LABOR-SAVING DEVICES
A New Orleans man tells of a visit he once made to a small, although important, place on the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
At that time, it appears, his knowledge of South America was limited, and he viewed the sights with a keener interest than he does today. While he was waiting for the train in which he was to travel to Barranquilla, two peons went by with a wheelbarrow minus the wheel. It was a contrivance with handles at both ends, and it required the services of two men to move it.
Turning to a steamer acquaintance, the American asked him if there were no real wheelbarrows in the place.
"Oh, no," replied the Colombian; "we use these ingenious devices so that two men may do the work of one."