The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-08
Miscellaneous Items,

| The I" Man in the Iron Mask continues to occun,
literary searchers into mysteries NJ. Maras Topn ha
come to the conclusion that De Lauzun was that mar
He had asked Madame de Montespan to obtain some
favor for him from the King; but he overheard hel
counsel the King not to grant it, On her assuring DE-
Lauzun that she had warmly supported him, he called
her a liar, and suddenly cast into dungeon al
Pisnerol, and kept there till bis DEATH
There is scarcity of seamen for the United States
service at present; SO much that great difficulty is
experienced in finding men to enlist In consequence
OF this the Secretary Of the Navy has issued an order
providing for the payment of the bounty to men will
ling to enter the service.
The latest fashionable color in Paris is called Eau
dc Nat, (water of the Nile 1t is mixture of gray
and green, which gives satin the appearance of flowing
water Whether it has any resemblance to that of the
Nile is rather doubtful; but the Nile, Egypt and the
Suez Canal are now all the go.
Bishop Rosecraus, of Ohio and Bishop Blanchet.
OF Vancouver, w. T., are said to be the only Roman
Catholic prelates in the world who have been granted
dspensatlons from attending the approaching Ecu
menical Council at Rome All the rest are expected
there on that occasion. . t-..sE #rz.$ @azE@
1t is now the law of Prussia that male cannot be
considered to have arrived at his majority until he is
twenty -four years of age. The Prussian authorities
are discussing bill which declares every male Prus-
sion to be of age when he arrives at his twenty first
year.
Mississippi papers say that it takes negro iuryman
exactly tour minutes to go to sleep after he takes his
seat in the box. GEychappe
up here it depends altogether upon the character of
the oVerseer, as they call the foreman.
The New York Leader, pointing a moral, saws
Secretary stanton leading very desoate unhappy
and miserable lite. He is quite broken down in mind
ana nody, ana Is threatened with softening of The
BRAIN" The brain? All! yes not the heart
Pork hoe
Joseph Mo-, by Pinger & Co., Hax & King and A. A.
Smith d Go. The latter firm have contracted for 20
Joo and expect 10000 more Last year they put up
only $4,000. ~ r
My boy" said clergyman to a youngster who
was fishing off pier, F." don't you know that it is
wicked to catch fish on sundays' Guess I hain't
snned much yet said the boy, without taking his
eye from the cork hant had nibbe."
man died in St. Johns, N B. the other dov
whose lite was insured for $4,000 The only child
d That man must have experienced something of the
uxuries of NO." y, VIZ
g. Louis is flooded with one and two dollar hills
en are counterfeit butare well executed that the
sasers OF nve national banks have pronounced them
genuine Ihey pass just as well as any,
: oouth carolina youth got on weeks sspree
ihd "hne drunk not only married one Of the inmates
u s'e mouse, but decided her his property in
'uch way that no one can get cent of it back
The petrifed giant at Syracuse is still the canse of
much speculation. The Onondaga Indians claim that
t Is the remains of Abel, who killed by Cain,
While Dr. Boynton says that it is an old statue.
An AGED LADT.-The death of Mrs Agnes Haw-
horne, the oldest inhabitant Of Memphis. Tenn. IA
announced She emigrated from Kentucky iifty.niue
'ears ago, and was ninety -tbree yeaas old.
Can you tell me how old the devil is? = asked an
rreFerent fellow Of clergyman. my dear friend.
lou must keep your own family record was the reply.
The pretty girls employed in the Treasury Depart
nent are called Revenue Cutters" and the male
Jerks Revenue noodles
1t is feared that, with the death Of Mr.. Roeblinp.
ne great bridge builder, the 81, 300, 900 BROOKLYN
ridge will dissolve into unsubstantial air.
Chang and Eng, the siamese Twins, have returned
o their homes in North Carolina
'ause; Scarcity Of money