New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-04-11

ltS tW0-thouSandth volume. 1t has lost all
of its original subscribers.
Rhode Island is to be the only State
which has followed the example Of Massa-
chusetts in making the 22d of February
legal holiday.
London gossip AYERS that the current
visit of Queen Victoria to Baden-Baden is to
make match for one of her sons with an
Austrian archduchess.
BY an error of the types the printed copy
of the California revised Civil Code reads that
''all marriages of white persons and negroes
or mulattoes are illegal and void"
The extreme cold of the past winter in
Paris has been more intense than has been
known for century, and great .sutierings
were caused by it among the poor.
"A number of French ladies who have be-
come reduced by the late war now earn their
living by teaching French to Americans who
are anxious to acquire the pure Partisan ac-
cent.
The Oldest and largest chain bridge in
the world is said to be that at Kingstung, in
China, where it forms a safe and perfect
road from the top of one lofty mountain to
another.
Senator Charles Sumner took his seat in
Daniel Webster, December |, 1851, the same
day on which Henry Clay appeared in the
National Senate for the last time.
The total number of hogs packed in the
West for the season Just closed was 4 500, 555,
against 1896, PSI the previous season, being
an increase of l ,l25 1904. OF the number
in Illinois, l,579, 527. Chicago packers make
returns of over 100000.
The Richmond Dispatch says that Mr..
Lincoln's death inflicted a greater injury
upon the Southern States than upon the Moth
ern, and it thinks that there is now a gem
eral and sincere respect in that part of the
country for his memory.
Frank auckland, of England, writes to
Seth Green, the New Y ork fish breeder, that
he has successfully introduced American
brook trout into English waters. From eggs
sent him three years ago by Mr.. Green he
now has trout of two and three pounds weight.
g-Mrs. Newton, of Bernard Castle, Eng
land the other day cooked some potatoes for
dinner which she had previously purchased
in the market. Previous to eating her dinner
she put her knife into one, and found, to her
astonishment and disgust, a small frog en-
bedded in the centre OF it.
Jean Ingelow is described as a buxom,
fne-lOOking woman, somewhere near her for
ties. She has an abundance of soft brown
hair, which she winds in graceful fashion OF
her own about her well-shaped head; bright
eyes, and lovely changing color, which
comes and goes in her cheeks at the slightest
prOvocation.
Mr.. Taylor, the late sailor preacher of
Boston, astonished divine who had refused
to enter his pulpit because a Unitarian min
lister had been in it, by falling on his knees
,1,,,f tnir n,,1
Lord! deliver us in Boston from two things,
bad rum and bigotry; Thou knowest which
is worst, for L don't!"
The steamer Columbia, of the West In
dies and Pacific Company's line, which foun-
dered in the great gale of October, 1867, at
the Island of st. Thomas, has been raised,
and has been found in so good a condition
that the damage can be repaired at a cost of
a few thousand dollars. The addresses on
the cargo are still legible.
Michigan has six towns named Sherman,
five named Grant and Sheridan, and four
named ColfaX, while thirty-two other towns
have only sixteen names among them. Some
of the residents of these towns have just dis
covered that they would receive their mail
much sooner and with greater regularity
were it not for this awkward duplication of
names.
DIR. Loring, in his speech at Pawtucket
on the changes in American society, said: Il
have seen many man who was proud of the
fact that his grandfather walked from Cape
Cod to Boston to enter upon career of honor
and usefulness, and think the same pride
will be still more nobly displayed when men,
driven by misfortune, are ready to retire cheer
fully to the homes of their ancestors, and to
the honest industry that awaits them there"
An artless newspaper man, who lately
bought a few sausages, thus relates his trou-
bles: | got them sausages home without get
ting bit and cut them apart and left them.
In the morning L visited them. Three of
'em had cuddled up together, and were sleep
ING sweetly. Two of 'em had crawled to my
milk pail and were tapping the milk, and one,
black and white one, was on the back fence
trying to catch an English sparrow. drowned
the whole lot.
Charles Thorne, Jr., of the Philadelphia
Chestnut Street Theatre, swhile on the stage
last Tuesday evening, had his best dress suit
and fifty dollars appropriated by young man
who was acting as his valet. The ingenious
youth left note, in which he SAID: 81 take
the liberty of borrowing a small sum of money
of you, which, l trust, | will repay by the
Fourth of July and will keep myself posted
of your whereabouts by the papers, you being
public man."
The Government has, it appears by cor
respondence published, taken prompt action
| in regard to the case of DIR. Howard, or rather
Houard, as the name should be printed. The
claims of Houard for protection are based
upon very slight grounds indeed; but If it can
be shown beyond question that he is an
| American citizen, they are as worthy OF re-
spect as if he had resided in this country all
his life. 1t is not DIR. Howard only who is to
be benefited by the action of the Govern
ment but the value of American citizenship
must not be underestimated.
| 1t is pleasant to read Of a pluclly old
woman in England, though her name is not
given. Being upward ofseyenty years ofage,
She had gone into kensington Workhouse';
but appearing before the Board OF Guardians,
she declared herself still able to work as
cook, provided she had not to run up and
down stairs. Some inquiry being made, a
good place was obtained for this energetic
dame at a salary of 60 per annum. The
Pail Mall Gazette with true British solemnlty
saws "This announcement was received BY
the Guardians with much satisfaction, the
conduct of the old lady of Kensington SEEM
ing truly magnanimous." True as gospel!
| If will he two hundred years in June