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Show TWO MEN AT ONE SPADE. Method of East Indian Coollei Divides the Labor. At hill stations In tho Himalayas, linlln, coolies aro employed uncens-It.gly uncens-It.gly In tho enro of tho snako-ltke rends which wind round nnd round tho sides of tho hills. Their method of working provides a novelty to ono accustomed to tho methods of laborers labor-ers at home. When digging, two rt.c-n work ct ono spade, a ropo being nttnehed to tho lower end of tho wooden shaft, nnd pulled by ono coollo to assist tho other In lifting nfter tho latter has filled the spade. Tho work Ik dono very rapidly, so much so, Indeed, ns to Justify tho employment em-ployment of two men at ono spade; but it 1ms a decidedly comical appear-anco, appear-anco, nnd lemlnds ono of n clockwork clock-work toy. 1'enrson'H Weekly. |