The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-18

hsh you are buying IL piaice, beware o
any having red or prHnge spots. as they ar
certain to be stals.f Ehen the fsherwo
| man came around ltthaspened that she ha,
| littl. except plaice and Mrs Hood observe.
that all had spots against which she hat
been warned She limited to the fish wifi,
/ that they were not (reth. and. upon beinl
| assured that they hid iot been long out q
4 the water, she observed, MY good woman
it may be as you ssyl hht could not thinl
OF buying any place With these very un-
! pleasant red spots.'' The woman's answer
/ which Hood heard, vita delight from be-
4 hind the door. was a perfect shout Lord
( bless your eyes. num- who ever seed any
I without themi''
| on August %, 1870, Oliver Cromwell
/ married Elizabeth Boucher, daughter OF q
! knight and wealthy London merchant.
/ Mrs. Cromwell may not have had much
( character but her husband never ceased
/ TO love her. and thirty years after their
marriage he wrote TO her tthe day after
DUNBAR: Truly. IL | love you not too
well. think err not on the other hand
too much. Thou art dearer to me than
any creature: let that suffice.
General Gordon said he never married
because he never found a woman prepared
to accompany him TO the ends Of the earth.
Such a woman Sir Henry Lawrence did
find She went with him into nearly every
place in India where his work brought
him. however difficult or dangerous.
One, day the scarcely less celebrated
Lord John Lawrence was sitting in his
dfaWingroom at Southgate with his sister
and other members Of the family. Look
ing up from the book in which ne had
been engrossed. he discovered that his
wife had left the room Where's mother?"
he asked one of his daughters. she's up
stairs replied the girl. He returned 10
his book. and looking UP again few
minutes later. he put the same question
tc his daughter and received the same
answer. Once more he returned 10 his
reading; once more he looked up with
the same question on his lips. Thereupon
his sister broke in: Why. really. John,
IL would seem as if you could not get on
five minutes without your wife That's
why ! married her. be replied.
The angular loveiiness of Bessie Sur
lees OF Newcastle won the heart OF barr
rister called John Scott. and the young
people ran away and were married. AT
first il did not look as if this were a case
OF face making a fortune, for on the third
day ate their union their funds were ex-
hausiei. taey had not home TO go TO.
and they did not know whether their
friends would ever speak to them again.
II. however. the early life OF Mrs. Scott
was q Struggle, she was rewarded when
she saw her husband take his seat upon the
woolsack and become Lord Eldon. That
this was due largely TO her was shown by
the words which the King used after Civ
ing the great seal into Lord Eldons hands.
Give my remembrance" he said TO Lady
Eldon" The chancellor acknowledged the
but intimated his ignorance
ut Lady Eldons claim to such notice. Yes.
yes" tire King answered. Il know how
much | owe to Lady E.ldon. | know you
would have made yourself country curate
and that she has made you my Lord
Chancellor" ,lts.a
For forty-three years, the great lawyer
and agitn.or, Daniel 0'Connell. poured out
his heart to his wife Ike school boy in
love for the first time. His first thoughts |
were always of her. and neither the lapse OF
years nor the tremendous pressure OF his |
professional and political engagements
seems ever TO baveiprevented his writing |
to hcr-letters which in later |
years he used to call the love letters Of !
your cid husband.
The contemplation OF natures calm and !
orderly working would seem to have q |
soothing influence upon her students II we !
may judge from the domestic life Of some |
ct the most celebrated of them After !
werItv-eight years experience. Faraday |
spoke OF his marriage as an event which, |
more than any other. had contrfbut.i to i
his earthly happiness and healthy state OF !
mind. Speaking Of his wife. James Mas !
myth. the inventor OF the steam hammer |
ssid: ''FOrty-two years OF married life |
find ms the same devoted 'cronies that we |
were at the beginning
1t il pleasant tG hnd harmony in the l
house of a great musical composer as well |
- in his compositions There was no dis |
-ordant note in the matrimonial duet which |
Mozart and his wife played together. For |
years she was an invalid. and he used to |
write by her bedside while she slept When |
he went out In the morning for ride, he |
would steal softly into her room and leave |
A tender note TO greet her waking. Here !
is one Of them: II wish you a good morn |
ing. my dear little wife. | hope you have |
slept well and that nothing has disturbed |
your repose. Be careful not to take cold, |
not to rise too quickly. not tc stoop, not |
TO reach for anything not TO be angry with !
the servant. Take care also not to fall |
upon the threshold in passing from one /
room TO another. Keep all domestic trou- |
Dies till | come. which will be soon st. |
Louis GlObe-D Democrat