The Republican journal., 1904-08-18
I1p People of Paraguay.
APE A LAZY LOT, YET WITH
lBH - pFDEEMING FEATURES.

.oF LAZY LOT, YET WITH
fH: ;onr arDrEn1Ne FEATURES.
dependence of The Journal.
- ,-foN. PARAGUAY, July s, 1904.
-, IS the influence of climate in
NP" The habits of the people more
ioI1D .9t than in Paraguay. 1t seems
al that continuous sunshine and
s''' bounty on the part of nature
DA'. incline those thus favored to
81. md unthrift, and that ambi-
I'-'' ...rey and the spirit of progress
thrye best under cold and
.slts But such is the history
srrus. During those hours when
ID. americans are most actively en-
u business all Paraguay is
- mt the latter bestirs itself
.u the morning, and from the
INNER of dawnlng to perhaps 5
t.t streets of Asuncion ale
..t with chattering citizens
aass, buying and selling in
-4AeJplace, or enjoying their
institutional" Then the
s. recedes, and from about II
.s u,II past the middle of the
....an every thoroughfare is de-
.G .d YOU might traverse the
..,l end to end without meeting
$50. Immediately upon awaking
-5a..s llkes the usual desayuno of
samuel \mtTica ia bit of unbuttered
...G 4. something warm to drink
.... e.Url of yerba mate instead OF
.- Y5 ufee or mug of chocolate as
.., -.e and breakfast, like dinner
....rr-, courses, comes on between
..u.k md noon. Before that time
4..... the day is in full blast and
-...514 las sought the shade. Shops,
...I 9-le opened before sunrise, are
., 1.y- and remain so for several
.... proprietors, clerks and GUS
.1.s are mapping in hammocks or
y1- GOSSIP and yerba mate some
..- retirement. The post office
...aa ether places of business are
..-a wen the street cars stop run
... lr5 river boats tie up. Ladies in
.. ..Eacy of home universally dis
..... a..h the double skirt and in the
-sr .-a ot the camisole enjoy their
-.q. a peace and comfort. The
. a blacks your boots must have
.e-,} as well as the priest, the mer-
t he lawyer, the gentleman of
-- rhe cook leaves her pots and
,, lake care of themselves or to
Ne .asl clean by the dogs; market
0.7 lie down among their yams
.,. .r4Lzes: ox-drivers stretch them
,.5-s H the shadow of their carts, and
uEey-boys and their animals
.o-ether
tlppens on every day of the
a.5 fu during these siesta hours the
H-.Ease stranger, however urgent
,.LeSs or pressed as he may be for
LIRE mGht as we'll resign himself to
IT. Id II custumbre, for absolutely
- can be done.
- tact is, these people are hope
-.s my Why should they toll and
D.. en- the good Mission Fathers
ven them the means of lite and
IN the forms of oranges,
tobacco and wild cane for
uout effort on their part? SO
-,4l Is the climate that they re-
-Xt to nothing in the way Of
md shelter; they have no soaI-
lions to crafty, and change
.. rom has not invaded this remote
...l -o any harrassing extent. The
Ire even worse than the mixed
.-... spanish race that comprises
OF the population, for having
-j at all of money, nor any
fer the morrow, they positive
LOT work unless driven to it by
"-D and then only until their
are filled. On the plantations,
"r ranges are the principal
the fruit lies rotting a foot
-- no profit to the owner, be-
.is+ lie cannot get it picked up and
ei TO market. 1t might be a
soH Ing if the Paraguayan govern
-- we're to have all the orange
Ae-. at down, as that of Costa Rico
-.ies the banana fields to be des-
.ol--, SO that the people could no
depend upon spontaneous
-1 for daily bread" but be COM
.''-4 d wake up and earn it or starve
''.-s a palm-oil factory in the neigh
'4.'ui Of Asuncion, but it is closed
-- eater part of the time because of
.- litieulty of getting palm-nuts
"'1sf terally ''the woods are full of
"ru Not a native will take the
'31o-t to gather nuts and bring them
."r mill unless very much in want
- a meal, a new poncho, petticoat, or
.-4eg olt of gaud and gear; and as soon
DIS 'he object is attained a long inter
Va ut uninterrupted rest is required to
l'At up for the exertion. l am told
.-at it is the same way with the brick