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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-02-19
A Relic of Wasbington.s Time.

At the foot of Ward S heroic statue
Of Washington on the high steps of the
subtreasury building is a broad piece of
stone carefully covered with wire
grating 1t is so placed that should the
image of the immortal Father of His
Country come to life and step down
from his lofty pedestal he would stand
on the same spot where occurred the
crowning triumph of his career. Through
the protecting grating can be read the
following dim inscription, standing
OH this stone, in the balcony of Federal
hall, April 30, 1889, George Washing
ton took the oath as first president of
the United States of America. When
old Federal hall was demolished, the
sacred stone was carefully preserved,
and it now occupies as nearly as posi-
bic the same position as before. Few peo-
pie have ever noticed it on the high base
OF the statue, where it is tittingly placed
as one of the relics of the nation birth.
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FROsTBURG Md, SATURDAY, FEBRJ

Quebec and Saratoga and given him
that opportunity to betray the citadel
of the Hudson valley.
But the nerve of the warrior leader
was not to be shaken now that the hour
had come for a decisive blow. The
troops of Rocnambeau united with the
continental forces gave him Tor the
first time i'll the war an army. The fleet
also gave the needed sea power to attack
where the British We're strongest, along
the coast. The main British army was
in the south under CORVALLIS. Wash
ingtOn sent Greene to the south with
orders not to fight for positions, but to
draw CORVALLIS northward. Morgan
was also i'll the south with his Virgin
ians. Both these brilliant soldiers, the
mountaineer and the blacksmith, had
been driven from the service by the in
gratitude Of congress, hut Washington $
appeal caused them to buckle ON their
sW ords for the last cast Lafayette was
sent to Virginia with an army, and alter
many Il useless chase CORVALLIS retired
to the seaboard at Yorktown.
Washington left strong garrisons on
the Hudson, and with about 7, 200 sol
diers threatened to attack New York.
He hOverca within striking distance,
gradually moving southwark, and reach
ing New Brunswick made a forced
march to the head of the Chesapeake.
By water r:ie army was transported to
the York, and with the aid of the
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HE WAS A BORN LEADER.
Interesting "reminiscences of One of Wash
ington's Comrades In Arms.

Interesting "reminiscences of One of WASH
ingtons Comrades In Arms.
Washington had the stuff in him
and the kind of mind that enable a
man to govern and influence other
men, said General William o. Butler,
IA son of one Of the four famous eight
ing Buffers of the Revolution himself
Il major general III the Mexican war and
Il candidate for the vice presidency who
barely missed being elected "Nly ia
ther knew General Washington as init
mately as did any of his staff, " said
General Butler i'll 1865.
"He always said that General Wash
ingtOn possessed more of the qualities
that go to make up il great man than
any of the leading figures of the Revo-
luton. Greene came next to Washing
ton, he thought, in force and ability.
No other man could have done what he
did. Modern historians have but little
idea of the difficulties Washington ex-
perienccd. Outside of his position AS
general i'll chief there were so many
things to worry and annoy him. The
chief military trouble was with his
own intimate friends, relating to ques-
tions of rank. Especially difficult was
General Washington position when
Lafayette came to our aid, and congress,
as you know, made him Il major gener-
al at once. This action greatly offended
the older officers, hot headed fellows,
sturdy, dashing tighters-generals of
brigades, and colonels who had made
the continental line what it was-and
yet they had to take their orders from a
man but 22 years of age, who had never
been under fire and was even unable at
first to communicate with his officers
except through an interpreter.
In the pacifcation of these officers
General Washington showed the greatest
tact, said General Butler. "'Yes, gen
tlemen, he said to them, it is true that
Lafavette is but %, that he was made a
major general by congress upon my rec
ommendation. What else could do? He
brought us II, 900 stand of the best mus
icts Europe could produce (the French
muslset of that day weighed 9 pounds
larly good lock, while the English fire
lock weighed II pounds, and its lock
was clumsy, badly fitted and very prone
to miss free and 5000 sabers, 1000
pairs of military pistols and bits for bri
dies, and the stirrups and other iron
work for saddles, besides 1,S00 cavalry
carbines or musketoons. Without these
arms we could never have equipped our
army, Then he brought and caused to
be sent to us about $4,000 in gold. 1t
is not too mach to say that but for La
fayette's aid just at the time it came
our army must have been disbanded for
want Of equipment and arms.
"These representations soon quieted
the testy and hot blooded continental
generals when they We're made in his
forcible way by General Washington. -
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crate with Washington. Congress aban-
doned Philadelphia and appointed Wash
ington dictator. Lee was captured while
sleeping far outside his lines, and these
events raised Washington upon pedes-
tai in the eyes of the soldiers and the
people. The military power of the Revo-
luton centered in him. There soon fol-
lowed the brilliant stroke at Trenton
and Princeton. In these affairs he took
the greatest chances, and both were
nearly lost by the failures of his combi-
nations, the most delicate plans in war.
But Washington came out of them vic
torious by the display of the highest
courage. His tactics at Trenton and
Princeton, as we'll as at the Brandywine
and Germantown in the same field, are
open to criticism, but in each case the
situation called for action and Wash
ington was forced to risk much upon the
fidelity and ability of his generals. The
net result of the Trenton and Princeton
campaign was to free New Jersey of the
and save Philadelphia for time.
Washington settled down for the Win
ter at Morristown with only 900 long
service troops, but when spring opened
in 1777 he had an army of 1000 under
able generals. The British divided the
attention Ct the revolutionists by NOV,
ing on Philadelphia from the Chesa-
peake bay ard from Canada down Lake
Champlain toward Albany. For defense
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ly quoted from him and them, but they
have not been produced. 1t is highly
improbable they would not have been
seen had they been i'll existence. Having
many enemies, military and political,
they chose that form of SANDER as most
likely to be believed Those stories are
still heard, with every circumstance and
detail but they are hardly credited.
Washington was rather wary of the sex
and is not thought to have exposed him
self to suspicion or temptation.
A great point was made against his
connubial fidelity because there is rea-
son to think that his wife was bit
jealous. Jealous wives, it is we'll known,
have in all ages been oftener jealous
without cause than with cause. Martha
Washington has been nearly as much
idealized as her husband. She was i'll
no sense extraordinary. She was below
the medium size, very sociable, stub
born hot tempered overfond, rather
pretty, without any excess of good sense,
independent of the rules of spelling, per-
fectly we'll bred, polite and kind. When
only 16, he was while staying at Lord
Fairfaxs sentimentally interested i'll
Mary Cary. He became enamored of
Mary Phillipse, aged 25, a daughter of
Frederick Phillipse, one of the largest
landed proprietors of the New York col
ony, but she declined his proposals. He
is declared by some to have been in
love with one of the friends of his
wife He corresponded with her and
Sally Carlyle, another Fairfax daughter,
but they We're only correspondents and
of the platonic kind. 1t is evident, how
ever, from all the revealed circumstances
of his early life that he was never III
danger of dying a bachelor.
So much has been written of Wash
ington S campaigns that very little truth
has been told of him as a man. While
not a military strategist-nor did he as
sumo to be-the Revolution was not con-
Quoted by strategy. The great problem
was to keep an army in the field. and
this Washington did. The British could
and did repeatedly beat the continental
army, though they could not beat their
commander. So long as he was in the
field he could get together all the fight
soldier, having inherited the disposition
from his Indian fighting great -grandfa-
ther and his elder brother Lawrence.
He was noted for fearlessness under all
circumstances and an outspoken scCrn of
aught like cowardice. Indeed he had
no comprehension of it. He was far
from faultless. He could and did swear
roundly on occasion and had violent
temper, commonly under control, which
now and then burst all bounds. He had
the greatest self discipline. He seemed
calm and passionless, but his intimates
knew him as he was. He was in no
peril from spelling by goodness Not
only was he one of the first great Amer
leans, but one of the stanchest of
stanch republicans, despite the con-
stant talk of his leaning toward mon
archy. JUNIUS HENRI BROWNE.
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Washington at Forty-three.

George Washington was 43 when he
drew his sword under the historic elm
at Cambridge as captain general and
commander in chief" of the colonial
forces. He was just the age of Julius
Caesar when he took command of the
army in Gaul, of Napoleon when he
made the mistake of his life and start
ed in to conquer Russia, and he was ten
years older than Alexander was when
he wept because there were no more
worlds to conquer. Charlemagne was
just his age when he overcame With
kind, the Saxon chief, and made all Ger
many Christian, and the captain gen.
eral of the continentals" was just as old
as was Constantine when he determined
to make himself master of the world
He was as old as Sesostris, the pharaoh,
when he conquered the Hittites and per-
secuted the children of Israel; as Han
nibal when he gave up the hope of con-
quering Rome and left Italy to defend
Carthage against Scipio.
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French fleet and the troops on shipbOard
the allies laid siege to Yorktown. They
outnumbered the British and re enforce
ments for CORVALLIS were cut off by
the French ships. Yorktown fell, a tri-
umph of strategy. Washington struck
the enemy where he was weak with the
most men, but it was only by the most
skillful planning chat he caught his en-
emy III position favorable for the blow.
The result showed Washington $ gen
ius i'll holding Cn to New Jersey and
while risking al to keep the enemy
near be seaboard prescrvingan open road
between the Hudson and the south He
was always within reach of the Hudson
and of Maryland and Virginia. His
army at its best was never the equal of
the British i'll numbers had they been
brought into action. Often they had
20, ,00C to 10000 in New York, while
Washington stood ward outside with
less than 5000.
To compare Washington with the
great generals OF modern times would
be unjust to him. He hadn't the army
for great battles. He waged long and
tedious warfare for national existence,
and although rarely victorious he was
never driven to the wall He was pio-
neer soldier, leading motley and tempo
fary bands of pioneers against an old
and strong military power.
I LyTT
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-02-19
GOOD ROADS PREDICTION.
The State Which Provides Improved High
ways VIII Achieve Prosperity.

The carncstncss with which the cause
of improved roads is being advocated
all over the south shows that our broth
ers below Mason and Dixon's line are
fully alive to their Importance. In
Georgia Il comprehensive scheme which
shall result i'll connected system of
good highways is being urged, with the
employment IF convicts as roadbuilders
as Il leading feature of the plan.
The Savannah News argues that dur
ing the next quarter centey the south
is destined to see the most remarkable
advances, and in them good highways
will play an important part. Electric
roads, bicycles and self propelling vehi-
cles will revolutionize travel, commu-
nication and transportation. Sections
now isolated will be put into communi-
cation with each other and with ship
ping points. Good roads will prove one
of the most important adjuncts to the
era of good times, and the state which
first provides IA complete system of them
will be the first to achieve great pros
perity.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-02-19
WashinptOn's Room.

Silent we stand beside the open door,
And all the room beyond is bathed in light
The golden sunlight thou didst hail of yore,
The smile that kissed away the tears Of night
And i'll its touch Gods daily promise bore
A benediction that put care to flight
And gave thee strength to face the world-aye,
more,
That lit thy pathway, guiding thee Alright.
How many dawns thou didst to care awake,
Each dawn attended with new hopes and
fears;
Forever faithful didst thy burden take,
Praying that peace might bless the unborn
years,
And for thy country and thy kindreds sake
Toiled with patience that all earth re-
vcreSl
How many nights thy heart did well nigh
break
To know thy motherland was drenched with
tears!
And it was here thou didst at last find rest
The work was done, the time had come to
sleep
The high, the humble, prosperous oppressed,
One in their sorrow DER thy couch did weep.
Our ceasclCss gratitude by tongues professed,
But in our hearts there lieth still more deep
4 love which with our deeds we would attest
TO prove us worthy of the trust we keep.
Ruth Lawrence in Colonial Verses"
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Wide Tires Are Money Savers.

The importance of wide tires for We
hicles is not sufficiently realized. They
save expensive stone roads from being
worn into ruts, cut up and ruined by
traffic, and they improve dirt roads by
wearing them down to smooth sur
face. Experiments show that loaded
wagon with two inch tires will soon
form bad and deep ruts in dirt road,
while the same load on wagon with
pact surface. The power required to
haul the lead in the latter case is re-
duced by One-h half.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-02-19
Oil of Peppermint.

The oil of peppermint is widely used
in the east and is becoming we'll known
IN this country for external application
in cases of neuralgia or of rheumatism.
internally greatly diluted, it is of
value in gastric disorders or for cold
or cough The orientals likewise en-
ploy the pungent oil as an antiseptic
Tor wounds or burns For the latter ac-
cident it would seem the harshest of
remedies, and yet is no more so than
ammonia, which has most magical
effect if touched lightly to the scared
skin
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Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE


In addition No.. leaves Piedmont S:45 a. M. :;
arrives Frostburg l0:44 IA. m and No. S, leaving
Frostburg 200 p. M, reaches Piedmont 302 p.
m, stopping at all intermediate stations.
*On theatre nights, when admission tickets
are sold by Agents to performance at theatre,
leave Cumberland at close of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
berland.
Nos. l, 2, 3, 4, : and daily except Sunday.
Nos. 3 and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days only.
l.. NJ. HAMILTON,
Nov 20 Superintendent.
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"Why do you pour that tea into the
sauccr?'
''To cool it..
Gwen So" said Washington; "the
senate is the saucer into which we pour
legislation to cool. "
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-02-19

u MAN born III
this land certain
ly has ever been
SO much injured
by Xce S sive
praise, by ridicu
lous eXaggera-
ton, as George
" a 9 IN n OF ON
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a S II l N G TON
the ~ldier was
entirely another
being from Wash
ington the patri-
clan, whose noble
manners and lof-
ty purposes drew
out the reverence
of the American
people. He was
the gentleman in
camp and on
hOr 40 hack. Of
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Physiological.

lnstructor-What is it that gives to
the blood its bright red color?
Little Miss Thavnoo-I know It's
the corpuscles But ours amt red
They re blue Mamma says So Chi
cago Tribune
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THE HERO AS HE WAS
WASHINGTON THE MAN OBSCUREO
BY TRADITION AND INVENTION.
Absurdity Of the Claims of His Human
PerfectiOn-He Had Redeening Vices
and Was a Superb Man Physically,
Morally and Mentally.

copyright, 1898. by the Author]
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Sir John Macdonald, the first prime
minister OF Canada, was fond of relat-
ing this story to Illustrate the need of
an upper house:
"Of what use is the senate?" asked
Jefferson as he stood before the fire with
a cup of tea in his hand, pouring the
tea into the saucer.
"You have answered your own ques-
ton, replied Washington.
"What do you mean?'
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WASHINGTON IN WAR

Mill NRY UEEUS HAT PROVE HIS
BREADTH AND GENIUS.
He Knew the Temper of the Revolution
ist-Was the Leader of the People In
the Crisis of the COnfict-Never Lost
an Army.
iCopyright. 1898, by American Press Asso-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-04-09
The Only Thing
Needed
To Remove .I-BronchitiS,
Catarrh, Consumption
and Pneumonia
From the List of Dangerous Dis
eases Is the Education of
the People.

Ever since the discovery that catarrh,
bronchitis, pneumonia and consumption
were purely local diseases. caused by the
presence of bacilli in the air passages,
the medical profession throughout the
whole world have bent all their energies
to finding some method or remedy by
which these bacili could be reached and
destroyed How they have succeeded is
best told by a glance at the reports pub
hShed by the different boards of health
in all the large cities In this country,
which show not only great increase in
the number of deaths yearly from these
diseases, but q startling growth in the
number of persons afflicted. This failure
to find cure for diseases of the respi
ratory organs must not be construed to
mean lack of ability on the part of
the medical profession, for they have dis
covered many remedies which would XIII
these germs. Yet, strange to say, not one
of them could be conveyed to the parts
affected by dry air. 1t can be readily
seen, then, that the discovery of Hyo-
mel a ge-micide of sufficient power to
kill at once the bacilli of these diseases,
and at the same time volatile enough to
impregnate every particle of air Dreathed
by the patient, yet leaving 1t free from
moisture, was one of vital Importance to
the medical world. Doctors throughout
the whole country began to test the eff
cacy of this new remedy and now, after
| two years trial in hundreds of cases I'M
| der their own care, over $500 physicians
| claim that "Hyomei' the Australian Dry
| Air Cure, is the only treatment by which
| all the diseased parts of the respiratory
| organs can be reached and cured.
Furthermore. it is claimed that in fami-
lies who are predisposed to catarrh and
! consumption. if the fathers and mothers
will but instruct their children in the use
! of "Hyomei." the rising generation will
be freed from those dread diseases. 1t
would seem, then that nothing remains
to be done in order to remove these dis
eases from the list of dangerous ones
but to teach the people the value of
'FJyornai
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-04-09

introit. Psalm 3, Gregorian: service. Mass
in F. Tours; hymns ~, 300. I8S and 80:
ohertory anthem. '-HaIIeIuiah Chorus"
Handel Evening at 80 p. m--Entrance
hymn l25. ''Ye choirs of New Jerusaem:. -
Proper Psalms lis. IA and lis. Gregorian,
MaSnificat and Nunc Dimittis." Evans
IN A. hymn 13S; anthem Awake thou
that sleepeth, Stainer: professional
hymn I'D Alleluia; final hymn 90.
choir Sopranos. Masters Paul Yoder
carr heyser' Harry Milne. Walter Ham
ilton. j. Cole. c. Read : PoTa p P+-I
Tough. F. Howard and V. Walker. Altos
Masters c. Evans and R. Kreiter. Ten
ors, Messrs. H. Bryan. j. c. Clark ana
A Whitworth- BassOs. Messrs j. ".
Shaw. S. II. Keyser. j. O. Harmon and
g. w Evans. Organist, Mr. ". T. Fla
Their
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-04-09
TRY GRAIN-O! TRY GRAIN-O!

A SIX your Grocer today to show you a pack
age of GRA.N-O the new food drink that
Drink IL without injury a. Wen as tue auuit
Ill who try it, like it. GRAlNO has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but il is
Inade from pure grains, and the most deli
cate stomach receives II without distress.
One-quarter the price OF office. &c and 200
per package. Sold by all groceTs. Ja27-u
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"HYOMEr' CURES BY INHALATION.

''Hyomei" Outfit. S1OO. Extra Bottles.
6Oc "Hyomei" Balm Ga wonderful healer),
Csc Sold by all druggists or sent by mail.
Send for the Story of "Hyomei." Mailed
free
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First Presbyteriap cburcb

The usual hymns for choir and con-
gregation will be sung and the following
anthems in addition:
Angels Roll the Rock Away" Holden.
The Day of Resurrection Marston:
AS it Began to Dawn" Hamer: IT'S
Night, a Sabbath's Calm is Brooding
Now" Trowbridse
The choir is composed as follows Dr.
Gabriel F. Johnston, baritone and Girec-
tor; Mrs. w. L. Wilson. soprano: Mrs.
Elliott Woods, cOntraItO; Mr. Henry o.
SimOns. tenor; Mr. Charles G. Wood
ward. oEganist-
metropolitan baptist Church
Morning service. at II o'clock-''C Christ.
the Lord is Risen Today" by Verdi. ar
ranged by Johnston; Christ. Our Pass
over" by SchiIling; why Seek We the
Living Among the Dead by Warren;
Angels. Roll the Rock Away. by Hoi-
den. arranged from Rossini
Evening service. at 80 o'clock.
Christ. Our Passover, by Shipper;
Festival TIE DeUm. in A. by Geld: Il
Know That My Redeemer Liveth." by
Porter.
Members of choir-soprano: Mrs.
Joseph b. Chunn, Miss Mamie B. Smith,
Mrs. Charles Van DOren, Mrs. Idye +.
Roe, Miss Bell Brooks
Alto-Miss Laura Y French. Miss
Wilhelmina La Hayne. Miss Minnie Lacy
Tenor-ThOmas l. Jones and Ronald +.
FlehaTty.
Bass-Gilbert y. Clark ard Charles Van
DOren
Organist. Miss Emma Bishop; director.
Gilbert y. Clark
st. MarSnret's Church.
Al rho n o'clock service the music will
be rendered by the vested choir, under
the direction of Mr.. r. l. Geare. The
principal selections will be Christ. Our
Passover" Schilling; TIE Deum in a,
Bridgewater: Jubilate, Jerome Hopkins;
introit anthem. Why Seek Ye the LIZ
ing Among the Dead?' Nevin, and Clio
ria in ExceIsis, Tours. AT the OffertOry
a solo will be sung by MFR John r. Bent
ley. of Philadelphia, who will also sing
at the afternoon service.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-04-09
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
We Can Meet All Easter Requirements.

NOW seasonabe
stylish Spring apparel note
reach all
OF
CASH CREDIT.
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ze r King, Miss Daisy House and Miss
Clara De Neane; altos Mrs. j. S. Mad
dux, Mrs. J. d. Steele and Mrs. ]. NJ
Armstrong: tenors, Mr.. V. NJ. Fookes, Mr..
NJ Baumbach, Mr.. n. H. Clark and Mr.
w C. Hickman basso. Mr.. j. d. Steele,
Mr. John /. Bunch. Mr.. W. F. Reed and
Mr. r. j. Lawrenson; Miss Mary Boss,
organist; Miss Ella Lawrenson, directress.