, 1876-01-22

breeding Ia. thRt you should Implicitly o3nform
to tho Msaeos Of the society In which You And
and moss beautiful dsuRbtor Of tue house
preaenta him with Iiner5ngsalas his feelings ato
i togattor too much for him. md entirely over
come .'ls good resolutions. uc goea through
tho secret .mpressEou thnt hc is making
most abject fool Of himself. rlupgea
wildly and dcspa!tinEly a. tho comestlblos: and
snbsdea Into 4 limp end metancholy couitio,' m II,
and tley hold arnly TO- tho family cIockery. and
the beat glass. "Thay are drsndfully rehtIess,
die EnqEaender," said ! Young cousin to mo;
aro. a. ard I'd" vii for tbei. tnrn Ths W Wa ii The
poor. chivaIrous young Buton got for hls pana.
PatnB thoy rero tortures-agonas.
ELDERLY MARnrAuEs
ata very raro IN Gormauy. where wlloleaone.
aud dealGning elderly spiuaters and dangerous
clderlS-ju7en,lo bachelors arc cumparativcls
scRrce III society. In Hungary. 11oman catholics
and members Of tho Greek Church may marty at
IL; whereas Pro.est.nta may not marry until tho
respective ages Of Is aud 15. In Anstria, per.
aoua unsor II ara minors, and must
havc tie consent Of phre,Ita to onter st,o mar
rla8a.state. In Bavaria, the laws vary consil
oraby with tho districts; in oue. 'the'linlit Of
v4lid marriage hsB 6edn fixed At II md II In
Anothor. 1t ~ and "a; In third. a. Is and Is.
In neasa narmstadt. the law Of 1859 required
kH&t Gftly uhA 1kOAlA uHfp IGhCUeu *At &kN u
% before he yentured On tho role of = Hone.
dick; but in 1868 tue futo WAS modified, and
marriage became loyal 1t 2t years Of age. Eveu
when the legal ago Ia attained. Tho coueent Of
awav marriages are, therefore, impossible, and
much hfser misery Is, no doubt, thus avoided;
but, mono tho less, arrange complications, not
hero 10 be entered upon. sometimes asise:
Reference ha8 alre1dy beou made to the e1~
traoiduary apathy that prevails ln matters sanI-
tary throughout the Tatherland. Tho same oh.
tuaonoss obtsina with regard to all that concerns
health. well being, and lappiness. i under hap
f',e7ss s1na In corpors sano. Not Gully does tho
physical education OF their women tend IN tho
wrong direction, but ali that influences aud do
termines marriage confirms and adds TO forogsno
blnnders.
In tic uppor classes marriage is determined,
II not chiefly, yot porhaps docisivoY, by meant
1t ta part OF that peculiar psoaaio. practical {and
yet heW fatally unpsacticaD programme which
that monog, II In family. shall rot bo allowed
to 70 out Of It. iicncc both IN the c&so Of gold
and lands. marriages and intetnasriagos go on
generation after generation the relationships
growing over ncarc- aud ucarer, moro and moro
confused, and tho results, as may bo readily
imaginn1
EVER NONE AND NonE D1sAsTRous.
In no other country doea ono meet with
tho saue number Of gotrous sbroatB, SCARED
nccks, spiua!-diseaRcs, hip-uinenses. bad teeth,
Gcrmany.
No hesitation Ia felt in spcahing openly on
matters that one might. Without hypocrisy, be
':W;ho '; u tbst irightfu!!y-dlanearod porson :"
asked my noighbor, = brilliant young L.eutcn-
aut Of huaHasa, ut d familF.dlnner. :" lch leiIe
sehr an SkTqtsen,' y said tho young lady In ques-
t!on on tho other eido Of n,e spcsxing In tho
have nBed in asking mo to liasa tho salt. Alas
Hhe bud no uoea to tell the terrible tale; but IN
3 weel, nc!ther more nor loas, sho Was ouEsGcd
to tho critical Lieutenant {,e waa over head and
delicate to sncer at her uofcots. was not slow to
discover TINT the bcauI ycur De sd cassefte made
| up for want OF oyelaahes, aud TINT G0000
| tlla!ots covered multitude Of sins.
III auother family. where cousins bad intor-
| married with cousins apparently since the flood.
| tho sole heir to = vast property was delicate.
[ Hpiuelcss boy, child whose bones had cE1loi
| tendency to work through the akin. and 70 to
| It waa not possible that he should live, aud
when, aftor twolve yonrs Of terrible existence,
death came and morcifully aet him FREQ at last,
the childless father. looking round.
| P1cKFD our ANOTHER COUSIN,
| took ltr to wife, and lived to hayp three moro
| children, whereof TWO Tero ErteyouHiy afflicted
| in mind and body, but tho third, hectic boy,
survived to in4crt tho estate.
In another family, wllero tho estases wore con-
siderable, aud whore tho same immemoral mar-
riaGe cuBtoms between. near relatives bad OBJ
tanod (uncles marry thar piecos in Germany tho
Representatives 1t last dw!ndled down TO Ave. Tho
son and hotr blow lls bralnB out !: tho second
daughter drowned hersclf tho third daughter
bocamo confirmed typochondrlao tho second
500, tortnontod with terrible Compliant
| tFlechte), akin to tho teprosy Of tha anc.onts.
atter washing in all the ws!szs shss tho wslls OF
Germany Afforded, uuable to apd, evcu in rel!g-
ion and good works, tho consolation ho sought
! put m onsl to his miserable existence. Only
tue eldest daughter rctnatnod; tho oatates went
In tho msle limo, .nd dovolved upon distant
cousin, mera " Nan1en1rett alto aatd: but
tl,p old feeling prevailed: 1t was pity to tako
| her fortuno away from tho name, aud uhou tile
Nan.ensre.ter proposed be was accsptod. saw
her aoue yoars iAter; she Was a widow, with
tuseus!biltty to all phsa,eal defecta4-to an the
long train Of terrible consequences that these
grlevous inherited uaa!adlss bring viii
them, whore Interested motives couosc
reograpb.ca, position Of Germany has hitherto
been bar to any Rppreciablo fuHion Of blood OF
mixture Of rncca in hcs ,populalion,; tho few
Fronch and Epsltah WHO find themselves HestIed
ia German tonpa are. for the most paEt, toe
poor to tempt the natiyos into 1nat!.1nouy (ro'
member Tue .'oautloa y Of $4,000 lha!e1s).
In commercial towna wtlero thofo il more
1trkehr, tho money III chiefly IN the handa ol
Jews md = German jew ia doub1y bound t
justify bis origin. The money.baes will bo kep.|
in the family. Eycn In smaller towns and vii
lagos. it Ia not Tho custom, as with US, for thf
| youpE people to seek &heic fortune NJ aistanco
NeinlceA. tho mai til pays OF tho Sw!as, over
comes tho wAndcfcs who passes even into tb'
nsxt State Gas from Doyonshito iato Corn
wsll), and d dozen dsoli remeltes ar'
prescribed by tho old wives for tLt.
! troublesome form Of disease, under tin
} influence Of which tho sufferer not un
frequently takes to her bed, aud seeks hoace II
gnawlpg III o!u crust 1'riaekrast), which sh
las brought from the Inst loaf baked at home
aud Which is supposed to 10 M tufalllblo remedy
THE PnIaHrFuL oor1nEs
; which Que seas in lhc Iyrol. aud which scieuc
} attributes to drinking w1tot that ilous owe
DolotnItIc rocks, and ignorance Lays At tho doc
Of snow-wAtor, Nhilss tho heavy weights th
, ieasants carry on thoir heatls sro supposed b
othass 10 develop this Aideoua form OF throat
t!lsoase, are porhapa dua quite ~ much to III
fact Of the go,trous marrying tho Goitrous. gaz
! ing upon tia goitrous. aud living IL go,trou
atmosphere from time immemortal. as to an
other remote cauaca assigned hy seionce. II /
40 bemlsll or lofact 10 eye4 that ussd to II
. tho man or grl who loasos tho viasu will ro
turn to setto there aud marry tho lover left be