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New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-06-20
Books We Have Read.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June Is, 1872.
To the Editor Of the NeW National Era
read the other day in Godey's Lady's Book
an article on " Disappointment" and had
the author not neglected or overlooked
what / consider one of the most intense in
the long list of disappointments generally,
and keenest to me in particular, 1 should
have given him my hand on it unreservedly
as it is, shall not fold my arms meekly when
any favored project of mine falls to the
ground; nor smile screnely when after all my
labor, the flowers / have taken so much pains
with all winter die in the spring, and the
seed l have carefully selected and blisterc,l
my hands and torn my favorite percale in
planting, obstinately refuses to come up,
nor solace my poverty with the reflection
that 1.-THE Koh-i-nor in the fame of blow
pipe is but pinch Of powder" No, l shall
get mad all the same, and buy more seed and
plant it; and keep on striving for my share
knowing well that no preacher in these mod
en days of bonds and contracts croaks Tani-
fas ranitatum, so loudly and persistently as
he whose study-desk has a private drawer
snugly filled with gold-bearing bonds.
The disappointment alluded to, is that felt
in rc-reading book that has once charmed
us. After lapse of years CHANGING upon it,
with what eager anticipations do we scan the
open pages, now here, now there, in search
of some passage ideally thrilling, though the
text has long been forgotten and when the
brain refuses its plaudits to remembrance
mark the involuntary, quickly suppressed criti-
cism, the resolute overpowering of this con-
fessed treason to one of memory's monarchs,
how we go on hoping, longing, almost fear
ing, till we meet another, perhaps, more
dearly cherished chapter-ah, we remember
nOw-and closing our mental eyes, we read,
nay, we devour, with rapacity that refuses to
interpret correctly to our thrilling, expectant
senses, and We must read it over; but read
again with throbbing heart and sense all
quickened by memory's magic wand, we are
not satisfied-'tis the old tower that we loved
so well, the bells are there, the chime is the
same, but the air is heavy and the melody
lost to us. Anon a chord reaches the ear
recognized, we start =; it is gone, and pity
ing echo draws forth heart-given sigh; or
we tread again the old familiar hall, and the
thickened dust gives back smothered sound !;
we seek for the sunlit pictures on its walls,
and the web-curtained windows reveal only
the rents and stains made by vandalistic
time. FAITH LICHEN.
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Vice President COlfaN.
His Reception and Speech at south he

HIS nsceptioh ana speech at south Benu
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, June I8.-Vice
President ColtaX and his family arrived here
this morning. His friends assembled in the
courthouse square tonight to the number OF
two or three thousand, and, accompanied by
band, proceeded to his residence. He was
loudly cheered, and addressed the assemblage
leading and prominent Republicans insisted
he had no right to fix the time when his pub
lie life should terminate, and that it would be
selfish and wrong for him to refuse his name
if the party desired the old ticket, he had
yielded to that appeal but when the major
ity of the convention determined that it would
strengthen the ticket to nominate another he
promptly telegraphed his adhesion to the new
ticket. He would have been faithess, in
deed, after having been candidate before
tina convention, if he had not spoken of the
principles that controlled his whole political
life.
He had sought to lift up the downtrodden
and to secure liberty, protection, and equality
under the law to all, and he rejoiced that no
one now throughout the land dared openly
to oppose these principles. He added that
he had determined that throughout this term
no temptation of any kind should induce him
to drift into antagonism or rivalry to the
President, and his name should not in any
way become nucleus of detection or wedge
of discord. Whenever he differed as to pub
lie policy, he preferred rather to counsel pri-
vately than by public protest to awaken or
foment discord.
While constantly urging unity, harmony,
and Cancellation as political necessities to
keep party of three millions united and VIC
torious, he lamented all dissensions and
welcoming the season of rest and quiet before
him instead OF the care, labor, and response
biiity OF the last twenty years, he said he
should prove in the home life he expected to
enjoy with the people who had given him
such lifelong attachment, that he was as
earnest and consistent Republican in pri-
yate life as in public station.
The speech of Mr.. Colfax was followed by
hearty cheers for himself and for Grant and
Colfax, and then for Grant and Wilson.
After which the crowd dispersed.
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In the presence Of the growing fondness
of the Democratic masses for Greeley, some
of the recalcitrant journals of that party are
publishing the following paragraph from one
of his editorials:
Point wherever you will to an election dis
trict which you will pronounce morally rot
ten-given up in great part to debauchery
and vice, whose voters subsist mainly by
keeping policy offices, gambling-houses, grog-
shops, and darker dens of infamy--and that
district will be found giving large majority
for the Democratic party. What is
the instinct, the sympathetic cord, which at
taches them so uniformly to that party?
Then again the following from another of
his articles:
If there were not a newspaper nor a COM
mon school in the country the Democratic par
ty would be far stronger than it is. Neither
elementary instruction nor knowledge of
transpirng events is necessary to teach the
essential articles of the Democratic creed.
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GILBERT HOUSE,
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, 1872.

This House is favorably known, aud 10 ,ated
within two minutes walk Of the Depot, an | FIVE
minutes walk of all the principal Mineral
Springs, situated on Washington street, nearly
opposite the Baptist Church, lone of the most
beautiful streets in Saratoga.
THE ROOMS ARE LARGE AND AIRY,
well ventilated, and neatly furnished; vii he
kept open during the Season as
First Class Private Boarding House.
The Table will be supplied with the best the
market affords.
w. Loguen, T. j. Bowers, Philadelphia; Rev.
N. Freeman, Brooklyn Peter Il. Baltimore,
Troy; William Rich, Troy Adam Bake, Az
bany; VIM. FL. Montague, Springfield, Mass;
Col. r. Harlan, Cincinnati, Ohio; George F.
I. Cook, ID. c.; j. G. Green, Columbia, 5. C.
my l6.4m o. C, GILBERT, Proprietor.
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WASHINGTON, d. c., June II, 1872.
To the Editor O the Ne,c National Era:
am not certain but that it may seem SUI
perfuous to say anything more concerning
the recent examinations of the cOlored schools
of Washington and Georgetown, as they have
been SO well reported by other and ADLER pens
than mine, but feeling ever deep interest in
the progress Of education generally, and of
the advancement Of these schools in particu-
lar, perhaps may, for brief space, presume
upon your patience.
1 have been so fortunate as to attend
several of the schools during their examina-
tons, and cheerfully bear testimony to the
good order, correct department, and excel
lent scholarship Of the pupils according to
their respective grades. The rapidity and
accuracy with which many of them performed
complicated examples in arithmetic, were as
surprising as they were gratifying; while in
geography and other branches of study the
questions were generally correctly and un-
hesitatingly answered. Now, where all have
done so well, it may perhaps, seem invidious
to particularizc yet cannot forbear to re-
cord my qualification with the closing exer-
cises of the preparatory high school. the
success of which may be regarded as tri-
umph over the enemies of these schools, and
the traducers Of our race generally; since it
establishes beyond the possibility Of success
full contradiction, tho fact of the eminent
capability of the negro to impart and to re-
ceive instruction in the most difficult branches
of study. The reading in this school was es-
pecially fine; the utterances being correct
and distinct, while the infections of voice
evinced thorough appreciation and embodi.
ment of the sentiments of the authors. The
original essays on appropriate and interesting
subjects, showed thought and research to q
considerable extent. 1t was, however, in
Latin grammar and algebra that the most
perfect triumphs were achieved. The recita'
tions in the aforementioned study, consisting
Of parsing and translations, were nearly per.
feet, there being scarcely hesitation, and nc
failures. In algebra, too, O like satisfactory
result was attained. Problems involving one,
two, and three, unknown quantities, no mat.
ter how complicated they were by radical
signs, or the difficulties Of affected qHadra-
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The Capitol is now occupied by the rival
political committees, who are sending forth
Campaign documents by the millions. The
Republican subcommittee is Senator Harlan,
Assistant Secretary Cowan, of the Interior
Department; Judge Edmunds, now the City
Postmaster; Henry ID. Cooke, the Governor
of the District, and Frederick Douglass.
Judge Edmunds is In charge of the prepare
ton and distribution of the documents. The
Liberal headquarters are under the charge of
Senator Fenton, aided by John Defrees and
others, and their work is simply intended to
last until the Baltimore Convention, when
they expect that tie Democrats will join in
the work,
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In Shepherdstown, West Virginia, of ty-
phoid fever, on Wednesday, 18th instant,
JOHN WILLIAM BELL, son of Anthony and
Julia Bell. Aged % years and l | months.
He was dutiful son and loving brother,
and was highly esteemed by all who knew
him. His funeral was attended by large
number of sympathizing friends.
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The onnibu,

The omnibuses Of Paris are regulated by
treaty made in 1861 which gives a company
exclusive privileges for fifty-six years. In
return the company pay the city 500 per
year for each vehicle and all profits over 8
per cent. on the capital stock.
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"A man with white hat named Greeley
Once said let the South go out freely;
Said another she shan't
And his name it was Grant,
And he'll be elected, not Greeley.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-15
A Practical Joker Discomflted.

Charles Farren, a young gentle
man employed in one of the manu-
featuring establishments of Lafa-
yettc, Ind, went home to his board
ing house at late hour one night
lately, and thinking to give his
landlady sensation, marked his
face in spots with red keel. He
walked into the sitting room and
had taken seat by the fire before
the spots were noticed. The land
lady, all absorbed looked up from
her work in a moment, and noticing
the spots on his face, asked in evil
dent alarm, "Why, Charlie, what
on earth is the matter Of your
facc?" "Don't know" replied
Charlie, "but guess it is only var
ioloid." Then occurred scene
better imagined than described.
The landlady was at first paralyzed
with horror, but recovering in a
moment, she rushed to the door,
opened it quickly" Get out of this
mighty quick" said she. Get out"'
she screamed at the top Of her
voice, and, deaf to all cxpostula-
ton from poor Charlie, she hustled
him out without his overcoat. In
moment she open the door and
kicked his overcoat and cap out, as
though afraid to touch his clothing
with her hands. Charlie stood out
in the cold, completely bewildered
with the unexpected turn affairs
had taken, when he heard win
dow raised, and gentle voice call
ed him by name. "Here Charlie,
here is your trunk" There was a
plunge in the snow, and, sure
enough, there was Charles new
trunk, with all his store clothes and
personal effects. The practical jo-
kcr sought the first sheltering roof
at hand, but took the precaution to
wash his face in the snow.-Spring-
field Republican.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-15

The best books were written
when the fcwest were read. Now
that they are written, it would be
foolish and ungratefnl not to value
them, but equally foolish to think
that by them is the only way to the
spirit which produced them. Take
them as great blessing and means
of enjoyment; as what, if you do
not make the most Of, so far as you
arc able, you are foolish; but do not
take them as what they are not,
necessary for intellectual develop
ment, for very little Of them would
suffice for this if only the mind is
not suffered to sleep. And if we
want something to think about, let
us think about words. Our stock
of language is great book in our
minds, always ready for us to read,
suggesting to us us all kinds of i'm.
ages which a Milton could do no
more than put together, and full of
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-15
Something About Teeth.

Why, says Chambers journal,
do some peoples teeth come out
more readily than others9 The
reasons for this are probably many.
About the middle of the last CEN
tury Peter Kahn, a Swede, visited
America, and wrote sensibly about
what he saw. He observed a fire.
quent loss of teeth among settlers
from Europe, especially women. AZ
ter discussing and rejecting many
modes of explanation, he attributed
it to hot tea and other hot bever-
ages; and came to a general con-
clusion that hot feeders lose their
teeth more readily than cold feed
ers." Mr.. Catlin, who some years
ago had an interesting exhibition Of
Indian scenery, dresses, weapons,
etc., noticed that North American
Indians have better teeth than the
whites. He accounts for the diff.
ference in this strange way-that
the reds keep the mouth shut,
whereas the whites keep it open.
The teeth, he says, require moist
ure to keep their surfaces in good
working order; when the mouth is
open, the mucous membrane has a
tendency to dry up, the teeth lose
their needed supply of moisture,
and thence come discoloration,
toothache, tic-douloureux, decay,
looseness, and eventual loss Of
teeth. Mr.. Catlin scolds the human
race generally for being less sensi.
BILE than the brutes in this respect,
and the white race specially in COM
parison with the red: We keep our
mouths open far too much; the In
dian warrior sleeps, hunts and
smiles with his mouth shut, and re-
spires through the nostrils. Among
the virtues attributed by him to
closed lips, one is excellent-when
you are angry, keep your mouth
shut.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-15
SIGN OF
The Big Hat T!

AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly a Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits independence is familiar
with Turner'S Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gents Hats and Fur
nishino Goods, making it truly
Hat Store. We say it (and
without boasting), that we have
AS large and as fine an assort-
ment as can be found in any
store of our class Of goods west
of Chicago.
To the Ladies { as usually, we
solicit a share of your patronage.
TO the Gents-remember it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; expcn-
ses small consequently our
prices we guarantee.
Remember the place, The
Sign of the Big Hat.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-15

Professor Huxley thus describes his
ideal church II can conceive the exis.
tence Of an established church which
would be blessing to the community
a church in which week by week services
should be devoted, not to the iterations
of abstract principles in theology. but to
the setting before mems minds of an
ideal oftrue, just And purefiving place
in which those who are weary Of the bur.
den of daily cares should find moments
rest in the contemplation Of the higher
life which is possible for all, though Oh.
tanned by SO few; place in which the
man of strife and ofbusiness should have
time to think how small, after all, are the
rewards he covets, compared with peace
and charity. Depend upon it. if such
church existed, no one would seek to dis.
establish it."
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-15
Tho Non Conductor.

There is in our minds eye an
image of a railroad conductor who
possesses the following striking
qualities:
First, if the train meets with an
unusual detention, say for instance
caused by break in the brakes, or
too much heat in the journals Ia
fault copied from the daily press),
he walks through the passenger
coaches and says, "Ladies and gen
tlemen, we shall be kept "waiting
about twenty minutes for a little
overhauling s'of the running-gear."
This brief speech instantly satisfies
the inquiring minds ofthe travellers,
SO that, without unnecessary anxiety
or nervousness, they resume their
newspapers, or oranges, or maps and
are content. ga word in season."
exclaimed Solomon, chow good it
is"
Second, this conductor was ap-
pointed by the Board of Directors
because of a certain common-sense
visible in his intellectual compost
tion, which enables him to see a
vital relation between oxygen and
the human system, or in other
words between fresh air and human
happiness. Accordingly, while he
keeps one eye OIL the fire in the
stove, he keeps another on the ven
tilators in the ceiling. In this way,
he has acquired happy knack of
rendering his car warm without
making it sickening, and Of occa-
sionally freshening it with cool
breath without giving anybody a
chill. Indeed, like bride and groom,
Winter and Summer sit side by
side in his car, and take their honey
moon under his convoy.
Third, this same gentleman flor
he is every inch a gentleman) leaves
his passengers to seat themselves
at their pleasure, but after they
have done their best to procure
comfortable quarters, he casts a
glance through the company to see
if anybody is left without a sitting
and then like polite usher in a
church endeavors to make the nee
cessary room in some partially pre-
occupied pew. Moreover, if he
sees that three or four persons be-
long in the same party, and would
like to keep together, he deftly ac-
complishes this arrangement by a
little kindly strategy.
Fourth, if a lady is travelling
alone, or is previously encumbered
with little bundle of care in the
shape Of baby, he takes pains to
secure to her if possible seat by
herself without intrusion from the
carpet-bags of others; and when the
train stops, he thoughtfully assists
her out of the car.
Fifth, if you ask him the time of
day, he stops moment, not at all
annoyed by the interruption, and
takes out fine gold watch on which
you detect the following engraved
inscription: "Presented to the
gentlemanly conductor of this
train, as spontaneous token of
grateful remembrance by a we'll
treated travelling public"
The preceding are some of the
characteristics of certain car
conductor with whom, being our
selves somewhat addicted to rail
roading, we made the acquaintance
during our recent snow-storms and
other hardships of travel at the
West. We found him resembling
Hamlet's father; that is, existing
Gin the minds eye" What his
real name was we did not learn, but
his nickname was Mr.. Non. In last
weeks snow-blockade in Indiana,
he acquired wide noteriety as The
Non Conductor.-Gol0eu .4qe.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-15

A correspondent of the Golden
Age INDUCES in the following views
on the loss Of individuality by the
husbands of famous women:
"However much a man may seem
to be before marriage with strong
minded woman, from that fatal
hour the process of absorption be-
gins, and never ceases till he dis
appears utterly as an individual
existance. The case of the hus-
band of Elizabeth Cady Stanton is
an instance of this sort. Mr.. Stan
ton before his marriage was a
young man of fine culture, broad
and liberal thinker, a young orator
for whom great fame was predicted
by all who knew him, and for some
time it seemed that his native pow
ers were such as to enable him to
escape the action of the general
law-but there is no resisting the
forces of nature; by slow degrees
the process of absorption went on;
little by little he sank from the pub
lie view until he disappeared from
sight altogether as one of the cdi-
itors of the San. The husband of
Lucy Stone furnishes us with an
other variety. H. b. Blackwell
was never much before his semi.
union with Lucy Stone. He is less
than nothing now. The husband Of
Panlina Wright Davis is another
unimportant fact OF conjugal histo-
ry. The husband Of Mrs. Liver
more is known only by tradition
There is myth to the effect that
an innocent and worthy clergyman
of that name and Of the Universe
list persuasion once married Mrs.
Livermore. Having immortalized
himself by this fact, he retired from
the public gaze to the modest Sc
clusion OF the domestic circle-as
was very proper. The husband Of
Julia Ward Howe did not yield to
his fate without a struggle. He
grasped at the Santo Domingo
Commission with the clutch of de-
spair, but it was all in vain. Des-
tiny in the shape of Mrs. Howe was
too much for him. Let us respect
the courage wlrich deserved a bet
ter fate! The husbands OF Victoria
c. Woodruff climbed the hill of
notoriety through her mediumship.
Agricola owed his Immortality to
the pen of Tacitus, SO DR.. Wood
hull will be known to fame only by
the annals Of his wife's biographer.
Colonel Blood is doing his ineffectu-
al best to retain his individuality
in the columns Of the WoodhuWs
and Cla1sin's Weekly. His strug-
giles are heroic, but he may rest as
sured that he cannot escape the
general fate Of his class. Susan B.
Anthony has no husband. Though
stern she is merciful. Various des.
perate and devoted men, ensnared
by her girlish charms, have essayed
to plunge headlong into the mal-
strom of matrimony; but with firm
though gentle hand she has with
held them from the fatal leap, nobly
refusing to accept the sacrifice"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-15

homemade philosophy of the kind
which Socrates brought to bear
against the book philosophy of the
Sophists. We have all this in our
mouths without giving it a thought,
while we are murmuring that our
minds are empty and stagnant, be-
cause what we want Of other peo-
ple's thought is perhaps denied us.