The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-08
MARITAL ODDITIES.
Most WIdowers and widows Renarry-
Sometimes Twice.

Sometimes Twice.
New York Dispatch. i
II has been remarked that times OF
speculation are invariably ACCOMPANY
ed by an increase OF matrimonial ven
lures. DR.. Farr, the eminent statician,
hazards, therefore the suggestion that
It Is the spirit OF speculation itself
that leads many to embark on matri-
mony at such times. Another reason,
which he Is careful not to ignore, Is
the increased prosperity that induces
and sometimes accompany what he
calls the periodical epidemics Of specu-
latiOn.
A great war, after 1t is over Is good
for marriage. So Is a good harvest, SO
Is the establishment of new industries,
or the extension OF old ones. The rca'
son is the same, in all these instances;
the increased prosperity Of the general
body Of the people. So intimately is
matrimony associated with national
well doing that it has come to be styled
the barometer VI prosperity. Its in
dications, however, are more for the
future than for the present, dealing
rather with the expected and antici-
pated than with the actual. But this
only goes to show the actual. But this
only gocs to substantiate what was
said OF marriage as a speculation.
The nation is sometimes cxtraOrdt-
narily sanguine, and when this is the
case marriages are plentiful. Great
popular leaders inspire this feeling.
A statesman Of genius at the head OF
affairs perccptibly increases the mar
riage rate.
In a word, the great fluctuations II
the marriages are the results OF peace
o after war, abundance after dcarth
high wages after want OF employment
Q speculation after languid enterprise
confidence after distrust and natiOna
trlumphs after national disasters.
The marriage returns invariabl.
show a corresponding increase for an
augmentation in the duties paid upol
malt, wine and spirits. They In tn
same way keep pace with the cor
sumption OF tea, sugar and tobacco
and with the imports Of raw silk, col
ton, wool and timber. The one II
crease is not, however, the cause
the other; both are but effects OF til
same cause-incrcased national pro
perity.
Marriages after banns are five time
as numerous as marriages after
ccnses. When the price OF wheat
high the diminution in the form
!, class is comparatively much great
than In the latter. They are the fir
- to be affected by high prices, licens
!, and banns being regarded as the pre-
: pcctive badges OF capital and labor
l." not without important exception
however.
Autumn is the favorite season ever
n where; with a few, spring is preferre
Half the weddings throughout t
country are celebrated on Wedncsd
and Thursday. Saturday has me
than the average number. Friday
10 not a favorite, as few marriages ;
. celebrated on that day.
lo, Widowers are more inclined to m
ry than bachelors. Widows are mi
inclined to marry than spinste
iC- Both facts are eloquent in favor
CIV the comparative advantages Of ma,
mony. For one bachelor that MARI
between the ages so and IS Sc,
v'i' widowcrs remarry between these ag
There are marriages out OF equal MI
bers of each class; the actual mum
OF bachelors married will be grea
III only In proportion as they exceed
~ seven to one the actual number
widowers living at these ages. I'm
ash the same conditions, for every 81
." ster married between 30 and 65
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