The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-28

one OF our most pious society women.
One day the Brazilian minister and his
wife happened to call. The parrot was
in the parlor and 1t entertained them
while they waited for the pious lady of
the house.
When the madam came in she found
the minister on the sofa rolling over and
over with laughter, while his wife had
her hands to her ears. The parrot, whose
language had not troubled the good lady
because she did not understand Portu-
guese, was really uttering the most vile
and indecent expressions you can mag
fne 1t was so vile that the Brazilian
minister's wife begged the madam to
dispose of the parrot at once, for 1t was
not mt to keep In the family
HORSES AS LUMBER WAGONS
There arc few carts or wagons IN this
part of the world Goods are carried
about on the backs of horses and dom
Keys Lumber is strapped to the sides
or horse and thus dragged through
the streets. Firewood Is carried into
town upon horses Two wooden hooks
made of forked limbs are fastened on
each side of the horse to a pack saddle
and on these hooks a half load of cord
wood is so balanced that 1t will not fall
OFT Often the man rides the horse, sit
ting on his back between the piles of
sticks, and sometimes hanging his feet
down about the neck. All sorts of bur-
dens are carried on the head You
see women walking along balancing
pumpkins Upon their heads. This morn
ing noticed boy thus carrying a two
pushel bag Of flour. AS he passed by me
ne suddenly stopped at fence and with
out lowering or touching his burden
lifted up his right leg to a board about
Two feet from the ground, and thus
standing searched industriously Judge.
not hi11or n1e
biting him. 1t was probably somethinar
else. for feas don't count here.
80 = WONDERFUL PALMS.
Among the most interesting things IN
this region are the palms. Just before
coming to Correa our boat STONED at
Ilttle town at the mouth of the Parahyba
river. Parahyba is state Just south
Vi tnls, the cost of which is low and
tropical. This town, Cabadello, is It's
port, being connected with the capital
city, Parakyba, which is ten miles inland
by railroad. The Parahyba river is lined
with cocoanut trees. There are thou
SANDS or them, some filed with nuts as
Dig as your head. In my ride to the cap
ltai OF the state l passed through about
ten miles OF such palms all loaded with
nuts. VIZ
me town of Cabadello is built of palm
wood 1t is collection Of huts matched
with palm leaves. The huts have no win
COWS and no doors in our sense of the
WORD. There are merely holes in the
walls, and those which take the place of
windows have shutters of woven palm
leaves tied on by strings. The doors are
made OF palm leaves. They are merely
screens of woven leaves, which are moved
away during the day
This region is the home of the carnauba
palm, one of the most remarkable trees
TO De found anywhere. Nearly every BIT
or 1t is valuable It's roots when made
into tea will clear your blood like sar-
saparlila Its stem can be used for joists,
rafters and building material, or it can
De ground up for making paper or cloth
The palmetto of the carnauba is eaten
as vegetable From it wine and vinegar
are made, and there is taken out of it a
saccharlne substance as well as a sage,
which is very nutritious In times of fam.
Inc this tree forms large part of the
food OF the people. The fruit Of the car
nauOa is used for feeding cattle and the
nut which is rather oily makes a good
substitute for coffee. The stem of the
tree has a pith which can be used for
cork, and of the wood of the stem must
cal instruments, pumps and tubes are
made.
Out of the stem also comes O white
liquid or sap, much like the milk Of the
cocoanut, and from 1T is also made q
flour somewhat like maize Of the straw
on the stem, hats, baskets, brooms aud
mats are made. Much of it is shipped to
Europe and some comes back to Brazil in
the form of hats.
In addition to these things the carnauba
tree aids largely in lighting this part Of
Brazil A wax is obtained from its leaves
and from this wax candles are made. A
great deal of carnauba wax is sold in the
| markets of Forteleza and quantities are
are shipped abroad Some years ago the
export of carnauba wax from this state
annually amounted to more than 5000, 900
pounds, while the home consumption was
estimated at almost 100000 pounds.
These figures I take from the reports of
one of our consus.
CATHOLICISM IN BRAZIL.
Forteleza has several fine Catholic
churches, and so has every city in this
country. The Brazilians are Catholics
In the state of Rio de Janeiro the ratio
of Catholis and non-Catholics is 1000 to
TO- so that practically all of the people are
under the church.
Catholicism was the established religion
under the empire, but when the republic
came in the union of church and state