The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-11-24
Miscellaneous Items.

Women who live to be thirty, and over withou
marrying in Russia, tabooed fashionable society
The Rothschilds have been nipped in Russian specu
lations, and are Wrothschilds.
There are now in this country about eleven hun
bred champion billiard players, and not one singh
champion wood,chopper. So says an exchange.
Over thousand Partisan lorettes have gone to Alex
andra, Cairo and Suez to be present at the Inaugural
ton of the Suez canal.
John A. Logan has quit the Methodist Church ant
gone to drinking and swearing since Grant failed tt
appoint him Secretary Of War.
The New York Herald says that VIM. B. Aston
during the last twenty years has so managed for
tune of twenty millions to it up to sixty mil
lions.
There is in New Jersey who insists upon
having bis marriage ceremony repeated every year,
going through the whole ceremony of new dress for
his wife, dinner to his friends, etc.
Two Richmond doctors have successfully given a
| young man new under eyelid, by cutting flap
from his cheek. The operation consumed two hours,
during which fifty gallons of nitrous oxide gas were
| consumed.
| In Cayuga county, N. Y, blind horse fell into a
deep WELL and, after unsuccessful attempts to haul
him up the men went to shoveng dirt on him to bury
him up. As fast the dirt fell in the horse tramped
it down. and in a few hours had worked his way in
this manner, to the top of the we'll and longer life.
The New York Sun is ungallant enough to make the
following assertion: GA new species of telegraph is
announced. number of females are placed in lines
fifty PAGES apart and the message is communicated,
in strict confidence to the nearest 1t is said that in
an almost Incredibly short space of time the message
is transmitted to the end of the line"
Mark Twain proposes pleasant little job to Con.
gress. He owns, he writes number of silver mines:
own millions and millions of affluent silver lead in
Nevada-in fact own the entire undercrust of that
rlr an1if
State off my property, so that I could get at it.
would be wealthy yet"
Two Americans at Baden-B Baden, the other day
were dining with pair of Paris ladies', when Rus.
sian prince, who, perhaps, wished to pick quarrel
purchased two glorious bouquets and sent them to the
ladies with his compliments. The Americans merely
glanced over to his table, bowed cordially and sent
him back by the waiter, two napoleons. He was so
much chagrined that he left the ROOM
curious scene was witnessed the other day at st.
Petersburg, in Russia. The First Regiment of the
Imperial Horse Guards drawn up in line, when a
young officer, in full regimentals, led up to the
colonel of the regiment, who struck him in the face
took his sword from him, ordered him to knee down.
broke his sword over him, told two other officers to
tear off his uniform, and then had him clad in the
coarse uniform of private of the line. The officer
thus degraded had stolen money from one of his |
and committed a number of forgeries He
was reduced to the position of private in the line,
and to for life in one of the eastern districts of
the empire.
The New York World overheard the following re-
marks about Daniel Drew He is a sharp old fox if
be has endowed theological seminary. know
lawyer who has acted as a referee in case wherein
Daniel was interested The referee gave an opinion
very favorable to Drew, and charged him twenty-five
hundred dollars. Daniels face never moved He
paid the bill and quietly remarked, Mr. -, if YOU
have no immediate use for this money it might be
very profitable if you should invest it in such way
do not advise you to invest; I simply say that you
might make it very greatly to your advantage" The
attorney, who supposed that Mr.. Drew was pleased
with the result and satisfied with the rather exorbant
ZEE, believing that Daniel proposed to do him good
service, went directly and invested the twenty-five
hundred and thousand beside as Drew had suggested
IN two days be lost every cent. That is the way be
;ot even with the fellow for overchargng. tell you
le's rat"