, 1874-06-18

A.. 8. 1aaacs, has gathered togotller, as ex-
a1nplos OF warniuE, como notable INSTANCES Of
porhapB ono of tho oarliost shrewa mas Tho
vile of Rabbi Joso. Tho story is torcby told
| III the valmud-that compendium, ono might
say, Of allegory aud anocaoto. It .seoms that
| lad tho happinoss of being married to woman
who waa as pcryerho after marliago rs sho wAs
gracious beforehnnd. One day, tho story runs,
| tic rich aud learnod Eiiczor, tho son OF Anarya,
with great pleasure. uutl' tooling himself Highly
Wealthy entrested losor 0At to 80 stay WasS ato TO
dinner: .11o consented, unconscious OF
by niio frGnas s1ts1 eGnnqoA' ~ lloHssdaeas a TIE
turned hor back on Ills friend, aud
by etndry slips Of tho tongue aud gestures gave
tho unfortunate Joso to understand how little
Gho cared for him or biz. learned companion.
jose good-tMtuseaIy took no notice Of her
ohursh conduct, but H,cyoy asltod her what
sho had for dinner. "Nothing, nothing, " ro-
P,,ed tas 1 tormagan,t II r. ahr,ll voice. nohins
bud: however, prepared some very fine clickona
for herself, which sho afterwards ato with tic
grcatost rolish. leaving lose aud Eozor to poudor
over their scanty vegetables mud tho Bnying Of
Solomon. ut ii bottor to dwell i'll corner of II
roof than with.a luarro!somo woman in roomy
house"
Milton had moat yixenlsL wifc. It might
have added to hs comfort to hnyo boon doaf i1l-
stead of blind: 10 latter Als vito, Buckingham
onco called hor q rose. II I'M, no judge Of
colors," replied tho poet, "aud it may 90 no,
daily"
:. Tho s1udlcous" Hoolsor faroa no loss badly !
in his selection Of botter llalf and experience i
with hor. THO picture OF his domestic relations,
rs drawn by Whlpplo, though truthful, III BY no !
moana flattoring. Whpple attempts to excuse,
III measure. tie tompor of A[rs Hooker, on tho
ground tint Hooker ,narriad llor to bo his nurse,
md. " tiera 11nnir nt,aHihieitv nf In,
tween thom she, In spiritual solf-llsfolse, estnh-
lsLed it, tho household tho dcHpotism OF caprice
aud tho tyranny Of ti.e tongno." lIis HnarIinS
vito used to frequently bid him rock tho cradle,
aud SO annoy lis rriollttlB on a visit That thoy
rarely came to sac him again, except wl,cl thoy
know that Mrs. Hookor with i1er "spiritual sar-
cnSm," WAS not at homo. To Grammar, repiuing
sSs @ nooer ropaa oue aear asoeo +
saints h0ve dsually double slaro in tho iscries
Of ts life, 1, that aul mono, ought uut to repino
ut what MY wiso Creator hath appointed for me,
but labor.-.as indeed do daily-to submit n,ino
to HIS win, aud poBsoss my soul in patience aud
ponco."
Tho famous DR.. parr Ind vito who used to |
quarrel with hor husband for expsuding 80 much |
money for his books whlc llo allowed la library
ing him IN the library. sho exclailaod, 'Mr
parr, we should have now chairs tor Tho library:
thay aro ~ very sad way" II cannot afford |
It, Mra i tPssrr." qalehly replied the doctor "Not
give ton guiinnoAs for 3 1nusty book which yon
never openl' "Itell you, canuot afford it." |
voclfcratcl the doctor, growing angr, with lis
wifo's obstinn,9, "Not afford 1t 7'' slowly said
fast {poiut1nH to faat-widening gaps III hor hus-
bsud'6 ksrmontsj, "wileh You nre in aa rntol
need of topair ~ tue library clairsl" DR. parr,
whu latl expected scene; quietly collapsed ut
,!naiatcl3 sunt for tbs unllolsteror and tbs
talor. compietsly vI'iquished W Lis WHO'S
shalVncsn.
Although Jamos Fergupon, tbs ociebrstsa
allude to hia wifo'n oonduet, il iaa besn wul Es.
eeltulned that hor temrel was not the most con-
goniAl. Ono anccdotG illustrating tia fact nas
come down to liz. 1t appears TINT Gus evening
his wife cutercd tbs lecture-1oom III
q passion and 1naeiouHly knocked down several
pieoes OF the apparatus Ferguson calmly aur-
vsyGd ths % %oataatr9phe. a1a turning % tho
have tho misfortune to bo married to this wo-
man."
Even groas artists hayo not boon troc from the
alarp action Of ehrcwa, The vito of Abort
merely to glasify lcr own nisuriy disposition,
and when, IN disgust ut hor wretcLed treatmont.
TO ran OF, alao alu5cd him back to his
doath-bed. Dinraoli the elder roatos Of Borg
busy, and she ountriyod an odd experiment to
leLuct his indolonco. Ho worked In roo1n aboyo
Aor own ayer and al,on sl!o choarca him by
humping Long Hliuk agalnHt ths ceiling, willis
Iho maoE, obedlont Herghonl anBwero.i BY stamp
ng hla foot OIL the floor, mud clenchiug lis tist,
oD, perhaps, to satisfy hin wfo tlat 10 Was not
lappinR, but that lo Htill lived!
!. Aloiiere was extremely unfortunate iu hiB wife,
1apttyatoa by tho grace nnl ylvaoity Of tno
aetroRs, Deart, e married hor, only to find tint
after marriage her grace becaue converted iutv
sldaincHh, and her y1yaoity into coquotry, I[or
ianity aud artitloos ofton drove him to deYpair.
3he had no pity. to uso Ills own ,sorlu, for lis
'orroMu, and ensuarcd BY tho tlosro OF goueral
laughea at Ills anxctlos.
An American N21Cllnlaic1ll Dictionary.
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