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OHIO.

officers of Capt F. N. Postgate Camp. No $40
Highland: Captain, Prof R. B. Barrett; First
Lieut., 0rland Earl; Second Lieut., Eph Wright;
Camp Council, j. NJ. Wright, Thos. Swonger, Thos
Earl; s. of g., Thos. Swonger; Chap JAS NJ
Wright; G. of G., Frank Triton; g. g., John
Sweetman; 2. c., Chas. Fisher; @. S., Andy Ca
milf; Z. NJ, Boyd Swonger.
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REUNIONS.

[NoTICE.-Organizatio holding Reunions this
year having making rosters, will favor us by
transmitting n copy thereof to The NATIONAL
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WASHINGTON TERRITORY.-

Officers of j. ]. Lewis Post, No. 81, Asotin: Com
mander, Il f. Benedict; S. V. G., w. II, Smith,
J. C, NJ H. Tate; Surg, j. w. Green; o. d.
NJ. B. Mitchell; Q. NJ. d. S. Trescotti Chap, Rev.
r. Barrett; o. G., L. Dodson
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CARDS.

unun Sample Book of Gold BeSeled Edge Hidden Name
/ Nib cards for 1880 Fine Cards Low Prices ard big
outfit for &c stamp. U. ;. Card Co., Cadiz, Ohio.
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TIES OF WAR.

The greatest Of living soldiers.-our conrade
William i. SheTman.-he who made thorough
fare Tor freedom and her train 60 miles In latitude
3a0 10 tie msin.3 said Ia recent article: Chill
dTen reared under The same roof learn 10 know
aud love each other, but a day, week, year of
war comTadesliip in the same company begets a
knowledge Of character impossible elsewhere y
lie then adds: la civil life VIC must accept a man
at hit own word; not so in war; the truth Is then
revealed, il were, by the lighfnings flash; in
the twinkiing Of an eye segregate tie true from
the false, tho brave from the timid the earnest
from the doubtful
Private Miles O. Reilly says % the fraternal fesI-
Ing the comFadesaip developed by army life:
There are bonds OF all sorts IN this world of ours
Eetters Of friendship and ties of flowers
And true lovers knots. Vyeen
The boy and The giri are bound by kiss
But there's never bond. old friend like this
We have drunk from the same canteen.
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ARKANSAS

Officers of Uric Dahlgren Post, No. 60, Fort Gil
son: Commander, james NJ. Young; 6. v c., Wn
A. Scott; J. V. c.. J. H. Conyers; Surg. NJ Duffe
@ NJ, Henry Smith; Chap. Geo. Wagner; o. /
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without being able TO
give a reason for his fixedness. than any other
man in Washington, and in the matter of ap-
petite he is second to none anywhere. His
appearance excites more pity than does that
of anyone in the whole asylum.
Old Tommy Robinson is one of the original
eccentricities. Tommy is extremely proud of
the fact that he fought in the Mexican war, and
when he Is in a talkatiye humor he can some
times be persuaded to relate few of his expe-
riences In the land of the MonteZumas. He
might claim to have fought in the war of indie
pendence without having his appearance dis
pute his claims. No man in the institution lis
older than Tommy. and no combination of men
could outswear him when he has been pro-
voked. He is extremely active. and were it
not that he has no teeth he would still be a
good-looking archaeological specimen.
restless man is the young Italian, who tire
lessly tramps around as though in search of
something or somebody. He talks almost as
little as Pete does, but he is a much more lively
fellow. His sense of the ludicrous is keen. and
there is often quiet, happy sort of a smile
upon his face as he walks along, apparently
deep in thought. Some of the more mischiev-
Gus prisoners thought he was a good man to
torment and they tried to worry him on Sun
day. They stopped fooling with him after he
had thrown a heavy shovel at the rapidly re-
treating form of one Of the conspirators
missing his head only by a couple of inches.
The least popular and the least attractive of
the oddities is the man who arrived here re-
Gently from California, claiming that he had
been elected President of the United States
His uncouth appearance earned for him the
cognomen of "Jo-Jo, the dog-faced man." and
by that alone is he known among the prisoners.
His disposition is extremely quarrelsome, and
he will fight with anyone at any time. He
spends most of his time in his cell, either lying
upon his bunk or looking out of the window
toward the White House, which he still claims
as his home.
SUNDAY EVENING.
Once more the cry of "'chuck' up" and ev-
erybody retires to the cells. The old monotony
of more tea than you want and less bread than
You can eat was gone through with while most
of us watched the rapidly-whitening earth and
debated with each other as to whether or not
the gang" would be sent out on the morrow
to clean away the snow from around the Capt.
toll and the reservations. The evening was
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they were tired. and then they slept. A few
noisy spirits in a cell across the corridor kept
up a vigorous coiioquy that was in active oper-
alton fuiiy an hour after the signal had been
given to shut up"
My awaking on Sunday morning was effected
NJ O'Clock by succession OF toots on that
same old horn, but did not get up until half
an hour later. when the rest Of the folks came
tumbilng out OF their hunks. As soon as the
eel! door was unlocked / went, in company
with one OF my ''chums." to q little place par
titloned on at the south end Of the corridor,
where there was supply of water, and where
those VINO desired to wash were allowed to do
SO. Beneath the water-spigot was a trough
made of lumber. and about IL feet wide and
OF the same depth. The length of the trough
was the length of the apartment-about z feet.
One end OF the trough was elevated few
inches so as to give a runway to whatever
might be emptied into it. and at the lower
end was large orifice-the entrance to a
waste pipe. With water from the spigot
washed my hands and face and then dried
them on yard square of coarse crash Here
again was l fortunate in being one of the first
to wash. for subsequent observation and in
curry developed the fact that
MORE THAN THIRTY MEN USED THAT TOWEL,
every morning. Several prisoners. carrying
with both hands large covered buckets, at
tracted my attention, and l watched them
when they entered the little apartment where I
Of their unsavory contents while two or three
men pushed in and endeavored at the same
time to reach the spigot. The replies to a
couple of questions informed me that that
trough was at once
THE WASH BASIN AND THE WATER CLOSET.
From it arose a continual odor that at times
was sickening in its fetidity and the effect of
the combination of cleanliness and filth was
such that never could prevail upon myself to
drink one drop of the water which flowed from
that spigot.
At about O'Clock there was a general cry of
"Chuckup," and to my uninitiated mind the
remark seemed mysterious. The explanation
of it was found in the fact that the food was
denominated ''chuck" and the oft-repeated an
nouncement meant that the chuck had arrived
at the door of the building. Sunday breakfast
was supposed to be an improvement on the or
binary week day morning meal. The quart
cups were filed with coffee--a trifle more pal
atable than the tea. though that is not saying
much; it lacked sweeteniBg and milk, of
course. and, incidentally, it lacked strength,
but then it must be remembered that
it was hot and wet" The usual ration of
bread accompanied it. In tin box, and al
most frozen, was allowance of .'mush.' "
There was just enough of it to thinly cover
two-thirds of the bottom of the box, which was
about 10 inches long. inches wide. and 8
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tuition has the power 10 commit q prisoner to
this delightful place. While most Of the erring
ones who are sent there do not stay longer
than twenty-four or forty-eight hours, still
unto themselves fame by remaining in there
Tor much longer periods. The man who is
able to work. but who refuses TO do So
must, according 10 the rules, be sent
to the ''glad-room." and there he must stay
until be expresses q willingness TO do manual
labor. Some men have defied the rule and
have also overcome the ''glad-room" Old
FOUNDERS" who have lived for years in the
workhouse, tell Of one daring man who re-
fused TO work, and who, for twenty-six days,
out, says the legend, and sent to the hospital
for repairs. He consumed about five pounds
OF corn-bread in those twenty-six DAYS and
slaked his thirst with less than four quarts of
water. There are said 20 be several cases
where men have for ne many as eight or ten
days preferred slow starvation, without work.
to doing their share of toll and receiving their
pittance of food
Next to the .glad-room" comes the light
dungeon. This is in the basement The
fare given the prisoner here is the
same as IN the ''glad-room," but the know
ing ones prefer the dungeon in winter time. II
is warmer, they say. The most severe punish
ment is consignment to the dark dungeon.
There 1t is always night and no man cares 70
go so far as to tempt a sentence Of twenty-four
hours in the blackness of its Zimmerman
depths.
CHARACTERS"
A couple Of hours of the Sabbath afternoon
were pleasantly spent in watching some of the
characters" always to be found in such a
place as the workhouse. The quietest man in
all the place was one of the occupants of a cell
across the corridor from mine. i first saw him
on Saturday night as he stood inside the barred
door, the dim, Pickering gaslight showing
up his silvery hair and beard. He was i'm
mediately christened 1.-The prisoner of Chillon.
For hours he PAGES up and down the bricl
floor, always with the same moody look on his
face. He is a mystery.
Equally silent, but for another reason. il
Pete" Who Pete is or where he came from
is unknown to anyone else in the workhouse
save Pete himself. He is young man and 1
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Only Two for Five Cents.
From the San Francisco Reporter

From the San Francisco Reporter.
never believed that story about the little
boy who asked his mother 10 give him a dose
of castor oil when he did not need il merely
because she was in the habit of giving him
cents every time he took dose, and he wanted
cents to buy gum. But yesterday little boy
who usually gets a nickel whenever he has TO
undergo the painful operation of having a
splinter extracted came running TO his sister
with several slivers. After she had pulled
them out and administered a few kisses 20
assuage the pain the little fellow spoke up and
asked: ''Wers those 5-centers?"
NO." said the sister, ''they were only two
for cents"
well, if they amt worth more'n that I
shant get any more in, !" was the philosophical
reply
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They Did Not Appreciate Literature.

From the Chicago Tribune.
This, gentlemen" said the auctioneer, look
ing at the printed title, lis a complete set Of
the works of George Eliot How much m / Of
fered TO start 'em-how much?"
"Dollar and half" said a man in the crowd.
"Dollar naf-naf-naf. Going at q dollar
naf-gentlemen," said the auctioneer, raising
his voice in indignation, sits a shamel IL
there was anybody in this crowd" he went ON
with increasing wrath, that was accustomed
to reading good books, wouldn't have to start
the complete works of a man like George Eliot
at no such Insignificant, gol-darned figure - .
dollar naf"
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sH1VHOf UIt ~
was cold, and therefore
more bearable. / un-
rolled my coat pillow
and put it on, and tried
once more to go to sleep.
The attempt was a fail
ure from the start, for,
just as l relaid my bones
on the cold iron bench.
the drunken man next
door awoke to a reali-
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inches deep. A small
quantity of molasses in
a cup was handed in to
each cell, and the sweet
stuff was to be eaten
with the "mush." The
theory was that the
mush and molasses
should be eaten to-
gether out of the box,
and ] tried to do so.
Unfortunately, the cor
ners of my box yawned
considerably, and when
ever a little molasses
was poured in it made
its escape before / could
combine it with the
mush. The task of
mixing would have
been an easy one if
I had had a spoon, but
the authorities had
stopped issuing spoons;
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Swede, and as there are
no linguists among the
striped crew, he has
to content himself with
talking to Pete. He is
a poor pedestrian. and
his shoes have run over
to such an extent that
when he does walk he
is literally upon his up
pers. Pete has the repu-
tation of being able to
to stand for a longer
time in any one nlace
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FORMS OF PUNISHMENT.


it. If you want to sit
down You must do SO
on the floor, and il your
desires lead you to
'siumber you m u 9 I
stretch yourself out on
the boards and there
WOO the drowsy god.
While You are IN the
"glad-room" there is no
possibi lity Of your being
overfed, for the ration
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filed in with personal
re m in iscences of a
rather interesting de-
scription. Had not the
weather been so stormy
there would have been
a service of song down
stairs, but there was
too much snow falling
and the wind was too
keen to permit the la
dies and gentlemen who
conduct those services
to come from the COM
paratively warm city
down to that bleak re-
gion where jails, work.
houses, and cemeteries
are the principal at
fractions. What 1 lost
by their absence, how
ever, I gained by con-
versation with some of
49, Gill; n
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rHR DAoo.

there consists of two-inch cube of corn
.'chuck" and pint of water, served once in
twenty-four hours. Every officer in the insti-
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AT SUPPER.

another bite for the purpose Of removing the
impression left by the tea. In this way man
aged to get away with fully half of my quota
of refreshment. Then lay down on the bunk
which had been designated as mine, and which
was numbered SO. 1t was one of the lower
hunks in q triple tier, and there were three Of
these triple tiers in the cell-nine hunks in all.
Seven OF these were occupied that night, for
in addition to the three men have already
spoken OF, there were three others who worked
around the house, and who only came upstairs
to sleep.
Six Of these hunks were on my side of the cell,
and they filled the space from end to end.
On the other side were the remaining three,
and on each end Of the tier there was space
OF about three and one-haK feet. The gang
way between the two tiers was about four feet
In width. In the middle Of that space, but
movable, was a large, square, wooden spittoon,
filled with dirt What little light was in the
cell came fom gas-pendant ont in the center
OF the corridor.
LIGHTS OUT.
At 8 o'clock q horn was blown by one Of the
officers on the floor below, and that was the
signal for flights out" and silence. All the
men in my cell were in bed some time previous
to the thorn blow" and a very animated con-
versation had been kept up on subjects that
were OF interest to the conversafiopalists
They chatted and smoked and chswed until
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"How do you feel?' asked phyucian of Q
partially pefrified man In . dime museum
VERY rocky, sir" he replied, with s1auy
stare.-Nesc York Journal
yudge-"witness, do you believe In TIE sxis.
tence Of . supreme being that controls The e.
fairs of menu"
Witness--..Yawohl, shudge, dot vos ny vfss.
Katrina. Dot woman vas der bo0r-1u6o
Siffings.
Lady Thyra (reading catAlogue> 1.-Two aoea
after LAndseer."
don't see him."
Lady .Thyra-"Why, surely, you dout -.
pose he would stay there with those 40 fsro.
cious-looking brutes after him I know I
shouldn't / were in his place. "-Piek - d
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Round the World in seventy-three Days.
From the London Times


"A Physician" writes from Hampstead, Dec.
Is: ITO test the quickest mail route round the
world forwarded two postcards addressed 10
myself, to care of friend in Hong Kong. send
ing one via Brindisi and Singapore and the
other via New York, San Francisco, and Yoko-
hama, requesting my correspondent in Hong
Kong 10 re-address them back TO me, but sending
each by the opposite route 70 that by which they
went out from London. This be kindly did,
and, strange 10 say, both cards arrived here
again yesterday, the one which went out east
ward on October ~ reaching Hong Kong No
vember Is, and was dispatched back thence on
November IL, while the one westward, leaving
London on October 10, reached Hong-Kong on
November %, and was dispatched on Noyem-
Der IS. The former took seventy-three days
and the latter seventy five days, for the round
journey, which IL not bad may further add
that the entire cost ON the former card was
only two pence, and the latter one-and-a-half
pence, for journey Of over 5000 mica I
have been over the ground myself year go
but never then thought the world would Be
spanned in seventy-three days BY Q mtsatvA
and at cost of six farthings."
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ne SIDES and at one end,
and its seating capacity
was about sixte Q n.
Close to the door and
set in the wall was q
water -closet. On the
seat at the inner end
was a bucket of water
and a tin cup, and near
these ] sat down to
await the call of the
bailiff for william II.
Martin" The fact that
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they were Injuries My only instru-
ment was, therefore, a crust of bread.
One of my cell-mates had a spoon,
though and when he saw my predicament ne
produced that valuable piece of silverware,
and, after giving it preliminary polish on his
striped jacket. he used it with such effect that
the desired combination was speedily effected.
can eat cold 'mush, but don't banker after
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SENT TO THE Farm"
1t was nearly 4 o'clock when the voice of
some unseen man yelled out the sentences of
the occupants Of the ''black hole" and then
for the first time did know that had been
sent down TO the ''farm" for sixty days in de-
fault Of go bonds. A few minutes later and
the Jail prisoners had been separated from
those who were consigned to the workhouse;
the Jail men being handcuffed in couples while
the workhouse unfortunates went unfettered to
the waiting van. A great crowd of spectators
had gathered to witness our departure, and the
sympathy for my forlorn appearance, visible in
q good many eyes, was ludicrously touching.
1t was little crowded inside, but after we had
been jolted along for q couple Of squares we
settled down considerably. The weeping Of q
colored female was the only break in the
monotony Of the trip through East Washing
ton. and just before the sun went down we
''workhouse cases" were dumped out in front
of the forbidding-looking building which was
to be our temporary home.
But three OF the new arrivals were white
and as we tramped up the steps and entered
the spacious hall we were scanned pretty
closely by those of the staff who were lingering
around to prevent any attempt we might make
to escape. Inside the hall door, we were
motioned to sit down on long bench placed
there for our reception, and we then were
catechized by one Of the keepers on questions
OF such importance as Where were you born?"
and "Whati your age?' Then we were searched,
and all our valuables were taken from U.S.
had fifteen cents in my pocket. That was
taken, and note made Of it on the back of my
commitment papers. We were then turned
over to guide, and he conducted us down to
the basement, where we were to take bath.
woRKHoUsE BATH.
Two officers were in charge Of the bath
room and the dressing-room which adjoined.
Both apartments were very plainly furnished.
A rough board seat projected from the wall on
three sides of the dressing-room and, standing
on the rough brick floor, speedily disrot,ed,
placing my garments on the seat A colored
man picked them up, folded them carefully,
and laid them down again, while I, in obedience
to the somewhat peremptory request Of one Of