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The BOYS Passed All Right.

The first news from our last boys 10
leave here for camp comes IN a private
letter from Mr. E. NJ. Heermans. who
writes us under date OF July Sd. and
we take the liberty of extracting as
follows.
visited Camp Atkinson yesterday
for the first time since the tents were
pitched. Daniel Dawson has been as.
signed TO that work. and has been fur
nishinR The Mail Tribune with very
good stories Of the Camp each day
You know we only have two outside
men on the paper. John Neale any my
self, and IL Is not necessary 90 tell you
that we do about four mems work, 10
place OF this size.
IL was very agreeable then, when
Young Dawson signi6ed Willingness
TO do the Camp work He has been
working about tie office since his
school closed and shows y very unusual
aptitude for newspaper work I thins
too much so 20 please his father, who
has other ambitions for him / took
Daniel up TO police court and broke
him in and he covered police court
several DAYS IN succession himself. and
did admirably.
saw our representatives at the
Camp, from Preston All the boys
passed the examination and the Chief
surgeon asked where IN the world that
Company came from. Tor they were so
robust and strong. Wolfe seems % be
very cheerful and active. believe be
will be made Sergeant. Braud i'm.
pressed me as being down in the
mouth They al seemed 10 be feel
ing just as every man does who COMES
there, and as every man 10 Camp Lee
dill, that - Is not what IL is cracked
M 20 be
The temperature anywhere on the
fed was a hundred yesterday n was
" here 10 the city IN the shade They
have poor water. aud sleep six in a
small tont think the boys are de-
serving much praise for their prompt
willingness especially those who en-
listed The privates are the heroes
the commissioned men were after the
pay Ia al eases Our boys are said to
have tho best cooks in an che camp.
They are proud ~ that think SIN.
yorwood preferred e. be sitting on The
shady side ~ Price street % where be
was Yesterday although be has nice
position and good pay. Hc was eour-
egeous 70 leave a good business and .
charming wife and sweet baby. 70 SD n
his blood for a lot ofhalf.breed Cnbaus
! tell you Brown. after tbat slaughter
Of the 'Rough Riiers" and tho worse
one Of fri and yesterday. think
less Of this country rushing into war
for some unapprcciatiger race than eyer.
see that IraGibson IS 70 send you
somr letters from tie 'front.'" Thst
was good strike you made they
VIII be worth money - yoar Paper.
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often hear language used about IL that
would not De heard In the church
There are stands set up all over the
Park. where you eau buy anything you
want TO eat trom watermelons down
TO Wild goose plums. and anything you
want To make your mouth water All
tho apple aud peach orchards arc
closely guarded. SO you have no chance
TO forage any. But fow DAYS ago
some of the bows rot into tree of
green apples and ate few. but later
on found IL necessary to hunt up the
Jamaica ginger bottle
received Tux ARGUS this evening.
and was almost crushed TO the ground
by the boys who were eager To hear
the news from home.
There is rumor abroad this evening
that we will leave here about wednes-
day. hor what place | don't know. but
whether there il any truth in IL or not,
there is n great deal of activity around
headquarters
Well, will close for this ti,re, but
VIII write you again.
Yours truly.
w. c. RExRoAD.
Co. II. LIST w. Va. Vol.
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EIOcutlonary Entertainment.
gro. NJ. Brown.
Co. L. Ord Ill Vol. INIT.

Our people will be given an oppor-
tunity tomorrow night 10 hear n rare
eiocationary and musical treat Bills
are up advertising the performance to
take place In Bishop Hall and we can
vouch for the character and reputation
Of the gentlemen who will furnish the
entertainment. Mr.. Byrer. the elocu-
ZIONIST lives at Philippi and Prof Win.
cent. the musician IL from Grafton, aud
has been lostructinQ the Tunnelton
band the past year Both gentlemen
are highly recommended and the
papers at other places where they have
given performances, speak Of them H.
high terms. We have room for but
one clipping, whick we give from the
Barbour Democrat OF June 10th
A large and appreclatiye audience
attended the entertainment given bv
Mcssrs. Harry II. Byrer and Claude II +.
Vincent last Saturday evening ~ the
but WAS highly ple8sed with their
work Mr. Byrer certainly Is fitted To
please the most fustidiOns audiences in
the land, and we can recommend him
20 nll lovers Of fne recitatiods Inner
eOuatiOns and readings His entertain
meut Is chaste and refined Ia its nature
and pleasing 70 ALL Mr. Vincent rs a
musician 81 high repute and renders
many beautiful mandolin. guitar add
cornet solos. We hope no ono who en-
JOYS entertainment OF this class will
miss the opportunity of hearing the
geutlemeu.
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The Children's Fresh Air Society of
Baltimore has completed six years of
successfsl work. The character of this
work Is familiar to the public and it's
success is due to the prompt responses
to the Society's appeal for help which
a generous public has always given.
Year after year. since 1890. during the
midsummer heat when the mortality
Is greatest among the children of the
poor in our City the Soclety's friends
in the country have opened their
homes 10 these little ones. giving them
comforts and pleasures unknown to
childhood passed amid unwholesome
SURROUNDINGS. Last year the people
responded molly 20 the Society's appeal
for homes. Committees were formed
la small towns aud from two TO four
carloads Of children were entertained
at these places. The farmers also
found room in their busy homes for
many and when the season closed
nearly 300 children had been made
happy.
There are still children, whose pale
faces aud frail bodies tell of the need
OF the Socfety'g aid. II the Auxiliary
Committees formed ia country neIg h.
borhoods for securing homes report TO
the Baltimore Society, these children
may be added TO the 1900 now elamor-
ing for their country trip 20 the
country. Miss Florence Galloway.
Secretary, 4 West Saratoga Street will
cheerfuily reply 70 all communications
from those who are interested in this
wonderful Home Missionary Charity.
Yours cordially.
HENRY N 81 AnnA Chnnsn
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G.. C. MoUsER,
Reserve Hospita. Corps,
First Army Corps
CAMP TnoMAs,cmcKAMAueA PARK.

CAMP THOMAS, CmcKAMAUak PARK,
June 2Dth. 's5.
DEAR BRowS ~ thought would
let you know that we are all we'll, AID
as yet we are here. IL Is IA week TO-DAY
since we landed here. aud as for my
part would not change my place for
any ''ionfer's corner" Ia Kingwood or
any other ''old town"
We have been drilling every day
since we came here except sunday, and
tue boys have all been ready for duty
every day with the exception of one OF
the boys who had little billions spell.
Well, you have no doubt read some
of those stories ia the papers about bad
rations at the various encampments.
For as. think. under the circun-
stances. we are getting splendid
grub" For dinner today we had
beef. potatoes, rice, dried peaches,
bread and coffee. and II man can't
live on that, this is no place for him.
We have chance TO hear great
many things. but the most amusing is
when night comes. In one part of the
camp you can hear the sweet strains of
some song, probably "'iTay down Won.
der ia the corn-feid,r and then ia
another section Of the camp some home
sick boys will assemble and the strains
Of Home, sweet home" will watt sky.
ward Tor rather homewardI Ia a man.
ner that causes the tender-hearted ones
TO allow their imagination TO carry
them back TO mamma and the old
firsside After the trumpet sounds
flights out" then is when you hear
sounds that make the hair raise all the
way down your back The Thomas cat
breaks out with his wild. ear-spiittIng
sound, preparatory TO his evening hair
raising expedition. Then comes the
loud, hoarse strains Of the buil-fro0.
accompanied by wild noise like that
Of the Jaekass Then probably the
officer Of the day hears the noise and
takes a little walk 10 the direction
from whence cometh the noise. and
mediately a hush comes over the
scene that reminds one OF the quiet
that comes over school when scholar
has done some crime and the teacher is
trying 20 End the guilty one. Bot
presently he leaves the scene. and You
can hear, now and then, small screech
By some one who Is not sure that he
has gone.
But when The tussle comes Is in the
morning. when the bugle sounds for as
TO ret out and answer TO roil-calI. We
get up AZ 5:i5. and consequently Il
makes n person who has been used 10
sleeping late very sleepy-headed. Bot
the Sergeant goes ups the Company
street with a long stick "a his hand
and woe TO the person who e not
awake and up-he win get few raps
with that sticl, that will remind him
in a forcible manner Of his home aud
mother
Another amusing feature Of the pro.
gramme. is when mess time comes. to
see how much more promptly they viii
lire up for mess than they win for
morning roll Every man viii trv n
get 10 the end Of she lire that viii bs
The neasost the mess tent. and Jon viii
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ssttIed with The sheriff.

The following parties who were pub
lished IN the Sheriff's Delinquent List.
have since paid up and are entitled TO
this correction
George E. Ball, George C. Bowmar.
Joshua Bueklew. WIN Bowman. Jesse
Coieoank. Nathaniel Funk, WIN. II i.
Ford o. III. Cali. r. d. Hoo,en. WIN. C
knotts Albert Piles, John T.. Pugh. j..
=. Riggs. George Steel. w. r.. Taylor,
Philip N. Wolf. Manic Holy Geld. chas.
l.. hcGinniS. H. +. +. Buclsew. j. y.
Burke, T. NJ. ieermans, j. w. Robin
son. Wagner Bolyard. JOS. Emerson.
L. Robinson. John Bean.
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Letters From Camp.
Several OF the Boys Write Home In
An Interesting Manner.

Here are three letters from Uncle
Sans BOYS In Blue aud they make
good reading. The first is from Que Of
our old correspondents. who lives near
Newburg.
The next Is from viii Rexroad. of
Kingwood. who went with the FAR
mont squad TO Gil up the LIST Regiment.
The third letter Is from a son OF Gran
vile Brown. who lives between Glades-
vile and halleck, ana was written
home 20 his sister, who sends it TO us
for publication.
CAMP LyrLE. GA. June 81. 1893
EDITOR ARGUS;
The situation and movements OF the
troops at the Park today are exciting
and interesting. Eighteen regiments
received orders yesterday TO make
ready to move at once Tie LIST West
Virginia rs one Of the number. and the
boys are wild To &c, 10 the front. The
first battalion was first "a be recruited,
the recruits arriving Sunday June 9th,
and qnite number OF the boys were
from Preston. Hon Z. iIartmyer was
probably the most prominent and en-
equipped Immediately and the rating"
began at once. They arc fast taking
on the sunhurnt tiuge that the older
troops have long since assu,ncd and
are fast becoming disciplined soldiers.
The LIST West Virginia has not had -
death aud not even serious case OF
illness.
Thompson OF Randolph, McCaffrey
OF Wood, law students; Pepper of Dod-
bridge. aud Cadets Mouser and Davis
from Preston, who left the University
to join the LIST West Virginia, were de-
tailed on their arrival here to the reg
mental hospital aud from there To the
Reserve Am bulance Corps. First Army
Corps. aud will GO with their regiment
in that capacity. All the corps is made
up of college boys and many are grad
yates of various Institutions
Cadet Englehart. OF Preston, who
left as at Camp Lee. and who you said
would return In a few days, has not as
yet made his appearance. Frank Cal.
vert of Kingwood. who came to Camp
Lee and passed the physical examina-
ton successfully. left US the evening
before we were mustered in.
There are many hardships 20 make
the camp life OF the soldier different
from summer outing or fishing ok
cursion, but every day we tell the best
story we ever heard and sing the mer-
riest song we ever learned. Every
man IN the regiment seems to have as
much patriotism AS when he started
There Is no North. no South, no poll
tics here, and as some man put IL.
Before we shall see the stars aud
stripes Submerged by tyrann cal, des-
potlc. inferior and iuhumau Spain.
we'll wade in blood up to our neck and
then Well swim"
c. C. MoUsER,
Reserve Hospita. Corps,
First Army Corps.
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IN cArr Lrrls. crone,A.

suhc =, kotc.
DEAR SISTER MARY I'll just received
your welcome letter. We are still at
Chickamauga Park and may be here all
summer for all We know at present.
Lytle 10 the name OF the main p. O. !,
but the letters always reach me any
way IL the Co. and Reg't. are plainly
written.
Preparations are being made this
p. m. for long march tomorrow and
rumor says we are going TO the top OF
Lookout Mountain, which is about
ten miles distant i send you today
by mail bullet of the civil war. I
have picked up IL relics since our ar
rlyal here. We can stand tho heat
much better now than at first and
there Is very little sickness in camp
haven't been unable for duty yet and
l am getting so tanned under this
southern sun that you would hardly
know me. Following is our usual
daily routine of work. We hear revel.
lie at n IN. and almost instantly every
man is ia line for roll call. which takes
about ter minuteR We then have a
few minutes to tidy up about our tents
and we hear mess call. Every man
grabs his tin pan. tin cup, knife, fork
and spoon, and falls in" for "mess. -
after breakfast each man washes his
own dishes. adjusts his belt and leg.
gings and IL is time for drill call to
sound. We are on the drill field then
from $3.50 to a. m. and then there is
not much till 3 p. m. except dinner
Drill call again sounds and we are. out
again till o'clock. and IL is supper
time. After supper comes dress pa
rade. which only lasts half an hour
and then we can write letters or read
In our Y. NJ. G. A. tent till on. M.
when taps" are sounded. which means
flights out"
One more day has passed and thous-
ands OF blue coats are 'sleepinR on the
old camp ground" We quite often
have services in our Y. M. c. A. tent
and they prove quite interesting. We
have been hearing some very instruc-
tive lectures and sermons by Mni.
white of Illinois, who seems near Co
me, from the fact that he was.the Cap
tain OF the company in which my tent
mates father served during the late
war. Another interesting feature of
our services is the female choir from
Chattanooga. which we have the pleas.
ure OF hearing. and IL is pleasure. as
they are about the only ladies' we get
to see here. You see the camp is ten
miles square and all we see is trees
and soldiers. The people OF Kankakee
have been taking great interest in
Company l., and we have received a
number Of boxes containing eata bles.
etc. but best OF all. was the muslin
bed tick which each man received from
w. R.c We of course filed them
with straw and made good use OF them
II we leave here will notify you
when we start. so IT, you don't receive
letter just when you are expecting
IL. you may rest assured that we are
still in camp.
Very truly.
GEO. NJ. Brown,
Co. l.. Ord Ill Vol INIT.
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The ARsus is In great dea,and among
the soldier boys down at chickamsuga.
as VIII be seen by the following note
from our special correspondent 1T the
Camp:
LyrLr. GEoRorA. July 4. 1898.
Mn BROWN ;--Will yoa keep mo
copies of Tbs ARGUS that contains let
ters from here. please? 1. is impos-
sioie 10 keep anything here NV AR
want IL before I get TO read it,.
Yours.
l. G. CsfRsoS
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Splendid Chance 10 work Up YOnr
Lower Grades.

Wanted for spot cash poplar plain
and quartered white oak piece stock
either kiln dried or air dry. rough or
planed aud good one side. II Won have
anything 20 offer describe facilities
and give full particulars. Address y.
o. Box 1869. New York City.
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u j. not a remedy put Mp BY any Tom.
Dick OF Harry; VI is compounded bv
expert pharmacists. Ely Brtn. Offer
q 10 cent trial size Ask your druggist.
Full size Cream Balm 20 cents We
mail g.
ELY BROS, So Warren St n.
Y City.
Since 1901 I have been great enf-
ferer from catarrh. tried Ely's Cream
BALM aud a. AL appearances am cnro1
Terrible headaches from which 7 had
long eudaret are gone IVY i. Hitch.
cook, late Major u. 3 Vol and A Al.
Cox, bpGaio - r.
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Our Mil will be closed down for re-
pairs from Monday. July 18th. to Au-
gust LIST aud all parties wanting work
done this month will please bring IL IN
n once and oblixe.
Tux kIxewoop MILLING Co.
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We are now ia the market Tor WOOL
Before ceiling. consult az. Will pay
the highest price. either ia cash or
JoHs , Cooks soxs,
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Der going in there SRs day to get the lay, Of the
ever 1 laid eyes on. It was on 3 sunday after
ers' blowout: They had two kegs Of beer and a
de%9ijChn of whiskey with only three glasses
to, drink out OF. There was a fellow they
called sawdpst there who used to beg at Full;
beggar who went about on crutches. On the
day 81 the organ grinders blowout the crowd
ffse threw sawS aside e his sn Clutches th Snd G Sanee q ' for
several minutes, Then a blind man gave a
recitation. and while giving It walked UP and
way. first glancing at the floor and then at the
selling Waij IL IL Ya son siHfist TSar that t. he er could see see
E kSd 6 Shsre up WIN Il { The peg Sen issil sessions Mi sf' on
fhsTs called Of hiPm ickAipT tbo nSihi Se had o a psE les Smith 9Th
told me that be had put his cork, leg in pawn to
for him to pawn his leg. His cork leg original
y cost him $$5590. 1t was an cas-, thing for him
and then go about on a crutch, or peg leg.
for several days until he decided to sober up.
to get his leg out Of pawn: or all the queer
friet Gttotn ! net o dfSHFin8S T ms Sa Smith IN H shs Die he
Six Inherent times. He ended his career by
getting drunk and breaking his neck by falling
down a flight OF stairs over on Cherry Hill.
He was buried In Potter,s Field. A.,
Il have seen many beggars both here and
abroad, but shall never forget those Of
Bottle Alley who attended the organ grinders
also some women, at the dance. One was q
very, pretty girl, dressed in a ragged costume,
good home to live with an organ grinder, who
had showered presents upon her at first, but
who had afterward treated, her worse than
the monkey he owned. He used to beat
her and send her out to beg, and
she was 80 afraid of. his killing her
ders. Among the other people I saw that day
was q white woman who had once been on the
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was building model, ,tenements in. the ,slums
house to turn it into a cheap lodging house for
n he % poor 20: She Looked at the big structure at
81 should rfdk DO st To imP pnS Sf L. She to al sa0 ico Teat az fh q
house in Bottle Alley. 1 met her by appoint
ment and paid a visit to both houses. Both Of
was 80 alive with insects that the lady screamed
and ran into the street, She never came back.
PASSAGE aasPe that TH led z from mI Bottle 4iley SG o4er TO the
The Italian bandit Esposit9 got out through
were searching for him In Bandits Roost.. Es-
posito was afterwaEd CAPTURED Ia New Orleans
for a, murder he committed there. Just as he
had ESCAPED from the Bandits Roost. through
the h Bottle Alley underground passage, many
RSost into Mulberry street, Willie Bottle
molested on only, one of my visits there. A man
and woman held me UP in the alley and de-
and then they insisted upon having a quarter.
They started to attack me, but / escaped by
getting out through the Bandits Roost. It was
the woodwork Of the wood houses in the alley
any morning that q mar, would go there, The
in the door Of a WOOD ihouse" there. and G%I'e I
dug 1t out with my penknife. A woman
T tbS3 game fS%e S Sas Of beS one . i Fl th So h9g fSeso explained e aimed
before, and that considerable shooting had
been done, but the police had not heard about
1t. That was only one OF the many Incidents
which the police never heard OF In Bottle Alley.
The people who lived there were in the habit OF
keeping everything Of that sort quiet. They
were a tough lot. and It was a good thing for the
public that the city decided 70 wipe out Bottle
Robert Mcknight, a detective sergeant at
tached TO the District Attorneys office for many
fBsoatttjss; H aIH P disftict duty as a patrolman in the
81 had Bottle Alley on my post for a long
time" said Detective Mcknight. while It
was one Of the toughest places in New York
twenty years ago. the police were never inter-
fered With while going there to look for a Grim
robbery cases in the alley. There was a woman
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stage but had finally become the wife Of a negro
living In Bottle Alley, met white men there
officer who accompanied me to the alley
that, the scenes which l Witnessed that day
week IN any Of the dirty little rooms
In the alley, where there was always an, odor Of
rancid grease and tainted meat, burning fat.
the alley were more afraid OF the Officers of the
Health Board than they were Of the police ofl-
ly walk across Mulberry Bend Park and stop TO
think. OF those awful days when Bottle Alley
scribhble crimes"
DR., Roger, s. Tracy. now Registrar Of Vital
Inspector over the district in which bottle
Alloy was located, said that in tho year 1879
the death rate In. Bottle Alley was 35.75. while
the death rate Of the whole city in that year
was 1927 DIR. Tracy added that babies died
there, almost every day, and that Bottle Alley
gaye him moro trouble than any other In the
"okh. it was an awful place" said Dr.. Tracy.
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Sing SinR prisoners who has Just been released.
When he returned to his old haunts q few days
ago he seemed bewildered. In the place Of the
rookeries and ramshackle tenements, which he
had known ten years ago. before he started for
Sing Sing. he found q park adorned with flow
ers and well-kept lawns. Dropping into a
saloon on Baxter street he asked the bartender
whether the m Of the streets OF New York
had all been changed,
L see the name Of Baxter street on the cor
Baxter street. 1t is 80 long since I have been
looks Hike the country around here! What is
that place over there where the grass Is? Is
that o park"
Oats Mulberry Bend Park" said the bar
tender. dc city feared down all de old joints
what was on dat block and den made q park
over deere. Big Dams winking joint where q
fellow could get a good sleep for a cent has
passed away. together with the Pipe Flats and
the Bandits Roost. Dey're all gone for good"
And what about Bottle Alley?" asked the
man who had Just come from Sing Sing Prison.
You see dat spot over dere where dose two
kids are sittin' on dat bench" remarked the
bartender: well. OATS where Bottle Alley used
to DO. Where dose two bIokes are leanin'
against de little fence is de place where de en-
trance to do alley WIZ. De alley entrance ex-
tended all do way dow to dat spot where you
soc dat kid ridin' on dat three-wheeled icycle."
And what is that building over there with
the American flag flying at the top Of II :" asked
Burglar Murphy.
"oh. OATS a public school," answered the
bartender.