Chinese Aggressiveness. ——— China is becoming bumptious since the more thorough discipline of her army and her acquisition of several ironelads. The manner of the Court of Peking toward foreign powers is often insolent while acts that have a warlike meaning are not infrequent. years ago, when China was s0 occupied with the Taeping rebellion as to be unable to put down insurrection in that refnote quarter of her dominions, the Russians, in self-defense and to the northwestern province, When the rebellion was subdued the province was suffered. For a while every thing went during the last year, owing to the inso- to the non-Chinese native population, place themselves under Russian protec- tion. there is a great deal of friction, which may eventually lead to war, was a dispute between the two nations in regard to some not very islands. which were at last taken in an arbitrary difficulty, which adjusted, Japan bas made a lodgment way by Japan. vas never amicably in Corea. and though the latter is nomi- nally subject to China, has acquired at amount War and the the Corean Court a far greater of than her tween them 1s Ch eflicient and the feeling between influence rival. t possi yagrh 1 He i ie, 1 ina has a larger army and a navy, Japan is more isolated, 1 1.1 1.1 } 1 hit fal result would be doubtful, “hing iq dill IS 1 rearing i England and ( not cordial. In pursuance of her policy i 1 3 y LL » ¢ TYPE of exclusiveness, China w shes to pre- vent the landing of an ocean cable at Shanghai, and England threatens to use force if necessary to effect her purpose, In case of a war with Japan is not probable that Russia would look on as a silent spectator. $1 fied with the situation on the Amoor, though she has all of the north 1 the ocean and a strip of the territory bank, f mouth of the river to extending from 1 Corea and the ward. hundreds of She will never | sesses the streams. 1nd and most of gion which more tl mate i Tal NAraiy ix out conmung mie The | amical Chinese Em pire, aan} $ v : $ tc well to maintain with Western Powers, for she | have the worst of it in any counter. She has an army without efli- cient soldiers and a navy which she does not know how to manipulate to advan- tage. besides which there are signs of insubordination that may lead to other rebellions as disasterous as that of the Taeping. Fashion. Valenciennes lace is extensively utiliz- I.ight surah trimmings of for under garments, and satin petticoats have ed three rows of black or white lace. Jonquil and mandarin yellow, ma- hogany, tobacco and Havana brown, Turkey red, French gray and corn-flower blue are the names of the colors which will be most fashionable for millinery purposes this season. The coverings of dress parasols are of the richest brocaded and foulard silks, with flounces of Spanish white or black lace. A varicolored bow adorns one panel of the parasol. The sticks are of white ash or ebonized wood, tastefully carved, with a loop handle. Corsets are very long and quite low back and front, so as not to interfere with the low-neck waists, Corsets for day wear are of black or seal-colored gatin, trimmed with Chantilly or Valen. ciennes lace. For evening toilets there are white satin corsets trimmed with lace ruchings. All shades of satin are used for corsets, but black and white are most generally worn. Silk stockings for day use are in the color of the suit. Ecru silk hose are the only kind worn with all evening toilets, When the stockings match the dress the corners are embroidered with silk. The favorite shoe worn at present is open over the top of the foot and tied on the instep, On the large bows trimming the shoes are two butterfly wings of plaited material. Lace of all kinds is still to be used in great profusion, and it is not strange that the fashion continues, for this deli- young and old than garniture of any other description, Black, white, bise, ecru, creain, ficelle, pale coffee-colored, as well as dark-hued Spanish laces in myrtle green, olive, garnet, and the like, to match the color of the custome, are employed on silks, woolen and other materials suitable for the street, while the more delicate tints are at present reserved for evening wear. Later on, toilets of French sateen, linen lawn and tinted organdie, the indications being that of this kind will be in as great fashion as Silver and gold dreeses will be used fancy dress materials, Brussels upon such Chambery and India silk muslin, as gauze net brocaded with silver or gold dots, moons, The designs for fancy jewelry are large lances, horseshoes and birds, cimeters, As few very women mounted, these fancy articles are very resorted to. Medallions are and in E They sit gyplian Etruscan style, tight around the neck : some ladies use their dimmond head these are placed among for ornaments, and ' x the leaves of Marguerite dress It irls the o For young g 18 Open in a edged with a silk, t or and the iigh-necked waterial either if IU I8 + 1 $ 3 } 1 i ie i the same as that o dress, it from it For ir 3 ine 111545 not. square, i8 Ix i i high on the left 11%, SUN cord, i dark ne faille. The sleeves the a bracelet finished 1s of divi velvet X 13 Yelling, thay 4re Ley ilx with velvet cuffs. The plaited chemi- ich terminates th pt # bodice up to the neck. is of the same material as the Dark colore used instead Li pt ANC Snail ored strav hey are trimmed with Pompads plaid ribbon, with Pompadour threads running through the ribbon. The colors used for spring bonnets are shade, crushed strawberry Meduse,™’ without effect they produce, For traveling and country wear Greenaway capelines w ill They consist « f shirrings, of wi “canaque’’ These shades and ‘‘bleu are combined regard to the be favored. black placed against the hair. lace and bandeaus flowers - w— Fond of Snakes. 1 There is one thing about Prof. Bell $3 ie ike takes Florida agent of the Smithsonian In tute. which his neighbors do not Ww hich he of called on and that is the pleasure in - the companionship snakes. A professor the other day, and as he en- tered the rattlesnake dropped off a sofa pillow which had been placed upon a chair for his accom modation, glided into a corner, coiled, venomous countryman the room aS and, waving his heal back and forth, shook his rattles viciously at the in- truder. ** Grest beeswax I”! exclaimed the countryman. ‘‘Come in!" said the professor, cordially, banding his caller the chair just vacated by the snake. “Don’t mind him, he's net used to strangers, that's all.” The snake obeyed an order to ‘‘ hush and fuss,’” but still kept vigilant watch over the visitor, who, under the circum- stances did not eare to make a long stay. Doubtless the reptile’s fang had been drawn, but that did not transform him into an agreeable object for con templation. Sos A ion THE HABSBURG, LoxpoN.—The bark Nicosia, which has arrived at Bremen, reports that on April 20th, in tat, 47.37, long. 20,16, she spoke the North German Lloyd's steamer Habsburg, from New York April 7th for Bremen, previously spoken, with her shaft disabled, The Habsburg reported all well on board, The weather was fine at the time, EE eins oi - Recent Legal Decisions. (1). BANKING—CHECK FOR COLLEC» TION—TITLE. (2). SAME-BET-OFF InsoLveENCY.—B, & Co., of Newark, N. J., had a check for $11,781.93 on | New York, which they deposited in the Mechanics’ National Bank at Newark. It was the practice of the bank to credit the checks received on deposit, and on | the failure to collect to debit the | count on the day following the deposit, and while this check was still the bank’s possession it failed, and the re- ac- in ceiver sent on the check for collection, but found payment stopped. Before the deposit of this check B. & Co, had to their credit $7090.70; but the bank held £30.000 of their notes, which had been pledged for it as collateral security. B. & Co. demanded the return of the check as their property, and that the { balance of their bank account be set-ofl against their notes. These demands were refused, and they brought suit Balbach in the District them. ve, Frelinghuysen, Receiver, United States Court, of New Jersey Judge Nixon, “I. The Receiver indorsement of the check to the its eredit on ti check the Circuit enforce the opinion, said : insists that the bank, book, of the and 16 depositor’s made the property e reply to this is twofold : cases were credits are thus anks claim and always exercise o the account of wich coud not be done property of thed 2. That tl 11 111 11¢ bs 5 vy fi4 up amoug banks to credi i@ practic at once 1 te alia i t y allow him to draw against { before the collect 1 the ablest text privile y gratuitous grow the time of its failure, and was enti receive the amounts due the they matured, such an offset But they had for The them as collateral security had the right made, been AWAY value, bank them on the note, It is the credit to collect them and credit rst ¢ balance t joan as it did with the fi tha tai § claimed t tl of the Newark Bank on } these O the jr W eels of collaterals after the pavment of 1 its answer the in- is validity of the patent after ils agree- ment not to do so, Judge Shipman, **That monly expressed and presumably, there. fore, better judicial opinion is to the effect that when the has been revoked by the plaintiff and the bill treats the defendant as a naked infringer he is at liberty to avail himself of any defense ordinarily open to any defend- in the opinion, said: more com- license ant who is charged with infringement.’ 1} SHERIFF'S SALE-—OF PATENTED MACHINE 2) SAME FIXTURES MacmiNery.—K bought at a Sheriff's sale of a wooden-ware factory, at which there were sold the land and buildings, “with for tubs, pails, ete, ; large boilers, ete.’ manufacturing In this factory were two graining machined machinery and the patentee sued K as an infringer, claiming that the Sheriff could soll the right to use the machines. In this case Wilder Kent-—in the United States Circuit Court, Western Distriet of Pennsylvania, Judge Acheson, in dismissing the bill, said : ‘1, The pur- chaser of a machine from the patentee acquired no right to the patent itself, and needs none to enable him to enjoy his acquisition. By implication he is invested with a license to use that par- ticular machine, and, in the absence of an express provision to the contrary, such license passes with the machine to successive owners as an incident of proprietorship. That such is the Jaw in the case of a voluntary sale is in- controvertible. But wherefore should the rights of a Sheriff's vendee under an execution against the patentee be less than those of a purchaser directly from the patentee ? To'deny the vendee the right to use sueh machine would, in effect, prevent its sale upon an execu- tion as an operative apparatus and practically withdraw it from the reach of the owner's execution creditors, The mischievous consequences to which the doctrine contended for would lead can hardly be estimated. The position is untenable, 2. The law ef Pennsyl- which were made under a patent, VE, vania as between vender and vendee, heir and executor, debtor and execution creditor ; machinery, whether fast or loose, of a manufactory which is a con- the business there conducted, and with- out which the establishment could not be fully equipped, is a fixture, The graining machines used in the works in the ordinary course of manufacture tubs and pails, clearly they were within the scope of the levy." were of and Home Economies, THINGS That will curdle new milk, hence, | NOT KNOWN,- It sa 1 Prepar- ing milk porridge, gravies, ete., the salt should not be added until the prepared, That kerosene kettle as bright woolen rag and rub with it, will make you a8 new, saturate } remove stains from the cleaned varnisl ed furniture, That beeswax and salt will make your clean and Of hat purpose, rusty flat-irons as glass, Tie al Wax inn a When with th mp (31 rib them first wax rag, then them with a paper Hall’ cloth spri } with 1 4 1 i wiileg Lon 1 {AREER cana it will be warm water Mix them + 3 and let the mixture stand {or days, Keep the wash thus prepared a kettle or portable furnace, and whe used, put it on as hot as possible, with Here is another receipe for whitewash for out- Take barrel, and put into it painters’ or whitewash brushes, door use : a clean water-tight bushel Slack it by pouring boiling water it, and in cover five inches deep, stirring it briskly one-half lime, over sufficient quantity to till thoroughly slacked. When slacking has been effected, dissolve in water and add two pounds sulphate of zinc and one of commonsalt, A beautiful cream color may be communicated by adding three pounds yellow ochre. This is much superior, both in appearance and durability. to common whitewsah, The Modern Young English- man. Perhaps it may be said that, on the whole, our young men to-day are not much better than they have been at any past time. Unquestionably they have their faults, their vices, and their affectations. But in some respects they do indicate a material improvement upon their predecessors, If they are often as deficient in Ideas, and in gene- rally intellectual tastes, they pay much more attention to the refinements and amenities of life. They do not parade coarseness or grossness in their manner or in their conversation, as formerly it was esteemed the mark of an esprit fort to do. They have, in a word, far less suspicion of what bas been called “ British brutality ** about them ; they conduct themselves uniformly more like gentlemen and less like grooms, Nor an it be said that this grave bearing and speech has been purchased at any sacrifice of manliness. The young Eng- lishman of to-day proves himself, when- ever opportunity occurs, true to the best traditions of English courage and endurance, Scraps. The people of the far West have an idea that a dude is something given away with a pound of tea, Portable paper houses are coming into vogue in England. tion of seaside abodes. A Taunton woman rolled off a lounge while drunk. Her struck basin, and was wedged so snugly that face in she, being unconscious lay there and smothered to death, A painted advertisement in | Mountain caused a spirited horse to ! and driver went headlong over | and were killed, The steam paper yacht to be Waters 3 een at whieh Lansingburg have work for ahwited ix about ready to be 3 $1.1 - « builders are confident \ . i 11 £ i x periment Will De SUCCESS ucking dove, the darkies say | sign spring dun come. ”’ A Mich gan woman ie respon made jum bers | of vert and closed up saloons, but {| his report seemed so astounding and would, ilerters however. “‘watch events and exercise the utmost vig ilance.”’ a How to Manage a Biting Dog. A gentleman who has given the sub- attention furnishes the campaign plan to avoid vicious dog, which for our readers who ject close following we in seriousness publish § the benefit of those of may be interrupted by a biting dog stealing firewood, or are a and for while they th Vid are in neighbor's y other 51 any prop I purpose ‘If vou enter a lot where there isa vicious dog be careful hat you, hold the same down by your side, When vou have dope this you have secured perfect immunity from an attack. The dog will not attack you if this advice is followed. Such is my faith in this policy that I will pay all doctor bills from dog bites, and funeral expenses for deaths from hydrophobia. It is the unknown danger the dog does not like to meet," Why the dog refuses to bite the man who carries the hat in his hand we are unable to say, but such is the fact, nevertheless, Perhaps the intelligent and appreciative animal is disarmed by the politeness of the intruder in removing his hat or, may be, the dog becomes paralyzed at the intru- der taking up a collection for some charitable purpose. Teons Siftings. to remove your or cap as the animal approaches between vourself and the dog. il on RA SII OBL. A stranger of respectable appearance and somewhat solemn demeanor, en- tered a flower. dealer's store in Oswego a day or two ago and said that he wished to pay for a barrel of flour fraud. ulently obtained thirty years ago. He “ealeulated' that flour was then worth $4 a barrel, and without another word i 10 handed out $10 and went his way. The Dispensary, Dis FECTANTS, The London Medi- eal Record concludes from Prof, Koch's corrosive sublimate, Solutions of one part of the latter to 1000 parts of water will kill spores in ten minutes, while a to arrest the power of development in’ or Respecor tHE Bopy.—-A writdy ios of ** Respect th bodily health, gi it Don’t don’t d smother night slight nurse or pet it tw Bays e body ve what it requires and no more, pinch ars or pinch its feet : Ly a hot fire all day an it under heavy bed don’t p tin a cold draught on rith doctor's stufls into a wine Al L~ YOIux wespect Lhe manhood { rest. Of it, but be ii are done ot a misused it at least wi horse Pon it nina at a excelent NET ri] Te Rea 1 aence I became ac- Hiness JIS the the fruit Vv most failing Eiki Onsiuey if need. ppl y since come back to ifornia, as also nisiana, 1 used limes 111008 10 ith most diphthe: CABER, ir- umb be the indeed, i 180 if spiral formed of fine grooves The ever quite perfect. however, The are es or places where lines run other here Ex- amining both thumbs, it will be seen that they do exactly match, but on each thumb ig the same life. If the thumbs of any two ugh nl spiral is, rarely if rregaiant re into eact and there, not ngure "ey i« are compared it will further ound that no two are alike. There and generally is, a “family, resemblance’ between members of the family, as in other features ; there are also national characteristics, but the individuals differ. All is betes by taking “proof impressions’ of This is easily done by it on a slab covered with a film * ink, and then pressing it on of white paper, or a little ans line dve, Indian ink—almost anything— t persal be fi mar he SR this sei thy thumb, pressing of printers a piece may be used The Chinese {ake advantage of this to! identify their important crimi- nals, at least in some parts of the empire. We photegraph their faces: they take impressions from their thumbs, These are stored away, and if the delinquent should ever again fall into the hands of the police, another im- pression at once affords the means of comparison. The Chinese say that, considering the alteration made in the countenance by hair and beard, and the power many men have of distorting and altering the actual features, ete., their method affords even more certain and easy means of identification than our plan of taking the criminal’s portrait. Perhape we might with advantage take a leaf out of their boek, nA 0. PREPARING FOR THE LAWN Whether large or small, or to be turfed or to be seeded, the soil should be drained ; well manured and spaded or plowed. It should then be harrowed, and the surface freed from stones, chips, roots, ete., by thorough raking. In & lawn to be sown, it is well to lay marg'ns of sod along the paths and roads as well as along the out-lines of
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