New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-12-21
NEWS CLIPPINGS.

-Twentysix years ago the capital in the
foreign fruit trade of New York was only
10000; to-day the city spends $4,000, 900
annually to supply itself with oranges, lemons,
lines, shaddocks, pines, bananas, Sc.
Edward Hagan testified in the Irving
trial, in New York. the other day, "a follows:
al have no occupation at present. Year before
last, at New Years, drew a salary of 8 500
a year from the Comptrollers Office received
this for doing nothing. | have been doing
nothing ever since.
Different classes Of workmen in Chatham
Backyard have sent up petitions to the Lords
OF the Admiralty asking Tor an increase OF
wages. No replies have yet been received by
the officers for the men. The lab0rers assert
that higher wages are urgently needed FROM
the DEAFNESS of provisions, their pay now being
$3.50 per week.
- Amherst Sophomore has devised a
new way of telling bad news. He writes
home to his father IL came near losing thirty
seven dollars last week. Anxious parent
writes back that he is thankful the money was
not lost, aud wants TO know '.how near" Ry
return mail, ''came within one of it-Iost
thirty six"
Josh Billings says: About the biggest
joke there liz about the fall of man liz. that no
has larnt how tew 'rute hog or di' This
ia worth, in my opinyun, very near fu.t cost
But i hltter miself bi thinking in this way :.
that the man who livs in this world. and duz
a good square thing thru life, none of yer s.
hour jobs, haz more tew brag ov than any on
the angels up in heven."
Watches are supposed to have been in
vented by Peter liele, at Nuremberg in 1870
though it is said that Robert K ING of Scotland
I s.
astronomical observations by Parbuch in 1900 :;
6rst introduced into England from Germany
In 1881. The principle of pendulums was Grst
| Invented by Hasans. of Tulchum, in 1851
Spring pocket watches were the invention of
Hooke in 1858, and repeaters were invented in
the year 1876.
When Prince Napoleon applied to the
French Consulate at Geneva To obtain a pass
port to re enter France be few into TOWERING
rage because the Consul declined to grant one
until he had referred the request to the
Government. The Consul replied: 'What
sir, you complain because you are obliged To
wait four and twenty hours TO re.enter France
Sir, | was obliged under your dynasty to wait
ten years in exile before | could return e.
France" Prince Napoleon cooled 1T once and
quilted the office.
The poor Prince of Wales, says the
IcoS, IL u llNlnB eNttllpllHCatlDu
of the adage, "As well hang dog as give him
bad name. This young man has lived on the
best terms with his wife, never CANDLES, never
kept mistress, does not own a race horse, AMI
takes no interest in 1.-The turf" lives within his
income, chiefly INDUCES in field sports. hunting
and shooting which men enfoebled by dis
sipation cannot partake Of, to any extent-but
he has got a bad name, chiefly in this country,
| from London correspondents of Western papers.
and therefore anything bad about him IS taken
for granted
A safe way of doing a kindness is thus
| instanced by,a Brownsville (Nebraska paper
Of recent date: lone of the coolest nights of
the past week two women of the fallen sister
hood came to the house of a wealthy gentleman
OF this town and frankly stated their condition
without money and without acquantances.
The worthy landlord was in dilemma. To
turn them out in the cold night was something
he could not think of doing and the possibls
consequences of sheltering them might be worse
30 he had supper prepared for them, which
they devOured with the keen relish arising
from hunger. They were then assigned to
room, shown TO it by the landlsdy in person.
When they were comfortably secured therein
the key was quietly turned from the outside
and transferred to the landlords pocket The
night passed serenely, and the next morning
the women were furnished with breakfast ami
went on their way rejoicing"