A Valuable Soldier

Xliey llave a model soldier among me Ligbt Guarde. He believes in doing luty riglit np to the handle. The other night, at Columbus, he was put on pícket duty, with the usual instructions to admit none bul those who gave the countersign, which for that night was "jack Robinson." So our Light Guard determined that, 110 man should pasa him without sayiag the mystic words "Jack Robinson." He paced up and down bis beat with military precisión, and, snre enoiigh, af ter a while along carne a btlated guard, makiiifi bis way V)iick to camp. Down oamë our picket to present arms, and in stentorian toues he called out : "Halt! Who goeg there, friend or "Friend." " Advance, friend, and say Jack ! iuson. " Tlio frieud advunoed, said Jack Robinson, aud passed on the way to his quart(rs, rtjoicing that ho had eucountcrci! so disciplined a pick(:t. - Dayton (.) Journal. Tite ludicrousness of using " Uuited States" au plural is oxenipiifi"d in the extreme in the Iiondon Newa, wliich says, speaking of Robeit líale OwenJ "the Uniteid Statéé wèrie big lionie,"