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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
WIT AND WISDOM.

1t is a paradox that loose habits gene
rally stick tighter to q fellow than any
other kind.
The human sin was improper indul-
gence in eating, and it has been one Of
the chief sins ever since.
Small talents are needed ~ we'll a.
large ones there are occasions where a
candle would be as useful as the sun.
Many persons confess their depravity,
but defend their conduct. They are
wrong in general, but right in partic-
ular.
The man who Is always buying merely
because he can buy at low rates, had bet
ter commit suicide if he happens to find
poison cheap.
A lady ON being asked to join the
Daughters of Temperance, replied that
she intended to join one of the Sons in
the course Of the week.
It would be bad thing for child to
get wasp in his mouth, but he can't
even say his alphabet without getting
A b in it.
If some of our conservative men had
been present at the creation, they would
have said: Good Heaven! what is to
become Of chaos?"
Prentice says the perpetual cry Of
rebels about their confidence shows that
they haven't got any. Only lost things
are cried through the streets.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
Machinery and Hand Labor.

Not such great while ago our thread
was spun between the thumb and finger,
and all our cloth woven in the clumsiest
of handlooms. Now, by means of a
spinning jenny and weaving machinery,
one person will make as much as two
hundred yards of cloth ina day. Before
the invention Of the cotton gin, one per-
son could not prepare one pound OF cot
ton so easily as he can now prepare one
hundred pounds. Our grandmothers
could barely knit one pair of socks in q
day; now, by means of a machine, one
little girl can turn out q hundred dollars
worth of knitted materials in day. A
few years ago we were told it took sew:
enteen men to make complete pin !;
now the machine is fed with the raw
material, which is not touched again
until rolled up in papers of pins. In
Providence, r. L., there is to-day ma
chine that takes a strip of metal from a
coil, and makes two hundred and thirty
inches of delicate chain out of it in a
day. The metals are no longer worked
by hand-a slow, wearing process; they
are shaved, sawed, bored and hammer
ed, with the greatest ease and accuracy,
as if they were of the softest pine.
An instrument has been cOntrived and
perfected of exceedingly delicate pow
ers, which measures the operation OF
mind itself-tells the exact time it takes
for sensation from the finger to reach
the brain-two-tenths of second! Go
into a certain India rubber store in New
York, and you will find a hundred diff
ferent articles made of that one staple
only few years ago good for nothing
only to rub out marks and give active
jawed young persons something to chew.
AS wood gives out, coal pits are found
everywhere. We begin to fear for lights
with which to illuminate our homes,
and make all things cheerful, when 10!
oil is distilled from q coal and d we ven
ground for us to fill our lamps with
Coal tar, once regarded as useless, is now
manufactured into many different mer
charitable articles, some Of them Of great
value.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08

Be simple, be unaffected, be honest in
your speaking and writing. Never use
q long word where ashort one will do
Call q spade a spade, not q well-knOwn
oblOng instrument of manual industry; ;
let home be home, not a residence; a
place a place, not q locality; and so of
the rest. Where short word will do,
you always lose by using long one.-
You lose in clearness, you lose in honest
expression of your meaning; and, in
the estimation of all men who are quail
fed to judge, you lose in reputation for
ability. The only true way to shine,
even in the false world, 10 to be modest
and unassuming. Falsehood may be q
very thick crust, but in the course of
time truth will find place to break
through. Elegance of language may
not be in the power of all Of us; but
simplicity and straightforwardness are.
Write much a. you would speak; speak
- you think. II with your interiors,
speak no coarSer than usual; II with
your superiors, no finer. Be what you
say; and, within the rules Of prudence,
say what you are. Avoid all oddity OF
expression. No one was ever gamer
by singularity in words, or In pronunci-
alton. The truly wise man will speak
% that no one may observe how he
speaks. A man may show great knowl-
edge of chemistry by carrying about
bladdes of strange gases to breathe,
but he will enjoy better health, and find
more time for business who lives on the
common air.
When L hear person use queer eX-
preston, or pronounce name in read
ing differently from his neighbors, the
habit always goes down, in my estima-
ton of him, with u minus sign before
1t; stands on the side Of deficit, not of
credit. Avoid likewise all slang words.
There is no greater nuisance In society
than talker of slang. 1t 10 only tit
(when innocent, which it seldom isl for
raw school-boys and one-term freshmen
to astonish their sisters with. Talk as
sensible men talk; use the easiest words
in their cOmmOnest meaning. Let the
sense conveyed, not the vehicle in
which it is conveyed, be your object of
attention. Once more, avoid in CONVEX
sation all singularity of accuracy. One
of the bores of society is the talker who
Is always setting you right; who, when
you report from the paper that 10000
men fell in some battle, tells you it was
$3.50; who, when you describe your
walk as two miles out and back, assures
you it wanted half furlong of it. Truth |
does not consist in minute accuracy of
detail, but in conveying a right impress.
sion, and there are vague ways of speak |
ing that and truer than strict fact would
be. When the Psalmist said, drivers of
waters run down my eyes, because men !
keep not thy law" he did not state a
fact, but he stated a truth deeper than |
TACT and truer.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08

A BEAUTIFUL CITY, the cap.
ital of theisland of Java, according to the
description of a newspaper correspond
ent, is brilliant specimen of oriental
splendor The houses, which are as
white as snow, are placed one hundred
feet back from the street, the interven-
ing space being filled with trees, literal
ly alive with birds, and every variety of
plants and flowers. Every house has a
piazza in front, and decorated with
beautiful pictures, elegant lamps, cages,
&C., while rocking chairs, lounges, OF
tomans, of the incest description fur
family-who sit here morning and eve
ming. At night the city is one blaze Of
light from the lamps. The hotels have
grounds of eight and ten acres in extent
around them, covered with fine shade
trees, with fountains, flower gardens,
&c. The rooms are high and spacious,
without carpets and but few curtains.
Meals are served up about the same as
In first class hotels in the United States,
although the habits of living are quite
different. At daylight coffee and tea ere
taken to the guests rooms, and again
at eight o'clock light refreshments.
At twelve breakfast is served, and at
seven dinner. Coffee and tea are al
ways ready day and night. No bust
ness is done on the streets during the
middle of the day, on account of the
heat. The nights and mornings are
cool and delightful; birds are singing
all night. The thermometer stands at
about 81 degrees throughout the year.
The island of Java contains popula-
ton Of 100000. The island abounds
with tigers, leopards, anacondas, and
poisonous insects of all kinds. The
finest fruits in the world are produced
in prOfusion.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08

p6r How many heart is there in the
world SO deep hidden with sorrow and
secret repinings that the grave at times
has more beauty than bridal morn.
Who are happy? There are secret cham
beers in every heart. There are ashes of
love in every temple. There is cause
for sorrow in every heart, but why give
way to grief?. There is never lacking a
chance to get even with the world or
With those who have wronged-there
are thousand things worth living for
from love to revenge from despair to for
Retfulness. -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
AbS Snd ANDY

should any wish to know,
without = drink Of brandy,
The candidates for which we e,
We answer, Abe and Andy.
And II they ask us why,
Without q stick OF candy,
We make to them o short reply,
And vote for Abe and Andy.
We have no better men,
And none that's quite SO handy,
SO in this mind we still remain
To vote for Abe and Andy.
Let Fremont rage and foam,
And act the petty dandy.
When to the polls the people come,
They'll vote for Abe and Andy.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
"Be Thou, o God! exalted high"

DA.Some people are never happy but
in the hearing or telling the news. A
person being in q public house one day,
asked a stranger who came in, what's
the news? Says the stranger, "why
forty thousand men have raised to-day. y
Ne newsmonger, supposing the stran-
s. deferred to 2 rebellion, asked him,
awl do they.intend to do?" Why
to 60 he'd again ct night" said the
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
M'CORMICK'S IMPROVED SELF
AND HAND RAKING COMBINED
REAPEaSS AVID NOW ElSS.
The Self Raker Saves t,co Mems Work,

Inc LSCJ-fCOhCF tNtOCS tipO mems work,
AT time when hired help is scarce and hard
to be got at any price.
In many instances in 1853 the Mccormack was
driven and taken charge of by a girl, doing its
own raking in q better manner than could be
done by hand. Any farmer wishing it can work
our machine through the harvest Nth any other,
combined machine and reaps as well as NOUS,
anu "'0"' ~ "e CERTIFICATES q 1SfieIi
Jonas Miller, of Wilton, Muscatine CO., Iowa,
writes 1.-THE rake works perfectly, and is not
liable to get out of order. worked the machine
with two horses and found it as easy on them as
blowing. believe have by its use saved the
additional cost of the rake. AS . mower 1t
works as we'll as one could wish. cut rough
slough ground without clogging or trouble In
the most perfect machine have ever seen. 1
would sell next to my last COW rather than do
without one"
1--WE, the undersigned, purchased M Cormick's
self-rakers this season, and fully endorse the
above" JAMES COOPER,
GEORGE HERR.
Upton, CEDAR Co., May l, 1854.
This is to certify that purchased q McCor-
mick self-raker in 1859, and used it in cutting
80 acres of grain and 60 acres of grass without
any breakage at all. The draft was very light,
and consider 1t the most reliable machine
know of reaper and mower. The rake
works completely, and is not liable t. get out of
order. -Four men will bind as much after it as
purchased a Mccormick Self-raker in 1863 and
endorse the above fully.
225 cash required, and three and half years
time given on the balance at six per cent. inter-
est, If desired.
Weed, Bridgman Kent, Agents. Muscatine;
F. Bacon, Agent, Wilton; r. B. Lyon, Agent,
West Liberty; Clinton Orcutt, Travelling Agent.
my3Odltw7t E. A. MCNAIR, Gen1 Agt.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08

Between State and Dearborn SITS,
OH AGO, Hill NOIS,
For the speedy and effectual cure of old Chronic
Mercurial, Syphilitic and all Private Diseases,
without mercury or any other poisonous or
SYPHILIS, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary,
in its most hideous forms, speedily eradicated
STRUCTURE cured without pain or bougies.
GONORRHEA cured in from one to three
days.
GLEET, no matter of how long standing,
cured in from seven to fourteen days.
SPERMATORRHutAG involuntary elnissions)
brought on by self-abuse, excess, or entaled he
reditarily, causing loss of memory, imbecility,
and impotency, with all its deplOrable train of
symptoms. treated and radically cured by new
as used in DR. James New Orleans Lock Hosp-
tai for the last thirteen years, and which has
met with such great success. symptoms
Ringing in the ears, dimness of vision, aversion
to society, love of solitude, coStiyeness, want of
vital power, and other symptoms not necessary
here to mention. Apply Immediately, and save
yourself nom the consequences OF these terri
BILE symptoms.
DISEASES PECULIAR TO FEMALES treat
ed with the happiest results. DR.. James is tue
acknowledged chief of this speciality.
HIDROCELE and VARICOClILE effectually
SYPHILIS-the most horrible and terrible
pOisOn-etfectually cured and eradicated from
the system, without mercury, iodide POTASH, ar
senic, sarsaparilla. Syphilis primary cured in
two % minutes.
The following is but one of the many testimo-
mails which DR.. James has had and is daily re-
10 Nv Syiisnn of piTtah,r,,h pamm p 49, n 40
Toran in answer to iattaS ,f inn,,, oo -,
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Hp;nnati 1,hoiar HnS"i4 %.n ny s az ~ .e
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ticino in IGncinnati Hera !. tha Iartar r"frrS
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
pure and powerful Tonic. tive and Alternative o
wond ,rfu' efficacy in Gisease Of the
Stomach, Liver and Bowels.

Nothing that is not wholesome genial ard restora-
tive nature In TO the composition OF hos
TETTERs STOMACH Bi TEkS This popular prep.
aratioD ooptains mineral OF any kind, no deadly
botanical element; no fiery exctant; but 1t is COM
binaton of the ext acts rare balsRmic herbs and
plants with the purest and mildest Of all dtfusvs
stjmulants.
1t is we'll be forearmed against disease, and 50 far
the human system Can protected by human means
against maladies engrndered by an unwholesome at
Inos here. impure water and other external csnsss,
HOSTETTER'S BITTEaS may be relied on as q safe
guard. In districts infested with
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08

Ayers =
Pills

Are you sick, feeble, and
complaining! Are you ont
of order. with your systeaa
deranged, and your feelings
Observation-Disclosures sy mp
'oms are often the prelude
TO serious ilhess. Some 1t
Of sickness is creeping upoR
YOU, and should be averted
BY y timely use Of the right
frmedy. Take Ayers lflls,
and cleanse out the disor-
dered huInors purify the
blood, and let the fluids
move on uncbstrucied In
health again. They stimu-
late the functions Of the
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
TT e l. nj B o l. DIS
Genuine Preparations.

COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU, q
positive and specific remedy for diseases of the
This medicine Increases the power of diges-
tion, and excites the absorbents into healthy
action, by which the watery or calcerous depO-
sitions and oil unnatural engagements are re-
duced, as well as pain and Inflammation.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08

% My life is frail life; corrupti-
BILE life; life which, the more it in
creaseth, the more it decreaseth the
farther it goeth, the nearer it cometh to
death; deceitful life, and like shad-
ow, full of snares of death. Now / re-
joice, now languish, now 1 flourish
Now live, and straight I die; now
seem happy, now miserable; now /
laugh, now I weep; thus all things are
subject to mutabi1ity, that nothing con-
tinueth in one estate. 0 joy above joy,
exceeding all Joy, without which there
is no Joy, when shall l enter into thee,
that may see my God that dwelleth in
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08

A DARKY CONTRADICTORY, I want
to az you conunderum." ..e.
"Well jules, succeed. Use open for
the questum." :,
"Can you tell me why de art of self
defense am like de river at low tide ?"
"No jules, doesn't see no simnarity
in de two subjects, so darefore guys EN-
up"
"Well, den, I'll tell you-it simply
bekase it develops de mussels! You is
de most ignoramus niger l nebber
seed"
"Yah-Yahl I knowed all de time
what dat was, only didn't want to say
muffin! jis ak me agin and see if can't
told you"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
DR. I. N. HENRY,
-nCTYTTGT

All persons suffering with sore
or OF weak nr eyes VIII lido do well 70 csll
cure no charge, t--,-.,. $500 l! - IA
Office and residence between Sycamore and
Cedar streets, on Fifth street, Nuscatine, Iowa.
A1Persons at distance can address Dr. HEM
n By ensloatng postage stamps. nyNwA
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
TESTIMONIALS:

WARRINGTON, Jan. 7. 1862.
WV. RALsrox:-I have used your Cattle Powder
and would state that it possesses the qualities OF
toning and renovating the stomach, removing in
some degree the morbfc matter. l can recon-
nend for all horses in private use, where the
system is not too much debilitated.
up. TURNER, Veterinary Surgeon
For the U. 5. Govt, Washington, ID.
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The Only Safe Stimu1ant,

being featured from sound and innocuous mate.
rals and entirely free from the acid elements present
less in ordinary tonics and of
the day.
No family medicine has been universally. and. It
may be truly aided with the intell
sent portion of the community, "a
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
EFsox Baltimore Co., Nd. /

May 20th, 1858. J
The undersigned, for some time past, has had
in use Oh his farm .Ficksrdys Cattle Powder"
and from the benetic III effects derived from it,
takes pleasure in recommending the article TO all
farmers, q valuable preparation, TO be given to
horses and cattle. Some Of my work horses that
were In bad health. with little or disposition
for food, on their taking "Fickardt's Cattle Pow
DER" recovered their appetite. and in short
time became fst aud in good condition.
HENRY B. CHEW
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08

WV. RALsroS: We have tried your Horse
Hospital stables to some extent. 1t is highly rec
commended to me by the Super 1tendent and Vet
srlnsry Surgeon IN charge
c. II. SNOW, General Superintendent,
Asst Quartermaster's Office
Cor. 6 and 22d ST, W ashi ngton, ID. Z.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRE-
M GATED.
FLORENCE
Sewing Machine.

Unequaled in beauty and style Of finish
Makes four distinct stitches, the Lock, Knot,
Double Lock, and Double Knot. Its stitches are
unsurpassed. Sews light and heavy fabrics
with equal facility, 1t is the only machine in
alike on both sides of the fabric The work will
feed either to the right or left. Runs quietly
and sews rapidly. No difficulty in sewing
hens, and will fell beautifully. The most mex.
perienced finds no difficulty in using it. It will
last lifetime. Every family should have one.
claim for it.. Call at Durfees' Music and Jewel
~ Store and examine for yourselves.
tel5dwtf 8. G. & G. 8. DURFEE, Agents.
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- FICKARDT'S
CATTLE POWDER.
Thousands are Tsstifying to it, Efficacy

/ =
''Ths merciful man 10 kindto his beast"
| A FTER YEARS OF STUDY AND EXPERT
"A ment by the inventor, to compound from pure
| vegetable materials a Powder that SHOULD end
| MUST take the place of the thousand and one nos
trums gotten up and palm, upon the public NJ
"cERrAIN RENEDIEs' for the cure Of all diseases
which the brute creation are "heir to- he has
produced the one heading this advertisement, and
none cum be snless bear my our signature.
The demand is such that its sale has been chiefly
confined to the State of Pennsylvania, but we
have now contaminated such arrangements that
we are prepared to supply the numerous orders
now on Ea d. as well ~ those we may hereafter
receive from other states of the Union.
Know ng his pow der to possess all the curative
properties here Set FORTH we deem fulsome TRADE
MERITS will secure for it a ready sale. Being com
posed OF pure vege able ingredients, it can be
safely aud judici0usly given to that noble animal
the HoRsR. Its effects are no false pampering OF
the system. creating q bloatsd carcass with pre-
m ature 'hsdding of the hair; but. on the other
hand, 1t strengthens the digestion, puri. es the
blood, regulates the urinary organs, thereby
condition Of the animal, even shen in an uppar-
emily healthy state.
To the Agricultural AMI Dairyman it il al in
valuable remedy for their NkAT CA17LE laboring
under HOOP diseases, Hollow Horn, and other Of
the many complaints to which they are liable from
suppression of the natural secretions.
Hogs, during the warm seasons, are constantly
overheating themselves, which results in their
getting Coughs, Ulcers OF the Lungs and other
parts, which naturally has q tendency to retsrd
their growth. In all such cases, q teaspoonfui
mixed in bucket Of swill and given every other
day, will speedily remove all difficulties, and the
animal WILL INCRHAsI IN HEALTH AND FAT.
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WAsuINoroN. Oot IL 10

WASHINGTON, Dot. Is, 1862.
WV. RALsroH-Dear Sir: Having tried the Cat
tie Powder. manufactured by you, consider it a
good article for the diseases of horses and good
preparation there 10 in the market
HIRAM WRIGHT,
Assist Veterinary surgeon
For the United States Government,
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HELMB0LD's EXTRACT BUCHU

For weaknesses arising from excuses, habits
or dissipation, early tndiscretion or abuse, at
tended with the following symptoms:
1ndisposition to Exertion, Loss Of Memory,
Weak Nerves, Horror of Disease DimneSs of
Vision Universal I.assitude OF the Mus
cular system, Hot Hands, Dryness Of
the Skin Pallid COuntenance, Loss OF
Power, Difficulty of Breathing, Tremb-
ling, Wakefulness, Pain in the Back,
Flushing OF the Body, Eruptions on the Face.
These symptoms, If allowed to go on, which
laepotency, Faulty, Epileptic Fits,
In one of which the patient may expire.
Who can say that they are not frequently fol-
lowed by those "direful Diseases"
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HOsTETTER's BITTERs.

Prepared BY HosrETTER's SMITH, Pittsburg,
Pennsylvana.
soId By eli Druggists. Groosss andstorsksepers ere
ryVAoso. How. 2oW1y.
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 81, 1868,

WAsHlNGrOE. Oct. u, 1868.
WV. RALsrox-Dear Sir: Having had your
Horse and Cattle Powder in use for some time.
do chesrfuy recommend It ss good article, and
we'll worthy Of public notice. NJ. JACKSON,
Superintendent Of the Mule Corral
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Femdles-FenaaIes-Feneales !

In many affections peculiar to females tho
EXTRACT BUCHU Is unequaled by any other
remedy, as in ChlOroris or Retention, Irregular
lty, Painfulness, or suppression of customary
Evacuat1ons liberated or scurrhous state of the
Uterus, LeucOrrhoe or Whites Sterility, and for
all complaints incident to the SEX whether aris-
Ing from indiscretion, Habits of Dissipation, or
In the
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HOSTETTER'3 BITTEks.
HOSTETTER'S BITTERS

produce fleets which must be experienced orwitnesed
before they be uly appreciated In Of Cs~-
ssiswtonal Wsoknsss Premature Dseoy and Debility and
Decreptitude arising from Old Age. It exercises the
electric influence In the convalescent stages of all
diseases 1t operates az delightful invigorant When
the powers relaxed 1t operates rs-en.
force and re-establish them,
Last, but not leest, 1t is