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ONCE WORE HONLESPUN.
BUT TICKLE FORTUNE SMILED AND
HE NOW WEARS PURPLE.

OOi FlSNcC ESh tJNc SmIccO ANU
HE NOW WEARS PURPLE.
The President of tho French Republic
Manages to 1.-Two on $4,000 Month.
What People Eat and Drink at the Rig
Esalls-The Luxembourg Palace.
For consideration of 100000 francs per
month, with house rent free, and n,mcr Gus
perquisites, Mons Carnot consented to as
sumo the responsibilities of chief of the French
republic. Before fortune, more tickle i'll
France than elsewhere, smiled on him. his
only Inheritance was good historic name
for his father had rendered the state true and
laudable service-and his sole encunlbrance
wife and small income. Now, grateful
people allow him nearly 100000 per Month
for his individual expenses, and free list,
sufficient to cover all outlays for balls, state
dinners and receptions. 1t presupposes un-
usual tact and strength of character to be
launched suddenly from homespun to royal
purple without displaying the marks of birth.
right No one in Europe receives more gra.
ciously than the president. There is distin-
gushing personality about him, whether clad
in the regalia of the Legion of Honor, stand.
France, or walking about the grounds of tho
exposition, conversing with the workmen
There is nothing striking in the face; it is the
general bearing of the man that impresses
one. He seems to the manor born
THE PRESIDENTS RESIDENCE
Even though the Elyscc, erected by Molet
i'll lis, has counted among its residents the
Comte d 'Evroux, the Pompadour, tho Duchess
of Bourbon, Murat, Napoleon l, Louis Bona
parte, Emperor Alexander | of Russia, the
Duke de Berry and Napoleon Ill, it may he
reserved for Carnot to carve out u career of
usefulness more enduring than any of these.
Tho palace is separated from the Champs
Elysces by large well cared for garden,
and but for the memories clustering around
it has nothing especial to commend it to the
tourist. Two sentlnels from tho Garde Re.
publicain stand Mt the main gateway, and but
for this the English embassy, little farther
down, might very well he taken for tho Palais
d'Elysee The internal arrangements were
much improved under Napoleon Ill, but
even yet the home of tho president is an ex.
cee'lingly modest affair There arc scores of
private hotels in tho immediate vicinity far
handsomer in every way. Tho largo draw
ing room is not as imposing rs the one i'll the
White House, and the general reception
rooms are not rs cheerful and bright us are
those of the presidential mansion in Wash
ington. Still, with an excellent service, a
fine larder with the best of wine cellars and
n good stable, NJ. Carnot ckcs out II comfort
ablo existence
Three balls given during tho winter arc
paid for by the city of Paris To each ball
from 1000 to 5000 invitations arc sent out
Motley is the only wear Bacclus and Psyche
are the Pcnntcs that grace tho open fircplaces
of this magnificent building. Bacchus at tho
laSbtsl dispensed $4,000 glasses of beer, 200
quarts champagne, l,;'00 quarts Bordeaux,
4,OD sandwiches besides equally largo quan
titles of turkey, lobster salad, patio do foio
gras, etc, etc. Psyche kept tho young people
actively employed until in hemorning, and
tho chief of police, who snoozed comfortably
i'll bis office, was not called upon to preserve
the pence Floquct, the Blaine of Franco, tho
premier and chief of the cabinet, receives
salary of 100000 francs per year In addition
to this he has large secret fund at his dis
posal, upon which he can draw whenever lie
likes. His drafts upon it are largo and fire.
qucnt.
The president of thesenate has only Il small
salary, but in lieu thereof the government
gives him tho Palace of tho Luxembourg to
hSe III Up w ItJl NueH luo count
of PROVENCE, afterwards Louis XVIII, left
it, this had always been II royal residence
having been built for Marie dc Mcdicis
Passing through various stages of state prison,
in which were confined E}cauharnais, jose
phinc, Desmoulins, Danton and Robcspierrc
of the Palais lu Dircctore, Palais tlu Con
sulat, Palals du at-ConScrvatcur and Pa.
lals du Scnat, the Pctit-L Luxembourg has be-
come the home of the president of tho senate
until Boulnnser, with his war cry of revision,
dissolution and constitution. shall create q
new order of things
EXPENSES UNDER THE REPUBLIC.
Relatively. the expenses have decreased
very considerably under tho republic. The
civil list alone has been cut down 3O,0OO,0OO
francs. Individual extravaganza was much
more exaggerated under the empire. There
was IL Capitalization of wealth us well as OF
power Now both wealth and power are
more evenly distributed The general ex
penses of the country are, of course. larger
because the general necessities are much more
urgent. But the general expenses under the
republic, III view Of the general necessities of
large standing army, an expensive navy
are much less than were the general expenses
under the empire, when such necessities we're
les, widespread The absolute governmental
expenses have been cut down over one-luai.
ter, for the budget is not handicapped with
long list of poverty stricken and dissipated
aristocracy drawing enormous pensions.
Take the 'oulanger-Jacqucs political cam
PAIN as an instance The entire expense
was covered BY private subscriptions, not
penny beng taken from the public purse
Til" Republicans III behaf Of their candidate,
Jacques, expended 100000 francs, while the
Boulanger Clique paid out somewhat over
twice that amount.
Thus nearly Sso,00O was put in general
circulation in Paris, all of which came from
the ,orkets Of Republicans, ltoyalists and
lmpcruists The empire encouraged lavish
display among its representatives. tho re.
public enjoins modesty and economy Tie
expenses of running the foreign office have
been diminished one-holf The general ex
penses of the war department arc large. be
cause n standing army Of the size that today
obtains in France neccssitates the cxpendi
ture OF large amounts The individual ex-
pcna,s Of the general, staff and line Offices
are very much less than under the empire.
Relatively speaking, the budget is less than
under the empire, and am not at all sure
that it is not actually less, If We add to the
necessary outlay tho individual expenses Of
The emperor's favoritcs, which were paid for
out Of the war budget.-Cor. Boston Globe