The Republican journal., 1892-09-22

PARA AND THE PARANESE

ARA, BRAZIL, Aug. ), 1892. The first
hing that attracts your attention on az
wing in this Amazonian city is the great
amber of zipalotes, (vultures) that black
poi very church spire and house top and
,lk down upon you with meditative air,
Il specializing how soon you will be
.slv to make a meal for them Should
ru be so unfortunate as to fall dead in
ONE >equestered spot unnotced by the
wing, be sure they would find you out in
rwnkling of an eye, and in an incredi-
short time prepare your clean picked
.s,Ieton to grace some doctors shop or
scum collection. A heavy fine is inn
,scd Ton killing one of these huge carrion
ds and We're it not for them your
ancrs OF life in this locality would be
1allingly diminished, since they do
e than all the City Fathers toward
U5a4 this hot, undrained, vile smelling
l yI Il state OF comparative cleanliness.
Naturally. the next thing you notice is
>trcmely picturesque Custom House,
-h.ther YOU must go Immediately upon
iu4 to the rescue of your luggage. A
old church and convent have been ap-
ated to this ignoble use and in the
/ tx cloistel- garden, with its wealth of
acul long-leaved plants, and thorn
Nurd heads carved above every arched
4VaV, YOU undergo the customary tus-
with suspicious officials The next
nac IS to seek an abiding place, and you
probably take eveIybody's advice and
,o the Hotel do Commerce., which is in
44llY the only decent inn in the place.
\ r9lu4ll the name of the others is legion.
,.cding some worm eaten wooden steps,
1 are shown to enormously large, but
e apartments, which remind You OF
uY halls but are redeemed from ugli
! -, Jlv the awning shaded French Win
V~. each opening on a little balcony.
rnE balconies. in which it is safe to
81, lat all your time in doors not deVot-
eating and sleeping will he spent,
iaok an inner courtyard, gay with
ptrS and Gagged song birds and scream
,HlFots and chattering monkeys and
aned house negresses - a typical
IAN "'interior' OF which one never
When minded to seek the dining
4 vou find it deliciously cool and
I a It's long French windows also open
4 4pon flower gardens, with sanded
/ , white cloths. white china and white
4 ued mulatto walters French cooking,
NUTS that have attained absolute per
on especially pineapples, which grow
4 lupImous size and are served in ways
4 .ljVe never seen before. Reckoned in
A .lin OF the country the charges seem
4 >uellv high seven Thousand five hun
n al leis per diem t. each person-until
Il lemember that that sum represents
4 about three dollars of our money,
That you are enjoying all the comforts
u New York hotel, with the Injuries OF
n 1ppics thrown III, away off here on
"A l4Alon river in the interior of Brazil.
II liu a hundred miles of the primtval
den forest. In Para. the fashion,
b nv fol promenading is early in the
i iu9. between deS0gpno, 0,edroon
a o and The regular eleven o clock
4 ant.l>l There is much mol, busting
4 I7ty than one expects to find in {; trup-
itY. especially along the Wharves,
scores OF steamers come and 90 every
I NOT only those plying up and down
Amazon, supplying the river towns
4ll the necessaries of life and bring
AWAY the multitudinous products OF
ut,roI, but ocean ships, direct from
ole and the United States. and from
0ther ports of the Southern CONT
4 rlr. 50 that Para enjoys more trade thar
4 ther south American city The Tor
4 h ships carry away enormous quaint
4 India rubber-the staple product
~ part of Brazil-beSides hundred;
Iu> of Brazil nuts. fine cabinet woods
usdr cotton. cloves, rice, sarsaparlla
0a. cocoa, annatto, isinglaSs, piasab;
Il Wtle-eggs. butter, and other queer
\ valuable commodities. Speaking o
tuoet timber, some of the choices
4 lietles in the world abound here as com
oF rs pine at home-not only tulip
n dn-mY, ebony, cedar, laural. etc.
uan} kinds Of jucalanda crosse wood
rare and beautiful tortoise shell wood
4 fN-Striped moiracoatidra. violet tinted
10 santo. golden brown mao de arco, in
Hey -mottled tuNo, and a hundred
Il ltl- Whose names | do not know-all o
el are being rapidly introduced int
4 nited States for the inner finishing;
HrA mem houses MOSAIC floors, wains
~tc
'Ae knows exactly where to look 10
4AtYthng in Para, for there is tn especia
lUdltel' devoted to each branch of trade
~' strata OF society. The first and sec
streets running parallel to the anchor
ground. are devoted to the wholesal,
lies Shipchandlers banks and consul
: The third street back, called TIL,
los Mercados, ('' Street Of Mer
n airs contains all the retail shops: anC
II 1p The limits of the town. 4 tram
runs down the middle of the Ru;