The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-30

the purple, occupy obscure cornef1
the badly-lighted room, and in tie T
quaint black costumes call to mt
those mythical but sometimes pop Is
gentlemen. the Jack of Clubs and
Jack of Spades. \ number of I'll y
long dead scions of royalty do /
sleep in Portugal, but their rest
spirits wander-if ghosts do wallJt
all-ahout the scene OF their greal t
splendOr and subsequent disaster h
| across the sea. Roistering Dom 10
VI, who, when sober, was all IL
could be expected of Latin K II
but when drunk allowed his sole Is
to divert themselves by tossing IL
ing pigs and Portuguese ba rs bn
their spears-was buried in the6tlda
convent of Rio, as was alss
Emperor's mother Inerformes- ar
young daughter or Princess IsaodNg
The large English colony of Opoh.
has a church and cemetery of it
own, the former, of course. Episct
palian. These eXiled sons of BritaiL
who are the leading merchants aril
importers of the place, manage I,
make life enjoyable here in spite b
the plague and the unpleasant di
mate--tinding something very liz
that of the right title, tight litfk
island" in the nasty fogs that eveiN
day come 5 tealing up the Douro ai
the turn of the tide, shutting off til,
landscape as with thick veil within
an inch or two of ones nose. Thl
few Englishmen who have familie
here live on the breezy heights abov
the unhealthful heart of the city
while the bachelor contigent inhabit
the "FactOry"-a singular name, b.
the way, for so magnificent club
There the male stranger within TIL,
gates is entertained right royalty
while visiting ladies are taken care O
by the English families on the hill
top. With cOmmendable nationa
pride, the first these good people viii
show you when setting out to "do'
the town is the great double-deckeG
bridge over the DOuro, which narks
the site of the Duke of Wellins N.
famous passage of the river, iM'G{ht
spring of 1909, when he surprise "A ID
put to flight Soult's, army of5e?J II .e
his own numerical strength. IaI A.!
There are two rather M5 II =
railway stations in OportoX% VA
ing line to the foot ofskIE
tinonntains, via the .frontissT
Valencia, on the Mimic; tne
running up the valley of the d
to PHO da Ragoa, where it for Al
unction with the Spanish road hX
Madrid to Paris, thus materi8
shortening the journey from LisN
to the French capital. II
1t is astonishing how much bushnell
is transacted in Oporto every day i
the year. Aside from the manufal
tories, which have given it the pseu
donym of 1.-The Manchester of Portu
gal'-the royal tobacco works, tb
royal soap factory and other crown
monopolies, there are manufactorie
OF silk and Gotten hosiery, of silk
brocades and cloth Of gold, lace, butt
tons, glassware, pottery, furniture
gloves and a dosen other articles, en-
ploying several thousand skilhaI
workmen. Excellent linen is a6ol
made and exported, leather goods
ropes, sails and other things pertadl
ing to the vast shipping interest
and the goldsmiths' work of OpoT
is famous the world over. The Ad
port of Port" wine alone amouu(nI
to many millions year. Next comkei
oranges and oil; then grapes, lemorI al
preserves and wool. Englad Ia
has the lions share of all this-nottr
ing but little wine coming to AmdfP
lea, and only our Goldfish going ",
Oporto. FANNIE B. WARDl