns before daylight. Washington Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21
THE PITCHER PLANT.
It Is the Worst Rogue Yet Discovered in
the Nepetahle Kinrdnm.

the Vegetable Kingdom.
Here's the picture of a rogue of a
plant that lies in wait like a highway
robber for unwary flies and other in
sects, and when they appear it swal-
lows them up and their friends never
hear of them again. 1t has been given
the botanical name of sarracenia, but
it is commonly called the pitcher plant,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

DIR. c. E. WATKINS, of Aver, Mass, the
famous chronist, is authority on chronic dis
ease II sick send courage sex, leading symp-
toms, and l0c. in stamps for consultation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kine's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle IL
treatise. DIR. KLINE, 1913 Arch st, Phila, Pa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

THE universe is either cosmos or chaos.
If cosmos. shall thy life alone of all things
be without orderf If chaos, see to it that
thy life at least be order, though there be
none in the things without thee-Ivan
oanin
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

CAT last" murmured the cabbage, as i
hurled toward the footlights lat last
real re my histrionic ambition. | am cas-
for the star part. IN. Y. Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

HEwITT-'I have no race prciudices."
Jewitt-'YOu would have race prcjudiccs if
YOU had lost as much money on horses as
hav9 N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

ALL the members of family secretly
laugh at the efforts made by another mem
Der to be agreeable to callers.-Atchison
Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

The Public Awards the Palm to Hale's
Honey of Horehouud and Tar for coughs
Pixies IoOthaChe Drops Cure in one minute
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

l AM entirely cured of hemorIhage of
lungs by Piso's Cure for Consumption
LOUISA LINDAMAN, Bethany, Mo, Jan, &, 94.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

"Do YoU really wear corset through
neccssitv!' she asked. 80. no." the other
girl replied, "simply as a matter of form. "
Wrinkles
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

MANY cases of cancer are reported as cured
by vegetable cancer remedy manufactured
by a Dr.. Mason, of Chatham, n Y kis
believed cure for cancer has at last been
found.-"Free Press"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

You can tell an expert cigarette smoker
by the way he knocks the ashes off his
cigarette. Washington Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

WHEN bilious or costive, eat CasCaret
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 10c, 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

No MATTER how many times some people
look at YOUR clock, they always ask if it is
right.-Washington Ua) Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

NOTHING gives one a more melancholy
feeling than clock that doesn't run
Washington Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

A MAN never gets too old to talk silly
about his love affairs. Washington Dem
OCrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

A MAN is young so long as he enjoys be
ing out of doors no matter whatthe weather
-.Atchlson Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

WITH rub or two lumbago is often cured
by St JACOBS Oil.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

Men have better health than the women,
because they sigh less when things go
wrong, and kick mOre.-AtchisOn Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

THE proof of it is thousands say st.
Jacobs Oil cured us OF neuralgia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

WHAT a difference between the WomaS
you hate and the woman you love!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

AT once use St. Jacobs Oil for sprains.
At once it will cure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

JUST try 4 l0c. box of Cascarets candy ca
thartic, fnestliver and bowel regulator made
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

OCCASIONALLY a worm turns and finds an
early bird waiting to gobble it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

CAsCARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sickcn, weaken or grippe, 1oc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-21

Bishop Ellicott of Bristol and Glou
cester, who is rs years of age, has taken
UP the bicycle.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-24
WASHINGTON.
The Boy, the Lover, the Soldier and the States
man..
Continued from Inst issne.

than with the English colonists. There
were high mountains to cross, deep riv-
ers to ford and vast forests to penetrate.
The season, too, was most %unpropitious
for an undertaking of this character, for
it was at the beginning of winter. He
did not reach the frontiers of Virginia
until mid-November and only succeed
ed in delivering his message to the
French commander toward the last of
December.
Receiving his reply, he and his sole
companion set forth on foot, having
abandoned their horses, on the return
journey. During the first part of it they
were followed by Indians in the pay Of
the French, with murderous intent, and
at a place called the Numbering Town.
one Of them fired at Washington at O
distance Of only Is PAGES, intending to
kill him. His aim was bad, and he was
at once seized and disarmed. Washing
toms companion, a brave frontiersman
named Gist, was for killing the miscre-
ant on the spot, but this Washington
would not allow and set him free,
though his worthless life had been Just
ly forfeited.
Fearful of another attempt upon their
lives, the two explorers pushed on rap
idly through the cold December night
and in the morning reached the ALLIE.
ghany river. Finding it filled with
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-24
CHAPTER VIII.
CoURTsHIp AND MARRIAGE.

SOOnkSnlE M mAIhIslAOb-
George Washington, particularly as a
young man, was one at whom strangers
in passing would turn to look. He
was 6 feet and over in his stockings,
finely proportioned, stalwart, but not
stout, weighing about 900 pounds. His
hands and feet were large. his features
regular, complexion ford, hair rich
dark brown and his large, thoughtful
eyes a grayish blue.
A perfect horseman, carefully dressed
and superbly mounted, he was invaria-
bly, attended by a fine looking body
servant. After the Braddock defeat it
was a soldierly colored man named
Bishop, whom, with his fayorite horse,
General Braddock had bequeathed to
his faithful. aid de-camp. During the
Revolution his devoted body servant
was Billy, a man be had bought at
auction for some $40.
He may have held a just and even a
generous estimate of his abilities, but
he was either too we'll bred or too mod.
est to presume upon his face, figure or
fortune to advance himself in the esti-
nation Of women. His honorable atti-
tude toward the sex may be noted in his
letters. particularly in those to his
Continued next week.
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a journey In the winter, when, I be-
lieve, few would have undertaken il.
And what did l get for it? My expenses
home. l was then appointed, with
triilng pay, to conduct a handful of
men TO the Ohio. What did I get by
that? Why, after putting myself to con-
siderable expense in equipping and pro-
viding necessaries for the campaign, l
went out and was soundly beaten and
lost them all. l came and had my CON-
mission taken from me, or, in other
words, my command reduced, under
pretense of an order from home. / then
went out a volunteer with General
Braddock and lost all my horses and
many other things"
This was not written as O complaint,
though he had good cause to complain.
Still, his fervid patriotism was proof
against i'll treatment or neglect, as was
shown later during the trying times of
the Revolution, when assailed by for
eign foe and domestic cabal.
We should not overlook a fragment of
a letter written to his mother after the
Braddock defeat to appease her we'll
grounded fears for his safety. 1t con-
tains a trace Of that quaint humor often
to be found in his epistles and said to
have played through his familiar con.
v%ersations
"As l have heard since my arrival at
this place a circumstantial account of
my death and dying speech, I take the
earliest opportunity of contradicting the
first and of assuring you that I have as
yet not composed the latter. But by
the all powerful protection of Provi-
dence l have been protected beyond all
human probability or expectation, al
though death was leyeling my compan-
ions on every side"
Notwithstanding the apparent neglect
OF his immediate superiors, the people
had noted and appreciated fully his res
olution and undaunted demeanor. Their
opinion was voiced by a reverend gem
tleman, who, in addressing a
of volunteers, pointedly alluded to ''tiat
heroic youth, Colonel Washington,
whom l cannot but hope Providence has
hitherto preserved in SO signal a man
ner for some important service to his
country"
Having now given nearly ten years of
his life and the best years of his young
manhood to the, development and de-
Tense of his native province, Washington
now held that he was entitled to a long
surcease from active duties of a military
character and to pass the rest of his ex-
istence in the pursuits in which he took
delight. Eminently fitted, both by ma
ture and by early training, for the life
of a planter, and now possessed of q
large landed property, which had neces-
sarily suffered during his absence in
military service, he contemplated with
pleasure a virtual retirement to the COM
parative seclusion of Mount Vernon.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-24

cultural pursuits for which he had so
strong an inclination. He writes to his
mother, who urges him not to visit the
frontier again:
HoNoRED MADAM-If it is in my power to
avoid going to the Ohio again, l shall; but II
the command is pressed upon me by the gen.
eral voice of the country, and offered upon
such terms as cannot be objected against, it
would reflect dishonor upon me to refuse it.
And that, l am sure, must, or ought to, give
you greater uneasiness than my going in an
honorable command.
He had no intention of going, but
when, in the spring of 1856, the British
general, Braddock, who had been sent
over to conduct the campaign against
the French, invited him to join his mil
itary family as a volunteer aid-de-camp,
his sense of duty and love of fighting
overcame his inclination.
The history of that disastrous CAM
paign is that of almost every conflict
between savages and regular troops
when for the first time they are brought
in contact. Had the sagaoious young
aid-de-camp been in command q differ
ent tale might have been told, but it is
doubtful. Ambuscaded in dense forest,
exposed to the murderous fire of a foe
unseen, the British regulars, in the
words of Washington, ran before the
French and Indians like sheep before
dogs" More than half their number
were killed or wounded, and the gen.
eral commanding, himself MORALLY
wounded, was with difficulty carried
from the field. Nearly all his brother
officers were killed, and Washington
was almost the only officer of distinc-
tion who escaped from the field with
life and honor. Here, for the third time
in his short career, his life was in i'm
minent peril, az he had two horses shot
from under him and his coat was four
times pierced by bullets. His seal was
shot away and was found, 80 years aft
erward. upon the site of the field of bat
tie. Throughout the terrible contest he
preserved his courage and serenity, and
to his wise measures were due the ex-
trioation of the defeated remnant from
the dangers that still surrounded them.
His heroic conduct and imperturbable
spirit deeply impressed the public mind,
and after the frontier was again
left unprotected through the Withdraw
al of the regulars he was appointed to
command the militia raised for it's de-
Tense. Three years of arduous toll fol-
lowed. during which he raised forces,
maintained a high standard of discipline
and established a long line of frontier
posts. thus paving the way for the
eventual reduction of Fort Duquesne,
which was at last accomplished in No
yember, 1853.
Washington's services in these diff
cult campaigns were i'll requited. He
rarely INDUCED in repinings or ungen-
erous reflections, but he wrote to his
brother Augustine in 1888:
$50 little am l dispirited at what has
happened that / am always ready and
always willing to render my country
any services | am capable of, but never
again upon the terms I have done, bav-
ing suffered much in my private for
tune, besides impairing one of the best
constitutions. / was employed to go on
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-24
The Growth of the BODY.

Up to a certain period of life the
body grows. The process continues
generally up to the twentieth year,
and even beyond. When growth
ceases, it is not that new material
eases to be added to the body, for
this is increasingly being effected to
supply the place of those constitu-
ents of the frame which are contin-
ually being used up, but the balance
between the food taken and assimi-
lated and the waste of the body is
equalized, and after growth has
ceased this balance-with the eX-
ception of fatty deposits-is during
health maintained with but little va
ration during the years of life's
prime. When old age comes on
that is, after the sixtieth year
the balance inclines the other
way; the waste now exceeds the
~reparative nutriment which it is
in the power. of the system to re-
ceive and elaborate, and the tissues
all diminish in bulk, the stature
even becoming less. Growth or in
crease of size of the body as a whole,
Dr. of any part of it, is dependent as
a healthy process, first, on a proper
amount of nervous e%xcitation, and,
secondly, on a due supply of healthy
blood. Young people require nutri-
ment not only to sustain the vast
ing processes of respiration and of
the motor change or movement, but
they require also sufficient to sup
ply the growing tissues of their en-
tire body with the various elements
which go to perfect their compost
ton. If these elements are not sup
piled, development is either arrest
ed, or, the tendency to growth con-
tinuing, the bones and tissues gen.
orally lengthen without acquiring
their healthy substance.-New York
Ledger,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-24
CHAPTER VII,
HIS LOVE AFFAIRS.

There is II phase of Washington's
nature that we have SO far overlooked,
a phase which links him more closely to
others Of his kind, refuting the oft re-
peated declaration that he was cold,
stern, unsympathetic and never given
to frivolities.
Washington was susceptible to the
charms Of the fair sex. Of this we have
incontestab,e proof in his W journals
and in his youthful attempts to win the
tickle goddesses through the medium Of
rhyme.
Cognizant of his doughty deeds, we
cannot but admire him; knowing his
weakness for women, we cannot but
love him. It warns ones heart to dis
cover that this youth of high emprise
and invincible will also was attached
to his fellow beings on the human side.
Like every young man of parts, Wash
ington was destined to pass through the