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England's New Law for Wives.


Among the acts which have just received
royal assent perhaps none is of more Importance
than the married women's property act This act
marks the end of long series of statutes, legal
decisions and equitable devices 1t is the last
turn OF the wheel In great social revolution.
1.-The wheel has come full circle" According to
the ancient common law of England woman on
marriage merged not only her personality in
that OF her husband when they twain became
one flesh, but also her property. If she pos
sessed land he became owner Of the land
not only for her life, but for his; ii
she possessed goods adm chattels he became
their absolute owner. Instead of the hus-
band endowing the wife with all his worldly
goods, as the church service has It she endowed
MIN with hers; or. as it has been put, instead of
wine Is thine" the adage should have run,
Thine Is mine, but mines my own" Long ago
lnroads were made on this rule The Chancel-
iors placed restrictions upon it; and, when con-
veyancin2 grew into science, lawyers invent
ed methods Of evading it. By giving the in
tended wife's property to trustees and making
them trustees of the property of the
U wife alone, ha the husband; it was found,
control over the ''dowried maiden's' dover as
if she had still remained In her fathers house.
The settlement to a womans separate use
made married woman as absolutely owner of
her property as her husband of his; indeed when
the restriction on anticipation was adopted,
more so; for while he could not keep his prop
erty out of the hands Of his creditors If he be-
came insolvent, her property could be kept out
Of the hands, not only Of his creditors, but of her
| own. The practice OF settlement became SO con-
firmed that for many years past no well-to-do or
prudent father allowed his daughter to marry
| without one, or left money by will to married
woman without providing that it was to be for
her separate use. But though the practice was
| thus brought into harmony with the sentiments
OF society. which had long outgrown the notion
that the Wife was to be entirely in the hands of
her husband, the law still remained, broadly
| speaking, In Its original rigidness.
| Consequently, the poor wife, who in many re-
speets wanted more protection than the rich
one had still to give up her scanty savings at
the bidding Of drunken husband; and the
clever wife who made money by writing or
painting bad still to resign 1t 20 an idle scape-
grace who spent 1t a. soon as won. There were
many cases, too, In which, from want of time or
care, money was left to q married woman by
| will without the mystic words, ITO her sepa-
rate use, and it went to the husband as his
own. Many hard cases. which showed the bad
ness Of the law, resulted. Sometimes q hus-
band left money brought by one wife to the
children Of another, leaving the children
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-23
OF the arst neunileas sometimes as hap

Of the first penniless. Sometimes. az hap
pened only year or two back, In one
notorious case, husband took his wife's
property, spent 1t on mistress, and finally LETT
the wife to starve, while the mistress was by his
will endowed with his wife's money. The mar
ried wOmen's property act, passed In 1870, en-
deavOred to remedy the worst Of these evils.
But. like many half-hearted measures, 1t created
a vast number Of hard cases, and proved more
beneficial to lawyers than to those 1t was in
tended to relieve. 1t drew hard and fast lines
as to the amount Of property that was to be con-
sidered as settled without express words. and
introduced many fine and unsubstantial dis
tnctions. The present act has adopted plain
general rule. All property Of whatever kind
and to whatever amount, which is inherited
by. or bequeathed to. or gained bv married
woman. is to belong to her, just as If she were
single. apart from all control of her husband
The act is retrospective: that is, 1t applies to a
woman married before the act but only as to
property which comes over to her after the act
In compensation, the wife Is to be responsible
for her own debts incurred before marriage and
afterward; she is liable to support her own chill
dren II the husband cannot, and even to sup
port her husband if he would otherwise coupon
the rates and she has money.
The law has thus, for all sorts and con-
ditions of women. been brought into ac-
cordance with public sentiment. We have
Jagged behind not only other nations in
Europe in doing so, but behind our own
klth and kin in the United States and in many
Of the colonies. The reason. no doubt, was
that the richer classes. the vocal" classes.
those who had the ear of parliament. were prac-
tically satisfied with the system Of settlements.
All women are now brought within the pale. 1t
is to be hoped that the knowledge, among even
the lowest and toughest. that woman is no
longer q poor wretch with no rights and moth
ing she can call her own, though it is earned by
the sweat OF her brow will tend to give her in
creased protection. Seeing how many women
among the poor are bread-winners and money
spinners, the chances of their bread being
changed to gin and the money spent by the
man on himself alone may be considerably
diminished The most lawless domestic tyrant
ought to be influenced by the fact that his VIC
tim is under the protection of the law.
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DE couRCEY,s DEAru.LEaP.
Forcing His Horse Over a Tremendous
Obstacle, . Noble Duke Dies for His
Daring.

From the Chicago Tribune.
HAS he seen her foot? ?"
Reginald DeCourcey, eighth Duke Of Wabash,
smote his corselet fiercely with the trusty blade
that had cloven in twain the skull of many an
enemy and looked tenderly upon his wife, the
Lady Agatha k,,Murty as they stood meath the
| shadow of glove which the wife had carelessly
left on the lawn. By the Dukes side was his
faithful steed Step-and-Fetch-It, in whose veins
flowed the blood Of the swift coursers Of the
desert, the Arabian.
81 know me not" quoth the Lady Agatha,
whether that of which you speak hath indeed
taken place. but on her return from the tourney
| at CoshoctOn. whittier young Rupert de Nova
mensing hath taken our daughter. / will not fail
TO closely question the maid regarding this
matter. Truly, it is Of much moment whether
this young knight who cometh from beyond the
Little Miami, doth wed our Daughter"
II prthee do not speak OF that" said Lord
Reginald hastily land yet thou'rt right. And
Rupert make not the lass his bride mcthinks it
Will be many day ere another one SO guileless
heaveth in sight. What's o'clock?''
''Three forty-fve." replied the Duchess. look
ing at the shadows which the sun cast upon the
woodshed
'There is yet time to warn her" said Regi-
maid. 'but with another horse than thou my
pet, he added. stroking the glossy neck of the
Arabian courser 1.-THE task were indeed hope
less one"
Then haste thee!" cried the Lady Agatha.
lose not a moment Of time that is SO precious.
Fly with all speed. and will offer up prayers that
thy journey may be swift and sure.
Leaping upon his horse the Duke sped swift
ly from out the court yard the clatter Of boots
making glad music in the cars of his devoted
wife, Suddenly she heard the horse give
mighty snort and stop. and anon there came
upon the summer breeze that was kissing the
locust blossoms above her head the sound OF
dull thud. Running with fear-hastened feet
across the portculs the Duchess saw the af
frighted animal standing In front of some huge
object, while further on lay the corpse of her
husband, the cold white face looking up to
heaven as If in mute appeal for pity. In an in
slant she was by his side. but the kisses that she
pressed upon the pallid lips Of the man she
loved SO well were unfelt. and the words she
spoke brought no response. Then. going to the
horse. she took him kindly by the bride. al do
not blame you, Step-ana-Fetch- It." she said,
for there are some things which even an Arab
steed may not leap over. and it was very care
less OF my daughter to leave her oyershOe in such
q place"
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. Eosv Women Keep Expense Books.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
1t is a touching sight to see a woman begin
to make up her expenses, having firmly resolved
to put down every cent she spends. so as to find
out how to ecOnOmize, and where all the money
goes. Procuring a small book she makes a due
entry, and on the Monday after the first Satur-
day in which her husband brings home his pay,
| she carefully tears the margin off newspaper
and. with blunt pencil, strikes trial balance
| something in this way:
! John brought me home $3.50 and 81 43 |
| had is 1888, and 81. lent Mrs. Dixon is
| s50.G3-but. hold on ought not to enter that,
| because when she returns il. it'll go down.
| That was S4993, and what have done with
| that?
| Then she puts down the figures, leaving out
the items to save time-a process which enables
her to leave out most of the items to where a
round sum is involved, on the suppOsitiOn that
they have already been put down. AS thus:
Six dollars and fourteen cents for meat and 10
cents for celery, and 10 cents on the street cars
and a bad cent piece got in exchange, and
S2.Sl l paid the milkman-whO owes me 10
cents-that's 50, and Is cents at church. and the
grOceries-they were either $3.50 or $3.50 and
don't remember which they were. but guess
it must have been $3.50. for the grocer said
that if would give him dime he would give
me O half dollar, which would make even
change, and couldn't, because the smallest l
had was a Quarter-and S275 for mendinp
shoemaker ever gets from me, and 10 cents for
celery-nO, put that down.
Finally she sums up her tral-balance sheet
and finds that it fOOts up SOAPS, which is about
| Sl5 more than she had originally. She goes
over the list several times and checks it care
fully. but all the items are correct, and she is
just about In despair, when her good angel hints
that there may be a possible mistake in the
addition Acting upon the suggestion. she foots
up the column and finds that the total is S44 IS,
and that according to the principles of the arith
| metic she ought to have S5.65 Then she counts
her cash several times, the result varying from
S1.40 up to S1.97 but then she happily discovers
that she has been mistakng 50 gold piece for
cent, and remembers that she gave the baby
trade-doliar to cut its gums with. On the
whole, she has come within sc cents of balance,
| and that; she says, is close enough. and she
enters in one line of the account book: Or
by household expenses so much; and Is very
happy till she remembers. just after going to
bed, that she has omitted S2.75 for her nus
bands hat
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STEAMERS. &c.
DOToMAC TRANSPORTATION LINE.

On and after MARCH 10th the STEAMER SUE, Cap.
tain w. c.. GEOGHEGAN. viii leave STEPHENSON'S
WHARF, foot of 9Th street, EVERY SUNDAY, at four
O'Clock D. M, for Baltimore and River Landings
AnRiyer Freight must be Prepaid.
returning, arriyein Washington every caturi.c MI e
STEPHENSON BRO. AGENTS
m16-6m 9TH street Wharf and Cor. 10th and Pa. ave-
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FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.
NORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS.

NORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS.
THE STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE
VIII leave her wharf foot of Sth street. every MONDAY
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, at $3.50 o'cl'k m, touch-
ing at Piney Point Point Lookout Fortress Monroe
CONNECTING AT NORFOLK WITH THE BOSTON
AND PROVIDENCE STEAMERS.
First class fare to Fortress Monroe 50
Round trip fare TO Fortress Monroe and Norfolk 90
Second fare to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk 50
First class fare Pney Point and Point Lookout 50
Round trip fare to Pney Point and Point Lookout. 50
Second class fare to ney Point and Point IS
Returning. leaves Norfolk TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS
and SATURDAYS. at five O'clock m.
THE NEW YORK STEAMERS
JOHN GIBSON and e. c. KNIGHT will resume their
trips leaving Pier H.. East River. New York. every
SATURDAY, at four O'Clock m, and GEORGETOWN
every FRIDAY. at O'Clock am. For particulars apply
to agent, 63 Water street, GEORGETOWN.
Tickets and staterooms be secured at general
Office GLIB 18th street. National Metropolitan Bank
Building d. o. Ticket office 1851 Peunsylya ave-
nue. st. Marc Hotel, and at boat.
Oc23 ALFRED WOOD Secretary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-23

NEW YORK. ROTTERDAM, AMSTERDAM
The irst-class. fun powered. Clyde-but Dutch
Steamships of this Line,
AMSTERDAM. ROTTERDAM sCHIEDAM
EDAM, ZAANDAM, p. CALAND.
W. A. SCHOLTEN. MAS,
Carving the .. 5. Mails to the Netherlands leave
rany's Pier, foot of Sussex street. Jersey City, - j.
regularly every WEDNESDAY for Rotterdam and AM
sterdam, alternately.
First cabin. s70 second cabin, $50: steerage. Ss6.
a. CAZAUX, General Agent 81 Sort h William street,
New York. For passage apply to W. q. METZEROTC
4 CO, 925 Pennsy lyania avenue, WASHINGTON.
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Received daily. hard and Soft Shell Crabs. prime
Salt Water Oysters. New York snd Philadelphia Oysters
tsursnt. and families suppled. Ehocssle and Eeta
Sc Sosaoar w. p6G rood sssa.a.d ir CO. 81 ga
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-23


swEErBREADs, If properly cooked make one
OF the most delicate dishes that can be put upon
the table, but care must be taken in selecting
them, as there are two kinds and it Is only one
kind that Is very good. Ask for the heart
sweet-bread." and select the largest There
are many ways to cook them: this is a good
way:-Parboil the sweetbreads aud put them i'm
stewpan and season with salt and cayenne
to taste; place over a slow fire; mix one large
tablespoonful of Drowned flour with small
piece Of butter, add a leaf Of mace; stir butter
end gravy well together and let all stew for
aaif an hour, then set the stewpan in the oven,
and when the sweetbreads are nicely Drowned
place them on dishpan. Pour the gravy into
half pint of stewed tomatoes, thickened with
ateaspoonful of flour and small piece of but-
ter, and season. Strain it through a wire sieve
INTO the stewpan. let it come to a boil and stir
anti done; then pour over the sweetbreads and
serve very hot--N. 7. Tribune.
PEACH SHoRTCAKE.-Take two heapinp tea
spoonfuls OF baking powder sifted into one
quart OF -four, scant half teacup of butter.
two tablespoonfuis of sugar little salt. enough
sweet milk (or water) to make soft dough;
roll out almost as thin p!e-crust place one
layer In baking pan. and spread with a very
little butter, upon which sprinkle some fiour.
then add another layer OF crust and spread az
before, and so on until the crust Is all used
This makes four layers In a pan fourteen inches
b. seven. Bake about fifteen minutes in !
quick oven, turn out upside down. take of the
top layer (the bottom when baking) place on 8
dish. spread pientifully with soft ripe peaches
previ0usly sweetened with puverized sugar
lace layer upon layer, treating each one in the
onme way, and when done you will have q hand
some cake, to be served warm with sugar an6
cream. The secret of having light dough Ia tt
handle as little and mix 1t as quickly as posi-
e1e- Shortcake Is delicious served with Char
loete-fusse or whipped cream.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-02
TAX REFORM.

The Baltimore Day in discussing
the proposition to repeal the inter
nal revenue laws. suggests that all
this internal revenue legislation
now in.force is a part of the general
system now of taxation by which
the revenues af the federal govern
ment are raised, and cannot properly
be considered distinct from any
other portion. Outside Of some
$4,000 600 the federal revenues are
derived from customs duties and in
ternal revenue excuses, of which the
former produce some two hundred
millions and the latter about two
hundred and fifty millions of dol
lars. The vast majority Of demo-
Gratis locking at these receipts and
the modes by which they are col
ieeted believe that the revenues of
the government should be mate
rally descreased and the system of
taxation revised il every particular.
IN order to do this, ,these questions
must be settled in the following
order named:
/. What is the lowest amount neces
-Esry to conduct the afiairs of this gov
eminent in an economical uaanner?
2 Can tie tariff avs be go revised and
plsced upon q revenue basis as to pro
duce all the income necessary for the
support Of the government
8. The two former question: being sn-
sWered csn We abolish internal taxes
entirely, and, if not, how far can they be
reduced and The manner Of their collec-
Sion sImplifed?
The internal revenue system is
Objectionable. Nearly all revenue
reformers admit its defects and very
many of them are numbered among
its most bitter opponents. Excise
laws are and ought to be abhorrent
to free people. If the general
government would eonteno itself
with leyying and collecting such
taxes just as states and counties
draw the same into their treasures
these Federal laws would have a
much better effect upon the people:
but it is hard TO sympathize with
system which seizes a plain farmer,
confscates his property and sends
him to the penitentiary as much a
felon as a bank robber or forger on
account of a simple failure to pay
taxes for using the products of his
own fields and orchards for his own
benefit. That this is being done
every day by the whole power of the
government is the reason of reasons
which accounts for the intense
hostility to these statutes.
In spite of this, however, if the
issue be the naked one between
the two systems of taxation as
they now exist-the tariff and
internal revenue-democrats gene.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-02

REV. DIR. HOWARD CROSBY of
New York, has been talking to the
Phi Beta Kappa alumni, Of that
city, about colleges, and their errors,
and one of the chief of the latter
hedeclares to be the formation of
boat clubs and ball clubs with pub
lie contests which attract roughs
with their betting ard drinking.
For once in his meddlesome
career DR.. Crosby is right, but as
usual he has to spoil it all by refer
ring to shallow newspapers, who
don't know the difference between a
college and a circus" All reputable
newspapers have for years discour-
aged the practice of which Crosby
complains, and the press has done
more TO improve the tone of the
colleges, than he could do if his life
should equal in years that of
Methuselah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-02

rally Will say: sIf we cannot reform
both we will revise tariff legislation
and letinternal revenue laws alone"
They cannot shut their eyes to the
surroundings. While southern de-
mocrats would like to vote for q
separate bill abolishing the entire
internal revenue system, they see
the apostle and most urgent advo-
cate of such abolition in the person
of VIM. D. Kelley, the chief protec-
zionist in the politics of the country
Perhaps he really does favor such
abolition on its own merits, but ii
is very doubtful. All men know
that his main reason is to wipe out
at once $15e, 100000 Of government
revenue in order to delay and, il
possible, entirely avoid any reforma-
ton Of tariff abuses, and in this
course he will be sustained by ex-
IRENE protectionists. If any oppose
it will be on account of temperance
or prohibition sentiments in their
owe localities, and not because of
any disapproval of Kelly'S trap
for revenue-reform gudgeonS
Il southern democrats insist upon
pressing internal revenue repeal at
once and without reference to other
tax reforms, a grave mistake will be
made. They cannot carry either q
sufficient number of democrats OF
republicans with them eed.
and they must fail. Buff they will
admit that the entire system of tax
alton is one and inseperable, and
will unite with their democratic
brethren all over the country in an
honest and earnest effort to agree
upon one measure of general reform
they will be successful, the results
will be satisfactory to them, and
not only merit but receive the ap
proval of the country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-02

THE CONTENTS of the HERALD
this morning are as follows:
Isl PAGE-Latest Telegrams-COmmer-
cial, etc.
ID PAGE - Telegrsphlc News = StsT
route Frsuds-Egypt, etc.
3D. PAGE - Telegraph News-A Great
Storm PredIctcd--FoT-igu, etc
4TR PAGE-Editorisls etc
9TH PAGE-Hetel ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GUS Teleg raPh.
9Th PAeB-Telegraphic News-Miscel
laneous.
71H PAaE-Telegraphic News-Mlscel-
laneous.
Sra PAeE-Locsl Items,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-02

THE APPREHENSION felt in iron
manufacturing circles, despite the
efforts OF persons interested to make
it appear as purely superficial, is not
without good reason; and the state
ment Of a man prominently inter-
ested in the industry, in an inter
view a few days ago. would seem to
show clear appreciation of the
present situation. Railroad building
has been SO extensively carried on,
and there has been such unprece-
denied competition, that it is diff
cult to believe the demand justified
it. A great deal of the railroad
building has been unwarranted by
tie existing necessities, and would
not be justified as a legitimate
enterprise FIVE years to come. How
ever, it had the effect to increase
the demand for rails, and to supply
the demand the capacity of rolling
mills had to be increased, and fcti-
tious estimates as to the future re-
suited. The fever for railroad build
ing having temporarily subsidized,
and men of means realizing that, if
not already inevitable, con-
tinuation would undoubtedly
result in a great financial
crash, have commenced to draw
in, the result being a gradual
suspension of railroad building, and
consequent decrease in the de-
mand for iron. The price of rails
has fallen, and mills are already
forced to close down from lack of
orders. If the iron industry were
the only one which would suffer,
serious trouble might be aVerted,
but there are other Industries suf-
fering from similar causes, besides
branches of trade dependent en-
tirely on the success of others for
their support. These also will suffer,
and the lack of1abor will be followed
by a lack of means-for man is con-
stitutionally improvident-and a
lack Of means will result in serious
labor RIOTS in strikes and in the de-
struction of property such as was
witnessed in P Pennsylvania and other
places a few years ago. The old
adage is-in times of peace prepare
for war, and shrewd business men,
knowing financial crashes are
periodically inevitable, and under
standing that seven years of
good harvests will be sue
ceeded by seven years of famine,
are drawing in gradually, and
preparing for the business stag
nation certain to follow the period
Of unprecedented prosperity which
has been universally enjoyed all
over the country for a number of
years. 1.-THE present difficulty with
the rolling mills is not the begin
ming Of the seven years of lean kline
and a renewal of old labor
troubles, then we Will be agreeably
disappointed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-02

THE Woman's World is the title OF
a weekly journal, the first number
Of which has just been issued in
Chicago. Of course, it is devoted to
the cause of wOman's rights, but we
would like to understand the mean
ing of this motto, which is printed
prominently above title: "If 1 cry
out, it shall be as the beast cries
expansive. and appealing"