New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-12-14
NEWS CLIPPINGS.

There appears to be an organized plan on
the part of the colored men TO emigrate West.
The advanced guard Of body of 5000 have
started for Kansas
The secret Russian sect called the "White
| Doves, whose rites are of the most reyoltin o
character, has over 300, 900 members. Any
person convicted Of belonging to it is sent for
lie to the most remote penal settlements in
Siberia.
1t is said that r ebert Gibson. who was
Killed IN the rubber factory at New Haven, was
the only employee who understood the secret
process OF welding rubber. and his death is
serious loss to the company.
The female principal of the public school
AT Osgood, Jefferson county, Ind, .'struck"
the other day for an advance of twenty. five
cents per day in her salary, on the ground that
she was as competent as u male teacher. Her
demand was granted
Prince Bismarck and his most formidable
adversary, Bishop ketteler, of Mayence. were
students together at Goettingen, and there
fought duel in which ketteler was wounded.
Afterwards they became fast friends and mem.
bers OF the same corps" of students. Ket-
teller Is now the leader of the anti-Imperahst
party In the German Parliament, and by far
the abiest and most eloquent of Bsmarck's
opponents.
The French manufacturers are. suffering
Tor their precipitancy. In the heat of the
war they declared they would never execute
orders tor Germans. Latterly they have as
usual sent their commercial travellers into
Germany. and they find that the articles which
they formerly imported from France are now
produced In Germany in equal elegance and
not inferior quality.
-Spurgeon delight is in the story of the
genuine conversion of servant girl When
she was asked on joining the church, 'Are you
converted 2 Il hope SO, sir" What makes
you think you ara really q child of God?'
! Nv ell, sir, there Is great change In me from
what there used TO be. What is the change ?r
Il don't know, sir but there's change in all
things; but there is one thing, always sweep
! under the mats now
Through tickets to 60 round the World
are now issued, the price being 81 i - in gold,
and the running time eghty-one days. The
| line of rout, going westward, is from New York
to San Francisco, say $500 miles, San Fran
cisco to Yokohama, 4, 700 thence 10 Hong
Kong, LOCO miles, thence to Calcutta, $500
miles, Bombay to Suez, GOO miles, from Suez,
via Alexandra and Brindis to Londop, saw
800 miles, and from London to New York
| $500 miles.
Some curious facts arc noted IL connection
with the supply of artificial limbs to mutilated
soldiers. lt appears that there were 1887
such soldiers who had received artificial limbs
from the Government up to the lst of july,
1870, but that after that time Congress had
decreed that applicants might either receive
the ilmss or Communication 10 money; and
the singular fact here comes in that from this
period the commissioners have greatly on tnum-
bered the limb receivers. Thus, against IO4
who received arms We have placed 4,O67 who
took the money legs, LIZ commuters, g. IA
Only five tootless men took feet, AMI ffty-one
preferred the cash.
Rev VIM. 7. Cato Of Morrstown. n. J
the oolored Methodist clergyman whose death
has been already mentioned, was the father of
the lately murdered Prof. Cato, of Pbiadel-
phia, and man of great intelligence and
worth. His death is supposed to have been
induced IN part by the grief felt for the loss
OF his son. La Orange, Newark, Morristown,
and other places, where he was known, he
was very highly respected for his ability and
worth. lie did efficient service in New JERSEY
as the agent of the Union League Of America,
10 organizing the cOlOred voters the first year
that shey were admitted to the polls.
Justin Mccarthy writes to the New York
Mail that "a curious Photographic puzzle is
the photograph lately shown in London of the
Every face is likeness, with the expression
betting the hour of the crisis the work stands
the test OF the microscope, and yet we know
tnat there was no camera at hand when the
Archbishop OF Paris and fellow-yictims persisted.
aud that they were not grouped as this picture
represents them. How then was il done? Of
course the face or photograph taken yesterday
can be combined with the body of some other
person today; but how can you have perfect
Photographic likenesses expressing agony, |
anger, resignation, despair got up in such
way fail to understand itY''
jules Ferry, who is officially announced
as the French Minister to this country, was |
born at Saint Die (VOsges), April 6. 1882 and |
joined the Paris Bar in 1851 He became one |
OF the editors of the Gazette des Tibunaur. |
leading legal journal of Paris. In 1855 he |
Joined the editorial staff of lie TEMPS, and |
wrote vigorously on political subjects, evncing
marked ability in financial questions He
acquired great civic fame by his warfare against
the administration OF the city of Paris, ex
posing the great abuses and extravaganza |
connected with it. His attacks provoked MANY /
warnings from the Government, but uudisnayed |
the bold journalist prepared less complies
lantastlques d Haussmann, in which he summed |
up all his charges, and both amusingly and
effectively exposed the doings of tho Paris
ring" He was an unsuccessful candidate in
Paris for the Corps Legislatif 10 1863, but in
the elections of 1869 he was elected after a
spirited contest against the Government and |
clerical candidates. He has always evinced |
friendliness toward the United States and |
ranks among the advanced liberals of France.