| Show j Windings of a Wonderful River niver System j I 10 tho VarY Vory Contor of South America Tho City ol 01 Cor I r n 5 STES on the Parana must bo 11 con June Tune J 1 C that the lows Journey up wonderful river nys s t thiS MI mo tM Ja world orM from tho Atlantic to America ot oC South ut Its II rY ft It the tho rate of ot 10 Ir r lur destination l Asun hur r Ii I an t of ot 2000 the starting point ami ns AS III Cronl day bY da after like all tM It Mema M ir It Ite e point never bc be at ati aft leaving wu i nays days For but bul an lidless endless succession u 1 aTo blurts on H tho cast ot oC iC tho thoi as hl high h M liS feet teet on Oil i ler bunks banks stretch In ver verI alternated with luxuriant I For or of ot miles there od ot humanity or of at living I no reaches ot There Thero aro 1110 long peach peachland 1 land oilier 01 her wild fruit trees Then uple and toll aK ot r Billows lino the bank theIr r r long arms In II Iho tho water wlter and andI I bUn V every trunk Is entwined by a II network of ot i and yellow lit green Parana has an upP upper Tad of DC two miles but Its 1111 channel is III wIdth fInding that skirt sl first one hank bank PO the other coming so that ann could toss n stone ashore I dole IS full tull of ot small Inlands IslA nils some soma r v and nd with strange tall III them others othera uren IS i rank grass Krass and green shrub Bul I lib desolation of ot them all 1111 1 appalling Never any 1111 sound or cr ot man or beast bea t or bird till by the of ot a n wild Indian iBl by IB Ih of ot a tIer would woul bo n a wel r l Tin ro nr ArO Islands Mands entirely tom cowd m with skeleton their 1 1 ti bark bar and Rn branches having been t o ort destroyed by a II JUS bl h d tiled tho sort Rort of at At long Intervals wo b be MS e a pig In tho ooze or a II solitary or a II crane flitting slowly III by bYI while day till day the tho sun slIn pours his fiercest rays raYH upon tho muddy wu VII tern ten that aro unruffled except by tho steamers motion In n speaking of ot tho scarcity of ot living I forgot tho Insect world which U la VIII much olive ap and diabolically en energetic especially the tho TherIs Ther Is tho bete bote rough which lays thu Inundation of ot n 1 tremendous Jo ashore Into tho he woods and In n a mo 1110 moment ment mel you are covered with ticks Chi noes bury hury themselves In your OUI flesh Orah hatch n a large larlo colony of ot young In a few C w minutes 1 lIe gut Into your mouth your eyes your noso you rat lilt lies di Ink flies breathes Mies Illel Spiders red yellow cockroaches centipedes tarantulas snakes n a few tew other creep Into Inlo bed with you 01 Ants and crickets eat ent up tho books letters clothes and will eat cat you up ull too If It you stand still long enough Ev Everything devours bites biteR or pois poisons OilS ons after atler nn In evil fashion of ot Its I ts own An Insect with an on odd lid II number of ot legs 11 li I swimming In your our teacup n 1 cat caterpillar with several everal dozen do n eyes eo set Ret setIn In rows along Its HII body bOlly scampers over your bread butter a II hairy worm with a n round head hend under undera a II crisp lettuce leaf leat trying to himself out of at the tho vinegar Moat Meat un les cured past all resemblance to anything edible will not keep Ittel a day without being swarmed with another active form torm of ot life and as All for tor the cheese chrese and butter they aro quite ablo to walk oft the table by themselves on tho Iho second of ot exposure And the tha mosquitos Always numer numerous ous In thele parts there aro seasons whon they come In clouds that morally tho sun SUII and tho ho sound of ot their buzzing Is Ilka that of ot n distant Haw mill right hundred miles still fol tol following lowing tho windings ot this wonderful system through endless stretches ot pampa tho land on both bOlh sides II I lie A still belongs to tho Argentine ArI nUno Republic but Paraguay Is III not n a great way ahead And away up U here hare hundreds of ot mile from nowhere in III tho remote Interior of ot an un apparently unoccupied territory one b I astonished to find Orall a 1 crowd crowll of 01 from every country In I anchored in front of at for this city like HOlI till fur below bela Is a n aport port of ot entry ond a great deal of ot foreign commerce W We that ships from England and Germany Mil aro especially and that there In hi Innot hilot not lot from the United told that tIll the foreign trade trado of ot these junta IH monopolized by the Eng English I n nI lish I h und Germany merchants who have been long established In III mN from the harbor appears rather the Moorish tower of ot Its lis do In front by h two ancient churches hulf a dozen tall tull tanneries and leather near thu tho landing and Alii th sloping dirk dark brown root roofs of ot thu houses u very unusual thing In South Houth America where nearly nil tho house housetops tops url aro flat und covered with r loed d tiles 11 lid most singular of ot nil all n 11 looking column Ilko n 1 miniature needle standing quite by a I mile of at tho tower near the river bank Ashore wo discovered covered that the quaint brown roofs lire the tho II link of or palm trees treos split longitudinally ally lint laid on BO so an I to have their shIes aides m urd They Thc extend n 11 long ICIng WilY beyond tho outer walls wAils form torm formIng Ing corridors nil all around the In whose Iho e cool shade hummock UIO hunK hung tho tables H spread tho looking Is done over oler charcoal pots pall us IS In III Mexico Chill and tho dally of ot family lite goes on Tho Iho numerous tanneries and leather manu manufactories factories lire explained by h tho fact that all tho Iho exports from this joint aw hides dry and wet and leather In some sOllie form As for Cor the I tho good manifestly Uy pitied III lied our Ignorance when wo Inquired 1 what It meant If It you inv never heur 1 of the tho miracle con COli connected with the tho origin of ot you should Ilo t yourself thereon before coming her would you win tho re 10 respect of or tho people The Thc story this wa In n the year cur ISM l j when V hI II Don DOli Juan Torres do Vera Vem y A was lIIS of at he sent his hlA young brother Alonzo lonzo do with 2 soldiers from Asuncion to another city In advantageous position lower down tho th river Uon Jail Alonzo selected tho of ot null oit on the 3rd of ot April In Inthe Inthe the mentioned ho hc tho Iho high steep bank banI with hit his handful of ot flowers According to the custom ru tom of ot the pious frauds of at those doys the tho thing tho Spaniards did before laying violent hands upon the tho property of others wa i to erect a II high cross not only nil 8 a n symbol of ot th faith within them tho In hut as U n 1 signal Ignal they thoy had possession of or tho country Ul 1 tia mimo of ot the sovereign and Run Jugo patron of at nil all tile the saints In III the tho calendar Al that time this section Inhabited by tho lito Gunt ants a i tribe Humorous as nil tho sund on all tho shore They knew from the Iho sail sll experience ot their br who wore In bondage In how dreadful was the tho tyranny thu tho white Gild and naturally at of at the tho hated usurpers I they pro pre prepared pared for tor desperate to resistance Having net Het up UI their crois cro S nt lit tho entrance to u t Wooden Woodell built for defense the mustered behind lt 28 dusky warriors Tha Iho lat latter ter poured l n a deadly shower of at arro upon the tho little band who found tho frail of ot branches and bram brambles bles but Indifferent protection Before Detore returning the assault with their arm cJu es tho Spaniards as usual knelt ut II t the tho foot too of ot tho cross erO H and offered fervent nt prayer In loud voices olce The In Indians bearing tho earnest cries to 10 heaven helvon and observing the to them strange movements ot those who wh wore on their knees believed b that the mystic contained contained some charm which would protect tho foe Coo as 1111 IonIC us lIS It stood lOO Intact Therefore they turned turn their attention to destroying this sym symbol bol hol try dry brunches and gran rnA around It and setting lire fire to the tho heap savage yelling and dancing For more than an hour the mass Untried d up communicating Itself to tl the tho nde arid adjacent tree but when nil the tho material within reach r exhausted great was their surprise to find tho Burred sur red sym symbol bpi bol standing In tho of at the tho ashes entirely uninjured They returned to tl apply II Pili new fire but when the tho In Indian dian approached to up tile the Ing embers ha he was struck dead deRd on tho spot true believers say by a II thunder thunderbolt bolt SlIt sent from heaven n to Impi Impiety ety et while the ungodly arc ure of oC the th opinion ion that his hll untimely taking art olt was due to a phot from a 1 h orlle buso buse The however took t it as liB asa a II murk of ot from the white mans dolly dell at tit the tho whole with lIh their powerful caciques and women and alii children fell Cell upon their nIl and submitted 1 to tho yokes okeH of ot a It of oC adventurers Tho beloved eros cross III s still preserved In Ina Inn a n beautiful chapel built buill for tor It near neill the thc spot where tho tha miracle was pel formed About a hundred later the fierce Indians IndianA from the Clia co clde Elde of at Iho Parana came over oer In a II fleet of ot canoes s and attacked till tho colon lets lei The latter took to tho woods woo abandoning tho town and all their property to the merciless marau marauders den ders The RIt reached the tho city ell and destroyed everything except exe lt the tha miraculous 11 the church containing it 11 and nothing hut but the wall willi and the square ot railing ratling curtained with purple silk lilt within which stands the holy hoty relic rello for tor the fate of at the Indian who was stricken with M tl with It it 1 before he tore yet ret lingered In III Ira tra An All in duty bound wo WI made a It to 10 the Column which marks the spot where the Iho CIO H originally planted U It In I a II col column column fit at rough rouKh 1 plan planter tel ter 16 feet high und and six Ix feet tet square at nt the but brasi bril plates mu RIO Eft EN In two of ot the In III In III an liS The people of oC erect eret this monument ment as 1111 a It testimonial of ot their to tho r author of ot omens with which his hili omnipotent right hand deigned to 10 work In III favor tn of at their fa fathers on all the tho 3rd of ot April lt 1 83 The day the monument completed was WO cele celebrated by hy a great relit national and to tin on each 1 of at anniversary of at the miracle the and Ani other o lite I clergy the governors and home of ot representatives civil and mill y corporations nil 1111 the people march out to the tha column to of ot martinI martial mush BUll booming cannon Mn lIAR n In I suld on tho scone ot the ancient miracle then Ihen the rest of ot the day is II in Gaucho games cockfighting and gambling followed by b balls In III the tho evening n A spree Tho Spaniards dubbed this place Junn Junu do tie Ins John of at tho seven origin of ot tho being that tho riv river er breaks on certain points of rock lc a way In above the Nty producing anil od each ench having an 1111 opposite direction of ot current to Its 1111 neighbor That ao nc counts for tor till the queer coat of at of or province seven tongues of ot land with a cro croes g In III the middle surrounded by b llames This strange device of at which the citizens are extremely proud upon everything In III and Is 11 planted with great effect upon Ullon n 1 shield over oer the main entrance of ot the government house which structure by bytho tho Iho 1 was wall built hullt many years ago by bytho bytho tho Jesuits for tor n a college and was WAil later confiscated and ArtI remodeled to 10 Its present use lise FANNIK II n W Ann |
