The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-15

states The carcaSses are cut up into
Tong strips which are hung up
racks. and much OF Ii Is cut of ia
strips or sheets as customers order
great deal - sold ~ guess althouEh
there are scales and some go-s hy
weight. Here girl -iS sharpening her
knife : steel over there one Is
iRsIs 5uIddoQo .IsAH-la zuupueq
roast into sh2pe. and further down
see A butcher woman saving bone
Going on. ! ask TO the price II
eggs and am told they are bringing -
cents a dozen | stop at the vegetable
stalls Here every hing i sold ia plles
Peas are bought by tn. handful.
| onions by the pile or bunch. ana to-
matoes IN piles Of a half dozen or 80.
/ But few Of the market " omen furnish
/ paper or string for their customers
| The most common market basket -
the dishpan. or a wickerwork bowl
| like a bread bowl The wares are
put into these bowl, and carried OF
on the head see some girls wh.
| are totins bowls fun Of oranges and
lSegetab ables with sheets of raw meat
on the top They walk quickly along
with such loads balanced on their
heads making their way in and Out
through the crowd
AsunCion has one OF the quaintest
postotfices | have ever seen Ii is a
, court. containing a quarter OF an acre.
, with wide corridors facing the court
, over the court Is a network OF wires
upon which vines have been trained
50 that the whole Is rooted with
green The postotfices are back of
, the corridor. and the boxes are set
!, into the walls. 1t is delightfully."- cool.
. and forms a promenade or soSsiplnl !;
! place for the people Postage stamps
! here are priced according To the value
o of the money of the country. 1t now
costs IS cents Paraguayan To send a
. | letter. and % cents to send post
: card to the United States.
. This is SO Notwithstanding Para
. quay is in the postal union. IL ha:
, about four hundred poStofficeS. and i
~ handles something like six million
- pieces Of mail every year. The coun
- try has telegraph lines 10 the exten
Of about two thousand miles. and tn
:, 1000 per annum.
- This city in the heart OF Soutl
America. has good telephone ser
vice. 1t is owned by stock com
:. pany which pays fat dividends. am
: that notwithstanding the charges ar
reasonable | wish | could show yo
the central station. The lo-girl
~ are often quite pretty. They hav
- sweeter voices than our hello girl
% and no nasal twang. They wear low
nockou dresses OF Wnlle, ana most
90 them work with bare heads and bar
aa feet. There are orange trees just bac
iS of the office and | noticed that son
Of the girls had orange blossoms
their hair | asked as to salaries 1T
was told that each girl gets about tv
ne dollars week.
rel
SITS During my stay here | have taken
walk along the banks Of the Par
is quay The business OF the port h
g outgroWn its landing arrangement
as and improvements are contemplate
ers which will involve an expenditure
he millions of dollars. An esplanade
is to be formed which will be four
ost five miles in length and the bank
IN. the river is to be turned into a bea
ire tiful park. This esplanade will
ire one of the finest drives Of the wOrl
ny It will have views OF the Paraeu
OK and Of the Chaco on the opposite sic
cir Back Of it will be the great pub
ry- buildings, and at one end will be
ed large park.
I'd FRANK G.. CARPENTER