Why Men Marry

Men do not marry for the purpose of making womun happy, but to make tbemsèlves happy. A girl lonks forward to her rnaniage to what she will do for her hueband's happiness A man to what he will enjoy throngh bis wife's ministrations. ■' He needs a wife," say the good women who were bom and bred in these opinions, and do not f-uspect their grossness. " It is a grand g od match ; I don't know aDybody that needs a wife more thnn be," said one of these at a !it tle gathering, speaking of a recent marriage. " W'by ?" innocently quostioned another woman, ho was supposed to have somewba: peculiar views coticerning these thiügs. " O, you never want anybody to marry !" b.urst out a chorus of voices - which was surely a very broad iuference from one narrow monosyllable. "But why does he neet) a wife ?" persisted the questioner. " For sympathy and companionship," triumphantly replied the first womun, knowing that to such motives her interlocutor could take no excention. But a Ihird woman, not knowing that anything lay bebirid these questions and answers, and feeling tliüt rlje original position was but feebly maintained by such unsubstantial things as sympatby and companionship, being tilso a near neighbor of the person in question, and acquainted witb the facts. proceeded to strengthen the case, by addiug, " Well, he was alone, and he waVt very well, aDd he was taken sick one night and couldn't get anybody to take care of him," "But why-not hire a nurse ?" Well, he did, and she was very good ; but she wouldn't .)n his washing!" Only wait long enough, and you are tolerably sure to get the truth at last. It was not sympsithy and companionship, after all, that the man wanted : it was his waah. ing ! - Gaü Hamilton. KP The followiog patriotic sentiment was late.ly given at a festive eupper : The ehips of our navy The ladiefi of our land, May the fnrroer be full rtüft'd, And the lutter weU-manned. Some editor says that the destiny of the world often hangs od the merest trifles. A little miff between Charles Bonaparte and his lovo Letilia inight have broken off a marriage, which gave birth to Napoleon and the battle of Wateiloo. To whioh the Chicago Adveriiser says : " Yes, that ig a fact. Suppose a " little mifi" had taken place between Adam ! nd Eve 1 What then ?"