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Captain CamliOn.

In the month of May, 1864, we were
encamped, under Grant, on the bank of
the Rapidan. The opposite side of the
river was held by Lees forces. Our
regiment-the 20Oth Massachusetts, had
fought in many of the bloodlest battles
of the war, and comparatively few of
the original volunteers now survived.
Camlion, Fred Belton, and myself, how
ever, still held together, and neither
one of US, in all the dangers to which
we had been exposed, had ever received
wound.
Our acquaintance ahtedated the war.
We had been classmates in Harvard
University. remember we used to
nickname Camlion Captain" long be-
fore the war of the rebellion was thought
of. He was president of every college
society to which he belonged; he pull
ed the heaviest oar in the University
crew. No exertion tired him, and no
provocation put him out of temper,
though | do not forget his encounter
with Fred Belton. 1t was, indeed, the
beginning of their friendship. Fred
was Virginian by birth, though he
afterwards fought on the Northern side
he was full of fun and humorous mis-
chief, but subject to ungovernable out
bursts of passion. One day be under
took to play off a practical joke on Mrs.
Clapper, our laundress, who was more
than suspected of using chemicals in
her washing, to the detriment of the
fabrics committed to her charge. Fred.
who was something of chemist, hit
upon the ingenious device of saturating
one his shirts with mixture, which
brought in contact with the ingredient
Mrs. Clapper was accused of, produced
an explosion which utterly upset her
and her washtub, and, besides render
ing the poor old lady almost idiotic
with fright, injured her rather severely
on the face and hands. Fred related
the incident with great glee at the sup
per table that evening. We all thought
1t funny and laughed, all except Cam
lion.
"You ought to beg the woman's par
don. Belton," he said. There was an
immediate silence when his low but
powerful voice struck in. and everybody
turned toward him as he sat with both
hands resting on the edge of the table
and his face, which was the type of the
young Grecian Hercules. slowly redden-
ing. Fred laughed, fancying at first
that Camlion was chatting. But in a
moment the latter added, at was q
blackguardly thing to do"
ThereupOn Fred jumped up. white
with wrath.
will you take that back 9'' he call
ed out.
81 say 1t was shameful and coward
ly trick, was Camlion's answer.
Belton snatched up a heavy breae
knife that lay on the table and hurled i
with all his force at Camlion's face. |
struck him on the cheek, little belov
the right eye. 1t was murderous aes
We all rose confusedly to our feet, an
ticipating violent sequel; for Caml5e'
could have shaken Belton's heart on
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But luckily there's not another woman
like her on the planet" se''si.2
YOU'D better look out, or she II make
conquest of you in more ways than
one. )" said laughing. "By the way,
this news would interest Camlion. Does
he know ?'' a2i4
"No; and don't mean to tell him, !"
returned Bolton, rather sharply. and
after sitting few minutes longer. he
got up and left me in, apparently. no
very good humor. -
That same evening, however, he ap-
peared again, this time in proccupied
mood, and with his pipe in his mouth.
The conversation presently turned upon
the ever-active sharp-shooter. and after a
few remarks had passed. Belton sudden
ly exclaimed:
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GEO. I'll. BLAKE, Publisher.

bank. The man was mortally wound
ed but before he died he was able to
state that he had seen his executioner-
young fellow with straw hat and a
dark blue jacket or shirt. who parted
aside the bushes and looked across at
him. the smoking rifle in his hand.
eff any one with good aim had been
with me-" added the poora chap, ''we'd
have potted him then, sure"
They were his last words. But it
was not the first time the terrible sharp
shooter had been said to have shown
himself under similar circumstances, and
it set me thinking again of Belton's
scheme of the night before.
At 5 o'clock that afternoon the Off
GERS and non-commissioned officers of
our company were summoned to meet
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incurred. But contact with men and
the world, and the hearty preoccupation
of his struggle to atone for the sins of
the dead, instead of embittering him.
had brought his strong nature into
more cheerful frame; and his quiet
geniality made his companionship more
than ever delightful to me. But once,
when | asked him, half jocularly, wheth-
er he had no thoughts of getting mar
ried, he looked at me very gravely. and
answered, in his deep straightforward
voice:
81 never met but one woman whom /
could have married, and | gave her up
long ago. Do you remember Miss
Capel 2"
This led to me telling him how his
message had failed to reach her, and the
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live made up my mind to Kill that
fellow. and I've thought of a way how
it may be done | guess I'm as good
a shot as he is, and if | can get sight of
SO much as square inch of him. he's
settled p He then went on to unfold to
me his scheme, which appeared feasible,
though there were certain obstacles in
the way. After we had discussed it for
a while. he said: 'Do you know why |
want to shoot him Q
From patriotic motives. l trust"
was my reply.
That's very we'll SO far as it goes;
but there's something else. believe |
know who he is-or what he is, at all
events. | believe he is the man whom
Rosalind Capel means to marry. From
something she said to-day I'm certain
she knows him. and that there some
thing more than ordinary between them.
And don't intend she shall marry him
if can help it,
did not much like this attitude of
Belton's, and | told him so but he took
my structures in such i'll part that for
the present judged it best to say no
more. Plainly he was in love with Miss
Capel. | devoutly wished that she was
out of the way, but before breakfast
time the next morning | was destined
to hear of her again. 1t was about the
hour of sunrise when Camlion, who had
been on picket duty during the night,
entered my tent his face flushed, and
his blue eyes kindled with repressed ex-
element
81 have seen Miss Capel," he said.
going to the point at once, as his GUS
tom was. "There was an alarm at my
outpost two hours ago, and one of my
men fired. We heard something fall,
went out, and found rider entangled
with his horse, which was shot dead
knew her in moment, though she
was in mans clothes-.a blouse ano
high boots. She had lost her way, and
had stumbled on us in the darkness
Their house is near here. she says. It
was narrow escape; if she had beer
killed. could not have borne it!
wish this war was over"
"Was she armed % | inquired, feel
ing more uneasy than dared confess.
mo. Why should she, poor girl
She had been to see some friends 0
theirs somewhere up the country.
gave her a man to see her safe home.
He had spoken the latter sentence IN
low voice. Now he looked suddenly u
and said, with deepest emphasis
would give my life to know that sh
loves me still as | love her She di
love me once There's no other woma
in the world for me"
, "You must bear in mind that she
; a red-hot REBEL" ventured to remark
'.OD the contrary, she's more tha
: half inclined to our side. returned Can
lion eagerly. "She told me almost
D much, In her heart she loves the Unio
Y best"
!, This unlikely assertion increased m
a misgivings tenfold but before coul
: make up my mind what to say l W;
e summoned to attend another victim
]. our mysterious enemy on the opposi
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go MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR
INVISIBLE"

o may JOIN the choir invisible
or those immortal dead who live again
In minds made better by their presence; live
In pulses stirred to generosity,
In deeds of daring rectitude. in scorn
For miserable aims that end with SELF
In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
And with their mild persistence urge mans search
To vaster issues.
So to live is heaven;
To make undying music in the world,
Breathing as beauteous order that controls
With growing sway the growing life Of man.
So we inherit that sweet purity
For which we struggled, failed. and agonized
With widening retrospect that bred despair.
Rebelous flesh that would not be subdued, y @
vicious parent shaming still its child
Poor anxious penitence. is quick dissolved;
Its discords, quenched by meeting harmonIes.
Die in the large and charitable air.
And all our rarer. better. truer self,
That watched to ease the burthen of the world
Laboriously tracing what must be,
And what may yet be better-saw within
worther image of the sanctuary,
And shaped it forth before the multitude ..-.
Divinely human. raising worship so
70 higher reverence more mixed with love-
That better self shall live till human time
Shall fold its eye-lids. and the human sky
Be gathered like scroll within the tomb
Unread forever. tst.
... This is life to come,
Which nartyred men have made more glorious
For US who strive to follow. May reach
That purest heaven, be to other souls
The cup of strength in some great agony,
Enkindle generous ar1or. feed pure love,
Beget the smiles that have no cruelty
Be the sweet presence of good dffused,
And in diffusion ever more intense.
So shall join the choir invisible
Whose music is the gladness Of the world.
-Ge0r0e Eliot
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intelligence seemed to produce great
effect upon him. He murmured to him
self, several times, THAT may have
been the reason" and thereafter became
totally uncommunicative on the subject.
| do not know whether Fred Belton ever
heard of this conversation but for my
part, the stirring events that were daily
happening around us soon put it out of
my head.
As | began by saying. we were en-
camped on the Rapidan river, just be-
fore that terrible series of battles in the
Wilderness which ushered in the close
of the rebellion. Meanwhile, there was
an ominous quiet in our neighbOrhood
the only exception being a rather an
noying one in the shape of sharp
shooter on the Confederate side of the
river (Which was there about three hum
dred yards wide). who unerrlngly pick
ed off any of our men who ventured, to
show so much as his elbow on the Fed
eral bank As he had established him.
self opposite the only spot in couple
of miles where it was practical to water
our cattle, his presence was particularly
inconvenient; and we expended an ap-
parently disproportionate deal of trouble
in our efforts to dislodge him, but moth
ing had any effect. AS i'll luck would
have it. there were no guns available at
this point; and it was IN vain that we
peppered the place whence the deadly
shots proceeded with our rifles. Every
day several valuable men were lost, un-
til at last the question, what was to be
done, became serious and pressing one.
The unknown marksman never was
known to miss and all that any of us
ever saw of him was the puff of smoke
from the muzzle of his weapon.
One afternoon Fred Belton came to
my tent Il was surgeon to our company
in state of such manifest discomposure
that at first thought either the colonel
had been killed or the mysterious sharp
shooter captured. 1t turned out to be
quite another matter, however.
..What do you think q he began, ii
an excited undertone. ''Whosc house
do you suppose is mile off there, OF
our left?" And without giving me time
to hazard a guess he went on: "fh'
Capels, as sure as you sit there. Ant
whom do you suppose | saw? Miss Ros
alind herself as I'm living sinner
She rode up on horseback just as | wa
palavering at the front door for proven
der. By Jove. she's more divinel.
handsome than ever And. oh, my wig
, didn't she give me rafting though
: Whew p
: "What did she scold you about p de
manded |, amused.
...For being a Virginian. and fghtin
t on the Northern side. tell you. sh
: made me feel like a born sneak an
4 blackguard. A little more, and b
8 lieve should have ratified again, an
e joined the Johnny Rebs. If were
man, said she. Il would make it m
s business to catch such creatures as yo'
a and hang you'll It's my opinion, if
f few hundred women like her were to e.
e list on the Reb's side we should
d thrashed out of our boots in a mont
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Itching Piles-symptoms and Cure.

The symptoms are moisture, ike per-
spiration, intense itching, increased by
scratching, very distressing, particularly
at night, as if pin worms were crawling
in and about the rectum; the private parts
are sometimes affected; if allowed to con-
tinue very serious results may follow.
ssDR. SwAYNE's ALL-HEALING OINTMENT
is pleasant sure cure. Also for letter,
itch, salt rheum, scald head, erysipelas,
BARRIERS itch, biotches, all scaly, crusty,
cutaneous eruptions. Price so cents. 3
boxes for S1.25. Sent by mail to any adj
dress on receipt of price in currency, or
three cent postage stamps. Prepared only
by DIR. Swayne Son, $50 North Sixth ST.,
Philadelphia, Pa, to whom letters should
be addressed. Sold by all prominent
druggists. Ally
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WE LOVE THE ABSENT BEST.

Oh, the absent are the dearest
To mothers loving heart;
And the depth of our affection
Is not known until we part.
We may view our sleeping darliags,
With watchful pride and care;
And may breathe an earnest blessing
Ger each dusky head and fair.
But If there remains pillow
Too uncrumpled. and too white;
And the chair a-near the bedside
Hold no garments for the night
If we miss the shoes and stockings,
A torn jacket, or dress
If we miss q Goodnight, mother"
And a dear ones warm caress-
Then our hearts yearn with affection
For the rover from our nest,
And we feel of all our darlings
That We love the absent best
All. the absent are the dearest
Mother hearts will answer yesl
The dear lips by far the sweetest
Are the lips we cannot kiss
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-02-14

An old New Jersey farmer read an item
in a paper, not long since, to the effect
that Secretary Sherman was breaking
ground for a handsome house in Wash
ington. ''There, Sarah, he said to his
wife, ssthat's the man we want for Presi-
dent. You see he amt too proud to dig
out his own cellar, and yum if he gots
lected next year I'll go on to Washington
an help him with his garden sass, or my
name amt 'Zekiel Post"
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HOODS
SARSAPARlLLA

Has decided" claims upon the public. This
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has done to those who have been cured of
diseases from which they have suffered in
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led testimonials, every one of which is pos
tive fact.
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CHELSEA, VT, Feb. "a, 1879.
MEssRs. G. !. HOOD & Co., Lowell, Mass:
The 9th day of last June l was taken sick
with swelling on my right foot and with an
awful pain The swelling went all over me,
My face was swelled so that l could with diff
iculty see out OF my eyes, and broke out
over the whole surface of my body; my right
foot up to my knee was one raw, itching
mass, and my ankle and foot so lame and
sore / could not step on it, and it would run
so as to wet bandage through in an hour.
In this condition Mr.. w. F. Hood (of the firm
of A. r. Hood & Son, druggists, of this town.,
handed me bottle of HOODS SARSAPARIL-
LA, and told me to take it. did so, and by
the time had taken one bottle / found that
it was doing me good. have since taken
five bottles more. After 1 had taken three
bottles my soreness began to leave me, and
/ have been growing better every day, so
that to-day can walk without going lame.
] have no soreness in my ankle and it has
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my recovery to your Sarsaparilla. write
this to let you know that / think it deserves
the confidence of the public, especially those
who are troubled with humOrs ..
Yours most truly,
JOSIAH PITKIN.
p. S. Every person that saw me said that
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Elears County @unitor,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY By
GEO HI. BLAKE,
BARTON, VT.

'RMs.-Strictiy in aduance. $1.5O per annum. If
laid in advance, LOO year. Subscribers living
ide OF Orleans County must remit 10 cents extra
Postage. For convenience in remitting, we will
eredit for one year and four months for So 90, to
eribers in the county, and one year and three for
to subscribers without the county, when sent
Fly in 0dvdnce. f
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.nit by P. o. Money Order. Registered Letter or
,. Watch the label on your paper and notice
your subscription expires and see that your
hents are kept in advance. When money is sent
Re shall give you the credit on the label at once
le label is not advanced within two weeks, notify
\ pOstalcard.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-01-15

Father Moloney departed for San Francisco
Tuesday morning. to be absent about three
weeks.
W. J. Haynes of Schellhourn was Ia town
this week. He Is the same genial gentleman
IS of old.
Mr.. Poujad of the firm of Poujade 4 Gar
Afghan of Ward. and wife have been spending
several days in Cherry Creek.
Dave McQUity, the WELL known steptee
Valley granger. paid us a visit Tuesday.
Dave Is having n good market for his ranch
truck" opening mp in Cherry Creek.
Mr.. Richard Wilson, the Managing Direc-
tor Of the Exchange mine. came up from San
Francisco Monday night. He Is favorably
impressed with the prospects of Cherry
Creek.
Tom Waters of Hamilton was in town the
fore part Of last week. lie returned home on
Tuesday. but will come back and make
Cherry Creek his home.
Sheriff Raum is in from the snow-bound
county seat when Ed hungers to tread on
mother earth he comes over here.
Henry Hip, one Of Wards most enterprise
ing merchants, was in town several days this
week. Though he did not say as much, We
think he has an eye to business here.
William Burbank. a brother of George W.,
zane in from Snake Valley Thursday even-
ing. He reports the stock interests in that
section as thriving.
William Blair of Eberhardt and Mike
Ahern Of Hamilton arrived in town by
Wednesdays stage. Mike says he'll stay
with US till tho snow settles down around
White Pine.
Henry Marty. an old-timc resident Of Eber-
hardt, arrived Ia town Thursday evening,
lie informs US that the Eberhardt mill has
closed down for the winter. Mr.. Marty is
pleased with the outlook of Cherry Creek.
L. o. Benedict, superintendent Of Public
Schools. returned from the county seat Mon
dty. He says the county officers just in
stalled are inangurating many reforms in tho
way Of reducing public ~expenseJ. New
brooms weep clean.
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Delayed Mails.

II l. bad enough for Cherry Creek, the Sec
ond most ~populoas town In Eastern Nevada,
TO be compelled TO content itself with a tri-
weekly mail. but when, through the careless
ness of the postal officials, OF some Of them,
between here and Eureka, our mail Is sent
of to Phoebe. or somewhere else. and we have
10 await It's return, the matter becomes SIM
ply Undesirable. We know not whore the
blame lies. but we do know and have known
II for a long time that there is neither system
nor certainty about the mails that should
reach us from Hamilton and Eureka. Our
people should rise up in an Indignant protest
to the Postal Department against this great
avil
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school nTuddIs.

There scOms to be some hitch in tho smooth
working Of school matters in this district.
Tho new Board Of Trustees, VIC learn, fail d
TO qualify. as required by law. and the
County superintend mt has the appointing
power under sneh circumstances. 1t is un-
fortunate for thu community that the people
are divided on so important a subject as the
cond net OF our nualie school. County Super
intendent Bene let informs us that, so far a.
he l. conc .rnei. no b IS no fault to find with
the present manage nent, and In making his
appoint aents he has exacted a promise from
two Of his appointees hiatt tn present teacher.
Miss Stanley. shall be retained Our advice
10 all concern, I'd i TO discard petty bubbles.
and work harmonic isly together to advance
the best inter ssts Of that most important of all
local institutions-oIr public school.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-01-15

Frank M. Chapman had quite an Inter
view" with a ferocious wildcat near Schell-
barne last week. lie was out looking up
stock. and seeing TIL cat at a distance and be-
ing curious to know what il was, rode up to
1t. when the animal suddenly sprang upon
him in the saddle. The horse becam, fright
ened, and threw both rider and assailant.
Young Chapman had no weapon other than a
loaded whip, and this he used with such force
as to kill thu Infatuated beast. A heavy coat
which the young man wore nj the time pre-
vented him from being badly scratched by
the wildcat. Ills rare pluck and courage no
doubt saved him from a horrible fate. The
ca; was a very largs ono. and meant business.
His skin will be preserved as a trophy in tho
Chapman family.
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stock Quotations.

Star stock is quoted In the San Francisco
Stock Board at 20 cents. with the assessment
paid. 10 the uninitiated in stock circles this
looks strange. If any mine on the Comstock
could make the same showing as the Star
mine does to-day. its stock would jump up
to $40 or $50 at once, and remain there. With
ore enough In sight to keep a 2O-stamp mill
running for two years, and all the develop
ments going to prove that larger and richer
orc bodies a~reisure to be uncovered at greater
depth. there Is no valid reason why Star
stock should not comman ready sale at from
$40 to $40 per share. But the ways of the
stock market are strange. and beyond the
comprehension of common people at this
distance.