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Chances of Marriage.

In olden times, says a Frenchman,
who, with the usual assurances of his
countrymen, pretends to know some
thing about women, female beauty
was fascinating means of securing
q husband. Nowadays, he adds, men
have reflected upon the subject, and
tits seldom that girl is married for
her personal attractions, whatever
they may be; 30 she runs q great
risk of always keeping her honorable
title of maid, if htr parents are not
rich enough to pay a handsome sum to
some gallant or other to change it
into that Of wife.
y 1t is an accident, or in fact a sort
of prodigy, when a man marries a
woman solely for her beauty, q quail
ity which has singuIarly fallen in
valne in mercenary days. If it ever
should take rise, it might be well to
adopt tho Persian mode of reducing
the number of old maids. This con-
sisted in selling the beautiful girls to
those who were willing to buy them,
and giving the amount to the ugly
so that the handsomcst endowed the
ugliest; the second in beauty, the
second in uglinoss, ct crFsa.
But this plan would be, we fear,
inap7licable in our days; for there
would be but few bidders for the
beautiful women, and the ugly, if the
money was to 60 with them, would
be the only ones to find takers. Seri-
ously, continues our Frenchman, wto
it must be borne in mind, is speaking
of France and not of the United
States, marriage is tending to disap-
pear from our social habits. The
numtcr of old maids, especially of
the middle class, is increasing daily.
A laborcr or mechanic has no diff
Guilty in getting married, for his wife
takes her share of work. In such q
case matrimony is a JOINT stock as
sociation. The working man spends
less when married than single. His
clothes being made and kept in repair
at home, and the more wholesome
apdd, Lev. q ss hnspt more
than compensates for any additional
expense Of having gAanoebs- person to
.-..- -sa- ssssss
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Bu9l HS0esaktlc6 HfaCuar ufur0 than
Hihat2 at2~ers:: :SBrhe4iy seehsadsRed tie
luxuriea Of 1fs Ill kinds Or Equality
have been tried at various times but
only one has been retained, and that
the most dangerous and most fatal of
all-the equality of expense.
Every girl is brought up with the
idea that she will draw in the lottery
of marriage fret prize. 1t is imag-
inedfthat style and. accomplishments
will make up fora want Of fortuna.
It is a mistake; they will only make
it more necessary, in fact. absolutely
indispensable.
Marriage is the greatest luxury q
man can indulge in. When We reflect
that. all the women Of the; middle
class are nowadays brought up. to
sbine in society, that there are no
longer any marked distinctions. as far
as expenses is concerned, and that
the standard of necessary living is
fixed according to that Of the, richest
q man must be indeed greatly, in lova
If he does not hesitate before the
"monetain Of velvet, silk and jewels
that he must consume all his days in
accomplishing, in order that his wife
may be properly dressed.' 'a"
IF For mon Of this ciass woman is not
% companion, to take ii share in pf6.
portion 70 her strsngthrof the com.
mon cares and ;lsborsof life,2 but an
|id6l that heAmuss apass his days ir
Adorning 'for the Adiniratioh or others
n poor man wholniarrses such a fswo.
'naaa witEoata dowryawbnld be- cans.
rSsees bssisS a holss which had to
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be fed upon tho topuzes md emcralds
instead of oats. So It il now rure to
find husband of the kind, and soon
it will be Impossible. This is what
they are coming to in France, accord.
ing to n very good authority.
Let our country women take this
warning, fresh from Paris, together
with the other fashions they are 80
fond of getting from tho same quar-
tor, and thus using the one as an an
tidote to the excess of tho other
avoid throwing away tho chances of
marriage.
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How A CAMEL GOES THROUGH THE
EYE OF NEEDLE.-The passage
from the New Testament, "Itis easier
for Camel" etc., has perplexed many
good men, whe have read it literally.
In oriental cities there are in tho
large gates small and very low .aper-
lures, called mctaphoricalIy ''needle's
eyes," just az we talk Of certain win
dows as "bulls eyes," These entran-
ces are too narrow for o camel to pass
through them in the ordinary man.
ner, or even if loaded. When laden
camel has to pass through one of
these entrances, it kneels down, it's
load is removed, and then it shufles
through on it's knees. "Yesteday,"
writes Lady Duff Gordon, from Cairo,
III saw camel go through the eye of
needle-tbat is, the low-arched
door of an enclosure. He must kneel
and bow his head to. creep. Though;
and thus the rich man must humble
himself"; LtI at.. '..: .r.r
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Second, another class of bonds or con.
soils arc to DO issned, bearing four and
half per cent, interest to tho amount
of four hundred millions. On tho sano
conditions, and these are to be fifteen.
thirtics. Tho supposition is that
bonds having fifteen yoars to run be-
fore redemption and then payable in
coin at tho pleasure of the govern
mcnt thirty years from date, would
DO as good Us the six per cents now
due, or about, to become due. Third
four hundred millions moro at four
per cent. interest, and having from
twenty to forty years to run, are to
be issued, with tho same restrictions
as to the exchange of thom or price
at which they may be sold. The
Secretary of tho Treasury is authori-
zed, however, to issue any additional
amount of these, twonty- -fortics for
tho redemption Of the outstanding
debt, provided no increase in the ~ag-
grcgate debt of tho United States be
made in consequence of the new is:
sues.
We sec, therefore, that not only
the twelve hundred millions express
ly mentioned may be issued for the
redemption or exchange of existing
securities at par, but that the balance
of the debt may be so transformed by
the Secretary of the Treasury. The
funding of the whole debt by this
process, therefore, is contemplated.
The question arises here, will the hold
ers Of the unmatured debt bearing
six per cent interest surrender it at
par, Or take bonds for it bearing five,
four and half and four per cent in
tcrest without premium2 Will the
people or capitalists, at home or
abroad, take, in any case, these new
bonds at par when they bear lower
rate of interest. Great efforts have
been made by financial doctors at
Washington to send bonds up, or, as
they call it, to raise the credit of the
government, before buying up or
transferring the debt. In other words
they have been trying to make that
dear which they want to get at the
cheapest rate. The Fundin bill, like
every financial measure Of COM grcss.
has in. view the extension and pcrpet.
nation of the national bank system.
That system, to use Old Bcnton's Tan
guage, is in the belly Of tho bill. AS
q matter of course the greenback
currency is to be pushed out of exis-
tcnce. Then there is a monstrous
big job in the way of percentage to
agents for manipulating the debt in
the transformation. Congress began
at the wrong end. We should have.
had uniform legal tender circulation
and several hundred millions of the
interest bearing debt wiped out by
that. The whole tendency of the
financial legislation of Congress is to
increase the wealth of the bondhold-
ers and.national banks, and to lay
heavier burdens upon the people,
Ne,0 York Herald.
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VOLUME XVII---NO, 4s.

pounds; could tell at glance what
sne was. But now they could not
'ell whether the girl was made by
inc dress'maker or by God; they
looked her over, aud wcre not surc
sho was not half cotton; touched
her head, and didu't know whether
they felt natures hair or q mus,v
waterfall. Twenty years ago, we
were all better, looked better, and
were better Christians. We had
progressed for the worse, and rs we
continued, so would tho boys follow. !"
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GENTLEMEN's FASHIONS FOR SPRING.
For walking frock and halfdress
coats, fancy colorcd cloths, crepes, pa
tclot mixtures and diagonals, will be
the favorite 60 DIS. In fancy styles
for pantaloons, plaids will be much
worn, although the leading tendency
is toward stripes Side bands very
small Or omitted entirely. The mate-
rial for vests will bet same as for
coats or when varied from them, fam
cy cashmeres will be used.
For business suits nothing has su-
perseded the Scotch chenots, and they
will remain the tavorites for summer
wear. There will be many new color
ings in plaids and mixtures, of which
the blacN and brown shades will be
most popular.
Coats, generally, will be cut short
and the roll of the lappels somewhat
reduced. For street coats, walking
trocks will prevailed and'for business
purposes, English walking coats, with
side pockets on hips. For the warm
est weather, sack coats, as usual, will
be most popular. Pantaloons will be
larger at lower part of the leg, with
increased spring over tho foot. Vests
either sigular or double-breasted, and
medium roll.
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A RAP AT THE GInIs.-An Omaha
lecturer thus discussed the question
ton the other night: ot,''s
," Twenty years ago; theiadies were
their" own dress.makefs, aud how
beautiful they looked 3|topsths brave
men who thenscourted them. Then,
they wore naskoops, .nos switches, no
anything. bit kseejustiashG God made
lover fSoald then tellwheths
erhfsi6ys wsighsd 100, 80 ,lor Is.
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This BEAUTIFUL WoRLD.-Ah, this
beautiful world 1 know not wbat
to think of it. Sometimes it is all
sunshine and gladness, and heaven
itself lies not far off, and then it sud-
denly changes, and is dark and sor-
rowtul, and the clouds shut out tho
day. In the lives Of tho saddest of
US tho-e are bright days like this,
when wo feel as if we could take the
great world in our arms. Then
como gloomy hours, when the f:e
Will not burn on our hearts, and all
without and within is dismal, cold
and dark. Believe me, every heart
mas It's secret SORROWS, which tho
world knows not of, and oftentimcs
We caIl n nan cold man when he is
only sad.-H. ". Longt"ilow.
OLD AGE WITHOUT RELIGION.
Alas! for him who grows old with
out growing wise, and to whom tho
future world docs not set opcn
her gates, when he is exclu-
ded by the present. The Lord deals
SO graciously with US in the decline
of life that it is shame to turn q
deaf ear to the lessons which be gives.
The eye becomes dim, the. ear dull,
the tongne falters, tho feet totcr, all
the senses refuse to do their Office,
and from every side resounds the call:
"set thine house in order, for the term
of thy pilgrimage is at hand"
Thy playmatcs of youth, the fellow
laborers Of manhood, die away, and
take the road before US. Old age is
like somo quiet chamber, in which,
we can prepare in silence for. the
world that is unseen.-ZHozuck.
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Jordan and the War in Cuba.

ouccess Is everything. In the late
war it justified tho periodic lies OF
Seward, the perjuries Of Lincoln, the
butchcrics Of Grant. In the tragedy
OF reconstruction it glorified the
torch OF Sherman and Sheridan, the
spoon Of Butler, the shin Of Sicklcs
and the cigar of Grant.
General Thomas Jordan is now on.
Joying the benefits of this great social
law. lie has defeated General Pueblo
This fact proves that he is a hero and
q patriot.
A few years ago, this same hero
owed the Government of the United
States some twenty thousand dollars,
which he, as quarter-master, had in
his custody. He has never account
ed for that amount, and never will.
General Jordan settles accounts of
this sort neither with his pen nor
with the sword. He secedcs.
The people of Shenandoah Valley
know General Jordan. They talk
about his bad blood. They rccite
sensational stories about his family.
We know nothing. We only re-
member that this man was Fl lighting for
slavery in 1864, who for the past year
Or two has been fighting for cmanci-
pation-who served General Bcaure-
gard as his chief of staff just as Aaron
Jones the prize fighter, served the
! gallant creole as his orderly. And
now this same Thomas Jordan, whom
tho people Of his native vullcy
repudiatc, presents himself in Cuba ~
the great meancipator, the armed vim
dicator of moral ideas.
We DO not pretend to know a great
deal about the "Cuban cause" Well
nigh impcnetrablc is tho smoke of
the conflict that has long ovcrhung
the queen Of tho antilles. The out.
side world has has been cajoled by
lies of both parties; their raids have
been campaigns, their skirmishes bat
ties. Both have acknowledged an
inhuman policy Of arson and murder.
The volunteers from Catalonia have
revelled in butchery. On the other
hand, the Cuban General Qucsada, in
bis late report to tho Cuban Junta of
New York, acknowledges the destruc-
tion in cold blood of seven hundred
Spanish prisoners, by way of repri-
sails. An unarmed or disarmed
enemy is, by either party, doomed to
die.
We have read with interest the i'm
passioned appeals in behalf of "free
Cuba" which fill the editorial columns
of the New York Sun. And VIC have
scrutinized the reports of the official
patrons Of claw and order upon the
island. But the moro wo read the
moro a sense Of horror grows. We
see French revolution emptied of
its ideas and dwarfed into pigmy d.
mensions-as if an army of fiery fly
ing dragons were transmitted into q
nest of Kissing asps and striking scor-
pions-raging, and devastating, and
slaughtering everywhere. In the his
tory of either party appears the pol.
icy of heartless adventurers, the VEN
delta of brigands, the blind fury of
Kilkenny cats. If our government
could interfere in such a case, we
should be glad to see it putting it's
armed heel upon both the combat
tants, and crushing them out in the
interest of humanity which they are
outraging every day.-Charlsston
News.
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A greenhorn standing behind a
sewing machine at which a young la.
dy was at work, looking alternately
at the machine and It's fair operative,
at length gave vent to his admiration,
with, "By goliy, it's purity specially
the part covered with calico"
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In reply TO q challenge, NJ veuil-
lot lately replied }"Mys life belongs
to Jesus Christ, and he has none too
many defenders. just powr. .4,ef
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TOWN TAXES
For: 1870.
Abstract Of Ordinance,

The following Taxes have
been Assessed for 1870:
Real Estate, 30 cents on each
(cash value) 10000.
Every Pleasure Carriage, or like
vehicle, 2 horses, S3..
Every Barouche, Buggy, or like We.
hicle, l horse, 81.
Every Omnibus, Hack, Carriage, &c,
for hire, 2 horses, IS.
Every Buggy, Barouche, &C., for
hire, Il horse,) SO.
Every Horse, Mare, and kept for
for hire, 81.
Every -Four Horse Wagon, &C., for
hire, IS.
Every Two Horse Wagon, &c., for
hire, So.
S cents on each s1oo sales of
merchandise, &c.
5 cents on each 800 Professional
income.
S cents on each 500 income
from mechanical employment.
s cents on each 800 income
from keeping hotel, private boarding
house, livery stable, barber shop, &c
Each Daguerreotypist, &C., who
opens rooms, $40.
Each Dog, so cents.
5 per cent. on all transient per-
sons, vendcrs Of patent medicines
shoes, leather, hats, tobacco, books, &c.
Each show or exhibition, (other
than circus,) not less than IS.
Circus or equestrian performance,
each exhibition, $25.
Side shows to tho same, if any,
each SIS.
Retail License, quarterly in ad-
vance, 5000.
Quart License, 1925,
Each Billiard or other Table kent
for gain, SIS.
Communication Tax for Road Du-
ty,$3.
All Returns to be made by
LIST April, next, and
Taxes to be paid by 1st May
next.
All defaulters to be double taxed
and executions Issued on 1st May noxt.
Returns will be made to ROBERT
JONES, Clerk and Treasurer.
~ WIN II. PARKER,
Intendant.
Nay 2, 1870.
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gathering and preparation of sumae
for market, which will undertake. tn
answer. 80 '''.' '."!
The only Southern State in
sumac has thus far been utili,
Virginia. where last year twclu
ground out 1000 tons which 8
Philadelphia, Wilmington, Dell
New York and Boston marke a.
from ss5 to sos ton, It is u. g..
tanning goat and sheep skins ar,
also. by print and dye works.
The season for gathering sum Is
from July until first frost, after X ...
it turns red and is worthless. ,,r,,
OF the leaf and leaf stem; don't
gather thick stems or the flower,
there is no tannin in either Of them
When gathered let it lie and wilt in
the sun about an hour, no more, and
then store it under cover where the
air can get to it, and throw It over
once or twice a day until. thoroughly
dry. This must be carefully Cd attended
to, for it win not grind when damp,
and If sent to market in that state Il
will turn black and is worthless. i.
sumac is ground in Virginia, by be.
ing fed INTO q round wooden bed, on
which ,ponderous chasing" wheels re.
I tyolve. The faces Of these 'ia are either
corrugated or thiekiy Int iinnteir,sppersoed i,p od
W'th wooden .cogss:. tThccssee wheels
| weigh, ne, nearly, three hundred pounds
each, and, viii grind out Out = bed of say,,
400 pounds of samae, In ia twenty-five
minutes. Il can bs & groanlnod, calod "a equally
as We well, but not 60 fast, by' byy' a1ni; BAL; q
mill-stonss revolving on 4 = sto1ne bed
This fs theprocess in use in Sicily
where .sthefs Are 200 iaiils, IRON
should NOT come IN contact with
samacb aribdIpg, astbat an}anres i,
ffo@ tansing purrosesA .xfterg griindina
# must be bolted, SO IS to, get ont ths
sticks and coarse particles Z aud, b.
fore grinding, It shontd jbss freed, 4,
much pessible, from sand and dirt
Put it up Il eanvss bags, ,sbout -four
teen +. the long ton Of 8 40 pounds
s'S a 1t 'sFssdy ssl ylss ssf Ims14tfstlI '".
your peasls.s ae Pot posses faeilasis'
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e Don oCaderou ahastIparohased the
Harrsbhrd reaidsnea df Harry Thom-
as on Front street for $4,000.
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GA dand9 inquired 9At esBait stall,
g re thsse APPLES at sergbogst to sss =
sssy 'sm ;spd ses ''tsaid the he iYlp 4
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2 lCbfeago7 bella has had her little
tossscas oGa;in aesdet1 70 get shoes
easdongh for her. aa. auaM
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l.;rAs hsaish Of; ex.senitor Grimes,
. sig TO- 'Earopesii'said ID Bsrapidlp
sdeciinirg gi1stead Of improving.
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CHARLESTON HOTEL, March - 1870

CHARLESTON HOTEL, March ~, 1870.
Editors Courier:
In your issue of this morning, I
noticed some inquiries from q cores
pondent residing in Manchester,
South Carolina, in relation to the
gathering and preparation of sumae
for market, which will undertake. tn
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.EH0HG . EHOI
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-10-13
From the Morning Edition of the commercial.l
THE ELECTIONS.
Philadelphia Decidedly Re-
publican.
Judge Kelley Elected by an In
creased Majority.
Myers Elected and 0'Neil
Defeated.
HARMER PROBABLY ELECTED.
Alps Well in Pittsburg.
Republican Triumph in the 18th Dist,
NO NEWS FROM THE WEsT.
The Elections Yesterday - General
Republican Successes.

Tho returns we print elsewhere of tho cleo
tons yesterday are by no means full, yet the gem
eral indications seem to be favorable to Repubi
can success. In Pennsylvania, we have carried
Philadelphia City, by large majority, AZ usual
For Congress, there is probably little change III
the strength of the two party delegations from
the State. The indications are that 0'Neill,
Myers, and Harmer Gall l,epublicans,) in the
I'd, Sd, and 9Th districts are elected, though the
last may be very close. Judge Kelley, in the
4th District isre-electcd by alarger majority than
in 1868, and we have secured most gratifying
triumph in tho Twelfth District, Qiuzerne and
Susqdehanna countless in wrestling it from the
Democracy, and making a gain. 1t gave, in
1868, majority against lis of 1859. In the
pittsburg districts, where insidious attempts
were made to weaken us by running so-callcd
Reform" candidates for Congrcss, the move
ment seems to have been total failure, and in
the Twenty-sccond District Negley the regular
Republican candidate, is chosen by about three
thousand majority.
For some reason, probably owing to the storm,
the returns come in slowly, and are very meager.
The returns seem to indicate, though not with
certainty that Foster is elected in the Twenty
first District, where he was beaten last year by a
very close vote. If this be true it is Demo-
cratic gain
In Lancaster, Chester and other strongly
Republican counties, where there was no doubt
as to the result, the Republican vote was eyi.
IDENTIFY not well got out, and there is falling oil
in our majoritics.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-10-13
Kent County Politics.

No REPUBLICAN, TICKET IN KENT COUNTY.
Special Correspondence 10 he Commercial.
Dover, October II.
l learn, on excellent authority, that large
meeting of the prominent Republicans of Kent
county was held here, yesterday, the place of
assembling being the Hall of Representatives.
All parts OF the county were represented and all
classes of politicians, including those of both the
Radical and Conservative wings. The question
for consideration was the propriety of putting in
the field Republican County Ticket. 1t was
urged by those who opposed that course that it
would be better for the general interests of the
party to keep out of the field at this time, in
order to allow the Salisbury and Anti-Sausbufy
wings of tile Democracy to have a fair swing at
each other.
This view prevailed, almost unanimously, and
it is now understood hero that no Republican
County Ticket will he nominated. Speeches
We're made in tho caucus by Messrs. Smithers,
Davidson, NIasseT, Ramstlel and others. Out
side, there was great anxiety to learn the result
of the deliberations and the Deldbdredp office
and kindred places of gathering were in state
of lively ferment. Mr.. Eli Salisbury paced
about in severe agitation, and his friends gener-
ally seemed to DO very anxious that the Repub-
licans should decide to run a straight ticket. As
it is generally well not to do what yo,ir enemies
want you to do, the Republicans here believe the
decision wise one. Q.