The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-24

ment when KosciusZko took leave OF Ieltner |
and his family. All kuelt down at the bed
side of the beloved Buffsrer he gave his bless
ing and addressed word Of love aud cousola-
ton to each OF them. Then, in accordance |
with the old CUSTOM he caused his sword to
be handed to him, gazed at it mournfully for |
a few moments, and laid it down by his side |
as II to lntrust to it the custody of his ashes.
On the 18th of October, toward nightfall,
his strength was rapidly decreasing, and all
felt that the end was close at hand. All at
once he raised himself up with last spas
modic effort held out his hands to Mr.. and
Madame Zeltner, greeted his Emily with a
sweet smile, and, heaving gentle sigh, sank
back. He was dead.
A post mortem examination took place next
day, and the remains were then embalmed.
The body was covered all over with the traces
of old wounds; several deep scars adorned his
breast, and his skull was crossed with sabre
strokes. When the corpse was undressed the
undertaken found on his breast white hand
kerchief, which he had worn there ever since
his youth, and of the meaning of which few
persons were aware. II was the last love-
pledge which Louisa Sosnowska, daughter of
the Marshal of Lithuania, had given to him.
and which he had worn on his heart for forty
years past as a precious relic of his pure and
only love. Forty years before, when the illus
trious deceased had been but an obscure cap
tain, he had wooed the young lady. But her
poor young nobleman. An elopement was
the consequence of this reply, aud already
the two lovers had escaped under color
of the night, and were close to the goal
of their wishes when armed pursuers overlook
them. Koscius2llo defended himself with lion
hearted courage, but he was overpowered and
sank, severely wounded, to the ground. When
he awoke to consciousness all that he found Of
his beloved was a handkerchief which she had
dropped, and which was stained with his blood.
He picked it up; it was the same handkerchief
which was found after his death. 1t was on
account of this unhappy love affair that the
young officer quilted the Polish service and
devoted his sword to the deliverance of the
American colonies. He never forgot Louisa
Sosnowska, and always rejected the advice of
his friends to marry another lady. Louisa,
on her part, became several years afterwards,
the wife of a distinguished Pole, but she
always remained devoted in true friendship to
her beloved Thaddeus.
From a clever article on "Woman's Work
and Wages" we take the fellowing:-
There are now eight States of the Union in
which the females are in excess of the males,
to the number of "A, $50, according to the
latest census report QS60). Massachusetts,
alone has $500 more females than males;
New York has an excess in the same direction
of II, ,O32; while the little State of Connecticut
has 1902 more females than males in her terri
tory. But these figures represent the popula-
tion of all ages from one year upward, and
find that the excess is confined entirely to
middle-aged persons, and hence the above
| figures by no means represent the excess of
women Of the working age over the men of
| the same stage of ife-say from 10 to so years
| of age. The males between the ages of l and
15 years, and between 80 and upward largely
! predominant in each of the eight States; the
excess on the part of the women is wholly
| ool 90 tho og 20 1.
State of New York, for instance, there are
3S,7S3 more females than males between the
! ages of Is and 50-three and half times the
whole excess in the State.
Still greater and more startling is the excess
of females of what is usually considered the
manageable age, 10 to 80 years, over the
men of manageable ages, 25 to 40. In New
York there are sol, 745 females aged from Is
! to 80, against 45S 90S males of from 25 to 40,
showing an excess of 1872, S37 females. This
| proves conclusively that the marriageable
young women of New York are in bad way
to get husbands; particularly so since it must
also be borne in mind that there is large
number of men Of marriageable age who will
never marry.
The census reports, besides revealing that
the excess of females is confined to those be-
tween Is and 30 also show that this great
excess is not to be found in the agricultural
but the manufacturing districts and the large
CllltS' IL We Apply Iuo Ao duONe
to the large cities of the Northeast the result
will be astounding. 1t would seem to indicate
that in the city of New York alone, where the
excess of women over men of all ages and
colors is q ,050, there are actually about two
hundred thousand more females over 10 and
under 80 years of age than there are males
over 25 and under 49, And taking the several
cities which are commercially and socially a
part of the metropolis, including all Mauhat-
tan Island, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Jersey
City, and Hoboken, the result shows
that there are 300 600 more young women
than men just in the prime of life,
while there are really about 1l5 900 who eau
not hope to obtain husbands OF their own or
any other age. Equally startling and painful
in England, have lately been published in the
North British Review. It appears that the num-
ber of women who are obliged to remain single
in England and Wales in consequence of the
disproportiOn of the sexes is between three
and four hundred thousand. The number OF
ladies who actually are single exceeds one mil
lion and half and of these twelve hundred
and thirty thousand are in the bloom and
prime of life.
had occasion, some time since to visit seve-
raj of the principal manu- acturing establish.
ments of New York city in search of statistics
in regard to the numbers of women employed
and the average wages received by them o.
course, | could arrive at the former only ap
proximately; there is no positive data as L
numbers to be obtained, but the aggregate is
much larger than is generally supposed; GER
tainly, the facts which | obtained astouished
me. Taking the statements of a number OF
manufacturers largely emDlOViDp women as