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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05
Bandits Break Jail.

DEADWoOD S. D., Nov. 2.-The no.
torious Curry gang of bandits broke
Jail and after exchanging several dozen
shots with a party of citizens who met
them accidentally made their escape to
the mountains.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05
Employers TRYING to Protect ThemseI , rs

BERLIN, Nov. Am insurance So
ciety to be called Industria is being
formed by employers throughout Ger
many to insure against loss arising
from strikes. The society will have a
capital of 100000 marks
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05
John w. FOSTER.

1t suspends pelagie sealing for such
period as will permit the seal herd to
revive.
The period of this suspension is not
disclosed. One report is that it will be
for one year, subject to extension. An
other is that it will cover a term OF
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-05

AUBURN, N. Y, Nov. S.-Edward
haynes, alias George Allen, the Sackets
harbor murderer. arrived in this city
g begin his life term of Imprisonment.
iis condition was such that he was
o'aced in the prison hospital.
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himself at Morristown, so as to make
the way to Philadelphia impossible,
all went to show that the fiber of his
public character had been hardened to
its permanent quality" %
His chief concern during the inaction
Of the winter was for the American
prisoners in British hands, who were
most inhumanly treated, and by threats
of reprisal he at last secured q promise
of better treatment, also favorable
terms for exchange of prisoners and the
release of officers on parole.
The campaign of 1777 opened with
an attempt by Howe to engage WASH
ington in a general battle, which, with
the British superiority Of force and
equipment, would surely have resulted
disastrously to American arms. But he
oleverly evaded this maneuver, at the
same time not relaxing his watch on the
movements of his enemy and ready to
pounce upon him when good opportuni-
ty offered. At last, convinced that the
destination of English troops then being
embarked at New York was Philadel-
phia, Washington descended from his
eyrie and marched to the protection of
that city. His small force was wholly
inadequate to cope with the foe, but he
managed to detain Howe and his army
80 days on q march of less than 80
miles, and at the battle of Brandywine,
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nan

together-it was actually beaten
in spite of every difficulty, in the face
of overwhelming odds, and bided pa
tiently, albeit with torture of soul, the
moment in which to strike an effective
blow. This was the secret of his even
tual successful await the iaght mo-
ment for a blow, then to infio it and
retreat.
Fer many months after the siege Of
Boston at no time were the militia and
continentals strong enough to meet the
enemy in open battle, and the conduct
of the wal perforce very much resembled
that now waging between the insurgents
and Spaniards in Cuba. As Washington
wrote to congress at the outset:
cit has been demonstrated that on
our side the war should be defensive. 1t
has ever been called a war of posts
that we should OH all occasions avoid a
general action nor put anything to the
risk unless compelled by a necessity into
which we ought never to be drawn"
How different now, this prudent gen.
eral, from the young and fiery frontier
fighter who lost lives and battles
through mere rashnessl "Fabian pol
icy" his domestic enemies called it and
complained loudly that he did not emu
late other and more successful generals
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But no one

whom they might name. But no one
ever doubted his bravery.
1t was in November that Washington
abandoned the east bank of the Hudson
and began his mastery retreat across
New Jersey, reaching and throwing his
little army across the Delaware only in
time to escape total humiliation. This
has been declared to have been the most
gloomy period of the Revolutionary
war. But how quickly, once his ex-
hausted troops were reouperated, Wash
ington turned upon the British and
wrested victory from defeat. Witness
the crossing of the Delaware that bitter
Christmas night of 1776 amid floating
ice and in storm of sleet and within two
hours after dawn the descent like o
thunderbolt upon the Hessians at Tren-
ton, taking 1000 prisoners, 6 .fieldpieces
and 400 stands of arms, and then back
again over the river through snow and
ice before the paralyzed British had re-
covered from their surprise. On the
American side q loss of but four, and
two of these (sad commentary ON their
sufferings) were frozen to death.
Then followed the surprise at Prince
ton, when the enemy fled, leaving 100
dead and 800 prisoners in American
hands. 1t was within a week Of Tren-
ton, and, as there, he had fallen upon
the foe like the lightning from heaven,
leaving him stricken and demoralized.
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a ~corporal's guard might with safety
parade in any part of the province. By
the middle of January following they
had withdrawn from all but two posts
and were very much afraid to stir far
from them. A strange condition of affairs
had been brought about, by which WASH
ington, though pursuing strictly a de-
fensive warfare, had placed his oppo-
nents in such a position that they them
selves could not resume the offensive.
With his handful of raw and ragged
troops, half starved and poorly armed,
he had met some of the best of Britain's
regulars and had inflicted h%umiIiating
defeat when himself seemingly ON the
very brink of total dissolution. Thrice
now the British had retired, torn and
bleeding, from the desperate charges of
this lion at bay !. hence they had no
heart for further experiment and were
content to go into winter quarters and
stay there.
Washington made his winter canton.
ments at Morristown, where he felt he
could hold has dissolving force some.
what securely against the approaching
seasons campaign. 1.-THE retreat through
the Jerseys" says a British authority,
"the manner in which Washington
turned and struck his pursuers at Tren-
ton and Princeton and then established
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WASHINGTON FROM ST. MEMIN'S CRAYoN.
ture that "old fox, Washington, and on
the evening of the Cd of January, 1877,
the two armies were opposed, with odds
overwhelmingly in favor of the British.
Then it was the "old fox showed his
superior strategy, and, leaving his camp
fires brightly burning and sentinels pac-
ing at their posts, he slipped off toward
Princeton and got in the rear Of Corn
wallis, where he bagged a detachment,
as already mentioned, and then slipped
off again to the Jersey hills, for the
time safe from attack.
Again the British commanders had
been outgeneraled and a second time
compelled to revise their plans and as
sumo the defensive when they had
planned to carry IN an offensive cam
paign. By his consummate strategy
Washington had flanked CORVALLIS and
got between his army and base of sup.
plies at New Brunswick, but he had not
sufficient strength to attack that place
and obtain the stores his suffering SOL
diers so much needed. The first year of
the war had witnessed at its close the
compulsory evacuation of Boston by the
British. Then followed a long series of
discouraging reverses, relieved only by
the victories of Trenton and Princeton.
And SO the second year went out with a
CLEAN of hope for the patriots, fighting
against every kind of disaster.
On Christmas morning, 1776, the
power of the British was felt throughout
New Jersey, and it was their boast that
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was IN nominal command Through TIE
frequently expiring terms of enlistment)
of a small body Of ragged and i'll armed
any sort of extraneous succor and COM
PEELED to inaction from the very exigen-
cies of his condition.
Building huts in the woods, the
American soldiers prepared as well as
they were able to resist the incIem.
encies of the winter, but it was not long
before gaunt famine stared them in the
face, and their commander was obliged,
reluctant as he was to do so, to order
out foraging parties to provide the NOR
est ne~cessaries for subsistence. At one
time during this terrible winter fully
one-third of the II, 900 troops were in
capacitated from nakedness and sickness.
But winter melted into spring, and
their deliverance was at hand, for in
May Howe was superseded by Clinton,
who, finding, as Franklin tersely put it,
that philadelphia had captured Howe
instead of Howe taking Philadelphia"
resolved to evacuate the city. Then came
the long expected opportunity for which
Washington had been waiting. The
British had scarcely crossed tho Della
ware ere the Americans were harassing
their tanks. On the 28th of June took
place the battle of Monmouth Court
House, which Washington himself,
though not claiming it as a decisive vic.
tory, owing to the unexpected retreat of
the British during the night, said that
"from an unfortunate beginning turned
out a glorious and happy day. for the
Americans. This unfortunate begin
ming" was the dastardly retreat of Gen
eral Lee in the face of his commanders
advance with the main command, thus
running the comprehensive scheme which
would doubtless have resulted in British
defeat and dispersal of their entire
forces.
This is one of the occasions when, 1T
is claimed, Washington used ''strong
language" and under the circum-
stances, seeing his long cherished and
we'll matured plan for the humiliation
of his enemy ruined by the detection Of
n whom he had some reason to sus-
pect as a traitor and knew to be q cow
ard, the only wonder is that he could
have found language strong enough to
fit the exigencies of the moment.
Through all that dreary winter of inac-
ton, under the strain of most terrible
mental suffering, he had hoped and
planned for just such an opportunity as
the one presented. His soldiers had been
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Continued from last issue.

a better assortment could not have been
procured" During the winter brave
Colonel Knox arrived with AZ sled loads
of ammunition, stores and great guns
from ~Ticonderoga ard Crown Point.
And, again, from faroff Bermuda came
a supply of powder, sent by the inhab-
itants, who were at that time well dis
posed toward the colonies. And on the
4th of March, after Dorchester bay had
frozen over and everything was ready,
the trained eye of the commander told
him that now, if ever, success should
row their efforts. The ice was crossed,
and "as by enohantment" were thrown
up those Dorchester breastworks in a
single night which commanded the town
of Boston completely and compelled the
astonished British to evacuate the place.
On the 18th Of March the redcoats
marched out. and on the goth Washing
ton and his gallant ~provincials marched
in. Not a shot was fired, not a building
destroyed, yet was New England freed
at n stroke from tho hateful presence
of the enemy.
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CHAPTER XVIII.

WASHINGTON AS A STRATEGIST.
The British might have trailed our
troops to their winter quarters by the
blood stains on the snow from the LAGER
ated feet of shoeless soldiers, and why
they did not attack this disabled band
in their retreat at Valley Forge is one
of the inexplicabls things of the war.
An English contemporary writer on the
Revolution declares, II am of the opin-
ion that any other general in the world
than General Howe would have beaten
General Washington, and any other
general in the world than General Wash
ington would have beaten General
Howe"
This criticism may we'll apply to the
British commander, but does not fit
Washington at all. The one was in COM
mand of efficient troops, we'll paid and
enlisted for a period longer than the
war would last. He had unlimited re-
sources, a feet at his orders, arms and
ammunition in abundance. The other
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NNi
BRIDGE.
which followed, on the 18th of Septem-
Der, he contrived to extricate his troops
from a most difficult situation with a
force of only II 900 against the British
18, 900. And again, while his opponents
thought him completely d~emoralized
from his defeat, he attacked them at
Germantown with such spirit that VIC
tory seemed almost within his grasp.
All this display of %undaunted spirit
and recuperative quality had made an
impression, both at home and abroad,
especially in France, where our com
missicners were trying to negotiate a
treaty Of alliance with that nation. The
decisive victory won by General Gates
at Saratoga over General Burgoyne, in
the month of October, had the desired
effect of winning the court of France to
our side. These two brilliant achieves
ments, as contrasted with Washington's
small gains and frequent reverses, raised
a cabal in the army and congress favor
able to superseding the commander in
chief by General Gates. An intrigue
was carried on, not unknown to the
former, but by him magnanimously
overlooked. In point of fact, Washing
ton had weakened his own command
and placed his army in jeopardy by the
sending of re-enforcements to the north
ern army, and it was only with the
greatest difficulty that he got a portion
of them back again, after the surrender,
and they were no longer needed there.
In December, after the British had
gone into winter quarters at Philadel-
phia, a neat little game in generalship
was played at q place called White
marsh between the American and Brit
ish generals, the latter m~aneuvering for
several days in vain to gain an advantage
over his opponent and finally giving up
in disgust and retreating to Philadel-
phia without firing scarcely a shot.
Washington was at that time in a spot
of great natural strength, where he
knew he could with safety sustain an
attack and repel it, but could not hazard
an engagement in the open, whittier
Howe endeavored to draw him. After
this game of military chess he took his
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drilled by Steuben, the commissariat
had been strengthened by Greene, his
men were full of ardor and devoted to
their leader. The lightning stroke was
about to fall. when a coward interposed.
Of all things in the world Washington
hated most a coward. Incapable himself
of the sentiment of fear, he could not
understand it in others. 1t enraged him
almost beyond restraint, for he himself
was always in the forefront of battle,
many times needlessly exposing himself
through pure love of danger. Yes. there
is ever reason to suppose that he used
strong terms in his rebuke of Lee and
that if be had smitten him With his
Continued next week.
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A True Gallant.

The judge, addressing himself to a
witness of the female persuasion, who
is visibly afflicted with at least 40 years:
"Mademoiselle, your age, if you
please?'
(After a long and interesting hesita-
neutrality-suspicious.. your honor"
ITO the clerk)-'You may now ad.
minister the OATH"
She takes the oath.
"And now, mademoiselle, remember
that you must tell the truth. "-L'Illus-
tire de Poche.
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army 10 Valley Forge for their winter
cantonment. The sufferings of this little
band were such that this period of de-
preston and restitution has always been
known as the "time that tried mems
souls"
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CHAPTER XVII.
HIS FABIAN POLICY.

General Howe was astonished at the
display of vigor in a foe he had consid-
ereG crushed beyond the possibility of
recovery. After the daring adventure at
Trenton he sent Lord CORVALLIS to cap
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THE BOY WHO WAGS HIS EARS.

primo
About the man of Rhodes,
And obelisks marked without stint
In hieroglyphic codes;
The hanging garden, when we shut
Our eyes,, straightway appears
We've heard of all great wonders but
The boy who wags his ears.
And sure that boy with strangcst gift
Deserves a niche in fame.
Wherefore it Is my aim to lift
And boost him in h same.
Mint be the poor but earnest rhyme
To rouse your joyous cheers
To praise this wonder of his time
The boy who wags his ears.
I knew him--so did you-at school,
When through our stupid books
We pored, with dreamy thoughts of cool,
Green banks by running brooks.
I knew and wondered at his skill
Still wondrous it appears
For he could xiggle at his will
Both Of his ample ears.
! envied him that gift sublime
And tried TO initiate
His proud accomplishment, but | In
Compelled in truth to state
That failure ever cana to bide
With me mid boyish jeers
On those occasions when / tried
In vain to wag my ears.
In older now, and l have seen
Things marvellous and strange,
But though I'm much impressed, ] ween
My faith shall never change.
! yet preserve extreme respect
For him of other years
That boy with face by freckles flecked
Who used to wag his ears.
And when in peace / pass away,
Or when in fear / go
At-let us hope-souue distant day,
Then-then-indeed, I'll know
The way that wonder was produced
And which evoked u cheers
The secret of that boy who used
To wag-with ease-his ears.
Chicago Record.
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XVI.

sNATCHING VICTORIES FROM DEFEAT.
1t has often been asserted that Wash.
ington did not think highly of the New
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-01
THE D'ARREST COMET.
Il Was Last Seen In 1890 and Has New Been
Sighted at Lick Observatory.

III bIub bADbt DSo1 ~ h"cO
sighted at Lick Observatory.
SAN FRANcIsco. June 30.-Director Holden
of Lick Observatory reports to-day the rediscov-
cry OF the d'Arrest comet by C. d. Perrite. who
observed it on Monday morning and again yes
to-day morning, SO that there can DO no ques-
ton of Its identity. He adds:
"The position Of tho comet on June % was 23
hours 20 minutes Greenwich mean time; way,
right ascension, 2 hours / minute 24.b5 seconds;
destination. north o degrees ls minutes 81 sec,
onds. The observed position OF the comet IS ABOUT
four minutes preceding and Ave minutes OF arc
south OF its calculated place. This 10 one q
tho short period conots, and was discovered
in 1851 by the man whose name Il bears. y was
observed In Its last return ". the sun In 1871.
but was not, discovered until several months
after ID should have attained It's greatest bright
ness, though carefully searched for"
The present discovery Is somewhat similar. as
and been brightest about a month, ago, but was
seen with a I2.inch telescope II is about two
minutes OF arc In diameter and somewhat ir-
regular In form with right extension, north. II
has a faint condensation. but no nucleus. 1t 10
Just discernible with a 34-inch telescope using
very low power.
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ALLEGED BUCKET SHOP RA1DED.
Two or the Rirm or Gerlich. Martin q Co. ana
SIX Employees Arrested.

SIX employees ArFSstoo-
Detective Sergeant Frederick Wade and hf.
teen detectives of tho Central ONCE raided yes
terday afternoon an alleged bucket shop on the
twelfth floor at 80 Broad street kept by Gerlich.
Martin & Co. The detectives had warrants for
the five members of the firm. They arrested two
of the members and six other men whom they
found acting in tho capacity Of telegraph oper.
ators and clerks.
The prisoners were William Conkling Of 10
West Twentieth street and l. J. Gerlich OF the
Hotel Imperial, members of the firm; James
Golden of 4O1 West Fifteenth street, clerk;
Charles King of 90 Hicks street, Brooklyn, clerk;
w. u. Brown of SO Sussex street, Jersey City,
telegraph operator: 7. A. Steward Of 800 West
Forty-sixth street, clerk; Clarence FaxOn OF ~
West Sixty-eighth street, telegraph operator,
and @. W.. Butler of 23S West 135th street,
clerk.
Detective Wade told Magistrate Deuel. that
he had been getting the evidence for some time
past. He said that Gerlich. Martin & Co. were
running a business that was almost exclusively
with out-of-town customers. They had leased
wires. he said. to outside towns, He declared
that when he searched the safe, he found not q
single share Of stock, nor an entry In the books
that showed transactions with the exchanges.
The prisoners all pleaded not guilty and Mag
istrate Deuel. paroled them until to-day. when
they will In all probability waive examination.
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STOLE GOVERNMENT ruNDs.
a Warrant Out for tire Arrest OF Collector Q
nnternai RaVenue valhurn,

NbAHHrhs A
SAN FRAScIsco. June so-The news that Col.
lector Of Internal Revenue welburn had been
suspended by telegraph and that q warrant for
his arrest for embeEslement was out created
much eKoitement here to-day. Since the Norton
defalcation 10 has been known that q general
upheaval had occurred In the Revenue Col
lector'S ofioe, but only those who knew Of We'll
burns dissipation and neglect Of business an
ticipated his dismissal or the grave charges that
have been made against him.
Welburn came from Gilroy, q small town In
tho Santa Clara Valley, where he had built him.
self up al n small Democratic boss. He became
Vicc-President Of the Democratic State Central
Committee, and his labors for his party led to
his appointment BY Mr.. Cleveland on the warm
recommendation Of Senator white.
During his torn Welburn has paid no attention
to the duties Of his office. He was accustomed
to drink heavily, and his complete neglect Of the
routine Of his Office was proved BY tho ease with
Which eWa,h MGrtS PA ' no. large sums.
OF theft. ne hns either made unnecessary en-.
tho roll dummy men for whom no has drawn
OF tho Government he has had charge Of the dis.
bursemont Of about $4,000 monthly In salaries.
and every three months no has sent his settle
Az there was no check on him, he could take
one-quarter of this amount for the salary Of
men who had no existence. His bond 10 &200,00Q
his hondsmena are amply able to mako good his
Wei6urn has not boon seon at homo or around
leads to the supposition that he has a6sconded,
hut 1t 10 not thought he has gone far. The war
rant for his arrest 10 In tho hands OF the United
states Marshal. who has men out searching