The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-09-20

Il VALIANT, VERY!-It is laughable to wit.
hess the course of some men during political
tontests-we mean those who have no conf
hence in their own Judgment, and but little in
that of Others They are afraid to take sides,
put occupy ''good lord, good devil position,
hot knowing into whose hands they may fall
But after the election is over, and the result
Anown, they boast louder and talk longer than
those who possessed the manliness and indie
iendenee to come out and take sides. Such
,hen are beneath serious contempt, and are not
competent to discharge the rights and priyi-
tges OF citizenship.
! W1Dows.-Y Dung widows are always blithe.
they ever meet one with smile and dattering
Word Can any one tell why? Young widows
rsay very scrupulous attention to dress. None
know SO well what black or otherwise, are best
shifted to their complexion, nor what freaks of
millinery serve best to heghten the beauty of
their form. Their knowledge of this subject
tAey will put in practice. Does any one know
Why? Young widows, if at first pleasant, gay,
aid agreeable, through afectedness, become
r|aly so through habit. 1t is said that she
who is married second time is a better wife
tc; her SECOND than her first husband. Who
can give a reason if we have not given it?-
Young Widows are the most charming part of
CREATION the envy of one sex and the beloved
eff the other; and why?
Is prepared barley likely to be taken by sur
prise? If an argument is carried on con the
orAe hand," what is carried off with the other?
When tailor makes up his mind, what does
he do with the remnants? What sort of luci-
felEs does a man use to make light Of his trou=
BIDS? What composition has been yielded by
thh scene that beggared description? What is
th@ rate per pound at which man can carry
oul his own views? Punch
Fhe young woman who ate dozen peach
es,| half dozen apples, the same number of
peArs, three raw tomatoes, and half pint of
plu|ns within half day, says she knows fruit
amt wholesome
An old lady once said that her idea of
grch man was, "a man who was keerful of his |
clothes, don't drink of spirits, kin read his BIZ |
Die without spelling the words, and kin eat a
odd dinner on wash days, to save the VIM
mel, folks the trouble of cooking.''
"}What sort of man does lady most pre-
er? Dye give it up?"
ga husband mani"
The man who made mistake. says it is not
alfia pleasant as making eitherl love or money
A; Trash and somewhat deluded young man
as threatened to apply the Maine law to his
wedtheart, she intoxicates him so.
Wear your learning like your watch, in
riydte pocket, and don't pull it out to show $
lat you have one; but if you are asked what
'cotk it is, tell it. a
OHe of the German almanacs remarks that d
a y@ung girl is a fishing rod-the eyes are n
e hpok, the smile is the bait, the lover is the p
1dgfon, and the marriage is the butter with $
hicl| he is fried.' n
Willie the heather had their gods many, and s
any! and their lords many, their god Of wis RI
mi, their goddess of beauty, their god of b
uraEe, and so on they had no god ofholiness y
An pld author quantity remarks, avoid argu- c.
ent with ladies. In spinning yarns among q
ks AID satins, a man is sure to be worsted q,
d twisted. And when man is worsted and CT
listed, he may consider himself wound up tr
The marriage rite is often called ''silken tie - :"
blttfr old fellow of our acquaintance, who ''
nted to get married but never could: says =
1t it'b possibly true; for teamsters who drive
ii al whip--always make the cord silk
ce npthing else produces such singing eff I
is. I'VE hope to see him married, that's all.
The famous William Penn had scape- grace S
atioH, whom our punning ancestors desert s
asE a. Penn that had been GOTTEN cut but
yer lhended''