Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-27

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THE Cost OF LIvING-Some Of the New
York and Philadelphia newspapers are discuss
ing just now the cost of living 10 their respec-
tive cities One correspondent in New York
writes that with an income OF ten thousand
dollars per annum and house OF his own, and
while living very inexpensively, too and with
40 children, he cannot save anything A gen.
tleman who has only FIVE thousand says so tar
from being able to save, he is in debt, grow
ipg out of the high prices for articles of daily
consumption To come lower down in the
scale and from the ranks of the married to the
single, an unmarried man asserts that he can
live comfortably on twelve hundred dollars per
annum, because he has not the expensive
Injury Of wife" For this horrible doctrine
and ungalant remark he is taken soundly to
task by married Yankee, who says that
1T is common mistake with young men to re-
card wives as luxuries;;'' that while there are
undoubtedly women who look upon marriage
AS merely means of being we'll provided
for. the greater portion Of American girls
are willing to be helpmate> to the men they
love.
The New York Tunes, in commenting on
these and other facts. gives it as its opinion
that family in New York embracing four
children and two servants. and keeping as good
arabc as American families are accustomed
to keep. and giving their children good edu-
cation and without the luxury OF horses or a
carriage cannot save anything on an income or
i've thousand dollars year. The same jour
nal SAYS that a house cannot be obtained IN a
decent ncighborhood for less than one thou
sand or fifteen hundred dollars rent while
apartments in good houses are even more cx-
lrnSve.
The Philadelphia journal, alludng TO the
statements OF ts cotempOrary, says that the
same comforts aud accommodations which can
Dor be obtained in New York for less than i've
thousand dollars can be procured in the City OF
l;rnthery Love for from three to four thouS..
and dollars. Rents, tsays are lower. 4 good
lars per annum, while the markets are proper
,ionately cheaper than 10 New ork. 1t fur
ther gives it as its opinion that there are taml-
lies Of education and culture in Philadelphia
who. with incomes of say two thousand dollars
u year. are really lu better circumstances than
those who fud it hard to get along on tive
thousand every twelve months. = wash. fe'.
\ CHINESE WEDDING.-Le Iueck, the
chief Chinese manufacturer OF cigars ID Port
land. Oregon, recently imported a wife from his
native country, and welded her with great dis:
play After the ceremony had been performed
at the Joss House, the bride and her waiting
maids were driven to the residence OF her lord
and master, on First street, where her husband
who had preceded her, received the party by
firing feu de joie, composed OF a quantity OF
crackers of the largest size. The bride was a,
once diSrobed BY her attendants and put to bed,
while the groom received his friends and enter,
tanned them in becoming manner, causing
them to smoke cigars, eat sweet meats, and
drink wines and sam shuey. ln the evening a
feast OF roast pig, duck. game, and all the dell,
cacies known to the Chinese cuisine, was served
in the chamber of the bride, who, robed In an
elaborate robe de mutt, and reclining on hel
couch, received her guests with bland, anguid
smile. Down in the shop the groom was doing
the agreeable to his guests after they had been
dismissed by the lady of the house. He wore
happy, don t-care-tor the-expense sort of a
smile, and would every few minutes fire off a
cracker. The festivities were kept up until a
late hour Of the night, and then, with the burn
ing of another bunch Of crackers, the guests
were dismissed and silence reigned.
SuaMMING Doors AND SHOES A new field
of enterprise, and one which will surely bring
kkoG Grck onr,S
and independent boot aad shoe manufacturer,
who dares make really good, honest article, tit
for real wear For long time there has exist
ed dissatisfaction at the miserable manner IN
which too many of the boots and shoes in our
market are put together, causing them to be
cast aside long before the stock has been worn
out Childrens shoes in particular are the
most sighted, being hastily put together with
small rotten thread, the buttons impertectly
sewed on in large number of instances and
the boot and shoe perhaps embellshed with
gewgaws of no use to the wearer. Consequently,
long before the leather has exhausted itself by
wear, the stitching rips out. the buttons fly OFT,
the heels are all askew, and the structure is a
wreck To be sure, ''cobblers' do not object,
but parents, who have in charge the supplying
Of those goods do object and are clamoriDg for
some change to be made that shall remedy this
shoddy state of things. Let some pubhc-spirt.
ed manufacturer take this matter in hand and
be the first in the field to advertise Blank
boots and shoes thoroughly made in every par
ticular, warranted not to rip, buttons not tc
come off. counters to hold, and the demand he
will have will surprise hin.-BoSton Bulletin
An UNEXPECTED STRoKE-A gentleman
visited dentist Wednesday afternoon tor the
purpose of Willing away hall hour or So ano
while there lady came in with little gir
wanting tooth or two drawn for the latter
The child cried when placed in the chair, and
declared she would not have her teeth attended
TO unless the strange gentleman would have :
tooth drawn first, and to please the little pa
,ent he took her place, with wink at the