New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-23
PARTISAN GOSSIP.
AT TIE ELYSEE-ST. CYR-DEATll TIE SE'
DUEL OF A FAMOUS lIOAX.
Paris, October ~.

10 other duties VIXEN the president Is at fohtaEc-
bleau The presidential police arc under me
orders OF tall soldierlylooklrg man WIN hN'Vy
Hack mous'ache, and powcrful-looking shoulders
who bears the name OF Gourdeau. lie Is IN
variablv arravcd from head TO foot IN black, win
no visible irsgniq OF his Office ard he attends NJ.
Carnot whenever the later stirs ont OF The
palace either for n drive in or ont OF fafis' OF
else on his tours In the provinces. whenever
President Cvrnot arrives IN q provincial 'o"n
NJ Golrieau Immediately places himself III
communication with the local chiefs OF ponce
and deviseS with them the proper steps 70 oc
taken COZ the safety Of NJ. Carnot. one OF MS
rrincp,l duties is that Of preventing all sorts OF
cranks. insane and 6'mi-insanc people rom
obtaining acc'ss to TIE President; ana scarceiy
day posses without HE bling called upon 10 deai
with vlsi ors Of this character. NJ Gonrdeau mas
his apartment in tie Elysec fa'ace. and has under
his orders a ictachment OF about forty picKcd
mon of the Taris police, who are all, like their
chief. Dire Sod in plain clothes. and receive SUD
sta1,ial addition TO thor ordinary pay.
Tie Government IL about TO take sens to limit
the admission g. the military school OF 50 UT.
wh,c, Is the Wrs, Point Of France, whore all the
vo.inA men Of family and education receive thelr
training "a officers Military srrvi'c being ooii-
gatorv on all males IN irrnce. number oil young
men have discovered that II Is infinitely more
ACRE ,al, TO spcnI the necessary three years OF
service =. st Cvr ,ln,. rs privates in line rcci-
ments The society is better the fno1 Il bNtcr
md tho amnsc,nen.s arc decidedly better, than
thosc which oan b. obtained while ;ervine ~
common soldir Moreover tho three years which
constitute the cologne COTS AZ -. Cyr are
counted bv the Government "a mli'ary ecrvic"
II. ito t1. mi = nf
this cstnrlSlneqt OF being graduated coolly DC
are tat they hn'c changed thci' nj and that
they lave discovered that tic; have ~ vocation
for rni;arY III, The object OF tie school bcir1
70 train officers FOR the army. IL has become
mattrr ~ Very great concern 70 The Government
10 find that the graf. rumber of successful
Graduates who have been en- owing al iic ad'or-
taqc. Of education ,laccd az thor deposit ~ the
Ministry Of War ar precisely those who h1v"
no ini.n;ion of ADOPTING IN" military profession.
In vicw Of The dcarth Of officer. therefore. the
Government Ia, now dccilcl thot every youth
entering the school NJ -. OR shall bind him
self after graduating e. serve ccr'sn number
OF years In the army.
Among tie deaths thai occurred he7' in
Tie last week /, that Of VI. Rou'cz. tho hero OF
tho Guadr iplc dac Of s,me months arc. For The
last two months hc has lcrn confined IN mad
house. lavins hc,n placc1 under restraint shortly
~ g, h" hal p'rTctratr his celebrated hoax. IL
was hi. craving for notoricty which Jed him 10
1ovlsc The latter. II" WINS anxious - sce his
ramc fl pint ant l. mu.t certainly b. United
that he IcallYci hls d"sir. for The fania7tl'
str Of III On drupr drcl. winch was swallowed
with such co.c'nr.S - even III most $ dat" aud
,cnsl'c organ, OF the Partisan prs, was tclc-
- 10 doll
i.cl globe 1t Was only several dnys afterword
tlat the cntcrpri,ing reporter so % work to in
v,sticatc the entire affair and laid bare tho fsct
that VI Roucl had pamrl OF gigantic Joke
uron his coun'rymen AZ first tto-e who had
lcrn guled wee Il sposcd 70 BE- angry with VI.
Tcrlc2. nnl II, WIS on III, point Of ce'vinc sew
oral challenges - fight real duc'N; notably one
with Senator Ranc. who hal lccn one % the
fr.t 10 g'vr pa liCitT 20 h, marvellous story.
Rclhzine a. length that the mini Of VI. Rouler
wa. unlirccl anA that hi- hoax hal been the
freak Of a mailman they Gtci lei 70 10 the only
.cn-'b'e thing thai wss q be done under 'he cir
Guns ancc~. namely {, soiu IN liz laugh sgoins;
thrm-cl,cs.
An interesting spectacle is III" dog mlrlSct which
now takes place every Sunday afternoon on th"
boulevard de l'I!opital. Five or ~N hunlrrl d,as.
chains. are there awaiting the amateur who feels
dispo.clt cy hang hnnkr OF so II TO ter 4 r..
Da-ish docs. Ncwfounllands, -ct;'rs. pugs, OF ANY
other specimen of the canine species. Really
handsome dor- arc, however. more scare. than
might b. imagined. For most OF the animals on
sale have either been stolen else belong 20
poor people anxious 10 GET rid Of an additional
mouth 10 feed The howls and barks OF all the
unfortunate four-fOotcd captivcs are not pnr-
ticularlY pleasant 10 hear The prices asked
bv no means in keeping with The appearance 81
the anlmals ! was asked the other day. for
mos, dcsp icablc.loollng little cur. the absouicl,
ridiculous amount Of 100 francs. The owners Of
the dogs are Subjected 10 many n bad joke Thus,
for instance. ttcy are f9eIurntly recommended to
talk" their dog 20 No. p Rue Vanguard. under the
pretcXt that there Is person living there anxious
10 purchase just such dog as the one on sale and
ready 10 give a large price for IT, OverjOyed. the
owner Of the dog Immediately tro,s OF. dragging
the poor beas, behind him On arriving n the
Rne Vanguard he tells the dinN-lookinc man
who opens the door for him that he has brought
the dog ordered by the gentleman who lives
there.
oh You want ~ 20 kill him for you ~
Kill him" replies the amazed owner.
why certainly. Don't you know that this II
NJ Mhquarta s.aughtcrhOuse for dogs p
Tie number of dogs now existing In France
H. yearly Increasing. AT n rate altogether out Of
proportion 70 the growth Of the population which
remains stationary; and a rccen, ccnsis mad By
tho Government shows that whereas last year
there were only lSj0,000 dogs In France, this
year there 2,0Jj, 900 For thc lost ten years
the number Of dogs has been augmented by about
10000 in every twelve months. When Il Is taken
int hot fay fnra
by his owner Is 10 francs or 81 annually, il will
he readily understood that az the Government, nj
the present moment receives almost 100000
francs from this source alone. It IL disposed to
encourage the breeding of dogs
One Of the most popular salons Of the American
colony here was the scene yesterday OF a fote
9ivon by Mrs. Walden Pcll to celebrate her eighty
second birthday. Her pretty house on the Avenue