, 1888-11-15
ESSENCE OF PARIS.
Schemes and Murders in the
Sister Republic.
BOulanger's Foes Proclaim Him
the Coming Man.
The Day OF tha Dead-Unromantic Asso.
citation Another Series of Grimes
and Scandals.

PARIS, Nov. 7, 1888.
| A steady downpour of rain has for the
past three days transformed Paris and the
B0is de Boulogne into lake.
The Seine is rising. All the river steam
ers have stopped running. Great streams
rush along the cutters of the Champs
Elysees, and the foamine and seething of
cascades are heard at every street corner
as the water pours through the gratings
into the sewers.
Waterproofs and umbrellas now reign
supreme. The Rue de la Paix is thronged
with thousands of Parisiennes aitting
about from milliner to dressmaker and
from dressmaker to coffeur. all clad in
Rlistening red, blue, green and chocolate
waterproofs.
Amateurs of pretty ankles are delighted
every hour by captivating revelations in
silk and batiste as Parisennes. skirt in
hand. bound from their broughams to the
asphalt.
DEAD AND LIVING.
In spite of this Parisian deluge All
Saints day and the Fete des Morris were
celebrated with great eclat. All the
churches were draped in black and every
good Catholic burned a taper for the re-
pose of the souls of his departed friends
Three millions Of tapers were burned on
Friday alone in the churches of Paris. and
on Thursday, according to the official
statistics. 4S2. 800 persons visited the Gem.
etery of Pere Lachaise where now not less
| than 5000 900 Of bodies lie buried.
Hundred, of bouquets OF immortelles
were placed on the tombs of Arago, Ros.
sini, Alfred de Musset, Auber, Thiers,
Gustave Dore, Balzac, Chopin, Cherubini
and BeranRer.
Among the visitors we're President
Carnot who, with Nine. Carnot. visited
mis- family tomb, very simple monument
surmounted by plain marble cross. with
the inscription, Families Dupont ct
Carnot."
AT BERNHARDT's TOMB.
General Boulanger also paid a visit to
Pere Lachaise; and was seen looking with
curiosity at the huge tomb of granite.
surmounted by black marble sarcopha-
gus, which Sarah Bernhardt has had con-
structed in readiness to receive her re-
mains when she leaves the Porte Saint
Martin for another world.
This sarcophagus is filled with decayed
flowers, for every day Sarah Bernbardt
now sends to this tomb all the bouquets
and flowers and wreaths which she re-
ceives from her admirers.
When | visited the cemetery | noticed
| the ethereal forms of Emile Ioa and NJ.
| de Blowitz moving about from tomb to
/ tomb, scattering flowers upon their dead
| acouaintances.
| Alexandra Dumas was there. too, and
General de Gallitfet. while Mgr. Freppel
might have been seen strollinR about. um-
brella in hand distributing immortelles
among the graves.
AHUsH IN POLITICS.
Politically. Paris is quiet but expectant.
| Boulaneer continues to be the observed Of
all observers.
There are forty daily papers pub
| lished in Paris. Of these tweuty-six to-
day have column or more about Bou.
| LANCER.
The Figaro saws Boulangism is the new
epidemic which will eventually kill the
republic .
LANCER day by day steadily gains power.
| Everything turns to his advantage. His
daughters wedding has added to his pres
| tiye. Boulanger now poses on more than
| equal terms with the Comte de Paris and
| Prince Victor. The religious ceremony,
with all It's pharaphernalia of feathers. its
| Catholic pomp, its supers from the Grand
opera. its gala uniforms and It's fashiona-
| BILE hummery. shows that BoulanRer Is in
the swim and contrasts with the OFT hand
negligence with which he and his daugh-
| ter's civil marriage celebrated the Marie"
The Guolis says:-''lt is the duty of all
\ Frenchmen to throw themselves heart and
soul into the Bouanger movement.
The Debats says.--"We are sorry for it,
but we are obliged to record that Boulan-
] ger Is now the man of the future;' while
| the Temps add, "Boulanner now complete-
ly overshadows the Comte de Paris and
| Prince Victor"
THE GENERALS pIETY.
| The lmperiaist Patrie remarks:-'A
the moment when the priest passed to the
| left of the altar during the wedding cere.
mouy to read the last passage from the
| gospel, Boulanger bowed his head and
made the sign of the cross. This act as
sures him $4,000 votes
! All the radical papers--the Cri du
Peupi Radical and lntransi Reant--con..
| tinue TO praise the general, and regard
| hin, as their IDOL
The Evenament SAYS: 'BoulanRer has
now signed his Concordat with the church.
and his daughters wedding has become a
| sort of political 'Ie Deum.
FACING ALI. WAYS.
Almost the only paper which really OPP
poses the general ia M. Charles Laurent's
Paris. NJ. Laurent, in a leading article
headed "In Full Uniform" says: ut
was only a marriage that was celebrated
on Tuesday mt the st. Pierre de Chaillat.
| A political fusion was consum mated.
| General Boulanger embraced the Reaction
ists. Go ahead. general. Weave the inn
perial bees on you, daughters bridal viei
/ Al