The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-30
OUR FRENCH LETTER.
Correspondence of the HERALD.)
PARIS. April 3, 1882.


gatory educational bill; the opposi
ton protest they will not obey it
but the condemned have twenty
four hours always to curse theil
judges. The treaties of commerce
with the minor states of Europe
have been signed, England alone hai
not been talked over, so the regime
Of free commerce is something like
Hamlet without Hamlet. There i:
a prospect that the world will bt
plainly informed what France
intends to do with her white ell
ephant, Tunisia; the anti-clerica
congress has opened and CLOSED
proceedings by an exchange of bill
lingsgate and fsticuffs; they voted
the cessation of all state endowment:
to creeds, and added as a rider the
inutiIity Of all religions; one of the
laundering orators was pulled up by
the interruption to remember he haC
been condemned for robbery. The
suppression Of the budget of religious
end0wments will be proposed by
the advanced deputies, the amount
being 52,O0O,OO0; las that motion will
not be voted, they intend that the
grant be limited to what it was
when the concord Was'eXecuted, viz
100000; this proposition will also
be rejected, as the spiritual wants
of France have been largely in
creased since 70 years.
The diplomatic service is to be re-
formed; indeed it is recast about
once a year, and the more it is
changed the more it remains the
same. Since 1871 the army has been
in course of organization; each min
lister Of war apparently confined his
work to undoing that of his prede-
cessor. A new commission has been
nominated, with Gambetta for pres
ident, whose plan, and that of min
listers, is in presence. The latter is
milk and water: the former means
business and reflects national Opin-
ion. Both projects accept the period
of three years service under the flag
for every able-bodied citizen; minis-
tiers would favor exemptions among
the educated and rich conscripts
Gambetta, on the contrary, leans to
among the humber
the better to retain intellect
in the army. He is fathered with
the saying that very soon France
will have to fight for her existence
a report that arrives annually with
the swallows.
The financial situation is rapidly
becoming excellent; NJ. Leon Say
states the late crisis has in no way
affected the prosperity of France,
and the failure of the Union Gen
erale Bank was not half so dis
astrous as the stOppage of the Glas-
gov bank. He hopes next budget to
have a surplus of 100000 that he
will devote 10 the amelioratiOn CT
the agriculturistS, provided he be in
office. 1t is ever the signboard of
the famous barber-"to-mOrrOW all
clients will be shaved gratis"
PalmSunday passed off admirably,
the amount Of box sold-which does
duty for palm-was very consider
able. I observe the bakers are adj
opting the custom prevalent in the
provinces, that of presenting to
clients a penny loaf containing a
branch of box. The churches were
very well attended, and the day be-
ing one of the most glorious that
laughing spring could bestOw, there
was a general exodus into the coun-
try, not only to enjoy the fresh air,
but to secure summer quarters.
Horse racing is more than ever in
favor. There will soon be as many
Journals devoted to this branch of
sport as to politics: only the former
are read, and are generally the
property Of a ring The spirit of
gambling is extensively developed
in French blood, nearly as much so
as with the Arabs. Betting is a pro-
fessiOn, just like speculation in bulls
and bears. The late financial crisis
was considered by many as a God
send calculated to eradicate the
vice. Not bit of it, the evil is as
rampant as ever. He who has drank
will drink.
The French are improving the
science of interviewing: hitherto
the only subjects selected for that
vivisection were individuals DOS
sessing more or less of a notoriety.
Now the institution extends its net
to persons suffering from private
griefs. The wealthy Mrs. J. w.
Mackay has already related her
miseries, in having a daughter to
guard and to marry, who is the
heireSs TO millions. The Duchesse
de ChaulneS now relates her sor.
rows, caused by her mother-in-law.
the Duehesse de CheVreuse. The
former was married at Is, was kept
a state prisoner in stately castle
she had three children, whom fine
mother-in-law induced her son. now
deceased, to believe were not his
as his wife had lover concealed in
some cupboard. 1t seems the hus-
band and his mother prevailed uDon
the unfortunate wife, by midnigbt
visits and loaded reyolverS AT her
head, to confess her lidtson. re-
nounce her fortune in favor of her
children, and to place the guardian
snip of the l tier in the hands of
her mOther-in-law. The courts after
inquiry, ratified this guardianship
Since, the mother is devoting her
life to abduct her children: She has
attempted and failed, and viii have
to answer for the deed, as she iS &c