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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16


SOUND ADVICE 70 YOU'VE Men,
Keep good company, or none. Never
be idle, If your hands can't be useful
ly employed, attend to the cultivation
Of your mind. Always speak the truth.
Make few promises. Live up to your
engagements, Keep your own secrets,
if you have any. When you speak to
. person, look him in the face. Good
company and good conversation are the
very sinews Of virtue. Good character
is above all things else. Your charac,
ter cannot be essentially injured, ex-
cept by your own acts. If any one
speaks evil Of you, let your life be so
that no one will believe him. Drink no
kind Of intoxicating liquors. Ever live
misfortune excepted) within your in
come. When you retire to bed think
over what you have been doing during
the day. Make no haste to be rich if
you would prosper. Small and steady
gains give competency, with tranquility
Of mind. Never play at any game Of
chance. Avoid temptation, though YOU
fear you may not withstand it, Earn
money before you spend it. Never run
into debt unless you see a way to get
out of it. Never borrow if you can
possibly avoid it. Do not marry until
you are able to support wife. Never
speak evil Of any one. Be just before
you are generous. Keep yourself in
nocent, if you would be happy. Save
when you are young that you may spend
when you are old. Read over the
above maxims at least once week.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

FURs. - But few persons have any
idea Of the magnitude Of this branch Of
trade, especially of the raw furs of this
country which are taken in such vast
numbers in the North West. I he great
er portion of these are exported to the
old countries where they are much pri-
zed. Being shipped principally to Lon
don, they are then sold to the larger
fur dealers all over the new world. Our
coon, mink and muskrat are mostly
used in England, France, Germany and
Russia. Our red fox goes to Turkey
and Greece, and our otter and beaver
to China. The latter two are used to
ornament the garments worn by the
higher classes by being cut into narrow
strips and sewed in the seams. The
mink and muskrat are used for coat Ii:
nings by the nobility Of Europe. In
return for these, we receive the finer
furs of Europe and Northern Asia, such
as the Sable, Ermine, Stone Martin,
Fitch. Siberian Squirrel, &c which
are SO fashionable with the ladies of
this country. Besides those, we pro-
cure, through the Hudson Bay Conlpa-
ny, at London, all the finer furs of
British America-Hudson Bay Sable,
Sea Otter, &C., all of which are extern
sively used in the United States and
Europe, where they are manufactured
into those beautiful cleaks, capes, victo-
zines, muffs, &c., which to our mind are
the handsomest articles Of a lady's
lrcss. /" @
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ii
DEATH q REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS
IN 1857 The number of Rsvolutions
ary patriots who died during the year is
26-of which l was from New Hamp-
shire, 4 from Vermont, 5 from Massa-
chusetts, 2 from Connecticut, 8 from
Pennsylvania, 1 from Maryland, 5 from
Virginia, 2 from South Carolina, /
from Georgia, l from Mississippi, 2
from Kentucky, and 1 from Ohio.
The names Of $1,000 Of those who
served in the Revolution have been
placed on the pension rolls since the
18th Of March, 1918, and on the Both
Of June last only 346 of this number
were reported living.
DEATH OF CENTENARIANs IN 1885,
The number of persons who have died
during the year, who reached the age
of 100 years or more, is z5-of which
1 was from Maine, 1 from New Hamp-
shire, l from Vermont, 2 from Massa-
chusetts, 2 from Connecticut, / from
New York, l from New Jersey, 2 from
Maryland, 5 from Virginia, 1 from
South Carolina, 2 from Georgia,
from Louisiana, ! from Tennessee,
from Ohio, l from Indiana, from H.
linois, and l from Missouri. The av-
erage duration of the 25 is about los IL
years. The oldest Of the number was
Aunt TIL, a slave Of Missouri, who
reached the ripe age Of $50 years.
Catharine Donnelly, of Illinois, died
at the age Of Ill years. Of the Is,
seven were persons of African descent,
and fourteen females. -..-....-..-.....-
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

The STOCK comprises
Fiue and heavy Lapland Overcoatingl
Extra do Eskimo d..
Fine heavy German castor beaved do
do blue. black. brown, olive, claret
and mulberry Broadcloths. oe-
Heavy English and French Doeskins,
do German and American do
Seagrave's fine mixtures for Business
Goats, r 5s-s sessss 81 --ssss,.5..
New styles Harris Cassimeres, ~
Plin a,a Fa ncy Scarfs and Cravat
white and fancy Shirts, Merino, Cotton
Muffiers and Comforters, sc. In fac
FURNISHING HOUSE, all of whic
and Fashionable Clothing at the very h
Muscatine, Oct. IA, l857-daw L :
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Island, and sauntered along the same
pSll1stdge for, ONE little time, d.
ring which ny guardian stotsfed that
the gentleman was from the place where
he had spent his childhood, and was
one Of his early friends. Books and
cigars we're proposed, and it was agreed
to while away the heat Of the day on
the island, and the two gentlemen left
us to secure things for our comfort and
amusement.
A closer scrutiny Of that beautiful
face convinced me that I was not mis-
taken in my supposition, and abruptly
broke the silence by saying, "Pardon
me, madam, but are you not Mrs. He
len Lee, Of =" "My name
scas Lee, but is now De Orden," she
answered half inquiringly to my qucs-
ton.
81 knew Mabel, I was with her when
she died do you remember the little
Mauds that came with her to your house
when Alfred was buried, and chung so
wildly to poor Mabel when they closed
the coffin-lid over her pale sweet face?''
She did remember me, and drew me
close to her side while she talked Of
Mabel, and the shadows she had cast
over the pathway of the beautiful or
phan, when she might have made it one
long, bright summer day: Too late
she had seen her error, but she had
married when a mere child, and had
known nothing of poverty or depend
ence, as had Mabel.
A few days after I parted from Mrs.
De Orden, but it was with kind feelings
and tender words about our lost Mabel
and then faded out the first blackness
of that early sorrow, until it seems now
a joy to number among the dead one SC
young and pure as was my first friend
Mabel Lee. MAUDE FAYE.
Beech Range, KY, Nov. 16, 1857
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16
POLITICAL OFFICE.

There is no position that a man can
occupy, that will so soon unfit him for
the useful and Industrious pursuits Of
life, as that Of holding petty Office.
There would seem to be more propriety
in elderly men holding Office. So far
as our observation goes, eig ht-tenths
Of our young men, who have succeeded
in obtaining official stations, have in
consequence thereof, been unable to re-
sumo their former avocations, either
with courage or satisfaction. Their
term Of Office generally expires with
their morals deprecated, and business
habits irreparably injured. Such is the
enervating effect of Office. 1t breeds
disquietude and discomfort, and gets up
| that feverish longing, that wishing for
place and distinction, which challenges
rather our commiseration, than respect
or esteem. When we see a young, in
dustrious and honest farmer or trades
man, by any political process, meta
morphosed into policeman, constable,
or justice Of the peace, we cannot but
think that man has made poor ex-
change he has parted with a sure and
permanent business, to assume one Of
doubtful and hazardous nature-he
has left a business calculated to give
tone, character and dignity, to the man,
for one Of an eneryating and often de-
moralizing tendency. And when we
ascend into the upper political circles,
We find but few redeeming qualities,
even there, to eulogise. Sound logic
is often supplantcd by spurious argu-
ment or sophistry directness, by ambi-
guilty. The * wireing in and wireing
out )" the entering, shutting an | doub-
le- dealing, it too often requires, under
the present system Of party politics, to
be elected, is almost enough to dis
Eearten and reddcn the cheek of every
honorable high-minded man, who en-
tiers the political arena 1t may be said
that offices must be filled. True, they
must, and it is right and proper that
they should Bs,Zand there Is no 'dsn-
ger but there will always bemen enough
ready TO do it. But instead Of this
hanging on, coaxing, and begging for
office, we would. see men called from
the legitimate and useful employmetts
Of life, from the counter, the anvil, or
plow-Cincinnatus like-to serve their
country. ssas sszg
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

Ga LOUIS NAPOLEON A RoGUs.-Aw writer
in Graham's Magazine for January has
come forward with some important rev.
Citations, conyicting the occupant Of the
French Imperial throne of the basest
imposture. Hesays that the real Louis
Napoleon died in fit, in a drinking
house in New York, some years since,
and that Yankee named Bowen, who
had long been his companion in dissi-
patton and revelry, assumed his name,
sailed Immediately for Europe, attended
Queen Hortense as her son in her dying
moments, imposed himself upon the
French people as genuine Bonaparte,
and succeeded in reaching the Imperial
throne. essI . aas
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16
THE SrATr ~ sI6w1 81 ssys
MffsnATfNE, Gof1srY ~ gvslsass

MUscATINE COUNTY 49,
TO Wsllian n. Hayward s6iss YNu arsF hereby
Iotihcd that on the 10th day Of May, A. Y. 1857,
Hatch. Humphreys q Co. Fled IN the Office or the
Clerk Of the District courrin Muscatine County,
thsir petition, claiming of you the sum Of three
hurdre ana twenty i've dollars wi accruing in
tsrest, mons dee them by you or q promisory note
executed by you to said It'll ners October 10 1856
end also iaifnne that an attachment should issu.
against your property in said and that writ
Of attachment was issued accordingly, and that an
original notice issued in sal cause, upon which
tho sheriff made the following return, viz "lran-
not ind tho within-ransd defendant in my ooun-
ty." That tbereuptn publication was ordered y
the Court to be made OF the pending of this suit.
Now, unl.ss you appear and answer said petition
on or before the rst day Of the next Term of said
District Courr, which Ter a will be begun and hol-
den at Muscatine, on the first Monday in Februa-
ry, 1858, jud gment will be rendered against you
thereon. O'CONNOR J. PATTERSON
--..-5 "a s.- Att'ys for PIfs.
direct the absve notice to be published In the
Muscatino aurnaI. seq RICHARD CABLE,
|. 5ec26-4~ pr'seeS7 Clerk d. c.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16
PECTOR.aE SH.RVp
THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF
YOUTH AND MATURITY,

lust Published, gratis, the 25th Thousand
A FEW Words on the Rational Treatr ent, with
"A out Medicine, Of Spermat oIrhea, or local
Weakness, Nocturnal Emissions; Genital and Ner-
vvous Debility, Prema tire Decay of the System
lmpotency, and Impediments 0 Marriage gener.
ally by ae1s B. DE LANEY, M. D..
The important fact that the many alarming GEM
plants, originating in the imprudence and solitude
Of youth, may be ea.ily removed, WITHOUT
MEDICINE, is in this small tract, clearly demon
strated; and the entirely new and highly success
full treatment, adopted by tho Author, fully ex-
planned, by mems Of which every one is
is ep abcd to cure IIlMS ELF Perfectly and at the
least possible cost thereby avoiding all the acv.r
tised nostrums of the day. 4-E.I f.
Sent TO any address, gratis and post free in. q
sealed envelope, by remitting two postage stamps
to Or. DE LANEY, II Lispenard street, New
York. rnuy7 Wv
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

"a WeRD ABeUEv NfeARAGUA.--
this country has for some time past At
tracted much Of the public attention,
and is likely 10 SO for some time,to
come, geographical description Of ii
might be of interest for many readers
who meet every day with newspaper ac-
counts of events occurring there Nj
caragua lies between the tenth and IF
teenth parallels of north latitude |; it
has an average length Of $50 miles to
Ia breadth Of about 220, consequently
has an area Of about $1,000 square
miles which is about the size Of the State
of Hlincis. 0ne-tcnth part Of thewhole
surface Of the State is covered by the
Lake Of Nicaragua, which is 10 miles
long, with an average breadth of 40
miles, and Hes in the southwestern part
Of the State, ten or twelves miles from
the Pacific coast. This lake receives a
great many small streams ef water, and
discharges them again through the riv-
er San Juan, pronounced San Wan, J
which, running from the southwestern
end Of the lake, after course Of about
100 miles, empties into the Caribbean
Sea, at Punta Arenas, in the south
east corner Of the State, 1t was at this
point that Walker landed with $50 of
his military followers on the 9Th day
Of last month. The river is deep, but
narrow and crooked, and is navigable
for small steam vessels from its mouth
to the lake. ss
Nicaragua is bounded on the south
by Costa RIGA, the most southern Of the
States Of Central America on, the
north by the State Of Honduras east
by the Caribbean Sea; and west by the
Pacific Ocean. It has about 800 miles
Of coast on either ocean 1t was on
the southwestern side Of the lake, and
in the vicinity Of Rivas and Granada
that most Of Walkers military exploits
were performed. s3s Fsr@~sg
sNicaragua has population of $780,
600 in all, countin g the remnants Of
the aboriginal tribes, half-breeds, and
Spanish !; Of the last there are but few,
but they are in fact the strength Of the
State, being mostly priests and officers
Of government and owners Of the soil
and masters Of the native population.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16
THE STATE OF Iowa, } &C
M \ County: s S.

To Edwin 8. Morse and Willlia m Brsimer You
are hereby notified that there is now on file in the
Office of the Clerk of the District Court of Musca.
tine County, State 81 Iowa, Petition of John ].
Rider, claiming of you three hundred dollars and
interest thereon at the rate Of ten per cent from
the 23d day of July, 1857, Is money due on
rromisory note by you executed to petitioner the
23d day Of July, 1857, for three hundred dollsrs
payable on or before January LIST, 1858, with ten
sued out a writ Of attachment against your prep
erty under sectien 1852 of tho code Of Iowa.
Now, ualess you appear and answer thereto on or
before tho first day Of the next Term of said
Court, . Judgment will be rendered against you
thereon for the amount Of said note interest and
cost. *' THOMAS HANNA @E
dec26 ,daw4w z#s. Attorney for Plaintiff.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16

| Rich Lyons Velvet Vestings, 500
do English Silk do go -.a.7's
Plain and heavy Grenadine Vestings. Is
Fancy do 90 do ss
Cashmere and Satin do
Rick white and drab silk do
Gents and Boys Shawls, - -, {.
Fine and extra heavy silk Drawers, "a
do do do do do Under Shts.
Merino and Lands Wool de do
do do do do Drawers. as
) Ties, Gloves Of all kinds, Suspenders,
and Shaker knit Wcolen Socks, Blankets
all GOODS USUALLY found in AGENTS
am prepared to sell and make into, goods
vest Cash Prices. fsss& ~ .a=2 hs.a-gasS. sa
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E S TRAY MIR f..

e S tray MAR f. So
TAKEN up by W. W. Waters, residing in the
i county Of Muscatins, State Of Iowa, mere,
and appraised and desert bed before G. c. Clark "a
Justice of the Peace iu and fof the said county
as follows, bright sorreI mart, rising four years
old white left hindfoot, scsr on left fore foot
fifteen hands high. true copy of Ju,tic. + return
EDWARD II THAYER,
uov2S-wI3w tt County Jui!e.
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b u L D I n O..
THE uxDs Rs,enrD HAVING sczIvsD %


E1v0 D1plonna0
A Nd FIVE Fret Premiums OF the Iowa State
n Agricultural Society foi Architectural and
Stuceo Work, would inform the public they are
prepared to tulnisb tesigss : q .drsvinn and
nanufacture al kinds Of Arehitaetnfal 6tucco
work Alses pSs-ide material s1d mpesin(epd
- seect buildinel Of sveey dessrtpliae a skort
aoties. Up + J.W. MALTUN,
06i-s 4 res(denes, 18th IT,, Musestina, Isvs.
n p. S.-We Are prsparsd toraiseos snsse buiid-
dings a bslses. fdesf-Ty
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THE New York Evening Mirror says, tina
L Hainea Brothers iron frame Piano Fortes are
The cheapest, first class Pianos in market,
and the New York Musical Review says 'sthey are
the best instruments at the lowest possible price
They can be supplied at the manufacturer New
York prices, and each instrument war; nted as
fully q, if purchased Of Mr.. Haines, personally
atthe Muscatine Music Depository, 1876 I'd Ut. :, BY
Il ...--- JOSEPH SYKES,
Agent for Haines Brothers, N. B. Prince l. Co,
and Mason l. Hamlin's Melodeons at eastern prices,
Viollns, Guitars, Accordeons, Flutes &C., the best
Of Strings, and every article usual, Kept in Mu-
rio Store. Also, tuning done by the year or other.
wise. i35 I'd st., opposite Uuion Block.
may15 a
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One day Of dinner lady and gentle
man were my eppositess In the fair
face Of die lady ] traced features
strangely familiar. A faithful study
Of that face during the lengthy meal
made me almost certain that I beheld
Helen Lee.
We met a few hour after upon 0oa1
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close to her stately one, For I feared
she was suffering, and did not like to
see her look SO white, and her mouth
% firm, as we walked up from the car
riage 80 the front entrance, s.asss
Tie honsekeeper, robed in deep
snoofning met US at the door, and after
shaking hands with Mabel and kissing
me, ledaus to- room in one Of the
wings, which she said was, Mabel's,
tho. telling us the funeral would be at
i've that evening, left US to inform Mrs.
Lee Of our arrira.:.
ssWho is Mrs. Lee:s asked, for
Mabel hsd never told me anything OF
her relatives, and I had not asked ncs
until then Of them. 'sMy brothers
wife, Maude, and now I will leave
you, while I 60 to the parlor and see''-
here she paused, and then adding, ssf'll
be back soon," went out to keep her
first vigil alone with the dead, where
We found her an hour after, cold as the
clay over which she bent, her long
treSses sweeping the face Of her brother,
and bel. hands tightly clasped in his.
Poor Mabel We bore her to hel
room, sad al that day, and the next,
.jsi 81 her bedside, watching her as she
sisy Ike ) crushed flower, in that dread
I'll stapor, 80 ike death that ] touched
again end again her cheek to assure
.ssysslfs sls had not breathed out he1
youn8 1if6. ~ sa $50
I aid not 90 to the grave. / coult
not leave Mabel but 4 stole down ii
q SpSrl6r before the people gathered
- laid snoW-drops and hearts eas'
Skll tf6snd ~ bright curls so unlik'
fGils hlack ones, and kissed tn
"a s foeGhead md full lips. not 81
-.el1nnien1 - heaaiful Is Mabel's, bu
yns9sI : ~ nd clasped the pal
sffte RE in his folde
ss; 2 = Adauls; - Slaiek =
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1t was night, long past my hour of
retiring, when l stole to MabePs side to
look on her again ere l sought my
couch, at the foot of hers, for | would
not leave the room. and they did not
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l. ~ =
one, for your friend will never be a.
to lift even your Slight weight again
she must die, young and beautiful as
she is" and he laid the dropping head
higher against his shoulder, and held
her tenderly as a father would have
done, until the carriage stopped andshe
bore Der to couch hastily pl epared in
the library ay his wife, since the doc
tors messenger had informed her Of
the accident and his cesains with his
young charges.
My poor Mabel. Shess lay SO still
and pale, I feared she was dead, until
Dr., Lynn examined her bruises and
gave her restoratiyes. Her spine, he
said, was dreadfully injured, and she
could not survive through the coming
night, aud he went out to send mes
sage to Mrs. Lee to that effect, and ar
ranged things for the comfort Of his
dying guest. 81 Ks3a,s4.
T was safe, unhurt,, except . few
tslisht bruises, but it was Mabels act
that made msso, aud I wcpt bitnm tears
that night that. she had met death in
lsuch, form, yet in his very face Thought
Of the child committed to her charge.
| Mrs. Lynn, the doctors wife, watch
led with me BY her bed, and called me
when she first became conscious. Il
was standing in the deep bay window,
looking out as I am now, only it was
Isummer then, and the full, orbed moon
lshone over scene Of rare beauty, and
tgilded the long galleries around the doc
| tors handsome residence. Twas think
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