The Meeker herald., 1888-05-26

visit to - Warshous. Urap"h win IiSt-
Ing. ot All fSini.-Sar'.r. s-ni Their
D.nn.,.-A Pile of Old HuI b.rs aud
Areti...
Twas In my golden age Of childhood
that there lived. II inde.sd. she does not
yet u bent and withered WOMAN, wfinkled
a, China erepe and merry rs . lark > song
Nsthinks lis a. iAr back as tie third time
tho pussy wii!ows pgrrrd for no when
hfs, hraiyi her shrill elieery call. 'llallS
raks'' From then I'LL ! was quite biz
g-r misssy.- old Mary was welcome
arrival upon tho domestic srrfn vas
reminded OF Old Mary the other day by
seeing a woman walking briskly under a
heavy sack OF rags II was sunny. J was
s,rolling nisensibly and followed her Size
entered a warehouse lieHped with pirsinss
OF all kinds after hesiiaiinR a moment ]
did the same Things seemed novel, 90
when the proprietor looked al no 10 rather
a SURPRISED manner. | explained III Ike to
adj 10 my slim rtock of luiurmgti0n 20
.,.,niing ra-;s and rg pekefa Nherrat
lliu clerk inquired intrresiedly. 'Are yor
tho woman who wTii,-s1 nni r'g P-ddl"r
who had Just druppei Ia lesno.! up against
the wall aud g;HreI At mo hXe'.ly aud with
mnrh the same expression ~ no would
wear in viewing a reak la the dime
museum
oh It's a great business be remarked
i ulean tho prupricinr-az ho glanced
over sonlc lelt-rs b.foro conducting me
oyof thu sstAhlishmoui. III II Wevnt for
rags there would 10 no paper. you would
have no Bible. no fouAnc- no--l1so let
ter. he added In quite eourtly manner.
ui ali tho queer place, thni WnFuhousel
riami--frd over tho foot hills Of rags.
srIarriosl by valleys rich with old ir1n,
r.ne .horta lead piping brass win. and
my eve u-i~d upln Arrtic mountains Ia
tho Laek ground perhaps ! should say
mountains Of aFrtirs II rrrfari ! touched
fu,irl, uf.1n proirsainuai pdia when !
asked II that iuim-nsa bulk and tho iiany
bale, iof shipping were brought In - rag
pickcra ! vas Informed that rag p'esrEs
ar- those that Ep Hboui The sir,-is ani
alleys OF b~g rags. which they usually sell
10 small merchants Then there arc ras
p<.ldi-r, who own wagons anI SO about
among house, buying what they wish.
merchants huyiug irun 10th ,h~sr glasses.
and hinself, btyiue mostly irIl thcm
asked the proprietor what under the
rau1py DO du.-, with al. thi, truck, and
uas told 30 had contracts with large fac
tories all OYER tho country u.i metal,
arc n';urnri 90 ioundr.cs. Tapar and RAGS
Ia paf.rf mills riiI Els1 nuics, which zgs
used inr mzuillt paI'r. vinegar and oil
barrris 20 h. rsii!ied bits ~ leather Hii
old b11is 70 soap factories, where tho
Er-saa l. extracted f1r soap !us my elegant
laiir, ~iitr hands old b1ura 60 surar
IL nnrriea uha4p e4ieiuri they purify
sugar sud syrup. OF laiiF, mny IL shipici
Tor icriilidne Old bottles an rviuracl
to brrwrrs e;r. now cloth nss fnun
tailor. back 20 cloth ia-'ufirs aiii rubber.
gums a. tho AnEiomaiiaes terra '!.sH.
10 tho factory 10 Massachusetts,
Thai plie Of rnblrfr aud Ar'ii-a rrnrh
ing 60 tho rriilnF ili iu1k oli 'ghrrr
Wesu ,luy taby arctic, EHd large sapss
a,raad-,i siir by lido ihnsr cooperating
run down a. the hrrl rihirrs which r.o
pic had loot In tho sif,,i Hai iiraiy ahlch
had sprung leak auI hsrn Etzndgnel
ioa'tp ps'ari from many dir-riipas.
through maay paths, uiaa Zee; shei In
aui lhas1 laiius hold on
holt. haycut yual llcy pnacHt a god
ILLUSTRATION - rrlnrari.alida doc,riurs.
thsy uiu h. tIi - tho us-!rss Parts and
tho inpuFiiy Ani tirir hssi iaris sct; 20
tho f4rtoFy. uhrneu ilry Will shortly n
sue again. shining ard new
/ a!uay. gsai to dugrrca,a throwing
ar,-iirs. .ic. inis tho aiirSa. hni non ]
shall 10 all IN riy power 60 Essia' thcno
Fps; pici.rFs 20 a plentiful spring sTu?
liNN fNHEiAN ANsiF tAiAAa q f-"RsstA SO saa.Asss
ls-s.lil~s. quite a uuiui,cf uf boys aai girls
get employment Ia cutting OF Tic FlbbvF.
it's queer. taiias thea iiHndrvts of
them are dung inio hu.;v boa liaci uiih
burl1p Ti,rn man on oarh sido panpn
On a sindlAss-iisi, may 80; L. glczr
enough. lai that vi lat H. looks Ike Nhra
tho t-ix was uprtrsl. faw ihe rabhz.a
had trra ps,-ssr,i ont o. ell tcinhliucr.
Tho prdgfir;nF took ua~ 20 another ware
house aildfr iiso ru.-a wsrr trius sorted
: laus riuu was horlgscl With dep
t-otcs. in nhap,c and si-s likr table,, uiih
bottoms of rirycs Tor the dir; 30 Hlfi
through On either sidr stool women
fagidiy sorting iirfn. and gEorrinsly
giH-in. il1 o. O. into various h1rTu!s
ruunl about They wuFr caiicp gowns
reaching 20 tht!r fCc;. and scfellria ua
their hoods. Go project th'rrselvgs frpia
the dust They iiiut srsai 60 tr rnyin.:
any attention to vhc;hcr rsfH ,Ecr1 linrn.
wUoiru. missed. what not; rskril one of
th~tn hos shc tells "iiy tho feeling
We scarcely 1fa- stop q tsnrit- We s.;
- that W can tg!l anything - touching
u, even wiki cur cyts shut
"TasY iraFuti Ven. Tor 'hctr ~ has
tho tnark sumo girls rick u up In
uouplr u weeks autnr urtrr cln lu5ru u
uh h tsni dlsagrrcahlr uurE uh1n yuu' -
used - 4; Noat ru-a is pretty e!csa-
S1ric. she pointed 20 G tiu II gave now
mranlnr TO mems rirhtrugsaCsa ho!ng
lll.u "alihy tags. - L T." in Pioneer
b.