Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-08

DOestieks Respectfully Inqulrethi--
what do the Women want rs 10 do
about the wars
One reason Why ii is so difficult TO please
a woman IL, that she seldom knows her
self what she wants. In most cases II IS
hard 70 satisfy a woman as II would be to
content a captain who would set you to
steer his Ship and wouldn't tell you
whether he wanted you to go to Jersey or
Japan. They wouldn't be satisfied, what
ever you do. Especially in the matter of
war. Particularly in the matter of the
present war. Your wife, or mother, or SIS
ter, or whoever may be the woman that
owns you, refuses 10 be content, no matter
what you do. If you don't join military
company she sulks, iusinnates that you are
a coward, turns up her nose, and wishes,
she was \ man" II you do join said COM
pany, she scOlds about the expense, gfum-l
bIes about the loss of time, and growls
wheaeyeryou go to driIl-thOugh in spite of
her growing she always saves the choice
est part of the dinner for you when you do
come.
Then she laughs at you, and calls you a
tdressed up monkeys" the FIRST time she
sees you in uniform; and then as soon as
you are out of the house, she rushes over
to Mrs. Jones to tell what Splendid OIL
Ger" her husband is and how '.magniti-
cent? be looks in his new military dress
Then If Your regiment is ordered away,
apd you insinunte that cuisines affairs
will keep Sou at home, all her ERE is
blazing in an instant, and she uPbraids
you for tsbaeking out' at the critical mo-
ment, and insinuates that yOu are "plGy-
boy soldier and then she wishes she were
a man-she'd show folks how to fight
Then when you finally make up your mind
to go to the scat of war, she bursts into
wet tears, which spot your new uniform
and taruish the gold lace on your sleeves,
and thinks You ought to be ashamed to
go of aud leave your family She vows
'-she don't believe yon care a straw for
your wife, Ora cent for your sweet child
rem" she Hknows you would rather be any
where than ut home" aud "wishes she
were a man, she'd teach the President bet
ter than to send men away from their fam
lilies"
Then, when the day comes for you to
start, she vows that she will never speak to
you again if you persist in going. Then,
when you take II paper ont of your pocket
and pretend to read furl0uSh from the
commandnnt excusing you, and giving you
leave to stay a. home, she throws her
apron over her head, sits down on the
floor and bowls aloud, ITO think she
would have coward for her husband"-
THAT her husband should be afraid to go
10 the wars" And then, when yOu tell
her that's all mistake, and that you are
going after all, she bowls louder than be-
fore, because she "knows you will be kill
ed y or she feels it in Der bones that you'll
come home with two wooden legs, and
then how can you take her to the academy
on opera nights Then she resorts in
turn to every one of the immense lists OF
female tactics to keep you at home. She
Hecps-she bantcrs-she pokes fun at you
She wishes she was n man-she gets mad
she sn!ks-she threatens to go home to
he muther-shc coaXes-sile won't ever
live with you another day-she seolds-
she eutreats, and as last resort she faiuts.
IN This case she falls into your arms, if
you make an otter to catch hers it you
don't offer, and its early in the morning,
and she hasn't made her bed yet, she'll
fall on the bed bnt if the bed is nicely
made up she'll fall on the carpet, so as
not to muss the bed; if the faiuting dodge
don't work, and still you are resolved to
go, she VOWS she "hates you, and that
she'll never speak TO you again, and to
prove the bitterness Of her hate, she goes
off and packs yonr haversaek full of the
tiainties and delicacies of the season and
then, after all. nt the very last moment,
she comes and throws her arms around
your neck, and whispers that she cloves
you best of all in the world" and that she
twill be such good girl until You come
back" and that she'll take such good care
of the children" and that t'you mustn't
fret about herr aud that she will write ev-
cry blessed day, and you must write just
rs often as you can, and that she cloves
you best and thousand other little mes
sages for you, but all kind aud loving, and
all told without tear-for she doesu I cry
now until you are out of the house then,
when you are gone, she EeePs like show
er bath for AN hour; then suddenly stops
short, wipes her eyes, and doesn't waste
another tear till she sees you again.
That's the way they do; and, talk s
peacefully as you can, she is never satis-
ied in her heart till she sees you in uni
form. s.7. aH -sEll
TaE safely of the Great Eastern was, in
the opinion of the passengers, entirely ow-
ing to the skill and perseyering efforts of
Mr. Hamilton Towie, an engineer of Exc
ter, n. a., who, after all otherattempls had
failed. prepared steering apparatus to
meet the emergency The English people
are loud in praise OF the ingenious Yankee
mechanic.
.-. DIED. --z
or Consumption, on Sunday, Oct 9Th, ut O'Clock
p. NJ Mrs MARY LASDFRtBD, wife Of Jacob Land
fried and daughter Of Frederick WinEenried, in the