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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-09
THE NEW JEFFERSON MARKET COURTHOUSE.
Robert Culkin has brought suit against the

THE NEW JEFFERSON MARKET COURTHOUSE.
Robert Culbin has brought suit against the
city and the Commissioners for the erection of q new
jefferson Market Courthouse, to restrain them from
Ousling him from Nos. IL and Is Greenwlcb-ave. The
case yesterday before Judge Barrett In Supreme
Court Chambers, motion for provisional injunc-
ton pending suit He claims that under the Original
Of 1870 by which the Commission was created COM
pensation be made for the leases the building
and such to be ascertained as In pro-
ceedings take land under the railroad acts On the
part Of the city, 1t urged that the Commission
OF 1870 did buy out certain leases, and did
proceed to some extent making plans, paying
architects and fleeing lawyers until the money WAS ex-
bausted. Robert Calkn then an occupant OF part
OF the building without lease, but applied Tor com
peIsatIon ana failed When he t0o1a lease In 1872 ne
knew all this and provision inserted IN IT that II
night be revoked when the property was required Tor
public purposes. He was. besides. month bobind-
hand wit MS rent and had sublet tho premises. An
Injunction should granted since plainly all ne
wanted was money damages, which coud be as well
fixed 10 by proceeding under the raroau
law, while the new Commissioners, having maze
contract the building, the city would De put 10
great delay aud indefinite expense by granting tho In
Decision reserved. JadQe Fowler appeared for the
plaintiff Assistant Corporation Counsel CarKsoh ioi
QeIen5c.
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The suit of Francis Sheridan against the
city was on trial yesterday before Judge Van Worst In
Supreme Court. Circuit. The plaintiff claimed, as as
sgnee OF Morgan Jones' $65o8 05 for plumbing roofing
and gasfing work the old brown-stOne Courthouse.
on the County Jails, on other county buildings, and on
number OF armOries The work done IN 1871. The
claims regularly audited by the Board Of Super
visors. and proper formal demand was made on the
Controller for payment before the assignment was
made. The defense Of the city denial OF the
amount Of the work charged, denial Of its value,
denial Of the bona hdes of the assignment, denial OF
the Of the Supervisors to audit the claim when
there WAS appropriation and DENIAL that the armor
for repairs vi which Of the charges were made
were legally leased
In consequence Of this latter denial tho claim for re-
pairs TO armories amounting TO S402 u.s. was Withdrawn
from the SUIT On the trial the plaf pat In PROOF 0!
the amount OF the work done, Its vas and the audit or
the Board Of Supervisors. Judge V,I Worst suggested
that there should he soma proof thai the work was au
thorized Plaintiff then proved that 1t was directed ny
Individual Supervisors Mr. Dean, behalf Of the CITY,
claimed that tins was not enough but Judge Van Brunt
ruled that this with the subsequent approval OF the
Board OF Supervisors was sufficient The case Is TO 90
jury to-day on the remaining question: whether the
assignment was bona fde Ornsby and Shaw appeared
for the plaintiffs, d. j. Dean and G. l.. Miller for the de-
fendaut.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-09
Mr.. MOULTON SEVERE TOWARD MRS.
TILTON

@. Now, in your frequent visits at that house,
how frequently Mr. Beecher did you have any CONVERSE
lions beyond those of sautaton with Mrs. Moultoni A.
Not unfrequently, Sir often went when Mr. MoultOn
had gone down TO the warehouses In the morning for he
got up early sometimes and then waiting for him to
come would 60 up stairs and lie down the lounge,
would take her sewing, whatnot, and sit in
chair and would talk whatever topic happened to
be current, sometimes thing and sometimes another
seldom-iess often this subject than any other.
O. Now, you aware, or did you conceive yourself
to be aware Of an idisposition ieeng on the part
OF Mr. Mouton toward Mrs Tltoni A. Oh was not left
10 any doubt after May of 1871 he spoke of her
to me in the severest terms.
O. In regard to her treatment Of her husband or her
disposition in the family, or what
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-09

william Devery Martin sypher Edward Garry William Hollcrsn
lo. Benhusen feonoas assault and battery Cbas Bernstein
Nark bernstein Valentine Mchae 1srkpr, morns C-e
Caas TAYLOR John Morgan, Fanny Ame Alan Dedn Richard
Carroll Jefferson Carroll John Donohuc Thomas Smith, Ellen Lucy
Charles oguc Ouey grand arcen7 Charles Ed Patterson
william Heating, Pnck hcsbe Jacob Hohe receiving stolen
goods John Cass Dohman Patrick Duffy, Mary Mccarthy
petit LARGE ny; John Powers assault and battery
CouRr APpsALsALBaSY, April SDay calendar for Friday
Anil 1873 folows Nos $50, 100 40 1856 49, lS9
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GOVERNMENT STOCK DEPARrMENT-lOt O'CLOCK

II State Bonds-Rduroat Bonds-BInt AMI Kan
rfs Or
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-03-17
BE not Weary in well-Doing.

DO you really think that you do any
good in carrying those papers about every
month";" said to my friend one day, when
she was about starting out with her bundle
of papers, the Messenger, Gbild's Paper, etc.,
under her arm, to distribute among the poor;
"do you think they read them are they
not great deal more likely, after perhaps
looking at the pictures, to use them for kind
ling the fire than anything else?'
"Of course I think l do good" my friend
answered. 81 have seen too much evidence
of it to doubt; and if one soul is touched,
one life saved to God among the many that
l visit, is not that enough to induce me to
persevere 1 must tell you of the expert
ence had only the other day. 1t was such
a cold, clustering day, and wondered very
much, as you have been doing, whether 1t
really did as much good as l hoped; for it
had been some time since had seen any
proof that the papers we're carefully read.
The next house l visited put all my doubts
to flight. The woman living there had been
put upon my district only short time be-
fore, but she greeted me with pleasant
smile, and CLEAN of welcome shone in her
eyes. To my query, Would you like some
papers ? she responded with an eager &C.
quiescence, and after little conversation
she said to me in her simple way, and with
an earnestness that could not be feigned, i
am sure Gods blessing will go with the Ia
dies that carry around these papers, for they
do so much good, more than the ladies them
selves ever know of. There are such beau
tiful things in the papers, I'm always SO glad
to get them, and most every time there's
something that just seems to suit me and
help me bear my troubles. | was converted
by tract brought round just in this very
way. don't know as I'd ever been very
wicked, but I'd never thought very much
about religion any way, but this tract seem
ed to changed everything to me, to 60 right
to my heart, and to make me Christian.
"Now are not such experiences as these
enough to encourage me in good work, to
incite me to be the bearer of good words TO
those who need them, satisfied if in many
weeks one heart is touched, one soul brought
to know its Saviour through this means :"
said my friend, as she passed from the house;
and in my very heart l felt she was right
| american MESSENGER.
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The Worlds Population.

A report from the United States Bureau
of Statistics at Washington, just issued, con-
tains an interesting table of the population
of the earth, taken chiefly from the work on
that subject, issued this year at Gotha, by
Drs. Benin and Wagner, and founded on the
most recent authorities. By this statement
the aggregate population of the earth is
given at 1891, 092, 900, Asia being the most
populous section, and containing 79S,0OO,-
900; while Europe has 300, 50O,O00; Africa,
203,OOO,0O0; America, 04,5OO,OOO, and
Australia and Polynesia, 1850, 600. In
Europe, the leading nations are credited with
the following numbers Russia, Il, 600, 900;
the German Empire, 100000; France
$4,000, 900; .Austro- Hungary, $4,000, 900;
Great Britain and Ireland, $4,000, 1000;
Italy, nearly 100000; Spain, $780,.
600, and Turkey, nearly 100000. The
other countries do not exceed 5,00O,O 900
each. In Asia, China, which is by far the
most populous nation of the earth, is credit
ed with 425,000,0 900; Hindostan with 24O
100000; Japan, 33,OOO,OOO; the East In
da Islands, 30,500,000; Burmab, Siam and
Farther India, nearly 26,OOO,OOO; Turkey,
13, 500, 900, and Russia, nearly, II 900 600
The Australian population is given at l GA.
400, and the Polynesian Islands at 2,763,-
500, New Guinea and New Zealand being
included in the latter. In Africa the chief
divisions are West Soudan and the Central
African region, with $4,000, 900; the Cen
trail Soudan region, 100000; South AT.
RIGA, 20, $50, 900; the Gala country and re.
gion east of the White Nile, $4,000, 900;
Samauli, 100000; Egypt, S,5OO,OOO, and
Morocco, 100000. In America two-thirds
of the population are north of the Isthmue,
where the United States has nearly $4,000
600; Mexico over 100000, and the Brit
ish Provinces, 100000 The total popu-
lation of North America is given at nearly
100000, and of South America, 25,5OO,-
900, of which Brazil contains 100000.
The West India Island have over 4 100000,
and the Central American States not quite
g 000. 900
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-03-17
The Hour of Temptation.

In the hour of temptation "be vigilant. !"
This watchfulness, Joined with Sobriety, ex-
tends to all the estate and ways of Chris
tan, being surrounded with hazards and
snares. "He that despiseth his way shall
die" says Solomon. We think not on it;
but there are snares laid for US in every path
we walk in, and in every step we take; in
our meat and drink; in our calling and la
Dor; in our house at home; in our journey
ing abroad; yea, even in Gods house, and
in our spiritual exercises, both there and in
private. And meantime our adversary the
devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seek
ing whom he may devour." An alarm to
watchfulness is here given, from the watch
fulness Of our grand adversary. Observe
here his strength, his diligence, and his cru
city. His strength, lion; his diligence,
going about and seeking; his cruelty, roar
ing and seeking to devour. Is it not most
reasonable, hence, to press watchfulness ! to
keep continual watch to see what comes in,
and what goes out; to try what is under
every offer of the world; every motion of
our own natural hearts; whether there be
not some treachery, some secret intelligence,
or not? Especially after a time of some
special seasons of grace, and some special
new supplies of grace received in such sea-
sons las after the Holy Sacrament thou
will be set on most eagerly when he knows
of the richest booty. The pirates that let
the ships pass as they go by empty, watch
them well when they return richly laden; so
doth this great pirate. Did he not assault
our Saviour straight after His baptism?
And that we may watch, it concerns US to
be sober. The instruction is military a
drunken soldier is not fit to be on the watch.
The most of US are drunken with our sever
al fancies and vanities, and so exposed to
this adversary. And when We have gained
some advantage in conflict, or when the
enemy seems to retire, and be gone, yet even
then are we to be watchful; yea, then espe-
cially. How many, presuming on false safe
ties that way, and sitting down to carouse,
or lying down to sleep, have been reassault-
ed and cut off, Invadunt 0rbem sOmnO vin
Oque sepultam. Oh, beware when you think
yourselves most safel That very thought
makes you least safe. Be like Gideon's
army, fit to follow God and to be victorious
in time; not lying down to drink, but tax
ing of it only as for necessity, in passing.
Take our Sayiour's own word "Take heed
lest at any time your hearts be surcharged
with surfeitings and drunkenness, and the
cares of this life" These will overcharge
you, and make you drunk, and cast you
asleep. Oh, mind your work and your war
fare always, more than your ease and pleas
ure Seek them not here; your rest is not
here. Oh, poor short rest, if it we're! But
follow the Lord Jesus through conflicts and
suferings. A little while and you shall have
certain victory, and after it everlasting tri-
umph,-Archbishop Leighton.
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Conversation.
D. S. GRAYB1LI

Among home amusements the best is the
good old habit of conversation, the talking
over the events of the day, in bright and
quick play of wit and fancy, the story which
brings the laugh, and the speaking the good
and kind and true things, which all have in
their hearts. 1t is not so much by dwelling
upon what members of the family have in
common, as bringing each to the other some
thing interesting and amusing, that home life
is to be made cheerful and joyous. Each
one must do his part to make conversation
genial and happy. We are too ready to
converse with newspapers and books, to seek
some companion at the store, hotel, or club
room, and to forget that home is anything
more than place to sleep and eat in. The
revival of conversation, the entertainment of
one another, as roomful of people will en-
terrain themselves is one secret of happy
home. Wherever it is wanting, disease has
struck into the root of the tree; there is a
want which is felt with increasing force as
time goes on. Conversation in many cases
is just what prevents many people from re-
lapsiDg into utter selfshness at their FIRE
sides. This conversation should not simply
occupy husband and wife, and other older
members of the family, but extend itself to
the children. Parents should be careful to
talk with them, to enter into their life, to
share their trifes, to assist in their studies,
to meet them in the thoughts and feelings of
their childhood. 1t is great step in educa-
ton, when around the evening lamp are
gathered the different members of large
family, sharing their occupations with one
another, the older assisting the younger,
each one contributing to the entertainment
of the other, and all feeling that the evening
has passed only too rapidly away. This is
the truest and best amusement. II is the
health education of great and noble charac-
ters. There is the freedom, the breadth, the
loyousness of natural life. The time spent
thus by parents, in the higher entertainment
of their children, bears a harvest of eternal
blessings, and these inter evenings furnish
lust the time hurchman.
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The idea that fungus originates the potato

The idea that fungus originates the potato
disease is fallacy. The fungi never start
spontaneously from healthy plant or sub
stance. They are exhalations from pure
lent, morbid condition of the plant or sub
stance from which they start ard derive their
nourishment. Fungus is consequence and
not the cause of the disease.
My experiments and microscopic exami-
nations of the potato reveal wonderful inhe-
rent ubstances-eggs of insects developing
organisms never described by entomologists
as connected with the potato, nor referred
to in any of the early or later scientific in
vestigations. They have entirely overlooked
the hidden enemy, the secret source, where
and from whence the potato disease origi-
mates. 1 furnish the following facts: For
years past l have taken different varieties of
potatoes, washed, and actually scrubbed them
thoroughly with stiff brush. These pota-
toes being subsequently submitted to the ell
ement Of warmth-sane as when planted
develop, after few weeks, myriads of living
microscopic (larve) insects. The epidermis
of the tuber, examined with the microscope,
show at this time the eggs of the insects /;
also their embryonic state in various stages
of development. They appear to be pro-
tected by gluten until warmth and mois
ture dissolve the adhesive substance which
first fastened them to the epidermis. Myri-
ads of this larvae come into existence from
the potatoes planted, leave their indus (nest,)
and adheriDg sucktorially to the roots for
subsistence, thereby poisoning the vines and
destroying their vitality. Blight in the
vines and rot in the tubers follow.
Potatoes from England, Scotland, Ireland,
France, Germany, Prussia, and other coun
tries, all, by experiment and microscopic in
vestigations show the same result.
Those foreign tubers contain, inherently,
the eggs of the larvae and the same elemen.
tary action that developes the stalk and
roots, brings to life these deadly enemies Of
the crops
The insects are always semi-aquatic in
this larva state, and remain during this pc,
riod of existence upon the roots and new tn
bers.
Statistics from agricultural districts of va,
rious countries show an aggregate loss Of
hundreds of millions of dollars in the po-
tato crop annually. England reports loss
of 100000, 900 by the potato disease in
1872. And yet England, and all Europe
combined, with scientists in entomology and
microscopy unsurpassed, have never traced
out the underground rendezvous where the
enemy are reserved for their annual cam
paign of destruction. Lyman Reed.
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Earnest Christians.

Gan excuse is made by many Christians.
They say they have not the talents for ad-
dressing the impenitent and converSing with
them on the subject of religion. But are
the simple truths of the gospel 50 dark that
only the learned can understand them? Are
these He that believeth shall be saved,
but he that believeth not shall be damned
so obscure that We cannot properly impress
them upon others? Is the road to perdition
so plainly described in the Bible; and can
we raise no warning voice to the thrOngs
who travel it? Are the happiness of the
righteous and the everlasting torments of the
wicked so clearly described, and can we see
our friends around us crowding their way to
despair with our lips closed in perpetual
silence? The truth is, our faith in eternal
realities is weak, and our sense of duty faint,
while we thus neglect the salvation of our
fellow beings. Let US awake to duty, and
while we have tongue or pen, devote them
to the service of the Most High, not in our
but with strong faith and confidence
in Him.
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Letter from Mrs Graybill, Addressed to sew
eral Boys and Girls at Richmond Va.

MATAMoRAs, MEXICO, Dec. %. 1874.
expect you are already looking for the
promised letter, telling about your Christ
mas-tree to our Mexican Sunday School
Would you be disappointed if 1 should just
say, cit all passed off delightfully."- Of
course you would. So I'll try to give you
as full an account of it as possible.
1 wish you could have seen how delighted
all the little folks looked the Sabbath before
Christmas, when we told them we would
have tree for them with " dulces," candy
and a present for every child. Though many
of them didn't know what Christmas-tree
meant, for most of our scholars are very
poor, yet they know we'll enough what dal
ces and presentss meant. They call all con-
dictionary dalces. Every day and Sun.
day too, as children would say, men aud
boys pass by my door with baskets or trays
on their heads, and call out "dW &c E $
agui," sweets here but never buy any,
so they do not stop now as they used to do
when We first came here, but simply cry out
as they pass.
For week before Christmas, several of
the children came to our house every day,
to recite portions of Scripture, hymns, &c.
Mr. GraybiI, Don LeandrO, Senior Car
zero, and l, had each our own pupils to IN
strues. 1t vas very difficult to teach them
how to raise and lower their voices, how to
stand and place their hands, &C., &C., for it
was all new to them. But they are not only
willing, but anxious to do as we told them,
so that made US very patient with them.
LeandrO CARA Mora, the young Next
can who is studying for the ministry, got US
beautiful green tree, covered with berries,
called 50 the Auacua, which he and ST. Car
zero planted firmly in box, and then. Gov
cred the earth with turf and pretty vines,
hanging around the box. You know every
thing is green here, and it looks almost like
your Spring. Then I had to put all the
names on the presents, and fill the cOrnucO-
pias with candy, and the gentlemen put them
and the little candles on the tree. After
the tree was completed, put the house in
order, and played over the hymns we were
to sing, as the most appropriate words were
without music, and had to write the tunes
by ear. Our hour for commencing was at
seven o'clock, but some of the children were
so anxious to come, that they were here by
FIVE, and those who had to recite were
brought into my room, and heard them
over and over again. was so much afraid
they would "miss Before seven the school
room and hall were full, for many came who
did not belong to our congregation, and
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-03-17
A Siamese Englishman.

The King of Siam himself is High Priest
and defender of the faith. The late mon
arch spent about thirty years in monastic
secusion before he assembled the throne, and
the distinguished reputation, for his knowl-
edge of Sanscrit and Pail scholarship, which
he subsequently enjoyed, was due to his
having made the Buddhist literature his
study throughout this period of his career.
Late in life he turned his attention to Eng
lish, and attained such proficiency in that
language as enabled him to write and con-
verse in it with comparative ease, though
with an idiomatic quaintnesS ard force of
expression by which his not unfrequent COM
munications to the Bangkok Recorder were
at once detected. He disliked to have his
Anglo Siamese manuscripts mutilated or
corrected and for this reason he established
royal printing Office, where his English,
probably under penasty of death, was set up
lust as it was written Thompson $
Straits of Malacca, Indo- China and China.
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Informal People.

Preserve us from unceremonious people,
those men and women who "never stand on
ceremony'-who are always perfectly at
home in other peoples houses Society has
many pests, but few so intolerable as they.
"Free and easy" visitors are most thorough
ly disagreeable. They will infict themselves
upon you at any time, and expect to be al
ways cordially welcomed, because they are
so free and easy and so 10th to put anybody
to trouble. They will come before break.
fast, or just as you are sitting at dinner, and
draw up their chairs quite like one of the
family. Early in the morning they delight
to "run in" and they will come right up to
your chamber to save you the trouble of
coming down, and there they will sit and
watch you make your toilet, and comment on
how gray your hair is getting, and wonder
if you are not great deal stouter, and red
der in the face than you used to be: They
will hunt over your writing desk for note pa
per; battle their faces with your cologne
water, and scent their handkerchiefs with
the contents of your choicest perfumery
bottle. They are always ready for luncheon
-"You know I'm too much at home in yOur
house to go hungry, my dear, and any
stray confectionery lying about melts before
them as dew before the sun. They make nc
scruple of borrowing your latest magazines
and novels; even your wardrobe does not
escape their encroachments; and all this in.
science is cloaked by some such empty re-
| mark as this: 1" never stand on ceremony
but make myself at home everywhere, SC
don't put yourself out to entertain mel
Again we pray, preserve US from unceremo
NOUS people!-IHe Scotsman.