Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-16

dropped single grain Ut musk
m, mont n my r. ON; -z a.-R |
When ears rolled y the chanbr still
Retail cd the SANE perfume.
So every deed approved of Cod, -r
Where'cr its lot BE- cast,
Leaves some good influence bshinl
That shall forever last
wThey have smart boys in Albany. One
of them, pupil in one of the public schools,
got off pleasant little conceit in rhyme, the |
other day, as follows: 54r7es t..-rtg
$685. The moon WAS 81, ting in cloud, ~~s
Full hcdgel in golden light, -sse
A Matching ont tho little star,
The chickens Of the nj ght. tkAe
Iu: out of that zero brilliant brood,
Produced by Luna pale. sa' z.
There was but one poor little chick
That could produce a tail! q
This might very appropriately come under
the head Of 'scomet literature"
ABOUT DYING.-The article on
"Dcath'' in the New Cyclopedia has
the following b.. "''. .. 81 =.
AS life approaches extinction, insen-
sibilIty supervenes-a numbness and
disposition to repose, which do not ad-
NIT Of the idea Of suffering. Even in
those cases where the activity OF the
mind remains to the last, and where
nervous sensibility would seem to con-
tinue, it is surprising how often there
has been observed state Of happy
feeling, on the approach Of death. eff
| had strength enough to hold a pen, l
would write how easy and delightful it
is to de-" were the last words Of the
celebrated VIM. Hunter, during his last
moments. .Ges sraIS AMI
"Montaigne, in one Of his essays,
describes an accident which left him so
senseless that he was taken up for dead.
On being restored, however, he says !:
'Methought my life only hung upon my
lips and l shut my eyes to help thrust
it out, and took a pleasure in anguish
ing and letting myself CO. A writer
in the Quarterly Review records that a
gentleman who had been rescued from
drowning declared that he had not cx-
perienced the slightest feeling Of sufo-
cation. 'fhe stream was transparent,
the day brilliant, and be could see the
sun shining through the water, with a
dreamy consciousness that his eyes We're
about to be closed on it forever Yet
he neither feared his fate nor wished to
avert it. A sleepy sensation, which
soothed and gratified him, made a lux
urious bed Of a watery grave "
To INDUCE SLGEp.-How to get to
sleep is to some persons matter of
high Importance. Nervous persons
who are troubled with wakefulness and
excitability usually have strong ten
dency Of blood to the brain, with cold
extremities. The pressure Of blood on
the brain. keeps in stimulated or
wakeful state, and the pulsations in
the head are often painful. Let such
rise and chafe the body and extremities
with brush or towel, or rub smartly
with the hands to promote circulation
and withdraw the excessive quantity Of
blood from the brain, and they will fall
asleep in few minutes. A cold bath
or q rapid walk in the open air, or 60
ing up and down stairs few tines,
just before retiring, will aid in equali-
zing circulation and promote sleep.
The rules are simple and easy Of ap-
plication in castle or cabin, and may
minister to the comfort Of thousands
who would freely cxpend money for an
anodyne to promote "Nature's sweet
restorer, balmy Deep
The CATAcoMBs OF oME.-A recent
visitor to that mysterious network It
Catacombs which underlies the city Of
Rome, reports that "the representa-
tons on the sides Of the sarcophagi
portray many scenes from Scripture
history, but the majority Of these are
Misrepresentation Of the Fall; the
food the dove bearing an olive branch;
the story Of Jonah and the raising Of
Lazarus and whereas in one Of them
Saint Peter is represented, receiving
the keys, in at least t,0enty, he is eth
er denying has Master, or is signal
lied by the presence Of the warning
cock. Moses often appears shifting
the rock the good shepherd watching
over his sheep the Magdalen anoint-
ing the feet Of Jesus, or bathing them
with her tears but saw no similitude
Of the Virgin Mary. no nimbus Of glo-
ry traced around the heads Of the Apos-
tles.' -
FEMALE MAJORITY IN CITIES
Males preponderate in the country
females in cities. This is occasioned
by the influx Of woman in search CT
employment which they can not find in
the country. In the city Of Brooklyn,
in the year 1855, the excess of females
was ten thousand, nine hundred and
ninety two in New York, twenty three
thousand, nine hundred and thirty two.
In 1850, the excess Was seven thousand,
three hundred and thirty-fve, so that
the probable excess at present is near
thirty thousand. In 1850 the excess
in Boston was five thousand, three hum
dred and thirty three, and in Philadel-
phia, fifteen thousand, eight hundred
and eighty. The proportion is about
equal, the excess being near four per
cent. of the entire population in all
but Brooklyn, which is about five per
cent.
.:.THE COMING MAN" In the imagi-
nation Of every young lady, the COM