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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-02
a QUESTION ANSWERED.
WHY So Many Intelligent and Attractiv
women in This Country Remain Unmai

WHY So Many Intelligent and Attractive
women in This Country Remain Unmar-
ried.
The editor of the Chautauquan re-
Gently received from an unknown cor
respondent the question, why are
there so many intelligent and attractive
unmarried women in this country when
there are more men than women? An
editorial in a recent issue of that maya
zine contains the reply, from which we
quote: The argument is that the nicer
cultivation of the taste and OF the crit
zeal faculty has extended in our day lir
beyond the social limits within which
II was confined even a generation ago
The standards by which it judges peo
ME are higher and severer, and accord
| inglv the number of satisfactory and
complementary mates for those who
nossess it is greatly reduced, since,
wide as has been the extension OF re-
fnement, the circle of the cultivated
and the delcately sensitive stu ex-
clndes the great mass of society, with
whom the finer minds and the ehoicer
shirts find little congenial association.
Their own intellectual and spiritual de-
velopment also tends to make them
self-sufficient, and it opens up to them
occupations and brings TO them distrae-
tions which make compensation for the
loss of the support and companionship
of marriage. In proof of this general
ization. statistics IRE adduced to show
that the decline in the marriage rate is
among the more cultivated and not
among the humble and simple.
II is undoubtedly true. also. that IN
our day the spread of refinement and OF
intellectual cultivation, in this country
more especially, has been greater
among women than among men, Criii-
cal foreign visitors generally agree IN
the opinion that our American women
are superior to the men in those partlc'
ulars. probably because they have more
leisure in which to crafty their amoi'
ton for such improvement. The vast
majority of the readers of books are
women, not merely of fiction, but OF az
literature which cultivatcs the tast'
and enlightens the spirit. The men
willingly or unwillingly, are engaged
in a fight for material prizes; the WON
en- are accommodating intellectual an'
spiritual treasures by the reading an'
: the thought for which they have create
opportunity, and thus are creating
gulf of separation between themseiye
and the men with whom they ar
brought into association.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-02
The Capital Savings Bank Z
Trust Company.
s1M,OO0.OO
slW.OOO.W
Capital Stock,
Additional Liability,

IN
Additional Liability, sloV,Ooo'Uo
Total Guarantee to depositors sos, O0O.o0
The bank guarantees per cent, inter-
est free from taxes to It's depositors,
which in most cases is equal TO Per
cent. investment v hen it is taxed to The
individual.
the largest of any Savings Bank or Trust
Co. in Northern or Central Vermont Inc
management OF the bank is IN the hands
of seven Directors " no are all well known
men as follows:
ArpEpr JouoSNoTT. A. J. SHELLEY,
II n TApIIN. q. F. S1BLEY,
= = RfAKFIy. T. j. DEAvITT,
ALEXANDER COCHRAN.
This Company solicits loans on real es-
tate i'm Vermont and to towns and school
districts. 4 few shares OF stock in this
company are offered at Sl05 per share SUP
ject to sale. Z. r. BLAkELl, ir en-
Capital Savings Bank and Trust Coz
Montpelier, Vt.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-02
JOHN M. Dnvw"
PiaSternr and Stucco Worker.

Makes a speciality of plastering, whiten-
ing, coloring, whitewashing etc. 10 yrs.
experience in Boston and Worcester, Mass.
All jobs promptly attended to and salts
faction guaranteed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11
immigration for 1900.

During the past year 914 steam
ships brought to this port from
Europe 80, $50 cabin passengers and
81 ,593 stcerage passengers. This,
with the exception of the year 1883,
isithe largest number of immigrants
landing at the port of New York.
The steamships that arrived from
European ports are: 43 from the
Baltic, 237 from Hamburg and Bre-
men, 62 from the Mediterranean.
305 from London, 90 from Glasgow
and Moville, 90 from Rotterdam and
Amsterdam, 90 from Antwerp. and
80 from Havre and Bordeaux.
In the past year s91 passenger
steamships arrived in this port and
brought here sc, $50 cabin passeng-
ers and Bis, ,227 steerage passengers.
The immigration during 1890 was
principally from Eastern Europe,
and when the report of the Com
missioner of Immigration is publish
ed it will show that there has been
an immense increase of immigrants
from Russia, Austria and Italy,
nearly all of whom went into the
mining districts.
s The immigrants from British
ports located themselves in New
England, Illinois and San Francisco.
and it was a remarkable feature in
the immigration of fthose people that
fewer than ever before settled in
tho State of New York.-Nep York
Ne,cs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11
Not That Rusin ess.

i was talking with Sheriff in a
county seat town in Indiana one
day last summer when he saw a
ragged and wayworn tramp head
ing for us across the street.
"Hang the fellowl" growled the
Sheriff. "He's going to strike me
for quarter, and if he does I'll
bounce him out of town?n
The tramp came up, passed the
time of day, asked which was the
Sheriff, and turned to him with:
81 am disgusted and discouraged,
and want"
so, your sort are always broken
up and always wanting," interrupt
ed the official.
81 wanted to say that I have
lodged around until 1 am tired of
it and shall be relieved to-"
"Yes, you look like a dodgerl
Dodging from ono house to another
after cold victualsl We don't want
you in this town, and the sooner
you take the road out of it the bet
ter it will be for you'll
al want TO give myself up" pro-
tested the tramp.
"Oh, you do! Want thirty days
in Jail to rest up and get fat inl
Wei, we are not doing that sort of
business in this county. I'll give
you just five minutes to find the
dirt road leading to Indianapolis"
The man walked away without
another word, his scountenance wear
ing a troubled expression, and in
two minutes was out of sight. 1
met the Sheriff in Chicago wook
later and he at once turned and
faced away and said:
"Kick me with about 40, 600 horse
powerl'
.'What ails your" 1 asked.
Remember that tramp who
struck us that day in-?"-
eyes"
"Well the fellow wanted to give
himself up, and 1 wouldn't let him"
81 remember"
"And he turns out to be a Mis-
souri, robber with reward of $500
on his head, and these Chicago
police nabbed him three days agor'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11
Remarkable Trees.

Yes, there's a good many curious
things in nature said an old man.
81 havesecn things that would aston
ish anybody and place a severe
strain on credulity. 1 lived out in
Lake county when was a young
man. Married out there. Married
old Dan Cnlpepper's daughter
Good woman, too, in her own pecul.
lar way. When our first child was
born l set out a red oak tree in the
yard, and called it Tom, after my
son. The tree and the boy thrived
,yopderfully, and there seemed al
first to be a strange relationship be-
tween them. The first noticed il
was one day when l saw that the
the leaves on the tree were curling
up. ] went into the house TO tell
my wife about it, and found that the
boy had the collie. Yes, sir, and
when the boy got well the leaves
Strengthened out all right. When
my second child was born l set out
another tree and called itJim. Jim
was sickly at first and the tree
didn't do we'll. We doctored the
boy, and finally be took start, and
not only got well but began to grow
faster than any boy i ever saw, and
you should haveseen that tree hump
ITSELF trying to keep up with the
child. Well, we kept on sitting out
trees. Set out one every year. The
neighbors said Il at I'd soon have a
grove. One time my SON Bill was
driving to town and the team ran
away and threw him out and shat
tered his arm so badly that amputa-
ton was necessary. The next morn
ing after We bad cut his arm off, /
looked out and saw that Bill tree
had lost one OF its limbs. Strange,
OF course, and / never tried to ex-
plain it. One time John was taken
sick, and at the same time his tree
began to look bad. Leaves began
to fall off. People said that the tree
was going to die, and it did look
that way, but suddenly John took a
turn for the better and the tree got
all right again"
81 must say that you do strain
creduliiy."
"No, 1 don't but the facts do. l
have met people that were lmpolitC
enough TO hint that they did not
believe me, and that's tho reason
don't often talk about the trees"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11
what Helped Him ODt.

George, dear, 1 don't see how
you ever found courage to ask mo
to be your wife"
at was pretty hard thing to do,
wasn't it2 Did / make a fool of
myself, NellieP"
The young man shifted her
weight on the other knee as he
asked the question.
"Not any more than usual,
George. You always acted con-
fused and dbashful, you know"
!" .M-yes, snpposo was n good
deal of dundcrhead," candidly
admitted the youth, .'but 1 was
pretty far gone," he added in ex-
tenuation. al was hooked in both
gills."
"Now confess, George" said she,
toying with his watch, "didn't your
heart fly up in your throat when
you-vhen you asked me the-the
question, you know"
at tried to, Nellie" replied
George, shifting her weight again
but your head, you remember, was
kind o holding it down"
And Nellie didn't say anything
more for a long, long time.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11
Points For Merchants.

When paid service is rendered,
to say a pleasant "thank you" is
always to your own interest.
When you allow business to un-
duly worry Your mind, it is a sure
indication that your ventures are
of 'size too large
When you engage an employee
for a fixed time. as year, his mind
being thereby settled, his services
become more reliable.
When you ask a person for his can
did advice, do not preface your in
quiry with an expression which con-
yeys the impression that you have
formed your own opinion.
When you seek medium for ad-
vertising, remember that the char
acter of the journal often colors the
value of the advertisement.
When you are making a transac-
tion, remember that is L the commits
sion on the buyers Ignorance which
swells the profits of the seller.
When your feelings are more
easily moved by unfoundcd criti-
eisms than by their inner conscious
ness of right and duty, you are not
true to your better self.
When you are told that ga rolling
stone gathers no moss" also remem-
ber that ga setting hen gathers no
fat Don't be entirely guided by
old "saws."
When the seller adds a charge
for packing to your bill, deduct it;
there is no-justice in your paying
his expenses directly, even if it has
the sanction of custom.
When the years result show a
net loss, the cause of which is not
readily apparent, examine closely
the relations of expenses to receipts,
and of sales to net profits.
When you choose a business To-
cation, embark in the vicinity of
your competitors; as dropping" of
old concerns have. often been step
ping stones to new ones.
When a large variety of a partic-
ular line of goods is carried, the use
of 4 sample board is effective to
avoid undue handling of the stock,
and to save time in displaying it.
When you are parti' ularfy sue
cessful in your own line, do not con-
slider that as consequence, you are
fitted to succeed in all lines. Re-
member that great king once made
a conspicuous failure as cook.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11
A New Version OFT.

Their faces were radiant with
the spring-time Of life as they stroll
ed down one of the paths past the
Capitol.
81 think it is real mean the way
England is acting about sealskin.
saeques," said Maud.
$50 do l." replied Mamie.
"Humph; 1 suppose you know a
great deal about it2" q
"Well, 1 know that Mr.. Blaine
wants England to stop fishing for
seals in the Behring Sea; he's
threatened to build fence or sone-
thing around it so as to make It a
closed sea, and England is going to
get an injunction from the Supreme
Court to stop the fence. It's won
derful how much trouble fences
make when they get into court, ;"
said'Mamie, thoughtfully.
And Maud looked at her in won-
dering admiration and exclaimed:
Honestly, Mamie, 1 don't see how
you manage to keep SO we'll posted y
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11
An ExpIannlion Needetl.

"See here, sir" she said, as she en-
tered sewing machine Office the
other day, %your agent has imposed
upon me-"
els it possible, ma'am2 In what
respect" ~
"Yes, sir, he has lied to me, and l
don't want your machinei"
"How has he deceived you?'
"Why, he came into my house
and told me that your machine was
the best in the world; told it right
before witnesses, and 1 can prove
every word of itl'
aBut that was not deceiving you,
ma'am"
'fYes, it wasI 1 hadn't tho ma
chine two days before another a,,ent
called and said his was the best. and
no had circular to back itup. He
had hardly got out of doors when
another called and said his machine
had taken ten medals"
"But we have taken fifteen.
Hma'am." lai aufH
"Oh, have you2p
%And are sure loiget the premium
at the next worlds fair
@Indeedl'' a 81
"And we have issued challenge
for a public trial which no other
machine dare accept"
SIS that so2 Then your machine
is the best after all2"
"Certainly." jasb s
@Then you will please excuse me.
L thought 1 had been imposed upon,
and / guess I was a little hasty.
The other agents must have been
the liars"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11
POINT PLEASANT, MASON COUNTY, WEST RGINA WEDNESDAY,
nIrn nrns
Iaanssl q. with four u five them.


Idance1 with four or five them.
Or ni4y be many more.
Ny scrtes left me when j trod
Thnt'bnllroom floor.
And ail saw that iiveiong night.
And al knew.
Was tint her eyes were very bright.
Her eyes Of blue,
nd what did cousin Bessie wear7
And did you dance with BELIEF"
They asked. and wondered why it was
could not tell.
What care ! who the dancers were,
When all knew
AMI all saw belonged TO her,
Two eyes OF biue-
And Oh, the time. tie after time.
n1nnG the pens and ink
When ledgers la-ge aud figure-full
Noold have me think;
The balance went all astrny.
Forall1 knew
Mas one and one make two. that day,
Two eyes OF bluel
southern sea. a summer sky.
flower In the wheat.
All shades of deep and shining blue
Her iaslies meet
And OH tile day. the day divine,
when firstI knew
That could call them wholly mine,
Your eyes OF blue.
-lEepl An Johns. In Pittsburg Dispatch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11

Tho Republican papers are far
from being of one mind as to the
Quay s'vindication." The Boston
transcript says sit will increase the
wonder of most readers that he
should have had the effrontery to
present such defense as a full JUS
tification of his career, and will
strengthen the general judgment
that the people of Pennsylvania
knew what they were about when
repudiating him and his candidate
for governor, Delamater, last fall.
That Republicans should have been
summoned to make up the deficit of
a Democratic administration is gem
orally pointed to as illustrating the
character of the evidence-or no
evidence-offered by Quay in this
exculpation."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11
More Contenied Vow.

1t was about 4 A. NJ.
One was trudging along the street,
his head bowed down and his coat
collar turned. The other was max
ing good time in the opposite direct
ion. Both were scowling and
grumbling when they collided.
"Look out where you are goingl"
exclaimed One.
"Might try it YOURSELF" retorted
the other.
They backed away from each
other to get fresh start, when One
remarked sarcastically:
"Nice time for you to be skating
along"
"Fine time for a respectable man
to be out" returned the other
quickly.
"Isn't it?" said One gloomily, ga
poor man has no show in this world" ;"
"That's so" chimed in the other.
"Ifardly gets chance to speak
to his wife and children"
"That's right
A sort of gloomy fellowship seem
ed to be established on the instant
"a fellowship OF discomfort.
"EIavo to get up before they're
awake" continued One.
"what's that?"
81 say, have to get up before
they're awake and then get home
all tired out, and turn in before
they're sleepy" @
"oh, no."
"What2'
81 say no. Turn n-neiil in just before
they get up, and get up just as
they're thinking of bed again
Hardly get chance to see them
even"
"Just getting homer
"Yes. And you2"
"Just going to work"
"What businessg'
"Baker- And yours9"
Newspaper man."
There was moments pause and
then the newspaper man said:
@I'll match you to see who's play
ing in the hardest luck"
$50 you"
''Loser to buy"
GAIL right"
As they emerged from a side
door few minutes later the news
paper man said:
"Well, ood-night.ps
Woodworking" replied the bak
er.
"And now. 1 wonder" soIilouquiz-
the newspaper man as he continued
his tramp north, whether it's to-
day or Tomorrow. Work of one
day laps so far over into the next
that it's funny some don't get en-
tirely lost in the course of a year.
l thought he was just coming from
a tough dance. Blamed ifI could
get up at this time in the morning
Thought he was rounder get
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11
The DIaerence Ise,ween rnern.

The Difference Between Them.
An Englishman, an Irisbman and
a Scotchman, making tour around
the city short time since, were OBJ
served looking through a confect-
toner's window at beautiful Young
woman serving in the shop. -.Ohi''
exclaimed Mr.. Patrick, ado let us be
after spending haIf-a-crown with
the dear craytur that we may look
at her conveniently, and have a bit
of chat wild her" "You extraya-
CANT dog" said Mr.. Bull, aIm sure
one-half of the money will be suffi-
cien:; but let us go in by all means;
she's a charming girLp aAh, wait
a VICE." interposed Mr.. McAndrews
adinna ye ken it'l serve our pur-
pose equally weel just to ask the
bonnie lassie to gle us twa sixpen-
ces for shilling, and inquire where's
Mr.. Toompson's house, and sic ike.
We're no hungry. and may as weel
save the silIer."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11

Those hide bound high protection
Republicans who are just now shout
ing themselves hoarse over the Iittlo
reciprocity treaty that Mr.. Blaine
has negotiated with Brazil, seems to
forget that reciprocity and free trade
are synonymous. But they are
all the same.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11
she Was Shopping.

In close fitting tailor made
dress and a light colored cape of
Persian lamb she appeared before
the stallkeepcrs of Washington
Market. She carried a Russia
leather notebook with a gold pencil
and the most artistic little willow
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11

ting home after a spree, muttered
the baker as he trudged south. 81
couldn't work all night. 60 to sleep
sure. BY George, it's still yester-
day with him. 5
And each was bit more content
ed with his lot.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11

Now FoundIand wants to join the
Uuion at once, whether or not, and
she h2sn't even asked the consent
of either John Bull or Uncle Sam
Better wait awhile, BRETHREN
There arc some little formalities
that must be gone through with first.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11

Otway, a small village of this
county has been exercised recently
over the arrival of a pair of plump
boys at the home of David .Yonxcr.
David is II years of age and his
good wife is 60.-Portsmouth Cor.
Enquirer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11

The japanese revere woman and
. believe that she originally grew on
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-11

A New York beggar makes $500
year at the business.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-20

To take female dancers for male parts is
also bad taste, especially In national
dances. / always come back to them, !"
she srnilingly said, ''they are my favorites
and II often angers me to see them spoiled.
how can a woman represent Cossack or
Bavarian peasant ? It IS ridiculous"
Where did you study?"
oh, in many different places" and she
supped at a glass of old Hungarian wine.
The standard schools did not satisfy me.
L studied nature, human life. Besides the
study OF good paintings ana the antique
statues have been a valuable assistance TO
me-
Could not the groupings and evolutions
OF the corps de ballet be more effectually
arranged. they always look so stiff and un-
natural to me?''
Certainly, but the combination and ar
rangement of eyolutlons and tableaux is
hari task for every baliet-inaSter. They
demand much consideration, they must be
picturesque, full of energy, animated. also
true to lite. and, therefore, not symmetrical.
But of what good are all the talents of
bailet-master. as long as the girls think
that they can become artists because they
have a well-shaped body and some talent
for dancing. They forget that natural
ease and grace, taste, imagination, perse-
verance and some knowledge of history,
costumes and other fine arts are equally
desirable -
1t was already after midnight, but she
continued TO speak most enthusiastically
about her ideas, how the art could be i'm
proved. ETC. She told me that once, many
years ago. she had the plan of founding
an academy for a new art of dancing,
with the purpose of cultivating the intel
lect of the pupils as well as their bodies
rather more