Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-01-21

INRSRfEry -When this vice MAS h.
ken fast. hold Of 8 man, farewell indns-
try-fareweh attention to things worthy
attention farewell love Of virtue US So
ciety-farewell decency Of manners
and farewell to common self-respect.
Love, hope, everything lis sacrificed
and sunk to the predominant, debasine
appetite l. Men who began life with
bright and glorious prospects ahead
have closed it in shame and bitter sor-
row! Young men with good fortunes,
good talents, good tempers, good con-
stitutions, yielding to the demon Of
rum have been transformed into the
most loathsome, wretched and despica.
BILE of mankind. Happiness is forever
banished from the home Of the drunk
ard-the pale and weeping wife, the
innocent babe that shivering clings to
her breast, alas, are involved in the
same hopeless misery which, follows
him like his own shadow. All is un-
certainty, anxiety and dread. He moves
with slow and faltering step as the as
sassin approaches his victim or the
guilty culprit ascends the scaffold. In
deed, the same fate more than threatens
him. How often has the maddening
draught made remorseless devils OF
men and melted to deeds Of horror a,
which our blood chills. Pc, erty, pain,
and infamy are the ingredients that lie
in ambush in the bowl and give the
wine its bloody hue.
THINK OF IT.-The number of Ian
guages spoken is 4,064. The number
Of men is about equal to that of women,
The average of life is 50 years. One
fourth of mankind die before the age
of seven. One-half before the age Of
II. To every 1000 persons, but one
reaches the age of 100. To every 1OC
only 6 reach IS years, and not more
than one in 500 reaches 80. There are
now on the earth / 600, 900, 600 inhab.
itants. OF these 80, 1888 1888 die ev.
cry year; 91,824 die every day; T..
78O every hour !; SO every minute, anc
one every second. These losses are
about balanced by the annual number
of births. The married are longer liv.
ed than the single and above all, those
who are temperate and industrious il
their habits. Tall men live longer thar
short ones. Women have more chances
Eof life previous to the age of so years
than man, but less after. The number
of marriages is in the proportion Of Il
to 100. Marriages are more frequent
after the cquinexes, that is during tn
months of June and December Thos,
born in Spring are generally more ro
bust than others. Births and deaths
are more frequent by night than b.
day. The number Of men capable o.
bearing arms is one fourth of the pop
ulation.-Ecclectsc Med. Journal.
FAMILY FAILINGs.-In many fam.
lilies where both love and good temper
prevail, there is what may BE- called al
irksome rather than sinful mode Of
carping and contradicting each other
No harm is meant, and no offence i.
take but what can be more irksom'
than to hear two sisters, for instance
continually setting each other right up
on some triaing point, and differing il
opinion for no apparent reason, bu
from a habit Of contradiction? And i
does become such habit, that one MAJ
sometimes see persons who have &C.
quired it, contradict their own state.
menus, just made, the moment any one
advances the same opinion. 1t is gen.
orally on such triaes that this bad hab-
it shows itself, so that it may seen
needles, to advert to it; but it is &
family fault, and should be guarded
against, for it is an annoyance, though
but petty one, never to be able t.
open your lips without being harassee
by such contradictions.
COB CouNTs. brother and siste,
were playing in the dining-room, wher
their mother set basket of cakes OF
the tea. table and went out.
"How nice they look" said the boy
reaching to take one. His sister ear.
nestly objected, and even drew back hi
hand, and reminded him that it wa.
against their mothers directions.
"She didn't count them, said he.
"But perhaps God did," answered
the sister.
So he Withdrew from the tempta-
ton, and sitting down, seemed to med.
itate for moment. Then looking al
her with cheerful, yet serious air, h,
replied: 'You are right, sister-Got
does count. The Bible says, that tn,
hairs on our head are all pumbered.'
IS. S. .7dvocote.
THE WONDERS OF CREATION TAX,
up but the lowest in the order Of living
creatures and we are overwhelmed Will
a sense of Gods power and the profusior
with which he metes out the wonders Of
his handiwork. Professor Agassiz says
"More than lifetime would be neces.
sary to enumerate the various SIRE.
cies Of insects and describe their ap.
pearance Meiger, a German, collect.
ed and described 600 species Of flies
his labors covering region Of country