New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-25
GENERAL NOTES.

In this city The Boston JOradW has a cor
respondent o. Burclg) who is or was himself clergy
man. we believe, and who sends great variety on nc
cesiastica gossip TO his newspaper From nm We set
fresb information concerning the great Gn-'lk case
II oppears that the Rev. Mr. Smythe is not the only
United Presbyterian" who INDUCES III u"IthOuOh
beverages. Most Of the United Prespyt ciei Sr
country and are strictly total abstinence men. ~
seems that parties have been upon the track OF some o
Mr. smythes accusers since his trial. end have discovered
Them Ell gaged in Z" social customs ana eslNt .h
facts in order 10 show that Ecceslastcs must not make
flesh OF one and fish Of another"
A recent accident in an English printing
Office holds out hope for Chicago a scamp gaihed
access 70 the Clarendon Printing Office when the forms
for new edition of the urayer-bOo Of the Church Of In
gland were nearly ready for thc press ana sisout"k
for in the word like" in the marriage service where
IL IsaqS o t bo ye thus making the last word kc'
The whole edition published before tne sIIor wa
lation of marriage would be Of no service in England
is now proposed send the edition 70 Chicago ana dl1
The prayers in the book are needed there while Gle
change the text Of the marriage service VIII amer ou'
/ little the custom OF the place
Can this be so? Noting with anxiety every
paragraph nay, even the least item, bearing upon the
absorbing question Of Women's Rights we have been
nexpressby grievod to learn from correspondent OF
| Boston newspaper who writes from Washington over
the gentle signatare Of Lucy that two q me women
cerks had habit of saying d-n and OF using other
the idea any special feminine refinement is obsolete,
and that tyIannical and oppressive while men swear
been often told that the emancipation Of the sx
would exercise a subduing and refining influence over
the other kind Of human beings, that we confess 70
little disappointment II would DE sad, If instead on
should only sink sisters to the depths OF our chrome
coarseness.
Many of the most brilliant tTiumphs of mod
ern chemistry have been III the synhess Of organic
products the results obtained by scientific methods
Of
processes one of recent Of these discoveries ia
an artificial method OF producing alizarne the principal
colorng substance hitherto extracted from nadder The
fertile meadows Of the Netherlands hitherto so largely
devoted 10 raising maddcr, may be better used in
raising food the maddcr dyes can all be obtained by
special treatment Of anthrJcene Itself new product,
brought light from that mine Of discoveries the disi
tbr largest SINNER of madden dyes also reported
that NJ. Maumene j. in fair way 10 achieve similar SUE
cess with indigo; his expectations being founded upon
results obtained in treating anime with chlofal'
Some of the minor Sages of Auburn illumln-
ate the toad The process First catch your toad Of
course and thentwo three irefes open his mouth
and drop the flies ill., and you have your brilliant result
which said to be very comical in the dark But this
throws no light the toads that drop from the sky
They had shower OF live toads in Bellcyille Canada,
week or two ago covered the road T. Kingston and
more recently there was one near Cincinnati on tle
Ceyes Turnpike. The gentleman WHO observed the lat
ter phthomenOn writes that he saw The teads ia; he
are ycry t0ugb or IT, stories shout
them are such especially of them are round m tie IN
interior OF solid rocks, ready upon ease 10 lie e tier
vital functions after resting during geological epoch.
Rnf Won't some scientific gent please say whcthera
fall OF few thousand leet from rtincloud oud De
trying to their constitutions when they struck tTd
gi1ad2
In theory most people admit that whisky is
an unnecessary adjunct 10 labor, yet wien cmpo}n ing
aborcrs apt to encourage bad habits 10y supply
ing it to expedite the work when more than usually
severe 1t results that in certain sections IN the country
aborers expect invariably that just before the climax of
a big Job" they to be treated. Ms. Arnold Is
widow IN Malone, y. y. who ts her farm with her own
hands, whose barn accidentally burned, and who,
last week. proposed To have one built In conse-
queuce OF tine advice OF friend she varied from the
usual custom. She supplied coffee, tea ami Sood ca-
bes 10 the aborors who raise the frame, but
whisky the consequence OF winch was mat the men re-
fused 10 20 with the raising the circumstance
was mentioned in three OF Tn, local churches sunday.
Fifty men, women and boys visited tne widow on Mon
day ministers and farmers became carlhters ior the
occasion within few hours the barn Wa complete,
double boarded all around ana toolCA n III is hgdlgss
| nor pay.
The details OF an almost incredible outrage
upon the person of the Rev d. r. Rtnbuu by band of
ruflans, is narrated signature IN The American
Wesleyan. The occurrence took place in Eucul Vista,
sullivan Co., Pm. Near the close OF a church meeting
Mr. Rahbuu. entering the adjoining barn 20 look after
his horse, seized BY mob OF six OF eight men, struck
choked dragged distance o. 20 rods ridden upon rail-
dragged hro IN a mudhole and forced into head fore
uuti nearly srauglcd, stamped upon. his cothtug
partly torn of, aud plts OF tupgntin, poured upon ms
lacerated flesh The explanation given That ''r hash
bun had been ecturiug upon Fre,Ma>, my, ana had
given in public IA, opposing Ia system O
thai fraternity. The ruhidEs who thu, Dad IN ,eu him,
during the Preparation of the outrage, G. hct 10 hm
aburt meeting the level and parting Oh thr square
Whatever may be the secret customs which Masonry has
adopted and prefers 10 conceal quicker path Ia ia
exposure and It's be traced than such ~ these
mi- ,uidcd followers seem 10 have entered upon.
Many of the notions expressed with respect
20 the future the Chnaman in America have evidently
been predcated upon belief that ne II very different
from the rest OF humanity It il quite possible that
writers the subject may have constructed the China
man. whose coming they much dread, ont Of their
inner consciousness. At all events, many facts have
been brought out by the discussion tending 20 show that
he apt be actuatcd In similar circumstances by
much the motives aud In much the same WAY "a
other people "Russcll- travelling In China writes
20 The Boston Journal that there l. marked dlcrcLce
between she Chinese who have been aDruAd and
thg Sc who have returned nom California. The
0bsequious-aluoI slayish-n their Difference both
10 native officials and 60 foreign residents. The latter
ARE noted FOR their nsocucc, their swaggt rng WAYS
ana proud defiance of commands which they may deem
unreasonable He adds that they Ouly chnfc undcr
tyranny themselves but are teaching the natives ire
MT lessons OF rynublcanisIn; and he thinks thaI the
spread oI such ideas la China may yet give rse 10 re
yet encountered. THIS sounds Ike what might hc nAt.
with American institutions shol fail 20 "AliegicaAzc'
trary should De totally mistaken,