, 1875-03-14
I.iE REASON OEfT

whit right h-s be 10 impair my credit ty publishing
ne. 1n 1hs nn1n' Of al that Ii jus: sq;eaaly pro
| test against It, IAnY Z. AnoRSs.
THE REASON OF IT.
! Says New York paper: New York is crowded
with rich unmarried men. afraid Of tho expense
oi supporting thesc gilded butterflies. Thoro IL
q bachelor at The Sixth avenue Hotel whoss in
come ts 5000 year, and still he says he cant
oforl to get married. HE'S proud fellow, md
Gays, as single man, he can have the best
| horses, best rooms, and best box at the opera.
"lf should get married." ho said, "I would
| have to stint myself or overdraw my income
"How is that" asked o friend.
''Weli, now, come into tho parlor aud I'll show
you You sec, ladies are extravasant nowadays.
| They dress 60 much more in Europe. mean,
thew don't wear rich diamonds like the women OF
Florence aud Milan, but they wear such Itch
dresses, laces. shawls, and fura. Now, Tn
proud, AGO would not waut my wife outdress-
| ed, so hASe to zeep out OF tbs marriage busi-
uesa.f'
DO you see that lady there? " hs said, point
ing t. t. a / 1assiouaolo caller.
"Well she has On ss4o0 punnored, vattauea
polonaised, brown, gros-grnta dress, and wear
$50 coat. She wears Sl,e0o cauiels-halr
thavl, and $500 set OF sable. while wear a
s70 overooat. She wears 57u bonnet, while I
wear an 38 Lat. She we3ts 1.D0 Eor*h Of point
applique and point auglle. While I wear 4 Sc
SHIRT. Her shoes cost SIS, and mine cont s12,
Hcs Ordinary morning jewery, which is changed
mine coat s5o.''
"Wel! how does It foot up7"
Why, the clothes eho has on cost 2,225,
ard mine coat $206 and that il only one Of her
dozen outfits. while on'y have-saT three.
The fact is," said he. growing earnest, ~
couldn't begin to live in browu-stono front
with that woman mud keep up appearances to
mattel, carriages, church, dinners, opera, and
seaside, for s2o,0oo, I'd have to become eeo-
opd-rato man, aud live in an l8~foot house, or
withdraw over to Second avenue, and that III be
hanged it dol" and he slung his fiat down
into nice silk hat iu tho e1oeAs of hia earnest
ness.
BREACH OF PROMISE.
Boston Post: The Injured young Eng1iehman,
Mr. Townsend, who for soue tino past has been
working in q London Court to compel the moth
er of tue young lady who Tilted him to make
good his damaged affections In the sum Of
$4,000, has at last had his case decided and
been awarded guineas. The Judges charge
was tho probable cause Of those Insignificant
damages. In bis summing up he took very
gallant view OF the case, and one which gaze the
jl.ied sWsin very little encouragement to prose-
cute breach Of promise suits in England. Men,
said his Honor, are not Injured by refusal on
the part OF their Bveethearts to keep promise
marriage. while by the revarae working
Of the rule women suffer. Tho latter, who look
ultimate fottuue, a,o injurad in their Life pros
poets BY breach OF promise. A man is not
thus iojured-. He can get a living just as we'll
aa before, and has suffered nothing that money
can repair. Moreover man is none tho Worse
for being kissed for series Of years, MS hap
II Ehf liza xrnrf
= long time subject of osculatory exercises,
is not 30 actively in demand by other men after
,"an. 1t may be . question whether this Was
good law, but it was good common sense. A
must leave affection out OF the question It is
= confession that the plaintiff had other ends in
view taan those Of love- The tasis ie purely
commercial one, and whom = man descends to
such lttleness, he does not deserve even
guinea. uniess it Is shot at him. and Mr. Town
BENDS tota should servo as warning to other
mercenaty swaips.
ELAINE.
Boston Sunday Times: But one day, two Bos-
ton women with 'views STOOD before the pic
sure, and regarded it long and steadily.
II don't know" said one Of them re1ective1y
(she Vas 1 gushing ereature OF 40 summers.
with curla), II don't know il regard ElAine's
course "a altogether womanly or proper. To
announce hsr love to Lancelot and the whole
world in that public way-no, no, it was not con-
sistent With ia highest feminine del1cacy."
II don't know about that, :" said her compan-
ION, who snapped her words very short and
whose drecs and hair were short, ana Whosa
figure looked like m exclamation point, ''but
one thing I do knowI II the girl had worn her
clothes suspended from the shoulders, taken OF
her corsets, worn flannel drawers and nroad-
soiod shoes, she'd never have plned AWAY to that
sackly iaahiou for any man"
TWO BRIpEGRooMs For ONE WIFE.
Salem (0re.) Statesman few days since
young man, hai1ins from the classic precincts OF
the LA Creole applied to the County Clark Of
Polk County for license TO marry young indy,
which the accommodating clark issued The
ZANE day another young man spilled for > a1icsnse
10 marry. Tho Clark uas not In. and his deputy
4sued the 1censa. Tha tHQ icapaes were iss4ad