The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-11

1uo so called coup QGtut OF MIR. Glad
stone las ended III disaster Scarcely
two weeks have clnpsed since tho grca.
Liberal Premier, diSgustcd with the per.
slatent opposition ot party friends and
foes in Pariiament, precip:tatcd Il disso.
lulion Of tho body. aud appealed to tho
country for the election Of new one
The result is IL Conservative majority,
aud Mr.. DIsr.ci, the acknowied. .cI
leader of the pnrty, is looked to M the
prospective head OF the new Ministry,
tho resignation of Mr.. Gladstone now
being regarded as inevitable. I. is
thought. however, that air. DIsraeil
may deem tho Conservative ma jori,y uut
sufficiently largo to warrant his accept
rnce OF tho Premiership, and conclude
to retain his seat in tho House Of Com
mons. where h. may slu more effective
hurvice for his party. The Conservative
maJar'y, 1T Is thought, will not COM
pare with Ir. Gi,t,s.ont's minority in
1865. But the fact tbs. aic!l II taajorty
ns that no longer exists is itself slsuit
cant. Mr.. G!atis,one has hthertD had
majority which niado Isis iuilnenc,
In Parliament almost unlimited. Some
retlarkable measures, snch Va h;.,
Irish Church and l4nd reforms; his
attempts, though unsuccessful, ut Uni.
vcrsity reform; his abolition Of. pur-
chase in the army; his edncntioaal re
forms in England and Scotland, have
characterized him as IL great aud cou.
rsgeous reformer. Tho decline oi the
L'lberal party in England has been indi
Gated by tho elections which have nc
Cured during the past twelve 1aouth.
as the result Of rcsiSnutions or death.
OF mc:nbcrs of Parliament. The Can.
sentative party, however, sccms to be
more liberal, in its acts, if not in its
principles, which ure aristocrutic, than
Id generally supposed. In reality mauy
Of the most liberal measures pusssd in
! Great Britain during the last quarter OF
century were either originated or
warmly supported by tho Conservatives.
aud it is IL suggestive fact that large
number of ntw electors who this yoa,
voted for tho first time are mainly drawn
from What are called tho middle and
lower classes. That Conservative re.
action has cotac in this quarter, would
scarcely have been anticipated.
WHY MEN DovT MARRY A few
figures regarding the necessary ex.
penses Of some people ought to br
valuabl. to various parties contem plat
lug change in life. Ell Perkins
tolls us. for instance. Of an old bachelor
at rue riith Avenue Hotel, whose in-
| come Is $40, O0O n year, and still, lie
says. he can't afford to get married.
He's proud. blooded fellow. and now.
no says. rs single man, he can have
the best horses, best rooms. and the
BEST box ut tho opera; "bpt," he CON
tinued, "if 1 should get n,urriel, ]
would havo to scrimp mysnlf or over
draw my income" How is that?"
asked Eli. "Well. now, como in the
parlor aud I'll sho~ you. You see, In
dies are 80 extrAvaSant now "a days.
They dress 20 much more here than
they do in Europe. mean, they don't
Wear rich diamonds like the women oi
Florence and Milan. hut they wear rich
dresses. Inces, shnwis and furs. Now,
In proud, and I wouldn't want ID )
wiie to be outdressed, SD have to keen
ont of the marriage business. Do you
SEQ that lady there?" ho said, pointing
to a fashionable caller; "wel!, she has
on a 500 panniered, wattauca, polo
nalsed, brown gros grain druss, and |
wear S6O coat. Sho wenrs n 81 ,2OU
camel's hair shawl and $500 set of
sable, whilc wear ~ SO ovcr-coat Sh.
wears $40 bonnet, while I wsar IN SIS
bat. She wears 5000 worth of point
applique and point nguile. whiIo T weur
So shirt. Her shoes cost SIS, and
mine cost $l2. fIer ordinary mornipa
jewelry. Which is changed ovory year
not counting d amonds--coet $500,
mine cost $50. Why. the clothes she
has on COS: % 2S5. and mino cost SaO6,
and that is only oAe Of her dozen out.
Its. while 1 havc-say three. Tho fact
is" onid tha bachelor, growing earnest,
IL couldn't begin to live in brown
stone front with that woman and keeu
mp appearance to mltch-carrages
church. dinners. opera aud seaside. for
$500 I'd have to become second
rate man. and live in an eighteen foot
honse, or withdraw over to Second ave.
nuc, aud that I'll be ID if I'll dol
and he slnng his tis; down slim into Il
nice silk hat, in the excess Of his earn.
ostneos. There is some fun in tL.se sta
tistics, but n good deal more OF uug
gcstivG fact.
The proprietor Of the West Point
Ga. Ncrs, disguatod with tho result o.
his eiforts to establish piper there,
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