The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-12-07
MAGNOLIA MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER I, 1882
able to pay all my own debts, now that
/ have rot shut of Tommy"

able to pay all my own debts, now that
have got shut of Tommy"
Matrimonial dissension now and again |
eliminates in the flight of one or other
of the contending parties. A French
man, living in Louisiana, amused his
neighbors by telling them how, when
his wife deserted him in this way, he
got her back without further trouble.
. Did l run after her and beg her to
come backg' he dramatically asked.
No; did not run after her. | zhust
publish in re papaire Eat | have drawn
fifty tousand dollaire in re lottery, and
she vas back much quicker as no time
There may even be some husbands,
however, who would rather encourage
than seek to combat or deprecate such
a determination on the part of their
wives. An ancient epigram tells us OF
"a scholar newly entered marriage
life," who, following his study, did
offend his wife, The lady bitterly
complains that her lord should love his
books more than her society, and wishes
she could be transformed into q book
such as he loved to read.
Husband (quoth she), what books form
should take?
Marry tsaid hel, 'twere best an almanake,
The reason wherefore l do wish thee so
Is, every year we have a new, you know
The green-eyed monster is responsi.
BILE for much coniugal misery, and jeal-
ousy, as everybody knows, is often at
fault, finding constant proof of its sus.
picions in the most innocent circum-
stances. Here is an amusing case in
point. A French lady who was jealous
OF her husband, determined to watch
his movements. One day. when he told
her he was going to Versailles, she fol-
lowed him, keeping him in sight until
she missed him in a passage leading to
the railway station. Looking about her
for few minutes, she saw man COM
ing out Of a glove-shop with a rather
overdressed lady. Blinded with rage
and jealousy. she fancied it was her
husband, and without pausing for
moment to consider, bounced suddenly
up to him and gave him three or four
singing boxes on the ear The instant
the gentleman turned round, she dis
covered her mistake, and at the same
moment caught sight of her husband.
who had merely called at atobacconist' s,
and was now crossing the street. There
was nothing for it but to faint in tho
arms of the gentleman she had at
tackled; while the other lady moved
away, to avoid a scene. The stranger,
astonishe to find an unknown lady in
his arms, was further startled by q gen.
tleman seizing him by the collar and
demanding to know what he meant by
embracing thaS lady. "Why, sir she
boxed my ears, and then tainted" ex-
claimed the innocent victim. "She is
my wife, shouted the angry husband,
''and would never have struck you
without good cause" Worse than
angry words would probably have fol-
1 lowed, had not the cause of the whole
misunderstanding recovered sufficiently
to explain how it had all happened.
Why is there so much connubial
tribulation in the worldp Many reasons
might be stated. Dean Swift says the
reason why so few marriages are happy
is because young ladies spend their
time in making nets, not in making
cages. But il is manifestly absurd and
unfair to saddle all the blame upon the
wives this way. George Eliot tells us
that marriage must be a relation either
OF sympathy or of conquest; and it is
undoubtedly true that much of the
matrimonial discord that exists arises
from the mutual struggle for suprem-
acy. They go to church and say II
will," and then. perhaps on the way
home, one OF other says 81 WON'T
and that begins it. Some one has said
that coniugal affection largely depends
on mutual confidence. A friend of ours
quoted this sentiment the other day in
the smoking-room, and added that he
made IL rule to tell his wife every
thing that happened, and in this way
they avoided any misunderstanding.
"Well, sir,n remarked another gentle
man present, not to be outdone in gen
erosity, "you are not so open and
frank as / am, for tell my wife good
many things that never happen" T"
"Ahr' exclaimed third, 81 am un-
der no necessity to keep my wife in
formed regarding my affairs. She can
find out five times as much as l know
myself without the least trouble. F"
As good an account oil the matter as
any is that of Max Adeler. 1.-The
secret of coniugal felicity" he says,
"is contained in this formula: demon
strative affection and self-sacrifice. A
man should not only love his wife dear
ly, but he should tell her he loves her,
and tell her very often, and each should
be willing to yield, not once or twice,
but constantly, and as practice, to the
other Seltishness, my dear,
crushes out love; and most of the
couples who are living without allec
ton for each other, with cold and dead
hearts, with ashes where there should
be a bright and holy tame, have de
stroyed themselves by caring too much
/ for themselves, and too little for eacf
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