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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-04-02
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ABOUT ICE AND SKATING.

"a "a "A Y
This has not been very cold win
ter, and yet we have often seen the
ponds and rivers alive with those
pretty and noisy ssnow-birds, boys
and girls skating. This delightful
sport comes nearer flying than any
/. thing that we. can do, although the
wings are of steel and are under the
feet. There are large family of fish
es called skates, (the shark is one OF
them,) but they can hardly glide
through the water as fast as you glide
with iron-shod feet Do you know
that the word skate is Dutch word,
(they spell it sehant, and the fashion
of skating comes from Holland, where
the Dutch chiefly live. 1t is "a low
country and full Of canals, which take
the place of roads in summer people
go to market in boats in winter they
60 on skates, and draw their goods
behind them on little sleds, as | dare
say you would like to do. There is a
very cold country called Iceland,
where people skate a great deal when
the snow will let them, as you would
naturally suppose from the name. In
former times, when the Iceland boys,
could not get skates of steel, they
made them ont of the bones of the
reindeer. These are animals that go
very fast over the snow, SO the bones
were used to making good time.
Do yon know how many things ice
is good for, besides skating and coast
ing (? 1t is a great, snug roof over the
ponds and rivers, shutting the cold
wind, SO that the fishes have glass
house to live in through all the worst
weather of the year. When we skate i
we are just sliding over the roof OF
their house. But we take greater
liberties than that. for we cut this roof
into blocks and pack it away in cell
lars, and drink the fragments in wa
ter or eat them in cream. More than
that. we sell ice for money. Water
rs cheap almost aeverywhere, but in
some countries ice is very dear, and
people are uaable to get as much as
they would like. In Italy the peas
ants gather snow in the mountains
aud pack il away in caves and sell
it in summer as a luxury 1t is used
divine, and to preserve. meat
and fruit There are very few places
i'm the world where the ice is as clear
and firm as in Massachusetts every
winter they send cargoes of it to vari-
Gus parts of the world, not only to hot
climates but even 10 England which
is further north than we are. The
merchants i'm Boston sell ice to the
amount of three hundred thousand
dollars a year, -
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-04-02

RxAD1xG AND THINKING.-It is good
to read, mark, learn-but it is bet.
ter to invardly digest. 1t is good to
read, better to think-better to think
one hour than to read ten hours with
out thinking. Thinking is to reading
(if the shook read have anything in it, J
what rain and sunshine are to the
seed cast into the ground, the influence
which maketh it bear and bring forth,
thirty, forty, and hundred fold. To
read is to gather into the barn orstore
house of the mind to think is to cast
seed corn into the ground to make it
productive. To read is to collect in
formation to think is to involve
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-04-02

The trans stop 10 minutes at Manchester Tor refresh
ments.
srCovxErnoys- Stages leave Earlvle on the arrival
Of te cars from the East on Tuesdays Imrsdays and
s,ssy,s tor strawberry Point Brush Creek, Fayette
West Union Decorah and st. Paul and from Manchester
ON MONDAYS Wednesdays and Fridays for strawberry
Point and the north. A..
Saages leave Cedar Falls daily FOR New Hartford, APP
lngton Island Grove Ackley Hardin City, Iowa Falls,
Alden Waller Webster City Fort Dodge and sioux CITY
also for GAINESVILLE wavery syracuse Nashua Bradiord
81 Charles City and Minnesta. =.
~ GEORGE YOUNG, Superintendent.
A p,yro General Freight and Ticket Agent Y
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-04-02

The more striking proof of the intrinsic
worth and excellence Of DIR. HALLS BAL
SAM for the LUNGS, is shown in the rapid
ty with which il becomes general fayorite
with the people. There is nothing of SINH
lar nature but what is soon cast into the shade
when the Ralsam has been thoroughly tested.
The agents for its sale, the country over. in
ordering new supplies, are very enthusiastic in
its favor saying, 1t is Just the thing; it acts
Nike d charm its effects are truly magical. ~
p The afflicted can obtain the medicine of
a 1etaI 81 IL. SC0yILL, Proprietor,
fF 10 Randolph ST., Chicago, Ill.
to whom all orders should be addressed. I
Sold by J. w. LehmkuhI & Co. Charles City,
Iowa; p. Morse, Usage c. w. Billings, Brad
ford te4 f -
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PHILADELPHIA.

A Benerolent Iasttution established Jy Speciol En-
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afflicted srih Hridea and Chronic Diseases, and
especially for the cure Of Diseases Of the !Seruai
Organs. esek
MEDICAL advice given gratis, by the Act
wi ing Surgeon, to all who apply by letter,
with description of their condition, lage, oc-
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extreme poverty, Medicines furnished free OF
charge. iasat.Eat ~ e@
Valuable Reports on Spermatorrhaa and
other Diseases of the Sexual Organs, and on
the new Remedies employed in the Dispense
ry, sent to the afflicted in scaled letter envcl-
opes, free of charge. Two or three Stamps for
postage viii be acceptable.
Address, DIR. j. Skillin Houghton, Acting
Surgeon, Howard Association, No. South
Ninth Street, Philadelphia. Pa. By order Of
the Directors. aa
EZRA ID. HEARTWELL, Pres.
Gro FAIR CHILD secy. v.52l:1y
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-04-02
DIR HALLS BALSAM.

HALLS LUNG BALSAM. in all cases,
gives the best of satisfaction.
HALLS LUNG BALSAM has wrought
more cures since its introduction than
any other cough medicine
HALLS COUGH BAIISAM is endorsed
by our leading physicians as the. safest
and best remedy now before the public
HALLS LUNG BALSAM is safe to use
among children, and yet powerful in
cases of chronic pulmonary disease.
HALLS LUNG BAISAM brings in GER
tificates almost daily Of its wonderful
cures in all parts of the country.
HALLS BALSAM for the LUNGS is
sold in every town in the country.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-04-02

RELcIoN.-Religion is not the do
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certain sins, or the exhibition of GER
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prayers il goes far beyond these.
All these may exist, and yet there
be no religion. As the marble statue
is not living man, so the most per-
feet routine Of duty is nothing with
out life from the indwclling spirit.
Without the latter. there may be a
religious machine, but not a religious
man. 1850
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RAILROAD.
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CLEANSE YOUR BLOOD
'> tsA q T. p BY USING
SCOVILL'S
and Liver Strip.

The recipe is given to all physicians
That they may know what they are usings
The combination of Sarsaparilla with Stillingia
Is well known to all medical mep
The best compound TO pswsv tAr asocfever used.
1t cures scrofula in all its worst forms.
All diseases of the skin it cures effectually.
Syp!nlitic sSwellings, Erysipelas, Scald Head,
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and who are using il for their private practice.
$3.50, Soldby II. SCOvILL, Proprietor,
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HOWARD ASSOCIATION,

ID Esa3 PHILADELPHIA, PA. A43Ie
,MEDICAL ADVICE given gratis by
lvl the Acting Surgeon, and Valuable
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tssI Address, gis 11 -
-, DR. J.,SKILLIN H0uGHIoN,. "a
Acting Surgeon, Howard Association,
No South Ninth Street, Philadelphia,
Pa. 4yl
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-04-02
Why is the demand so great for
DIR. MANN'S
AGUE B AIS "A M?

DECAUSE 1T will in all cases safely aud cnectualy
cure that much dreaded scourgooi the west-Chils
Fever and Ague-wthout fail and in cases will counter
the poison 81 Malaria of which fact thousands do
monded for one class OF Discusses and atomic is
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by men Of influence and high standing.
ss3F ~. PRINCETON IN. sept. 10Th. 1857.
DIR. ASN-Dear Sir For several years, past have
used your Ague Bsan in my daily practice, and have
has it failed TO procure the most happy effect
can most eheerfay recommend ID a. certain specific
for cldls, fever analogue, and malarious Diseases
Truly yours, II. AUSTIN, NJ u.
5.ts l, #Gi Marshall. Mich, Feb 18th. 1857
DR. MANN x co. III have sold a large amountoryo =
knowledge OF IT, believe ii the remedy for chllls
fever and ague that has been sold In onr State
Respectfully yours, o. A. HYDE.
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Messrs. 8. X. MANN Co.-Gents. In canyassing
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been called 10 observe the that your Agne
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Very truly yours, A. 3 IENDRY.
New York, Feb. %, 1858. +
Messrs. s. X. MANN 4 Co-Gents.; have at oul
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years and have carefully observed tseccts in cURIS
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In the world of medicines. To my personal know
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II used after all other remedies had been tried
in vain, with the most happy result And what is more
ed cured, for at least that have hesitation
recommending II perfect triumph over ehlls and
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.fg- The rates of transportation from Chi
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ann other line. WM. JERNIS,
General Superintendent.
j. LAwLER, Agent, Prairie du Chen.
Marot 9th, 1863. T& 33u
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