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fnfellcltteh OF MIR. md Hlrs. Etcrn-
TroublcA nnl Court Proceedings IIo-
gun i'll Paris aud Transferred TO This
Country-ComplaiMts or Husband and
Wife,
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
ABOUT ALASKA.

The area of the possessions purchased by the
United States and denominated simply as Alaska
is equal to that of nearly Onehalf of the Republic
ITSELF of which fact the casual reader is probably
not aware. The islands of ST. Paul and st George
part of a group lying some two hundred miles
west the main land in their present state exceed
in value, as demonstrated by money returns, all
the remainder of the possessions. Strange as it
may appear those two lonely islands in the Pacific
Ocean are about the only known places for seals
to appear in great numbers. and while the sta
tistcs show that 100000 are caught yearly in
the entire world 100000 alone come from these
islands. The Government paid for Alaska origi-
nally S7,20s,00O, and with this years catch the
Government will have received S6,3OO.OOO in
rental from these islands alone. The islands
have been leased for a term of years to a corpo-
ration known as the Alaska Commercial Com
pany, which pays an annual rental of $4,000. in
addition to a tax of S2621 on each skin taken
and are restricted to the capture of 100000 seals
yearly. The Walrus and Otter, belonging to
the same group, are distant seven or eight miles
from st. Paul Island, and are inhabited by
natives known as Aleuts, are also the "seaI
islands" The St. Paul and St. George Islands are
forty miles apart, and communication between
the two is very much restricted. No vessels
save those of the Government and those of the
Alaska Commercial Company are allowed 70
land, even should they so desire, and as land
ing can only be effected at certain seasons of
the year those native to the soil, or stationed
there for brief season, are literally cut off
from the world and it's tidings
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
Answers to Correspondents.

We obliged to answer certain inquiries of the
nature in each issue of paper While cheerfally
furnish information to subscribers in this column,
suggest that much labor time and expense may be saved
both to ourselves and to correspondents if the latter
and other subscribers would keep file of the paper.
They could then at any time the file and proba
biy lind the very inquiry answered about which they
would have written We trust that each and every
subscriber will profit by this suggestion.
IL. Nee, EVANSVILLE. WIs-The delay in your
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]. G. p, STANTON, MICH-Discharee for promo
ton fOrfeits bounty, and as YOU were not n vonn
teer officer March 8, 1869 no three months extra
pay is due.
w. K. s., RACINE, WIsSectiOn 1862 Revised
Statutes gives pension to contract surgeons disabled
in the service of the United States and Section 4702
gives title to widow or any person entitled under the
previous section who has died since March a. 1861.
therefore, widows of contract surgeons entitled
to ST per month"; if husbands death result of
military service.
The present post-ofice addresses of the following
named persons desired by subscribers to THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE. Amy one able to give informa-
ton touching their whereabouts will confer favor
by corresponding WITH us.
1. DR.. Merrill, in charge of Ward g. Carver Hos
pital, July and August, 1864.
2. Any member of Co. B, Thirty-ninth n. J. Vols.
who know Sergeant James McKim.
s. J. c. Mann Second Wisconsin Cavalry, Captain and
A. q. NJ, and name and address OfSurgeOns in Tay-
lor House Hospital Winchester, Virginia, Deem
Der, 1864, to February, 1865.
4. Sergeant Weber Charles Porter or any other.
Off 1harn Of
Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac, in 1862
5. Captain Frederick A. StOddard, or Lieutenant
Hallock, of Company A, or Captain Shipman Com
pany F, One hundred and thirty-seventh New
York Volunteers
6. Captain James Day. Lieutenant Hemstreet Ser
geant Isaac Thompson, Charles LOyeland, Robert
Ferris, or any other member of Company G, One
hundred and seventy ninth New York Volunteers
who at the battle of the Crater, Petersburg,
Virginia, July 30, 1864.
Z. The name and address of some officer soldier
who in hospital at BedlOes Island, New York
Harbor, in 1863, '64 and 50.
John Haynes, or any of the men of Company /,
Twelfth Ohio Vol Cavalry, or Company G, Forty
sixth Ohio Infantry.
of Company G, Second WincOnsin Cavalry.
10. The wife children of Joseph Newton, Co. ID,
Eghty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, who was
killed at Gettysburg.
II. Dr. Cooper who was Post Surgeon at GAINESVILLE
Tennessee, in the winter of 1855; also DR..
Newell, Regmental Surgeon of the Forty second
Missouri Volunteers.
~ Remaining answers next week.
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
JOURNALISTIC NOMENCLATURE.

The names of some of these journals show
high order of inventive genius. Scoring the
old commonplace titles, the aspiring pen-drivers,
particularly of the West and South have struck
out on a new line, such as even Dickens never
imagined. Texas for instance, rejoices in the
possession Of a Jimplecute, which is published
daily, is independent in politics, and is read by
four hundred and ninety subscribers. In addi-
ton, it has Quill and Tomahawk Phono-
graph, and an interesting family of Telephones.
Arkansas glories in Quid Nunc and is equipped
with WheatstOne and an Elevator. Kentucky
has Woman at Work and Mountain Scorcher.
Tennessee is edited by Worker and held fast
by an Anchor. Ohio feels entirely safe in the
hands of Peoples Defender. Then it has a
Scion, Paragraph, and an Eye for Office. Hi
nois contributes Motor, Pantagragh, a Genius,
and Lens. Michigan has a Hawk, a Form,
Pioneer, Magnet, and Crusader. Sleepy Eye,
in Minnesota, is kept from somnOlence by
Wide-Awake. The people Of Storm Lake, Iowa, are
fortunate in the possession of Pilot. A Chrome
type, Sickle, Spike, Torch of Liberty, and
an Outlook make Wisconsin happy, free, and en-
lightened; while all Exodus, Gem, a Ray, an
Optic, Wide-Awake, Headlight a Fair Play,
and Cosmos instruct and edify Missouri. Kan
sas keeps sharp eye all round through Tele-
scope; Solid Muldo0n is character in Colorado;
California finds it is to be hoped, both pleasure
and profit i'll her Daily Town Talk. Arizona
reads her Epitaph with commendable regularity
in the town of Tombstone. IEsthetic Massachu-
sets has her Psyche; New York Cataract,
Sybil, Rough Notes, Breeze, a Fraternal Censor,
Apples of Gold, and an Arm Chair near the
Cricket on the Hearth. A Watch Tower, a
Widows Guide, and A Voice from the Old Brew
cry make up the list of her journalistic jewels.
Sunshine and a Star of Hope make their appear
ance in Pennsylvania, and Voice of the Angels
is heard in Massachusetts New Jersey protects
herself with a Hornet and rejoices in a Belvidere
Apollo. North Carolina is enamored of Sweet
Sixteen, opens daily Nutshell and contents
herself with Brief Philadelphia Times
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
SEASIDE DREAMS.

Ny fair love sits by the sounding sea,
The waves toss their foam TO her feet,
And | wonder-does she think of me,
My love so utterly sweet?
ROBBED in aesthetic garb is she,
The colOrs are yellow and green,
In her hand a sunfower mods to me
As large as was seen.
The winds blow wild, her hair so brown
Is tossed in a shining maze,
Across her breast the locks are thrown
In the sunsets ruddy blaze.
Her ewes are not fixed on a distant sail,
And her thoughts are not on the sea,
She hears not the wind or the curlew's wall
Has never a thought for me.
She dreams of loves won long before
She sat by the sounding sea,
The hearts she has won, the scalps in store
Some thirty and two or three
And the waves roll in and wet her feet,
And the crabs they nibble her toes,
But to recall her conquests is SO sweet
She does not know il blows.
[ try in vain for word or q smile
From my love by the sounding sea;
I'll Irvine weed OH my tallest tile,
For she never will think of me;
But will sit and dream on the sandy shore
Till the waves pass over her head;
She never will write to her friends any more,
And so they will know she is dead.
VIII s. s. an Syracuse Journal
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
CENSUS-TAKING IN ALABAMA.

Oily I. was appointed entlIneTdtOT Ill 81
where the colored class largely predomnated, and
relates some of the difficulties attending his Ia
bors. Having been born and raised in this dis
trict, he was personally known to most OF the
negroes, and was fully competent to undertake
the task. However, being a Democrat, he was
looked upon with suspicion by the negroes, many
Of whom thought there was some trick IN 1t to
entrap them inte some trouble Some refused
outright to answer any questions. He related
his experience with one which is fair example
of many. After explaining to Uncle Harry the
objects &c, he asked him his name.
"Now Mas Willum, dunno What fur say !?
l links gwine to take ole massa's name, but dey
call me Mos, by de name of my las massa"
"Where were you born?"
In Souf Carliny."
How old are yOu?"
"Now I don't zactly members. Ole massa
move to Alabam when | was js CROWN. 1t war
the yer when dat Judge B. ruined for some big
offs, and spoke at de Poplar Springs. Your pa
members it WE'LL
''Then should say you are about sixty?"
Il specs dats about ri CHIT"
Did you farm last year? and what did you
raise, and how much?"
well, las yer work for part of de crap, and
there was a mighty bad drouf and didn't morne
pay out"
Have you any agricultural implements?"
"Any what?"
Tools that you work with to make crOp?"
90 yes, sir. / got turn plough an scouter
an two hoes, one wild de helve broke out"
what are they worth, Uncle Harry"
Not much. You see de mule turn roun, and
trod on one of de handles of de turn plough an
broke it off, an dun had it two yer"
"Have you any stock?"
"Well you see, my mule she lie down an die
JUS in -pullin time, an had to rent mule
dis yer"
"How many cattle?"
well, hev two COWS, heifer, two yerlins an
a calf"
"Any hogs?"
"De ole oman have a sheat up in pen back
dar"
"Did you make any butter during the last
twelve months, and how much, and what was it
worth?"
well, you see, Mas William, las yer was
mighty hard on cattle. De dun cow is de bes',
but her calf were gettin' OLE and she didn't give
much milk. Sometimes de ole 'oman churn once
a week, and when de heifer had calf she churn
two times week; we eat it all, and didn't hab
half huff, and it wasn't wutf muffin, kase we
didn't sell it"
How much wood did you burn last winter,
and what was ii WORTH"
MAS William, how gwine to tell? What
dey want to know bout such foolishness as dat
fur? When want wood 1 60 ober de fence an
cut it. Talk bout what it WORT! Mas William,
you go out dar an git JUS as much as you
want an it shan cos you cent
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
A PAT ANSWER.

An officer of the Union army relates that upon
one occasion after charge on the enemy's works,
a fierce encounter and a fall back for reinforce
ments, a bright young Irish soldier was found to
have rebel flag captured from the foe APP
preaching him he said: "Ill send that to the rear
as one of our trophies; give me the flag" Sure,
III not give it ye," said Pat; if we are wanting
one, there's plinty av'em behind that ridge over
beyant where got this; sure We can 60 and get
one for yerself.-Boston Commercial Bulletin
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
PRESIDENT MADIsoN,s HOME.

The estate of Montpelier the home OF Presi-
dent Madison, which was sold not long since to
Colonel Darlington for $4,000, has an eventful
history of its own. In the days OF President Mad
ison it was much larger than at present, being
valued very early in the century at nearly So
600 Since that time it has been somewhat
Topped of it's fair proportions but it still contains
1,O633 acres, of which 400 acres are valuable wal
nut and other wood lands. When President
Madison died the estate fell to his widow, for
mery Mrs Payne Todd. Her son, John Payne
Todd who died in Washington not long since in
great poverty, was given to dissipation and man
aged through the over-indulgence of his mother
to involve the estate to the extent of $4,000
She struggled bravely to keep the estate, but was
finally compelled to sell it to Mr.. Henry Moncure
of Richmond, in 1912, receiving $4,000 for it,
Mr.. Moncure held the property for three or four
years and then sold it to the Thornton brothers.
two Englishmen, who were supposed to be i'm
mensely wealthy The Thorntons spent money
profusely in improvements, and made the place
the show Of the neighbOrhood. Some time in
1855 the Bank of England sued them for 100000
ION what grounds is now forgotten), and they,
being deeply in debt, sold Montpelier to Thomas
J. Carson, of Baltimore, Nd for S37,500. Just
before the war Carson, who was an Outspoken
sympathizer with the South decided the prop
erty to his brother Frank in order to preserve it
in any event, without receiving it is said, any
equivalent. Whether he or his heirs claimed it
after the war or not there is no means of ascer-
tanning but certain it is that the estate remained
in the hands of Frank Carson up to his death in
1879. incidentally it may be mentioned that
prior to Carson's time the estate was held for
short periods by Mcfarland & Haxall, of Rich
mond, who Endorsed for the Thorntons) and by
Alfred V. Scott, of Georgetown, who paid $4,000
for it, and occupied the old mansion for three
years. The last owner, Frank Carson, was eccen-
trio and somewhat improvident, and for years
before his death allowed the property to run to
seed, cultvating only such acreage as would sup
ply his wants. He was an old bachelor and lived
simply, not to say abstemiously. He managed,
however, to reduce the mortgages on the estate,
which seemed to have been assumed by each
holder in turn from $4,000 to $4,000. Finally
he died intestate and the holders of the deed of
gift and the heirs-at-law, of whom there seven,
demanded a settlement of the estate. 1t is a
question whether the heirs-at-law may not con-
test the validity of the sale on the ground that
the price it brought far from its actual value
Colonel Darlington was asked by the World cor
whether he intended to convert Mont
pelier into summer resort, and replied that he
did not. He intends to use it as a summer resi-
dence and probably as a stud farm
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
THE SCOLD.

The instant that / ope my eyes,
Adieu all day to silence;
Before my neighbors they can rise,
They hear my tongue mile hence.
When at the board take my seat
It's one continued riot;
i eat and scold, and 'scold and eas:
My clack is never quiet.
But when to bed go at night
surely fall a-weeping;
For then / lose my great delight
How can scold when sleeping
Bot this my pain doth mitigate,
And soon disperses sorrow,
Altho' tonight it be too late
III pay il Of tomorrow.
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
JOINED, NOT MATED,

blind girl in Charlotte, N. c., is to be mar
ried to deaf mute. This looks like an unso-
cable combination. The wife will be unable to
see anything to tell her husband about and the
husband will be unable to tell his wife about
anything he sees or reads
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
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The National tribune., 1881-10-15

MY brethren" said a western minister 4" the
preaching OF the gospel to some people is like
pouring water over a sponge-it soaks in and
stays. To others it is like wind blowing through
chicken coop. My experience of this congrega-
ton is that it contains more chicken coops than
sponges"
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
THE WORST OF 1T.

The story is told of a canny Scot who, having
recently lost his wife, was receiving the commits
erations of friend. "You have had great trial,
Mr.. Campbell" Eyes, sir, you may well say
that" was the reply. And then, pausing, with a
shake of the head: "Not only was it great trial,
but let me tell you matter of verra considerable
erpense"
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
IRELAND'S
CHART OF THE REBELLION,

Size eight square feet Coored Portraits of Grant and
Sherman. Contains over two thousand events of the
war, from beginning to close including military and
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Gives information in ten minutes than ordinary his
tory in many hours. Single copy, by mail, IS cts.
Three copies S1.O0. Agents wanted
Address j. P Ireland Dexter. Penobscot Co., Maine.
The National tribune., 1881-10-15

Carlyle says: Eternal silence is the duty of a
glan"
He never did his duty
The National tribune., 1881-10-15
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The National tribune., 1881-10-15
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-07-13
COTTON PICKING BY MACHINERY

After the sewing machiga and chs
loom for making hair cloth 1t 10 idle to
Judge in advance any mechanical Of
fort for the Substitution OF lnanimate
for animate labor. TO tho ordinary
mind the idea of a machine by which
not only to pick cotton, but to seiect
that which is fit to pick, 10 preposter'
GUS; and in the discussion in the South
ern papers as to the feasibility of the
of this procedure, we have entered
with that impartiality of mood, which,,
hoping for the best, demands proof
rather than promise. If we are to
take, as there is no apparent reason
WHY We should not, letter originally
published in the Raleigh North Caro-
iins) Observer, as genuine, the cotton
picking machine has been made, used
and is practicable. There are some
things in tue letter of Mr.. o. r: Smith,
the inventor of the machine, which re-
mind one of the history of the iBtro-
duction of labor saving machines 10
England, as related to the manufac-
ture of the staple which, as 1t now
looks. ia to be gathered 10 the future
with fewer human hands. Mr.. Smith,
like the ordinary run of inventors, had
more brains than money; indeed, it
wa. with the greatest difficulty that DO
borrowed money enough with which
to make his model and take out his
patent. He accomplished both pnrpo-
SEES. He has worked his picker for two
years. He is making q half'size mod
ell for the Atlanta exposition. 1t was
the invention of the cotton gin which
gave the impetus resulting in the enor-
nous progress and wealth Of the South.
Shoald the picking machine prove to
be that which, accordiugto Mr.. Smiths
experience it promises to DO, it's i'm
portanee to the Sonth and the world
cannot DO estimated. Last year there
were thousands upon thousands OF
bales of cotton lost because it could
not be gathered when it was ready for
gathering. If machines will do the
work, machines will save the crop. II
machines will pick cotton, the United
States will furnish the material for the
markets of the world. If machines
will pick cotton, the Southern planter
can devote more time and area of land
to other crops. Mr., Smith, and very
naturally, in view of the opposition to
his machines In North Carolina, dc.
clares that his invention is fact, no,
to the lessening of the price of cotton,
but to secure more money 10 the pro.
ducer's hands for that which he raises
1t is not incumbent on any one to ar
que the specific effects Of the introduc.
ton of the machine he avows to b
subs: sntially effective. The history o.
the old and new worlds shows tina,
while machinery enables the poor t.
live more cheaply, 1t does not diminlst
the demand for labor. The sewing
woman ia more needed, and is better
paid, than before the invention and
introduction of the sewing machine
now a household necessity. The At
lanta exhibition promises to be, in al
respects, Q success; 1t will afford nosh
ing, We apprehend, more interesting
than the sight of and debates over
cottou-p picking machiue.-lNew Yorl
Shipping List.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-07-13
UNWRITTES POEMS.

There are poems unwrittan and scGss
al5ung.
Sweeter than any that ever were nosl"'
Poems that wait foY angel tongue,
Songs THAT long fcr p"rsdfSe bird;
Poems that ripple through lowlisst lives
Poems unnoted, ind hidden away
Down in souls, where the beautiful thrives
sweetly as flowers in the airs OF May
Poems that only the angels above us,
Looking down deep In our hearts may
behold;
Felt, though unseen, By tho beings who
love us,
Written on lives all In letters OF gold
-lTennyson