The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-11-19

cling breezes, and they whispered to the young
rose, and it awoke joyous and smiling Light,
ly it swung to and fro in all the loneliness d
health and youthful innocence. Then came
the ardent sun god, sweeping from the east, and
smote the young rose with it's scorching rays,
and it tainted. Deserted and almost heart
broken, it dropped to the dust in its loneliness
and despair. Now the gentle breeze, which
had been gamboling over the sea, pushing on
the home bound barque, sweeping over bill and
dale-by the neat cottage and still brook
turning the old mill, tanning the brow of dis
ease and frisking the curls of innocent child
hood-came tripping along on her errands of
mercy and love; and when she saw the young
rose she FASTENED 10 kiss it, and fondiy bathed
its head in cool, refreshing showers, and the
young rose revived, and looked and smiled in
gratitude to the kind breeze but she hurried
quickly away, for she soon perceived that
delicious fragrance had been poured ON her
wings by the grateful rose; and the kind breeze
was glad in heart, and went away singing loud
through the trees. Thus charity, like the soft
breeze, gathers fragrance from the dropping |
flowers itrefreshes. and unconsciously reaps
reward in the performance of its office of kind |
ness, which steals on the heart like rich per-
fumes, to bless and to cheer.
II nLo HAS just opeHeu d
house in Philadelphia, has adpted the follow
ing rules: The gentlemen must not put their
feet on the mantel in winter, nor ont of the win
dow in summer, and the lady must not write
her name on the glass with quartz pin. If
she uses an air-tight, she must regulate the
damper herself, and not ring every ten minutes
for the chambermaid. The single gentleman
must not play the trombone, nor make love to
the servants, nor comb his whiskers at the ia I
Bile. If he does, he won't answer The lady
must not turn up her nose at every thing on the =
table, unless she has a natural pug and none
OF the party must drink Or talk with mouth p
ful OF ylctuas. nor must they fight for the top
buckwheat cake. Terms liberal, and board to q
be paid weekly in advance. :
Tradition insists that corsets were first in je
vented by brutal butcher of the thirteenth CEN
fury, as punishment for his wife She was
very loquaclous, and finding nothing would cure N
her, he put pair of stays on her in order to
take away her breath, and prevent her. as he
thought from talking. This cruel punishment
was inflicted by other heartless husbands, till
at last there was hardly wife in all London
who was not condemned to the like infection. 9
The punishment became SO universal at last.
that the ladies in their defence, made fashion
Oh IT, and soft has continued to the present day.
"fou are rather a crooked character, Mr.. A,
Jones'" Rather, sir; but not quite so crook sh
ed as tree once knew. 1t was the tallest NJ
butter-nut ever saw. Standing close to itone y.
day In thunder storm, | saw squirrel on one g.
Its topmost branches. The lightning struck spt
the same branch about three feet above him. M
and the squirrel started. The lightning had The
to follow the grain, of course, and the squirrel Az
went straight down. So crooked was that tree inn
Sir, that the squirrel. by my watch, got to the eve
bottom precisely three minutes before the light
nng. ''That's a ie!'' exclaimed the land !
lord. "a liel-true as any story ever was. I o. o..
afterwards saw that tree cut down and made I
into rails for hog pasture. The hogs would be
crawl through twenty times day, and 50 crook \
ed were them are rails, that every time The OF
hogs got out they found themselves back in the a
pasture agani ~
Books are wonderful devices From m y seat mer
70 my library, call to Cicero, and he repeats sch1
Tor me without faltering or stopping to rest his ,ba
most splendid paragraphs. l speak to Demos spea
themes, and the mighty Athenean once more NJ
aunches for me those thunderbolts which full Pley
mined over Greece utter the name of John men men
dhton, and the blind minstrel strikes for me VAN "A
gam that harp, whose notes have echoed for the r
"o hundred years. The wit of Plutus, the
umor OF Addison, and the table talk of Sid For
ey smith, are all mine, through the magic of 10 o'
FPes. Through the ever-recurring miracle of N,
tinted leaves, the dead rise again; their sha For f
o"y forms take shape once more; and the eat
iorlons past, OF which they speak to me- lives r., EN-
I'D H. Ill '' s''e SIoiy that the 81
aa the world on creations morn. l will be sh
'a'eioi Tor DOCKS: Among wonder workers,
icy are the mightiest and quietest know
Infinite tofly
way a mist; but by ascending little, YOU II
y oi1e HOOK over 1t altogether So it is with and
IT moral improvement; we wrestIe ferceIr ShFev
It'll vicious habit, which would have no hold 5aIoo
Jon us II we assembled into higher moral at t cos
osphere. i',i
Most men, perhaps, forget the end in the use tute
The means. With them, politeness becomes hour
remony' business, slavery, religion, cant: n f.n
q The love of wealth miserable greed The T 1'
cans have swallowed up the end; hence mems Of ms
6 becomes rnoHstrous and nidshapen. sep
ePint is now very fashionable word; to acti
th spirit, 10 speak with spirit, means only 10 TT.
rashiy and TO act indiscreetlv. An able IL
m shows his spirit bg gentle words and re- Acadt
ute action; he is neither hot nor timid. pupils
The liar IS the greatest fool; but the next ''a'o
latest fool is be who tells all he knows A sn,
ldent reference is the highest practical wis -
m Silence has made more fortunes than ,,r.
. most gifted eloquence .... N
One Of the strongest rebukes upon the mean Burial
y OF human nature ever conceived was in receiv
picture Of the rich man refusing his poor s'rtne
ghbor the crumbs, while the dog took pity very Z
IN him, and licked his sores. ol, sn. :
How is your husband, this afternoon. Mrs. elsbor
liggs9' "Why, the doctor says as how as Itis h
ie lives till the mornin, lie shall have some perfec
'es OF him; but if he don't, be must give body eody.
, up" me ,,nsss !.
Never set yourself up musician Just be- glass,
Sc you have got drums in your ears, nor any :,
eve Yourself a school teacher haoarsa - All
e a nunil in vour eve - ready
pi0tty SIii wound etSShl around june
r neck has been discovered to be an infalli- -
remedy in case of sore throat It beats
per all hollow. J