The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28

lavender, sweetest. and remind ME of it
when l fail"
Notwithstanding this appreciation he
would occasionally play harmless practi-
cal jokes upon her. once, when staying
at Brighton, he gave her few hints on
buying fish and concluded 10y saving: III
the fish you are buying is plaice beware
of any having red or orange spots, as
they are certain to be stale" When the
hSnerWoman came around It happened
that she had little except place, and
Mrs Hood observed that all had spots
against which she had been warned She
hinted to the fish wife that they were
not fresh and, upon being assured that
they had not been long out Of the water,
she observed: MY good woman, II may
be as you say but | could not think OF
buying any place with those very UNI
pleasant red spots" The woman's an
swer, which Hood heard with delight
from behind the door, was perfect
shout: Lord bless your eyes, mum, who
ever seed any without themw
Why They Married.
On Aug, %, 1920 oliver Cromwell mar.
ried Elizabeth Boucher, daughter OF a
knight and wealthy London merchant
Mrs. Cromwell may not have had much
character but her husband never ceased
to love her, and thirty years otter their
marriage he wrote 20 her Che day after
Dunbar. Truly, If | love YOU not too
well, think | err not on the other hand
too much. Thou art dearer to me THAI
any creature; let that suffice"
Gen. Gordon said he never married be-
cause he never found a woman prepared
to accompany him to the ends of rhe
earth. Such a woman Sir Merry Law
renee did find. She went with him into
nearly every place in India, where his
work brought him, however difficult and
dangerous.
One day the scarcely less celebrated
Lord John Lawrence was sitting in his
drawing room at Southgate with his sis
ter and other members of the family
Looking up from the book in which he
had been engrossed, ne discovered thai
his wife had left the room. Where
mother"' he asked one of his daughters
She's upstairs" replied the girl. He re-
turned 20 his book. and, looking up again
few minutes later, he put the same
| question to his daughter and received the
| same answer. Once more he returned &c
mis- reading; once more he looked up with
the same question on his lips. Thereupor
his sister broke in: why, really, John
| it would seem as if you could not get OF
five minutes without your wife" That!
why l married her" he replied.
Beauty as an Allurement.
The singular lovellness of Bessie Sur
tees of Newcastle won the heart of "A bar
! rister called John Scott and the youns
| people ran away and were married A
| first il did not look as If this were a case
| OF a face making a fortune, for on ia,
| third day after their union their funds
We're exhausted, they had not a home &c
go to and they did not know whether
their friends would ever speak to then
| again. If, however, the early life o
| Mrs. Scott was a struggle, she was re
warded when she saw her husband TAX,
his seat upon the woolsack aud becom,
| Lord Eldon. That this was due largely
to her was shown by the words which
| the King used after giving the great sea
into Lord Eidons hands. Give my re
membrance" he said, Ito Lady lIldon.
| The chancellor acknowledged the con
| descension, but intimated his ignorance o
| Lady Eldons claim to TO sucl
notice. Yes, yes" the Kinl
answered Il know how mucl
| owe to Lady E,don. l know you woul,
| have made yourself country curate ant
that she has made you my lord chancel
| Tor" .-r--..lt-s-.
For forty-three years the great lawye
| and agtator, Daniel O'Connel. poured GU
| his heart to his wife like a schoolboy fl
!
were always of her and neither the laps
OF years nor the tremendous pressure o
his professional and political engagement
seems ever to have prevented his wrtinl
regularly to her-letters which In late
years he used to call the 'love letters o
| your old husband
| Students Wise Choices.
The contemplation of natures calm an.
| orderly working would seem to have
! soothing influence upon her students if W
| may judge from the domestic life of som
of The most celebrated of them. Ate
| twenty-eight years experience Farada
spoke Of his marriage as an event which
more than any other, had contributed t
his earthly happiness and healthy stat
of mind Speaking of his wife Jane
| Nasmyth. the inventor of the steam ham
| mer, said: "FOrty-two years of marie
| life find us the same devoted 'cronies' tina
we were at the beginning"
| IT IS pleasant to find harmony in tn
house of a great musical composer as We
| as in his compositions. There was no dis
cordant note in the matrimonial due
which Mozart and his wife played 10
gether For years she was ap invalid an
he used to write by her bedside while sh
| slept When he went out in the morn
ing to ride he would steal softly into he
room and leave a tender note TO greet he
waking Here is one of them: 81 wis
you a good morning, my dear little wife
| hope you have slept well and that moth
ing has disturbed your repose. BE care
ful not to take cold, not to rise too qucl
w. not to stoop. MOI to reach for anything
not 10 be angry with the servant. TAX
care also not 10 fall upon the threshol
in passing from one room to another. Kee
an domestic troubles till come, whic
will be soon
Dean Swift and His Stella.
Human nature has perhaps never befor
presented the spectacle of q man Of sue
uncommon powers as Swift involved
such a pitab'e labyrinth of the affe'
lions. Who has not heard of Varina, q
Stella, of Vanessa? The first. Miss Wa
ring, was the only woman who had III
honor Of refusing the hand of the might
Cash Clea