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DeHrer .Ae,cs.
For some weeks past . local physician has
been attending young lady who has exhibited
every possible Indication OF arsenjc-poison. Her
appetite failed her, and her face became Of a
ghastly nailor, while tho features were n!oatcd
and the eyes watery, with swelling OF the lower
limbs. Day By day her body vas racked with
Intense paiu and finally her condition became SO
uncomfortable that she almost lOngcd 1cr death
to put an end to her suiferings. The physician
was satisfied from the beginning thai she was
al1llctcu with some disease produced by Arsenic
poison. But the most rigid Investigation fAllcu
to reveal in what possible way it could have been
the water she drank was most carefully selected
from tie wells, where no impurity by any
means could find its way to it. BY the n1erest
accident in the world the cause Of this remark
able condition was discovered. The doctor had
pencd to be prcssnt when the Young lady 5
clothes were brought home from the wash. Tuc
singular lustre of the linen struck MIN rs re-
markable Lie inquired who did that washing,
aud was told that an old negro woman whose
great skill in polishing linen made her verY
popular with tue girls. The doctor thought be
was now on the road to the discovery, and con-
cluded for the noncc to play an amateur de-
tectiye. ,.He visited the old woman, and soon
learned that her 'spul1sh'' was produced bf the
use Of arsenic in the starch. Then the whole
case was plain. The girl WAS afflicted by arsenic
poison produced by absorption. Beng OF
peculiar temperament and organization, she in-
CURED q danger Wllrh others might have es-
caotd. Respiration aided it, and her bodily
susceptibility to the fatal drug conspired to
produce the dangerous condition which has just
been detailed.
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,u it!T1st (1{e.} AJ-.
lhe frost-WorM representation on the wlndoW-
pane Of trees, castles, landscapes and common
scenes-falniiar phenomena as they are-always
excite wonder, and often cause one to ponder
on tic mysterious chance which makes these
pictures in the regular outline Of 4 careful
design. But the ephcmeral frostis not the only
material employed 'by the unseen artist. as Wit
ness marine view on wood which can be seen
at Calvin Heryes's jcwclrt-store. It looks ike
an Old oil painting; no one would Tor Il moment
suppose that it was chance pictures, but such
It really is. It was discovered recently by Mr.:
Hervcy when he had the partitions removed
from drawer which he has used to keep touls
in for twenty-five years. The scratching OF The
implements as they ratified around in the draw
er, the action Of the uil which mingled with the
rust turned green, the dust and Crime Of a
quarter OF a century. all had combined to paint
On these pine hoard partitions i tolerablE Eood
sketch, in dull colors, of the ocean with three
vessels sailing on its bo5om anu in the distance
d leadtand with 4 lighthouse, Mr. Herycy has
had the picture framed in gilt, and it hangs over
his repairing bench, ready for the close inspec-
tion Of doubtful Thomases, or any one e]sc.
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COUNT FERSEy IN AMERICA.
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Count Fersen ccompanied the French army
to America as Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Roclanl-
beau, and owing to bis talents and bis knowl-
edge Of the English language he was made the
Intermediary OF communication between Wash
inrton and the French commander. His letters
from America do not show much appreciation
of the people he assisted to free. But then
niles always speak i'll Of one another. The
Count writes: =.
Money is in all their actions the first object,
and their Ouy thought is how to gain it. Every
one is for himself, no Que for the public good.
The Inhabitants Of the coast, even the best
Whius, supply the English fleet anchored in
Gay0ncr's Bay with provisions OF all kinds, be-
cause they pay them well; they fleece us without
coupunction; everything is au exorbltauC
price; in all the dealings We have bad with
them they have treated us more like enc1nies
than friends. Their coTctousness is unequaled;
money is thcif god; virtue, honor, all that, Is
nothing to them ia comparison With this precious
metal. Not but what there are some estma0le
people among them; there are many VINO are
noble and generous; but Isspeak OF the nation
iu general, which seems to me to be more
Dutch than English"
The Count was present at the surrender OF
Lord Curuwallis, at Yorktown, which virtually
ended the war, and returned to Francc after the
conclusion Of the peace in 1873. DE still re-
NAMED in the Swedish service, although at the
request Of Gustayus ILL.,, he received the np-
poiptmeut Of Colonel Proprietor OF the Rcgi-
mtpt ROYAL Suedois in the service OF fran:e.
The Count henceforth passed his time between
the two countries.
, 1879-02-16
TIN FTEID.
Record Of Marriage Licenses is'
sued Last Week.
4 Slight Falling Off as Compared with
the Six Previous Days.
There Might Have Been More but for
the Stern Parents.

There has been a SLIGHT falling OF the past
x=ce,, n the number Of marriage licenses issued,
&C compared with the previous week, but as
~orrnsred with the same week year ago there
!. an lucreasc. So, altogether, the matrimonial
MARKET may be said to he buoyaut, and the de-
1nand for helpmee:s unabated- Many who
nare obtained licenses during the week have got
Them under the most adverse circumstance, and
have bad to fight their way, which is Sig
n;6canr Of the carnestness that ct this
season cAaracterizes the marrtaceable,
and is bealthfu1 sign. Parents.
somehow, have been very perrerse, and have
disagreed with their SONS and daughters. which
has, no doubt, hindered many ma,chts, but this
embarrassmcnt is only Temporary, for when
woman wills she wills, and when man wins ne
seldom falls short OF the prize in such matters:
The list OF the happy ones is given below, ana II
cannot fail to interest all ages and conditions.
There is encouragement in it for the old oaen-
et,.p7; the aged widower, who has horne WITH
out anv wife; the fading, grabbed maiden. me
blushing widow, and the girls and DOE ye'
lingering in their teens:
, 1879-02-16

QUIpS.
For The Tribune.
4 horse-race: Colts.
Over-producton: Twins.
Playing bawl: Feigning to cry.
The sign Of the cross: A frown.
a taking fellow: The pickpocket.
Miss-employed: A young lady at work.
i barbcr's apprentice is an undcrstrapper.
: Appropriate present for paragrapher: A
fve pun note
A firm foundation: Establishing partner
ship.
, Filial fellows those landlords! They never
omit to visit their paY-rents.
4 moral show: Pretending you don't drink
When asked to ''take something"
Can a buildinggsite six or seren feet below
grade be considered q good loa-cationa
We suppose no one would care to do without
tongue. But, after all, it Is only 3 matter Of
taste.
The man who jostles you on the ice, causing
your feet to hy out from under you, is the fe1-
low that gives you the slip.
Ask an assuming mau to ssassuule little
matter " for you, and you suddenly discover that
he is the most unassuming person In the world.
Wien friend Of ours, who is au ASSISTANT
booEkeeper, Is questioned as to his occupatlou,
he replies that be Is an underwater" Which
he celtafoly Is. i:
We could never see the propriety Of ssshoo-
Ing" hen; but ne never fail to acknowledge
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Amone the exhibits at the French Exhibition
we're several TASKS OF vegetable milk, sent there
by the Venezuelan Government. These have
been carefully aualyzed by n. Boussngaut, and
in a paper descriptive Of the results Of his
labors which be sent to the Academy OF France
the astonishing statement is made that this
fluid, in its constituent parts, is not only greatly
like coTs' milk, but in some respects is j de-
clded improvement on that article, It contains
fatty matter, sugar, casclne, and phosDhates;
but the relative proportions Of these substances
are such that the tlu}d has all the ricnness aud
nutritiye qualities of cream. NJ. Boussingault
saws that this vegetable milk was spoken OF by
Humboldt, who. in his travels IN South Amer
ica, had several opportunities OF tasting it and
of witnessing the method adopted by tiie na-
tiyes for collecting it, Tile trees OF which this
is the sap grow upon tue sides OF H1ouutain
chains in Veueznela. The Indians 20 each morn
cut in them deep incisions, from which
tie milk pours out in such quantities
that in IN hour or two quite a large vessel is
filled with the fluid. This is taken back to tlle
village, and forms staple article of food Tor
both old and Young. 1t is singular that the rare
virtues OF this plant have never before been
made public; but now that they have been. it
will be stranger still if some effort Is not made
to extend their usefulness. As long rs COWS
milk can be had at every corner grocery for
lew cents quart, IL will hardly pay Tor any one
to send to South Amerlca Tor supply; but II
the tree can grow wild in the mountainous parts
of the torrld zone, it may be that they arc hardy
enough to bear transporting 10, and translantin.@
in, colder countries. The science Of arborlcul-
ture has made rapid advances OF late, aud tran
sitiunsare nov made which years ago would have
been deemed impossible. At all events, it is
pleasant to think that . time may come when
the dwellcr in the country districts can forego
the trouble and expense of Keeping i COW, IN
EAt,. .rrt<1 $<,h tSny nh
tain all the milk that his household requires by
tapping the trees on his lawn or in his orchard.
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Gruct Gy<talc0oE-
By the way, Paris is ut this season more than
ever full Of photographs Of the Empress, who
was almost smothcrcd in yiolets on her late fetc
We see portraits of the Prince Imperial every
where. This Royal young Pip of . Great Ex-
pectations ~ must spend most of his valuable
time in posing. Like Maud Branscornbe aud
Mrs. Langtry, he is exhaling the de".y bloom OF
his youth in the lofty and unwholesomc atcller
OF the photographer among cameras and che'nl-
calls: He grows more and more like his father,
having, unhappily, the late Emperor's least de-
'sirab1e fcatures-the dull, unfathonlab1c eyes
a!at the big nose. l saw the utDer day large
photograph from sonc painting, representing d
al'aut young man, royalty attircd, entering the
great court Of the Louvre OIL horseback, fol
lowed by guards and gentlemen cavaliers, ar and
saluted ~ files of soldiers. " Who IS thls!" l
asked Of the print-scllcr " That, madame, Is
the Emperor Napoleon ~. entering the Louvre
in triumph was the cool reply. Otler picture
dealers openly sell the photograph OF the Count
4e CAa!nb0rd, q handsome man, not uuttke the
Prince Of Wales, Us that of Tile king-Henry
y" This, Of course, is rank se<lition, but the
Government, wiser than Of old, declines to quar-
rel with either the 1mperiaIists or Leitlmists on
SO small matter. It amuses them, aud does
not harm the Republic.
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4 rrom1nent membef*of one Of our Stock
Boards, who has recently returned from flying
trip to Paris, while passing one Of the best OF
our French restaurants few evenings since in
COMPANY with friend, was attracted by the dis
play OF boned turkey in the window, and he in
yitcd his friend to come in and partakc Of some
at his expense. TIE broker being anxious to air
his knowledge of the French language, thus I'D
dressed the waiter, ''Garcon, avez vous de
boued toorkay}"
The Wal1er replied, 'Ou1, Monsieur, ceFtalu-
mcntr nous avons bon tokay."
.'Blen; Donnez nous en- When the waiter
disappeared the broker turned to his friend aud
remarked. Nothing like being able 10 speak to
these fellows ia their own language. It gives
one an air Of importance and ln6ures prompt at
tcution." Bg this time the waiter haa returned
with naokins, glasses, and hottie OF white
wine, from which he proceedc1 to draw the cork
aud fill the glasses. The friend suggested that
10 wine had been ordered, but the broker ex-
planned that the French drank wine as snbsti-
iu1e for water, and that bottle OF wine was
considered essential to al meals. The vine was
disposed of, aud, no boxed turkey having ap-
pcared, the broker tapped impatient1y
with his cane on the table, and in re-
bearing silver salyer, on which reposed slip
Of paper. The broker, not knowing but it might
be polite note from the cook Informing them
that the boncd TURKEY was just out, took it up
IL. -
clear back Of his ears, and seemed to be affected
by in internal volcano. When sufficiently recoy-
eredifrom his violent emotion, be passed the slip
OF paper to his friend aud remarked, ''Great
heavens! these fellows musr think we run a
buckce-shop or rob stages Tor a living. Twelve
dollars 1or bottle Of wine, and nothing to cat:
This is the worst hogglng game eVerfell against,
and l don't propose to stand it. Here, waiter!
Take this bill back to the man who sent it, and
tell him that be is a highway robber, and that We
don't propose to be swindlcd. He has got to
knock Sil.50 Oft that bill or it don't get paid"
The waiter disappeared and returned with the
proprietor, who explained that theY had drank
a most expensive Huugary wine; in fact, the
finest brand OF wine in the market. The broker
again belched forth: 81 Hungary wine! should
say it was, tor it has given me an appetite like
all alligator; but We didn't order any wine; we
only ordered boncd turkey.''
''Oui," said the proprietor, "zat is ze vine
Bon Tokay,'' aud he pointed out on wine List,
.'Vleux lokay-S2 per bott.cn
A sickly smile played DER the brokers' feat
ures as be realized the situation. Without
further protest he paid the bill, and down iD the
cavernous depths Of beer saloon he swore his
friend TO secrecy on stack OF sandwiches, With
bottle Of Budweiser Tor witness.
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| On9 Of the most amusing frauds Of the day is
| the negro combination calling itself the Desic-
| Gated Cocoauut Company, which has been s7iud-
ling the colored brethren in Norwich aud New
London. Alexander r. Ashbourne, the smart
est negro in the gang, was arrested in New
| haven before he had succeeded in yictimizing
| anybody. He claimed to have lived in Charles
| Ion, San Francisco, South America, China, and
all alongshore. He had lost 100000 by being
burned out, and had devised the idea OF desic-
eating cocoauuts,- drying the meats by steam
lnK out of the bark. and hair-o out Of the riad.
+' He had invented. also process for preparing
| grand combination coffee, composed Of Hayti,
Liberia, and Jamaica brands"
were funny. "Dr-'' ". C.. Lane, A. 2. Ash
! bourne, and c. Fl. TAYLOR are all negroes.
| Thomas Purdcc {also colored), one OF the chief
witnesses against 1ltm, testified that Lane, ut
his trst lecture in the colored church, had said:
"Now you don't want to Dut your moDey in the
bank where you'll ouy get few cents for it,
| Tor I'll give you 16 to 20 per cent for the same
money. II you hare cot a dollar and want to
| make a dollar. just turn vour money overto me,
and you'll hare something by-anu-hy for your
children, even II you should not reap the benefit
| yourselves We have large brick building in
Cambrdgeport, with six-horsc power engine;
steam beating and drying pipes, for urenarinE
the cocoanut, run all over the building. Of
course AL AlAAs sEl4 @AtIOoAeE1 Ou kEt~
On each certificate Of stock is beautltu; en-
craving OF tie mill We have leased. The real
value Of lhe machinery Is about S1o,00o.' He
aIsu stated that fifteen men aud many girls were
cmplored in that mill. Three days after
the lecture, he was induced By Bag
we'll, another Of the swlndlers, to invest
IS. Bagwelt knelt down and said: 1.-The
Lord. winch is the staff Of life, will protect and
have mercy on you i you put your money into
this thing Hd will return it hundredfold,
aud help raise the debt Of your church, Purdy
a1terward went to Cambridge and discovered
how he mad been swiuulcd. The factory was
row oI two-story tumble~down wooden ts:e-
uepts, in which the witness said be wouldn't
s,all q horse. All the rooms that the cocoauut
company occupied were only three apartments,
aud all the workmen employed IN the great 1n-
dustry was an old gentleman who was Dlacking
large kltchen-range- All the stean-plpcs
were TWO store-pipes that carried of the smoke
when fire should be kindled in the range.
There was no six-horse-poxer engine and no
machinery at all The old gentleman ceased
bis brushing for moment, lifted his white
head, and said that 500 bags Of coffee were ex-
pected soon from Africa Purdy Was then dis
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the fitness Of things when re hear man oa"l-
ing ''WAey!" TO COW.
"Ajax''-heean the lecturer. ,Anu youtn1
acts,--acts like thunder sometimes was waited
from remote conner If the hall. And then
nothing was heurd but the cry OF "Put him
out!''
We challenged man yesterday to an affair
OF honor"; that is, we invited him to loun Us 4
few hundred dollars, aud trust to our honor to Q,
return Lie money. But be refused to " night y
"1lle pickpockcts motto is-Richard,'', quoth
l-"like i name made immortal 5y Dichens ); ;
but why?" 1.-The answer is simple enough -
replied Dick, s'becausc, see plainly, the mot
to's sPjck-ouick.,,' Il.
, 1879-02-16
CURRENT GOSSIP.
VERSICLES,

vERSICLEs,
A LOyE-FE4sT.
Ne,o Orleans 1naes.
4 caunibal loved cannibalcss;
Dy moonlight oft he uscd to meet her.
He said: ..:Slc's the hight Of ny happiness:
love her so that could cat herr
This cannbal and his canni5aless .
We're Henry named and Henrietta;
One night they met in their 9ui1elessness
To part no more, for Henry a,ehcr.
wN1ER-5EWELs-
81. Joseph Gazette.
A million little diamonds
Twinkled On the trees;
And all the little mailens said,
"a jewel. il yea please!"
But, while ther held their bands outstEetched
To catch the diamonds gay.
4 million little sunbeanls came,
And stole them all away
WHERE THEY ARE GOING.
Eurdctte.
Laura sits watching the clouds overhead:
''Nhcrc are they going, wonder:"
Prosaic Tom, from the door OF the shed:
~ guess they are going to thunder"
'sWhere are they goiug:" Ethel inquiries,
Watching the cows as they pass;
RuCeiy shouts Bill, with voice like crier's:
IL reckon they're soiLg TO srassi'
THE LEGISLATIVE MAN AND TUE sCR1BES.
Exchange.
And now the legislative man
Who has i little bill
DOH set up drinks,
And thus. he thinks,
The scrincs untu bis will
He exc has bought
But let him not
Unto his SOUL this unction lay;
For many a scribe
Will take oribe,
And give his man away.
, 1879-02-16

r,,stsd He came hack and complained to Lane,
..!H5d ann eaid he had found out it was fraud.
Lam lane a then H wept Ia and SAID be would sell no more
1,nnds, Rut he continued to lecture on phrcnol-
ogy and minister to the sick. Hc was SO dong
at the time of his arrest.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-22
JUSTICE PINCKNEY'S CASE.

TERMINATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE
THE SUPREME COURT ON FRIDAY.
The taking OF evidence in Justice Pinckneys case
was concluded yesterday. The testimony Of Mr..
Alexander Lamont, lawyer of No. $3.50 Lexington
avenue. was placed on record. 1t taken at his
residence last Monday afternoon, and mainly cor
roborated that Of Mr.. Patrick Anthony chief clerk
of Justice PinckIey's court Mr.. Lamont also testi-
fed that he made memoranda OF all the days in
which he saw Judge pirckpey drunk. On his cross
examination he stated that he had kept tho men,
oranla for the purpose of instituting proceedings
against Justice Pnckney to have him removed.
At quarter to three o'clock eX-Justce Fowler con-
scented to go with hearing OF the testimony for
the prosecution in rebutta of Mr.. Davies evidence
for the defence. Mr.. Farley. who the first wit
called, stated that he in the court in
March, 1876 when Justice Pinckney was drunk. and
tat Mr. Davies there and could not help seeing
II also. Two lawyers. named J. G. shaw. OF No. rs
Nassau street. and j. Pettrdge of the Bennett Build
ing, were there
AR Patrick Anthony that he was in the court
room on half dozen occasions when Justice Pnck-
ney drunk, and that Mr. Davies there, too.
Davies one occasion put his hands bdore his
mouth and whispered between them, For God s
sake take him down Off the BENCH
Mr.. Michael Angermann testified similarly in
substance to the preceding Witness excepting 20
hands. :.
AT quarter TO four o'clock the referee declared The
proceedings before him closed, with the understand
ing that should Justice Pnckney desire to be put
the stand they would be rcopened tor the purpose of
hearing his testimony in his behalf. Mr.. Buell.
record before the General Term OF the Supreme
Court next FRIDAY
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-22
BOARD OF HEALTH.

AT the meeting of the Board of Health yesterday a
report of the workings of the dsinfectng corps was
submitted, showing that they have visited 1873 houses
infected by scarlet fever and IL by phthcris 100 OF
which they disinfected and IL of which they fumi-
gated.
The following action was taken in reference to the
communication received from the committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Resolved Tpt response to the resolution Of the Cham
Der OF Commerce of January 2 and to the verbal comma
nication FROM Mcssrs Lane and Arnold the
Chamber. the secretary be directed reply foows
The information laid before the Board Health tho
president In answer to the communication OF the Chamber
Of Commerce OF December ., In his report which
watdcd December ~ isIS In respect 90 the adueraton of
did not embrace the Of rctncrs whose sugars
examined aud until this department. has itself had
samples of whose and history there qucS
ton " not deemed wise for this Board either
publish the names upon tue samples of analysed by
DR. Ricketts,.
the opinion OF this Board there Ia not at present su
ccnt cause 10 Justify apprehension the the pub
lie Of Ill effects from of refined and IL
not appear to be discriminate aud
refined sugars for both wholesome articles of food
Under the resolution Of December ~ directing the Sau
tsry superintendent to analyses 60 be made from time
to time OF the and sold In New York. the IN
spcctions VIII he made regular h. sanitary In
spcctors who pubiic officers aud II would therefore,
be proper TO private FUNDS for this IL Is hoped
that by their Efforts the publ health will be duly protected
while by the action which the Chamber Of Commerce
think " wise 60 take the Of
meiee will bc sufficiently guarded.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-22
SUPERVISOR WOOD REMOVED.

Mr. Charles F. Wood who succeeded the present
Excise Commissioner. Mr. Richard j. Morrison as
Supervisor OF the city Record yesterday removed
from his position. and ex-Assemblyman Thomas Co.'S
tgan was appointed to succeed him. The many
stories that have been aoat for the past few days in
reference to the relationship borne by Mr.. Wood to
General Arthur and the rumored interference OF tho
republican magnate In favor OF Mr.. Wood have all
proved To have been almost wholly Incorrect. Tho
delay of the Ciiy Record commission in caus-
ing the removal of Mr.. Wood has been due
to desire the part of Mayor Cooper. Corporation
Counsel whitney aud Commissioner Campbell. OF the
Department of Public Works, who compose the Board
to give the supervisor chance to defend himself
from charges that had been made against him. This
time was extended until yesterday afternoon when
the Board met for tho purpose of receiving MIR
Woods reply. All the members present and
the session held in secret. Mr.. Wood instead OF
appearing to defend himself requested that more
~ ciiic charges he made he did know what had
beeu said against him. This request caused some
further delay. After brief discussion Mr.. James Il.
Morrison, tine Mayors private secretary. was In
,structed 10 personally notify Mr.. Nooa to appear