Show BRAZIL pow BW have any 1 idia of thesbe and I 1 0 of the greatest of south american republic brazil Br Aisil from an article in the st louis ohle globe democrat we copy some orue interesting 4 facts excluding alaska brazil has ha OW miles of alrea 1 rea more than the united 11 state s or of to use g dattil aliar expression ia i as large as the united states shuteh and half halfon of ma mexico aico xico we aro are acco tomed to think of bra sll as 20 a froal tropical i cal colt country I 1 but as a matter of 0 fact act the sau cauthern thern province of that vast count is asbur Hs fur from the equator a a tle the state of misouri Mi nouri the anson is in the greatest greate bt river i f r t t nysted in the world the river risen 7 itlen seventy of the pacific P chayt and nd draike moat of south anier amer iea lea from thep laino of astle 1 to the af argentine nature I 1 is s t to c 1 r A when A piece of I 1 nul lift warl baar cd cl t yla a thousand apeci ert of grasses spring spring up ald by the utmost exertion the fart cartner ner is unable A to save his e rop crop from froin tho the weeds from the necessities of the climate and soil therefore it is evident that a large tae tb amazon V valley alley must ever remain a forest foiest end and be valuable jko to the world from its ton fort tit at productions alone these are tich rich beyond all computation the world has little idea of i the vegetable wealth of this mighty country I 1 the varieties of of timber are almost without number and the supply is ia in ech exhaust ablo alJO professor agassiz counted on one piece of land not half a mile aquai e varieties of val bable timber many of which were dark heavy woods is as beautiful as rosewood or mahogany and of as high a pol irth medicinal plants are numerous and their r pro products I 1 u C t 8 are of immense value valtie tile the great which alove above the other trees of tile the forest forea like the dome of a cathedral over the douset if f a city when tapped sup mip plies a whitish liquor which fresh from the tree is drunk drauk like milk allowed to remain until coagulated it provides provide an excellent article of rubber ru liber woid fruits fruita resins dyes oils oihi c beije eti eyare are ii 1111 1011 I 1 from froin the forests of the Ani Aa asson the houses of the world could be built and m id i filled with the most elegant of furni v ture its ito vegetable wenith would clothe the worl worldly dij people in cotton and flax its ita fruito fruita would keep the millions of asia from fai famine nine J the wonderful ful abundance lias has prevented settlement time and again have efforts been made to establish colonies on the bank banka of tic A atna raaon zon but iu in vain min and tile the only illi inhabitants kabi W n 4 ta of the state of the are it a few mandring wan dring tribes of Int indians litins tilt thy y will not work vly vl y should they I 1 when on ace account ta tit of f the L heat t of f the I 1 climate even the lightest clothing is unendurable when the nearest is ia sufficient to protect them fro from nithe the wither r and the neighboring g foreia 1 1 and alt the stream lefor before the door cupply every want the total yon lation of pi the republic of brazil i 13 concluded next weak |