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Show Interesting Ballot Box. hVhI Georgo 11. Fortson Camp, Spanish- iHhI American War Veterans, has n ballot iCHHJ box which Is constructed of matorlals ii'flVJ brought from placos that woro men- iitHHj tloncd In every nowspaper during tho rffaVJ period ot tho war. It Is In tho rogu- 'IsHhI latlon form of n cannon. The white JhYhI or blnck balls aro taken from a box ilwHl beneath tho muzzlo and thrust Into fill tho mouth of tho cannon, whenco thoy ifiW slip through tho barrel Into a box In llHH tho 'HHJ Thn barrel Itself Is made of Cuban .'HHl mahogany, taken from Morro Cnstlo. HHl It was brought to this country by T. HHJ B. Young, who was a soldlor In one , ;HHJ of thn rer-'ar roglmonts In Cuba. The ?HHl yj t o g s ' wHj carilago Is constructed of Philippine HHV mahogany, which was takon from a jHHl door panel In one of tho housAS oo- MhI cupled by tho Washington troops In oHHJ Manila. It wns brought across the IH Pacific, by II. L. Colllor, who was a HHJ corporal In the regIment-SMtl HHJ Po.U Intolllgcnrsr. JHJ . HH 'hVJ |