St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-05-31
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Good News For Wives who Are Suffer-
Ing From the Pangs Of Jealousy.
For many years husbands in this
country have been bringing suits against
men for alternating the affections Of
their wives. In many cases they have
secured sum of money for the lost love
Of one woman that would enable them
to secure the affections of twenty won.
en-. The pecuniary value of the affec.
tions OF a married woman as determined
in a court Of justice is variable. and ap-
pears to depend much on the youth and
beauty of the female and the wealth of
the party against whom an action is
brought
In few of the States have actions been
brought by wives against women to re-
cover damages for alternating the afYec-
tions of their husbands. But such a case
was brought in New York. decided in
favor Of the wife, and taken to the court
of appeals. The justices united in de-
claring that by the common law a wife
could not bring such an action or sue in
her W name. They were divided on
the question of the statutory right, but
4 majority decided hat it existed.
Justice Vann, in delivering the opinion
of the court, said:
A. the wrongs OF the wife arc the same in
principle and are caused by acts OF the same
nature as those OF tho husband, the remedy
should be the same. Why should he have q
right OF action for the loss OF her society unless
she has . right Of action for the loss of his So
cietye Does she rot need the protection of the
Law in this respect 1T least as much rs he does!
Will the Law give It's aid to him and withhold IL
from her.
This is good news for poor wives whose
husbands affections have been alien
ated by rich widows and spinsters and
giddy young girls who have property in
their own right. 1t is also good news
for poor lawyers. as it has opened up q
new and promising line of business for
them. Rich women who fiirt with hus-
bands now may have to pay dearly for
the sport. A case is now on trial in
New York City in which the plaintiff
claims that her husbands affections,
stolen from her by q brazen widow, we're
worth to her $50. 900 in cash.
The most difficult thing the courts
will nave 10 determine is the money
value of a husbands affections. The
worth of most things is ascertained by
the market quotations on a given day.
But conjugal affection is a commodity
new to the trade, and it's market value
has not been fixed. 1t may be difficult
to decide IN its exact worth. Courts
may declare that it depends on its quail
ity. its quantity. its lasting character or
its scarcity. Courts are not run by SEN
timent A judgment is always rendered
for a certain sun of money.
Now that welded bliss is to have a
money value given to 1t. there seems to
be good reasons for organizing compan-
les to insure it to the possessor. An
engaged girl could take out . policy on
the affections Of her proposed husband,
and by that e secure a liberal sum
in the event of their being lost or stolen.
Such a policy might be more desirable
than n on the life of a husband, as
love is more uncertain than life. A
wife who has insured her husbands af-
fections in a strong company would have
to solace her in hours of AZ
Chicago Herald.
The recent fashionable craze for
interior decoration is rooms
with Eastern touches and
To satisfy the taste the ba-
zars and SHOPS of Persia. Turkey,
and Arabia have been laid under
contribution. The general effect sought
is one Of voluptuous luxury. and the ef-
fects Of the draperies are brought out in
by shutting of gas and cleo
trio light and introducing oil lamps,
by soft colored silks, wrought
into fanciful shapes.
"A seventy-year-old Jew Of Roches-
ter, n. Y, recently wrote from Jerusa-
that he wanted . collection taken
up to enable him to return home. With
81. 900 he had received for injuries sus-
tanned in jumping from the second story
Of a burning fiour-mill in which he was
employed he went to jerusalem, believ-
ing that a day that city would be the
center of the Jewish population on
earth. He had consumed 1--WE months in
reaching his destination, and had spent
Ill his money.
There are many Americans" says
Edward Everett Hale, ''who forgot. or
never knew, there are in this
country towns and villages where, prac-
speaking, there is no criminal
lass. and no class Of paupers. The
house Of correction in many . country in
America is empty half the time. There
many a poor-house in New England
where they take summer boarders be-
ause they have no n else to take"
The record On salmon catching in
English waters the past season shows a
of in size and number from
years. There were many
,atches. however. of fish weighing from
'orty to sixty pounds.