Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-10
Very Much of WidOw-A French R0.
nance.


In the great annual exhibition of pictures in Paris
title Of THE Widow, in the catalogue There Is a
terrible story connected with this picture The lady
is the Countess o.. who although only twenty
four years Of age has been twice widowed. She i.
years Of age her great beauty attracted the attention
OF the Marquis de -, who married her. On leay-
ing the church. however, the Marquis was assassna-
WIDOW with an immense fortune. The naarq,isc re-
tired to to-, convent where she remained until her
parts OF Europe, and visited. among other places St.
where ono Of the most wealthy bovards
OF RUSSIA placed at her feet his heart, his diamonds
and his millions.
The marriage was celebrated in the house of tho
some distance from hi: own estate The newly
married couple left for their new home in magnifi-
ee1 sega a On the way they were attacked by
made false STEP fell out of the sleigh into the snow
anu was immediatey devoqred by the wolves. The
speed and did notstop till they arrived at the Counts
chateau. WHICH was brilliantly Illuminated for the
reception OF the newly married couple.
NICE GINGERBREAD.-The following directions are
furnished to the Agricultural by one we knew 10 he
evidence of good cookery-with the remark tba at
fine tney ma make gngerbreSd equal to tho best article
molasses and 20 tablespoonful of melted lard are
added teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved in teaspoon
tgls Of boiling water teagpoonfus of crushed alum
aissolVed IN tableSpoonfuls of boiling water ia
biespoonful of ginger and little salt If the lard is
fresh; the whole we'll stirred together. Then tea
spoontuls of cream of tartar are mixed thorourhIv
with pint or so of -four and stirred in quickly with
enough more Hour added to make dough as soft ms
It can be conveniently rolled. Bake in a quick oven
Some may object to the alum, but a teaspoonful or
two IN large milk painful of cakes is but homo.
pathlc dose at most. and more mineral" than the
salt used IN all food 1t gives the gingerbread the
peculiar ghtness of that made by bakers Those who
eschew alum must buy nothing at the baker shops
How COURTS AND JURIEs TREAT CoLoRED Mry IN
pIRGINIA.-In Henrico Circuit Court Judge Chris
tian, presiding and now sitting James R. Shumaker
white, indicted for stealing mule, was convicted
and sentenced to ten years confinement at hard labor
IN the penitentiary. Two days afterwards in the
same court. Washington Martin, colOred, indicted
also for sealing mule, was convicted by the Jury
and sentenced to two years confinement in the peni-
tentiary-just oLe-tifth of the punishment awarded
the white man for the same offence.
D.. D9N'T BELoNg TO OUR sET."-The good people of
; aHd the ladies' much troubled with the ques-
@ Vi "nat IS to done in the of ex Federal off,
tels ana soldiers living in that section The agita-
ion mas reached the papers, and the variety of onin
i9ns are amusing. One lady writing to the Sf1r set
yes tne matter with Spartan breyity-s.Southern
ladies' receive them not" S'O'n'iH
,h SPEEDY :AToNEMENT.-It is reported from Japan
sut hatve engineer, who purchased for the Tycoon
an 1ron-ciad war vessel which proved fa;Inry @
stahty explafsd his offence by the summary process
OF harkar This is signal instance nf ~ pIIocess
peculiar institution" If ali the nnhl;c ius OF
where who commit serious blunders couId he ;ndunJ
to follow the japanese fashion, what radiance tbsre
would Dol : 1n'se