The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-07
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pardon. He tainted away. and be
came almost an inert mass. in whiel
state be was de ;apitated. His hea.
on being taken from the basket, dil
played not the slightest change in th,
features The crowd OF 6 ,OcO persons
and mostly women and children
hissed the headsmsn. because tb
dead cart interiered with their view G
the execution.
Critics seem TO concentrate 81
their attention on the military force
OF France, and hsrdly bestow
thought On her naval reorganization
There is hardly week but a res
pectable addition is being made to tn,
French navy. and not ship in The
four chief dockysrds but has kee
laid down. The French feet of th.
future aims TO have fast SAILING
frigates, carrying but few guas, ano
we'll provided viii torpedo accessories
The warm discussion going on res.
pecting the progress made by the
French, army. as tested at that an.
nual examination, autumn mar ecu
vres, Is little confessed. It is for
gotten shat in Francs The army lie
the nation, and that since 1871, sue
cessive war ministers Save Ssen try-
ing their hobbies. go that oaparison.
lug has been mistaken for advancing.
After Jena, it took Prussia nearly
forty years, and under the direction
OF one master mind, 10 secure the
Prussian army its present perfection.
There are social and political con.
siderations which prevent France
even still fFom Topping OF excresen.
ces hanging on the reorganization Of
the army. Three elements OF de-
fer ne she coEansnds, material, rnoney, =.
and trained soldiers. She hssitates
10 encouasee, however, the gift OF ini-
tiation among her officers, for tho
curse OF the country is redtape; and
az to her power to mobiles, on army
corps. or . score of them, that essen
tial element for . victorious opening
Of o campaign, never having beea
tested, caaaot be judged. Il may be
as inferior to the marvel
ous rapidly By which the Germans
can mobolize their army.
On the 29th of March, 1914. it was
announced to the Parisisns that Ma
poleon had gained several victories
over the allisss be sent in patches OF
prisoners to back up bis assertions !:
his journals asged children OF twelve
years Of age to at night steal into
the stables wherever the cavalry of
the enemy Was lodged, and hough the
q patriotic infant could thus
maim easily twenty horses. The peo-
pie seemed to be intoxicated with JOY.
Bus th ey were equally 60 two days
later, when on the 1st of April, 1914,
the allies entered Paris; they threw
themselves at the. feet of the sover-
eigns of Russia and Prussia. pressed
their hands. their knees, and their
clothes. These two monarchs Ges-
cended from their horses and kissed
each other; the crowds then cried
rirs Louis XVIII, and white flags and
white cooksdes appeared as if by,
magic. At the opera. the imperial
arms over Napoleon's boz were GOV.
cred with a white sheet. Next day s
soaffolding was being run up to de-
molsh the Vend ONE column-a work
the communists succeeding in effects
ing, but that the allies ordered to be
removed.
The Retrospective Exhibition of
2 aintings in the Palace OF Industry
q building at this season as cold as an
icehouse-and under the direc! Or
yanization Of the government, in
cludes some 100 exhibits, the ma
ority already known, and the select
few famous. Perhaps what strikes
the visitor most, is the richness and
beauty of the decoration;
the Gohelein tapestry and Sevres
vases, so harmoniously distributed,
from an exhibition in themselves,
The sculpture is exquisitely grouped
not many novelties; there is bust OF
Gluck, q piece representing Mozart
tuning bis violin. In pictures. the
popular artists contribute chiefly
their known works, and the new
exhibits display no extraordinary
intereet. A second exhibition OF fine
arts in o year, aud especially in Au,
tumn, il 0 mistake; it is the more 30,
when its character is retrospective
only for three years. Ten years
lapsed would make one enjoy the
sight of an old favorite.
Attention ia drawn to the longevity
of modern players; they live as long
as ether people, il they have regular
lives. "superfuous lags the veteran
on the stage" is. however, more
severely applied to modern artistes. I
do not see it mentioned that Lucia.
Who entered on the Roman siege very
young, acted during whole century
and made her positively last appear
snce ct the age OF 112years. Galeria
Capiala. dansssue. appeared 80 years
after her debut to compliment Pom.
pey, and she was on the stage at the
coronation OF Augustus.
A beggar says, he only wears his
mahogany legs on Sundays and fss,,
tivals; week days he wears ash.
Between gushing friends. II nave
been married since four months"