The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-13
THE FRENCH.
Politics and Atheism In France.
Facts and Fanciss.
Correspondence of the HERALD.)
PARIS, October 10, 1881.

children she did not know what to do
The nursery historian relates, tina
she gave them a whipping and sen
them to bed. France has so many
parlisments that she is perplexed
and Louis Blanc has now organized
a ''Rump" after his ewn heart
This third ante chamber of deputies,
plainly Dtates, France is on the road
to ruin and that her salvation lies in
convoking the full parliament at
once; in fact, his party are impatient
to commence the teasing and tear'em
business. There is nothing tragic in
all this, and little nonsense now
and then is relished by the wisest
men. Rewards are being plentifully
offered to ascertain where M. Gam
beta is. That flying Dutchman iS
to be encountered everywhere and
nowhere. In any case he has his
SORROWS before him. The Italians,
and their ex. Tunisian counsel Maccio
especially, ought to be supremely
happy at the present stage of the Tu-
nissan question, not alone in the in
surrection of the natives, but in the
specific charges preferred by pref
ty large section of the French, and
now the Rsy's head man OF business,
plated with Well-knoWn fnanciers,
the inossion Of the regency la mode
Mexique to make money. Roche
fort holds Gambetts personally re-
sponsible for this piece of mschinal-
ism, is for his filling the butchers
shops with large blue flies. The poor
Kroumir has long vanished as the
cause Of the invasion. The ministers
are deeply dyed sinners in deceising
the nation it seems, but their punish.
ment is left to the day of judgment.
Some splashes of this kind of free
criticism reach even III. Grevy, who
is endearming to remain till the last
moment at his Balmoral in the Vos.
ges mountains.
The expression of sorrow for Presi-
dent Garfield, is not the same in
Farnce as in England. Here it is
left to Journalism a good deal, and
the obligatory newspaper article.
Many French took part in the re
ligious ceremony in memory OF the
funeral. The Rev. Mr.. Loyson's
service was remarkable for the vigor-
Gus sermon be pronounced. making
the event serve as parallel between
toe two republics. Perhaps he would
have given unalloyed satisfaction
had he omitted, at such a moment
at least. comparing the secessionists
to Napoleon III. and his coup d. Flat
andilhs communists. The other parts
of his discourse were "applsuded'"
Considering the number OF Amer.
cans who live, more, and have their
being in Paris, the external marks of
mourning were simply confined, to a
knot OF Grape round the national
flag. They manage these things bet
tel Ia London, as | can personally
testify. The drapiDg OF some Ameri-
cab shop fronts IN that city in white
and black, Was very effective.
The few moments M. Rochefo-t
can spare from his daily task OF
abusing Gamble and the Tunisian
minister Roustsp, be devotes to the
propagation of free thought. Up to
the present be felt there was lacune
to be filled up, that OF initiating
babies into atheism. The process is
not difficult. Place a red ribbon
round the neck and a bow of the
same material on the shoulder; sign
a statement of the age of the initiated
and brief account of the proceed.
ings, and the thing is done. Such
at least was the procedure practiced
a few days ago at the "Smo-
king Rabbit" public house, at St.
Denis, by NJ. Rochetort and some
score OF Tony Lumpkins. He
CeliveredHan address to the mother,
VINO presented her three Give bran
cues not only to receive membership
rights, on; TO lnuaguraie toe new
plan OF ,athelstlo"l baptism. Jour
Kuux saw no gtot reason why tue
devli shoald have all the good times
20 himself. so R0cnetort appTOpriates
the institution OF sponsors, TWO of
whom promise to keep the child tree
from the Contamination OF the
clergy and to look forward 20 an.
limitation with the rapture OF a
Brahmln. In his maternal ai!Ocu.
tloD, Rochefort stated his belief,
from his compulsory tour rouud the
world, that tue French were the
most independent people on the face
of the earth; America Came next,
bat she has the Straw back o! being
t ainted with religion" as is England,
"With aristocrats." According to the
same authority, sit was by first over
theming Christianity that French
men were enabled 10 demolish The
Bastille.
The electric exhibition proves a
capital play thing for country cous.
ms; Parisians proper show no en-.
and the ladies being
certainly in doubt, abstain. Indeed
not the least curiosity at this assem-
bly, of curiosities is the relatively
small number of the fair sex present.
The lights hurt their-eYes, and the
rearing of machines tells on the aeaf-
d.. % no Y1orind Of histoyy