The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-11-29

"A mutton-chop suggested the form Of a
substantial British Whisker. Out OF this sim
Die countless varieties have arisen; one has
whiskers turned into thecorners of his mouth,
as if he was holding them up with his teeth;
the second has wandered into the middle of the
cheek, and there stopped, us though it did not
know where to 60, like youth who has ven
tured out into the middle Of a ballroom, with
! all eyes upon him; another twists the contrary
way, under the owners ears; another, with a
vast Pacific of face, HIS little whiskers, which
seem to have stopped snort after two inches OF
voyage, as though aghast at the prospect OF
having to turn such cape Horn Of a chin
We perceive coming tremendous pair, run
ming over his shirt collar in luxuriant profuslon;
vet we see, as the colonel or general takes Oft
his hat to lady, that he is quite bald; those
whiskers are, in fact, nothing but tremendous
land slide from the veterans head
When a devout mussulman found himself
in the midst of terrible tempest at sea, he re-
collected that he had violated Mohammedan
law by indulging in swine's flesh on particu-
| lar occasion. Having made due confession
and prayed for a cessation of the storm IN vain,
he pettishly exclaimed, what fuss about a
little pork
"The adoption Of French names, says the
Paris correspondent of the Daily Times, lis a
very singular one; not half the population of
Paris going by that which properly belongs to
them. Many take names because they are
easier SO sign, others because they appear bet
ter in print, and upon public announcements;
others, again, obtain additional names by the
purchase Of estates, or by coming into posses
sion of landed property bearing a name of its
own. Plain M. Fiolin has become M. de Per-
signy; Alphonse Pratt has become Alphonse de
F., Lamartine. Count Girardin had his natural
son baptized under the name of Lamotte, but
has never been able to prevent him from sign
ing Emile de Girardin. The name of Moliere's
father was Poqueln; when the dramatst found
he was becoming famous, he adopted title
| less known in the carpet business than that of
Poquelin. Voltaire was simple FRANCOIS AGO
net at his christening"
Dr. Mosey observes, in his treatise on cof
fee, that the great use of the article in France
is supposed to have abated the prevalence of
the gravel In the French colonies, where cof-
fee is more used than in the English, as we'll
as in Turkey, where it is the principal beyer-
age, not only the gravel, but the govt, are
scarcely known. Du Four relates, as on ex-
traordinary instance of the effect of coffee in
govt, the case of Mr.. Deverau, who was at
tackled with govt at the age of 25 years, and
had it severely till he was upwards Of SO, with
clalk stones in the joints Of his hands and feet;
but, for four years preceding the account OF
his case being given to Du -Four to lay before
the public, he had, by advice, used coffee, and
had no return of the govt afterwards.
The following fact, says the Paris Pays. will
give an idea Of the state of degradation into
which the lower class of the Muscovite clergy
has fallen A Russian gentleman relates that
when passing one day through village, he
saw number Of peasants assembled, and stop
ped to inquire the cause. ''0h!'' replied one
of them. sit is only the priest, whom we are
going to lock up in barn" "And why do you
do that?'' Because it is Saturday. The priest
is drunkard, and we always lock him up on
Saturday, in order that he may be in a condl-
ton to perform divine service on Sunday. On
the Monday he is free to drink as he likes for
the other days of the week.
A man, formerly belonging to this city, says
the Salem Evening Journal, returned home re-
Gently, after an absence of fortytw years. He
left wife and child, one year old, behind, and
when he returned he found his daughter the
mother of twelve children, some of whom are
married. His wife lived widow, as she sup
posed, over twenty years, and married again
come twenty years since, and now resides in
Salem.
A wavward son of the Emerald isle, cleft /
the bed and board which he and Margaret, |
his wife, had occupied for long while, and
spent his time around rum shops, where be
was always at hand to count himself sin,
whenever any body should ''stand treat
Margaret was dissatisfied with this state of
things, and endeavored to get her husband
home again. We shall see how she proceeds:
''Now, Patrick, my honey will ye come
back?''
"No, Margaret, 1 wont come back
can wont We come back for the love of ts1e |
children?''
"Not for the love of the children Margaret"
'Will ye come back for the love of meself?''
''Niver at all. Way wild ye."
can Patrick, wont the love of the church
bring We back
1.-The church to the divi, and then wonst
come back
Margaret thought she would try one other
inducement. Taking pint bottle Of whiskey
from her pocket, and holding it up to her tru7
ant husband, she said: ''Wll ye come for the
drop of whiskey?"
''Ah, me darnt," answered Patrick, unable
TO Withstand such temptation, ''it's yerself
that'll always bring me home again-ye has
such winning way wild ye, I'll come home,
Margaret" Margaretdeclares that Patrick was
reclaimed by moral suasion.
University of Louisiana.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
TIME Lectures in this department will commence on
J. the second Monday Of November, 1854. and con-
nue until the first Monday Of April, 1855. They will
embrace the most important branches of the Civil,
Common, Constitutional and International Law, as
well Equity, jurisprudence and Practice. Lectures
will be delivered by four professors.
Those by professor McCaleb will treat of
L. Admiralty and Maritime Law, embracing the
rights and obligations Of Masters and Mariners, Coli
sons other Maritime Torts, general Average, Salvage
Civil and Military Mariners Contracts Marine Insur-
and approximations, and contracts for Maritime
Services in building repairing and supplying ships.
@ International Law, embracing the law of prize
and the nracfiee of prize courts the absolute rights