The daily Panola star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-03
A French Trial.

Marie Leroy, widow, who was called +" the
handsome mayOress of the communists"
She was charged, first, with having, by
cries and menaces, endeavored to excite an
attempt to cause devastation and massacre
In the city of Paris second, of completely
in assisting Urbdin in his violence and rob-
berry OF person named Landau; third, of
completely In the abstraction of funds des-
tined for instruction in the Seventh arron-
dissement (St Gertain.) The prisoner, who
Is a good looking young woman, fair, with
bright blue eyes, twenty-one years OF age,
was handsomely dressed. During the first
siege OF Paris she replaced the amusements
of the theaters and balls, which had been
closed by the excitement Of politics. She
attended the various clubs and frequently
addressed the audience, who were iascina-
ted by her beauty and her ready flow oflan-
guage. At one Of these, the Preaux Ceres,
| Rue du Rae, she encountered Urbain and
speedily obtained an unbounded empire over
him. Afterwards, when the commune was
instituted and he was delegated to admins
ter the seventh reimbursement, she accom-
panied him to the Malre, where they took
up their abode, and she appears to have usur-
ped an unlimited authority, and to have been
the soul of the insurrection in that quarter,
and to have been the instlgator of numer-
Gus researches in which she generally accom-
panied Urban. In one Of these expeditions
that mentioned in the Indictment, she was
accused of having carried off the .jewelry
of Nine. Landau, and witnesses were called
to prove that they had seen her wearing
rings belonging TO that person. Although
I possessed Of nc means OF her own, she
made herself conspicuous by her purchases
of expensive articles, and particularly as re-
4 ar.Iu hnH A nhnn .aft
were called TO establish the foregoing facts,
and, after an eloquent address from NJ.
Andre Rousselle in defense of the accused,
the latter, on being asked If she had any.
thing to add, protested her innocence AID
declared she would rather lose her head than
be convicted of theft. The court, after an
hours deliberation, found her guilty on the
first and second counts, with eXtenuating
circumstances, acquitted her on the third,
and sentenced her to simple transportation
---->s s+----
Show Is THAT FOR HIdHr PA writer In
the Oneida Circular on this slang phrase
gives his explanation Of Its origin: " How
Is that for high?' A person who has
played the game Of "old sledge" will at
once recognize this expression as coming
from the card-table. In this game the high
est "trump" Is an important card. II 1t Is
the " ace 1t not only gives you one point,
but 1t may enable you to take the s. knave,"
and perhaps make the "game," thus giving
you three points. In some such emerg-
ency as this, 1t is quite natural for bois-
ferrous player, having the "ace," to cry
out, How Is that for high" Again, the
holder of a card lower than the ace has
some chance Of being "hlgh.'' On playing
1t he sometimes puts out feeler by asking,
How is that for high p We used 70
know cardplayer who was given to this
kind Of inquiry. He afterward rose to the
eminence Of a tin-pedler. "iIow was that
for high? ?' The currency which this bit Of
slang has obtained Ia owing t0 its fitting
any one of thousand cases where the
question Of superiority or excellence comes
up 1t is owing TO the surprise 1t gives-in
short, to its wit. The lady who said,
How Is that for high ~ when she missed
her chair and sat on the floor, doubtless
took high seat for her wit and irony. A
person who ia ignorant of the barbarities Of
"eld sledge," or a little "thick," will have
deal of trouble with this expression. 1t
, Is for such we write. A man OF intuition
/ like our Stephen will never have any diff
Guilty with it; he would see hundred
chances to use 1t. A man named Hiram
- once had little trouble with Stephen.
Sometime afterward he had the misfortune
to lose his property, and was glad for q
while to live In one Of hfs old tenement
houses. Hearing Of that, Stephen said,
Howis that for HI p thus making good
application OF the slang in question, and
also very good pun. Those who obiectto
! this expression on the ground a tAstesmhy
comfort themselves, for ~ wilTexbaust lbs
capabilities BY and by, and then 1t will die
an easy death.