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Show Brazil's Anniversary. The recent celebration of the nnnl-verfary nnnl-verfary of llraxlllan Independence brings to mind several Interesting facts concerning this growing nation. Itnull, with the exception of Cuba, Is the youngest of the Latin-American republics. Unlike Cuba, however, Itrasdl enjoyed Independence long be-fine be-fine the change of government came. Again, mot unlike Its sister republics at Spanish America, Brazil effected the radical change without bloodshed. Pom Pedro was a wise, ns well a a IovpIiIc, monarch; when ho saw that the majority opinion fnored a republic repub-lic nn form of administration, he pin-clously pin-clously abdicated and retired from public life. If only certain Kurnpean monnrchs hnd possessed similar fore-s'g'it fore-s'g'it nnd common Hon so but a few ciir ago! |