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The Portland daily press., 1900-03-05
(TALK No. 1872.
AT A DISTANCE

In majority OF cases, glasses
which are cape olally adapted for sew
ing AMI reading, cannot be used for
seeing at long distances. 1bis 10 par
ticularly true II the wearer Is over
forty-flve years OF age. 10 some psr-
sons 1t is very annoying to be COM
PEELED to remove the glasses every
time 1t Is necessary to look ACROSS the
room. OF late, 1 have heard this
s-oken OF a great deal. Tbs troubis
can be easily obyiated by wearing BIZ
focal lenses. In these, the upper parts
are fitted for distance aud the lower
parts for reading, II you look down
on the book or sewing, You look
through the lower parts. When you
raise the eyes TO look at distance.
you see Just as clearly. They are the
nearest approach TO the natural eye
that 1t is possible to devise. Come in
and let me make you pair.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-05
Reported Attempt to Escape of
Boer Prisoners.
Lad ysmith Could Not Have Held Out a
Week Longer.

10 abandon the territory around Rsns-
berg and the retreat has been effected
under the protection Of mounted
BurGhers.
1t Is officially announced that on Feb
uary 27, General Cronje with from 9ooC
to 5000 meu surrendered owing to the
scarcity Of food and ammunition. The
President, Krugsr, Is issuing q stirring
address to the burshers In Natal, who
are falling back on Riggarsburg. The
President will return to Pretoria Sum
day.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-05
STRUCK HIS TOE

against the chopplng block and spilled the
pitcher of cider he had gone down cellar to get
Served him right. No use having ehopping
block. No wood needed. BENSoNS AL
WAYS READY CHARCOAL takes its place.
BIG BAG lOc AT ALL GROCEkS.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-05
THE BOERS IN TROUBLE.

London. March 5.-Mr. Spenser VII.
kinson In the Morning Post today merely
reviews the small events announced in
the dispatches from the front and ex-
presses the opinion that the Bosrs cannot
place more than forty thousand men to
oppose Lord Roberts except by complete
Abandonment OF Natal. He says:
k"Witaout that the Beers must keep
two strong rear guards, one at ths orests
Of the Free State passes, ana ths others
at Biggar's Berg. General Butler Is
between them and can threaten either at
his discretion. He can therefore compsl
them to keep disproportionate forcs
on the two lines, or 30 leave one O. the
other open to his advance"
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Rue Rambuteau and Fointe st. Eus-
tache, near the church OF the same
name, is the largest of the Paris mar
kets. The construction Of this great
seat Of commerce cost over 12-00000O
francs, and took some years to COM
plete. The halles are lighted by cleo
tricity, and underneath are lofty cell
lars. where the provisions are stored
pending sale. There are large salt and
fresh water tanks for fish and excellent
ventilation. Here the thousands OF
geese and chickens devoIred by Paris
daily are plucked and got ready for
the market above. and here the ecos-
seuses de pois sit Smelling peas all day.
These women generally follow the
trade Of oyster openers when peas are
out Of season. Many thousands of
people are employed in these cellars
and virtually pass their entire waking
existence there.
The Halles Centrales is situated on
the site OF the old Marche des limo
cents, which in turn was situated on
the ancient burial ground of the church
Of this name. When the Marche des
InnOcents was in course os construe-
ton quite a pestilence ragged about the
neighborhOod, owing to the disturb
ance of the graveyard, but the bones
found were transferred TO the cata-
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in the Philippines as aide-de-camp to
General Lachambre. He has recently
published a volume of 600 pages con-
corning the Philippine campaign in
1897 a book which is recognized in
Spain as authoritative. As military
attache to the Spanish legation, when
Spain resumed diplomatic relations
with the United States, and re-estab-
lished a legation at Washington,
Colonel Monteverdes position has been
somewhat delicate, but a diplomatlst
is understood to have nothing but a
wholly official memory and no person.
al feelings whatever, and Colonel Mon
teverde has succeeded admirably in his
difficult position, He spends a great
part Of his time in New York, and
always declares that he finds America
and Americans delightful.
Like the Spanish military attache,
Commander KatsurO Marta, the rep
resentative Of Japan's navy at the
capital, has seen active service in war.
He is typically japanese in appear
ance, graceful and slender, with the
Enthusiastically Japanese ability to
extract amusement from tritieS. He
was educated at the Japanese naval
college at Yatashima, where five or
six Americans are now studying. He
is unusually expert in swordmanship
after the Japanese method Every
japanese officer is trained for four
years in the use Of the sword. For the
first two years he is allowed no weapon
but a mock sword Of bamboo. In the
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THE PHILIPPINE RAILWAY.
It is 122 Miles in Length, and Of An
tiquated Pattern.
(CasselIs MagaZine.


The fact that the entire railway system
of the Philippine islands at present con-
sists of single line of Anticipated pat
tern, having a length of less than 125
miles, gives some idea of the neglect of
this economic form OF travel and trans
portatiOn under the long Spanish regime
The road intersects the rich peninsula
northwest of Manila, and connects that
city with DagupaG, q town on the east
coast of the island of LuzOn, which viii
eventually become an important one. To
be exact, the length of the line IS ~
miles. The gauge is three feet six inches,
and the ties are of the finest hardwood,
obtained from the forests along the line.
On the entire length there are sixty iron
bridges.
As compared with the fairly substantial
character of the rOadbed. the rolling
stock IS very light Ia speed ana capa-
city the locomotives are insignificant. be-
ing of less than ten tons burden. The
usual speed varied from fifteen TO
twenty miles an hour. and when the
American troops took possession their
railroading astonished the natives, the
speeds being frequently doubled Com
partment coaches are used and these are
divided into three classes, or apartments,
each apartment seating eight passengers.
The few hrSt-class coaches are provided
with comfortable cane chairs, while the
second-class apartments have rough
wooden benches, and The thlrd-clasS are
bare and are usually crowded with ma
tives carrying baskets and bundles If all
descriptions. An ordinary train is made
up Of eight or ten carriages, most of them
third-class, and the fare ranges from 2
OF the freight now carried is made up
of rice, sugar, hemp, and building ma
terial. and the rates Oil all classes or
traffic are considerable.
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WOMAN MAKES A FORTUNE
FROM PEACOCK FEATHERS

Aiken. S. c.. May 2.-The old-fash-
Toned fly brushes of peacock feathers
are coming back into fashion and one
woman near Aiken. S. c., is making a
snug little income By the manufacture
and sale of them to northern visitors.
of course. the feathers must be
glucked in May or the early part of
Jame if you wish to have them in the
best condition" said this maker of pea
cock fly brushes. whose name. by the
way, is Mrs. John Jones. After that
time the fowl begins to shed them and
they are not 50 good. I sometimes pluck
part OF tail and let the bird so for
another week because I find all the
feathers are not ripe. How can 1 tell?
Why, when there is the slightest blood
at the stems. When perfectly ripe they
come out easily and the stems are not
the slightest bit discolored.
In price my brushes range from
$25 to $50. Those at the first named
price contain only the feathers from
one fowl, while the more expensive
ones have carefully sorted feathers
from half a dozen tails.
In making I begin with the handles,
the foundation of which are of some
strong, light wood Over this wooden
stick ] fit the long stems Of the best
tail feathers, which / have Scraped
clean and white. Then I weave back
and forth over and under these stems,
black or dark green braid about an inch
in width. The effect is very pretty and
it will last as long as there is a feather.
The lower end of this handle I finish by
3. neat cap Of leather. the color of the
braid
i next prepare to put on the brush.
In the smaller or upper end of the stick
l have cut three grooves on the upper
of these l fasten a funnel shaped piece
of paSteboaTd-the small end just
fitting the stick-by wrapping with a.
strong flax thread. This done Il put on
the first row OF feathers. Selecting
the long ones I fit the stems around the
funnel, carefully keeping the feather
ends on a line and the eyes turned out.
Then tie them first at the groove
where the funnel is. tied and then in
the groove below, clipping the stems
of just below this second wrapping.
Next, with q coarse needle and some
Of the fax thread I string these feath-
ers and tack firmly to the pasteboard
funnel about a half inch from the up-
per edge. Remember that the success
of your brush depends on the security
with which this first row is attached
to the stick and the pasteboard funnel.
Between thetop Of this pasteboard and
the eyes Of this row the feathers must
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combs and the place filled in with fresh
air. A feature of this market is the
famous FOntaine des Innocents, with
its five nymDhs by Jean Gonjou, one
Of the artistic sights Of Paris.
Another market place of special in
teTest is the Marche du Temple, a
clothes market, in the Rue du Tenn
pie. Here dealers in old clothes ply
their trade on the spot WheTH the Tour
du Temple, once the stronghold Of the
powerful Knight Templars, formerly
stood, and from which the place takes
it's name. After the suppression of
this order the Tour was used as a royal
treasury. Later it served as the pris-
on Of the royal family during the revo-
luton. In 1911 this old building, dat
ing from 1912, was ruthlessly torn
down, and today this historic spot is
the foundation of 2,4O0 secondhand
clothes stalls.
other markets in Paris are the horse
market, the cattle market, the fowl
market. the wine market, and so on.
There is even the market for models
in the Rue de Ia Grande Chaumiere
and Place Blanche, where artists come
every Monday morning TO hire men and
women to pose for them, the former at
francs and the latter at francs a
day
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TWO BRAVE FOREIGNERS
WHO LIVE At WASHINGTON

third year he uses a sword two days
in the week, and in his fourth year he
practices with a keen-edged sword ev-
cry day. He is taught to defend him
self with his bare hands. too. and it is
to this latter training that Commander
Marta owes his life. 1t was during the
war with China that on one occasion
he led a accommodating party some
where on shore. In the darkness the
japanese stumbled upon small body
Of the enemy As they turned to re-
treat to their boats, Commander Martha
found his way barred by a big China
man, who had evidently been just
reused from sleep. There was no time
to draw his sword. He rushed at his
adversary, seized him, and, with the
art Of the japanese wrestler, which
makes every additional pound of the
enemy's weight only another help to
his undOing, he flung him over his
head and escaped in the darkness.
When the fort at Wei-hai-wai was
taken, Commander Martha was put in
command, because the immense guns
were quite beyond the understanding
Of any but naval officers. In his little
force of sixty, one chief officer, four
petty officers and seven sailors were
killed. The young commander himself
narrowly escaped death. The officer in
command Of one Of the guns had fallen
at his place. Marta Sprang to relieve
him, when the Chinese ship Chin-Yen
sent a shot, which, Commander Marta
says, with a naive smile, he did not
see coming. It struck the great gun
squarely. The monster reared high in
air and burst into five pieces, one OF
which swept past the young officer,
WOunding him in both fOrearmS. 1t
I,.,
was sent to Washington, after year
spent in European travel. Commander
Martha always dresses in European
fashion, as do all the Oriental members
of the diplomatic corps, with the ex-
ception of the Chinese. His great re-
gret is that he could not follow our
army to Cuba. He did go to Tampa,
but business in connection with Jap
anese ships building at the Cramp
shipyards kept him from leaving the
country.
The Italian embassy is at present
without q military attache. as Lieu
tenant FercciO WHALE, who is accTedit-
ed to Washington. is with our army
in Manila. The Turkish military at
tache, also, is absent He is watching
military operations in South Africa,
and will return to America when the
war is over. He is Adjutant Major
AziZ. aide-de-camp to his majesty the
sultan.
Aziz Bey. received his appointment to
Washington in consequence of brill
liant and daring feat performed during
the war with Greece. It was nothing
less than a long ride in range of the
enemy's guns, TO bring back TO the
main body Of Turkish forces column
on the left wing, which had in some
way misunderstood its orders, and had
wandered SO far from the rest of the
army that it was about to be cut of
by a Greek brigade. Aziz Bey escaped
without a wound. Before the war he was
military attache to the legation at st.
Petersburg, and spent five years in
Russia. He is a young officer, to whom
the sultan is said to be greatly attach
ed. and is very much liked in Wash
1ngton.
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be strung three times and the thread
firmly tied.
The next row is put on about the
same way, except that the end of the
feathers come far enough down to show
the eyes in the first row. while the
stems are wrapped in the middle and
lowest grooves. The succeeding rows
are much more easily fitted in as there
are but three points to observe; first.
let the eyes of the preceding row be
plainly visible; second, wrap the stem
ends firmly. and third, string them in
such a manner that the threads will
not show. "A brush so made viii show
succession Of peacock eyes and the
effort is exceedingly rich.
Now, to cover the wrappings where
brush and handle meet, 1 either put on
a tapering leather cover to match the
cap at the lower end of the handle or
cover a piece of stiff canvas with the
breast feathers and put that on. The
breast feathers, I think, make the
hand5Omest and the most appropriate
base from which the tail feathers ap-
pear to spring. I sometimes cover the
handles with plated leather or with
palmetto, but most of my orders have
been for stem and braid coverings.
Pea fowls are not numerous, as they
lay very few eggs. The first year a
hen lays only two eggs, and then one
more for every year after. The Young
are very delicate, but when matured I
think they almost never died. Two of
my cocks, ] am sure, are p years old.
They are very useful on a. farm as they
brighten away hawks, thus protecting
the other poultry, and the negroes and
many well informed whites have great
faith in them as weather prophets.
I have ten cocks, consequently have
only ten tails a season of my own rails
ing, but I buy those of other farmers
wives all through the state, paying
from 81 to So, according to the quality
Of the feathers. The older a fowl the
heavier and better is its tail in q. good
season. have all the summer and fall
TO make my brushes and so ] do the
work entirely. Last season sold forty.
while for next season I already have
Sixty-eight ordered. I don't think they
really are going to be used to brush
away the flies at meals. as they are
here in the south, but. Will be ADAPTED
as ornamental and many ladies will
add them TO their oriental rooms or
corners. It has always been a mystery
to me why the feathers of these fowls
have not some regular market value, as
they are beautiful, durable and can be
taken from the bird without causing it
pain. Some day, am sure, they viii
be much more sought after, so I am
gradually increasing my flock"
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LAUNDRY WORK.
That Women Who Board Insist on
Doing in Their Rooms.
CNew York Times.J

CNeW York TimeSJ
There is one thing" said the boarding
house keeper, that these people who are
getting up the Working Women's hotel
will be pretty sure to overlook, and that
is laundry where the boarders may do
their own washing. When a woman has
to practice ecOnOmy-and you may be
sure most of them do who work for their
| living-the first thing she seems to think
about is cutting down her washerwoman' S
bill
Il lost one of the best dressed boarders
1 ever had by telling her, when 1 went in
TO her room one day and saw a stout
Irvine stretched across it covered with
clothes that mad been hung up to dry
that that wouldn't do; if l was going to
put up with such as that / might as well
move down to Avenue 3 at once And
there was another bOarder had. one who
Sported Sealskin jacket on the street
| and was always telling me | ought to
keep more servants; well, when | came
across her one day washing out q lot of
things IN the bathroom l said to her; I
ne er expected to ind you doing your own
washing. i amt washing these things,
she said, 1 am only bathing them -
Maybe she could see the difference, but
didn't
Washing hard work? Not a bit of-it
If anybody has got the strength to go at
II llAb AA5nL way anu II : fECFeduOU tOT
those who don go out much in the even
ing, and don't care for reading. You NAV
not believe Il, but there's lots of women
taking in washing here in New York City
who have worn silk and sealskin in their
day When man dies without making
any provision for his family, and his wild
Ow don't know enough to run a boarding
house, or even q sewing machine. there
don't seem anything left for her to do but
to take in washing in order to keen a
home up for her children OF course
though while there is one laundress of
this kind, there are dozens and hundreds
who are seeing their best days right now
'One Of this sort was washing blankets
for me, and she grumbled like anything
because / wouldn't send out for beer for
her. She had a good place at one of the
uptown hotels, where she was getting SD
a month and three meals a day. with all
the tea and coffee she could drink and
nothing to do but plain washing; but she
left because they wouldn't furnish her
with beer. She isn't doing any regular
work just now, having left her last place
because her hands were badly chapDed
through her not taking proper care of
them. They are well again now, and she
/ is looking out for another situation but
she said to me: I've been to mass every
morning for "A week past, but divil Job
have got, for all I have dragged myself
out of bed so airlyt'
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ing and thrifty class. however. and al
though nowadays they vail over the
change in the times and the profits
of other days. they still manage TO live
comfortably and save money.
A curious functionary Of the Paris
markets is the egg tester. he IS an
official who sits with a lighted candle,
before which he holds every egg ad-
mftted to the market, in order to test
it. Another set Of odd characters are
the MERCHANDISE d Arlecain, or hash
dealers. These HarleqDtns buy from
the lower class restaurants OF Paris
all the refuse OF the larder from day
to day. and sell to the very poor, who
have only a few sous to invest in a
meal Even broken pastry is disposed
OF in this way and what is left over
to the Harlequins is boiled together
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Che Partisan markets.
Interesting Spots to Visit If You Go TO the ExpoSitiOn-The
Market Women.

1t goes without saying that the in
uelligent visitor to The Frerch capital
this summer VIII find much that is pic
turesque and entertaining there, out
side the exposition Those who make
special arrangements to view the mar
kets of Paris, for instance. will be ex-
dremely well repaid for their time and
trouble.
Nightly, soon after u o'clock, while
the bouEevards are still teeming with
life and gaiety. a steady stream Of
market carts filled high with farm pro-
0uce, begins to roll into the city along
the Rue de RivOh, TurbigO. St. Denis
and ST. Martin. on their way to the
various haIles and marches. There is
something strangely pastoral in the
rumble Of these carts in the early
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Washington, May Especial IF
Lieutenant Colonel Federico de Monte
verde Y Sedano Of the Spanish legation
were to be stood on his head he might
not, like Kipling's "Bobs," spill out
a quart Of lead" but Lord Roberts has
scarcely been wounded more times than
he. Colonel Monteverde is a tall, slen-
der man, considerably this side of 50,
with a thin, earnest, almost tragic face.
On state occasions he wears upon his
breast seven medals conferred upon
him for gallant conduct in as many
battles, and if ne Hwere to wear all the
decorations which have been given him
at various times, the front Of his tunic
could not begin to hold them.
He served in Cuba at the beginning
Of the instruction, and in 1896 and 1897
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purple glory of asters dahlias and
gladioi. Roses may be found. how
ever. at all seasons Of the year. In
winter they are somewhat scarcer, but
they are to be had and cheaDly, too.
measured by the American standard Of
price. Then there are potted plants
azaleas. palms, ferns and cacti, all Of
the rarest and most beautiful
Although it may be said of the Paris
markets that their extreme cleanliness.
the dainty fashion in which food is
displayed, and their masses Of color.
artisticaily grouped, make them well
worth seeing. 1t IS quite wonderful
what the market women can do in the
picturesque arrangement Of onions
beets. radishes, carrots. lettuce, turnips
and cabbage. i must be seen to be
realized In the Halies Centrales the
fruit section is s. veritable picture of
still life, invitngly framed in cool look
ing vine leaves ane ferns
The Halle Centrales. situated at the
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Eat as a. organ plower.
Longman's Magazine.1

An Irishman had been obtained at a
pinch to blow an organ. The player was
ready and the signal was given, but no
wind came. The signal was repeated d
second time, and gain a third time, but
still without result. The delay was be-
coming awkward, the congregation was
getting uneasy What was TO be done ?
Choristers and OTganist now united in
shouts of Blow blow, biowl" Not the
slightest zephyr stirred within the wind
chest At length the Organist fastened
to the blowers sanctum. And what a
sight it was that met his eyesi Clinging
with heels and hands TO the long wooden
handle of the bellows there hung the son
of Erin, his eyes starting from their
sockets and his cheeks distended and
crimson, blowing as if for dear life into
the end Of that long wooden handle.
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Of them are wonderfully pretty, and
most of them are young. As a class,
tlney are exceedingly. good-natured and
charitable. hence the collection Of out
casts known as la geuape, Who, dodg-
ing the police. prowl about the mar
kets in the early hours of the nlocn-
ing, going from booth to booth, pick
ing up what they can; a most tat
tered and wOe-begone contingent, the
lowest dregs of a great city's lowest
class. just as must of these market
women have charity so, too, most Of
them have the passion for gambling,
thus displaying two traits of character
that often are seen together. They
delight in lotteries and being on
horses. Large numbers Of them We're
victims Of the great Panama ewindle.
and Isley are always ready TO invest in
financial schemes. no matter how Wild
" ridiculous. provided they be launched
with the promise Of fabulous interest.
They are an exceedingly hard work