, 1894-07-28

including that Of the Polytechnic. The dead
President having been an engineer, the post
OF honour was assigned to that body among
the representatives of the various branches of
the Army service. After the battalion OF
Engineers came the Chasseurs-a- Pied and the
Marines, these troops marching with b~aynnets
fixed and arms at the slope. Indeed, ! did
not observe, although it was a military AS
we'll as u Slate funeral, any troops walking
With their arms reversed. Succeeding the
5000 or 4 900 infantry representatives of the
army of France came eight huge cars, each
drawn by four lor,es draped IN funeral G!ack,
Upon these vehicles, were piled the beautiful
and nuInberless floral wreaths. Conspicuous
among them / noted q magnificent crown Of
pale roses and lilies, the souvenir OF RusslR.
Then next in order marched q body OF stu
dents from the Polytechnic, bearing wreaths,
for NJ. CarnOt had been a pupil once III that
famous school. Then was borne the couronne
presented to his lamented predecessor by NJ.
Casimir-P erier. Behind was the funeral car
and the coffin wherein lay all that was mortal
of NJ. Carnot, covered with the tri -colour.
AS soon as the hearse was seen across the
Place de la Concorde a cry of "Silence it
comes was raised. Every umbrella had al
ready been folded away. and now every man
and lad dotted his hat or cap, the women
crossed themselves, and Il stiffness, absolute
as Of the tomb, fell upon HE great multitude.
1t was the most perfect and most complete
act Of respectful sympathy that could have
been paid by any p~Opulace to a dead ruler.
Following the funeral car, walking on foot;
We're, in the order named, the late Presidents
personal servants and male members of the
family. Then in the middle Of the roadway,
walking alone, though to some extent hem
med IN by officers and State functionaries,
MAS the new President Of France, NJ. Casimir-
IeIier. lie wore the broad ribbon of the
Legion of Honour over his breast. Ills at
tire was the conventional French evening
dress. After the President walked Senators,
Ambassadors, aud Ministers, Cardinals and
Marshals Of France, Hepaties, Officers and
others. Naturally ones eye caught the faces
Of Lord Dufferin, Count Munster, the Russian.
and the Turkish Ambassador. ] slso noticed
the red uniforms Of the British military repre-
senta tives, the white dress of the Russian
and he grim black helmet Of the German at
tach6. Nowhere, however, was there a cry or
a sound uttered.
Cardinal Richard, attended by the cathedral
clergy, is long scarlet train borne by minor
ecclcsiastics, received the Presidents body at.
the church door with appropriate prayer, and
preceded it to the catafalque, where it WAS
~ ESDANN " AN 80 bNHiNA7J "N AHASNA
ateIy surrounded by twenty superior officers
representing, the different branches Of the
French naval and military services. While
the procession Of the corpse, escorted by &C.
ciesiastics and Cuirassiers moved slowly for
war the mighty Bourbon of Notre Dame,
tolled solemnly, and NJ. Saint-Saens played a
pathetic voluntary upon the great organ.
During the ensuing quarter of an hour the
illustiious and distinguished personalities who
had followed the funeral ca, + ON the Elysee
entered and took tht places assigned TO them.
Il was q long and continuous stream of varied.
colour and Shimmering sheen that flowed
up the nave to the limit of the sanctuary
within the hallowrd precincts OF which The
new President took up his stand alone facing
the altar, just without the choir railing. He-
was followed by a goodly assemblage of.
French civil and military dlgnitaries, legal
and academical luminaries, councillors of
State, officials of universities, colleges, mu-,
seums, art Institutions, high and technical
schools, synods, and learned and philanthro-
pical associations. II obed, furred, decorat-
ed, atrayed in archaic costumes, and adorn-
ed witt every imaginable variety Iof dis
~tinctive badge and emblem, there was a glare
of bright broad rioands and a glitter of stars,
crosses, aiguillettes. sword hilts, c~uirasses,
gol1 and silver lace, such as [ have seldom