St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-14
THE REPUBLIcA INcoGSIrA.
4 Country Win Nine Romen for Eac

4 Country Win Nine Women for Each
Man.
On Friday morning looked out Of my ca
bin window to find that we were tied up at
the most yellow wharf that ever saw, and
In front Of large harn-like building. did
not dream that we were at Asuncion. but go
ing on deck found that the barn was the Gus
tom house for Paraguay, and that when We
went ashore we were in the city Of the repub-
lea ineognita. A very nice little city we
found 1t to be. Not that ii is pretty or pre-
tentious, or worth yisiting-but 1t is an en-
terprising, republican, go-abead place. Most
OF the houses are small and old, and are built
without any regard to being on the streets.
You cannot imagine s more irregular as
semblage of houses, but the symmetry with
which the public buildings are built offsets
this. The presidents house, government
house, arsenal, barracks, and custom house,
stand on wide boulevards, and with the ex-
ception of the latter, are as well built as the
similar buildings in any American city of the
same rank. The word ''asuncion," you
know is not Spanish, for ascension" IS we
used TO believe when sehoolboys, but for as
sumption, and in the case OF the Paraguayan
city is well bestowed, for II Is not often in
South America that there can be found CITY
that is more assuming politically, socially
and generally. Remember that fifteen years
ago It was sacked by the Brazilian army, and
look at It now is a busy trading town of So
600 people, many of them Of fine cultivation.
In short, one need not fear 10 be proud Of
seeing such a city, city built by virgin for
ests on a beautiful hill that slopes from sun
ny farmlands 10 the grand, wide Parana I
viii no; 20 !rto dusty details, but assure you
that though isolated, Paraguay il state
worth knowing. Situated in the warm heart
OF South America, 4. lies under the shadow Of
the Sierras ana between the two great rivers.
Parana and Parags. Into its territory there
have cone three and one-half century of sad
ness and misfortune. Spain hsd no colony
that was more enslaved; and though the
Jesuitical control gave IL a bright day, II was
long the prey OF cruelty and adventure Re-
yolutions came at length ard resulted I'm in
dependence. From 1917 until 1869. first
Francia and then the Lopez iyrants. held the
country under 4 cruel dcspotism. Then
Solano Lopez involved the state in war with
Brazil. aud after the sack OF Asuncion, and
the ravage Of the country, the tyrsnt was shot
and the reign Of terror gave place 10 reor-
ganiZation Of the republic which was
modelled after the United States. Appropri-
atoms are voted by nEress and that body
also fixes the salaries OF the officials The
president receives sc, 900, the vIce-uresident
IS. 00o, the ministry l,500, congressman
$500, and the judges OF the supreme court
$50. The population is about 800, 600: and
what is strange about II is that there are only
about 80, 600 men and 2T0, 900 women. OF
course the females are the farmers. producers
and laborcrs- They work slsvishiy and are
very poor. While the men sit at home and
drink aud smoke, they indefatigably toll aud
support the families.-Correspend