The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-15
M,sERIEs OF MATRIMoNy.

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Distinguished Men who Quaxreled with
| Their Wives
| Sir Thomas More's wife scolded him
on the eve Of his execution
| Hazlitt's wife cared nothing for his
abilities, and kept him in hot water by
her temper.
| Milton mad trouble with each of his
wives, the fault being perhaps as much
his own as theirs.
Coleridge left his wife and children
without apology or farewell, and never
| would see them again.
Napoleon often swore at Josephine,
and when she cried told her to hush.
| SIT makes your nose red"
Ben Jonson's wife went to the inn
after him if he staid too long and
brought him home. tongue-lashing him
ali the way.
Cervantes drew picture of his own
wife in the Mistress Housekeeper for
the Devil" whom Sancho Panza abused
so bitterly.
DR.. Johnson said mo man in his
senses. If he could get a young girl,
| would marry = widow" lie himself
married widow many years his Sc
Nor.
Dryden and his wife, Lady Elizabeth
Howard, lived in constant broii. She
was clever and he was sarcastic, so that
their quarrels were very animated.
Charles I. OF England was ruined by
his marriage. for his French queen per-
suaded him to attempt the Frer ch sys-
TEN OF government that ended in his
downfall
The duke Of Marlborough and the
famous Sarah Jennings fought like Kill
kenny cats. He often threatened to
horsewhip her, and she as often vowed
she would leave him.
When asked for his married expert
ence La Bruysre replied: Few wives
are so perfec: that they do not give
their husbands cause at least once .
day to repent of matrimcny."
Walter Savage Lander married q girl
for her beauty, and after the charm
wore off he found her shrew. He en-
dured her tongue for time, then
turned over his property 70 her and left
her.
Count Maribeau, the father of the
French revolutionist. got along 50
pleasantly at home that during his
married life he took out no less than
fifty-two lettres de cachet against his
wife and her people.
Jean Paul Richter's wife was jeal.
Gus, and was constantly on the watch
to catch him in some Irritation. She
generally succeeded, and when she did
always threatened to leave him. He
told her to 60. and she never did.
Philip I. of France fell out with the
queen, turned her out of doors and
married the wife of a nobleman. Civ.
ing the unique reason: Il like her bet
ter than do my wife and can provide
for her better than her husband can. +"
Farquhar. the dramatist, thought he
was marrying a rich, talented and
amiable girl, and when asked about
her. declared that he had got "a scold,
who carried her wealth on her back
and her intellect on her tongue"
The illustrious lisa bella de Gonzaga
after losing her husband. declined to
marry again. She said that if her sec.
ond should prove good she would be in
constant fear of losing him: if other
wise, in constant fear OF not losing
him.
Hannibal was ruined by marriage.
After his first victorious campaigns in
Italy he went into winter quarters at
Capua, where he married, and the
wedding festivities lasted until his
army was demoralized, and always
afterward was worthless for fighting
purposes.
Pasquier had q scolding wife. and was
accustomed to say "a scold's speech is
merely an exercise of her lungs and
the patients Of all who hear her."
Not to be outdone by his wife he
scolded back again. and, as he said,
had peace by means Of constant war.
Salmasius, Millions antagonist, was
a man of mild manners and quiet in
speech. but his wife imagined he did
not do himself justice in controversy
unless he called his antagonist vile
names. Some of his manuscripts are
extant, containing abusive words inter-
lined in her own handwriting
Peter the Great of Russia, had
competitive examination of the beau
ties of the empire in order to secure a
perfect wife. Three hundred girls
competed. and he selected Eudoxia
Foederovna. of Novgcrod. and three
years later locked her up in convent
in order to marry Catherine.
William Lilly, the noted astrologer,
could foretell the fortunes of other peo-
pie. but not his own. He married q
woman whom he himself declared 70
be ''of the temper Of Mars" She left
him, and she and her relatives in
stituted suit against him. costing him,
~ ha relates with tears almost a fhnI,-