The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-01-12

IL VIII all De IISuI III tIle EAOInluBt
AS young friend was standing with us, noticing
the pedestrians OH the sidewalk a very stylish and
elegant girl passedus. "What beautiful hands Miss
- has" exclaimed our friend
"What makes them beautifully"
"Why, they are small, white, soft, and exqusitely
shaped. The fingers taper down delicately, and
there is a rcseate blush on the finger nails that no
artist could initiate"
as that all that constitutes the real beauty of the
hands? Is not something more to be included in
your catalogue of beauty, which you have not emu
merated, to make the hand desrable?"
''What more would you have?"
care they are charitable hands? Have they ever
fed the poor? Have they ever carried the necessi-
ties of life the widow and the orphan? Has their
soft touch ever soothed the irritation of sickness and
Gained the agonies Of pain? Do the poor bless those
rosy tipped fingers as their wants supplied by
themY
care they useful hands? Have they been taught
that the world Is not play ground, theatre of
display, mere longing place? Do these deli
cate hands ever labor? Are they employed about
the domestic duties of life-lhe homely, ordinary
employments of the household Or does the owner
leave all that to her mother, while she nourishes
her delicate hands in idleness2"
care they modest hands? Will they perform their
charities or their duties without vanty2 Or dothey
pander to the pride of their owner by their deicacy
and beauty? Does she think more Of their display
than of the improvement of her intellect and char
acter2 Had she rather be called, the girl with the
beautiful hands, than to receive any other praise for
excellency of conduct or character?p
care they humble hands2 Will their owner ex-
tend them to grasp the hard hand of that old school
fellow, who sat at the same desk with her. and on
recitation bench, but who now must earn her
living by her labor2 Or will they remain concealed
in their exclusyeness, in her arstocratic mutf as
she sweeps by her former companion?"
care they religious hands? Are they ever clasp
ed in prayer elevated in praise2 Does she remen-
Der the God who has made her to differ from so many
Of her SEX and devote her mind her heart her hands
to His service? Does she try ID initiate her Saviour
by going about doing good? Or are her hands too
delicate too beautiful to be employed in such good
works?"
"These are the qualities that make the hand
beautiful one, IN my estimation; There is an anna
ranthine loneliness In such hands superior to the ia
Perng slenderness OF the fingers the hue of
the nails"
Mobile (Ala.) paper says that an inquest was
recently held in that city the body of man who
died from taking overdose of vegetable pills On
opening the body the interior was found to be one
huge cabbage but dead to its core from confinement
and want Of water, beverage which the patient IN
fortunately, never drank. The jury returned YER
dict of quits Quits geutlemen' exclaimed the
dismayed coroner-never heard of any such thing
What do you mean? Why replied the foreman,
we find that if the cabbage killed the man. the man
most certainly killed the cabbage, and if that amt
quits, blow me-
The Scientific American recommends as a substi-
tue for hot whiskey punch of cold night the fol-
lowing: "Put three or four Jumps of sugar, with
half teaspoonful of cayenne pepper in tumbler,
and fill up with hot water. When the sugar is dis.
solved drink. 1t is not only pleasant to the palate,
but warns the whole body more effectuay and
quicker than spirits.
If the line which separates vice from virtue were
and legibly drawn, the mark would not
last long, for many would be crowding upon it
that it would very soon be obliterated.
Actions speak more forcibly than words; they are
the test of character Like fruit upon the tree they
show the nature of the man; while motives like the
sup, are hidden from our view
In India, priests who have made vow to wearue
clothes, rub themselves of cold nights with red pep
per- This gives a glow equal to the warmth of
several blankets"
A wag remarked the other day, with very grave
that "however prudent and virtuous
young widows might be, he lad seen many a widow
er in his time"
The politicians have thrown me overheard said
disappointed politician but have strength left to
swim to the other side.
The young lady who was buried in grief, is nov
alive and doing well. TWAS case of premature ia
erment
A clergyman who lives on the sea shore, says he
likes calm Sundays, because he is opposed to Sab
bath breakers.
The young lady who fell in love has been pulled
,ut, by the daring fellow who successfully struggled
with the world.
Men cannot expect to take pleasure unless they
ire willing to take pains
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