New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-05-04


acres Of his Mississippi plantation at $40 an
1t Is proposed that the American Cniyer-
SHY boat race this wear shall engage the crews
/ OF Yale brown. and Amherst. over a straight
three mIie coarse at Springfield.
Time was when New York used 10 be the
leading wheat growing State i'm the Union.
/ Now ITS consumption Of wheat runs fourteen
million bushels ahead of is production an
! nually.
A leading Boston architect is confident
/ that in less than twenty wears all BUILDINGS
there will be built Of brick, stone. and iron
/ Timber IS growing each year relatively scarce
and high.
1t is a standing joke at one of the hotels of
| milwaukee,. when strangers lounge up to the
counter and inquire, Where are the amuss-
ments to-nlSht!' to lead them up to = LARGO
church directory which hangs near by
/ A correspondent thinks that the answer to
The question of the hour-IIow did Garrett
| Davis know that General Butler was looking
at himg must ne that Davis Judged bv the
/ eye that was looking up garnet
Twenty years ago Leland Stanford mr.
rived in California with only one shirt 10 his
back. Since then, by managing always TO
retain situation, and close attention to bust
ness, he has contrived 10 accumulate a trne of
| SlO.OOOOOs
/ A lady at Bath Me- swept mp a revolver
cartridge the other day, and, with other dirt"
carelcssly threw it in the stove. Pretty soon
something went Off" So did the cover of the
stove, and the coal and ashes were strcwcd
| about the floor
. The Fort Scott Kansas Monitor nomiuates
Horace Greeley for the Presidency. or rather
| speaks of him one who should be n candidate
n he were not too honest for the position. a
fact which docs not say much for American
| political character.
A regent dispatch from London states that
"A strong reaction favorable to the restoration
of the Emperor Napoleon is reported to have
! set an In the French provinces A number of
the deputies Of the Assembly are known to de-
| sire 20 make the Duke Il Aumale President of
the Republic
! The Epscopa! bishop of Florida has or
! dalncd j. Robert Love. the first colored man
ever epiScoPalIy ordained in the South. Mr..
| Love was co'aplimcnted on his sound scholar
! ship and manly sense, and is coming to New
ork by invitation of Dr. Haight, to obtain
funds for building a church and school in
! Florida.
! Mormon physicians are forbidden, under
/ penalty of one thousand dollars. and not less
! than years Imprisonment. b. prescribe any
| of the more powerful agents known 10 the
medical profession without first explaining to
the patient aud his friends their medical prop
critics, and procuring the unqualified consent
Of all concerned.
1t IS reported IN well informed circles that
General Count Moltke intends to retire Cen.
! Won i umcuthal aud General Won Stich!e the
respective chiefs OF stalls of the Grown Prince
and Prince Frederick Charles, are both men
| toned ~ his probably successor. 1t is also
expected that, before his retirement Count
/ Moltkc viii bc raised tn the rank of field
marshal.
/ The timber for "a house ia Salem Com
/ nccucut now occupied, was cut in the month
! OF February, 1893. and was found upon recent
/ examination 10 he rs perfect aud sound as
/ when built There rs no d,ubt but that timber
/ cut m February viii last three times as long
/ as II cnt in the summer months By little
attention to this much time and trouble might
/ be saved.
The Emperor William, in replying to the
congratulatory address voted 10y the Rcichsta..
| thanks that body for its loyalty and devotion;
praises the herosm of the German soldiers.
and points to the visible guidance of God in the
events OF the recent war, aud concludes as fol
lows Being old man. | merely lay the
! foundation st the Empire which my successor
| must complete.
Curtis Guild editor of the Boston Conn
mcrc'" BHIe'i0, and the most graphic sl,otchcr
| OF travel after Bayard Taylor, has lust issued
| his new book, "Oycr the Ocean" The Boston
! booksellers showed their appreciation of the
| author by gobhlIng the whole of the first edi-
| ton, making New York and other outside bar
/ barlans wait for the second, which is now
ready at the book stores.
A foreign medical Journal mentions two
| instances in which chronic somnambulism was
| cured by administering bromide Of potassium,
the dose given in one instance varying FROM
thirty To one hundred grains day and i'm the
other case fifteen grains were given both morn
ing and evening. The attacks in each case
gradually became less and less frequent. and
IN "A short time entirely ceased
1t is reported that Tammany contemplate.
organizing band Of negro missionaries 90 20
To the South and persuade the colorcd voters
! to vote the Democratic ticket. We should like
to see this band of missionaries gathered i'm
Iammany Hall to receive their Instructions
| from the " Boss on the eve of their departure
| for the South. The term :" scalawa." wuulI
have to he stretched to cover their case.
The impeachment trial OF Governor David
Butler, of Nebraska, was closed in a sudden
and unexpected manner. The evidence had all
been taken, the arguments had been made and
the Senate had almost prepared To vote when
Bntlcr's counsel asked for a continuance of sixty
days. The continuance was granted by close
trial Many Senators who balicvcd him guilty
did not want to vote him out of office. and took
this means to avoid the responsibility.
A notable illustration of scientific enthu-
siasm was afforded by NJ. Jausscn, who lett
Paris IN a balloon last December TO observe in
Algeria the late total eclipse OF the sun. Tho
weather prevented his making observations
but he has contributed some interesting notes
with respect Co She invention of an aeronautical
compass which he made use of during his trav-
els in the air in order To ascertain approx
mately the speed aud direction of the balloon.
Victoria C. Woodruff lccturel in Syracuse
Sunday evening before the Radical Club and,
though that association made a handsome plum
out of her little talk, she refused to take cent.
What do ! want Of money: sand she. Il
make $lUO, 900 per month out OF my business
She further stated that she often spent $2O,-
900 per month lu spreading her sentiments on
female suffrage Victoria may be an extreme
Radical in politics, but in expenditure she is
evidently liberal.
1t is a well known fact that for years past
certain Bohcmians in Paris have done Hour
ishing business by initiating the hand writing
o. eminent literary and political personages
aud selling these limitations as genuine manu-
scripts These cheCdiiers tHdHstTle are nOw
enpa oed in manufacturing letters purportinr
to have been written by Napoleon Ill, Euge-
ME. and leading BODapartsts. These imita-
tons, which, as general thing, are very
cleyerly done, are freely offered for sale in