The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-09

Il was only at Athens that people who
had houses to aell. brought brick az
a specimen OF the structure to
market.
France ia no@ in brown study
respecting China. whose able repre-
sentative must moderate our notions
about the "cycle OF Cashay." Public
opinion lie steadily leveling up to Gle
meDceau's programme of no foreign
expeditions, but for citizens to culti-
vate their gardens. Rochefort puts
,he position torcibly by psrodyiog an
old saw. ".he moment Is come to
Concentrate our home force-le: us
desperse it," France has rather
unpleasant number of difficulties on
haQd, and uuosiatabls incidents TO
note.
The mutual admiration business a.
the load n Lord Mayors banquet,
IA; missed fire. | have long ago
observed, that the age OF soft soap
between England and France is past.
Ddai With she French as with other
peoples. and rely on acts, not words.
How does it arise that 40 one, not
even the irreprsss;ble interviewer
himself. can obtain any sllusion from
VI d. Lssseps, Why be will no. allow
the joint ''landl0rd" o. the Suez canal,
who Is at she same time the great
5euen-, e. nave fair voice and vote
n the afairs Of me houssnod? Can
10 che tArge the wary ex-diplomatist
tightly on that question-ot quss-
ti0ug2
Dieading oerhaps another ravoca
non OF the edici OF Nantes, may ex.
plain Why the CslVinists In France
ahatained from celebrating tbs Luther
400tb anniversary. Expulsion is in
tue air, as the Orlesnists and Jesuits
know France seems to conclude
tnat Germany produces only Uhlans.
rhere is society in Paris called the
"cudgellers." whose ain ia to use
big sticks alter midnight, on such
rovers who refuse 10 leave of saok
and live clean. They might have
honored Luther, ss if history speak
true, Luther whacke1 his sdversaries
freely with sticks if they remained
uncou WINGED. He cured his servant
glrl Of love fit by the same agency,
NJ. Leon Say has done good work
by visiting Italv and examining the
admirable system OF bAnks in that
country. Every facility apparently
exists 10 the peninsula to aid the
needy farmer snd the worthy trades-
nan. Ia France no such facilities
exist; not real loan fund society is
10 be found in the land, and the
peoples bank wherever they keep
shops, My lead to artizans. after the
later have deposited good material
security; that IL. for example to de-
post 100 francs bank note, and 80
francs out Of thst sun, your own,
will be loaned you; you will go he
furnished Ri,h cheque book into the
bargain to draw ag ainss the amount.
In France. the savings banks depos-
It's ara employed to Keep the treasury
in pocket money; IN Italy, such saw
lngs never leave the region where
they sre deposlred, but lent out to
the inha bitsnts Of that came region.
The Luzzatsi popular bank discounts
the page of these regional savings
banks; l. ali0cates q certain amount
Of capital TO loans on simple [. 0.
US, and even special sum is set
apart, to aid persons whose "word OF
honor" is taken as bond. The needy
and worthy In France have only their
uncle" to fall back upon, and who
plays the good samaritan, plus IL per
cent.
II the Marquis Tseng, and Our
Fritz. en- route FOR Spain, allow us a
little breathing time, the fete of St.
Cecilia will be specially bonored in
some days. Here, more societies are
named after her than after Apollo
and Orphens put together. Pity, said
to be akin to love. may explain the
reason. st. Cecilia was bride, maiden,
wife and widow all at once, and she
converted her husband on the we'd
ding day, to Christianity and to res
pect her views OF perpetual virginity.
Next she converted his brother, but
had to witness the execution of both,
at the entrance to the temple of
Jupiter. for not burning incense to
the gods. She gave all her husbands
property to the poor; this did not
satisfy the project, who counted upon
likely succession duty; she was
brought before him; she refused to
change her religion. She was con-
demned to death; this was in 230 land
she was placed in q cistern of boiling
water. [ have seen the engraving;
not dying quick enough the execu-
toner was sent to strike IF her head,
he bungled the business, as Cecilia
lived for few days. She sas buried
in her bridal dress. cloth of gold.
with her jewelry, for she was a
Roman lady OF rank. In 82l her
body was found we'll preserved in it's
cypress cofiu. Pope Clement VIII,
ordered church to be erected to her
memory, and in the quarter of Rome
the Ghetto, where St. Peter, as q jew,
once lodged. The relics of the new
saint were transported; placed in
shrine, and an imposing ceremony
celebrated on the 22d of November
1861, and which has since been OBJ.
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