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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-11
TomBs POLICE COURT.
A Boy Clerk who Runs on with Two
Thousand Dollars Worth OF Gems ana
Notwithstanding his Reward.

Boy Clerk who Runs on with TWO
L Thousand Dollars Worth OF Gems and
Notwithstanding his Reward.
Before Judge Hogan.
james p. Matthews is diamond broker, doing
business at 697 Broadway. In his employ was
boy named Harry Solomon, aged about sixteen
who was trusted to a considerable extent by his
employer, and had access to the key OF the safe.
On Monday last Solomon availed himself OF the
privilege to open the sale and abstract twentysix
hundred dollars worth OF diamonds, watches and
other jewelry belonging to various persons, among
others Charles Shower, George w. Green and
Charles Cardozo. Mr. Matthews put the case In
the hands OF Captain Irving and Detective Heidel-
berg, who set about discovering traces OF the miss
ing property. In the meantime Mr.. Matthews re-
celved letter by mail, postmarked Bulialo from
the absconding clerk and enclosing pawn tickets
for the stolen valuables. Captain Irving imme-
dia,itely tehegraphed to Buffalo, requesting the
swating the arrival 81 the New York oicers
@ to search tae premises "a cns
Cook, 81 Amity street. and there found $500 worth
ofJewelry. Messrs. Matthews, Cook and the de-
tectlves appeared before Judge Hogan yesterday
afternoon, about three O'Clock. MIR. Cook stated
he was In the habit OF doing business with
thing to be all right. He was willing to Join MIR.
Matthews in the prosecution OF the fugitive Judge
Hogan thereupon issued warrant for the purpose
OF having the boy delivered over to the New York
magistrates, and the case will probably come up
again In day or two, when the facts will more
fully appear.
EXACTING HIS REWARD.
Yesterday Martin BOtger, OF 1OS Madison street,
stopped In front OF SO Dey street to purchase some
articles from Samuel Benedict, pedler. He laid
his pOcketb0ok containing $65) on barrel and
inadvertently passed on without taking it, Imme-
pedler II he had seen It, to which the latter replied
in the negative. He was informed by Herman
Wisker, OF II Dey street, that he had seen boy
and the two afterwards enter liquor store. On
being confronted by Botger and Wisker, Benedict
took out the pOcketbOOk and handed 1t to the
owner, with $40, in it. lie was Immediately
arrested by officer Byrnes, brought before Judge
Hogan and held in 5000 bail to answer. When
brought into Court he evinced great anxiety to
settle the case
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THE COURTS.

In the United States Circuit Cour, yesterday,
Judge Smaey sat for the purpose OF disposing OF
civil suits. There arc 458 cases on the calendar.
and out OF this large number but one was ready
for trial, and that was postponed till Monday next.
In GASES In which the plaintiff was ready to go on
and the defendant did not appear the Judge per-
mitted judgment to be entered by default. Where
the defendant answered and the plaintiff, the
Judge ordered the suit to be dismissed This will
make the attorneys look sharp and attend closely
to the interests OF their clients.
Yesterday Judge Shpman sat in the United States
Circuit Court to hear counsel the settlement OF
the amendments to the bill OF exceptions filed by
the plantif in the wellknown Jumel suit-B0wen
vs.. Chase. Mr.. O'Conor and Mr.. Carter appeared
for Mr.. Chase; and Messrs. Chataeld, Shaffer and
Sawyer for the plaintiff. After some conversation
the matter went till Monday next.
The Court of Appeals, after three weeks SEES
sion in this city. adjourned yesterday till the 9th OF
May, when it will meet in Albany. During its
zion here the Court has heard flfty-one cases
gued and given decisions In thirty-lhree OF them.
There still remain on the calendar 123 cases await
ing argument at the next term.
The suit brought In the Supreme Court Circuit,
before Judge Davis, by Mr. SchonDerg, stage mana.
ger OF Wallack's Theatre, against Mr.. Cheney pro-
pretor or the Globe Theatre, in Boston, in which
$1,000 damages were sought for the n0n-producton
Of the PLAINTIFFS version Of Sardous play OF "Fer-
nande," the full particulars OF which have been
published in the HERALD. was yesterday termi-
mated A verdict of s527 was rendered for the
plaintiff.
All the State Courts have adjourned over to-
morrow on account OF its being Good Friday
Judge Barrett, IN Supreme Court Chambers,
yesterday granted to Henry Q. Tanner Co. an
Injunction restraining Peter A. II. Jackson from
selling 500 900 bonds OF the ST. Joseph and Denver
Railroad Company The injunction was granted
on the ground that a loan for S250,00o, for which
the bonds were given as collateral security, was
usurious, and that the present sale OF the bonds
would work irreparabe injury to the plaintiffs.
Two mandamuses were also granted yesterday
by the same Judge, directing the Comptroller to
pay officers of the Superior Court their salaries
from May l to June II, 1872, which he had refused
to pay claiming that as he did not appoint them,
they were illegally appointed. AS most OF the
Court officers are in the same position this dcci-
sion is regarded by them as specially important
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CITY CoURT-TRlAL TERM.
An Insurance Company's Defeat.

Before Judge Nelson.
John w. Schaerif insured his allegorical painting
entitled "The Prlumpteo OF Liberty" in the Andes
Insurance Company for $1,000. The picture was
sixteen feet long by twelve feet high, and Schaerfr
valued 1t at $4,000. on the 25th OF last July the
picture, which had been placed in q store at the
corner Of Hooper street and Marcy avenue, was
damaged by fre, and as the company refused
to pay him he brought suit against them yesterday
In the City Court.
The company said that the picture had only q
comparatively trlning value and that 1t had been
set on fire by Schaerff TO defraud them.
The jury gave plaintif $4,000
Notices to the Bar.
To-day being Good Friday the calendar will not
be Called but will .stand overt until Monday with
additional causes. Motions noticed for to-day will
be heard tomorrow. Judge Nelson will be IN
attendance at Chambers this afternoon TO grant
orders.
Judge Woodruff will be In attendance In the
United states Circuit Court, commencing May a.
for the purpose OF hearing appeals. Notes oil issue
must be fled not later than May
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UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS COURT.
An Interesting Question OF International
Law-The Case Of Carl VOigt.

An Interesting Question OF International
Law-The Case Of Carl VOigt.
Before Commissioner White
Yesterday Carl voigt, native OF Prussia, who
has been charged with the murder in Brussels,
Belgium, of the Chevalier Du Bots de Blanca, was
brought before Commissioner Kenneth G. White,
on a warrant OF extradition issued in obedience to
the mandate OF the President, which was granted
at the request of the government OF the German
Empire The warrant was also based upon an
afiidavt made by Johannes ROessing, the Ger
man Consul General at this port. There Is
a peculiar law in Prussia which enables the au-
thorties there to try citizens at home for crimes
committed in foreign countries and 1t is now
urged, on behalf OF the Prussian government that
this law can reach Voigt and bring him within the
operation OF the extradition treaty voigt was
brought into Court in custody of a Deputy Sheriff
on an order OF arrest In civil suit brought by the
heirs OF the Chevalier to recover, some property
alleged to have been stolen from him. This order
was vacated, so that the proceedings under the
tradition treaty might be instituted.
The case was adjourned till tomorrow (Satur-
dlyl.
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guilty to assault and battery, and was sent to the

guilty to assault and battery and was sent to the
Penitentiary for one year.
Phillip Kniffen, who was Jointly indicted with
James Fisk for stealing water csor painting, the
property oil Henry Chamberlain, pleaded guilty to
petit larceny.
John McCabe, who was charged with attempting
to commit an outrage upon Mary Governor, on the
9th OF July, while she was passing through Forty
ninth street. pleaded guilty to assault and battery
Kniifen and McCabe were each sent to the Penl-
Tertiary for six months.
ing pOck etbook from Esther Jacob on the 18th OF
March, The evidence was insufficient to sustain
the Indictment and by direction OF the Court q
verdict OF not guilty was rendered.
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A RAILROAD RUMPUS.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 10,

tLENELANDt OHIUI HPIIf fV' HD'"'
large number OF the stockholders OF the Clevc-
land, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Rail-
road, among whom are such wellknown citizens
az W. s. z. Otis, T. ID. Croker, Fayetto Brown,
Judge CALDWELL and others, have determined TO
resist the proposed increase of stock and lease OF
the road to the Atlantic and Great Western Com
pany. These stockholders claim that the as, 0O0 900
new stock Is wholly uncaed for, and that II Is
proposed only for fraudulent and corrupt purposes.
ana that the Atlantic and Great Western with It's
SlQ9.QQV.0Q0 vi bonds Il hoDelessy insnyenI
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COURT Or OYER AND IEnMIAsa.

Two Young Men sent 10 the Penftentfnry-
Case OF George Shefflin.
Before Judge Brady.
There was q very short session yesterday OF this
court. John Smith and John Tully, young men, re-
Gently convicted OF assault ana battery were each
sentenced to the Penitentiary FOR one year, being
the full penalty for the offence.
The case OF George Shenlin, indicted for the
murder Of his vile, was called up Tor trial, but his
counsel Mr.. William +. Howe said that 1t had been
impossible to get two important witnesses, and
the trial was accordingly postponed TILL next Mon
day, TO which time the court adjourned.
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SUPERIOR CuUaT-spsclal TERM.
Decisions.

BY Judge SedgwicK.
Schermerhorn vs. Wheeler.-Aotion denied, with
out costs.
Coddngton vs.. Dunham.-Motion denied with
out prejudice to another application upon notice.
Lecompte VS.. Markert.-Order confirming report
or referee and for Judgment
Batcheder VS.. Daily.-0rder for commission.
BY Judge Van Worst.
De Lavalette ct al. vs. Shaw ct al.-Order for
extra allowance OF $3.50 to defendants.
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A RAILROAD SOLD AT AUCTION.

WILMINGTON, N. c., April 10. 1878.
The Wilmington Charlotte and Rutherfordton
Railway was sold at public auction to-day, under
decree from the Superior Court OF New Hanover
county Edward Matthews, trustee for the first
mortgage bondnolders. became the purchaser at
$l,lv0,0Qh
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ART MATTERS.
Academy or Design.

The forty-eighth annual exhibition OF the National
Academy OF Design will open next Monday even
ing, with reception and private view. Arts ts
have been sending in works with great prompti-
tude, and we hazard nothing in saying that the
display will be interesting
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ARREST OF A DRY GOODS DEALER.

BOSTON, April 10, 1S73-
Charles Curtis. recently dry goods dealer at $50
Washington street, has been arrested and held IN
5000 bail for trial, charged with buying goods on
credit and selling low for cash, with tue tntentloA
Of aDscondng With the proceeds
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TO- A. keene Richards oh. c. war Cry, by war Dance
dam by imp. Knight OF st George.
H. w jennings CHI c. Emmett by Asterod' dam Light
IT, w. Jennings b. c. Dunbeyne, by Australian, dam
THIRD RacaIhrse miles for al AGES With one hun
geldngs; Club purse $500; first horse 500, second
SECOND DAY TUESDAY, APRIL is.
FIRST RAcK-Hurdle race, two miles over eight hur.
dies Clne purse 5000; hrst horse si'e second horse
sscoYp RGcK-One mile and quarter for all ages;
Club $685. first horse $3.50 second horse SiOo third
THIRD RAcE-Thc Louisiana Stake for colts and llies
@ e se $685. r. two e
heats; closed with the following nominations =
w. Cottrills CHI. T. Alice, by Daniel Boone, dam Ellie
W. cottril,s g. Young Harry, by Harry ofthc West
s. T. e. Moore's sr London, by Lightning, dam Sister
to Jerome Edgar.
dam BY imp. Yorkshire.
s. Z. Harrison's CHI. T. Belle Buckle, by Brown Dick
g. Bacon Hollands CHI. c., by Jack Malone, dam Sea
Breeze, oy r1nn pi Aao.Gn Sevad, nv xns,o, dam
Idghtsome, by Glencoe.
". Jennings ;. 9. Cape Race. by Lexington, dam
o. W. Jennings oh. 9. Silent Friend, by Australian, dam
FIRST RAcr-one mile, with loo lbs on each three
yearolds to carry their proper weights; three pounds
horse $3.50 second horse sioo, third horse $50
SECOND kacn-Mie heats for all Club purse, 500;
sn% 'hs ''
FOURTH DAy-rHURsDAy, APRn IL. -
%s Srs ss s 81 ''
q Be- or fnsS Ss carry y
weights for 81 900 allowed pounds tor 500 ten
the winner to be sold u auction n,medis,ely after tho
any surplus the amount entered TO be SOLD ior
second horse 500 third horse $50
TuIRp FAC-SIMILE heats best tpree IN pye' 'or u" ages
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-07-05
Cultivating Flax.

Flax or linseed may be grown on any
moderately rich soil. whether upland or
bottom. A moist bottom suitable for oats
will grow good fiber, and sod properly
plowed under is adapted for it. If the OBJ
ject Is seed, and not the fiber, good dry
upland Is most suitable. When seed is
grown the quality Of the fiber is sacrificed,
for If seed is desired a branching open
stalk must be produced, and to secure q
stand thin seeding m ust be adopted, not
more than half a bushel of seed per acre.
The soil should be made very fine by re-
peated borrowings, the seed sown evenly
broadcast and covered slightly with a
bush harrow. j..
Flax is an excellent shade crop, and
leaves the ground mellow and free from
weeds, and in good order for following
crop Of wheat on ground rich enough for
it. As soon as the seed-bolls turn brown
the crop should be cut. Either the cradle
or the reaper may be used, and the crop
raked into gavels as in harvesting buck
wheat. 1t is unnecessary to bind it unless
il Is saved for the fiber. When dry
enough, IL may be threshed out by the
fail or the machine. Most of the fan-mills
have sleeves for cleaning flax, and any
manufacturer of these mills can supply
them. Ten to twenty Bushels of seed is
an ordinary crop, and the straw as it
comes from the threshing machine makes
excellent paper-stock.
If there is any demand for the fiber
within practicable distance IL will pay
very well to bind the straw in bundles,
thresh out the seed, and expose the straw
to the rotting process by which a ton OF
valuable fiber may often be procured
from each scre Of ground. The cake left
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-07-05
Origin OF Aroma in Butter.

The aroma Of butter has a very complex
origin. 1t springs from certain volatile
oils which exist in the plants on which
the animals feed. VOelcker reports but
ter to contain two per cent. of these oils.
10 these are given the names butyrin,
caproin and capryolin, and from them are
formed the butyric, caproic and capryolic
acids which are the occasion Of rancidity
in butter. The easy formation Of these
acids is one of the greatest obstacles to
the manufacture of good butter. But the
volatile oils in butter are not confined to
three nor four varieties. Every species
of herb upon which the cows feed, and,
indeed, upon the farm, has more or less
volatile oil peculiar to itself, on which its
peculiar odor and flavor depend. 1t is
easy to see how the flavor and odor of
butter are affected by the food the cow
consumes. A COW eating peppermint, for
instance, carries the oil of peppermint
into her blood and thence into her milk,
where, combining. with the cream, it is
carried into the butter, giving it the flavor
and aroma of the mint. Cows do not live
on q single variety of heritage. Twenty
different kinds are more likely to be
found in single pasture than only one.
The mingled oils of all these constitute
the aroma of the butter made from their
milk, each one having its modifying influ-
ence, though some may be distinctly re-
cogniZed, when, like onions, garlic or
cabbage, their influence is greater than
that of all the rest.
The kinds of food which furnish the
most agreeable arOmas are the most desir-
able for dairy pasture, though they may
not yield the most. More people are
more ples sod with the aroma from Kan
lucky blue grass than with any other
food for the dairy. By little attention.
every dairyman can determine for himself
what food is most suitable for his herd /;
and that little attention will impress upon
him the fact that if he would make clean
favored butter, his cows must not live on
garbage, litter or strong-scented weeds.
There is another popularity about the
essential oils in heritage from which the
dairyman may sometimes derive advan-
tage. 1t is the different degrees of light
ness they possess, the rapidity with which
their essential oils are evaporated by heat.
For instance, the pHngent oil of the horse
radish is so volatile as to escape in a short
time by exposing the crushed radish to
the air the poisonous oil of the mild par
snip and of ivy escape while the foliage is
willing; an offensive oil in green clover
which affects butter unfavorably, escapes
while it is dying, so that the dry plant
makes a better product than the green.
The aromas Of turnips, cabbage, onions,
etc.. are heavier and are not entirely car
ried away by drying. But by heating the
freshly drawn milk, even these oils can in
many instances be entirely driven out
Cor. Live Stock Journal.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-07-05

street to avoid dun, or look intently In
a shop window, in order net to see cred
itor. "Pay as you CO." and you can
snap your finger at the world; and when
you laugh, it will be hearty, honest one,
and not like the laugh of the poor debtor,
who looks around as though he was in
doubt whether the laugh was not the
property of his creditors, and included In
articles exempted from attachment. !"
''Pay as you CO." and you will meet
smiling faces at home-happy, cherry
checked; smiling children-a contented
wife-a cheerful hearthstone. John Ran
dolph was right. Its the philosophers
stone.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-07-05
Creditable Farming.

Many so-called model farms are not
worthy of the slightest notice, much less
of imitation. Any farm which is to do
credit to cultivation, or management, or
general results, should be self-supporting,
for if it is dependent on manure which is
purchased, it is evident this Is a system
which cannot be general. The majority
of agriculturists are not in a position to
be buyers of fertilizers, and the applica-
ton OF livery-stable and city manure gen.
orally can only be used by those who are
near to towns and cities, and who market
hay, vegetables, ETC., grown on their
land. These farmers and market garden
ers can of course farm in a way to de-
serve genuine credit, but to farm on sys-
TEN for general adoption, the manage
ment must be such as to sell such kinds
of products as will increase the plant
food, and act in such way that the more
there is produced the more there will be
returned to the soil. This exceedingly
essential desideratum has not sufficient i'm
pOrtance attached to it i'm America. at
least not in the United States, though in
Canada the best stock farmers are ap-
preaching this salutary management.
There are many crops which could be Sc
cured for food which would be more pal
atable and more fattening If not allowed
to seed, yet this extra drain on the land
is suffered, while al. the same time cattle
find this old straw.hke food distasteful.
1t is not only hay which is treated thus,
but there are numerous parties who man
age grazing so badly as to permit half
the grass to seed and rot on the ground,
although it is seen year after year that
the stock reject all this old stuff, and will
only eat where the grass has been kept
short.
In some of the older States it is well
known fact that there are more farms
which would not sell for the cost of their
improvements than there are of the oppo-
site sort. This is evidently owing to sys-
TEN of cropping which has gradually but
surely Slapped every particle of fertility
which plows and cultivators can set free
to act on vegetation. This method puts
one In mind of the word subdue,"
which some are so fond of using in regard
to land, for large parts of these States
are most relentlessly subducd. so much
SO that the soil is " subdued," disabled,
crushed and destroyed! And yet, be-
cause an occasional farmer exists who ex-
ports corn, grain, pork or cheese, the
whole community claims credit for the
champion Cor. Country Gentleman.
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Acts Of Love.

EACH one Of thousand acts Of love
costs veSv little by itself, and yet, when
viewed all together, who can estimate their
value? Not the doing of half dozen
great favors In as many years, but the lit
tie everyday kindnesses none Of which
seems Of much consequence considered in
itself, but the continued repetition of
which sheds sunlight over the whole
neighborhood. 1t is 80 too In family.
The child whose good Offices are always
ready when they are wanted-to run up
stairs or down, to rock the cradle, or to
run on an errand, and all with cheerful
look and pleasant temper-has a reward
along with such good deeds; If little
lap as he takes her on his, she can get his
slippers, or put away his book, or gently
comb his thin locks; and, whether she
thinks of it or not, little kindnesses that
come from loving heart are the sunbeams
that tighten up dark and woful world.
-Ereharge.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-07-05
IngrOwing TOe.Nails.

A correspondent of the British Medical
Journal takes the ground that no cutting
operation is at all necessary for the COM
plete and rapid cure of ingrowing toe nail.
If small, thin, fiat piece Of silver plate
be bent at one edge into a slight deep
groove, and, after the toe has been poul-
ticed twenty-four houl 8, slipped beneath
the edge of the nail, so as to protect the
flesh from its pressure, and the rest OF
the thin plate bent round the side and
front of the toe, being kept in position
with small portion ofresin plaster passed
round the toe. a speedy and almost pain
less cure will take place and the patient,
after the first day, has the additional
advantage of being able to walk. This
method has been followed In numerous
cases with uniform success.
DIR. Blower, of Liverpool, states in the
same journal, that he has for the past
twenty years, employed compressed
sponge successfully in the treatment of
ingrowing nails: He renders the SPENCE
compact by wetting and then tying
tightly, until it is thoroughly dry. A bit
of the sponge, in size less than grain of
rice, is placed under the nail, and secured
by strips of adhesive plaster. In this way
the point of the nail is kept up from the
toe until the surrounding soft parts are
restored to their normal condition by ap-
propriate means.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-07-05
Music i'm a Family.

MUSIC in afamily is means Of domes-
tic cheerfulness. A musical family, in
spite of cares, perplexities, or even trials,
may be cheerful family. Cheerfulness
in that sense of the term which implies
good spirits, and in which needless de-
preston of mind and morbid melancholy
are kept away. You can have the sun
shine Of cheerfulness in your house in the
most rainy, cheerless or wintry day that
ever was II you can have music. Music
provokes good nature in family; and, in
this world, where there is so much evil
nature manifested in thousand ways,
and In the family sometimes, as well as
elsewhere, anything which will promote
good-nature Is to be priced. Who can
fret and scold when the very air around
is blended with soft harmony?