New-York tribune., 1875-07-24

the lack or his Chlnawoinan he tnoueht 'h"o "
might not be impossible to Chinafy French woman.
So he assumed the bonds Of matrmory second
time. without troubling himself about the mortuary
record of his first wife who had no idea of dying of
his neglect
Bnt the second wife did not become a. accliNated
TO Chinese poetry. hccause Nn-tun-lin beat her
every Sunday. This was probably to mark the
cadence Of his poetry She lodged = complaint
against her husband that he had another wife. On
this futile pretext, 1n-tun-lin was arrested ana
dragged before the judges by two ecndarmss. "Oh'
aucnst tribunal he cried, at Is not whom you
should condemn, but my two wives. lou VIII say
Why hast thou two wives' but the Emperor OF
China Tong-Ch who died AZ nineteen, and who was
nv Emperor. had seventy-two wives, more or less
l,pal. while | have only one in France and one IN
China and these are of little comfort for while my
latest advices rom China announce regarincrease
Of family there have Is yet given no citizen--on To
the Republic Of France
The tribunal laughed and was disarned. lh-tuh-
I'm was set at liberty and strictly charged al the
same time not to maTy thIrd wife, lie dropped
mo poetry again. and here Is q song which he has
jus, sent NE:
TIE sACEs DANCE.
"On nv arrte PLAYED a gong sor the loyes IN, iile
loves di not understand For the snow lie Sc''ied
upon the earth liAe cloud oi hutsertieS rke codep
grains vii be- roses when the springtime comes. And
overs the sunshine will gather my songs n pioon "a
AMI / WI. raise my flute toward heaven, and direct
my song 10 the sages VINO are And. Ike Young
maid. on holiday tue cages viii rejoice and dance upon
tie clouds"
So Tin-tun-lin s becoming celebrated man, all
for having married two wives. The Journals which
scorned him Yesterday all asking him for Chinese
songs His trait il to be published, and collectors
are squabblng for Bis autograph.
Yoa know what a mania there IL for the collection
Of autographs. This is not hard 10 understand. The
writing and the face of The writer are the character
Of the man Show me thy handwrting and Will
tell thee who thou art The pen gives thousand
phvsognon,ics. One needs not BE very wise TO d.
cover in il the secrets Of the heart and of the mind
NV cousin d'Aguesseau said: Give Ine TWO lines OF
your enemy and can catch him. one might say,
pive me two lines of a woman and viii predict the
fate of her husband not from the text but from the
script Autograph sales are more and more ffeGs"nt
and prove that the autograph hunters are grown
keener Here are of the prices OF the last SALE
The painter Boucher $50 francs ; Bossuet, lC3 IT.;
Massillor $50 fr.; MontesOuiou. 200 fr; the Mar
Gnise De Pompad0ur. lG5 fr.; the Able lreVos, 2OV
fr.: Voltaire 1Ol fr Washington, 22o fr.; Weber
10 fr Racine go fr. Lavater 155 fr.; Louis NV,
100 f.; Luther $40 fr; Franklin, 100 r. Grenlr'
200 fr La FOntanc, 545 f.: Cimarosa, 80 T.;
Lncrezia Borgi 205 fr.; Nergniaud. 35l IT.; >pnoza
$50 fr: Ramcau, 400 fr Ii is easy TO foresee that
as the amateurs of autographs increase, prices VIII
rise still higher because the letters Of the dead 30
not increase In the letters Of the living there Is
still a margin Nevertheless those who extort
letter from Victor Hugo have done good days
work, bnt what mistakes are made IN regard to our
other cotcmporares who only the counterfeit Of
glory. Myself for example; | am asked for auto-
graphs every day, but those who get them VIII be
sold.
There are many people who are better known by
their faults than by their good qualities Salnte-Beuye
said of NJ. de Remusat: g He only needed one FAULT
to make him famous" while yesterday Emile de
Girardin sand TO al dinner, al bis house e" am
only known by my faults" He meant 10y that, the
great misunderstood pubcist, that he was 'orn to
do great things, if he had come to power which IS
in nv opinion hey ond doubt but this valiant sword
has always remained in the scabbari. The only
thing which has prevented Emile de Crar,lin from
being a great statesman, is that lie has not been
statesman AEsENE HOUssAYE-