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VOL. 1. A SCOLDING WIFE. BY OATII BRITTLE. When lightning fires the arch of heaven, And echoing thunders sound; When furious whirlwinds rend tlio air, And earthquakes split the ground, Deep horror sits'xm every face, And raises every luiir. And men whomever prayed before Are kneeling everywhere. But there’s by far ah angrier sight Than lightning in the sky; A frequent sound more terrible Than thunder rolling by; The lightning and the thunder-crash, The whirlwinds in their strife, Cannot excite more dread in man Than a ruthless, scolding wife. When oeeaq lieaYcs his billows high. And drives them to the shore; Where, one by one, platoons meet death Iu louJfJtenaritToftiY” r The sight is weird, the sound is wild, But wilder, weirder still I® the sight of the scolding wife in aims, And the sound of her trumpet shrill. She stands erect w Iu the Amazonian faslnon, With lips as pale as the foamy sea, White with its tidal passion; With quiverbg nostril, flashing eye. Set chin film'blitzing cheek, She drives her pronouns out with a scream, And her adjectives with a shriek. What if ’tis seen her nouns and verbs Do hardty iiiorc agree Than her bitter tongue with the sweet spring air? Not th^ossof.^pln caresshe. ’Tis hers to scourge a wretched man— Lord hrf$ tlio iiiau I pray— Whose home and life are both accursed By a scolding wife this day. Give me the measles, an aching corn, A tooth with two pittilcss nerves; Give me a term in the county jail, Give all that a felon dcscrvCs— Let the savage come with tomahawk, And spear, ibnl Scalping knife— I drend them not; but keep me safe From the tongue of a scolding wife. ' ts tWbITTEK DUBLIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1878. ' T-r BY Flt'Cfflt LEE BENEDICT. “And you"never knew tJinfc your husband bad been engaged to any body else? Perhaps I ought not to have spoken, but it is such an old story that it never occured to me it could be news to yon. I have not hurt your feelings, have I?” The littferrer-shook her head; for the moment she could not trust her voice to speak. “I dont think yon seem well, Mar garet; you looked pale when I first came into the room.” “I am well, finite )volli” ; she said, faintly. “But you did not tell me your story eonpoctedly. Mr. Hope was engaged.” “Of course, my dear; no doubt of that. Ho had been spending the winter South, and ho met this Miss Melville a beautiful girl she was, and very rich. What broke off the affair I never knew, but we were all sorry, it-seemed 'jfi§rthe match for him beauty and wealth. Not that I care now, you 5 know, Margaret, for you are a nice little thing; but I owri"at the time I did feel provoked to see my cousin take up with such a sioklyJeokmg body as you were when I first saw you.” “I had suffered so much,” Marga ret said, ‘>nd;!l never was hand' somo,” she added, mournfully. “Oil, beauty isn’t as much ” “I know, I know! I was poor, and that is worse than a misfortune, it is a crime.” “Oh, Margaret,!11 amjsure I have said nothing to deserve so bitter a speech.” “Was it bitter? I am sorry, I did not mean it to be so. But 1 sliduld like to hear something more of this Miss Melville.” “Oh, it is not easy to explain 1 ! She was very proud and ij^tnous, : and Arthur was not patient in those days! I suppose thero was some misunder standing which ended in acfptiye.” “Have yon ever heard that J this was the case?” T.I/iltAtf “No—not in soma«y*words— / one gathers those things one scarcely ^ knows how. Arthur looked pale and sad for some time: IMtlie Mdms am glad it is so. To be sure, lie con-1 cied annoyances which had caused coals his feelings wonderfully always her so much pain. But now a sud —that is a peculiarity of our fam ily—still I have no donbt that lie is quite contented.” Contented! How Margaret Hope’s whole soul rose in rebellion at the word! She, who had given the midi den reality was given her doubts— Mr. Hope had married her from pity while his heart was another’s. The thoughtless gossip of Mrs. Chilton a silly, frivolous woman, had destroy ed the happinoss of that wayward vided devotion of her woman’s heart but highminded girl, and thero was to meet with this reward, and to to power to remedy the evil, know that she must be satisfied there- Tliore Margaret sat m tlio solitude with! But she gave no expression of her chamber, almost maddened by to those feelings, and sat waiting to the feido of jealous bitterness which hear what her coihpanion migh t next desolated her soul. All was explain 1 elate, what other firm lifo-liopo was od now; Mr. Hope’s coldness, his sad to bo torn away by the utterance of a. gcntlo manner: he did not love hor single careless word. sho was an alien from his heart, a “X.ou are not annoyed by all this, burthon in his homo. Her first ini aie youjr Margaret?” pulse was to leave the house forovor “No,” she replied, in a voico which it seemed impossible for her to re only betrayed her- repressed emotion main thero another hour, to moot by its peculiar gentleness; “I am | again as her husband tlio man who vory glad to have heard it —it avus best cA'ery Avay.” “I dare say it was; uoav you Avill lcnoAV precisely Iioav to manage— only if Arthur ever dreamed of my telling you he wduld be - frightfully angry.” from had made her liis Avife only feelings of commiseration. Tlio crying of hor child roused her from those harroAying reflections, and she Avont. into tho inner npar v tmont Avhcro it lay, Sho took up the infant mid returned to tho sitting-room^ HaAC no fear; I shall never speak hushing it to rest again with her of it to him.” soothing voice. WhiloHlio babe ‘lhatis right! IIo is very kind I slumbered uponher knee, tho littlo —he told mo he was going to havo boy stole into the chamber, and crept governess for your nephew; the) to her side with tlio confiding air care of him and your baby Avas too ’ ’ ’ * much for you—lam sure you both humor the boy to death.” “Ho was my only sister’s child,” Margaret said, firmly, “and Avhon she died lie became mine; while 1 which her gentleness had mado hab itual Avith him. “Mon must ho quiet,” she said, when ho began to talk, “I cannot hear you iioav.” ... . The child looked. Avouderingly in have a crust of bread he shall share her face, and then stole iiAvay into a - ^ cornor of tho room intimidatod by “Oh, of courso, I liavn’t a Avord to that slmiigo severity. Margaret avus say against it! But isn’t that the not even aAvaro that she hud spoken baby 1 hear? I won’t keep you, good- to him, and sat engrossed by her night,. I shall see you soon again.” painful,thoughts. "-i?!’ 8 ’ Chilton .WflUt.Qut of tha room At loitetb her . husband’s step ud left Margaret Hope sitfciugralonc sounded t'qiiJii'fho stair, chilling 'iior f 1 the W o£ fcll ° gathering twilight, very heart as sho listened. The girl crouched down into her “All in the dark, Margaret,” he chair, clasping her hands tightly to- said, opening the door; “shall I ring gothor, and trembling in every limb for lights?” from the chill Avliich had fallen upon | “If you choose,” she replied, cold- hor heart. Only a year before Margaret had become tho wife of Arthur Hope: a year in Avliich had been concentrated much happiness, disturbed only by I some letters. iy- When the lamps Avo.ro brought, ho stooped for a moment over tho child, then soatod himself at a table to read the AvayAvard fancies that she had at times conjured up to mar her oayii quiet. Mr. Hope had become ac quainted Avith her only a few months bofore their marriage, during a sea- j son of much suffering, Ayhonsho suav “He does not even notice that I am suffering,” thought Margaret, and her heart greAv hard. A sudden exclamation from her husband caused lidr to turn toAvard him. When ho caught her oye lie her fortunes wrested from hor by dis- strovo to appear calm, but she bad taut relatives, and herself and little distinctly heard tho smothered cx- nopheAv left in absolute poverty. pression of pain, and saw his features Then m the midst of her anguish working with agitation. But- she came Arthur Hope, and before she made no remark, and Mr. Hopo sat had recovered from the painful, leaning his head upon his hand in dream-like state of feeling which sue- deep ^bought, coeds acute suffering, she found her- Wlibn tho bell rang for dinner, ho self his Avife. | rose aiid turned toAvard hor. There folloAvcd long Avecks of hap piness, for Margaret truly loved her husband, aud his manner to hor, though always quiet, was full of affec tionate interest. At length a sort of shadoAV crept between them, which threatened Avholly to blot out their sunshine. Margaret Avas. exacting “That avus the bell, I. think?” “I am not going doAvn to dinner,” she replied. “Areyou ill?”he asked, anxiously. “There is nothing the matter, but, I do not Avisli any dinner. Ho urged hor for several moments, and then left tho room. Wlion he and jealous, though she mado no returned he Avas dressed to go out. complaints. Mr. Hope never knew “I may not be in till late, Margu- what Avas passing in her mind, but ret,” he said, “do not sit up for mo. ho felt at .times that a change had Good-night, dear.’ 5 come over both, and strove in vain Ho kissed the chil#and Avould to assign a cause for the alteration. I Iiua'o pressed his lips to hors, but sho Margaret Avas morbidly sensitive resolutely turned away hor head, in regard to pecuniary affairs, and He regarded her for a moment with her pride suffered intolerably at the a surprised, pained look, and Avont thought of the, obligations under away.’ She heard tho hall door close Avliich Mr. Hope hud placed her, for behind him, and for the first time every debt of her mother’s had been | gave ivay to a burst of tears. paid out of his own fortune. The slightest coolness in his manner caus ed her pain, and as his Avas a sensi- tive^ uncommunicative nature, she i'rtmj a thousand trifles OA’er which to. make herself Avretehcd for days. “Mamma!” exclaimed the boy. "Are you hero still?” she said. ‘Go to bod at once.” “Has Willie been naughty?” he pleaded, “he is very sorry.” “No, no; good-night—God bless A single suspicion of her feelings my boy,” would have led to an explanation on Sho rang the bell and gave both Mr. Hope’s part, hut he never dream-1 children to the nurse. As she re ed ox her sufferings, and so tho shad- turned, to her seat, she saw a paper Owe darkened imperceptibly-aronnd | lying upon tho floor and picked it * 1C A m '- , up—it was the letter her husband A few weeks before Margaret had had been reading. Even at that mo- becomo a mother* and iu-the en-1 ment Margaret Avould not havo been was Miss Molvillo’s—and sho read tho lines. “It seems that your particular friend, George Anderson, is to marry your old flame, Julia Melville —so goes tho AYorld. They sa.v you married to annoy hor—is sho return ing tho compliment?” The sheet foil from her hand—this was the cause of Mr. Hope’s agita tion—ho had loft tho house,;iu qi to conceal his suffering. Wlmt right had ho to marry nie? sho oxcluimod, indignantly. • “Then |t Avas to rovongo himself upon that k'irl—coAVurdly traitor!—and I havo loved this man.” When her husband entered the chamber lato in tlio evening sho seemed asleep, for ho addrossod her fliid she yoturijcd no ansAVor. But ail-night long she lay listening to his irregular breathing, and maiiy times caught a low sigh, which proved that ho was Avakoful as herself. The next morning Mr. Hopo rose earl}', and Avhhn Margaret Avoko from the uneasy slumber into Avhioli she iiad fallon rafter day-break, ho avus sjunding.by tho bod-sido in a travel ‘M dress. 1 “I am obliged to leave town for a &AV days, Margaret,” ho said; “tho si ness is urgent, and I know nothing of it until last night.” That letter Avas tho causo of this sudden journey—Margarat felt cer tain of it, and. her grief gave Avay to a sort of stony indignation. ; " “If you are going at once Jl will not rise,” she said, coldly, and when ho kissed hor farewell* her lips re turned no kindly pressure. Mr. mpo paused at-tlio door—ho' seemed about to speak, then cheeking him- « ct !V^M;ded his wifo fixedly for an i tpjvtierad w i ny?prr;> wl\\\ gos|ti re passed out of the room. All that day Margaret avus alone, ami in a state of excitement Avliich was littlo loss than insanity. She avus convinced that her husband had loved Miss Melville, and that iu a moment of anger lie had marriod anothor. The weight of obligation which had. always Avoighed heavily on Margaret's soul could no longer bo borne. There' avus only ono thing to bo done—sho must go uAVuy forovor. Slur would not remain under that roof which could never again bo a home to hor. Lot hor husband bo happy if ho eoiihl; and sho felt a bitter sat isfaction at hor oavu desolation. She liad in her possession' a foAv hundred dollars, realized from the salo of some valuables, Avhioli Mr. baby.” IIopo laid insisted upon her retain ing as her oav.ii, that littlo pittance would serve; anything, beggary itself would be more endurable than that luxurious home. On tho evening of that terrible day, Margaret IIopo stoic out from the shelter of her husband’s roof, and Avith those tAVo helpless children went forth into tho Avido Avorld. Three days after, Mr. IIopo re turned home and found the place dcsolato. lie oonld obtain no clue to liis Avifo’s departure—tho only trncoof her avus a noto upon his dressing-table. “I have left your houso forovor; henceforth avc must be ns dead to one another. Do not search for mo, it would bo in vain. Bo happy in your oavu way, and forgot CTen tho exist ence of Makoaukt.” Actors Avho expect to rant should use somo good expectorant for their voico. v Tho Paris Figaro has been study ing that American invention “le slee ping carr,” : Florida farmer fainted in his Gabriel appeared and was innocont.” “ Very good, sir; then tako sunimonB, ; iuid have it served o briol at qnco.” An Important Witness. Jeremiah Mason was engaged as counsel in the celebrated trial of Rev. K. K. Avery, a Methodist divine, for tho murder of a young lady in Rhode Island. Ho had groat difficulty in obtain- „ 1U , ulvl Aauituu VJ nig ovidenco sufficient to establish harn-yurd aiid the liogs ate off tho us ease, when ono night about calves of his legs, twelve o clock, and ashe was hardrat I .. . work, a AVoll-kuoAVti clergyman rush- bad marriage is like an eloctrio ed in upon Dim, breathless with c .k- I machine—it makes you dance, but oitbiiient, ami exclaimed: you can’t let go. Bfi&Tla 1 ^ ,rd tobl " slra - It Avas a Frenchman avIio remar ked to a black-cvcd lady that her optics wero in mourning for tho murders had commited, A tax 'on profane lagunge would I raise moro rovonuo thaw the Moffot | drink register, mid the more a man was taxed tho moro ho Avould swear. “At wlmt ago Avoro you marriod?” asked she, inquisitively. But tho lady avus equal to tho emergency, and quiI oly responded: “At the par- | somigo.” Near the cemetary in Rouen, Franco is a hotel with this sign: “Mourners , . -. n , Return—Choice Wines and Liquors, instantly bather Jraylor turnod Isolated rooms for guests who Avish the attention of tho largo audience to weep in private.” to the insolent rowdy, aiid then very .... forcibly said, as ho pointod to liis A .1 omiossoo nogross avenged her- viotjm: |80u upoii her employer, Mr. Aloxan- A ItoAvdy Relinked. At this -time Avlicn tlio tonipcra- turo cause is so earnestly advocated in somo quarters, an anecdote of Fa ther Taylor may not como a miss. Several years ago, as Fathor 'L’ay- 1 or avus delivering a tomperanco ad dress, a certain drunkard was so much offended with his sovoro but truthtul remarks that ho began to hiss the spoukor. “Thoro’s a rod nose got into cold ( P r Youroo, for a scolding ho iiad water: don’t you hear it hiss?” j p lvon hor, by “pouring a bucket of A New Diinii). hot water into liis loft car.” , Within a fortnight after tho oc- A certain phr<$qlogi«t Avns rocont- Potion of Cyprus six companies, ly making an examination of tlio I wifclfiui aggregate capital of *20,732, head of a pu^llistto individual, and ^00, had boon registered iia iiingirtnil after describing him gonoraliy, ho M 50 . carry on operations in eoimooticn oxolaimod, with astonishmont: ‘ W tlio island. “Sir, yon havo eonilmtivenuss and a hi -i . somo man!” but Avliy say it? I hoaoi toldy.on Thero Avas a sudden epheussion, r° U wwnfc0( ^ and when tlio phrenologist; picked One of tho editors of tlio (JUmlanil liimoolf in ho discovered that ho I Herald has scon from the deck of a possessed a iioav bump. A Disturbed Baby. Many mothers are oithor com polled to stay away from church or take their babies with thorn. In order to yficlit “a school of blackfigli or porpoi- ! sos a quarter of a mile long,” bo- injgr four times tho longth of the lou- I gOst sea-sorpent that avus over soon. [concluded next week.] A Tell-Tale liistrumeut. A Syraeuscan bought a phono graph. It stood on a table m the dining-room. The little joker runs by elqek-AVork, and his wifo started it going the other day, and then Avent up stairs for a few minutes, leaving her husband below. When slio returned, she suav somo indenta tions on tho cylinder, nml sho run it through to soo avIio had been talking in hor absence. The little truth-tol ler blurted out: VJano, come boro, you sweet little gum-drop. Noav give mo a kiss be fore the old Avoman comes doAvn stairs.”^ •. . Janowastho hired girl. Sl o is Mr. A. .Hudson, of Luporto, Ind., pom- W on„ m took] , to , it|ob&i ,, 1 , o r 5,,,^ „* t hi, m iIko“ndli.rcaG ai ms. I ho loud voico iroin the plat- onod to kick hor out, and slao took tho child ami mado it poison a Avook . from hor weddin<>- oty, and its mothor got up and Was day. ° loaving the church Avhon tho ministor J stppiiod hor by saying: The Cimimli Gaxetto thinks tlmt “My good woman, don’t go aAvay; Mr. Thurman, in swallowing the tho baby doesn’t disturb me.” ’ Ohio idoa, has mado himself the “lb isn’t for that, sir, I loavo.” most vulnerable public man in tho sho ropliod, with perfect iinconcious- country; furthor, that in trimming ness of sarcasm: “it’s you disturb tho M 118 mu Is ho has dosorted his bul- t ,i..... n warks • - A man was sitting for liis photo- tograph. The operator said. “Now I sir, look a kind o’ pleasant—smile a a till lit.” The mini smiled, and then tho operator exclaimed. “Oh, that will never dp! Yon smilo too wide [ for the instrument. A clotliior has excited public cur- Stump-Speeches. Not long since, a gentleman was Avatching the process of packing somo hundreds of Avoodon logs for expo rtation for the future benefit of the gallant soldiers of tho Sultan. “Ah” quoth tlio momlizor, “tlicso. oxainin „„„ pieces of tiinhor are but so many cl- iosity by having a large apple min- “SroP™ “ g, “ ° rrorS °' 4 m “ ig "- Ufed f‘, "u “Exactly,” Haiti a by-Htunckr '' X| - ll -° “stump speoehes!” Stmiigc diseases. , .. inquired: “If it hftdn t hceu for an apple, whore would all tho ready-made clothing stores bo b) day?”/ “Let mo see. you Avoro up. At Roehostorvillo, a suburb of Ot- compulsion.” “My littlo brotherl died of some funny name.” A great white cat drawed my sister’sbreath {$#», Out., forty young men Avont to and she died of it.” “Applortdexity.” Mrs. Pelletier’s house for a dance, “llurmlger in tho head.” “Short-1 iimumcments being imperfect ness of breath,” “Indigotion of the “'ey two the plastor off the Avail, lungs.” “Sister avos eonsumpted, | smashed tho furniture and doors and hut uoav she’s quite avcII again.’ hurled a five-pound rock at hor. It did not striko her, but sho fell doud [of fright. Sir Walter Scott used to tell of a. baronet \$io made himself the host. “I told her I’d never smoko an other cigar,” lie said, softly, “and I won’t. A pine’s plenty good enough for me, and lie gracefully drew a of a number of Presbyterian miX match ovor the leg of Ins trousors. istors, seven of whom were put into a .... • ,1 capacious muny-bedded room, avIioio A subscriber wrote to a journal to tho butler eavofully provided for mako some inqnrios about tho next each a Bible and a bottle of beer worlds lair, whereupon tho wicked “My friend,”said ono of the divines' editor replied that ho was under tlio addressing this funotiomivy, nfto- ft imnnuiiinn that tho next world I brief general consultation, ‘-you must, knoAv that tho yonngost ‘minister reads aloud a portion of tho Script- imjireHHion tlmt tho next Avouldn’t havo any fair. anu sa or some time: IMtlie&dms gassing cares of matomity, she for- guilty of the meanness of look in nut. i *l“ n0 W 9 B tho g‘ rl - ^1 o is man for a husband. IIo at once re- more bottles of alo.” The youngest veryhappyat present, I am sure ! < got, a littletime Gic thoiLd ^ ^ milT to | ^ ^ ^ An Illinois Avoman 1ms written to uro to tho rest; only one Bible, thore- one of the assistant postmostor-gen- foro, is necossiuy. So take away tho orals to pick hor out a good young other six, and in their place bring six jg man for a husband. IIo at onco re- more bottles of ulo.” The youngest