Show i ignorance of south america ono one 0 of our contemporaries referred yes yesterday to little paraguay that republic is four fifths as large as germany many persons have erroneous notions as to geographical sizes and lengths in south america they have not the slightest idea that brazil Is nearly as large as the whole of europe that the distance between the north and south ends of of chile Is as great as that between the teb north cape of europe and gibraltar and that steamers ply almost et straight raight north and south on the parana and its paraguay affluent for a distance about equal to tat between now york and omaha roaf A w york sun |