The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-11-07

suffered long with the toothache, sat
down in the chair vacated by the boy,
and after smile of encouragement,
'If matters don't mend pretty soon,
I'll either murder her or take my own
life.'
Domestic trouble, 1 suppose?'
queried Bijah.
That's it, sir, and I'm getting des-
perare. left home thinking I'd jump
from the dock, !, but happened to think
Of you, and SO thought I'd ask ad-
vice.
Is the bread heavy?'
Blast the bread! l can stand heavy
bread, sloppy tea, raw meat and half
cooked potatoes, but can't nor won't
stand this internal whining, complain
ing and jawing aroundp
'Feilow-traveler along the tow path
of Times broad gauge canal, think
I see the pint. You have been mar.
RED about two years?'
Not quite
sYou are fifteen years older than
your wife?'
Yes-eigbteen.'
You have wooden leg, and She
she-P
She hasn't, but wish she had two
of 'eml'
She likes good clothes?'
'You betp
She likes the mad whirl of society,
SIG bonnets, reserved seats at the op-
era, So boots, forty-button kid gloves
and trains on her dresses?'
She does-that's her to a dotp ex-
claimed the husband.
And you prefer your home-even-
ing fire, newspaper, snow apples.game
OF checkers, glass of cider, cat on the
hearth, and so On?'
'Thats the sort o. man l am. sir,
and she harnesses me TO death. She's
on the trot all day and on the CAD all
the evening: and if 1 demonstrate she
says l want to make a slave and
prisoner of her,
Don't you go along with her to the
theatre and parties?'
Il used to, but for the last year she's
got awful particular about my wooden
leg; says the public will think was
shot while stealing chickens
'noes, eh ? and you sit at home and
keep your heels warm by the cook
stove while she gaIIivants'
sThe same, sir, and now what shall
/ do about it? Something has got to
be did, and that right off I'll be
hanged TO Dayy Crockett, if 1 put up
with itanotiier day! You are an old
er man than am and you've had three
wives 10 my one, and I'll do just as
you say about it,
'Feliow-man, you have been wrong
from the beginning slowly answered
Bijah, as he looked out of the window
in a weary way. THE man who mar
ries woman only half his age is d.
f. deceived fried-cake at the start.)
You may reverence old age, but love
isn't reverence. Youth and old age
don't like their taters cooked the same
way, and the man who says they do is
q forger. They don't see alike, and
it's q cat-and-dOg life. Then again,
you have wooden leg and you should
baye married woman with glass
eye or broken nose as IN offset. IL
that case, neither party has anything
to twit the other about. If L was 10
marry again, bald headed as l am, ]
should look for lady wearing No. 10
gloves and No. 8 shoes as an offset
Do you love your wife?'
well, to be honest about it, l don't
think either of us are dying of love-
Then, my friend, you go home and
have candid talk, divide up the
things and part good friends. Give
her the largest half, throw in some
small change and see that she gets
safe home TO her mother. By and by
you can quietly secure bill of divorce,
get on some store clothes, and look
out for woman of fifty who has the
rheumatics SO that she can't gad.'
That's honest, is it?'
Honest Injun. If you can't liye
happy together, don't hesitate TO live
happy apart. No use in any scandal
Or hard words, but divide up and call
it bad mistake. This killing ones
: self on account of domestic troubles is
all bosh.'
That's so, I II walk straight home
and begin the dividing up business.
Thank you, Bijah, may your feet stop
growing as a reward for this
When he had departed Bijah took a
short cut through the alley, and, pres
emily gained q position from whence
he could view the house where the
man lived. Developments did not
tarry.. The husband had not been in
the house five minutes before he was
suddenly rushed out again, hat and
cane flying, and hisshare of the things,
consisting Of three fl.t-irons, a kettle
and two bricks, overlook, him before
he could dodge. 'it aJ4!;- -1-t-i
So young and heartlessY unused
Bijah as he turned away and yet that
last brick shunped him between the
shoulders Justaspretty as if I'd thrown
i; myselft-l Detroit Free Press.
HE Paris papers are estimating the !
revenues and advantages of the Paris
Exposition. They find that The con-
t.ibdtion Of the city: ON restaurants, |
etc and receipts from concerts, amount