New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-06-06

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regarded by the Puritan residents rs an " az
fensiye novelty"
jefferson Davis bail bond, with the
names of the sioners, has been itborrapbed
py Richmond house, and will be used as \
campaign document South.
Fighting Joe Iookcris now entirely holm
less from paralytic prostration, and has TO be
supported by attendants wherever he COOS.
ne Is now ON his way to California for his
health.
A Rochester lady SAYS that the mortality
among the Masons must he unusually great
this year. Every time she asks for rccrca-
ton her husband finds that he is OBLIGED to
attend brothers funeral.
The Louisville Couyicy-Jom7,R answers
the Democratic conmtlrlIm. "What ouoht
the baltimore Convention to do ?" with the
| remark that before proceeding regularly to
business, it ought to adjourn"
=" Mr.. Smith, l wish 10 speak to YOU pri-
vately. Permit me To take YOU apart n few
moments" smith, (who wasn't the least
bit irlghtcncd,) certainly, sir; if you'll
promise to put me together again"
General n. u. Banks has authorized "A
| positive and final denial Of the rlmor that he
is to succeed Minister Curtin at ST. PETERS
| burg. He says he has no wish In leave the
| United States and the position he now holds
| On Saturday last, at jacksonville, In
diana, divorce from his wife, upon the
| ground of desertion, was obtained by VIM.
ii. Milburn, the "Blind Preacher" This
| Is lair warning to all contemplating matri-
mony not to go it "blind"
Mr.. Locke, of the Toledo Blgde is nri-
vately reported to have been DESTROYS of dis
continuing the petroleum Nasty" letters
| tor the past two years, but that his associates
in business have refused to permit it, regard
ing them as part of their stock in trade.
Professor c. F. Chandler knows of no
application of water which brings in so large
return in so small an area as in the dlution
otmilk before it reaches the city of New York.
lie estimates the amount paid in this way for
water ut $4,000 day, or $1,000, 900 a year.
In Dresden they have an American club.
1t Is Il very agreeable place wherein to pass
an hour or two in the morning. All the for
cign and domestic papers are kept on file,
and there is Il visitors book. Directly UNI
derneath there is a popular cafe, which is
very convenient for members.
The Richmond (Va.) Wing is enthusiasts
tic over Uncle Horace. 'In our deliberate
Judgment it remarks, " the election of Mr..
Greeley, under existing circumstances, would
be thousand fold better both for South and
for North, than that of Mr.. Jefferson Davis
himself" This is decidedly the most equvOcal
| compliment paid the Usage" since he sold
out at Cincinnati. To he preferred by the
chivalry to JEFF. Davis himself. Oh, Horace!
"A Lousyilian offers to bet John Nor
rissey, or any other man, five thousand dol
lars that Horace Greeley will not carry the
State of New York; five thousand dollars
that he will not carry the State of Pennsyl-
wanna, and five thousand dollars that he will
not be elected President Of the United States
at the ensuing election, the action of the
Democratic party to be left out of the qucs-
ton. The three bets to be taken together.
--EX-Govcrnor Footc, of Tennessee, in his
own words, shows his gratitude for the re-
moyal of his political disabilities four or five
days ago, and announces himself as n candi-
date for Congress for the State at large upon
the Cincinnati platform. If Mr.. FOOte puts
il upon the simple matter of gratitude he will
best show that commendable quality by re-
manning ut home, and not putting himself in
position where it would be necessary to take
an oath that he has once broken. PardOned
perjurers, Congress and the country can do
without.
Mr.. Jefferson used to relate, with much
merriment, that the final signing of the
Declaration of independence was fastened
by an absurdly trivial cause. Near the hall
in which the debates were then held was n
livery stable, from which flies came into the
open window, and assaulted the silk-stockinSed
legs of honorable members. Handkerchief >
in hand they dashed the flies with such vigor
as they could command on July afternoon,
but the annoyance became Mt length so eX-
treme rs to render them inpatient of delay,
and they made haste to bring the momentous
business to 4 conclusion.--JGmes Parton.
"A Jockey in Chicago attempted the feat
of riding on horseback 300 miles in twelve
consecutive hours. The track used was the
circular one, seven-eights of a mile in length.
Fresh horses were used for each round. On
the twenty-lifth round the horse bolted the
track and leaped the rail, falling upon its
rider, who, however, not being much hurt,
remomted and finished the round. On the
l9ath round the race came to a sudden ter
mination, as the horse again jumped the
fence and threw his rider with such force that
he was obliged to be taken from the park in
a carriage, and he now lies in n very low
state, although his physician has some hopes
of his recovery. He had made 1873 miles in
nine hours and twenty minutes, aud but for
the accident would undoubtedly have accom-
plished the feat.
II. w. Higgnson has taken pains to COM
pare the vital statistics of several generations
of the two old New England families, and he
finds, to the dismay of those who mourn the
physical degeneracy of woman since the days
of our great-grandmothcrs, that the stock has
improved, if anything. He adds:
No man of middle age can look at a class
of students from our older colleges without
seeing them to be physically superior. to the
same number of college boys taken twenty
five years ago. The organization of the girls
being far more delicate and complicated, the
same reform reaches them less promptly, but
it reaches them at last. The little girls of
the present day eat better food, wear more
heathiul clothing, and breathe more fresh
air than their mothers did. The introduction
of india-rUbber boots and waterproof cloaks
alone has given a fresh lease of life to multi
tudes OF women who otherwise would have
been housed wheDevcri it so much as sprinkled.
1t is desirable, certainly, to venerate our
grandmothers, but l am inclined to think on
the whole that their great-granddaughtcrs
will be the best.
The Tribune has discovered that the bill
10 renew the portion of the ku-Kluy act