The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-10
Rev. Theodore Parker, lately preached a

/ Rev. Theodore Parker, lately preached
sermon on moral uses Of Material Beauty
1t was original, sometimes eloquent, and in al
parts interesting. Mr.. Parker maintains tina
beauty is far more useful than is generally &C
knowledged by mankind; and is accordingly
worthy of the highest culture. Characteristic
| Mr.. Soberside--was drawn, who condemned al
manner and forms of beauty, although learn
ed man, called a short-sghted and unphilosoph
ical ore. Speaking Of some of the materia
forms Of beauty, the preacher said that dia
mond was a perpetual rose, always in bud
and which it took the world three Thousand
years TO mature. Personal beauty was char
acterzed as the .tgenius of the flesh" He
thought those who dressed to an excess-wo.
men more frequently than MANN SO doing
offered aprotest agalnstthe ugliness with which
nature had visited themr Flowers are the sa-
crament which God presents to man. The fash
ionable street of a city was called a rainbow
let down from heaven, and beaming with
beauty. Mr., Parker thoughtthat the passion OF
women for dress was in keeping with the ma
ture of the sex, which possessed truer instinct
for beauty than man. Women he spoke Of as
the morning star, escorting the coming day OF
the world. In closing he eulogized beauty of
the soul as the highest of all beauty; butin no
manner inconsistent with material beauty.
In the life of the good man there is an In
dian summer more beautiful than that of the
seasons; richer, SUMMER and more sublime that
the most glorious Indian summer of the SOIL
When the glow Of youth has departed when the
warmth Of middle age is gone, and the buds
and blossoms of spring are changing to the sere
and yellow leaf, then the mind of the good man,
still ripe and vigorous, relaxes its labors, and
the memories of a wellspentlife gush forth from
their secret fountains, enriching rejoicing and
fertiizing; then the trustful resignation Of the
christian sheds around sweet and holy warmth,
and the soul assuming heavenly lustre, is no
longer restricted to the narrow confines Of bust
ness, but scars far beyond the winter of hoary
age, and dWells peacefully and happily upon
that bright spring and summer which await
him within the gates of paradise forevermore.
Let US strive for and look trustingly forward
to an Indian summer like this 55t
A gcssiping correspondent of the New York
Mirror, writing from Philadelphia, tells us that
the fashions there this season are excessively
fanciful:: Those ugly detestible plaids, better
suited to cover the floor than delicately form
ed lady, have again come into vogue; and in
order to show them to more advantage, whale
bones or hoops are employed, which give. an
extra fullness to the skirt Broad stripes, which
being truly American and in perfect accord
ance with the republican spirit of 1855, must
be admired, are to be worn extensively but un-
The neat gaiter boot which sets off
he pretty foot and the well formed ankle, is to
De discarded and in its place high-heeled slip
oers, with large rosettes, are to be introduced.
As regard bonnets, they appear to grow fright
ully less, and before winter sets in it is proba-
lie that large rosette fixed on the back of the
ead will take its place."
At st. Louis, on the 9th ult., an inquest
vas held on the body of Jacob Hill, who had
ommitted suicide, when some interesting facts
7ere developed which lend most romantic
lterest to the affair. Early in June last Mr.. /,
[ill's wife died in childbed, and the mother 5
nd child were buried in lot in the German d
graveyard. Daily since then he has a
sited the grave, often spending hours there.
e had enclosed the lot with fence, and pro- y
sey orn4mented it with flowers. On Satur-
~ morning. he visited it for the last time, and ii
ter tracing on the tombstone an inscription c.
tn pencil, laid down on the grave and blew K
S brains out with a pistol f. f.
At the American association for the advance &C
mt of education. prof Halderman advocated it
, use of highly phosphorized food for teach tn
), they having much expenditure of brains. at at
re reasen why the Scotch were so intellectu- -
y acute and active, he attributed to the use of ia
meal in their youth. Oats contained more tn
thap I'll
o recommended eggs as excellent for teach Gu e.,
/, IN oroer 10 increase their intellectual ca LIE
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A man and his wife having bitter quarrel,
order to appease their fury, they threw all tJa
portable furniture out of the window. The g e
e had even ripped up the tick of the bed, H,
set all the feathers af1oat in the air. and Ke
n rushing to the banisters of the stairs, and ito
aking her arm upon them, she exclaimed, an an
insane energy, "Now, you scoundrel, b T.
l must pay for surgeon!" Cr
Zen of great genius, but little heart, are gel
y not like the aurora borealis, whose mag o.
cence awes the arctic voyager to silence? a a
for what are they good? With all their a IA
'ndor they cause no flower to bloom; in all
II light there is no life. gen
SSotoeNpl 10 81 oCdIte dt Cdpc you, Lndl TWO -u'o
lien stalks and a huckleberry bush are call lee
grove. A Canada paper, giving the above s s,p
!, headsit worse than Jersey" cur
Will you take something's" said teetota- fy::
to his friend, while standing near tavern, W" VIC
ont care if I do was the reply. Well ''1
Frank, let's take a walk eto,
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