Year: 1875

IL j. ssT historical fact that Frederick
81 Prussia formed the idea of compelling
unions between the tallest Of the two
sexes ia his domihiuns in the hope OF
having an army Of giants The reader
will ih all probability, recOllect the fol-
loving ludicrous incident: Ii 80 hap
pened that during rather long ride, the
king passed a particularly tall young wo-
man. AN utter stranger. He alighted
from his horse. and insisted upon her de-
liverihg letter to the commanding off
Ger of his crack regiment. The letter
contained the mandate that the bearer
was instantly to be- married to the tallest
unmarried man iu the service. The
young woman was somewhat terrified,
and. not understanding the transaction,
gave an old woman the letter, which
was conveyed to the commanding Off
Ger, and this old woman was, in a short
time married to the handsomest and
finest man in the crack regiment 1t is
not necessary to say that the marriage
was an unhappy One-particularly so to
the old woman. Ia this connection
comes another anecdote. a rich saddier
directed in his will that his only child, a
daughter, should be deprived of the
whole of his Fortune unless she married
a saddler. A young earl, in order to
win the bride, actually served an ap-
premiership of seven years to a saddler,
and afterwards bound himself to the rich
saddler's daughter for life. But the union
was anything but a happy one; the
bride, neither by birth nor breeding a
lady, reflected little credit on her bride
groom's choice; and repeated quarrels
we've followed by a separation. Soft is
with all unequal matches; gold and brass
won't unite Novels tells us that felicity
followed the union of Lord Fitzgerald to
Mary Ann Jones, quite ignoring Mary
AIMS prcdisposition to red knuckIes and
unshapely feet, which pecuiarities final
ly make my lords life burdensOme.-
Novels are amusing. but not to be relied
OH in ''matters of the heart" as a rule.
Common sense says, Young folk, mar
ry within the boundary of your social
and religious circle"


A SOLDIER writes to the New York
Tribune: Il trust that the failure of
the misnamed Bounty Equalization Bill
to become law, will end the efforts of
demagOgues in Congress TO purchase the
soldier vote by bribes paid out of the
Treasury. l speak as soldier, who
wOuid have been entitled to SIIare in the
beuelits of the bill if it had got upon the
statute book, when say that there is no
demand by the soldiers themselves for
the passage of it or any like measure.
Every man who served worthily in the
army during the Rebellion, and who re-
turned safe and sound to lis home, feels,
am confident, amply compensated for
the danger lie faced and the privations
he endured, hy the grand and ennobling
experience OF having served his country
in the time of ler peril, and having been
himself an actor in the most stirring
events in modern history. 1t never Oe-
Cured to him, when he wore the blue,
that years afterward Congressman would
begin Ia reckon up the money value Of
his services at so much bounty n month,
as if they were an article of merchandise
His manned and disabled comrades and
the widows and children of those who
are dead he wants generously provided
for, but he does not ask to be paid mon
ey, in the form of a gratuity out Of a
bankrupt Treasury, for services which
ended ten years ago, and for which he
was paid when discharged far more than
the Government agreed to give when he
enlisted