, 1873-01-19
h celibacy for life, arises not
u AuY dnicinnc7 Of fascination Oh

with celibacy for life, arises not
from any aassng fe nv Of 1
their merits, but simply because men ahrink
from all the worry and noise attendant npQa the
! marriage ceremony as conducted aceordis.S> to
tho recognized rules Of society. They prefer
| tous to the pangs OF the trousseauK, the
t lockcts for the bridesmaids, tho Wedding break
| frst, the speeches. the throwing Of old shoes,
{ and other eccentricitics considered inaoparablo
I from the commencement OF a matrimonial ca-
! recr.
| -Thoae who still labor under the delusion
I that Americans care nothing: fer SCIENCE will bo
surprised, and, we hope, duly grati5icd, to learn
tuses which VIC lately published. has had re-
markabfe sale, and tho large orders arc just be-
| ginning to como in. Tho total sale will aggre~
gate SO 900 copies over and aboye the e1tra sala
ports originally appeared. Many Of tho city news
| stands sold rs many as 1000 copies each OF the
| extra shoot, and few OF them sold less than 100
| copies. Several thousands we're sold across tho
Tribune counter in single :numbers;. and we
have received more than 500 letters inclosing
orders for from one copy to two hundred copies
| No extra sheet Of any sort, rot excepting the
| ones VIC have issued Oh tho receipt OF excit~
| ing news, has had bettor sale for years past
Aud the far West and South have not yet
begun to buy; tho demand thus far has
| been almost exclusively from the Now
England and Middle States. The sheet contains
nearly Us much readias aa many OF tho current
hooks Of tile day tho matter is ut once as at
trrctiye and learned as most of the standard
| works of tue language, carefully oditod and
/ handsomely Illustrated and the coat is only
| three cents. This is 4 form OF extravasantly
] cheap standard literature which even tho in
] genioua md enthusiastic Chambers Brothers
| never contempIated.-Neso York Tribune.
! 1t has~been said that tho no1t phase Of col
lege Development will be consolidation. 4
recent movement in New York State would
/ .sr
Of gentle,non held at tho Medical College in AZ
bany, q few days ago, proposition WIS made to
form union between Union College. the Albany
Medical College; the Albany Law School, and
ito ons Raay 6scs ;b1tsd nsssasn 0ts naa
adopted, tint tho Trustees Of tie Albhny srodi-
| cal College, the Dudley Observatory. and Of the
| University Of Albany in Joint meeting assem-
bled, an1 each represented by quorum Of
| members, approve Of union with Union Col
| lege' Of Schenectady, under the name Of tile
| Cnion University, each institution to preserve
! it's corporate uano and powers intact; the plan,
| when perfected, to- provide for postgraduate
| course Of lectures in the city OF Albany:
Tho Figaro, propos of Il reward Of s10o
offered in its columns for tho return Of $500,
calls an incident which occurred few years ago.
A merchant. hnvlpg lost large sum, offered a
| tion OF regaining hls monoy. Much to his sur
prise, however, man caInc to him few days
after, to ANNOUNCE TINT lie hnd found his
pocket-book containing the nissins seven
with proceeded to Say that, in returning the
money, ho had only doae his duty, and looked
for no reward, but that times had lately gone
30 terribly bard with him that he would be
grateful for tho hundred dollars III loan. to
DO repaid as soon as fortune began to SMILE
Tho worthy merchant, much moved. protested
thet the proffercd reward was nothing moro
than q meet recognition of his conduct, and
thanked him warmly. Before leaving, tho re-
storer Of tho purse begged him to Bce that the
forthwith counted. When the man loft, the
mercllnnt repaired to madaIue's apartment in
great g1ee. lie told his story Of superlativo
honesty to An admiring circle, and then half
mechanically recommended his examination OF
his treasures. Horrible to relate. close exam
ination proved that, instead of being for d thou
sand francs each, they we're for that number Of
1rancs-in other words, the notes were forged,
80 that, besides the original loss, tho merchant
Ha8 minus the reward
AN American correspondent ct the London
Alacnruna furnishes that Journal with tho fol-
lowing hitherto unpublished letter Of George
Washington:
Mousx vEaxos, Feb. $, 17ss,
DEAR s1n: At length have got sopn answer to
my application for Ncn Dogs. i wish 1t were moro
s4tstaetor5 bat such = give it. - suspense Of
ton comea from Sir Edward Neweshana gentleman Of
family xnd fc.tse in ireland; and is in these worda
viruous friend the Marquis Dc Ia Fayete in which he
communicates your wish to obtain breed OF tho true
.sS
without SUCCESS it is nesrly anahilated. l have
heard Of bitch in the north Of 1reand but not Of
couple anywhere. azo told that tho Earl Of IL
lamont has breed taat is nearly genuine !;
e he has / will procure two from him:
do.fn WhtSe b. Is trouned By tho ovss S ..taa m
would be Of any service, could send you eoo largo
ones which are our guard dogs; you wi,l honor mo
fierce, faithful, and 1ong-AYed.
H. upon this information, you.thnk GIN be further
power Msstids, co1csive, Vii not answer the pnr
poses for which the wolf dog Is waited. They will
g1d Psa ~h5eh pen 9y oS
but object Il have right conception Of it. ts
to hunt md destroy wives hy Pn:suit for which end
be had, havs no doubt IT their being sent by Sir
Edward, who has soug'lt all ..aions to 10 obE
ing to me- 1a dear sir 5our most obeaens and az
Charles Garter, Esq, Of Ludler Farm, Fredeviets-
burg.
There we're thirty-ec7en newspapers pub
lished in tho Colonies on the commencement Of |
the Revolutionary War, in ITS with these be- |
gan the independence Of the nation. On tho 1st |
OF January, 1885, there Tere 1883 daily, senai-
weekly, and weekly newspapers issued; with |
IN '9 $50 there woro tto published in tho United
States $40 daily and 4,425 weekly newspapers. !
The number Of copies OF tho daily paperD printed !
in that year, reached in round numbers, $780, !
100000. Tho iesue Of tho weekly publications
amounted to Coz, ,0oo, 900. All other publications
printed 1o,000,0oo copies. Tho aggregate issue
in that year Of all the political and literary peri
odicals OF tho country was over l, SOC, 900. 900
copies, Let us look at tho comparative results
eince 17H:
NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL crncuLAR1os m TER !
ESrTED sTATEs.
iAtUrp1p<rs Coptts
and dunN.Ily
Fears. periodicals. printed Population.
1T0{. / 10000 G01.031
l125. 17Q,c10 100000
IT'S. ST 1.c00,oo0 2,8on.o10 |
1910. ...-~..:........ $50 =, 2,321,7o0 7.ejJ,8f4
1873. 3....~.....-..~.. $50 f8, 117,738 12boo,G ,G}3
1885. 0,3G1 600 u, 4,0o0.D20
1910. .1,d3I 1aS, S,s3S G13 17,069,453 |
1850. 50................2,5o6 42G, ,41o,978 2,191,876
1850. 027,951,5f5 3I,445,08o |
1870. l,503,5i3 3a,555,753