Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-15

is TO describe 1t al the other,
for whether on holiday or in the
city he is obliged to attond TO
the routine OF affairs. He may per-
haps at Fontainebleau indulge in pla-
tonic reflections on the past, when his
place was occupied by such sovereiEns
as Francis the First, Henry the Fourth,
Napoleon the First, and Louis Philippe,
but the claims Of the Third Republic
are paramount, and his historical
reverie is OF short duration. While liv-
ing in dignifed style, President Carnot
makes no attempt to initiate the man
ners OF royalty.
At nine O'Clock, II at Fontainebleau,
President Carnot enters his study,
where be works with his secretary, and
signs the DEGREES submitted to him.
From eleven to twelve he gives an audi
ence to visitors, and goes through the
haud-shaking performance so familiar
at the White House, although In the
case OF NJ. Carnot, certain formalities OF
introduction have TO be rigidiy
com piled with before the caller
is permitted to touch the presi-
dental calm. People Of exceptional
mark are invited 10 breakfast, over
which Madame Carnot presides. Coffee
Is taken in the billiard-roon. The
president knows nothing about tho
game, but he is fond OF seeing how often
the balls can be knocked about by good
PLAYERS AT two o'clock the president
returns to his study and abors until four,
when he goes for quiet stroll In the
forest, or the enviIons. He does not take
much interest in the historic carp with
which the ponds At Fontaineoleau are
stocked, perhaps on account OF their
royal origin. Francis the First was
very proud Of the carp, and conferred
on some Of them golden nose-rlngs, as
mark OF his kingly favor. As for the
pavilion, built over one OF the lakes,
where the Third Napoleon was won't to
take an evening cup OF coffee, Carnot
has never set foot in it, such Is his de-
testation OF the Second Empire.
After his personal stroll, the Presl'
dent very often drives out with bis vile,
who delights in the opportunity 10 es-
cane from the cares and ceremonies OF
state. No police 10 disguise escort the
carriage, and everybody treats the Pres
dent and his wife with respect, a. the
same time not boring them with any
public demonstration. Dinner Is ire
yocably fixed for seven o'clock, and
those guests who arrive late have
to put up with cold dishes and
the remnants OF the table. The
day is wound up with an inno'
cent game OF cards or dominoes, and at
10 o'clock everybody retires, unless
there is some grave public reason for
postponing the hour OF rest. Before
retiring. however, the President makes
himself acquainted with the latest ad-
vices in regard 10 public affairs, and
takes any necessary action. Such Is
the life Of the French President at Fon-
talnebleau, and at the Elysee 1t is the
same, only modified according TO the
surroundings. Certainly the French
cannot complain OF, any lack OF Repub-
lican simplicity on the part OF their
chief magistrate.
Carnot, however. has not oeen free
from attack. A desperate EFFORT was
made by the enemies OF the French Re
publics to injure him at the perioo
of the Panama scandals, and IL seemed
for q time as IL they would be success
fnl. France has often been compared
With Saturn, inasmuch IS she Gttacks
her own children, good and bad slEe,
and the comparison still hcios
good. No statesman could serve
the republic more faithfully than
Carrot, and yet, there Is no doubt that
one chief object OF the Panama expos
ure was TO enmesh him in the net. and
drag him 10 destruction. The most
searching and hostile Investigation,
however, only served to more clearly IL
lustrate his entire innocence OF any
share ID the Panama corruption, and be
passed unscathed through the FIRE
which deyoursd 90 many OF his
associates. His cours4 throughout
the Panama inquiry as evidently