The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-05-11
Marriages Without Love.


,,,1,liehed owes ue a clearer insight into
tha canses of tie shadows which rested
over the life of that most unhappy or men.
His wife. O brilliant and sensitive girl, was
in love with Edward Irving, but finding ii
;mnossible that they should ever marry,
vas nersuaded to listen to Carlyle's suit,
hac,nse she believed that he would rise 10
great clplneh CO.
,,nt ha waa selfish and hard to cruelty in
his treatment o. her. He kept her for Elk
ye,rs il lionel, house on barren noor'ln
absolute solitude, while he was engrossed
in writing, s0neh mes passing "hoie Gays
without speaking word 10 her: ene was
his cook, chair-won 'an' even ostier; pnt hoe
l,iy cou,,ani;,. Sh, performed her duty
to him faithfully, bot III Di''elnesS %
soul.
Il love nv husband she said, frankly,
years after their marriae p "but l nave nev-
{. been in love- with hin. married 1of
ambition, and it has been more than graft
fed, Bat NY life has ba N most m'sefa"
ble."
CARLYLE and bis wife weze .sympatheflc In
intellect. both were consciet.A Gus IN 1ulhlI-
ing in every point their duttsE 10 each ON
er, Nothing WAS lacking to Is. union pug
that magical, intangible somesA hg calico
love, without which every sharp poin. o o.
character and temperament of each was ic1s
bare to goad and wound the other A1lle'
for which they were SO largely dove, red
with power and opportunity, was for both a
long, and unfortunately for others, garru>
los1s rage Of disappointment.
Cue of the most brilliant women In
America, long q leader in society, Was asked
once y hat fate she would choose for her
daughter, if she could control her life.
TO be the obscure. loving wife Of man
Who loved her." WAS her reply.
Dorothy Patterson, who was known and
loved throue. eout Great Britain as Sister
Dora" the fal hfu}, sacrificing nurse, aud
head of great hos, 'itals, said, shortly before
her death, Il shou. d have been better wo-
man if had bcea married to man lit to
control me-. whom ! could have loved and
oheyed
Nothing eau be NOR false or impure
han the silly habit Of Irritation and the
weak fanc1es in which 1t. Us and e'ris IN
dnlge; but the strong, deep vew which en-
anres through life is the only basis tor
happy marriage. II may not always be
possible or right that q man All. woman
who 80 regard each other should marry.
But they marry without it at their pen. NO
fortune, nor success, nor obedience to >dc-
ty can supply its place, if it is lacking b.
6Ween husband and Wife.
Effect Of Removing Mountain Forests
Attention has long been given to devils.
ing means to limit the ravages of these tor
rents which ruin the land, threaten estates
destroy roads, and sometimes even COM
promise the existence of villages. Wallis
have been built along the banks to protect
them, or across the streams to allay the
fnro nff 1o Hho
means, however, as yet discovered, has
been to maintain the woods on the slopes
of the mountains. The fact o. cutting
away the trees in promoting the formation
of torrents has not been doubted by the
inhabitants of mountainous regions, and is
clearly set forth by M. Surrel, who says:
when we examine the tracts in the midst
CT which torrents Of recent origin have
been formed we preccivo that they have
in all cases been despoiled of their trees
and bushes. If, On the other hand, We ex-
amin hills whose sides have been recently
stripped Of wood, We observe that they are
cut up by numerous torrents, which have
evidently been formed very lately. Here
is a remarkable fact; wherever there are
recent torrents there are no longer forests,
and wherever the ground is cleared these
torrents are formed; and .he same eyes than.
See the woods fall Oh the aeclivity Of a
mountain may see appear there Immediately
a multitude of torrents"
Tho disastrous consequences of remov-
ing the woods from the Alps began to at
tract attention il the last century. and hav
since been discussed in many publications
and official reports. In 1853 the project of
the department of the Lower Alps said in 3
report to the minister: IF prompt and en-
eryetic measures are not taken it will be al
most impossible to designate the precise
moment when the French Alps will be-
come desert. The period from 1851 to
1853 will produce new diminution in the
number of population. In 1852 the minis
ter will remark continuous and progress
sive reduction in the number of hectares de-
voted to agriculture; each year will .aggra-
vate the evil, and in half century France
will count more ruins and one department
less" The departments Of the Upper and
Lower Alps actually lost 80, 600 inhabitants,
or ninth of their population, between
1851 and 1870. A law fer recovering the
mountains with wood, which had been pre-
pared by NJ. FORBADE de Bouquet, director
general Of the administration of the for
vests, was adopted by the Legislative bodies
in 1860, and was put in operation shortlyaf-
.erward.