The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-06-20
SOME ODDITIES OF MADE.
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Avoid Single Life and Mnto 'a"S

widows and widowers Geu.r.,
Avoid Single Life and Mate An."'s
1t has been remarked thai in,
speculation are invariably accom,s,,"
by Increase of marriages. Dr. r"
the eminent statistician. hazards u"''
fore, the suggestion that i, is III. ,n+.,
of speculation itself that leads m.,'''
embark Oh matrimony at such ,r"
Another reason, which he is ,arofp, ~,
10 ignore, II the increased n,o.,.n.'
that induces and sometimes se.,,.
accompany what he calls the pcriodio.'
"pidemics of speculation. A groa, w.a
after 1t Ia over, is good for mor,i.a'
SO Is a good harvest. so is the .s,nl
lishment Of new Industries or H..
tension Of old ones The reason !. -
same in all these instances: The il"
creased prosperity of the general lo1.
Of the people. So intimately is n,o,ri
mony associated with national v,u
doing that il has come to be s,yl,d -,
barometer of prosperity. lis indi,.
tions, however, are more for the fnsurs
than for the present, dealing r,,t.r
with the expected and Anticipated Than
with the actual. But this ONLY goes T.,
s~ubStantiate what was said of NAV
riage as speculation. The nation i
sometimes extraordinarily sanyuin.
and when this Is the case MARRIAGE,
are plentiful. Great popular lca,c,.
inspire this feeling. A Statesman ~
genius at the head Of affairs percrp,jh,v
increases the marriage rate. In a word
the great fluctuations in the marriages
are the result Of peace after war. abun.
dance after dearth, high wages AFTER
want Of employment, speculation after
languid enterprise. confidence after dis.
trust, and national triumphs after M.
tional disasters.
The marriage returns invariabjy
a corresponding increase for anr
augmentation ia the duties paid ,lmn
malt. wine ana spirits. They in the 81 me
way keep pace with the consumptioo
Of tea, sugar, coffee and tobacco. and
with the imports of raw silk. cotton
wool and timber. The one increase is
lot, however, the cause Of the other:
both are but effects Of the same cause
increased national prosperity. Maj.
riageS after banns are live times as
numerous as marriages after licenses.
When the price of wheat is high the
diminution IN the former class is com
paratively much greater than in the lat
tor 'ThAx- ~ 4I<. Grcf t> 1x aG,-l
by high prices. liccnScs and banns being
regarded as the prospective badges Of
capita! and ~labor-not without import.
ant exceptions. however. AutuInn is
the favorite season everywhere: With a
few spring is preferred. Half the We'd
dings throughout the country are crle-
brated on Wednesday and Thursday.
Saturday has 0 than the average
number. Friday il not Il %favorite. ~
few marriages are celebrated on that
day. W1dOWers are more inclined 10
marry than bachelors. Widows are
o inclined to marry than Spins,el>.
Both facts are ~eloQuently in favor u
the comparative advantages of matri-
mony. For one bachelor that marrie>
between the ages Of 30 and 10 seven
widowers remarry between these ages.
These are marriages out Of an equal
number of each class: the actual mum
Der of bachelors married will be great
est only in proportion as they exceed
by seven to n the actual number Of
widowers living az these ages. Under
the same conditions. for every spins'rf
married between 70 and 65 two widows
are remarried.-NCw York Dispatch.