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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24
An Incident Of Andersonville
Nv CHARLES B. LEWIS

ANYBODY into our confidence. Never.
theless, we argued. as we had done b.
fore. that IL n dozen or more got on,
the chances OF escape would be IN.
creased. We waited until we saw that
the night was TO be dark and drlzzly
and then we passed around among
such acquaintance as we felt could 10
trusted and invited them to call at our
tent nj o o'clock. Each thought he wa,
the only one invited. and each believed
he was TO be let into a plot to over.
power the guards and free all prison.
ers.
At exactly 8 o'clock my chum crept
into the tunnel. and | followed. No,
more than ten minutes later va
| emerged from the hole outside Of the
| stockade and set off into the darkness
II those who followed on had been
as cool and cautious al we all would
have gone well with them. but an In
| cident occurred to unnerve them. Six
others had wriggled their way through
the hole when the relief guard cane
marching along so close that one Of
the prisoners cried put and brough,
detection to all. OF course an alarm
was raised, the tunnel discovered and
all further escape cut of.
The escape OF the six greatly favor.
ed us, however. as they scattered In
different directions. and none of them
was recaptured for two days. Wills
one went as far south as Albany.
At 3 o'clock in the morning the man
Sharon heard OF the tunnel and sneak.
ed away and gave information at the
gates.
II was at first believed that over 200
prisoners had escaped. and the widest
excitement prevailed inside and out.
IL was not until 7 o'clock In the morn
ing that the true number was discoy-
cred, and then the Confederate force
az hand was too small for 4 vigorous
pursuit Of all.
My chum afterwsrd told me that bis
trail was followed for some miles by a
bloodhound and that twice he caught
sight of pursuers on horseback.
BY the time the six who came out
after us had been recaptured we were
well out OF the neighborhood- The
telegraph was no doubt used to notify
various points to look out for us. buI
that did not result in u recapture
My fellow prisoner was t~wenty-sever
days in reaching the Federal lines
while I was thirty-one.
Of mora than o00 man WIN AZ IN,
time or another escaped from tina
prison pen not more than ten ever 20
clear OF. We were two Of the ten
Luck assisted us here and there. bu
success was really due to the fact tina
we knew the geography and the topos
raphy of the country. had our rout
carefully planned and neither Of U
Travelled a single mile except unde
cover Of darkness.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24
THE GIRL WHO LAUGHS.

The girl who laughs-God bless herr
Thrice blesses herself the while.
No music of earth
Has nobler worth
Than hat which voices a smile.
The girl who iaughs-men love her.
She lifts from the heart OF despair
Its burden Of woe
And coaxes the glow
OF Joy to the brow OF care.
The girl who laughs when sorrow
Comes by and a glistening tear
Has stolen the glints
OF rainbow tints
And pictured a world Of cheeri
The girl who laughs-life needs her.
There Is never an hour so sad
But wakes the thrills
To the ripping trills
OF the laugh OF a lass who's glad.
John Howard Todd in Philadelphia Il
Quirer.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24

A VOICE like a turbulent tempest
Rose up from the west world newt
AZ first twas a tremulous whisper,
But Il grew and IL swelled and II
grew
Till over the sea II Numbered,
Sped on by a west world gale,
And Il made an empire tremble
And the cheeks of a king grow pale.
TOR Il said. I'VE are tired Of bond
Q
To the monarch over the sea;
Our hearts are the hearts OF free
men,
And our loved land must be free.
We will none Of a tryant's scepter,
But will build us a goodly state
Where none shall rule but the hum
bIe'
And the Iowly shall be great
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THEN forth from a myriad s~cabbards
Flashed a myriad swords in the light
That burst with the dawning of freedom
Der the gloom of the sullen night.
And the hands that had rent their
shackIes
Leapt up with the cleaning swords,
And the steel Of freemen glistened
In the ranks Of the tyrant's hordes.
RUT they trembled at thought Of their
weakness,
And the hopes in their breasts grew
dark,
And they yearned for the swords un-
sheathing
That would touch at the quivering
spark
Of hope that was not yet ~smothered,
And, 10, like the orient sun
That burst Ger a lingering darkness,
Flashed the sword Of Washington!
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THEN I'D rose a grateful people.
To his glory did they sing,
And they cried, "All hail to the mon
arch
Washington shall be klng!"
But he said, ~ would have no scepteri
Let US build up a goodly state
Where none shall rule but the humble
And the Iowly shall be great!"
DEAcE spread DER the land her pin
ions,
And out Of the glorious west
There rose the new world nation,
With virtue and liberty blest.
They bowed to no tyrant's scepter,
But they buiIded a goodly state,
Where "none shall rule but the hum
BILE"
And the lowly shall be great.
George Harrison Conrad.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24
ATTACKING NEW ENGLAND

When the English general saw the
state Of things more clearly he judged
that his best sourc lay in attacking
New England, which, by the with
drawal of the French under Rocham-
beau and Washington's main army be-
fore New York city, lay exposed to an
incursion by the British.
Therefore he detached an expedition
| commanded by Benedict Arnold, which,
sailing up Long Island sound, ravaged
the coast of Connecticut and commit
ted every manner of brutality upon the
unfortunate communities that 1t Wis
| tied.
But Washington was possessed of
the true military instinct. While he
lamented the necessary sacrifice. it In
no way affected his resolve to end the
war then and there triumphantly by
the capture of the British army under
| Lord CORVALLIS, and it did not impede
by a moment the rapid march Of his
army to the southwark.
Seldom In the history Of warfare has
a military combination composed of
such numerous elements and compre-
bending such a vast territory been car
ried to such a perfect and glorious con-
clusion.
In fact, the maneuver OF Yorktown
is perhaps the only logistic operation
Of the first class in which a general has
been able to induce his allies to COOP
crate for the success of tho undartaL
ing with the same alacrity and enthu-
siasm as If they were his own troops.
On the 10th Of October his troops to
the number Of about 5000 marched out
and laid down their arms and the in
dependence of the American colonies
was established by the success of a
military maneuver which stands un-
surpassed in the records Of the great
captains
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24
WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE
9 SWORD OF WASHINGTON!

n SWORD Of the new world Spar
tan
That cleaned In the dawning light,
That came with the birth Of freedom
And struck the tyrant's might
And cheering the hopes that wav'
cred,
Led the conquerins armies on,
To thee bow a grateful people,
o sword of Washington
TN the feverish heat Of the battle,
In the cherries cold Of the camp
Where the hearts Of the bravest fall
tered,
In the march's weary tramp,
Thy sword cheered the ragged heroes,
And, led by its flash and thee.
They shattered the chains of bond
age,
And the land Of the west was free.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24

river at Yorktown. The American
army under Washington at Motifs
town in this situation is the column
of the left, and the second American
army, under the Marquis de Lafayette,
posted heal Baltimore, is the column
of the center and occupies the strategic
key.
Like all military situations, this sit
uation has conditions peculiar to itself.
and in this position the popularity Is
that the two tactical keys have a line
of communication by water and that
either army can be transported along
this line Of communication so as to
form a junction with each other either
at New York or at Yorktown.
Thus. from the military standpoint.
there are two problems to be solved.
the first to prevent the escape OF
Lord CORVALLIS army from Yorktown.
which 1t readily could do by embark
ing aboard an English feet, and the
second to unite before Lord Cornwall
lis army a force Of American troops
sufficient to effect it's capture.
WASHINGToN'S MOVE
The British fleet, under Admiral
Graves, which was cruising about the
Atlantic, consisted of nineteen ships
of the line. A French feet of twen-
ty-four ships of tho line, under Count
de Grasse, was cruising in the West
Indies.
Corvallis army originally amount
ed to about 6.O00 men. With these
troops he left his camp at Whining
ton and proceeded to Petersburg,
where he united with an English corps
of about 400 men commanded by
General Phillips. With these two unit
ed bodies of English troops Cornwall
lis moved to Yorktown, on the James
river, where he took posts and in
trenched himself.
Some miles to the north the Marquis
de Lafayette, with about 5000 troops,
was acting as a corps Of observation,
while at Morristown, N. j.. was post
ed the American main army of about
1000 men, under Washington. In
Rhode Island were 5000 French, IN
der Count de Rochambeau. On Man
haitian Island. in the suburbs of New
York city. were about 10000 English
troops. under Sir Henry Clinton.
The military student readily sees
that in this situation defects exist in
the position Of both armies. The po-
sition of the two bodies of American
troops IS scientific. inasmuch as they
occupy interior lines relative to the
two opposing British armies. the one
located at New York city and the 9TH
er at Yorktown.
The position Of the French Is wrong,
inasmuch as it is isolated and sep
arated from the American army.
Washington's first step was to move
to the northward from Morristown
with his main army and to take post
at White Plains. In this position he
protected the advance from Rhode Is
land to the Hudson river Of the 5000
French under Rochambeau. whom he
ordered forthwith to form a junction
with the American main army.
FRENCH AID
At the same time It was agreed be-
tween Washington and De Grasse
that the French should sail northward
and take possession OF the Chesapeake
bay. in order to cut the communion
tion by water between CORVALLIS and
General Clinton and to prevent the es-
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24
-HE people, as a rule. are

person of George Washington
was embodied the highest ex-
empliication of military art and sci
ence.
1t has been the disposition OF Amer
leans in all generations to regard wash
ington as a truly good and in q certain
way, particularly in statecraft n IN
his demonstrative qualities, as a great
man.
Throughout the world and among all
civilized peoples the name of Washing
ton for 100 years has been synonymous
with absolute integrity and unf1nch-
Ing honesty and straightforwardness In
devotion TO principles.
No public man in history and before
the bar of the world eve exercised
such a weighty moral influence as he;
no man ever so impressed the minds Of
all men with the uprightness and the
entire %openness of his character.
W~ashington's unexcelled military tai
ents in his day and generation were
overshadowed by the mere dazzling
achievements of vauban, Prince Eu-
gene and Frederick the Great, and the
public eye, dazzled by more glittering
scenes enacted on a more spectacular
stage, failed to discern the full extent
of that mastery skill which maintain
ed the American Revolution ard con-
Quoted 1t to a triumphant end.
But the military talent Of the great
founder of the American republic did
not escape the eyes of those who of all
men were the most competent to pass
judgment. writes Franklin X. Young
In the Boston Globe.
NAPoLEoN's TRIBUTE
At washington's death Napoleon or
dered the colors of the French army
to be draped in black and the officers
to wear mourning for thirty days. and
on his coffin was laid a sword made of
the finest Damascus steel and inlaid
with a fortune in gems and gold and
inscribed with the words of Frederick
the Great, From the oldest general in
the world to the greatest"
To describe In detail the innumera-
BILE instances In which Washington dis
played all the talent of a great lead
er should be tantamount to writing the
history of his military career.
OF all his achievements. perhaps the
most interesting, merely on account of
the fact that 1t terminated successful
iy the Revolutionary struggle of this
country for independence, is that feat
of arms which Is known in military an
nals as the maneuver of Yorktown.
This maneuyer comprehended in Its
execution a space of time covering
three months and an extent of land
and water about 1000 miles long by
500 In width. 1t comprehended the OPP
erations of five separate armies and of
two great fleets. and for the success of
this maneuyer it was essential that
two American armies and a French
army and a French feet should be
concentrated upon a point occupied by
the British army under Lord Corn
wallis and in such a way and at such
. time that 1t would be impossible for
the second British army and the Brit
lsh feet to render him adequate as
sistance.
The two tactical keys are the Eng
fish army under General Clinton, post
ID at Manhattan Island, and the Eng
fish army under Lord CORVALLIS, post
ID on the north bank Of the James
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24
Ic. Festivals on the ThAms..

Whenever the river Thames freezes
over men. horses and fair booths
spring up in an Ice festival. In the
last 300 years the Thames has frozen
over half a dozen times. and each time
the event has been celebrated by sports
and games. The first fair was in jan
uary, ZOOS. the next in 1853 and lasted
through December and January. 9th
ers were held In i740, 1888 and 1914.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24
Keeping Body and Soul Together.

Gritty Pikes-It's a heartless world,
pard. Think what a woman done when
| asked her TO give me something to
keep body and soul together!
Muddy Lanes-Can't imagine.
Gritty Pikes-She gimme a safety
pin.-Chieago News.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24

- WAS no sooner inside OF the An
Jacksonville prison pen as a prs
oner of war than the Idea OF "
tunnel came into my mind.
Al that time the dead line was
close in to the stockade itself, ana the
Confederate sentinels on the elevateu
n,stforms on the outside Of the pen
were satisfied with calling out 10 a
man who approached too near. TENTS
ware allowed within three feet o tne
furrow which represented the dead
line.
A tunnel from twenty to twenty-five
feet long would clear everything
Four of us set up a tent, and nat
very day we began our tunnei. Inc
excavation was made at the back ena
~ the tent and a blanket kept at manu-
TO cover up all evidences.
We worked only at night, pecuuso
the dirt had to be carried down 10 tne
creek TO be disposed Of, and the only
tools we had were an old case kniie' a
tin plate and a piece Of board sharp
ened for a spade.
n was sixty three days from the date
Of beginning the tunnel before we esu-
mated that we were twenty feet be
yond the line. The moon was now iuii
and the evenings as light as day. WINE
waiting for a favorable night our third
man a member OF an Ohio regiment
was taken Ill. We cared for MIN as
hest we could for a couple OF days
vbenb he was taken outside to the hos
p.tal. We agreed to postpone our es'
cap for ten days. II be did not re-
turn by that time we were to give MIN
up as dead.
II was long after the war before l as
certained what happened to him. He
mended so rapidly that he would nav
returned to us on the seventh day. pu'
unfortunately was included in a draf'
of prisoners for exchange. He had nc
way to send us word, and we had nc
list of names, and for many years De
ueved he was one of the thousands
buried at Andersonville.
During u wait Oh Ten uasS IA w"
federates came in twice to probe anc
search for tunnels, but fortunately
missed us both times. As many as
eight or ten others were discovered.
Yet our greatest danger was from
our fellow prisoners. A man named
Sharon. who belonged to a New Eng
land regiment, In some way got a sus
pIcIon that we had a tunnel and one
day entered our tent and announced
that II he was not allowed to escape
with us he would stop our going. W.
attempted to bluff him Off when hi
made a straight course for the gate
presumably to fulfill his threat.
He was not permitted to go far be
fore being overtaken and charged will
attempted robbery. IL would have
gone hard with him had we pressed
the charge, but we dropped 1t with th'
understanding that he should keep bill
mouth shut regarding us. From tina
hour he was kept under surveillance
by two men hired by us and was no
permitted to go near the gate. Per
haps he would not have carried out hi
threat, but a prison pen brings out tn
baseness in human nature very fully.
1t was three days after the troubl
with Sharon before the weather be
came favorable, and we had not takel
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24
The Height of the Ridiculous
Tha Modern Way.

Friend-You took your son into your
establishment a few months ago to
teach him the business. I understand
How did he turn out?
Business Man (wearily)-Great u C
cess! He's teaching me the business
now.-Toledo Blade.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24
STRANGERS 70 the colonsL

Miss Scribble-The heroine of my
next story is TO be one of those mod
ern advanced girls who have ideas OF
their W and don't want to get mar
ried.
The Colonel (poIitely)-Ah. indeed, 1
don't think I eyer met that type.-Life.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24
Unidentified.

Little Freddie sat looking at the new
baby. Then he asked: Mamma, what
is the baby's name?" "The baby has
no name" "Well, how does 1t know
It belongs to us?"-Woman's Journal
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24
And Vanity to Sparel

The Brother-She's got lovable eyes,
kissable lips, a huggable shape and
holdable hands.
His Sister-Yes, and she's got re-
movable hair. adjustable hips, colora-
BILE brows and transferable complex.
ion.-Puck.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24

cape of the former on board the Eng
fish feet.
Washington now with about 1900
troops marched rapidly to the south
ward to join Lafayette. Early In DC
tober all the American and French
troops were united in a single mass to
the northward of Yorktown and, o
ing quickly against the now cut off
and isolated British, had soon sur
rounded CORVALLIS army with a
crude but powerful line of investment.
Meanwhile Admiral Graves with the
English feet, realizing the perilous sit
uation Of Corvallis troops, sailed into
the Chesapeake bay and engaged the
French squadron. But the outcome
was so unfavorable to the British that
they soon withdrew.
While this was going on Sir Henry
Clinton was doing his best to effect a
diversion which would recall Washing
ton and the American army. The Brit
ish commander In chief had been en-
tirely outwitted by the movements Of
the American troops, and the reports
which had been promulgated from
their camp had led General Clinton to
believe that Washington was planning
an attack in force upon his army
around New York city.
Consequently Washington gained
nearly tw~enty-four hours in time upon
the British. and before General Clinton
found out what was the true objective
of the American army Washington and
his men were many miles on their
southern course; so far, in fact, that it
was not feasible for General Clinton
to make any attempt at pursuit.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24

Il hope your novel ends happiIyT
Indeed 1t does. Ii ends In the mar
riage OF the heroine and hero and does
not go into their married life at ALL
Houston Post
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24

Jack-She is so afraid of being I'M
duly enthusiastic that she boasts Of
not being struck by anything.
Vera-Well, last summer she came
very lea being struck by lightning.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-24

At the same time It was agreed be-
tween Washington and De Grasse
that the French should sail northward
and take possession of the Chesapeake
bay. in order to cut the communica-
ton by water between CORVALLIS and
General Clinton and to prevent the es-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
New Musical Studio.

Miss Lennie Gillian, the efficient
leader of the Congregational evening
choir for the past year, has rented
rooms in the Buster Brown building
on the corner of Second and Des
Moines streets and will open music
studio there in the near future. In
addition to the choir training Miss
Gillian had a small class of pupils in
piano study here last spring and
those who were present at the May
recital were very we'll pleased with
the progress that the pupils had
made.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
A|RSH|P FOR
WATERMELON day
Commercial League Signs Contract
With the Benoist Aerial
As Company Of St.
.{s r. Louis.
TWO FLIGHTS ON BIG DAY.
Two Exhibitions viii be Given in
This City on Day of Big Cele-
~
I nov bration, Sept IS.
TWO FLIGHTS ON BIG DAY.

A consultation of the board of di-
rectors of the local commercial
league last evening, resulted in a
signed contract being returned this
morning to Tom w. Benoist, mana
ger of the Benoist Aerial Exhibition
Company of ST. Louis, calling for
two airship flights in this city on
September is, Watermelon Day.
This will be the feature open air at
traction on the big annual day and
a performance that has never before
been seen in this city. In fact any
number of local people have never
witnessed an airship Hight, and the
opportunity OF seeing one of the
really great bird men here will be
of the greatest interest. The con-
tract calls for two flights, probably
one in the morning and one in the
afternoon and will cost the league
something over $500. Although this
big feature is to cost large amount
of money, 1t will not be the only
one, as the committee on free enter
tainment are dating other attrac-
tons. a
The Benoists have filled dates in
some of the largest cities in the
country and furnish men who do ev-
cry stunt known to birdmen. The
company have two of the foremost
aerialists In their employ in the
business. Tom W. Benoist. manager
OF the company. and Toney Janus,
the famed Italian who has appeared
n this country and also abroad in
various airship exhibitions. The
aerialist who is to appear in this
city will carry a passenger on each
Of his trips to the clouds, providing
weather conditions are favorable.
Secretary Schroeder of the league
announces that any person wishing
to take trip in the airship may
hand his application to him at the
Schroeder drug store
The airship exhibition in itself is
a big card and will bring thousands
of people to this city on Watermelon
Day.