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THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION


Maryland State Agricultural Society.
A PPEAL TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MARYLAND
~ STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.-W desire
that YOU should bear in mind, that on the 23d
oath. and 25th days Of October, your Society VIII
hold it's annual Exhibition and Fair at the c,ty %
Baltimore and we appeal to you, one and all, to
bring for exhibition thereat portions OF your stocI,
the products of your orchards, and Of your gardens
Don't presume that any animal, or product, you
ma v own is inferior to others that Will he here,
and be thus deferred from bringing them, as 1t is
only by comparison that the relative merits OF any
thing can be determined. The safer presumption
for you to arrive at, will be that what you nave
is as good, if not better than that of others and
that it behooves you to gallanty enter the list OF
competition if defeated honorably, and the high
character of the Judges is a guarantee that you
can be defeated in no other way, you VIII ENJOY
the luxury of knowing that others were more en-
tied to success than yourself.
And while we address you to bring such articles
as are properly in your department, we crave per-
mission to solicit your interest, 10 induce your
,c;yes and daughters to bring whatever appertains
to their peculiar departments embroidery, house
hold manufactures, the products Of the dairy ana O
the poultry yard. preserves domestic el"es, covsc
fions and above all things. to come fhemsefces as
,c,thou ro,an, and the beautiful Celebrations Of her
taste and genius, no display can be perfect.
To the Manufacturers Of agricultural Implements
and Tools, we would say, that interest ana Patri-
otism both combine to enjon upon you the pro-
prietv Of making grand exhibition of your ma
chinery of all kinds, as from our present advIces,
we are led to believe that the assemblage of farm
ers and planters, and of distinguished strangers
from most OF the States Of the Union, will be
greater than upon any former occasion here or
elsewhere We therefore say to the agricultural
Implement makers and Mechanics Of the United STATES,
make il a matter of pride to display your machl-
nery at our exhibition, and vie with each other IN
having the best and largest assortment on the
ground. Such ambition is laudable-is worthy OF
american genius. and should be cherished by the
American heart.
~ Editors with whom we exchange will con-
Ter a favor by copying this notice
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nRESS COMBS.-We are just opening an
| J other and pretter assortment of those hand
some Rope and Chain pattern Shell and Buffalo
Dress Tuck Combs; prices from 81 TO $50 each.
Also, 300 difl'eren, patterns Spanish Dress Fan;
Laces from rs cents to $40 each
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+ IFE INSURANCE. Commercial
Life Insurance Company, established in 1920,
and empowered by act Of Parliament, for the In
surance of Lives and SurvIvorships, and the en-
dowment of Children, &c, &c, CAPITA l.
THREE MILLION DOLL9RSl
II 5-Ofice Sd story Colonization Buildings,
near Jackson Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, WASH
inton city, ID,
M THOMPSON, '.9geni
Ocinher OIL IHI0--dtf
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PLAINS, BLANKETS, KERSEYS AMI
FLANNELS.

TINE SUBSCRIBERS, Direct Importers of all
i WOODEN GOODS, have just received per
Ships, "Gulnare, y I" Orion" and Somerset
from Liverpool, their fall supply Of PLAINS,
KERSEYS, WHITE and COLORED BLANK
ETS, WHITE, RED, BLUE and GREEN
FLANNEL BLANKETING, Guernsey Shirts,
Kilmarnock Caps, Scotch Bonnets, &C., &C., ex-
pressly suited 10 our Southern Planters trade and
10 an inspection Of which, they confidently in
vite all who visit the Charleston Market
C, g. Z. L. KERRlSON & CO.,
100 King A., northwest cor. King q Market SITS
Charleston, Sept ,
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WILL be opened at Mrs. s. Psrker's, on Sat
w urday, 23d inst, at 10 o'clock A. M, in the
new store under the National Hotel. a rich assert
ment Of Winter Millinery, consisting of Hats,
Caps, Head Dresses, Feathers, Florences, Rib
bons, &c, &c. PARkER'S
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National Medical College, Washington,

National Medical College, Washington,
District of Columbia.
TINE annual course of lectures will commence
i on the first Monday in November, the 4th
instant:
FACULTY.
Thos. Miller, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and
Physiology.
VIM p Johnson, M D., Professor of Obste-
tries and the diseases Of women and children.
Joshua Riley, M. D., Professor Of Materia
Medica, Therapeutics, and Hygiene.
John Frederick May, M. D., Professor of Sur
gerry.
Grafton Tyler, M. D., Professor Of Pathology
and Practice of Medicine.
Robert King Stone, M d., Adjunct Professor
of Anatomy and Physiology.
Edward Foreman, M. D., Professor of Chem
istry and Pharmacy.
James z. Morgan, M. D., Prosecutor and DEM
onstratOr.
Clinical lectures three times a week, on cases
selected from the Washington lnfrmary Ope-
ration performed before the class.
For full course of lectures $50
Demonstrators ticket ~
Graduation fee 70
Good board can be procured at from 81 to So
per week.
JOSHUA RILEY, M. D.,
Sep 3-2awtNovlf Dean of the Faculty
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Inducements for Clubbing.

Any person who will send us four subscribers
for six months, at our regular rates, shall be en-
titled to one copy for the same length Of time or
we will furnish
10 copies for mos, 50 IS copies for II mos 500
10 do II ID 30 do - /" %
Southern and Western money taken at par for
subscriptions; or Post Office Stamps taken at
their full value.
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PREMIUM .

Any person sending us three subscribers will be
entitled to a copy of the " History of Propellers
and Steam Navigation" repubished in book form
NOW in press, TO be ready about the first of Oc-
tober. 1t will be one of the most complete works
upon the subject ever issued, and will contain
about ninety engrayings.
Oct. 22-tf
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FOR CALIFORNIA, via CHAGREs.

WITHOUT DETENTION ar PANAMA.
VbNHE United States Mail Steamship Company
n will despatch the splendid double
steamship GEORGIA, on Wednesday, Dec IL,
at O'Clock, p. M, from the pier, foot Of Warren
street, North river, New York, with the Govern
ment mails and passengers for San Francisco
and intermediate ports.
The connexion at Panama will be carefully
kept up, and passengers for San Francisco are
guaranteed that they will not be delayed at Pana.
ma beyond the usual stay in port.
The books are now open, and passage can be
secured at the following rates
FROM NEW YORK TO CHqGRES.
Stateroom berth 500
Standee berth, forward saloon so
Steerage berth, found bed & separate table SO
FROM P.a.NaALd TO S.4.N FRANCISCO
State-room berth S3OO
Steerage berth, found bed & separate table $50
FROM .NEW YORK.
State-room Siandee. Stcerage
y Charleston or Savannah S25 500 SO
i. 10 Havana 10 So IS
To New Orleans rs GO o.
Freight to New Orleans 30 cents per cubic foot
Freight to Havana will be taken in limited
quantity at reasonable rates
Passengers for Chagres will be transferred al
Havana to the new and splendid steamship PA
CIFIC.
To secure freight or passage, apply a, the Office
of the company, II West street, corner o! War
rem steet, to M. 0. ROBERTS.
SPECIAL NoTicE is given TO shippers by this
line, that the company have prepared a form of
bill Of ading adapted to their business, which will
be furnished to shippers on application at the
companys Office, and with which they are re-
quesled to provide themselves, as no other form
will be signed by the agents of the company All
bills OF lading must be signed before the sailing OF
vessel. Dec. 7, 1850
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/ AW AND AGENCY OFrIc- -.


AW AND AGENCYOFFIC The under
~ signed, q attorneys and Agents, practice INV
"a me supreme Court of the United States. ma
the Courts OF the District of Columbia. sndat,sr5
promptly to Claims agans, the United state. M
cluaing The settlement OF all accounts OF Officers
and agents OF the Government, Bounty LANDS
rensions' Return OF Duties, Patents for new IN
ventIons, &c, &c.
They tender their services to members OF the
profession at distance, and, when the case is
prepared ny losa agent, will abatc one-haIf their
usual fee. All information relative to the forms
and usages Of business in any Of the Departments
will be furnished 10 our regular correspondent,
without charge. they have made arrangements
for the payment OF axes, and for the sale or loca
non OF bounty land warrants on the best Western
lands.
IFoffiee on p. .nsylvana avenue, Lane &
fuckers Building
DUFF GREEN,
BEN. +. GREEN,
klCH'D. Ii. CLARKE
Oct. l4--3taw3m.
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.aI GxoRoErowN COLLEGE, ID. O.
VvHE CLASSICAL EXERCISES Of this Col
/ legs will he resumed on the 18th instant.
sept A. sd JAMES RYDER, Pres
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Average l.635,596 Average 2,25l,3l5
Average crop Of the last seven years exceeds
that the prior 6l5,7I9 bales, and the crop Of the
Inst Just double that Of the frst--and the crop of
1889 was more than 1867 by fly per cent.
Average consumption IN Great Brsta,n OF Amerl-
can cotton the fret years 1,l53,2l9 bales.
The I'd period of years l,449 1893 bales.
Largest consumption, 1912, l,5S6, sos bales.
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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
TIVE Annual COURSE OF LECTURES, IN this
| Institution will commence on The hrst Monday
in November next. on the following branches;
Anatomy, by y. Holbrook, n y,
Institutes and Practice 0! Medicine, " ? Ten
ry Dickson, M. ID.
Surgery, by f. Geddings, M D.
Physiology, by James Moultrie, Nj. ID.
Materia Medicn, by Henry II. Frost, M. ID.
Obstetrics, by Thos. G.. Proleau, M. ID.
Chemistry, by G. U. Shepard, NJ. ID.
M. ID.
DR.. ID. ]. Cain, Physician To the Marine Hos
pta and Clinical Instructor. Lectures twice n
week on the Diseases OF thut Institution.
DIR. l.. Il. Flagg. Physician to the Aims House.
Lectures twice week on Diseases.
Demonstrativc Instruction in Madeleine and Sur
gerry at the College Hospital.
HENRY r FROST, M. d., Dean.
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Tnr PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FuruRr,--
the cotton trade, from the London Economist,
August "a 1850. ." 1t is calculated that upwards
of 100000 persons depend entirely upon this
trade in all It's bra inches " American cotton crop !:
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The whole expenses of the war, estimated in
specie, amounted to Sl35, 1913, 703.
COTTON STATISTICS.
We compile from the New York Shil ping List
and Price Current, Of the llth Septemb'r r, the fol-
lowing statement, showing the crop of Co,ton in
The aeveral States for the Year ending 3lst Anglsi
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BEEBE's NEW YORK HATS!!.

CTEVENS, No. l, Bro,rn's Hotel, has just re-
- ceved further and full supply Of Beebe s
Hats. Also, a complete assortment of his own
make, of every quality and Style Gentlemen
wishing Hats Of fancy shapes can have their or
ders filled at
STEVENS great Hat Cap, and
Gents Quitting Establishment, No. i Brown 3
Nov 3O-6tif. Qnte. Repub. Union.)
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A RESPECTABLE man, who has his fore
~ moons unemployed, would like to occupy
himself in suitable way during that time. He
writes good hand, and would undertake copying,
translating from the French or German, keeping
set or two of books, where regular book keeper
is not employed, &c. Please inquire at the office
of this paper. 6-tf
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23l, 97l $500, $50 Il,546 900

The surrender of CORVALLIS at Yorktown, Dc
tober 1881, closed the war, prisoners 1913.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-01-15
A Letter to Country Girls.
BY MRS. swIssnELM.

DEAR GIRLS 1t is long time since |
have written TO you, and all this time you
have been making your dresses just as you
used to do, with long straight seam under
the arm. No it is not straight, but in the
form of an inclined plane, or what carpen.
tiers call bcyel, and presses your sides into
the shape of funnel. You have all heard
about the Greek Slave, and know it is a
marble statue, 10 show a most perfect and
beautiful form, and wish you could all sec
ii. The outside of the sides are two hollcw
curves, as graceful as the undulaIion between
'wO waves, or the bend in willow wand.
Every one has shape more or less like thi',
accordingly as she is more or less beautiful,
graceful and natural and is it not singular
that after the Creator has given you form
of beauiy-of undula,ing outlines and grace
ful sweeping curves you should set yourselves
deliberately to work TO manufacture your
selves into sharp angles, and straight. stiff
outlines, with no more pretensions TO grace
than the sides of a Ddtch churn 7 This sou
nearly all do, and you do it by the shape of
that seam under your arm. You sew il in
regular slope from the armpit 10 the bottom
of The waist, and that is as long ss il can pos
sibly be made, This makes the smallest part
of your body below the ribs-that is, you
squeeze in the muscles and flesh where there
are no bones to resist the force, and so crowd
your liver until it cannot ae. ; and you grow
yellow. bilious, nervous-ugly as sin, even in
your faces 1t is very strange that YOU can
be so foolish that any one can deliberale,
ruin her own health for the privilege OF look.
ing ugly. II docs make me nervous TO see
a woman in tie street with this tight place
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-01-15

"I WONT AT a Woman's Rights Con-
ventio1, Mr.. Foster, the husband of Abby
Kelley Foster, after long speech on wo-
mans rights, concludes by charging that the
pulpit and St. Paul were responsible Tor the
enslavemcnt of the sex. When the priest
says to the woman, Love, honor and obey,
what can she do?
.AJ5y Kelley Fos'cr-Dol Do as tue wifo
of the Rev. Joseph Bancroft, of Worcester
did. Say IL won't" [Laugh;or.] When
they came to the word obey she SAID ~
WON'T" She WAS good woman and 6
much better man than her sor George. She
said Il won't" and she compelled them to
leave that part out.
Dir. Foster husband of Abby heliey)-
Yes: and there was a lady Of seventy years
old at dinner to-day, who said when she
came to the word "obey" she dropped her
husbands hand. Laughter.]
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below her rbs,& her limbs wsegins like the
limbs Of supple Jack / have grown SC
desper ately disguised with this way of max
ing dresses, by seeing great ugly, ignorant
vulgar girls wadlling among the pots and
wash-tubs, with their apron Strings dawn a.
round below their ribs, and tied until they
looked like wool bag tied with cord in
The centre. 1t is very strange that any ono
having prctcnsions to gentility-to say moth
ing of good sense-would be caught dressed
in way that proclaims 10 every one her ig-
norance Of the laws of physiology of the
rules Of grace and symmetry, and of all
taste for the painting and statuary Of Greece
and Rome. ! never SEQ woman dressed
so, but the first thought Isl Wonder if that
woman can read ?" It is sign Of ignorance
and nothing else can bc pleaded in extenua-
ton OF such folly
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4 JUDGE's PRIvILEGEs.-Judg Dick
Claiborne, under the cooked hat and enor'
nous prerosative of parish judge, swayed
the sceptre Of Northwestern Louisiana, with
a potentiality and vigor hardly equalled az
the present day, BY tho czar Of Russia. A.
mong the multifarious duties and powers Of
the parish judge was that of an auctionsef.
He sold all the property of succession in bis
parish. /. happened, on ono occasion, in
selling out the property of deceased grc-
Ger. .that an unruy parishioner disturbed the
order Of proceedings. The judge fined him
fifty dollars, and sent him TO Jail for contempt
of Court. An application was made to him
by an attorney to remit the fine, and release
the prisoner, on the ground that it was no
contempt Of court, as the judge, when fulfll-
ins the duties OF .uvtioncer, was not at
court, and therefore not an object of con-
tempt. The judge Immediately drew him
self up with all dignity and conscious power,
and replied
Sir, I'll let you know that am judge Of
this parish-judgo all the time-from the
rising of the sun to the going down thereof;
and as such, always an Object OF contempt
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Ii
l have got quiet farmhouse in the
country, very humble place TO be sure.
'enonied by worthy enough man, Of the
Old New England stamp, where some,
times 90 for day or Two ia the Winter, to
look over the larm-accounts, and to see
how the stock is thriving on tho Winter
keep.
One side The door, as you enter from the
porch, is little parlor, scarce twelve feet
by Ien' with cosy looking fire place, a
heavy oak floor, a couple of arm chairs,
and brown table with carved lions feet
Out Of this room opens little cabinet, on
Iy big enough Tor broad bachelor bed,
stead, where sleep upon feathers, and
wake in the morning with my eye upon
a saucy .colored lilhographic print of some
fancy " Bessy.'
1t happens to be the only house in the
world of which am bona tide owner and
| take a vast deal OF comfort in treating il
just as choose. ! manage to break some
article OF iurniure almost every time pay
it visit and if | cannot open the window
readily Of a morning, TO breathe the lresl
air, knock out pane or two ofgass with
my boot. lean against the wall in very
old arm char there is on The premises, and
scarce ever fail to worry such hole in
the plastering, as would set me down for
a round charge for damages in town, or
make a prim housewife fret herself into a
raging fever. laugh out loud with nv
self, in my big armchair, when think
that ! am neither aiiaid of one nor the 9TH
er.
AS for the fire, | keep the hule hearth so
hot as 10 warm half the cellar below, and
the whole space between the jams roars
for hours together white with Aame. 10
be sure, the windows are not very tight,
between broken panes and had joints, SO
that the fire, large as it is, is by no means
an exlrayagant comfort
AS night approaches, | have huge pile
Of oak and hickory placed beside the
hearth put out The lalIow candle on The
manlel, (using the family snuders, with
one leg broke,) then, drawing my chair
directly in front of the blazing wood, and
setting one foot on each of the old iron
FIRE dogs, (unlil they grow 700 warm,l dis
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-01-15

eBA Frcnchman, unacquainted with bus
iness, once received draft payable in three
days sigh, at bank. The first day he pre-
sented himself at the counter; and taking
the draft from his pocket book, extended IL
before the eyes of the paying teller, and 10
his astonishment said, " You see that once"
and folding the draft he walked away. Tho
next morning he appeared again, and going
through the same form, said, You see that
t'rice." Tho third day he appeared sgaiu
and said, " You see him three lime. BY Gar,
you will pay him."
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NUMBER SO.

Dear Doctor-uow do you account
for this darkness 7"
And received his immediate reply
Dear Madam-I am as much in the
dark as you are"
This, for sententious brcvity, has new
er been surpassed, unless by the corres+
pondence between the comedian, Sanr
Foote. and his mother
Dear sam-f am in Jail"
"Dear Mothcr-So am |.
lie had, at one time, remarkably
stupid Irish GIRL as domestic. Wihs
look and voice Of terror, he said 10 her
in haste
"Go say to your mistress, DR.. Byles
has nut an end TO himself!'
The girl flew up the stairs, aud. with
face Of horror, exclaimed at the top of
her voice
"Dr. Byles has put an end to him
self!'
The astonished wife and daughters
rushed into the parlor, 'and thore was
the doctor calmly walking about with a
part of cows tail, that he had picked
up in the street, tied to his coat OF cas-
sock behind.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-01-15

81 The word bearer, in the sense Of q
covering for the head, is not derived, a.
most Peop'e imagine, from the animal Of the
same name, the fur of which is used in thc
manufacture Of modern hats Beaver is de-
rived from the Italian word b.rsre, to drink !;
and the appella'on bad It's origin in the
practice followed by the knights, formerly, Of
converting the helmet into drinking vessel,
when more suitable curs were not at hand,
Our English word bererdge comes from the
same Italian root.
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The Ladder of St. Augustine.
BY HENRY w. LoSoFELLow

Saint Augustine well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if We will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame
All common things-each days events,
That with the hour begin and end
Our pleasures and our miscontcns
Are rounds by which we may ascend
The low desire-thc base design,
That make another's virtues less
The reyel of the giddy throng,
And all occasions of excess!
The longing for gnoblc things,
The strife for triumph moro than truth,
The hardening Of the heart, that brings
1rreverencc for the dreams of youth
All thought Of il-all evil deeds,
That have their root in thoughts of i'll,
Whatever binders or mpcdcs
The action of the nobler will!
All these must first be trampled down
Beneath our feet, if we would gain
In the bright fields of Fair Renown
The right Of eminent domain
We have not wings-wc cannot soar
But We have feet to scale and climb
BY slow degrces-by more and more
Tho aIop,1,, .,,,,,r,;,. ,f a.,...
lhe mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-likc clcave the desert airs.
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights Of stairs.
The distant mountains, that uprcar
Their frowning foreheads to the skies
Are crossed by pathways that appear
As we to higher levels rise.
lhe heights by great men reached and kcp
Were not attained by sudden fight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toilipg upward in the night.
Standing on what too lougwc bore,
With shoulders bent and downcast eve,
We may discern-unseen before
A path to higher destnics
Nor deem the irrcvocablc Past.
As wholly wasted-wlolly vain
If rising on its wrecks, at last,
To something nobler we attain.
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90 The two " "learnsd gentlemen" who
drew up the regulations for The West Boston
Bridge Company must have been very deep
ly read. They were lawyers and one Sec
ton Of the document was written and Ae>
cepted and now stands as follows And
the said prcprietors shall meet annually on
the first Tuesday in June, provided the sane
does not fall on Sunday"
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C. Southey said that sweeter verse
never was composed than this
Verse sweetcns toll, however rude the sound
All at her work the village maiden sings,
Nor while she turns tho giddy wheel around
Revolvos the sad vicisstudcs Of thrgs."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-01-15

~ John Quincy Adams said he did
n9l consider the profession OF the law, in
point oil I'M orIance, beyond thar Of tho
shoemater' or The sailor, or the houses
wright or The mason, or any mcchanieas
profess ion.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-01-15

ga Prentice, of the Louisville Journal,
says that tho Legislature of South Carolina
hes issued instructions TO mariners sailing
from Charleston, not 10 consult tho North
Star.
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O. Nature is spoken Of IN the feml-
nine gender, because she is so extrava-
CANT in rich carpets. drupery, dress and
perfumerv