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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08
IOWA NEWS.

Dubuque now boasts of four militar,
companies, and German company, making
the fifth, is now forming.
During the late high stage Of the Mis-
sissippl, East Burlington was deserted, and
the water ran in at the windows of the sec.
ond story of some of the houses.
The Mt. Vernon Meas reports an OK
from Jones county, five years old, measur-
ing eighteen feet from the tip of his nose to
the end Of his tail, aud weighing q, 900
pounds.
Mob law and lynching seems to be the
order Of tho day in Keokuk county. The
Jail was recently broken open and the pris-
oners liberated. A father and daughter,
guilty Of lewdness, were severely horse
whipped.
MORTGAGES lRRRDEEMABLE. The Kcokuk
Post says that bya decision of the Supreme
Court it is declared that lands sold under a
mortgage are not redeemabe. This puts
new complexion upon mortgages. If such is
the proper cons ruction Of the law, it should
be amended or repealed as soon us possible.
SUICIDE BY YOUNG LADY..-Miss Emily
McPherrin committed suicide at Burlington,
Il few days ago, by hanging herself with
strips Of cotton cloth in the stairway. She
was an estimabIe young lady, about 10 years
of age and Il member of the Methodist
Church. No cause is assigned for the rash
act by the Hawkeye, other than Fl OF mel
ancholy. Four years ago an elder sister,
under very similar circumstances, commit
ted suicide by shooting herself.
JoNEs COUNTY. Two men lately passed
on citizens of Anamosa about $40 in coun-
terfeit money on the White River Bank, Vt.
The denomination of the bills is SO, which
is said to be new counterfeit, as it is not
described in any of the detectors. The men,
whose names are Thomas W. Parsons and
Edward Gillett, and who are said to have
borne good characters in Jackson county,
where they reside, We're arrested in Linn
county and lodged in Jail at 'iarion to await
.ial. "A horse was stolen from the pasture
Of John Fison, of Scotch Grove township, on
the night Of the 10Th ult., and the unknown
thief escaped with his booty.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

| GY Mr.. Carboy is character with the
New York Sunday Atlas, and frequently
says some very queer, and funny, and truth
full things The following clever hit at GER
tain editors who get up weekly, learned re.
plies to the questions of imaginary CORES
pondents is worth re-printing. Here it is I:
| Mr.. Carboy presents bis compliments to
the weekly Miss Nancy papers, and respect
! fully offers, at reduced rates. any amount of
answers to correspondents, manufactured as
per order {:
Miss Ella-lt would not be proper for
you, under the circumstances, 10 disobey
your mamma. You cannot with propriety
esk your aft ,nced if he likes baked beans.
No. ..-,. ...4.,. .....s ..-.t..r- ... ....t.. s
Lady Of the Lake-Your Papa knows best.
Lard is not good for the hair. Goshen but
ter might do, if it was scented. To remove
dirt from your hands, soap and water are
excellent. You will not catch cold. -ef. .
Adonis - If you are engaged to Clement
na you may without the knowledge OF her
inexorable papa present her with 4 pa ,er of
pins She will not consider herself stuck.
Anrious Enquirer rsr-s'How can get a
wife who will quit me ?" Marry ev ry
woman ou meet till you get the right one.
Diana -"l ou're BRICK" is very vulgar
quite low. You should say, ''You are
the compound conglomeratpn Df sick and
alumine, made firmly coherent by the intlu-
ence OF artificial caiorlc, creatad during the
calciuati of ignited wood"
| X. p. s. is not an abbreviation of Picked
Sardlns.
Lenora-Do your homework first-make
the ed.-sweep and then you can remon.
strate with the cook in regari to cold vict-
| uals. ~
Maytha-Lord Swab did not marry his
butler An English butler is invariably Of
the male gender. A va.et is not an indis-
pensable. He is an upper servant. .
Pop goes the Weasel Melphome is fool.
sh. You have a perfect right TO take her
grandmother to the theatre, and she should
not be Jealous. You should not take ''Mel."
by The nose with the thumb and finger OF
| your left hand when You kiss her 1t Is Il
trouble to You, and might be painful to her
p. P.--The sun rises in the east. Hens
do not always set in the west. The 'Lay
OF the last Minstrel" was not an egg; it was
q song. f... s. -..'.
Miranda 1t is not proper to let Adolph
as kiss you in the street nor is it lady-lik'
for you to sit down upon a fire plug. |
your sister loves the policeman, she hat
/ better let him take her up.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

A GLANCE AT THE PAsT.-As q
matter Of more than ordinary interest
now that the tremendous slaughter a,
Magenta is thrilling the world with
horror, we gather the following statis-
tics of desperate battles fought in
Europe since 1872: .
On the heights, four miles from Sal
amanca, in SPAN, the English and
Spaniards under Wellington, met and
totally defeated the French under
Marmont, July 22d, 1872. The allies
lost $500 men the French $1,000.
At the battle of Smolenski. in Rus
sia, in 1912, the French lost II 900,
and the Russians 10000.
In the desperate battle fought at
Borodina, Sept 7th, of the same year,
the French lost in killed, wounded and
prisoners, $4,000; and the Russians
about the same number. The survivors
of that terrible campaign on the part
of the French. were but 35, out Of
an army of 100000 men with which
Napoleon |. entered tie Russian terri
tory.
At Lutzen, in Russian Saxony, Ma
poleon defeated the allied armies of
Russia and Prussia, May I'd, 1913.
French loss, 1900; allies, $4,000.
At Bautzen another battle was fought,
May 22d, in which the French loss was
put down at 25, 900, and that Of the
allies at $4,000. At Dresden, on the
26th and 9th of August, same year,
again met and defeated the
allies, who suffered the loss of $4,000
men, killed, wounded and prisoners
the French about l. 900. At Leipsic,
in the month Of October following, af-
ter fierce conflict continued for three
days, the French were totally routed
by the allies, with the loss Of two Mar
shalls, 20 Generals, and 80, 200 men
The allies lost !, 100 officers and about
40, 900 men. /
At Victoria, in Spain, battle was
fought between the English and French,
June 21st, 1913, in which the -crmer
lost $3.50, and the latter 1000 men.
At Toulouse, in France, Wellington
met and defeated Soult, April 10th,
1914. The French loss was 4,70O !;
that of the allied army, 4,29O.
At Ligr y, in France, a battle was
fonpht betW cen the Prussians and the |
French, June 10th, 1815-two days |
before the struggle at Waterloo. The
Prussians lost 5000, and the French
$500. .... AZ
In the indecisive battle at Quatre
Bras, in Belgium, the day following,
June 10th, the allies lost 800 men,
and the French not much less.
At Waterloo, the total loss Of the
allies was $3.50; Napoleoh's was
about 40, 900. -......
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08
The Democratic Party Afraid To
show its COlOrS.

The Davenport Ne,vs, which ardently
advocated an endorsement of Buchanan's s
Administration by the late Democratic State
Convention. now acknowledges itself whipped
by the wire-workers and politicians. 1t says
We urged and asked of the Democracy of
Iowa an endorsement Of the Administration,
not that we thought it matter of any great
Importance as far as the National Democracy
were concern d, but simply because we wished
to see in the party that unanimity of action
that should always prevail-we wanted to see
Iowa placed side by side with Oregon, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Vermont, and the rest of the
States that have endorsed in their State Con-
ventions the Administration of James
Buchanan. That the mass of the Democratic
voters OF Iowa endorse the Administration we
have not doubt. But the majority of the
politicians at Des Mones, on the 23d, did not
The fact of the matter was, the Douglas men,
with Dorr, Of Dubuque, and Ben NJ. Samuels
at their head, builied the National Democrats
so, and threatened such terrible split in the
party, etc, if they did endorse the Admins
tration, that they backed the National Demo-
Gratis out, and they receded from the position
they had taken in many of the county con-
ventions. But it is, as We say, a matter of
small importance. With the exception of
Iowa and Illinois, james Buchanan has the
endorsement Of the Democracy of every State
in the Union, and upon that approval of his
course he may well rest satisfied.
The above development exhibits beautiful
Of harmony and union in the
Democratic party. According to
the News, the party in iowa endorses the
Administration, but is afraid to say So 1t
suffers itself to be domneered over and led
lither and thither, in the most alject submis
,iveness, by the Douglas ''politicians,' not
laring to utter the faintest word Of praise in
lonor of the great chief of the party at Wash
ngton. Such a cowardly set of poltroons are
deserving only of pity and contempt.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

TEE CASE OF DIR. DoY.-A correspondent
of the Missouri Dem ocrat, writing from St.
Joseph, where the trial was held, thus speaks
of the case of DR.. Doy, recently sentenced to
the penitentiary for five years for stealing
slaves:
The charge against Dr. Doy was that he
enticed the slave Dick from the State of Mis-
souri,. The evidence failed to show that Dr..
Doy was euer in the State of Missouri; while
it conclusively proved that the boy Dick left
Missouri ,cith a pass from his master, allow
ing him to do so, and that Jno. Doy never
saw him until after he reached Lawrence.
Further comment is unnecessary; the
whole transaction is libel upon the freedom
of an American citizen, in open violation of
Justice, and only paralleled by the English
state trials in Ireland.
If the Supreme Court of Missouri does not
grant new trial, they deserve the execration
of every honest heart and unprejudiced man
but I cannot think the highest court of any
State could be guilty of so great injustice as
to refuse new trial, with the features OF this
case fairly before them.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

A "TURN-up' FOR ruE BoYs.-The pro.
prietors of the Prai'ie Farmer, Chicago,
offer premium of $25 to the by under the
aye of l6 who will raise the larges' nun
Der of Bushels of RutabAgas or fat TarnpI
on one acre of ground the present season :;
the cultivation to be entirely by himself !;
the quantity Of ground aud amount OF crop
to be attested by three responsible individu-
ais. The quantity of seed. time OF sowing,
mode OF cultivatng, and the time of harvest
ing to be furnished by the competitor. All
reports t, be sent in by the lst of Decemb er,
when the award snd names of competitors
will be announced. Those who intend to
compete are requested to notify that paper
at once Of suc intention.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

C. G. CoiE. This individual, who has
receigel tae nomination for Supreme Judge
by the Democratic State Convention, is a
lawyer living at Des Moines City, and recently
from Kentucky. We prophecy that his name
will be withdrawn from the ticket before the
election as soon as it becomes known what
manner of individual he is.
Cole, did he live in Chicago, or St. Louis,
or any other large tow, would be known as
a Shyster He was indt@ed to emgrate from
Kentucky on account of his sharp practices,
and has already achieved an unenyiable repu-
tation at the Capital. Before he was nomi
mated, gentleman, who can be relied on,
told US that recently stranger had his pocket
picked of or lost his pocket book, containing
one. hundred dollars. He offered fifteen dol
lars for the recovery of the money. The thief
was arrested, and Cole employed by the
unfortunate gentleman. Cole took possession
thief had spent all but $50. He gave $l5 to
the person who made the arrest, and kept the
other $l5 as fees. The stranger appealed to
his lawyer, saying that he was a stranger,
entirely out of money, and having no means
of returning to his home. Cole told him he
must 90 around to the citizens and beg, and
accordingly wrote out subscription paper,
heading it with his own name for $3.50, and
charging the gentleman that amount for
drawing up the paper Is this the kind of
individual to occupy the high position Of the
Judge of the Supreme Court? He does not
deserve the honor of defeat, and will be
incontinently kicked out Of the arena when
his party are better informed as to his real
character. Darlington Hawkeys. s<
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

a young man named Robert Humphrey
has twice climbed flag staff one hundred
feet high, in ST Louis, and stood on its
apex.
Three Senators of the United States Con
gress are now in Paris MIR Seward, of
New York; Mr. ClIngman, of North Caro-
lima, and MIR Sumner, Of Massachusetts.
Nathaniel Ray Greene, the last surviving
son of Major General Greene, of the kevo
luton, died at his residence in Middletown,
CT, last Saturday. He was 79 years of age.
The only Surviving child of Gen. Greene is.
Mrs. Littlefeld, who now resides in Missis
sippi. ta-
Gold has been discovered in Benton county :,
Missouri. A specimen wa, submitted to
the citizens OF War,aw by the fortunate
fiji der, who, to convince the skepscal Of
tered to bet from $1,000 to $40 900 that the
article did exist in the lanl he described.
People here are getting excited on the
subject. ..f ...-.
The march of improvement is attended
with starting results. water cart was
introduced in the dry and dirty streets of
Kansas ity, recently, and created a wide
spread excitement The little boys shouted,
the newspaper reporters followed it all over
town to see just how it worked, and vener-
able dame rushed out of the house in a fer
vor of benevolence to inform the driver that
all his water Was wasting!
Gen. Mcmahon, whom the battle of Ma.
genta has raised to Marshalship and a
Dukedom, is of Irish descent, his ancestors
having foil wed the Stuarts into exile. lie
was educated at St tyr, fought in Algiers,
served at he siege OF Antwerp in 1881, re-
turned t, Algiers, worked his way up o the
rank of General, and as snch governed the
Province of Oran. lie was sent to the Cri-
mea to take mmand of Division as sue
cessor 10 Gen G~nrobert. lie led the storm
ing pa ty against the aialakoff. He is fifty
two year, old.
DR.. A. Bastian, who has just published
book in Bremen, on his visit in 1857 to San
"a yador, the capital Of Congo. says that the
princes, les of the royal family enjoy remark
able privileges. They may make their Sc.
lection Of husband, from the uobes of the
realm, and the happy men have to repare
themselves for their duties and their honprs
by several mon hs If solitude 10 ir.sure
conjugaf fdelty-not on the part Of the
wife, who enjoys the greatest freedom, but
on the part Of the husband whenever he
leaves the house tom toms are beaten before
him, and at the sound of them al women
must hasten out Of the way. This is the lot
OF he prince-co sort of Africa
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

EFFECT OF WAR ON II MAN STATUKE.-Dr.
Bell says that it the curse Of war be long
entailed on nation, the physical energies
OF the people may suffer, the loss of lis
finest population, to such degree that the
succeeding generation will fall short of it's
former standard stature, rs was the case OF
the French youths drafted fer the army after
the general peace. Thus, in 1926, out
OF one million thirty three thousand four
hundred and twe My two young men drafted
to serve in the army, three hundred and
eighty Thousand two h. ndred and thirteen
even the diminutive stature of four feet ten
inches of French measure.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

The STRONGEST MAN LIVING. DIR.
Winship, the modern Sampson, who
tainted on attempting to lecture in
Boston, not long ago, made another
attempt that proved more successful.
The correspondent. Of the New York
Tribune says: .as .as.:E- :~H
His lecture was very sensible one,
on the Importance Of obedience to the
physical laws Of nature, especially as
to ventilation and muscuar develop
ment. He believed that no adequate
notion is yet had as to the degree to
which bodily strength may be increased.
He had his own attention first attract
ed to the subject when in college, eight
or nine years ago, being at that time
not more than an average lad Of six
teen or seventeen. By degrees he has
increased his muscular powers up to
their present extraordinary force. He
is about 5 feet7 inches tall, and weighs
when in good condition, only 143 lbs.
By way. of showing US what he could
do, he first lifted with his hands only,
without straps or other apparatus, a
weight Of 92O pounds, including the
chain which sustained the weight. This
he affirmed, was more than any man
ever lifted before, in the same way, OF
whom there is any authentic record.
A famous strong Englishman in the
last century, could lift between 700 and
800 pounds, and M. Bithin, the Belg-
ian giant, 800 pounds. Both Of these
were old men, while he is but 25, and
announces his intention Of lifting 1000
pounds by the time he is 80.
Afterwards he lifted himself by his
little finger so as to bring bis chin
higher than the laboring point, and af-
terward, by grasping rope, withou!
any purchase. Next he manipulated
his dumb bells, weighing 100 lbs. each,
and concluded with taking up a BARRE
of -four in his hands, and putting it on
his sh61ldef, and walking about the
stage with it. He stated apologetical-
ly, that he was not in as high condi'
tion as usual, and weighed seven pounds
less than his average, in consequence
Of his indisposition.
"My lines have fallen in pleasan
places" said our "devll."
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

II Ussse1asScssrI1Hessle q ''tit Bit, ,tes ttbs
snpsrstetess2T ThegA was a great COURT n lAfal ID
also large vintage in 1871, and the Russian
war took place in 1872, to tn, ruin of Nap
oleon I. There WAS great comet in 1858,
and the vintage was magnificent, and now
we have the Italian war, which some conf
IDENTIFY assert will prove the ruin OF Napo-
leon Ill.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

Two ITEMS IN THE BILL.-The following
is true OF more things than one in every
day life: "You charge dollar for killing
a calf, you s,nutty rascal said a planter to
an old negro. ''No, no, Massa," replied the
pentiemas from Africa, ''charge fi,ry cents
for killun calf, and fifty cents Tor the know
hop."
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08
WHAT THE WAR IS ABoUT.-The

WHAT THE WAR IS ABoUT.-The
New York San in answer to cores
pondent who wants to know the cause
and object of the war so that he can
place his sympathies with one OF the
parties, says:
We would state it as our opinion that
the present war arises out OF the rival
ambitions of France and Austria. One
of the grand aims of the First Napole-
on was to convert the Mediterranean
into a French Lake, and to effect this,
the performance of French influence
in the Italian Peninsula was necessary.
The First Napoleon was defeated by
the European combination, and by the
treaty Of 1915 France was restrained
within limited boundaries, while Aus
tria was aggrandized by territorial ac-
cessions which have enabled her to ad-
vance pretensions to control the inter-
nal policy of all the Italian States.
Under the pretence of protecting the
peace of her own possessions in Italy
and of suppressing revolution, she has
by means Of secret treaties and armed
interventions, fastened her power upon
every Italian State, Sardinia alone ex-
cepted.
Since 1915, in the language of a
recent writer, there is not a yard Of
Italian soil Oh which she has not trod-
den with her mailed heel.' She has
been for two years in Piedmont for
five years in Naples !; for six years in
Tuscany; six in Modena six in Par
ma, and for twenty-five years in the
Papal States. She has protected the
Italian Princes against the people, and
suppressed constitutional government.
In fact, her open and avowed policy
has been to suppress all attempts for
establishment Of popular government.
Her hope and her aim evidently have
been to absorb eventually all the ltal-
ian States and extend her dominion
along both shores Of the Adriatic. She
has also aimed at supremacy through
out Germany. .,,..
France, ambitious Of territorial and
maritime power in Europe, could not
see without Jealousy the advances of
Austria. The success Of Austrian
ambition would be an insuperable am
bition, and therefore Louis Napoleon
has skilfully siezed upon the discon-
tent of the Italian people to arrest the
progress of Austrian policy. He cares
nothing for the rights Of the Italian
people, but he is faithful to the policy
of his uncle, to make France the first
nation in Europe the arbiter Of the
destinies Of Italy, and the mistress of
the Mediterranean Sea. -.
Underlying the whole policy of Louis
Napoleon is secret hostility to Eng
land, which has always favored Austri-
an interests in opposition to those OF
France. England looks with jealousy
and natural jealousy-upon any
increase Of the naval power of France,
and she may we'll feel alarmed then by
the announcement that France and
Russia-both ambitious of naval pow
er-have entered into an alliance to
control the affairs Of Europe. The
war, therefore, is not war Of princi-
pie, but war Of interests; and until
its character is fully developed, Amer
lean freemen should restrain their
sympathies, and consider only how they
may, during its progress, promote the
interests of freedom and the cause Of
free government on this continent.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

Gy A pedagogue tells a laughable story of
one Of his scholars "A son,of the Emerald Isle
He told him to spell host litv. "H-o.r-s.e,
horse,' commenced Pa :. "Not horse tility,'
said the teacher, s'but hostility" '.Sure,"
said Pat, ''an' didn't ye tell me the other
day, not to say boss? Be ia, ers. its wan
thing wan day, and another the nixt -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

~"Does this razor go easy 2" asked a
barber of a victim who was writing under
acla'nsy instrument whQse chief recommen
da ion was strong handle. "Well," re-
piled the victim, ''that depends on what you
call this operation. Ifyou're skinning me,
it goes to.erably easy if y.u're sh ,ving
me, it goes hard" u
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

FEAes OF FAMlNE.-Some of our Eastern
exchanges state that the farmers of western
Pennsylvania, apprehensive of famine on
account of the late frost, have been buying
-four, some, to last their families six months,
and others year. The panic is about over,
however.
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WlTTY.-The Louisville Journal leads of

WlTTY.-The Louisville Journal leads of
with this brilliant coruscation:
"Fowls seem exceedingly grateful for the
gift OF cold water. They never swallow
drop Of it without turning up their eyes to
hea ven."
Whereupon the editor Of the Courier takes
him off after the following manner: 4
"Fowls seem exceedingly grateful for the
gift of corn. They never pick up grain
OF it without turning up their tails to heav.