The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-06-19


little boy has hard lesson given him at school,
and his teacher asks him il he thinks he do it, for
q moment the little fellow hangs down his head but
the next be looks brightly up
II can get my sister to help me, he says.
That is right sister, help little brother and yea are
binding tie around his heart that may save him IN
many a dark hour OF temptation.
81 don't know how to do this sum- but brother viii
show me- says another ltlle one.
Sister pve dropped stitch in my knitting; tried
hard to pick up, but it has run down, and can't
fxit
The little girls face is flushed, and she watches her
sister With anxiety while she replaces the
naughty stitch
oh Pm 50 glad, she says, as she receives it again
from the hand of her sister, all nicely arranged 'you
are a good girl, Mary"
Bring it to me so3ncr next time and then it won't
get so bad says the gentle voice of Mary and the lit
te one bounds away, with light heart, to finish her
work.
If MARY had not helped her she would have lost her
walk in the garden Surely it is better to DO Mary
did, than TO say:
"Oh, 20 away, and don't trouble me" Or TO soold the
little one all the time you performing the triang
favor.
Little acts Of kindness, gentle words loving smiles,
they the path Of life with flowers; they make the
sunshine brighter and tile green earth greener and
he who babe us love another, looks with favor
upon the kind hearted and he pronounced the meek,
blessed
Brothers, sisters, never be unkind to one another
never be ashamed to help one auother-and never be
ashamed to help any one-you will find that though
it is pleasant receive aves, yet it is more blessed
TO give than receive.
A wag has made the following summary Of what he
calls the Inulieana5le Rights of Americans, which
are not enumerated the Declaration Of Independence:
To know any trade or business without apprentice
ship experience.
To marry without regard to fortune, state Of health,
positito or opinion Of parents or friends.
IN have fa md bI
cies of business and in of sudden DEATH to leave
them wholly unproYided for.
To put on hireng strangers the literary and moral
education of your children.
TO teach your children no good trade, hoping they
will have, when grown up wit enough to live Oh the
industry Of other people.
To enjoy general sympathy when made bankrupt by
reckless speculation.
To cheat the government if you possibly
To hold Office without being competent to discharge
its duties.
To build houses with nine or six inch walls and 20
to the funeral Of tenants tremen othgrs killed by
the fall weeping the mysterious disPensaton Of
providence.
a CooL OPERATION" Halo there, Gaping" said
brother Jonathan captain Of \ canal packet On the
Erie Canal, what do you charge for passage"
Three cents per mile and boarded, SAID The captain
Well, guess II take passage capting seeing as how
I'm kinder gin out, walking 50 far"
Accordingly he got on board just the steward was
ringing the bell for dinuer-Jonathan sat down and be-
gan demoishing the hxings to the utter CONSERVATION
Of the captain until he cleared the table, Of all that was
eatable when he got up and went on deck picking his
teeth very comfortably.
Glow far is it, Gaping to where got on bofri27
Nearly one and a half miles, " said the captain.
Let's sec said Jonathan 'that would be just four
and half cents but mind, capting, here is five
cents which pays my fare to here guess go ashore
now; I'm kinder rested out"
4 BULL.-Twe mea, with exceedingly rich bUogues
on their tongues entered store lately aad each called
for a gallon of whiskey There was nothing strange
in that, but wanted a first rate article and the
other cheaper article One concluded to pay seven
ty-fge cents for gallon Of Bourbon, and the other
only twenty-five cents for gallon of tanglefoot, and
they had but jug between them and wanted all the
whiskey put into t. which done, the clerk merely
asking themif they didn't want paper between the
lots "Oh no said one, Il can measure out his gal
Ion when we get home" st. Paul Democrat.
a member OF northern rife corps who has become
father was asked the other day by his young wife
what he would do With little toddlekin5 in he should
have to 90 out to meet the enemy lie replied that if
he went he would take the child with him. How will
YOU carry it?n asked the wife "Oh, strap il to my
back said he "Jh DON'T exclaimed the wife 'for
then be will be sure to DO shot
Little Observation-Disclosures, sisters did you ever
try The effects which little Of kindness produce up
On the the charmed circle call home? We love to
receive little fayors ourselves; and how pleasant the
reception Of them makes the circle! To draw up the
arm chair and get the slippers for father to watch il
any little service can be rendered to mother, to help
brother or assist sister-how pleasant ii makes home
BY deceased uncle, says humorous writer was the |
most polite gentleman in the world. He making
voyage on the Danube, and the boat sunk all the pas
sengers went to the bottom Ny Rncle was just at the
point of drowning lie got his head above water for
once took off his hat and said: Ladies' and gentle
men, YOU must please excuse met and down he went |
\ certain Shard-shell" clergyman who was occasion
ally addicted to strong potati0ns having mblocd more
than usual one day his stomach rejected the overdose
number of his flock passing by at the the time, in
CURED what allied him. The parson who on his |
knees retching violently spirited forth Only out
pouring OF the spirit
A physician in Wisconsin being disturbed one night
0y a burglar, and having no ball or shot for his pistol
noiselesy loaded the weapon with dry hard pills. and
gave the intruder dose which he thinks will 20 very
far toward curing the rascal Of decidedly bad all
meut
The most extraordinary instance Of patience on re-
cord in modern times is that Of an Illinois Judge who
listened silently fol days while couple Of wordy
attoruevs commended about the construction Of act
Of the legislature and then ended the controversy by
quietly rernarking: Gentlemen the law i repealed"
Speaking Of shaving said pretty girl to an OBJ
durate old bachelor II should think pair Of handsome
eyes would be the hest mirror to shave by" Yes .
many poor fellow has been shaved BY them, che
wretch replied.
Mix ignorance with sudden wealth, and we produce
a chuckehead whose insolence will be equal to hun
dred pounds weight to the square inch. We mag
inc no greater nuisance than ilbred man suddenly
raised to the rank OF millionaire.
The way to rise to sudden popularity, is to be very
plausible advocate Of prevailing doctrines and de-
tend, with some appearance Of originality, something
which like to believe but have good reason for
believing.
The New York Tribune says ''the argument between
the North and South is exhausted" Well let the
North and South 60 to and We guess they will
De like argument Louisville Journal.
There is good deal Of Dragging and blowing the
North just now over the number Of troops enlisted in
that section The Northern volunteers are like the
winds, ''they blow wheresoever they list"
Why are printers Ike patient wives with dtssipated
husbands? Answer, because they are used to setting
up" Give it up
Friends should be very delicate aud careful in ad-
ninistering pity as a medicine, when enemies use the
same article as poison.
Fortune sometimes desoends as a snow-storm, heap
ing up great abundance; but the appearance Of
warm sun thaws it to nothing
When Socrateswa asked why he had built for him
self SO small house, he replied: "Small az it IS
wish | could Ell it with friends
Franklin, talking Of senator who had been dra
3er said that The never sold piece Of tape narrower
than his own mind
A hypocritical fellow in Athens inscribed over his