The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-02-18
THE WIVES OF. cEIFeRsrlEs.
What Some Famous MsnsHavs sal1
ID Thsir Better Halves.

The wife of Thomas Carlyle lived 81
life Of abnagation. Welded to a mauI
who, by reason Of an exceedingly nerv
was perhaps irresponsible for his en-
ratio moods. she boressith every whim
patiently and incon 3hiningly, nor
was he insensibiesto hSrN worth. and al
her death no womaEywAs ever mora
sincerely incurred. In n of his let
nrsto Emerson after his wife's death
he says:
By tho calamity of last April ] lost
my little all in this world, and have no
soul left who can make any corner Of
this world into home for me more.
Bright, heroic, tender. true and noble
was that lost treasure of my heart,
who faithfully accompanied me in all
the rocky ways and climbings; / am
forever poor without her."
A familiar visitor at the home Of
William Cullen Bryant describes the
home life as rarely beautiful. After
forly-hye years Of sunshine together
the wife, a gentle minister, living
wholly lor her husband, the husband
at7Ga lover still, the darkness fell,
and he was left alone. o: thia he
wrote: Bitter as the separation is. ]
give thanks that she has been spared
to me so long, and that for nearly a
hals centurv l have had the benefit OF
her counsel and her example,"
An amusing Story is related of Ed
ison, the inventor. A friend passing
by his laboratory late at oight was
surprised 10 see it brilliantly illumin.
ated. and, entering, found the invent
or SO deeply absorbed in experiments
as to be unconscious OF %intrusion.
SWELL, Tom" he remarked, sit is
after - O'clock; are you going home
tonight?n
Twelve o'clockP BY George! ]
must go home, sure enough; was
married this morning"
Notwithstanding this little episode,
MI. Edison is said to have been q
model husband, and they were a most
devoted couple.
Among the men known to fame who
married discord in q noble wife" was
Dryden, whose wife welded him solely
for the honor the position would con-
fer upon her. Their fate was not o
happy one. His thoughts were in the
clouds, while hers were of the earth,
earthly. making it impossible for them
to meet on the same plane. On ono
occasion she told him that she wished
to be a book. that she might be favored
with more of his company. His reply
was: BE an almanac, then, my dear,
that l may change you once n year"
I%ennyson experienced paught but
happiness in his married life, and in
lines addressed to his wife he says:
Dear, near, ana trne-no trucr Time himself
Gun prove you, though he makes you cvermors
Dcarer and nearer.
Is there anything this side heaven
that can be compared to such compan.
ionslipp
Benjamin Franklin, after forty years
, in matrimonial bonds, n able TO ties.
!. tify: "We are grown old together, and
J if my wife has any faults an so used
8 to them that l do not perceive them
In the midst of toll and poverty hi.
home was a refuge. where all the petty
cares and perplexities of the day were
J laid aside.
James A. Garfield said of his wife
Sometimes it looks n little blue be
. fore me, but l take courage from hel
| bravery"
Would that all mems creed was tina
of the Talmud: "Womnn was no
made from mans head. that she SHOULD
D rulo over him, o from his feet, tina
/. she should be his slave, but from hi
side, that she might DO near his heart.
Would hat all women were worthy o
G :he creed!