Show VETERANS1 COKNEH CAMI rme HKETOHBB J10n Till OLD 8OLDIDHS Wlt So The Ome vseffies soo55 C sCettefeIumtiuo nTh sin n-Th sgeole ant lit ehT II HI brninhw of the pine tre IF like ihelleflng arm bend low Jr I And tho limb ikUJi alioro are lighted with the campfires ruddy glow Tlie craoklo of tlw e burning log the merry song soil peh All mingle with the rhythmic beat of ware upon the bench And eiaundlng through the volley In echo loud salt long You hear the hills call back again the last Wont of the long And come a solemn moment while eacli heart Ixmd In the spell Ai further In the distune sounds llr own true lave farewell It Is only I for a moment Jho hesuu ire glad and young The spirit at tho mountain ipiak In no familiar tongue And each face within Iho circle reflects a merry smile I Some watch the name silence ns the Imnjoi lisped the while I Horra mMMge ire whispered some I nniwerlng gUnee read I The pine tree sheit their fragrance as they waver orerhmd I Then about of Joyous laughter make blue limb to ihnko and low As the lately mountains echo There ono wider ribber to crow A meet song one Mthetle and the for nt mm till Attuned to ill Ita feeling and alive with sympathy The boughs In lane are nodding and the bright flame slowly die Whllo tIme wind from oer the mountain moun-tain KVIIII pasting I with a sight There li I lullIng In our voice there ore lean within our eye A Hood of secret longing In our heart unbidden rise lx > vr and hope that ore unknown IbrM the unseen form repeat Ai they echo from their cavern Mar uerlta Marguerite Thcji the wlndi forget their ilghlng uml the name Hart up again As a dozen hearty voice join In some farewell refrain Ai Iho boat ore quickly laden nnd the oar push out from shorn Tho fnrrtt with It magic uxks to luro iii lack oiuo more The oh ito tsdaciisetluamjit slush 1 lt rc Wllllo tho n I ptlnR I In 0 hilly ensuing breeze And to catch the mountain echo we j lInger on our oar Tho answer tan mocktr Well leave thee never more FTd l Scott Mine tieffilIloO 5 If tklutt enemy hung r feed him If bo thirst give him drink li I a team which found many a fulfillment during our late WrOll both ildc The following fol-lowing example ho I quoted from the History ot the lOtlh 1enniylvinla Ittfilmenl and tho occurrence teak place after thus battle of IMIr Oaks Much mlnlKcucc can do nolhliiK but good During tho day Adjutant Iloli asked Captain Iord to tako n walk with him over tho field They had not gone far honovcr before the adjutant gaul I cannot stnnd this It make mIck m-Ick to nee such terrible nights Tho dead lay piled on top ot each other just ni they had fallen all mangled man-gled and torn whlto ito groan of lId wounded l nnd dying were ngonlilng to hear Ho tho adjutant turned back but the captain kept on nnd soon camo to an old man illllux lip against a tree while acres hula lap hy a > oug lad whoa lino feature pale 1 face slut light waving wav-ing hair would readily have been takun for n jounu guns Addressing tho old man the captain Inquired hi regiment Hamilton Ixglon he replied llolng asked whero ho Will wounded he unbuttonMl hll coat and Ulsplnjol an ugly wound In hubs right arm The captain nskcd 1 the Ind what regiment regi-ment ho belonged 1 to and ho rvpllad Hampton legion Then you know each nlhort Ye ho my boy nild tho old bonn ho fell badly minded In blue leg anil I came to help him nnd vans hit mysolf I havo tied 1 his wound up na well ai Iran I-ran but we have both lost IB much blood that Im afraid we cant Hand It much longer He then told how ho had draxiwl his boy to Iho tree taken alt Ills own hlrl and lorn It Into strips tied up tho wound ni well ai ha could and then had sat dawn with the boyM head In hli lap walling to bo taken to thu Ivispltal The ruplaln explained that wo had our own wounded to look after first and thai ai soon as paulblo ha would receive attention Hv then mndo his way back lo the hospital and related tho circumstance to our lurgton who gave him a stimulant stimu-lant to take to them Thence ho wuni to the pump but here n guard wii placed to prevent any but itirgtoni und nurse from Inking water At list they would not lot Captain Kord have I any but lie said I want Ills for a Oonfedcri e for a i father nail ion lying I ont In t snail Mill badly wounded and crImp dr nc Tie iniird Immediately I I nile the eec sad aceompanled by a nurte whew be nraeon bad detailed to go with him be certain returned to tho woods 1I1lnl hue lAIr hi KaYo him belr lbe COlltflit or thll cup 0111 the oIl man the rtlndfr The falher thnk1 him led told I etaln YOII have esvel l oer I II muss I 4hl nol Ihlnk a Yankee 01101 5 I tIe 10 kind Unroll lhlu At a reeent banquet In tho city of Wuhlnglon lenernl SIckle related the following remarkable anecdote at Lincoln It wai on the Cth day ot July laf4 tint I woo brought Washington on 0 stretcher from the field of Gettysburg Hearing of my arrival President Lincoln Lin-coln ram to my room and sat down br my bedsIde Ho asked about the great battle and when I told him of tho tel ethIc slaughter the tear streamed from hli eye I liked him If he had doubled doubl-ed the reaulu Ho said No Then be continued l ThIs may seem itrnnge lo you but a few d yi ago when the opposing irmle were converging I felt ni never before my utter hrlpleiisneu In the great crisis that was to come upon the country I went Into my own room and locked the door Then I knelt down and prayed 1 a I had never prayed before I told huh that ho had gabled 1 me to this position that I had don all that I could do anti that the result now wii In hi hands Hint I felt my own Htlknr nnd lack ot power and that I knew that It Iho country wa to bo HIM It was because ho willed It When I went down from my room Ira I-ra that there could be no doubt of the lUll The burden seemed to hove rolled off my ihouldcn my Intense anilely wisa relieved and In III place cmo grest nellie of lrutfuncs and thins wai why I did not doubt the result at OKIyikurg And what Is I more Sickle he continued l I believe I t we may hear at any moment of n nieces by Irani who ha been raw > r-aw at Vlcksburg for so many moo lI Uy tomorrow > oii will hear that ho has won a victory Important to us In this west ai Icttiburg U I In the cast Then turning lo mo ho laid Sickle I am In a prophetic mooj today to-day and I know that you will get welL The doctor do not give mo that hope Mr President I laid but be in iwrred cheerfully I know you will get well Hlckle llrniili rxihill iir Man In one respect Grant said Colonel McKall of Rt lonls who served with him before Vlckiburg was nsource of great worrlmcnt to Iho commanding fleer Inking part In his councils ot war This came from his reticenceilur IIIR Iho council and hIs prompt Individual Indi-vidual ncllon nftcrncnl Irani would lit nnd iliUn lnaU the others lid to ylimoMiK iffTctisrBn orfsnally Taking n drink n luis hospHabJo refreshment re-freshment might bo passed nround Then when the talk woe all over nnd eveoono haul cxprvued hIs opinion ni lo what ihould be done Iran would leave the tent and go to Itiwllni his chief of staff nail begin Issuing order No one knew to what decision ho had arrived and they would have no Idea whet the next movement wai to bo until un-til their order were received Ip i clally to lenernl John A Logan who commnnded tho division ot which my regiment woe a part other Mclherion wu kilted was this trait of Iranti n trial IlIt It nil1 Logan would My In hIs Impetuous wnj If Crnnt woull 1 only give ui mm Idea nf what be was thinking think-ing about Hut no ho Just listens without with-out a word nnd then nhcn wove told nil wo know antI think off ho gnus to Ilnnllni omit that Iho last we eo or hear of him until his orders for the next imminent mine lo 1111 Tlin Vlrrlur oiut 1 llie HnuiTn At scale maneuver of tho volunteer In l > umfrk shlru the troops were dl vldcd Into two part nn attacking and n itrfinding force The former well posted behind u hugo during faiiia iklrmlshlng when one nl the defenders rmddcnly burst through nnd was Immediate surrounded l Down with our ormyouro may prisoner cried the mrgeout Not blue mon returned thin In Irudcr coolly Im line preeioner 1 I tell 9 ou vvo nro blue enemy cried tho sergeant I thou rare whether lore tho enemy or nae retnrteil tho Intrepid volunteer I hae lost ma snuffbox nol I 1m no gaun buck without II Amid gtncrnl laughter the valiant warrior was nllowud lo look for ma snuffbox nnd when he hall found It be departed lu peace New York World VI Illmnlr Vustr John U lllack non of Valley city North Dakota and an aide to lenerjl Mile during tie war stss hat In the Illood Anglo In the Wilderness he felt a bullet strike him lu the side but na u didnt hurt him very much he kept right on with hula duties for a tew hahn nIna Boon ho felt something trickling down hi leg nnd he began to grow faint from Ion of blood He dismounted dismount-ed 1 as soon a poMtble pulled up hi trouser leg and found n black stream ooilng through his underwear Into his boot Tho bullet I hid broken an old wooden bottle of Ink ant danced off without doing further Injurj Comrade Com-rade lllack iurvlvldt > and afterward became commander of the department of Dakota Ho alni woo the best 1 fellow In tho world |