The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-09
oURFRENGH LETTER q
Especial correspondence Of the HraA1D.)
PARIS. August 16. 1888.

1Ah1Ss august 10 1000
Since we cannot do without roast
beef and legs OF mutton, veal outlets
and pork chops, there is no reason
Why the animals that provide US with
these neeessaries, ought not to be
removed" as painle ally as possible.
The abattoirs were established,
among other considerations, to ap.
ply the most improved plans for
.sIsughtering animals. Complaints
are made, that the process OF killing is
revolving, a prolonged vivisection. II
takes twenty blows to fell an OK; q calf
is strung up by the bind legs,
and allowed to slowly bleed to death
the whittier the flesh the greater its
value. The butchers display quite
an artistic Joy in sticking the pigs;
toe more prolonged the cries, that is
to say, the agony of the animal-for
they received no preliminary knock
down blow, the more accomplished
Inc slayer. Similarly with lambs.
they skip and play in the condemned
pen, and lick the band upl sisad to
shed their blood. Even the knives
are not generally sharp. A quick
death is at least due to the victims of
our wants.
Not prompted by any sntisemetio
sentiment, persons who visited the
abattoirs, and who are not vegeta-
rians, insist that the bsrbarous, ling.
ering, mangling death, to which an
imals are subjected, to meet Jewish
preiudiCes and stomachs, ought to
cease. Many enlightened Isrselites
it is we'll known are not punctilious
nowadays on tho Whiteness of thsir
beef and mutton. They are the Rob-
bins who insist on the Talmud being
followed to the letter. There are in
spectors attached to the abattoirs to
prevent diseased meat being sent to
the market, they might be instructed
to see more humanity exercised
in killing cattle, more especial y, as
tolturing before extinction of life ia
one of the surest means of rendering
the fesh unfit for alimentation,
France has been busy with cleo
tons for tie Conseils Generaux. 1t
is fitting occasion to take stock of
the political situation. And the re-
suits known are verdict in favor OF
the Republic, and it's progress ia the
west and southwest, so hostile to the
existing regime. Where the Repub.
licans lost seats, the cause is to be at
tributed to their own intestine divi-
eiona. But it must never be lost sight
of,that the republicans ma" fight like
devils for reconciliation" they will
be as united as Tenth Roman Le-
gion in the hour of common danger.
What are the Oonseils Genelaux?
They may be said to embody all the
self-government that exists IN France.
In point of area, France is double
the sizs of Great Britain, and has q
population of enc million now only
in excess, and destined in few years
to be surpassed, as the net decennial
increase of inhabitants in France is
less than q oHe-half per cent. The
country is divided into 81 depart
ments: these into 1862 arrondisse-
ments. that are subdivided into 1855
Cantons. which in turn are seotiuned
into $1,000 oommunes-the latter
represent eight Equare miles, on an av-
ersge. TIE commune ia governed by
a mayOr-Who is the registrar Of
birthe, deaths and marriages, and the
link between the people and the gov
ernment-assisted by q certain num-
Der of municipal councillors elected
by universal suffrage. Each canton
elects pro rata to its population. as
represented by the municipal lists OF
the communes, 60 many members
for the reimbursement, who thus be-
come the General Council for the de-
partment.
The General Councils are empoW-
cred to deal with everything relating
to local public works, roads, rail-
WAYS, hospices, prisons, schools, etc.,
to allocate the local taxation, and TO
raise loans. repayable in fifteen years.
They are prohibited from touching
political subjects. Any native, aged
%, is eligible to be a member of the
council, provided he has his domioile
in the canton or pays taxes for prop
erty therein. He cannot represent
two cantons, and forfeits his position
if he be absent without valid excuse
from the half-yearly sessions, which
may last from nine to eighty days.
The council is elected for six years,
one-half ofthe members retiring every
three years, but eligible for re-elec-
ton. Now they are these triennisl
elections for about !. 800 councillors,
That have first pronounced a fresh
verdict for the republic.
A score of years ago old Duprin
created a sensation by his denuncia
ton of "tbe unbridled extravaganza
of women" which ruined both hus.
bands and loYers. He called upop
female society not to work, ito
strike," when called upon to make
extravagant toilettes. He proposed
the formation Of jury of weil-dresFel
matrcns, who were to give the kew
note iCr toilst;ee. Dumas, fls ana
some other rstormers, are leading an
agitation against the luxury of stage
scenery, which enhances the entrances
charges to theatres and eats mana.
gers into bankruptcy. Dumas pere
boasted. that with plainly painted