The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-11-07

him when he carried Rosa to his castle, ana the
loud shouts of the seryitors rang through the
halls, and her mother awaited her in the door
way to become the templar's bride.
Vos SwE1TzEL ON PoL1T1cs-ssM Mine neigh |
Dor, Wilhelm, yot you tlnk OF 5olltlcs, hey!
asked Peter Won Slugg, of his neighbor Won
Sweitzel, the twelf b ward blacksmith, ,lasteven-
ing beside him in a 'bierhaus'
sI links mueh,'' said Sweitzel, giving his
pipe long Whit.
"Vel, vot you tinks?"
II comes to der conclusion dat bolltics is one
big fool"
ssAhp' exclaimed Pete, after taking adraught
from his mug, show do you make dat?''
s.Vel, mine frien' I tell you" replied SWEET
eel, after few whifs and drink, 't1 comes to
dish place ten years last evening by der dutch
almanac, nit mine blacksmit shop. builds
fine little house, poots up mine belers, l
makes mine fire, heats my iron, / strikes nit
mine hammer gets blenty of work, in and l
makes mine moonish."
"Dat is goot," remarked Pete, at the same
time demanding that the drained mugs be re-
filled 1e e4 tTA
-"I say that made much friends" !" continued
Wilhelm, relighting his pipe. "Der beellPles
all say, Won Sweitzel bes good man, he blows
in der morning, he strikes in der night, and he
minds his business. So dey spraken to me
many times, and it make me feel much goot
here,' slapping his breast. y
"Yaw, yaw, datsh gooter, remarked Pete,
who was an attentive listener ... ......-.
3'Vell, it goes long dat way tree year. Tree?
Let me see, Won year make tree hoondred toilar,
der next tree hoondred and fifty, der next four
hoondred and swoonzy, and der next five hoon-
dred tollar. Dat make five year. Vel, bes
here Eve yeer, when old Mike, der watchman,
who bees such big man comes to me, and he
say-"Sweitzel vot makes you work SO hard?'
'.To make moonish,' dell him. Il dells you
how you makes him quicker as dat, he say.
ask him how, an den he tells me to go into
boltics an get big office. I laugh at him ven
he tells me dat Shake, der lawyer-vot makes
such burty speeches about Faderland-bees
going to run for congress, and dat Shake der
lawyer dells him to dell me, if would go among
der peoples and dell them to vote mid him all
der while he would put me in Won big office,
where I makes twenty tousand tolars yeer.
"rwenty tousand mine Got!'' exclaimed
/ Pete thunderstruck.
"Yaw, twenty tousand. Veil, by shnks, I
shust stop der strikin an goes to mine trlens,
an ali der Yarmans vot for Shake, an Shake
bes elected to der congress
Here Mynbeer Won Sweitzel stopped, took .
long draught of beer, and fixing his eyes on
the floor, puffed his pipe as if in deep thought
s.Vell mine neighbor,' said Pete, after wait
ing due length of time for him to resume
"vot you do den, eh?"
ssVell I ask Mike, der swellhead watchman
! for der office, an he dells me gets him de1
next yeer. | waits till after der next krou
making tme ali den say again, Mike vehl
. viii Shake give me dat twenty tousand tolla
! office?" "In two yeer sure" he say, cit yol
| work for der barty" Veil, I stop a BLOWN mi
T., mine bellers agin, an blow two years for de
e barty NIT mine mout.' $.
1.-TWO year NIT your mout?" asked Pete, j
: astonishment. ..- ..l.-t-..
~"Yaw, two year. Den again | go to Mix
/, der swellhead watchman an dell him de
e. twenty tousand dollar about, an dells me in vo
0 more yeer gets him sure. dinks he fools me
yet blow for der barty annudder yeer, an
+ den, vot you dinks?"
e '|Dinks! Wy, you gets him twenty tousan
d tolar?"
d "Gets him! Py shinks, Mike, der swellhea
e watchman, dells; me bes Won big fool. an da
d I might go to der pad place, an eatsour krout.
n "He dell you dat?''
b "Yaw. Sure as my name bes Won SWEET
e zel." "-.
0 "After you do der BLOWN NIT your mout 70
o der barty?"
6 "Yaw"
'Mine Got! yot you do den, mine neighbor?
e II makes fire in mine blacksmit shop,
II blows mine own bellers again, heats mine ow
n iron, and strikes NIT mine own hammer. Isa
e to mineself-"W Wilhelm Won Sweitzel, boliti
T bes humbug and politicians bes bigger vor
d Wilhelm Won Sweitzel do yer own blowing ar
q let politicians do ders!'
Neighbor Pete thought he had come to
u wise conclusion, and after wishing all sort
: of bad luck to politicians, that class of me
J whose patriotism and integrity lies in their pocl
a ct, they ordered their mugs to be again reflle
~ and changed the topic of conversation.
:, IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE ARMs-Major jacob
Of the Bombay artillery, the we'll known com
+ mandant of the Scinde irregular horse, ha
e brought to perfection some remarkable improve
o ments in fire arms and has made public th
0 results of his experiments. One missile, whtc
e he calls the percussion rifle shell, is the mo-
> formidable ever invented by man. The shar
) Of the ball is such that its velocity, after
a flight Of 1900 yards, is but very little reduce
: and major Jacob declares that Judging frol
The practice of Jacobadad, "two rhemen $
It armed could in ten minutes annihiiate the be-
q field battery of artillery now existing" Th
experiments on rifle cannon are not less re
nnarkable and those who treated capt. Warner
a long range of three or four miles with ridicule
> will be surprised to read the following declara
ton from major Jacob, who says: "Judgin
: from experiments made,.as an old artillery off
(. cer, ,as we'll as rifeman and practical ,mechanit
: am deliberately of opinion that four groove
$ rifle iron gun, of bore four inches in diameter
weighing not less than twenty-four hundre
d weight. could be made to throw shot at a dis
q tance of ten miles and more, with force an
d accuracy" Taking the distance at even one-ha
or FIVE mile, this is a range far beyond what
now attained. When we consider that majo
P Jacobs experiments have been carried on q
his own individual expense, during period {
e thirty years, and that he is a man Of scientif
i.