Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-07-06


acid. 1t will Beifit for use in q few
days. Acetio acid costs twenty-f five
cents per pound 9his is the receipt
by which mostof the cider vinegar is
made, which is sold inathe country
stores. ScieAkifc. .4rtisa,. - =
GOOD ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN. =
Horace Greeley, in his editorial COM
ments upon his private letter to VIM.
Seward, draws the following excellent
moral from it, which we heartily and
cordially indo1se:
ga single word Of Improvement to
the young and ardent politicians who
may read my letter and this comment.
The moral I would inculcate is . trite
one, but tho less important. IT is
summed up in the Scriptural Injunction
-'Putnot your trust in princes Men,
even the best, are frail and mutable,
while Principle is sure and eternal. Be
no mans man, but Truths and your
country's. You wifbe sorely tempted
at times to take this or that great man
for your oracle and guide; 1t is easy
and tempting to lean, to follow, and to
trust shut it is safer and wiser to look
ever through your own eyes-to tread
your own path--to trust implicitly to
God alone. The atmosphere is little
warmer inside some great mans castle,
but the free air Of heaven is ever so.
much purer and more bracing.''
| GYM SUM FOR FEMALES. - And
why not? What class needs it more ?
The avenues tolexercise are not open to
them as to the other sex; they cannot
play baN tramp on the roads ~ roll
Stones down hill, and but very few can
be found. to venture on skates. We
presume no one doubts but that our
American Women, as bodys are def
cient in Stamina, or, as We say, in back
bone. They are too much within doors
-breathtoo little oxygen have too
much coal fre-too much rocking chair
TOO much feather bed-too muchtea
land coffee, and, as result and class,
tthey are enervated, subject to, neuralgia
and other disorders, and find prema-
ture grave. An old physician Of Bos-
ton once said, 'Take good care of your
old women, for there will be no more
after this generation ceases to exist"
And we don't know but the old fellow
was right. ssa
THE JAPAN ISLANDS. The islands
Of Japan, consisting of four large
! (Yeso, Niphon, Sitkokf and Kioosioo,)
and a considerable number Of smaller
zones, are also formed by immense
masses Of rocks, which, especially on
Nippon, rise above the snow line. In
most places the steep or gentle declivi-
ties of the rocks extend to the very
shores Of the sea, but at others plains
Of considerable extent between them.
Though the soil does not seem to be
distinguished for fertility, it is render
ed productive by the great care with
which it is everywhere cultivated; corn
fields extend on the slopes Of the noun
tains to q considerable elevation. In
many districts the surface consists of
lava. a
LAWS OF HEALTH. Coarse bread is
much better for children than fne.-
Children under seven years of age
should not be confined over six or seven
hours in the house, and the time should
be broken by frequent sfecesses. Chill
dren and young people must be made
to hold their heads up, and their shoul-
ders back, while sitting, or walking III
The best beds for children are Of hair,
or, in winter, of hair and cotton. From
ore to one pound andaa half Of solid
food is sufficient for d person in the
ordinary vocations of business Young
persons should walk atsleast two hours
a day in the open air. =
i Woolsack Breeches.-In the reign
Of Elizabeth, the fashion of enormous.
breaches was pushed to Almost 1aughaa
BILE extent. The be0ur Of the day
stuffed out their breaches with rags,
feathers and other light matters, till
they. brought them out to an enormous
size. They resem bled woolsacks,, and
in public spectacle they were obliged
to raise scafolds for these ponderous
beaax. To accord With this fantastic
taste The ladies invented hoop farthin-
gales C,triosities Of Lsterdtu1ye.
PRAPARAT1oN FOR DEATH. Death
is the most uncertain, and yet the most
certain Of, events, That it will come, (
no one anquestion /; but when, no one
can decide, The young behold it far
in the future the aged regard it. still
at distancey but both are smitten
suddenly as BY a;bolt from the cloud
! serpent from the, brake = or shaft
rom an unseen CULVER. There is no t:
,afety,s therefore, save in that habitual
preparation which nothing can deceive,
md nothing surprise. ia
g B@ The gigantic chimney of st. F.
2ollo1 chemical works, Glasgow, is 4
the, highest in. the world. 1t
Uses 70 the elevation of 1876 feet above
he ground, 80 feet higher than the z
ross which surmounts St. Paul's cab
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