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Pay Department hc.e, Col. F. II. Coke, As
sistant Paymasier-General.U q. 5. A, and
wne.e we are now awaiting orders from the
Department Commander of California for
the Philippines.
Though experiencing pleasant weather
the entire trip over the vast stretcl"s CT
treeless uplands which b,-de- the Union
Pacific aud Southern Pae.fc lines Of rad
road through Colorado, Utah and Nevada,
it was a delightful contrast TO he suddenly
transferred from a snow-> APPEL mountain
region to land r,ch il ve,dure AMI bios
SONS.
The yellow soil and hydraulic mining
plants east of Sacramento lei - {. remark
from an ex-officcc recently returned froGl
Manila not less suggestive. He believed,
he said. that the richest gold mines of the
world would be found il those islands, Tor
though gold was mined by tie natives even
before the Philippines were discovered by
the SDaniardS. and with profitable results,
the mining had been done i'll the crulcst
and most imperfect way, and the present
processes We're scarcely any improvement
over the old.
He referred rlore particularly to the island
of Luzon, where gold was found in ray'ng
quantities by Cant Juan Salcede in the
year 1872. He discovered mines then Ic-
ing worked by the natives at Paracale, III
the Province of Camarines, which is in the
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MUSTERED OUT.

BAKER.-At Jewett, o., Nov. II, Abra
ham Baker, Co. f, 126th Ohio. He was a
three years man, and was seven months
and ID days prisoner at Danville and
Andersonville. He was a member OF
Duffield Post, New Jefferson, O. A widow
and eight children survive him.
BLANCHARD. At Carlisle, Mass, Dec.
n. H., aged So. He was born in Groton,
n. II. His grandfather served in the
War of 1912, and at different times other
members of his family were in the military
service. Comrade Blanchard enlisted in
August, 1862, and served three years.
His funeral was conducted by the GAL
with military honors. He leaves u widow,
two sons, and daughter
BRiSTOL:-At New Paynesville, Mimi,
Enoch NJ. Bristol, Co II, 14th Wis, and
Chaplain of Eugene NJ. Wilson Post, 1SS,
GAR.
CARLAND.-At New York City, Barney
Garland, 9th N. Y. Duryee Zouaves) and
10th n. Y.
EBERLY.-At Harrisburg, Pa, Dec.
10, Samuel Eberly, Past Commander of
Col. $. G. Simmons Post, 116, GAR.
He enlisted in April, 1861, and served as
First Sergeant, Co c, 1st Pa, until July,
1861. In August, 1862, he again en-
listed, and served in Co. G., 127th Pa, until
the following May. His third enlistment
was as First Sergeant, Co. !, 77th Pa, il
which he served until December, 1865.
NEFF;-At Mansfield, Fla, Dec 13, OF
heart failure, Joseph Neff, aged 81. Com.
Mass, where he held membership in the
Grand Army. He drew $50 pension fol
loss of leg. A widow, one son, and 9
daughter survive him.
TYLER.-At Pine Hill, N. Y, Geo. N
Tyler, Co. K, goth N. Y, aged 65.
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MICHIGAN VETERANS.
Condemn the Administration Of Commis-
sioner Evans.

The Michigan Encampment, U. V. u,
in session at jackson, adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
1--WE believe we speak the minds of the
veterans in general when we express our
disappointment and our disapproval Of the
present administration of the Pension
Office. While it is seemingly easy for men
who rendered little service to secure liberal
pensions, it is almost impossible for the
men who bore the brunt of the march and
the battle to secure consideration. While
the money of the people is given extrava-
gantly to an army of clerks, Pension
Examiners and Special Agents and Exam
iners, many veterans and their faithful
wives are suffering for the necessaries of
life. 1t is time these wrongs should be
righted. Soon the grand column of vet
Grams will pass on to the eternal camping
ground, and unless speedy action is taken
they will carry their sufferings and their
disappointment with them to paupers'
graves.
1--WE are heartily in sympathy with the
principles of the per diem pension bill,
and, speaking for the veterans in gen
eral, we hereby urge the Michigan dele
cation in Congress to press the same to a
successful ISSUE"
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COMRADE R. B. BROWN.
A Comrade Nominates Him for Commander.
in-Chief.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Your
encomium of Gen. r. B. Brown, the Chair
man Of the Pension Committee of the
GAR, is well bestowed. He is a man in
all that the term manhood implies. You
will make no mistake if you advocate him
for Commander-in-Chief; he is as well
equipped for that exalted position as any
comrade belonging to the Order. His
army record is that Of private soldier serv-
ing from May, 1851, to July, 1865; wounded
twice He served in the 18th Ohio-one of
Ohio's best regiments. He never loses his
head.-FRANK BRUNER, Cincinnati, o.
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Commander E: P Durel enlisted Vermont H. Aug s. 1861
In Co H. S ILL., he from First
COMPANY and was then successfully Captain
and LieutenantCo He served the staff Gen.
as Assistant until the end of the lie
ment. He served from 1861 10 April l. 1865.
Senior Vice Commander W. W. Russell enlisted in july 1893
and served Quarermaser-Sergean Co A. Cav He
was taken prisoner charge the during McCook
and Soneman raid around Atlanta July, sent
TO but ESCAPED and reached the Union lines
regiment at Clinton, Iowa. in June, 1865.
Junior ViceCommande Cary S. Co. c. SD
Ill, at Monmouth Ill., July 21 1862 20
1865 when he his company at Nashville
Tenn.
AdT b. L. Hobart enlisted at Macomb H., Aug. TO- 1861, in
Co. d. 2sth Ill., veteranzed at NatcheZ. Miss july
and was finally mustered out Second Lieutenant Co. A 5s
Jarad M 80
served during the Mexican and beginning
civil offered his services and
9th Iowa He served with this command from Sept 1861
70 JAM M 1867 when he resigned In September
listed in Co G. 24th Iowa He served First Sergeant until
First Lieutenant July 2 1863 which rank he held
tered out July IL 1868 He participated in the battles of
Gibson, Champion Hill Siege of Vcksburg, Red Cam
Eagn battle Of Sabine Cross Roads, Sherdans campaign in
Greek Aeoganzed and served two terms Commander Rich
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upper portion Of the southern Peninsula Of
Llzon., In another village. Mambulao, OF
the same district. placer mining has been
practice fox nearly a century. .....
The precious metal is also found in other
membe-s of the archipelago. The name OF
tee large island Immediately south of Lu-
zon. Miudo.o, is derived. it is said from the
Spanish words, nina de orc, meaning Il
gold mine: and geld has been obtained from
native miners i'll Cebu, PaHaon, MindanaO
and smaller islands
The most usual native method of mining
i; 20 Wasi the sand from the beach ana
riVer-bsdS by means of baskets AID pre-
serve the bright particles thus obtained in
quillS, which they trade TO The merchants
OF Manila and other ports at 10 small profit,
it may be believed, 10 the latter. In the in
terror, remote from coast AID stream. they
make use of the same process by digging
pits from % to so feet deep and washing
ing, the native method is 10 crush the rock
by hand or between rollers. buffalo power
being the usual motor for this purpose, and
then wash out and collect such Of the yell
low particles as may be perceptiblc.
50 far as nay informant knew there have
been little or no improvements upon these
crude methods. though Spanish ard Eng
lish companies have been organized from
time to lime, ard mining machinery intro
duced. Such companies have always en-
countered opposition from the natives,
amounting III some cases TO assassination
and slaughter, and from the Friars, who
have always opposed innovations Of every
sort
A visit TO the United States Mint here in
San Francisco disclosed the fact that out
of the S60,000,O00 of gold mintci by that
Institution the present year, a small guam
tity came from the Philippine Islands,
though l was not informed as to the exact
amount. This mint could easily keep pace
with the gold production of the world,
which may be inferred from the fact. as
witnessed by the writer, that single die
managed by an expert workman strikes out
from the shining yellow bars from 100 to
200 golden eagles per minute.
incidentally we became acquainted with
here. who goes to Manila on the Pacific
Mail liner this week TO establish the plumb
ing business i'll that city.7-H. c. KIRK.
En- Route to Manila.
San Francisco, Dec. 6, 1899
In due course of time our company. To-
Gated at the Grand and Pacific Hotels Mar
ket Street, San Francisco, received the fol-
lowing order:
Especial Orders, No. 262
Headquarters Department Of California.
San Francisco, Cal, December /, 1899.
Extract.
III. C. Kirk. s. A. Cuneo, J. II. Swan.
". S. Vidor. II. B. Bryan and II. T. His,
song. clerks. PAY DEPARTMENT having re
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DEPARTMENT NEWS.
Decisions, Rulings, ETC., of Interest to Sol
diers and Sailors and Their Heirs.

LIMITATION OF ATTORNEYSH =
In the pension case of James Rose it is
held assistant Secretary Davis, Oct. 81,
1880 that while an attorneys uncon,
ditional rights i'll case do not extend be-
yond three months after the rejection of the
case, yet he does not require a new power
Of attorney to take further action, as to
appeal, after three months. If, however.
the claimant appoints a new attorney, the
rights Of the former attorney are terminated
with the expiration of the three months,
unless he takes further action before the
appointment OF the new attorney, if he de-
ferS such action till after three months.
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with hats to match, though / vas assured
personally that it cost less trouble and ex-
penSe TO procure outer garments; at Manila.
Two of the party possessed kodaAS Win
which to capture any scenes or characters on
interest: and at least two have guns con-
cealed somewhere about their belongings
with which to repei attacks IN case they
find kodakS or other weapons leyeled at
them. One camera has so far been Very
active and if anything escaped IT between
Chicago and Ogden 1t must have been due
to darkness or previous notification; though
owing to the number of pretty girls on the
train the films gave out before We reached
Utah'S Capital, so we were unable 10 secure
the crowd pouring out pf the Mormon
Tabernacle. We We're lucky enough, how
ever, to get into the structure, filled with
some s, 900 people, III time TO hear the Singing
of the last anthem, a C-edltable perform
ance, and the old-fashioned doXology:
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Naturally We have caught all comments
made by people thus far encountered, on
life in the Philippines, and they have varied
greatly. Mr.. Stout. who has perhaps seen
the longest service of any clerk in the Pay
Department, said he would prefer to go any
where else. Those who have seen active
service there, for the NEST part. speak well
of our new possessions. Mai. Ed. 5. Bean,
late of the 18th Mimi, and Sheriff of st.
Paul, who after peace was concluded or
ganized the police force in Manila, is so
well pleased with the place that he con-
templates returning there to live.
There is not a grain of superstition in the
Majors makeup; and as regards the
supposed malignity of the number 13, he
considers the career Of his regiment a
sufficient argument on that point
The 18th MINI. had 13 horses for its field
and staff, 13 posts at Camp Merritt drew
their first pay on the 18th of June, 13 days
later embarked on the City of Para for
Manila. the 18th transport 10 leave San
Francisco. had 13 posts on board the boat
and was 13 days outof sight OF land. They
arrived at Manila 13 weeks after Dewey
captured the city and went into their first
fight Aug. 13. They captured blockhouse
No. 13, also Il. and remained in the Island
of LuZon 13 months. With all these por-
tents of the ill-omened numeral upon them,
which according to superstitious notions
would have obiiterated the entire command,
during the 33 battles and skirmishes i'll
which they. We're engaged, they had but 40
killed and los wounded
Speaking of war, there seems to be some
slight indication of warfare.here, if we are
to take seriously the utterances OF the daily
Tribune and Salt Lake Herald on the
Roberts question.-H c. KIRK.
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A Successful California Corps.

John f. Godfrey Corps, Of Pasadena. is
as usual full of life and energy, constantly
busy at something for the good of the Order
They recently celebrated the occasion of
taking in the 50th member for this year by
serving tea and cake, and having a general
exchange Of congratulations among them
selves. Corps 43 number over 200 men,
bers. They held in October an open meet
ing, the subject for entertainment being
Prison Reform" A very able paper was
read by Past President Mary l.. Hartwell,
and most interesting addresses by Hon.
T. ID. Kanouse and David Heap, OF Thorp
University; the former gentleman having
had experience as Warden in prison, and
the latter at one time was engaged in the
work of reclaiming the young in San
Francisco.
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ard Allen Post s., DEPARTMENT. Ohio He joined
Post d. Department OF Colorado and Wyon
term as Commander.
Officer Of the Guard Geo H. Marsh IN Nor Brook
field Mass Sept, 1G, lS33 H cnsod 1T Dubuque Iowa,
tic 4ol Iowa. commanded b Cot D. r. HEM Speaker
OF the House and served until the the
wnte. and publisher years. in Colorado
since 1872.
Qrernaser r. L. Ames mustered into service in the 2i
ONO Battery, at Columbus o. Aug. g. 1861 lie
at same place. Aug q, 1864 by Of expiration
Officer of the Day Geo. A Hamilton a native of Illinois, and
served in Co A 10th H. He wounded in left
skrmsh the Chaahoocee River during Atlanta cam
pagn but remained with his regiment ~ fully recovered never
spending day IN the hospital He then gun went
ac 10 5e ranks in time to take part in the battle Jonesboro
sept l. 1864 he marched with Sherman the
took part IN the campaign in the Carolnas again
wounded IN the right thigh and left shoulder at tcye, N
March 81 1865, when the gallant old third
Of its men Comrade Hamilton Springfield
I'LL une 1863 after four service
ne has we'd IN Kansas and Colorado for the 30 years
mas always taken active part in Grand Army He is
Fast Post and Past Quartrmaster General of
OF Colorado and Wyoming He
OF and
at the OF % Secretary of Womans
Department OF Colorado and Wyoming being Youngest
ber OF that Order in the United States holding Office
wife also active member in the Womans Relief Corps
beng Past Department Treasurer Of Colorado and Wyoming
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Protest Against Biennial Examinations

Burnside Post, 237, Wiscoy, N. Y, has
passed resolutions strongly protesting
against the enactment of law requiring
biennial examination of all invalid pen
sioners. 1t is believed that the object of
the proposed law IS to decrease the rating
Of veterans on the rolls. The Post protests
on the ground that these proposed exami-
nations would be physical and financial
burden to the veterans. Post 237 asks the
support of other veterans societies in work.
ing against the legislation. p. C. Soule.
Rossblrg, N Y, is Adjutant.
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A Beautiful Book.

The Southern Railway has just issued
a magnificent specimen of printing and
artistic illustration, "The Empire of the
South" 1t claims and seems entitled to
the credit of being the most comprehensive
treatment of Southern material interests
ever published. 1t is full of description of
the climate, soil, products, manufacturing,
and agriculture of the South, and will be
invaluable to those who contemplate max
ing home and entering business in that
region. w: A. Turk, General Passenger
Agent of the Southern Railway, " ash
ington, D. c., is the author of the book.
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1ndorse Administrations War Policy.

Farragut Post, 81. Evansville, Ind, has
passed resolutions, the Endorsement of
which is asked of every G. A. r. Post and
Camp of Confederate Veterans, npholding
the war policy of the present Administra-
ton, and demanding that the American flag
shall be maintained wherever planted.
The committee drafting We're Comrades
VIM. Nelson, VIM. H. Keller, j. w. Comp
ton. c. c. Schroeder and Chas. II. Meyer
hoof
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de Sanco Razanini," was the reply. mo,
SIR" answered the Commodore; II take
no man in the United States Navy with
name like that. Go away and get better
name if you want to enlist" The next
day, bright and early, the same man re.
appeared, and in soft, foreign voice said
his name was Frederick Rodgers. And
this time he was accepted. =,
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EN- ROUTE TO MANILA.
Experiences OF a Paymaster's
Clerk on the Way to the
Philippines.
En- Route for Manila,

SttIC Liht OltN, Q IdI. NOV ~
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: II Is now
10 days since an order was issued by the
War Department. detailing four clerks,
Messrs Kirk. Cuneo. Vidor and Swan, of the
Paymaster-General'sO s Office, to go 10 Manila
for the purpose of relieving and reinforcing
the clerks employed by the Paymasters at
that post; to this number Mr. Hissong was
subsequently added. Our immediate or
ders We're TO report 10 the Chief Paymaster
at San Francisco for instructions.
Taking the advice of those who have been
there, the party procured suitable clothing.
flannel ajamas-though in one instance
making the mistake of getting silk instead
shoes of strong white canvas. and in
cases complete suits of snow-white tweed
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A Charge of Name.

When Commodore Rodgers, U. S. N, was
in charge of recruiting station after the
close of the war, he received an application,
according to a story in the Saturday Eren.
ing Post. What is your name?" asked
the Commodore, gruffiy. don Emilio
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Grand Army Post Mourns Logan's Death.

'Black Eagle" Post, 129, Urbana, ILL.,,
has passed resolutions expressing deep
regret at the death of Maj. ohm A. Logan,
jr., and extending the sincere sympathy OF
the comrades to the bereaved mother, wife,
and children of the deceased.
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"liscoyered Ey q Woman. "

have discovered pl stve cure for all female dis
eases and the piles 1t fails any of the
various diseases peculiar to wOmen such leucOr
rhoea displacements, liberation, granulation etc,
the piles from any or in etherseN. will gladly
mail box of this wonderful medicine free to every
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En- Route 10 Manila.

San Francisco, Cal, Dec =, 1899
After many and varied experiences our
company of clerks, now increased 10 six in
number. find ourselves in the cosmopolitan
city of San Francisco, where We reported to
the very genial and gentlemanly head of the
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. En- Route to Manl;

On Board The Sherman, Dec. I, 1899.
We all consider ourselves fortunate in
securing transportation on the Sherman
II is the iargeSl Transport owned by the
Government rlyin~ between San Fran
cisco and Manila. It has a carrying capac-
itX Of $50 tons and ACCOMMODATIONS for
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L. d.. a. AL

III. C. Kirk s. A. Cuneo, J. II. Swan.
W. S. VidOr, II. B. Bryan and a. T. His
song. clerks. PAY DEPARTMENT having re
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WHY He Was Happy.

Whistling in a public conveyance Is
an offense against good manners, but
the Chicago Journal reports an instance
which really seems to have been eXcus-
able, as IL was excused.
The rest of the passengers were read
ing the morning news, but one man
gazed with unseeing eyes out of the
window and whlstled softly, the tune
being broken now and then by smile
that crossed his bearded lips.
The young girl directly opposite
thought him handsome. and ascribed
his prcoccupied air TO romantic rea-
sons. And the older woman who sat
with her glanced sharply across from
time TO time, 10 see what the young
man meant by rudely whistllng in "a
public conveyance. But the looks of
youth aud age were alike lost ON him.
aud after n while he turned his face
toward the light. and sang with such
hearty untunefulness that his specta-
cled neighbor felt bound To remon-
strate.
Young man. she said, "haye you
hired this ear for your own usef'
lie started at her blankly minute,
and then flushed to the roots of his
hair.
"Was-was l singingT" he asked.
You were making horrible noise"
she replied.
Then he laughed wholesome, hon
est guffaw. and leaned forward conf
dentially.
The jokes on me-" he said. "To tell
the truth, my baby has just cut a tooth.
and-and | was thinking how cunning
thelittle chap looked when he grlnned."
The war light faded In the woman's
eyes, and smile touched the corners
of her mouth as she beamed on the
young father and said with deep inter
est:
Upper or underT'
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The supply of Oxygen.

Persons who happen To be inconyeni-
enced by dearth of anxieties are invit-
ed to agtate their spirits by contempla-
tlon of the prospect of shortage of
oxygen In the atmosphere. 1t seems
that there are well-informed persons,
Lord Kelvin among them, who find rea-
son to believe that this calamity is i'm
pending. The figures (estimated) In the
case are that the world uses annually
six and half billion tons of oxygen for
breathing purposes, and nearly half as
much for fires. This is a big consum-
ton. TO repair it we rely on vegeta-
ton, which we are pretty constantly
restricting. So we use more and more
oxygen all the time, and make less and
less.
No wonder Lord Kelvin says the
earth is undergoing "a steady loss Of
oxygen" As yet, though, the atmos-
phere does not show 1t, and II may be
a few thousand years yet before the
difference will be measurable. To the
short sighted the prospect may not
seem distressing, but folks who need
anxieties should not neglect this one,
since, after all, In anxieties and ances-
try and such things little remoteness
does no HARM Harper's Weekly.
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The Water Clock.

The water clock. otherwise the elep-
sydra, seems, unless the Egyptologlsts
find something fresh In that land of
incessant discoveries from the most far
mlsts of time, 10 have been the first
scientific effort at noting the hours. 4
good many people talk glibly about the
clepsydra who neither know its precise
construction nor the nation who have
the credit of constructing It, That be-
longs TO the Assyrlan, and as far back
as at least over 1900 years ago the
clcpsydra was used In Nineveh under
the sway of the second Sardannpalus
1t was brass vessel of cylindrical
shape, holding several gallons of water.
which could only emerge through one
tiny hole In the side. Thus the trickllng
OF the fluid marked certain amount
of time, and the water was emptied
about half dozen times per diem. In
Nlneveh there was one Mt the palace
These were all filled by signal from Il
Waterman on a tower at the moment,of
sunrise, and each had an attendant,
whose business it was to refill the clep-
sydra ms soon as 1t was emptied, the
fact being announced by criera. much
rs in the last century the watchmen
drowsily shouted the hours at night
throughout the streets of London. Some
five centuries later an anonymous
genius made a great Improvement by
Inserting toothed wheels, which, re-
volving, turned two hands on dial in
clock fashion, thus showing the prog
ress of the time, which from one filling
to emptying averaged two hours and n
half. In this shape the ciepsydra.
which was then chiefly procurable In
Egypt, became introduced to various
other nations, including Rome, where
II flourlshed with various splendid en-
belllshments until the end of the EN-
London Standard