The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-06

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IA young ven dressed, gaHtlsnz5lT p
pearing man. with lovely wife ant child 5at
fgarneTed On tie same train from Buffalo .
-, ii spite of the earness and fearful Pro
testations of his wife, he would Leave the De
Dot a lie said on business From the Wiz
manner, We readily guessed what she though
his business was. For , long hour she stooc
with her boT in her arms, awaiting his return
the big tears in spite Of all her efforts, silently
Dropping upoa the cheeks Of her sleePingeIlld
He came lust a. the train started, drunk H.
Elurched towards the platform; fell upon the
rail, and bis head was severed from his body
Nerer in life shall ~se forget the expression Of
the pife'g cguntenance Is she stood q moment
her features pale and gbastlF, and then fell
senseIess upon the CORY and smoking form OF
her husband The wall Of the fatheriess boy
Il touched every heart, for not one who looked
/ upon the scene could refrain from weeping
4 The last dodge We have heard in evading
the state liquor law, occurred lately IN one o.
our fashionable drinking saloons. An indlgldu-
I al walked up to the counter and demanded q
dime bottle Of brandy Now, the rule Is 10
charge fifteen cents, unless an empty bottle is
f.. furnished in return for the bottle received; and
as the consumer laid only dime On the coun-
T ter, the ezra FIVE cents was demanded.
/ 81 don't want the bottle" said he, .sdra1
/ the cork
"The liquor can't be drank On the preni-
ses," replied the barkeeper.
/ 81 amt going TO drink it On the premises, y
( reioined the other, and tie barEeeper, suppo-
sing that he had some vessel 70 pour it into,
drew the cork, when the gentleman quietly
pulled out sponge from his pocket, and pour
ed the liquor into it, then, taking his seat, very
! IeisureIy commenced sucking it.
YOU seer said he, nodding eomplaeently
to the astonished barkeeper, Il amt going con-
/ trary to the rule, for the law says the stuff
shan't be drunk On the premises
The bystanders came to the conclusion that
the stranger would make an appropriate gov
ernor for Illinois, being decidedly the greatest
sucker Of them all Cincinnati Ing.
In the days Of Mohammed there lived al
Arab who had very pretty wife. The devil
transformed himself into 50 accurate ike
ness Of her husband that she could not, for the
life Of her, tell which Of them was her real
husband. Both claimed her. e. her real
husband and the devil in his likeness, The
case excited much interest in the neighbor-
hood, but no solution Of the difficulty could be
obtained. At length the case was brought TO
the prophet for solution
Mohammsd, after little reflection, held up
small earthen pot in his hand. with spout
in it Ike teapot, and said to them both, NOW
which ever is the real husband, will enter into .
this vessel By the spout, and thus establish his I
claim 10 the woman
The devil, having more capacity in that way
than the sturdy Arab, OF real flesh and bones,
entered at once into the pot, as suggested
The moment he entered, Mohammed closed
the top of the spout and kept him shut in.
But, by the time Mohammed had kept his
"exceiIency" shut up for 4 few days in that
earthen pot, it was ascertained that the world
was getting wrong in its machinery. Moham-
ned was therefore. constrained to let the de-
Ri cut from bis confinement, to take his neces-
3ary place in the management OF the affairs Of
he world. But. before restoring him to bis 5
liberty, Mohanmed e1torted from him very
GLENN promise that be would never trouble
be fair SEX any more, but confne himself
0 what be could do among the ''n1ale sex"
There are two things especially loved By all
ID soldiers-fowers and children. They have
cen 50 long obliged 10 look upon the earth as
field Of battle, and SO long cat off from the
eaceful pleasures Of quiet lot, that they
eem to begin life at an age when others end
/. The tastes of their early years, which were
rrested by the stern duties Of war, suddenly
reak out again with their white hairs; and are +
ke the savings Of youth which they spend
gain in old age. Besides, they have been
Jndemned to be destroyers for 50 long, that .
erhaFs they feel secret pleasure in creating, {
nd seeing life spring up again; the beauty Of
,eakness has a grace and an attraction the
lore for those who have been the agents Of
Intending force; and the watching over the Z
all germs Of life has all the charm OF novel
' for these old workmen OF death.
We like independence We like to hear q
ian express his honest convictions onvany and I
very subject on which he may have occasion a
speak. 4 man WHO is mere echo Of some
aiding politcian-some distinguished divine
r shrewd fnancier-whose religious senti-
ents Of his church-his political views fac
mile Of his party organ-who listens with
pen mouth and glazing eyes to those whom =
,cident have elevated, pecuniariIy, little
oove himself, not daring to- utter an opinion
hich does not fully coincide with that coming
ON such source, may find their appropriate
)heres in this world, but the moral and intel
ctual condition Of the community will not be
realty improved By any thing he dares' to do
say.
An odd shell-fsh, cross between the crab
nd the lobster, has just been caught near the
arrollones off California. It has ten claws,
70 Of which are as large as the claws Of the
binary eastern lobster and the balance half
; large. The large claws are capable of
-ushing an oyster in their joints. The crea-
ire is about ten inches in diameter and five
ches thick, and fifteen inches from the end of
e claw TO the posterior portion of the body. 7
weighs six and quarter pounds This is F
ie first of the species ever discovered. .
"How do the donkeys live here?" asked ,
aveler in South America; Il see no grass
bout" Easily managed-we just put green
,ecs on them, and feed them on pine shaving"
A distinguished humorist on his death bed q
quested that no one might be invited to his
neral, because it is civility l can not re-
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entiemen's Clothing 4 Furnishing Goods. L
ID ENOs & WOOD have just received from >as