The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-08
FRENCH KHETORIC.
Hlghhown Language Natural TO tho G Genius
of the Gallo Tongue.

Highhown Language Natural TO tho Genius
OF the Gallo Tongue.
From the Partisan.
Highflown words arc natural to tho
French tongue. There was in the
days before the great war a small wine
shop in one of the suburbs Of Straits
burg. 1t proprietor then, French
man, had called it "Lc Grand Hotel
dc PUnivcrs;" but his successor, Il
German, on coming into possession
Immediately painted out this grandiose
| description Of his hovcl. and honestly
called it "Wirthschatt." Not that the
| FrcnchmaM's thought was dishonest;
inc merely used the terms which best
expressed his own idea, seeing no
absnrdity in describing cabin as
though it were palace. The simple
truth is that every Frcnchman appcnrs
TO sec himself and his belongings
through very powerful magnifvimg
glass, and dnstman will talk as
freely of his honor or his dignity as a
Prime Minister could do. We re-
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posed to do the thing quietly. Not so
with the prisoner. The moment he
felt tho policeman's hand upon his
collar he struck al attitude, and sober
ca ut once by position which was not
without its anxjeties, he said seriously,
"Je pfotcstc, .lc protcste eli tilcc dc
PEuropcP The crowd around an
plaudcd. No one seemed to SEQ any
thing funny in the cabulan's magnilo-
luencc. There is near the Haiies a
little snusagc-shop; over it is a sign
representing Fame with her trumpet,
aud beneath is written this legend:
"a la vraie gloire." Who but a
Frenchman would ever consider true
glory connected with tho sale of mincc
mcat2
LEAKS IN TIE SUPREME CouRT.-Thc G
decision OF the Supreme Court in the
case Of tho Missouri Pacific Company,
affecting large interests, was known
III New York four days before it was
announced from the bench on tho 22d
inst. How did it get outp If this
was an exceptional instance Of prcma-
ture disclosure of the important de-
crecs Of that tribunal, it might we'll
excite comment and Indignation.
But among tho scandals Of tho times
mono IS creator than that every judg-
mont Of the Supreme Court involving
great corporations and speculations,
has been made known to interested
parties before being formally delivered
IN public. The decree in tile case Of
the Pacific railroads, bv which the in-
tcrest Oh tho bonds advanced by the
United States was made PAYABLE with
tho maturity Of the debt, was known
to Jay Gould and his associates ten
days before it was read in court. Mil
lions changed hands on that occasion,
and the bencficiaries had the adyant.
age of inside information.
1t is absurd to suppose that these
things happen by cavesdropping about
the consultation room; and to charge
tho offence on subordinates, who can
not In the nature Of things be guilty, is
q dcspicablc resort. The Court has
long known that the leak is among the
Judges themselves, and although the
fact Is not now susceptible Of legal
proof, there Is little moral doubt as
to the person who wears tho soiled
crminc.-NeW York Sun.
Actors who have reached the ripe
ago of one hundred arc seldom to be
seen actively engaged in the exercise
OF their profession. According to the
I'0tG, however, one Of these rare birds
may now DO seen nightly at Toulouse.
lie Is a comic actor named Graflct;
was born on tho I'd ofJuly, 1880; came
out at fifteen years Of age, when the
revolution was at its height, and ap-
peared succcssively at Bobino, at tho
Montansier Theatre, at tho Gaite, at
Nantes, and at Toulouse, whore he set
tied for good. Ho is said to bo still o
worry amusing actor.
Nor ELATED ny His LUCK. K.-Chaun-
coy Slater, foreman at tho shop of
tho Elastic Frog Company in Mans
field, Conn, recently foil heir to $780,
600. The other day no got a check for
$4,000, and sticking 1t into his vest
pocket kept unconcerncdly at work.
lilo says that he shall keep his place as
foreman, wear his old clothes, and try
as hard as he can not to join tho cara
van Of fools.
An Ohio woman dreamed that she
saw her husband kissing a certain
noighbor's wife and she awoke and
struck him across tho face and broke
his nose.
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