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 MARIN MARIO 167 ed as an annual. The different sorts are read- ily raised from seeds, sowing in June in the open ground, or earlier in hotbeds, and trans- French Marigold (Tagetes patula). planting when 3 or 4 in. high. On the allu- vial banks of rivers, from Illinois southward, is' an American plant belonging to this group, known as the fetid marigold (dysodia chrysan- themoides), furnished with pellucid glands, which give out a strong odor ; the flower heads are terminal and the flowers yellow. The marsh marigold (caltha palustris) belongs to the order ranunculacecs. MARIN, a W. county of California, bounded E. by the bays of San Pablo and San Francisco, and S. and W. by the Pacific ocean ; area, 570 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 6,903, of whom 361 were Chinese. The surface is rugged and moun- tainous, and only a small portion of the soil is adapted for cultivation, though much of it .is well suited for grazing. The valleys are highly productive. It is intersected by the San Fran- cisco and North Pacific railroad. The chief productions in 1870 were 57,880 bushels of wheat, 297,744 of oats, 37,755 of barley, 157,- 245 of potatoes, 2,107,755 Ibs. of butter, 381,- 300 of cheese, and 12,054 tons of hay. There were 2,671 horses, 18,655 milch cows, 10,443 other cattle, 2,067 sheep, and 6,606 swine; LI brick kilns, 1 saw mill, and 1 paper mill. )ital, San Rafael. MARINA, Maliiitzin, or Malinche, an Indian wo- lan who rendered efficient aid in the conquest )f Mexico. She was a native of the province )f Guazacoalcos, and of noble blood, though )ld as a slave in her childhood to the Maya In- ians of the frontier of Yucatan. Being thus liliar with the two principal languages of [exico, she was presented to Cortes in Tabasco by a native chief, and, quickly acquiring Span- ' 'i, made herself indispensable to the conquer- ors as an interpreter. She was much beloved l)y the Mexicans, and exerted a great influence in restraining the barbarities against her coun- trymen which were but too common. Cortes made her his mistress, and by him she had a son, Don Martin Cortes, who figured in the political history of the colony. .After the mar- riage of Cortes, she became the wife of the comendador Juan de Jaramillo, and survived till after the year 1550, living chiefly at Jalpan on the isthmus of Tehuantepec, where a mound is still shown as her burial place. MARINER'S COMPASS. See COMPASS. MARIM, or Marino, Giambattista, an Italian poet, born in Naples, Oct. 18, 1569, died there, March 25, 1625. He was driven from his home on account of his repugnance to the legal pro- fession, and devoted himself to poetry under the influence of Tasso. The grand admiral, Prince Conca, made him his secretary, but a love affair drove him from Naples. In Rome he found a patron in Cardinal Pietro Aldo- brandini, whom he accompanied to the court of Duke Charles Emanuel at Turin. His pane- gyric on the latter won for him the post of ducal secretary ; but he wrote a satire against Murtola, a fellow secretary, who wrote a coun- ter satire and attempted to shoot him ; and on being released from prison at Marini's inter- cession, he ruined the latter by pointing out disparaging allusions to the duke in one of his poems. Marini was imprisoned, and recovered his liberty only through the intervention of Cardinal Gonzaga. He next went to Paris, to the court of Margaret of Valois, widow of Henry IV., and after her death he became a favorite and pensioner of Maria de' Medici. He returned to Italy in 1622, and was received with great enthusiasm at Rome, and elected prince of the academy of the Umoristi. His Adone (Paris, 1623; new and complete ed., 4 vols., London, 1789) was regarded as a mas- terpiece at the time of its publication, though full of mannerism and defects, and so licentious that its circulation was not permitted. Among his other works are La strage degli innocenti (Rome, 1633), and several exquisite sonnets. There was for a time a large class of imitators of his style, called Marinists. MARK), Giuseppe, marquis di Candia, an Ital- ian singer, born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Oct. 18, 1810. He received an excellent musical edu- cation, and in 1830 entered the Sardinian mili- tary service. Having been ordered to Cagliari for certain youthful indiscretions, he resigned his commission ; but upon the refusal of gov- ernment to accept his resignation, he escaped to Paris, and by his admirable tenor voice soon attracted attention in the musical salons of that city. For the sake of satisfying his cred- itors, he accepted an engagement at the French opera at a liberal salary, assumed the name of Mario, and, after two years' study at the con- servatory, made his d6but in December, 1838, in Robert le diable, with decided success. In the succeeding year he sang with Rubini at the Italian theatre, and formed one of that bril- liant galaxy of singers then upon the stage,'