The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-30
OUR FRENCH LETTER.
Special correspondence of the HzsA1D)
PAR1s. sentember y. 1888,

At the rate public opinion ls, not
veering but pronouncing, for peace
with China, that solution may be dis
counted. Indeed the nation never
showed any marked disposition, and
certainly no enthusiasm. for wild cat
hunting in the far east They are
the ministerial journals which
cracked up the "vigorous f3reigu pei.
icy" of Challemel Lscour-one thing
to-day and the oppositethe next. The
contradiction is said to be due to his
deranged liver. Napoleon I, having
lcst q battle, laid the blame on his
cook, who not only served dinner
late but bad in the bargain.
| The extreme press has the monop
Eoly OF sagacity in the steeple chase
programme of France, to protect
countries that only require to be let
alone. The impulse originated with
| the Kfonhmer pleasantly, and appa-
tite has since grown by what it has
fed on. The French have found cut
that John Ca n8man has no inten-
ton to allow himself to be bullied or
walked round. and that sin a quar-
ter of a century he has adopted ali
ths most improved processes for
cracking skulls invented by the ether
b8rbsrisns. In Algeria. France has
colony next to unexplored. and at
home all her superAuous energy re-
Quires tc be employed to produce for
the foreign marke 8, goods capable OF
competing with those of other ma
tions.
The grave has hardly closed ovsr
Marwood, when it may be said to be
on the point OF opening for Deihler,
our rational executioner, who is dy-
ing from disappointment at having
no work to do in the sense that his
salary is pro ratio to the persons he
places beyond all surgery, and NJ.
G.6gy forgets to sign death. warrants.
Deihler receives his part salary
monthly, certifying at the same tine,
that the guillotine-the widow" as
the convicts call the machine, is
: in good working order. Deihler, with
his wife and daughter, supplement
the family income by painting on
chinaWsre-tor even headsmen must
live. He is respected by his neigh
bors as one of the institutions of the
country. Formerly the executioner
was not permitted to live inside any
town, nor to wear a sword, save on
the right eide. When he partook OF
the sacrament at Easter, he had to do
30 on his knees under the church
porch; he was exempted from
taxes, and had the right to receive
dues on all fresh vegetables sent to
market. Those who paid he marked
on the back with chalk. People on
petition had this form OF receipt
changed, as we'll as compelling the
executioner to pass all change on an
iron spoon, go as to avoid direct con-
tact with his hand.
When an execution took place on
any lands belonging to monastery,
the executioner was entitled to pig 8
) hesd-he was paid by that capita
ton" tax alone some centuries back
or five loaves and five bottles Of
wine. He was also bound 10 scourge
? criminals, and his daughter had to
perform that duty on women, only
not in public. The family coat OF
; arms was q scaffold The favorite
executioner Il Louis XII was Tristan,
who made heads fall that would
never bend. At the time of the Rev
olution each department had its own
executionar, plus the Abulstory,
Monsieur de Faeis," that followed in
the Wske OF armies to decapitate
. generals who Loaf a battle, pour en-.
eourager les Gntre8. Salary ranged
: from 1000 to 5000 francs q yesr.
, Al present France has only one exc.
cutioneT, who has got no work to do.
: In olden Germany On execution was
:: made by the youngest member of the
9 middle classes; by the newest married
b man, or the latest arrived resident.
? he was ennobled after certain mum.
! Der OF performances. Had he $50
to his credit like ex-Marwood, be
! might 60 in for the strawberry leaves.
q The engrAvings OF the Oomte de
9 Ohsmbord's funeral have led true
# blue Republicans to work of proofs
e from the blocks OF the funerals oil
Theirs and Gsmbetts. And for al
three the citizens appear to be alike
! Indifferent. The skits at the Comte
It de Paris are peppery; one Of the besI
g represents all the Orleanist princes
IS Jsnus-faced; one face following the
hesrse, where tears roll down as soon
;: as shed and the other ss merry az
y Tom O'Shsnter's when boczing With
d his landlady. The government has
l. let the Oomte to understand ethat he
d is only camped in France, and il he
) only opens his mouth as a p!etender
2 he must initiate the Wandering Jew,
= pl'-s more pocket money. No
). knowing what to do since the lilly
e and the umbrella have amaIgamated
h and there being no divine right ldea
; to defend. the legi,imist journals are
e winding themselves up, Othello's oc
7 oupstion is gone.
Apropos of the new cemetery Pari:
II is to have at Patin, including the
d field where Troppmonn buried hi:
u victims, the Kinek family, it is sug.
!; gested to return to the mode OF buris
u of 1890 Tbo bod0 mas y1piv,o - =