Ignorance of South America. Ono of our conteirpornrlea refenet ynsterday to "llttlo Parafiuay." Thnl republic Is fonr-ll ftlui ns largo as Ger many. Many persons ao euoneous no tlons as to geogiaphlcal sizes nno lengths In South America. They have not the slightest Idea that Urazll Is nearly as largo as tho whole ot Europe, Eu-rope, that tho distance between tho north and booth ends of Clillo is aft great as that betuetm the North Cape ot Europo nuil tilbialtar, and that steamers ply almost straight north nnd south on tho I'aiana and Its Paraguay aflluent for a distance about equal to that between New York and Omaha. Now York Sun.