Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-29

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Have you ever heard Of Petropollsf u
il where the president Of Brazil aud the
leading officials 10 In the summer. and
whore the foreign ministers live all the
year round. II IL In the mountains
lust back N Rio NJ an altitude "
more than half mile above the sea-
and you can reach Il In less than three
hours. The sccnefy about It IL more
liz, that u switzerland than the
,npcy. and it, climate h such that
into II the yellow fever never comes.
Suppose you could put a range 81
hliia 1000 feot hiFh Just back 81 New
York or Philadelphia. and away up
In their tops build beautiful city of
say 5000 population. suppose you
could reach this by short ride across
the most beautiful hay u the world
and then climb the hills by a COG road
like that which gocs Up Mount Wash
ington. n you can Imagine this you
have rciropolis.
To gct 10 II you first ride twelve miles
on q steamer. Next thcrc are cars
which whlsk you over the swampa nj
the foot ~ tho mountains where you
get little baldwin locomotive which
pushes you W an inclined plane 30
steep that you have TO keep your feet
on your valire 10 proven, II rolling
down to the end 81 the car.
IN THE SWITZERLAND OF BRAZIL
The ride T. wonderfully beautiful
Great trccs loaded with orchids stand
hish above the jungle Of matted green
bushes. There are fern trees waving
their myriad arms at the train and tall
fcathefy banibooa rustic In the breeze
~ the little engine puns by. Now
you an on the side ~ u green noun.
tain hanging over "a ravinc 800 feet
deep. and under great green spotted
wall 1900 feet hlFh. Now you round
a curve and the rocks rise above you
like a great fort. They ARE brown
and grim. Massive blocks of stone
thousand feet thick aud weighing
thousands Of tons hang over YOU and
mighty wall sooo feet high appears
TO be abou, To drop down upon you.
have seen some Of the rock wonders
OF the world. The formation OF the
Andes. the iilmalayns and the Alta
have their own features OF picturcsque
grandeur. The Garden Of the oods
and the Yellowstone are ~ their own
kind. and 20 II IA " this coas, range
Of nraril. u IL different from any
other picturesque In the extreme. and
rorrvou- In rs clothing Of luxuriant
The Views u RIO and it, srcnt bay
nrc masnlnccnt and the cloud effects
nrr Inherent every hour. I have been
living AZ pctropolla during my stay
here aud l 70 To and come from the
city daily. The other day. when We
iefi tho tops Of the mountains, Rio
ma the hnfhor were covered with a
sheet ~ billowy clouds. Not a ire.
nor blade " grass could be- r.en save
on NE mountains. and we appeared 10
Dc looking down upon SNOW scene
o. The Arctic ocean. A. other times
the clouds SEEMED to How In and out
among these massive hills IN rivers u
silver, which empty out upon the plain
into great cloud lake Now yuu
ride through therc clouds ON YOUR WAY
70 TIE bay. and again when the clouds
~ ana the sun comes out you sail over
that wonderful sapphire sheet 81 water
20 the rod-foofcd. white-walled city Of
Iuol
~ PETRoPoLIs.
wish you could he with mo one dny
" lelfppollH, II IN a combination ~
switzerland ana Japan 81 the tropics
hhu We temperate zones. The hills
surrounding u arr covered with Yer.
dufe. i9r the pure ARR Il moist and all
Efc.h thlnHa grow luxuriantly. Dom
fedfo had his palaces hero and he laid
Out tho town I.snuflTtalIsr
aqueinet allied with running water
noNr through H. This IL rrosaed nv
rod bridges. which NJ IN with the plc.
tufshqur surroundings
The houses are beautiful. they are
% All Varieties of architecture. nI.
.mnvush No brazilian prcdominatcs
Inc population Ia mostly made up ~
the firh' The nwcila of Rio have their
rulnner homes here. The leading FOR.
elkn"fn doinT business In Rio live here
70 ercafe the yellow fever dangers nf
illo, and go back and forth daily. Al
retfopolls are the homes n ali tho
diplomats, and II IL here thai our
American minister has his legation.
ouR AMERICAN MINISTER TO
hitAHIi.
came 10 petropolH 10 find out how,
Uncle Sans chief representatives iive
aha what they are doing for ua In
""Hlh i'lnfH htNcfibc the legation
want 60 say q word about the min.
i,ief himself You have all heard NJ
NM It's name II Charles Page uryan
ana ~ has Tor years hcsn well known
~ llinuls and In tho Rockies. ~,
wa. az one time a miner IN the West
mi was a member 81 the Colombo
ltAflAtufe, This was when he was
hiilF more than "a hoy, and nfterWnr,l
wien he came back 10 his home In
nhnnlh ne was sent 90 the legislature
81 that Rtnie
Minister iiryan comes from Chicago
~ ihth"f n Thomas n. nrynn. "a well
hhuNn lawyer ~ that city, His mother
" OF me same family as Thomas Mel,
,oh inHe.hnd he IN also related 10 the
i.efa OF virginia. Ito remembers how
" was once handled ON the knees N
nj grgN grandmother the sister VI
llEht Horse Harry Lee.
THIS was In 1859. col. nrynn was
then three yenrs old. and he must hny,
been % uno looking baby. He Il nov
fufty.four, but he IN line looking still
In this land ~ little men he towers lik,
giant above the Portuguese aud IRA,
xnlnm, ana when with his tall hat and
dark mprning suit. his Prince Albert
coat lightly huttoned around his well
nlled form, he goes at $50 pace alonn
the ouvidnr, he II In truth the cynoHure
Of the promenade
Minister Hfynn Is about six feet tail
lie has form, complexion and fcnl
tufes not unlike those Of King Gcorr,
Of Greece. and when he visited Grerc,
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