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Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-07

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L of tho Sea, Inland Navigation and Transrorta-
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above Company on
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Office on Brady street, over
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To the Trade.
WE WISH TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF
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of
Light and Shelf Groceries,
which We offer 1t Wholesale at prices lsssthan
they can be purchased in Eastern markets addine
cost of carriage, 30. It is our design to close out
our stock Of this class of goods, aVd We shall offer
great Inducements to bayes.
Moderate credit will be extended TO promp
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IJAvING PURCHASED THE RIGHT TO
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have washing to do land who have not) that We
are prepared to fill oil orders that may be made or
us.
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Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-07

A discount Of twenty-five per cent from the
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four copies of any one or more Of the above works
Thus: Four copies Of BlackwcOd, or Of one Ne
view, will be sent to one address for - four
copies Of the four Reviews and Black wood for $50
and 40 on
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-07
EARLY COPIES.

The receipts Of Advance sheets from the
British publishers give additional value to these
Reprints, nasmueh as they can now be placed in
the hands Of subscribers - soon a. the original
editions.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

CURIOUS EFFEcTS OF CAMoMILE a
decoction Of the common cam omile, 1T
is said, will destroy all insects, and
nothing contributes SO much to the
health Of garden as number of cam
omile plants dispersed .thronghita No
greenhouse or hotIhouse should ever be
without it, in green or dried state;:;;5
either the stalks or the flowers will an
swer. It is asingular fact that, if .
plant is dropping and apparently dy-l
ing, in nine cases out of ten it will reIEs
cover, if you plant camomile near iits1
The above is valuable remedy, and
well adapted to this climate ard section
Of the country. 1t is also good for.
driving away the thousands Of little red,
and black ants that are so annoying; Z
and infest the dairy, cupboard and
safe. The cost of the experiment is
but triaing, try it and rid your gardens
&C., Of those insects that are SO de-
structive to your young and tender veg
etables. -C0lumbus San. asa GF = 1
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

WALKING Horses. A correspon-
dent Of the Country Gentleman suggests
the offering of premiums At annual
county fairs for fast walking as well as
fast trotting horses. He says he knew
a man who kept from two to four
teams, at work onthe road, and never
allowed them to- trot ut oil yet he
made the distance in quicker time than
his neighhors who made their horses
trot at. every convenient place. He
said that when a horse walked after
trotting, he walked much slower than
his common gait ifkept continually on
the walk, and thus, lost more than he
gained By trottiDE
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

More Sleep.-We have read al
statement, written BY DR.. Windship, the
s'strong man." who recently lectured
here, Of the rules by the observance of
which he obtained his remarkable
strength and muscular power. To one
of these rules, in particular, as being
that Shichsmen are most prone to vio-
late, We wish to call special attention.
Tho Doctor says he takes ten hours
of slssp out of the twenty-four, and he
adyisss everybody to take at least eight
hodrss rest nightly. We are convinced
that most Of the ill health in the COM
munify ID, due to lack sof sleep more
than1o any other cause. Dr. Hall, in
his. Journal of Health, coacurs fully
with Windship as to the necessity
of longer sleep than the majority of
men allowthemselves. Indeed, we know
of p6respectable medical sanction for
the shortening the term Of rest to six or
seven hours Harrisburg, Pa.,
Democrat.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

The Nay the japanese Liye.-The
living Of the servants consists Of rice.
soup, fish, vegetables, chow chow, &c.
They are very small eaters, but eat very
often. They commence cooking early
in the morning, and keep it up con-
stantly till about eight o'clock at night.
They have stove of their own, which,
by the by, is superior in many respects
to our own stoves. It is of solid cop
per, made in sections; SO that it can be
easily taken apart. The cooking is
done partly by steam. In this connec-
ton it may be we'll to state that copper
Is very extensively used in Japan. The
copper ore Of Japan is very abundant
and very pure, yielding frequently 95l
per cent. Of pure copper. d
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25
EDITORIAL L1FR.-A nevspaper il

EDITORIAL L1FE.-A newspaper is q
queer institution F.; it may be destroyed
at night; it may light candle or, i
cigar; 1t may carl a girls hair !! All!
only think Of that, girls! OF course we
don't mean any one in particular! No,
indeed. An EDITORS thoughts are COM
pletely sweetly, exquisitely wreathed IN
your rich tresses, and-yes |! Nesting
down with you in your midnight slum-
bers gently to guard and peaeefully I'd
keep watch over your happy dreams (
Yes, indeed! That's the destiny Of d Il,
ny . Republic-we know it, for vs.
have actually been told SO. The ladias|
take to it and it to them. First the
damsels (if the printer divide this word
We are ruined, } eagerly read, then re-:
peat the programme, and then it goes
among the soft and beautiful tresses,
and the dainty embroidered night cans Il
Who wouldn't like to be . paper ofthis
sort ? About half the people, We lsus /
pect. editors are prettyclever folks,
but they don't know eterythinf.. s,i ~ |
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

sa 1t is stated that the present is
the hundredM gear since the arrival
in America of the founders Of the Meth
odist dencmination-two humble Irish
preachers, Messrs. Embury and Straw
bridge-the descendants Of those Pla-
tines, who settled in Ireland after be-
ing expelled from their own country on
account of their religion. Behold how
great a matter little fire kindleth!
The seed sown in good soil has sprung
up and brought forth abundantly. The
Methodist Church in America now.
otnts its numbres by the million, and
its ecclesiastical and literary institu-
tons, missions, periodicals, &c., COM
pare favorably with those Of any other
Christian Church.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

PROVERBS WORTH PRE=ERvINa. -
Hasty people drink the wine Of life
scalding hot. Death is the only mas
ter who takes his servants without a
character. Content is the mother of
good digestion. When pride and pow
city marry together, their children are
wait and crime. Where hard work
kills ten. idleness kills hundred men.
Folly and pride walk side by side. He
that borrows. binds himself with his
neighbours rope. He that is too good
for good advice is too good for his
neighbours company. Friends and pho
tographs never fatter. Wisdom is al
ways at home for those who call. The
firmest friends ask the fewest favors.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

ORIGIN. OF sstA FEATHER IN HIS
HAr."- AmongtAe manuscripts ofthe
British Museum, says an English Wi
ter, there are two copies Of . curious
description of Hungary, which appears
to have been written by . military ad-
venturer Of the Dalgetty tribe, in 1888.
The writer speaking Of the inhabitants,
whom he describes as being Of ''stature
and complexion not unlike unto the
poor Englishe, and in habits not un-
like untos.the Irishe," says: 1T hath
been an ancient costume amongst them,
that none should wear q feather but he
who had killed a Turk, to whom it was
lawful to show the number Of feathers
in his cappe. :" Does not this account
for the expression, "That will be 8
feather in5his cap.'
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25
MuscuLAR SrRRNarH.-The mnscu-

MUSCULAR SrRRNarH.-The inuscu-
lar strength Of the human body iswon-
derful. A Turkish porter will trot at
. rapid pace, and carry weight of six
hundred pounds. Milo, celebrated
athlete Of Cretona, in Italy, accustomed
himself to carry the greatest burdens,
and by degrees became. . monstsr in
strength. It is said that he carried on
his shoulder an OK, four years old, and
Weighing upwards of one thousand
pounds, and Afterwards killed him with
one blow of his fist. Hs vas seven
times crowned st the PYthiap games,
and six at the Olympic. He presented
himself the seventh time, but no one had
the courage to enter the list sgainst
him. He was one of the disciples of
Pythagoras, and to his uncommon
strength tn at preceptor and bis pupils
owed their lives. The pillar which sup
ported the roof Of the house suddenly
gave way, but Milo supported the roof
Of the building and gave the philoso,
pher time to escape. In old age he at
tempted to pull up tree by the roots
and break it. He partially effected it,
but his strength being gradually ex-
hausted, the tree where cleft united, and
left his hand pinched in the, body of it.
He was then alone, and unable to dis.
engage himself, died in that position
Halter mentions that he saw q man
whose finger caught in chain at the
bottom of the mine, by keeping it for.
chilly bent, supported, by that means
the whole weight of the body, one hun.
bred and fifty pounds, until he va
drawn up to the surface, . distance o.
six hundred feet. Augustus II, King
Of Poland, could roll up silver plat
like sheet of paper, and twist tn
strongest horseshoe asunder. Alton i
said to have left the impression of hi
teeth upon a piece of solid iron. TIL
most prodigious power of muscle is ex
Inhibited by the fish,. The whale move
with velocity, through dense medi
UNI, water, that would carry him aroun
the world in less than . fortnight. 1
sword-fsh has been known to strike hi
weapon through the thick plank Of
ship specimen Of such . plank, wit
the sword of the fish sticking in it, ma
, be seen in the British Museum.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

Automatically . recent lecture 1t
San Francisco, Rev. DR.. Pierson, .
missionary from the Micronesian ISL
ands, stated that the inhabitants Of
Ebon Island, as we'll as most of the
others, wear their hair precisely as the
japanese do, and he believes that most
of those coral reefs are peopled from
China and Japan. His theory is that
the natives Of those countries, while
coasting along shore in boats, are driven
out to sea by storms, and as they are
always we'll provisioned, they easily
sustain life until they are thrown upon
some of the Islands of the Pacific -.
Hence the odd tribes that are found
mixed in with the natives and hence,
too, the differences of language and
customs observable. Mr.. Pierson men
toned a curious and disgusting fashion
prevalent on one island. When man
dies his friends keep his body soaking
in cocoanut oil till the flesh is soft and
slippery then the head is twisted of,
the meat carefully removed, and the
skull is polished till it shines again.
This CHASTITY relic his widow keeps close
by her while performing household du-
ties, and when the son gees forth to
battle he carries it with him Under his
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

The Massachusetts, Strike.-We
hateo of late heard great deal said of
the Massachusetts, strike, as how hun
drsds and thousands Of the shoemaktrs
have given up work because they could
not Yet higher wages. Now, we have
thought it wouldbe good thing if all
the boys and girls, and men and wo-
men, too, would strike for higher Wa
ges befors they would serve KING AL
coHoL any longer, or have any thing to
do with him. He gives them nothing
but poverty, and blows, and disgrace,
and death; and though he fstters them
for time with promises Of good, he
proves himself 60 be the greatest cheat
and liar that ever walked abroad und
there cannot BE- single doubt, that if
they would all resolve that they would
entirely forsake his service and enlist
in the service Of KING Cob WATER,
they would be uaspeakably richer and
happier, md ID every way far more
comfortable than they have been. Will
they not? Try it-(Youlh's Tenn.
perancc :.adv0cGk1. Is, 81
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

The CHINESE CoINAGE.-The Chi
nese have no gold or silver coin Of their
own. Silver in "shoes'' Of various
sizes, generally about fifty taels ( 9l6
worth J, and gold in bars or leaf, are
used where where foreign money is not
current. The banker puts his stamp
upon it, and the 'stoEch" is hereby sur
6ciently guaranteed. Any tamperiag
with the quality is rare, but of course
roguery is sometimes attempted. AS,
general rule, however, perfect trust
may be placed on the value !; o slight,
examination satisfies the shrofs. The
reliance placed by the Chinese upon the
stamp or chop Of the banker may be-
gathered from the fact, that in Canton.
foreign dollars are SO marked by the
guaranteeing stamps Of those who pay,
them away, that the original character
of the coin is often obliterated.. And
in the North, where Carolus dollars un-.
stamped are preferred, it used to be.
the custom to mark them with the bank
er's seal in ink.-[ztoelue gears IN,
CANA. Fra4 ED h. 81 eAi H3y
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

1@The meansdepth Of the oceans
far exceeds the mean elevation Of the
land above their, surface, and ocean
have been sounded some three
mites greater than the height of the
loftiest peak ofsthe Himalaya Noun
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

HSJAPANKsE LANGUAGE.-TheJ ia
panese write like the Chinese, in col
umns, from the top to the bottom of
the paper, beginning at the right hand
side. The character is less fantastic
and far more running than the Chinese.
There is, indeed, not the slightest SIM
ilarity between the languages, the one
being monosyllabic and the other poly
syllable. The Japanese words are Of
ten of unconscionable length, but the
sounds are musical, and not difficult to
initiate ; whereas the Chinese words,
though Of one syllable, consist gener-
ally Of gulp OF grunt, not attainable
by those whose ears have not become
thoroughly demoralized by a long resi-
dence in the country. We learned more
Japanese words in a week than we had
of Chinese in year ; and in making a
small, rough vocabulary, l found no
difficulty in SO allocating the letters Of
the English alphabet as to convey in my
memory fair representation Of the
sound wished to recollect. In Chi
nese this is quite impossible. -OH-
Dh1nt.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

rSTRANGH AND UNAocouNrABLE An
1rPATHlEs The following are . few
Of the more striking manifestations Of
that unsccountable feeling Of antipathy
to certain objects, to which so many
persons are subject, and with instances
of which in q modified form perhaps
most people are acquainted ~ ]
Erasmus, though q native of Rotter-
dam, had such an aversion to fish, that
he smell Of it threw him into . fever.
Ambrose Pare mentions gentleman,
DO never could see an eel without faint
Mg.
There is an account of another gen.
tleman, who would fall into commissions
u the sight Of carp. = &c
A lady, q native Of France, always
tainted on seeing boiled lobsters.-
Other persons from the same country
experienced tho same inconvenience
from the smell of roses, though they
we're particularly partial to the odor of
jonqVils or tuberoses. ~
Joseph Scaliger and Peter Abono
never could drink milk.
Garden was particularly disguised at
the sight of eggs.
Uladislaus, King of Poland, could
not bear to see apples. -.
If an apple was shown to Chesne,
secretary to Francis l., he bled at the
nose. ....v..cs-
A gentleman, in the court of the EN-
peror Ferdinand, would bleed at the
nose on hearing the mewing of cat,
however great the distance might be
from him.
Henry III. of France could never si'
in q room with 3 cat
The Duke of Schomberg had the same
aversion.
NJ. de Lancre gives an account OF
very sensible man, who was so terrified
at seeing hedgehog, that for two
years he imagined his bowels were
gnawed by such an animal.
The same author was intimate with
very brave officer, who was so te-rihct
at the sight of a mouse, that he neve
dared to look at one unless he had hi
sword in his hand.
NJ. Vangheim, . great huntsman il
Hanover, would faint, or, if he ha
sufficient time, would run away at tn
81 hit of roasted pig.
john kol, q gentleman in Alcanta
ra, would swoon on hearing the wor
lima, wool, pronounced, although hi
cloak VAS wooden.
The philosopher Boyle could not cor
quer a strong aversion to the sound 9
water running through pipe.
La Aothe lie Wager could not endur
the sound Of musical instruments
though he experienced a lively pleasul
whenever it Numbered.
The author of the Turkish Spy tel
US that he would rather encounter lilo
in TIE deserts of Arabia, provided I
had but sword in his hand, than fe
d spider crawling on him in the darl
He observes, that there is no reason
be givon for these secret dislikes. q
hume, ously attributes them to the doc
trine of the transmigration Of the SOU
and as regards himself, he supposed b
lad been fly, before he came into h
body, and that having been frequent
prosecuted by spiders, he still retaine
the dread Of his old enemy FrO'
$1,000 WondeyfM Things"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25
HOR A.lLE, - aA@'
vo06'aGraiu RinAAr

Sherwood's Grain Binder.
THIS machine eM be atssshed to my os4iAn1
i resp@. It binds the grain in nod ofdsr =
fast as cut saving grain snesgh - psy for 10
I. j. simple ,ad p~ieet q. b soaalns.a is.li 4
enee 10 every practical farmer. 'H 7s'''7 rs
No Harvester - complete ssjtho1t hju Btnd~.
I We have large amsOt OF tssumcay % the vsil-
ity and value Of this binder, Of which ths tsllsv.
ing from we'll known practical f9nes i offered:
I+ scnlo, N. Y. 6ept. IN, 1859.
ALLEN SHERWOOD eir:-I hsvs Win sansd q tia
Of your Binder It wOsked vell--l tAiak IL piil
90 the labor 81 i've msn, and = veil ~ esa -
dee By the 'a, same .. ~ A 8
A. sR1RwooD, Bear Hir:-I have d svr aal
tb aahed tie wheat bound BY yosr binder sad nnd
II all right. We pitched the buadle eve, foue
tsnes and not one bundle came unbound in th
lnthresains, the wiue basds VEN sssiIy removed
TIE whsA. turned on Is busheh per i~s.5, g,,od
: 0wAsco, near Auburn, Aag 1f,h 1859. .
We have Seen Allen Shsrwood's Gssio l1nAw n "a
:srpA, practical, sasy Of oprss;en ond ,s,y succsss.
It surpassed ON. exs sctat;oa, and We yeoosn,nusd
It % the ateaton Of farmers svssy where ~ bsise
Isss s machine TOR labor .so;sg in .tbe has
i. ~ q st..-'' - S5--- p" T. HAYWOOD, '''1'
. gaszE ~ es = Z. saa. 81 and ten othsys 5qss
. We have similsr Testimonials IRON Some zoe osu.
Or prsctioai farmers, among thsn an sx,Prssiaeat
OF the N. Z. STATE Agricultural sosissy, nd May
other prominent men, to tAsvalae Of En- invsn-
ton. Y took the First Premiums Ut tbs UniesA a
states sair at Chicago, 1859, ard also 1t every
IMr where it hos beea erA5ised. Price, $40.
one-haf down, onslhaifin six months s,'HA - e
Send orders early 30 0HAESa fO31RR, b =
- dszg .sesgtes-ru.E- !..nsasi, Gen. Ag't,s "a
-. LsClaire, Scott eosAty, Iowa.
Wn. Duane Wilson, Sec. Ag. Coll g, D~nsins
Alssst Allen, Washington, Isws. a. or .1a.a
.An 1atH--w On ssr.,ales.a 81 10 90 sraa1
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

APPROVED, Aahesive Letter and Invoice Fila
l for sale at PALMER & DEMOREST'S.
marie - ea~.x $3.50, ,,tE :, 4
NJ RNOLD'S 1dberior crsam-lsid Enyelores for
~ sale 1t Ssx2 PALMER 4 DEMOREST,S.ts
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

7 F you wan, good, No. !, warranted Shingls, the
may ll-daw ess HOCH + WAITEHOU6E.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

We have our usual stock, which in prices
and quality offers unusual induoe ments to
House-bulders and Mechanics generally.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

sAv.wrb--.ssss ,aseE ssi Fa0i ,sa4sssssi
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-25

1000 eases Saponifsr, genuine, for sale at mana
faetursrs' prices, in lots to suit purchasers, By
A. PIKE + KELLOGG;
. nst27- dawly - 81. Louis No. Z.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-09-14
NEW MOVEMENT MANASSAS.


ne NansaS correspondent OF inc New
lorE "''' unu'F ua'' Oh aug ~ informs
us o' new p'i''lo"l movement IN tn"t tefri-
""''n H"Po' ,ant u " ue' ~ Is design
ca TO sP''o"! o''ao"sn N'n'as as a state
government nnNcr inc w y'naot'e Consu,n-
uoh' An inc PolIuc'' machinery is ready
Inc winter S'ys,
~ Is ufsc' 'ha' inc '''o'aoIo movement
is close at naUu iof N'ns'S TO Io,io" inc OK
ample o' M'ch'sah' ana s'pefS'ag executive
"u'no'''! ny gay, '0'',''s"'!' r"ielSh lu-
'OnDo" 'o"' Ni'SS'NI' "' my "' tnG 'ou,n
eth H'''eS ITO longer P'sslo'"Y' ior
I'H'S aug incur own ''',, safety Ic4u'tc
.NV't "''o".''" '' ',''"'' In''G are no O"'-
,c" o'''c' t,ooPS' 10 @u{ '1.s'ucfao'o mum
o'I' '''" "''''' .',, w., 'H' 'o'G'n'I'n'' VIM 'i
van 0' "S'',' "' !" '',,' =" .I''" u", 'n' VIII