> “Recent Legal Decisions. ———— NEGOTABLE INSTRUMENTS — PREVI ous INSOLVENCY OF MAKER—TITLE 10 PROCEEDS OF SALE. —L. & Co., of New Orleans, were sued in attach- ment, and their establishment was seized at half-past 10 o'clock A, MM. New Orleans time, on November 29, 1881. The action was brought by local oreditors upon a demand for $3035, of which $2500 became dud November 20, 1881, and the balance December 13, 1881. H. of New York, owned a note of I.. & Co., which brokers sold to the Hanover National Bank after 11 o'clock A. M. of November 29, 1881, and on information being received of the attachment the same day, the bank demanded the proceeds of the sale of the note from the brokers, and H. also claimed it. In, this ease—Iarris vs, Hanover National ‘Bank—in the Uni- ted States. Circuit: Court, Southern district of New York, Judge Coxe, in deciding in favor of the bank, said: “The bank is entitled to the money, “The almost unbroken line of authority seems to establish the doctrine that if bills of a broken bank or the notes of a party who has previously failed are transferred in payment of a debt, both parties being ignorant of the failure and innocent of fraud, the creditor may repudiate the payment upon a tender of the dishonored note and recover the amount due. It is a mutual mistake of fact. The plaintiff contends that, contemplation of law, the attachment did not imply either the insolvency or a failure of I. & Co, The attachment was granted on the ground that I. Co. were disposing of their property with the intent to defraud their credit- ors. They were unable to meet their obligations as they fell due, nd suffered their property to be taken on a charge of fraud. which was not denied, and they were legally. if not actually insolvent. The questions in thisactien are by no means free from perplexities and doubt, but the weight of authority seems to uphold thé positions taken by dhe defendant.” INTOXICATING LIQUORS—N UISANCE ~Ricur <¥ ProPERTY.—D bad C keeping a liguor saloon in his name {Cs) for him, and M, who had an exe- eution against C, caused it to be levied on the liquors. D brought replevin against M and took the liquors, but the trial of the action the Court held that the liquors being for sale by C were, under the statute, a nuisance, and directed that they be returned to M. The plaintiff carried the case— Donohue vs. Maloney—to the Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut on the ground that the statute applied only to liquors by legal on seized as a nuisance proceed- ings. Judge Pardee, in deciding against the plaintiff, said: * The clares that * all intoxicating liquor, in- tended by the owner or thereof to be sold in violation of law, with the vessels in which it is contained, be a nuisance.’ It is the plain intent of the statute to remove all temptation the illegal keeping and selling of intoxi- cating liquors, and to accomplish thisby making these acts unprofitable. To that end it is framed of language which is in all inclusive—which does not ad- mit of the limitation claimed. The plaintiff having made these liquors a nuisance, he cannot use the process of the Courts to recover them, for they will not be recognized as property.” statute de- keeper shall, to PARTNERSHIP—REAL ESTATE PUR- CHASED FOR FIRM — INDIVIDUAL Crepitonrs,—Land was bought by firm with its funds and used for part. nership purposes. It made an assingn- ment, and in the distribution of the proceeds of the sale of the land individ- nal ereditors claimed a dividend. In this case—Spaulding vs. Wilson—the Court of Appeals of Kentucky decided in favor of the creditors of the firm. Judge Prior, ir the opinion, said: “ Real estate purchased with the firm funds and for partnership purposes be- «comes partnership property. It is ob- jected here that as 600 acres of land were bought, upon which the firm ran a distillery, that portion of the land which was not necessary to the distillery ought to be regarded as a mere incident might be convincing if the land had not bent purehased with the partner. ship funds and used for partnership pur- poses. Its produets were ail applied in| Se wily, and besides, the partners seem | peen doing an extensive busi re in"buying land, stock, éte., and why the land should not constitute a’ part of the yaReship assests under re : question. not hE. Ler may | al river, had the locks and dams nd established the payment of tolls; and merchants who ran hil ood that river filed. a bill in | ! of Tinos, for an injunction to restrain the exaction of tolls at the locks. Mr. Justice Harlan, in deciding against the merchants, said : “In order to develop the greatest utility of naviggble rivers #5 outlets to sawed logs, sawed umber, coal, salt and the like, it is often essential that dams, booms, piers and like struc- tures should be used. They are sub- stantial obstructions to general naviga- tion—more or less so to rafts and barges ; but to the Legislature of the State may be mos: appropriately conferred the authority to authorize these structures when their use will produce a greater good than the harm done by their existence, and to impose such limitations and regulations in their construction and use as will best reconcile and accomodate the interests of all concern- ed in the matter, Until Congress inter- poses its paramount authority the State cannot be controlled by the Courts as to the mode and intent of improving the navigable rivers within her limits." MUNICIPAL CORPORATION —ACTING AS A DISTILLER—STATUTORY LIEN ~LiapiLiry oF Ciry.—Salt Lake City distilled spirits and paid $10,760 as a special tax on the liquors to the United States, but the authourities misrepresented the quantity distilled and the Collector of Internal Revenue sued for and recovered $12.051.75, for the balanced of the liquor. The liquor had been and the United States claimed the amount of its lien from the funds received from the sale. In this case—Salt Lake City vs. Hollister—the Supreme Court of the Territory of Nevada, on the judgment being carried to it, decided against the city. Judge Twiss, in the opinion, said: ‘The whether the the to do a distilling not in this case. By receiving the proceeds of the of these spirits into the treasury the city became possessed of a sold had business is question power city sales large sum of money—the amonnt of the lien—which was justly due to the United States, and to which she had no legal or moral right, and and appropriated by a municipal cor- poration is subject to the demand of its legal equitable owners, to 'the same extent as if held by a private corpora- tion or a person. ”’ money so received Philads iphia Record, we A i Riding Habits. There is never much change inire- gard the manner of making habit- dresses and the style now is perfection as may be. Nor is it great for to #8 near of any use describe them in detail, ride and afford to keep horses and grooms to those who seriously can Can afford to get a riding-habit from a good tatlor ; still remarked guide to the selection of nmmterial, plum, bronze and it may be as a that while rich shades of color, wine, indigo and furnish a wel lief to the old blacks and wrowns navyblues, light shades; such as do not look well claret, bottle green, blue are admirable, Come red and ecru. on horsebac Kk. nor very slowly shades, such as terra be fine the The eloth needs to order to exquisitely and should be cut te perfection in orde: to display it to advantage. baads of black fur have been on some habits during the past season, and indeed it is quite a problem how to make a habit warm enough for cold weather without additional wraps, which would be in the way, vet cool enough for warm { weather, as no one wishes to duplicate so At this season there is, of course, no difficulty in regard to warmth : a cloth bodice of light texture is sufficient for such cold days as we may expect in April, and the danger lies in choosing color or texture for approaching summer that will not be appropriate later, and that will not be worth the ccst of the making and the unecessary accessories, The skirt of the habit is not now made quite so long as formerly, it having been found dangerous and hurtful’ to a thoroughbred horse, It must also be full enough not to embar- rass the rider in case of an emergency. The bodice is high, close and perfectly plain with the narrow standing collar, therow of small buttons for fastening | the parrow tie—the only bit of color-= and the close sleeves which the loose gloves more than meety and Ww h | require no cuffs; gilt buttons and $ilw | buttons ‘are now alike discarded | | small round bronze or Shih th Buttony matching the cloth in color be ferred. Most ladies, too, have The the high silk hat, ds more distinguished the Derby, anh Js AT te aio of tulle oF aur mriore thin as a ‘veil. Hy haing Hwone of [ the most healthful of all aveomplish- ments, and the dress should be carefully studied. so that it may ‘ber permanent - ard combine gonvenience’ with grace and. slogance. ey ahs 2 cotia, in outline form, Nairow used o B Any sn an arp tales brains to arrange facts and present truths. in shape. Thinie Why tern many liars in the world... 1 The New Postal Law, The new postal law, which is to go into effect at any time at the option of the Postmaster General within six months from the date of passage, March 3, provides that while domestic postage on letters is reduced from three to.two cents, that on drop letters (city postage) is left at the old figure—two cents, aw is that authorizing the new three cent postal note, and is of special interest to persons transmitting small sums through the post-office, The note is about the size of a greenback. At the right-hand side are two columns giving the months and the dates of twelve years, beginning with 1883. On the left hand side are three columns of figures, one represent- ing dollars, and numbered up to four ; another, representing dimes, numbered up to nine, and the third representing gents, numbered up to nine. The note is for sums less than $5. The postmaster who issues the note punches the date, the dollars, dimes and cents, thus pre- venting any alterations of date or amount. No written application is necessary, and the note can be issued for any amount from one cent to $4.99. It is bought like postage stamp and is payable to bearer any time within three months. The body of the note is a form stating the place of issue and where to be sent, a and when paid endors- ed by the bearer. Though there is not the same degree of security about the note as there is about the postal rn.oney order, its and cheapness corveni- ence compensate for other disad- vantiages, It Britain 11 iii in Years, has been (rreat and year, operation four in two nearly a half millions being used The cumbersome a is less English, money though the The charges for orders on sums not over $10 willbe e from $10 to 15, ten cents; $30, ihifteen twenty cents ; new American system the dollars the even than For sums over five order will still be used, cost is reduced, ight cents ; from $15 to from $30 to $0, from $40 to $50, cents | tweniy- five cents from $00 to $70, thirty-five cents ; from $70 to 80, from $80 to $100, {the highest forty-five The present are orders not 5 forty cents ; order}, cents, rates over over £15 cents : fifteen cents pu orders from $15 to $30; twenty cents on orders from $30 to $0; cents on orders $40 ten on twenty-five 3 5, the from 3. to present limit of money orders, —— Sanitary. Hoarseness and ti are ckling in the by the gargle of the ge beaten 1o a froth, WAI. throat best relieved white of an eg a glass of in half sweetened water, TrEATMENT oF TYPHOID FEVER. - In an editorial on the recent epidemic of typhald fever in Paris, the Madical tecord, January 6th, 1883, says that the lusion to be drawn from the Paris epidemic, as regards the therapeutics of typhoid fever, at the disease be watched, not actively treated. We that the sooner this view is taken, and typhoid fever is looked upon as a disease like the small-pox or scarlet fever. whose course the physician cannot greatly modify, but whose dangers we can, in part, avert, the better it will be for our science and our credit, cone +) is th must believe NEw REMEDY POR DIPHTHERIA, ~~ A German apothecary, KR. Munch (Kronen-Apotheke in Leipsic Sohlis), who enjoys a great reputation for ve. racity and reliability amongst those who know him, recommends in No. 27 of the Pharm, Centr. Anzeiger, “a5 4 DEW remedy in diphtheria, and the effect of which he had noticed on his own seven year old daughter-—oleum terebin- thine rectificatum. Children take one teaspoonful morning and night ; adults, a tablespoonful. In children tepid milk is given after it; it might also be mixed with the saine, The effect of this rem. edy, which has of late been highly praised by different authors, is said to be really a miraculous one. Within al ready half an hour after the administra tion of the drug, a bright redness beging to spread from the margin of the diph theritic exudation, and this redness becomes generally diffused over and taking the place of the false membrane, and the disease is said to disappear within twenty-four hours without leav. ing the slightest trace. While this wonderful effect is said to be invariably met with when the remedy is. made use of at the very commencement of the disease, those who recommend it so highly contend that it is also successful, only less rapidly, in cases that have LS To detect fusil oil in alcohol which is fairly strong, Dr. Hager dilutes the liquid with an equal amount of water, Silom. ads wiyvarine wud evapostes tw whole upon filter paper, When the alcohol escapes thie odor of the fusil ofl ‘may be very easily perceived, A Terrible Tims in a Lighth couse. The keepers at the Eddystone Light- house had very unpleasant experiences during the stormy weather of the past three months, Ope of these men Was entitled to have been relieved some eight weeks ago, but it was not until '} were reduced to very great straits, for, excepting that two or three hard biscuits still remained in the lighthouse, they were without the necessaries of life, Their ordinary stock of food was ex- hausted ; they had been living on their reserve for some weeks, and their last installment of flour had to be fried in lamp-oil on Thursday in order to furnish a meal. They continued to use this oil as an article of diet until assistance from the shore reached them last Mon- day. In addition to this they were with- out fuel for several days, and the only warmth they were able to obtain was the slight ammount of heat furnished by the oil-lamps which they were burning, The men, in fact, were reduced to such a depression and weakness that they wele only able to converse with each other in monosyllables. Seeing that no relief from the shore was forthcoming the keepers kept signals of distress flying daily for a fortnight in the hope of attracting attention of passing signals were seen by several vessels, but so boisterous was the weather during the whole time the distress signals were flying that it to effect the unfortunate ot the These more, vessels, was found impossible munication wit! iil any com- mes. whose condition was getting more leged there Christ when { Seri ous every day. It is al were several occasions since and prior to Monday the | but that on mas, last, he at ighthouse might } Laid 8 men ave been relieved, he usually employed on this duty work, not each occasion t steamer Was en- and her services The store at SECIS for it on the part of the relatives and friends of the In this are temporarily lodged articles of food which the wives of for conveyand gaged on other therefore, condition of the secured, Milbay complail could be also to furnish cause lighthouse-keepers store the men leave there + to their husbands when offers for the steam-tug to But the premises h rats that these Un opportunity ge out to them. are 80 infested wit arti AUcies disappear. one occasion a leg of pork, intended lighthouse, was suspended by a cord to for consumption at the the beam in the hope that it cape the attention of overrun the stores. B failed, for the rats bit through the gh meat came to the might es the rats which ut the the device beam, when the reached cord, and ground it was speadil devoured A Town Unearthed. A most has been important ¥ the discovery Just of entire in neighborhood France, town made Poitiers, in where an Gallo-Roman has been unearthed. It contains a temple 114 yards in length by 70 yards in breadth, baths occupying the stage of which alone measures 90 yards | streets, two hectares, a theatre, houses and other buildings covering an area of nearly seven hectares, or about 17 acres, The excavations are being continuad with further success, disclos- ing more edifices, sculpture in the very best style and in good preservation, dating 1 is thought from the second century — and a quantity of iron, bronze and earthen articles, M. Lisch, the inspector of histronic monuments, is enthusiastic over this discovery, and declares that the town is a little Pompeii in the center of France. The Queen's Reception. The london correspondent of the Boston (Gazette writes :—“When ladies go to the Queen's drawing-room, if they have any experience of the ordeal awaiting them, they will occupy the hours passed in the carriage waiting its turn to set them down at the Palace entrance by reading some entertaining book. A private account of a recent presentation, written by an American lady who had the ‘honor’ of being taken to Court, gives some amusing details, She says she hopes never again to endure such an hour of suspense as the one pass- od in the road to St. James, For some reason or other the ecurfain of their brougham took that occasion of getting out of order and the ‘populace’. coolly stared in at them, making criticisms on their head-dresses of feathers and the style of their gowns, until her companion devised a curtain with the end of a wrap, and the lrdies found protection, if not suffocation, behind it. Many ladies provide themselves with books and try to read or study, but that requires an abstraction a debutante cannot quite command under the novel circumstances. But were the ordeal many times worse than it is the women ‘would gladly go through with it for the pleasure of saying they are receivel at Vietoria's Cou, Agricultural. Conditions for Germination. The conditions favorable and un- — the parent. Thus the importance of selecting potatoes as free as possible from disease and of keeping them where they will lose none of their vitality, ]are : 1 the size and hature of the seed. is required. Cabbage seed, celery, turnip, radish, onions, ete, should be covered lightly— barely covered, Corn may be covered to the depth. of one to inches ; but. it is better in the case of eight inches deep and cover two inches deep, and as the plant grows fill in the earth, 2. Moisture, —Seeds require moisture to enable them to germinate. If the earth becomes dry the seed will not germinate ; on the contrary, if there is too much moisture it is liable to rot. 3. While light healthy growth of plants, it mental to the process of germination, Need-beds may be covered with cloth, boards or any substance that will not prevent the rays of the sun from heat- ing the earth, When cabbage, celery or tomatoes are plante : they be with cotton-batting, The darker it only to the is detri- is essential in boxes covered cloth or paper, the covering not tion, moist, may the material heat. This facilitates germing- but aids in keeping the A single lath laid over a row of carrots has made several days d in the germination of the the seeds have come up more uni- formly., Under quantity of In field culture thi ticable but in a LICENSE ia better, as absorbs surface ifference plant, and, also, these circumstances a smaller san] requ s would be imprac- garden a few hundred ght be of gre laths m greal service 4. the able The soil must bx seed, or otherwise it to push its Way The mellow surface soil, soil and below the the 1 HOR that root may whic downward for MW food and moisture, TI i should be order that the air may have afford 3 loose also in therel the baked arcess to the seed, and iw oxveen., to develope embryo yE . i . . I mean not hard so 6 up carefully with The iressed | boing loose, as to form a crust. should be broken iron-toothed rake, should be prevent its drying out, By 4 a crust forms it an soil over the plant gently so as to isture With air, mo quickly devel ior ana od iru NE Ps, Ben radicle downward. Often- but vegetate because the conditions referred upward and times good seed 8 sown fails to to in this article are not attended to, Potatoes for Planting Few operations on the farm receive 80 little attention as the selection and keep- ing of potatoes for planting, vet the suc cess of the crog mm Of Lhe potatoes planted. much on the How that up well ydepends very cond ili often we bear farmers complain their potatoes do not that they fail to make srous growth, usually attributing it to the s . When e trou- is with the potatoes planted, In selecting and keeping pototoes one impor- tant fact is usually entirely overlooked, which is, that the potato is not the seed: therefore ile to be keeping. Most of seeds are covered with a hard substance which protects them from the light and sudden changes of temperature, if kept in a dry place: but the potato being simply a tuber has no such protection, therefore is very sensi- tive to light and variations of tempera- ture, even though kept in a dry place, In fact, a potato is similar to the root of a tree when severed from the tree, which we are so careful to keep in a dark, cool place if we wish to keep it in a healthy condition and grow well when set in the ground, The potato may endure more than the root of a tree without com- pletely losing its vitality, but it suffers in the same way and, if not entirely Kille is injured in some degree by being kept where it is too hot, too cold or too dry. If it is kept too hot itsprouts badly, and thus loses its vitality, never again pro- ducing such vigorous stalks as come {from (he first sprouts. If kept where it is so cold as to chill it, it is worse than keeping it where it is too worm, as it come Or a Vig state of the th weather in many cases th hle is more lia injured by it from growing at all. The farmer in selecting potatoes for planting should | ever keep in mind that he is dealing with and formn’is not so important as health, have good buds and a healthy shoot than he does for the particular form ; and in keeping his scions he uses great care to too wet nor too dry, The same prinei- ple which holds good in the scion applies to the potato, especially that which ap- plies to the strength of the buds and the health of the shoot or the tuber. As the potato when planted is simply the re. pewal of the old life, it carries with it many of the diseases which it may have atherd up while a seed only carries | with it the the constitutional weakness of The Spring Pigs. It seems a general desire to have sows time EXCe for growth, The systemn works Hently during mild winters, but it is doubtful if anvthing is gained when the in during a season of They have no protection against cold except that provided for them, and not only suffer, but become crushed more easily from the move- ments of the dam owing to their inac- tivity. An April pig, though having nine months in the year during which to grow, has the advantage of a good start in life, us it is usually safe pigs come but Should early prosperity. in growth he become checked from exposure the in when the severity of the season is over often grow faster and outstrip those that are several weeks older, If the pigs, however, are properly provided for they may do well when farrowed i February, but, for and attention, April month in the year. being large hogs, n of labor is a8 good as any The pigs nesd only pushed to grow fast eConomy and make mistaken idea that at is not at all There is must a pigs For a essential, have corn all times, g corn iy growing pi and especially after It ist 5 uni the warm days set heating and Satiening the requisite of : a iid. wr fat i yecessary whil ig. The ame on which to place the meat, 3 Can Olay ! first ir f “This we Lime is growing. and the food should con- sequently of such assist in the process of bone-formation, in which Kinds of LTABROS, such vari- be given him during th he be character as to The range of a clover pasture the hog has a ch food from the roots and weeds, oice of several y clover, foreign 8 usually of ety as to afford needs, £4 that the of dili- INOTSELS nearly all The ing for source exercise gently search preferred rift and health is considered expeusive to but there are ranges, or sod paste left for turning the hog can find another of th It lover to hogs, unprofitable that have and in is fu give often tures, bern under, such profitable employment, and also utilize much that might be wasted. Com howeser, is not cheap feeding if allowed ness, up C throughout the not but year, only from its because there is no econonny feeding material that for Cost, in is not whol'y suitable the purposes required. It give the before $ but the meal need is well to the pigs a ess in to pasture, i morning going be to work in the field be carefully order that they may not be deprived of sufficie of all they The pure-bred pigs are rather inclined to be tender, but if a good thoroughbred boar, bread that has been tried, is crossed on large, coarse, healthy sows, one, 8, but ohre rved of . 11 not a Lid Let them get tl Hy should in a ney require of any the pigs will possess vigor and hardness, Statistical. Tie total exports States for the twelve months which ended March 3st, 1853, amounted in value to $808 726.356, an increase of $17,917,336 on those of the preceding twelve months. Our total imports for the twelve months which ended March 31st, 1883, were $742,442 050, an in- crease of $41 500 385 on those for the twelve months which ended March 31, 1882 of the United Tue value of the imports of the Do- minion of Canada during the last six months of 1882 was $64.763,4%6, on which was collected a duty of $12,249 - 231. The value of the Dominion ex- ports during the same period was $62, - 535.910. Tne wheat acreage of Minnesota in 1882, was 2.572.000. This vear it will be about 2,500,000, Dakota in 1883, had 850,000 acres in wheat ; this vear it will reach 1,600,000, swelling the crop fully 12,000,000 bushels over 1882, -The Reading Railroad is laying tracks across the Pennsylvania Railroad | entrance into Reading. This is a stale | trick and seldom pays those engaged in | it. ~The decrease of the public debt in April was $2,851,402. { A father has been complaining to a friend of the family of the conduct of his prodigal son. “You ought to rea~ son with him seriously,’ says the friend of *he family, “Sol do! so 1 have!" says the father in despair, ‘but it has no effect. The young scoundrel will listen to nobody that isn't a fool like himself. I want you to go and talk "with him 1 :
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