The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-04-06


In a new book called Heart Pictures" written,
we believe, by somebody in Tennessee, there occurs
description of lonely ride which the author took
with pleasant lady, the temptation that followed,
and the heroic self-denial practice the occasion.
The following brief paragraph tells the whole story:
From Camden to Lancaster, distance of thiry-eight
miles, Travelled alone with Mrs. Greaves. She was
a sweet and interesting woman-so sweet and inter
estlng that fastidious l am that subject, be-
lieve would have been willing to have kissed her
had, however several reasons for not perpetrating
this act !. am such good husband | wouldn't
even be guilty Of appearance of dsloyalty tony
sweet wife. 3 was afraid the driver would see
me and tell Greayes. 3. l didn't think Mrs. G.
would let me.
beautiful smile is to the female couatenauce
what the sunbeam is to the Landscape. I'll embel-
fishes an inferior face and redeems ali ugly one A
smile, how ever, should not become habitual Or in
sPidty is The result, nor should the mouth break
to smile on one side, the other remaining passive
and unmoved, for this imparts an air of deceit and
grotesqueness to the face dsagreeable smile dis
torts the lines Of beauty and is repusive than
irown. There are many smiles, each having
distinctive characteT-some announce goodness aud
sweetness, others belTay sarcasm, bitterness and
prlde soften the countenance by ther laBpuish
ing tenderness or others brighten it by thet brIl
ant and spiritual yiVacy Gazing and porting before
a mirror cannot aid III acquiring beautiful smiles
half SO well as to turn the gaze inward, tb watch
that the heart keeps unsulled from the reflection of
evil, and is Illuminated and beautifeG By all sweet
thoughts. Then there Is a woman sweet laugh, I
Ritching! Its sound has been pleasantly compared
to flutes on the water. 1t leaps from hgr heArt in
clear sparkling rill, and the heart that it reaches
teels as # bathed in the cool eXhilerang spring -
1t runs the prose OF lips into poetry it filings show
ers Of sunshine over this darksome world in which
re are travelling, and gi!ds with light and bright
someness all that it touches.
most singular aud rich matrimonial advertise
ment appears in one Of the New YoIk papers Ii
pretends to be from q disconsOlate widuRer ana he
thus particularly specifies the qualifications Of her
70 whom he Is TO be united: She must be five feet
four inches in height, q u inches grf of dark com.
pexion and hair, bored, feet to wear y shoes
and hands to BIT No. 81 JouYen gloves; and offers
as an Inducement to person of the right dinen-
sions that he has five satin ffly-three silk and Sc
genteen Ihibet and muslin delane dresses fourteen
morning dresses Of different patterns and STYLES
number of cloaks and shawls, fair assortment of
tdTs, Iaces aud embrolderes, collars and under
sleeves amounted, under clothes and pRmertiona-
bIes III piles, hoop shirts of iron steel India rbbar
gutta Percha, whaebone and raW-hide Ghe last not
guaranteed, except the applicant is coed tempered
ana superb assortment Of iewelrV c5nsiStinr Of
pms, earrings, clasps and bracelets person with
loss 81 teeth and partial loss Of hail need hot be
deferred from applying, as he has quantity Of false
hair, and good set Of teeth, III working order A r
fresh complexion is desirable, as the rouge pots are
an empty. a prompt and speedy application is re- n
quested, the articles have already been dsused
fer fourdays and they liable to 90 oat of fashion
at any time, and become worthless
was down to see the widow, yesterday said
lin uncle ana sllC gave me dinner. | down 1
rather early IN the morning. talked, and laugh >
ed, and chated, and on, she going ont and in 4
occasionally, till dinner ready when she helped
me gracIously to pigeon pie. Now l hoIght that =
Tim rather favorable. took it as symptom ef ri
personal appreciation, because every body knows e.
love pigeon pie, and fattered myself she had cook y
ed it on purpose for So grew very particularly D
cheerful, and thought could zee it in her tool 81
after dinner, while sitting close beside the widow hi
fanced both felt rather comfortable ike-I know in
did. felt that had fallen over head and ears in ar
love with her aud imagined from the way she look
ed she had fallen IN love with She appeared
just for all the world as if she thought was com "
ing--that was going 70 court her. PRESENTLY
couldn't help til laid my hand softly on her beau.
tiful shoulder, and | remarked when had placed it
there IN my blandest tones, Tim, for tried to throw
my whole soul into the expression, | remarked then
with my eyes pouring love, truth, and fidelity right
into hers
widow, this is the incest, softest pIaee, ever
had my hand Oh in all my life"
Looking benevolently at me- and at the sametime a
flushing up lttle, she said, il melting and win 81
ming tones n
Doctor, give me your hand, and III put Jon be
much softer place"
In momentum rapture, consented, and she gent "
Y, very gently Tim, aud quietly laid it on nv head
md burst into loud laugh that's ringing in my r.
,ars yet. u
Now, Tim, haven't told this to living soul but lns
'ou. and by jinksl you mustn't but couldn't hold p
any longer, 50 tell You; but mind it mustn't 10 ne
my further. go
The St. Louis Herald tells tough but lively Ito ov
# a in that city chasing young man wearing the
flaming red shirt. He ran and the COW ran mn ne
ne street and down another the COW max n rather bes
he chest time" Red shirt thought to escape by Lo
odging behind such persons he came across the
asut was that several Innocent pedestrians were Pa
perforated and carried of upon the infQrate5 anil ern
la's herns Red shirt finally sought .afety fn a vol
oGse up the stairs Of which be- ram the COW fol-
owing for few steps. She finally driven put uey
nd officer FnoH placed two balls from his revolver on
ito her head, which put quetus upon her hostile [
demonstrations upon red shirt The red!shirt den -
eman, in consideration Of his hair breath escape
emanded the cows carcase and upon thq oficetre- IL
Using to permit him remove i'll he cred-ed iis- a.
Irbance which led to his being arrested ud locked ter
p in jail Cai
Time was, that when the brains we're out The
an would die buta Wisconsin paper tells STORY CHI
hch would seem to confute the theory of e Thanc gen
re ask the attention of the faculty and phreno Cat
sts to the case. 4
Il i that James Campbell Iaborer In The employ al
George @. Irvine, esq Of Damn county, whose {
rains were literally knocked out by the filling Df To
ee, some six weeks ago, and strange 10 SAY he is
ii only still living, but has reganed all his faou
as, and bids fair to recover his usual sou lie heah
r. Croker of Dunyil!e the surgeon in adtendalice
us describes the case Il found the patti Fnt lying a
sensible, with large hole broken into the left side "a
the skull Just the ear both the LETT frontal 4
ID parieai bones shattered and two piecs, an Car
eli and half by inches square driven com colt
etey into the BRAIN and portions Of the brain pro
uding. After removing the fragments the bohe cas
then removed three-fourths of wine glass of BRAIN
conjunction with three pieces Of The tree which
I'd also been driven quite into the head. From The
-st there a copious discharge of chin watfry
lid from the ear, Of course through tile Eastachian -
be | considered the case hopeless as fir several 81
lys after the first dressing the brain continued to S.
re out and pieces large as walnut sdughed off FL
fore the wound began to cicatrize. The case pre- 4
mis- also a remarkable mental phenomenon which nor
i'll interest phrenologsts The patient before the bi
cident was never known to sing or whistle tune !
his life, but no sooner he able TO speak than
began to sing with perfect conectress and npw y
splays taste for music amounting to passion. r
WASTED.-A drop Of blood from the heaFtof trB Pc -
a spoonful Of brains from the head OF d c4bboge
a gift from the hand Of nature. n
shoe that will fit the foot of tree ~
An idea from the Uranium Of 4 hen
The price of cigar from the lips Of Yourg Amdr-
!, and
A few leaves from saddle-tree.
wanted-How many toes has the fop viii
a hill2 If the sea makes "breeches," who weats i
emf" -
Mama" said promising YOUTH some four Dr
e years of age, IF all people made of dust, d
1T niggers made of coal dust" ID
When a Tennessee girl is slyly kissed sh4 puts On