Show LAZIEST PEOPLE ON EARTH r they allye in a mountain between the black sea and the caspian the dirtiest people inthe world have recently been discovered by an explorer in the caucasus they live in an inaccessible ces sible mountain range between the black sea and the caspian their village being so snugly hidden away that no government has yet been able to reach them As they were 2500 years 1 ago so they are to this day seen from without taci e la a certain about a village althou eb it merely consists of miserable stone hovels without any attempt at form or adornment within the houses are inconceivably filthy they are filled with raes vermin and dirt of every description they possess no fireplace nor chimney all the cooking in fact is done over a hole scooped out in the middle of the floor in bouses men and women and children are huddled toy ether during the long winter months they are in for days at a time the cattle often sharing their every aperture has to be closed on account of the cold thia long imprisonment is perhaps the cause of the degradation of the people horrible diseases result from it which are aggravated agrava ted by an abnormal consumption of arrack the strong distilled drink f the besides being the dirtiest they are probably the laziest people on earth it is an invariable rule to make four days a week holidays with saints days aa extras since they have adopted the holidays of every other country with which they have come in contact it id not surprising that the men find little time for work farming bee culture and cattle breeding are the only industries of these lazy people throughout their territory there is cot a single manufactured article their children marry while very young they attend no school and lastly they have no money hartford times |