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Show Ignorance of South America. Ono of our contemporaries referred yesterday to "little Paraguay." That republic Is four-fifth'.! ns' largo an Germany. Ger-many. Many persons luivo erroneous notions no-tions as to geographical sizes and lengths in South America. They .have not tho slightest Idea that Brazil Is nearly as Inrgo us tho wholo of Europe, Eu-rope, that the distance between tho north and south nuds of Chile is as great as that between tho North Cape of Europe and (Ilbraltar, and that steamers ply almost straight north and south on tho Parana and Its Paraguay affluent for a distance about equal to that between New York nnd Omaha. New York Sun. |
