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Year: 1868

Take a piece Of pasteboard, about five
inches square, roll it into tube, with
one end just large enough to fit around
the eye, and the other end rather small
er. Hold the tube between the thumb
and finger of the right hand and (do
not gasp It with the whole hand( put
the large end close against the right eye,
and with the left hand hold, a book
against the side Of tbe tube. Be sure
and keep both eyes open, and there
will appear to be a hole through the
book instead of throughthe tube. The
right eye sees through the tube, and
the left eye sees the book, and the two
appearances are 50 eODfoanded to-
gether that they cannot be separated.
The left hand can be held against the
tube instead Of a book, and the hole
will seem TO be seen through the hand.
Year: 1868

The Philadelphia Press says the
Democrats have taken care to nominate
candidate for President who was in fa-
vcr of the last rebellion against the
government aud a candidate for Vice
President who has pledged himself in
favor Of the next rebellion against the
rrOvarnYpeuf
Year: 1868

The case of Edward Thompson ct ais.
vs.. Alfred Moulton arises on claims for
damages alleged to have been sustained on.
goods shipped from New York by the
steamship r. R. Colyer, Of which defen-
dant was the agent. It appears from the
record that the defendant agreed that, in
case the owner of the vessel did uot liuui
date the claim that he would. This sult is
Instituted on that agreement, and the dam
ages alleged to be due are $4,000. The
case was tried by jury in the court below
and Judgment for the defendant. The
court does not view the agreement of
Moulton as binding him to liqnidate these
claims n his individual capacity. but only
as the agent of hrs principals, the owners OF
the steamship r. R CuyIer. II ia evident
that he transcribed bis authority as agent
in making it, but that OF itself does not
render him amenable. The claim for dam
ages should be rightly brought against the
owners of the ship, and not against the
agent The Judgment of the court below is
affirmed, with costs.


The case OF U. S. Benedict VS.. William
Francis involved the question whether the
Sheriff had the right to retain from the
proceeds of sale of property on a mortgage
a sum sufficient to discharge the back taxes
The court declined to give an opinion ON
the subject, for the reason that the case did
not come within the jurisdiction of the
court
Year: 1868

Especial Dispatch to the Missouri Democrat.l


NASHVILLE, November ga bill was in
troduced in the Senate Saturday to sell the
Nashville and Northwestern raj lroad to the
highest bidder.


The bill to restore the McMinnville and
Manchester railroad, now in the hands of
receiver, to the company, was made
special order for Monday week.


The railroad appropriation bill was up in
the House, but on the first vote being taken
it was shown that no quorum was present.
Year: 1868




Mostly water. If some day when


you have ''good crying spelp' the


tears be all saved, and put into the


hands of a skillfull chemist, he will


be able to show you what else they
contain. There will be a little of 4
Shiny substance called mucus, lNae


salt, some soda, phosphate of soda


THAT is, phosphorus and oxygen united


with sods), and phosphate of lime,


These substances give the salt taste TO
tears If tear be allowed to fall upon


a piece of glass, the water in # will


eyaporate, and leave the solid parts.


When examined through a good mi


croscope, these solid matters will be
seen arranged in lines crossing each
other, looking somewhat like small fish
bones. Tears are extracted from the


materials which make up the blood, by
a gland, which is situated above The
'eye6all and underneath the upper eye
hid, 1On the side nearest the temple.
Six or seven exceedingly small channels


flow under the surface of the eyelid,
dischargiug their contents little above
the delicate cartilage which supports
the lid. It is these channels oFIcshals
chat carry the tears into the eye. But
tears do not flow only at certain mo-
ments and under certain circumstances,
as is supposed; their flow is continuous; /;
all day and all night, although less
abundantly during sleep, they trickle
softly from their slender sluices and
spread glistening over the surface Of
the pupil and the eyeball, giving them
a bright aud limpid look which is one
of the signs of health. tits the cease
less movement and the contraction of
the eyelids that effect the regular
spreading of the tears, and the flow of
these has need to be constantly renew
ed 10 the way Just mentioned, because
tears not only evaporaLe after few
seconds but 6lso are carried away
through two little drains called "lach-
rymal ducts" and situated in the cor
ner of the eye near the nose. Strong
emotions, especially Of sorrow, some-
times cause the flow of tears to be
more abundant than can be readily
carried away by the ducts; then they
overflow the lower eyelid and trickle
down the cheek. When you have not
very good cause for such abundant
tears, it may help to dry them BY
of the curious arrangement
BY which they are provided to keep
The eye washed clean and in good or
der. -
Year: 1868

Mr. Valandigham announces that he
is going to ignore the dead issues, and
make the fight on tariffs and taxation.
Doubtless he would be very glad to do
so. 1t is his misfortune that the dead
issues will not ignore him. He will go
about over the Third District crying
in vain, "Who- will deliver me from the
body of this death 2" Mr.. Valandigham
is quite right, however, in supposing
that some Of the things for which be
used to contend are dead issues. The
declaration that the war for the Union
is a failure has become a dead issue.
The declaration that the South would
succeed, and that the day which wit
nesses the final separation of the South,
that self-same day DEGREES the eternal
divorce of the East and West, is dead
issue. Hostility to emancipation is a
dead issue. Opposition to the soldiers
is dead issue. And when these is
sues went down, the men who had
staked their political existence upon
them went down into the same dishon-
ord grave with them, Mr. Yallandigham.
That is all that is the matter with you
now.
Year: 1868

The Independent says: ga city
clergyman some years since preached 4
thorough practical sermon on honesty


In the course of his sermon he alluded
to this very subject, and poured out
the vials of indignation and mora


wrath against the common habit o.
stealing under the guise of borrowing.
At the conclusion of the discourse he
called upon the people carefully to
examine themselves, and solemnly
charged them that if any of them
were guilty of this offence, at once 10
repent and bring forth fruits meet for
repentance. During that very week
three books, which he had lent and
considered lost were returned to him.
He announced the fact the ensuing
Sunday; andthis brought back two
more stray books. Other lenders in
the congregation were proGted in the
same way. The careless if not dis
honest borrowers were walked up to a
sense of the evil justly charge able
against them, and at once sought to
correct it. That sermon did good.
Any sermon does good that so exposes
a sin, or recommends a virtue, that the
sinner abandons the sin and at once
sets about practiciDg the virtue" ol
Year: 1868

The execution of fourteen men for
completely in the assassination Of Prince
Michael of Serya, on the morning after
sentence was pronounced, was conduct
ed with horrible barbarity. The con-
demned were pinioned to fourteen posts,
set up side by side in front Of a trench,
in which their bodies were to be buried.
-Four soldiers, standing at distance Of
six PAGES, shot at the first in the row
until he was dead, when his body was
detached and laid in the trench. The
second was then taken in the same way,
and so on through the whole number.
The last Of course, had to attend thir-
teen successive executions before his
own turn came.
Year: 1868

Frank Blair's revolutionary letter IS
published in all the Southern papers,
under the head Of '.Frank Blair's Plat
FORM" The prospect that the recon-
structed Democracy may be called upon
hereafter to shoulder their guns, march
upon the Capital, disperse a trouble
some Congress, hoist the civil officers
elected in the Southern States under
the Reconstruction Laws out Of their
seats at the point of the bayonet and
settle the negro business with frequent
doses Of powder and ball, delights them
beyond measure. As Blair means war
and the resurrection Of the lost cause,
they are with him to the end.
Year: 1868

1t is hard times, says the Cheyenne
Star, for water in the vicinity Of Bitter
Creek, on the Union Pacific Railroad.
The workmen on the railroad there
have no water but wha. is brought
from the mountain streams, between
thirty and forty miles from where tbev
are to work. Men and animals have
to be supplied in this manner, and the
latter frequently suffer greatly when
the supply fails, as it does sometimes
before they are able 60 replenish it
Year: 1868

BUFFALO, June S.-Delegates to the third an
nual convention of tde New York Sportsmen's
Association, to be held in this city tomorrow,
are arriving in large numbers. The weather
is beautiiul and the grounds in fine order
Over five thousand birds are ready for shoot
ing, and rare sport is anticipated. The For
roster Club of this city has made preparations
for the finest sporting exhibition ever witness
ed in this country. There will be shooting all
the week.


Extensive arrangements have also been made
for the International base ball tournament at
Niagara Falls tomorrow.
Year: 1868

THE Ladies' of the employment Society" have on
i hand large numDer Of Garments for Women's
and Children's wear, which may be seen at any
hour of the day at No 25 Spring Street. and will be
sold at a very small advance cost price


lime 3-dIW
Year: 1868

Cooked Pistols Presented


We copy the following details from the
Shreveport Southeastern:


Pittman and Henley, who were found gull
ty OF the murder of q colored man, were
broughtbefore Judge Levisee yesterday. and
sentenced to the penitentiary for life. After
passing the sentence, the Judge remanded
them back to Jail to await transportation to
Baton Bouge. AS they were passing out of
the Courthouse under charge of Deputy
Sheriff Sturgess, party of unknown men
approached them and offered the prisoners
pistols which they refused to accept, where
upon two of the party lpresented cooked
pistols at the head of the Deputy Sheriff and
ordered him to remain quiet while the
balance of the party took the prisoners in
hand, and made good their escape. Every
effort is being used by the Sheriff for the
recovery of the prisoners and the arrest of
the parties who were engaged in this iisre-
putable business. We look upon the affair.
as a permeditated one, to defeat Justice of,
its dues.
Year: 1868

Boston paper tells story of an old lady
In that town who got exceedingly angry at a
morse car driver because he would not drive
Sp 70 the sidewalk and take her and her
bundles aboard,
Year: 1868

criptions that the rich would not build 1T,
so the poor must; and we sold our stock some
years afterward at 40 per cent discount and
pocketed the loss This was but fiea-bite to-
ward such an undertaking; but it proved our
good will as truly as the capitalists Sl0O'OO0 or
SJ00,000 did.


Having Travelled much over the Erie Road
throughout each year Of its existence, We avow
our deliberate conviction that it is to-day
worth every cent that it honestly cost, and that
it ought to have paid at least six per cent. per
annum to its stockholders throughout the last
fifteen years. How very different from this
their fortune has been, too many sadly know


Mr.. Drew voluntarily puts i'll an appearance
in our columns, and proffcrs certain eoirec-
tions of our recent structures on his Erie man
agement. Accepting these as good, so far as
they go, we will thank him for the directest
answers he can give to the following questions:


l. How long have you Mr.. Drew, been di-
rector of the Erie Railroad?


III. What were the aggregate amounts of its
stock and its debts respectively when you first
became such director9


III. What are the like aggregates nOr


". What have been the average yearly div
idends meantime to its nOn-Dreferred stock
holders9


v. What extensions or improvements have
meantime been made which are to-day earning
legal interest on their cOst9


VI. How much Erie stock in the aggregate
have you, since you became a director, sold
"short in other words how much have you
bet that the road would be less and less valu-
able and productive so long as you should re-
main one of its managers!


VII. How much, in the aggregate have you
made by these bets that you would succeed in
depreciating the value of the property whereof
you were trustee!


VIII How much have you made by getting
possession of its bonds for less than their face
and selling them at an advance or converting
them into stOck2


X What is your personal opinion OF the
propriety of such short y sales by director
as are indicated abOveI


y. AS you say that you lent some millions
to the road on pledge of its stock at forty
per cent discOunt-stock which you soon after
ward sold at a large prOft-will you explain
how an old and busy road like the Erie-earn-
ing $l40O0,0O0 per annum, yet paying nothing
TO its stockholdcrs-came to be in such pressing
want of several millions as to be obliged to
borrow at most enormous usuryf


Mr. Drew, you are in Jersey City; but the
books and accounts Of the Erie are oil there,
as your own are, or soon may be. You say
you pretend to "no skill in the law;" so we ask
you no legal questions. but only such as a man
of business, being honest, may readily and
concisely answer. VIII you come to the front
Year: 1868

For about three years the little Republic of
Paraguay. with population of only 100000.
has sustained heroic struggle against three
neighboring States which have an aggregate
population of 100000. Whatever opinion may
have been held as to the origin of the war; the
valor of the Paraguayans has been such as to
win the admiration of the world. But, finally,
it seems, the overwhelming force OF the Allies
has overcome the greatest bravery. The for
tress of Humaita, the Yicksburg of Paraguay,
has been taken by storm, and fifteen large guns,
with large quantity of stores and ammuni-
ton, have fallen into the hands of the victors.
At the same time the Brazilian feet has forced
q passage past the land batteries and occupied
Asuncon, the capital of the Republic. i


This is By far the heaviest blow which has
yet fallen upon Paraguay, and may soon prove
to be the fatal blow. True, the position of the
Allies had of late been greatly weakened. Dis
satisfaction with the continuance Of the war
had spread in each of the three allied States,
and led to riots and reyolts in EACH In the
Argentine Confederation the opponents of the
war had, at one time control of several States,
and but recently they have again attempted
new revolution. In Uruguay, President Flores,
who by overthrowing the lawful Government
of his State, with the aid of the Brazilians, had
brought on this war, has just been murdered
in a disturbance caused by his own sons. 1t
was reasonable, then, to expect that If the
Paraguayans could only hold out few more
weeks, the war would take a turn favorable TO
them.


But according to all probabilities, the Para
guayans will now succumb to the Overpowering
forces of the Brazilians. Their strength is ex-
hausted in consequence OF the unparalleled
exertion which they have had to make to fill
up the gaps in their army. While the strong
places, and with them their capital, are falling
into the hands of the Brazilians in the south
west another Brazilian force is invading Para
quay from the north, and there are not sufficient
troops at the disposal of President Lopez to
arrest their advance. We may, therefore, soon
hear of the submission of Paraguay. According
to the provisions of the triple alliance, the first
condition upon which the conclusion of peace
will be made dependent is the removal of
President Lopez. This effected, Paraguay is
entirely at the mercy of the victor. 1t will
have to relinquish all claims to disputed ter
ritory, and pay all the expenses OF the war.


The fall of Lopez would Immediately be fol-
lowed by treaty of peace containing the
above provisions. But the peace will at any
moment be liable to be disturbed. The in
terests of Brazil and of her present republican
allies, especially as regards the possession of
the mouths of the River Plate, are so antag-
onistic that ere long another war between
Brazil and all the neighboring Republics is
probable.
Year: 1868

The House Banking and Currency Commit
tee is TO take up the discussion OF the bill
TO substitute grecnbacks for National Bank
currency on the first Thursday in April,
when the friends of the bill declare that they
will demand the sense Of the House on the
matter and ask to be discharged from the
further consideration of the question The
plea used in favor of the bill is that by issuing
$780, 1000 more in greenbacks the Govern
ment can cancel the bonds on which our Ma
tiOnal Banks are based, thereby saving about
S18,0OO,O00 annually of coin interest on those
bonds, and furnishing a currency just as
good as the National Bank notes, since it is in
the greenbacks that the National Bank notes
are redeemable, and no note can be better
than that which redeems it, This plausible
theory hangs on a single point, easily stated,
well adapted to simple minds, and has natu-
rally large following among the superficial
and unrehecting class, and not few among
men who claim to be sharp. Let us examine it (:


/. If it be good means of canceling the
S34O, 900 of bonds held by the National
Banks, it is an equally good means OF cancel
ing the whole National debt, and thereby saw
ing $4,000, 900 of interest in coin, instead OF
merely S1S,000,000 The National Banks hold
their bonds by purchase; they have paid full
market value for them, like any other holders,
and can no more be controlled in their owner
ship, or compelled to take greenbacks, or any
other kind of bonds, for those they now hold,
than can any other owner of the Governments
promises. If we can save SlS,0OO,OOO by giving
them gIeenbacks for their bonds, by all means
let us save the whole Sl3O,OOO,000 of our an
nual interest by compelling all other bondhold-
ers to share the same fate. Our first objection
to the plan, therefore, is that if available at
all, it ought to go seven times further, and rid
us of our coin interest altogether.


H. We do not find that it saves any interest,
as compared with the opposite policy of ex-
panding the National Banking system 80 as to
make il furnish our entire currency. For the
reports of the Secretary OF the Treasury and
Controller of the Currency show that by the
creation of the National Banks the bonds on
which they are based, and which were non
taxpaying, become the capital of a tax paying
business, and that the Unconstitutional. State,
and local-to which this use Of the bonds gives
rise when set off against the interest which
the Government pays on the bonds, reduce the
latter to less than two per cent. The amount
of interest which the greenback policy would
seek to save, therefore, is not SlsOOO,00O, but
less than Ss,OOOOOO. Meanwhile, what would
be the effect Of expanding the Ma
tional Banking system somewhat IN the
manner proposed by the Senate Finance Com
mittee, so as to make it free, TO base every
800 of its currency on bonds worth 800 in
gold. TO supply the South and West with all
tho currency they require. aud " remove the
Year: 1868

We present elsewhere full account OF the
progress of cooperation, in Il great variety oil
industries, in England and France. Coopcra-
ton seems to be an Outgrowth of the social
movement which collapsed some twenty years
ago; and it is practical demonstration of q


few of the principles of association about which
there had never been any dispute. Adding
TO these principles common sense, practical men
have been enabled TO carry the several details
into successful operation, but without the least
attempt to attach thereto any social theories.
So marked has been the success, and often
with what would be termed wholly insufficient
means, and so great is the need for social and
industrial encouragement In England, that the
movement is looked upon by the most thought
full and liberal minded, as well as distinguished
men, as not of inferior importance to any en-
terprise of the time. The best feature, and
one which demands especial attention, is the
fact that when q workman joins one of these
societies, and manfully does his part, ne at
once seeks information on such general sub
jects rs make intelligent men. There can be no
question that, when system secures this re-
suit. and also adds. as it does, to the materiL
Year: 1868

The Assembly yesterday declined to provide
for the employment of counsel to further the
prosecution of the charges of corruption in the
Erie Railroad legislation preferred by Mr.
Glenn, aud that gentleman sought ana OBJ
tanned a leave of absence on account of sick
ness. II cannot he that the Assembly is pre-
pairing shamelessy to pocket the charges of
infamy put upon it, and which, inabsence of an
investigation, will attach to the personal char
acter of all its members.
Year: 1868

The long session of the Court of impeach-
ment yesterday was consumed IN the exalnlna-
ton of the reporters who took down Mr.. John
sons harangues denouncing Congress. feeble
attempt was made by the Presidents counsel
to throw discredit upon stenography and tele-
graphy as evidence The testimony was in
parts exceedingly amusing, and the sparrng
between counsel very spirited, delay being
evidently the purpose of the tactics of the de
feusp
Year: 1868

We arc informed that some of Mr.. Drew 5
lawyers are going around the community with
a drag-net to obtain evidence TO impeach the
judges that may not be as placable as Judge
Gilbert. Some of their discoveries are said TO
be quite unique and we are very anxious 10
print them. II will be interesting, for instance,
to find able lawyers seriously trying to prove
n conspiracy between judge and his grocery
Year: 1868

A bill for the submission of the new Consti-
tuition to the people of the State was ordered
to a third reading in the Assembly yesterday
1t provides for the separate submission of both
the article on the Judiciary and the article on
Negro Suffrage