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While Widow VAN Corr and other ladies
have Of late been preaching with great accent
ance In the Methodist churches and h We had
the countenancc 81 the male clergy In their
toyivali-tc operations, the Pre- .byterian church
looks less kindly IN women In the pulpit, Two
ladies, Mira. RoBINsOS and Mrs. WHITNEY, re-
Gently preached in Newark Presbyterian
Church, how e'oquently and persuasivey we are
not tol1 hut certainly not 50 effectively as to
soften the heart Of the stern Rev. Dr. CRAVEN.
That gentleman has had the ladies arraigned
for breaking the rules Of discipline Of
the Presbyterian Church. ana they srs
shortly to he tried for the offence. DIR. CRAVEN
appeals to the New Testament In support OF hts
position ana ST. PAUL does. indeed. say that
women should be silent In the meetings; but.
In spite OF ST. PAUL. other churches than tho
Presbytetian, and which az we'll as 1t follow the
New Testament az rule OF faith. permit
women TO speak and pay, preach and exnort in
the assemblies Of the saints. IL will he interest
ing to see how the trial comes out.
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ministers have undertaken TO enter into the
field Of partisan politics with the hope OF maxi
ing the Methodist Church power In the land,
TO use the words Of one of the most eminent OF
their dlvlnes. Indeed, some OF their preachers
have brought disrepute upon the Methodist
church by their offensive exhibitions OF funny
Ism to roninent politicians Of known dl-hon-
esty. What the ministers OF the Methodist
church at this time need FAR moro than money, Is
the pious zcil, the courage to rebuke sin In high
places, the conscientiousness ani the scorn for
lucre which distinguished the most successful
Of the early prOpagandists OF their faith.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-17

We print in another column report OF
a late discussion In the spanish Cortes on the
subject OF the war In Cuoa. The statements
Of Gen. SALAMANCA aud Gen. RIQugLME, which
were not disputed by the members Of the CsUi-
net, prove concusively that ever since thu com
meme 'ment OF the war for the Independence OF
Cuba. Spain has gradually been losing her mold
on the island. and that It's rsconquest Is a mat
ter Of impossioiitv.
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1t seems that the Charter Oak Life In-
surance Company Of lIortford has just bought
three millions worth OF real estate Ia this city AS
an investment for its funds. The COMPANY has
thus got ria Of a million and a quarter Of unpro-
ductlve second mortgage bonds Of the Connect
icut Valley Railroad, which were taken In part
payment. The property bought IS twelve dis
tinct buildings and blocks in lower broadway,
IN broad street, IN New street, and IN Exchange
place, nd IL subject to mortgages amounting to
anuut $l,40000O. The purchase seems to have
Ueen good one for the company.
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At the meeting OF the Methodist minis
tors At week. DR.. KETTEIL sad that there Is
no vital pow r. no Influence on society by Moth
odism now, as tnero was twenty Ave wears ago,
and the result OF the cOmpin d wisdom Of the
ministers WAS that the lack Of money was the
cause OF the retrogre ssiDn ~ the denOmin alton.
with all due respect to those who narticip ted
In this discussion, We would suggest th It they
should review the history Of Methollsm la this
country, aud ndldly ask themselves whether
too great riches, too generous revenues, may not
account for the loss OF inhusnce which the
preachers deplore, and which nobody VIII do
ny. The early apostles Of Methodism Ia this
country were among the most ze ilOus the most
indefdtigabe, aud the most self-denying mis-.
slonaries OF tho Gospel the world has ever seen.
They cared nothing for the dictates OF fashion ;
rich sinners had less claim upon their sympa-
thies than poor wr0tches who were driven TO
devious courses By want, and they preached
against prevailing vlces fearlessly ~ well IA
zealouslY, caring only for tho building up OF
Zion. Their preachers were generally IA poor as
hey were pous, and their houses OF worship
were noted for their extreme simplicity. But Of
late years all this mas changed rich men who
could make handsome donations have been
| courted, regardless Of tho means BY which they
] acquired their wealth, aud some of the leading
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A New Definition Of Boom era ny

From hs Worcester Press.
Let's see; u boomerang is n Returning
Board-lunt IT. Perhaps the Louisiana Return
iDg Board will prove ~ bss boomerang.
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The stories that Gov. HAYES has been

approached by Southern Democrats with over
lures Of support, In return for favors To he
granted by him. have only this foundation, that
certain individual Southerners have sought to
make capital with him, but they are not repre-
sentative men and are seeking To gain personal
ends alone. They have no backing and cannot
deliver the goods
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DUEL BY SNAKES-The HOr

DUEL BY SNAKES-The Home
and School Journal says: The
rattelsnakes of our country have
Il dangerous ennemy in the com
mon black snake, Bascanion con
strictor. In one of these duels,
which are both spirited and dead.
~, an eye witness, Williams Kin
caid Davis, of South Carolina,
says the rattler was compelled to
commit uDintenti0nally suicide in
a moment OF temporary insanity.
When first discovered, the rattle
snake was cOiled with head erect
and ready to spring. The black
snake ciIcled around him repeat
edly, being careful never 10 ap.
prOach near enough TO be reached
by tue fangs of the rattler, who,
turning his head to watch his an
tagonist as he circled round, be
came dizzy and crazed, and fin
ally struck blindly and straight
ened himself at whole length.
The black snake now ran across
the Strengthened form of the
other, who feeling the contact,
struck, missing his foe, bnt bit
ing his own body, died Of the ven
ON from his own fanss,
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A defender Of the ant against
the charge of selfishness saws :
''One day last summer nv wife
was engaged in cleaning some
plants OF small green carterpil-
lars winch were infesting them.
One OF these, in a moribnnd state
Was lying on the tiles, when an
ant coming by seized it as lawful
prize, and after little struggle
(tnere being still some little life
IN the victim) began to carry it
OH. He Tor would it be she y got
along capitally till the clinkers
were touched, when it became i'm
possible for the small example
OF great labor to get her burden
over the obstacle. But presently
appeared a second ant, and, after
a short col,oquy between the two;
No. 2 proceeded to help No. l.
Their united energies succeeded
III getting the caterpillar to the
top OF the clinkers-a task about
equal. l suppose. to that of two
men who should take a sack of
Goals to the top of the great Pyra
mid. Once safely arrived on the
level mold ant No. babe her
fellow-citizen farewell, and No. l
went Oh her way to, deposit her
prey in a convenient hiding
place behind Il flower-pot.'
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SUGGESTED BY JAS. PARTON's

OUGGFSTEU BY JAS. PARTON'S
MARRIAGE.-I married q widow
who had q grown up daughter.
Ny father visited my house very
often, fell in love with my step
daughter, and married her. So
my father became my son-in-law,
and my step mother my mother,
because she was my fathers wife
Sometime after my wife had a
son; he WAS my fathers brothern-
in.law, and my uncle fer he Was
the brother of my step,laugbter.
My fathers wife-i. g.. my step.
daughter-had a son he was of
course my brother, and in the
meantime my grandchild, tor he
was the son of my daughter. My
wife was my grandmother, be-
cause she was my mothers moth
cr. / was my wife's husband
and grand child at the same time
and as the husband of "A PERSONS
grandmother is his grandfather,
l was my own grandfather.
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The New York Herald publishes
a Est of Democratic candidates
for I the presidency, running in the
following order
Thomas F. Bayard, ofDelaware;
Samuel j. Tilden, of New York ;
Allen u. Thurman, of Ohio Da.
via Davis, of Illinois; Thomas A.
Hendricks, of Indiana; William
Alien, of Ohio; Horatio Seymour,
OF New York Jeremiah s. Black,
OF Pennsylvania Sanford Il.
Church, of New York George B.
Mcclellan, of New Jersey Mi.
ch@l 9. Kerr, of Indiana Asa
Packer, of Pennsylvania James
+. English, osConnecticut.
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Travellers on railroads are of
ten desiroas OF knowing the speed
at whi,h they are moving, and,
as a general thing, are not aware
that with the aid Of a watch
they may reodily do 80, even
when mile posts are not plrced
along the track. This may be
done, says the Scientific Press, by
simply counting the number OF
rails which are passed over in
any given minute. Ou the best
laid roads the hammering sound
made by the wheels in passing
from rail to another is quite audi
bic, and may be easily noted on
whichever side of the car the oh
server may be sitting. All rails
are either twenty four or thirty
feet long-the legth may be eaSi
~ ascertained BY pacing or Ivy
measuring with a pocket rule at
amy station where the train STOPS.
Then by counting the number of
rails passed in thirty or sixty
seconds, the speed OF travel may
be calculated by any passenger.
When q train moves 14.67 feet
a second, it is travelling at the
rate OF ten miles an hour, or IA
mile in six minutes, -,
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THE WEEKLY SUV.
NEW YORK.

Eighteen hundred and seventy-six is the
Centennial year. 1t is also the year in (which
an Opposition House OF Repr. sentatives The
first since the war, will be in power at
Washington and the year of the twenty.
third election of President of the United
States All OF these events are sure to be OF
| great interest and importance, especially
the latter; and all of them and everything
connected with them will be fully and fresh,
ly reported in The SUN
The Opposition House of Representatives,
taking up the line OF inquiry opened wears
ago by The SUN, will sternly and diligently
investigate the corruptions and misdeeds Of
Grants administration aud will, it is to be
hoped, lay the foundation for q new and
better period in our national history. Of all
this THE SUN will contain complete and
accurate accounts, furnishing its readers
with early and trustworthy information
upon these absorbing topics.
The twenty-third Presidential election,
with the preparations for it, will be memo
rable as deciding upon Grants aspirations
for IA third term Of power and plunder, and
still more as deciding who shall be the
candidate of the party of Reform, and as
eiecting that candidate. Concerning all these
subjects, those who read The SUN will haze
the constant means OF being thoroughly we'll
informed.
The WEEKLY Sun, which has attained a
circulation of over eighty thousand copies,
already has its readers in every State and
Territory, and We trust that the year 1876
will see their numbers doubled IL will con-
tinue to be a thorough newspaper All the
general news of the day will be found in it,
condensed when unimpOrtant, at full when
Of moment and always, we trust, treated
in clear, interesting and instructive man.
ner.
1t is our aim to make the WEEKLY SuN
the best family newspaper in the world, and
We shall continue to give in its columns a
large amount Of miscellaneous reading, such
as stories, tales, poems, scientific intelligence
and agricultural information, for wh,oh we
are not able to make room in our daily edi
ton. The agricultural department especially
is one ot itsprominent features The fashions
are also regularly reported in its columns :;
and SO are the markets of every kind
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How Mr.. GRANT Cor OUT OF
THE DIFFICULTY.-Mr. Grant
(colored )-Mornin'. Judge. l come
on circumstance want you to
delucldate.
Judge-Well, out with it.
Grsnt-Well. de whole circum
staucie oh de bisiness and dis /:
You see, Judge, in slabery time
| had tree wife on tree plantation
Dey got long berry well toged
der, when dey way apart, and
l was We'll satisfaction, but since
rebel time desc ssdcvised statues"
fetch up all desc deun nonsence
laws bout man and wife, and
l find l aiut got no wife tall. Use
no lection to dat, but jis here's
whar de shoe pinch jis here l
wants your legal precision. De
fac is, Judge, l wants to jlne de
church. DE boss leader say I cart
come it onless git marrid. Now,
kin 1, cordiu' to law, marid all
three, or mus / marrid but one I
Eff you say but one, and l tempt
it. my spectacle Judge, you bet
ter b'leve dar will be de berry
debbil rs on dat 'casion in dat
church.
Judge-Mr. Grant, under the
circumstances, / seriously advise
you to rub out all old scores aud
begin afresh. Marry new wife.
Grant-Dat's my ham ! ! goes
in for you, Judge, all de time. ]
tell you white folks is is smart.
Whar dey can't crawfish out,
oullud folks no use try.
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Here is case to stir the heart
Bergh and make him wish him
seif an lr'sillnan. In the Con nty
Kildare, it appears there in q
fine county pack OF Iionnds. The
meet was ut Cuppagh the other
day, and near Cuppagh dwells a
small farmer, churl obviously OF
low degree, who sorely dislikes
having his fields ridden over and
hls crops damaged. So, to prevent
this, he had cunningly caused
iron wires to be woven through
and to be carried high in the air
above his fences. At one of these
armored fences, a military gentle
man of the Kildare hunt-iu his
ardor not observing the aerial
cherams de trise-most eallantly
rode. His horse went plump into
the wires, and with his rider. waa
rolled over and into the ditch he.
meath. Both horse and rider wers
badly hurt. A number OF the in
digl'ant huntsmen thereupou
rode up to the farmers house.
called him out, and with theft
heavy whips beat him within an
inch of his life. The farmer called
in the law, and the "petty ses-
sion" must now make an end af
the matter.
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The APRIL FooLs.-Gentle

The APRIL FooLs.-Gentla
men, are you sendirg flowers.
hotes and neat little gifts to
young ladies' who can dress, tlirt,
make ngnre ut a party, and do
nothing else, and expecting when
they have taken the talismun of
your rings and Your honore(f
names, they will at once become.
capable, efficient, prudent, w,se-
managing matrons, content on a
slender income, and glad Of the
modest retirement of yonr simple
nome In the faith OF this, are
you Offering to them your hand
some selves ! Gentlemen F.! we sa
lutte you. and award you a high
place among the April philoso,
pliers.
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The Cheek of the Heathen
Chinee.

One of our city guardians was
standing on the corner of Second
and B streets, yesterday, when d
wild looking Chinaman came
rushing up, seizing him by tue
arm. and said:
"You ketcll -um- saw :"
"Hey {"
"YOu no savey (; you ketch. .um
saw-ee, dam slaw-buck-ee. You
savey I"
The officer was bewildered, and
thinking some terrible crime had
been committed, entleavored to
get the Celestial to explain. Johu
repeated over every word of En-
glish that he had ever learned, vet
still he could not make himself
understood ; finally he seized the
officer by the arm, and saying,
"Come long," started off at a
rapid pace, closely followed by
the eager official.
They went first to ii washhouse
on Il street. into which the Chi
nanan looked, and then, with a
shake of the head, struck out a.
gain.
"Skipped out, has he 2 asked
the officer as he floMndered along
using every enGeavor to keep up
with the cat-f0oted Mougolian.
"Come along,we ketch um bime.
by"
On they went at rattling pace
until a house near the rolling, mill
was reached, into which John
looked and, shaking his hand,
dashed on the back track.
"Where now :"
"Come 'long," replied John, and
on they went.
They travelled all over the
town, and at last reached shan
ty near the rOund house. The OF.
ficer was by this time nearly dead
with fatigue and was covered
with perspiratiOn. Going up to
the door, John said:
; "Now we catch him.
Thinking there might be- a des.
perate crew inside, the officer
drew his revolver and they enter
ed the door. A. small man was
sitting on the floor, and in him
the officer recognized "Jim,' an
English Chinaman.
"What's the row, jim +? he
ask ed.
':He hunt me 50 | interpret
what he say"
"Well, what is it z"
The two jabbeled Il minutes and
Jim said:
''He want ee borrow a saw
buck, au' somebody tell ee him
you lend um one"
"Sew- buck, he dashed Here
I've walked no less than ten miles
after that rice-masim' beathen,
thinking a murder had been CON-
mitted. or something terrible had
been done. You tell him that if
he ever speaks to me again, I'll
smash him into the ground W and
he returned to his beat.-Lanarie
San.
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WHENCE MANY OF THE FAIL
uREs.-A Young man who was
a partner in one of our largest
houses, which suspended some
time ago, said, just previous TO
tne disaster. that no young sin
gle man could live respectfully in
Boston on less than $25,OOO a
year. He is a married man. and
lis expenses have for years been
IN the ratio of $25, 900 for n sin.
gle man. He has sported his pri
vate Carriage, his elegant house,
his retinue of servants, and his
BOXES at the opera. The Boston
TtaUeler.
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How NOTES ARE COUNTERFEIT.
7ED.-A paste is prepared, upon
which the note to be reproduced
il laid, and allowed Ia stand un
til a clear Impression OF the finest
lines are taken. The note is then
removed, aud the paste in time
becomes almost as hard as stone.
An electrotype of the impression
is then taken, and the notes are
struck off, and are so faithful
that none but All expert can detect
the fraud. phiiodelphia Record
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To distinguish cotton when wo
ven into professediy liuan fabrics
it is well to know that linen fiber
when dipped into an alcoholic NO
solution of rosolic acid, next IN a
concentrated aqueous solution Of
carbonate Of soda, and finally
washed several times with strong
soda, attains beautiful red col.
or, while the cotton fibers are
not dyed. Before testing, the
dressing should be washed out
Of the goods, and II few threads
raveled out Oh each of the three
sides. y48 at~s
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OHEAP AT HALF THE PRICE-At
the lower end of Woodward ave
nueyesterday an old apple woman
offered her fruit to a vessel captain
who was sighing over the good
times of 1864. She wanted three
cents apiece for her apples. He
gave her a pleasant look and
said;
Well. well. Why, you look as
young as you did ten years ago.
Same brigbteyesand red cheeks
same white teeth.n
"Take an apple for two cents,
captain" she replied. 81.
Il presume you are fifty years
DID," he continued, ..but who'd
know it ! Lots of ladies at thirty
look as old as you do"
''take an apple for a cent, cap.
talu." she answered, smiling like
a rose. q. a...,
"Some rich old fellow will come
along some day, searching for q
ouxom wife," said the captain.
''and You won't have to peddle
apples any more"
"here, captain, two for a cent.
take two of the biggest p she ex,
claimed, and then ran after him
and dropped two more into his
overcoas pocket Detroit Free
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3 Dnring a recent revival excite
ment in the outskirts OF this coun
ty, request was made for all who
desired the prayers Of the cbnrch
to rise. A shaggy old miner,
burning with q desire to do his
part, arose, and putting bis hand
down into his buckskin, meekly
inquired, "How much will it be,
boss p-Canon City (Ool.) Avalan.
che.
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i From London FxN -Apcjest
msriner 10 his youngsss}-stWell
If you likes tbe girl why don't
you go aDd tell her 20, 'Bnesy. Z
mind the time-Td married yosypu
mother-ab, ana done NY six
months for woppins her to0--lose !
afore ! was your age; bat ior there
niu't no speret in youth nowa~
davs W
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French money lender complain
ed to Baron ikothschild that .
nobleman to whom lie had loau
ed ten tn ousand francs had zone.
of aud left no Acknowledgements
OF the debt. "Write and ask hiap |.
to send Immediately the seventy,
thousand francs he owes you,N
said the willy banker. "Rut hs.
only owes me. ten thousand
francs," said the money lender.
Precisely, rejoined the Baron
"and he will write and tell you
so, and yon will then have his
Acknowledgements
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VOUNG MEMS DRAMATIC CLUB

VOUNG MEMS DRAMATIC CLUB
L Regular meeting Second Thursday
of each month.
Officers Thomas A. Badeaux, Presi.
ldent Emile Loiseau, Vice President j
Omer Landry, Treasurer Henry Riviere
Secretary +. Samoan. Stage Manager; j.
A Perrin, assistant Stage Manager; John
F. Knobloch, Prompter J. L. Webre,
.AAssistaat, A. B. Ragan. Floor Manager,
Thomas Holden, Door Keeper
Committee o, arrangements d: A. B. Ra-
gan. Chairman, J. n. Wright, l.. Ancoin,
NJ. T. Higgingbotham.