The National tribune., 1885-08-06


wounded at Shiloh, prisoner at Andersonville !;
John /. Phillips 245 Latin ST., Chicago H.; Arthur
o. X; Agnes Purdy. 5ss Dock ST., Eaton. Pa. !;
Susie +. Lawrence. Vernon, H. Mary f. Denis,
Greenfield. Iowa; Molie Graham, Cedar Mills, o..
Milly Z. Wilson, Burlington, Mich.
Tribune Exchange.
Wanted, favors Pieces of silk, satin and velvet
for crazy cushion, by the daughter of soldier.
whose father served three years in Co. X. Goth Ind
and was wounded, Lizzie Barcus, Chambers. Ind
specimens of gypsum. horn nuts. pink satin spar.
pink coral. crystals. green tourmaiine, dendrite
and selshells, May Hockey, Nora, 10 Daviess Co.,
Ill., pieces for crazy patchwork and postals for al
bum. l. Cora Kcrstettcr, Augustavile, Pa; the poem
entitled, on Board the Cumberland" by George
Boxer, soldiers boy. The first two verses read rs
follows:
island to your guns, meni" Morris cried
Our men al quarters ranged themselves
Before a gun was heard.
And then began the sailors jests:
What thing Is that say.
longshore meeting house adrih
Is standing down the bay.
-Chas Miller, Tunnel Station, Boone Co., n. Y.
First write description of books.-Wm. J. Reinke,
Box 81, Ackley. Iowa.
Take me back to my home in the far distant
West."-L. q. Barber, Utica, Neb.
when Sparrows Build" and "Tenting To-
pight."-Ethel Kildon, Bethesda. Pa.
The Poor Little Fisherman's Daughter
ME r. Bendon. Persia. Harrison CO., Iowa.
Put Away My Little Shoes."-Chas. A kelton,
Calais, VT.
Draw Nearer. Ny Dear Boy."-James w. Wal
lace, Box lbs, Steuben. n. Y.
Kingdom Comin'"-Nellie L., Box 1902, Cory,
THE Little Brown Jug" and pieces for a crazy
quilt.
Wanted, all sorts: Twenty-Five advertising cards
for crazy quilt patches. j. jackson, Shelby,
My photograph for hatband.-H. Walter Stokes.
PENIS Manor, Pa.
Address of Mrs VIM. Harris, wife of w. NJ Har-
ris. Major of 4th u. S. c. Art, by Mrs. A. j. II.
Brewer, 0noudago, Ingham Co.. Mich.
1 would like the words of the poem entitled "A
Tale of the Valley War;" commencing with the
words,
Der Allegany's purple peaks
The Autumn sun hung low.
Mother would like the words of Young Char
lotte" and Mrs. Sigourney's Advertisement of q
Lost Day.. We would be glad to exchange other
pieces dor them as we nave grea tr many
Clara L. Pierce, Grand Island Neb
Will some gentleman who is drummer write
out and send me instructions for playing "a time
where several drums beat together-Lewis Jones,
Russell, Iowa.
L would like to have some one make me two
bookmarks. / would like to see the designs be-
fore being put On the ribbon. am willing to pay
a reasonable price to the right one. sIll furnish
inches in width, nearly quarter of yard long,
blue and bronze L have seen several designs. but
do not like them.-O. E. Gregg, 2l1 Western Ave.
Soldiers Widow. Newark, Ohio: In Northwest
Kansas there is good Government land which can
be taken under the Presumption, Timber Culture
and Homestead acts. To find out all about the
land, address letter to the Receiver, U. s. Land
Office Oberln, Decatur Co., KAN. G. Teeter,
Stromsburg, Neb.
Wanted, correspondents: E. Reynolds Lerch,
GAS East 18th street. Erie, Pa; Chas Miller, Tunnel
Station, Boone Co., n. Y.
The Curious Corner.
ANSWERS to questions will not be published with
In two or three weeks after questions appear. So
all will have chance to send replies, and receive
honorable mention with number answered..
Where Xerxes born ?-Jno. F. Stevens, Clin-
ton, Conn.
l. In what year was the first house built in Bos-
ton? q What celebrated statesman was killed in
a duel? g. What State was admitted to the Union
first after the original ID? 4. In what year was
Louisiana purchased from France ?-Jno. a. Lytle,
Downs, Kan.
l. What trees are celebrated in American history?
q What five eX-Presidents died between 1850 and
1870? 3. Who said his eyes had grown dim in the
service of his country, but he bad never doubted
her justice Fannie Church, Sherburne, KY.
/. What King died of eating to excess of lam
preys? 2. What President it that gave up
grammar and went to ditching, and then returned
TO his Latin grammar, after having spent two days
in ditching; and what did he say?-B. Lillian Earl,
Baltimore. Bid.
l. What battle is known as 1.-THE battle above
the clouds" 2. What President had the repnta-
ton of "a matchless penn" 8. What poet pro-
phetically said:
Soon shall thy arms, uneonquered steam, afar
Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car"
L. Who was a ruler, but not King of England !?
5. What is diamond Anna E. Litton, Concord,
Kan.
" 1t is WELL" The people, my trust " 1t is the
last of earth, A dying man does nothing WELL"
Annie L. Trowbridge, BIOS 2lst Ave-, Minneapo-
lis, Mimi.
PATIENT CLEANERS.
Harry Fox Murdocksville Pa. H. Gertie Grant,
East Chain Lake, Mimi, 5 Fannie Church, Sher-
burne, KY, 5; Edgar Bowers, Bloomer, Wis, s.;
Ed. Ryncarson, Gettysburg, o.. Ia; Jno f. Stevens,
| Clinton, Conn.,. A; Cora Lord, Adrian, Mich, 8;
Iyie Ginger, Winchester, Ind.
Most and best answers by Ed. Rynearson, Gettys-
h,,rnr n lv,a IN ~
next in quality, but makes the grave mistake of
writing on both sides of her paper.
The Huguenots were French Protestants, who
suffered terrible prosecutions in their own country.
They tried TO plant a colony. first, in South Caro-
lna in 1852, and then in Florida, in 1894 but
Ia each case unsuccessful Many Of the descend
ants of these people among our best citizens.
The changes of the wind produced by I'M
equal temperature; The persons composing the
Electoral Commission were Messrs. Bayard, Ed
munds, Frelinghuysen, Morton, Thurman. Abbott,
Garfield, Hoar Hunton, Payne, Bradley, Clifford.
Field, Miller and Strong.
New York derives its name from the Duke of
York England
The English had never ceased to regard New
Netherland as belonging to them on the ground of
the discoveries of the Cabos, and therefore, King
Charles III made a grant of it to his brother, the
Duke of York and Albany afterwards King James
Ii. The whole province was reduced without q
battle, and the country and its chief city were
named New York The settlement at Fort Orange
was called Albany.
Fort Necessity was hastily thrown up in Colonial
times by Washington, May %, 1854; but, July 4,
1854, he obliged to surrender to oyerpower-
ing force Of French and Indians The English re-
tired with the honors of war.
Put-in-Bay was named by Commodore Perry,
and is fine harbor, surrounded by group of 20
small islands, situated the western extremity
of Lake Erie. 1t Is the harbor from which Perry
sail to meet the foe at day breal, and where he
returned to bury the dead and repair his shattered
ships after his hard-won victory. Tradition says
Canadian half breed, who volunteered at San
dusky, pointed out the advantages of the harbor TO
Perry. Put-in-Bay has for years been n
fayorite Summer resort. A son of Ossawata annie
Brown, named John Brown, has a farm on Putin
Bay Island, which is quite extensive. The sur
rounding islands abound in grapes and the finest
Catawba vintage is grown there. The wine trade
is extensive. There Is post-oiiice the island.
Snow is the frozen moisture which falls from the
atmosphere when the temperature is $50 or lower.
ST. Augustine, Fla, was founded by Mencndez,
Sept. g. 1865. 1t is the oldest town in the United
States
The animal that walks on its head is the nautilus,
a curious sea-creature. On the upper part of its
head is broad, triangular muscular hood. the
back part excurvated for the involuted convexty of
the shell protecting the head and used q foot
for creeping at the bottom of the sea- with the shell
| uppermost.-Rosa E. Drake. Ovid, Mich.
Yeast was discovered in beer by Leeuwenhoek
| in 1880
The first yacht was launched in Ireland In I720 by
| the Cork Harbor Water Club.
-, Yale College was founded in l700 held her first
pmmencemcnt at Saytjrook in I702 and became
| permanently established at New Haven in ZIG.
XerXes was murdered 465 Ii. @.
The first Woman's Rights Convention was held
| at Seneca Falls n. Y.
There are % Washington Counties in the United
| States.
! Paul Potter was a distinguished painter of the
lint Tl, aFaHf Ixa6 rtal