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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-01-20

PRICE THREE DIMES, n
The Liver Invigerator and$ Family Cathartio !
Pills are retailed by Druggists generally, and sold
wholesale by the Trade in all the large towns.
s.T.EW. SANFORD, M. D.,
Manufac.arer and Proprietor,
Oct.15: 335 BROADWAY, New YoRK.s
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-01-20
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L I'VE INVIGORA Alto 3.
NEVER nERTIJTATES
n EtE Eli DEBlLlIAIES.

TT IS COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY FROM
1 GUMS, and has become an established fact, Q
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-01-20

Troops COOlu uOt Ue Sout w tueiI oSoAosonoe
through our own country, except by the
overland route, which experience has shown
to be, for an army, almost impracticable;
while if sent by any other route, they might
be compelled to tight their way to the States
they are sent to defend. 1t seems to me to
be bad policy that would compel rs to
depend upon other nations for q right of
way to cur own possessions and our own
homes, when we can have such way within
our own limits. -. = go -
A great central trunk route, with branches at
either end to accommodate all parts Of country
both upon the Atlantic and Pacific, would meet our
wants and commend itself to the sound sense and
calm Judgment of our people. / also recommend
that you memorabilia Congress in favor of that
measure.q <t: &EtE Es ~ go % u!
There is one aspect of the vexed and exciting
question of slavery to which wish to direct your
attention as one upon which perhaps our whole
country can,h&monize. Recent events in Virginia
have drawn The attention Of our Southern brethren
to the danger surrounding them; by reason OF the
great number Of free colored persons among them
in contact with their slaves ana the excitement OF
the moment has caused some Of their stats Legisla
lures seriously to entertain the terrible proposition
to compel this unfortunate people either to become
involuntary exles from the land of their birth To
become slaves. The repugnance, the prejudice, il
you WILL of the people Of the free States especially
Of the northwestern States, against allowing any
large influx Of these unfortunates among them, is
well known and must be needed BY those who make
laws for these states The dangers and difficulties
attendant upon the presence Of free colorsd persons
in slaveholding community prevent emancipation
by many who would otherwise gladly set free their
slaves, and have in some States caused the passage
OF laws prohibiting or greatly hindering emanciPa
ton. Indeed these dangers and difficulties aee 70
day the great hindrancs TO the abolition Of slavery
in and by the slave States, and the apprshended
danger that, in case the Southern States should
overrun BY the Ignorant slsves Just manumitted, i,
skllfully used BY partisan Politicians among US t.
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4 WOHAN OF MIND.

My wife is woman of mind
 And Fowler, who examined her bumps, Vowed that never was found in a woman
 Such intellectual humps: Ideality big as an egg,
 With casualty great was combined-- He charged me dollar, and said,
 "Sir, your wife is woman of mind l' She's too clever to care how she looks
 Will horrid blue spectacles wear; Not because she believes they give her
 fine intellectual air Nol she pays no regard to appearance,
 And combs all her front hair behind, Not because she is proud of her forehead,
 But because she's a woman of mind She makes me bushel of verses,
 But never pudding of tart If hint would like one, sine VOWS
 Pm an animal, merely, at haart! Though Pyenoticed she spurns not the pastry, Whene'er at friends we have dined, And has always had two plates of pudding Such plates, for a woman of mind! Not stitch does she do but distich,
 Minds her rhyming instead of my clothes; I haven't shirt with a button,
 Nor a stocking that's sound at the toes: If l ask her to darn me pair,
 She replies she has work moro refined; Besides, to be darning of stockings
 Is it fit for woman of mind2
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ARrEMus WARD AT OnrRLlN-Oberlin

ARTEMUs WARD AT OBERLIN.-Oberlin is great place. The Kollidge opens with prare and the New York Tribune is read. 4 kolleckshum is then taken up to buy oyerkoats with red horn buttons on them for the indigent kullured people of Kanady. l hay to kontribit literally to the glorious work, as they kawl it hear.
 At the boardin house the kullured peo- pie sits at the first table. What they leeve is made into a hash for the white people. As 1 don't like the idea of eatin' my vittles with niggers, set at the round table, and the consequence is I've devour- ed 50 much hash that my inards are in a highly mkt mp kundishun. Fish bones have made there appearance all over my body and potator peelins air springin up all thru my hare. However, I don't mind it. I'm gittin along well in a pc cunery point of view. The Kollidge has konfered upon me the honery title of K. T., of which I am sufficiently prowd.- Unless go to Geenawgy county, 1 shall be in Kleveland next week. Fairwell.- Where ere I Rome ile never forgit thee. I warnt you to git out my handbills in famin stile. ARTEMUs WARD, K. T.
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WHY DO CHILDREN DIE ?-The reason why children die, says Halls Journal of Health, Is because they are not taken care or. From the day of birth, they are stuff ed with food, choked with physic; sloshed with water, sufocated in hot rooms, steamed in bed clothes. So much for in door. When permitted to breathe a breath of pure air once week irl summer, and once or twice during the cold months, only the nose is permitted to peer into daylight. A little later they are sent out with no clothes at all on the parts of the body which most need protection. Bare legs, bare arms, bare necks, girted mid dles, with an inverted umbrella to collect the air, and chill the other parts of the body. A stout, strong man goes out in a cold day with gloves and overcoat, woolen stockings and thick double soled boots, with cork between and rubbers over. The same day, child of three years old, an infant in flesh and blood and bone and constitution, goes out with sole as thin as paper, cotton socks, legs uncovered to the knees, neck bare; an exposure which would disable the nurse, kill the mother outright, and make the father an invalid for weeks. And why? To hardon them to mode of dress which they never ex- pected to practice. To accustom them to exposure which dozen years later would
 be considered downrig foolery. Torear children thus for the slaughter pen and
 then lay it to the Lord, is too bad. We
 don't think the Almighty had any hand
 mt m II. A ana .i to draw comfort from the per
 sumption that He has any agency in the
 death of the child, is presumption and proclamation. '-N
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Mississippi Mil Factory.

THE subscriber is engaged in manufactur- ing Portable Grist Mills, at Clinton. Miss, and from an experience of 14 years, can assure the public that he will make it particularly to their interest to give him their patrora are.
 These Mills are insured to grind from to 6 bushels per hour, by horse power and from 15 to 20 by steam. All orders addressed to me, at Clinton, Miss, or to the following Agents:
 L. Q. Moore O., Vicksburg; Rathburn & Cavalier, Milllken's Bend; Suddith Co.,, Friars Point; J. Il. Barton, Helena, Ark; will receive prompt attention.
 will deliver the above Mills at the following prices: Eighteen inch Mil, S1l0; Twenty-inch, $130; Thirty-inch, Sl70. could furnish any quantity of references for the performance of these Mills, but deem it unnecessary.
 If possible will attend in person or send an agent to set the Mill up. Respectfully,
 march27, 5o.l J. s. CLARK.
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la applied sciepeas' tho '-r''i'' ''''- I. ammo
 S ne wr-. 1.z T-t----s-N 5tFSS. or two since, where the newspapers i1TG- not penetrated, and Sickles was unknown. One ofits denizensinquired very affection ately after the health of Sheneral Shack son. 1 informed him, with lugubrious expression of countenance, that the old hero was dead
 'Dead!" he echoed; "Sheneral Shack son dead Mein Gott F"
 The place referred to is in the northern part of Maryland. It Is a wretched country; white beans won't grow there without the aid of cataplasm to assist them in coming up. They manage to raise few sheep by grinding their mug zles to a point So they can insert them be- tween the stones, where an occasional blade of grass has been scattered by a kind and in9ulgent Providence. l saw but two cows in drive of twelve miles they seemed sympathizing with each oth- CT on the barren prospect before them, and were evidently consoling themselves OF a speedy exit from that vale of stone | and bovine mortality.
 | l would say, for the benefit of those who are tired of city life, and are anxious to " settle" on little farm, that land can be purchased in that section at from one to four dollars per acre-sand and stones included. Blessed be nothing" is the motto there. A man who owns fifty acres is poor; the proprietor of two hundred acres is considered as on the high road to the county poor-house, and the proof of ownership in five hundred acres, is sufficient to send man to tue Lunatic Asylum for life.
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HoRRIBLE, Tuoueu Tprp Th,ro

HORRIBLE, THoUGn TRUE.-I have been
 thinking how horrible it must be to see
 anybody one cared for, drunk the hon. est eyes dull and meaningless; the wise Bps jabpserlng fioolishness; the whole face and figure, instead of being what one loves to look at, takes pleasure to see in the same room, even-growine ugly, irrational, disgusting-more like 2 beast than man. Yet some women have to bear it, have to speak kindly to their husbands, hide their brutishness. and keep them from making worse fools of themselves than they can help. I have seen it done, not merely by working mems wives, but by lady wives, in dfawing-rooms. I think, if I were mar rieo' and saw my husband the least over come come Gy wine, not drunk" may be, but exclsed' silly otherwise than his natural --~a.l,.lsa. .ssfd drive me wild, but less on ' 'sl atbat t lis. To see him rl sink V f.--
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A TuouGHT FOR You've MEN,

A THOUGHT FOR You've MEN.-No wreck is so shocking to behold as that of dissolute young man. On the person of the debauchee or inebriate, infamy is written. How nature hangs labels over him to testify her disgust at his examplei How she loosens all his joints, sends tremor along his muscles, and bends for ward his framei The wretch whose life long pleasure it has been to debase him self and to debauch others whose heart has been steeped in sin so that it is black all over, is an offence to the heart of the unblemished.
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OUR MAGGTE.-BY EDITH DE VERB.

 Our Maggie, wi her sunny eyes
 An silken, shadowy hair, An lip O love whose low replies
 Were music in the air Our Maggie wi the blossoms lies,
 That made the summer fair. Ae mornin' whom the stars went down, Sac lowly dropped her head; An,' ere the heavy day was done,
 Our Maggie she was dead; An a the light O hame was gone, Wi her sweet spirit fled. We folded up her hands so fair
 h slumber soaft an deep, An placed the roses in her hair
 An yet we didna weep, But stood around in white despair, - Sac fearless an sac deep. We found a spot Q holy groun,
 Where one would love to dream, When purple shadows hover roun' The day gods dying beam, An laid our folded flower down
 Beside low-Yoiced stream. Yes, left our darling Maggie there, T Another white-robed guest in the city of the silent, where
 The weary aye may rest, And oh to grieve we dinna care,
 For she is very blest.
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WELCOME HoHE.-Br Gronep p. MORRIS.

H0EE.-By GEoReE P. MORRIS. My Mary comes!-it is the hour
 She promised to be here: Taught by love's strange my ystorious power I know that she is near, hear the melody she sings
 Beneath our happy dome, And now the woodland chcerly rings With Mary's welcome home. My Mary's voiee!-T bear it thrill In rapture on the gale, As she comes gliding down the hilf To meet me in the vale, In all the world on land or sea, Where'er 1 chance to roam, No music is so sweet to me
 As Mary's welcome honae.~
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A BENIGHTED CoUNTRY.-A perambu- lating correspondent of the Hudson Rioer Chronicle, writing to that paper from Bed ford, Penn., gives the following lucid and graphic description of locality he recent Y visited:
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A BARGAIN.

I HAVE for sale superior set of running | gear, sufficient for running two Gin Stands and Grist Mill. They arc as good as new and will be sold very low. Also a good Portable Engine and Boiler about l4-horse power, near ly new in which great bargain can be ob- tained Apply to RIcH'D HIae1Ns, jr., of Old Town Ridge. noy28
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SPRAYED MILE.

OTRAYED from my residence one mile and O half west of Trenton, Ark, one black mare mule, of medium size, and about six years old. Any one taking up the aforesaid mule, and giving me information thereof or delivering her at my residence, will be literally paid for his trouble. T. J. SCAIFE,
 dec24 Trenton, Ark.
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WIFE.-This good old Saxon word (pif) IS, after all, the dearest and most sacred
 word in the whole vocabulary of love- Around it clusters all that is most beauti- fui, chaste and permanent in the tender passion. Into whatever forbidden paths to iegfdrs ,.nay an@flpstiD 1t,p7Y7ss ,tt,pYst Y7sss
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W HI S K Y
The Cotton Planters GREAT DESIDERATUM.
 PR O.V 0 s TBS PATENT LEVER & SCREW PRESS

DUT Up in complete running order and guar l anteed, for $500. This Press will easily pack 300 pound bale with the power of sln- gle man; will make any size bale with the very important advantage, if desired, of giving the size and solidity of New Orleans steam pressed Cotton, with clear gain thus saved o from 75 to 100 cents per bale
 From the unprecedented popularity this in- vention has gained, wherever it has been eA- hibted and it's rapid sale, it is undoubtedly
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THE PR Es S,

which every intelligent and practical plan's' will secure at the earliest moment.
 Mir. PROVOST had full sized Press in ope ration at the 2d State Fair in Jackson, MiSSj in 1858, and took the Gold Medal; and sou over $30,000 of the Presses to planters on upy spot, who saw it operate Tho uadersigneeai having purchased the exclusive right to tn' counties of Phillips, Monroe, Arkansas, Desha Chicot, and Jefferson, in this State, and eouu' ties of Coahoma, Tunica and Bolivar, in MlssS he will be pleased to recieve orders for the aposo press for the ensuing crop. lie will at ohS. ss make arrangements for a largeysnpply oi 'n' necessary castings and iron york.
 Already the following nalded gentlemen nav testified their approval 9S|his Press by orD'''
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N NOTICE

| HAVE in my possession a Land Warrant l for 160 acres of land, issued by the Depart
 ment to Item Titus, for his services in the Mex ican war. have used every effort to discover the said Titus,or his heirs, but hitherto my efforts have been in vain. Any person .giv-
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 1t the door of poverty when th should rather f(rop siapeace. 4 ~~~>~~ NY At a late Bloomer convent n, the women resolved that they .'would VI r short dresses or nothing!" Wear short dre est then, by all .peans Ng~A very clever conm Fun was that which took prize aG Philade hia some years since: In what manner did Ca Ain May cheat the Mexicans? He charged th ln With troop sof horses which they never got ~N0OoI~0~-~-~0~-~0~.o w NsasAn exchange paper s s-"The best safety valve to a boiler is a s, ier engineer.- Eongress may legslate till ds inRlay, but as long as the officers carry too lch steam, the boats will follow their example ~.~-~0o~~0~~.o-o-~>~ @sa-Mr. Merryman Lathro says, when he came on the steamer to Califo lia they kept ' inc chickens in the hotchway, ie#beef in the \ Backwards, near tho steerage, nd when they
 sslfn-out of eggs, the ship "loyt 'M ~o~0~Oo-c-oo.~~N " lss~In very thin house ai afress spoke very low in her communicati { b her lover. The actor whose benefit it hap m& to be, ex- claimed with a woeful humor "My dear, you -efs s4ralr out, there is nobody b bear us." ~-~O~N~~~ @<,zI <&~ \ @e~A gentleman in a steai sozf aEIed tho man who came to collect the 'assage money, if there was any danger of bel g blown up, as the steam made such horl ] noise. "Not the least" said the sharp colle, or, unless you 4 refuse to pay your fare" -~-~.~~o~~~~~-~.~~ ~~~~ I8-A person having oceas on8 to notify a N doctor to visit his wife, said hixn as he was | stepping into lis chaise ..Nop 6c ctor, you'll drive to kill, won't you!" Fes certainly, ! replied the doctor. # >~~-~~~~~~~~~~<~~~ O &8s9It is better to love ,rDn you can aot marry, than marry pers lou can not love. This is a short text for &ng sermon S which human experience 9ontinue to Il {nreach "until the last sylabl &f recorded M time." 9 w9.,We have inst heard a oq 'un. Not
 ago a distinguished diyi e7in the East d f.allsing with friend pasl ahew church RI h another distinguish diyine is the N ard. Said the friend to iop. D., look f the spire, (wbioh wis err high and completely "Hog niue nk sher is that N <e31 be?" Not much.s san the D. D. laush ..they d,l,,. sNn far in that
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has for his ewn joke.

'a777 1lao os'f 'FFe llitI VV0Iy Une has for his own joke. "A
 -~~~~o~-~4~.N-~1-~ e@
 likeness is apuhlic saint, II iere various kinds oe mischief arc coined. #
 ~-~0~o~-O-~0~.~~~ A~O~- fSHght circumstances us the keen ght into the secrets of hatacter.
 Fte -~N->~~-~~~-~~o>~-~I -4 HER.-My dear boy, always breaks 1t to punish you" h.. n-"Then dersl it all, " at stlo you do it Fl lIenf fslll sAi f 5ferrr,ri-,-,, f re risszsa-zssssss . Th6a, 1 There
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MseDabster says he would not mind living as bachelor; but when he comes to think that bachelors must die-that they have to go down to the grave "without anybody to cry for them" 1" it gives him chill that frost bites lis philoso- phy.
 Ms-A gentleman who spoke of having been struck by ladys beauty, was advised to kiss the rod
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N~Ooo-~ON~~.~o0~0~.

a-"Doctor," said an old lady the other day to her family physician, ''kin you tell me how it is that some folks is born dumb?"
 "Why, hem! why certainly, madam; it is owing to the fact that they come into the world without the power of speech"
 La, mel" remarked the old lady, "now jist see what it is to have physical education. I've axed my old man morn hundred times that are same thing, and all that could ever git out of him was, kase they is.' Well, I'm glad l axed you, for never could a died sat i5fed without knowin it7
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~~NOOOO~NoO~~~~

&a-A farmers wife, in speaking of the smartness, aptness and intelligence of her son, a lad six years old, to lady acquaintance, said: "He can read fluently in any part of the Bible, repeat the whole eateehism, and weed onions as well as his father" "Yes, mother," added the young hopeful, "and yesterday I licked Ned Rawson, throwed the cat in the we'll, and stole old Hicllley's gimlet"
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SUNDRY USEFUL REoEIPTs.-A hot shovel held over vanished furniture will take out white spots.
 A bit of glue dissolved in skinned milk and water will restore old crape.
 Ribbons of any kind should be washed in cold soap-suds, and not rinsed.
 If your fat-irons are rough, rub them well with fine salt, and it will make them smooth
 Dat straw is the best for filling beds. It should be changed once year.
 Ii you are buying a carpet for durability, choose small figures.
 piece of soap rubbed on tho hingese -ie-,rs U Ip1TJrffftsz 10 'S,esvesE-ue ReDublic5 i1 ,'c+ a43 4ha p.,ss h~f ematics al
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o~N~rNNNN

rgyman rose at a public din-
 Is. which he did by laying Y on his stomach, and
 for these blessings so ' our cepocity to enjoy
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-TT--7g-leS'ellI llffi CIoslalIl..
 Scotch snuff put in the holes where crickets come out will destroy them.
 Wood ashes and common salt wet with wa ter will stop the cracks of stove, and prevent the smoke from escaping.
 4 gallon of strong lye put in a barrel of wa- ter will make it as soft as rain water.
 Half @ cranberry bound on a corn will soon kill it
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N0~~~~~~~

q oHEsr vHARIrY..-A great ts5t aa54' a tecs,
 1t the door of poverty when th should rather )lrop a siapeace.
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ilLOoDO~O

'( Sillo>-~~o.o-~~~
 ,e and "a of~ layye foot which 1t, Hearh Of 2 shoemaker T. issteesdiny," who had 9 'ile ops pair Of boots:
 ii0 ptlat foot, si9; VIC can't A near 1t; we shall be
 sen over your foot: there nomesssure you"
 orti5ae good, but not quite so tb ia ovation of an inlpudent e~'hoa la trayoler with a "tremeR- .so aa called for a boot-jack
 flor? To pull off my boots you want to get tbat boot tiaTbach to the forAss of ths road. E T~-~~~-o>~~~
 doubtful commendat;on be- sher clergyman on the new in
 . was introducing to the as, my friends, to be eyes the lame, & father to the
 'ana to the widow"
 2, Especially alluded to they 8 f,t that some one of the therS Gsass.iia..,:.- be a
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MJ~A very clever eonu1 ruIl was that which took prize ab Philadel hia some years since In what manner did Ca Ain May cheat the Mexicans? He charged th in with troop of horses which they never got
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At late Bloomer convent n, the women
 resolved that they .'would VI short dresses
 or nothing!" Wear short dre esthen, by all .n,eans!
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D 'un. Not |n the East
 pew church,
 Eyine is the D. D., look
 I high and Eher is that ! the D. D.,
 ! far in that
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en you can
 Eou can not Gg sermon,
 Continue to
 bf recorded
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@B-A person having oceas ona to notify doctor to visit his wife, said hin as he W stepping into his chaise, "Nop dtctor, you drive to kill, won't you! ]" teS certainly replied the doctor. T.
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NaeAn exchange paper ys "Th safety valve to boiler is s ,er engi Eongress may legislate till ds inHiay, long as the officers carry too i'd steal boats will follow their example
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@E-A gentleman in steal bdzt aETed h man who came to collect the ,askage money if there was any danger of bel g blown up, a the steam made such a hor1 noise. "Nc the least" said the sharp colle, ors"unless 70 refuse to pay your fare"