The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-01-04

de Medici adopted the new plant, inn
agining it to be cure for every i'll that
flesh is heir to, and in her honor it be-
came the Queens herb, the Medical
herb, and the holy herb. The fashion
being thus introduced, the use of to-
baceo extended itself by degrees, though
not without meeting with considerable
opposition. Amurath ". commanded
that those who took it should be beaten
IN mortar; the Shah of Persia content
ed himself with cutting off the delin-
quents' noses; Innocent VIII. condemn
ed them 10 eternal ruin; and James !.
wrote book against them full of wise
sayings. All was in vain; tobacco was
to conquer its adyersaries, triumph over
evrry obstacle, and become strange
kind of aliment, which the tyranny of
habit wastto render indispensable to
great part of the population. Tobacco
is now abundantly consumed in every
possible form; the makers try to invent
new combinations in order to satisfy
the passion of certain amateurs who
appreciate good cigar as others do a
glass of old wine. Smoking has super
seeded the snuffbox of our forefathers;
it Is allowed everywhere-in public gar
dens, clubs, cafes, and most private
houses; perhaps, after time, it will be
so at the theatre, as it now is in Hol-
land.
CURIOUS STA TISTICs OF MARRIAGE.
To people of a statistical rather than
"A sentimental turn, the mathematics of
marriage in different countries may
prove an attractive theme of meditation.
~ on -..sss ss-~v-5oung men from fifteen
so twenty years of age marry young
women averaging two or three years
older than themselves, but if they de-
Law marriage until they are twenty to
twenty-five years old, their spouses
average a year younger than themselves;
and thenceforward this difference stead
ily increases, till in extreme old age
on the bridegroom's part it is apt to be
enormous. The inclination of octogen-
arians to we'd misses in their teens is an
everyday occurrence, but it is amusing
| to find in the love-matches of boys that
| the statistics bear out the satires OF
| Thackeray and Balzac. Again, the hus-
bands of young women aged twenty and
under average little above twenty-five
years, and the inequality of age dimin-
| ishes thenceforward, till for women who
have reached thirty the respective ages
are equal; after thirty-five years, women,
like men, marry those younger than
themselves, the disproportion increasing
with age, till at forty-five it averages
nine years.
The greatest number of marriages fol
men take place between the ages OF
twenty and twenty-five in England, be
| tween twenty-five and thirty III France,
and between twenty-five and thirty-five
in Italy and Belgium. Finally, IL
| Hungary the number of individuals
who marry is - in a thousand each
year; in England, it is Ga in Denmark
SO; in France, 81, the city of Paris
showing SO; in the Netherlands, 81; IL
Belgium, AZ; in Norway, SO. Widoweri
indulge In second marriages three o.
four times as often as widows For ex
ample, in England Qand of Mrs. Bar
dell) there are sixty marriages of widow
ers against u of widows, in Belgium
there are 4S to 16; in France. 40 to u
Old Mr. Weller's paternal advice, t
beware of the widows" ought surel.
to be supplemented by a maxim to be
ware of widowers. -LippiHcOtfs.
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