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The New York herald., 1876-01-19
METHODIST MISSIONS.

meeting OF the Missionary Society Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church held last evening, at No sos
Broadway, Bishop E. s. james presiding. The meeting
opened with reading the Scriptures and prayer amer
which the regular routine business was called up.
None Of the committee or officers, however, had any
report TO make except the treasurer who submitted
the following
TREASURY STATEMENT voR DEcKhBER, 1875
AesoY Yor
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How a Woman May Divert Trade.

The recent marriage OF Sallie Ward
Hunt, in Louisville, recalls to some of
our old merchants singular fact in her
history. It may be recollected that she
married one of Boston's favorite sons, Mr..
Bigelow Lawrence, and, when she went
to live at the Hub, the blue blood of the
ancient city declined to accord to the Ken
lucky belle that social distinction which
her ladyship evidently anticipated. She
took mortal ofense atsthis treatunent, and
persuaded her husband-then million
aire mill-owner and dry goods merchant
to remove to New York. This transferred
to the metropolis the first great mill
agency, which was rapidly followed by
others, until the Boston branch houses In
this city did larger business than their
originals in Boston. In measure the
New England mill business was revolu-
tionizcd by these changes, and it is a rec
OgniZcd fact in our commercial history
that it was owing to the pride of Sallie
Ward Lawrence that the trade of Boston
was thus diverted to New York This in
cidcnt also recalls another in which a
prominent Connecticut village was the
sufferer. A young manufacturing prince
inherited large fortune from his father,
and designed building an immense fac
tory not far from Hartford. He had found
his wife at Saratoga. She hailed from
New York. When she understood his
plans for building upon a colossal scale,
, she knew it meant a residence i'm the vii
lagc. Accordingly she urged objections,
and was so successful that the factory was
located in this city, where its annual pro!
auction mounts up toward $4,000, 900.
The Connecticut village lost the advantage
I of the Improvement simply because the
wife did not like the placc.-N. y. Cor.
Chicago Tribune.
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Singular Resemblance.

The walking-stick insects, as they are
called, in their turn initiate in the skele-
ton-like structure of their bodies the ap-
pearance of dried twigs, and it is singu-
lar fact that even in their awkward, un-
calmly manner Of walking, the resem-
blance to the chance movements of twigs
is clearly perceptible, the mimicry being
rendered more realistic through this latter
phase. Then, also, we. find certain harm
less groups of moths initiating closely the
outward appearance of species of singing
bees and hornets. And one remarkable
case of mimicry is the well-known in
stance of some perfectly inodorous South
American butterflies, which perfectly re-
produce the external appearance of other
butterflies which emit a most offensive
odor; the reason assigned for this latter
phase of mimicry being the very feasible
one that the inodorous forms are pro-
tected from the attacks of birds by their
resemblance to their strong smelling
neighbors. AS last instance Of this Gu.
rioas phasa of animal organization, we
may note the example furnished by those
curious little fishes, the hippocampi, or
sea-horses-so named from the obvious
resemblance of the form of the head to
that of a horse-the bodies of which be-
come covered with long streamers of GER
tain kinds of seaweed !; so that, when these
fishes rest among the seaweed- covered
hooks Of their marine grottoes, the pres
ence of their streamers serves to render
detection by their enemies no easy matter.
T Popular Science Monthly for July.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


Yale College has made Gen. Sherman
Doctor of Laws.
-Appletons' Journal announces tina
Prof. Huxley will visit this country il
August. "-' ''-i'''
The London Observer remarks tina
Andrew Lincoln wasn't very much known
when he was selected for the Presidency
in 1860. |.s+-
-Pierrepont Edwards, British Consul a
New York, is match for Edwards Pierre
pont,, American Minister at St. James, SC
far as names are concerned.
Washington shoulders were higl
| and narrow, and husbands and feet were
enormously large Besides, he was cor
pulent. This is the testimony of an eye
witness.
Gen. Custer was thirty-seven years Of
Academy, and began his active service al
a Second Lieutenant of cavalry in 1861
He served through the entire war in va
Major General in the volunteer service
the regular army, but his legitimate rank
Colonel of cavalry.
The origin of words is always at
tractive study, but sometimes there is
more imagination than fact in the dis.
coveries made. Among the latest orr
gins discussed is that of the noun "der
rick meaning the lifting apparatus
everywhere used. The word is said to
have come from one Derrick, in England
who was hangman. The Puritans brought
the word to this country; and, while the
executioner is quite forgotten, his name
lives, like that of NJ. Guillotin,. in the
machine. derrick" appears only in
American dictionaries:
When Dom Pedro was in Newport he
requested the blind mute, Oliver Caswell
of Conanicut Island, to visit him, which
he did. Mr.. Caswell, who is brother OF
the New York druggist of that name,
was born deaf, dumb and blind, but, like
Laura Bridgman, his other faculties have
been educated to marvellous degree and
he can earn his own living. He does his
share of the labor of the household, and
is quick to understand information OF
any kind if it is conveyed to him by
touch. Dom Pedro was greatly interested
in him, and at parting filled one of the
beautiful little baskets which Mr.. Caswell
had brought as a specimen of his handi-
work, with gold.
The indianapolis Journal makes an
amusing mistake in saying That William
Cullen Bryant has been elected President
of Williams College, to succeed DR.. Hop
kins. DR.. Hopkins was succeeded in
1879 by P. A. Chadbourne, who is still
President of the college, and hopes to
remain so for many years to come. Mr..
Bryant has been elected President of the
Society of Alumni. By the way, Will
Jams College is disposed to make an un-
necessary fuss about Mr.. Bryant, cackling
whenever his name is mentioned, like a
hen with one chick, to emphasize the i'm
portant fact Of her maternity Inasmuch
as Mr.. Bryant left the College in his
Sophomore year, and is now only an
honorary alumnus, there is something un-
seemly in the annual FETCH worship al
Williamstown of which he is the object
He has alwas accepted the homage of the
college people with certain condescen.
sion, and as if it more than half bored
him.-Chicago Tribune.
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A California Romance,

Dennis McNabb was the porter in .
mining company's office on California
street: Dennis swept out and busted
things, kept the desks in blotting pads,
and in winter made that fire which is
totally unnecessary in our wonderful
climate, but which everybody insists upon
having about four months il thaye just
to remind them Of the States. Dennis
felt very humble and lowly indeed as his
salary was only $40 a week, and when the
secretary-who got $40O month for put
ting his feet on his desk and writing notes
from the poodle Dog''-scowled and
wanted to know where in the bottomless
pit The Stock Report was, Dennis felt
very much overpowered and downtrodden,
indeed. But Dennis had,hcard of Whit
tington and Franklin and John McCul-
Tough, and other great men, and SO he
worked patiently on, washing the spit
toons. taking round assessment notices,
listening at the board -room key holes, and
biding his time generally. Patience and
frugality is its own reward, and one day
Dennis heard the president read telegram
from the superintendent up on the lode.
They had struck pay-rock at last. That
night Dennis drifted round and conferred
awhile with Mccarthy, who kept the
saloon at the corner. Then he had
whisper or two with Hoolihan, who had
made few dollars running the hack stand.
McNabb had also something to say to
O'Flynn, the stevedore, of a confidential
nature. The next morning the secretary
of the Yellow Cat Gold and Silver Min
ing Company found McNabb's brogans in
front of his inkstand, and the spittoons
being cleaned by a Monaghan. Before
the official COULD recover his breath a
small Fenian procession filed in Thsre3
had been corner in Yellow Cat that
morning, and in less than ten minutes the
billboard was voted out and the meek Nc
Nabb elected president, and he was busily
signing the notes Of five dollar assess
ment on the "outsiders." And now Mr..
Dennis McNabb rides languidly down to
the office in his coupe, and in the evening
he sits on a satin sofa up at the ex-presi-
dents house, with his French boots on the
Steinway grand, and four bit cigar in
his mouth, while the ex-p's. daughter
sings "Lanigan's Ball' in Italian, smacks
him with her FAM and says: You Irish
are such naughty, tickle men, but so NICE"
San Francisco Ne,pS- Letter. .,as
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Washington's Appearance.

IoNcE heard my father, in a private
conversation with Washington Allston,
give, his. candid opinion of Gen. Washing
toms appearance He said that his figure
was by no means good; that his shoulders
were high and narrow and his hands and
feet remarkably large. He had Alder,
manic proportions" and this defect was
increased by the form of the vest Of that
day But, with all these drawbacks, his
appearance was singularly fne.,y I have
heard my mother say that thefirsttime she
saw him, he entered the hall door, as she
passed from the entry to the parlor, and
that she thought him the most superb
looking person she had even seen. He
was then dressed in black velvet, with
white lace ruffies, etc., exactly as Stuart's
picture represented him.-Jane Stuart IN
Scribner for July.
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What to Remember.

We may assume that there is an aver
age consumption Of honey by each colony
Of bees for every month in the year; and
this may vary in reference to the size of
the colony, temperature and brood raising.
In this we have some important items
that every beekeeper must notice. If the
bees are stinted in this average supply of
honey during the breeding months, as
from March to September in the North,
or February to October in the South
brood raising will be checked or entirely
suspended, and the prosperity of the col
ony seriously interfered with if not prop
erly cared for by feeding, which will be
essential to restore them to prosperity and
prevent starvation.
In the next place if the average supply
of honey is very short it may be the cause
of many colonies swarming out and leav-
ing their hives in the fall and spring, and
even in winter if the days are warm
enough for them to take general fly. To
prevent them from thus deserving their
hives feed them sufficiently to supply all
their wants, and that too before they be-
come impressed with the certainty that
they must leave or perish.
Instinct leads them to gather a bounti-
full supply, if they can find it in the
flowers, 1t also leads them to cease rear
ing brood when the supply is short; and
hence colonies that are so situated may be-
come" lessened in numbers and ultimately
leave the hive and perish.
Where an increase of pasturage will not
furnish the amount of honey required to
keep them in good condition, the only al
tentative is to feed sugar, syrup, or honey
from other colonies. But provision should
be made for all this, in the cultivation of
a greater amount of honey yielding plants
and trees, and more of the deep-rooting
plants, which yield honey in the dricst
seasons of the year. There is difference
in this respect, aswell as in the atmospher-
ic changes above them. When breeding
is discontinued the stock becomes depop-
ulated as fast as the bees die or are lost
while out hunting for honey, and there
fore will perish in winter from an insult
ficient number to generate the required
heat, or lack of food, or both combined
Only colonies with a full supply of bees
and honey are safe in these northern re-
gions, but they may not require either of
those SO nicely balanced in the South.
In the cold regions there should never
be less than four quarts of bees for winter
ing safely, and large proportion of these
should not be very old, for, if too old, this
too may be the source of an unexpected
loss of many stands of bees. If there is
one gallon of bees a good cluster will be
made and the required amount Of heat
generated, provided they have sufficient
honey always within their reach, even in
very cold weather, and are protected
above by some warm, protecting absorb
ants, such as quilts or articles that: take
up the moisture, keeping the combs clear
of dampness and mold. Never let a cur
rent of air pass through the hive during
the cool season of the year.-Je,eeW Docis,
in the Bee World
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Schenck,s Sea Weed Tonic.

In the atmosphere experienced here during the
hummer months the lethargy produced by the heat
takes away the desire for wholesome food, and fire.
quent preparations reduce bodily energy, particu-
larry those suffering from the effects of facilitating
diseases. In order to keep natural healthful activ
ty of the system We must resort to artificial
means. For this purpose Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic is very effectual. A few doses will create
an appetite and give fresh vigor to the enervated
body. For dyspepsia it is invaluable. Many emf
nent physicians have doubted whether dyspepsia
can be permanently cured by the drugs which are
generally employed for that purpose. The Sea
Weed Tonic, in its nature is totally different from
such drugs. 1t contains no corrosive minerals or
acids; in fact it assists the regular operations Of
nature and supplies her deficiencies. The Tonic in
its nature much resembles the gastric juice that
it is almost identical with that fluid. The gastric
juice is the natural solvent which, in q healthy
condition of the body, causes the food to be d.
gested and, when this juice is not excreted in suf
cient quantities. indigestion with all its distress
ing symptoms, follows. The Sea Weed Tonic per-
forms the duty Of the gastric juice when the latter
is deficient Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic sold by
all Druggists.
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INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A man working in well in Lock.
land, o., was covered by fall of stones
Although imprisoned he was unhurt, and
could talk with those who set about rescu
ing him. anew peril appeared, however
in the rise of the water in the we'll. Slowly
the doomed man was submerged, and the
exertions were redoubled to get him out
but the water reached his face and drown
ed him before he could be saved. His
prayers and struggles to escape were pitt
full. e e y <s$S
"A youth named John Clay, near Elber.
ton, Ca, was sitting on. the edge of an old
unused well, on the premises of Mr.. Clark
Mattox, the other morning, conversing
with several others, when he arose from
his seat and seemed to be in the act OF
stretching. himself, when he was appar.
emily seized with vertigo and fell over
into the well, being precipitated Assistance
OF forty feet, falling on rocks at the bot.
tom, and crushing his skull and causing
instant death. 500 -" '7sas ~ z -
"A tragic ghost story comes from New
manstown, Lebanon county, Pa. Two
young ladies were returning home from q
fair in ph@ton with young brother OF
one of the ladies as driver. It was about
IL O'Clock at night and the road was dan.
gerous. While passing through a ravine
known as Ghosts Hollow, the driver says
hesaw an iunearthly white object. which
frightened them all, suddenly spring d
the horses back, driving it at a terrific
paceuntil the ph&ton was dashed to pieces
against q stone bridge. One of the young
ladies was instantly Killed and the other il
now at the point of death.
Mr.. Jacob Won Weller, of New .Jer
sey, wagered fifty dollars in a New
York saloon the other night that he coulc
drink thirty glasses Of iager-beer withou
getting drunk. The bet was made with
view to deciding whether lager-beer wa!
intoxicating. Mr.. Won Weller won, pock
eted his money, and started for his Jer
ssey homes Asshe meandered along ha
became involved in abstFuse philosophical
speculations, maze Of narrowing doubts
-overspread his usually clear and massive
intellects keneditated ,,poa the tyranny
Of Sunday laws and -sphash!sMr.s vi
Weller had fallen into the river. Two pc
licemen fished him out He was no
drunk-he was only thoughtful.
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nnAurt: Coils. BtA.ssn asaSwkr; capts.
~ 1T sslisn 'e Sies 9el 6ss1:
~, Wallace, Varuum and Hare. In the
center Of the inclosqre was 2 depression
in the sjffaee, EdswblAs t6t 64fdsGs
sheltered, covered With censAs. RenO's COM
mand had been fighting from Sunday noon
lths s2tbl until the night of the 26th, when
IVely hfliNa& calgSd the Indians to retire.
we're in complete ignorance ofthe fate OF the
other five companies, which had been sepa-
rated from them early on the 25th to make an
attack under Custer on the village at anoth-
err point. While preparations yw3le being
made for the removal 81 the wounded, a
party was sent on Clusters trail to look for
tss Il ssSs fSSsa a't
al spoi,it asout tire mAssadcwA III
right bank of the stream, Custer had evident
~ attempted to ford and attack the village
from the ford. The trail was found to lead
back up to the bhffs and to2the northwsttls
as if the troops had been repulsed andcom-
p pses ea to off STREET ffom s15
Reno. The bluffs along the right bank come
sharply down to the water, and are inter-
spersed bTnINeSOus ravines all along the
slopes and ridges, and in the ravines lay the
dead arranged in order of battle, lying as
they had fought, line behind line, showing
where defensive positions had been suc-
cessively taken up and held till none were
left to fight. Then huddled in a narrow
compass, horses and men were piled promis-
tuously. At the highest point Of the ridge
lay Custer, surrounded by q chosen band.
Here were his two brothers and his nephew,
Mr. Reed, Coils: Yates and Cooke and Cant
Smith, ali LYING In aGHaef M Anew ~
their horses beside them Here, bclihd
Yates company, the last stand had been
made, and here, one after another, these last
survivors of Clusters five companies had
"a ct their death. Fh& companies had sue
cessively thrown themselves across the path
of the advancing enemy, and had been
annihilated.
Notsa man has escaped to tell the tale, but
1t was inscribed on the surface of these bar
rem hills in language more eloquent than
words. Two hundred and sixty-cne bodies
have been buried frutn Clusters and Reno's
command. Thelast one found ME-, that of
Mr.: Kellogg, correspondenkof the Blsmarck
Tribune, and also, belieyssof TIN New York
officers whose remains are recognized:
Gen. Custer; Co.'s Keogh, Yates, Custer,
Cooke; Capt. Smith; Lieut's Mcintosh,
Calhoun, Hodgson and Reilly. All of these
belonged to the Seventh Cavalry. Lieut..
Crittenden, of the Twentieth Infantry, who
was serving temporarily with the regiment.
Licut,s. Porter, .Sturxis and Harrington
and Ass't-Surgeon Ldfdafe reported missing,
as their remains were not recognized; but
there is small ground to hope that any of
them survived, as it is obvious that the
trooH- Wese-ro1npleteiys surrosnled by a
force Of ten times their nsnterS
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~. ocan.;nts5 ART15.,:I;;[I;l,T+.:

vas acquainted WAit6f talari1as1 in italy,
and few months ago he wrote to her,
proposing to pay her passsageftle this
city providing she would agree to mar
ny him on her arrival. She promptly
responded TO the proposition, and he
sent her 800, With Which She paid her
ihneGstxs nfT1 N46tt8s8$
the petitioner to the County Clerks
Office and they obtained a marriage IL
cense. 1T YEAS agreed that they should
be married the next morning. Yester-.
day he repaired to the house of Mi
chael Cordano, the. brother-in-law of
his affianced, to carry out his agree
ment, but was refused admittance. It
appears she had relented of her bar
gain and came to sudden conclusion
that she would not marry Gianini.
In this dilemma the latter invoked the
aid of the law, through a writ of
h0bedS coap,ss, to get possession of the
prize. After hearing the statements
of both sides, Judge Dwinelle dismissed
the writ and discharged the woman,
with the pleasing information that, be-
ing of legal age, she is entitled to mar
ry the person most agreeable to her.
Upon the announcement of this de-
cision, Gianini became very much ex-
cited, and, jumping from his seat, ex-
claimed: "Where ish I going to get
my 800 back from p With a pleas
ant smile, Judge Dwinelle, replied that
he could not pay the bill himself, as it
would be d very dangerous precedent
for judge to establish. The fair Ca
larius tripped lightly ont of the libra
~ under the wing of her protector,
Michael, leaving the would-be husband
to ponder over the uncertainties in life
and the tickleness of Woman.-S0nl
Francisco Bulletin.
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A Tickle Sweetheart.

? A CURIOUS hobeus corpus case was
heard in the law library rooms yester-
day afternoon, the circumstances of
which are as follows: One Stefano
Gianini applied to Judge Dwinelle in
the morning for writ of hobeas cor
pus on behalf of Miss Calarius Cor
dano, setting forth in his petition that
the young lady was illegally restrained
of her liberty by Michael Cordano, at
his house, No. 5, st. Charles street, in
this CITY, The judge granted TIE writ
and made it returnable forthwith. On
the hearing the following facts were
developed: The petitioner, Gianini,
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The War AGAINST Disease.

The war waged against disease by Hostel
tcrs Stomach Bittcrs goes bravely on. Dis
patches are constantly received from the cured
indicating the decisive nature of the advan-
tages obtained by the great botanic cordial
over its formidable adversary. Malarial
fevers, cohstipation, torpidity of the liver
and kidneys, general debility, nervousness
and rheumatic ailments invariably yield to
this conqueror and preventive Of disease. For
the infrmities incident to the decline of life
it is also an excellent specific. 1t hastcns
convalescence and repairs the rayages Of ILL
health by facilitating the conversion Of food
into blood of rich and nourishing quality.
The appetite is improved by it, and in cases
Of nervous disease it tranquilizes that great
than any mineral sedatitc.
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A GENTLEMAN is b. rarer thing than
some of US think for. Which of us can
point out many such in his circle-men
whose aims. are generous; whose truth is
constant ahdl elevated; who can look the
worltt honestly in the face, with an equal,
manly sympathy for the great and the
smail?~We all know q hundred whose
coats are we'll made, and . score who
have excellent manners, but of gentlemen,
how many? Let US take. a little. scrap
Of paper and each make his list
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