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Show QUEER COLONY IN PARAGUAY. Rules Which Uovorn a Settlement or Auitrullum In South America. From the Nov York World: One ot tho strangest co.onles in the world is probably that of Cosmo, founded in Paraguay by colonists of Knglish blood from AU3tralia. Tho property of tho colonists is all held In common, and all their work la done in common-cultivating, common-cultivating, building, housjkceplng but each family may occupy a house by Itself. There is no currency but labor, and every colonist has to give the colony tblrty-slx hours' labor a week. If ho works longer ho establishes estab-lishes a labor credit which be can draw on at any tlmo. Only teetotallers are accepted as colonists. A single man may put in extra labor to provide himself him-self with a bouse on his marriage. It tabor to his credit is not suOlclcnt the colony will allow him an overdraft to a certain amount. He could bavo as largo a house as ho chooses, although he would be considered foolish to have a larger possession than he needs. Hav- I ing paid for bis houso ho can draw I upon his surplus labor for anything else ho requires, or ho can uso his leisure leis-ure for cultivating his garden or as? other privato purpose. While the house has been built by the man's labor la-bor ho cannot, however, sell It. It Is only his to occupy. Cosmo docs not want slnglo men, although single women wom-en would bo welcome, being ecarco, as In most new communities. Tho women are occupied with knitting, sewing, washing and other womanly occupations, occupa-tions, but when a woman Is married tho colony makes no more claim upon her. She Is doing all that the community com-munity requires in managing .,her houso and attending -to her children. Men aro married at 21, women at 18. There is no religious servlco, but tho community lives on the Ten Commandments Command-ments and on its own ethical principles, prin-ciples, - |