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DIXON COUNTY.

tn thu Union and American:
NASHVILLE, Oct. 16.-Your correspond
ent had the pleasure Of officiating, on lssT
"wednesday, at the marriage OF NJ. ii
Moore, of Houston, aud Miss Psrmelia
Baltrop, at the residence Of the
brides people, eight miles down Yellow
Greek from Gillem Staten. Was panied
10 learn of the death OF Hugh Dickson,
ESQ. on the 9th inst. at Charlotte, Mr..
A. Lsrkins has opened fine school with
classes of So. For the two weeks Closing
the 18th inst, the following whites Obtain
ed marriage licences: B. F. White ana
IrabeIIa Stewart; NJ. q. Moore and Par
melia Bsltrop; F. NJ. Hooper and Msry j.
Phippe; w. +. Yates and Miss NJ. Z. MART
Mr.. Leonard I.eech, County. Superinten :
emit. reports the number OF schools and
pupils attending, as unusually large FoT
more thai week Rev. j. ID. McNehly, OF
Edet field, had been preaching in Charlotte
nightly, to large audiences On returning
home. was panied to lesrn Of the death oil
Rev. John A. Cox, of the lash dis!rics o.
Davidson coun y, on the 14th inst, The re-
mains of this Intelligent and worthy citizen
were buried with Masonic donors, on The
10th. Peace to his ashes. RoAMER'
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a Disabling Disease.

No disease which does not conEne man to
his bed so completely units him for business as
dyspepsia. When the stomach is foul, the brain
is always muddy and confused, and as the cares
and anxieties of life are sufficient burden for
the organ of thought to bear, without being tor
mented by the miseries born of Indigestion, it
is highly desirable for the brains sake, as well
as for the sake or every other portion OF the sys
tenn, that the disordered stomach should be re-
stored with the utmost dispatch to q healthy,
vigorous condition. This object can always be
accomplished by a course of Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, the purest and best of vegetable
specifics, which evacuates the morbid humors
through the bowels, rouses and tones the torpid
stomach and regulates the liver, imparts firm
ness to the nerves and clears the sensorium of
its mental cobwebs. Persons subject to attacks
of indigestion, bilious headache, irregularity
of the bowels, sickness at the stomach, or ''tbe
blues" should take the Bitters once or twice a
day throughout the present season.
oct21 deOd1WSSW1t 3dp Il
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SUGARs--Nev Orleans, In hogsheads 8
Gle for fair to choice; Demerara l13A
l2c; standard hards I25c; New Orleans
clarified white Ia 0124c; do. yellow 124c;
A coffee lie; B do. life; extra G do. life;
Porto Rico 103011e; yellow @ 10011c.
MoLAssEs AND SIRUPs--NeW Orleans
70675c; sirups z5060c; golden sirup 90
065c.
CoFFEE-Market frmer to-day. We
quote Rio, common to choice 24G263c;
LAgusyra 26c; Java SOC. sass el.s
NAus--We quote at $4.75 for 10de, and
26c additional for diminishing grades.
SALT-We quote bushel barrels at
$500 per barrel In depot.
CAEDLEs-We quote star 18a619c y
pound. IS - - s-1fl. :
FIsH-ws quote as follows: half bar
rels, Nos. 1, 2 and 8, $500, S7.25 and $3.50;
IN kits, Nos. l, 2 and 8, $2.50, $500 and
SITS.
RIcE-We quote st saN1Oc.
| HEAs-We quote Imperial S1.00M1.5o;
Young Tyson $1.15ED1.50; Black 75c6
! Sl.z EInpowder $1fD1.50.
Pc. szR-Dupont 500; Sycamore Mills
500; blasting $500; fuse per 100 feet Csc.
SEoT-We quote patent $3.50; Buck
$3.15.
LIoUoRs-We quote common rectiHed
whisky ~ gallon 81; Robertson County
s1.75D$3; Bourbon S1.25R5.50; Lincoln
County $1.75G2.25; Highwines 81.
CorToE TIEs-We quote at 10c.
BRooNs-We quote ct S2.50N8.60 q
doc.
SoAP-We quota at 6Dse - D, or SsE
40 ~ box.
BAGGNe-We quote at 15N16c fol
hemp and fax.
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PEANUTs-We heard of sales OF 100
bushels to day ct 9Oc per bushel.
Eees-Sales from wagon st zoe per doz.
DRIED FRUIT-We quote apples &C,
quarter peaches 6ac; half peaches S6o4c;
transactions light to day.
PoTAToEs-Market active to-day, with
sales from wagon at 81 0062-25 per BARREL
FEATHERs-Dull st 60c.
BEEswAX-We quote at 25e.
RAes-We quote at &c.
GIEsEEe--We quote at $1.OO0l.Oo, the
latter figure berg paid only for choice lots.
WooL-We quite 25030c for unwashed,
and 40645e for washed, selections COM
manding fraction more.
BROOK CoRN-Market active at SAFE.
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nashville Prcxssron zarxes.

Market dull and prices nominal as fol-
lows:
BAcoN-Clear sides lie; clear rib sides
10ac; shoulders &c.
LARD-Choice in tierces 9kc; kegs 10ac;
buckets 11sc.
CHOICE HAMs--Sugar-cured canvased
15c.
BREAKFAST BAccN--Sugsr cured l3zc.
BEEF ToNeUEs-Per dozen Sc.
Very little country bacon coming in. we
quote from wagon at &c for shoulders, 9ac
for sides and 1lAl3c for hams.
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FLoUR-Market dull. We quote as fol-
lows: SuperfDe s5.2506.00; single Z 1915
06.zo; Xxx t6.5O0T25, Xxx $3.50
40; family T.75G8.25; choice family
$8.250S50.
Com MEAL-We quote loose at Csc and
bolted at 67ac, sacked.
CoRE-Shipments to-day Of 1000 BUSH
els ct 65c per bushel, sacked and delivered
In depot.
WHEAT-Transactions light. We quote
at 81. 4061.45 per bushel.
OATs-We quote At 35c, buying loose,
and 46650c In store, bags included.
BRAN-We quote az $1,000 per ton,
loose In bulk, and $1,000 per ton sacked
and delivered in depot. 1
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SEKDs-Clover $3.50; timothy $3.50
40; orchard grass S1.75; blue grass $l.75;
herds grass $1.60; millet out of season.
C0TTOE YAPSs-We quote ct lie, I3 :,
l5c snd lie for 100, coo, 500 and 400
SEUCEs-In demsnd at $3.50 par 100 M
for hackled, and S1.50 for rough.
WRAPPM9 PAPER.-We quote small at
soc; medium Use; double crown 81.
IRoE.-We quote as follows: Tennessee
bar &c ~ 4; Kentucky do SC; Tennessee
band 6d9c; Kentucky do. 53n64e; Ten
nessee boiler plate sc; boiler heads 94c;
FIRE box 10c, sheet, common 6E67c; Go
Kentucky 746S3c; do Tennessee 6n9ic.
BARREI4s-We quote at 45c.
GLAsswARE--We change our quotations
to suit the card rates IS follows: 8 by 10
1915; 10 by IL $7.25; 10by IA $500; 10 BY
10 $S.75; II by II $S.75; II by Is $S.75; II
by 1e $9.25; Il by 20 1925. Discount
401.
FLAsKs-The quotations net are ~ fol-
lows: Half pint $2.75; pint 1915; quart
$4.75.
CANDrEsEWe quote stick candy l6c
common fancy lie.
CoRDAGE-Jute 13c; grass 2Oc; cotton
S0c.
PEPPEB-We quote at &c.
SPICE-We quote at Ice.
GMeER-We quote at 16c.
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Tennessee bonds are much lower, Closing
In New York at So. They would very
readily bring this quotation in this market.
The past due coupons are worth about SIC.
State warrants are in some demand by
tax payers, and are rather scarce on the
market. Dealers offer to buy at S5686,
and to sell at 90692c.
Davidson county warrants are bought
at Soc.
We hear of nothing doing In our local
stocks and bonds. Nashville and Chatta-
nooga Railroad stock is nominal at Is;
Nashville and Decatur at 43645; South
Nashville Street Railroad stock 81.
For quotations Of other STOCKS and bonds
we refer to rates as published by the Nash
vile Savings Company, corner Union and
College streets.
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New Orleans Markets.

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 2O.-Flour in good
local demand; Xxx $500; xxx S7.756
$50; family S9.OO69.25. Corn quiet;
quiet; white and white mixed SOC; yellow
mixed SSc. Oats 57660c. Bran Sl.20.
Hay dull; prime $40. Mess pork $3.50.
Dry salt meats dull; shoulders SIC. Bacon
dull at So, 81, SIC. Hams 13A14c. Lard
dull; fierce Si69c; keg 10c. Sugar and
Molasses, nothing doing. Whisky dull
Louisiana 05c; Cincinnati S1.02. Cofee
fair to prime 214622ac. Corn neal quie,
at s. 80. Gold 1116ll2; currency 565I
per cent. premium; sterling, bank 10; sigh
4 per cent.
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baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, Oct DO Flour dull and
unchanged; western superfne s4.2065. Is;
extra S62567.15; family S2569.50
Wheat shade firm or; choice amber $1.7C
6l.75. Corn, mixed western dull at &c
Oats steady; western mixed 4Sc; white 4S
assoc. Rye firm at S7hS6c. Mess pork
dutl and nominal ct SIG 50617.00. Bull
meats, shoulders firm at TIC; clear rib 7sc
Bacon firm; shoulders &c; clear rib 946
9zc. Hams, sugar-cured 13d15c. Lard
dull and nominal at S684c. Butter, west
ern firm at 28d30. Coffee firm and in good
demand; fair to good 21622c. Whisky dull
at Q3I6Q4c.
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FINANCIAL.

There Is no change to note In financial
matters. The banks are not discounting,
and about the only business done, besides
receiving deposits and paying checks is to
buy and sell exchange. Sight cotton bills
are in demand ct I of, with but few offer
ing. The banks in checking on New York
charge at the rate Of So per thousand pre-
MUM and they buy bankers bill at par.
Gold continues weak, closing in New
York st 1883. For the small lots offered
here dealers pay los and bold at ITO. Sill
yer is taken at 102 for halves and quarters.
Government bonds are dull. The fol.
lowing are the quotations at 2:3O:
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Shifting, fannels and blankets are johbin
more freely. Wooleas are dull.
New York General Markos.

NJ IRE freely. Wooleas are dull.
New York General Markes.
New YORK, Oct. 20--Flour less active
and without q decided change; receipts
5000 barrels; superfne western and State
$5.5O65 so; common to good So 30d6. so;
good TO choice S6.55GS7 90; white wheal
extra STAT. Is; extra Ohio $6.306775; St.
Louis $6-756l0.75. Rye -four unchanged al
$4.75d5 65. Coru meal dull. Whisky
scarce and decidedly firmer at 953c
Grain-wheat quiet and lower; receipts
203, O00 bushels; No. spring Chicago $l.3C
6l.32; Iowa spring sl.3061.36; No.
Milwaukee 81 4061. Al; winter red western
Sl.52. Bye, dull dull st 56691c. Barley
dull and lower ct 81 306l.55. Malt quiet.
Corn heavy; steamer mixed western 5S6
Doc; white western 68670c. Oats dull and
lower; mixed western afioat 49650ac. Hay
firm and In fair demand. Eggs dull at 26c.
Hops unchanged. Coffee quiet and un-
changed. Sugar more active and steady;
fair to good refining 7s6lac. Molasses dull.
Mess pork dull ard lower, new SIS cash.
Cut meats unchanged; middles weak; long
clear SIC; long clear middles 7sc. Lard
weak; new western steam 8 1-16HS5c
Butter in fair request; fair to prime western
tubs 2S62Sc. Cheese dull; State 1910
lac
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Cincinnati Markets.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 20. Flour quiet at
$6.906710. Wheat quiet, held ct $l.Ss6
lao. Corn dull at SOC. Rye quiet at 8Oc.
Oats dull a. 36644c. Barley quiet and IN
changed. Eggs dull at zoe Butter in fair
demand and market firm. Provisions quiet.
Mess pork quiet at SLABS. Lard quiet, old
and new 7sc; kettle 7a67Sc. Bulk meats
quie;; shoulders firm with buyers at &c;
clear rib 6a67c; clear 6s17c. Bacon quiet
and steady; shoulders 7s6Sc; clear rio Tie;
clear u. WHISKY dull and prices dropping
at Csc,
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aashville 1--we ssecik Markss.

CATTLE-The receipts to-day amounted
to 1856 head, with sales of Isl head, the re-
mainder of those left over Saturday being
sold to-day. The market is fair, with In.
creasing demand. We quote extra smooth
steers of 1000 to 1,200 lbs at 363Sc; No. l
butcheriDg cattle 2a62a; medium 5 az so;
scaiawaZs 1!61s.
SHEEP-No demand and none Offering.
HoGs-In fair demand at 4a64a in small
lots suitable to wants of the butchers.
Car load lots 4!64ac; light weights pre-
ferred.
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HAY--We quote old at $40 per ton, and
market dull.
PoULTKT-Spring chickens command Is
6lec.
BUTTEB--Market sti6, with sales of good
country at 30c.
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smos slis ,7e6 n s1ls, i5s % sg5 s 254 o.

smos .slis 1856 n sils Css 1853 70 sos 81, 24 o.
All OF the above figures represent coin.
Inc Imports are stated at their forsign gold
Cost, freight and duty not added. We now
turn 10 the exports, and the figures which
follow represent chiefly the paper currency.
Specie is shipped at is tale value, but pro-
duce is reckoned at its market value In
greenbacks on the day of shipment. The
increase heretofore noticed in the exports
OF produce still continues, and the compare
son for the last month Is exceedingly graft.
Tying, the gain on September, 1872, being
upwards of six million dollars: s
EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS
ti IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
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Total exports. So 1888 622 s21 LII 4s3 ST sol e
With six millions decrease In imports,
and more than six millions gain in the ex-
ports, the months trade presents very
difierent aspect from our report at the same
date OF last year. We now bring forward
the relative exports from the beginning Of
the year:
EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FORTS FOR
NINE MONTHS FROM JAN. L.
1Q71 1870 1872
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PERSONS DESTROYS Of learning the size Of
shoes worn by lady friend should praise
The foot of some other woman.
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Louisville Markets.

LOUISVILLE, Oct. 20.-Bagging-de-
mand fair and market firm; heavy brand,
13s614sc. Flour quiet, steady and IN.
changed; extra family s.; a No. 1 81
fancy IS. Wheat steady at $1.z061.40 on
arrival. Corn in moderate demand at $50
Csc shelled and sacked. Oats scarce at 45
G47c sacked. Rye firm and in demand Al
Soc. Barley quiet. Coffee steady, Rio "A
627c. bay, demand moderate, choice SIS
G20.O0. Provisions quiet. Mess pork Sl5.
Bacon, shoulders sc; clear rib SsG8sc;
clear &c. Hams, plain lie; sugar cured II
613c. Bulk meats, shoulders re; clear rit
Sc: clear &c loose. Lard in tierces S9.6Ss
kegs &c; prime steam Sc cash for round
lots. Whisky euies at soc.
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AGRICULTURE.

ADMINISTRATORS Notice.
"AVING BEEN DULY QUALIFIED AS
III Administrators of the estate OF Ormand
Farrar notice is hereby given to all parties In
debted to said estate to come forwad and sett tie,
and creditors Of the said estate win file their
claims within the time prescribed by law, or be
forever barred
~ CHARLOTTE FARRAR, Adm'x.
oc10 oaw4W
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the last month only SOS, 1913, 7OS were in
cry goods; the remainder is made up Of
sugar, tea, coffee, spices, drugs, metals,
liquors, wines, hides, leather, wool, and the
Ike. The cash duties are collected only
upon the dutiable goods thrown on the
market. The following viii show the COM
pzratlve receipts at this port for the last
month and since the beginning oftbe year !:
REVENUE FROM CUSTOMS AT NEW YORK.
ISL. 1874 1873. {.
In Sept SIS S91 SO sIs l25 81 $40 $50 22 IL
PreS moslo2 $50 904 81 100 026 % $685. s3l SO
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Total e1portss2ss, 1868 s225 $50 s25s os6

Iotal ,Szoo0o Szzo soz ,V5o
Do. exclusive
Of specie. 1885, 4s9 1s7, e6sOl2 215, 1856
A falling off in nine months of tbirty-fve
millions In imports, and gain for the same
period of forty-eight millions of exports
exclusive of specie), is something worthy
of remark. New York brings out about
two-thirds of the total foreign imports, and
formerly shipped about forty per cent. Of
the produce and merchandise exports. Our
proportion Of exports has increased until
we now send from hence about forty -six
per cent. Of the total exports of the country.
If the proportion of increase and decrease
as given at this port holds good at the other
ports, and it does as far as we have the re-
turns, then ''the old lady of Threadneedle
street." London, may put up her rate of in
terest never SO high, she cannot stop the
flow Of specie to this country. The bal
snce Of trade is in our favor, and the SOW
ereigns of Great Britain must melt their
pride in the crucibles of the American Mint.
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A Timely and Most Encouraging Elk.
hibit.

The New York Journal of Commerce has
this encouraging news for the financial and
mercantile communities:
The returns now at hand coufrm the
estimate we made month since, and show
further large comparative decrease In the
foreign imports at this port. The decrease
for the month is about six millions as COM
pared with September of last year, and the
total is nearly three millions below the cor
responding figures for 1871. We annex our
usual compal alive summary:
FOREIGN IMPORTS AT NEW YORK FOR THE
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
1871. 1872 1873.
Enid for con'mS 432 4s2 SIT 298 016 S15 552 All
Free .T goods "i sSOs,Sss Ts4s9is S'SSe.S2s
Specie s. bullion. SS1,67s 2,OssO45 s76,26l
Tot emit at portsss s42 255 sae,s7s OO5 $50 s4099e
warehouse. 12,ss9,575 15,15s,es4 lO,eiS,1Sl
The stock In bond was drawn down Q
little over two millions, and large portion
Of what is left consists of general merchan-
disc. Tbs shows a reduction in the foreign
imports at this port for the nine months
ending with September of nearly thirty-fve
million dollars. 1t is true that the large
total for last year with which we are now
comparing was without any precedent, but
the decrease is so striking that it may well
command general attention. We bring
forward the compaf alive totals from the
beginning Of the year:
FOREIGN IMPORTS AT NEW YORK FOR NINE
MONTHS FROM JAN. 1. ls
1871. 1872. 1878. \
Ent for con- Size, 096 ,546 $3.50 057 SAB
Emit for ware. III 1853 165 LAT 463 1905 ,260
Free goods. q, 5S4 ,i78 81 ,99S958 81 $50 ,zi7
G ,ac;s e, HIN x 526 766 K 100 400 q on 400
Tot ent. 1904 $40 655 $3.50 2s2 s61 $3.50 22
Withdr'n from
warehouse. ss,e25,o ~, Ses 1872 se,siO,25o
OF the $3.50, 26i ,961 imported for the first
nine months Of 1872, only Sis, 452, 916 con-
sisted Of dry goods; Of the $315, $3.50, 282
landed here for the nine months ending with
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vew rora DRY Goods marnes.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-Ths wet weather
was uufsyorable for business to day, and
trade movement was slow. Cotton goods
were steady but quiet. Cotton yarns Is
lower, selling at from 26 to 2ee per pound.
American and Amoskeag grain bage were
in bstter supply snd jobbing at 32c. Prints
are In fair request st steady prices. Worst
dress goods and printed reps are fairly active.
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ChieaGa Maxkezs.

CHICAGO, Oct. 20.- Flour, quiet and
unchanged; choice to fancy extra spring
S. 5006.00. Wheat demand active and
prices advanced at opening and closed
steady but with an advance; No. spring
Chicago $l.0561.06 ash; No. spring
Northwestern $l.1061.11. Corn demand
active and prices advanced at opening; quiet
and weak at the close with an advanc :;
No. mixed 38c cash. Oats steady; No.
324c cash. Bye steady; No. 2 63665c.
Barley, demand fair and prices advanced;
No. fall S1.3261.33. Timothy seed
steady at $2.5062.75. Provisions, demand
fair and market firm; shade higher, Mess
pork $l4. Lard firm st 7s67s. Bulk
meats steady; short rib middles 6S67c;
short clear middies 7t67tc; sales of sum-
mer cured shoulders sc loose. Bacon quiet
and unchanged.
Sc. L0uis MaFKesz.
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 90 Flour, quiet and
weak and business smell; superfne winter
S3.7564.25; extra winter $4.5065.00; Xxx
winter $5.50d6.00. Wheat spring duh, 81
offered and S1.02 asked; winter firm for
best grades; other qualities dull; No. 2 red
winter SLIGO; Corn demand fair and prices
advanced; No. 2 mixed 42642ac for east
track; 43ad45c fer elevator. Oats dull and
prices have declined; No. 2 34c for elevator
closing at 33c bid. Barley dull snd prices
dropping for all grades except first, small
szles of choice spring at 81 50Gl 52a. Bye
steady at 70c. Whisky lower st Csc cur
reDcy. Mess pork lower at $146l5 so.
Dry salt meats packed clear rib 7ac; clear
7a6Sc. Bacon dull and weak; order lots
shoulders Sc: clear rib S6S1c; clear S!nSs
S3.4O63.90. Cattle dull, only local de-
mand; fair to choice 4ic.
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FOR SALE:

a.nNNAonocoNNalOo>, N0|oNoc1lcoNr(sNs s,>,N~,
NOR SALE-Two Mich Cows, one fine, large
Horse, and q good Barouche. Address d.
PETWAY, Edgeneld. Ocl5 2W%
NOR EALE-A good secondhand Buggy for
~ sale cheap. Can be seen at SHRADEE'S,
Church street. ocS u
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A French Marriage.

It is the luck Of some people to see
every thing-it is rather my case. Ten
days ago I was present at a great Rus
sian wedding, aud at a first-class French
one yesterday; and I have been first
witness"-they use the word ten1Oi91 for
this as for the other and more dangerous
duel-at a wedding of the people. If
it takes a Frenchman and F'renchwoman
as long to get separated as it does to get
coupled, then, indeed, Is single life a
blessing, and separate maintenance a
luxury only within reach of the very
idle and rather rich. I am persuaded
that all the coachmen and all the cooks
had given themselves rendezvous to be
married that day in that special marie.
It is a droll ceremony. Row after row
of brides, bedecked with so many
orange-fowers that look for oranges at
six sous each next year, were waiting to
catch the eye of the mayor, mild man
with a most evident wig and a decided
smell of stuff, with which he sprinkled
the bridal wreaths and dresses most
handsomely, causing one bride, two best
men, and one heavy father, to sneeZe
awfully. Now it is, if not indecent, al
least indecorous, to sneeze on such Oc
casions. CIVIL you, Jean, marry this
| Jeanne ?" and the answer a sneeze
But accidents will happen. 1t must b.
a great thing to be married at ;
mayors court, " if I may SO render {
Marie" I had to wait there for
happy couple, one of whom was abou
to give to the other, which I did will
great pleasure, as neither of them be
longed to me. You can first of all SCI
the names of your friends who ar
"persons about to marry" then tn
number of your acquaintance who ar
removed or have been GO appropriated !;
then you can buy land to build on, or
ready-built house for those childrel
who may drop in later. If you ar
bankrupt, you have only to run over t.
the other side of the court and state tn
fact to the proper authority; and, final
", I read, belew the chalKy bust of tn
emperor and the welI-b ewigged head @
the mayor, the address of house wher
you can be vaccinated for next to nc
thing. OF the religious ceremony,
think the less said the better. w
went to the Madeleine, where anOthe
very snuffy gentleman, backed up by
small boy in dirty surplice-suggest
ing the painful idea that the clea
clothes were given out only on Sunday
was kind enough to whisper the cert
mony; and while he was blessing tn
bride, the little beadle came and Dire
of the groom his fee" Social Life Z
France.