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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
A HOME CIRCLES LIBRARY.

TO me EditOr OF The Trt6une.
SIR: Yesterday evening | received my SEMI
WEEKLY Of the 18th inst had scarcely settled my self
comfortably before the fire, paper In hand before my
wife came in with the baby and said: On there's The
TRIBUNE. Please take the baby and let me read 1t just
a little WHILE" "Oh, my dear, you can read II al
day tomorrow" replied Jus. let me read Home
nte rests for want to bake cake tomorrow,
and may be find good receipt" she then said.
would rather have TIE TRIBUNE than the best cake
in the world" answered In few moments she said
Is there serial story in that pIper" answered
81 am glad say there ls. IL is cruel Ia not TO
LET me have the paper" she said. Now nave the best
wife in world, and she would never have called me
cruel" under any other circumstances.
Just then the children came in. Knowing 1t was use
less to ask for the paper until had flushed it.
boy, who - studying astronomy said: Please read
what SAID about the transit want to hear because
astonshed the TEACHER aud the class yesterday by
hearsng Prof. Ioungs address" ION Papa u ex-
claimed my little daugterOur only one, and oi course
our pet read fairy story irst. know there must
be one IN that paper Please 90" glanced ut NV sou.
90 Tom will wait, WON'T you dear Iom T. she pleaded.
twnng round has neck 1t Il useless 10 say VINO
won Ii l did not ind fairy story told one. Thus
YOU see how The TRIBUNE Is appreciated. Everybody
who reads your paper here Is delighted with H. ana this
hayo dare TO copy. II Is useless To express
own opinion. l would not give THE TRIBUNE for any
tour papers published. Keep on In the fearless, indie
pendent have nOOly adopted aud your pOpu
larity aud circulation Will greatly Increase here T. A
Cameron, Milan County, Yerds. March ~, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
DISCOVERY OF THE LINGULA IN FLORIDA.
Tn khe Z dlLOr OF The TrLhMMe.

SIR: 1t win interest many of your readers
TO learn that the Lingu!d, or rather Giotdia pyraD
data Simpson, has been discovered at LitCle Sara
sofa on the Gulf OF Mexico IN South Florida. Hereto
fore they have only been known In Eastern America
on the coast of Carolina. We had dredged imper
feet specimen. some years now in the cabinet OF
Col T. Jewett at Lockport, y. Y. The discovery due
to Prof. Webster OF Union College, my guest.
The great interest which attaches to this little animal
is due factsrst, that IL is of the nearest
representatives of OF the oldest types OF life yet
dscOvered-the genus LnOutG-occurrinG II does, In
the POtdam SANDSTONE the oldest OF the Surian rocks
and secondly that belongs To class lately proposed
by Prof T.. ). Morse OF Salem, Mass, 10 DO removed
from the mOliu-ks To the anneds or worms
IL may be interesting To add that the animal is in
closed In bvalve sho, the valves shutting tightly
geher, nclosng and protecting the sviscera. At
end there Is muscular proOngat0n or alike append
age, called "A peduncle. Tae shell is half an inch
little more In length of rather horny texture thin
and OF cream color The peduncle is nearly quito
inches long Ii lives in the sand about low tde
standing IA II were IN the sand erect the peduncr
stretching down and holding tho animal in its place.
The shell Is the surface, but upon being alarmed Is
by the contraction OF the peduncle drawn down To u
safer region. JOHN q. WEBB
Lite Sarasota, Fla, March IA. 1875.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
ARCHITECTURE IN NETWORK.

ARCHITECTURE IN NETWORK.
A STRANGERS ABATEMENT on BEHoLDISG THE NEW
BUILDINGs-THE MIXTURE or STYLES IN Tux
SAME BUILDINGS AND DISREGARD or THE LAW
OF CONTRAST.
To me EdttOr Of The Tribune.
SIR: go to New-YOrk three or four times
year. as every good Philadelphia ought. and at every
yst am surprised architectural novelty among
the new buildings the city which had not observed
before It seems as II tho whole civilized and
halfcivllized world Is beng ransacked for strik-
ing effects, and as II your architects, returning
from their quest for the sensational and tho
ford as well az the beautiful, dumped their
trophies down along your streets Win no more regard
for their effect upon another than housewife has
when sine puts her shreds OF cloth OF different Shapes
and coors into the ragbag. Greek and Gothic, Eliza
bethan BYZANTINE French and Italian Renaissance, ana
dozen other styles and nostyes crowd one another In
prOniscuOus incOngruity but what appears 10 Dc os'
affected in the structures Is a jumole or many
styles and colors in single edihce. NV amazcmeh al
the revolution in the public taste Indicated ny the5o
buildings has become cumulative. and failing to hit
upon any satisfactory explanation OF It's sSnlhcance
ask THE TRIBUNE, which discusses social problems
and phenomena with clear insight 10 tell what II all
means
Arc these Undesirable structures the outgrowth OF
an increasing fOndness for whatever Is LOUD ana SEN
sationall Or are they tine indications OF peculiar
cosmopolitan but uncuufed taste, WHICH scchS W up
proprate to its use the architectural ideas Of all ages
aud all countries and which VIII in lime arrive at per
ceptIon Of the Laws OF harmonyi One more question:
DO your architects plan the churches stores ana
dwellings which stlrtle us every hand, or do their
customers somehow evolve the plans from their inner
consciousness aud insist on having them carried into
execution!
| am no purst. I see no reason why we should not
avail ourselves OF whatever ia beautiful and at tho
Vafa An no arch
countries The Inhabitants OF NewYOrk come from
all parts OF the world Let them carry ont their notions
OF building If they wish. II anybody wants to duplicate
block OF the Rue de RvOli. row Of Genoese palaccs
a medieval Gothic church. or even Turkish bdzdN or
Chinese tea house, let him do it, but entreat HIN To pay
some regard TO surroundings and uses OF his pro-
posed edce. Beg him not to put bit OF the AlhamDa
beside modern Ncw-YOrk iron front, aud TO spare us
tho inhction OF a Venetian palace covered with tho
gaudy signs OF hopkeepers. Read lesson to tho arch
tects too urging them other things not to bud
any more ringstreaed specked churches ami TO as
courage the prevalent the staring the bizarre
aud the tawdry in buildings of all kinds. " $.
PhtiQdeiJhid ApTil 2, 1875.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
COMMON SENSE AND COMFORT.

SIR: Very much has been said about the
injury OF heavy aud ghthtting dresses and very ts
has been said about the fashion OF shoes 1t would
to be presumptuOus TO try by pressure to improve tho
human form. 1t fact that ignorant people think 1t
be DONE and begin In infancy the work OF fashion
ing slender waist and they do the with the foot
II examine the foot OF the Apollo Bevidere or tho
Venus de Medici, fnd that the great toe stands on
from the next. to leave space OF half an Inch
them. Tie small toes not cut OF at sharp
angle bus form graceful curve nor are tho toes pei
one top OF the other-tho home OF cOrnS. chli's
foot its natural state has the same formation IL -
broadcast beyond the JOINT OF the large toe. where IL
forms with the rest OF the foot recntTant angie lho
shoe should be the broadcast beyond TINS JOINT there
should be for the small toes, otherwise The loot
presses inward Ia addition, high heels give ano her
weight OF woe the result is the Dunioul lasting
sOrrow We shall have better health a nj midef tenn
pcrs when feet free from the foolish sway VI
fashion, B. . D
Philadelphia March %, 1875
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
OUTDOOR POLlTENESs.
woMEN's coNprcr rowARp ONE ANOTnE

WOMEN's CONDUCT TOWARD ONE ANOTHER.
To Tie EdttOr Of The Tribune.
SIR: should be sorry to suppose that men
were less polite to they used to be, because
they now love them less or really respect them less
Poteness the streets waning, perhaps because as
one OF your correspondents says. women themselves
are less polite Certain Is, they do sometimes strut
and emphasize their claims in most peculiar way.
did not for q moment mean to assume In FORMER
letter on outdoor pOiteness that men alone on TINS
subject were wrong asked where lay the real cause
Of the decided change. "%nex" saws, at the door OF
the Woman's X ghts movement. But 1t seems to me
very uncomplimentary and really unjust to men tbem'
selves 10 assume that they would Withhold from All
women those little attentions that they as women love
80 well simply because handful would break down
all barriers of "Who sights woman sights MS
mother" is az full OF vital tender truth ever provero
that was uttered and every true American acknowr
edges it, Nowhere else in the world have beer. or
are they now, really tender TO- or stli-sacItlhs
toward women as here Every visiting iOIelSnor LAS
remarked II; every grateful woman ae hho"IeuEcs 10
But because power great, Is al tue more reason
why she should not abuse IT. ana 'oLa,H nj ,i,
that she does abuse II. III Is an lUdIspuipio
FAC. that women many OF them coarse ana selfish
beyond in public. Is 1T something htW OF ".lo
they always 50 II nothing new great mas Deo VI"
patience OF men deep down thr reverence t0t "Onan
Tegard less OF All eAtefLHss! o., H.. .,
haut belief that tney 10 nave, each one, not on al
ways tho best place, but two places Tor one lncdehts
could be multiplied lnuenuleB oil the seIHshhtss anu
ruieness, aud even the cruelty Oh women travellers p
car, mostly filled with ladies | was Literally Laden
with packages, one OF winch bottle Of WiDe,
another paper Of oranges. Standing sNaied 20 ahu
fro in the ear in the mOmcntaIy dread OF dTOpphS
either oranges the bottle, when suddenly as
covered tnat thore one more on Que slde
Not lady would move a gentleman on tho Otuer sIdo
seeing the situation, gave me his seat.
Al church entertainment gwen TINS winter Tor q
charity entered pew with Lazy, ~ when were Two
little lads, perhaps ana years DID, with their mother
she kept for children the entire inside nall OF tho
pew (lOdIng iVr). herself therefore eucrOachng UpOh
the outer ha refused to move. aud a. there vera
no other places had to sit cramped TO degree when
drove stand III The aisle before the "ntel-
tanment hat over The lady herself was cramptd,
and she wiling 10 annoy as. What CNpldua-
ton be given for these things I IL the cbufch
remeded such evils, would say give Us more ehurcnes
But i'm the church itself, while wOrshipng the author
or the golden rule, do not see the golden rHr 10
little needed : else where l N. {. X.
NfLp- York March 30 1875.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05

siopary Socety's claim were speclhcaly dosenn.soni
and Secretary Dslano says the lines thus esttDsno
should be adopted Certain citizens OF tne ,9Tn ~
DaHes contested the claim OF the society out .hc
tary thinks they have reason for c0inpunt asa ,
an adverse decision, because long before the %
OF their claims the lines OF the mission proptry a
been definitely liked and indicated upon tne laee VI d
ground made OF public record ana puolcatiLo"i no
thereof In tho newspapers published nearest ,no 49,
Tne claim OF the society was notorious and parties
settling thereon and nsttutng claims thereto dll 70 AZ
their peril" TIE case has been peh1lng AZ W
for several years The adverse decision OF the Coms
sioner of the General Land Office was rendersu III i7i
The tract Of land which by Secretary Deano ,,s
heloncs TO the Methodist Missionary society," hcIupo
the rown OF Dilles and Ia estimated to DO worm aoou
UODDOO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05

In regard to the British Polar expedition,
TIE London Times OF March % says: THE Polar expe-
dictionary vessels at Portsmouth receiving their
finishing touches On Saturday their smoke-stacks
fitted. aud their mass brought down to tho
shipbasin In readiness 10 DO placed board on their
being noated out OF dock to-day. Each vessel VIII 10
bark rugged and the masts will be interchangeable nav
been constructed that IN of accident the spa
VI the Alert DO erected board the Discovery ahu
The rig .ing Is OF light but durable eharac
ter and engaged In covering ali the iron work
above and below with u coating Of leather rs proeo-
ton for the hands Of tho sailors Ia the cold Alt"os
whittier they are bound.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
THE VATICAN DEGREES IN GERMANY.

The Pope has addressed another letter to
the Roman Catholic Bishops Of Germany, commencing
them for their cOnstancy and for showing The real
meaning of the DEGREES Of the Vatican Council, which
was dan gerousy msrepresented in circular dispatch
that had gained publicity that the faithful should not
be led into conceptions, nor further preteXt
be given for misunderstanding, throwing obstacles
in of the free election OF new Pope 80 great,
indeed the cearness and soundncss OF your joint dec
laraon that it would leave nothing be desired II the
deceptive assertions OF certain journals did not require
explicit testimony from ia, tnasmuch as they
have endeayOred maintain the view OF that dispatch
refuted by you, and To dcpreciHte your explanation
with the faithful under the preext that 1t upneid the
DEGREES OF the Council and did not correspond to the
will OF the Apostolic See. We unhesitatngy repe these
malicious aud sanderous representations and sus-
pcions" The Pope further declares that the DEGREES
in question make no change in former relations and
afford pretext for the further oppression OF the
Church and the throwing OF dicultlcs In the way OF
he election OF new Pope. To the authority OF the
Church alone belongs judgment on the validity or the
Papd election III conclusion, me bishops are oxhored
to continue to expos, ana resist error which cannot
eventual destruction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05

A country newspaper ont West thus heads
its report OF fire. Feast OF the Fire Fie nd-The
Forksd Tongued Demon Licks with its Iurid Breath "A
Lumber Po Are the Scenes of Boston and Caicago 10
be- Repeated i-Loss $3.50"
man named Daggett, after warning every
body by advertisement IN The Hartford Times not to
trust Mrs D.. burst into poetry "a follows:
Happy dsy when got home.
Happy dsy ssi fsaaa her gossl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
THE GIORIFICATION OF GOD.

g R.r John Eau d. d. al n, fA Arus Presby ian ChHrch
The Rev. John Hall, ID. d., preached yester-
day morning at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church.
seectng his text from ist Corinthians 3. 81: Wbe,ber
therefore '" drink, or whatsoever d. do all 10
,h. glory OF Godp Among other things, he said:
IL is great mistake, and one that is often made, to
think that The Apostolic Church had uninterrupted
peace Human nature was the same at that time us IL
4. noW. and dissensions were not unknown In the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05

life Of grand herOsm In character. II Is triumphant
spiritual force within u.s. Fidelity TO the truth based
confidence In God II the element that snsthins
the MARTYR at the stake and Is the support ana nsra
ton the prisoner in the dungeon. In duetness and
confidence shall he your strength Is motto TO be put
IN every house whore has come with this con
fdence comes Christian conservation. the conservation
OF our lives to Christ friend as eaDer, as savior
the king OF Kings and Lord OF Lords" Such con
secraon 10 Clrst II IL he real II II persade and via
ze the whole spirit aud mind Of the man. is the grand
est spirit i'm the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
MISSIONARY WORK AMONG THE HINDOOs.

The R Dr. IL. Madison Arenu Reformed chuca
At the Madison Avenue Reformed Church.
Madisonavc. and Fifty seventh-st.. OF which the Rev
Mr. Ganse Is pastor the Rev. DR.. Chamberlain. q mis-
sonary Recently returned from India. account
OF missionary work and life IN that country DR. Cham
bcran after speaking OF the general characteristics OF
the ndoos said that during the Is OF his mission
AIRY fo no had been much among tho TeaboOs OF South
ern INDIA The grammar of the Tclaboo language. he
said was written before the time Of Solomon. 1t
written Also poetry, and well written that 1t has
never changed in the slightest particular. All of the
books OF that people are written In poetry The
Teaboos arc by both pOetcal and musical PEG
pie and they continually singing. In the Vedas
which were written before Moses pcnned the law, ia
contained tile religious system Of the ndOOs. Besides
their higher gods they have about 100000 OF inferior
gods who represent almost every snd ~ crime ana so
them that there Is very ttie honesty purity or chastity
left among them. they make no secret, however, OF
their mode OF life on the contrary, they openly avow H.
The people reached by the missionaries about III
this manner They 90 INTO central villages aud begin Ia
sing hymn in the native language Tns attracts at
tentiOn and the people gather around In crowds Then
the missionaries tell the simple story OF CnrIss love,
and immediately the greatest curiosity Is MANIFESTED
Who is this Christ VINO gave Himself FOR lis I" they
ask and when they begin to ask questions, they Will
not allow tho missionaries to depart untll they nave
fully explained the great plan OF salvation through
Chrlsts blood. Medical skill aud knowledge IS great
aid 10 converting the HudoOs to Christianity, and when
any have been cured OF disease they are gen
orally very ready To become Christians and there are
instances where whole villages have been converted
by the cure OF one sick man. II am OfteD, Sdld
Ulndoos or whether IL for them 10 be edu
Gated before they can properly understand III MY an
sxer always Is that the Bible Is perfectly adapted TO
them aud hat, by being lis own interpreter, II d>cOses
TO the uneducated the light and blessings CON
tanned In It," Iu conclusion Dr. Chamberlain said that
Kr,hmanism was doomed; that missionary work IN
India was telling with marked effect, aUd that II the
Board OF Foreign MlsslOEs supplied Its missionaries
h.s Oh IN mr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
SUNDAY THOUGHTS.

WORDS FROM METROPOLITAN PULPIIS.
SERMONS BY THE REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER' THE
REV. JOHN HALL, d. D., THE REV H. W. BELLOWS
DID, THE REV. J. b. wAKELEY. ID. D., THE REV.
RICHARD s. sToRRs, d. n, TIE REV. Il. s. MAC
ARTHUR, u. D.. AND OTHERS.
The services at the churches in this city ana
BROOKLYN yesterday were well attended, though the
chilly Spring weather doubtless prevented the usuS'
full congregations. The Rev. Henry Ward beecher
preached upon the development of the Christian
family; the Rev. John Hall, ID. d. took Tor his SUD-
iect the Gloriication of God; the Rev. Dr. Bellows
defined real Christianity; the Rev. DR.. Wakeley
delivered bis farewell sermon: the Rev. DIR, Mac
Arthur spoke upon the Christians Privileges; The
Rev. Dr. Storrs gave description Of True Heroism
the Rev. DR.. Deems spoke upon the basis and theorb
of Life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05

The statltics OF the Conference were: Circuits. 60
Ministers 81; churches, 6S church members, 46l at
PENDANTS OH public worship, 1850. The Rev Samuel
Wilkinson was elected President FOR the coming year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
METUODIsM IN AUSTRALASIA. ~

MethOdsm was introduced into Australia
about sixty years ago by the Wesleyan Missionary So
cety In 1855 annual conference was formed Of the
societies with s9 churches 80 ministers and
7ls6 members. The church has obtained very
strong foothod In the southern world and Mchodsts
stand h CHEST the list OF Protestant denominations
to numbers Last year the territory was divided into
four annual conferences with a total membership OF
2 Oj with 965 churches and 2O ministers Besides this
there are nourishing missions 10 the Fiji Tonga, or
Friendly and other South Sea islands, with large
Der of members. These foreign missions, as they
called are now under the OF the New South Wales
and Queensland Conference which has Just held its
ond annual session at sydney Al this meeting 10
resolved 10 reopen the mission at Wass Island. alb
dnned some time ago. and 10 open mission at York
Island. The from the foreign missions OF the
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-08-06
Singular Phenomena.

We have the following from a reliable
correspondent
Some singular aerial phenomena were OBJ
served at Waitsfeld, last Sunday, between
II and one o'clock. There was a halo
around the sun, quite distinct, and showing
the prsmatc colors somewhat. Its interior
was filed with kind of haze or smoke that
appeared bronze colored as the sun shOne
through it, but was not thick enough to OBJ
scure the sun very much. Then, in n
southery direction, about midway from this
circle to the horizon, there was portion Of
an exterior halo, about one-third of a cir.
cpmference being visible This had brilliant
rainbow hues, and in size and appearance it
was very much like an ordinary rainbow
wrong side up. Then, upon the northerly
side Of the sun, there appeared the strangest
circle OF all, its centre being apparently in
the circumference OF the first named circle,
and its circumference touching the sun on
one side, and coming near the zenith on the
other This ring was narrower than the
others, and had a gray, oloud,like appear
ance but was distinctly visible throughout
its whole extent, except where it came 50
near the sun that the eye could not follow
it. These rings lasted about half an hour,