New-York tribune., 1897-12-19
JEWELLERS
AND IMPORTERS OF
PRECIOUS STONES.

and the children arc said 10 De We"
and trained in useful arts.
This unioue colony is thus far prosperous ana
cortented II is perfecty evident. however that
ira success is due to the fact that II Is thu'
un,oua and separated from all the rest OF tne
world and also 10 the fact that its members are
,,sn,red with a certain enthusiasm that makes
,h.u, willing for principles sake. 10 live rude
and ha-rni,-like lives. for such. on the Wnole'
.bei- Iives must be The rise OF new genera
,io, and closer contact with the rest or the
world will inevitably develop the common pas
sions and ambitions Of humanity ana iead 10
such d,ssensions as those which wrecked the
colony from which Cosme sprang. Such rate
,,a, indeed not now b far of. For already
,herA are schemes for creating an extensive
trade with the outside world. The three men
whose trip 10 Asuncion has been mehuoneo
ar. even now setting out on another sucn enter
nrise on a larger scale than before Ihey ar
going down 10 the city in plank Doal' WIN"
,he,. hone TO sell fo- much more than the aug
ont and with a second boat In tow. Iadeh WIN
fruit and other produce. Moreover IL hss oe="
discovered that their land is wei! adap'ed 20 'h'
culture OF tobacco. and several men nave Dee"
sent by the colony 70 Buenos Ayres 10 stuuE
cigarnlaking with a view 10 the estdplSi''e"'
~ that manufacture az Cosme on large scar
The vast forests OF Cosme are also To DE- utilized
in the DEVELOPMENT OF general trade In lum-
ber
r, hrier this curious colony has prosperec on
q nuralv coumuris, basis in exceptionally "a
vorable natural circumstances. But now that
II pr,poses ~ lay aside It's mantle OF secIusioh
from, the world and take part In the ordinary
activities OF industry and trade. II VIII neces-
sarilv surrender its characteristic advantages
and make itself subject to the very Influences IL
was founded to oppose
rba .xn.rtmant Is being tried al any rate IN
probably The most favorable spot on the race
~ the globe There Is no finer climate IMAM
that OF Paraguay. and no more fertile SOIL Al
most anything that is planted grows spon'a
neously 10 perfection. The country Is spiendidiy
watared and wooded with evergreen lores's'
Oranges rivalllng those OF Cahtorhl2 aoounu.
>aarI, all rhe fora Of the temperate and
,ro,icaI zones flourish. To support lie IN
,,,,,or, tho minimum OF exertion Is re-
,uirsd II can be said OF Paraguay even
.a ,ru,v than It was said OF Australia
thar ~ YOU tickle the ground with noe IL
laughs with a harvest Nor is the climate as
araryatIng az most sub-tropcal climates are re,
nu,sd ~ he on the contrary. 1t Is inspiring anu
f,-.-.,,,r IA f. tina, OF south tropical Africa.
I, =. nat only so to the Scotch and Engiish COL
o,is,s NJ Cosme but has ever been so 10 the
native Paraguayans themselves HAD II not
h.an tbev would scarcely have been aDle u
srstain themselves through the most decima'ihs
var in the history OF the world For II '''us'
no remembered that for years nttle farasua'
fought for national life against the oVer"he'i'-
INC forces Of Brazil. Argentina and Uruguay
united When the war began paraeuay hau
moro than two million inhabitants. "heh II
ended she had less tnan two hundred thousand
o., s,. was unconquered In land of such
.,,,.oos and OF such traditions II was hitting
- ~, tho experiment OF founding a Utopia. II
,he venture fails. the fault will not lie at the
49, =, PARAGUAY. but al that OF the principle
Of Utopianism.