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John Moirs' Scotch Jams.
e. 7. Cowdreys Fruit Preserves Qn jars9
J Jeiiiss Tumblers.
Curtice Bros. Fruits in Glass Jars.
q Cans.
Golden Gate
Shaker Apple Sauce.
Sweet Cider Jellies.
Boiled Cider.
Campbelrs Jelleys and Jams in lib. Kegs.
Wine Jellles OF all kinds.
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-05-27
SELECTED POETRY.

The Lost .Jsnnnetre-
By AMELIA WOODWARD TEEEsDELL
Fair. fce-loeksd ship, where aoateth now
Thy wrath with phantom sails uufurled2
What spirits DER thy wretehed prov
Huri m0cksry at the waiting world
Thy .hivsriHs spars where Hopes Ensn ruus.
Does spectre sea-yau perch uponf
Aioft In noiseIsss rigging hung.
Does false light lure some sailor on
Or fitting silent up the streams.
or down the fishers hut apast.
What weird light from thy still track CLEANS
TtIi mothers hold thsir ehildren fast
or searehsst thou. with eordags taHt.
Along the Wild siberian shors,
For brave hearts who. in thee. had sought
To add unto the worlds great stors'
Or brightest thou the polar bear.
Or baskius seal In midnight sun.
Or valrus In his icy lair.
with sight they ne'er had gtzsd uPOne
or driftsst thou athwart the flame
Upstreaming from the mighty torch
WhsrswIth Aurora writes her name
Upon the earth's great northern porch
Till bIood-rsd light stains sheets that IuIl,
or on the flaming eordsge fret.
while CLEANS through Likeness OF thy hull.
In lines Of fire, thy name Jeanette 5"
where battisnsnts with iame-tipped sDire
RsAect the crimson ice-bound food.
Till thou dOst n ship on FIRE
Upon a surging sea OGbloOd-
What ancient mariners thy deck
Pace forth. with steps th1t give no sound
What fAts impels thee, doomed wreck.
To keep for aye thy restless round7
No phantom hopes our life paths trace
Which Oacs had cheered the brave, young heart
For IA. thee. no resting place;
For them. voice which says" Depart"
oalifoy7lian-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-05-27
Hiding

No little step do 1 hear in the hall,
only a sweet little laugh. that is all.
No dimpIed arms round my neck hold me tight
I've bat . glimpse Of two eyes very bright
Two little hands wee face try to screen,
BIby IL hiding, that's plain to be seen
q Where is my precious I've missed so all day ?"
Papa can't hnd me : " the pretty lips say.
- Dear me. wonder where baby can be ,"
Then go by aud pretend not to see
Not in the parIor. and not on the stairs
Then must peep under sofa and chairs"
The dear lIttle rogue is now laughing outright,
Two Iittle-arms round my neck clasp me tight
Home will indeed be sad. weary, and lone,
when papa can't md you. my darling. my own.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-05-27

~ Drink Palmer & Co.'S Ginger Ale. only
rs cents per dozen. delivered to any part Of the
city.-GDy.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
Increase the Force.

Congress should lose no time in authorizing
an increase of force in the Pension Office.
Simple justice to the two hundred odd thousand
claimants whose mouldy papers are on file in
the Bureau requires that this should be done.
Why should these claimants be compelled to
wait years for the pensions to which they are
entitled, when a few months would suffice to
clean the files if Congress were not too parsi-
monious to authorize the employment of addi-
tional clerks?
1t is notorious that the employees in this
branch of the civil service are forced to work
harder than in any other Department, and yet
tain of claims which confronts them. There is
no way of expediting their settlement except
by employing a sufficient number of clerks to
transact the business of the Office.
Imagine what clamor would be raised if
the Treasury Department was two or three
years behind in paying the interest on the public
debt; and yet the payment of interest to the
bondholders is of no greater importance in
equity than the settlement of the Govern
ments obligations to the soldiers.
This necessity for an increased force in the
Pension Office has long been known. 1t was
brought to the attention of the last Congress
and was explained to the apparent satisfaction
of everybody; yet Congress neglected to make
any provision for it, and Commissioner Dudley,
upon entering On his duties, was compelled to
discharge the extra force which his predecessor
had employed in anticipation of an appropria-
ton being made to meet the cost.
The necessity has also been brought to the
notice of the present Congress, and it was stated
some time ago that the committee which had
the matter in charge had decided to report
favorably but we have waited in vain for any
action in that direction. Why it is so long de-
layed passes comprehension. Surely it cannot
be on the ground of economy, for it will cost
Just as much-barring what the Government
saves by the death of claimants in the interim
to settle the claims in three or four years as in
one. It is q simple mathematical calculation,
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
Another Star for the Flag.

Westward the star of empire continues to take
it's course and here is that forest maiden Dakota,
come up to take her place among her sister States
Is it possible that she has come Of age so soon ?
1t seems but yesterday that the lass was playing
hide and seek with her Indian play fellows.
When the war broke out Dakota was howl
ing wilderness. The census gave the Territory
but seven thousand souls all told, and the fur
therest outposts of civilization were many hun
dred miles to the eastward. To-day, we are told,
she has population of 10000 souls seven or
eight incorporated towns, five hundred school
houses, proportionate number of churches,
twelve banks or more, and-a debt of several hun
dred thousand dollars
Has it ever occurred to anybody that always
in the of that army of civilization which
at the close of the Rebellion set out to conquer
the Western wastes were our returned veterans?
Exchanging the rife for the pillow, they drove
their burrows straight into the heart of the will
derness with that same courage, fortitude, and
resolution which they had displayed on so many
Southern battlefield. Wherever they went
they sowed the blessed seed of patriotism, and
it took root with the wheat and the corn and
brought forth amazingly. Our subscription-list
tells where they have gone, and the character of
the men who represent these States in Congress
assures US that they have carried their principles
with them. You will look in vain through the
great Northwest for a State where the soldier
has not grated on it's politics the substantial
points of the war. So we are to have another
star to the fiag-thirty -nine blazing where once
shone but thirteen-yet not the last to be added
to the constellation that studs its azure field if
the holy fire which burns in the breast of the
patriot shall but survive the gusts of partisan
hatred that threaten to extinguish it.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

and the most ignorant Member can figure it out
for himself, that the cost of employing certain
number of clerks three years or three times that
number of clerks for one year is precisely the
same
Have our Congressman any idea of the i'm
in settling single pension claim? The numer-
Gus stages of consideration through which it
passes the severe tests to which it is put and the
length of time consumed under the most favor
able circumstances, before decision is reached !?
Upon its reception at the Bureau the records are
first searched to see whether the claimant has
ever made pension application; it is then jack
eted number is given to it, and it is sent to the
file room to await its turn At the present rate
of doing business, it would remain on file for two
or three years before it reached the examiners
When it is taken up by them, nothing can be
done until the Adjutant-Generals Office has fur
nished the soldiers military record and the Sur
geon-G Generals Office has supplied his hospital
record-if any can be found. Much time is nee
as one clerk in the Surgeon Generals Office can
do to hunt up three records per day. 1t is not
until this has been done that the examiners can
proceed with the case. They then notify the
claimants attorney that they are ready to re-
ceive evidence in support of his claim. If the
evidence is in proper form, they then order the
claimant before surgeon to be examined, and if
the result of the examination is in accordance
with the evidence on fle they proceed to the
final consideration of the case. Surprising no
obstacle to arise at any stage of action, the ap-
plicant may secure his pension within six months
from the time his claim is taken up by the ex-
aminers, but at any moment prior to it's settle
ment it is liable to be laid aside or rejected for
informalities of one sort or another insuficiency
of evidence, ETC., ETC. And yet the newspapers
pirate about the laxity of the Pension Office reg
ulations,
It is time that the friends of the soldier in
Congress took the bull by the horns and forced
that body to give proper consideration to the
needs of the Pension Office. 1t is burning
shame that so many thousands of the country's
MANNED and crippled veterans should be kept
waiting year after year for the pittance which
Congress long ago voted them for their support
merely because the peoples Representatives
through indifference neglect, fail to appropri-
ate the money necessary for the proper conduct
of the Bureau. Let us pay our heroes what we
owe them while yet there is some lie left in
their battle-scarred bodies.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

According to the above table the only States
out of the twenty-five whose representation will
suffer are the three New England States: Maine,
New Hampshire, and Vermont, which lose one rep
resentative apiece. Looking at the result from
geographical standpoint it will be seen that the
Southern States will make gain of fifteen and the
Northern of seventeen and regarding it in poiti-
cal light the Democrats supposing the States to
vote next November as they did in 1980-will in
crease their strength by seventeen members and
the Republicans by fifteen only. 1t should be re-
membered, however, that the local legislatures are
charged with the duty of fixing the bounds of
the legislative districts, and there is no telling
how much "gerrymandering may be done by
either party. Across the line in Maryland the
Democrats are considering the feasibility of al
tering the limits of the sixth district so as to
eliminate the Republican majority which it gives
at present, and similar schemes doubtless on
foot in other States Texas, it will be observed,
makes the greatest gain-five representatives.
and Kansas comes next with four new members.
Should Dakota be admitted to the Union, as now
seems probable she will be entitled to but one
representative, although she will have the same
number of Senators as the most pOpulous State.
Rapid as the flood of immigration into the great
Northwest has been, the growth of the South and
Southwest seems to nearly balance it.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
Thirty-two More Congressman.

The House of Representatives after many days
of hot debate has finally fixed the basis of repre-
sentation at one congressman to every 151 ,912 of
population, which will increase the membership
of the next House from 293 to 325-a gain of
thirty-two. The change is not likely to work
any improvement in the material of which con-
gressmen are composed-the more's the pity
or to be productive of any important political
results Still it is of some interest to note what
States will be affected by the new apportionment
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

COMMISSIONER Dudley has shown administra-
tive ability of the highest character in his con-
duct of the Pension Bureau, but it is physical
impossibility to settle two hundred thousand
claims in one, two three years, unless Congress
in magnificent burst of generosity authorizes
him to employ another office boy, which is about
needs
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

THE Boston Herald suggests that the names of
applicants for pensions be publicly posted in the
neighborhood where they reside, in order to pre-
vent fraud! The insult conveyed by this sug-
gestiOn is none the less offensive because it is
covert. Why not go step further and compel
every pensioner to wear placard containing the
inscription: Public Pensioner No. ="
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

DOUBTLESS it has not escaped the cunning
brain of Mr. Beck that the longer the time con-
sumed in settling the pending pension claims
the more money the Government will save If
he can only prolong the process a few more
years, the claimants may all die off! What an
admirable idea for the frugal Kentucky states
man.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

WHEN in the course of human events, to quote
Congress awakes to the necessity of increasing
the clerical force in the Pension Office, it may
possibly not take from two to three years for a
claim to reach the examiners, as is the case at
present. Wonder how congressman would
like to wait two or three years for his salary!
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

ONE might suppose from the comments Of such
reckless journals as the New York Herald that it
was piece of impudence on the part of soldier
who had managed to support himself ever since
the war, although entitled to pension, to ask
the Government to take care of him when no
longer able to earn his own living!
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

On the theory that the country is not likely
again TO be involved in war, perhaps it would
be smart stroke of business on the part of the
Government to repudiate its contract with the
soldiers of the late war; and shut the doors of the
Treasury in Sheir faces, but will anybody guar
antee that it will never again have need of vol
unteeTS?
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

COMMISSIONER Dudley has effected many i'm
portant reforms in the Pension Bureau, but there
is limit to his powers. He can't crowd any
more hours into day, or enable one clerk to do
the work of hundred. 1t is impossible to ex-
pedate the settlement Of claims until Congress
authorizes an increase in his force.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

and blood-and it will continue to pay as long
as the Republic endures, for the gratitude of
nation is not only the just reward of vaor in the
past, but the sure guarantee of fidelity in the
future
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

Now is the time to subscribe to THE NATION
AL TRIBUNE. Subscribers who receive extra
copies should see that they go into the families
of our exsolders, whose interests it has so stead
lastly advocated. The name of every veteran in
the United States ought to be on our rolls. Let
no veteran escape!
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

THE anxiety which some Of our Legislators
manifest to forget all about the war and the SOL
dier, is not so singular when we remember that
the smaller the expenditures of the Government
for pension account, the better will be their
chances of inducing Congress to spend the sur
plus in the Treasury on their own private jobs.
SUBSCRIBE to THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE the
soldiers advocate and friend
Until March 31st, 81 per year.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.

To CARE BATTLE, AND FOR HIS
ORPHANS. ''-ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The National tribune., 1882-02-25
We Nafnnaf !Tribnne.

TIE UNITED STATES,
AUTHORIZED Ian,
PENSIONS SURPRISING NsURRsc-
TON REBELLION GuEsTIONED-S SEC. Arr.
XIV, CONSTITUTION United STATES.
rn4~,d n ..cond-.l.. ns-.-
The National tribune., 1882-02-25

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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-07-12
LIFE-PICTURE.
BY GEO. r. TAYLOR.
IA CHILD.

IA CHILD.
Like a CLEAN OF sunshine breaking
through cloudy sky,
Like Il waysida blossom uaking bright
Il wearied eye,
Like an April swallow bringing hope
upon its wing,
Like tie voice of magis singing i'll the
early spring.
Like-ol like AL SWEET surprises, com
ing when Or how.
Is the vision fair that rises clear before
me now;
Vision of little maiden counting years
eleven,
One with cares already laden-cldest
born of seven.
But her cares bring nought Of sadness,
only make her strong,
For her heart is full of gladness, and
her heart OF song.
IA WOMAN.
All the past is marked by stages as a
travelled way,
Memory turns over pages filled fiom
day to day.
Turn them now with rapid finger, time
has journeyed on;
With the child we may not linger, for
the child is gone:
Gone, but only rs the petals fall from
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Moulded, as are molten metals, higher
ends to suit
All the charm, revealed so sweetly, all
the varied good
In the child, shown more completely
crown her WOmanh0od.
Service rendered mot by MEASURE
but TO meet the claim,
Duty dom and r@ckoncd pleasure this
her constant aim.
1TI-A WIFE.
"They who over seas are ranging, far
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Not the mind within arc changing with
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Record not of gaining glory, but of l!v-
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her might;
Mother of her children, knowing all
the children's need;
Mother to her children, showing moth
erhood indeed;
Sharing in the children's troubles
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