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worryn approaching the dlntreited American aa ahe
aaki: "Would you Ilka me to carry your trunks to
the hoteir . '
"Te nor." cornea the answer; "I want my trunks
taken to the hotel, but you can't do It you are not
strong enough ; besides you have no cart"
"Don't need a cart," answers tha Independent
Trench peasant, "My back Is stronger than any cart
around here." What worries her more Is the bargain.
She will have ten francs or nothing; that certainly Is
cheap for six trunks. "That's art outrage," exclaims
the independent American, quaking Inwardly. A bar
gain Is drlTen at seven francs, and the sjirewd French
woman slaps one trunk at a time over her back until
she has disposed of all six. Surprised as her custom
ers are -to find the trunks placed In the hotel, the
climax to this feat Is not reached until she slips a
trunk on her shoulders and Juggles up two flights of
stairs with it '
Women of Germany Pack Horses.
This is the first instance but not the last that the
American woman and her companion are told: "I
support myself and several children carrying trunks
all day long."
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, WOMAN going about in this country finds
traveling a simple affair. Before leav
ing the city she checks her trunks, and
then in ready to travel luxuriously and
has no trouble with the luggage until she
I reaches her destination, when she hands
over her check to a baggageman, and In a
few hours la unpacking her belongings.
Great Is her surprise when traveling abroad to
find no express wagon to take her luggage to and
from the station. If she asks the ticket agent to have
hrr trunks In a French station he will tell madame
that this Is not possible. She must wait until she
reaches her destination, and then a facteur will care
for her trunks. She takes his word, but- she Is much
bewildered; she cannot see how one man can care for
ix trunks. Her Journey at an end. she pokes her
head out of the window and calls "facteur" to every
man that passes, until some one who is willing to an
swer to that name chances along and chasses back
and forth from the station to the neighboring hotel
a half dozen times until he has disposed of the six
trunks.
"How odd," she exclaims to her traveling com
panion, "that In a large city like this they do not have
express wagons; I should think his baek would break
hauling 'trunks all day."
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Carry heavy Trunks on Backs.
She Is more surprised when she reaches the next
town and calls " faoteur," and no one answers her call.
Hho Is quite In despair, and says to her traveling com
panion: "Well, Mary, If one of those men don't come
along soon you and I will have to carry the trunks
to the hotel." Mary takes the Jest all too seriously;
her blood is up, and she replies "Madame, T am per
fectly willing to pack your trunks, but I don't Intend
to carry them." '
The argument is ended by a heavy set Frencb-
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In many a German village they find the same thing
that woman is the most primitive express wagon.
Sometimes her task Is made lighter by a gocart. which
helps her carry her luggnge, for her back often Is
too old and bent to bear the burden alone. The old
woman laughs as she explains: "When I was young
I could carry heavy trunks up and down stairs and ,
all about town, but now I am too old. When the
luggage it light my dog Carl and I carry In this little
wicker cart together. But when it la heavy my horse
Frits and t pull It in a large wagon." When this
kind old soul is asked If the work is not hard she
smiles and says: "Sometimes when I am tired and
got lots of work to do, but what can a poor old woman
do when she Is all alone and has to earn her living?"
In Belgium horses often cost more than the peas
antry can afford, and so many of the women often
trudge miles with one heavy basket slung over their
shoulders, another on their arm, and a third balanced
perfectly on their heads. They tramp along In tue
glaring heat until they reach the neighboring market.
Then they find no time to rest. They empty their
baskets, never thinking that in carrying such a load
they have performed a hard day's work, so eager are',
they to sell their flowers, fruits, and vegetables. After,
vending their wares all day they return with three
empty baskets, one strapped to the back, another on
the head, and the third on their arms. When asked
If they are not tired they say: "Yes; but we have
no horses and wagons, and so we must bring these
things to town or we cannot sell our garden products,
and If we have no money our children must go hun
gry." In traveling along the Rhine It Is no unusual sight
to see peasant women Journeying for days with a
wicker basket strapped to their backs. They are not
venders; they are travelers, and they carry Uiolr bas
kets filled with their linen and dresses Instead of a
trunk. They find this a worthy substitute for a trunk,
aa they have no fear of Its getting lost.
In Roumanta pretty peasant girls often work In
Inns, where they serve at the bar iind look after the
comfort of the customers generally. It was only re
cently that an Austrian ofllcer was dining at such
an Inn, where a beautiful Ttotimanlnn girl was pour
ing out his mug of ber. All at once the thought
dawned on him that he had left his trunk In the sta
tion, and he exclaimed: "Tell the porter to go and
fetch me my trunk." "I am the only porter we have,"
answered the timid girl, as she flushed rosy. "I'll get
your trunk. It will not take me long: I shall be bark
soon."
At first the officer thought she was Jesting, but
when he saw her start he knew It was more than
a Joke, and said: "Saprlstl, you'll never carry my
trunk alone!" " I must." exclaimed the girl, half
frightened. "Madame will be dreadfully angry."
"Hang madame!" came the angry answer.
"I can't; she's my mother."
"I suppose not," said the officer blandly, "but
we'll carry It together." They managed the task so
easily that In less than an hour they were engaged,
and were married In less than a year, so that the
mother no longer dared to ask her daughter to carry
trunks.
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Italian Women Pack Heavy Loads.
In Italy the people take it for granted that women
should carry heavy loads. Horses and wagons are
scarce, and It Is common for women to carry heavy
loads of wood from the dock to the market place.
Often they are so heavy the women look as If they
would stagger underneath. They cart this wood alt
day for less -than 60 cents.' though the lumber is dis
posed of In the market at a good price. When asked
why these lumber merchants do not own wagons they
say:
"We are cheaper than horses; besides, we have
to earn our living the beat we can."
In seaport towns the women often trudge mil
upon mile with heavy wicker baskets filled with fish.
The women are quite faint by the time they rea-'i
their fish market, but their tak is only begun. Tin'
sit all day under the glaring sun. hawking the r
they have carried miles to sell.
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ELEPHANTS RESCUING A YOUNGSTER FROM PITFALL.
FOR THE DEAF.
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APPLE AND PEAR.
WLK OF EUROPE HELD BV hf EMBERS OF ONE J-.Utl J
In a London hospital this wave siren is
used to test what sounds a deaf person
heart.- When once it is discovered that a
certain note is not heard or only heard In
distinctly a tuning fork of. this note It
elected, and an attempt is made to stim
ulate the muscle and to arouse the nerve.
If the tuning fork Is not sufficient, the
sound la increased by meant of a res
onator. AT DINNER.
The pitfall that la constructed for the capture of elephants Is a hole about
ten or twelve feet long, five feet wide, and about ten or twelve feet deep. It is In
shape from the surface of the ground to the bottom exactly like the letter V. This
formation is adopted to that the unfortunate captive can obtain no footing for hit
large feet at the bottom, otherwise be would be able to rear on end and regain his
liberty. For the companions of a mature old bull to lift him out of bis perilous
position would be a difficult task, but In tha cat of a half grown youngster the
matter Is comparatively simple. One of the herd entwines her trunk with the
prisoner's, while another placet her proboscis under the captlve't forequartera.
when, with a strong heave and a heave together, liberation Is rapidly accomplished.
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place them together so as to form two
squares. On one there should be an apple
and on the other a pear.
TINY AUTO.
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This young Jap U eating rice
with chopsticks.
Authorities declare that the shorter of
these leaning towers of Bologna, the
Torre Uartsendl. which is W3 feet high
and. 10 feet out of perpendicular, was built
obliquely on purpose. Its completion to
the highest of the neighboring Torre Aaln
elli, which it 3-1) feet high but only 4 feet
out of perpendicular, was found to be Im
possible. Both were built in the early
twelfth century.
SPECTACLE BRIDGE.
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All F-urope, wl.h the exception of France, Spain, Portugal, Italy. Austria. Tur
key, and a few statelets, Is ruled by the immediate kinsmen of King Haakon VII.
Their territories are printed black in thlB n;ap, while the Scandinavian group -Denmark,
Sweden, and Norway Is represented by a croHs hutch, to Indicate that
they are the more Immediately affected by the election of Haakon VII.
UNCHANGED.
CUR i SANTHEMUMS.
This little automobile, although capable
of a speed of fifteen mtlea an hour, la but
forty inches high and four feet and a half
long. It is owned in coiumbus, O.
PRICK EMBROIDERY.
THE END OF SOME MONARCHS Ol HIE JUNGLE.
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The Greeks and Rotnane used hinges ex
actly like those now In common use. The
accompanying cut shows four Roman
hinges of brunse, now preserved in th
British museum.
70 CLIMB MOUNTAINS
In Normandy. France, there stands a modern chateau,
the brick of which ia laid In such elaborate patterns that It
gives the effect of Intricate embroidery.
A contrivance hat been Invented to
make mountain climbing much easier.
The foot Is held with the aid of leather
straps In a clamp. The heel Is made In
two parts; one ia shaped like the boot, and '
the other, T, la screwed in the first, thus
raising the heel on a level with the toe.
These contrivances can be fastened onto
the toe of the foot when the climber is
descending.
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Kioto. Japan, boasts a " Spectacle Bridge." which is so
called because of the appeal ance its peculiar construction
presents.
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Before chr'santhemuine arc xhiblted ut
the various shows they are curled and
frilled by specialists to make them ap
pear to the best advantage. The photo
graph shows the specialist carefully curl
ing the petals of a prise bloom.
LARGEST ANCHOR.
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Stuffed tiger and tiger heads with skins folded 'beneath them. Shot by Rana Amerlka, has the largest anchor in the
ivbadag Shamsher Jang Badabur, prince of Nepal, at Camp Saugor, India. world.