The Danger Of Letter Writing

It is not political oandidates alone who 8hould bo oareful about writing letters. Candidatos for matriinony, is woll, .should makc their comraunioatione as exclusivo ly verbal as pos.-ib'.e ; for under sorao circuinstances a lovo lettel may bocoine an ugly thing todual witb. An Iowa bride learnod tliis by costly experience a fow days ago The ehuroh vns t'ull of people, silks rustled, jewols fiasbecU eager i'xpectation and unt'eigiied délight were evBiywhere manifestad. But when the ho ly man cauie to the usual words : " lid him Rpeakuow, or foraverhoid hisjx'iii'"," lo ! a strong-liinlx'd, dark-baired, fieroektokineman amoDgthe eongregatiou rose andforbad$ the bnns, giviug as his reason tbat the fair but faina ono wae "eafi;iLTi-il" to himself. And lest his words should be deemed tho mere idle utteran08 of a jealous rival, hu im media tely drew from his pocket and began to rond aloud the letter which the bride had writtcn him. Tln tencter :tnd gushing eharnctcr of these epistles made it i;vidont tliat his claim was just. The friends of the youngwoman tried to silonce him by a storm of and yells, while a strong.1!' party of own friends snit forth a counter bla8tramd aoharioing nprosr was the rapid resul t. Tho c' man maduhia escape by the vestry door, the crowd BUrged out at the front, and the battle was renowed in tlie yard. The bridegrooHj disappeared, and tbe bride expressed her p to settle the dispute by marryíti I lover- tin oLfi-r which is likely to be accepted.