The Bismarck tribune., 1935-03-28

er from Asuncion. She Is on the way
back there after visit to her folks in
Nebraska. Her school Is supported
by . protestant church and has over
200 pupils. It carries the student
through q high school course. Wisely,
1t has refrained from putting the pri-
mary stress on religion. This has OBJ
Waited criticism from the state church
and invited help from the govern
ment. Before the present war, I'LL
teracy in the capital city. Asuncion,
was 60 per cent. and In the country
30 per cent. Her observations Of the
origin Of the war and the conditions
prevailing in Paraguay during the
first three years after it started are
intensely interesting and in conform
ance with previous information. As
one example, uniforms taken from
the first Bolivian soldiers captured In
the war are on exhibition In muse
UNI. They have ~. 8. A." marked on
them. Naturally, the ignorant, Is
well Is many others, consider this
positive proof Of Uncle Sans COM
pltcity with the enemy from the start.
March 5th (Tuesday):
The stewards called everybody for
breakfast at 8 a. m. The steamer ar
rived at the city Of Corrientes half
hour later. Here we left the big boat
ana were transferred to another much
smaller one, the "lguazu."
The Parana Is joined by the Para.
quay river at Corrientes. The "Ciu-
dad de Asuncion" continued up the
Paraguay for another 36 hours to
reach Asuncion. We turned toward
the east, going up the Parana. All
the rivers are high, and the low lands
are flooded, water entering the jungle.
carrying away masses Of debris. An
officer on the boat said that the wa
ter In the river above Corrientes ct
this time averages 20 to 30 feet In
depth, flows five to seven miles an
hour, and varies In width from two
to four miles. Quite stream Is the
Parana, even above the junction with
the nearly as large Paraguay.
Learns Value Of Silence
Foolish talk should be avoided, al.
ways. Another woman in our party
glares darkly in our direction.
She suffers from asthma and Is al
ways taking or inhaling something
for its relief. This morning she was
particularly unhappy from this source
and exclaimed. more to herself than
to others, Il wonder If my asthma will
get worse the farther we 60 up this
river It was impossible to resist
giving the information that miasma Is
said to increase the farther one goes
into jungleland. Moral: ';Sprechen
ist Silber, schweigen. Gold," meaning
TO chatter Is silver, to be silent. gold"
The river continues to give the I'm
precision Of . large inland lake with
long strips Of parallel islands covered
with thick brush. The shores Of the
river have q taller and heavier tim
Der, but the dense jungle beyond
dominates the scenery. Most Of the
trees are unknown to us but palms
and bamboo are recognizable Ill
along. A few pretty birds, but no 9TH
er animal life, are seen. Crocodiles
are hidden In the muddy water.
Small clearings with thatched huts
and dusky inhabitants appear here
and there. The boat stops at numer-
Gus small way-stations, since leaving
Corrientes. We have Paraguay to the
left and Argentina to the right, the
river forming the boundary.
An enormously bulky crocodile ly-
ing on sand bar was the first greet
!, ing this morning. Several monkeys
were seen and more were heard at