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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-15
MANS IDEA OF MARRIAGE.
"BAB" ASKS SOME MEN WHAT THEY
THINK OF MATRIMONY
C1ub-man's Ideas-A Doctors View
Why One Bachelor Is Content to Re-
main as He Is-Why Some Men Don't
Marry.

Special Correspondence of THE SUNDAY HERALD.
NEW YORK, March 13.-I have had three or
four letters lately, asking me, in different ways,
what was my opinion of marriage. 1t seemed
right that they should be answered, and SO l
started out on journey of discovery, seeking
for knowledge from wise men. l do not think
that women are capable of deciding this ques-
ton, for each one is certain to judge from her
own standpoint and that alone, and SO she can
not be said to look at the question in an un-
prejudiced way.
The first man / met is man of clubs.
looked at him and I said, 'Mr. Bachelor, is
marriage failure ?' and he said, "Mistress
Bah, / will answer you just as l did man at
my club the other night, who propounded the
same question. l said Look around this
room, crowded with men; three-q quarters of
them are married ones; now, either the wife
has gone her way and the husband his, or the
woman is at home lonely; and, in any event,
there is something wrong. If everything was
right the married man would be at his home,
satisfied there, and happy with his wife," He
gave his hat most beautiful lift, smiled sweetly
at me, and left me impressed with his great
knowledge of the world.
The next man whose fate it was to meet my
question was doctor Said he: ''Marriage a
failure NO, IL ISN'T failure, when the man
gets the right sort of woman-and that woman
is best described as a combination of the ideal
and the material. That combination makes a
perfect wife. But how many men find her Z?
Usually, as Balzac said long ago, we go
round the world looking for this woman. We
want to find combination of comrade and wife
in one volume, but we seldom succeed We
have to choose two and the world frowns at
that"
THE IDEAS OF A BACHELOR.
The next man asked had thought it all out,
had seen it from both sides, and had concluded
that the holy state of matrimony was one in
which he did not wish to enter; and these were
his reasons: "A man and woman get married,
expect to be together three hundred and sixty
five days in the year, and never take the trouble
to find out whether they are calculated to be
happy together. The man doesn't know whether
the woman can control her temper when he
loses his and Vice versa, and they grow desper-
ately weary of each other. A man has right to
claim in marriage all that friendship would give
him, and great deal more. Nine times out
of ten he gets thoughtless affection and NO
consideration" Then l answered here: "Yes,
but woman has some claims. She has
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-15

take great care in getting becoming wells, and
just in the right place, while the veil itself does
not seem to drag the hat or to be out of har-
mony with it. The Spanishwoman knows that
her mantilla and her fan are weapons of war;
fare, and she is an adept in their use.
The veil most in vogue just now is the fine
Russian mesh without spot upon it; the
beauty-spot, having been discovered to be
ridiculous at times, has gone out of favor. The
bright scarlet veil is to the fore again, but 1t
can only be worn by women who are very pale,
inasmuch as it makes every other woman look
as if she had violent attack of scarlet fever.
plain blue veil-one of the thin ones-will
make you look pale, and gray one gives you
rather CHASTITY look. Brown is generally be-
coming, and the fine tulle, in black, with very
small dots upon it, is always in good taste, and
usually makes the complexion look better.
Speaking of red wells reminds me that the
rainy weather has brought out the red umbrella,
and made it bit of brightness on a gloomy
day. Personally approve of the red umbrella
1t is cheerful and encouraging, after series of
black ones though don't know as it would
look well to see Judge of the Supreme Court
carrying one. Still 1 think most women under
fifty look decidedly attractive under it. The
healthy liking for red should be encouraged;
and l don't see why red silk can't be as good a
way of protection as black 1 don't see why
everything that takes care of you mayn't be
cheerful.
A woMAN's IDEA OF PROTECTION.
Don't you believe in protection?
l do.
Protection from colds by good open fires,
quinine pills, porous plasters, and warm clothes.
Protection from bores by swords, daggers,
and pistols.
Protection from impudence by policemen,
clubs, and the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Women.
Protection from looking ugly by pretty
frocks, pretty shoes, and pretty tempers.
Protection from dudes by the Youpg Mems
Christian Association.
Protection from bad books by your own good
taste.
Protection from, ignorance by the establish
ment OF schools where reading, writing, and
arithmetic are taught.
| / am believer IN protection all around.
Goodness gracious do you suppose anybody
| will want to be protected from BAB?
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many people do when they have once tried it.
The English arguists maintain that the happiest
marriages have resulted from men marrying
widows. There's good bit of reason in this.
The woman who has had one husband has dis
covered that the proper study of womankind
is-man; and experience has taught her how to
make life smoother, just as matrimony has
taught her restraint. She doesn't do as she
did at first. She doesn't bother mans life out
of him by asking him if she is the first woman
he ever loved, nor does she bring wrinkles on
her own face by fretting over unknown rivals.
She is sensible enough to conclude that he has
probably loved great many women, while she
is positively certain that he must have loved
her best, else he wouldn't have asked her to
have been his wife. On her wedding-r ring is an
unseen gem-experience-and she uses it to
make light the paths of married life, so that
there will not come over it a shadow of discon-
tent.
Why don't girls learn that there's not much
compliment in being mans first love? The
man who goes into a garden Of flowers and
simply takes the first one he meets doesn't
know what he is doing. 1t may not be sweet;
there may be thorns on it, and it may soon fade.
The wise man is the one who goes all through
the garden, and, seeing them all, selects the
sweetest, and, most important of ALL the one
that will last longest. Curiously enough, the
orchid, which is the typical flower of civilized
woman, will outlast all the violets, roses, and
even the great pure white lilies. To my mind
more marriages would be successes If women
were more loving, more affectionate, more con-
siderate, and more patient; but l firmly believe
you see by this L am an ultra. conservative
woman-that the man should have the more
brain Of the two. L don't want woman to be
fool, but l think she should be more loving
than intellectual, and more gracious than
learned That's the end of my sermon on mat
rimony.
FOR THE GIRL WHO FRECKLEs.
| The spring is coming, and with it the numer-
GUS ills that flesh is heir to, especially freckles.
The girl who is going to keep herself from get
ting freckled by wearing veil must wear one
OF the thick kind, that really gives one vapor
bath. 1t has a decidedly undesirable way of
getting in your mouth; but as you have to suf-
| fer to be beautiful and get rid of freckles, you
have to chew the cud Of thick veil and not
complain. Wells are the coquetry of the young
and the charity of the old, and prove that
charms concealed attract the most. 1t is very
| funny, but the veil, that is said to be as old
as the vanity OF woman or the curiosity OF man,
cannot be traced to its birth. There was a
time when men wore it, but that was very long
time ago, and evidently the women objected
and forced them to give up the coquettish bit
Of dress that really belonged to them.
HOW DIFFERENT WOMEN WEAR Wells.
An Englishwoman regards veil as something
to put on to keep out the sun or the cold, and
consequently she assumes it In very sloVenly
fashion. The American and the Frenchwoman
know that it is beautifer, consequently they
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-15
Freed From Asthma.
EYANsYILLE. IND. Oci

EVANSVILLE, md, Oct /, 169U
DIR. j. W. Bergen, Petersburg. Ind:
DEAR SIR: / have used Bergen's Asthma
Cure for the past four weeks and have found
more relief from the use of it than anything
l have ever tried. / have been entirely free
from asthma since taking your remedy, and feel
now that / will have no recurrence of the
disease. Yours truly,
Il. II. BURTON.
For sale by z. D. Gilman, 627 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest.
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A delightful breeze always blowing at Der
wood Park. William f. Thomas, Twelfth
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Free from dust and heat is Derwood Park
William f. Thomas, Twelfth and G.
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Spend your summer at DerWood Park.
William +. Thomas, Twelfth and G..
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You get a small farm at Derwood Park.
William F. Thomas, Twelfth ED G.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-12-20
WAS PARNELL A vICTIM3

A Suggestion That There May Have Been
Conspiracy Against Him.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
l will not dare assert that the late Charles
Stewart Parnell was saint, but day by day
the belief develops in my mind that he was
not the bad man 30 many would have us be-
lieve. would not be surprised II 1t were
proven eventually that the famous Irishman
was the victim of huge conspiracy. If one
takes the trouble to look over his affairs many
reasons may be found favoring such theory.
Both politically and socially he was the object
of malicious envy and enmity. Among his
followers even were men who would be bene-
fitted by his downfall His opponents seized
with avidity the opportunity to put him out
of the fight, for Parnell removed meant COM
paratively easy sailing, while his presence
practically insured destruction. Among his
relatives were any number OF individuals who
considered him menace to the future pros
poets. This animosity arose mainly through
his relationship to Mrs. O'Shea, not only be-
fore, but after his marriage. How this came
about was as follows:
the name of Martha Wood, who was very
wealthy. This old lady was infatuated with
Mrs. O'Shea, allowing her an income of $15 900
during life and bequeathing her the entire
estate at her death, to be kept in trust for the
O'Shea children. This estate was valued at
wills the other relatives were provided for, but
they, like many more in this world who do not
think the possessors OF wealth have right to
dispose of 1t as they choose, were not satisfied
with the fayoritism shown Mrs. O'Shea. Miss
Wood, learning this, disinherited them alto
gether. Among the dissatisfied parties are quite
a number who stand high in English social
circles. The undoubted leader Is brother,
General Sir Evelyn Wood, commandant
at Aldershot, with an income of about $4,000
year from the War Office and some other
pickings, who not satisfied with that, coveted
more of Martha Woods million than he had
been allowed. Then there is Charles Page
Wood, another brother; Mrs. Steele, sister,
who has written in her time several clever
but decidedly bold novels; Lady Bartlett
Lennard, another sister, and host OF others,
among them the famous Mrs. Annie Besant
who is a cousin OF Mrs. O'Shes. l am OF the
opinion that at the coming trial the English
courts will not permit the relatives TO do as
they please with testament made by per-
fectly sane person. | also believe that the my
stery which surrounds Parnell's last years, and
which be, In his pride, refused to make clear,
will be brought to light. Until then it would
be BEST to make no estimate OF his character.
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press of disordered mind. So in the present
case on the receipt Of his first postal the writ
er's communication was duly acknowledged
by one of the Presidents secretaries, and the
writer politely Informed that his communica-
ton had been referred to the Commissioner of
Pensions, who had immediate supervision
over such cases, and to whom the writer
should address all further communications
bearing upon the subject. OF course, just so
long as the man in question directs his postals
to the President just so long will the Postoflce
Department forward them to the Executive
Mansion, and once having been properly
answered just 80 long will subsequent postsls
be dropped into the waste basket.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-12-20
speotAcies for Horses.
jewelers. Weekly.

JcWolorS weekly
spectacles for horses are made by we'll
known firm of opticians in London, England.
The object OF having the horse wear spectacles
is to promote "high stepping"
Horse spectacles are made Of stiff leather,
inclosing the eyes Of the horse, and the glasses
employed are concaVe and large In size. The
effect is to give the ground in front OF the
horse the appearance Of being raised; the ami
NAL, therefore, steps high, thinking he is
going up hill or has to step over an obstacle
in front of him.
If the system is perseVered with when the
animal is young the effect is said to be mar
velous. Many horses, 1t is alleged, could be
materially improved by VISIT the optician,
and 1t Is recommended that the sight of all
horses should be tested. Apart from this con-
sideration, many vices, it is believed. might
be cured by means Of eye glasses. The cause
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-12-20
A DAILY POSTAL CARD.
now AN OLD SOLDIER MAKES HIS
WANTS KNOWN TO THE PRESIDENT.

The very latest eccentric contribution to the
Presidents mall mail which never lacks con-
tributions to it of that nature, Is postal card
from man out in Detroit, Mich. The postal
is as follows:
"DETRoIT, Dec. 12, 1891.
''KIND PRESIDENT: Please have my claim
for pension, No 309,2S5, settled, which has
been there thirteen years waiting for its turn.
am deaf, lame, and have crippled hand, all
contracted in the army.
''Investigation will show 1t is being held for
spite.''
The eccentricity of this contribution con-
sists not in its form nor In the nature of the
request made by the writer, but in the fact
that the same request in the same identical
shape and language is mailed daily to the
President, and in the further fact that the
date line is written, the first paragraph printed
with rubber stamp in red indelible Ink, and
the second paragraph printed in bold-faced
type In black ink.
The writer of the postal enlisted September
8, 1864, in the artillery branch of the Army,
and was honorably discharged June II, 1865.
During the firing of cannon in celebration
of the fall of Richmond his hearing
was SO injured that he has been partially
deaf ever since. At another time, while
detailed to cut wood he cut his foot, and
on another occasion injured one of his
hands, His application for pension was
filed because of these injuries, but It has
never been allowed Believing that the fault
lies with the Pension Bureau, and falling to
obtain satisfaction there, he now daily ad-
dresses the President in the form and lam
guage above stated. A similar message is
also mailed daily by him to Commissioner
Raum.
In such a course, the writer Of the postals
believes, lies his only hope for pension, and
he declares that he will send them daily as
long as he lives or until the pension is granted
him.
Inquiry at the White House developed the
fact that the writer's ideas as to the peculiar
form of his communications and as to his per-
sistency in daily forwarding them are not
original with him, for since President Harri-
sons term of Office began there have been re-
ceived at the White House several similarly
gotten up communications and all forwarded
for time with daily regularity. But, in time,
they ceased to come, as it is expected will be
the result in the present instance.
1t Is needless to state, perhaps, that every
communication addressed to the President Of
the United States, however lowly and humble
the writer may be, is with rare exceptions duly
acknowledged and the writer's request granted
whenever practicable, the only instance in
which the communications are not answered
being those which on their face bear the inn
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-12-20
THE WASHINGTON & OHIO r. r..
Many Improvements-Redu Rates for
Holiday Excursion Tickets.

many 1mproVements-Redu Rates for
Holiday Excursion Tickets.
The past year has been the most prosperous
In the history Of the Washington & Ohio
Railroad. Since it was absorbed by the Rich
mond q Danyille system about four years ago
It's patronage has about doubled, and the value
OF village property along its route in Virginia
has increased all the way from 25 to 100 per
cent. All of which is due to the excellent
management of the r. 81 D. system of which
General w. HI. Green is the general manager.
He is veteran railroad man who has through
his great ability and nntiring energy reached
his present high position. Although the r.
81 u. system is gigantic one, operating
several thousand miles Of road and embracing
nearly dozen railroads of which the Wash
ington q Ohio forms the smallest division,
still this branch OF the service is by no means
sighted. as the marked improvements In con-
nection with 1t attest. 1t is In this division
that Washingtonians are especially interested,
not only the thousands of summer boarders
who seek the pure air of the Blue Ridge, but
also the hundreds of regular commuters who
have their homes in the country the year
round. The commuters In particular ap-
preciate the great contrast as between few
years ago and the present day. Such improve
ments as reduced rates OF about 35 per cent, ad-
dttioDal trains, new and finely equipped
coaches, greater speed, land above all regularity
OF service, SO that patrons reach their places
OF business on time, and the chronic delays of
the past are almost forgotten. General
Green contemplates putting on extra trains In
the near future, so by next spring old
Virginia will just boom between here and the
Blue Ridge mountains. We may be sure the
patronage Will be greater still, and the value
of real estate will increase accordingly. The
r. Il ID. system will In accordance with its
custom issue holiday excursion tickets at
greatly reduced rates over all It's divisions in
Virginia and North Carolina.
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CHINA PAINTING.

DUBLIC SALE OF PRINTING MATE
II rials, Etc.-War Department, Supply
Division, Washington City, December 10,
1S9l,-There win be sold at public auction at
10 o'clock a. m, FRIDAY, January IS, 1892,
within the court yard State War and Navy
Department Building, quantity of printing
gas engine, old furniture, etc. Terms of sale:
To the highest bidder for cash. Articles must
be removed without delay, at the risk and ex-
pense of the purchaser. M. Il. THORP, Chief
of Supply Division. dee20-2t-1
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Grandfather,s old Arm Chair.

The Upholstered.
The old-tlme armchair has come back to
us-the old chair with the stiff high back and
the heavy arms, the kind that the family cat
kind that grandfather used and which for
years has been down cellar. 1T is brought up
now, and the "high arth stores are giving it a
prominent place In their stock.
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COME: RIGHT I'M.

If you can't get in at the door,
come in the window. Don't be
kept out by any other merchants
claims about Holiday Goods. See
ours before you buy any. Ours
are useful gifts-something your
friends will need before winter is
over. They will suit your tastes
and the friends to whom you wish
to present them.
A peep into our windows will
convince you that we carry the
finest lines of Shoes and Slippers
manufactured in America, and that
our prices are the lowest on record
for such fine goods. Open even
ings.
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GINS Delicious Caramels, llth and P.
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COMMERCIAL.
SACRAMENTO nARKEr.
SACRAMENro. Angus.

SACRAMENTO, August 24. 1891.
Sicily, SS@lS so u box;
California, S7tg7 so; Lines, Sl0@11 3 box:
81 25@1 SO . 100; Bananas, 81 5o@8 so 3
bunch Tor Island; CoCoanuts, S7@S; Caltfor-
mia Oranges-Rtverside, $3(93 so p box;
PPmeapples 60 cents x each Ro harTes dosen ~ p
! % p case and 81 so p crate; Strawberries,
81 1901 so z case; b: I. cherries, I5c;
APrcotS 5og75c y box; Nectarines, @ ns. 7ppIG@Si pI;S
sec @$l 20 q box; Bartlett pears, Sl@1 20
2 box Apples, 50c@$1 . box. CO.
CANNED GOODS Assorted table, $40
2 10: Apples. 81 sc; Apricots, 81 90; Black
berries, 81 95; Cherries, So 1902 GO; Cur
rants. So 20; Gooseberries, 81 SO@1 80;
Muscat Grapes, 81 55@1 90; P5ums, 2 90;
Ounces. 81 95; Raspberries, 81 20; Straw
BREADsTUFFs-Flou So y bbl; oat
SACKS; SACKS Cormeai, White, So 80 . Ion sacks;
yellow, So 50 d 25-ib sacks; Cracked Wheat,
$3 q Ion sacks; So rs 2 10Q-fb sacks;
sacks; Graham, 50 70 . 10-lo sacks; 50 SO
VEGETABL LES-Ontons, StIverskins. 75@
85c q cwt; red, a0065c; Egg Plant, &C;
sweet. SI so y sack; Cabbage, 65@9Cc y
100 lbs; Carrots, 50@6oc = 100 TBS; Turnips,
new, 75c sack; bunch m ~ yegetabes' tats 72e ~ II ?
Horse Radish, 1Oc q b; Garlic, Toe; Arti-
choISes, 4O@60c p doz; Dried Peppers, 25@
soc; Green Peas common, 2@3c; do, sweet,
3@4c; Potatoes, Early Rose 4O@50c; Peer
less, 6Oc@7O Burbanks, 7O@SOc; Centennial,
4o@boc p ctl; Celery, 75c 2 doz; String
Beans, dose; Summer Squash, &c: Cauli-
flower, 81 q doZi Green Peppers, 5@6c q ID;
Okra. 121@@ l sc: Red Cabbage, SC r h.
DAIRY PR0DUCTS-Butter-N 200
22c p 70; Fancy Petaluma, 25@27c p Ii;
Eastern Creamery, fancy, 21@22c; packed i'll
tirkins, choice, 1S@25c, common, 1919 &c.
Cheese-California, 1119@12c; Young Amer
lea, 1212@13c; Eastern Cream, Sol &c; Linn
burger, 1S@20c; genuine Swiss, 321aa 35c;
American Swiss, 2lc Martins Cream, 17@
18c. Eggs-27@3Oc; Eastern, 22@24c.
POULTHY-Dealers' prices: Live Turkeys,
hens, 12@13c; gobblers, 11@12c; dressed,
14@1 sc; full-gToWn Chickens, S494 so q doz;
young BOOSTERS, $4@5 . doZ; broilers. S3@4;
tame Ducks, S4g5; Pekin, S5@5 so; Geese.
HAY, GRAIN AND FEED-Oat Hay, sl1
GA p ton; Alfalfa, do, Sl0@12 p ton; Bran,
$40 q ton; Middlings, $22 2 ton; Barley,
whole, paying 81 05@1 15; rolled, 81 25;
Wheat Choice milling), paying 81 so p cwt;
Rye, 81 80; Tame Oats, S2@2 10; Corn, pay
ing 81 So q cwt.
MEATs-SBeef, sc; Mutton, &c; Lamb,
454i5; dressed Pork, SC; Hams-Eastern, L
@15c;California, j 11ac Bacon--Light Medium
915c; selected, 10c; extra light, 1870; extra
light, boneIess, 1315G1415c.
MISCELLANEOUS = Seeds--Alfalfa, new
crop, 6@714c; Timothy, Eastern, 546c; Pop
Corn, ear, 21a@ 319c; shelled. 41@@515c; Red
Clover, 10@1fc; Red Top, 6@7c 2 ID. Nuts
Chile Walnuts new. 11@12c; California Wal
nuts, 1l@12c; Almonds, new, 14@16c; Pea
California, cans 5000; Eastern, $40 10c
Hides-Salt, light. sc; medium steers, &c
heavy steers, sc; heavy COWS, sc; dry, &c
TallOw, SIC.
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Hale and Hearty,

These two adjectives by no means i'm
ply the possession of great muscular
strength. There are many men and
women of slight build and inferior stature
TO whom the terms "hale and hearty''
perfectly apply. Their compilations are
clear, eyes bright and vivacious, pulses
tranquil, step elastic movements steady,
sleep undisturbed, appetites sound.
These indicia of haleness and heartiness
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will assured
ly bestow upon the feeble, the nervous
and the dyspeptic. No tonic of the CEN
tury compares with it in popularity, no
other rivals it in efficacy. AS permanent
invigoration means also the previous
regulation of disorder in the system,
Hostettcr's Stomach BitterS must also be
regarded as chief among regulators. II
conquers and prevents malaria and rheu-
matism, overcomes inactivity Of the liver,
bowels and kidneys, and promotes the
acquisition of flesh as well as vigor.