Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-30

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70 ire IN THIS CAPITAL.

x..Ains Il Done For Notifies. Aisaaas.
An picking and Essortioa Mass NJ
| u..,.r., asou. Ny Tsrae H~llcved Gus
,.~s-seiiiar liariessia.
~. ua,,es Centraies, as they are called.
| ,a,,s,s. ss i, vast iron structure situateu IN
rhe center Of Paris, a few squares Arou' sns
| r;vsr a., the ne-th side. The streets a'ou1'"
form an open rqusrc. other ssreess w"
| ,;,n., their coarSe through IL IecnhicSi.s
| !, contains 10 great lavilions, 70 say nos"
ms az the cellars. Practically u Is sssies
| III covered streets and cross streets, wue.s
an. vart,ers 5go.,, the cabbage hlAeAe. w
me ssuar,rasnt az eheeses and from ,.'e
,r,ne market 10 the fruits ard nowsrS is
actual divisions are rs iet'o"s'
and game. rieat, fish, butter, eS.s 'A'"
cheese. vegetables. iri'its ana no"viS
| A 10 the selling, It is eo'a who'ess Wv
and retail. Before pa NJ, II Is ooutse 'os
the provisioning OF Paris, wnefe nos p.ss
retail dealers come To s,et tneir wss,es, o"s
even exporting honses must hnu s"v ,s
primeurs which their distant eas'o'nsasu
.nsn,, Thus the first peaches are usaaisy
bought up for Russia often al ue..as n,'~
| Iii ani,ee. This example of peaches for
-, when eouplsd with theinformafion
~, The mass Of them from January TO
May are not grown in France at all. bat IN
IN, extensive hothouses outside OF fruS
liz will indicate what manner OK market
this place is A.,
rqaxer stands welcome yen along the
s,r.,.,s hefore YOU reach the market, OF
,rhi,h they are the promise and the sign.
They share this Office Of harbinser with
,hs host Of returning servant maids, How
~ faced homes Of opulent contours, whose
s,,ff starchsd skirts crackle melodiousiy TO
~, b.althy swins: of their sturdy limos
rbev are coif;ed in spotless mustn't their
sLi,ts are ,lraped in voluminous whi'o
aprons. they bear their purchases IN CO
,rsrtisb baskets aud the commissions they
have extorted from the market peopie IN
cold cash in their pockets,
This practice of giving commissioner 10
servants ON all they buy for their masters
tables strikes keynote OF Farisian haoi.,
Nnthinn il done for noshing. though al
nicking and eNtortiun must be done aeeoau'
| in, In the time holored customs. Inc
| honra will do her best to market for her
mistress and fight vigorously with the Ia
Ills Of the llallcs about the prices Only
after the money is paid and the Sooas arr
delivered in her basket she coo.ly asks ior
her commission, about which there Is no
fight at all. x..,,.
,h, r,is,rass II she be n boarding house
,,.eper. does for her guests. No matter
how mnch she may wish to keep you con-
,a,,s1 in her establishments she will black
raiI vonr wa,herwoman into giving her n
commission on YOUR weekly laundry Dill
So il is also with the municipality of Paris,
which forces stranger, to help pay taxes
by means of city customs on every phhch
Of radishes. So it is also with the re,aii
sellers of meat in this great market, who'
though YOU should buy s. worth OF roast
from them, would not give you a soup bone
without an extra cent piece.
Sol; is in the incloscd space OF the pou.-
try market, from which no purchaser is al
lowed to take ont anything for himself. u
it be only hare or "a &c zen larks they
must be given to STRONG man" to carry
to the street Mt a regulation charge OF :
cents. So it ia in the division of the butter
market Around the tables where butter
is sold the floor is kept strewn with clean
straw. This is to receive the dabs of but,
ter which intending purchasers have tasted
ON, thu ends Of butter testing skewers anu
| then thrown down. The straw is gathered
M carefully twice day by the porters
boys. whose pcruuisite il is, and they get
| from it enough butter to bring them in 500
francs Il month.
As "A result Of these minute pichings and
savings evrry body Is cheerful, everybody
profits. every body is handling ready money
OF the GD.Cc0 persons who are said to have
some connection or other with this great
market. fron,.he municipal inspector OF
| meats 20 tie i'~ensed tacteur who carries
home your basket, there IL scarce one who
does not get some little whack outside his
regulation pay. Therefore the llalles at
ford n unique theater for the display OF
| French good nature at its best-whcn
| Frenchmen are in the act OF gaining cen
| times.
That it Is almost impossible to ham. about
| the Halles and not participate in some de-
gree in this reign Of plenty modified by econ
omy is well known to Parsiun poor devils
(pauvres tilahles) who, hustled out of the
unlicensed 3 cent lodging houses 1T O'Clock
| in the morning TO present n colorado con
formation to the law concerning hotels,
haunt this square around the llalles The
| wholesale auctiOning, which goes ON from
II p. IN. to 8 a. M, they find cause for d
| version and an occasion to pick up slndry
| fruits to cat and perhaps few coins Mt the
| hands of generous peasants, who have made
| their market and are about departing In
their wagons for the country. Later on
\ they are almost sure to gain stray sous
from the ladies, who come all gay and lusty
| in the morning with their servants and per
haps their children to cheaper flowers and
| fruit and meat and fish.
| A harlequin, it will be remem bered, Is u
character in old pantomime distinguished
/ l,,, ~ tiygI mud t.I ral
ors At the IIalles harlequin" plate
| Of broken vctuals whose strange mixture,
perhaps of fish, sad, sweet pastry and pie
kles. has given it the name. Petty trailicA
/ ers make Il. business of collecting such
cooked scraps from hotels, restaurants and
private houses, and their sale throughout
the poorer sections of the city corresponds
| very closely to the function shop" not I'm.
known to eastern cities IN America.
| Twelve stalls for the sale Of these harle
quins are philHnthropically permitted by
/ the municipality in one corner Of this great
/ rich looking market Their proprietors
have n semiofIicial position their scraps
are known to be cleaner anil more judi.
| ciously selected than hose in raider resorts.
so that even the shabby genteel poor and
| even dead broke students o! the university
| do not disdaiu them. Seven cents will fill
"A man mp for the day and give him leeway
for bowl OF soup to wash tie dainiies
down. Then tue student gnps of to his
studies, and the poor deyil'' b,takes him.
self again 10 the lodging house to finish his
interrupted sleep for which no extra charge
J. made him. Sterling iieili., la New York
| sun.
One Human Toe Disappearing.
| The little toe is disappearing from the
| human foot. At u recent meeting of the