The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-03-11

religion is constant smile. She diffuses cheer
fulness and warmth wherever she goes She
honors her profession by her cheerful serene
and beautiful life
Major Wainwright goes to church all day
every Sunday, and believes that the church is
a very beneticent institution. Contrary to
Toms anticipation, Sophia did not 'backslide,
and a fewyears after, was married to gentle
man from the city who was spending the sum-
mer at Freelawn ...I
PoPP1NG THE QUESTION. amusing pas
sage from an article in Bcntey's Magazine:-
"What a curious sensation that is which tfou-
bles a man upon such a mission! Why does
the elegantly arranged sentence, studied with
so much care, in order alike to avoid formali-
ty and familiarity, begin to seem bald and bun
Cling, just as it is about TO be wanted? Why
is it 6pally revised upon the coarse mat in the
hall, and utterly rejected upon the silky mat
on the landing? Why do you feel choking, as
with thirst, and yet could not drink the elixir
of life if it were presented to you? Why would
youpay a hundred guineas step to have the
staircase twice as long as it is, and yet you go
up as hastily as if you were escaping from a
poor relation? Why does that pleasing bow
with which you have SO often stopped to con-
quef--you know it-seem to you at once a
great deal too low, and great deal too slight
and altogether abominable? Why do you wish
YOU had put on that other cravat? in short,
why is your sense SO keenly awakened to the
outward man, and to the outside phase, and
why do you forget that you have hitherto look
ed like gentleman, and spoken like phi!pso-
pher, and generally done your duty in that
state of life in which it has pleased Providence
to place you, and that there is no particular
reason why, at one O'Clock this fine day, you
should make a failure? 1t is satisfactory an
swer to say that all this is because there sits in
the low chair near the window, in that draw
ing room, bright-eyed young person of the
other SEX, who, if you could only see it, can
hardly hold her crotchet work for her tremour,
who knows intensely well what you mean, and
what you have come for, and who desi gns to
make YOU the kindest possible answer, poor
words, and who in the meantime, is in about AS
fit a condition to criticise yon, as l am to cor
rect the ''Jupiter Symphony or the "Naut-
cal Almanac" Let me appeal to some of my
friends whether have over-stated the case
There is captain Pounder-that big, hand
some man with the black vhiskers, who, in one
Of those dreadful Punjaub fights, rode slowly
up slope of three quarters of mile towards
a fort from which our dear oriental brethren
were blazing upon US with seventy acannons,
and remarked tc his comrades, as he dashed
singlY into the narrow breach, that he would
wait inside Just ask that dauntess person
how he felt when going to propose to Laura
Green, of the engineers. Or speak to the sccre.
tary of state for the unhesitating department,
who thinks nothing of tackling a roaring and
excited house of commons at mid night, drag
ging comrade out of a mess, an. . like Ty-
dides, tearing tie strongest battle of his antag
onists, amidst shouts that would dismay sta
tue. Only ask how it was that he went three
times to make a personal offer to lady Aspho-
del Winglington and at last was obliged to do
it in beautiful dispatch-letter, mean. Do
not talk to me about faint hearts and fair la
dles-of course we know that many an cstima-
bic female is very good natured, and would
give you her hand just as she would give you
the salt, or the nutcrackers. because you seem
to be looking for it, and will in no degree ap-
precIate your making such sentimental fuss
about the matter (and a very remarka bic good
partner such woman will make, too, mind
that. but our discourse at present is less of
partnership than of marriage"
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AN INDIAN Observation-Disclosures the nu
merous lakes which in the western States of the
Union. pay the tribute of their waters to the
great lake Ontario, that Of Saratoga is princi-
paHy remarkable for the beauty of the sur
rounding landscape, and for the calm which
reiyns around it, ever undisturbed by winds and
storms. This personal quetude of beautcous
locality has given rise to a supersti'ious belief
among the Indians They say that the Great
Spirit who dwells here wishes not the slight
est noise to ruffle the tranquility of his retreat
and will punish the rashness Of the one who
in crossing the lake, should utter single word ;
the boat they believed would be Instantly sunk
Sometime since an English lady embarked on
lake Saratoga, in a canoe manned by Indians
who did not fail, before starting to give her to
understand that if she desired to avoid expo
sing herself to certain death, she would have
to observe profound silence until the other
side should be reached. They started, the day
was delightfully."- calm, not breath of air was
stirring, and the canoe glded as noise|essly as
q oHduo" o'ei lHc SCdiCeiY IlPpleu NdttlS.--
About mile from the shore, that is about the
middle OF the lake, the lady, wishing to CON
vince the Indians of the folly Of their supersti-
ton, uttered as loud a cry as she was able
Terror seized the Indians, their countenances
were marked with its strongest lines-they full
|y expected to perish instantaneousy ". Never
theIess, they piled their oars with mechanical
energy in silence, and the opposite shore was
reached almost with the rapidity of an arrow.
This reached, the fair AngIaise began to ban
er the Indian chief on their credulity. He,
with a naughty, disdainful air, however, re-
.orted. ''Madam! the Great Spirit is indul
gent and compassionate; he knows that a white
woman cannot hold her tongue!
THE LIQUOR CoNTRovER A very exciting
controversy has sprung UP between two liquor
Tenders in New York, as to the comparative
merits of Schedam schnapps and London COR
1ial gin. They attempted to outstrip each
other in advertising their liquors. The Gin man
o show the fnexampled popularity of his drink,
ldvertises that he had sold 1905 600 dozen bot
les during the year. The schnapps man, to
lead him off, procured the customhouse cert-
ieate to the effect that but one solitary pipe of
he gin cordial had been imported during the |
ime specified and argues that the balance was