The Republican journal., 1904-12-15
PARA,
,.,s India Rubber Emporium

.sl Corr P'""''O'
!F us,lIL, Nov. 5, 1904. This
pBN r,,f-sounding title-"Santa
|M n.l.m do Grao Para'-is sit
|pr'c fine southern shore of the
cGed 'D nouth of THE Father of
eaI'si' ,.ont eighty miles above the
f''F' In This busy twentieth CEN
JiD' .,a, as time to say the full
.e1 .pp metropolis and it is uni
gn' l.ftrned to the last word and
efar ,.pon,ced as if spelled Pah-
bi d accent strong on the last syl-
sa "' ,ss,t, its history dates back
5af i'd which Shakespeare died
b~ hem Imn Francesca Caldeira
D' ,.., aerr old fort whose foun-
%' 4ln, with the intention
9s' ..- Amazon river for all
y Wv vu .-nst foreigners, multi
1l' had already begun to
'' .6 tribes of its upper
D'.' ,.r not a seaport as is
9''' ...,.,el. but is situated
..- I'VE the ocean on the
W layt or, rather, on one OF
~ uIhs' of this hydra
' ........ lAltrs, that is called the
.t.s. 8la. At this point sew
l.... ..., low into the larger
=" ..e .-l is built upon long,
D m...-ra formed by the de-
.5- tva Of them, its extern
.o. ~. l'tuost completely land
..I..a.....5 coded islands. There
....F -arse saying concerning
....r.Nued rubber market
... ls9- file "a the face at every
-....l- follows:
.D ,-u para, parou;
a..g..4Oeu aSsai, ticOu."
r,est u-aled it signifies to the
..tstH ever comes to Para de-
70. I'd lt, noever drinks "assai"
.o.. q. 4p.. 1t is lettered above
A., door, o- saloons, printed on sign
any ea.rl on stone bridges; and in
lsss ia that of most visiting
,swna- INST line of it at least is
.4 thong yet on account of the
qea .,--s Of 'assai." 1t may be
Nm. evp4g lght here that assai is
.a..ora yerage of Brazil, as chi
saf... iM pulcha is of Mexico,
smr-... mat of a certain spec
tsn. mm whose dark, plum
.a0-a It. Notwithstanding sort
Nertr. adr by rubbing the pulp
mgf into jars of water.
srq At. -H stands at every step in
a-, .I..~ If the city and the ma
r.. n.t. r NJ the sWeetiSh luke
u aaG S drunk on the spot,
1r -. round gourd shells, at
.s,- IS refs about one cent?
--.. .a rom Pernambuco you
atss erlcan steamer-One of
H}alllian Mail S. S. line
ms ork with cargo of
i.- . .y picked up at Rio de
.- Ga aid Pernambuco-and
rJu. ny the luxury of hear
. a-H' r own yernacular,
d ....." f'u advantage of Yam
. ling pie three times a
4H when Cape Saint
or - died, a few hours out
III .lp, We were reluctantly
.'t r captains chart and
t.#.Is o hoard, assisted by our
-,#. -aus, to admit that the
o -.-....-s are in error in
a.- ut Rogue is the most
'H. l south America. Cape
d. A.-.s.uo half a degree to the
..3.' "-t properly to enjoy
8-,. The latter point was
''..# ..- I'D ny Europeans on the
-a arut-by Pincon in the
' Jue right of it, but in
s"rr{.tH oti the clearest of days,
.-'i" std of Fernando de Nor
penal colony-a mere
Wei. 1o-s and amid a waste of wa
Us @"- t'al a hundred miles from
IT. MAI -.af You do not need to be
"'lr. .."u the good ship turns
' .F Ntantie, for its turbulent,
'|'"---""ed tide, utterly refusing
'f t..' 'D1 Atlantic, tells its own
Wy aHi ..- 'oyager while yet far
AE. If and on the boisterous
5'~ 1- -ually dip up fresh wa
i> s'irrn mouth, called the
rf5m fara and apply described
'O"4"4 Miller as Dark and dread
Wide .be an ocean, much like a
' TIL. more ike sea-" separates
". v'ViI'ie the great Island of Majaro,
"u '0|hs aud rich plantations along
'"'Ie' anal an unexplored forest in
interior 1t is difficult to conceive
'' enormous extent of this greatest
~, ,1 VI SHr aorld, with it's tangled net.
''' vi 'Ii1uLdfles, channels, densely-
'''''' islands, lakes and creeks, which
'''-r very country of South
--'''N tN'ept Chilli and Patagonia,
''' Nteu likened by some travel.
III. 'a@' archipelago and by others
W. ''f ledlterranean of the west.
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