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STATUS OF WOMAN IN FRANCE.
In France the “Fife is ("ten clie'Real Head
of Shopkeeping Establishments.
' For fifty years‘woman in this coun-
try has .owned her own. property, so
that now- there is no American, prob-
ably, who ever thinks 'of a woman as a
human being .who parts with all her
possessions at her marriage. in Eng-
land a married woman’s property act
as passed in 1882. The Danish wo-
m: .11 has had the r 'ght to collect and
to diSpose of the product of her toil since
1210. The Swedish woman since 1874,
1:11] the Norwegian since 1888, have
ind the same property rights. Even
the woman who is the subject of the
0131- is the mistress of her own. But
in France the woman of the humbler
class who is 111arried~works for the
man, keeps her money only if he will,
and must 'give it to him if there is the
best of reasonswhy she should be per-
mitted to withhold it—as, for example,
if he be an idle drunkard, spending for
his pleasure, the earnings of the wife
and mother that are needed for the
household. Among the shopkeeping
bourgeoisie the woman works also
alongside of the husband, is often the
1ea1 head of the establishment,
especiallv in the little bus1ness' whose
pros; erity depends upon good taste,
patience, tact and unfailing courtsey.
And for the toil which knows little rest
the possible maker of the family’s pros-
perity receives what is granted by the
head of the house, whose temper and
awkward-mindedness may possibly
prevent the wife’s achievement of a
still greater prosperity, involving a
larger dot, and therefore a more shin-
ing ma1riage f01 the daughter.—Harp-
er s lVeekly. '
He Followed His Master.
The Atlanta Constitution tells a
story of an old Atlanta darky who gaye
his employer the other day some rem-
:nisccnses of the war. ,
“And you say,” said his e111p101c1
"that you followed your maste1
1hrough the entiie wai ?”
“Dat I did, suh!” was the ppOUQ res
ply
“He was a. great soldie1. was he?”
\Vell, suh,’ Ieplied, the old man, “i
couldn’ tell much erbout (lat. He
wuz runnin’ so fas’ all the time, it wuz
hard for keep up wid him. All 1' does
know ': 112 purty swif'l”
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New ream.
From time immemorial the new
rear has been the season for fresh and
good resolutions. 5
But indeed the making of good 1e30-
utions has always been so easy that
me marvels why any day in' especial
1hou1d ever have been set apart lo:
:heppurpose. _Yet the fact is that al-
nost every one likes to postpone the
time of relinquishing the particular
naughtiness which for any reason has
Decome objectionable; whether the.
'eason be the bare fact of its own
tharacter or be the injury it works.
It is so easy to be good next week
1r the week after, because that person
who is going'to be good next week 0:
the person of that time another
oerson, not one’s self, not the
person of this. time. it. is so
iifiicult to say, Now, now, now is the
".ime to leave off! because the person
whom “Now” addresses is one’sseli‘,
and experiences the whole bitterness
1f the renunciation. And for this rea-
4011 we may observe that usually the
time for carrying the good resolve in—
to effect is seldom this moment or
this day, but is always among the to-
.:1101'1‘0Ws; and rthus uncounted good
resolutions are made in any part of
:he last year, the time for their bud-
! ling into action being always left for
the first day of the new year.
1 , He Didn't Understand Bees.
A Greene (Me) man, who evidently
was unacquainted with some of the
ways of bees, took fifty pounds of
honey from the hives at his farm and
left it in the packing house, with the
door open. When he 100‘ ed for it a
fews days later every drop was gone,
nothing but the comb being left. The
intelligent little insects 'had promptly
discovered the honey and carried it all
back to the hives.
Inference.
The (boom—The minister
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.Her’NaVal Reserve.
DUE TO CRISIS IN THE EAST
Big Fleet of C-onnnercial Vessels at
Her Command—Montreal llns Rn-
mors of Dispatch of 3,500 vgrooms
to Vancouver for China.
London, Eng, Dec. news
agency announces that the British Na—
val Reserves will be mobilized. . .
The step is taken only upon occa-
sions of greatest emergency, and that
the Briish are foremost in arranging
for such .a Contingency at this time is
infallible proof that England means to
have a say in the partition of China,
if there is to be one.
A similar step, but on a smaller
scale, was taken when Emperor \Vill—
iam, of Germany, sent his famous
message to President Krueger, of the
Transvaal. It bluffed Germany then,
but there is much doubt whether the
bluff will be successful this time.
31.-—A
If the report be true that Great Brit-
ain has-«decided to muster her naval
reserve, she will have at her command
within a very short time a fleet of
swift commerce destroyers that can be
matched by no other' nation in the
world. Marine experts say that at
least se‘venty-five steamships capable
of an average sustained speed of six-
teen knots and over will be at Eng-
land’s direction.
made 1eady- quick ly for active seniCe,
and the only difficulty Would be in the
mobilization.
Thus the fleet of cor 1"1meice (le‘t103-
ms at Englands command Would be
than the combined rc-
serve fleets of Russia, Germany and
France. All the great ships of the Pe-
ninsula and Oriental. the Transatlan-
the two big Australian lines. the
and the Pacific. the lndian
the Castle
Pacific lines and
vessels are subject to 1111'
wtpfains
many other
call of Great Britain.
are all Royal
The
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i'uscrve rolls.
Behveon Hun-gland and
Japan.
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“Advices
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from
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A1111 11t is prci‘laring to actively resist
A R11: siin o1:- cupaiiol- of i ‘4111 Arthur and
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1flussian influence in COME: also that
1111- (-o-opcration of the Japanese fleet
with that of Great Britain is :1 1.tll
:i‘ettlml fact. . '
lr1l':1rm:1ti<_111 has been received from
an inside Snurcc that the Ottawa gov-
t‘l‘lllllcllt, thirty days ago. notified thi‘
Canadian Pacific officials to be in read-
iness for the immediate 11'111151'1211'tation
from )l'i'zntreal to Vancouver and lis-
quimault of 3.500 1116-11. the contingent
consisting of engineers, gunners and
deck officers.
Accm‘ding t0 the lllflllillcltlr’lll at
hand the road has p1eparrd for 1 and-
ling’10,000 men, five trains being held
’short on engineering talent and
l cient
I that a secret agreement has been con-
] eluded between Great Britain and Ja-_
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tingent are intended to reinforce the
1 Japanese fleet, which is said to be very
defi-
adds
in gunnery. The dispatch
. pan, by the terms of which the Rus-
sian 'pretensions in Corea are to be
overcome and Russian aggrandizement
f in Asia permanently checked.
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rCapt. Ronald Rolfe, R. N. (retired).
Ion inspection service, just returned
ifrom the W'est, on his way to
flingland via New York. says that
in his opinion the force above referred
' to is intended to increase the effi—
w-icncy of" the forts as Esquimault
and relieve the crews of the North Pa-
cilic squadron. He declines to discuss
the probability of an Anglo-Russian
imbmglio. but asserts that in case of
actual hostiliiiws the British Asiatic
squadron of sufficient strength to
enforce any demands Great Britain
may have to make. He denies that
there is any probability of any Anglo-
Japanese alliance,remarking that Eng-
land‘s combining with .a fourth rate
is
'of weakness that does not exist. Capt.
Rolfe asserts with positiveness that
the contingent to be ' sent West is
not for Japanese reinforcement, but
rather to be used as a reserve for the
fleets in operation should a naval war
result from the present campfications
; in the Orient.
HAl—NAN N07
'oEiZEG.
that France Had "Taken
("l-Inn's Island Denied.
Paris. France, Dec.
lit-port
31.—The oilir'ials
50f the French Ministry of" Marine re-
gard the reported Ovvillltiiiuli the
Island of Hainan, off 1111" QL'LiZl'l‘k‘UKSI.
of China. by the French Iieet
true. A. semi—official CCil-iil'ilJlljllO'i
been issued 0f the report that
Fréiich flag had been hoisic'l over
nan.
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Peking. China, Dec. 31.—-Th{- 1;'..:.'~'
cession of Mr. J. McLeavy
British Superintendent of the
CustOms, is engaging the :1‘111-1 ‘
the British Government. F21: ' 1:;i.-~"
war vessels are under
Chemulpo. ‘ .
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No Requisition for Sifffluz‘iiligl’k‘.
London. Eng. Dec. 31.—'l‘l11 111111-1111-1
of the'Canadian Pacific litaihuad lmzn
say they had no knowlctlgc :1 1
'BritiSh Admiralty having mmio :1--: .,
uisition for three of 1311; 1-3.115- .
steamships belonging to that 0.1.14.1}. -:- .~
as reported in a special disp.:1;1'11 :11...
Shanghai, and they believr. 2111
ment to be without foundatinn
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lax-Minister Hubbard Predicts .‘NIII‘
Dallas, Tex., 31. —Col. idoharu
B. ”Hub-bard of Tyler, 1211- -G11ve{nox of
Texas and former United States Min-
ister to Japan, is in,Dallas. Ex- Gov
ernor’ Hubbard is paying particular at;
tentiop to the'crisis now pending in;e
China and with United States SenatOr
Morgan of Alabama. belieVes the
United States will soon be forced to
intervene. ..He said:
“The greed of the Russian bear and
the ambition of Germany now. being
manifested in an effort to dis'mcmber
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the Chinese Empire seriously threatens
the peace of the world.
"‘1 do not" believe that those Euro-
pean countries that are seeking t1:-
ent came one rap for the acquirememt
of such’territory as, will come 1into
their possession should 'thei-r efforts
succeed. but are intent upon securing
the vast deposits of gold that lie in
almost every mountain of Corea. Ja-
pan and China. The. other great na-
tions of the earth will not Stand idly
by and watch this being done. Eng-
land cannot' afford to let rivals like
‘Rus-sia and Germany outstrip her in
such fashion. The United States can
not afford to have her gieat and fast-
g1 oweng commerce with the countries
of Asia throttled. All appearances are
very ominous. The war clouds seem
to be heavy and drawing near. I may
be mistaken, but I do not see how
strife can be, avoided. The
States may not necessarily become in-
lwolved, for circumstances may greatly
modify present conditions; but war
over the Orient will come, and in my
opinion is close at hand.”
UNCLE SAM WATCHES EUROPE.
Apprehension Felt that Germany
(.‘ovets Islands in the Pacific.
Washington, Dec. 31.—-The State De-
partment has received a number of
‘cable dispatches from the United
States Ministers at Pekin and Tokio
about the situation in China. A close-
watch for developments is also kept by
the diplomatic representatives of 'this
country at Berlin, London, Paris and
St. Petersburg. "
While the officers of the State DE—
partment maintain that this Govern-
ment has no direct interest in the par-
tition of China they ale keeping thor-
oughly posted in legaid to matters in
the Orient. '
There is an apprehensive feeling in
official circles over the situation. This
is due to the possibility that Germany
and perhaps other European countries
may endeavor to extend their opera-
tions to some of the islands in the Pa-
cific.
Ministed Denl)y':'1t Pekin, and Minis-
ter Buck at Tokio will not be disclosed
by the Department, but it is intimated
‘there that according to [hr-:49 advices
the policy of European nations: has not
assunu—d definite shape.
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I ARRESTED FOR PENSION FRAUD.
. Former- Examiner in Pension “flit-c
I (‘nuglit by 1’. .‘5.
New York. Dec. fill—James A. Jor-
dan. f«:11'mcrly a special examiner cm-
'ploycd in til.“ Pension Ufiice at \‘Ias‘n—
iington, D. C.. was arrr-s‘unl at Sva'llLll
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avenue and Fourteenth street yester-
_day 113'.'[.711itc(l States T){]1lli_\' 2\lnr.<‘.1:1l
lluilty. The llllSOllEl who has lle'tll
indicted in \1 ashingtnn f1 1 it 1"M‘1 _v 111.1l
liiibciy. \\ aiud all 1cquisiLi-Ju for mail-
tics. llc was taken back last night to
the national capital for iriul.
' The alleged forgery and bribery \‘.’.‘Zl:‘.
in connection with the pension papers
of George \l'. “Van Marten a private in
Company H, First Michigan Light Ar-
tillery. The latter, who had been
granted a pension for his services dur-
ing the Civil W'ar, ,in 1894 applied for
1111 increase of pension money. The ap—
= plication was turned over to Jordan for
investigation, and the examiner, after a
visit to Grand Rapids in pccembcr,
1894,1eported favorably on Van Mar-
ter 5 case.
This was on the strength of two af-
fidavits as to the old soldiei’ s disability,
purporting to have been made by Na-
thaniel W’oodfleld and William J. May.
These affidavits were afterward found
t0” be forgeries.
“hen the discovery of the fraudulent
character of the VVoodfield and May
affidavits was made in October last,
Jordan, it, is charged, offered James IL,
Fritts, a. clerk in the Pension Bureau,
$150 to abstract from the files and, de-
stroy the papers in the Van Matter
case. Then, it is said, Jordan fled from
Washington and has since been in hid-
ing. -
Oh i 11 Sen utorinl Contest.
“Hashington Dec. 31 —The near ap-
proach of the Ohio Senatorial contest
is causing much anxiety in official cir-
cles. The feeling among membeis of
the administration is very strong, and
the fate of Mr. Hanna is anxiously
amaited At the White House it is
said the President seldom expresses
his opinion as to the fight being waged
upOn his friend, but it is known that
he eagerly seeks news from the con-
test, and is kept in close communica-
tion with the Senator. Ohio people
differ in their opinion as to the out-
come of the fight, but the feeling is
gaining that Mr. Hanna. cannot be 1e-
tutrned. In this event it is thought the
Republicans in the Legislature, aftet
‘ prolonging the deadlock for some time,
{vill make efforts to unite on a com-
promise candidate.
lican, however, said yesterday that he
,thought‘the claims of the Kurtz fac-
tion 11 ere greatly exaggerated, and he
.the whole opposition befme the Legis-
laturc begins to ballot.
Secretary Sherman to Retire.
Washington Dec. 31. —It is probable
that Secretary Sheiman will 1etire
eaily in the new year, in 11 hich event
,he will be succeeded by Ambassador
Hay. The aged statesman had intend-
ed to retire some time ago, and would
have done so had not the newspapers
demanded it imperatively. Now that
the storm. is over, however. Sherman
has‘mvirtually decided to give up the
cares of office. Col. Hay's experience
fits him for this position and he and
the President are in correspondence in
1 regard to the matter.
Denial_from,.Canudn.
Montreal, 'Dec. 31.—Vice-President
Shaughnessy of the Canadian Pacific
l Railway Company,‘says there
truth in the story that his company has
i been asked to transport engineers. gun-
i ners and deck officers to Vancouver and
; Esquimault, or that the Imperial Gov-
i comment has made a requisition for
steamshi ps of the Canadian Pacific
Company.
Colorado's Gold Output.
Denver, 0010., Dec. 31. ——The books of
.the United States Branch Mint for the
year 1897 are now closed. The deposits
‘ of gold are the largest ever received.
The total will slightly exceed $11,200-
800. and a. cbnservative estimate made
by the mint officials place the entire
lantput Lot. Colorado at 822,,000009 in
1 wand timings ‘ ' _ .3.
AZETTE
gain Substantial footholds in the Ori— ‘
United '
The ch.11acte1' of the dispatches fmm '
A Hanna Repub- .
expects to see the bottom fall out of"
is no.
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