Show continental NEIGHBORS the new yorla tribune says that americans well informed as they are as a rule have but superficial knowledge of the states of the south american continent in many respects that is true it is not likely that more than one out of know that peru has not been content to await the construction of the isthmian canal but has secured for her trade what Is practically an atlantic port and sends trade from iquitos on the upper waters of the am azon and receives our exports at the same point of delivery so important has become this inland port that last month a direct line of steamers was put on between and new york the service to be every three weeks this new alno avoids ono handling of goods which heretofore had to bo transferred at malaos manaos the distance is allea from york and from the mouth of the abua zon to the peruvian port it is miles every one has known that rio Is about as fine an example of an ideal harbor as there Is in the world but until the american battleship fleet sailed only a small percentage of our people realized what a great factor brazil as a republic has become in the affairs of nations and few knew that in addition to rio there is another splendid harbor below it santos with quays miles of masonry walls docks etc superior to anything in any port of the united states and there are other south american ports of exceeding large importance of which we have little more knowledge than that afforded by the atlas argentina which only a few years ago we regarded as a desolate region now produces annually tons of wheat and tons of corn uruguay which seldom enters into the thought of average north americans has a commerce of in which we participate to about he extent of 5 per cent at its capital montevideo there Is presently to as an international congress of university students to discuss the questions of higher education all of which proves behave cited but a few instances of it that if one Is to keep up with the procession in these days he must not be content with the lessons in geography he stud led in youths j A berlin artist Is going to marry a widow worth such widows aro a great help Q art after looting a house in chicago the other night burglars started up an au 1 lc piano in tha placa and made their escape which agair shows that the chicago variety of burglars is the most cruel in the country secretary batts tour of the Is to be put on the stage needless to say the stage timbers will be properly reinforced included in the equipment of ane fleet are sixteen pi anolas now let the chinese come on with their tom toms it they dare an arkansas paper has called senator jeff davis a political now just suppose de ar mond had called williams that in his lectures edward payson ton the traveler tray eler tells his audience that it Is possible to walk off any trouble |