The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-17

Yet she knoweth not love her;
Never dare tell the sweet
Tale but to the stars above her,
And the flowers that kiss her feet.
Mr.. Seeman, the naturalist Of Kellets Arctlf
expedition states a curious fact respecting ths
condition of the vegetable world during ths
long day of the arctic summer Altnougf
the sun never sets, plants makes no mistake
about the time when, if the net night it ough
to be, but regularly as the evening hour:
approach and when a midnight sun y severa
degrees above the horizon, droop their leaves
and sleep, even as they do at sunset 10 m n
favored clmes. IF man. observes Mr. zee
man, "should ever reach the pole, and DC un,
decided which way to turn when his compass
has become sluggish, and his time piece out 9. q
order, the plants be may happen to meet vii
show him the way; their sleeping leaves tel
him that midnight is at hand, and at that time
the sun is standing in the north"
The newspaper is a law-book for the lndo-
lent a sermon for the thoughtful, library
for the poor. It may stimulate the most IN
different, it may also instruct the most pro-
found
1t was bishop Horner's opinion that there Is
no better moralist than newspaper. lie says,
the folies, vices and consequent mlseres OF
multitudes, displayed in newspaper, are 50
many beacons continually burning to turn 9TH
ers from the rock on which they have been
shipwreeked What more powerful dissuaslve
from suspicion, jealousy and anger. than the
story of one friend murdered BY another IN
duel? What caution likely to be more effec-
tual against gambling and prohigacy, than the
1 1o+,, IF
Of despairing suicide? What finer lecture
on the necessity Of economy, than the auc-
tons Of estates, houses and furniture? Only
take newspaper, and consider 1t Well--pay
for it-and it will instruct thee.
Without agreeing with the natives OF some
of the tribes of Asia and Africa, who consld-
or no woman beauty who does not weigh 20
stone, we may be allowed to observe, says the
Ladies' Newspaper, that a little corpulency
does not deform a female, and that the fresh
ness Of the complexion of most robust ladies
is an ample compensation for their rotundlty Of
figure.
Great providence and circumspection arene-
cessary in choosing wife, for from thence
will spring thy future good Of evil; and it IS
an action of life like unto a stratagem OF war,
wherein man can err but once.
If married lady ola cross unhappy DISPOSE
ton, will take the trouble to wash her face and
comb her hair, and arrange her dress, it will be
almost impossible to indulge in anger until her
hair and handsome dress become dsarranged
again If gentleman is troubled in the same
way, let him kiss his wife three times day,
and put on a clean shirt every morning, and
our word for it, he will be the happiest MANN
the world.
How are you count, said noted wag to a
spruce-ooking specimen Of the genus snob.-
Sir! exclaimed the indignant swell, who are
you; and why call me count? Why, l saw
you counting oysters in New York last week,
and supposed you were Of royal blood, said
the wag. Snob vamosed.
There are two kinds of revolYers in the
world-the animate and the inanimate. The
latter are made by col. Colt, the former run
for congress.
Last week two medical officers were called
up to view the condition Of some Irish habita
lions, situated at the bottom of Westgate,
Leeds One of the medical men asked the
mistress of the house:
why don't you keep it cleaner?
The reply made BY the woman was, that
she was a poor widow, and could not afford it. /
How long have you been widow quoth
the doctor.
Sure enough, yer honor, for three years
sOf what complaint did your husband die,
said the man Of physic.
Och, lie never died at all; he runaway with |
another woman.
The Louisville Courier tells Of lady in
that city, who, in a fit of jealousy, jumped
from q three story window, without having
any bones broken and receiving any material
injury.
The man who took the will for the deed,
discovers that he made poor exchange.
Music is the motion Of the spheres, and
prayer their incentive action.
Hope paves the golded way to bliss, and +
cheerfulness is the lamp that lights the beau
teous walk
Industry is the lever that prizes the world
out Of chaos, duty the power that moves it.
Nolegislation aimed at the vices Of the poor,
while sparing those Of the rich, can ever be
upheld in this country.
Imprint the beauties Of authors upon your
imagination and their morals upon your heart. /
Calumny, though raised upon nothing, is
too swift to be oyertaken, and too volatile to
be impeded.
Whatever the wind may do in winter itcan-
not be denied that in spring it turns over
new leaf''
You have no business to have business with /
other peoples business, but mind your own
business, and that is business enough for any
business man.
The three foundations of genius are-the
gift Of God, human exertion, and events Of
life. The three things that ennobe genius
vigor, discretion and knowledge.
Old bachelors-leafess trunks in a garden
Of roses. Each dwelling is to them a sug
gestion each bird 5 nest standing admonition.
The application Of towels, rung out in hot
water, to the forehead and temples, is a spec
dy and efficacious remedy for headaches ari-
sing from neuralgia affections.
Dob. you are missing all the sights on this
sideo ssNever mind, Tom, I'm sighting all
,he misses on this side. =
Whatever amount Of s'cooing," there may
De in our honeymoon, We may be pretty sure
Of having fearful amount Of billing" after
wards.
A yankee describing an opponent says, 4
tell you what sir, that man don't amount to
sum in arithmetic; add him up, and there is N