The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-26

hx,ssre<r ~ Paraguay There - neW -
y~eSr o. 90 go ard HE- aNWn cf rAlA-
grayan money IN circulation. ana fne soy
ernm~ns Is trying 20 sncrease sns 49,.
amount every year II takes acouf "a
90 - annu2ssy To RON the gosexH1nsna.
and sAs exports ard imports amount 70
ah~uat "a ~ ~ gold year
Para9nay feo-
Considerable money is made In the rails
ing of cattle There l. great ceai IN"
v~stes: in shipping hides and q large
amount in preparing ard SHIPPING mate
or ParaglayaE tea PARAGUAY All t~s
comes s-0m .he leavsS o. a oash MhsSa
grows Wild In some parts af PARAGUAY
The ieaves arr gathered. roasted over =
fire ard ground 10 powder They are
then ;sat arsa Skin bags. ssing packed 50
sigagsy thar the hazS ARE As saF1 a.
stones In this shar< the tea Is shipped
10 ALI parts Of Soash America mere
ar~ raiilscas VINO use II Ia TIE ArssAssas,
Uruguay and RraxsE and yca will snf u
for sale ia Chile and in the lands further
north
The people prefer IL 20 tea or easfee
and even in TIE. cossee districts Of Brazil
If rs greea4ly irgnx- The usual aFesA-
fast ct the peorer Pragaayans consists 81
a cup of this tea or rather II little ooSf.
for il Is always served n goard about
the size and shape nj D base nali. THIS -
half flied with the powdered leaves
Boiling water Is then poured upon ii, and
tire person who drinks Il sucks up the
LIQUID through a silver or brass tube
al the end OF which are d lot Of small.
holes which act as q straiuer. Nearly al
the foreigners who come 20 Paraguay
drink mate. They say . - an excellent
brain stisnalanf, and :hat Ii has no ban
~fyeess II used in moderation. ] Rave
.s<xy~=x
nay tongue with tA~ tube The tea tastes
TO me somewhat like decoctson Of Quiz
nine and hay. and doubt Il shall ever
be able to acquire love for IL
A Bank for FarmerA-
Returning to the banks. one of the
Que~rest financial Institutions Of Para
quay Is the Agricultural bank. This is
managed by thu government IL IS sort
Of a combins ton OF bank and an agrs-
cultural department Its business Is 10
help along agriculture b. Introducing
seeds and tools and by loaning money 20
farmers on farm property. II has capt.
tai OF about half million dollars, gold.
Ii loans on about half the assessed value
of the property. charging what IL here
considered the very low interest rate OF
per cent Connected with ii there Is "a
warehouse which is filled with farming
implements and seeds. The officials say
a
banks in ether parts % South America
have ended in failures. This bank is one
of the met ods by which the Paraguayan
government Is trying to build up It's farm
ing interests. The government also offers
Inducements 10 immigrants. giving each
new settler some agricultural machinery.
eighty acres of land and a loan OF Il cents
a month for seven months for each adult
aud cents for each child. IL gives each
immigrant "a mileh COW. oxen and seeds.
and also agrees 70 pay his passage from
Buenos Ayrss UP 10 Asuncion There are
strings attached 10 some OF the above
gifts by which the immigrant pays back
in instailments for all they receive out
side the land.
The Naughty Hayes Colony and the
Wicked Golden Rulers.
The immigrants who come TO Paraguay
settle In colonies. and not upon their
farms There are scattered over the
country perhaps "A half dozen colonies
composed OF different nationaiities.
There Is one not far from Asune.on called
San Bernardino populated ny Germans.
There Is another of Australians. who got
up brotheriy love scheme and came to
Paraguay to live after the Golden Rule.
They began enthusiastically. They char
tered a chip, each selling his property
and putting the money into the general
1UEu. HI pEQSE I'D cut uOWH tle expenses
they divided the work on the voyage
among the different members Of tae col
ony. They had hardly left Australia be-
fore the Golden Rule was kicked higher
than Glderoy's kite. and when 1t fell IL
came down in a thousand pieces. These
brotheriy lovers and sisterly lovers ac-
quired a pleasant way OF throwing the
dishes al one another during the trip.
and by the time they reached Asuncion
they were quarreing discordantly as
so many strange parrots. They soon be-
lands have now been rediyided.
Another colony of special interest 10 the
United States Is just across the river
from Asuncion. ir the Chacn. This was
named after President HAYES. because he
decided territorial question between the
Argentine aud Paraguay in favor of the
latter. The colony * called Villa Hayes
hut they pronounce II here as though ii
were spelled Villa Eyes. for that Is the
way the Spaniards pronounce Hayes
This colony. named after our good presl-
dered when they talked of putting Ro-
man punch on the White House table,
is largely engaged in cuitivatng suea
cane and Disabling Its juice into a rum
so villa nous that ii viii Kill at forty
rods, Inasmuch as rum is an article that
is in demand IN all parts Of Paraguay at
AL times. the colony tx probably In Il good
financial condition
FRANK @. CARPENTER.