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basket wished to show all the. lost rlchet
| that this subtle industry gave back to sHciety
y who s
At fret attempted to interrogate, the rag;
| nckcrs In their own quarters, but obtained
no valuable Information. | saw that 4. was
necessary to become q rag ricker mysclf." !" Al.
mart played by the raGpieker in. tho manpfac-
ture Of papcr. and made an a,lnsion to that,
are o5 hnTa nO 1a' asS 81 ali hst
into my study. am lust now making I,, col;
this hasket-the material found IN the streets
and the things which can be manufactured out
OF that material, am doing this for u mu-
Then, in his, workshop my intorlocntor
showed me mechanical tGyseYtremsiy curious u
Eenious principally In tin. such as are sold on
The houleyarjs and in our bazaars at fromone
fisherman scented in a boat. who follows in i'm
nginary water the movement OF hia bait IN the
jerk There. again. are two boxers who punch
each other In splendid style. and there. again.
This is the iirst material" snid VI Paulian.
:" It is tho product OF portions OF eardine boxes.
They have also made little railroads The
itsplf The handsome yellow wheels are made
out Of the solder Of the same box which they
we % have e funny inn ds;aii. As the Prefecture Of
Police obliges the manufacturers OF these OBJ
jectB intended for children to employ inonen-
black is the cheapest. you will remark that
there are alwaya three or four baggage cars
iaise idea to a young foreigner who nigh: lind
himself on one OF our railways"
NJ Pa9lian then showed me some buttons.
'These buttons are made with puncher,
and the placards, always numerous after hot
the material used in their manufacture.
have more than 5000 pieces OF this KIND
thing well worth @ stSdyIng Is the srs
cloth, and hair. picked up from the ash barrels.
The very correct gentleman whom in your
donning n head dress made out Of the debris
of an old umbrella picked np IN the street, and
been obtained in in the 81 same am wa" way. When for the
first time announced these facts. certain
houses IN the hair Gusinsss ss accused me q ini
satisfaction Of catching in the act the very
writer's OF tho letters OF reproach thnt were ad-
dressed to me-
The 1nSpCbsr wSsh Is vcEN popular tsDs in
Ssrs sasssss% e NJ T'f r%ulia" il tGis
Without doubt. said he; Il have lived
among them. And.what Is more. We never find
S ssh se the n
mission TO which belonged. You know that
the Preiact Of the Some issued an order
boxes. which the scavengers should carry
away. which the raGpickers would have
til ese Sc boxes w the very name mar Of Of the reform pre-
feet and called them ,,PonbrReS.' protested
against this order; and here ia II series OF let
ters which have been written to mo on this
subject by raGpickers. whose orthography and
style are perfectly correct.
My interfocutor stopped n moment to take
down from the wall II ragDicker's lantern.
Here" said he. hnlf laughing and half moved.
lis lantern OF honor which thts H. honorable
But there are other trades less honorable
and also less known as regards their products
who realize little fortunes"
"Yoa also went into the business of picking
." Certainly. l one day asked NJ. I.abure.
when he was Under Secretary Of state. what
the State lost through the business Of the cigar
as YOU know is state monopoly NJ. Labure
studied the question and presented me with
ed this conclusion-,hat the loss sustained
was little or nothing, That appeared to me
almost incredible. and as the Ur "r Secretary
celebrated at the Madeleine: tho most fashion
pleasure OF pinching the leg OF the Tnder
Secretary OF ,St State. In one hour 1 made
And now about the beGEars
I'm comingto that: The idea occurred to
Women OF France: Messrs. AEonod. tho Chief
ent Minister Of Commerce. and Defor:. Mayor
Of the sixteenth arrondissemcnt OF Paris.
Sa Tas aWays o sen to tne
fessional begEars. WHO often max" astonish-
ing profits ut their trade: They were speaking
l expressed the regret that had addressed
myself in vain to u. do Nun and the late Mgr.
nasTy sshSD S to s Ss@
proposed 10 procure me the necessary means
In his precinct. and he 2b,ninsd for me the
Five women formed n line ut the door whom.
covered with rags my right hand Paralyzed.
enormous wig. came 70 take my place upon
the steps Of the temple. To describe the effect
produced by my aprari;ion would DO a dlfflcul!
thing. | vas received with u broadside Of
i?kes and insults such as You could have no
idea Of. Just look at thar old rascal there.
our bread. rerSaps y he Ei!!ed his iSthsr
mOtno intd Hadea 0s sn"thsr ssnrrn and now he
scoundrel.' added q third while pnssIrf o..
front OF me- and sending me to the seronf x.
Their threats kept on increasing. and "aliy
believe that if had not shown IN yyan
gesture that my rarnIy>ed 4, was
OF getting cured very quickly those
vixens would haye.torn mo to pie"e-
"a lady Arrives Tnke pity ;%id j. oa
infants . The lady put her hand in her pocket.
out SO" and gave IL to me.
AnOtneT Iauy came NloN.. ShD nnpneneu
to be an acquaintance Of mine. a charming
woman wing in the Kuo des Sts. Pores. hal
once. She gave me two sous. and diln't |
even look at my neighborS. she hEd 20 much |
I" do to overcome n natural inclination to
burst out laughing at tho rgure ] rut Then
n ro.leGian. who accompanied his mother. |
took oHt ni his pocket u low centimes ard
distributed them among my neighbors. ana |
also got my share. A cook gave me two |
cents. Then cdmo n Senator WHO knew mo
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