Omaha daily bee., 1884-11-27

[. Any soldier or civilian who will
take alive or bring in the head Of the
French commander'in chief shall, after
the necessary proofs have been given,
receive q reward of 10 eco taels aud be
recommended to the emperor as worthy
to have bestowed him a peacock's feather
with the rank of msjor in The army.
"a tsel is worth about 81 90. The
peacocks feather carries with it the rank
of mandarin of superior order)
2. For French officer next in rank to
the commander "a seven stripes otlicer) a
reward of 5000 taels and peacocks
feather, and the rank OF first captain.
3. For military officer of the next
rank (6ve stripes), 1000 taels, with re.
commendation to receive plain feather
and the rank of second captain.
4. For taking or killing any officer of
lower rank, 500 taels, a plain feather,
and the rank of lieutenant; for killing a
French private soldier, 100 taes; and for
every Anamese or Chinese taken in the
service of France reward of fifty taels.
To any person killing a great number of
the enemy proportionate reward will
begiven. If already an official, the per.
son taking alive or bringing in the head
of an enemy will be recommended to
higher ranks proportionate to the merit
displayed.
For capturing an iron. plated ship of
the first si2e reward of 100000 taels is
offered; for an iron.plated ship of the
second size, 80, 900 taels; for wooden
vessel of the frat size, 10000 taels; for a
rowboat, 100 taels; and whatever is found
in the ships will be given to those who
take them. For burning or singing
ships of the enemy one.halt the reward
will be paid.
The great population of Paris wa
housed in only 6S, l22 dwellings, while
those of Massachusetts, were about $780,
600; but of the Paris houses nearly half
| (32, ,422) were of more than four stories
Another modifying difference is that an
average Paris house is built In flats, 80
as to give one good tenement on each
floor, while III Boston or New York each
tenement in block of good houses is
perpendicular. A Paris house should
count for at least three on Beacon street
or Columbus avenue. This Is one of the
reasons why the apparent crowding to-
gether of persons in Paris does not seem
to be unfavorable to longevity, for there
were in Paris 9 389 persons above 80
years old. 2,747 between SO and 30, 1873
beyond 90, and 90 who were 100 and
upward. We did better than that in
Massac sachusetts-whers In 1880 we had 27
over 100 years old, 1872 between % and
100, 2, ,624 from SO to 90, and 6, 746 be-
tween 80 and &c. But the Paris exhibit
of old age is creditable to a city which
~ hr,d -,
''no place for deacons," or other ancient
persons. The number of beggars, va.
grants, prostitutes, ETC., Is not separately
stated, and is blended with Infants placed
at nurse, students and pupils and hospital
pensioners-th whole numbering 81 500,
of whom 36,621 are women and girls.
The number of women engaged in certain
occupations is larger than one would sup.
poss. OF the government employees of all
sorts (66, ,720), 30, 1916 are women; of teach
ers and professors, 0, 1874 are mon and 12,-
497 women; of artists, including musicians,
actors and Actresses, %, 272 are men and
20, 164 women. Even among 'savants
and publicists, there are $500 women to
1854 men; while the proprietors and per-
sons living on their own property are
much more than half women, ,-131, S12 of
that sex to 79,03S men. Of cler9ymen
and religious persons there are nearly
1900 of whom more than hslf-4379-
are women. In medical occupations,-l
physicians, midwives and nurses-there
are 95Sl women to 1928 men; and even
in "judicial profession" Gncluding
clerks and copvists, no doubD there are
7758 women to 9132 men.
The "public force" of Paris includes
20, ,482 men, of whom 12, ,533 are soldiers
and ,584 are gendarmes and police. Of
the classified occupatians 551, ,678 persons
by manufacturing and mechanical en-
ployments. OF the latter the women are
562, ,205 and the men 540, ,288; but the
workingmen (ouvrlerO strictly speaking
are 317, ,712, while the working women
(ouvrieres) are only 272, ,187. This pre-
ponderance of men in these industrial
employments no doubt accounts for the
near approach Of equality in the sexes at
Paris, notwithstanding the fearful sur
plus of widows mentioned above. The
strictly nautical employments occupy
something more than $4,000 persons,
nearly all men.
1t would require the imagination of
Victor Hugo, or the patient and com.
prehensive industry of the late DIR. Jar
Wis, who died in Dorchester last week, to
present these arthmetical statements in
their manifold relation to human life and
civilization, for good or evil. They are
the raw material of social science, capa-
BILE of being presented In as many forms
to the mind as the astrinomic art of Paris
employs to render fish, flesh and fowl,
frogs, eggs and vegetablos acceptable to
the human palate. BY 1890 the popula-
tion of Massachusetts, will have overtak. |
en- that of Paris, and the comparison
that can then be made between the two
groups of q millions each will be very
instructive.